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 --> 00:00:13,040 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 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: You can find it there or stream us live every 7 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,040 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 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio. 10 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 3: Look, I will I'll dive knee deep into my DK 11 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:39,200 Speaker 3: Metcalf thoughts here. I'll just give you the cliffs notes 12 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 3: version right now. Okay, So DK Metcalf, the Steelers wide receiver, 13 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:48,159 Speaker 3: his suspension was upheld. He's gonna be suspended for two 14 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 3: games and he's gonna miss the final two regular season 15 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:54,959 Speaker 3: games for the Steelers. They need one win in these 16 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 3: final two games to clinch the division and to get 17 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 3: a playoff spot. So they take on the Steelers and 18 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 3: the Ravens. Those are their final two games, and so 19 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:07,680 Speaker 3: having DK Metcalf in uniform for either of those two 20 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 3: games would help a lot. It's been a house of 21 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 3: horrors for the Steelers at Cleveland. If you can believe 22 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 3: that they've. 23 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 4: Lost many, many, many many. 24 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 3: Times in Cleveland, and so to not have their top 25 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 3: receiver hurts. If they don't beat Cleveland this weekend, then 26 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 3: they host the Steelers for the division. Obviously, Pittsburgh doesn't 27 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:30,680 Speaker 3: want it, doesn't want it to come down to that, 28 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 3: but that's the scenario. So DK he now loses five 29 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 3: hundred and fifty five thousand dollars for missing these final 30 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 3: two games. That's what he's docked in salary. And also 31 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 3: his guaranteed money is voided. The forty five million dollars 32 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 3: in guaranteed money that he had on his contract is voided. 33 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 3: And so that throws a ranch into things that the 34 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 3: Steelers think about moving in a different direction now that 35 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 3: the guarantees are voided. I mean, he's still been a 36 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 3: really good receiver for them, so that might not change anything. 37 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 4: What really, what's funny to me? 38 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 3: First off, before I get into the you know, the 39 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 3: knee deep part of this, we throw around these crazy 40 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 3: figures with millions of dollars. Well, I don't know about you, 41 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 3: but it's like white noise to me. If they're just like, ah, 42 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 3: this quarterback signs a two hundred and fifty five million 43 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 3: dollar contract it's just like map, it's just these numbers. 44 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 3: It's it's just the going rate. You know, when it 45 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:30,959 Speaker 3: really sinks in how much money we're talking about is 46 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 3: a game check, you know, two game checks for DK Metcalf, 47 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 3: it's slightly over five hundred and fifty five thousand dollars. 48 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 4: And again, that's the going rate. 49 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 3: If you can do what DK Metcalf can do on 50 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 3: a football field, you will make the same money. It 51 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 3: generates all of this interest, the league generates all this money. 52 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 3: That's the going rate. I have no issue whatsoever with 53 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 3: what players make, but it just hits home where it's 54 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 3: like five hundred and fifty five k. That's he's just 55 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:07,080 Speaker 3: lost that money because of two game checks. 56 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 4: That's unbelievable to me. 57 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 3: I don't know if you guys are the same way, 58 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,079 Speaker 3: But when it breaks down to a per game basis, 59 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:16,119 Speaker 3: I'm like, show, hey, Otani misses out on how much 60 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 3: money for missing this Friday game? 61 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 4: Holy hell No, it's unbelievable. 62 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 3: How much this money, you know, equates to on a 63 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 3: game by game basis. But the real part of this 64 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 3: whole thing with DK is, Look, I'm gonna be as 65 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 3: honest with you as possible. We start with the central truth, okay, 66 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 3: and no matter where the conversation goes from this point on, 67 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 3: the central truth is DK Metcalf can't do what he did. 68 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 3: That is the central truth. You can't lose sight of 69 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 3: that central truth. And with this Yahoo whatever he had 70 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 3: to say, what's this jackass? His name Ryan Kennedy. It's 71 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 3: funny some of the things that he's talking. 72 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 4: But of course the. 73 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 3: Allegations that he called DK the N word, called DK's 74 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 3: mom the C word, totally false, like completely fabricated. 75 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 4: You know, what do you think he was saying? Really? 76 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:17,040 Speaker 3: Do you think he was like, hey, DK, Merry Christmas, 77 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 3: and DK just wanted to punch this guy's lights out. 78 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 3: He of course, he was saying some wild stuff and 79 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 3: he's turned into you know this lot of latter day 80 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 3: saying like. 81 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 4: Me slur, What does slur even mean? I don't even 82 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:32,159 Speaker 4: know what slur? Come on, man, Like, he. 83 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 3: Probably said some crazy wild stuff. And this is the 84 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 3: part where we start to maybe get away from the 85 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:44,279 Speaker 3: central truth. Central truth, DK Metcalf can't do what he did. 86 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 3: But with this guy, I think it's really easy to 87 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 3: sit from your your couch and say what I'm saying 88 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 3: DK can't do that. 89 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 4: What's tough is being in those. 90 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 3: Shoes and hearing what whatver this Yahoo fan had to say. 91 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 3: And you've got to be professional, You've got to keep 92 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 3: your cool. You can't overreact. It is really, really difficult 93 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 3: to do that, and DK messed up. It sucks because 94 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 3: look at what it's cost him. It's cost him five 95 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 3: hundred and fifty five thousand dollars for two game checks. 96 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 3: His guaranteed money is voided. He suspended for the final 97 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 3: two games of the season. How is he winning? 98 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:28,359 Speaker 1: Like? 99 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 3: What did he win? What did he gain? Where's the 100 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 3: win here? It's just l's all across the board, l 101 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 3: l l l l l L. I'll tell you what 102 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:38,479 Speaker 3: if I put myself in those shoes, and let's just 103 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:42,919 Speaker 3: say this Yahoo fan said that DK's mom is the 104 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 3: C word. Like if I'm in DK shoes, I'm the 105 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 3: NFL wide receiver, like suspend you know reality for a second, 106 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 3: I'm in DK shoes and this fan says that my 107 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 3: mom is a C word. I'd want to kill him 108 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 3: in that moment. Best believe I would want to kill him. 109 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:06,120 Speaker 3: And it's easier said than done to not overreact, to 110 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 3: not do what DK did. There are plenty of people 111 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 3: saying DK can't do that, DK shouldn't do that. DK 112 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 3: is wrong for doing that, but they would have done 113 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:20,160 Speaker 3: the same thing or worse in those same shoes. Maybe 114 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 3: me being one of those people, I don't know. If 115 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:26,159 Speaker 3: I'm on a team, I'm a professional, I know I 116 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 3: can't do that, but not being able to do it, 117 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:33,279 Speaker 3: can't doing it and not doing it, those are different 118 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:38,040 Speaker 3: things right there. The movie The Taking of Pelham one 119 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 3: two three, it's a random movie choice by me, but 120 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:44,480 Speaker 3: it comes into my mind very good, underrated movie by 121 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 3: the way, very overlooked. It's what Denzel Washington, John Travolta 122 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 3: is in that thing. But there's a scene with John 123 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 3: turturo and I'll I won't bore you with the whole setup. 124 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 3: But at one point he says in the movie, you've 125 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:03,039 Speaker 3: entered his world. Now exit it. And that was the 126 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:07,360 Speaker 3: first mistake that DK made. He entered the fans world 127 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 3: by walking over there. That was the first mistake. He 128 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 3: should have exited that world, but he was there, the 129 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 3: fans said whatever he had to say. DK in that 130 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 3: moment reacted the way that he did, and now he's 131 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 3: suspended for the final two games. Docked all this money 132 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 3: in salary game checks these final two games, his guaranteed money. 133 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 4: Just can't do it, man, not in a team sport. 134 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 4: That's the other thing. 135 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 3: It's one thing if you know, DK is a tennis 136 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 3: player and he does this, and they deal with him somehow, someway. 137 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 3: He's a member of a team. He's hurting the team 138 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 3: by doing that. And I hate the Yahoo fan didn't 139 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 3: even get kicked out of the game. That's the crazy thing. 140 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 3: It's like some of the things that these players here. 141 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 3: I never subscribed to this thought of, Hey, I bought 142 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 3: my ticket, so what now I have free reign. I 143 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 3: can just be the biggest a hole on the planet. 144 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 3: And it's okay because I spent whatever it was. I 145 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 3: spent two hundred and fifty bucks to sit close and 146 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 3: now I'm just going to be arectum the whole game. 147 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 3: That's not good enough, man, Like the standards have to 148 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 3: be way better. I'll tell you a brief story and 149 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 3: we'll continue this as the night goes on. Plenty of 150 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 3: other things to talk about, but this is, you know, 151 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 3: hot on my mind here. The suspension's been upheld. DK 152 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 3: suspended for the final two games of the season. Fee 153 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 3: So we go back to the year two thousand and five. Okay, 154 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 3: So I was I was doing the Notre Dame football 155 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 3: pre game show. And what was really really cool about 156 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 3: that I could go to the games and I could 157 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 3: go down to the field for the final five minutes 158 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 3: of the game. 159 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 4: It was awesome. 160 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 3: So I was there for the Bush push game, the 161 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:53,760 Speaker 3: famous game USC beats Notre Dame at Notre Dame, obviously, 162 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 3: and I was on the field for the final five 163 00:08:56,760 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 3: minutes of that game. So the game ends, USC wins, 164 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:04,839 Speaker 3: Reggie Bush pushes Matt Leinert into the end zone Trojan's win. 165 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 3: I was on the field just running around, you know, 166 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:11,960 Speaker 3: And then I saw Reggie Bush and Lendale White, and 167 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,520 Speaker 3: for whatever reason, I was just walking behind them as 168 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:17,400 Speaker 3: they were walking off the field. They're just walking into 169 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:21,720 Speaker 3: the tunnel leaving the stadium, and the things that were 170 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:25,320 Speaker 3: being yelled, I don't not just at them, but just 171 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 3: at USC in general. It wasn't racial that I heard. 172 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 3: It wasn't like that, but it was you. 173 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 4: F and b mother f as you F. Yeah, I'm 174 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 4: just like, holy cow, what really took me? Aback? 175 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 3: I'm watching Reggie Bush and Lendale White just walk off 176 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 3: the field, not engaging with these ridiculous fans, not yelling 177 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 3: at them, total pros, as if they didn't even hear anything. 178 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:00,960 Speaker 3: And I remember walking behind these guys and just being 179 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 3: so impressed with how they handled that, and I didn't 180 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:06,719 Speaker 3: want to bother that. I guess I should have gone 181 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:09,640 Speaker 3: up to them been like, hey, man, props to you guys. 182 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 3: That was amazing. I'm sorry. I felt like I should 183 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 3: apologize on behalf of those fans. I'm from South Bend, 184 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 3: I love Notre Dame football. I felt like I owed 185 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:21,600 Speaker 3: them an apology just based on how these idiots were acting, 186 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:26,479 Speaker 3: Like no one should hear that stuff, but it's so common, unfortunately, 187 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 3: you know that like the f u's that's just like baseline. 188 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 3: It just comes with the territory. It's like a shoulder shrug. 189 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:37,199 Speaker 3: It shouldn't be, but that's how it is. But what 190 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:41,960 Speaker 3: it escalates to what DK Metcalf might have heard and 191 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:46,080 Speaker 3: what that fan might have said, allegedly calling Dk the 192 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:49,199 Speaker 3: N word, his mom the C word, It's like, how 193 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 3: is that acceptable on any level? That fan has got 194 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 3: to be out of there immediately. That is so unacceptable 195 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 3: and I'm telling you what, man, these leagues got to 196 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:04,040 Speaker 3: do a much better job of protecting their players because 197 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:06,960 Speaker 3: they're putting these players in a position where it's like, 198 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 3: if you're not gonna police this stuff, you're kind of indirectly. 199 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:12,320 Speaker 4: Asking me to do that. 200 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:14,680 Speaker 3: You got to take care of this, so it's not 201 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 3: on me to do something about it. And so I 202 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:21,960 Speaker 3: see a lot of sides to this, but again we 203 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 3: get back to the central truth. DK Metcalf can't react 204 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:28,880 Speaker 3: that way and cannot do what he did. And for 205 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 3: anyone who's like, well why not, you know as well 206 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 3: as I do. The NFL can't have that. No sports 207 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 3: league can have that. You can't have a situation where 208 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 3: a player either goes into the stands, approaches the stans, 209 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:46,080 Speaker 3: engages with the fan, throws a punch at a fen. 210 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 3: You cannot have that because really, what's your sales pitch 211 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 3: as a league. Your sales pitch is like, hey, come 212 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 3: on out and see the games, but act right or 213 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:58,320 Speaker 3: else you're gonna get your ass kicked like that. That's 214 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 3: not a sales pitch at all. You can't have that 215 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 3: as a league. So of course they're gonna suspend DK. 216 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 3: They have no choice but to suspend him. He's lucky 217 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 3: that there were at least two regular season games left 218 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 3: and they could say, all right, it's more than just 219 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 3: one game. We'll call it good as far as that goes. 220 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 3: If this is the final regular season game, that that's 221 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 3: not enough. Is he docked a playoff game as well? 222 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 3: Who knows, who knows where it goes. But it's a 223 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:30,319 Speaker 3: bad situation for him, it's a bad situation for the Steelers, 224 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 3: and unfortunately, this idiot fan he gets this fifteen minutes 225 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 3: of fame for allegedly saying what he said. 226 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:38,679 Speaker 4: I hate it. 227 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 3: I wish you could kick that guy's ass. I wish 228 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:44,440 Speaker 3: it was fine to do that, but you can't. And 229 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 3: DK is gonna be on the wrong end of that 230 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:49,079 Speaker 3: whole situation. Your thoughts feel free to check in eight 231 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:53,720 Speaker 3: seven to seven ninety nine on Fox. You gotta be 232 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 3: a pro and you can't engage. You can't you can't 233 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:59,680 Speaker 3: stoop to a lower level man. And I hate that. 234 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 3: I hate that. I've seen many instances where man, so 235 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 3: many fans deserved to. 236 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:07,200 Speaker 4: Just be. 237 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:13,439 Speaker 3: Ah yeah exactly, just knocked out cold for some of 238 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:16,680 Speaker 3: the things that they're saying. Met The other thing I 239 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:19,800 Speaker 3: don't understand, is I come back to this last thing. 240 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 4: I'll say real fast, as I'm just blowing up the clock, 241 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 4: I am not. 242 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:29,719 Speaker 3: I'm not like Simpatico with a clock integrity right now 243 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 3: as I talked about my life for nine minutes. I'm 244 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 3: sorry about that. I apologize. This is what blows my mind, 245 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 3: Like we just look at it one way where it's 246 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 3: like this stupid fan Dk Metcalf, he did what he 247 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 3: did in the ramifications, What should what shouldn't have happened? 248 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 4: YadA, YadA. 249 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 3: What I can't get beyond is some fan next to 250 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 3: that Yahoo fan heard what the Yahoo fan had to say. 251 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 3: How to these fans sitting nearby, just accept that if 252 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 3: I heard, and I don't know if this was what 253 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 3: was said, but let's just say it was. If I 254 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:11,440 Speaker 3: heard a fan called DK Metcalf the N word and 255 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 3: his mom the C word, I would have been like, Dk, 256 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:17,160 Speaker 3: don't worry about I got this bad like that guy 257 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 3: would have been heave hoed onto the field. I don't 258 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 3: understand these fans sitting around like they're just like, eh, 259 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:26,200 Speaker 3: they just let it happen. 260 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 4: How do you let that happen? 261 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:32,560 Speaker 3: You're an equal like Unfortunately, DK is not an equal 262 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 3: of the fan. 263 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 4: He's a player. 264 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 3: He's going to get dealt with a lot more severely 265 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 3: if he engages with the fan and throws a punch 266 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:44,400 Speaker 3: at the fan compared to fan on fan violence. Now, 267 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 3: I can't say I could just like deck this guy 268 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 3: and throw them on the field and it's all good. 269 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:50,680 Speaker 3: Like there'd be lawsuits, there'd be all kinds of stuff. 270 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:51,480 Speaker 3: I realize that. 271 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 4: But how do you just sit there and do nothing? 272 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 4: How That's what blows my mind the most. 273 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 1: That is the mentality of people today, Brian, Like you said, 274 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 1: we stand there, we take our phones out and we 275 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: record it. We don't get involved because if you get involved, 276 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 1: you also get kicked out. 277 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 4: You would also receive those repercussions. 278 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, no, you're right, And that's the bad thing about it. 279 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 4: What is man? 280 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:19,760 Speaker 3: I love the movie Training Day. Love the movie Training 281 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 3: Day with Denzel And if you ever watch you ever 282 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 3: watched like the director's cut or whether it's commentary on 283 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 3: a movie it used to be able to buy. 284 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 4: I haven't bought a DVD in front. I've ever seen 285 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 4: a movie like that. 286 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 3: Oh you gotta do it like that? When Antoine Fuqua 287 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 3: when he was doing the he was talking over the movie, 288 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 3: so many great stories, so many things about the movie 289 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:45,880 Speaker 3: was tremendously it was awesome, it was great, But it 290 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 3: was one of the things. I think it's when Jake 291 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 3: goes to confront Denzel and the neighborhood basically has Jake's back, right, 292 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 3: And it was somewhere along that line that time, and 293 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 3: now I think it was when Jake he went to 294 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 3: go confront Denzel in that whole scene, but he quoted 295 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:10,280 Speaker 3: it was a famous quote, and Antoine said, that's like 296 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:14,360 Speaker 3: at the heart of the movie, where it's the world 297 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 3: is in evil place, not just because of the evil, 298 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 3: evil people in it, but because of the people who 299 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 3: do nothing about it. And that's like the theme of 300 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 3: the whole movie, Like what are you gonna do about this? 301 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 3: And that's it's your right, Lorraine. It's like, I'm gonna 302 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 3: take up my phone, I'm gonna post this on X 303 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 3: and that's it. 304 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 4: That's all you're gonna do. I'm gonna go viral for this. 305 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 3: I'm gonna go viral because I'm like selfieing me kicking 306 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:39,840 Speaker 3: this guy's ass because he deserves it, Like are you? 307 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 3: I would never allow something like that happen. I don't 308 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 3: care if I get kicked. I don't care if I 309 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 3: get dealt with. I don't care in that moment. This 310 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 3: is what needs to happen. And sorry, Judge, Like, I 311 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 3: think I'm in the right to some degree for doing this. 312 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 4: But uh yeah. 313 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 3: That's the other thing is the fans who just kind 314 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 3: of sit there and like, whoa, wow, that guy's it crazy. 315 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 4: That's all you did. 316 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 3: You just thought he was kind of crazy, and you 317 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:05,960 Speaker 3: just let things happen. He's there the rest of the game, 318 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 3: like he deserves to be there. 319 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 4: Oh my gosh. I just don't get that at all. 320 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:12,440 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Meller 321 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 2: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific on 322 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. 323 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 4: Polly Foods Gohea with Tony Foodsco. 324 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:22,000 Speaker 2: Yeah. 325 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 5: As everybody knows, we're the hosts of the award winning 326 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 5: Polly and Tony Foodsco Show. Yeah, but instead of us 327 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:29,360 Speaker 5: telling you how great we are, here's how Dan Patrick 328 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:31,200 Speaker 5: described us when he came on our show. 329 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:34,240 Speaker 3: Quick, knowledgeable and funny, opinionated. 330 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:37,760 Speaker 4: What are you doing? Were interrupting our promo? Yeah? He 331 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:39,560 Speaker 4: wasn't talking about you. 332 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:41,560 Speaker 2: You took those clips totally out of context. 333 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 5: Oh yeah, well after this promo, I'm gonna take you 334 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 5: out and beat you. 335 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:49,120 Speaker 4: Let me put this into context. Shut up. Yeah. 336 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 5: Anyway, just listen to the Polly and Tony Fosco Show 337 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:55,240 Speaker 5: on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts for wherever you get your podcasts, yea. 338 00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 3: And we'll stick with the the NFL vibe and coincidentally 339 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 3: the Steelers vibe here because I think there's an accomplishment 340 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:09,960 Speaker 3: that is insane and a lot of us just glossing 341 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:13,240 Speaker 3: over it. So the Steelers, by beating the Lions this 342 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:18,879 Speaker 3: last Sunday, they've clinched another winning season in a row, 343 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:23,360 Speaker 3: another one. That's twenty two straight winning seasons. And Mike 344 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:26,640 Speaker 3: Tomlin has been the head coach for nineteen of those 345 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:31,159 Speaker 3: twenty two seasons. So for Mike Tomlin to have nineteen 346 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 3: straight winning seasons, that is an outrageously great accomplishment. Like, 347 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:44,440 Speaker 3: not one losing season, not one year where you lost 348 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:45,639 Speaker 3: a bunch of close games. 349 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:47,679 Speaker 4: Look at the Chiefs. Look at the Chiefs. 350 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:49,720 Speaker 3: From last year to this year. They won all those 351 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:53,160 Speaker 3: one possession games last year, all of them, and then 352 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:56,679 Speaker 3: this year hardly any of them. And that's with Mahomes 353 00:18:57,080 --> 00:19:00,200 Speaker 3: healthy throughout most of the season. He got banged up 354 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:02,399 Speaker 3: up last week and now he's out for the season. 355 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:05,879 Speaker 3: They already had a losing record anyway with Mahomes. He 356 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:10,360 Speaker 3: was upright for what fourteen fifteen games something like that, 357 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:15,479 Speaker 3: almost the whole season. Still losing season. That's you know, 358 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:18,359 Speaker 3: getting to the super Bowl for three straight seasons, winning 359 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 3: two of them, and they were gonna have a losing 360 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:25,479 Speaker 3: record with Mahomes. That's insane. So for the Steelers and 361 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:28,800 Speaker 3: Mike Tomlin, nineteen straight seasons, not one year where he 362 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 3: had a brutal schedule. Look at the Lions gauntlet this season. 363 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:38,119 Speaker 3: Their road schedule is just hideous. Have you If I 364 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:40,639 Speaker 3: just rattle off what they had to face on the 365 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:42,520 Speaker 3: road this season, I'll get it for you real quick. 366 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 3: There's not one year where the Steelers faced this ridiculous paths. 367 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 3: Here's what the Lions had on the road at the Packers, 368 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 3: at the Ravens, at the Bengals, at the Chiefs, at 369 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 3: the Commanders, at the Eagles, at the Rams, at the Vikings, 370 00:19:58,240 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 3: at the Bears. 371 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:01,120 Speaker 4: That's free and brutal, man. 372 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:04,719 Speaker 3: And based on how things kind of ebbed and flowed, like, 373 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:08,800 Speaker 3: for instance, on the road at Minnesota. It's not as 374 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 3: nasty as it once looked. Right, there's not even JJ McCarthy. 375 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 3: It's the Max Brosmer Show. We'll get more into that. 376 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 3: But still a ridiculous road schedule for the Lions, or 377 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 3: even more so with the Steelers. Nineteen straight from Mike Tomlin. 378 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:26,440 Speaker 3: A year where you just had a ton of injuries. 379 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:30,320 Speaker 3: The injury bug just hit you hard. Lions last year, 380 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:34,720 Speaker 3: injuries all over the place, right, So they haven't had 381 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:38,200 Speaker 3: one year where they lost a bunch of close games. 382 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 3: They either had a brutal schedule, they had a ton 383 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 3: of injuries. You know, they had some bad lugs, crazy bounces. 384 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:49,720 Speaker 3: Look at the quarterbacks that they've had throughout this winning streak, 385 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 3: you go back, it's been there for a long time. 386 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:56,879 Speaker 3: With Mike Tomlin, he took over an nine. Actually sorry, 387 00:20:56,920 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 3: he took over an seven for Bill Cower. Look at 388 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 3: some of these quarterbacks. But so he had Big Ben 389 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:07,199 Speaker 3: all the way up until twenty eighteen. Then it's well 390 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 3: a little bit longer than that. Twenty one you had 391 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 3: Mason Rudolph. These are your leading passers, Mason Rudolph Kenny 392 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:18,920 Speaker 3: Pickett for two years, Russell Wilson. Know he's got Duck 393 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,439 Speaker 3: Hodges in there for a little bit. Look look at 394 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:25,680 Speaker 3: these quarterbacks that he's done it with not one losing season. 395 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:33,199 Speaker 3: And look, I'm not telling you that this is like 396 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:36,119 Speaker 3: on par with winning a super Bowl. Of course, the 397 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 3: accomplishment that you're gonna get more props for and more 398 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 3: roses for, You're gonna get more bouquets for winning. 399 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 4: A super Bowl. We all know that that's the way 400 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 4: it goes. 401 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 3: And when you have all of this success, you're kind 402 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 3: of like the nineties Atlanta Braves, you know, when you 403 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 3: win all these division championships and. 404 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:56,480 Speaker 4: We're like, well, where are the World Series rings? 405 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:59,920 Speaker 3: You got one, that's it, Where's where's all the six 406 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:03,679 Speaker 3: World Series? Wise, if you're winning the division, that's great, 407 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:06,440 Speaker 3: but you gotta win it all at some point. That's 408 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 3: the way it goes. I get that. But I think this, 409 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 3: and this might be a little bit radical, but you 410 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,239 Speaker 3: gotta let it digest, you know, you gotta let it 411 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 3: swirl around your brain a little bit. But I think 412 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 3: that winning having a winning record nineteen straight seasons, I 413 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:27,919 Speaker 3: think that it's actually harder to do than win a 414 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:31,639 Speaker 3: Super Bowl. I honestly believe that. Look, you can have 415 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 3: one year where things are just going your way. Look 416 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:39,879 Speaker 3: at this season. Look at the Bears. The Bears have 417 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 3: had and I don't expect them to win a Super Bowl, 418 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 3: but they're in position. They're in position seating wise, where 419 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:49,480 Speaker 3: you win a couple of games and all of a sudden, man, 420 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:52,560 Speaker 3: you're in the NFC Championship game. You got a chance 421 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 3: to make some real noise. Look at all the breaks 422 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:59,280 Speaker 3: that they've gotten this season. They had what a point 423 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 3: five percent chance to beat the Packers this past Sunday, 424 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:07,879 Speaker 3: zero point five before they got the on side kick. 425 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:13,439 Speaker 3: Unbelievable that they got that win somehow, some way. And 426 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 3: maybe I'm getting my dates mixed up. I don't know 427 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:17,960 Speaker 3: if that was Saturday. I think it was Saturday. It 428 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,200 Speaker 3: was late Saturday night. Technically it was Saturday night. A 429 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:25,640 Speaker 3: point five percent chance. They have had six wins this 430 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:28,959 Speaker 3: season where they trailed in the final two minutes. 431 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 4: That's ridiculous. 432 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 3: They've gotten all these wins, all these breaks. Last year, 433 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:38,359 Speaker 3: the Washington Commanders got a lot of breaks, one being 434 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 3: against the Bears. You know, they had the hail Mary 435 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:44,639 Speaker 3: against the Bears. He had a Bears player talking smack 436 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 3: to the fans while the hail mary is going on, 437 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:51,919 Speaker 3: and Washington caught it. And look, man, Jayden Daniels was 438 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:54,520 Speaker 3: sensational last season. I'm not saying it's all luck, but 439 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:57,679 Speaker 3: they had a lot of lucky breaks. The Bears have 440 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:00,159 Speaker 3: the golden horseshoe this season. They're eleven and four, or 441 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,919 Speaker 3: they have six wins where they rallied in the final 442 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:09,440 Speaker 3: two minutes. That is unsustainable to a t and yet 443 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:13,919 Speaker 3: here they are. So the point is, you can have 444 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:17,159 Speaker 3: a season where you're good and then man, there's a 445 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:18,720 Speaker 3: lot of stuff that goes your way. 446 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:19,560 Speaker 4: There are a lot of. 447 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:22,360 Speaker 3: Things that a bounce here, abounts there. Hey, the Packers 448 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 3: recover the on side kick, Well, guess what, you lose 449 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:26,120 Speaker 3: that game, you know what I mean. 450 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:27,399 Speaker 4: It's stuff like that. 451 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 3: And you can believe that you create your own luck, 452 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:33,199 Speaker 3: and there's some truth to that, but there are a 453 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:37,399 Speaker 3: lot of lucky breaks that just coincidentally happen for teams 454 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:41,560 Speaker 3: randomly from season to season, and one year it's your season, 455 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 3: the other year it is not. Like, for instance, the Lions, 456 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:46,440 Speaker 3: this season is not their year. 457 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 4: For luck, it just is not. 458 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 3: Look at the game against the Steelers on Sunday, right 459 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:56,520 Speaker 3: before halftime, Kenneth Gainwell is getting hit by a linebacker, 460 00:24:56,920 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 3: Alex Angeloni. It's gonna be a pass interference penalty. There's 461 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:02,879 Speaker 3: only two seconds left in the in the half. You 462 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:06,400 Speaker 3: know the Steelers going to kick a field goal, but instead, 463 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 3: while getting tackled to the ground, Kenneth Gainwell sticks his 464 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 3: arm out, the ball hits his forearm, he just catches it, 465 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:16,680 Speaker 3: runs into the end zone for a touchdown with two 466 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:20,679 Speaker 3: seconds left in the half. You're telling me that's not 467 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:23,560 Speaker 3: an unfortunate break for the Lions. Of course it is. 468 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:27,360 Speaker 3: And stuff like that where those things have happened more 469 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:29,560 Speaker 3: often this season than not for the. 470 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 4: Lions, and it is just not their year. 471 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:34,840 Speaker 3: Man, One thing after another, just things are going wrong, 472 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:39,160 Speaker 3: snowballing the whole thing. So you can get lucky one 473 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:41,920 Speaker 3: year on top of being good, and you get in 474 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 3: a rhythm, you start stacking wins, and all of a sudden, 475 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,240 Speaker 3: you're knocking on the door to win a Super Bowl. 476 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:48,959 Speaker 3: I don't want to make it sound like it's easy, 477 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:53,480 Speaker 3: but I do think it's easier than nineteen straight seasons. 478 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:58,080 Speaker 3: Of winning. That's what Mike Tomlin has done. I don't 479 00:25:58,080 --> 00:25:59,480 Speaker 3: think we can gloss over that. You know, what I 480 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:02,439 Speaker 3: think is half opening. Honestly, I think this is the 481 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:07,160 Speaker 3: worst franchise to have a winning streak like this. Fours 482 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 3: the Pittsburgh Steelers. They've won six Super Bowls. They have 483 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:15,720 Speaker 3: a rich tradition. Yes, they were horrible, yes, in the thirties, forties, fifties, 484 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 3: Yet we get to the seventies, they're printing super Bowls. 485 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:21,000 Speaker 4: They're winning four out of six seasons. 486 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:24,160 Speaker 3: They've stacked two more on top of that, since they're 487 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:27,640 Speaker 3: one of the proudest franchise and most respected franchises in. 488 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 4: All of sports, not just the NFL. 489 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:34,520 Speaker 3: So to win nineteen straight, have nineteen straight winning seasons 490 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 3: and won Super Bowl, most people are gonna be like, 491 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 3: here we go again with Tomlin and the lack of 492 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:43,200 Speaker 3: playoff success, and that's what he's more so known for, 493 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 3: and I hate that. Imagine if Mike Tomlin was the 494 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 3: Jacksonville Jaguars head coach, let's just say Leam Cohen is 495 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:55,399 Speaker 3: doing a fantastic job. But let's just say Liam Cohen 496 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:58,840 Speaker 3: is out of that job two years from now. Right, 497 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 3: things are going great right now, expectations rays and then 498 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:04,119 Speaker 3: all of a sudden, the wheels just fall off the tracks. 499 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:08,439 Speaker 3: We're talking disastrous seasons, losing seasons. He's out of a job. Okay, 500 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:11,440 Speaker 3: just follow me on this. Imagine Mike Tomlin taking over 501 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:15,680 Speaker 3: for the Jacksonville Jaguars. He not only wins a Super Bowl, 502 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 3: he has nineteen straight winning seasons. What do you think 503 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:21,919 Speaker 3: we'd be saying about that guy? Then we'd be like, 504 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,680 Speaker 3: this guy's amazing. He walks on water as a coach. 505 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:28,119 Speaker 3: But he's doing it with the Steelers, So we're just like, yawn, 506 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:29,119 Speaker 3: not impressed. 507 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 4: Where's the playoff success, Mike? Where are the super Bowls? 508 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:35,439 Speaker 4: And I'm not saying that's wrong because he does need that. 509 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,119 Speaker 3: He does need more playoff success, he does need another 510 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 3: Super Bowl. But both things can be true, like he 511 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:46,520 Speaker 3: needs more playoff success, But at the same time, nineteen 512 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:52,000 Speaker 3: straight winning seasons is an outstanding accomplishment and I don't 513 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 3: think we should just gloss over it. If you look 514 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:58,520 Speaker 3: at some of the best runs in NFL history, there 515 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 3: are multiple times where teams won multiple championships and didn't 516 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 3: come close to nineteen straight winning seasons. Like if you 517 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 3: look at the Steelers. Let's use that same franchise. If 518 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:15,440 Speaker 3: you go back to the seventies, they won four super 519 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:16,560 Speaker 3: Bowls in six years. 520 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:20,400 Speaker 4: Along that span, they only had nine. 521 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:24,320 Speaker 3: Straight winning seasons. Nine not even half of what Tomlin 522 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:27,679 Speaker 3: has done. Right from nineteen seventy two to nineteen eighty 523 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 3: that was it eighty one, they were five hundred as 524 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 3: not a winning season. They only had nine straight winning seasons. 525 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 3: And this is not an either or discussion. Of course, 526 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:42,760 Speaker 3: you will take what's behind door one, which is four 527 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:46,640 Speaker 3: super bowls in that span, over what's behind door two, 528 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:51,280 Speaker 3: which would be Mike Tomlin having nineteen straight winning seasons. 529 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:54,280 Speaker 3: This is not which is better, which is more impressed? 530 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 3: Of course, four super Bowls, that's what you're in the 531 00:28:56,280 --> 00:29:00,840 Speaker 3: business for. That's what Mike Tomlin would take immediately. That's 532 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:03,320 Speaker 3: not what the discussion is. The discussion is, let's not 533 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:07,520 Speaker 3: gloss over nineteen straight winning seasons as if it's nothing, 534 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:10,800 Speaker 3: as if it doesn't even matter. Look at the teams 535 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:13,560 Speaker 3: with losing records this season. If I told you before 536 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:17,440 Speaker 3: the season, the Chiefs are gonna have a losing record, 537 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:21,400 Speaker 3: the Bengals are gonna have a losing record, Possibly the 538 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:24,360 Speaker 3: Ravens are gonna have a losing record. You'd be like, okay, 539 00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:27,240 Speaker 3: all right, did all those quarterbacks get hurt in Week one? 540 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:31,720 Speaker 3: It'd be like, well, Burrow kind of did almost week one, 541 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:36,000 Speaker 3: but Lamar he missed a couple of games. 542 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:37,320 Speaker 4: We'll get to Lamar in a second. 543 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:41,560 Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, back contusion not out there, unreal. But 544 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:45,040 Speaker 3: Mahomes was healthy throughout most of the year. And they're 545 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:48,520 Speaker 3: gonna have a losing record. It's not easy to have 546 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:50,520 Speaker 3: winning records for that long. 547 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:53,560 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Meller 548 00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:56,760 Speaker 2: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. 549 00:29:56,840 --> 00:29:59,600 Speaker 3: Okay, so I gotta be the bad guy here, gotta 550 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:04,920 Speaker 3: be the bad guy. But what I'm saying it's true, 551 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:08,040 Speaker 3: or what I'm saying is the truth right here when 552 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:13,320 Speaker 3: it comes to one Lamar Jackson, Raven's quarterback. What's the 553 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:17,040 Speaker 3: deal with Lamar Jackson? You ask, Well, we have the 554 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:22,400 Speaker 3: official designation from his injury that knocked him out of 555 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:26,520 Speaker 3: the game on Sunday night against the Patriots. The head 556 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:32,680 Speaker 3: coach John Harbaugh has come out and said that it 557 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:35,080 Speaker 3: is let me see hold on because I had it 558 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:37,760 Speaker 3: in my notes, have so many notes right here. It's 559 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:40,320 Speaker 3: crazy like I'm just looking down. We've got Philip Rivers 560 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:42,200 Speaker 3: in the rundown, Notre Dame. I don't know if I'm 561 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:46,080 Speaker 3: gonna get to them. Oh, Stafford's here. Coop was ticked 562 00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:47,200 Speaker 3: off at me on Sunday. 563 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:47,680 Speaker 4: We've got that. 564 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:51,120 Speaker 3: Let's see playoff scenarios. Got all kinds of stuff, Draymond Green, 565 00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:55,560 Speaker 3: gosh Anti tanking, all kinds of stuff, Lots lots of content. 566 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:59,520 Speaker 3: Machine over here. Oh here, it is Lamar Jackson. Sorry, 567 00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:05,400 Speaker 3: but the the official injury designation what caused him to 568 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:08,440 Speaker 3: miss most of the game Sunday night against the Patriots. 569 00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:11,840 Speaker 3: It was a loss for the Ravens, big setback. It 570 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:16,560 Speaker 3: is what's known as too much sand in the vagina 571 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:21,360 Speaker 3: is what the official injury designation is for Lamar Jackson. 572 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:24,680 Speaker 3: It's a day to day with a Sandy Vijay is 573 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:29,160 Speaker 3: what listen you gotta give. He's got a back contusion, 574 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:31,240 Speaker 3: all right, That's what the real. 575 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:34,040 Speaker 4: Thing is, me being a radio idiot. The other part 576 00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:34,280 Speaker 4: of it. 577 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:38,520 Speaker 3: He has a back contusion, which sounds severely Holy Kyle, 578 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:41,640 Speaker 3: I didn't know what a contusion was years ago. It's 579 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:43,959 Speaker 3: a running joke with my mom which is like, oh, 580 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:45,080 Speaker 3: you might have a contusion. 581 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:47,640 Speaker 4: It's a bruise. It's a bruise. 582 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:51,720 Speaker 3: Okay, now listen, like a back contusion. I'm not saying 583 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:53,479 Speaker 3: it's a walk in the park. I'm not saying it 584 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:57,120 Speaker 3: isn't painful. But it's something you can play with, you 585 00:31:57,160 --> 00:32:00,200 Speaker 3: can get back on the field in a game you 586 00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:00,920 Speaker 3: gotta have. 587 00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:03,400 Speaker 4: And yet here we are again. 588 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:05,960 Speaker 3: Now before I go further, let me just say this 589 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,560 Speaker 3: for anyone out there, I know that Lamar man he's 590 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:12,160 Speaker 3: got some ride or die folks with him in his 591 00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:16,160 Speaker 3: corner that are like wolverines ready to pounce on the 592 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:19,560 Speaker 3: slightest thing that said that's critical of their guy, Lamar. 593 00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:23,240 Speaker 4: I like Lamar. It's not personal. 594 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:25,960 Speaker 3: The one thing I'll say about Lamar that I absolutely 595 00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:26,920 Speaker 3: love about the guy. 596 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 4: He never threw it in our face. 597 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:32,440 Speaker 3: Like before he was in the NFL, there was all 598 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:34,280 Speaker 3: this talk about is he gonna be a wide receiver. 599 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:38,280 Speaker 3: He's answering questions during the NFL combine like, Hey, are 600 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:39,400 Speaker 3: you gonna work out with the receiver? 601 00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:42,280 Speaker 4: He's like, no, sir, I'm a quarterback. Are you gonna 602 00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:45,600 Speaker 4: like run forties with the wide receipt? No? No, I'm 603 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:48,360 Speaker 4: a quarterback. He never threw it in our face. 604 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:50,959 Speaker 3: That is a two time MVP, probably should have been 605 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,160 Speaker 3: a three time MVP, and. 606 00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:57,000 Speaker 4: He never was like MVP. Now what you thought I 607 00:32:57,040 --> 00:32:59,560 Speaker 4: was gonna be a wide receiver, I'm an MVP. What 608 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:00,000 Speaker 4: do you have to say? 609 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:00,240 Speaker 2: Say? 610 00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:02,080 Speaker 4: No, he never threw it in our face. He's been 611 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:03,000 Speaker 4: a total pro. 612 00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:06,520 Speaker 3: I love Lamar for that. I really respect him for that. 613 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:08,920 Speaker 3: So trust me when I say this, this is not 614 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:13,000 Speaker 3: critical to a fault. I'm not a Lamar hater. I 615 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:16,000 Speaker 3: don't feel any certain way about the guy. It's nothing 616 00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:19,320 Speaker 3: like that at all. Just trust that I'm telling you 617 00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:23,520 Speaker 3: something that's not born out of emotion. I'm just telling 618 00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:27,400 Speaker 3: you something that's born out of football, which is I 619 00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:30,680 Speaker 3: know this, and I'm not telling you that Lamar never 620 00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:34,360 Speaker 3: guts it out ever. Like look at this season. He's 621 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:38,720 Speaker 3: been dealing with a knee, a hamstring, a calf, and 622 00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:41,960 Speaker 3: ain'tkle like. He's got all these injuries. It's greatly affected 623 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:45,320 Speaker 3: his production, the way he plays his style. It's affected 624 00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:47,800 Speaker 3: him quite a bit. But he's gotten out there and 625 00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:49,200 Speaker 3: he's got it through it. So I don't want to 626 00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:52,560 Speaker 3: make it sound like he doesn't play through anything, but 627 00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:59,200 Speaker 3: I know this a back contusion. Day to day, you 628 00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:02,720 Speaker 3: realize how many quarterbacks in the past and currently in 629 00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:05,480 Speaker 3: the NFL who have been back on the field with 630 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:10,480 Speaker 3: the exact same injury. A lot of quarterbacks, And that 631 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:14,640 Speaker 3: is the issue right there. Your playoff lives are hanging 632 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:17,920 Speaker 3: by a thread. You are neck and neck with the 633 00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:21,960 Speaker 3: Steelers who won earlier in the day against Detroit. 634 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:23,640 Speaker 4: You need this game. 635 00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:27,680 Speaker 3: This is a gotsa have it game, and you end 636 00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:31,600 Speaker 3: the game with Tyler Huntley on the field because Lamar 637 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:37,120 Speaker 3: isn't out there again with a back contusion, and he's 638 00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:41,000 Speaker 3: now day to day. You gotta suck it the bleep 639 00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:45,959 Speaker 3: up and get your ass back on the field. That's 640 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:50,000 Speaker 3: the bottom line. You can't tell me with a straight face. Oh, 641 00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:53,600 Speaker 3: Josh Allen with a back contusion. Yeah, I don't think 642 00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:58,400 Speaker 3: he finishes the second half. Yeah right, he is out there, man. 643 00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:00,520 Speaker 3: There are a lot of quarterbacks that would do that. 644 00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:03,759 Speaker 3: Mahomes now, people look at Mahomes playing right now. 645 00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:04,640 Speaker 4: He's injured. 646 00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:08,160 Speaker 3: He's a torn ACL and I think it's his torn 647 00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:11,360 Speaker 3: ace a LCL. He's got two torn knee ligaments. 648 00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:13,720 Speaker 4: He is injured, all right. 649 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:17,120 Speaker 3: It can't go no chance, know how, all right, he's 650 00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:23,360 Speaker 3: on the shelf until next season. That's being injured, being hurt, 651 00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:26,880 Speaker 3: having like an awi, having something that's really painful. But 652 00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:29,160 Speaker 3: you can suck it up and get back out there. Yeah, 653 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:30,919 Speaker 3: you gotta suck it up and get back out there. 654 00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:32,520 Speaker 4: You gotta do it. I remember. 655 00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:34,040 Speaker 1: Now. 656 00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:36,000 Speaker 3: I'm not saying this is apples to apples in terms 657 00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:39,880 Speaker 3: in terms of injury. But Peyton Manning he had a 658 00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:43,520 Speaker 3: thumb injury in the AFC Championship game against the Patriots 659 00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:45,719 Speaker 3: years ago. It was the game that they won. They 660 00:35:45,719 --> 00:35:47,800 Speaker 3: were losing by a lot. They were down like twenty 661 00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:50,400 Speaker 3: one to six early on twenty one to three something 662 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:52,200 Speaker 3: like that came all the way back won the game. 663 00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:56,880 Speaker 3: But during that game, Peyton messed up his thumb and 664 00:35:56,920 --> 00:36:01,400 Speaker 3: he's like, like the backup is warming up. And during 665 00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:04,160 Speaker 3: that game, Jeff Saturday, the center, went up to Peyton 666 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:07,560 Speaker 3: Manning is like, brother, you gotta go right, like you 667 00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:10,000 Speaker 3: gotta get back on the field, like, suck it up. 668 00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:12,760 Speaker 4: Find a way. I don't know what to find a way. 669 00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:15,560 Speaker 3: I don't care if it's bent east and west and 670 00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:17,080 Speaker 3: north at the same time. 671 00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:19,279 Speaker 4: Like it's like the Uh, it's like. 672 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:23,319 Speaker 3: Lombard Street in San Francisco, the crookedest street. You know, 673 00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:26,200 Speaker 3: I don't care if your thumb looks like that, Peyton, 674 00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:29,000 Speaker 3: Suck it up and get back out there. 675 00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:30,000 Speaker 4: Bro, you gotta go. 676 00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:35,560 Speaker 3: You can't tell me that it's it's all right that 677 00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:41,040 Speaker 3: Lamar in that situation, they're up by eleven points somehow, 678 00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:46,160 Speaker 3: and the lead just fizzles away as Lamar misses the 679 00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:52,280 Speaker 3: entire second half with a back contusion, a back bruise 680 00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:58,279 Speaker 3: day to day going forward, Bro, you gotta go. 681 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:01,239 Speaker 4: You gotta get out there. Man. There are so many 682 00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:03,120 Speaker 4: quarterbacks right now that would be out there. 683 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:06,480 Speaker 3: You're telling me Baker Mayfield wouldn't be out there, Patrick 684 00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:09,560 Speaker 3: Mahomes wouldn't be out there. Yeah, Mahomes has two tor 685 00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:12,759 Speaker 3: kneelig a means he can't play with that. But Mahomes 686 00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:15,280 Speaker 3: with a back contusion, You think. 687 00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:17,000 Speaker 4: He's knocked out for the entire second half. 688 00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:21,480 Speaker 3: Hell no, come on, man, Like I love Lamar, but dude, 689 00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:25,520 Speaker 3: this is indefensible. You can't defend this with a straight face. 690 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:26,359 Speaker 4: I don't care. 691 00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:30,439 Speaker 3: He's got a legion of backers and dudes that come 692 00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:33,400 Speaker 3: rushing to his defense. You can't come rushing to his 693 00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:39,120 Speaker 3: defense for this. It's indefensible. Dude, get back on the field. 694 00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:42,200 Speaker 3: It is football. It's not a walk in the park. 695 00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:45,000 Speaker 3: It's not gonna be roses. You're not gonna feel great. 696 00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:49,319 Speaker 3: You're gonna be in agonizing pain. Sometimes, yeah, comes with 697 00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:51,839 Speaker 3: the territory. But bro, you can't help the club from 698 00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:54,759 Speaker 3: the tub. And that's the deal with him. He's in 699 00:37:54,880 --> 00:38:01,040 Speaker 3: the tub too much. With being hurt. He's injured. I'm 700 00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:04,960 Speaker 3: not going on and on about this at all, but 701 00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:09,520 Speaker 3: he's hurt, and you can play with one of those 702 00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:13,359 Speaker 3: awis with being hurt. You tell me farv he's got 703 00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:15,360 Speaker 3: a back contusion. It's like, oh, man, I can't go 704 00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:19,720 Speaker 3: in the second half. Yeah, man, Week sixteen playoff lives 705 00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:20,840 Speaker 3: just hanging by a thread. 706 00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:23,480 Speaker 4: I'm sorry, man, my back, Man, it hurts. 707 00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:27,840 Speaker 3: No come on, come on, dude, suck it up and 708 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:28,600 Speaker 3: get out there. 709 00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:30,200 Speaker 4: I'll be the bad guy. 710 00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:32,200 Speaker 3: You know a lot of people are like, oh, I 711 00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:35,240 Speaker 3: don't like to question anyone's toughness. I'll question your toughness 712 00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:38,320 Speaker 3: all day when it comes to this, exactly a back 713 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:45,759 Speaker 3: contusion day to day. Come on, man, and you lose 714 00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:48,360 Speaker 3: a game with Tyler Huntley on the field as the 715 00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:51,839 Speaker 3: Patriots scored two straight touchdowns and walk out of there 716 00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:55,319 Speaker 3: with a twenty eight to twenty four win. You need 717 00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:58,120 Speaker 3: the Steelers to lose out and you have to win 718 00:38:58,160 --> 00:38:59,840 Speaker 3: out these final two weeks. 719 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:04,359 Speaker 4: Whew, that's rough. Like think of this. 720 00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:08,560 Speaker 3: The scenario would be if the Ravens win that game 721 00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:13,080 Speaker 3: on Sunday, they beat the Patriots, well, as long as 722 00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:16,399 Speaker 3: you win in week seventeen, it comes down to Week 723 00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:20,640 Speaker 3: eighteen for the division. Now that's not the scenario. If 724 00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:26,400 Speaker 3: the Steelers beat the Browns, you're dead. Your season is over. 725 00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:30,400 Speaker 3: You don't control your own path because you lost that 726 00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:33,319 Speaker 3: game to the Patriots. That's the situation the Ravens are 727 00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:36,279 Speaker 3: in right now. They do not control their path to 728 00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:40,160 Speaker 3: the playoffs. They have to have the Steelers lose to 729 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:43,040 Speaker 3: the Browns to give them a chance. That's what they 730 00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:46,160 Speaker 3: have to have. That's how important the game was against 731 00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:51,120 Speaker 3: the Patriots. And look, man, don't confuse what I'm saying. 732 00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:55,799 Speaker 3: I don't want to sound callous or heartless or look man, 733 00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:59,239 Speaker 3: I don't I don't want to make it sound like 734 00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:02,600 Speaker 3: Lamar is employee two one, six, five, three eight, and 735 00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:05,200 Speaker 3: he's not a human being and like, I don't want 736 00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:06,760 Speaker 3: to make it sound like that, but Bro, we're playing 737 00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:09,960 Speaker 3: football over here. You have a back contusion. You're just 738 00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:14,120 Speaker 3: day to day right now. I'm not saying anything barbarica. 739 00:40:14,239 --> 00:40:17,280 Speaker 3: This is foot ball. You are going to be hurt. 740 00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:19,600 Speaker 3: You could we could go down the roll indecks of 741 00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:23,120 Speaker 3: Jack Youngblood playing on a broken leg, of Philip Rivers 742 00:40:24,040 --> 00:40:27,640 Speaker 3: played for the Chargers on a torn acl against the Patriots. 743 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:29,680 Speaker 3: The list goes on and on and on and on 744 00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:34,560 Speaker 3: Emmitt Smith playing with a shoulder that was mangled against 745 00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:39,880 Speaker 3: the Giants and just being outstanding that day and winning 746 00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:43,080 Speaker 3: a very very important game. The list goes on and 747 00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:46,560 Speaker 3: on and on and on of players that have played 748 00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:50,960 Speaker 3: with things much worse than a back contusion. Like, Bro, 749 00:40:51,080 --> 00:40:53,520 Speaker 3: that's the baseline. You got to get back out there 750 00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:54,600 Speaker 3: with an injury like that. 751 00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:55,200 Speaker 4: Have to. 752 00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:59,160 Speaker 3: There's no two ways about it. It's not like, well, Brian, 753 00:40:59,239 --> 00:41:01,719 Speaker 3: I mean you're being a little but no, no, no, 754 00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:04,360 Speaker 3: not in the NFL, not when there's that much on 755 00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:04,800 Speaker 3: the line. 756 00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:08,200 Speaker 4: You gotta find a way. And he didn't. And I'm sorry. 757 00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:09,160 Speaker 4: There's no defending that.