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Speaker 1: like the weekends already started and the rib for three
Speaker 1: hours to do here, all right, Welcome to the program.
Speaker 1: Get ready for a strange weekend. By the way, when
Speaker 1: Coastal Carolina BYU is more relevant than Alabama and LSU,
Speaker 1: you know it's going to be a strange weekend. But
Speaker 1: I give Coastal Carolina and BYU a lot of credit
Speaker 1: because they know that they need some help just to
Speaker 1: get the attention of the playoffs selection committee. It's not
Speaker 1: going to help them get into the top four, but
Speaker 1: they are trying and that is all you can do
Speaker 1: in a situation like this. They want to get another
Speaker 1: big win, you know, one of those wins that gets
Speaker 1: the attention of somebody here. But the fact that two
Speaker 1: undefeated teams are going to be playing in Conway, South
Speaker 1: Carolina this weekend and it has national implications is pretty
Speaker 1: impressive there, all right? Eight seven seven three d P
Speaker 1: Show email address DP at Dan Patrick dot com, Twitter
Speaker 1: handle at DP show. Nick Saban is back for the
Speaker 1: LSU game. LSU is almost a thirty point underdog in
Speaker 1: this game. The NFL has reinstated Josh Gordon. It feels
Speaker 1: like around every six or seven months, Josh Gordon gets
Speaker 1: reinstated and the Seahawks are going to try this one
Speaker 1: more time. I mentioned by you at Coastal Carolina, Ohio State,
Speaker 1: Michigan State is still on A and M and Auburn,
Speaker 1: Clemson and Virginia Tech. We'll have a poll question. We
Speaker 1: got a play of the day we got a stat
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Speaker 1: Pick out. Move over, Ohio State, Michigan. Step down Auburn
Speaker 1: in Alabama, take us seat Texas Oklahoma. The rivalry, the
Speaker 1: new rivalry, the big rivalry in college football is BYU
Speaker 1: and Coastal Carolina. One team's in Utah, the other one
Speaker 1: is tucked away in Conway, South Carolina. You throw out
Speaker 1: the records when these two get together. They're the Cougars
Speaker 1: in the Shante Clears, all right. They've actually never played
Speaker 1: each other, but they have taken on the challenge and
Speaker 1: they're going to play each other. The game was announced yesterday.
Speaker 1: I don't know if it has any national implications, but
Speaker 1: both teams undefeated, they're both ranked. College Football Playoff Committee
Speaker 1: hasn't given by you much love. They're down to thirteen.
Speaker 1: Hard to imagine that even with the win, they would
Speaker 1: get anywhere near the final four Coastal Carolina number eighteen.
Speaker 1: You know, there's presstige here for them as fans. We
Speaker 1: get more football, which is good and a welcome addition
Speaker 1: to the sports weekend. Mclovin, what kind of poll question
Speaker 1: do you have for me today? Okay, we're looking at
Speaker 1: the odds this morning, and we're wondering what is the
Speaker 1: most likely upset in week thirteen, starting with actually Monday night,
Speaker 1: Steelers minus seven and a half hosting the Washington football team.
Speaker 1: Also want to throwout Saints minus three at Atlanta. No,
Speaker 1: that's Jams, No, nut's it? Oh okay, yeah's your pick?
Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, I think it's down to two and a half.
Speaker 1: And I said at the time, when I knew they
Speaker 1: were going to be facing each other two times in
Speaker 1: the next three weeks or four weeks, that I wouldn't
Speaker 1: be surprised if Atlanta won one of these games. You
Speaker 1: have Taysom Hill at a quarterback, and now we're going
Speaker 1: to find out just what kind of quarterback he is.
Speaker 1: You know, is Atlanta able to make him a passing quarterback,
Speaker 1: not a running quarterback. You have the Rams at Arizona.
Speaker 1: You know that's a three point spread, the cold said Houston.
Speaker 1: By the way, I stumbled across some unbelievable numbers with
Speaker 1: a couple of quarterbacks. If I, okay, here's one for you.
Speaker 1: Give me the NFL quarterback who has fifteen touchdown passes
Speaker 1: and zero interceptions in his last six games. Yeah, mclubb. Well,
Speaker 1: I know who the hottest quarterback in the NFL is,
Speaker 1: and I imagine that's who you're talking about. Who is that,
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson. Yes, it is ding Ding Ding ding Ding. Well,
Speaker 1: you know because you said right after the Houston gave
Speaker 1: a big hint there. He has thrown two hundred and
Speaker 1: ten consecutive passes without an interception. That's longest, the longest
Speaker 1: streak in the NFL this season. Let me see if
Speaker 1: I have another one for you. Now that one's the
Speaker 1: big surprise. The other one have to the other ones
Speaker 1: have to do with Patrick Mahomes and Aaron Rodgers. But
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson is on a terror right now, and could
Speaker 1: they somehow pick up a win surprise the Colts with
Speaker 1: a game at Houston. By the way, we'll check in
Speaker 1: with Sean Salisbury, our buddy who does radio in Houston.
Speaker 1: I'll talk to him about the whole Russell Westbrook, James Harden,
Speaker 1: John Wall come into town and you know this Houston
Speaker 1: team that's playing quite well. What else do you have
Speaker 1: in clubbing? Okay, we got a listener email. Okay, off
Speaker 1: yesterday's dan Orlovsky thing which kind of caught fire about
Speaker 1: Travis Kelcey being the best non quarterback in the NFL.
Speaker 1: He asked, if you could have a start with one
Speaker 1: of the skill it's his other in quarterback, would it
Speaker 1: be great running back, great wide receiver or great tight end.
Speaker 1: I think in today's NFL, I would take tight end
Speaker 1: because we've seen those tight ends become impactful and if
Speaker 1: you do get one, then you know you're so much
Speaker 1: more ahead of everybody else when you have somebody at
Speaker 1: that position who's a weapon. I think I can find
Speaker 1: running backs and I can find wide receivers. Tight ends
Speaker 1: a little bit trickier. Is there anybody who's on the
Speaker 1: same level, close to the same level as Kelsey and Kittle?
Speaker 1: Can you think of anybody else mclovin that you like
Speaker 1: Chase Clayton is not really a tight end, is he? No?
Speaker 1: Darren Waller who's actually stat to fall a little bit,
Speaker 1: but he's not. Those guys are so dominant. But Kittle's
Speaker 1: a little hurt. He's coming back, I think, But what
Speaker 1: about could you make an argument like a Derreck Henry
Speaker 1: if you get a guy who so much above everybody else,
Speaker 1: it depends on what your style is, you know. I
Speaker 1: give the Titans credit that they went all in on
Speaker 1: this style and they're saying that we're a run first team,
Speaker 1: a run second team, and then if we have to pass,
Speaker 1: then Ryan Tannehill can still use play action because the
Speaker 1: defenses respect Derrick Henry so much. But I can find
Speaker 1: look at all the leaders and receptions in rushing this year,
Speaker 1: they're not first round draft picks. Wide receivers and running
Speaker 1: backs are not first round draft picks. So it feels
Speaker 1: like I can find those players. I just don't know
Speaker 1: if you can find those tight ends that make a difference.
Speaker 1: And George Kittle and Travis Kelsey certainly make a difference.
Speaker 1: So well, if you said I could have any of
Speaker 1: those other players wide receivers or running backs or tight ends,
Speaker 1: I'd take Kelsey and Kittle over all of them? Right now?
Speaker 1: What else? McLevin? Okay, this was the pre show debate
Speaker 1: on this side of the glass that we're not on
Speaker 1: a glasses. You could only watch one game, and PAULI
Speaker 1: said that he's very interested in Cleveland at Tennessee. OK.
Speaker 1: My take is that that sounds good on paper, but
Speaker 1: when we look at all the games lay it out,
Speaker 1: I'm not sure that's the one you watch. There's some
Speaker 1: other good games, but that's the one that we were
Speaker 1: arguing about. These Uh, there's Indy, Houston, as you mentioned,
Speaker 1: New Orleans, Atlanta, Cleveland, Tennessee. So we'll see. But I'm
Speaker 1: not I can't watch the Titans. Is there something wrong
Speaker 1: with me? Well, you don't like old school football? No,
Speaker 1: I don't. I want to see passing. I like to
Speaker 1: see it. When when Derrick Henry is running the way
Speaker 1: you did in the playoffs last year, it brings back
Speaker 1: memories of when running backs were the most important people
Speaker 1: in football, and just that style. You want to talk
Speaker 1: about taking somebody's manhood away from them. You run the
Speaker 1: football and then you have guys who don't want to
Speaker 1: tackle the running back, and it just brings back memories
Speaker 1: Jim Brown to Earl Campbell, where you just had these
Speaker 1: guys who you had to make a business decision when
Speaker 1: they came through the hole. And Plus, what I love
Speaker 1: about it is it's kind of counterintuitive to what everybody
Speaker 1: is doing. And I feel like there's a place for
Speaker 1: that in football. If everybody's wide open, everybody's playing you know,
Speaker 1: offensive blinded football. And here's Tennessee saying we're gonna drain
Speaker 1: the clock, We're gon we're gonna have sustained drives, we're
Speaker 1: gonna run the football and therefore put pressure on you
Speaker 1: when you get on the field. I like that. And
Speaker 1: then if you have a good defense, an opportunistic defense,
Speaker 1: have a good you know, special teams. You know, that's
Speaker 1: where you have, you know, a team that is marked
Speaker 1: for success in the playoffs. And we saw that with
Speaker 1: Tennessee last year. But I like seeing it, but I
Speaker 1: only like seeing it in the fourth quarter, if that
Speaker 1: makes sense. Now when you watch it and you go, okay,
Speaker 1: there's three yards, all right, there's seven yards. Uh, there's
Speaker 1: play action, there's four yards. Okay. It's a little dry,
Speaker 1: but that's the way football used to be. And to
Speaker 1: see it now and have it be successful, or at
Speaker 1: least it's different than I like that. I don't want
Speaker 1: to see everybody throw for four hundred yards. I'd like
Speaker 1: to see it a a little bit more level playing field.
Speaker 1: I'd like the defenses to at least have an opportunity
Speaker 1: to It feels like we've done everything we can possibly
Speaker 1: do to take away whatever advantage a defensive player has,
Speaker 1: Like I don't even know what is an advantage for
Speaker 1: a defensive player right now. I don't know if we've
Speaker 1: given them one in the last ten years because we're
Speaker 1: so intent on having numbers, having excitement, having fantasy football,
Speaker 1: the gambling aspect of this. Everybody's adding offense here. But
Speaker 1: I like what Tennessee does. But I like it in
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. And that's where you know, I'm watching
Speaker 1: the Ravens and you're watching Derrick Henry and in the
Speaker 1: overtime and I went, this is fun to watch because
Speaker 1: that guy right there, everybody had the baddest guy on
Speaker 1: the playground right or in the backyard, there was the guy.
Speaker 1: You went, oh, I don't want to tackle him. That's
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry. These are grown men, and it feels like
Speaker 1: they're not all in like nobody's blowing up Derrick Henry.
Speaker 1: You know, when you think about it, even they tried to,
Speaker 1: but they're not blowing up Derrick Henry. Yeah, Seton. It's
Speaker 1: kind of interesting though that it took him a couple
Speaker 1: of years to really hit his stride, No pun intended.
Speaker 1: Is that more on Derrick Henry or the Titans figuring
Speaker 1: out how to use them the right way? I always
Speaker 1: wondered that because it felt like he was the biggest
Speaker 1: guy on the field at times and he ran hard,
Speaker 1: but then even at Alabama, he wasn't their primary starter
Speaker 1: the whole time he was there. I think he got
Speaker 1: into the NFL and maybe it was one of those hey,
Speaker 1: I'm kind of finding out who I am, and then
Speaker 1: you know, Mike Rabels finding out who he is as
Speaker 1: well as a running back, and then they realized what
Speaker 1: they had. They strengthened their offensive line, and you know,
Speaker 1: Marcus Mariota didn't work out, Tannehill came in and it
Speaker 1: just sort of fell into place. But I don't know
Speaker 1: if that was scripted, you know, because you look back
Speaker 1: to Trent Richardson at Alabama and where you're thinking, Wow,
Speaker 1: that guy can't miss in the NFL, and then he
Speaker 1: did miss. I think Alabama running backs, Alabama defensive backs,
Speaker 1: we're not quite sure how good they are when they
Speaker 1: get to the NFL. And I think a team's going
Speaker 1: to have that decision. With Patrick, certain who his dad
Speaker 1: played in the NFL. I think he's going to be
Speaker 1: a top ten pick. He's a defensive back with Alabama,
Speaker 1: and I think that you know, you're thinking about running
Speaker 1: backs and you're not quite sure certainly coming out of
Speaker 1: that program there, all right, So Sean Salisbury will join us,
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Speaker 1: have great deals for you. What else mclovin question? Oh, okay, Dan,
Speaker 1: I just want to do a quick debunking. I'm mclov
Speaker 1: and mclovin likes to think that the Titans don't score
Speaker 1: points and the Browns are a running team. Guess which
Speaker 1: team utch matchup this weekend has the highest over under,
Speaker 1: which means the expects it to have the most points scored.
Speaker 1: The Browns Texans over unders fifty four points. That's the
Speaker 1: most in the NFL this weekend. So they do score.
Speaker 1: The way they score is not, uh, fifty passes, but
Speaker 1: they do score. The bunk. Okay, now you're saying the
Speaker 1: Colts and Texans. It is a Brown Titans Brown Titans
Speaker 1: over under is fifty four. Okay, that's Saints Falcons. Would
Speaker 1: you think those are offensive teams? The over unders forty
Speaker 1: five shot? I was shocked. Well, I wonder if Drew
Speaker 1: Brees was healthy what the over under would be with
Speaker 1: the Saints. I have another question for you. Didn't you
Speaker 1: think the Saints would like to have a game where
Speaker 1: they're down fourteen and a half to see what Taysom
Speaker 1: Hill could do just passing before they get to January.
Speaker 1: How about it down they would like to how about
Speaker 1: down ten? Okay, down ten? I guess my point is
Speaker 1: if they are they confident that if Drew BRUEs was
Speaker 1: not present, that they could pass their way to a
Speaker 1: victory with Taysom Hill in the second half of a
Speaker 1: playoff game. I don't know, because and I would say no,
Speaker 1: But then I don't know if Baltimore is confident with
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson if they were down fourteen, and that's the
Speaker 1: reigning MVP. So it's not a slight on Taysom Hill.
Speaker 1: I think it's a quarterback who plays that style. But
Speaker 1: and we don't even know if Lamar Jackson's playing Dowey mclovin.
Speaker 1: I don't know if the Ravens have cleared him. Harbaugh
Speaker 1: wouldn't comment one way or other. I mean, as a
Speaker 1: as an Andy Dalton fan, I kind of hope he
Speaker 1: doesn't on Monday night or Tuesday night because the Cowboys
Speaker 1: could sneak out a win. But by way, did you
Speaker 1: see your raven schedule? That's they could make a run
Speaker 1: if they get healthy. But will they be healthy enough? Yeah?
Speaker 1: Do you have that schedule? Because it feels like they're
Speaker 1: going to be a ten win team, Is that enough
Speaker 1: to get in? Probably? I mean, are you talking with
Speaker 1: the seventeam or eighteen? I'm going seventeen because if we
Speaker 1: were going to eighteen, we probably would have done it
Speaker 1: this past week. But if I'm looking at just the
Speaker 1: wildcard round projections right now, let's say that the Steelers
Speaker 1: have that the number one seed and we'll give it
Speaker 1: to the Saints. In the NFC, that would mean Chiefs
Speaker 1: would be hosting the Dolphins, Colts would be hosting the Titans,
Speaker 1: and the Bills would be hosting the Browns. In the NFC,
Speaker 1: Seahawks would be let's say the number two seed. They
Speaker 1: would host Arizona, the Buccaneers would be at Green Bay
Speaker 1: in a rematch, and the Rams would be at the Giants,
Speaker 1: assuming the Giants would win the NFC East. So that's
Speaker 1: you know, Baltimore only if you go to a sixteen
Speaker 1: team playoff would then make the playoffs. You'd also have
Speaker 1: Chicago right now would probably be the team that would
Speaker 1: make it. If there were sixteen teams eight in the
Speaker 1: NFC and AFC. Believe it or not, the Chicago Bears
Speaker 1: would probably be that team that would make it. Into
Speaker 1: the playoffs. What else mc love, Well, here's the schedule, Dallas, Cleveland,
Speaker 1: and we didn't really know who Cleveland is. Then Jacksonville
Speaker 1: Giants and Bengals to end the season. I don't know.
Speaker 1: The Giants might be a little tricky, but the Bengals
Speaker 1: and Jags, it's pretty good. How many of those games
Speaker 1: are at home? I don't have that here? Okay, all right,
Speaker 1: so run that down again. Dallas on Tuesday? Is that
Speaker 1: at Dallas? Oh? Efforting? Okay, let's see. Then they have
Speaker 1: Cleveland Jacksonville Giants, and since now they blew out Cleveland
Speaker 1: earlier in the year, it's in Baltimore, Dallas this weekend,
Speaker 1: by the way, Okay, so it's in Dallas. No, it's
Speaker 1: in Baltimore. In Baltimore. All so, even with Robert Griffin,
Speaker 1: they're gonna be probably be favored in that case, Robert
Speaker 1: Griffin gonna be able to play. That's a great question.
Speaker 1: Or what's the what was that a backup that we
Speaker 1: love Trace McSorley. Yeah, yeah, you can't stop Trace mcshorley.
Speaker 1: You can only up to containing one of my favorite
Speaker 1: bars in New York City, mcsorley's. It might be the oldest.
Speaker 1: Is it the oldest bar in New York? And yeah?
Speaker 1: Is it the oldest bar in America? Yeah? Dan, I
Speaker 1: think it's the only bar that's been continuous. There's bars
Speaker 1: that opened earlier, but I think they've been continuous. I
Speaker 1: had to be u. I was asked to leave there
Speaker 1: once I got so hammered one of the bartenders or
Speaker 1: the h the guy serving the drinks, you know, they
Speaker 1: wear the white shirts and the ties and add the
Speaker 1: little things, and we were all drinking really hard, and
Speaker 1: he put his arm on me, goes, son, you're done,
Speaker 1: and he turned up and walked me out the door.
Speaker 1: But do you like a bouncer? Do they have nks
Speaker 1: at mcsorley's, because I only remember they'd have these small
Speaker 1: they weren't even pints. They were like, yeah, they look
Speaker 1: like a and W rupier mugs. Yea, and they hold
Speaker 1: probably about nine ounces and they just bring them in
Speaker 1: waves at the table and then you get cheese and
Speaker 1: onions and crackers. I think, yeah, and they have like
Speaker 1: pretzels and stuff like, oh they do, Okay, it's a
Speaker 1: beer bar. I went with my wife when she was
Speaker 1: my girlfriend, and she used to go there. She went
Speaker 1: to school in New York at NYU, and she said, oh,
Speaker 1: we got to go to this pub. And we go
Speaker 1: into mcsorley's and there is there's no bathroom for women.
Speaker 1: They just had they had a bathroom, and I don't
Speaker 1: know if they didn't used to let women in, but
Speaker 1: it was a universal bathroom, which I had not seen
Speaker 1: growing up in a small town in Ohio. And she
Speaker 1: had no problem with it. She was like, all right, whatever,
Speaker 1: and we had a grand old time at mcsorley's, like
Speaker 1: an afternoon beer buzz. It was good, yeah, Poe, Yeah.
Speaker 1: But it is funny though, because they did a sloppy
Speaker 1: drinking beer bar. It's not like a high end Yeah,
Speaker 1: how do you get thrown out of a sloppy drinking
Speaker 1: beer bar? I was a sloppy But what is funny
Speaker 1: it's there is when like tourists come in from all
Speaker 1: of our America and they have like their kids with him,
Speaker 1: think we're gonna see a New York attraction. It is
Speaker 1: not for kids. It's barely for anybody. All right. Sean
Speaker 1: Salisbury will join us coming up. We'll talk to him
Speaker 1: about what's going on in Houston, certainly with the play
Speaker 1: of Deshaun Watson, what's the big difference here? And also
Speaker 1: with Russell Westbrook Junior the third wanting the fact that
Speaker 1: James Harden goes I want it now. This is reportedly
Speaker 1: I'd rather play with John wall So I'm rather play
Speaker 1: with a guy coming off and Achilles surgery who hasn't
Speaker 1: played in two years, who loves to handle the ball,
Speaker 1: as opposed to Russell Westbrook, who is your buddy. And
Speaker 1: you said you wanted to get rid of Chris Paul
Speaker 1: and you wanted to bring in Russell Westbrook and that
Speaker 1: lasted a year. So we'll talk to Sean about that.
Speaker 1: Scott Hansen, how many episodes for the NFL Red Zone?
Speaker 1: Two hundredth episode coming up this Sunday. Yeah, but that's
Speaker 1: nothing I did two thousand sports centers, Todd. If you're
Speaker 1: making them aware of that before they get too excited
Speaker 1: and celebrate too much about what they're complish, Scott does
Speaker 1: a great job. NFL networks Red Zone and then Nick
Speaker 1: Wright will join us coming up a little bit later.
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Speaker 1: you play along. We got people who are sending pictures
Speaker 1: of when they went to mcsorley's Pub. Is it the
Speaker 1: oldest bar in America? I think it's in continue. It's
Speaker 1: been in business since eighteen fifty four without a break.
Speaker 1: But we're checking. Maybe we should do a field trip
Speaker 1: day in a couple of months. Well I did do it.
Speaker 1: I walked by it a couple of weeks ago, and
Speaker 1: I just I didn't want to do an afternoon beer buzz,
Speaker 1: but I was curious if how many people were in
Speaker 1: there at mcsorley's Pub. All right, age seven seven three
Speaker 1: D P show email address DP at Dan Patrick dot com.
Speaker 1: Ethan who does our stats from us Stats Inc. You
Speaker 1: know you guys know Ethan, right. So Ethan just sent
Speaker 1: me a note he said, we have crunched all the
Speaker 1: numbers here and determined that it is possible, as of
Speaker 1: this moment for the NFC East winner to have a
Speaker 1: record of four eleven and one, which means McLevin, your
Speaker 1: Eagles could win the NFC East going four eleven and
Speaker 1: one and hosting a playoff game. Yes, and hosting a
Speaker 1: playoff game. Let's bringing Sean Salisbury, the Great morning host
Speaker 1: Sean Salisbury Show on Sports Talk seven nineteen in Houston.
Speaker 1: Somebody's somebody's got to win the NFC East, right, Dad,
Speaker 1: You're giving those dumbles out like it's a team by
Speaker 1: quarterback Sean Salisbury's four eleven and one team makes the playoff.
Speaker 1: It is, you know, at every one of them's got
Speaker 1: something to like, but a lot of them got something
Speaker 1: to hate and a whole lot to dislike. I and
Speaker 1: I know, uh mcloven is loving it the fact that
Speaker 1: his team could very well, like you said, host a
Speaker 1: playoff game. But I my gut tells me just a
Speaker 1: hunch that they'll be an early out. Okay, just a hunch,
Speaker 1: I know. But it's always weird like that, Sean, where
Speaker 1: we go that team somebody who's gonna have ten wins
Speaker 1: and be on the road in the playoffs to face
Speaker 1: the Eagles or the Giants, or Washington, Dallas, whoever it
Speaker 1: might be. And strange things happen when you get to
Speaker 1: the playoffs because that team that struggled just to make
Speaker 1: it to the playoffs, as opposed to that team that goes, okay,
Speaker 1: we're going to be a wildcard team, and you know
Speaker 1: those those teams are dangerous. It's like Seattle many years
Speaker 1: ago when New Orleans had to go to Seattle and
Speaker 1: Seattle one with a seven and nine record. That's exactly right.
Speaker 1: Why I now remember there was talk all over the country,
Speaker 1: how in the world do we recede? We got to
Speaker 1: start to change this. We can't have the Seattle Seahawks
Speaker 1: host the game. But and Dan, it is because you
Speaker 1: get to the point it's like that injury or when
Speaker 1: we saw that, you know, the Jordan situation when he
Speaker 1: was not feeling well. You kind of take pressure off
Speaker 1: yourself because nobody expects you to win. Think about a
Speaker 1: Philadelphia or the Giants are hosting a playoff game. Everybody
Speaker 1: in the world's gonna say Vegas, They're gonna put the
Speaker 1: line out there. So as a player, you kind of
Speaker 1: take pressure off, you let it rip, you cut it loose,
Speaker 1: because everything's a bonus, and then they do become dangerous.
Speaker 1: And they've been under that struggle all years, so they
Speaker 1: know what adversity looks like. And then they have a
Speaker 1: chance to overcome it. And you never let a team
Speaker 1: hang around, and teams like that that hang around late
Speaker 1: in the third quarter in the fourth quarter, then all
Speaker 1: of a sudden the favorite starts to look around, say
Speaker 1: maybe we're not that good, and you end up losing,
Speaker 1: and it does happen, and you're right. That's seven and nine.
Speaker 1: Seattle team took care of their business at home against
Speaker 1: New Orleans. And also the difference though this year is
Speaker 1: there really is no home field advantage, so that'll be
Speaker 1: beneficial for the team traveling. Why does the national media
Speaker 1: fascinated with Carson Wentz? Good guy, not a self promoter.
Speaker 1: I I was thinking about this the other day, Dan,
Speaker 1: if any other quarterback or most should I say, they'd
Speaker 1: be well, he wouldn't be playing most of the time. Now,
Speaker 1: the fact that they have a backup who's a rookie
Speaker 1: who we know as a winner, but you paid him
Speaker 1: a lot and Carson doesn't really bother anybody, then what's
Speaker 1: out to like? He came in as the underdog. Remember,
Speaker 1: even though he's a high draft pick, comes out of
Speaker 1: North Dakota State, so he's kind of like, Oh, small
Speaker 1: school guys, you kind of root for that, but you
Speaker 1: know you're hurt. Well, why would the you know you
Speaker 1: got the Redskins or the Washington football team. Now you
Speaker 1: take Robert Griffin and Deshannah. You know Mike liked Kirk
Speaker 1: Cousins as well. Ain't nothing wrong with that. We draft
Speaker 1: two linemen, Why the hell can't we draft two quarterbacks?
Speaker 1: So to me, it's a right Dan. I'll tell you why,
Speaker 1: because that ought to tell you how they feel about him.
Speaker 1: They didn't draft him to move him to slot or
Speaker 1: wide receiver or running back. Jalen hurts as a quarterback,
Speaker 1: and I think he proved by going to Lincoln Riley
Speaker 1: that oh we know he's a winner. It's Alabama under
Speaker 1: the Sabing umbrella. Well he goes to Lincoln Riley and boom,
Speaker 1: he proves that he can still win and still throw it.
Speaker 1: I actually love the draft pick because it's either going
Speaker 1: to bring out the best in Carson Wentz or unfortunately,
Speaker 1: whether it's Jalen Hurts or not bringing out the worst.
Speaker 1: I didn't think Carson's a good guy people root for,
Speaker 1: but he's playing missing easy throws. The mechanics are horrendous,
Speaker 1: and it seems to me like he's always a split
Speaker 1: second late. And when you're pulling when you're not pulling
Speaker 1: the trigger on open throws, then that's a problem. I
Speaker 1: will not be shocked if this continues, that if Jalen
Speaker 1: Hurts doesn't get legitimate run And I'm root for Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz like everybody else does, but he's not above criticism.
Speaker 1: He is not playing good football. Would you rather have
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield or Carson Wentz right now? Right now, the
Speaker 1: way it play, it's not even close. You'd rather have
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield. Now, if you told me Sean, Carson Wentz
Speaker 1: is going to get that swagger or that feelback that
Speaker 1: he had when he got hurt when they went to
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl, that I'm gonna get that Carson Wentz, well,
Speaker 1: then I'm taking that Carson Wentz. But Dan, sometimes you
Speaker 1: hit the yips, like you know, whether it's putting or
Speaker 1: whether it's throwing the football or me. When you have
Speaker 1: the yips in an entire ten year career that you
Speaker 1: just try to fight through it, right is it's hard
Speaker 1: to overcome. And he's in a very difficult, intelligent, passionate
Speaker 1: football town, and when that stuff starts to creep in,
Speaker 1: it's tough to get it out. Regardless of what he says,
Speaker 1: he's not bothered by the trade talk. No human being
Speaker 1: can't be bothered. So I personally today I want Baker
Speaker 1: Mayfield because he's got a winning team. He's starting to
Speaker 1: feel it. If you told me I was going to
Speaker 1: get the old Carson Wentz, well I'm taking the old
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz right now. It's an old brainer. I'm not
Speaker 1: sure I'm not taking Jalen Hurts over Carson Wentz the
Speaker 1: way he's playing right now. Sean Salisbury Morning host of
Speaker 1: The Sean Salisbury Show and Sports Talk seven ninety in Houston, course,
Speaker 1: former NFL quarterback, What is the difference with Deshaun Watson
Speaker 1: in the last six games? A big part of the
Speaker 1: question going in for me, Dan and I think a
Speaker 1: lot of people wondered, what will Deshaun Watson do when
Speaker 1: he loses the crutch to lean on in DeAndre Hopkins. Well,
Speaker 1: we've seen it. Their passing offense has not suffered. A
Speaker 1: matter of fact, he's gotten better. I always had a
Speaker 1: problem with him. Enormous talent, great player, the hero syndrome
Speaker 1: that he wasn't willing not to make every play and
Speaker 1: the best quarterbacks I've ever been around, no win thrown
Speaker 1: out of the back of the end zone when not
Speaker 1: to take us act Now. I don't want to teach
Speaker 1: the hero part out of him, but the last two
Speaker 1: weeks I've watched him one time in two weeks ago
Speaker 1: in the red zone, scrambles out not there, throws it
Speaker 1: out of the back of the end zone. The Watson
Speaker 1: I saw in the past would have tried to make
Speaker 1: some spectacular play, and he's used to two or three
Speaker 1: clunkers a year where it's like, what are you thinking.
Speaker 1: He hasn't had one of those this year. The distribution
Speaker 1: of the football. I think he's confident with Tim Kelly,
Speaker 1: and this is not a team when they're not playing well.
Speaker 1: If their situation was resversed and they were seven and four,
Speaker 1: he'd be in the MVP talk. He's having a marvelous year,
Speaker 1: but it's his ability to know when to throw it away.
Speaker 1: He's making the simple play. The big home run. Dan
Speaker 1: the the you know, the Grand Slams always here. He's
Speaker 1: learning better how to hit singles, the flats open, get
Speaker 1: it out now, don't pass up an open receiver to
Speaker 1: a hope that you've got a home run. And in
Speaker 1: the process of his unbelievable ability, the home run's coming.
Speaker 1: So and they pushed the ball down the field and
Speaker 1: he's taken calculated smart chances and he's maturing good. Gracious,
Speaker 1: he's had another coordinator, so he's star to settle into
Speaker 1: the position on a team that isn't real good, and
Speaker 1: they're allowing him to set his feat because even though
Speaker 1: they don't run it well, the offensive line does pass
Speaker 1: protect well. He is he's going to be an MVP
Speaker 1: guy for a long time, and he makes people around
Speaker 1: him better. And he's also making himself better by knowing
Speaker 1: when to throw the ball away and that you can't
Speaker 1: make every play. And I wonder, and I've always felt
Speaker 1: that he held onto the ball too long, and you're
Speaker 1: question yea and the smart ones, you know, they get
Speaker 1: the ball away to live to see another day. But
Speaker 1: I'm also curious, has Eric b enemy like it felt
Speaker 1: like Romeo Cornell might get this job somehow, because you know,
Speaker 1: during this pandemic and trying to get candidates in and
Speaker 1: whatever it might be. If you're Eric B Enemy and
Speaker 1: you know Houston's open, the Jets probably is going to
Speaker 1: be open, Maybe the Bears will be open. I mean
Speaker 1: it's probably going to be four or five openings here.
Speaker 1: If Eric B Enemy is who we think he is,
Speaker 1: offensive minded, would you rather go with Deshaun Watson with
Speaker 1: what you've seen or go to the Jets with you
Speaker 1: know you're gonna get Trevor Lawrence? Would you go to
Speaker 1: Jacksonville with Justin Fields? Would you go to Chicago with whoever?
Speaker 1: I always want the proven, elite quarterback that's young as
Speaker 1: opposed to the what might be. Remember Sam Donald was
Speaker 1: supposed to be that guy, and unfortunately he's been coached poorly.
Speaker 1: So while Trevor Lawrence is what we call a what
Speaker 1: generational it seems like every year though a generational guy
Speaker 1: no matter how is Sam Darnold coach poorly? I mean
Speaker 1: Adam Gays came out and said, look, I made a mistake.
Speaker 1: How do you I don't like the way they go
Speaker 1: about their business offensively, play calling. I just don't I
Speaker 1: could get Dan wed for if we were sitting at
Speaker 1: a show in an hour and we could talk about it,
Speaker 1: I just and I'll tell you what. Let's face facts.
Speaker 1: Darnold's not above this criticism. He forces too many balls.
Speaker 1: And part of being a great quarterback. And you mentioned
Speaker 1: like in Mahomes and Rodgers and Watson hold the ball
Speaker 1: to him. Those great ones throw the ball away and
Speaker 1: no whin not to take a sack. Darnold's idea is
Speaker 1: my arm so good, I'll just hey, we're on oh
Speaker 1: and eleven, let me take another shot. And he did
Speaker 1: it at SC. He just had better players at SC
Speaker 1: at times. So I think coached, but I don't think
Speaker 1: Arnold's made the progress. And say, look at Lamar Jackson's
Speaker 1: growth before this year, look at what Josh Allen's done.
Speaker 1: So coaching does matter, but you've got to process the information.
Speaker 1: But back to if I'm Derek b Enemy, I always
Speaker 1: take I don't want to take, well, what if Trevor
Speaker 1: Lawrence is good? Well, what if and he may be spectacular?
Speaker 1: Or what if you know Fields is spectacular? I got
Speaker 1: a twenty five year old making forty million bucks are
Speaker 1: close to it a year who's on a bad football
Speaker 1: team that Loadsjo on his shoulders has proven it. He's
Speaker 1: got national championship that type of DNA and everybody loved
Speaker 1: there's nothing he can't do. Why would I? The only
Speaker 1: thing for me is are you concerned about the consistency
Speaker 1: and the commitment of the ownership, Because if you're just
Speaker 1: talking quarterback, I'm not taking the one that could be.
Speaker 1: I'm taking the one that is. And Deshaun Watson's one
Speaker 1: of the five best at his position in the league
Speaker 1: and he's shown it week to week, which the local
Speaker 1: reaction to John Wall for Russell Westbrook later will move.
Speaker 1: I think people here feel like you lost an all
Speaker 1: around better player, but you got better as a team.
Speaker 1: And coach Silas said yesterday Dan and his presser, and
Speaker 1: it was I was listening to you earlier talk about
Speaker 1: how the chemistry is gonna work, and they were talking
Speaker 1: about fit and he said, well, it's gonna be interesting.
Speaker 1: It'd be great when John Wall pushes the ball up
Speaker 1: the floor like he's done in his career and gets
Speaker 1: the ball to guys on the wing. That I'm thinking,
Speaker 1: is James listening to this, that John Wall is gonna
Speaker 1: be pushing it. But I think fans. We didn't want
Speaker 1: it to change, and we know that when James wants
Speaker 1: to change that it happens as well every year you're
Speaker 1: on a one year contract when you're a star that
Speaker 1: comes here. But hey, this franchise was stagnant. Getting the
Speaker 1: playoffs wasn't enough. Why not try something difference? And there's
Speaker 1: a lot of ifs Dan, if Boogie Cousins is healthy,
Speaker 1: if John Wall's healthy after being out two years. So
Speaker 1: I think the fans here are ready for it, and
Speaker 1: I think that I honestly don't think that it was
Speaker 1: a big deal for them all. We lost Russ, It's like,
Speaker 1: oh well, we still got James, we got new one's
Speaker 1: got a new coach. Let's see how this one works
Speaker 1: and we'll see what John Wall is bringing after two
Speaker 1: years of being out. But he looks explosive in some
Speaker 1: of his workouts, but later will move for most of
Speaker 1: the people here. But if it's true that James Harden
Speaker 1: preferred John Wall, can he say that you get rid
Speaker 1: of Westbrook and then James Harden still wants out? Like
Speaker 1: why am I don't give a damn what James Harden wants.
Speaker 1: I have to look at what's good for the Rockets.
Speaker 1: If James doesn't want to be there, I don't care
Speaker 1: if you like John Wall or not. And I'm hoping
Speaker 1: that coach Silas has this. It's one thing to you know,
Speaker 1: we know about catering to superstars, and there's no sport
Speaker 1: in the world that caters to their stars more than
Speaker 1: the NBA. But I can tell you this, I'm hoping
Speaker 1: that Silas says as he mentioned, I'll give him his space,
Speaker 1: but we're gonna run the offense like I want to
Speaker 1: do it, and we're gonna try to maximize everybody's I'm
Speaker 1: with you, Dan, Nobody other than Lebron James. I'm telling you,
Speaker 1: nobody on a professional NBA franchise has more. Poller has
Speaker 1: had more. When the flight charter leaves to go on
Speaker 1: a trip, then James, Harden, Lebron and James in that order.
Speaker 1: As far as pull within their organization, well, Daryl Morey's
Speaker 1: gone now. They haven't won an NBA title, So I
Speaker 1: think people are starting to wear thin on great offensive player,
Speaker 1: great player. But I don't care. Either you're either gonna
Speaker 1: buy in or we're gonna move you. And if you
Speaker 1: don't want to be here, I can get a bunch
Speaker 1: of assets for you. So we'll see what James Harden
Speaker 1: shows up. You know he's gonna score Dan, But after
Speaker 1: a year, what is that means? John Wall's gone next year?
Speaker 1: So it's getting to the point now where people are
Speaker 1: growing a little tired of it because everything's James wants,
Speaker 1: James gets. How about returning that with enjoying it, getting
Speaker 1: in following suit and putting a ring on somebody's finger.
Speaker 1: People here aren't sure that's gonna happen. Have a great weekend.
Speaker 1: Always great to talk to you, buddy. Great to talk
Speaker 1: to you too, buddy, Thank you for having me that.
Speaker 1: Sean Salisbury, morning host to The Sean Salisbury Show Sports
Speaker 1: Talk seven ninety in Houston. Yeah. I don't know if
Speaker 1: James Harden gets to that point where he goes, yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm scoring thirty every night, so what because you get
Speaker 1: comfortable doing that, But then what do you have to
Speaker 1: show for it when your career is all said and done?
Speaker 1: All right, you got twenty five thousand points? What else? Nothing? Hey,
Speaker 1: I got a sixth Man of the Year. Great, what
Speaker 1: else do you got? And I don't know if he
Speaker 1: comes to that realization, and maybe it's not this year.
Speaker 1: Maybe it's another year, two years where James Harden goes.
Speaker 1: I might be the second option here, but I'd be
Speaker 1: pretty cool to win a title. Maybe take a break.
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Speaker 1: got an update on mcsorley's pub in the East Village
Speaker 1: in New York. Seaton believes it's the second oldest bar
Speaker 1: in New York The earl Inn or is it the
Speaker 1: ear Inn? Maybe it's the ear The ear In is
Speaker 1: supposed to be the oldest bar in New York City.
Speaker 1: I'm not sure where mcsorley's falls in that, but I
Speaker 1: think that's like the oldest Irish pub in New York.
Speaker 1: The ear In? Is the ear In still open? I've
Speaker 1: never it is? Yeah, yeah, and it actually it used
Speaker 1: to be right around the corner from our studio in
Speaker 1: New York Real. Have to say I spent many a
Speaker 1: lunch there also down by Varick Yeah, okay, yeah, what's
Speaker 1: the one where we used to go a lot where
Speaker 1: Dylan Thomas died in the bathroom or something, The White Horse. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's pretty historical, right or is that not? Like old timey.
Speaker 1: Just a lot of things happen, I mean, and it's
Speaker 1: it's more of a traditional pub with you know, like
Speaker 1: they have a little bit to eat, a little bit
Speaker 1: to drink, and it's not raucous. Yes, do people wax
Speaker 1: poetic about the ear in I see wax in ear?
Speaker 1: Thank you Todd, by the way back to mcsorley's. Among
Speaker 1: the notable people who went to mcsorley's pub, Abraham Lincoln,
Speaker 1: Nice Ulysses s Grant Lincoln never paid his tab by
Speaker 1: the way, you know, he started that speech and you know,
Speaker 1: and then he would go, Okay, we get it. Teddy Roosevelt,
Speaker 1: Hunter S Thompson, Woody Guthrie, Dustin Hoffman was a patron.
Speaker 1: All right. It's pretty h pretty good list there. I
Speaker 1: didn't make the list. I thought maybe i'd make the list,
Speaker 1: but apparently not. The ear people who have played Abraham
Speaker 1: Lincoln who have also been siling. Yes, I played Abraham
Speaker 1: Lincoln in a Sandler movie. Two rave reviews mine. I
Speaker 1: gave myself rave reviews. Yes, Paully, I was curious if
Speaker 1: Todd had ever been in like an old TGA Friday's
Speaker 1: or a classic Apple that's like with the original chili
Speaker 1: is actually I think I went to the nineteen thirty
Speaker 1: seven chili. It's really nice. It must gets up there,
Speaker 1: weird thing. Thank you, Todd. All right, Michael and Iowa,
Speaker 1: Hey Mike, what's on your mind today? Love the show
Speaker 1: and listening for a long time, you know all this.
Speaker 1: Derrek kind of talks every thanks about my tea, the Vikings.
Speaker 1: And there's just no love for Dalvin Cook in the
Speaker 1: work he's done, especially after signing your contract. Well, he's
Speaker 1: been banged up. I do love Dalvin Cook and thought
Speaker 1: that he was going to be leading the league and rushing.
Speaker 1: But Derrick Henry gets a whole lot better in December.
Speaker 1: Either that or because of the weather, those defensive players
Speaker 1: aren't as anxious to tackle Derrick Henry. Maybe there's some
Speaker 1: kind of correlation between those two. But Derrick Henry gets
Speaker 1: better in December. Austin in Nashville, Hey Austin, what's on
Speaker 1: your mind today? Hey Dan? First time, long time? Sixty
Speaker 1: three two five. Okay, so you guys post the question
Speaker 1: earlier about Henry's volume just kind of picking up this year.
Speaker 1: Another hasn't been a focus on the Titans, so I
Speaker 1: thought i'd give a brief history. You know, we had
Speaker 1: Marcus Mariota. The Titans had five different coordinators in five years. Um,
Speaker 1: it's hard to run the ball when Marcus is behind.
Speaker 1: We had to Marco Murray for two years, and then
Speaker 1: under Lafleur there was a split backfield. Under Dion Lewis.
Speaker 1: So finally with Mike Rabel and Arthur Smith, they've committed
Speaker 1: to run the ball. Last thing for miss nick Lovin
Speaker 1: talking about the Titans and their offensive production. The Titans
Speaker 1: actually ranked fifth this year in the NFL for a game,
Speaker 1: behind Millie Pittsburgh, Tampa, and Arizona. Sucker back bro all right,
Speaker 1: thank you. Yeah, today we have smelling salts for that
Speaker 1: Titans call. I'm a little out of fall and I
Speaker 1: know Arthur Smith took it from the split backfield. Oh,
Speaker 1: I love snarky McLevin Kyle in California. Hey, Kyle ap
Speaker 1: smelling salt reference that early. I love it. Yeah. Anyway,
Speaker 1: I think we'll be a knife with the hardened thing.
Speaker 1: I mean, do we really think he's seeing John wall
Speaker 1: come in and it's like, hell, yeah, this is my
Speaker 1: ticket to the championship. Harden's not just a star, right,
Speaker 1: He's one of the four or five best guys in
Speaker 1: the last ten years. It's inevitable before he sees there
Speaker 1: they're not contending and he's got to get out. You know,
Speaker 1: I don't know who it is. It's not going to
Speaker 1: be Brooklyn. Maybe you just can't give up you know,
Speaker 1: quarters or dimes for the dollar. You know, if it's
Speaker 1: Philly and it's Ben Simmons, I don't know. You know,
Speaker 1: does Golden State make the big move? I just don't
Speaker 1: see him sticking it through the ear well. I don't
Speaker 1: think he does either, But I think he wants to
Speaker 1: be a good soldier prior to the trade deadline. The
Speaker 1: last thing you want is that he's creating some kind
Speaker 1: of unrest behind the scenes or you know, there's tension, controversy,
Speaker 1: whatever it is. And you got a brand new head coach,
Speaker 1: Stephen Silence is your new head coach, and you're coming
Speaker 1: into this situation. I think if you said to Stephen Silas, hey,
Speaker 1: would you like to wipe the slate clean and try
Speaker 1: to rebuild or do you want to go into this
Speaker 1: season not quite sure what you have? You might want
Speaker 1: to wipe the slate clean. But I do think James
Speaker 1: Harden will be a good soldier prior to the trade deadline.
Speaker 1: One hour, two more to go.