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Speaker 2: It's our two on this Monday, Best and Worst of
Speaker 2: the weekend. What you saw that you liked, you didn't like?
Speaker 2: You just tuning in Jacksonville. Jaguars had moved on from
Speaker 2: Doug Peterson, Patriots moving on from Gerrod Mayo. The Giants
Speaker 2: are keeping their coaching staff. We don't know what the
Speaker 2: Raiders are going to do. We'll talk to Albert Breer,
Speaker 2: the Monday Morning quarterback, get his thoughts on who is
Speaker 2: next and why. The Patriots after telling Gerrod Mayo, you're
Speaker 2: our coach in waiting for five years, that all of
Speaker 2: a sudden, it's like you get married, and then all
Speaker 2: of a sudden, six months later, you go, we're getting
Speaker 2: a divorce, Like, wait, what happened?
Speaker 3: What didn't you know?
Speaker 2: Maybe fire the coordinators instead of the head coach, and
Speaker 2: you found your quarterback in Drake may very puzzling. And
Speaker 2: before you say, well, you can't pass on Mike Brabel
Speaker 2: they did last year he was available. Then Brian Flores
Speaker 2: coordinated with the Vikings. He was available. Then Grod Mayo
Speaker 2: is one and done. Antonio Pierce might be one and
Speaker 2: done with the Raiders as well. Westin Wurst to the
Speaker 2: weekend operators sitting by Tyler takes your phone calls each
Speaker 2: seven to seven three DP show. So the Broncos are
Speaker 2: in their reward, they get to go to Buffalo where
Speaker 2: they're nine nine and a half point underdogs. Bengals and
Speaker 2: Dolphins are out. We wonder if Tyreek Hill is out
Speaker 2: out with the Dolphins. He took himself out of the
Speaker 2: lineup late in the game. His head coach wasn't aware
Speaker 2: and did not give his blessing on that the Buccaneers
Speaker 2: are in, Falcons are out, and the Lions get the
Speaker 2: number one seed in the NFC eight seven to seven
Speaker 2: to three DP show, Seaton, would you update the poll
Speaker 2: results from our one and what's the question are we
Speaker 2: going to go with in our two?
Speaker 4: See, we got a few of them up here. More
Speaker 4: surprising Broncos are in the playoffs or the Bengals are not?
Speaker 3: Right now?
Speaker 4: Fifty nine percent have the Bengals not in the playoffs?
Speaker 4: Who would you rather having the playoffs? The Bengals? Are
Speaker 4: the Broncos right now? Seventy percent would rather have the Bengals?
Speaker 3: Yes?
Speaker 4: And then the Raiders should This is one Paul just
Speaker 4: threw out the Raiders. Should a trade up for Shador
Speaker 4: Sanders or b keep the picks, sign Rogers, bring back
Speaker 4: Devonte Adams.
Speaker 3: Oh my goodness.
Speaker 2: If those are my only options, I don't want to
Speaker 2: trade up for Schador Sanders, I cam Ward and shud
Speaker 2: Door Sanders.
Speaker 3: I don't know.
Speaker 2: If they are day one starters, that doesn't mean they
Speaker 2: don't develop into starters here.
Speaker 3: You know, look at Bryce Young.
Speaker 2: Remember Carolina, there were there were talks, there were rumors,
Speaker 2: there were reports they were fielding trade offers for Bryce Young.
Speaker 2: I said, what are you doing? He's a kid, he's
Speaker 2: learning all of a sudden. You don't see what you
Speaker 2: think you're supposed to see or c. J. Stroud is
Speaker 2: far more than what you have. Therefore you going to
Speaker 2: move on. First two months, Bryce Young had three touchdowns,
Speaker 2: six interceptions, so they benched him, and I said, yes,
Speaker 2: let him sit, let him understand, and then next time
Speaker 2: around then you'll get a better assessment. The last two
Speaker 2: months twelve touchdowns, three interceptions, Let him learn, give him time.
Speaker 2: You are bad. It's it's not a good situation as
Speaker 2: far as talent goes. But I thought he played, really
Speaker 2: he played with confidence, and it looked like he actually
Speaker 2: understood concepts. There you get to the line of scrimmage,
Speaker 2: you might change something you're comfortable. Anthony Richardson is not
Speaker 2: there yet, but I said the same thing. Sit him down. Now,
Speaker 2: he didn't take himself out of the game. That's not good.
Speaker 2: But he is young, you know, whether twenty one or
Speaker 2: twenty two years of age. You know, Bo Nicks is
Speaker 2: twenty four, Jaydon Daniels probably twenty four. They've got experience.
Speaker 2: These guys don't, certainly Anthony Richardson, But you know the
Speaker 2: cold situation. They're keeping their coaching staff in place, and
Speaker 2: the Giants are keeping their coaching staff in place as well.
Speaker 5: Yes, Marvin and Bryce show's got a ton of confidence.
Speaker 5: Now did you see the look away touchdown pass.
Speaker 3: He went Steph Curry? It was great.
Speaker 2: You know when Steph would take the shot and turn around,
Speaker 2: that's what he did. Now, Lamar did it on Saturday.
Speaker 2: So here's Bryce young one.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll do that too.
Speaker 2: He throws the pass and turn around, turns around and
Speaker 2: then raises his hand signaling touchdown. Pretty good. Now I
Speaker 2: don't want that, but I thought it was entertaining. Yes,
Speaker 2: Paul that play makes me nervous.
Speaker 6: Yes, someone's gonna throw a strike and you did your job,
Speaker 6: and you're gonna do the turnaround Larry Bird to the
Speaker 6: sky and your guy's gonna drop it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, but Larry had built up a reputation as hey
Speaker 2: three point shooting contest. Fingers going up in the air.
Speaker 2: You guys are playing for second place. You're Bryce Young
Speaker 2: and you're playing in Carolina.
Speaker 7: All right?
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Speaker 2: Sports Radio. Odds to be the number one overall pick
Speaker 2: according to DraftKings this morning, Shador Sanders is your favorite.
Speaker 2: Then it's Cam Ward, then it's Travis Hunter. The Titans
Speaker 2: looks like they will draft a quarterback Will Levis. You know,
Speaker 2: they gave him an opportunity. I just didn't think he
Speaker 2: was consistent enough to be a starting quarterback. And it
Speaker 2: might be one of those and we see this where
Speaker 2: it doesn't work in one situation and then you go
Speaker 2: to another team you're a backup quarterback, and then you
Speaker 2: get your chance and then maybe it does work for
Speaker 2: Will left. Will Levis was right out of central casting.
Speaker 2: If we were doing a TV movie on the Titans,
Speaker 2: you'd go, well, we're going to cast Will Levis. That's
Speaker 2: the way it felt. And that team is nondescript. If
Speaker 2: you want to bring in Shador Sanders, you're certainly going
Speaker 2: to bring into personality, Travis Hunter and cam Ward those
Speaker 2: are the three favorites to be the number one overall pick.
Speaker 2: All right, do we have another firing in the NFL?
Speaker 3: Paul, We do.
Speaker 6: It's not a head coaching firing, but it's a surprising
Speaker 6: firing because this gentleman was considered. He's one of the
Speaker 6: more You know, when you watch the games, they always
Speaker 6: say defensive coordinator blank, and they mentioned his name. This
Speaker 6: guy's mentioned all the time as a future head coaching candidate.
Speaker 6: The Bengals have fired defensive coordinator lou An Arumo. Oh,
Speaker 6: he's catching the blame.
Speaker 2: And I remember last year you had analyst, you had
Speaker 2: insiders saying he deserves a head coaching position.
Speaker 3: Boy, that changes quickly.
Speaker 2: Man, our defense is really good and then your defense
Speaker 2: is really bad because you can't put to you. Can
Speaker 2: we find out statistically a team that's had the top quarterback,
Speaker 2: in the top wide receiver, and the overall leader in
Speaker 2: sacks and they don't make the playoff. I don't know
Speaker 2: if that's ever been done before. Joe Burrow led in
Speaker 2: passing yards and touchdowns, Jamar Chase won the triple Crown,
Speaker 2: and Trey Hendrickson ended up with seventeen and a half sacks.
Speaker 3: That's amazing.
Speaker 2: But when you lose your first three, you mail it
Speaker 2: in that first week. You're acting like the Patriots game
Speaker 2: is a preseason game, and it costs you. You look
Speaker 2: back on some of these losses early in the season,
Speaker 2: and this is what we talk about every year because
Speaker 2: you can say, well, it's early. You know it's a
Speaker 2: loss that's early. You're going to make up for that. No,
Speaker 2: you can't. You can try. But how many teams are
Speaker 2: going to have nine wins or ten wins or eight wins.
Speaker 2: It feels like the league is full of that. Although
Speaker 2: this was historically a great season, this is the first
Speaker 2: time since twenty twelve every playoff team has at least
Speaker 2: ten wins. Now they've gone to seventeen games, but still,
Speaker 2: since twenty twelve, every team has at least ten wins
Speaker 2: and then the situation you have the Vikings on the road,
Speaker 2: they're going to the Rams.
Speaker 3: What could go wrong? Yes, Marmon.
Speaker 5: Do you think they should change the rules where if
Speaker 5: you win the division or it should go by best records,
Speaker 5: where if you win, you don't get an automatic home
Speaker 5: playoff win home playoff game, you just get into the playoffs.
Speaker 2: So is this like the college football playoffs where Boise
Speaker 2: State and Arizona State shouldn't get first round bys?
Speaker 7: Correct?
Speaker 2: Okay, what if you did? If I did, if you
Speaker 2: win your division home field advantage, and then I go
Speaker 2: by record after that wins.
Speaker 3: Could you do that?
Speaker 2: Could you do winning records strength to schedule type thing?
Speaker 2: How you see the rest of the playoffs?
Speaker 5: Yes, Marvin, I would just put the best records get
Speaker 5: a home playoff game.
Speaker 3: Oh, so it doesn't matter if you win your division?
Speaker 5: No, because sometimes some divisions are strong one year and
Speaker 5: sometimes they're not.
Speaker 2: Okay, Yes, todd Aalbert Breer not able to join us.
Speaker 8: He's on the phone. Maybe there's some kind of breaking news.
Speaker 8: He's going to join us. Top up next hour.
Speaker 9: Now.
Speaker 3: Oh he's busy. Oh so he's too busy for us.
Speaker 2: He's probably doing his job, his actual job being the
Speaker 2: Monday morning quarterback. Ross Tucker is going to have time
Speaker 2: for us coming up here in a little will not
Speaker 2: be too busy to Joe. He will not I load
Speaker 2: you guys.
Speaker 7: Uh so uh.
Speaker 2: The Cincinnati Bengals have moved on from there defensive coordinator.
Speaker 2: According to Adam Schefter, still waiting to see what happens
Speaker 2: in Dallas with Mike McCarthy. There were a lot of reports,
Speaker 2: go figure, it's the Cowboys that and I felt probably
Speaker 2: the last two months they were keeping Mike McCarthy, and
Speaker 2: then you had this.
Speaker 3: It wasn't a report.
Speaker 2: It was that Mike McCarthy could be interested in the
Speaker 2: Chicago Bears.
Speaker 3: So if you're going to have you can't report on
Speaker 3: a belief.
Speaker 2: Even when Adam Schefter or you know, any of these
Speaker 2: other insiders give you a hey, that could happen, or
Speaker 2: they're leaning tour like, you need a report because if
Speaker 2: they say it now, all of a sudden.
Speaker 3: It becomes a report.
Speaker 2: And a lot of times, you know, we'll have insiders say, hey,
Speaker 2: I'm going to say this, I'm going to say it again.
Speaker 3: I'm not reporting this. This is my opinion.
Speaker 2: Even then people still will say did you hear what
Speaker 2: such and such had to say. Insiders have to be
Speaker 2: careful with this because you may want to be a personality,
Speaker 2: but your job is to be an informational ATM. That's it.
Speaker 2: Do that, but don't be it. Hey, you know, leaning
Speaker 2: towards or that could happen. Even if you say you know,
Speaker 2: I'm hearing and look, I've been in this business for
Speaker 2: a long long time. All you have to do is
Speaker 2: say sources doesn't mean you have to you have them,
Speaker 2: And I'm going to guess there are quite a few
Speaker 2: people who have reports who don't have sources. It becomes
Speaker 2: an opinion, and that's where it gets dangerous.
Speaker 3: Hey, sources, and it's always sources.
Speaker 7: Now.
Speaker 2: When I worked at ESPN, you had to have two sources.
Speaker 2: Since then, there are times my college football source is
Speaker 2: one guy that I trust and he's been dead on
Speaker 2: I don't usually follow it up and go let me
Speaker 2: get a second source. There's certain people have track record
Speaker 2: with and I trust them. But if you say sources, okay,
Speaker 2: like I can't argue with sources, can you. I had
Speaker 2: a source yesterday sent me a text, Hey, keep an
Speaker 2: eye on the colts. They might be blowing it up
Speaker 2: now that might be something the fans want. I'm surprised
Speaker 2: Chris Ballard survive, Shane Steiken, you know, they kept their jobs,
Speaker 2: and I think because of Jim Irsay and his health.
Speaker 3: Who's running the team.
Speaker 2: Pat McAfee came out scorched earth on the Colts a
Speaker 2: couple of weeks ago, which gave me the feeling of
Speaker 2: he must know something, that they're going to do something,
Speaker 2: and they didn't do anything. Which I'm not rooting for
Speaker 2: anybody who lose their job, but there are certain situations
Speaker 2: where I'm surprised people hold on to their jobs. Hass
Speaker 2: in South Bend, I hass what's on your mind today?
Speaker 3: I'm morning, guys.
Speaker 10: Unfortunately I don't have a best or worse because I
Speaker 10: didn't want any sports this weekend. But I got two
Speaker 10: interesting questions. If you guys can answer for may please,
Speaker 10: And it's about Notre Dame football. Why are they independent?
Speaker 10: You got their basketball team and the ACC and I
Speaker 10: believe the hockey team.
Speaker 2: Is a hus It's money. They got control. They got
Speaker 2: money that they have their own TV network. That's why
Speaker 2: they do it.
Speaker 10: Okay, Now, let's say by some act of God, they
Speaker 10: decided to go to a conference. Where do you guys
Speaker 10: think would be a good fit for them?
Speaker 2: Well, I think the Big Ten is reached out to them.
Speaker 2: ACC has reached out to them, But there's no upside there.
Speaker 2: They are pretty much with a twelve team maybe fourteen
Speaker 2: team playoff. They're guaranteed if they're Notre Dame they'll make
Speaker 2: the playoffs. Well, they made eighteen million dollars last week.
Speaker 2: I don't have to share that with anybody. All these
Speaker 2: other teams got to share that money with other teams
Speaker 2: in their conference. So you get standalone games, you get
Speaker 2: a TV network, NBC in Peacock, there's no reason to
Speaker 2: Now you might say, what, oh what about strength to schedule?
Speaker 2: Are you going to be able to still play some
Speaker 2: of these schools?
Speaker 7: Yeah?
Speaker 3: I mean are they going to lose out on USC?
Speaker 2: Are they going to lose out on a couple of
Speaker 2: these normal teams rivalry games?
Speaker 3: Michigan?
Speaker 2: I mean, I hope not, but that seems to be
Speaker 2: inevitable here. But if youre Notre Dame, you're still going
Speaker 2: to be in the playoffs. There's still a good draw
Speaker 2: for TV and that's why they're going to stay as
Speaker 2: an independent, not going to change By the way, looking
Speaker 2: at the latest lines for the games later on this week,
Speaker 2: Notre Dame one and a half point favored against Penn State.
Speaker 2: Ohio State is still a six point favorite against Texas.
Speaker 2: Ross Tucker will join us coming up more of your
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Speaker 2: The Bengals are the only team to have the passing leader,
Speaker 2: the receiving leader, and the sack leader in the same seasons.
Speaker 2: This since nineteen eighty two when they started keeping sacks
Speaker 2: as his stat and then you don't make the playoffs,
Speaker 2: so Joe Burrow, Jamar Chase, Trey Hendrickson, passing, receiving, sack
Speaker 2: leader and nothing to show for it, and their defensive
Speaker 2: coordinator was just fired about fifteen minutes ago. Ross Tucker
Speaker 2: CBS Sports Westwood One and a host of the Ross
Speaker 2: Tunker Football podcast. He was on the call for the
Speaker 2: Texans and the Titans yesterday on CBS and he'll be
Speaker 2: working Steelers Ravens Saturday night and then Sunday's got the
Speaker 2: Packers in the Eagles. The man is always working. Let
Speaker 2: me start with the Titans here. Is there any chance
Speaker 2: now with the number one overall pick that they won't
Speaker 2: go quarterback in the draft?
Speaker 7: The only way I can see that, Dan is if
Speaker 7: they really like one of the other options, maybe that's
Speaker 7: Sam Darnold, and they want to pay for them. I
Speaker 7: think that's tough though. That would surprise me.
Speaker 3: You know, another year.
Speaker 7: Was that Levis?
Speaker 3: Yeah, would they give him another year?
Speaker 7: No? No, I don't think so. Okay, that would I
Speaker 7: mean they sat him down at two different times this year.
Speaker 7: He started the year, then they sat him down, he
Speaker 7: had an injury whatever for a few weeks, came back,
Speaker 7: had a couple of pretty good games, but then reverted
Speaker 7: back with the turnovers that I don't think that they
Speaker 7: will do that. I mean, if they did that, if
Speaker 7: Levis came back, there would be a veteran of some significant,
Speaker 7: some consequence on the with him, like a Sam Darnold,
Speaker 7: like someone that you could sell to the fan base
Speaker 7: as a legitimate starter. I just think when you get
Speaker 7: that number one overall pick, and we showed it five
Speaker 7: times during the broadcast, yesterday. You know how bad teams
Speaker 7: the people put the bags on their head, Dan one
Speaker 7: guy had a bag on his head, but on the
Speaker 7: front of the bag was a picture of Shador Sanders.
Speaker 7: That was what was on the front of the bag.
Speaker 7: So I think you get the number one pick. I
Speaker 7: think people want you to take a quarterback, whether that's
Speaker 7: cam Ward or Shador Sanders or whoever. That doesn't mean
Speaker 7: they're going to I think it's really hard not to
Speaker 7: because the fans get so excited about being able to
Speaker 7: have your pick number one guy, despite the fact that
Speaker 7: people are not in love with this quarterback class.
Speaker 2: If you're Dion, do you want will you let your
Speaker 2: son go to an organization like the Titans.
Speaker 7: It's a really good question too. You know, they had
Speaker 7: a pretty good track record and history of winning for
Speaker 7: a long time. You know, when I was playing, they
Speaker 7: were always good. Even Vrabel had them going for a
Speaker 7: couple of years. They've been down there, like, I think
Speaker 7: it's three straight years with at least ten losses. I
Speaker 7: don't know. I guess the way I look at something
Speaker 7: like that is what's his other alternatives that are so
Speaker 7: much better? The Raiders, the Giants? I mean, I guess
Speaker 7: the answer is yes. I don't. You know, maybe the
Speaker 7: Raiders and Giants have bigger fan bases, or you know,
Speaker 7: better tradition over a long stretch, or whatever branding, whatever
Speaker 7: you want to look at, But if you look at
Speaker 7: the way they've been run lately, I don't think they're
Speaker 7: any better than the Titans.
Speaker 2: Well I was wondering Carolina or the Titans better organization
Speaker 2: moving forward?
Speaker 7: Well, I guess I would say Carolina right now because
Speaker 7: of the way Bryce Young played the second half of
Speaker 7: the year. I mean, it looks like they have their quarterback,
Speaker 7: which is just fascinating. I mean, he was bad bad
Speaker 7: as a rookie. He wasn't just bad, he was bad bad,
Speaker 7: and then even earlier this year he was still not good.
Speaker 7: I mean they went to Andy Dalton for a reason.
Speaker 7: There's a lesson there. I think that maybe we need
Speaker 7: to have a little bit more patience with these guys,
Speaker 7: Maybe we need to give them more opportunities. I mean,
Speaker 7: just think about Dan Baker Mayfield or Sam Donald. Both
Speaker 7: of those guys are on their fourth team and they
Speaker 7: both are definitely top fifteen, arguably top ten starting quarterbacks
Speaker 7: in the NFL. They both had tremendous, tremendous years with
Speaker 7: their fourth NFL teams after being top five picks. So
Speaker 7: would that have happened to Baker State in Cleveland or
Speaker 7: Donald's day with the Jets. We don't think so. Probably not,
Speaker 7: but it still should tell us something, inform us something
Speaker 7: about maybe being more patient, Maybe you should give these
Speaker 7: guys a third and fourth.
Speaker 2: Chance fill in the blank. Next season, Aaron Rodgers will be.
Speaker 7: Starting at quarterback for a disappointing team. I think that
Speaker 7: would be the way I would describe it. I don't
Speaker 7: think anybody wants him to be their quarterback. You know,
Speaker 7: you go down the list. I think they'd rather have
Speaker 7: Darnald In free agency, I think some of them would
Speaker 7: rather draft the young guy. I think Aaron Rodgers almost
Speaker 7: becomes like playing C at this point. And so a
Speaker 7: franchise that strikes out in free agency and or doesn't
Speaker 7: have a chance in the draft to get the kind
Speaker 7: of quarterback they really want, there will be a a
Speaker 7: desperate times call for desperate measures franchise out there that
Speaker 7: will bring in Aaron Rodgers because they know they have
Speaker 7: to win this year. I mean, it's funny. I don't
Speaker 7: think they'll do this, But the first team that came
Speaker 7: in my mind there is the Giants, right like Joe
Speaker 7: Shane and Brian da Ball have to win this year.
Speaker 7: I'm a little surprised they're both coming back. I thought
Speaker 7: Dabell would, I didn't think Shane would. But they have
Speaker 7: to win this year. I don't think that the Merra
Speaker 7: family would want them to bring in Aaron Rodgers. But
Speaker 7: if you gotta win, where else are they going to
Speaker 7: get a quarterback?
Speaker 3: He can keep his house, have to move.
Speaker 2: We're talking to Ross Tuckers, CBS Sports, Westwood One. He'll
Speaker 2: be working the sideline Steelers Ravens at Saturday night and
Speaker 2: then in the booth for the Packers and the Eagles
Speaker 2: on Sunday. This game for the Steelers, how important is this?
Speaker 3: Now? I know Mike Tomlin.
Speaker 2: They never have whispers or rumors that he could be
Speaker 2: fired or they move on from him. But if they're
Speaker 2: one and done again in the postseason, and this is
Speaker 2: a Hall of Fame coach, but when the last time
Speaker 2: they won a playoff game twenty seventeen and Russell Wilson's future,
Speaker 2: what hinges on this outcome this weekend?
Speaker 7: Yeah, I think it's gigantic. I think it could impact
Speaker 7: both guys, certainly Russell Wilson more than Mike Tomlin. And
Speaker 7: I'll say this too, if Zay Flowers can't play for
Speaker 7: the Ravens, that is significant. I think it sounds weird
Speaker 7: to say this, Dan, the Steelers at least to need
Speaker 7: to make it competitive. I mean, they were non competitive
Speaker 7: three games in a row there during that stretch where
Speaker 7: they had to play the Ravens, the Eagles, the Chiefs,
Speaker 7: it was clear that they were nowhere near that level
Speaker 7: of those teams. I don't think they need to necessarily
Speaker 7: beat the Ravens, but it's got to be a classic
Speaker 7: Steelers Ravens game that comes down to the end. I'll
Speaker 7: say this too because in central Pennsylvania now, Dan like
Speaker 7: Hershey right, So there's a lot of Steelers fans here,
Speaker 7: and I talk with them in Pittsburgh too. There is
Speaker 7: no greater disconnect in the NFL than how people feel
Speaker 7: nationally about Mike Tomlin versus how Steelers fans feel about
Speaker 7: Mike Tomlin.
Speaker 3: A lot of.
Speaker 7: Steelers fans want him gone. They've won him gone for
Speaker 7: a while. They do not think he's nearly what the
Speaker 7: rest of us all seem to think he is. It's
Speaker 7: really fascinating because and you can say about a lot
Speaker 7: of fan bases not like this. I mean, it's like
Speaker 7: whole are opposites when you talk to Steelers fans about
Speaker 7: Mike Tomlin versus any other person about Mike Tomlin.
Speaker 2: Well, I think the national conversation and analysts are very
Speaker 2: careful what they say about Mike Tomlin Nationally. You know,
Speaker 2: it's always great respect. You know, he wins, they always
Speaker 2: have winning records, They make the all of these things.
Speaker 2: But if you're a Pittsburgh fan and you have another
Speaker 2: one and done, as much as you may love his
Speaker 2: demeanor and his approach and tough guy, and he won
Speaker 2: a super Bowl, and you know they don't fire, I mean,
Speaker 2: after a while, you know I got to start. I
Speaker 2: have to at least question that you know that.
Speaker 7: Well, look, the streak of winning records is impressive and
Speaker 7: the two things that he gets a lot of credit for,
Speaker 7: and rightfully so, we love hearing him talk. We just
Speaker 7: all like, we just love his quotes. We love hearing
Speaker 7: him talk. And he's won a lot of games with
Speaker 7: quarterbacks that are not elite, not even close to elite,
Speaker 7: but even think about like the playoffs. Right, you go
Speaker 7: right down the line, Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson,
Speaker 7: even Cett Russell Wilson is not in that category that
Speaker 7: they have not had a guy in that category to
Speaker 7: go toe to toe with, even a Justin Herbert obviously
Speaker 7: Joe Burrow. They don't have that guy and they haven't
Speaker 7: since been with it was healthy and in his prime.
Speaker 3: What are the Patriots doing.
Speaker 7: That's a little bit of a head scratcher to me
Speaker 7: on multiple levels, right, because think about the conviction you
Speaker 7: have to have in a guy to name him the
Speaker 7: successor put that in his contract to put him out
Speaker 7: there for a year. And it's funny because most fan
Speaker 7: bases dan when you say bad things about their team,
Speaker 7: they don't like it. But when I did the NFL
Speaker 7: Network game last week when they played the Chargers, I
Speaker 7: said the truth, which is they probably have the worst
Speaker 7: roster in the NFL. They probably have the worst O line,
Speaker 7: probably the worst receiving corps. And even if you want
Speaker 7: a nitpick, they're at least in the conversation there. So
Speaker 7: when you start with that, I'm a little surprised that
Speaker 7: Mayo would only get one year. I actually would probably
Speaker 7: have made a change with the guys making the personnel
Speaker 7: decisions before I would Mayo. And here's the thing that's
Speaker 7: really they need to be very careful of. Right, Drake
Speaker 7: May looks really good and made a lot of progress
Speaker 7: that year under Alex Van Pelt, their offensive coordinator, despite
Speaker 7: the fact that they might have the worst O line
Speaker 7: in the worst receiving corps. Yeah, so now you might
Speaker 7: be stunning his progress. You know, it'll be interesting to
Speaker 7: see who they hire who is calling the offense, because
Speaker 7: I really think they're at a point right now where
Speaker 7: everything decision you make should be what's best for Drake
Speaker 7: May because he is the franchise. I'm not sure moving
Speaker 7: on from Van Pelt, moving on from the coaching staff
Speaker 7: is what will end up being best for Drake May,
Speaker 7: but it looks like it's what's going to happen.
Speaker 2: Can the Lions replicate what they did defensively last night
Speaker 2: against Minnesota when they get to the postseason?
Speaker 7: Man, I hope. So that was awesome. I am so
Speaker 7: happy for them and their fans. You know, with all
Speaker 7: these injuries, I probably said to you a couple times
Speaker 7: over the last couple of months, and I thought It's
Speaker 7: just too much for them to overcome. And I think
Speaker 7: if they had lost last night, it would be right.
Speaker 7: Three road playoff games, I don't see that happening. But
Speaker 7: now now they only need to win two home home
Speaker 7: playoff games. That is different. Getting Anzeloni back was gigantic.
Speaker 7: They have excellent safeties Kirby, Joseph and Branch who they
Speaker 7: now moved to Nickel. Aaron Glenn called an incredible game,
Speaker 7: and they have a legitimate chance now to get to
Speaker 7: the first Super Bowl in franchise history with the way
Speaker 7: they played on defense last night. No wonder Aaron Glenn
Speaker 7: is getting all these head coaching interviews. That was masterful
Speaker 7: last night.
Speaker 2: How was it locally the reaction with Saquon Barkley not
Speaker 2: playing in this regular season finale with a chance to
Speaker 2: become the all time single season rushing leader, Well.
Speaker 7: This will probably surprise you then that this would be
Speaker 7: the case in the city of Philadelphia. But it was.
Speaker 12: Very polarizing, very polarizing, right, I mean they talked about
Speaker 12: it on the local radio all week, and you know,
Speaker 12: the interesting thing was the quotes from some of the guys.
Speaker 7: You know, even if you felt one way or the other,
Speaker 7: when Saquon said, you know, my dad was the most
Speaker 7: upset because it would have meant a lot for us
Speaker 7: to have our name in the record books forever, you know,
Speaker 7: when you heard them talk a little bit, but then
Speaker 7: he kind of backed off of that a little bit.
Speaker 7: The problem is, you know, and I realized the other
Speaker 7: guys would love to be a part of the record too,
Speaker 7: but you're not gonna put them out there with the
Speaker 7: second string offensive line, And so then you gotta have
Speaker 7: Lane Johnson at like thirty four to thirty five. You
Speaker 7: got to have those guys out there, and I think
Speaker 7: Sirianni made the right decision. The only way you really
Speaker 7: look dumb. And I love history, and I love Saquon
Speaker 7: and all that stuff, but the only way you really
Speaker 7: look dumb is if you lose one of your best
Speaker 7: players in game that has no significance whatsoever. You're locked
Speaker 7: in as the number two seed, and then you don't
Speaker 7: have those guys when you're playing the Packers on Sunday,
Speaker 7: who are one of the better teams in the NFL.
Speaker 3: Good to catch up with you, Safe travels. Thanks for joining.
Speaker 7: Us, of course, Thank you, Dan appreciate it.
Speaker 2: Ross Tucker, host of the Ross Tucker Football Podcast, CBS
Speaker 2: Sports Westwood One, and he'll be there with the Steelers Ravens,
Speaker 2: and then he's got the Packers and the Eagles coming up.
Speaker 2: Barry and Santa fe is back.
Speaker 9: Hi Berry, Good morning fellows, Good morning chat bro Todd.
Speaker 9: I hope you had some celebration moushoe and sparerib for
Speaker 9: your Broncos. No I did. Yesterday's Jet game made me furious.
Speaker 9: The Sky waits eighteen weeks to wake up and have
Speaker 9: to have a decent game. We could add a decent
Speaker 9: season and for guys like Lewis Riddick and Mike Rabel
Speaker 9: are two good men to get caught up in that nonsense.
Speaker 9: Walk away.
Speaker 3: Thank you, Barry.
Speaker 2: It was just enough of a tease when you're watching
Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers where you go, all right.
Speaker 3: Okay, this is what it was.
Speaker 2: Now if you look at Aaron Rodgers' numbers, if I
Speaker 2: just said here are the numbers, you don't know anything
Speaker 2: else about the Jets this season?
Speaker 7: What is he?
Speaker 2: Twenty seven touchdowns eleven interceptions? I think is that his numbers?
Speaker 2: You go, okay, twenty eight and eleven four thousand yards?
Speaker 2: You'd go, all right, yeah, what was their record. I
Speaker 2: think you'd be surprised he was five and twelve. I
Speaker 2: think he's gonna play next year. I do, and he
Speaker 2: might do it despite everybody.
Speaker 3: I don't know.
Speaker 2: Hey, you know, it's trying to figure out you know
Speaker 2: what goes through these guys' mind.
Speaker 7: Brady.
Speaker 3: If you said, hey, he's not going to broadcast.
Speaker 2: Anymore next year, I wouldn't be surprised, Hey, he wants
Speaker 2: to come back and play. I wouldn't be surprised. Like
Speaker 2: they're just certain guys who are wired that that's who
Speaker 2: they are. And Aaron Rodgers probably says, yeah, you know what,
Speaker 2: maybe I'll just do it again. It always feels the
Speaker 2: last two years it feels like he's doing us a
Speaker 2: favor when he plays, Like I don't know, I might
Speaker 2: be getting around to it, you know. Uh, look, I
Speaker 2: got a party to go. You know, I'm gonna stop
Speaker 2: in for a couple of quarters here and then I
Speaker 2: gotta go, Okay, all right, when we come back, we'll
Speaker 2: give you our best and worst of the weekend. But
Speaker 2: we're going to play Phil in the blank. That's where
Speaker 2: I'd give a statement and then you fill in the blank.
Speaker 1: Right after this, be sure to catch the live edition
Speaker 1: of The Dan Patrick Show weekdays at nine am Eastern,
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Speaker 2: Remember when Hank Williams would say, you ready for some football?
Speaker 2: How about Notre Dame, Penn State Thursday, Ohio State, Texas Friday, Chargers, Texans, Steelers,
Speaker 2: Ravens Saturday, Broncos, Bills, Packers, Eagles, Commanders, Bucks Sunday, and
Speaker 2: then you have Monday, Vikings and the Rams. Let's go Wow,
Speaker 2: good stuff, good stuff, all right? Time to play fill
Speaker 2: in the blank. I'll read a statement and then you
Speaker 2: fill in the blank. Todd, I'll start with you. The
Speaker 2: Patriots weekend was.
Speaker 8: The Patriots weekend was Hellman's even though they won no
Speaker 8: mail and went from first to fourth pick in the draft.
Speaker 3: Hellmanskay seat no counter.
Speaker 2: Patriots weekend was blank, goofy.
Speaker 3: Marvin puzzling Paul self defeating.
Speaker 2: The Patriots weekend was sad. The Buccaneers in the playof
Speaker 2: I'm sorry, Blank, Todd.
Speaker 8: The Buccaneers in the playoffs are temporary. They may be
Speaker 8: a quick out because Jim Daniels and the Commander's temporary.
Speaker 3: Okay, temporary, maybe want and done? Okay, just a temporary situation,
Speaker 3: all right, see baking up something special for the man.
Speaker 4: They may field questions after their win from the press.
Speaker 2: One of these days, you're gonna take this serious. I'm
Speaker 2: just trying to do what Todd just did, all right, Marvin.
Speaker 7: Typical. They've been there last five years.
Speaker 13: Paulie must avoid You don't want to face him.
Speaker 2: The Buccaneers in the playoffs are tantalizing channelizing. The Lions
Speaker 2: running back Jamiir Gibbs is blank Todd like the Lion
Speaker 2: and the Wizard.
Speaker 8: Of Oz, courageous, like the way that guy runs, goes after.
Speaker 3: Defense as tough as hell.
Speaker 4: Yeah, he got crushed, He got absolutely crushed.
Speaker 3: Yeah this weekend about right now, he was down a
Speaker 3: little bit, Like, let me get back up.
Speaker 5: Marvin, jack of all trades, rushing, receiving, blocking, he does it.
Speaker 13: All, paul Jamir Gibbs is transfixing.
Speaker 2: The Lions running back. Jamir Gibbs is fulky and oh
Speaker 2: Marshall fulk.
Speaker 3: Good for you. Yes, millennial fault in Aaron Rodgers' future
Speaker 3: is blankton.
Speaker 8: I wonder if anyone cares.
Speaker 9: So.
Speaker 3: The ayahuasca all right, still still sticking to that seaton
Speaker 3: written in the Stars. Okay, Marvin Farvish m hmm.
Speaker 2: Yeah, but far left the Jets and took the Vikings
Speaker 2: to the NFC title game.
Speaker 5: I just mean a great career somewhere and then just
Speaker 5: becomes like a journeyman of some sorts.
Speaker 2: Paul in Vegas mm hmm. Yeah, Aaron Rodgers' future is
Speaker 2: Elvis like the Steelers in sequined in Vegas. In Vegas,
Speaker 2: the Steelers offense is blank, Todd, rusty, that's going.
Speaker 3: On there, Satan.
Speaker 4: Fieldsing questions about their future.
Speaker 2: Marvin slim pickings, okay, George, uh PAULI.
Speaker 13: The Steelers offense is occasional.
Speaker 2: The Steelers offense is a rumor, uh Todd. Final one.
Speaker 2: The Titans having the number one pick in the draft.
Speaker 2: Who's blank?
Speaker 13: Patriotic?
Speaker 8: Is the Patriots had the number one pick, another dropped
Speaker 8: to four. The Titans number one pick is patriotic, Satan.
Speaker 5: Useless, Marvin necessary, Paul temporary.
Speaker 2: The Titans having the number one overall pick in the
Speaker 2: draft is.
Speaker 3: A shader thing.
Speaker 13: Yeah, nice one, take that one, Todd.
Speaker 7: I like that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, how about best and worst of the weekend, Todd.
Speaker 2: I'm gonna start with you. Best and worst of the weekend.
Speaker 13: My best of the weekend.
Speaker 8: Shockingly, even though they sat several of their top players,
Speaker 8: the Broncos dominant went over the Chiefs at Mile High,
Speaker 8: grabbing the seventh seed, their first post sering so season
Speaker 8: appearance in nine years. For the worst that went NBA,
Speaker 8: Anthony Edwards scores a career high fifty three points, including
Speaker 8: ten three points in Detroit Saturday night. They still lose
Speaker 8: by fourteen one nineteen one oh five.
Speaker 7: What a waste Seaton.
Speaker 4: My best of the weekend, It's easily that one of
Speaker 4: the best interceptions you're ever going to see in your
Speaker 4: entire life Raven's defensive lineman Michael Pierce. Yeah, dude's like
Speaker 4: six feet foot tall, three hundred and fifty five pounds,
Speaker 4: had to drop back in coverage. Nobody looked more like
Speaker 4: a fish out of more than that. Dude ends the ball.
Speaker 4: He's got great hands, caught the ball and he immediately
Speaker 4: went down, but it was hilarious. Watching his teammates reaction too,
Speaker 4: was really spectacular. My worst of the weekend is the Patriots,
Speaker 4: not because they won that game. I'm actually happy that
Speaker 4: they won that game. I hate tanking. It's the worst
Speaker 4: part of sports.
Speaker 9: For me.
Speaker 4: But how do you push out a legend and the
Speaker 4: architect of one of the greatest runs in sports history
Speaker 4: for a guy that you're then just gonna fire after
Speaker 4: one season?
Speaker 3: Marvin Best and worst of the weekend, My best of
Speaker 3: the weekend.
Speaker 5: I have two best actually, Lamar Jackson, Bryce Young, no
Speaker 5: look touchdown passes. Love that very Steph Curry esca them
Speaker 5: my are the best. The Chicago Bulls announcing that they're
Speaker 5: gonna retire Derrick Rose's jersey up in the rafters.
Speaker 7: Well deserved.
Speaker 5: He's a one seed for me as of what could
Speaker 5: have been?
Speaker 2: Okay, yeah, he was emotional with that. I didn't want
Speaker 2: to see a statue like we sometimes get a little
Speaker 2: statue heavy. Everybody doesn't deserve a statue. Yeah, it was
Speaker 2: nice what could have been? And they retire his jersey.
Speaker 2: Paul Best and worst of the weekend.
Speaker 6: Best of the weekend, Bryce Young watching him play football
Speaker 6: and having fun and doing it well like he did
Speaker 6: in college. It looks like his future is bright again.
Speaker 6: Nobody wants to see a bust. The other best I
Speaker 6: like the Buccaneers and the team and the coach and
Speaker 6: the quarterback. Giving Mike Evans a five yard pass at
Speaker 6: the end to get a three million dollar bonus and
Speaker 6: keeping his streak alive of one thousand yard seasons.
Speaker 3: Very cool.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's tied with Jerry Rice now most consecutive one
Speaker 2: thousand yard receiving seasons his eleventh, and that's one of
Speaker 2: those that goes a long way for goodwill. Now ownership
Speaker 2: may be like, all right, maybe we get out from
Speaker 2: paying three million dollars. Mike Evans is a Hall of
Speaker 2: Famer and he's probably been a bargain for you.
Speaker 3: I'm glad he got it, yes, se I think Sean.
Speaker 4: Payton too did something similar where they used to cooked
Speaker 4: up a play to get somebody like a five hundred
Speaker 4: thousand dollars bonus or something. I forget who the receiver
Speaker 4: was Sudden maybe it was Sudden, but he was just like,
Speaker 4: we need to this to he needs one more catch
Speaker 4: for like five hundred grand, and you could see them
Speaker 4: working it out on the sideline.
Speaker 3: Let's go do this or whatever.
Speaker 4: And then the flip side of that, Jerry Jones, he
Speaker 4: cost Cooper Rush two hundred and fifty thousand dollars by
Speaker 4: not playing him that day. Man, if you're looking at
Speaker 4: what franchises to play for and what ones to not.
Speaker 4: I start right there with those kinds of things.
Speaker 2: Well, no, Jerry does overspend when it comes to contracts.
Speaker 2: Maybe it slipped his mind. If I knew that Cooper
Speaker 2: Rush was, you know, he had the ability if he
Speaker 2: played all the Stamps yesterday that he'd get a five
Speaker 2: hundred thousand dollars bonus. So if I knew it, I
Speaker 2: would assume that the owner would know that. Also, the
Speaker 2: New Orleans Saints knew that Mike Evans needed five yards,
Speaker 2: and I think that they allowed that to happen. I
Speaker 2: don't think they were contesting it because I think everybody
Speaker 2: knew when Baker wasn't taking a knee that they were
Speaker 2: going to throw the ball to Mike Evans. It was
Speaker 2: pretty good, It was pretty cool. Those bonuses make me nervous, though,
Speaker 2: you know, get towards the end of the year, guy
Speaker 2: can be in the huddle like, dude, you got to
Speaker 2: get me the ball, man. I like how Micah Parsons
Speaker 2: had two and a half second, like he took care
Speaker 2: of his bonus, Like felt like it was right away.
Speaker 2: He just blew through the offensive line. Yes, PAULI a.
Speaker 6: Couple of years ago, there's that NFL Films video of
Speaker 6: Gronkowski saying he needs one more catch for a million
Speaker 6: dollars and Brady goes, what's that? And he overheard it,
Speaker 6: and he goes next play, next play, and they did
Speaker 6: it for Grek.
Speaker 3: Final Hour on the way.
Speaker 2: We'll check in with the Patriots, what are they doing,
Speaker 2: who's coming in and if so, wasn't that guy available
Speaker 2: last year?
Speaker 3: Final Hour in this Monday, right after this