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River, we give you the Sports Bastards. What
the hell do they call themselves again? What
was that? Sports Bastards? What a stupid fucking
name. Who the hell would name their show the
Sports Bastards? Gosh, man, I can't believe I'm
here doing this. We're up and running. All right,
this is the Sports Bastards. I'm Topher. I'm
Mark. Again, still. Yeah, still. I didn't change.
I think that one's yours. No, wait. No, no, no,
this is mine. What'd they put in my coffee then?
I don't know. It was supposed to be no milk.
I don't think I want to drink that. Let me put
this on pause. All right. Now that we've got
the milk caper figured out and Coper's not having
to take several breaks, we're all good now. All
right. There it is. It had oat milk in it. Oh,
that'll be fine. Is that what you wanted? Or
did you just want no milk? I ordered no milk,
but I'll take it with oat milk. That's fine.
Do you still have it? Yeah, in fact, I can make
it with no milk. I'll take the one that's there.
Are you sure? Yeah, she said she put oat milk
in it. That's fine. That's fine then. Thank you.
Yeah, I don't want to go to waste. It's still
good coffee. No, it's good coffee. And also,
I like oat milk a lot. Oat milk is really good.
We learned how it is that they get oat milk.
Have you seen that guy on the Quaker Oats can?
Yeah. They actually take his shirt off and strap
a couple of breast pumps to him. Yeah, I heard
that his nips are getting sore, so he's going
to have to slow down. Thank you. Thank you much.
Yeah, I heard his nips are being a little, they're
a little tender. Yeah. So he's going to have
to slow down on the oat milk production, so the
price might go up. Think of how many thousands
of gallons he has to produce a day. I know, I
know. Well, he has to eat the right foods, and
he has to, he doesn't like it because he's a
Quaker. He has to do a lot of exercise regimen
that he doesn't like to do because he likes to
sit around and write with that feather pen. And,
you know, he's going to have to get breast reconstruction
surgery because they're just going to be, you
know, wrung out bags by the time he's done. Oh,
yeah, yeah. You know, they're already saggy.
I mean, how old is he? Oh, shit. At least 100
years, maybe more. Probably a couple hundred,
maybe. Yeah, something like that. Yeah, so they
get a little saggy over time, a little wrinkly.
But he does it so we can have oatmeal. Yes, he
does. Write him a thank you note if you get a
chance. Yes. And write it in Pennsylvania Dutch.
Yes. With that feather ink I'm talking about.
Yes, yes, yes. All right. Okay, well. Chiefs
game. Yes. Let's talk about the Chiefs game.
We kind of was just glossing around that for
a while with idle bullshit. Let's get to it.
It's kind of like when you have to finally get
down to scraping the dog crap off your shoe.
Yes. That was the Chiefs game. And actually,
for their backups, basically, they played well.
They played well. Yeah. Oladokun actually did
pretty well. Oladokun is really, I mean, he has
a lot of upside, especially. Yeah. The fumble
recovery throw for first down? Yep. That was
Patrick Mahomes -esque. It was. He didn't freak
out. He just went over there, he grabbed the
ball, saw the guy, tossed it to him. That's stuff
you learn from working behind someone like Mahomes.
Yeah. That's something that you get that nature
from that, okay, well, I'll just do this. He's
catching on. You see, when we got Minshew and
when we got Winston. Wentz and all those guys.
They've already been formed. Gabbert. They've
already been formed. They've already played for
a long time. And there's no really reteaching
them. This guy's brand new. Yeah, they're saying
he's been around the Chiefs organization since
about 2021. Yeah. On the practice squad or else
just hanging out, just doing stuff. He's like
been around and absorbing stuff. Yeah, I don't
mean like he's a rookie. I mean, he is because
of this. But he's a four -year -older rookie
than most rookies. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So he's
kind of a technical rookie, but yeah. I did notice
during the broadcast that the announcers were
taking great pains to try to convince us that
Oladokun and Mahomes are best buds, and they
go out. Like every time Mahomes and Kelsey go
out, they call up. and have income too. You didn't
believe that either? No, no. They were trying
way too hard to sell it, and they kept going
on and on. And was I wrong, or was they trying
to paint a picture like they even look alike?
Yeah, they kept going up to the booth to show
Mahomes reacting to something as if they're best
buds. I know. It was cheesy to me. Really, yeah.
It was kind of like the Nebraska quarterback
that everybody keeps saying, oh, he's a Mahomes.
I know he is. Yeah. He just looks kind of like
him. That's it. Well, I mean, okay, it's hard
to get a read on a game like this, but I can
tell you this right now, how good can Denver
feel? Getting blown out by Jacksonville and then
barely beating third stringers, maybe fourth
stringers. Yeah. I mean, it was tough. We could
have won that game. It was tough. Denver did
back into the AFC West Championship when the
Chargers lost last night. Yeah, when the Chargers
shit themselves again. Oh, God. They looked good,
then they looked like shit. And then drive late
in the game, the officials were doing their part,
kept calling flags to help keep the drive going.
To make sure they could score, and then they
didn't score. I know. What if, buddy? It's like
the officials did everything they could to make
sure you could score, and then you blew it. Yeah.
It's like, nothing to see here, guys. Done. That
was something I noticed in the game last night
and started thinking about. I've seen it a lot
this season. Is the really, really late flag
for something that happened during the play.
That pisses me off because that means that they
talked about it, looked at each other or something.
What it tells me is it looks exactly like they
see something happening and they're like, okay,
let's keep that in the bank and see how this
play works out. And if we want this team to succeed
and the play goes wrong, then we'll go ahead
and throw the flag and call it back. But if the
team goes ahead and does something awesome, we'll
forget the penalty ever happened. So it looks
like they're waiting until the play is over to
decide whether or not to throw the flag to make
sure the game turns out the way they want it
to turn out. I don't see how it's anything but
that. I don't either. To me, it's like... Penalty
occurred like one and a half seconds after the
ball was snapped. And about three seconds after
the play was over, here comes the flag. There's
no reason for that. Unless you're fixing games.
Yeah. No, I agree. No, if you've got to sit there
and wait on it and wait, then yeah. What it is
is they don't want to look too transparent, too
obvious. So they don't want to throw too many
flags. So if the play doesn't go the narrative
of the game, they're like, oh, we've got to interrupt
it. Here, let's sway the game a little bit. Let's
go ahead and influence the game. And I'm starting
to remember seeing that in a lot of other games.
There's like some miracle out of nowhere play
that bails this team out of a big hole. And then,
oops, right at the end, here comes a flag. I'm
sick of that. Uh -huh. Yeah, it's kind of like.
It's intentional. Yeah, and these, okay. The
penalties are designed to where it is really
kind of like it's so loose -based that you can
really form it into what you want, and you can
fit any narrative that you want. And it's true.
If you don't believe me, just watch last week.
Watch every game. Watch every game that was played
last week, and then you get back to me and tell
me if it's not a narrative that they do. It is.
Keep in mind, every single play of every game
is watched live. At the league offices with league
officials and representatives from the referees
and officials. And they can buzz into any game
and stop it and say, no, call a flag on that
or pick up your flag. Or they can change anything.
Ultimate control from a distance. Yeah, and also,
I challenge anyone to go look at the rule book
on holding and pass interference. It's subject.
Pretty much to the person that's watching. It's
very much opinion -based. Yes. So that means
they can call it any time they want or refuse
to call it any time they want. Yeah, it happens.
If you're betting on NFL games, then you're an
idiot. You are a rube. Yeah. You probably think
the stripper really does like you. Yes. You're
the one that kept giving them money. And then
it's like, well, no, she's got to get home. She's
got to go get her kid in the morning. And she's
putting herself through law school and all the
same lies. It's amazing. They're all going through
law school. Boy, there's a bunch of lawyers here.
And the check's in the mail, and I'll still respect
you tomorrow, and it won't come in your mouth.
All the lies everyone tells. Don't worry. You'll
get a courtesy tap. Oh, shit, I'm sorry. I forgot.
I lost myself at the moment. You were so good,
I couldn't. Yeah. Yeah, sorry about that. Here's
a towel. I'm going to do a Bill Clinton. Put
some ointment on that. It is getting really tiring
watching the NFL give their gambling partners
a reach around every Sunday. It's just making
me ill. That is destroying the NFL if you ask
me. I think it's ridiculous. The ass -kissing
that goes on to the bettors, the gamblers. Everything's
like draft kings, draft kings. Fan duel. Fan
duel. All of it. It's bullshit. And the commercials
are all, be a winner, be somebody. You're nobody
unless you're betting. Oh, yeah. And how about,
like, whenever they kick a field goal or a point
after, the camera is aimed at the giant board.
that has DraftKings on it every fucking time,
every game, everywhere. And for the Chiefs end
zone, it's BetMGM. Yes. And they used to show
the camera angle. looking through the goal post
out at the field so you see the ball coming at
you. But you can't get the sponsor's logo on
the screen that way, so they switch the camera
around and now you've got a watch from behind.
You're right. Yeah. Yeah, isn't that bullshit?
And that's so they can get that in there. Yeah.
They get that plug without being a plug. It's
bullshit. I mean, they do everything possible
to remind you that the game is not the main thing.
The broadcast and the sponsors, that's the main
thing. Everything takes a backseat to that. The
bit MGM reminds me a bit of in the 80s when you
saw Pepsi cans placed right at the camera in
every movie. I remember a Superman movie where
Superman got thrown through a Pepsi truck. Yes.
Yeah. Yeah. They pay for that. They pay a lot
of money for that. So whenever there's a big
scene and there's a Pepsi can over to the right,
dead center, you can see the logo perfectly placed
there. That was paid for. Pepsi said, hey, how
much to put this in, I don't know, Fast Times
at Ridgemont High or whatever. They're trying
to get the kids indoctrinated into liking Pepsi
instead of Coke. Because Coca -Cola is the great
American drink, but it didn't work. Pepsi's fallen
even further now. Remember back when they had
candy cigarettes? Yes. And kids would... buy
them and pretend they're smoking. I was one of
them. Me too. And it led kids into thinking smoking
was fun and cool and I couldn't wait to smoke.
And they decided, well, this is bad for kids,
so we're going to ban these. They banned the
candy cigarettes, but they didn't forget the
lesson that if you get them early enough, you
can talk them into anything. I mean, look at
the Hitler youth. Get them early enough, you
can talk them into absolutely anything. Brainwashing
works. Yeah, it does. Yeah, that's true. All
right. Well, we got anything else about the Chiefs
or should we move on? Yeah. Chris Jones doing
that offsides on fourth and two that prolonged
Denver's drive and helped him get the go -ahead
score. You think he was told to do that? I kind
of think so. It looked really obvious to me.
Yeah. I mean, it looked so plain. And the people
around him on the Chiefs line. wouldn't even
say, hey, do get back, you're over. It reminds
me of when he let Trevor Lawrence fall down,
get back up, and run six yards into the end zone
when he was standing there at the goal line.
I think Chris Jones is occasionally told, take
this play off. Well, it kind of looks like it.
And if not, then you have to get rid of that
guy. Yeah. Because what other... What else could
you say that is going on there if he's not getting
paid off or told to or whatever? All this is
allegedly, but is it malcontent then? Is he mad
about something? He's like, I'm just going to
not do anything. If he's not doing it intentionally,
then he's just gotten that stupid all of a sudden.
And why are you going to pay tens of millions
of dollars to a guy who is so stupid that he
can't even tell when he lines up offside and
then he jumps offside too just to make sure they
throw the flag? It just looked so obvious to
me. And then the look on his face like, oh, gee,
I goofed. Totally fake reaction on his part.
Completely. Yeah. It was interesting, Denver
controlled the clock. They had three drives of
eight -plus minutes. They had two drives of 14
and 16 plays each. Oladokun held to 43 yards
passing until late in the fourth quarter. 43.
No, I knew that, yeah. Nuts. Yeah. Kelsey was
our leading receiver with five catches for 36
yards. I know. Isn't that crazy? That's more
than half of the total passing yards, just 36.
And that's more than half. The running game was
just as inept. Yeah. It shows you how good the
defense actually did. Yeah. Yeah, they did. The
defense has been playing really well with their
backups. So I think we need to get a Max Crosby,
possibly. Yeah, we were talking about him earlier.
Up until now, he's been totally rah -rah Raiders,
all for the Raiders, wants to stay, wants to
succeed. And then they told him he's benched
for this final game and he doesn't get a save.
He really wanted to play. And the coach said,
we want to protect your trade value. That would
infuriate me. Yeah, that would infuriate me too.
All along they've been telling him, we want you,
we want you, and now all of a sudden it's like,
oh, yeah, well you can't play because we're going
to trade you. And they made him leave the facility.
The first reports on the first day this came
out for the first few hours, every report said
he was asked to leave, he was told to leave.
Silly. Now they've changed that and say, oh,
he decided to leave. He chose to leave. No. He
was booted out. He was booted out. And now they're
trying to spin it otherwise, but he was booted
out. He's told, you're not starting. You can't
do anything about it. Get the hell out. We'll
let you know when you're traded. Yeah. Basically.
So he is pissed as hell. I'm going to take this
a little bit further. What do you give up for
a Max Crosby, if available? I'd say a third rounder
and a player. I think so. I'd go third rounder.
I say you want Chris Jones? Oh, yeah. Take Chris
Jones, please. Yeah, you got a pass rusher there.
You got a big guy. We'll take Crosby. You take
him. Hey, we sent Neil Smith to, what, the Broncos
way back in the day? Yeah, he got us good. Yeah,
we can send Chris Jones to the Raiders. Yeah,
there we go. He can be your headache, dudes.
And Neil Smith completely won two Super Bowls
with him after we did that. Yeah. One on us.
But on the other hand, Neil Smith alone wasn't
going to help the Chiefs get anywhere, so why
not? No. No, at that time, they were actually
looking not only to replace Smith, but also Thomas,
too. Yeah. So both of them were kind of like,
you know, for different reasons, falling off
the ledge a little bit there. So, you know, Thomas
and I think Smith, too, were notorious for skipping
workouts. Yeah. So, yeah. Yeah, they said with
Derek Thomas. He didn't really participate wholeheartedly
in practice. In fact, in practice, he just wasn't
much. You watch him in practice, this guy's a
second stringer. But on game day, man, he just
blew up. He was so much emulating Lawrence Taylor.
He was the same on that aspect of it. Yeah, that's
true. Lawrence Taylor, you see him on the practice
field, you go, who's that bum? Yeah. Why is he
wearing Lawrence Taylor's numbers? Yeah, yeah.
It's like, that guy's slow and lethargic and
don't care. And then all of a sudden, it's like,
that's the same guy right there that's like destroying
the quarterback. He just hasn't switched it on
yet. Yeah, and that's the way DT was too. True.
It worked for him. Yeah, it worked. If he would
have lived, it would have been interesting to
see if he could have revitalized his career a
little bit more. Yeah. But probably not because,
let's see, he broke his back, right? In that
wreck? Yeah. Okay, he broke his back. And the
thing that killed him was blood clots that formed
and went to his heart. He was in Miami at one
of the top doctors. And I don't know if he would
have played again. Probably not. Yeah, so I guess
that's irrelevant. His career was over essentially.
Well, let's say if the wreck didn't happen. If
the wreck didn't happen, I would love to see
him. Because he was kind of at that age where
if he worked out a little bit more, he'd probably
be fine for another two or three years. Yeah.
He had that kind of athleticism that was like
just born in you, you know. So not quite a Bo
Jackson, but. Yeah. But it is kind of interesting
to think of. It did seem to be that if he hadn't
gone through the accident and died, that he might
have been traded that next year. I think so.
Well, they were looking at a complete rebuild,
obviously. Yeah, and you sell off your highest
value properties in order to get the money in
draft picks. I mean, look at the Jets. They're
set up perfectly in the draft. They've got a
ton of high -round draft picks. I know. I'm looking
for them. I don't know about the people that
run them. Yeah. They have an opportunity. Whether
they'll actually be able to do it is another
thing. Well, now's the time to clear house and
get the people in there that you want. Yeah.
And they've got a lot of trade stuff. I mean,
they can trade draft picks to get players instead
of having to just draft, like, you know, five
players in the first three rounds or two rounds.
Players, players. Alright, we got anything more,
Chiefs? Yeah, I got some information about the
stadium deal. Oh, good. The way the stadium deal
is written, that the Chiefs will get every penny
made in the stadium from any event and from any
source. So from every Chiefs game, they get the
tickets, they get... All of the merchandise,
they get all of the parking, they get all of
the concession, all of that money goes to the
Chiefs. Every penny. And then next week, Chiefs
are out of town playing somewhere and they bring
a concert in, Chiefs get every penny from that
too. So the stadium itself never makes a penny
for Kansas. Every cent goes to the Chiefs. Wow.
Now the Chiefs have to pay $7 million a year
in rent. But they pay it into an account that
they control themselves. And then they get to
dip into it for maintenance and upkeep and various
other things. And, of course, they can skim whatever
they want off the top and just take the money
back. So basically they pay nothing and it's
built for them. Yeah. Basically the chiefs are
paying nothing and they have no property taxes
ever. I know. So it's 100 % completely free.
All it does is make money for the chiefs. Anytime
something happens there, every penny goes to
the chiefs. None to Kansas. It's a smart idea.
It's billionaire welfare. Yeah, it is. It really
is. The Chiefs family is worth $25 billion. They
don't need a big sweetheart deal like this, but
they could get it, so they got it. No, exactly,
because everyone else is, and they know what
they have. They're aware of what they have. Yeah.
And that's the problem. And so is everybody else.
Everyone else knows that, hey, if this doesn't
go through, if both sides don't do anything,
they're up for grabs. An organization like that
with Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid at the helm,
oh, fuck. Yeah. Yeah, they would have no problem
landing. I think Chicago would have reached out
and tried to get him because they've been wanting
a second team for a long time. Yeah. And not
Chicago proper, but a lot of the outlying areas
that have the money are actively looking for
a team. In fact, the Bears are having trouble
working out this stadium deal with Chicago, Illinois
itself, so they're looking at Indiana. Yeah.
The Bears might move to Indiana. Wasn't it Gary,
Indiana they're talking about? And I'm like thinking,
they don't have money, do they? No, they don't
have money. That's probably bullshit. But they
said somewhere in Northwest, they'll still call
themselves the Chicago Bears, but it's like the
Jets and the Giants playing in New Jersey and
calling themselves the New York team. The North
Shore would probably be the area that gets it
because they have the money, they're affluent,
and it's kind of like Kansas City, Kansas, Kansas
City, Missouri. True, true. The money's up there
to the North Shore. Let me think of some of the
towns. Wilmette, places like that are very affluent.
And so they would probably hit the stadium if
anybody does. So, yeah. So, yeah. And Silterfield,
I hate to think how old that thing is. Is it
from the 40s maybe? I don't know. Seems like
it. It's an old stadium. They've refurbished
it a few times. But, yeah, there's almost so
much you can do with old bones. Yeah, and that's
about it. Well, it's kind of like Arrowhead.
Right now, there's only so much you can do with
old bones. Yeah. But they are getting, you know
what's cool is they're getting a lot of heat,
and justifiably so. Yeah. About screwing the
people with the fan base. Yeah. Because what
they're doing is reshuffling it. You're not going
to have your same tickets or anything if you're
not going to pay more money and a PSL. Yeah,
that's how they make sure that everyone who does
show up for the game on game day has a lot of
money to spend. Yes. Yep. And you know what?
They don't give a shit about you. No. It's the
attitude, if you don't have enough money to spend,
then stay home. Yeah. I've seen restaurants doing
that. In fact, the wait staff saying, if you
don't have enough money to tip me 20%, don't
even come out to eat. You're not rich enough
to come out to eat. which is a snotty and arrogant
attitude, but the NFL has adopted that attitude.
If you can't spend a few hundred dollars every
time you come out to the stadium, we'll find
somebody who does, and we'll give them your season
ticket. Yep. And they can. You know, new state,
new stadium, new everything. They don't have
to honor any agreement with the current season
ticket holders. There's always a way they can
get out of it. Yep. And they will. Yep, they
will. And sorry, I've got to book a hair appointment
while I'm thinking about it. Because if you don't,
you don't get in. I've got to have my hairs cut
for the new year. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Number two
on the sides. A little flip -flop on the front,
right? There we go. There we go. All right. Get
my ears lowered. Okay. I've been watching the
Netflix series Quarterback. Yeah. In the first
season, it was Mahomes and Marcus Mariota. Kirk
Cousins, I think. And now the second season is
Kirk Cousins again and Jared Goff. And who's
the third guy? Total blank. Anyway, I'm trying
to think. Oh, Joe Burrow. Oh, Joe Burrow, yeah.
So interesting they picked three white quarterbacks
to do this second season. Oh, yeah. It's interesting
because the show is taping the 2024 season, so
last year. And Jared Goff is having some issues
here and there. And then I compared him to what
he did against Minnesota this season. I mean,
this last game against Minnesota, Jared Goff
was the turnover machine. Two picks, three fumbles.
Five turnovers that were directly Jared Goff's
fault. Oh, yeah, no, he was horrible. They knew
what they were doing with him. The Vikings knew
what to do. The Vikings just came in there and
they destroyed Jared Goff with that pass rush.
Yep, yep. They held him to, with four minutes
left in the game, the Lions had 174 yards passing.
Or maybe it was 174 total yards, I don't know.
Yeah, I got some stuff about the Lions. Running
game was nowhere to be found. What was the last
thing? Oh, Minnesota's Brosmer was 9 for 16 and
51 yards. I know. And they still won the game.
They still won the game significantly. So, yeah,
we've learned what there is to learn about the
Lions, I think. Oh, yeah. Well, here I've got
something for you because I have a big write
-up on this. I'll just go over it. You've covered
a lot of it. But the Lions are 8 -8 for a 500
record. What's happened to them? They've had
a few injuries, but not any more than any other
team has had. The Vikings with a brand new rookie
beat them soundly, although it wasn't the rookie
that beat them. Yeah. So Dan Campbell was looted
from with his offensive coordinator, Ben Johnson.
Okay. Ben Johnson is 11 -5 currently in concussion
for the NFC number one seed. Yeah. Ben Johnson
has helped Caleb Williams become a superstar.
Yeah. Could this be a huge factor in Detroit's
collapse? I think it is. I think that was an
essential person for them. It really does seem
like the front office is letting the team down.
Yeah, they are. That's the big difference. Ben
Johnson, I can't blame him for getting a head
coaching job, and he's doing very well. Yeah.
But I'm thinking, like, he was the one that kept
Jared Goff together enough to where they could
at least get to the playoffs. Yeah. Playoffs,
playoffs. So I think that's part of what's going
on there, but not everything. Yeah. The question
I got is, is the team – starting to not believe
in Dan Campbell? Is he losing the team? It kind
of seems like it's heading that way because he
really doesn't seem to have a lot of answers.
He's the same rah -rah guy. There's nothing new
coming out of him. We don't see any new wrinkles
on the team. It's just, well, this is what we
do. We're just going to keep doing it. We're
going to get better at doing it. We're just going
to keep doing it. Hey, maybe he gets C .J. Stroud
when he's talking to him on that Buffalo Wild
Wings commercial. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, and C .J.
Stroud could throw three interceptions. Maybe
that's it. He did too many commercials in the
offseason and it rotted out his brain. Yeah,
that's it right there. Yeah. I think it's CP.
Yeah, yeah. All right, Green Bay got pummeled.
Yeah. But anything to that. Jordan Love is out
with a concussion, but their defense gives up
218 yards to Derrick Henry. Yeah. And four touchdowns.
Not to mention Tyler Huntley beat them. Wow.
Because Lamar Jackson is out. Pretty much doing
what we always said. Lamar Jackson is not the
answer to any team. Yeah. And the reason is because
you cannot have someone run that much and be
successful. Yeah. For a lot of different reasons,
but the main reason is what we've seen here.
He's injured over half of the time. Yeah. I mean,
he may be injured as much as Joe Burrow, and
Joe Burrow is not a running quarterback. He's
just fragile. Yeah. No, actually, he doesn't
have an offensive line. Never has. That's more
like it. Yeah. So, Green Bay, I don't know. I
don't think they're going to make it very far.
No, they don't look like the real thing anymore.
It's not just Jordan Love being out. They've
been inconsistent all season. Yes. They'll look
good for a while, then they just – They'll look
like a world beater, and then they look like
nothing. I mean, they got pummeled in Denver,
and then Denver got pummeled by Jacksonville,
and then Denver barely beat the Chiefs third
and fourth stringers. I remember the Chiefs last
year, they looked good in every game. Even the
ones they lost, they still looked good in every
game. There were at least flashes of greatness
in all the games. This year, the Chiefs look
lost. Like they can't believe this isn't working
anymore. Green Bay's kind of looking the same
way. Well, I mean, they're kind of like the fans.
Yeah, they're kind of like the fans on this aspect.
Like, well, why isn't working? We got everybody.
How about this receiving team? I mean, at this
point, I mean, do you even like keep Rashi Rice?
I don't know. I don't know anymore. You know,
he looks great sometimes, but the fact that he
can fall off so badly. is very concerning. It
is. He's not going to be the franchise receiver
to carry your team if he just can fall off like
this. He should have been that. So what's going
on? I mean, he got into some trouble. Is that
what's going on? I think it's partly that and
partly he's falling in with the general sense
of gloom that everybody in the team and especially
in the offense has. That's part of it, yeah.
You know, if he and Mahomes really are hanging
out the way they've always said that he does,
hangs out with his receivers. then he's probably
picking up a lot of anger and frustration and
upset from Mahomes. I've got a question for you.
All right. How much time does Mahomes have? 24
hours a day? You have to sleep for some of it,
right? Yeah. Okay. Well, he posts a lot of pictures
of him with his family. He posts a lot of pictures
in practice. He posts a lot of pictures of everything.
How much time does he have? Is he really spending
all this time with these people, or is that a
fabrication to make it sound pretty and cute?
People have been available to hire to run your
social media accounts for many years. So I think
a lot of what Mahomes is doing is he's taking
some pictures, his wife's taking some pictures,
other people are taking pictures. They're all
turning it over to this person who's running
Mahomes' media accounts. So it's made to look
like it's constantly ghosted. Right, so it's
supposed to look like Mahomes is posting all
this stuff, but he's not. He's hired somebody
to do it for him. But he still spends a lot of
time traveling to entertainment things. What
else have I seen? Oh, he does a lot of commercials,
not all of them in the off -season. And I'm sure
he's got a lot of businesses going. He's got
the restaurant. He's got some other things. He's
part owner of the Royals. So he's got a lot of
stuff to occupy his mind that he needs to make
decisions on. And he doesn't have as much time
and space for football as he did when he was...
in his second or third year. Well, and that would
also explain, listen, I'm not saying, look, he's
a good person and he does his job well. He's
at that point in life where, you know, football
is not the most important thing. Right. Which
is good because there's more to life than football,
and there's definitely life after football. And
there will be that time when he has to go ahead
and say, all right, well, this is it. So, no,
he's a very well -adjusted, good human being.
So I think some of this criticism that you have
about him is very much unwarranted, obviously.
78 yards passing to where he was always routinely
getting in the high twos. Yeah. I think he also
may have lost some of that fire and drive. Probably.
Not lost altogether, but it's not on football.
It's on other things in his life. That focus
and drive and determination is still there, but
it's now growing his businesses. I think it's
coming back, though. I think everyone needs that
slap in the face, that moment of clarity. When
he's sitting there on the sideline, knowing his
knees fuck beyond compare, that moment of clarity
probably set in. Yeah, and that's a fairly common
trajectory for a lot of players is they're hot
right out of the gate, and then everything that
happens to everybody happens where they get all
these opportunities, they meet people, they got
all this stuff, and they're focused on football
waivers. And some of them can bring it back and
get back to it, and others it's just like that's
it for them. Well, I've got a bunch of names
for you here. Yeah. Okay. Peyton Manning. Yeah.
Brett Favre. Yeah. Aaron Rodgers. Oh, Tom Brady.
All of them had the lull in their career. People
started catching up with him, figuring out, salary
cap caught up with him, all this stuff. So how
you react to that is everything. Peyton Manning
needed a fresh start, and they moved him off
to Denver where he promptly won a couple of Super
Bowls. Tom Brady, he took a few years off. He
was still there, but the team was rebuilding.
He waited and waited and waited and he struck
while the iron was hot and he won quite a few
Super Bowls there. And then he went to Tampa
and won the final one. So all of these guys have
their own story. Aaron Rodgers, he was in Green
Bay. And he was like pedestrian, pedestrian,
pedestrian. And all of a sudden he broke out
again and started playing really well. And then
they shipped him off. Well, they let him walk
maybe? Or did they trade him to the Jets? I can't
remember. Yeah, it was... I remember at that
time the team was kind of ready to hand it over
to Jordan Love. So it was kind of like Aaron
Rodgers wanted to leave before they cut him or
traded him. So it was kind of a mutual decision.
Well, that started the spat right there. They
drafted Jordan Love and didn't say anything to
him. Yeah. And also the way they went about it
is, oh, yeah, this guy is a poor man's Patrick
Mahomes. So they're already advertising this
next break. Yeah. And then, you know, Aaron Rodgers
there going, I'm a Hall of Famer and you're doing
this shit? Yeah. Yeah. I would have taken offense
to that, too. I'd be like, all right, well, then,
if I suck so bad, then go ahead and trade me.
Yeah. You know, keep this new guy. Tell me, get
back with me. But it didn't quite work like that.
But, however, though, I mean, actually, he's
in the exact same position in Pittsburgh where
they are in Green Bay. Yeah. So, who's to say?
Maybe at the end of this year, he'll probably
retire. We'll see how all of that shakes out
because Green Bay has not hit the promised land.
Yeah, and I don't think there's any other team
Aaron Rodgers could go to at his age. No, no.
All the ones that are in contention have their
guy. Yeah. I mean, even C .J. Stroud, as spotty
as he's been, they've been winning games with
him, and that's the bottom line. So whatever
it takes to nut up and get that last fucking
point in there, they do it. Yeah. And, you know,
Rogers is going to want to be a starter wherever
he goes. He's not going to accept being a backup.
No, no, no. That's not in his thought process,
no. He's not a backup. And if I was him, I wouldn't
either. I'd be like, no, no, I'm not a backup,
you know. You hired me because you want me to
lead your team. All right. You got something
or I got something? I got a bunch of stuff. Oh,
yeah, go ahead. Possible quarterback trades in
the offseason. Oh, I like this. Here's the one
to think about. Kyler Murray. From Arizona to
Miami. I think Arizona's ready to move on from
them, and Miami's ready to move on from Tua.
Well, I read the same thing about Lamar Jackson.
That could be, yeah. Kyler's younger, but Lamar's
better. Yeah. I don't know which one of them's
true, but obviously Miami is done with Tua. Yeah.
And they're shipping on. Hill is probably gone,
too. So they're looking at... I would say a half
a rebuild, not the full thing. They've got some
defensive components. They've got Waddle. They've
got a running back. I mean, they've got some
components. They've got a decent offensive line
now, finally. And with the rebuild and the change
in offensive philosophy, they don't need somebody
to come in and be Tua. They need somebody to
come in and be who he is, who he is himself,
and then they can build a team around that. Yeah.
Tua, I would love to see him go be the backup
in Philadelphia so they can bring back the duo
over there in Alabama. Wouldn't that be kind
of cool? Yeah, that would be fun. Yeah, so Tua,
only it's reversed because Hertz was the backup.
Yeah. But that would be funny for, you know,
Hertz to go out and then Tua to come in and throw
an interception. It would be beautiful. And I
have nothing against Tua. I like him. He seems
like a decent person. Yeah, that man's poor brain.
That's been so savage. I don't know why he even
wants to still be in there, honestly. Maybe he'd
spend all his money. I don't know. The thing
that got me was that last play last year when
he got the big concussion where he ran straight
into a lineman head first when he'd had three
concussions. That was so weird and so stupid.
It's like, are you trying to hurt yourself? I
think I dropped my fucking drink. I was like,
what is that idiot doing? Yeah, that just looked
so weird. They panned to Mike McDaniels, and
you could see the look on his face like, what
the fuck is that guy doing? He's like sitting
there going, out of all the fucking quarterbacks,
they're giving me this guy? Yeah. You hobble
out of the hospital with your leg in the cast,
and the first thing you do is throw yourself
down the stairs. It's that level of stupidity.
But wait, there's more. Another trade. Kirk Cousins
from Minnesota to Cleveland as a mentor slash
bridge quarterback. Oh, okay. Well, I also heard
that about Kansas City, too. Go ahead. But they
could dump Deshaun Watson, dump Joe Flacco. keep
Shador Sanders and Dylan Gabriel, because they're
the young guys, bring in Kirk Cousins and have
him as the mentor and starter and say, all right,
you guys learn from me and then take over from
me. And then Cousins sticks around to help develop
their careers. I like that idea a lot better
than going to Kansas City. I think we need to
keep nurturing. Oladokun. Oladokun, yeah. And
I will always have problems with his name because
the letters together don't go together that make
his name. Yeah, it's... Oladokun. I think you
need to continue to try to develop him. And if
not, then you find somebody. I mean, I don't
think you necessarily need a Kirk Cousins, but
you need someone that could... play a couple
games for you and maybe win half of them. Yeah.
He'd just keep you in the thought until you get
the guy back. Yeah. Realistically, someone who
can win. Yes. And it's not going to be a miracle
for them. Yeah. You're not going to have to throw
out half your playbook. Yes. They have the skills
that they can actually go out and do it. I was
impressed with some of the stuff that he did.
I see an outline of talent. Yeah. And I think
he's in the right place. He's in the right place
to get nurtured and become that guy. Yeah, I
think that we'll get everything he can be. I
think he can be here. Yeah. And so here's another
thought of it, too. You develop this guy. New
England used to do it all the time. Matt Castle,
we took him. Jacoby Brissett, he was traded.
They traded him for significant draft picks.
Yeah. And it's just people they nurtured up and
made look really good. Yeah. And set him off.
It's like, well, no one's replacing Brady, so
you've got to go. Yeah, we're not going to pay
you. We can't pay you any money, so go to Kansas
City. They're dumb at the time. Yeah, we got
talked into something. Yeah. So, yeah, I could
see them trying to develop him and maybe doing
a New England approach to that. Yeah. So, anyhow,
go ahead. So, last one, Mac Jones from the 49ers
to Indy. to take over from Daniel Davis. Yeah,
yeah, yeah, okay, yeah. He backed up Birdie,
did a pretty good job. He did. I think with the
right kind of control, he's okay. Yeah. He's
not a guy that you're going to go out there and
just go win the game. No, no, no, no, no, no.
It's like you never deviate from what I tell
you. Yeah. And you do the play that I tell you.
If you deviate, you see that guy over there with
the headset? He's going to be wearing your fucking
helmet. I like it that they set up these trades
not to be the franchise quarterback, but this
helps both the person being traded and the team
he's going to. You see, to me that makes a hell
of a lot more sense. Because you're not trading
at this point to get the man. What you're doing
is you need someone to supplement. the guy that
you think can be the man. Yeah, to keep you in
the position to where you can win when you get
the right pieces. Yeah, like what the Chiefs
are looking at. But I firmly believe that Mahomes
is going to be back anyhow, and he's not going
to give up any of that. He's going to get the
good stem cells, the illegal stem cells that
we don't get. They're slaughtering the babies
right now to make sure. This is hyperbole. This
is what they said on South Park. Yes. So take
it for that. So, no, Mahomes is just that kind
of a, I mean, he's just like, he's got stuff
that other people don't have. Yeah. You know,
he's got like just, I don't know. His genes need
to be looked at. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, his
genomes are like, no, no, no, no. There's something
different about this one that's good. He could
stand up and yell, my brain is better than everyone
else's. And everyone would go, yeah, and. Yeah,
pretty much for football it is. Yeah, yeah, for
football everyone would go, yeah, and. And everyone
would go walking off going, I don't know why
he said that, but okay. I want to talk about
Joe Burrow and his hospital. trade i didn't hear
this one let's see yeah please okay he's on a
five -year 275 million dollar deal but he's been
hinting at trades oh yeah all year now it could
be he's trying to blackmail and force the team
into spending money and making some trades and
giving up the players he needs i think that's
more of it but that's probably more likely than
him actually going somewhere but i also believe
That he's very serious about having the right
people around him too. And I think that he does
not want to be traded, but if they're not going
to do what he needs, he will take that. But it's
got to be the right team. Five teams that have
been mentioned as a possible landing spot for
him. The Raiders. Yes. I think he could turn
that team's offense around in a heartbeat. Tom
Brady could go talk to him. And was that the
Bowers, their rookie tight end? He's on IR now,
but he's amazing. I want to see that, and here's
why. Can you imagine Joe Burrow and Mahomes going
at it two times a year? And then a lot of times
for the division? Yeah. You're getting another
championship game before the championship game.
That could be incentive for Joe Burrow to want
to come to the Raiders just so he can play the
Chiefs twice a year. Or decent. Well, yeah. No,
he's a competitor. He is. He's a competitor,
so I think he would. Hey, you guys want to talk?
Yeah, yeah. We're talking about sports, but we'll
talk about anything. Where's it at? Oh, you're
not video? Okay, no, we're not video. We're just
audio because YouTube has so many restrictions
and we do a lot of stuff that they would give
us strikes against. So we're staying away from
them right now. Later on, we'll tag down and
probably do that. What are you talking about?
We're talking about sports on this one. This
one in particular, it's all branded under Two
Douchebags and Microphone on all the major platforms.
But this is the Sports Bastards. This is our
sports show that we do once a week. Oh, cool.
Yeah. All right. Thank you. Appreciate it. Have
a good day. All right. It's always fun to interact
with people. Last time we podcasted, this place
was empty because we were late. I know. It was
kind of weird. It's kind of sad without Miss
Golfing Street. It is. I mean, after she saved
those 30 kittens from that burning building,
she really kind of got out of the spotlight because
all the TV cameras were going for her and everything.
Yeah, yeah. So she could be in hiding. Yeah.
All those cameras were going to capture her soul,
no problem. Yeah, she had a meeting with the
president earlier in the year about some security
things that she wanted to go over. Yeah. I heard
that went really well. Yeah, they seemed like
they'd get along. Yeah, yeah, I think so. Okay,
anyhow. Okay, another possible spot for Joe Burrow.
Cleveland Browns. They've got a hell of a defense.
As much as I'm loving seeing you go to the Raiders,
that makes more sense. It does, doesn't it? And
they also have an offensive line that's decent.
You can stay in the same division. Yeah. Yep.
He could stay well away from, what's his name,
the massager. Watson. Deshaun Watson. Yes. No,
they'd probably get rid of him. Deshaun the Predator
Watson. And I refuse to believe that he's been
that injured this whole time. No, no. They're
keeping him away from it because his name has
not gotten better. People still hate him. And
he's probably still fondling other people's daughters.
Yes. Allegedly. Yeah. No, no, no. Don't massage
me there. Here's where really there's a lot of
tension right here. No, no, no. There's tension
right here. But it's wet and sticky. I don't
care. Give me back that $100 ,000, bitch. No.
Another option would be the New York Jets. Why
would he want to ruin his career? Why would he
want to go there to die? Yeah, they'd have to
really fix the franchise first. I think the Jets
would probably benefit, but I think Burrow would
not benefit. Would you trust him if you were
Joe Burrow and they said, hey, we're thinking
about sending you to the Jets. No, no, no. I
think I'll retire now and open a clothing line.
He's a clothes horse. Joe Burrow loves clothes.
Oh, I know. He has his own personal style assistant.
There was a scene where this guy wheeled in this
big tailor's rack of all sorts of outfits, and
Joe was going through picking the ones he liked,
the ones he didn't like. Well, I'll tell you
why. He came from dirt floors. God bless him.
And his mother worked in the fashion industry.
Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's right. Yeah. No, he came
from a very poor area. Yeah. So it makes sense,
you know. He's like, you know what, I'm going
to... Oridian, Ohio, is that it? Yeah. Yeah.
It makes perfect sense for Burrow to go ahead
and enjoy life, and I'm glad he is. But it's
interesting. From watching him, the way he behaves
on that show, his mannerisms and his odd behavior,
the things he likes and things he doesn't like,
and the fact that there's no girl anywhere to
be seen anywhere, I can see why the rumors keep
flying about Joe Burrow's sexuality. Yes, I get
to. I don't care, and it makes no difference,
and I don't even care to know. But I can see
how people would possibly think that. I've got
the capper. What's that? That Blink -182 fucking
Frosted Tips haircut he had for a while. That
was a real one. That was like a, huh. Okay, not
married, no girlfriend, loves clothes. You're
going to tell me you like show tunes. He watches
Mary Poppins every weekend to get in the groove
of the game. Remember when Freddie Mercury? adopted
that look with the short, black, flattened -down
hair and the big, thick, black mustache. Yes.
That was called the clone look, and that was
really popular in the gay community for a while.
Oh, yeah, yeah. Everybody was doing that, and
when Freddie did it, that was basically him telling
the world, this is who I am, deal with it. Yeah.
He didn't care anymore. Although everybody knew.
Yeah, everybody knew already. His mannerisms
and his attention to detail and art really, really
gave it away. Especially like those jumps you
said he used to wear. Yes. With his little flamingo
poses. I'm sorry. Even a guy like me that was
clunky his whole life and knew nothing about
that was like, wait a minute, wait a minute,
there's something going on. I remember seeing
pictures of Freddie Mercury, pictures taken on
stage. Remember Circus Magazine? Yeah, yeah,
yeah. I remember seeing pictures of him around
75, 76, and thinking, wow, if he's not careful,
people are going to think he's gay. I remember
seeing him on Don Kirshner's rock concert, and
they panned to the audience, and there's not
one chick. No. There's a bunch of guys with a
clone look. Everybody already knew. Yeah. The
clone look out there going nuts over Freddie,
and I'm like, wow, that's weird. I watch Kiss.
I watch Rod Stewart. I watch all these bands.
Van Halen, I watch all these bands, and there's
chicks everywhere. Not so much here. Except for
Queen. They got just as much money to spend as
the horny chicks do. They probably have more.
That's true, because they're not dating girls.
Yes. All right, Team 5, the Miami Dolphins. That
makes sense. As a matter of fact, let's see.
I'd love to see him go to the Raiders. Yeah.
If that doesn't happen, maybe Miami. I would
love to see him down in Miami. Yeah, I think
Miami would work out pretty well. He loves the
fashion industry, right? Yeah. He loves the warm
weather. Yep. Blink -182. Yeah. Am I right with
that? Is that what his frost attempts look like,
like a Blink -182 thing? Yeah. Yeah. I don't
know. I mean, the only person that comes close
to him on fashion like that is probably Travis
Kelsey. Yeah. He's always wearing something fucking
weird, some sort of a get -up that you've got
to sit there and go, what? George Kittle as well.
Oh, George Kittle does. Yeah, he wears some pretty
wild clothes. Kittle is freakish. I'm sorry.
He's weird. Oh, yeah. I love the guy. Well, he's
a ginger. Yeah, yeah, yeah. There we go, right
there. My youngest is ginger, so I have experience
with gingers. Oh, I know. I had to quit doing
that at work. We used to tease around. Oh, a
soulless ginger. Daywalker. Daywalker, yeah.
And then finally it's like, hey, if someone overheard
you saying that, that would be hate speech. Ah,
okay. Yeah, I can see that. Even though it's
a big gag between everybody. Yeah. Gingers are
fine. We love them. Your son's ginger. You know.
Yeah, Dave Mustaine. Love him. Yeah, Dave Mustaine,
yeah. Even though he looks like a Beavis now.
Tina Louise. Oh, yeah. She's pretty hot. Although
Mary Ann was hotter, yeah. Is he Bonnie Raitt?
Bonnie, yes. Yep. Awesome slide guitarist. Yep.
Hey, come on. You can talk. Come on. It's cool.
No, no, no. We're not on the radio. We're on
a podcast. Go ahead. What are you talking about?
We're talking about sports. Oh, okay. And the
what? Well, we're talking football. We're not
just talking sports in general. We're talking
NFL. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, but, I mean, you know,
the Chiefs are the Chiefs. Things are going on
with them. But we're done with talking about
that, you know. Good. We've moved on to the rest
of the NFL. Right now we're talking about Joe
Burrow and how possible trade opponents with
Joe Burrow. I'm not familiar with him. Okay,
he is the quarterback for Cincinnati. Okay. And
he is not happy with his team because they haven't
been able to get the right components around
him. So supposedly, if this is true, he wants
a trade, and we're talking over possible contenders
in the best fit for him. And who do you think
that might be? Well, Raiders number one. Raiders
number one. And Miami's a close number two. Because
he's a competitor, you know, and he would love
to probably go against Mahomes a couple times
a year. And think about the ratings on that.
The NFL would love that. They'd be like, man,
we need him to go there. Yeah, burrow Mahomes
twice a year. You've got two championship games
a year that you can always put on prime time
and will get optimal amount of viewers. Yeah.
True that. All about the dollar bill, you know.
Yeah. Yeah. Awesome. What's next? Possibly the
Browns. They have a good defense. The owner likes
the coach. He's probably going to stick around.
And they need a quarterback. Has anything to
do about money? Well, yeah, of course. I think
that whoever, if they do unload him, it's going
to take draft picks and money. They're going
to have to assume every bit of his contract and
give him draft picks. Did you? This is about
football. You see the guy that reached up in
the stand and hit that guy. Yes. What's his name?
DeCaylon Zacharias Metcalf. $45 million contract
on a little. I know. It didn't even look like
he could make it. Oh, I know. I know. Did you
hear what it was about? No. The guy in the stands
who got punched by him used his full name. He
didn't call him DK Metcalf. He called him DK
Lynn Zacharias Metcalf, which is his full name,
and that pissed him right off, and he went over
and punched the guy. He hates that name, and
that's why he goes by DK. So nobody knows how
to get under his skin. He did. So on last week's
podcast, we used his name over and over and over.
We're hoping he shows up and tries to punch us.
I need the money. I do a podcast. Is that guy
going to get paid? Yes. Yeah, I think so. Because
you know he is. He didn't hurt him physically,
obviously, but he's going to go, man, I haven't
been able to sleep since then. My mind's messed
up. I keep reliving it. PTSD. Yes. It's real.
Yeah. Yes, it is. And that guy, you know, the
lawyer's going to tell him right now, yeah, here's
what you say. Here's what you do. Here's how
you act. Yeah, that guy's getting paid just for
saying, what was the name again? DeKalen Zacharias
Metcalf. DeKalen Zacharias Metcalf. Metcalf.
Metcalf. I just love knowing that he hates it.
I personally like the name. Yeah, I mean. What's
wrong with DeKalen? There's nothing wrong with
it. What's wrong with Zacharias? Zacharias. Yeah.
He didn't have nothing to do with it. No, you're
right. Exactly. And he's rich enough he can change
his name if he wants to. He can call himself
David Kevin if he wants. Yeah. Keep the same
initials. My son is 88 in case of Kevin. I changed
his name after my son passed, and all mine. But
he doesn't get any of my military benefits because
I named him one way, and he changed his name
another way. But what does he care? He's 88.
Okay. Let's get back to football. Oh, okay. All
right. Well, thank you for your service. Yeah,
thank you. Hey, guys, I've got to catch the bus
back out here to Salvation Army. Have a good
rest of your day. I'm going to. Leavenworth.
Not the prison. No, no, no. Not the town. Just
the town. A good friend of mine, he passed away
since, but I used to take him up there all the
time to the VA. The domiciliary, yes. That's
where I'm going for 90 days. Oh, good. I haven't
got my life black. I came black in reality. I've
got a second chance at life. Good. Good for you,
man. Hey, y 'all out there, listen to these guys.
They know what they're talking about. I appreciate
it. What's your name, if you want to say? Armstrong.
Robert. Alright. Good man here. God bless you.
Happy New Year everyone. Great talking to you.
That's why we come here. That's so awesome. People
have so many stories that no one will ever know
unless you tap into them. That guy is as nice
as they get. And also he served our country.
I liked his necklace. It was like a razor blade
with a cross on it. It was pretty cool. All right,
last possible spot for Joe Burrow. The only one
in the NFC, Arizona Cardinals. I don't see him
going there because it's Arizona Cardinals. Yeah,
they're not a complete team yet, and I don't
think he's going anywhere that's an incomplete
team. Can you think of one good thing they've
done in the last five years? No. No. No. They've
been a bunch of screw -ups. They had that one
run at the Super Bowl and lost to Pittsburgh.
Yeah, that wasn't even Murray. That was Warner.
That was quite a while ago. Yeah, that was Kurt
Warner. Yeah. And I've got to give them credit.
They almost won. Yeah. They almost won. And that
was Bruce Arian's offensive coordinator, wasn't
it? Oh, yeah. He might have been defensive. I
forget which he did. Yeah. Yeah, that's how Bruce
Arian's got a lot of notoriety, because of how
he helped bring that team up. Yeah. So... It's
an interesting idea to see him... possibly go
to any of those teams. Oh, I know. Another reason
to leave is that Cincinnati is historically very
stingy with their money. And since he's got the
contract, wherever he goes, they'll have to pay
him. But opportunities for more money are more
likely anywhere but Cincinnati. Yeah, that's
what's good to say is they're so notoriously
cheap. And also, another thing is... They're
salary cap bound anyhow. I mean, the contract
that he's under and how they have to pay everybody
around him like Hendrickson, Chase, Higgins,
offensive lineman. They have to pay these guys
so much money that they are restricted by salary
cap anyhow. Yeah. So he could possibly go somewhere
else and walk into a much better situation. Yeah.
And a team that has more money to spend once
he gets there. Yeah. And also, another wild card
is, does he believe in Zach Taylor at this time?
That's a good question, whether he has faith
in his coach. I don't know. I don't think he's
ever said anything about that. I don't think
so either. Yeah, he's talked about his fellow
players quite a bit. He's thrown a few of them
under the bus. Yeah, yeah, no, he's really good
at throwing players under the bus. Yeah. So that
is one, I mean, as much talent as he had, to
me, that's not a preferred quarterback. I think
that causes division. It doesn't cause people
gelling together. Yeah. Anyhow. Titans are looking
for a head coach. Matt Nagy, supposedly. That's
first on the list. They're expected to interview
Chiefs Offensive Coordinator Matt Nagy. Good.
They're expected to interview former Dallas head
coach Mike McCarthy. McCarthy will probably get
in on that. Packers Defensive Coordinator Jeff
Halfley. Oh, no, after that last game. I don't
know. Rams defensive coordinator, Chris Shula.
That would be a good pick. That would probably
be a good pick. And Shula, the name Shula. Yeah.
Long line. Chargers defensive coordinator, Jesse
Minter. Chargers have a good defense. Yes, they
do. They have a really, really, really hard hitting
defense. Out of all the names, to me, that one
sounds the most attractive. Yeah. But the Titans
owner, Amy Adams Strunk. has not developed the
best reputation in hiring circles after firing
a winning general manager in John Robinson, a
winning head coach in Mike Mrabel, the next GM
after only two years, Rand Carthon, a head coach
after 23 games, Callahan, and putting together
an initially confusing front office setup, all
while rarely speaking publicly and never taking
questions from independent media. Only their
homegrown... Bengals -owned reporters. I mean,
like, remember Mike Bob Gretz in Kansas City?
Carl Peterson owned him, and he never said anything
that the Chiefs didn't tell him to say. That's
basically what Cincinnati's done, is they only
talk to the reporters that they pay. Bob Gretz
became a clown around Kansas City because of
that, you know. With the thing, you know, a less
involved owner. might be more attractive to some
of these candidates. I mean, if they go to Cincinnati,
they know Amy Adams Strunk is going to be in
there trying to be a Jerry Jones kind of owner.
I don't see that being a preferred job to me.
But Mike Drable, boy, doesn't that speak for
– I mean, he gets let go. He goes over there
and they are in contention for the home field.
Yeah, yeah. kind of Buffalo's letting them stay
in contention for the number one seed. Yeah.
All right. I got a bunch of bullet points, or
we can keep going with your stuff. You got some
stuff. Go ahead. Two more pages, actually. Oh,
okay. No, go ahead. And then whenever you're
tired of doing it, just – Okay. Okay. Rumors
are the Bears are bracing for a potential raiding
of their coaching staff this winter, which would
make sense. A number of the people are saying
that Dan Campbell is going to go back and raid
the Bears the way they raided him last year.
Oh, yeah? Who is he looking at? Several coordinator
candidates who are on the staff. Offensive coordinator,
Declan Doyle. He doesn't call plays, but he's
been under Johnson's tutelage all season long
and hasn't yet turned 30. They could block teams
from interviewing him. because they've got the
rights to them. Yeah, that's true. And I look
for them to do that probably. Other than Doyle,
Press Taylor has been revitalized in Chicago
as the past game coordinator. His first major
offensive role without Doug Peterson as the head
coach. J .T. Barrett, the former Ohio State quarterback,
has been working his way up the coaching ladder
the past few years. And the Bears quarterback's
coach will likely get the offensive coordinator
interviews. And then last but not least on offense
is running backs coach Eric Biennemi. Two -time
Super Bowl -winning offensive coordinator saw
a brief career decline when he left Kansas City.
The matches didn't work with commanders in 2023
or UCLA last year. But this year, leading the
running backs for Chicago, Biennemi has a backfield
of DeAndre Swift and Kyle Menongi. that is already
combined for more than 2 ,100 yards of scrimmage.
So that might give him off a head coach juice
just for some playful people. The league is expecting
Dan Campbell to be in the market for a new offensive
coordinator this year and possibly pull the offensive
coordinator from Chicago. after Johnson took
flight last year. So their offensive coordinator
is... I just mentioned him. Yeah, it's the young
guy, Declan Doyle. Declan Doyle, yeah. Now, the
downside of blocking members of the staff from
interviewing is... They think you're trying to
squelch their career. Yeah, and that's the problem
right there. That will discourage other prominent
people from coming there because they're like,
well, they'll block you from getting a better
job. And then they talk about Al Harris, the
defensive backs coach and defensive passing game
coordinator. He has overseen a year responsible
for a league -leading 21 interceptions in Chicago.
Wow. A coach in the past 13 years, he was previously
with the Cowboys. In his final four years in
Dallas, the Cowboys had the most interceptions
in the league with 72 in those four years. Wow.
He had Trayvon Diggs and Deron Bland as first
-team all -pros. You know how the Dallas Cowboys
are doing now with him gone? Second -to -fewest
interceptions in the league this season. With
him being gone? With him being gone. They dropped
from the most in a four -year span. to the second
fewest with him gone. So the dude can coach people
how to pick the ball off. Yeah, yes. So that's
going to be a big thing. I mean, that's what
I would look for. That wins games, especially
when you don't have a superior team. Yeah. Here's
an interesting topic about stadiums. Uh -huh.
comparing how the stadium situation was 10 years
ago and then looking ahead 10 years from now
and how it's going to be. Okay, 10 years ago,
Missouri has the Rams and the Chiefs. Illinois
has the Bears. No NFL teams in Los Angeles. And
only eight teams play their games under a roof.
Wow. That was in 2015. Uh -huh. Now let's jump
ahead to December 27th of 2035. That's just 10
years ago. Yeah, and now 10 years from now, Missouri
has no NFL teams. Indiana has two teams, the
Colts and the Bears. Two teams now play in L
.A., and 18 teams now play under a roof. Wow.
Yeah. That's how stadiums are going. And the
state of New York still only has one team. Yeah,
because New Jersey, Meadowlands. Yep, yep. They
have the Buffalo Bills, and that's it. Yeah,
the two teams that people think they have, they
actually play in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
New Jersey, yep. They don't play in New York.
Their facilities aren't in New York. Everything
they do is in New Jersey, but they use the New
York name because it gets them more juicy. I
wish they would just go to New Jersey both. That
would be funnier now. I think that at least the
Jets should. Yeah. Well, I mean, New York probably
ought to want to give them away by this point.
Okay, Jersey, you can have the Jets. The Giants
might be salvageable, but Jets, no. All right,
and then the last thing I have. Joe Namath is
even dead. He's already turned it over in his
grave. Yeah, that's true. Yeah. Last thing I
have is, thankfully, NFL rules say that in the
postseason, all the way through the postseason,
no alternate uniforms, no throwback uniforms.
Really? That's always been the case. In the playoffs,
they want teams to look the way they look. instead
of those ridiculous ugly barber pole uniforms.
I agree with that. Who has those? The Broncos,
the Packers, and the Steelers all have throwback
uniforms with barber pole strikes. Yes. Ugly
as hell. Fucking ugly. So glad that they don't
allow that during the playoffs. And then you
have the teams like, well, Denver just did it,
the black and white image, the negative image,
and so does Cincinnati, and there's another team
that does it. Detroit wears black at home with
darker helmets. Cincinnati has their whiteout,
where it's just black and white uniforms. Appropriate
for that city. All the racial trouble they have
there. Allegedly. Allegedly. So that's about
all I got for the end of the day. Well, I have
a bunch, a bunch of bullet points. Oh, I love
bullet points. Oh, good. It's not all football
either. I got some other stuff here. Excellent.
Where should the Royals move to? Your opinion.
Oh. I'm for Washington Square just because...
I think downtown's the choice. Baseball is built
for the downtown experience. Next to Crown Center,
people will stay at the West End. They'll stay
at the Hyatt, Wells Sheridan right next door.
There's plenty of other places up there. So what
I'm talking about is people coming in from other
states. They've got plenty of places there to
stay. There's all kinds of hotel space now. A
lot of stuff in walking distance. There's cabs,
there's streetcars, there's... uber it will read
i mean the the area is not doing too bad right
now but it will do so much better with the ballpark
there they can make it like st louis where it's
like you got royals laying all the way around
there you got bars specific to the royals you
have restaurants specific to the royals i think
that downtown is a perfect place to put it and
i'm glad that leeward mayor denied it because
that is the worst place i think they could yeah
yeah I could see, here's what I envisioned for
the Royals. They move downtown, they build a
stadium that holds somewhere between 12 ,000
and 15 ,000 people. Yeah, they don't need as
many seats as they have now. Have a lot of luxury
boxes for all the downtown businesses to buy.
Well, that's what happens to the other seats.
You get luxury boxes and a little more revenue,
which is very much more important. Very important
to our being here. So much more than football.
Football doesn't matter because it's all put
in a pot. Baseball's not like that. No, there's
no revenue sharing. No, so any revenue the Royals
can get on their own, like luxury boxes, is only
going to be beneficial to us having a winning
team. More often. And I could see them, even
with a stadium capacity of 12 ,000 to 15 ,000,
only have parking for about 5 ,000 and charge
out the ass. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. If you want
one right next to there and an escape route right
down to Bruce Watkins or whatever, you know,
there you go. You know, extremely expensive parking
to get everyone to use either public transport
or you can have satellite parking lots with shuttle
services. And then you load them up with advertising.
Yeah, I mean, like where we're at right now.
Yeah, like have a satellite parking lot here,
and then the shuttle bus comes, and the entire
shuttle bus on the inside is all advertising,
and there's screens playing advertising the whole
time you're being taken down to the stadium.
So the shuttle service will more than pay for
itself with advertising revenue. And once they
build that parking structure here that they're
talking about, the huge, like, 10 -story one?
Yeah. You have your parking sold with shuttles.
Yeah. So it would be an all -day thing. I mean,
let's say, all right, you get here in the morning.
The game's not until 3 or 4, okay? Uh -huh. Maybe
even 7. You get here in the morning. You start
your way down here at the City Market. You go
around, get some stuff, get some donuts and coffee
for probably right here at City Market Coffee,
best coffee house in the world. You bet. So you
get your stuff from here and start heading downtown.
Or you stay around here to get, I don't know.
A different breakfast. Maybe you get coffee here.
You go get breakfast somewhere around here. You
get on the shuttle. You stop halfway in the middle.
You go check out some bars, some places. And
then you finally work your way all the way to
downtown. And there's also going to be the opportunity
for people to come play hooky from work. And
come in the middle of the day because, hey, there's
a ball game down there. Let's go check it out.
and it will have an opportunity. People can leave
work or go to their extended five -martini lunch
or whatever. That's a great point. And instead
of going back to work, head down to the ballpark
and just catch the rest of the game and find
your way back to work. That is so much easier
to do downtown than anywhere else. Your wife
is amazing. Oh, yeah. We forgot to mention this
podcast was catered by Cindy. So, good foods.
Real good. Yeah. Okay, so we both agree. Yeah,
I think downtown is... Overland Park, maybe,
but I think it's just going to be a traffic mess
there. Yeah, to me that's too suburban for something
like baseball. Yeah, baseball doesn't seem to
do quite as well in suburban settings. No. They
really don't. Just the fact there's so many games,
you don't go to every one. You go to a few here,
a few there, and if they're handy to where you
work, or even if it's not a work day, you know
the area, if it's handy, go. So baseball needs
propped up like that. Yeah. So, well, I mean,
even football does. That's another big reason
they're moving. Yeah. All right. Where do the
Royals move to? Will that help determine their
future success? Yeah, I believe so. It's one
of those things I think they've got to get it
right because I don't think the Royals are going
to be able to move within the city of Kansas
City ever again. No, I agree. This is it. If
they're going to move again, they're leaving
town. I think the city, the state, the county,
and the Royals all kind of agree on that. It's
like, let's get the best deal possible because
next time we're just out. They need to keep working
on it, and they need to come up with a resolution
here, because if not, they're going to get stolen.
Yeah. Are baseball teams really that attractive
anymore? I guess so, if you don't have anything
else. You can't get a football team or a basketball
team. Yeah. Hockey, I have no idea how successful
they are. Okay. Okay. Well, the revenue streams,
the new ones. Provide better investment percentage
for player development. Yeah, yeah. You know,
that's something I think the NFL probably should
pay more attention to than it appears they are,
is developing players. I agree, because it doesn't
look like they're that much concerned. Yeah.
Now, for as long as I've been alive, the college
football system has been doing it for them. Yeah.
but the NFL style of game is different from the
college style of game. Making that transition
could be easier if the NFL spent some money,
like on the UFL league being a minor league for
the NFL. I would love to see that. The UFL is
interesting enough, but you go ahead and put
it as in a minor league, and you're going to
see these players in the NFL. I would watch that
religiously. How awesome would it be? To have
a team send one of their players back down to
the minors to play football. I would watch that.
I would too. Imagine Chris Jones being sent down
to a minor league team. We think we need some
fine tuning. It would be great to do anyhow.
Yeah. The buzz, everything. Yeah. How about Wichita
or Omaha? Yeah. St. Joey, one of these outlying
areas that has a significant population, Topeka.
Yeah. Have a UFL team. Jeff City, Joplin. Yeah.
They're big enough. Yeah, and then you send the
guys that you need, we'll find you, and you send
them there. And that will increase the attendance
for the minor league team. You know, somebody
down in Joplin who... Can't really afford to
drive up Kansas City to go see the Chiefs play,
but a couple of his favorite players get sent
down to the minors. Now he can go see them. It
just makes sense to me. I've got the perfect
spot for him, too. Northwest Arkansas. Bentonville,
Fayetteville, Springdale area. They want to draw
from a number of states. Yeah, that whole area
there has about 800 ,000 people in it, believe
it or not, now. Yeah. They're approaching a million.
And they all spend their money at Branson, so
why not spend it on a football team? Yeah, spend
it there, yeah. And they didn't go to Branson
after the game. Well, yeah. Yeah, not that far.
Yeah. So, okay. All right. Your championship
predictions for the AFC and NFC, the game, the
two teams, and who do you think is going to go?
Who's going to win? Man, I think New England
is going to be one for the AFC. And the other
one, I don't know, I kind of waffle between Denver
and Buffalo. Because neither one of them really
seems to be full steam ahead at this point. They're
wobbling. Yeah, okay. My prediction is, I think
that New England is going to be in the championship
game, but they may not necessarily win it. And
the reason I say this is because Mike Vrabel,
and how smart he is and how he's good at motivating
the team. I think we can get past the first couple.
And to me, I think right now the way I'm looking
at it is it's going to be Denver against New
England. And I think Denver might pull it off.
Yeah, I can definitely see that. Yeah. But there's
so much more to happen until then. Yeah. What
is your solid blank? Yeah, I'm going to go New
England -Buffalo. And New England's going to
win. Almost went that way, too. And that's going
to force Buffalo to look at themselves and say,
okay, we spent all this money, developed all
this talent. Our primary competitors are out
this season. They've changed the rules twice
to favor Buffalo. And they still can't get to
the Super Bowl if they don't make it this year.
Wow. The Josh Allen blood will be gone. He's
going to be another Jim Kelly. Yep. Which is
fine. Jim Kelly, great quarterback, just never
won anything. It'll be one of those things with
the memories, but who's next? Yeah. But the only
thing is Jim Kelly did make it to the Super Bowl
four times. All right. What team is really close
to holding down at least a mini -dynasty? Holding
down a what? A mini -dynasty. What team is the
closest to holding down right now? I say many
because nobody has that constant like the Chiefs
do. I'm going to say the Eagles. Yeah. San Francisco.
I wouldn't count out Jacksonville. Because they're
only a couple of players away from being a neat
team. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They've turned it around
pretty well in the last couple of seasons. It's
like they're nothing like they were two years
ago. No. They're significantly better in a lot
of ways with the same quarterback, which is a
really good bonus for them. So I like Jacksonville.
I like the town. I like the team. I kind of like
their older uniforms better than their current
uniforms. I do, too. But, you know, I'd like
Jacksonville to succeed. Me? really hard. Yeah,
I'm trying to think of who I would really like
to... Houston wouldn't be bad. I think they're
a little farther away. Yeah, you know what? I've
been thinking about the Texans. I'm going to
go with the Texans. Oh, okay. I really like their
coaching staff. Yeah. I think that they need
to get a quarterback to room. to come in and
work with Supe Stroud. He has a talent. I've
seen that guy make some plays that are insane.
But I've also seen him make some bonehead plays.
Maybe that's something Brady could do, sell his
ownership in the Raiders and open up a quarterback
school. I wish. I want Alex Smith to come back
and re -tutor Mahomes. Yeah. He's apparently
forgotten some things. Yeah. Yeah, I would agree.
Because Mahomes made it work with Les before.
So something, I mean, besides offensive line.
So, okay. All right. Should the Chiefs go after
Kirk Cousins or try to continue to develop Ola
Duncan? You know, when we drove down here, I
would have said try to get Kirk Cousins. But
now. After we talked about it. Yeah, I'm thinking
let's keep Ola Duncan and get. A veteran quarterback,
but not quite at Kirk Cousins' level. Because
you're going to have to pay him. Yeah. If nothing
else, for his number of years in the league.
And the fact that he's a quarterback. Yeah, he's
good at command money either way. But get somebody's
number two guy who's decent. I mean, right now
we've got Ola Dogen and Shane Buschel, who we've
seen in training camp a couple of times. Buschel
is... Okay. Yeah. I mean, he's not someone you
want to rely on to win half your games. True,
true. I'd like to see them getting somebody with
five or six years' experience at least. Jacoby
Brissett. Yeah. He would be a perfect fit. If
he's okay being a backup, you know, starting
for the first few games while Mahomes is getting
set, and then being backed up from there, and
then being partially responsible for working
with Oladokun. I think that would be great. Yeah,
I can see that working out pretty well. And if
it's not working out very well and you're worried
about lagging, you just throw in Brissette and
he will win you some games. He will. Yeah. He's
actually a pretty good quarterback. I mean, he
is on that cusp of almost being a starter. Yeah.
So, okay. All right. The Broncos lost badly to
Jacksonville and won barely just one score to
the Chiefs backups. Yeah. What was it, a paltry
80 yards, 70 yards total offense? Yeah, it was
pretty weak. Yeah, and they still were one score,
and that's it. And it was a nut -tugger. It was
not definitive. It was very much a case of the
Denver Broncos playing down to the level of their
opponent. Yeah, which goes to their hair. Do
they have something to worry about? Especially
since their head coach should be a lot better
than that. Sean Payton? Yeah, he should know
better. He should know how to keep his team from
overlooking someone or playing down to their
level. It's like they should have gone in and
said, we're going to destroy them and we're going
to stomp them up and down this field and we're
going to look impressive doing it. But they didn't.
They came in and looked poor. Oh, I know. Sean
Payton, that's interesting because he's got that
defense built up like he did under Greg Williams
over there in New Orleans. You know, the guy
that got run out of NFL because of Bounty Day?
Yeah. That guy? Yeah. This team here is different.
It seems to me like, yeah, it's got great defense,
but to me it's more about making the big plays
when it counts. Yeah. And before we attributed
that to Drew Brees, you know, that was a Drew
Brees thing we thought, right? Yeah. Could that
have maybe been a Sean Payton thing? Talk to
me. Two threes and the play calling and the mastermind.
Yeah. So maybe this is the game plan and maybe
this is the way it goes. Yeah. Well, this will
be determined, let's see, about one month from
now. We're going to tell you exactly what these
teams are going to do. All right. The Texans,
how good are they? They're 11 -5 right now. I
think they're pretty much as good as an 11 -5
team. I think so, too. They're as good as that.
I don't know how much better. Yeah, I mean, look
at it realistically. That means they've lost
a game for every two they've won. Yeah. So that's
not great. That's not world -beating. But it's
generally enough to get you into the postseason,
no problem. And second year in a row. It's actually,
what, the first three years of their coach's
career they've done made the playoffs? Playoffs.
Damn it, I missed that one. Yeah, so they're
doing well. They do seem to be continuing to
progress, so I would definitely keep my eye on
the Texans. That's another team I'd like to see
really succeed is the Texans. Okay, I think the
Texans are really close, like you said. Yeah.
And I think with a little luck, you could see
them in the Super Bowl. They probably wouldn't
do much, but they could get there, yeah. I think
they don't have the experience to really handle
that kind of game. Here's why I say that. You
mentioned them against Josh Allen. Wow. Yeah,
the championship game. The championship game,
I would love to see that right there. The Texans
against the Bills. Josh Allen can be put on the
ground. He definitely can be sat down. See how
many flops he does. Yeah. Fortunately, he's gotten
away with that because nobody's buying it. He
just looks like an idiot. Oh, I know. Have you
seen the looks on his face? Someone started zooming
in on the look on his face. It's comical. You
can tell it's all put on. Yep. And he must have
taken lessons from the soccer players. Yes. They're
notorious for flopping. I think that's where
he got it from. He's like, that guy breathed
on me. My leg's broken. Yeah, well, it's just
like the tush bush came from... From rugby. Oh,
I thought it was from rough gay sex. Well, that
too. Oh, okay. Well, I mean, you know, all this
is hyperbole, Nick Sirianni, and offensive linemen.
Yeah, yeah. I think the Philadelphia version
came from prison sex. Yes, yes, yes. It's like,
you know, getting kissed on the forehead when
you're a child by your parent is love. Getting
kissed on the forehead in prison is not love.
No, no. Bad old saying. All right. The Bills.
Oh, hang on. I dropped the gun here. CJ Stroud
continues to be inconsistent with interceptions
and misses to receivers. Will he be good enough
for that elite defense to make a serious run?
I'm saying yeah because they have him. Yeah,
I think so, yeah. As long as you keep him calm
and keep him within the game plan, he does pretty
well and he won't get all wild and crazy and
do stupid things. He doesn't do a Jared Goff
where he just completely just starts freelancing
stupid shit. Yeah. Mr. Turnover Machine. Yeah.
He is much better than that, but I'm with him.
They need to keep corralling him over and keep
coaching him up. He's got all the talent in the
world. I find it disturbing that Caleb Williams
already surpassed him, and he's got to hear less.
Yeah, that does seem a little odd. I think if
C .J. Stroud were in a slightly better atmosphere,
he'd be substantially more of a game -leading.
A team -leading quarterback. Well, and also he
has a defensive -minded coach, too. Yeah. I think
they need to bring in some really good offensive
people to work with him. Yeah. You know, so,
all right. The Bills, are they going to be the
silent assassin this year? Because if you notice,
nobody's really talking about them that much.
Nobody's really, yeah. The new sexy picks that
have just come up, everyone's focusing on them.
Yeah. Denver, the Patriots. Jacksonville. Those
are all the sexy guys. They're brand new to it.
And everyone's like going, what? They're doing
that? They did that? It is kind of setting up
for that, but I really don't think the Bills
are going to be able to rally. They seem to be
more comfortable as the team with the swagger.
You know, Phil's Mafia, we're tough. You know,
we don't sneak up on you. We just come kick the
door down and rub your face in it kind of. And
they really don't seem to have that swagger this
year. And I don't think it's an act. I don't
think it's, you know, playing it close to the
vest. I think they're really all – I think they're
kind of shook internally. They're kind of questioning,
not to the extent the Chiefs are, but I think
it's along the same lines. that the Bills are
thinking, you know, how in the hell did we get
into this position to where we're fighting for
a playoff spot. Playoff spot. And our seeding
on the last game of the year. They should have
had this wrapped up by week 13. They should have,
I agree. And now they've got to play Josh Allen
more. And also, there's a chance, a good chance,
at least 50 % chance, that they are going to
be playing. the first week instead of sitting
it out. Yeah, unless you're the number one seed,
you play that first week. Only one team gets
the bye. Yeah, I'm sure the Bills were looking
forward to the last game of the season thinking,
oh, we're going to rest all our starters because
it won't matter. But it matters. It matters big
time. Yes, it does. It really does. So they've
got to play everybody. They've got to really
game plan. They've got to lay it all on the line.
And then next week they're going to be playing
again because they're not getting the bye. That's
going to be a slightly unusual position for the
Bills. They're used to the last game of the season
not meaning a whole bunch. Yeah. Of course, everybody's
used to the Chiefs being in the postseason, and
they ain't going to be this year. Well, the ratings
are going to – it's going to be funny to see
the ratings because they're going to be down.
Yeah, I think they will be. The haters on Mahomes
are a smaller group of people that make the most
noise. Plus, a lot of them would tune in to try
– because they're hoping to see Mahomes stink
the place up. Yeah. So they'll watch too. Yeah,
the ones that love him watch him and the ones
that hate him watch him. All right. Just how
dangerous is Philadelphia? See, I think they're
very dangerous. Yeah, yeah. Shaquan Barkley gets
on a roll like he did last year, and it's going
to be tough to beat him. And I think Philadelphia
is smart enough to start leaning on him if he
gets hot. I think they're going to, yeah. I think
we can already see signs of it. They're starting
to go back to that. We're going to start seeing
what he's going to do for a while. And then we're
going to come back and revisit it a little bit.
You want Jalen Hurts to stay in the ones. You
don't want him to go into the twos, though. If
he goes into the twos, he starts making mistakes.
Yeah, yeah. And you don't want to burn up too
much of your energy and enthusiasm and your drive
in the first game. You want to save that for
the championship game. I mean, you need to win
to get there. But you don't want to blow yourself
out in the first round and then have nothing
for the next game. Yeah, good point. So they're
going to hold Hertz back a little bit. They're
going to hold play calling back a little bit
and try to do just enough to win. It's probably
going to work. I think so too. How dangerous
is San Francisco? You know, I see them as kind
of the proverbial glass cannon. A cannon will
blow you away, but if you throw a rock at it,
it breaks. And I think San Francisco is kind
of that team. They're not physically weak or
fragile, but there are some things you can do
to just completely knock them out of their own
heads, and they're useless for the rest of the
game. Because I've seen teams do it. They just
make San Francisco look stupid. Well, they shut
down their game plan completely, and San Francisco
doesn't seem to have an answer. Yeah. I mean,
look what the Chiefs did to them in the Super
Bowl. They come out hot. They come out looking
like a dominant team. And then when it's all
said and done, it's like they only scored 10
points. That was a lot of noise for 10 points.
Yeah, yeah. That was a lot of noise for 13 points.
Yeah. So, yeah, I'm not sold on San Francisco's
staying power. Me neither. And they're going
to go whichever way Brock Purdy goes. Yes. I
mean, they've got great players on offense and
defense, but if Brock Purdy isn't on, they ain't
winning. No. There's no way. They need Brock
Purdy to be what he was the last couple of years.
Yeah. It was wonderful when the Chiefs managed
to win a few games when Mahomes was sidelined
with injuries. But I don't see the Niners being
able to quite do that. No, I don't think it's
there. Not in a postseason retirement. No, no.
All right. I didn't put this down, but how about
Seattle? Now, Seattle could be definitely a spoiler,
if not a dark horse, because they handled the
Rams okay. They've got a great record. The whole
thing is Sam Darnley. Yeah. But they seem to
have him under control really well. That's true.
They seem to be able to figure out a game plan
where he doesn't have to do anything he's not
really capable of doing. It's like, go out and
be Sam Darnold, and we can make that work. That's
a pretty good situation. I still think that an
elite team is going to shut him down, and you're
going to see an ugly game. It may not be the
first one. It could be the championship they're
going to see. But you're going to see an ugly
game because the team is going to shut down Darnold.
Yeah, that's a good point. I think when the team
does figure them out, it's like turning off a
switch. They're going to score three points.
Yeah, it's going to turn from a decent -looking,
high -flying team to a complete dud. Yeah, it's
not smoke and mirrors, but what it is is they
can be stopped easily when figured out. They're
a really good team, but I don't think they're
necessarily a championship -caliber team. Yeah,
in engineering terms, they talk about the single
point of failure. Imagine you've got this super
expensive jet aircraft, and it's got all sorts
of features, it flies really fast, great fuel
economy, but if this one little device back here
at the end of the plane isn't working, the whole
plane shuts off, and you just fall out of the
sky. One single point, if that fails, everything
fails. That's a good way of describing it. Yeah,
I can see the Seahawks being that kind of team
that if Darnold isn't able to make it work, they
don't have an answer. Yeah, me too. How about
Chicago? Yeah, I'm looking for Chicago in Philadelphia
in the NFC Championship game, and I would like
to see Chicago. I would love to see it. Yeah.
Love to see it. How about the enemy getting more
wins in the league? Yeah, that would be funny
as hell. No, no, no, no. He'd have the same amount.
Oh, that's right. Yeah. Yeah, because when he
left, they won one under Nagy. Yeah. Yeah. That
would be awesome. It would be. It would be. All
right. How about who is the best all -around
quarterback in the league right now? Huh. Yeah.
Well, that's an interesting point. Wow, I'm not
really sure. Well, the one thing is, it is not
Josh Allen. No. No. He's looking more and more
like a one -sided quarterback. I mean, he's good.
He's really good. But he's still missing some
key points. New England's quarterback would be
in the conversation. Drake May. Jalen Hurts maybe.
Yeah, because of his lack of work that they give
him. Like I said, he stays in the ones as a great
quarterback. You start getting him into the twos,
of course, in the throw line, he makes mistakes.
Yeah, I'm having trouble thinking of anybody
else that I really trust on that. Yeah, Caleb
Williams could be in there. Not Aaron Rodgers,
too old. I think I'm with you on Drake May. Yeah.
I mean, if you're starting a team, he's probably
the guy you'd grab. Yeah. Because you're not
going to have to pay him a lot. You can pretty
much do anything. You've got three more years
of him being cheap, but they'll probably renegotiate,
I imagine, after this year. Yeah, if he keeps
playing well, then they won't let him get in
on us last year. Yeah, and if they don't just,
like, gut out in the playoffs. Playoffs? Yeah,
so if they don't just gut out in the playoffs,
I see them showing out money there going, hey.
Let's go ahead and get this deal done right now.
Because then you will have the component that
nobody else has. Yeah, yeah. When you go to sign
free agents, you go, hey, look, we got a quarterback
under a long -term deal. So you know you're going
to be getting him. What about Bo Nix? He's a
game manager. Yeah, yeah. I was a little higher
on Bo Nix earlier in the season, but he's showing
his inexperience a little bit here and there,
so he can be rattled. He can be disrupted. I
don't think he's that upper echelon guy. He's
like an Alex Smith guy, maybe a little bit better,
maybe, I don't know. Yeah, probably about the
same. Yeah, he's never going to be Peyton Manning,
that's for sure. Mahomes is obviously the best
with history backing him up. But is there another
Mahomes -like quarterback working up the ranks?
C .J. Stroud's looking very impressive. Kayla
Williams looking very impressive. They're making
the kind of throws that you see on Mahomes doing
earlier in his career. Yes. The guy in Carolina.
Oh, Bryce Young. Yeah. Yeah. I think he's showing
a lot. He is. He is. Those are three I kind of
have been watching. Yeah. Drake May you can't
do yet because of bodybuilding. It's not there.
It was the one season where he was... got it
all together. So we can't really say that yet.
And some spectacular late game winning drives
doesn't hurt either if you can see a few of those.
Oh, no, no, no. I mean, yeah, if he puts together
two seasons like that, I would say he's the number
one. Yeah. All right. Let me see. I think I have
a couple other stories. Do you have some stuff
or not? I'm done with the stories. Are you tapped?
Yep. Oh. Well. Do you want to go to the music
groups? How long do we have? Or do you want me
to do some other stories? We've got an hour and
40 now, so I guess we can move on. Okay. Yeah,
because I have this report about the government
keeps track of what people put up their butts.
I don't know if that's necessarily a sports thing.
It's probably more of a music thing, isn't it?
Yeah, I'll probably go with the music. Maybe
we can fit it in with groupies. Yeah, I think
that would probably... Yeah. All righty. All
right. And, you know, whatever I have in sports,
it can wait. Yeah. All right. Okay. Hey, everybody,
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