1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 1: Sports Radio Final Hour. In this Wednesday, it'll be busy. 3 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:09,799 Speaker 1: We'll check in with the Browns. We also check in 4 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: with the great album Michaels. Sunday Night Football, the season 5 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:17,240 Speaker 1: finale winning You're in My Chargers go to Las Vegas 6 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: to battle the Raiders the winner take all playoffs. Spot 7 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: on the Line Sunday seven Eastern on NBC and Peacock 8 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 1: Poll question. We'll update the results. Seaton doing the honors 9 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:31,640 Speaker 1: today eight seven seven three. DP show email address DP 10 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:34,840 Speaker 1: at dan Patrick dot com, Twitter handle at dp show. 11 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 1: In the NBA small market, team struggled to recruit free 12 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 1: agents because it's hard to have a star turn down 13 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 1: Miami for Cleveland, and last night the Grizzlies Calvs game 14 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 1: was a reminder that teams can still find success through 15 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: the draft. Now, yes, I was watching this game. Grizzlies 16 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 1: took home the win. I love watching John Moramp he 17 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:00,120 Speaker 1: is a true star in the league. Jaron Jack and 18 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 1: Junior the Third contributed twenty two from Memphis. I like 19 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: the Calves this year. They are currently holding the fifth 20 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 1: seat in the Eastern Conference. Evan Mobley, who was my 21 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 1: pick for Rookie of the Year had seventeen points. Darius 22 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 1: Garland is good. He finished with twenty seven. But just 23 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: watching some of these teams. Now, anybody can watch the 24 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: Lakers or Golden State or you know, even the Nets, 25 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 1: but sometimes you have to kind of fight the urge 26 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 1: to change the channel to something else. Watching Cleveland, we've 27 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: got some stars there and maybe they can turn Kevin 28 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:41,120 Speaker 1: Love into a commodity, a trading commodity and get something 29 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: else in return for them. But they're not winning anything 30 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: anytime soon. But it is fun to see this. And 31 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: then meanwhile, I watched the Sacramento Kings, who have been 32 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 1: a mess for you know, decades, it feels like, and 33 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 1: they played the Lakers. Lebron James, by the way, is 34 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: as much criticism as he faces, has played remarkable. He 35 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: can't carry a team for a longer period of time 36 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: like he once did, but man, if you say you 37 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: got to carry us through a series or through a week, 38 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 1: he can do that. And he played well. The big 39 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 1: news was Russell Westbrook no turnovers and they ended up 40 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: Now they had to struggle to beat the Sacramento King. 41 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 1: He did play. That's a fair point. That's a fair point. 42 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:35,519 Speaker 1: Clay Thompson's coming back this weekend, and Golden State, to me, 43 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:38,679 Speaker 1: is going to be the team to be. They have 44 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 1: been good without him, and I think Phoenix is going 45 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 1: to be there the rest of the season. I don't 46 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 1: know what the Lakers are and I'm supposed to know 47 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 1: after Christmas, but I don't know because Anthony Davis isn't there. 48 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 1: Do they make a deal prior to the trade deadline? 49 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: But you start to look at these teams. Kyrie is 50 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: coming back with the Nets. The Nets are desperate. But 51 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 1: as Nick Right pointed out last hour, if you know 52 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: that one of your star players can't play home games, 53 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 1: then why would you make this push to be one 54 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: of the top four seeds. Don't you want to be 55 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: playing a majority of your playoff games on the road, 56 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,239 Speaker 1: because then you get Kyrie Irving. I thought it was 57 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:22,079 Speaker 1: a great point there. Do you tank so you make 58 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 1: sure you don't finish in the top four seeds? But 59 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:26,920 Speaker 1: that's just something to keep an eye on when it 60 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:29,839 Speaker 1: comes to what's going on with Kyrie. Yeah, Seaton, Yeah, 61 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 1: I think the other thing too, not to get too 62 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: far down this rabbit hole too. But then Mayor in 63 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: New York City just changed, and he has a very 64 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: different stance on COVID and opening up businesses and private 65 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: versus public and all of those things. I mean, that 66 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: could open up everything for the Nets, just like that. Yeah, 67 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: Eric Adams, Yes, Paul, is there anything this mayor could 68 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 1: do for the Knicks? Like delegates? I'm a good basketball 69 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: player too. He's gonna help the Nets. He's got to help. 70 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 1: I watched the Knicks. You know, they were a feel 71 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: good story last year. I don't feel too good about 72 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: the Knicks this year. Zack Jackson covers the Browns. He's 73 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: an NFL writer for the Athletic, and I'm still fascinated 74 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: with what's going on and the decision I guess by 75 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield to shut himself down. Here's Baker and then 76 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: we'll talk to Zack Jackson. Yeah, I mean, there's an 77 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 1: opportunity to win. An extremely competitive guy. I think you 78 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 1: guys know that. I think now it's time for me 79 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 1: to start, you know, looking at what's in the best 80 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 1: interest for me and my health. Let's bring in Zack Jackson, 81 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: who covers the Browns and the NFL for the Athletic. 82 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: Why make this decision? No, Zach, Why is Baker not 83 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 1: playing next week? Why did he play last week? Well, 84 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:38,359 Speaker 1: the simple answers. The Browns are eliminated, and by the 85 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 1: time they were officially eliminated, Dan he had already put 86 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 1: in the week of preparation. But you know what's most 87 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:46,040 Speaker 1: notable from that conversation is he said, I'm going to 88 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: talk to my agents, I'm going to talk to my 89 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 1: family before we officially decide. He did not say I'm 90 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 1: going to talk to the coach, not going to talk 91 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: to the Browns. So it feels like it's Brown's dysfunction 92 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:58,279 Speaker 1: season again. There's an incredible level of disappointment, and the 93 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:01,600 Speaker 1: offense just bottomed out over the the last couple months 94 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: of the season. So no doubt Baker was hurt, but 95 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: he just did not play well and it felt like 96 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: to disconnect was always there, really going back to October. 97 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 1: And so what's next? You know, none of us know, 98 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,039 Speaker 1: but you know from someone who covers the Browns, it 99 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 1: feels like Baker's going to go on I R and 100 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 1: that's the last time we're going to hear from him 101 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 1: for a long long time. I mentioned this a couple 102 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: of times during the show, and I apologize to my 103 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 1: audience for repeating myself, But I'll say it to you. 104 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 1: When you play through pain and you're successful, we write 105 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: stories about you. They make movies about that. He played 106 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:37,359 Speaker 1: through pain and didn't play well. Were the Browns better 107 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: served with him in there playing hurt or would they 108 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:42,840 Speaker 1: have been better served with case Kingdom. You know, there 109 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: were times going back to the middle part of the 110 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 1: season where I wrote, there's no way that they're playing 111 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 1: the best quarterback, like he's in such pain and he's 112 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,359 Speaker 1: playing so poorly that he's not giving them the best chance. 113 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 1: So we come to December, they have their bye week, 114 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:56,719 Speaker 1: the gmmy and Yourew Barry goes on the record and 115 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 1: says Baker is healthy enough to win, and we expect 116 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 1: him to play his best over the last five weeks. 117 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,480 Speaker 1: That did not happen. So now you add the contract situation, 118 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: the guarantee for next year, and really, just like I said, 119 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 1: bottoming out four interceptions on Christmas Day, nine sacks the 120 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: other night. He says, the protection scheme, you know, gave 121 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 1: him no chance. We don't know where this is going 122 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 1: to go, but it's it's clearly, you know, no joy 123 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 1: around the team, and a big question on his future 124 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: because I don't think the Browns can win with Baker Mayfield. 125 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:28,920 Speaker 1: And the Browns have to decide is there a better option? 126 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:31,279 Speaker 1: And there might not be, and what do you do? 127 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 1: You know, how much do you weigh the injury in deciding? 128 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:36,279 Speaker 1: Can you bring him back next year to a roster 129 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:38,920 Speaker 1: that's really good and the defense was lights out over 130 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: the past five or six games. Explain his contract if 131 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: you can. So, they picked up the fifth year option 132 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:47,600 Speaker 1: on his rookie deal last May, and when they did that, 133 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: that was a no brainer. So he's guaranteed to make 134 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:53,160 Speaker 1: nineteen million dollars next year. That money's guaranteed. If they 135 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 1: were to trade him, it would be no dead money. 136 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 1: But I think they want to move on Dan. I 137 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: just don't know what a better option would be. Free agency, 138 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: doesn't you know, provide a great one if you wanted 139 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:07,039 Speaker 1: to say, go the Mariota or Mitch Trubisky route, Could 140 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 1: Baker coexist with those guys and then realistically, could you 141 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: go make a trade for Russell Wilson, for Deshaun Watson, 142 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:15,679 Speaker 1: for Derek Carr. You know, no one knows right now, 143 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: and if those guys do get traded, the Browns certainly 144 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 1: aren't going to be the only suitor. I like what 145 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: the Browns have. I mean, they have the nucleus here 146 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 1: to be a great team, and a lot of people 147 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 1: had high expectations for this team. And it's not just 148 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 1: on Baker. I don't know if you got to see 149 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 1: the Manning cast Zach, but the Mannings in real time. 150 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 1: We're really calling out Kevin Stefanski and Baker Mayfield with 151 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 1: what's the game plan here? The formation? Here? You got 152 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 1: a guy with a banged up shoulder. T J. Watt 153 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 1: is running wild here? They were. They were pretty critical 154 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 1: of the Browns. Is Stefanski facing this criticism locally? Yeah, 155 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 1: he is. That's not the only game that we set 156 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 1: in the press box or set where we sat and 157 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 1: said said the same thing, right, I mean, they haven't 158 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 1: had the full compliment of running backs. When they've had 159 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: Choven Hunt together, they've averaged twenty eight points a game. 160 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: Otherwise they've struggled to get over fourteen. But yeah, were 161 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 1: they two passed happy? Yes? Is this all on Baker? No, 162 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:19,559 Speaker 1: But there were a lot of times he either didn't 163 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: see or couldn't see. Guys. There's a lot of times 164 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 1: he missed guys, And then you go back at the 165 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 1: end of the game and you do say, why in 166 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 1: this situation is he throwing thirty four times thirty six times? 167 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 1: And so you go back to the bigger question, why 168 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 1: is he even out there if he's in this much pain? 169 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 1: And this is his performance because it wasn't once, it 170 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: wasn't twice, it was multiple times where he played some 171 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 1: of the worst games an NFL quarterback could play. And 172 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 1: I'm thinking about this, If Aaron Rodgers is going to 173 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: be in the market, they're going to want to trade 174 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:48,080 Speaker 1: him to an AFC team, not an NFC team, So 175 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 1: Denver and Cleveland could compete for him. Deshaun Watson, who 176 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 1: knows what's going to happen there. I don't know if 177 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 1: it matters where he goes, just that he finally goes. 178 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:01,960 Speaker 1: I don't know. If you look at the draft, if 179 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: you could, if you could have a gap year year don't. 180 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: I don't know. It just feels like there's uncertainty there 181 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 1: with Baker Mayfield, and it feels like he's calling a 182 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 1: lot more shots than he should be calling given his position. 183 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 1: Is that a fair assessment. I think he's trying to 184 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:21,839 Speaker 1: call those I think we don't know who's really calling them, right. 185 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 1: These guys have been there for two years. We had 186 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:26,680 Speaker 1: the pandemic. The first year was Kumbaya. Everything was great. 187 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 1: It was the best season this franchise has had in 188 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 1: twenty years, and this year it bottomed out. And so 189 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 1: to the fan base to ownership, this is the second 190 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 1: time in three years that Baker's played poorly and the 191 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 1: expectations have not been met. I agree the roster's good, 192 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 1: expectations should be high. So what happens is I think 193 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 1: they pursue a trade. But you know, if you can't 194 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 1: get one of those top guys that you mentioned, then 195 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:49,079 Speaker 1: you probably can't do you really want to go to 196 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan wrote Kirk Cousins, you know I'd be all 197 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:53,320 Speaker 1: for Derek Carr if you can do it. I don't 198 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 1: know that you can do it. He's under contract for 199 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 1: one more year. The Raiders will have to decide when 200 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 1: they get their new bosses. So the draft doesn't look great. 201 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 1: You know, maybe the Browns will be picking tenth or 202 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 1: eleventh and they'll consider that. But I think Dan, I 203 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 1: think the team wants to move on. I just don't 204 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,839 Speaker 1: know what those options will be is they present themselves 205 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:11,840 Speaker 1: four weeks and even you know, all the way through 206 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:14,080 Speaker 1: four six months from now, and you got the rise 207 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:17,599 Speaker 1: of Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals, Like you know, 208 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 1: Hioka from a while, I know how this works. You know, 209 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:24,840 Speaker 1: the Buckeyes got a great quarterback, the Bengals got a 210 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 1: great quarterback. Browns not so much. Yeah, and it's like 211 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 1: a year from now if Bryce Young CJ. Strout who 212 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 1: you just mentioned, like, the Browns aren't going to be 213 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 1: in position at picking my top five quarterback right so 214 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 1: they're they're built to win now, and that's the urgency. 215 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 1: I do think, Like I said that, I do think 216 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 1: they will go after a quarterback, but I can't say 217 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 1: with any level of certainty, and I don't think they 218 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 1: can't either right now. You know, can you really trade 219 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:51,080 Speaker 1: for an A plus quarterback or even a B plus quarterback, 220 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:53,839 Speaker 1: you know, and go forward thinking you can win the 221 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:58,080 Speaker 1: Super Bowl next year? Now that Odell Beckham is gone 222 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:01,200 Speaker 1: and producing for the Rams was much of a problem. 223 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 1: Was Odell Beckham to this team? Yeah, that was a 224 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: big part of the season. I mean, Baker's made vague 225 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:09,680 Speaker 1: mentions to internal strife and We're left to assume that 226 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:11,680 Speaker 1: a lot of it was then because he's just never 227 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 1: answered it. But you know, I just think there was 228 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 1: frustration since the fancy mentioned this of the results of 229 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:21,199 Speaker 1: the injury. But just time and time again, they needed 230 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 1: to make simple passes and they couldn't do it, and 231 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:27,560 Speaker 1: they threw too much right And so to sit and 232 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 1: watch it home Sunday, know that your playoff chances are dead, 233 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 1: and then go get him sacked nine times on Monday's 234 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 1: It was the most disappointing end. And now we lead 235 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:39,319 Speaker 1: to a period of complete uncertainty. The ideal situation Dan 236 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 1: was Baker plays well here in the contract, the Browns 237 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 1: go forward, they finally have their guy. This is the 238 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:46,720 Speaker 1: exact opposite of that. Would you rather cover a boring 239 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:50,920 Speaker 1: good team or a very interesting average or bad too. 240 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 1: I'm here for the interesting. There's no doubt. Now. It 241 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 1: was great last year when the Browns won and they 242 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:58,719 Speaker 1: finally broke all these streaks that dated back to two 243 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:01,199 Speaker 1: thousand and two and even back some to the nineties. 244 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: But they're not as all and we'll see. You know, 245 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 1: quarterback searches are good for business, Zach, great appearance. Thank you. 246 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 1: We appreciate your time and good luck with the Athletic. 247 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 1: All right, thank you. That's Zack Jackson. He covers the 248 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:18,840 Speaker 1: Browns NFL writer for the Athletic. Hebe's pretty affirmative that 249 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 1: they're going to move on from Baker Mayfield, which you know, 250 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: the question is how do you move on from Baker Mayfield? 251 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:29,440 Speaker 1: And what can you get in return for Baker Mayfield? 252 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,080 Speaker 1: And I don't know if this is situation and you 253 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 1: start to look at hypotheticals and it's and it's dangerous 254 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 1: territory for somebody in my position to do this. But 255 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 1: let's say your Seattle, let's say Russell Wilson wants out. 256 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:45,200 Speaker 1: Maybe you don't want to send him to the NFC, 257 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 1: just like the Packers don't want Rogers to go to 258 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:51,960 Speaker 1: an NFC team. Would you look at that situation and say, 259 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 1: we'll take Baker Mayfield that final year of his contract, 260 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:59,040 Speaker 1: let him play for a new contract, and then trade Russ. 261 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 1: Maybe you get some draft picks, high draft picks there 262 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 1: for Russell Wilson. Maybe. But if I'm Seattle and Russ 263 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:09,040 Speaker 1: wants out and we're not going to change our head coach, 264 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 1: then what are we going to get in return, who's 265 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:13,680 Speaker 1: going to be our quarterback? What are we going to 266 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 1: do next season at that position? Green Bay? I guess 267 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:21,440 Speaker 1: you're locked in with Jordan Love. You're better being because 268 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:25,560 Speaker 1: if Aaron leaves, then here you go. You assume what 269 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 1: if Russell Wilson says, I played my college ball at Wisconsin. 270 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 1: How about how about I go to Green Bay? Don't 271 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:41,679 Speaker 1: the Packers have to give Jordan Love another contract soon? Yeah? 272 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,800 Speaker 1: I think he's got one more year on more year. 273 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 1: I think I have him making one point one million dollars, 274 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,800 Speaker 1: which is the same as the Alabama quarterback. No, no, no, no, 275 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 1: Bryce Young made more money than Jordan Love. They made 276 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 1: one point three. They have him as an option in 277 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:59,959 Speaker 1: the next two years. But you're gonna have Jimmy Garoppolo 278 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 1: is going to be in the hopper. You would think 279 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan, maybe Russ maybe Rogers, Deshaun Watson. Quarterback position 280 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:16,679 Speaker 1: in the offseason is awesome, awesome, All right, we'll take 281 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 1: a break. We will bring in al Michaels, the legendary 282 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 1: Al Michaels will join us coming up next. Take a 283 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 1: break here back after this and the Dan Patrick Show. 284 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to The Dan Patrick Show Podcast. Be 285 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 1: sure to catch us live every weekday morning nine until 286 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 1: noon eastern six to nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, 287 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:37,400 Speaker 1: and you can find us on the iHeartRadio app at 288 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 1: FSR or stream us live on the Peacock app. I 289 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 1: just saw where David Bowie's estate was sold. You guys 290 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 1: want to take a guess ballpark figure for David Bowie's 291 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 1: catalog his music guest Todd one hundred and thirty eight million. 292 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:59,320 Speaker 1: All right, seems exact, but it's wrong front row David 293 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 1: Bowie's is it catalog? Paulie was? I think Springs team 294 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: was two large, two hundred large, Now I think he was. Yeah, 295 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 1: I'll go two hundred twenty five million from twenty five 296 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 1: Seaton O'Connor. I'm gonna go to twenty six. I'm gonna 297 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 1: go with Seaton o'connory. It's it's two fifty, ay, those 298 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 1: are the roles, that is right, two hundred and fifty 299 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 1: million dollars. David Bowie Al Michael's Hall of Fame broadcaster, 300 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:29,840 Speaker 1: Sunday Night Football play by play voice and of course 301 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:32,680 Speaker 1: it's winning your end Chargers in Las Vegas to battle 302 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 1: the Raiders. Coverage starts at seven Eastern NBC and Peacock. Al, 303 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 1: how are you today? Hello, Bob Barker, that's that's you? Right? Well, 304 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 1: I was up for the job prices, right, and uh 305 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 1: after after Bob stepped down, they offered me the job 306 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 1: of the prices, right. So what was the what was 307 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 1: the David Bowie final price? I didn't hear. Fifty two 308 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty million dollars two fifty yeah, so he's 309 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 1: half of what Springsteen was, right, Yeah, pretty much. So 310 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 1: what about Juice Newton? What do you think you? Snoop 311 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 1: or library? We'll go for what was your first concert? Now? Oh? 312 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 1: Good question? Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, you're not that old. 313 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 1: I can't remember. I remember, Benny Goodman? What do you 314 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 1: want me to tell you? Tchaikovsky? Did you see did 315 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 1: you see Mozart? I did not see him personally, but 316 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 1: I was able to log in. Wait mate, okay, hold on, 317 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 1: al you have one of the greatest memories that I've 318 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 1: ever been around when it comes to sports. And you 319 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 1: cannot remember your first concert, I can't, but I can 320 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 1: remember the last one or one of the most recent ones. 321 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:06,440 Speaker 1: I went to a Springsteen concert. I had never been 322 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 1: to a Springsteen concert and his good buddy is the 323 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:14,399 Speaker 1: great sitcom director Jimmy Burrows, longtime friend of mine, and 324 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 1: so Jimmy took me backstage afterwards. I thought it was 325 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 1: one of the most fantastic things I've ever seen. Four 326 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 1: hours LA Sports Arena, he gets CrowdSurf. You know, he's 327 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 1: in his mid to late sixties at that point, going 328 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: on for four consecutive hours. And I remember walking back 329 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:34,200 Speaker 1: into the dressing room and it was it was pretty 330 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 1: awesome to meet the boss himself. And I said, hey, man, 331 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 1: I said, first time called, long time listener. He said, 332 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:46,959 Speaker 1: I've never been to a concert but to one of his. 333 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:50,720 Speaker 1: But that was, you know, it was inspiring to see 334 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 1: this guy doing what he did every other night. This 335 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:58,160 Speaker 1: is not that moment ago him. And that's the last 336 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 1: one I can remember, but the first one I've got. 337 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 1: I've got to think about it again, I really do. 338 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 1: But when's the last time you approached a player after 339 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 1: a performance in a game like here you're seeing Springsteen 340 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:11,960 Speaker 1: as a fan, But have you ever gone up to 341 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,080 Speaker 1: a player after a game just to say I just 342 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:17,160 Speaker 1: want to say or whatever? Sport? All the sports you've 343 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 1: covered I've texted, but you know, when it comes to 344 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:22,720 Speaker 1: the end of the game, we're just trying to beat 345 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:25,679 Speaker 1: the traffic. So I mean we're out of there. We 346 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 1: don't go down Chris and I and I mean ship 347 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:30,199 Speaker 1: my moment shows down on the field talking to the 348 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 1: start of the game. But I've texted a few of 349 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 1: the guys. Yeah, I mean, we've had some spectacular Tom 350 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 1: Brady performances, Peyton Manny of course through all of those years, 351 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:46,240 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, the guys that you would most expect, and 352 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:50,160 Speaker 1: you know, just a little text exchange about that was fantastic. 353 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:55,040 Speaker 1: And I'm great for the ratings too. More importantly, but 354 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:57,879 Speaker 1: even after the miracle on ice, like, did you even 355 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 1: think about saying something to Mike Eruzione for what happened? Well, 356 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:05,480 Speaker 1: that's how I found out the story of what Herb 357 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 1: Brooks had said in the locker room. Before the third 358 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 1: period of the Finland game. I ran into Mike on 359 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 1: the street in Lake Placid. Everybody's getting ready to leave town, 360 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 1: and I said to him, because remember the US had 361 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 1: beaten the Soviets on Friday night, but still had one 362 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:24,200 Speaker 1: more game, had to beat Finland on Sunday and the 363 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:26,400 Speaker 1: game that started at eleven in the morning with trailing 364 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 1: two to one going into the third period, and I said, 365 00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:33,159 Speaker 1: what was it like in the locker room before the 366 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:35,399 Speaker 1: third period, and Mike said, Brooks got up there and 367 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 1: he said, if you lose this game, you will take 368 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:43,960 Speaker 1: it to your bleeping grave, which was probably as good 369 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:46,399 Speaker 1: at pep talk as has ever been given, better than 370 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 1: anything that Newton rock knew on the party or anybody 371 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 1: could have given in any locker room. And you don't 372 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 1: want when you think about what Brooks said to that team, 373 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 1: it's ten thousand percent correct because these guys instead of 374 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,880 Speaker 1: dining out on a gold medal forty two years ago, 375 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:04,560 Speaker 1: now they would have gone around. People would have said, 376 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 1: and wait a second, you beat the Soviets and you 377 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:12,239 Speaker 1: lost to Finland. What so it was? Those are the 378 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:14,640 Speaker 1: perfect words that were uttered by her Brooks that date. 379 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:18,000 Speaker 1: But also your great call would have been a casualty 380 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:21,840 Speaker 1: if they didn't win the gold medal. Do you believe 381 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:24,720 Speaker 1: in miracles? Wouldn't have the same ring that it does. 382 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 1: So if they lose to Finland, I probably could have said, 383 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 1: do you believe in debacle? But but it all worked out, 384 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:40,560 Speaker 1: and you know, a Russione of course with the game 385 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:44,920 Speaker 1: winning gold in the third period, has really dined out 386 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:48,160 Speaker 1: on this badio. So he's you've met. I mean, he's 387 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:50,920 Speaker 1: a great guy and it's been fantastic to watch, to 388 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:53,640 Speaker 1: watch that run through the years. I did introduce him 389 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:56,919 Speaker 1: one time the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year and 390 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:59,080 Speaker 1: they had all these luminaries in the audience and I'm 391 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 1: going around the room and I go, oh, there's Mike 392 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 1: RUZZIONI still on scholarship in America. He didn't like that that. 393 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:10,160 Speaker 1: I said, oh, yeah, there's a guy who's still still 394 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 1: on scholarship. For people who didn't meet John Madden, that 395 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 1: we listened to him, we watched him, you were friends 396 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:20,080 Speaker 1: with him, you were close with him. What didn't we 397 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 1: see with John Men? You know, what you saw is 398 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:27,040 Speaker 1: what you got. And people say to me, well, what 399 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 1: was he really like? And I said, he was really 400 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:34,240 Speaker 1: liked pretty much what you saw. He was full of life, 401 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:38,960 Speaker 1: he was full of energy. He was a great conversationalist, 402 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 1: I said the other day, a great teacher, but a 403 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:46,119 Speaker 1: terrific listener and wanted to learn, was very curious, loved 404 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:50,160 Speaker 1: you know, traveling around the country, being with people, and 405 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:56,120 Speaker 1: he enjoyed that. And there wasn't anything about John that said, hey, 406 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:58,479 Speaker 1: look and I'm a big celebrity. I'm one of the 407 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 1: most recognizable people in the country. No, it was none 408 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 1: of that. He was more interested in absorbing things than 409 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:09,439 Speaker 1: in playing any sort of a role. Going out to 410 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 1: dinner with him was fantastic. And I mean when I 411 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:15,119 Speaker 1: think about my seven years with him, and we did 412 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:17,840 Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty games together in three Super Bowls, 413 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 1: all I really think about it are the great times 414 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:24,639 Speaker 1: we had at dinner talking about football, of course, but 415 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 1: everything Bush football. And he was so special by the way. 416 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:32,240 Speaker 1: I was just thinking of something this morning that really 417 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 1: hasn't been out there that you might be still be 418 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 1: interested in this. So John comes to me in two 419 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:40,119 Speaker 1: thousand and two because Pat summer All is going to 420 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 1: step aside, and it's about time for John too, you know, 421 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:46,399 Speaker 1: maybe either move on to get a new partner, and 422 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:49,639 Speaker 1: ABC approaches him and I get John. From two thousand 423 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 1: and two through two thousand and eight, seven seasons. John 424 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:56,800 Speaker 1: almost came to Monday Night Football in nineteen ninety four, 425 00:22:57,359 --> 00:23:01,440 Speaker 1: which was when CBS lost the right Fox gained the 426 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:04,200 Speaker 1: rights to the NFC, who are they going to hire? 427 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 1: This is before they hire Pat and John and the 428 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 1: whole production crew. So ABC now goes after John. And 429 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 1: there is a meeting in New York in ninety right 430 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:19,920 Speaker 1: after this happened in ninety four between the top ABC 431 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 1: executive and John's representative at that time, and there was 432 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:28,159 Speaker 1: a handshake and a toast that John was going to 433 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:30,720 Speaker 1: come to Monday Night's football. And I got the call 434 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:32,720 Speaker 1: from our executive at night and I went to bed 435 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:35,560 Speaker 1: that night thinking John is my partner beginning in nineteen 436 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:39,560 Speaker 1: ninety four. The next day Rupert Murdock comes in and 437 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 1: writes an eight million dollars a year check to John 438 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:46,119 Speaker 1: and that was the end of that, and that created this. 439 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 1: You know, there's a logger heads thing between the ABC 440 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:56,280 Speaker 1: executive and Battery's adumption Susan and John's representative at the time, 441 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:59,040 Speaker 1: which which went on from a lot of years. But 442 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:01,920 Speaker 1: we thought we had John in nineteen ninety four. Did 443 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:05,880 Speaker 1: the network think of like tuning him down a little bit? 444 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 1: Like what? I don't know if if he was too 445 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:12,399 Speaker 1: He was so different from everybody else, so did they 446 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:14,639 Speaker 1: try to calm him down a little bit with his 447 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:20,120 Speaker 1: approach to being analyst. Well, I don't think Fox did 448 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 1: I think that had he come over to ABC. No. 449 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:27,160 Speaker 1: I mean when you if you were going to sign 450 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:30,480 Speaker 1: John Madden to do the show, you wanted him to 451 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:32,879 Speaker 1: be John Madden. Why would you tune him down? The 452 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:37,400 Speaker 1: thing with him was he had established a new template. 453 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:41,560 Speaker 1: People loved it. He was a guy who, as you know, 454 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:46,560 Speaker 1: spawned a whole bunch of imitators. But nobody, there was 455 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,119 Speaker 1: only one John Madden, and nobody else could play the 456 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,399 Speaker 1: role of John Madden and be authentic. So there was 457 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 1: no way you could do that. I know when John 458 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:57,200 Speaker 1: came to me after he had been with Pat for 459 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:01,760 Speaker 1: twenty or twenty one years, we talked about the fact 460 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 1: that that maybe I was more I was. I spoke 461 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 1: more than pacted. I wanted to engage John in certain 462 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 1: conversations which I heard him through the years he would 463 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,879 Speaker 1: talk about and I wanted to go deeper. And I said, Hey, 464 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:17,320 Speaker 1: are you okay if I if we go this way? 465 00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 1: He said, I'd love it. So that was how we started. 466 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:22,919 Speaker 1: And then the first game that we did together was 467 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:24,880 Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame game in two thousand and two, 468 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 1: and Dan, by the time we got to the second commercial, 469 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:29,680 Speaker 1: I thought I'd work with him for twenty years. Really, 470 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 1: it was that simple. It was that easy, And it's 471 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:36,720 Speaker 1: tricky because as the play by play guy, setting up 472 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:41,119 Speaker 1: your analyst is delicate, and there's a delicate balance in 473 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,720 Speaker 1: those who do it well. You know Nance does it. 474 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 1: What Nance does to me is more impressive than what 475 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:49,200 Speaker 1: Tony Romo does because Jim has to kind of set 476 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,720 Speaker 1: up Tony and then weave back into the play by play. 477 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 1: How did you do that with John where you get 478 00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 1: he gets in and then gets out, and then you 479 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 1: go back to the play by playing. I think when 480 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:05,159 Speaker 1: the two of us were paired together in two thousand 481 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,440 Speaker 1: and two, I had heard him for over twenty years. 482 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 1: He was always on the bus after we did a 483 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 1: Sunday game, watching Monday night football. He'd heard me do 484 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 1: hundreds of games. So I know Fred Goodelli, our producer 485 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:22,040 Speaker 1: at that time and still is. Obviously, Fred had said 486 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 1: to both of us when we were paired, Hey, you 487 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 1: guys want to do kind of a rehearsal game. We'll 488 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,359 Speaker 1: sit in the studio and we'll play a tape. And 489 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:32,879 Speaker 1: I was the senior partner at that point of his 490 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:36,240 Speaker 1: John was coming to us, and I looked at John 491 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 1: and I said, I don't think we need to do this. 492 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:40,879 Speaker 1: And then John told me on the way out of 493 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,199 Speaker 1: the room, he said, I'm glad you said that. That 494 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:46,320 Speaker 1: would have been artificial. I think John and I when 495 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 1: we got together, understood each other's rhythm, and there was 496 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 1: not the remotest concern on my part. It wouldn't fold 497 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:57,520 Speaker 1: in setting up the analyst is not necessarily asking a question. 498 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:00,240 Speaker 1: It's you got to know what we're the other guy's 499 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 1: brain is, and we both had that rhythm. And the 500 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:06,560 Speaker 1: great thing about John is he was so well versed, 501 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 1: not only in football but everything. There wasn't one time 502 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:13,200 Speaker 1: I could say something that we hadn't talked about beforehand 503 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:15,600 Speaker 1: and know that John wouldn't be ready for it. He was. 504 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:18,600 Speaker 1: He was that good. So when you're working with somebody 505 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:20,640 Speaker 1: like that, you have all the confidence in the world. 506 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 1: You could go anywhere and he's right with you. I'm 507 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:27,200 Speaker 1: talking to Al Michael's NBC Sports, of course, and the 508 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:31,800 Speaker 1: winning you're in the Chargers and the Raiders. Is there 509 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:34,480 Speaker 1: part of you rooting for an LA based team to 510 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 1: play in the Super Bowl? Not necessarily because I know 511 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:43,320 Speaker 1: I live here and whatever's going to happen on February thirteenth, 512 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 1: I'm I'm good with that. I mean, we've got some 513 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:49,639 Speaker 1: great perspective matchups. You know what I would really like 514 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:52,399 Speaker 1: to see Shandon. You know what I root for in 515 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 1: every game overtime because overtime means is drama. All announcers, 516 00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:00,240 Speaker 1: you know, people say, oh, you're rooting for this team 517 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,640 Speaker 1: to that team and that's garbage. Well, you're rooting for 518 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:07,359 Speaker 1: is drama. What you're not rooting for is established leading 519 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,760 Speaker 1: Washington forty two to seven and a half, which we 520 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:13,440 Speaker 1: had you know, two weeks ago. That's not what you want. 521 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 1: And it's not that you're not rooting for one team 522 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:18,080 Speaker 1: or the other. It's I love when it get start 523 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:20,320 Speaker 1: at the end and you've got great strategy and I 524 00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 1: mean the end of that. Like the Cincinnati Kansas City 525 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:26,280 Speaker 1: game was crazy the other day and Jimmy Tony, I 526 00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 1: thought that a great job with that. Let me, you 527 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:30,560 Speaker 1: have all these plays, you know, when do you take 528 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:31,919 Speaker 1: the time out? What do you do here? You got 529 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 1: the penalties all over the place. That's what you root for. 530 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 1: You root for. Look, I always wanted to do the 531 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:42,800 Speaker 1: first overtime Super Bowl and Joe and Troy got it, 532 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,520 Speaker 1: of course, twenty eight to three. I couldn't believe it, 533 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:47,480 Speaker 1: you know, twenty eighth three, and that's the game that 534 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:49,840 Speaker 1: goes to overtime. But what I really like to see 535 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:53,120 Speaker 1: happen in February thirteenth is like quadruple overtime, the greatest 536 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 1: Super Bowl of all time. How's your golf game? By 537 00:28:56,200 --> 00:29:02,480 Speaker 1: the way, thanks for asking. Would you give me a 538 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:05,880 Speaker 1: swing thought? This is so you know I have on 539 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:07,400 Speaker 1: my phone here. I don't know if you can go. 540 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:09,480 Speaker 1: I can't show it to you right now. I have 541 00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:14,720 Speaker 1: swing thoughts. I have six the problem, the problem, you know, 542 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 1: the brain gets to your what you know that right? Yes? So? 543 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 1: And then what do I do do I start from 544 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 1: the tap and go down? And then you know, I 545 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 1: have a lot of you know, a few swing thoughts 546 00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 1: are in caps. A few swing swing thoughts have you know, 547 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:31,160 Speaker 1: like like the words you can't use on on this show. 548 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:34,800 Speaker 1: Then there are the others with like mine exclamation points. 549 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,560 Speaker 1: And when Marty Fish, who's a pal belongs to you 550 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:42,120 Speaker 1: know bell Air, Marty, you know, was winning the tournament 551 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:45,000 Speaker 1: in Taho a couple of years ago, and he's going 552 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:46,680 Speaker 1: into the final round, but I sent him in my 553 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:52,560 Speaker 1: whole list. I said, take any five at my expense. 554 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:56,960 Speaker 1: So he wandered anyway. I think you threw in the garbage. 555 00:29:56,960 --> 00:30:01,080 Speaker 1: You know, it's it's in your whatever. What you need 556 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:05,960 Speaker 1: in golf is a lobotomy. That's what you need. But 557 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:09,680 Speaker 1: great athletes don't think they've already thought before they get 558 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:12,720 Speaker 1: into that position, right, and we always go what were 559 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:14,520 Speaker 1: you thinking? And a lot of athletes to go, I 560 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:19,200 Speaker 1: wasn't thinking anything. Damn when you hit a great golf 561 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:23,760 Speaker 1: shot and it's like six seconds later and you're thinking, well, 562 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:27,959 Speaker 1: wait a minute, what did I do? That's why that 563 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:32,560 Speaker 1: game is unbelievably fascinating. And but right now I'm kind 564 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:37,120 Speaker 1: of I'm in as Jerry Jones said about Dak Prescott 565 00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:39,440 Speaker 1: a few years ago, I'm in a slump. But I 566 00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:41,320 Speaker 1: hope like dad to come out of that slump and 567 00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:43,720 Speaker 1: have the kind of game that Dak had against Washington. 568 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:48,200 Speaker 1: Is that your office at your house? It's yeah, it's upstairs. 569 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:50,960 Speaker 1: And I have behind me, well, Emmittsfield, because I grew 570 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:53,719 Speaker 1: up in Brooklyn and I love New York and the 571 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:57,560 Speaker 1: Empire State Building is there, and the Bay Bridge as 572 00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:00,920 Speaker 1: we lived in the Bay Area, So I move all 573 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:03,680 Speaker 1: over the house, sometimes with the kitchen table, sometimes with 574 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:06,760 Speaker 1: the dining room table. Sometimes I'm up here. What's the 575 00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:13,240 Speaker 1: best piece of sports memorabilia you have? What's the best piece? 576 00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 1: I have a laminated ticket to the US Soviet hockey 577 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:22,360 Speaker 1: game Someway downstairs. Yeah, I don't. I don't collect a 578 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:25,480 Speaker 1: lot of stuff. And my wife actually gave me a 579 00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:27,760 Speaker 1: montage on the twenty fifth anniversary of a lot of 580 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:30,800 Speaker 1: great stuff that had happened up until that point. And 581 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:33,360 Speaker 1: that's about it, you know. And by the way, I 582 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:37,800 Speaker 1: think I have a ton of sports illustrators, which my 583 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:40,000 Speaker 1: wife has finally taken out of the house you did 584 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:42,200 Speaker 1: about four years ago and put them in public storage. 585 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:44,920 Speaker 1: So because I mean that we're just taken up too 586 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,560 Speaker 1: much room. So if you come out here the next time, 587 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:49,719 Speaker 1: we'll go to public storage and I'll take you all 588 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:51,800 Speaker 1: the way back to like the nineteen six I would 589 00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:54,440 Speaker 1: go with sports illustity. Yeah, of course, that's fun. I 590 00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:57,240 Speaker 1: would go with you, you know, with the the advent 591 00:31:57,280 --> 00:31:59,959 Speaker 1: of now everybody's gambling and you can talk about it openly. 592 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:04,520 Speaker 1: It kind of hurts that little subtle over under I 593 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:10,560 Speaker 1: mean it does. Yeah, yeah, I can see right, I 594 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:14,960 Speaker 1: know your heart believes. Um, you know, I can still 595 00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:18,920 Speaker 1: jam it in there a little bit, but right, I 596 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:21,040 Speaker 1: mean people there are people who still get a kick 597 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:24,640 Speaker 1: out of it. But these days, um, it's it's it's 598 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:28,160 Speaker 1: completely different. You don't have to hide it. I mean, 599 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:31,640 Speaker 1: the leagues are all in partnership with all of the 600 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:36,320 Speaker 1: draft Kings and the Caesars and the rest of the operations. 601 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:39,440 Speaker 1: But you know, I just it's I have a lot 602 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:41,760 Speaker 1: of fun with it, Dan, But I just hope that 603 00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:44,760 Speaker 1: people don't bet the rent money or the mortgage money out. 604 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 1: It just it's the whole thing about you know, do 605 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:49,960 Speaker 1: it responsibly, and hopefully people will will do it responsible. 606 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,719 Speaker 1: It's fun to do, there's no question you're more engaged 607 00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:55,280 Speaker 1: in the game. But when you get you know, over 608 00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:58,800 Speaker 1: the chop with it, that's dangerous, you know that. Great 609 00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:01,760 Speaker 1: to talk to you, and uh, good luck golf game, 610 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:06,600 Speaker 1: Good luck with the call. Thoughts. Would you give me one? Okay? 611 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:10,040 Speaker 1: One you go one? When you when you when you 612 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:16,800 Speaker 1: take the swing back? Yes, go Johnny Miller. Oh okay, 613 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:27,480 Speaker 1: Johnny Miller, Roger starback. That's the good Tiger. No, no, 614 00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:29,680 Speaker 1: no, no no, you need I need a company, you need, 615 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:35,040 Speaker 1: you need, you need to Johnny Miller. Okay, let me 616 00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:39,760 Speaker 1: write that down here. Hold on seven. Thank you, Dan, 617 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:43,000 Speaker 1: thank you. That's uh the great Al Michaels Hall of 618 00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:46,600 Speaker 1: Fame broadcaster. Sunday Night Football, the winner grabs the AFC 619 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:50,560 Speaker 1: wild card spot. It'll be the Raiders and the Chargers 620 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:53,880 Speaker 1: take a break, close up shop after this. Thanks for 621 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:56,400 Speaker 1: listening to The Dan Patrick Show podcast. Be sure to 622 00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,360 Speaker 1: catch us live every weekday morning nine until noon eastern 623 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:02,240 Speaker 1: six to nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and you 624 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:06,040 Speaker 1: can find us on the iHeartRadio app at FSR or 625 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,360 Speaker 1: stream us live on the Peacock app. He's Mike Carmen. 626 00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:12,280 Speaker 1: I'm Dan Byer. We have a brand new fantasy football 627 00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:16,560 Speaker 1: podcast called I Want Your Flex. Twice a week, every 628 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:19,560 Speaker 1: Tuesday and Friday, we come up with new episodes to 629 00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:22,480 Speaker 1: not only look back at what happened, what you need 630 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:25,080 Speaker 1: to do at that minute, and also look ahead of 631 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:28,239 Speaker 1: what's coming up in the fantasy football world. That's right, Dan. 632 00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:30,480 Speaker 1: Every week we're going to scour the waiver wire to 633 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:35,120 Speaker 1: find the pickups to turbo boost your fantasy lineup. Sits starts, 634 00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:38,760 Speaker 1: Fantasy football players rankings. To get you ready to dominate 635 00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:41,359 Speaker 1: the competition, listen to I Want Your Flex with Mike 636 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:44,200 Speaker 1: Carmen and Met Dan Byer on the iHeartRadio app, Apple 637 00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:48,120 Speaker 1: Podcast and wherever you get your podcasts. Paully's had an 638 00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:51,279 Speaker 1: interesting dating life. Now he's got a lovely wife, Dana, 639 00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:56,400 Speaker 1: But I knew Pauli when he was single. And Paully 640 00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:59,160 Speaker 1: will tell you a story. He'll go, yeah, it reminds me. 641 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:03,719 Speaker 1: I dated this woman. She was a beautiful woman, but 642 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:06,680 Speaker 1: she always had her hair down and I go, okay, 643 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:10,200 Speaker 1: and uh, he said. You know, it was like a 644 00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:13,360 Speaker 1: month into the relationship and she had her hair pulled 645 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:18,680 Speaker 1: back and she had these big ears. And I said, well, well, 646 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:22,520 Speaker 1: what did you do disproportionately big ears? Because every other 647 00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:27,240 Speaker 1: part of her was fine. I guess you'd say okay, 648 00:35:27,239 --> 00:35:29,239 Speaker 1: and it was shocking. It's like when someone takes off 649 00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:31,239 Speaker 1: their hat and they're they're bald, and you don't expect me, 650 00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:34,480 Speaker 1: Like Tim mcgrawl whenever Tim mcgrawl takes off his hat. 651 00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:37,640 Speaker 1: Now he has a hairpiece now, but you know, there 652 00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:39,840 Speaker 1: there were times it's like some of these country guys, 653 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:42,799 Speaker 1: they'll be like, take off their cowboy hat and you go, oh, now, 654 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:44,520 Speaker 1: I don't know why you keep your cowboy hat on. 655 00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:48,719 Speaker 1: But so she had big, bigger ears than not so 656 00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:53,239 Speaker 1: much big, but out out than big. And when we 657 00:35:53,239 --> 00:35:55,759 Speaker 1: were when I met her, she was at a bar, 658 00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:57,359 Speaker 1: and of course in New York City, and she had 659 00:35:57,360 --> 00:35:59,400 Speaker 1: her hair down. So it wasn't like false advertising. I'm 660 00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:03,839 Speaker 1: not blaming her, but it was pretty shocking. A month later, yes, 661 00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:08,240 Speaker 1: Paul's offer her earmuffs like degrees outside, it's like mid August, 662 00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:10,879 Speaker 1: like that's kind of yeah. Hey, I was gonna wear 663 00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:14,120 Speaker 1: my hair up for tonight going to dinner. No no, no, no, 664 00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:16,239 Speaker 1: no no, I like it. Like it down. Fourth of 665 00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:18,319 Speaker 1: July weekend, go to the beach. Houd you wear your 666 00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:24,160 Speaker 1: hair down so much better? Of course we're so perfect. Yes, 667 00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:27,120 Speaker 1: I wonder what women are saying about or did say 668 00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:31,640 Speaker 1: about us. Paully just googled her and her picture popped 669 00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:39,040 Speaker 1: up and her hair is down. That's great. Any who? 670 00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:43,080 Speaker 1: Any who, we have a new game called the Antonio 671 00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:45,680 Speaker 1: Brown Game, and U are we ready to play it? 672 00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:48,239 Speaker 1: Are we playing the Antonio Brown Game? Yes? We are 673 00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:55,439 Speaker 1: all right. There we go. Music sounds familiar. It's any 674 00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:59,239 Speaker 1: game that we play has this music the Antonio Brown Game. 675 00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:01,360 Speaker 1: Who is the whole of the end? Paulie is the 676 00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:04,960 Speaker 1: host of the Antonio Brown gig. All right, at the 677 00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:08,200 Speaker 1: end of the okay, at the end of the football season, 678 00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:11,680 Speaker 1: at the end of the Super Bowl. Okay, Antonio Brown 679 00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:15,799 Speaker 1: will still be technically a member of the roster for 680 00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:19,000 Speaker 1: the Tempa Bay Bucks or possibly playing for the Bucks, 681 00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:21,560 Speaker 1: either on the roster or playing for the Bucks. You 682 00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:24,600 Speaker 1: cover bawl. Now, you guys thought it was preposterous that 683 00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:29,440 Speaker 1: I said, what about if Antonio Brown plays nice talks 684 00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:32,680 Speaker 1: to Tom Brady. I made a mistake, I reacted. I 685 00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:36,000 Speaker 1: want to be here. Tom still wants to win Super Bowls, 686 00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:39,400 Speaker 1: and Antonio Brown gives him a better chance. You only 687 00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:42,440 Speaker 1: have to You only have to convince one person, and 688 00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:47,239 Speaker 1: that person is Bruce arians Seat O'Connor. God, admit, when 689 00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:49,279 Speaker 1: you said that, I thought it was crazy. I've come 690 00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:54,560 Speaker 1: kind of exactly the opposite direction. He might even play 691 00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:59,719 Speaker 1: this weekend. Tell me why because Okay, about five hours ago, 692 00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:04,480 Speaker 1: here's a little conspiracy theorist. But about five hours ago, 693 00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:09,799 Speaker 1: Antonio Brown posted to Instagram from Davis Island, which is 694 00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:13,520 Speaker 1: in Tampa, and in it In one of the pictures, 695 00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:18,839 Speaker 1: he's wearing a Buccaneers Super Bowl champions hat boom. He 696 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:24,040 Speaker 1: is back, Well, he's back in Tampa. It's back in Tampa. 697 00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:25,799 Speaker 1: Then again, he could have taken these pictures at any 698 00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:28,919 Speaker 1: point over the last year. What are the other options were? Okay, 699 00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:30,840 Speaker 1: so he's either on the Bucks roster or playing for 700 00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:33,719 Speaker 1: the Bucks. That's choice one. Okay, he plays in the 701 00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:39,000 Speaker 1: playoffs for another team, or he is unemployed, never makes 702 00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:42,120 Speaker 1: another roster cut and not picked up at the end 703 00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:44,800 Speaker 1: of the Super Bowl. But what is his what happens 704 00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:47,839 Speaker 1: to Yes, Todd, I'm gonna say unemployed slash free agent. 705 00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:50,080 Speaker 1: He's not going to be a team I think he's 706 00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:52,319 Speaker 1: had too many missteps. Why can you trust him now? 707 00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:53,919 Speaker 1: Even if he rent the tom and said I made 708 00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:56,160 Speaker 1: a mistake, I flipped out, I apologie, take me back, 709 00:38:56,920 --> 00:39:03,560 Speaker 1: thank you too. I am going to say unemployed, unemployed? 710 00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:07,319 Speaker 1: Could they be pressured to cut him this week so 711 00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:09,360 Speaker 1: he has the opportunity to play elsewhere? But the players 712 00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:12,120 Speaker 1: you can step in. I think that's that's going to 713 00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:16,480 Speaker 1: be what's the interesting part of this. If you know 714 00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:18,759 Speaker 1: whether he was he was wrong in what he did 715 00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:20,640 Speaker 1: to the team, but he still has rights to be 716 00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:23,319 Speaker 1: able to say, hey, you said I'm no longer with 717 00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:26,600 Speaker 1: the team, let me go. Then the question is is 718 00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:29,839 Speaker 1: there money to be spent? Can he signed with another team? 719 00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:31,799 Speaker 1: It feels like they want to put him on the 720 00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:35,320 Speaker 1: injured reserve list. It feels like Tampa is going to 721 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:38,239 Speaker 1: be going no, you're you're not gonna you know, kind 722 00:39:38,239 --> 00:39:40,960 Speaker 1: of act this way and get get your way after 723 00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:43,480 Speaker 1: doing this. Yes, Fritze, Bruce Arens may look like a 724 00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:44,719 Speaker 1: fool if he was to take him back. But do 725 00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:47,000 Speaker 1: you think it's possible, since he's such a player's coach, 726 00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:48,799 Speaker 1: he would have some kind of vote in the locker 727 00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:50,919 Speaker 1: room and just gotta throw it after to the team 728 00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:53,560 Speaker 1: who's willing to give this guy another chance? I have 729 00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:58,600 Speaker 1: no idea. I have no idea. Feels like, Bruce, at 730 00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:00,920 Speaker 1: some point, you you've drawn a line in the sand. 731 00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:04,359 Speaker 1: You gotta stay with the line that you've drawn. They 732 00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:07,680 Speaker 1: keep moving it. But it feels like you know this. 733 00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:11,560 Speaker 1: If Tom Brady says, hey, coach, I promise you give 734 00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:14,919 Speaker 1: him one more shot here, Yes, you need Brady needs 735 00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:18,160 Speaker 1: to get ab to hold it together for five or 736 00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:20,719 Speaker 1: six more weeks. That's it, And then you never see 737 00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:25,120 Speaker 1: him again. Final results of the poll question. Oh yeah, 738 00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:27,680 Speaker 1: that's me. Yeah. By the way, this is very exciting. Uh. 739 00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:30,960 Speaker 1: The poll question today was should off field behavior factor 740 00:40:31,040 --> 00:40:36,279 Speaker 1: into MVP voting? Fifty fifty aka the perfect pole. It's 741 00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:38,439 Speaker 1: like they're on a perfect game. Yeah. I've been called 742 00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:40,960 Speaker 1: that before, yes, poll. Yeah, you know in sports radio, 743 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,319 Speaker 1: anytime a pole question is fifty fifty, we think we 744 00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:46,200 Speaker 1: put together a great pole. Yes, we crushed this dange 745 00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:49,880 Speaker 1: sports history polling nine twenty, the New York Yankees purchased 746 00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:51,760 Speaker 1: Babe Ruth from the Boston Red Sox for one hundred 747 00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:53,440 Speaker 1: and twenty five grand. How many times a year do 748 00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:57,279 Speaker 1: they do that? It's like once every three months. Oh, 749 00:40:57,320 --> 00:40:59,960 Speaker 1: this is the data. It's the fallback. Baby Ruth is 750 00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:02,719 Speaker 1: always on this list. Nineteen ninety three, Mike Ditka was 751 00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:05,160 Speaker 1: fired as coach of the Chicago Bears, and on this day, 752 00:41:05,239 --> 00:41:08,520 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety three, Reggie Jackson elected to the Baseball Hall 753 00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:11,120 Speaker 1: of Fame. Let's go around the room and find out 754 00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:13,160 Speaker 1: what we learned on the program, Todd, would you learn today? 755 00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:16,040 Speaker 1: I learned Aaron Rodgers takes pride and always being unapologetically 756 00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:19,680 Speaker 1: himself seetn O'Connor. What did you learn? Nick Wright is shredded? 757 00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:23,280 Speaker 1: Nick Wright sent us the video of him changing attire 758 00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:26,520 Speaker 1: with his shirt off. I mean, he's in his thirties. 759 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:31,320 Speaker 1: He should look ripped, but you know it's impressive performance. Fine, Paully. 760 00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:33,279 Speaker 1: Would you learn nick Wright wants us to post the 761 00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:36,239 Speaker 1: video him changing the tire shirt? Yes he does, Todd. 762 00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:38,200 Speaker 1: Would I learned how Michael's recently went to a Bruce 763 00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:40,640 Speaker 1: Springston concert? First? First time you met the boss backstage 764 00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:42,479 Speaker 1: after the four hour performance? What do you think Bruce 765 00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:48,920 Speaker 1: said when he saw al Michaels. Oh, all right, Mercedes 766 00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:54,920 Speaker 1: bends sub family provides the best. I'm sorry, Mercedes, I 767 00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:58,400 Speaker 1: don't have it in me. Buy Mercedes. They're awesome, all right. 768 00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:00,279 Speaker 1: Left