Bill Belichick & Roger Goodell Talk The State Of The NFL & It's Future | Pat McAfee Show

all right at the draft uh two legends caught up with each other to chitchat both Roger Goodell and Bill bich were there they figured why not talk to each other now with that being said whenever the opportunity was pitched and presented by Bill to go talk to Raj baby I said I thought you two hated each other they do not they get along very well and they sat down to answer five questions that were on index cards moments before the draft started on Thursday night and here it is ready okay great all right I'm Bill bellich k goodel uh it's a pleasure to be here with you draft day and uh My First Media interview on this side yeah it's an honor to interview you commissioner thank you coach it's honor to be with you always I hear Pat Drew up some fan questions and a little bit of Pat questions for us see Pat's got up his sleeve let's see what we got we'll go one at a time and pop it off what are your thoughts on the growth of the NFL draft so I guess I'm supposed to go first I'll tell you I'm amazed at the interest uh in our game and I think draft is a great example of that um as you know we made changes shortened rounds we took it in prime time we did some things to to make it for more FR handling but the way the fans wrap their arms around this and it's it's that day of Hope where everybody sort of renews their hope the fans the teams and we start over it's really officially the start of the new season for us so it really does kick the season off uh it's going to be fun for me you know I've been in I've been in those rooms for many many years worrying about the picks and what's going to happen in trades and all that I'm just going to sit back and have some fun up here today it's really it's it's an amazing second guess what you're doing today huh all right that's that one you do that one thoughts on the hip drop tackle being banned keeping football football uh yeah I think over the years the NFL has done a great job of making the game safer for players the targeting the horse collar tackle the hip drop uh there really aren't very many of them I think there was maybe only a justen or so last year uh but it's a good thing to get rid of it's just uh you know it there's really no place for it uh and it's just good to continue to keep the game safe for the players yeah I agree with you coach you know when you see a play as you know we use data a lot to try to identify the rules that we want to change and whether what we do is effective when you see a play that is greater than 20 times the injury rate and as you know most of those injuries are pretty severe they are you know career ending or season ending you've got to make a change and as you know coaches players adest and uh I think we've been able to make our game safer and more exciting at the same time uh it's definitely helped the game be safer yeah all right how do you predict the new kickoff rules will work out uh the one thing I'll predict is that we'll bring the kickoff back into the game and I think I think that's a good thing I think it's an exciting play um we are confident that we can reduce the injury rate with the new format because we will have less speed and force uh the players will all be 10 yards apart in the beginning and I think that's going to make a big difference and uh I hope make an exciting play but as you know we may need to Tinker with it over the next couple years yeah well it's just a little bit different because there's no leadin period uh it's just you know jumping right in and start playing but um I think this is an offensive role as a defensive coach I don't think the defens coaches are going to like this R it's going to create good field position I think it's going to bring much more value into the returners those extra 50 00 plays and uh you better have two good returners because if you only have one they're kicking the other side so uh you better be able to to handle the ball with both guys and I think there's going to be some explosive plays um in the past you were able to overlap your coverage with a second layer well now those guys are spread across the field so if the returner you know if he gets a little steam it could be all over I think we're going to see a lot more long Returns on kickoffs than we've seen in the past which should be great for the fans love it did you say it may not be so great for the defenses okay those teams will get their shot on offense too all right Pat uh thoughts on the current state of NFL officiating uh thank you Pat well uh I'll say this the the speed and athleticism and how great these athletes are on sideline catches and reach out the ball on the goal line and all those things it's tough It's really I I give those guys a lot of credit uh they're right more than they're a lot more than they're wrong and and I've been one to argue with them on the sidelines why I go back and look at it you've seen that a few times coach me but most of the time they they they get it right and they do a good job um I think that the uh replay assist sped up the game last year I thought that was good uh that it really corrected some things uh that were turned out to be obvious and that was a good addition and uh I guess the one thing is always a question about is making officials fulltime uh maybe at least the referees where uh you know they have that constant um you know talking about situations and I think that's the biggest thing in the league is as a coach is you just want consistency and you know sometimes you you have games that are are called tightly and then the next week you feel like you're playing the same way and and it's not called tightly and so um maybe your thoughts on that no you're you're right on the the consistency we all use that as our barometer and I think it's consistency in the calls on the field consistency from crew to crew uh which as you know has varied and we've tightened that a little bit in the past year uh but you know I do think um the officials do an amazing job but it is a fast game and it's imperfect I'm I'm watching playoffs in other sports and those guys are fulltime and I'm seeing the same kind of controversy so I think it's part of officiating I think it's part of the position they're in a difficult job and we saw that a little bit this year you know the Kansas City play with Buffalo you know that was an obvious off siiz M the officials have to call that no matter the moment that's not fair to the other two Buffalo would have had a a legitimate grip if that play had gone forward without a flag so we know they're in a tough spot and I don't think they get enough credit for it but we're always going to go for that Perfection and when we can use technology replay is really the thing that we think we can use more of and I think every year you've seen us and you know this cuz you've been a big proponent in the past is let's use more of it commissioner I'm going to put in my pitch my annual pitch cameras on the goal line cameras on the sideline cameras on the end on the end line and that is the annual pitch all right last card the NFL is the greatest league on Earth why do you think that's the case uh I think it always starts with the game uh there's so many aspects of the game that I think her appealing uh the strategy the contact uh the incredible athleticism the fact that you have to play as a team is uh and how people come together the fact that you have games that go from uh you know a team way behind and a team comes back um I just think um It's that kind of a game that um people love to root for and it's an event I think the fact that we're every week you get the the the postgame criticism and the evaluations and try to break it down and then you start looking to the next week and the excitement builds I think that event is a big part of it too and you know on the visiting side when we go to the the way stadiums there's a lot of people in the parking lot there's a lot of tailgate it's not just the game they get there and make it a an event but it's it's so competitive the thing I love about the NFL is every week anybody can beat anybody and anybody can lose to anybody uh if you're not on your best then you know you're probably not going to do well so um the way it's structured both um you know from acquiring players and salary capab and competitively it's uh it really evens out and uh and I love the competition of it and we make it hard for you when you win and you know we've had uh we've had a team go from last to first I think 19 out of last 20 seasons and to your point that competitiveness we had 70% of our games with than one score in the fourth quarter that's great football great entertainment it really is and thanks appreciate it commissioner thank you appr it yeah thanks Pat appreciate it P just two guys jhing it up out there in theing room chitchatting about all the Hot Topics gave a couple fluff questions in the cards you know but had to get some you know actual conversation going there shout out to Connor tone and Evan Fox getting that thing done J boys you know they were tailing bill bich over to the stage alongside McCarthy and a couple security guards watching bill bich experience it all for the first time we got a bunch of behind the scenes footage too that we're sending to him you know for him to enjoy and maybe if he you know okays it some stuff to put out what a moment there with them just bullshitting over some cards yeah the uh when we walked up onto the stage for the first time and he looked like out over the crowd he and he like had this like big smile over his face I couldn't even imagine what was going through his his mind but it was like one of the cooler things that I've probably ever seen as far as football is concerned and watching those two you know the respect they have for Roger Goodell knows that Bill's a massive piece of football growing to where it is AJ you know he knows that there's huge mutual respect you can feel between those guys and I I'd like Raj saying he's amazed at the interest that the game has that's one of the first things he said and I guess it is like it probably does kind of Amaze him every time they it seems like whatever they try works out doesn't it 70% of games are one- score games that is the part that bill started talking about with the salary cap and like how they create parody and kind of force you into it 19 on of the last 20 years the team has gone from last to First in their division no idea that's so the fan bases at least stay yeah you know you still got hope because all anybody's looking for is Hope and if you've seen other teams do it it's like that's great um yeah the the growth of the draft though is stupid yeah we asked some about it on Friday as well it's like 775 th000 people dude hip drop tackle didn't expect Bill bich to do that answer but he's like yeah all right teach him better if you that's basically what he's saying if we want this out you got to coach it out that's how we move on and he knows big big player injuries big Market Nam injuries not good for the league not good for football you know yeah I like that he he talks about the kickoff Rule now I feel like this is more of an offensive rule because defensive coaches are not going to love this and Raj knows that bill knows that they know well how it works but yeah but an extra, 1500 plays is good for everybody I think absolutely and then they didn't really talk about keeping football football but I did hear Roger say the coaches and players always figure it out you know they always figure it out which I appreciate because that's how Raj feels probably yeah Hey listen we got talented enough coaches talented enough players they'll figure it out but we can't be saying that about anything we can't just be willy-nilly tossing anything in there because the pros are going to figure it out con no like Bill saying that it does make me feel as though a lot of the coaches like you're saying are probably feeling the same way like yes it sucks but we can probably get this out of the way it it was cool just watching them to like interact offscreen too like they're just a couple football guys at the end of the day obviously one of them is the commissioner of the NFL the other's the greatest coach in GM of all time but like them just conversing and like we didn't you said thanks to us we didn't do [ __ ] we basically were just like hey that's where you're sitting do you want do you want to sit anywhere else is that okay they're like yeah we do not care like we're here to talk football and that's it it was incredible to witness it was a the interesting thing from my perspective right so Bill offers this up he goes you know me and Roger going to be the same place I could talk to him if you'd want me to talk to him I'm like uh yeah yeah definitely would like that to happen I said I thought you two hated each other it's I thought you two hat each other cuz you know the flake gate Spike everything that kind of happened he goes no no I have great respect for Roger or whatever so I'm like okay I wonder how deep that would have to be a very deep because of everything they went through oh yeah for 20 years they have a lot of respect for each other then all of a sudden it's like well who's interviewing who then I start thinking in my head you know as somebody I'm like Raj doesn't want to interview anybody commissioner can't be interviewing people because then it looks like yeah right but then for Bill bich like is Bill bich interviewing anybody about any football related ever so it was like the card thing was uh cool play and as soon as I laid it out to Bill Bill said oh I've seen this on the internet before all right we were off and running and uh they kept that thing good I think it was nice and tight natural they were both natural too each other questions then once they're done with it I R through bill just ripped it up like that was yeah those aren't TV hosts right there you know one of them has an Emmy true true you know because top 100 Bill said it's his first interview Bill said is really my first interview ever and he's talking to the commissioner in a very like unique could be awkward situation for him not being actually in the war room for the first drive a long time 48 years how about him saying uh it's an honor to talk to you Mr commissioner it's like does he call him commissioner every time like uh you you know in Nave in he grew up in the Navy you and you call Everybody by their title like that's that would be hilarious if that's how bill has spoken to Roger this entire time oh commissioner that's [ __ ] come on can't be doing he he respects ranking you could tell Bill with everybody we saw him kind of interact with especially like obviously with A-Rod with with Barry like you can tell the type of respect that he has for like other you know great oh yeah yeah you're talking about a different level oh yeah yeah yeah like the and it doesn't matter it can be a player um someone who's covered the game uh just anyone if he has that respect for you the work you've put in the title you've earned like he he's going to respect you with that I like I like to see that a lot of people talking about his personality you know

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