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of Topher. All right, good, good. Everybody needs
their daily dose of tofu, right? Yes, yes. Hey
guys. Hey, how you doing? Who's this quarterback
they got? They said it's just insurance. I think
they're probably not gonna get Minshew back and
they're gonna keep him interim until they figure
out who they want. The last I heard they were
trying to get, they were talking they should
try to get Kirk Cuthbert. Yeah, yeah, because
that does make sense if you think about it, because
Mahomes is going to be like, oh, we've got to
win these games. We've got to start off strong,
so I'm going to start. He ain't got to be ready.
But he thinks he's going to be ready. You can
think in one hand and win in the other. Yeah,
yeah, yeah. Take a dump in the other and see
which one kills him. No, I mean, come on, be
real. Listen, you can't come back that early.
No, I agree. It don't matter how hard he practices.
And if you get a Kirk Cousins in there, it's
just like this guy is going to win some game
sports. That's what the dude on the radio was
saying. He was saying that most likely Andy Reid
goes after these, you know. The older established
mentor types. Yeah, that's what he's always done.
Yeah, that would be Cousins, yeah. They were
like. her cousin fits the bill. I agree. But
yeah, I've seen that, what was it, yesterday
they signed him? Yeah, yeah, yesterday I think
it was. It was rather confusing, but another
thing is this right here. I think that sometimes
they sign them just to have extra people as trade
bait. Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah. They've done that
before, and I'm always like, why did they sign
him? If they're printer and this guy's going
to come in, you know, if he has to come in for...
you know the first three four weeks or whatever
okay number one eric vietnamese back do you think
he'd go for that Oh, no, he's a bulldog. He'd
be out there going, who the fuck is this guy?
Get him off of here. And I've been seeing on
Facebook, people are talking like, oh, bring
back Hollywood Brown. I was like, no. No, thanks.
No, no, no, no. Only if he comes back for me,
minimum. Yeah. Yeah, and he's not guaranteed
a roster spot. I don't know. He cost, I told
you this, that Jacksonville game and stuff. He
cost it, yes. That's the one when Mahomes threw
and hit him in the back of the helmet. It's like,
why? Why weren't you even turning around? Well,
you see, that's route running right there. But
he should know that. Yes. So if you're not route
running correctly, what are you not doing? Practicing.
Yeah. If you're not practicing, what are you
doing? You're out screwing off, partying or something.
Yeah. Yeah. No, he's the type of guy we don't
need. I hope they, I mean, I doubt they will,
but I hope they keep Juju. I mean. Juju's a leader
in the clubhouse. He is, yeah. They get him for
nothing. Yeah. I think it's going to be interesting
to see through the preseason and in the first
few games of the regular season, we're going
to be able to tell who on the offense is in Eric
Biennium's doghouse. Oh, yeah. Because they're
not going to see much playing time. They're going
to be used sparingly. So it's not going to be,
what's going on? It's that person screwed up.
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So, yeah, it's going to be really interesting,
like you said, and I can't wait to see who is
not shaking out, according to Eric Bien -Aimé,
because he does not take garbage. I think they
need to really... The wide receiver. I got to
get some sugar to go. No, the wide receiver.
They need to shake it up and make some changes.
To me, this is just my opinion, Rasheed Rice
ain't the number one receiver. No, not yet. Xavier
Worley, he might be a two, maybe a three. Yeah.
We don't have a solid. Don't have a solid number
one. I think it was supposed to be rice, and
then it was supposed to maybe be brown, but neither
one of them stepped into the job. I think rice
would be a good slot guy. I would like to see
him go out. Enough with these little, I think
me and Mark were talking about this, enough with
these little skinny guys, little short guys.
Yeah, I was in there buying the bread dough talking
to you about it, yes. We need Calvin Johnson.
Throw, you know, a big body somewhere that Mahomes
can say, okay, I can just throw it up. Like a
Jamar Chase. When Tyreek Hill left, that's what
they said they were going to do, taller, bigger
receivers. And they never did. And they didn't.
Yeah. It was either lip service or they couldn't
find anybody. Speaking of Tyreek. I think the
last guy that we got was maybe. Dwayne Bowe?
I think he was like the last big receiver. He
was pretty big, yeah. Wasn't Demarcus Robinson
a big guy? Yeah, he was, but they cut him loose.
Yeah, they cut him loose, even though he had
one of the best catches I'd ever seen, ever.
No, you were going to say about Tyreek? Oh, okay.
Speaking of Tyreek, the big rumors are he wants
to come to the Western Division. Because of all
the coaches and everything going on, he thinks
it'd be a good spot. And Kansas City is one of
the spots that he wants to land. Okay, league
minimum, no guaranteed spot. What do you think?
Do you go to the ex -girlfriend aspect and go,
no, thank you. That's very nice of you, but we're
going to pass. Yes. So if he thinks he's, again,
that's another one. Okay. If he thinks he's going
to come back and be. Let me pose it like this
then. The cheetah. Let's say. Is he going to
be the cheetah or is he going to be a jaguar?
Let's say Denver gets him. Let's say Denver gets
him and uses him against us. They lose against
us? No, they use him against us. You see, that's
what I'm thinking of is maybe you don't think.
But he's been. Thank you. I don't think Tyreek
Hill would be useful as a spy because he doesn't
know anything more than you could get off of
watching tapes anyway. Oh, no, what I'm saying
is, what if he's still got a lot left in the
tank and he kills us? Yeah, could happen. But
I don't know. I mean, that's my only dilemma
about that. Other than that, I go with the ex
-girlfriend thing. Yeah. No, that's okay. And
I mean, I don't just say that as a cheat, though.
I mean, I'm saying that just in general. I mean,
if people are going to look at Tyreek and say,
okay, hey, we're going to go out and get the
cheetah, you don't know how he's going to...
And I mean, that goes to like what I was talking
with you about, too, was scatting. I'm interested
in seeing how that dude comes back from his ankle
injury. Skater boy. Yeah, skater boy. That's
a bad injury, yeah. I think that's a team to
watch out for. Yeah, they got Harbaugh. I mean,
it might take maybe a year or two, but I think
we'll get on that. I think that was one of the
biggest mistakes made this year was letting John
Harbaugh fire him. I can see Harbaugh setting
his sights on, we're going to dethrone the Eagles
first, and then the rest of the league will be
a piece of cake. Yep, I see him doing that too.
And the Eagles, I don't know, that's just a rollercoaster
out there. I think they're destined to fail now.
They're trying too hard. Yeah, yeah. They went
and put a lot of money on a lot of people. Got
a lot of them or not. And the last I remember
hearing with those two, I think A .J. Brown,
he's one to come loose from there. Yeah, brand
new offensive coordinator. Everything's going
to change. Everybody's going to learn stuff all
over again. Yeah, because their O .C. last season
was just awful. Their offense was like something
that a 10 -year -old could draw up after playing
Madden football for a week. And another one to
watch out for is the Chargers, since they got
McKay. Yeah, I agree. I agree. With Jim Harbaugh.
Yeah, Jim Harbaugh. I mean, that's a heck of
a combination. See, that's where I think Tyreek
Hill could land, because it's his former head
coach, now the offensive coordinator. And I think
he would get a much better pass there than he
would here. Because as far as Kansas City, I
don't see Tyreek Hill. I mean, even if Tyreek
Hill's knee is just fine, I don't see him being
any better than Hollywood Brown or Rasheed Rice.
And those guys are questionable. Well, because
that's the thing, too. Tyreek, he kind of, he
throws some passes sometimes, like at crucial
moments. Yeah. But, yeah, he was really fast.
He caught the ball. Okay. No, that wasn't what
I was wanting to do. I just wanted to gauge and
see how you guys thought of that. Because what
if he goes to Denver and he just slaughters us?
But I don't think that's going to happen, and
neither do you guys. I can see the Chiefs' corners
handling Tyreek. Like they did in that famous
playoff game. Yeah. Who was it? What do you think
about our linebacker core? We could use another
one or two. Definitely as backup. I mean, you
know, Bolton is awesome. I think he's a locked
-in solid, but I think we do need to get a pass
rusher. We need an edge rusher the worst way.
Yeah. Dedicated edge rusher. I think they've
been talking about it could be later in the draft,
but I think it was from Iowa or Ohio State. Bain
Jr. or something like that. Bain Jr. I'll have
to look him up, but not familiar. I know they
got a mock draft as we're going to get Jeremiah
Love, and then it's like either the second or
third we're going to get. Oh, is that who they're
saying we're getting? First round, yeah. First
round. Running back, yeah, he's out of Notre
Dame. Yeah, Mel Kuyper has the Chiefs taking
a running back with the number one pick. You
don't draft running backs in the first round
anymore. You can get them in the third round.
I think the last one we did was maybe Charles
Charles. Allaire. Allaire. Oh, he was number
one? Yeah, Allaire because Mahomes wanted him.
Yeah. Yeah. He was number one. So they took him
in the first round. I mean, we were way down.
His first round, he wasn't overall number one.
It was first round. Oh, okay. We were probably
31 or 32 at the time. But no, this guy, Jermall,
I mean, he's supposed to be like the top running
back coming out of the crowd. You know, that
can be successful if you get the right guy. I
mean, like a Travis Henry or somebody. The enemy
there, I mean. He knows how to get the running
backs to join their jobs. I think Kareem Hunt
will flourish under Eric Bien -Aimé. Whatever's
left in the tank with Kareem, we'll get it. What's
the talk with Kareem? Are they talking about
maybe... I haven't heard anything at all. I don't
know what's going on with our running backs either.
From what I'm hearing, Kareem is staying, and
he'll be either number one or number two, depending
on who else they get. And Pacheco is probably
out. Because he's not panning out for what they're
paying him, and he can't be that big. He messed
up, and he's just been real sketchy with it.
Yeah. No, no, no. Oh, yeah, you work at one of
the best places around. That's right. Yeah, you
know, okay, I could go with a running back if
it's that type of a, you know. Come on. Okay,
if he's that type of a game changer, then I could
go on board. A Travis Henry type of guy. Or a
Justin Jefferson, although I know he's a... Here's
a name from the past, a Bo Jackson. Yeah. Who
is such a wrecking ball that it doesn't matter
what kind of defense you've got, he's just going
to destroy you. Okay, I could go on board with
that, like a Travis Henry. Or even a Justin Jefferson,
although I know he's more of a receiver. You're
talking running back? Yeah, for running back.
That one guy that is a Taylor, Jonathan Taylor
is who I was thinking of. If it's that one guy
that is head and tails above everybody else.
He's like, you know he's your number one. He's
going to get 30 touches a game. Yeah, yeah. My
brother was just telling me. The guy from Seattle?
Yeah, I think the running back for Seattle. He's
supposed to be a, I think he's going to be a
free agent, but he's going to want some money.
Yeah, he is. Is it Charbonnet or Walker? Walker,
I think. Walker, they just drafted a few years
ago. Charbonnet's the one that's injured now.
Maybe it's Charbonnet. I thought it was Walker
that was like a free agent. He said the dude's
like, he was like their best running back. And
he's been getting like a lot of yards and all
that. I think that's Walker. Walker. Yeah. So
he's supposed to be wanting some money, but.
Well, I mean, is he going to want to leave? They're
in the Super Bowl. Yeah. He's probably at the
end of his rookie contract. That's it. I think
that's the deal. So now he's. He's going to look
for the money. Yeah. Yeah. I think this Love
guy that you're talking about. Put him like that.
If he's that much of a difference maker, then
I don't have a problem drafting him. And I think
he's a big guy. Not big, big, but like, you know,
he's a taller, maybe like Jamal Charles kind
of guy. Yeah, I would love that. I mean, and
that's one of the things we've been missing.
Yeah, we haven't had shit. We haven't had a big
running back since Jamal, I think. Jamal, yeah.
And we swear to miss Larry Johnson comes to mind.
Boy, that's a big guy. Yeah. He's a big asshole,
too. He isn't anymore. He's turned himself around.
He's turned himself around. Good job. Good for
him. I think he's kind of messed up now with
PTSD or something. Oh, is that him? Oh, okay.
Yeah, that's what I heard. Priest Holmes. He's
got dementia. Oh, really? He remembers that he
used to play football, and he remembers his daughter,
but that's about all he knows. Wow. Kind of like
Marty Schottenheimer at the very end. He didn't
even remember football. He didn't know what football
was. All he knew was Pat, his wife. Yep. That's
great. All right. Franco, thank you. You want
to talk anymore? Come on by. We're here. All
righty. That's awesome. 15 minutes of bonus content.
Oh, yeah. Who's not going to talk to? Mm -hmm.
Real, real Chiefs fan right there. He bleeds
red and gold like we do. Man, those pickles are
good. I know, I should have just got two of those,
but the fries are really good too. They are too,
yeah. But the onion rings are really good too.
Oh, well. So, yeah, we haven't heard a whole
lot on the Chiefs front. As you said, they signed
this new quarterback. I couldn't tell from the
story I read whether he is practice squad eligible
or not. If he is, then they probably... You know
what? That's a good point. I don't know. If he
is practice squad eligible, then that's probably
why they hired him. Yeah. And probably Oladokun
is gone. Mm -hmm. Despite all the effort they
tried to make us think that Oladokun and Mahomes
were such best friends all last season. Well,
who was that? Fox or CBS? CBS, yeah. CBS was
pipping that for whatever reason. Yeah, it's
weird. Yeah, the thing is... Ola Doken had flashes
of being good, but generally he was horrible.
And he's had, what, three years now? Three years,
yes. So we know what we need to know about him.
He's excellent at running the scout team and
special teams, but he's not going to be eligible
for the practice squad for much longer. No, not
at all. Yeah, so they're going to have to make
a – well, they did. They made a – and quite possibly.
He's there until they find somebody they really
want. He's insurance. Kind of like, okay, he's
here now. We got somebody we need. I could see
definitely the Chiefs drafting a quarterback
in round five. I could too. And if he's worth
anything, then he's going to be the practice
squad quarterback. And I think that's what they
desperately need too is someone that can fill
a little bit of time. And then, you know, be
really good on the practice squad. I think the
last time the Chiefs drafted a quarterback in
any round and had him make a significant impact
right away was Todd Blackledge back in 82. Yeah,
and this is not Mahomes because Mahomes sat out
his first year. He sat out his first year, yeah.
Yeah, now when he went in there as a starter,
he had to make a difference. But that was what,
two games? one or two games at the end of the
season. Todd Blackledge, they pushed him pretty
quick, and he floundered. So anybody they draft
at QB, they don't put him in the first year.
They just don't. The only one they almost did
was Mahomes. Yes. And they waited until the end
of the season. So anybody they draft in this
draft is not starting next season, is probably
not even on the active roster next season, which
is fine. I think it's fine. You remember Alex
Smith's last playoff game with the Chiefs? Yeah.
Okay. Should Mahomes have been put in? I think
so. I think so, too. I don't think it would have
hurt him at all. I mean, he played really well
against Denver the final game, and they already
knew that he was really good under pressure already.
He already knew the basics really well, and Alex
Smith couldn't really connect with that one.
You know, they're shutting down the middle, and
so he couldn't really connect with that one guy
40 yards away. You know, his arm just wasn't
quite there. Yeah. So he had a weaker arm for
a quarterback, and that was a problem. Yeah.
He brought in a Mahomes, even for a couple of
plays. Yeah. That's what I always thought. It's
like, all right, they don't know this guy at
all. All they know is from the Red Raiders, saw
some footage on him, okay, looked good, but that
was then. That's college, man. College doesn't
count. Yeah, we heard that. That's why a lot
of people didn't bother with him. That's college.
Who cares? They never won. Okay, so you come
in, and it could be a running play. It could
be a bomb. Who knows? And if it's a bomb, you're
probably fucked because you're not looking for
that. Yeah. I think that they could have gotten
really inventive on that. Yeah, I think it was
done poorly back in the, what, 80s or 90s when
they had the so -called slash quarterbacks that
they would bring them in. And Randall Cunningham
and Charlie Batch, they'd bring them on on third
down. They didn't know if they were going to
pass, they were going to run, they were going
to scamper, they were going to option. That's
exactly what I'm talking about. That's a great
analogy, actually. That's a great example. But
they didn't do it well back then because they
always brought them in on third down so you knew
what was coming. Yeah. And it just didn't work.
Now, if you brought him in, like, you know, on
random downs, it's like you're cruising along,
all of a sudden it's first and ten. Oh, here
comes the slash guy. Yeah. Well, what's he going
to do now? It's not third down. Yeah. See, that's,
I think that's what you need to do. If you're
always bringing in the same running back on pass
plays, then the defense figures it out pretty
quick. Uh -huh. If you're bringing a quarterback
in just on certain plays so he can throw deep,
they're going to figure that out. But if you
put the quarterback in for a quarter. It's like,
all right, third quarter's yours. And you just
leave them in the whole quarter. The other team
has no clue. They spend all their time scouting
your starting quarterback. And then your backup
goes in there and they're like, what the hell
is this guy doing? We never looked at him. Yeah,
that'll work for a little bit. But, yeah, and
that's what I was saying is back to that. I mean,
you know, wasn't it Andrew Luck let Indianapolis
say they were playing in the playoffs that year?
I believe so. Okay, so I think that would have
been really interesting if they could have done
that. But anyhow, we can move on from that. I
mean, you know. All right. We don't know if it
would have worked or not. You know, it's just
speculation. I would have liked to see it tried.
I would have too, but, you know, Coach has three
rings. Been there six times. Yeah. Okay. You
see, I've been there zero times. Yeah, same here,
you know. And the problem is I can't afford to
go to the Super Bowl. No, no kidding. Well, I
could, but, I mean, it wouldn't be wise. No.
I don't think we know enough people to even get
a ticket. That's it right there. Even if we had
the money, we don't have the influence. Yeah,
because, you know, if you're just Joe Schmoe
off the street and you've got, you know, 15 grand
to spend, somebody will find a ticket for you,
but it's probably going to be counterfeit. Yes.
You'll show up and they'll say, no, that ain't
a real ticket, and they'll kick your ass out.
There they go, yeah. Yeah. Yep. And if you got
from StubHub, you get credit. Yeah. Yeah. You
don't get anything else. You just get credit.
Fucking assholes. So, all right. Okay. I've got
some bullet points. Love them. All right. So
you want to go into them? Yep. You can ask for
bullet points. I'll sit here and drink my coffee.
That sounds good. And have a french fry. Yeah.
Because guess what? The pickles are gone. They're
gone. Yes. They needed to be. They're so good.
All right. What do you make of Clay County now
giving up on the Royals' new stadium? Now there
appears to really only be one option, and they're
either in Kansas City or they're not in the area,
it appears. Yeah, I think so too. It's getting
kind of scary suddenly. Yeah, I think downtown
really seems to be about the only place they
can reasonably put it and expect success. And
if they can't make that work. I don't think there's
another county in the area that wants to take
on that financial risk. So they're going to have
to go out of town. It could wind up being, gosh,
where would they go? Okay, I've got a couple
of spots. Columbus, Ohio is a huge metropolitan
area about the size of Kansas City. The Kansas
City Royals of Columbus. Yes. If you can have
the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, then you can
have the Kansas City Royals of Tallahassee if
you wanted. Yeah, and they only did that name
for a little bit too, which is like why they
bothered. I think the city of Anaheim said, yeah,
you've got to pay us taxes or we're going to
claim that you're an Anaheim team, and that quickly
disappeared. Yeah, you see, isn't John Sherman
from Ohio? I thought maybe he might be from Cincinnati
or that area, I thought. I think so, yeah. Okay,
or you could go to Columbus, not that far away,
same state, or you go a little bit to the south
there. South of the Ohio River, you can look
at Louisville. Louisville is a huge sports town.
If you don't believe me, I've been there. Everything
is Louisville Cardinals. Louisville Cardinals.
Their stadium looks like a pro stadium. Everybody's
wearing their gear. Everybody loves that school
there. They might be an up -and -coming city
that could possibly support a franchise because
the way that they have, well, It would have to,
you know, it's baseball is the thing. There's
no revenue sharing. Yeah. I could see Columbus
doing it, but I don't know. Louisville possibly,
but, I mean, they would have to come up with
some pretty good strategy. Yeah, yeah. But, you
know, Columbus or Louisville, they're close enough
that you would still maintain a number of fans.
If it went to either coast, you'd have a certain
segment of the fans that say, screw them. Yeah.
But, yeah, the Louisville, Kentucky Royals, I
thought it would be pretty awesome. And, frankly,
I don't care enough about the Royals being here
to want to pay for them, personally. I don't
want to pay for it. Okay, I want them here because
of a few reasons. Ewing Kaufman spent a lot of
money to have a baseball team here. He did. And
I think it would be really terrible, horrible
of us. on his legacy to not retain them. Number
two, they're just something about having, even
baseball is diminished as it is, there's still
something about having that name. They're a baseball
and football town. And do you think we'd ever
get a basketball team if we lost baseball? We'll
never get a baseball team again. We know this.
We could possibly get a minor league team. Yes.
And then hockey? We couldn't swing it so far.
We had the Sprint Center built. Yep. Yeah. I
don't know that hockey really makes that much
money unless you're an established team. Yeah.
I know the NBA does, but we'll never snip either
one of them if we lose the Royals. I believe
hockey pays to have their rights on TV, isn't
it? Where the other ones don't. I don't know
if that's still true. It's like the bands in
Los Angeles. They don't get paid for playing
a gig. They have to pay the bar in order to get
the opportunity to show up and play. Yes, and
it's the same way with NFL games. Well, look
what NFL does with the Super Bowl. The halftime
performer doesn't get paid. They have to buy
the halftime show in order to be in it, and then
they have to spread the cost around to someone
else. So old Mr. Bad Bunny and his halftime show,
he paid to be there. People don't realize that
either. And all the people that are pissed off
because he's there, he paid more than everyone
else. And the NFL took his check and cashed it.
Yes, like they do. Yep. So, and also what's really
going to be funny is this right here. And I have
nothing against Bad Bunny or anything like that.
This isn't about him or against him. But how
about if the counter halftime shows do better
than the halftime show? And he paid all that
money. That would be funny as hell. It would
be. Because then that's going to really lower
their halftime show price considerably if that
happens. And I hope it does. I think it would
be funny as hell if that happened. And it's going
to tell the NFL, you're clueless about what people
want to see. Yes. And they're not going to just
take whatever you give them because it's the
NFL. There are other channels they're going to
turn away and tune back. Yeah, you're right.
So, yeah, I hope the NFL starts losing money
on that and realizes we better get something
more entertaining to a broader segment of the
society. Yeah. Yeah. I agree. We'll see. Okay.
Okay, so you think that's probably bad news,
isn't it? Yeah. Okay. Yeah, if the downtown stadium
doesn't work, then they're leaving the area.
And then the next one, but we already went over
it, is is KC in danger of losing this team? Yeah.
I think they are. Yeah. Yeah. The Royals seem
picky about the new stadium. Is this to shake
us off and move the team? You think it's all
a ruse? Yeah, it's a good strategy. It's a good
strategy, yeah. And it also may be the main backup
plan. It's like, all right, we're going to get
what we want, and if we don't, we'll leave. Yeah,
and it's something they can cave on at any time.
Up to the last minute, they can say, eh, well,
forget about our demands for the stadium. We'll
go ahead and sign. So the Royals have absolutely
nothing to lose by throwing in a restriction
they can use any time. Yeah, that's right. Yeah,
it's smart business. It's smart negotiating.
Why do you think they turned down Clay County?
Clay County seemed to have a pretty good offer.
And also, I thought it was really cool that it
would be facing the river and the skyline. Yeah,
I think it's just too far away, and they worry
about not enough people will show up. Not only
not enough people to fill the stadium, enough
people with enough money to spend once they get
there. Yeah, because the majority of the population
is south of the river. Yeah. And also, there's
something about the river. People do not like
to cross it, although we have plenty of bridges,
huge bridges, plenty of lanes, plenty of ways
to get across it. But people, it's almost like
it's a different country over there. Yeah, yeah.
You only go there for KCI. You used to have to
get your money changed at the border. You don't
anymore. Yeah. And I hear that they speak the
same language we do now. They do now. Yeah, they
made them. They made them, yeah. Well, the one
thing that absolutely is true is the river is
a dividing line for weather. North of the river
always gets worse weather. Yeah. So you put a
baseball team there in an open stadium, you're
going to have a lot of rain delays and rain cancellations
and shit. And part of the problem is we have
the Kansas River coming in from Kansas, teemacking
into the Missouri River, who's going to bend
there. Right down where the Charles B. Wheeler
Airport is. Yep. Oh, yeah. And they still, you
know, there are still commercial flights that
go out of there. Oh, yeah. Yeah. There's a lot
of, there's a whole military training facility
there, too. So if you see military planes flying
over, they're going to the downtown airport for
training. Oh, yeah. You know, you can get a really
cheap flight about anywhere there. But if you
can do it within a month time, you can fly a
Legion. Because they fly out of there like one,
couple times a month. And that's it. I remember
there used to be a single. Single -engine, single
-seat fighter plane that was making regular trips
into and out of Kansas City. I think it was an
F -20. It's either an F -5 or an F -20. They're
basically the same plane. But remember in the
original Top Gun movie, the planes that the supposed
Russians were flying? Yeah. Those were F -20s.
Oh, okay. They're an awesome, tight, little,
fast, maneuverable fighter plane that is generally
sold to other countries for use in the Air Force.
But there was one that would fly into the downtown
airport every few weeks and then fly out again.
And you could tell because military aircraft
don't have to obey the noise restrictions. So
this thing was loud, loud. And I remember talking
to a guy. I think it was the engineer down at
the TV studio at my college. And he was ex -military,
and he said, yeah, it's a courier plane. He's
bringing in reports, information, instructions,
whatever, and he flies into the downtown airport,
drops it all off, picks up the return package,
and flies out again. Oh, wow. So it's information
and knowledge and plans and strategy and stuff
that they don't trust to wired communication.
They have someone hand fly it to KC and drop
it off and fly it out again. Isn't that interesting?
Yeah. Back then the encryption technology wasn't
as sophisticated. So I imagine they were like,
yeah, let's just have this guy hand carry it.
It doesn't happen anymore. So of course they
figured out a different way to do it. The downtown
airport is not a lot more activity than people
think. Yes. So yeah, all these reasons is it
really does. You always see planes going in and
out of there. I do all the time. Yeah, the planes
going over my house, if they're up a little higher,
I know they're going in to land at KCI, but if
they're about half that altitude, they're going
into the downtown airport. Occasionally, Val
and I will rent a hotel room downtown and just
have a little getaway, you know, because we can't
really go anywhere else. And I always see those
planes landing in there, and it's not as frequent
as KCI, but I mean, you at least got one once,
twice an hour. Yeah. A lot of them. I know KCI
has... More security and more restrictions and
a lot more people looking at security and restrictions.
So if you want to do something off the books,
downtown airport's going to be easier for you.
Fewer people to bribe. The bribes won't cost
as much. And chances are you're going to get
away with it longer. TSA's probably two people.
Yeah, probably so. And if it's a private chartered
airplane, there is no TSA. A guy can walk onto
a private chartered aircraft with nine grenades
strapped to his chest, the pilot's okay with
it, and then they take off. Yeah. It's really
weird how the regulations just drop right away
when it's private chartered aircraft. I went
into Fort Walton Beach's airport for work quite
a while ago, and I could not believe there was,
like, Four TSA people there and no one. Yeah.
Just walked right up and got right through. Albuquerque
wasn't that far off either. And Grand Junction
had a lot of people there leaving. It was like
a Sunday, I think, and people were going back
for vacation or something. I mean, I just can't
believe how easy some airports that are smaller
are to get in and out of. Yeah. And now they're
saying, you know how they have the real ID here
in Missouri? They're going to charge you $50
if you don't have the star. So there again, we
have a rule or a law designed for safety, but
you can totally ignore it if you pay. Yes. All
you have to do is pay a little extra money and
you can bypass the law. Okay. That means it's
not a law. It's a license you buy. Yes, it's
a license. It's pay for play. Yeah. And the only
people it's illegal for are the ones who can't
afford it. Yep. Eh. Okay, all right. No reason
I don't fly anymore. I do if I have to, but anyhow,
all right. And I don't have to nearly as much
now as I used to, which is a bonus because it's
a pain in the ass. All right. Reports that Tom
Brady wants Seattle offensive coordinator Gary
Kubiak. Clint. Or is it Kel? It's Clint. Gary
was his dad, right? Yeah. Yeah, yeah, Clint.
Sorry. Clint with a K. Yes. Let's hope his middle
initial doesn't start with K. That would be so
unfortunate. Oh, that would be horrible. His
middle name is Kevin. This is just sad. And he's
going to be a coach. With a K. Yeah. It's bad
enough that Kevin Kietzman goes by KK. Oh, yeah.
He's flirting with that. He does it for a fact.
Yeah, he does. People turn their heads and go,
what? There wasn't another K in there. Get out
of here. It's like the TV show where the female
lead, her top comes down almost to the point
where you can see her nipple and then never goes
any farther than that. But you watch the whole
show waiting to see. You're waiting for it to
fly out. Yeah, but it never is because it's super
glued in place. It's just the manipulation. Clint
Kubiak, good hire. Excellent hire, yeah. I think
he would be awesome anywhere he goes. Yeah, and
I love the way they're holding out for it too.
They're like, that's all right, we're going to
wait. Going to wait until the Super Bowl is over
and then they can talk to him. Because they'll
just do what they did like last year. They'll
hire somebody for one year and then put them
in there next year. So if they don't get him
or find who they want different if Clint doesn't
want to go. Yeah. It would be understandable,
but you do have Tom Brady over there too. So
it has more legitimacy than it did. Yeah, pretty
much anywhere Tom Brady is. He's so successfully
rehabilitated his image from most of the people
who hated on him. Yeah, true. Cheating on his
wife, cheating in the game. going back on his
obligations and his agreement with his wife.
I mean, there are all sorts of things to get
down on a poor. But now he's a darling. He's
America's darling. And part of it is, and I can
tell you this for a fact, he helps young, he's
hands -on. Yeah. And, like, he went in and talked
to Mahomes after that famous D -4 game. He went
into our locker room and talked to him and told
him, hey, you're doing something right. You're
doing good and all that. That right there helps
his image. Yeah. And, you know, and I think he's
done that to a few people, befriended a lot of
people. And I think it softens it when someone
goes, oh, yeah, hey, there's Tom. Hey, come here,
Tom. How you doing? You know, it's not like,
oh, there's Tom Brady, the cheater. Yeah, yeah.
I think Tiger Woods still gets a little of that
because of the outrageous and public spectacle
way that his marriage blew up. He got his ass
kicked, too, with golf clubs. Yes, yeah. He got
the shit beat out of him. There was a whole South
Park episode where the boys bought the new PGA
golfing game, the Tiger Woods golf game. And
then they showed him playing the game, and you
never played golf. You just dealt with your crazy
wife, and she chased after you with golf clubs,
and you wrecked your car. That was the whole
game. And the boys were like, this is cool. This
is the best golf game I ever played. He cheated
on the wrong person, didn't he? Yes, he did.
But Tiger Woods is an example of someone who
did it wrong. Tom Brady did it right. Yeah, he
did, yes. I think there's still people in Buffalo
and Miami and New Jersey for the Jets who don't
like him and never will. Yeah. But pretty much
the rest of the country is like, eh. No big deal.
Yeah. Yep. And those other people were never
going to like him anyhow. Yeah, yeah. Because
he just simply kicked their ass too much. Yes.
I lost a $5 ,000 bet because of you. Yeah, that
stuff. That guy will never forgive him. No, nope.
Eric Bien -Ami is back and excited. Will most
of the offense be here next year, or is he going
to just start the people not doing it or the
malcontents are leaving? That's what I think.
Yeah, I think we're going to see a few people
bail and then a few others get pushed out. It's
going to be some significant names that we recognize
and count on, not just, you know, oh, this guy
was third string and never saw the field. I mean,
he'll get rid of some people like that, too,
just because they don't fit his mold. But, yeah,
I can see some people who have been half -assing
it. If Eric Bien -Ami was on defense, I think
he'd kick Chris Jones' ass up and down the field
and say, play better or your ass is gone. Because
Chris Jones was phoning it in. A man of you was
phoning it in. It's just, yeah. We need an Eric
Bien -Ami on defense too. Yeah, we do. And another
thing is, and if they were really lost that much
and it wasn't them just phoning it in, then you
need to get rid of them anyhow. Either way, you
need to get rid of them, whether they can't do
it anymore or if they did it on purpose. Either
way, they need to go. Yeah, I mean, if he'd been
around for the last couple seasons and we saw
Travis Kelsey out there sleepwalking his way
through games, the enemy would have taken his
ass out and sat him on the bench. Yeah, and it's
too bad the enemy wasn't here. No, no kidding.
But he would have told them, you're not going
back in until your head's in the game and you're
fired up and you're ready to go. Yeah. I think
Noah Gray has moved on, hasn't he? I think he
signed with somebody else. Yeah, he did. Who
did he sign with? I'll look it up here in a little
bit. I think he would have stayed if Kelsey had
retired, but that would not guarantee him the
starting job. Well, the way he played last year,
why would you hire him? So, yeah, I think for
Noah Gray it was like, I'm not going to start
next year. And I didn't do so well. I might not
even make the team here. I better get the LF.
That's the way I looked at it. I think a younger
wide receiver out of the draft would probably
serve us much better at this point. Yeah. And,
you know, I would not be averse to seeing the
Chiefs have two tight ends on the roster and
then for your third tight end just bring in a
lineman. Yeah. And for that roster spot, get
another wide receiver. Yeah, I like that. Don't
go to three tight end sets anymore unless one
of them is strictly a blocking tight end and
put in number 67 offensive lineman or whoever.
I agree. So many other teams do it. They don't
waste money on a third tight end. No, they don't
bother. All right, next one. It's like fullback.
Nobody hires a fullback. You just have one of
your bigger running backs go in and pretend to
be fullback. Yeah. If you ever need a fullback.
If you ever need one, yep. All right, will Josh
Simmons be back and progress to the top tier
that is expected of him being a number one? Not
number one overall, first round. Yeah, yeah.
And he was firmly entrenched as the starter at
that position. until he took a bunch of time
off and then started sucking and then got injured.
Yeah, he was doing really well before he went
to California to tend to whatever was going on
with his mom. Yeah. And I'm not begrudging him
over that. No, no, he absolutely gets to do that.
That comes first. It's just from the team standpoint,
he hurt his chances with the team. I'm sure from
his standpoint, it was totally worth it. You
know, good for him. He'd do it again, too. Yeah,
yeah. You know, so, yeah. But I think, yeah,
I think. I tend to think the team's ready to
put him back in as the starter at left tackle.
I think so, too. They don't have an option anyhow.
But I think they're going to be quick to yank
him. If he starts faltering, having trouble holding,
missing blocks, I think they're like, yeah, okay,
go sit down. You're not ready still. Yeah. So,
all right, okay. Will Skip Bayless finally ask
Dak to marry him? Yes. I think so. I think he's
waiting for Dak to retire. Oh, you think so?
As soon as Dak retires. That way he can be at
home with him. Yeah, that way he can start a
little family. Yeah, because I don't think Skip
Tart has a job, does he? Except getting on X
and trying to rile people up. Yeah, yeah. Well,
I hear he still gives blowjobs in the park for
$50. Allegedly, yes. Or maybe that was Scat Bayless.
I don't know. Oh, I don't know. Allegedly. Or
Skype Bayless. Skype Bayless, that's it. He's
named after Skype Cameron. Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, I think that would be a pretty cute couple.
You know, Dak Prescott could definitely do a
lot better. Oh, he could, yeah. But, you know,
someone who's been. The loyalty is what Dak is
probably looking at. This guy's been kissing
my nuts for 30 years. Yeah, his lips have not
left his nutsack or his anus for 30 years. Yeah,
yeah. So I get it. I get it. If I was Dak, I'd
be like, you know what? He's not the best looking.
He's not the nicest. He's kind of a little goofy,
dumbass. But I love him. Yeah. He's always willing
to gargle anybody in the Cowboys organization's
balls, allegedly. Yes. Can you imagine if he
ever hears this? What did I do to those guys?
You were a shitty sports guy on TV. Yes. That's
what you did. You hurt my ears and eyes so many
times you deserve it, Skippy. Yeah. Yeah. And
if I hear Tony Romo say, look it, one more time
on TV, I'm just going to turn the sound off.
Oh, yeah. Like a little five -year -old. Look
it, look it. Oh, I know. And it seems like he's
running into that. Thank you. You're welcome.
It seems like he does that more now. Yeah. And
I don't know why. Is it a crutch? No, it's intentional.
Intentional. They're ramping up the Hick Hillbilly
side to appeal to the audience they want to appeal
to. Uh -huh. I'm sure the NFL would love to have
the enormous viewing audience that just doesn't
bother to pay attention to the rules or the regulations
or what happened 10 plays ago. They want people
who just live in the moment. No, you're right.
Don't really want to think too much. I mean,
then you can sell them whatever load of crap
you want. But a smart, sophisticated viewer,
that holds the NFL to a much higher standard,
which requires more money to be spent. And the
NFL would rather have a bunch of drooling morons
watching their programs. Pretty much status quo.
Yeah, yeah. All right. Believe anything we tell
you and get on your phone app and gamble every
time we tell you. Yeah, and don't question anything.
That's the audience the NFL wants. And they're
going to run everyone else off until that's their
only audience. And then they can do whatever
they want. Yeah. Yep, I agree. All right. Will
Chiefs fatigue be back next season? Yeah, I think
so. I think so, too. Yeah. One down year isn't
going to do it. No, no, no. The world's celebrating
right now. Yeah. Let him. Yeah. Revenge Tour
2027 on its way. That would be awesome. It will
be. It will be. All right, the next one. Sean
Payton said he was joking when he said he wouldn't
have drafted Bo Nix if he knew about his previous
ankle injury. Was that uncalled for? Absolutely.
Yeah, he said he was joking. Sean Payton's being
a total dick lately. He violated Bo Nix's health
epilogue. Yeah, health information privacy. And
he blabbed about all the – and Bo Nix had the
awesome response. He said, Coach Payton should
not be out there telling people how many surgeries
I've had because he doesn't know how many surgeries
I've had. I know. I love that, too. I loved it,
too. And you know that Bo Nix, he called that
press conference himself. Excellent. He wasn't
supposed to. He wasn't supposed to have one,
and he called all the media and said, hey, I
got a press conference I'd like to do. Everybody
showed up, and he did his own. I would love to
see Bo Nix go into next season and look at his
coach, Sean Payton, and say, you're not my boss.
I'm your equal because you're just a dick in
coach's clothing. So I'm not going to respect
you or listen to you anymore. You're just another
mouth -breather. I know he's under contract,
but, man, wouldn't you demand a trade? I would
suggest Bo Nix goes to the general manager and
say, considering what he did to me, if you don't
want me to take legal action, then you get him
off my case and you make sure he never talks
to me directly, always through an intermediary,
because I don't want to see that ugly mouth next
to me. I would love to see Bo Nix do that and
just make Broncos pay for their idiot coach.
Yeah, and number one, Bo Nix is completely right.
Oh, yeah, he's 100 % right. Number two. I think
that that would be maybe grounds on getting rid
of Sean Payton. That would be, yeah. But they're
going to have to do it soon because if they try
to use that two years from now, no one's going
to buy it. No, no, they're going to get assed
on it. He would have done it back then. Now,
to be fair and have full disclosure, I have a
real problem with authority. So a head coach
to me is authority, and I want to see him get
torn down. I would put myself in his shoes in
how outraged I'd be. I'd be like, wait a minute.
Uh -uh. Number one, you made this horrible joke
saying you weren't going to hire me if you knew
certain things. Number two, you disclosed stuff
that you thought you knew that you don't know
that you shouldn't have even went there. I would
have been fucking furious. I'd be like, nah,
dude. Uh -uh. And he may have called him up himself
for all I know, but I would have called him up
myself and said, dude, you know what? You're
a fucking asshole. If the players' union has
any teeth, he should get the players' union involved.
He may too. He might. I hope he does. I mean,
I joined my union in 88 when I got hired to the
post office, and I've been a union member ever
since. And you didn't have to either. No, I absolutely
didn't have to. Yeah, because you're in Kansas,
right? Yeah, it was a right -to -work state.
And even retired, I've been retired since 2020.
I'm still a union member. I still pay my dues.
I believe in the union. And I am that much aware
that management is evil and corrupt and self
-serving. It doesn't matter what business you're
in. Management is evil, corrupt, and self -serving,
in my opinion, allegedly. No, that's the way
I look at it, too. I am retired from sheet metal
number two as well. And there's a lot of flaws.
But also, I would have never been able to do
what I did for so long if it wasn't for them.
Yeah, my union's got all sorts of flaws. We had
an alleged mob -tied figure who was our union
president for quite a while. I'm not even going
to go into that. I've got so many. I'm just going
to leave that one right there. He's got the same
unusual last name as one of the members of Sabella's
crew. No, no, here, let me hand you this. Okay,
definitely, I would say yes. So off air, I told
him who I'm talking about, and yeah. One of his
relatives, for sure, was part of Savella's crew,
and then here he was, boss of our union, and
he made a lot of questionable choices and rulings
that really kind of pissed off the rank and file,
but he had his own motivations. So yeah, my union
has all sorts of flaws, but holy cow, was it
worth having. You know, the union's the only
ones that are going to pay me to learn something.
And, you know, everyone else is like, you know,
well, we'll find you a job after the four or
six years or whatever. And, yeah, don't worry
about that. But, you know, this is a great career
to go to. You know, there's no guarantee in anything.
And then you owe all this money where the union's
like, free schooling. And we're going to pay
you top wage to do it. And so we get our money
out of you by you going to work for somebody
half of the day, and half of the day you're in
school. And it makes sense because the union's
job and motivation is more union members happy
in their job and paying union dues. And I think
the NFLPA has got to look at it the same way.
We want to make Bo Nix happy, keep him in the
league, promoting the union, paying dues to the
union. If the union cuts him loose and says,
eh, you're on your own with management. that's
going to damage the union further, considering
the union president recently got ousted for sexual
misconduct. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's right.
Yeah, so the NFL union is not looking so great
now. They need to do a little image rehab. Now,
I've got a question then, okay, along this line.
All right. It's been my experience is higher
-up management is not in the union. No. So would
coaches be in the union? No. Okay, then that
would give the union the exact... would give
free reign to go after Sean Payton over this.
Yeah, it's specifically the NFL Players Association,
not players and coaches. At the post office,
our direct supervisors, they had a benevolence
association, which was like a completely toothless
union, but they had their own association and
group that could advocate for them when they
got in trouble. An actual union is way stronger
because there are tons of laws in place, specifically...
to make unions more effective and strengthened
and able to do them. A benevolence association,
there's no regulation on it. It can do anything.
So Sean Payton is going to, if they want, they
can hang him out to dry and make an example of
it. That's what I wanted to know, and that's
what I thought, and you backed it up. As a matter
of fact, the place I used to work at, they're
no longer in existence. I could mention them,
but I'm not going to, because it's not the point
at all. We had to petition to have our foreman
not be in the union. Oh, wow. Yeah, because it
was bullshit. Yeah. The foreman would have the
same protection we did. We'd go into the office
and the foreman would say this, like, well, he's
one of them, so they'd go with him. It's like,
no, we can't have this. This is bullshit. Conflict
of interest. Conflict of interest. Yeah. So then
you separated the ones that really wanted to
be a foreman from the ones that were just doing
it for extra money. Or to get an in with management.
Or get an in with management because they had
to step out of the union. Here's a question.
If Sean Payton had already been there, say, five
years and couldn't make it into the championship,
the AFC championship game, or passed it for all
those five years, do you think they'd fire him
now for what he's done? Yes. Yeah, I think so
too. I think just the fact that he's only been
there a short time means that they're not necessarily
going to fire him, but they're definitely going
to remember. Yeah, and also another thing is
they were in that game and they could have won
that game very easily. That game could have went
either way, and that was without their starter,
with Stenham as the starter, who really didn't
play hardly any in the last, what, four years?
Yeah. So that being the case, that they almost
made it anyhow, even strengthens Sean Payton's
right to be there. Yeah. But like you said, they're
remembering this, and it's wrote down, and it's
remembered, and Bo Nix, it's going to be interesting
to see how he comes back from this. Yeah, I think
he's going to be less likely to want to re -sign
when his rookie contract is up if Sean Payton
is still there. Yes. I think that's something
that has to be noted right now. All right. I'm
not saying he won't re -sign. I'm just saying
he's going to be less likely and he's going to
demand more. He's like, all right, I want an
extra $750 ,000 a year to put up with Sean Payton's
mouth. Yes, that's what I do too. And the next
three questions, and they're the last questions,
is related to this. We already answered them
because we talked through it, but if Bo Nix wasn't
happy with the statement that the coach should
have shared the number of surgeries he had previously,
did he have a right to be unhappy? Absolutely.
Yes, 100%. It's legally protected privacy. Yeah.
Yep. Will this be worked through? Yeah, I think
it's going to have to. I mean, if Sean Payton
was just a private citizen, then you'd have some
sort of civil lawsuit. But he represented the
Denver Broncos organization. So what Sean Payton
did puts the whole Broncos organization on the
legal hook. Yeah. So whatever happens from this,
the Broncos organization as a whole is going
to have to pay. So they're going to hold that
against Sean Payton. Say, all right, asshole,
you better win us a Super Bowl in the next two
years or we're going to use this to fire you.
And we'll use that for specific incidents too.
Yep. And I'm sure they're telling every other
team in the league. So his chances of getting
another job somewhere else are going to be diminished.
I think right now his chance of getting a job
somewhere else is diminished. Yeah, I think so
too. Yeah. All right, and then finally, did he
break HIPAA laws? Yes. All right. Yep, I think
so too. And, you know, 10, 15 years ago, coaches
had a lot more leeway to do stuff like this.
But nowadays, no. I mean, head coaches used to
be almost like presidents or kings. Now it's
just another employee. Say, ah, we'll kick your
ass out. You can embarrass the organization.
You get somebody else, and you're just going
to play along. The Health Information Privacy
Act was passed in the 90s? Yeah, it was Clinton.
Late 90s, right? Yeah, it was Bill Clinton, I
think. I think so, late 90s. When he wasn't on
Epstein Island? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. He probably
just got back from there, being there, I don't
know, two billion times or whatever. Yeah. Allegedly.
And not allegedly. Yeah, we got pictures of him,
that's true. There's all sorts of pictures of
him in the hot tub. There's some questionable
pictures of him and Epstein himself. Makes you
wonder if maybe there wasn't something a little
bit extra going on there. Oh, I don't think any
of that group cared about anybody else's gender.
I don't think any of you. It's just, let's get
naked and insert things. I think it's a dog pile.
It's a dog pile. Yeah. And that is interesting
because I remember thinking that Rush Limbaugh
was insane. talking about Bill Clinton being
a predator like that. Yeah. And he was saying
all this stuff about these women that allegedly
came forth and all this stuff and that was suppressed
by the main media. And I'm not advocating for
Limbaugh or anything. No. I'm just saying I remember
Limbaugh saying that. Yeah, I did too. Yeah,
and I can't remember the names of the women,
but he was talking about them and saying some
of the horrendous things that he did. And then
this comes out. Yep. He's probably turning over
his grave going, motherfuckers, I told you. Yep.
Yep. All right. And I bet he misses Viagra. Yeah.
Yeah. Probably so. So there you go. We're even.
Vitamin V. Yeah. We're even. I said something
complimentary and I said something derogatory.
Yep. There we go. It's balanced. Yeah. A briefcase.
A briefcase of Viagra going to Columbia, was
it? Yeah. Yeah, okay. I think anybody with one
brain cell would know what that is about. Yeah,
and anybody with, I mean, if he was as smart
as he pretended to be on air, he would have known
that was a stupid idea and he wouldn't have done
it. Well, he had writers. His writers were so
good, who knows what he knew. Yeah. You know,
I mean, he knew how to present it because he
was a really good talk show host. Yeah. And his
dramatic pause was spot on. Not as good as Paul
Harvey, but second. Much better than Jim Rome.
Jim Rome overdid it. You'd have like a minute
and a half of dead air, and then finally he'd,
yeah, I think he was. I think it's a parody.
He'd do it, and he'd have that look on his face,
like. Yep. The Rome pause. The Rome pause, yes.
It made a lot of station managers go, oh, my
God, dead air. Yeah, they're like, we're in a
control room. Yeah. And then there's like, oh,
Rome pause. Oh, fuck. So, all right, that is
the end of the bullet points. You got something?
Yeah. Once again, same as last year, the Rooney
rule is being completely ignored by the NFL.
the Coaches Association, and the media. Let's
explain the Rooney role real quick. Okay. Art
Rooney, former owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers,
who has passed away, I forget, was in the 80s?
Possibly 80s, maybe 90s, probably 80s. He was
disturbed by the fact that the same old white
guys were just being recycled around the NFL
as head coaches. And he lobbied for many years
and finally got put in place the Rooney Rule,
which states that when an NFL team has a significant
coaching vacancy, like a coordinator or head
coach, they are required to have a serious, meaningful
interview with a person of color before they
hire anybody. Yes. And they did that for a few
years. I remember Minnesota once getting fined.
because they didn't follow it. They said in advance,
oh, we want this guy. And then they ran out and
hired him. And the NFL said, oh, okay, so you
didn't even pretend to interview a person of
color. How did that get trampled? Do you think
that they looked around and said, well, we have
enough African -American head coaches? I think
that was part of it. They say part of it is they
think. That the job's been done and that people
don't discriminate based on ethnicity anymore.
They didn't do it because of them. Those guys
all deserve the jobs they got. That's the thing
that pissed me off is if they're like, oh, the
Rooney Rule did it, I have a problem with that.
No, these guys deserve that. Absolutely. And
they're doing a very good job, too. And we both
know Eric Biennemi quit doing head coaching interviews
because they were just using him to satisfy the
condition. I don't blame him. And then they went
and hired the white guy they wanted all the time.
And, you know, this may be part of the stipulation
of it coming back, too. They haven't disclosed
everything and don't have to. But they could
be like, you know, Andy Reid is getting up there
in age, and he's going to want to retire. It
might be one of the agreement is, hey, you're
next in line. Yeah. Or they might have that already
with Spagnuolo. But according to the Rooney rule,
you can't do that anymore because then, obviously,
you already made your decision. Anyway, so last
year and this year. We have no increase in the
number of black head coaches. And I can't think
of a single one I heard getting interviewed.
Black, Hispanic, Asian, whatever. I can't remember
any either. It's just, this is the white guy
we want. We go and hire that white guy. And the
general media and the sports media goes, oh yeah,
great idea. And they don't even want to hear
the Rooney Rule. I think it's costing too much
money. I think it's hampering revenue. And all
they really have to do if someone calls it on
it is have dummied up paperwork saying, oh, yeah,
look, we interviewed this guy, we interviewed
this guy. And then you go pay that guy 15 grand
to say, yeah, they interviewed me. So I think
it's unenforceable at this point. I think so.
But still, the media could say, you know, look
what they're doing. Here's what they're claiming
is going on. But the end result is they're hiring
all white guys. I mean, Raheem Morris. Got fired.
And Mike Tomlin resigned. So there's two black
head coaches gone. Actually, we have a deficit.
I didn't think about that. We have a deficit
now. But pretty much everybody got hired with
Mike. And nobody's saying anything about it.
Did Raheem Morris land anywhere at all? Not that
I've heard yet. Okay, and Matt Nagy. Yeah. Matt
Nagy has landed nowhere. He's forced to take
next year off. Nobody wants him. No. Yeah. It's
very clear Matt Nagy's not it. Yeah, and also
probably his wording, why he was leaving, was
probably kind of, it wasn't exactly wrong, in
my opinion, but I think it makes people raise
an eyebrow, but he said, you know, I want to
do my own play calling. Yeah. To me, that's rough.
He should have said something completely different,
like, you know, I want to expand my play calling
library. or something like that, there's a much
better diplomatic way to say it. I was thinking
of examples. Say we're both married, but imagine
back when you were single, and here's this girl
you're interested in, and she just got out of
a relationship, and she talks about it in calm
tones like, well, we weren't a good fit, we had
different goals, and it just wasn't going to
work out long term, blah, blah, blah. you'd be
okay with that. Yeah. But if she comes in, oh,
my ex, I hate him, man. I wish his house would
burn down. I hate that fucking bastard. Yeah.
Then you're not pursuing a relationship with
that person. No. And I think that's what Matt
and Aggie kind of did is he started bad -mouthing
his ex, and all the other teams are like, yeah,
they're going to do the same to us, so no thank
you. So you're like me. You kind of viewed it
as kind of taking a dump on him. He's not willing
to give up any type of control at all, and I'm
tired of it. I've got my own mind on my own.
It's like trying to slam the door on your way
out and slamming it on your own hand. He pretty
much did. And then you step on your own dick.
The reason he was considered for a head coaching
job was he took the Bears to the playoffs two
years. Playoffs? Playoffs. With Trubisky. That's
a challenge. Yeah, so people are looking at it
like that. I'm looking at it like I think he's
a boob. I think Matt Nagy is going to have to
go back to college and work his way back in.
I don't think the NFL is interested in him at
all, and next year they'll be even less interested
in him. Yep, especially the way that this man
played at the Super Bowl. Yeah, and none of the
players they interview are going to have a good
word to say about him. No. Because they're all
fired up about the enemy. They're too fired up
over Biennium. I mean, that tells you what you
need to know. They're like, yeah, bye -bye MN.
We want EB. When Nagy came into that position,
nobody really celebrated or said, oh, I couldn't
wait. Now, EB's back and Travis Kelsey's celebrating
and probably coming back another year. Mahomes
couldn't speak highly enough about him. So, all
I'm saying. The writing's on the wall there.
And I think the players that aren't saying anything
are the ones that know their heads on the chopping
block if they don't step up. Because the enemy
won't give you any grace for your past accomplishments
or your reputation or anything. He's like, no,
produce right now or I'll get somebody who will.
Yes. That's the way you want your winning team
to be, doesn't it? Yeah, it is. Yeah. I got a
little game, but you got something? We can go
into this here in a minute. Let's see. I had
a list of coaching vacancies and where I think
it was either ESPN or Fox had a bunch of predictions
on who's going to go where, and so I thought
we'd revisit and see what happened. The Cardinals
fired Jonathan Gannon. The prediction was they
were going to hire Clint Kubiak. Well, that hasn't
happened. No. I do believe that probably the
Raiders are going to end up getting Clint Kubiak.
Yeah, excellent choice for the Raiders. Kind
of bad news for the rest of the NFC West. Gary
has dad turning down. Yeah. Is he alive? I don't
know. Yeah, I look later. I don't know. The Falcons
fired Raheem Morris, and their prediction was
John Harbaugh. Nope, nope. New York got to him
first. Yeah, Stefanski went to Atlanta. Where
him and Mayfield are going to have a hell of
a time seeing each other two times a year. I
can't wait. They're already mouthing off. I cannot
wait. I know. I hope Baker Mayfield just has
a ball. I hope he punches him right in the face.
Yeah. Anybody whose size of the Deshaun Watson
over anything needs to be humiliated. Yes. Yeah.
Okay, Baltimore Ravens fired John Harbaugh. The
prediction was Kevin Stefanski. No, that didn't
work. No, that didn't work either. Do the Ravens
have anybody? I think they did hire somebody.
I think they did, but I didn't recognize the
name. No. I think it's somebody they're thinking
can do it. I don't know. Yeah. And nor do I give
a shit. The rumor was that the Raiders were interested
in Lamar Jackson. Yeah. And tried to trade for
him, but I haven't heard any more or seen any
more, so I'm going to say that's probably not
true. Yeah. I wouldn't see, man, I wouldn't trade
for Lamar Jackson. I have immense respect for
him as an athlete, but he's on the downside of
his career. He keeps getting hurt. and he's been
put in such a bad head space these last few years
that it's going to take a while to get his attitude
and his mind around again. It's going to be a
lot of work for a team. Considering his age,
I don't think you're going to get what you put
into it. I agree. Unfortunately for him. And
I love Lamar Jackson. I love his play. He is,
like, such a good quarterback. I hope he makes
the Hall of Fame. I really do. He's an excellent
player. As of right now, I think if he keeps
like he is, he should. Yeah. Good job. Next up.
Cleveland Browns fired Kevin Stefanski, and their
prediction was Mike McDaniel, former Dolphins
coach. Nope. Yeah. McDaniels, I think, is trying
to – did he get an offensive coordinator job
or is he trying to – He's landed at the Chargers,
which is why Tyreek wants to go there. Yeah.
Well, Tyreek said in the interview I read, in
the article I read, Tyreek said the Chargers,
Denver, or Kansas City is where he'd want to
go. Yeah, I can see that. Mike McDaniel got an
offer to interview for the Bills head coaching
position. He turned them down. Yes, I know. He
was ready to go there the next day, and he turned
them down. He decided, yeah. And that's how bad
the Bills are in flux right now. Yeah. Now, the
Bills are a powerful and well -put -together
organization, but their ownership just came out
and showed their ass. Yes. And that's the big
problem because ownership can get the coach fired.
Yes. So anybody going there is thinking, okay,
if I go there and succeed and win a championship,
then, well, that's what they expected of me.
So I haven't gained anything. If I go there and
I don't do it, then they're going to fire my
ass and that hurts my career. They see McDermott
and they're like, uh -uh. I don't want to be
the next Sean McDermott getting my ass run out
for making the playoffs year after year after
year. Yeah. Yeah. That's why the Bills had to
hire from within because nobody outside the organization
wanted to take the chance. Everybody turned them
down. They didn't even bother with Bill Belichick.
Of course, nobody should. He's so out of touch
with the NFL and he's such a cranky old man that
he's going to wreck any team he goes to and he's
going to bring his little girlfriend with him
who's also going to wreck the team because you
know they're a pair. Oh, she's probably going
to come in the locker room with him. Oh, yeah.
Oh, I want to do some improvements in this locker
room. Yeah. Yeah, you hire Coach Belichick, you're
going to get Jordan, what's her name, with it,
and she's going to be a nightmare. She's not
under contract, so you can't do anything to her.
She'll say anything, do anything, spill secrets.
Yeah, no one's going to hire Belichick as long
as she's around. Let's see. The Las Vegas Raiders
fired Pete Carroll. Their prediction for the
next head coach was Robert Sala, former Jets
coach and current 49ers defensive coordinator.
I don't know who the Rangers would pick now,
if anybody. No, they're waiting for Kubiak, supposedly.
But Salah went somewhere. Yeah, where did he
go? Did he go with Miami? It might have been.
Yeah, because the next one up is Miami fired
Mike McDaniel, and their prediction for the next
coach was Chris Shula, Rams defensive coordinator.
Well, Shula's still with the Rams. Yeah, he didn't
go anywhere. He's not going anywhere so far.
Then Giants, they fired Brian Dable and had their
interim, Mike Kafka. Their prediction was they
were going to hire Jeff Halfley, but instead
they hired Harbaugh. Halfley is the one who got
the head coaching job at either Miami or one
of the other places. He might have been Arizona,
I'm not sure, but Halfley got the job somewhere.
And then Steelers let go of Mike Tomlin, and
the prediction was that Jesse Minter, Chargers
defensive coordinator, is going to get the job.
I think Minter got a job somewhere else also
as a coordinator. Sorry, I've got a relative
in the hospital up in Canada not doing very well.
No, but we can keep going. I just had to read
that. That's why it's divided. Well, I'm going
to check my information here. Oops. Wrong button.
Jeff Halfley. And it deleted. Jeff Halfley. Okay.
Head coach of the Dolphins. Yeah. So Halfley
got the job of the Dolphins instead of Shula.
Okay. I'm going to see who just... Jesse Minter.
He's now the head coach of the Ravens. Oh, okay.
I think Salah's still with San Francisco. Robert
Saleh. He is... The defensive coordinator for
the 49ers is what I got. And that's where he
was. Nope. Titans. Oh, that's right. He was head
coach. That's right. So that was where Matt Nagy
was supposed to go. Yeah, I know. Good. Yeah,
that was a big prediction. Matt gagged me. Gagged
me. Let him go to college. Yeah. So they didn't
do so well on their predictions for who was going
to be head coach next. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Let's
see. Go ahead. Well, that was the end of my list.
Okay, well, I've got something here that I find
very interesting. And, okay, what this is is
a little game I'd like to do. I want to call
it garbage or gold. And we're going to go over
quarterbacks yardage and figure out if the yardage
was hard -earned winning games or if it was just
fucking garbage time. Garbage time. Yeah, I like
this. The leader this year is Matt Stafford,
4 ,707 yards. His, I think, was legitimate. Yeah,
I think that's gold. He had a lot of comebacks,
a lot of throwing touchdowns. A lot of those
yardage came for crucial points that made a difference.
Yes, yes, and that's exactly what I'm talking
about right there was, is it just garbage or
not? Okay, so we agree, Matt Stafford is legitimately,
he deserved those yards. Yeah. Jared Goff. 4
,564 yards. I'm going to say no because they
didn't have that good of a season. No. And he
threw a lot of yards and didn't win the games.
Yeah. And it's not like they were leading and
doing well and then got a sneak come -from -behind
victory from the other team. They had to battle
back a lot. A lot of his yards wound up not making
any difference in the game. Exactly. And this
isn't dogging the quarterbacks or nothing. This
is just saying that they make a difference with
these yards. Yeah. Because a lot of quarterbacks,
you'll look at them, you'll see 400 yards. You're
like, oh, my God, they must have won that game.
No, they did not. No, no. That's a team that's
desperately trying to come from behind. Yeah,
they're just throwing. And the other team is
letting them complete 10 - and 15 -yard passes.
And eat up the clock. And then eat up the clock,
and then they stop him within the 20s. They tighten
him up, yeah. I think with Goff also, there have
been a number of games where his interceptions
and fumbles put the team behind, so he had to
throw his ass off just to get back in the game.
So a lot of more self -inflicted wounds. Yep.
I wish Jared Goff would get it all together because
when he's on. He's a hell of a quarterback, and
he's fun to watch. He's one of the best in the
league whenever he's on, but whenever he's off,
he's one of the worst in the league. Yeah, yeah.
It was interesting watching him in that second
season of quarterback on NFL. Uh -huh. I don't
know anything about his wife, but on the show,
the way they edited and shot it, she came off
as a total airhead. Yes. I'm sure she's not in
real life, but that's what they decided to do.
portray her as through careful editing and which
shots they used or whatever. She comes off as
just dips. I would agree. And Goff comes out
as the smiling party boy and every other word
out of his mouth is fucking this and fucking
that. Throw the fucking game. Throw the fucking
ball. So they portrayed him as a foul -mouthed
party boy. I'm sure that's not fair either, but
that's the image I got from that show. I would
agree because he came off rather odd like that
too. I was like, wow, okay. How about Dak Prescott?
4 ,552 yards. You know, I'm going to say his
are legitimate because I think the rest of the
team has been letting him down. I think so too.
Good, that's it. I'm going to say that's gold.
I do too. I think that's true. You know, there's
been a lot of – Besides, he's getting ready to
get married to Skip Bayless. Oh, that's true.
Allegedly. You know, there's been a lot of our
complaining about Dak Prescott recently, and
he's not the guy, and they need to move on, and
he's not quite got it. But I don't know. Without
him, I think the Cowboys probably would not have
very many winning seasons. I think he's been
one of the main reasons they've been at least
in it for as long as they get in, to stay in
it. I agree. He still may not be the guy to get
you into the promised land, but to trash him.
I would say at this point, no. Yeah. But to let
the rest of the team take a pass for their bad
play and blame it on Dak Prescott. No. Yeah,
it's foolish. I'd say Dak Prescott's legitimate
stance. I would say so, too. Number four would
be Drake May, 4 ,394 yards. That's pretty easy
to see in combination with his running ability
and his getting it done in the late in the game.
Yeah. That's definitely hard -earned gold. Yeah,
yeah. Yeah, nothing fluke there. No, no. Nope,
he had a really good season and is 100 % legitimate.
So, yeah. The next one, Sam Darnold, 4 ,048 yards.
Yeah, it definitely. Yeah, I'd say that's pretty
legit. The thing that's really amazing is he
doesn't throw that long pass that much. So all
of this is just like 10, 15, 20 yarders. The
majority of it. That tells me he's working within
the system and making it work and winning games
that way. And it makes me wonder if Mike Frable
has not figured something out about that too.
He's the type of coach that can exploit something
like that. Yeah. So exploiting that would be
pretty easily taking away the long path or take
away the middle. Yeah. And leaving a long pass
and daring them. Yeah. Well, you know the weather's
going to be nice. They have to have nice weather
for the Super Bowl anymore. It's in Santa Clara.
Yeah, Santa Clara. Yeah, it'll be nice, probably
most likely. I really don't know exactly how
the games go. I know what I'd like to see is
each team testing each other and having some
spectacular plays and also some spectacular failures.
That would be exciting. You know, Grable's smart.
He'll pick up on a lot of stuff. And if there's
a flaw in Darnold's game, he'll find it. Oh,
I think he's going to exploit it. Vice versa,
yeah. The Seahawks are going to figure out every
flaw in Drake May's game and exploit that. And
seeing that he's a much younger, less experienced
QB. They're going to harass him. First time this
kid's ever been in the playoffs and gotten this
far. And gotten this far and got into the Super
Bowl. Yeah. I even do that at home. I do too.
Even talking to myself. Oh my God. We're sick.
We're sick. Conditioned ourselves. Yes. We're
not right. So yeah, Sam Darnold I'd say is legit.
I would too. How about Trevor Lawrence, 4 ,007
yards? Yeah, I'd say so. Because of the season
and the comebacks, he did so many comebacks this
year. Yeah, and they did it with not really a
spectacular flashing fashion. As you said, they're
making the plays they needed when they needed
to make them. Yeah. And it was all just working
right out. Yeah. To me, they weren't good enough
to ever be in the championship game either. Yeah.
But the mere fact that they got to where they
did and they have something to build on was incredible.
Yeah. It was a hell of a turnaround. It really
was. cool if they kept it going next season and
the Jags became the dominant force in the AFC
South and the Texans had to fight their way back.
I love that because I think the Texans, I don't
know, they're the... Yeah, they look like they
got cracks, don't they? They do. They have big
cracks. And one of their biggest cracks is CJ
Stroud. Confidence. Yeah, he's not got the confidence
he needs. Yeah. It can be argued, I mean, Davis
Mills played so well. Yeah, that he's not the
poster boy and the high dollar star. No, that's
the problem. Yeah, if you put Mills in, you're
going to not sell very many more Stroud jerseys.
That's true. That is absolutely a consideration.
You might think it's a joke, but no, that's a
definite consideration because merchandise is
enormous. They're chasing his rookie season still.
Yeah. You know, and that's the thing is they
think they can get back to that. Yeah. But it's
a confidence thing. Yeah. All right. Caleb Williams,
3 ,942 yards. I find this amazing that the leaders,
a lot of them are in the low fours and threes.
Yeah. It's not so much a passing lead right now,
is it? No. No. Defense is definitely coming on
strong. Yeah. Caleb, gosh, that's kind of hard
to tell because there were a number of times
he had. throw a lot to come back. I'm going to
say Caleb Williams was predominantly gold. Yeah,
I would say so too. Another reason is it's not
that big of a yardage anyhow. True. So, I mean,
he's not like 5 ,000 yards and won four games.
Yeah. Oh, who would that be? Like, oh, Jameis
Winston. Yes, yes. Jeff George. Yeah. Something
like that. I don't. Whoever passed for the Raiders
last year, it was all hopeless yardage. Yes,
yep. Same with the Jets, same with the Titans.
Same thing, same outcome. Just didn't mean anything.
Next one would be Bo Nix, 3 ,931 yards. I'd say
that's legit. I would say legit, too. They have
a pretty tight offensive unit. Yep. They never
really blew anyone out. They were throwing enough
yards, the yardage they needed. I agree. Yeah.
Okay, how about Justin Herbert, 3 ,727 yards?
Wow, this one's tough. You know, I'm kind of
tempted to say it. Garbage. Yeah, I think so
too because even though the Chargers won a fair
number of games, it wasn't because of his passing.
No, it was not. It was their defense. Yeah. And
it was some amazing plays here and there. But,
yeah, I don't think he was really responsible
for as many points as that yardage would lead
you to believe. Uh -huh. There's one other. There's
a team, and I know exactly what I'm going to
say when you bring that up. Okay. Yeah. Yeah.
Justin Herbert made sure he beat the Chiefs,
and that's it. Yeah. I think he pretty much shot
his entire supply on the first game of the season,
and then it was just kind of downhill and struggling
from there. After that, it was up and down. Yeah.
How about Baker Mayfield? 3 ,693 yards. I'm going
to say garbage. Garbage. Because he didn't look
like he had it. He completed a lot of passes,
but, again, it didn't really make much difference.
The first few games of no victory formation and
what were they, 4 -0, all comebacks, last minute,
no victory formation at all, he looked like that.
Yeah. And then after that, it went away. Yeah.
So, yeah. How about Josh Allen, 3 ,668 yards.
I'll say gold. I would say gold also. Yeah. I
mean, what else is there to say about it? Without
him, they're winning two games. Yeah, I don't
see any problems per se with Josh Allen himself
as a quarterback. The team has some holes, and
ownership has some giant attitude to readjust.
I agree. Yep. Oh, gosh, the amount of damage
they've done to their team and their organization
and their fan base is just stunning. Yes. Just
one simple firing and then the reasoning behind
it, and then you send them off with a pat on
the back and a kiss on the cheek and tell them
he's been real admiral because the owner's too
stupid to know the right word. I remember that
now, yeah. He's done an admiral job. Are you
really? Are you sure it wasn't a commander or
maybe a captain job? Yeah, sergeant. And he said
it twice. He did say it twice. He said it twice.
Which means that he thought that's what it was
pronounced as. Yep. Okay, how about Patrick Mahomes,
3 ,587 yards. Pure stinky garbage. Agreed. Constantly
trying to come from behind, desperation throws.
It was just ugly to watch all season. When you
make those throws, we're just trying to win.
We're trying to get back on the board to where
we can get to where we can strike. What I likened
it to is you're sliding down this steep hill
towards a river full of alligators. And every
once in a while, you can grab a hold of a tree
or a root or a rock or something to slow your
scent, but then it gives away and down you go.
Yeah. When Mahomes would complete a pass for
like 20, 30, 40 yards, that was managing to grab
a hold of a rock and slow your descent. And that's
all it was. But you were still going to wind
up in the alligators. No matter what Mahomes
did, we still wind up down there getting eaten
by alligators. Yep. Nothing could stop that downward
slide. No. And this really wasn't necessarily
Mahomes' fault. No. No, it is the culmination
of letting Matt Nagy stick around too long. bringing
in the absolute wrong people on offense, ignoring
the defense. Offensive line and shambles, all
of the above. And then just hoping and counting
on your reputation to see you through. It just
goes to show you I've heard so many people go,
well, we got Mahomes. Yeah, that's great. Yeah.
That's great. Fine. Let's send him out there
all by himself then. Yeah, yeah. Let's see how
well he does. Best 11 versus Mahomes all by himself.
Let's see what he can get done. Always hated
that. It's like, no, no, no. You need the rest
of the team. Otherwise, everyone would just get
that quarterback and go win. It's like saying,
my car is awesome because the left rear tire
is really high quality. Yeah. Yeah, but you got
no brakes. But look at that left rear tire. Yeah,
look at that. And then finally, I'm not going
to go into any more Jordan Love, 3 ,381 yards.
Yeah, it just wasn't enough. Nope. It just really
didn't make much difference. Nope. I'm going
to say pretty much garbage. Yeah. Yeah. I'm not
that impressed with him anymore like I was. I
think he's average. Yeah, I would say. Yeah,
I mean, even Aaron Rodgers made it into the playoffs.
What else? What else? And he did reasonably well.
Yeah. So, all right. Anyhow, that's all of those.
Okay. You want to think about who might win the
division based on just right now? Yeah. I think
for the AFC West, based on right now, I'd pick
the Broncos again. I would, too. I think the
Chiefs second. They're going to get wild card.
Raiders third. Chargers last. Because Chiefs
and the Raiders are making changes. Broncos are
standing pat. I think they're good enough. The
Chargers are mostly standing pat. And I think
their head coach right now is their biggest obstacle.
I think so, too. He's not getting his head into
the... Pro game, he's still thinking college.
Yeah, it's not working very well. No. He's been
in college cheating too much. Yeah. Now, he has
worked in the NFL before as a coordinator, et
cetera. And I remember him back in arena football.
He was a coach back then. Yeah. He'd be John
or Jim or both. But right now, as an NFL head
coach, he's still got some learning to do. And
judging by the Harbaugh experience. I tend to
think he's a little too arrogant to think he
needs to learn anything. I would agree. So I'm
thinking he's going to damage the Chargers in
a few ways. He'll build them in a number of ways,
but he'll do enough damage to crush their championship
hopes. But he's going to leave them in a better
state for the next coach. If I were a Chargers
fan, I'd be looking at Jim Harbaugh as interim.
He's your stepping stone. He's not going to get
you there, but he's going to do... a number of
things to make the next guy get you there. Yeah.
Yep. Which is sad. I love that. That's true.
For the AFC North, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Cincinnati,
and Cleveland. I'm thinking Cincinnati is going
to come back and have a strong year next year.
I think so, too. They're due. And everybody else
is still in flux. Every other year. Is Burrow's
good year? Yeah. Yeah. So if he's going by that
pattern, he will not get injured next year, and
he's going to finish it solid and be in the playoffs.
Unfortunately, even if Joe Burrow has a really
good year, the team can still find a way to screw
it up. And they have before. And they have before,
yeah. So Burrow's doing his part. He's been doing
his part every season. I know we used to trash
him a lot and make fun of him. He really didn't
deserve it. I pretty much quit because he's had
such bad luck with the team and his health. I'm
just like, I'm going to leave him alone. Yeah,
I'd say his skills. I took a more reasonable
look at his skills and abilities and what he
was accomplishing and realized I was wrong about
him. He's doing well. He's doing very well. I
always knew he was good. I just like making fun
of him. Yeah, he is fun to me. make fun of, but
so is everybody. But I see Cincinnati taking
that division next year. I do too. And they should.
They have a superior team, in my opinion, to
everybody else. AFC South, you've got Jacksonville,
Houston, Tennessee, and Indy. I'm going Jacksonville,
maybe Indy. If they can get their quarterback
settled. That's what I was going to say. That's
going to be contingent on their quarterback.
Yeah. And, you know, they're not going to, well.
That's why I consider them a maybe. But you'll
notice I'm putting them ahead of the Texans.
Yeah. Even though the Texans got into the postseason,
I really don't. Do they have, it's Mack Jones,
isn't it, that's over there? Or is it, no, not
Sam Darnold, not Mack Jones. Who is the other
spare quarterback? Richardson. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Richardson. I can't. Yeah, I'm blanking on that.
But, yeah, they dumped Phil Rivers. No, Matt
Jones was with the 49ers. Yeah, that's right.
Daniel Jones. Daniel Jones, the other Jones.
Yeah, they're brothers. Yeah. Yeah, I don't think
it's going to be all that much of a stretch to
put Tennessee last. No, I don't either. Because
they've got some building to do. They've got
building to do. And also, even getting new players
and fitting it all together is going to take
a minute. Yeah. They'll be better than their,
what, 3 -14 record this year? Yeah. They'll be
a lot better, but they still might end up in
last place. They could leapfrog over Houston,
which for them would be a pretty good accomplishment
to finish ahead of Houston in the standings.
And also, I'm not convinced I'm Robert Salah.
No. At all. No. We'll have to wait and see. He
didn't do a very good job with the Jets. No.
You kind of give him a pass on that because the
Jets owner was such a moron. Yeah, that's true.
But also, his defenses, they brag about him,
but I always see him giving up key plays. Yeah,
exactly. It's like more PR than fact. That's
the way I look at it. I wouldn't want him. I'd
stick with Spagnuolo or somebody else or look
for somebody else. I'd be like, I don't know.
I think he's a little shoddy. So that's just
my own opinion. Yeah. He might want to talk to
his PR department and his media advisors and
get them to start saying things a little more
realistic. Yes. Or something that we can't check
up on and call them out on so quickly. What was
it? I forgot what it was that he did. What was
the comment? Oh, I'm blanking on that. Damn it.
I can't remember what it was. It was a couple
of years ago. It was definitely a foot -in -the
-mouth kind of moment. Yeah, and everybody's
like, hey. Hey, somebody let us know in the comments
or email or something. Let us know what he said
that left such a bad taste. Yeah, please do.
AFC North, you've got. Keep your opinions about
our show to yourself. No, actually, we got our
first email for this show. Yeah. But we'll go
into that later. Let's see, AFC, Buffalo, Miami,
New England, and the New Jersey Jets. And the
New Jersey Giants, yeah, but they're in the other
league. Yes. I'm going to put the Patriots back
on top. I think Buffalo is going to have a down
year, maybe two, while they readjust. I think
they're going to be in shock. Yeah, and they're
going to be one of those teams that you don't
know who's going to show up at a given week.
They show up and look like world beaters, and
the next game they look like they have no idea
what they're doing, and that's going to be because
of the transition and the shakeup, et cetera.
Jets are going to be last. Miami, I think, is
going to finish strong. I think so, too. The
Jets probably last. Buffalo third. Miami second.
Patriots first. That's kind of how I see it as
of right now. Before free agency, before the
draft. All this is going to change probably because
of the draft and free agency. I have it the other
way around. I have Patriots -Bills. I think the
Bills are going to be like a 9 -8. Maybe 10 and
17. I think they're still going to be a winning
team. And the reason is because they have some
key components. And they have a fair amount of
momentum, too. Yeah, they do. You don't disregard
that. Yeah, I think what it does is take you
from a 12, 13 winning team to 10 winning team.
And then after that, we're going to see how much,
what's his last name, Brady? Yeah. Yeah, yeah,
yeah. The offensive coordinator they had that
they hired as a head coach. Is it Joe? Joe Brady
or something like that. I think it's Joe Brady.
Yeah. Yeah, those would be Tom Brady's cousin.
Yeah. They even look alike. Yeah, it's worth
remembering that the Bills had, what, a four
-game losing streak last season? Yeah. I never
would have thought under Josh Allen and Sean
McDermott, they would have four -game losing.
They would never have a four -game. Yeah. As
a matter of fact, at times last year, they appeared
lost. They did. Completely lost. The look on
Josh Allen's face. I've seen it before on other
players on teams. Patrick Bones this year? Yeah.
It's like, what the hell's going on? We're doing
everything we did last time, and it's just not
working. It was almost the same scenario. Yeah.
I mean, the look was similar, too. what do i
have to do yeah yeah so yeah um gonna be interesting
now imagine a a fur trapper back in the old 1800s
and this beaver has been going between his his
uh beaver dam and this grove of trees over and
over he walks the same path every day multiple
times and then one day out of the blue oh my
god there's a snare there and he gets caught
in the trap and The hunter comes along and kills
him and skins him. The beaver will be just stunned.
It's like, I've done this a hundred times and
nothing bad ever happened before. That's the
look I see on some quarterback's faces and definitely
on Josh Allen's face, definitely on Mahomes'
face, definitely on Travis' face. It's like,
I had no idea that this could go so bad right
here, right now. They were just so unprepared.
Well, like I told my big boss when we were talking
about football, which we do a lot, I said, I
knew this day was going to come for the Chiefs.
Yeah. I didn't think it was going to be this
year. No. No. It always does. You cannot continue
to win like that forever. Yeah. People find you
out. People get hurt. People leave. If nothing
else, the law of probabilities and averages clashes
up to you. Yes. All of that in together works
in concert to make sure that you don't do that
forever. Yeah. So. Okay, you got something? You
want to do the NFC side? Yeah, let's do it. Okay,
NFC North would be the Bears, the Vikings, the
Lions, and the Packers. Yeah, yep. I was going
to think Minnesota, but there's so much else
going on in Minnesota right now that could have
an effect overall. It seems like Minnesota is
in the news just like every single day about
all sorts of things. And that is at least some
of a distraction. I would think so. So based
on that, I think that's going to hurt Minnesota's
chances next year. So I'm figuring Chicago. I
think I would agree, yeah. And then Detroit and
Minnesota Green Bay. But it's tough to put Green
Bay last because I think it's all going to be
pretty tight. I think I'm going to put Green
Bay second. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. And then everything
else, like you said. Maybe I'm going to put Lions
last. Lions really kind of fell apart, didn't
they? Yeah, whichever way Jared Goff goes, that's
the way the team goes. Yeah. And every now and
then he just has a game where he can't do anything
right and he's just turning the ball over constantly.
I haven't seen that getting better throughout
his career. It's been staying there. So that's
going to catch up to him, I think. Yeah, I think
so. Yeah. And also, I don't think that the coaches,
the key coaches that left Detroit, I think that
they didn't do a very good job of replacing them.
No. So, okay. Okay, see, NFC South would be Tampa,
New Orleans, Atlanta, and I always forget the
fourth one. Who was it? Atlanta, New Orleans,
Tampa. Carolina. Carolina, that's it. Yeah, thank
you. I keep looking down to the southern states,
but it's the west coast, the east coast. Yeah.
There I can see Carolina. I think Carolina's
going to take another step forward. They're doing
things right, finally, and I think they're going
to be a legitimate. A legitimate leader next
year, not the waffle into it, kind of Tampa,
kind of gave it to them type of thing. I put
Tampa second. Yeah, I would give them the edge
over Atlanta because Atlanta's still got to figure
out the quarterback. Atlanta's on their way up,
but as soon as I get a guy, they're going to
start progressing. But right now they're not
quite there yet, so I put them third. Yeah, and
so far the Saints haven't really done anything.
to change or improve their situation. No, I think
the Saints, I think they're going to have a respectable
year and so is Atlanta, but I just think it's
going to be below Tampa and Carolina. Let's say
in the NFC West, you've got Seattle, the Rams,
the Niners, and the Cardinals. I'm going to go
ahead with the Cardinals last. Yes. Mostly because
of ownership. Ownership doesn't care. Ownership
doesn't care about if they ever get another championship.
They just want to host a Super Bowl. Yeah. They
don't care if they're in it. They just want to
do that. I'm going to put the Rams first. Yep,
me too. Niners second, Seattle third, because
I think they're going to have a hangover year
next year. I think you're right. Yeah, I thought
that too. And then Cardinals last. The Rams,
I think, have everything they need. It just didn't
quite work out for them. My next year is going
to work out for them. The 49ers, McCaffrey's
going to be a year older and a year less capable.
Brock Purdy still is not as consistent. The shine
has worn off of him. It really has. They've exploited
the flaws in his game brilliantly. And he's going
to have a hard time going to that level ever
again. I don't think it's going to be tough for
them to make a change there because Brock Purdy
is kind of a fan favorite. And people are going
to say, why are you benching him? Well, he's
not getting it done, is he? No, he isn't. And
then, you know, they have these backups that
are really good, but they're backups like Mac
Jones. This is weird. What? My computer is not
getting any juice. Uh -oh. It's not charging
even though everything's right here. So my computer's
about to run out of energy because the battery
pack isn't doing it. Oh, I turned on the wrong
side. I turned on the DC side. Oh, okay. All
right, there we go. Okay, all right. So that's
how long my battery lasts on my laptop. This
is an hour and 45. Hour 45, all right. So now
it's going to get zooped back up again. All right,
good deal. Then NFC East, Giants, Cowboys, Commanders,
and Eagles. Yeah. Hmm. Well, I don't think the
Commanders are coming back. I wouldn't think
so. No. Jaden Daniels. I think it's going to
be a good quarterback, but upper echelon I'm
not so sure anymore. Yeah, he does seem to be
kind of peaking, and now they need to work around
what he's capable of to build the rest of the
team up. They need to figure that out. Yeah.
But I can see the Commanders and the Eagles vying
for last place in the NFC East. And surprisingly,
the Giants and Cowboys I think are going to be
vying for the top. Yeah. I think Brian Schottenheimer's
got enough on the ball. that he's going to get
the Cowboys going. I'm sure Harbaugh is going
to get the Giants going. Oh, yeah. So those are
going to be some fun games next year, the two
between the Giants and the Cowboys. Right now
I'd give the edge to the Giants, Cowboys second,
Commanders last, Eagles third. Okay, yeah, I
think that's about right. I'd go with that too.
I think the Eagles are going to miss some playoffs
next year. I wouldn't be surprised. I mean, they've
got to really change their defensive attitude.
Yeah, and they don't have a lot of money to work
with either. I mean, they really kind of spent
everything that they could to try to win a championship,
and they did. But they failed this year. They
won as many playoff games as we did this year.
Playoffs. Which is none. It's none at all. All
right. Okay, that's good. Do you want to go into
the email here? Yeah. Okay. And we don't even
have to answer because, I mean, I know we're
kind of both in kind of a down mood coming down
here because a lot of current events are just
pissy. Yeah. So, all right. Sports creeps. I
remember Mark in particular saying that you two
were going to do a real story podcast sometime.
I'd love to hear that, but until then, would
you two care to deliver your thoughts on Epstein
Island's situation? Sure. I didn't put this down,
but the guy's name is Gerald, and he's from Fort
Osage, which I think is over near Independence.
I get the impression it's a little north. Oh,
it's a little north of Independence. Yeah, I've
been to Fort Osage. There's an actual fort there.
It's pretty cool. Oh, okay. Gosh, overall view
of the Epstein situation is that it is firmly
under control by somebody. And they're releasing
what they want to release when they want to release
it. And this whole thing is being very carefully
guided and orchestrated to get us through this
minefield while the people who have the most
to lose are getting protected. I will never know
the reality of the full list or the full everything
because considering how much time has passed,
all the valuable people who can still be used
and exploited are going to get protected. And
it's only a very few that are going to get thrown
to the wolves. But even there, it's not going
to be so bad because if you get the public thinking
that there was a whole lot of horribleness going
on and they need to look further. Yeah, they
don't want that. Yeah. They want to say, well,
here's some minor outliers, and they did a few
little things, and that's it, and now it's all
done, and go away, and quit thinking about it.
It's just a different type of a jerk -off. Yeah.
That's all it is. Yeah. Yeah, the appeasement.
See, we did it. Yeah. Yeah, that thing. Yeah.
So, I got a little bit of something written up
here, actually quite a bit written up here, if
you want to let me go. Okay. First off, with
the release of the Epstein Files, You owe everybody,
and I'm talking about you people out there, who
was a conspiracy theorist, you owe them all an
apology. Absolutely. Because this is one of the
things that I kept hearing. Yeah. Repeatedly.
It's not real, it's not happening, that could
never happen. No, but they would have got caught
and all that. That turned out to be bullshit.
Yeah. Secondly, if we don't take a stand, in
my opinion, as Americans, we're doomed. But we're
doomed because we won't. Yeah. We're too divided.
We're too busy pointing the finger at everyone
else. And we're too used to getting what we want
when we want. And it's going to be a hard and
unappealing and unattractive struggle and fight
to get the right thing done with this. And most
Americans just don't have the... No, they're
going to go, hey, look at this new TV show. Yeah,
they don't have the discipline to stick with
it and get it done. It's like, we'll all be easily
distracted. Meet and clean included. Yeah, me
too. They'll come up with enough stuff to distract
you and make sure you're thinking and looking
at something else. And by the time you think
about the Epstein Files again, a bunch of things
have happened. Yes. And only a third of them
you'll know about. And also, we have never been
challenged enough as people here living in the
United States. Yeah. We've never had to actually
go out there and fight for really anything. There
were other countries routinely. You're going
to have to fight if you want anything. The last
time that American territory was invaded by a
foreign power was World War II. And the Japanese
occupied two of the Aleutian Islands off the
coast of Alaska. Alaska wasn't a state then,
but it wasn't American territory. But since then,
all of the ugliness and bad things have happened
over there. Apart from the terrorist attacks.
which happened here. People got so revved up
about 9 -11, and then five years later they were
like, yeah, whatever. The people who said, we'll
never forget, suddenly realized, well, I'm not
going to forget, but I just don't care as much.
True. True. Yeah, it's not forgetting, it's just
losing the ability to care. Yeah. I think that's
where we all are. We're being trained not to
care, to disregard, just leave it to the authorities,
never mind, just go on about your entertainment.
I'm going to change this next statement a little
bit because I want to ask you, with this going
on, all the looting, theft, pilfering, gerrymandering,
and constant diversion stay as it is, is that
going to slow down any because of any of this?
No, I think all these things continue to happen.
They're going to be more careful. Yeah, yeah.
But the things that we're hearing about, like
massive welfare fraud in this area, child daycare
fraud in this area, on and on and on, they can
tell us how that will all be resolved and what
happened, but how do we know what really happened?
It's like they can claim, oh, this state, they've
recovered $15 million in fraudulent money that
was stolen over this. Okay, they'll tell us that,
but we don't know. We'll never see that money.
We'll never get any proof. They'll just tell
us what we want to hear. That $15 million will
be gone, or it'll go into the pockets of somebody
else, and they'll just tell us, oh, we did the
right thing. We got that money back. It's like,
well, okay, can we have a refund? Oh, no, no,
no, no. You get credit towards your next concert
ticket. I mean, towards your next... Yeah. Yeah,
but we were not talking about StubHub or Ticketmaster
or Live Nation by any means. But, you know, just
the fact that nobody's getting arrested, nobody's
getting charged, nobody's going to jail means
it's all just distraction and lip service. Distraction,
yep. Lip service. Yeah, it's like, look over
here so you don't see what we're doing over there.
Yeah. And nobody's going to jail for anything.
Yep. So to me, it's not real until people actually
start paying for it. Yeah. Yep. And then another,
I'm going to just kind of rough draft this, skip
over it, just kind of glaze it a little bit,
but the Clintons' testimony, they're supposed
to testify, but they keep getting out of it somehow,
and they're not going to jail like they should
for contempt of court and all this. Supposedly
they agreed to testify, but I want to go back
to this. And this was quite a while ago in the
90s, so a lot of people. would not remember it
and some people were too young to remember it,
but when Bill Clinton was charged, when they
came forward and said, hey, you had something
going on with a sin term and we can prove it.
And he got up on the pulpit and chastised America.
He said, I did not, I repeat, I did not have
sexual relations with that woman. Yes. Okay.
That's the capability of a liar. He's a politician.
It became abundantly clear to everybody that,
yes, he did. But he got up there and was so convincing,
and the people who worship the Clintons were
buying into it. Oh, yeah, of course he did. And
they still probably refused it, even though he
could admit it to them in their face, and they'll
just say, oh, I get it, you have to say that.
Yeah, yeah, and it's like a camera change. whenever
he's going into something. And this is other
politicians, too. This is stuff that I've learned.
I've heard about it on different shows and stuff
like that. And I got to studying it, and it's
true. The lighting dims when they're getting
ready to say something they want you to pay attention
to and believe. Camera angles change. Their face
changes. And it's no different than Robert Tilton.
Trying to get money from you. And the good old
one morning, this is a televangelist on late
night. And in my opinion, complete crook. He
was the guy that said, I don't want you to give
me $50. You don't give me $100. God wants you
to give me $1 ,000 right now. And look at all
the people who fell for it and did it. Yes. Those
people vote. He got a brand new fucking plane
out of them. Those people vote. Yes. That's what
I'm saying. Yep. And the thing is, he said, why
$1 ,000? You've got to make sure that God knows
you're serious. And these people went out and
did it. About the only smart thing Bono ever
said was, the God I believe in isn't short of
cash, mister. Yes. That's the only thing I agree
with Bono on, too. Other than that, he's a complete
fucking loon dipshit. I mean, you can have a
perfectly... wonderful and successful relationship
with God or Jesus or whomever without having
anything to do with any organized religion anywhere.
And that's directly in the Bible. It says it's
your relationship with God, your relationship
with Jesus. It doesn't matter going to church
because God's everywhere. Yeah. Now, the churches
will tell you, oh, you have to come here, you
have to come here, because they want your donation
money. But what actually, what I knew about the
Bible and read some, I mean, you know, I haven't
read it all, but, you know, any place that you
have more than two people worshiping God is a
house of God. Can be a church. Yeah. I remember
that, too. Yeah. So, they got away from that,
didn't they? Yeah, you sure did. Gotta have a
steeple, gotta have a building, you know. Yeah.
So, all right. How about that perverted piece
of shit Bill Gates? In my opinion, but I don't
think it should even be like that, but you kind
of have to say that anymore. Yeah, my brother
John just worships Bill Gates. That's his fucking
problem, isn't it? Yeah, and part of the reason
is John worked for a while for the University
of Washington securing grants, and a lot of the
grants came from the Gates Foundation. Because
my brother John was into microbiology and genetics.
All sorts of things that you could work into
intravenous or intramuscular injections, right?
Yes. That's what my brother John was into. And
he thought the sun rose and set on Bill Gates
and the Clintons and anybody like that. And he
would not listen to a single bad thing about
any of them. He just refused to believe. Isn't
this disheartening? This is a man who went to
school for about eight years, because two of
those years he was drinking and fucked around,
but he got his PhD. At least he was cool once.
Yeah, that's the only time I got along with him
was when he was drinking. When he's sober, he's
just a frickin' nightmare. That's why he's out
of my life permanently. Yeah, my sister like
that too. We all, you know, I used to be embarrassed
about certain parts of my family until I started
talking to people. Yeah, everybody's got that
one asshole in their family. At least one, if
not several. Yeah. But anyhow, go ahead. So,
as far as Bill Gates goes, he's another one of
those people who's had way too much power and
money for too long and nobody to tell him no
and nobody to supervise him. And I remember...
his illegal vaccine trips where he'd just fly
into a foreign country without permission, without
clearance, without authorization, just fly in
and start vaccinating people. And then he'd fly
out again before the authorities showed up to
arrest his ass. Yeah, we're going to say allegedly
just cover our ass. Oh, he's been banned by a
number of African countries that don't ever come
back here. Yeah. Yeah. And he's been on record
a number of times as saying, He wants to reduce
the Earth's population to about 10 ,000 through
the use of vaccines because he thinks 10 ,000
people on the whole planet is a pretty efficient
number. Of course, that means there are going
to be 100 to 200 wealthy people, and the rest
of us are going to be their slaves. That's what
he means. But that's what he means. So, yeah,
he made the mistake of saying it not once, not
twice, but at least three times on record that
that's what he wants to do. And how about, okay,
this came out. He gave his wife an STD who divorced
him and got a large amount of money, which she
should have. Yeah. But he was trying to find
a way to slip his wife antibiotics because of
the STD he picked up doing his dirty shit. Yes.
During his alleged trips to Epstein Island. Yeah.
And people follow this guy. And they followed
him to a vaccine. A guy was trying to slip his
wife antibiotics of some sort to get out of something.
And he says this antibiotic's what we need, and
they believe this piece of crap? He's a criminal,
weaseling creep. Yeah. And I don't trust him
and don't believe him. Just look at Windows and
how fucked up that is. Oh, I know. Well, yeah,
it's kind of like a guy that introduced a virus
to wipe out computers so you buy another computer,
allegedly. And then all of a sudden, he comes
up with a virus against a virus. It's like, wait
a minute. Now you're going to humans. You were
on computers. Now you're going to humans. You
know, I have no respect for a filthy... that
gets chlamydia or something like that and then
has to cover up his tracks by trying to sneak
his wife antibiotics or whatever was going to
clear whatever he got up being a filthy piece
of shit. Yeah, but typically anybody who likes
Bill Gates is going to say... He shouldn't be
allowed to get away with it. It's not that big
a deal. Or it's just lies. They made it up. He
never did that. Bullshit. That's a typical human
reaction. If you like somebody, you want to cut
them every break. You won't believe the bad stuff.
It's all right. It's no big deal. They should
get away with it. But if some of you don't like,
then, oh, they have to follow every rule and
every law. In fact, let's pass new laws to make
life tougher on them because we hate them so
much. He's one of these people that I'm not a
violent person, but if I see him and get away
with it, I can't stop him until he's almost dead.
Yeah. Now, I personally don't ever want to do
violence to anybody. He's one guy I would definitely
consider. But if I were walking down the street
and I saw Bill Gates on fire, I would not even
stop to piss on him. Oh, I'd have a little celebration
when I got somewhere. Yeah. Be like, hey, Bill
Gates is burning up over there. Give me some
wine. What's your best wine? Now, I'm a firm
believer in people getting to enjoy all the consequences
of their stupid decisions and stupid actions.
I think a lot of it's not on this earth. I think
a lot of them wait until the afterlife, and then
they're going to find out. Yeah. All these people
that mock God and everything. I know my dad is
down there roasting his toes in hell, screaming
in pain for eternity. From what I know of him,
he fucking is. That's exactly where he belongs,
too. And if I'm wrong about the afterlife, then
whatever. Yeah, at least he's not here doing
fucking shit towards you like that. Now, I do
feel personally proud that I've never given in
to the urge to go dump a pile of dog shit on
his grave. Because I don't want to mess up other
people's trip to the cemetery to see their loved
ones. But I have considered going out and putting
a sign on his grave saying child abuser, which
he was. I'll go with you if you want to do that.
I think that's just. I'm sure the cemetery would
come out and take that down right away. But I'd
love to go out and keep putting it. I'm good
with it. Is it local? Yeah. Mount Moriah, just
down. I'm like a mile from there. So yeah, me
too. If you ever want to do that, I will join
you. Yep, my grandparents are buried right there,
and I love my grandparents. So I'll go and say
hi to them, and then I'll just stick a sign on
my dad's grave telling the world that he was
a filthy pig child abuser and a liar and a creep.
Val's dad and stepmom is there, so we can go
say hi to them. We can say hi to all the cool
people and go give him a little present while
we're there. Yep. All right. Are we done with
this? Pretty much. We've got two hours. Okay.
All righty. You know, you guys, thank you for
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