1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: Sports Radio. Sports fans everywhere sending their best wishes to 3 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:10,240 Speaker 1: Tiger today, and if you were following the news early 4 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker 1: yesterday afternoon, there were some pretty scary moments there. We 5 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 1: knew there was a serious car accident, but that was 6 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 1: about it, and then the relief came that the entries 7 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: were not life threatening. We always think of athletes there's 8 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 1: this aura of invincibility. They're larger than life, they do 9 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: things we can't hard to imagine them being vulnerable. But 10 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: time and time again we've learned that that's not the case, 11 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,479 Speaker 1: not with just Tiger, but with other athletes, and Tiger 12 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: himself has provided that lesson on multiple occasions. And for 13 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:42,240 Speaker 1: all of his wealth, for all of his fame, his 14 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 1: personal issues well documented. Everything that's happened to him and 15 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:49,600 Speaker 1: everything that's happened because of him is played out in 16 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: the public's eye. It's extremely tough to watch at times, 17 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 1: and it certainly was yesterday. And it's still way way 18 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: too early to talk about Tiger's golf future, about Tiger 19 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: the person yesterday, and it should be about Tiger the 20 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:07,399 Speaker 1: person for the next probably three to six months, not 21 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:11,320 Speaker 1: Tiger the golfer. You know, those trying hours on Tuesday. 22 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:15,320 Speaker 1: Whether he plays again or not doesn't seem that important, 23 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:17,959 Speaker 1: and I know that we want to advance the story. 24 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: We can't advance the story, and we're not going to 25 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: speculate on anything with Tiger Woods. That's not fair. That's 26 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:27,039 Speaker 1: not what journalists do. We will not do that. I 27 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: don't know if he plays golf again. You will probably recall, 28 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: if you are a long time listener, that I was 29 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 1: just hoping for one moment, a world reminder with Tiger 30 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: Woods for a new generation, so they can understand what 31 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 1: this was all about, who he was, all about, this 32 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 1: sensational Tiger Woods, what that feeling was like. And he's 33 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: bigger than the sport of golf. When he's great, he's 34 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: bigger than the sport because people who don't watch golf 35 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: play golf watched it when Tiger Woods was in contention, 36 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 1: and we saw that we got that world reminder in 37 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, and that's all I wanted. I just wanted 38 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 1: one more trip down memory Lane with him, one more 39 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:13,920 Speaker 1: go at it, one more just reminder of who he is. 40 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 1: You know, when Michael Jordan had his documentary Michael couldn't 41 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 1: play again, come back and play again, but he had 42 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 1: a world reminder of to a new generation, this is 43 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: who I am. You know, Tom Brady is doing that 44 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:30,240 Speaker 1: almost every year. Lebron is doing that, these world reminders, 45 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 1: just tapping you on the shoulder. And we got that 46 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: with Tiger Woods, a world reminder at the twenty nineteen Masters. 47 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 1: But yesterday worked in reverse order. For me, it was 48 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: about his life. Was he going to be alive. I 49 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:46,799 Speaker 1: never thought about his golfing career, if it was going 50 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 1: to continue. When you get to be forty five or 51 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: forty six, just normal golfers on tour, you don't play 52 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,519 Speaker 1: competitive golf at a very high level on a consistent basis. 53 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:02,080 Speaker 1: But he's already had his career to find. At worst, 54 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 1: he's the second greatest golfer of all time. I think 55 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: he's the greatest golfer of all time. But I thought 56 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 1: about his life. I thought about him as a father, 57 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:16,519 Speaker 1: and then eventually when I realized it was non life threatening, 58 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: then I started to think about all of these surgeries 59 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: that he's had and he's just coming off minor back surgery. 60 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: And Jim nance asked him on Sunday, Hey, we're going 61 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:30,119 Speaker 1: to see it the Masters, and he's like, I got 62 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: to get there first. Little did we know what those 63 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 1: words meant forty eight hours later. But it was a 64 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 1: year ago, in three weeks when Kobe happened, and it 65 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 1: was similar time frame. It was in the afternoon and 66 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 1: then social media and then all of a sudden, you're like, 67 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 1: wait a minute, what is happening here, and you're just 68 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: searching for any answers there, and there's that moment, you know, 69 00:03:55,960 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 1: with Kobe it was like oh no, oh no. With 70 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 1: Tiger it was oh no, and then it was okay, 71 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: Like it was just one of those that you have 72 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: a sigh of relief, and if he never plays golf again, 73 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: I'm okay with that as a fan because I've been 74 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 1: treated to some of the greatest golf. I was there 75 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 1: when he won his first Masters. You know, we've been 76 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:28,840 Speaker 1: treated to some of the great great athleticism, and Tiger 77 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 1: has provided that drama when you want somebody to be 78 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 1: great and they're great. But there was that moment yesterday 79 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 1: where you couldn't help but think, is this going to 80 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: happen again? And then all of a sudden we started 81 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 1: to get some reports and I started to think about 82 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 1: Alex Smith, believe it or not, the football player, the 83 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 1: quarterback for the Washington football team. You don't when you 84 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:57,280 Speaker 1: when you break a bone and you have an open 85 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 1: it's an open break, so the skin in breaks compound 86 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: fracture goes through the skin. Then you start to worry 87 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:08,599 Speaker 1: about infection. And that's what Alex Smith had and it 88 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 1: nearly killed him, and then he nearly lost his leg. 89 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: And that's what you have to be thinking about now. 90 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:18,920 Speaker 1: Is just Tiger the person. I couldn't help but think 91 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 1: that weekend when he got to play with his son 92 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 1: Charlie in an event with other fathers and their sons. 93 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 1: It was awesome and he got that opportunity. I hope 94 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:33,719 Speaker 1: he continues to get that opportunity. I hope that's his goal, 95 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 1: is just to play golf with his kids, to walk comfortably. 96 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:41,040 Speaker 1: I don't worry about him coming back on tour. I 97 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 1: hope he does if he. You know, I never bet 98 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 1: against him. Everything that Tiger you know, has had in 99 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 1: front of him, he always seems to somehow climb above it, 100 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: the obstacles. But this one, the obstacle, you know, is 101 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 1: this skyscraper. But this is about Tiger the person, not 102 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 1: Tiger the golfer, And yesterday was one of those reminders 103 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:06,719 Speaker 1: they're people. And we've had that with Tiger a couple 104 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: of times, and he's had car accidents, he's had car situations. 105 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 1: He's been pulled over, had the Thanksgiving Day crash, and 106 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: then you had this yesterday. But when you saw the 107 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:23,479 Speaker 1: video or you saw the pictures, it looked like that 108 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:27,559 Speaker 1: somebody would have died in that car. And I guess, 109 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 1: thankfully he's the only one in the car because he 110 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 1: was going to an event. Whether he was speeding or not, 111 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 1: the you know, the police will sort through all of 112 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 1: those things. Was he driving impaired? I have no idea. 113 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: He was on his way to meet Drew Brees and 114 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 1: Justin Herbert for a golf video, a golf event, and 115 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:55,919 Speaker 1: he had played with David Spade and Dwyane Wade that 116 00:06:56,040 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 1: was the day before. But just so you know, if 117 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: I move on to another topic today, I'm not being insensitive. 118 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 1: I'm trying to be smart about it and advanced this. 119 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: But he's still here. This is a good day. He's alive. 120 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 1: I mean, ask Dale Earnhardt Jr. When you go up 121 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 1: to your dad's car Dale Junior was in a plane 122 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 1: crash and walked away from it. This should be a 123 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 1: good day. Tiger's alive and if he never plays again, 124 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 1: we're okay. We are okay. Thanks for listening to The 125 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: Dan Patrick Show podcast. Be sure to catch us live 126 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 1: every weekday morning nine to noon Eastern or six to 127 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 1: nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. Find your local station 128 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 1: for The Dan Patrick Show at Fox Sports Radio dot com, 129 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 1: or stream us live every day on the iHeartRadio app 130 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 1: by searching f s R, or stream us live on 131 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 1: the Peacock Act. Give me the poll question mclovet okay 132 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 1: update the results. Which team would be best served by 133 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 1: replacing their current quarterback. The choices were the Vikings, Jimmy Gan, 134 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 1: the Niners, Matt Ryan, the Falcons or Big Ben fifty 135 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 1: eight percent. Big Ben Second is Kirk Cousin at sixteen percent, 136 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: So Ben buy him a large margin. All right? Let 137 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: me bring in Mike Florial, Pro Football Talk Live co host. 138 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: You can see his show on Peacock every morning money 139 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: through Friday. Let me start there, Mike, out of those quarterbacks, 140 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker 1: which team should be moving on? Well, I think without 141 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: question it's the forty nine ers from Jimmy Garoppolo. He's 142 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 1: missed twenty three games over the past three seasons. He's 143 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 1: got a twenty five million dollars compensation package this year, 144 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 1: and I think back to the playoff run in twenty nineteen. 145 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:46,320 Speaker 1: He freaked out Kyle Shanahan in the game against the Vikings, 146 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 1: throwing three balls that could have been intercepted by Eric Kendricks. 147 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 1: One of them was That's when they shifted to Bob 148 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 1: Greasy mode for the rest of the postseason at least 149 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:56,680 Speaker 1: until the Super Bowl, and had him just hand the 150 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 1: ball off to that great stable of running backs they 151 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:01,960 Speaker 1: have and also receivers who can run the football. But 152 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 1: I think they'd be far better off if they upgraded 153 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: at the quarterback position and would be a Super Bowl contender, 154 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 1: if not a Super Bowl favorite, with a better quarterback. 155 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: Do they have plans on doing that well, They're keeping 156 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:17,440 Speaker 1: their cards close to the vest right now because of 157 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: the cap consequences of trading or cutting Jimmy Garoppolo. It 158 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 1: would not be a significant blow to their overall structure 159 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 1: for other contracts and other players. I think they just 160 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 1: need to find a better quarterback before they make a 161 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 1: move on Jimmy g I don't think they trade him 162 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:34,560 Speaker 1: because I don't think anybody wants to pay him twenty 163 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 1: five million dollars for next year. I think they will 164 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 1: look for somebody better, and if they find somebody better, 165 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:42,679 Speaker 1: they'll go get that person, maybe try to trade him. 166 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:46,079 Speaker 1: Ultimately potentially just cut him when you can't find someone 167 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:48,320 Speaker 1: else to take on that commitment, all because of the 168 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 1: inability to stay healthy. Dan, does it make sense for 169 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:54,960 Speaker 1: the Steelers to bring Ben back because it's money based 170 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 1: that hey, well have you come back, but only if 171 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:00,719 Speaker 1: you know you're going to play it a reasonable salary here? 172 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:02,960 Speaker 1: Or does it make more sense to be moving on 173 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:07,080 Speaker 1: to start with whatever the new era, next generation is 174 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 1: with this team, Dan, My understanding that is that this 175 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 1: is not about trying to pay Ben Roethlisberger less than 176 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: what he's due to make this year. Now that they're 177 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:18,199 Speaker 1: at the point where they've decided they want to continue 178 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 1: this relationship, you have to take his contract one year left, 179 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: forty one point two five million dollars cap charge for 180 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:27,440 Speaker 1: this year twenty two point two five million is counting 181 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 1: against the cap no matter what they do, if he retires, 182 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 1: if he's cut, if he restructures, his contract that twenty 183 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 1: two point two five is going nowhere. The question is, 184 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:37,839 Speaker 1: with the nineteen he's do to make this year, what 185 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 1: do you do to shrink the cap charge this year 186 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 1: push some of those dollars into future years. It's very 187 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 1: easy to do. It should only take an hour. That 188 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 1: part of it is easy. And now that they're at 189 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 1: the point where that's the next step, assuming the Steelers 190 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,360 Speaker 1: are willing to pay him nineteen million for this year, 191 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: it's something that literally could be done in an hour. 192 00:10:57,880 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: I don't know why it's taken so long to get 193 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:01,720 Speaker 1: to the point. I think some of it was the 194 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 1: Steelers asking themselves, are we going to be good enough 195 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 1: this year to justify one more year with Big Ben? 196 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:10,199 Speaker 1: And I think from his perspective, he has to look 197 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 1: at it and say, is the team going to be 198 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 1: good enough for me to give it one more run? 199 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 1: I don't think this is quite two thousand and five. 200 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:21,680 Speaker 1: Jerome bettis where just that close away from the Super Bowl. 201 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:23,840 Speaker 1: Let's try to do it one last time and walk 202 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 1: off into the sunset with a trophy. I really do believe, 203 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:30,079 Speaker 1: and I know I may I may eat these words 204 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 1: later in the year. I think come November and December. 205 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:35,959 Speaker 1: Both sides are going to regret this one more year. 206 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 1: This feels like Brett Farve in twenty ten. I think 207 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 1: both sides would be better off moving on. Has anybody's 208 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:47,199 Speaker 1: seen Deshaun Watson. I don't. I think there was a 209 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 1: photo of him, like in Miami or something. He's really 210 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 1: handling this in a quiet, private and discrete way. The 211 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:58,240 Speaker 1: Texans know where he's coming from. He's yet to go public. 212 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:00,679 Speaker 1: I suggested last week that it's some point he may 213 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 1: have to go public to put pressure on the Texans 214 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 1: to do something. He's making it too easy for them 215 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:08,520 Speaker 1: to just hang up the phone whenever anyone calls with 216 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 1: an offer and just take the position that they believe. 217 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 1: At some point he's going to change his mind about 218 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:16,440 Speaker 1: not wanting to be there. And there was a great 219 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 1: item in The Athletic last week about this situation. Now 220 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 1: it got to this point and one of the comments 221 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,679 Speaker 1: about his nature, he's very stoic by design. He was 222 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: inspired by his mother's cancer fight that she handled everything very, 223 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:32,720 Speaker 1: very even keeled, and I think that's that's who he is. 224 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 1: He doesn't want to have to go public. He doesn't 225 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 1: want to have to throw grenades at the Texans in 226 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 1: an interview or somewhere else. He wants them to figure 227 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 1: out on their own what their best move is and 228 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 1: we'll see if they do. Yeah, you start to wonder 229 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:48,720 Speaker 1: if you're Deshaun Watson, and you go, Okay, I'm going 230 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: to go to a team that I might deplete their 231 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:54,440 Speaker 1: roster or their future roster. Do I want to go 232 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 1: to Carolina And all of a sudden, I'm going to 233 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:59,560 Speaker 1: You know, it's a lateral move. Now I get out 234 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 1: from underneath whatever he's bothered by with the Texans. But 235 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 1: it's not like he's going to go to a place 236 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 1: where they're gonna go, hey, Adwater and stir, We're ready 237 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 1: to challenge for a championship here. Yeah, that's the problem. 238 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 1: I mean, the herschel Walker type trade. You end up 239 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:16,560 Speaker 1: being the guy who gets traded to the team that 240 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 1: doesn't have any first round draft picks for the next 241 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:20,560 Speaker 1: three years, or second or third, or give up this 242 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 1: guy and that guy. The greater the package to get 243 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:25,439 Speaker 1: to Shaun Watson, the harder it is for that team 244 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 1: where he lands to compete. And that's part of the 245 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 1: challenge in finding the right team here. The Texans. If 246 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 1: they're going to trade him, they're gonna want maximum compensation. 247 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:36,840 Speaker 1: Before Deshaun Watson waves as no trade clause, He's gonna 248 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 1: want to feel like he's not jumping from one bad 249 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 1: situation into another. If you were going to handicap this, 250 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:47,959 Speaker 1: give me the teams in order, Well, I really think 251 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,079 Speaker 1: what's going to happen is the Texans aren't going to 252 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 1: entertain offers, and the teams that would be there right 253 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 1: now are going to begin to scatter as they make 254 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 1: other plans. See, that's the problem with not realizing your 255 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:03,600 Speaker 1: best move is to get all interested teams to the 256 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:08,280 Speaker 1: table now and play them against each other. Stanford exactly, 257 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:10,920 Speaker 1: Now here's the time. Let's go. Let's do this now, 258 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:13,960 Speaker 1: because if they don't and you decide to do it 259 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 1: in August, when he doesn't show up, and then you realize, 260 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 1: oh he was serious about that, Yeah he was. Well, 261 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 1: how many teams are you gonna have in August, September, 262 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:26,840 Speaker 1: October trade deadline. That's what Blaine Brown did four years ago. 263 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 1: He held out he wanted to be traded. They said no, no, no, 264 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:32,880 Speaker 1: no no. He finally shows up and then they trade 265 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 1: him to the Seahawks, and they don't get nearly as 266 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:37,160 Speaker 1: much as they would have gotten if they just would 267 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 1: have done it back in March or April. D Look, 268 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 1: I the only way I can make sense of this 269 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 1: because look at all the changes the Texans are making 270 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 1: the new culture. Firing this person. This person doesn't fit 271 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 1: the culture, doesn't fit the culture. You got a franchise quarterbacker, says, 272 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 1: I don't want to be part of the culture. Well, 273 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 1: then why don't you trade him? I keep going back 274 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 1: to the catchphrase that the late Bob McNair gave the 275 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 1: NFL during the Anthem perversity, the founder of the Texans. 276 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 1: We can't have the inmates running to prison. I feel 277 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 1: like that's the attitude that's being sent and directed at 278 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 1: de Shaun Watson is a message to him and all 279 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 1: the rest of the players. You guys just work here. 280 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 1: We can't have the inmates running to prison. We decide 281 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 1: who stays, We decide who gets traded, We decide who 282 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 1: gets what they want. You don't make that decision. That's 283 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: the only way any of this makes sense to me. Yeah, 284 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,400 Speaker 1: I thought Wench would be traded, but I didn't think 285 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson would be traded. But if they're not, I 286 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:32,320 Speaker 1: don't know who's making it public that they're not taking offers. 287 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 1: It feels like the Texans might be telling the media, Hey, 288 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 1: we're not taking offers, so it gets out that, you know, 289 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 1: teams can still Hey we haven't heard the off coming. 290 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 1: We heard the offer, then we want Yeah, I mean 291 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 1: your best leverage. I think about it. Somebody shows up 292 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 1: at your door and wants to buy your house, your 293 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: best leverages, I ain't selling. Well, then the offer goes up. 294 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 1: I really want this house. Well I'm not selling. Offer 295 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:56,400 Speaker 1: goes up. I really want this house. I'm not selling. 296 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:59,400 Speaker 1: If you can, if you can sell that, you get more. 297 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 1: Thes weren't in a position to sell that because it 298 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 1: was obvious the Eagles were going to move on from 299 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 1: Carson Wentz. With the Texans, you know, even though it 300 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 1: seems dumb that they wouldn't do this thing and get 301 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 1: the best offer they can. Now, if they can make 302 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 1: people think they really are committed to holding on to 303 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson, maybe what happens is somebody gets a little 304 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 1: desperate and when they're at that pivot point where they 305 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 1: either have to go get to Shaun Watson, or move 306 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:28,240 Speaker 1: on to plan B. Instead of moving on to Plan B, 307 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 1: they throw something else onto the pile and the Texans 308 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:33,400 Speaker 1: come out of it even better. But when Nick Casserio 309 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 1: addressed the issue during the press conference that introduced their 310 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 1: new coach, David Culley, I didn't read Casserio as being 311 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 1: lying in the sand, no way in hell. I interpreted 312 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: some things he said as meaning that they were going 313 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:50,520 Speaker 1: to realize that it's in their best interest to take 314 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 1: the best package. Now that assumes he's got the authority 315 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 1: to convince anyone there to do it. You never know 316 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 1: what call McNair as as influenced by Jack Easterby, is 317 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:02,640 Speaker 1: going to do. Talking to Mike Florio Pro Football Talk, 318 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:05,439 Speaker 1: you can see the show every morning Money through Friday 319 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:08,359 Speaker 1: Long with Chris Simms. I also wondered about this with 320 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 1: Dak Prescott that Jerry Jones could have stumbled into a 321 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:15,399 Speaker 1: situation that might benefit him and that is, hey, I 322 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 1: tag him one more time at what thirty six thirty 323 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:22,199 Speaker 1: seven million dollars and he's coming back from an injury. 324 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:25,440 Speaker 1: If it doesn't go well, I get out from underneath this. Now. 325 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:27,080 Speaker 1: If it does go well, then we signed him to 326 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 1: a long term deal because I don't think you want 327 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 1: to do a tag him at fifty million or fifty 328 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 1: two million dollars. So it could either be really really 329 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 1: good for Dallas or it could be really really bad. 330 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:42,960 Speaker 1: Give me, give me Jerry Jones strategy through all of this, well, 331 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:46,399 Speaker 1: the strategy has been wait for Dak Prescott to finally 332 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:49,199 Speaker 1: realize that he should do a team friendly deal. That 333 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 1: strategy has not been effective, and the more they wait, 334 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:55,879 Speaker 1: the more the price goes up. Because think about this scenario, 335 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:58,720 Speaker 1: Dan one more year, thirty seven point six to eight million. 336 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:01,200 Speaker 1: First of all the caps going down this year, this 337 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 1: is not the year to have thirty seven point six 338 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:05,679 Speaker 1: to eight million in cap dollars tied to one player. 339 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:08,199 Speaker 1: But let's say that works and he's healthy and you 340 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 1: want to keep him. The problem is when you go 341 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:12,120 Speaker 1: to sign him to a long term deal next year, 342 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:14,639 Speaker 1: he's got all the leverage because the only way to 343 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:17,679 Speaker 1: keep him from the open market is to use the 344 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:21,120 Speaker 1: franchise tag again at a forty four percent raise fifty 345 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 1: four point two five million. He's getting to the open 346 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:26,439 Speaker 1: market next year if you don't sign him do a 347 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:28,920 Speaker 1: long term contract this year, and you know there's been 348 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:31,439 Speaker 1: this lingering question. What does Dak Prescott really worth? We 349 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 1: don't know what he's really worth. Yeah, because the Cowboys 350 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:35,879 Speaker 1: want to let him go to the open market. The 351 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:38,679 Speaker 1: entire franchise tag. You know, they've tried to spin it 352 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:41,360 Speaker 1: as it's some sort of an honor. That's bs. This 353 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 1: is a device that the teams have to keep players 354 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 1: from getting fair market value because they don't get to 355 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:51,359 Speaker 1: find out what other teams will pay next year if 356 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:54,000 Speaker 1: they don't do a long term deal. Now Dak Prescott 357 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 1: gets to find out what other teams would pay. But 358 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:57,960 Speaker 1: why don't they just let him go to market. If 359 00:18:57,960 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 1: somebody wants sign him, you get two first round pick. 360 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:03,440 Speaker 1: I mean well, and they crossed this bridge last year. Dan. 361 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 1: All they had to do was used the non exclusive 362 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:08,639 Speaker 1: franchise tag. It would have been twenty seven million, twenty 363 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:11,960 Speaker 1: six millions, something like that instead of thirty one point four. 364 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:13,960 Speaker 1: It was thirty one point four because they used the 365 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:17,920 Speaker 1: exclusive tag. It's a higher price for most positions, especially 366 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:20,440 Speaker 1: it is for quarterback. The way the formula is different, 367 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 1: and it seals off the opportunity for someone to sign 368 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 1: him and give two first round picks this compensation. They 369 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:29,440 Speaker 1: and because someone said to me last year, oh, look, 370 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:32,159 Speaker 1: next year, they won't use the franchise tag. My reaction was, 371 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:34,600 Speaker 1: and this was before the broken ankle. Why wouldn't they. 372 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 1: They've already used the highest possible level of the tag 373 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:41,560 Speaker 1: to keep him around. They are committed to this guy. 374 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:45,440 Speaker 1: The problem is they've always believed that there's going to 375 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 1: be this lightning bolt where Dak Prescott says, you know what, 376 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:53,160 Speaker 1: I've built leverage, and I've built leverage, and I've built leverage. 377 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:55,080 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna go ahead and give it up and 378 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:57,879 Speaker 1: do you guys a favor and sign a contract that 379 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:00,679 Speaker 1: doesn't reflect the leverage that I've accumulate. When do we 380 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:04,160 Speaker 1: find out about the seventeenth regular season game? I think 381 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 1: it's tied to the TV contracts. Told there was a 382 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:11,399 Speaker 1: month that maybe the TV contracts were being finalized so 383 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:13,119 Speaker 1: they could move some money around and bump up the 384 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:15,240 Speaker 1: salary cap. My understanding is they're trying to get the 385 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 1: TV contracts done before they make an official with seventeen games. 386 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:21,640 Speaker 1: And I saw a report from the Washington Post seventeen 387 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 1: and three preseason games, which makes sense. You want to 388 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:27,440 Speaker 1: hold that third preseason game. So the next move is 389 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:31,160 Speaker 1: eighteen and two. They've had twenty games forever, back when 390 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:33,439 Speaker 1: when in the seventies, I remember six preseason games in 391 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:35,880 Speaker 1: fourteen regular season games. It was ridiculous. But I think 392 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:38,399 Speaker 1: eighteen and two at some point down the road is 393 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:41,160 Speaker 1: where we're headed. They won't go seventeen and two. They'll 394 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 1: go seventeen and three and then eighteen and two. Oh boy, yeah, 395 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:47,400 Speaker 1: I was told this morning it's all tied to TV dollars. 396 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 1: You got to get the contracts done and then everybody 397 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 1: knows what they're gonna make, and then we're going to 398 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:55,919 Speaker 1: have that seventeenth game. More inventory, more stuff to bet on. 399 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:58,119 Speaker 1: I think they need to have more windows. Don't be 400 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:00,359 Speaker 1: surprised if there's some sort of a doubleheader package and 401 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 1: the next Monday night football deal. More standalone games where 402 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 1: people can bet on those games, especially as the technology 403 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:08,879 Speaker 1: improves to the point where what you see at home 404 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:12,160 Speaker 1: on your TV is happening at the exact same moment, 405 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 1: so you can pick up the cell phone device and 406 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:16,320 Speaker 1: make a bet on whatever the next play is going 407 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 1: to be. When does JJ want to make his decision? Well, 408 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:22,520 Speaker 1: I think I think that that teams won't know what 409 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 1: they can offer him until they know what the salary 410 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:27,440 Speaker 1: cap is going to be. And I think we're probably 411 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:30,159 Speaker 1: a week week and a half away from figuring out 412 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:31,879 Speaker 1: what the CAP's going to be. First, the teams have 413 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 1: to figure out what they want it to be. Some 414 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 1: want it to be lower, some want it to be higher, 415 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:37,920 Speaker 1: and then they have to work out the agreement with 416 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 1: the union is to what it's going to be. But 417 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:42,520 Speaker 1: you know, when he got his freedom two weeks ago, 418 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 1: the first thing I thought of it, Hey, he gets 419 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 1: the thirty three day head start to the open market, 420 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 1: and I thought about it's like, nobody knows what the 421 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:49,280 Speaker 1: CAP's going to be. You don't know what you can 422 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:51,080 Speaker 1: pay him. And the other side of it, too, is 423 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:54,680 Speaker 1: if you give that five six seven million, whatever it 424 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 1: is to JJ Watt, you may find out later that 425 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 1: another team unexpectedly cut a guy to get under the cap, 426 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 1: and you look at him and say, man, I could 427 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 1: have spent that money on this guy instead, because even 428 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 1: though what great player, Hall of Fame or three time 429 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 1: Defensive Player of the Year, he's thirty two and he's 430 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 1: had an injury history, there may be other guys out there. 431 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:14,359 Speaker 1: When you take the name off the back of the jersey. 432 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 1: The teams will look at and say, I'd kind of 433 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 1: rather have him. Oh, we played the JJ Watt game yesterday. 434 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:22,359 Speaker 1: A quick recap there. Paulie I went with the he 435 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:24,400 Speaker 1: would play in Los Angeles for the Chargers of the Rams. 436 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 1: Fritzie went with the Cowboys. McLevin went with Packers, Seaton Steelers. 437 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:33,159 Speaker 1: I went with Buffalo. I like Buffalo. I'm with you 438 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:37,640 Speaker 1: on Buffalo Buffalo. Every tweet from JJ Watt two gets 439 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 1: analyzed to see where there. It's like it's like, you know, 440 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:43,960 Speaker 1: we used to spin the record backwards. I buried Paul like, 441 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,680 Speaker 1: where's the clue? Where's the clue on the on the 442 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 1: day J J. Watt Twitter page as to where he's 443 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:51,760 Speaker 1: gonna go. Thank you, Mike wus always we appreciate your time, 444 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:55,640 Speaker 1: all right, See Dan Mike Florio Pro Football Talk a website, 445 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 1: Pro football Talk dot com. Thanks for listening to The 446 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:01,160 Speaker 1: Dan Patrick Show podcast. Be sure to catch us live 447 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:03,959 Speaker 1: every weekday morning nine until noon eastern six to nine 448 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 1: Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, and you can find us 449 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 1: on the iHeartRadio app at FSR or stream us live 450 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:17,680 Speaker 1: on the Peacock app. Is Sandler there is is Christopher McDonald. 451 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:21,360 Speaker 1: There are we Are you guys ready? Yes? I am. Oh. Hi, Chris, 452 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:25,080 Speaker 1: how you do it? I'm good? Hi. So a full intro. 453 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 1: If you're watching on Peacock, that's a Christopher McDonald. He 454 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,720 Speaker 1: is a Shooter McGavin on the right, and that's Adam Sandler. 455 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 1: He's Happy Gilmore on the left. Let me start with 456 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:39,440 Speaker 1: the important person, Chris, how were you approached for the 457 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:44,159 Speaker 1: role of Shooter McGavin Dennis Duggan. Dennis Duggan, the director, 458 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:47,439 Speaker 1: found me in the in the we're up in Vancouver. 459 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:50,760 Speaker 1: I was working on another movie with Raleiota called Unforgettable, 460 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 1: and I read into Dennis Dugan in the lobby of 461 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:56,159 Speaker 1: the hotel. He goes, McDonald, we want you for the script. 462 00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:59,800 Speaker 1: Please take a look at this part. It's awesome. And 463 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:02,399 Speaker 1: that's how I that's how it first came across. And 464 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 1: then I, of course, like an idiot, wanted to turn 465 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:06,119 Speaker 1: it down because I wanted to go see my family, 466 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,480 Speaker 1: so I thought, you know, little toddlers at home. What 467 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:12,040 Speaker 1: Dennis did he went to Robert Simmons, the producer, and 468 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 1: he said, hey, McDonald will come if you can get 469 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:19,840 Speaker 1: him to get his family. M yeah, yeah, but before 470 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 1: I do that, I had to sit down with Adam 471 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:22,720 Speaker 1: and I had to set down a laugh for about 472 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 1: twenty five minutes. So oh, yeah, man, I remember that 473 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:28,840 Speaker 1: Chris when we went out to eat me and you exactly. Yeah. 474 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:33,880 Speaker 1: Can I just say two things, Chris, I do think 475 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 1: the Dennis Dugan of course loved you and wanted you. 476 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:42,600 Speaker 1: But I saw Thelma and Louise and everybody was talking 477 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:45,480 Speaker 1: about this gorgeous guy and Thelma and Louise and I 478 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:48,480 Speaker 1: went and saw it, and I kept going, he is gorgeous. 479 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:55,239 Speaker 1: Brad Pitt, Brad Pitt. I kept going, I don't see 480 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:57,480 Speaker 1: what they see in this guy, but the Chris McDonald 481 00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:00,399 Speaker 1: guy could. Yeah. But but Sam, Man, what did you 482 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:05,200 Speaker 1: want Shooter McGavin to be? I wanted him to be strong, 483 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:09,359 Speaker 1: an athlete, a guy that's very confident, and I would 484 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:13,359 Speaker 1: uh not like old happy Gilmore very much and played 485 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:15,879 Speaker 1: by the rules and kind of grew up with golf. 486 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,920 Speaker 1: And then I remember Chris when we went to uh lunch. 487 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,440 Speaker 1: First of all, Chris didn't like the fact that Happy 488 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:25,639 Speaker 1: Gilmore was a little bit of a violent guy, because 489 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:28,920 Speaker 1: in real life Chris could knock me out right, So 490 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 1: I'm gonna let this guy intimidate me. He got very 491 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 1: he didn't love the fact that old Adam Sandler was 492 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 1: tough in the movie. But but I remember also talking 493 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:42,879 Speaker 1: handicaps in the beginning, right like you you were, you 494 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,880 Speaker 1: were playing a lot of golf there I was. Yes, 495 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:48,040 Speaker 1: I just happened to win a tournament down with Left 496 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:51,200 Speaker 1: Shrimp in Seattle, so I thought, God, I hope that 497 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:53,760 Speaker 1: movie is still around, and uh, sure enough, I called 498 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:55,920 Speaker 1: Dennis up and then we got together. When did you 499 00:25:56,080 --> 00:26:00,680 Speaker 1: know it was something unique? Chris, Well, you never know. 500 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:03,480 Speaker 1: I don't think it was just fun. It was a 501 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:07,240 Speaker 1: fun set. It was really fun material. It was a 502 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 1: great cameos by wonderful actors. I mean, come on, Joe Flaherty, yeah, 503 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,200 Speaker 1: I gass. I mean people like that just make me 504 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 1: really laugh. And so I knew it was going to 505 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 1: be funny, but I had no idea it was going 506 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 1: to be what it is today. And that's h I got. 507 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 1: That is the beautiful thing right now because it's generational. 508 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 1: It's multigenerational. People are watching it with their grandchildren, so 509 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,560 Speaker 1: it's it's got legs. As they say, sham Man, tell 510 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 1: me if this is true. Uh, did Kevin Costner shoot 511 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:41,280 Speaker 1: turned down the role shooter McGain? No, no, no, I 512 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,480 Speaker 1: never heard of that one. No. I think the only 513 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 1: guy we offered it too was was Chris. That's the 514 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:49,639 Speaker 1: right that's the right answer, of course. Yeah, yeah, of 515 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:54,200 Speaker 1: course I've never heard of that one. Okay, And Bob 516 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:57,160 Speaker 1: Barker wasn't your first choice for you to get into 517 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,560 Speaker 1: a fight with, damn hurl. He wrote it for Ed 518 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:04,560 Speaker 1: mcmah and I think the man said no. And then 519 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:06,879 Speaker 1: and then I think, do you know if it ever 520 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 1: got to Ed McMahon sam Man, I really I doubt that. 521 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:15,640 Speaker 1: But uh so I think back then we were would 522 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:18,359 Speaker 1: write something and expect him person to l read. Didn't 523 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 1: go really we get to hang out with these guys 524 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:25,520 Speaker 1: that I'm not doing that. I got a life to live, 525 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:28,840 Speaker 1: you know. But uh, I doubt he got. I think 526 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:32,320 Speaker 1: we heard something like, uh, it's too vulgar or something 527 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:34,320 Speaker 1: for Ed or something like that. But there was a 528 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:38,080 Speaker 1: little little I think the script was a little rougher. Uh. 529 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:41,080 Speaker 1: We cursed a little bit more. Uh and then uh 530 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:44,000 Speaker 1: when when Ed said no, we I think we dived 531 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:46,320 Speaker 1: it down a little bit for Bob Barker and said, uh, 532 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:49,720 Speaker 1: he's a daytime guy. Man, let's let's go. But Bob 533 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:52,720 Speaker 1: Barker was just he was so cool man so and 534 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:56,200 Speaker 1: he wanted to do all of his own stunts. Yes, yes, yes, 535 00:27:56,240 --> 00:28:01,960 Speaker 1: he was fighting with Chuck Norris Bink next ye and 536 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:06,400 Speaker 1: Chuck was seeing some stuff. So uh, Bob was came 537 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 1: ready to go. It's like really early in the morning 538 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 1: when I when we were on that set in Vancouver, 539 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 1: we're up in I think big Bear and not big Bear. 540 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:16,120 Speaker 1: I forgot. I forgot the name of a bear something 541 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:19,399 Speaker 1: something bear. And it was a beautiful golf course and 542 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,560 Speaker 1: it was really cold. But Bob, like at six thirty 543 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 1: in the morning, was stretching out and getting ready. Chris, 544 00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:31,680 Speaker 1: your favorite day on the set shooting involved what oh? 545 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:33,440 Speaker 1: I got a few of them. But I gotta say 546 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:36,040 Speaker 1: I'm a big fan of the of the bar scene, 547 00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:39,440 Speaker 1: the nineteenth hole, if you will when I'm sitting there. 548 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:43,800 Speaker 1: But I loved that, Buddy, I loved that. I love 549 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:45,600 Speaker 1: that scene. It's just so funny. If you just stand 550 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:47,680 Speaker 1: in my way, you'll pay listen to what I say. 551 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:52,240 Speaker 1: The way that ended was people love, love, love that scene. 552 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:54,160 Speaker 1: It was so much fun to play because it was like, 553 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:56,320 Speaker 1: finally a mino of mino. I got this guy who's 554 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:58,840 Speaker 1: got this six shot and I just try to get them. 555 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:00,440 Speaker 1: You know, you should go in those one of those 556 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:03,320 Speaker 1: you know, long drive content you probably very well just 557 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:05,280 Speaker 1: get the hell out of my life. So that kind 558 00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:07,760 Speaker 1: of thing. That was a really funny scene, and uh 559 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 1: enjoy doing it. Of course in in in Happy's Happy Place, 560 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:16,680 Speaker 1: you know, Julie Bowen, a couple of kigs, a couple 561 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:19,280 Speaker 1: of pitches of beer and you know, and then that 562 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:21,960 Speaker 1: was so awesome. And then of course Grandma sucking out 563 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:26,880 Speaker 1: of tongue, that was out there fun. Sam Man, did 564 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:29,280 Speaker 1: you cut out thirty minutes of the film so you 565 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:34,000 Speaker 1: could get that PG thirteen rating? I don't know. I 566 00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:36,120 Speaker 1: think the only thing we had a hard time with 567 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,760 Speaker 1: it we probably cut out stuff that didn't didn't work. 568 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:42,239 Speaker 1: But I do remember in the beginning, you know, when 569 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:45,280 Speaker 1: Happy Gilmore curses a lot and we keep beeping beeping 570 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:48,120 Speaker 1: him and he's screaming at missing a putter or something. 571 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:51,600 Speaker 1: I remember they would say, you have to make the 572 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:54,080 Speaker 1: beat longer. We're hearing too much of the curse. So 573 00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:56,120 Speaker 1: we would have to go back a lot and make 574 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:58,840 Speaker 1: sure that you only heard just a slight aff or 575 00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:02,480 Speaker 1: a slight see for somewhere or that kind of stuff. 576 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:04,760 Speaker 1: And that was the only thing we had to fight about. 577 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,800 Speaker 1: And who came up with the your approach to your 578 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:14,360 Speaker 1: golf shot? That was me because I've told this before, 579 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:18,720 Speaker 1: but what this story was. We were in Manchester, New Hampshire, 580 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:22,280 Speaker 1: and my father was a great golfer. He was very, very, 581 00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:25,440 Speaker 1: just an excellent golfer, golfed all the time. He retired 582 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 1: at fifty four and just became a real heavy duty golfer. 583 00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:31,680 Speaker 1: He'd go to the range and I would go with him, 584 00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:34,920 Speaker 1: and I brought my friend Kyle McDonough, who played pro hockey, 585 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:40,040 Speaker 1: and Kyle, at the time we were in high school, 586 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:44,280 Speaker 1: was never really golf, but was driving the ball so 587 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:47,520 Speaker 1: far my father kept called, man, these hockey kids, what 588 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,280 Speaker 1: a swing and heat. My father loved Kyle so much. 589 00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:52,360 Speaker 1: It was like Kyle was the only guy in my 590 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:55,400 Speaker 1: life that I would be like that. Remember I'm your kid, 591 00:30:55,520 --> 00:31:04,640 Speaker 1: man why he loved but my father was he was 592 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,560 Speaker 1: just a sweetheart of a guy, a great athlete and 593 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,240 Speaker 1: a great kid. And then, um so I remember this. 594 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:14,320 Speaker 1: A few years later, we were talking about Happy Gilmore 595 00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:16,480 Speaker 1: and I don't know, we were talking about our next movement. 596 00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:18,520 Speaker 1: I said, my friend who was a hockey player, who 597 00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:20,680 Speaker 1: could maybe be funny to make a movie about that 598 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:24,680 Speaker 1: hockey mentality, but gets invited on the golf tour and 599 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:26,800 Speaker 1: then uh, I wanted to do kind of a slap 600 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:31,040 Speaker 1: shot type of swing. Chris, um, you play the villain? Well, 601 00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:35,440 Speaker 1: did you want to play the villain? Did I want 602 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:38,360 Speaker 1: to play the villain? Yeah? Uh I have had a 603 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:41,760 Speaker 1: lot of success in plays before that. I played Iago 604 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:44,760 Speaker 1: and you know, othello, and I just love that. That 605 00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:47,560 Speaker 1: that that richest that Will played with Mark Medoff called 606 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:50,200 Speaker 1: when you coming back read Writer, where I was the 607 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:53,200 Speaker 1: you could hear a pin drop, that's how much of 608 00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:56,520 Speaker 1: how that's how mean and and threatening this guy was. 609 00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:59,800 Speaker 1: So I learned to enjoy it. And uh, I just 610 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:02,480 Speaker 1: think villains are a lot of fun because you know, 611 00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:06,840 Speaker 1: we all have that in us. But it's just delicious 612 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:08,640 Speaker 1: to be able to like let it, you know, go 613 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:12,040 Speaker 1: out carte blanche like that. And so I didn't mind 614 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:14,400 Speaker 1: that at all. I just think it's the comedic part 615 00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:17,360 Speaker 1: that's the hard part, because you're bouncing off a guy 616 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:20,160 Speaker 1: who's really really funny but also very angry kind of thing. 617 00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:21,920 Speaker 1: So you're just kind of like, oh, you want to 618 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:23,720 Speaker 1: play like that, let's do this, and so it's like 619 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:26,680 Speaker 1: one upsmanship and that's what thing works really well in 620 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:30,520 Speaker 1: this movie. Happy to Gilmore Too, Sam Man, has that 621 00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:33,920 Speaker 1: been discussed? Has not been discussed, but it certainly has 622 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:37,560 Speaker 1: been discussed on the internet. And and that I believe 623 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:40,480 Speaker 1: me at that senior tour idea, I would not It 624 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:43,200 Speaker 1: would be so amazing to go around with Are you 625 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:47,800 Speaker 1: both in? Sam? And can I green light this? Yes? Yes, 626 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:51,640 Speaker 1: you can green light this. I don't know. It's just ended. 627 00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:55,160 Speaker 1: The Dan Patrick show. Happy Gilmore Too has been green 628 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:58,440 Speaker 1: lighted or lit or something like that. Chris, are you in? 629 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:02,120 Speaker 1: I am double and yes, I would love to do it. 630 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:04,880 Speaker 1: Everybody's been screaming for it, like Adam said on the internet, 631 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:09,200 Speaker 1: and you know, I just I just gotta say, it 632 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:11,760 Speaker 1: would be a complete blast the senior tour with us too. 633 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:14,400 Speaker 1: Oh my god. What do people say to you on 634 00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:18,640 Speaker 1: the street Chris about this? Mothy? They say they love 635 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:20,400 Speaker 1: it that they I mean, it depends on where I am, 636 00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:22,280 Speaker 1: if I'm in a ball game or you know, any 637 00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:25,400 Speaker 1: kind of athletic event. It's shoot up, they will they 638 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:28,640 Speaker 1: will let me go anywhere. The worst case scenario is 639 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:31,640 Speaker 1: I was in a restroom trying to relieve myself at 640 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:34,920 Speaker 1: a ball game up in Buffalo and got one guy recognized, man, 641 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:37,000 Speaker 1: my hat was down. I was good. I got through 642 00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:40,560 Speaker 1: the line, got through the urinal, and he was like, dude, 643 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:44,120 Speaker 1: you shoot up And it was crazy. I just thought 644 00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:47,320 Speaker 1: it get me at he here now. But but that 645 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:49,200 Speaker 1: happens in airports now due. But if you walk in 646 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:51,280 Speaker 1: New York City, it's all kinds of different things they say, 647 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:53,000 Speaker 1: but they wait for you to walk by, then they 648 00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:55,320 Speaker 1: go shooter, and I just kind of go, yeah, I 649 00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:57,440 Speaker 1: don't know if you want to hear if you don't 650 00:33:57,480 --> 00:33:59,480 Speaker 1: know the context of somebody next to you in the 651 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:03,160 Speaker 1: urnal and he goes, oh, shooter, and he has no 652 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:05,960 Speaker 1: idea what you're talking about as he stares over into 653 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:11,520 Speaker 1: your urinal, just saying, Chris, I might be a little 654 00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:15,560 Speaker 1: a little awkward there. Awkward that's the keyword there, Dan, 655 00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:18,200 Speaker 1: Oh my god, Sam Man, are you starting to play 656 00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:20,800 Speaker 1: golf again? Because people want to know can you play golf? 657 00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:22,680 Speaker 1: And I said, well, you can play. I don't know 658 00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:26,200 Speaker 1: if you're any good, but you're are you trying? Now? 659 00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:30,279 Speaker 1: Go about and Chris, I want to go out with you. Man. 660 00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:34,960 Speaker 1: We were talking about this, so I was like Thanksgiving 661 00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:38,360 Speaker 1: we I didn't golf for like fifteen years, since my 662 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:41,319 Speaker 1: kid kids were born. I stopped doing it, and then 663 00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:44,359 Speaker 1: I started up like around Thanksgiving, and I've been playing 664 00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:47,520 Speaker 1: every day since, just trying to sneak it in. And 665 00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:51,600 Speaker 1: it sounds like somebody's getting ready for a happy Gilmore too. 666 00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:56,000 Speaker 1: I do. I do the normal swing when I'm playing, 667 00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:59,919 Speaker 1: but I still I can't. Like yesterday I played nine, 668 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:02,600 Speaker 1: It's like, oh, I'm about to score pretty well, and 669 00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:04,680 Speaker 1: then I blew up and shot an eight on one hole. 670 00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:06,879 Speaker 1: I never, I can't. I can't get the score. I can't. 671 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:08,719 Speaker 1: I can't have a score. Great, how about you, Chris, 672 00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:11,719 Speaker 1: You've been playing a short game? Is good for me? 673 00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:13,640 Speaker 1: I don't. I don't drive it like you do, of course, 674 00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:17,319 Speaker 1: but just do you know how many this is what's 675 00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:19,560 Speaker 1: great about this movie. And then all the many years 676 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:22,520 Speaker 1: for me to be get the entree into the pro 677 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:27,279 Speaker 1: the PGA guys, I meet Rory McIlroy, I mean, I 678 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:30,520 Speaker 1: mean all these great players JT of DJ All these 679 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:33,920 Speaker 1: guys and they all try that shot. They all do it. 680 00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:36,839 Speaker 1: It's they think it's the funniest thing in the world. 681 00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:40,959 Speaker 1: And it's also illegal, not illegal, but a legal shot. 682 00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:44,200 Speaker 1: Anything you do behind the ball apparently is legal. And 683 00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:47,359 Speaker 1: just so, these guys are crushing and I'm going, God, 684 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:49,560 Speaker 1: they're good athletes. But I mean, that's what it takes. 685 00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:51,480 Speaker 1: Takes a good athlete to hit that shot. But do 686 00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:53,719 Speaker 1: I play a lot of golf. It's like with you. 687 00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:56,279 Speaker 1: I have children, I have responsibilities. I don't get out enough. 688 00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:58,359 Speaker 1: I live up in an area where my golf club 689 00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:00,680 Speaker 1: is really cold right now. I can't out there. It's like, 690 00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:04,040 Speaker 1: you know, thirty degrees. So but I go and play 691 00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:06,239 Speaker 1: a lot of charity events. I get advited to a 692 00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:08,240 Speaker 1: lot of events, and if it's raising money for cancer 693 00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:11,200 Speaker 1: or whatever it is, I'm happy to do it. And uh, 694 00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:13,200 Speaker 1: we have a lot of fun. It's a scramble. It's 695 00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:14,600 Speaker 1: a different kind of a thing. But that's how I 696 00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:17,200 Speaker 1: get out and I love it. Twenty five years ago, man, 697 00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:21,719 Speaker 1: pretty crazy still holds up. I loved it, and I 698 00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:25,120 Speaker 1: loved getting to know Chris and and I and I Chris. 699 00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:27,400 Speaker 1: Just so you know, when you said yes to the movie. 700 00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:30,279 Speaker 1: It made us so happy, and you were known as 701 00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:33,200 Speaker 1: a great actor, and we kept thinking, because you know 702 00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:36,120 Speaker 1: it was a great actor. It's gonna just make people say, Okay, 703 00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:38,680 Speaker 1: well we can hang with great actors. Man, it was 704 00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:42,279 Speaker 1: a big deal. Well, and and Chris was in uh 705 00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:45,960 Speaker 1: Quiz Show and with with Ray find So who's a 706 00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:50,880 Speaker 1: better actor? Chris, Adam Sandler or Ray Fines? Put me 707 00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:53,239 Speaker 1: on that spot? Why don't you you put? You put 708 00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:55,600 Speaker 1: Adam Sandler in a comedy? He wins. You put Adam, 709 00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:58,400 Speaker 1: You put Adam staying there in a drama? He wins? 710 00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:02,319 Speaker 1: Because how great was Strunk Love? How great was how 711 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:04,719 Speaker 1: great was the uncut Gems? I mean, I don't know. 712 00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:07,279 Speaker 1: Rape Finds is great, don't get me wrong, But he's 713 00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:10,839 Speaker 1: Betty Betty Betty English. He couldn't have played Happy Gilmore. Chris. 714 00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:14,319 Speaker 1: Not a chance, not a chance, Sam Man. That's got 715 00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:15,840 Speaker 1: to feel good. I mean, you're not gonna win an 716 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:18,839 Speaker 1: Academy award probably, but that's got to feel pretty good. 717 00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:24,680 Speaker 1: That felt good. I like whatever fell from shoot him 718 00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:26,880 Speaker 1: again and I feel good. Hey, he won a Spirit 719 00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:30,880 Speaker 1: Award for that, uh Forget, which is awesome. Where is 720 00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:35,400 Speaker 1: your spirit award. Where do I keep it? Yeah, Uh, 721 00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:40,520 Speaker 1: it's it's next, it's next to us. It's next to 722 00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:47,080 Speaker 1: a punt passing kick. Hey, guys, Uh, thanks for joining us. 723 00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:49,759 Speaker 1: We appreciate it. And uh, Chris, you're a good sport. 724 00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:52,160 Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us. And hopefully we have happy gilmore 725 00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:56,600 Speaker 1: to the Senior Tour with you guys. Uh, that would 726 00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:58,799 Speaker 1: be great. But but thanks again, we appreciate you guys 727 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:02,680 Speaker 1: joining us. I say one thing before we go. Daddy's 728 00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:06,600 Speaker 1: sorry everybody who invited me and Chris out, like the 729 00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:10,560 Speaker 1: PGA stuff and and all those and all the players 730 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:12,360 Speaker 1: who were nice to us and tweet and nice stuff. 731 00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:15,600 Speaker 1: The only reason I can't jump right into playing those 732 00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:18,279 Speaker 1: tournaments is I have this stupid schedule. I can't make 733 00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:20,560 Speaker 1: it those times. But sometimes, of me and Chris, I 734 00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:22,879 Speaker 1: would love for us to go and play with those 735 00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:25,800 Speaker 1: guys and raise money for something that would be the greatest. 736 00:38:26,040 --> 00:38:28,920 Speaker 1: Thank you, guys, great idea, and prayers out the tigers 737 00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:31,040 Speaker 1: Tiger Woods. Right now, it's got to be tragic. I 738 00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:32,759 Speaker 1: know I didn't we didn't want to bring that up. 739 00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:35,560 Speaker 1: But let's hope it doesn't. It's not a career ending thing. 740 00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:38,040 Speaker 1: And he's he's up on his feet pretty soon. Well, 741 00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:40,480 Speaker 1: he's alive. That's why I said people should celebrate the 742 00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:44,480 Speaker 1: fact that he's alive. Chris, thanks for joining us, the 743 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:48,080 Speaker 1: great actor Christopher McDonald, and of course the great actor 744 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:53,120 Speaker 1: Adam Sandler. Thank you, guys, love you, Okay you guys, 745 00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:55,680 Speaker 1: thank you, thank you, Bud. 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