1 00:00:07,186 --> 00:00:09,666 Speaker 1: The season with Peter Schreger as a production of the 2 00:00:09,786 --> 00:00:24,586 Speaker 1: NFL in partnership with iHeartRadio. What's Up, Everybody, Welcome to 3 00:00:24,626 --> 00:00:29,106 Speaker 1: another episode of the season with Peter Schreger. I love 4 00:00:29,146 --> 00:00:34,026 Speaker 1: the music, Love the music, the love the podcast, love 5 00:00:34,066 --> 00:00:37,826 Speaker 1: the feedback we're getting. Got incredible feedback from specifically a 6 00:00:37,866 --> 00:00:41,706 Speaker 1: lot of Bears fans based on last week's Ryan Pole's interview. 7 00:00:42,066 --> 00:00:44,226 Speaker 1: I think the Bears are a fascinating study in the 8 00:00:44,346 --> 00:00:46,266 Speaker 1: NFL and that there's a team that right now, if 9 00:00:46,266 --> 00:00:48,066 Speaker 1: the draft was happening today, I think they'd have the 10 00:00:48,106 --> 00:00:49,946 Speaker 1: second overall pick it. I don't know if there's a 11 00:00:49,946 --> 00:00:53,506 Speaker 1: fan base more enthused and more optimistic and more into 12 00:00:53,546 --> 00:00:55,546 Speaker 1: their team right now. And that's the whole point of 13 00:00:55,586 --> 00:00:59,066 Speaker 1: the season. With Peter Schreger, I'll call myself the third person. 14 00:00:59,106 --> 00:01:01,466 Speaker 1: It's like, let's get to know some of the decision makers, 15 00:01:01,506 --> 00:01:03,306 Speaker 1: let's get to know some of the coaches, and let's 16 00:01:03,386 --> 00:01:06,346 Speaker 1: kind of get beneath the surface than just hot tay 17 00:01:06,946 --> 00:01:09,626 Speaker 1: and what you see on TV every day. I'm joined 18 00:01:09,666 --> 00:01:14,186 Speaker 1: by my wonderful producer, Aaron Wong Kaufman. Aaron, what's up, Bunny? 19 00:01:14,586 --> 00:01:17,226 Speaker 1: Not too much? It's a pretty cold here in New 20 00:01:17,266 --> 00:01:19,826 Speaker 1: York where we're not quite six feet of snow in Buffalo. 21 00:01:19,946 --> 00:01:23,666 Speaker 1: But uh, it's getting winter. No, it's cold as dude. 22 00:01:23,906 --> 00:01:26,826 Speaker 1: I have stepped outside the apartment today. We're both in Brooklyn. 23 00:01:26,906 --> 00:01:29,306 Speaker 1: It is it is cold. It is real, like is 24 00:01:29,306 --> 00:01:31,666 Speaker 1: it smacked us in the face. And it's one of 25 00:01:31,706 --> 00:01:33,546 Speaker 1: those deals that like we had really good weather in 26 00:01:33,586 --> 00:01:36,266 Speaker 1: October and really good weather in early November, and then 27 00:01:36,266 --> 00:01:39,706 Speaker 1: it's Thanksgiving week. I ask you, it's knuck up on me. 28 00:01:40,986 --> 00:01:43,226 Speaker 1: I'll possession it this way. I think anyone who watches 29 00:01:43,266 --> 00:01:46,506 Speaker 1: Good Morning Football knows I've got some thoughts on Thanksgiving. 30 00:01:47,346 --> 00:01:49,146 Speaker 1: One of my thoughts is that we should not be 31 00:01:49,186 --> 00:01:52,866 Speaker 1: tied to turkey and mashed potatoes and gravy in the 32 00:01:52,866 --> 00:01:55,986 Speaker 1: traditional fair. I don't like that food. I find it dry. 33 00:01:56,026 --> 00:01:58,986 Speaker 1: I've never had a good piece of turkey. I don't understand. 34 00:01:59,306 --> 00:02:03,506 Speaker 1: So in recent years, my wife, the lovely Erica, she 35 00:02:03,626 --> 00:02:08,586 Speaker 1: has either you know, helped prepare or steak or we've 36 00:02:08,586 --> 00:02:10,346 Speaker 1: done something we get to go to, like a local 37 00:02:10,506 --> 00:02:12,066 Speaker 1: place that we like, and we bring it in. We 38 00:02:12,146 --> 00:02:14,626 Speaker 1: have nice you know, take out whatever it is. But 39 00:02:14,826 --> 00:02:16,186 Speaker 1: I caught I catch a lot of heat on Good 40 00:02:16,186 --> 00:02:18,706 Speaker 1: Morning Football from my co hosts, who are like, that's absurd, 41 00:02:18,746 --> 00:02:20,986 Speaker 1: You're just being You're just being that guy, that contrarian. 42 00:02:21,026 --> 00:02:23,146 Speaker 1: Aaron I turned to you. You're of a different generation. 43 00:02:23,186 --> 00:02:26,946 Speaker 1: You're younger than me. Yeah, Thanksgiving food, where are we 44 00:02:26,986 --> 00:02:31,186 Speaker 1: at with it? I mean growing up, my dad is 45 00:02:31,226 --> 00:02:32,986 Speaker 1: a very meat and potatoes kind of guy, and he 46 00:02:33,066 --> 00:02:36,066 Speaker 1: wants gravy and you know, like that's that's part of 47 00:02:36,066 --> 00:02:40,826 Speaker 1: the Thanksgiving meal. Um, what lately what my partner and 48 00:02:40,906 --> 00:02:44,026 Speaker 1: I do. I'm I'm half Chinese and so we do 49 00:02:44,226 --> 00:02:47,506 Speaker 1: like Chinese food. We really basically just make Chinese because 50 00:02:47,506 --> 00:02:49,546 Speaker 1: it's like we just want to make the things we 51 00:02:49,586 --> 00:02:51,186 Speaker 1: want to eat, and it's just a day to like 52 00:02:51,866 --> 00:02:53,746 Speaker 1: we get to spend it cooking and we get to 53 00:02:53,826 --> 00:02:56,186 Speaker 1: make a whole bunch of stuff and it's you know 54 00:02:56,306 --> 00:02:59,546 Speaker 1: more about what are these meals that we want to do, 55 00:02:59,666 --> 00:03:01,826 Speaker 1: just like to hang out together? I think, Yeah. But 56 00:03:01,906 --> 00:03:04,386 Speaker 1: then there's also stuff like I'm gonna I want to 57 00:03:04,506 --> 00:03:09,186 Speaker 1: love pecan pie, you know, I love yeah, making stuffing, like, 58 00:03:09,226 --> 00:03:11,546 Speaker 1: so there will be things like that too. So you cook. 59 00:03:11,746 --> 00:03:15,066 Speaker 1: I have never been I've never been near a stove. 60 00:03:15,386 --> 00:03:17,466 Speaker 1: I mean I've literally my son is like that, I 61 00:03:17,466 --> 00:03:19,506 Speaker 1: got mac and cheese and I'm reading the instructions off 62 00:03:19,546 --> 00:03:21,146 Speaker 1: the back of the box. Had a microwave it. So 63 00:03:21,226 --> 00:03:24,146 Speaker 1: you guys, you'll cook, She'll get it going. You'll get 64 00:03:24,146 --> 00:03:27,186 Speaker 1: it going. You make your own separate dishes whatever. Yeah. Yeah, 65 00:03:27,186 --> 00:03:31,306 Speaker 1: And we have, um, a slightly larger kitchen than we 66 00:03:31,426 --> 00:03:33,226 Speaker 1: used to, but in the past it was it was 67 00:03:33,266 --> 00:03:38,026 Speaker 1: definitely been two people moving throughout a small Brooklyn kitchen 68 00:03:38,146 --> 00:03:41,386 Speaker 1: trying to find, you know, the space to cook together. Um. 69 00:03:41,386 --> 00:03:43,066 Speaker 1: But yeah, yeah, I know. It's a it's a fun thing. 70 00:03:43,106 --> 00:03:46,426 Speaker 1: It's like it's like the ballet. You've got the alpha 71 00:03:46,546 --> 00:03:50,426 Speaker 1: daily thing going on in there. You open up the 72 00:03:50,946 --> 00:03:55,026 Speaker 1: grill and suddenly you bang into somebody. Um, I'm all 73 00:03:55,026 --> 00:03:58,026 Speaker 1: for Thanksgiving. And they added this night game now, and 74 00:03:58,066 --> 00:04:00,546 Speaker 1: it's like they've always had the two games when I 75 00:04:00,586 --> 00:04:04,026 Speaker 1: was growing up. This night game it's a marathon. Um, 76 00:04:04,066 --> 00:04:06,346 Speaker 1: are you prepared? I know. We had my buddy Deetrouan 77 00:04:06,506 --> 00:04:08,146 Speaker 1: last week saying you got to prepare for this week. 78 00:04:08,226 --> 00:04:10,386 Speaker 1: It's a it's an intense sports week, but I think 79 00:04:10,426 --> 00:04:14,706 Speaker 1: it's an intense food and football viewing day Thanksgiving. Are 80 00:04:14,706 --> 00:04:17,666 Speaker 1: you prepared? Yeah? So we have I mean this is 81 00:04:17,706 --> 00:04:20,146 Speaker 1: a little two inside baseball, but I mean the Bills 82 00:04:20,346 --> 00:04:23,066 Speaker 1: from my team are playing in the early game. We're 83 00:04:23,106 --> 00:04:25,586 Speaker 1: watching that, and then we're going to a friends giving 84 00:04:26,106 --> 00:04:29,866 Speaker 1: and so no, I don't know that term. It's like 85 00:04:30,026 --> 00:04:32,146 Speaker 1: instead of if you you're not in a place with 86 00:04:32,226 --> 00:04:35,226 Speaker 1: your family, you spend it with a group of friends. Um. 87 00:04:35,306 --> 00:04:37,226 Speaker 1: I also know I am the only one in the 88 00:04:37,226 --> 00:04:39,786 Speaker 1: group that watches football, so I will kind of be 89 00:04:40,226 --> 00:04:44,826 Speaker 1: off this. They're just hanging out. Just yeah, I'm just 90 00:04:44,866 --> 00:04:49,026 Speaker 1: hanging yeah yeah. So um yeah, so I figure every 91 00:04:49,026 --> 00:04:52,066 Speaker 1: person under thirty is just is this scanning TikTok and 92 00:04:52,146 --> 00:04:55,546 Speaker 1: playing wordle all day? Is that? Is that a bad characterization? Um? 93 00:04:56,786 --> 00:04:59,426 Speaker 1: I hope you're not playing wordle all day because there's 94 00:04:59,466 --> 00:05:01,306 Speaker 1: only one word of a day. So if you're playing, 95 00:05:02,106 --> 00:05:04,426 Speaker 1: if you're playing it all day, it's taking you too long. 96 00:05:06,906 --> 00:05:08,346 Speaker 1: All right, do you want to talk a little, Well, 97 00:05:08,506 --> 00:05:12,306 Speaker 1: let's talk still. Let's go four downs, all right? First down, 98 00:05:12,986 --> 00:05:15,346 Speaker 1: Zach Wilson, what do you mean? You know we had 99 00:05:15,426 --> 00:05:17,386 Speaker 1: salo on? What do you make of this whole Zach 100 00:05:17,386 --> 00:05:22,626 Speaker 1: Wilson's situation? Oh boy, so we're recording this on a Tuesday. 101 00:05:22,706 --> 00:05:25,106 Speaker 1: I don't. I don't know if I've seen a coach 102 00:05:25,866 --> 00:05:28,946 Speaker 1: have a more definitive non statement than Robert Sala did 103 00:05:28,986 --> 00:05:31,466 Speaker 1: Monday when he said he's still evaluating who's going to 104 00:05:31,506 --> 00:05:33,746 Speaker 1: be the quarterback. And I think it goes back to 105 00:05:33,826 --> 00:05:37,586 Speaker 1: not only the performance Sunday. I really think Zach Wilson 106 00:05:37,906 --> 00:05:40,706 Speaker 1: screwed the pooch with that press conference afterwards. And I 107 00:05:40,746 --> 00:05:43,786 Speaker 1: think that goes from to the equipment guys, you know, 108 00:05:43,866 --> 00:05:46,906 Speaker 1: looking at him saying really dude, to the players obviously, 109 00:05:47,426 --> 00:05:49,746 Speaker 1: right up to like the ownership where they're saying, wait 110 00:05:49,746 --> 00:05:52,426 Speaker 1: a second, we say, that's a team that we haven't 111 00:05:52,466 --> 00:05:56,146 Speaker 1: beaten in years and has owned us, and you're gonna 112 00:05:56,146 --> 00:05:59,026 Speaker 1: say you can't take any account for it. Let's listen 113 00:05:59,906 --> 00:06:02,266 Speaker 1: to what Zach Wilson said when reporters asked him if 114 00:06:02,266 --> 00:06:04,706 Speaker 1: he put the burden on himself as an offense though. 115 00:06:04,746 --> 00:06:06,106 Speaker 1: I mean, when you guys are only able to score 116 00:06:06,146 --> 00:06:08,146 Speaker 1: three once the defense only lets up three points, I mean, 117 00:06:08,186 --> 00:06:09,906 Speaker 1: do you do you feel like you let the defense 118 00:06:09,946 --> 00:06:13,586 Speaker 1: down at all? So now what, Well, I'm going to 119 00:06:13,666 --> 00:06:16,346 Speaker 1: just go through the machinations of all this. You've got 120 00:06:16,346 --> 00:06:19,546 Speaker 1: this young quarterback and here's what's happening. The Jets are 121 00:06:19,586 --> 00:06:21,506 Speaker 1: a lot better than they expected to be. I could 122 00:06:21,546 --> 00:06:23,706 Speaker 1: tell you this from conversations with not only Salo, but 123 00:06:23,746 --> 00:06:25,706 Speaker 1: with the front office and the ownership. I don't think 124 00:06:25,746 --> 00:06:28,026 Speaker 1: they ever expected to be six and four going into 125 00:06:28,066 --> 00:06:33,506 Speaker 1: Thanksgiving week. Their expectations have exceeded even their wildest dreams. 126 00:06:33,626 --> 00:06:37,786 Speaker 1: So that's from internally. But with that now suddenly everybody 127 00:06:37,826 --> 00:06:42,146 Speaker 1: needs to pull their weight. This defense is incredible. This 128 00:06:42,306 --> 00:06:46,026 Speaker 1: front four is marvelous Mosley, It's playing like an all 129 00:06:46,066 --> 00:06:49,586 Speaker 1: pro linebacker. Sauce Gardner might be the best corner in 130 00:06:49,586 --> 00:06:52,186 Speaker 1: football this year. I mean this is not me being 131 00:06:51,666 --> 00:06:56,666 Speaker 1: exaggerating or hyperbole. That's how good the Jets defense is. Also, 132 00:06:57,066 --> 00:07:00,506 Speaker 1: their offensive line is playing well. Their wide receivers are 133 00:07:00,586 --> 00:07:03,146 Speaker 1: playing well. When you see both Elijah Moore and Garrett 134 00:07:03,146 --> 00:07:05,946 Speaker 1: Wilson talking a little bit after the game or on 135 00:07:05,986 --> 00:07:10,946 Speaker 1: social media, this is where my you know, my eyebrows 136 00:07:10,986 --> 00:07:14,146 Speaker 1: get raised. And for Wilson to come across as tone deaf, 137 00:07:14,146 --> 00:07:19,666 Speaker 1: For Wilson to be the weak link right now, even 138 00:07:19,786 --> 00:07:23,186 Speaker 1: this week of Salah having to debate whether he's the 139 00:07:23,186 --> 00:07:26,106 Speaker 1: guy or not doing that publicly, I would like to 140 00:07:26,146 --> 00:07:28,346 Speaker 1: think that would either a light of fire or be 141 00:07:28,586 --> 00:07:30,906 Speaker 1: bring something out of Zach Wilson that we have not 142 00:07:31,066 --> 00:07:35,426 Speaker 1: seen at this point. I would say he's, if not 143 00:07:35,466 --> 00:07:41,266 Speaker 1: the worst, he's the most disappointing quarterback that we have 144 00:07:41,386 --> 00:07:44,226 Speaker 1: on the field this season. That includes Russell Wilson, Derek Carr, 145 00:07:44,226 --> 00:07:46,626 Speaker 1: all the guys that we know. I thought, at the 146 00:07:46,826 --> 00:07:50,266 Speaker 1: very least we would see some sort of jump. So 147 00:07:50,306 --> 00:07:52,746 Speaker 1: what now. I think the Jets have a few days 148 00:07:52,786 --> 00:07:54,346 Speaker 1: as we record this on Tuesday. I don't think they're 149 00:07:54,346 --> 00:07:56,266 Speaker 1: going to announce anything on Tuesday or Wednesday that gives 150 00:07:56,306 --> 00:07:59,546 Speaker 1: him no strategic advantage. I wouldn't be shocked if he 151 00:07:59,586 --> 00:08:01,706 Speaker 1: was benched. I wouldn't be shocked if he was benched, 152 00:08:01,786 --> 00:08:06,666 Speaker 1: even for just one week or whatever. That performance and 153 00:08:06,706 --> 00:08:08,746 Speaker 1: it wasn't just the punt return, and I know, you know, 154 00:08:08,906 --> 00:08:10,906 Speaker 1: Brent Boyer, the special teams coach, is gonna wear that, 155 00:08:11,066 --> 00:08:13,626 Speaker 1: and of course Sala's gonna wear that. What are we doing? 156 00:08:13,706 --> 00:08:16,066 Speaker 1: And you know New York fans remember Matt Dodge kicking 157 00:08:16,066 --> 00:08:18,146 Speaker 1: it to the Shawn Jackson and I think twenty ten 158 00:08:18,506 --> 00:08:20,506 Speaker 1: and he returns it and everyone you know, Matt Dodge, 159 00:08:20,506 --> 00:08:22,146 Speaker 1: I don't think ever punted it again in the NFL 160 00:08:22,226 --> 00:08:25,666 Speaker 1: after that. I don't blame the Jet Special teams. They've 161 00:08:25,666 --> 00:08:29,146 Speaker 1: been good all season. The third and one pass that 162 00:08:29,306 --> 00:08:31,706 Speaker 1: Wilson had and he had a wide open man over 163 00:08:31,746 --> 00:08:34,506 Speaker 1: the middle, and that's fine. But to throw a check 164 00:08:34,626 --> 00:08:37,226 Speaker 1: down behind the sticks on third and one in that 165 00:08:37,386 --> 00:08:40,146 Speaker 1: situation in the fourth quarter in a three to three game, 166 00:08:41,066 --> 00:08:44,266 Speaker 1: that to me shows a lack of awareness, a lack 167 00:08:44,306 --> 00:08:46,906 Speaker 1: of courage, a lot of stuff just and then after 168 00:08:46,986 --> 00:08:51,346 Speaker 1: the game, the Blase response, I think really rubbed people wrong. 169 00:08:51,706 --> 00:08:53,346 Speaker 1: New York's a different media market. You might be able 170 00:08:53,386 --> 00:08:55,266 Speaker 1: to get away with that stuff, and some of these 171 00:08:55,306 --> 00:08:58,386 Speaker 1: other markets, not New York. It's been the story all day, 172 00:08:58,466 --> 00:09:00,986 Speaker 1: all week, and my point about the team being better 173 00:09:01,066 --> 00:09:04,986 Speaker 1: than they expected to be. At some point the defense says, 174 00:09:05,946 --> 00:09:08,586 Speaker 1: what the hell like, we're playing our butts off. And 175 00:09:08,626 --> 00:09:10,386 Speaker 1: I've seen it. The Giants used to have this when 176 00:09:10,426 --> 00:09:13,866 Speaker 1: Strahan's defense would be so good, and you know, the 177 00:09:13,946 --> 00:09:16,346 Speaker 1: Giants offense would be an emic, and you'd hear about 178 00:09:16,346 --> 00:09:19,226 Speaker 1: these like rifts in the locker room. And then eventually 179 00:09:19,346 --> 00:09:22,346 Speaker 1: the offense, you know, came alive and this team can flourish. 180 00:09:22,466 --> 00:09:26,266 Speaker 1: Like That's just one example. There's so many others. But gosh, 181 00:09:26,506 --> 00:09:29,906 Speaker 1: what conundrum for them for a team that I don't 182 00:09:29,906 --> 00:09:32,386 Speaker 1: think expected to be going anywhere they're in Thanksgiving week. 183 00:09:32,426 --> 00:09:34,146 Speaker 1: They're now in last place in the AFC East, when 184 00:09:34,146 --> 00:09:35,586 Speaker 1: if they had won, they'd be in first place in 185 00:09:35,586 --> 00:09:38,226 Speaker 1: AFC East and there the true crossroads, and they might 186 00:09:38,266 --> 00:09:40,066 Speaker 1: be benching the number two overall pick. And if they 187 00:09:40,106 --> 00:09:41,866 Speaker 1: do bench them, I don't think it's the worst thing 188 00:09:41,906 --> 00:09:44,186 Speaker 1: to happen for either the Jets or Zach Wilson. I 189 00:09:44,266 --> 00:09:45,826 Speaker 1: would also say I don't think it's the last of 190 00:09:45,866 --> 00:09:48,186 Speaker 1: them if he does get replaced this week. All right? 191 00:09:48,466 --> 00:09:51,986 Speaker 1: Second down? Last night on Monday Night football, forty nine 192 00:09:52,066 --> 00:09:55,586 Speaker 1: Ers blew out the Cardinals in Mexico City. Is this 193 00:09:55,866 --> 00:09:58,706 Speaker 1: the forty nine Ers finally finding their groove? Is this 194 00:09:58,906 --> 00:10:03,066 Speaker 1: just the Cardinals being a bad team? You know which 195 00:10:03,146 --> 00:10:06,226 Speaker 1: trajectory are we're paying attention to here? Yeah? I think 196 00:10:06,426 --> 00:10:08,506 Speaker 1: the rest of the league took notice that, Oh no, no, no, 197 00:10:08,626 --> 00:10:10,066 Speaker 1: this is not what we wanted to forty nine ers 198 00:10:10,106 --> 00:10:13,586 Speaker 1: to get hot again around Thanksgiving and go on there run. 199 00:10:13,626 --> 00:10:16,786 Speaker 1: This is what they do historically under Kyle Shanahan. They 200 00:10:16,826 --> 00:10:19,546 Speaker 1: start slow out of the gate, then they start cobbling 201 00:10:19,586 --> 00:10:22,706 Speaker 1: things together, and then they hit their stride in November December. 202 00:10:23,066 --> 00:10:25,106 Speaker 1: I remember a couple of years back they started off hot. 203 00:10:25,146 --> 00:10:26,346 Speaker 1: They were like, hey, you know, they lost to the 204 00:10:26,386 --> 00:10:29,226 Speaker 1: Seahawks on a Monday night game in overtime. They had 205 00:10:29,266 --> 00:10:32,226 Speaker 1: this like stretch where they had to go to Baltimore 206 00:10:32,266 --> 00:10:34,426 Speaker 1: in the pouring rain and then go to New Orleans, 207 00:10:34,706 --> 00:10:36,586 Speaker 1: and I think they lost the Baltimore game, but like 208 00:10:36,666 --> 00:10:38,666 Speaker 1: played tough, and then they went to New Orleans and 209 00:10:38,786 --> 00:10:43,226 Speaker 1: Jimmy g a national TV like lit up the Saints 210 00:10:43,306 --> 00:10:45,386 Speaker 1: defense and he was throwing them all over the yard 211 00:10:45,466 --> 00:10:47,946 Speaker 1: to everyone and most start was scoring touchdowns and Emmanuel 212 00:10:47,946 --> 00:10:51,346 Speaker 1: Sanders was scoring touchdowns and it was like, Okay, this 213 00:10:51,706 --> 00:10:53,746 Speaker 1: is the team. And that team obviously went on to 214 00:10:53,826 --> 00:10:56,226 Speaker 1: play in a Super Bowl. Last year, the same kind 215 00:10:56,266 --> 00:10:58,626 Speaker 1: of thing happened late in the season. They start rattling 216 00:10:58,666 --> 00:11:00,866 Speaker 1: off wins, they get to the playoffs, and they established 217 00:11:00,866 --> 00:11:04,586 Speaker 1: themselves as this tough, hard nosed team. This year's identity 218 00:11:04,706 --> 00:11:06,746 Speaker 1: has taken a few weeks to figure itself out. But 219 00:11:06,946 --> 00:11:09,706 Speaker 1: last night, I don't care if that's the seventy eight 220 00:11:09,746 --> 00:11:11,666 Speaker 1: Steelers on the other side of the ball, You've got 221 00:11:12,106 --> 00:11:14,666 Speaker 1: hit all as tough as nails. You've got a UK 222 00:11:14,786 --> 00:11:18,266 Speaker 1: who's throwing blocks but also making plays. You've got Debo 223 00:11:18,466 --> 00:11:20,626 Speaker 1: everywhere all over the field. You've got used check all 224 00:11:20,626 --> 00:11:22,226 Speaker 1: over the field. And then you've got the two running 225 00:11:22,266 --> 00:11:25,706 Speaker 1: backs and all of a sudden, a resurgent Elijah Mitchell. 226 00:11:25,706 --> 00:11:27,426 Speaker 1: I think everyone dropped them from their fantasy team. We're like, 227 00:11:27,426 --> 00:11:29,826 Speaker 1: all right, McCaffrey's the guy. And no, no, no. If 228 00:11:29,826 --> 00:11:31,746 Speaker 1: you know Kyle Shanahan, you know you never dropped those 229 00:11:31,786 --> 00:11:33,746 Speaker 1: running backs because he's gonna use all of them. And 230 00:11:33,826 --> 00:11:36,586 Speaker 1: then of course McCaffrey. And then the biggest story to me, 231 00:11:36,586 --> 00:11:39,306 Speaker 1: it was Jimmy G. Jimmy G was dialed in four touchdowns, 232 00:11:39,506 --> 00:11:43,106 Speaker 1: looked good. No, the Cardinals defense is not gonna be 233 00:11:43,226 --> 00:11:45,666 Speaker 1: mistaken for the two thousand Ravens anytime soon. But the 234 00:11:45,746 --> 00:11:48,426 Speaker 1: Cardinals defense has won some games. They played well last week, 235 00:11:48,546 --> 00:11:52,906 Speaker 1: They've played fine. I mean, they're not some total pushover. 236 00:11:53,426 --> 00:11:57,226 Speaker 1: And to see runs on eight nine yards a clip. 237 00:11:57,946 --> 00:12:01,266 Speaker 1: That offensive line is no joke. Trent Williams is no joke. 238 00:12:01,786 --> 00:12:04,826 Speaker 1: And in a wide open NFC, and I'm talking like 239 00:12:04,986 --> 00:12:09,666 Speaker 1: Packers lose again, Rams lose again. Vikings after a week 240 00:12:09,746 --> 00:12:11,386 Speaker 1: of all of us saying the Vikings don't get enough 241 00:12:11,426 --> 00:12:13,546 Speaker 1: respect to get the doors went off from at home. 242 00:12:14,866 --> 00:12:16,906 Speaker 1: You go right down the list. Are the Eagles and 243 00:12:16,906 --> 00:12:19,786 Speaker 1: anything you're scared of right now? Are there the Cowboys? 244 00:12:19,866 --> 00:12:21,066 Speaker 1: The team that we saw this week or the one 245 00:12:21,106 --> 00:12:24,466 Speaker 1: that gave him a fourteen point lead? And you go 246 00:12:24,626 --> 00:12:27,226 Speaker 1: right down the list of everybody. Is there any team 247 00:12:27,266 --> 00:12:31,786 Speaker 1: you'd rather face less than the forty nine ers right now? 248 00:12:32,186 --> 00:12:34,346 Speaker 1: And here, Aaron is the interesting thing because I got 249 00:12:34,386 --> 00:12:37,106 Speaker 1: tweeted this and I'd love the listeners and I want 250 00:12:37,146 --> 00:12:41,666 Speaker 1: your thoughts on this too. Jimmy G is the quarterback 251 00:12:41,746 --> 00:12:44,306 Speaker 1: and they're doing exactly what Jimmy G does. He's gonna, 252 00:12:44,386 --> 00:12:46,706 Speaker 1: he's gonna make his plays, but he's you know, not gonna. 253 00:12:47,026 --> 00:12:49,106 Speaker 1: You're not using his legs. And it's all right now. 254 00:12:49,146 --> 00:12:53,906 Speaker 1: I got McCaffrey, if you had given trade lance ten 255 00:12:54,026 --> 00:12:56,786 Speaker 1: weeks like they have right down to kind of get 256 00:12:56,866 --> 00:12:58,826 Speaker 1: in the groove and get his thing going. If you've 257 00:12:58,866 --> 00:13:01,466 Speaker 1: given trade lance, Christian McCaffrey, if you're given trade lance, 258 00:13:02,346 --> 00:13:04,906 Speaker 1: is this offense even more dynamic or are they better 259 00:13:05,026 --> 00:13:07,186 Speaker 1: off that? Hey, it all worked out right. Jimmy G's 260 00:13:07,186 --> 00:13:09,866 Speaker 1: the quarterback. They're six and four going into Thanksgiving. What's 261 00:13:09,906 --> 00:13:11,946 Speaker 1: your thoughts on that, because I personally am like, I 262 00:13:11,986 --> 00:13:13,346 Speaker 1: don't know. I just think Trey Lance need to get 263 00:13:13,346 --> 00:13:15,266 Speaker 1: through September and October and then it would be like, 264 00:13:15,626 --> 00:13:17,386 Speaker 1: all right, he's got his confidence. We would know one 265 00:13:17,386 --> 00:13:18,666 Speaker 1: way or the other, and then you could always bench 266 00:13:18,746 --> 00:13:20,826 Speaker 1: him for Jimmy g But Trey Lance could run, and 267 00:13:20,866 --> 00:13:22,906 Speaker 1: they were they were running him, and he was running 268 00:13:22,906 --> 00:13:25,746 Speaker 1: the wheels off of him in the first couple drives 269 00:13:25,786 --> 00:13:28,026 Speaker 1: there against the Bears, and like then the injury happens 270 00:13:28,066 --> 00:13:30,306 Speaker 1: and you're like, ah, but I don't know what this 271 00:13:30,386 --> 00:13:32,226 Speaker 1: offense would have looked like if Trey Lance was there. 272 00:13:32,226 --> 00:13:34,706 Speaker 1: It might have been even scarier. Yeah, I mean I 273 00:13:34,826 --> 00:13:38,026 Speaker 1: wish I don't remember the exact number, but there's whatever 274 00:13:38,106 --> 00:13:41,146 Speaker 1: the stat of how many passes he's made in his 275 00:13:41,266 --> 00:13:43,426 Speaker 1: career Trey Lance, because he didn't even play a ton 276 00:13:43,506 --> 00:13:46,306 Speaker 1: in college, he's he's got like some of the least 277 00:13:46,386 --> 00:13:50,426 Speaker 1: experience out of any of the starting quarterbacks. In quotes 278 00:13:50,626 --> 00:13:53,026 Speaker 1: like depending on whether or not we think he's a starter, 279 00:13:54,506 --> 00:13:58,746 Speaker 1: but after watching the Bears and seeing Justin Fields elevate 280 00:13:58,786 --> 00:14:02,066 Speaker 1: the entire offense just purely off his running ability and 281 00:14:02,186 --> 00:14:05,626 Speaker 1: like a couple excitement. Yeah yeah, and how like he 282 00:14:05,706 --> 00:14:08,946 Speaker 1: were saying like that, you know that fan base is 283 00:14:09,106 --> 00:14:13,306 Speaker 1: energized by justin fields even if they're losing, it'd be 284 00:14:13,386 --> 00:14:18,346 Speaker 1: pretty amazing. And like, yeah, if if any passer has 285 00:14:18,466 --> 00:14:22,066 Speaker 1: the safety valve of CMC and then also can go 286 00:14:22,146 --> 00:14:25,106 Speaker 1: over the top to Kittle or a Uk or Debo. 287 00:14:25,226 --> 00:14:27,906 Speaker 1: I mean the fact that, like when you were listening 288 00:14:27,946 --> 00:14:31,266 Speaker 1: off their offensive weapons, you didn't even mention CMC by name. 289 00:14:31,826 --> 00:14:35,426 Speaker 1: That's how stay Yeah, it's it's and here's the thing. 290 00:14:35,746 --> 00:14:37,906 Speaker 1: We're gonna be in the same position this offseason. Now, Jimmy, 291 00:14:37,946 --> 00:14:39,906 Speaker 1: she's not under contract. He's going to be a free agent. 292 00:14:40,026 --> 00:14:42,746 Speaker 1: But it's like all those guys are coming back from 293 00:14:42,746 --> 00:14:44,146 Speaker 1: what I don't have the contracts in front of me, 294 00:14:44,146 --> 00:14:45,986 Speaker 1: but mcafre, I know is there for at least another year. 295 00:14:46,106 --> 00:14:48,826 Speaker 1: I know Debo just signed his extension. I think Kittle's 296 00:14:48,866 --> 00:14:50,866 Speaker 1: there under under contract. I know they signed a new 297 00:14:50,906 --> 00:14:52,866 Speaker 1: one with him recently. Use check. I think is they're like, 298 00:14:53,466 --> 00:14:55,826 Speaker 1: I don't know. To me, it's Jimmy Gee's going to 299 00:14:55,826 --> 00:14:57,226 Speaker 1: take them wherever he takes him. They might win a 300 00:14:57,266 --> 00:14:58,786 Speaker 1: Super Bowl and then it's like a decision has to 301 00:14:58,826 --> 00:15:02,346 Speaker 1: be made. But Trey Lance's conversation is not going away. 302 00:15:02,666 --> 00:15:05,186 Speaker 1: And I just see them playing against the Cardinals last night, 303 00:15:05,426 --> 00:15:07,426 Speaker 1: you know, I think it was like so at one 304 00:15:07,466 --> 00:15:11,026 Speaker 1: point it's just you know, Elijah Mitchell nine yards debo 305 00:15:11,146 --> 00:15:14,066 Speaker 1: on a pitch eight yards Kittle just it's all right, 306 00:15:14,106 --> 00:15:16,186 Speaker 1: And now imagine a mobile quarterback who can do that 307 00:15:16,266 --> 00:15:18,426 Speaker 1: stuff too. It's something to consider, all right, what's the 308 00:15:18,506 --> 00:15:21,266 Speaker 1: third down before we leave second down? There's a I 309 00:15:21,346 --> 00:15:24,146 Speaker 1: saw a tweet the other night from Jay Gray Jets 310 00:15:24,426 --> 00:15:28,026 Speaker 1: that was Jimmy g had as many touchdown passes last 311 00:15:28,146 --> 00:15:30,906 Speaker 1: night as Zach Wilson had on the season. Yeah. No, 312 00:15:31,226 --> 00:15:34,306 Speaker 1: Zach Wilson's stuff is brutal, bro Like, there's no there's 313 00:15:34,386 --> 00:15:37,786 Speaker 1: no stat that's gonna be the contrarian take on this. 314 00:15:37,906 --> 00:15:41,386 Speaker 1: And as much as Jets fans, you know, are are 315 00:15:41,506 --> 00:15:44,146 Speaker 1: beaten up Zach Wilson this week, like there's a tough, 316 00:15:44,386 --> 00:15:46,106 Speaker 1: tough place to the other side of that aisle and 317 00:15:46,186 --> 00:15:48,986 Speaker 1: be like, hey, just be patient. I don't see it yet, 318 00:15:49,066 --> 00:15:51,026 Speaker 1: and I feel for the kid, but I don't even know, 319 00:15:51,066 --> 00:15:53,146 Speaker 1: I mean, based on his I don't even know if 320 00:15:53,186 --> 00:15:54,666 Speaker 1: he's stealing it, like that's the thing. I think that's 321 00:15:54,706 --> 00:15:56,586 Speaker 1: what that's Jets fans the most. You know, we just 322 00:15:56,666 --> 00:15:58,186 Speaker 1: want you to wear it. We want you to we 323 00:15:58,266 --> 00:15:59,746 Speaker 1: want you to feel it like we do. We're fans. 324 00:15:59,786 --> 00:16:01,666 Speaker 1: We've been watching this for for thirty years. And it's 325 00:16:01,746 --> 00:16:04,946 Speaker 1: you know, him just being like, all right, I don't 326 00:16:04,946 --> 00:16:08,746 Speaker 1: know if that that rough people wrong? All right, third down? Odell? 327 00:16:09,386 --> 00:16:12,506 Speaker 1: He was watching the Cowboys game. The news now is 328 00:16:12,946 --> 00:16:17,386 Speaker 1: Cowboys Giants. Maybe what are you hearing about? Odell? It's 329 00:16:17,586 --> 00:16:20,426 Speaker 1: it's amazing that there are thirty two teams that play football. 330 00:16:20,666 --> 00:16:23,826 Speaker 1: There are sixty something players on each one of those teams. 331 00:16:23,906 --> 00:16:26,906 Speaker 1: There's a coaching staff of twenty guys and gals. There's 332 00:16:26,946 --> 00:16:30,186 Speaker 1: a front office for every team, there's owners for every team. 333 00:16:30,306 --> 00:16:34,186 Speaker 1: There's there's international games, and O'Dell is still one of 334 00:16:34,226 --> 00:16:37,066 Speaker 1: the hottest topics. He hasn't played a single snap this season. 335 00:16:37,226 --> 00:16:40,186 Speaker 1: It's really an interesting deal. I see Domackinsue joined the 336 00:16:40,306 --> 00:16:43,106 Speaker 1: Eagles and like just be thrown right into the lineup 337 00:16:43,146 --> 00:16:45,946 Speaker 1: and play, and it's like, Okay, I guess that might 338 00:16:45,986 --> 00:16:48,106 Speaker 1: be a new thing here where Odell is not going 339 00:16:48,186 --> 00:16:50,906 Speaker 1: to sign with the team, till after Thanksgiving. I think 340 00:16:50,906 --> 00:16:53,826 Speaker 1: he's gonna make a pro rated contract that's pretty good 341 00:16:53,906 --> 00:16:55,826 Speaker 1: no matter where he signs. I would think he's gonna 342 00:16:55,866 --> 00:16:58,826 Speaker 1: make like four or five million dollars for probably six 343 00:16:58,946 --> 00:17:01,186 Speaker 1: or seven regular season games and then the playoff run, 344 00:17:01,266 --> 00:17:06,106 Speaker 1: which is incredible coming off his second straight major knee injury. 345 00:17:06,986 --> 00:17:14,146 Speaker 1: I'm hearing how Boys, Giants, and Bills as still a possibility, 346 00:17:14,546 --> 00:17:18,066 Speaker 1: as still a possibility that von Miller and him are 347 00:17:18,146 --> 00:17:21,506 Speaker 1: so tight that they talk, you know, if not daily weekly, 348 00:17:22,026 --> 00:17:24,186 Speaker 1: and that still might be in the mix. And Brandon 349 00:17:24,266 --> 00:17:27,386 Speaker 1: Beans has shown already at the trade deadline and also 350 00:17:27,466 --> 00:17:30,426 Speaker 1: in free agency that he's not scared to pull the trigger. 351 00:17:30,746 --> 00:17:32,586 Speaker 1: The Giants thing, I don't get, and I know a 352 00:17:32,666 --> 00:17:34,946 Speaker 1: lot of Giants fans want it, especially they lost another 353 00:17:35,026 --> 00:17:37,946 Speaker 1: wide receiver to injury this week. I just are that 354 00:17:38,306 --> 00:17:40,466 Speaker 1: it's a half deer rental and they decally need a 355 00:17:40,506 --> 00:17:43,386 Speaker 1: wide receiver, and it would be a great story Odell 356 00:17:43,466 --> 00:17:47,906 Speaker 1: coming home based on the way things ended. I don't 357 00:17:48,066 --> 00:17:50,426 Speaker 1: I don't know if that's what the Giants need to 358 00:17:50,466 --> 00:17:51,986 Speaker 1: get over the top. I don't know if I see 359 00:17:51,986 --> 00:17:56,466 Speaker 1: the Giants as a place that he would necessarily want 360 00:17:56,546 --> 00:17:59,826 Speaker 1: to go based on their offense and how that thing 361 00:17:59,986 --> 00:18:02,706 Speaker 1: is bill and really their lack of experience in January, 362 00:18:02,746 --> 00:18:04,706 Speaker 1: I think O'Dell wants to win a ring. He won 363 00:18:04,826 --> 00:18:06,586 Speaker 1: one rast year. I think he wants to win another one. 364 00:18:07,226 --> 00:18:10,506 Speaker 1: And to me, Buffalo and Dallas make a lot of sense. 365 00:18:11,586 --> 00:18:14,466 Speaker 1: How ironic that the Cowboys are playing the Giants on 366 00:18:14,666 --> 00:18:17,626 Speaker 1: Thanksgiving and the winner might be the one that O'Dell 367 00:18:17,746 --> 00:18:19,746 Speaker 1: just says, you know what, I'm hitching my wagon to them. 368 00:18:19,986 --> 00:18:21,906 Speaker 1: I would also say this, I think I mentioned it earlier. 369 00:18:23,106 --> 00:18:25,706 Speaker 1: If you watch Michael Gallup this season, if you watch 370 00:18:27,226 --> 00:18:32,386 Speaker 1: Chris Godwin this season, be patient thinking you're getting Odell Beckham, 371 00:18:32,626 --> 00:18:34,786 Speaker 1: you know, twenty sixteen. If he gets on the field, 372 00:18:34,826 --> 00:18:37,146 Speaker 1: he might take a while before he gets going. But 373 00:18:37,226 --> 00:18:39,626 Speaker 1: that's okay as long as they have him. Buy that 374 00:18:39,746 --> 00:18:44,866 Speaker 1: playoff run. My money's on Buffalo or the Cowboys. I'd 375 00:18:44,906 --> 00:18:47,346 Speaker 1: be shocked if he if he's a Giant. And yet again, 376 00:18:47,626 --> 00:18:49,986 Speaker 1: shocking has been the theme of the whole season. All right, 377 00:18:50,146 --> 00:18:52,826 Speaker 1: fourth down, Who do you want to shout out this week? Yeah? 378 00:18:52,866 --> 00:18:55,586 Speaker 1: I gotta shout out Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelsey. Yeah, 379 00:18:56,746 --> 00:19:03,386 Speaker 1: Kelsey's thirty three and He's got as good at numbers 380 00:19:03,466 --> 00:19:05,866 Speaker 1: as any skill position player in the league. This season 381 00:19:06,186 --> 00:19:08,066 Speaker 1: may be short of Justin Jefferson, but even then, if 382 00:19:08,106 --> 00:19:10,146 Speaker 1: you consider what he does with the tight end spot, 383 00:19:11,106 --> 00:19:16,866 Speaker 1: Kelsey is unbelievable and Mahomes has never lost like a 384 00:19:17,066 --> 00:19:19,346 Speaker 1: road game in the division. There's crazy stuff, but the 385 00:19:19,386 --> 00:19:21,346 Speaker 1: two of them. Is there a way to have co 386 00:19:21,586 --> 00:19:25,986 Speaker 1: MVPs this season? Like it's funny because we break our 387 00:19:26,026 --> 00:19:28,466 Speaker 1: backs to be like, well, maybe this is the year 388 00:19:28,546 --> 00:19:30,946 Speaker 1: Michael Parsons is the MVP, or maybe this is a 389 00:19:31,066 --> 00:19:34,506 Speaker 1: non quarterback year and Justin Jefferson's r MVP, or you 390 00:19:34,666 --> 00:19:36,226 Speaker 1: try to make this two a case, which a lot 391 00:19:36,346 --> 00:19:38,866 Speaker 1: have been making, and we'll see how that goes. But like, 392 00:19:39,506 --> 00:19:41,986 Speaker 1: what are we doing? Mahomes is the best player every 393 00:19:41,986 --> 00:19:44,906 Speaker 1: single time he walks on the field, and Travis Kelsey 394 00:19:45,026 --> 00:19:46,746 Speaker 1: might be the second best player every time he walks 395 00:19:46,746 --> 00:19:49,626 Speaker 1: on the field. Those two guys together, it's amazing what 396 00:19:49,706 --> 00:19:51,586 Speaker 1: they did on Sunday night. I never doubted the Chiefs 397 00:19:51,586 --> 00:19:53,506 Speaker 1: were winning that game, And I know that sounds arrogant 398 00:19:53,626 --> 00:19:55,666 Speaker 1: or scubris, but like, as long as there was time 399 00:19:55,746 --> 00:20:00,226 Speaker 1: left on the clock, Mahomes was finding Kelsey then no Juju. 400 00:20:00,706 --> 00:20:05,466 Speaker 1: They had no Clyde Edwards. Hilaire hard Man is out, 401 00:20:05,946 --> 00:20:09,026 Speaker 1: he's gone on. You know, two plays in, Kadarius Tony 402 00:20:09,066 --> 00:20:10,946 Speaker 1: does the Kadarius Tony thing. He's out with an injury, 403 00:20:11,786 --> 00:20:14,866 Speaker 1: and it's like, don't worry, We've got We've got Fortson 404 00:20:15,146 --> 00:20:20,146 Speaker 1: and Watson and Gray and Skymore made a huge third 405 00:20:20,226 --> 00:20:23,186 Speaker 1: down conversion and then in the end it's like, gimme Kelsey, 406 00:20:23,266 --> 00:20:26,226 Speaker 1: gimme Kelsey, gimme Kelsey. I also thought the defense stepped up. 407 00:20:26,266 --> 00:20:28,226 Speaker 1: Defense had a great day. Willie kay was over the field. 408 00:20:28,306 --> 00:20:31,506 Speaker 1: My guy Boltland was all over the field. Chiefs are 409 00:20:31,626 --> 00:20:33,786 Speaker 1: really fun to watch. They're really hard to root against. 410 00:20:34,026 --> 00:20:39,026 Speaker 1: And you know, the Chargers were again noble and valiant 411 00:20:39,106 --> 00:20:40,786 Speaker 1: in a lot of ways and what they were able 412 00:20:40,826 --> 00:20:42,746 Speaker 1: to do and come back from being down. But like 413 00:20:42,906 --> 00:20:44,826 Speaker 1: it's just never gonna be enough. If Mahomes is the 414 00:20:44,866 --> 00:20:46,866 Speaker 1: ball was any time left. I'm gonna make this argument 415 00:20:47,466 --> 00:20:50,026 Speaker 1: Mahomes is the MVP, and it reminds me of Michael 416 00:20:50,106 --> 00:20:53,546 Speaker 1: Jordan in the nineties when I specifically recall, you know, 417 00:20:53,666 --> 00:20:55,866 Speaker 1: Charles Barkley won the ninety three MVP award. I think 418 00:20:55,906 --> 00:21:00,786 Speaker 1: Carmelo won the Night seven MVP Award. The league would 419 00:21:00,826 --> 00:21:02,946 Speaker 1: try they would try to push these other guys and 420 00:21:03,066 --> 00:21:06,266 Speaker 1: like that's the equivalent of, hey, yeah, but look what 421 00:21:06,546 --> 00:21:09,146 Speaker 1: two is doing, or hey, maybe we can make a 422 00:21:09,666 --> 00:21:12,826 Speaker 1: strange argument that a defensive player should be the thing. 423 00:21:12,866 --> 00:21:14,506 Speaker 1: And this is the year that it's like Lawrence Taylor 424 00:21:14,546 --> 00:21:17,306 Speaker 1: and eighty six. No no, no, no, right now cast 425 00:21:17,346 --> 00:21:19,746 Speaker 1: the ballot, it's Mahomes And if it's not Mahomes on 426 00:21:19,826 --> 00:21:23,626 Speaker 1: I put Kelsey Aaron. I want to give a shout 427 00:21:23,626 --> 00:21:26,506 Speaker 1: out to t J. Watt. I talk about it. You know, 428 00:21:26,626 --> 00:21:28,746 Speaker 1: last week we had the Justin Jefferson catch and you 429 00:21:28,866 --> 00:21:33,866 Speaker 1: made the argument that that ketch was more in context 430 00:21:34,026 --> 00:21:37,146 Speaker 1: more important than the OBJ sideline catch and the t J. 431 00:21:37,306 --> 00:21:41,786 Speaker 1: Watt interception was not contextually important. The Steelers lost to 432 00:21:41,826 --> 00:21:45,346 Speaker 1: the Bengals, but I like shrieked when I saw that, 433 00:21:45,626 --> 00:21:49,146 Speaker 1: Like it's it's third quarter, Burrows trying to hit Tyler 434 00:21:49,226 --> 00:21:54,146 Speaker 1: Boyd and what like goes side like diagonally, his arms 435 00:21:54,226 --> 00:21:56,106 Speaker 1: just go up and he knocked the ball down and 436 00:21:56,186 --> 00:21:58,346 Speaker 1: he's and like you didn't think he had it at first. 437 00:21:58,706 --> 00:22:02,506 Speaker 1: It was so amazing, And that's one of my favorite 438 00:22:02,546 --> 00:22:05,906 Speaker 1: things watching football. And like really any pro sport is like, 439 00:22:06,786 --> 00:22:09,626 Speaker 1: these are people doing physical things I will never be 440 00:22:09,746 --> 00:22:13,746 Speaker 1: able to do. And just is also, I mean, like 441 00:22:14,266 --> 00:22:17,666 Speaker 1: such an incredible player. You know, he was injured for 442 00:22:17,746 --> 00:22:20,626 Speaker 1: so much of the season. I feel like he kind 443 00:22:20,666 --> 00:22:22,866 Speaker 1: of lost a little shine. He's not as getting as 444 00:22:22,946 --> 00:22:27,986 Speaker 1: much hight. Yeah, Parson, he's so good. And that interception, like, 445 00:22:28,186 --> 00:22:30,226 Speaker 1: if if anyone didn't see it, just go watch it. 446 00:22:30,306 --> 00:22:34,546 Speaker 1: It's like four seconds and it's It's my favorite thing 447 00:22:34,626 --> 00:22:37,186 Speaker 1: that's happened this year. I'm glad you mentioned it because 448 00:22:37,226 --> 00:22:39,706 Speaker 1: it happens in a in a loss, it happens in 449 00:22:39,746 --> 00:22:42,106 Speaker 1: a game that most people were watching Vikings Cowboys. It 450 00:22:42,146 --> 00:22:45,346 Speaker 1: happens in a game for a team that isn't going 451 00:22:45,426 --> 00:22:47,986 Speaker 1: anywhere this season, and yet you get this incredible feet 452 00:22:48,026 --> 00:22:50,506 Speaker 1: of athletic strength, and it's like that is the moment 453 00:22:50,586 --> 00:22:53,346 Speaker 1: why we love football and why t J. Watt is 454 00:22:53,746 --> 00:22:56,826 Speaker 1: is different than the other guys. Which would be interesting 455 00:22:56,866 --> 00:23:00,826 Speaker 1: because after our next interview, we're gonna bring in our 456 00:23:00,946 --> 00:23:03,306 Speaker 1: guy Taylor, who's going to come in and kind of 457 00:23:03,426 --> 00:23:06,266 Speaker 1: make the case for another defensive player. But to me, 458 00:23:06,586 --> 00:23:09,506 Speaker 1: I'm starting a team still Aaron Donald, It's still t 459 00:23:09,666 --> 00:23:12,226 Speaker 1: j Watt. Those are my two guys on defense. Awesome, 460 00:23:12,266 --> 00:23:14,826 Speaker 1: All right, should we head into our interview? Yeah, let's go. 461 00:23:15,106 --> 00:23:17,026 Speaker 1: Our interview this week is a great friend of mine. 462 00:23:17,066 --> 00:23:18,946 Speaker 1: I've known him for twenty years and he's about to 463 00:23:19,026 --> 00:23:21,786 Speaker 1: have one of the biggest afternoons of his life. He's 464 00:23:21,826 --> 00:23:24,706 Speaker 1: the lead play by play voice for Fox Sports, and 465 00:23:24,866 --> 00:23:27,786 Speaker 1: he is calling the Thanksgiving matchup between the Giants and 466 00:23:27,826 --> 00:23:31,186 Speaker 1: the Cowboys, a huge career accomplishment. Can't wait to welcome 467 00:23:31,226 --> 00:23:38,706 Speaker 1: in my Jersey brother Kevin Burkhart, and now the voice 468 00:23:38,706 --> 00:23:42,386 Speaker 1: you're gonna hear when the game begins between the Cowboys 469 00:23:42,466 --> 00:23:45,426 Speaker 1: and the Giants on Fox. It's his first time ever 470 00:23:45,666 --> 00:23:49,186 Speaker 1: calling a Thanksgiving football game, and I think that's maybe 471 00:23:49,186 --> 00:23:52,466 Speaker 1: the ultimate honor in play by play calling, and maybe 472 00:23:52,506 --> 00:23:54,346 Speaker 1: even beyond the Super Bowl. Considering the amount of people 473 00:23:54,386 --> 00:23:57,226 Speaker 1: are gonna be gathered around watching Cowboys Giants. I couldn't 474 00:23:57,226 --> 00:24:01,106 Speaker 1: be happier for him. Ladies and gentlemen, let's introduce Kevin Burkhart. 475 00:24:01,146 --> 00:24:04,706 Speaker 1: Can't prove what's up, Drakes? Maybe I'm good man, I'm good. 476 00:24:04,746 --> 00:24:07,186 Speaker 1: How are you doing? I'm good? I think I maybe 477 00:24:07,186 --> 00:24:08,906 Speaker 1: it just went over my skis and said Thanksgiving as 478 00:24:08,946 --> 00:24:11,226 Speaker 1: bigger than the super Bowl. You're doing both this season, 479 00:24:11,386 --> 00:24:14,826 Speaker 1: But as someone who's been hacking away at this career 480 00:24:14,946 --> 00:24:17,666 Speaker 1: for over twenty years, to be a forty eight hours 481 00:24:17,706 --> 00:24:21,626 Speaker 1: away from calling Thanksgiving Day football on Fox, what's it 482 00:24:21,706 --> 00:24:23,706 Speaker 1: mean to you? Man? No, it's it's real, And I 483 00:24:23,786 --> 00:24:25,946 Speaker 1: get what you mean, Like, you know, I look, obviously, 484 00:24:25,986 --> 00:24:27,666 Speaker 1: the whole thing's big, right, I mean, the whole the 485 00:24:27,706 --> 00:24:30,186 Speaker 1: whole job is big, and we're doing big games every week. 486 00:24:30,266 --> 00:24:32,586 Speaker 1: But you know, there were a couple on the calendar 487 00:24:32,666 --> 00:24:34,586 Speaker 1: that I thought that it might like hit me and 488 00:24:34,666 --> 00:24:36,826 Speaker 1: be like really really cool. One of them was Dallas 489 00:24:36,906 --> 00:24:40,026 Speaker 1: Green Bay, which turned out to be epic a couple 490 00:24:40,066 --> 00:24:44,026 Speaker 1: of weeks ago, you know, just because Lambo Cowboys, Packers, 491 00:24:44,106 --> 00:24:47,506 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, McCarthy back. And then so that was that 492 00:24:47,706 --> 00:24:50,666 Speaker 1: was awesome to be a part of. And then yeah, 493 00:24:51,066 --> 00:24:53,066 Speaker 1: you know, yes, the playoffs and the super Bowl will 494 00:24:53,106 --> 00:24:57,066 Speaker 1: be great. But Thanksgiving Day, man, I mean the thing 495 00:24:57,226 --> 00:24:59,146 Speaker 1: like we you know, growing up in a football family, 496 00:24:59,266 --> 00:25:02,066 Speaker 1: it was you know, it was kind of eating around 497 00:25:02,106 --> 00:25:05,506 Speaker 1: both games, right, that's your early game halftime, go through 498 00:25:05,586 --> 00:25:08,626 Speaker 1: to football in the stre eat, eat the meal between games, 499 00:25:09,146 --> 00:25:11,146 Speaker 1: you know, and then the Cowboys games on you watch that, 500 00:25:11,506 --> 00:25:13,386 Speaker 1: you know, maybe halftime you watch or maybe you go 501 00:25:13,426 --> 00:25:16,066 Speaker 1: throw the football again and then you know, you watch 502 00:25:16,146 --> 00:25:17,986 Speaker 1: the rest of the game. You have dessert after the game. 503 00:25:18,106 --> 00:25:21,306 Speaker 1: That's it, Like that was the day. Um. So I 504 00:25:21,426 --> 00:25:24,386 Speaker 1: feel like it's it's obvious it is an honor. And 505 00:25:24,666 --> 00:25:26,626 Speaker 1: because it's like, you know, you're you're in people's homes 506 00:25:26,666 --> 00:25:28,186 Speaker 1: every week, and a lot of people's homes, but I 507 00:25:28,226 --> 00:25:31,026 Speaker 1: feel like people you're really in people's homes, you know, 508 00:25:31,066 --> 00:25:34,626 Speaker 1: because you know Uncle Stevie's over and then at Buba 509 00:25:34,746 --> 00:25:36,706 Speaker 1: is over, and you know they're all kind of watching 510 00:25:36,786 --> 00:25:38,546 Speaker 1: and they're all have a glass of wine or a 511 00:25:38,626 --> 00:25:41,586 Speaker 1: warm glass of milk, whatever it is. You're kind of 512 00:25:41,626 --> 00:25:45,786 Speaker 1: like hugging everybody. So I think it's beyond awesome, man, 513 00:25:45,826 --> 00:25:47,786 Speaker 1: I really do. I'm so trying. I was trying to 514 00:25:47,786 --> 00:25:49,266 Speaker 1: go back in my head and I'm like, you know, 515 00:25:49,506 --> 00:25:51,786 Speaker 1: I'm a little younger than you, not much, but I'm 516 00:25:51,826 --> 00:25:55,466 Speaker 1: trying to think, like when what's my first Thanksgiving football memory? 517 00:25:55,506 --> 00:25:57,586 Speaker 1: I have a memory of the Leon Lett in the 518 00:25:57,706 --> 00:26:00,826 Speaker 1: snow and pize s Dayanovich missing the kick and then 519 00:26:01,266 --> 00:26:04,386 Speaker 1: you know that that was like early nineties I guess 520 00:26:04,506 --> 00:26:08,426 Speaker 1: I remember the missed toss with Bettis and Phil Luckett 521 00:26:08,466 --> 00:26:11,186 Speaker 1: and all that, but like, yeah, it's your earliest Thanksgiving 522 00:26:11,226 --> 00:26:15,546 Speaker 1: football memory, Earthfoy earliest is a good question. I mean 523 00:26:15,586 --> 00:26:18,666 Speaker 1: I remember I certainly remember the snow game with Leon 524 00:26:18,786 --> 00:26:20,866 Speaker 1: Lett of Miami, right, I mean that was I mean, 525 00:26:21,106 --> 00:26:23,186 Speaker 1: no one in Dallas. That was no sense. Why was 526 00:26:23,226 --> 00:26:25,426 Speaker 1: it snowing in Dallas. I still don't have no idea, 527 00:26:26,106 --> 00:26:29,826 Speaker 1: Like that was like totally beyond wild. I remember Randy 528 00:26:29,906 --> 00:26:34,386 Speaker 1: Moss against Dallas. That was I remember that. Um, you know, 529 00:26:34,506 --> 00:26:37,386 Speaker 1: I mostly remember Man and Summer Roll, to be completely honest, 530 00:26:37,426 --> 00:26:39,426 Speaker 1: and you know John giving out turkey legs and your 531 00:26:39,506 --> 00:26:42,226 Speaker 1: ducking legs to Emmitt Smith. I mean that's that's the 532 00:26:42,266 --> 00:26:44,586 Speaker 1: stuff that I remember, maybe more so than the games 533 00:26:44,626 --> 00:26:46,666 Speaker 1: at some point. You know, it's all the fun stuff 534 00:26:46,706 --> 00:26:48,546 Speaker 1: around it, which is why I think it's awesome. It's 535 00:26:48,746 --> 00:26:51,826 Speaker 1: it's not just the game, it's it's everything around it. 536 00:26:51,986 --> 00:26:54,506 Speaker 1: And like the holiday that you're doing it on. Let 537 00:26:54,546 --> 00:26:56,466 Speaker 1: me give you the Bingo board because j m fb 538 00:26:56,546 --> 00:26:57,946 Speaker 1: our show we did it one year and it was 539 00:26:57,986 --> 00:26:59,986 Speaker 1: like we clicked it, like perfectly. All right, you get 540 00:27:00,026 --> 00:27:03,186 Speaker 1: the Madden in summer all highlights, right, so we'll get 541 00:27:03,266 --> 00:27:06,826 Speaker 1: the target thing. Okay, we'll also get the man tory 542 00:27:07,386 --> 00:27:10,306 Speaker 1: um shot of the truck and everyone waving, right, we 543 00:27:10,386 --> 00:27:12,826 Speaker 1: getting one of the use I have to. I mean, 544 00:27:12,906 --> 00:27:15,026 Speaker 1: you're you're like you're asking me, like I've done this before. 545 00:27:15,066 --> 00:27:16,946 Speaker 1: Butever that's a staple, Like it's like, we got to 546 00:27:16,986 --> 00:27:18,946 Speaker 1: have the shot of the truck, you know, we gotta 547 00:27:18,986 --> 00:27:21,746 Speaker 1: have the Zee and Russo over director, producer waving a 548 00:27:21,786 --> 00:27:24,186 Speaker 1: low though there they are pretending they're working hard, they're 549 00:27:24,186 --> 00:27:27,586 Speaker 1: pressing something, but you know, the whole thing, you know, 550 00:27:28,066 --> 00:27:31,586 Speaker 1: get Jacobleman back there in the background, Jake, Joba Fette, 551 00:27:31,626 --> 00:27:34,026 Speaker 1: waven you get all the job lying like we'll have 552 00:27:34,146 --> 00:27:36,106 Speaker 1: We'll have Rich Gross will be there, you know, like 553 00:27:36,226 --> 00:27:38,266 Speaker 1: the whole the whole crew will be there. So you know, 554 00:27:38,386 --> 00:27:40,506 Speaker 1: it's which I think is awesome because it's like it's 555 00:27:40,546 --> 00:27:42,346 Speaker 1: such a big audience. It's nice to stay look at 556 00:27:42,346 --> 00:27:44,426 Speaker 1: all these people that work hard to make this whole 557 00:27:44,506 --> 00:27:46,306 Speaker 1: broadcast go, because it's certainly a heck of a lot 558 00:27:46,346 --> 00:27:49,066 Speaker 1: more people than us. Yeah, and I think that part 559 00:27:49,186 --> 00:27:51,626 Speaker 1: is really you get one more mandatory thing, and I 560 00:27:51,706 --> 00:27:53,866 Speaker 1: think CBS does it. I don't know what Fox does 561 00:27:53,866 --> 00:27:56,826 Speaker 1: it the ending credits after the game and you've get 562 00:27:56,946 --> 00:27:59,026 Speaker 1: you get the picture of everyone on the crew with 563 00:27:59,146 --> 00:28:00,906 Speaker 1: their family, and I always like that. I'm like, that's 564 00:28:00,906 --> 00:28:02,746 Speaker 1: a nice touch. I used to do that for CBS. 565 00:28:02,746 --> 00:28:04,346 Speaker 1: I don't know if Fox does it, but would be 566 00:28:04,426 --> 00:28:07,506 Speaker 1: like here's like Bill and Susie. You know, Bill operates 567 00:28:07,546 --> 00:28:09,946 Speaker 1: the camera, There's Susie, there's their kid, Jonathan, and there 568 00:28:09,986 --> 00:28:11,586 Speaker 1: at like Coney Island, and it's like, all right, there 569 00:28:11,626 --> 00:28:13,986 Speaker 1: they are. They're on Thanksgiving. Great, good to see them. 570 00:28:14,666 --> 00:28:16,986 Speaker 1: I just so I don't you know, we haven't gone 571 00:28:17,026 --> 00:28:19,426 Speaker 1: over a lot of stuff for the Brook Yes yet obviously, 572 00:28:19,586 --> 00:28:21,866 Speaker 1: but like I like, we played a clip of Madden 573 00:28:21,906 --> 00:28:24,226 Speaker 1: and Summer on Thanksgiving during our Giant game. It was 574 00:28:24,346 --> 00:28:27,786 Speaker 1: the LT Interception return, Yeah, nineteen eighty. I hope we 575 00:28:27,826 --> 00:28:29,586 Speaker 1: play a ton of Madden clips, Like I just I 576 00:28:30,066 --> 00:28:32,706 Speaker 1: loved it, Like it's just I eat it up, you know, constantly, 577 00:28:32,946 --> 00:28:34,906 Speaker 1: and so like I'm hoping, you know, obviously the whole 578 00:28:34,946 --> 00:28:37,786 Speaker 1: days honoring John, like all the games are on CBS 579 00:28:37,946 --> 00:28:40,506 Speaker 1: NBC two, But like, give me as many John and 580 00:28:40,586 --> 00:28:43,586 Speaker 1: Pat clips, you know, as much as I as I 581 00:28:43,706 --> 00:28:45,586 Speaker 1: love John, I love Pat just as much like it 582 00:28:45,626 --> 00:28:47,706 Speaker 1: as a play with lay guy, Like I lived from Pat, 583 00:28:47,906 --> 00:28:49,906 Speaker 1: you know, so like it's I don't know, it's special, man, 584 00:28:50,226 --> 00:28:52,426 Speaker 1: It's so cool, and I'm so happy for you. I 585 00:28:52,506 --> 00:28:54,546 Speaker 1: made it seem like you're hacking away, like you're you know, 586 00:28:54,666 --> 00:28:57,666 Speaker 1: but your career has been been awesome and you've been 587 00:28:57,786 --> 00:29:00,106 Speaker 1: rising and rising and you deserved and earned every moment 588 00:29:00,146 --> 00:29:02,946 Speaker 1: of this. As we check in at week twelve, as 589 00:29:03,026 --> 00:29:06,226 Speaker 1: the lead announcer on Fox Sports calling the NFC pack, 590 00:29:06,466 --> 00:29:09,666 Speaker 1: it's like, how's it going, man, And like how what 591 00:29:10,066 --> 00:29:12,386 Speaker 1: surprised you the most so far? Because you can always 592 00:29:12,426 --> 00:29:14,106 Speaker 1: dream of this happening, but then you get in the 593 00:29:14,186 --> 00:29:16,186 Speaker 1: thick of it and you're like, I didn't expect that 594 00:29:16,306 --> 00:29:19,906 Speaker 1: to happen. Yeah, you know, it's been awesome, man, I 595 00:29:19,986 --> 00:29:21,746 Speaker 1: mean it really has. Like you know, you when you 596 00:29:21,866 --> 00:29:23,586 Speaker 1: go into a situation like this, I mean it's like, 597 00:29:24,026 --> 00:29:26,186 Speaker 1: you know, Join Troy were there for two decades, Like 598 00:29:26,306 --> 00:29:30,386 Speaker 1: that's a long time, right, So people have long standing relationships, 599 00:29:30,506 --> 00:29:32,906 Speaker 1: and you know, we're even though I've been at Fox 600 00:29:33,026 --> 00:29:36,226 Speaker 1: for nine years and you know, Greg's was there last year, 601 00:29:36,346 --> 00:29:38,746 Speaker 1: like we're the new guys. Essentially, we're like we're the 602 00:29:38,826 --> 00:29:40,506 Speaker 1: new guys in the office, right, so you walk in, 603 00:29:40,626 --> 00:29:43,106 Speaker 1: you don't know how they're going to react to you, 604 00:29:43,226 --> 00:29:44,746 Speaker 1: or you know what they're gonna think of you, and 605 00:29:44,906 --> 00:29:46,546 Speaker 1: you know, think you're any good and all that stuff. 606 00:29:46,786 --> 00:29:50,026 Speaker 1: I mean, from day one, it was like welcome to 607 00:29:50,026 --> 00:29:52,866 Speaker 1: the family, embraced, like we love you, like the whole thing. 608 00:29:52,946 --> 00:29:54,746 Speaker 1: And I know that sounds kind of cheesy, but dude, 609 00:29:55,346 --> 00:29:57,866 Speaker 1: it's been awesome. Like it's been it felt like we've 610 00:29:57,946 --> 00:30:00,586 Speaker 1: just fit right in. I think there's been some cool symmetry. 611 00:30:00,626 --> 00:30:01,906 Speaker 1: The fact that Greg and I got to do it 612 00:30:01,946 --> 00:30:03,746 Speaker 1: together because we have such a bond, as you know, 613 00:30:03,826 --> 00:30:05,746 Speaker 1: we go back a long time and we did a 614 00:30:05,826 --> 00:30:08,186 Speaker 1: whole year together. So the fact that we kind of 615 00:30:08,266 --> 00:30:10,146 Speaker 1: kind of jump in together, I think has kind of 616 00:30:10,186 --> 00:30:13,706 Speaker 1: been fun and helped helped us both because like he 617 00:30:13,906 --> 00:30:16,106 Speaker 1: knows me really well and I know him really well, 618 00:30:16,186 --> 00:30:17,826 Speaker 1: so then it was just getting everybody else to know 619 00:30:18,106 --> 00:30:21,746 Speaker 1: us and vice versa. So you know, I don't think 620 00:30:21,786 --> 00:30:25,186 Speaker 1: there's really anything that's been super surprising. I mean, it's 621 00:30:25,226 --> 00:30:28,586 Speaker 1: just getting used to different styles of of shows, you know, 622 00:30:28,706 --> 00:30:31,026 Speaker 1: like the crew that I've been on my whole life 623 00:30:31,106 --> 00:30:34,026 Speaker 1: with Pete Mitchesky and Artie Kempner like they do a 624 00:30:34,066 --> 00:30:37,986 Speaker 1: little different show than Z and Russo doing. It's not good, 625 00:30:38,066 --> 00:30:40,706 Speaker 1: bad or in different, it's just everybody has different viewpoints 626 00:30:40,786 --> 00:30:43,146 Speaker 1: and creativity. So I think it was just getting a 627 00:30:43,146 --> 00:30:44,946 Speaker 1: little used to each other in terms of that. But 628 00:30:45,106 --> 00:30:47,546 Speaker 1: it's felt like it's felt like I worked with him 629 00:30:47,546 --> 00:30:50,466 Speaker 1: for twenty five years. I mean it's it's felt seamless, 630 00:30:50,506 --> 00:30:53,066 Speaker 1: it's felt fun and Tregs here's the reality, right, you 631 00:30:53,186 --> 00:30:55,226 Speaker 1: know this we've talked about are both of our past 632 00:30:55,306 --> 00:30:57,986 Speaker 1: and how we kind of journeyed up in this crazy industry. 633 00:30:58,066 --> 00:31:01,666 Speaker 1: Like I ain't changing, ain't how bad is out of 634 00:31:01,706 --> 00:31:04,226 Speaker 1: a word, I'm not even I mean as Jersey, I ain't. 635 00:31:04,386 --> 00:31:10,306 Speaker 1: Ain't I But I'm not gonna I'm not gonna change 636 00:31:10,346 --> 00:31:12,626 Speaker 1: like my style or who I am now. I'm not 637 00:31:12,666 --> 00:31:15,186 Speaker 1: saying I'm not open to critiques and wanting to get 638 00:31:15,266 --> 00:31:18,346 Speaker 1: better and to get coached, but by the basis of 639 00:31:18,506 --> 00:31:20,586 Speaker 1: what I do and how I do it, I'm not 640 00:31:20,666 --> 00:31:22,826 Speaker 1: going to change that now. Because I'm on like the 641 00:31:22,946 --> 00:31:25,306 Speaker 1: eight crew, I'm gonna like they liked me enough to 642 00:31:25,386 --> 00:31:26,986 Speaker 1: put me here, So I'm just gonna keep doing what 643 00:31:27,066 --> 00:31:28,946 Speaker 1: I'm doing, you know, maybe tweaks here and there, but 644 00:31:29,026 --> 00:31:32,586 Speaker 1: if I'd radically changed now, I'd be a moron. We uh, 645 00:31:32,906 --> 00:31:35,666 Speaker 1: we had lunch at the super Bowl. You came all 646 00:31:35,706 --> 00:31:37,546 Speaker 1: the way to I mean you graced me in downtown 647 00:31:37,666 --> 00:31:40,986 Speaker 1: Los Angeles at something third rate, very great, very great 648 00:31:41,066 --> 00:31:43,066 Speaker 1: Mexican place where I like, you know yet the pay 649 00:31:43,106 --> 00:31:45,626 Speaker 1: extra for quawk and you sat down there and we 650 00:31:45,706 --> 00:31:48,346 Speaker 1: were talking careers and like this was about to be 651 00:31:48,426 --> 00:31:51,866 Speaker 1: announced and we were so excited for you. But you know, 652 00:31:52,226 --> 00:31:55,106 Speaker 1: you go through all this stuff, like who'd you hear 653 00:31:55,186 --> 00:31:57,586 Speaker 1: from that when it was announced that you're gonna be 654 00:31:57,626 --> 00:32:00,226 Speaker 1: the number one guy, that maybe the listener would be like, hey, 655 00:32:00,266 --> 00:32:02,746 Speaker 1: that's pretty cool that person reached out. I heard from 656 00:32:02,786 --> 00:32:04,906 Speaker 1: a lot of people. Gosh, I mean I phone with 657 00:32:04,946 --> 00:32:06,746 Speaker 1: it was the craziest phone dame. And then I actually 658 00:32:06,786 --> 00:32:08,426 Speaker 1: like came out like that. I've ever had like just 659 00:32:08,546 --> 00:32:11,266 Speaker 1: a lot of people that, um, you know, I haven't 660 00:32:11,306 --> 00:32:13,146 Speaker 1: talked to a lot of people. I mean I heard 661 00:32:13,306 --> 00:32:15,746 Speaker 1: first I heard from Joe Buck. That was did Buck 662 00:32:15,826 --> 00:32:18,986 Speaker 1: reached out? Yeah? That was the That was the literally 663 00:32:19,146 --> 00:32:22,826 Speaker 1: the first person on my list of texts. And I 664 00:32:22,986 --> 00:32:25,146 Speaker 1: tried to get back to everyone that says a lot 665 00:32:25,186 --> 00:32:27,826 Speaker 1: about him, but also says a lot about you that 666 00:32:27,946 --> 00:32:29,746 Speaker 1: you guys had even because even when you're the number 667 00:32:29,786 --> 00:32:32,226 Speaker 1: one and number two guy, I could imagine you're not 668 00:32:32,506 --> 00:32:35,346 Speaker 1: you're not crossing paths, you're not necessarily, you know, ever 669 00:32:35,546 --> 00:32:37,146 Speaker 1: in the same place at the same time. But that's 670 00:32:37,146 --> 00:32:39,506 Speaker 1: pretty cool a Joe to do that. Yeah, it was 671 00:32:39,586 --> 00:32:41,586 Speaker 1: all like we talked to like when we talked when 672 00:32:41,626 --> 00:32:44,106 Speaker 1: he left, and we talked, you know, solo, but he 673 00:32:44,226 --> 00:32:46,186 Speaker 1: was he was the first, which I thought was amazing. 674 00:32:46,786 --> 00:32:49,826 Speaker 1: For so many people, you know, Mike Tarico reached out, 675 00:32:49,906 --> 00:32:52,306 Speaker 1: I thought, like, you know, like David Wright from the Mets, 676 00:32:52,386 --> 00:32:55,386 Speaker 1: like you know, like yeah, like really nice, like just 677 00:32:55,546 --> 00:32:58,306 Speaker 1: people being genuinely happy that I got the opportunity. I 678 00:32:58,386 --> 00:33:00,626 Speaker 1: was just so touched by it. Um so and and 679 00:33:00,866 --> 00:33:02,386 Speaker 1: and then it was just a lot of people that 680 00:33:02,506 --> 00:33:04,466 Speaker 1: I couldn't um that I hadn't seen or talk to 681 00:33:04,546 --> 00:33:07,026 Speaker 1: him a while, you know, just friends at maybe you know, 682 00:33:07,226 --> 00:33:09,466 Speaker 1: life happens, and and he hadn't heard from a long time, 683 00:33:09,506 --> 00:33:11,986 Speaker 1: people from way back even in high school. So it 684 00:33:12,186 --> 00:33:14,746 Speaker 1: was cool. Yeah, and then obviously you said you have 685 00:33:14,786 --> 00:33:17,586 Speaker 1: a connection with Greig Olsen for the listeners, take us 686 00:33:17,626 --> 00:33:20,146 Speaker 1: back how far that actually goes? When a young Kevin 687 00:33:20,226 --> 00:33:23,986 Speaker 1: Burkhart fresh pipes in the booth. Who was he covering 688 00:33:24,426 --> 00:33:27,186 Speaker 1: back in the late nineties. So my first job out 689 00:33:27,226 --> 00:33:29,586 Speaker 1: of college was going on high school football game shregs 690 00:33:29,666 --> 00:33:32,946 Speaker 1: for this little AM one thousand WAT radio station in 691 00:33:33,026 --> 00:33:37,146 Speaker 1: northern New Jersey. And Greg Olsen was the Gatorade Player 692 00:33:37,146 --> 00:33:38,826 Speaker 1: of the Year in New Jersey. His dad was the 693 00:33:38,906 --> 00:33:41,666 Speaker 1: coach for a very long time at Wayne Hills High School, 694 00:33:41,746 --> 00:33:45,066 Speaker 1: so you know, we I got to know his dad well. 695 00:33:45,186 --> 00:33:47,106 Speaker 1: I had like production meetings with his dad. We'd go 696 00:33:47,186 --> 00:33:49,986 Speaker 1: watch tape with his dad breakdown like the team and 697 00:33:50,026 --> 00:33:51,826 Speaker 1: the opponent. He would help us out and then you know, 698 00:33:52,066 --> 00:33:55,346 Speaker 1: I didn't we did different teams, but I did some 699 00:33:55,506 --> 00:33:57,666 Speaker 1: of Greg's games when he played in high school and 700 00:33:57,666 --> 00:33:59,546 Speaker 1: interviewed him a ton after games, and it was like, 701 00:33:59,666 --> 00:34:01,666 Speaker 1: you know, so he was really like the first guy 702 00:34:01,866 --> 00:34:04,106 Speaker 1: that I that I talked to an interviewed like as 703 00:34:04,146 --> 00:34:06,186 Speaker 1: a professional out of college. Like that was my first 704 00:34:06,226 --> 00:34:08,786 Speaker 1: like real job. So it's just funny, Like it's funny 705 00:34:08,866 --> 00:34:11,346 Speaker 1: now that the two you know Jersey dudes who are like, 706 00:34:11,466 --> 00:34:14,386 Speaker 1: you know, back in the day a bunch of knuckleheads. 707 00:34:14,426 --> 00:34:17,186 Speaker 1: He goes on as full of fame career and then 708 00:34:17,226 --> 00:34:18,826 Speaker 1: he decides, let me go have another career, and he's 709 00:34:18,826 --> 00:34:20,586 Speaker 1: paired up with me, of all people. So it's just 710 00:34:20,666 --> 00:34:23,306 Speaker 1: funny how it's full circle type stuff, right, And he's 711 00:34:23,346 --> 00:34:27,026 Speaker 1: a trip. I know. Aaron Andrews was on another podcast 712 00:34:27,106 --> 00:34:30,146 Speaker 1: talking about just how funny he is. He's got a 713 00:34:30,186 --> 00:34:31,346 Speaker 1: tough I don't know if he chose it in the 714 00:34:31,346 --> 00:34:34,186 Speaker 1: booth like quite as much as I almost want him to. 715 00:34:34,346 --> 00:34:36,786 Speaker 1: But this guy's hilarious. Greg Olsen, like, is he the 716 00:34:36,826 --> 00:34:38,586 Speaker 1: best to hang with just socially? And I feel like 717 00:34:38,626 --> 00:34:41,226 Speaker 1: he's a great hang Coming to one of our Saturday dinners, 718 00:34:41,226 --> 00:34:43,226 Speaker 1: we have an old fashioned and kick it off and 719 00:34:43,306 --> 00:34:45,666 Speaker 1: it's just like laughs, it's like non stuff, But that's 720 00:34:45,706 --> 00:34:47,906 Speaker 1: what builds the chemistry, right, Like maybe it doesn't, you know, 721 00:34:48,186 --> 00:34:50,426 Speaker 1: you know some of the stuff obviously it's not for TV, 722 00:34:50,666 --> 00:34:53,026 Speaker 1: but it's I think that stuff builds the chemistry that 723 00:34:53,066 --> 00:34:55,786 Speaker 1: you have on air with the whole group, not just me, 724 00:34:56,146 --> 00:34:58,746 Speaker 1: not just he and I, but you know, with Aaron 725 00:34:58,866 --> 00:35:01,306 Speaker 1: and with the behind the scenes people, and you get 726 00:35:01,386 --> 00:35:04,706 Speaker 1: trust builds. So he's a dude. He is a blast. 727 00:35:04,906 --> 00:35:07,386 Speaker 1: I mean, I know you're flying to the West Coast 728 00:35:07,426 --> 00:35:09,546 Speaker 1: and doing shows Sunday morning. You're all over the place, 729 00:35:09,586 --> 00:35:11,466 Speaker 1: but I don't know playoffs. You got to come to 730 00:35:11,506 --> 00:35:13,506 Speaker 1: one of our dinners. You'd have a love it. I 731 00:35:13,506 --> 00:35:16,826 Speaker 1: would love it. You guys are great and I look 732 00:35:16,906 --> 00:35:19,666 Speaker 1: at like, not only you in the football booth, but 733 00:35:19,666 --> 00:35:21,626 Speaker 1: I think you wear a different hat really well too. 734 00:35:21,706 --> 00:35:23,866 Speaker 1: I think you're I'm gonna say it, I think you're 735 00:35:24,386 --> 00:35:26,706 Speaker 1: the best, if not one of the best studio hosts 736 00:35:27,026 --> 00:35:29,146 Speaker 1: in all of sports television. And I've told you that before. 737 00:35:29,186 --> 00:35:31,506 Speaker 1: I think the work you do on Fox during the 738 00:35:31,586 --> 00:35:34,586 Speaker 1: World Series and during the postseason is marvelous. And the 739 00:35:34,746 --> 00:35:36,906 Speaker 1: stuff that you guys have done with Big Poppy and 740 00:35:36,986 --> 00:35:39,346 Speaker 1: a Rod and all guys like that's a really entertaining 741 00:35:39,386 --> 00:35:41,466 Speaker 1: studio show. And as someone who's on a studio show 742 00:35:41,506 --> 00:35:43,826 Speaker 1: both Monday to Friday then also on Sunday, I find 743 00:35:43,866 --> 00:35:45,826 Speaker 1: it amazing that you just jump right in and you 744 00:35:45,906 --> 00:35:48,186 Speaker 1: guys pick it up year after year and have this chemistry. 745 00:35:48,666 --> 00:35:53,426 Speaker 1: You've become especially close to one Alex Rodriguez, who I 746 00:35:53,506 --> 00:35:55,266 Speaker 1: mean when I say it's not like you know me 747 00:35:55,346 --> 00:35:57,346 Speaker 1: and Charles Woodson, who hang at the hotel whatever. Like 748 00:35:57,386 --> 00:35:59,346 Speaker 1: you and a Rod are like socially friends. You guys 749 00:35:59,386 --> 00:36:02,546 Speaker 1: will go out and hang. Well, what's like being boys 750 00:36:02,586 --> 00:36:04,586 Speaker 1: with a Rod? And what's the reception he gets when 751 00:36:04,586 --> 00:36:07,386 Speaker 1: you guys go out in the town at night. He's 752 00:36:07,546 --> 00:36:09,986 Speaker 1: he's just a great dude. Man, He's misunderstood. I didn't 753 00:36:09,986 --> 00:36:11,586 Speaker 1: go a lot. You know, he's got a big heart, 754 00:36:11,826 --> 00:36:14,626 Speaker 1: and and he's really when it comes down to it, 755 00:36:14,786 --> 00:36:17,306 Speaker 1: he's he's actually a pretty normal guy. Like he you know, 756 00:36:17,386 --> 00:36:19,986 Speaker 1: he loves his daughters. He's a great father. He you know, 757 00:36:20,146 --> 00:36:24,506 Speaker 1: he loves baseball and loves sports. He's he's a really 758 00:36:24,586 --> 00:36:26,346 Speaker 1: good dude. And ever since he came to Fox, like 759 00:36:26,386 --> 00:36:28,266 Speaker 1: he's treated me great and like we just we just 760 00:36:28,346 --> 00:36:30,866 Speaker 1: had a really really good rap. It's just funny, man. 761 00:36:30,906 --> 00:36:33,266 Speaker 1: I mean, he's a he is a megastar, like a 762 00:36:33,466 --> 00:36:36,266 Speaker 1: monster mega star. There's nowhere that he goes that doesn't 763 00:36:36,266 --> 00:36:39,026 Speaker 1: elicit some kind of emotion for people, whether it's good 764 00:36:39,106 --> 00:36:41,506 Speaker 1: or bad. But he plays it all like he's really learned. 765 00:36:41,746 --> 00:36:45,466 Speaker 1: He's really learned to be self deprecating and like how 766 00:36:45,546 --> 00:36:46,986 Speaker 1: much fun you could have with that? And I think 767 00:36:47,026 --> 00:36:49,706 Speaker 1: people have really kind of taken to him because of that. 768 00:36:49,826 --> 00:36:51,426 Speaker 1: You know, he was such a villain when he played 769 00:36:51,666 --> 00:36:54,706 Speaker 1: when he wasn't at home. And I think people really 770 00:36:54,746 --> 00:36:57,346 Speaker 1: seeing what he's about. And he's smartest, Like you know, 771 00:36:57,666 --> 00:36:59,546 Speaker 1: you can talk to him about baseball, you're talking about 772 00:36:59,546 --> 00:37:03,186 Speaker 1: business like he knows. He knows his stuff. Man. So yeah, 773 00:37:03,346 --> 00:37:05,426 Speaker 1: I'm a I'm a big fan. I'm gonna tell a 774 00:37:05,506 --> 00:37:08,306 Speaker 1: story that I heard from a Fox producer and tell 775 00:37:08,346 --> 00:37:11,386 Speaker 1: me if this is possible. This sounds right. Early on, 776 00:37:11,866 --> 00:37:14,946 Speaker 1: a Rod is working for Fox in the studio, and 777 00:37:15,466 --> 00:37:17,306 Speaker 1: when you're a big, fancy X player, you and I 778 00:37:17,306 --> 00:37:18,906 Speaker 1: don't get this treatment. But at Fox is how they 779 00:37:18,906 --> 00:37:21,666 Speaker 1: treat the X players. We're piance, But the ex players 780 00:37:21,746 --> 00:37:25,586 Speaker 1: get treated like gold. Okay, I mean gold. If you're 781 00:37:25,626 --> 00:37:27,506 Speaker 1: an ex player looking for a job, do not consider 782 00:37:27,546 --> 00:37:29,066 Speaker 1: any other place than Fox. I will tell you that 783 00:37:29,186 --> 00:37:32,986 Speaker 1: right now. And what they would offer is obviously, you 784 00:37:33,106 --> 00:37:36,226 Speaker 1: get a hotel room, you get a car service, you 785 00:37:36,306 --> 00:37:38,386 Speaker 1: can by the way, I'm kidding. Fox treats Kevin and 786 00:37:38,466 --> 00:37:41,426 Speaker 1: I very nicely. But you know, a guy like a 787 00:37:41,626 --> 00:37:44,466 Speaker 1: Rod when he's coming through, or Frank Thomas or a 788 00:37:44,466 --> 00:37:46,906 Speaker 1: big poppy, it's like you get first class treatment. So 789 00:37:47,426 --> 00:37:51,506 Speaker 1: he's doing the studio show in Century City at the 790 00:37:51,586 --> 00:37:54,426 Speaker 1: Fox lot, doing the show whatever, and the show ends 791 00:37:54,466 --> 00:37:56,586 Speaker 1: and he gets undressed and he's and he's getting ready 792 00:37:56,626 --> 00:37:59,306 Speaker 1: and he just heads outside and one of the predacers like, 793 00:37:59,306 --> 00:38:01,626 Speaker 1: whoa where are you going? And he's like, I just 794 00:38:01,746 --> 00:38:04,466 Speaker 1: called an uber X back to the hotel, and the 795 00:38:04,546 --> 00:38:07,386 Speaker 1: producers like, you know, we have a driver ready for you. 796 00:38:07,586 --> 00:38:09,506 Speaker 1: Or he's like, oh no, I'm good. And he just 797 00:38:09,586 --> 00:38:11,786 Speaker 1: hopped in like an uper X for seven dollars and 798 00:38:11,866 --> 00:38:13,986 Speaker 1: went back to his hotel and didn't think twice about it. 799 00:38:15,066 --> 00:38:17,106 Speaker 1: Tell me if that sounds accurate or if that's just 800 00:38:17,266 --> 00:38:19,266 Speaker 1: like tall tales, Like Alex Urger is a great guy. 801 00:38:19,346 --> 00:38:22,826 Speaker 1: Let me tell you a story. No, I dude, who'll 802 00:38:22,906 --> 00:38:24,666 Speaker 1: go like you know, like we're in the World series, 803 00:38:24,706 --> 00:38:26,466 Speaker 1: Like we'll be like I'm like, hey, I'm gonna walk 804 00:38:26,506 --> 00:38:28,306 Speaker 1: in the stadium and get some French fries or something 805 00:38:28,346 --> 00:38:29,986 Speaker 1: like that. He's like, oh, I'll come. I'm like what 806 00:38:30,706 --> 00:38:35,426 Speaker 1: you can't come? Who gets You'll get destroyed. So it's like, 807 00:38:35,746 --> 00:38:37,826 Speaker 1: I don't think he realizes like half the time he's 808 00:38:37,826 --> 00:38:39,506 Speaker 1: just like, hey, I'll come do that, Like no, no, 809 00:38:39,626 --> 00:38:41,826 Speaker 1: you can't, like you can't bro like that You're gonna 810 00:38:41,826 --> 00:38:44,786 Speaker 1: get spilled on you and that will inevitably get spilled 811 00:38:44,826 --> 00:38:48,946 Speaker 1: on me. So he does act like that. He's just 812 00:38:48,986 --> 00:38:51,706 Speaker 1: like why, why, what's wrong? You know? It's funny. Um. 813 00:38:52,386 --> 00:38:53,986 Speaker 1: One of the cool things about being on the number 814 00:38:54,026 --> 00:38:55,466 Speaker 1: one crew is you get the best game every week, 815 00:38:55,666 --> 00:38:58,426 Speaker 1: and that means you get to see the top quarterbacks. 816 00:38:58,986 --> 00:39:01,306 Speaker 1: You always were on the number two crews. It wasn't 817 00:39:01,306 --> 00:39:04,546 Speaker 1: like you were a stranger to guys like Rogers and 818 00:39:04,786 --> 00:39:09,786 Speaker 1: guys like Brady and whoever else. But interesting season with 819 00:39:10,066 --> 00:39:12,346 Speaker 1: Rogers and Brady, and I think both those guys have 820 00:39:12,986 --> 00:39:15,386 Speaker 1: really had to overcome some things. And in one case 821 00:39:15,426 --> 00:39:17,186 Speaker 1: it looks like Brady's on his way, another one it 822 00:39:17,226 --> 00:39:20,586 Speaker 1: looks like, you know that that ghost might be cooked 823 00:39:20,666 --> 00:39:23,546 Speaker 1: out there in Green Bay. What has been your impression 824 00:39:23,826 --> 00:39:28,306 Speaker 1: of Brady and Rogers just from having real, real relationships 825 00:39:28,346 --> 00:39:30,746 Speaker 1: with them and during these production meetings where they're usually 826 00:39:30,866 --> 00:39:34,706 Speaker 1: uncut and they're not talking in front of a podium. Yeah, 827 00:39:34,826 --> 00:39:37,506 Speaker 1: it's we haven't had we haven't had Tom in a while. 828 00:39:37,666 --> 00:39:39,306 Speaker 1: We had them a bunch early and we haven't had 829 00:39:39,346 --> 00:39:41,146 Speaker 1: them in a while. But obviously they've kind of saved 830 00:39:41,146 --> 00:39:43,866 Speaker 1: their season a little bit here, and you know, look 831 00:39:43,946 --> 00:39:45,746 Speaker 1: he obviously has been through a lot off the field, 832 00:39:45,826 --> 00:39:47,506 Speaker 1: right And I don't care how much money you make 833 00:39:47,626 --> 00:39:49,346 Speaker 1: or what you're doing, like you got that stuff going 834 00:39:49,386 --> 00:39:51,266 Speaker 1: on that's going to affect you. That's the bottom line. 835 00:39:51,466 --> 00:39:53,866 Speaker 1: I think the biggest thing you realize is just how 836 00:39:54,826 --> 00:39:57,746 Speaker 1: competitive these guys are. Like people always ask why are 837 00:39:57,746 --> 00:39:59,426 Speaker 1: they still how long they're gonna go or why they 838 00:39:59,506 --> 00:40:03,106 Speaker 1: still playing? Because their competitive nature like won't allow them 839 00:40:03,226 --> 00:40:06,226 Speaker 1: to stop. That's really what it comes down to, like you, 840 00:40:06,626 --> 00:40:08,986 Speaker 1: and and every time you talk to them, you you 841 00:40:09,146 --> 00:40:11,266 Speaker 1: feel it, you see it, they tell you. You know, 842 00:40:11,426 --> 00:40:13,466 Speaker 1: we've had air in a ton this year with Green 843 00:40:13,546 --> 00:40:16,786 Speaker 1: Bay and he's the best. I mean, we'll talk with 844 00:40:16,906 --> 00:40:19,026 Speaker 1: him for an hour and just shoot the would he 845 00:40:19,106 --> 00:40:21,426 Speaker 1: be could at this stuff like studio in the booth? 846 00:40:21,506 --> 00:40:22,746 Speaker 1: Like I know he might not want to do it, 847 00:40:22,786 --> 00:40:25,026 Speaker 1: would you? Because I also feel like when I even 848 00:40:25,066 --> 00:40:26,826 Speaker 1: on just McAfee, when he's just teeing off, it's like 849 00:40:26,906 --> 00:40:29,946 Speaker 1: it's it's very captivating. He's very engaging with the listener 850 00:40:30,146 --> 00:40:34,666 Speaker 1: and he is awesome. He's so smart, he's engaging, he's 851 00:40:34,706 --> 00:40:37,146 Speaker 1: fun to talk to, you know, we bust chops. He's 852 00:40:37,186 --> 00:40:40,466 Speaker 1: just and he's honest. You know, we always ask what people. 853 00:40:40,466 --> 00:40:42,306 Speaker 1: We always want athletes to be honest. While I ain't 854 00:40:42,306 --> 00:40:43,826 Speaker 1: gonna be more honest than him, I could tell you 855 00:40:43,906 --> 00:40:46,786 Speaker 1: that ever right now. So he would he be great 856 00:40:46,786 --> 00:40:48,706 Speaker 1: at this if he wants to do it. Yeah, one 857 00:40:48,786 --> 00:40:52,186 Speaker 1: hundred percent. He's so freaking smart and he sees everything 858 00:40:52,226 --> 00:40:54,186 Speaker 1: and he explains it in a way where like he 859 00:40:54,306 --> 00:40:56,066 Speaker 1: even for the dummies like me, it's like, oh I 860 00:40:56,546 --> 00:40:58,586 Speaker 1: I understand. You know. It's one thing. He could talk 861 00:40:58,626 --> 00:41:00,906 Speaker 1: to Greg Olsen and they could go bumbable and back 862 00:41:00,906 --> 00:41:02,866 Speaker 1: and forth. But if he could explain it, so why 863 00:41:02,986 --> 00:41:05,546 Speaker 1: get it or anybody gets hit? So I think if 864 00:41:05,586 --> 00:41:07,546 Speaker 1: he wants to do it, he'd be amazing. I don't 865 00:41:07,586 --> 00:41:09,266 Speaker 1: I don't know if that's the way he wants to go, 866 00:41:09,706 --> 00:41:12,426 Speaker 1: you know, but it's it's a real perkose, you know. 867 00:41:12,466 --> 00:41:13,666 Speaker 1: And I think that's part of it is you try 868 00:41:13,706 --> 00:41:15,506 Speaker 1: to bring these guys to life like right, because we 869 00:41:15,586 --> 00:41:19,146 Speaker 1: get access and quite frankly, we get stuff that no 870 00:41:19,266 --> 00:41:21,426 Speaker 1: one else gets and a lot of it we can't 871 00:41:21,466 --> 00:41:24,586 Speaker 1: even use on TV. But it's good for perspective and 872 00:41:24,786 --> 00:41:26,666 Speaker 1: like to see, like what the big picture and what's 873 00:41:26,666 --> 00:41:28,906 Speaker 1: going on, and you know, we're kind of educated, so 874 00:41:29,066 --> 00:41:31,586 Speaker 1: we don't, you know, so we don't say the wrong 875 00:41:31,706 --> 00:41:33,666 Speaker 1: thing or you know, say things that aren't true, you know. 876 00:41:33,746 --> 00:41:36,586 Speaker 1: So it's it's great the rules for the listener at home. 877 00:41:36,586 --> 00:41:38,026 Speaker 1: I'm saying, what do you mean? You can't say it? Also, 878 00:41:38,226 --> 00:41:40,706 Speaker 1: you have these production meetings, and it's pretty much understood 879 00:41:40,946 --> 00:41:43,906 Speaker 1: if it informs the game during the broadcast, you can 880 00:41:43,986 --> 00:41:47,306 Speaker 1: say whatever. But there's also an unspoken rule of if 881 00:41:47,466 --> 00:41:51,106 Speaker 1: there's you know, some injury information or if there was 882 00:41:51,146 --> 00:41:53,026 Speaker 1: a comment that might be taken out of context, like 883 00:41:53,146 --> 00:41:54,746 Speaker 1: it's not meant for air. And a lot of times 884 00:41:54,786 --> 00:41:57,026 Speaker 1: announcers will get caught because they'll say something from the 885 00:41:57,066 --> 00:41:59,866 Speaker 1: production meeting that probably shouldn't have made air. And then 886 00:41:59,906 --> 00:42:01,906 Speaker 1: there's this feeling of trust that's been broken. How do 887 00:42:01,986 --> 00:42:04,626 Speaker 1: you navigate that? And I know you've in your career, 888 00:42:04,666 --> 00:42:06,906 Speaker 1: from what I gather, you've never broken that trust. And 889 00:42:07,306 --> 00:42:08,866 Speaker 1: I guess he's keep in your back pocket and then 890 00:42:08,866 --> 00:42:11,466 Speaker 1: you can sprinkle lit it and when necessary, right, well, see, 891 00:42:11,466 --> 00:42:14,386 Speaker 1: I you know, I'm I'm not an insider, right like 892 00:42:14,506 --> 00:42:17,266 Speaker 1: you are. And I could give a about throwing stuff 893 00:42:17,306 --> 00:42:19,346 Speaker 1: on Twitter. I don't care, so like you know anything 894 00:42:19,426 --> 00:42:21,986 Speaker 1: that you know, if you know, just talk to Brian 895 00:42:22,066 --> 00:42:24,186 Speaker 1: Dable if he tells me injury stuff on the on 896 00:42:24,266 --> 00:42:25,586 Speaker 1: the Giants. I'm not going to go to Twitter and 897 00:42:25,626 --> 00:42:27,666 Speaker 1: put I don't I could care less about that. Like 898 00:42:27,986 --> 00:42:30,466 Speaker 1: I'm more context of how does that help us prepare 899 00:42:30,506 --> 00:42:34,066 Speaker 1: for the game. And it's also like it's how do 900 00:42:34,186 --> 00:42:37,106 Speaker 1: we you know, so we have opinions obviously, and Greg 901 00:42:37,186 --> 00:42:39,746 Speaker 1: as opinion Greg's Greg's opinions are the most important because 902 00:42:39,746 --> 00:42:42,706 Speaker 1: he's the analyst and it revolves around him. But it's 903 00:42:42,746 --> 00:42:45,426 Speaker 1: also nice to know and these guys know that some context, 904 00:42:45,586 --> 00:42:48,706 Speaker 1: if something happens, maybe this is why, maybe this is 905 00:42:48,786 --> 00:42:50,626 Speaker 1: why this person isn't going to play, or maybe this 906 00:42:50,746 --> 00:42:53,186 Speaker 1: is why we're going to do this, like just have 907 00:42:53,266 --> 00:42:55,786 Speaker 1: an education. So it's not just why are they doing that? 908 00:42:55,986 --> 00:42:57,626 Speaker 1: And you know, yes, part of it is obviously giving 909 00:42:57,626 --> 00:42:59,106 Speaker 1: their side of the story, but part of it is 910 00:42:59,146 --> 00:43:02,626 Speaker 1: helpful in terms of preparation and you know, maybe you know, 911 00:43:02,746 --> 00:43:05,146 Speaker 1: maybe it's a hey, go back and watch this or 912 00:43:05,226 --> 00:43:07,466 Speaker 1: go look at this as it kind of like it 913 00:43:07,546 --> 00:43:10,186 Speaker 1: heads up right just so it's there. It's like it's 914 00:43:10,226 --> 00:43:12,146 Speaker 1: almost in a way. It's almost like a partnership, like 915 00:43:12,386 --> 00:43:16,546 Speaker 1: they're trusting us um and you know they're also helping 916 00:43:16,706 --> 00:43:19,506 Speaker 1: us right in a way and hopefully it's it's kind 917 00:43:19,546 --> 00:43:21,586 Speaker 1: of reciprocated. They're giving us some information that will help 918 00:43:21,666 --> 00:43:24,066 Speaker 1: us in the broadcast and help the viewer. But the 919 00:43:24,186 --> 00:43:27,506 Speaker 1: real nitty gritty stuff, it's just that's that's not for air. 920 00:43:27,626 --> 00:43:30,146 Speaker 1: That's the bottom line. So it's it's just massaging those 921 00:43:30,426 --> 00:43:33,426 Speaker 1: you know, massides those relationships. You're talking about stuff on 922 00:43:33,466 --> 00:43:36,986 Speaker 1: Good Morning Football, You're talking about it educationally because you 923 00:43:37,106 --> 00:43:39,426 Speaker 1: have a background out. You're not just throwing stuff against 924 00:43:39,466 --> 00:43:42,346 Speaker 1: the wall and hoping it sticks. Like you have your opinion, 925 00:43:42,866 --> 00:43:45,346 Speaker 1: but you're also basing some of those opinions on what 926 00:43:45,466 --> 00:43:48,266 Speaker 1: you actually know is fact. That's what we're doing. Yeah, 927 00:43:48,786 --> 00:43:50,706 Speaker 1: it's and you do such a good job at it. 928 00:43:51,426 --> 00:43:53,306 Speaker 1: My last thing is for all the people who are 929 00:43:53,346 --> 00:43:55,306 Speaker 1: listening who want to get into our field. A lot 930 00:43:55,346 --> 00:43:59,506 Speaker 1: of times I have on GMS or coaches and the 931 00:43:59,586 --> 00:44:01,546 Speaker 1: question is like if you had an elevator speech and 932 00:44:01,586 --> 00:44:03,706 Speaker 1: you had thirty seconds, and a kid out of college 933 00:44:03,906 --> 00:44:05,746 Speaker 1: was like, what would be your one piece of advice? 934 00:44:05,826 --> 00:44:08,826 Speaker 1: And they've been all over the board like Ryan Bols. 935 00:44:08,866 --> 00:44:11,546 Speaker 1: This whole thing was like surround yourself, like place yourself 936 00:44:11,626 --> 00:44:14,306 Speaker 1: in a situation where you're learning from good people and 937 00:44:14,386 --> 00:44:16,626 Speaker 1: then you know, Joe Shane's thing was like, you know, 938 00:44:16,826 --> 00:44:18,986 Speaker 1: take every opportunity you can and just dive in and 939 00:44:19,106 --> 00:44:20,746 Speaker 1: go and then it's like, you know, worry about that 940 00:44:20,866 --> 00:44:24,266 Speaker 1: later for you. Someone who you know went grew up 941 00:44:24,306 --> 00:44:27,786 Speaker 1: in Jersey, went to college in Jersey, was selling used cars, 942 00:44:27,946 --> 00:44:29,786 Speaker 1: was doing three things at once. I was working for 943 00:44:29,946 --> 00:44:32,026 Speaker 1: Wfan to now where you're at, a lot of people 944 00:44:32,066 --> 00:44:33,826 Speaker 1: just look at the finished product. What would be your 945 00:44:34,306 --> 00:44:36,666 Speaker 1: piece of advice for a young man or woman leaving 946 00:44:36,986 --> 00:44:39,506 Speaker 1: let's just say college right now with a broadcast journalism 947 00:44:39,586 --> 00:44:42,026 Speaker 1: degree and someday wants to be a professional play by 948 00:44:42,026 --> 00:44:44,386 Speaker 1: play announcer. Well, I say it all the time, so 949 00:44:44,506 --> 00:44:46,426 Speaker 1: it's easy for me. I just just shoot for your 950 00:44:46,506 --> 00:44:49,466 Speaker 1: dreams and don't stop. And I'm not saying that every 951 00:44:49,506 --> 00:44:51,626 Speaker 1: single person is going to be calling a World Series 952 00:44:51,706 --> 00:44:53,586 Speaker 1: or a Super Bowl or hosting their own show and 953 00:44:53,746 --> 00:44:57,426 Speaker 1: Good Morning Football, whatever, but it's so important to have 954 00:44:58,026 --> 00:45:00,026 Speaker 1: your dreams and to be able to go and try 955 00:45:00,106 --> 00:45:02,066 Speaker 1: and get them and work your tail off to go 956 00:45:02,146 --> 00:45:04,266 Speaker 1: and try and get them. Don't listen to anybody if 957 00:45:04,306 --> 00:45:06,106 Speaker 1: they say it's oh, it's impossible, you're not going to 958 00:45:06,146 --> 00:45:08,426 Speaker 1: get no too hard, you're not gonna make you money, 959 00:45:08,426 --> 00:45:10,746 Speaker 1: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. If you want 960 00:45:10,826 --> 00:45:13,106 Speaker 1: it and realistically, if you think you're good enough to 961 00:45:13,186 --> 00:45:16,266 Speaker 1: do it, go for it. Like if you don't have 962 00:45:16,506 --> 00:45:19,306 Speaker 1: that and the want and the dreaming ability to go 963 00:45:19,466 --> 00:45:21,066 Speaker 1: and do it, how are you ever gonna? Like I 964 00:45:21,146 --> 00:45:23,746 Speaker 1: would never be here if I didn't do that. I 965 00:45:23,826 --> 00:45:26,306 Speaker 1: had so many people support me shrakes obviously, but it's 966 00:45:26,306 --> 00:45:27,866 Speaker 1: so many people would be like, oh, you're crazy, Like 967 00:45:27,946 --> 00:45:30,066 Speaker 1: that's a waste of time. Okay, I don't think they're 968 00:45:30,066 --> 00:45:33,346 Speaker 1: telling me that anymore. So you have to have that 969 00:45:33,786 --> 00:45:35,666 Speaker 1: shoot for you. I tell the college kids who I 970 00:45:35,746 --> 00:45:37,426 Speaker 1: talked all the time, just shoot for your dreams, Like 971 00:45:37,546 --> 00:45:40,626 Speaker 1: why not? Why would like why wouldn't you right? Like 972 00:45:40,906 --> 00:45:42,866 Speaker 1: would you agree? I mean, I hear you, and it's 973 00:45:42,906 --> 00:45:44,746 Speaker 1: like my other thing is always this, And I don't 974 00:45:44,746 --> 00:45:46,026 Speaker 1: know if they're gonna bleep it out, like just don't 975 00:45:46,026 --> 00:45:48,066 Speaker 1: be an a leather Like I feel like you've got 976 00:45:48,106 --> 00:45:49,866 Speaker 1: one hundred percent Q reading I am Eagle as one 977 00:45:49,906 --> 00:45:52,626 Speaker 1: hundred percent que reading. Anyone who meets Mike Rico's loves in. 978 00:45:52,786 --> 00:45:57,346 Speaker 1: Jim Nance loves him, Joe Buck right, like, don't be great, 979 00:45:57,466 --> 00:46:01,426 Speaker 1: be gracious, be hard working, but also treat people right. Listen, 980 00:46:01,586 --> 00:46:03,746 Speaker 1: I agree with you. That's how I've always tried to be. 981 00:46:04,026 --> 00:46:05,906 Speaker 1: You know, I'm sure there's times that people have caught 982 00:46:05,986 --> 00:46:08,946 Speaker 1: me on bed days. Maybe I haven't been the greatest, 983 00:46:08,986 --> 00:46:13,066 Speaker 1: but I certainly strive to treat everyone with kindness because 984 00:46:13,106 --> 00:46:14,786 Speaker 1: that's how I was raised. I don't think it's that 985 00:46:14,946 --> 00:46:18,986 Speaker 1: hard to say hello, or smile or be nice someone's name. 986 00:46:19,626 --> 00:46:22,146 Speaker 1: I just don't think it's that hard. So not everyone's 987 00:46:22,186 --> 00:46:23,866 Speaker 1: gonna love you, but I think if you treat everyone 988 00:46:24,066 --> 00:46:26,266 Speaker 1: with respect, hopefully they have the same for you. I 989 00:46:28,066 --> 00:46:31,546 Speaker 1: I just think that's easy. I'll go back real quick 990 00:46:31,786 --> 00:46:35,226 Speaker 1: to probably divisional round or wild card round two thousand. 991 00:46:35,586 --> 00:46:39,426 Speaker 1: In nineteen eighteen, Texans are playing the Bills. I had 992 00:46:39,466 --> 00:46:42,506 Speaker 1: to be in fox in LA on a Sunday morning. 993 00:46:43,106 --> 00:46:45,946 Speaker 1: I was invited so graciously by Kevin to hang out 994 00:46:45,986 --> 00:46:48,106 Speaker 1: with his family and watch the game. We're watching the game. 995 00:46:48,506 --> 00:46:50,186 Speaker 1: Do you want to tell the listeners what I was 996 00:46:50,226 --> 00:46:53,786 Speaker 1: preoccupied with the entire time while we're watching Texans bills. 997 00:46:54,146 --> 00:46:58,066 Speaker 1: Am I am? I allowed to say this with the phone. Yeah, 998 00:46:58,946 --> 00:47:02,906 Speaker 1: We're sitting there on the couch watching Texas. Bill can't 999 00:47:02,946 --> 00:47:06,666 Speaker 1: relax because having snacks. Hey, hold on, what second, gonna 1000 00:47:06,666 --> 00:47:10,746 Speaker 1: be quiet? Phone rings? Wink Martindale's on the hill life. Waitin, 1001 00:47:10,906 --> 00:47:13,786 Speaker 1: Martin now about to interview for the Giants job. Talking 1002 00:47:13,826 --> 00:47:16,306 Speaker 1: to me ironically, it's so great. This is more the 1003 00:47:16,346 --> 00:47:18,826 Speaker 1: head coaching job. And the next day they hired Joe Judge. 1004 00:47:19,106 --> 00:47:20,906 Speaker 1: But I couldn't watch the game because I had Wink 1005 00:47:20,946 --> 00:47:23,826 Speaker 1: on the phone and we were talking about the Giants job. Meanwhile, 1006 00:47:24,066 --> 00:47:26,426 Speaker 1: I'm about to say it now two years later, Wink 1007 00:47:26,546 --> 00:47:28,346 Speaker 1: is a defensive coordinator of the Giants. He's where he 1008 00:47:28,426 --> 00:47:31,266 Speaker 1: belongs anyway, he's coaching there. He's there. But Kevin was 1009 00:47:31,386 --> 00:47:33,746 Speaker 1: dying because Kevin just watched the game. You're worried about 1010 00:47:33,826 --> 00:47:36,306 Speaker 1: Rink Martin. Now, I was like, you know, a like 1011 00:47:36,866 --> 00:47:38,586 Speaker 1: we got the game on, you know the sound, I'm 1012 00:47:38,626 --> 00:47:40,786 Speaker 1: turning the sound down and shrikes on the couch like 1013 00:47:40,946 --> 00:47:44,026 Speaker 1: phone like the talking to Wink about his Giants atter. 1014 00:47:44,346 --> 00:47:46,186 Speaker 1: I'm like this, see, like that's why I don't need 1015 00:47:46,226 --> 00:47:47,586 Speaker 1: to tweet or do anything, so I just want to 1016 00:47:47,626 --> 00:47:52,346 Speaker 1: watch the game. You're way too important than me. Yeah right. 1017 00:47:52,706 --> 00:47:55,546 Speaker 1: I probably told say say say this is gonna be 1018 00:47:55,666 --> 00:47:57,466 Speaker 1: lasted ten minutes, and they hired Joe jobs, So I 1019 00:47:57,506 --> 00:48:00,146 Speaker 1: don't think I helped that anything at all. Oh my gosh. Meanwhile, 1020 00:48:00,426 --> 00:48:02,906 Speaker 1: my wife just loves you. She's like, yeah, went Straker 1021 00:48:02,986 --> 00:48:05,066 Speaker 1: coming over, like I gotta come back. I love her too. 1022 00:48:05,306 --> 00:48:09,586 Speaker 1: Rachel's amazing. All right, last last thing, I'm gonna ask 1023 00:48:09,626 --> 00:48:13,666 Speaker 1: you a favor. When you guys do the the mandatory 1024 00:48:13,786 --> 00:48:18,786 Speaker 1: shot to the truck where you've got Ian Martin and uh, Jake, 1025 00:48:18,866 --> 00:48:21,866 Speaker 1: jall Event and Cody waving to the to the to 1026 00:48:21,986 --> 00:48:24,146 Speaker 1: the camera, and you've got this thing in Jacob Allman's 1027 00:48:24,146 --> 00:48:28,306 Speaker 1: waving shout out. Can you shout out? You can shout out? Hey, 1028 00:48:28,346 --> 00:48:30,386 Speaker 1: this is for Peter Schreker. Here's this clip right here, 1029 00:48:30,466 --> 00:48:31,986 Speaker 1: here's all our guys in the truck working. Now. If 1030 00:48:32,026 --> 00:48:35,186 Speaker 1: kidding get to do that Happy Thanksgiving shreigs, it'll be great. 1031 00:48:35,226 --> 00:48:36,666 Speaker 1: I'll tell you one day I'm gonna do I'm gonna 1032 00:48:36,706 --> 00:48:38,706 Speaker 1: I'm gonna pee my pants a little bit when it 1033 00:48:38,746 --> 00:48:40,746 Speaker 1: comes out, because I'm gonna think of this conversation. You 1034 00:48:40,826 --> 00:48:43,386 Speaker 1: better believe it better. It's mandatory. I love it and 1035 00:48:43,466 --> 00:48:46,066 Speaker 1: I love all those guys and cows in the truck. Hey, 1036 00:48:46,186 --> 00:48:48,386 Speaker 1: good luck on Thursday. I have taken enough of your time. 1037 00:48:48,426 --> 00:48:50,666 Speaker 1: What a cool moment in your career. And I bet 1038 00:48:50,906 --> 00:48:53,386 Speaker 1: we're gonna talk to you super Bowl week. We might 1039 00:48:53,426 --> 00:48:56,306 Speaker 1: have to before you call. The first time a Fox 1040 00:48:56,426 --> 00:48:59,066 Speaker 1: super Bowl called by Kevin Burkhardt. I can't. I can't 1041 00:48:59,106 --> 00:49:00,786 Speaker 1: be happier for you. You're the best. You're the nicest 1042 00:49:00,866 --> 00:49:03,346 Speaker 1: dude I know, and you've been really important in my career. 1043 00:49:03,466 --> 00:49:05,786 Speaker 1: My friend, you were the best man. Appreciate you having me. 1044 00:49:05,826 --> 00:49:11,146 Speaker 1: I we'll do it again. I can't wait to hear 1045 00:49:11,226 --> 00:49:13,906 Speaker 1: Kevin on the call with Greg Olsen, Aaron Andrews, and 1046 00:49:13,946 --> 00:49:17,026 Speaker 1: Tom Rinaldi on Thursday. I couldn't be happier for the guy. 1047 00:49:17,106 --> 00:49:20,066 Speaker 1: Kevin Burkhart's one of the true great men in this 1048 00:49:20,306 --> 00:49:22,306 Speaker 1: industry who's always been good to me, and it's been 1049 00:49:22,346 --> 00:49:25,386 Speaker 1: good to everyone he's ever worked with. Excited for him 1050 00:49:25,386 --> 00:49:27,906 Speaker 1: to have a legendary call in his first Thanksgiving game. 1051 00:49:28,586 --> 00:49:31,346 Speaker 1: You know earlier in the show, My guy, Aaron and 1052 00:49:31,466 --> 00:49:34,066 Speaker 1: I we have been talking and we were going gaga 1053 00:49:34,306 --> 00:49:37,146 Speaker 1: over t J Watt and earlier this season, I've been 1054 00:49:37,266 --> 00:49:41,146 Speaker 1: going gaga every single week on Micah Parsons. I'm going 1055 00:49:41,266 --> 00:49:44,226 Speaker 1: to bring in our friend Taylor Kyles from the NFL 1056 00:49:44,306 --> 00:49:48,146 Speaker 1: Network Research Group right now because Taylor has a thought 1057 00:49:48,226 --> 00:49:50,186 Speaker 1: and I wanted to give him the platform and I 1058 00:49:50,266 --> 00:49:53,306 Speaker 1: wanted to make I wanted to make me smarter. Taylor, 1059 00:49:53,386 --> 00:49:55,226 Speaker 1: what's up, my man? I'm doing all right? Brother? How 1060 00:49:55,346 --> 00:49:58,386 Speaker 1: you doing? Happy Thanksgiving week? We were talking earlier, before 1061 00:49:58,426 --> 00:50:02,266 Speaker 1: we get to your take, I am not a traditional 1062 00:50:02,466 --> 00:50:08,106 Speaker 1: Thanksgiving meal guy. In fact, I am anti dry turkey. 1063 00:50:08,186 --> 00:50:12,546 Speaker 1: I am anti candy dams. I am anti the gravy 1064 00:50:12,706 --> 00:50:16,186 Speaker 1: boat being passed around from Grandma Millie to Grandma Rhoda, 1065 00:50:16,306 --> 00:50:18,426 Speaker 1: to everyone and then finally getting to me, and I'm 1066 00:50:18,426 --> 00:50:21,146 Speaker 1: getting the remnants. Let me ask you. We spoke with 1067 00:50:21,186 --> 00:50:24,106 Speaker 1: Aaron Taylor. Are you in on traditional Thanksgiving meal or 1068 00:50:24,146 --> 00:50:26,266 Speaker 1: are you one of these new wave guys like me 1069 00:50:26,346 --> 00:50:28,346 Speaker 1: and Aaron. We're like, hey, let me just enjoy what 1070 00:50:28,386 --> 00:50:30,866 Speaker 1: I want to enjoy on Thanksgiving. I've been a new 1071 00:50:30,946 --> 00:50:33,346 Speaker 1: wave guy. Man. My mom always knew when I was 1072 00:50:33,426 --> 00:50:35,826 Speaker 1: growing up, we gotta make a hand for Taylor because 1073 00:50:35,946 --> 00:50:39,226 Speaker 1: I do not think turkey should exist in any capacity. 1074 00:50:39,626 --> 00:50:43,186 Speaker 1: That may be blasphemy, but I can't stand it. You 1075 00:50:43,306 --> 00:50:45,266 Speaker 1: gotta get me a little something different. I don't care 1076 00:50:45,346 --> 00:50:48,586 Speaker 1: what the meat is as long as it's not turkey. Yeah, 1077 00:50:48,626 --> 00:50:52,306 Speaker 1: it's dry, it's boring, it's offensive in a lot of ways. 1078 00:50:52,426 --> 00:50:54,386 Speaker 1: I look at that turkey and I just think, who 1079 00:50:54,466 --> 00:50:56,066 Speaker 1: wants to eat that on any day? And then think 1080 00:50:56,106 --> 00:50:58,066 Speaker 1: you people fake it and they act like, oh if 1081 00:50:58,066 --> 00:51:01,146 Speaker 1: you deep fry it, and no, no, I don't want it. 1082 00:51:01,266 --> 00:51:02,706 Speaker 1: If you got to do that much to it, then 1083 00:51:02,706 --> 00:51:05,506 Speaker 1: there's something wrong. You doesn't have to always be complicated. 1084 00:51:05,586 --> 00:51:08,146 Speaker 1: Just stick with the base. Six. How how did you 1085 00:51:08,266 --> 00:51:10,626 Speaker 1: eat your your ham as a kid? What's the how 1086 00:51:10,786 --> 00:51:12,906 Speaker 1: is that prepared? Because I'm willing to make the shift 1087 00:51:12,946 --> 00:51:15,426 Speaker 1: to him. I've had steak, I've had pizza on Thanksgiving blasphemous. 1088 00:51:15,426 --> 00:51:17,146 Speaker 1: I know I will have anything but turkey, but I 1089 00:51:17,226 --> 00:51:19,866 Speaker 1: have not done a proper ham. What is the preparation 1090 00:51:19,946 --> 00:51:22,786 Speaker 1: for the ham? Usually it was always honey glaze for me, 1091 00:51:22,946 --> 00:51:25,146 Speaker 1: and that kept little Tay happy. That was what I 1092 00:51:25,186 --> 00:51:27,386 Speaker 1: would usually go with. And then I think we actually 1093 00:51:27,506 --> 00:51:30,266 Speaker 1: went to the Christmas Story round at least one Thanksgiving 1094 00:51:30,346 --> 00:51:33,386 Speaker 1: did Chinese food, so I'm all about switching it up. 1095 00:51:33,426 --> 00:51:36,546 Speaker 1: I'm a guy who likes variety anyway, So it's again 1096 00:51:36,626 --> 00:51:38,786 Speaker 1: as long as it's just not the turkey, give me 1097 00:51:38,866 --> 00:51:43,826 Speaker 1: the mac and cheese, the coward Greens, you know those conventions. Well, 1098 00:51:43,906 --> 00:51:45,666 Speaker 1: the sides are what you come for, and then you 1099 00:51:45,746 --> 00:51:48,186 Speaker 1: just need a meat that can you know, it doesn't 1100 00:51:48,306 --> 00:51:50,466 Speaker 1: ruin the rest of the meal. And like I said, 1101 00:51:50,546 --> 00:51:54,586 Speaker 1: turkey is it's an infiltrator. We don't need it an infiltrator. 1102 00:51:54,626 --> 00:51:57,226 Speaker 1: I love this, all right. So we had John last week. 1103 00:51:57,386 --> 00:52:00,546 Speaker 1: You made us smarter talking justin Jefferson. But this week 1104 00:52:00,906 --> 00:52:02,706 Speaker 1: I think everyone was watching the end of that Jets 1105 00:52:02,746 --> 00:52:05,546 Speaker 1: Patriots game and the big storyline is, you know, the 1106 00:52:05,666 --> 00:52:08,426 Speaker 1: Jets inability to move the ball, and even in New England, 1107 00:52:08,466 --> 00:52:11,386 Speaker 1: a big storyline is what's wrong with mac? But I'm 1108 00:52:11,386 --> 00:52:13,506 Speaker 1: gonna have you on right now and make us smarter. 1109 00:52:13,866 --> 00:52:16,226 Speaker 1: We talk so much about Parsons, we talk so much 1110 00:52:16,266 --> 00:52:19,826 Speaker 1: about t J. Watt. Who's the most underappreciated pass rusher 1111 00:52:19,866 --> 00:52:22,786 Speaker 1: in the NFL today? Ironically, I think it's actually the 1112 00:52:22,826 --> 00:52:24,706 Speaker 1: guy who leads the league in sacks, And I would 1113 00:52:24,786 --> 00:52:27,706 Speaker 1: say that as Matt Judon. Now, I am a Patriots fan, 1114 00:52:27,786 --> 00:52:29,306 Speaker 1: so I got to stand out on the soapbox for 1115 00:52:29,386 --> 00:52:31,826 Speaker 1: my guy. But when you look at next gen's stats, 1116 00:52:31,826 --> 00:52:34,946 Speaker 1: all right, so going back to twenty sixteen, Matt Judon 1117 00:52:35,146 --> 00:52:37,706 Speaker 1: is currently on pace to have the second highest sack 1118 00:52:37,826 --> 00:52:41,226 Speaker 1: rate behind t J. Watts Ruger tying season. So I 1119 00:52:41,346 --> 00:52:43,706 Speaker 1: think that's a pretty good company to be in, and 1120 00:52:43,786 --> 00:52:45,986 Speaker 1: it's pretty interesting to see how he does it because 1121 00:52:46,146 --> 00:52:50,346 Speaker 1: Judon also has, according to PFF, the most unblocked pressures 1122 00:52:50,346 --> 00:52:54,026 Speaker 1: in the NFL. So conventionally you might think, okay, maybe 1123 00:52:54,106 --> 00:52:56,426 Speaker 1: he's having an easier time than other guys. But the 1124 00:52:56,506 --> 00:52:59,466 Speaker 1: Patriots actually had a really cool adjustment to I don't 1125 00:52:59,466 --> 00:53:01,306 Speaker 1: know if you remember, but Judon kind of slid off 1126 00:53:01,346 --> 00:53:03,026 Speaker 1: at the tail end of last year. He had all 1127 00:53:03,026 --> 00:53:05,626 Speaker 1: those sacks, all those numbers, and it went down. Team 1128 00:53:05,706 --> 00:53:07,746 Speaker 1: started a chip him more. They started to give extra 1129 00:53:07,866 --> 00:53:10,146 Speaker 1: help to try to take him away. What the Patriots 1130 00:53:10,186 --> 00:53:11,426 Speaker 1: have done a lot this year, and where most of 1131 00:53:11,506 --> 00:53:14,746 Speaker 1: judon sacks had come from, is on line games and stunts. 1132 00:53:14,826 --> 00:53:18,426 Speaker 1: So a defensive tackle sometimes a linebacker in the middle 1133 00:53:18,466 --> 00:53:21,026 Speaker 1: of the defense will occupy the center and the guard 1134 00:53:21,106 --> 00:53:24,466 Speaker 1: to his side. Now while he's doing that, Judon, the 1135 00:53:24,506 --> 00:53:26,866 Speaker 1: guy who's big and explosive, he's two hundred and sixty 1136 00:53:26,866 --> 00:53:28,826 Speaker 1: pounds and he's shot out of a cannon, gets to 1137 00:53:28,946 --> 00:53:31,866 Speaker 1: loop inside avoid the extra help that team's put on 1138 00:53:31,946 --> 00:53:34,026 Speaker 1: the edges to try to take care of him. And 1139 00:53:34,186 --> 00:53:36,946 Speaker 1: then it's so hard for those bigger interior guys to 1140 00:53:37,066 --> 00:53:39,906 Speaker 1: deal with that big shot out of a cannon when 1141 00:53:39,946 --> 00:53:41,906 Speaker 1: he's coming at you and you're thinking you had to 1142 00:53:41,986 --> 00:53:44,666 Speaker 1: block somebody else, and then he's just really hard to 1143 00:53:44,706 --> 00:53:46,906 Speaker 1: get away from because he's got the long arms. He's 1144 00:53:46,946 --> 00:53:49,786 Speaker 1: a bigger linebacker, so a lot of his production he 1145 00:53:49,866 --> 00:53:52,266 Speaker 1: can win one on one. He's got a great speed move. 1146 00:53:52,346 --> 00:53:54,706 Speaker 1: He likes to rip around the edge and flatten, which 1147 00:53:54,746 --> 00:53:56,426 Speaker 1: again he's such a big guy, you don't see that 1148 00:53:56,586 --> 00:53:58,826 Speaker 1: very often. But a lot of his production has come 1149 00:53:59,146 --> 00:54:00,906 Speaker 1: thanks to the help of his teammates, but also some 1150 00:54:00,986 --> 00:54:04,346 Speaker 1: really good scheming from the Patriots. I love Judon. We've 1151 00:54:04,386 --> 00:54:06,666 Speaker 1: had him on Good Morning Football probably a dozen times 1152 00:54:06,706 --> 00:54:09,266 Speaker 1: over the year's raven and then now and it's like, 1153 00:54:09,906 --> 00:54:13,426 Speaker 1: here's what's cool about him. Small school guy, Division two 1154 00:54:13,506 --> 00:54:16,306 Speaker 1: school and a great program there, but a smaller school 1155 00:54:17,146 --> 00:54:19,506 Speaker 1: gets into the league, makes an impact, and then goes 1156 00:54:19,546 --> 00:54:21,586 Speaker 1: to the Patriots in one of their first big free 1157 00:54:21,626 --> 00:54:24,146 Speaker 1: agent signings, like they had Gilmore a couple of years ago, 1158 00:54:24,186 --> 00:54:26,346 Speaker 1: but like Judan. When they signed Judan, I was like, whoa, 1159 00:54:26,466 --> 00:54:28,426 Speaker 1: They're spending a lot of money on a guy who's 1160 00:54:28,466 --> 00:54:30,986 Speaker 1: not from their team. That's rare. And then he actually 1161 00:54:31,026 --> 00:54:33,186 Speaker 1: has exceeded expectations. Then you add to the fact and 1162 00:54:33,226 --> 00:54:35,186 Speaker 1: this is the stuff that we like. You can talk 1163 00:54:35,186 --> 00:54:38,586 Speaker 1: about the numbers and the inside rush, single digit jersey, 1164 00:54:39,186 --> 00:54:45,146 Speaker 1: red sleeves, cool look, great energy on the sidelines, amazing 1165 00:54:45,266 --> 00:54:50,226 Speaker 1: press conferences. Always has a personality, a point of view, 1166 00:54:50,386 --> 00:54:53,266 Speaker 1: always looking to bust chops a little bit when necessary. 1167 00:54:53,906 --> 00:54:56,106 Speaker 1: As a Patriots fan, you have to love what he's 1168 00:54:56,146 --> 00:54:57,986 Speaker 1: brought to this team. Oh yeah, and you can't forget 1169 00:54:58,026 --> 00:55:00,346 Speaker 1: the celebration either, Like how many guys are getting a 1170 00:55:00,386 --> 00:55:03,466 Speaker 1: sack in the entire team. The entire fan base is 1171 00:55:03,506 --> 00:55:06,666 Speaker 1: doing the exact same thing in Unison, Like that's pretty 1172 00:55:06,666 --> 00:55:08,906 Speaker 1: awesome as well. And then I remember when we used 1173 00:55:08,946 --> 00:55:11,066 Speaker 1: to play the Ravens, I would always kind of sooner 1174 00:55:11,106 --> 00:55:14,066 Speaker 1: my breath's that ninety nine that matter? Judhon guy is 1175 00:55:14,186 --> 00:55:16,266 Speaker 1: pretty good He's like one of the biggest dudes on 1176 00:55:16,306 --> 00:55:18,146 Speaker 1: the field and he's running around and even this year 1177 00:55:18,506 --> 00:55:21,026 Speaker 1: a lot of his sacks have also he wrangled Lamar 1178 00:55:21,186 --> 00:55:24,466 Speaker 1: Jackson and Justin Fields and chase those guys down. Like 1179 00:55:24,586 --> 00:55:26,906 Speaker 1: he's just such a fun player to watch. He's also good. 1180 00:55:27,346 --> 00:55:29,466 Speaker 1: You know, talk about the pass rush and that's what 1181 00:55:29,546 --> 00:55:31,506 Speaker 1: gets all the headlines. But there's a run defender. He's 1182 00:55:31,546 --> 00:55:33,626 Speaker 1: not bad either. He uses that size and he can. 1183 00:55:33,826 --> 00:55:36,226 Speaker 1: There's a big reason the Patriots have really solidified their 1184 00:55:36,506 --> 00:55:38,866 Speaker 1: run defense as long as they're not playing any mobile 1185 00:55:38,946 --> 00:55:41,866 Speaker 1: quarterbacks that I said to be seen six and four 1186 00:55:43,186 --> 00:55:46,186 Speaker 1: going into Thanksgiving. They've got a game Thanksgiving night in Minnesota. 1187 00:55:46,906 --> 00:55:48,946 Speaker 1: Give me the posle, the Patriot fan. I do Bill 1188 00:55:48,946 --> 00:55:51,826 Speaker 1: Simmons's podcast every week. I get his feelings. I know 1189 00:55:51,906 --> 00:55:55,306 Speaker 1: where he's at. But give me your thoughts, Patriots, are 1190 00:55:55,386 --> 00:55:58,146 Speaker 1: we like tentative? Are we feeling good? Does that win 1191 00:55:58,306 --> 00:55:59,986 Speaker 1: feel like he escaped the win or do you feel 1192 00:55:59,986 --> 00:56:01,826 Speaker 1: like that was a triumphant win against the Jets? Like? 1193 00:56:01,906 --> 00:56:03,746 Speaker 1: Where are we at right now? As a Patriots fan? 1194 00:56:04,266 --> 00:56:06,786 Speaker 1: I think the excitement level for the defense and special 1195 00:56:06,826 --> 00:56:08,506 Speaker 1: teams are at an all time high because I mean 1196 00:56:08,546 --> 00:56:09,786 Speaker 1: they're the ones who kept you in the game and 1197 00:56:09,826 --> 00:56:12,466 Speaker 1: the reason you won the game. The defense has playing 1198 00:56:12,506 --> 00:56:15,906 Speaker 1: some outstanding football, especially considering how much their rookies have 1199 00:56:15,986 --> 00:56:19,106 Speaker 1: been involved. Jack Jones when a PFF's top graded corners 1200 00:56:19,146 --> 00:56:21,066 Speaker 1: came in and he's been really good as a tough, 1201 00:56:21,146 --> 00:56:25,026 Speaker 1: electric turnover machine. Marcus Jones, who returned the punt, has 1202 00:56:25,026 --> 00:56:27,546 Speaker 1: also had some time on defense, and he's really been 1203 00:56:27,586 --> 00:56:29,746 Speaker 1: able to bring a lot of value. So I don't 1204 00:56:29,746 --> 00:56:31,866 Speaker 1: think anybody's worried about the defense. I think you know, 1205 00:56:31,946 --> 00:56:33,866 Speaker 1: the pass rushes they are, the coverages they're They're in 1206 00:56:33,946 --> 00:56:38,306 Speaker 1: good shape offensively, It's hard not to be skeptical, especially 1207 00:56:38,746 --> 00:56:41,226 Speaker 1: David Andrews might be out for the season. Isaiah Wain's 1208 00:56:41,226 --> 00:56:43,906 Speaker 1: going to be missing time. So everything you know, as 1209 00:56:43,986 --> 00:56:46,106 Speaker 1: I'm sure you know it starts in the trenches. So 1210 00:56:46,866 --> 00:56:50,266 Speaker 1: that's the quarterback and make a play too though, dude, 1211 00:56:50,506 --> 00:56:52,826 Speaker 1: I mean that's I will say. I was critical of 1212 00:56:52,906 --> 00:56:55,426 Speaker 1: Mac Jones. I think that he was putting a ball 1213 00:56:55,586 --> 00:56:59,026 Speaker 1: up for the opponent way too often. The turnovers were inexcusable. 1214 00:56:59,306 --> 00:57:01,826 Speaker 1: He has gotten better. I thought last week really was 1215 00:57:01,946 --> 00:57:03,866 Speaker 1: his best game, and now I think he completed like 1216 00:57:03,986 --> 00:57:05,906 Speaker 1: twenty two or twenty say, it wasn't like his numbers 1217 00:57:05,946 --> 00:57:07,866 Speaker 1: were bad. Would your percentage was fine? Is you don't 1218 00:57:07,866 --> 00:57:09,826 Speaker 1: have any fear that he's going to do anything. I 1219 00:57:09,906 --> 00:57:11,986 Speaker 1: don't know, it's windy, but like, at no point in 1220 00:57:12,066 --> 00:57:13,866 Speaker 1: that game, if you're a Jets fan, are you worried 1221 00:57:13,866 --> 00:57:16,186 Speaker 1: about mac Jones beating a deep or doing anything special? 1222 00:57:16,426 --> 00:57:19,306 Speaker 1: Absolutely not. Honestly, I think that beating them deep isn't 1223 00:57:19,346 --> 00:57:21,226 Speaker 1: really even where you want to see the Patriots right now. 1224 00:57:21,306 --> 00:57:22,946 Speaker 1: They came out in the season and we're like, hey, 1225 00:57:23,226 --> 00:57:26,266 Speaker 1: we're gonna try to be like the exactly, and they're 1226 00:57:26,266 --> 00:57:28,626 Speaker 1: throwing the same like three or four concepts Yati and 1227 00:57:28,706 --> 00:57:31,306 Speaker 1: teams were defending it Max getting sacked. So I think 1228 00:57:31,346 --> 00:57:32,826 Speaker 1: what they really need to get back to was some 1229 00:57:33,106 --> 00:57:35,306 Speaker 1: more of that underneath passing game where you get the 1230 00:57:35,346 --> 00:57:37,826 Speaker 1: ball in Ormondre Stevenson's hands, the guy who turned a 1231 00:57:37,906 --> 00:57:40,946 Speaker 1: third and eighteen into a first down on sheer willpower. 1232 00:57:41,106 --> 00:57:44,026 Speaker 1: You know, they've got the workhorses to dink and dunk 1233 00:57:44,106 --> 00:57:46,266 Speaker 1: underneath and get back to that Patriots offense they've had 1234 00:57:46,306 --> 00:57:48,426 Speaker 1: success with. So I really think that if they can 1235 00:57:48,506 --> 00:57:51,146 Speaker 1: kind of tone down the aggressiveness, pick their spots better, 1236 00:57:51,466 --> 00:57:53,266 Speaker 1: and just get the ball out of max hands faster. 1237 00:57:53,466 --> 00:57:55,306 Speaker 1: I think we could start seeing him play more point 1238 00:57:55,346 --> 00:57:58,706 Speaker 1: guard and excel within his own skill set. Everybody, if 1239 00:57:58,706 --> 00:58:00,986 Speaker 1: you're watching, you've seen the Patriots play, but number nine 1240 00:58:01,346 --> 00:58:05,026 Speaker 1: with those red sleeves, keep an eye on him Thursday night, 1241 00:58:05,146 --> 00:58:09,386 Speaker 1: Thanksgiving evening Vikings versus Patriots. And if you are looking 1242 00:58:09,506 --> 00:58:13,586 Speaker 1: for smart, insightful stuff on Twitter, Taylor Kyles, tell us 1243 00:58:13,626 --> 00:58:15,746 Speaker 1: where we can find you once more, you can find 1244 00:58:15,826 --> 00:58:18,946 Speaker 1: me at t k y l e S thirty nine. 1245 00:58:19,226 --> 00:58:21,146 Speaker 1: You're kicking butt too. Thank you so much for joining, 1246 00:58:21,186 --> 00:58:22,906 Speaker 1: and thanks for making me smarter, Thanks for having me 1247 00:58:22,986 --> 00:58:26,946 Speaker 1: brother take care. Taylor's great, and I had to bring 1248 00:58:27,066 --> 00:58:30,906 Speaker 1: back my buddy Detro because last week the feedback was incredible. 1249 00:58:30,986 --> 00:58:33,306 Speaker 1: People wanted more. He went on a fifteen minute rant 1250 00:58:33,346 --> 00:58:37,226 Speaker 1: about the following ten days of sports, starting with the 1251 00:58:37,306 --> 00:58:39,266 Speaker 1: opening of the World Cup and then taking us right 1252 00:58:39,306 --> 00:58:42,746 Speaker 1: through college football NFL and then this wild week that 1253 00:58:42,786 --> 00:58:44,586 Speaker 1: we're in the midst of right now, where it feels 1254 00:58:44,586 --> 00:58:46,906 Speaker 1: like at any given moment, there's a World Cup goal 1255 00:58:47,066 --> 00:58:49,706 Speaker 1: going on or a football game occurring, and then there's 1256 00:58:49,746 --> 00:58:52,746 Speaker 1: like crazy college basketball going on in Maui. At the 1257 00:58:52,786 --> 00:58:57,586 Speaker 1: same time, it's almost overwhelming, and yet I'm bringing in Detro. Now, Detro, 1258 00:58:57,746 --> 00:59:00,666 Speaker 1: what's up, buddy. It's Tuesday morning. It's the stretch that 1259 00:59:00,826 --> 00:59:05,826 Speaker 1: you've called the ten day embraced the sports, the monsoon. 1260 00:59:06,626 --> 00:59:09,306 Speaker 1: How are you handling it, Peter? It's great to be 1261 00:59:09,426 --> 00:59:13,146 Speaker 1: back me. Personally, I'm handling it great. But that's because 1262 00:59:13,146 --> 00:59:15,146 Speaker 1: I put a lot of preparation into this. You don't 1263 00:59:15,186 --> 00:59:18,186 Speaker 1: just jump in Saturday morning and start watching like you've 1264 00:59:18,226 --> 00:59:21,186 Speaker 1: never watched before. You had to have a roadmap ready 1265 00:59:21,266 --> 00:59:25,186 Speaker 1: to go. So I'm feeling real good. I think we're 1266 00:59:25,226 --> 00:59:27,026 Speaker 1: in a great spot. I think if we look back 1267 00:59:27,106 --> 00:59:30,266 Speaker 1: on the past few days, I mean that that Saturday 1268 00:59:30,346 --> 00:59:32,426 Speaker 1: noon slight of college football. I mean I didn't need 1269 00:59:32,466 --> 00:59:34,346 Speaker 1: a TCU Bayler. I didn't need to have heart. You know, 1270 00:59:34,466 --> 00:59:37,226 Speaker 1: my heart's bumping because of TCU Bowler. I'm like, I 1271 00:59:37,266 --> 00:59:38,946 Speaker 1: don't want to spend it all. I've got to have 1272 00:59:39,066 --> 00:59:41,306 Speaker 1: ten days ahead of me. If crazy sports, do I 1273 00:59:41,346 --> 00:59:43,066 Speaker 1: need to give all my energy to TCU Baylor and 1274 00:59:43,146 --> 00:59:45,986 Speaker 1: there I was. The answer to that is yes, because 1275 00:59:46,026 --> 00:59:49,306 Speaker 1: they're a top five team. There's college football playoff applications 1276 00:59:49,466 --> 00:59:51,786 Speaker 1: if you're going to get a game top five team 1277 00:59:51,866 --> 00:59:54,106 Speaker 1: that comes down to the very last snap of the 1278 00:59:54,226 --> 00:59:56,946 Speaker 1: game after a fire droll running on the field. That's 1279 00:59:56,986 --> 00:59:59,026 Speaker 1: what you're looking for at the noon slate. And then 1280 00:59:59,066 --> 01:00:01,786 Speaker 1: you flip right over to ABC with Michigan Illinois and 1281 01:00:01,946 --> 01:00:03,866 Speaker 1: that goes down to the last snap of the game. 1282 01:00:04,146 --> 01:00:05,986 Speaker 1: That's a heck of a way to start the weekend. 1283 01:00:06,506 --> 01:00:08,306 Speaker 1: And I tell you, I think I made two grave 1284 01:00:08,506 --> 01:00:11,226 Speaker 1: mistakes about And if you're listening, Eric, what are you 1285 01:00:11,226 --> 01:00:14,586 Speaker 1: guys talking about? Todd laid it out last week. He said, Hey, 1286 01:00:14,946 --> 01:00:19,906 Speaker 1: we've got ten straight days of crazy sports. Don't don't 1287 01:00:19,986 --> 01:00:23,146 Speaker 1: overdo it too early. Prepare yourself and kind of space 1288 01:00:23,226 --> 01:00:24,986 Speaker 1: out your time and be ready for it all and 1289 01:00:25,386 --> 01:00:28,306 Speaker 1: embrace it instead of being just exhausted by it. But 1290 01:00:28,386 --> 01:00:30,386 Speaker 1: I think I made a grave mistake. I stayed up 1291 01:00:30,466 --> 01:00:34,106 Speaker 1: till one in the morning on Saturday night watching UCLA 1292 01:00:34,186 --> 01:00:36,386 Speaker 1: USC two teams I don't have any connection to and 1293 01:00:36,466 --> 01:00:38,506 Speaker 1: I don't know if it really affects the college football playoff. 1294 01:00:38,546 --> 01:00:40,866 Speaker 1: And then on Monday night, I stayed up to the 1295 01:00:40,946 --> 01:00:43,986 Speaker 1: bitter end of a forty nine Ers at forty nine 1296 01:00:44,026 --> 01:00:46,226 Speaker 1: Ers versus Cardinals game of Mexico City that was decided 1297 01:00:46,226 --> 01:00:48,786 Speaker 1: by the second quarter. Todd, I think I messed up. 1298 01:00:49,466 --> 01:00:52,466 Speaker 1: I think the Monday night game is where you maybe 1299 01:00:52,626 --> 01:00:58,026 Speaker 1: took a misstep because that UCLA USC game. That game 1300 01:00:58,066 --> 01:01:00,466 Speaker 1: at twelve touchdowns in it. If you're looking to sit 1301 01:01:00,586 --> 01:01:03,666 Speaker 1: down and watch an entertaining game on a Saturday night, 1302 01:01:03,946 --> 01:01:07,026 Speaker 1: and it looked good. The colors, the uniform at the 1303 01:01:07,106 --> 01:01:08,826 Speaker 1: Rose Bowl, I could say the Rose Bowl grass looked 1304 01:01:08,826 --> 01:01:10,466 Speaker 1: pretty crappy. I don't know what happened to at that stadium, 1305 01:01:10,506 --> 01:01:12,466 Speaker 1: but the rest of it, the uniforms look great. And 1306 01:01:12,586 --> 01:01:15,546 Speaker 1: this Caleb Williams, Like, I'm a draft guy. I want 1307 01:01:15,546 --> 01:01:17,666 Speaker 1: to see Caleb Williams, the Oklahoma transfer. I want to 1308 01:01:17,666 --> 01:01:19,506 Speaker 1: see him on the ground. He looks amazing. So I 1309 01:01:19,586 --> 01:01:21,586 Speaker 1: feel like, hey, that was good. I need to see that. 1310 01:01:22,466 --> 01:01:24,306 Speaker 1: That's exactly where I'm going with that. You get a 1311 01:01:24,386 --> 01:01:27,786 Speaker 1: game where it's two rivals, two old fashioned teams, traditional 1312 01:01:28,026 --> 01:01:30,626 Speaker 1: teams out there you know them well, you get twelve 1313 01:01:30,746 --> 01:01:33,186 Speaker 1: touchdowns right in your face as you're going to sleep. 1314 01:01:33,466 --> 01:01:37,466 Speaker 1: That's the way to end that Saturday slate of college football. Okay, 1315 01:01:37,586 --> 01:01:39,546 Speaker 1: but I wake up this morning on a Tuesday, and 1316 01:01:39,626 --> 01:01:41,506 Speaker 1: I wake up at a normal hour, and I've got 1317 01:01:41,586 --> 01:01:44,306 Speaker 1: a string of texts from from my group thread, and 1318 01:01:44,386 --> 01:01:46,946 Speaker 1: you're in that group text and you're texting me about 1319 01:01:47,066 --> 01:01:50,586 Speaker 1: Tunisia Denmark. There's no way you were up watching Tunisia Denmark. 1320 01:01:50,666 --> 01:01:54,346 Speaker 1: How how do you have the bandwidth to watch Tunisia Denmark. 1321 01:01:54,866 --> 01:01:56,746 Speaker 1: That was the kind of game that you keep on 1322 01:01:57,106 --> 01:02:00,826 Speaker 1: in the background as you're taking as you're taking care 1323 01:02:00,866 --> 01:02:04,626 Speaker 1: of you Tuesday morning work responsibilities. Because it is still 1324 01:02:04,746 --> 01:02:07,786 Speaker 1: happening on Tuesday morning work, the out of office messages 1325 01:02:07,826 --> 01:02:11,026 Speaker 1: start coming back to you Tuesday afternoon. That's when the 1326 01:02:11,106 --> 01:02:14,226 Speaker 1: company Thanksgiving, all luncheons are going on. You're starting to 1327 01:02:14,266 --> 01:02:17,146 Speaker 1: get the emails from all companies out there. Hey we'll 1328 01:02:17,186 --> 01:02:19,666 Speaker 1: be closing tomorrow at one o'clock in the afternoon, So 1329 01:02:19,786 --> 01:02:22,266 Speaker 1: everybody's sort of putting it on cruise control at that point. 1330 01:02:22,586 --> 01:02:25,106 Speaker 1: That's how you handle that Tuesday morning. Because you don't 1331 01:02:25,106 --> 01:02:28,426 Speaker 1: eat soccer. Soccer soccer, Can I just say one quick 1332 01:02:28,466 --> 01:02:31,746 Speaker 1: thing about watching soccer, especially if the team USA. Yeah, 1333 01:02:32,106 --> 01:02:34,346 Speaker 1: let me explain something. I'm not a big soccer guy. 1334 01:02:34,466 --> 01:02:37,546 Speaker 1: You know you're not. I'm shocked I'm in. I'm in 1335 01:02:37,626 --> 01:02:40,666 Speaker 1: on the World Cup because it's compelling to me. But 1336 01:02:40,866 --> 01:02:44,946 Speaker 1: to watch a soccer game, there's nothing easier in the world. 1337 01:02:45,346 --> 01:02:49,186 Speaker 1: That game starts, you get forty five straight minutes of play. 1338 01:02:49,666 --> 01:02:52,146 Speaker 1: They give you a fifteen minute break to maybe grab 1339 01:02:52,226 --> 01:02:54,626 Speaker 1: a snack, whatever you have to do. It comes back on. 1340 01:02:55,066 --> 01:02:57,786 Speaker 1: You get forty five minutes of play, and then it's over. 1341 01:02:58,186 --> 01:03:00,506 Speaker 1: You're not, you're not. There's no TV timeouts, there's no breaks, 1342 01:03:00,546 --> 01:03:03,946 Speaker 1: there's no instant replays that, there's nothing. You're in it, 1343 01:03:04,066 --> 01:03:07,186 Speaker 1: you're out. The game's over two hours, easy peasy. It's 1344 01:03:07,266 --> 01:03:09,386 Speaker 1: nice and I like having it in the background. Also, 1345 01:03:09,466 --> 01:03:11,226 Speaker 1: it's almost like having golf in the background. It's just 1346 01:03:11,306 --> 01:03:12,946 Speaker 1: kind of like the hum of the crowd. It's a 1347 01:03:13,146 --> 01:03:15,146 Speaker 1: very soothing sound and then you hear the roar and 1348 01:03:15,266 --> 01:03:17,626 Speaker 1: you know there's a goal or you know, some wild 1349 01:03:17,746 --> 01:03:20,866 Speaker 1: red card or yellow card. Okay, so we're Tuesday before Thanksgiving. 1350 01:03:20,906 --> 01:03:23,866 Speaker 1: We hyped this next ten days up. Lay it out 1351 01:03:23,946 --> 01:03:25,706 Speaker 1: for me. What do we got from here on out? 1352 01:03:25,786 --> 01:03:28,706 Speaker 1: And how am I supposed to budget my time, my stomach, 1353 01:03:28,826 --> 01:03:31,426 Speaker 1: and my heart and soul into sports the next few days? 1354 01:03:31,426 --> 01:03:34,186 Speaker 1: Because I feel like we're about to hit peak sports season. 1355 01:03:34,706 --> 01:03:36,746 Speaker 1: That's a fantastic question. The way that I would look 1356 01:03:36,786 --> 01:03:40,066 Speaker 1: at is this right now, it's Tuesday morning. Me personally, 1357 01:03:40,186 --> 01:03:44,266 Speaker 1: I would recommend take Tuesday night for yourself and your family. 1358 01:03:44,346 --> 01:03:45,666 Speaker 1: Do what you have to do. You want to go 1359 01:03:45,746 --> 01:03:47,946 Speaker 1: out for dinner, you want to you know, step out, 1360 01:03:47,986 --> 01:03:49,706 Speaker 1: go see a movie or whatever it might be. There's 1361 01:03:49,746 --> 01:03:54,866 Speaker 1: nothing crazy going on in that sports landscape tonight on Tuesday. 1362 01:03:55,546 --> 01:03:58,226 Speaker 1: Wednesday is a little bit different because some of people 1363 01:03:58,306 --> 01:04:01,546 Speaker 1: travel on Wednesday. You're trying to put together your last 1364 01:04:01,586 --> 01:04:05,066 Speaker 1: minute Thanksgiving responsibilities. If you're hosting, there's a lot of 1365 01:04:05,146 --> 01:04:07,666 Speaker 1: things you have to do Wednesday day that Yeah, there'll 1366 01:04:07,666 --> 01:04:09,546 Speaker 1: be some World Cup games in and out and you 1367 01:04:09,586 --> 01:04:11,786 Speaker 1: can have it on in the background. But from a 1368 01:04:11,946 --> 01:04:16,146 Speaker 1: from a football straight football and NFL college standpoint, there's 1369 01:04:16,226 --> 01:04:19,346 Speaker 1: nothing today or tomorrow. That's absolutely you are nailed to 1370 01:04:19,466 --> 01:04:23,626 Speaker 1: the couch for three hours for However, then you get 1371 01:04:23,786 --> 01:04:27,426 Speaker 1: the Thursday and now this is where it's put your 1372 01:04:27,466 --> 01:04:30,506 Speaker 1: foot on the gas for the next four days. It's 1373 01:04:30,546 --> 01:04:33,506 Speaker 1: not a marathon, it's a spread. Yeah, that's exactly right. 1374 01:04:33,546 --> 01:04:35,546 Speaker 1: You've got to do the first half of these eight 1375 01:04:35,706 --> 01:04:38,746 Speaker 1: nine days that I'm talking about. Now it's Thanksgiving. Now 1376 01:04:38,826 --> 01:04:41,906 Speaker 1: at twelve thirty. You've got Bills Lions, and these Lions 1377 01:04:41,986 --> 01:04:44,866 Speaker 1: are frisky, they are fighting, They've won three in a row. 1378 01:04:45,266 --> 01:04:47,986 Speaker 1: That's the game you're gonna want to watch. Then you 1379 01:04:48,146 --> 01:04:51,266 Speaker 1: go right into all right, Cowboys Giants. I'm a giant 1380 01:04:51,346 --> 01:04:54,506 Speaker 1: fan the Giants of They've got It's amazing what happens 1381 01:04:54,546 --> 01:04:59,706 Speaker 1: in forty eight hours in the NFL. It's Tuesday morning, 1382 01:04:59,786 --> 01:05:01,706 Speaker 1: forty eight hours ago. We're talking about Brian Dave a 1383 01:05:01,746 --> 01:05:03,666 Speaker 1: winning Coach of the Year, and the Giants hosting and 1384 01:05:04,026 --> 01:05:06,826 Speaker 1: a playoff game. Now I'm sitting here looking at seven 1385 01:05:06,906 --> 01:05:09,826 Speaker 1: and ten wheels are coming most seasons over. It's unbelievable. 1386 01:05:10,106 --> 01:05:12,666 Speaker 1: And you know you got all day Thursday. You know 1387 01:05:12,746 --> 01:05:14,786 Speaker 1: you're gonna be eating all day long. If you're the 1388 01:05:14,826 --> 01:05:18,026 Speaker 1: type that's gonna pour yourself a little cocktail or whatever 1389 01:05:18,266 --> 01:05:20,786 Speaker 1: between the eating and drinking all day long on Thursday, 1390 01:05:20,826 --> 01:05:24,786 Speaker 1: you go into Thursday night, you get Vikings Pats King 1391 01:05:24,866 --> 01:05:28,386 Speaker 1: Pats Off a big win, Vikings Off a absolutely horrific loss. 1392 01:05:28,906 --> 01:05:31,746 Speaker 1: That game has a little sizzle to it. Get through 1393 01:05:31,866 --> 01:05:35,906 Speaker 1: that wake up Friday morning, ease into the day. Friday morning. 1394 01:05:36,106 --> 01:05:38,706 Speaker 1: It's the morning after Thanksgiving. There's no reason to be 1395 01:05:38,786 --> 01:05:42,306 Speaker 1: out there running marathon's going crazy because trots. You don't 1396 01:05:42,306 --> 01:05:44,706 Speaker 1: do a turkey trot. I'm not doing a turkey trot 1397 01:05:44,746 --> 01:05:47,146 Speaker 1: Friday morning. Not in the middle, not not in the 1398 01:05:47,186 --> 01:05:48,986 Speaker 1: middle of everything we have going on. It's not gonna 1399 01:05:49,026 --> 01:05:51,666 Speaker 1: happen because I gotta know that on Friday at two o'clock, 1400 01:05:52,426 --> 01:05:56,106 Speaker 1: USA England. I'm in you. You gotta be into that. 1401 01:05:56,306 --> 01:05:58,346 Speaker 1: That is a must win for the USA right there. 1402 01:05:58,426 --> 01:06:00,946 Speaker 1: Apparently that's what my soccer friends are telling me. Must 1403 01:06:01,026 --> 01:06:06,026 Speaker 1: win for USA through USA England. And then we know Michigan, 1404 01:06:06,066 --> 01:06:09,986 Speaker 1: Ohio stayed on Saturday, USC noted Dame on Saturday, Full 1405 01:06:10,066 --> 01:06:13,466 Speaker 1: Slate Sunday. But here's what my question for you is. 1406 01:06:13,506 --> 01:06:15,626 Speaker 1: And I this is coming from someone who hosts a 1407 01:06:15,706 --> 01:06:20,346 Speaker 1: morning show about NFL football. You know, we have the show, 1408 01:06:21,106 --> 01:06:24,546 Speaker 1: and I checked the Twitter timeline and everyone's tweeting about 1409 01:06:24,586 --> 01:06:29,186 Speaker 1: Saudi Arabia Argentina during my show. As a football fan, 1410 01:06:29,426 --> 01:06:32,506 Speaker 1: American football, and as someone who's kind of in a 1411 01:06:32,626 --> 01:06:35,226 Speaker 1: conflict here because I also worked for Fox Sports, and 1412 01:06:35,266 --> 01:06:37,746 Speaker 1: I know they paid seventeen billion dollars for the World 1413 01:06:37,826 --> 01:06:39,626 Speaker 1: Cup rights and this is a big moment for them. 1414 01:06:40,426 --> 01:06:42,746 Speaker 1: Is anyone watching Good Morning Football? Is everyone going to 1415 01:06:42,786 --> 01:06:46,106 Speaker 1: start becoming experts in you know, Belgium and their Golden 1416 01:06:46,186 --> 01:06:49,506 Speaker 1: generation and then whatever Uruguays got up their sleeve and 1417 01:06:49,546 --> 01:06:53,146 Speaker 1: then oh and Bope did this and Littlewandowski did that. Like, 1418 01:06:53,386 --> 01:06:55,266 Speaker 1: should I be nervous that no one's gonna be watching 1419 01:06:55,306 --> 01:06:57,026 Speaker 1: Good Morning Football the next few days? And if not, 1420 01:06:58,346 --> 01:07:00,746 Speaker 1: please tell me what soccer I need to be aware of. 1421 01:07:01,706 --> 01:07:04,346 Speaker 1: Don't don't forget the Denmark six foot six goalie. You 1422 01:07:04,426 --> 01:07:09,066 Speaker 1: know they a legend Schmichael, Yeah, exactly. My opinion on 1423 01:07:09,186 --> 01:07:13,146 Speaker 1: it is that, yes, the World Cup is a fun, compelling, 1424 01:07:13,306 --> 01:07:15,866 Speaker 1: interesting thing to watch. It can be exciting. Like I said, 1425 01:07:15,906 --> 01:07:17,946 Speaker 1: the games are fast, they're they're it. You're in and 1426 01:07:18,026 --> 01:07:21,666 Speaker 1: out in two hours. But from an American viewer standpoint 1427 01:07:22,546 --> 01:07:26,466 Speaker 1: right now, let's take Friday after Thanksgiving for instance, the 1428 01:07:26,626 --> 01:07:28,786 Speaker 1: USA England don't play it, don't play until two two 1429 01:07:28,786 --> 01:07:30,946 Speaker 1: o'clock in the afternoon. Yeah, you guys are on from 1430 01:07:30,946 --> 01:07:33,226 Speaker 1: seven to ten in the morning. You're fine. That's it. 1431 01:07:33,466 --> 01:07:36,346 Speaker 1: If someone's watching Good Morning Football today and they're watching 1432 01:07:36,386 --> 01:07:38,906 Speaker 1: it tomorrow, they're watching it Friday morning, They're not going 1433 01:07:38,986 --> 01:07:43,386 Speaker 1: to be pulled away to watch a random World Cup game. 1434 01:07:43,466 --> 01:07:46,146 Speaker 1: That's the average fan that you guys are getting to watch. 1435 01:07:46,386 --> 01:07:48,186 Speaker 1: So I think you're fine. I don't think you lose 1436 01:07:48,266 --> 01:07:50,866 Speaker 1: one set of eyeballs. All right, we're ending this with 1437 01:07:51,186 --> 01:07:54,786 Speaker 1: with your final word. I've spoken with Aaron, my producer. 1438 01:07:54,866 --> 01:08:05,066 Speaker 1: I woking with Taylor. Um. Thanksgiving Turkey in or out? Oh, absolutely, 1439 01:08:05,146 --> 01:08:08,426 Speaker 1: in has to be arcneat has to be smothered and gravy. 1440 01:08:08,586 --> 01:08:12,426 Speaker 1: I'm a thousand percent in. Are you disgusted in that? 1441 01:08:12,706 --> 01:08:14,746 Speaker 1: I went new wave and I will not even look 1442 01:08:14,786 --> 01:08:17,306 Speaker 1: at the damn thing. I am disgusted by turkey. I 1443 01:08:17,386 --> 01:08:20,586 Speaker 1: think it's dry. I think it's forced underneath a guise 1444 01:08:20,826 --> 01:08:24,226 Speaker 1: of American rhetoric, that we are forced to believe that 1445 01:08:24,386 --> 01:08:26,906 Speaker 1: this is an American thing to do, and it's patriotic 1446 01:08:26,946 --> 01:08:29,506 Speaker 1: to eat this terrible food that has no taste, and 1447 01:08:29,666 --> 01:08:31,826 Speaker 1: that the traditions of the family are somehow tied to 1448 01:08:31,946 --> 01:08:36,066 Speaker 1: some bird, some foul. I am not a fan of turkey, 1449 01:08:36,106 --> 01:08:37,546 Speaker 1: and I will not be told I must have it 1450 01:08:37,626 --> 01:08:41,626 Speaker 1: on Thanksgiving. Look, it's part of the scenery. It's the 1451 01:08:41,786 --> 01:08:44,466 Speaker 1: main part of the scenery for a Thanksgiving table. I 1452 01:08:44,626 --> 01:08:47,146 Speaker 1: get it, but it's not the main part of the 1453 01:08:47,346 --> 01:08:49,266 Speaker 1: dish that you're going to be having for dinner that 1454 01:08:49,266 --> 01:08:51,626 Speaker 1: you're going to enjoy the most. I think everybody openly 1455 01:08:51,706 --> 01:08:54,746 Speaker 1: agrees with that. Between the mashed potatoes, the stuffing, the 1456 01:08:54,866 --> 01:08:57,386 Speaker 1: potential for macaroni and cheese, the list goes on and on. 1457 01:08:57,666 --> 01:09:00,146 Speaker 1: It's a carb day, it's not a protein day. You 1458 01:09:00,226 --> 01:09:03,106 Speaker 1: want to carve up all day on Thanksgiving. That's how 1459 01:09:03,146 --> 01:09:05,666 Speaker 1: it goes. The turkey's there for the picture for Instagram. 1460 01:09:05,706 --> 01:09:07,866 Speaker 1: While you're standing there and everything looks beautiful, but at 1461 01:09:07,866 --> 01:09:10,226 Speaker 1: the end of the day, you're going more carved in protein. 1462 01:09:10,786 --> 01:09:14,306 Speaker 1: Love it all right, Good luck, We've got a crazy 1463 01:09:14,426 --> 01:09:16,506 Speaker 1: five days ahead of us. Good luck to your giants. 1464 01:09:17,106 --> 01:09:18,786 Speaker 1: Do you have the feeling I do that this might 1465 01:09:18,826 --> 01:09:22,066 Speaker 1: be like forty one nothing? Now, this is an absolute 1466 01:09:22,906 --> 01:09:26,906 Speaker 1: steamroll job by the cowboys at home the whole country 1467 01:09:27,026 --> 01:09:30,706 Speaker 1: on the couch watching the giants show up, like like 1468 01:09:30,866 --> 01:09:34,666 Speaker 1: everybody's injured. On the giants, we lose everybody. We have 1469 01:09:34,746 --> 01:09:37,226 Speaker 1: two days to prepare. This is one of those you know, 1470 01:09:37,466 --> 01:09:40,266 Speaker 1: forty two ten type of things, and the wheels just 1471 01:09:40,546 --> 01:09:45,746 Speaker 1: explode off. The Giant's true, though, like last week, we're 1472 01:09:45,786 --> 01:09:48,706 Speaker 1: talking Daniel Jones, who serves a long term extension. This week, 1473 01:09:48,706 --> 01:09:49,946 Speaker 1: it's like, all right, blow the whole thing up. But 1474 01:09:50,026 --> 01:09:53,066 Speaker 1: there one ros If. Forty eight hours ago, I was 1475 01:09:53,146 --> 01:09:56,546 Speaker 1: talking about hoosting the NFC title game, and now I'm 1476 01:09:56,586 --> 01:09:58,746 Speaker 1: wondering what our draft pick will be when we finished 1477 01:09:58,786 --> 01:10:02,146 Speaker 1: seven and ten. That is the classic eight those of 1478 01:10:02,186 --> 01:10:04,946 Speaker 1: a New York sports fan. And that's not even getting 1479 01:10:04,946 --> 01:10:06,746 Speaker 1: into the Zach Wilson side of things. That's just the 1480 01:10:06,786 --> 01:10:08,786 Speaker 1: Giants fan. The Jets fans are a lot further along 1481 01:10:08,826 --> 01:10:12,866 Speaker 1: than you, my friend. The Jets is a completely different 1482 01:10:12,906 --> 01:10:14,946 Speaker 1: story to talk about if you really wanted to dive 1483 01:10:14,986 --> 01:10:18,466 Speaker 1: into the Jet fan world. Because they think that not 1484 01:10:18,586 --> 01:10:20,226 Speaker 1: only should they be in first place, but that the 1485 01:10:20,306 --> 01:10:23,786 Speaker 1: starting quarterback shouldn't be playing anymore. It's a wild, wild 1486 01:10:24,466 --> 01:10:26,666 Speaker 1: ride to be a Jets fan. Did you say keep 1487 01:10:26,746 --> 01:10:28,066 Speaker 1: them though? Right? I mean, I went on a whole 1488 01:10:28,106 --> 01:10:29,986 Speaker 1: rant to start the thing. And as someone who I 1489 01:10:30,066 --> 01:10:32,066 Speaker 1: know watches all this stuff, and you've got the thoughts 1490 01:10:32,106 --> 01:10:34,066 Speaker 1: and you say you got a stick with Wilson, I said, 1491 01:10:34,066 --> 01:10:36,226 Speaker 1: benjam I don't think it's the worst thing in the world. 1492 01:10:36,266 --> 01:10:38,746 Speaker 1: I don't think it's some Supreme Court justice job. I 1493 01:10:39,586 --> 01:10:41,706 Speaker 1: think that you have to stay with him from the 1494 01:10:41,786 --> 01:10:45,826 Speaker 1: standpoint that he deserves enough of a leash to say, 1495 01:10:45,946 --> 01:10:48,786 Speaker 1: all right, is this guy the quarterback over future or not. However, 1496 01:10:49,226 --> 01:10:52,266 Speaker 1: as a fan, if you're telling me that going into 1497 01:10:52,346 --> 01:10:54,106 Speaker 1: last week, if they would have beaten the Patriots, that 1498 01:10:54,186 --> 01:10:56,706 Speaker 1: they have sole possession of first place, I got to 1499 01:10:56,746 --> 01:10:59,106 Speaker 1: do everything that I have to do to win that game. 1500 01:10:59,626 --> 01:11:02,626 Speaker 1: Because we haven't been very good the past five or 1501 01:11:02,626 --> 01:11:04,906 Speaker 1: six years. When I say we, I mean the Jets, 1502 01:11:05,386 --> 01:11:07,586 Speaker 1: and whatever you gotta do to win that team and 1503 01:11:07,626 --> 01:11:09,266 Speaker 1: gets told possession in first place, you gotta do. I 1504 01:11:09,346 --> 01:11:11,906 Speaker 1: can't worry about where the quarterback position is going to 1505 01:11:11,946 --> 01:11:14,186 Speaker 1: be in twenty twenty three, twenty twenty four. I want 1506 01:11:14,226 --> 01:11:16,746 Speaker 1: to win right now. I do. What do you do 1507 01:11:16,826 --> 01:11:19,506 Speaker 1: this week? You bench him? Where you keep them? I'm 1508 01:11:19,826 --> 01:11:21,746 Speaker 1: standing him out there against the Bears. The Jets will 1509 01:11:21,786 --> 01:11:23,986 Speaker 1: go out they'll beat the Bears. Fields is a little 1510 01:11:24,066 --> 01:11:25,946 Speaker 1: dinged up. The Jets will go out there. They may 1511 01:11:26,026 --> 01:11:28,506 Speaker 1: not win, you know, the thirty one three, but they'll 1512 01:11:28,546 --> 01:11:32,426 Speaker 1: have one of those you know, seventeen nine kind of wins. 1513 01:11:32,786 --> 01:11:35,106 Speaker 1: They'll win. They'll right the ship, and everybody forget that 1514 01:11:35,146 --> 01:11:37,066 Speaker 1: you want it to bench Jack Wilson. Here's what I 1515 01:11:37,106 --> 01:11:39,266 Speaker 1: would do and watch it happen. And this is not 1516 01:11:39,386 --> 01:11:41,586 Speaker 1: from Salo or anything. I just I have a feeling 1517 01:11:41,626 --> 01:11:42,986 Speaker 1: this is how it's going to go down, and I'll 1518 01:11:43,066 --> 01:11:46,026 Speaker 1: end it on this. They don't say a word, They 1519 01:11:46,146 --> 01:11:49,266 Speaker 1: let everyone guess and speculate. It becomes a whole storyline 1520 01:11:49,266 --> 01:11:51,546 Speaker 1: over the next four days. They end up starting him 1521 01:11:51,626 --> 01:11:55,546 Speaker 1: on Sunday. He plays well, they win, this thing goes away, 1522 01:11:55,626 --> 01:11:58,306 Speaker 1: But the whole four days of suspense and the heat 1523 01:11:58,426 --> 01:12:00,986 Speaker 1: like it lets a little fire under him. I completely 1524 01:12:00,986 --> 01:12:04,106 Speaker 1: agree with that. And you know, look, you gotta tell him. 1525 01:12:04,386 --> 01:12:06,786 Speaker 1: Everyone wants to know who's starting. Once you know who's starting, 1526 01:12:06,866 --> 01:12:09,706 Speaker 1: that's it. Go out. Play well enough to win. You 1527 01:12:09,866 --> 01:12:12,906 Speaker 1: don't have to light up the scoreboard. Just win the game. 1528 01:12:13,266 --> 01:12:15,866 Speaker 1: Let's move on and get to next Sunday, and away 1529 01:12:15,906 --> 01:12:18,866 Speaker 1: we go, and away we go. Detro, thank you on 1530 01:12:19,066 --> 01:12:22,186 Speaker 1: behalf of my dear friend right here on behalf of 1531 01:12:22,346 --> 01:12:25,906 Speaker 1: Aaron Kyle's on, behalf of Kevin Burkhart, and on behalf 1532 01:12:25,946 --> 01:12:29,106 Speaker 1: of Aaron Won Kaufman, Jason English, the iHeartMedia team, the 1533 01:12:29,266 --> 01:12:33,186 Speaker 1: NFL Digital team, and of course our music maestro, mister 1534 01:12:33,306 --> 01:12:35,186 Speaker 1: Jack Rudd. 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