1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,440 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to The Dan Patrick Show podcast. Be 2 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 1: sure to catch us live every weekday morning nine to 3 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:08,719 Speaker 1: noon Eastern or six to nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: Find your local station for The Dan Patrick Show at 5 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio dot com. We're stream us live every 6 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 1: day on the iHeartRadio app by searching f s R. Hello, 7 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:24,080 Speaker 1: Dan Patrick's faithful and welcome to the Dan Patrick Show. 8 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 1: Guess what we're doing on Thanksgiving? As you may have guessed, 9 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 1: Dan Patrick and the Danets are not here. They are 10 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:34,920 Speaker 1: celebrating Thanksgiving. But in his place are two men with 11 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: slightly worse jump shots, Doug Gottlieb and t J. Huschmanzana 12 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 1: So broadcasting from the Mercedes Man Cave on this Thanksgiving Holiday. 13 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:49,480 Speaker 1: I'll be waving from somewhere. This is the Dan Patrick Show. 14 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: Doug got Lady Taszaba in for Dan and the Dans. 15 00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: This is the Dan Patrick Show on Fox Sports Radio. U. 16 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 1: TJ already have my smoker going, so the Bird's gonna 17 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 1: go on shortly, getting ready for things to get it 18 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: out here on the West coast. Both of us are 19 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: just I mean, it was end of days winds last night. 20 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,040 Speaker 1: It was like grapes of wrath. I feel like I was. 21 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: I was. I was coming in from from Oklahoma with 22 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: dust in my mouth. How are you, man? I'm doing well. 23 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:33,679 Speaker 1: I can't complain as usual. Long night U pre Thanksgiving eves, 24 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 1: so to speak. You know, my wife makes gumbo, so 25 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: in the process of getting aught in greedy hints and 26 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 1: making sure you get it wrapped up to throw it 27 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 1: a wales, you'll have all kind of roads trying to 28 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: get into trash cam. But yeah, I'm looking forward to 29 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: the show today to eat. It's gonna be a great one, 30 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 1: all right. So do you eat early, like do you 31 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: eat like lunchtime and then and then you go back 32 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: or do you wait, you know, wait and do it 33 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: like a dinner time. They're no, I gotta go early, doe, 34 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: because if I don't go early, then I just get 35 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:08,920 Speaker 1: one meal like today and tomorrow. I'm gonna be a 36 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:13,399 Speaker 1: real fat boy, like I'm going to eat as much 37 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 1: as I possibly can. I'm gonna start with the gumbo 38 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:20,839 Speaker 1: and then probably mid second football game to day I'll 39 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 1: go to the turkey, the macaroni and cheese, the Kyler greens, 40 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: the candy ms and all of that. I'm hungry. Already. 41 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 1: By the way, Matt Judon not a fan of macaroni 42 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:35,639 Speaker 1: and cheese. We'll get into that, ye, Matt Judon tripping. Um, 43 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 1: I look, I do think a little bit of its regional. 44 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 1: We'll get into that. We'll talk macaroni and cheese. And 45 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 1: the validity of macaroni and cheese is being part of 46 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:46,959 Speaker 1: your Thanksgiving meal, which you know, I'll just tell you, 47 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:50,399 Speaker 1: like I actually said, it's on my show yesterday, which 48 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 1: is my I hadn't had macaroon and cheese with Thanksgiving dinner. 49 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: Then I'm away at school in Oklahoma State. And the 50 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 1: way it worked there was we all had we had 51 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 1: thanks he we had practiced, then we go to dinner 52 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:05,839 Speaker 1: at the country club, and then we come back we'd 53 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:07,959 Speaker 1: have some stupid practice at night, which is like that 54 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 1: we were all just a waste of time, right, Um, 55 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: But everybody got to put in what they wanted, right, 56 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: like you get one side and then coach his mom, 57 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 1: a coach's wife would actually call your your mom or 58 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: your your dad or whatever they wanted a recipe. So 59 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:23,799 Speaker 1: it was like the real deal. And I just remember 60 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 1: like five dudes put in for macaroni and cheese. I 61 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:28,639 Speaker 1: was like really like, yeah, if you made good macaroni 62 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 1: and cheese, and after ever since then it's become a 63 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:34,239 Speaker 1: staple of my Thanksgiving dinner. So that that's kind of 64 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: where I picked. I don't know if it's not necessarily culture, 65 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: but I do think it's cultural rule on some level. 66 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 1: Man macaroni. Like I will say this when when I 67 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 1: listened to Judean, he actually had a decent point. It's 68 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: noodles and a bunch of cheese. It is so when 69 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: you sit there and think about it, you're like, man, 70 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 1: but it tastes so good. Well I think, I think, also, 71 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: go ahead, I'm sorry, and we don't eat it often. 72 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 1: It's not you know, and it's not just Thanksgiving. My 73 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 1: wife will probably make it ten times a year, and 74 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 1: so me personally, I enjoy it. My mill is not 75 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 1: complete for Thanksgiving if I don't have mac and cheese. 76 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 1: I also you have to have like you you have greens, 77 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 1: you have to have veggies, right like I like. One 78 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 1: of the great things about a Thanksgiving plate to me 79 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 1: is like the mixing of all the different flavors, like cranberry. 80 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: I only do the canned cranberry sauce, right like, I 81 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:27,920 Speaker 1: actually but I actually like you whether thanks even here, 82 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: because for whatever reason, it marries well with we put 83 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: stuffing or dressing. You put dressing with cranberry sauce and turkey, 84 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: and then I that's I actually throw the macro and 85 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 1: cheese in with it. You have different textures and different flavors, 86 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: and it like brings it all out. Like to me, 87 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: I like the mixing. Now are you now? Do you 88 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:47,720 Speaker 1: do you divide up your plate and you only eat 89 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 1: one element or do you mix them together? I will 90 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 1: say I divide it up, but I'm on one plate, Doug, 91 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 1: I'm on one place, so they're they're mixed in anyway, 92 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: and I don't have his ginormous plate. But I will 93 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 1: say this, I am not a cranberry guy, ye, cranberry 94 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:10,239 Speaker 1: sales guy. And I'm actually I'm not a stuffing guy either, 95 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:14,599 Speaker 1: And so what I named like, I look forward to 96 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: eating that like my wife also Sho'll make some fresh 97 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:21,039 Speaker 1: string beans, but I'm gonna get I'm eat the collar greens. Yeah. 98 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: That that that right. I can't wait, like just thinking 99 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:26,039 Speaker 1: about it, and I'm like, man, I can't wait for 100 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 1: the games to start. Sit there and just watch football 101 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 1: and eat all day. That's what I want to do. 102 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 1: We'll get to the games in a second. T Jos 103 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:35,559 Speaker 1: froms out of Doug Gottlieben for Dan Dans Dan Patrick's show. 104 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 1: Last night, UM Lakers won Your Big Laker Dude, UM, 105 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 1: and they did so without Anthony Davis. He didn't play. 106 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:45,279 Speaker 1: But there's a bunch of other elements to it. Lebron 107 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,359 Speaker 1: was like peak Lebron last night. He was he was, 108 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 1: he was unbelievable. Hit a couple of huge shots. He 109 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:56,279 Speaker 1: did the uh, he did the the Sam Cassell right, 110 00:05:56,320 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: I got, I got big lower intestine for I got, 111 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 1: I got big balls. After making a huge three, he 112 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:06,359 Speaker 1: ejected two fans that were heckling him, and then he 113 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:10,040 Speaker 1: hit another big like dagger three in overtime, and then 114 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: he talked about Isaiah Stewart. Let's talk with the game first. 115 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 1: You have any issue with him getting two fans ejected? 116 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: I do, I really do, unless it was in again, 117 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 1: I would like to hear why they were ejected. Fans. 118 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:34,480 Speaker 1: The word fans comes from the word fanatic, and so 119 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: fans are going to say and do things because they 120 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: are a fan of the other team, or I assume 121 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 1: they were. When you're sitting courtside. You never know who 122 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: they're a fan of. And so what was said. These 123 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 1: people paid their hard arm money to come watch a game. 124 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 1: They pretty much saw that through got ejected very late. 125 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 1: But I do have a problem with it because of 126 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 1: what I just said. They paid for that, and if 127 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 1: they weren't just over the top disrespectful, a little trash 128 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:09,280 Speaker 1: talk can or don't, you can't get disrespect, And I 129 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 1: doubt people would do that in this day and age 130 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 1: is disrespect you in front of so many other There's 131 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 1: a lot of people that disrespect you social media, behind 132 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 1: closed doors, so to speak. And so I do have 133 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 1: a problem with it. But I would like to know 134 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: what was said for him. I mean, he lives. He 135 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 1: walked over there and pointed him out like a kid 136 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: at school. These two right here, these two are the 137 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 1: ones that did this to me. They gotta go, And 138 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 1: so I would like to know. I actually have the 139 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 1: opposite view of it. I've often thought like it's like 140 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 1: when when when, whether it's Russell Westbrook or any these guys, 141 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 1: you have an issue with a fan, Like, there's no 142 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 1: win in it. There's no win in it, getting back 143 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: and forth and going back and forth and screaming back 144 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 1: at the fan like if they say something's head of line, 145 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 1: you actually players, I liked it, Like players have had 146 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: that power for a long time, just none of them 147 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 1: use it. Finally rounds like I'm done with it. You two, 148 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 1: you're gone, and I and it's it's like that's an 149 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: ultimate deterrent, you know. I just again, I don't know 150 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: what was said, And I do think that dudes are littles, 151 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 1: are obviously softer and more sensitive than they ever used 152 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 1: to be. On the other hand, like looks fans they 153 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 1: if those two didn't say something out of line, I 154 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: think they would have been much more aggressive in in 155 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 1: their exit right, Like if you don't say anything that's 156 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 1: out of line and somebody's gonna eject you from court 157 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 1: side seats of a game that ends up going to overtime, 158 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 1: like you're gonna be pissed and yelling no way, I'm 159 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:39,840 Speaker 1: not moving, I'm not leaving. They got up and left 160 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 1: really really easy. That that's that to me, that's that's 161 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 1: an emittance of guilt. They didn't put a fight up. No, 162 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:49,679 Speaker 1: they did not put up They knew they did. They 163 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: said some sort of magic word that would that was 164 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 1: that was uncomfortable, probably even to them. And and that's 165 00:08:57,559 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 1: why I want to know what was said, because the 166 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 1: way Ron literally walked over there with the ref and 167 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 1: was like, these two must go. And Lebron really he 168 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 1: doesn't show that type of emotion during the game when 169 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 1: it's he's tunnel vision. Let me focus on the game. 170 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 1: And so they must have gotten under his skin. I 171 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:24,080 Speaker 1: remember playing in the game, and I mean, and football 172 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 1: is a much different, much different sport than basketball, but 173 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 1: I would get into it with fans when we were 174 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: on our sideline, especially on the road, and they would 175 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: talk trash and I never forget, man, we're playing the 176 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 1: Steelers and now you wipe your foot with the towel, 177 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:42,840 Speaker 1: didn't you. Yeah, but it wasn't that game, and we're 178 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 1: just we're just We're just going back and forth in 179 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:50,439 Speaker 1: the like I'm disrespectful both ways. And the crazy thing 180 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 1: is I ended up getting cool with him. Man. I 181 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 1: was giving these uh, I was giving them cups of 182 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 1: gatorade to drink during the game, and at one point 183 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 1: I had given probably two or three cups, and I said, 184 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 1: I have to be an idiot. What if they throw 185 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:07,680 Speaker 1: throw this gatorade back in my face. But but I 186 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 1: was They was like, can I get some Gatorad? And 187 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 1: I just kept giving them cups of Gatorade. Probably gave 188 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:14,560 Speaker 1: them four or five cups of Gatorade. But it started 189 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 1: off disrespectful and it ended in their respectful manner. And 190 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:22,720 Speaker 1: so the fans, as long as you acknowledge them, have 191 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 1: fun with them. I think that's what they want. Again, 192 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:28,480 Speaker 1: basketball is a different sport than than football. But you're right, 193 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:31,080 Speaker 1: they got up and said, oh, we've been busted. We 194 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 1: gotta go. We got cars. Yeah. Right. It's like the anybody, 195 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 1: anybody who's ever been to a game has snuck down 196 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:39,840 Speaker 1: to a lower level than their tickets should be, right, 197 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:43,440 Speaker 1: And so they look like the person that they there 198 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 1: their tickets in the two hundreds and they're down on 199 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:48,319 Speaker 1: the court level. And then somebody, the guy came and 200 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 1: checked their tickets, right, and you like you first you 201 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 1: go like the oh, I don't have my ticket. Then 202 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:54,080 Speaker 1: you're like you gotta go, like all all right, I 203 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 1: gotta I gotta go. Okay, So here's Lebron after the 204 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:04,440 Speaker 1: game on the suspension from the Isaiah Stewart incident. Definitely, 205 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:06,959 Speaker 1: I'm not the type of player so um, you know, 206 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,720 Speaker 1: I hate to see that. Um well escalated after that, 207 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:13,200 Speaker 1: and UM, I didn't think it warned. Um UM, I 208 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 1: thought it warned an ejection because of them, of what 209 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 1: happened after that, you know, having me probably still in 210 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:23,560 Speaker 1: the game, and the excitement from the fans and what 211 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:27,199 Speaker 1: could possibly happen after that. Obviously, but I was suspension. 212 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 1: I didn't think it was. I didn't think it was 213 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:33,080 Speaker 1: warned it. But the league made that call, and uh, 214 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:36,960 Speaker 1: we're here today if for apparently for this radio show, 215 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,439 Speaker 1: I'll take the voice of Nick Wright right where I'm 216 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 1: just gonna support Lebron, but this one he's actually right on. 217 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 1: Like the only reason that was a major deal a 218 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 1: suspension were the incident was Isaiah Stewart. It had nothing 219 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 1: new with Lebron. Like, look, Lebron, they're they're they're hand fighting, 220 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:57,600 Speaker 1: and it looked to me, and I don't know how 221 00:11:57,600 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 1: it looked at you, it looked at me like, you know, 222 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 1: your hand fighting, your hand gets held up and then 223 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 1: all of a sudden gets loose and you pop a 224 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 1: guy in the face. He's like, oh my bads, Like 225 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:06,679 Speaker 1: I didn't mean to cut you, Like, but it's basketball. 226 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 1: It's Basketball's a contact sport. You're gonna get hit with 227 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 1: the bow every once in a while. Something's you know, 228 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:12,440 Speaker 1: you're gonna get hitting the junk every once in a while, 229 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 1: you're gonna get it. You're getting kneed in the thigh 230 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:16,960 Speaker 1: every once in a while like that, that happens. But 231 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 1: the only reason that was a thing because Isaiah Stewart 232 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 1: lost his mind. DJ I didn't. I'm not even Lebron defender, 233 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 1: but like, I don't see it. Everybody act acting like 234 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 1: this is some major deal. Well, you hit him with 235 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 1: his fist, like dude, you're watching in super slow motion, 236 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:35,520 Speaker 1: and he obviously got his hand caught up. I'm on 237 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 1: kind of team Lebron with this thing that it got 238 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 1: over the top mostly because Isaiah Stewart. If Isaiah Steward 239 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:49,839 Speaker 1: doesn't react the way he did, obviously nobody gets suspended. 240 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 1: It's not even talked about. The fact that it looked 241 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:56,960 Speaker 1: as bad as it did was because he didn't get 242 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,720 Speaker 1: the treatment. He didn't get the towel on the cut immediately. 243 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:01,840 Speaker 1: Head he gotten that, we wouldn't have seen all the 244 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:04,520 Speaker 1: blood in the face and the mouth to make it 245 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 1: look as bad as it did. Lebron is almost like 246 00:13:08,679 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 1: shock in a way to where they can push me, 247 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:14,840 Speaker 1: they can beat me up, they can do this. Eventually 248 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:16,559 Speaker 1: you kind of get tired of it and just look 249 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:18,679 Speaker 1: like Lebron was just like, man, get off of me, man, 250 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 1: I'm tired of this, and that get off of me 251 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:25,559 Speaker 1: just hit Isaiah's steward at the right place and it 252 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 1: cut him open. Honestly, man, it was almost like Isaiah's steward. 253 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 1: It was so personal, like Lebron had done something to 254 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:38,959 Speaker 1: him prior to this. Yeah, and we didn't know. The 255 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 1: dude was uncontrollable and I'm if I'm gonna end like 256 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:48,439 Speaker 1: like like big men are trying to grab this dude 257 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 1: and cannot hold him back. He was he had lost 258 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 1: his mind. That's that young energy, young strength, yea. And 259 00:13:57,160 --> 00:14:02,079 Speaker 1: it was like, if I'm in the NBA, think about this, Lebron, James, 260 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant, Steph Claric Curry, those three guys. You can't 261 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 1: go at those three guys. Yeah. It just especially when 262 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: you're a young kid, it's something for it, like nobody 263 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 1: wants to get cut, especially in that nature. But it 264 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 1: literally was like he was an animal, like an animal 265 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 1: that escaped an enclosure and they were trying to get 266 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 1: him back in, and he was like, Nah, I'm not 267 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 1: going back in right now. I'm gonna stay out and 268 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 1: enjoy this little freedom. It was really, really, really fortunate 269 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 1: that nothing never came with that. All the running around, 270 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 1: all it did was tire him out, so to speak. 271 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:45,720 Speaker 1: Can you imagine how tired he was when he got 272 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 1: in the locker room, right like when when the adrenaline 273 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 1: wore out. Isaiah Steward probably took a nap during the 274 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 1: during the second half of that game. Like, because anybody 275 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 1: who's ever been in like a little street fight when 276 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 1: they're a kid, you get home and all that energy 277 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 1: leaves your body and you're exa Austin. You're like, man, 278 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:03,680 Speaker 1: how did these boxers do it for like ten twelve rounds? 279 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 1: There's no possible way. But he had. He had an 280 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 1: entire team, his own team as well as the Laker 281 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 1: and coaches getting in his way, and he's just throwing 282 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 1: him aside. He's like an X man, right, He's just 283 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 1: throwing dudes aside. Guys are tackling him. No, I want 284 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:22,320 Speaker 1: to get to Lebron security. He goes running around. I 285 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:26,560 Speaker 1: mean that dude lost his ever loving mind. Has there 286 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:29,480 Speaker 1: hadn't have been some other cheap shot or something, or 287 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 1: or maybe just grew up a Jordan guy. I don't know. 288 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 1: I mean he got he got cut. I I get it. 289 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:37,360 Speaker 1: You get hit, you kind of hurt and then you 290 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 1: feel and see the blood. Yeah. I hope this isn't 291 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:48,000 Speaker 1: his defining moment as an NBA player, and so I 292 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 1: hope he can move past this. I hope he can 293 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 1: play well enough to where this will be a joke 294 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 1: and an afterthought. You don't want this to be your 295 00:15:57,560 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 1: defining moment. You don't, you know what I mean? That guy? 296 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: You gonna be that guy? You're You're that guy? Oh? Hey, 297 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 1: isaiasked to it? How I remember you? Oh? You're the 298 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 1: guy who find Lebron he couldn't get to You're a 299 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 1: crazy guy running around report trying to get to Lebron. 300 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 1: You you're there, You're the crazy guy. The Compact GLA 301 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:14,680 Speaker 1: is not the size of the SUV in the fight. 302 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 1: It's the size of the fight in the suv. Learn 303 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 1: more about the nimble and ready for anything Mercedes Ben's 304 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 1: vehicle at MBUSA dot com. Mercedes Ben's the best or 305 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 1: Nothing speaking of to the best Aaron Rodgers. Uh did 306 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 1: a zoom with the media yesterday and his foot came out. 307 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 1: If you've missed it, we'll play it back for you. 308 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 1: We'll describe it and discuss it as he calls out 309 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 1: the miss or disinformation coming from the New York Times 310 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:42,560 Speaker 1: with t Jo Hushman's out, I'm Doug Gotlieb. That's next 311 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 1: on The Dan Patrick's Show. Be sure to catch the 312 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:48,600 Speaker 1: live edition of The Dan Patrick Show weekdays at nine 313 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 1: am Eastern six am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and 314 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:57,680 Speaker 1: the iHeart Radio WAP. Doug Gottlieb, TJ Usman's out in 315 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:00,880 Speaker 1: for Dan and Danetz Stan Patrick Show, Fox Sports Radio. 316 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 1: If you're driving across the country, you're driving to see family, 317 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:06,119 Speaker 1: you're driving out just to get a cup of coffee, 318 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:09,880 Speaker 1: or driving New go get something because you're cooking. Welcome in, 319 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:12,200 Speaker 1: Uh stick with us here on Fox Sports Radio. I 320 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 1: think you'll have a great day. A TJ. Of course, 321 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:16,480 Speaker 1: you remember him a two time pro bowler, and you 322 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:18,480 Speaker 1: can also hear him on Up on Game, which is 323 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:21,479 Speaker 1: a great podcast and a radio show. Saturday's here on 324 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio with Plexico, Burst and LaVar Arrington's really 325 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: really good show. Um TJ Like, what are your feet 326 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:33,360 Speaker 1: like my feet? Yeah? Yeah, yeah, Like do you have 327 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 1: hammer time going on? Do you have ugly toe nails? 328 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:39,680 Speaker 1: Got black toe nails? Are you are you a take 329 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 1: care of your foot? Go to get a pedicure sort 330 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 1: of dude that your feet are pretty like what are 331 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 1: your what are your dogs? Like? I've had one pedicure 332 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:51,200 Speaker 1: of my entire life. Um, but my feet are fantastic. 333 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 1: Well they not only are they they're still quick, they 334 00:17:56,040 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 1: still move well. My left foot is my left footage, 335 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 1: it's a ten. Left foot is a ten, No black 336 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:07,199 Speaker 1: toe nails. Everything looks good on that left foot. The 337 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:10,919 Speaker 1: right one special one to ten. Yeah, it's questionable. I'm 338 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:13,439 Speaker 1: gonna give that about I'll give it about a six. 339 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 1: I got a couple black toe nails. I got this 340 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:19,680 Speaker 1: extra bone that sticks out in my foot from spraining 341 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:21,880 Speaker 1: my ankle so much when I play, Like, I've never 342 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:25,119 Speaker 1: seen anybody with this bone in their foot that just 343 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 1: put truths out the way that minds does. But the 344 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 1: left foot is a one. The right one is questionable. Okay, 345 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:35,240 Speaker 1: I'll just be honest. I have perfect feet with exception 346 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 1: of I got the toenail fungus going. And I've done, 347 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:41,000 Speaker 1: I've done the lasers, I've done the pills. They work 348 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:43,360 Speaker 1: for a while and then the just like comes back. 349 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 1: So I'm still I'm on the hunt for the perfect 350 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:49,080 Speaker 1: search of how to fix that. But other the life 351 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 1: of an athlete, isn't it? Yes, totally, totally and uh 352 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:56,359 Speaker 1: and and you know, like, look, I'll be honest, I 353 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:58,400 Speaker 1: use the mandscaper. I trimmed the hair so I don't 354 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:00,400 Speaker 1: have like the some dudes you take out the shoe 355 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 1: like god like like a bear with all that hair 356 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:05,440 Speaker 1: on the toes. I can't take that either. I think 357 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 1: that's actually worse than the than the tone, than the 358 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 1: toe nails. Is when you got the super hairy feet, 359 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:11,440 Speaker 1: when it looks like you're a bear, got a bear 360 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 1: paw there, I'm not that that kind of creeps me 361 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 1: out anyway. So apparently there was some report in the 362 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 1: New York Times that Aaron Rodgers had one of the 363 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 1: there's ostudy Wall Street Journal um where um like COVID, 364 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 1: when you get it, there can be after effects that 365 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:32,960 Speaker 1: last for months and some for you know, a year 366 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 1: or more. I'm obviously this hasn't been around that long 367 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:40,359 Speaker 1: where long term breathing effects, there's COVID brain where you know, 368 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 1: you can't concentrate. I don't know, like all of us 369 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 1: have some level of add I don't know how much 370 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 1: that's real. How much of that is you know, people 371 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:50,720 Speaker 1: wanting attention. But it's also apparently this this COVID foot 372 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:53,040 Speaker 1: sort of thing, but you have lesions on your foot. 373 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 1: So the Wall Street Journal said that Aaron Rodgers has 374 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 1: COVID foot, that's why he's hobbled around. Here's Aaron Rodgers 375 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 1: refuting that report. I can't believe I have to again 376 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 1: come on here and talking about my medical information. But 377 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:07,160 Speaker 1: I have a fractured toe. I've never heard of COVID 378 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 1: toe before. I have no lesions on my feet. That's 379 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 1: just a classic case of disinformation. It's surprising coming from 380 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 1: what used to be a reputable journalistic institution, but that's 381 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 1: the world we live in these days. We're talking about 382 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 1: his feed, we're talking about his feet. Rex Ryan obviously 383 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 1: perched up his ears in his attention. Here's Aaron Rodgers 384 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 1: explaining how I heard his toe the injury I suffered 385 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:34,320 Speaker 1: when I was in quarantine, you know, doing my own workouts. 386 00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:38,640 Speaker 1: And trying to ramp up my conditioning. Didn't think it 387 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:41,480 Speaker 1: was what it was until I got to the facility 388 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:44,679 Speaker 1: on Saturday before the game and got X rayed. When 389 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 1: I got cleared. Okay, so here's where it gets fuzzy 390 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:52,879 Speaker 1: for me, TJ. Look, everybody has their right to privacy. 391 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 1: You don't have to tell us how you heard it. 392 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 1: But honestly, if you did it, like yeah, I was 393 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 1: doing I was doing split squats, or I was running, 394 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:05,880 Speaker 1: or I was cutting and and my toe rolled underneath, 395 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:08,160 Speaker 1: wouldn't he have said that If he says I heard 396 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:11,679 Speaker 1: it during quarantine and he doesn't give any sort of 397 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 1: specific and it's not that big a thing, right, Like 398 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 1: it's your toe feels to me like maybe been a 399 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:18,200 Speaker 1: couple fingers of to keep it, like I've just's just 400 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:21,120 Speaker 1: me I it happened during quarantine. What were you doing well? 401 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 1: I was ramping up my workouts. Well, what actually were 402 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 1: you doing well? I was ramping up my workouts. You 403 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:27,240 Speaker 1: don't have an answer for that. That that that makes 404 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: a either stubb toe middle of the night, had a 405 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 1: couple SIPs of a beverage, and or I got mad 406 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:36,119 Speaker 1: watching watching Jordan Love playing kicked something. I don't know 407 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:39,600 Speaker 1: what it could have been, but I do. I believe 408 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:42,119 Speaker 1: him that it's not COVID toe, but I don't believe 409 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:45,480 Speaker 1: that it's just some random injury when he won't won't 410 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:49,400 Speaker 1: tell us exactly how it went down. Number One, if 411 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:53,240 Speaker 1: you don't say anything, we know nothing. We don't even 412 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:55,160 Speaker 1: know you have a bad toe. We don't know your 413 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:59,440 Speaker 1: toes bothering you? Number is he working out barefoot when 414 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 1: you wrapping up your workouts. We normally work out with 415 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:06,320 Speaker 1: shoes on. Unless you drop a weight on your toe, 416 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:11,359 Speaker 1: you should be okay. You stub your shoe. It's the shoe, 417 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 1: it's not the toe. I mean. Aaron Rodgers is a 418 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:19,120 Speaker 1: intelligent human being a bit of passive aggress and ifs 419 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:23,400 Speaker 1: to him often it's not a big deal. Like you're 420 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 1: a quarterback, you're not Lamar Jadson, Patrick mahomes Kyler Murray. 421 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 1: You do get outside of the pocket and use your athleticism, 422 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:36,120 Speaker 1: but you're not running and so bad tour not. He's 423 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:38,600 Speaker 1: gonna be fine, He's gonna be able to play. He's 424 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:41,480 Speaker 1: going to be able to play effectively as long as 425 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 1: that golden right shoulders and bothering them no harm no foul. 426 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:50,520 Speaker 1: It's the Dan Patrick Show here on Fox Sports Radio. 427 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 1: Sam Munson's gonna join us in the second Pro football 428 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 1: focused lead NFL analysts, Hey, Rocket scientists, Look no further 429 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 1: for the next big thinker, first in class technology, a 430 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:04,680 Speaker 1: leader in innovation, and the intelligence not yet seen from 431 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 1: an SUV. The twenty twenty one Mercedes Benz GLA learn 432 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:12,520 Speaker 1: more MBUSA dot com Mercedes Benz the best or nothing. 433 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 1: Their offense had been kind of stale going back the 434 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:20,120 Speaker 1: week before against Seattle. Obviously didn't play well against Kansas City, 435 00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 1: different trigger man. But the offense wasn't the problem this 436 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 1: past weekend, although they do miss Aaron Jones. That was 437 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:31,520 Speaker 1: that was a huge that to me, the Vikings loss hurts, 438 00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 1: but it doesn't kill you. But when Rogers had COVID 439 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 1: and missed that game and now they lose the Kansas 440 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:40,880 Speaker 1: City and this is a team that that that thrives 441 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:44,840 Speaker 1: off home field advantage throughout more than anybody else, those 442 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:47,200 Speaker 1: losses they kill you when you're trying to win the 443 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:49,720 Speaker 1: Super Bowl. And I look, I'm not I know Aaron 444 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:52,919 Speaker 1: Rodgers didn't want to get COVID, but I it's easy 445 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:55,520 Speaker 1: to be It's fair to be critical, going like, look, dude, 446 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 1: if your ultimate goal is to win a Super Bowl 447 00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:59,000 Speaker 1: and you were out for a week in a game 448 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:03,360 Speaker 1: which people think you win if you play, you know, 449 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:06,760 Speaker 1: it really derailed the team's chances for that number one 450 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 1: overall seat. It hurts them. And not only did that 451 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 1: was the first matchup between himself and Patrick Mahomes, and 452 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 1: unless they meet in the Super Bowl, he would have 453 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:22,440 Speaker 1: never matched up against Patrick Mahomes, so that that part 454 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:25,440 Speaker 1: of it kind of sucks as well. But when when 455 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:28,600 Speaker 1: you look at it, they played the Rams this weekend. 456 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 1: The Rams are coming off their bye week, two straight losses. 457 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 1: They're gonna be ready to play. Yeah, they're going to 458 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:40,160 Speaker 1: be ready to play Green Bass coming off a lost 459 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 1: in Minnesota, They're probably gonna be ready to play as well. 460 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 1: But it's when it's very rare you see a really 461 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 1: good football team lose three in a row coming off 462 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:53,720 Speaker 1: of a bye week. And so it's what you said, 463 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:58,879 Speaker 1: you missed that week. You guys lose, you come back, 464 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:05,560 Speaker 1: you guys lose. And so it's important because both teams 465 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:09,399 Speaker 1: have a lot of stake. Both teams truly believe in 466 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:12,399 Speaker 1: that locker room we are going to represent the NFC 467 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl. Obviously it will only be one. 468 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:19,240 Speaker 1: I'm really looking forward to this game this weekend because 469 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:23,480 Speaker 1: the Rams are my preseason Super Bowl favorite coming out 470 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:26,560 Speaker 1: in the NFC. They can't afford to lose three games 471 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:30,640 Speaker 1: in a row. People are gonna start talking, comments will 472 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 1: be made, and so I'm really looking forward to this 473 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 1: game and it's in Green Bay. The type of whether 474 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:42,320 Speaker 1: it's going to be how how will the Rams uh play? Yeah? Yeah, 475 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 1: Obviously last year in the playoffs, Aaron Donald wasn't healthy 476 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 1: and obviously a different quarterback. They let's, you know, let's 477 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:52,280 Speaker 1: bring in Sam Mounster to joints this Pro Football Focus 478 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 1: lead NFL analysts, Sam, what is wrong with the Rams? Like? 479 00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:59,679 Speaker 1: How how can a team have this much hype and 480 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:03,720 Speaker 1: look so good and yet whether it was Arizona, Tennessee, 481 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:06,480 Speaker 1: you know, even without Derrick Henry and then of course 482 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 1: the San Francisco forty nine ers they just last two games. 483 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 1: They just got whooped. How is this possible? Yeah, they 484 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:16,240 Speaker 1: really did. I don't think we can overlook losing a 485 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:18,440 Speaker 1: guy like Robert Woods. I think that's a huge loss 486 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:20,639 Speaker 1: to them. I know they brought in Odell Beckham, but 487 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:22,199 Speaker 1: that's going to take a little bit of time to 488 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:24,480 Speaker 1: get him up to speed, even if he can replace 489 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 1: what Robert Woods brought to the team, and a guy 490 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 1: like Van Jefferson just dit capable of stepping into that 491 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:32,960 Speaker 1: kind of complete number one receiver role the Woods had, 492 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 1: So that's definitely part of it. I think also the 493 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:38,879 Speaker 1: play of Matthew Stafford earlier in the season was a 494 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 1: little bit unsustainable. It's not in line with the rest 495 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,880 Speaker 1: of that guy's career in terms of just baseline how 496 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 1: often he makes mistakes, how often he puts the ball 497 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:49,720 Speaker 1: in harm's way, And we saw the sort of flip 498 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:51,960 Speaker 1: side of that coin in the last couple of games. 499 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 1: He's got what eight interceptions on the season, and four 500 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 1: of them came in the last two games. Stafford has 501 00:26:57,280 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 1: always been capable of having games like that and typically 502 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,840 Speaker 1: has a few in the season. So they're probably not 503 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:04,879 Speaker 1: as bad as they've looked the last couple of games. 504 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:08,160 Speaker 1: But TJ was saying, all of a sudden, they're under 505 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,879 Speaker 1: a lot of pressure now because three games in a 506 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 1: row coming off of by that would be a really 507 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:16,680 Speaker 1: bad spot for the Rams to be in. When when 508 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 1: you when you look at the NFC as a whole. 509 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:23,399 Speaker 1: I would imagine a lot of people Green Bay, Tampa Bay, 510 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 1: the Rams, nobody sought, Arizona Cardinals right coming in doing 511 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:32,680 Speaker 1: what they're doing. Do you think they can sustain this 512 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:35,439 Speaker 1: without Kyler Murray and when he comes back, does that 513 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 1: make them better or do they fall back into Ah, Yeah, 514 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:42,240 Speaker 1: they're They're probably not as good as we thought. Can 515 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:44,880 Speaker 1: they sustain this and represent the NFC? In your opinion? 516 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:48,120 Speaker 1: I think they can when Kyler Murray and Janry Hopkins 517 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 1: get back. One of the kind of trends with a 518 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 1: lot of these teams is when you when they're all healthy, 519 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 1: just the number of weapons those guys have on offense, 520 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 1: whether it's Tampa Bay with all their death or receiver 521 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 1: down Us as well and go four or five guys 522 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:06,399 Speaker 1: deep a receiver Arizona. That was another part of the 523 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,359 Speaker 1: development this year and why they're a lot better than 524 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:11,359 Speaker 1: we thought is it isn't just Kyler Murray to DeAndre 525 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:14,800 Speaker 1: Hopkins anymore. They've got Rondale Moore. AJ Green is still 526 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:18,800 Speaker 1: making some plays. Christian Kirk, now that he's primarily a 527 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:22,040 Speaker 1: slot guy, is a big weapon. Max Williams was making 528 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 1: plays before he went down Now at zach Ertz the backfield, 529 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:27,360 Speaker 1: They've got a lot of players in offense and makes 530 00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:30,879 Speaker 1: them really difficult to stop. And critically, they are the 531 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 1: one team who when they've been hurt and when they've 532 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:37,000 Speaker 1: been tested on that depth, they've done pretty well. They've 533 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,440 Speaker 1: gone two and one without their quarterback, and I think 534 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:42,120 Speaker 1: that's huge for keeping them in the hunt. And then 535 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:45,080 Speaker 1: when everybody gets healthy, they don't have, you know, the 536 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:47,280 Speaker 1: hardest schedule on the way in. I think this is 537 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:49,640 Speaker 1: a team that's definitely going to stay here for the 538 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:52,480 Speaker 1: long haul, and they've got a good shot at taking 539 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 1: that number one seed. The Patriots obviously have demanded our attention, 540 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:02,520 Speaker 1: demand our respect with their recent play, and it has 541 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:04,840 Speaker 1: that feeling. I think Mike Brabo even said he was 542 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:07,040 Speaker 1: on that two thousand and one team, has that feeling 543 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:10,160 Speaker 1: like when Brady was a young quarterback where he just 544 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:13,040 Speaker 1: kind of managed the game and then the defense was outstanding. 545 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:15,840 Speaker 1: Does that play out in your guys analysis at Pro 546 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:20,040 Speaker 1: Football Focus? Is the defense as dynamic as it appears 547 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:21,640 Speaker 1: to those of us who are watching kind of the 548 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 1: layman stats. Yeah, we've been writing kind of defensive rankings 549 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 1: on the website all the way through the season. We've 550 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:29,560 Speaker 1: kind of done it every month, and the Patriots are 551 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:33,120 Speaker 1: just steadily climbing up those rankings each month, getting better 552 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:36,840 Speaker 1: and better. And that's exactly what's happening right now. They've 553 00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:39,680 Speaker 1: sort of established that power type of offense that we 554 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,240 Speaker 1: thought they would have coming into the season. It took 555 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:44,600 Speaker 1: a while to get going because their offensive line got 556 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:47,240 Speaker 1: injured and was dealing with COVID and they just didn't 557 00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:50,040 Speaker 1: have the personnel to begin the season. But all of 558 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:52,080 Speaker 1: a sudden, we're starting to see what the Patriots were 559 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:55,400 Speaker 1: supposed to be heading into this year. This really suffocating 560 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:59,280 Speaker 1: defense that's versatile and able to match up with a 561 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,720 Speaker 1: lot of different offenses. And then this power game that's 562 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:05,720 Speaker 1: being led by a quarterback that just doesn't miss throws, 563 00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:09,520 Speaker 1: it doesn't make too many mistakes, and it is incredibly 564 00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 1: accurate and is able to execute this offense really well. 565 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:17,560 Speaker 1: And you know, it's ridiculous to compare anybody to Tom Brady, 566 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 1: but if you're comparing a quarterback to young Tom Brady 567 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:23,080 Speaker 1: to the Tom Brady that was in newing him those 568 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:26,280 Speaker 1: first couple of years, he wasn't you know, amongst the 569 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:29,000 Speaker 1: top couple of quarterbacks in the NFL, but he just 570 00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:31,640 Speaker 1: didn't make mistakes. He was able to execute what was 571 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:34,280 Speaker 1: asked of him and do it on a consistent basis 572 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:37,160 Speaker 1: and do it time after time after time. That's what 573 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:40,160 Speaker 1: we're seeing from mac Jones. And the scary thing from 574 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:43,320 Speaker 1: a New England perspective is that they match up really 575 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:45,960 Speaker 1: well with Buffalo. So we thought the Bills were going 576 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,680 Speaker 1: to win that division and everybody else was chasing for 577 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:51,760 Speaker 1: second place. Buffalo then needs to get something from those 578 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:54,320 Speaker 1: games against New England to get back ahead of them, 579 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:56,240 Speaker 1: and I don't know that they're well equipped to do that. 580 00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:02,280 Speaker 1: When when you look at the AFC North, any given Sunday, 581 00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:05,240 Speaker 1: you sail this team can probably win a division. This 582 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:08,560 Speaker 1: team can probably win the division talent wise, you would 583 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:12,360 Speaker 1: say Cleveland and Baltimore at the top. What do you 584 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:18,360 Speaker 1: make of the AFC North in if Baker doesn't take 585 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:23,480 Speaker 1: Cleveland far, what do they do? Yeah, it's crazy. I 586 00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:26,400 Speaker 1: think at least three of those teams are really well 587 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:31,000 Speaker 1: positioned to make the playoffs, like they're well in there. 588 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:33,280 Speaker 1: I think Pittsburgh is the one that has more of 589 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:35,360 Speaker 1: a challenge. They have the hardest schedule, in the NFL 590 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:37,560 Speaker 1: from here on to the rest of the season. I 591 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:40,800 Speaker 1: think they'll eventually fall away, particularly given some of the 592 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:43,720 Speaker 1: injuries they've had on defense, which means that side of 593 00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:46,400 Speaker 1: the ball can't hold up now either. You're right, though, 594 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:49,520 Speaker 1: like the Baker Mayfield question is it's such a difficult 595 00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:52,960 Speaker 1: one for Cleveland to answer because he's playing basically all 596 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:56,440 Speaker 1: season with a bad shoulder injury that's going to need 597 00:31:56,480 --> 00:32:01,000 Speaker 1: offseason surgery to get fixed. He's not playing well. That 598 00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:04,600 Speaker 1: has to factor into it, and it's very difficult to 599 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:07,560 Speaker 1: find a way where if you're the Browns, if you're 600 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:10,080 Speaker 1: Andrew Berry the GM, you can look at that and 601 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:12,560 Speaker 1: sort of fairly a praise what he's doing this year, 602 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:15,280 Speaker 1: because you know he's playing hurt, But ultimately what you're 603 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:20,120 Speaker 1: seeing is bad decisions, bad accuracy, and just poor quarterback play. 604 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:22,600 Speaker 1: So I think they're in a very tough spot. They've 605 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:26,520 Speaker 1: they're slowly eliminating, you know, other reasons that Baker Mayfield 606 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:29,840 Speaker 1: could be playing badly, and ultimately what's left is Baker 607 00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:33,080 Speaker 1: Mayfield and Okay, he's playing hurt, but at some point 608 00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:35,920 Speaker 1: you now have to decide, is that how much of 609 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:38,240 Speaker 1: a caveat is that and because you're you're on the 610 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:41,960 Speaker 1: hook for the next monster quarterback contract. If you're handing 611 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,440 Speaker 1: to get over to him, we're gonna see Dak today. Obviously, 612 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:47,560 Speaker 1: Cowboys on Thanksgiving as a tradition, they were they were 613 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:50,320 Speaker 1: banged up last week. I mean, you don't have you're 614 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:53,160 Speaker 1: starting left tackle, you don't have your top two wide receivers, 615 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:54,760 Speaker 1: you don't there's lots of guys that were missing. On 616 00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:57,840 Speaker 1: the other hand, Dak didn't play well. But how does 617 00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:00,760 Speaker 1: he great out? How is because it it feels like, 618 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:03,320 Speaker 1: you know, when he came back from injury, they were terrible. 619 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:05,320 Speaker 1: Then they had a great game but against the bad 620 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:09,120 Speaker 1: Atlanta team, and then they were bad last week. How 621 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:13,080 Speaker 1: does Dak breakdown when you guys analyze the Cowboys quarterback. Yeah, 622 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:15,800 Speaker 1: he's been grading well, but those kind of the two 623 00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:18,640 Speaker 1: games where they've they've looked bad as a team. Where 624 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:22,479 Speaker 1: his two worst performances to Denver Kansas City, And you're right, 625 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:25,840 Speaker 1: I think the lack of personnel, the guys who were 626 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:28,080 Speaker 1: missing were huge for that and that that kind of 627 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:31,080 Speaker 1: tallies with everything we've seen from Dak Prescott in his career. 628 00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:34,560 Speaker 1: He tends to go as his supporting cast goes and 629 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:37,000 Speaker 1: Dallas has done a really good job over his career 630 00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:39,520 Speaker 1: of surrounding him with you know, one of the best 631 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:42,720 Speaker 1: offensive blinds in the NFL, with some great receiving talent 632 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:45,400 Speaker 1: with Zeke Elliott in the backfield and now Tony Pollard 633 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:48,320 Speaker 1: there as well. But it shows sort of how vulnerable 634 00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:51,400 Speaker 1: that can be to when that goes awry and when 635 00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:54,680 Speaker 1: you start to chip away at those quality players, which 636 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:56,560 Speaker 1: is going to happen more and more. Give him the 637 00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:59,920 Speaker 1: contract that he's on, now what happens to his play 638 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:02,720 Speaker 1: So I think, you know, if they get Peedee Lamb 639 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:05,560 Speaker 1: back for the Thanksgiving game, I think that's huge. Tyrant 640 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:08,640 Speaker 1: Smith coming back is also massive, But I think it 641 00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:11,960 Speaker 1: shows that as as really high as we were on 642 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:14,920 Speaker 1: the Dallas depth and the number of receivers that they have, 643 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:17,560 Speaker 1: if they lose a couple of guys, you know, for 644 00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:23,080 Speaker 1: the playoffs, Dallas could unravel pretty quickly. Patrick Mahomes the 645 00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:26,680 Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs. Have they turned a corner or will 646 00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:31,080 Speaker 1: they continue this up and down roller coaster ride. I 647 00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:33,200 Speaker 1: don't think they've turned the corner. One of the things 648 00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:35,400 Speaker 1: was lost in last week is that their often scored 649 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:38,600 Speaker 1: nineteen points. Like they didn't get right just because they 650 00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:40,840 Speaker 1: played the Raiders, who didn't use the game plan that 651 00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:43,759 Speaker 1: everybody else has been using to slow them down. Thank you, 652 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:47,120 Speaker 1: thank you, thank you. Like, look, I know they've won 653 00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:49,160 Speaker 1: four in a row. They beat the Packers, they look 654 00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:51,400 Speaker 1: like crap. And the Packers that had a quarterback you 655 00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:54,319 Speaker 1: know who's in way over his head before that, who 656 00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:56,680 Speaker 1: was the Giants. They looked terrible and the Giants stink. 657 00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:58,960 Speaker 1: They played the Raiders. The Raiders the first team to go, like, 658 00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:01,880 Speaker 1: you know, everybody else is playing well with two high safeties. 659 00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:04,640 Speaker 1: You know, let's not do that. Let's do it one high. 660 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:06,640 Speaker 1: Let's go, let's go one high. Oh yeah, by the way, 661 00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:10,000 Speaker 1: we you know, we lost our play caller and two starters, 662 00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:11,680 Speaker 1: you know we one we had to cut because he 663 00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:13,239 Speaker 1: got in a terrible you know, he killed somebody in 664 00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:15,719 Speaker 1: a car accident. Another one was just a mess. Right, 665 00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:18,879 Speaker 1: So let's not go crazy about the Chiefs being back 666 00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:22,640 Speaker 1: considering the level of competition. Yeah, Like, remember two games 667 00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:25,160 Speaker 1: into that four game winning streak was the peak of 668 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:27,959 Speaker 1: the crisis. Like they'd won two straight and everybody was saying, 669 00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:30,560 Speaker 1: what's wrong with the Chiefs. So what we're talking about 670 00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:32,960 Speaker 1: is one win against the Raiders where the Raiders didn't 671 00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:35,759 Speaker 1: use the same game plan as everybody else, and one 672 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:39,120 Speaker 1: win against Dallas where they scored nineteen points. So I 673 00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:40,799 Speaker 1: don't think you can look at this and say their 674 00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:43,720 Speaker 1: offense is back to where it was. It's definitely playing 675 00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:45,560 Speaker 1: with a bit more confidence now. I don't think they're 676 00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:49,839 Speaker 1: quite as bad as when they lost belief in themselves 677 00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:52,600 Speaker 1: and didn't think that they could score on a long 678 00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:54,160 Speaker 1: drive or knew that they were going to turn the 679 00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:56,440 Speaker 1: ball over and it was going to be chaos. So 680 00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:58,239 Speaker 1: I think they're in a slightly better spot. And the 681 00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:00,239 Speaker 1: big thing is that their defense has been play a 682 00:36:00,239 --> 00:36:02,879 Speaker 1: lot better in recent weeks, and that's like, that's one 683 00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:04,839 Speaker 1: way you can make up for your offense not being 684 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:07,440 Speaker 1: quite as potent as it has been the last few years, 685 00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:10,799 Speaker 1: is if your defense opposite came So from a you know, 686 00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:13,040 Speaker 1: where they are positioned point of view, they're in a 687 00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:16,400 Speaker 1: great spot again now because they're back atop the division. 688 00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:20,360 Speaker 1: They're in good spot for playoff seating. But this is 689 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:22,680 Speaker 1: not the Chiefs from the last couple of years. There's 690 00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:25,960 Speaker 1: still a level below that same great stuff. Happy thanksgiving 691 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:27,759 Speaker 1: to you guys. Enjoy the football today. We ak forward 692 00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:29,640 Speaker 1: to seeing what the site breaks down first tomorrow. Thank 693 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:32,000 Speaker 1: you for very guest. Thanks guys, take it easy, happy, 694 00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:34,080 Speaker 1: Thank you giving to you two as well. Sam Monson 695 00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:40,080 Speaker 1: from a Pro Football Focus that's PFF dot com. It's 696 00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:44,200 Speaker 1: kind of scary incident yesterday in the NFL. Off the 697 00:36:44,239 --> 00:36:49,000 Speaker 1: football field. We'll discuss kind of mental health issues and 698 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:52,439 Speaker 1: what's facing the Minnesota Vikings and some tough decisions to come. 699 00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:55,920 Speaker 1: That's next to the Dan Patrick Show. Fox Sports Radio 700 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,840 Speaker 1: has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch 701 00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:02,239 Speaker 1: all of our shows that Fox Sports Radio dot com 702 00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:05,760 Speaker 1: and within the iHeart Radio app search f SR to listen. 703 00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:14,040 Speaker 1: Lived Got Labor, t Jason's out in for Dan, Dan 704 00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:17,799 Speaker 1: Eds Dan Patrick's Show Fox Sports Radio. So yesterday, if 705 00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:22,239 Speaker 1: you woke up and you were following stuff on the 706 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:24,600 Speaker 1: news or on social media, you'd have seen that Everson 707 00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:29,040 Speaker 1: Griffin was in some sort of standoff with police and eventually, 708 00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:31,760 Speaker 1: you know, they send people over there. The team released 709 00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:36,040 Speaker 1: a statement talking about his mental health and and and 710 00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:40,600 Speaker 1: whatever happened, whatever incident there was was on some level results. 711 00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:42,799 Speaker 1: Here's Dalvin Cook start running back for the Vikings talking 712 00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:47,080 Speaker 1: about his teammate. But the guys that just took me 713 00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:49,480 Speaker 1: on his wings and just taught me. You know, I 714 00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:52,000 Speaker 1: know this what you don't do this, how you do it? 715 00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:54,360 Speaker 1: You know, this is how you take care of your body. 716 00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:57,719 Speaker 1: You know, just how to be a pro man. Just 717 00:37:57,840 --> 00:38:02,239 Speaker 1: appreciate him for that. So um you look and he 718 00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:05,240 Speaker 1: played Sunday and played well. I think forty three stabs 719 00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:09,120 Speaker 1: A guy is a dynamic weapon on the defense line, 720 00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:11,120 Speaker 1: thirty three years old. It's not his first bout with 721 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:14,520 Speaker 1: some mental health issues. DJ. This is one of those 722 00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:17,080 Speaker 1: where you know you want to tread lightly. You're obviously 723 00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:20,880 Speaker 1: really concerned about him. The person, on the other hand, 724 00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:24,280 Speaker 1: like to go from being a member of the Vikings 725 00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:27,799 Speaker 1: to this incident feels like there had to be some 726 00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:31,319 Speaker 1: underlying issue. You're like, I don't know. You just you 727 00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:34,440 Speaker 1: start you start brainstorm and thinking like, okay, maybe he's 728 00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:37,239 Speaker 1: just he's off his meds. How do you handle this 729 00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:42,600 Speaker 1: if you're the team man. When when I when I 730 00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:46,319 Speaker 1: saw this, I said, okay, I hope everything's okay. And 731 00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:48,759 Speaker 1: then when you record this is not his first incident, No, 732 00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:52,080 Speaker 1: this is not his first incident, and I don't care 733 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:55,319 Speaker 1: what anybody says. All I can do is be me 734 00:38:56,080 --> 00:39:00,560 Speaker 1: and tell you how I feel. If I'm a coach 735 00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:04,600 Speaker 1: on that staff, I'm a little nervous about him coming 736 00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:06,480 Speaker 1: back into this locker room. They're gonna say what they 737 00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:11,239 Speaker 1: want to say publicly, but you're a little nervous about 738 00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:13,480 Speaker 1: him coming back in that locker room because you just 739 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:17,040 Speaker 1: don't know. If you're on that team and you're really 740 00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:19,799 Speaker 1: friends with him, you want him to get the help 741 00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:25,040 Speaker 1: that he needs, but you still you're like, you don't 742 00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:27,200 Speaker 1: know is one day he's gonna walk into this locker 743 00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:34,400 Speaker 1: room and something just snaps and he loses it. And 744 00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:37,480 Speaker 1: we never want to think of the worst. But when 745 00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:41,520 Speaker 1: I see incidents like this, it's like the first time 746 00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:45,800 Speaker 1: it really you know, we don't see this, this doesn't happen, 747 00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:49,640 Speaker 1: and so the first time that had happened, I was like, Okay, 748 00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:54,839 Speaker 1: that was different. He went and got his help, and 749 00:39:54,960 --> 00:40:00,000 Speaker 1: then people are breaking in my house. Man. It is very, 750 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:05,360 Speaker 1: very very concerning that this has happened not once, but twice, 751 00:40:06,719 --> 00:40:09,720 Speaker 1: and you don't want it to get to the point 752 00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:15,040 Speaker 1: where he harms himself or someone else. I don't know 753 00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:18,239 Speaker 1: what the resolution to this is. But if I'm in 754 00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:23,560 Speaker 1: that locker room as a player, as a coach, I'm 755 00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:26,920 Speaker 1: nervous about the future if and when he comes back, 756 00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:30,640 Speaker 1: for my safety as well as his. And here's what's 757 00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:32,480 Speaker 1: here's what's crazy about it. T J Spens out of 758 00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:33,880 Speaker 1: two time Pro Bowl. Of course you hear him on 759 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:37,359 Speaker 1: up on game um and I'll I mean, I thought 760 00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:39,560 Speaker 1: it was really good. I'll tweet it out. You and 761 00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:42,200 Speaker 1: I did an All Ball on my podcast where you 762 00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:44,480 Speaker 1: talked about you know, when you were a kid and 763 00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:46,879 Speaker 1: you're starting in Oklahoma City, you were selling drugs, right, 764 00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:50,480 Speaker 1: and and so you're around around people like you. So 765 00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:55,080 Speaker 1: for you, considering what you were into in middle and 766 00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:58,480 Speaker 1: in high school right before you before you got football, 767 00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:01,200 Speaker 1: before you became a guy who now everybody goes to 768 00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:04,839 Speaker 1: is kind of a wide receiver football savant, Like for 769 00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:06,840 Speaker 1: you to actually be like, man, that dude kind of 770 00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:09,160 Speaker 1: scares me a little bit that that's a that's it. 771 00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:12,480 Speaker 1: That's different than me right being a little being a 772 00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:16,480 Speaker 1: little timid around the dude. But so so like, what 773 00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:19,200 Speaker 1: if he's bipolar and he's just off his meds, does 774 00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:23,960 Speaker 1: that does that make you feel any better? Like? No, No, no, 775 00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:28,440 Speaker 1: because what if you don't take them And people aren't 776 00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:31,960 Speaker 1: bringing firearms into the locker room. They're they're just not 777 00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:35,360 Speaker 1: you're not even bringing it into the parking lot. But 778 00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:44,480 Speaker 1: what if and his safety, your safety, everyone, trainers, equipment, guys. 779 00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:50,799 Speaker 1: There's just so many people and we're thinking the worst. Oh, 780 00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:56,719 Speaker 1: this will never happen until it happens, right, and so man, 781 00:41:56,760 --> 00:41:58,920 Speaker 1: I pray to God he gets to help he needs 782 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:04,759 Speaker 1: and this is the last incident. But I'm telling you privately, 783 00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:11,759 Speaker 1: guys are talking about this amongst themselves. They're concerned about Man. 784 00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:15,640 Speaker 1: You remember when he said this that one time. Yeah, yeah, 785 00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:18,839 Speaker 1: but is there any part of them is like, you know, like, look, man, 786 00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:20,680 Speaker 1: he's a dog on Sundays and we need him. And 787 00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:22,120 Speaker 1: you know what, the other and the dude on the 788 00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:23,680 Speaker 1: other side of the line is just as scared of him, 789 00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:27,439 Speaker 1: if not more scared of him than we are. Now. 790 00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:30,880 Speaker 1: If I don't know everyson Griffin, I've never been in 791 00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:33,040 Speaker 1: a locker room with him. If you're in a locker 792 00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:35,799 Speaker 1: room with him and you've never seen this, you're not 793 00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:38,640 Speaker 1: as concerned as I'm speaking now. If if you've never 794 00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:41,239 Speaker 1: seen any but if you've seen like little signs you're like, 795 00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:44,120 Speaker 1: all right, I'm gonna I'm gonna have to be ready 796 00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:48,279 Speaker 1: now moving forward. That can lead to something bad. Man. Yeah, 797 00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:51,600 Speaker 1: it's it's I actually didn't think of it that way. 798 00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:54,040 Speaker 1: I just wonder, you know, in terms of like when 799 00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:56,200 Speaker 1: you put him back out there and play, because he's 800 00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:58,279 Speaker 1: a he's in a profession where you need the aggression, 801 00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:00,680 Speaker 1: and I don't know what the meds do to him. Right, 802 00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:06,040 Speaker 1: It's like, I'm aggressive, but uh, not like that. That's 803 00:43:06,040 --> 00:43:09,400 Speaker 1: a that's a bit of a differ different type of aggression. Right. Well, 804 00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:11,600 Speaker 1: what t J. Husman's on'm Doug Gottlieb will get to 805 00:43:11,640 --> 00:43:15,680 Speaker 1: the games today, the inevitable complaining about the Lions as 806 00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:18,120 Speaker 1: well as who's gonna win. That's next on the Dan 807 00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:21,840 Speaker 1: Patrick Show. Happy Thanksgiving, You're on Fox Sports Radio.