WEBVTT - Not So Fast Episode 20 0:00:01.220 --> 0:00:05.180 Welcome to Not So Fast with Andrew Perloff and Paul Pabst, 0:00:05.410 --> 0:00:08.690 where two longtime friends challenge each other on the biggest 0:00:08.730 --> 0:00:12.590 sports stories of the day. Here's Andrew Perloff and Paul Pabst. 0:00:13.490 --> 0:00:17.810 Not so fast, my friends. Welcome to Not So Fast. 0:00:17.910 --> 0:00:20.550 I'm Andrew Perloff. He's Paul Paps. We are in the 0:00:20.690 --> 0:00:24.189 baseball corner of the Dan Patrick Show Man Cave. One 0:00:24.210 --> 0:00:27.319 of the best spots in this whole unbelievable building, Paul. 0:00:27.440 --> 0:00:29.560 Yeah, we got baseball behind us, baseball next to us, 0:00:29.640 --> 0:00:32.360 and baseball all day on NBC and Peacock. Four games 0:00:32.400 --> 0:00:34.860 coming up. You're going to get to those. Lou Merloni 0:00:34.880 --> 0:00:36.900 of NBC Sports, our old buddy from the Red Sox, 0:00:36.920 --> 0:00:38.570 will be joining us to get us ready for baseball. 0:00:38.990 --> 0:00:41.670 And an unbelievable night ahead. That was like a TV 0:00:41.729 --> 0:00:43.360 show at Soldier Field last night. We got to chop 0:00:43.380 --> 0:00:43.650 that up. 0:00:43.960 --> 0:00:46.500 Awesome. All right. Well, the MLB postseason begins today on 0:00:46.520 --> 0:00:50.159 NBC and Peacock. First up, Phillies and the Braves, followed 0:00:50.180 --> 0:00:53.430 by White Sox and Astros. Then in primetime, of course, 0:00:53.570 --> 0:00:56.570 Red Sox, Yankees. And then to wrap it up, the 0:00:56.630 --> 0:01:00.230 Cubs face the Padres. MLB Wild Card presented by AbbVie 0:01:00.550 --> 0:01:04.400 begins this afternoon on NBC and Peacock. Paul, there is 0:01:04.560 --> 0:01:07.080 a lot of positivity to this, but there's something I'm 0:01:07.110 --> 0:01:07.500 worried about. 0:01:07.780 --> 0:01:09.190 You're worried as a Phillies guy? 0:01:09.209 --> 0:01:10.910 No, as a human being, how are we going to sleep? 0:01:10.950 --> 0:01:11.830 When are we going to sleep, Paul? 0:01:11.870 --> 0:01:14.030 It's a great point. You've got to get your nap now. 0:01:14.090 --> 0:01:15.589 I don't know how this is going to work, but 0:01:15.610 --> 0:01:17.830 you have to get an hour nap before watching 10 hours. 0:01:18.030 --> 0:01:19.430 And you're up late last night because it was a 0:01:19.450 --> 0:01:23.620 really good game. So October is the embrace not being 0:01:23.700 --> 0:01:25.360 rested month, but enjoying a lot of sports month. 0:01:25.600 --> 0:01:27.380 Oh, it's going to be so cool. And obviously, as 0:01:27.400 --> 0:01:30.500 you can tell, if you're watching us on NBC and Peacock, 0:01:30.900 --> 0:01:33.120 I'm wearing a Phillies jersey. Paul's wearing a Cubs jersey. 0:01:33.920 --> 0:01:35.479 I mean, it is a little hard because we are 0:01:35.560 --> 0:01:37.100 rooting and trying to be analysts. 0:01:37.120 --> 0:01:40.200 Well, let's start with Braves-Phillies. Braves outscored their opponents by 0:01:40.200 --> 0:01:42.700 116 runs this year. Two years ago, it felt like 0:01:42.740 --> 0:01:44.630 that was the Braves' year, and they didn't get to it. 0:01:45.020 --> 0:01:47.400 Last year, a little down. Chris Sale is back, their 0:01:47.420 --> 0:01:50.180 starting pitcher. And the Phillies are wonky. There was a 0:01:50.200 --> 0:01:52.220 point in the season where the Phillies were a big disappointment, 0:01:52.270 --> 0:01:54.770 one of the biggest disappointments in sports. And now, do 0:01:54.810 --> 0:01:58.500 they feel like they've made the playoffs to make an appearance, 0:01:58.560 --> 0:01:59.900 or are they threatening? 0:01:59.980 --> 0:02:02.920 Well, in 2022, they were pretty bad during the regular season. 0:02:03.180 --> 0:02:04.920 Got all the way to the World Series. I'm hoping 0:02:04.960 --> 0:02:08.000 that magic rekindles, but they can't hit at all, Paul. 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:09.779 I'm a little worried about the inconsistency. 0:02:09.919 --> 0:02:13.490 Okay, White Sox over the Astros. The AL West stinks, man. 0:02:13.510 --> 0:02:14.710 I guess they have to have someone out of the 0:02:14.750 --> 0:02:15.870 AL West. I think it's a rule. You have to 0:02:15.889 --> 0:02:18.889 have someone out of every division. The White Sox are 0:02:18.910 --> 0:02:21.010 a feel-good story, but can they be more than that? 0:02:21.070 --> 0:02:23.649 Because I think America would jump on their bandwagon. Two 0:02:23.690 --> 0:02:26.919 years ago, 121 losses. Feel good story. Not a lot 0:02:26.940 --> 0:02:29.799 of star power. Murakami, the Japanese slugger, he's kind of 0:02:29.820 --> 0:02:32.320 their star guy. You remember the celebration after they made 0:02:32.340 --> 0:02:34.740 the playoffs? It feels like that's the team that America 0:02:34.780 --> 0:02:35.660 could jump on the bandwagon. 0:02:35.720 --> 0:02:38.740 Well, I mean, Astro, they're the NFC South of baseball. 0:02:39.120 --> 0:02:42.519 First 500 team or lower to win a division. You're right. 0:02:42.540 --> 0:02:44.780 Somebody had to win this, but it feels like they're sputtering, 0:02:45.020 --> 0:02:46.820 which kind of makes them a little dangerous, by the way. 0:02:47.220 --> 0:02:49.139 And of course, the hangover from the Astros. Now, I 0:02:49.180 --> 0:02:51.370 know the scandal with the Astros is like nine years 0:02:51.440 --> 0:02:52.850 old now, but it doesn't feel. 0:02:52.760 --> 0:02:54.650 Like it ever goes away. No, not to fans. 0:02:54.770 --> 0:02:55.270 Not to fans. 0:02:55.370 --> 0:02:55.610 Okay. 0:02:56.080 --> 0:02:58.320 Red Sox versus Yankees. We have some news on that one. 0:02:58.340 --> 0:02:59.970 The Sox have been streaky all year. There was a 0:02:59.990 --> 0:03:01.810 point in the season where it looked like the Sox 0:03:01.830 --> 0:03:03.850 were sellers at the trade deadline. And then they kind 0:03:03.889 --> 0:03:06.150 of got it back together. But the bigger news is 0:03:06.210 --> 0:03:09.130 it came out today. Yes, network. Aaron Judge is out 0:03:09.230 --> 0:03:11.430 for the wildcard round with the shin injury. He was 0:03:11.490 --> 0:03:14.269 banged up all season. He played 66 games. In those games, 0:03:14.290 --> 0:03:17.030 he hit 241. That's the lowest in eight years for him. 0:03:17.470 --> 0:03:20.210 He's 34 years old, Aaron Judge. He had a really 0:03:20.250 --> 0:03:22.440 good playoffs last year, but they didn't close the deal. 0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:25.060 He needs a signature playoff run that results in a 0:03:25.080 --> 0:03:27.609 World Series. And now He's not even in the playoffs yet. 0:03:27.889 --> 0:03:29.850 Oh, I don't know. I mean, you're already talking about 0:03:29.889 --> 0:03:31.790 his legacy in the end. I mean, this year we 0:03:31.830 --> 0:03:34.460 don't expect much. He's played seven games since May. But 0:03:34.500 --> 0:03:37.160 you can't tell me a 34-year-old Aaron Judge is on 0:03:37.200 --> 0:03:37.900 the downside. 0:03:37.920 --> 0:03:40.240 You can't be an all-time great Yankee and not have 0:03:40.260 --> 0:03:42.300 a World Series on your docket. It's almost automatic. It's 0:03:42.340 --> 0:03:44.840 like even harder than, it's easy almost with the Yankees. 0:03:44.990 --> 0:03:47.410 Yeah, I mean, listen, I guess the big issue is 0:03:47.550 --> 0:03:49.530 if they do get past the Red Sox, will we 0:03:49.550 --> 0:03:52.440 see him at all this postseason? But the Yankees' strength 0:03:52.560 --> 0:03:53.760 is their pitching, so who knows? 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:55.920 You know, we had Joey Votto, the former Reds All-Star, 0:03:56.020 --> 0:03:57.920 earlier on the Dan Patrick Show. When he heard about 0:03:57.960 --> 0:04:00.420 the injury to Judge and him not playing in this series, 0:04:01.000 --> 0:04:03.869 he thought that it's way worse. If he was available 0:04:03.910 --> 0:04:06.590 and didn't play, you feel okay. But not available means 0:04:06.890 --> 0:04:08.190 he thinks he's out for a longer duration. 0:04:08.210 --> 0:04:09.770 And it's kind of a weird dynamic because it seemed 0:04:09.790 --> 0:04:12.050 like Judge wanted to play and the team had different ideas. 0:04:12.390 --> 0:04:16.260 Padres versus the Cubs, late night at NBC. Bullpen issues 0:04:16.500 --> 0:04:18.640 all year long with the Cubs. I mean, their bullpen... 0:04:18.950 --> 0:04:20.830 They just have to out-hit you. They truly have to 0:04:20.870 --> 0:04:22.890 out-hit you with PCA and everyone else on that team. 0:04:23.270 --> 0:04:25.550 And it's the opposite with the Padres. Mason Miller, you 0:04:25.589 --> 0:04:27.290 get it to him in the eighth and ninth, it's 0:04:27.310 --> 0:04:29.190 kind of over, Johnny, at 103 miles an hour. 0:04:29.390 --> 0:04:32.780 You know, I pulled PCA's stats from last year's playoffs. Oh, no. 0:04:33.200 --> 0:04:33.660 Not good. 0:04:33.700 --> 0:04:34.039 Not good. 0:04:34.100 --> 0:04:37.420 But 185, Paul, in the playoffs, I mean, they did 0:04:37.440 --> 0:04:38.240 beat the Padres. 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:39.860 185 is the weight you want. It's not what you 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:40.200 want to hit. 0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:42.440 Yeah, I think that he's actually under a bit of 0:04:42.460 --> 0:04:44.590 a microscope. It's been his breakout year. He's going to 0:04:44.610 --> 0:04:47.200 win the MVP title. A little bit of pressure. You know, 0:04:47.260 --> 0:04:48.580 young players can feel pressure. 0:04:48.760 --> 0:04:50.680 Yeah, I think it's pressure because he's going to get 0:04:50.720 --> 0:04:53.560 the MVP and he's going to get it over Otani. 0:04:53.860 --> 0:04:55.560 It kind of feels like a quarterback where you had 0:04:55.580 --> 0:04:58.080 this great regular season. You're going to get the MVP, 0:04:58.100 --> 0:04:59.460 but what do you do first in the playoffs? 0:04:59.920 --> 0:05:02.250 Yeah, it's going to be a great night. This is 0:05:02.290 --> 0:05:04.690 an incredible wildcard round. I've got to be honest, as 0:05:04.730 --> 0:05:06.089 a Phillies fan, I'm excited about that. 0:05:06.690 --> 0:05:09.030 It's so tense, though, because if you're a team that, 0:05:09.150 --> 0:05:11.250 let's say you're the Braves and you've got a lot 0:05:11.270 --> 0:05:13.990 of wins, over 90 victories, You lose game one, it's 0:05:14.010 --> 0:05:15.770 like all this for nothing. 0:05:16.130 --> 0:05:16.380 Right. 0:05:16.700 --> 0:05:18.120 It could be over so fast. 0:05:18.220 --> 0:05:20.420 And then you have the history with the Yankees, Red Sox. 0:05:20.790 --> 0:05:24.339 Feels to me... You can sit and analyze and predict everything, 0:05:24.480 --> 0:05:27.350 but I'm talking about everything that goes along with that. 0:05:27.730 --> 0:05:29.270 I feel like something wild is going to happen. 0:05:29.290 --> 0:05:31.450 Doesn't it feel weirdly too early in the playoffs to 0:05:31.490 --> 0:05:34.410 have Yankees-Red Sox? Like North Carolina versus Duke in the 0:05:34.470 --> 0:05:35.930 first round of the NCAA tournament. Too early. 0:05:36.510 --> 0:05:37.050 Absolutely. 0:05:37.070 --> 0:05:37.630 Great for ratings. 0:05:37.990 --> 0:05:39.610 No, it's going to be great for ratings, and it's 0:05:39.630 --> 0:05:41.930 going to be fun baseball because that's another series. We 0:05:41.970 --> 0:05:43.270 really have no idea what's going to happen. 0:05:43.500 --> 0:05:46.920 Speaking of good TV, Monday Night Football, your guy, Case Keenum. 0:05:46.940 --> 0:05:47.540 Let's get to it. 0:05:48.000 --> 0:05:51.409 So... Chicago Bears, I'll be honest. If you don't know, 0:05:51.450 --> 0:05:52.790 if you haven't watched the show, I wrote a book 0:05:52.810 --> 0:05:54.970 with Case Keenum. He's a good buddy. But last night 0:05:54.990 --> 0:05:59.590 he was playing my Philadelphia Eagles with low expectations. Maybe 0:05:59.630 --> 0:06:01.990 this show predicted that he would do well. But low 0:06:02.050 --> 0:06:04.830 expectations around the NFL and he came out. It was 0:06:05.250 --> 0:06:09.270 almost flawless football in the first half especially. Case looked tremendous. 0:06:09.300 --> 0:06:11.020 Yeah, I was a little bothered by the lack of 0:06:11.080 --> 0:06:13.900 expectations for Case Keenum. He is the highest end of 0:06:13.960 --> 0:06:16.680 third string quarterbacks. Most teams don't even have a third 0:06:16.700 --> 0:06:19.839 string quarterback. This guy is an all-time college great. He 0:06:19.860 --> 0:06:22.220 was good when he played. Some could make the case 0:06:22.260 --> 0:06:24.040 that the Vikings should have never let him go when 0:06:24.080 --> 0:06:26.140 they were better with him. And so when he came out, 0:06:26.180 --> 0:06:28.810 what I really liked about this game was the first 0:06:28.850 --> 0:06:31.550 two plays they passed the ball. Nice, crisp, short passes. 0:06:31.930 --> 0:06:34.669 Not avoid your quarterback case game, embrace your quarterback. 0:06:34.710 --> 0:06:36.710 Yeah, I mean, the Eagles were geared up to stop 0:06:36.750 --> 0:06:38.870 the Bears running games. Last year, the Bears ran all 0:06:38.930 --> 0:06:41.730 over them. And Ben Johnson, head coach of the Bears... 0:06:42.570 --> 0:06:44.830 I'm starting to think he might be, if not one 0:06:44.860 --> 0:06:47.740 of the top three NFL head coaches, maybe the best 0:06:47.839 --> 0:06:50.800 NFL head coach. He totally toyed with Nick Sirianni and 0:06:50.860 --> 0:06:53.120 Vic Fangio. They had no idea what was coming. 0:06:53.140 --> 0:06:55.120 They played call that way to a win. Because if 0:06:55.140 --> 0:06:57.860 you look at the two quarterbacks, Caleb Williams is an improviser. 0:06:57.940 --> 0:07:00.820 He makes things happen. Case Keenum is the complete opposite. 0:07:00.930 --> 0:07:04.770 He's a timing quarterback, old school, a smaller dropback quarterback. 0:07:05.130 --> 0:07:06.830 But I bet you he got every pass out in 0:07:06.870 --> 0:07:08.050 under two and a half seconds last night. 0:07:08.070 --> 0:07:09.970 You know, I don't even want to say this, but 0:07:09.990 --> 0:07:11.790 I know you're excited about Caleb Williams and the Bears. 0:07:12.470 --> 0:07:14.510 Does it make you think that maybe Caleb Williams is 0:07:14.550 --> 0:07:17.210 in the right style for Ben Johnson? Because Ben Johnson 0:07:17.250 --> 0:07:20.190 was awesome in Detroit with Jared Goff, who never runs 0:07:20.230 --> 0:07:23.020 at all. Caleb Williams wants to extend every play as 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:23.740 long as he can. 0:07:23.780 --> 0:07:25.400 Well, you could go back to last year, and they 0:07:25.460 --> 0:07:28.000 always wanted Caleb Williams to throw on platform, as they 0:07:28.020 --> 0:07:30.160 like to say, and he doesn't do that that often. 0:07:30.200 --> 0:07:31.660 He seems to be better at it. But going back 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:33.800 to last night, there was a point in the first quarter, 0:07:34.040 --> 0:07:36.950 the Bears are playing well, Casey Keenum's a feel-good story, 0:07:36.970 --> 0:07:39.750 and everything's going well, and they didn't score. The Eagles 0:07:39.770 --> 0:07:42.200 get the ball back, and they go on this 99-yard drive. 0:07:42.800 --> 0:07:45.760 Hurts gets hurt, no pun, and they bring in Dalton. Dalton, 0:07:45.880 --> 0:07:48.360 one pass into the end zone pick, and it felt 0:07:48.400 --> 0:07:49.580 like the air came out of the balloon. 0:07:50.360 --> 0:07:52.440 Oh, I don't know. They had other opportunities, too. I mean, 0:07:52.460 --> 0:07:55.350 the Eagles then, it was 10-7 at halftime after that 0:07:55.490 --> 0:07:57.570 last-second Jalen Hurts touchdown. 0:07:57.610 --> 0:07:57.730 Right. 0:07:57.770 --> 0:07:59.850 It felt like at halftime, the feel-good story might have 0:07:59.870 --> 0:08:00.170 been over. 0:08:00.810 --> 0:08:02.390 I don't even think it was a game of momentum. 0:08:02.750 --> 0:08:05.010 There was a part early in the game on that 0:08:05.030 --> 0:08:07.710 99-yard drive where Saquon was running the ball well for 0:08:07.730 --> 0:08:10.820 the Eagles. But I'm not sure that Philadelphia's a great matchup. 0:08:10.840 --> 0:08:12.060 I don't think there was any way they were coming 0:08:12.080 --> 0:08:14.610 out with a W last night. They're 2-1 now. It 0:08:14.630 --> 0:08:16.130 felt like they were dying to lose a game the 0:08:16.170 --> 0:08:19.290 first two weeks. So I know what you're saying, that 0:08:19.430 --> 0:08:22.010 one play by Andy Dalton might have affected everything. I'm 0:08:22.050 --> 0:08:24.480 not sure that Chicago just didn't outplay them all night long. 0:08:24.500 --> 0:08:27.360 You know, in the second half, Keenum stepped on the gas, 247, 0:08:27.360 --> 0:08:29.680 two touchdowns. He ran in a quarterback sneak where they 0:08:29.700 --> 0:08:33.280 call their, basically like their surprise sneak where the linemen 0:08:33.300 --> 0:08:35.600 pull another way and he ran. The defensive linemen were 0:08:35.620 --> 0:08:39.310 completely surprised. Jalen Hurts couldn't get it together. Saquon Barkley 0:08:39.350 --> 0:08:41.430 didn't run as much in the second half. I want 0:08:41.460 --> 0:08:43.300 to go with the fallout of this before we get 0:08:43.380 --> 0:08:45.640 back to Keenum. The fallout of this for the Eagles 0:08:45.660 --> 0:08:47.140 today is what? They're still 2-1. 0:08:47.420 --> 0:08:50.100 I mean, not much. Everyone expected this. 0:08:50.140 --> 0:08:50.400 Really? 0:08:50.860 --> 0:08:54.459 They looked awful the first two weeks. Against Washington, they 0:08:54.520 --> 0:08:57.620 didn't have anything going offensively. Then against Titans, they only 0:08:57.660 --> 0:08:59.570 got it going toward the end of the game. That 0:08:59.590 --> 0:09:00.270 was the Titans. 0:09:00.309 --> 0:09:02.210 I'm kind of surprised by your reaction here. I thought 0:09:02.270 --> 0:09:04.650 in Philadelphia today this would be like national embarrassment time. 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:08.459 No, I think the Philadelphia fans are very skeptical. They're very, 0:09:08.500 --> 0:09:10.640 very knowledgeable. I mean, they're not like normal fans. They 0:09:10.710 --> 0:09:12.890 know this offense in and out, and they knew that 0:09:13.330 --> 0:09:16.390 something's not clicking for four quarters with Sean Mannion and 0:09:16.410 --> 0:09:18.550 Jalen Hurts. This is my opinion. I listened to the 0:09:18.710 --> 0:09:21.410 Three Eagles podcast this morning. They're like, wow, we saw 0:09:21.450 --> 0:09:23.650 this coming because the offense has not been humming all 0:09:23.700 --> 0:09:24.130 season long. 0:09:24.200 --> 0:09:25.880 There was an unbelievable play here. I think we just 0:09:25.920 --> 0:09:28.460 showed where Edwards, the linebacker for the Bears, is looking 0:09:28.480 --> 0:09:30.360 into the huddle and trying to see what Jalen Hurts 0:09:30.380 --> 0:09:32.460 is saying. And he's reading his lips or actually hearing 0:09:32.480 --> 0:09:33.780 what he says, drops back. 0:09:33.820 --> 0:09:34.440 Here it is right here. 0:09:34.929 --> 0:09:37.090 It's like he was almost in the huddle there. Drops back, 0:09:37.170 --> 0:09:39.540 almost on cue, and made the interception. It's one of 0:09:39.559 --> 0:09:40.260 the plays of the night. 0:09:40.380 --> 0:09:41.800 Yeah, he had a second play like that where he 0:09:41.820 --> 0:09:45.000 dropped back and almost intercepted it. There was some writing 0:09:45.100 --> 0:09:47.280 after the game that Dennis Allen knew this play was coming, 0:09:47.300 --> 0:09:49.780 the defense coordinator for the Bears, and that Hurts is 0:09:49.820 --> 0:09:53.329 not good when the linebacker drops off. Again, Bears outcoach 0:09:53.350 --> 0:09:54.770 the Eagles in every single turn. 0:09:54.870 --> 0:09:57.710 Okay, let's look at the Bears going forward. Case Keenum starts, 0:09:57.850 --> 0:10:00.800 plays well. It was like one of those major... events 0:10:00.860 --> 0:10:03.040 last night. They were celebrating with their kids. I thought 0:10:03.059 --> 0:10:04.760 he was retiring after the game. Maybe he should have. 0:10:05.320 --> 0:10:08.179 Going forward for the Bears, Caleb Williams out a month, likely. 0:10:08.610 --> 0:10:10.770 Do you pivot back to Tyson Bajent, or do you 0:10:10.870 --> 0:10:13.650 ride Case Keenum until it goes poorly? 0:10:13.850 --> 0:10:16.410 I mean, you've got to ride Case for one more game. 0:10:16.429 --> 0:10:18.730 The Jets are coming up. And it feels like this 0:10:18.790 --> 0:10:20.349 is not going to be good for Case because it 0:10:20.390 --> 0:10:23.050 was such a high. How do you go any higher? Typically, 0:10:23.090 --> 0:10:25.229 you come down from that. No, you can't switch up 0:10:25.290 --> 0:10:27.709 and down, especially because the offense moves so well. I 0:10:27.750 --> 0:10:30.050 was actually surprised. I thought Bajan might even play last night. 0:10:30.070 --> 0:10:33.090 He got out of the concussion protocol on Saturday, but 0:10:33.130 --> 0:10:35.710 they went with Case. It just seems like Case fits 0:10:35.750 --> 0:10:38.550 this offense very well. Remember in the preseason, Case played 0:10:38.580 --> 0:10:40.579 the Cleveland Browns in week one, had the game of 0:10:40.620 --> 0:10:44.079 his life. It was 9 for 10, 180 yards, two touchdowns. 0:10:44.420 --> 0:10:48.140 So he obviously is very comfortable. Bajan is also comfortable, 0:10:48.440 --> 0:10:50.739 but you've got to ride this until the wheels come on. 0:10:50.740 --> 0:10:52.480 Yeah, not near the experience. I think the fans would 0:10:52.500 --> 0:10:54.380 revolt if you replaced Case Keenum right now. 0:10:54.520 --> 0:10:56.900 Well, I wonder, though, is Caleb Williams definitely out, too? 0:10:57.440 --> 0:11:00.000 Well, they've said two to four weeks. You see him 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:02.520 on the sidelines. Everyone's trying to read body language. They're like, 0:11:02.880 --> 0:11:04.140 he doesn't have a hitch in his step, but he's 0:11:04.179 --> 0:11:04.940 walking out of the field. 0:11:05.640 --> 0:11:07.520 Two weeks? That would be two weeks. It would be. 0:11:07.540 --> 0:11:10.400 All right, let's get to helmet stickers last night. I'm 0:11:10.420 --> 0:11:12.120 going to let you go first. I think it's obvious 0:11:12.140 --> 0:11:13.490 where you're going. I'm going to yield the floor to 0:11:13.500 --> 0:11:14.870 you and your co-author. 0:11:15.960 --> 0:11:18.020 Oh, I'm not doing Case Keenum. He deserves more than 0:11:18.059 --> 0:11:21.480 a helmet sticker for that. He deserves a statue outside 0:11:21.500 --> 0:11:23.800 the Not So Fast studio. I'm going to go with 0:11:23.990 --> 0:11:25.650 a surprise wide receiver, Kalief Raymond. 0:11:25.929 --> 0:11:26.890 Okay. 0:11:27.070 --> 0:11:29.860 Kalief Raymond, he's on his 15th in 10 years. He 0:11:29.980 --> 0:11:33.560 is 17th in the league in receiving yards, which is amazing, 0:11:34.000 --> 0:11:36.300 because you have Roma Dunze and you have Colston Loveland, 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:38.610 and it seems like the Bears quarterbacks only want to 0:11:38.620 --> 0:11:39.520 throw to Kalief Raymond. 0:11:39.640 --> 0:11:41.589 Well, it is funny that I didn't think in week 0:11:41.630 --> 0:11:44.650 three I'd be discussing the Case Keenum-Kalief Raymond connection being 0:11:44.690 --> 0:11:46.870 one of the best, hottest in the NFL, but that's 0:11:46.910 --> 0:11:48.870 a great pick. I'm going to go my helmet ticker 0:11:48.910 --> 0:11:51.190 to Case Keenum. We weren't that surprised. I think we 0:11:51.210 --> 0:11:53.350 had the clip yesterday of us talking about this game, 0:11:53.710 --> 0:11:57.689 and we weren't that surprised. We believed in Case Keenum 0:11:57.710 --> 0:12:00.210 from the standpoint of, Yeah, he's not like an all-star. 0:12:00.250 --> 0:12:01.910 He's not an all-pro, and it's been a long time. 0:12:01.929 --> 0:12:03.910 But here's what we had to say yesterday. I think 0:12:03.929 --> 0:12:06.410 they're going to have trouble with Keenum because he is 0:12:06.809 --> 0:12:08.840 beyond a veteran. The guy's 38 years old. He's got 0:12:08.860 --> 0:12:10.840 more gray hair than us. But they have no tape 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:12.480 on the guy. He doesn't play a lot. He hasn't 0:12:12.500 --> 0:12:13.640 started the game in three years. 0:12:14.320 --> 0:12:16.500 I think the Bears win this one 21-19. The Eagles 0:12:16.540 --> 0:12:18.420 almost lost to the Titans, and you saw how bad 0:12:18.460 --> 0:12:21.240 the Titans were this weekend. The Eagles' offense has yet 0:12:21.260 --> 0:12:22.100 to figure out its rhythm. 0:12:22.179 --> 0:12:26.200 I'll go 24-23 Bears. Completely self-serving by us. 0:12:26.460 --> 0:12:29.640 By the way, we were wrong. It was 27-7. We 0:12:29.750 --> 0:12:32.449 had a close game. It should have been a close game, 0:12:32.490 --> 0:12:35.010 by the way. The teams were evenly matched. But I 0:12:35.050 --> 0:12:37.790 think once the Eagles fell behind too far, they kind 0:12:37.809 --> 0:12:38.370 of gave up on the game. 0:12:38.390 --> 0:12:40.130 You know, a bigger picture, forget about the Eagles and 0:12:40.150 --> 0:12:42.140 the Bears. That was a great night for sports. That 0:12:42.160 --> 0:12:43.720 was a night where you're like, if you didn't have 0:12:43.740 --> 0:12:45.200 a dog in the fight and you're just sitting down 0:12:45.220 --> 0:12:46.839 to watch Monday Night Football, you're like, this is a 0:12:46.880 --> 0:12:50.180 fantastic story of a guy who's 38 and never really 0:12:50.220 --> 0:12:52.300 had that great moment in the pros. I know he 0:12:52.320 --> 0:12:54.059 had some good days with the Vikings. But it felt 0:12:54.100 --> 0:12:55.040 like great TV. 0:12:55.559 --> 0:12:57.740 Oh, absolutely. It felt like Case won the Super Bowl. 0:12:57.760 --> 0:12:58.800 I thought he was going to say, I'm going to 0:12:58.840 --> 0:13:01.319 Disneyland after the game. I don't know if you watch 0:13:01.360 --> 0:13:04.020 all the post-game interviews. His daughter was out with SVP. 0:13:04.380 --> 0:13:06.970 His wife was on camera. Hi, Kimberly, if you're watching. 0:13:07.350 --> 0:13:10.370 It was a great night for Case. Maybe I was 0:13:10.410 --> 0:13:12.650 thinking to myself, you know, you have the Jets in 0:13:12.770 --> 0:13:15.469 six days. Maybe, you know, what if you win that game? 0:13:15.530 --> 0:13:17.530 Is it going to be as exciting? Forget it. He's rolling. 0:13:17.550 --> 0:13:19.910 All right. We're going to have a lot more NFL 0:13:19.990 --> 0:13:23.050 coming up, including I have an interesting take. It is 0:13:23.130 --> 0:13:25.410 not the Chinese year of the horse. It is a 0:13:25.490 --> 0:13:29.510 year of the backup quarterback. Get excited. That's next on 0:13:29.550 --> 0:13:30.270 Not So Fast. 0:13:39.570 --> 0:13:41.670 First time I met Andrew Perloff, I remember it well. 0:13:41.690 --> 0:13:44.010 I was with Dan Patrick at the SI Studios in 0:13:44.030 --> 0:13:46.750 New York City in the offices. And we were talking 0:13:46.790 --> 0:13:49.829 to different editors about editing Dan's page. And the first 0:13:49.850 --> 0:13:51.590 guy came in, the second guy came in, and they 0:13:51.610 --> 0:13:54.809 were normal, nice guys. And Andrew came in kind of 0:13:54.830 --> 0:13:58.840 like Kramer, just like papers. And then like one shirt, 0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:01.520 the thing was out, but he was funny and he 0:14:01.550 --> 0:14:04.680 had ideas and he was goofy, but he had ideas 0:14:05.140 --> 0:14:07.280 and they were funny ideas. And then we met two 0:14:07.320 --> 0:14:09.349 more people. And when we got done, Dan and I, 0:14:09.340 --> 0:14:10.980 I think we took a train home for God's sake. 0:14:11.140 --> 0:14:13.140 And he goes, which guy do you like? I'm like, 0:14:13.160 --> 0:14:15.340 you know, the tall guy. And we didn't remember anybody's name. 0:14:15.750 --> 0:14:18.210 He goes, the guy who looked like McLovin from Superbad? 0:14:18.230 --> 0:14:19.950 I'm like, well, he's a little older than that, like 0:14:19.970 --> 0:14:22.609 McLovin's uncle. He goes, yeah, that guy. So we call 0:14:22.650 --> 0:14:26.330 back and say, like, we like that guy, like Andrew Perloff. 0:14:26.350 --> 0:14:28.630 I'm like, yeah, I think that's his name, but he 0:14:28.650 --> 0:14:35.030 stuck out in a good way. All right, Pearl, back 0:14:35.090 --> 0:14:38.560 on Not So Fast, Paps and Perloff. Midday Pigment. This 0:14:38.620 --> 0:14:42.860 is the Dodgers bonus coverage for the postseason. Baseball glove 0:14:42.940 --> 0:14:46.180 bowl of nachos. You know, sign me up. A plastic 0:14:46.250 --> 0:14:51.190 glove full of questionable cheese and nachos. I would wolf 0:14:51.230 --> 0:14:51.970 that down in a second. 0:14:52.090 --> 0:14:55.050 Oh, absolutely. When did the tradition of putting nachos in 0:14:55.270 --> 0:14:57.470 non-bowls start in baseball? I feel like it's been around 0:14:57.490 --> 0:14:57.890 for a while. 0:14:57.990 --> 0:14:59.600 I would like to know. Maybe we could call Peter 0:14:59.620 --> 0:15:01.350 Gammons or some historian like that or. 0:15:01.560 --> 0:15:03.940 I think that's a moment that is really, you know, 0:15:04.180 --> 0:15:07.400 there's Jackie Robinson, of course, playing, and then there's the 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:09.540 first person to put nachos into a helmet. Of course. 0:15:09.580 --> 0:15:12.710 Those are classic moments. Now, if you think about those moments, though, 0:15:12.780 --> 0:15:14.510 I've been to Cubs games before, and you get the 0:15:14.550 --> 0:15:16.730 helmet of nachos. You've got to eat them fast. They 0:15:16.750 --> 0:15:19.150 can get a little soupy in inning 7, 8, 9 0:15:19.150 --> 0:15:19.790 in the hot summer. 0:15:19.970 --> 0:15:23.070 Yeah, I'll be honest. I do like the concept. I 0:15:23.110 --> 0:15:25.080 don't like having too messy of food here. I'm more 0:15:25.100 --> 0:15:28.340 of a straight— Peanuts and Diet Coke. Yeah, you are. 0:15:28.360 --> 0:15:30.140 A lot of baseball coming up today, but it's time 0:15:30.180 --> 0:15:31.960 for Warm Takes. It's what we do here on Not 0:15:31.980 --> 0:15:34.119 So Fast. And I'm going to go first, Pearl. I'm 0:15:34.140 --> 0:15:37.320 going to stay with baseball. Baseball playoffs are here. It's 0:15:37.360 --> 0:15:40.900 a month-long session of baseball, and it hits you hard 0:15:40.940 --> 0:15:43.600 with the wild card. And as much as I love football, 0:15:43.860 --> 0:15:46.420 there's a difference to the playoffs in baseball. There's attention, 0:15:46.980 --> 0:15:51.020 bat to bat, pulling the pitcher, bringing the pitcher in, bunt, 0:15:51.230 --> 0:15:53.070 all that kind of stuff. And I find it to 0:15:53.110 --> 0:15:56.370 be a more tense sport in the postseason. the pauses, 0:15:56.830 --> 0:15:59.430 the foul ball calls, all the different things that increase 0:15:59.450 --> 0:16:02.130 the drama, the likelihood of extra innings. And there's another 0:16:02.150 --> 0:16:04.410 thing that happens. I think it's unique to baseball, maybe 0:16:04.430 --> 0:16:07.810 not to other sports. It's superstition. I'll be watching a game, 0:16:07.870 --> 0:16:09.490