WEBVTT - NFL Cover Zero: Week 7 Previews 0:00:06.423 --> 0:00:08.893 NFL Cover Zero with Matt Jones and Drew Franklin is 0:00:08.933 --> 0:00:21.543 a production of the NFL and iHeart Podcast. It is 0:00:21.623 --> 0:00:25.842 week seven of the NFL Cover Zero. Getting ready for 0:00:26.282 --> 0:00:30.063 another week of action. It is Wednesday. Lots of news 0:00:30.123 --> 0:00:33.253 has happened since the last time we were on the air. 0:00:33.313 --> 0:00:35.673 Drew Franklin is here. Thank you guys for filling in 0:00:35.713 --> 0:00:41.073 while I went to Oklahoma. Billy R. Sports joining us 0:00:41.133 --> 0:00:41.533 as well. 0:00:41.913 --> 0:00:44.653 Oklahoma was a fun. 0:00:44.433 --> 0:00:48.323 Trip where the cold wind blows, but I missed being 0:00:48.383 --> 0:00:50.363 able to sit and talk about the NFL with you all. 0:00:51.223 --> 0:00:51.703 We missed you. 0:00:52.243 --> 0:00:54.653 Did you? I feel like you like when I'm not here. 0:00:54.863 --> 0:00:57.593 I feel like you kind of think that's Billy's time 0:00:57.713 --> 0:00:58.293 to shine. 0:00:58.313 --> 0:01:00.453 Well, I definitely have more opinions when you're gone. There's 0:01:00.473 --> 0:01:01.133 no doubt about that. 0:01:01.313 --> 0:01:03.133 You don't want to have opinions when I'm here. No, 0:01:03.133 --> 0:01:04.792 I take your opinion. 0:01:04.833 --> 0:01:07.743 I have them. They just get mocked sometimes when you're here. 0:01:08.063 --> 0:01:08.983 Drew doesn't mock them? 0:01:09.182 --> 0:01:12.292 No, not as much. Well, your Drew is nicer. We 0:01:12.313 --> 0:01:14.693 did throw out the picks after last week. We didn't 0:01:14.712 --> 0:01:17.673 do the best pick-wise, so we're good. We're ready to go. 0:01:17.673 --> 0:01:18.893 You all did picks without me? 0:01:19.372 --> 0:01:21.892 No, we didn't. That's the point. Yeah, we didn't. 0:01:22.253 --> 0:01:24.333 Okay, got you. Well, I don't want you to think— 0:01:24.353 --> 0:01:25.893 We also didn't give you Matthew Stafford as a. 0:01:25.872 --> 0:01:28.133 Touchdown score either while you were gone, which didn't hit. 0:01:28.993 --> 0:01:31.193 You gave me Matthew Stafford? We made your touchdown pick 0:01:31.232 --> 0:01:33.313 for you. Why would you give me the least mobile 0:01:33.333 --> 0:01:35.853 quarterback in football? Well, you weren't here, but we decided 0:01:35.872 --> 0:01:36.653 we should just. 0:01:36.473 --> 0:01:38.453 Throw that out too. It'd been quite the story. So 0:01:38.493 --> 0:01:39.432 last week didn't happen. 0:01:40.333 --> 0:01:44.243 Okay. That would have been very unfair. You give me 0:01:44.322 --> 0:01:46.643 Aaron Rodgers as the quarterback pick. 0:01:46.663 --> 0:01:47.583 All right. 0:01:47.623 --> 0:01:50.423 Well, I'm glad you're here now. I don't want you 0:01:50.443 --> 0:01:51.683 to feel like you can't give an opinion. So why 0:01:51.723 --> 0:01:54.683 don't you just right now, just give an NFL opinion. 0:01:56.303 --> 0:01:58.213 I'm not going to. I would never mock it. I 0:01:58.223 --> 0:02:00.193 just want to show you how open I am to 0:02:00.733 --> 0:02:02.752 your opinions. Why don't you just go ahead and give 0:02:02.773 --> 0:02:07.672 an NFL. These opinions that apparently you don't believe you 0:02:07.693 --> 0:02:10.213 can have in the regular show. 0:02:10.253 --> 0:02:11.713 Yeah, I'm just trying to think. I've got so many. 0:02:11.753 --> 0:02:14.203 What hot take should I present to you today? I 0:02:14.243 --> 0:02:16.623 think we need a team in London. I don't know 0:02:16.663 --> 0:02:18.123 if that's much of a hot take, but this should 0:02:18.143 --> 0:02:20.483 have been done five years ago. Expand the game. 0:02:20.503 --> 0:02:25.083 OK, that's very timely. Yes. Which is what I like. 0:02:25.483 --> 0:02:27.403 I don't disagree with you about that. I do think 0:02:27.443 --> 0:02:28.943 we should have a team in London. They seem to 0:02:28.983 --> 0:02:34.063 like it. The whole bloody country could get excited about it, 0:02:34.163 --> 0:02:36.863 wouldn't it? Not that hard to get to. And yeah, 0:02:36.883 --> 0:02:39.002 I mean, he's been making fairly quick flight. We're already 0:02:39.023 --> 0:02:42.673 there for games all the time. So yeah, I'll take it. 0:02:43.043 --> 0:02:45.353 What do you think about that? One step further, just 0:02:45.393 --> 0:02:47.733 pick up Jacksonville and put them there. Make that the team. 0:02:47.953 --> 0:02:50.153 The problem with doing any more expansion is they have 0:02:50.193 --> 0:02:54.293 the perfect number. They have eight divisions of four teams. 0:02:54.553 --> 0:02:56.413 So just move Jacksonville. We have the answer. That's right. 0:02:56.633 --> 0:02:57.733 AFC South includes London. 0:02:58.713 --> 0:03:01.353 I don't think that's fair to the good people of Jacksonville. 0:03:01.413 --> 0:03:03.503 Aren't they just building a stadium? You're going to let 0:03:03.523 --> 0:03:05.303 them build the stadium and then they're getting out? 0:03:05.363 --> 0:03:06.023 They like London. 0:03:06.123 --> 0:03:07.323 They like it better than Jacksonville. 0:03:07.883 --> 0:03:09.023 Yeah, talk to the people of St. 0:03:09.063 --> 0:03:09.363 Louis. 0:03:09.383 --> 0:03:11.123 They didn't want their team to leave, but they did. 0:03:11.403 --> 0:03:14.263 But they hadn't just built a stadium. I think that 0:03:14.293 --> 0:03:16.633 would be wrong. They build you a football stadium and 0:03:16.653 --> 0:03:21.973 then you're gone. Half home games, London, half Jacksonville. That, 0:03:22.013 --> 0:03:23.933 I think, isn't a bad idea. But I think they 0:03:23.953 --> 0:03:25.333 should just have a team in London. 0:03:25.693 --> 0:03:29.723 But the reality is, I feel like I don't know 0:03:29.753 --> 0:03:32.923 how you do it now without it being unbalanced. They're 0:03:32.943 --> 0:03:35.163 going to have to add like eight new teams at once. 0:03:36.103 --> 0:03:36.173 Or. 0:03:36.853 --> 0:03:38.003 Kick the Chargers out of the league. 0:03:38.783 --> 0:03:39.443 Now we're talking. 0:03:39.463 --> 0:03:41.543 Now we're talking. The Chargers do not need a team. 0:03:41.743 --> 0:03:43.803 There we go. I almost said Titans, but now it's 0:03:43.823 --> 0:03:45.063 the Chargers that are in that spot. But what would 0:03:45.083 --> 0:03:48.603 be wrong with sending the Chargers to London? London doesn't 0:03:48.623 --> 0:03:51.373 deserve the Chargers. The Chargers are better off just being 0:03:51.393 --> 0:03:55.493 pushed out. Just send the Chargers to London. I mean, 0:03:55.513 --> 0:03:58.593 that's not really on the West Coast, but you know, 0:03:58.633 --> 0:04:00.953 so what? You have to fly so far anyway. London 0:04:00.993 --> 0:04:02.653 would send them back. They don't want Mike McDaniel. 0:04:04.653 --> 0:04:06.283 You don't need two teams in L.A. anyway. 0:04:06.703 --> 0:04:08.843 I agree with that. People don't like one of them. 0:04:09.283 --> 0:04:10.743 It was a good take, though, Billy. 0:04:10.783 --> 0:04:13.623 I felt the passion in that we shouldn't be holding 0:04:13.643 --> 0:04:14.543 you back like we have been. 0:04:14.683 --> 0:04:17.123 That's true. I'll tell you what. I'll give you every 0:04:17.243 --> 0:04:18.863 midweek show for the rest of the year. We'll let 0:04:18.883 --> 0:04:20.652 you have a take. I love it. 0:04:20.663 --> 0:04:21.473 Let me off the leash. 0:04:22.733 --> 0:04:24.732 There was one more Billy News item while you were gone. 0:04:24.793 --> 0:04:28.452 What was that? His survivor, one-man survivor pull is now over. 0:04:28.553 --> 0:04:31.032 It's over. Who did you have? The Colts over the Titans. 0:04:32.642 --> 0:04:33.342 Why did you pick that? 0:04:34.003 --> 0:04:36.723 Because the Titans, I thought, were historically bad. I thought 0:04:36.743 --> 0:04:39.763 it was going to be 0-17. Tried to get one 0:04:39.782 --> 0:04:41.462 by them. Did you try to get cute? Yeah. 0:04:42.063 --> 0:04:43.983 See, you can't get cute. All right, so you're out. 0:04:44.082 --> 0:04:46.043 Last year, you got almost all the way through the year, 0:04:46.063 --> 0:04:47.702 didn't you? Yes. Week 12 or 13. 0:04:47.683 --> 0:04:50.423 Survivor pools, you can buy back in. Do we need 0:04:50.443 --> 0:04:51.902 to buy back in and start over on this? 0:04:52.013 --> 0:04:53.753 What survivor pool can you buy back in? 0:04:54.412 --> 0:04:54.792 Like 99% of them. 0:04:54.813 --> 0:04:54.992 What one? 0:04:58.162 --> 0:05:00.902 Like the one that you do on ESPN.com. 0:05:00.933 --> 0:05:02.133 How many times can you buy back in? 0:05:02.152 --> 0:05:04.933 Like every week? You can until like a certain week. 0:05:05.173 --> 0:05:07.052 If you want to put another entry in. 0:05:07.493 --> 0:05:09.152 It sounds like a who has the most money. You 0:05:09.212 --> 0:05:13.123 can't do that one. It sounds like who's the richest. 0:05:13.363 --> 0:05:14.943 Just buy back until it's over. 0:05:15.282 --> 0:05:17.823 I win. Yeah, you get past week six. That's capitalism. 0:05:17.863 --> 0:05:23.332 White sage capitalism right there. OK, so but the big one, 0:05:23.373 --> 0:05:25.032 you can't do that, right? The circle one. 0:05:25.173 --> 0:05:27.052 No, I don't think for the million dollars. 0:05:27.092 --> 0:05:29.573 I think I saw they have the fewest people left 0:05:30.082 --> 0:05:32.222 at this point of any time they've ever done the 0:05:32.263 --> 0:05:33.803 circle one because there's been so many upsets. 0:05:34.003 --> 0:05:35.783 Yeah, there's been some crazy upsets. Few weeks ago, we 0:05:35.803 --> 0:05:37.543 had like three touchdown favorites go down. 0:05:37.943 --> 0:05:40.613 Yeah. All right. So, Billy, I guess we'll start since 0:05:40.753 --> 0:05:43.093 midweek with the news. I'm going to assume your first 0:05:43.173 --> 0:05:45.712 news item, if it isn't, should have been Jalen Hurts. 0:05:46.073 --> 0:05:48.152 Yeah, we can start there. It was number two, but 0:05:48.472 --> 0:05:49.233 we'll make it number one. 0:05:49.272 --> 0:05:50.972 Why don't you go ahead and start with that one then? 0:05:50.993 --> 0:05:53.892 Yeah, the NFLPA issued a statement on Tuesday night calling 0:05:53.993 --> 0:05:57.383 for an investigation into the handling of the Jalen Hurts situation, 0:05:57.863 --> 0:06:00.063 which resulted in the player traveling to London with a 0:06:00.063 --> 0:06:02.383 blood clot in his leg, playing with a blood clot 0:06:02.402 --> 0:06:05.243 in his leg, and then traveling back to Philadelphia. Hurts 0:06:05.282 --> 0:06:08.202 was placed on injured reserve on Saturday. He's likely to 0:06:08.243 --> 0:06:10.503 miss the remainder of the season after it was discovered 0:06:10.522 --> 0:06:13.662 there are several blood clots found in his lungs. The 0:06:13.782 --> 0:06:18.202 NFL concluded the situation... and said that it was handled appropriately. 0:06:21.573 --> 0:06:28.693 Yeah. I mean, look, I'm not a medical professional, unlike 0:06:28.793 --> 0:06:32.733 most of the people on Facebook anytime anything happens. It 0:06:32.853 --> 0:06:37.013 is an odd situation. What happened? Where they say, like, 0:06:37.032 --> 0:06:41.242 you can't sleep, but you can play football. I don't 0:06:41.423 --> 0:06:46.402 know when that's happened before in history. Where you say, 0:06:46.462 --> 0:06:52.013 all right, no sneezing, but you are allowed to run 0:06:52.053 --> 0:06:55.352 a marathon. Do not fall asleep. However, here's a large 0:06:55.392 --> 0:06:57.573 defensive tackle that will be chasing you the day after 0:06:57.613 --> 0:07:00.603 you haven't slept. So, but with that said, I mean, 0:07:00.642 --> 0:07:04.743 I guess that's, you know, a debate between Hertz and 0:07:04.763 --> 0:07:08.803 the players and whoever. As far as him being out, 0:07:08.943 --> 0:07:11.903 I mean, they said it has blood clots in his lung. 0:07:12.573 --> 0:07:15.933 That seems to me to be very serious. he's at 0:07:15.993 --> 0:07:18.612 least out for the year. So we'll start with this. 0:07:18.633 --> 0:07:20.683 Does that like, does that end their season? 0:07:22.453 --> 0:07:24.893 I already thought their season was over, but this definitely 0:07:24.953 --> 0:07:26.533 ends it. And at full on, I don't know about 0:07:26.593 --> 0:07:30.013 intentionally taking, but you're looking at like a draft pick. 0:07:30.033 --> 0:07:31.833 You're so far removed. 0:07:32.183 --> 0:07:34.223 But they're in a division that stinks. 0:07:34.663 --> 0:07:37.223 There is a gift where you've got the Giants without 0:07:37.243 --> 0:07:38.323 their starting quarterback. 0:07:38.523 --> 0:07:40.743 Jalen Daniels up and down. Jaden Daniels up and down 0:07:40.783 --> 0:07:42.542 in Washington. They haven't been good. And then Dallas is 0:07:42.583 --> 0:07:45.683 a mess. But I still, what do they got? Tanner McKee? 0:07:45.723 --> 0:07:46.623 Is that what we're rolling with? 0:07:46.643 --> 0:07:50.753 Have they signed anybody? Joe Milton. So Tanner McKee. 0:07:51.383 --> 0:07:54.963 I love when guys just pop back into my life. 0:07:56.123 --> 0:07:57.823 Who was it that just signed Andy Dalton? 0:07:58.083 --> 0:08:00.263 Andy Dalton signed with the team, not with the Eagles. 0:08:00.843 --> 0:08:03.103 I just love the Andy Dalton. And then, oh, by 0:08:03.123 --> 0:08:07.893 the way, here's Joe Milton. Case Keenum earlier this year. 0:08:07.973 --> 0:08:10.833 I just love when names come back. But Joe Milton's 0:08:10.913 --> 0:08:11.353 not going to. 0:08:11.653 --> 0:08:12.253 No, it is over. 0:08:12.333 --> 0:08:15.273 I mean, they've been out without Saquon. Their season was 0:08:15.313 --> 0:08:17.153 a disappointment before they even got to this. And now 0:08:17.193 --> 0:08:20.523 not having Hurts the rest of the year. I can't 0:08:20.563 --> 0:08:23.083 imagine them doing anything to make a run at the playoffs. 0:08:23.143 --> 0:08:26.753 And then I believe, if I'm correct, they kind of 0:08:26.793 --> 0:08:31.793 have to make Jalen Hurts' contract extension decision, I want 0:08:31.813 --> 0:08:34.992 to say next year. So you do have to think 0:08:35.073 --> 0:08:37.523 about kind of long term. I mean, two years ago, 0:08:37.583 --> 0:08:40.063 you won the Super Bowl. And now you kind of 0:08:40.083 --> 0:08:42.343 have to think long term, like, is this going to be... 0:08:43.463 --> 0:08:44.983 Is this going to be our guy? And I don't 0:08:45.023 --> 0:08:47.603 know what the answer to that question will be. I mean, 0:08:47.623 --> 0:08:50.903 they say he's going to make a full recovery. I 0:08:50.923 --> 0:08:53.003 will trust that's the case. I mean, Wimby, I guess, 0:08:53.043 --> 0:08:56.163 had a blood clot issue and that ended up OK. 0:08:56.403 --> 0:08:58.783 But then Chris Bosh had a blood clot issue and 0:08:58.803 --> 0:09:01.603 he didn't play anymore. So, you know, I guess everything 0:09:01.683 --> 0:09:05.043 is its own situation. But it's a bummer. And it 0:09:05.123 --> 0:09:09.133 is a spectacular fall for the Eagles. Yeah, I mean, 0:09:09.143 --> 0:09:11.573 they've been bad this year, but they weren't good last year. 0:09:11.713 --> 0:09:13.853 They were Super Bowl champs, though, two years ago. 0:09:13.873 --> 0:09:16.053 Yeah, they tried to make Brown kind of a scapegoat 0:09:16.073 --> 0:09:17.733 with what was wrong in the locker room. Now we 0:09:17.773 --> 0:09:19.433 see he's in New England not doing anything. 0:09:19.473 --> 0:09:20.413 Dropping everything. 0:09:20.533 --> 0:09:23.403 Yeah, and then they haven't really recovered after trying to 0:09:23.443 --> 0:09:25.523 remove him from the situation to get things back on 0:09:25.543 --> 0:09:27.003 the track. And this is just another thing on the 0:09:27.043 --> 0:09:30.863 list where the Eagles are just spiraling since that Super 0:09:30.903 --> 0:09:31.303 Bowl win. 0:09:31.723 --> 0:09:34.852 Yeah. And would you fire Sirianni? Yes. 0:09:35.383 --> 0:09:35.633 Why? 0:09:35.803 --> 0:09:37.593 I know he just had a Super Bowl. I mean, 0:09:38.573 --> 0:09:39.913 a lot of it is I feel like Eagles fans 0:09:39.953 --> 0:09:41.333 don't even like him and he brought him a ring. 0:09:41.733 --> 0:09:44.573 But that offense should be better. I know they've been 0:09:44.593 --> 0:09:46.293 dealing with injuries. This is a new thing that just 0:09:46.313 --> 0:09:46.773 popped up. 0:09:46.993 --> 0:09:49.533 So how do we explain that they won the Super Bowl? Like, 0:09:49.553 --> 0:09:51.313 do you think he just forgot how to coach in 0:09:51.343 --> 0:09:52.103 the last two years? 0:09:53.143 --> 0:09:55.283 Saquon. I mean, didn't he go crazy that year? Was 0:09:55.303 --> 0:09:57.083 that the 2000 yard year that he had? 0:09:57.103 --> 0:09:59.862 It was. Or I don't know if it was 2000, 0:09:59.843 --> 0:10:03.003 but he had a massive year. And not having him 0:10:03.033 --> 0:10:06.313 matters this season. I mean, so you take away... what 0:10:06.333 --> 0:10:08.953 were their three best players. 0:10:08.673 --> 0:10:12.113 Lane johnson was somebody that retired this year with mental health. 0:10:11.933 --> 0:10:15.323 So like how's all this nick sirianni's fault Listen, I 0:10:15.343 --> 0:10:17.803 don't even like Nick Sirianni, but I do wonder why 0:10:17.843 --> 0:10:21.253 everyone just gets mad at him. Saquon's hurt. Hurts is hurt. 0:10:21.733 --> 0:10:26.473 Lane Johnson retires. A.J. Brown's gone. That's four of probably 0:10:26.493 --> 0:10:31.393 the five best offensive players on the team. Jason Kelsey retired. 0:10:31.413 --> 0:10:33.793 I guess that was the year before the Super Bowl. 0:10:34.633 --> 0:10:36.793 They lost their tush push. That was their secret weapon. 0:10:36.813 --> 0:10:40.173 That was their secret weapon. Now they're not pushing tush anymore. 0:10:40.253 --> 0:10:41.843 No more pushy out of the tushy. 0:10:43.553 --> 0:10:45.933 What's so funny, Billy? It's true. The buck stops with coach. 0:10:46.653 --> 0:10:49.733 I mean, that's the simple terms of it. 0:10:49.743 --> 0:10:51.603 I wonder how many times in history the Super Bowl 0:10:51.643 --> 0:10:56.343 winning coach has been fired for a non-scandal within two years. 0:10:56.583 --> 0:10:59.343 In hockey, that happens every year. In hockey, they'll fire 0:10:59.383 --> 0:11:06.513 you during the ceremony. congratulations you're fired as you're holding 0:11:06.573 --> 0:11:09.653 up the cup they're like get out of here I 0:11:09.733 --> 0:11:11.253 mean I know I've told this story a bunch but 0:11:11.273 --> 0:11:13.602 the guy who lost in the finals in game six 0:11:13.643 --> 0:11:17.683 got fired at the end of the year That's insane. 0:11:17.923 --> 0:11:18.543 So it can happen. 0:11:18.783 --> 0:11:21.063 It can happen. But in football, you just don't see 0:11:21.103 --> 0:11:24.123 it happen like this a lot. No. But, I mean, 0:11:24.143 --> 0:11:26.063 the Eagles fans aren't happy, and it's been that big 0:11:26.083 --> 0:11:26.703 of a fall. 0:11:26.723 --> 0:11:27.203 So I get it. 0:11:27.203 --> 0:11:33.733 Yeah. Well, there you go. We obviously hope Jalen Hurts 0:11:33.753 --> 0:11:38.133 gets healthy and that everything works out with him. But tough, 0:11:38.193 --> 0:11:42.653 tough piece of news. So that was your second thing. Yes. 0:11:42.933 --> 0:11:45.463 So what's your first? I have a guess. What's your guess? 0:11:46.693 --> 0:11:48.153 Does it involve Washington? 0:11:48.733 --> 0:11:51.893 No. Okay. So I got to see what you think 0:11:51.953 --> 0:11:53.913 is the big story that's come out. 0:11:54.503 --> 0:11:57.023 Well, Jay-Z selecting Jay-Z to perform for the Super Bowl 0:11:57.063 --> 0:11:57.783 halftime show. 0:11:57.803 --> 0:11:58.763 That was going to be your first story. 0:11:58.783 --> 0:11:59.763 That was number one. 0:11:59.983 --> 0:12:02.503 But Roger Goodell said today, said that's not true yet. 0:12:02.603 --> 0:12:05.143 Well, more people tune into the halftime show than they 0:12:05.163 --> 0:12:06.123 do the actual game. 0:12:06.403 --> 0:12:08.043 What do you make of the fact that our boss, 0:12:08.083 --> 0:12:10.362 the commissioner, just said that that's not official yet? 0:12:10.823 --> 0:12:12.563 Well, I'll call Roger after the throw and we can 0:12:12.583 --> 0:12:13.502 talk about it. 0:12:13.503 --> 0:12:14.943 He was on the front row of the Knicks game 0:12:14.983 --> 0:12:15.363 last night. 0:12:15.383 --> 0:12:16.123 Saw that, yeah. 0:12:16.443 --> 0:12:20.493 Yeah, got good seats. He's a dad gene guy. Oh, yeah. 0:12:20.883 --> 0:12:22.403 Wears them well. He's my commish. 0:12:22.673 --> 0:12:25.973 Definitely a dad gene. Like all those people are in 0:12:26.013 --> 0:12:31.633 all the fashionable things and he's like, hello. But let's 0:12:31.653 --> 0:12:33.973 just assume it's Jay-Z because he didn't say it wasn't Jay-Z. 0:12:34.783 --> 0:12:37.523 And Jay-Z has been choosing the Super Bowl halftime show 0:12:37.543 --> 0:12:40.373 since 2019. So you think waiting eight years until he 0:12:40.403 --> 0:12:43.213 picks himself. I think that's fair. I mean, if it 0:12:43.233 --> 0:12:44.753 would have been year one or two, it would have 0:12:44.773 --> 0:12:46.053 felt a little icky. 0:12:46.173 --> 0:12:49.313 And he's big enough, right? Like, it's not like you 0:12:49.333 --> 0:12:53.833 hired the Imagine Dragons to pick it and then they 0:12:53.873 --> 0:12:56.593 pick themselves. You'd be like, well, I don't know if 0:12:56.613 --> 0:12:59.593 the Imagine Dragons are big enough. Jay-Z is big enough 0:12:59.633 --> 0:13:02.193 that even if someone else were picking it, it would 0:13:02.233 --> 0:13:03.613 have made sense if they picked him. 0:13:03.873 --> 0:13:05.593 And he doesn't have to leave his own bedroom to 0:13:05.633 --> 0:13:07.513 find someone to join him on stage. That would probably 0:13:07.533 --> 0:13:09.933 get a big attention. Maybe Beyonce will be involved. He's 0:13:09.973 --> 0:13:12.053 got plenty of people on his label. You know, the 0:13:12.073 --> 0:13:15.183 halftime show, there's always other surprises and guests. 0:13:14.983 --> 0:13:17.063 That pop up. So who all has collaborated with Jay-Z? Like, 0:13:17.083 --> 0:13:19.743 who may I see on the... Well, he's actually used 0:13:19.803 --> 0:13:22.403 a lot of them already for halftime shows, like Rihanna 0:13:22.503 --> 0:13:26.533 and Kendrick Lamar. But give me... Okay, so Kendrick Lamar, 0:13:26.553 --> 0:13:28.733 you're going to have to help me here with songs. 0:13:28.913 --> 0:13:30.833 What did they do together? I don't know if he's 0:13:31.213 --> 0:13:33.153 featured on one. Are they going to bring the children 0:13:33.243 --> 0:13:36.043 from Hard Knock Life? Oh, they could. You know, for 0:13:36.063 --> 0:13:37.763 a long time, he and Kanye had a lot of hits, 0:13:37.843 --> 0:13:39.703 but I don't know. I don't think they're going to 0:13:39.723 --> 0:13:42.523 bring Kanye to the Super Bowl right now. I don't 0:13:42.543 --> 0:13:45.383 think there's enough time. Yeah, I don't think they're going 0:13:45.403 --> 0:13:47.373 to be Drake either. Jay-Z's been featured with a lot 0:13:47.383 --> 0:13:49.213 of people, but in 2026, I don't know if they're 0:13:49.233 --> 0:13:49.573 still friendly. 0:13:51.773 --> 0:13:53.773 Would you like to see Alicia Keys sing about New 0:13:53.833 --> 0:13:55.613 York City in Los Angeles? 0:13:57.193 --> 0:14:01.293 Well, yeah, that's weird. But that's a song that should 0:14:01.333 --> 0:14:04.183 be on there, right? Because it is a concrete jungle. 0:14:04.283 --> 0:14:05.953 But she just performed a couple years ago. 0:14:05.963 --> 0:14:07.683 That's the thing. Jay-Z's already put all of his people up. 0:14:07.683 --> 0:14:11.333 You can have them come and like... Stand there. Usher's 0:14:11.353 --> 0:14:13.913 another Jay-Z connection. He did the Super Bowl. What was 0:14:13.933 --> 0:14:15.293 their song? Jay-Z did a great job of getting all 0:14:15.313 --> 0:14:18.693 his friends and putting them up first. Which is nice. 0:14:19.073 --> 0:14:20.393 What did Jay-Z do with Usher? 0:14:20.933 --> 0:14:22.803 Well, they're not all featuring songs. They're signed to the 0:14:22.843 --> 0:14:25.283 label and things like that. I'm sure they have one 0:14:25.303 --> 0:14:26.203 that's not coming to mind. 0:14:26.503 --> 0:14:30.583 So usually they do four songs. What would Jay-Z's four 0:14:30.643 --> 0:14:33.923 songs be? Do you do Hard Knock Life, or is 0:14:33.943 --> 0:14:37.293 that too cheesy? I think... If it's more than four, 0:14:37.353 --> 0:14:40.473 it makes the list if there's eight, I think. Like, 0:14:40.513 --> 0:14:42.873 what are his biggest songs? I mean, I think New 0:14:42.913 --> 0:14:45.393 York is one, but it is in L.A. That's weird. 0:14:45.753 --> 0:14:47.553 Yeah, I think you almost have to stay away from that. 0:14:48.583 --> 0:14:50.383 Run This Town, he's on there. That's more of that. 0:14:50.423 --> 0:14:52.183 It's got Kanye and Rihanna. How's Run This Town go? 0:14:52.183 --> 0:15:03.103 99 Problems, Dirt Off Your Shoulder. 0:15:03.123 --> 0:15:04.063 I know 99 Problems. 0:15:04.083 --> 0:15:05.763 Those are good old ones, yeah. 0:15:05.803 --> 0:15:07.063 And a Mitch ain't one. 0:15:07.103 --> 0:15:07.383 Yes. 0:15:08.783 --> 0:15:10.953 And then what's the other one? Run Your... Dirt Off 0:15:10.993 --> 0:15:12.293 Your Shoulder. How's that go? 0:15:12.853 --> 0:15:16.833 Oh, okay. I do know that one. 0:15:17.093 --> 0:15:19.633 I know that one. All right. So these are good. Yeah. Yeah. 0:15:19.933 --> 0:15:22.543 In Paris... I don't think you can do that one. 0:15:22.843 --> 0:15:23.723 That's another Kanye. 0:15:23.743 --> 0:15:25.043 I don't think you can do that. Yeah, you can 0:15:25.083 --> 0:15:25.463 do the edited. 0:15:25.483 --> 0:15:29.053 He's got a lot to choose from. I think it's 0:15:29.093 --> 0:15:31.153 going to be hard. I think he's got to bring 0:15:31.213 --> 0:15:33.013 out Hard Knock Life, bring out the children. 0:15:33.033 --> 0:15:36.273 They could be on there, Big Pimpin'. Big Pimpin's definitely 0:15:36.293 --> 0:15:36.993 on there. 0:15:37.093 --> 0:15:37.693 Exactly. 0:15:37.753 --> 0:15:41.483 Jay-Z's got a whole Rolodex he can pull from. You 0:15:41.503 --> 0:15:44.423 think if they get the original children from this, they're 0:15:44.443 --> 0:15:47.903 grownups now. Maybe you need to get their children. I 0:15:47.923 --> 0:15:50.323 like the idea of bringing the original children, but they 0:15:50.383 --> 0:15:52.323 are grown up. So you see like all these balding 0:15:52.363 --> 0:15:56.603 people going, it's a hard knock life. Because for now, 0:15:57.163 --> 0:15:59.883 now it really is for them a hard knock life. 0:16:01.853 --> 0:16:04.193 We thought that check would last longer. Now they're like, 0:16:04.213 --> 0:16:07.853 I understood what I was singing about. Our mortgage is due. 0:16:09.753 --> 0:16:12.433 It is a hard knock life, Jay. You were right. 0:16:14.513 --> 0:16:16.093 Public service announcement. That's a big one. 0:16:16.293 --> 0:16:18.883 Good for him. Any chance he brings on Bubba Sparks 0:16:18.963 --> 0:16:21.923 as a special guest? I actually just saw Bubba Sparks. 0:16:22.043 --> 0:16:23.703 Was he in Kentucky? He popped up somewhere. 0:16:24.003 --> 0:16:24.583 Very skinny. 0:16:25.443 --> 0:16:26.323 Doesn't look at all like Bubba. 0:16:26.343 --> 0:16:28.323 Oh, he's skinny. Yeah. I don't like that. He got 0:16:28.403 --> 0:16:30.603 on the GLs. I think when people who are known 0:16:30.623 --> 0:16:33.763 for being fat get skinny, that's a mistake. The version 0:16:33.803 --> 0:16:35.453 of Bubba Sparks I saw in this photo could have 0:16:35.473 --> 0:16:36.853 walked in this room right now and none of us 0:16:36.873 --> 0:16:40.753 would have known. Jonah Hill. Luther Vandross. 0:16:42.453 --> 0:16:43.033 Jelly roll. 0:16:43.493 --> 0:16:48.223 Jelly roll does not look good. You can't be like jelly, 0:16:48.843 --> 0:16:52.943 you know, flatbread. You have to be a roll. I 0:16:52.983 --> 0:16:54.503 want everybody to be healthy, but at the same time, 0:16:54.523 --> 0:16:55.843 sometimes it's your character to. 0:16:55.803 --> 0:16:57.043 Be a little unhealthy. 0:16:57.083 --> 0:16:59.393 Who else is like that, that was known for being large? 0:16:59.473 --> 0:17:03.053 Did you ever see Pavarotti when he got skinny? I 0:17:03.093 --> 0:17:06.263 don't think so. I can't picture him being skinny. Yeah, 0:17:06.282 --> 0:17:09.303 because he was like, I think I want my opera 0:17:09.323 --> 0:17:12.043 singers to be fat, too. I thought that was a requirement. 0:17:12.733 --> 0:17:14.572 You got to have a little meat on you. How 0:17:14.793 --> 0:17:16.153 are you supposed to hit those notes? 0:17:16.853 --> 0:17:19.873 Well, nowadays, Ozempic, everybody's getting skinny, and you can kind 0:17:19.893 --> 0:17:20.973 of tell when they use. 0:17:21.293 --> 0:17:23.913 Yeah, but again, I've said this. I feel this way. 0:17:24.113 --> 0:17:25.852 We don't know what that stuff's going to do to 0:17:25.943 --> 0:17:26.623 us long term. 0:17:28.343 --> 0:17:29.063 Well, neither myself. 0:17:29.103 --> 0:17:31.103 Unless they're a sponsor on this show, at which point 0:17:31.183 --> 0:17:49.573 I say do it. What's next? 0:17:49.613 --> 0:17:52.533 Some interesting news coming out of the Titans camp. Drew, 0:17:52.553 --> 0:17:54.933 you may have seen this. They released very interesting offensive 0:17:54.953 --> 0:17:59.112 tackle Jordan Elliott after an alleged practice altercation with offensive 0:17:59.133 --> 0:18:02.613