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Speaker 2: slate to tackle. There are some pivotable games Sunday. You know,

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Speaker 2: there's an old say in the NFL, they always remember

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Speaker 2: what you did in December. We'll dive into Zach Wilson's comments.

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Speaker 2: Would you believe it? A former employee tried to steal

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Speaker 2: twenty two million dollars from their team. True story, we'll

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Speaker 2: tell you all about it. Plus plus we actually had

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Speaker 2: a tournament champion winner tonight and another clunky speech where

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Speaker 2: this guy gets to get up and tell the world

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Speaker 2: how great he is. By the way, what's interesting is,

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Speaker 2: you know the winners tonight got five hundred grand per player,

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Speaker 2: but this one particular player he makes five hundred and

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Speaker 2: seventy three thousand per game. And if you don't believe

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Speaker 2: the Lakers really wanted to win this tournament so badly,

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Speaker 2: well consider this. They were seven to zero tournament games,

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Speaker 2: and all other games they've played this season in the NBA,

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Speaker 2: they're eight to nine. In the tournament games, they average

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Speaker 2: one hundred and twenty two points per game. In all

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Speaker 2: other games this season, this team average one hundred and nine.

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Speaker 2: In the tournament, their point per game differential was plus nineteen,

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Speaker 2: all other games minus six. You get three guesses as

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Speaker 2: to who the team is, and the first two don't count.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna get to that in about fifteen minutes. But

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Speaker 2: we also have a winner. We have a winner in

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Speaker 2: the Shohei Otani sweep stakes. Now, you know, when the

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Speaker 2: Gognnheim group bought the Dodgers back in twenty twelve. I

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Speaker 2: always characterize it as a vanity buy, but I say

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Speaker 2: that in the most complimentary way. These folks are business people.

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Speaker 2: They're dignified business people. And in winning the shohe Atani Sweepstakes,

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Speaker 2: they not only got the most transcendent athlete in one

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Speaker 2: hundred years, they got a unicorn, an international icon on

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Speaker 2: and off the field. This is a guy, a player,

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Speaker 2: a human being who has literally cast a spell over

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Speaker 2: an entire nation Japan. They follow his every move. Frankly,

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Speaker 2: this is an incredible investment by the Dodgers. They're not

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Speaker 2: only getting a legend who will help the Dodgers win

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Speaker 2: on the field. Will they help it win a World Series?

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Speaker 2: I don't know, Frankly, I think Dions might be against it.

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Speaker 2: But Otani will help them to continue on the field,

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Speaker 2: but off the field as well. Another vanity buy. Yes,

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Speaker 2: But again I've seen that in the most respectful way.

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Speaker 2: And I gotta tell you, I thought I never believed

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Speaker 2: he was going to the Blue Jaysy. If it would

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Speaker 2: have happened, I would have said, fine, tell me why

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Speaker 2: that happened, because everybody I talked to you said he

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Speaker 2: would gone to my head, I thought he'd stay with

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Speaker 2: the Angels. Well, but he has seven hundred million reasons

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Speaker 2: to go fifty miles north up the five Freeway, two

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Speaker 2: reasons geography that was already assuwing that the Dodgers have

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Speaker 2: also been with the playoffs eleven years in a row,

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Speaker 2: The question is can they get over the hump. He's

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Speaker 2: wasn't that bad last year, thirty three home runs, drove

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Speaker 2: in one hundred. Otani's not going to pitch. He had

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Speaker 2: forty four home runs. We'll see what happens, but let's

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Speaker 2: not bury the lead. Only seven hundred million dollar deal

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Speaker 2: That was twelve years for twenty six, four years ago.

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Speaker 2: And you remember the Dodgers paid Mookie Betts three sixty

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Speaker 2: five on a twelve year deal, and all of a sudden,

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Speaker 2: Tatis three forty, Bruce Harper three thirty. I remember that

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Speaker 2: throw a part of the conversation. There's only been twelve

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Speaker 2: players in Major League history that have signed for at

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Speaker 2: Question is will this raised the tide for Juan Soto,

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Speaker 2: been saying that since nineteen seventy nine, when Nolan Ryan

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Speaker 2: But here's the thing. Shoyotani by far, is the most

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Speaker 2: marketable player Major Leaue Baseball. He netted forty million in

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Speaker 2: endorsements in twenty twenty three, according to Sportico. The next

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Speaker 2: impossible to quantify exactly how much he's gonna be worth

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Speaker 2: this contract should actually pay for itself within seven years

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Speaker 2: because he's a money factor even just advertising alone. He's

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Speaker 2: got every eyeball from Japan. He's like Michael Jordan to Japan.

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Speaker 2: He's like Taylor Swift. Otani's presence instantly makes the Dodgers

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Speaker 2: even more internationally relevant. And wouldn't you know what? They

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Speaker 2: open up in Soil Korea next year. Every game the

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Speaker 2: and Japanese advertising makes up a significant portion or made

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Speaker 2: up a significant portion of the Angel Stadium signage in

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Speaker 2: these past few years. His jersey, Otani's jersey is the

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Speaker 2: And fans they travel halfway around the world to see him.

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Speaker 2: Simply put, you can call the risk of this expensive

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Speaker 2: a guaranteed revenue stream that exists simply by having Shohi

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Speaker 2: Otani on the roster. The question is can he play

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Speaker 2: like a seven hundred million dollar player throughout the duration

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Speaker 2: think he's worth it, and I think he's worth it.

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Speaker 2: One scout told the Athletic he wouldn't have hesitated till

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Speaker 2: seems to be that concerned about his recent elbow surgery

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Speaker 2: as an impediment to Otani's earning power. So even if

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Speaker 2: you're only a good baseball player for five or six

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Speaker 2: six years, he will have paid for himself. The question

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Speaker 2: is will he get the Dodgers to a coveted World

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Speaker 2: to the Googa nine family. They did it again. This

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Speaker 2: some point. His agent made it clear that is fully

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Speaker 2: Otani's intention. You know, there have been other players that

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Speaker 2: have had two time ligament repairs, but Nathany Ovali seemed

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Speaker 2: to overcome this. Now his longevity could be a long

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Speaker 2: he'll do it in twenty twenty four. But remember when

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Speaker 2: O'tani played for the nip On Ham Fighters, he also

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Speaker 2: When Otani steps on the baseball diamond for the guy's huge,

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Speaker 2: Let's pretend he's just an average outfielder. With what he hits.

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Speaker 2: As an average outfielder, could he be worth fifty million?

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Speaker 2: I don't know. But even if he never pitched again,

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Speaker 2: he's a thirty forty million dollar ball player. But that

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Speaker 2: doesn't count what I just told you about the money

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Speaker 2: machine he represents given he's international fame. So there you

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Speaker 2: mulling my lung. But the victors go the spoils, and

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Speaker 5: Yes, it's a great day to be a Dodger fan, Bernie,

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Speaker 2: But it didn't move me. But but that doesn't mean

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Speaker 2: that I can't maintain my objectivity with respect to what

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Speaker 2: really happened here. Okay, before we get all subjective, before

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Speaker 2: we dig up all the grievances and disapprovals of this

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Speaker 2: tournament and its inaugural attempt, and before we address the

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Speaker 2: future of these goofy colored non red reON court. But

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Speaker 2: I can't even speak English neon red court, so the

431
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Speaker 2: color combinations. I hope you folks were sober when you

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Speaker 2: stare at these courts. I really think you could get

433
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Speaker 2: brain damage if you were, if you were involved in

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Speaker 2: the wrong case mmicals while watching these games, and then

435
00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:06,359
Speaker 2: you could argue over alternatives to the tiebreakers, point differentials,

436
00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:09,240
Speaker 2: all this stuff. Let's state the obvious. It is obvious

437
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Speaker 2: the n season tournament and an objective from an objective

438
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Speaker 2: objective viewpoint, was of unqualified success even before the final

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Speaker 2: Saturday night. I haven't seen in numbers. Look at these

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Speaker 2: other numbers again, everything is relative, okay. Local viewership for

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Speaker 2: group play games was up twenty percent from games played

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Speaker 2: November twenty twenty two. Nationally televised games shot up twenty

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Speaker 2: six percent over games played in November twenty twenty two.

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Speaker 2: League pass viewership for the seven group play nights increased

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Speaker 2: by twenty five percent, and the average attendance this is

446
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Speaker 2: a big number. The league's average attendants for playoff games

447
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Speaker 2: eighteen thousand and two oh six. That's the highest for November,

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Speaker 2: and they hit history of the NBA. Now, in this

449
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Speaker 2: era and age of apps and social channels and things

450
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Speaker 2: of that nature, the NBA had their best first month

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Speaker 2: of the season in history. Three point nine billion video views.

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Speaker 2: A billion. You know what, You know what big a

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Speaker 2: billion is. If you start counting to a million, one

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Speaker 2: second at a time, take it twelve days. If you

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Speaker 2: start counting to a billion, one second at a time,

456
00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:34,520
Speaker 2: that twelve days jumps to thirty three years, three point

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Speaker 2: nine billion views. You can't argue with those numbers. Now,

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Speaker 2: you really can't compare the viewership to other events, you know,

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Speaker 2: the World Series, March Madness, whatever. Let it stand on

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Speaker 2: its own, because the truth of the matter is, this

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00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:57,440
Speaker 2: is what the NBA was looking for, growth making these

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Speaker 2: November games matter and make them watchable. They were looking

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Speaker 2: for energy, they were looking for excitement. They were looking

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Speaker 2: for a reason that the fan base could care and

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Speaker 2: pay attention to the first twenty games of the eighty

466
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Speaker 2: two game season because, let's face it, the de facto

467
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Speaker 2: opening night for the NBA is Christmas, and now the

468
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Speaker 2: NBA is in poaching is poaching upon that. But the

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Speaker 2: NBA got their energy. I think they got their excitement right.

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Speaker 2: And whether it's winning the NBA Cup or collecting the

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Speaker 2: five hundred thousand dollars prize that comes with it, players

472
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Speaker 2: were invested. I talked about Lebron. Lebron makes forty seven

473
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Speaker 2: million a year. That's five hundred and seventy three thousand

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Speaker 2: per game. Win, lose, draw, or sit in the stands

475
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Speaker 2: and drink wine and look cool with a goofy look

476
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Speaker 2: on your face and sunglasses. Like you said, nobody know

477
00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:46,840
Speaker 2: you're there, you know, but you want everybody to see

478
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Speaker 2: you're there. You're making five hundred and seventy three gag. Now,

479
00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:53,280
Speaker 2: they made five hundred grand for winning tonight, and to

480
00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:54,920
Speaker 2: some of the guys at the end of the roster,

481
00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:57,840
Speaker 2: that's a nice that's a nice little paycheck. Okay, But

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Speaker 2: Lebron didn't do this for the money. He wants more

483
00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,960
Speaker 2: bragging rights. Okay, fair enough to the winners, go the Boils.

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Speaker 2: Consider the passion that the Pacers played with as well.

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Speaker 2: If you saw the game money against Boston, it looked

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Speaker 2: like an NBA Finals game. I don't think that's a

487
00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:15,880
Speaker 2: that's hyperbole. If you looked at the intensity of the

488
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Speaker 2: Lakers Suns on Tuesday night, went down just to the

489
00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:21,320
Speaker 2: final seconds there with controversy at the end. The Suns

490
00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:25,160
Speaker 2: could have easily won that game, but they didn't. What

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00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:31,600
Speaker 2: the league did was tackle head on this lethargy that

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Speaker 2: games under the radar are played with with this, you know,

493
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Speaker 2: in season tournament. And this follows the heels of the

494
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Speaker 2: end of the season lethargy with the play in tournament,

495
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Speaker 2: which Lebron once said, whoever came up with that idea

496
00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:47,880
Speaker 2: should be fired. Well, guess what. The play in tournament

497
00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:53,120
Speaker 2: has worked well also, and it's here to stay, and

498
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:57,600
Speaker 2: it's effectively opened up four more postseason spots. So the

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Speaker 2: play in tournament worked, and now the NC the n

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Speaker 2: season tournament has worked. It's done the same thing, and

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Speaker 2: I absolutely believe it's here to stay. As a matter

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Speaker 2: of fact, there's another sport now also looking at a

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Speaker 2: playing tournament. We may talk about that later in the show,

504
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Speaker 2: but at some point I will share with you Rob

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Speaker 2: Manfred now has laid out the groundwork and the framework

506
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Speaker 2: for amate League Baseball in season tournament. You tell me

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Speaker 2: Adam Silver's experiment hasn't worked by the way players like it.

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Speaker 2: Lebron James, he said, he noted the competitiveness of the

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Speaker 2: un season tournament games. It's different. Draymond Green said playoffs

510
00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:40,000
Speaker 2: had a play or check that said, the inn season

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Speaker 2: tournament games had a playoff like intensity. He would know

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Speaker 2: on TNT Stan Van Gundy, who's a good dude. I

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Speaker 2: like Stan. He'll never be confused for a company man,

514
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Speaker 2: though he will speak his mind. He said, quote NBA

515
00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:59,320
Speaker 2: basketball has never been more fun. In November and early December,

516
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:04,920
Speaker 2: even Frank Vogel, head coach of the Suns, said, whatever

517
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Speaker 2: they said they thought it was going to do from

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Speaker 2: an excitement standpoint, I would say it did that times

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Speaker 2: one hundred and by the way, one other side note,

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Speaker 2: I thought this was clever. Never saw this coming. We

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00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:22,800
Speaker 2: actually saw some fusion and intermingling between t and T

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Speaker 2: and ESPN. Now there's a lot of pretty talented broadcasting

523
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Speaker 2: teams doing NBA games, so TNT and ESPN decided to

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Speaker 2: share broadcasters for Thursday semi finals, and I think it

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00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:41,280
Speaker 2: led to some really kind of classic funny, neat little

526
00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:46,520
Speaker 2: TV moments, including shack poking fun at Steven A. Smith's hairline.

527
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Speaker 2: And how about Charles Barkley. If he could just get

528
00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,560
Speaker 2: over the shiness, he's going to be all right. He

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Speaker 2: congratulates Bob Myers, the erstwhile general manager president of the

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Speaker 2: Golden State Warriors, for jumping off the sinking ship in time.

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Speaker 2: You gotta love it. Also, the presentation of the games

532
00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:10,920
Speaker 2: during the games Reggie Miller with Doris Burke and Mike Green,

533
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Speaker 2: it kind of added to the overall uniqueness of the

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Speaker 2: d season tournament. And by the way, anytime you get

535
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Speaker 2: Barkley with different people on TV, it's gonna work. So

536
00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:26,880
Speaker 2: whether it's All Star Week in the playoffs. One of

537
00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:32,640
Speaker 2: the you know, ancillary takeaways from the in season tournament

538
00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:37,760
Speaker 2: has been this combination and usage of sharing broadcasters from

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Speaker 2: different networks. And I think it worked. I really do

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Speaker 2: think it worked. We'll talk more about this with Mark

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Speaker 2: Medeena a midnight Magic at the Medina Magic at Midnight.

542
00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:53,560
Speaker 2: But I think I've made my point. Whether you agree

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00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:58,040
Speaker 2: with it or not, I'm just reporting what has taken place.

544
00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:01,640
Speaker 2: And I think if there was any question as to

545
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:04,760
Speaker 2: whether or not this worked, well, I think it did.

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00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:08,000
Speaker 2: I do in the numbers. The numbers bear it out.

547
00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:12,160
Speaker 2: That more people paid attention a lot more this year

548
00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:17,360
Speaker 2: versus last year. Coming up, let's take a look at

549
00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:19,400
Speaker 2: some of the top tips and a few betting nuggets

550
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Speaker 2: on this weekend's NFL card. We'll dip our toe in

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Speaker 2: the Week fourteen NFL waters. I'm Bernie Frattle. We're coming

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Speaker 2: to your line from the Las Vegas Fox Sports Radio

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Speaker 2: tire Act dot Com studios. Keep it locked right here.

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Speaker 2: You're listening to the Bernie Frattle Show on Fox Sports Radio.

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Speaker 2: All right, Mac at the Bernie Frattle Show, Fox Sports Radio.

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Speaker 2: Coming to live from the Las Vegas tire Act dot

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Speaker 2: Com studios. We will take you up to three and

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Speaker 2: Pacific six am Eastern, coming up top of the hour

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Speaker 2: of midnight Medina Man Magic. Lots of stuff happening in

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Speaker 2: the NBA, and again twelve thirty fifty Physic will join

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Speaker 2: us for the Physic five. We will dive heavily into

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Speaker 2: Week fourteen in the NFL. Obviously, you get into December,

567
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:18,600
Speaker 2: ish starts to get very real always remember what you

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Speaker 2: did in December. Lots of key matchups this weekend. We've

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Speaker 2: even got a double header on Sunday, and I'll be

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Speaker 2: at the Raiders game. Got a credential for the Raiders

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Speaker 2: Vikings Sunday. Raiders are a three point home underdog tonight.

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Speaker 2: How about a little rapid fire, staccato lightning realm. Some

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Speaker 2: betting nuggets on this week's NFL card. For instance, your

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Speaker 2: Chicago Bears. They are home against the Detroit Lions Sunday

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Speaker 2: and Clement weather expected. Is that the captain obvious? It's

580
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:18,239
Speaker 2: December in Chicago, Detroit hot house team playing outside. But

581
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Speaker 2: your Chicago Bears one and eight against the spread in

582
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:24,799
Speaker 2: their last nine games following a bye week, I look

583
00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:28,880
Speaker 2: for Justin Fields to resume his Benny Hill routine. Drop back. Ah,

584
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:30,880
Speaker 2: what the hell, let me just take off and run.

585
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:33,799
Speaker 2: I love Justin Fields as a human being. I love

586
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Speaker 2: him as a competitor. If he could only operate from

587
00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:40,600
Speaker 2: the pocket, he would be a major league quarterback. He's

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Speaker 2: seven and thirty two. I don't think it's gonna happen.

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00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:44,799
Speaker 2: We'll see what happens Sunday. I think you get an

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00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:46,960
Speaker 2: effort out of Chicago. They're pretty tough against the run,

591
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:49,480
Speaker 2: but again one and eight against the spread their last

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Speaker 2: nine games following a bye week. Meanwhile, Jacksonville, I'm not

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Speaker 2: sure what's gonna happen with Trevor. Lawrence will confirm it

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Speaker 2: with Fez. When I saw him go down last month

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00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:03,040
Speaker 2: and night, I'll go, oh my god when he slammed

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00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:04,560
Speaker 2: his helme and I thought he might be gone for

597
00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:07,640
Speaker 2: the year. But they're talking about him possibly playing Sunday.

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Speaker 2: And oh, by the way, Jacksonville eight to zero against

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00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:14,719
Speaker 2: the spread their last eight away games. That's the longest

600
00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:21,040
Speaker 2: in franchise history. Jacksonville is real New Orleans. All Derek

601
00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:24,600
Speaker 2: Carr needs is a defense, remember, and it looks like

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00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:29,000
Speaker 2: he's gonna play. The good news is Derek Carr passed

603
00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:34,480
Speaker 2: concussion protocol. The bad news is Derek Carr passed concussion protocol.

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00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:37,319
Speaker 2: Him or jamis pick your poison right now. You know

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00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:39,480
Speaker 2: why Derek Carr was sixty three and seventy nine as

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00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:41,920
Speaker 2: it started for the Raiders. Don't give me any speeches.

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00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:45,120
Speaker 2: I don't want to hear him. Okay, stinks in the

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00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:48,160
Speaker 2: red zone, stinks on third down when it matters most,

609
00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:51,520
Speaker 2: when you need to be great. He's not good person.

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00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:55,120
Speaker 2: Though New Orleans is own five at home against the

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Speaker 2: spread this season, they're laying six now against the pesky

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Speaker 2: Carolina Panthers. I'm not gonna be involved in that game,

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Speaker 2: but if you had a gun to my head, I

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00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:08,719
Speaker 2: would take the points. By the way. One of the

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00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:11,719
Speaker 2: reasons I take the points, the New Orleans Saints are

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Speaker 2: the only team in the entire NFL not to cover

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Speaker 2: at home this season. Do with that what you will.

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Speaker 2: I can't say enough good things about Demico Ryans. I

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Speaker 2: cannot say enough good things about c. J. Stroud. That

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00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:29,200
Speaker 2: team plays football in all three phases. They have taken

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Speaker 2: on the personality their field general Demico Ryans. They play

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Speaker 2: sound assignment, sound football. They block, they tackle, They are

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Speaker 2: fun to watch. Houston will be favored at least six

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Speaker 2: point favorites for the first time since Week sixteen to

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty. They were seven and a half points against

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Speaker 2: the Bengals. They lost the game. Houston will be a

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00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:56,960
Speaker 2: favorite Sunday Baltimore. The quarterback Lamar Jackson eighteen and one

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Speaker 2: straight up in has passed nineteen starts against the NFC.

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Speaker 2: Brock Purdy, my guy, will be favored in his eighteenth

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Speaker 2: straight regular season game to begin his career, breaking a

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Speaker 2: tie with Roger Staubach for the longest streak to begin

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Speaker 2: a career in the NFL Era. You rock Purty haters.

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00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:18,160
Speaker 2: You know you're all going to hell in a scholarship

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Speaker 2: four and one versus winning teams, averaging nine point one

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Speaker 2: yards of pass, fourteen touchdowns and one interception is pass

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Speaker 2: rating his one twenty five point seven. And I think

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Speaker 2: I heard a guy on the radio say last night

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Speaker 2: he has won a playoff game. Hello, Hello, before he

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Speaker 2: got his arm ripped off against Philadelphia and half his

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Speaker 2: shoulder with it and the season of the forty nine ers.

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Speaker 2: He beat Dak Prescott in the opening round of the

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Speaker 2: playoffs last January and through for more yards Dak had

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Speaker 2: his obligatory two interceptions. You're tired of me picking on

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Speaker 2: Dak and the Cowboys then get to the Super Bowl

645
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Speaker 2: even if you don't win it, just get there. I'm

646
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Speaker 2: tired of the speeches, and I don't root against Dallas,

647
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Speaker 2: against her, for anybody. I don't root for him either.

648
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Speaker 2: I root for the story. It would be a much

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Speaker 2: bigger story if Dallas got to the Super Bowl. Buffalo

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Speaker 2: six and the outright after a buy under Sean McDermott.

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Speaker 2: By the way, the Chargers Brandon stay. They've gone under

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Speaker 2: the total of nine of the last ten games. And finally,

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Speaker 2: Dallas is eight and two against the spread as a

654
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Speaker 2: favorite this season, twenty five and ten against the spread

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Speaker 2: his favorites in the past three seasons. You think I'm

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Speaker 2: laying three and a half against Philadelphia, Not this year,

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Speaker 2: I can only hope we get to it all. But

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Speaker 2: that is why each week, at this time midnight, we

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Speaker 2: just simply say it's that time. Mark Medina are Fox

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Speaker 2: Sports Radio NBA guru very much stringer on the pulse. Mark,

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Speaker 2: Let's not bury the league and perhaps one of the

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Speaker 2: most important games ever played in the history of the NBA,

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Speaker 2: even another flu game which Lebron wants a new debate,

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Speaker 2: a game that won't count in the standings. Your thought

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Speaker 2: on the takeaway from the NBA's first ever in season champion.

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Speaker 6: Cool ahead. Look, if we're gonna count championships, technically the

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Speaker 6: Lakers have the most championships now over the.

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Speaker 2: Boston celt They've never lost in the n season tournament

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Speaker 2: to Lakers.

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Speaker 6: And how about this, Lebron James, He's one in season tournament.

682
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Speaker 6: Michael Jordan has it. End of goat debate, right.

683
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Speaker 2: And that's it. Set it down right now. Although I

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Speaker 2: got to be fair, I don't know if you heard

685
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Speaker 2: my segment earlier. I think if you look at the

686
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Speaker 2: metrics honestly and objectively, the n season tournament has been

687
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Speaker 2: a success.

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Speaker 6: Oh, it's been one thousand percent success. The reason why

689
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Speaker 6: is that we've watched basketball games that are meaningful in

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Speaker 6: early December, when normally we'd be paying attention to college

691
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Speaker 6: football in the NFL, we'd only be talking about the

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Speaker 6: NBA if it's a Lebron MJ debate or some Shenanigan's

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Speaker 6: off the court, or US criticizing players for sitting out

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Speaker 6: for road management. So they're in the conversation for the

695
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Speaker 6: right reason, and they've made the regular season more relevant

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Speaker 6: because guys are participating and spend quality basketball.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, players like it. They've commented on it. If you

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Speaker 2: look at the numbers, local viewership during group play of

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Speaker 2: twenty percent, national games of twenty six percent. League's average

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Speaker 2: attendance was up app social channels, you know, over three

701
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Speaker 2: billion video views by every metric. But here's the kicker.

702
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Speaker 2: What happens next? Is there a thud that we go

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Speaker 2: back to the moribund.

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Speaker 6: NBA So a faird question. I don't think it's going

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Speaker 6: to happen right away because we're still in the holiday season,

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Speaker 6: there's going to be excitement before the Christmas Day games.

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Speaker 6: I think, specifically with the Lakers, we're not going to

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Speaker 6: see a letdown because this had coincided with the fact

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Speaker 6: that they're getting a fully healthy roster with exception of

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Speaker 6: Dave Vincent, so they finally they think, finally we have

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Speaker 6: guys we can start ironing out our real rotations. But

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Speaker 6: I think the larger point that you're making here, Bernie

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Speaker 6: is a fair one, and keep keep your eyes out

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Speaker 6: on after New Year's once we hit twenty twenty four,

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Speaker 6: what will the quality of basketball look like, because those

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Speaker 6: are going to be the way regular season games that

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Speaker 6: aren't in season tournament games, And so I do think

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Speaker 6: that that's when we're going to start seeing the negative

719
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Speaker 6: side of this in season tournament the look. I think

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Speaker 6: the causes will still fastly outweigh the negatives because I

721
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Speaker 6: think that that malaise will only happen for a week

722
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Speaker 6: or two and then all of a sudden, we're hearing

723
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Speaker 6: talk about the All Star weekend and guys trying to

724
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Speaker 6: put together their final candidacy to get selected here. So

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Speaker 6: I think when you look at it in the hospitality,

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Speaker 6: like with everything in the world. This proposal didn't solve everything,

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Speaker 6: but at least address some of the problems to make

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Speaker 6: it better.

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Speaker 2: I think that's fair, Mark, and I think Adam Silver's

730
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Speaker 2: experiment worked. But here comes the big butt tee weee.

731
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Speaker 2: And this is why I'm a doubting Thomas. The Lakers

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Speaker 2: have played twenty three games this year. There are seven

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Speaker 2: or Zine tournament games, but they're eight to nine in

734
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Speaker 2: all the other games, averaging fourteen less points per game.

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Speaker 2: The point differential plus nineteen during tournament games minus six

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Speaker 2: during non tournament games. I don't know that they break

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Speaker 2: that pattern. I just feel that's importent of things to come.

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Speaker 2: You may be right, though, Let's let's be on it,

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Speaker 2: or let's just keep an open mind, all right. I

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Speaker 2: also want to look, did you have something to say

741
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Speaker 2: to that?

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Speaker 6: Well, it's a fair point. But the thing that I

743
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Speaker 6: would I would stress here is that the lakers inconsistency

744
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Speaker 6: as a whole mostly had to do with the fact

745
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Speaker 6: that they have some key injuries with their rotation players.

746
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Speaker 6: And I think the comforting thing that Laker fans should

747
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Speaker 6: know about here is that those guys an exception that

748
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Speaker 6: gave Vincent our back and number two. It's not like

749
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Speaker 6: the season when Russell Westbrook was there where it was

750
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Speaker 6: just a bunch of old guys getting hurt. All these

751
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Speaker 6: guys have just come back. They're in their twenties. So

752
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Speaker 6: while we're we have to keep our eyes on obviously

753
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Speaker 6: with Lebron James. How does Father time respond to all this?

754
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Speaker 6: Anthony Davis? I think that that most of the roster

755
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Speaker 6: is going to be healthy. So that's an encouraging sign

756
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Speaker 6: that that poor record that you indicated isn't a sign

757
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Speaker 6: of things to come later on.

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Speaker 2: Okay, fair enough, Let's look at the other team in

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Speaker 2: Los Angeles, the Clippers. I never missed a shot or

760
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Speaker 2: a chance to take a shot at James Harder. But

761
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Speaker 2: let's be fair. The Clippers started three and seven. Now

762
00:45:15,840 --> 00:45:18,800
Speaker 2: they're eleven and ten, and not only have they looked

763
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Speaker 2: pretty good, but they've beaten the Denvers, the Golden States,

764
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Speaker 2: the Dallas Is, the Sacramentos. Could the Clippers the flashes

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Speaker 2: they've shown, Could that consistency continue for the remainder of

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Speaker 2: the season and maybe into the playoffs?

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Speaker 6: Very welcome continue. Now, what's that going to result in?

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Speaker 6: I think it results in them making the playoffs. I

769
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Speaker 6: don't think that they're going to be a contending team.

770
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Speaker 6: But I think that ever since the starting lineup switch

771
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Speaker 6: where Russell Westbrook's come off the bench, it solved a

772
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Speaker 6: lot of problems because it's set the clear message that

773
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Speaker 6: James Harden is the one running the offense. And I think,

774
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Speaker 6: in fairness to James Harden, his shots come back. He's

775
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Speaker 6: been playmaking and doing the right thing from a team

776
00:46:00,680 --> 00:46:04,080
Speaker 6: chemistry standpoint, and as a result, you're seeing Kawhi Leonard

777
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Speaker 6: get a lot more looks, You're seeing Paul George get

778
00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:11,040
Speaker 6: a lot more looks. And clearly, while everyone talked about

779
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Speaker 6: once this trade happened that everyone has to sacrifice, let's

780
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Speaker 6: not get it twisted. Kawhi Leonard and Paul George are

781
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Speaker 6: supposed to be the main offensive focal points in terms

782
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Speaker 6: of shots, and James Harden is supposed to just be

783
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Speaker 6: the orchestrator of things. And so with that, it's a

784
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Speaker 6: good formula to have, but one they obviously have to

785
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Speaker 6: stay healthy and you never know what that team. But

786
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Speaker 6: I think secondly, even with them being at their best,

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Speaker 6: it's good enough to be a playoff team. It's good

788
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Speaker 6: enough to get past the first round. But I honestly

789
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Speaker 6: don't know beyond that, because Minnesota, Oklahoma City, Dallas, Denver,

790
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Speaker 6: even the Lakers, Sacramento and Phoenix. I mean that's seven

791
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Speaker 6: teams right there, and I think, assuming you know, relatively

792
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Speaker 6: full health for all those teams, I think they're all

793
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Speaker 6: better than the Clippers.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, hard to argue with that. All right, let's move on.

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Speaker 2: I'm looking forward to seeing what the Jaw Moran return

796
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Speaker 2: looks like. I understand how Adam Silver will be arranging

797
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Speaker 2: to have a sit down with John Morant before he

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Speaker 2: officially returns. What can you tell us about that?

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Speaker 6: Well, I think ever since the NBA announced that Jean

800
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Speaker 6: Morant would be serving that twenty five game suspension, they

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Speaker 6: made it clear that that doesn't guarantee that he would

802
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Speaker 6: be coming back. After twenty five games. There would be

803
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Speaker 6: certain benchmarks that John Morant would have to hit. Now,

804
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Speaker 6: the NBA has never outlined what those benchmarks are explicitly,

805
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Speaker 6: but it doesn't take Einstein to put two and two

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Speaker 6: together that they don't want any more ig videos of

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Speaker 6: him flashing guns nothing else off the court, and that

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Speaker 6: he's being with the team and being a positive influence.

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Speaker 6: And Adam Silver before the preseason or in season tournament

810
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Speaker 6: final game today, said that he has been pleased with

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Speaker 6: what he's been hearing so far. When I caught up

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Speaker 6: with the Memphisqurizzlies when they're in town in LA, someone

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Speaker 6: like Marcus Smart, who's now having this veteran leadership type role.

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Speaker 6: He said that John Morant, you know, been around the team,

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Speaker 6: has had a positive influence and has been you know,

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Speaker 6: about the right things, and so you know, obviously only

817
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Speaker 6: they will know what's truly going on behind the scenes

818
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Speaker 6: for four and it's worth both Adam Silver and the

819
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Speaker 6: Grizzlies are saying he's on the right track and you know,

820
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Speaker 6: not getting any other bad behavior.

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Speaker 2: I understand there was a video of him helping old

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Speaker 2: ladies across the streets, so maybe that'll helps, Maybe that'll

823
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Speaker 2: help his cause. We'll see. Look when it's this is

824
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Speaker 2: all well and good, we'll see what happens when he

825
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Speaker 2: comes back. And yeah, I mean, look, I've been around

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Speaker 2: the game.

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Speaker 6: Too also, Yeah, go ahead, go well, I'm.

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Speaker 2: Just going to say I've been around the game too long.

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Speaker 2: And people don't escape their nature as easily as people

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Speaker 2: would want them to.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, And I think the other thing is where they

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Speaker 6: are in the standards. They're six and fifteen, right, you know,

833
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Speaker 6: they're thirteenth in the West. Now, you know, I had

834
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Speaker 6: talked to Jared Jackson Junior and Marcus Smart a few

835
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Speaker 6: weeks ago when they only at one one game. They're saying, look,

836
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Speaker 6: it will be fine when John comes back. It's play

837
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Speaker 6: you know, we'll hit off, you know, really fast. But

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Speaker 6: the point I brought up to them was, well, you

839
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Speaker 6: still have a few weeks left, and that's going to

840
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Speaker 6: be challenging. Number one. Number two, I would think it's

841
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Speaker 6: going to take some time for him to get fully

842
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Speaker 6: integrated because you know the fact that he's missed so

843
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Speaker 6: much time. Now. Taylor Jenkins, the Grizzli's coach, said that

844
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Speaker 6: he's been doing a lot of conditioning, film work, practice,

845
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Speaker 6: all that stuff. So maybe that minimizes it, but you

846
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Speaker 6: still can't replicate a full game. And I think you

847
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Speaker 6: also have to keep in mind that Steven Adams and

848
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Speaker 6: Brandon Clark, two key front court players, they're out for

849
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Speaker 6: the season. Marcus Smart, he's been out for a few weeks.

850
00:49:44,920 --> 00:49:48,400
Speaker 6: So this team has just been decimated with injuries. And

851
00:49:48,480 --> 00:49:51,319
Speaker 6: I'm skeptical, but no doubt, you know, if you're at

852
00:49:51,360 --> 00:49:54,400
Speaker 6: the bottom, you can't go anywhere but up. But I

853
00:49:54,400 --> 00:49:55,880
Speaker 6: don't think it's going to be enough for them to

854
00:49:55,880 --> 00:49:57,600
Speaker 6: suddenly get back in the playoff for sure.

855
00:49:57,760 --> 00:50:00,400
Speaker 2: Well, I think it's an outstanding opportunity. Just see what

856
00:50:00,480 --> 00:50:02,360
Speaker 2: John Morant can do. You know, I pick on the

857
00:50:02,440 --> 00:50:05,400
Speaker 2: Lakers a lot in Lebron, but they started off terrible

858
00:50:05,480 --> 00:50:07,760
Speaker 2: last year and they right into ship and they quitted

859
00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:08,960
Speaker 2: themselves quite well.

860
00:50:09,080 --> 00:50:11,480
Speaker 6: Yeah, you know what, that's a fair point. Maybe I'll

861
00:50:11,520 --> 00:50:14,080
Speaker 6: stand corrected. And I think that's a bigger point that

862
00:50:14,080 --> 00:50:16,839
Speaker 6: we're talking about with John Moran and all that. I'm

863
00:50:16,840 --> 00:50:18,759
Speaker 6: not going to be my naive to think all of

864
00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:21,520
Speaker 6: a sudden that you know, he's going to serve in

865
00:50:21,560 --> 00:50:25,000
Speaker 6: the choir here, right and all that. But I think

866
00:50:25,040 --> 00:50:29,400
Speaker 6: that I feel relatively confident, you know, for someone that

867
00:50:29,480 --> 00:50:31,879
Speaker 6: doesn't have a stake in it. But just look at

868
00:50:31,880 --> 00:50:35,000
Speaker 6: this objectively, that this is the end of just really

869
00:50:35,040 --> 00:50:39,120
Speaker 6: egregious off court behavior. Again, that doesn't mean he's suddenly gonna,

870
00:50:39,560 --> 00:50:41,560
Speaker 6: you know, be a saint or anything, but I think

871
00:50:41,560 --> 00:50:45,000
Speaker 6: at least enough that he's not, you know, getting into

872
00:50:45,560 --> 00:50:47,279
Speaker 6: trouble with the law and that sort of thing.

873
00:50:47,560 --> 00:50:52,000
Speaker 2: All right, I want to switch gears. Obviously, one of

874
00:50:52,040 --> 00:50:55,960
Speaker 2: the talking points in the NFL has been the inconsistency

875
00:50:56,040 --> 00:51:01,960
Speaker 2: of referee performance. We're seeing some interesting ref issues in

876
00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:05,680
Speaker 2: the NBA. Trey Young just got fined twenty five thousand

877
00:51:05,719 --> 00:51:08,719
Speaker 2: dollars for confronting a ref and Jalen Brown just got

878
00:51:09,280 --> 00:51:12,440
Speaker 2: ejected and called the ref quote over emotional. What can

879
00:51:12,480 --> 00:51:15,840
Speaker 2: you tell us about those incidents in the overall referee

880
00:51:16,600 --> 00:51:19,400
Speaker 2: player relationship in the National Basketball Association.

881
00:51:19,840 --> 00:51:23,680
Speaker 6: You know, it's felt like probably since twenty seventeen that

882
00:51:23,760 --> 00:51:27,520
Speaker 6: the interactions between the officials and the players haven't haven't

883
00:51:27,560 --> 00:51:30,640
Speaker 6: been great. And I think that it's coincided with a

884
00:51:30,680 --> 00:51:35,440
Speaker 6: few things here. There's been a lot of new referees

885
00:51:35,560 --> 00:51:38,120
Speaker 6: that are still I don't want to stay learning the ropes,

886
00:51:38,200 --> 00:51:40,399
Speaker 6: like you have to be qualified and knowing the game,

887
00:51:40,440 --> 00:51:42,840
Speaker 6: but just as far as like knowing some of the

888
00:51:42,880 --> 00:51:46,759
Speaker 6: finer nuances and you know, where is that line of

889
00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:51,440
Speaker 6: having exchanges even if there are disagreements, but in a

890
00:51:51,520 --> 00:51:55,640
Speaker 6: respectful way. And I think there's just this mistrust, especially

891
00:51:55,680 --> 00:51:58,960
Speaker 6: with the fact that their social media and you know,

892
00:51:59,040 --> 00:52:02,560
Speaker 6: the NBA and now says when players are fined and

893
00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:07,400
Speaker 6: players feel like that makes them out as examples, and

894
00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:11,000
Speaker 6: they don't feel like it's the same energy when referees

895
00:52:11,239 --> 00:52:13,600
Speaker 6: miss a call. Now there's the two minute report, but

896
00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:17,280
Speaker 6: like that doesn't change the outcome. The NBA does announce

897
00:52:17,360 --> 00:52:20,799
Speaker 6: when fines are rescinded, but it's not as impactful as

898
00:52:20,840 --> 00:52:24,240
Speaker 6: the initial punishment. But you know, what the NBA says

899
00:52:24,440 --> 00:52:26,360
Speaker 6: is that they're always you know, I don't want to

900
00:52:26,360 --> 00:52:29,359
Speaker 6: say always, but they're supportive of the officials. They say

901
00:52:29,400 --> 00:52:31,680
Speaker 6: it's a tough job. They do the two minute report

902
00:52:32,000 --> 00:52:36,200
Speaker 6: for accountability purposes, and they do evaluate officials on a

903
00:52:36,239 --> 00:52:39,279
Speaker 6: game to game basis. The only thing that Adam Silver

904
00:52:39,400 --> 00:52:42,120
Speaker 6: has said on record as of late because of what

905
00:52:42,239 --> 00:52:45,120
Speaker 6: happened with Scott Foster and Chris Paul is that he

906
00:52:45,239 --> 00:52:49,239
Speaker 6: said that you know, look, he defended you know, both

907
00:52:49,400 --> 00:52:53,200
Speaker 6: people's characters. He's saying Scott Foster is a good official,

908
00:52:53,640 --> 00:52:56,160
Speaker 6: but that they need to find ways to work things

909
00:52:56,200 --> 00:53:00,319
Speaker 6: out behind the scenes. But that was that. And you know,

910
00:53:01,680 --> 00:53:05,720
Speaker 6: with Scott Foster in particular, I do side with Chris

911
00:53:05,719 --> 00:53:07,800
Speaker 6: Paul on this, you know, not that he's a saying

912
00:53:07,880 --> 00:53:12,160
Speaker 6: he can be a little extracurricular with exchanges with the officials.

913
00:53:12,160 --> 00:53:15,560
Speaker 6: But I've seen over the years that he's you know,

914
00:53:15,680 --> 00:53:19,520
Speaker 6: allowed himself to take personal animosity toward a certain player

915
00:53:19,600 --> 00:53:22,719
Speaker 6: that's arguing with him into the equation of, you know,

916
00:53:22,800 --> 00:53:25,400
Speaker 6: how much of a rope he gives them with giving

917
00:53:25,440 --> 00:53:28,120
Speaker 6: technicals or even calling fouls against him. And I don't

918
00:53:28,160 --> 00:53:31,080
Speaker 6: think that should be allowed. But you know, he's been

919
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:35,000
Speaker 6: allowed otherwise from the league to call not only games

920
00:53:35,040 --> 00:53:36,279
Speaker 6: but games in the playoffs.

921
00:53:37,640 --> 00:53:40,080
Speaker 2: Real quickly, before we get off this subject, I think

922
00:53:40,120 --> 00:53:42,960
Speaker 2: from what I think I know about the Jalen brown situation,

923
00:53:43,560 --> 00:53:45,600
Speaker 2: I think I'm kind of on Jalen brown side. He'd

924
00:53:45,640 --> 00:53:49,520
Speaker 2: never been ejected from an NBA game before, got a

925
00:53:49,600 --> 00:53:51,880
Speaker 2: double technical, and he was quoted as saying, you know,

926
00:53:52,680 --> 00:53:54,759
Speaker 2: I always thought my first ejection, I would have gotten

927
00:53:54,760 --> 00:53:58,040
Speaker 2: my money's worth like a full scale bro. And so

928
00:53:58,560 --> 00:54:02,040
Speaker 2: you have to wonder if the ref had a bit

929
00:54:02,080 --> 00:54:03,680
Speaker 2: of a quick hook, and I think the crew chief,

930
00:54:03,800 --> 00:54:06,200
Speaker 2: Mark Lindsay took the ref side, but I think that's

931
00:54:06,200 --> 00:54:07,880
Speaker 2: something needs to be looked at. I mean, this is

932
00:54:08,360 --> 00:54:10,480
Speaker 2: the NBA, as you know, can be an emotional game,

933
00:54:10,560 --> 00:54:12,680
Speaker 2: and you play eighty two nights a year, you got

934
00:54:12,719 --> 00:54:14,399
Speaker 2: to have a little thicker skin when you're a ref,

935
00:54:14,440 --> 00:54:14,759
Speaker 2: don't you.

936
00:54:15,520 --> 00:54:18,799
Speaker 6: I think so. I mean, look, we never fully know

937
00:54:19,040 --> 00:54:23,399
Speaker 6: what's being exchanged, but you know, someone as long as

938
00:54:23,400 --> 00:54:26,520
Speaker 6: it's not personal, and even if a player uses language,

939
00:54:26,560 --> 00:54:29,279
Speaker 6: if it's more of a reaction of a call as

940
00:54:29,320 --> 00:54:32,839
Speaker 6: opposed to it's not directed toward that person. As long

941
00:54:32,880 --> 00:54:36,600
Speaker 6: as there's no you know, language speed directly at the

942
00:54:36,640 --> 00:54:40,240
Speaker 6: ref and there's no you know, personal insults or things

943
00:54:40,239 --> 00:54:44,440
Speaker 6: about family, et cetera, I think that there should be

944
00:54:44,480 --> 00:54:48,480
Speaker 6: more rope given I think the real challenge with evaluating

945
00:54:48,520 --> 00:54:54,040
Speaker 6: this is that we don't fully hear what the exact

946
00:54:54,120 --> 00:54:56,840
Speaker 6: exchanges are, so a lot of it is just the

947
00:54:56,880 --> 00:54:59,520
Speaker 6: eye of beholder of what the player may or may

948
00:54:59,560 --> 00:55:01,560
Speaker 6: not share afterwards.

949
00:55:02,080 --> 00:55:05,560
Speaker 2: Mark, Just to quickie end this, the Spurs lose their

950
00:55:05,840 --> 00:55:10,120
Speaker 2: sixteenth game in a row. How is the whole Spurs

951
00:55:10,440 --> 00:55:14,880
Speaker 2: wemby first impression act around the league? Going sixteen in

952
00:55:14,920 --> 00:55:18,640
Speaker 2: a row by the Spurs? That that makes me turn

953
00:55:18,719 --> 00:55:19,719
Speaker 2: my head just a little bit.

954
00:55:20,520 --> 00:55:24,520
Speaker 6: Well it does, because I mean I came into the

955
00:55:24,560 --> 00:55:26,839
Speaker 6: season thinking, yeah, they're going to lose a lot of games.

956
00:55:26,880 --> 00:55:30,680
Speaker 6: They're not missing the playoffs. It's just about developing the team.

957
00:55:30,760 --> 00:55:33,279
Speaker 6: But I didn't think it would be this bad. And

958
00:55:33,400 --> 00:55:36,799
Speaker 6: I think the ironic and somewhat comforting thing is that

959
00:55:36,840 --> 00:55:40,000
Speaker 6: it's not really because the Corumba dam is not playing well.

960
00:55:40,040 --> 00:55:43,160
Speaker 6: He's he's playing well, and he's not a finished product

961
00:55:43,200 --> 00:55:46,520
Speaker 6: obviously by any means. But this is a reflection that

962
00:55:46,719 --> 00:55:49,239
Speaker 6: they have a way too young of a team. And

963
00:55:49,320 --> 00:55:53,279
Speaker 6: while this might be acceptable this first season with just

964
00:55:53,360 --> 00:55:56,280
Speaker 6: everyone get on the same page and learning new things,

965
00:55:56,760 --> 00:55:59,440
Speaker 6: they got to get veterans next season because when you

966
00:55:59,480 --> 00:56:02,759
Speaker 6: have a general tal like fiher One Binyama, you don't

967
00:56:02,800 --> 00:56:06,840
Speaker 6: want to waste seasons. This season's excusable because he's a

968
00:56:06,920 --> 00:56:10,520
Speaker 6: rookie and he needs some time. But the more you

969
00:56:10,640 --> 00:56:13,520
Speaker 6: wait after that, it would just be doing to the service,

970
00:56:13,640 --> 00:56:17,520
Speaker 6: not just to Wemby, but to the organization, because you know,

971
00:56:17,560 --> 00:56:20,120
Speaker 6: you don't want to squander this opportunity of having such

972
00:56:20,200 --> 00:56:24,799
Speaker 6: great fortune, of having this potential generational superstar and not

973
00:56:24,960 --> 00:56:26,920
Speaker 6: make the best use of it with a bad team

974
00:56:26,960 --> 00:56:27,560
Speaker 6: around him.

975
00:56:27,760 --> 00:56:29,560
Speaker 2: See this is a narrative you and I I think

976
00:56:29,600 --> 00:56:32,400
Speaker 2: we'll have throughout the season. I haven't bought in that

977
00:56:32,400 --> 00:56:34,520
Speaker 2: he's going to be a generational player good play.

978
00:56:34,640 --> 00:56:34,920
Speaker 1: Why not?

979
00:56:35,600 --> 00:56:38,719
Speaker 2: Because he's just tall? I was there in courts hear

980
00:56:38,800 --> 00:56:42,400
Speaker 2: me out. I was there courtside for Magic's rookie season.

981
00:56:42,680 --> 00:56:47,200
Speaker 2: He was generational. I saw Michael Jordan courtside many times

982
00:56:47,520 --> 00:56:50,239
Speaker 2: when he came into the league. He was generational. I

983
00:56:50,280 --> 00:56:53,560
Speaker 2: saw Lebron come straight out of high school. He was generational.

984
00:56:54,080 --> 00:56:58,719
Speaker 2: I am not seeing that transcendent ability now. We might

985
00:56:58,880 --> 00:57:01,360
Speaker 2: down the road, but I'm not seeing it now. That

986
00:57:01,440 --> 00:57:03,160
Speaker 2: could elevate players around it. But I don't want to

987
00:57:03,160 --> 00:57:05,760
Speaker 2: get hold up on that. Let's just wait and see,

988
00:57:05,800 --> 00:57:09,440
Speaker 2: because what I want to do mark is mark our

989
00:57:09,520 --> 00:57:12,720
Speaker 2: calendars for January tenth. Maybe we can meet in Orlando

990
00:57:13,080 --> 00:57:16,600
Speaker 2: where the Pistons, the losers of nineteen in a row,

991
00:57:16,680 --> 00:57:19,480
Speaker 2: will play the Orlando Magic. I think that needs to

992
00:57:19,520 --> 00:57:22,240
Speaker 2: be a special court game. And I got to ask you,

993
00:57:22,600 --> 00:57:26,480
Speaker 2: the Pistons started out two and one, the Monty Williams

994
00:57:26,560 --> 00:57:30,080
Speaker 2: era all kinds of optimism. I got friends covering those

995
00:57:30,080 --> 00:57:33,520
Speaker 2: press conferences, and I feel like Monty Williams look like

996
00:57:33,960 --> 00:57:36,840
Speaker 2: he looks like a funeral director now over these press conferences.

997
00:57:37,440 --> 00:57:39,360
Speaker 2: Would it surprised you if he said, you know what, guys,

998
00:57:39,360 --> 00:57:41,120
Speaker 2: I don't know if this is for me. He just

999
00:57:41,520 --> 00:57:44,760
Speaker 2: does he last the year because something is very wrong there.

1000
00:57:45,080 --> 00:57:47,560
Speaker 6: No, I don't think he's going anywhere, and the reason

1001
00:57:47,640 --> 00:57:49,800
Speaker 6: why be surprised if he leaves is he had a

1002
00:57:49,840 --> 00:57:52,720
Speaker 6: pretty heavy bag that convince him to go there. In

1003
00:57:52,760 --> 00:57:56,360
Speaker 6: the true, true But here, here's what I'll say to this.

1004
00:57:56,760 --> 00:57:59,640
Speaker 6: It's mostly because it's a young team. It reminds me

1005
00:57:59,680 --> 00:58:03,440
Speaker 6: a little bit of Houston before this upcoming this current

1006
00:58:03,520 --> 00:58:06,440
Speaker 6: season with a bunch of talented guys that aren't playing

1007
00:58:06,480 --> 00:58:09,320
Speaker 6: the right way to win, aren't defending, they're just getting

1008
00:58:09,400 --> 00:58:12,400
Speaker 6: numbers that are good for fantasy lineups. But I think

1009
00:58:12,400 --> 00:58:16,720
Speaker 6: that Monty Williams does deserve some blame here because I

1010
00:58:16,720 --> 00:58:18,840
Speaker 6: didn't expect that they would be a playoff team by

1011
00:58:18,880 --> 00:58:22,680
Speaker 6: any means. But they can't be a laughing stock. There

1012
00:58:22,760 --> 00:58:25,960
Speaker 6: has to be some sort of correlation of a veteran,

1013
00:58:26,080 --> 00:58:30,160
Speaker 6: proven head coach impacting the way these guys are playing

1014
00:58:30,560 --> 00:58:34,760
Speaker 6: that's leading to good habits and laying down the foundation.

1015
00:58:35,560 --> 00:58:37,720
Speaker 6: And you know, it is early in the season, so

1016
00:58:37,760 --> 00:58:40,840
Speaker 6: maybe this is growing pains, but I would at least

1017
00:58:40,920 --> 00:58:46,520
Speaker 6: expect that you'd see them compete. So I mostly put

1018
00:58:46,520 --> 00:58:49,640
Speaker 6: the blame on the bat roster and the young talent,

1019
00:58:49,720 --> 00:58:52,560
Speaker 6: but I don't think Monty is blame. Will see either

1020
00:58:52,680 --> 00:58:55,760
Speaker 6: here and again, like I got to stress here, he's

1021
00:58:55,760 --> 00:58:59,280
Speaker 6: not going anywhere. He's a good coach, but you know,

1022
00:58:59,320 --> 00:59:02,480
Speaker 6: when you're looking the mirror and evaluating everything, I think

1023
00:59:02,520 --> 00:59:05,520
Speaker 6: he's been a disappointment as well, because you know, he

1024
00:59:05,640 --> 00:59:08,720
Speaker 6: led the Suns with the finals two years ago. He's

1025
00:59:08,760 --> 00:59:13,520
Speaker 6: had success with other teams. They were expecting that it

1026
00:59:13,560 --> 00:59:16,440
Speaker 6: wouldn't be this combat because they had a proven head coach.

1027
00:59:17,840 --> 00:59:20,360
Speaker 2: Well, I'm in agreement with all that, and I invoked

1028
00:59:20,400 --> 00:59:23,160
Speaker 2: this conversation because I have friends in Detroit to cover

1029
00:59:23,240 --> 00:59:26,240
Speaker 2: the team, and his body language has not been great.

1030
00:59:26,280 --> 00:59:29,200
Speaker 2: I'm not picking on him because that, you know, that'll

1031
00:59:29,320 --> 00:59:31,880
Speaker 2: knock the wind out of your sales. You lose nineteen games, Maroni,

1032
00:59:32,440 --> 00:59:34,360
Speaker 2: they didn't win a single game in November. They were

1033
00:59:34,360 --> 00:59:38,160
Speaker 2: oh for November. Yeah, So anyway, Mark, great stuff. Has

1034
00:59:38,240 --> 00:59:41,320
Speaker 2: always can't wait to have you back next Saturday night,

1035
00:59:41,360 --> 00:59:43,320
Speaker 2: maybe they'll have another nd season tournament and then the

1036
00:59:43,360 --> 00:59:46,120
Speaker 2: next month he's just went work so well. Anyway, good stuff, Mark,

1037
00:59:46,120 --> 00:59:47,040
Speaker 2: get some rest, buddy.

1038
00:59:47,240 --> 00:59:48,480
Speaker 6: I appreciate that sick care.

1039
00:59:48,680 --> 00:59:53,000
Speaker 2: Mark Medina, our Fox Sports Radio NBA guru. Clearly you

1040
00:59:53,000 --> 00:59:55,840
Speaker 2: could see the man very much as his finger on

1041
00:59:55,920 --> 00:59:58,920
Speaker 2: the pulse. Coming up, one quick look at what a

1042
00:59:59,280 --> 01:00:02,640
Speaker 2: twelve team college football playoff would look like as the

1043
01:00:02,760 --> 01:00:07,320
Speaker 2: Florida State Georgia I got left out. It's all your fault.

1044
01:00:07,400 --> 01:00:12,840
Speaker 2: Your stupid conversation just won't stop. I'm Bernie fradlewic Kemedy

1045
01:00:12,880 --> 01:00:15,640
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1046
01:00:15,720 --> 01:00:19,160
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1047
01:00:21,680 --> 01:00:23,720
Speaker 2: Back on The Bernie Fraddle Show. Coming up bottom of

1048
01:00:23,720 --> 01:00:28,040
Speaker 2: the hour, Steve Fessick de Fasig five. We dive heavily

1049
01:00:28,040 --> 01:00:30,640
Speaker 2: into the NFL. I'm gonna call him auntible. We're gonna

1050
01:00:30,640 --> 01:00:33,280
Speaker 2: do with a twelve team field what that would look

1051
01:00:33,360 --> 01:00:36,320
Speaker 2: like if they adopted it this year in Florida State

1052
01:00:36,360 --> 01:00:40,840
Speaker 2: would be in uh. But since one of Fez's best

1053
01:00:40,920 --> 01:00:43,720
Speaker 2: bets is Cincinnati on Sunday, we're gonna get to that

1054
01:00:43,800 --> 01:00:45,600
Speaker 2: in a minute. I want to give it up to

1055
01:00:45,920 --> 01:00:50,320
Speaker 2: unsung hero quarterback Jake Browning, who actually went to School

1056
01:00:50,320 --> 01:00:53,000
Speaker 2: of Washington played for Chris Peterson. He kept the Bengals

1057
01:00:53,520 --> 01:00:56,400
Speaker 2: playoff folks alive last week, thirty four to thirty one

1058
01:00:56,920 --> 01:00:59,360
Speaker 2: over the Jags. That came down to a last second

1059
01:00:59,360 --> 01:01:03,280
Speaker 2: field goal, but Browning was brilliant thirty two or thirty

1060
01:01:03,280 --> 01:01:06,480
Speaker 2: seven for three point fifty four in a touchdown. Browning

1061
01:01:06,600 --> 01:01:09,440
Speaker 2: is the first undrafted player to put up numbers like

1062
01:01:09,480 --> 01:01:14,640
Speaker 2: that in fifty six years. Hasn't happened since nineteen sixty seven.

1063
01:01:14,840 --> 01:01:17,600
Speaker 2: Also the first true freshman ever to start a season

1064
01:01:17,640 --> 01:01:21,720
Speaker 2: opener at quarterback for the Huskies. A year later, he guarded.

1065
01:01:22,040 --> 01:01:25,320
Speaker 2: He actually guided you dub to the first conference title

1066
01:01:25,360 --> 01:01:28,880
Speaker 2: in sixteen years. Still the all time school leading Pastor

1067
01:01:28,960 --> 01:01:31,440
Speaker 2: fest is gonna need that Sunday. We'll get into the

1068
01:01:31,480 --> 01:01:34,280
Speaker 2: Fest five his best picks, where he's at in the

1069
01:01:34,320 --> 01:01:38,680
Speaker 2: Circa contest coming up. But first let's go to our guy,

1070
01:01:38,760 --> 01:01:40,680
Speaker 2: the chef, Kevin Wyrett with the latest.

1071
01:01:43,520 --> 01:01:47,800
Speaker 5: Yeah, the much anticipated signing of show Hey Otani. Well

1072
01:01:47,840 --> 01:01:51,040
Speaker 5: that has finally happened and it is the biggest contract

1073
01:01:51,480 --> 01:01:56,280
Speaker 5: in North American sports history, as Otani has agreed to

1074
01:01:56,320 --> 01:02:00,360
Speaker 5: a ten year, seven hundred million dollar contract with the

1075
01:02:00,360 --> 01:02:03,120
Speaker 5: Los Angeles Daughters. So he's just heading up Interstate five,

1076
01:02:03,160 --> 01:02:06,760
Speaker 5: about twenty five miles to Dodgers Stadium, and that deal

1077
01:02:06,800 --> 01:02:09,000
Speaker 5: does include a lot of deferred money so the Dodgers

1078
01:02:09,000 --> 01:02:11,120
Speaker 5: are going to have some flexibility still to add some

1079
01:02:11,240 --> 01:02:16,000
Speaker 5: other players to help them keep them in a championship contention.

1080
01:02:16,280 --> 01:02:18,440
Speaker 5: The Dodgers do open next season with a couple of

1081
01:02:18,440 --> 01:02:21,320
Speaker 5: games in South Korea against the Padres and March. You'll

1082
01:02:21,360 --> 01:02:25,400
Speaker 5: have a chance to immediately showcase his talents on the

1083
01:02:25,480 --> 01:02:30,240
Speaker 5: international stage in the NBA in Las Vegas in Season

1084
01:02:30,280 --> 01:02:32,680
Speaker 5: Tournament final, the Lakers win. It won twenty three, one

1085
01:02:32,720 --> 01:02:35,600
Speaker 5: to nine against the Pacers min a monster game from

1086
01:02:35,600 --> 01:02:39,040
Speaker 5: Anthony Davis forty one points twenty rebounds. Lebron James named

1087
01:02:39,480 --> 01:02:44,680
Speaker 5: the n Season a Tournament MVP College Football this year's

1088
01:02:44,720 --> 01:02:49,600
Speaker 5: Heisman Trophy winner LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels forty touchdown passes

1089
01:02:49,880 --> 01:02:51,080
Speaker 5: four interceptions for.

1090
01:02:51,160 --> 01:02:52,200
Speaker 1: The LSU senior.

1091
01:02:52,240 --> 01:02:55,200
Speaker 5: He also had over eleven hundred rushing yards and ten

1092
01:02:55,560 --> 01:02:59,520
Speaker 5: rushing touchdowns and in the one FBS game to take

1093
01:02:59,520 --> 01:03:03,240
Speaker 5: place today, the traditional Army and Navy game, it was Army,

1094
01:03:03,280 --> 01:03:05,240
Speaker 5: the Black Knights winning in on a late stop near

1095
01:03:05,280 --> 01:03:09,280
Speaker 5: the goal line seventeen to eleven. The final score over

1096
01:03:09,800 --> 01:03:14,720
Speaker 5: in Foxborough, Oregon, getting transfer quarterback Dylan Gabriel from Oklahoma.

1097
01:03:14,760 --> 01:03:17,640
Speaker 5: He's got one year of eligibility left couple of NFL notes.

1098
01:03:17,680 --> 01:03:21,280
Speaker 5: Browns wide receiver Amari Cooper a clear concussion protocol. Green

1099
01:03:21,320 --> 01:03:24,960
Speaker 5: Bay wide receiver Christian Watson will not play Monday against

1100
01:03:25,000 --> 01:03:29,040
Speaker 5: the Giants. He's dealing with a hamstring issue. Stevens linebacker TJ.

1101
01:03:29,160 --> 01:03:33,000
Speaker 5: Watt placed in concussion protocol. The Rams elevating former Packers

1102
01:03:33,120 --> 01:03:36,080
Speaker 5: kicker Mason Crosby from their Pact toe squad. So good

1103
01:03:36,120 --> 01:03:39,600
Speaker 5: indication you'll be kicking for Los Angeles on a Sunday

1104
01:03:39,720 --> 01:03:41,800
Speaker 5: college hoops. So we had some ranked teams in action.

1105
01:03:41,880 --> 01:03:46,520
Speaker 5: Number or number one. Arizona demolishes number twenty three, Wisconsin

1106
01:03:46,600 --> 01:03:49,439
Speaker 5: number ninety eight to seventy three, Number two Kansas over

1107
01:03:49,480 --> 01:03:53,200
Speaker 5: Missouri seventy three sixty four. Fourth rank Perdue beats Alabama

1108
01:03:53,240 --> 01:03:56,240
Speaker 5: in Toronto ninety two eighty six. Saint Mary's with the

1109
01:03:56,320 --> 01:03:58,760
Speaker 5: upset win sixty four to sixty one against number thirteen

1110
01:03:58,840 --> 01:04:03,120
Speaker 5: Colorado State Utah over there heated rival number fourteen BYU

1111
01:04:03,280 --> 01:04:07,680
Speaker 5: seventy one sixty nine, Number seventeen Tennessee beats number twenty

1112
01:04:07,720 --> 01:04:11,840
Speaker 5: Illinois eighty six seventy nine. And Villanova in Philadelphia on

1113
01:04:11,880 --> 01:04:15,480
Speaker 5: their home court beats UCLA sixty five fifty six.

1114
01:04:15,680 --> 01:04:16,400
Speaker 1: Back to you, Bernie.

1115
01:04:16,680 --> 01:04:19,960
Speaker 2: All right, thanks Kevin. Time to dive into the NFL.

1116
01:04:20,360 --> 01:04:23,880
Speaker 2: So will you bringing this segment? You love him, you

1117
01:04:23,920 --> 01:04:31,440
Speaker 2: can't lave without him. Yes, it's the Phasik five, It's.

1118
01:04:31,240 --> 01:04:35,040
Speaker 3: The Physick five. These are the five things you need

1119
01:04:35,080 --> 01:04:39,600
Speaker 3: to hear about. No, with the only back to back

1120
01:04:39,720 --> 01:04:42,880
Speaker 3: Hilton Super Contest winner Steve Fessig.

1121
01:04:43,320 --> 01:04:45,000
Speaker 1: Here's Bernie Freddo.

1122
01:04:45,320 --> 01:04:48,240
Speaker 2: All right, fest So a different time for you tonight,

1123
01:04:48,320 --> 01:04:51,440
Speaker 2: and we are going to dive into your five picks

1124
01:04:51,960 --> 01:04:57,120
Speaker 2: in the Circumlance Contest where you're currently tied for second.

1125
01:04:57,160 --> 01:05:00,760
Speaker 2: But first I understand you were at the win Encore tonight.

1126
01:05:01,160 --> 01:05:03,400
Speaker 2: You attended the Jim gaff Again show.

1127
01:05:03,440 --> 01:05:06,480
Speaker 7: Give us a review, So I give Jim Gaffick in

1128
01:05:06,520 --> 01:05:09,920
Speaker 7: the highest reviews, very clean show. If you enjoy him

1129
01:05:09,960 --> 01:05:13,520
Speaker 7: on TV, you'll enjoy him live. He just hit it

1130
01:05:13,520 --> 01:05:16,600
Speaker 7: out of the park, including he's lost a lot of weight. Bernie.

1131
01:05:16,680 --> 01:05:18,760
Speaker 7: So the first thing he says is, boy, you know,

1132
01:05:18,840 --> 01:05:21,920
Speaker 7: I expect people coming up, coming up and congratulating me.

1133
01:05:22,000 --> 01:05:24,640
Speaker 7: Instead they're like, are you okay? You got the cancer?

1134
01:05:24,880 --> 01:05:28,000
Speaker 7: Is everything all right? And he's like, no, He's like

1135
01:05:28,240 --> 01:05:31,000
Speaker 7: And then then they asked am I on the amsiac drug?

1136
01:05:31,040 --> 01:05:33,760
Speaker 7: And he's like, no, I'm not. Do I need that?

1137
01:05:34,760 --> 01:05:36,280
Speaker 7: He's like, I'm on the zodiac drug.

1138
01:05:36,280 --> 01:05:37,120
Speaker 2: I'm on some one of them.

1139
01:05:37,120 --> 01:05:39,160
Speaker 7: Want to be one of them that's helping? Yes, And

1140
01:05:39,160 --> 01:05:39,520
Speaker 7: he's just.

1141
01:05:39,560 --> 01:05:42,840
Speaker 2: A very darn well you know, Fez. I recently went

1142
01:05:42,880 --> 01:05:46,840
Speaker 2: on that garlic diet, lost ten friends, Mark, where's my

1143
01:05:46,960 --> 01:05:50,800
Speaker 2: where's my rim shot? Come on, buddy, cheeze. All right,

1144
01:05:51,080 --> 01:05:53,680
Speaker 2: all right, we're all good. That's what I get for begging.

1145
01:05:54,840 --> 01:05:58,000
Speaker 2: Let's dive into this. I know Jacksonville lets you down Monday.

1146
01:05:58,040 --> 01:06:02,600
Speaker 2: Now you'd be in first place in the circum millions contest.

1147
01:06:03,160 --> 01:06:06,760
Speaker 2: You're grabbing Jaggs plus three and a half I believe

1148
01:06:07,280 --> 01:06:09,280
Speaker 2: against Cleveland. Do I have that right?

1149
01:06:10,120 --> 01:06:10,320
Speaker 8: Yes?

1150
01:06:10,480 --> 01:06:12,880
Speaker 7: Just too good a number not to take. I think

1151
01:06:12,960 --> 01:06:16,280
Speaker 7: it's a free role. If Lawrence plays, I think this

1152
01:06:16,360 --> 01:06:19,240
Speaker 7: line will come down to two. And if he doesn't play,

1153
01:06:19,280 --> 01:06:21,240
Speaker 7: I think it's going to be like three in a quarter.

1154
01:06:21,400 --> 01:06:25,280
Speaker 7: So catching the three and a half, it was just boy,

1155
01:06:25,400 --> 01:06:28,440
Speaker 7: you know, I don't believe in Cleveland's backup quarterbacks. It

1156
01:06:28,480 --> 01:06:30,360
Speaker 7: should be an ugly game. I just had to play

1157
01:06:30,400 --> 01:06:31,960
Speaker 7: the plus three and a half. I'm a big part of

1158
01:06:32,240 --> 01:06:34,560
Speaker 7: success in these contests has taken good numbers, and that

1159
01:06:34,720 --> 01:06:36,000
Speaker 7: certainly was a very good number.

1160
01:06:36,280 --> 01:06:38,800
Speaker 2: One of the things that concerns me about the game.

1161
01:06:38,960 --> 01:06:43,640
Speaker 2: If CJ. Bethard starts Doug Peterson, he's facing off against

1162
01:06:43,640 --> 01:06:47,680
Speaker 2: his former defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz. Remember they were partners

1163
01:06:47,720 --> 01:06:50,840
Speaker 2: in crime when they won a Super Bowl together in

1164
01:06:50,840 --> 01:06:56,160
Speaker 2: Philadelphia in twenty seventeen. Does it concern you that Schwartz

1165
01:06:56,200 --> 01:06:58,840
Speaker 2: may know a thing or two about Peterson's offense and

1166
01:06:58,840 --> 01:07:00,360
Speaker 2: points could be at a premium here.

1167
01:07:00,880 --> 01:07:03,840
Speaker 7: Well, it also concerns me that CJ. Bethard isn't healthy.

1168
01:07:03,880 --> 01:07:07,640
Speaker 7: He got injured in the last game as well. But

1169
01:07:08,160 --> 01:07:12,360
Speaker 7: you got to play five picks, and ultimately it came

1170
01:07:12,440 --> 01:07:15,760
Speaker 7: down to you know, there are some games I was

1171
01:07:15,840 --> 01:07:18,000
Speaker 7: leaning to and the like. I wanted the Bears, but

1172
01:07:18,040 --> 01:07:19,680
Speaker 7: the Bears are only plus three. I couldn't get them

1173
01:07:19,720 --> 01:07:21,000
Speaker 7: plus three and a half and the lines three and

1174
01:07:21,040 --> 01:07:23,280
Speaker 7: a quarter. So I went with the Jaguars.

1175
01:07:23,560 --> 01:07:26,200
Speaker 2: You got yourself a good line with the Saints minus five,

1176
01:07:26,280 --> 01:07:29,160
Speaker 2: it's up to six now. Interestingly enough, the good news

1177
01:07:29,240 --> 01:07:33,040
Speaker 2: is Derek Carr past concussion protocol. You don't want to

1178
01:07:33,040 --> 01:07:35,280
Speaker 2: see him heard he's a good guy. The bad news

1179
01:07:35,360 --> 01:07:39,280
Speaker 2: is Derek Carr past half. That's from Protopoul. He stinks

1180
01:07:39,680 --> 01:07:42,000
Speaker 2: your thoughts. You like the Saints minus five?

1181
01:07:43,720 --> 01:07:46,160
Speaker 7: I like it versus the other options. I tell you

1182
01:07:46,200 --> 01:07:49,000
Speaker 7: what I do like. I like Fading Caroline. I've seen

1183
01:07:49,000 --> 01:07:52,160
Speaker 7: this movie before. When you get a team that is

1184
01:07:52,320 --> 01:07:55,440
Speaker 7: truly awful, like Caroline is, and then they get a

1185
01:07:55,560 --> 01:07:58,080
Speaker 7: legitimate chance to win a game and they play a

1186
01:07:58,080 --> 01:08:01,480
Speaker 7: fairly close game, it's closer line against Tampa Bay, and

1187
01:08:01,560 --> 01:08:04,800
Speaker 7: then they come up short and they cover, but they don't,

1188
01:08:04,920 --> 01:08:08,880
Speaker 7: you know, get the win. Oftentimes that close game results

1189
01:08:08,880 --> 01:08:11,520
Speaker 7: in the very next game they just get blasted because

1190
01:08:11,520 --> 01:08:14,080
Speaker 7: there's just so many games you can go all in

1191
01:08:14,560 --> 01:08:18,240
Speaker 7: trying to win. So I don't trust Caroli. This is

1192
01:08:18,280 --> 01:08:20,519
Speaker 7: not a pro Saint bets. This is not a pro

1193
01:08:20,880 --> 01:08:24,360
Speaker 7: car bet. This is an anti Carolina. And let's face Ernie,

1194
01:08:25,200 --> 01:08:28,160
Speaker 7: who would you rather have young or would you rather

1195
01:08:28,240 --> 01:08:30,880
Speaker 7: just just to have another shot at it with like

1196
01:08:30,920 --> 01:08:33,840
Speaker 7: the tenth maybe that fifteenth pick in the draft next year?

1197
01:08:35,040 --> 01:08:36,880
Speaker 2: Well, I think Brucetown is going to be fine. Give

1198
01:08:36,920 --> 01:08:39,800
Speaker 2: the man, give the young man time, and he's not

1199
01:08:39,800 --> 01:08:41,360
Speaker 2: a deer in the headlights. I've been doing this a

1200
01:08:41,400 --> 01:08:42,960
Speaker 2: long time. I'm not in no way am I giving

1201
01:08:43,040 --> 01:08:46,200
Speaker 2: up on that team. So let's that's a conversation for

1202
01:08:46,200 --> 01:08:49,720
Speaker 2: another day. It's an excellent question. Again. I want to

1203
01:08:49,760 --> 01:08:52,280
Speaker 2: remind everybody fas the only two time winner back to

1204
01:08:52,360 --> 01:08:56,879
Speaker 2: back of the the Hilton now Westgate, you know Super Contest.

1205
01:08:56,920 --> 01:09:01,000
Speaker 2: Faz is number two overall in the millions contest. And

1206
01:09:01,160 --> 01:09:01,959
Speaker 2: how many people.

1207
01:09:01,760 --> 01:09:03,880
Speaker 7: Says fifty three hundred.

1208
01:09:04,320 --> 01:09:08,280
Speaker 2: That's five three hundred for you scoring at home? All right?

1209
01:09:09,360 --> 01:09:12,040
Speaker 2: You may have heard me singing the praises of Jake Browning.

1210
01:09:12,120 --> 01:09:15,759
Speaker 2: He was outstanding a Monday night you ladies and gentlemen.

1211
01:09:16,360 --> 01:09:24,040
Speaker 2: The Jake Browning Gardner Minshew Battle will will resume in right. Well,

1212
01:09:24,160 --> 01:09:26,400
Speaker 2: I guess about nine and a half hours now, you

1213
01:09:26,520 --> 01:09:28,600
Speaker 2: got the Bengals that a pick them. I understand some

1214
01:09:28,680 --> 01:09:30,639
Speaker 2: mini money has come in and they're now minus one.

1215
01:09:30,880 --> 01:09:32,120
Speaker 2: Give me your thoughts on that game.

1216
01:09:32,600 --> 01:09:35,240
Speaker 7: Well, it's all Bengal money actually, do you know me, Bernie,

1217
01:09:35,240 --> 01:09:38,400
Speaker 7: I'm only going to take good numbers because, let's face it,

1218
01:09:38,560 --> 01:09:41,120
Speaker 7: like at this point every pick I take it's kind

1219
01:09:41,120 --> 01:09:43,960
Speaker 7: of like an implied thirty thousand dollars bet and would

1220
01:09:43,960 --> 01:09:46,639
Speaker 7: I ever bet thirty grand on something taking a bad number?

1221
01:09:46,840 --> 01:09:48,600
Speaker 7: Bengalsre up to two last two and a half. I

1222
01:09:48,680 --> 01:09:51,120
Speaker 7: think a big part of that is the Colts win

1223
01:09:51,280 --> 01:09:56,040
Speaker 7: last week against Tennessee was phony. Two blocked punts, a

1224
01:09:56,280 --> 01:09:59,719
Speaker 7: bad snap on an extra points that denied Tennessee taking

1225
01:09:59,720 --> 01:10:04,000
Speaker 7: the and Jake Browning looked like a competence at quarterback,

1226
01:10:04,040 --> 01:10:07,120
Speaker 7: and we did not expect that at all. Given that

1227
01:10:07,680 --> 01:10:10,040
Speaker 7: and given the phone again, I've seen this movie before.

1228
01:10:10,360 --> 01:10:13,800
Speaker 7: You give me an average team playing a slightly below

1229
01:10:13,840 --> 01:10:15,760
Speaker 7: everage team, and the average team steals a win on

1230
01:10:15,760 --> 01:10:16,920
Speaker 7: the road, and then they got to go on the

1231
01:10:16,960 --> 01:10:20,080
Speaker 7: road again in a similar situation, and they usually come

1232
01:10:20,160 --> 01:10:22,200
Speaker 7: up empty on the Bengals.

1233
01:10:22,479 --> 01:10:25,240
Speaker 2: No. One of the things that you always get the

1234
01:10:25,240 --> 01:10:27,439
Speaker 2: best of the closing line number, I misspoke there. I

1235
01:10:27,479 --> 01:10:29,320
Speaker 2: do that every now and then. We do seven hours

1236
01:10:29,320 --> 01:10:32,599
Speaker 2: so little. But the bottom line is your picks have

1237
01:10:32,640 --> 01:10:34,040
Speaker 2: to be in by Thursday. Correct.

1238
01:10:35,240 --> 01:10:38,760
Speaker 7: Actually the deadline is if you play the Thursday game, yes,

1239
01:10:38,800 --> 01:10:40,719
Speaker 7: your picks have to be in all of them by Thursday.

1240
01:10:40,720 --> 01:10:44,160
Speaker 7: But if you essue the Thursday game, deadline is four

1241
01:10:44,240 --> 01:10:47,240
Speaker 7: pm on Saturday. Okay, tend to put in my picks

1242
01:10:47,360 --> 01:10:48,920
Speaker 7: one hour before the deadline.

1243
01:10:49,479 --> 01:10:53,240
Speaker 2: Sounds good, so believe it or not, I really love

1244
01:10:53,320 --> 01:10:56,960
Speaker 2: this next play. You're laying eleven with the forty nine ers,

1245
01:10:56,960 --> 01:10:59,960
Speaker 2: but they just played eighteen days ago and the Niners

1246
01:11:00,080 --> 01:11:04,280
Speaker 2: beat him by eighteen in Seattle. I don't know what

1247
01:11:04,320 --> 01:11:08,200
Speaker 2: the Seahawks do to bridge that eighteen point gap. The

1248
01:11:08,280 --> 01:11:11,679
Speaker 2: Niners to me are absolute world beaters as long as

1249
01:11:11,720 --> 01:11:15,280
Speaker 2: they stay healthy. But you know how I feel about

1250
01:11:15,280 --> 01:11:18,040
Speaker 2: double digit spreads, and take us behind the curtain and

1251
01:11:18,400 --> 01:11:20,400
Speaker 2: why you fired on a double digit spread, which is

1252
01:11:20,520 --> 01:11:21,040
Speaker 2: rare for you.

1253
01:11:21,479 --> 01:11:24,080
Speaker 7: So let's do the math here. So the Niners were

1254
01:11:24,120 --> 01:11:27,719
Speaker 7: laid seven two weeks ago at Seattle. Clearly that line

1255
01:11:27,760 --> 01:11:30,920
Speaker 7: was too low because the Niners clabbered them, So upgrade

1256
01:11:30,960 --> 01:11:33,640
Speaker 7: the Niners a point lower Seattle point. Now, if they

1257
01:11:33,680 --> 01:11:36,479
Speaker 7: replayed in Seattle, the line should be nine. Let's flip

1258
01:11:36,520 --> 01:11:38,400
Speaker 7: home field home field. It's only worth like a point

1259
01:11:38,439 --> 01:11:41,519
Speaker 7: a half. Got to multiply by two, so instead of

1260
01:11:41,560 --> 01:11:43,840
Speaker 7: Seattle getting an extra that point, San Fran gets it

1261
01:11:44,080 --> 01:11:48,280
Speaker 7: and then nine becomes twelve. But the key difference here

1262
01:11:48,320 --> 01:11:52,240
Speaker 7: is Gino Smith is injured and got injured in practice.

1263
01:11:52,280 --> 01:11:54,280
Speaker 7: We don't know if he's going to play. If it's

1264
01:11:54,320 --> 01:11:58,120
Speaker 7: true Locke, it's easily a three point down grade. If

1265
01:11:58,160 --> 01:12:00,880
Speaker 7: it's Gino and he's playing, its not one hundred percent,

1266
01:12:00,920 --> 01:12:04,040
Speaker 7: it's also a downgrade. So that twelve becomes either a

1267
01:12:04,080 --> 01:12:05,800
Speaker 7: fourteen and a half or a thirteen and a half.

1268
01:12:05,840 --> 01:12:08,360
Speaker 7: And I'm only in eleven. It's a no brainer. I

1269
01:12:08,439 --> 01:12:10,320
Speaker 7: got to take the best team in the NFL, the

1270
01:12:10,360 --> 01:12:11,400
Speaker 7: forty nine Ers.

1271
01:12:11,680 --> 01:12:15,040
Speaker 2: All right, your fifth pick the Sunday night game, the

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01:12:15,200 --> 01:12:17,720
Speaker 2: ten and two Eagles visit the nine and three Cowboys.

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01:12:18,120 --> 01:12:21,160
Speaker 2: What's at stake on nothing? Just first place in the

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01:12:21,280 --> 01:12:25,800
Speaker 2: NFSE East, the Eagles catching three and a half. Dak Prescott,

1275
01:12:25,840 --> 01:12:28,280
Speaker 2: the greatest quarterback in the history of football when it

1276
01:12:28,280 --> 01:12:31,840
Speaker 2: doesn't matter, has won four straight against the Eagles at AT

1277
01:12:32,080 --> 01:12:35,200
Speaker 2: and T Stadium. If you only look to the Eagles

1278
01:12:35,200 --> 01:12:37,240
Speaker 2: here plus three and a half, which you've already done,

1279
01:12:37,560 --> 01:12:38,920
Speaker 2: give me your thoughts on the game.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, the leader of the circum millions is on the

1281
01:12:42,760 --> 01:12:45,439
Speaker 7: Cowboys last three and a half. So this game's going

1282
01:12:45,479 --> 01:12:47,680
Speaker 7: to go a long way towards determining who's going to

1283
01:12:47,720 --> 01:12:51,400
Speaker 7: finish higher in the contest. I know we've all spoken

1284
01:12:51,400 --> 01:12:53,680
Speaker 7: about the Eagles and the Gauntlet schedule. And I'll be

1285
01:12:53,680 --> 01:12:55,840
Speaker 7: the first to tell you I was all over the

1286
01:12:55,920 --> 01:12:59,799
Speaker 7: Niners last week to clabber the Eagles, But the Eagles

1287
01:12:59,800 --> 01:13:03,040
Speaker 7: did have a buye during that Gauntlet. And let's face it,

1288
01:13:03,080 --> 01:13:06,040
Speaker 7: the Eagles were coming off win after win, undeserved wins,

1289
01:13:06,479 --> 01:13:09,320
Speaker 7: and because of that, it was unrealistic to think that

1290
01:13:09,320 --> 01:13:10,920
Speaker 7: they were going to run the table and go five

1291
01:13:10,960 --> 01:13:13,000
Speaker 7: and zero those games. But now that they're at the

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01:13:13,120 --> 01:13:16,200
Speaker 7: end of the Gauntlet and it's the showdown against the

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01:13:16,240 --> 01:13:18,880
Speaker 7: Cowboys and the Eagles are in the cat Bird Sea

1294
01:13:19,040 --> 01:13:20,960
Speaker 7: with the win, with the loss, all of a sudden,

1295
01:13:21,520 --> 01:13:23,680
Speaker 7: they go into a tie for the division, and now

1296
01:13:23,680 --> 01:13:26,679
Speaker 7: the Niners have the tiebreaks. The Eagles need this game suddenly,

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01:13:27,160 --> 01:13:30,360
Speaker 7: And because of that, I think you've got two almost

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01:13:30,360 --> 01:13:33,479
Speaker 7: equal teams. Even if the Cowboys are one point better,

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01:13:33,680 --> 01:13:35,040
Speaker 7: and I give the Cowboys one and a half for

1300
01:13:35,160 --> 01:13:36,840
Speaker 7: home field, I still only get the two and a

1301
01:13:36,840 --> 01:13:39,600
Speaker 7: half and I'm catching three and a half. You nailed it.

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01:13:39,920 --> 01:13:43,200
Speaker 7: Dak Prescott's not a quarterback I trust playing in a

1303
01:13:43,320 --> 01:13:45,920
Speaker 7: high profile game. He is a quarterback I trust to

1304
01:13:45,960 --> 01:13:48,479
Speaker 7: beat the living daylights out of any bad team not

1305
01:13:48,560 --> 01:13:52,320
Speaker 7: named Arizona. So the Eagles to hang in there against

1306
01:13:52,320 --> 01:13:54,840
Speaker 7: the Dallas Bullies and a game either team could win

1307
01:13:54,880 --> 01:13:55,439
Speaker 7: by three.

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01:13:55,760 --> 01:13:58,280
Speaker 2: Says Hank Tight. And when we come back, I want

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01:13:58,320 --> 01:14:05,360
Speaker 2: to talk Rams, bolts of Lions, Bears and Vikings Raiders

1310
01:14:05,560 --> 01:14:07,720
Speaker 2: or game. I've got a credential for Sunday. I'll be

1311
01:14:07,840 --> 01:14:10,680
Speaker 2: at that game, so definitely want to get your your

1312
01:14:10,720 --> 01:14:13,120
Speaker 2: thoughts on those that we might even dive in a

1313
01:14:13,160 --> 01:14:17,000
Speaker 2: little bit on Houston Jets in Buffalo, Kansas City. I'm

1314
01:14:17,000 --> 01:14:19,280
Speaker 2: Bernie Frader, We're company live from Las Vegas, Fox Sports

1315
01:14:19,360 --> 01:14:21,920
Speaker 2: Radio Studios. Keep it lock right here listening to the

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01:14:21,960 --> 01:14:31,280
Speaker 2: Bernie Fraddles Show on Fox Sports Radio. All right back

1317
01:14:31,320 --> 01:14:35,479
Speaker 2: on the Bernie Fratters Show, we continue with the Phasik five,

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01:14:35,640 --> 01:14:39,080
Speaker 2: currently number two overall out of fifty three hundred people

1319
01:14:39,200 --> 01:14:42,599
Speaker 2: in the Circa Lands Contest, the only two time winner

1320
01:14:42,880 --> 01:14:46,599
Speaker 2: of the prestigious Hilton now Westgates Super Contest. Faz, let's

1321
01:14:46,640 --> 01:14:49,960
Speaker 2: do a little rapid fire here. Rams are catching seven

1322
01:14:50,160 --> 01:14:53,320
Speaker 2: at Baltimore. Feels like a lot, but their own three

1323
01:14:53,360 --> 01:14:55,320
Speaker 2: against the number this year, their past three games as

1324
01:14:55,360 --> 01:14:55,920
Speaker 2: an underdog.

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01:14:57,240 --> 01:14:59,760
Speaker 7: Yeah, and I got a team from La going to

1326
01:15:00,280 --> 01:15:03,720
Speaker 7: some bad weather conditions in Baltimore. I love seven and

1327
01:15:03,720 --> 01:15:06,080
Speaker 7: a half points spreads. And why, Bernie, because lots of

1328
01:15:06,120 --> 01:15:09,200
Speaker 7: flexibility teasing those teams. Again, if we're gonna play six

1329
01:15:09,280 --> 01:15:11,840
Speaker 7: point teaser, don't want to lay more than mice dollar.

1330
01:15:11,920 --> 01:15:15,439
Speaker 7: Twenty draftings has that available. So Baltimore a good six

1331
01:15:15,439 --> 01:15:18,519
Speaker 7: point teaser, good six half point teaser, and those are

1332
01:15:18,520 --> 01:15:20,920
Speaker 7: called Wong teasers. I want bore everyone with all the

1333
01:15:20,960 --> 01:15:24,840
Speaker 7: details this week. Go get Stanford Wong's book Sharp Sports Betting.

1334
01:15:24,840 --> 01:15:27,920
Speaker 7: He's an entire chapter on how to play these and

1335
01:15:27,960 --> 01:15:30,960
Speaker 7: a good partner would be to utilize Tampa Bay Buccaneers

1336
01:15:30,960 --> 01:15:33,880
Speaker 7: from plus two up to plus eight with that Baltimore teaser.

1337
01:15:34,360 --> 01:15:37,040
Speaker 2: All right, three weeks ago to the Lions, We're down

1338
01:15:37,080 --> 01:15:39,840
Speaker 2: twelve points to the Bears, four minutes to play. The

1339
01:15:40,000 --> 01:15:43,120
Speaker 2: proverbial Bears had a ninety eight point six percent chance

1340
01:15:43,160 --> 01:15:47,240
Speaker 2: to win. They lost thirty one twenty six interesting games

1341
01:15:47,240 --> 01:15:49,400
Speaker 2: signed in Detroit, lane three and a half on the road.

1342
01:15:49,760 --> 01:15:50,280
Speaker 2: It's awesome.

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01:15:50,360 --> 01:15:53,479
Speaker 7: Yes, threes and three nows available, and I got to

1344
01:15:53,479 --> 01:15:55,200
Speaker 7: tell you there was a three in the contest. I

1345
01:15:55,240 --> 01:15:57,960
Speaker 7: want no part, Bernie. I'm curious to hear what you

1346
01:15:58,000 --> 01:16:00,439
Speaker 7: think of this of your Detroit Lions. I've seen this

1347
01:16:00,520 --> 01:16:05,439
Speaker 7: movie before. I've seen I've seen Detroit struggle in the

1348
01:16:05,479 --> 01:16:07,840
Speaker 7: outdoors in the winter time. I know they can run

1349
01:16:07,880 --> 01:16:11,160
Speaker 7: the ball, but I think that favors the Bears. I

1350
01:16:11,200 --> 01:16:15,040
Speaker 7: think GoF struggles in bad weather as well. It would

1351
01:16:15,040 --> 01:16:16,840
Speaker 7: not surprise me at all to see the Bears win

1352
01:16:16,880 --> 01:16:19,040
Speaker 7: the game. Thus, Bears plus three and a half looks

1353
01:16:19,040 --> 01:16:19,559
Speaker 7: like the way to go.

1354
01:16:19,840 --> 01:16:21,760
Speaker 2: I don't like the Lions in this spot. I hate

1355
01:16:21,800 --> 01:16:24,439
Speaker 2: the Bears, but I do not like the Lions. You

1356
01:16:24,560 --> 01:16:26,960
Speaker 2: nailed it, Fez. They're a hothouse team that don't do

1357
01:16:27,080 --> 01:16:28,839
Speaker 2: well on the road. There's going to be in clement

1358
01:16:28,960 --> 01:16:31,599
Speaker 2: whether the Bears are not bad against the run. If

1359
01:16:31,640 --> 01:16:34,360
Speaker 2: you make the Lions one dimensional. I like Jared Goff,

1360
01:16:34,360 --> 01:16:36,519
Speaker 2: but it gives them issues. All right, The game will

1361
01:16:36,560 --> 01:16:39,400
Speaker 2: be at Sunday. I got my credential Vikings six and six.

1362
01:16:39,800 --> 01:16:43,400
Speaker 2: As the Raiders a little controversy with their offensive coordinator

1363
01:16:44,080 --> 01:16:48,640
Speaker 2: Vikings laying a field goal. I feel like this is

1364
01:16:48,680 --> 01:16:50,720
Speaker 2: a game that Vikings win. The question is to the

1365
01:16:50,800 --> 01:16:52,320
Speaker 2: Raiders hang around and make it interesting.

1366
01:16:52,920 --> 01:16:56,000
Speaker 7: The great Bernie Frado throwing is a way to un

1367
01:16:56,040 --> 01:16:59,200
Speaker 7: a little grand standing and show voting. I have no

1368
01:16:59,360 --> 01:17:02,000
Speaker 7: credentials of this game, so I'm gonna have to pay

1369
01:17:02,040 --> 01:17:03,519
Speaker 7: full fair if I was going to go to it,

1370
01:17:03,560 --> 01:17:07,920
Speaker 7: but I'm too busy betting anyways, the Great Stadium too.

1371
01:17:08,840 --> 01:17:12,160
Speaker 7: At Allegiance, I almost used the Raiders plus three. I

1372
01:17:12,200 --> 01:17:15,559
Speaker 7: thought along, I thought hard about it. Who are the

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01:17:15,640 --> 01:17:18,080
Speaker 7: Vikings to be length three to the Raiders who have

1374
01:17:18,120 --> 01:17:21,719
Speaker 7: been home basically since like November fifteenth. Other than one game,

1375
01:17:22,760 --> 01:17:25,760
Speaker 7: I would prefer the Raiders, even with Justin Jefferson. I

1376
01:17:26,800 --> 01:17:29,439
Speaker 7: don't trust jobs and I don't think that the Vikings

1377
01:17:29,439 --> 01:17:31,200
Speaker 7: are four and a half points better than the Raiders.

1378
01:17:31,200 --> 01:17:33,280
Speaker 7: But there will be a lot of Vikings fans there

1379
01:17:33,320 --> 01:17:34,160
Speaker 7: with you, Bernie.

1380
01:17:34,840 --> 01:17:37,400
Speaker 2: As we got about ninety seconds left the Chiefs laying

1381
01:17:37,439 --> 01:17:39,800
Speaker 2: one and a half against the Bills, I am buying it.

1382
01:17:39,800 --> 01:17:40,680
Speaker 2: I like to chief here.

1383
01:17:41,840 --> 01:17:44,320
Speaker 7: Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and look to you. If

1384
01:17:44,360 --> 01:17:46,560
Speaker 7: you played Buffalo t's Buffalo up from one half to

1385
01:17:46,600 --> 01:17:48,320
Speaker 7: seven and a half, You're probably going to get a

1386
01:17:48,360 --> 01:17:52,120
Speaker 7: pick on Kansas City. So that's the way I would play.

1387
01:17:52,320 --> 01:17:55,040
Speaker 7: Regard to which side you like. I do want to

1388
01:17:55,040 --> 01:17:56,840
Speaker 7: do a shout out Fox Sports. Some of the best

1389
01:17:56,840 --> 01:18:00,400
Speaker 7: people Bernie yourself. I couldn't ask for a better person

1390
01:18:00,640 --> 01:18:02,799
Speaker 7: to interact with and be a part of it. Jonas

1391
01:18:02,840 --> 01:18:05,280
Speaker 7: Knox all the way up to Scott Shapiro, everybody, just

1392
01:18:05,600 --> 01:18:08,320
Speaker 7: fantastic over a tex Sports and Nivaree. Thank you so

1393
01:18:08,439 --> 01:18:10,800
Speaker 7: much for having me on your show. It is an honor.

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01:18:11,439 --> 01:18:16,360
Speaker 2: Last one Broncos Chargers Chargers land three. This is a

1395
01:18:16,600 --> 01:18:17,880
Speaker 2: kind of a must win for Denver.

1396
01:18:17,920 --> 01:18:20,800
Speaker 7: Your thoughts getting real hard to find. Denver plus three

1397
01:18:20,800 --> 01:18:23,320
Speaker 7: if you still can, That is the only way I

1398
01:18:23,360 --> 01:18:26,200
Speaker 7: would look. Charger's gonna Charger. This game's gonna be a

1399
01:18:26,200 --> 01:18:28,240
Speaker 7: one point game. Chargers will probably blow it.

1400
01:18:29,560 --> 01:18:32,120
Speaker 2: Fez, great stuff. Sounds like we want to combine that

1401
01:18:32,320 --> 01:18:35,960
Speaker 2: long teaser Baltimore down to pick them Buffalo up over

1402
01:18:35,960 --> 01:18:39,240
Speaker 2: a touchdown. Fez, enjoy your Sunday, my friend. Good luck

1403
01:18:39,280 --> 01:18:39,919
Speaker 2: in the contest.

1404
01:18:40,400 --> 01:18:42,040
Speaker 7: Thank you, Bernie, You're the best bet.

1405
01:18:42,240 --> 01:18:46,719
Speaker 2: Steve Zigesig five tied for second in the Circle contest.

1406
01:18:47,160 --> 01:18:49,559
Speaker 2: He has Jacksonville plus three and a half, the Saints

1407
01:18:49,640 --> 01:18:54,360
Speaker 2: minus five, Cincinnati in a pick him, San Francisco minus eleven,

1408
01:18:54,800 --> 01:18:57,920
Speaker 2: Philadelphia plus three and a half. And you heard about

1409
01:18:57,960 --> 01:18:59,519
Speaker 2: the wong teaser. You want to go through the key

1410
01:18:59,600 --> 01:19:03,720
Speaker 2: numbers three, four, six, and seven. Fez likes teasing Baltimore

1411
01:19:03,800 --> 01:19:09,200
Speaker 2: down and Buffalo up. And I'm really looking forward to

1412
01:19:09,200 --> 01:19:12,400
Speaker 2: this Eagles Cowboy game tomorrow, and I will be at

1413
01:19:12,439 --> 01:19:16,320
Speaker 2: the Raiders game, but I'm really looking forward to the

1414
01:19:16,320 --> 01:19:19,120
Speaker 2: Cowboys game coming up. What are the latest headlines in

1415
01:19:19,160 --> 01:19:21,840
Speaker 2: the NFL? Good, bad, and ugly? We'll tell you keep

1416
01:19:21,840 --> 01:19:23,640
Speaker 2: it locked. Who listening to the Bernie Frattle Show on

1417
01:19:23,680 --> 01:19:29,679
Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio. Yep, that's right, you heard the man.

1418
01:19:30,560 --> 01:19:33,519
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Speaker 2: So we went over a lot of key matchups with

1425
01:19:57,840 --> 01:20:01,560
Speaker 2: Fez for Week fourteen in the NFL, including a doubleheader

1426
01:20:01,640 --> 01:20:04,800
Speaker 2: Monday night. But I want to dive into some headlines

1427
01:20:04,840 --> 01:20:07,439
Speaker 2: and I'm going to come back to this in a second.

1428
01:20:08,160 --> 01:20:11,280
Speaker 2: I'm having a hell of a hard time believing that

1429
01:20:11,320 --> 01:20:14,800
Speaker 2: Trevor Lawrence will play Sunday. Maybe he makes a liar

1430
01:20:14,880 --> 01:20:16,720
Speaker 2: out of me. But if he's truly got a high

1431
01:20:17,280 --> 01:20:22,240
Speaker 2: ankle spring, you just don't come back. You know they

1432
01:20:22,280 --> 01:20:24,599
Speaker 2: played Monday night, you don't come back six days later.

1433
01:20:25,120 --> 01:20:28,479
Speaker 2: We shall see. I'm not sure if Trevor Lawrence is

1434
01:20:28,560 --> 01:20:31,680
Speaker 2: human anyway, So maybe he'll make a He'll make a

1435
01:20:31,720 --> 01:20:33,080
Speaker 2: liar out of me. I'm gonna come back to that

1436
01:20:33,120 --> 01:20:35,479
Speaker 2: headline in a minute, But it was a it was

1437
01:20:35,520 --> 01:20:41,200
Speaker 2: an interesting week last week because now that the green

1438
01:20:41,320 --> 01:20:45,720
Speaker 2: Bay Packers have entered the conversation, and I really want

1439
01:20:45,760 --> 01:20:51,040
Speaker 2: to tip my cap to just to to their quarterback

1440
01:20:51,400 --> 01:20:56,280
Speaker 2: Jordan Love. He's not only was patient and dignified and professional.

1441
01:20:56,840 --> 01:21:01,320
Speaker 2: While you know, sitting behind Rogers, he got on the field. Frankly,

1442
01:21:01,320 --> 01:21:03,599
Speaker 2: he looked over a match. But he's come around. He's

1443
01:21:03,640 --> 01:21:06,240
Speaker 2: a higher ceiling than I thought. The question can he

1444
01:21:06,320 --> 01:21:09,120
Speaker 2: consistently do that? Because if he brings his a game,

1445
01:21:09,960 --> 01:21:12,800
Speaker 2: he's the goods. Not it's a big gift, but I

1446
01:21:12,800 --> 01:21:16,719
Speaker 2: want to give the young man his due because green

1447
01:21:16,760 --> 01:21:19,479
Speaker 2: Bay had a four game losing streak earlier this year

1448
01:21:20,240 --> 01:21:22,840
Speaker 2: and they were two and five and things were looking bleak,

1449
01:21:24,280 --> 01:21:27,759
Speaker 2: Jordan Love was struggling. It was looking like a lost season.

1450
01:21:28,000 --> 01:21:32,280
Speaker 2: Now the Packers are six and six. They won four

1451
01:21:32,320 --> 01:21:37,280
Speaker 2: of their last five. They are alive for the final

1452
01:21:37,320 --> 01:21:42,080
Speaker 2: playoff spot in the NFC. When Green Bay upset the

1453
01:21:42,200 --> 01:21:46,839
Speaker 2: Chiefs last week, that was massive. It sets the Packers

1454
01:21:46,880 --> 01:21:49,599
Speaker 2: up quite nicely the rest of the way because none

1455
01:21:49,600 --> 01:21:54,080
Speaker 2: of their final five opponents have a winning record. In fact,

1456
01:21:54,120 --> 01:21:57,479
Speaker 2: the group has a combined cumulative record of twenty and

1457
01:21:57,600 --> 01:22:00,680
Speaker 2: forty for a three thirty three winning percentage. Vikings, who

1458
01:22:00,680 --> 01:22:05,840
Speaker 2: are currently six and six, present perhaps the toughest remaining test,

1459
01:22:06,520 --> 01:22:09,080
Speaker 2: but winning out is not all of the realm of possibility,

1460
01:22:09,400 --> 01:22:15,559
Speaker 2: and Green Bay is playing complimentary football. Remember they've got

1461
01:22:15,640 --> 01:22:18,040
Speaker 2: a defense with a bunch of first round draft picks

1462
01:22:18,080 --> 01:22:22,400
Speaker 2: on it. So this is a great story developing. It

1463
01:22:22,600 --> 01:22:26,920
Speaker 2: really is. And when you saw what Green Bay did

1464
01:22:26,920 --> 01:22:30,559
Speaker 2: to Detroit on Thanksgiving Day, it caught my attention. But

1465
01:22:30,640 --> 01:22:34,200
Speaker 2: they've won four in a row. Now that is a headline.

1466
01:22:34,760 --> 01:22:38,599
Speaker 2: The Niners blast the Eagles. If you don't think they're

1467
01:22:38,640 --> 01:22:42,120
Speaker 2: the NFC's best. Somebody said they have trust issues. Who

1468
01:22:42,120 --> 01:22:44,040
Speaker 2: can you really trust? Well, if you can't trust the

1469
01:22:44,040 --> 01:22:46,920
Speaker 2: forty nine ers, and don't tell me about injuries. Injuries

1470
01:22:46,920 --> 01:22:49,559
Speaker 2: can happen to anybody. I don't want to create problems

1471
01:22:49,560 --> 01:22:51,559
Speaker 2: that don't exist yet and try to solve them. But

1472
01:22:51,600 --> 01:22:53,959
Speaker 2: I get it. If Purdy goes down, or Deebe Samuel

1473
01:22:54,000 --> 01:22:57,400
Speaker 2: goes down, or Christian McCaffrey goes down, anything can happen.

1474
01:22:57,640 --> 01:23:00,360
Speaker 2: Let's just deal with it here and now. The Niners

1475
01:23:00,400 --> 01:23:02,960
Speaker 2: did have a brief midseason slowve thanks to injuries that

1476
01:23:03,000 --> 01:23:06,800
Speaker 2: seems like ages ago. They're nine and three. They absolutely

1477
01:23:06,920 --> 01:23:11,040
Speaker 2: shredded the Eagles. They handed Philadelphia only their second loss

1478
01:23:11,040 --> 01:23:13,400
Speaker 2: of the season. Now the Niners have won four in

1479
01:23:13,400 --> 01:23:18,559
Speaker 2: a row, average margin twenty one points. And the Niners

1480
01:23:18,560 --> 01:23:21,519
Speaker 2: started out terribly that game, three and out in their

1481
01:23:21,520 --> 01:23:24,880
Speaker 2: first two possessions and in the first quarter, San Franz

1482
01:23:25,160 --> 01:23:28,639
Speaker 2: had a negative six yards. The Eagles recorded seven first

1483
01:23:28,640 --> 01:23:31,200
Speaker 2: downs one hundred and twenty four yards. It looked like

1484
01:23:31,240 --> 01:23:35,880
Speaker 2: the opposite would happen, but the Eagles didn't convert either

1485
01:23:35,920 --> 01:23:38,679
Speaker 2: of their red zone trips and settled for field goals.

1486
01:23:39,200 --> 01:23:42,760
Speaker 2: You cannot bring field goals to a touchdown fight. The

1487
01:23:42,800 --> 01:23:47,160
Speaker 2: rest of the game, the Niners completely overwhelmed Philadelphia with

1488
01:23:47,240 --> 01:23:52,200
Speaker 2: their speed. They scored touchdowns on six straight possessions. And

1489
01:23:52,240 --> 01:23:57,439
Speaker 2: this is against the Eagles defense. San Francisco bullied the

1490
01:23:57,479 --> 01:24:01,000
Speaker 2: Eagles defense, and on third down they were eight for

1491
01:24:01,080 --> 01:24:04,040
Speaker 2: eleven and in the red zone they were four for four.

1492
01:24:04,320 --> 01:24:06,880
Speaker 2: That's how you do it, Will Ferrell. That's how you

1493
01:24:06,960 --> 01:24:12,880
Speaker 2: debate old school. In the red zone, that's the money zone.

1494
01:24:15,600 --> 01:24:18,240
Speaker 2: On third down, that's the money down. They don't pay

1495
01:24:18,280 --> 01:24:21,600
Speaker 2: it a punt. When you go four for four in

1496
01:24:21,640 --> 01:24:24,120
Speaker 2: the red zone and eight for eleven and third down

1497
01:24:24,200 --> 01:24:27,960
Speaker 2: and you score on six straight possessions, well guess what,

1498
01:24:28,760 --> 01:24:31,880
Speaker 2: by the way, score touchdowns on six straight possessions. They

1499
01:24:31,880 --> 01:24:35,479
Speaker 2: outgained the Eagles four fifty six to three thirty three.

1500
01:24:36,000 --> 01:24:40,920
Speaker 2: But it's the Niners. It's it wasn't just that you

1501
01:24:40,960 --> 01:24:44,559
Speaker 2: talk about passing the eye test. The Niners set the tone.

1502
01:24:44,600 --> 01:24:48,720
Speaker 2: They were physical, they played a bruising defense. They completely

1503
01:24:49,200 --> 01:24:52,519
Speaker 2: eliminated the Eagles ground game. Now these two may meet

1504
01:24:52,560 --> 01:24:55,360
Speaker 2: in the playoffs again, but right now, the Niners look

1505
01:24:55,479 --> 01:24:57,760
Speaker 2: like the better team. And if the road to the

1506
01:24:57,800 --> 01:25:03,479
Speaker 2: Super Bowl goes through San Francisco literally and figuratively, which

1507
01:25:03,560 --> 01:25:07,320
Speaker 2: meaning if Detroit or the Cowboys or the Eagles would

1508
01:25:07,360 --> 01:25:12,240
Speaker 2: have to play an NFC Championship game in San Francisco.

1509
01:25:13,360 --> 01:25:16,880
Speaker 2: Good luck. By the way, the AFC has a new

1510
01:25:16,960 --> 01:25:21,799
Speaker 2: number one, at least for now. The Miami Dolphins, well,

1511
01:25:21,960 --> 01:25:25,439
Speaker 2: they easily handle the Washington Commanders in a forty five

1512
01:25:25,479 --> 01:25:29,120
Speaker 2: to fifteen route. The Washington Commanders have turned into the

1513
01:25:29,200 --> 01:25:32,000
Speaker 2: Washington Generals. All they need is red clocks to complete

1514
01:25:32,000 --> 01:25:35,760
Speaker 2: the deal. I love Tua. He stayed healthy this year.

1515
01:25:36,080 --> 01:25:38,559
Speaker 2: For me, it was never a talent issue with him,

1516
01:25:38,880 --> 01:25:40,920
Speaker 2: It was a health issue. Remember, he came into the

1517
01:25:41,000 --> 01:25:43,680
Speaker 2: league coming out of Alabama with two devastating injuries that

1518
01:25:43,800 --> 01:25:48,439
Speaker 2: took over a year to heal. Facts hashtag facts. But

1519
01:25:48,600 --> 01:25:52,240
Speaker 2: Tua and Tyreek Hill they continued their dominance. They beat

1520
01:25:52,400 --> 01:25:56,400
Speaker 2: Washington forty five to fifteen. Their defense, they hit Sam

1521
01:25:56,479 --> 01:26:00,320
Speaker 2: how more than Rocky Balboa all game long. This is

1522
01:26:00,360 --> 01:26:03,519
Speaker 2: more about what happened in Green Bay. Now, with Kansas

1523
01:26:03,520 --> 01:26:09,160
Speaker 2: City's loss against the Packers, Miami now nine and three,

1524
01:26:09,360 --> 01:26:12,280
Speaker 2: they moved into the number one seed in the AFC.

1525
01:26:13,479 --> 01:26:15,680
Speaker 2: That would give the Dolphins a first round by and

1526
01:26:15,720 --> 01:26:19,639
Speaker 2: home field advantaged throughout the playoffs. That would be massive

1527
01:26:19,680 --> 01:26:21,639
Speaker 2: for a team who's five and zero at home this year.

1528
01:26:23,000 --> 01:26:27,760
Speaker 2: It's huge but it won't matter unless the Dolphins can

1529
01:26:28,640 --> 01:26:32,720
Speaker 2: Miami proves that they can handle the better teams in football.

1530
01:26:33,120 --> 01:26:37,080
Speaker 2: Miami still I respect what they've done, but they still

1531
01:26:37,080 --> 01:26:38,600
Speaker 2: don't know how to have a single victory against the

1532
01:26:38,600 --> 01:26:41,840
Speaker 2: team currently with a winning record. Now, weeks sixteen and

1533
01:26:41,920 --> 01:26:46,559
Speaker 2: seventeen will be the litmus test. They face the Dallas Cowboys,

1534
01:26:46,560 --> 01:26:48,200
Speaker 2: who are nine to three. They get them at home,

1535
01:26:48,560 --> 01:26:50,920
Speaker 2: but then you got the Baltimore Ravens on the road,

1536
01:26:51,320 --> 01:26:52,680
Speaker 2: and the Ravens are going to want to turn that

1537
01:26:52,720 --> 01:26:54,679
Speaker 2: into a fistfight in a phone booth. And that's where

1538
01:26:54,680 --> 01:26:59,960
Speaker 2: you questioned whether or not Miami can answer that bell. Miami.

1539
01:27:00,400 --> 01:27:03,719
Speaker 2: He's somewhere between a finesse team and a physical team.

1540
01:27:04,040 --> 01:27:07,240
Speaker 2: But they're not a physical team like Baltimore. Okay, by

1541
01:27:07,320 --> 01:27:12,439
Speaker 2: the way, not for nothing, the Jaguars can take the

1542
01:27:12,479 --> 01:27:16,360
Speaker 2: top seed with the victory Monday night. But you don't know.

1543
01:27:16,960 --> 01:27:20,000
Speaker 2: We're gonna get to the Trevor Lawrence situation in a minute.

1544
01:27:21,360 --> 01:27:27,439
Speaker 2: Gardner Minshew the second also back in the headlines. Very

1545
01:27:27,479 --> 01:27:30,720
Speaker 2: few people saw this coming. I know I didn't. I

1546
01:27:30,760 --> 01:27:33,040
Speaker 2: don't even know if they saw it coming in Indianapolis.

1547
01:27:34,040 --> 01:27:36,559
Speaker 2: By the way, Anthony Richardson. It seems like Eachien history

1548
01:27:36,600 --> 01:27:38,840
Speaker 2: right now. Hopefully he comes back healthy next year. He

1549
01:27:38,920 --> 01:27:43,200
Speaker 2: was outstanding, he was dynamic, he was terrific. He suffers

1550
01:27:43,240 --> 01:27:46,800
Speaker 2: a season ending shoulder injury. But enter Gardner Minshew. He's

1551
01:27:46,800 --> 01:27:52,559
Speaker 2: not only stabilized Indianapolis with his play, he's also got

1552
01:27:52,600 --> 01:27:57,240
Speaker 2: the Colts technically in the playoff chase. And by the way,

1553
01:27:57,280 --> 01:28:00,400
Speaker 2: you gotta give a ton of credit to Ricky coach

1554
01:28:00,920 --> 01:28:06,360
Speaker 2: Shane Steichen. He of course was the offensive coordinator in

1555
01:28:06,360 --> 01:28:09,080
Speaker 2: Philadelphia and they got to the Super Bowl before heading

1556
01:28:09,080 --> 01:28:11,840
Speaker 2: to Indianapolis. But you also got to give a lot

1557
01:28:11,840 --> 01:28:15,519
Speaker 2: of credit to Gardner Minshew. He's absolutely delivered in the clutch.

1558
01:28:15,600 --> 01:28:17,920
Speaker 2: Minshew was twenty six to forty two for three twelve

1559
01:28:17,960 --> 01:28:21,880
Speaker 2: and two touchdowns last week. But it's how he he

1560
01:28:22,000 --> 01:28:25,400
Speaker 2: kept answering every punch that Tennessee threw at him. He

1561
01:28:25,520 --> 01:28:28,719
Speaker 2: just kept making big plays, right. He had a fifty

1562
01:28:28,720 --> 01:28:31,800
Speaker 2: five yard bomb late in overtime. The Colts needed a

1563
01:28:31,840 --> 01:28:35,080
Speaker 2: touchdown to win the game. Through it to Alec Pearce.

1564
01:28:35,120 --> 01:28:38,160
Speaker 2: It was a perfectly thrown ball put the Colts inside

1565
01:28:38,160 --> 01:28:41,840
Speaker 2: the five yard line. Two plays later, inside the five,

1566
01:28:42,360 --> 01:28:46,280
Speaker 2: Minshew throws the game winning touchdown to Michael Pittman. The

1567
01:28:46,600 --> 01:28:49,479
Speaker 2: Colt swim thirty one to twenty eight. Gardner Mintschew's on

1568
01:28:49,560 --> 01:28:52,479
Speaker 2: a one year deal. Maybe he's on the contract drive.

1569
01:28:52,520 --> 01:28:54,360
Speaker 2: I don't know. He's been bounced around a lot, but

1570
01:28:54,439 --> 01:28:57,120
Speaker 2: for now and that ought to be an interesting game

1571
01:28:57,160 --> 01:29:02,519
Speaker 2: between Jacksonville and Indy. I can't say enough good things

1572
01:29:02,520 --> 01:29:06,759
Speaker 2: about Demiko Ryans, C J. Stroud and the Houston Texans.

1573
01:29:06,960 --> 01:29:10,240
Speaker 2: They are making you don't check your donald. They are

1574
01:29:10,360 --> 01:29:14,479
Speaker 2: making a playoff push. We are talking about the Houston

1575
01:29:14,560 --> 01:29:19,560
Speaker 2: Texans here. They had the Denver Broncos, the hottest team

1576
01:29:19,760 --> 01:29:22,559
Speaker 2: and the one that had forced sixteen turnovers during their

1577
01:29:22,560 --> 01:29:27,120
Speaker 2: five game winning streak in their building last week. Both

1578
01:29:27,160 --> 01:29:31,280
Speaker 2: teams six and five and sort of in the middle

1579
01:29:31,400 --> 01:29:35,240
Speaker 2: of the playoff picture in the AFC, but both really

1580
01:29:35,360 --> 01:29:37,360
Speaker 2: not only need to win, they need help, et cetera.

1581
01:29:38,080 --> 01:29:42,360
Speaker 2: Houston didn't commit a single turnover. They lost their rookie

1582
01:29:42,439 --> 01:29:45,760
Speaker 2: receiver Tank Dell, who's been an absolute standout this year.

1583
01:29:45,760 --> 01:29:49,639
Speaker 2: He broke his leg, and they forced Russell Wilson, who

1584
01:29:49,680 --> 01:29:52,160
Speaker 2: actually had been very reliable in the fourth quarter of

1585
01:29:52,160 --> 01:29:57,080
Speaker 2: games this year, into two costly interceptions. Denver's final two

1586
01:29:57,160 --> 01:30:02,120
Speaker 2: drives of the day. Houston wins twenty two seventeen. Stuff

1587
01:30:02,280 --> 01:30:07,599
Speaker 2: dreams are made of. Houston's defense was superb. It allowed

1588
01:30:07,640 --> 01:30:10,920
Speaker 2: the Broncos to convert just one or the three red

1589
01:30:11,000 --> 01:30:13,880
Speaker 2: zone trips. There you go again, shut them down on

1590
01:30:14,160 --> 01:30:18,040
Speaker 2: all Houston Jennifer was all for eleven on third down attempts.

1591
01:30:18,080 --> 01:30:22,799
Speaker 2: That is the Demiico Ryans influence. Meanwhile, there go that man. CJ.

1592
01:30:22,960 --> 01:30:27,559
Speaker 2: Stroud continues the superb season. This is a game the Texans,

1593
01:30:27,560 --> 01:30:30,040
Speaker 2: who are now seven and five, needed to have because

1594
01:30:30,080 --> 01:30:32,320
Speaker 2: the Colts are also seven and five and they took

1595
01:30:32,400 --> 01:30:35,680
Speaker 2: down the Titans. Both are fighting for the seventh and

1596
01:30:35,760 --> 01:30:41,360
Speaker 2: final playoff seed in the NFL. Houston is right in

1597
01:30:41,400 --> 01:30:44,800
Speaker 2: the mix. Coming up, I want to talk about what

1598
01:30:44,920 --> 01:30:49,120
Speaker 2: happened to Trevor Lawrence Monday night, and it's a speaks

1599
01:30:49,160 --> 01:30:53,120
Speaker 2: to it what I think of more botherersome trend in

1600
01:30:53,160 --> 01:30:59,680
Speaker 2: the National Football League. Star quarterbacks keep going down. You know,

1601
01:30:59,720 --> 01:31:04,240
Speaker 2: you can shorten the preseason practices where you can't hit

1602
01:31:04,320 --> 01:31:07,799
Speaker 2: as much, change the rules. Why do we keep getting

1603
01:31:07,800 --> 01:31:10,320
Speaker 2: these injuries? I don't know, but this is a really

1604
01:31:10,360 --> 01:31:12,800
Speaker 2: bad break for Lawrence and the Jaguars. We'll talk about

1605
01:31:12,800 --> 01:31:16,639
Speaker 2: it coming up. Hey, football fans, be sure to tune

1606
01:31:16,680 --> 01:31:19,200
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1607
01:31:19,240 --> 01:31:22,880
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1612
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1613
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1615
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1616
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1617
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1618
01:31:56,640 --> 01:31:59,599
Speaker 2: three am Pacific, six am Eastern. Remember coming up top

1619
01:31:59,600 --> 01:32:04,400
Speaker 2: of the out two am Pacific, five am Eastern. The

1620
01:32:04,520 --> 01:32:07,880
Speaker 2: Dance Sensation Sweep of the Nation. What kind of brand

1621
01:32:07,880 --> 01:32:12,880
Speaker 2: new fool of you? Followed by what my name? Before

1622
01:32:12,920 --> 01:32:15,080
Speaker 2: I tell you the report I'm getting out of Cleveland.

1623
01:32:15,120 --> 01:32:19,160
Speaker 2: I want to credit a gentleman named Barry Schuck from

1624
01:32:19,200 --> 01:32:22,880
Speaker 2: a publication called Dobbs by Nature. I want to take

1625
01:32:22,920 --> 01:32:24,559
Speaker 2: you back to Monday Night and stop me if you've

1626
01:32:24,560 --> 01:32:27,080
Speaker 2: heard this before. But another star quarterback goes down with

1627
01:32:27,120 --> 01:32:32,360
Speaker 2: a potentially serious injury. Trevor Lawrence, his lower leg was

1628
01:32:32,400 --> 01:32:35,760
Speaker 2: stepped out in the fourth quarter of Monday Night's game

1629
01:32:35,880 --> 01:32:40,160
Speaker 2: against the Bengals. The injury came with his teammate Walker

1630
01:32:40,280 --> 01:32:46,360
Speaker 2: Little was pushed back by Trey Hendrickson, who's a terrific

1631
01:32:46,400 --> 01:32:50,000
Speaker 2: pass rusher for the Bengals. He inadvertently stepped down his ankle.

1632
01:32:50,280 --> 01:32:58,400
Speaker 2: Lawrence's ankle now Henderson class Act and JAG's receiver Zay

1633
01:32:58,479 --> 01:33:00,599
Speaker 2: Jones had to help Lawrence to his feet, but then

1634
01:33:00,640 --> 01:33:04,120
Speaker 2: he falls to the grass immediately. That brought a collective

1635
01:33:04,200 --> 01:33:09,880
Speaker 2: gasp that brought him Lawrence slamming his helmet to the

1636
01:33:09,920 --> 01:33:13,160
Speaker 2: ground and it was reported he had a sprain ankle

1637
01:33:13,200 --> 01:33:15,719
Speaker 2: and it was later reported he had a high ankle sprain,

1638
01:33:16,240 --> 01:33:20,439
Speaker 2: typically minimum of three week injury. This was not good.

1639
01:33:20,560 --> 01:33:22,960
Speaker 2: Couldn't have come at a worse time, you know. CJ.

1640
01:33:23,120 --> 01:33:25,920
Speaker 2: Bethard takes over for Lawrence. He had a late field

1641
01:33:25,920 --> 01:33:29,640
Speaker 2: goal drive, but they end up losing in overtime. You know,

1642
01:33:30,520 --> 01:33:33,360
Speaker 2: if you go back to Monday, dude, everybody was reporting,

1643
01:33:33,439 --> 01:33:36,800
Speaker 2: we don't know how bad Lawrence's injury will prove to

1644
01:33:36,840 --> 01:33:39,680
Speaker 2: be possible. It maybe be worse than a look, but

1645
01:33:39,720 --> 01:33:42,960
Speaker 2: it looked nasty if he missed his time and puts

1646
01:33:42,960 --> 01:33:46,360
Speaker 2: the Jags in a difficult position. Blah blah blah. And

1647
01:33:46,400 --> 01:33:48,400
Speaker 2: by the way, the timing of the Lawrence injury was

1648
01:33:48,439 --> 01:33:55,599
Speaker 2: troublesome because the Jags they have a tough game Sunday

1649
01:33:55,640 --> 01:34:00,160
Speaker 2: against some tough pass rushers and you get the picture.

1650
01:34:00,080 --> 01:34:05,120
Speaker 2: There's never a good time to be injured, right. But again,

1651
01:34:05,439 --> 01:34:07,360
Speaker 2: as a side note to what I'm trying to share

1652
01:34:07,360 --> 01:34:11,439
Speaker 2: with you, Lawrence is just the latest prominent quarterback to

1653
01:34:11,479 --> 01:34:15,040
Speaker 2: get hurt this season. You've already seen Aaron Rodgers, Joe Burrow,

1654
01:34:15,200 --> 01:34:19,799
Speaker 2: Kirk Cousins, Deshaun Watson, Anthony Richardson, Daniel Jones to get injured.

1655
01:34:19,880 --> 01:34:25,040
Speaker 2: Even backups Dorian Thompson, Robinson to Rob Taylor, They've been injured.

1656
01:34:25,400 --> 01:34:28,759
Speaker 2: Derrick cry was in concussion protocol. He's out a pressure

1657
01:34:29,080 --> 01:34:32,800
Speaker 2: concussion protocol. Kenny Pikett had surgery for a high ankle's ring.

1658
01:34:33,640 --> 01:34:38,160
Speaker 2: Fifty two different quarterbacks have started on game in the

1659
01:34:38,280 --> 01:34:40,400
Speaker 2: NFL this season, which is on par for the number

1660
01:34:40,439 --> 01:34:44,599
Speaker 2: of unique starters in any season. And we were told

1661
01:34:44,640 --> 01:34:48,160
Speaker 2: that injuries would go down when they took away preseason

1662
01:34:48,200 --> 01:34:52,360
Speaker 2: games and they changed all the rules. Well it hasn't happened.

1663
01:34:53,760 --> 01:34:57,600
Speaker 2: But here's the rest of the story. Even though it

1664
01:34:57,640 --> 01:35:02,080
Speaker 2: was reported that Trevor Lawrence suffered a high end losing

1665
01:35:02,080 --> 01:35:05,559
Speaker 2: to the Bengals Monday night, which as I just said,

1666
01:35:05,680 --> 01:35:10,320
Speaker 2: is usually a minimum three week comeback, the Jags announced

1667
01:35:10,320 --> 01:35:14,719
Speaker 2: Saturday that quote Lawrence will be their starter against the Browns,

1668
01:35:14,800 --> 01:35:22,120
Speaker 2: pending a final decision. In pregame warmups. Doug Peterson stated

1669
01:35:22,560 --> 01:35:24,760
Speaker 2: that he'll leave it up to Trevor Lawrence. He said

1670
01:35:24,800 --> 01:35:28,160
Speaker 2: he's feeling good. He moved around a little bit Thursday,

1671
01:35:28,640 --> 01:35:31,680
Speaker 2: a little bit better on Friday to talk to the

1672
01:35:31,720 --> 01:35:36,639
Speaker 2: medical staff. Here's the kicker. Trevor Lawrence has never missed

1673
01:35:36,640 --> 01:35:40,559
Speaker 2: a game period, Never missed a game in high school,

1674
01:35:41,080 --> 01:35:44,360
Speaker 2: never missed a game at Clemson University, has never missed

1675
01:35:44,360 --> 01:35:48,040
Speaker 2: a game in the National Football League. Trevor Lawrence wants

1676
01:35:48,080 --> 01:35:53,360
Speaker 2: to continue that street. More importantly, Jacksonville, as we talked

1677
01:35:53,360 --> 01:35:56,559
Speaker 2: about earlier, they have a very slim one game lead

1678
01:35:56,600 --> 01:36:04,400
Speaker 2: in their division over the Indianapolis Colts and the Houston Texans.

1679
01:36:05,720 --> 01:36:09,479
Speaker 2: That's the FC he South. Currently the Jags eight and four.

1680
01:36:10,200 --> 01:36:13,439
Speaker 2: Colts in Texas are both seven and five, and he

1681
01:36:13,479 --> 01:36:16,360
Speaker 2: has caught fire. I just talked about that they've won

1682
01:36:16,439 --> 01:36:20,040
Speaker 2: four in a row with Gardner Minshew. So right now,

1683
01:36:20,840 --> 01:36:23,840
Speaker 2: the eight and a half hours before kickoff, Lawrence is

1684
01:36:23,880 --> 01:36:28,400
Speaker 2: officially listed as questionable against Cleveland, and he's gotten some

1685
01:36:28,439 --> 01:36:31,280
Speaker 2: reps in on Friday, but mainly rested the entire week.

1686
01:36:33,600 --> 01:36:37,800
Speaker 2: Trevor Lawrence is a specimen. Okay, He's physically strong, he's

1687
01:36:37,840 --> 01:36:41,280
Speaker 2: mentally strong. If anybody can overcome the odds of making

1688
01:36:41,320 --> 01:36:45,559
Speaker 2: a one week comeback, it could be Trevor Lawrence. This

1689
01:36:45,680 --> 01:36:47,599
Speaker 2: blows me away, though I'm still having a hard time

1690
01:36:47,640 --> 01:36:50,120
Speaker 2: believing I really am. And he has a history of

1691
01:36:50,120 --> 01:36:53,200
Speaker 2: playing hurt. I get that. In October, Lawrence injured his

1692
01:36:53,320 --> 01:36:57,000
Speaker 2: left knee when they beat the Colts. Started five days

1693
01:36:57,080 --> 01:37:01,479
Speaker 2: later against the Saints and twenty nine for two hundred

1694
01:37:01,479 --> 01:37:03,880
Speaker 2: and four yards and even ran for fifty nine yards.

1695
01:37:04,800 --> 01:37:09,160
Speaker 2: Last season, Lawrence suffered a tow injury against Detroit in

1696
01:37:09,200 --> 01:37:13,160
Speaker 2: the first half, couldn't walk off the field, then plays

1697
01:37:13,200 --> 01:37:18,519
Speaker 2: the entire second half. Doug Peterson has been on a

1698
01:37:18,560 --> 01:37:22,200
Speaker 2: record as basically saying that Lawrence is a different breed,

1699
01:37:22,320 --> 01:37:27,280
Speaker 2: but we all know that he's got toughness, physical toughness,

1700
01:37:27,320 --> 01:37:31,439
Speaker 2: mental toughness, and when your quarterback exues that, as Peterson said,

1701
01:37:31,479 --> 01:37:33,360
Speaker 2: it sends a message to the rest of the team

1702
01:37:33,360 --> 01:37:37,800
Speaker 2: in a good way. They're optimistic. Again, this shocks me,

1703
01:37:39,360 --> 01:37:41,680
Speaker 2: the fact that Lawrence is willing and able to put

1704
01:37:41,760 --> 01:37:44,720
Speaker 2: himself out there. First. Teammates speaks, volumes this is a

1705
01:37:44,800 --> 01:37:49,519
Speaker 2: high ankle sprain. It's a weight bearing injury. This is

1706
01:37:49,520 --> 01:37:52,880
Speaker 2: not a hang nail. As early as Wednesday, there were

1707
01:37:52,920 --> 01:37:56,080
Speaker 2: reports that Lawrence stating his angle is feeling pretty good

1708
01:37:56,120 --> 01:38:00,800
Speaker 2: after only two days. If you are the Jacksonville Jaguars,

1709
01:38:02,040 --> 01:38:05,519
Speaker 2: I think you better hope. So they're backed up by CJ. Bethard,

1710
01:38:05,720 --> 01:38:08,960
Speaker 2: who's also been cleared to play. By the way, Jacksonville

1711
01:38:09,040 --> 01:38:11,640
Speaker 2: signed a quarterback by the name of Nathan Rourke from

1712
01:38:11,680 --> 01:38:16,240
Speaker 2: the practice squad. He's a team's emergency QB three for

1713
01:38:16,320 --> 01:38:19,400
Speaker 2: the game. So that tells you right there that you

1714
01:38:19,520 --> 01:38:25,320
Speaker 2: knew that there might be something you know up with Lawrence. Again,

1715
01:38:25,360 --> 01:38:30,080
Speaker 2: I'm having one hell of a hard time believing that

1716
01:38:30,200 --> 01:38:36,479
Speaker 2: Lawrence's is you know, gonna play. But Jacksonville feels this

1717
01:38:36,520 --> 01:38:38,799
Speaker 2: is the type of scenario that already played out earlier

1718
01:38:38,800 --> 01:38:42,880
Speaker 2: this season, as I mentioned in mid October, when Lawrence

1719
01:38:42,920 --> 01:38:45,679
Speaker 2: insered as left knee when they beat the Colts thirty

1720
01:38:45,720 --> 01:38:49,799
Speaker 2: seven to twenty. There were lots of questions and doubts

1721
01:38:49,840 --> 01:38:52,960
Speaker 2: about whether Lawrence could play the following week, and it

1722
01:38:53,000 --> 01:38:56,000
Speaker 2: was a short week. You wound up starting five days

1723
01:38:56,080 --> 01:39:00,000
Speaker 2: later during a Thursday night game traveling to New Orleans,

1724
01:39:00,960 --> 01:39:03,960
Speaker 2: and not only did Lawrence play that night, but he

1725
01:39:04,040 --> 01:39:07,639
Speaker 2: lit it up frankly. He completed twenty of twenty nine

1726
01:39:07,680 --> 01:39:11,320
Speaker 2: passes for two hundred yards, one touchdown, ran for a

1727
01:39:11,479 --> 01:39:15,360
Speaker 2: career high fifty nine yards, and only eight carries. Playing

1728
01:39:15,400 --> 01:39:19,000
Speaker 2: with the brace on his left knee, Lawrence finished as

1729
01:39:19,760 --> 01:39:22,639
Speaker 2: he was his second leading rusher behind Alvin Kamara that night.

1730
01:39:23,040 --> 01:39:25,759
Speaker 2: So here we are again. I know I'm repeating myself.

1731
01:39:26,600 --> 01:39:31,759
Speaker 2: He suffered a high ankle spring during Jacksonville's lost Monday.

1732
01:39:32,800 --> 01:39:36,120
Speaker 2: Doug Peterson said, Lawrence is feeling good. He moved it

1733
01:39:36,200 --> 01:39:39,479
Speaker 2: around a little bit the very next day, and lo

1734
01:39:39,640 --> 01:39:46,040
Speaker 2: and behold, lo and behold Trevor Lawrence says he's gonna

1735
01:39:46,080 --> 01:39:50,719
Speaker 2: play Sunday at Cleveland. He's thankful of the injury. Isn't

1736
01:39:50,760 --> 01:39:53,679
Speaker 2: worth that worse than it could have been. And I'm

1737
01:39:53,680 --> 01:39:56,920
Speaker 2: glad too. I'm sick of seeing top flight quarterbacks going down.

1738
01:39:57,520 --> 01:40:00,240
Speaker 2: Whether you like Jacksonville or not, or believe it, they're

1739
01:40:00,280 --> 01:40:02,439
Speaker 2: on the short list. Okay, if they get into the playoffs,

1740
01:40:02,479 --> 01:40:05,560
Speaker 2: they're going to be a really, really tough out. I

1741
01:40:05,560 --> 01:40:09,200
Speaker 2: remember a few years ago when they cased the Chiefs

1742
01:40:09,200 --> 01:40:14,400
Speaker 2: a scare. All right, well, look I digress, and uh,

1743
01:40:14,800 --> 01:40:16,800
Speaker 2: that has nothing to do with this coming up. I

1744
01:40:16,840 --> 01:40:21,000
Speaker 2: gave you the good news headlines for the National Football

1745
01:40:21,080 --> 01:40:23,320
Speaker 2: League as we in our Week fourteen, I want to

1746
01:40:23,320 --> 01:40:26,000
Speaker 2: give you the bad news headlines. We covered all the

1747
01:40:26,000 --> 01:40:29,519
Speaker 2: good bad yegy. But first, oh boy, it's time we

1748
01:40:29,600 --> 01:40:32,799
Speaker 2: go back to our guy, the chef, the chef, Kevin

1749
01:40:32,800 --> 01:40:36,000
Speaker 2: Wyrett with the latest. I'm going to maid love. Do

1750
01:40:36,400 --> 01:40:39,200
Speaker 2: you won? We goes, baby, there he goes. You're down

1751
01:40:39,360 --> 01:40:44,000
Speaker 2: by the bye, y'all and caress your woman by Dame.

1752
01:40:44,720 --> 01:41:02,200
Speaker 2: Make y'all, don't juices. We're making love, baby love. Huh

1753
01:41:02,439 --> 01:41:06,599
Speaker 2: the chef. Every week, Chef, you seem to outdo yourself

1754
01:41:06,680 --> 01:41:09,400
Speaker 2: and that well, I'm telling you we are getting cards

1755
01:41:09,400 --> 01:41:11,519
Speaker 2: of letters from around the country. Oh this is the

1756
01:41:11,600 --> 01:41:15,080
Speaker 2: fa There are one hundred and sixty eight Let me

1757
01:41:15,120 --> 01:41:16,880
Speaker 2: try that again in English. Last time I ran a

1758
01:41:16,880 --> 01:41:19,880
Speaker 2: tongue from that place. There are one hundred and sixty

1759
01:41:19,880 --> 01:41:24,280
Speaker 2: eight hours of programming, live programming here on Fox Sports radios,

1760
01:41:24,360 --> 01:41:27,080
Speaker 2: some of the best talent in the country. But that

1761
01:41:27,200 --> 01:41:30,639
Speaker 2: two minute chef performance every week is the one people rave.

1762
01:41:30,720 --> 01:41:33,840
Speaker 2: Abob Chef flattered. I am flattered. That's why I do it.

1763
01:41:33,880 --> 01:41:36,040
Speaker 2: I do it for the people. Bernie, You're a man

1764
01:41:36,080 --> 01:41:36,599
Speaker 2: of the people.

1765
01:41:36,760 --> 01:41:40,920
Speaker 5: Yes, well someone who is much much above being a

1766
01:41:40,960 --> 01:41:43,200
Speaker 5: man of the people, at least after getting seven hundred

1767
01:41:43,200 --> 01:41:44,160
Speaker 5: million dollars.

1768
01:41:44,520 --> 01:41:45,640
Speaker 1: That's show Ayotani.

1769
01:41:45,680 --> 01:41:49,799
Speaker 5: That's the biggest contract ever given by North American sports

1770
01:41:49,840 --> 01:41:53,200
Speaker 5: team to a player, and Shoeyotani a ten year, seven

1771
01:41:53,280 --> 01:41:54,519
Speaker 5: hundred million dollar deal.

1772
01:41:54,600 --> 01:41:56,040
Speaker 1: Now a lot of that money.

1773
01:41:55,760 --> 01:42:00,479
Speaker 5: Will be deterred to Ford excuse me, into the distant future.

1774
01:42:00,600 --> 01:42:03,320
Speaker 5: So the Dodger's gonna actually have some flexibility to add

1775
01:42:03,320 --> 01:42:07,080
Speaker 5: some players, add some pieces around Otani to stay competitive.

1776
01:42:07,200 --> 01:42:10,000
Speaker 5: And one thing that Tony might have to look forward

1777
01:42:10,040 --> 01:42:12,240
Speaker 5: to the Dodgers gonna open next season with a couple

1778
01:42:12,320 --> 01:42:15,200
Speaker 5: of games in South Korea against the Padres in March,

1779
01:42:15,240 --> 01:42:17,720
Speaker 5: so he's gonna have a chance to really showcase his

1780
01:42:17,760 --> 01:42:22,840
Speaker 5: skills on the international stage in the NBA the first

1781
01:42:22,960 --> 01:42:26,040
Speaker 5: ever in a season tournament the finals in Las Vegas

1782
01:42:26,080 --> 01:42:28,599
Speaker 5: and then the Lakers over the Pacers one twenty three

1783
01:42:28,640 --> 01:42:32,000
Speaker 5: to one oh nine is Anthony Davis an outstanding performance

1784
01:42:32,040 --> 01:42:36,080
Speaker 5: forty one points and twenty rebounds Lebron James the tournament

1785
01:42:36,280 --> 01:42:40,559
Speaker 5: and the p in a College Football twenty twenty three's

1786
01:42:40,600 --> 01:42:44,080
Speaker 5: Heisman Trophy winner LSU quarterback Jaden Daniels.

1787
01:42:44,120 --> 01:42:45,000
Speaker 1: He had forty.

1788
01:42:44,720 --> 01:42:48,519
Speaker 5: Touchdowns to just four interceptions, also ran for over eleven

1789
01:42:48,600 --> 01:42:52,240
Speaker 5: hundred yards and ten rushing touchdowns. And we did have

1790
01:42:52,280 --> 01:42:55,000
Speaker 5: one game in the FBS. Today, Army will a seventeen

1791
01:42:55,000 --> 01:42:57,679
Speaker 5: to eleven win against Navy in Foxboro as the Black

1792
01:42:57,760 --> 01:43:00,880
Speaker 5: Knights getting a late stop near the gold line as

1793
01:43:00,920 --> 01:43:03,720
Speaker 5: they're able to hang on at for the win. Oregon's

1794
01:43:03,760 --> 01:43:07,120
Speaker 5: getting transfer quarterback Dylan Gabriel from Oklahoma, and he's got

1795
01:43:07,160 --> 01:43:09,720
Speaker 5: one year of eligibility left as the Duck's gonna have

1796
01:43:09,800 --> 01:43:14,280
Speaker 5: him as they enter the Big ten NFL updates. Browns

1797
01:43:14,280 --> 01:43:18,920
Speaker 5: wide receiver Amari Cooper has clear concussion protocol. Green Bay

1798
01:43:18,920 --> 01:43:22,559
Speaker 5: wide receiver Christian Watson will not play Monday night at

1799
01:43:22,560 --> 01:43:24,760
Speaker 5: the Giants. He's been dealing with a hamstring issue, and

1800
01:43:24,800 --> 01:43:29,520
Speaker 5: Steelers linebacker TJ. Watt has been placed in concussion protocol.

1801
01:43:29,560 --> 01:43:33,120
Speaker 5: The Rams elevating former Packers kicker Mason Crosby from their

1802
01:43:33,160 --> 01:43:35,880
Speaker 5: practice squad, so that's a good indication that he very

1803
01:43:35,880 --> 01:43:40,520
Speaker 5: well could be kicking for them against the Ravens Sunday afternoon.

1804
01:43:41,600 --> 01:43:44,519
Speaker 5: And in college hoops, some ranked teams in action. Top

1805
01:43:44,600 --> 01:43:47,680
Speaker 5: ranked Arizona blot win against number twenty three Wisconson and

1806
01:43:47,800 --> 01:43:51,679
Speaker 5: NAT seventy three, Second rank Kansas over Missouri seventy three

1807
01:43:51,720 --> 01:43:55,040
Speaker 5: to sixty four. Number four Perdue goes to Toronto and

1808
01:43:55,120 --> 01:43:58,000
Speaker 5: beats Alabama ninety two to eighty six. Zach eighty with

1809
01:43:58,120 --> 01:44:03,160
Speaker 5: thirty five points in his hometown Saint Mary's upsetting Number

1810
01:44:03,160 --> 01:44:06,840
Speaker 5: thirteen Colorado State sixty four sixty one Utah against their

1811
01:44:06,840 --> 01:44:10,799
Speaker 5: heated rival number fourteen BYU, the Utes getting it seventy

1812
01:44:10,800 --> 01:44:15,080
Speaker 5: one sixty nine, Number seventeen Tennessee over number twenty Illinois

1813
01:44:15,280 --> 01:44:18,599
Speaker 5: eighty six seventy nine, and Villanova depends their home court

1814
01:44:18,640 --> 01:44:23,120
Speaker 5: against UCLA sixty five at two fifty six MLS Cup Final.

1815
01:44:23,160 --> 01:44:27,880
Speaker 5: It's Columbus over LAFC two to one. Back to you Berry, all.

1816
01:44:27,840 --> 01:44:31,479
Speaker 2: Right, chef, another baffo performance, and we'll catch up with

1817
01:44:31,520 --> 01:44:35,400
Speaker 2: you and our guy Patrick Sweek and Mark Ramsey top

1818
01:44:35,439 --> 01:44:39,360
Speaker 2: of the our little brand new fool and what my name?

1819
01:44:39,479 --> 01:44:41,640
Speaker 2: All right? We gave you what I believe to be

1820
01:44:41,920 --> 01:44:48,080
Speaker 2: the good news headlines for the National Football League. Let's

1821
01:44:48,080 --> 01:44:51,679
Speaker 2: look at the other side of the ledger. Brad Allen's

1822
01:44:51,680 --> 01:44:54,120
Speaker 2: officiating crew. Now we got my buddy Joe Gibbs NFL

1823
01:44:54,160 --> 01:44:59,120
Speaker 2: refstats on you know, every few weeks. I don't think

1824
01:44:59,200 --> 01:45:05,600
Speaker 2: it's mystery to anybody anymore. The inconsistency of officiating in

1825
01:45:05,640 --> 01:45:08,600
Speaker 2: the National Football League has been called into question, and

1826
01:45:08,680 --> 01:45:12,760
Speaker 2: for good reason, all right, but Brad Allen's officiating crew

1827
01:45:12,840 --> 01:45:14,639
Speaker 2: might have taken it to a different level. It's one

1828
01:45:14,640 --> 01:45:16,800
Speaker 2: thing for a crew to have a poor officiating game.

1829
01:45:17,320 --> 01:45:20,400
Speaker 2: It's another for it to come on the Sunday Night showcase.

1830
01:45:21,520 --> 01:45:25,600
Speaker 2: That was a debacle of the highest order. In particular,

1831
01:45:26,640 --> 01:45:29,639
Speaker 2: that final drive with the Chiefs Packers game was peppered

1832
01:45:30,120 --> 01:45:34,280
Speaker 2: with clear mistakes. The first there was a personal foul

1833
01:45:34,520 --> 01:45:38,960
Speaker 2: unnecessary roughness on I hit against Patrick Mahomes while he

1834
01:45:39,040 --> 01:45:43,120
Speaker 2: was still in bounds. The second was an obvious defensive

1835
01:45:43,120 --> 01:45:46,599
Speaker 2: pass interference that frankly should have been called against Packers

1836
01:45:46,680 --> 01:45:50,200
Speaker 2: cornerback Carrington Valentine. It should have given the Chiefs the

1837
01:45:50,240 --> 01:45:54,200
Speaker 2: ball inside the ten yard line. Patrick Mahomes was very

1838
01:45:54,640 --> 01:45:58,160
Speaker 2: classy about it after a game, said, let the players play,

1839
01:45:58,160 --> 01:46:02,400
Speaker 2: but it wasn't just that, and I get it, mistakes happen,

1840
01:46:03,560 --> 01:46:07,840
Speaker 2: but when one this bat can potentially affect the Akohama game,

1841
01:46:07,920 --> 01:46:13,120
Speaker 2: it's it's just simply inexcusable. And the inconsistency is what

1842
01:46:13,280 --> 01:46:16,040
Speaker 2: I think gets all of us. You don't know what

1843
01:46:16,080 --> 01:46:19,080
Speaker 2: pass interference looks like anymore, you know what roughing the

1844
01:46:19,120 --> 01:46:23,080
Speaker 2: quarterback looks like anymore. It's a mess, it genuinely, it

1845
01:46:23,160 --> 01:46:25,280
Speaker 2: truly is, and I don't think it helps the product.

1846
01:46:26,080 --> 01:46:29,280
Speaker 2: No one's going anywhere, trust me. The gambling handle this

1847
01:46:29,360 --> 01:46:31,000
Speaker 2: year will be about one hundred and five billion in

1848
01:46:31,040 --> 01:46:33,599
Speaker 2: all sports across the board. So as long as there's

1849
01:46:33,640 --> 01:46:37,920
Speaker 2: fantasy football and sports betting, the NFL is, you know

1850
01:46:38,160 --> 01:46:43,160
Speaker 2: it's it's it's safe. The New England Patriots have a

1851
01:46:43,280 --> 01:46:45,960
Speaker 2: very good defense they actually had. They do, I'll say

1852
01:46:46,000 --> 01:46:50,480
Speaker 2: that up front, but their offensive showing for the Chargers

1853
01:46:50,520 --> 01:46:53,560
Speaker 2: and their six nothing victory against New England was unacceptable

1854
01:46:54,320 --> 01:46:56,519
Speaker 2: for a team as much talent. You know, I've been

1855
01:46:56,560 --> 01:47:00,280
Speaker 2: all over Brandon Staley, you know, you know, like white

1856
01:47:00,280 --> 01:47:04,960
Speaker 2: on Rice since he got hired. Don't like they're five

1857
01:47:04,960 --> 01:47:06,880
Speaker 2: and seven. They have too much talent to be five

1858
01:47:06,880 --> 01:47:09,639
Speaker 2: and seven. The offensive line run blockings average at past

1859
01:47:10,280 --> 01:47:13,639
Speaker 2: and their offensive coordinator Kellen Moore repeatedly tried to force

1860
01:47:13,640 --> 01:47:19,880
Speaker 2: the run game against the Patriots last week, maybe because

1861
01:47:19,880 --> 01:47:22,680
Speaker 2: he you know, didn't want to be one dimensional result disaster.

1862
01:47:23,640 --> 01:47:26,160
Speaker 2: Chargers ran the ball twenty four times for an average

1863
01:47:26,160 --> 01:47:28,479
Speaker 2: at one point two yards for Kerry talk about beating

1864
01:47:28,479 --> 01:47:32,000
Speaker 2: your head against the wall. And Kellen Moore I had

1865
01:47:32,000 --> 01:47:34,519
Speaker 2: a good reputation. You know, Dallas's offense doesn't seem to

1866
01:47:34,520 --> 01:47:36,280
Speaker 2: miss him. For what it's worth. He was a great

1867
01:47:36,320 --> 01:47:38,280
Speaker 2: quarterback at Boise. He stayed, had a cup of coffee

1868
01:47:38,280 --> 01:47:41,120
Speaker 2: in the NFL. He tried to call rushes on early

1869
01:47:41,200 --> 01:47:45,160
Speaker 2: downs and that offense set's a bad down in distance situation,

1870
01:47:45,360 --> 01:47:48,400
Speaker 2: so you find yourself second to nine, third nine. The

1871
01:47:48,439 --> 01:47:52,639
Speaker 2: Patriots offense, which could not score with a fist full

1872
01:47:52,640 --> 01:47:57,280
Speaker 2: of fifties in a women's house ofville repute. They somehow

1873
01:47:57,439 --> 01:48:01,240
Speaker 2: outgained the Chargers two fifty seven to two forty one. Now,

1874
01:48:02,000 --> 01:48:04,680
Speaker 2: believe it or not, this was a game that was

1875
01:48:04,720 --> 01:48:07,839
Speaker 2: painful to watch. It set offense back into the seventeen hundreds.

1876
01:48:08,360 --> 01:48:11,000
Speaker 2: Neither team took a snap in the red zone. Yep.

1877
01:48:11,560 --> 01:48:14,599
Speaker 2: Part of it were drop passes and not great effort.

1878
01:48:14,720 --> 01:48:19,519
Speaker 2: Mental mistakes, you know, blown assignments that, But that's the norm.

1879
01:48:20,360 --> 01:48:23,240
Speaker 2: And the question is will lacross Brandon Staley's job?

1880
01:48:23,320 --> 01:48:23,479
Speaker 8: Now?

1881
01:48:23,520 --> 01:48:26,559
Speaker 2: I have never called for a coach's job at any

1882
01:48:26,640 --> 01:48:29,240
Speaker 2: radio show I've done since nineteen ninety four, and I'm

1883
01:48:29,240 --> 01:48:32,120
Speaker 2: not going to start now. And I will tell you this.

1884
01:48:32,720 --> 01:48:35,400
Speaker 2: I don't know they're telling more safe either, and I

1885
01:48:35,439 --> 01:48:37,879
Speaker 2: don't know that the Spanos family likes to pay coaches

1886
01:48:38,240 --> 01:48:41,360
Speaker 2: to not coach. But I will tell you, on a

1887
01:48:41,400 --> 01:48:43,519
Speaker 2: scale of one to ten, Brandon Staley has done a

1888
01:48:43,520 --> 01:48:50,040
Speaker 2: negative one. Sorry, sorry, not sorry. By the way, I

1889
01:48:50,040 --> 01:48:53,240
Speaker 2: thought when Pittsburgh got rid of Matt Cannon, that's what

1890
01:48:53,280 --> 01:48:56,600
Speaker 2: they told us they were supposed to be, you know,

1891
01:48:56,920 --> 01:48:58,559
Speaker 2: upp and at them after they got rid of their

1892
01:48:58,600 --> 01:49:02,280
Speaker 2: offensive coordinator Matt Cannon, Well, that went over like a

1893
01:49:02,360 --> 01:49:05,160
Speaker 2: lead balloon. They've come crashing back to earth. Pittsburgh was

1894
01:49:05,200 --> 01:49:07,720
Speaker 2: seven and five. They put up just ten points on

1895
01:49:07,800 --> 01:49:11,560
Speaker 2: the Arizona Cardinals team last Sunday with only two victories,

1896
01:49:11,920 --> 01:49:15,120
Speaker 2: and their defense was ranked second to last allowing twenty

1897
01:49:15,160 --> 01:49:17,640
Speaker 2: seven points per game. Pittsburgh didn't double down on that

1898
01:49:17,720 --> 01:49:21,439
Speaker 2: by stinking it up Thursday night. Why doesn't Pittsburgh have

1899
01:49:21,479 --> 01:49:24,920
Speaker 2: a downfield passing game? Even with a backup quarterback, you

1900
01:49:24,960 --> 01:49:27,519
Speaker 2: should have a downfield passing game. Mis Trubisky was twenty

1901
01:49:27,520 --> 01:49:30,280
Speaker 2: five and thirteen in Chicago, completed sixty seven percent of

1902
01:49:30,360 --> 01:49:33,559
Speaker 2: his passes, even got to the playoffs twice, even could

1903
01:49:33,600 --> 01:49:35,840
Speaker 2: have won a playoff game without the double doing field goal.

1904
01:49:36,200 --> 01:49:39,200
Speaker 2: What's happened to Mike Tomlin and Pittsburgh? This is a

1905
01:49:39,200 --> 01:49:41,880
Speaker 2: serious question starting to wander. To be better off with

1906
01:49:42,040 --> 01:49:45,800
Speaker 2: Lily Tomlin? What has happened? The Steers converted just one

1907
01:49:45,840 --> 01:49:49,400
Speaker 2: to four trips inside the twenty. That was against Arizona,

1908
01:49:49,920 --> 01:49:53,679
Speaker 2: and they stunk it up again Thursday night. Now, Mike

1909
01:49:53,760 --> 01:49:57,439
Speaker 2: Tomlin has never not had or he's never had a

1910
01:49:57,439 --> 01:49:59,840
Speaker 2: losing season. I'm starting to wonder if that could be

1911
01:49:59,880 --> 01:50:04,840
Speaker 2: in jeopardy this year. So Carolina fires Frank Reich, who

1912
01:50:04,880 --> 01:50:07,840
Speaker 2: I really like, But this just that eras that owner.

1913
01:50:07,880 --> 01:50:10,720
Speaker 2: I don't know. Man, he adds new dimensions to the

1914
01:50:10,760 --> 01:50:15,639
Speaker 2: word impatience. But I really think Carolion has problems run

1915
01:50:15,720 --> 01:50:19,320
Speaker 2: far deeper than Frank Reich. Frankly, I do think it

1916
01:50:19,400 --> 01:50:21,880
Speaker 2: might start at the top. With all due respect David Tepper,

1917
01:50:21,920 --> 01:50:23,719
Speaker 2: and it is good to be the king mel Brooks.

1918
01:50:24,439 --> 01:50:27,760
Speaker 2: It's good to be the king. Far too often if

1919
01:50:27,800 --> 01:50:32,440
Speaker 2: you have an impatient NFL owner, that leads to instability,

1920
01:50:32,640 --> 01:50:36,960
Speaker 2: coaching staff's turnover, front office's turnover, and that really sort

1921
01:50:36,960 --> 01:50:43,200
Speaker 2: of puts a real crimp in the chance for a

1922
01:50:43,280 --> 01:50:47,640
Speaker 2: young player to develop and have success. So the Carolina

1923
01:50:47,720 --> 01:50:51,679
Speaker 2: Panthers they drafted a quarterback, Price Young number one overall.

1924
01:50:52,720 --> 01:50:56,960
Speaker 2: And even though I mean the only g Frank Reich

1925
01:50:57,040 --> 01:51:01,599
Speaker 2: eleven games, that's it wasn't great. That is too far

1926
01:51:01,680 --> 01:51:03,760
Speaker 2: short of a time to evaluate a coach. And by

1927
01:51:03,800 --> 01:51:07,680
Speaker 2: the way, I've been evaluating quarterbacks for a long time,

1928
01:51:07,720 --> 01:51:09,360
Speaker 2: I know how to do it. I do not give

1929
01:51:09,439 --> 01:51:12,400
Speaker 2: up on Bryce Young. He's not a deer in the headlights.

1930
01:51:12,439 --> 01:51:16,439
Speaker 2: It's a bad situation, he sees the field. He's more

1931
01:51:16,479 --> 01:51:20,240
Speaker 2: athletic than people give him credit for. He's more accurate

1932
01:51:20,240 --> 01:51:21,760
Speaker 2: than people get him credit for. He knows how to

1933
01:51:21,800 --> 01:51:24,639
Speaker 2: get the ball out of his hand. Give him time.

1934
01:51:25,439 --> 01:51:27,200
Speaker 2: I don't want to hear about his size. I give

1935
01:51:27,280 --> 01:51:29,479
Speaker 2: damn about a size. I can give you a bunch

1936
01:51:29,520 --> 01:51:32,759
Speaker 2: of tall, big quarterbacks in the history of the National

1937
01:51:32,760 --> 01:51:35,080
Speaker 2: Football You have suck. You want size, how about Dan

1938
01:51:35,160 --> 01:51:38,200
Speaker 2: McGuire out of San Diego State, Mark Maguire's brother six

1939
01:51:38,240 --> 01:51:41,599
Speaker 2: foot seven, how about Paston Lynch. Don't tell me about size.

1940
01:51:41,640 --> 01:51:45,439
Speaker 2: It's about ability, and quarterback is the position you play

1941
01:51:45,479 --> 01:51:48,519
Speaker 2: with your eyes. I'm not giving up on Bryce Young,

1942
01:51:48,560 --> 01:51:51,960
Speaker 2: but he's with a bad organization, and it's compounded when

1943
01:51:51,960 --> 01:51:55,080
Speaker 2: you factor in Carolina traded its best weapon in the

1944
01:51:55,120 --> 01:51:56,760
Speaker 2: deal to move up on the draft, so that just

1945
01:51:56,760 --> 01:52:01,360
Speaker 2: puts more pressure on him. His first game with Chris

1946
01:52:01,400 --> 01:52:05,000
Speaker 2: Taber as an interim coach, the offense was basically the same.

1947
01:52:05,400 --> 01:52:08,320
Speaker 2: They lost twenty one to eighteen to Tampa Bay, and

1948
01:52:08,360 --> 01:52:11,840
Speaker 2: the Panthers converted just three or fifteen third downs, which

1949
01:52:11,920 --> 01:52:16,599
Speaker 2: match the season low. And yes, I get it. Bryce

1950
01:52:16,640 --> 01:52:19,519
Speaker 2: Young failed to throw a passing touchdown. For the fourth

1951
01:52:19,520 --> 01:52:23,720
Speaker 2: time this season. What Caroline Carolina needs to do is

1952
01:52:23,880 --> 01:52:27,680
Speaker 2: nail its next coaching higher because you don't want to

1953
01:52:27,720 --> 01:52:34,160
Speaker 2: sabotage Bryce Young's career. I would be concerned because given

1954
01:52:34,280 --> 01:52:38,519
Speaker 2: David Tepper and his tenure is what his proclivities are,

1955
01:52:39,080 --> 01:52:41,760
Speaker 2: it would seem to me that I don't know that

1956
01:52:41,800 --> 01:52:44,080
Speaker 2: I have a good feeling about what could happen there.

1957
01:52:44,840 --> 01:52:48,200
Speaker 2: But I want to repeat myself, I believe Bryce Young

1958
01:52:48,240 --> 01:52:51,640
Speaker 2: can play. Give him time. See me after he's had

1959
01:52:51,680 --> 01:52:54,640
Speaker 2: about twenty seven starts, see me after he's had some

1960
01:52:54,680 --> 01:52:57,519
Speaker 2: other NFL talent around him. And it's not an excuse,

1961
01:52:58,479 --> 01:53:02,000
Speaker 2: it's a fact I evaluate him differently than I evaluate

1962
01:53:02,120 --> 01:53:06,560
Speaker 2: justin fields. There's certainly Trey Lance Bryce Young can play.

1963
01:53:06,720 --> 01:53:10,600
Speaker 2: He needs a different opportunity. But from what I have

1964
01:53:10,760 --> 01:53:15,759
Speaker 2: seen in terms of his physical attitude, in the worst

1965
01:53:15,800 --> 01:53:20,000
Speaker 2: possible conditions, he's managed to hold up. Okay, you know,

1966
01:53:20,080 --> 01:53:21,800
Speaker 2: go back and look at Troy Aikman's first year. It

1967
01:53:21,920 --> 01:53:25,760
Speaker 2: wasn't great. Wasn't great coming up? Speaking of another quarterback

1968
01:53:26,200 --> 01:53:29,720
Speaker 2: who's not only been maligned, I think he's been sort

1969
01:53:29,720 --> 01:53:33,320
Speaker 2: of unfairly characterized. And you may wonder why am I

1970
01:53:33,320 --> 01:53:36,880
Speaker 2: sticking up for this guy well, because he was a

1971
01:53:36,920 --> 01:53:39,840
Speaker 2: subject of completely false reports last week. To the best

1972
01:53:39,840 --> 01:53:43,320
Speaker 2: of my knowledge. Now he's got to defend himself. This

1973
01:53:43,400 --> 01:53:45,960
Speaker 2: is a guy with a lot of physical talent. Sometimes

1974
01:53:46,160 --> 01:53:49,200
Speaker 2: your physical talent with athletes will take you to a

1975
01:53:49,240 --> 01:53:52,120
Speaker 2: place where your character can't keep you. But I think

1976
01:53:52,160 --> 01:53:54,360
Speaker 2: we have a different situation here, and I think we

1977
01:53:54,439 --> 01:53:57,960
Speaker 2: have a situation that's rectifiable, and this team better figure

1978
01:53:57,960 --> 01:54:00,200
Speaker 2: out how to do it because they picked this kidnumber

1979
01:54:00,240 --> 01:54:03,599
Speaker 2: two overall. I will get to that coming up. Football fans,

1980
01:54:03,640 --> 01:54:05,960
Speaker 2: be sure to tune into Fox Sports Radio every Sunday

1981
01:54:05,960 --> 01:54:08,960
Speaker 2: morning beginning at ten am Eastern seventy am Pacific for

1982
01:54:09,000 --> 01:54:13,040
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1983
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Speaker 2: my buddy Professional Better Bill Krackenberger. They got you covered

1984
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Speaker 2: three hours before kickoff every Sunday morning, listening to Countdown

1985
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1986
01:54:22,040 --> 01:54:26,320
Speaker 2: Sports Radio in the iHeartRadio app. Coming up, we talk

1987
01:54:26,400 --> 01:54:31,240
Speaker 2: about wait for it, Zach Wilson, give me my two cents.

1988
01:54:31,520 --> 01:54:33,920
Speaker 2: I'm Bernie Frattle. We're company live from Las Vegas. Fox

1989
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Speaker 2: Sports Radio, tirect dot Com Studios keep it locked you

1990
01:54:37,320 --> 01:54:39,440
Speaker 2: listen to the Bernie Frattle Show on Fox Sports Radio.

1991
01:54:40,640 --> 01:54:43,000
Speaker 2: We're back at the Bernie Frattle Show, coming up top

1992
01:54:43,040 --> 01:54:45,000
Speaker 2: of the hour. What kind of brand new fool of you?

1993
01:54:45,040 --> 01:54:47,880
Speaker 2: What my name all right? I want to share with

1994
01:54:47,920 --> 01:54:50,000
Speaker 2: you a scouting report of a young man drafted out

1995
01:54:50,000 --> 01:54:52,800
Speaker 2: a BYU currently with the New York Jets. This is

1996
01:54:52,840 --> 01:54:56,560
Speaker 2: a legitimate NFL scouting report. Three year starter who took

1997
01:54:56,560 --> 01:54:59,360
Speaker 2: over as a true freshman. Can throw guys open with

1998
01:54:59,400 --> 01:55:02,840
Speaker 2: accuracy all three levels, will place throws attempting to save

1999
01:55:02,880 --> 01:55:06,120
Speaker 2: his receivers from hits. Willing to make tight throws at

2000
01:55:06,160 --> 01:55:11,360
Speaker 2: all levels, consistently aggressive plays with confidence. He will attempt

2001
01:55:11,360 --> 01:55:15,240
Speaker 2: back shoulder throws and can place balls against tight coverage.

2002
01:55:15,320 --> 01:55:18,680
Speaker 2: Excellent deep ball thrower, can throw far and throws a

2003
01:55:18,760 --> 01:55:23,280
Speaker 2: nice catchable ball. Good intermediate arm strength overall solid arm strength,

2004
01:55:23,480 --> 01:55:26,920
Speaker 2: can put some zip on outside throws. Played in a

2005
01:55:27,000 --> 01:55:29,839
Speaker 2: varied scheme that has him to make all sorts of plays,

2006
01:55:30,400 --> 01:55:33,720
Speaker 2: asks to make real progressions at times, seem to handle it.

2007
01:55:34,000 --> 01:55:36,960
Speaker 2: Has the ability to add lib change arms, slots on

2008
01:55:37,000 --> 01:55:40,120
Speaker 2: his throws, ability to make throws off platform. He will

2009
01:55:40,160 --> 01:55:44,600
Speaker 2: extend plays and use his legs good, smooth athlete, able

2010
01:55:44,640 --> 01:55:48,600
Speaker 2: to make defenses pay when he scrambles versus man coverage,

2011
01:55:48,640 --> 01:55:51,200
Speaker 2: her zone reads, quick release even when on the move,

2012
01:55:52,040 --> 01:55:55,680
Speaker 2: able to quickly get run pass option, throws, and screams

2013
01:55:55,720 --> 01:55:58,960
Speaker 2: to the receivers to generate yards after the catch. All

2014
01:55:59,000 --> 01:56:01,280
Speaker 2: these things are true. The negatives that he needed to

2015
01:56:01,320 --> 01:56:05,680
Speaker 2: be more consistent and better ball security six three two

2016
01:56:05,760 --> 01:56:10,160
Speaker 2: ten Gunslinger, I'm talking about Zach Wilson. What the hell happened?

2017
01:56:11,240 --> 01:56:13,200
Speaker 2: I know he's not the next Joe Namath, but he's

2018
01:56:13,240 --> 01:56:16,080
Speaker 2: not nearly as bad as he's shown in New York.

2019
01:56:16,200 --> 01:56:20,280
Speaker 2: He's in a bad situation. I genuinely believe that, and

2020
01:56:20,440 --> 01:56:24,040
Speaker 2: very respected people reported that on Monday the Jets wanted

2021
01:56:24,040 --> 01:56:26,960
Speaker 2: to return to Wilson as a team starting quarterback, but

2022
01:56:27,000 --> 01:56:31,080
Speaker 2: Wilson was quote reluctant to take on the role. But

2023
01:56:31,240 --> 01:56:33,040
Speaker 2: I'm not going to call out the reporters, but I'm

2024
01:56:33,040 --> 01:56:36,320
Speaker 2: just gonna merely say I don't believe it. I'm having

2025
01:56:36,320 --> 01:56:38,760
Speaker 2: a hell of a hard time believing it. Whatever his

2026
01:56:38,800 --> 01:56:43,040
Speaker 2: stance was, he has accepted the responsibility to start and

2027
01:56:43,120 --> 01:56:47,200
Speaker 2: he's responded. Okay, he issued his first public response, and

2028
01:56:47,240 --> 01:56:50,280
Speaker 2: he was reluctant to take back the team starting quarterback.

2029
01:56:50,320 --> 01:56:53,440
Speaker 2: He denied there was any hesitation on his part about

2030
01:56:53,440 --> 01:56:56,000
Speaker 2: becoming a starting quarterback, saying would quote do anything to

2031
01:56:56,040 --> 01:57:00,480
Speaker 2: help the team. Zach Wilson basically discussed it by saying,

2032
01:57:00,520 --> 01:57:02,120
Speaker 2: I love the guys in the locker room. I would

2033
01:57:02,120 --> 01:57:04,840
Speaker 2: do anything. I think anytime you have an opportunity to

2034
01:57:04,840 --> 01:57:08,080
Speaker 2: step on the field, you need to take advantage of it.

2035
01:57:08,920 --> 01:57:11,440
Speaker 2: Would I do not? You know, would I'd be reluctant?

2036
01:57:11,480 --> 01:57:15,520
Speaker 2: Absolutely not. I think anytime you have an opportunity, you

2037
01:57:15,640 --> 01:57:17,960
Speaker 2: need to take advantage of it. Now, I really don't

2038
01:57:17,960 --> 01:57:20,200
Speaker 2: know how this started, and I don't care. I am

2039
01:57:20,240 --> 01:57:23,640
Speaker 2: merely telling you my opinion. I don't buy it. And

2040
01:57:24,400 --> 01:57:26,960
Speaker 2: he's in a bad situation in New York. There's thoughts

2041
01:57:27,200 --> 01:57:30,680
Speaker 2: will they will trade him, but according to Scotting reports

2042
01:57:30,720 --> 01:57:33,600
Speaker 2: and his physical ability, and again he's sixty three two ten,

2043
01:57:34,200 --> 01:57:36,400
Speaker 2: so I don't want to hear the height. He's a legit,

2044
01:57:36,520 --> 01:57:41,240
Speaker 2: potential franchise quarterback. But someone's got to develop him. You know,

2045
01:57:41,320 --> 01:57:43,280
Speaker 2: Bill Walsh ain't walking through that door, and notice it

2046
01:57:43,400 --> 01:57:45,760
Speaker 2: have to be Bill Walsh. But give the kid a chance.

2047
01:57:45,800 --> 01:57:47,160
Speaker 2: I'm not ready to give up on him, man. I

2048
01:57:47,160 --> 01:57:50,480
Speaker 2: think he's in a bad situation coming up? What kind

2049
01:57:50,520 --> 01:57:53,080
Speaker 2: of brand new fool of you? And what my name?

2050
01:57:53,720 --> 01:57:55,600
Speaker 2: You want to keep it locked right now? The Bernie

2051
01:57:55,640 --> 01:58:02,480
Speaker 2: frattle Show in Fox Sports Radio. Yeah, that's right, you

2052
01:58:02,520 --> 01:58:05,160
Speaker 2: heard the man. The Bernie Fraddle Show keeps rolling right along.

2053
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2054
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2059
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Speaker 2: You know what you love it? You can't live without it.

2060
01:58:30,560 --> 01:58:32,920
Speaker 2: We call it the dance Sensation Sweep in the Nation

2061
01:58:33,080 --> 01:58:36,240
Speaker 2: because what happens is we chronicle the fact that every

2062
01:58:36,360 --> 01:58:40,560
Speaker 2: day twenty four seven, three sixty five, across this great

2063
01:58:40,640 --> 01:58:44,200
Speaker 2: land of ours, and certainly around the globe, people do things.

2064
01:58:45,080 --> 01:58:48,480
Speaker 2: They do things that are well, they're crazy, stupid, sometimes

2065
01:58:48,560 --> 01:58:52,720
Speaker 2: very innocuous, but very odd. Sometimes it can be much

2066
01:58:52,760 --> 01:58:58,440
Speaker 2: more serious, causing well incarceration. But anyway you slice it,

2067
01:58:59,200 --> 01:59:03,640
Speaker 2: these events, these activities, these behaviors, that people engage in.

2068
01:59:03,880 --> 01:59:07,160
Speaker 2: They leave you scratching your head and asking yourself, what

2069
01:59:07,240 --> 01:59:18,320
Speaker 2: kind of brand new fool are you? Brand news? So

2070
01:59:18,480 --> 01:59:21,680
Speaker 2: this one for me this week is the most unique

2071
01:59:21,680 --> 01:59:25,680
Speaker 2: and unusual one I've ever done. It doesn't involve drugs

2072
01:59:25,760 --> 01:59:28,160
Speaker 2: or someone going to jail, or shooting up a tackle

2073
01:59:28,200 --> 01:59:31,320
Speaker 2: bell because they didn't get their food, or getting busy

2074
01:59:31,320 --> 01:59:33,280
Speaker 2: with a stuffed animal in the back seat. When the

2075
01:59:33,320 --> 01:59:35,839
Speaker 2: police searched the car, they find all kinds of drugs.

2076
01:59:36,160 --> 01:59:39,440
Speaker 2: We've had some weird ones, I'm telling you. This one

2077
01:59:39,480 --> 01:59:42,600
Speaker 2: actually involves the current head coach in the National Football

2078
01:59:42,680 --> 01:59:45,760
Speaker 2: League and even goes back to a story in twenty

2079
01:59:45,880 --> 01:59:49,600
Speaker 2: nineteen when while he was coaching at Saint John Fisher

2080
01:59:49,680 --> 01:59:54,040
Speaker 2: College in Pittsford, New York, he decided he would give

2081
01:59:54,080 --> 01:59:57,360
Speaker 2: a little speech to motivate his team. He told the

2082
01:59:57,520 --> 02:00:01,200
Speaker 2: entire team, you need to come together. But then sources

2083
02:00:01,240 --> 02:00:05,680
Speaker 2: on handsay he used a strange model. He decided to

2084
02:00:05,720 --> 02:00:09,760
Speaker 2: invoke the terrorists on September eleventh, two thousand and one.

2085
02:00:10,600 --> 02:00:12,800
Speaker 2: He cited the hijackers as a group of people who

2086
02:00:12,840 --> 02:00:15,440
Speaker 2: were all able to get on the same page and

2087
02:00:15,560 --> 02:00:19,880
Speaker 2: orchestrate their attacks to perfection. One by one, the coach

2088
02:00:19,920 --> 02:00:23,200
Speaker 2: started asking players in the room what taxics do you

2089
02:00:23,280 --> 02:00:29,200
Speaker 2: think they used to come together? Obviously, when this resurface

2090
02:00:29,280 --> 02:00:32,520
Speaker 2: the other day from a report from a gentleman named

2091
02:00:32,560 --> 02:00:36,240
Speaker 2: Ty Done of Golong, it was done as part of

2092
02:00:36,280 --> 02:00:38,960
Speaker 2: a broader look at what the supposed problems are in

2093
02:00:39,000 --> 02:00:46,200
Speaker 2: the Bills organization under coach Sean McDermott. This feature length

2094
02:00:46,440 --> 02:00:51,320
Speaker 2: article published by Dunn chronicled this speech back in twenty nineteen,

2095
02:00:52,080 --> 02:00:55,600
Speaker 2: when Sean McDermott used these September eleventh hijackers as his

2096
02:00:55,720 --> 02:01:00,600
Speaker 2: example of what great teamwork can accomplish. Not to be fair, Thursday,

2097
02:01:01,320 --> 02:01:05,600
Speaker 2: Sean McDermott apologized for this ridiculous speech he gave to

2098
02:01:05,640 --> 02:01:08,360
Speaker 2: his team four years ago when again he said it

2099
02:01:08,400 --> 02:01:13,360
Speaker 2: this September eleventh hijackers as a positive example of communication

2100
02:01:13,480 --> 02:01:18,760
Speaker 2: and cooperation. All right, apparently it's been addressed, He says.

2101
02:01:18,800 --> 02:01:20,720
Speaker 2: His intent in the meeting that day was to discuss

2102
02:01:20,720 --> 02:01:23,720
Speaker 2: the importance of communication being on the same page. But

2103
02:01:23,800 --> 02:01:27,280
Speaker 2: he regretted it, and he apologized, and then he went

2104
02:01:27,280 --> 02:01:29,760
Speaker 2: on to talk about he said all the obligatory things,

2105
02:01:29,800 --> 02:01:34,800
Speaker 2: but reemphasized the importance of communication. The bottom line is

2106
02:01:34,840 --> 02:01:37,560
Speaker 2: I don't want to belabor this, and I'm gonna let

2107
02:01:37,600 --> 02:01:39,840
Speaker 2: the guy off the hook for making a mistake, but

2108
02:01:39,960 --> 02:01:43,400
Speaker 2: for that moment. In twenty nineteen, head coach Sean McDermott

2109
02:01:43,920 --> 02:01:46,960
Speaker 2: of the Buffalo Bills, what kind of brand new fool

2110
02:01:47,800 --> 02:01:51,040
Speaker 2: were you? All right, Chef Kevin Wire? What do you

2111
02:01:51,040 --> 02:01:51,560
Speaker 2: got for us?

2112
02:01:52,000 --> 02:01:54,880
Speaker 1: Well, this one does involve a fast food altercation.

2113
02:01:55,280 --> 02:01:55,760
Speaker 2: Here we go.

2114
02:01:55,960 --> 02:01:59,520
Speaker 5: We go to north of the border, Canada, Nova Scotia

2115
02:01:59,560 --> 02:02:04,320
Speaker 5: to be precise, where a man got into a physical

2116
02:02:04,400 --> 02:02:09,800
Speaker 5: altercation because his happy meal didn't come with Pokemon cards.

2117
02:02:10,840 --> 02:02:12,160
Speaker 1: He was given a toy.

2118
02:02:11,960 --> 02:02:16,560
Speaker 5: Donkey instead, and he had a meltdown about how he

2119
02:02:16,600 --> 02:02:18,760
Speaker 5: was gonna press chargers. He was yelling about all this,

2120
02:02:18,920 --> 02:02:21,800
Speaker 5: how he wanted a refund, he wanted his six dollars back.

2121
02:02:22,400 --> 02:02:24,080
Speaker 5: And then there was a guy he was just so

2122
02:02:24,320 --> 02:02:26,040
Speaker 5: sick and tired of this and he just wanted to

2123
02:02:26,080 --> 02:02:28,480
Speaker 5: go up and order. He was wearing a Bill's Josh

2124
02:02:28,480 --> 02:02:32,000
Speaker 5: Allen Jersey decides, you know, to tell this guy to

2125
02:02:32,160 --> 02:02:34,560
Speaker 5: you know, to shut it, and that's when the hands

2126
02:02:34,600 --> 02:02:38,200
Speaker 5: start flying and hands get thrown, and that's when the

2127
02:02:38,280 --> 02:02:38,960
Speaker 5: video ends.

2128
02:02:38,960 --> 02:02:40,040
Speaker 1: The police are called.

2129
02:02:40,840 --> 02:02:44,800
Speaker 5: No further update on that, but an unidentified Canadian man

2130
02:02:45,520 --> 02:02:48,320
Speaker 5: who didn't get his happy meal or didn't get his

2131
02:02:48,360 --> 02:02:49,840
Speaker 5: Pokemon cards with his happy meal?

2132
02:02:49,880 --> 02:02:51,560
Speaker 1: What kind of brand new fool are you? And he

2133
02:02:52,560 --> 02:02:55,360
Speaker 1: got a toy donkey out of it, though, wasn't good enough?

2134
02:02:55,400 --> 02:02:57,640
Speaker 2: Apparently, well you would think that would be a good

2135
02:02:57,680 --> 02:02:59,320
Speaker 2: toy for him, because it turns out this guy was

2136
02:02:59,360 --> 02:03:03,640
Speaker 2: the real jacket. Yeah right. I gotta know one thing though,

2137
02:03:03,800 --> 02:03:06,040
Speaker 2: does a grown man order a happy meal? Not that

2138
02:03:06,080 --> 02:03:07,840
Speaker 2: there's anything wrong with it? You, I mean, I don't

2139
02:03:07,920 --> 02:03:08,760
Speaker 2: order happy meals.

2140
02:03:09,320 --> 02:03:11,080
Speaker 1: Maybe he did it for the Pokemon cards.

2141
02:03:11,160 --> 02:03:16,840
Speaker 2: Ah, you see there you go? I I okay, I

2142
02:03:16,880 --> 02:03:20,640
Speaker 2: stand corrected, I stand correct? Why wear painty Hills? Very nice, Kevin,

2143
02:03:20,680 --> 02:03:24,760
Speaker 2: that's a good brand new fool. All right, Patrick sweink

2144
02:03:24,880 --> 02:03:27,480
Speaker 2: you're a veteran at this game. We look forward to

2145
02:03:27,480 --> 02:03:28,560
Speaker 2: what you have to say.

2146
02:03:29,080 --> 02:03:33,880
Speaker 8: All right, Bernie and Kevin, we are going to not

2147
02:03:34,080 --> 02:03:36,120
Speaker 8: quite into the us of a.

2148
02:03:36,320 --> 02:03:42,280
Speaker 1: We're going to Redditch, Worcestershire. Who aha going.

2149
02:03:43,200 --> 02:03:45,080
Speaker 2: You put that on your steak, don't you? I do?

2150
02:03:45,280 --> 02:03:45,720
Speaker 2: I do?

2151
02:03:46,320 --> 02:03:48,960
Speaker 8: All right, continue on, but unrelated, This is not a

2152
02:03:49,000 --> 02:03:51,800
Speaker 8: steak related situation.

2153
02:03:52,000 --> 02:03:53,760
Speaker 2: Go ahead, stak or claim ah.

2154
02:03:54,240 --> 02:03:58,800
Speaker 8: Well done, well done, well Anyways, So in Redditch there

2155
02:03:58,920 --> 02:04:04,880
Speaker 8: is one unnamed, anonymous person who, like every single one

2156
02:04:04,920 --> 02:04:07,880
Speaker 8: of us here, has gone through at least once in

2157
02:04:07,920 --> 02:04:11,000
Speaker 8: their life, done a learner's permit test to go, you know,

2158
02:04:11,240 --> 02:04:14,800
Speaker 8: try to apply for driving and whatnot. So this unnamed

2159
02:04:14,800 --> 02:04:18,360
Speaker 8: person went and after the first time, you know, failed,

2160
02:04:18,720 --> 02:04:20,960
Speaker 8: you know, you know, failing like those learner permits that

2161
02:04:21,080 --> 02:04:23,560
Speaker 8: they're hard, they are they are hard, you can fail them.

2162
02:04:23,560 --> 02:04:28,280
Speaker 8: It's you know, totally fine. What ended up being is

2163
02:04:28,720 --> 02:04:34,240
Speaker 8: she failed again and again and again up to the

2164
02:04:34,280 --> 02:04:37,800
Speaker 8: point where it got to you know, well about sixty

2165
02:04:37,880 --> 02:04:42,840
Speaker 8: hours and nearly what the equivalent of about fourteen one

2166
02:04:42,920 --> 02:04:47,240
Speaker 8: hundred dollars later, and.

2167
02:04:46,720 --> 02:04:49,000
Speaker 1: Fifty nine tries, she finally passed.

2168
02:04:50,920 --> 02:04:56,800
Speaker 8: She tries, Yes, this unnamed learner permit driver failed their

2169
02:04:56,920 --> 02:05:02,760
Speaker 8: test fifty nine times before asking and spend not only

2170
02:05:02,840 --> 02:05:06,920
Speaker 8: sixty hours preparing and retaking over and over, also spent

2171
02:05:07,120 --> 02:05:11,600
Speaker 8: literally fourteen hundred dollars and or the I'm sorry, the

2172
02:05:11,600 --> 02:05:14,720
Speaker 8: British equivalent or the what is it the euro equivalent

2173
02:05:15,120 --> 02:05:19,640
Speaker 8: of that, and just they're saying, and she was quoted

2174
02:05:19,680 --> 02:05:20,680
Speaker 8: with what was so.

2175
02:05:20,600 --> 02:05:21,080
Speaker 2: Wrong with it?

2176
02:05:21,240 --> 02:05:25,280
Speaker 8: Just it was really hard and just apparently just couldn't

2177
02:05:25,280 --> 02:05:27,839
Speaker 8: get the gist of it, you know, the first forty

2178
02:05:27,880 --> 02:05:33,080
Speaker 8: times and turned into fifty nine so unnamed unknown person

2179
02:05:33,120 --> 02:05:35,920
Speaker 8: who really really was having a rough time with their

2180
02:05:36,360 --> 02:05:37,240
Speaker 8: learner purnmit test.

2181
02:05:37,320 --> 02:05:38,840
Speaker 1: What kind of brand new fool are you?

2182
02:05:39,480 --> 02:05:41,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know that's a rough one, but I gotta

2183
02:05:41,440 --> 02:05:48,000
Speaker 2: give them credit. Persistence man fifty nine times? And who

2184
02:05:48,040 --> 02:05:50,120
Speaker 2: the hell kept count? I mean, actually kept count?

2185
02:05:50,400 --> 02:05:51,440
Speaker 1: I want to stop counting.

2186
02:05:51,680 --> 02:05:54,800
Speaker 2: One takeaway for me in tonight's what kind of brand

2187
02:05:54,840 --> 02:05:58,840
Speaker 2: new fool? Kevin? You mentioned the gentleman who had gone

2188
02:05:58,840 --> 02:06:01,200
Speaker 2: into order the Happy Meal and was pissed off that

2189
02:06:01,240 --> 02:06:05,040
Speaker 2: he didn't get Pokemon cards and he actually got a

2190
02:06:05,080 --> 02:06:08,320
Speaker 2: toy donkey and then next thing you know, they're throwing

2191
02:06:08,400 --> 02:06:10,720
Speaker 2: hands and the cops come and it was a big mess.

2192
02:06:11,440 --> 02:06:14,760
Speaker 2: He said he was wearing a Josh Allen jersey. Yes,

2193
02:06:14,960 --> 02:06:16,440
Speaker 2: you don't think it was Josh Allen, do you?

2194
02:06:17,320 --> 02:06:19,680
Speaker 5: It did not appear to be so, Yeah, And I

2195
02:06:19,680 --> 02:06:21,960
Speaker 5: think that would have really made news if Josh Allen

2196
02:06:22,040 --> 02:06:25,720
Speaker 5: was involved in a random Katie McDonald's altercation over a

2197
02:06:25,760 --> 02:06:26,360
Speaker 5: Happy Meal.

2198
02:06:26,680 --> 02:06:30,760
Speaker 2: Well, you know we've all been there, yes or not. Yeah,

2199
02:06:30,760 --> 02:06:35,240
Speaker 2: I would hope that Josh Allen was not there, but

2200
02:06:35,960 --> 02:06:39,080
Speaker 2: you know, you never know, You just never know. But

2201
02:06:39,640 --> 02:06:42,880
Speaker 2: somewhere that guy was motivated to where a Josh Allen

2202
02:06:43,400 --> 02:06:46,840
Speaker 2: Jersey why committing a what kind of brand new fool

2203
02:06:46,840 --> 02:06:51,360
Speaker 2: are you? Event? Okay, another what kind of brand new fool?

2204
02:06:51,560 --> 02:06:54,040
Speaker 2: He's in the books? Which allows us to segue to

2205
02:06:54,120 --> 02:06:57,840
Speaker 2: our second favorite bit, which we lovingly refer to as

2206
02:06:57,960 --> 02:07:02,800
Speaker 2: what my name? All Right? College basketball is underway, so

2207
02:07:02,880 --> 02:07:05,680
Speaker 2: let's start there. We all know that Kansas is one

2208
02:07:05,680 --> 02:07:09,640
Speaker 2: of the true blue bloods in college basketball. Well, I'm

2209
02:07:09,640 --> 02:07:14,200
Speaker 2: the only coach in the history of Kansas basketball with

2210
02:07:14,280 --> 02:07:18,000
Speaker 2: a losing record, Kevin Wirett, What my name?

2211
02:07:18,080 --> 02:07:20,000
Speaker 5: I know this because this is one of the craziest

2212
02:07:20,000 --> 02:07:21,680
Speaker 5: pieces of trivia I've ever heard.

2213
02:07:22,520 --> 02:07:25,320
Speaker 2: James Naismith James Naysmith, and I wanted to go to

2214
02:07:25,400 --> 02:07:32,080
Speaker 2: you because where is James Naismith from Canada? And I

2215
02:07:32,120 --> 02:07:34,320
Speaker 2: wonder if he I wonder if he didn't get a donkey?

2216
02:07:34,680 --> 02:07:36,720
Speaker 2: He turned out to be in no, of course, the

2217
02:07:36,760 --> 02:07:40,720
Speaker 2: inventor of basketball. By the way, Canada was basketball. Great

2218
02:07:40,760 --> 02:07:43,240
Speaker 2: start to the game there, Kevin all right, let's stay

2219
02:07:43,320 --> 02:07:49,200
Speaker 2: with Kansas basketball. I am the winningest coach in the

2220
02:07:49,240 --> 02:07:53,880
Speaker 2: history of Kansas basketball. Patrick sweek Of What my name?

2221
02:07:54,760 --> 02:08:00,760
Speaker 8: Who is mc cronin. Mccronan not Mick cronin.

2222
02:08:03,920 --> 02:08:07,520
Speaker 2: All right, I am the winningest coach in the history

2223
02:08:07,640 --> 02:08:10,800
Speaker 2: of Kansas basketball. Mark Ramsey, what' my name?

2224
02:08:12,960 --> 02:08:14,480
Speaker 1: I'm a loser. I don't know the name.

2225
02:08:14,800 --> 02:08:17,720
Speaker 2: You're not a loser. It's all good. You're part of

2226
02:08:17,720 --> 02:08:20,240
Speaker 2: the game. This is not an easy one. But the

2227
02:08:20,280 --> 02:08:22,520
Speaker 2: guy does have an arena named after him, so that

2228
02:08:22,600 --> 02:08:25,400
Speaker 2: might help. I am the winningest coach in the history

2229
02:08:25,440 --> 02:08:27,880
Speaker 2: of Kansas basketball. Kevin Wyrett, what my name?

2230
02:08:27,960 --> 02:08:29,760
Speaker 1: Well, I can only guess Allen is because I know

2231
02:08:29,800 --> 02:08:30,160
Speaker 1: the arena.

2232
02:08:30,200 --> 02:08:32,160
Speaker 2: I don't know that you got it right. Well, the

2233
02:08:32,280 --> 02:08:40,600
Speaker 2: judges wall out, it's actually fog Allen. Fog Allen. All right,

2234
02:08:40,680 --> 02:08:43,760
Speaker 2: to all you SEC haters out there who were just

2235
02:08:43,920 --> 02:08:46,400
Speaker 2: dying to see the SEC get screwed. Not get an

2236
02:08:46,400 --> 02:08:51,960
Speaker 2: invitation to the CFB Made for TV Invitational Tournament, It's

2237
02:08:52,000 --> 02:08:56,400
Speaker 2: not a playoff. Don't confuse the two. However, the SEC

2238
02:08:56,480 --> 02:08:59,320
Speaker 2: has won five of the last six championships fourteen to

2239
02:08:59,360 --> 02:09:02,360
Speaker 2: the last twenty. But the last time a team not

2240
02:09:02,600 --> 02:09:07,120
Speaker 2: from the SEC won the national championship in football, I

2241
02:09:07,240 --> 02:09:10,040
Speaker 2: was the head coach. Patrick Sweeker, What my name?

2242
02:09:10,880 --> 02:09:16,160
Speaker 8: Who is Dabo swinny Bam?

2243
02:09:16,200 --> 02:09:19,600
Speaker 2: Three for three guys, Let's see if we can keep

2244
02:09:19,600 --> 02:09:21,680
Speaker 2: it going. If you were listening earlier in the show,

2245
02:09:22,640 --> 02:09:26,840
Speaker 2: You're gonna get this. I'm currently ahead NBA coach, and

2246
02:09:26,880 --> 02:09:30,160
Speaker 2: my team has lost nineteen games in a row. Mark Ramsey,

2247
02:09:30,160 --> 02:09:30,720
Speaker 2: what my name?

2248
02:09:32,800 --> 02:09:34,520
Speaker 1: Moly guessing the guy from Detroit.

2249
02:09:34,880 --> 02:09:37,920
Speaker 2: I'm gonna give it to you, Monty Williams. The judges

2250
02:09:37,960 --> 02:09:41,600
Speaker 2: will allowed you knew it was Detroit. We're four for four,

2251
02:09:43,760 --> 02:09:46,480
Speaker 2: all right, one of my all time favorites. Oh Man,

2252
02:09:46,600 --> 02:09:49,800
Speaker 2: got nothing but love for this guy. If throwing more

2253
02:09:49,840 --> 02:09:53,200
Speaker 2: pick six We're going to football now. If throwing more

2254
02:09:53,320 --> 02:09:58,800
Speaker 2: pick sixes than any NFL quarterback in history, Kevin Wyrett,

2255
02:09:58,800 --> 02:09:59,400
Speaker 2: what my name?

2256
02:10:00,040 --> 02:10:01,080
Speaker 1: Can you say the question again?

2257
02:10:01,440 --> 02:10:06,280
Speaker 2: You bet? I've thrown more pick sixes than any NFL

2258
02:10:06,440 --> 02:10:08,960
Speaker 2: quarterback in history.

2259
02:10:08,640 --> 02:10:11,840
Speaker 1: I'm gonna guess Brett Farv, not Brett Farv.

2260
02:10:13,120 --> 02:10:17,080
Speaker 2: I'm throwing more pick sixes than any quarterback in NFL history.

2261
02:10:17,440 --> 02:10:18,840
Speaker 2: Patrick Sweeko, What my name?

2262
02:10:19,320 --> 02:10:22,240
Speaker 1: Who is Daniel Dimes? Danger?

2263
02:10:22,400 --> 02:10:26,440
Speaker 2: Daniel Dimes? But I love the Jeopardy inflection. I've thrown

2264
02:10:26,480 --> 02:10:31,240
Speaker 2: more pick sixes than any NFL quarterback in history. Mark Ramsey,

2265
02:10:31,240 --> 02:10:31,760
Speaker 2: what my name?

2266
02:10:33,440 --> 02:10:33,600
Speaker 7: Uh?

2267
02:10:34,000 --> 02:10:35,160
Speaker 1: Is his name Trubisky?

2268
02:10:36,000 --> 02:10:39,080
Speaker 2: Not Mitch Trubisky. This is not bad guesses. All right,

2269
02:10:39,120 --> 02:10:42,040
Speaker 2: someone's gonna blurt it out. He played for the Rams.

2270
02:10:43,480 --> 02:10:44,800
Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford bet.

2271
02:10:46,440 --> 02:10:52,600
Speaker 2: Five for five. You're just showing off now, all right,

2272
02:10:52,640 --> 02:10:56,720
Speaker 2: we're gonna get this one for sure. With Tom Brady

2273
02:10:56,720 --> 02:10:59,840
Speaker 2: as my quarterback, my record was two nineteen and sixty.

2274
02:11:00,400 --> 02:11:03,120
Speaker 2: With all other quarterbacks, I'm eighty one and ninety eight,

2275
02:11:03,760 --> 02:11:05,160
Speaker 2: Mark Ramsey, what my name?

2276
02:11:07,440 --> 02:11:11,760
Speaker 1: I really don't. I'll just throw out a name, okay,

2277
02:11:11,800 --> 02:11:12,560
Speaker 1: at poto Ac.

2278
02:11:13,080 --> 02:11:15,360
Speaker 2: Oh, that was such a great name. He played for

2279
02:11:15,360 --> 02:11:17,360
Speaker 2: the Kansas City Chiefs. He had an all time game

2280
02:11:17,360 --> 02:11:21,960
Speaker 2: on Monday Night football. That's outstanding. I'm gonna save ed pot.

2281
02:11:22,320 --> 02:11:23,880
Speaker 2: You remember at poto ac don't you?

2282
02:11:24,080 --> 02:11:24,720
Speaker 1: Yes? I do?

2283
02:11:24,920 --> 02:11:28,080
Speaker 2: Oh? He had like the all time game, like a

2284
02:11:28,080 --> 02:11:31,480
Speaker 2: long time ago. It's all good. I love that name,

2285
02:11:32,880 --> 02:11:35,480
Speaker 2: all right. He played for the Chiefs. By the way,

2286
02:11:36,080 --> 02:11:39,480
Speaker 2: all right, I was head coach with Tom Brady's my quarterback.

2287
02:11:40,600 --> 02:11:43,160
Speaker 2: I was two nineteen and sixty four. All other quarterbacks

2288
02:11:43,160 --> 02:11:45,720
Speaker 2: in eighty one and ninety eight. Patrick Sweeker with my name?

2289
02:11:47,120 --> 02:11:51,840
Speaker 1: Who is Bill Belichick? Billy b Bill Belichick.

2290
02:11:52,160 --> 02:11:54,600
Speaker 2: The judges will allow it because you got it, Daled.

2291
02:11:55,080 --> 02:11:57,920
Speaker 5: I was gonna say Bill no longer casting that Belichick

2292
02:11:58,560 --> 02:11:59,880
Speaker 5: a fair play.

2293
02:12:00,800 --> 02:12:03,680
Speaker 2: Yeah. Good, Well, guys are really showing off now we're

2294
02:12:03,760 --> 02:12:09,280
Speaker 2: staying in the National Football League. This just happened recently.

2295
02:12:09,880 --> 02:12:12,640
Speaker 2: I became the first coach in the history of the

2296
02:12:12,680 --> 02:12:16,520
Speaker 2: National Football League to coach a team with a winning

2297
02:12:16,560 --> 02:12:20,680
Speaker 2: record to lose back to back games in December to

2298
02:12:20,840 --> 02:12:24,920
Speaker 2: two two win teams. Patrick Sweeker, What my name?

2299
02:12:26,160 --> 02:12:32,600
Speaker 8: Who is Oh, Mike McCarthy, Not Mike McCarthy.

2300
02:12:34,680 --> 02:12:37,720
Speaker 2: I became the first coach in NFL history as the

2301
02:12:37,760 --> 02:12:39,720
Speaker 2: coach of a winning team to lose back to back

2302
02:12:39,760 --> 02:12:43,920
Speaker 2: games against two win teams in December. Kevin Wirrett, What

2303
02:12:44,080 --> 02:12:44,520
Speaker 2: my name?

2304
02:12:44,680 --> 02:12:46,480
Speaker 1: I'm guessing Brandon Stay.

2305
02:12:46,680 --> 02:12:49,440
Speaker 2: Not Brandon Staley, and he doesn't have a winning record.

2306
02:12:50,960 --> 02:12:52,760
Speaker 2: I am the first coach in the history of National

2307
02:12:52,800 --> 02:12:55,200
Speaker 2: Football League with a winning record in December to lose

2308
02:12:55,320 --> 02:12:58,240
Speaker 2: back to back games against two teams that had two wins.

2309
02:12:58,720 --> 02:12:59,920
Speaker 2: Mark Ramsey, what my name?

2310
02:13:01,160 --> 02:13:04,400
Speaker 1: I would like to defer my question to Patrick Sweaker.

2311
02:13:04,960 --> 02:13:06,480
Speaker 2: Patrick Sweaker, what my name?

2312
02:13:06,720 --> 02:13:08,200
Speaker 1: Who is Mike Tomlin.

2313
02:13:08,560 --> 02:13:10,280
Speaker 2: Mike Tollin is correct.

2314
02:13:10,880 --> 02:13:13,880
Speaker 1: Nice teamwork makes the dream work.

2315
02:13:16,720 --> 02:13:21,360
Speaker 2: All right, let's switch to baseball, because well, Shohei Otani

2316
02:13:21,640 --> 02:13:24,280
Speaker 2: just did it. But I was actually the first one

2317
02:13:24,320 --> 02:13:27,720
Speaker 2: to do it. What did I do? I changed teams

2318
02:13:27,760 --> 02:13:30,760
Speaker 2: the year after I won the MVP. Mark Ramsey with

2319
02:13:31,000 --> 02:13:31,320
Speaker 2: my name?

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Speaker 1: Is it not the guy that uh, I don't know?

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Speaker 2: The name is the giant head?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, the giant Head. Well, allow it very much, San Francisco.

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Speaker 2: Hey, we're going to allow it. It was.

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Speaker 1: It was not long after the signing. His head like

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Speaker 1: double in size.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, but he but he never took the juice, of

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Speaker 2: course not, and I believe him. You know who make

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Speaker 2: who might have questioned the great dream allegedly? Yep, we

2329
02:14:04,600 --> 02:14:11,000
Speaker 2: can do one more, guys, always, always, we do one more. Always, Well,

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Speaker 2: Shoheyo Todi might have signed with the Dodgers, but as

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02:14:13,760 --> 02:14:16,400
Speaker 2: a disgraced former pitcher, looks like I'll be back at

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02:14:16,440 --> 02:14:19,600
Speaker 2: Japan next year. Pact sweeker, what my name?

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02:14:20,440 --> 02:14:24,920
Speaker 1: Who is Trevor Power? Trevor Power?

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02:14:25,840 --> 02:14:28,360
Speaker 2: Geez? I think you guys swept the board tonight. James

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Speaker 2: Nate Smith Fogg Allen Dabbles swinging Money Williams, Matt Stafford,

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Speaker 2: Bill Belichick, Mike Tomlin, Barry Bonds, and Trevor Bauer. Oh

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Speaker 2: I love it. The only thing better than this is

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Speaker 2: of the Day. I'm Bernie Frattle. We're coming to live

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Speaker 2: I am more in six.

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Speaker 2: Then the celebration will officially begin.

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02:15:43,280 --> 02:15:48,840
Speaker 6: The Los Angeles Lakers win the first NBA Cutler Champions

2357
02:15:49,040 --> 02:15:51,320
Speaker 6: of the Indugural in season Tournament.

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02:15:53,240 --> 02:15:55,520
Speaker 1: A brilliant performance for Anthony.

2359
02:15:55,200 --> 02:16:00,000
Speaker 2: Davis or spectacular play for Levon James, A Lakers defense

2360
02:16:00,120 --> 02:16:06,480
Speaker 2: to put on currency of ABC Sports. I think that

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02:16:06,640 --> 02:16:11,920
Speaker 2: was Mike Breen's voice. Should be should come as no

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02:16:12,080 --> 02:16:15,560
Speaker 2: surprise that the Lakers wanted to win this thing. And

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Speaker 2: look at the numbers, Lakers have played twenty three games

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Speaker 2: this year, okay, and in sixteen seventeen of the check

2370
02:16:43,360 --> 02:16:47,360
Speaker 2: that they played twenty four games, and seventeen of those

2371
02:16:47,360 --> 02:16:49,400
Speaker 2: games are eight to nine the average like one hundred

2372
02:16:49,400 --> 02:16:53,040
Speaker 2: and nine points a game, and their margin of victory

2373
02:16:53,240 --> 02:16:57,440
Speaker 2: is negative six that's the point differential. But in the

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Speaker 2: seven playoff games they're seven to zero. Their margin to

2375
02:17:02,879 --> 02:17:08,680
Speaker 2: victory is nineteen points and everything about their metrics was

2376
02:17:09,160 --> 02:17:14,960
Speaker 2: far more aggressive, far more successful. The Lakers clearly wanted

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02:17:15,000 --> 02:17:19,000
Speaker 2: to win this NBA Cup so Lebron could get out

2378
02:17:19,040 --> 02:17:23,600
Speaker 2: and give more speeches, more self serving speeches, and drone

2379
02:17:23,680 --> 02:17:26,480
Speaker 2: on and on and on. That's what he does. But

2380
02:17:26,640 --> 02:17:29,920
Speaker 2: to the victor, go the spoils. And to truth of

2381
02:17:29,959 --> 02:17:34,560
Speaker 2: the matter is say what you will. But the NBA

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02:17:35,280 --> 02:17:39,800
Speaker 2: n Season tournament accomplished everything that Adam Silver wanted it to.

2383
02:17:40,560 --> 02:17:44,800
Speaker 2: The numbers don't lie. The group play viewership was up

2384
02:17:44,840 --> 02:17:49,879
Speaker 2: twenty percent over last November quarterfinals twenty six percent. The

2385
02:17:50,040 --> 02:17:54,840
Speaker 2: national TV ratings up twenty six percent over last year,

2386
02:17:55,120 --> 02:17:59,600
Speaker 2: over three point nine billion views on apps and tablets

2387
02:18:00,320 --> 02:18:05,640
Speaker 2: and the like. The attendance for playoff games eighteen thousand

2388
02:18:05,640 --> 02:18:08,600
Speaker 2: and two oh six. That's the highest average in the

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Speaker 2: history of the NBA for November games. Adam Silver accomplished

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Speaker 2: what he wanted to accomplish. He wanted there to be

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Speaker 2: buzz in November when typically the NBA he's butting up

2392
02:18:22,200 --> 02:18:25,680
Speaker 2: against college football March toward the playoffs, or they made

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Speaker 2: for TV invitational tournament. The NFL is taking shape all

2394
02:18:30,680 --> 02:18:35,760
Speaker 2: of the things that will compete with the NBA. But

2395
02:18:36,360 --> 02:18:39,040
Speaker 2: the players loved it. They said the competitive level was

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02:18:39,080 --> 02:18:41,879
Speaker 2: as high as it's been. Draymond Green talked about it

2397
02:18:41,959 --> 02:18:46,720
Speaker 2: being like a playoff atmosphere. Frank Vogel, the head coach

2398
02:18:46,760 --> 02:18:49,879
Speaker 2: of the Sun, says, whatever we were expecting in terms

2399
02:18:49,920 --> 02:18:54,120
Speaker 2: of excitement, in terms of enthusiasm, in terms of competitiveness,

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02:18:54,080 --> 02:18:57,720
Speaker 2: To take that and multiply times one hundred, Adam Silver

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Speaker 2: accomplished what he wanted. Coming up Chris Perffet's World of Soccer.

2402
02:19:02,240 --> 02:19:04,000
Speaker 2: But first let's go back to our guy, the chef,

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02:19:04,600 --> 02:19:05,440
Speaker 2: Kevin Wyrett with the.

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02:19:05,440 --> 02:19:08,199
Speaker 5: Latest Yeah Berdie the talk of the sports world on

2405
02:19:08,320 --> 02:19:11,640
Speaker 5: Saturday show Aoton. Everyone was wondering where he was gonna

2406
02:19:11,720 --> 02:19:14,160
Speaker 5: end up, and he's not gonna be much farther than

2407
02:19:14,200 --> 02:19:17,080
Speaker 5: where he was before. He's just gonna be taking about

2408
02:19:17,080 --> 02:19:20,400
Speaker 5: twenty five or so miles up the Interstate five to

2409
02:19:20,600 --> 02:19:23,840
Speaker 5: the La Dodgers, who signed him to a ten year,

2410
02:19:24,080 --> 02:19:28,560
Speaker 5: seven hundred million dollar contract that's the largest in North

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02:19:28,600 --> 02:19:31,160
Speaker 5: American sports history. But a lot of that money is

2412
02:19:31,200 --> 02:19:34,599
Speaker 5: deferred to the future, so that we'll give the Dodgers flexibility,

2413
02:19:34,600 --> 02:19:39,400
Speaker 5: financial flexibility to potentially add pieces to the team to

2414
02:19:39,480 --> 02:19:42,840
Speaker 5: keep them competitive. And the Dodgers open their season next

2415
02:19:42,920 --> 02:19:45,840
Speaker 5: year in South Korea, so Tani's gonna get a chance

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02:19:45,879 --> 02:19:50,959
Speaker 5: to really showcase his skills on the international stage. NBA

2417
02:19:51,360 --> 02:19:54,000
Speaker 5: the first ever in season tournament, the finals in Las

2418
02:19:54,120 --> 02:19:56,840
Speaker 5: Vegas saw the Lakers beat the Pacers won twenty three

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02:19:56,879 --> 02:20:00,000
Speaker 5: to one oh nine behind a strong game from Anthe

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Speaker 5: Davis forty one points twenty rebounds. Lebron James named the

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Speaker 5: overall tournament MVP. The Heisman Trophy winner for twenty twenty three.

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Speaker 5: LSU quarterback Jaden Daniels. He threw forty touchdown passes compared

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Speaker 5: to his four interceptions, also ran for over eleven hundred

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02:20:17,120 --> 02:20:21,200
Speaker 5: yards and ten touchdowns. We did have one FBS game today,

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Speaker 5: Army beats Navy seventeen to eleven. Is a Black Knights

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02:20:24,440 --> 02:20:27,600
Speaker 5: getting themselves a late stop near the gold line to

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Speaker 5: preserve the win. Oregon getting transfer quarterback Dylan Gabriel from Oklahoma.

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Speaker 5: He's got one year of eligibility left. And in the NFL,

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Speaker 5: we do have some injury updates. Ian Rappaport last hour

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02:20:42,120 --> 02:20:45,000
Speaker 5: or so saying that Geno Smith gonna be a game

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02:20:45,080 --> 02:20:48,240
Speaker 5: time decision, a true game time decision with a growing injury.

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02:20:48,320 --> 02:20:50,560
Speaker 5: Drew Locke preparing to start and he took most of

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02:20:50,560 --> 02:20:54,080
Speaker 5: the reps in practice this week. But if Gino can

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02:20:54,160 --> 02:20:58,320
Speaker 5: get out there, he will play. Kenneth Walker and Zach

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02:20:58,400 --> 02:21:02,040
Speaker 5: Sharbonay they are listen this questionable. They were full participants

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Speaker 5: on Friday, so they're both expected to play on Sunday.

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02:21:08,240 --> 02:21:11,760
Speaker 5: Saints quarterback Derek Carr will play. Taysom Hill is not

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02:21:11,840 --> 02:21:13,760
Speaker 5: going to be on the field today, that's according to

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02:21:14,000 --> 02:21:17,520
Speaker 5: Rapaport Crystal Lava. He's been dealing with nils. However, he

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02:21:17,680 --> 02:21:22,080
Speaker 5: will play. Raiders defensive end Max Crosby says he will

2441
02:21:22,080 --> 02:21:25,160
Speaker 5: play if he's got a heart beat, so expect him

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02:21:25,320 --> 02:21:27,440
Speaker 5: to be on the field today. And as we heard

2443
02:21:27,720 --> 02:21:30,800
Speaker 5: Bernie talk about Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence dealing with the

2444
02:21:30,840 --> 02:21:33,760
Speaker 5: high ankle spring feeling better than expected. He's still a

2445
02:21:33,800 --> 02:21:36,320
Speaker 5: game time decision, will be evaluated by the medical staff

2446
02:21:36,360 --> 02:21:40,119
Speaker 5: this morning, but he's really pushing to play and there

2447
02:21:40,200 --> 02:21:43,760
Speaker 5: is belief that Lawrence will able to be able to

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Speaker 5: suit up on Monday. Back to you, Bernie, all.

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Speaker 2: Right, knowing Max Crosby, he would probably play if he

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02:21:50,240 --> 02:21:51,800
Speaker 2: didn't have a heart beat. The guy's a hell of

2451
02:21:51,800 --> 02:21:54,080
Speaker 2: a player, man. Goes all out on every play. All right.

2452
02:21:55,720 --> 02:21:59,280
Speaker 2: We started this before the Men's World Cup last year.

2453
02:21:59,360 --> 02:22:02,040
Speaker 2: Continue with the Women's World Cup. We're six months away

2454
02:22:02,040 --> 02:22:04,680
Speaker 2: from the Paris Olympics. But whether it's MLS or stories

2455
02:22:04,720 --> 02:22:07,520
Speaker 2: around the world, it's a sport that never sleeps. It's

2456
02:22:07,520 --> 02:22:09,320
Speaker 2: what we bring you at this time every week. Chris

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02:22:09,360 --> 02:22:10,880
Speaker 2: purfets world of soccer.

2458
02:22:12,240 --> 02:22:14,360
Speaker 1: The greatest goals, the.

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02:22:18,560 --> 02:22:29,240
Speaker 3: Thrilling finishes, the international drumm. It's all here in this

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02:22:29,360 --> 02:22:31,560
Speaker 3: report from the world of soccer.

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Speaker 9: There is a lot in the world of soccer, Bernie,

2462
02:22:34,520 --> 02:22:38,879
Speaker 9: but we have to make for tonight the MLS the

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02:22:38,959 --> 02:22:44,440
Speaker 9: center of the world. Saturday, four pm Eastern, the MLS

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02:22:44,520 --> 02:22:49,400
Speaker 9: Cup Final is here as the Columbus Crew host Los

2465
02:22:49,440 --> 02:22:52,720
Speaker 9: Angeles Football Club for a chance to hoist the biggest

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02:22:52,720 --> 02:22:54,520
Speaker 9: trophy in North America.

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Speaker 1: In the world of soccer.

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Speaker 9: It is a fascinating year for Major League Soccer. It

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02:23:02,240 --> 02:23:06,760
Speaker 9: was a transformative year that started with seeing Leonel Messi

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02:23:07,160 --> 02:23:11,200
Speaker 9: come Stateside, ending his reign in Europe and deciding to

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02:23:11,240 --> 02:23:14,240
Speaker 9: come for an astronomical amount of money to play for

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02:23:14,360 --> 02:23:18,440
Speaker 9: Inter Miami, following the path of the team's co owner

2473
02:23:19,160 --> 02:23:22,480
Speaker 9: and president, English footballer David Beckham.

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02:23:22,800 --> 02:23:24,039
Speaker 1: It was a path that.

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02:23:24,200 --> 02:23:28,480
Speaker 9: Saw unprecedented attention given to the North American League, but

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02:23:28,640 --> 02:23:31,199
Speaker 9: usually in the sense of we were all here watching

2477
02:23:31,280 --> 02:23:35,400
Speaker 9: Leonel Messi And even still now today, I am sure

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02:23:35,400 --> 02:23:40,000
Speaker 9: that MLS realizes that the Messy shadow cast is upon

2479
02:23:40,080 --> 02:23:43,120
Speaker 9: the MLS Cup Final with no inter Miami in it

2480
02:23:43,560 --> 02:23:46,959
Speaker 9: and no chance until next year that they can bring

2481
02:23:47,080 --> 02:23:52,800
Speaker 9: such attention to there. But athletics don't always follow nice,

2482
02:23:53,120 --> 02:23:55,920
Speaker 9: even given scripts. If they were, they would be novels

2483
02:23:57,200 --> 02:24:00,640
Speaker 9: instead any team placed upon a field as a chance

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02:24:00,680 --> 02:24:04,880
Speaker 9: to win. But if you're talking about storylines, man, these

2485
02:24:04,959 --> 02:24:08,680
Speaker 9: two teams. Man, It's Crew, who I had as my

2486
02:24:09,120 --> 02:24:12,000
Speaker 9: dark horse favorite to come out of the Eastern Conference

2487
02:24:12,040 --> 02:24:16,800
Speaker 9: in Major League Soccer, and it's LAFC, a powerhouse that

2488
02:24:16,920 --> 02:24:20,400
Speaker 9: nobody should have doubted for a second in the West,

2489
02:24:20,600 --> 02:24:24,200
Speaker 9: the reigning champion trying to become the fourth ever MLS

2490
02:24:24,280 --> 02:24:28,000
Speaker 9: team to defend their title and become back to back

2491
02:24:28,160 --> 02:24:32,200
Speaker 9: MLS Cup champions. These teams have so much story and

2492
02:24:32,320 --> 02:24:36,640
Speaker 9: so much richness to them. LAFC, ever since its inception,

2493
02:24:37,600 --> 02:24:41,440
Speaker 9: took over the scene in Los Angeles, taking the crown

2494
02:24:41,520 --> 02:24:46,520
Speaker 9: of La Galaxy to become Los Angeles' team with passionate fans,

2495
02:24:47,000 --> 02:24:52,920
Speaker 9: golden Black style swagger and winning ways to them, and

2496
02:24:53,280 --> 02:24:58,720
Speaker 9: they precipitated a fantastic MLS Cup last year with a

2497
02:24:58,840 --> 02:25:03,560
Speaker 9: thrilling extra time victory over the Philadelphia Union, helped by

2498
02:25:03,600 --> 02:25:07,280
Speaker 9: the leg of the Welsh legendary Welsh player Gareth Bale,

2499
02:25:07,280 --> 02:25:12,320
Speaker 9: who retired this year. But nevertheless, LAFC continues on. He

2500
02:25:12,400 --> 02:25:17,480
Speaker 9: continues on with names that Angelino soccer fans know, Carlos Vella,

2501
02:25:17,760 --> 02:25:21,520
Speaker 9: Denny's Bowonga, Ryan hollings Head. These are the names of

2502
02:25:21,640 --> 02:25:25,080
Speaker 9: men who have been here with this team and been

2503
02:25:25,120 --> 02:25:27,720
Speaker 9: able to bring them back to the mountaintop to do

2504
02:25:27,760 --> 02:25:29,520
Speaker 9: what few teams have done before.

2505
02:25:29,800 --> 02:25:31,520
Speaker 1: They are now one of the new.

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02:25:31,440 --> 02:25:35,960
Speaker 9: Creme de la creme of MLS, one of its key franchises,

2507
02:25:36,800 --> 02:25:39,800
Speaker 9: and that's to say nothing of the Columbus Crew, one

2508
02:25:39,800 --> 02:25:43,240
Speaker 9: of the founding franchises of Major League Soccers, one of

2509
02:25:43,280 --> 02:25:46,360
Speaker 9: the clubs that have been here since the beginning that

2510
02:25:46,440 --> 02:25:49,960
Speaker 9: everyone knows so well and has gone through so much

2511
02:25:50,080 --> 02:25:53,560
Speaker 9: in the past ten years, which started about ten years

2512
02:25:53,600 --> 02:25:56,920
Speaker 9: ago when Anthony Precort became the owner of the Columbus

2513
02:25:56,959 --> 02:26:00,360
Speaker 9: Crew and then four years later into his reign, tried

2514
02:26:00,400 --> 02:26:03,440
Speaker 9: to move the club to Austin, to deprive MLS of

2515
02:26:03,480 --> 02:26:06,320
Speaker 9: one of its founding members, to give them a completely

2516
02:26:06,400 --> 02:26:09,720
Speaker 9: new name if they wouldn't give him a stadium downtown

2517
02:26:10,160 --> 02:26:14,320
Speaker 9: in Columbus. MLS tried to step in and tried to

2518
02:26:14,360 --> 02:26:18,680
Speaker 9: save the Columbus Crew at the same time, a bill

2519
02:26:19,000 --> 02:26:22,640
Speaker 9: that was in Ohio, which was passed way back in

2520
02:26:22,760 --> 02:26:26,480
Speaker 9: ninety six after the Cleveland Browns were moved to Baltimore,

2521
02:26:27,480 --> 02:26:31,279
Speaker 9: brought a lawsuit that saw Ohio itself their attorney general

2522
02:26:31,320 --> 02:26:35,199
Speaker 9: trying to stop the Columbus Crew from being moved. Ultimately,

2523
02:26:35,520 --> 02:26:37,760
Speaker 9: Anthony crew Courd got his wish. He is now the

2524
02:26:37,800 --> 02:26:43,240
Speaker 9: owner of Austin FC, but it isn't as an expansion franchise. Instead,

2525
02:26:43,920 --> 02:26:46,600
Speaker 9: Jimmy Haslam, the owner of the Cleveland Browns they've appeared

2526
02:26:46,640 --> 02:26:49,520
Speaker 9: now twice in the same minute, became the new owner

2527
02:26:50,160 --> 02:26:53,680
Speaker 9: and in twenty twenty the Columbus Crew won an MLS Cup.

2528
02:26:53,720 --> 02:26:56,959
Speaker 9: There's second in the franchise history since, with the first

2529
02:26:56,959 --> 02:26:59,120
Speaker 9: one coming in two thousand and eight. But then in

2530
02:26:59,160 --> 02:27:02,600
Speaker 9: twenty twenty one, Jimmy Haslam and ownership for the Columbus

2531
02:27:02,600 --> 02:27:04,680
Speaker 9: Crew wanted to change the name and rename them to

2532
02:27:04,959 --> 02:27:09,200
Speaker 9: Columbus SC, depriving of what I believe is an iconic

2533
02:27:09,360 --> 02:27:13,640
Speaker 9: name that stakes them as a true North American club,

2534
02:27:13,959 --> 02:27:16,879
Speaker 9: and it tried to make them instead into this Patois

2535
02:27:17,000 --> 02:27:21,680
Speaker 9: of Europhilic Bowl that every other new club in MLS

2536
02:27:21,720 --> 02:27:26,039
Speaker 9: tries to pattern itself. Thankfully, it was defeated, and instead

2537
02:27:26,200 --> 02:27:29,680
Speaker 9: here we are the Columbus crew back here to the mountain,

2538
02:27:29,840 --> 02:27:34,200
Speaker 9: one game away from claiming their third MLS Cup. And

2539
02:27:34,280 --> 02:27:36,640
Speaker 9: to get here they had to go through the gauntlet

2540
02:27:36,920 --> 02:27:39,920
Speaker 9: that was the Eastern Conference in MLS this year. They

2541
02:27:39,959 --> 02:27:43,440
Speaker 9: had to get past supporter Shield winner FC Cincinnati, who

2542
02:27:43,480 --> 02:27:47,000
Speaker 9: won the most games and the most points in MLS

2543
02:27:47,040 --> 02:27:51,160
Speaker 9: this year and had the league's MVP. They did all

2544
02:27:51,200 --> 02:27:54,960
Speaker 9: of that. They have been victorious through and through, and

2545
02:27:55,040 --> 02:27:57,760
Speaker 9: here they are standing at the mountain top, one game

2546
02:27:57,800 --> 02:28:01,320
Speaker 9: away from another MLS Cup. But standing in their way

2547
02:28:01,400 --> 02:28:05,280
Speaker 9: is the defending champion, one who has history that they

2548
02:28:05,280 --> 02:28:09,080
Speaker 9: are going for. It is going to be a fantastic game, Bernie,

2549
02:28:09,720 --> 02:28:11,880
Speaker 9: and it's going to be made all the more fantastic

2550
02:28:11,920 --> 02:28:15,800
Speaker 9: in that Columbus, being the higher points leader here, gets to.

2551
02:28:15,760 --> 02:28:16,560
Speaker 1: Host the game.

2552
02:28:17,000 --> 02:28:20,560
Speaker 9: We are going to have a soccer final in Columbus

2553
02:28:20,879 --> 02:28:25,440
Speaker 9: in early December, and I like the Columbus Crew to

2554
02:28:25,560 --> 02:28:27,160
Speaker 9: win the MLS Cup here.

2555
02:28:27,760 --> 02:28:30,960
Speaker 1: This is a statistical point.

2556
02:28:31,440 --> 02:28:37,200
Speaker 9: MLS Cup home hosts usually win the MLS Cup. The

2557
02:28:37,240 --> 02:28:39,760
Speaker 9: only time a visiting team has come out victorious in

2558
02:28:39,800 --> 02:28:43,039
Speaker 9: a final was in twenty twenty one when the New

2559
02:28:43,120 --> 02:28:47,920
Speaker 9: York City FC defeated the Portland Timbers on penalties. And

2560
02:28:47,959 --> 02:28:50,320
Speaker 9: these might not be the top names in the world

2561
02:28:50,840 --> 02:28:54,520
Speaker 9: in this MLS Cup, but look to Kuco Hernandez, look

2562
02:28:54,560 --> 02:28:58,039
Speaker 9: to Diego Rosi, look to the LAFC players. I told

2563
02:28:58,080 --> 02:29:01,560
Speaker 9: you about Denny's bowonga and to Carlos Vella. These are

2564
02:29:01,680 --> 02:29:05,320
Speaker 9: names and stars of the North American game. And it

2565
02:29:05,480 --> 02:29:08,959
Speaker 9: is a fantastic couple of lineups we have going at

2566
02:29:09,000 --> 02:29:09,600
Speaker 9: at each other.

2567
02:29:09,800 --> 02:29:11,000
Speaker 1: This should be well pitched.

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02:29:11,040 --> 02:29:15,080
Speaker 9: I like Columbus Crew by a goal here, Bernie, I'm

2569
02:29:15,080 --> 02:29:16,840
Speaker 9: curious to see who you think is going to take

2570
02:29:16,840 --> 02:29:18,920
Speaker 9: home the MLS Cup. It was a gear up and

2571
02:29:18,959 --> 02:29:21,400
Speaker 9: we'll see you next time on the World of Soccer.

2572
02:29:21,720 --> 02:29:23,280
Speaker 2: Well, Chris, I don't know who's going to take home

2573
02:29:23,280 --> 02:29:26,480
Speaker 2: in the MLS Cup, but I love that name. Cucho Hernandez.

2574
02:29:27,120 --> 02:29:31,200
Speaker 2: Cucho Hernandez coming up we wrap up the show and

2575
02:29:31,320 --> 02:29:34,879
Speaker 2: we have a winner. I'll explain. I'm Bernie Frattle, coming

2576
02:29:34,879 --> 02:29:36,640
Speaker 2: to you live from the Las Vegas Fox Sports Radio

2577
02:29:36,720 --> 02:29:39,280
Speaker 2: Taract dot Com studios. Keep it locked listening to the

2578
02:29:39,320 --> 02:29:43,560
Speaker 2: Bernie Frattle Show Fox Sports Radio. All right, we're wrapping

2579
02:29:43,560 --> 02:29:46,039
Speaker 2: it up The Bernie Frattle Show comedy live from the

2580
02:29:46,040 --> 02:29:50,000
Speaker 2: tarat dot com studios here in Las Vegas Fox Sports Radio.

2581
02:29:50,959 --> 02:29:53,160
Speaker 2: Before I go any further, I want to thank my

2582
02:29:53,440 --> 02:29:56,959
Speaker 2: broadcast team back in Los Angeles. They've been with me

2583
02:29:57,080 --> 02:30:02,360
Speaker 2: since eleven pm Pacific on on Saturday night. Of course

2584
02:30:02,520 --> 02:30:05,640
Speaker 2: Mark Ramsey, our technical producer, turning all the dials, keeping

2585
02:30:05,720 --> 02:30:10,440
Speaker 2: us glued together. Great job as always, our executive producer,

2586
02:30:10,520 --> 02:30:12,280
Speaker 2: Patrick Sweeker, and of course with his play of the

2587
02:30:12,360 --> 02:30:16,720
Speaker 2: day contributions on What My Name and Brand Newfool outstanding,

2588
02:30:17,360 --> 02:30:20,600
Speaker 2: and Kevin Wyer at the chef don't miss his performances

2589
02:30:20,600 --> 02:30:25,080
Speaker 2: on The Bernie Frattle Show one thirty Pacific every Sunday morning.

2590
02:30:25,720 --> 02:30:29,280
Speaker 2: Great job, great teamwork, guys. One of you tonight said

2591
02:30:29,800 --> 02:30:34,760
Speaker 2: teamwork makes the dream work. Nicely done. All Right, we

2592
02:30:34,879 --> 02:30:39,080
Speaker 2: have a winner. Folks, ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats,

2593
02:30:39,920 --> 02:30:43,600
Speaker 2: please say seated for the entire performance. We have a

2594
02:30:43,640 --> 02:30:51,600
Speaker 2: winner and it rhymes with Shoheo Tani. And yes, he's

2595
02:30:51,640 --> 02:30:54,760
Speaker 2: a Dodger. You know, when the Goggenheim Group bought the

2596
02:30:54,840 --> 02:30:57,879
Speaker 2: Dodgers back in twenty twelve, I always characterize it as

2597
02:30:57,879 --> 02:31:00,520
Speaker 2: a vanity buy. But I say that in the most

2598
02:31:00,800 --> 02:31:05,760
Speaker 2: complimentary way. They're business people. They're very dignified business people.

2599
02:31:06,440 --> 02:31:10,560
Speaker 2: And in winning the Shoho Tani Sweepstakes, they not only

2600
02:31:10,600 --> 02:31:14,800
Speaker 2: got the most transcendent athlete in one hundred years, they

2601
02:31:14,840 --> 02:31:17,760
Speaker 2: got a unicorn not only on the field, but off

2602
02:31:17,800 --> 02:31:22,520
Speaker 2: the field. This is a human being, a player who

2603
02:31:22,600 --> 02:31:27,039
Speaker 2: is basically cast a spell over an entire nation Japan.

2604
02:31:27,800 --> 02:31:31,720
Speaker 2: They follow his every move and every Dodgers game will

2605
02:31:31,760 --> 02:31:34,480
Speaker 2: be televised, you know, by the way, they open up

2606
02:31:34,480 --> 02:31:39,400
Speaker 2: in Seoul, South Korea, in a regular season game in

2607
02:31:39,440 --> 02:31:42,000
Speaker 2: April of twenty twenty four. Now, this is an incredible

2608
02:31:42,000 --> 02:31:45,760
Speaker 2: investment by the Dodgers. They're not only getting a legend

2609
02:31:45,800 --> 02:31:48,200
Speaker 2: who will help the Dodgers on the field hopefully win

2610
02:31:48,200 --> 02:31:52,200
Speaker 2: a World Series. Will see, there's no guarantee, but he's

2611
02:31:52,200 --> 02:31:56,960
Speaker 2: going to help the Dodgers off the field. Another vanity buy, Yes,

2612
02:31:57,080 --> 02:32:00,560
Speaker 2: I think it is, But again I say that in

2613
02:32:00,600 --> 02:32:04,880
Speaker 2: the most respectful way. Now Otani's seven hundred million dollars

2614
02:32:04,959 --> 02:32:08,320
Speaker 2: deal blows everybody out of the water. Prior to that,

2615
02:32:08,480 --> 02:32:12,440
Speaker 2: the richest baseball and you know deal on record belonged

2616
02:32:12,480 --> 02:32:17,080
Speaker 2: to He's ex teammate Mike Trout. Back in twenty nineteen,

2617
02:32:17,680 --> 02:32:19,840
Speaker 2: Trout got a twelve year deal four hundred and twenty

2618
02:32:19,920 --> 02:32:23,920
Speaker 2: six million dollars. It sounded incredible as an extension. The

2619
02:32:24,000 --> 02:32:27,760
Speaker 2: Dodgers the following year signed Mookie Betts twelve years, three

2620
02:32:27,800 --> 02:32:31,600
Speaker 2: hundred and sixty five million. You know, along the way,

2621
02:32:31,680 --> 02:32:33,879
Speaker 2: Aaron Judge has gotten a three hundred and sixty million

2622
02:32:33,959 --> 02:32:39,200
Speaker 2: dollar contract, Manny Machado three fifty, Francisco Lindoor three forty one,

2623
02:32:39,560 --> 02:32:42,800
Speaker 2: Fernando Tatist Junior three forty, Bryce Harper through thirty. You

2624
02:32:42,840 --> 02:32:45,640
Speaker 2: get it right out down the line. But it's hard

2625
02:32:45,680 --> 02:32:49,000
Speaker 2: to imagine that anything will ever top what O'tani got.

2626
02:32:49,040 --> 02:32:51,440
Speaker 2: I really believe it's one of one, and I don't

2627
02:32:51,480 --> 02:32:53,760
Speaker 2: believe it's going to be one of those deals where

2628
02:32:53,800 --> 02:32:59,480
Speaker 2: the rising tide lifts all boats. You know, UH want

2629
02:32:59,520 --> 02:33:01,400
Speaker 2: so to all he turned down four forty. I don't

2630
02:33:01,400 --> 02:33:03,600
Speaker 2: think he's getting anywhere near that. This time he'll get,

2631
02:33:03,720 --> 02:33:05,840
Speaker 2: he'll get he'll get a bag, but it won't be that.

2632
02:33:05,920 --> 02:33:09,680
Speaker 2: But here's the deal. This is what makes this Guggenheim

2633
02:33:09,800 --> 02:33:15,000
Speaker 2: move so epically classic. Show Yo Tani by far is

2634
02:33:15,000 --> 02:33:17,640
Speaker 2: the most marketable player in the game. You don't believe me.

2635
02:33:18,080 --> 02:33:21,320
Speaker 2: He netted forty million dollars in endorsements in twenty twenty three,

2636
02:33:22,000 --> 02:33:25,240
Speaker 2: according to Sportico. Now, the next highest to give that

2637
02:33:25,320 --> 02:33:30,720
Speaker 2: some perspective was Mike Trout, who earned five million. Shoheyo

2638
02:33:30,840 --> 02:33:36,280
Speaker 2: Tani forty million in endorsements, Mike Trout five million. Now,

2639
02:33:36,280 --> 02:33:39,520
Speaker 2: it's impossible to know and how to quantify exactly how

2640
02:33:39,600 --> 02:33:42,840
Speaker 2: much he's gonna be worth to the Dodgers, but you

2641
02:33:42,959 --> 02:33:47,119
Speaker 2: know it's gonna be significant. Major League Baseball evaluators who

2642
02:33:47,160 --> 02:33:49,880
Speaker 2: do this thing for a living basically feel ough Tani

2643
02:33:49,959 --> 02:33:52,879
Speaker 2: is gonna the contract's gonna pay for itself within six

2644
02:33:53,000 --> 02:33:57,240
Speaker 2: or seven years. Why Otani's in money factory just on

2645
02:33:57,360 --> 02:34:02,120
Speaker 2: advertising alone. He's got every eyeball from Japan. He's like

2646
02:34:02,160 --> 02:34:05,600
Speaker 2: Michael Jordan, He's like Taylor Swift. And though that is

2647
02:34:05,640 --> 02:34:13,800
Speaker 2: not hyperbole, showing Otani's presence instantly makes the Dodgers even

2648
02:34:13,959 --> 02:34:17,120
Speaker 2: more internationally relevant, and they already were to a degree.

2649
02:34:18,520 --> 02:34:21,920
Speaker 2: Every game will be broadcast live in Japan, and make

2650
02:34:21,959 --> 02:34:27,600
Speaker 2: no mistake, Japanese advertising dollars are lucrative. Did you happen

2651
02:34:27,640 --> 02:34:29,280
Speaker 2: to go to an Angel game in this past year

2652
02:34:29,280 --> 02:34:32,480
Speaker 2: at Angel Stadium? I did. Did you happen to look

2653
02:34:32,520 --> 02:34:36,440
Speaker 2: around and see that a significant portion of Angel Stadium

2654
02:34:36,560 --> 02:34:40,599
Speaker 2: signage in recent years was paid for by Japanese advertising?

2655
02:34:41,920 --> 02:34:47,280
Speaker 2: His jersey, Shoheiltani's jersey was the most popular in the game.

2656
02:34:48,520 --> 02:34:50,560
Speaker 2: Now he's got a new jersey. You think they'll sell

2657
02:34:50,560 --> 02:34:54,600
Speaker 2: a few of those fans traveled from halfway around the

2658
02:34:54,600 --> 02:34:57,039
Speaker 2: world to see him. You don't believe me. I went

2659
02:34:57,080 --> 02:34:59,959
Speaker 2: to an Angel game this year saw it for myself. Simply,

2660
02:35:00,600 --> 02:35:04,800
Speaker 2: there's always risk, there's always risk, but the risk of

2661
02:35:04,840 --> 02:35:09,920
Speaker 2: this contract, irrespective of how expensive it is, it's going

2662
02:35:09,959 --> 02:35:13,279
Speaker 2: to be minimized because there will be a guaranteed revenue

2663
02:35:13,320 --> 02:35:20,480
Speaker 2: stream that exists just by having shohey Otani on the team. Period.

2664
02:35:21,360 --> 02:35:22,879
Speaker 2: Now we don't know if he's going to play on

2665
02:35:22,920 --> 02:35:26,000
Speaker 2: the field like a seven hundred million dollars player, he'll

2666
02:35:26,040 --> 02:35:28,720
Speaker 2: play well, we don't know how it's going to translate

2667
02:35:28,720 --> 02:35:32,000
Speaker 2: to wins. He'll be at DH this year. JD. Martinez

2668
02:35:32,000 --> 02:35:33,560
Speaker 2: was a pretty good DH last year. He had thirty

2669
02:35:33,560 --> 02:35:35,840
Speaker 2: three home runs, drove it a hundred. Otani had forty

2670
02:35:35,840 --> 02:35:39,520
Speaker 2: four home runs. But if you're asking if he's worth it,

2671
02:35:39,600 --> 02:35:41,720
Speaker 2: I haven't talked to a single contact in Major League

2672
02:35:41,720 --> 02:35:44,760
Speaker 2: Baseball that said he was not worth it. Matter of fact,

2673
02:35:44,840 --> 02:35:48,600
Speaker 2: one source said he wouldn't hesitate it until it reached

2674
02:35:48,600 --> 02:35:51,760
Speaker 2: eight hundred million. That makes it clear that anybody around

2675
02:35:51,800 --> 02:35:57,280
Speaker 2: the game views Otani, his talent, his ability, his presence

2676
02:35:58,600 --> 02:36:01,680
Speaker 2: to be every bit or the risk irrespective of his

2677
02:36:01,760 --> 02:36:06,640
Speaker 2: recent elbow surgery. They don't consider that to be an impediment.

2678
02:36:07,240 --> 02:36:10,920
Speaker 2: There are other players that have gotten multiple elbow surgeries

2679
02:36:11,000 --> 02:36:14,879
Speaker 2: and they've come back fine. And when O'tani does come

2680
02:36:14,920 --> 02:36:18,119
Speaker 2: back and I realize he just got a second Tommy

2681
02:36:18,160 --> 02:36:21,320
Speaker 2: John surgery, but so did Nathany Yavali, Soda, Jamison Talon.

2682
02:36:21,520 --> 02:36:24,240
Speaker 2: By the way, Walker Buehler, He's on track to return

2683
02:36:24,280 --> 02:36:28,480
Speaker 2: from his second Tommy John surgery this April. The bottom

2684
02:36:28,520 --> 02:36:33,080
Speaker 2: line is this, Unlike any other player in the game,

2685
02:36:33,120 --> 02:36:36,280
Speaker 2: including guys like Bryce Harper, Otani will be a two

2686
02:36:36,320 --> 02:36:39,039
Speaker 2: way player again. So We're talking on the field, off

2687
02:36:39,040 --> 02:36:41,879
Speaker 2: the field, when he pitches, when he hits, and he

2688
02:36:41,879 --> 02:36:43,640
Speaker 2: can even play outfield if he needs to. He did

2689
02:36:43,720 --> 02:36:47,440
Speaker 2: in Japan. The Guggenheim Family did it again. Vanity Bye, Yes,

2690
02:36:47,959 --> 02:36:51,040
Speaker 2: Clever Bye, top credit. They'll do it for the Bernie

2691
02:36:51,040 --> 02:36:53,560
Speaker 2: Frattles Show. See you next Friday eleven. Keep it locked

2692
02:36:53,600 --> 02:36:56,120
Speaker 2: up next the Great Andy Furman, Fox Sports Radio,