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you know stuff happens here We get this microphone
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we go Just getting back into it here What would
you like to start off on I've got the chief schedule
here that sounds like a great place to start.
Yeah We could talk about the games All right,
first off it's so weird only having three preseason
games on the schedule You know, whatever you
see them, it's like, where's the fourth? Oh,
yeah, that's right. We don't have a fourth one.
That is difficult to get used to, but the fourth
one was really a piece of crap anyway. Yeah,
nobody played anybody, so why even... Yeah. I'm
gonna have to put my hair up. By that time, they're
already making their cuts. They know who they
want and who they don't. Yeah, the prevailing
wisdom on that last preseason game was the players
are playing... to hope to win a spot on somebody's
practice squad. Yeah, and that's all it is. That
doesn't make for great viewing. Nobody really
wants to bet on that. And it's pretty much stuff
you don't care about. You don't care if they
make someone else's practice squad. It's like,
OK, that guy didn't make it. All right, OK. Yeah,
I mean, you care if you make your own team's
practice squad. But by then, you pretty much
know who you want as a fan or as a... staff member.
If the team wanted you they would have put you
there so then you're kind of like a free agent
that can only go to a practice squad. So the
first week one for the Chiefs is the 5th of September
at Los Angeles Chargers but they're at is Brazil.
Yeah that's that that first game that they weren't
Releasing all the details on when I last looked
but that's gonna be awesome Yeah, that's right
interesting they guaranteed it was gonna be free.
Yeah. Yeah, so I guess the whole purpose of it
is get people in the practice of Getting YouTube
and watching it. Yeah, it's a good test for YouTube
servers as well in their capacity Yeah. It's
like when home computers first came out, Microsoft
put that Solitaire game in. Oh yeah. That was
to teach you how to use the mouse. That's the
only reason that game was there, is let's teach
them how to use a mouse. That's what they think
of you, people. That is what they think of you.
They knew you wouldn't go through a tutorial,
but you'd play Solitaire. But you'd play Solitaire.
So, okay, I think this game is very winnable.
I think there's going to be some bad taste in
people's mouth. But it's not going to be easy.
You're talking about a team that you've been
routinely kicking the shit out of. Yeah, but
they've been scary. Even when we've been thumping
them, they've been a little scary. Like they
could get out of control pretty quick and this
could go south. This is a year that Justin Herbert
has to prove. Absolutely. It's kind of scary
really because I think that Justin Herbert has
all the ability in the world. He does. And I
think Jim Harbaugh is a guy that can teach it.
Yeah, if anyone can get it out of Herbert, it's
gonna be him. Yeah. Which is, you know, bad news
for us, but great news for the league. Yeah,
I still think that the Chiefs are gonna take
it. Yeah, I think so. I think it's gonna be hard,
and it's gonna look difficult, and it's not gonna
look good a lot of times. Yeah. But I think it's
gonna be typical. Mahomes figures something out
at the last minute. Finds Worthy or Rice or something.
Gives that last minute touchdown. Chief's defense
ends up sacking Herbert or he drops the ball
or someone fumbles and I think it's going to
be a Chief's win. Barely. Just on a side note,
I was wondering since we have an odd number of
games in the season. How about they count this
as not a home game or a road game? Well, I guess
they do this for the scheduling purposes and
it's like each one of them has a certain amount
of games. I see what you're seeing by the odd.
Yeah, I think it's like a revenue point. Yeah,
but does this consider the Chiefs home game or
is it considered a Chargers home game? It says
at Chargers, but it's in Brazil. So I think the
way they're looking at that is this right here,
money. So it's kind of like, well, this is your
home game, so we're going to pay you this, what
you're missing out on, having people in the stadium
watch it. Oh, OK, yeah, I can see that working.
Yeah, I think it's a bigger kind. I can see it
eventually going, you know, like every team has
to play a Thursday night game now. It'll get
to the point where every team has to play an
international game. And the international game
is considered neither home nor away. It's just
neutral. So they'll come up with different rules
for neutral side games and it'll count differently
in your division standings. I could see it being
a whole new thing, especially if it's something
new to gamble on. Yeah, exactly. Because they
are definitely coming up with all sorts of new
gambling opportunities every season. There's
a whole bunch of people who that's their full
-time job is to come up with new ways for you
to bet on NFL football. And it's just smart business.
It is. And you know, when they came out with
that, every team has to have a Thursday night
game. If I was Al Michaels, I would have retired
as soon as I said that. Do you mean I'm going
to have how many worthless games a fucking year
where all I can do is make a vague gambling references
and that's it? Yeah. I mean, it's a national
game because it's the only one on, but it's always
a dog and teams that don't want to be there.
A lot of times people don't bother. They do not
bother. Yeah. Yeah, I gotta admit the Thursday
night game, unless the Chiefs are on, I really
don't pay much attention to it. There's always
other things I'd rather be doing. Which is not
so great for me to say being on a sports show,
but it's reality. I won't lie to you unless I'm
lying to you. In which case, I'll lie to you.
Well, a lot of people lying to you say, I won't
lie to you. But we'll take our chances with Topher.
He's been good so far. Yeah, at least I haven't
been caught yet. Yeah, at least he hasn't been
caught yet. So we believe him for now. So that's
game one. Yeah, game two is at Philadelphia.
That's gonna be something. This is a toss -up
purely to me. Purely a toss -up. From an emotional
standpoint, I think... Billy's got the edge.
I think so too. I think they really do. But you
just can't count out my homes on the road. There's
something about being on the road that just gives
an added extra kick to his talent. I think he
hears the criticism. I think it's on his wall
at home. I think he's got a projector of all
these articles. He's wallpapered his one room
in his house with all the bad press. The breezeway
from the garage to the house is all projectors
that have all these skippy, skip -tard ballists.
His motivational tape while he's working out
is all these sportscasters saying that he's washed
up and the chiefs are going to suck. Overrated,
done. I think it's going to go down to the last
30 seconds and it's a toss -up. I'm going to
give Philadelphia the edge. I would think so
at this point. I would think so. I mean, Kansas
City didn't have an answer for them last year.
Yeah. I know things have changed a little bit,
but still. Changed for both teams. Yeah, it's
changed for both teams. So I think the Chiefs
are defending the lead better. But I also think
that, well, also the offensive line of the Chiefs
are still questionable. Yeah. But I also think.
For Philadelphia, it didn't lose very much. No,
not really. So I'm going to give Philadelphia
the edges at home, and they have that ass -kicking
on their belt right now. Yeah, there's a revenge
thing, but I'm not even sure if it's even going
to be there so much at the second game. There's
a possibility that Philly could still be distracted
from having to ride all those. thank -you notes
for all the teams that sent them gifts for beating
the Chiefs. Yes. So they're still writing a lot
of thank -you notes for all the gifts and presents.
And the entire East Coast sent in them letters.
I bet even New York sent them thank -you's. Probably
so. Yes. Okay so the third game is September
21st and it's at the Giants. They have three
away games including Brazil. To start the season.
Wow. Well, that's all right. That means we'll
finish with a long, strong home field. And actually,
I read this one. We are at home against the Eagles.
Oh, okay. So I'm gonna give the Chiefs the edge.
Yeah, I'm gonna get that. Yeah, that flips it.
And it's gonna be the same format. Last minute,
something happens. Yeah, home field is generally
considered worth three points from the gambling
establishment, so that's enough to flip a game
like that. You see, they have this in bold writing.
Usually the home team, it should say Philadelphia
Eagles versus Kansas City, but the way they printed
this out, the way they wrote this, this graph
that they give you, they're unable to do that.
So it's in bold. So Philadelphia is at home.
And then it's at the New York Giants. I think
that's a pretty easy one right there. They haven't
been relevant for so long? Yeah. I don't see
them really putting up much of a fight, but you
never know with the Chiefs. So I'm giving that
to the Chiefs. So right now the Chiefs could
be 3 -0 or 2 -1 easily. I don't think they'll
be 1 -2 or 0 -3, nothing like that at all. So
the next one, 9 -28, and that's home for the
Baltimore Ravens. We seem to be letting them
out every year anymore, don't we? Yeah, which
is good business. You know, you got the guy that
can run and throw and then you got the guy that
can run when he has to. it can throw. Yeah. It's
really a great matchup. It really is. It's two
different styles, but both of them work. That's
pretty much always a game I'm going to watch
for the foreseeable futures. Raven's Chiefs is
going to be interesting. Lamar Jackson is a fun
quarterback to watch. He really is because he's
a guy that can rip off a 50 yard run. Yeah. Every
now and then you're like, how in the hell did
he do that? That's why I wish they would show
more Commander's Games and Panther's Games. Yeah,
I know. Because they're young quarterbacks. They're
ones I want to see. Yeah, Bryce Young is looking
much better. And, I mean, Jaden Daniels is still
a work in progress. Yeah. But, man, he looks,
I mean, preliminary. He looks good. See if our
coffee's ready. Yeah, so I'm gonna go see our
coffee. I'm gonna turn this on pause and I'm
gonna move this into the shade. Okay. But I think
the Chiefs are going to win again. I mean, if
you look at it traditionally, the Chiefs have
owned the Ravens. Yeah. And something that I
knew, but I heard again, I think on a sports
radio show or something, but I already knew this.
The only game that Baltimore won against us at
home was when Alair fumbled late in the game.
Oh, wow. Because we had that game won. Oh, OK.
So, I mean, really Baltimore, and it was a stupid
fumble. It wasn't anybody causing it. So you
kind of got it, you know, I'm gonna go with the
Chiefs Yeah, not only do I think they're the
better team, but I think that they pretty much
own the Ravens on every aspect That that that
makes it a different sounding record Yeah, so
Yeah, but I don't really thought of that but
when they said that I'm like, alright, I know
I'm right then Yeah, I was doing it like that,
too That is it's either way. It's gonna be a
lot of fun to watch yeah, okay, and then October
6 we're at Jacksonville Okay, that's pretty easy
to say I mean I think we're gonna win it may
not be an easy game But I don't really I gotta
admit. I don't know that much about you know
We'll know more after the preseason of course,
but at this point. I don't see anything that
stands out that would make me think Jacksonville
is going to have a legitimate chance. I don't
see it. Okay. Well, we're going to go ahead and
put that one down as a win. So now they're on
a roll. They got three in a row. Alright, so
Detroit Lions here. I think the Lions are very
manageable. The league as a whole learned how
to beat the Giants, how to beat the Lions in
the playoffs last season. So I'm gonna go ahead
and just say Kansas City on this one, it's at
home anyhow. So the next one, I mean and also
Jared Goff, he's easy to, I mean you gotta get
to him. You get to him, he throws interceptions.
Mahomes, he can throw a couple, but not the right.
Not the right the jerk off does. And you know,
that reminds me of, I've heard that about quarterbacks
over the last 20, 30 years. Oh, this is the kind
of guy that you rattle him and he makes mistakes.
He makes bad throws. Yeah, it's well known in
the, you know, I mean. There doesn't seem to
have been that many lately, but here we got some
again. Yeah, yep. and also I think it's just
like kind of like anymore with all the stats
and everything everybody knows so it's redundant
yeah people kind of go oh yeah yeah oh him oh
yeah you know it's gonna they know the game plan
part of it okay the next we have the Vegas Raiders
so they're gonna be a much improved Raiders this
year yes Of course, they didn't have anywhere
to go but up, did they? Yeah, so I'm gonna go
ahead, I'm gonna give that one to the Chiefs
as well. Yeah, so far it's been tough to pick
against the Chiefs in every one of these games.
Yep, so I'm gonna go ahead and I'm gonna take
the Chiefs again. So then the next one we have
coming up, 1027, would be the Washington Commanders
at home. That'll be a fun one. Yes. Okay, Jaden
Daniels is still on his way, he's on the incline.
Yeah. I think, again, I don't want to sound like
a homer, but I think that they're going to handle
this. Yeah, his inexperience will play a factor.
Spagnolo's going to have a lot to do with it,
too. Yeah, I think the Chief's pass rush is going
to be pretty good this year. Yeah. Yeah, so,
and I hope they get that deal done with Carl
Loftus. Yeah. I mean, I hope they're able to
because Carl Octas is such an interesting part
of that pass rush. He is. Even if he's not the
one sacking the quarterback, if you watch him,
especially on the replays, he's relevant in all
these plays. Without him, things would have been
much different. Oh, yeah. He makes the quarterbacks
do things. And whenever the quarterback does
things, it makes him run. It makes him run into
other people. It makes him throw stuff. He's
running into his own lineman. That's always fun.
Oh, that is fun. So, Perlakis, to me, is one
of the premier rushers. He's starting to get
credit for it, but I think everybody who can't
see knows how good he is. I'd like to know how
many pressures he gets, as opposed to Chris Jones.
I don't think they're that far off, really. Probably
not. So, okay, I'm going to give it to that.
And then we have on November 2nd already. The
Buffalo Bills. At Buffalo. I'm giving it to Buffalo.
I think it's business as usual. I think Buffalo's
gonna win there. Business as usual. As long as
Mahomes doesn't get sacked and bang his head
off that rock hard surface. Oh wait, that was
Montana. That was Bruce Smith. I forgot the other
guy. One of my bosses at work said the other
guy and I can't remember the name now. He was
a good one, he wasn't like a great one. Anyhow.
I can't think of it. I'm remembering Brian Cox,
but I think he was a dolphin. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
He might have gone to Buffalo eventually, yeah.
But I don't think it's Brian Cox. Anyhow, okay.
Then the bye week. I think we're gonna win that.
I predict a tie. I predict Mahomes will throw
zero interceptions during the bye week. Yeah,
but he's also going to throw zero touchdowns.
Yeah, that's true. He's going to have zero yardage,
which is interesting. But the opposing team will
have zero yardage too, so. The part that sucks
is people can still get injured on the bye week.
And it has happened. It has happened, yes. It's
like, what do you mean they got injured? They're
on a fucking bye week. Never play twister with
a giraffe. Just don't know. Well, there goes
my plan. Alright, thanks for the heads up. I
noted the client invitation. Giraffes are pretty
nice. They are. According to a survey done with
the zoo managers and zookeepers and zoo staff,
the worst animal out there is zebras. Yes, they're
assholes. The overwhelming response was... Fuck
zebras. Fuck zebras. Zebras are not black and
white is what we're finding out. They're not
anything like horses. They kind of physically
resemble a horse, but they are definitely not
a horse. Whatever you know about horses does
not apply to zebras. And you don't ever call
a zebra a horse. No. Oh my gosh. You want some
shit going around. They'll get the ACLU on your
ass. They know their rights. 11 -16, we are at
the Denver Broncos. I'm going to really enjoy
the Broncos games this season. Yeah, I think
the Broncos are going to edge them out on this
one. In Denver? Yeah, I could see that. Especially
if we get thumped in Buffalo, there could still
be a little hangover disappointment. Oh, wait
a minute. No, no, no. I'm changing it. They're
going to win. It's after the bye week. Oh, you're
right. Okay, after the bye week. Yeah. Yeah,
they'll have the bye week to get over the loss
to Buffalo. Yeah, yeah. And they'll come back
in Denver. There's something about that extra
week of game planning, just Mahomes and Reed,
they eat that up. I mean, they're just like,
they're like refreshed, ready to go. And I feel
sorry for the team that faces them. So that's
November? November 16th. So that could be a snow
game. There's a possibility of a snow game. If
it's a snow game, then I still give it to the
Chiefs. Yeah, I think so too. Alright. November
23rd, the Colts here at Arrowhead. Oh, the Arrowhead
that was hit by a tornado yesterday. Oh yeah,
that's right. Tough old stadium. Yeah, oh yeah.
It waved its fist in defiance. Yes. It's a big
-ass fist. Yeah, yeah. No tiny fist there. Some
Porter Johns got knocked around pretty good though.
Yeah. A couple of limbs, you know. Just as an
aside, did you see the article the other day
that one of the partners in the chief's ownership
has just invested enormous amounts of money in
real estate in Johnson County? Oh, yeah, I did
read that. The former Sprint campus, which is
now Aspire. Aspire campus, yes. Aspire or whatever
you have. Yeah, it kind of makes it sound like
that's where the team's going. Let me tell you
another reason why that stinks. A spider said,
we have our own plants with us when they were
talking about Coffman Stadium. Remember? They're
like, oh yeah, Royals are going to relocate here.
And it's like big news, like someone got a little
secret scoop. And they were the first to go,
we have our own plants with us. And I was like,
well, what could possibly be? They're really
firm on this. Then you find out that one of the
partners and the chiefs bought that land. And
also, what kind of capital do you have in Johnson
County as opposed to the dump known as Jackson?
I mean, I agree with it 100%. And I walk in Missouri,
yes, but everything, safety standpoint. road
structures, quality of roads, quality of businesses,
quality of life around there. The chiefs are
good enough. They deserve to be in Johnson County.
But you know, I don't see anywhere that they
could make it fit with all the parking you're
going to need. Yeah, I was wondering if you're
going to do infrastructure. I mean, those roads
are going to get crap. Well, I mean, like the
Cheesecake Factory might end its run there. Yeah.
You know, there might be some other ones there
that Starbucks might have to go inside Arrowhead,
you know. But, you know, from my perspective,
I think putting it in Wyandotte County out by
the racetrack still makes a lot more sense because
there's tons of room, tons of parking. You can
lease the racetracks parking when, you know,
they're not having a race and you're having a
football game. There's space to build roads right
off of. 435 to take you right in and out of the
stadium. I mean, logistically, it seems to make
a lot more sense to put it out there in the legends.
Yeah, I was surprised when I heard that story
about one of the ownership groups buying that
land. I was really surprised by that because
I thought, like the racetrack, it's known as
a sports hub anyhow. You've got Children's Mercy,
which houses the... whatever the baseball team
is, used to be the T -Bones. Yeah, yeah, now
it's the Monarchs and then the sporting Kansas
City is right there. The racetrack is right there.
Arrowhead being right there would be optimal.
They already have the infrastructure. It's possible
that the investment in the Aspire area is for
the Chief's offices. That could be. Practice
facilities that can, not the stadium itself.
That would make sense right down the road from
the legend. But actually right down 35 to 69,
I mean really an easy drive down. Yeah, so put
the practice fields, the offices, all that stuff
right there on the Aspire campus. So you're not
going to get enormous crowds there except when
you're like training camp or OTAs and things
like that. That seems to make sense. Offices
one spot, stadium in the other. Yeah, it's going
to be interesting to see how this pans out because
Missouri keeps having these special legislative
sessions over because they don't want to lose
their only football team. Yeah. So I think Missouri
is going to put up a hell of a fight, more than
we thought. I know. And Kansas City will need
all kinds of funding, you know, because they're
so good with their money that they get from us
right now. Yeah, they're so responsible. I mean,
look how great these roads. The roads and the
schools. Oh, forget it, never mind. Alright,
1116 Denver Broncos. Okay, 1123. Right around
Thanksgiving. Indian Crappalus Colts. I still
get a shiver up my spine because I remember the
Colts coming in here and playing the Chiefs.
And they won because the Chiefs had to punt.
And the Colts never did. Yeah, it's like the
score it went back and forth and back and forth
with the Colts I don't think the Colts punted
once in that entire game and there's only like
one or two turnovers But they just scored and
the Chiefs could not stop them. So the Chiefs
Had one less scoring drive from the Colts. Yes.
I remember that too because that one stung I
was in Colorado Was Pagosa Springs a lot of Broncos
fans there. Yeah watching the game and I'm gloating
Puffing out my chest. Yeah, we get our ass killed.
Yeah. I remember I had to play a gig that night
at a sports bar. Oh Everybody was in a bad mood
Yeah, it was not good I still picked the chiefs
Yeah, yeah Colts aren't what they used to be.
Well, I figure out what they're gonna do a quarterback
Yeah, I mean that's their thing is is there a
team and transition, but they don't really have
a transition going on Yeah, they're their owner
just died. Oh, yeah. Yeah He has or had the world's
most preeminent guitar collection I mean this
thing is massive. I remember seeing loans out
big sections of it to It's just the most amazing
guitar. The guitar that Kurt Cobain was playing
on MTV Unplugged, he's got that guitar. Yeah,
and it's not operating or did he get it fixed?
I don't know. I think he got it fixed. Okay,
yeah, because Kurt Cobain was very bad to that
guitar at the end. That black Stratocaster, the
David Gilmore. Played for years and years and
was on a lot of albums. That's in his collection
Oh, yeah, and he loans them back to guitar players
to use on tour and in recordings Yeah, he was
a cool guy. Everybody loved the guy. We'll get
into this in the music creeps But there's a little
crossover there with the Colts ownership. So
he was a rocker from way back Yeah, and I think
it's either his sister or his daughter has temporarily
taken control of the team. I think yeah Is the
name I remember reading? I think that sounds
about right. Yeah, had Ursay something, I don't
know. Anyway, we'll find out. It's really going
to depend, the cult success are going to depend
on who gets them and who they get in the front
office. Yeah. I mean, just like, I know that's
easy to say, but since the owner died and Jim
Ursay had had success with his people. Yeah,
it really takes the direction of the team. and
just kind of throws it in the air. It's like,
you'd go anywhere from here. Yeah, because they're
say, I mean, I know they haven't been good in
a few years, but I mean, they were good for a
long time and they have their ups and downs like
any team. Yeah. You could put them up there with
about anybody during the Peyton Manning era.
Yes. So I'm going with the Chiefs, obviously.
It's at home. I would say. And then Thanksgiving
Day at AT &T Stadium. Is it Irvine, Texas still?
I think so. Irvine, Texas. Dallas Cowboys. The
late afternoon game. The premier game on CBS.
So we get to hear the delightful Tony Romo. Anyhow.
Okay, I'm giving it to the Chiefs. I know it's
Thanksgiving. I'm leaning towards the Cowboys
on that one. from an emotional standpoint. I
think Brian Schottheimer will find a way to fuck
it up. Well, that's a strong possibility. I think
the ghost of his dad is going to come down and
beat his ass one last time. The ghost of his
dad will come back and say, change the game plan
at the last minute. Yeah, yeah. It worked for
me. Oh, wait a minute. I'll be up here if you
need me. Like on Star Wars he's the force ghost
yeah like Obi -Wan Kenobi showing up glowing
blue yeah Obi -Wan Schottenheimer I woke up last
night in a cold sweat and I had a dream change
the game plan completely right before the game
during the playoffs Oh, God, those were fun times,
weren't they? They were such a dryjack, my dick
was sore. Oh, my God. Yeah, I mean, it got to
where you just didn't even want the Chiefs to
win because you knew they were going to fuck
it up in the playoffs. Yeah, I remember thinking
I hope the Chiefs don't make it into the postseason
because they aren't going to do anything. I hope
a more deserving team. Yeah, I'm getting tired
of people laughing at us. We get there, you know,
kind of like Buffalo is right now. You know,
they get there and they get stopped by one team
or two teams. Yeah, you know, they have to be
primarily Kansas City, but they have been stopped
by other teams, too. Yeah. And the thing about
it is here's what really gets me on a little
bit different note real quick. I think that Josh
Allen is a much better quarterback than Jim Kelly.
Oh yeah, I would say so. But, and Jim Kelly was
really good. Yeah. But, it's because of the opponent.
If Mahomes wasn't in the league, I think they
would have had at least one Super Bowl. Yeah.
And as a matter of fact, last year I wish they
would have went. We didn't have a chance in that
game. I think it would have been great if they,
I would have loved to see Josh Allen in there.
Yeah, it would've been fun to see somebody beat
Philly. I'll bet you if you asked a couple of
the Chiefs, maybe. Yeah. I bet you they might
kind of feel the same way like, yeah, we wouldn't
have been like that. We'd just like Buffalo win.
Yeah. But on the other hand, losing like that
in the Super Bowl is what's going to drive the
Chiefs this season. So it works out. Even though
everybody's motherfucking him, which is great.
Go ahead. Keep giving that material. Keep doing
it. Yeah, I was just thinking the Josh Allen.
Kind of reminds me of Brett Favre when he was
in his heyday. Kind of the risk taker, gambler,
gunslinger kind of mentality. Those are overused
terms, but I don't know what else to say. The
problem is, and Mahomes too, but Mahomes has
that guy at the helm that knows exactly how to
direct him. I think, now I like McDermott a lot.
He's a really good coach, but maybe they need
an offensive coordinator in there that can kind
of guide Josh Allen a little bit different, because
that gunslinger thing is not working for him.
I mean, success -wise - So far, it hasn't gotten
him a championship. Yeah. An advantage that Allen
has over Mahomes is his sheer physical ability
that he's just a monster. Oh, he can run. Yeah,
he can run. He doesn't get hurt. Yeah, that's
why they call him Josh Alien. Yeah, because this
like can't be human and do those things. He's
a Hall of Famer too, just like. Oh, I'm sure.
Definitely. Yeah, he wins the Super Bowl or not.
He's a Hall of Fame. Yeah, yeah, he's got to
be. Yeah. And if I had to pick another quarterback
for the Chiefs, it'd be Josh Allen. Just like
that. Yeah. Yeah. Fantasy draft tomorrow. He'd
be right here. That guy right there. So all right.
Week 14. We're already on December, December
7th because, you know, the Thanksgiving game
is early. Pearl Harbor Day. Yeah, Pearl Harbor.
That's right. All right. Versus Texans. It's
a Sunday. That's an even better coincidence.
The Texans are here for that, yeah. Houston Strouds.
Yeah, the Houston Strouds. I'm going with the
Chiefs. Texans do play tough here, historically.
Yeah, historically. That playoff game last year.
Playoffs. was the playoffs. Yeah. That's different.
Yeah, that's pressure. Yeah and I wouldn't even
be surprised if Houston ekes out a win. Yeah,
definitely go either way, you know, we'll know
more after the preseason will lock in our predictions.
I'm hoping Don't hold me to these But yeah that
one I might wind up picking the Texans depending
on how things go if we win against the Cowboys
on Thanksgiving Day I'm taking the Texans by
an acre. Oh, that's good. That's good point.
Yeah, I think that high and then they come back
and you know I mean I know you got a playoff
team there playoffs and you also are going to
probably see them again yeah I still think it
like maybe the Texans have to put their flag
down you know they are the team that got that
was ahead 24 to nothing in the first quarter
and was behind 28 to 24 by halftime in the playoffs
A term I remember hearing before is make us play
a statement game. Make a statement to the league
with a game that we're for real. They need to
do that so bad and it all started and I know
this was not CJ Stroud. I know this was a dumb,
dumb Watson. I know it was him but that 24 to
nothing early second quarter lead that they had
against the Chiefs in the divisional round. And
they just evaporated. Mahomes just promptly just
started throwing the ball 50 yards a time. And
by the end of the first half, we were ahead 28
to 24. And they'd already packed their bags.
It was done. They didn't have an answer. And
they're all looking at each other like, OK, I
guess we're not going to win this. Yeah. The
fans down in Houston were making winter vacation
plans. Yes. Like, we don't need to be around
next weekend. We're not going to be there. So
that. That right there is one of the reasons
we got a statement game coming up. And then another
one is the game last year, the divisional game,
and also the game that we played on regular season.
I think that they, like you said, they need to
make a statement game. So it wouldn't surprise
me if they eat that one. Do you think so too?
Yeah, I would not be surprised at all. Early
December... You could get like the really cold
nasty rain here that make just miserable to play
that game. I Don't know if that's gonna help
or hurt I'm gonna guess that that's good probably
gonna help the Texans Yeah, because that would
be an even better statement game to come into
arrowhead on crappy weather and actually beat
us Yeah, cuz they're a southern team. They're
on the coast. So yeah. Yeah, I think that's very
easily could be a losing game Yeah, because I'm
kind of setting up to where that could be a big
deal in Houston's season to get that win. I think
so too. I think that that's their Super Bowl,
and then there's a playoffs after that, probably.
All right, and then we have 14th of December,
the Los Angeles Chargers here. Yeah. Okay to
me. They're gonna win one of the games, so if
they lose in Brazil, they're winning this game.
Yeah, I can see, yeah, a split. If they win in
Brazil, I think they lose this game. Yeah, and
it kind of depends on how the Houston game went
the week before. That's true. If we blow Houston
out, then I would look forward to letting it
in. So, we're putting out 50 -50, right? Yep.
Okay, and then at the Tennessee Titans... I'll
take that as a win. Yeah, by that time they may
not even be... If they're playing their starters...
It's a win. Are the Titans playing in Memphis
or Nashville? Nashville. That's right. They played
in Memphis when they started, but then they moved
to Nashville. Yeah, and they were talking about
splitting them. Nashville was like, no, no, we
deserve our own team. They got a new stadium
coming. I was watching a video stream the other
day and the comment section going by. Somebody
from Memphis was saying you know if you're traveling
don't come to Memphis. It's a freaking war zone
here It is I know so I can understand the Titans
not wanting to play half their games there No,
Beale Street used to be delightful. I I Remember
walking up and down Beale Street a few years
ago. You can't do that anymore It's good like
New Orleans in the French Quarter, especially
Bourbon Street. They know where the tourists
are at Yeah, of course I I walk on Beale Street
about high noon You know, bright sunlight. I
wouldn't go there at night anymore. Absolutely
not. No, I agree. So, yeah, I don't blame it
for not wanting to work in Memphis either. I
wouldn't want to go there either. Yeah, it's
become almost impossible to live in. Yeah, that's
a shame. There's a reason that city has not grown
in years. That's it right there, except for the
suburbs. The suburbs around it have grown, but
Memphis itself has declined in population for
the last 20 years, and it's because of their
crime. It might be worth looking into what kind
of organized crime presence there is in Memphis.
And hire them. Yeah, well, who is it that's draining
Memphis and keeping it on the decline? Because
there's a lot of money to be made in the death
of the city. There really is. I think there is
just general decline of the city and bad politics.
Kind of like here. I remember driving in from
the Arkansas side, and there are all these billboards
in Arkansas saying, last chance to buy weed before
you enter Tennessee. I can totally believe that.
Yeah, so maybe that's something Memphis could
do is get on board with the 420 Express. Yeah,
maybe it will melo -submit people out. No, I
think that it's just like Kansas City where they've
ignored problems so long. Yeah. but now they're
almost unstoppable. And it's affecting their
tourism like it is here. We'd have more stuff
here if it wasn't for our crime. People look
at them and go, I'm not going there. In the top
five on all the categories that you don't want.
Another reason why the teams might be leaving
for the other side of the state line. That's
the other reason too, safety. All right, week
17, Christmas Day. Broncos here. What a nice
Christmas present for the league. I'm giving
the Chiefs all the way. Christmas Day, I think
they're gonna have their paddle ready. Especially
since I'm pretty sure we're gonna lose in Denver.
So the game here on Christmas Day, the only way
that could be a Chiefs loss. As if it's like
last time the Chiefs didn't play anybody because
our playoff seeding was set. Yeah. And there's
no reason to risk it like Mahomes or Kelsey or
anybody see you play the second or third stringers
and you don't care if you win. Yeah, I agree.
That might be that kind of game. I agree. I think
you're right on that. Other than that, I see
the Chiefs winning that. And this is on Prime
Video, the Christmas Day game. Yeah. All right.
At the... Raiders, it's going to be week 18 to
be determined the time. And the day is actually
going to be determined. Yeah, those final, final
week games, they want to make sure that the ones
that make a difference in the playoffs, playoff
seating. are the ones that are going to be in
prime time. So they'll move the Chiefs out or
in, depending on how relevant our opponent is.
If the Chiefs haven't wrapped up and the Broncos
know what they're doing in the postseason, then
I see that to be a bum game. And if they would
take them away, they would probably give them
the Sunday spot or something, as opposed to the
Saturday and Friday or the New Year's by then.
Well, however it's set up. Yeah, that's going
to be a New Year's Day game. You had some stories
you wanted to cover. That's the season right
there. All righty. Well, since we've been talking
about moving teams and stadiums, I wanted to
bring up the Art Modell Law. We've heard of the
Rooney Rule. Yeah. Yep. This is the Art Modell
Law. It is an actual law in the state of Ohio.
The law states that any professional sports teams
playing in a tax -funded facility, like the stadium
there is funded with taxpayer money, et cetera,
if they want to relocate, they have to give six
months notice. Now, this is leaving the city
limits of Cleveland itself. They can't even move
this summer. They have to give six months notice
that they're relocating, and they have to offer
the team for sale. to either the city or the
people of the city. Like Green Bay, the people
of Green Bay own the team. So six months notice
on relocating and they have to sell the team
to the city or the people if they want to buy
it. Okay, you know that is a fantastic law but
nobody wants the grounds. Pretty much no, well
yeah. I don't see anybody. But what the Browns
are trying to do is move to a suburb of Cleveland.
No, I know. They don't want to really leave the
area. They're trying to move to the suburb. But
the city is saying, uh -uh. We want you in our
city. Yeah. You're not going to stick us with
the stadium that we can't use, that we built
for you. They were famous for moving in the middle
of the night, sneaking out, going to Baltimore.
That's why it's called the Art Modell law, because
he took the Browns to Baltimore and changed them
into the Ravens. Yeah. I like that law a lot,
and I'm surprised we don't have it and other
people don't have it. But then again, when all
this was signed a long time ago, Lamar Hunt had
all the power. Yeah, and the only raid that helped
me understand what you mean. Could you tell me
more about it? It's my AI is trying to answer
me. You don't think your phone's spying on you?
I've never enabled the AI assistant on my phone.
He just turned itself on and it just starts trying
to answer. It even tries to answer questions
that someone on TV says. It does to me, too.
Irritating as hell. It is. I think the only way
they were able to pass this Art Moldell law is
because they didn't have a football team at the
time. I think you're right. I think you're right.
And that was a perfect opportunity to go, if
you're coming here, this is what you're looking
at. Yeah. It said, now, the Cleveland Browns
have sued Cleveland. It's named the Modell Laws
Unconstitutional. They argue it violates the
contract clause and potentially the commerce
clause of both of the state constitution. They
say the law has been used once before when the
Columbus crew was facing a move, but it actually
didn't prevent the relocation. So apparently
they gave six months notice and nobody wanted
to buy the team, so they were allowed to leave.
I can see that with the Browns too. Yeah. You
know actually after thinking about it and you
saying that, I think the law is probably a worthless
law. What it's designed to do is if the team
is a stinker, yeah you can go ahead and move
it, we don't care. You know, good luck finding
somebody who wants you. But if your team is like
successful, it's like imagine if Brooklyn could
sign the Kansas City Chiefs and then become the
Brooklyn Chiefs. That would be an enormous boost
to them. So everybody wants the hot tea. But
if this law was in place in Missouri, they say,
OK, Hunt family, you can move six months from
now if no one's bought the team off you. And
whoever buys the team. They don't get to move
within six months either. That would require
the local government actually doing something.
And having the money doing best. Yeah, I don't
see that happening. They'll be going. So in theory,
the law seems to work in favor of the city and
the citizens who paid to have this facility built.
It's like we're going to keep the team here.
But I don't know. And actually, in all reality,
At that level of corporation and money, they're
just going to move anyhow. And then they'll fight
it out in court. The bottom line is if they want
to move, they will. And they'll fight it out
in court. It might even go to the Supreme Court.
Who knows about constitutional rights? But at
the end of the day, they're going to do what
they want to do. And they have enough money to
do what they want to do. One potential challenge
to this law? is the law specifically says professional
sports teams. However, NFL teams are professional
entertainment franchises. Yes. They are not legally
a professional sports team. That's true. They're
an entertainment team. So they could argue that
the law just doesn't apply to them because they're
not in the business of playing sports, they're
in the business of entertaining. Yeah. Yeah,
that's true. So that could work. Stranger things
have happened. Oh, yeah. How about Tyreek Hill,
our old buddy? The Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek
Hill says he wanted to knock out Mike McDaniel
for not getting enough targets in a game. Last
week, this is a couple of weeks ago, Miami Dolphins
head coach Mike McDaniel and star receiver Tyreek
Hill said all the right things. Bill admitted
to messing up and said he is doing everything
he could to change his reputation, but behind
the scenes it appears that Miami's wide receiver
one may not have learned a damn thing. Yeah,
that's the beginning to sound like that. It is,
yeah. In a recent interview with YouTube personality
Aiden Ross, Tyrick Hill went on a profanity driven
rant about Bill's mafia, and you gotta hear it.
Oh, man. Talking about poking the wrong bear.
Yeah. So he can look forward to an ass kicking
up there. Oh, yeah. He's going to get pelted
on his way into the stadium, out of the stadium.
See, that's the problem with a podcast, when
you put someone like Hill on a podcast. He can
say whatever. And he does. Yeah. All right. Buffalo
Ramblings was upset about that. But the worst
thing was... Opened up Instagram on Friday morning.
This is what this guy wrote and he said Yeah,
he said there is a time when he wanted to knock
out coach Mike McDaniel for not seeing enough
targets in a game And this is his quote and then
we can move on because Ty Riggs kind of getting
old news now, bro I remember one game I wanted
to knock out coach McDaniel Hill said when asked
why Miami's problematic receiver said he did
not mince his words He he wasn't throwing me
the ball was what he said. So, not a team player.
No, I mean, I can understand the attitude, but
there is such a better way to phrase that. Yeah,
you say, look, I'm the guy that makes plays,
he needs to give me the damn ball. Say you're
frustrated, say you're confused, but you don't
say, I'm going to go burn his house down and
fuck his wife because he didn't throw me the
ball. That's just stupid. And you know, Mike
McDaniel's probably like, they're going, you
know, motherfucker, you know? Inching his way
out the door, whether he realizes it or not.
Well, I think McDaniel's probably on the hot
seat too, honestly. So you might see them both
exiting in a whole start over, along with Tago
Viola. Yeah, McDaniel's was the fun story because
he was the former ball boy turned head coach
and he's got... the geeky look and he doesn't
have really much awareness of how he looks on
camera. He's very unconventional. Yeah. So that
was the fun story but you know that's over now
he has to win. Yes. Tonga Viola. He's still a
really good quarterback, but he's just starting
to seem so fragile. You can't give him the money.
Not with three concussions, and probably going
to get more in the next time, that's probably
it. The league will probably make him one more.
One more bad concussion and I don't think he's
going to be able to play again. I think the league
will stop him. He doesn't have to stop himself.
I think the league's going to go, you know what,
we can't risk your help. Even if he's not smart
enough to do it himself. Anyhow, we can move
on from that. You had a story about Stephon Diggs
that I'm really interested in. Yeah. A sad story,
that is. Didn't he start in the Niners? He was
a Niner first, wasn't he? Or was he always in
Buffalo? I thought Buffalo might have drafted
him, but... It doesn't matter. There was somebody
I was thinking of. Anyway... It could have been
the 49ers easily. So he's been a really awesome
receiver. Great deep threat, really fast. In
the offseason, he signed to... massive free agent
contract with the New England Patriots. Unfortunately
now they are seriously considering cutting him.
Just out, down and out cutting him because of
pink cocaine. About a week or so ago he was on
a party boat with three or four young women around
him and he was videoed pulling a bag of pink
crystals out of his pouch and you know, handing
it around, showing the girls. It can only be
pink cocaine, which is a bizarre drug that's
kind of a new thing. It is pink because it's
been dyed pink. They usually will put baking
powder in it and dye it pink. But it usually
does not contain cocaine at all. It's just a
nickname. The original version of it contained
a drug called 2CB. which got it the nickname
to see But that and that is a psychedelic But
that got really really hard to get a hold of
so now if they get it if they have it They dump
some of that in they also dumb in dump in MDMA
ecstasy ketamine caffeine fentanyl Sometimes
low quality cocaine makes it wait. You don't
know what's in there. Just all sorts of stuff
just that That's all alone is problematic. Yeah
So, it's commonly used by young people in the
club scene because the pink is cute, either swallowed
in pill form, snorted as a powder, very rarely
injected. Let's see. The effects vary depending
on what is actually in the mixture when you get
it. Some people use it to experience a sense
of openness, sociability, and euphoria. So right
there, euphoria, that says date rape drug. Adverse
effects include hallucinations, which means that
if they try to testify against you later in court,
you can claim they were hallucinating. Anxiety,
elevated body temperature, increased heart rate,
blood pressure, low blood sodium concentrations,
nausea, vomit, vomiting, and rarely seizures,
abnormal heart rhythms, and coma. Oh, okay. Next,
next paragraph is what this is all about. Physical
and sexual assaults as well as traumatic injuries
have occurred when people are impaired by this
type of drug. That's what it's for. You give
it to somebody to mess them up and then you sexually
assault them. It's a modern GHP? Yeah. Oh, wow.
It's the new date rape drug and there was Stefan
Diggs with a big old baggie of it handing it
out to these gals. So he is declared to the world
in general that he's a sexual predator on the...
level of Bill Cosby. Did they check Ben Roth,
this burger's house? Oh, they should. Yeah, they
should. Yeah, look it up. Anyhow. But some of
the other things they found in pink cocaine,
opioids, bath salts. I mean, not the kind you
actually put in your bath. No, no, the kind that
makes you chew people's face off. Yeah. Yeah.
And various other hallucinogens. And then as
far as, you know, is it addictive? Well, yeah,
depending on what's in it, because tons of addictive
stuff is put in it. So, yeah, it's really addictive.
If it doesn't kill you, it's probably going to
addict you. Well, that wind picked up suddenly.
Yeah, glad we got the condom on the mic. Yeah,
yeah. So there's Stefan Diggs, signs this massive
free agent contract, and then goes and does this.
And he was out in public. There were people around
him with cell phones. He had to know he could
be videoed and this could go public, but he's
that stupid. That's just... And now people are
coming out from teams he's been on and saying,
he's never been a good person. We're not surprised.
He's an asshole. Nobody likes him. He's a creep.
Just on and on. People are piling on him left
and right. So apparently, Buffalo was really
running a good PR campaign to scrub his image
while he was there. And now that he's out of
town, they're like, yeah, dude was scum. That
doesn't surprise me. Yeah, so as dumb as Tyreek
Hill, but more destructive, apparently. Yeah.
But Stephon Biggs, if the Patriots cut him, maybe
he'll get picked up by another team. Maybe people
will just wait and see. And like later on in
the season, if they're making a playoff run and
they need a wide receiver, they'll hire him.
but he could seriously be out of the league at
least for this year. That's crazy. That is crazy.
It's crazy that he would do that to his own career
just because he wanted to have sex so bad. Dude,
there are other ways to do it. He is a football
star. You mean to tell me he's having problems
getting tail? No, he's a pervert. Yeah, it shows
that it's not about sex. It's about... control,
domination, subjugating someone else, forcing
your will on somebody else. It's a control trick.
It's violence. And the way they're doing the
violence is with their genitals. But there's
nothing sex about it. Well, I mean, it kind of
makes sense how violent the sport can be. That
a lot of them, and they're not all of them, there's
a lot of them that are fine people. But the ones
that are violent in nature... separate themselves
like this, and you can see that. And you can
see definitely football attracting at least some
people like that. Yes, yeah. They usually play
for the Raiders. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to
say that out loud. Allegedly. Raider nations
out there going, yeah, bring it, we'll show you.
We've got our own GHP. I'd walk up to Stevon
Diggs if I was a guest and go, you know what
my GHB is? My left fucking boot, bitch. All right,
let's see. You got some other stuff? On the football
front, the only other thing I got is the report
I heard is Pacheco. is trying to gain weight,
get tougher, become more physically capable.
And instead of just running angry and slamming
his body into everything, he's gonna try to start
playing like all the running backs did. You know,
bulk up and use that bulk in a certain way. Yeah,
he was so worried about being fast, it wasn't
doing anything for him. No, no. If you drive
really quickly into a brick wall, does going
fast really help you? No. Or do you want to learn
how to steer? It's the double rule. You hit it
at 40, you're going 80. 80 mile an hour collision.
I like the idea. I don't know if it's going to
work, but I like the idea. His body structure
may not be able to... Somebody's peeling a child
they got the skin over the top of his head now.
Yes It's kind of like on the lines of Do you
want somebody to throw a ping -pong ball at you
as hard as they can or a billiard ball light
as hard as they can? Yeah, yeah ping -pong balls
not gonna hurt you know A little light as I have
to check, it was going to bounce off. It could
work really well in tandem with Mitchell and
Hunt. Yeah. You have that type of a lineup around
him, and I think he's going to get more success.
I don't think he's ever going to be a thousand
yard back. No, I don't see him in that role.
I think he's my like six, seven hundred yard
in tandem with an eight, nine hundred yard guy
like Hunt. and maybe eight or nine, hopefully,
on Mitchell if he doesn't get injured. I don't
remember. Is he decent at catching the ball?
He might be more of a runner. He might be the
guy that's replacing, what's his name, Perrine.
Perrine? Perrine, yeah. Perrine was awesome.
Coming out of the backfield as a dump off or
semi -screen or whatever. I want them to have
somebody like that on the team. Cincinnati hired
him back. I mean, I don't know why they let him
go. That guy, he saved our season a couple of
times. Yeah, I don't think we would have been
anywhere near where we could wound up. I could
think of a lot of players I could have cut to
keep him. So, anyhow. All right, here lastly
here, I got something for you. I mean, because
you don't have anything else, right? I'm tapped.
Okay. These are the quarterbacks that are going
to face Mahomes this year. Just to let you have
an idea of what... the NFL is doing and what
they want, okay? The best quarterback in the
league and Hall of Famer and fill in the blank,
Justin Herbert, two times. Yeah, he's talented
as long as his head's in the game. I think Carbot's
gonna help with that. But nevertheless, he's
a guy that can get you. He can get you. Bo Nix
has proven that he can win a game. He's a system
guy, but he's good enough to win a lot of games.
He's getting better and better. Yeah. Gino Smith.
Yeah. And remember, this is with Pete Carroll.
Yeah, Wiley veteran with Pete Carroll. Scary.
Yeah. Josh Allen. I don't need to say more. No.
And OK, all those those three quarterbacks he
faces two times. Yeah. Gino Smith, Bo Nix and
Justin Herbert. So that right there is pretty
rough. Then you got Josh Allen, and it's Josh
Allen. You have Jaden Daniels. Yeah, hot, young,
unpredictable quarterback. That game right there
is going to garner a lot, a lot of attention.
That's going to be a game that's coming up in
three weeks and people are going to be going,
oh man, that game's going to be like the top.
People are going to travel to that game. Yes,
young versus the established veteran. the established
winning veteran. Yeah, the guy who created the
category of quarterbacks. Yes, the new category.
Yeah. The cornerstone of the new quarterback.
Yeah. CJ Stroud. Huh? Jalen Hurt. Yeah. Jared
Goff. He can, he can. Yeah. Whether he will.
No slouch. Yeah, yeah. I mean, he's got a good
arm, but... Inconsistency yeah, yeah, not not
the best decision -maker and Lamar Jackson Yeah,
what a lineup that is. That's an amazing lineup.
Yeah, so you see the NFL is really brilliant
in what they're doing Yeah, they're like we got
to take this guy against the top guys. No one
else Yeah, you know, they're like, you know,
you might have an occasional game against Carolina,
but the meat of his schedule and are going to
be players like that. Because that's the channel
turn. That's the betting lines. That's the interest.
I'll give you an example. Back in the 80s when
Dan Marino was the hot quarterback for Miami
and Joe Montana was the hot quarterback for the
49ers. Throughout their entire careers, I think
they played each other twice. Yeah, which was
stupid. It was. And I remember that second time
they were both near the end of their careers.
And Montana won it. 40 seconds left, I remember
that. And the commentators were saying, the league
has to do something about this. We could have
had games every year between these two. The league
needs to do something. Well, they certainly have.
They took that definitely too hard. And they
said, we've got to make sure these matchups happen
more frequently. You know who that was that said
that? Al Michaels. I'm pretty sure it was, yeah.
Yeah, it was Al Michaels. Yeah, I can see him
saying that. And I think maybe Madden might have
been winning this time. And Collinsworth was
in it. Let's see, Madden was with... CBS. Pat
Summerall. Yeah, Pat Summerall, yeah. And then...
He went to Monday Night Football with much later.
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, because this would have been...
probably earlier 90s. I don't think Collinsworth
was there yet. Anyhow, it doesn't matter. Maybe
mid 90s, because Marino was... Marino was drafted
in 84, so he wouldn't have been near the end
of his career until around 94. But anyway, you
get the idea. Well, they listened to him. They
listened to him. They did listen, yeah. And they
know it's star -driven league, and they know
that the quarterback is the premier star on every
team. Yeah. So if they're that type of a player.
Yeah. All right. Well, I don't know. I'm out
of stuff. Me too. All right. We can switch over
to the music, the creeping music. Yeah, there
we go. We'll probably go to this in the meantime.
Yeah, yeah. Probably do that. But anyhow, thank
you all for listening. Go fuck yourself.