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He believes in. >> we are commodities. commodities that can be replaced. commodities that can be sold. commodities that can be traded. and so, when brian flores speaks of it in that nature, its absolutely true. >> the idea that you could take brian flores, who is a black coach, and has a hard time getting a job and ask him to tarnish his reputation and to blow which is probably going to be his only shot because black coaches have a hard time getting that second opportunity so that you can get a ...

And elevated the play of so many other people around him. >> can you explain what its like to be a high round draft pick first round i believe in your case and walk into a locker room where tom brady is your quarterback? whats that like as a rookie? running into tom brady for the first time. >> even for me, and when i came in, tom was i believe in his fourth or fifth year, but he had already won two super bowls already and was about to win another one. and so he was already a legend even though ...

Its in a lot of different industries. >> meanwhile, dolphins owner has responded to allegations in the lawsuit that he offered flores $100,000 per loss, in order to tank the teams 2019 season in order to get a better draft pick. writing in part quote, i take great personal exception to these malicious attacks and the truth must be known. these allegations are false, malicious, and defamatory. former browns head coach jackson is making accusations of a similar practice in cleveland, describing to...

Looked, quote, completely disheveled and hung over. flores also alleges that dolphins owner steven ross offered him $100,000 for every loss during the 2019 season so that the team could get a higher draft pick. flores says when he refused that, ross then treated him with disdain and as someone who was difficult to work with. all three teams in the nfl put out statements refuting floress claims. with the suit flores also releasing a statement saying god has gifted me with a special talent to coac...

Opportunity, its not a true opportunity. its an opportunity to come in there and keep the seat warm until they find a coach they actually want. same thing with brian flores. the hope was to bring them down there. allegedly he would lose, tank, they would get a high draft pick and then they would bring the coach they really want. >> you can lead the horse to water but you cant make him not racist. you can have that. thats a gift from me to you. good to see you. the latest target of a january 6t...

Important. but, if thats true, and im sure the nfl this morning is looking into the allegation, of whether an owner offered $100,000 a game to throw games, lose games to get a higher draft pick, yeah, thatd be terrible. id also point out david culley, a black coach, was given one season with the houston texans. he was fired after this year. they had a tough season, but he only got one year. didnt get a chance to turn it around. lets bring danny cevallos into the conversation. and charles, a lega...

A whole lot of weight. but there was a lot of effort. there was a lot of sweat flying. when we did conditioning drills tom was competitive. hed try to compete with all the quarterbacks and make sure he was first in that group. so no matter what the circumstance was, he set the standard for the hard work and the competitive spirit that was needed. and that refused to lose attitude. tom was a full-time starter for 20 nfl seasons. 10 of those seasons ended up in the super bowl. its just a track rec...

Hue jackson says he too was asked to tank games and that the league dismissed his concerns. take a listen. >> we came up with a four-year plan. there was a four-year plan that was put in place to incentivize the opportunity to not have a team that would have a chance to win, which there was compensation for it. obviously, there was no im going to pay you $100,000 to lose, were going to do that. there was none of that. but if youve seen the plan and if you understand just a little football, they ...

This is not new. people dont understand that i tried to sound this alarm a while back but nobody wanted to listen because the record was so bad so you didnt have a chance to really make a point because all the narrative was that he was just a bad coach. well, thats not the case at all. >> the browns have denied this. in his lawsuit flores made similar claims saying the dolphins owner steven ross urged him to lose games so the team could get higher draft pick. ross denies it saying in part i take...

On the field in new england, but hes the biggest star in the game and even as we see these young stars come up, joe burrow, the next generations potentially of great quarterbacks, cant take anything away from what tom brady accomplished and left an indelible mark. >> when we speak about his next act, a number in addition to his heroics on the field, tv 12, a nutrition company, people followed his diet, a movie production company, 199 productions named after his draft pick, 199, if you could beli...