1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:02,720 Speaker 1: Hey guys, thank you for tuning in for another episode. 2 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:05,840 Speaker 1: We have show favorite Blake Wexler on today to talk 3 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:09,799 Speaker 1: about the dreaded Philadelphia Eagles. If you like this episode, subscribe, 4 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 1: listen to the whole season, leave a review, rate us, 5 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: do all the internet things that help podcasts. Thank you, 6 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: enjoy the program. An award winning family owned business with 7 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: exceptional diamonds, engagement rings, jewelry and time pieces. Continental Diamond 8 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 1: is the jeweler Minnesota Adores in Saint Louis Park or 9 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 1: online at Continentaldiamond dot com. I don't know what's Tom 10 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:40,800 Speaker 1: d Hey, we gotta go here, we gotta go he 11 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 1: go so Tim, Hello, Viking fans, Welcome to a I 12 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 1: don't know, I'd say despondent episode of the Tailgate, The 13 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 1: Vikings Tailgate. I'll be fine, it's gonna be fine. We 14 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: got a quick turnaround. I'm fine. Welcome to the Vikings Tailgate, 15 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: presented by Continental Diamond. I'm your host, PSI Aminson. We 16 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:11,199 Speaker 1: are hot off the heels of a disappointment in week 17 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: one and I'm not taking it well. But we have 18 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 1: a quick turnaround. We're playing the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday, 19 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: and that means this week we get to once again 20 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 1: talk to the most appeared guest, most appeared on Get. 21 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: I don't know how to say this sentence. We get 22 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 1: to talk to the fella who's been on the show 23 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:33,400 Speaker 1: the most ladies and gentlemen, one of my best friends 24 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: in the world, Blake Wexler, Blake Wexler, Hi Blake, Hi Sich. 25 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 2: You can just say favorite. You can just say your 26 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 2: favorite guest, your little bestie. You can just say that. 27 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 2: You don't have to say most appeared on complicate everything. 28 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 1: It's not. I am so sick of playing your football team. 29 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 1: I am so it's becoming we For a while, it 30 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: was like every year when the schedule came out, we 31 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: would just scan it for when do we play this 32 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 1: Hawks in Seattle? And I don't know what's happening with 33 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: your team, but I'm tired of it. I don't want 34 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 1: to play them. I don't want to talk to you 35 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 1: about I will it's my job, and I love my team, 36 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 1: but I've had it. I have had enough of you. 37 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 2: Well, sy I, first of all, thanks for having me. 38 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 2: I wish you could have welcomed me in a nicer way, 39 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 2: as I alluded to earlier. But yeah, I don't know 40 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 2: why we are playing each other so much. Also on 41 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 2: Thursday nights for some reason, I don't know why we 42 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 2: couldn't just schedule in. 43 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 1: A classic trime time games. 44 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, just a classic little Sunday in there, maybe 45 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 2: one o'clock or something. But no, we seem to be 46 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:39,360 Speaker 2: playing you constantly. I'm sure it's annoying for you guys. 47 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:41,799 Speaker 2: In particular what you do is there is always you 48 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 2: dare Oh you know, you know, I'm not gonna do it. 49 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 2: I'm gonna say it is because of there's always the 50 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 2: Philadelphia fan what should I say, chemical spill that has 51 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 2: to do with it, radioactiveness that bleeds into the narrative. 52 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 2: But for us, it's not the same thing because nice, 53 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 2: which is what Minniester soda fans tend to be, is 54 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 2: not interesting. You know, it's just like, oh, here's our 55 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 2: neighbor from around the way. Hey guys, yes, Thursday. 56 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 1: It is the metaphorical semi truck like tank or tipped 57 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 1: over on the highway that's leaking out. Philadelphia fan behavior 58 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:23,359 Speaker 1: has grown. I don't want to say tiresome, but tiresome, 59 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: I will say, here's something that's fascinating to me. The 60 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 1: Boston Red Sox forever we're a hapless underdog story something 61 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 1: like one hundred years, not a big baseball guy, but 62 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 1: something like one hundred years. And then and we're all 63 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 1: rooting for him, like they're our favorite indie band, Like 64 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: we can't wait for them to make it so we 65 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 1: can say I listen to them back then. And then 66 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: they win the World Series in that dramatic comeback against 67 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: the Yankees fashion, and it's amazing. And then they win 68 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: a bunch more and then all their fans, who were 69 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: lovable losers, become the least enjoyable people to ever walk 70 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 1: the planet. And what I'm worried about with your group, Blake, 71 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 1: is that I don't want to say that your people 72 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 1: have a charm to them. 73 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 2: No you don't, because I don't know. 74 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: If there's I don't know if there's a charm in 75 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 1: throwing a battery at a person. 76 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 2: It's a character at a at a felt a red 77 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 2: felt wearing character who wasn't trying very hard that day. 78 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 2: People pay hard earned money for their tickets, they get babysitters, 79 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 2: and they trot out some slob whose beard is just 80 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 2: crooked on his face, it's it's really batteries, snowballs, whatever 81 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:51,040 Speaker 2: it is. If you're gonna give them to us, we're 82 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 2: gonna throw them. You know, we do not advocate violence 83 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 2: on this program. And although you have no charm. 84 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 1: Like, it's not but there's something, there's an intrigue your 85 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 1: team being a frustrated, angry, disappointed. We're never gonna get there, 86 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 1: Vince Papauli Loven group of going to prison under the 87 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 1: stadium maniacs had a watchability to it. But now you've 88 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: won a super Bowl, and then you've gone to and 89 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: almost won another super Bowl, and you have one of 90 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 1: the best rosters in the league, and I think your 91 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 1: fans are wearing it in a way that is very 92 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: reminiscent of those Red Sox fans. 93 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:37,039 Speaker 2: I hear. First of all, it was a jail, not 94 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 2: a prison. It was a jail. There's a distinction there. Second, 95 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 2: I do hear that analogy where I believe what happened 96 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 2: with the Boston fans is they went from being a 97 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 2: character in the neighborhood, you know, just some goofy guy 98 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:51,840 Speaker 2: walking around and I was like, Oh, there's the guy 99 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:54,279 Speaker 2: who wears a weird thing on his head too. Now 100 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 2: they are living in your home and you're supposed to 101 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 2: get rent from them, and they're not paying rent. Their squad, 102 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 2: their bad roommates. Now you actually have to deal with 103 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:06,840 Speaker 2: Boston fans because they've won so many championships that they 104 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 2: just dominate national media coverage all the time. The Cubs 105 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 2: is also an interesting analogy where the Cubs were just 106 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 2: like there's Bill Murray waddling around, you know, like everyone 107 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 2: loved the Cubs. They didn't win either, but they won one, 108 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:24,360 Speaker 2: but they're still lovable. I feel like you still love 109 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 2: the Cubs. Yes, they won just one. 110 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 1: You still love the Cubs absolutely. That's what I'm pitching 111 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 1: to you. Here's the thing, Blake. Nobody likes the lovable 112 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:39,600 Speaker 1: blue collar roofer who cracks wise and has a good 113 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 1: attitude and then all of a sudden wins the lottery 114 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: and just shit talks everybody he ever comes across. Nobody 115 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 1: wants that guy. So maybe you got your super Bowl 116 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:53,599 Speaker 1: and it was an awesome one. 117 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:54,359 Speaker 2: It was amazing. 118 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,039 Speaker 1: It was a Nick Foles led Super Bowl. Why can't 119 00:06:57,080 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 1: you return to Papali Land and you know, quit making 120 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:04,559 Speaker 1: me dread playing your team. 121 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 2: I think it's because there's a sort of North Korea 122 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:11,680 Speaker 2: situation going on in Philadelphia where we don't get news 123 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 2: from outside of the city. You know, it's just living 124 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 2: in an echo chamber where we just hear what each 125 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 2: other is saying to one another in Philadelphia, so there's 126 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 2: no perspective. So I think also with the charm, the 127 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 2: few pieces of news that have trickled in through the 128 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 2: state run Philadelphia media have been oh no one likes 129 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 2: us and we don't care. Has become a big Philadelphia slogan, 130 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 2: and it was something that was felt before, but now 131 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 2: that it's on T shirts, I think it shows a 132 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 2: type of self awareness. 133 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 1: Wait wait, wait, wait, there is because I'm not big 134 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 1: on my local Philadelphia culture right now. 135 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 2: Oh you're missing out. Yeah, yeah, there is. 136 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 1: Act Actually, that slogan became popularized to the point that 137 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 1: it's a it's a well worn T shirt in the city. 138 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 1: Nobody likes us and we don't care. 139 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 2: It's a popular slogan on shirts. It's a song. It 140 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 2: has become a song that Jason Kelcey sung after we 141 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 2: won the Super Bowl in the twenty seventeen twenty eighteen 142 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 2: season in front of millions of people who went to 143 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 2: the parade and they've adopted it were rather than there's 144 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 2: Some people can take a criticism sure and be like, 145 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 2: oh I should, I should better myself and maybe improve 146 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:40,239 Speaker 2: my behavior. But Philadelphia received a criticism which was nobody 147 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 2: likes you, and then they said, well, we don't care, 148 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 2: and then quantupple down on it. So I think now 149 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 2: they're leaning into the Philadelphia Eagles fans. The Philadelphia fans 150 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:54,680 Speaker 2: are leaning into the narrative that were pigs. Just to 151 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 2: shorten it, but a weird thing happened recently where Trey 152 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 2: Turner Philadelphia, phil We've talked way more about baseball than 153 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:04,679 Speaker 2: you and I have in the history of our decade 154 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:09,680 Speaker 2: plus long friendship. But baseball player Trey turner massive free 155 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 2: agent signing in the off season was horrific for the Phillies. 156 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 2: All year, was getting booed, just like any player would 157 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 2: be by Philadelphia fans boot all year. And then Philadelphia 158 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 2: fans were like, you know what, how about we treat 159 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 2: this guy, this human being, this living thing, with just 160 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 2: an ounce of respect and instead of being horrifically mean 161 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:34,560 Speaker 2: to him and his family every time he goes up 162 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:37,680 Speaker 2: to bat. His life is terrible. He wants to play, well, 163 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:39,839 Speaker 2: he's just not doing it. What if we give him 164 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 2: a standing ovation? What if we don't boo him? What 165 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 2: if we don't scream horrible things at him for just 166 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 2: one at bat and give him a standing ovation? And 167 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:51,439 Speaker 2: we did, And since then, the guy's hitting like five hundred. 168 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 2: He's had a kid. I don't know if the standing 169 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:56,199 Speaker 2: ovation had anything to do with a full term pregnancy 170 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 2: or not, but he did have a kid. And now 171 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 2: we were like, well, not only are we the lovable 172 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 2: gruff guys, but we're also I don't know, magical with 173 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 2: our generations that you're. 174 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:10,839 Speaker 1: The secret, We're the secret, all of a sudden, all 175 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 1: of a sudden, you are the scene. 176 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:14,559 Speaker 2: I was gonna Yeah, that was gonna be what I 177 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 2: was going to promote at the end. If you can 178 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:17,720 Speaker 2: read the secret, get a chance. 179 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 1: I don't want anything to do with any of that. 180 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:26,079 Speaker 1: I let me tell you what is the most impressive 181 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 1: thing about our long reaching friendships is you and I 182 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:36,199 Speaker 1: are both sports psychopaths, and somehow, despite our deep love 183 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:42,319 Speaker 1: for our own teams, we have never trash talked one 184 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:45,439 Speaker 1: another when we come up head to head. 185 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:46,679 Speaker 2: Never, never, once. 186 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:51,440 Speaker 1: And I don't know if I think it's because we're 187 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 1: both just good guys who have a level of respect 188 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:58,320 Speaker 1: for each other, or if it's that we know that 189 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:03,560 Speaker 1: our relationship balances on this delicate spindle. Yes, like this 190 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 1: delicate emotional spindle, and even a gust of wind pushing 191 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:14,679 Speaker 1: it one direction or the other could monumentally derail everything 192 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 1: we've built over the years. 193 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:20,080 Speaker 2: It's a really interesting thing to dive into psychologically, where 194 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 2: I do think, for as much as mean as we 195 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 2: can be, in theory, we are both we wouldn't be 196 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 2: friends if we were bad, evil people. And I think 197 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 2: we are two very caring people. But that can only 198 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 2: be so strong in the face of sports fan psychotrig 199 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 2: just psychotics, and when you see something you want to 200 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 2: attack it, you know, when you see an enemy, when 201 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 2: you see a weakness as a sportsman, you want to 202 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 2: attack it. But I think part of as we care 203 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:53,080 Speaker 2: for one another, and the other part though, is I 204 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:56,200 Speaker 2: think it's kind of a mutually assured destruction sort of 205 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 2: thing where. 206 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 1: Sure, yeah, if the moment you launch the new Dukes, 207 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 1: I'm launching the new You're launching a nuke. Where if 208 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:06,200 Speaker 1: we beat you on a Thursday night and I start 209 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 1: talking trash. You're not gonna forget that. I'm not gonna 210 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 1: forget that I talked trash to you. So every single 211 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:14,480 Speaker 1: time we play each other or a seed and the 212 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 1: playoff is up for grabs, I'm just gonna be shaking 213 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 1: waiting for you to hit me back. 214 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 2: And that's not a good way to live. So I think, Lave, 215 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 2: it's a maturity. 216 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:26,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, And it just ends. It just ends with one 217 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:30,199 Speaker 1: of us kidnapping the other one's dog and holding it 218 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 1: for you know, some sort of like we just can't. 219 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 1: There's gonna be a dog run. I just can't. Yeah, 220 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 1: And we both love our dogs, can't fall into that situation. 221 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 1: I remember the first time, the first time we ever 222 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:43,560 Speaker 1: watched a game together was after the ten thousand laughs 223 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:49,559 Speaker 1: Minnesota Comedy Festival. Oh yeah, years years ago, and uh, 224 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 1: this is pre your Super Bowl, and you came over 225 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 1: to my house on Sunday before you flew out to 226 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:57,960 Speaker 1: watch the game. And I remember it was a close game. 227 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 1: It felt like a game your team kind it gave away. 228 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, that sounds right. 229 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 1: And I just remember the game ending and the way 230 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:09,680 Speaker 1: you and I both moved on from the result, like 231 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:13,960 Speaker 1: it was like two children who went to manners camp 232 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:17,320 Speaker 1: and just finished a chess match, like it was like, 233 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 1: thank you, have a nice day, and then you went 234 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 1: to the airport and we never talked about it ever. 235 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:27,000 Speaker 2: Again, that's such a good analogy. We weren't speaking in 236 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 2: like normal sentences. We're like, yo, actually, dude, would you mind? 237 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:36,000 Speaker 2: Actually ya? It was hello, thank you for having me 238 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:39,240 Speaker 2: at your home. This was a pleasant experience. I will 239 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 2: talk to you when it is convenient for both of us. 240 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:45,439 Speaker 2: It was very A script was given to two leaders 241 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 2: of states whose countries were about to go to what 242 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:52,040 Speaker 2: we're seconds away from war. We avoided bloodshed that day, 243 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:54,960 Speaker 2: and I think that's admirable. Well, some fans really like 244 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:57,679 Speaker 2: trash talk. I'll be honest. I never have liked it, 245 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 2: and I think the issue with it is we've never won, 246 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 2: and so when you've never won, the losses carry a 247 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 2: different weight. And so if you get to an NFC 248 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 2: championship and you lose, and you won a super Bowl 249 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:14,840 Speaker 2: four years ago, like that's I would assume last year 250 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:16,640 Speaker 2: when you guys lost in the Super Bowl, that was 251 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 2: really upsetting and it bummed you out, but you could go. 252 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 2: But you know, we we do we have won a 253 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 2: Super Bowl re like I lived through a I'm not 254 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:29,360 Speaker 2: saying it provides a solace, yeah, but I'm saying if 255 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:32,720 Speaker 2: if the opposite were true, where you lost the Super 256 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:35,440 Speaker 2: Bowl back with McNab, and then you lost it a 257 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:37,720 Speaker 2: few years against the few years ago against the Patriots, 258 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 2: and then you lost it again and then somebody came 259 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 2: and trash talked you and all you had to lean 260 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 2: on was your years of disappointment. That makes me feel 261 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 2: so I just hate it. I don't enjoy it, and 262 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 2: so I never put that on anybody else. 263 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 1: I don't want to ruin the day. But here's the thing. 264 00:14:56,640 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 1: If you are a dick at a stadium, especially if 265 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 1: there's kids around, I am going to use my let's say, 266 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 1: at best medium abilities to cut a person down. Given 267 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: that I've spent my whole life writing jokes, Yeah, I'm 268 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 1: going that's the one situation where like your behavior as 269 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 1: a human person can elicit a response out of me, 270 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 1: but your team losing and then me just like pouring 271 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 1: mean words on top of a loss. I've never enjoyed that. 272 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 2: No, And I think you underestimate your your I think 273 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:36,880 Speaker 2: medium is not strong enough to represent your saw. The 274 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 2: saw that you can use to cut a person in 275 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 2: an because I've seen it not directed at me, thank god, 276 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 2: and I've done the same thing. I think it's a 277 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 2: comedian thing where even the nicest comedian it is just 278 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 2: something in you where you have to have that you know, 279 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 2: hopefully you never have to use it, but you do 280 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 2: have it. I think having one one to go back 281 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 2: to what you were saying, having won a Super Bowl, it's. 282 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 1: Like having a machete in your house. Yes, you're like, 283 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 1: if I ever have to use this, things have gone 284 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 1: so wrong outside that I need a machete, all right, 285 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 1: But in my closet there's a machete. I got it 286 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 1: on eBay. 287 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 2: You got it on eBay. Ed It is such a 288 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 2: prehistoric weapon that if someone saw you coming to them 289 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 2: with a machete, they'd be like, First of all, I 290 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 2: know to be scared, but what is that sword? What 291 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 2: type of flat weird sword is that? Is that a 292 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 2: frat thing? But uh yeah, No. Having had a Super 293 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 2: Bowl does give you an emotional safety net from the 294 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:39,880 Speaker 2: free fall of losses like what we had in uh 295 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 2: last year. And part of this is age too. But 296 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 2: when we lost to the Buccaneers in oh four. I mean, 297 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 2: we lost three NFC championship games in a row in 298 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:52,240 Speaker 2: the Andy Reid era, and that builds some scar tissue 299 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 2: on you. And then when we finally went to play 300 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 2: the Super Bowl, play the Patriots in the Super Bowl 301 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 2: and four, that loss was very bru when McNab vomited 302 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:04,159 Speaker 2: on the sidelines. So that was maybe a month and 303 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:06,359 Speaker 2: a half two months of me just being in an 304 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 2: emotional hole where I could barely go to school. And 305 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 2: then now having had a and I was I was 306 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:18,439 Speaker 2: never tardy, I was always president school, could barely go 307 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 2: to school, and then in last year, I think the 308 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:24,879 Speaker 2: emotional turnaround was about a week a week where I 309 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:28,919 Speaker 2: was not fully functional. I could eat, sure, but having 310 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:32,200 Speaker 2: had that Super Bowl, I could take in food and water. 311 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 2: But yeah, having had that Super Bowl, it's like, oh 312 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 2: this there is a nice thing, Like there was something 313 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:39,359 Speaker 2: nice that we experience. And that doesn't mean this journey 314 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 2: wasn't worth every quarter, every minute, and yeah, no, but 315 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:45,240 Speaker 2: the Super Bowl does help. 316 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:50,160 Speaker 1: The Week one was a very different experience for each 317 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 1: of our teams. Ours was utter disappointment, Yours was well, 318 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:58,680 Speaker 1: I don't it wasn't bliss because it got a little 319 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 1: close there at the end. But I assume for you, 320 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:04,399 Speaker 1: anytime you beat Bill Belichick and the Patriots, that's a 321 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:12,879 Speaker 1: good feeling. I am a season opener psycho. It is 322 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:17,399 Speaker 1: when the world, when everything is still possible. I just 323 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 1: don't know how to handle myself. I remember back years 324 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:26,439 Speaker 1: ago in Blair Walsh's rookie year, I was at the 325 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 1: opening game of the season and he kicked like a 326 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:33,239 Speaker 1: fifty five yarder at the gun and it sent us 327 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:35,600 Speaker 1: to overtime, and then he kicked another one in overtime 328 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:39,480 Speaker 1: to win, and I left the stadium, left the stadium 329 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:46,280 Speaker 1: shouting future Hall of Famer Blair Walsh, just high fiving 330 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 1: people and shouting that as I left a Vikings win. 331 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:54,439 Speaker 1: And so I never we all know how that ended. 332 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:58,920 Speaker 1: I never play at chill with season openers. So right 333 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 1: now I'm spiraling in an zero to seventeen possibility. I'm 334 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 1: very thankful that we are turning it around Thursday. But 335 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:12,400 Speaker 1: I told you before the season I would have loved 336 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 1: for us to when I wanted you to win the opener. 337 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 1: I didn't need the best roster in the league to 338 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:22,120 Speaker 1: be angry walking into a Thursday night game. How are 339 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 1: you feeling after the. 340 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:29,679 Speaker 2: Opener angry and I'm summrsaulting into that game doing cartwheels. No, 341 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:33,480 Speaker 2: I am angry though, So yeah, it was you have 342 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:38,720 Speaker 2: offseason for the Eagles. Jalen Hurts gets his massive contract. 343 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:42,359 Speaker 2: Any restriction that that would put on free agency is 344 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:46,399 Speaker 2: not that extreme. Yet we lost a couple players, but 345 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:51,560 Speaker 2: also got uh Jalen Carter, who was perhaps the most 346 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:56,159 Speaker 2: talented player in the draft and looks unreal and is 347 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:58,679 Speaker 2: being added to a defensive line that's already you know, 348 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 2: they had seventy sacks last year, which is third most 349 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:05,200 Speaker 2: all time in the history of the NFL. But we 350 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:10,560 Speaker 2: were really excited for DeVante Smith has another year under 351 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:14,200 Speaker 2: his belt. Aj Brown has his second year with Jalen Hurts. 352 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:16,960 Speaker 2: Dallas Goddard, who's supposed to be one of the best 353 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:20,119 Speaker 2: tight ends, is healthy and ready to join this offense 354 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:23,159 Speaker 2: with DeAndre Swift joined the backfield, and you have this 355 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 2: amazing offensive line, and the offense looked great on the 356 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 2: first drive, then stalled out and then did pretty much 357 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:32,399 Speaker 2: nothing for the rest of the game. They looked really, 358 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:37,879 Speaker 2: really rusty, which makes you think, oh, we probably should 359 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:41,640 Speaker 2: have started our starters at some point or even played 360 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 2: them at some point in the preseason. But we didn't 361 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,320 Speaker 2: do that last year either. We went to the Super Bowl. However, 362 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:50,720 Speaker 2: even coach Sirianni was saying after the game, he was 363 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:54,159 Speaker 2: asked if there was rust there, and he said that, 364 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:59,399 Speaker 2: looking back on it, he probably would have played the 365 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:01,320 Speaker 2: starters a little bit in the preseason, and then he 366 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 2: doubled down on it and said, yeah, actually, I absolutely 367 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 2: would have. So feeling wise, was big disappointment in the offense, 368 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 2: But it was just one of those disgusting, rainy days 369 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:13,280 Speaker 2: in New England. You know that they love talking like 370 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:15,400 Speaker 2: Paul Revere, great white shocks. 371 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:18,680 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I clam chowder in the Yeah yeah. 372 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:20,679 Speaker 2: The skies with a color of the back of a 373 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 2: great white shot whatever they're in doo up there. So 374 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 2: all fish really caught fish. 375 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 1: Everything has a jaws tint to them. It does every yeah. Yeah, 376 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 1: So the whites in her eyes were like the teeth 377 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:40,480 Speaker 1: of jaws. I don't I don't do Boston. Yeah, I 378 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 1: noticed a little bit of that. I noticed a little 379 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,679 Speaker 1: bit of that rust, and I you know, noticed it 380 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 1: with our guys. I wouldn't purport to know what's the 381 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 1: correct approach to the preseason. But you know, I watched 382 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 1: a lot of NFL yesterday and there were a lot 383 00:21:57,280 --> 00:22:01,119 Speaker 1: of offenses that weren't rareing and ready to go. Oh, 384 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 1: and that makes this game being on Thursday. It's not 385 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:07,480 Speaker 1: like there's not really a turner, Like you can't go 386 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:10,080 Speaker 1: into the lab and cook up a bunch of new stuff. 387 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:14,960 Speaker 1: It's get healthy, get turned around, get into the game tape, 388 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:18,200 Speaker 1: and then let's go again. And so for a couple 389 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 1: of teams whose offenses are incredibly powerful but both underperformed 390 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:28,160 Speaker 1: in the opening week, I'm just hoping that we get 391 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:30,960 Speaker 1: the opposite of last year. Last year we walked out 392 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,919 Speaker 1: a Week one and I was like, no, you can't 393 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:36,920 Speaker 1: justin Jet, you can't stop us. Look what we did 394 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:41,400 Speaker 1: to the Packers. Come on Philly and then uh oh, 395 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:45,760 Speaker 1: So now I'm down real low, I am. You know 396 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:48,879 Speaker 1: how you can learn in your group text messages in 397 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:52,280 Speaker 1: the season opener, who does a good job with hope 398 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 1: and who doesn't? Who Which of your friends are built 399 00:22:57,160 --> 00:23:01,679 Speaker 1: to persevere ups and down When it comes to the 400 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 1: competitive journey that is following a sports team and which 401 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:08,159 Speaker 1: are not. There gets to be a point where the 402 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: paths diverge between the adults and the children who shouldn't 403 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:16,679 Speaker 1: be allowed in the room, right, And I yeah, so 404 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 1: I am right now. I have fallen. I have fallen 405 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 1: apart in several text threads. And so I'm hoping that 406 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:30,879 Speaker 1: that attitude creates you know, obviously I'm superstitious. I control everything, 407 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 1: you know, my behavior dictates the way my favorite team performs. 408 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 1: So I'm hoping that the flip flop creates the flip 409 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:40,919 Speaker 1: flop and this year we just thump it to you. 410 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:45,280 Speaker 2: Who knows if that will happen or not. I also 411 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 2: am in control where if I wear my hat facing 412 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:50,639 Speaker 2: forwards on offense, that means the ball goes forwards and 413 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 2: you know, we score. And if I wear my hat 414 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 2: backwards on defense, that means the other team's offense stops. 415 00:23:57,440 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 2: You know what I mean, Like, if the hat goes backwards, 416 00:23:59,359 --> 00:23:59,959 Speaker 2: help stops. 417 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:01,719 Speaker 1: That's a really healthy. 418 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 2: It doesn't add any stress to your life, and yeah, no, 419 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:05,560 Speaker 2: it's really really good for you. 420 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:12,000 Speaker 1: But it's just Week seventeen and Jalen Hurts throws a 421 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 1: past that gets intercepted and it costs you a playoff spot, 422 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:18,720 Speaker 1: and you're furious, and your wife is sitting there on 423 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 1: the couch just waiting for you to realize that you 424 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:23,639 Speaker 1: forgot to turn your hat forward. 425 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 2: Of wearing a bucket hat. So there's no real brim 426 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 2: location that would constitute forward or backward. It's just a 427 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,239 Speaker 2: three to sixty man. Yeah, I had a Fred who 428 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:38,160 Speaker 2: revids me of you. Where he went even more extreme. 429 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:41,159 Speaker 2: Where's speaking about having the stamina of an entire You 430 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,159 Speaker 2: need to have stamina for the whole season. There's going 431 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:45,679 Speaker 2: to be ups, there's going to be downs. Obviously, the 432 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:48,040 Speaker 2: first game of the season can carry more weight in 433 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:51,160 Speaker 2: your head. Where my friend, we started blowing the lead 434 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:53,879 Speaker 2: to the Patriots in the for at the end of 435 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:57,640 Speaker 2: the first half, he starts sending almost an itemized receipt 436 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 2: of everything he's spent money on, Eagles wise, and how 437 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:05,879 Speaker 2: he's entitled to so much more because he spends so 438 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:09,440 Speaker 2: many He goes like Jalen Hurts, Kelly Green jersey one 439 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:14,880 Speaker 2: nine ninety nine drinks at the game, forty two ninety 440 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:18,680 Speaker 2: nine nachos, Like he just kept going down this list 441 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:22,199 Speaker 2: of all these spends. It's just, buddy, come on, this 442 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:25,879 Speaker 2: is the first half. There's a seventeen games. Get it together. 443 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:29,119 Speaker 1: Yeah, you can't. If you carry that energy through an 444 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 1: entire season, it's gonna be a really rough go bro. 445 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 1: As someone who has obsessive compulsive disorder, I can tell 446 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,600 Speaker 1: you that if you are also if you have OCD 447 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:44,400 Speaker 1: and you're also sports superstitious, which is probably an offshoot 448 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:48,399 Speaker 1: of that problem. But it's a really chill mixture. It 449 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:51,680 Speaker 1: is a really it's a really chill mixture. To pile 450 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:53,400 Speaker 1: those two on top. 451 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:54,960 Speaker 2: Of one, it's a lot. But I really think you're 452 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 2: handling it the best way possible. 453 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:58,840 Speaker 1: I'm definitely not, and I don't want it. This is 454 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 1: an Eagles an Eagles Viking podcast, but I and I 455 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 1: need to ask you just a couple of game related questions, 456 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:10,240 Speaker 1: but I need What I'm not handling well is the 457 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 1: Packers destruction of the Bears. I I don't know that 458 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 1: I can hand I know I'm not sure he is. 459 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:19,760 Speaker 1: Because here's the thing. 460 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:23,679 Speaker 2: Every every well, Leta's say you can't, you can't handle it. 461 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:27,719 Speaker 2: Whatever you're about to say, you can't everyone. 462 00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:34,520 Speaker 1: Every single Packers don macous. However, you say that like 463 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:38,639 Speaker 1: the magic Man maddingly, Yeah, definitely not maddingly. It's Makowsky 464 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 1: Madjakowski who cares is this nickname is a magic man, 465 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 1: which is a dope ass quarterback nickname. But he beat 466 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:50,040 Speaker 1: the Bears. Farv beat the Bears, Aaron Rodgers beat the Bears, 467 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:57,359 Speaker 1: like Brett Hunley beat the Bears. Okay, everybody, everybody beats 468 00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:59,199 Speaker 1: the Bears. It's not a huge shock to me that 469 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:03,440 Speaker 1: Jordan Love eat the Bears. But I don't know. It's 470 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:05,600 Speaker 1: not just me. I don't know that the state of 471 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:10,600 Speaker 1: Wisconsin can handle if he's can you And I wouldn't 472 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:14,439 Speaker 1: even blame him for the personality traits that they would develop. 473 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 1: If Jordan Love is an eventual Hall of Fame Love, 474 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:21,560 Speaker 1: They're just well, we were chosen. We were chosen as 475 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 1: the chosen football people. The trophy is named after us. 476 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:30,360 Speaker 1: We do nothing but produce Hall of Fame quarterbacks, Like 477 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:35,120 Speaker 1: I can't. I know we have to talk about this game, 478 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 1: but I don't love what's happening over there. Not a fan, 479 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:43,080 Speaker 1: especially with all the hype in the offseason being around 480 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 1: justin field from the Bears, and then you have Jordan 481 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:51,359 Speaker 1: Love march in there and take every single headline from 482 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,480 Speaker 1: that game. Yet that rivalry, that's a weird one. Where 483 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:56,760 Speaker 1: we talked about the fan bases, the Boston fan base, 484 00:27:56,800 --> 00:28:00,159 Speaker 1: the Philadelphia fan base, the Green Bay fan base is 485 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:02,240 Speaker 1: more of like, OK. 486 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:03,040 Speaker 2: I can't. 487 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 1: They're like I've said it before. 488 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:08,200 Speaker 2: Like a retirement community. It's hard to hate them. It's no, 489 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:08,840 Speaker 2: that's wrong. 490 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,879 Speaker 1: It is not that hard. From my they are like, 491 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:15,880 Speaker 1: I don't care. From your perspective, you're wrong. They it's 492 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,840 Speaker 1: like if a retirement community was made up of trust 493 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:22,359 Speaker 1: fund kids. Like if a bunch of trust fund kids 494 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,159 Speaker 1: in their twenties were like, let's retire and start a 495 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:33,560 Speaker 1: retirement community. That's because they have been so entitled with quarterbacks. 496 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:36,000 Speaker 1: So yeah, I can't do it. 497 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:36,640 Speaker 2: I take it back. 498 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:40,280 Speaker 1: I can't discuss it. I want to talk about I 499 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 1: do think despite your roster and our start to the season, 500 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 1: there are there are a couple of opportunities here for 501 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 1: the Vikings to get right. Specifically, you have two new 502 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:58,960 Speaker 1: linebackers who've never played significant minutes for your team. You 503 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 1: have new starting safeties. Tight End is a big liability 504 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:07,920 Speaker 1: for you guys, and tight end is where we have 505 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:10,880 Speaker 1: heaped a lot of resources. TJ. Hockinson just got a 506 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:13,920 Speaker 1: big deal. Josh Oliver got signed in the off season. 507 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:16,840 Speaker 1: Clearly targets are going that direction. We saw it in 508 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:22,800 Speaker 1: Week one and honestly, Devin White destroyed us yesterday out 509 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:29,000 Speaker 1: of the so coming up against non elite line So 510 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:33,320 Speaker 1: am I silly to think that there might be hay 511 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 1: to make against your linebackers with our tight ends to 512 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:39,920 Speaker 1: use a to use a metaphor that only belongs in Wisconsin. 513 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:44,320 Speaker 2: Well, yeah, let me just put a pitchfork in that argument. 514 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:48,920 Speaker 2: Actually is that I do think that there is hay 515 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:51,240 Speaker 2: to be made. I think there's a hello to be made. 516 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:52,640 Speaker 2: And I do take that back, and that will have 517 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 2: to be edited out, but I jay take it out, Jade, 518 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:57,840 Speaker 2: We got to take it out. Yeah, there's hi to 519 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 2: be made. I So here's the thing. We have two linebackers. 520 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:05,880 Speaker 2: One guy is a Zach Cunningham who was a free 521 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 2: agent for has a good resume, but was just out 522 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:12,400 Speaker 2: there on the street for a very long time until 523 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:15,120 Speaker 2: we signed him. Later in training camp. He won one 524 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:18,600 Speaker 2: of the starting linebacker spots. The other went to Nakobe Dean, 525 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:21,440 Speaker 2: who was a rookie last year, did not play linebacker, 526 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:25,480 Speaker 2: was a highly touted leader of one of those Georgia 527 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:29,480 Speaker 2: Bulldog defenses. Fell to the third round because of injury concerns, 528 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:33,520 Speaker 2: but turns out the injury concerns weren't there. He actually 529 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:37,080 Speaker 2: unrelated to previous injury issues, hurt his ankle yesterday and 530 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:40,240 Speaker 2: is going to be out for multiple weeks. And he's 531 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:44,480 Speaker 2: the signal caller on the defense. So an already finish 532 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:49,040 Speaker 2: linebacker group just got more thin. They'll probably replace him with. 533 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:52,200 Speaker 2: I think it's named Christian Ellis, who is a thumper 534 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:55,040 Speaker 2: of a linebacker, but not as good in coverage, so 535 00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:58,760 Speaker 2: coverage is going to be an issue against tight ends. 536 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:03,200 Speaker 2: Our safety's one guy's great undrafted guy has been playing 537 00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:06,880 Speaker 2: great names Reid, Blank and Ship was amazing in the preseason. 538 00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:10,480 Speaker 2: This is his first full year as a starter other position. 539 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:13,640 Speaker 2: We had five players trying out for the other safety 540 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:17,160 Speaker 2: position and then one guy kind of just made the 541 00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:20,200 Speaker 2: life just by default was one of the safeties. So 542 00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:24,400 Speaker 2: the titand thing really worries me against you guys. Our 543 00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:27,440 Speaker 2: cornerbacks are great, the defensive line is great. 544 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:31,200 Speaker 1: Dude Davis, to this day, I'm very happy with the 545 00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:35,720 Speaker 1: pick we made. But Jordan Davis, I he's the number 546 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:38,000 Speaker 1: one guy I wanted in that draft. He is a 547 00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:40,760 Speaker 1: freaking like he I think We're a few years away 548 00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:43,200 Speaker 1: from everybody going is this guy should this guy make 549 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:45,400 Speaker 1: the most money in the end of Like he is 550 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:50,240 Speaker 1: such a physical freak. I just think he's a He's 551 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 1: a league changer. That dude is insane. 552 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:55,400 Speaker 2: I was just said, thank you for saying that, as 553 00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:57,480 Speaker 2: if I had anything to do, Like you were his dad, 554 00:31:57,680 --> 00:31:59,680 Speaker 2: Thank you so much. Yeah. No, I put a lot 555 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:03,160 Speaker 2: into when we were when I was raising him. Yeah, 556 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:06,760 Speaker 2: he had started coming along last year, got injured. This 557 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:10,040 Speaker 2: was his first start yesterday, and he looked like what 558 00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:13,600 Speaker 2: you wanted to have drafted the previous year. Had to 559 00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:17,360 Speaker 2: punch out moves in a way that a six six, 560 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:20,840 Speaker 2: three hundred and thirty pound man shouldn't. Yes, and then 561 00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:22,920 Speaker 2: you have Jalen Carter right next to him. You have 562 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:26,400 Speaker 2: Hasan Reddick who had, you know, like sixteen seventeen sacks 563 00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:29,680 Speaker 2: last year. Josh Sweat who has is probably gonna have 564 00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:33,640 Speaker 2: fifteen sixteen sacks this year. So the defensive line is incredible. 565 00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:35,440 Speaker 2: It's just whether or not we can get to Cousins 566 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:39,160 Speaker 2: quick enough so the back end doesn't become a liability, 567 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:40,040 Speaker 2: which it could be. 568 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:43,160 Speaker 1: So what you're saying is quick passes, two tight ends 569 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:47,400 Speaker 1: up and down the field. I care about you a lot. 570 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:51,760 Speaker 1: I look forward to not discussing this game with you 571 00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:57,160 Speaker 1: during and likely after. Thank you, as always, Blake for 572 00:32:57,240 --> 00:32:58,880 Speaker 1: doing the show before we leave. Let me get a 573 00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:00,560 Speaker 1: let me get a prediction. Let me get a little 574 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:05,840 Speaker 1: predicty from you. How about you get a little predicty. 575 00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:10,920 Speaker 1: I tried to shorten prediction and it didn't land predict me, baby, 576 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:11,600 Speaker 1: give it to me. 577 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:20,320 Speaker 2: To predict us. I'll go twenty six twenty four Eagles 578 00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:20,760 Speaker 2: at home. 579 00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:27,040 Speaker 1: Okay, that's close. That's close. I can see it being close. 580 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:31,920 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go. I think the Vikings defense shows up 581 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:38,000 Speaker 1: in this one. But I think the Eagles fourteen Vikings 582 00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:39,360 Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty eight. 583 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:41,720 Speaker 2: I'm gonna go with I think that math works. That 584 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,080 Speaker 2: was my second guess. If I'm holding up a piece 585 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:45,640 Speaker 2: of paper right now, that was what I was going 586 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:47,760 Speaker 2: to say. Yeah, if we match game after, if we 587 00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:49,960 Speaker 2: match game to this, that would be That would have 588 00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:53,680 Speaker 2: been your second guest, Ladies and gentlemen, the one, the only, 589 00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:56,680 Speaker 2: Blake Wexler. Thank you so much for listening to the 590 00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:59,960 Speaker 2: tailgate brought to you by our friends at Continental Diamond. 591 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:03,280 Speaker 2: If you liked the episode, like, subscribe. 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