1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to the best of the Ben Mahler 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:06,199 Speaker 1: Show podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weeknight 3 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: from two to six Eastern eleven pm to three am 4 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 1: Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and to find your local 5 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:17,280 Speaker 1: station for the Benmatlers Show at Foxsports Radio dot com. 6 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: You can find it there or stream us live every 7 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: night on the iHeartRadio app by searching FSR. 8 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 2: This is the best of the Ben Maler Show on 9 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio. 10 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:34,560 Speaker 1: Back to it we go, and we begin this hour 11 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:38,840 Speaker 1: with that Dallas Cowboys win in doubt. Throw the Cowboys 12 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 1: out because the Cowboys are good for business in these parts, 13 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: and so that is what we're going to do. And 14 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:49,279 Speaker 1: there's one storyline that is bigger than all the other 15 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:52,560 Speaker 1: storylines with the Dallas Cowboys and involves a certain disgruntled 16 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 1: wide receiver. So if you haven't been following this story, 17 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: the Cowboys recently while we were away placed the non 18 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:05,320 Speaker 1: exclusive franchise tag on the back of George Pickens by George, 19 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 1: which means that if you would like to get your 20 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:11,119 Speaker 1: hands on George Pickens, you can do that. You can 21 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 1: negotiate a contract with Pickens. However, you got to read 22 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 1: the fine print However, the Cowboys would have a chance 23 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: to match any offer sheet that George Pickens agrees to, 24 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: all right, so if not, if not, then the team 25 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,479 Speaker 1: that signs him would have to give the Cowboys not one, 26 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 1: but two first round draft picks as compensation. So that's 27 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: the deal on that. Now, if you've not been following 28 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 1: the nitty gritty on this, and perhaps not, the state 29 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 1: funded NFL media saying that they do not expect they 30 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 1: do not expect George Pickens to sign the franchise tag 31 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: anytime soon, that he's going to drag this thing out. 32 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 1: As is normal protocol, you sign at the very last 33 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 1: minute if you're going to sign that at all, and 34 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: that's how this goes. You crank up the drama. O rama. 35 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:08,799 Speaker 1: Now we hear the Pickens camp, the Pickens camp. We're 36 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 1: going to try to find a team, play the match game. 37 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: Try to find a team that is a match for 38 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 1: George Pickens on a long term contract, and then it 39 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:20,639 Speaker 1: will be up to the Cowboys whether or not they 40 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 1: want Pickens to actually leave or not, and how desperate 41 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 1: they are to keep George Pickens. So that is a 42 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: good jumping off point. Let us discuss the question is 43 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: How could George Pickens crowbar his way out of Jerry's World? 44 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 1: How does he get out of Dallas? How does he 45 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: get out of the cowboy locker room? So my observations, 46 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 1: I got fruit of the loom, whole foods, and hunger games, 47 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: and we will combine all of these things together and 48 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 1: we're going to eat our own dog food, is what 49 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: we're going to do. You know, that's an old, old 50 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 1: business saying you got to eat your own dog food. 51 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 1: You got to consume your own product and all that, 52 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: and a lot of people don't do that anymore. We 53 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: do consume our own dog food, though, we do. We 54 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: do on the show. So number one, all right, So 55 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: don't let the franchise tag hornswaggle. You do not allow 56 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 1: the franchise tag to commit scullduggery because it's not handcuffs. 57 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: It's this idea. Oh it's a handcuff situation. It's not handcuffs. 58 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 1: It is like a suggestion box that is decorated and 59 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 1: wrapped in barbed wire. That's what it is. So the 60 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 1: playbook for the Great Escape, they get very traumatic. The 61 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: Great Escape from Jerry's World. You start by poking the bear. 62 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 1: You must poke the bear. You know it. You raise 63 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: a hullabaloo. You got to raise a hullabaloo. You become 64 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 1: the mosquito that is buzzing around Jerry Jones while he's 65 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: sitting on those tremendously expensive Egyptian sheets that he sleeps 66 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: on there at three in the morning, and you just 67 00:03:56,480 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 1: bother him. And we've seen this before. It's a common movie. 68 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 1: It's a common movie. Here, Michah Parsons, he did something similar. 69 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: He stopped his feet, he had a conniption fit. He'd 70 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 1: settled down just a little bit, banged the drama and 71 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:18,479 Speaker 1: all that, and suddenly Jerry flinched and traded his ass 72 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 1: to Siberia to go play for the Green Bay Packers, 73 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 1: the Holy Land of the Cheese Curd. And that was that. 74 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 1: But Jerry for a long time, Oh now, we're gonna 75 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 1: keep Michaeh Parsons, We're not gonna trade him. And then 76 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 1: he did, so we know that for Jerry, chaos is 77 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: really good. It's really really good. And they have enough 78 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: if they were to get rid of George Pickens, they 79 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:47,040 Speaker 1: already have in Ceedee Lamb a top level wide receiver, 80 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 1: so they can get somebody else in there. To play 81 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 1: wide receiver. But Pickins has to be willing to play 82 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:54,479 Speaker 1: the game. You gotta play the game if you really 83 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 1: want to get it. I would love the franchise tag. 84 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:00,120 Speaker 1: If the company I work for wants to give me, 85 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 1: you know, one year of cowhard money, I'd be very 86 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 1: happy at that. I would not complain. I wouldn't demand 87 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:08,719 Speaker 1: the trade. I would take that and have a cheshire 88 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: cat smile to these guys, these NFL players, they bitch 89 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: so much about to sell the franchise tag. It's such 90 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 1: a such a hardship for these guys. It's so sad, 91 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,600 Speaker 1: it really is. It's like working in a sweatshop having 92 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 1: to make the average of the last five years of 93 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 1: players at your position or whatever it is, and in 94 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: the of the formula is it's really difficult. I don't 95 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 1: know how these guys sleep at night being franchise tag. 96 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 1: My god. So anyway, George Pickens here he's got. As 97 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:40,839 Speaker 1: you said, play the game, send out some cryptic Instagram stories, 98 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:43,840 Speaker 1: you know, and send out some stuff of you wearing 99 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 1: different uniforms. That's always good this time of the year. Right, 100 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, here's here's George Pickens wearing Oh look at 101 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:51,720 Speaker 1: it is that a is that a Raiders j oh 102 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 1: he's wearing a Raiders orse. He wants to play for 103 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:56,599 Speaker 1: the thirds the social media posts that have the Freemi 104 00:05:56,800 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 1: vibes to them, you know what I'm talking about. Yeah, So, 105 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 1: and then you can go just full if you really 106 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 1: want to upset Jerry Jones, you go full what I 107 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 1: call food of the loom. You know those T shirts. 108 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: I don't think they're like this anymore, but they used 109 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:10,280 Speaker 1: to make those T shirts that had the label, They 110 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 1: had the tag on the back and it would poke 111 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:15,719 Speaker 1: and kind of tickle you while you wore the shirt. 112 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 1: It was very annoying. So you gotta do that. You 113 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 1: gotta be annoying. You got to poke and annoy Jerry 114 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 1: Jones and make it uncomfortable, make it loud and messy, 115 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:26,720 Speaker 1: and Jerry will enjoy that for a while and then 116 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 1: at some point he will no longer enjoy it. And 117 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 1: that's the point of demarcation. That is the point of 118 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 1: demarcation there. And as far as the window shopping, you're 119 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 1: free to roam around the NFL try to work out 120 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 1: a deal. You got to go to Buffalo first. Now, 121 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: nobody really wants to live in Buffalo if they have 122 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 1: a choice. But that's the team. You go in there 123 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: as the number one option at wide receiver. They don't 124 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: have a number they don't have a number two receiver 125 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 1: in Buffalo. You go in there, get paid a ton 126 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: of money. You got a top level quarterback. You're good 127 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: to go. You're good to go. Patriots, they aid the 128 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 1: Super Bowl. They don't have an assassin at wide receiver. 129 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 1: Go to New England. Now I mentioned the Raiders. They're 130 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 1: starving for anything irrelevant. If the Raiders were a show 131 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 1: on Vegas on the strip, they'd be canceled because they're terrible. 132 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: Then you got teams like the Titans who suck that 133 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 1: need help, the Ravens who have a star quarterback that 134 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 1: need a big time wide receiver. So George Pickens is 135 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 1: the shiny toy that price. Who cares about draft picks? 136 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 1: I would trade all of my draft picks. I don't 137 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 1: give an f about draft picks. Now, Meanwhile, to Indianapolis 138 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 1: we go. The scouting combine is oh vat e R. 139 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 1: It's all over the How are we gonna go on 140 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: with our lives? All those nugs, all the nuggets, all week, 141 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: every day. Fifteen thousand stories popping out of the scouting 142 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 1: Combine with its corporate sponsor there in Indianapolis, all those 143 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 1: NFL people running up expense accounts at the two or 144 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 1: three high and restaurants in downtown Indianapolis. So the combine 145 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 1: is over, another year is in the books. Another one 146 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 1: bites the dust, Another one bites the dust. So I 147 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: don't know how much you consumed of the combine. Very little, 148 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 1: very little I had. I will admit I had it 149 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 1: on in the background. I think it was Thursday. I 150 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: think it was Thursday. I had it on the background. 151 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: I did not really pay attention to it, so that 152 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 1: that's it. And I did monitor some of the names 153 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 1: that are being hyped up, for example, if you did 154 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:42,080 Speaker 1: not partake in the NFL Scouting Combine consuming it. From 155 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 1: what I understand, I could be completely wrong about this, 156 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 1: but from what I understand, the two studs that got 157 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 1: the most buzz are Notre Dame running back, Jeremiah Love. 158 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:56,600 Speaker 1: That's the name of a star, JEREMYA. 159 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:57,079 Speaker 2: Love. 160 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:00,200 Speaker 1: That's a star's name. You better not suck. And your 161 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 1: named Jeremiah Love. That's a big time name. The Golden Domer. 162 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: And then you've got Cincinnati wide receiver Jeff Caldwell, who 163 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 1: Jeff Caldwell, who had scouts drooling at the combine. You 164 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 1: might want to see a doctor, all right, So let's 165 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 1: discuss this the question what are your takeaways from the 166 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 1: nuggets that came out of the scouting combine? What are 167 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: the big takeaways on this? So the annual Underwear Olympics, 168 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 1: the closing ceremonies, which includes something with rich Eisen who 169 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 1: used to work here back in the day. But the 170 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:41,559 Speaker 1: whole thing has been commandeered, and in the last fifteen years. 171 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 1: This is not new, this is not a fresh take, 172 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: but the last fifteen years, this thing has been commandeered. 173 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 1: It's a marketing junket. It's a marketing juncket. They roll 174 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: out the runway, you got the red carpet. They shine 175 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: the spotlight on the players that are entering the NFL 176 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 1: and they parade them out. It's like fashion re in Paris. 177 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 1: It's fashion week, and you know they're wearing not shoulder pads, 178 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 1: They're wearing spandex. But that's it. That's what they did. 179 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 1: They got bright colored cleats on, they shoes, the whole 180 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 1: thing and they run around and they shake it took us. 181 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 1: That's how they do it right there boom on fashion Week, 182 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:23,720 Speaker 1: NFL's Fashion Week, the NFL executives poking proud. They bring 183 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 1: in their trainers and their doctors and they get all 184 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 1: the measurements and then the wingspans, and it's kind of 185 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 1: like going to Whole Foods and buying a cantilope. They're 186 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:35,839 Speaker 1: measuring it like it's a cantilope at Whole Foods, except 187 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 1: their human beings. And so Jeremiah Love and this guy 188 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:41,280 Speaker 1: Jeff Calwell, who I've never heard of. They won the 189 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 1: weekend allegedly from what I read. Maybe I read it wrong, 190 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:46,960 Speaker 1: but they won the weekend. They look like Marvel superheroes. 191 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 1: I'm sure they do Mazeletov. They look great. And it's 192 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 1: the NFL going full Hollywood. Hooray for Hollywood, Hooray for Hollywood. 193 00:10:56,200 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 1: It's Warner Brothers with the forty yard dash, is what 194 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 1: it is. And the draft is at this point, and 195 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:05,679 Speaker 1: it's been this way as long as the draftsman. And 196 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 1: they try to add some sexy women and they add 197 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 1: some fireworks and everyone's got a sob story and the draft, 198 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:15,679 Speaker 1: you know, they all came from bad parts of town. 199 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:20,439 Speaker 1: They all had no money. If anybody is drafted who 200 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 1: has a lot of money, they're shamed. What's wrong with you? Anyway? 201 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 1: The point of all this is the NFL draft is 202 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 1: when you break it down to its essence and you 203 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 1: go back to bedrock. It's old dudes reading names off 204 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 1: a card. That's what the NFL draft is. There's nothing 205 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:42,200 Speaker 1: exciting about it. Nothing. Let's just have somebody walk up 206 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:45,720 Speaker 1: to a podium and read names. That's it. That's all. 207 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:50,400 Speaker 1: Now they can add fog machines. They've tried that, hype videos, 208 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 1: you know, the whole thing. And this is important. You 209 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 1: gotta start pumping up. This is the biggest event of 210 00:11:56,960 --> 00:12:00,440 Speaker 1: the offseason. You got to pump up these players. Send 211 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 1: out the press, release the hype videos, the dramatic piano 212 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 1: music in the background. You gotta have that. He's built like, 213 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 1: hey man, you know that old thing. You know, it's 214 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:12,559 Speaker 1: it's the It might as well be produced by the 215 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 1: people of Tutsi role who make that fluffy stuff cott 216 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:19,680 Speaker 1: in candy with the throw some lollypops in there, some 217 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:23,079 Speaker 1: Tutsi pops. You're good to go. Here's the reality check. 218 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:27,839 Speaker 1: Though nobody knows anything nobody knows anything. When it comes 219 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 1: to the NFL draft, it is a spin of the 220 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 1: roulette wheel. You draft because somebody looks like the Incredible Hulk. 221 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 1: They've got the measurables that you like, and that don't 222 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 1: guarantee anything. You're not gonna be a superstar because you 223 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:46,400 Speaker 1: have the measurables. And as the old line goes from 224 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 1: back in the day, you can have the body of Tarzan. 225 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:51,760 Speaker 1: But if you don't play like Tarzan, if you play 226 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 1: like yeah, it's not well, it's not well there you 227 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 1: go play like Jane. So you don't know. What you 228 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:01,840 Speaker 1: don't know is the point of all this. And you 229 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 1: don't know what you got until you open the box. 230 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 1: What's in the box, you don't know. Sometimes it's a 231 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: franchise level player and sometimes it's a honeysuckle turkey. We 232 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 1: cuts both ways, all right, now, final point. As the 233 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 1: event of twenty twenty six came to an end, I 234 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:24,319 Speaker 1: did notice the chatter that there are many NFL staffers 235 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:28,560 Speaker 1: who think they're on thin ice. Now why is that? 236 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 1: Well a popular topic by popular people. The scouting combine, 237 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 1: artificial intelligence, Oh no, yes, and that it is spreading 238 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:45,560 Speaker 1: like a fungus, not the fungus hut, but it's spreading 239 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 1: like a fungus there. And the question whether or not 240 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:55,439 Speaker 1: AI not Alan Irison, but AI will knock jobs for scouts. 241 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 1: There'll be fewer scouts and there'll be less coaching job. 242 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:05,559 Speaker 1: And that's that because of AI and the many of 243 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:08,199 Speaker 1: the jobs that are currently done, the low level jobs 244 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 1: in the NFL are jobs that could easily be replaced 245 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 1: with AI and would be more accurate. And so this 246 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 1: is the concern that you have with people who work 247 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 1: in the NFL who are trying to make their way 248 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 1: up the ladder, that the ladder will be chopped down 249 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 1: and they're going to fall down. So let us discuss this. 250 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 1: The question on this one, how do you see this 251 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 1: AI takeover of the NFL working out? All right? So 252 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 1: my first thought is I absolutely love this story. Now, yeah, 253 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 1: you hate in my job. Eventually we'll go there'll be 254 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 1: AI here. I'll lose my job the AI. I'm convinced 255 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 1: of that at some point. I believe that to be true. 256 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 1: That said this, having covered the NFL for years back 257 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 1: when they had those fat guys that used to play 258 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 1: that smoked cigars and wore Hawaiian shirts, and they were 259 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 1: the scouts with the radar guns and all that and 260 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 1: the stop watches. Like that crowd, they got replaced. Almost 261 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 1: all of those guys got replaced by the Ivy League crowd. 262 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 1: The analytical crowd came in. They flooded the league with spreadsheets, 263 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 1: and now they're the ones that are now in danger 264 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 1: of getting eaten by their own creation. How great is that? 265 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 1: The irony is just outstanding. So the same analytical crew 266 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 1: that took the NFL by storm, those nerds that flooded 267 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 1: the NFL with all this stuff, they built this monster 268 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 1: in the lab where you put in all the numbers 269 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 1: and all that stuff, and now they're in danger of 270 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 1: being escorted out of the building with one cardboard box 271 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 1: with all their stuff in it. I've made that walk, 272 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 1: by the way. It's not a fun walk. It's not 273 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 1: a fun walk. I've made that walk before. But they 274 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 1: sold everyone on process over people. This was the argumenta 275 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: process was more important than people. We don't care about 276 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 1: the human beings about the process. Okay, great, wonderful. Well 277 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 1: oh yeah yeah, Now the process is starting to replace 278 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 1: the people. It's the corporate hunger games, the corporate hunger 279 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 1: Games of the NFL, and maybe the odds be ever 280 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 1: in your favor, Chad from Cornell or Mike from Harvard 281 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 1: or Steve from Yale or whoever. Good luck on that right. 282 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:29,920 Speaker 1: And eventually it doesn't happen right away. I know in 283 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 1: radio it happens right away. But in other businesses, the 284 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 1: NFL's got a lot of money, so they can afford 285 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 1: to have no show jobs, which these jobs pretty much 286 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 1: are no show jobs and all that stuff. Heckt The 287 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:45,360 Speaker 1: Vikings GM who just got let go, was supposedly drafting 288 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 1: players based on Pro Football Focus or whatever it was, 289 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 1: and that was who he was drafting based on what 290 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 1: they recommended, rather than actually doing any scouting, which is 291 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 1: essentially what this would be. AI says to draft this guy. Okay, 292 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 1: it says, we'll draft that guy because that's what AI said. 293 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 1: And then if anybody questions it, you say, well, the 294 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 1: AI said the drafted, So just blame AI. Okay, change 295 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 1: aies they okay, we'll change Aiyes, they just do it. 296 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 1: They whatever they're told. So. But the cost cutting does 297 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:15,880 Speaker 1: eventually happen. It happens in every business, and it's it's 298 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:20,360 Speaker 1: like they payroll slash and burn would be what this is. 299 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:24,160 Speaker 1: And there's so many more coaches now than there used 300 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:27,400 Speaker 1: to be in all of these sports, so many more 301 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 1: now you can trim the fat away and I do 302 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 1: a little slash and burn situation, get rid of some 303 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:34,679 Speaker 1: of these guys. And that's corporate America. One O, one man. 304 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: That's I've worked at big corporations for my entire adull 305 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:40,720 Speaker 1: life and that's how they operate. But if the robot 306 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:44,879 Speaker 1: can right the Scouty report, then why have the scout right? 307 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:50,400 Speaker 1: If the robot If AI can do what the nerds 308 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 1: can do, but they can do it quicker and they 309 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 1: can do it better, then what's the point. So my 310 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,199 Speaker 1: point is my thing is this, Like AI is a 311 00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 1: fine tool. I don't I'm not against it. The problem 312 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:03,959 Speaker 1: is when you start running these things like it's a 313 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 1: Madden franchise, you're just setting it up in franchise mode 314 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 1: and that's that and all. And the problem is that, 315 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:13,439 Speaker 1: and then it's like they try to make this like 316 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,840 Speaker 1: a science fair, which is also not great. It's like 317 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:20,679 Speaker 1: a science fair. It should be a bar fight, not 318 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:22,439 Speaker 1: a science fair. As far as I can, the NFL 319 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:26,440 Speaker 1: is concerned there, and AI can measure the wingspan. They 320 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 1: can do that. They can say, well, how many jumping 321 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:30,680 Speaker 1: jacks can this guy do? Okay, he can do that many. 322 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 1: That sounds good. Can this guy do the old flip? 323 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 1: I don't know if he can do the flip? Let's 324 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 1: find out, well, lask AI and all that, but he 325 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:40,720 Speaker 1: cannot measure. This is the thing AI cannot measure and 326 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:44,400 Speaker 1: will never be able to measure, is whether or not 327 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:49,040 Speaker 1: player X has any guts or he has that. And 328 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:52,240 Speaker 1: you can't measure who's going to panic in front of 329 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:55,560 Speaker 1: seventy five thousand people on a Sunday night in the 330 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:59,199 Speaker 1: fourth quarter because they have tight Tukas syndrome. There's no 331 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:02,680 Speaker 1: AI program that will tell you that it's going to happen, right, 332 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:07,880 Speaker 1: but it does happen, and oftentimes you find that information 333 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:13,239 Speaker 1: out by the scouting community. So it's like a chainsaw thing. 334 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:17,040 Speaker 1: Realizing it's like a chainsaw, which is useful until you 335 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 1: forget it's you know, it's sharp, and then you can 336 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 1: get hurt by it. 337 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:22,439 Speaker 2: You know you can get hurt by Be sure to 338 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:25,199 Speaker 2: catch live editions of The Ben Meller Show weekdays at 339 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 2: two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific on Fox Sports Radio 340 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:30,879 Speaker 2: and the iHeartRadio app. 341 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:34,600 Speaker 1: Hey, it's Rob Parker and Kelvin Washington from The Odd 342 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:36,159 Speaker 1: Couple on Fox Sports Radio. 343 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:39,120 Speaker 3: And in addition to hearing us live weeknights from seven 344 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 3: to ten pm Eastern on Fox Sports Radio, we are 345 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:45,920 Speaker 3: excited to announce brand new YouTube channel for the show. 346 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 1: That's right. 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No, 357 00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 1: he did not retire. He did not. Supposedly, The latest 358 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:31,840 Speaker 1: is Travis Kelcey and the chiefs are in deep conversation 359 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 1: about the plans for the twenty twenty six season. Have 360 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:37,640 Speaker 1: you been following this now because you have a life, 361 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:40,479 Speaker 1: you're not following this? Let me fill you in, So 362 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:44,199 Speaker 1: have you missed it now? Kansas City expects Travis Kelcey 363 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:48,119 Speaker 1: to play, supposedly, although they haven't gotten the official word. 364 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 1: Oh the drama, so they haven't gotten the official word. 365 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 1: They want a decision by the end of the week. 366 00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:58,680 Speaker 1: By the end of the week, and they wanted to 367 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:01,640 Speaker 1: says okay, so good okay. Now that would give them 368 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:05,200 Speaker 1: if Kelsey decides to say X nay on the football 369 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:09,119 Speaker 1: a that would give them time to go out and 370 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:13,280 Speaker 1: turn over some rocks and try to find another tight 371 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:17,439 Speaker 1: end and look at the draft, the twenty six NFL 372 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:20,680 Speaker 1: Draft if they need to find a Success's kind of 373 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:24,640 Speaker 1: obvious there. But wait, there's more as every great infomercial, 374 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:29,360 Speaker 1: the late night staple, the classic. But wait, there's more 375 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 1: from Ron Poppel, who was supposed to appear on my 376 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:35,680 Speaker 1: podcast and he decided not to do it and then died. 377 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 1: How dare him anyway? State funded NFL Media. State funded 378 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:46,560 Speaker 1: NFL Media tells us that the Chiefs General Manager, Brett Veach, 379 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 1: Brett Veach the GM there now he wants to make 380 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:57,600 Speaker 1: sure that Travis Kelcey is all in if he does 381 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:00,399 Speaker 1: end up playing in twenty twenty six That is a 382 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: good jumping off point. Let us discuss the question the Chiefs, 383 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:09,440 Speaker 1: according to this report, saying they want full commitment from 384 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:13,040 Speaker 1: Travis Kelcey for the twenty twenty six NFL season. How 385 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:20,440 Speaker 1: are you interpreting this? So I've got subpoena, jello salad, 386 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:25,720 Speaker 1: and dodgeball, and we will combine all of these things 387 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 1: together and we are going to have a delicious grilled 388 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:32,040 Speaker 1: cheese sandwich. Is what we're gonna have, with the cheese 389 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:35,440 Speaker 1: on the outside and the inside of the grilled cheese. Now, 390 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:40,920 Speaker 1: a looking at the situation in Kansas City, the Chief's 391 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:44,320 Speaker 1: Kingdom as they call it, from thirty thousand feet looking 392 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:47,119 Speaker 1: down here and then getting a little closer, and a 393 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 1: little closer and a little closer. I see a house divided. 394 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:54,919 Speaker 1: Oh the drama I do. I see a house divided. 395 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 1: To me, this one doesn't pass the smell test. Now 396 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:01,040 Speaker 1: to the average consumer, or you'll say, wow, what are 397 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 1: you talking about, Mallard? You have big donkey. You don't 398 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:07,639 Speaker 1: know what you're talking about. There is just nothing. I 399 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:10,360 Speaker 1: think there's something there because I have a better schnaz 400 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:13,640 Speaker 1: than you do. I can smell. I can smell better 401 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:18,960 Speaker 1: than you so this smells like the scent of passive 402 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 1: aggressive behavior. See power play, power play, if you will 403 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:28,560 Speaker 1: at one arrowhead drive there before they move to Kansas. 404 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:31,120 Speaker 1: Now the chief she am here, Brett Veach, the man 405 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:34,040 Speaker 1: of the hour. He's out there playing mister nice guy. 406 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:35,960 Speaker 1: It's good cop, bad cop. He's being the nice guy, 407 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 1: you know, good cop and all that. However, if you 408 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:43,359 Speaker 1: listen between the words, if you read between the lines, 409 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 1: shall we what do you say here when the jam 410 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 1: the general manager of an NFL team comes out and 411 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 1: announces says, listen, I need this player to be a 412 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 1: thousand percent all in. I need this player to be there. 413 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:02,680 Speaker 1: That is not a compliment. That is not a compliment. 414 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 1: That is like issuing a subpoena, is what it is. 415 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:08,360 Speaker 1: It's like, hey, think about seriously, when you peel back 416 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:11,480 Speaker 1: the onion, what do you get? Right? You don't have 417 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 1: to ask the guy who's already in the gym at 418 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 1: six in the morning if he's committed to the team. 419 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:23,200 Speaker 1: So by doing this, the obvious conclusion you connect the 420 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 1: dots on this one. And the obvious connection is that, listen, 421 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 1: you asked this guy who's spent the last couple of 422 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,880 Speaker 1: years jet setting where it was the era's tour, traveling 423 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:42,200 Speaker 1: around the globe, game show, cheesy game shows, bad acting 424 00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 1: with Adam Sandler, all that stuff, right, And he spent 425 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:49,639 Speaker 1: more time, got more miles, more air miles than he 426 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:55,720 Speaker 1: did yards his numbers, so a lead balloon. It was 427 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 1: not good. It was not good. So you know, you 428 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 1: look at the tight end five travel. Kelsey was not 429 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:06,160 Speaker 1: good enough. He was multitasking and the brand and all 430 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:09,359 Speaker 1: that stuff. And so the chiefs, if you want to 431 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:13,800 Speaker 1: get next level dramatic, they're in the swifty standoff, if 432 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:18,199 Speaker 1: you will, because that big celebrity wedding coming up in 433 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 1: the spring here and we're home, I mean not that 434 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:23,680 Speaker 1: far away, right, we're closing in on that, and so 435 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 1: they need the tailor effect. The business side, they need that, right. 436 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,520 Speaker 1: The balance sheet says, let's go for it, let's do it. 437 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:38,280 Speaker 1: The football side, Yeah, the football side, see's a thirty 438 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:41,200 Speaker 1: six year old or something like that, asset that's running 439 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:45,480 Speaker 1: on fumes. Whatever Kelsey is, he's getting up there, and 440 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:49,600 Speaker 1: the GM's essentially saying the way I use the Mallard 441 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:54,920 Speaker 1: Dakota ring, the general manager Breadviach there is essentially saying, hey, Travis. Yeah, 442 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 1: it's me. I am the GM and the Chiefs. Okay, hey, 443 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:02,160 Speaker 1: what's going on the rock Star Live or the first 444 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 1: Hubby of the rock Star Life? That can wait? Right, 445 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 1: So either you put the glitter away, put the glitter away, uh, 446 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 1: hit the weights and all that stuff, or go be 447 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:17,719 Speaker 1: the first hubby full time. You know, it's it's an 448 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:20,960 Speaker 1: awkward pickle, is what it is. There's never really a 449 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 1: good pickle, So it's an awkward pickle. But Kansas City, 450 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 1: you know, they want the after glove. The Chiefs, they 451 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,480 Speaker 1: want to continue this as long as they can of 452 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:34,919 Speaker 1: the Taylor's swift effect. However, they need an upgrade on 453 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 1: the field. That's the problem. That's the conundrum. That's the 454 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:39,960 Speaker 1: conundrum right there, it's time to decide to a Hall 455 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 1: of Fame career. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. 456 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:43,880 Speaker 1: Hadn't been a Hall of Fame level player the last 457 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:47,119 Speaker 1: couple of years, though, Kelsey, and so what are you 458 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:49,760 Speaker 1: gonna do? What are you gonna do? Meanwhile, speaking what 459 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 1: are you gonna do? 460 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:51,760 Speaker 2: Now? 461 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:54,920 Speaker 1: When I saw this, I thought, well, this must be satire, 462 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:57,399 Speaker 1: this story out of Minnesota. But there's a lot of 463 00:26:57,440 --> 00:26:59,200 Speaker 1: stories out of Minnesota that make me roll my eyes, 464 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:03,440 Speaker 1: but this one in particular. So the Vikings are window 465 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:09,800 Speaker 1: shopping for a savvy veteran starting quarterback, at least a 466 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:15,600 Speaker 1: former starting quarterback, so they know they need some insurance. 467 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:20,320 Speaker 1: They need a little bit of insurance there for McCarthy. 468 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:22,399 Speaker 1: Actually need a lot of insurance for JJ McCarthy, not 469 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:24,640 Speaker 1: a little bit. A lot of insurance for JJ McCarthy. 470 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:28,280 Speaker 1: And the story that was very arrogant. It was like, Wow, 471 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 1: they think that they've got such great coaches and they've 472 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:36,400 Speaker 1: got justin Jefferson that they can pretty much bring in 473 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:41,560 Speaker 1: any shmo and whatever dingle Berry they pick will put 474 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:45,359 Speaker 1: up big numbers and lead them to victory because they've 475 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:48,080 Speaker 1: got talent, they've got coaching and all that stuff. And 476 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:51,800 Speaker 1: the name that popped up here, the name that popped up, 477 00:27:51,840 --> 00:28:04,120 Speaker 1: I saw that you see this? No Geno Smith? Geno Smith? 478 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 1: Is that not comedy? Gold? My god? So good? Yeah, 479 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:16,720 Speaker 1: the Raiders car So the quarterback Gino Smith, who was 480 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:19,920 Speaker 1: not very good in Seattle and approved, he wasn't very 481 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:23,399 Speaker 1: good with the Raiders, and he is a person of 482 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:28,919 Speaker 1: interest for the Purple people eaters. All right, question, So 483 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:33,479 Speaker 1: the Vikings, if you believe the chatter, are interested in 484 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:37,720 Speaker 1: Raiders quarterback Geno Smith, who will likely be released, better 485 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:41,200 Speaker 1: known as fired from his job there in Vegas. So 486 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:44,360 Speaker 1: how does that taste? How does that the fact that 487 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:47,240 Speaker 1: the Vikings are being connected? Get your skull out right 488 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 1: now to Geno Smith. So you're telling me that's the 489 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:56,880 Speaker 1: grand plan? Come on, like, that's the big Nordic reboot 490 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,440 Speaker 1: in Minnesota. This is what you're gonna do, and you 491 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:03,920 Speaker 1: JJ McCarthy, but well, we're gonna bring in Geno Smith? Really? 492 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 1: Is that right? You know what that tastes like? That 493 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:10,120 Speaker 1: tastes like liverwurst and in jello salad, is what it 494 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:14,200 Speaker 1: tastes like. Right, It's stomach turning. It's absolute stomach turning. 495 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 1: It's puke in your mouth. And I got nothing. I'm 496 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:19,080 Speaker 1: not a Viking guy or anything like that. I'm not 497 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:21,400 Speaker 1: a Viking fan, and I have friends in Minnesota and 498 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:24,240 Speaker 1: all that, but my god, like, this is so over 499 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:27,240 Speaker 1: the top. You want to believe that this was one 500 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:29,360 Speaker 1: of those stories that was put out there by the 501 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:33,440 Speaker 1: agent hoping that it leads to something, Right, that the 502 00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 1: agent leaked it, and that says, hey, float the Minnesota 503 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:41,080 Speaker 1: connected to Gino Smith. Maybe someone will bite there in 504 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:44,680 Speaker 1: Minnesota and say that's a good idea. Now the alternative 505 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:53,480 Speaker 1: is also ridonculous. Kyler Murray. Yep, fun sized quarterback Kyler Murray. 506 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,160 Speaker 1: He comes with a booster seat. If you get him 507 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:58,000 Speaker 1: in a trade, the Cardinals will throw that in the 508 00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:01,280 Speaker 1: booster seat. So there is that. So can you imagine 509 00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:05,520 Speaker 1: choosing if those are your options? You've got Kyler Murray 510 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:11,200 Speaker 1: and Geno Smith. So what I'd rather have the mutant 511 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:15,080 Speaker 1: fungus which is over here? Or do I want the 512 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:18,800 Speaker 1: bubonic plague bacteria which is over here? Which one would 513 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 1: I like? That is such a horrific combo dish if 514 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:27,640 Speaker 1: those are your options you're considering. If you're the Vikings, 515 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:31,080 Speaker 1: my unsolicited advice would be to go out and get 516 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:35,080 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins and bring him back. Not that he's any good, 517 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:38,480 Speaker 1: but I'd rather have him than Geno Smith or Kyler Murray. 518 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:44,600 Speaker 1: At least he likes football, unlike Kyler Murray and Geno 519 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:48,880 Speaker 1: Smith's just bad. At least occasionally, Kirk Cousins is halfway decent. 520 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:53,080 Speaker 1: Geno Smith. You think about his signature Marmo with the Raiders, 521 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:56,920 Speaker 1: it was giving the bird to Raider fans. That was it. 522 00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:00,600 Speaker 1: And then in Seattle, his signature moment was after the 523 00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:04,000 Speaker 1: first game he played against the Broncos when he gave 524 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,640 Speaker 1: this big speech about how nobody believed in me and 525 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:08,840 Speaker 1: all that, and then the rest of his time in 526 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:11,160 Speaker 1: Seattle proved that those people were right by being a 527 00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:16,480 Speaker 1: middling quarterback. So good anyway. So that's where we are. 528 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:19,560 Speaker 1: That's where we are Gino Smith. When the pocket collapses, 529 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:24,240 Speaker 1: he is gift wrappeding turnovers. It's like he's Santa Claus there. 530 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:26,560 Speaker 1: You get a turnover, you get a turnover, you get 531 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:29,680 Speaker 1: a turnover. Good luck on that. And the decision making, 532 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:33,880 Speaker 1: which melts faster than the ice over there on Lake 533 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:38,600 Speaker 1: Minnetonka in April. So, and he's been bad, Genos with 534 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:41,080 Speaker 1: the last year was like the new level of bad. 535 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:44,880 Speaker 1: It was the new level of bad. Fewer yards, more interceptions. 536 00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:50,520 Speaker 1: Team was terrible. He was horrific. And so they say, well, 537 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:53,840 Speaker 1: he's a bridge quarterback. I love when people say Gino 538 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:57,320 Speaker 1: Smith is a bridge quarterback. It's a drawbridge to nowhere 539 00:31:57,800 --> 00:31:59,480 Speaker 1: with a hole in it. And that's the kind of 540 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:02,160 Speaker 1: drawbridge quarterback he is. Meanwhile, to Motown. We go, we 541 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:05,280 Speaker 1: get a trade. We got to trade. Hours after we 542 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:08,200 Speaker 1: did a Mallard monologue. He was part of a Mallard 543 00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:13,920 Speaker 1: monologue about David Montgomery. He's a running back, David Montgomery. 544 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:18,200 Speaker 1: He's been traded bye bye to Detroit. Say didn't want 545 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:21,800 Speaker 1: to be traded. Lions trading running back David Montgomery to 546 00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:28,400 Speaker 1: the Houston Texans for offensive lineman Juice Scrugs. Any relation 547 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:33,400 Speaker 1: to Neui Scrugs, I don't know. Juice Scrugs and a 548 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:37,760 Speaker 1: couple of draft picks. Nothing really worth our time of 549 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:40,520 Speaker 1: fourth round pick. If you're into fourth round draft picks, 550 00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:44,720 Speaker 1: I recommend a nice therapist is what I recommend. Also 551 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:47,520 Speaker 1: a seventh round draft pick. Well, that's even better, and 552 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:51,480 Speaker 1: that's not till twenty twenty seven. So Montgomery on the move. Question, 553 00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:57,680 Speaker 1: who got the better of this David Montgomery trade between 554 00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:04,400 Speaker 1: the Lions and the Texans. So, after eight minutes long 555 00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:09,760 Speaker 1: deliberation of the available information, I've seen some people saying, Wow, 556 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:12,000 Speaker 1: the Lions got the better of the trade. I'm like, really, 557 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:14,640 Speaker 1: I didn't see it that way. It's cute, like the 558 00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:16,920 Speaker 1: whole trade. It's not a big trade or anything like that. 559 00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:18,800 Speaker 1: Let me talk about it for a couple minutes, because 560 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:22,200 Speaker 1: we talked about David Montgomery in a previous episode of 561 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:26,200 Speaker 1: the show. This comes after he had said that the 562 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:28,320 Speaker 1: report was he wanted out of Detroit, and he said, nah, 563 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:31,720 Speaker 1: he refuted that report, and then hours later he's traded. 564 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:36,440 Speaker 1: And so the winner's corner. To me, the arrow is 565 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:40,120 Speaker 1: pointing towards Houston. It's a slight lean. It's not like 566 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:41,960 Speaker 1: this is going to change all that much, but the 567 00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:45,960 Speaker 1: slight lean there. David Montgomery is not some spare part 568 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:50,520 Speaker 1: that Houston found in the trunk next to the spare tire. 569 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:54,120 Speaker 1: It's not that. The moment, and this is what really 570 00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:56,960 Speaker 1: leaned it the direction of the Texans for me, the 571 00:33:57,000 --> 00:34:01,719 Speaker 1: moment I saw the messaging from the Lions front office, 572 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:05,080 Speaker 1: the whispers of salary cap relief and we save some 573 00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:09,040 Speaker 1: money getting rid of David Montgomery. That is called playing 574 00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:13,000 Speaker 1: dodgeball with the truth. And anytime I hear a team 575 00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:15,000 Speaker 1: say we got rid of this player because of the 576 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:18,480 Speaker 1: salary cap, I know bull crap. I know it's bull crap. 577 00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:23,080 Speaker 1: It's the magic phrase that you can use to justify 578 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:29,880 Speaker 1: anyone leaving your team, anything that maybe will be deemed unpopular, 579 00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:35,120 Speaker 1: that that might be unpopular. You know, it's the perfect boogeyman. 580 00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:38,120 Speaker 1: You go, yeah, but soar Cap, you have it, you 581 00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:39,640 Speaker 1: have it, you have it, they have it, Rabbit, you 582 00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:44,680 Speaker 1: have it, Salary Cap, Saburcap, and then dumb people they 583 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:47,080 Speaker 1: just believe it. They accept it, they move on and 584 00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:50,640 Speaker 1: they say that's that. And listen, do I think Detroit 585 00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:54,680 Speaker 1: believes that Montgomery's cooked? Absolutely? They don't want to say that. 586 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:56,880 Speaker 1: So when they say they said, ah, salary Cap, believe no. 587 00:34:56,880 --> 00:34:58,920 Speaker 1: If they thought he was still good, he'd be on 588 00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:03,240 Speaker 1: the team. Think he's done. Do you trust the Detroit Lions? 589 00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:07,320 Speaker 1: Do they know what they're doing? Do they know? I 590 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:09,200 Speaker 1: would think he can still be at least a short 591 00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:13,239 Speaker 1: yardagh goal line guy and get touchdowns that way and 592 00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:16,000 Speaker 1: be a wrecking ball type running back David Montgomery. I 593 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:19,600 Speaker 1: think he's twenty nine next season. So the Lions again, 594 00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:24,160 Speaker 1: the cap excuse. This is just my default programming. When 595 00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:28,239 Speaker 1: you hear the cap excuse, dead white dead, you're whit 596 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:34,359 Speaker 1: that they are reshaping the narrative. They're they're manipulating the 597 00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:38,759 Speaker 1: narrative to fit it because they're a little scared. I say, well, 598 00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:41,600 Speaker 1: We'll just say the salvarycap, Salvy Cap, Salvycap, Salvy Cap, 599 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:43,640 Speaker 1: Sava cap, salbarcap. 600 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:46,120 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Meller 601 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:49,280 Speaker 2: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. 602 00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:51,279 Speaker 1: Are these the guys we're going to have played the game? 603 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:52,960 Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't know what we'll see. I 604 00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:54,919 Speaker 1: guess they want to play, so we'll have him play. 605 00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:58,399 Speaker 1: All right, let's introduce them real quick here, and let's 606 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:05,280 Speaker 1: see who do we have. You've got D Block in Miami. Hello, 607 00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:09,600 Speaker 1: D Block in Miami. Welcome sir, Good morning, sir. 608 00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:11,080 Speaker 3: Happy Tuesday, Happy. 609 00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:14,239 Speaker 1: Too, Happy Tuesday. This is a very important game to me. 610 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:16,839 Speaker 1: You're not gonna you're not gonna futch around with this, right, 611 00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:19,759 Speaker 1: You're gonna try. You know your sports, You're ready to go. Yes, 612 00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:21,000 Speaker 1: I'm one hundred. 613 00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:22,040 Speaker 2: Let's go on. 614 00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:25,359 Speaker 1: And what is your level of confidence that you're going 615 00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:26,040 Speaker 1: to win the game. 616 00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:28,400 Speaker 4: Let's do this? 617 00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:30,799 Speaker 1: Okay? All right? Who would you like to partner up 618 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:32,719 Speaker 1: with their D block? You got me Ben or the 619 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:36,200 Speaker 1: Kooper Loop? All right, it's a good choice by you. 620 00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:40,360 Speaker 1: And we have a Jed who actually was online to 621 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:43,720 Speaker 1: play Mallards Mount of money. Hello, Jed, welcome back. 622 00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:46,880 Speaker 2: I mean ice is a metaphor for Mitchell Chris that 623 00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:48,719 Speaker 2: feat of me, am I not supposed to go to 624 00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:49,560 Speaker 2: the agency. 625 00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:52,640 Speaker 1: Or what all right? Come downsor Cooper? 626 00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:52,919 Speaker 3: Obit? 627 00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:54,279 Speaker 1: Are you whoever wasn't midches? 628 00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:55,360 Speaker 2: I'm sorry? I like you? 629 00:36:55,400 --> 00:37:04,520 Speaker 1: Other guys hockey? Okay? What are the category? Okay? Okay? 630 00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:07,839 Speaker 4: This is Malard's mountain of money, the method Man edition 631 00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:13,279 Speaker 4: method Man, not not meth Man, Jed method Man. He 632 00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:18,040 Speaker 4: turned fifty five years old on Monday. Oh yes, double Nicchols. 633 00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:18,480 Speaker 1: That's right. 634 00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:24,680 Speaker 4: The categories are protect your neck cream or c R 635 00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:29,279 Speaker 4: E A M. I believe that's cash rules everything around me. 636 00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:34,399 Speaker 1: I love that song. Judgment Day and still on it? 637 00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:39,280 Speaker 1: And de block on the air. Hold on a second, 638 00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:41,560 Speaker 1: you punch this guy and d block? Hello, d Block? 639 00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:46,319 Speaker 1: Which category would you like? D block? All right? And Jed? 640 00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:46,960 Speaker 1: How about you? 641 00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:48,040 Speaker 2: Ay? 642 00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:52,680 Speaker 1: I is near's Judgment Day? All right? All right? Gentlemen, 643 00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:54,680 Speaker 1: you say, do not hang up or you will be 644 00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:57,160 Speaker 1: you will lose. Do not curse or you will lose. 645 00:37:57,719 --> 00:38:01,480 Speaker 1: So those are the rules. Very simple rule. Not that deep. 646 00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:04,520 Speaker 1: It's not that deep. Okay. We are maulments away, minutes 647 00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:08,280 Speaker 1: away from having this amazing competition. You got Jedhuo fled 648 00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:11,160 Speaker 1: from the Redneck Riviera and then d Blocks in Mimy. 649 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:14,319 Speaker 1: It's an all Florida matchup, a Floridian matchup here, so 650 00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:16,719 Speaker 1: we will guarantee someone from Florida is going to win 651 00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:19,160 Speaker 1: this game. Someone from Florida's gonna win the game. You've 652 00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:20,920 Speaker 1: got Jed who fled with Coop. The team is gonna win. 653 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:24,399 Speaker 1: D Block in Miami and myself and we will get 654 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:27,480 Speaker 1: to that and we will do it next. 655 00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:30,719 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 656 00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:34,120 Speaker 2: the nation. Catch all of our shows at foxsports Radio 657 00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:38,360 Speaker 2: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app search FSR to 658 00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:39,440 Speaker 2: listen live. 659 00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:42,200 Speaker 1: Bill Miller and you. It is the Ben Mahler Show. 660 00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:48,840 Speaker 1: Moments away from Malars Mountain of Money. A reminder that 661 00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:52,680 Speaker 1: you are never out of reach of the iHeartRadio app, 662 00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:54,839 Speaker 1: which means you're never out of reach of the Ben 663 00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:57,760 Speaker 1: Mallor Show because we are broadcast on the iHeart app 664 00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:02,080 Speaker 1: on Fox Sports Radio's channel all night every night, you 665 00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:05,560 Speaker 1: can hear the Ben Malor Show live and in stereo. 666 00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:08,760 Speaker 1: We're available, so Jack, I'd be sure also to select. 667 00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:12,160 Speaker 1: In addition to the Fox Sports Radio Channel, the Ben 668 00:39:12,239 --> 00:39:16,319 Speaker 1: Mahlor Show podcast, the Fifth Hour Podcast. Have those as 669 00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:19,360 Speaker 1: your presets. You can literally become a p one on 670 00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:22,400 Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app. It will always pop up at the 671 00:39:22,440 --> 00:39:23,840 Speaker 1: top of your screen. 672 00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:30,759 Speaker 2: Now, Malor's Mountain of money. Do you have what it 673 00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:34,360 Speaker 2: takes to get to the top. Probably not. 674 00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:38,360 Speaker 1: Let's get right back to the game. The matchup is set. 675 00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:42,560 Speaker 1: D Block is in Miami, Miami, Miami, and he's teamed 676 00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:47,680 Speaker 1: up with with me and he's gonna play. He's talking 677 00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:49,239 Speaker 1: to someone else right now, but he's on the air, 678 00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:56,960 Speaker 1: and we have Jed who fled? Hello, Jed, Okay, I'll 679 00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:57,600 Speaker 1: put you on hold. 680 00:39:57,640 --> 00:39:57,759 Speaker 4: Man. 681 00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:01,239 Speaker 1: That's a good point. Chobytreat okay, all right, let's do it. 682 00:40:01,239 --> 00:40:05,759 Speaker 1: Here we go. It's the Method Man edition and d 683 00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:10,279 Speaker 1: Block you picked cream? Yes, all right, very good. These 684 00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:13,080 Speaker 1: athletes all held out for more money. We put forty 685 00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:17,359 Speaker 1: five seconds on the clock. Are you ready, d Block? Yes, sir, 686 00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:19,719 Speaker 1: all right, let's do it. Here we go. Quarterback He 687 00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:21,560 Speaker 1: just came out of retirement to play for the Colts 688 00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:25,480 Speaker 1: this year at the end of the year. Yes, all 689 00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:31,360 Speaker 1: time NFL leading rusher for the Dallas Cowboys. Yes, Pittsburgh 690 00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:34,440 Speaker 1: Steeler running back. He missed an entire year to go 691 00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:37,120 Speaker 1: hang out in your town of Miami and right, Jet 692 00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:43,480 Speaker 1: skis Yes, the greatest left handed pitcher for the Dodgers. 693 00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:49,560 Speaker 1: Played with the Brooklyn Dodgers, also the La Dodgers. Jewish guy, Yeah, 694 00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:53,600 Speaker 1: good job, but you Chiefs linebacker. Currently he's with the Chiefs. 695 00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:56,560 Speaker 1: Defensive star held out for a big contract a couple 696 00:40:56,520 --> 00:41:01,600 Speaker 1: of years ago. Generic name five guy. He coached the 697 00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:04,040 Speaker 1: Washington Wizards for a while. 698 00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:09,279 Speaker 4: Coach he got Yeah, too late, too late, too late. 699 00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:17,480 Speaker 4: Chris Jones was the chances Yeah yeah, alright, alright, uh jee, 700 00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:22,719 Speaker 4: I'm there all right, clip with jed U. We have 701 00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:29,920 Speaker 4: judgment days that correct, Yes, it is alright, alright. These 702 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:32,960 Speaker 4: athletes will be Hall of Fame eligible next year. So 703 00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:35,120 Speaker 4: twenty twenty seven, they will be Hall of Fame eligible. 704 00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:37,520 Speaker 4: H forty five seconds on the clock. Let's begin. 705 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:38,160 Speaker 3: Uh. 706 00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:43,400 Speaker 4: Super Bowl winning quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Yes, this 707 00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:45,360 Speaker 4: guy was the power forward for the Clippers during the 708 00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:49,560 Speaker 4: Lob City days. Yes, this guy was the catcher for 709 00:41:49,719 --> 00:41:51,040 Speaker 4: the Giants like forever. 710 00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:53,719 Speaker 1: Yes. 711 00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:57,640 Speaker 4: Uh, this guy was a cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks 712 00:41:57,680 --> 00:41:58,919 Speaker 4: during the Legion of boom Era. 713 00:42:00,719 --> 00:42:04,439 Speaker 1: Uh. Richer yep, arm yep. Uh. 714 00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:07,400 Speaker 4: This guy beat cancer. He was a pitcher for the 715 00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:10,080 Speaker 4: Red Sox and the Cubs. One World Series with both 716 00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:14,839 Speaker 4: of them. Chris, No, all right, we'll skip that one. 717 00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:19,440 Speaker 4: This guy had the same all right. He was with 718 00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:21,840 Speaker 4: the seventy six ers. Originally he won finals MVP with 719 00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:23,880 Speaker 4: the Warriors. O. 720 00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:29,480 Speaker 1: Man, how many was that? Lorena not good? Won? No, 721 00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:32,080 Speaker 1: it was one very sort of sheet. Look at that. 722 00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:38,839 Speaker 1: Oh my god, Ena, Oh my god, we're tired. All right, there, 723 00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:42,520 Speaker 1: we'll go, all right. I was trying to come up 724 00:42:42,520 --> 00:42:45,480 Speaker 1: with ways he kind of came up with answer to this. Yeah, 725 00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:49,520 Speaker 1: you're you're a woman. Okay, calm down, let's see d block. 726 00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:55,279 Speaker 1: We have protect your neck and still on it, protected neck, 727 00:42:56,160 --> 00:43:00,400 Speaker 1: all right, protect your neck very good? Are these fleets 728 00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:08,960 Speaker 1: all had major neck injuries? Major neck injuries? Are you ready? Yes? 729 00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:11,680 Speaker 1: All right? For forty five seconds of the clock where 730 00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:14,560 Speaker 1: we did first and last name, and we are on 731 00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:19,200 Speaker 1: our way and go here we go, all right. Colts 732 00:43:19,239 --> 00:43:21,200 Speaker 1: quarterback who played for the Broncos at the end of 733 00:43:21,239 --> 00:43:27,080 Speaker 1: his career, won a Super Bowl. Come on, uh, the 734 00:43:27,080 --> 00:43:35,080 Speaker 1: playmaker for the Cowboys. Yes, Cecil's son baseball player, played 735 00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:40,120 Speaker 1: for the Brewers and the Tigers. Did a lot of homeboutfield. Yes, 736 00:43:40,719 --> 00:43:44,280 Speaker 1: former Pittsburgh senior defensive back. He's a loudmouth on ESPN. 737 00:43:44,320 --> 00:43:47,000 Speaker 1: Now he's a talking head. He does a podcast. He 738 00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:53,280 Speaker 1: thinks he has answered all wise problems. No, not Shannon, 739 00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:59,839 Speaker 1: but the other brother who played for the Packers. Yes, good, 740 00:43:59,840 --> 00:44:01,880 Speaker 1: you a third base third baseman. 741 00:44:04,840 --> 00:44:13,400 Speaker 4: Alright, alright, alright, Jed here, all right, Jed, we have 742 00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:14,799 Speaker 4: still on it. 743 00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:15,759 Speaker 1: Uh. 744 00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:19,560 Speaker 4: These athletes are some of the oldest. These are some 745 00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:23,640 Speaker 4: of the oldest all stars of all time. All right, 746 00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:27,200 Speaker 4: forty five seconds on the clock. Let's begin. He's the 747 00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:31,720 Speaker 4: king on the Lakers right now, Yes, the all time 748 00:44:31,880 --> 00:44:37,319 Speaker 4: hit king. Yes, this guy was the Sandman closer for 749 00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:43,479 Speaker 4: the Yankees. This guy was a quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens. 750 00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:45,279 Speaker 4: He won a Super Bowl with them. He's still playing 751 00:44:45,320 --> 00:44:45,840 Speaker 4: in the NFL. 752 00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:52,680 Speaker 1: Yes, yeah, all right. 753 00:44:53,120 --> 00:44:56,000 Speaker 4: Guess guys a left fielder for the Red Sox. He 754 00:44:56,040 --> 00:44:59,719 Speaker 4: played twenty three seasons back in the day the three 755 00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:04,839 Speaker 4: thou and hits. All right, this guy was a point guard. 756 00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:07,800 Speaker 4: This guy was a point guard for the Celtics in 757 00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:08,480 Speaker 4: the fifties. 758 00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:15,480 Speaker 1: Jed choked. Jed who fled choked? 759 00:45:15,840 --> 00:45:18,640 Speaker 4: I'm absolutely means that. 760 00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:23,680 Speaker 1: Joe Flacco, Joe de Block, you won, d Block. You 761 00:45:23,760 --> 00:45:26,400 Speaker 1: gotta go the deckad, you gotta go the deck it, 762 00:45:26,520 --> 00:45:32,000 Speaker 1: you gotta go the decade. Good jump by you, d 763 00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:35,239 Speaker 1: Block shot you took down Jed who fled? 764 00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:35,480 Speaker 2: Jed? 765 00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:36,200 Speaker 1: How embarrassed? 766 00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:38,840 Speaker 3: What do you? 767 00:45:38,840 --> 00:45:39,560 Speaker 1: What do you? What is that? 768 00:45:39,640 --> 00:45:39,960 Speaker 4: Don't know? 769 00:45:39,960 --> 00:45:41,399 Speaker 1: What are you yelling about? What do you? 770 00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:43,480 Speaker 2: I said you go back and check it. 771 00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:45,600 Speaker 1: I definitely said, Joe, No, you did not say you 772 00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:48,200 Speaker 1: did not say you said John, you said name. I 773 00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:51,719 Speaker 1: think he said name Jim. Even if you even if 774 00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:53,880 Speaker 1: you did, there wasn't enough points, even if you did 775 00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:58,680 Speaker 1: see that. All right, shut up about g Block anyone 776 00:45:58,680 --> 00:46:01,000 Speaker 1: you want to thank d Block for the win. Unbelievable 777 00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:04,960 Speaker 1: when Gobar is the whole city in Chicago, all right, 778 00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:07,759 Speaker 1: all of Chicago. Look at that. He's in Miami, his 779 00:46:07,840 --> 00:46:09,479 Speaker 1: heart's back in Chicago. There