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Welco up in the beginning of another 12 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,240 Speaker 1: hour and another night of the Ben Mahler Show. Beginning 13 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 1: the Red Eye flight. We are in the air everywhere 14 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 1: as we take off in a cluster the hot box 15 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: on Fox that rocks coast to coast, border to border 16 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: and beyond. 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I squeezed out no less than 35 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 1: at least six Malard monologues, which I know made Rick 36 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: and Maryland very happy and the Ostrich aunt in DC 37 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 1: very happy. And the storyline has now come to an end. 38 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 1: You can put the baby to bed now. I've been 39 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 1: following this all off seas. What is that I'll tell 40 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,239 Speaker 1: you if you have not heard, perhaps not because you 41 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 1: actually have a life. You don't pay attention to this 42 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: stuff all day, every day, every minute. You don't obsessed 43 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 1: with it. You don't have a talk show to do. 44 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 1: So we learned that wide receiver Terry McLaurin, who remember 45 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: the guy, he asked for a trade. I ain't playing 46 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 1: unless I get mine bro. He did the Blake snellfing 47 00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:00,359 Speaker 1: that punk from the Dodgers. So Terry McLaurin asked for 48 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:06,640 Speaker 1: a trade, and the Washington Football Team has decided to 49 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: not trade him. Instead, they have agreed to a mega 50 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:17,239 Speaker 1: MEGAMEGA three year contract worth ninety six million. Of course, 51 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: we'll wait till the fine print comes out how much 52 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: of that is guaranteed. There's conflicting reports on that before 53 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:26,920 Speaker 1: we give that side of it. The Commanders, though, keep 54 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 1: the player. McLaren essentially missed the entire offseason, lolly gagging 55 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 1: around in the hold in, and he wanted that new contract. 56 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 1: He turns thirty, Oh my god, thirty next month. A 57 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: big three to zero and we'll be back on the field, 58 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 1: back on the field here with a new contract. He 59 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: gets a massive check, massive check from the Commanders. He 60 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 1: will be able to play their Game one. The Washington 61 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 1: Football Team opens against the sad Sack New York Football 62 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: Giants to begin their season. I know Everyboddy Eddie in 63 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: Charlotte loves the giants, but they suck. McLaren's average salary 64 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 1: will now be I know you're very concerned about other 65 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 1: people's salary. Mclarin's average salary be thirty two million, which 66 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 1: is the same as AJ Brown, but less than Jamar Chase, 67 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 1: less than Justin Jefferson, less than C. D. Lamb, the Cowboys, 68 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 1: DK Met Keevin, Garrett Wilson. So listen, that's that's fine. 69 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: That's about it. Seems about right, seems about right, and 70 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: so that's where we are. So let us discuss did 71 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:37,839 Speaker 1: the commanders, though some are saying, what are you doing? 72 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: Oh my god, you didn't want to pay him, he's 73 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: too old. You paid him. So did the commanders overpay 74 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:48,919 Speaker 1: Terry McLaurin at thirty two million per year? Or is 75 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 1: this a fair market deal for a player of his caliber? 76 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: So I've got my thoughts on this about Netflix, spaghetti 77 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 1: and launching pad and we will combine all of these 78 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 1: things together and we are going to put the biscuit 79 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 1: in the basket. Is what We're going to do. The 80 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:10,480 Speaker 1: biscuit in the basket. So a to answer the question, 81 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 1: was this and overpaid by the Washington Commanders. None. I 82 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 1: am going to be Benny Brightside. I am Benny bright 83 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 1: Side on this one. I am McLaurin. The safety blanket 84 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 1: for Jaden Daniels, the prodigy. We'll see if he can 85 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:29,320 Speaker 1: follow up that amazing Final four run for the Washington 86 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:31,599 Speaker 1: football team and do it again this year. But he 87 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 1: was a prodigy, Jaden Daniels, all those last second wins, dramatic, 88 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:41,039 Speaker 1: high flying, high falutin the synergery with Cliff Kingsbury, but 89 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 1: a lot of that went in doubt. Throw the ball 90 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:48,720 Speaker 1: tot Terry McLaurin. That alone on my scorecard, that alone 91 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 1: makes him worth the premium price tag, which is what 92 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 1: Washington did pay it. And this is very similar to 93 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 1: what we had advice, the advice, the unsolicited overnight radio 94 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 1: advice that we had given to the Washington football team. 95 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: They're listening, they can't sleep, they're listening. What was the advice? 96 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:09,160 Speaker 1: Short term contract, big money? Who cares? Short term contract? 97 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:11,720 Speaker 1: Big money? Who cares? Three It's not really a three 98 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,479 Speaker 1: year deal. Don't get fooled by the numbers. See people 99 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 1: get fooled by the numbers. And we'll find out how 100 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 1: much of that is guaranteed. But this is like Netflix 101 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: or any other television network announcing that they've renewed. We'll 102 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 1: just focus on Netflix. They've renewed a show for three seasons. Okay, 103 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 1: they've renewed the show for three seasons. You're all excited. Okay, 104 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:34,599 Speaker 1: that's great, But in reality, what they've actually done is 105 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 1: giving you an eight episode deal and they're gonna then 106 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:42,919 Speaker 1: cancel the show the second nobody watches. That's it. But 107 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 1: they announce it's a three year deal, and then when 108 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 1: no one's actually paying attention, they just get rid of 109 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 1: the show. That's it. And so this is really the 110 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 1: way I look at it. A one and a half 111 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:54,720 Speaker 1: year deal. It's a one and a half year deal. 112 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:58,839 Speaker 1: The commanders were worried about mclaurin's age, Oh my god, 113 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: because they got a bunch of dorks in there, and 114 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 1: they look, it's like insurance. Now, I so you life insurance. 115 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 1: They say, well, we're betting that you're gonna live this 116 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:08,679 Speaker 1: long and then eventually you're gonna die, but we're betting 117 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 1: that we're gonna make this much money off your ass 118 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 1: before you croak, and that way will be okay. But 119 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: if not, if you have some underlying condition you might 120 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 1: croak sooner. Well, then we don't want to do the deal. 121 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 1: You got to pay more. And they're like, wow, we 122 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:23,120 Speaker 1: don't want to do the deal because you're gonna be 123 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 1: thirty and you look at the comps on this and 124 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: all that stuff. But Washington is thinking, we don't want 125 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 1: to pay this guy till he's thirty three. Well, spoiler alert, 126 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 1: looks like until we see the fine print here, you're 127 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 1: gonna be paying him close to that. The contract in theory, 128 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: always in theory, locks up McLaurin through twenty twenty eight, 129 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: he would be thirty three. The new money thirty two 130 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 1: million annually. Now the owner Josh Harris, who's one of 131 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: these slick business dudes who wants to be famous. You 132 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: don't buy a sports team unless you want you want 133 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 1: people talking about you. You just why would you bother? 134 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 1: So he owns the bunch of sports teams. With the 135 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 1: Washington football team, this is a bullet you got to 136 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 1: bite on. If you're Josh Harris, you got to bite 137 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 1: on it because it's a PR move. The way I 138 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 1: look at this, it's a PR move. There's no need 139 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 1: for a go fundme. Harris is worth almost ten billion 140 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: dollars in the estimate there, so that they're trying to 141 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 1: sell stability and I would have kept a player too, 142 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 1: Betty Brightside. It's good for all involved. It's not a 143 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 1: massive commitment long term, and he's been very productive with 144 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 1: some absolute puke quarterbacks in Washington. Now they finally have 145 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 1: what appears to be a pretty good quarterback. So we'll 146 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 1: see how this goes here. But it's really just a 147 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 1: year and a half and they're either gonna cut him 148 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 1: or restructure the contract, and that'll be that. Now to Dallas. 149 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: That's right, the obligatory Mallor monologue about America's team, the 150 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,680 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys. So the latest developments on this the Cowboys 151 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 1: quarterback Dakota Press Scott. That's his name, Dakota. They call 152 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 1: him dak but he's his real name is Dakota. So 153 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 1: Dakota Prescott has entered the chat on the big deal. 154 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 1: So a couple of contracts agreed to holdouts or hold ins, 155 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 1: ending Trey Hendrickson. We'll get to that later. We've got 156 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 1: a four hour talk show to do. But Trey Hendrickson 157 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 1: is going to stay with the Bengals for this season 158 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:27,559 Speaker 1: at least, and we mentioned the Terry mcclarn thing, but 159 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 1: in Dallas they have not had any kind of settlement yet. 160 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 1: So the Cowboys quarterback Dakota Prescott said that he is confident, 161 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 1: confident that the disgruntled edge rusher Micah Parsons will be 162 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 1: on the field a week from Thursday when the Cowboys 163 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 1: open up with Doctor Phila Delphia Eagles. In a made 164 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:55,840 Speaker 1: for Prime Time football extrava ganza, Dakota Prescott said, quote, 165 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 1: I've got confidence. I told you all just to prove 166 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 1: he's actually living in Texas. You had to say, y'all, 167 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:05,959 Speaker 1: I told y'all that way back when Prescott yapped and 168 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:09,080 Speaker 1: snapped at reporters, he said, I'm just going to be 169 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 1: going off experience, honestly, no different than mine, referring to 170 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 1: the situation where his contract was also fed up until 171 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 1: the very end. So question, can you decipher? Can you 172 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 1: decipher what the Cowboys star dak Prescott in his vote 173 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 1: of confidence with Michael Parsons means? So I spent several 174 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 1: seconds deliberating on this one, several seconds, and Dak's out 175 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 1: there yelling at the world. He's quoting Aaron Rodgers. Relax, 176 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 1: he's saying, relax, I've got confidence and all this stuff. 177 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: He's following the script. The Dallas Cowboys again for the 178 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 1: eighteen thousand dimes into these microphones. It is a spaghetti Western, 179 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys. They are a spaghetti Western. You got 180 00:10:56,480 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: Jerry Jones twirling his mustache like a villain. Now, I 181 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,559 Speaker 1: got a cartoon villain, Jerry Jones. Over there. You got 182 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 1: dak Prescott, who's playing the wise old sage cowboy. Dakota 183 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 1: Prescott sitting on his porch, sipping some sweet tea and 184 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 1: telling everybody all calm down, now, you all calm down. Now, 185 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 1: Mike's gonna be fine, just like that. So Prescott following 186 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 1: the wisdom that we believe in. Obviously, this is not 187 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 1: his first rodeo. Dak Prescott, He's been through the contract 188 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 1: ringer Jerry's ringer for a while. A couple of times 189 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:41,680 Speaker 1: he's cashed in. He got two hundred and forty something million. 190 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:44,040 Speaker 1: I believe. I think I'm right on that. So Jerry 191 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 1: has a PhD. And the PhD is in drama from 192 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 1: the University of Keeping the Cowboys Relevant. You might not 193 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 1: have heard about that university. It's a small University. It's 194 00:11:56,760 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 1: located in the death Star there in Jerry's world. And 195 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 1: you think it's a coincidence that every off season there's 196 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:09,839 Speaker 1: a contract standoff every off season. In the last this 197 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:12,960 Speaker 1: is three years in Robley, three years in a row. 198 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:17,720 Speaker 1: We've got more twists than a burial race at the 199 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 1: or one of those barrel races you know you see 200 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 1: at the State Fair where they're racing the bar I mean, 201 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 1: there's a lot going on. And and first it was 202 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 1: Dak a couple of years back, then it was Ceedee Lamb, 203 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:33,839 Speaker 1: and now it's now it's Michael Parsons. So I think 204 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:38,440 Speaker 1: for three for three. Jerry's got his playbook. He does 205 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 1: things his way and it's thicker than a longhorned steak. 206 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 1: Jerry Jones got that big playbook there. But he loves this. 207 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 1: This is his go to act in the spaghetti western. 208 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 1: And it's like, you know, sitting there in the owner's box, 209 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 1: he's up there atop the stadium. He's just sipping whiskey 210 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:57,720 Speaker 1: and looking down at all the rubes and all the dopes, 211 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 1: and uh, let's let this the simmer for a little bit, 212 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:04,880 Speaker 1: and we let the cameras roll at all the debate 213 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:08,720 Speaker 1: shows all the gas bags, blowhards know it, alls, chime 214 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 1: in on this, and you know what, it works. It 215 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:14,839 Speaker 1: does work. It absolutely works. Like we're talking about the 216 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:17,440 Speaker 1: Cowboys here, we are. There's other stuff going on, but 217 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:21,520 Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys in late August late August continue to 218 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:26,640 Speaker 1: move the needle, figuring things out while other teams are 219 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 1: changing punters and releasing fat guys and all that. Now, 220 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 1: speaking of that, there was one move that caught my attention, 221 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 1: and that's the last where we go to Motown. Quarterback change. 222 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:41,680 Speaker 1: Quarterback change. In Motown, the Lions have said bye bye. 223 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 1: They have gotten rid of former third round pick Hendon Hooker. 224 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 1: You can't get rid of a hooker. They put a 225 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 1: hooker out on the street. What's up with that? So 226 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:55,720 Speaker 1: Hendon Hooker let go. Kyle Allen has officially won the 227 00:13:55,920 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 1: Lions backup quarterback battle, whichans when Jared Goff gets hurt, 228 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 1: the Detroit Lions will have no chance to win unless 229 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:09,679 Speaker 1: they pitch a shutout on defense because Kyle Allen blows. 230 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:14,240 Speaker 1: He's terrible. So what is the lesson? Though I think 231 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 1: there's a bigger lesson. This caught my attention, So what 232 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 1: is the lesson here from the Lions dumping former Tennessee 233 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:23,240 Speaker 1: quarterback Hendon Hooker getting rid of him. So this is 234 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 1: a refresher course. It is a refresher course. The draft. 235 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 1: What do we always say, fools gold, It's fools gold. 236 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:36,600 Speaker 1: It's a suckers game. And every draft there is a 237 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 1: couple of quarterbacks drafted in the second, third, fourth round. 238 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 1: And I got a here, all the geniuses. Oh man, 239 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 1: this guy's going to be a steal of the draft. 240 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 1: Oh my god, this guy's got amazing ability. Blah blah 241 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 1: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah to my ears. Blee. 242 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 1: So Dan Campbell and the Lions took Hendon Hooker. He 243 00:14:57,280 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 1: was raw, he was unpolished, He had a bat knee, 244 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 1: He was twenty five years old, which is older than 245 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 1: pretty much everyone in the draft, and they drafted him. 246 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: And he was said to be a project. But the 247 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 1: same people who've made the draft, the cottage industry, they 248 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:15,400 Speaker 1: love to tell you, oh, this guy's gonna be great, wonderful. 249 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 1: And what happened. It went exactly the way we thought 250 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 1: it was going to happen, the way we expected it 251 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 1: to happen. The project at quarterback hen and Hooker. The 252 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 1: lions blew up on the launching pad. C boom right 253 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 1: there on the launching peck kaboom, kaboom, kaboom, kaboom kaboom 254 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 1: ka boom, just like that, and did not even get 255 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: off the ground. He's not a starter. They said, well, 256 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:46,960 Speaker 1: maybe we'll be back up. He's nothing. At this point, 257 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 1: Hooker's going through the checkout line with the old thank 258 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:54,920 Speaker 1: you come again sticker right on his forehead right there. 259 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 1: Ninety five percent of these so called projects, they fail, 260 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 1: all right, this was a third rounder. A third round. 261 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 1: You might as well be lighting the pick on fire. 262 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 1: Just get some gasoline and a lighter or book of 263 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 1: matches and just like the thing on fire, or use 264 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 1: a blow torch. You just get blow torch out there 265 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 1: like you're roasting marshmallows and delicious marshmallows and just going 266 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: for it. So he's not Hooker. Hooker's not a clipboard guy. 267 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: He's not a headset guy at this point, as he's 268 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 1: a lost in the shuffle guy. Does anyone eat marshmallows 269 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 1: without cooking them? I can't imagine eating marshmallows without cooking them. 270 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:41,160 Speaker 1: They're rather disgusting. You have to eat them cooked, right, 271 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 1: There's no is there a market for people that just 272 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 1: munch on marshmallows without them being roasted with chocolate and 273 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 1: Graham crackers? Like, is there a group that that's into that, 274 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 1: the people who do chubby Bunny competitions? The Chubby Bunny competition. 275 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:57,440 Speaker 1: When I was a I remember Thanksgiving, my mom would 276 00:16:57,480 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 1: always make this big thing of yams. I think EAMs 277 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 1: are just, oh, they're so good, horrific, But my mom 278 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 1: would cover them with marshmallow, so I would just eat 279 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 1: the marshmallows. My mom gets so upset. I did not 280 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 1: eat the ams. I said, I just want the marshmallows. 281 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 1: Oh need the ams. You can have the yams. You 282 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:15,240 Speaker 1: gonna eat both? No, I don't have to eat both, 283 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 1: just the marshmallows. I'm just gonna eat the marshmallows. So 284 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:21,159 Speaker 1: maybe just make me a plate of marshmallows and that'll 285 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 1: be the way to go. 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If you have not heard, possibly not, possibly not, 340 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 1: we learned that wide receiver Jacoby and Myers also a 341 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 1: law firm in southern California. Jacoby Myers not happy. He 342 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 1: has requested a trade from Lost Wages, Nevada. He wants out. Upset. 343 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 1: I guess he's upset with Slug. He's like, I can't 344 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:42,119 Speaker 1: be here anymore. Slug and Mark and David, all the 345 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:46,640 Speaker 1: guys there in Vegas just can't deal with it because 346 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:49,640 Speaker 1: he could not agree to a contract extension. So he's 347 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:55,680 Speaker 1: raising a hullabaloo, and the team says, na, Na, we're good, 348 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:59,159 Speaker 1: we're good. We're gonna keep you. We're not trading. So 349 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 1: it's a class NFL standout Classic, and we have one 350 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:05,879 Speaker 1: of these every every season, at least one every season. 351 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 1: So let us discuss the question on this one. Will 352 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:15,720 Speaker 1: Raiders came in to Jacoby Myers trade request or do 353 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:18,639 Speaker 1: they write it out? Just write it out. He's under contract, 354 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:22,440 Speaker 1: you don't have to trade him. So I've got Costco, 355 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:30,040 Speaker 1: Rusty Nail, and shadow boxing. Well, combine all these things together, 356 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:35,200 Speaker 1: like legos, and the legos the Babushka steps on because 357 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:36,840 Speaker 1: you put them on the when the Babushka tries to 358 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 1: clean them up and she's walking around at night, she 359 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:40,720 Speaker 1: steps on, which is one of the worst pains a 360 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: human being can have, stepping out a lego. It's got 361 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:45,160 Speaker 1: to be in the five worst pains a human being 362 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 1: can have, so number one, number right, that's right. The 363 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:57,480 Speaker 1: writers are essentially running the world's saddest flea market right now. 364 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:01,639 Speaker 1: They just are right open for business. You got Tom 365 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:05,439 Speaker 1: Brady GM by proxy, but he doesn't want any credit 366 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 1: or blame because he's embarrassed by with these moves. So 367 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,440 Speaker 1: the Raiders are open for business, and they're essentially telling 368 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:16,360 Speaker 1: the neighbors listen, you can't have this lamp. This is 369 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 1: too valuable. And then the neighbors like, well, I mean 370 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 1: you're running a flea market and you the lamp is there, 371 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:29,439 Speaker 1: and I'm not selling the lamp like buddy, it's it's 372 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 1: a target lamp. It's not Tiffany's okay, what are you doing? Uh? 373 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 1: The Myers is not a bump. The guy's not a bum. 374 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:39,240 Speaker 1: Joan Rode either, the guy's a bump. The guy's not 375 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 1: a bump. He's slightly above average. Jacoby Myers is the 376 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:49,280 Speaker 1: costco version of a wide receiver number one. He just 377 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:53,680 Speaker 1: did you know what you get? You're getting dependable. You're 378 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 1: getting dependable. You're getting decent quality, not flashy, not flashy. 379 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:04,119 Speaker 1: You're certainly not bragging to your buddies. You're not bragging 380 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:06,080 Speaker 1: to your friends. Oh yeah, I bought that Kirkland brand 381 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:09,240 Speaker 1: of Kolby Myers. You're not excited about that, You're not. 382 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:12,720 Speaker 1: I mean, you look at the numbers and you're like, 383 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 1: all the numbers are fine. You know, fifty yards a game, 384 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,439 Speaker 1: fifty and a half in his career. Last year he 385 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 1: was up to sixty eight and a half, which is 386 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 1: not bad, not bad. It's not terrible. It's not not elite, 387 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:29,639 Speaker 1: it's not all time great. And to answer the question, 388 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 1: I expect him to be traded. I my position is 389 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 1: always the player who's unhappy is going to be traded. 390 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 1: And here's why this is the classic. We want volunteers, 391 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:44,120 Speaker 1: not hostages. Got It's an old line Mike Tomlin had 392 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:47,440 Speaker 1: back in the day. And if you're not happy, if 393 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:52,359 Speaker 1: the dude wants out, if the dude's gonna raise a problem, fine, 394 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:56,640 Speaker 1: don't hold the player hostage. It's not there's only certain 395 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:59,399 Speaker 1: players you hold hostage. He's not one of those players, right, 396 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 1: You ship them on somewhere else and that's it. Now 397 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:04,479 Speaker 1: where you ask, well, we can spin the malor wheel 398 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 1: of speculation on where Jacoby Myers will in a good, quick, 399 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 1: quick finger push there by the rent. So I've got Patriots, Vikings, 400 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:22,240 Speaker 1: and Steelers as the most likely destinations for Jacoby Myers. 401 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:27,240 Speaker 1: The Patriots he already played there. Josh McDaniels is back 402 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:30,800 Speaker 1: as the offensive coordinator, so there's a connection to the Patriots, 403 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 1: and he is considered to be a dependable player. The 404 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 1: Patriots don't have a dependable wide receiver. They've got slop 405 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:41,920 Speaker 1: at wide receivers. Myers was fine when he played there, 406 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 1: and we assume that if he went back he would 407 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 1: be fine. They have Stefan Diggs who's coming off an injury, 408 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,880 Speaker 1: and then they've got a bunch of other drek. They're 409 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 1: literally putting drek out there at wide receiver, and I 410 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,240 Speaker 1: don't think that's going to go well. Now the Vikings, well, 411 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:58,200 Speaker 1: what the Vikings there? They're loaded, they got jail, they're 412 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:00,720 Speaker 1: loaded wide receiver. They go, oh, this guy, well, Jordan 413 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:06,119 Speaker 1: Addison is suspended because he liked to do things in 414 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 1: his car involving alcohol and whatnot. So uh, he's suspended 415 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:14,440 Speaker 1: to start the year, and Myers slots in as a 416 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:18,520 Speaker 1: at least a temporary number two, as a slot wide 417 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 1: receiver there as a babysitter until Jordan Addison's suspension is over, 418 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:27,840 Speaker 1: because remember he's gonna he's gonna miss the first three games, Addison, 419 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:30,600 Speaker 1: And then you've also got the will he be ready 420 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 1: to play in the fourth game? Is there gonna be 421 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 1: a setback? Do you miss time, you're more likely to 422 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 1: get injured. The Steelers, I look at those wide receivers 423 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:42,879 Speaker 1: and I know they got they got DK Metcalf. Okay, 424 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:46,880 Speaker 1: that's good. The rest of those Jimoke's not so much. 425 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 1: And Mike Tomline, this seems like a Mike Tomlin guy 426 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:55,359 Speaker 1: Jakobe Myers, right, and also throw like Niners in there 427 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 1: if you want the Niners. Uh, they've got wide receivers 428 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:00,480 Speaker 1: who think they're better than they are, and they've got 429 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:02,640 Speaker 1: guys that are hurt. So they've got a hodgepodge there, 430 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 1: you know. And here's the other thing. Right, You look 431 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:11,280 Speaker 1: around and you're like, all those teams, what's the price tag? Well, 432 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 1: the price tag. If the Raiders were offered a fifth 433 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:18,919 Speaker 1: round draft pick, that's about what he's worth. Now, if 434 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:21,359 Speaker 1: somebody gets all excited, I want this guy, I'll give 435 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:25,359 Speaker 1: you more than that. Okay, fine, but a fifth round pick. 436 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:31,520 Speaker 1: It's like if you're the Steelers of the Vikings or 437 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:35,359 Speaker 1: the Patriots, you trade a fifth round pick. A fifth 438 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:38,680 Speaker 1: is like giving away a Chili's gift card. You know 439 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 1: you'd like it, but you're not gonna miss it. You know. 440 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:43,680 Speaker 1: It's like, if I have it, it's great, but I 441 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 1: guess somebody else can go to Chili's and enjoy the 442 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,880 Speaker 1: gift card. I don't need it. It's that kind of thing. Now, 443 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:52,000 Speaker 1: if the Raiders somehow get a fourth round pick, they 444 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,359 Speaker 1: should go out to Fremont Street, right near the iHeart 445 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 1: studios there and dance and have a great time. Right. 446 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:00,639 Speaker 1: That's Ocean's eleven type high stuff if they get that. 447 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:03,520 Speaker 1: But at the bottom line, Jacoby Myers is useful, he's 448 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:08,919 Speaker 1: above average slightly. He's reliable. He's just not Elite's not 449 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:13,119 Speaker 1: He's not happy. He's not happy. And the stories are 450 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:17,040 Speaker 1: connected because page two here mentioned it's a Raider heavy hour. 451 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:18,560 Speaker 1: We'll get back to the calls in a little bit, 452 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:21,480 Speaker 1: but the Raider heavy hour here. While Jacoby Myers is 453 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:24,119 Speaker 1: having a conniption fit and would like to be traded, 454 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:27,359 Speaker 1: he wants out, says, I would like to go somewhere else, 455 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:31,040 Speaker 1: one way ticket out of Sin City. Well, we had 456 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 1: a reunion. The Raiders brought back a blast in the past. 457 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:38,160 Speaker 1: Ten years ago. The Raiders first round of the draft 458 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:42,040 Speaker 1: picked Amari Cooper and Mary Cooper was really good at 459 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:45,200 Speaker 1: dropping passes with the old Oakland Raiders. Man was he elite. 460 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 1: He was an elite pass dropper with the Raiders. And 461 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:52,080 Speaker 1: he's back, baby, He's back, but now the Las Vegas Raiders. Cooper, 462 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 1: thirty one, he played for the Brownies and the Bills 463 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,600 Speaker 1: last season, was one of the big pickups before the 464 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 1: trade lined by the Buffalo football team was considered the 465 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 1: top available veteran pass catcher on the street at this point. 466 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 1: So Pete Carroll is selling and the Raiders are selling 467 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:17,080 Speaker 1: that this is a veteran presence that he's been around 468 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:19,600 Speaker 1: the block. He just knows how to get the job done. 469 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:21,520 Speaker 1: Maybe there's a little leadership in there. The Raiders have 470 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:24,680 Speaker 1: a young wide receiver room and he will be someone 471 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:28,359 Speaker 1: that can go in there and fill in one of 472 00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:31,239 Speaker 1: the question marks on the Jeopardy board. And that's that. 473 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:37,760 Speaker 1: So question question to you, does this addition of wide 474 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:42,240 Speaker 1: receiver Amari Cooper actually moved the needle for the Raiders. 475 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:45,280 Speaker 1: So the way I look at this, this is not 476 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 1: a needle move. There is no movement of the needle. 477 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:52,240 Speaker 1: It is a rusty nail, is what it is, jammed 478 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 1: into the side of a sigate ship. Okay, do you understand. Listen, 479 00:28:57,520 --> 00:29:01,040 Speaker 1: the Raider wide receiver room is a dizzy disaster with 480 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:03,920 Speaker 1: the capital of the What is Tom Brady smoking over there? 481 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:07,000 Speaker 1: Is he he's on the drinking the ayahuasca? What do 482 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:09,000 Speaker 1: we got going on over there? That is a FEMA 483 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 1: zone the Raider wide receiver room. Now you have somebody 484 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:19,160 Speaker 1: named Dante Thornton who's unprocessed, and Trey Tucker and they 485 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:21,240 Speaker 1: are projected to be starters for the Raiders. You also 486 00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 1: have Jacoby Myers who wants out asap, and those are 487 00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:27,240 Speaker 1: the top three wide receivers at this point. They're hoping 488 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 1: that Amari Cooper can come in there and stabilize things. Unfortunately, 489 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:36,200 Speaker 1: if you watched the NFL, or even if you're blind 490 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:39,320 Speaker 1: and listen to the NFL on radio last year, you 491 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 1: know that Amari Cooper looked and sounded sounded like a 492 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:49,480 Speaker 1: player that was running in molasses. At the end of 493 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:51,560 Speaker 1: last year. He was the big pick up by the 494 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:54,080 Speaker 1: Buffalo football team to put them over the top. How 495 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:59,160 Speaker 1: did that work out? Yeah, he showed showed Amari Cooper 496 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:03,360 Speaker 1: that he had the separate skills of a refrigerator magnet 497 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:06,760 Speaker 1: when he played for the Buffalo Bills there and it 498 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:09,240 Speaker 1: looked like he was in a Lake effect blizzard the 499 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:12,080 Speaker 1: entire time. He was a decoy. They didn't trade for 500 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,920 Speaker 1: him to be a decoy. But that's what Amari Cooper 501 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:17,960 Speaker 1: was with the Buffalo Bills. And so you know what 502 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:22,360 Speaker 1: this is. This is the the Raiders walking in to 503 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:26,480 Speaker 1: the emergency room. And saying, you know, doctor, doctor, give 504 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:28,840 Speaker 1: me the news. And the doctor says, well, I'm sorry 505 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:32,040 Speaker 1: to tell you you've got a broken femur. And the Raiders say, well, 506 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:34,440 Speaker 1: that's I just don't have time for a broken femer. 507 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:36,479 Speaker 1: Can you just put a band aid on it and 508 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:38,840 Speaker 1: we're good to go. That's just the way to do it. 509 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:42,280 Speaker 1: It's a panic move, like Pete Carroll is out here 510 00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:44,760 Speaker 1: trying to I guess he's trying to recreate the Legion 511 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,120 Speaker 1: of Boom. I know the Legion of Boom was defense here, 512 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:49,880 Speaker 1: but it's like the ghost of Christmas past, the ghosts 513 00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:52,000 Speaker 1: of Raider past, and all that stuff. The Raiders are 514 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,520 Speaker 1: admitting though this is a confessional by the Raiders. The 515 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:58,680 Speaker 1: Raiders are admitting that the wide receiver room sucks rocks. 516 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:02,480 Speaker 1: They're admitting that, and so instead of building a new 517 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:05,800 Speaker 1: foundation and all that stuff, they're trying to duct tape 518 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:10,080 Speaker 1: the lava lamp to the wall. And they're calling you 519 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:13,600 Speaker 1: a schandelier. They said, well, it's a chandler. No, no it's not, 520 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:18,680 Speaker 1: it's a lava lamp. That are our friend Andrea the 521 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:21,040 Speaker 1: insider the astrology and said she put up a lava 522 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:22,960 Speaker 1: lamp and then it fell down. Then you picked it 523 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:24,320 Speaker 1: up and you taped to the wall. You said, it's 524 00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:26,760 Speaker 1: a chandelier. It's a lava lamp. Bad job are you? 525 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:30,720 Speaker 1: But you look there and the Raiders have brock Bowers, 526 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:32,680 Speaker 1: who's going for the Raiders to make the playoffs. Brock 527 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:35,320 Speaker 1: Bowers is going to catch, by my math malor math, 528 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:38,680 Speaker 1: two hundred passes for the Raiders to find a way 529 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:41,280 Speaker 1: to make the playoffs. They are the definition of av 530 00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:44,320 Speaker 1: all Ridge acts. An average football team. That's a that's 531 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:47,280 Speaker 1: a six seven, eight win, nine win team somewhere in there. 532 00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:51,080 Speaker 1: That's it. Faux contender at most, faux contender for the 533 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:55,120 Speaker 1: Raiders in a division that is stacked with the Chiefs, 534 00:31:55,200 --> 00:32:00,120 Speaker 1: the Chargers, and supposedly the Broncos. On the on to 535 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:03,680 Speaker 1: come all right final point, the Raiders also made another 536 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:07,280 Speaker 1: oh my god, it's all Raiders. The Raiders addressed the 537 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:10,240 Speaker 1: backup quarterback position. You might remember any previous episode of 538 00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:13,400 Speaker 1: the show, there was speculations for the Raiders were interested 539 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:17,960 Speaker 1: in Ryan Tannehill. Well, they woke up and realized he blows. 540 00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:20,520 Speaker 1: So let's go out and get a younger quarterback who 541 00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:23,240 Speaker 1: just sucks. And so that's what the Raiders did. Vegas 542 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 1: acquired Kenny Picket. Yes that no, you know who that is, 543 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:33,880 Speaker 1: Kenny Pickett from the Browns in exchange for a fifth 544 00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:41,680 Speaker 1: round pick. So question, is Kenny Pickett's third trade now 545 00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:45,880 Speaker 1: of the Raiders in eighteen months a sign that he 546 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:49,240 Speaker 1: is a bust? Or is he just a victim of 547 00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:55,240 Speaker 1: bad situations? Just bad situations. So for the kool aid drinkers, 548 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:59,320 Speaker 1: they'll say Kenny Pickett just wasn't given the proper runway 549 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:02,360 Speaker 1: to take off off that if you look at his career, 550 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:06,480 Speaker 1: he's started twenty five games, He's five games above five hundred. 551 00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:09,800 Speaker 1: Kenny pick is fifteen and ten as a starter. However, 552 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:14,200 Speaker 1: any kind of due diligence on the career of Kenny Picktt, 553 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:19,600 Speaker 1: any kind of objective analyzing what's going on here, the 554 00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:24,760 Speaker 1: arrow is pointing to bust with a capital B. Bust 555 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:27,600 Speaker 1: with a cavalry. He was the quarterback of the future. 556 00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:31,120 Speaker 1: The Steelers with Mike Tomlin, drafted this guy in the 557 00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:34,480 Speaker 1: first round, and Mike Tomlin had him for a couple 558 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:37,280 Speaker 1: of seasons and it's like, this guy's not that good. 559 00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:40,600 Speaker 1: This the whole they had, the whole backstory. Ride Guy 560 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:43,040 Speaker 1: went to college at pitt goes over to the Steelers, 561 00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:46,000 Speaker 1: the whole thing and a couple of seasons in. After 562 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:49,640 Speaker 1: being picked in the first round, Pittsburgh brought in Russell 563 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:53,720 Speaker 1: Wilson to compete with Kenny Pickett. And what did Kenny 564 00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:57,160 Speaker 1: Pickett do when they brought Russell Wilson in to compete? 565 00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:04,520 Speaker 1: He had the ultimate hissy fit. I'm not doing it. 566 00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:08,319 Speaker 1: I am Kenny Peggott, scraw you out. I want out. 567 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:12,000 Speaker 1: He gave up, He gave up. He ran from the grind. 568 00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:15,239 Speaker 1: He just run. He run the other he ran the 569 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:19,080 Speaker 1: other direction from the grind, and that's the thing you 570 00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:22,200 Speaker 1: can't do, and he did it. The guy's a quitter. 571 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:25,640 Speaker 1: Kenny Pickett's a quitter. Rather than compete, you're telling me 572 00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:29,480 Speaker 1: you can't beat out a rushed up, a rushed up 573 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:32,960 Speaker 1: and washed up Russell Wilson. You can't beat out Russell Wilson. 574 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:36,520 Speaker 1: If you're Kenny Pickett, come on. And rather than try, 575 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:38,799 Speaker 1: he says, I want out. I want to trade. So 576 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:43,799 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh traded him to Philadelphia and he had all stop over. 577 00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:46,240 Speaker 1: There was never going to play. That was quarterback rehab 578 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:49,040 Speaker 1: in Philadelphia, and then I think he was traded for 579 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:51,000 Speaker 1: like a third round pick or something like that. So 580 00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:53,600 Speaker 1: I think they got something of value for Kenny Pickett, 581 00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:57,160 Speaker 1: they being the Philadelphia football team. But that quitting on 582 00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:01,560 Speaker 1: the Steelers is something that is shadow boxed Kenny Pickett. 583 00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:04,320 Speaker 1: And now he went to Cleveland. That's even more emasculating 584 00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:08,000 Speaker 1: than what happened in Pittsburgh. He just ran away from 585 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:10,480 Speaker 1: the Seer says, I don't want to compete with mister unlimited. 586 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:16,000 Speaker 1: Mister unlimited. He goes to Cleveland and he could not 587 00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:20,440 Speaker 1: would not beat out a forty year old Joe Flacco 588 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:27,120 Speaker 1: and a couple of neophyte rookie quarterbacks, including a fifth 589 00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:32,319 Speaker 1: round flyer that picket in a supposed open competition, a 590 00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:38,040 Speaker 1: meritocracy where Joe Flacco ended up winning. He lost out 591 00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:40,040 Speaker 1: and he was so bad that they don't even think 592 00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:42,200 Speaker 1: he's a good backup in Cleveland, like we gotta trade him, 593 00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:44,120 Speaker 1: get rid of him. He can't even be in a backup. 594 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:51,840 Speaker 1: That's a quarterback devoid franchise. It is a Permuta triangle 595 00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:55,320 Speaker 1: where quarterbacks go to die, and they're looking for anyone 596 00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:58,240 Speaker 1: that's got a pulse. And they got rid of Kenny Pickett. 597 00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:02,040 Speaker 1: They got rid of him. So will Kenny Pickett ever 598 00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:05,840 Speaker 1: get a shot to start in Las Vegas or is 599 00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:09,640 Speaker 1: he destined to be a career backup. Well, the Raiders 600 00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:12,200 Speaker 1: Aidan O'Connell is hurt, He's going to come back at 601 00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:15,120 Speaker 1: some point, So there's no guarantee that Pickett even makes 602 00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:20,400 Speaker 1: the roster the whole year with the Raiders, and Gino 603 00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:25,239 Speaker 1: Smith is best. He's with Pete Carroll as a Pete 604 00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:28,440 Speaker 1: Carroll picked Gino Smith. Tom Brady wanted a good quarterback. 605 00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:31,600 Speaker 1: The Raiders couldn't get a good quarterback. They wanted Matthew Stafford. 606 00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:33,719 Speaker 1: They tried to get some other players, and all the 607 00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:36,640 Speaker 1: good players ran away from the Raiders, So the Raiders 608 00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:39,080 Speaker 1: then were forced to get some slop. And Pete Carroll says, 609 00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:41,680 Speaker 1: that's the slop. I like, that's the crap out of Seattle. 610 00:36:41,719 --> 00:36:44,120 Speaker 1: I want that Gino Smith. Sure, we'll get you, Gino Smith. 611 00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:46,759 Speaker 1: Why not? So Gino goes to the Raiders. He's a 612 00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:48,920 Speaker 1: fraud as a number one quarterback, we all know that. 613 00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:52,480 Speaker 1: But if he stays healthy, then he's going to play 614 00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:56,840 Speaker 1: the entire year, and Kenny Pickett will get hemorrhoids sitting 615 00:36:56,880 --> 00:37:00,800 Speaker 1: on the bench and despite that glittering record which we mentioned, 616 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:02,960 Speaker 1: five games over five hundred as a backup Kenny Pickett 617 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:07,360 Speaker 1: because he played on good defensive teams in Pittsburgh and 618 00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:09,920 Speaker 1: they didn't really play much at all in Philadelphia. But 619 00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:14,400 Speaker 1: in his career thirty games, twenty five starts, Kenny Pickett 620 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:17,759 Speaker 1: has the grand total of fifteen touchdowns and fourteen interceptions. 621 00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:19,960 Speaker 1: Is that good? Because if that's good, I wish I 622 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:20,800 Speaker 1: had you as a teacher. 623 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,320 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Maller 624 00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:26,520 Speaker 2: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. 625 00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:28,280 Speaker 1: It's Mallar. 626 00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:33,319 Speaker 2: How about that to the third degree? This is one 627 00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:35,320 Speaker 2: Big Ben gets grilled. 628 00:37:35,719 --> 00:37:40,040 Speaker 4: Goo TMZ caught up with former USC running back Lendale 629 00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:42,440 Speaker 4: White over the weekend. He was the thunder to the 630 00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:44,319 Speaker 4: Lightning and Thunder duo there. 631 00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:45,880 Speaker 1: Oh okay, I remember he was a fat one. 632 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:49,200 Speaker 4: Yes exactly yeah where Lendell White said that he thinks 633 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:51,279 Speaker 4: that USC will make the college football Playoff for the 634 00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:53,640 Speaker 4: first time and that he has faith in Lincoln Riley. 635 00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:57,200 Speaker 4: Ben does Riley need a college football Playoff appearance to 636 00:37:57,280 --> 00:37:57,960 Speaker 4: keep his job? 637 00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:01,600 Speaker 1: Well, there's a lot of money tied up. I'm one 638 00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:03,960 Speaker 1: of a couple of people I know over there. They 639 00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:07,399 Speaker 1: are boosters at USC and they thought that was there. 640 00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:09,680 Speaker 1: They had won the lottery when they got Lincoln Riley, 641 00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:13,360 Speaker 1: and they suck. The problem Wingan Riley has Coop is 642 00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:15,279 Speaker 1: this teams are soft and they play in the Big Ten. 643 00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:17,560 Speaker 1: You're gonna play cold weather games late in the season, 644 00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:20,360 Speaker 1: and they're just not built for that. They're soft West 645 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:22,759 Speaker 1: Coast teams. And that's on Lincoln Riley. That's on his 646 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:25,640 Speaker 1: coaching step. I don't see a way that they win, 647 00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:28,840 Speaker 1: you know, at the end. And I think he'll be 648 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:30,480 Speaker 1: around for at least another year next. 649 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:34,080 Speaker 4: Texans wide receiver Nico Collins raved about having CJ. Strouded 650 00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:37,560 Speaker 4: as his quarterback, saying that their connection is like bread 651 00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:40,120 Speaker 4: and butter. Oh nice, and that they plan on shocking 652 00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:40,560 Speaker 4: the world. 653 00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:42,399 Speaker 1: I like MC and cheese more. Ben. 654 00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:44,960 Speaker 4: The Texans have kind of flown under the radar this offseason. 655 00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:46,000 Speaker 4: What's their ceiling? 656 00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:48,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, so their ceiling is there'll be a good regular 657 00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:50,680 Speaker 1: season team. They play in a division nobody cares about. 658 00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:53,280 Speaker 1: That's why you fly under the radar. The AFC South 659 00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:56,680 Speaker 1: is terrible. You've got the Texans, who are the top 660 00:38:56,719 --> 00:39:01,120 Speaker 1: team Jacksonville, Indianapolis. The Titans. It's a terrible division. They'll win, 661 00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:03,120 Speaker 1: They'll make the playoffs. Will be the first playoff game 662 00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:04,919 Speaker 1: on Saturday, because nobody wants to watch them play. 663 00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:07,440 Speaker 4: Next Major League Baseball announcement, We'll be returning to the 664 00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:09,880 Speaker 4: Field of Dreams in Iowa for a game in the 665 00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:12,279 Speaker 4: twenty twenty six regular season. Then, what are some other 666 00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:14,080 Speaker 4: special locations you think would be good for a game? 667 00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:17,280 Speaker 1: I'm on the Pacific. There's this this trash circle of trash. 668 00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:19,120 Speaker 1: Why don't they build a stadium in the middle of 669 00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:22,080 Speaker 1: the Pacific on that trash island out there? And wouldn't 670 00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:24,279 Speaker 1: that be cool? The floating trash and then clean it up? 671 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:26,080 Speaker 1: Why not? What do you say, Cooplaw? Do we do? 672 00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:28,000 Speaker 1: I like it? You pass? There is That's a win 673 00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:30,080 Speaker 1: trash island baby. 674 00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:33,880 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 675 00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:37,280 Speaker 2: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Foxsports Radio 676 00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:41,520 Speaker 2: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to 677 00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:48,719 Speaker 2: listen live. Now, Naylor's Mountain of Money? Do you have 678 00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:52,600 Speaker 2: what it takes to get to the top? Probably not? 679 00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:55,279 Speaker 1: And right to the game we go. Let's welcome in 680 00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:58,239 Speaker 1: our contestants. We have Who do we have here? We 681 00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:03,720 Speaker 1: have Uncle Mo, who's in Jersey now no longer in Brooklyn, 682 00:40:03,719 --> 00:40:05,719 Speaker 1: he's moved over to Jersey. What's going on, Uncle Mo? 683 00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:07,359 Speaker 1: Good morning, Ben? 684 00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:09,840 Speaker 4: Looking forward to the football season, hoping to make bounds 685 00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:11,840 Speaker 4: fast as legal, Jets might go seventeen to no. 686 00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:16,080 Speaker 1: Yes, if the other team only plays with ten players, 687 00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:19,880 Speaker 1: they might go seven seventeen And Uncle moh, who do 688 00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:21,560 Speaker 1: you want to partner with the great Uncle Mo? 689 00:40:22,239 --> 00:40:23,480 Speaker 2: I hope, I'm not rusty, Ben. 690 00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:25,760 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with you. All right. It spin a while, 691 00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:28,839 Speaker 1: it's been a while. All right, you're gonna play. And 692 00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:34,560 Speaker 1: we have JJ in Renton. Hello, JJ, oh man, have 693 00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:38,440 Speaker 1: been a long time, big man. It has been too long. JJ. 694 00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:41,080 Speaker 1: You work the dreaded swing chip. But you're back. You're 695 00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:44,359 Speaker 1: gonna be with Cooper Loop all right, JJ, right, yes, 696 00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:47,760 Speaker 1: all right, I don't have time to do small talk. Alright. 697 00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:53,239 Speaker 1: It like the Broncos though. That's fine. All right, let's 698 00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:56,200 Speaker 1: let's play the game here. Lock everyone in? What the categories? Quickly? Cool? 699 00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:56,560 Speaker 1: All right? 700 00:40:56,560 --> 00:40:59,000 Speaker 4: This is the Melissa McCarthy addition. She turns fifty five 701 00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:04,800 Speaker 4: years old today. Categories are the third Wheel, the Nines, bride'smaids, 702 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:07,160 Speaker 4: and this is forty. Uncle, though you're on first, which 703 00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:09,200 Speaker 4: category would you like? Third wheel? 704 00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:12,799 Speaker 1: The third wheel? Alright? And JJ how about you. 705 00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:14,600 Speaker 3: Man? 706 00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:19,960 Speaker 1: So what is the object? Do you want the nines 707 00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:24,000 Speaker 1: bride's maids? Or this is forty? This is forty? Okay, 708 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:25,880 Speaker 1: all right, all right, there we go. Let's go forty. 709 00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:28,520 Speaker 1: What are forty five seconds o'clock? These athletes were typically 710 00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:33,280 Speaker 1: overshadowed by a duo of teammates. Uncle moll, are you ready? Yes, 711 00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:35,920 Speaker 1: all right, here we go. Known as the Beard. He 712 00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:38,520 Speaker 1: plays with the Clippers. Now he was with the Rock Yes, 713 00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:42,760 Speaker 1: he was with the Miami Heat with Dwayne Wade. Yes, 714 00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:47,760 Speaker 1: voyt guard from France for the Spurs when they had Duncan. Yes, 715 00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:51,400 Speaker 1: wide receiver for the Patriots. He's on Fox now slot 716 00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:56,000 Speaker 1: wide receiver. Yes, running back for the forty nine ers. 717 00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:57,920 Speaker 1: Also the same name of the manager of the Giants 718 00:41:57,920 --> 00:42:00,960 Speaker 1: in the eighties, that San Francisco Giant. It's a running 719 00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:04,960 Speaker 1: back for the Knights with Joe Bartana all right? What no, 720 00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:07,440 Speaker 1: wide receiver for the Packers. Last name is like a 721 00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:10,759 Speaker 1: salad with Brett Farb and Aaron Rodgers last names like 722 00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:15,160 Speaker 1: a salad. The Scooter for the Yankees in the nineteen Yes, 723 00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:17,480 Speaker 1: all right, you got that one wide receiver for the 724 00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:21,840 Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers. Last name like a famous. 725 00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:24,680 Speaker 2: Hen season again, man, because I could family here here, man, 726 00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:26,160 Speaker 2: he's done the robot. 727 00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:29,680 Speaker 1: Roger Craig was what you missed and Randall Ky, I 728 00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:31,480 Speaker 1: like that. JJ knows he's going to lose. 729 00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:34,879 Speaker 4: All right, JJ, JJ, We've got this is forty. These 730 00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:39,200 Speaker 4: athletes are currently forty years old. Whether retired or active, 731 00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:40,080 Speaker 4: they're forty years old. 732 00:42:40,120 --> 00:42:41,560 Speaker 1: Right now? Are you ready? JJ? 733 00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:42,399 Speaker 3: Yeah? 734 00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:42,799 Speaker 2: Joe? 735 00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:43,120 Speaker 1: All right? 736 00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:45,600 Speaker 4: Forty five seconds to begin quarterback for the Falcons. He 737 00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:49,960 Speaker 4: threw to Julio Jones. He's retired now. Matt Ryan, Yes, 738 00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:52,279 Speaker 4: this guy was one of the all time great running backs. 739 00:42:52,280 --> 00:42:54,520 Speaker 4: He was on the Vikings, ran for two thousand yards. 740 00:42:56,520 --> 00:43:03,040 Speaker 4: He hit his son with a stick. Yes, all right. 741 00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:05,320 Speaker 4: This guy was the point guard for the Lob City Clippers. 742 00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:06,240 Speaker 4: He's still in the NBA. 743 00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:08,920 Speaker 5: It's not Clay Thompson. 744 00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:10,960 Speaker 2: It's uh, I can't remember. 745 00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:13,399 Speaker 1: He's on State farm commercials. 746 00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:15,919 Speaker 4: All right, all right, all right, this guy, this guy 747 00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:20,359 Speaker 4: was Powe's brother, Powe from the Lakers. 748 00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:23,759 Speaker 1: Kyle. No, all right, this. 749 00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:26,480 Speaker 4: Guy had the same name as pac Man in the NFL, 750 00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:28,520 Speaker 4: but he was named me an MLB player. 751 00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:30,120 Speaker 1: Terrible. 752 00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:31,960 Speaker 2: Cheating man. 753 00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:34,680 Speaker 1: JJ just wants to say I'm cheating, all right, he 754 00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:37,400 Speaker 1: sucked at the game, Chris, Chris Paul is who you missed? 755 00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:38,239 Speaker 4: A right? 756 00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:42,560 Speaker 1: You want that? You want the nines or bridesmaids. You 757 00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:43,759 Speaker 1: want nines or bridesmaids. 758 00:43:43,840 --> 00:43:46,600 Speaker 2: JJ, I'll go to nine. 759 00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:50,560 Speaker 1: All right. Athletes all were number nine. Let's go. Current 760 00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:53,720 Speaker 1: quarterback for the Bengals. Uh. 761 00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:56,960 Speaker 4: Yes, this guy was the quarterback for the Saints. He's 762 00:43:57,000 --> 00:43:58,080 Speaker 4: gonna be in the Hall of Fame. 763 00:43:59,040 --> 00:43:59,320 Speaker 1: Yes. 764 00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:02,160 Speaker 4: This guy was the kicker for the Ravens. He likes 765 00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:04,080 Speaker 4: the massage Parlors. 766 00:44:04,360 --> 00:44:07,080 Speaker 1: Okay, all right. 767 00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:09,799 Speaker 4: This guy was the point guard for the Celtics championship 768 00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:10,920 Speaker 4: team with Kevin Garnett. 769 00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:13,480 Speaker 2: It was uh uh. 770 00:44:14,200 --> 00:44:24,800 Speaker 5: He later came to the Lakers hit the point guard. 771 00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:28,280 Speaker 1: Board. 772 00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:31,800 Speaker 4: Jeez, guy hit for last guy to hit four hundred 773 00:44:31,800 --> 00:44:44,760 Speaker 4: in baseball, the last guy to hit four Yeah. 774 00:44:40,400 --> 00:44:42,560 Speaker 1: We had a little time. You sucked. You sucked, jaed 775 00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:45,040 Speaker 1: you never never played this game again. I didn't she 776 00:44:45,239 --> 00:44:47,520 Speaker 1: you didn't get any right brides may here we go. 777 00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:49,800 Speaker 1: These athletes all made it to the championship game. But 778 00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:52,000 Speaker 1: number one. Uh, here we go quickly. We have a 779 00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:55,080 Speaker 1: full board. But let's go. Uh Uncle Mo play with 780 00:44:55,120 --> 00:44:56,759 Speaker 1: the Red Sox was a rookie year played with the 781 00:44:56,760 --> 00:44:59,160 Speaker 1: California Angels. Also hit the first Grand Slam in an 782 00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:04,720 Speaker 1: All Star game in the No White Guy, No Redland. 783 00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:07,680 Speaker 1: Yeah you gotta ride, President. We want the game. We 784 00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:09,240 Speaker 1: want the game. Uncle