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But we're gonna talk about next right now. 20 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 1: The gift that keeps on giving, which has been the 21 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 1: Bills losing to the Broncos this weekend in the playoffs. Yeah, 22 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:21,400 Speaker 1: that's it, Mike. I gotta be honest with you. There's 23 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:26,679 Speaker 1: no way I thought that the Bill's losing and the 24 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 1: aftermath of the interception and the firing of Sean McDermott 25 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: was gonna give us four days of content. I mean, 26 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: it's like the Lilith Fair or Lollapalooza of the like. 27 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 1: This is like four nights of this now. Man, we're 28 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 1: getting into Hanukah territory. We gonna have eight straight nights 29 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 1: of big stories involving this Bill's drama from this game. 30 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 3: It's funny because I've been looking at festival tickets on 31 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 3: stuff and the last couple of days one for my 32 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 3: kid out in Boise Beachline Festival down here in southern California. 33 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 3: Maybe I become a wandering troubadour with the Afghan tour. 34 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 3: I don't know. But yes, the bills, it keeps going 35 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 3: because we also keep getting these guys that are kind 36 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 3: of yettis getting in front of microphones the last couple 37 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 3: of weeks, with Pegoula being the latest. 38 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:13,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, this, I mean, look the bills and in 39 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: this headline today and what we saw today from Bill's 40 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 1: owner Terry Pegoula. This has everything to do with Josh 41 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: Allen and the fact that the Bills. They can't handle failure. 42 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 1: They can't Like we talk about teams not being able 43 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 1: to handle success, handle success, they can't handle failure. So 44 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 1: they're trying to make up for it by being bitter 45 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: and making excuses like that. That's that's the Bills strategy. 46 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 3: It's an interesting strategy. 47 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:41,640 Speaker 1: Seeing what they've done over the last few days. I 48 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: look at the Bills now and I go, man, the 49 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 1: opinion I have of their franchise had of their franchise 50 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:49,920 Speaker 1: four or five days ago, versus the opinion I have now, 51 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: it's it's it's night and day. Like five days ago, 52 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: I would have said, boy, the Bills have found a 53 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: way smaller market teams staying competitive. Being that team, Hey, 54 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 1: they're so close every year, so you know they have 55 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: the pieces in place, but for one reason or other, 56 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 1: they can't get over the hump. But boy, they're running 57 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 1: their team the right way now. I feel like they 58 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 1: got lucky with a great quarterback, and when their great 59 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: quarterback stinks in the game, they lose and they melt 60 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 1: down and you see all the warts, right, you see 61 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:20,799 Speaker 1: because Josh Allen stunk Saturday, and that's the reason why 62 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 1: they went home. Because Josh Allen stunk, but nobody wants 63 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:26,640 Speaker 1: to say that. I don't know why, because you should 64 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 1: be able to say that about your best player, right 65 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: because he's sitting. He's as much as under years as 66 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: much as I want to say, boy when you're the 67 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 1: Phillies GM saying this offseason, Bryce Harper's good. You know, 68 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: is he still elite? You know that's gonna set light 69 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 1: a fire under Bryce Harper for this year. 70 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 4: Right. 71 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 1: He already has made comments wearing shirts in the offseason saying, 72 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 1: you know, that's a good on them and everything else. 73 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 1: So you know that's gonna light a fire under him, right, 74 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 1: Like that's how you light a fire under Josh Allen. 75 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 1: You stunk, He's stunk. He's why they lost. He had 76 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 1: six to eight plays that he absolutely killed the Bills with. 77 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 1: Right His interception was awful, his fumble was even worse 78 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 1: at the end of the half. He was careless and 79 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 1: how many throws did he miss at the end of 80 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: the game We went over it. Missing Dawson Knox could 81 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 1: have been a game winning touchdown, bouncing it, skipping it 82 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 1: to Khalil Shakir when he got in the end zone. 83 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: That would have been a big touchdown that could have 84 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 1: won the game. And the interception we're talking about the 85 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:23,359 Speaker 1: Brandon Cooks play, he underthrew it, right. That's why that 86 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 1: whole play was able to get picked off because Josh 87 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 1: Allen under threw the football. So understand, it's okay to 88 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: say your quarterback's stunk, right, But because they wouldn't say that, 89 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 1: we get all this crazy kakammy stuff today about how 90 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 1: oh all these reasons why they lost and why they 91 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 1: had to fire Sean McDermott, and I realize the Bills 92 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 1: know just as much or as little as any other team. 93 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:47,799 Speaker 1: And this is what happens. This is why a quarterback 94 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 1: can cover all your ills. And when the quarterback doesn't, 95 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:52,679 Speaker 1: you kind of see and you see how the sausage 96 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:54,919 Speaker 1: is made. Right. Tom Brady covered a lot of ills 97 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:57,720 Speaker 1: with the Patriots because clearly once he left, Bill Belichick 98 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 1: was not the same head coach. Right, Josh Allen's great, 99 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:02,359 Speaker 1: but what Josh Allen isn't great? Look at what happened 100 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 1: to the Bills. They fired their coach. Now you're wondering 101 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: what's going on. They're blaming each other. So to understand that, 102 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 1: to go into what the Bills did today. I mean, 103 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 1: this drama is just fantastic. 104 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, you just watch how things crumble and 105 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 3: finger pointing happens. Right you start getting the exacerbated Spider 106 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 3: Man memes across the way, including some lies, some flat 107 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 3: out FIBs being told which were disproved very quickly based 108 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 3: on their own social media and website in terms of 109 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 3: whose fault it is for different pieces of the roster 110 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 3: construction and how that played out. But at no point 111 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:46,839 Speaker 3: will anybody blame Josh Allen, it seems except you and I. Yeah, 112 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 3: I mean, because I look, I love Josh Allen and 113 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 3: he made a lot of big plays in that game. 114 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:56,840 Speaker 3: He also made several that were just unconscionably bad and 115 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:00,599 Speaker 3: that sent them home. Now, their defense stunk. He didn't 116 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:03,159 Speaker 3: take care of the football, and a bunch of circumstances 117 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 3: he missthrows, missed opportunities, turnovers, the fumble at the end 118 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:10,799 Speaker 3: of the half, the fumble right out of the beginning 119 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:13,039 Speaker 3: of the second half. Like, all of that is just 120 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:15,479 Speaker 3: about as bad as you can script it. But to 121 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:18,800 Speaker 3: go as Pegoula did with being just sitting here, No 122 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:21,840 Speaker 3: I got a promotion. I'm not saying another damn word. 123 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 3: It was just laughably bad, like the only thing that 124 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:29,719 Speaker 3: Trump did. They were lucky that that story on the 125 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 3: bus family dropped. The only problem is there's no audio 126 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:36,280 Speaker 3: and video just some of what was going on there. 127 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:38,920 Speaker 3: Maybe you gotta try to piece that back to together 128 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 3: from the archives or just superimposed John c Riley from 129 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 3: that season of the Hoops Show that we got with 130 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:52,359 Speaker 3: him and Adrian Brody. I mean, that's all we got 131 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 3: for this. You know, the bills just look absolutely terrible, 132 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 3: and you've got to be laughing, going, yeah, you're down 133 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 3: here with us. You may have a quarterback, but you're 134 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:06,160 Speaker 3: no better than we are as an organization. Congratulations jets. 135 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 1: Now, luckily we have audio of Terry Pegoula's press conference 136 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 1: where he continued to show that boy, I know billionaires 137 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: are great behind closed doors, and I know that they 138 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 1: you know, they're really forceful personalities and you have to 139 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 1: to make that kind of money and ruthless. But boy man, 140 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 1: you put you put billionaires in front of a microphone 141 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: and I go, how are you even successful? How did 142 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 1: you make this money? Because yeah, I walked away from 143 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 1: his press conference today going well, okay, the PR Department 144 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 1: saying well, we got our work cut out for us 145 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 1: to try to make sense of that. Uh, here's a 146 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 1: couple of things that Terry Pegoula said. The first one 147 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: has to be a callback to Sean McDermott, who has 148 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: been fighting with the Bills in and out of the 149 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: media over the course of the past few days. Now 150 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 1: we got the story that the Bills decided to fire 151 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: Sean McDermott after the game on Saturday, and one of 152 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 1: the things that had upset them was that they had 153 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: had a meeting with McDermott, Pagoula, and their GM Brandon Bean, 154 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 1: in which he said the roster's not good enough to 155 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 1: win with and both Bean and Pegola disagreed, especially Bean's 156 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 1: going to he's the GM, and so that was one 157 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 1: big reason why they said, you know why mcdertt was fired, 158 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 1: And Pegola decided to make an example out of one 159 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 1: player specifically, and that's wide receiver Keon Coleman, who came 160 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 1: in was going to be the next guy to replace 161 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 1: Thefon Diggs. It didn't work out. He was suspended for 162 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 1: a couple of games that was not great this year, 163 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 1: and for some reason, Pegoola wanted everybody to know that 164 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 1: it was McDermott and the coaching staff that wanted to 165 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: draft him and not Brandon Bean in the front office. 166 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 5: Take a listen, the coaching staff pushed to draft Kean. 167 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 5: I'm not saying Brandon wouldn't have drafted him, but he 168 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 5: wasn't his next choice. He's taken, for some reason heat 169 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:57,319 Speaker 5: over it and not saying a word about it. 170 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:01,120 Speaker 1: Wow. Wow. You talk about a guy that does that, 171 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: that doesn't understand things. Number One, he wants to go 172 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 1: out and play the blame game over whose idea it 173 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 1: was to draft the underachieving guy. So you're telling me 174 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: the GM had no input on it, none at all. 175 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 1: He was like, well, I don't know, and the coaches said, 176 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:17,319 Speaker 1: I said, no, we are drafting this guy, and that 177 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 1: GM said okay, Like it was draft day when Dennis 178 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 1: Leary said drafting Ray Jennings and and Kevin cother says yes, 179 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 1: Cleveland Royalty, let's go get him. Like that's how it 180 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 1: went right. So you're cutting off your GM at the 181 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 1: knees by saying he had no input on this draft pick, 182 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: which you know he did because, as you talked about 183 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 1: earlier in the show, there is video of him talking 184 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:39,200 Speaker 1: about wanting to draft Keon Coleman. But that's not even 185 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:41,320 Speaker 1: the big part of this. The big part of this 186 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 1: is that guess who still plays for the Bills, Keon Coleman, 187 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 1: and you decided to Yes, he's been disappointing. I understand that, 188 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:52,080 Speaker 1: But man, there are very few instances I remember where 189 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 1: an owner lights up one of his players for being 190 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 1: underachieving while he's still under contract with the team. If 191 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 1: I'm Keon Coleman, I say give me my release, pay 192 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:03,599 Speaker 1: me I get or now you say you got to 193 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 1: get me out of here because I have no future here. Man, 194 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 1: you just lit me up. No, it hasn't been a 195 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:10,200 Speaker 1: great year, but I'm a young player trying to figure 196 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 1: stuff out, X, Y and Z whatever you want to say. 197 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: You don't do that about a player, right You need 198 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 1: You don't need Sean McDermott anymore. You fired him. You 199 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:20,680 Speaker 1: need Keon Coleman in theory that he could be a 200 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:23,200 Speaker 1: really good player, But instead you've just ruined it because 201 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 1: you wanted to make sure. Hey, I don't want us 202 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:28,480 Speaker 1: to get the blame for drafting Keon Coleman. Wow, man, 203 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 1: how do you think that was a good idea to 204 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 1: go out and say if you're the owner. 205 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's just that curiosity and you're trying to distance it. 206 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 3: But again, the video evidence doesn't lie. Yeah, that four 207 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,600 Speaker 3: or five seven he ran. That means other teams aren't 208 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:43,080 Speaker 3: gonna look at him. He sounds like Jerry Jones. Yeah, 209 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 3: that's our guy, that's our guy. He accept this seat. 210 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:49,560 Speaker 3: He wanted a slow guy to come in and because 211 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:54,560 Speaker 3: it was sandbagged at the Combine that that was the 212 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 3: guy that Brandon Bean wanted. And he was telling his 213 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:00,280 Speaker 3: other scouts like and they're asking him flat out, sure 214 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:03,679 Speaker 3: this is the guy, goes, yeah, that'll help us, Like 215 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 3: it's out there Buffalo bills dot Com and the social 216 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:10,439 Speaker 3: media from the Combine ahead of the twenty twenty four draft. Now, 217 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 3: right after Coleman got picked, you had McConkey a couple later, 218 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:20,440 Speaker 3: Jalen pokeh. Then you have who else at night? Mitchell 219 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 3: was a little bit later, Malachi Corley your guy, alright, 220 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 3: he was your guy. Yeah, and just going down the 221 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 3: line now an Mitchell's my guy. Yeah, no, exactly funny 222 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 3: how that works. But but you know, for Keyon Coleman, 223 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:34,959 Speaker 3: he was a healthy scratch A couple of times and 224 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 3: that's the genesis of the question of he was a 225 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 3: guy that they couldn't trust week to week to even 226 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 3: put him up until all those guys went on the 227 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 3: IR and you had to. But at this point, he 228 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 3: is currently on your roster, on your depth chart. Now 229 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 3: he's the second round pick. So you're not into him 230 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 3: for big money or or any of that. But in theory, 231 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 3: there might have been a team that would still say, hey, 232 00:11:57,320 --> 00:11:59,679 Speaker 3: we can fix him and you can get something. Now 233 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:02,560 Speaker 3: you've just absolutely well, I mean we we didn't want him. 234 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:05,040 Speaker 3: It was all that guy over there, the guy would 235 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 3: have fired want him. But but it was just so 236 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:11,120 Speaker 3: ham handed because it was just just proven so quickly, 237 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 3: like that's not it. They didn't even have to scour 238 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 3: for him, like it was up when he finished that sentence. 239 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 1: Now, if you like that part of it, this is 240 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:19,960 Speaker 1: even better. 241 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 3: Uh. 242 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 1: Pogoola talked about his decision when he knew he was 243 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 1: going to fire Sean McDermott, and he said it was 244 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:31,080 Speaker 1: in the locker room following the Broncos loss, where Josh 245 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:34,560 Speaker 1: Allen was crying and the players were we're in tears, 246 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:37,560 Speaker 1: and and and and were shocked, and he he knew hey, 247 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 1: we need something different. Right, Here's here's Terry Pegoula talking 248 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:41,840 Speaker 1: about that. 249 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 5: My decision to bring in a new coach was based 250 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:49,960 Speaker 5: on the results of our game in Denver. I know 251 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 5: we can do better, and I know we will get better. 252 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 3: Now. 253 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:59,600 Speaker 1: Okay, in theory, that sounds great. However, he also made 254 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 1: sure to go on a long die a tribe about 255 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 1: how the interception that we talked about, that's been talked 256 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,199 Speaker 1: about for the past few days, the Brandon Cooks play 257 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 1: was a completed pass. Doesn't understand why then the referees 258 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:14,440 Speaker 1: robbed them? He went on to make sure, which I mean, 259 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 1: come on, I get the year angry. I get you're upset. 260 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 1: I understand, but that's the rule. I don't think anybody 261 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:25,440 Speaker 1: really has a problem with it, right. I get it's emotional. 262 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 1: I get you feel, but that's the rule. You gotta 263 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:30,599 Speaker 1: control the football, right. We learned Austin Safarian Jenkins and 264 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 1: Jane Kurkowski in Curb your enthusiasm, complete the catch, right, 265 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:35,840 Speaker 1: You got to complete the catch. He didn't do it. 266 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 1: Nobody really has a problem with that. Bills fans are 267 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 1: insane and everybody just wants to hate the NFL rules. 268 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:43,480 Speaker 1: Get but I get it they made the right call 269 00:13:43,559 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 1: on that. But that's neither here nor there, because here's 270 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 1: where I get where. I think things got out of 271 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 1: control for the Bills and they fired Sean McDermott, and 272 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 1: now they don't know how to respond because of the 273 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 1: way the reaction to it has been. The players haven't 274 00:13:57,520 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 1: really stepped up and said anything. The fans are all 275 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 1: mad because what Terry Pegoula want wanted us to know 276 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 1: is that I made the decision to fire Sean McDermott 277 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:09,559 Speaker 1: after the game. Okay, but yet you say you got 278 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:13,359 Speaker 1: robbed from that win by the pass that was completed 279 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:17,560 Speaker 1: to Brandon Cooks. So what you're telling me is that, hey, 280 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 1: you should have won the game, but because the referee 281 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 1: screwed you, you had to fire your head coach. That 282 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 1: there's no world that that makes sense in no world. 283 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 1: Yet that's what he wants to believe. I made this it. 284 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 1: We have to go forward different way. But but that 285 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 1: play that ruined us. We should have had that completion, 286 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 1: we would have won the game and gone and gone 287 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 1: to the AFT Championship. Oh but then Sean McDermott keeps 288 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 1: his job. So because the referee screwed you. You had 289 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 1: to fire your head coach. Like this is why I'm 290 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 1: like when billionaires get in front of a microphone, it's 291 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 1: like you can't just say whatever the hell you want to. 292 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:52,080 Speaker 1: You wind up looking like someone that's unprepared and unprepared 293 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 1: for dealing with the fallout from losing like you did 294 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:57,760 Speaker 1: this Saturday because Pegola just didn't make any sense to that. 295 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, he got very upset. I'm talking about the interception again. 296 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:03,680 Speaker 3: I mean, he did expound upon the fact that they've 297 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 3: had all those near misses and the number of losses 298 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 3: in games where they should have finished the job, which, okay, 299 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 3: that's fine, but you really kept, you know, stomping your 300 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 3: feet and holding your breath over the interception and the 301 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 3: call screwing you. So if that's the case, then McDermot 302 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 3: should still be your coach if you want to go. 303 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 3: If it's the hey, we're just not getting and breaking 304 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 3: through that wall, then that's fine. Then move on. Stop 305 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 3: protesting so much about any disagreements about players and where 306 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 3: you're at. 307 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 1: Exit out about a Fresca exit Swallen Dome. 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All you gotta do search Covino and Rich 324 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 6: FSR on YouTube again, go to YouTube search Covino and 325 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 6: Rich FSR. Check us out on YouTube, Subscribe, hit that 326 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:35,119 Speaker 6: dumbs up icon, comment away. 327 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio The Jason Smith Show with my best 328 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 1: friend Mike Harmon. You want an example of being ahead 329 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 1: of the curve, Well, luckily you ask, because we have 330 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 1: that for you. As NFL teams look to fill their 331 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 1: head coaching vacant, it's vacancies and Yeah, it's a weird 332 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 1: to say in the year where the guys getting fired 333 00:16:56,880 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 1: are the best candidates, but this is the case. It 334 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:03,360 Speaker 1: was a week ago we talked about Mike Tomlin, who 335 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:07,479 Speaker 1: resigned as head coach of the Steelers, and general consensus was, Hey, 336 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:09,919 Speaker 1: he's gonna take some time off. He's gonna be on TV, 337 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:13,359 Speaker 1: probably next to Jay Glazer. He and Jay are tight, 338 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:15,880 Speaker 1: like Jay's done hits with US, interviews with US where 339 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin's son is at his house and they're hanging out. So, uh, 340 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:22,960 Speaker 1: you know, yeah, probably TV. But then he'll get back 341 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 1: to coaching. Tomlin's young, fifty one, fifty two, and he's 342 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 1: had a great record. Maybe need some time away to decompress, 343 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 1: and he'll come back. But we said, you know, hang 344 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:37,360 Speaker 1: on a second, just supposing, just supposing, what if Mike 345 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 1: Tomlin is done? What if he is that. We've seen 346 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 1: it before. We've seen it with the Steelers before. Bill 347 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:46,119 Speaker 1: Cower coached very young when he was hired, coached a 348 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 1: long time, won the Super Bowl, resigned, retired and walked away. 349 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:52,199 Speaker 1: Oh he's gonna be back. He's gonna take a year 350 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 1: or two off and he'll come back. And you know 351 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 1: he's gonna be back. We'll be coaching the Panthers. He'll 352 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,439 Speaker 1: be coaching someplace else. And guess what, here we are 353 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 1: forty years later, Bill Cowers on television. Right, we saw 354 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:04,480 Speaker 1: it with John Gruden, always young, he's stepping away, He'll 355 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 1: be back. Took him ten years to get back into 356 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 1: into the game. Right O, other young coaches, we've seen 357 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:13,919 Speaker 1: this happen. And so here's Tomlin, who again in his 358 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,080 Speaker 1: early fifties as coach in the NFL for nearly two decades. 359 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 1: What if he's done, He's gonna find life on TV 360 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 1: is much easier than life is a head coach. You 361 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:26,159 Speaker 1: still stay connected to the game, You make more headlines. 362 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:28,440 Speaker 1: You do not have to worry about winning on Sunday, 363 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:30,880 Speaker 1: don't have to worry about being right picking games right. 364 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 1: Just be entertaining and and tell great stories. And hey, 365 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:38,160 Speaker 1: you'll have a great career on TVs. What if he's done, 366 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:40,480 Speaker 1: because I guarantee you Tomlin, who's been living with that 367 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 1: pressure cooker over the last two decades, coaching players that 368 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 1: are a handful of Roethlisberger and Antonio Brown and Le'Veon 369 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 1: Bell and try to make it work with Rogers and 370 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:52,960 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson and Justin Fields. Yeah, he might find life 371 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 1: to be pretty cushy and that's it. We may not 372 00:18:56,640 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 1: see him again. Well, earlier in the day, Jay Glazer 373 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:04,199 Speaker 1: went on a barstool podcast and said, Mike t is 374 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 1: done coaching. His exact phrase, he's done. Listen to Jay. 375 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 7: Everybody thinks it's the greatest because, well, they don't fire 376 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 7: a head coaches. 377 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:14,240 Speaker 2: But we don't fire head coaches because they've been successful 378 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 2: all those years. 379 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:18,439 Speaker 7: But the Steelers, man, they have no quarterback. They have 380 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 7: an agent defense where you gonna have to move off 381 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:23,440 Speaker 7: from some guys for stars. I think you got to 382 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:26,480 Speaker 7: kind of chase things that are done in the organization. 383 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 7: I think my team really really covered up a lot 384 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 7: of things that were that are done over there. They're 385 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 7: they're not They don't spend like other teams. 386 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 3: At all. 387 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 7: And I think the Steelers they just assume, well, they 388 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:41,639 Speaker 7: just don't fire guys. Yeah, they don't fire you because 389 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:44,639 Speaker 7: they've just been successful for so many years. But I 390 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 7: think there's gonna be there's gonna be a little bit 391 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:49,920 Speaker 7: of a rough patch ahead here where they're gonna have 392 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:52,679 Speaker 7: to start learning how to really open up to spend 393 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:53,600 Speaker 7: and do things differently. 394 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 1: So there's Jay explaining, hey, look with the Steelers, him 395 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:00,200 Speaker 1: walking away, right, because the Steelers are at a point 396 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 1: in there in there present where there's gotta be a 397 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: lot of changes and Mike Tomlin wasn't gonna be there 398 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:10,119 Speaker 1: for that. Everything's different now. But he said Mike T's 399 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 1: done now. He didn't go into detail saying he's done 400 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:15,679 Speaker 1: for twenty twenty six where he's done for his career. 401 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:19,239 Speaker 1: But I gotta think that if he's saying he's just 402 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:22,120 Speaker 1: gonna sit out twenty twenty six, that's what you would say, Hey, 403 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:24,320 Speaker 1: you know he's gonna sit out this year, he's done 404 00:20:24,359 --> 00:20:26,400 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty six, he'll be, you know, thinking about 405 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 1: next year. But to say Mike T is done like 406 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:33,480 Speaker 1: that tells you he's done. And maybe he's done like 407 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:36,359 Speaker 1: Bill Cowering, which he's a star on TV and he 408 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:39,440 Speaker 1: never comes back, or he's done for ten years, because 409 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:41,120 Speaker 1: he can still come back. Look, he's still a young 410 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 1: dude if he comes back, right, he's still sixty one. 411 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:45,120 Speaker 1: If he's done for ten years, right, he sits out, 412 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 1: comes back in ten years, or maybe defense is back 413 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:50,160 Speaker 1: in vogue and you know, these guy's got a quarterback 414 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 1: he will Howard's entering his tenth year, is starting quarterback 415 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:56,320 Speaker 1: in the Steelers. You know he could come back then maybe, 416 00:20:56,440 --> 00:21:00,399 Speaker 1: But but to hear him say, yeah, he's done again, 417 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:03,480 Speaker 1: I really we talked about it last week, like, I 418 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:06,360 Speaker 1: would not be surprised if that was it for Mike 419 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 1: Tomlin because he could have stayed on. He could have 420 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:11,479 Speaker 1: kept going in Pittsburgh where he still wins, you though, 421 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:14,199 Speaker 1: he doesn't win the super Bowl, but he decided to 422 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 1: walk away. And you know, look, this tells me that 423 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:20,200 Speaker 1: not only can we be NFL insiders, but lots of 424 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:24,199 Speaker 1: guys are insiders. I'd like to think we're more NFL detectives, Mike, Like, 425 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:28,200 Speaker 1: we use our intelligence and our powers of intuition. We 426 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: ben Walt Blanc the hell out of it, and well 427 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 1: we're detectives and we solve the case for you. Hey, 428 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:36,200 Speaker 1: all of this points to Mike Tomlin could be done. 429 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:39,720 Speaker 1: And now here's Jay Glazer on a podcast saying he's done. 430 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:42,359 Speaker 1: Now it's just how long is he done? Forever? Is 431 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:45,560 Speaker 1: he done? For ten years? But hearing he's done, WHOA, Suddenly, 432 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 1: I'm not surprised at that. 433 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 3: No, not at all. I mean, you look at what 434 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:51,720 Speaker 3: he's done these last years, and as much as you know, 435 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 3: we've talked about it with different points of hey, maybe 436 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:57,600 Speaker 3: it's time to step away, It's never been in the 437 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 3: under the guise of, hey, you should fire fire the guy, 438 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 3: like at least from where we've sat here in our 439 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:07,200 Speaker 3: bully pulpit here at Fox Sports Radio. It's just kind 440 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:10,240 Speaker 3: of like, has it run its course? And certainly for him, 441 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:12,920 Speaker 3: look it since Ben Roethlisberger and even those last couple 442 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 3: of years of Roethlisberger, he's more or less held this 443 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:19,639 Speaker 3: thing together with duct tape and gum right personalities in 444 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:23,880 Speaker 3: the locker room. Talented, but certainly tax a lot out 445 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:25,920 Speaker 3: of you. Go and look at the video of him 446 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:29,919 Speaker 3: attending his daughter's gymnastics competition. The man looks like he 447 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:35,400 Speaker 3: got daged through through AI and CGI work a good 448 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 3: ten years, and he already looked young. Look how much 449 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:43,919 Speaker 3: younger he looks just a week away from begging this stuff. So, 450 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:46,560 Speaker 3: I mean, with Bill Kawer, you had some family things 451 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 3: and circumstances that you know, perhaps you know, were some 452 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 3: of the deciding factors from Mike Tomlin. You know, you 453 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 3: don't want to miss the best parts. I mean, everybody 454 00:22:56,600 --> 00:23:00,880 Speaker 3: gives up some level of that family time and those 455 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 3: events for whatever your job is. You're on the road 456 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 3: a little bit, you work some odd hours, whatever else, 457 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:08,879 Speaker 3: and you try to make the best of it. Sometimes 458 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:13,000 Speaker 3: it becomes a very contentious situation. Not saying that that's 459 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:17,159 Speaker 3: what it is here, but certainly from Mike Tomlin, the 460 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:20,880 Speaker 3: decision was all right, we've run this and now it's 461 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:23,080 Speaker 3: time to step off. The merry go round and if 462 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:25,840 Speaker 3: that's forever, then he had a hell of a run, right. 463 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 3: I mean, you talk about a guy going out never 464 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 3: having a losing season, and you go back and look 465 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 3: at some of those rosters, go back and look at 466 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 3: the Steelers roster when it was as it was constituted 467 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:40,639 Speaker 3: for this year, like all right, with Aaron Rodgers maybe wishing, wanting, 468 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 3: hoping that you get to the point that they did. 469 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:46,080 Speaker 3: You couldn't have thought that the division would be there 470 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:49,119 Speaker 3: for them. With the Ravens right when we talk with 471 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 3: Jason locking for every week about it. They thought it 472 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:55,199 Speaker 3: was the best roster they'd constructed in a while, and 473 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 3: we're ready to go Cincinnati. Everything that could go wrong 474 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:04,360 Speaker 3: did and then some right so as you break it out, 475 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 3: and Cleveland's Cleveland, and so as you break it all out, 476 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 3: and like, all right, what if that was as good 477 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:14,159 Speaker 3: as it could get? And it the stress and the 478 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:16,960 Speaker 3: toll that the year took on him, the fans calling 479 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,320 Speaker 3: for his head, whatever else, like I don't need this, 480 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 3: I want to go be with my family for a minute. 481 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:24,679 Speaker 3: Or maybe he'd never walk back through that door. And 482 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 3: that's the beauty of it. As soon as he opens 483 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 3: up his fax machine if he has one, or his 484 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:36,960 Speaker 3: phone to say hey, I'm back in par parentheses in play, 485 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:39,720 Speaker 3: then suddenly how many teams come out of the woodwork 486 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 3: looking for him to come and restore their team or 487 00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 3: bring it to some level of competency. I mean, he'd 488 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:47,920 Speaker 3: be the first guy on everybody's. 489 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:51,320 Speaker 1: Call exit out out a Fresca exit swalling down the 490 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 1: Jason Smith Show with my best friend Mike Harmon. We 491 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:57,840 Speaker 1: got more coming up in ninety seconds, another big story 492 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:02,680 Speaker 1: out of the NFL. We're gonna what's trending going on 493 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:06,200 Speaker 1: with Monsy Belagos who will tell you her favorite Dodge 494 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 1: or is show? Heyo Tani but it's really Key k 495 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:11,520 Speaker 1: Hernandez I do love Key Ye Hernandez. 496 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:12,360 Speaker 2: They're both great. 497 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:14,960 Speaker 4: Kik is great because I will tell you, like when 498 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:18,120 Speaker 4: tours are going around, Kik is exactly who you think 499 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 4: he is, like just very you know, interactive with the 500 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,480 Speaker 4: guests and the fans and all that show. Heyo Tani 501 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:27,920 Speaker 4: is so kind, so respectful. Everything you see about him 502 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:30,359 Speaker 4: is real. He is as nice of a guy as 503 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:33,879 Speaker 4: he comes out and he's always at the stadium working hard, 504 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:36,040 Speaker 4: like with his dog. The other day, he was there 505 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:38,240 Speaker 4: with decoy in the outfield and there was a tour 506 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:40,399 Speaker 4: group on the other side of the field. In the 507 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:43,240 Speaker 4: visitors dug out and Decoy ran to the tour group 508 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 4: and like the tour was like, oh, can we pet him? 509 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:47,520 Speaker 2: And they petted the dog and then you just hear 510 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 2: a whistle from. 511 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:50,399 Speaker 4: The other side of the field and Dico goes back 512 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:53,000 Speaker 4: to show Hao Tani. So that's like what you get 513 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:54,040 Speaker 4: to do at the Dodgers. 514 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:55,720 Speaker 2: If you take a tour, you never know who. 515 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:57,639 Speaker 3: You're gonna run into. Can I send a pen in 516 00:25:57,920 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 3: a trading card back with decoy to. 517 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:02,600 Speaker 4: Get That's exactly what you should do, like a bird, 518 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:05,440 Speaker 4: like tie it on to his call, send it off. 519 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 1: And let's see what happens. 520 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:10,160 Speaker 4: Yes, both are great with the tours, they're great in baseball. 521 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:12,720 Speaker 4: Jason Smith is happy the Mets of acquired also a 522 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:16,280 Speaker 4: right hander, Freddie Peralta in a trade with the Brewers. 523 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 4: Top prospects Jet Williams and Brandon Sprout. Is that right 524 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 4: Jason are headed to Milwaukee in the exchange. And in 525 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:26,160 Speaker 4: case you missed it, the Yankees and outfielder Cody Bellinger 526 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:29,000 Speaker 4: agreed to a five year deal where one hundred and 527 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:32,160 Speaker 4: sixty two million. The contract includes a full known trade 528 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:36,200 Speaker 4: clause and includes opt outs following the second and third seasons. 529 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 4: When it comes to the NFL, defensive coordinator Brian Flores 530 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,639 Speaker 4: has signed a contract extension with the Vikings. If he 531 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 4: does not receive a head coaching job this cycle, he'll 532 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 4: be back as the team's defensive coordinator. Bills will continue 533 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:51,600 Speaker 4: their search for a head coach with interviews on Thursday 534 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,720 Speaker 4: with former Giants head coach Brian Dable and Colt's defensive 535 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:59,119 Speaker 4: coordinator Lou Ennarumo, also Bill's and Broncos. They had an 536 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:02,119 Speaker 4: average audience the game on Saturday, an average audience of 537 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:06,040 Speaker 4: thirty nine point six million viewers, with fifty one point 538 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:09,920 Speaker 4: three million viewers tuning in during overtime. It's the most 539 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:13,400 Speaker 4: watched Saturday telecast on any network since the nineteen ninety 540 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:16,920 Speaker 4: four Winter Olympics and the most watched Saturday afternoon telecast 541 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 4: on record. CBS had the numbers in case he amissed 542 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:23,320 Speaker 4: at forty nine ers GM. John Lynch says that wide 543 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:25,920 Speaker 4: receiver Brandon Ayuk has played his last snap for the team. 544 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,960 Speaker 4: He will not be back in twenty twenty six. In 545 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,639 Speaker 4: the NBA, Shay Gildess Alexander dropped forty points to go 546 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:34,119 Speaker 4: along with eleven assists, and the Thunder rolled past the 547 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:37,240 Speaker 4: Bucks one twenty two to one oh two. Nicks crushed 548 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 4: the Nets one twenty to sixty six starters didn't even 549 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 4: play in the fourth quarter. They snapped their four game 550 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 4: losing streak one by fifty four, and it's a franchise record. 551 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:48,679 Speaker 4: The Raptors outscored the Kings one twenty two to one 552 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:52,120 Speaker 4: oh nine. All five of Toronto's starters ended in double digits. 553 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:54,400 Speaker 4: The Hawks beat the Grizzlies won twenty four to one 554 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:57,239 Speaker 4: twenty two behind thirty two points and fifteen rebounds from 555 00:27:57,280 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 4: Jalen Johnson Pistons with the one twelve to one oh 556 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,280 Speaker 4: four win over the Pelicans, and the Cats top the 557 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:05,640 Speaker 4: Hornets ninety four eighty seven. Celtics defeated the Pacers one 558 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:08,840 Speaker 4: nineteen to one oh four. In men's college hoops, number one, 559 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:11,879 Speaker 4: Arizona stays undefeated with a seventy seven to fifty one 560 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 4: win over Cincinnati at the Australian Open. On the men's side, 561 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:19,600 Speaker 4: four seed Novak Djokovic and eight seed Ben Shelton won 562 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:22,880 Speaker 4: their second round matches in straight sets. Twenty nine seed 563 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:25,520 Speaker 4: Francis Tioffo is also moving on to the next round. 564 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:29,880 Speaker 4: On the ladies' side, four seed Amanda Ennisamova, six seed 565 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,040 Speaker 4: Jess Pagoula, and nine seed Madison Keys won their second 566 00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:36,199 Speaker 4: round matches in straight sets. And in the NHL, the 567 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 4: Red Wings top the Maple Leaves two to one in overtime. 568 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:41,520 Speaker 4: Ducks beat the Avalanche two to one in a shootout. 569 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:43,200 Speaker 4: Unagi back to. 570 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:48,880 Speaker 1: You, thanks, you know, just really quick house greed. I 571 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:51,480 Speaker 1: don't think people understand just how great it is for 572 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,760 Speaker 1: the NHL that the Red Wings are good again. Like 573 00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:59,200 Speaker 1: I mean, they were royalty for so long or mid nineties, 574 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:02,800 Speaker 1: in through the two thousands, they were absolute royalty and 575 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:06,080 Speaker 1: they have stunk for well over a decade and now 576 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,040 Speaker 1: they're really good again. I mean they're not as good 577 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:10,440 Speaker 1: as the Hurricanes, but they're really and that's great for 578 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:14,160 Speaker 1: hockey because I'll tell you what Red Wings playoffs, TV ratings, 579 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:18,720 Speaker 1: Wings do it man awesome, awesome, awesome. No, Moncey brought 580 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:24,239 Speaker 1: us a big story, windmill kind of thing with their 581 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:29,440 Speaker 1: fingers and everything. She thought I was gonna say, Oh, 582 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:32,000 Speaker 1: the Clippers are coming back. Yeah, yeah, let's just take 583 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:33,480 Speaker 1: let's just hell of a runner. 584 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:35,920 Speaker 3: They were left for dead. 585 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:37,240 Speaker 1: Let's just take it. 586 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:42,560 Speaker 3: Let's just take it easy. Play the Lakers tomorrow, right, 587 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:44,720 Speaker 3: Yes they do, Yes, they do. 588 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:47,600 Speaker 1: Tom Tolbert had fifteen off the bench. She had a 589 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 1: big night. Yeah, Lloy fought, sure, Michael Lullowa Candy, Oh yeah, 590 00:29:55,440 --> 00:30:01,040 Speaker 1: they were good. Clippers were good. So you heard Manti 591 00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:03,960 Speaker 1: bring us the story because you know, we're talking about 592 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:09,240 Speaker 1: big moves that could work in the NFL. And Brandon 593 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:12,280 Speaker 1: Aiyuk has played his final down as a member of 594 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:15,000 Speaker 1: the forty nine ers. Now we're not surprised about this 595 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:17,600 Speaker 1: because relations with him and the Niners were bad the 596 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:21,040 Speaker 1: entire offseason. You knew the entire season. He was rehabbing 597 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:24,040 Speaker 1: from a really serious injury in twenty twenty four. Didn't 598 00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:26,760 Speaker 1: play for them this year. I gotta think he could 599 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:29,360 Speaker 1: have played. I don't think this was the case of Oh, 600 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:32,120 Speaker 1: he was really hurt for a long time and and 601 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:34,520 Speaker 1: I think he could have come back, but for you know, 602 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:36,680 Speaker 1: he didn't want to. The Niners didn't want to bring 603 00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:38,640 Speaker 1: him back. Look, relations were really really. 604 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:42,040 Speaker 3: Financial the phone, right, but he didn't at all. 605 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:45,360 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what. I know that it's an issue 606 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 1: with him and you were worried about you know, hey, 607 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:50,240 Speaker 1: how's he going to be on a new team. Is 608 00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:51,760 Speaker 1: he going to fit in? Is he going to be 609 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:54,880 Speaker 1: a team guy? But man, this is an itch I 610 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,080 Speaker 1: really want to scratch if I'm an NFL team and 611 00:30:57,120 --> 00:31:00,280 Speaker 1: I need a wide receiver because up until his innury 612 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:03,120 Speaker 1: he had become one of the top ten receivers in 613 00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:06,160 Speaker 1: the NFL. You're coming off of twenty twenty three thirteen 614 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:09,160 Speaker 1: hundred yards and seven touchdowns. Was off to a pretty 615 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:11,479 Speaker 1: good start in twenty twenty four. He had a good 616 00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:13,520 Speaker 1: year in twenty twenty two, like you know, in his 617 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:17,280 Speaker 1: mid twenties. I know, the injury is a thing, but man. 618 00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:20,360 Speaker 1: I mean, the Niners will basically give this guy away, 619 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:24,400 Speaker 1: and he's someone that's a low risk, high reward that 620 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:26,640 Speaker 1: he could wind up hitting up a new team and 621 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:29,000 Speaker 1: all of a sudden you would say, I can't imagine 622 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:31,440 Speaker 1: our team without him, because the guy is just that 623 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:34,680 Speaker 1: talented man. He's a change of scenery guy. And I 624 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 1: think the next year or two with him is going 625 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:39,760 Speaker 1: to be really really good. So if hey, you find 626 00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:41,320 Speaker 1: a way to give him money for the next couple 627 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,920 Speaker 1: of years, yeah, I'll be in the Brandon I you 628 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:45,480 Speaker 1: business for the next two years hundred percent. 629 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:47,440 Speaker 3: Yeah. I don't know how low risk it is, because 630 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:50,480 Speaker 3: if I go to line up my three wide out 631 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:53,800 Speaker 3: set and he doesn't show up, I think I got him. Problem. 632 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:56,360 Speaker 1: Well, you gotta change, Like I said, change of scenery. 633 00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:58,440 Speaker 1: Things have to be good. He's gonna want another contract 634 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:00,320 Speaker 1: at some point, right because he's gonna want to truck 635 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:02,760 Speaker 1: when he's thirty. Uh. Yeah, that's why you know, is 636 00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:04,760 Speaker 1: it gonna be great forever? I don't know, because you 637 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:06,160 Speaker 1: thought it was gonna be great for ever for him 638 00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:08,600 Speaker 1: with San Francisco, But the next year or two, yeah, 639 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:10,960 Speaker 1: I'm thinking you could. You'd feel pretty good about that. 640 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:13,360 Speaker 1: I'd feel pretty good about bringing Brandon AYUKN next year. 641 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:15,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, I got a lot of questions for him. 642 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:19,360 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith 643 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:22,480 Speaker 2: Show with Mike harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern seven 644 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:23,400 Speaker 2: pm Pacific.