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It was tough today. Rambis was on the bench. Yep, yep, yep, yep. 25 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 1: He forgot his goggles so he couldn't play. No Chuck Nevitt. 26 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: I mean he needed some to bring in some big 27 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 1: minutes off the bench, and it wasn't there either. Ronny 28 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: showed grit though, Oh it was gritty down sixteen in 29 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 1: the third. I just really wanted to see that thirty 30 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 1: five foot fade away turn around jump shot. Fall just 31 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: had absolute chaos. Luke Luca possession. I'll tell you what 32 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: that that Luca final possession for the Lakers. That looked 33 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: big game in the NBA tonight one thirteen, one ten, 34 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 1: the Pistons beat the Lakers. Luka Dancic had a chance 35 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 1: to tie the game in the final nine seconds, couldn't 36 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: really get a good look. Was d'ed up pretty good 37 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: and his three did not go. So the Lakers, Hey, 38 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 1: you're gonna lose once in a while. Look, they're twenty 39 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 1: games over five hundred. This streak the last couple of 40 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:14,799 Speaker 1: weeks has come out of nowhere. Lucas still in what's 41 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: an off night for him, goes for thirty two, seven rebound, 42 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 1: six assists, didn't shoot particularly well tonight was bad from three, 43 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 1: but still here's a night where the Lakers are tired. 44 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: You're missing two of your rotation guys. Yes, the Pistons 45 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 1: were missing Kate Cunningham tonight, so it's one of those. Okay, 46 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: whatever this game is, it is. But I'll tell you 47 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 1: what I saw more about the Lakers in defeat tonight 48 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 1: than about the Pistons, who I just kind of expect 49 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:39,839 Speaker 1: to win games like this. Are you afraid of Frostburg? Now, 50 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 1: that's the question I have to ask, because you're being 51 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:47,079 Speaker 1: really really complimentary this and loving on the Lakers, and 52 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:49,799 Speaker 1: it's almost like you're you're afraid he's gonna hit you. 53 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 1: It's because we've taught Look, Luca should be the MVP. 54 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: He probably will be the MVP, and coming into Look, 55 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 1: he's the only player that we really talk about in 56 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 1: the NBA over the course of the past few weeks. 57 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:05,519 Speaker 1: Now it's it's okay, SGA, Is you gonna get to 58 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 1: the games to be m v P. Luca has become 59 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:11,079 Speaker 1: the Alpha and Omega for all NBA talk. But look 60 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,360 Speaker 1: at where this week that the the rescinded technical foul 61 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: was everywhere. That's insane, by the way, everywhere. But the 62 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: fact that this is what this is the third time 63 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,799 Speaker 1: I think he's had his sixteenth technical descended, that seems 64 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: and in this case it's a he said versus he said, 65 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 1: because nobody else understands what they're saying to each other. 66 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:32,919 Speaker 1: My whole family eyes that I have sex with his fan. 67 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 1: What the hell are we talking about? Just listen? Can 68 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: we just just get rid of the technical? Okay, that's fine, 69 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: you called the technical You've got nothing to disprove it, Na, 70 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 1: what are you gonna say? Doesn't make sense to me. 71 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 1: I'm gonna make a great comparison for you. You ever 72 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: see burn after reading very underrating, I need to get 73 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 1: back Jude, I saw it got readded when? Uh? When? When? 74 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: Who was? What character was that comes into JK. Simmons 75 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 1: office at the end and ask him for like a 76 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: bunch of like and Jk's himans is is you know, 77 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: in the government, And he's just like okaying stuff. The 78 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 1: entire movie and and someone comes in and says I 79 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: want this, and it sounds ridiculous, and he goes, you 80 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 1: know what, we just you know what, I don't care. 81 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 1: Pay it whatever, he's his blanket and pay it. I 82 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: don't care. I don't care. Like he's done, right. I 83 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:16,839 Speaker 1: think that's where it is. You know what, you said 84 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 1: this about someone's family and who's family, and now we 85 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: got pictures of people's family onto you know what, just 86 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,719 Speaker 1: rescind it, refine. Let's just let's move on. This is 87 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 1: just ridiculous. Let's rescind it. Just rescind it, move on, 88 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 1: but move on. Keep him from being suspended. So he 89 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:32,920 Speaker 1: plays tonight, didn't shoot particularly well and they're win over 90 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,839 Speaker 1: the weekend against Orlando, but doesn't matter. They get the 91 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 1: w Tonight. A fun fourth quarter. I mean we were 92 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:43,159 Speaker 1: watching it waiting on the red light to come on, 93 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 1: and you know, fun, thrilling, tear drop jump shots and 94 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 1: big possessions down the stretch. And you'll be happy to know. 95 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 1: Current odds shake gilges Alexander minus fifteen hundred. That's down 96 00:04:56,440 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: from minus two thousand, Luca up to twelve to one, 97 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:07,840 Speaker 1: slowly twelve to one, Wemby thirty three to one drifting, drifting, 98 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: waving goodbye. Luca's reeling it is. It doesn't matter how 99 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: great I am, Lucas really all my heroics over here 100 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 1: and last second shot the other night, nobody gave a 101 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: damn well. Look. And that's the thing is that Wemby 102 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,360 Speaker 1: with the games has become a thing I remember, with 103 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 1: the Games has become a thing right so many people. 104 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: That's why Sga is the leader because it's well, he 105 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: won last year, they're just as good this year, and 106 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,479 Speaker 1: he's gonna get to sixty five games. Okay, that's really 107 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 1: the level we're at. But Luca has seized the narrative 108 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: and not only that the Lakers are winning. Look, we've 109 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 1: talked about this and sometimes it's about being the story 110 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:46,280 Speaker 1: and being able to be the story. That that is 111 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 1: something that is not counted as much when when we 112 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 1: talk about things and how people sees the narratives on things. 113 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 1: And I was thinking about this today. It was weird, 114 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 1: not to not to be political about it, but just 115 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:58,920 Speaker 1: two things I remember from the election last year, right 116 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:02,159 Speaker 1: within twenty four hours of each other, Like Kamala Harris 117 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:06,920 Speaker 1: had a big, big rally somewhere that had like thirty 118 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: thousand people at it and it was a big deal 119 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 1: and they put it on. It was up on social 120 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:11,599 Speaker 1: media and it was everywhere. It's like, wow, there's a 121 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: big deal. And it was that when Trump worked at McDonald's. Right, 122 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 1: So you have two really big things that happen. Right, 123 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:19,600 Speaker 1: here's a big rally because that became a whole big 124 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 1: thing with the election. Whose crowds are bigger and where 125 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 1: they are, And Kamala Harris had this huge rally in 126 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:25,840 Speaker 1: a place where you wouldn't expect, big deal. Trump works 127 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 1: at McDonald's, and that story's everywhere for like four days. 128 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:32,280 Speaker 1: It's like, here's two big stories. You could see, Wow, 129 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 1: you can see who can grab the storyline and grab 130 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 1: the attention and grab the narrative. And that's a thing. Right, 131 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 1: This is just two two candidates had two big story, 132 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 1: different reasons, and all of a sudden, the McDonald's thing 133 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:44,919 Speaker 1: had legs for days. Now, I mean it's McDonald's, but 134 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: like that had legs for days. And now you see 135 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: the same thing here in the NBA, Like SGA is 136 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:52,159 Speaker 1: not grabbing a narrative. The only narrative SGA has grabbed 137 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 1: is that, well, he shoots too many free throws. Okay, 138 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 1: what about the other stuff he does? Yeah, but yeah, 139 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 1: he's at the free throw he kicks peak and he 140 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 1: gets to the free throw line. All right, well, and 141 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 1: he tied the Wilt Chamberlain on court rat yea. And 142 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 1: with Wemby, it's wow. Wemby's incredible and he's got the 143 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 1: it factor. But he's in and out of the lineup, 144 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 1: and the Spurs win with him, they win without him. 145 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 1: But but Luca just has that it factor and the sexiness. 146 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 1: It's the Lakers versus Oklahoma City versus San Antonio, so 147 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 1: you can see where it's coming, and he is he 148 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 1: has seized that narrative. That's what I mean. Like this weekend, 149 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 1: no other NBA story was anywhere, but the Luca te 150 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 1: story was just you seeing play out on social media. 151 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 1: And I mean pictures of people's families are out there. 152 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 1: Here's so and So's wife and hear I'm like, what 153 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 1: is this is insane? Well, this shows you how Luca 154 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 1: he's reeling everybody in because you had the backstory of 155 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 1: everything going on with Luca and his now custody battle 156 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 1: and divorce and and everything else, and trying to get 157 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 1: it transferred as to what rules of finance and separation 158 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 1: of assets comes into play. Clearly his ex would like 159 00:07:56,800 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 1: it to be in California, very favorable for her. He's like, nope, 160 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 1: it's over there, ye cross the seas where I win. 161 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 1: But all of that say, it gets the family involved, 162 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: which is why you have this little back and forth 163 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 1: on the court, and it becomes a huge thing, as 164 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 1: well as everybody pushing back the the photos of anything 165 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 1: they can make where it looks like he has muscle 166 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 1: striation in his tricepha deltoids and look it out. Great 167 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 1: he is and now in shape he is and everything else. 168 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 1: Look him diving on the loose ball today was everywhere 169 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: people in on on Twitter. I've never seen Luca dive 170 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 1: for a loose ball, but it's like, well, Lebron did 171 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 1: it last week. Anything you can do, I can do better. Listen, 172 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:39,319 Speaker 1: we don't have time to talk about the third best 173 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 1: player on the Lakers. No, we don't, we don't. He 174 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 1: was scoreless for a long time. They were mocking him 175 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:45,840 Speaker 1: on the Laker broadcast as he was driving it, like, 176 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: you know, he's scoreless still, but all scoreless at halftime, Lebron, 177 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 1: I know, Oh, we have no time for the fourth 178 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:54,199 Speaker 1: best player on the legs, making the fourth best player 179 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 1: the guy just keeps drifting and then Ruey was in 180 00:08:56,200 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 1: street close, so fifth best plays. But all that to 181 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:04,719 Speaker 1: say with Lucas, it's been a lot of positivity and 182 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 1: the ability to carry the team. I'll tell you there's 183 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 1: two dates that we circle on the calendar right now, 184 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 1: four to two and four seven, head to head matchups 185 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: against OKC one home one route. Yeah, I those are 186 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:17,680 Speaker 1: the two games that should decide a lot of things. 187 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 1: And it's not gonna matter in the standings because the 188 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 1: stands Lakers are too far behind, right and the Spurs 189 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 1: keep winning. The Lakers want to hold on to that 190 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 1: third spot. But that's the that's the achieving, like that 191 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 1: the bar is so low for Luca because of this. 192 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:33,320 Speaker 1: It's like, hey, if you could just get the Lakers 193 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: up in the standings a little bit, man, Like, we're 194 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:38,320 Speaker 1: not saying you got to be number one, like like 195 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:40,760 Speaker 1: SGA has done with Oklahoma City or Wemby's done with 196 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:42,720 Speaker 1: with San Antonio. Just get up a little bit and 197 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: now the Lakers going from six or seventh, six seventh, sixth, Yeah, 198 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 1: you just wanted to do well. I mean it. Three 199 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 1: weeks ago, it was are they gonna even say out 200 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:52,199 Speaker 1: of the plane, They're gonna wind up be in there. 201 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 1: But a month ago they went on that horrible week 202 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:58,679 Speaker 1: and a half period where everybody back so like some 203 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 1: of the chatter now so disingenuous, like you all watched 204 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 1: the same thing. They were terrible for a couple of 205 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 1: weeks straight lost what five of seven, and things seem 206 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:14,319 Speaker 1: to be unraveling, a lot of finger pointing, a lot 207 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:17,079 Speaker 1: of talking out of turn everything else. And then they 208 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 1: go on this tremendous streak. He's what had thirty straight 209 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 1: thirty thirty plus nine straight games along with nine wins, 210 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 1: which had never been done in NBA history, which is insane. 211 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:34,840 Speaker 1: But you look at the road he's on that, Yeah, 212 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:39,440 Speaker 1: it becomes a dominant story for SGA consistency. It may 213 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 1: actually work against him in this regard because we're trying 214 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 1: to find a big story. We just got past Oscar season, 215 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:50,440 Speaker 1: so you need something to grab onto for hardware. Yeah, 216 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 1: I mean, look, it's where we're all kind of waiting 217 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 1: for something too. Right. Nobody likes the Oh, this guy's 218 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 1: great and his team is good and he's the MVP. Okay, 219 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 1: that's great, that's good. We like exciting stuff, right, That's 220 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:06,319 Speaker 1: why this whole year has been instead of the default, 221 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 1: who gets to sixty five and then then we're gonna 222 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: parse it out, it's we need and he has grabbed 223 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 1: that with a lot of time to go on the 224 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:15,679 Speaker 1: perfect time because look, what do we say about the 225 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: last twenty games in the NBA season? Generally they are irrelevant? 226 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:21,120 Speaker 1: Right Again, this outcome doesn't really matt doesn't matter for 227 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 1: the Pistons. Does whatever happens doesn't matter for the Spurs 228 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 1: or the Thunder, the Knicks, the Celtics. Is there a 229 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:29,200 Speaker 1: difference between finishing second or third or third and fourth? 230 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:31,559 Speaker 1: So we're in a part where we know this NBA 231 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:34,720 Speaker 1: schedule with teams that we're tanking before are even more 232 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 1: tanking now because hey, we're just getting to the end 233 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:39,480 Speaker 1: of the season. Now, we're just trying to get more 234 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 1: ping pong balls in. Like the tanking is worse now 235 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 1: the last twenty games. So in a time when we're 236 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:47,160 Speaker 1: really looking for some sort of narrative because Okay, the 237 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:49,320 Speaker 1: NFL has gone away, we're still leading up to the 238 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 1: to the NFL draft. Major League Baseball starts the end 239 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:54,560 Speaker 1: of this week. Okay, that's great, but now we want 240 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 1: to get to the NBA playoffs. We need something and 241 00:11:57,080 --> 00:12:00,440 Speaker 1: Lucas provided that and he's provided great play at a 242 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 1: perfect time for the Lakers to make their run up 243 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 1: to third in the Western Conference. And that's all they 244 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: have to do. As we've seen it, the odds just 245 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 1: in the last five days for MVP right have gone Luca. 246 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 1: When we talked about him on the air, what was 247 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: it Thursday night and the odds went from thirty five 248 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:16,440 Speaker 1: to one to twenty to one and we were on 249 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:18,720 Speaker 1: the air, I mean just the in the twelve minutes 250 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 1: we were on the air talking about Luca winning MVP. Yeah, 251 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 1: we are affecting change here at Fox Sports Radio, moving 252 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 1: a lot of money. I mean it went from thirty 253 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:27,600 Speaker 1: five to one to twenty one. Now he's now he's 254 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: twelve to one, and now the odds have come down 255 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 1: for he's reeling in SGA say, I didn't say this 256 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 1: is going to be something that happened overnight, but now 257 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,560 Speaker 1: you can see that Luca has really starting to reeliment 258 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:40,360 Speaker 1: Like I'm waiting for the for the gift of what's 259 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:42,880 Speaker 1: the one they used to use for DK Metcalf when 260 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 1: he ran down Buddha Bakery, and Buddha Baker's ahead of 261 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 1: him the whole time, and then DK Metcalf tackles him 262 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:51,720 Speaker 1: inside the ten. I'm waiting for the SGA Luca heads 263 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 1: on that to come on. I'm waiting for that tourist 264 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 1: care or that one Baker. Because we get Buddha Baker 265 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:59,080 Speaker 1: end of the show, we don't get to talk about 266 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:01,360 Speaker 1: him looking back. He's looking back, and then eventually he 267 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:04,960 Speaker 1: catches him. It's at your page. Always say, don't look back, 268 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 1: someone might be catching you. That's yeah, sure, so I mean, 269 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 1: don't look back, keep running, keep running. I just want 270 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 1: to look up, look up at the scoreboard, like everybody 271 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:19,720 Speaker 1: else does. Anybody comes on someone in the second level 272 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 1: in the end zone, seats that you love, and you're 273 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 1: gonna throw the ball, do I don't just accept it. 274 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 1: The Lakers are back, Man before the Lakers being back 275 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:30,080 Speaker 1: in the playoff, except Lucas the m v P because 276 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 1: reeling in. I'll tell you, I'll tell you this though 277 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:36,120 Speaker 1: he's got a three gam I was gonna say it's 278 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 1: got a three game run up now. 279 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:41,359 Speaker 2: Indiana. 280 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:45,280 Speaker 1: I because they won today, all right, then they've got 281 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 1: the nets and then they've got the wizards. That's gonna 282 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 1: be any It's gonna be an easy run, right there. 283 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 1: I had him a game against Cleveland here in l A. Yeah, 284 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 1: and then that road trip a week from Thursday, just 285 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 1: like against the Thunder. Just like in Project Hell Mary 286 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:03,079 Speaker 1: where where Ryan Gosling showing right that was fishing is 287 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 1: specially show. I'll go see that one. 288 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith 289 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 2: Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven 290 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 2: pm Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. 291 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 1: Flag Football. Mike Harmon, yes her, flag football, Flag football. 292 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:29,160 Speaker 1: Didn't think it was gonna be the big story this weekend. 293 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 1: It was, but then again it was Okay, we have 294 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 1: wall to wall coverage NCAA tournament, all kinds of stuff. 295 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: But Tom Brady starts getting involved throwing a football United 296 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 1: States flag football team versus NFL teams, and it became 297 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 1: a thing. I couldn't find live odds though, Yeah, yeah 298 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:52,720 Speaker 1: I tried. I can. I can say you went wow 299 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 1: again right to the bedding, like right. I just thought 300 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 1: it was interesting. You can find a line about it 301 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 1: just about anything. I thought me right right to the betting. 302 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 1: That's amazing how you just went straight there? Could I 303 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 1: bet on this? Could I bet on this? What are 304 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 1: we doing? Can I bet I see a couple of kids, 305 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 1: you know, running on a track, you know, well their 306 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:17,080 Speaker 1: their mom's tired of them, out to get them to 307 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 1: take a nap. I want to try to figure out 308 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 1: the odds of that. I feel like I feel like 309 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 1: anything I ask you now, your response is gonna have 310 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:27,160 Speaker 1: something to do with gambling. Hey, did you go see 311 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 1: Project hell Mary this weekend? No? You know, I couldn't 312 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 1: find odds on getting to see an x D show 313 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 1: before ten o'clock on a Saturday night, so I didn't go. 314 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 1: There were no odds on that I go. I'm gonna 315 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 1: go ahead and say, outside of the fact that it 316 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 1: was all practical effects and all the behind the scenes stuff, 317 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 1: nothing I ever saw in an ad or a trailer 318 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 1: made me want to see that movie. How about that? 319 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 1: I want to get on. I couldn't get odds on 320 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: Ryan Gosling potentially winning an oscar next year, so I 321 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 1: didn't go see it. I didn't want to go see it. No, 322 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 1: I mean, there were odds on who would survive and 323 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 1: ready or not too? Uh, that was wear odds on that. No. 324 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 1: Oh okay, it's a fun watch though, but you looked 325 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 1: into it. You said it like you looked into it 326 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 1: and you couldn't find out who's which of these special 327 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 1: guest stars makes it out alive. You know. I went 328 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 1: back and watched the Dirty Dozen. I tried to bet 329 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 1: on who was gonna get out of that one alive. 330 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 1: Oh man, I lost all my money on and then 331 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 1: there were none. I thought somebody was gonna make it. Oh, 332 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 1: they all died first kill, last killed. That sucked. I 333 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 1: lost all my cash on that had Agatha Christie. I'm 334 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 1: gonna get back at her, who had the best one 335 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 1: liner involving the word beer. I mean, come on, So 336 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 1: the flag football this weekend, right as we get ready 337 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:46,240 Speaker 1: to set celebrate it. Being in the Olympics in twenty 338 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 1: twenty eight, NFL players have talked about wanting to be 339 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 1: in this and I understand the Olympics are in Los 340 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 1: Angeles and the United States. Hey, it's a big free publicity. 341 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 1: We're gonna show up. We're NFL superstars. We can show 342 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: up and dominate this thing. We didn't even need to 343 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:04,439 Speaker 1: practice we want to be in the Olympics. Well, we 344 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 1: saw games this week where a couple of NFL teams 345 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 1: played against Team USA. Team USA is just a bunch 346 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:16,240 Speaker 1: of dudes. And the NFL teams had Brady and Odell 347 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:18,720 Speaker 1: Beckham and Joe Burrow and boy, you know, the Bengals 348 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:21,240 Speaker 1: love Joe Burrow running for first downs and getting knocked 349 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 1: head over heels and I had to love that. Yeah, 350 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:27,960 Speaker 1: the video that you want to talk about, viral videos 351 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:31,679 Speaker 1: that that trump anything that came out of these games. 352 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 1: My goodness. But when the best NFL players who didn't 353 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 1: have a lot of practice, did you know, they're kind 354 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 1: of figuring out the rules on the fly, and I 355 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:46,119 Speaker 1: get that they get absolutely thumped by Team USA. In 356 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:49,159 Speaker 1: flag football. Flight football has got a lot of popularity 357 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 1: the last few years, both men's and women's flag football. 358 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:54,200 Speaker 1: It's you know, it's become a big thing, and now 359 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 1: being in the Olympics, it's becoming a growing spartan colleges 360 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:01,360 Speaker 1: men and women as well. And to see the nflers 361 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:05,320 Speaker 1: get thumped the way they do tells me one thing 362 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 1: I tell them said, listen, I get that this is 363 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:12,159 Speaker 1: the Olympics, and people like Tom Brady would bring a 364 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 1: name to the Olympics, like people would tune in if 365 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:20,200 Speaker 1: I'm watching Brady and Jamar Chase or Puka Nakua or 366 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:24,120 Speaker 1: whoever it is, versus watching a bunch of guys that 367 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 1: you know, I don't know that have nicknames, like they're 368 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:28,960 Speaker 1: from the ND one league, right, Like, Okay, I don't 369 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 1: know who these guys are, So I understand that. I 370 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 1: get that they Hey, we're selling the sport. We're doing this, 371 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 1: we're having it now. Potentially, could I see maybe you 372 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:39,720 Speaker 1: have a quarterback in there, Yeah, like I could see 373 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:43,679 Speaker 1: throwing in Brady or Burrow and and and and really 374 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:46,119 Speaker 1: having some kind of great run and not worrying about it. 375 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:49,720 Speaker 1: But overall, man, oh, there's a reason why these guys 376 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:53,800 Speaker 1: are playing flag football, right, I get it, NFL stars, 377 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:57,439 Speaker 1: But let's let's resist the temptation of throwing them out there. Right, 378 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:00,920 Speaker 1: these are guys just like anything else. The USA guys 379 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:03,920 Speaker 1: are practicing flag football all year round, right, this is 380 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:05,800 Speaker 1: what they do. They are here to do this. And 381 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 1: all you needed to do was see the one video 382 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 1: the one receiver on on Team USA where he just 383 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:16,840 Speaker 1: dipsy doodles and spins by everybody, because the big thing 384 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:18,880 Speaker 1: is not being able to let your flag get caught. 385 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:21,720 Speaker 1: And NFL players look as great as they are, Yeah, 386 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:24,400 Speaker 1: could they do it? Could they figure out Okay, hey, 387 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 1: it's gonna be tough for here to catch my flag. 388 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 1: Yeah they could, but you got to train for it, 389 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:31,159 Speaker 1: and and and they're not gonna have time to train you. 390 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 1: I watched that guy go through like seven different players, 391 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 1: just spinning the world. Dervish, Yeah, Kasmanian devil. Okay, no, 392 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 1: just watch the video, just watch the highlight on it. 393 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:42,600 Speaker 1: You don't need to watch this if you watched it. 394 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 1: Just what I tried to bet on it. Harmon told me, Hey, Gay, 395 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:47,359 Speaker 1: get your get your in game betting in on this. 396 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:50,479 Speaker 1: He also get take Syracuse getting seventy points against Well, 397 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:53,760 Speaker 1: Team USA was plus one twenty five. Yeah, the Wildcats 398 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:56,280 Speaker 1: were plus one forty and the Founders plus two fifty. 399 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:59,480 Speaker 1: This is flag football. You have the odds. Yeah, Brady, 400 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:02,399 Speaker 1: what would you think the over under on his touchdowns 401 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 1: thrown was oh h three five and a half real two? Yeah, 402 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:08,960 Speaker 1: he was under. He got the other Yeah, I mean, look, 403 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:11,639 Speaker 1: leave it, this is it. Leave it to the flag 404 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:14,160 Speaker 1: football guys. Leave it to them I get that you're 405 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:16,439 Speaker 1: trying to grow the sport, and like I said, maybe 406 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:18,120 Speaker 1: I could see a quarterback in there, and that would 407 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 1: certainly be a big deal. Hey, Tom Brady is playing 408 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:23,360 Speaker 1: for Team USA or Joe Burrows the quarterback for team 409 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 1: Because I watched, I've seen, you know, flag football teams 410 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:29,120 Speaker 1: dominate where I go. This guy can't even throw. How 411 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:31,240 Speaker 1: the hell is he the quarterback? He can't. I can 412 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 1: throw better than this guy. How the But because he's 413 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,199 Speaker 1: so elusive and he can throw on the run and 414 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:38,399 Speaker 1: stop and throw back across his body, you only have 415 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:40,160 Speaker 1: to throw fifteen yards. I'm like, I have a better 416 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:41,840 Speaker 1: arm than this guy. How is this guy a team? 417 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:43,560 Speaker 1: You know, the one guy who says he's better He's 418 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 1: better than Mahome. I remember that football, so I get 419 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:48,639 Speaker 1: that it would bring a bit of a star power 420 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:50,920 Speaker 1: to it. And if he wondered for quarterbacks, but everybody else, 421 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:54,040 Speaker 1: guys just stay home. It's embarrassing enough that you went 422 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:56,480 Speaker 1: out there and lost like this to flag football, where 423 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 1: I think generally you eschew the wars of the embarrassment 424 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:04,359 Speaker 1: by by I think most people understand the way the 425 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 1: sport is. Says, Hey, the NFL guys went out there, 426 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:09,199 Speaker 1: they gave it a chance, they brought some attention to this. 427 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:12,200 Speaker 1: They didn't practice for it. It's a different thing. We 428 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:14,640 Speaker 1: watch the NFL guys play well, so like they played 429 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: poorly at it, but hey, these are the these are 430 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 1: the professionals, the team USA Flag football players, and they 431 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 1: know what they're doing, they know the plays they're running. Okay, 432 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:25,640 Speaker 1: we understand that that the NFL guys didn't look great 433 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:28,639 Speaker 1: and they lost. But the more they do this and 434 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:30,960 Speaker 1: the more they keep losing, the worse an optic it is. 435 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:33,880 Speaker 1: And it becomes an embarrassing optic for the NFL. Quit 436 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:36,200 Speaker 1: while you are not too far behind, right That's I 437 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:38,040 Speaker 1: always like saying that when I was quit while you're 438 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 1: not too far behind. The NFL guys, you're not too 439 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 1: far behind with this. Resist that temptation. I get. You 440 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 1: want to play in the Olympics, and yeah, you should 441 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 1: go out there be able to win. But these guys 442 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 1: do this for a reason. It's a different game. Again. 443 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:54,920 Speaker 1: Try they can't capture the guys flags, and that's a 444 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 1: different game entirely. Catch they can't grab the guys flag. 445 00:21:57,560 --> 00:21:58,960 Speaker 1: Like when you have trouble, you have to be able 446 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 1: to grab flag off a guy and you can't do it. 447 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:02,439 Speaker 1: And there's a whole bunch of different things that go 448 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:04,359 Speaker 1: along with this, and that the practice and the and 449 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 1: the touring that these guys all do. Like leave it 450 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:09,560 Speaker 1: to them. You want to throw in a quarterback here 451 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:11,200 Speaker 1: or there, because that's the one thing that I think 452 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 1: can translate from where you are in flag football versus 453 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 1: the NFL, because these guys can make the pinpoint throws 454 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:19,760 Speaker 1: that nobody else can. Hey, I'm okay with that, but 455 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 1: the rest of the guys stay away. Let let let 456 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 1: the flag football guys handle it, because it's going to 457 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:27,440 Speaker 1: be nothing but continued embarrassment if you continue to play. 458 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:31,560 Speaker 1: I mean, it's taking a different specialty. It's a completely 459 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:36,159 Speaker 1: different sport. Like it's called football, but a lot of 460 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 1: it does not resemble it's its namesake and the lead 461 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:42,879 Speaker 1: know all this. But what's great about it is it 462 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:45,880 Speaker 1: gets some attention on the team USA roster. They got 463 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:49,920 Speaker 1: to do some press and some publicity through all of this, 464 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:52,960 Speaker 1: so maybe they become more well known and the game 465 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 1: gets to a little bit of boost. And there's always 466 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:59,159 Speaker 1: been speculation that the NFL truly tries to push flag 467 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:02,520 Speaker 1: football down the road, right, and if that becomes the case, 468 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 1: then maybe you see more of a hybrid and blend 469 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 1: to it all. But I'd love to see wide receivers 470 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 1: start doing paroettes and and spinning around. That probably leads 471 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 1: you right into an oncoming safety who's gone road warrior, 472 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 1: flying shoulder tackle on you and lays you out. But 473 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:23,720 Speaker 1: but all of it. With the quarterbacks, you get some 474 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:26,600 Speaker 1: pubs certainly, and you're not getting hit. But Tom Brady's 475 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 1: not gonna be elusive enough in a full game and 476 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:31,960 Speaker 1: will be the one play where he's able to avoid 477 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:37,359 Speaker 1: the russ. Okay, right, old, I'm not as good as 478 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 1: I once was, but good good ones as I ever was. 479 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:44,280 Speaker 1: And still the arm works just fine. Whatever, But it 480 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 1: got some juice. It had to be moved, obviously with 481 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:51,200 Speaker 1: world events and everything else, uh to Los Angeles, and 482 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:53,880 Speaker 1: very quickly they mobilize. I got a good crowd out there, 483 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:57,520 Speaker 1: and they certainly did a bunch of promotional things and 484 00:23:57,800 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 1: a lot of visits to try to hype it up. 485 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 1: But again, you know, for the league, it's strategic. All right, 486 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 1: Let's get some of our biggest names involved and see 487 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:10,400 Speaker 1: how it lands and got a lot of run over 488 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 1: the weekend, no question about it. And going forward, as 489 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 1: we talk about rules modifications and the evolution of the sport. 490 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 1: You talked about the investment being made at the lower levels. 491 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:26,720 Speaker 1: We're seeing it more on college campuses that you see 492 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:31,119 Speaker 1: if you can't create a more viable, lucrative league that runs, 493 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:34,760 Speaker 1: you know, in stream with all of these other efforts, 494 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 1: and where you have some participation of players, maybe defensive backs, 495 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 1: maybe a couple of quarterbacks who've run through the league, 496 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:47,639 Speaker 1: but still elusive enough and a name recognition enough to 497 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:49,560 Speaker 1: where they can draw a little bit of heat. It's 498 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 1: all about trying to find the next dollar. Yeah, and 499 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:55,240 Speaker 1: this is this is where it's like pickleball a few 500 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:58,159 Speaker 1: years ago, still a growing sport. They just commissioned a 501 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 1: couple of new fields down where I live and took 502 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 1: over some buildings that are now re retrofitting that. But 503 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:06,400 Speaker 1: this is the same thing. You're starting to see more 504 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 1: of a proliferation and growth like we did a few 505 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 1: years ago with pickleball. Yeah, stay home, guys, Team USA, 506 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 1: be strong, Try to resist, Try to resist. What do 507 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 1: you got for us? But I got an idea. Let 508 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,760 Speaker 1: me guess, No, Jets. No, I'm gonna go the opposite. 509 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 1: All Jets, Jets, Oh, the closest NFL to flag football. 510 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 1: We have let them all play. Who cares if they 511 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:29,440 Speaker 1: get hurt. I don't need Geno. I've been making plays 512 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:31,359 Speaker 1: for you anyway. I don't mean I don't need Geno 513 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:34,600 Speaker 1: Smith leading flag football interceptions as well. Okay, the NFL 514 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:37,000 Speaker 1: is enough, right, If he goes to flag football, he's 515 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:40,159 Speaker 1: no longer your problem. I don't know. He'll always retain 516 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:43,119 Speaker 1: Geno Smith. He's always in a little piece of You 517 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,440 Speaker 1: can't get rid of Geno. No, no, no, He's forever 518 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 1: in your soul. Geno, Geno, Gena. I can't get rid 519 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,120 Speaker 1: of him. That's he's good for at least three generations 520 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 1: of your family. You've already passed him down to Zoe 521 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:57,640 Speaker 1: and whoever comes hence. You know, the thing is because 522 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:01,680 Speaker 1: I could see the NFL real leaning on Team Hey, 523 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 1: this is how we're gonna push this or push the 524 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 1: sport we're gonna put. We want to put some guys 525 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:07,679 Speaker 1: out there, and I can see where Team USA says, 526 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,160 Speaker 1: all right, well, well you, but some of their guys 527 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:13,320 Speaker 1: have to play. It's just it's just gonna get awkward 528 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:15,679 Speaker 1: and it's not gonna be what what you expect it 529 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,560 Speaker 1: to be. And if you're looking at what just happened 530 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:20,960 Speaker 1: this weekend, I hope a lot of NFL players are going, Yeah, 531 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 1: that was fun, Gonna do it again? Nope, Nope, not 532 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:25,399 Speaker 1: gonna do it. So what it was like? So what 533 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:27,800 Speaker 1: I'm gonna have to do to become a flag football player? 534 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:29,960 Speaker 1: And Number one, the teams aren't gonna my team isn't 535 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:31,960 Speaker 1: gonna be happy for me training like this and playing 536 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:35,639 Speaker 1: so much outside of It's like the WBC with teams going, Okay, 537 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,320 Speaker 1: we don't want you to really exert yourself here. We're 538 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:40,439 Speaker 1: a little unhappy that you're playing here. So teams are 539 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:43,160 Speaker 1: gonna be upset about that. With with loaning guys out, 540 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 1: that could get hurt. But overall, I just hope they 541 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:48,360 Speaker 1: can resist that push of saying, yeah, hey, we really 542 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:50,680 Speaker 1: want to grow the sport. Let let the flag football 543 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:53,760 Speaker 1: guys do it. Have have a yearly exhibition, maybe do 544 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:57,119 Speaker 1: another one. Right every six months, we get together, we 545 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 1: signed some autographs, take some pictures, and we get these 546 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:03,000 Speaker 1: guys a little more name recognition. They blow us out 547 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:04,959 Speaker 1: and we all kind of smile and go, well, it's 548 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:07,600 Speaker 1: not our sport. We're doing our best. Yeah. The the 549 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 1: number of active participants, particularly Joe Burrow, we're a little surprising. 550 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, but you know, hey, for the for the 551 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:20,640 Speaker 1: right amount of can we go? So Joe Burrow is 552 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:25,159 Speaker 1: playing extra football. The guy that has trouble enough just 553 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:27,640 Speaker 1: staying on the field, he's playing extra football. He thought 554 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 1: this was going to be more competitive. I think that 555 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:32,080 Speaker 1: what the Bengals get to him. It was the best 556 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:34,720 Speaker 1: blocking he's had in years. They were they would rather 557 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:37,359 Speaker 1: have videos of him playing poker with Jessica Alba at 558 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 1: four in the morning. Yeah, those are okay. I feel 559 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 1: all right. These I don't know so much. 560 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:44,119 Speaker 2: Come on, man, be sure to catch live editions of 561 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:47,120 Speaker 2: The Jason Smith Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten 562 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:49,159 Speaker 2: pm Eastern, seven pm Pacific. 563 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 1: In the words of Crash Davis, Mike Harmon, we're dealing 564 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:55,399 Speaker 1: with a lot of stuff tonight show. Hey, Otani on 565 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 1: the mound and dominating though the Dodgers are losing. And 566 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 1: you also, so, I thought the football story you were 567 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:05,639 Speaker 1: going to lead with was the nineteenth NFL season for 568 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,760 Speaker 1: Joe Flacco, who remains elite. It is it is nice 569 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:10,639 Speaker 1: and and and how many? How many games will we 570 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,760 Speaker 1: start with Joe Burrow six and a half? I mean 571 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 1: I didn't start the season after that flag football game. 572 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:18,359 Speaker 1: Is the over under really six and a head? No, 573 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:21,919 Speaker 1: there's no way. Oh okay, cause that up yet? Yeah, 574 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 1: you went right, you go right to the gambling. I know. 575 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:25,919 Speaker 1: I just didn't know if that was something you officially 576 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:28,080 Speaker 1: looked up, because I'm not saying I would doubt that 577 00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:29,960 Speaker 1: if you said, hey, what's the over under for Joe 578 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:33,200 Speaker 1: Burrow games started this year? I could see Flacco like, okay, 579 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,400 Speaker 1: six and a half, maybe a couple in the beginning, 580 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:38,440 Speaker 1: middle of season, Bengals losing at the end. Yeah, I 581 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:40,600 Speaker 1: could see the over. I mean he got over last year, 582 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 1: right six for Cincinnati, and he had to start with 583 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:46,840 Speaker 1: Cleveland before he moved on right. Well, that that's that's 584 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:48,520 Speaker 1: if the over was really high. I mean I think 585 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 1: like every year, no matter what, like you got to 586 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 1: set it at a certain number because you think, no 587 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 1: matter where he is, he's going to be starting break 588 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:57,480 Speaker 1: glass in case of emergency, and he may just be 589 00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:03,120 Speaker 1: better than your starter. Whoever's whoever's got the longest record, 590 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:06,600 Speaker 1: or the longest streak of consecutive games started. Joe Flacco 591 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:09,080 Speaker 1: signs there, you know it's over. It's just gonna end. 592 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter, it's just somehow it's gonna end, and 593 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:13,440 Speaker 1: Joe Flacco's going to play. Really is impressive. I mean, 594 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:15,360 Speaker 1: at some point, do you just put a little bust 595 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:17,080 Speaker 1: of him in the hall, like a little one mini 596 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,880 Speaker 1: bust in the Hall of Fame just for longevity, or 597 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:21,240 Speaker 1: do you put it next to a ball all the 598 00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:23,280 Speaker 1: other quarterbacks that he backed up the last part of 599 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:25,640 Speaker 1: his career, there's just a mini one over and over 600 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:30,480 Speaker 1: their shoulder, like you think at this point, Flacco when 601 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 1: they interview him at the you know, every year and 602 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:34,320 Speaker 1: they go, hey, Joe, you know you signed it back 603 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:36,920 Speaker 1: up here at Cincinnati. Did you have any offers to 604 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:38,720 Speaker 1: be a starter? Did you have you given up on 605 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:41,800 Speaker 1: being a starter? And Flacco just goes, guys, you know 606 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:44,200 Speaker 1: I'm gonna start half the season, right, I mean, come on, 607 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 1: you know you know what's gonna happen. Right? What do 608 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:48,280 Speaker 1: I worry about? Where I could go anywhere? Throw it 609 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:50,480 Speaker 1: dart and I'll start there for half the season. You know, 610 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:52,360 Speaker 1: That's how it goes for me just He's like, well, 611 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 1: they've done no upgrades to the offensive line here, and 612 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:59,280 Speaker 1: I know while Max Crosby didn't join the division, there's 613 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,720 Speaker 1: still plenty of hats rushers that'll get home on old 614 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:07,000 Speaker 1: Joe there. So I'll have my time. Just bide my time. 615 00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:11,040 Speaker 1: So you have the Joe Flacco coming back again. We're 616 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:13,640 Speaker 1: still waiting for Aaron Rodgers to make his decision, and 617 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:17,800 Speaker 1: then we get this weird ass story and in the 618 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:21,640 Speaker 1: in a pantheon of weird ass stories involving Rams wide 619 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:24,800 Speaker 1: out Pokin Nakua. Now, I blame you for this, Mike Carmon, 620 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:27,080 Speaker 1: I blame you for what we're talking about. I blame 621 00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:30,560 Speaker 1: you because last night we had on Jason Lockin for right, 622 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:33,400 Speaker 1: who the NFL Insider and you know, hey, Jackson Smith 623 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:35,800 Speaker 1: and Jigba became the highest paid receiver in the NFL. 624 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:38,040 Speaker 1: We talked about him. He's the best receiver in the game. 625 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:40,600 Speaker 1: He is able to put up numbers despite having a 626 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:43,800 Speaker 1: bunch of Jags around him. But clearly Pokin Nakua and 627 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:46,600 Speaker 1: his value to the Rams is that Biggie plays so 628 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:49,600 Speaker 1: many different positions. He blocks, he does everything, and we 629 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:52,760 Speaker 1: talked about how later on at some point over the offseason, 630 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:55,760 Speaker 1: he's going to get the deal that's going to usurp 631 00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:58,360 Speaker 1: JSN and he'll be the highest paid wide receiver in 632 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:02,560 Speaker 1: the NFL. And it was you who said anything with 633 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:05,440 Speaker 1: the all field stuff that's gonna stop the Rams from 634 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:08,080 Speaker 1: writing that big check, and Jason Lockin Forrest says, no, 635 00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:11,640 Speaker 1: he's that good guy. You said anything that could stop them, 636 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:13,800 Speaker 1: and then twenty four hours later, we have something that 637 00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:16,360 Speaker 1: can stop everybody from signing him to a long term deal. 638 00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 1: So I blame you. I think it's your fault. You 639 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:21,880 Speaker 1: blame me for what he may or may not have said. Now, 640 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:28,160 Speaker 1: lawsuits threatened all over the place, including a biting incident. Right, yeah, 641 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:31,720 Speaker 1: there's a lot going on here. Potential anti semitic statement. 642 00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:36,360 Speaker 1: I'm not going to read it as laid out, but 643 00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:42,840 Speaker 1: you know, basically anti Semitic thoughts and going through and 644 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:50,080 Speaker 1: being vulgar and then eventually biting. So the deal is 645 00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:53,840 Speaker 1: a woman seeking a restraining order against Puka Nakua after 646 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:58,200 Speaker 1: he allegedly had a anti Semitic remark and later bit 647 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:01,800 Speaker 1: her during a New Year's Eve night out in Los Angeles. 648 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:04,960 Speaker 1: Story no idea there were anti Semitic vampires out there. 649 00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,480 Speaker 1: I did not know that. Apparently this will be the 650 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:09,520 Speaker 1: next big movie craze. Right, We're gonna have these, this 651 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:11,080 Speaker 1: is what's gonna be out there. These are the vampires 652 00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:14,040 Speaker 1: we gotta go get. Would you pay to see that movie? 653 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:17,680 Speaker 1: A woman? Uh, I don't. I don't know, man, it's oh, 654 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:19,360 Speaker 1: that's that's I don't know that. I don't know that. 655 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:22,120 Speaker 1: That's yeah. No, no, no, I don't know. Man. Now 656 00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:23,160 Speaker 1: I think about it, I don't know. 657 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:23,479 Speaker 2: Now. 658 00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:25,760 Speaker 1: I think I don't think I would. I don't think 659 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:27,520 Speaker 1: I would see that. No, I wouldn't back and I 660 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:30,640 Speaker 1: wouldn't be behind it. Now, another vampire. If you can give 661 00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:33,640 Speaker 1: me something else different with vampires, that's that's cool. Okay, 662 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:36,320 Speaker 1: I'm with you on that. Zombies. We've seen enough of 663 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,280 Speaker 1: vampire vampires and zombies like okay, it's time. It's time 664 00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:41,600 Speaker 1: to reset the genre a little bit. Maybe vampire zombies. 665 00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:43,080 Speaker 1: You mix them into one, and you have a movie 666 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:45,800 Speaker 1: like that. We already had Abraham Lincoln killing zombies. We 667 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:49,040 Speaker 1: striding prejudice with zombies and all kinds of vampires. I mean, 668 00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:51,520 Speaker 1: I think we need a little bit of a reset there. 669 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:55,160 Speaker 1: But prejudice and zombies was pretty good. And remember, zombies 670 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:58,840 Speaker 1: no longer were the slow zombies of our childhood and 671 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:00,920 Speaker 1: not of the living dead. No. Oh, all of a sudden, 672 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:05,600 Speaker 1: Brad Pitt had guys flying around faster than I don't know, 673 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:07,800 Speaker 1: Darryl gri Oh yeah, yeah, oh they were twenty eight 674 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:10,240 Speaker 1: days later zombies and zombies who were jumping on top 675 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:12,320 Speaker 1: of each other to get over the wall. Oh yeah, 676 00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:14,680 Speaker 1: he's a crazy zombies. Now, this is not a zombie 677 00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:17,480 Speaker 1: story as far as we know. As far, yes, this 678 00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:22,240 Speaker 1: woman filed for a restraining order in La today, claiming 679 00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:25,880 Speaker 1: that she terrorized that he terrorized her on New Year's 680 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,000 Speaker 1: Eve and then threatened to soil her name in the 681 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:32,640 Speaker 1: press several weeks later. Now, what happened was obviously the 682 00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:35,239 Speaker 1: two things we talked about, an anti Semitic remark from 683 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:38,240 Speaker 1: Pooka Akupa that he said, and that he bit her 684 00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:41,440 Speaker 1: during a night out. Now, and this has shows you 685 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:43,240 Speaker 1: how crazy this story is. This get this gets into 686 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:46,160 Speaker 1: what we're going to talk about, is that Nakua's attorney 687 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:50,000 Speaker 1: told TMZ that he never made the anti Submitic remark, 688 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:53,120 Speaker 1: though we did bite her when they were all kind 689 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:58,080 Speaker 1: of horse playing, So horse play, we're admitting to the biting. Now, 690 00:33:58,120 --> 00:33:59,880 Speaker 1: horse playing could be there all out at the bar, 691 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:01,960 Speaker 1: it could be behind closed doors. There's a lot of 692 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:05,680 Speaker 1: horseplay happening. I don't get that word in the stories 693 00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:08,240 Speaker 1: very often, so it's good to you know, a little 694 00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:10,920 Speaker 1: bit of a throwback. Not a lot of horseplay. But 695 00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:14,600 Speaker 1: hey listen, there's no answers. Vinder remark. But he did 696 00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:17,040 Speaker 1: bite her. Oh okay, so we admit to the biting. 697 00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:20,319 Speaker 1: So there was some kind of biting for Pooka Nakua. Well, 698 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:22,120 Speaker 1: I mean you look at the radius of I mean, 699 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:25,160 Speaker 1: there's there's a photo that has the bite radius and 700 00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:28,759 Speaker 1: pretty games. I think, you know, after my years of 701 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:32,319 Speaker 1: watching CSI and everything else, you could probably create an 702 00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:36,080 Speaker 1: imprint and show without a beyond the shadow of a 703 00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:38,680 Speaker 1: doubt that that it would match. So I think, you know, 704 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:42,720 Speaker 1: you just you know, admit to that if the horse 705 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:47,439 Speaker 1: play involved some biting. Yeah. That words I never thought 706 00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:50,160 Speaker 1: i'd say on Foxing. No, I didn't have this on 707 00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:54,520 Speaker 1: my on my on my Bengo card Akua today. But 708 00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:56,560 Speaker 1: it usually takes in the in the TV shows, it 709 00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:58,799 Speaker 1: usually takes at least twenty four hours for them to 710 00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:01,200 Speaker 1: come back with something, and it's not until they get 711 00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:03,520 Speaker 1: really deep into the investigation you find out that the 712 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:06,879 Speaker 1: bite marks match, or something else happens, or ballistics gets 713 00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:09,760 Speaker 1: back to us, or the bloodstains come back. It's usually 714 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:11,239 Speaker 1: near the end, right, So you don't get that till 715 00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:15,080 Speaker 1: near the end. But this story with Pokinakua, now this 716 00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:19,080 Speaker 1: is the latest in an off season in which I'll 717 00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:20,480 Speaker 1: tell you want to know the big thing to say 718 00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:23,760 Speaker 1: about this. Sometimes there's hot takes about things, and sometimes 719 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:26,319 Speaker 1: there's just time to do the Aaron Rodgers and say, 720 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:29,800 Speaker 1: let's just relax and let's think of this with calm, 721 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:33,200 Speaker 1: cool reasoning. Because if I'm the ramp, what needs to 722 00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:36,279 Speaker 1: happen right now? If I am the rams, I am 723 00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:41,520 Speaker 1: doing an absolute deepest dive possible into who he is, 724 00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:45,120 Speaker 1: what he has going on, and what we don't know 725 00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:49,239 Speaker 1: about his life. Right you add the video where he 726 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:52,440 Speaker 1: made the really bad movements that was very also very 727 00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:54,319 Speaker 1: anti semitic that he says, oh, I didn't know what 728 00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:56,239 Speaker 1: I was doing. I was let into it by the 729 00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:59,440 Speaker 1: by the podcaster. That was a really bad look for 730 00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:02,080 Speaker 1: pokin a that was really, really terrible. A few months 731 00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:04,719 Speaker 1: ago he had the questionable tweet about Sam Darnold, but 732 00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:06,919 Speaker 1: that's just about his opinion of how he was playing 733 00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:09,560 Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl. He says it was misconstrued. Now 734 00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:11,799 Speaker 1: you have this where here's a guy who is out 735 00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:14,799 Speaker 1: and he is accused of biting someone and hurling an 736 00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:17,319 Speaker 1: anti semitic remark. This is on the heels of what 737 00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:19,000 Speaker 1: he said, Oh, I didn't know what I was doing 738 00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:22,360 Speaker 1: when I was making that hand gesture in the podcast. 739 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:24,400 Speaker 1: This is where the Rams have to do. They have 740 00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:26,160 Speaker 1: to spend this time because now he is on the 741 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:28,640 Speaker 1: cusp of being the highest paid wide receiver in the NFL. 742 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:32,160 Speaker 1: He is at the center of everything the Rams do. Right, 743 00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:35,000 Speaker 1: they found him a couple of years ago, and it's 744 00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:38,600 Speaker 1: incredible how great of a player he has become in 745 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:41,319 Speaker 1: such a short period of time. But now it's like, 746 00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:44,120 Speaker 1: you have no idea who this guy is. What is 747 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:46,640 Speaker 1: there that he's already done? Do we have to worry 748 00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:49,839 Speaker 1: about his behavior? Do we? Now we're worried about giving 749 00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:51,480 Speaker 1: him money? Now, if I'm the Rams, that's the first 750 00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:53,560 Speaker 1: time I'm going, Oh man, not only do we have 751 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:55,960 Speaker 1: to worry about on the field with him, he's affecting 752 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,120 Speaker 1: everything we do we want to make a Super Bowl run. 753 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:00,680 Speaker 1: He is center to everything we do. But the guy 754 00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:03,399 Speaker 1: wants money, and we were ready to pay him right 755 00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:05,880 Speaker 1: The latest in the in the negotiations was it was 756 00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:08,400 Speaker 1: gonna take a while, but it would happen over the 757 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:10,080 Speaker 1: course of the off season. But it was something that 758 00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:12,560 Speaker 1: was gonna take a while for whatever reason. And now, 759 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:15,359 Speaker 1: if you're the Rams, you're saying, can we pay him? Now? 760 00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:17,840 Speaker 1: We have to investigate. What else are we gonna find? 761 00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:20,439 Speaker 1: And we gotta go. We can't do this cursory. Hey, 762 00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:23,439 Speaker 1: everything looks fine, We're moving on, investigator. This is this 763 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:26,000 Speaker 1: is something where you are worried about what's going on 764 00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:30,040 Speaker 1: right now, with this legal situation and the future. You 765 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:33,000 Speaker 1: have to put a pause on everything now and spend 766 00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:35,759 Speaker 1: the next couple of months looking into who he is 767 00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:38,719 Speaker 1: and seeing if you are comfortable extending him or if 768 00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:41,640 Speaker 1: you're comfortable having him on the team. I don't know. 769 00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:43,600 Speaker 1: I mean, if you're the Rams, like all of a sudden, 770 00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:45,960 Speaker 1: you have been thrust into We thought we had our 771 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:48,200 Speaker 1: future all set. We were worried the every off season 772 00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:51,640 Speaker 1: was oh Man Stafford wanting to play, not wanting to play, 773 00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:54,480 Speaker 1: wants a contract, extent. I'm sick and tired of this now. 774 00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:56,600 Speaker 1: Now the Rams would give anything to go back to 775 00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:58,879 Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford just deciding whether or not he wants to play. 776 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:01,440 Speaker 1: And here's the stuff with Pook. This could now derail 777 00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:04,960 Speaker 1: the entire organization with what's going on. Yeah, the threat 778 00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:08,919 Speaker 1: of a defamation lawsuit against the woman is out there 779 00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:11,359 Speaker 1: from the lawyer again the horse place side of it, 780 00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:15,040 Speaker 1: But certainly these other comments came two weeks after that 781 00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:19,479 Speaker 1: live stream that you reference, so trying to I think 782 00:38:19,719 --> 00:38:24,319 Speaker 1: establish at least his legal team that it's trying to 783 00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:30,480 Speaker 1: capitalize on that and see if they can muddy the 784 00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:35,240 Speaker 1: waters where it goes. I don't know from the football 785 00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:39,560 Speaker 1: side of things. Certainly for the Rams, it's one thing 786 00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:42,120 Speaker 1: for a guy to be seen in public, to live 787 00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:44,920 Speaker 1: it up, to be a party guy and all of 788 00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:50,000 Speaker 1: those kinds of things, young money, whatever, But certainly this 789 00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:58,120 Speaker 1: is another another blight and question that they have to 790 00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:03,560 Speaker 1: go and research and investigate as best they can. There's 791 00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:07,360 Speaker 1: a lot of video, I guess from the night as 792 00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:12,160 Speaker 1: they chronicled their their partying ahead of horseplay and everything else, 793 00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:18,480 Speaker 1: but certainly not the off season extra story that they 794 00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:20,760 Speaker 1: were looking to As you're getting ready for the draft 795 00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:23,439 Speaker 1: or whatever, the next iteration of this team is, Wow, 796 00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:25,280 Speaker 1: you need you need to do. You got to find 797 00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:27,359 Speaker 1: out who this guy is the next couple of months. Man, 798 00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:29,439 Speaker 1: that's the number one thing on the Rams list.