WEBVTT - HOUR 3- Oct 12, 2020 0:00:00.760 --> 0:00:03.600 You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 0:00:03.640 --> 0:00:08.600 Sports Radio. Dan Patrick listeners, thank you. Thanks again to 0:00:08.840 --> 0:00:11.760 everybody who supported us on YouTube. Thank you for following 0:00:11.880 --> 0:00:14.280 us to YouTube. But now you need to follow us 0:00:14.320 --> 0:00:17.560 to Peacock. More people are able to get Peacock. It's free. 0:00:17.600 --> 0:00:20.200 We're firmly in bed with Peacock and I'll see you 0:00:20.280 --> 0:00:22.920 boys over there. Download the app and watch this show 0:00:23.040 --> 0:00:38.880 anytime anywhere on your schedule. Pots of Welcome to the 0:00:39.040 --> 0:00:42.839 Dan Patrick Show. Acknowledge him bringing you the biggest guests 0:00:42.840 --> 0:00:45.400 and best interviews. Someday we're gonna look back on this 0:00:45.520 --> 0:00:48.879 season in the NBA and realize just how special this was. 0:00:49.800 --> 0:00:55.600 I totally disagree. That seems unlikely glaring asterisk in the 0:00:55.800 --> 0:00:59.360 softest putty league, there's nobody in his way that gets 0:00:59.360 --> 0:01:04.039 tiring annoying Lee. I think could this day and age, 0:01:04.120 --> 0:01:07.720 people don't like to say anything about great athlete, and 0:01:07.760 --> 0:01:10.600 I think Lebron is the only great athlete tydically bad 0:01:10.640 --> 0:01:12.480 thing about it, and I hate it for it's coming 0:01:12.800 --> 0:01:15.520 to some people of certain ages. There's nothing he can do. 0:01:16.000 --> 0:01:19.560 He can't win. Broadcasting from the Mercedes man Cave. I 0:01:19.600 --> 0:01:22.920 still love watching Lebron play. This is Dan Patre. Hope 0:01:22.959 --> 0:01:26.200 you had a great weekend. Everybody where Dan ed down, 0:01:26.280 --> 0:01:28.679 Seaton has the day off, Pauli's here, Fritzie and of 0:01:28.680 --> 0:01:31.280 course mclovin. Yours truly and you can be part of 0:01:31.280 --> 0:01:34.039 the program. Best and Worst to the weekend. More phone 0:01:34.040 --> 0:01:36.640 calls coming up. You can also email, you can tweet, 0:01:37.040 --> 0:01:39.800 let say good morning to our Fox radio lineup. We're 0:01:39.880 --> 0:01:42.360 up to three hundred and seventy six affiliates, including the 0:01:42.440 --> 0:01:47.480 Fox Sports thirteen thirty Am affiliate in Juno, Alaska. Because 0:01:48.040 --> 0:01:52.440 today we enter Juno, Alaska and we have some trivia 0:01:52.480 --> 0:01:55.480 about Juno Alaska. Do you know that per capita, Juno 0:01:55.520 --> 0:01:59.360 Alaska has more coffee shops than any other place in America? 0:01:59.600 --> 0:02:02.080 What other chid bitch do you have about Juno Alaska? Pole, 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:05.160 It's the northernmost capital city in the United States. Okay, 0:02:05.680 --> 0:02:08.040 can you guess how many breweries are in Juno, Alaska? 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:12.080 Only thirty two thousand people? Okay, I'm gonna guess four 0:02:12.560 --> 0:02:15.639 five Dan Very Good, Devil's Club Brewing, Alaskan Brewing Company, 0:02:15.840 --> 0:02:22.920 Barnaby Brewing, Forbidden Peak Brewing, and Amalgamlaga Distillery. Amlaga and 0:02:23.000 --> 0:02:25.600 the unofficial footwear of Juno whites. I talked to a 0:02:25.720 --> 0:02:27.880 Juno person who said, if you're gonna be looked like 0:02:27.919 --> 0:02:31.960 a local, Extra Tough boots. They're both warm and watery. 0:02:32.000 --> 0:02:35.360 Pun is that the brand name? I don't know. I 0:02:35.400 --> 0:02:37.120 didn't get that deep into it. It was really early 0:02:37.120 --> 0:02:39.360 when this person, Wait, is it Extra Tough boots or 0:02:39.440 --> 0:02:41.880 just is I think the brand is extra tough. Okay, 0:02:42.000 --> 0:02:44.000 extra tough if you want to look like a local. 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:47.120 Welcome to the program. I hope you had a great weekend. 0:02:48.120 --> 0:02:49.959 We've talked about a variety of things. Of course, the 0:02:50.040 --> 0:02:53.200 Leakers winning the title. Lebron wins his fourth Finals MVP. 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:56.600 I was curious about this because you know there's gonna 0:02:56.600 --> 0:02:59.680 be people who are going to be haters with Lebron. 0:02:59.680 --> 0:03:01.320 They're not can have changed no matter if he's won 0:03:01.360 --> 0:03:04.040 a title, and this is a soft one asterisk. They 0:03:04.040 --> 0:03:05.560 went through the heat. They didn't have to go through 0:03:05.560 --> 0:03:09.200 the clippers or the box or etc. Etc. Etc. Lebron 0:03:09.280 --> 0:03:12.960 had five months off to get recharged with the pandemic. 0:03:13.440 --> 0:03:16.200 As if nobody else got any rest during the pandemic, 0:03:16.400 --> 0:03:19.600 it was just Lebron. James I wondered I asked Paulios, 0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:23.079 would you check most minutes played this NBA season, regular 0:03:23.080 --> 0:03:28.480 season and postseason combined. Bam Auto Bio played the most 0:03:28.560 --> 0:03:32.280 minutes this year thirty one hundred minutes. Second on the 0:03:32.320 --> 0:03:38.320 list Lebron, James the Joker, Jason Tatum, and James Harden. 0:03:38.760 --> 0:03:42.280 That's your list there and Lebron doing it at his age. 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:46.000 You tack on two hundred and sixty playoff games and 0:03:46.080 --> 0:03:48.400 he was the best player on the floor once again 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:52.520 and picking up another MVP. He was asked about does 0:03:52.560 --> 0:03:55.400 this title stand out over the other titles that he won? 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:58.880 One is not less than other because when you able 0:03:58.880 --> 0:04:00.520 to put yourself in this position to be able to 0:04:00.520 --> 0:04:03.280 win a championship, the first thing you start to think 0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:05.360 about is how much work you've put in over the 0:04:05.400 --> 0:04:07.640 course of the year, how much you've sacrificed, how much 0:04:07.640 --> 0:04:11.800 you've dedicated to the game and to your craft. That's 0:04:11.840 --> 0:04:14.800 always been the most fulfilling thing for me, besides seeing 0:04:14.840 --> 0:04:17.600 my teammates as happy as they are, is being able 0:04:17.640 --> 0:04:20.520 to know that you could put the work in, literally, 0:04:20.560 --> 0:04:23.800 trust the process, live about the process, and then see 0:04:23.800 --> 0:04:26.400 the results. If you're waiting for him to fall off 0:04:26.400 --> 0:04:28.839 the cliff. It's going to have to wait at least 0:04:28.839 --> 0:04:32.800 another year here. He doesn't miss games. He plays when 0:04:33.480 --> 0:04:35.800 you know what, I thought that this is the first 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:38.000 time I saw him pace himself, and if he was 0:04:38.080 --> 0:04:41.880 pacing himself, good for him. He's being smart because you 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:44.279 have to be there when your team needs you the most. 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:47.080 I know that he got critiqued because he threw the ball. 0:04:47.120 --> 0:04:49.240 He had the audacity to throw the ball to an 0:04:49.240 --> 0:04:52.400 open man in the previous game and Danny Green missed 0:04:52.440 --> 0:04:57.719 the jumper. You know, when Jordan threw these passes and 0:04:57.720 --> 0:05:00.320 his teammates hit them, then it was a great paunce. Oh, 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:03.560 Michael shine away from the moment when Lebron hit Anthony 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:06.240 Davis and Davis hit that shot against Denver. Was that 0:05:06.320 --> 0:05:09.719 a good? Good shot? Remember they ran that play in 0:05:09.760 --> 0:05:13.760 the bubble for Kyle Kuzma, and I wondered, oh, oh, 0:05:13.880 --> 0:05:17.160 Kyle Kuzman. They ran a play for So people are 0:05:17.160 --> 0:05:20.360 going to have their feelings. You're firmly entrenched in your feelings. 0:05:20.440 --> 0:05:23.680 I'm not changing your feelings, but I do. It's not 0:05:23.720 --> 0:05:26.320 a subtle reminder anymore. I just want to remind you 0:05:26.800 --> 0:05:30.400 what you're seeing. You will not see you'll not see 0:05:30.440 --> 0:05:32.440 this again. It's like when we say you not see 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:36.200 Jordan again, you won't. You won't see Wilts again. These 0:05:36.279 --> 0:05:40.719 are players that they're all different. You know, Magic was different, 0:05:40.720 --> 0:05:44.320 Bird was different, Wilt was different, Russell was different. Jordan. 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:47.920 You know, we're only looking for the next Jordan. Nobody 0:05:48.000 --> 0:05:50.400 said let's find the next Wilt. Let's find the next 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:56.120 Bill Russell, the next Larry Bird. These guys are all unique. 0:05:56.240 --> 0:06:01.560 That's what makes them so special. But this is a 0:06:01.600 --> 0:06:04.920 player who has paid off. When he's on the cover 0:06:05.000 --> 0:06:08.680 of Sports Illustrated at what sixteen and you're labeled as 0:06:08.720 --> 0:06:14.560 the next you wear twenty three, you don't shy away 0:06:14.600 --> 0:06:21.520 because you idolize Michael Jordan. Kobe didn't shy away. But 0:06:21.600 --> 0:06:23.920 Lebron has lived up to the hype and then some, 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:28.840 which is almost impossible to fathom. He did it, He's 0:06:28.880 --> 0:06:31.400 done it and will continue to do it. And if 0:06:31.440 --> 0:06:36.520 Anthony Davis stays doesn't opt out the Lakers. According Las Vegas, 0:06:36.600 --> 0:06:40.160 they're the favorites going into next season, which I find 0:06:40.240 --> 0:06:43.239 interesting because I'd probably go Golden State in my opinion, 0:06:43.240 --> 0:06:45.320 if I know that Clay Thompson's going to be healthy, 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:49.080 and Steph Curry healthy and Draymond Greene. And if you're 0:06:49.080 --> 0:06:51.479 going to add a draft pick here or you bring 0:06:51.520 --> 0:06:54.880 in somebody else, I'd probably go Golden State right now 0:06:55.080 --> 0:06:57.120 because I'm not sure what the Clippers are going to be. 0:06:57.720 --> 0:07:01.560 They haven't even named a coach yet. You know, the Lakers, 0:07:01.880 --> 0:07:04.320 what are you going to add to that roster? And 0:07:04.440 --> 0:07:08.839 even though I had, you know, some serious criticisms leveled 0:07:08.839 --> 0:07:12.160 at them because the bench guys, the role players weren't consistent. 0:07:12.200 --> 0:07:14.720 I mean, that's why they're role players, because they're not consistent. 0:07:15.160 --> 0:07:20.440 But Caldwell Pope was very effective, Rajon Rondo was effective. 0:07:20.560 --> 0:07:23.400 Everybody sort of had their moments in the postseason there. 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:25.600 I don't want this to get lost on what the 0:07:25.640 --> 0:07:28.840 Miami Heat did, and that is I think they showcased 0:07:29.520 --> 0:07:33.720 a talent level determination heart that people did not see, 0:07:33.760 --> 0:07:35.400 would not have seen if they did not get to 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:39.200 the NBA Finals. But Jimmy Butler, that was big time 0:07:39.200 --> 0:07:42.120 basketball and I was not sold. I even said it 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:44.080 on the show. I didn't think he was a superstar. 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:48.000 Well I was wrong. Here's Jimmy Butler after the loss. 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:51.840 I'm a decent player. I think that I've grew in 0:07:51.880 --> 0:07:54.920 every aspect of the game, so I could smile about that. 0:07:55.920 --> 0:08:01.760 And more than anything, I've learned that here me works here. 0:08:02.680 --> 0:08:05.960 I'm always, always, always going to believe in my guys. 0:08:06.680 --> 0:08:09.240 And I think the one thing now learn more than 0:08:09.240 --> 0:08:13.080 anything is how fun it is to play with these 0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:16.680 guys like it. It really was fun watching all my 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:21.600 young fellows grow, having vets come in and showcase what 0:08:21.680 --> 0:08:25.000 thank us to do and teach me so much. It 0:08:25.040 --> 0:08:28.880 was a great time. It was a learning experience, and 0:08:28.960 --> 0:08:31.840 I think Jimmy Butler there were other stops along the 0:08:31.880 --> 0:08:34.320 way where we thought maybe Jimmy Butler was the problem. 0:08:34.360 --> 0:08:38.679 All he wanted was accountability from the younger players, and 0:08:38.760 --> 0:08:41.040 he wasn't getting it. And I think he got frustrated 0:08:41.080 --> 0:08:43.960 with Chicago. I think he got frustrated in Minnesota. Philadelphia 0:08:43.960 --> 0:08:46.760 made a mistake in letting him go. But give credit 0:08:46.840 --> 0:08:50.840 to that entire Heat team and organization, because that's not 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:53.040 a team you would expect to see in the NBA Finals. 0:08:53.520 --> 0:08:55.960 But they played like they belonged and they certainly got 0:08:56.080 --> 0:09:00.920 the LA Lakers attention. Lu So, why the fifth or 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:04.439 six on the odds for a title behind the Celtics 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:08.079 behind the nets, and the Bucks kind of feels like 0:09:08.120 --> 0:09:10.200 we're still sleeping on them. I mean, this is obviously 0:09:10.240 --> 0:09:13.439 a year away, but you know, you probably want to 0:09:13.480 --> 0:09:16.079 see them do it again, I guess, or you expect 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:18.600 Boston to be better than what they were, or Philly 0:09:18.640 --> 0:09:21.040 to be better than what they were, Toronto Milwaukee to 0:09:21.080 --> 0:09:23.360 be better than what they were, and you won't have 0:09:23.480 --> 0:09:26.680 the bubble as well. I still maintain that the younger 0:09:26.760 --> 0:09:30.920 the team, the less the bubble affected you, because you know, 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:34.960 there's no crowds there, there's no home court advantage. You know, 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:38.800 the heat and those younger players going to Staples, you 0:09:38.800 --> 0:09:41.080 know that could have been intimidating there. And I do 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:44.240 think there's no travel. You're single, you're not worried about 0:09:44.240 --> 0:09:48.280 your family, and the younger team, like Miami Heat, they 0:09:48.320 --> 0:09:51.360 didn't seem to be phased by this. The other news 0:09:51.440 --> 0:09:55.360 Dak Prescott having surgery last night. Of course it's successful surgery. 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:58.679 They never announced if it's unsuccessful surgery, but hopefully it's 0:09:58.679 --> 0:10:02.640 successful surgery. I think the business of Dak Prescott is 0:10:02.679 --> 0:10:05.760 going to be the Dallas Cowboys. They're probably gonna franchise 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:09.120 tag him again. I can't imagine. If you're not going 0:10:09.160 --> 0:10:10.920 to see him play in a game, then what are 0:10:10.920 --> 0:10:12.840 you going to do with his contracts status? And I'm 0:10:12.880 --> 0:10:16.800 going to guess they'll probably franchise him. Andy Dalton, you 0:10:16.880 --> 0:10:19.360 got him? Now do you resign Andy Dalton as an 0:10:19.360 --> 0:10:22.360 insurance policy? And you probably do. The Seahawks go to 0:10:22.400 --> 0:10:26.600 five and oh the Falcons fired everybody. Chargers Saints tonight 0:10:26.280 --> 0:10:29.680 tomorrow night. We hope the Bills and the Titans, Dodgers 0:10:29.679 --> 0:10:33.320 and Braves get their series underway. The Rays quietly beating 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:36.000 the Astros last night to take game one in their series. 0:10:36.280 --> 0:10:38.560 More phone calls coming up best and worst to the weekend. 0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:41.040 Zach and New York joins us, Hey Zach, thanks for holding. 0:10:41.040 --> 0:10:44.240 What do you have for me today? Hey Dan, first 0:10:44.240 --> 0:10:46.400 time caller. Love you guys than the Dan Atts I'll 0:10:46.400 --> 0:10:51.559 appreciate at six three. My best of the week was 0:10:51.600 --> 0:10:55.640 obviously Lebron James being the goat doing what he does, 0:10:55.800 --> 0:10:58.480 four time final MVP. I was glad to see that 0:10:58.520 --> 0:11:00.640 he got Anthony Davis ring as well. I think he 0:11:00.720 --> 0:11:03.320 deserved it. And Dwight Howard winning a ring in Orlando 0:11:03.640 --> 0:11:06.920 I think is a really nice storyline too. My worst 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:09.880 of the week comes from last night watching Minnesota throwaway 0:11:09.880 --> 0:11:15.120 that game in the final minutes in March, ninety four 0:11:15.160 --> 0:11:18.600 yards down the field like he owns it. It was absurd. 0:11:19.360 --> 0:11:22.959 Thank you, Zach. Russell Wilson's one of those guys. He's 0:11:23.000 --> 0:11:25.480 on the short list. I've said before, two minute drill, 0:11:25.559 --> 0:11:27.800 game on the line, I want Russell Wilson. It's my 0:11:27.880 --> 0:11:31.720 quarterback over any quarterback in football. There's just certain quarterbacks. 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:33.400 You don't give him the football, don't give him that 0:11:33.480 --> 0:11:35.720 opportunity to yea McLevin, what do you think the Vikings 0:11:35.720 --> 0:11:37.200 should have done? They had a fourth and one. They 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:39.160 could have kicked the field goal to go up twenty 0:11:39.240 --> 0:11:41.920 nine twenty one, but they went for it on the 0:11:42.000 --> 0:11:44.200 six yards the offensive six yard line, because they were 0:11:44.240 --> 0:11:47.520 so scared of Russell even you know, they thought, hey, 0:11:47.559 --> 0:11:49.440 if we get this, then he won't get the ball. 0:11:49.600 --> 0:11:51.520 Is it worth taking that risk to keep him out 0:11:51.520 --> 0:11:54.800 of Well, you get it and it's over. But I 0:11:54.840 --> 0:11:57.000 would have kicked the field goal. My thought process was, 0:11:57.120 --> 0:11:59.440 let me kick the field goal. They've got to go. 0:12:00.360 --> 0:12:02.880 They're not going ninety six yards now. There there's a 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:05.120 kickoff and they're gonna have to go you know, seventy 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:07.559 five yards. Then they have to get the two point conversion. 0:12:08.600 --> 0:12:11.480 I know it's in Seattle, but there's no home field 0:12:11.480 --> 0:12:14.080 advantage there, and I thought, you know what, let's go 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:17.600 up eight. So now I'm making Russ and you know, 0:12:18.280 --> 0:12:20.360 the entire Seahawks think about we got to get a 0:12:20.360 --> 0:12:23.319 touchdown and two points, not just a touchdown there. I 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:29.000 would have done that, you know, Russ through an interception, 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:30.880 but he came back and threw the touchdown pass to 0:12:31.040 --> 0:12:34.120 d DK Metcalf and Seattle's now five, and oh, I 0:12:34.160 --> 0:12:38.040 don't know how they're doing it other than Russell Wilson basically, 0:12:38.840 --> 0:12:43.120 But you know, DK Metcalf is a force you I 0:12:43.160 --> 0:12:45.840 think he was a curiosity. He was a workout wonder, 0:12:45.880 --> 0:12:51.040 combine guy. And also, you know Chase Chase Claypool with 0:12:51.320 --> 0:12:53.520 the Steelers, another one of those players. I think we 0:12:53.679 --> 0:12:55.840 like to say, well, what's your position? I don't know 0:12:55.840 --> 0:12:58.520 what Chase Claypool the Steelers is. I likened him to 0:12:59.080 --> 0:13:03.400 Kellen Winslow senior because he was one of those wait 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:05.880 what is he He's not a tight end, not a 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:10.439 wide receiver. I don't know. Try covering him like that, 0:13:10.720 --> 0:13:13.440 that's the curiosity I have with some of these players. 0:13:13.440 --> 0:13:16.160 And Chase Claypool, like DK Metcalf would have been a 0:13:16.200 --> 0:13:20.320 tight end a decade ago. Now you just put him 0:13:20.360 --> 0:13:22.040 out there and say, all right, who are you going 0:13:22.120 --> 0:13:25.080 to cover him with? Linebacker? Can't stay with him? Defense? 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:27.920 You back, you know he's gonna out muscle him. And 0:13:28.160 --> 0:13:31.839 with the passing rules and nobody's calling holding anymore, I mean, 0:13:31.880 --> 0:13:35.319 it's just tough tough to shut down any of these offenses. Yampo. 0:13:35.600 --> 0:13:37.559 And it seems like guys like Henry Ruggs, a third 0:13:37.559 --> 0:13:40.240 from Bama, the smaller speed guys are becoming more of 0:13:40.240 --> 0:13:43.800 an anomaly. And you're looking for Chase Claypool. I'm not 0:13:43.840 --> 0:13:48.200 saying redrafted, but ceedee lamb, big strong guy. He's just 0:13:48.360 --> 0:13:52.600 cruising for Dallas. Yeah, there's so much offense there. And 0:13:52.760 --> 0:13:55.559 I was running down the numbers for quarterbacks. I mean, 0:13:55.559 --> 0:13:59.120 this is really an unheard of when you start to 0:13:59.120 --> 0:14:02.760 look at these numbers. So Russell Wilson has nineteen touchdown passes, 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:09.680 three interceptions, Patrick Mahomes has thirteen and one, Derek Carr 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:14.359 eleven touchdowns, one interception, Josh Allen twelve touchdowns, one interception. 0:14:16.280 --> 0:14:21.920 Aaron Rodgers twelve touchdowns, no interceptions, Ben Roethlisberg er ten touchdowns, 0:14:21.960 --> 0:14:30.600 one interception, Ryan Tannehill eight touchdown pass, one interception. Pretty crazy. 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:33.119 I'm trying to think who's leading the league in interceptions. 0:14:33.240 --> 0:14:35.160 What's the name that would pop in your head? Who 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:42.680 would pomp into my head? Leading the league? Well, Sam Dornold, 0:14:43.600 --> 0:14:50.760 Carson Wentz nine, Kirk Cousins, oh seven, wow, Kyler Murray six. 0:14:50.880 --> 0:14:54.440 But he's still having a good season. Kirk Cousins, yeah. 0:14:54.480 --> 0:14:59.680 These yeah. You know, when I mentioned game manager, usually 0:14:59.720 --> 0:15:03.040 I say game manager, and that's a compliment to some 0:15:03.080 --> 0:15:06.000 of these players because it used to be Bob Greasy 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:09.400 and Bart Star like these were game managers, and it 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:12.920 was a compliment to be named. In my opinion, if 0:15:12.920 --> 0:15:15.120 I said you're a game manager, you understood the game. 0:15:16.680 --> 0:15:18.840 It's like Greg Maddox was a great pitcher. There are 0:15:18.840 --> 0:15:21.280 a lot of great throwers. Greg Maddox was a great pitcher. 0:15:21.320 --> 0:15:24.040 It's understanding. I got to pitch an entire game. By 0:15:24.080 --> 0:15:26.520 the way, if you're just joining us, Joe Morgan, the 0:15:26.520 --> 0:15:29.000 Hall of Famer, passed away at the age of seventy seven. 0:15:29.480 --> 0:15:32.160 But I look at certain players. I've said before Alex 0:15:32.240 --> 0:15:34.160 Smith was a game manager, but I meant that as 0:15:34.200 --> 0:15:37.600 a compliment. It's I understand what I need to do. 0:15:38.040 --> 0:15:40.840 It's I'm not going to throw thirty five touchdown passes, 0:15:41.160 --> 0:15:44.160 but I can still win. I do what I need 0:15:44.200 --> 0:15:46.080 to do when I need to do it. Just found 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:48.640 out Alex Smith is going to join us tomorrow, and 0:15:48.720 --> 0:15:52.280 that was a great moment yesterday. Although I would have 0:15:53.120 --> 0:15:56.600 it was hard for me to watch. I just I 0:15:58.760 --> 0:16:01.320 can't imagine and when we have him on tomorrow and 0:16:01.360 --> 0:16:04.040 I'm going to ask him about this. Your wife and 0:16:04.080 --> 0:16:07.240 your three kids are there watching and you could see 0:16:07.280 --> 0:16:09.880 where the kids aren't quite sure what the moment means, 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:13.760 but mom knows what it means. I mean, this is 0:16:13.880 --> 0:16:16.280 your husband is out there. He nearly lost his leg, 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:19.200 nearly lost his life. They weren't sure about the infection, 0:16:19.680 --> 0:16:22.080 like it was almost best case scenario, he was gonna 0:16:22.120 --> 0:16:26.560 lose his leg, and he's out there playing football. Here 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:30.480 is Alex Smith about coming back and playing yesterday. Very 0:16:30.480 --> 0:16:33.080 surreal at first. To have it happened as fast as 0:16:33.080 --> 0:16:35.560 it did was probably almost a blessing, you know for 0:16:35.680 --> 0:16:37.840 me obviously, just after you know, I knew it once 0:16:37.920 --> 0:16:39.680 once Kyle took that shot that there was a chance 0:16:39.720 --> 0:16:41.880 of it and obviously run over, grab my helmet, get 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:43.560 ready to roll. So it was kind of nice in 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:45.560 that sense not having to think about it and just 0:16:45.600 --> 0:16:47.320 go out there and do it, you know. And then 0:16:47.400 --> 0:16:49.600 in that situation kind of there and a half, you know, 0:16:49.600 --> 0:16:51.680 working some you know, trying to get the ball moving 0:16:51.720 --> 0:16:53.840 and obviously getting into a two minute tempo was as 0:16:53.840 --> 0:16:56.120 good as well in the same sense, just just no thinking, 0:16:56.240 --> 0:16:58.960 going and playing. It's Alex Smith would join us on 0:16:59.000 --> 0:17:03.800 the program tomorrow. Falcons cleaning house. We're not surprised at that. 0:17:03.880 --> 0:17:06.880 It was not a question of if, but when. Now, 0:17:06.920 --> 0:17:10.520 how attractive is that job? It becomes even more attractive 0:17:10.560 --> 0:17:12.960 the less the Falcons win the rest of the season. 0:17:13.720 --> 0:17:16.440 And what do you do with Matt Ryan. You still 0:17:16.440 --> 0:17:22.480 have Julio Jones, you got Ridley there. They shouldn't be winless? Yeah, 0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:25.680 is this another Dabbo rumor place? And by the way, 0:17:25.760 --> 0:17:28.920 if you want clicks, how about Dallas Cowboys at Dabbo too? 0:17:29.560 --> 0:17:31.800 Everybody they're nine teams who are all at them for 0:17:31.840 --> 0:17:34.520 Trevor Lawrence last night on social media, everyone's like the 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:37.200 Cowboys should be in Trevor Lawrence business. Yeah, but they're 0:17:37.200 --> 0:17:40.560 not because they're in the NFC East. Like, can you 0:17:40.560 --> 0:17:46.240 win the division? Accidentally? Yeah, you might win with five wins? 0:17:46.400 --> 0:17:49.240 Is taking the NFC East this year? The forty nine 0:17:49.280 --> 0:17:53.600 ers that one not Look I heard from Niners fans 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:57.400 it's like, hey, we got injuries. I said, okay, so 0:17:57.560 --> 0:17:59.679 did the Dallas count Like there's so many teams that 0:17:59.720 --> 0:18:04.800 have injuries and that's basically because you didn't have offseason workouts, 0:18:05.200 --> 0:18:07.639 no preseason and we told you that this was going 0:18:07.720 --> 0:18:11.960 to happen. There were going to be a crazy, inordinate 0:18:11.960 --> 0:18:17.119 amount of injuries. But Jimmy Garoppolo throws two interceptions and 0:18:17.240 --> 0:18:22.320 then he gets benched. C. J. Bethard, here we go again, 0:18:24.359 --> 0:18:26.800 and you can't say, as people have pointed out, you know, 0:18:26.840 --> 0:18:29.080 what do you have against Jimmy Garoppolo. I don't know 0:18:29.160 --> 0:18:32.720 Jimmy Garoppolo. I probably introduced you to Jimmy Garoppolo on 0:18:32.760 --> 0:18:36.120 this show because Paulie came in and told me one day, hey, 0:18:36.600 --> 0:18:38.680 you got to watch Eastern Illinois. They're in the playoffs. 0:18:38.720 --> 0:18:40.760 I watched the one Double A playoffs and they said, well, 0:18:40.800 --> 0:18:43.840 that guy can play and he was wonderful, and that 0:18:43.960 --> 0:18:48.080 Monday we brought his name up here. So it's not like, Hey, 0:18:48.160 --> 0:18:51.280 I just stumbled upon Jimmy Garoppolo and realized he can't play. 0:18:51.600 --> 0:18:54.560 You know, the Patriots reached up and got him. And 0:18:55.040 --> 0:18:57.720 my only criticism was the Patriots didn't get enough for 0:18:57.760 --> 0:18:59.800 a guy that everybody was all in on. That was it. 0:19:00.520 --> 0:19:04.000 But as far as a franchise quarterback, I don't think 0:19:04.040 --> 0:19:07.840 he is. But that's what I just watch. I don't 0:19:07.880 --> 0:19:09.960 I don't go, boy, I'm rooting for him to be 0:19:10.000 --> 0:19:12.880 a franchise quarterback. I just say I don't think he's 0:19:12.880 --> 0:19:20.199 a franchise quarterback. And the Niners aren't sure because they 0:19:20.880 --> 0:19:25.920 they did a drive by with Tom Brady. Do you 0:19:26.000 --> 0:19:28.320 think they regret that now that maybe they didn't go 0:19:28.359 --> 0:19:32.159 all in on Tom Brady? But Garoppolo looks like, you know, 0:19:32.160 --> 0:19:36.920 a franchise quarterback. But you know, I don't. I just 0:19:36.960 --> 0:19:39.800 don't know. You got one of the best players in 0:19:39.840 --> 0:19:43.200 football and George Kittle. You know, you've had some injuries 0:19:43.200 --> 0:19:45.679 at the wide receiver, but you know you still have 0:19:45.720 --> 0:19:48.280 a good offensive line, running game. The defense has been 0:19:48.320 --> 0:19:53.560 banged up a little bit. You lost Bosa, Solomon Thomas, Yes, mclovin, Yeah, 0:19:53.600 --> 0:19:56.080 I think we're underestimating the injuries. If most was her 0:19:56.200 --> 0:19:59.280 he I think he doesn't have injuries like them, though 0:19:59.280 --> 0:20:02.400 they're even worse. And the Cowboys, the cows lost three 0:20:02.440 --> 0:20:06.360 offensive linemen and their quarterback, and they lost their two linebackers. 0:20:06.440 --> 0:20:09.320 That's silly. The Niners have lost all that and more. 0:20:09.680 --> 0:20:12.680 They've lost everybody everyone's coming out on and off there, 0:20:12.720 --> 0:20:15.280 including there. So you lose a quarterback who's thrown gonna 0:20:15.320 --> 0:20:18.520 throw for six thousand yards. You got three linemen, two 0:20:18.520 --> 0:20:20.639 are probably going to the Hall of Fame, and you 0:20:20.720 --> 0:20:25.800 got your best defensive player Layton vander esh and Sean Lee. 0:20:26.040 --> 0:20:28.439 And the Niners were in the Super Bowl eight months ago, right, 0:20:28.440 --> 0:20:30.520 but they've lost the probably their best player, in fact, 0:20:30.560 --> 0:20:34.000 definitely their best players was great Eric armstad Deep with 0:20:34.040 --> 0:20:36.399 Samuel I could go to Jimmy Ware. You were not 0:20:36.520 --> 0:20:41.320 competitive yesterday to the Dolphins. They're just injured, you're not, 0:20:41.359 --> 0:20:46.119 but you're not competitive to the Dolphins. A my Dolphins. 0:20:46.200 --> 0:20:48.359 I know they show up a week late after I 0:20:48.359 --> 0:20:50.160 said they were going to beat Seattle. Then they show 0:20:50.240 --> 0:20:53.240 up Patrick could not miss a passig It was crazy. 0:20:53.359 --> 0:20:57.440 It was September, said Fitzpatrick. I know Alan Atlanta. Let 0:20:57.440 --> 0:20:59.199 me put al out of his misery here and then 0:20:59.240 --> 0:21:02.320 we'll take a break. High ow, Hey, Dan, I'm staking 0:21:02.359 --> 0:21:05.880 my call. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I figured i'd hear from Yeah. 0:21:05.960 --> 0:21:09.600 You know, I got an apology and the best in work. 0:21:09.680 --> 0:21:13.280 All right, all right now. My apology is the salty 0:21:13.320 --> 0:21:16.159 demeanor that I have been carrying around and bringing on 0:21:16.200 --> 0:21:19.240 your show and making you deal with for the last months. 0:21:19.760 --> 0:21:23.199 It's that that negativity hasn't been helping anyone try to 0:21:23.200 --> 0:21:28.119 turn over a positively whoa positive owl? Okay, let's try it. 0:21:28.240 --> 0:21:31.000 Let's try it. Yeah, and it was working. It works 0:21:31.080 --> 0:21:36.080 so well. That's my best positive positivity working. Thursday Braves, beautiful, 0:21:37.280 --> 0:21:41.040 Friday Tech. I don't even root for the Jackets, but 0:21:41.400 --> 0:21:46.439 they won. Saturday Bulldogs destroy Tennessee, Love it, Love it. 0:21:46.760 --> 0:21:49.320 Then the MBS teams come in and they try to 0:21:49.320 --> 0:21:51.600 take me down, Dan. They tried to take me down, 0:21:51.680 --> 0:21:53.440 but I didn't let it. I didn't let it. And 0:21:53.600 --> 0:21:56.160 now I'm happy. There is gonna be some fresh blood. 0:21:56.200 --> 0:21:58.400 Maybe it'll get something going. And I still got faith. 0:21:58.840 --> 0:22:02.560 I still got faith because if the ninety two Chargers 0:22:02.920 --> 0:22:05.159 can make it to the playoffs going on four. The 0:22:05.240 --> 0:22:11.280 twenty twenty Falcon thank you, Oh well, it doesn't It 0:22:11.320 --> 0:22:14.280 seem like it was a long long time ago that 0:22:14.320 --> 0:22:16.800 the Falcons who up twenty eight to three, and here 0:22:16.840 --> 0:22:20.119 we are, oh and five. Yeample. It actually gets worse 0:22:20.240 --> 0:22:22.600 because the Falcons, you know, you lose twenty eight to three. 0:22:22.640 --> 0:22:25.080 That was awful, one of the worst Super Bowl classes, 0:22:25.160 --> 0:22:27.920 if not ever. But then you're getting further away from 0:22:27.920 --> 0:22:30.159 the super Bowl. It's like the nine Ers. They were 0:22:30.200 --> 0:22:31.879 so close to win the super Bowl last year and 0:22:31.880 --> 0:22:34.000