Well, since the sports show can't be called two
douchebags with a microphone, maybe we could
just call them the sports bastards. Hello? Tomorrow
morning, while grinding your coffee beans for
your double mocha latte, tomorrow morning, while
grinding your coffee beans for your double mocha
latte, remember to not get your genitals caught
in the grinder. Stay safe, everyone. No bat light
here. These idiots just show up and hope for
the best. This is the Sports Bastards. We're
lucky to be alive the way everybody fucking drives
here in this big -ass town. Yes, we're thanking
God right now that we're still alive and Mark's
car is in one piece because it seemed like eight
different drivers tried to kill us today. Yeah.
It was crazy. People, you're fucking idiots.
The end. Can we try to do just one thing at a
time if you're driving? Maybe it'd be the one
thing you're doing at that time. Or maybe hire
a fucking chimpanzee to drive. I swear, bring
on the self -driving cars, man, because people
can't be trusted anymore. It's crazy. I want
a governor in people's cars that are proving
to be idiots that if they drive like idiots,
it shuts itself down. Yeah. I'm not going to
do this anymore. You're a fucking moron. Then
people would pound their chest about personal
rights. Yeah, yeah, yeah. As if driving a car
is a constitutional right or some shit like that.
And we know who the idiots are. You know, you
see them all the time. Yes. I think shoelaces
are evil. Why else would they take them away
from mental patients? Yes. Their little man bun
gets tightened, which means they're ovulating.
Yeah. So, I've got some grades here from ESPN
.com of the draft. All righty. All right, you
want to start with Kansas City? Of course. They
got an A, actually. Oh, wow. Which surprised
me because a lot of people took a shit on it.
Yeah, that's, of course, YouTube will feed me
videos, whatever they think I'm going to click
on. So they were feeding me videos saying how
the Chiefs sucked. Oh, no, I saw those same things.
Their dynasty's over. That's what I'm talking
about. Just on and on. Because they're trying
to goad me into clicking on it. And also it's
wishful thinking on a lot of people, too. I think
so. I think so. People cannot wait for you to
top the mountain so they can push you off. Yep.
They're, like, cheering you up the mountain,
and by the time you get there, it's, yeah, we're
tired of you. Who's next? Same people with the
Brady thing. Oh, he was the underdog. He was
the last pick in the, I don't know, whatever
draft. Yeah. 1999 draft or whatever it was. He
was the last pick. Oh, we were so excited for
him. He wasn't even supposed to be there, you
know, and all this stuff. Yeah, it was Brock
Purdy, too. He was the very last pick. Brock
Purdy was the sexy one. Yeah. Yeah, so. That's
the way people are. Well, I mean, look, they're
driving. They're idiots. Now, I've done some
idiotic shit, too, so I'm not above it. No, no,
no. So, yeah, not starting this on a negative
tone. I'm just starting off telling you about
our day coming here. Yeah, the adrenaline is
still pumping a little bit. We'll settle down
once we get that caffeine going. Yeah, yes. The
Chiefs are counting, this is what ESPN .com says,
the Chiefs are counting on the return of two
top receivers who missed most of last season
with injuries. Rasheed Rice led the league with
24 catches through the first three games before
a season -ending knee injury, which, yeah, he
was on a hell of a pace. While Hollywood Brown
played in only two regular season games because
of a sternovascular injury. Yeah, and preseason.
That hurts. Yeah. Yeah, that hurts like hell.
I'm sure it does. A sterno, that would just,
yeah. Yeah. I mean, anything there would be very
painful. So, Rice and Brown will combine with
Xavier Worthy to give the Chiefs a potent group
of wideouts with the selection of fourth -rounder
Jalen Royals. Yeah, I saw that one. Yeah, that
looked like a good pick. Yeah. He catches one
-handed beautifully, as good as I've ever seen
anyone do it. He just reaches his hand out, cuffs
the ball without thinking about it. He's a natural.
And he's fast. And we'll still have Kelsey and
Gray coming on as good receivers. And I'd like
to see him passing to the running back a little
more often too. I think that's going to happen.
Here's what I think is going to go on. Okay,
first off, I think this is the year you see Gray.
being close to Kelsey. Yeah, yeah, I can see
that. They're shifting some of the weight over.
It's obvious to see. And then on running backs,
they're doing the same thing. Kareem Hunt, Pacheco,
the guy that I can never think of his name from
San Francisco. Mitchell. Mitchell, yeah. So all
of these guys combined, you're going to see a
less workload, which is great because of the
injuries on Pacheco. Yes. And I also think at
first you're not going to see a whole lot of
Pacheco. People are going to question and go,
oh, he must be in the doghouse. Oh, yeah, they'll
start that. Yeah, they're going to go, well,
he came in with a bad attitude and refused to
work out. Out of nothing. It didn't really happen.
And all they're doing is they're saving him for
the playoffs. That's actually a good plan. I
think there's a clear mission like we talked
about last week when we could hear each other.
What we talked about last week is. Mahomes cut
off the Mohawk and got rid of the dad bod. He's
pissed. He hears all the little chatter, the
talking little bitches like Skip Tard and all
those little guys waving their tiny little fists
in the air going, I told you so. I told you so
means you went to the last five Super Bowls,
won three of them. That's an I told you so? Yeah.
Duh. Yeah, but I understand you getting sick
of the criticism. When you're on top, the criticism
is a little easier to handle, but then when you
stumble and everyone starts pointing and laughing,
it's like, all right, I'm going to make sure
I don't stumble in front of you again. Yes. Yeah.
And also, he's a very nice guy, but how can he
not think, I'm going to stuff this up their ass?
He's competitive. Of course he's thinking that.
Exactly. You want a competitive guy leading your
team. Makes sense. Here's what I got for you
guys to do that. Thanks. Thanks for poking the
bear. Oh, absolutely, yeah. The bear's not happy.
And all the ones who were talking about, you
know, the Chiefs aren't going to win the division.
Okay, we're better on the road anyway in the
playoffs. Playoffs? Playoffs, yeah. So either
way, man, either way. Doesn't matter. We won
the Super Bowl only having one home game. Yeah.
And that was after everybody, including me, X'd
us off. Yeah. After that Christmas Day game that
woke them up. Oh, yeah. It would have been exciting
if they could have done all this last year and
done the three -peat because no one's ever done
it before. But, eh, it's just a stat. You know,
let's take another win. Let's take another Super
Bowl trophy home. Yes. Yeah, they're like, yeah,
here it goes. All right, that was Adam Teicher.
So he knows the Chiefs, and you know what, I
trust him. He's very fair. Yeah, he's got that
reputation with me anyway. He's not homering.
He's not a Bob Brett's was or something like
that. If he thinks the Chiefs are screwing up,
he'll be the first one on him. So I trust his
judgment on this. And also, it's pretty easy
to see if that wide receiver core stays, it might
be one of the best ones ever. Yeah, and we got
the guy to throw to him too. So it usually works
out that way for a year or two. With teams, they
have the quarterback and the wide receiving core.
I remember when Dallas had Troy Aikman and Michael
Irvin. And what was it, Isaac Bruce? Isaac Bruce,
yeah. In Denver, they had Elway and a couple
of receivers. They called them the three amigos.
Three amigos, yeah. So it happens, but it doesn't
stay. So take advantage of this. Yeah, and then
it's going to come down to resigning them and
injuries. Yeah. That's the way it always does.
Some of these people are going to last a long
time. Some of them are going to be a flash in
the pan. It's the nature of football. You get
hit so much. So enjoy this year coming up. If
all of them are there and none of them go to
jail. Yeah, rushy. Yeah. So if all this parlays
into working out for us, you might see one of
the best combinations ever. Plus, we're the very
pissed off Mahomes. It would be really fun also
to see historic passing and receiving numbers.
Yeah. That would be fun. That would be great
because that would be even better for all these
talking heads that doom and gloomed us. All right.
So, let's move on. All right. All right, they
have these in numerical order of the record of
last year. Oh, okay, so like reverse draft order.
Yeah. All right. Philadelphia Eagles, they ranked
a B -. Okay. I mean, that's not bad, I mean,
considering... Considering how late you draft
every round, too. Yes, that's true. The Eagles
lost a bunch of talent on defense this offseason.
Oh, yeah. With departures of Ed Rusher's Josh
Sweat and Brandon Graham. Quarterback Darius
Slade Jr., safety C .J. Garner -Johnson, and
defensive tackle Milton Williams. I won't miss
any of them, by the way. Yeah. It was a different
story at linebackers. They re -signed Zach Bond,
a lucrative contract, selected Jihad Campbell
in the first round, and then added Smil Mondin
Jr. in the fifth. I like that guy. He's named
Jihad Campbell. You know what Jihad means? War.
Holy War. Holy War. Holy War Campbell. That's
pretty funny. That is. What's your name translated?
Can we just skip that? No, what's your name?
Holy War. What? So, all right. So, Nekobe Dean
is still recovering from a torn patellar tendon.
That's the one that keeps your kneecap in place.
That sounds to me like not a very good injury
to have in his position of what he does. So,
there's plenty of options at linebacker once
he is healthy, is what they're saying. NFL experts
rank them, like I said, let's see. B - I think
you said. Yeah, B - there. Sorry, this thing
jumbled together. Yeah. You know when it prints
out, it's that weird. Yeah, so, all right. But
that is good for the, I mean, the Eagles definitely,
they lost. as you said, on defense. But with
this draft and stuff, I can see them being the
front runner to be the Super Bowl champions for
2025. I can definitely see them being everyone's
first pick. Oh, I can see that too. I can see
that too. Yeah. All right, number three is Buffalo
Bills. Well, that's just what we need is for
the Bills to have a good draft. They got to be.
Well. Their most improved position is defensive
line, which is something that they did need.
I think they signed a wide receiver in free agency.
I think you're right. To help their receivers
more because they seem to need receivers all
the time. All right. There is no area the Bills
have addressed more thoroughly this offseason
than the defensive line. They selected three
players for the unit in the draft, TJ Sanders,
Landon Jackson, and Deion Walker. Even after
adding Joey Bosa, I forgot they added him. Oh,
that's right. Michael Hecht. Hocht. Whatever.
H -O -E -C -H -T. Hocht? Hecht. Hecht. Yeah,
usually O -E is pronounced. That's what I thought.
That was my first thought. Yeah. Okay. And Larry
Ogunobi. Oh, I've heard that name. Yeah. In free
agency. The team signed Greg Russo to a four
-year contract extension by bringing in youth
and veterans. The Bills have overhauled a 2024
group that was a part of the worst passing defense
and third -down defense, 44 % conversion rate.
Wow. I didn't realize that last year. Yep. Sean
McDermott was embarrassed, pretty much is what
they're saying, in long -term form. So I'll just
go on. Number four, Detroit Lions. The most improved
position is the offensive line. For the past
three seasons, offensive line has been one of
the strongest units on the roster. However, after
losing veteran guard Kevin Zeiters, I think it's
Zeiters. Babelsnatch. Yeah, Babelsnatch. To the
Titans and free agency, Lions general manager
Brad Holmes. Use draft picks to keep that unit
rolling. Oh, by the way, they gave them a C.
Oh, that's a good. Yeah, they didn't like them.
Because they're going to have trouble reloading.
Yeah. After the way they exited the playoffs
last season. Well, okay. Jared Goff. It all starts
and ends with him. Yeah. You have to have a big
-name guy doing big -name stuff. Yeah. I mean.
And a little more. strategic depth at head coach
because the guy there is a real rah -rah cheerleader
type. And that works as long as you've got at
least somebody or three somebodies on your staff
that is a chess player, so to speak. So that,
I think, was a glaring error in their playoff
run last season. I 100 % agree. They outfought
the head coach. Yes. Yeah, I would agree with
that 100%. So, they, let's see, he drafted versatile
offensive linemen in Tate Ratledge and Miles
Frazier, who will be trained at different positions
so they can beef up the O -line. These rookies,
which they need to do, because we all know that
Jared Goff sees one finger in his vision, he
throws the ball very oddly. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
What do you call that when he's, like, trigger
happy? Yeah, yeah, yeah. He is actually a more
talented Jameis Winston, a more disciplined,
a more disciplined. Yeah, I can see that because
Jameis, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, he's one of these guys
that you get a finger in his face and he's fucking
happy. He's like, I think that's one of my guys
there. I better throw it to them. There's a finger
in my face. And they have veterans like Graham
Glasgow who strived in the NFL due to his positional
versatility. So what I'm gathering this, not
knowing the Lions as well as they do, is maybe
one of their problems is they use too many people
in too many positions and they need someone solid
at one position. Yeah. Yeah, that kind of says
that without saying it, doesn't it? Yeah. I remember
the O -line of the Chiefs from the 90s. We had
such an offensive line. It was so amazing. And
it was the continuity. I remember Grunhardt was
saying all we'd have to do is give a look. to
the guy next to him or lift a finger, and he
knew exactly what I meant, we can communicate
like that. But if you're shifting guys around,
you don't get that kind of communication. Plus,
you've got to stop thinking about being left
guard and now think about being right guard or
left tackle or whatever. It's a handicap. And
you do that if you have to, but, yeah, if you
can get out from under that, that's definitely
going to help you. I think you're right. And
Goff needs as good a line as he can get. Yeah,
and, I mean, honestly, they need to find that
guy in the draft. And I'm talking about a quarterback.
Goff is getting older. And he's been to the Super
Bowl one time and shit down his leg. Yeah. He's
not the guy. I would not have been surprised
to see the Lions picture Der Sanders in the first
round. No, I know. I think that, you know. Maybe
Shadur's playing style doesn't fit what they've
got in Detroit, but apart from that, I don't
see why he wouldn't work there. Well, I mean,
all the things that we talked about last week
about his slide, I think the NFL's out to prove
something. And they're like, you think that you
control us? You do not. And I think that's what
it's all about is, and also, it's a team attitude.
They don't like a person going, I, I, I, me,
me, me. That has been proven not to work. Yeah,
yeah. They want a guy that comes in hat in hand.
True, true. I really love this community. The
grateful employee. Yeah, like Mahomes. He wanted
to go to the Cowboys, but they drafted Dak Prescott
the year or two years before, I think two years
before. His dad went in there and said, I'm sorry,
you're not going to the Cowboys. He went to the
Chiefs, and he was so thankful. You know, he
goes, I love this community. I think we can do
a lot of great things together. Our ultimate
goal is the Super Bowl, and we're going to see
if we can't do it. You don't go, I'm the best
ever, you know, don't screw with me, you know,
all this Muhammad Ali stuff. Muhammad Ali could
do it. True. Because he always backed it up.
But the door is unproven. Yeah, I kind of got
a bad taste in my mouth when I was hearing the
conceit and the arrogance. He showed signs of
it before that because I've seen him on Twitter
and stuff or X or whatever saying some stuff.
And I'm like, you don't have the right to say
that. Not yet. Not yet. And also, your dad needs
to get you in the house, set you in the corner
and say, son, if you want me to back you up at
all in this NFL, you shut your mouth. Yeah, yeah.
And you know, if sliding down to the fifth round
is it, then I'd say they're square. They're even.
I want to see what he can do in the NFL. Right.
And, you know, if the NFL from this point forward
tries to hamper his career to teach him further
lessons, then I'm all on Shadur's side. Yeah,
me too. I think the NFL at this point, they've
made their point. Now they need to be hands -off
and let this young man have his career. Yeah.
You know what? You're right. And also, I'm not
even so sure it's collusion. Oh, I don't think
it needed to be. No, I don't think it needed
to be either. I think his action spoke for itself,
and everyone was like, we don't want anybody
like that. Yeah. No, you know, any more of the
thing is team. Like, look at Jalen Hurts and
the running back, Barkley. Yeah, Barkley. All
of them didn't have an ego. You know, they pass
it on to the other guy. You know, they go to
Barkley, and he's like, you know, Jalen has such
a good game, and I, you know. Yeah. Even Mahomes
was like, you know. People always bag on him
and say, you know, right there you can see the
guy is a great. You know, good teams have that
attitude. But then you have someone that comes
in and, you know, that spoils the whole thing.
You know, what Shadur Sanders' apparent attitude
reminds me of is his father's attitude in the
90s. Yes. Which is, you know, at that time it
worked. That was expected. It was being... exploited
and advertised and played up because the audience
liked that. Look at all these superstars playing
by their own rules, doing it their way. That
doesn't fly anymore and I would hope that Dion
would be smart enough to realize this isn't working.
But, I don't know. We'll see. I was really surprised
by the turn of events like you. Yeah. Ego gets
you nowhere in life, anywhere, anyhow. Let alone
a team sport. Really. And as I said, football
is like the ultimate team sport because you're
all working together on every single play. There
are baseball players where it plays where the
first baseman does nothing. He's not involved.
In a football play, everybody's involved every
play. So that makes it way more of a team effort.
And, yeah, if you're going to put up with an
ego from somebody, they better be delivering
the Super Bowl rings. Yeah, yeah, I agree. Well,
I mean, we're going to see what he can do. They're
going to give him a fair chance. They wouldn't
have drafted him if he didn't. And also, you're
talking about pretty much an oarless boat right
now. Oh, yeah. They have nobody to take control.
This is a great opportunity for Shador, and here's
why. If you can turn this team around with attitude
and talent, you're the man. Yeah, yeah, he's
got it. All this opportunity to build up the
stock and worth of himself in the eyes of all
the other NFL teams by just crushing it in Cleveland
and not making too much of a fuss. Yeah, and
being humble about it. Don't go out and go, yeah,
I threw lights out. Just be like, man, we got
some of the best receivers. Boy, those guys save
my ass every day. Love them. Man, that offensive
line gave me so much time. All right, Baltimore
Ravens, their ranking was a D -. Oh, yeah. Their
window might be closing. I kind of view it as,
and the reason is, is Lamar Jackson is a running
quarterback, and he's getting older. Oh, yeah,
every season it's more of a risk, and you're
risking more of the rest of your season. Josh
Allen is a running quarterback, but he can make
that throw. He's an alien anyway. Yeah, he's
an alien. He's not real. I think that he's AI.
He's a robot. He could be. I've never seen him
actually live in person, so he probably doesn't
exist. He doesn't exist. He's just AI. He's CGI.
Yeah, that's it. CGI. Hollywood got so good at
it. The guy, he can... He can throw the ball.
He can pinpoint a pass. He can throw it anywhere
it needs to be with accuracy. So he doesn't have
to run. Jackson has to run. This is true. This
is true. That is definitely part of their offensive
mindset is a scampering quarterback. Yes. Although,
to be fair, Lamar Jackson is a hell of a runner.
Just say scampering kind of diminishes it. No,
no, no. He's as good as a lot of running backs
out there. He's a running back that can throw.
Yeah, yeah. So no disrespect to Lamar Jackson's
abilities. I've just never been a fan of running
quarterbacks because you're risking too much.
Oh, yeah. And here's another one, too. I could
go out on a limb and say this. If Lamar Jackson
was coming out of college and Isaiah Pacheco
was coming out of college, Lamar Jackson was
not a quarterback of any means, just a running
back. I would pick Jackson. I think so too. And
I could say that for a lot of different runners.
Yeah. So we'll see. I don't like it. I'm not
even going to go into it. Someone almost got
ran over there. Another stupid shit. Even up
here on the curb and on the patio here, we still
might get crushed. I'm still watching, yeah.
That FedEx truck came a little close. I know,
man. We're both like looking. We didn't say anything
to each other. We just kept looking like. Is
he going to keep coming? In my mind, I was saying
goodbye to my wife. In my mind, I was thinking,
what did I need to grab first? I was thinking
laptop. That's probably the first thing. Yeah.
We didn't have our coffees yet because that would
have been first. All right. So the Ravens' first
two draft picks were defensive players who ranked
among Mel Kuyper Jr.'s top 25 prospects. They
don't think very much of Mel Kiper Jr., I guess.
No, no. So, safety Malachi Starks and edge rusher
Mike Green both will immediately make an impact
on a Baltimore pass defense that allowed 244
.1 yards per game in 2024. That's not bad. No,
wait a minute. 244 yards a game? Yeah, that's
two and a half times down the field. That's horrible,
yeah. That's pretty bad. The franchise, I was
thinking total yards. Total yards, that'd be
awesome. Yeah. Though passing yards, that's not
very good. It's less than mediocre. It's bad.
So the franchise's third worst ever the past
25 seasons. Baltimore believes Stark's speed
will reduce explosive plays while Green's explosiveness.
will disrupt quarterbacks. This combination should
help finish off games for the Ravens who allowed
a league -worst 14 touchdown passes in fourth
quarter last season. All of those are good points.
Very good, yeah. But they gave them such a bad
grade. Do they not think they're that good? I
guess they don't think much of their selections.
It would be interesting to know if the grades
are based on, you know. improving the team long
-term or improving the team for the coming season.
Yeah. I could see it being graded either way.
You know, and that's one thing. I'm just using
this as a template. Yeah. I don't agree with
some of these grades at all. Yeah, there are
lists that we've read that it's like, this is
the list, but I don't quite agree with it. Well,
to me it's kind of contradictory. They give them
a bad grade, and the next thing you know, they're
complimented. It's like, well, which is it? Did
they suck or not? Anyhow, that's enough of this
one right now. You got some stuff you want to...
I'm actually fairly unprepared. I don't have
anything right off the bat. Okay, well, I can
go into some more stuff in here. The Washington
Commanders, they got a B+. It makes an improved
position in the offensive line. Though other
areas might be improved, the line has definitely
gotten better. Washington traded for five -time
Pro Bowl left tackle Laramie Tunsell. Oh, yeah.
And drafted tackle Josh Connerly Jr. in the first
round. Those moves allowed it to move around
20, 24, third round pick Brandon Coleman, who
started 15 games, including all three in the
postseason. It's possible Coleman ends up at
guard, giving Washington a talented front. Once
right guard Sam Cosme returns from a torn ACL.
Oh, yeah. But he's due the first of the year
to come back. But those also take time to get
into game shape. Yeah. He might be in the game,
but he won't be in there for a long amount of
time, and nor will he be 100%. Yeah, yeah, not
until probably midseason. And Washington's dead
set on predicting his greatest asset, quarterback
Jayden Daniels, while also boosting the run game.
Yeah, you're saying all the right words. Yeah.
Hey, you know, they've changed things around
so much since they got rid of Kupnick. Oh, yeah.
And I think it's great. They're a team ascending,
and it all started with getting rid of their
horrible owner. Yes. Yeah. All right, number
seven, the Los Angeles Rams. They got a B. Most
improved position, wide receiver. The Rams made
a significant change in their wide receiver room,
signing Devontae Adams and releasing Cooper Cupp
after they could not find a trade for him. Did
anyone ever pick up Cooper Cupp? I think Seattle
did. Seattle did, okay. I don't know what kind
of trade -up that was. Devontae Adams has showed
nothing the last two years. That's true. That's
true. He had a couple of good seasons, maybe
more, with the Raiders. You kind of can't hold
the Jets against him because that situation was
so screwed up anyway. Yeah, yeah. That was a
very bad scenario. But he wasn't doing all that
great with the Raiders when they traded him.
No, I know. He was kind of falling off. Yeah,
so we'll see how he recovers. I'll bet Devontae
wishes he was back at the Raiders now, considering
how they've improved things. And Pete Carroll's
there. Yeah. Well, you know, Cooper Cup wanted
too much money. Yeah. And I don't blame them
because he's pedestrian. His numbers were like
700, 800 yards. Yeah. We have third stringers
that could achieve that. Any good team. has third
stringers that can accomplish that. Yeah, if
you're not going to get over 1 ,000 yards, then
your catches better be pretty clutch all the
time. Yeah, you better be the guy to throw to
on fourth down. Yeah, or you've got like twice
as many touchdowns as anybody else. Yeah. You've
got to excel somewhere. Yeah, you've got to be
a specialist at that point because your numbers
are pedestrian. Yeah. Well, actually upside a
pedestrian. It's good. It's in the upper. But
for that amount of money, that's pretty nasty.
You don't get a 99 % money on a 70 % talent level.
No. Anyhow. All right. Their most improved position,
wide receiver. Like I said, they got Devonta
Adams. They released Cooper Cuff. Wide receiver,
Tutu Atwell in free agency. Although Adams' 85
catches 1 ,063 yards for the Jets and Raiders
last season, or his fewest since 2019. And actually,
that's respectable. I didn't know he did that
much. I thought he was a lot less than that myself.
Okay, they did do it. They did do a step up.
Yeah, that does sound like a step up. With Adams
and Puka and Nakai, I guess, Babelsnatch, the
Rams did not feel like they had to take a receiver
early in the draft. They took a seventh -round
flyer on Pitts. Kenata Mumpfield. How come all
these names have to be so difficult? If you play
in the NFL, you've got to have a difficult name.
Imagine being the announcer and you have to memorize
all these names and say them correctly each week,
and then next week there's a whole new list.
Then you have the old -time play -by -play guys
like Kerry Kerry that would butcher the name
so bad. Oh, yeah. And they just leave it, and
you go, and this is... And everyone just goes
riding along. Yeah, and now it's two out and
bottom, you know. I want to go back to that.
There was a radio announcer, I think in the 40s,
who was always missing which football player
had the ball. So he'd just come up with a name.
He's like, oh, and Kowalski's running down the
field. He's at the 50, at the 40, at the 30.
And then when he finally figures out who actually
has the ball, he'd say, oh, and then he laterals
to Smith. And now Smith is running. That's clever.
That is pretty clever. Where is this Altwell
guy? This mystery guy, I don't see him on the
roster. He's the one that threw to Smith. He's
the one that lateraled to Smith. I love that.
Yeah. All right. Wouldn't work so well for a
horse race. Just can't lateral a horse. Hair,
hair, hair. Here's the horse. Put your arms out.
All right. Green Bay Packers. They got a C -.
Most improved position, wide receiver. Sure,
the Packers have a handful of rookie receivers.
And GM Bryant, Gootenkunst or whatever, Kunst,
Kunst. He's got the weirdest name. Gootenkunst,
Kunst. Something like that. Weird. Yeah, so anyhow,
Babelsnatch. Brian Babelsnatch said in the past
that it's one of the most difficult positions
to make an impact at right away. I disagree with
that 100%. Yeah. Wide receiver is one of the
ones that you show your talent immediately. Yeah,
I mean, if nothing else, you can just go run
fly routes until you figure out the playbook.
You can make an impact. Yeah, I mean, you might
start off slow like Worthy. and then all of a
sudden just start catch fire, you know, lightning
in a bottle. But it doesn't take you years to
figure it out like sometimes it does offensive
linemen or something like that. So I don't know
what he's getting there, but I disagree with
him. Still, Green Bay invested two of its first
three draft picks in that position, taking Matthew
Golden at number 23 and Savion Williams at number
87 after the draft. babble snatch cooking cunts
said I didn't think I'd be up here talking about
taking two receivers but with Christian Watson
likely out until November with a torn ACL oh
I didn't know that he got torn ACL alright the
Packers needed those picks they also signed Nicole
Hardman I remember that oh yeah that's good I
don't know how well he's going to gel with Love.
Yeah. I don't know if Jordan loves his type of
quarterback, but we'll find out. Yeah, I guess
we will. But he's not guaranteed a roster spot.
Hardman isn't. All right. Minnesota Vikings is
number next, and they have a B. Most approved
position, interior offensive line. The Vikings
overhauled all three positions on their interior
offensive line, committing $106 million in free
agency to sign center Ryan Kelly and right guard
Will Fries. I wonder if they have shakes with
that. Wouldn't that be great if it was Fries
and shakes right next to each other? That would
be cool. And then burgers the quarterback. Hell
yeah. Oh, oh, oh. And then the one that everybody
loves, onion rings. Yes. Onion rings. He'd be
the tight end. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And how about
waffle? Waffle fries? Yeah. Cottage fries? How
about breaded chicken breast? Ooh, that's his
wife. Yeah, that's his wife. Well, with the Vikings
spending a lot of money on the interior O -line,
kind of hints that they're getting ready for
the next quarterback. Well, I forgot their backup
name last. They had, what's his name, Darnold.
And he became Darnold in the postseason, flatlined.
The guy behind him is a guy that they were wanting
to start. Oh, okay. I forgot his name. And I
think they're hedging their bet on him. That
could be. Which is kind of odd because, I mean,
I think they picked up a quarterback, didn't
they? Yeah, sometimes you pick one up to mentor.
Is it Jones, Daniel Jones or somebody? It's like
a Sam Darnold type of a. Yeah, it could have
been Jones. Okay, anyhow. But sometimes you pick
those up to share the workload in training camp.
Yeah, yeah, that's true. So with a team that
is so complete, well, I mean, somewhat complete,
and could be fighting for a division title or
at least in the playoffs, like they were last
year. True. You'd think they'd go for, like,
a proven winner. Maybe there wasn't anyone out
there. True. Plus, if you go with a proven winner,
then you've got to adapt them and your system
to each other. That's true. You're changing things.
And that's why they didn't even consider Aaron
Rodgers. Yeah. All right. Their choice on Donovan
Jackson will likely be their new left guard.
Daria was a major need for improvement. Their
centers and guards all ranked in the bottom 30
last season, a run block win rate. 2025, the
Vikings will likely have three first -round picks,
Jackson, Kelly, and left tackle Christian Dorisaw,
and one second -round right tackle Brian O 'Neal
in their starting lineup. That's pretty amazing
to have all those first and second -round picks
right there. I mean, that right there is going
to be good. It also shows you're drafting well.
Yeah, yeah. They gave them a B, so let me see
who their quarterbacks are. I'm trying to make
sense of this. Okay. Unless they really saw something
in their back end. Yeah. I'm going to try to
catch up on something. Minnesota Vikings quarterback
roster. Minnesota Vikings quarterback roster.
Notice how things are just not quite working
right lately. Uh -huh. It's frustrating. It is.
You know what? Whatever. Look it up. All right.
Number 10 on our list is Cincinnati Bengals.
They got an A. Oh. Yep. Cool. Most improved position
is running back. Well, I look for that. Cincinnati
has always drafted pretty well. Yeah. So. There
isn't as much to choose from given Cincinnati's
lack of splashy offensive offseason moves. The
big money was spent on maintaining strength at
wide receiver T. Higgins and Jamar Chase. That's
their one, that's their fly in the ointment.
They've spent so much on receivers, which is
the opposite of what the Chiefs do. True, true.
Yeah. I think that the secret formula is more
like what the Chiefs do and you don't overspend
on one position like that. Yeah, yeah, it's the
attitude of Mahomes can throw to anybody, but
in Cincinnati their attitude is we've got to
get the best for Joe Burrow to throw to. Yeah,
I think that they have to. Joe Burrow's fine.
He's really good. He's one of the top quarterbacks.
He's been performing well these last few seasons,
even when the Bengals have been doing poorly
or having disappointing seasons. Joe Burrow's
still playing really well. They need to have
more faith in him. Yeah. If I was them, I would
be the offensive line before I did anything with
the receivers. Maybe they're counting on this
running back they drafted to take the load off.
But you need the O -line, too. You need the O
-line still for them, too. You need them to run
block. Otherwise, this guy's going to get mangled
like Joe Burrow did. Yeah. So, it's really frustrating.
Even though I'm not a Cincinnati fan, I'm a Chiefs
fan. So, you know, anything they do, I'm opposed
to, you know. Just like Denver and the Raiders.
Just got to automatically say no. Burrow deserves
better. Yeah. He really does. You've got a guy
that, if you gave him the right tools, could
probably win the Super Bowl. He could probably
do it on his arm. Going deep into the playoffs
every year, if he had a great supporting cast
around him, and maybe not even great, just good
enough. But I feel that this system works against
him constantly. It really seems to, you know?
Yeah. I think they need to start doing things
differently and have a little bit more trust
in your guy. Yeah. So, but by bringing back Samadjay
Pirine, which sucked because I liked him. I did
too. He was our third and fourth down specialist.
Yeah. He was amazing. I wish we still had him.
I do too. Samadjay Pirine was just, I mean, he
was always there when you really needed him.
When no one else, even Kareem Hunt, you know,
he got stuffed a few times. I don't know that
we have anybody on the roster that can do that.
I don't know, man. You know, I'm thinking, they're
thinking they're not going to be in that position
as much. Maybe. They're thinking, we're throwing
downfield, and we don't necessarily care about
third and fourth down. We're throwing downfield.
There's going to be a definite change in the
thought process with all those receivers, if
they stay healthy and out of jail. I remember
hearing that a year or two ago that the Chiefs
were – I think it was right after Tyreek left,
the Chiefs were talking about throwing to tall
receivers and throwing downfield more. Yeah.
And it kind of didn't happen. No, it didn't.
And as a matter of fact, I mean – Hill, his numbers
dropped off last year, and it wasn't all because
of Tua being out part of the season and all that.
Because they're really good receivers, they find
a way to get the catches. Yeah, yeah, they get
open for whoever's throwing. Yes, which would
indicate to me that Tyreek Hill needs that guy
to go to him. Otherwise, he's not doing it on
his own back because he's not tall enough. True.
And he's not as fast as he used to be. He's not
as limber as he used to be. And also, he does
some very dick things. Yeah. Look, the whole
thing about the cops putting him on the ground
and all that, that was bullshit. Yeah. I'm in
Tyreek's corner all the way on that. You know,
I don't think you do that. I think that they
knew that he was obviously a football player,
and he wasn't a threat to take off. No. You know?
Yeah, he was being belligerent and all that,
but you don't try to teach the guy a lesson.
You give him what's allotted to him by the law
and you move on. Yeah. Yeah, you don't take it
in your own hands and go, well, all right, Mr.
Dick, how do you like that fucking asphalt? You
knew the guy wasn't running off. He's not going
to risk his whole NFL career on being a dick
like that. Yeah. But being mallied to you? Oh,
yeah, all day long. Yeah. But that doesn't constitute
eating fucking pavement. But everything else
that he's done, the bullying, the smacking people
around, the alleged women abuse, bullshit. I
mean, no, I wouldn't want a guy like that associated
with my team at all. There was one recently where
I think he was choking out a family member, but
I think that all got settled and dropped. That
got settled, yeah. I think there might have been
a little push under the table. It's like, he
didn't do anything. I don't know where you guys
got your information at. Hell no, we're here
playing fucking skip moment. Realistically, all
you have to do is pay off the victim, and then
they drop the charges, and it's gone. Yeah, that's
the problem. What Rasheed Rice is having is these
guys down there that he hit, they don't need
money. No, they don't want to. This appears,
yeah. We're not interested in being bought off.
We're interested in embarrassing you. Yeah, we're
interested in making you pay for your crime.
And you know what? I get it, man. He left them
for dead. They're thinking like this. That guy
just fucking left us here after he hit us, and
he was laughing. And if he could have, he would
have erased all evidence that he was ever there.
Yeah. Yes. So I can't say I necessarily disagree
with him. Yeah. I'd be pissed too. I still want
to go beat that guy that almost killed us. Yeah,
I know. Good thing we forgot what he looks like
already. Oh, yeah. Well, the fact that I stood
there for like a minute and we're both fucking
telling him what a stupid ass he is. We're both
pointing at him. Yeah. I should have brought
my phone up and taken a picture of his face.
Yeah. That definitely would have been a code
brown at that point. Yeah, he had nothing to
say either. He just said, no. Just came whipping
out around that truck, barreling into an intersection
that has a four -way stop. Everybody else was
stopped. He just came barreling through. Yeah,
he didn't want to be inconvenienced with the
stop sign. So, anyhow, the Bengals, we just said
what we did. They got P. Ryan back. They drafted
Todd Jay. Brooks, I believe is how you pronounce
it. It should be pronounced different, but I've
heard it called T -H -A -J. Yeah. T -H -A -J.
Yeah, T -H -A -J. Yeah, so anyhow, however it's
pronounced, Babelstach, behind Chase Brown, who
will be a featured player. All right, now, we've
done enough of this. All right. All right, I
want to get, do you have anything you want to
go into first? I have the summary of the rule
changes. At least the significant one just for
the upcoming NFL season. And this is for the
2025 season? Yeah. Okay. We have a new kickoff
format. Again? Touchback spot, a new overtime
format, and expanded replay assist capabilities.
Okay. For kickoffs, the teams will now be aligned
closer together on kickoffs, reducing the space
and the speed they get up to. So by the time
the players get to each other, they won't be
moving as fast because they're going to be closer
together. Okay. You know what? I see the sense
and logic in that, although it's going to be
a little bit more boring. Yeah. Logically. Here's
what's really going to make it boring. All touchbacks
will put the ball on the receiving team's 35
-yard line. We're going to see more scoring,
and that's what they want. That's what they want.
But, Matt, now you get a touchback, and now it's
minimum 65 yards to the score. And you're not,
look, this really benefits the Chiefs, the Bills,
the Bengals, all these teams that have these
elite quarterbacks that can throw a dime 60,
70 yards. One -yard scoring drives. Yes. Yeah.
We're going to see some more of those. I know
people go, no, the way to win a game is to grind
it out. You're talking about the playoffs. Playoffs.
You're not talking about a regular game against
a regular team. they say the goal is to increase
the number of kickoff returns and make the kickoff
more similar to a regular scrimmage play. So
I guess they're counting on the teams to avoid
touchbacks at all costs. So that'd be on kickoff
and punting, I presume. You see, but I don't
get that. You put them at the 35 -yard line.
If you're a Kansas City, wouldn't you do that
every time? Yeah. Wouldn't you just be like,
we got Mahomes. Yeah. Go to 35. He's at least
going to get you three. And nowadays they have
that landing zone that they have kicked into.
You can fair catch anywhere in that landing zone
and it's counted as a touchback. Yeah. It's easier
than ever. I think it does the opposite. They're
saying it does what they want it to do. I can
see this getting modified once they go through
preseason and see how the kickoff turns into
a dead play and the punt turns into a... Well,
the punt is in the same way. I can see that 100%.
Yeah. Because... Like, why bother to kick? They're
just going to fair catch. It's going to be on
the 35 -yard line. 35 -yard line? I'd take that
all day long with an elite quarterback, wouldn't
you? Yeah. All right, for overtime, both teams
will get a possession regardless. No matter what,
both teams will get a possession. You know what?
I don't care anymore. I don't either. They change
this so many times, and usually it's because
little bitches mouthing off about the Chiefs.
Yeah. when they were all for the rule change
the year before, and then they changed the rule,
and then they're all against the rule change
this year. Look, just because the outcome isn't
what you wanted, don't change the rules. One
of these days, you'll be that guy. Well, it's
the viewers telling the NFL, we don't like it,
and we're going to quit watching the Chiefs games.
Then we want to change. Although everybody says
that. Nah, they still watch. But it doesn't happen.
They still watch. Everybody says that. I know
if you're not from Kansas City or a fan of Kansas
City, I hear everybody saying that. Where are
all these viewers coming from? They're not Swifties.
Yeah. Swifties aren't watching football. No.
So. Tie games. The game is still tied after the,
oh, the 10 -minute overtime period. 10 minutes.
And that's it? That's it. So then it's a tie?
One 10 -minute overtime period and then you're
done. I agree with that. Why kill your people
on one fucking game? I would go a step further
and say no overtime in regular season. Here's
what I think. I thought about this, and I like
that too. Here's what I would do. Only backup
players in overtime. That would be interesting.
Yeah, that way you're not hurting your regular
players. It's going to be really interesting.
It's like, hey, come here. We're going in overtime.
Who do we got? Gardner Minshew? Okay, who do
they have? Billy Joe Jackson from fucking, I
don't know, Creighton. You know. Hey, I think
we're going to win this. Yeah. I'm glad that
they finally got rid of the overtime in preseason
because let's hope they don't bring that back
because that was the most stupid thing ever.
It's preseason. Who cares? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, I agree. In preseason, who cares if it's
a tie game? I guess just the gamblers, I guess.
Yeah, preseason just ended. Go, okay, the game's
over. Yeah, that's it. Well, they say the purpose
of the tie game is to make the overtime more
competitive, which it would because it's like,
okay, this is it. We just got this for 10 minutes.
And also reduce the potential for a team to be
eliminated without a chance to score. Yeah. If
that's the way they'll do it, okay. I don't really
have anything against that. I've been critical
of the other ones. That's okay with me. Replay
assist is the next category. Expanded capabilities.
Replay assist can now overturn certain penalties
based on clear and obvious video evidence. I'm
100 % for that, even though it's going to make
the game longer. Absolutely. They need to pick
and choose the right ones, though, because you
can't have that fucking game go four hours. People
lose focus. I think it's going to hopefully put
some pressure on the officials to quit making
BS calls because if they get publicly overturned
on the field, that's going to be embarrassing.
That's going to look horrible on them. That's
something they can keep track of and grade the
officials on. I think I interrupted you, so go
ahead. Objective penalties. Replay assist can
overturn penalties for hitting a defenseless
player, face mask, horse collar tackle, tripping,
and roughing. or running into the kicker. So
they can overturn those if the official on the
field calls it wrong. I agree with that. Too
many times someone is pushed, and usually it's
the other team, pushed into the kicker and they
get a penalty. That happened how many times last
year that I know of? I think four times at least,
including the playoffs. Playoffs, yeah. Where
it was either momentum or someone pushing them,
nudging them slightly into the kicker or the
quarterback. to make it look like a late hit.
Yeah. So, I agree with that. The limitation,
however, is the replay will not be able to call
penalties that weren't originally called. Like,
say they do the replay. You know, they didn't
call roughing the passer. Replay's not going
to replay and say, oh, yeah, you did, and here's
a penalty. It's always going to work the opposite
direction. I agree with that. Yeah, I do too.
Although it would be interesting. It would be.
It would be interesting. Well, I mean, there's
so many holding calls for every play that don't
get called. I don't necessarily have a problem
with it. The game happens so fast, you know.
Another question that came up was rule 17. Oh,
go ahead. Rule 17 grants the NFL league commissioner
the authority to address extraordinarily unfair
acts and potentially overturn a game's result.
Wow. So the game could be over and done, and
the commissioner could say, no, this was wrong,
this was unfair, victory goes to the other team.
He absolutely has that power. Okay. Because it's
an entertainment industry. It's not actually
competitive sports. That will not with somebody
with a rooting interest in the game. Joe Phan
is going to be pissed off badly if that happens.
And then people get ripped off of what they won.
They're going to think about betting on football
again. They're going to go, I don't know, I won
this thing, but now all of a sudden this fucker
says I didn't. Yeah, they're going to have to
save that for some time when they really need
it because the first thing people are going to
look at is, okay, you changed the outcome of
the game so you wouldn't have to pay off all
our bets. That's the first thing people are going
to look at. That would be what I'd look at. I
lost my bet because of this. I'd be like, well,
what is their interest in it? Oh, I had to pay
off so much? If they want to go that route, I
think it's going to hurt them. But we learned
last year that the officials have the authority
to grant a touchdown to a team if the other team
is committing penalty after penalty just specifically
to draw it out. I agree with that. I do too.
It's like, you guys keep doing that, we're just
going to give them a touchdown. Yeah. I think
it was the Eagles was one of the teams involved,
and they told the team, do it one more time,
and they get a touchdown. That was the most famous
one. Yeah. The other ones were like regular games
that people didn't give a shit about. But, yeah,
and I agree with that. I do too. It gets childish.
And it shows you that the teams are looking for
any possible way to do an end run around the
rules to win. The vast majority of the rules
that the NFL has are to prevent teams from cheating.
So remember that. These teams will cheat, and
they're being forced every day to stop cheating.
But given an opportunity, they will cheat their
asses off. And that's why I thought Deflategate
was bullshit. Every team cheats. The filming
of the opposition, that was cheating. They should
have really gotten banned for that. But Deflategate,
I didn't have a problem with. Because every team
does that. I know. How about the warm balls?
Nick Lowry's warm balls? That's true. Didn't
he slap like the ball boy? He slapped the ball
boy for the Jets because he didn't warm the footballs
properly. That was enough for Jets fan. Yeah.
We all know Nick Lowry loves warm balls. Oh,
God. He's the guy who used to answer his front
door naked. I know. He was not only a swinger,
but he was an equal opportunity swinger. Yeah,
yeah, yeah. Whatever you got, he was willing
to ride it. He was ready for it. Allegedly. Nasty
guy. Yeah. Nasty guy. Yeah, they, as a matter
of fact, they got rid of him. He was one of the
best kickers there. They just got rid of him.
The flag just said, we can't have this guy on
the team anymore. Now, Lynn Elliott was the guy
they chose to replace him as a problem. Oh, gosh.
But you know what? That was long ago. For about
20 years, nobody in Kansas City would name their
children Lynn or Elliott. Yes. Yeah, and Jimmy
Johnson, he kind of got a name for himself on
Lynn Elliott. Yeah. Because he went in there
after he missed like four or five in a row. He
went out there and took everything in his locker
and threw it out of the locker room. He physically
kicked him off the team. Yeah. Took him by the
collar and said, there's the fucking door. Don't
come back. And then what did Peterson do? We
won him. Hey, that guy right there, he looks
good. He doesn't smell like baby oil and poop
the way Lowry did. With a fig leaf over his asshole.
Oh, that guy was so greasy to me. Oh, he was
creepy. There was a time I went up to Chief's
training camp and was taking pictures. And then
when they would let people along the sidelines
take pictures and stuff. and Lowry came up and
photobombed every one of them. He kept stepping
in front of the camera, flexing his muscles.
Okay, I kind of like that. That's funny. But
it's like, dude, give me a chance to take pictures
of other people. Everywhere I'd move, he'd come
running over and stand in front of the camera.
Okay, now, you've got to admit, that is kind
of funny. It was kind of funny. I was smiling.
But he should have gave you a couple of pictures
without him. Yeah, yeah. What a dick. You see,
I'd do stuff like pick my nose or something or
pick my ass or something. Oh, okay. Oh, God.
Or do something like look up in the air like
you're terrified and point at something. Yeah.
You know what I want to do one day is get one
of those falconry gloves. Yeah. And then show
up at the dog park nervously looking in the sky.
I would go to them when they look at me funny
going. He loves to eat dogs. That's how I'm going
to get him back on my arm. Everyone with a chihuahua
is fucking booking. Yes. Don't worry, don't worry.
If he sees me, he won't pick off your little
rug rat. Yeah. All right. Fuck, where were we?
We talked about NFL rules changes. And then we
got off on Nick Lowry doing his P. Diddy impersonation.
Oh, his trial started this week, didn't it? Oh,
I didn't realize. I wonder if he's eating a jury
trial or just a judge, a bench trial. You know
what? I've got to find this out. I have not.
You know, I just got off the boat a couple days
ago. I haven't been able to keep in touch with
all that stuff, like the draft. I still don't
know who all we got. I know key parts of it.
Yeah. So, yeah, it was my understanding that
started Monday, the trial. Could be. Yeah. I'm
trying to figure out, would he be better off
with a bench trial where he's just got to convince
the judge, or a jury trial where he can sway
people's minds? I think a bench trial. I think
so, too. Yeah, because I think that people have
heard enough of him, and you're not going to
find anyone in America that doesn't know about
the case. Yeah, and I think a judge is more likely
to be sympathetic. Uh -huh. And judges, a lot
of them are idiots. There's a lot of fine ones,
but there's a lot of idiots. Yeah. So I can see
why I'm going, oh, come on. Wasn't that big a
deal, was it? Yeah, I could see that happening.
Oh, yeah, yeah. Or P. Diddy signs like a shirt
for him or something. Yeah. Yeah. All right,
here's the Chief's Draft. First round, Josh Simmons,
O -tackle, Ohio State. I like that. He had some
knee issues. He should have been up higher. Yeah.
That's what the Chiefs do. They're going to rehab
him, and if not, they're going to hedge their
bet with supplementary drafts like they've already
did and also free agency pickups and people on
rosters that let him go. Yeah. Second round,
Omar Norman -Lott, D -tackle from Tennessee.
Okay, that was a guy I didn't know they got,
but I like that pick. Yeah. Later in that round,
Ashton Gillott, D -end Louisville. Another defensive
end. Okay, I like that. I like that. Yeah, we
went defensive in this draft. Round four, Jalen
Royals, wide receiver, Utah State. I love that
pick. Yeah, I do too. For everything we said
before. Look at his highlights if you don't believe
me. Yeah, he's... That guy has a hell of an upside.
If you can process him, oh, my gosh, that would
be. And as far as, like, the defensive ends and
all that, all our guys have been here a while.
Some of them are getting ready to get the huge
contract. Like Karloftis, he's getting ready
to get the huge contract. That's true. He's been
very effective, one of our echelon pass rushers,
and a pretty good run stopper. Yeah. Chris Jones
already gets the money. They're going to have
to let some of these people go, and these are
the people who are drafting to help. learn under
their tutelage. So that's what they're doing.
That's why they went defensive. And offense will
be the next one. They have young receivers now
that they're going to have for a while. It's
a constant seesaw of balance. Yeah, look at where
you're aging, regardless of the talent there.
If you've got an area of your team where everyone's
getting old, you've got to use them now. And
for a couple of reasons. For one, you have to
pay them huge money. Like Chris Jones, I mean,
he might be a Hall of Famer. Yeah. And to keep
that guy, you can't be too unfair about it unless
he agrees to it. And the older they get, the
more fragile they get too, unfortunately. And
that is probably the biggest reason that they're
not even money. They know that they're like an
ACL away from being ineffective. And you know
what's also cool about this wide receiver pick?
What? Seeing the name Royals on the back of a
Chiefs jersey. Oh, there it is. Yeah. That's
cool. I think that's going to sell a crap ton
of jerseys. It's just like Mahomes wearing a
Witt Jr. Yeah. I love that, though. They're both
from Texas. Yeah. Witt Jr. is projected to be
something like Mahomes. I mean, he's already
been phenomenal. But they think the guy is special.
I think that's great that they're cross -promoting.
Yeah. Not that Mahomes needs any, but, you know.
Anyhow, I'm sorry. Go ahead, Royals. All right,
so that was picked for round five. Jeffrey Bossa,
linebacker from Oregon. Bossa, not Bosa? Bossa,
B -A -S -S -A. Okay, so he can't be relationed
to. No. But linebackers from Oregon tend to do
fairly well in the NFL. Yeah, they usually do.
Later in the fifth round, Rashard Smith, running
back from Utah. Utah Martin. Utah Martin, okay.
Yeah. The other, Jalen Royal is from Utah State.
Rashard Smith is from Utah Martin. Interesting
they got these West teams. Yeah. They must have
picked up some good scouts from that part of
the country. That's what I'm thinking. And I
think it's also widely unpicked in those areas.
Yeah, I would think so. And then nothing in the
sixth round. Seventh round, our last pick, Noel
Williams, corner from Arizona. We do need a little
beefing up on cornerback anyhow. And a lot of
times being picked that late, he's not just going
to be considered as corner. He's going to be
kick returner, gunner on special teams, that
kind of thing. Okay. And also, you know the guy
from Tennessee near Nashville that was a Titans
fan? Annual siren testing, 11 o 'clock on Wednesdays.
Well, I thought, and I guess I was wrong, during
peak severe weather season they quit doing them.
I guess they don't quit. No, no, no. I think
they do it on no chance of severe weather days.
Or they knew we were here and they wanted to
mess up our podcast a little bit. That's okay.
We can hack it. Yeah, we can do it. Anyhow. Topher
left in a little bit for effect there. Yes. So
sorry about your ears. We had about three and
a half minutes of it. You guys had about three
seconds of it. Matter of fact, when we get done
vomiting, we're going to get back to the football.
But, you know, I can't even say the word vomiting
right now. I think you heard about my little
episode on the boat, did you? No, actually I
didn't. Oh, well, Cindy's the one that called
it. It was sun poisoning. Oh, yeah. I spoke about
this on the podcast last night, but I was in
the hot tub for probably four or five hours.
Yeah. It was hot, hotter than hell. We never
went during this. This is later. This is a cruise.
Yeah. This is later than we've ever went. We
went to the extreme southern islands off the
tip of Venezuela, which are the ABC Islands.
Yeah. And, I mean, we were just melting. So I'm
in there talking football with a Cincinnati guy,
a Bills guy. I forgot, a couple other fans. And
we're talking football and just, you know, we're
fucking three deep on everything. Yeah. And so
everyone slowly starts, you know, falling off.
Like, oh, I got to meet the wife somewhere. Oh,
I got to go have dinner. Oh, I got to go do this,
you know. Well, me, I stay in there. I pass out
for a little while. I wake up. And I had my shades
on so no one could tell I was asleep. Yeah. I
wake up beet red, and I'm like, what the fuck
is this? I never burn. I'm like, what is this
red shit? Oh, this is bullshit. And I hurt like
hell. Yeah. I get back to the room. Suddenly,
I get very dizzy, real bad vertigo, and I start
vomiting everywhere. Yeah. And I thought it was
a bug, but when Val told Cindy, she goes, oh,
that sounds like sun poison. Looked up the symptoms.
Pretty sure I got sun poisoning. Yeah, it is
an actual radiation exposure. Where the radiation
comes from the sun or a bomb or an X -ray, you
got overexposed to radiation. Wow, I feel like
a Russian agent. Yeah. Google it. So where were
we? I don't know, that tornado siren kind of
blasted everything out of my head. We had talked
about the rules changes and then we went on to
something else. We're talking about Mahomes,
Witt. Oh, yeah, yeah. We were talking about the
crossover. Promotion. Promotion that's going
on. And it makes sense. Yeah. It makes sense.
And then I like what they're doing. We had the
largest. Hey, you think they know each other?
I think so. Yeah, okay. Okay, so. What the fuck?
Oh, we were also talking about the draft and
Jalen Royals. Well, it's kind of hard to concentrate
with blabber mouths over there. It's all echoey
in there. Yeah, yeah. Fuck, come on, give your
gums a break, bitch. So, damn it, I had a really
good point until they started blathering off.
It's getting old or maybe the chips in our head
are malfunctioning. That's it right there. Shut
the hell up over there. No, it made me lose my
train of thought. Yeah, so let's see. Alan Witt
Jr. and Mahomes and the crossover and that's
when it all went sideways. Yeah, okay. Well,
anyhow. We'll just make up shit until we remember.
Yeah, there we go. It is getting darker out there,
isn't it? It might rain. I mean, the last I knew,
they kind of withdrew it. Yeah. They're kind
of like, oh, yeah, yeah, it's going to rain.
And I said, well, if you get rain. Yeah. Tenth
of an inch, maybe three -tenths of an inch at
most. So, in other words, it's going to piss
the grass off. Yeah. Well, I mowed mine nice
and short, hoping it would rain. Oh, I had to.
Rolling the dice there. I had to do it with a
push mower and it sucked balls. Oh, yeah. Yeah,
because our riding mower is broke in that place
we sent it to in Raytown. Obviously overbooked.
Yeah. So, anyhow, if it's too much, I'm just
going to tell them, bring it back. I'll fucking
do it myself quicker. Yeah. That's why I sent
it there. I thought I was going to come back
from the cruise and go, all right, send the mower
back. How much is it? Nope. Yeah, yeah. Unfortunately,
that's been kind of a thing with, I've run into
that with auto repair. Yeah. Is I say, you know,
how soon can you work it in? Oh, you can bring
it in tomorrow. Yeah, that happens all the time.
But they're not going to get to it tomorrow.
They're going to park it out back and get to
it in three weeks. Yeah, no, that's it. The place
I sent my Jeep to. Once they get it on the lot,
then they have some control over you. Yeah, I
went up there and I asked, I go, so do I just
wait here? And they looked at me funny. Yeah.
And they're like, oh, no, no, no, we don't know
if we're going to get to it today. Well, when
do I come back tomorrow? I don't know. We'll
call you when it's ready. So you have an estimate?
No, no, not really. I'm like, oh, so it's just
going to sit out there? Yeah. It might as well
sit in my driveway until you can get to it. That's
what I told him I'd say. So give me a call when
you're ready to start working on it, and I'll
bring it back. Yeah, I go out there. I go, okay,
I see 10 cars there. So I'm 11. When you get
to 11, when you get to 10, call me. I'll bring
my car in. Oh, no, if you take it, you lose your
place. Yes, that's what they said. I said, so
you want me to just leave my car here? Then give
me a damn loaner. Yeah, well, they did. They
eventually had to, but that's a whole other story.
Yeah. If everybody did that, if everyone just
didn't accept that bullshit as common practice,
it wouldn't happen. No, no. If everyone held
them to a standard, there would be a standard.
You know, my wife. puts it this way. People treat
you the way you let them. That's true. And that
is so true. If you let them do it, let them get
away with it, they will keep doing it. Yeah.
And then I hear people going with the overreaction.
I agree with that 100%. Okay. The overreaction
comes from years of people fucking pushing you
around. Then when you overreact, they try to
make you feel bad about it. It's like, wait a
minute. Nuh -uh. No. I'm standing my ground forcefully.
Yes. So don't come after me. This is after years
of people doing stupid shit. Because we always
get told, let it go, it's mine, or let it slide.
After a certain point, you've had enough. And
you realize, okay, they're picking on me because
I'm letting it slide. It's happening to me because
I'm not pushing back. So it's time to stand up.
It is. I agree. And because it's unexpected from
you, it's usually met with a little hostility.
Yeah, they're like, whoa, whoa, whoa. The punching
bag is punching back. I don't like that. I don't
like that. Because you're not supposed to. I
think that's part of the reason that people are
hating on the Chiefs. Because we were a punching
bag for so long. And then we got good in the
90s and then we got crappy again. And now we're
good and we're demonstrably as good, if not better,
than anyone else currently over the last few
years. Also, we are a flyover. It does make a
difference. There are people who are used to
the Chiefs being an easy win, you know, the easy
out in baseball, irrelevant, you have to pay
attention to them, and now we're not that. And
that's part of the reason we get the hostility.
Yeah, the East and West Coast like us to be punching
bags so they can better their record and go to
the playoffs and Super Bowls and championships
and World Series. Yeah, yeah. It's not much different
from the elite college teams who will pick, you
know. a couple of really crap colleges to beat
up on early in the season. You know, a tune -up
game where they're guaranteed to win. That's
kind of what the NFL likes for a while is they
wanted certain teams to be the punching bags.
Yeah, and I agree. I remember what I was going
to say now before the big hysteria about people
that knew each other came on. Okay. I like the
way Kansas City is doing things with the new
Casey Current soccer stadium. The only stand
-alone female soccer stadium. It's beautiful.
It's brand new. It is nice. It's got all this
attention from everywhere. They had the largest,
I think, women's cricket attendance ever, ever
in existence at that stadium already. They had
one game there that was, like, really, really
cold, and they still had a ton of people show
up. Yeah, it's really been a smashing success.
Yeah, we need one. Look at the state of our roads.
Anyways, have they done anything about the access
and parking? Because I remember they weren't
very ADA compliant on access. Not that I know
of. Yeah, I've seen some signs about parking
for the area and shuttle service. But I should
look into it and see how much they've addressed.
But I know they're at least not getting criticized
anymore about it. No, they're not, but I do know
this. If you came up to the city market, there's
a game going on right now at the current stadium.
Yeah. We get charged 30 -some bucks. Yep. So
if they call out addressing it, I guess, okay,
they did. And it's a small shuttle from here,
I mean, to be honest. Yeah. You just go over
one bridge, and you don't even cross the Missouri
River. You just go over the bluff, basically.
And the bluff is, what, about 60 feet or more,
something like that? Yeah. And I guess strictly
speaking, here in the city market, this isn't
public parking. I think the businesses around
here have control over this parking. So they
made a deal where they do that. So if they get
money for it, I'm all for it. Because, I mean,
look, crime is killing this area. Killing this
area. They're doing smash and grabs. And the
people that are making an honest living by having
an honest business here. If they're not getting
taxed crazy, which they are, a lot of them going
out because they can't afford the taxes, they're
getting stolen. And then they're like Betty Ray's
up the road. They got the smash and grabs a couple
times. That guy said, you know how many ice cream
cones I got to sell to make up that $3 ,000?
And you know the tax incentives really aren't
cutting it? No. They really aren't because you
can give them tax breaks and other incentives
to move in, but if you're getting... robbed and
the customers don't want to come, your business
is going to fail anyway. It's just not worth
it. I would love to see a lot of businesses say,
screw your tax incentives, fix the problem, and
then I'll move my business. Well, I mean, look
at RC's. They shut down. To be fair, it wasn't
the owners that started it up, the Vannois. They
sold it to another group and they probably went
out because I think it's like $68 ,000. For taxes
that year is what I thought it said? I think
so, yeah. I was talking to the guy down there
at Mama Leone's over there on Holmes and Redbridge.
Oh, yeah. And if I understood him correctly,
it's $50 a day is what it equals to in taxes.
Lord. Yeah. So you add that up over a year. He
said, all right, let's say I have a fair day.
I make $300, okay? You have lights. You have
labor. You have taxes. You have all the other
ancillary shit, food costs. How much do you take
home? Rent. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, the profit margins
are tiny. Yeah. So why would someone invest in
something like that when you could go, like,
play the stock market and do much better? Or
go to an area that's safe and secure and has
a proven record of friendliness to large crowds,
et cetera. Go to Leawood. Go open your business
there. Go to Leawood over in Park, which a lot
of businesses have. Yeah, yeah. If you want someone
to risk. to come down to an area where they could
suffer from a lot of crime and poor attendance,
etc., you're going to wind up with a lot of gamblers
who want to take that risk. That's right. As
soon as they make their money back, they're going
to sell and they're out, and then the new buyers
are going to say, you know what, this doesn't
work, and then they're out and you're back to
nothing. And then from the suburbia USA, you're
driving 10 miles on these shitty roads to get
here. Oh, God. Yeah. Kansas City, listen up.
You got the World Cup coming. You got two major
issues you need to address. And I mean right
now. Crime and roads. Do that and you might have
some happy people. But until then, it's all cosmetic.
Yeah. You can smile all you want with that golden
shovel in front of the fucking camera. But the
bottom line is, is it's rotten inside. Fix it,
Kansas City. And with that, thank you everybody
for listening. We really appreciate it. Go fuck
yourself.