WEBVTT - Mac & Bone Hour 3: Panthers 10-Win Wagon 0:00:03.490 --> 0:00:07.050 Oh, oh, oh, it's Mac and Bo on your radio, baby. 0:00:07.090 --> 0:00:08.710 This is my friend Matt. 0:00:08.950 --> 0:00:10.510 Posh, come on, Posh. 0:00:10.590 --> 0:00:13.620 This is my friend T-Bone. 0:00:13.890 --> 0:00:14.780 Let's have some fun. 0:00:14.890 --> 0:00:18.239 I can't go to work without listening to Mac and Bone. 0:00:18.280 --> 0:00:18.840 Do it live. 0:00:27.470 --> 0:00:29.570 Because I think it's true that Bryce Young is much 0:00:29.610 --> 0:00:31.530 better than he's ever been before. And this is clearly 0:00:31.590 --> 0:00:35.809 a quarterback playing well in a well-constructed offense. But the 0:00:35.940 --> 0:00:38.620 throw to Darren Waller, he has like a rusher kind 0:00:38.640 --> 0:00:39.940 of in his face. I think one of his guards 0:00:39.960 --> 0:00:42.139 or maybe his center kind of gets pushed back into 0:00:42.180 --> 0:00:43.740 his face. And he has to make this throw with 0:00:43.780 --> 0:00:45.940 the guy in his lap. And it's down the middle. 0:00:45.960 --> 0:00:48.420 It's like 45-yard throw. And he just leaves it 10 0:00:48.420 --> 0:00:51.650 yards short. That's basically the same exact throw that CJ 0:00:51.659 --> 0:00:55.150 Stroud made. Where he rips a bomb to Jalen Knoll 0:00:55.190 --> 0:00:59.020 with a free rusher in his face. That's a good point. 0:00:59.060 --> 0:01:01.880 When I talk about having size and talent, it's like, 0:01:02.360 --> 0:01:04.840 do you make that throw eight times a year and 0:01:04.880 --> 0:01:06.230 that's it? You don't make it every game? 0:01:06.290 --> 0:01:06.690 Of course. 0:01:06.910 --> 0:01:09.690 But those throws are going to be the difference to me. 0:01:13.330 --> 0:01:13.970 There we go. 0:01:14.790 --> 0:01:18.030 Just to prove, Bone, that we're not cherry-picking and we're 0:01:18.069 --> 0:01:21.690 not just picking out guys only that praise Bryce, I 0:01:21.709 --> 0:01:25.429 give you Derek Klassen. That is the athletic football show, 0:01:25.890 --> 0:01:27.940 and he has been a dude that's been pretty tough 0:01:28.030 --> 0:01:29.899 on Bryce from the get-go. 0:01:31.300 --> 0:01:32.300 Still not buying in. 0:01:32.420 --> 0:01:36.220 Bringing up the underthrown ball while getting hit to Waller, 0:01:36.620 --> 0:01:40.100 comparing him to C.J. Stroud— we hadn't heard that before— And 0:01:40.160 --> 0:01:43.289 Stroud made the throw, and Bryce did not make the throw. 0:01:43.450 --> 0:01:45.070 Arm strength is not everything. 0:01:45.090 --> 0:01:48.080 First of all, I think Bryce's arm strength is better, 0:01:48.110 --> 0:01:51.340 I think, than people think. But arm strength is far 0:01:51.440 --> 0:01:55.800 from everything. pre-snap than when you process and go through 0:01:55.840 --> 0:01:59.330 your reads. Calmness and poise in the pocket, ability to 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:03.190 make plays off schedule when under pressure. And by the way, 0:02:04.030 --> 0:02:06.810 maybe he doesn't have, you know, if you want to 0:02:07.060 --> 0:02:08.900 say on that throw, oh my God, I saw his 0:02:08.919 --> 0:02:09.500 lack of arm strength. 0:02:09.760 --> 0:02:10.760 How many times, Bone? 0:02:11.310 --> 0:02:13.060 The guy that is second in the league in total 0:02:13.090 --> 0:02:15.860 deep completions this year, according to PFF. How many times 0:02:15.880 --> 0:02:18.139 have we seen him step into throw while getting absolutely 0:02:18.180 --> 0:02:21.239 clocked and hitting it downfield? Like, let's not act like 0:02:21.260 --> 0:02:23.770 he does not hit downfield passes while getting hit. 0:02:23.950 --> 0:02:26.209 Arm strength is not everything. We talked about this when 0:02:26.230 --> 0:02:27.950 he was drafted, Matt. Look at some of the best 0:02:27.970 --> 0:02:30.270 to ever play the game. They all didn't have hoses. 0:02:30.900 --> 0:02:35.080 Peyton Manning, Tom Brady. There are guys that are the 0:02:35.120 --> 0:02:38.040 best ever. Joe Montana, the best ever to play this 0:02:38.100 --> 0:02:40.940 game back, weren't blessed with rocket arms. And there are 0:02:40.980 --> 0:02:44.230 guys that had rocket arms that didn't do anything. Your 0:02:44.270 --> 0:02:47.410 Jeff Georges, your DeMarcus Russells, those guys who had the 0:02:47.470 --> 0:02:50.570 howitzers for arms but couldn't play the position. Give me 0:02:50.610 --> 0:02:54.010 the guys that play the position regardless of arm strength. 0:02:54.090 --> 0:02:55.940 I'm so tired of arm strength. 100%. 0:02:55.940 --> 0:02:59.220 Listen, does Bryce have physical– I don't even know if 0:02:59.240 --> 0:03:01.179 I want to say limitations. Does he have physical things 0:03:01.240 --> 0:03:03.620 other guys don't have that are feathers in their cap? 0:03:03.680 --> 0:03:03.960 Yes. 0:03:04.400 --> 0:03:06.900 But Bryce has his own things that he does well, 0:03:07.360 --> 0:03:09.920 and he does better than other people. And is it 0:03:09.980 --> 0:03:11.740 Robert Mays that is the host of that show, the 0:03:11.780 --> 0:03:12.810 athletic football show, Bo? 0:03:13.490 --> 0:03:16.770 No, it's Robert Mays. No, it's not Robert Mays. It's 0:03:16.810 --> 0:03:17.250 Robert Mays. 0:03:17.750 --> 0:03:20.910 Robert Mays, he said, OK, he says, I can see 0:03:20.950 --> 0:03:23.810 that Bryce Young has some physical things that don't match 0:03:23.889 --> 0:03:27.850 up with other quarterbacks. But but can we concede that he, 0:03:28.169 --> 0:03:30.780 you know, is playing great and making up for it 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:32.959 in other areas? And that's all I would like to say. 0:03:32.980 --> 0:03:35.000 And I think you said it well, Bone, about the 0:03:35.020 --> 0:03:37.440 history of dudes that didn't have cans. You could also 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:42.060 do the flip side. Kyle Bowler. Jeff George. You could 0:03:42.080 --> 0:03:44.000 do the flip side of dudes. I just said those guys. 0:03:44.020 --> 0:03:46.540 Oh, I thought. I just said Jeff George and DeMarcus Russell. 0:03:46.980 --> 0:03:47.160 Oh, okay. 0:03:47.260 --> 0:03:48.680 I didn't know you went the flip side. I thought 0:03:48.700 --> 0:03:50.660 you only did the Joe Montanas and the Tom Brady. 0:03:50.700 --> 0:03:51.240 No, then I went. 0:03:51.260 --> 0:03:53.970 There's also guys that had rocket arms like Jeff George 0:03:54.390 --> 0:03:55.250 and DeMarcus Russell. 0:03:55.270 --> 0:04:00.310 Oh, what he said. What he said. The defense rests. Finnegan. 0:04:00.330 --> 0:04:03.000 Can I get a little mop up there a little bit? 0:04:03.010 --> 0:04:04.720 Clean that aisle up, baby. A little mop there? Clean 0:04:04.760 --> 0:04:05.440 that aisle up. 0:04:06.920 --> 0:04:09.640 At some point, there's got to be a punishment for 0:04:09.660 --> 0:04:12.320 when someone's not listening. I don't know what the punishment is, 0:04:13.270 --> 0:04:16.089 but it happens too frequently. 0:04:16.690 --> 0:04:18.450 Those that get caught have to take you to watch. 0:04:19.670 --> 0:04:20.430 I didn't say that. 0:04:20.490 --> 0:04:22.770 Do something to a person's ears when they don't listen, 0:04:22.790 --> 0:04:24.980 like an ear flick or something, a little ear flick. Oh, 0:04:25.000 --> 0:04:25.540 I don't like that. 0:04:25.760 --> 0:04:28.840 Let's try it out on you, Mac. I have sensitive ears. 0:04:28.880 --> 0:04:30.080 Big old ear tug here. 0:04:30.100 --> 0:04:31.020 All right. 0:04:31.220 --> 0:04:33.540 Anyway, let's talk. What about a wet Willie? What if 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:35.659 you got a wet Willie from Willie? Wet Willie in 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:37.930 the ear? What about a wet Willie from Willie? That 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:38.620 could be it. 0:04:38.700 --> 0:04:38.760 Ow! 0:04:40.150 --> 0:04:42.390 Finney coming over and flicking. But he flicked my headphones 0:04:42.430 --> 0:04:43.289 and now it hurt his hand. 0:04:43.310 --> 0:04:45.789 That's like punching a guy wearing a helmet. What are 0:04:45.850 --> 0:04:48.529 you doing over there? Oh, my gosh. This texter, 980 number. 0:04:49.029 --> 0:04:52.120 Someone had the audacity to point out that Bryce is 0:04:52.160 --> 0:04:55.440 not a perfect quarterback and Mack and Bone are disheveled. 0:04:55.480 --> 0:04:59.200 That is not what we said. I like what we said. 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:00.560 Now that I know what Bone said, I like what 0:05:00.580 --> 0:05:01.900 he said. I am completely shoveled. 0:05:02.400 --> 0:05:07.170 Completely shoveled. All right, let's talk Panthers. Hornets talk. We're 0:05:07.190 --> 0:05:08.130 going to talk our way. 0:05:08.150 --> 0:05:10.610 Brock Purdy, by the way. Not as strong on him currently. Exactly. 0:05:10.650 --> 0:05:12.510 Great call. Good job, Five More D. Great call, y'all. 0:05:12.529 --> 0:05:12.930 All right. 0:05:13.029 --> 0:05:15.360 The problem isn't that he's getting pointed out for being perfect. 0:05:15.690 --> 0:05:18.760 It's the problem with Steven Ruiz, Mac. It's these guys 0:05:18.800 --> 0:05:21.400 that from the moment Bryce came into the league, they've 0:05:21.440 --> 0:05:21.980 doubted him. 0:05:22.260 --> 0:05:26.080 So they don't want to change their take or completely 0:05:26.220 --> 0:05:27.520 give him the credit he deserves. 0:05:27.540 --> 0:05:30.990 It's okay to admit that you were wrong. We do 0:05:31.050 --> 0:05:33.550 it for four hours Monday through Friday on this show. 0:05:33.570 --> 0:05:36.430 If you've got people like Derek Lassen, this doesn't want 0:05:36.450 --> 0:05:38.650 to give the guy any credit for the growth and 0:05:38.690 --> 0:05:41.010 development of a guy that is living up to his 0:05:41.070 --> 0:05:42.770 potential as a former No. 0:05:42.770 --> 0:05:43.089 1 pick. 0:05:43.110 --> 0:05:44.810 It's a stubbornness, it feels like. 0:05:44.830 --> 0:05:47.110 Could Bryce use Mag at times, the size thing, to 0:05:47.170 --> 0:05:50.479 his advantage also because he's always underestimated? That people think 0:05:50.500 --> 0:05:52.540 because he's small they underestimate him, but they find out 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:54.480 how good he is. I wonder if he actually uses 0:05:54.560 --> 0:05:56.719 it for his advantage at times, more so than— the 0:05:56.820 --> 0:05:59.719 disadvantage people bring up all the time. 0:05:59.740 --> 0:06:00.280 I know this. 0:06:00.500 --> 0:06:02.640 What have some of the doubters said about him? At 0:06:02.680 --> 0:06:04.609 that size, good luck throwing over the middle of the 0:06:04.620 --> 0:06:07.270 field in the NFL. Well, yesterday I saw a chart. 0:06:07.630 --> 0:06:10.469 He is the No. 1 most accurate thrower of the 0:06:10.490 --> 0:06:12.070 football in the middle of the field in the NFL 0:06:12.110 --> 0:06:12.390 right now. 0:06:12.410 --> 0:06:14.770 And when he's not accurate, you know what's happening? His 0:06:14.870 --> 0:06:18.130 offensive linemen, Luke Fortner, Robert Hunt, they're getting blocked into 0:06:18.180 --> 0:06:18.640 his face. 0:06:19.080 --> 0:06:20.419 It's not that he can't stand there and make the 0:06:20.440 --> 0:06:21.260 throw because he can't see. 0:06:22.000 --> 0:06:23.419 I just wanted to focus on the fact he is 0:06:23.460 --> 0:06:26.419 the most accurate, the most accurate Fiddy. I was not 0:06:26.460 --> 0:06:29.430 going to fame our boys up front, although they've had issues. 0:06:29.790 --> 0:06:32.330 But yeah, and I guess to Fiddy's point, he has 0:06:32.370 --> 0:06:34.380 been one of the most pressured quarterbacks in the NFL, 0:06:34.390 --> 0:06:35.210 and he's still done that. 0:06:35.230 --> 0:06:37.620 Multiple texters now saying that Jeff George had a big 0:06:37.720 --> 0:06:39.580 arm also. I don't know if we brought that up 0:06:39.640 --> 0:06:42.200 or not. Did we both say Jeff Schultz? 0:06:42.300 --> 0:06:45.360 Yeah, we'll be mocked now. I see you mocking. I 0:06:45.380 --> 0:06:48.070 see what you're doing. You mocking birds. 0:06:48.110 --> 0:06:52.430 Panthers 24-7 says Bill Barnwell says he can't throw over 0:06:52.450 --> 0:06:55.370 the middle. By the way, Panthers 24-7, are y'all the one? 0:06:55.390 --> 0:06:56.930 I think you're the one I took the tweet from. 0:06:57.430 --> 0:06:59.150 I think you're the one that tweeted out that. 0:06:59.440 --> 0:06:59.979 That's correct. 0:07:00.000 --> 0:07:00.539 Yeah, that's good. 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:05.020 Good work by you, 24-7. You caught that, Derek Klassen, 0:07:05.060 --> 0:07:07.900 Bryce Slander, in doubt. and it's on the big show 0:07:07.940 --> 0:07:10.880 right now, and now we're airing our pettiness. All right, 0:07:11.200 --> 0:07:13.860 let's talk a little bit about this 10-win wagon conversation. 0:07:14.320 --> 0:07:16.420 I realize that this isn't going to go over well 0:07:16.460 --> 0:07:18.840 with everybody. There will be a lot of people right 0:07:18.880 --> 0:07:21.300 now whose initial reaction is, Matt, could you not just 0:07:21.340 --> 0:07:23.320 stay at nine wins? Why do you have to make 0:07:23.360 --> 0:07:26.400 a big to-do, pomp and circumstance that you are now 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:29.360 going back to the 10-win wagon? I dropped off the 0:07:29.380 --> 0:07:31.960 10-win wagon bone when the injuries were happening to guys 0:07:32.000 --> 0:07:34.840 in the trenches up front, the O-line injuries. the, uh, 0:07:35.120 --> 0:07:37.750 score and injury. And I went down the nine wins 0:07:37.810 --> 0:07:41.570 and I've been pretty comfortable there. Um, uh, it got, 0:07:41.590 --> 0:07:44.390 you know, after the bears game, I had to stay strong. 0:07:44.610 --> 0:07:46.950 Didn't want, didn't want to overreact. I stayed at nine wins. 0:07:47.670 --> 0:07:50.739 The way this thing appears to be coming together for me, bone, 0:07:51.260 --> 0:07:53.140 I have to, I have to jump back on the 0:07:53.140 --> 0:07:56.020 10 win wagon, whether I'm wanted there or not. I 0:07:56.080 --> 0:07:58.320 just look at the way, what a great day. Look 0:07:58.340 --> 0:08:00.980 at the way Bryce is playing. Look at the way 0:08:01.040 --> 0:08:03.830 the offense is running the football in the second half 0:08:03.890 --> 0:08:06.610 and putting games away. Look at the way T Mac 0:08:06.670 --> 0:08:08.470 and Coker are playing. Look at the way the tight 0:08:08.510 --> 0:08:11.850 end rooms coming around. They got Taylor Moten back and 0:08:11.890 --> 0:08:15.160 the offensive line had its best pass protection day in 0:08:15.300 --> 0:08:21.660 a while. And the defense, third in EPA since the 0:08:21.700 --> 0:08:24.420 horrid Bears game. And then at some point, they will 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:26.900 get even better on defense when they get Horn and 0:08:26.990 --> 0:08:30.110 Mike Jack back. And, oh, by the way, we got 0:08:30.150 --> 0:08:34.830 a game-and-a-half lead, Fitty, and our division is still dog-due. Like, 0:08:35.230 --> 0:08:38.930 is this— the 10-win wagon is the place to be, right? 0:08:39.030 --> 0:08:40.510 It most certainly is, Mac. 0:08:40.570 --> 0:08:43.360 And don't look now, but the schedule on Sunday, if 0:08:43.410 --> 0:08:48.400 Carolina could win— With the way the division falls with 0:08:48.420 --> 0:08:50.479 the other games, they could really start to get some cushion. 0:08:51.020 --> 0:08:53.040 I thought the best point you brought up is what 0:08:53.080 --> 0:08:55.180 we've seen defensively. 0:08:55.250 --> 0:08:57.330 Post week one, third in EPA. 0:08:57.870 --> 0:09:02.030 That's where my faith and my belief is because the 0:09:02.130 --> 0:09:05.270 offense is there. This is, bar none, one of the 0:09:05.390 --> 0:09:07.790 best offenses in the National Football League. 0:09:08.110 --> 0:09:09.940 They're going to put up points. They're going to put 0:09:10.000 --> 0:09:12.199 up yards week in, week out. 0:09:12.520 --> 0:09:15.040 But it's what we've seen, how that defense has responded. 0:09:15.280 --> 0:09:18.000 While still not being completely healthy, that has me feeling 0:09:18.090 --> 0:09:20.710 giddy as they get healthier. This is going to be 0:09:20.770 --> 0:09:23.970 a team that's not just competing to win a division title. 0:09:24.410 --> 0:09:27.680 I think they will compete for legitimate playoff position down 0:09:27.700 --> 0:09:28.400 the stretch of the NFC. 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:32.230 Can I say something back about the 10-win wagon? Because 0:09:32.300 --> 0:09:34.730 I am officially back also on the 10-win wagon. I 0:09:35.650 --> 0:09:38.790 was on the 9 Express there for a while. Am 0:09:38.910 --> 0:09:41.510 I wrong to think that the 11 train could also 0:09:41.530 --> 0:09:42.050 be in play here? 0:09:43.370 --> 0:09:44.250 Oh, man! 0:09:45.470 --> 0:09:48.490 You're trying to go 11 heaven? Does anyone else want 0:09:48.530 --> 0:09:50.530 to catch the 11? You've been on the 11 train, 0:09:50.610 --> 0:09:52.870 or the 11 heaven train, right? 0:09:52.910 --> 0:09:53.810 That's where I started. 0:09:53.830 --> 0:09:56.190 Remember, I dropped down to 10 because of the injuries, 0:09:56.290 --> 0:09:58.670 went back up to 11 because of fan fest. 0:09:58.750 --> 0:09:59.000 Yeah. 0:09:59.150 --> 0:10:01.760 Oh, that's what it was. I knew fan fest played 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:04.620 a role. We have dates on here. It says something, 0:10:04.640 --> 0:10:10.520 August Finney got his balls back. Then that got crossed out. Yeah, well, 0:10:10.540 --> 0:10:12.939 that's when he started dating his girlfriend. 0:10:13.220 --> 0:10:15.360 I lost those in October. 0:10:15.380 --> 0:10:17.840 Matt, can you take a photo of what the wagon 0:10:17.860 --> 0:10:19.740 looks like right now? It looks pretty messed. 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:20.840 Up right now. Yeah, we're going to have to put 0:10:20.860 --> 0:10:22.109 this up online. It survived. 0:10:22.140 --> 0:10:24.730 Much like the Panthers survived 59 points a loud bone, 0:10:24.990 --> 0:10:26.630 they survived a rough loss to Cleveland. 0:10:26.910 --> 0:10:27.730 Now they're up over 500. 0:10:27.730 --> 0:10:32.330 We found it on the side of 77 after Chicago game. 0:10:32.809 --> 0:10:34.929 Another thing I want to point out, too, is when 0:10:34.970 --> 0:10:38.490 you look at their schedule, I feel like, Bone, this 0:10:38.690 --> 0:10:42.290 super hard first place schedule, I feel like the Philly 0:10:42.309 --> 0:10:45.380 game was the first example of this. We've got teams 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:48.219 that are on this schedule that don't necessarily look as 0:10:48.300 --> 0:10:52.380 scary now as they did to start the season. I 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:57.160 would throw Tampa on that list. I would Green Bay 0:10:57.179 --> 0:10:59.730 starting to get it going. So maybe I'm trying to 0:10:59.750 --> 0:11:00.910 decide if I put them on that list. 0:11:01.290 --> 0:11:05.370 Denver, Denver's four and two, but their quarterback is getting 0:11:05.429 --> 0:11:08.130 blasted wherever you look. He is playing such bad foot, 0:11:08.610 --> 0:11:12.650 unconfident football. I would also throw in bone a team 0:11:12.690 --> 0:11:15.670 like Seattle. You know, and we don't play them for 0:11:15.690 --> 0:11:17.630 a while, so maybe they'll have it rolling by then. 0:11:18.010 --> 0:11:21.339 But I do think there are teams on this schedule 0:11:21.360 --> 0:11:24.460 where you're like, they're not as scary as we thought 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:25.099 that they would be. 0:11:25.100 --> 0:11:28.970 There's more teams on their schedule falling off than ascending, 0:11:29.010 --> 0:11:33.830 although Minnesota is one that's ascending. But there's a lot 0:11:33.970 --> 0:11:36.950 on there, even Cincinnati at home. Like, what is that? 0:11:37.590 --> 0:11:40.120 That's not an insurmountable game at the end there. So 0:11:40.320 --> 0:11:42.880 you've got Baltimore in there too. But this stretch right 0:11:42.960 --> 0:11:45.920 here is a lot more doable, and it already is 0:11:45.940 --> 0:11:48.700 with Philadelphia getting a win there, than it was Tampa 0:11:48.720 --> 0:11:51.319 Bay falling off. Green Bay's on a Thursday, so that's 0:11:51.360 --> 0:11:54.880 one of those– unpredictable type things right now, but yeah, 0:11:54.920 --> 0:11:57.670 there's a number of teams here that are nowhere near 0:11:58.030 --> 0:11:59.070 the level that we thought. 0:11:59.230 --> 0:11:59.970 No, no doubt. 0:12:00.030 --> 0:12:03.650 So do you feel this level of optimism towards the Panthers? 0:12:04.200 --> 0:12:07.260 A 704 number says, Mac, well, you guys are making 0:12:07.300 --> 0:12:09.660 great points and I feel all of it. I am 0:12:09.780 --> 0:12:13.110 as optimistic as I've been all season about the cats. 0:12:13.510 --> 0:12:15.689 The problem is, why do you have to make a 0:12:15.770 --> 0:12:19.929 big presentation, production, and to-do about it? I don't think 0:12:19.950 --> 0:12:21.600 he made a big deal about it. He just had 0:12:21.630 --> 0:12:24.700 me tease the last break. Good news, Panther fans. Mac 0:12:24.780 --> 0:12:26.679 is jumping back on the wagon. Who's with him? 0:12:26.760 --> 0:12:28.500 Is that selfish? I don't think so. 0:12:28.520 --> 0:12:30.010 You just want me to sneak up on it a 0:12:30.020 --> 0:12:32.429 little bit? You want me to whisper it? You want 0:12:32.470 --> 0:12:34.250 me to make all my points and then whisper, I'm 0:12:34.309 --> 0:12:36.990 on the 10? wind wagon now again like just yeah 0:12:37.070 --> 0:12:38.870 i just feel like i guess he feels like i'm 0:12:38.929 --> 0:12:41.170 tempting the sport the fate of the mac or the 0:12:41.210 --> 0:12:42.740 curse god's bone have heard. 0:12:42.580 --> 0:12:45.540 What i'm saying someone wants a castellanos mobile when mac 0:12:45.559 --> 0:12:47.620 tries it and someone hits a homer while he's talking 0:12:48.020 --> 0:12:49.020 like tom brenneman. 0:12:51.200 --> 0:12:52.020 Oh, my God. 0:12:52.040 --> 0:12:57.310 704-570-9610. Walk Em Down says, we're going to lose to 0:12:57.330 --> 0:12:58.130 the Bucs. 0:12:58.309 --> 0:12:59.110 Now, aren't we? 0:13:01.370 --> 0:13:04.050 I am not taking that game for granted, even though 0:13:04.070 --> 0:13:06.069 I just down-talked the Bucs a second ago, Bone. 0:13:06.380 --> 0:13:07.240 Because I do. 0:13:07.290 --> 0:13:09.760 I know they're saying that Baker will practice, but they're 0:13:09.780 --> 0:13:11.980 preparing like Jalen Daniels is going to start. 0:13:12.559 --> 0:13:13.699 I'm not sure I believe that. 0:13:13.860 --> 0:13:15.520 I think that might be a Todd Bowles bluff. 0:13:17.110 --> 0:13:18.929 I feel like it might be Baker time. At this point, 0:13:18.950 --> 0:13:21.130 Baker could be missing thumbs. He might play in this game. 0:13:21.150 --> 0:13:23.310 Baker just throw left-handed. If he can't throw with his right, 0:13:23.550 --> 0:13:26.390 he'll just throw left-handed. Looked like that's what he was 0:13:26.410 --> 0:13:29.550 doing down the stretch last year. Gas House Earl, I 0:13:29.600 --> 0:13:32.240 for one, double down with Fitty, and the 11 wins. 0:13:32.920 --> 0:13:35.260 Brian says, if you are not picking this team to 0:13:35.280 --> 0:13:38.500 win double-digit wins, now that we've seen the division and 0:13:38.600 --> 0:13:42.320 now that we've seen the Panthers play five games, you 0:13:42.480 --> 0:13:43.660 are an ignoramus. 0:13:45.100 --> 0:13:47.120 It's a great word. Very good word. 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:49.679 Matt, do you know the last time the Panthers had 0:13:49.740 --> 0:13:51.120 a three-game win streak, though? 0:13:51.980 --> 0:13:55.000 Last year. Oh, was it last year? Didn't we have 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:57.380 one last year? Was it a three-game win streak last year? 0:13:57.679 --> 0:14:00.360 Was it Miami-Dallas Jets? Is that the three? Was that 0:14:00.380 --> 0:14:00.740 in a row? 0:14:00.960 --> 0:14:02.939 Yeah, they went from one and three to four and three. 0:14:02.960 --> 0:14:05.719 Because right here it has 2021 when they started 3-0 0:14:05.980 --> 0:14:08.780 with Darnold, and that's when I got forced to take 0:14:08.820 --> 0:14:11.040 a week off because I wasn't taking my vacation days. 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:13.160 Terry Fox said he got to go home for a week. 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:15.520 And that's when Willie P filled in and they won 0:14:15.540 --> 0:14:17.260 like two games the rest of the season. Hey, guys. 0:14:17.400 --> 0:14:19.330 So should we not let is the moral of the story? 0:14:19.370 --> 0:14:21.970 Don't let Willie on the air later today at nine o'clock. 0:14:21.990 --> 0:14:25.110 Keep me protected if they win this weekend. You have 0:14:25.150 --> 0:14:26.770 to be on the show, though, and then we're safe. 0:14:26.790 --> 0:14:26.990 Yes. 0:14:27.190 --> 0:14:29.310 It's not just a Willie airtime thing. It's a Willie 0:14:29.390 --> 0:14:30.170 filling in for you. 0:14:30.250 --> 0:14:30.490 Yes. 0:14:30.810 --> 0:14:33.150 OK, well, note to selves, we won't do that. 0:14:34.370 --> 0:14:34.570 No. 0:14:34.610 --> 0:14:37.410 Last year, I think it was right, Finney. 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:41.640 What was that? It was the games I mentioned, right? 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:44.940 Or am I remembering? Am I misremembering? You're right, because 0:14:45.000 --> 0:14:47.400 it was October 5th, 12th, and 19th. I don't know why. 0:14:47.420 --> 0:14:51.400 It was during the Rico Dowdle boom. Rico went freako. 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:54.540 I don't know why it didn't pop up. This is 0:14:54.600 --> 0:14:56.640 why you don't trust the internet, folks. 0:14:56.840 --> 0:14:57.340 We don't trust it. 0:14:57.340 --> 0:14:59.220 For people to think AI is going to take all 0:14:59.300 --> 0:15:01.560 our jobs, I give you that right there. All right? 0:15:01.680 --> 0:15:02.180 Seriously. 0:15:02.260 --> 0:15:02.920 Pop it up, baby. 0:15:03.160 --> 0:15:05.140 You think you could get AI to come on here 0:15:05.160 --> 0:15:07.260 and make this many mistakes on the Airbone? 0:15:07.590 --> 0:15:11.090 And curse local sports teams? No. That can only be 0:15:11.150 --> 0:15:14.370 done by real live humans. Let's see here. 0:15:14.530 --> 0:15:17.770 App State, Zach, if we beat Tampa, we would have 0:15:17.810 --> 0:15:20.070 to go 6-5 to get to 10 wins. 0:15:20.130 --> 0:15:23.100 Lock it up. 10-win wagon is happening. 0:15:23.100 --> 0:15:27.820 704 number says Bryce's aura is so elevated that he 0:15:27.900 --> 0:15:33.000 transcends the Mac curse. That is Matthews D.G., Ooh, we're 0:15:33.040 --> 0:15:33.740 tempting it though. 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:38.240 We're tempting the Matt curse now. Oh man. I just, 0:15:38.400 --> 0:15:40.729 I like the, um, I like the positivity. 0:15:40.750 --> 0:15:44.670 This dude says with an Avero defense missing two corners, 0:15:44.710 --> 0:15:46.700 y'all are talking way too bold. 0:15:46.720 --> 0:15:48.500 What would you say to that? 0:15:48.560 --> 0:15:48.820 Boney? 0:15:51.100 --> 0:15:55.580 I think that's misinformed because you're focusing on just the 0:15:55.640 --> 0:15:56.260 first game. 0:15:56.300 --> 0:15:57.550 Have they been perfect? No. 0:15:58.010 --> 0:16:00.450 But like a bad test score, take it out of there. 0:16:00.810 --> 0:16:03.410 And their defense has been just fine since the first 0:16:03.430 --> 0:16:05.800 game of the season. They shut down to a certain extent. 0:16:05.840 --> 0:16:08.580 Bijon didn't get them. Gibbs did nothing like we thought 0:16:08.620 --> 0:16:10.600 he was going to do. And as I said on Monday, 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:12.540 what did Saquon Barkley do in that game? 0:16:12.640 --> 0:16:14.780 Nothing. Zero yards. 0:16:14.880 --> 0:16:16.880 I don't know if you've heard me say this stat 0:16:16.920 --> 0:16:20.140 in the last four minutes, but third in total EPA 0:16:20.180 --> 0:16:23.690 and EPA per play on defense bone since that first game. 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:27.600 You know, and I saw this. This was juicy. 0:16:28.100 --> 0:16:30.620 So they put out, and this is way too early, obviously, 0:16:30.920 --> 0:16:33.620 but they put out what the playoff matchups would be, Bone, 0:16:33.840 --> 0:16:37.340 if the season ended today. And it would be Panthers 0:16:37.420 --> 0:16:40.620 as the three seed hosting the Bears. And it's like, 0:16:40.680 --> 0:16:44.260 give me that. Give me that damn rematch. Give me 0:16:44.320 --> 0:16:46.700 this defense with a chance to avenge one of the 0:16:46.800 --> 0:16:50.420 most embarrassing days that I've ever seen for our defense. 0:16:51.020 --> 0:16:53.410 Yeah, I'm with you. Bring on the Bears. I would 0:16:53.430 --> 0:16:55.810 tell you. You're saying no? Huh? No, I said bring 0:16:55.830 --> 0:16:58.350 them on. That didn't sound very confident. Very confident. Didn't 0:16:58.390 --> 0:16:59.630 sound very daddy-like over there. 0:16:59.650 --> 0:17:00.000 Very confident. 0:17:00.010 --> 0:17:00.630 What are you talking about? 0:17:00.720 --> 0:17:01.400 All right. 0:17:01.440 --> 0:17:04.260 Bring them on, baby. You got some issues over there. 0:17:04.320 --> 0:17:06.120 I have no fear of the Bears. Okay, good, good. 0:17:06.140 --> 0:17:07.900 That's what I want you. I don't fear. I fear 0:17:07.940 --> 0:17:11.900 no man. I fear no Bear. Not even Bear Bachmeier. 0:17:11.960 --> 0:17:13.090 That's better. That's better. 0:17:13.270 --> 0:17:17.109 When we come back, I'm a little timid about the Bears, 0:17:17.250 --> 0:17:18.169 but I don't fear that. 0:17:18.230 --> 0:17:19.129 A little bit. A little bit. 0:17:20.109 --> 0:17:22.369 We saw the first game. When we come back with 0:17:22.410 --> 0:17:26.440 the Panthers, with the Hornets season starting tonight, we have 0:17:26.520 --> 0:17:30.520 noticed the Lomelo trade is still killing many of the 0:17:30.580 --> 0:17:31.660 bug fan vibes. 0:17:31.760 --> 0:17:33.879 We get into that topic. Sports Radio 92.7 WFNZ. 0:17:52.060 --> 0:17:58.379 The Hornets trading LaMelo. It's just another one of the 0:17:58.440 --> 0:18:02.620 bad decisions that the Hornets always make. Like, they just 0:18:02.720 --> 0:18:04.820 can't seem to get their decision. And they got new 0:18:04.880 --> 0:18:08.180 ownership now, so I don't want to blame, you know, 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:13.889 new ownership. They're just taking... But, like, trading LaMelo, I 0:18:14.090 --> 0:18:16.810 didn't quite understand that one. And especially, like. 0:18:18.770 --> 0:18:21.600 It's finally started to seem like they're starting to figure 0:18:21.630 --> 0:18:22.820 it out. You know, the beginning. 0:18:22.890 --> 0:18:24.840 How much did you care about Charlotte? 0:18:25.540 --> 0:18:27.939 Like I was so invested. 0:18:28.300 --> 0:18:30.300 Everyone was because it's fun. 0:18:30.359 --> 0:18:30.960 It's young. 0:18:31.040 --> 0:18:36.500 It's like, it's just wild, you know? And so where 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:40.200 it's like, they finally built some momentum, right? Like, oh man, 0:18:40.220 --> 0:18:42.500 they get to the play in. You start to see 0:18:42.540 --> 0:18:47.660 these young guys come together. Boom. Send LaMelo out. That 0:18:47.680 --> 0:18:50.379 just sent them back another three to four years, at least. 0:18:52.859 --> 0:18:57.160 That is Draymond Green on the Draymond Green Show podcast. 0:18:57.200 --> 0:19:00.750 Taylor Rooks is there as well with him. One of 0:19:00.790 --> 0:19:05.109 those people is amazing. That would be Taylor Rooks. Spoiler alert. 0:19:05.560 --> 0:19:07.100 Absolutely amazing. 0:19:07.119 --> 0:19:10.760 We have played three regular season games in the NBA, 0:19:10.800 --> 0:19:12.600 and I'm tired of Draymond Green already. 0:19:12.880 --> 0:19:16.010 But Draymond is not going to help. It's a perfect 0:19:16.050 --> 0:19:18.869 lead into this segment. And Bone made a comment while 0:19:18.910 --> 0:19:22.369 that clip was playing. Bone says people who have hated 0:19:22.450 --> 0:19:25.210 Draymond Green for years— are all of a sudden going 0:19:25.230 --> 0:19:28.580 to text us now and say, Draymond's right. 0:19:28.660 --> 0:19:30.080 Draymond's all over it. 0:19:31.300 --> 0:19:33.900 I just want to say that is the same Draymond 0:19:33.940 --> 0:19:39.180 Greenbone that right before we started our hot run last 0:19:39.240 --> 0:19:41.969 year in the final two-thirds of the season declared that 0:19:42.010 --> 0:19:43.210 we are blatantly tanking. 0:19:44.369 --> 0:19:48.010 And look what they did right after those comments. Also, Draymond, 0:19:48.070 --> 0:19:49.950 I'm not so sure your team's not tanking. 0:19:50.000 --> 0:19:51.740 Anymore. I mean, that's the thing. 0:19:52.000 --> 0:19:56.500 You're not exactly in your dynasty anymore. You are the 0:19:56.560 --> 0:19:58.720 old guys at the home that still think you're good 0:19:58.740 --> 0:19:59.389 from 20 years ago. 0:19:59.460 --> 0:20:01.520 Old guys at the Y showing up, want to run, 0:20:01.600 --> 0:20:03.260 and they get that smoke from the young bucks and 0:20:03.280 --> 0:20:04.440 lose by 20. 0:20:04.440 --> 0:20:07.350 Like, that's a good point. You're not even really a 0:20:07.380 --> 0:20:09.850 postseason team anymore. You might get into the play, and 0:20:09.869 --> 0:20:10.310 that's about it. 0:20:10.310 --> 0:20:10.389 Yeah. 0:20:12.130 --> 0:20:15.110 That reminds me of Steph Curry's reaction at the presser 0:20:15.130 --> 0:20:18.669 at Media Day when they informed him that they are 0:20:18.730 --> 0:20:21.270 picked to maybe make the play in and he couldn't 0:20:21.290 --> 0:20:24.030 believe it. It's like someone send a memo to these guys. 0:20:24.070 --> 0:20:25.390 But anyway, listen. 0:20:28.210 --> 0:20:28.619 I get it. 0:20:28.690 --> 0:20:32.020 Draymond's got a lot of respect for LaMelo. Anybody that's 0:20:32.060 --> 0:20:35.220 played against LaMelo, I always loved guys that respected his game, 0:20:35.240 --> 0:20:38.460 would stand up for him when he was maligned. But 0:20:38.700 --> 0:20:41.359 I don't think Draymond is looking at the big picture 0:20:41.400 --> 0:20:45.000 of the franchise here. And that's what Schlotkin want to do. 0:20:45.060 --> 0:20:47.500 That's what Jeff Peterson gets paid to do. And the 0:20:47.540 --> 0:20:50.240 LaMelo decision was a big picture, long game. 0:20:51.260 --> 0:20:52.020 Um, move. 0:20:52.300 --> 0:20:54.920 It was not a, yeah. If Draymond's trying to say, yeah, 0:20:54.940 --> 0:20:58.370 they just made themselves worse. I'm not disagreeing. I don't 0:20:58.410 --> 0:21:01.530 expect this team to be as good without lamello ball, 0:21:01.890 --> 0:21:05.010 but my hope is bone that down the line, everybody 0:21:05.030 --> 0:21:06.550 will see that's what they were doing. 0:21:06.750 --> 0:21:08.210 You know what I mean? That that's my hope. 0:21:08.350 --> 0:21:10.710 You know, on the flip side, LeBron James has been 0:21:10.770 --> 0:21:12.669 heavily praising the Hornets the last couple of weeks. 0:21:12.690 --> 0:21:13.409 That's a good point. 0:21:13.490 --> 0:21:15.970 So while Draymond's been negative and mag, a guy we 0:21:16.020 --> 0:21:17.820 always trust with his words is LeBron James. 0:21:18.359 --> 0:21:20.560 Praising the Hornets. Now we're going to do what the 0:21:20.600 --> 0:21:23.240 Draymond haters are doing. We're going to now say we're 0:21:23.340 --> 0:21:23.820 with LeBron. 0:21:23.840 --> 0:21:28.199 LeBron's talked on Miller and Khan and unsolicited. It was 0:21:28.220 --> 0:21:30.979 solicited from the standpoint of what young team are you 0:21:31.000 --> 0:21:33.179 looking at that you like the way they're building and whatever. 0:21:33.600 --> 0:21:36.080 He's brought up the Hornets I think twice now. 0:21:36.180 --> 0:21:38.340 I thought the one that was viral yesterday was the 0:21:38.400 --> 0:21:39.820 same one from last week. 0:21:39.859 --> 0:21:41.439 This is a different one. Was it a different one? 0:21:41.480 --> 0:21:43.740 You might be right though. I thought it was a 0:21:43.780 --> 0:21:48.110 different one. Now that you've I saw the one two 0:21:48.140 --> 0:21:49.590 weeks ago, and I don't know why it came back 0:21:49.650 --> 0:21:49.970 up again. 0:21:50.030 --> 0:21:53.530 I think it might be Hornets Reddit. If you want 0:21:53.570 --> 0:21:55.129 to hear what people are saying about. 0:21:54.869 --> 0:21:57.350 Hornets Reddit, it's amazing. They're asking LeBron what young teams. 0:21:57.430 --> 0:21:59.400 Oh, that's different, because the other one was during their 0:22:00.320 --> 0:22:01.900 season preview of teams and stuff. 0:22:01.920 --> 0:22:02.340 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 0:22:02.540 --> 0:22:05.119 So yeah, he's talking about Brandon Miller and Conby and 0:22:05.140 --> 0:22:08.540 potential all-stars. He can't say enough about the impact Nas 0:22:08.580 --> 0:22:11.720 Reid will have from a leadership and production standpoint on 0:22:11.740 --> 0:22:16.330 this team. We've got to talk through this LaMelo thing 0:22:16.369 --> 0:22:18.609 with everybody. And I don't want to act like a 0:22:18.730 --> 0:22:22.430 jerk about like, because I didn't like the LaMelo trade initially. 0:22:22.510 --> 0:22:24.630 I think we are taking a step back a bit 0:22:24.670 --> 0:22:26.570 of one, not a huge one in the here and now. 0:22:27.810 --> 0:22:29.169 But I have kind of moved on. 0:22:29.450 --> 0:22:31.390 I've come to terms with it, Bone, over the last 0:22:31.410 --> 0:22:34.129 handful of months with here's where we are. This is 0:22:34.190 --> 0:22:38.250 what our management has done. I can see the rationale 0:22:38.310 --> 0:22:40.590 in it, even if I'm kind of bummed that we're 0:22:40.630 --> 0:22:44.149 not running back last year's fun team. So I don't 0:22:44.190 --> 0:22:46.050 want to act like, but I don't want to act like, 0:22:46.390 --> 0:22:48.230 why are y'all not over it? I was kind of 0:22:48.250 --> 0:22:53.570 surprised yesterday, Bone, that our Brandon Miller topic about his 0:22:53.609 --> 0:22:57.050 contract turned into, Why the hell are we paying him 0:22:57.070 --> 0:22:58.990 and we couldn't keep Lomelo and that sort of stuff? 0:22:59.680 --> 0:23:04.140 What would you say to fans, Bone, about like. 0:23:05.359 --> 0:23:08.040 What would you say to fans that are just hung up? 0:23:08.180 --> 0:23:09.679 It's not the right words. I don't want to act 0:23:09.720 --> 0:23:13.520 like I'm insulting or I don't understand why you would 0:23:13.600 --> 0:23:18.560 still be bothered that the fan favorite and our, you know, 0:23:19.040 --> 0:23:21.020 star point guard is gone. But like, what would you 0:23:21.060 --> 0:23:23.520 say to fans that that's, they can't get past it 0:23:23.619 --> 0:23:24.140 as a season? 0:23:24.160 --> 0:23:27.040 I understand that they viewed that while we think anyway, 0:23:27.060 --> 0:23:30.620 that they viewed the Hornets as having a ceiling with mellow, 0:23:30.680 --> 0:23:33.439 that maybe they couldn't ultimately get past because whether it be, 0:23:34.280 --> 0:23:37.859 style of play health, whatever it is that they're trying 0:23:37.900 --> 0:23:40.619 to build a team that can not just compete in 0:23:40.660 --> 0:23:43.290 the play-in, but can go into a series in the 0:23:43.369 --> 0:23:46.590 Eastern conference. It can be like Orlando has started to 0:23:46.609 --> 0:23:48.869 be the last couple of years to be a team 0:23:48.910 --> 0:23:51.730 that's in series. And I, I, I know that fans 0:23:51.750 --> 0:23:54.490 will get mad when we say the word patience because 0:23:54.520 --> 0:23:57.180 of what this franchise has been for the last 42 years. However, 0:23:57.720 --> 0:24:01.020 I do think in this particular team, if they're not 0:24:01.100 --> 0:24:03.709 what they were last year, if they have less wins, 0:24:04.350 --> 0:24:07.290 stay the course still because... Because it's not only about 0:24:07.330 --> 0:24:09.350 the now. They are building for the future. I know 0:24:09.369 --> 0:24:11.689 fans don't want to hear that. But Weatherman Mark is 0:24:11.710 --> 0:24:13.149 going nuts on the text line right now. 0:24:13.170 --> 0:24:13.470 Oh, no. 0:24:13.570 --> 0:24:16.630 About firing Jeff Peterson and all. I say this. 0:24:17.170 --> 0:24:20.300 Let this man cook because he's done nothing but earn 0:24:20.320 --> 0:24:22.420 my trust. Weatherman Mark is freaking out right now, by 0:24:22.430 --> 0:24:25.879 the way. His timbers are shivered. His turbines are spinning. 0:24:27.670 --> 0:24:30.960 But he's Mr. Positive, though, remember? Weatherman Mark gets mad 0:24:31.000 --> 0:24:34.520 if he's negative, right? It's a wonder Peterson didn't trade Miller. 0:24:34.540 --> 0:24:39.400 KB, KB. Oh, he's so disheveled he forgot who you are. 0:24:40.060 --> 0:24:42.640 He thinks Peterson's going to get fired if they don't 0:24:42.660 --> 0:24:43.740 win over 25 games. 0:24:43.760 --> 0:24:44.820 Oh, my gosh. 0:24:45.400 --> 0:24:48.879 This is what ownership wants him to do. Ownership's on 0:24:48.960 --> 0:24:52.680 board with this way of building. Chris from the Tray 0:24:52.680 --> 0:24:55.250 4 says, we literally went into every season saying, if 0:24:55.310 --> 0:24:58.310 Lomelo is healthy, we'll be fine. See, I don't know 0:24:58.330 --> 0:25:00.629 what his point is on that. Is his point that 0:25:01.070 --> 0:25:03.250 now that we don't have Lomelo at all, we're screwed? 0:25:03.970 --> 0:25:06.670 Or is his point that, because I think it's amazing 0:25:07.170 --> 0:25:10.570 the way people seem to now believe that now that 0:25:10.609 --> 0:25:14.600 Lomelo is in Minnesota, he will never have an injury again. Like, 0:25:15.240 --> 0:25:17.659 a big reason why LaMelo was healthy last year for 0:25:17.680 --> 0:25:19.689 the stretch he was healthy for, Bone, is because we 0:25:19.730 --> 0:25:23.390 had him on a minutes restriction. You think the Timberwolves, 0:25:23.450 --> 0:25:24.810 after all they gave up to get him, are going 0:25:24.830 --> 0:25:26.510 to have him on a minutes restriction? 0:25:26.510 --> 0:25:27.190 28 minutes or less? 0:25:27.210 --> 0:25:29.540 They're going to ask him to go deep into the playoffs. 0:25:29.560 --> 0:25:30.980 And is he going to last that long? That's the 0:25:31.000 --> 0:25:31.560 question about it. 0:25:31.600 --> 0:25:32.080 I don't know. 0:25:32.420 --> 0:25:35.840 And I don't, again, I am of the, like, I 0:25:35.880 --> 0:25:38.740 want LaMelo to do great. And I want us to 0:25:38.780 --> 0:25:41.919 do great. But I realize if LaMelo does great and 0:25:41.940 --> 0:25:45.060 stays healthy, everybody's going to throw it back into the Hornets' faces. 0:25:45.140 --> 0:25:47.570 But I wish him the best. But let's not act 0:25:47.609 --> 0:25:51.170 like there's not still serious health questions with him. John says, 0:25:51.450 --> 0:25:55.350 we traded the injury-plagued guy, he's using injury-plagued in air quotes, 0:25:55.930 --> 0:25:58.330 only to see the guys that we need to step 0:25:58.510 --> 0:25:59.209 up injured. 0:26:00.270 --> 0:26:00.790 It is true. 0:26:00.850 --> 0:26:03.129 We've got no Kobe right now for tonight. We've got 0:26:03.170 --> 0:26:05.970 no Khan and no Grant Williams tonight. They did start 0:26:06.010 --> 0:26:08.790 individual work. They are doing that. So hopefully it'll be 0:26:08.869 --> 0:26:12.670 sooner rather than later for those guys. But it still 0:26:12.690 --> 0:26:15.110 doesn't mean that there's not an injury scare with LaMelo 0:26:15.130 --> 0:26:16.550 just because we got three guys hurt now. 0:26:17.760 --> 0:26:19.100 You know, it's still very real. 0:26:20.600 --> 0:26:25.980 This is this is hurting into just someone. Barron said whether. 0:26:27.540 --> 0:26:30.889 Weatherman Mark is getting destroyed on the text line. Weatherman Mark, 0:26:31.450 --> 0:26:32.990 go eat a Werther's and chill out. 0:26:35.190 --> 0:26:36.149 Damn, Marky. 0:26:36.369 --> 0:26:37.530 Why are Werther's. 0:26:37.190 --> 0:26:38.910 Catching a stray? That's an elite candy. 0:26:39.310 --> 0:26:40.229 It's a tremendous candy. 0:26:40.390 --> 0:26:42.300 Isn't that an old man candy? My Uncle Augie used 0:26:42.320 --> 0:26:43.980 to pass those out like they were candy. Isn't that 0:26:44.040 --> 0:26:45.100 old man candy, though? 0:26:45.140 --> 0:26:45.720 They were candy. 0:26:46.060 --> 0:26:47.679 What's the matter, Mac? I still eat it. 0:26:47.820 --> 0:26:50.320 I just feel like, what else do you do? Suck 0:26:50.359 --> 0:26:53.230 on butterscotch? I have a question, Mac. 0:26:53.290 --> 0:26:53.950 We are old men. 0:26:55.990 --> 0:26:59.030 I'm the oldest of the bunch. Fitty is definitely not old. 0:26:59.450 --> 0:27:01.330 I did not expect someone at 30 to be into 0:27:01.350 --> 0:27:02.760 the Werthers yet. You are about to be in your 0:27:02.800 --> 0:27:04.360 Werthers generation. 0:27:04.400 --> 0:27:06.879 When I would go visit my grandparents in Tennessee, when 0:27:06.900 --> 0:27:09.740 I'd walk in the doormat, my grandfather, that's how he'd 0:27:09.780 --> 0:27:10.109 greet you. 0:27:10.119 --> 0:27:12.550 He'd just throw a Werthers at you. Every time you 0:27:12.590 --> 0:27:14.310 walked into the room, he had it in his shirt pocket. 0:27:14.350 --> 0:27:15.310 Throw it at you. 0:27:15.890 --> 0:27:17.540 If I'm allowed to throw it at Fitty, if I'm 0:27:17.560 --> 0:27:19.140 now allowed to throw an object at Fitty, I might 0:27:19.180 --> 0:27:19.640 buy some more. 0:27:19.660 --> 0:27:21.720 It's shocking that you throw these hands back. You say 0:27:21.740 --> 0:27:24.420 it was your grandpa, Fitty? Yes, sir. Fitty's grandpa threw 0:27:24.440 --> 0:27:25.480 him candy like he was a seal. 0:27:28.200 --> 0:27:31.179 Panther West says LaMelo wasn't a true professional like the 0:27:31.220 --> 0:27:35.740 other two guys. LaMelo and his family are immature. All right, 0:27:35.780 --> 0:27:37.560 I'm not sure we need to, even though there was 0:27:37.600 --> 0:27:40.850 an issue. There was an issue there with the mother 0:27:41.010 --> 0:27:43.230 of his children. But anyway, we won't go there. As 0:27:43.270 --> 0:27:45.030 far as LaMelo, yeah, I said it the other day. 0:27:45.530 --> 0:27:48.470 And I'm trying not to do a lot of LaMelo slander, 0:27:48.530 --> 0:27:51.010 although I do want to point out he was not 0:27:51.090 --> 0:27:54.560 some perfect basketball player. I just, you know, he was 0:27:54.760 --> 0:27:57.600 extremely important. I didn't want him to be traded. But 0:27:57.640 --> 0:27:59.100 I can see why they can do it. I can 0:27:59.160 --> 0:28:02.680 see why they would view Brandon Miller and Conn Knipple 0:28:02.760 --> 0:28:06.130 as cornerstones to build around when they pre-chorn its DNA. 0:28:06.770 --> 0:28:07.930 You know what I mean? 0:28:08.750 --> 0:28:11.130 I could see why those guys or guys at this 0:28:11.230 --> 0:28:12.830 front office would prefer. 0:28:12.560 --> 0:28:13.160 To build around. 0:28:13.840 --> 0:28:16.560 Weatherman Mark wants to know now why he's being called negative. 0:28:20.150 --> 0:28:23.490 I mean, he's sending scathing stuff by Jeff Peterson. I said, 0:28:23.530 --> 0:28:24.070 there's Mr. 0:28:24.170 --> 0:28:24.710 Upbeat again. 0:28:24.840 --> 0:28:27.480 And now he wants to know why he's called negative. 0:28:27.520 --> 0:28:30.380 Just because he's got a differing opinion. It's because you're, you're, 0:28:30.420 --> 0:28:33.540 you're trying to fire Jeff Peterson and you're not understanding 0:28:33.560 --> 0:28:36.739 the collection of assets, the trade ship, the money. It's 0:28:36.820 --> 0:28:39.580 more than just the mellow trade. You have to focus 0:28:39.700 --> 0:28:42.220 on in this league, what they have to work with 0:28:42.260 --> 0:28:45.280 going forward and not just the immediate trades that they, 0:28:45.340 --> 0:28:48.300 I understand why people do. But there's a long game 0:28:48.360 --> 0:28:51.090 here that Peterson has. That's what I'm trying to explain, 0:28:51.110 --> 0:28:52.310 and it's not working out too well. 0:28:52.350 --> 0:28:55.010 Weatherman Mark now says, tell that texture to go back 0:28:55.070 --> 0:29:00.650 in his mama's basement and suck his thumb. Mother Man 0:29:00.670 --> 0:29:04.530 Mark getting feisty, baby. All right, we're talking about... Just 0:29:04.590 --> 0:29:07.450 brutal words from Mother Man Mark. We're talking about the 0:29:07.670 --> 0:29:10.030 angst that is in Bug Nation right now as they 0:29:10.050 --> 0:29:13.490 get ready to open the season against Brooklyn tonight on 0:29:13.510 --> 0:29:16.690 the road, 7.30, tip 6.30 pregame here on the station 0:29:16.710 --> 0:29:17.650 with Bone and KB. 0:29:18.250 --> 0:29:21.010 And, you know, are you over it? Are you past it? 0:29:21.030 --> 0:29:23.070 And if not, why? We're trying to talk through this 0:29:23.110 --> 0:29:27.010 whole thing. This dude says, if Mack and Bone expect me... 0:29:27.730 --> 0:29:31.020 to just move on before they even play a game 0:29:31.060 --> 0:29:34.860 that counts without my favorite player ever, then you got 0:29:34.900 --> 0:29:37.560 another thing coming. I, that's why I tried to say, 0:29:37.640 --> 0:29:39.300 I'm not trying to talk down to y'all. 0:29:39.320 --> 0:29:41.960 I'm not trying to like yell and be like, this 0:29:42.020 --> 0:29:42.840 is ridiculous. 0:29:42.860 --> 0:29:45.820 Get with the program. Like I completely understand it. I 0:29:45.860 --> 0:29:49.470 do now have a been taken a backbone by the 0:29:49.550 --> 0:29:52.690 amount of it. I kind of thought more people kind 0:29:52.730 --> 0:29:55.150 of calm themselves down and said, let's give this a chance. 0:29:55.950 --> 0:30:00.740 But clearly that's not the case. But I do understand it. 0:30:00.780 --> 0:30:02.840 It would be disingenuous if I get on here and 0:30:02.900 --> 0:30:06.100 act like it's not normal emotions to feel. 0:30:06.620 --> 0:30:07.180 You know what I mean? 0:30:07.200 --> 0:30:09.760 But I just think you've got to look at Kobe White. 0:30:09.820 --> 0:30:11.460 Look at those numbers when he was on the floor 0:30:11.520 --> 0:30:15.370 on offense. We finally found a guy, Bone, that you 0:30:15.410 --> 0:30:19.190 can sit LaMelo down and not drop off a cliff offensively. 0:30:19.250 --> 0:30:19.610 We did. 0:30:20.830 --> 0:30:23.090 There's a lot of advice coming in for Weatherman Mark 0:30:23.130 --> 0:30:25.510 right now. Panther Bo said, go take a sip of 0:30:25.570 --> 0:30:26.610 a Vernon's ginger ale. 0:30:26.950 --> 0:30:32.550 Calm down. Oh, man. Let's see here. 0:30:32.630 --> 0:30:38.070 Richie says, hope y'all keep this energy when we're 30 0:30:38.070 --> 0:30:43.390 games under 500. See, I just don't understand that. I 0:30:43.490 --> 0:30:47.560 do understand the, you know, we traded LaMelo. And the 0:30:48.660 --> 0:30:51.740 thing that really does it, Bone, is... Hornets fans loved 0:30:51.800 --> 0:30:54.740 last year's run. They loved that team. They wanted to 0:30:54.820 --> 0:30:56.720 build on last year's team. I wanted to build on 0:30:56.760 --> 0:30:59.900 last year's team. 0:30:59.980 --> 0:31:00.520 It brought out. 0:31:00.480 --> 0:31:03.140 Emotions in Hornets fans' bones that they hadn't felt in years. 0:31:03.980 --> 0:31:06.260 And to all of a sudden just take LaMelo out 0:31:06.300 --> 0:31:10.350 of it. I get it, man. I understand that feeling. 0:31:10.660 --> 0:31:15.100 What I don't understand is people that think this group... Again, 0:31:15.220 --> 0:31:18.080 if they get totally injury ravaged, that's one thing. But 0:31:18.100 --> 0:31:20.920 like for Richie to say when we're under 30 games 0:31:21.000 --> 0:31:24.740 under 500, I don't understand why y'all think this group 0:31:24.780 --> 0:31:25.780 would be that bad. 0:31:26.240 --> 0:31:32.240 Like Kobe, Khan, Miller, Nas, and... Veterans and rookies. And Moussa. 0:31:32.300 --> 0:31:32.440 Yeah. 0:31:32.500 --> 0:31:36.080 And Moussa, right there. That starting lineup is damn good. 0:31:36.680 --> 0:31:39.420 Last year's starting lineup, Bone, was one of the most 0:31:39.500 --> 0:31:42.820 efficient in the NBA. If not the most efficient, I think, 0:31:42.840 --> 0:31:46.080 when they played... This year's starting lineup, I don't expect 0:31:46.100 --> 0:31:49.700 to be much of a drop-off because Nas is better 0:31:49.880 --> 0:31:50.900 than Bridges. 0:31:51.860 --> 0:31:55.740 And I think, again, the offense still functioned. 0:31:55.760 --> 0:31:57.530 It was a different way of playing point guard, but 0:31:57.570 --> 0:31:59.870 it still functioned at a really high level with Kobe 0:31:59.900 --> 0:32:00.350 last year. 0:32:00.670 --> 0:32:03.590 And then you throw in Bone the Depth. that this 0:32:03.630 --> 0:32:04.130 team has. 0:32:04.370 --> 0:32:04.450 Yeah. 0:32:04.470 --> 0:32:06.870 And they've also, they've got young pieces. They've got veterans. 0:32:06.910 --> 0:32:07.469 They're there. 0:32:08.050 --> 0:32:10.830 They've got multiple things going on here. They're trying to 0:32:10.890 --> 0:32:14.510 stay competitive now by also building for the future. And that's, 0:32:15.310 --> 0:32:18.490 that's important to, to recognize there. When we come back 0:32:18.540 --> 0:32:22.260 here on the Mac and bone show, it's random crap. 0:32:22.280 --> 0:32:26.140 We have a bra that is $ 50 million. Well, Braun 0:32:26.160 --> 0:32:29.760 versus the Nick fans last night, Jay Z with an 0:32:29.820 --> 0:32:32.890 announcement of who will do the Superbowl halftime show. And Jay, 0:32:33.350 --> 0:32:36.490 Do we really need a Star Wars Super Bowl alt cast? 0:32:37.210 --> 0:32:41.340 Nerds Unite on Sports Radio, 92.7 WFNZ. Or what they 0:32:41.360 --> 0:32:43.140 call a new 50 nerd. I just meant Star Wars, 0:32:43.160 --> 0:32:44.920 like fans in general. 0:32:44.940 --> 0:32:45.540 Like, unite. 0:32:49.020 --> 0:32:52.940 Random crap, random crap, Mac and Bone talk, random crap, 0:32:53.400 --> 0:32:58.830 random crap, random crap, Mac and Bone talk, random crap, random, 0:32:58.930 --> 0:33:05.800 random crap, random crap, random crap. What the? 0:33:06.280 --> 0:33:10.220 Deuce oh crap oh crap we stink like a baby's 0:33:10.280 --> 0:33:12.460 blowout infested diaper. 0:33:12.370 --> 0:33:15.150 They talk about crap that is random it's the queen 0:33:15.170 --> 0:33:20.350 city's favorite morning tandem mac and bone random crap mac and. 0:33:20.290 --> 0:33:26.660 Bone it's time to have a little fun here with 0:33:26.700 --> 0:33:29.740 some random crap and then the p-man joins us coming 0:33:29.820 --> 0:33:34.050 up at eight o'clock Speaking of crap, 9 o'clock. 0:33:34.550 --> 0:33:37.070 Oh, daddy, yes. Love you, Willie. 0:33:37.090 --> 0:33:38.550 Get out of here! We'll see what he thinks about 0:33:38.590 --> 0:33:41.959 this Hornets team and the angst that's out there in 0:33:42.000 --> 0:33:44.640 Bug Nation. Still over to LaMelo Move. I do want 0:33:44.660 --> 0:33:46.680 to point this out. If you want to take the 0:33:46.720 --> 0:33:49.040 fam or if you and three other buddies want to 0:33:49.060 --> 0:33:52.850 head out to the Hornets Hawks home opener on Friday, 0:33:52.950 --> 0:33:55.950 we got a four-pack of tickets for you right now. 0:33:56.710 --> 0:34:00.010 All you got to do is text the word Hawks 0:34:00.030 --> 0:34:04.570 to 704-570-9610. Text in Hawks and you'll be registered to 0:34:04.610 --> 0:34:07.680 win the family four pack for the home opener Friday. 0:34:07.720 --> 0:34:10.540 Tonight's the opener on the road. Friday will be the 0:34:10.580 --> 0:34:14.000 home opener against Atlanta. Is weatherman Mark still active or 0:34:14.060 --> 0:34:14.899 is something else now? 0:34:14.940 --> 0:34:18.120 We have a jerk tweeter today, Matt, not a texter 0:34:19.020 --> 0:34:20.720 that was coming after me this morning. 0:34:20.940 --> 0:34:25.650 And the flounder dog woke up early. for a little. 0:34:25.890 --> 0:34:29.430 Flounder for a little scrap. It involved Duke talk. Flounder 0:34:29.489 --> 0:34:31.890 stepping up and annihilating this guy. 0:34:31.950 --> 0:34:32.370 I love it. 0:34:32.390 --> 0:34:34.760 Flounder hates Duke, and he's like, let those boys talk 0:34:34.820 --> 0:34:35.569 Duke if they want to. 0:34:35.610 --> 0:34:38.239 What would you say the amount of Duke-Tennessee talk was today? 0:34:38.360 --> 0:34:39.520 Two and a half minutes, maybe? 0:34:39.600 --> 0:34:43.140 No, it's got to be more than that. Three minutes? Six, 0:34:43.180 --> 0:34:44.020 maybe five. 0:34:44.160 --> 0:34:46.640 It wasn't that long, though. They probably deserve more, honestly. 0:34:46.660 --> 0:34:47.839 It was only like 6.10 to 6.13 or 14 minutes. 0:34:51.170 --> 0:34:55.180 This guy, Hornet Panther 42. Pretty impressive. You guys are 0:34:55.200 --> 0:34:57.879 talking about a Duke preseason win to a team that 0:34:57.920 --> 0:35:00.640 lost by double digits to Xavier for the entire first 0:35:00.660 --> 0:35:03.989 half of the show. Entire first hour, half hour of 0:35:04.030 --> 0:35:07.810 the show. Opening night of the NBA, Panthers first in division, 0:35:08.110 --> 0:35:11.590 Hornet season debut. I had to point out 11 of 0:35:11.590 --> 0:35:13.890 12 segments today are about Hornets and Panthers. 0:35:13.930 --> 0:35:17.009 Speaking of random crap, that tweets crap right there. This 0:35:17.030 --> 0:35:18.750 guy woke up the flounder on the wrong side of 0:35:18.770 --> 0:35:20.630 the bed. Is this a Tar Heel fan that's scared 0:35:20.670 --> 0:35:22.390 of Duke? Because I got to be honest. 0:35:22.830 --> 0:35:25.300 He said he turned it off once we brought up Duke, 0:35:25.570 --> 0:35:28.109 but yet he knew that we talked about it for 0:35:28.110 --> 0:35:29.100 30 minutes, though. 0:35:29.480 --> 0:35:32.500 In all actuality, he's 25 minutes off. Listen, Heels fans, 0:35:32.540 --> 0:35:35.940 I love y'all. Y'all are a football school now anyway. But, like, 0:35:36.160 --> 0:35:39.940 I would be terrified. That thing looks like an absolute juggernaut. 0:35:39.960 --> 0:35:40.660 It really does. 0:35:40.700 --> 0:35:41.919 I don't know if he's a Heels fan or not. 0:35:41.960 --> 0:35:43.560 That's my guess, because I don't know why else it 0:35:43.600 --> 0:35:45.660 would bother you so much. But anyway, let's get to 0:35:45.700 --> 0:35:48.120 random crap here, Bone. I see you turning this into 0:35:48.160 --> 0:35:48.660 a Duke segment. 0:35:48.680 --> 0:35:50.600 Well, Fowler just took a random crap on your oatmeal. 0:35:50.680 --> 0:35:51.839 Dukey fifth. 0:35:52.340 --> 0:35:54.360 So I don't know if you saw an eclipse, Bone, 0:35:54.420 --> 0:35:57.080 from the Victoria's Secret fashion show from the other day. 0:35:57.100 --> 0:35:59.100 I missed it. All kinds. Really? 0:35:59.120 --> 0:35:59.380 Really? 0:36:01.480 --> 0:36:03.860 I didn't know it was on. You could see who the... 0:36:03.900 --> 0:36:06.320 They're all viral. It's all over the place. 0:36:06.420 --> 0:36:08.060 You don't DVR this thing? 0:36:08.180 --> 0:36:10.240 I didn't see it. What was the news? 0:36:10.320 --> 0:36:14.140 You could see who the old married man is. Just 0:36:14.180 --> 0:36:16.759 needs to sneak a peek at these things. But anyway, 0:36:16.840 --> 0:36:19.410 celebrities all over the place. I mean, it was a 0:36:19.450 --> 0:36:23.549 big to-do. Tate McRae performed in lingerie. But anyway, the 0:36:23.570 --> 0:36:27.690 biggest story of the whole thing is Kylie Jenner walked 0:36:27.730 --> 0:36:33.210 the runway while wearing a $ 50 million fantasy bra. Diamonds 0:36:33.430 --> 0:36:38.040 all over the place. A $ 50 million bra, Bo. Sound 0:36:38.080 --> 0:36:38.960 like a bargain to you? 0:36:38.980 --> 0:36:40.600 Do you buy that at Victoria's Secret? 0:36:41.440 --> 0:36:43.200 How do you get one of those? 0:36:43.820 --> 0:36:45.580 Titty needs that for the Panda Victory Dance. 0:36:47.719 --> 0:36:51.279 He's got that 50 cent brawl that he wears when 0:36:51.300 --> 0:36:52.350 he dances around. 0:36:52.370 --> 0:36:55.010 He's a dollar general. First of all, if Mrs. 0:36:55.050 --> 0:36:57.450 Mack is listening right now, she's probably annoyed I admitted 0:36:57.489 --> 0:36:58.549 to watching clips of this. 0:36:58.910 --> 0:37:00.410 But Mrs. Mack, I got bad news. 0:37:00.450 --> 0:37:03.129 Your Christmas gift will not be the $ 50 million fantasy brawl. 0:37:03.710 --> 0:37:07.189 All right? It will not be that. What do we think? 0:37:07.330 --> 0:37:09.210 You seeing that would be a fantasy. So what do 0:37:09.230 --> 0:37:14.390 we think about that? So what do we think? 0:37:14.430 --> 0:37:14.549 Whoa! 0:37:14.700 --> 0:37:16.060 Hey! 0:37:16.080 --> 0:37:19.120 All right, what do we think, Bone, about these two 0:37:19.200 --> 0:37:24.100 musical selections? There's a report out there that Jay-Z, whose 0:37:24.140 --> 0:37:27.189 team and production company runs, is in charge of Super 0:37:27.210 --> 0:37:30.390 Bowl halftime show every year. There's a report of Jay-Z 0:37:30.450 --> 0:37:33.890 picking himself for the halftime show for the Super Bowl. 0:37:33.930 --> 0:37:34.630 Not a bad choice. 0:37:34.650 --> 0:37:36.430 7-0-4-9-8-0. Let's go. 0:37:36.550 --> 0:37:41.050 There's also the news that U2 Bone will perform the 0:37:41.070 --> 0:37:45.560 halftime show of the Netflix Thanksgiving Eve game. I believe 0:37:45.780 --> 0:37:49.899 both these would be tremendous choices. How do you feel 0:37:49.940 --> 0:37:52.600 about this? I can't go wrong with Jay-Z or U2. 0:37:52.660 --> 0:37:54.820 I have no issues with those at all. You two's 0:37:55.219 --> 0:37:59.620 a no-doubt choice for that. And Jay-Z picking himself. Did 0:37:59.640 --> 0:38:01.500 he have a board meeting, Mac, with that, with himself? 0:38:01.520 --> 0:38:06.790 He said, welcome, I'm Jay-Z here. I'm picking Jay-Z for 0:38:06.830 --> 0:38:07.830 the Super Bowl hotline job. 0:38:08.090 --> 0:38:10.770 Is he going to, as Finney hits 7-0-4, is Matt 0:38:10.810 --> 0:38:13.930 Rule going to come in, Mac, like drop. 0:38:13.690 --> 0:38:19.839 Down from the sky? Here's my friend, here. Here's my question, though, Bone. 0:38:19.880 --> 0:38:23.160 Do you think all NFL fans will all agree that 0:38:23.180 --> 0:38:25.080 this is great if Jay-Z picks himself? 0:38:25.219 --> 0:38:26.260 Absolutely not. 0:38:27.180 --> 0:38:30.529 You talk about something that will divide America every year. 0:38:30.570 --> 0:38:31.549 Well, we have a lot of those things. 0:38:31.570 --> 0:38:34.310 It feels like the Super Bowl halftime show because everybody 0:38:34.370 --> 0:38:37.430 wants these perfect. They want their favorite artist to play 0:38:37.469 --> 0:38:39.150 the Super Bowl halftime show every year. 0:38:39.270 --> 0:38:44.229 What artist would not divide America if Dolly Parton was 0:38:44.270 --> 0:38:44.710 still alive? 0:38:44.750 --> 0:38:47.210 Yeah, she's she might be the one. Was there anybody 0:38:47.270 --> 0:38:50.460 else that could do that? No, I can't. 0:38:50.760 --> 0:38:53.310 Someone will have a problem. If it's country, people will 0:38:53.330 --> 0:38:55.550 be mad. If it's hip-hop, people are mad. 0:38:55.590 --> 0:38:58.469 They'll never put a country music star doing the halftime show. 0:38:58.510 --> 0:39:01.009 Unless Taylor Swift were ever to go back to the 0:39:01.050 --> 0:39:04.030 country genre, they're never going to put someone from country 0:39:04.070 --> 0:39:06.320 music doing halftime, which is unfortunate. 0:39:06.560 --> 0:39:10.100 Have they never had anybody from country do the halftime? 0:39:10.160 --> 0:39:11.120 Not that I can recall. 0:39:11.160 --> 0:39:13.839 Because with Jay-Z in charge, he hasn't gone country, right? 0:39:13.880 --> 0:39:16.969 He's done it the last couple of years, right? I 0:39:16.989 --> 0:39:19.930 gotta be honest, Mac. I just want the Panthers to 0:39:19.989 --> 0:39:22.600 play in the damn game. That's what I want. I 0:39:22.640 --> 0:39:26.040 think Jason... I don't really... The halftime show, I understand it. 0:39:26.060 --> 0:39:28.370 I get why people are into it, whether it's good 0:39:28.469 --> 0:39:28.950 or bad. 0:39:28.969 --> 0:39:29.630 I want. 0:39:30.660 --> 0:39:31.120 a good. 0:39:31.000 --> 0:39:33.980 Game i want rooting interest in the game and i 0:39:34.040 --> 0:39:35.520 want all the food i can eat. 0:39:35.540 --> 0:39:37.740 Look if you're not in the bathroom at halftime clearing 0:39:37.800 --> 0:39:39.750 room for the second half you're doing a halftime at 0:39:39.770 --> 0:39:40.850 the super bowl. 0:39:40.590 --> 0:39:43.070 Yeah Finney's the guy that stinks up the bathroom at 0:39:43.090 --> 0:39:43.950 the Super Bowl party. 0:39:43.989 --> 0:39:47.330 Is that true, Finney? Finney clogs the toilet at Super 0:39:47.370 --> 0:39:47.930 Bowl parties. 0:39:48.090 --> 0:39:49.090 Sorry, NASCAR, Brad. 0:39:49.430 --> 0:39:49.970 Oh, man. 0:39:50.270 --> 0:39:52.910 Listen, here's my attitude about halftime shows. 0:39:54.070 --> 0:39:55.750 Until the day I die, every one of you is 0:39:55.790 --> 0:39:58.810 playing for second place because nobody's going to outdo Prince. 0:39:59.450 --> 0:40:02.570 Prince in the rain, man. Nobody is going to outdo 0:40:02.910 --> 0:40:06.239 that as far as I'm concerned. All right. What do 0:40:06.280 --> 0:40:10.000 you think, Bone, of all the different altcasts that ESPN... 0:40:09.800 --> 0:40:12.220 I don't know if anybody's noticed. ESPN might have mentioned 0:40:12.239 --> 0:40:13.020 this once or twice. 0:40:13.040 --> 0:40:15.360 No, they had the game this year. They are doing 0:40:15.400 --> 0:40:15.880 the Super Bowl. 0:40:15.900 --> 0:40:16.239 I don't know. 0:40:16.280 --> 0:40:18.860 They might have mentioned this once or twice, ESPN and ABC. 0:40:19.680 --> 0:40:21.940 And they have all kind of old cast. McAfee, of course, 0:40:21.980 --> 0:40:24.779 is getting an old cast down on the field. You 0:40:24.800 --> 0:40:27.700 have the Mannings Manning cast for the Super Bowl. And 0:40:27.739 --> 0:40:32.630 then you have some sort of Star Wars cast as well. 0:40:32.830 --> 0:40:33.029 Yeah. 0:40:33.070 --> 0:40:37.150 Disney and Hulu, because they have so many different subsidiaries, 0:40:37.350 --> 0:40:40.969 you know, networks and ways to do so. Who and 0:40:41.239 --> 0:40:44.380 Disney Channel or Disney Plus, whatever, will have. 0:40:45.040 --> 0:40:46.600 The Star Wars Altcast. 0:40:46.660 --> 0:40:50.800 Mac, I understand some events, you know, will use a 0:40:50.840 --> 0:40:53.900 lot of different, like, college football playoff games. Do we 0:40:53.920 --> 0:40:56.509 need the Super Bowl to have this? What party is 0:40:56.530 --> 0:40:57.790 going to air these things, by the way? 0:40:58.070 --> 0:40:58.910 I mean, I guess, like. 0:40:58.950 --> 0:41:01.049 But imagine being at a party and someone puts on 0:41:01.070 --> 0:41:03.050 the Star Wars Altcast. Now, is the Star Wars one animated? 0:41:03.170 --> 0:41:04.750 It's like, I'm guessing it's animated. 0:41:04.770 --> 0:41:05.450 Probably, yeah. 0:41:05.510 --> 0:41:08.070 Like, maybe kids, right? Like, maybe that one's for kids. 0:41:08.090 --> 0:41:10.690 Your guy Yoder's in there as analyst. 0:41:10.790 --> 0:41:13.560 Listen, I love the Mannings. 0:41:14.320 --> 0:41:14.420 Um. 0:41:15.850 --> 0:41:17.589 The Super Bowl doesn't feel like a game I want 0:41:17.610 --> 0:41:18.649 to watch a Manning cast for. 0:41:18.670 --> 0:41:18.730 No. 0:41:19.469 --> 0:41:20.270 You know what I mean? 0:41:20.350 --> 0:41:22.410 It feels like a game you want to watch the broadcast, 0:41:22.780 --> 0:41:25.880 then you want to watch the commercials. Even though they 0:41:25.900 --> 0:41:27.520 seem to disappoint every year, you still want to watch 0:41:27.540 --> 0:41:31.719 the commercials. McAfee, I mean, is there anything they can't 0:41:31.760 --> 0:41:33.180 find a way to squeeze this dude into? 0:41:33.969 --> 0:41:37.620 I mean, is there damn anything? I guess NBA coverage. 0:41:37.660 --> 0:41:40.460 If he pops up on NBA coverage, Bone, then they 0:41:41.160 --> 0:41:42.340 absolutely have gone too far. 0:41:42.520 --> 0:41:45.700 We're tired of McAfee now. It's October 21st, right? The 0:41:45.739 --> 0:41:48.259 way that he's shoved at us. Game day, all these 0:41:48.300 --> 0:41:50.900 other things. How tired of McAfee are we going to 0:41:50.940 --> 0:41:53.640 be by the time they hype up the Super Bowl? 0:41:53.980 --> 0:41:55.779 You know you're going to get McAfee more and more 0:41:55.820 --> 0:41:57.580 and more and more and more as we go along here. 0:41:57.900 --> 0:41:59.700 Do we think, Mac, we want to gather around on 0:41:59.719 --> 0:42:01.779 that day that we look forward to and think, hey, 0:42:01.840 --> 0:42:04.360 we could use more McAfee tonight? I'm already tired of 0:42:04.390 --> 0:42:06.630 the guy. What's it going to be like in February? 0:42:06.790 --> 0:42:08.469 I don't need to see more McAfee at the Super Bowl. 0:42:08.790 --> 0:42:10.750 Give me my chicken wings and leave me alone. 0:42:11.150 --> 0:42:13.109 You have choices. The good news, Bone, is we have 0:42:13.170 --> 0:42:14.430 choices to make. 0:42:15.180 --> 0:42:18.120 I respect the Metallica fans that are saying Metallica would 0:42:18.140 --> 0:42:20.419 be the best halftime show. 0:42:20.800 --> 0:42:22.540 You know you don't have to sell me on that one. 0:42:22.600 --> 0:42:25.969 I'd absolutely love to see that one. What is. 0:42:27.610 --> 0:42:29.540 I guess that's about it. It's Willie time. 0:42:29.580 --> 0:42:30.040 You know what? 0:42:30.160 --> 0:42:32.560 It's time to go pee, right? Yeah, it's pee time, baby. 0:42:32.590 --> 0:42:33.170 It is pee time. 0:42:33.530 --> 0:42:36.900 And we ain't talking bathrooms. Willie P on the Hornets FC. 0:42:37.360 --> 0:42:41.150 Thoughts on Wegmans and the great cheese debate from a 0:42:41.190 --> 0:42:43.969 week ago. It's still going on in Willie's world. We'll 0:42:44.010 --> 0:42:46.160 have that and more on Sports Radio 92.7 WFNZ.