WEBVTT - Mac & Bone Hour 2: Panthers/Saints Matchups 0:00:17.920 --> 0:00:20.220 I think their D-line's great. Obviously, they have a couple 0:00:20.239 --> 0:00:23.680 of good guys on the D-line. Chase Young affects the 0:00:23.720 --> 0:00:28.120 rush and the run game as well, so that's really big. Obviously, 0:00:28.140 --> 0:00:29.320 they've got a bunch of great guys on the D-line. 0:00:30.020 --> 0:00:32.940 that are also on the D-line, and I like their backers. Obviously, 0:00:32.979 --> 0:00:35.680 I've won against Pete Warner and Ellis a few years 0:00:35.940 --> 0:00:38.200 throughout my career, and both are great guys, fly around. 0:00:38.659 --> 0:00:41.510 The secondary is obviously really good as well. It's another 0:00:41.520 --> 0:00:46.110 great game, division game, obviously, so I always like playing 0:00:46.130 --> 0:00:47.250 the Saints. It's a good challenge. 0:00:48.690 --> 0:00:52.010 That is Shuba Hubbard talking about the Saints defense that 0:00:52.070 --> 0:00:57.430 we will face this weekend. Statistically... People have been having 0:00:57.450 --> 0:00:59.530 their way with the Saints defense this year, man. I 0:00:59.570 --> 0:01:03.960 think there's an opportunity for Bryce and the offense bone 0:01:03.980 --> 0:01:05.209 to have a pretty damn good day. 0:01:05.270 --> 0:01:05.550 I agree. 0:01:06.750 --> 0:01:08.490 It doesn't come without some concerns. 0:01:08.950 --> 0:01:11.370 We will talk about it all here on the Mac 0:01:11.430 --> 0:01:13.930 and Bone Show here in the 7 o'clock hour. We 0:01:13.950 --> 0:01:16.810 want to talk about the matchups we love, matchups that 0:01:16.830 --> 0:01:19.830 stress us out. I just think that damn building stresses 0:01:19.890 --> 0:01:23.090 me out. It feels like you've got voodoo stuff happening, Bone, 0:01:23.470 --> 0:01:25.670 in that building when the Panthers visit. And we're far 0:01:25.709 --> 0:01:27.870 from the only ones that have struggled in that building. 0:01:27.890 --> 0:01:31.190 It feels like memories, Mac, are more negative than positive 0:01:31.280 --> 0:01:32.720 going down there, but maybe that's just me. 0:01:33.160 --> 0:01:35.340 Yeah, there's no doubt about it. And the most recent 0:01:35.560 --> 0:01:39.160 one was the annoying late slide by Tyler Shuck and 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:41.680 ransom hit him. And listen, I criticize ransom. I know 0:01:41.700 --> 0:01:43.680 it's a tough bang, bang play. And those defenders are 0:01:43.700 --> 0:01:47.810 in a tough spot on those quarterback slides. I took 0:01:47.850 --> 0:01:49.930 a little bit of my criticism away when I realized 0:01:49.950 --> 0:01:53.510 that Tyler Shuck was essentially bragging after the game that 0:01:53.590 --> 0:01:57.570 I slid late and then I sold it. I sold 0:01:57.710 --> 0:02:01.120 like an injury. Like to get the call or whatever. 0:02:01.180 --> 0:02:04.220 So I would love to shuck him up, Boney. 0:02:04.260 --> 0:02:06.000 This weekend. I would love to. 0:02:06.340 --> 0:02:08.220 I'm not sure we're going to, but I would love to. 0:02:08.600 --> 0:02:10.530 Let's talk through it, man. We got a big hour 0:02:10.590 --> 0:02:13.110 coming up. We've got Lee Sterling coming up at 725. 0:02:13.110 --> 0:02:16.389 We got a visit from the MLS. P-Man is in 0:02:16.410 --> 0:02:20.839 the house early, y'all. to greet the MLS folks. The 0:02:20.900 --> 0:02:26.010 trophy will be here. We'll chat it up with them 0:02:26.410 --> 0:02:29.540 later this hour. Immediately, as soon as Willie walked in the. 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:32.060 As soon as. 0:02:32.040 --> 0:02:35.880 Willie walked in the door, Finney said, where's my breakfast? 0:02:36.280 --> 0:02:37.440 Well, yeah, unbelievable. 0:02:37.600 --> 0:02:42.060 Not hello, not good morning. Demanded where his breakfast was. 0:02:42.090 --> 0:02:43.370 And you wonder why I never come in. 0:02:44.810 --> 0:02:46.910 P-Man, have you ever met our friend Tampa Tammy? She's 0:02:46.970 --> 0:02:48.769 out there right now. You know what? I had a 0:02:48.830 --> 0:02:50.610 bunch of visions of what Tampa Tammy was. 0:02:50.630 --> 0:02:51.330 There she is. She's right back. 0:02:51.350 --> 0:02:52.470 She's back in the window. Willie, can you go out 0:02:52.490 --> 0:02:53.589 and say hi to Tampa Tammy? Yeah, go out there. 0:02:53.630 --> 0:02:56.650 Play security role. Get your white gloves on. Look at her, 0:02:56.710 --> 0:03:00.130 all Christmas-ed up. She seems all innocent. until I hear 0:03:00.169 --> 0:03:01.179 her talking about the Buccaneers. 0:03:01.190 --> 0:03:01.440 Look at that. 0:03:01.700 --> 0:03:05.160 She looks like she would be harmless. And then all 0:03:05.180 --> 0:03:08.260 of a sudden she starts talking. I don't know what 0:03:08.340 --> 0:03:10.980 I was picturing. That wasn't what I was picturing. She's 0:03:11.020 --> 0:03:12.080 got Buddy the Elf vibes. 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:15.430 Buddy the Elf. She's a silent assassin. 0:03:16.000 --> 0:03:20.030 She wears a Santa hat every day, like post-Halloween, I 0:03:20.070 --> 0:03:21.350 feel like, until Christmas. 0:03:21.790 --> 0:03:25.550 So she's part of the skip Thanksgiving people? It seems 0:03:25.610 --> 0:03:29.270 like it, doesn't it? How about Thanksgiving? No love for Thanksgiving. 0:03:29.310 --> 0:03:30.790 If you wore a turkey hat, that'd be a lot better. 0:03:31.370 --> 0:03:33.630 Yes, put a turkey hat on. All right, that would 0:03:33.650 --> 0:03:37.370 fit her, actually, with her football opinions. All right, anyway. 0:03:37.400 --> 0:03:39.500 Let's get back to the task at hand, Bone Man. 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:44.120 What matchups in this game against the Saints, Bone, are 0:03:44.160 --> 0:03:45.700 you feeling best about? 0:03:45.900 --> 0:03:49.260 I love the Panthers' offense and their pass attack and 0:03:49.320 --> 0:03:52.770 what they can do and exploit the Saints' secondary. 0:03:53.170 --> 0:03:54.390 They're not a good defense. 0:03:54.450 --> 0:03:57.930 I think, Mac, this is a really good matchup to 0:03:57.970 --> 0:04:01.210 get Bryce– Not that he was bad last week, but 0:04:01.250 --> 0:04:04.910 that MVP-level Bryce back that we were talking about when 0:04:04.960 --> 0:04:08.420 the year began, I think Bryce has a big game 0:04:09.080 --> 0:04:12.560 against New Orleans on Sunday, an Atlanta-like game that he 0:04:12.600 --> 0:04:16.219 normally has. I love Bryce in this matchup. How about 0:04:16.260 --> 0:04:19.360 these numbers for our wide receivers? And by the way, 0:04:19.480 --> 0:04:21.600 XL might be coming back, and I understand some people 0:04:21.620 --> 0:04:23.440 are like, oh, what's he going to do? but we 0:04:23.500 --> 0:04:25.630 saw Bone on the play he got hurt on. He 0:04:25.650 --> 0:04:28.669 can run deep, and if he catches it, he can 0:04:28.710 --> 0:04:32.190 make big plays like he did in that game. But 0:04:32.370 --> 0:04:35.900 look at the quarterback ratings allowed per PFF into the 0:04:35.940 --> 0:04:40.600 coverage of these corners. Kool-Aid McKinstry, 106 rating allowed. He's 0:04:40.620 --> 0:04:46.089 their best. Riley, 120. And their nickelback, Jonas Sanker, 114 0:04:46.089 --> 0:04:49.099 rating allowed. You can make some plays through the air. 0:04:49.350 --> 0:04:51.110 Hell, the best way I can say it is Shador 0:04:51.150 --> 0:04:56.409 Sanders threw for 297 last week against the Saints defense. 0:04:56.970 --> 0:04:59.750 Tight ends, Bone, they give up the eighth most yards 0:04:59.790 --> 0:05:03.040 to tight ends on the season. And our tight end unit, again, 0:05:03.070 --> 0:05:05.800 looks the best it has since freaking Greg Olson was here, man. 0:05:05.920 --> 0:05:08.659 It really does. So those are matchups right there you 0:05:08.680 --> 0:05:09.260 got to like. 0:05:10.640 --> 0:05:13.120 So, Mac, the Saints record right now is, we'll double 0:05:13.140 --> 0:05:15.870 check here, the Saints are 3-5, right? 0:05:15.910 --> 0:05:16.890 Right there in the middle of the division. 0:05:16.910 --> 0:05:17.890 Tied with us. Tied with us. 0:05:17.910 --> 0:05:19.300 Yeah, they're tied first with us. 0:05:19.740 --> 0:05:21.260 In the losses. 0:05:21.360 --> 0:05:26.370 Mac, every loss is where... all of shucks ints are 0:05:26.870 --> 0:05:30.830 when they win he doesn't throw ints when they lose 0:05:31.230 --> 0:05:33.950 that's where all his turnovers are so you can really 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:36.560 see a correlation there when shuck turns the ball over 0:05:36.880 --> 0:05:39.880 and throws ints they're not winning football games i know 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:42.160 it's a basic point here but if you turn him 0:05:42.279 --> 0:05:45.039 over and you pick him off there's a great chance 0:05:45.320 --> 0:05:47.380 you're probably going to win that football To your point, 0:05:47.420 --> 0:05:49.900 they have four games with multiple turnovers. They've lost three 0:05:49.920 --> 0:05:50.120 of them. 0:05:50.220 --> 0:05:53.120 Yeah, there you go. There's a chance to force turnovers. 0:05:53.140 --> 0:05:55.440 We have not been very consistent at that, but we 0:05:55.480 --> 0:05:57.240 have forced four over the last two weeks. 0:05:57.260 --> 0:05:59.860 But if Mike Jack is in there and Willie's in there, 0:05:59.960 --> 0:06:04.010 I like the chances of creating at least maybe an interception. 0:06:04.070 --> 0:06:07.690 Yeah, I think there's a possibility that we can force turnovers. 0:06:08.010 --> 0:06:10.950 I'm going to say something crazy, Bo. I feel good 0:06:10.990 --> 0:06:14.710 about our run defense again this week. I understand people 0:06:14.810 --> 0:06:19.070 have PTSD. And when it comes to run defense and 0:06:19.089 --> 0:06:20.930 you're worried about this, and it does need to be 0:06:20.970 --> 0:06:26.770 mentioned that Travis HN, their HN bone was limited again yesterday. 0:06:26.810 --> 0:06:30.980 He may return from IR this week, but their run 0:06:31.020 --> 0:06:35.260 game has really struggled bone this season. And when we 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:39.060 play struggling run games, bottom 10 run games like last week, 0:06:39.740 --> 0:06:41.900 We have given up no more than 82 yards, what 0:06:41.940 --> 0:06:43.970 we gave up last week, and we give up 79 0:06:43.970 --> 0:06:46.630 yards a game. Matter of fact, if you look at 0:06:46.690 --> 0:06:49.070 our last five games, in four of them, we've given 0:06:49.130 --> 0:06:52.029 up 82 yards or less. The problem is we gave 0:06:52.089 --> 0:06:54.729 up $ 4 bazillion trillion in the other game, the Tampa game. 0:06:54.770 --> 0:06:55.029 Yes. 0:06:55.170 --> 0:06:55.510 You know? 0:06:55.670 --> 0:06:59.040 The numbers are greatly skewed by some horrific performances. Yeah, 0:06:59.100 --> 0:07:00.510 two of them specifically. 0:07:00.839 --> 0:07:03.240 So I feel like you can, and maybe this works 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:07.500 with your shuck point, if you can slow down their 0:07:07.540 --> 0:07:10.560 running game, and get them in second and long, third 0:07:10.600 --> 0:07:13.250 and long, you might be able to get shucked to 0:07:13.260 --> 0:07:14.510 force something and make a mistake. 0:07:15.350 --> 0:07:17.710 When we updated the spread yesterday, what did we say 0:07:17.750 --> 0:07:19.350 it moved to? What was it yesterday, Mort? Was it 0:07:19.390 --> 0:07:20.010 a point and a half? 0:07:20.030 --> 0:07:21.570 Two and a half for the Saints. Okay, it was 0:07:21.590 --> 0:07:23.090 two and a half? All right, it's still that now. 0:07:23.530 --> 0:07:25.190 I thought it moved again, but it stayed at two 0:07:25.210 --> 0:07:28.000 and a half. You thought it moved. It has not moved. 0:07:28.060 --> 0:07:31.100 It has stayed still. All right, anyway, I'm a state mature. 0:07:31.220 --> 0:07:31.980 I'm not even going to go there. 0:07:32.000 --> 0:07:37.110 Also, Mac, I know that that dome, as we mentioned, is– 0:07:37.780 --> 0:07:41.760 is a nightmare place. But it's not exactly, Mac, the 0:07:41.900 --> 0:07:45.740 insurmountable place it was when Drew Brees was there, when 0:07:45.760 --> 0:07:48.380 they were in their prime. The Saints, Mac, often are 0:07:48.440 --> 0:07:51.170 nowhere near the team at home that they used to be. 0:07:51.610 --> 0:07:52.770 Were they 1-4 at home? 0:07:52.950 --> 0:07:55.570 Yep, 1-4. 1-4 at home. So it's not like we 0:07:55.610 --> 0:07:56.429 can't go in there. 0:07:56.830 --> 0:07:59.910 This isn't the mid-2000s Saints where you walk in there 0:07:59.930 --> 0:08:00.929 and automatically you lose. 0:08:00.950 --> 0:08:01.020 No. 0:08:01.470 --> 0:08:03.410 That place is nowhere near the advantage it used to be. 0:08:03.470 --> 0:08:05.870 And their win, they needed a two-point conversion stop in 0:08:05.910 --> 0:08:07.920 overtime to win that game against the Browns last week. 0:08:07.940 --> 0:08:09.420 That's the only game they have won. 0:08:10.120 --> 0:08:12.400 If you want to feel better about going on the 0:08:12.460 --> 0:08:15.180 road to a place we struggle at, let me give 0:08:15.220 --> 0:08:18.160 you this stat. This is from Anish Shroff on Panther Talk. 0:08:18.460 --> 0:08:21.920 I think Ricky Raines shared it on Twitter. So got 0:08:21.940 --> 0:08:24.640 to give both those fellows a shout-out on this. NFC 0:08:24.680 --> 0:08:29.390 South teams are 4-15 at home. They are eight and seven. 0:08:29.150 --> 0:08:29.570 On the road. 0:08:29.710 --> 0:08:32.130 Oh, how about that? So there you go in this 0:08:32.170 --> 0:08:37.150 head to head between the, you know, NFC South teams. 0:08:37.590 --> 0:08:39.450 Does that mean we're better off being on the road, 0:08:39.510 --> 0:08:40.830 even though we usually can't win there? 0:08:40.870 --> 0:08:41.270 I don't know. 0:08:41.710 --> 0:08:41.890 Yeah. 0:08:41.910 --> 0:08:43.210 Interesting. I don't know, man. 0:08:43.510 --> 0:08:46.980 So let's talk because people are, people are saying. Um, 0:08:47.000 --> 0:08:50.460 we've got texters commenting on all the good stuff we're saying. Uh, 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:53.640 we've got a texter saying, uh, fluke Juki says the 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:55.560 Mac curse is going to be real this week. 0:08:55.800 --> 0:08:56.209 LOL. 0:08:56.679 --> 0:08:59.850 Brian says y'all acting like we so much better than 0:08:59.870 --> 0:09:03.110 the saints got the same damn record fools. So we're 0:09:03.130 --> 0:09:05.319 getting some feedback that they, but the whole point of 0:09:05.360 --> 0:09:07.920 this segment is to start with the matchups we feel 0:09:07.960 --> 0:09:10.360 good about. Yeah, it's a combination of matchups we feel 0:09:10.380 --> 0:09:12.580 good about and matchups we don't like. So allow me 0:09:12.660 --> 0:09:15.400 now to tell you what terrifies me in this game. 0:09:15.420 --> 0:09:19.810 Go ahead. And this is the second part of the 0:09:19.870 --> 0:09:25.010 Bryce Young could go off because Shador Sanders threw for 297. 0:09:25.010 --> 0:09:28.480 Shador Sanders also got sacked five times last week. The 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:31.460 Saints have the best sack duo in the NFL. 0:09:32.410 --> 0:09:33.189 Statistically. 0:09:34.590 --> 0:09:37.950 Chase Young has eight sacks and Granderson has seven and 0:09:37.990 --> 0:09:41.430 a half. You have to keep, this is a horrible 0:09:41.480 --> 0:09:45.120 matchup for our tackles. And our tackles, this just in, Bo, 0:09:46.740 --> 0:09:49.420 have had some struggles. Now they were better last week 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:52.500 until they weren't. But if you, I don't think you're 0:09:52.520 --> 0:09:55.910 being an honest Panther fan if you don't admit that that, 0:09:56.270 --> 0:10:00.690 like Bryce needs time. The tackles have to do their job. 0:10:00.730 --> 0:10:01.890 They just have to, man. 0:10:02.390 --> 0:10:02.670 They do. 0:10:03.730 --> 0:10:06.030 We have a special guest, Matt, coming in here at 0:10:06.070 --> 0:10:07.730 some point in this hour, so we're going to go 0:10:07.770 --> 0:10:11.210 to break right now. We also have our Friday staple, 0:10:11.730 --> 0:10:15.350 Lee Sterling, with his picks as well. Will he panther up? 0:10:15.610 --> 0:10:18.340 Will Lee chant, Lee, Lee, Lee, Lee, Lee? 0:10:18.640 --> 0:10:19.040 I don't know. 0:10:19.320 --> 0:10:23.300 We'll find out. Lee Sterling, ParamountSports.com next. Mack Bones, Sports Radio. 0:10:23.300 --> 0:10:23.880 92.7 WFNZ. 0:10:48.570 --> 0:10:52.290 Sports Radio 92.7 WFNZ. We're a few minutes away from 0:10:52.350 --> 0:10:55.370 chat with Lee Sterling. Getting Lee's picks for the week 0:10:55.850 --> 0:10:57.630 as we try to get you ready to not only 0:10:57.690 --> 0:11:01.270 enjoy football and hopefully watch your teams win, but win 0:11:01.670 --> 0:11:05.160 some dang money. Christmas is coming. Y'all out there need 0:11:05.179 --> 0:11:11.780 to buy some presents. Maybe Sterling Claus, Bone, can put 0:11:11.800 --> 0:11:12.800 some money in your pocket. 0:11:12.950 --> 0:11:16.730 Here's the issue here, Mac. Microsoft apparently is not working 0:11:16.850 --> 0:11:19.330 right now. Do we have these games available right now? 0:11:19.870 --> 0:11:22.420 I know this is an on-the-air thing we can do off-the-air. 0:11:22.890 --> 0:11:25.200 Do you have Lee's games, Matt, that I normally print 0:11:25.260 --> 0:11:26.840 out for you? I did not do that yet. Yeah, 0:11:26.880 --> 0:11:28.380 I get them on here. I get them on here, 0:11:28.420 --> 0:11:30.520 bone man. Always looking after my man, you know what 0:11:30.540 --> 0:11:32.280 I'm saying? 0:11:32.350 --> 0:11:34.350 So anyway, yeah, we got Lee coming up in a few. 0:11:35.570 --> 0:11:38.430 We've got the MLS folks in the building. We're actually 0:11:38.450 --> 0:11:41.810 going to talk to a three-time. They're bringing in a trophy, right? 0:11:41.830 --> 0:11:43.790 So we get some social media ops with the trophy. 0:11:44.110 --> 0:11:47.319 Willie P., Colin literally bought Willie P. gloves because you're 0:11:47.360 --> 0:11:51.220 not allowed to touch the MLS trophy without gloves. 0:11:51.420 --> 0:11:51.660 No. 0:11:51.840 --> 0:11:54.000 And the P-man, I mean, this has to happen for 0:11:54.020 --> 0:11:57.000 the P-man. So we bought him gloves. He is approved bony. 0:11:57.380 --> 0:11:58.260 And we got A.J. 0:11:58.300 --> 0:12:00.880 De La Garza, who's a three-time cup champ and lives 0:12:00.920 --> 0:12:03.040 now in Charlotte, going to hang out for a few minutes. 0:12:03.059 --> 0:12:04.780 Willie right now is in a weird spot. He's like 0:12:04.800 --> 0:12:10.190 a talkative mime. looks like most mimes don't speak but 0:12:10.210 --> 0:12:11.510 willie's not gonna do that. 0:12:11.350 --> 0:12:14.050 Should we tell p what rachel the texter's idea was 0:12:14.600 --> 0:12:16.380 that it was mean and i don't think we should 0:12:16.400 --> 0:12:18.880 but go ahead that we should buy uh mickey mouse 0:12:18.900 --> 0:12:22.160 gloves for you to wear that is hurtful. 0:12:21.960 --> 0:12:25.750 That is hurtful i don't think you get the approval 0:12:25.770 --> 0:12:27.710 though if you had those big you know gloves on. 0:12:27.670 --> 0:12:29.710 Where do we stand on matt touching the cup before 0:12:29.750 --> 0:12:30.530 the playoff start. 0:12:31.090 --> 0:12:32.170 Yeah, don't let me around it. 0:12:32.170 --> 0:12:34.170 I don't even think it. I'm surprised they won with 0:12:34.210 --> 0:12:36.250 my curse history. I'm surprised they won it in the 0:12:36.290 --> 0:12:36.740 same room. 0:12:36.750 --> 0:12:40.260 Game one injury happened. 0:12:40.280 --> 0:12:42.300 You should have worn a Chicago shirt just to curse 0:12:42.340 --> 0:12:43.820 them and say, hey, I'm touching the cup. 0:12:43.880 --> 0:12:45.220 I can try. Yeah, that's true. 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:47.319 That's really what you should do. You should do some 0:12:47.360 --> 0:12:49.319 sort of like put a Lewandowski jersey on it. 0:12:49.380 --> 0:12:51.340 Yeah, why didn't I think of that? Rub it all 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:52.580 over there. That's next level. 0:12:52.620 --> 0:12:54.520 Go Chicago and rub your face off on that jersey. 0:12:54.520 --> 0:12:56.550 trophy bone put that on the list of things that 0:12:56.570 --> 0:12:59.010 we did not plan in advance by the way um 0:12:59.190 --> 0:13:01.330 we also did not plan a pep talker for the 0:13:01.390 --> 0:13:04.209 third straight friday by the way while you're we're letting 0:13:04.230 --> 0:13:05.410 our guard down while you're. 0:13:05.290 --> 0:13:07.050 Jinxing teams could you could you throw some hex in 0:13:07.090 --> 0:13:08.510 on nashville too by the way that. 0:13:08.410 --> 0:13:11.580 That's are they unjinxable are they uncursible that team that. 0:13:11.400 --> 0:13:14.699 Is ridiculous 25 goals allowed in 34 games. 0:13:15.059 --> 0:13:18.400 Impenetrable Most points in the history of the league, right? 0:13:18.400 --> 0:13:18.920 77 points, yes. 0:13:19.020 --> 0:13:21.189 And if Charlotte wins, and this is where you don't 0:13:21.250 --> 0:13:22.670 even want me starting. 0:13:22.250 --> 0:13:23.610 To do this. I don't want to do this. I 0:13:23.630 --> 0:13:25.710 don't want to do this. It would be Nashville, right? 0:13:26.030 --> 0:13:29.319 It would be, yes. Okay, I'll stop talking about this. 0:13:29.650 --> 0:13:31.140 Or whoever comes out of the wild card game. 0:13:31.679 --> 0:13:34.420 That is true. That is true. Nothing is a guarantee 0:13:34.440 --> 0:13:37.770 unless you go to Mark Spain. MarkSpain.com. You can get 0:13:37.790 --> 0:13:39.880 a guarantee. What do we do with the... Are we 0:13:39.890 --> 0:13:42.099 trying to go pep talk free? What's our strategy on 0:13:42.120 --> 0:13:42.720 the pep talk? 0:13:43.120 --> 0:13:46.080 You said Picante's done, right? He's not getting back in today. 0:13:46.100 --> 0:13:47.219 Picante has walked out. 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:48.860 We've got to figure out if we're going to keep 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:49.820 letting Picante pick. 0:13:49.840 --> 0:13:52.080 So, pep talk-wise, as we're waiting for Lee Sterling here 0:13:52.100 --> 0:13:56.640 in a couple minutes, pep talk-wise... I don't know. Is 0:13:56.660 --> 0:13:58.660 there anyone out there? Do we go back to the OG? 0:13:59.100 --> 0:14:01.830 Does Sir Loin get the ball again, Bo? I mean, 0:14:01.850 --> 0:14:04.650 I don't know what score he might predict if he 0:14:04.670 --> 0:14:07.770 comes on. Did you see who's hitting us up once 0:14:07.809 --> 0:14:08.170 the ball? 0:14:08.390 --> 0:14:12.790 Who's that? Our guy BP from the HB. He was 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:14.340 checking in saying, do you all have a pep talk? 0:14:14.620 --> 0:14:16.240 He's like, he's missing the pep talks. 0:14:16.280 --> 0:14:16.559 Jones is. 0:14:17.040 --> 0:14:19.160 Yeah, he's jonesing for it. He's jonesing. 0:14:19.450 --> 0:14:22.070 I liked Weatherman Mark's pep talks. I'm not going to 0:14:22.110 --> 0:14:24.690 lie to you. I like anything that dude does. He 0:14:24.710 --> 0:14:27.650 is one of the most amusing listeners we have. Do 0:14:27.830 --> 0:14:30.010 you go back to Weatherman Mark? Well, he's right here. 0:14:30.030 --> 0:14:31.780 Just go ahead and do it. I'll tell you what. 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:35.200 These Panthers got to get it going. 0:14:35.260 --> 0:14:38.540 Come on, Panthers. Come on, Bryce. 0:14:38.560 --> 0:14:38.640 Yeah. 0:14:39.300 --> 0:14:41.570 There it is. We did the pep talk. Willie B, 0:14:41.610 --> 0:14:45.370 it's Weatherman Mark. Yeah, maybe fake Weatherman can call in later. 0:14:46.030 --> 0:14:48.020 Everybody seems to love fake Weatherman. The only thing I 0:14:48.020 --> 0:14:50.880 know about this game is my timbers are shivering. Oh, 0:14:50.940 --> 0:14:53.530 my goodness. All right, anyway, are we good to go? 0:14:53.550 --> 0:14:56.810 All right, we got Lee Sterling. We are so prepared today. 0:14:56.930 --> 0:14:59.710 All right, here we go. Here we go, baby. Let's 0:14:59.750 --> 0:15:00.000 do it. 0:15:00.050 --> 0:15:02.550 Let's bring in Lee Sterling here, and let's talk about 0:15:02.590 --> 0:15:06.090 these games coming up this week. As always, he's going 0:15:06.110 --> 0:15:08.370 to talk about a lot of local interest games on 0:15:08.390 --> 0:15:10.240 the air, and then he's going to tell you how 0:15:10.270 --> 0:15:11.880 to get his game of the week, which, by the way, 0:15:12.120 --> 0:15:15.620 is UNC Louisville this week, and he's going to tell 0:15:15.640 --> 0:15:17.360 you how to get all his picks on the card 0:15:17.720 --> 0:15:23.220 this week. Lee Sterling, Paramount Sports and ParamountSports.com. Lee, what's 0:15:23.240 --> 0:15:24.520 going on, brother? How you feeling? 0:15:26.280 --> 0:15:26.850 I'm good. 0:15:26.970 --> 0:15:30.090 I'm good. I had to pull one out last week. 0:15:30.110 --> 0:15:32.230 You know, we, we have one 10 out of 11 0:15:32.230 --> 0:15:36.210 weeks for last week. Uh, we had fallen behind on Sunday, uh, 0:15:36.970 --> 0:15:39.940 came back and won, uh, the later games and then, uh, 0:15:40.380 --> 0:15:42.940 ended up winning Monday night, a huge play release. One 0:15:42.960 --> 0:15:44.800 of the biggest plays the last four or five years 0:15:45.440 --> 0:15:48.080 on Buffalo. So I had a feeling this was going 0:15:48.100 --> 0:15:49.880 to be the last time Carson Wentz was going to 0:15:50.280 --> 0:15:53.250 line up under center in an NFL game, uh, at 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:56.729 least for the regular season. And, uh, pretty much held true. 0:15:56.850 --> 0:15:59.770 And then, you know, Minnesota makes a trade for Kirk Cousins. 0:15:59.830 --> 0:16:02.610 So Buffalo came through with us another winning week. And 0:16:03.030 --> 0:16:05.130 let's see if we can solve the puzzle again this week. 0:16:05.470 --> 0:16:06.270 Awesome. Let's do it. 0:16:06.270 --> 0:16:07.790 Well, let's see what you think about some of these 0:16:07.850 --> 0:16:12.250 games here to start. Wake Forest SMU is just a 0:16:12.330 --> 0:16:17.110 mammoth game for Wake and for SMU. It's in Dallas, 0:16:17.170 --> 0:16:20.250 but Wake is right around a one-point favorite. What do 0:16:20.270 --> 0:16:21.250 you think about this one? 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:26.320 Yeah, so I've been back and wake. Wake is a 0:16:26.420 --> 0:16:30.550 well-coached team. This is a team that does the little 0:16:30.650 --> 0:16:34.310 things right, not commit turnovers, but they still have one 0:16:34.370 --> 0:16:38.950 glaring weakness. They cannot run the football. And you want 0:16:38.970 --> 0:16:40.690 to win games on the road, you're going to have 0:16:40.710 --> 0:16:46.360 to run the football. SMU, very underrated team. Last couple years, 0:16:46.420 --> 0:16:50.640 people have talked about them, but this year, underrated again, 0:16:50.740 --> 0:16:53.240 and they're getting better. They get pressure on the quarterback. 0:16:53.580 --> 0:16:56.720 They create havoc. And you say, okay, what is havoc? 0:16:57.020 --> 0:17:03.130 That's tackles for loss, sacks, forced fumbles, passes defended, and 0:17:03.230 --> 0:17:08.030 also interceptions. So, front seven doing a really good job. 0:17:08.670 --> 0:17:11.730 Are they, you know, a top five, top ten team? No, 0:17:11.810 --> 0:17:15.490 but if you're one-dimensional, I think they're going to be 0:17:15.540 --> 0:17:18.859 able to slow down this wake offense. So, Give away credit. 0:17:19.080 --> 0:17:22.350 They've gotten this far. This is a big game for 0:17:22.369 --> 0:17:26.090 the ACC. See who's going to probably play Miami as 0:17:26.130 --> 0:17:28.169 long as Miami wins two of the last three games. 0:17:28.750 --> 0:17:30.840 I think it's going to be SMU here. Also, I 0:17:30.859 --> 0:17:33.100 have a quarterback that's been around a long time here. 0:17:33.740 --> 0:17:36.510 He's seen almost every defense. I think SMU is the 0:17:36.570 --> 0:17:38.250 right side here, 30-23. Interesting. 0:17:38.270 --> 0:17:44.250 You mentioned Miami there. Miami gets the defending ACC champs 0:17:44.310 --> 0:17:48.390 in their house, 13.5-point favorites. Miami, Duke, what's the play here? 0:17:50.080 --> 0:17:53.119 Well, Miami was discombobulated in the first half. With the 0:17:53.280 --> 0:17:56.679 injury to Tony on Wednesday, they traveled on Thursday, had 0:17:56.740 --> 0:17:59.140 a walkthrough on Friday, and it took them a full 0:17:59.180 --> 0:18:01.540 half to figure it out. They did storm back, make 0:18:01.560 --> 0:18:04.369 a great game of it. And I think they're going 0:18:04.390 --> 0:18:06.889 to learn from it here. So they're starting to get 0:18:06.910 --> 0:18:09.910 some players back here. We'll see if Tony comes back 0:18:09.970 --> 0:18:12.389 for the playoffs, if they make it that far. But 0:18:13.190 --> 0:18:16.330 this Duke team, very impressive over the last couple weeks. 0:18:17.130 --> 0:18:19.129 But sometimes it's not how good you are, it's how 0:18:19.170 --> 0:18:21.869 you match up against your opponent. And we know that 0:18:21.950 --> 0:18:25.540 Duke is a running team. Their passing game, only averaging 0:18:25.560 --> 0:18:29.060 a little over 200 yards per game. And that could 0:18:29.080 --> 0:18:31.869 be a problem because that's Miami's weakness. You saw Notre 0:18:31.890 --> 0:18:34.869 Dame really couldn't run the football, but Carr hitting the 0:18:34.930 --> 0:18:37.889 seams underneath and also a couple big plays in the 0:18:37.950 --> 0:18:40.470 red zone with a difference here. So Duke is going 0:18:40.510 --> 0:18:44.390 to blitz. Notre Dame, very similar. And, you know, the 0:18:44.470 --> 0:18:46.750 way that Notre Dame came at Miami, a lot of 0:18:46.830 --> 0:18:52.130 interior blitzes between the tackles here. Miami's guards, that's probably 0:18:52.170 --> 0:18:54.350 their weakness here. But playing Notre Dame might be a 0:18:54.430 --> 0:18:58.610 benefit for this game. Also could be hot. And Miami 0:18:59.030 --> 0:19:01.490 usually wilts teams down. They did it against Pitt here. 0:19:01.920 --> 0:19:04.419 Not a game I love here because Manny Diaz is 0:19:04.460 --> 0:19:06.750 going to throw the kitchen sink, maybe even a couple 0:19:06.830 --> 0:19:10.770 trick plays, maybe an offside kick. But I think Miami 0:19:10.869 --> 0:19:13.149 in the end probably will pull away 37-17. 0:19:16.880 --> 0:19:20.980 You made Bone sad. But this is business, though, Bone. 0:19:21.000 --> 0:19:21.859 You know what I mean? 0:19:21.900 --> 0:19:22.740 This is business. 0:19:23.200 --> 0:19:25.240 Okay, there you go. I'm not thinking about it. 0:19:25.240 --> 0:19:30.030 I don't take things personally. All right, let's get one 0:19:30.050 --> 0:19:32.389 more college game in here before we get to a 0:19:32.470 --> 0:19:34.030 couple NFL, including the Panthers. 0:19:34.450 --> 0:19:35.570 Lee will tell you how to get his. 0:19:35.990 --> 0:19:39.260 Louisville-UNC game of the week and all his picks here 0:19:39.359 --> 0:19:42.020 in a few minutes. Lee, this one's interesting to me. 0:19:42.200 --> 0:19:45.940 LSU Saturday night hosting Texas. I feel like we've all 0:19:46.010 --> 0:19:49.970 celebrated like the Lane Kiffin's failed this season, but not 0:19:50.030 --> 0:19:52.830 so fast. They have Texas and Tennessee. If they're going 0:19:52.850 --> 0:19:54.850 to win those games, they're probably in the playoff. 0:19:55.590 --> 0:19:56.260 What do you think? 0:19:56.470 --> 0:20:00.120 LSU is actually a favorite in this game too. Three, 0:20:00.150 --> 0:20:02.159 four points, depending on where you look. What do you 0:20:02.200 --> 0:20:02.820 think about this? 0:20:04.640 --> 0:20:09.439 Yeah, so LSU last week, I mean, all they needed 0:20:09.460 --> 0:20:11.260 to do is win this game, and then they're in 0:20:11.300 --> 0:20:15.609 a really good position. And I thought Alabama's great defensive 0:20:15.630 --> 0:20:21.750 game plan just discombobulated them. So LSU, I just think 0:20:21.790 --> 0:20:23.470 it's going to take them more than one year to 0:20:23.540 --> 0:20:26.720 turn the roster and get exactly the way they want it. 0:20:27.660 --> 0:20:30.840 Alabama did such a good job. We saw this LSU 0:20:30.920 --> 0:20:34.040 offense on fourth down conversions with Lane Kiffin going into 0:20:34.060 --> 0:20:39.440 the game 81%. What were they? 0-4. Also missed a 0:20:39.520 --> 0:20:43.580 field goal here. Turned it over twice. Texas, you think 0:20:43.600 --> 0:20:46.120 of them as having a pretty good defense, but right 0:20:46.180 --> 0:20:49.650 now they're number one in the country in yards per 0:20:49.710 --> 0:20:52.909 play against. Colin Simmons, their star edge rusher, could be 0:20:52.950 --> 0:20:56.630 a top-five pick. He comes back this week here. We'll 0:20:56.690 --> 0:21:01.060 also have Cam Coleman, their star defense. LSU, they still 0:21:01.080 --> 0:21:04.250 kind of travel to play Tennessee next week. And also 0:21:04.310 --> 0:21:08.609 Sam Levitt, nine interceptions in nine games this year. He 0:21:08.650 --> 0:21:10.730 was running a lot more early in the season. First 0:21:10.770 --> 0:21:15.870 four games, 55 yards a game rushing. Last five, just 0:21:15.869 --> 0:21:20.190 24 here. I think Texas kind of righted the ship here. 0:21:20.650 --> 0:21:25.780 Roy team favored. Texas strewn up 30-27 over LSU. 0:21:25.900 --> 0:21:29.119 And then we can finish off Lane Kiffin's playoff, folks, 0:21:29.220 --> 0:21:30.080 if that happens. 0:21:30.660 --> 0:21:33.179 Lee, let's go to the NFL. Well, half NFL. It's 0:21:33.220 --> 0:21:36.680 the Chiefs playing a semi-pro team here. The Chiefs, three-and-a-half-point 0:21:36.720 --> 0:21:39.459 favorites over the Atlanta Falcons. What's the play here? 0:21:41.109 --> 0:21:43.710 Well, the Falcons traded away the heart and soul of 0:21:43.730 --> 0:21:48.450 their team. They traded away their safety. Jesse Bates made 0:21:48.470 --> 0:21:52.390 all the defensive calls. They traded their center. I just 0:21:52.430 --> 0:21:54.420 don't think that they have a plan. I don't like 0:21:54.440 --> 0:21:57.920 their quarterbacks. And then on the other side, the Chiefs 0:21:57.960 --> 0:21:59.680 all of a sudden, they said, okay, we're going to 0:21:59.720 --> 0:22:03.340 try to get better. And they acquired Downs, the receiver 0:22:03.380 --> 0:22:06.940 from Indianapolis, who was underused. He gets a lot of 0:22:07.000 --> 0:22:10.060 separation there. I think he's actually a perfect fit here 0:22:10.400 --> 0:22:11.600 for this Chiefs offense. 0:22:11.859 --> 0:22:12.160 Who knows? 0:22:12.200 --> 0:22:15.870 Maybe Bunker will finally make a field goal. But that 0:22:15.930 --> 0:22:19.450 defense is really good. So I like the Chiefs here. 0:22:19.730 --> 0:22:25.410 Here it is. Blowout special. Chiefs. 31-13 over the Falcons. 0:22:25.510 --> 0:22:28.210 Falcons get romper-roomed. I'm here for that. I'm here for that, 0:22:28.230 --> 0:22:30.310 and I'm with you. That Josh Downs move to me 0:22:30.350 --> 0:22:33.690 was one of the best moves of the deadline. God, 0:22:33.710 --> 0:22:36.469 he's going to thrive there with Mahomes and company. All right, 0:22:36.520 --> 0:22:39.520 let's get to the Panther game, Lee. We end the 0:22:39.560 --> 0:22:42.260 pick segment every week. As far as the games go, 0:22:42.340 --> 0:22:46.879 with your Panther pick, the Saints are two-and-a-half-point favorites in 0:22:46.920 --> 0:22:50.000 the Dome against the Panthers. How do you see this 0:22:50.180 --> 0:22:51.980 one from a betting perspective? What do you think? 0:22:53.290 --> 0:22:55.770 Well, last week, I mean, it was right there. I mean, 0:22:56.330 --> 0:23:02.620 they didn't do the key things. Penalties, turnovers, just blown coverages. 0:23:03.320 --> 0:23:06.360 The list goes on and on. So that's a difference. 0:23:06.560 --> 0:23:11.340 You know, good teams make plays when it counts. Denver did. Carolina, 0:23:11.400 --> 0:23:14.080 kind of in the middle, need to find themselves. They 0:23:14.220 --> 0:23:16.760 need to win bad here. Now, what did New Orleans 0:23:16.820 --> 0:23:20.380 do after last week? They fired their run game coordinator. Well, 0:23:20.720 --> 0:23:25.190 Kellen Moore started running the football more. Drastically improved last week, 0:23:25.190 --> 0:23:30.220 32 rushes, 160 yards rushing. Both games last year, Saints 0:23:30.340 --> 0:23:33.260 beat the Panthers. They had their number with 10 and 0:23:33.300 --> 0:23:37.900 three-point wins here in Tyler Shug's first rookie season. So 0:23:38.400 --> 0:23:41.390 this just seems it's crazy. One of the defenses that 0:23:41.430 --> 0:23:45.190 he seems to thrive against here. I'm still not sold yet. 0:23:46.090 --> 0:23:48.790 Might be another week or two until the turnaround takes place. 0:23:49.230 --> 0:23:49.580 Saints 24-20. 0:23:51.310 --> 0:23:52.150 All right. 0:23:52.390 --> 0:23:55.170 I do appreciate, Lee, that you do it kind of 0:23:55.210 --> 0:23:58.050 with sadness that you have to pick against the home team. 0:23:58.070 --> 0:23:58.310 Oh, yeah. 0:23:58.550 --> 0:24:01.580 By the way, Lee was living the Panther experience, Bone, 0:24:01.600 --> 0:24:05.540 because last week he was texting me mid-game and couldn't 0:24:05.580 --> 0:24:07.540 believe some of the things he was seeing from our Panthers. 0:24:08.440 --> 0:24:09.580 Welcome to our world, Lee. 0:24:09.720 --> 0:24:11.879 Lee, real quick, before we go through how to get 0:24:11.940 --> 0:24:14.379 your picks, what's your player prop this week for the NFL? 0:24:15.520 --> 0:24:18.430 Yeah, player prop is going to be Zach Charbonnet. So 0:24:18.470 --> 0:24:23.710 Zach Charbonnier, the Seattle Seahawks. So here's why. There's layers 0:24:23.770 --> 0:24:26.370 to this selection. He's got to feel great about where 0:24:26.410 --> 0:24:29.690 he is. They did not acquire a running back before 0:24:29.730 --> 0:24:34.010 the trade line. So first game back, six carries, 23 yards. 0:24:34.050 --> 0:24:36.590 He came back from an ACL injury last year. They 0:24:36.670 --> 0:24:39.010 didn't try to rush him. Last week, he looked good. 0:24:39.010 --> 0:24:43.060 16 rushes, 77 yards. Did not score so far in 0:24:43.100 --> 0:24:46.709 either game. but I think it's coming. And now he 0:24:46.760 --> 0:24:49.129 gets to face, everyone's going to be talking about, you know, 0:24:49.170 --> 0:24:52.960 Fernando Mendoza and his, you know, first start. And that's exciting. 0:24:53.320 --> 0:24:57.020 But the Vegas defense is horrific. Their run defense gave 0:24:57.080 --> 0:25:00.040 up 190 rushing yards last week to San Francisco. And 0:25:00.060 --> 0:25:03.419 I'm just having the last three weeks, one 66 to 0:25:03.460 --> 0:25:08.040 the lowly jets without their starting running back. And also 0:25:08.280 --> 0:25:11.640 one 99, three weeks ago to the Rams here. So 0:25:12.020 --> 0:25:16.240 I think Seattle is, With a backup quarterback, they're just 0:25:16.270 --> 0:25:19.770 going to try to run the football, play possession football. 0:25:20.850 --> 0:25:25.379 And like I said, any time touchdown is plus 120, 0:25:25.380 --> 0:25:27.200 he's going to get in the end zone once, maybe 0:25:27.220 --> 0:25:30.720 even twice here. I like Zach Charbonneau. Anytime touchdown here, 0:25:30.760 --> 0:25:33.820 plus 110, 120 for the Seattle Seahawks. All right. 0:25:33.840 --> 0:25:35.859 You've been hot with those babies when we've asked you 0:25:35.880 --> 0:25:36.219 for them. 0:25:36.240 --> 0:25:36.540 All right. 0:25:36.580 --> 0:25:40.050 So you've got a game in a week, Lee, Carolina 0:25:40.130 --> 0:25:42.230 and Louisville, and then you've got your card this week. 0:25:42.250 --> 0:25:43.710 So tell everybody how to get these picks. 0:25:45.570 --> 0:25:50.659 So I don't love this Louisville, North Carolina game. I 0:25:52.020 --> 0:25:55.379 am so excited. I can't believe this is probably one 0:25:55.400 --> 0:25:57.240 of the biggest plays ever. I've had probably in the 0:25:57.260 --> 0:26:00.940 last three or four weeks in college football. So you 0:26:00.980 --> 0:26:03.060 want to get the right side, and it's going to 0:26:03.080 --> 0:26:08.650 be over quick. Louisville, North Carolina, just call 800-400-9741. Give 0:26:09.150 --> 0:26:11.869 you that game for free, and we've won 10 out 0:26:12.150 --> 0:26:14.590 of 11 weeks. It was close. Had to pull out 0:26:14.990 --> 0:26:17.810 winning week with the Buffalo big play, a max unit 0:26:17.850 --> 0:26:22.170 wager on Monday night. But we're rolling here. You want 0:26:22.190 --> 0:26:24.080 to roll with us. It's such a big week. We 0:26:24.119 --> 0:26:26.179 have November, and we've won the first two weeks twice. 0:26:26.790 --> 0:26:29.149 All the other sports are in play, and I love 0:26:29.170 --> 0:26:31.929 the UFC card also. So we're going to call it 0:26:32.010 --> 0:26:36.550 the Dovember Plus Package. I'm going to add the UFC 0:26:36.590 --> 0:26:40.170 card from Madison Square Garden. Got two title fights. Got 0:26:40.210 --> 0:26:43.060 Josh Hoskitt. I mean, one of the most exciting fighters 0:26:43.119 --> 0:26:46.780 in the UFC. He goes against Harold Gahn in the 0:26:46.960 --> 0:26:54.120 heavyweight title fight. Seven selections there, including a 50-unit max wager. 0:26:54.160 --> 0:26:57.400 We're 59 and 30 on our 40 to 50-unit max 0:26:57.460 --> 0:26:59.980 wagers in the UFC. We're also going to give you 0:27:00.090 --> 0:27:05.170 every NBA, college basketball, and hockey selection through the weekend. 0:27:05.210 --> 0:27:11.410 So you're going to get everything, football, UFC, hockey, and basketball. 0:27:11.910 --> 0:27:14.070 And then you'll also get football through the end of 0:27:14.109 --> 0:27:18.520 the month. It's the Dovember Plus package online. Normally $ 397. 0:27:18.140 --> 0:27:25.719 Use coupon code SAVE100. Just $ 297. One place. ParamountSports.com. 0:27:25.840 --> 0:27:27.980 November, also what I call my diet this month. 0:27:28.340 --> 0:27:29.119 Oh, hello. 0:27:29.380 --> 0:27:31.960 It is a fat year, after all. Closing in on 0:27:32.010 --> 0:27:34.550 the end of a fat year. We may extend it, 0:27:34.590 --> 0:27:36.070 a contract extension for the fat year. 0:27:36.109 --> 0:27:37.810 You may re-up the fat year next year. 0:27:37.990 --> 0:27:41.409 We might go fat year with an option. Lee, you 0:27:41.470 --> 0:27:42.970 and I made good luck this week, brother. 0:27:44.480 --> 0:27:45.719 Okay, guys. See you. All right. 0:27:45.740 --> 0:27:46.000 There you go. 0:27:46.020 --> 0:27:50.290 It's Lee Sterling, Paramount Sports and ParamountSports.com. So we go 0:27:50.369 --> 0:27:54.189 from the handicapping, the football picks, the gems that are 0:27:54.230 --> 0:27:55.170 Lee Sterling's pick. 0:27:55.210 --> 0:27:56.070 What a beauty. 0:27:56.130 --> 0:27:58.610 I mean the trophy, not Willie. To the gem that 0:27:58.930 --> 0:28:04.110 is the MLS Cup trophy. That thing looks amazing. Mac, 0:28:04.150 --> 0:28:05.649 don't touch it. Don't move. 0:28:06.230 --> 0:28:06.890 Oh, my God. 0:28:06.930 --> 0:28:07.770 This thing is unbelievable. 0:28:07.790 --> 0:28:09.710 I'm afraid to even be near it. I've got to 0:28:09.730 --> 0:28:11.350 be on it. I'm afraid I'm going to mess this up. 0:28:11.609 --> 0:28:12.340 Gracious. 0:28:13.670 --> 0:28:17.980 That thing is gorgeous. So the MLS Cup trophy is 0:28:18.200 --> 0:28:20.640 on tour as they promote the fact that next week, 0:28:21.119 --> 0:28:24.260 MLS playoff star Charlotte FC will play their first match 0:28:24.359 --> 0:28:27.480 in Chicago Bone a week from Sunday. And Willie has 0:28:27.550 --> 0:28:30.730 come in. Willie, we have given Willie gloves, too. So 0:28:31.950 --> 0:28:35.370 he can be involved with this thing. I haven't seen 0:28:35.410 --> 0:28:37.530 Willie this excited since he got his new crock pot. 0:28:37.710 --> 0:28:40.830 That's not nice. That thing is amazing looking, man. It 0:28:40.890 --> 0:28:44.490 really is, since he got his new crock pot. That 0:28:44.540 --> 0:28:46.260 was well played, Bo. That was definitely well played. 0:28:46.280 --> 0:28:46.530 Thank you. 0:28:46.540 --> 0:28:48.580 We've got special guests all over the place in here 0:28:48.600 --> 0:28:49.760 right now. 0:28:50.000 --> 0:28:52.440 I've not been this close to a soccer trophy, Max, 0:28:52.460 --> 0:28:55.160 since they gave one to me for participating when I 0:28:55.200 --> 0:28:55.500 was younger. 0:28:55.560 --> 0:28:57.340 It didn't look quite like this, though, did it? I 0:28:57.380 --> 0:28:59.900 don't think that's the way your participation trophy looks. 0:28:59.920 --> 0:29:00.520 No, it didn't. 0:29:00.620 --> 0:29:02.950 We got the trophy handler in the house looking at 0:29:03.010 --> 0:29:04.970 us like he doesn't trust us, but he does seem 0:29:04.990 --> 0:29:05.650 to trust Willie. 0:29:05.710 --> 0:29:07.950 He's standing between Mac and the trophy right now. 0:29:07.970 --> 0:29:08.150 He is. 0:29:08.170 --> 0:29:09.330 That's probably a good way to go. 0:29:09.910 --> 0:29:14.200 This thing is a Tiffany product, and this thing is 0:29:14.240 --> 0:29:16.960 like six figures worth, Bone? I cannot believe they even 0:29:16.980 --> 0:29:18.560 trusted to be in the same room with us. It 0:29:18.600 --> 0:29:20.180 even smells nice. 0:29:20.340 --> 0:29:21.020 It is awesome. 0:29:21.360 --> 0:29:24.940 And we also have someone in studio who actually doesn't 0:29:24.960 --> 0:29:26.480 just get to look at it at a day at 0:29:26.520 --> 0:29:27.640 the office like we do. 0:29:28.240 --> 0:29:29.479 This man has earned him. 0:29:29.550 --> 0:29:33.830 He has won the MLS Cup three times as a 0:29:34.110 --> 0:29:36.590 center back for LA Galaxy back. 0:29:36.490 --> 0:29:38.650 In the day. And he's living in Charlotte now. 0:29:39.170 --> 0:29:39.240 A.J. 0:29:40.020 --> 0:29:42.610 De La Garza joins us. AJ, what's up, man? How 0:29:42.630 --> 0:29:43.050 you doing? 0:29:43.510 --> 0:29:43.850 All good. 0:29:43.910 --> 0:29:46.290 Thank you guys for having me on. I remember, uh, 0:29:47.150 --> 0:29:50.350 Having a few drinks outside of that trophy. 0:29:50.730 --> 0:29:51.030 I know. 0:29:51.610 --> 0:29:53.750 You're looking at it like you remember it well right now. 0:29:53.790 --> 0:29:54.910 You're staring it down. 0:29:54.930 --> 0:29:55.590 An old friend. 0:29:55.610 --> 0:29:57.390 It's good to see it again. 0:29:57.510 --> 0:29:58.470 So what do y'all do? 0:29:58.530 --> 0:30:01.320 Do y'all, like the Stanley Cup, it's legendary what they 0:30:01.360 --> 0:30:04.080 do with the Stanley Cup. I mean, they'll pour beverages 0:30:04.140 --> 0:30:06.160 in there. They'll pass it around. Everybody gets a turn. 0:30:06.600 --> 0:30:09.340 Is the MLS Cup kind of like that or no? 0:30:09.420 --> 0:30:10.040 How does that work? 0:30:10.610 --> 0:30:12.990 Yeah, I've been fortunate enough to win it three times. 0:30:13.050 --> 0:30:16.130 I feel like it's been three different scenarios. 0:30:15.630 --> 0:30:16.290 That play out. 0:30:16.330 --> 0:30:19.050 But one of them, yeah, everyone pours something in there 0:30:19.110 --> 0:30:21.210 and takes a sip out of it. Slash, I have 0:30:21.230 --> 0:30:25.310 a photo of everything, just nothing, not drinking anything. 0:30:25.330 --> 0:30:27.410 So it's just poured on the top of my head. 0:30:29.050 --> 0:30:30.610 I love that, man. I love that. 0:30:31.770 --> 0:30:33.930 I wanted to ask you about Charlotte FC. You live here, 0:30:35.510 --> 0:30:38.010 and we're pretty excited about being in the playoffs. But 0:30:38.030 --> 0:30:41.640 they have this issue of– Getting in, now most of 0:30:41.700 --> 0:30:43.620 our teams here in Charlotte don't even get in often, 0:30:43.660 --> 0:30:46.160 so this is good. They're getting in every year, but 0:30:46.180 --> 0:30:48.620 they haven't advanced to that second round. What do you 0:30:48.640 --> 0:30:50.510 think about this group this year, and what do you 0:30:50.530 --> 0:30:52.530 think about the Chicago matchup for our guys? 0:30:53.290 --> 0:30:57.050 Yeah, I think that Dean Smith has gotten them in 0:30:57.070 --> 0:31:00.770 the playoffs every season he's been in here, and this 0:31:00.810 --> 0:31:03.630 team has what it takes, I think, to go into 0:31:03.670 --> 0:31:06.150 a deep run. I think that's what the club is 0:31:06.270 --> 0:31:08.600 itching for now, right? You've got a taste of it. 0:31:09.270 --> 0:31:12.210 And now it's just about getting deeper and trying to 0:31:12.230 --> 0:31:15.710 capitalize on this team that has had a really good 0:31:15.730 --> 0:31:18.700 season and that has all the little pieces to make 0:31:18.740 --> 0:31:19.740 for a really good run. 0:31:19.980 --> 0:31:21.920 Yeah, I'm hoping. I'm hoping this is the year. 0:31:21.960 --> 0:31:24.700 What's in the formula for them to make that run? 0:31:24.720 --> 0:31:26.860 What has to happen? What has to break their way 0:31:27.200 --> 0:31:29.300 for FC to go on a decent run? 0:31:29.560 --> 0:31:33.840 Yeah, for me as a defender, I always say defense 0:31:33.880 --> 0:31:37.320 wins championships. That's the quote. So I think their defense 0:31:37.880 --> 0:31:40.990 maybe has... Been a little bit of an issue, maybe. 0:31:41.010 --> 0:31:44.130 But one of my former teammates, Henry Kessler, has come 0:31:44.170 --> 0:31:44.770 in this year. 0:31:44.870 --> 0:31:45.950 He's been great, man. 0:31:45.990 --> 0:31:48.880 Yeah, he's been great. And obviously Tim Rehm. And they 0:31:48.890 --> 0:31:51.200 have some young players as well that can get the 0:31:51.240 --> 0:31:53.580 job done. It's just being all on the same page, 0:31:53.620 --> 0:31:54.880 being able to click at the same time. 0:31:54.920 --> 0:31:56.780 And on the other side of the ball, you. 0:31:56.660 --> 0:31:59.560 Have enough good, talented players that are going to score 0:31:59.580 --> 0:32:01.180 you a goal. But it's can you keep the ball 0:32:01.380 --> 0:32:02.260 out of your own net. 0:32:02.400 --> 0:32:05.790 AJ, I wanted to ask you about Christian Kalina. Just 0:32:05.810 --> 0:32:08.070 because he leads the league in save for a second 0:32:08.090 --> 0:32:10.510 consecutive year. That's always kind of looked at as a 0:32:10.530 --> 0:32:12.690 bit of a dubious honor just because of the fact 0:32:12.730 --> 0:32:14.740 that it means you're getting a lot of chances. But 0:32:15.020 --> 0:32:16.740 how much of an appreciation do you have for that 0:32:16.800 --> 0:32:18.320 guy and what he brings to the table? 0:32:18.770 --> 0:32:20.150 Yeah, at the end of the day, you need a 0:32:20.190 --> 0:32:22.930 goalie that is going to win you games, right? And 0:32:22.950 --> 0:32:25.990 I think Kalina can do that for this team. But, yeah, 0:32:26.050 --> 0:32:28.650 when I was playing and my goalie was on Team 0:32:28.690 --> 0:32:29.940 of the Week, I was like, well, I didn't do 0:32:29.980 --> 0:32:31.040 my job then very well. 0:32:31.160 --> 0:32:34.520 So as a defender, again, I look at it that way. 0:32:34.660 --> 0:32:35.980 I wanted to ask you, by the way, we're getting 0:32:36.020 --> 0:32:39.280 somebody texting in. Don't worry about the weird text names 0:32:39.320 --> 0:32:41.600 we have for our listeners. This is inflatable skeleton. Not 0:32:41.620 --> 0:32:44.020 his government name. Yeah, but that's not his government name. 0:32:44.340 --> 0:32:46.790 He says his son does training lessons with you, and 0:32:46.810 --> 0:32:49.230 he says you're awesome. So you're getting a rave review 0:32:49.310 --> 0:32:52.170 here from somebody. But I wanted to ask you about something. 0:32:52.190 --> 0:32:55.010 You were like, hey, if my, you know, if keeper 0:32:55.030 --> 0:32:56.830 gets goalie of the week, that means, man, he had 0:32:56.850 --> 0:32:58.340 to make saves and I didn't do my job as 0:32:58.360 --> 0:33:01.980 a center back. What's it like when the shot is taken, 0:33:02.120 --> 0:33:03.920 the keeper makes a save, so you're excited he made 0:33:03.940 --> 0:33:06.560 a save. But he starts yelling at the back line. Like, 0:33:06.880 --> 0:33:10.570 I mean, like he doesn't sometimes doesn't even celebrate his save. 0:33:10.610 --> 0:33:12.770 It's like, what are you doing there? What's that like? 0:33:13.530 --> 0:33:14.530 How do you all take to that? 0:33:14.570 --> 0:33:16.290 Does a keeper ever get on your nerves or do 0:33:16.310 --> 0:33:18.260 you know, damn, I let him down. He saved me. 0:33:18.320 --> 0:33:21.140 That's a that's a goalkeeper mentality right there. But he 0:33:21.340 --> 0:33:21.880 did a job. 0:33:22.060 --> 0:33:24.160 He helped us. That's his job also. 0:33:24.300 --> 0:33:24.440 So. 0:33:24.660 --> 0:33:26.370 So he gets to yell. If he saves it, he 0:33:26.410 --> 0:33:28.310 gets to yell. He can yell all he wants. It 0:33:28.350 --> 0:33:29.070 doesn't bother us. 0:33:29.710 --> 0:33:32.130 For me, it's a little bit of an accountability, and 0:33:32.230 --> 0:33:34.090 I need to do better on the next play. So 0:33:34.190 --> 0:33:39.160 I look at that as a top-tier athlete, right? You 0:33:39.460 --> 0:33:41.980 want to be competitive and get people on you when 0:33:42.000 --> 0:33:42.660 you're not doing your job. 0:33:42.780 --> 0:33:45.460 That makes sense. So you played with David Beckham in L.A. 0:33:45.460 --> 0:33:45.680 At the L.A. 0:33:45.680 --> 0:33:45.900 Galaxy. 0:33:50.320 --> 0:33:51.200 How cool is that dude? 0:33:51.460 --> 0:33:54.040 Like, is he as cool in real life as he 0:33:54.100 --> 0:33:56.780 seems like on, you know, everywhere you see him on TV? 0:33:56.960 --> 0:33:58.780 Yeah, I was just talking about him and he's a, 0:33:58.840 --> 0:34:00.700 he's a really good guy. And, you know, I talked to, uh, 0:34:01.540 --> 0:34:05.219 with him here and again. So, uh, just really, uh, 0:34:05.660 --> 0:34:07.500 one as a teammate for four years, but two, I 0:34:07.540 --> 0:34:09.990 also played at inter Miami and, you know, he brought 0:34:10.010 --> 0:34:10.620 me into. 0:34:10.430 --> 0:34:13.330 The club, uh, for what he saw. 0:34:13.150 --> 0:34:15.110 For me as a teammate. So, you know, that was 0:34:15.150 --> 0:34:18.469 an honor and, uh, really thankful for that relationship. 0:34:18.780 --> 0:34:19.839 No, that's cool. That's cool. 0:34:20.030 --> 0:34:23.129 Well, we appreciate you guys coming in here. I don't 0:34:23.230 --> 0:34:25.650 envy you guys having to pull Willie P off the 0:34:25.690 --> 0:34:26.230 cup here, though. 0:34:26.270 --> 0:34:29.029 As this thing leaves the building. I want to keep 0:34:29.110 --> 0:34:31.070 it here. He wants to keep it and give it 0:34:31.090 --> 0:34:33.270 to Dean. Our boys are going to have to earn 0:34:33.290 --> 0:34:35.190 that dang thing, man. They're going to have to earn it. 0:34:35.210 --> 0:34:37.250 The cup handler keeps staring at Willie. 0:34:37.530 --> 0:34:37.910 He does. 0:34:37.930 --> 0:34:39.969 They're having a stare down right now. I think he's 0:34:40.010 --> 0:34:43.290 a little unsure about Willie. Willie seems very overzealous over there. 0:34:43.550 --> 0:34:46.110 But hey, We appreciate y'all making us a tour stop 0:34:46.430 --> 0:34:48.299 here in Charlotte. I know you've got other places to 0:34:48.340 --> 0:34:51.600 go in Charlotte. We appreciate you swinging in WFNZ, which is, 0:34:51.640 --> 0:34:54.700 of course, the home of Charlotte FC and the playoff games. 0:34:54.739 --> 0:34:57.320 Willie will have the call with Anna Witte. And, AJ, 0:34:57.360 --> 0:34:58.719 thanks for coming in and chatting with. 0:34:58.680 --> 0:34:59.739 Us, man. We appreciate it. 0:34:59.739 --> 0:35:00.510 Appreciate you guys. 0:35:00.550 --> 0:35:00.950 Awesome stuff. 0:35:00.969 --> 0:35:01.509 Thank you, guys. 0:35:01.530 --> 0:35:02.330 All right, very cool. 0:35:02.450 --> 0:35:05.630 When we come back, a Dave Canales catchphrase seems to 0:35:05.710 --> 0:35:10.250 bother Panthers Twitter. And do some fans really think the 0:35:10.330 --> 0:35:14.680 Saints have the quarterback edge on Sunday? We discuss those 0:35:14.719 --> 0:35:19.200 topics and more. Sports Radio 92.7 WFNZ. Willie, back up 0:35:19.219 --> 0:35:19.680 from the trophy. 0:35:40.230 --> 0:35:45.740 Sports Radio 92.7 WFNZ. Bone, I was about to get 0:35:45.820 --> 0:35:48.419 roughed up by the handler of the MLS Cup. 0:35:48.739 --> 0:35:49.960 My arm. Oh, my gosh. 0:35:50.020 --> 0:35:51.620 As I leaned on the table to pose for a 0:35:51.980 --> 0:35:54.419 picture next to the MLS Cup trophy, my arm was 0:35:54.460 --> 0:35:55.200 how far away? 0:35:55.380 --> 0:35:59.259 Your sleeve was about to touch that trophy. This guy 0:35:59.300 --> 0:36:01.000 didn't seem like he's messing around here yet. 0:36:01.020 --> 0:36:03.000 No, very serious. The guy that comes in with his 0:36:03.080 --> 0:36:04.290 own gloves and handles it. 0:36:04.800 --> 0:36:07.819 And I wonder, do other radio hosts, when they do 0:36:07.840 --> 0:36:10.700 the tour, actually get their own gloves? Because they were 0:36:10.739 --> 0:36:13.900 looking at Willie like, do we trust this man? 0:36:14.219 --> 0:36:16.680 He kept moving closer to Willie. And Willie was moving 0:36:16.719 --> 0:36:17.399 closer to the cup. 0:36:17.420 --> 0:36:18.549 He was. He was. 0:36:18.570 --> 0:36:21.680 Willie's also got them trapped in the little vestibule area 0:36:21.700 --> 0:36:23.069 right now as well with the trophy. 0:36:23.390 --> 0:36:25.850 Somebody said Willie would love to put his dry brisket 0:36:25.910 --> 0:36:27.609 in there and have a few bites out of the cup. 0:36:29.070 --> 0:36:34.870 oh no that ain't right y'all that ain't right i 0:36:34.910 --> 0:36:38.810 hate these texts p you know what i mean these 0:36:38.850 --> 0:36:43.250 textures aren't nice all right anyway um let's talk a 0:36:43.270 --> 0:36:45.690 little bit of panthers here let's get back to. 0:36:45.650 --> 0:36:48.739 I look completely bulvis in one of the photos bulvis 0:36:48.760 --> 0:36:50.950 is that a word What are you, what's the meaning 0:36:51.010 --> 0:36:53.330 of it? I just look like I'm a frumpy pile 0:36:53.370 --> 0:36:54.310 of dough. 0:36:54.370 --> 0:36:56.250 But it's a fat year, Bone. It is, but now 0:36:56.310 --> 0:36:57.710 I'm getting, it's an obese year. 0:36:57.730 --> 0:37:00.810 What is the year, Bulbous? Is it Bulbous or Bulbous? 0:37:00.930 --> 0:37:01.410 Bulbous. 0:37:01.640 --> 0:37:03.219 Bulbous. Like with a B? 0:37:03.340 --> 0:37:04.360 Yeah. What's Bulbous? 0:37:04.680 --> 0:37:06.410 I don't know. I don't know what that is. 0:37:06.420 --> 0:37:06.920 I think you. 0:37:06.860 --> 0:37:07.860 Invented your own word. 0:37:07.880 --> 0:37:11.120 I look like a washed up offensive lineman. All right. 0:37:11.460 --> 0:37:13.969 I want to get to the fact that we've gotten- Bulbous, 0:37:14.160 --> 0:37:17.170 not this. I want to say four or five, nothing major. 0:37:17.890 --> 0:37:19.270 four or five texters. 0:37:19.290 --> 0:37:22.170 I want to get to this in, in, um, that 0:37:22.190 --> 0:37:27.819 have said that have like asked is Bryce young, better 0:37:27.860 --> 0:37:31.620 than do we are like, is Bryce better than Chuck? 0:37:32.300 --> 0:37:34.379 Are we sure we have the better quarterback? Like there's 0:37:34.400 --> 0:37:36.470 been four or five people that have kind of hinted 0:37:36.530 --> 0:37:43.080 around this. Um, I'll just start with Bryce's experience advantage 0:37:43.140 --> 0:37:45.219 over shuck. And listen, I got to watch what I 0:37:45.260 --> 0:37:47.839 say about this dude. He beat us twice last year 0:37:47.920 --> 0:37:50.430 and he outperformed Bryce in both games. Like I'm not going, 0:37:50.760 --> 0:37:53.730 I'm not going to deny that. But what I will 0:37:53.790 --> 0:37:57.089 say though, bone is Bryce young and Bryce has not 0:37:57.110 --> 0:38:00.129 played well against the saints. Maybe that's another factor, you know, 0:38:00.230 --> 0:38:03.850 of what people are thinking. I, I, and a lot 0:38:03.870 --> 0:38:06.049 of this is determined on what's around you, right? How 0:38:06.070 --> 0:38:08.609 does your offensive line play? That is a factor that 0:38:08.640 --> 0:38:12.420 Bryce can't control. But I would be shocked. There can't 0:38:12.480 --> 0:38:15.650 be that many fans. Shuck's a good young quarterback. The 0:38:15.690 --> 0:38:19.680 way Bryce has played this season, Bone, Are there honest 0:38:19.719 --> 0:38:22.730 Panther fans that think Shuck is a better quarterback right 0:38:22.810 --> 0:38:23.790 now than Bryce? 0:38:23.850 --> 0:38:26.049 Then explain it. What's he do better than Bryce does? 0:38:26.450 --> 0:38:30.030 Where is he better? He's an emerging quarterback. He throws 0:38:30.050 --> 0:38:32.270 the ball well down the field. I think he's going 0:38:32.290 --> 0:38:36.509 to be an upper echelon, meaning top half quarterback in 0:38:36.550 --> 0:38:39.029 this league. But what does he do right now better 0:38:39.050 --> 0:38:42.239 than Bryce Young? Tell us what he does. What skill 0:38:42.260 --> 0:38:45.259 is better than he has? He's good, but he's not 0:38:45.300 --> 0:38:47.060 Bryce right now. I guarantee you someone's going to say 0:38:47.180 --> 0:38:50.219 arm strength. He's tall and he's bigger. He's bigger and 0:38:50.260 --> 0:38:51.320 the arm could be stronger. 0:38:51.400 --> 0:38:52.600 Is he older than Bryce? 0:38:53.760 --> 0:38:56.469 I think he– how old is he? He's like, what, 0:38:56.469 --> 0:38:57.830 27 or so, right? 0:38:57.969 --> 0:38:58.650 Or 25. 0:38:58.650 --> 0:39:01.390 I think he might be older than Bryce. 0:39:01.670 --> 0:39:05.500 He is 27 years old. So he is older, right? 0:39:05.520 --> 0:39:05.840 Yeah, he is. 0:39:05.900 --> 0:39:06.060 Yeah. 0:39:06.200 --> 0:39:08.780 So I just, I think Bryce is the best quarterback 0:39:08.820 --> 0:39:10.880 in the division this season. I think the way he 0:39:10.920 --> 0:39:13.180 has played this season. He's older than Bryce by a 0:39:13.200 --> 0:39:13.760 full two years. 0:39:13.860 --> 0:39:14.630 It's crazy. 0:39:14.730 --> 0:39:17.070 So we've got a two, Bryce has a two-year NFL 0:39:17.090 --> 0:39:20.069 experience advantage. Plus we have the younger QB. When you 0:39:20.090 --> 0:39:23.610 look at the long-term ramifications, there's another advantage. Chuck is 0:39:23.670 --> 0:39:25.310 winding down his career here soon. 0:39:25.810 --> 0:39:26.310 I look at. 0:39:26.250 --> 0:39:28.730 Bryce Young and I honestly, I don't think Baker Mayfield's 0:39:28.770 --> 0:39:29.649 played well at all. 0:39:29.690 --> 0:39:31.549 And you can say, well, he's been hurt. He's always hurt. 0:39:32.070 --> 0:39:33.330 Like we almost have to stop. 0:39:33.570 --> 0:39:36.070 We almost have to stop giving him that excuse because 0:39:36.110 --> 0:39:38.660 the way he plays bone, he's always going through something. 0:39:40.040 --> 0:39:42.580 I just, I don't think you can deny that Bryce 0:39:42.620 --> 0:39:46.080 Young has played the best football of the season this 0:39:46.120 --> 0:39:48.500 year in the NFC South. I'm not on here, bone. 0:39:48.520 --> 0:39:50.520 I don't want a cookie for it for Bryce. I 0:39:50.540 --> 0:39:52.259 don't want Bryce to get a trophy for it. I 0:39:52.280 --> 0:39:54.759 understand it's the NFC South. I'm not saying this, but 0:39:54.840 --> 0:39:57.440 like I think Tyler Shuck and any of these other dudes, 0:39:57.460 --> 0:39:59.980 when we line up in a divisional game, I think 0:40:00.040 --> 0:40:02.040 we have the better quarterback. But I'll say what I 0:40:02.060 --> 0:40:04.380 said earlier, Bone, for Bryce to be able to do 0:40:04.420 --> 0:40:07.680 his thing and take advantage of a defense that Shador 0:40:07.719 --> 0:40:11.180 Sanders threw for 297 on last week. the offensive line 0:40:11.200 --> 0:40:13.100 has to protect, man. They have to. 0:40:13.400 --> 0:40:13.799 Has to. 0:40:13.820 --> 0:40:14.279 That's the thing. 0:40:14.340 --> 0:40:19.720 Bryce is performing at a high level without the offensive 0:40:19.800 --> 0:40:22.570 line doing much of anything for him. I mean, other 0:40:22.590 --> 0:40:25.750 than collapsing around him lately, the offensive line, and he 0:40:25.870 --> 0:40:28.870 overcame that early in the season and made something out 0:40:28.890 --> 0:40:32.210 of it, but not many young quarterbacks, Matt, can survive 0:40:32.230 --> 0:40:35.489 like Bryce has. And oh, by the way, Remember all 0:40:35.510 --> 0:40:38.830 the concerns about Bryce is small and he's going to 0:40:38.870 --> 0:40:41.920 get hurt. Bryce takes a lot of hits. He gets 0:40:41.980 --> 0:40:44.819 pressured a lot. He gets knocked down a lot. Matt, 0:40:44.860 --> 0:40:47.240 does our dude not get back up every single time 0:40:47.280 --> 0:40:48.149 and get on to the next play? 0:40:48.700 --> 0:40:49.030 Oh, absolutely. 0:40:49.050 --> 0:40:53.150 All those injury concerns. I don't think it's about the size. 0:40:53.210 --> 0:40:55.330 It's about just how your body holds up in general. 0:40:55.350 --> 0:40:58.029 We've seen plenty of big dudes get hurt before. So 0:40:58.410 --> 0:41:01.640 all the durability questions about Bryce, that dude's in there. 0:41:01.719 --> 0:41:04.299 Play in, play out. Oh, he's tough as nails. He's tough. 0:41:04.320 --> 0:41:08.320 Don't let the size, don't let the baby face fool you, man. 0:41:08.580 --> 0:41:09.900 Bryce was sacked. 0:41:10.200 --> 0:41:15.310 Bryce was sacked 29 times in 2024, 27 times last year. 0:41:15.710 --> 0:41:18.549 He's already been sacked 26 times this year through eight 0:41:18.590 --> 0:41:19.009 games played. 0:41:19.050 --> 0:41:21.089 It's been the worst pass protection he's had, and that's 0:41:21.110 --> 0:41:23.500 saying something, because that rookie year was pretty ugly, too. 0:41:23.700 --> 0:41:26.500 That was 62 sacks. If you're comparing him to. 0:41:26.440 --> 0:41:30.900 Shuck, more yards, more touchdowns, same amount of interceptions, but 0:41:30.960 --> 0:41:35.350 a lower turnover-worthy play percentage on PFF. More yards per 0:41:35.410 --> 0:41:40.190 attempt from Bryce Young as well, Bone. Shuck is more accurate, 0:41:40.230 --> 0:41:43.589 but he's throwing shorter passes than Bryce is. Bryce has 0:41:43.650 --> 0:41:48.370 really upped his average distance of target this year. He's 0:41:48.410 --> 0:41:52.370 throwing further passes on average than Shuck is. Bryce has 0:41:52.410 --> 0:41:57.530 more deep completions than Shuck. His PFF grades, Bone? Passing, 0:41:57.810 --> 0:42:02.210 overall grade, better than Tyler Shuck. His pressure grade on PFF. 0:42:02.590 --> 0:42:05.310 His deep passing grade on PFF is better than Shuck. 0:42:05.610 --> 0:42:09.049 So most of the areas, not all, because I'm not 0:42:09.070 --> 0:42:11.890 being disingenuous about it. I think Tyler Shuck's a pretty 0:42:11.930 --> 0:42:16.340 damn good young QB. Yeah, you know what I mean? 0:42:16.360 --> 0:42:17.320 You said young QB. 0:42:17.380 --> 0:42:20.880 Well, that's true. That's a good point. He's 50's age. 0:42:20.900 --> 0:42:21.580 That's a good point. 0:42:22.000 --> 0:42:25.060 All right, I got to get to this montage that 0:42:25.100 --> 0:42:28.359 cracked me up yesterday. I don't know if you've noticed this, Bone. 0:42:28.380 --> 0:42:30.460 We haven't got as much of this on our text line, 0:42:30.480 --> 0:42:34.450 although we may find out that this also, there's a word, 0:42:34.489 --> 0:42:37.330 there's a phrase that Dave uses over and over again 0:42:38.050 --> 0:42:41.629 that has bothered Panther fans, Bone, on Twitter, and they've 0:42:41.670 --> 0:42:42.810 got vocal about it. 0:42:44.510 --> 0:42:49.160 It's kind of annoying. I find it slightly annoying. 0:42:49.680 --> 0:42:52.660 But I wonder how our— It's not Charles Lee's competitive spirit, 0:42:52.700 --> 0:42:56.920 is it? That one bothers people, too. I hear it often. 0:42:57.060 --> 0:43:02.469 That one bothers people, too. And this Twitter account called 0:43:02.510 --> 0:43:05.590 Roll Coverage on Twitter. It's pretty good, like Panther and Football, 0:43:05.650 --> 0:43:10.870 like Twitter account. And they did a montage of— For 0:43:10.930 --> 0:43:14.450 all the people that this saying annoys, Bowen, they did 0:43:14.489 --> 0:43:15.569 a montage of it. 0:43:16.730 --> 0:43:18.870 I need to know if this triggers you or not. 0:43:19.380 --> 0:43:25.060 I present you with Roll Coverage's championship opportunity canalis montage. 0:43:26.660 --> 0:43:28.219 I don't put a lot of stock on any one moment. 0:43:28.260 --> 0:43:30.900 They're all important to me. They're all championship opportunities, and 0:43:31.219 --> 0:43:32.520 I want our players to be thinking the same way. 0:43:32.840 --> 0:43:35.239 That's not something that you can do to play the 0:43:35.260 --> 0:43:38.259 championship football that we need to play. is exciting to me. 0:43:38.520 --> 0:43:41.899 Championship opportunity on the road, hostile environment, the dog pound. 0:43:41.960 --> 0:43:42.299 Here we go. 0:43:42.520 --> 0:43:45.160 We have to take that championship mentality and put our 0:43:45.200 --> 0:43:48.360 best group out there. It's just another championship opportunity. And 0:43:48.380 --> 0:43:50.000 that's the way we sell it to our group. That's 0:43:50.020 --> 0:43:52.440 the way we have to understand these. We sell championship 0:43:52.500 --> 0:43:56.280 opportunity every single week. Yeah, it's a championship opportunity. That's 0:43:56.320 --> 0:43:58.750 my job. My job is to make sure that we 0:43:58.790 --> 0:44:03.310 have championship processes. Another championship opportunity, just taking the next 0:44:03.330 --> 0:44:06.350 step as a team, a championship, truly a championship opportunity. 0:44:06.540 --> 0:44:10.239 Championship opportunity, a historic place going back to Lambeau Field. 0:44:10.440 --> 0:44:12.259 For us, this is the next game. This is the 0:44:12.300 --> 0:44:14.950 next championship opportunity. I try to sell every week as 0:44:15.010 --> 0:44:17.850 a championship opportunity. We got a championship moment. We got 0:44:17.870 --> 0:44:22.339 a championship opportunity. Exciting times. Division football right here. Championship 0:44:22.380 --> 0:44:23.580 opportunity right in front of us. 0:44:24.250 --> 0:44:27.029 That is every championship opportunity from this season. I want 0:44:27.070 --> 0:44:30.540 to light myself on fire. I love Dave, and we're 0:44:30.560 --> 0:44:33.240 having some fun with Dave. Every coach has their catchphrases. 0:44:34.420 --> 0:44:37.279 Matt Rule saying process. I mean, people wanted to strangle him, 0:44:37.300 --> 0:44:40.160 and every coach does that. But people really hated when 0:44:40.219 --> 0:44:43.589 Matt Rule said it. My whole thing with championship opportunity is, 0:44:43.890 --> 0:44:46.009 how can you have a championship opportunity in week one? 0:44:47.410 --> 0:44:49.130 I just don't really get the phrase. 0:44:49.570 --> 0:44:51.950 Yeah, you have an opportunity. You're not really. 0:44:52.700 --> 0:44:55.940 There's only so many championship opportunities when you really think 0:44:55.980 --> 0:44:56.239 about it. 0:44:56.239 --> 0:44:58.680 I just feel like you're laying it on thick. You 0:44:58.700 --> 0:45:02.430 have a victory opportunity. Not everything is a championship opportunity. 0:45:02.810 --> 0:45:04.109 People are saying that. Do you really want to break 0:45:04.130 --> 0:45:05.649 this thing down further? That's what I'm saying. 0:45:05.730 --> 0:45:08.750 I never really understood how week one, week two, week three, 0:45:08.790 --> 0:45:11.640 it's all championship. No, we're not winning a championship this week. 0:45:12.500 --> 0:45:15.800 Ron Rivera had missed opportunities. Yes, multiple people are saying 0:45:15.860 --> 0:45:20.670 this is his version of the missed opportunity, which drove 0:45:20.830 --> 0:45:23.930 us crazy. Every time we lost, it was because of 0:45:24.010 --> 0:45:28.009 missed opportunities. Ah, anyway, so there you go. And I 0:45:28.050 --> 0:45:30.370 apologize if we triggered people, but I was very amused 0:45:30.410 --> 0:45:31.750 by that, Bone, from roll coverage. 0:45:31.910 --> 0:45:33.890 Mac, I think there's a lot of college football teams, Mac. 0:45:33.930 --> 0:45:35.969 How would you describe their opportunities going forward? 0:45:36.030 --> 0:45:38.250 So many championship opportunities this weekend. 0:45:38.469 --> 0:45:41.800 And also an opportunity for some college football confidence this weekend. 0:45:42.219 --> 0:45:46.219 Huge games for Wake, Duke, UNC, and South Carolina. We've 0:45:46.239 --> 0:45:50.299 got ECU coming into Charlotte. How confident are all those 0:45:50.400 --> 0:45:54.459 fan bases feeling? ahead of their matchups. It's a championship 0:45:54.540 --> 0:45:57.069 radio opportunity on Sports Radio 92.7 WFNZ.