1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to the best of the Ben Mahler 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:06,199 Speaker 1: Show podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weeknight 3 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: from two to six Eastern eleven pm to three am 4 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and to find your local 5 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:17,280 Speaker 1: station for the Benmatlers Show at Foxsports Radio dot com. 6 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: You can find it there or stream us live every 7 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: night on the iHeartRadio app by searching FSR. 8 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 2: This is the best of the Ben Maler Show on 9 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio. 10 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 1: So we're gonna start us in football. It was a 11 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: big injury in basketball. It's not a don't believe it's 12 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:40,480 Speaker 1: a season ending injury, although it could be depending on Yeah, 13 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 1: but we're gonna start with football because that's what pays 14 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 1: the bills around these parts, and we like to have 15 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: the lights on all that stuff. So the Raiders, which 16 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:51,199 Speaker 1: are like a team that used to be good, you know, 17 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 1: and then they sucked for a generation, they're just an embarrassment, 18 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 1: just an absolute embarrassment by the Raiders that made a 19 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: move in agency. You're like, well, Ben, there's no one 20 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 1: available in free agency. How could they have made a move. 21 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 1: All the good players have already signed. I know, I know. 22 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:08,399 Speaker 1: So if you haven't heard about this, perhaps not. We 23 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: have learned the Raiders have agreed to a deal with 24 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:19,959 Speaker 1: not your cousin, not my cousin, Kirk Cousins. Yep, yep, 25 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: that guy. Yeah, man, start up the old U haul there, 26 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 1: the ex redskin Viking and Falcon quarterback now heading to 27 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:32,040 Speaker 1: just outside area fifty one, and he will continue his career. 28 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 1: This comes just a couple of days after Clint Kubiak 29 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:40,279 Speaker 1: had mentioned he wanted an adult to mentor the next 30 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 1: Raider quarterback of the future, and toda, here we are. 31 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: So the contract, which has a lot of funny money 32 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: in it's essentially a one year contract. I know you're 33 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 1: very concerned about the finances of Kirk Cousins. Twenty million 34 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 1: dollars a minimum salary, minimum salary one point three million 35 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: from Vegas and and ten million dollar roster bonus. That's 36 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: gotta be nice, man. They still give out bonuses to 37 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: some of these places. That's great. And the rest of 38 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 1: the money will be paid out by the Falcons, so 39 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: they'll be paying out the rest there who fired Cousins 40 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 1: earlier this offseason. So that is a good jumping off point. 41 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 1: Let us discuss the question is Kirk Cousins in upgrade. 42 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 1: We assume he's going to be QB one and the 43 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 1: starting QB there. So is Kirk Cousins an upgrade from 44 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: Gino Smith for the Raiders. So I've got comfort food, 45 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: Vincent van Gol and cigar shop and we will combine 46 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:48,799 Speaker 1: all of these things together and we're gonna go skinny 47 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: dipping is what we're gonna do that we're not all right? 48 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 1: So a all right, listen, Kirk Cousins upgrade all that stuff. 49 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 1: It's a more attractive name. Does that make sense? A 50 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: better name. Cousins has had more high water marks in 51 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 1: his NFL career. He's got more sizzle, got more of that. 52 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: Gino is more drizzle. Gino's more drizzle. And yet when 53 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 1: you peel back the label, here's the mind blowing part 54 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 1: of this rather sticky situation the Raiders find themselves in again. 55 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 1: When you peel back the label, it's the same product. 56 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: It's just different packaging. That's it. It's the same product. 57 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 1: And if you do the blind Pepsi challenge, if you 58 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 1: go back to last season, Cousins in Atlanta, Geno Smith 59 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 1: in Vegas. Gino Smith had an eighty four point seven 60 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 1: passer rating Cousins was eighty four point eight. That's not 61 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: a gap. That's a rounding error, is what that is. Well, 62 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 1: we said, well that's only one year. Who cares about that? 63 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 1: All right? The last three years. That's a fair amount 64 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: of time, right, it's a fair amount of time. So 65 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 1: Cousins ninety two point twoss rating, Gino Smith ninety point four. 66 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 1: I know there's a lot of numbers for you to 67 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: process because we're doing a radio show and you can't 68 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: look at it. I got it. It's my hair brain plan. 69 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 1: But it's essentially am radio versus like a staticy FM station. 70 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:18,839 Speaker 1: It isn't an upgrade like Tom Brady, what are you doing? 71 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 1: All right? You check the Kirk Cousins thermometer and it's 72 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 1: ninety seven point nine degrees. That's the average temperature of 73 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 1: a human being. It's room temperature quarterbacking, and Cousins is 74 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 1: the human equivalent of Eh, hey, how's Cousin doing it? Mah? 75 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 1: Really that eh? Eh? All right. So it's the NFL's 76 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:48,480 Speaker 1: comfort food safe bland forgettable. At this point, there was 77 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 1: a time when Cousins was actually seen as a solid 78 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 1: NFL quarterback. Just avoid Monday night football and all that 79 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:00,080 Speaker 1: and then avoid the big games. And he's fine on 80 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: on Saturday, or on Saturday a Sunday afternoon at one o'clock, 81 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: or when he played for the Vikings at noon. And 82 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: that's it. And so it's it's not really progress. You've 83 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 1: you essentially hired the doppelganger of Geno Smith to play 84 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 1: quarterback for the Raiders. It's not really an upgrade. It's 85 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 1: copy and paste, roster building, it's a costume change. It's 86 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 1: the same movie, same movie, same ending, just a different 87 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: actor repeating, regurgitating the lousy script, if you know what 88 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:36,919 Speaker 1: I mean. Now turning the page, but not far because 89 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 1: it is the hour of Kirk Cousins, So keeping the 90 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: rat tat tat going. The question now is can you 91 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: give me the word, give me the word that describes 92 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:52,920 Speaker 1: Kirk cousins sojourn around the NFL as he started with 93 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:55,719 Speaker 1: the Redskins and then bounced off the play for the 94 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:58,159 Speaker 1: Vikings and the Falcons. So now he's going to his 95 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 1: fourth NFL T So what is the word for all that? 96 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:08,719 Speaker 1: My word, carpet bagger is my word. Kirk Cousins is running. 97 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: It's probably he's going to Vegas. He's running in Ocean's 98 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:17,719 Speaker 1: eleven financial heist in plain daylight. It's wild. It's a 99 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 1: magic carpet right right across the NFL, stopping in every 100 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:25,479 Speaker 1: big city that has a check book and will sign 101 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:28,159 Speaker 1: one over to him. All he has is a pulse 102 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:32,600 Speaker 1: at this point, and it is a generational grift. It 103 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 1: is It is no only way to say it. For Cousins. 104 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:40,679 Speaker 1: Think of it like the famous Vincent van Go painting 105 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:43,840 Speaker 1: the starry Night. In this case, it's the starry night 106 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:47,920 Speaker 1: of money extraction. And you look around, You're like, well, 107 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:52,359 Speaker 1: Cousins has already stacked over three hundred and twenty one million. 108 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:55,479 Speaker 1: He's third all time. Did you know that Cousins is 109 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 1: third all time on the money list on field earnings, 110 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 1: third all time? And you break it down and it's like, whoa, 111 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 1: how did that happen? And he's closing in. By the 112 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 1: end of this year. If my malor math is correct, 113 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins will pass Tom Brady by and have made 114 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 1: more money on field than Tom Brady, and he will 115 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: trail only La Ram quarterback Matthew Stafford for the penthouse 116 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 1: of money, money, money, And even when the engine sputters, 117 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 1: and it often does, sputter. It's a balancing act. You're 118 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 1: not winning, Kirk Cousins. When the engine sputters, the ATM 119 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 1: fortunately still spits out a lot of cash, A lot 120 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 1: of cash right there. Absolutely now why because Cousins, he 121 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 1: doesn't sign contracts. He's not just your normal Hey, I 122 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: just don't care how much I make and all that 123 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 1: and bumbling along and all that. No, what he has 124 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: done through his agent is install escape patches. For example, 125 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: cousins agent went down to Walgreens or CBS and had 126 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 1: a poison pill tossed into the Raiders deal just in case, 127 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 1: j I c just in case, just in case he overperforms. 128 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: Cousin goes on an amazing run and everything's all great 129 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 1: and rosy and all that. So then he can either 130 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 1: keep the the Raiders can keep the contract and pay 131 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 1: him a lot more, many more pasos, or activate the 132 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: poison pill or the trapdoor or the fine print written 133 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 1: in invisible ink and be free, be free. It's a masterclass. 134 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: It's not it really is not a contract. It's a 135 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 1: treasure map. It is, and it's not even pinky promises. 136 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:46,560 Speaker 1: It's beyond that. Kirk Cousins is not playing football. He's 137 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 1: playing Monopoly and a football game and Monopoly take about 138 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 1: the same amount of time, and Cousins owns he's like 139 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:57,679 Speaker 1: he's in on Boardwalk. He's got boardwalk. H all right, 140 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 1: last word here, So to the Mendoza line, Mendoza line, 141 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:07,080 Speaker 1: we go a lot of blissful ignorance around the Mendoza line. 142 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 1: So the question here is what are the Raiders trying 143 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 1: to communicate here with adding Kirk Cousins, What are they 144 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 1: trying to communicate to Fernando Mendozo. So I'm gonna get 145 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 1: on my soapbox here, So give me a second. We 146 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: get my soapbox here, and my god, So they signed 147 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins the Raiders hours after Fernando Mendoza went out 148 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 1: and participated in the pro day. Does that seem subtle 149 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 1: to you, because it doesn't seem subtle to me. So 150 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:39,080 Speaker 1: you went out there the Bloomington, Indiana rah rah, here 151 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 1: we go zip the football all over the place. And 152 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 1: you saw that, and immediately the next day is like, 153 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: we got to get this other guy. That is a 154 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:53,560 Speaker 1: trip to the cigar shop in the very back on 155 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: the right hand side. If your futs around in the 156 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:00,960 Speaker 1: back there that's where they sell the wacky Tobaco in 157 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 1: the very back there, and so the Raiders are essentially 158 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:09,840 Speaker 1: screaming from the top of the spear in Vegas. They're screaming, 159 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:13,200 Speaker 1: you're not that guy, Pal, You're not that guy. To 160 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 1: Fernando Mendozo, number one overall quarterbacks. They start. That's the deal. 161 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:24,240 Speaker 1: It's plug and play. We've talked about this in previous 162 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:28,560 Speaker 1: episodes of the show. You plug them in, you play them, 163 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 1: and that's it. It's out of the box. No assembly required, 164 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 1: all of those things. No assembly required. You have to 165 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 1: go back a generation to find a top pick that 166 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 1: did not play right away. That's Elijah Manning. And what 167 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 1: did that get the Giants? Nothing? Eli Manning a five 168 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 1: hundred player, just a mediocre quarterback in the NFL and 169 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 1: a couple of lucky breaks in the playoffs. But other 170 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:56,320 Speaker 1: than that, just complete zero. And they sat them. Shouldn't 171 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 1: they have gotten more from Eli Manning than what they 172 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:01,679 Speaker 1: got And he wasn't very good in the Giants regular 173 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 1: season games, but they sat them, so you should have 174 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: been good. I don't understand, or you all tell me. 175 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 1: If you sit these guys, they're great. When you look 176 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 1: at the data. That's not the case, all right, And 177 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:16,280 Speaker 1: I go to tell you, God, bless the fans, all 178 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:20,560 Speaker 1: the Raider fans. I am having so much fun. You 179 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 1: are so stupid. I love all of you. You're so dumb. 180 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 1: And I'm already getting the messages. I did a rant 181 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:27,959 Speaker 1: about this the other day and I was like, I 182 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 1: was getting messages as well. You know, let them sit. 183 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 1: That's smart football, that's why Tom Brady is so good. 184 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:37,560 Speaker 1: Let him sit. And my rebuttal is capital D delusional, 185 00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 1: Capital D delusional, absolutely delusional. There is no proven advantage 186 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: to parking Fernando Mendoza and say sit down over there, 187 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:52,960 Speaker 1: get some hemorrhoids. We'll get you some cream, get some 188 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 1: You're gonna get some hemorrhids. And I believe Cousins is 189 00:11:55,840 --> 00:12:00,440 Speaker 1: thirty seven. I believe. So the real issue here, the 190 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 1: real issue on this one, and everyone's dancing around it, 191 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 1: is pedigree. Tom Brady does not believe Fernando Mendoza is 192 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 1: a true and legitimate number one pick. And it's not 193 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:17,360 Speaker 1: what he says, it's his actions. It's his actions that 194 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:21,080 Speaker 1: he's not there. And this backs up and it's hot 195 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:24,679 Speaker 1: take validation that Fernanda Mendoza is a mid round talent 196 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 1: and the Raiders are gonna take him because they have 197 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 1: to take him and they can't miss out. And he 198 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:33,200 Speaker 1: could be good and foam and all that crap, and 199 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:36,560 Speaker 1: they've already signed it. They got to start, Kirk Cousins, 200 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 1: How embarrassing is this? How embarrassing for Fernando Mendoza, Tom Braden, 201 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:45,959 Speaker 1: I'm leaving the guy. He's unseasoned ground beef. You want 202 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:49,960 Speaker 1: prime rib you want prime, you want a porterhouse, you 203 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:54,199 Speaker 1: want a ribby. He's ground beef that could be worth 204 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:56,760 Speaker 1: now it could be Salisbury's teak, right, which is the 205 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:59,320 Speaker 1: same thing. But just go with it. And the organization 206 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:05,200 Speaker 1: is telling you with this move right, and those of 207 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 1: us that are objective and not fanboys, we laugh like 208 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 1: hyenus off to the side of the room here, We're like, 209 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:14,320 Speaker 1: that's great. And some of you can keep pretending that 210 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 1: this is some kind of master play by the Raiders 211 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 1: and redevelopment of the quarterback room and all this bull 212 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 1: crap and what's going on and on. You're completely wrong. 213 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 1: And I love the fact that you're able to just 214 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 1: sit there and roast marshmallows and sing a kuna matata 215 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 1: and knock yourself out. There's nothing If you go back 216 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 1: and people bring up certain quarterbacks that said the number 217 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 1: one overall pick, you got to go back a generation 218 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:43,920 Speaker 1: the last time this happened. 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The Bird brains at it again, so 237 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 1: the owner of the team has now entered the chat 238 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 1: running like a champion with a sword to defend the 239 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:57,760 Speaker 1: honor of his coach, because the connecting of the dots 240 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 1: are like, well, Jalen Hurts sounds like a bit of 241 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 1: a schmuck, and he's being allowed to be that way 242 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 1: by the head coach. So finger pointing and the collateral 243 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 1: damage to the head coach. So if you didn't see 244 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 1: this and hear about it, maybe not. The owner Jeffrey 245 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 1: Lurry gave Eagles coach Nick Sirianni a endorsement, a vote 246 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:25,120 Speaker 1: of confidence. Jeffrey Lury made it loud and clear that 247 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 1: he is a big supporter of Nick Seriani, that Siriani's 248 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 1: still his guy, stand by your man, and whispers sweet nothings, 249 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 1: why not? Why not? The owner of the Eagle said 250 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 1: that his coach's performance has been nothing short about standing 251 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 1: incredible leadership. And he also he put a caveat in there, 252 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:51,240 Speaker 1: he's away imperfect. You know, no one's perfect. The owner 253 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:54,920 Speaker 1: of the Eagles saying the praises though of his coach's authenticity, 254 00:15:55,800 --> 00:16:01,400 Speaker 1: saying that it's about the authenticity leadership. Understand when you 255 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 1: should delegate. Jeffrey Lury said, when you should, shouldn't delegate, 256 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:10,080 Speaker 1: and how to lead a team through the ups and downs. 257 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 1: So that was a big word salad right there, and 258 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 1: it's a good jumping off points. So let us discuss 259 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:22,120 Speaker 1: the question. How does Eagles coach Nick Sirianni's performance evaluation 260 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 1: a glowing performance evaluation from owner Jeffrey Lury sound to you. 261 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 1: So my observations, I've got hitchhiker, pre existing condition, and 262 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 1: speed dating, and we'll combine all of these things together 263 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 1: and we're gonna have a hoot and nanny for our 264 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 1: friend Mary Mack, who's may or may not be selling 265 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 1: a birthday or celebrating birthday. We don't really do birthday 266 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 1: shoutouts because that would be inappropriate. You know, we're just 267 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 1: just an overnight show. We're not We're not a morning show. 268 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:59,080 Speaker 1: Otherwise we would wish Mary mc a happy birthday. Number one. Yeah, 269 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 1: Jeffrey Lourie a and who I believe is in his 270 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:06,920 Speaker 1: mid seventies, owns an NFL team, a lot of money, money, money, money, 271 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:10,879 Speaker 1: trying to be hip with the culture. So what do 272 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:15,160 Speaker 1: we get get a foot rub evaluation for Nick Sirianni, 273 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 1: A little bit of a shoulder rub over there. It's 274 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 1: the meme culture. Garbage is what it is. It's total 275 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:28,200 Speaker 1: slobberd chops. Nick Sirianni is polarizing with a capital P, 276 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 1: which is really good for my business what I do 277 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:35,200 Speaker 1: for a living. I need more people like Nick Sirianni. 278 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 1: He started out. Remember when he got hired in Philadelphia 279 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 1: and it was revealed that he was testing draft suspects 280 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:48,200 Speaker 1: competitiveness by playing rock paper scissors. Yeah, that was I believe, 281 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:50,720 Speaker 1: during the pandemic. But let's play rock paper scissors now. 282 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:54,560 Speaker 1: Low information fans see the record and the Eagles do 283 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 1: have a great record with Nick Sirianni, and they are 284 00:17:56,359 --> 00:18:01,159 Speaker 1: mesmerized and hypnotized. However, when you take a couple of 285 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:06,399 Speaker 1: steps back and you look out on the Serengetti, you're like, well, 286 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:10,199 Speaker 1: wait a minute, here, hold on a sec he's a 287 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: he's a show pony, and he's Twilight Sparkle from My 288 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 1: Little Pony. He's a front runner who disappears the second 289 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:25,280 Speaker 1: the wind blows sideways. Nick Siriani is the hitchhiker, the 290 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:29,359 Speaker 1: vanishing hitchhiker. Here one minute and gone the next. And 291 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 1: when things go south, poof, poof, gonzo, Gonzo, you have 292 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 1: dysfunctional finger pointing and really really thick hearty drama O rama. 293 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:51,160 Speaker 1: And Nick Siriani is the common denominator in all of this. 294 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:53,919 Speaker 1: He is Even if you like him, he is the 295 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 1: common denominator. And you say, well, yeah, but yeah, but yeah, 296 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:00,199 Speaker 1: but yeah, but yeah, but the yabit rabbit, the abit rabbit. Now, 297 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 1: Nick Sirianni, the book on him is as we said, 298 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:07,400 Speaker 1: He's a guy that vanishes when things go bad. And 299 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 1: he's only as good as the coordinators that the Eagles 300 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:14,800 Speaker 1: spend an extraordinary sortin amount of money on. Uncle Vic 301 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 1: comes to mind. Eagles have had a rotation of offensive coordinators. 302 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 1: That's a temp job, get paid a lot of money, 303 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 1: and then you vanish off without a trace. All right now, 304 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 1: Page two, Ted Dallas we go where the Cowboys sock 305 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 1: puppet coach Brian Schottenheimer said that Dallas getting ready for 306 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:38,879 Speaker 1: the NFL Draft. They have two first round picks. People 307 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 1: curious what they're going to do, and Schottenheimer announced Shawnee 308 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 1: that they will draft quote the best player available, best 309 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:54,720 Speaker 1: player available. In the twenty twenty six draft. Cowboys have 310 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 1: the twelfth pick because they sucked, and the twentieth pick 311 00:19:57,359 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 1: because Green Bay wasn't all that great. Those are the 312 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,960 Speaker 1: these selections thanks to the Micah Parsons trade with the Packers. 313 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:07,680 Speaker 1: Now Schottenheimer, Brian said that if the best player on 314 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:10,800 Speaker 1: the board is clearly an offensive player, then well certainly 315 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:16,119 Speaker 1: discuss that and more than likely draft that player. Well, 316 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 1: you know how Jerry Jones is zooming along, how he's 317 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 1: hardwired to a question on this one. You've got Brian Schottenheimer, 318 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:27,720 Speaker 1: the head coach for now in Big B, saying that 319 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:31,800 Speaker 1: the Cowboys will draft the best player available in the 320 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 1: first round of the twenty twenty six NFL Draft. So 321 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:37,920 Speaker 1: how does this one hit you? You're likely asking, why 322 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:39,920 Speaker 1: are you talking about this? I don't understand. 323 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 2: What do you? 324 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:44,639 Speaker 1: Let me explain? All right, this is a ground breaking comment, 325 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:47,719 Speaker 1: and I'd like to alert all the men, women and children. 326 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:48,840 Speaker 1: We have cracked the code. 327 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:50,119 Speaker 4: Now. 328 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:51,959 Speaker 1: The reason I brought this up now, I want get 329 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:53,199 Speaker 1: this out of the way right now. This is a 330 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:55,920 Speaker 1: pre existing condition that I have. It's a me problem, 331 00:20:56,000 --> 00:21:00,440 Speaker 1: not a you problem. It's a seasonal rash that comes back. 332 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 1: It's called pet peeve, pet peeve. It's a seasonal deception. 333 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:12,120 Speaker 1: In the NFL, every executive, every coach before the draft. 334 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 1: They all read off the same laminated qu card. It's 335 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:19,280 Speaker 1: the NFL's version of a buster, a pilipbuster. You talk 336 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:24,240 Speaker 1: a lot, you say nothing, and hop along, hop along, 337 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:28,960 Speaker 1: Cassidy burn the clock. Best player available is a non 338 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:34,960 Speaker 1: answer answer. All right, non answer answer. It's verbal wallpaper, 339 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:38,679 Speaker 1: is what it is. It's like looking at the menu 340 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:42,680 Speaker 1: at a Tex Mex place and everything it's the marketing. 341 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:45,919 Speaker 1: Everything is the best, and you're like, well, compared to 342 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:49,560 Speaker 1: what you know, your uncle's food truck, these guys act 343 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:54,400 Speaker 1: like they're guarding the nuclear codes they do, and you say, well, 344 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 1: it's it's not that difficult. The guy that was running 345 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 1: the Vikings just copied whatever those herds over at Pro 346 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 1: Football Focus wanted, and he kept a job for a 347 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 1: couple of years. And when you peel back everything and 348 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:11,480 Speaker 1: whittle it down, you're just drafting some twenty two year 349 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 1: old player out of college who runs fast. You're not 350 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:19,199 Speaker 1: exactly splitting the atoms here, You're not. You pretend like 351 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:22,240 Speaker 1: you are. You're just not all right. Final point to 352 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:28,200 Speaker 1: the final four as it is almost on, like don't 353 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:32,879 Speaker 1: gig home as this of course Friday and my computer 354 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:37,920 Speaker 1: like brain tells me that tomorrow, Tomorrow is another day, 355 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 1: and that means tomorrow will be the main event Saturday, 356 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 1: Final four. As you got the two matchups, a lot 357 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:49,720 Speaker 1: of chalk, a lot of chalk in the Final four, 358 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:53,159 Speaker 1: and one of the teams that will be playing in 359 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:56,960 Speaker 1: the Final four Arizona. They're taking on Michigan. That is 360 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,880 Speaker 1: the A game. You got the B side in the ace, 361 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:03,240 Speaker 1: that's the A side, and it's not even really that close. 362 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 1: So Arizona getting ready to play Michigan, and you've got 363 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:10,360 Speaker 1: Illinois and Yukon. And while that's going on, the boys 364 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:14,719 Speaker 1: from Chapel Hill are looking to poach a coach. They 365 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:18,399 Speaker 1: want to poach a coach and that would be Tommy Lloyd. 366 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:23,200 Speaker 1: A lot of chatter now Tommy Lloyd was asked about 367 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:29,720 Speaker 1: the whisper campaign of his interest from North Carolina and 368 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:32,560 Speaker 1: all that, and did you think that a Tommy Lloyd 369 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:35,200 Speaker 1: said yes, I'd love to coach North Carolina. I don't 370 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:38,080 Speaker 1: understand why I'm here at Arizona. Makes no sense to me. 371 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:43,120 Speaker 1: Be no comment or see some kind of vague comment 372 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 1: that is easily available to slice and dice. So the 373 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:51,320 Speaker 1: answer would appear to be on this one, it would 374 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:55,879 Speaker 1: appear to be C would be the answer. And before 375 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:57,200 Speaker 1: we get to that, I didn't want to mention the 376 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 1: point spreads because there are some people that on these 377 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:05,840 Speaker 1: games Final four Lucas Oil Stadium, there Indianapolis and the 378 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 1: B side game, which is the early game. Illinois is 379 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:13,239 Speaker 1: a two point favorite against Connecticut. They opened up a 380 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:15,680 Speaker 1: four and a half point dog. That's a six and 381 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 1: a half point swing in favor of Illinois over Yukon. 382 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 1: And then in the main event Michigan and a Arizona 383 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:27,440 Speaker 1: and the Wolverines a one and a half point favriy. 384 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:31,120 Speaker 1: So back to the story here from college basketball, Tommy 385 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:35,639 Speaker 1: Lloyd was asked about interests by North Carolina. Tommy Lloyd said, quote, 386 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:40,199 Speaker 1: I've got my full focus on this team. Nothing is 387 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:45,200 Speaker 1: distracting me. I'm not a multitasker. I'm one hundred percent 388 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 1: locked in on Arizona basketball right now. This team deserves 389 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:53,280 Speaker 1: my full attention and that's what I'm giving them. Close 390 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:58,639 Speaker 1: quote all right, question when asked about North Carolina in 391 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:00,960 Speaker 1: just as we just said, Tom, Tommy Lloyd said he's 392 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:07,960 Speaker 1: one hundred percent locked in on Arizona. Does this settle things? 393 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 1: Does this calm the turbulence, all right, Yeah, so sure 394 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:17,920 Speaker 1: you should always take coaches word guys like Tommy Lloyd, 395 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 1: because coaches never ever massage the truth. It doesn't happen, 396 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:27,280 Speaker 1: especially right before the Final Four when rumor season is 397 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 1: a sport within a sport within a sport within a sport, 398 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:35,439 Speaker 1: wrapped around an apple, just a basic, red, delicious apple. 399 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:38,359 Speaker 1: So it's like, come on now, now, in the fine 400 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:42,399 Speaker 1: print of all the coaching cliche guides, all the coaching 401 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:48,000 Speaker 1: cliche guides, right now is doing the heavy lifting, kind 402 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:51,760 Speaker 1: of like a grad assistant hauling a bunch of crates 403 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 1: of gatorade and all that pop goes Louise All So, 404 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:58,720 Speaker 1: Arizona fans are like, well, he said it one hundred 405 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:00,680 Speaker 1: percent right there, there's a quote you said, one hundred 406 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 1: percent locked in, Mike, and Tucson's all fired up, all right, 407 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,360 Speaker 1: a hundred percent locked in Arizona basketball. We're on our way, 408 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,800 Speaker 1: and it's like, hey, that's wedding vows. That's wedding vows. 409 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 1: And then the rest of us who have a cynical 410 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:15,840 Speaker 1: eye for the regular guy, we look at this and 411 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:20,880 Speaker 1: we're like, well, college basketball is you take the most 412 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:22,840 Speaker 1: money you run off get the big money. And when 413 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:26,159 Speaker 1: he said, right now, that's like speed dating, that's like 414 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:27,920 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go out speed date is what I want 415 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 1: to And Lloyd did not slam the door. He did 416 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 1: not He left a crowbar Tommy Lloyd in the door 417 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 1: to leave Arizona. And you know he's just full of cover. 418 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:43,120 Speaker 1: To be a coach, you have to multitask. To do 419 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 1: anything in life, you have to multitask. I can't think 420 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:49,160 Speaker 1: of anything you can do that you don't have to multitask. 421 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:51,919 Speaker 1: I'm sure there's something out there. I can't think of 422 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:54,280 Speaker 1: it right now, so I know the point is that 423 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 1: Tommy Lloyd of Arizona did not stop the noise. He 424 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,400 Speaker 1: put a crowbar there, wedged it right in. That gives 425 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:04,200 Speaker 1: him the wiggle wiggle wiggle, the wiggle room to enter 426 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 1: the transfer portal. Right now, at the very least, the 427 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:14,320 Speaker 1: very least, coach Lloyd can get another golden handshake from 428 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,399 Speaker 1: the boys in Tucson. I'm sure that's not part of 429 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:20,360 Speaker 1: his motivation at all. Do the same job and get 430 00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 1: paid more money. Why would you want to do that? 431 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Meller 432 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 2: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. 433 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 1: Here we go, Here we go, Here we go, Here 434 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:33,680 Speaker 1: we go. It's Mallard. How about that? 435 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:39,920 Speaker 2: To the third degree, This is one big trail we got. 436 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 4: Zion Williamson addressed the trade rumors surrounding him on Wednesday, 437 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 4: is saying his preference would be to stay with New Orleans, 438 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:46,879 Speaker 4: but he understands that this is a business and that 439 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:49,200 Speaker 4: he could get traded. But is there any chance that. 440 00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:53,080 Speaker 1: He stays with the Pelicans? Well, yeah, they change coaches again, 441 00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:55,080 Speaker 1: they'll change the front office again. I know why he 442 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:56,800 Speaker 1: wants to say, there's good food in New Orleans and 443 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:58,680 Speaker 1: he could get traded to a bad food town. But 444 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:02,280 Speaker 1: there's a chance. It's a less than five percent chance. Next. 445 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:06,080 Speaker 4: Ex Warriors GM Bob Myers built a Warriors team that 446 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:08,080 Speaker 4: made it to six NBA Finals, winning four of them, 447 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:09,880 Speaker 4: step down in twenty twenty three and has not worked 448 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:12,200 Speaker 4: in the front office since. Now he's being named as 449 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:16,560 Speaker 4: the most frequently whispered target of the Dallas Mavericks. Ben, 450 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:18,160 Speaker 4: do you think Myers can save the franchise? 451 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 1: Yes? If Steph Curry and Klay Thompson and Draymond Green 452 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:26,000 Speaker 1: can all unite as one and go back twenty years. Absolutely, 453 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 1: he's got a good reputation. How much of that is 454 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,119 Speaker 1: because he just got lucky? You know, most of this 455 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:32,040 Speaker 1: is just get lucky. 456 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:35,840 Speaker 4: Next Shoeo Toni had his first start earlier this week 457 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,440 Speaker 4: and threw six shutout innings with six strikeouts while allowing 458 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:40,720 Speaker 4: only one hit. After the game maximunths, he said he 459 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 4: expects nothing short of almost a cy Young out of him. Ben, 460 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:46,640 Speaker 4: do you think Gotani could compete for a cy Young? 461 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 1: If you get to play the Rockies and you know, 462 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:52,640 Speaker 1: the Giants have a terrible white there's a a lot 463 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:55,520 Speaker 1: of bad teams offensive. I say no because I don't 464 00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:58,240 Speaker 1: think he's gonna start enough, because there's six man rotation 465 00:28:58,280 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 1: and all that. How'd we do? Cool? You passes at a 466 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:03,520 Speaker 1: that is a putter on the bar, but that is 467 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:05,680 Speaker 1: a win. It was a sticky situate. 468 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:10,160 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 469 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:13,560 Speaker 2: the nation. Catch all of our shows at foxsports Radio 470 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:17,800 Speaker 2: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to 471 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:24,320 Speaker 2: listen live. Knock Knock, Who's there? Blame Weed, Blame Wee too, 472 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:29,800 Speaker 2: It's Big Ben's lame joke of the Week and wait 473 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:30,440 Speaker 2: we go. 474 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:32,640 Speaker 1: Here we go. Let's do it here Big Ben's lame 475 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:35,200 Speaker 1: jokes a week. These are actual jokes by actual listeners. 476 00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:39,840 Speaker 1: And is my my colleague, weed Man, Hippie? Is he here? 477 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:44,120 Speaker 1: My guy in Miami? My unpaid correspondent? Hello, weed Man? Chuckles? 478 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:48,800 Speaker 1: What's going on? I've you recovered from being covered up 479 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:50,760 Speaker 1: by Eddie the other day? Have you gotten over. 480 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:53,680 Speaker 2: That by I was terrible? 481 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:59,840 Speaker 1: All we'll be back to normal next week. I don't 482 00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:02,480 Speaker 1: have anyone's scheduled to come in next week. Here we go. Now, 483 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:04,960 Speaker 1: we got a bunch of Tiger Woods jokes, so let's 484 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:06,920 Speaker 1: have some fun. What do you say? Right, nobody died, 485 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:08,800 Speaker 1: We're allowed to do Tiger Woods jokes. Here we go. 486 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:12,920 Speaker 1: All right, these are actual jokes by actual listeners, guaranteed 487 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 1: humans send into the show. What do Let's see? What 488 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:21,040 Speaker 1: do Dak Prescott and Tiger Woods have in common? What 489 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:29,640 Speaker 1: they can't finish drives? That's in Austin? Why did Tiger 490 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:32,320 Speaker 1: Woods this some frank in parts unknown? Why did Tiger 491 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:37,440 Speaker 1: Woods get arrested for dui? Why he couldn't find his driver? 492 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:46,400 Speaker 1: He couldn't find it? That's a joke. Yeah, yes, cool, 493 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:51,080 Speaker 1: let's see here. What's Tiger Wood's new pre round warm up? 494 00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:52,480 Speaker 4: What? 495 00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:55,680 Speaker 1: Well, he does a quick rollover in the driveway and 496 00:30:55,680 --> 00:31:00,320 Speaker 1: then he's he's good to go on that. You got 497 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:03,280 Speaker 1: any Tiger Woods, any Tiger Woods jokes, Coop anything over there? No, 498 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:05,840 Speaker 1: I don't think so. All right. What's the difference between 499 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:07,720 Speaker 1: a lion and a tiger? 500 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 5: What? 501 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:12,240 Speaker 1: Well, a lion can't get a dui, but a tiger 502 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:19,040 Speaker 1: shirt can. That's Eke in Roseville, Minnesota. And uh, let's 503 00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:22,640 Speaker 1: see well, Ben says here George and Rochester, Minnesota says 504 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:25,840 Speaker 1: Ben was bragging about bragging to the crew about Moxie, 505 00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:30,120 Speaker 1: his dog, and had learned some some new tricks. Uh. Well, 506 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,520 Speaker 1: it turns out Justin Cooper said, big deal, I know 507 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:36,080 Speaker 1: a tiger that can roll over. So there you go. 508 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:41,560 Speaker 1: That's a George in Rochester, Minnesota. That laugh insert laugh 509 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:46,400 Speaker 1: track here. Uh hey, weed man, Why was Tiger Woods 510 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:49,040 Speaker 1: crouching down on the side of the road with his putter? 511 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:53,440 Speaker 1: Why well, he was trying to read which way his 512 00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:57,720 Speaker 1: truck was going to roll. He was trying to I 513 00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:01,719 Speaker 1: was from Margo Fargo. Pete sent that one in from 514 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:04,560 Speaker 1: North Dakota. Big Ben's lame jokes the week. What's the 515 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:07,840 Speaker 1: difference between Tiger between weed Man and Tiger Woods? 516 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:08,680 Speaker 2: What? 517 00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:12,680 Speaker 1: Well, weed Man can drive over three hundred and fifty 518 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:20,320 Speaker 1: yards when he's high, So there is that. And this 519 00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:23,880 Speaker 1: person did not send their name in so we'll just anonymous. 520 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:27,720 Speaker 1: We'll call them. What's tiger Woods new range rovers slogan 521 00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:33,760 Speaker 1: after this accident? What range Rover built for the rolleover there? 522 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:37,880 Speaker 1: You go? All right? And now I mean on those 523 00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:40,400 Speaker 1: are okay? Those are like sea level jokes for Tiger. 524 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:43,280 Speaker 1: We can do better. We can do better. What was 525 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:48,760 Speaker 1: in weed Man's easter basket? What a chocolate bunny and 526 00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:53,760 Speaker 1: lots and lots of grass? That's from Dennis in Detroit. 527 00:32:56,720 --> 00:33:00,000 Speaker 1: Why did weed Man cancel his late season ski trip 528 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:00,600 Speaker 1: to Denver? 529 00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:01,960 Speaker 3: Why? 530 00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:05,240 Speaker 1: Well, you figured, what's the point. I'm already a mile 531 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:06,320 Speaker 1: high here in Miami. 532 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:07,400 Speaker 2: Why am I going to Denver? 533 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:08,280 Speaker 4: To me? 534 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:15,880 Speaker 1: How do you know weed Man is lazy? How the 535 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:20,040 Speaker 1: Malor cow is working harder bringing home money than weed Man. 536 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:24,840 Speaker 1: That's Noah in Austin, No Cowboy Drew. There's a Mallard cow, 537 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:29,280 Speaker 1: and there's a cow named Mallor in I believe in Minnesota. 538 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:31,960 Speaker 1: And it's producing eight and a half gallons of delicious 539 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:35,760 Speaker 1: milk every day, every day. Did you hear that weed 540 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:38,520 Speaker 1: man Hippi applied for a job as a search and 541 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:44,560 Speaker 1: rescue ranger? Wow? Really, yeah he heard they're always looking 542 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:49,280 Speaker 1: for someone. That's George and Uvaldi. There we sent that one. 543 00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:55,080 Speaker 1: Did you hear that weed man Hippie wants he once 544 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:57,680 Speaker 1: ran one hundred miles just to buy some weed. 545 00:33:58,640 --> 00:33:58,960 Speaker 5: Wow? 546 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:03,040 Speaker 1: Really, now that story sounds you too far fetched to 547 00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:05,560 Speaker 1: be true. So now that's how George and your baldy there. 548 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:10,120 Speaker 1: Why why was weed man not able to use his lawnmower? 549 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:15,959 Speaker 1: Why well, he always left the grass too high. That's 550 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:20,600 Speaker 1: Mike the leprecaun. What did what did the cow? What 551 00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:23,160 Speaker 1: did the cow name weed Man say to the other cow? 552 00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:24,120 Speaker 5: What? 553 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:29,440 Speaker 1: The grass is always greener on the other side? And uh, 554 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:33,200 Speaker 1: there you go? All right, now we got one more, 555 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:38,439 Speaker 1: all right. Why did weed man struggle at school? Why well, 556 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:46,479 Speaker 1: his teachers had high expectations for him, high expect amazing job, 557 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:48,960 Speaker 1: weed Man. Get some sleep, you said, a little tired today, 558 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:51,759 Speaker 1: so get a little rest. There, weed Man hit me. 559 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:52,839 Speaker 1: Lame jokes of the week. 560 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:55,880 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of the ben Meller 561 00:34:55,920 --> 00:35:00,560 Speaker 2: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific, Right edition. 562 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:06,760 Speaker 5: Product right now and here the man who all thinks 563 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:10,759 Speaker 5: editaining you. I'm start to finish, Chop the Cooper at 564 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:14,000 Speaker 5: O Rufo fan on X, take Away, hit the. 565 00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:22,520 Speaker 4: Music, Thank you, Marcel, great toss as always. All right, 566 00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:25,000 Speaker 4: So we actually have a lot to go over here 567 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:27,120 Speaker 4: in Koop Scoop and entertainment, So I'm gonna try and 568 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:30,000 Speaker 4: go through this pretty quickly. First, we're going to start 569 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:31,360 Speaker 4: off in the theaters, and we have a couple of 570 00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:35,359 Speaker 4: movies worth pointing out this weekend. The first one is 571 00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:39,480 Speaker 4: the Super Mario Galaxy movie. Yes, we are getting a 572 00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:42,879 Speaker 4: sequel to the Super Mario Brothers movie from a few 573 00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:47,160 Speaker 4: years ago. This one will feature Yoshi for the first time, 574 00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:48,920 Speaker 4: who will be played by Donald Glover. 575 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:51,439 Speaker 1: That's why they gave away that bobblehead thing at Dodger 576 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:52,319 Speaker 1: Stadium the other day. 577 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:55,920 Speaker 4: That's right, that's our We also have Anya Taylor Joy 578 00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:59,720 Speaker 4: returning as Princess Peach, Charlie day Is Luigi, Jack Black 579 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:04,520 Speaker 4: as Bowser, and Chris Pratt as Mario Big Star studyed cast. 580 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:10,040 Speaker 4: This is another one of those movies where the critics 581 00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:13,440 Speaker 4: don't really like it. It's got a forty nine percent 582 00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:17,799 Speaker 4: right now on Rotten Tomatoes. But the audience loves it. 583 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:21,239 Speaker 4: It's got a ninety percent audience score, so I think, 584 00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:23,040 Speaker 4: you know, I think that was kind of the same 585 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:25,720 Speaker 4: thing with the first Super Mario Brothers movie. 586 00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:26,680 Speaker 1: But I loved it. 587 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:27,800 Speaker 4: I'm gonna I'm gonna. 588 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:32,279 Speaker 1: Go check Conic Mario brother Iconic brand. Yeah, people love that. 589 00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:33,880 Speaker 1: It's great from your childhood. 590 00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:37,080 Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm gonna go see this later today. I'm excited, Okay. 591 00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:40,560 Speaker 4: Also in theaters this weekend is a movie called The Drama. 592 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:46,000 Speaker 4: This one stars Zendeya and Robert Pattinson as a happily 593 00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:49,279 Speaker 4: engaged couple who are put to the test when an 594 00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:52,279 Speaker 4: unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails. 595 00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:55,960 Speaker 1: Oh, yes, Drama, the Drama Orama. 596 00:36:56,160 --> 00:36:59,720 Speaker 4: Yes, it's that's the name of the movie, The Drama. 597 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:02,560 Speaker 1: I said it. Yeah, I just made that up man. Yeah, 598 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:03,000 Speaker 1: all right. 599 00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:08,240 Speaker 4: Moving over to television, we have on Apple TV Plus 600 00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:12,120 Speaker 4: available right now, the second season of the TV series 601 00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:17,440 Speaker 4: Your Friends and Neighbors, starring John Hamm. James Marsden will 602 00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:19,759 Speaker 4: join the cast this season. I did not check out 603 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:22,719 Speaker 4: the first season of this show. So if there are 604 00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:25,839 Speaker 4: any maland Militia members listening right now that did watch 605 00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:28,400 Speaker 4: the first season, let me know if it's something I 606 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:31,560 Speaker 4: should go back and check out. Moving on, we have 607 00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:35,080 Speaker 4: now everybody is if you're on Twitter, this is what 608 00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:37,439 Speaker 4: everybody's talking about. The Harry Potter thing. 609 00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:37,960 Speaker 1: This is a. 610 00:37:39,719 --> 00:37:42,160 Speaker 4: You know, the new series is coming out in December. 611 00:37:42,239 --> 00:37:45,520 Speaker 4: We saw the trailer last week and now this weekend 612 00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:49,240 Speaker 4: on Sunday, we get Finding Harry the Craft behind the Magic. 613 00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:52,560 Speaker 4: So the new series won't launch until Christmas, but they 614 00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:56,959 Speaker 4: are already releasing a making of special on HBO Max, 615 00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:01,200 Speaker 4: So that'll be yes Sunday at eight pm or streaming 616 00:38:01,239 --> 00:38:02,200 Speaker 4: on HBO Max. 617 00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:05,000 Speaker 1: As you know, Coop, because you grew up in the industry, 618 00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:08,040 Speaker 1: they spend a lot of time in research marketing, like 619 00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:10,399 Speaker 1: how do we properly market these shows so people will 620 00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:11,040 Speaker 1: actually watch? 621 00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:14,000 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, I mean I think this is gonna be 622 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:17,520 Speaker 4: a slam dunk. You know, everybody loves Harry Potter, but movie, 623 00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:19,680 Speaker 4: I just this is not something I would normally mention, 624 00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:22,480 Speaker 4: but it caught my eye and I thought like, is 625 00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:23,560 Speaker 4: this an April Fools thing? 626 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:24,120 Speaker 1: Is this real? 627 00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:24,920 Speaker 5: Uh? 628 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:29,439 Speaker 4: Monday on April sixth on TBS at ten thirty pm 629 00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:33,200 Speaker 4: Eastern will be the premiere of a new prank show 630 00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:38,239 Speaker 4: called foul Play with Anthony Davis. 631 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:43,560 Speaker 1: How did that get greenlighters? You know what I mean? 632 00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:47,400 Speaker 4: He's not playing basketball, so he's gotta, you know, do something. 633 00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:47,880 Speaker 4: I guess. 634 00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:51,640 Speaker 1: Was he actually hurt while filming the show? Probably? 635 00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:58,240 Speaker 4: So This prank show debuts immediately following the NCAA National 636 00:38:58,320 --> 00:38:59,320 Speaker 4: Championship game. 637 00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:01,440 Speaker 1: Must have a hell of an agent. 638 00:39:02,680 --> 00:39:04,719 Speaker 4: I mean, I didn't even think he was, like, you know, 639 00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:07,440 Speaker 4: had the type of personality that could host a show. 640 00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:10,160 Speaker 1: Did Lebron? Maybe Lebron helped him? 641 00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:16,799 Speaker 4: Maybelco Tuesday. It's weird, I might you know. No, I'm 642 00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:18,359 Speaker 4: not even gonna I'm not even gonna watch it. I'll 643 00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:21,080 Speaker 4: check out highlights on the internet. And then, last, but 644 00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:23,600 Speaker 4: not least, we have the fifth and final season of 645 00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:29,520 Speaker 4: The Boys on Amazon Prime Video, premiering Wednesday, April eighth, 646 00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:33,480 Speaker 4: and the remaining episodes will stream weekly through May twentieth. 647 00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:35,880 Speaker 4: And that is Coop Scoop Entertainment