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Welcome in the beginning of another night of 12 00:00:50,640 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 1: the Benmahlor Show. We are in the air, arewhere while 13 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: away at the clock, and we say the buck stops here, literally, 14 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: one dollar stops right here. 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If you go by the gambling line, you 34 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: had Justin Fields, who's pretending to be an NFL quarterback 35 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: flying the Jets with but the Jets it's not like 36 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:37,519 Speaker 1: a jumbo jet. It's more like a prop plane where 37 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: you have to pedal for the thing to take off 38 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:43,639 Speaker 1: and a hop skipping a jump to the Commonwealth there 39 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 1: for a date with Drake May and the Patriots. You 40 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: had the Venerable Al Michaels, good old Al and Herbie 41 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 1: on the call on the Amazon. I'm not sure if 42 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 1: you were watching this game or not. It did not 43 00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: seem like a game you had to watch. It was 44 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: a mismatch coming in we watched, had no choice. Rookie 45 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: Trayvon Henderson, he's a Buckeye from Ohio States with three 46 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:11,920 Speaker 1: touchdowns so like he was playing Northwestern again, two on 47 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: the ground, one via catch, and Drake May and the 48 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 1: Patriots get to win eight in a row. Is eight enough? 49 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:24,920 Speaker 1: Twenty seven to fourteen over the lowly pathetic Jets in 50 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 1: the Thursday night game. So the Pats at nine and two, 51 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,359 Speaker 1: they matched their longest winning streaks. And some guy named 52 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 1: Brady in his final season before he defected to Tampa. 53 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 1: I was in twenty nineteen. And they've now, as we said, 54 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: they've won their first eight. That year they won their 55 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: first day Patriots three to zero in the division. There's 56 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 1: all kinds of numbers. I don't even really care about 57 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: any of that stuff. But the good jumping off point 58 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: is just the wide angle lens in honor of the 59 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: Jets from thirty thousand feet up in the airs that 60 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: normally we start with the losers. The Jets are so bad. 61 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: How bad are they that Jet? They're so bad that 62 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: we're not going to start with them. That's so bad 63 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 1: they are. We'll start with New England. The debts aren't 64 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 1: even really compelling at this point. So let us discuss 65 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 1: the question. Give me your impressions of the Mike Vrabel 66 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five Patriots as they played the Island game. 67 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 1: Here where now eleven weeks into the NFL season. So 68 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:28,600 Speaker 1: my thoughts on this. I've got sorcerer's workshop, giant inflatable 69 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 1: pizza slice, and aromatherapy, and we will combine all of 70 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 1: these things together, and we are going to start from scratch, 71 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:42,360 Speaker 1: is what we're going to do. So a this one 72 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 1: is simple. My impressions of the Patriots. I've seen him 73 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 1: play a few times, but just focused in on this game, 74 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 1: not flipping to any other game because there's nothing else on. 75 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:54,599 Speaker 1: The NBA is unwatchable. So a work in progress is 76 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:58,159 Speaker 1: the way I will describe it. And when I mean work, 77 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:01,120 Speaker 1: like you know, assembly line. There might be some bolts 78 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 1: missing there, but you don't really know yet. You don't 79 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:07,119 Speaker 1: know yet. And the Patriots compared to years past, the 80 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 1: Gerrod Mayo year, not years. He was only there for 81 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 1: one year. The Patriots obviously have taken a quantum leap 82 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: year and Mike Rabol going into the sorcerer's workshop and 83 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 1: essentially recreating It's kind of like Tom Brady's dog. You 84 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:25,920 Speaker 1: know tom Brady had his dog copied. Well, that's what 85 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: Rabel's doing. He's like, all right, let's go in there, 86 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: and I want to recreate the secret recipe we had 87 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 1: in Tennessee. Not that they won, not that they won. 88 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:40,039 Speaker 1: They didn't win in Nashville, but they had competitive teams 89 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:43,119 Speaker 1: a year after year for the most part, solid well 90 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 1: coached football and all the hokey lines control the controller 91 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:51,919 Speaker 1: bowls and all that. Well, Mike Rabel has cloned his 92 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: old Titan teams. It would appear a disciplined, somewhat physical, 93 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 1: coachable button dof they all had two penalties in this game. 94 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:05,799 Speaker 1: They had no turnovers. And that's the Mike Rabels starter 95 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:10,919 Speaker 1: pack right there. No dumb penalties. The eight straight wins 96 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:12,719 Speaker 1: is kind of cool. But let's not get too carried 97 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:15,479 Speaker 1: away here. I'm not gonna be Benny Bright's out in this. 98 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 1: He played the Jets a full blown three ring flying 99 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 1: clown plane the Jets, and the Jets unloaded the few 100 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: name brand defensive players they had and they rolled out 101 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:30,839 Speaker 1: a defense that had I think there were some uber 102 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:36,279 Speaker 1: drivers in the secondary. There were some cfl Rejets that 103 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: were out there little flotsam and then Jets them flats 104 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 1: them on the right, jets them on the left. And 105 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,479 Speaker 1: they had people that were likely one of you, like, 106 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 1: where's the locker room when they arrived at the stadium, 107 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:49,280 Speaker 1: where do I go? I don't know where that is? 108 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 1: And they were still the Jets mathematically in the game 109 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:57,039 Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter of New England did not even 110 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 1: cover the line. The line was thirteen and a half. 111 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 1: I know some places it was twelve and a half 112 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 1: or thirteen. If it was thirteen, it was a push 113 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 1: and we got it at thirteen and a half on 114 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: benny versus the penny. So we lost that but at 115 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 1: home in an Island game short week all that against 116 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 1: the team that Let's be honest here, the way the 117 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 1: Jets have gone, the joke that Aaron Glenn as a coach, 118 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 1: they probably should have been euthanized back in week four 119 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 1: the Jets, but they're still playing. The Jets roster looks 120 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 1: like they have decided to collect and a group of 121 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 1: spare parts from a garage sale and some free stuff 122 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 1: on offer up and Craigslist and there they are now. Meanwhile, 123 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 1: we also heard that Mike Rabel was handing out blue 124 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 1: collar shirts to players before the game. If you saw 125 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 1: that or not, it was a cute, little adorable thing, 126 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 1: very pinterest coachable, subliminal message kind of thing. We're hard 127 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: working all that stuff, of course, just the whole bs stuff. 128 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 1: Like the reality is, these guys wouldn't last five minutes 129 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: if they were with the factory boys listening in El 130 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 1: Paso or the heavy machinery guys there in Ohio would 131 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 1: kick them into Lake Eriie right away. They tap out. 132 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 1: And it's always amusing to me when it's more of 133 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: an NFL thing. We see it in basketball somewhil too. 134 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: We don't see it in baseball. But when he hear's, oh, 135 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: we're going to be a blue collar team and all 136 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 1: that stuff, and I'm like, okay, that's that's cute. But like, no, 137 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 1: the average Patriots player is making three point two million 138 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:39,960 Speaker 1: dollars this year. The actual blue collar guys that Mike 139 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 1: Rabel was trying to invoke twenty five dollars and ninety 140 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 1: cents an hour. They get twenty five dollars and ninety 141 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 1: cents an hour. The annual salary for most who work 142 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:52,560 Speaker 1: in the factory is about fifty four thousand dollars a year, 143 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 1: So very blue collar if you're making three point two 144 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:59,680 Speaker 1: million versus fifty three, eight hundred and seventy two dollars, 145 00:08:59,679 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 1: but very very out there. Nothing screams working class like 146 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:08,559 Speaker 1: a twenty five year old defensive back who was also 147 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 1: making a million dollars in college and missus a tackle 148 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 1: while getting paid two point eight million dollars. Nevertheless, hey, listen, 149 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 1: Mike Rabel does have structure, the cupcakes and doughnuts schedules 150 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 1: working well. They're steamrolling through this thing as they should. 151 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 1: There's no real haunted houses out there for the Patriots 152 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 1: down the line. They're doing what they're supposed to be doing, 153 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:34,960 Speaker 1: and the real acid test will be down the line 154 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 1: in the playoffs. And meanwhile, page two, you've got Drake 155 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 1: May who was being serenaded with envy pete MV pete 156 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:48,680 Speaker 1: rhythmic chanting of MVP New England obviously winning this game. 157 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:53,320 Speaker 1: Here's Mike Vrabel. Mike Rabel, the coach who was asked 158 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 1: about the expectations and the rhythmic chanting take a listen. 159 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 3: And we have high expectations for high expectations for himself. 160 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 3: Phil continue to improve. I know that he'll stay humble 161 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 3: through this all. And you know again, and as far 162 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 3: as the performance tonight, I thought it was you know again, 163 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 3: in first view, you know, pretty pretty good. He was 164 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 3: good enough to win. I mean he took care of 165 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 3: the football. 166 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 1: Okay, that's a ringing endorsement. Okay, So question does this 167 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 1: win help elevate Drake May the campaign of Drake May 168 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:32,680 Speaker 1: for the MVP Award? Does it help him in the 169 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 1: MVP race? So I watched the entire game and I 170 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:40,760 Speaker 1: wrote on my scorecard, No, I don't believe that would 171 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 1: be acting. Know you this, you're a fanboy, Okay, congratulations, 172 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: but this was this is not a bad performance. It 173 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:50,720 Speaker 1: was more about I consider it a lateral move. That's 174 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 1: what I thought it was. It was like treading water 175 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 1: and the kiddie pool. You're lying on a giant inflatable 176 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 1: pizza slice and you're sipping a cocktail with one of 177 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:00,800 Speaker 1: those umbrellas in it, and that's kind of what this 178 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 1: was a little chillier than that, but that's where we 179 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:05,439 Speaker 1: are with Drake May on This game played one of 180 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 1: the NFL's you know not I don't say all time wars, 181 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 1: but they traded their top players. That's not not a 182 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:13,839 Speaker 1: good defense with the names they have out there, the 183 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 1: Jets right now. And he didn't really go turbotastic. It 184 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 1: was a mixed bag. He completed a lot of passes 185 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:24,320 Speaker 1: averaged eight yards, had a bunch of explosive plays, but 186 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:29,720 Speaker 1: only one touchdown pass And and if you want MVP votes, 187 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:32,199 Speaker 1: these are the kind of games where your stat bandito 188 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 1: and you fatten up your stat sheet and you have 189 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:37,080 Speaker 1: a bunch of fireworks and everything's great. And this was 190 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 1: more like it wasn't a dud, but it was more 191 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 1: like a couple of sparklers, And sparklers are cool, dude, 192 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: you love sparkles. Who doesn't like sparks, safe and sane, 193 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 1: safe and sane, safe and san But it wasn't like fireworks. 194 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 1: Wasn't like illegal fireworks you got from Mexico or something 195 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 1: like that. Wasn't that? And uh, anyway, so can we 196 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 1: address also the fire breathing dragon of the room. If 197 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 1: my malor math is correct, Drake May somehow has played 198 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:04,040 Speaker 1: now a year plus basically a year and a half 199 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:06,200 Speaker 1: over year and a half now, and he still hasn't 200 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 1: thrown for three hundred yards in an NFL game. We're 201 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:12,560 Speaker 1: talking about the modern NFL here, where teams throw the ball. 202 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:16,679 Speaker 1: If they're up, if they're down, if they're tied, if 203 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 1: they're hungry, if they're sleepy, whatever, they just they throw 204 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 1: the ball. The league practically forces you to get three 205 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 1: hundred yards by accident, and Drake May has two hundred 206 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 1: and eighty yard performances piling up like empty boxes from 207 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 1: Amazon and not crossed over the rubicon, so that three 208 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 1: hundred hasn't gotten it. It's one of those bizarro quirky 209 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:45,720 Speaker 1: things that's out there. But May failing to lead the 210 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 1: Patriots again to cover against the Jets. That's not great. 211 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 1: It's not great. A nice little quarterback developing. We'll see 212 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 1: where this ends up when the real games begin. Down 213 00:12:56,559 --> 00:12:59,719 Speaker 1: the line. Patriot's playing a lot, a lot of week 214 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 1: of it's here and Drake May has not. He's not 215 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 1: yet found that higher, higher gear. It's like it's like 216 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 1: he's in second gear and' humming along and he's going 217 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 1: fifty five or sixty and he's in the right lane. 218 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 1: He's got the hazards flashing and you think MVP, right, 219 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:19,400 Speaker 1: that's Autobahn territory. That's one hundred and ten miles an 220 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:22,960 Speaker 1: hour passing Ferraris and Porsches and things like that. So again, 221 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:26,000 Speaker 1: this game, it keeps him where he already was. It's 222 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:29,959 Speaker 1: not like he goes any lower and continues to be 223 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:34,199 Speaker 1: a wide open race as it's too early. Not all 224 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:37,560 Speaker 1: precincts are reporting in and Drake May still promising in 225 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 1: the town. 226 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 4: Oh, you're such a hater Baler. That's what you're doing 227 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 4: the overnights. You're supposed to get the knee pads out 228 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 4: for Drake May. Okay, stop stop stop, stop, stops up 229 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:53,560 Speaker 4: all right. Last word for the j e Ts suck, suck, suck. 230 00:13:54,080 --> 00:14:00,840 Speaker 1: Where quarterback Justin Fields yet again was held in check. Yeah, well, 231 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:02,839 Speaker 1: he did go over one hundred yards passing for him, 232 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 1: that's a big accomplishment. Weillive him a puffy sticker congratulations. 233 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:09,680 Speaker 1: Normally he's been around fifty yards passing, so he doubled that. 234 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:13,160 Speaker 1: And the Jets did come out and matriculate the ball 235 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:15,079 Speaker 1: down the field. They had a nice opening drive, most 236 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 1: of it on the ground, and the rest of the game, Eh, 237 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 1: let's see here, Dan see Justin Fields he fumbled deep 238 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 1: in his own territory in a one score game in 239 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. Here's just we have just Here's Justin 240 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 1: Field's commenting on his performance for the Jets. Take a list. 241 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 1: Not good enough. You know, we lost the game, so 242 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 1: it wasn't good enough. Every time we lose, my performance 243 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 1: isn't good enough. Okay, thank you. How about the coach 244 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 1: Aaron Glenn give the state of the Jets address? Can 245 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 1: you please help us out? Coach Aaron Glenn, let's hear 246 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 1: this again. 247 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 5: We're all accountable for that, you know, as far as coaches. 248 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:52,120 Speaker 5: Make sure we put our guys in the right position, 249 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 5: the receivers to make sure they catch the ball, and 250 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 5: then we can say Justin make sure he getting the 251 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 5: ball to some other guys. But to me, that was 252 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 5: really there were some players out there to be made. 253 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 5: I thought he had some really good throws. We got 254 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:05,040 Speaker 5: to finish those things. 255 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:07,920 Speaker 1: Okay, thought he had some really good throws. Later on 256 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 1: he said there are some really good things in general 257 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 1: for the quarterback. So the question quickly Jets coach Aaron 258 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 1: Glenn saying the quarterback Justin Fields did some really good things. 259 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 1: How do you process that. It processed that one. So 260 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 1: my first thought on this is, I think this is 261 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 1: the highest level of football. This is not a kindergarten 262 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 1: parent teacher conference. We're not We're not doing that. You 263 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 1: don't need to coddle anyone. And Justin Fields was able 264 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 1: to wipe his own tushy. Congratulations, and he rode the 265 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:47,560 Speaker 1: vomit comet and that's great and wonderful. And they had 266 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:50,400 Speaker 1: that scripted opening drive where they ran the ball most 267 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 1: of the time, and he ran a couple of QB 268 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 1: keepers and he had some success and the only attempted 269 00:15:56,600 --> 00:16:01,560 Speaker 1: two passes overall. Justin Fields is the same suck bag 270 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 1: quarterback he was with Chicago and with Pittsburgh. The guy blows. 271 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 1: That's just it. He averaged four point five yards per pass. 272 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 1: He threw a ball off alignman's helmet. If you saw that, 273 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 1: there was that intentional grounding thing where he I think 274 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 1: killed the worm was out on the field. He killed that. 275 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 1: And then the masterpiece of this that should be hung 276 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 1: in an art museum. Fumbling the snap in a one 277 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 1: score game deep in your own territory, which, oh, by 278 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 1: the way, the Patriots should have scored a touchdown they 279 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 1: would have covered the spread, not that I'm bitter about that, 280 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 1: but they did not. They got the ball the eleven 281 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 1: yard line of the Jets. So really good stuff, terrific. 282 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 1: Let's have a parade right through the Canyon of Heroes. 283 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 1: We're going to have a parade. And so what is 284 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 1: Aaron Glenn doing? Well again, he's gaslighting, is what he's 285 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 1: doing here. Aaron Glenn treating the seven Jets fans that 286 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 1: are left like there are a bunch of dingle berries 287 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 1: who can't see what's happening with their own eyes. If 288 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 1: the Jets wanted a running back, I'm sure they could 289 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:07,840 Speaker 1: have found one somewhere. They're not that expensive. They're everywhere, 290 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:10,639 Speaker 1: they really are. It's like sand on the beach that 291 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:12,680 Speaker 1: you don't really need to worry about it. There's gonna 292 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 1: be more sand. And if Aaron Glenn truly believes that 293 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: there were some really good things out there with this quarterback, 294 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: justin Fields, if Glenn's going that direction, then someone needs 295 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 1: to call for a fifty one fifty a seventy two 296 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: hour cycle because that is deluge. You know, that is delugional, 297 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:37,960 Speaker 1: is what that is. And Fields, like he was a 298 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 1: CFL quarterback playing an NFL game, which I think is 299 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 1: insulting to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. So I guess he's 300 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:47,920 Speaker 1: actually not that one of those minor league UFL Arena 301 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:52,240 Speaker 1: League whatever they're calling those minor league outfits now. So yeah, 302 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:54,680 Speaker 1: I don't think he could play for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. 303 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:58,639 Speaker 1: I don't or the Montreal Alouettes or the Argonauts or 304 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 1: the BC Lions. I don't think you play for them. 305 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 1: I know. And the Jet fans, while some of them 306 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 1: are dumda dumb, dumb dumb, they're not all rubs. They're 307 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:12,119 Speaker 1: not all rubs. And those that watched, and so I 308 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:16,639 Speaker 1: would advise Aaron Glenn, do not blow smoke up the 309 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 1: backside of the Jet fan and tell them it's a 310 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: romatherapy because they know it's not. And Justin Fields didn't 311 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:29,639 Speaker 1: do really good things. He did Justin Field's things. And 312 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:35,080 Speaker 1: that's exactly the problem with Justin Fields. Heaven knows he 313 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:39,880 Speaker 1: does Justin Fields things, and that's exactly the problem. It's 314 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 1: every time he's playing, it's happy hour for the other team. 315 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 1: It's happy hour for the other team. 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They did not cover the spread, at 332 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:37,800 Speaker 6: least the big spread. It was up to thirteen and 333 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:40,200 Speaker 6: a half. But our lead is from Minnesota. Not all 334 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:43,399 Speaker 6: is right on the shores of Lake Minnetonka. If you 335 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 6: did not see this, Perhaps not. 336 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:50,880 Speaker 1: The most decorated in terms of money receiver in the NFL. 337 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson is not exactly getting it done at a 338 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:58,879 Speaker 1: high level so far this season, at least not with 339 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 1: his current quarterback and justin Jefferson's saying that he is 340 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 1: trying to work back, he said, trying to work back 341 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 1: to the level that he reached a couple of years 342 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:11,680 Speaker 1: back in twenty twenty two, which inspired him. That was 343 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 1: the spark to get paid the big money. Jefferson said 344 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:17,920 Speaker 1: he wanted to return to when he called what he 345 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:21,440 Speaker 1: called his savage mode. Well, I can just give you 346 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:22,760 Speaker 1: the whole sound bite, but why don't we go to 347 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:24,920 Speaker 1: the audio tape. Take a listen. Here's Jefferson who wants 348 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:28,120 Speaker 1: to have a different mentality. Here's mister Jefferson. 349 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:32,080 Speaker 7: Take a list personally, mentally, just wanting to get back 350 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 7: into to that mode into I like to say, savage mode. 351 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 1: Savage mo, I mean, it's just going. 352 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:40,560 Speaker 7: Out there with that fit mentality and just going out 353 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:41,400 Speaker 7: there and just killing it. 354 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:44,199 Speaker 1: I want to thank him for saying ef it and 355 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 1: not the full F word. Normally we have to bleep that, 356 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:48,200 Speaker 1: but he said ef it. We don't have to bleep effort. 357 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:50,560 Speaker 1: He meant funn it. I think he meant fun it 358 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:53,159 Speaker 1: right or fudget. He could have said fudget, but he 359 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 1: didn't say what you thought he said then. But wait, 360 00:20:56,359 --> 00:21:00,480 Speaker 1: there's more Justin. Jefferson, Viking receiver, was asked why things 361 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 1: haven't been the way they were before. Take a listen life. 362 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:07,439 Speaker 7: You know a lot of different things going on in 363 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,320 Speaker 7: my life, and just wanting to get back to that 364 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:15,440 Speaker 7: kid phase of loving I still love football, but overly 365 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:18,600 Speaker 7: loving football and overly loving just being out there on 366 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:22,359 Speaker 7: Sundays and making the big plays and just being a 367 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:24,439 Speaker 7: part of this great organization. 368 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 1: So he claimed, Jefferson that he was inspired because of 369 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:33,359 Speaker 1: clip I remember that famous catch he had. I say famous. 370 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:35,920 Speaker 1: It was a regular season game against Buffalo, but he 371 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:38,960 Speaker 1: had that leaping, one handed grab against the Bills. Remember 372 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 1: the catch. It was a pretty big deal whendn't happened. 373 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 1: And so the anniversary of that it was this week, 374 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:49,360 Speaker 1: and a bunch of people who were engagement farming sent 375 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 1: that out on social media and Jefferson saw it, and 376 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:55,240 Speaker 1: so he brought that up as a point of reference. 377 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:58,160 Speaker 1: Now we should point out that in his last game, 378 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:04,280 Speaker 1: dud Jefferson against the Baltimore football team JJ McCarthy, who's 379 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:08,200 Speaker 1: drowning at quarterback, two of his passes that were intended 380 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:13,400 Speaker 1: for Jefferson were intercepted by the Ravens and on both occasions, 381 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:17,639 Speaker 1: not once, but twice, Jefferson did not seem all that 382 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 1: interested in making a play on the defender who had 383 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:27,520 Speaker 1: intercepted the pass. On the interception return. Now, there are 384 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:31,560 Speaker 1: many close observers with magnifying glasses out that have seen signs. 385 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 1: I see the sign They have seen signs that Jefferson 386 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:39,400 Speaker 1: is not on board. No, no, no, he's not on 387 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 1: the happy train Drew. No, no, he's not that interested 388 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 1: in developing the young quarterback. Now, he attempted to push 389 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:52,600 Speaker 1: back on that. In fact, in that same interview session, 390 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 1: he called JJ McCarthy a quote great player and added 391 00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:01,919 Speaker 1: he's a great quarterback and he's a great kid. The 392 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 1: word is great. Okay, So that is a good jumping 393 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 1: off point. Let's dive into this one, the question, what 394 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 1: are your impressions of Justin Jefferson not appearing to be 395 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:19,920 Speaker 1: all that happy with the vikings and mainly with the 396 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:25,920 Speaker 1: quarterback JJ McCarthy. So my observations on this, I've got babysitting, Vermont, 397 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 1: maple syrup, and mad ants, and we will combine all 398 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:33,320 Speaker 1: of these things together and we are going to be 399 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:35,639 Speaker 1: in the lap of luxury, is what we're going to 400 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:43,399 Speaker 1: be in the lap of luxury. So number one. So 401 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 1: justin Jefferson can say all the right things, right, I 402 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:50,320 Speaker 1: can say all the right things, But the man's body language. Remember, 403 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 1: most of communication is body language. The body language is 404 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 1: writing a completely different book. It's a much different novel 405 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:01,199 Speaker 1: body language versus the words that are coming out of 406 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,119 Speaker 1: his mouth. You don't need to watch the All twenty 407 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:06,919 Speaker 1: two like JJ and Renton. You don't need some nerdy 408 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:10,879 Speaker 1: analytical dork on YouTube or buried behind a paywall on 409 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: a shady football website to break it down for you. 410 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:19,600 Speaker 1: The lolli gagging, that's the word, lolli gagging. On the interceptions, 411 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:23,120 Speaker 1: no hustle, no chase, just a kind of a shrug 412 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:29,679 Speaker 1: emoji type effort. Day give it, Dack give it. That 413 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:34,480 Speaker 1: is a superstar saying I'm really not into this. I'm 414 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 1: not into it. Jefferson knows what it's like to have 415 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 1: a quarterback that can get him the ball on a 416 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 1: regular basis and provide him the opportunity to become an 417 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:47,440 Speaker 1: elite wide receiver and all that stuff. He was elite, 418 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:50,640 Speaker 1: and a couple of years there he was a walking 419 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:54,479 Speaker 1: cheat code for the Minnesota Vikes. Right now, when JJ 420 00:24:54,600 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 1: McCarthy is quarterbacking, he's giving that Wendell Ubinson level production, 421 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:07,359 Speaker 1: giving the Michael Pittman Junior level production. Jefferson producing in 422 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:13,120 Speaker 1: four starts with red shirt rookie JJ McCarthy an average 423 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 1: of four point two catches per game for fifty two 424 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:22,440 Speaker 1: yards per game. Now that's fine if you're Wanda Robinson. 425 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 1: Robins is a good player, not a great player. Michael 426 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:27,480 Speaker 1: Pittman Junior, good player, not a great player. It's fine 427 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:30,320 Speaker 1: for those guys. However, when you're the guy that got 428 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 1: the one hundred and forty million dollar contract, you're supposed 429 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:35,879 Speaker 1: to be the greatest player on the planet, and it 430 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:39,200 Speaker 1: doesn't look that way right now. It's bad. It's real bad. 431 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:42,600 Speaker 1: When McCarthy's out there, I say, it's a small sample size, 432 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:45,240 Speaker 1: but we have a show to do today. And this 433 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:48,560 Speaker 1: is the the vibe I got from Jefferson watching some 434 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 1: of those clips from the Baltimore game is I don't 435 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 1: like the new toy that I got. I don't like it. 436 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 1: I don't you know the energy like when a kid 437 00:25:57,480 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 1: gets a toy on Christmas or honok or something. The 438 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,520 Speaker 1: open up up and it's like the wrong gift. And 439 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:05,879 Speaker 1: do we have the receipt. I gotta return this. I 440 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 1: don't want to now. The Vikings problem is that they 441 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 1: obviously drafted McCarthy in the first round. There was a 442 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:15,399 Speaker 1: lot of moving parts to get McCarthy. Let some people 443 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:18,120 Speaker 1: go to get him and all that stuff, and they 444 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:23,119 Speaker 1: need a booster rocket to help boost the quarterback at 445 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:27,720 Speaker 1: this point, and instead Jefferson's giving the vibe of why 446 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,919 Speaker 1: am I babysitting this guy again? Like I got paid, 447 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,239 Speaker 1: this is the prime of my career. I'm never going 448 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:35,560 Speaker 1: to be better than I am right now, and you're 449 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 1: cramping my style because this guy didn't know what he's doing, 450 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:41,919 Speaker 1: and so that's it. He's twenty six. He's giving off 451 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:44,680 Speaker 1: the vibes like he's middle aged. Body language says I'm grumpy. 452 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:48,199 Speaker 1: Body language says I'm annoyed. Body language says I'm not 453 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:52,160 Speaker 1: hiding it. And then he comes out with the he's 454 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 1: a great quarterback, great kid line. Now the problem with 455 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:00,600 Speaker 1: that is too many greats. He kept repeating the word great, 456 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 1: So it looks to me, after a minute long deliberation 457 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:08,680 Speaker 1: of the available evidence, like he was pulled aside by 458 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 1: the PR people. The PR war trying to win the 459 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 1: pr culture war. The spin doctor said, all right, listen, 460 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:16,639 Speaker 1: let me give you some flashcards. Here's what you say 461 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 1: about the quarterback, and the media will be fine. You 462 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 1: just say this, and if you don't say this, you're 463 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 1: gonna start a wildfire. And we don't want to start 464 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:26,800 Speaker 1: a wildfire. So just just go through the point by point. 465 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 1: Use the word great. Just call him great, great, great, 466 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:30,520 Speaker 1: great great. Okay, ill call him great, great, great, great great, 467 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 1: great player, great quarterback, great kid great. You know, makes 468 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:37,280 Speaker 1: a mean omelet, really good omelet. Toast not so good. 469 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 1: He's working on the toast, but he's working. You know, 470 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:40,919 Speaker 1: he's doing. He's doing as good as he can do. 471 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 1: Bacon needs a little work as well. The bacon needs 472 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 1: a little work. But listen, here, here's the deal. The 473 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:52,800 Speaker 1: tape does not lie Justin Jefferson when he's played with McCarthy. 474 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:55,720 Speaker 1: There are plenty of eclips. You can find them yourself. Even 475 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:59,040 Speaker 1: the blind listeners like Stevie Meatballs can see them. Justin 476 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 1: Jefferson is disconnect. Looks a little checked out there, and 477 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:06,439 Speaker 1: so you really don't need to bring in some kind 478 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:09,399 Speaker 1: of special investigator to decode what's going on. It's not 479 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:12,359 Speaker 1: much of a mystery. Jefferson is not happy doesn't mean 480 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:14,720 Speaker 1: he's good. To demand a trade doesn't mean that. It 481 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:18,840 Speaker 1: just means he's frustrated with JJ McCarthy. He's annoyed with 482 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:24,400 Speaker 1: his lack of opportunity. And the more he says everything's fine, 483 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 1: the louder the body language gets that it's not fine. 484 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:32,639 Speaker 1: And he's even though financially living a high on the hog, 485 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:35,920 Speaker 1: not so much the rest of the way. Now. Meanwhile, 486 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 1: to Seattle we go what kind of ess? Actually an 487 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:43,280 Speaker 1: LA storyline? The Rams and Seahawks get together on Sunday 488 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:49,240 Speaker 1: and a massively important NFC West slobber knocker. That matchup 489 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 1: not just a game, it's a slobber knocker. So the Rams, 490 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:56,959 Speaker 1: we have learned, are planning a full blown Hallmark movie 491 00:28:57,240 --> 00:29:02,000 Speaker 1: on the JumboTron as a tribute for the emotional return 492 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:06,160 Speaker 1: of Cooper Cup. Yeap, oh, it's so sad he now 493 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,640 Speaker 1: plays with the Seahawks, not much because he's often hurt. 494 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,800 Speaker 1: And Cooper Cup was asked about the Rams showing a 495 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:18,560 Speaker 1: tribute video and what did he say? What did Cooper 496 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 1: Cup say? Hmmm, what do you think he said? Well, 497 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:26,440 Speaker 1: he said, I don't know I didn't die. I'm here, 498 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:30,800 Speaker 1: is what he said. It's a great quote. It's a 499 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:33,960 Speaker 1: really good quote. I didn't die, he said, I don't know. 500 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:37,480 Speaker 1: I didn't die. I'm still here, all right. Question, how 501 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:41,840 Speaker 1: did you react to that clip? The money quote from 502 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:45,160 Speaker 1: wide receiver Cooper Cup letting the Rams know that his 503 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:49,400 Speaker 1: heart is still ticking. What's good. We're happy that his 504 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:52,000 Speaker 1: heart is still ticking. He does not need an ambulance. 505 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:54,880 Speaker 1: There's no need for paramedics to come and help him out. 506 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:57,400 Speaker 1: I didn't die. That is what a line. It's perfection. 507 00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:00,440 Speaker 1: He nailed it. He nailed it. That's exactly how these 508 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:03,479 Speaker 1: tribute videos feel, if you've ever seen one, and how 509 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:07,320 Speaker 1: could you miss them? It's I've been to a lot 510 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:09,120 Speaker 1: of funerals as I've gotten older, a lot of people 511 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:11,320 Speaker 1: have dropped dead in my life, and I've seen a 512 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:14,719 Speaker 1: lot of these videos and stuff, and it's like that. 513 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,560 Speaker 1: It's like you're memorializing a player who's about to go 514 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:19,360 Speaker 1: out there and play. It's like, so I say bravo 515 00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:22,880 Speaker 1: to Cooper Cup. The man spent eight years with the Rams. 516 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 1: He could ram it all day, could ram it all night. 517 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:28,760 Speaker 1: He had that cheat code season back in twenty twenty one. 518 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:32,200 Speaker 1: Offensive Player of the Year almost won an MVP. Was unstoppable, 519 00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:36,320 Speaker 1: a great ram great player. Not anymore. It's washed up. 520 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:40,080 Speaker 1: But regardless of that, he's also a grown adult with 521 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:42,800 Speaker 1: the pulse, as he pointed out, very much alive. And 522 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:48,840 Speaker 1: he doesn't need confetti. Cannons doesn't need the party favors 523 00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:53,080 Speaker 1: and all that stuff, the big screen validation because I 524 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:56,360 Speaker 1: used to work there, like I used to work the 525 00:30:56,880 --> 00:31:00,640 Speaker 1: league has learned as a business, the end NFL. They've 526 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:04,800 Speaker 1: turned this into the Vermont maple syrup business with lots 527 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:07,160 Speaker 1: of sap, lots of SAP. Now, I do give the 528 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:10,520 Speaker 1: Cowboys credit because they didn't do that when Micah Parsons 529 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:13,960 Speaker 1: came back. But very rarely does this not happen? Very 530 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:17,600 Speaker 1: rarely is this not happen. Every guy just about that 531 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:22,920 Speaker 1: leaves town ends up getting a video package on the scoreboard, 532 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:28,080 Speaker 1: roll the montage, roll them on. It's smaltzy. It's the 533 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:32,400 Speaker 1: smaltzy inflation, is what it is. Everyone needs a cake 534 00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:37,000 Speaker 1: and balloons and a little social media video. And they 535 00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:41,120 Speaker 1: got to get Morgan Freeman to narrate their goodbye. Let's 536 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:43,800 Speaker 1: pay Morgan Freeman. A couple of grand and we'll do 537 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:49,080 Speaker 1: a very emotional read and enough already. Now wait, wait 538 00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,240 Speaker 1: till the guy retires. If you want to do something 539 00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:53,560 Speaker 1: like that, bring him back, you can cry and save 540 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:59,480 Speaker 1: the nostalgia for the main the main event, which is 541 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:02,040 Speaker 1: when the career is over and all stuff. It's sy 542 00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:04,640 Speaker 1: odd because I think Cooper Cup's gonna play with he 543 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:07,200 Speaker 1: has been injured. But if he does play, ass I mean, 544 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:10,200 Speaker 1: he was circling that game on the schedule. He's gonna 545 00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:11,960 Speaker 1: try to get one hundred yards and a touchdown and 546 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:16,600 Speaker 1: all that stuff. And he had the proper response, simple, dry, perfect, 547 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:22,400 Speaker 1: I'm not dead. Translation, you play the game to win 548 00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:27,000 Speaker 1: the game. Knocked off the drama, O rama. And he's right, 549 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:30,600 Speaker 1: He's right, Hard is still ticking the rams. Don't need 550 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:34,920 Speaker 1: to throw him a little ash scattering at sea ceremony 551 00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:38,280 Speaker 1: just because he happens to be playing for the Seahawks. 552 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:43,840 Speaker 1: And let's put the pause on the jumbo tron sympathy parade. 553 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:45,880 Speaker 1: We're good, all right now, final point, we go back 554 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:49,000 Speaker 1: to the Twin Cities basketball story. Appearing on some fledgling 555 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:54,320 Speaker 1: NBA podcast, The very rarely interesting coach of the basketball 556 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:58,760 Speaker 1: team in Minnesota Chris Finch is his name. He's the 557 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:07,120 Speaker 1: tim tim Wolves coach. So Chris Finch was discussing the 558 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:13,360 Speaker 1: art of podcasting on a podcast and somebody took a 559 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:20,320 Speaker 1: stray shot. Yeah, collateral damage, Yeah, downrange that person. 560 00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:22,760 Speaker 3: J. J. 561 00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:29,680 Speaker 1: Reddick, Chris Finch said, quote on a podcast about podcasting. 562 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:33,360 Speaker 1: He said, quote, I mean it'll qualify you to coach 563 00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:40,680 Speaker 1: the Lakers, Chris Finch said in a deadpan delivery. And 564 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:45,240 Speaker 1: it's no secret that Reddick JJ Reddick the most pompous 565 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:46,880 Speaker 1: man in the world. If you don't believe me, just 566 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:50,280 Speaker 1: listen to him talk. With no prior coaching experience. JJ 567 00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:54,640 Speaker 1: Reddick was hired last before last season by the Lakers 568 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:57,760 Speaker 1: ahead of the twenty four to twenty five campaign. And 569 00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:03,600 Speaker 1: he had spent the years since retirement primarily as a broadcaster, 570 00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:08,000 Speaker 1: but mostly as a podcaster, and he hosted a podcast 571 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:13,680 Speaker 1: alongside Lebron James and they were podcast buddies. And then 572 00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:17,360 Speaker 1: he gets the job. So the question, give me your 573 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:22,759 Speaker 1: reaction to a sitting NBA coach Chris Finch of the 574 00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:28,640 Speaker 1: Timberwolves taking a jab actually more than a job at 575 00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:33,400 Speaker 1: JJ Reddick's resume. So my reaction to this is how 576 00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:37,359 Speaker 1: sweet it is. How sweet it is, man, that's how 577 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:41,719 Speaker 1: you do it. That is a professional assassination, is what 578 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:46,640 Speaker 1: that is. You're talking about podcasting and then boom goes 579 00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:50,560 Speaker 1: to dynamite. You'll qualify it to coach the Lakers. You 580 00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:53,200 Speaker 1: do that, oh podcast, and that's not again, not even 581 00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:56,000 Speaker 1: a jab. That is a big jug of tru serum 582 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:59,080 Speaker 1: and a body blow, body blow, body blow. The Lakers 583 00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:03,600 Speaker 1: turned the sport into a content house. Forget about paying 584 00:35:03,719 --> 00:35:07,080 Speaker 1: dues in Sioux Falls. Forget about those long nights with 585 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:10,760 Speaker 1: the matt Ants on the Boss or the Vipers. No, no, no, 586 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:12,440 Speaker 1: no no. All you have to do is have a 587 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:16,160 Speaker 1: podcast with Lebron and you talk about the pick and 588 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:19,279 Speaker 1: roll even if you're picking your nose. You talk about 589 00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:22,239 Speaker 1: the pick and roll angles for five or six episodes 590 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:28,719 Speaker 1: of the podcast, and abracadabra, hocus pocus presto, here are 591 00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:36,560 Speaker 1: the keys to a franchise. It absolutely humiliated the coaching brotherhood. 592 00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:39,640 Speaker 1: It did you know a bunch of dudes that are 593 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:43,560 Speaker 1: grinding it out in the G League in high school 594 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:48,960 Speaker 1: sized gymnasiums, eating lukewarm chicken tenders out of a steam 595 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:53,040 Speaker 1: tray at one in the morning in Fort Wayne with 596 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:56,440 Speaker 1: America's favorite crossing guard in Fort Wayne while breaking down 597 00:35:56,600 --> 00:36:02,120 Speaker 1: film on a cracked iPad. And then you've got JJ Reddick, 598 00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:07,440 Speaker 1: who shows up because he brought Lebron some homemade chocolate 599 00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:11,160 Speaker 1: chip cookies before they recorded the podcast, and Lebron loves 600 00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:15,480 Speaker 1: chocolate chip cookies. Like, what are we doing? Seriously? Like 601 00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:19,280 Speaker 1: Finch said, what everyone else in the league was whispering? 602 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:26,279 Speaker 1: What most knowledgeable people understand that JJ Reddick, him taking 603 00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:31,120 Speaker 1: over his job with the Lakers is embarrassing. Right, the 604 00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:35,040 Speaker 1: Lakers didn't care. They were like, Okay, we'll emasculate ourselves, 605 00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:40,239 Speaker 1: We'll emasculate the entire NBA. He in so many words, said, 606 00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:45,440 Speaker 1: experience is optional, friendship with the stars mandatory. And this 607 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:48,239 Speaker 1: is anyone else that does a podcast with Lebron. Those 608 00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:51,440 Speaker 1: are the other candidates. Now, Sigmund Freud was right, every 609 00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:55,520 Speaker 1: joke carries some truth. Now I imagine that Chris Finch will say, hey, 610 00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:58,760 Speaker 1: I was just kidding the Timberwolves coach. But again, Sigmund Freud, 611 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:01,759 Speaker 1: every joke carries truth in it. So Finch did not 612 00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:06,719 Speaker 1: accidentally say that that was a coded message. Dots and 613 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:12,040 Speaker 1: dashes dots and dashes. The whole thing was a circus 614 00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:16,120 Speaker 1: clown show, and we know it. We know and listen. 615 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:19,000 Speaker 1: Good for JJ Reddick getting to the playoffs or whatever 616 00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:21,720 Speaker 1: and then playing all of his starters the entire second half. 617 00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:26,440 Speaker 1: It doesn't change the optics. And by the way, I 618 00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:30,600 Speaker 1: have a path to salvation. Big news. Heero and announce 619 00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:32,480 Speaker 1: on the radio that I am planning on starting a 620 00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:36,479 Speaker 1: podcast with ant man Anthony Edwards, and I'll be doing 621 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:40,520 Speaker 1: that and then I'll be coaching the Minnesota Timberwolves. I 622 00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:43,000 Speaker 1: make some really good cookies, so I'm gonna bring those 623 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:45,279 Speaker 1: to the podcast, and then Anthony Edwards is gonna say, 624 00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:48,000 Speaker 1: I want that guy to coach me, and they'll hand 625 00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:50,440 Speaker 1: me a clipboard with the Timberwolves logo on it, and 626 00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:53,839 Speaker 1: there we go. What's that, Oh, you're saying that only 627 00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:56,919 Speaker 1: works for the Lakers. Okay, all right, that's fine. 628 00:37:57,080 --> 00:37:59,680 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Meller Show. 629 00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:05,560 Speaker 2: Week he said, two am Eastern, eleven pm Pacific. Knock knock, 630 00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:09,440 Speaker 2: who's there? Blame weed, Blame week Who. It's Big Man's 631 00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:10,400 Speaker 2: lame joke. 632 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:13,760 Speaker 1: Of the week. Man. We go to Miami. Our friend 633 00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:18,360 Speaker 1: Billy better known by his stage name weed Man Hippie 634 00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:22,840 Speaker 1: from Billy Hollywood. I love you, I love you, Thanks 635 00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:25,920 Speaker 1: for Monday. All right? Well, I mean the way you 636 00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:28,120 Speaker 1: said that sounded kind of dirty, but I had a 637 00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:33,879 Speaker 1: good time, so it was it was a make all right, 638 00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:35,560 Speaker 1: weed Man, Here we go. Sounds like you need to 639 00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:38,239 Speaker 1: take him to dinner first. Next time we Man. You 640 00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:41,200 Speaker 1: gotta hi weed Man. I don't know if there'll be 641 00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:43,239 Speaker 1: another date, weed Man? All right, here we go? What 642 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:46,520 Speaker 1: is weed Man? These are actual jokes by actual listeners. 643 00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:50,600 Speaker 1: What is weed Man's favorite arcade game? What bong? 644 00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:51,400 Speaker 3: Uh? 645 00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:56,080 Speaker 1: That's Jeffardy Al sent that one in very funny Man, 646 00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:58,440 Speaker 1: I'm glad Jeopardy Al's back sitting jokes and every so 647 00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:01,680 Speaker 1: and every now and again. Georgia and Uvaldi, Texas sent 648 00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:04,520 Speaker 1: this one in how did Lisa react when weed Man 649 00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:10,520 Speaker 1: Hippie told her that he was addicted to viagra? Wow? Well, 650 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:12,359 Speaker 1: I mean apparently she took it very hard. I don't 651 00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:14,680 Speaker 1: know why, but there you go. All right, that's an 652 00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:18,440 Speaker 1: old joke. Eric Eric in Kansas sent this one in 653 00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:23,520 Speaker 1: what's weed Man's favorite clothing company? What bam Equipment? A 654 00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:29,640 Speaker 1: big fan? Big fan's idea? Did you hear that weed 655 00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:32,560 Speaker 1: Man got a seasonal job as a handyman at his 656 00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:37,719 Speaker 1: apartment complex. Wow. Cool, Yeah, apparently the boss says that 657 00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:41,640 Speaker 1: you're you're really high on maintenance? Is really what you're 658 00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:45,439 Speaker 1: doing there? That's Tom and Indiana. Good joke by Tom 659 00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:48,080 Speaker 1: and Indiana, Good job by you. Drew in Minnesota sent 660 00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:50,960 Speaker 1: these next couple jokes in. He said, hey, weed Man, no, 661 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:56,919 Speaker 1: why do you keep ignoring your doctor's phone calls? Why? Well, 662 00:39:56,920 --> 00:40:00,719 Speaker 1: anyway he calls, there's no cure for your peen balls. 663 00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:04,840 Speaker 1: He said, there you go, all right, man? What is 664 00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:10,760 Speaker 1: weed Man's definition of the LBC? What litter, back alleys 665 00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:16,359 Speaker 1: and cockroaches? That's a druid Minnesota. It's Big Ben's lame 666 00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:18,480 Speaker 1: jokes a week. If you'd like to send jokes in. 667 00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:20,960 Speaker 1: If you want to send jokes into a future episode 668 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:24,000 Speaker 1: of the show, send it care of at Ben Mahler 669 00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:26,879 Speaker 1: Show or Benmler Show at gmail dot com. Benmlan Show 670 00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:29,480 Speaker 1: at gmail dot com. How many weed Mans does it 671 00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:33,359 Speaker 1: take to set up an email account? I can't do it? 672 00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:37,520 Speaker 1: How many it takes ten one to hold the lighter 673 00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:40,880 Speaker 1: while the other nine dismantle the computer and sell it 674 00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:46,839 Speaker 1: for parts. Wait ah. Wait, hold now, Chip in Maine 675 00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:49,719 Speaker 1: checks in, Chip says, why can't the Malard Militia send 676 00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:50,760 Speaker 1: weed Man money? 677 00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:51,759 Speaker 7: Why? 678 00:40:52,920 --> 00:41:01,480 Speaker 1: Because his email inbox is cardboard. That's a joke. How 679 00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:04,400 Speaker 1: does weed Man teach how does we man teach on 680 00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:08,840 Speaker 1: skill share? Or what? What does weed Man teach on 681 00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:13,080 Speaker 1: skill share? How? How to beg and panhandles? What he teaches? 682 00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:18,799 Speaker 1: That's Noah in Austin. All right, here's a political sporty joke. 683 00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:22,480 Speaker 1: What's the difference between the Venezuelan drug boats and Eagles 684 00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:28,200 Speaker 1: receiver AJ Brown? What the drug boats are being targeted? AJ? Brown? 685 00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:32,000 Speaker 1: Is not? That's a Gordon in Tacoma when we sent 686 00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:35,000 Speaker 1: that one in a right good have Gordon back? Gordon's 687 00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:38,879 Speaker 1: a longtime joke. Writer's right as often anymore? What is 688 00:41:39,239 --> 00:41:42,120 Speaker 1: Ben Mahler's new name after he becomes a vampire? 689 00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:43,000 Speaker 2: What? 690 00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:50,919 Speaker 1: Ben Pallor from George and Uvalde, Texas? Well? Big news here, 691 00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:54,759 Speaker 1: weed Man, hippie hollering James was recently held overnight when 692 00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:59,440 Speaker 1: he visited the zoo there in Minnesota. Wow. Why, Well, 693 00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:01,719 Speaker 1: apparently the people who worked there thought he was a 694 00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:05,360 Speaker 1: wildebeast that had escaped its cage, and so very concerned. 695 00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:10,880 Speaker 1: So Mike, Mike the Leprechaun, Well, some exciting news for 696 00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:14,040 Speaker 1: the Malin Militia. Marriage records in Florida show that Jed 697 00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:16,399 Speaker 1: who fled our very own Jed who fled recently got 698 00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:19,919 Speaker 1: married Weed Man. How about that? Wow? How about that? Yeah, 699 00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:23,800 Speaker 1: he's changed his name. He's now known as Jed who wed. 700 00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:29,880 Speaker 1: So congratulations Jed. That's Eet in Roseville, Minnesota. How is 701 00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:33,560 Speaker 1: blind Scott? How does blind Scott have a have one 702 00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:34,840 Speaker 1: up on Aaron Rodgers? 703 00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:35,799 Speaker 6: Wow? 704 00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:40,200 Speaker 1: Well, Aaron's jealous of blind Scott because for blind Scott 705 00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:43,000 Speaker 1: every day is a darkness retreat. Wow, come on, Dan, 706 00:42:43,080 --> 00:42:49,360 Speaker 1: that's not wrong. What does Blair's podcast, Blair in Man's podcast, 707 00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:51,480 Speaker 1: and a tree falling in the forest have in common? 708 00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:57,799 Speaker 1: What nobody is listening to either one? Nobody. That's from 709 00:42:58,239 --> 00:43:00,839 Speaker 1: Fargold Pete, who also said this one in. What does 710 00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:03,080 Speaker 1: Lenny Clark and blind Scott? What do they have in common? 711 00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:06,600 Speaker 1: Comedian of Lenny Clark and blind Scott? What they both 712 00:43:06,680 --> 00:43:10,279 Speaker 1: like playing with the golden banana? That's Fargo Pete. There, 713 00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:15,560 Speaker 1: there you go, Mike, Fargo Pete. Well, interesting news out 714 00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:18,759 Speaker 1: on Jed. According to Jeopardy out. Jed who Fled took 715 00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:23,560 Speaker 1: an online DNA test. You hear about that weed Man? Yeah, 716 00:43:23,560 --> 00:43:25,879 Speaker 1: he wanted to hear his heritage. Heritage. He found out 717 00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:29,600 Speaker 1: that he's actually methaicon is what he is there, So 718 00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:33,520 Speaker 1: there we go. He's a Methican American meth. Yeah. What 719 00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:35,680 Speaker 1: is Jed who Fled's favorite arcade game? 720 00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:36,480 Speaker 6: What? 721 00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:42,160 Speaker 1: Crack Man? Big fan crack Man? That's Jeopardy. Al we 722 00:43:42,280 --> 00:43:46,000 Speaker 1: sent that one in. Why was Michael Leprechawn confused when 723 00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:50,640 Speaker 1: the rainer wished him an informal goodbye? Why because no 724 00:43:50,840 --> 00:43:56,719 Speaker 1: woman has ever said so long to him before, ever, ever, ever, ever? 725 00:43:57,760 --> 00:44:01,319 Speaker 1: All right, one more? Why is Malo show caller Danny 726 00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:04,759 Speaker 1: DeVito a better housekeeper than Poppy in San Diego? Why 727 00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:08,480 Speaker 1: because at least Danny DeVito knows when to take out 728 00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:11,680 Speaker 1: the trash. There's Jeopardy, Oh fects weed Man? There he 729 00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:13,880 Speaker 1: goes Billy in Miami or Hollywood. 730 00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:17,279 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 731 00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:20,680 Speaker 2: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Foxsports Radio 732 00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:24,920 Speaker 2: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to 733 00:44:25,040 --> 00:44:29,719 Speaker 2: listen live. Knock Knock, Who's there? 734 00:44:29,880 --> 00:44:33,600 Speaker 1: Blame weed? Blame Week? Wo It's Big Ben's lame joke 735 00:44:33,640 --> 00:44:37,200 Speaker 1: of the week. Man, we go to Miami. Our friend 736 00:44:37,239 --> 00:44:41,840 Speaker 1: Billy better known by his stage name weed Main Hippie 737 00:44:42,040 --> 00:44:44,280 Speaker 1: from my Billy Hollywood. 738 00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:46,880 Speaker 2: I love you, I love you, Thanks for Monday. 739 00:44:47,640 --> 00:44:49,719 Speaker 1: All right? Well, I mean the way you said that 740 00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:52,000 Speaker 1: sounded kind of dirty, but I had a good time, 741 00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:57,279 Speaker 1: so it was. It was a lot a fu. All right, 742 00:44:57,360 --> 00:44:59,040 Speaker 1: weed Man, here we go. Sounds like you need to 743 00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:00,720 Speaker 1: take him to dinner for next time. 744 00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:01,640 Speaker 3: We Man. 745 00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:04,600 Speaker 1: You gotta hi, weed Man. I don't know if there'll 746 00:45:04,600 --> 00:45:06,120 Speaker 1: be another date, weed Man. All right, here we go? 747 00:45:06,520 --> 00:45:09,960 Speaker 1: What is weed Man? These are actual jokes by actual listeners. 748 00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:15,000 Speaker 1: What is weed Man's favorite arcade game? What? Bong? Uh? 749 00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:19,520 Speaker 1: That's Jeffardy Al sent that one in Very funny man. 750 00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:21,880 Speaker 1: I'm glad Jeopardy Al's back sending jokes in every so 751 00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:25,120 Speaker 1: and every now and again. Georgia and Uvaldi Texas sent 752 00:45:25,160 --> 00:45:27,960 Speaker 1: this one in. How did Lisa react when weed Man 753 00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:30,920 Speaker 1: Hippie told her that he was addicted to viagra? 754 00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:32,120 Speaker 3: Wow? 755 00:45:33,719 --> 00:45:35,600 Speaker 1: Well, I mean apparently she took it very hard. I 756 00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:38,000 Speaker 1: don't know why, but there you go. All right, that's 757 00:45:38,040 --> 00:45:41,920 Speaker 1: an old joke. Eric Eric in Kansas sent this one in. 758 00:45:41,960 --> 00:45:47,560 Speaker 1: What's weed Man's favorite clothing company? What BAM equipment? Big fan, 759 00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:52,799 Speaker 1: Big fan, that's a good idea. Did you hear that 760 00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:55,960 Speaker 1: weed Man got a seasonal job as a handyman at 761 00:45:55,960 --> 00:46:00,920 Speaker 1: his apartment complex? Wow? Cool? Yeah, apparently the boss says 762 00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:04,839 Speaker 1: that you're you're really high on maintenance? Is really what 763 00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:08,600 Speaker 1: you're doing there? That's Tom and Indiana. Good joke by 764 00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:11,320 Speaker 1: Tom and Indiana, Good job by you. Drew in Minnesota 765 00:46:11,360 --> 00:46:14,440 Speaker 1: sent these next couple jokes in. He said, Hey, weed Man, no, 766 00:46:14,920 --> 00:46:20,359 Speaker 1: why do you keep ignoring your doctor's phone calls? Why? Well, 767 00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:25,000 Speaker 1: anyway he calls, there's no cure for your pinballs? He said, 768 00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:29,520 Speaker 1: there you are all right? What is weed Man's definition 769 00:46:29,640 --> 00:46:35,480 Speaker 1: of the LBC? What litter, back alleys and cockroaches? That's 770 00:46:35,520 --> 00:46:40,399 Speaker 1: a Drew in Minnesota. It's Big Ben's lame jokes a week. 771 00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:43,080 Speaker 1: If you'd like to send jokes in, If you want 772 00:46:43,080 --> 00:46:44,839 Speaker 1: to send jokes into a future episode of the show, 773 00:46:45,200 --> 00:46:48,359 Speaker 1: send it care of at Ben Mahler Show or Ben 774 00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:50,920 Speaker 1: Maler Show at gmail dot com. BENMLA Show at gmail 775 00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:53,759 Speaker 1: dot com. How many weed Mans does it take to 776 00:46:53,840 --> 00:46:57,040 Speaker 1: set up an email account? I can't do it? How 777 00:46:57,120 --> 00:47:01,239 Speaker 1: many it takes ten one to hold the lighter while 778 00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:08,439 Speaker 1: the other nine dismantle the computer and sell it for parts. Wait, 779 00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:11,279 Speaker 1: all right, hold now, Chip and main checks, and Chip says, 780 00:47:11,280 --> 00:47:16,200 Speaker 1: why can't the Malard Militia send weed Man money? Why? 781 00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:23,879 Speaker 1: Because his email inbox is cardboard. That's a good joke. 782 00:47:24,760 --> 00:47:27,720 Speaker 1: How does weed Man teach how does we man teach 783 00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:28,560 Speaker 1: on skill share? 784 00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:30,640 Speaker 6: Or what? 785 00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:34,279 Speaker 1: What does weed Man teach on skill share? How to 786 00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:38,920 Speaker 1: beg and panhandles? What he teaches that? That's Noah in Austin. 787 00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:43,000 Speaker 1: All right, here's a political sporty joke. What's the difference 788 00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:47,200 Speaker 1: between the Venezuelan drug boats and Eagles receiver? AJ? Brown? 789 00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:52,000 Speaker 1: What the drug boats are being targeted? AJ? Brown? Is not? 790 00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:56,080 Speaker 1: That's a Gordon in Tacoma. We sent that one in? 791 00:47:56,239 --> 00:47:59,319 Speaker 1: All right? Did have Gordon back? Gordon's a longtime joke, 792 00:47:59,400 --> 00:48:03,640 Speaker 1: right right? Is often anymore? What is Ben Mahler's new 793 00:48:03,719 --> 00:48:05,600 Speaker 1: name after he becomes a vampire? 794 00:48:06,360 --> 00:48:06,440 Speaker 6: What? 795 00:48:07,600 --> 00:48:14,359 Speaker 1: Ben Pallor from Georgia and Uvalde, Texas? Well? Big news here? 796 00:48:14,480 --> 00:48:18,239 Speaker 1: Weed Man hippie hollering James was recently held overnight when 797 00:48:18,239 --> 00:48:22,960 Speaker 1: he visited the zoo There in Minnesota. Wow. Why, Well, 798 00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:25,200 Speaker 1: apparently the people who worked there thought he was a 799 00:48:25,239 --> 00:48:29,320 Speaker 1: wildebeast that had escaped its cage, and so you're concerned 800 00:48:29,320 --> 00:48:34,319 Speaker 1: some Mike, Mike A Leprechaun. Well, some exciting news for 801 00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:37,479 Speaker 1: the Malord Militia. Marriage records in Florida show that Jed 802 00:48:37,520 --> 00:48:39,839 Speaker 1: who fled our very own Jed who fled recently got 803 00:48:39,880 --> 00:48:43,359 Speaker 1: married weed man. How about that? Wow? How about that? Yeah, 804 00:48:43,400 --> 00:48:47,280 Speaker 1: he's changed his name. He's now known as Jed who wed. 805 00:48:47,600 --> 00:48:53,400 Speaker 1: So congratulations Jed. That's eight in Roseville, Minnesota. How is 806 00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:57,000 Speaker 1: blind Scott? How does blind Scott have a have one 807 00:48:57,120 --> 00:49:02,120 Speaker 1: up on Aaron Rodgers? Wow? Well, Aaron's jealous of blind 808 00:49:02,120 --> 00:49:05,839 Speaker 1: Scott because for blind Scott every day is a darkness retreat. Wow, 809 00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:11,560 Speaker 1: come on, Dan, that's not wrong. What does Blair's podcast, 810 00:49:11,640 --> 00:49:13,880 Speaker 1: Blair in Maine's podcast, and a tree falling in the 811 00:49:13,920 --> 00:49:19,880 Speaker 1: forest have in common? What nobody is listening to either one? Nobody. 812 00:49:20,800 --> 00:49:23,920 Speaker 1: That's from Fargold Pete, who also said this one in 813 00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:26,080 Speaker 1: What does Lenny Clark and Blind Scott? What do they 814 00:49:26,080 --> 00:49:28,240 Speaker 1: have in common? Comedy of Lenny Clark and blind Scott? 815 00:49:28,800 --> 00:49:32,439 Speaker 1: What they both like playing with the golden banana. That's 816 00:49:32,719 --> 00:49:37,120 Speaker 1: far gold pete. There there you go like Fargo Pete. Well, 817 00:49:37,480 --> 00:49:41,480 Speaker 1: interesting news out on Jed. According to Jeopardy Out, Jed 818 00:49:41,520 --> 00:49:44,279 Speaker 1: who fled, took an online DNA test. You hear about 819 00:49:44,280 --> 00:49:48,720 Speaker 1: that weed man? Yeah, he wanted to hear his heritage. 820 00:49:48,760 --> 00:49:52,839 Speaker 1: He found out that he's actually methaicon is what he is? There? 821 00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:57,200 Speaker 1: So there he he's methicon American meth. Yeah. What is 822 00:49:57,280 --> 00:50:01,439 Speaker 1: Jed who Fled's favorite arcade game? All right, crack man, 823 00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:06,200 Speaker 1: big fan, crack man, that's Jeopardy. Al we sent that 824 00:50:06,280 --> 00:50:09,839 Speaker 1: one in. Why was Michael leppercun confused when the rainer 825 00:50:09,920 --> 00:50:15,439 Speaker 1: wished him an informal goodbye? Why because no woman has 826 00:50:15,640 --> 00:50:20,160 Speaker 1: ever said so long to him before, ever, ever, ever ever? 827 00:50:21,160 --> 00:50:24,799 Speaker 1: All Right, one more, Why is Malo show called Danny 828 00:50:24,800 --> 00:50:28,440 Speaker 1: DeVito a better housekeeper than Poppy in San Diego? Why 829 00:50:28,719 --> 00:50:31,919 Speaker 1: because at least Danny DeVito knows when to take out 830 00:50:31,960 --> 00:50:35,160 Speaker 1: the trash. There's Jeopardy. Oh thanks, weaed man. There he 831 00:50:35,239 --> 00:50:37,320 Speaker 1: goes Billy in Miami or Hollywood