Speaker 1: Over nine to go and John Matcham touchdown. Gino Michelle
Speaker 1: comes back and walks in touchdown. Rams Smith rows passage,
Speaker 1: heats and the trauma is over. No flags on the play.
Speaker 1: Nick Scot has it for the rat Things are set
Speaker 1: up so well for the Seattle Seahawks to somehow pull
Speaker 1: out a dramatic comeback victory over the Rams. But yes,
Speaker 1: Gino Smith, who came on and led the team on
Speaker 1: two scoring drives, have one last chance, but the drive
Speaker 1: ended quickly. With that Nick Scott pick, the Rams kick
Speaker 1: a field goal to ice it final score to seventeen
Speaker 1: on a weird night, A weird night in a game
Speaker 1: that was played where we are in the middle of
Speaker 1: the night. Um got caught up this morning watching the
Speaker 1: game and now talking about it here from our hotels
Speaker 1: in London. A weird night, Greg with both starting quarter
Speaker 1: back Stathew Stafford and Russell Wilson's suffering finger injuries dislocations.
Speaker 1: Stafford grinded through it and actually thrived in the second half,
Speaker 1: moving the ball thrown for two yards in a touch
Speaker 1: in the second half, but Russell Wilson had to come
Speaker 1: out of the game, which tells you that's a bad situation.
Speaker 1: And we know, Greg, what happens to the Seahawks if
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson is out for an extended amount of time
Speaker 1: do it because we've never seen it before. Well literally
Speaker 1: literally never one of the worst teams in football, Russell
Speaker 1: Wilson not an exaggeration. Tell me what this team could
Speaker 1: do without Russell Wilson. Well, I've got a little Fox
Speaker 1: graphic for you. First of all, you know some games,
Speaker 1: when you're watching you realize I'm going to remember where
Speaker 1: I was for the rest of my life when I
Speaker 1: watched this game, and so I will remember being in
Speaker 1: my bed Landmark Hotel Friday morning football, watch the first
Speaker 1: half live. Have to admit I passed out, then went
Speaker 1: went to bed, watched the second half, fun game, pass
Speaker 1: hearing the g no g no ge, no chance, let's
Speaker 1: hear it, Riggy, Come on, the entire West Coast is
Speaker 1: going crazy with me. I'm going wild in the bed.
Speaker 1: I had about seventeen texts at my phone. Really, you
Speaker 1: need to calm down. It just makes me. It makes
Speaker 1: me so proud that so many watched Smith play Greg
Speaker 1: and you were going wild in your bed, in your
Speaker 1: hotel room. Well, I woke up for it too, and yes,
Speaker 1: so I'll always remember that. And it's unfortunate how it
Speaker 1: ended with Tyler Lockett slipping on his route and ruining
Speaker 1: heroic performance. But to your point that you think they're
Speaker 1: gonna fall apart, and we'll get to a lot more.
Speaker 1: This game was fascinated. There's a graphic that will have forever.
Speaker 1: I'll keep it forever where it says the second half
Speaker 1: offense three drives sixteen yards with Russell Wilson two drives
Speaker 1: hundred forty four yards, ten points, Gino making checks at
Speaker 1: the line, impressing Troy Aikman on point who knows he
Speaker 1: was moving the ball. This defense stinks, But Gino gave
Speaker 1: a lot of people a lot of actes last night,
Speaker 1: you know, especially me. He has Mr. Friday Morning Football Dan.
Speaker 1: Now by the way, he lost. The Seahawks lost the game,
Speaker 1: greg Um and the wide receiver slipped as the dog
Speaker 1: ate my homework of quarterback play excuses. But let me
Speaker 1: just just what you're like. You're like arguing the point
Speaker 1: that that has nothing to do with the quarterback course
Speaker 1: it does. It happened, and it is what it is.
Speaker 1: I'm not saying Gino stinks because of it. But it happened,
Speaker 1: and that's the way things work sometimes. But let me
Speaker 1: hear that Gino chan again when they're talking about like
Speaker 1: what's Gino doing at the line? He's checking. I actually
Speaker 1: have the audio down on the field. Hit it riggy. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's it. Yeah, that's manning down the field, the old
Speaker 1: field general Gino Smith. But I will give him credit.
Speaker 1: He goes ninety eight yards for a score. Uh. And
Speaker 1: he's exactly what you want from a backup quarterback, um,
Speaker 1: which is you come in the game and he was
Speaker 1: prepared and he made plays. But the problem is he
Speaker 1: was one of the only players on the Seahawks that
Speaker 1: did UM. And I'll start with the Seahawks from on
Speaker 1: this game because I just find their situation a little
Speaker 1: more interesting than the Rams. The Rams good for them.
Speaker 1: They go on the road in prime time in a
Speaker 1: short week, uh and get the job done even when
Speaker 1: they didn't deliver a top performance. But the Seahawks again
Speaker 1: are showing signs now at two and three that this
Speaker 1: might not be a very good team. And you know,
Speaker 1: I watched the game like you did, Greg this morning
Speaker 1: and finished the game, and then I did some reading
Speaker 1: on the game and Connor or our buddy wrote a
Speaker 1: really good piece for s I talking about like what's
Speaker 1: going on with the Seahawks and and he ended his
Speaker 1: piece with an open ended question, what are the Seahawks?
Speaker 1: Because we know they're Russell Wilson and his singular talent
Speaker 1: and what he brings. They are two incredible receivers, Tyler
Speaker 1: Lockett and a DK Metcalf, But what their identity is
Speaker 1: supposed to be is we love to run the football
Speaker 1: and we do it successfully. That's not the case the
Speaker 1: middle of the pack we play defensive. That is not
Speaker 1: the case. I think they're They entered Thursday defensive d
Speaker 1: v O A, so they can't defend. They don't run
Speaker 1: the ball well, and it's all on Russell Wilson to
Speaker 1: save the day. And if if he is, I don't
Speaker 1: expect Russell Wilson to mistime because that's not what he does.
Speaker 1: Report said. Surgery is a consideration on Friday morning, which
Speaker 1: would potentially knock them out maybe a week maybe not interesting.
Speaker 1: That's it was. It was. It was Pete Carroll sat
Speaker 1: up to the game. It was badly sprained. He's a
Speaker 1: tough dude. We know that. I expect him to most
Speaker 1: likely continue to play, But how badly will that affect
Speaker 1: his play even if you avoid surgery, And if Russell
Speaker 1: Wilson is anything less than great, I think the Seahawks
Speaker 1: are absolutely me the ochre sub five in this division.
Speaker 1: I agree with everything you said. What they are is
Speaker 1: a potentially historic ly bad defense. They are the seventh
Speaker 1: team ever to give up more than four hundred and
Speaker 1: fifty yards in four straight games. No team has ever
Speaker 1: done five straight. So they could set the record next week.
Speaker 1: And I'm gonna break a little news here. Maybe not
Speaker 1: worth it for this stupid joke. They're not going to
Speaker 1: break that record next week because they're playing Ben Roethlisberger.
Speaker 1: I mean, they're the Steelers. Aren't putting up for fifty
Speaker 1: next week. You gotta play Juno in that game. You
Speaker 1: can get the win. But here's the thing, Like people say, okay, okay,
Speaker 1: well they played the Rams, they competed hard. You know,
Speaker 1: I actually thought, you know, the first half of that game,
Speaker 1: it was you know, they're making plays at the end
Speaker 1: of these drives, just like they did against San Francisco.
Speaker 1: At least they were being resourceful. Quandary Diggs with a
Speaker 1: nice interception, even though it was it was a weird
Speaker 1: play by Stafford trying to throw the ball away, But
Speaker 1: two of the four teams they've played this year are
Speaker 1: the forty Niners and the Colts, which are hardly offensive juggernauts.
Speaker 1: And you're right the end, I really was struck by
Speaker 1: the margin for error that Russell Wilson plays with versus
Speaker 1: the margin for air Matthew Stafford plays with. Because think
Speaker 1: of the mistakes Matthew Stafford made in this game. At
Speaker 1: least three or four drives ended because he just missed throws,
Speaker 1: just missed open throws, and he made a lot of
Speaker 1: great plays by the end of that game. Also had
Speaker 1: an interception when he was trying to throw the ball
Speaker 1: away that was like something we would mock lesser quarterbacks for.
Speaker 1: And then he and then he balled out and played
Speaker 1: great too. But it's like, if Russell Wilson is making
Speaker 1: half of those mistakes, they're not winning, they're not even competing,
Speaker 1: Like he has to almost be perfect for them to win,
Speaker 1: and that that's tough to play that way. Uh No,
Speaker 1: I totally agree. They're running game the Rams, which you
Speaker 1: know they've suffered all the injuries, but they seemed to
Speaker 1: have something Uh, in a one to punch of Darryl
Speaker 1: Henderson and Sony Michelle. Uh. They were doing well. They
Speaker 1: compliment each other well. And I was hoping you were
Speaker 1: going to bring it up, Greg, because I know Seahawks
Speaker 1: fans don't want to hear it from me of all people,
Speaker 1: but it Jamal Adams is a problem on their defense
Speaker 1: right now. And the Rams were able to take advantage
Speaker 1: of Jamal Adams, which is not supposed to be when
Speaker 1: you give up the two first round picks, when you
Speaker 1: give the biggest deal lever to his safety out this summer,
Speaker 1: He's supposed to be a weapon. He's still You surprise
Speaker 1: me with that stat Greg, that Jamal Adams is not
Speaker 1: doesn't have a pressure on the quarterback a hurry this
Speaker 1: season yet I don't think he had one on Thursday night,
Speaker 1: and they are not rushing him as much, and they're
Speaker 1: using him more in coverage, and he's a liability that
Speaker 1: he was. I believe Troy Aikman put it as it
Speaker 1: was like a no contest or something like that. Okay,
Speaker 1: and then the Sean Jackson sixty five yard play that
Speaker 1: was not a well thrown ball by Matthew Stafford. That
Speaker 1: was underthrown. That's the play that your safety needs to
Speaker 1: react to snatch that out of the air and change
Speaker 1: the game. Instead, Jamal gets turned around and gets beat bed.
Speaker 1: So I'm not like celebrating. Although this hired. It's a
Speaker 1: higher draft pick for the Jets, so obviously I have
Speaker 1: something invested fandom wise, but this is something to track now.
Speaker 1: And when I woke up this morning, I turned on Twitter,
Speaker 1: uh and Jamal Adams was trending. I was like, oh, God,
Speaker 1: I hope he's not hurt. Number one and then number two. Oh,
Speaker 1: that's why he's trending. That's another issue for the Seahawks.
Speaker 1: That was like me trying to figure out through all
Speaker 1: these texts. I hadn't watched the game yet what exactly
Speaker 1: was going to happen. I knew Gino was heavenly involved. Unfortunately,
Speaker 1: you know, as our friend Zumwalt blew it for me
Speaker 1: because one one text was like Gino exclamation, exclamation, and
Speaker 1: then the next one was Gino being Gino, And I
Speaker 1: was like, Okay, something went wrong at the end. You're
Speaker 1: you're right about Adams if you think about him versus Ramsey,
Speaker 1: It's it's hard of like, of course, Jalen Ramsey is better.
Speaker 1: But when you think about that, what you gave up
Speaker 1: to get Jalen Ramsey and what you gave up to
Speaker 1: get Jamal Adams and the money, like, it's all kind
Speaker 1: of in the same area. And I think of the
Speaker 1: two drives in the first half of that game, where
Speaker 1: Aaron Donald stops one drive cold, they're best player, and
Speaker 1: then Jalen Ramsey competes and stops another drive cold with it,
Speaker 1: you know, tipped ball that turns in to an interception.
Speaker 1: And he competed against DK Metcalf all night. Metcalf had
Speaker 1: a couple of wins. Ramsey certainly had his own, whereas
Speaker 1: they don't really have those guys on the Seahawks defense
Speaker 1: and theory it's Adams and in Wagner is not quite
Speaker 1: the player he was. They don't have the same pass rush.
Speaker 1: So you're right, it kind of goes back to Russell
Speaker 1: having to carry everything. And it gets to something I
Speaker 1: don't do we want to have a Russell talk because
Speaker 1: I heard something from the pregame with Jay Glazer that
Speaker 1: I found I found very interesting. Why don't we have
Speaker 1: a Russell talk? Go ahead? Okay, because Glazer watched I
Speaker 1: thought we kind of were already, but yeah, I was
Speaker 1: just hanking so much and I'm just like, okay, honk Man.
Speaker 1: Glazer watched Aaron Andrews and Russell Wilson on a deck,
Speaker 1: you know, with the water behind him was the mountains
Speaker 1: in the Fox prex like they were all very proud
Speaker 1: of the production value they put into this, and Russell
Speaker 1: Wilson during that at one point was like, you know,
Speaker 1: Aaron like thing. Things got really blown out of proportion
Speaker 1: with with everything that happened this offseason. I was like, okay,
Speaker 1: and I really love Jay Glazer because when they came
Speaker 1: out of the video, he didn't mentors. He was like,
Speaker 1: it wasn't blown out of proportion, Like what's he talking about.
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson made it very clear if they don't upgrade
Speaker 1: things around him that he wants to go and the
Speaker 1: way things are going, I've got my doubts. And I
Speaker 1: was Jay Glazer talking and I thought, Okay, this is
Speaker 1: that's why this We talked about it like when that
Speaker 1: drama with Russell Wilson played out, It wasn't at the
Speaker 1: level of the Aaron Rodgers storyline uh this summer, but
Speaker 1: it was significant that there were there were cracks in
Speaker 1: the relationship, and you knew this season for the Seahawks
Speaker 1: is gonna be very important because if they either bomb
Speaker 1: out in the playoffs again or god forbid, and this
Speaker 1: is something that's never happened in the Russell Wilson or
Speaker 1: just bomb in the regular season, you imagine the relationship
Speaker 1: could go south permanently. So this this is there's a
Speaker 1: lot on the line right now and Russell needs to
Speaker 1: get healthy, uh to remove some of the class outs
Speaker 1: over lumen Field right now. I want to give a
Speaker 1: shout out to um. First of all, this has been
Speaker 1: a really good episode, a good app Ricky for a
Speaker 1: segment that I had kind of forgotten about. I thank
Speaker 1: the user for Twitter on Twitter for reminding me that
Speaker 1: we've been able to do this, bring it back, hit
Speaker 1: It and now another edition of check. Yeah, it's a
Speaker 1: good app. I mean, I feel like it's been a
Speaker 1: good Gino Vito app. I don't know this is it.
Speaker 1: I almost don't want him to start against the Steelers
Speaker 1: because this is like, this was his legacy moment. I
Speaker 1: feel like he just said interception. Did you did we
Speaker 1: watch the same game? Yeah? He moved the ball up
Speaker 1: and down the field, two straight scoring drives, great throws,
Speaker 1: touchdown against the good defense. I mean, here's the reality.
Speaker 1: What bar? What bar are we attempting to clear? Here? Greg?
Speaker 1: When it ends with two successful drives with an interception
Speaker 1: that loses the game. He didn't wanted He came in
Speaker 1: down two scores. I mean he played to what three drives?
Speaker 1: He threw as many touchdowns as Stafford and Wilson who
Speaker 1: played the whole game alright? That played much more. Give
Speaker 1: a little love to you know, players matter here, hend
Speaker 1: Henderson mattered de Shaan Jackson taking easy. Shut up, Relax,
Speaker 1: We'll find out what this phone call is. Right after
Speaker 1: the break, I've got someone calling and then was another
Speaker 1: edition of sipping on Veno check. I don't know they're
Speaker 1: checking if I need some service. I just hung up
Speaker 1: Gregg's on tilted a little bit, right, What are you
Speaker 1: ordering night now? I think it's like, you know, I've
Speaker 1: just had the don and since I got here, and
Speaker 1: they're like, do you ever want someone to come here? Hey?
Speaker 1: Actually that's a good question. Do you have them when
Speaker 1: you're here, like when you're in a hotel anywhere? Do
Speaker 1: you I leave the dono to disturb sign on. I
Speaker 1: don't need them changing the sheets every day, like I'd
Speaker 1: rather keep my own. This is a good question, disturb
Speaker 1: it depends after a handful of days. If I'm out
Speaker 1: then for the day, then you'll take it off. But yeah,
Speaker 1: generally I don't like them coming in. I got by
Speaker 1: the way. I got audio of the phone call just now.
Speaker 1: Hello Mr Rosenthal, we heard uncontrollable moaning during an American
Speaker 1: football contest coming from your room. Please keep it down.
Speaker 1: The Atlanta Falcons cheerleaders are staying on my floor, and
Speaker 1: I kid you not. They were racing each other in
Speaker 1: the halls. They were like giggling, running as fast as
Speaker 1: they could in the halls. This is your chance here, Ricky.
Speaker 1: You know there's different rules when you're overseas, you know. Yeah,
Speaker 1: they were all in front of we. We all are
Speaker 1: getting COVID tests while we're over here to be safe
Speaker 1: in There were thirty of them in line before me
Speaker 1: for my COVID tests. And Greg's pickup line was like, hey,
Speaker 1: you like Geno Smith. I'm not giving pickup lines please,
Speaker 1: you know, it's it's fun you want. Cheerleaders are more
Speaker 1: than just dancers and and good looking women. They have,
Speaker 1: there's layers to them. But then when you tell me
Speaker 1: that you run into actual cheerleaders and they're just like
Speaker 1: sprinting up and down a hotel hallway, laughing and giggling,
Speaker 1: It's like, that doesn't sound like a very layered personality.
Speaker 1: It was weird because Greg was racing with them. He
Speaker 1: was like asked sneak shout out to Robert Woods, and
Speaker 1: shout out to Robert Woods. Fantasy owners, if you held
Speaker 1: the line and kept kept him involved with your starting lineup.
Speaker 1: Twelve for one fifty on fourteen targets. Um, the Rams
Speaker 1: four four and one, they're in good shape. The Seahawks
Speaker 1: two and three not in good shape. And we'll find
Speaker 1: out what's going on with really both quarterbacks. Keep an
Speaker 1: eye on the Stafford finger situation too. We'll see if
Speaker 1: he's fine. He certainly was productive in the second half,
Speaker 1: but again this is a veteran quarterback and it's a
Speaker 1: hand injury. So um, all right, good times in London.
Speaker 1: We are in our respective hotel rooms right now recording
Speaker 1: as you probably put together by now, um, and we
Speaker 1: had an incredible, incredible Thursday night with the listeners here
Speaker 1: in London and surrounding territories are are live shows awesome
Speaker 1: stuff and I just want to thank everybody listening right
Speaker 1: now who came out last night. There were people from England,
Speaker 1: from Ireland, from Germany, from Scotland, from where else. Austral
Speaker 1: I think they probably just lived here. I don't think
Speaker 1: they flew in for the show. But America that I mean,
Speaker 1: we had everything about every Buddy Will Robinson, a former
Speaker 1: around the NFL Desk editor who flew in from Amster
Speaker 1: damn you you specific We called out the Asian market
Speaker 1: Greg on our last show. Anybody that came in from Asia, Well,
Speaker 1: Australia is the Asian Pacific, so let's we'll count that
Speaker 1: a little bit. I think we heard New Zealand now
Speaker 1: it's I mean it's literally that's what they say, the
Speaker 1: Asian Pacific, New Zealand. I think we had that was amazing.
Speaker 1: I mean, an impromptu chant Daniel did it. Um had
Speaker 1: a really nice touch bringing h this picture of West
Speaker 1: that you brought up to the front of the stage
Speaker 1: and uh we did two shows in the first show,
Speaker 1: like just an impromptu chanting of West which just like
Speaker 1: cool shivers my back that it was awesome. Favorite moments
Speaker 1: in the history of our show, UM, and that was
Speaker 1: that was really nice. And they and the fans after
Speaker 1: the show, you know, we were talking to them and
Speaker 1: they you know, really to hear all the all the
Speaker 1: nice things that they had to say about what the
Speaker 1: show meant to them and how it how it has
Speaker 1: helped them and times of hardships and you know during
Speaker 1: COVID and all that. It was just understand we are aware, um,
Speaker 1: and we you know take it seriously and we're very
Speaker 1: indebted to you guys for loving the show as long
Speaker 1: as you have, so thank you for your support. That
Speaker 1: was a special night. Yeah, we love you. It's it
Speaker 1: felt like the the energy back and forth like it.
Speaker 1: It gives. It gives me a lot of energy to
Speaker 1: to hear all those stories about about what West mattin
Speaker 1: the show and everything. So we're looking forward to doing
Speaker 1: it again. It's not like this will be the last
Speaker 1: time felt good. I'm still riding on a high. When
Speaker 1: the guy was like, you know, everyone's quiet, and they
Speaker 1: bring me out first, Ricky Hollywood, I got the music going.
Speaker 1: I'm up there. I gotta do a little intro feeling good.
Speaker 1: Blood is blood. You were up there the whole time.
Speaker 1: You did. Reg and I were behind a curtain, and
Speaker 1: Ricky did twenty five minutes of material and like anyway,
Speaker 1: it was awesome. Mark Sessler was missed by the audience,
Speaker 1: missed by us. I don't know how we how we
Speaker 1: would even fit him on the stage. It was very
Speaker 1: but no, it was. It was a unique show. I
Speaker 1: don't imagine we'll ever do it again where it's just me,
Speaker 1: Greg and Ricky, the three amigoes. But it was a
Speaker 1: memorable night. So thank you for everyone coming out. Um,
Speaker 1: coming up on the show Sunday night, we will be
Speaker 1: doing our flagship program recapping the rest of the week
Speaker 1: five games. UM. We will be at the Big Tot
Speaker 1: the Hot Toddy on Sunday for Jets Falcons do all
Speaker 1: our work with Sky Sports, Neil Reynolds in the whole gang,
Speaker 1: and then all day more than we've ever been on.
Speaker 1: We'll be on all day, not just the sideline during
Speaker 1: the game, but in the studio throughout the make sure
Speaker 1: I was gonna say you you will be watching if
Speaker 1: you're over here, uh sky Sports, so you're gonna see
Speaker 1: plenty of our mugs. UM, so that's coming up, and
Speaker 1: then we will give you that show recapping all the
Speaker 1: games back at the hotel room on Sunday night here
Speaker 1: in the UK Monday morning. Actually, uh, and that is it?
Speaker 1: All right? You want to go to the you want
Speaker 1: to go to the Jets bar. Nick Mangold will be there. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I didn't. We didn't go to Jets practice, So go
Speaker 1: get my point. I will yes that we didn't go
Speaker 1: get my pint segment on the live show, Ricky threw
Speaker 1: it out there that we wouldn't make Jets practice, and
Speaker 1: I would have gone. I really would have gone if
Speaker 1: if it was if it wasn't an hour and fifteen
Speaker 1: minutes away, that was like a bridge too far for me,
Speaker 1: maybe literally a bridge too far um. But instead I
Speaker 1: will go to the Jets Bar and hope and maybe
Speaker 1: I'll meet some more podcast fans there, and hopefully I'll
Speaker 1: meet Nick Mango, one of my favorite Jets of all time,
Speaker 1: one of the great centers the team ever had, and
Speaker 1: I think a Hall of Fame level player. So I'm
Speaker 1: going to enjoy that moment. If I haven't. All right,
Speaker 1: anybody have anything else to now? That was beautifully recapped
Speaker 1: by our tech. Let's let's close it out with yeah
Speaker 1: one last time frags on Gina and that was another
Speaker 1: edition of sipping on veno, checking on Gino? What h Hello?
Speaker 1: What the um? No? I'm okay, thank you, thank you,
Speaker 1: Hello madam? Would you like some services in your room today?
Speaker 1: Out of my hotel room? Your answer was your answer
Speaker 1: was better than my total panic, and then hanging up
Speaker 1: responding it wasn't really just what she said. I guess
Speaker 1: I should be accepted. Back to the call any second.