1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:05,880 Speaker 1: You're listening to Fox Sports Radio Radio Fabulous Sports Saturday. 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,319 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Saturday. We are broadcasting live from the ti 3 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:11,799 Speaker 1: iraq dot com studios tire rack dot com. We're gonna 4 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 1: help get you there an unmatched selection FATS free shipping. 5 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: Free road has a protection over ten thousand recommended installers. 6 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 1: Tire iraq dot com the way tire buying should be. 7 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 1: All right, if you're a football fan, we got really 8 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 1: good news for you. Week zero of the college football 9 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 1: season is next Saturday. The two headline games Notre Dame 10 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: Navy USC and San Jose State. Then the following week 11 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 1: is the full first week of the college football season, 12 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 1: and then the Thursday after that we get the Pats 13 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: and the Lions to kick off the NFL season. Carrie, 14 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:52,239 Speaker 1: I am chomping at the bit. I cannot. I mean, 15 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: we were here. We'll get you updated, as we always do, 16 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 1: get you ready for any kind of football talk, baseball talk, 17 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 1: whatever's going on in the world sports. But it's that 18 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:05,679 Speaker 1: this point of the year that I get just really antsy, 19 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:08,959 Speaker 1: like we're close, you know how. It's it's like that 20 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 1: week before Christmas, like you know, and you're a kid 21 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: and you just you can't wait to open the Presidents 22 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,399 Speaker 1: but you're still a week away. That's how I feel 23 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 1: about this football season. 24 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 2: Ye, it's crazy like at that time, Christmas time for sure, 25 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 2: that week leading up is like you notice all the 26 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 2: candy canes. 27 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: Uh huh. 28 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 2: You have the sense of smell start to get you know, 29 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 2: scintillated with all these aromas. And that's exactly what's happening 30 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 2: right now. We're about to get to smell the green grass, 31 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 2: the hot dogs, a bruski if you want one, who 32 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 2: can take one. 33 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:41,960 Speaker 1: So that's where we are now. It's so much fun, 34 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,479 Speaker 1: all right, So quick update where we are here in 35 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 1: southern California. I'm reading off one of the major news websites. 36 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 1: So this is the headline, top headline. Southwest braces for 37 00:01:55,400 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: catastrophic and life threatening flooding. So we have this Hurricane Hillary. 38 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: Very rare that we get one in the Pacific, but 39 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:09,519 Speaker 1: it's barreling toward southern California, the Arizona area, just gonna 40 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 1: blanket Cobo. I mean, now, are you ready for this? 41 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 1: I mean you've battened down the hatches here, We've we've 42 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: prepared ourselves. I have TV tonight, so it's going to 43 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 1: be all night TV reports on this storm coming in. 44 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:26,839 Speaker 1: But they say, we haven't had a tropical storm hit 45 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:32,239 Speaker 1: southern California since nineteen thirty nine. It's been eighty four 46 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:36,079 Speaker 1: years since we've had a storm like this. 47 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 2: I don't know if you're ever ready for a storm 48 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 2: like the one that we're gearing up to receive, but 49 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 2: I think, yes, I am aware. I have taken precautionary 50 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 2: steps of getting some you know, a few little extra 51 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 2: things in my refrigerator and my cabinets just in case 52 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 2: I'm locked down. So yes, I'm aware of it, and 53 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 2: I'm as secure as I can be at the moment. 54 00:02:57,320 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 1: That is smart. I'll tell you who's not prepared, apparently, 55 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:04,920 Speaker 1: and that is the Los Angeles Chargers. Oh, they ever prepared. 56 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: So the Dodgers are playing the Marlins, and they had 57 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 1: a game schedule tomorrow, and they're playing that game right now, 58 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 1: so they already knew taking full heat of what's happening 59 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: with the weather tomorrow. So they're playing a day night 60 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 1: doubleheader today knowing that there is going to be a 61 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: complete washout at Dodgers Stadium tomorrow. Smart. Right, So most 62 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 1: of the NFL preseason games are today. We got a 63 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 1: lot of games going on. We'll catch up to date 64 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 1: on all the preseason action. But the Chargers are hosting 65 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: the Saints tomorrow at SOFI Stadium. Kickoff is set at 66 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 1: four o'clock four to seven tomorrow. Now, according to every 67 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: single weather expert, the height of the storm coming in 68 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: and we're talking like multiple inches of rain and a 69 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 1: very short amount of time flooding is very flash flooding, 70 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 1: all this kind of stuff. Wins could be in the 71 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five miles on our range. But the height 72 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 1: of the storm is gonna hit essentially when this game 73 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: is scheduled between four and seven o'clock. All right, carry, 74 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: let's use a little sense here. This is first of 75 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 1: all preseason game. In other words, if you were to 76 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:18,839 Speaker 1: cancel the game, nobody is going to lose a job. 77 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:22,920 Speaker 1: No one's gonna lose any sleep about missing a preseason game. 78 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: And by the way, if you're the Saints, why are 79 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 1: we flying in? And by the way, it's a little 80 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:31,839 Speaker 1: ironic right with the New Orleans Brandon said, isn't interesting 81 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:34,160 Speaker 1: the Saints, you know, in New Orleans with all their hurricanes, 82 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 1: would come into town. Why would you even bother with 83 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: this game, you wouldn't. 84 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,479 Speaker 2: You would be smart to stay home if you're the Saints, 85 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,040 Speaker 2: and you would be smart if you're the Chargers to 86 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:47,839 Speaker 2: let this one go. I think game two for these guys. 87 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:51,679 Speaker 1: Right, have another game next week, Sunshine by the way, next. 88 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 2: Week, Yeah, talk this not but I know the guy's 89 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 2: a little tired right now with the dog days of camp. Anyway, 90 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:58,599 Speaker 2: give them a day off, watch a little film. You 91 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 2: can play Madden. You can play Madden. You can play 92 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 2: the Saints versus Chargers and in the Madden game and 93 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 2: see who wins, and simulated anything to anything other than 94 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:08,159 Speaker 2: coming out here and really not being able to play 95 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:08,479 Speaker 2: a game. 96 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 1: Am I? Am I overstating it? Or am I on 97 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 1: the mark when I say that the second game of 98 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 1: a preseason has probably never but I'll maybe maybe one 99 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: out of a thousand second games played in a preseason 100 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:27,920 Speaker 1: has actually determined whether or not someone has actually made 101 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:30,559 Speaker 1: the team or got booted from a team. 102 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 2: You know what, I would say, no, But I would 103 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 2: also say, like, if you're that guy that didn't get 104 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:41,360 Speaker 2: that game and that extra rep and you didn't make 105 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 2: the team, would you blame it on not having an 106 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 2: extra game? 107 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: Because rosters first of all, pretty much determined for a 108 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,160 Speaker 1: season begins, and those few spots that might be open. 109 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 1: I mean, obviously injuries can change the dynamic, but the 110 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 1: few spots that may be up for grabs, so much 111 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:57,719 Speaker 1: of that really has decided what they see in practice, 112 00:05:57,760 --> 00:05:58,160 Speaker 1: isn't it. 113 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, the game, the game take more than 114 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 2: anything gets for the other thirty one teams that may 115 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:05,359 Speaker 2: want you down the line. 116 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 1: Right, that is possible, absolutely, and there are there's a 117 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: history of football has had. You know, sometimes a guy 118 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,840 Speaker 1: shows up in a preseason game, gets released by a team, 119 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:15,920 Speaker 1: Another team takes notice, signs him, and then he goes 120 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:18,600 Speaker 1: on to a Hall of Fame career. It actually happened, 121 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 1: you know me, I always defended history. The undefeated Miami 122 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 1: Dolphins team in nineteen seventy two, the anchor of their 123 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 1: offensive line was their center Jim Langer. Okay, and he 124 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,839 Speaker 1: came out of a small school in college, he was 125 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:34,039 Speaker 1: in nobody. He wasn't even drafted, and he was signed 126 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:38,720 Speaker 1: by the Cleveland Browns for the preseason and got released. Well, 127 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,280 Speaker 1: it just so happens the Dolphins saw him sign him. 128 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 1: He backed up for two years. They made him the 129 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 1: starter the year they went undefeated. In next six years 130 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:48,040 Speaker 1: in Arrowli was first team All Pro and then made 131 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame. Come Saints, you got to come 132 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 1: play the game. 133 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 3: Now. 134 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 1: That's where we're headed at. That's where we're heading to now, 135 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: all right, Well, we do have a lot of NFL 136 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 1: stories that we have to get into. By the way, 137 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:00,919 Speaker 1: have you been watching Hard Knocks? I have not watched 138 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 1: any Hard Knocks at all. All right, so you might 139 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: be very intrigued by this because of your Jets' roots. Secondly, 140 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 1: because you remember that Aaron Rodgers when it was first 141 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 1: mentioned that they're almost going to force the Jets to 142 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 1: be the team for Hard Knocks the season that he 143 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 1: basically said he had nothing but disdain. He didn't want 144 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 1: any part of it. So the first two episodes have 145 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 1: aired is Aaron Rodgers and not just Aaron Rodgers being featured. 146 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: It's Aaron Rodgers being interviewed, Aaron Rodgers talking, Aaron Rodgers 147 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: on the sidelines, Aaron Rodgers all day long. In other words, 148 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: he can't keep the It's like, bring the camera over here. 149 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 1: Now that you're here. I want all the focus, which 150 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 1: of course is like a dreamland. That's that's who they 151 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 1: are most interested in. Try to explain this to me again. 152 00:07:56,480 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: He bitched basically had bitched moan about the fact that 153 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 1: he didn't have any interest in Hard Knocks. It's going 154 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 1: to be a new team, new camp and everything else. 155 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: But they show up and now he can't get enough 156 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 1: of the camera. Steve, I'll tell you why. 157 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 2: And I think the reason he didn't want it is 158 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 2: because obviously it's really invasive and you have no privacy, right, 159 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 2: but if you're going to be here, and we know 160 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 2: you're going to be here, why not let me write 161 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 2: the narrative for myself. And I think that's really what 162 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 2: he's doing right now. Well, and he's doing exactly that. 163 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, outside of showing Salah on the sidelines 164 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 1: a couple of times. You know, Nathaniel Hackett is being 165 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 1: brought in. Leaf Schreiber, who does the voice work for 166 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:43,080 Speaker 1: Hard Knocks, actually visited Jet's camp and Aaron was all 167 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: over him, calling him the voice of God. And then 168 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: they show Aaron walking over to Hackett and he says, yeah, man, 169 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 1: you gotta go talk to him, and Hacket's like who, 170 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 1: He's like, No, he's the guy, He's the voice voice 171 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: of God everything else he can see hackets like, I 172 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 1: have no interest in talking to him. What I have 173 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 1: nothing to say to him. I know. No, Aaron's doing 174 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 1: for me. Man. 175 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 2: He's really doing a great job of showing his leadership 176 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:11,560 Speaker 2: in a way that's never been seen before. 177 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:14,200 Speaker 1: And so he's also being able to rewrite that as well. 178 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:17,080 Speaker 1: Absolutely so. They're showing like these preseason games, like they 179 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:18,959 Speaker 1: had the Hall of Fame game, and by the way 180 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,840 Speaker 1: they show him talking to you know, both teams. But 181 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 1: this last game where they blew out Carolina, this was 182 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:27,959 Speaker 1: the debut for Bryce Young twenty seven. That think they 183 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 1: played well the Jets right, and the whole thing was 184 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,840 Speaker 1: him on the sidelines, I know, you know, he's he's 185 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: talking to Zach Wilson, you know, and he's trying to 186 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:37,680 Speaker 1: get him into the game and telling them all this 187 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 1: kind It really is amazing watching the show that it 188 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:48,679 Speaker 1: is the all Aaron Rodgers show. Completely. That's the reason 189 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:51,079 Speaker 1: they're on Hard Knocks. Steve, I mean I understand that 190 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 1: that's not I was thinking, all right, well, Aaron Rodgers 191 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 1: doesn't want any part of this, you know, Zach Wilson 192 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 1: be an interesting story in the preseason see how he 193 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 1: takes it. Ye, it's all at Rogers. Let him live, Steve, 194 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 1: let him list. But again, I think, like you pointed 195 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 1: this out, carry the idea of his not only inclusion 196 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 1: with this team, but taking a leadership role. And at 197 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 1: least what he's portraying on the show is that I 198 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 1: am all in. I'm here to help whoever needs my help. 199 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:28,880 Speaker 1: I'm here to offer advice to anybody seeks my advice. 200 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 1: I'm here for the coaches, I'm here for my teammates. 201 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 1: Any doubt that this guy was, you know, not a 202 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:38,679 Speaker 1: great teammate because we've never really saw anything pull back 203 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: the curtain all those years of Green Bay. He's at 204 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 1: least given us the impression that not only am I 205 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:46,439 Speaker 1: a good teammate, I'm the ultimate. 206 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:48,679 Speaker 2: Team he's an ultimate teammate. And the guys are rallying 207 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:51,199 Speaker 2: and they like him. I mean, they genuinely like the guy. 208 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 2: And I know that obviously, when you have a guy 209 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:55,320 Speaker 2: with the stature of of ban Aaron Rodgers come in, 210 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 2: there's going to be all and there's going to be 211 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:00,440 Speaker 2: respect from that standpoint. But when you really genuine like 212 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 2: a guy as a totally different dynamic, all. 213 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 1: Right, So On the other side, we're gonna talk a 214 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 1: little bit more about the big addition the Jets made. 215 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:09,360 Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook is signed with them. Zeke Elliott has a 216 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 1: new home right now. It's sort of the continuous odyssey 217 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 1: of the running back in the NFL. 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All right, 252 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:18,679 Speaker 1: So I'm curious about this, I really am, because again 253 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 1: video everything is post me. Okay this you know when 254 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:27,120 Speaker 1: I actually played Pong like the original video game. I 255 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 1: actually had a friend one of the first people had, 256 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 1: and we could play for Don Dunk back and forth. 257 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:37,360 Speaker 1: So I've never played Madden, none of this. But I 258 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:40,080 Speaker 1: keep hearing NFL do we have this? This is Tyreek 259 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 1: Hill talking about the best way for him to prepare 260 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 1: each week against his opponent. 261 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 6: I feel like Madden has a good tale of how 262 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 6: good players are. So I just played Madden the night 263 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:52,120 Speaker 6: before and I go look it all air ratings. So 264 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 6: let's say, for instance, they had Steve Nelson and Derek 265 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 6: Stingley over there, two phenomenal players. By the way, I 266 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:00,960 Speaker 6: just go get on Madden. I go to EA Rostis. 267 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 6: Then I scrolled on and see what they awareness is. 268 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:05,480 Speaker 6: They speed is and they sprint and that's how I 269 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:06,319 Speaker 6: get a good tail on me. 270 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:09,360 Speaker 1: Okay, so Carrie, when you were playing in the NFL, 271 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 1: did you use Madden to prepare for your opponents? I 272 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 1: did not play Madden, so no, I did not. 273 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 2: But yeah, this is this is just it's preposter it's 274 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 2: a preposterous take. I mean for him to even say that, 275 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 2: I just I was really taking the back. But I 276 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 2: also know we live in this information this hot take, 277 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 2: social media driven world, where the most outlandish things you say, 278 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 2: the better. So I understand where he's coming from with it, 279 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 2: But there's no way he's going out to play a 280 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 2: game with the type of coach he has and the 281 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 2: type of system he has, and the type of coach 282 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 2: and the type of system he came from with Andy Reid. 283 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 1: There's no way. 284 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 2: Those guys weren't prepared and knowing the tendencies of the 285 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 2: other guy. 286 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 1: So it didn't happen, all right. So going back to 287 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodger, You remember when Aaron Rodgers was talking about 288 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 1: the use of hallucinogenics. Yes, And I was saying at 289 00:14:57,800 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 1: the time, if I'm the coach, I'll pull them a 290 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:03,800 Speaker 1: and say, Aaron, look, I'm not going to tell you 291 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 1: how to prepare for a game. You know more than 292 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 1: I do. But going public with that sort of sends 293 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 1: the message to everybody else. Well, if it's good for 294 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, maybe it's good for me and not everybody's 295 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 1: wired the same way. I would do the same thing 296 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 1: if I made the white ride receivers coach of the Dolphins, 297 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:25,400 Speaker 1: saying how you prepared Tyreek again, you got a ticket 298 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 1: for the Hall of Fame. Someday but that may not 299 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:32,280 Speaker 1: work for everybody else. So you know, keep that between us, 300 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 1: because I'm sitting here in a room trying to coach 301 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 1: guys up, and you're out there saying, I don't need 302 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 1: any of that. Man. All I have to do the 303 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 1: night before the game is watch Madden and I'm good exactly. 304 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 2: That's the key sticking point of what you just said 305 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 2: right there. I say it the other day. I was 306 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 2: on on the show the other day saying the same thing. Fine, 307 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 2: even if it was true, that's you keep that personal. 308 00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 2: You keep that even locker room talk if you wanted to. 309 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 2: But the fact that you went public and now your 310 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 2: peers and your younger guys who are looking up to 311 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 2: you as a leader saying these things will think that 312 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 2: they can do that as well, and that just isn't 313 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 2: the way to be a leader. And especially on the 314 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 2: team like this that has high, high aspirations and wants 315 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 2: to do something big, you don't. 316 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 1: You don't do that. Yeah, I mean, if you're Tyreek Hill. Look, 317 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 1: if you're if you're a superstar talent, right like Aaron Rodgers, 318 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 1: you can get away with doing a lot of things, 319 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: some things, but ninety nine point nine percent of the 320 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: players don't have that talent, right, They got to work 321 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 1: at it, They got to study film, they got to 322 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 1: get every single Maybe the addition of Madden could help. 323 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: It's not replacing something else, Steve. 324 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 2: I'll tell you right now, if you're going by the 325 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 2: numbers on Madden, you're you're going to be sadly mistaken. 326 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 1: The numbers are skewed anyway, the research. Don't do the 327 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:50,200 Speaker 1: research all the way through. It's just it's it's it's 328 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 1: like I said, it's preposterous. Do players actually do talk 329 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:56,040 Speaker 1: about their numbers so that they get on Madden? 330 00:16:56,120 --> 00:16:58,360 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I remember when when mine came out. I 331 00:16:58,360 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 2: mean I was as high as a ninety eight one 332 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:01,840 Speaker 2: on Man really, Oh yeah, I was. 333 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 1: I was a real deal. 334 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:05,919 Speaker 2: But I was really upset about my ratings when it 335 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:10,000 Speaker 2: came to my throwing power in my accuracy because I 336 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:11,879 Speaker 2: was a high school high school college I heard it 337 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 2: back right, So if they really did the research, they 338 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:17,359 Speaker 2: would know that my throwing power at my accuracy should 339 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 2: be higher than Nick mangles. 340 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:21,359 Speaker 1: My center well you know what I mean, why would 341 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 1: they have that for a safety I don't know, but 342 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 1: it was there. 343 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:26,960 Speaker 2: And so I actually went through all the numbers and 344 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,920 Speaker 2: I see my throwing power, at my accuracy, I'm like twenty. 345 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 2: So I go to Nick Mango. I said, what's what's 346 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:34,520 Speaker 2: Nick Mangles. He's a friend of mine, Solf, what's his 347 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 2: His is like thirty three. I'm a center, He's a center. 348 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:38,119 Speaker 2: I'm upset. 349 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:42,359 Speaker 1: Wow. We're brought to you by Progressive Insurance. Progressive it 350 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 1: makes funneling easy and affordable. Get a multi policy discount 351 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 1: by combining your motorcycle, RV, boat, ATV and more all 352 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 1: your protection one place, bundle and save at Progressive dot com. Well, 353 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:56,119 Speaker 1: no surprise, Dalvin Cook is a New York Jets signs 354 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:59,560 Speaker 1: a one year deal with the Jets. And you know, 355 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 1: watch this Jets team and knowing all the young talent 356 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 1: they have, and now they have not only one of 357 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 1: the greatest quarterbacks of all time, but apparently the ultimate 358 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 1: leader according to Hard Knocks. How do you see Dalvin 359 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 1: Cook fitting in with this team. It's gonna be interesting 360 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: to see. 361 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:19,360 Speaker 2: You have a guy Breist Hall who's so good already 362 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 2: at such a young age, and it was really was 363 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:25,240 Speaker 2: really before it getting injured last year, having a I 364 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:27,760 Speaker 2: mean MVP type of season. I know, that's a stretch, 365 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:29,919 Speaker 2: but that's the type of season he was having. So 366 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:33,399 Speaker 2: now you got to reintegrate him into the system with 367 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 2: a super talented running back in Dalvincook adding him to 368 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:42,360 Speaker 2: the mix as well. So getting these guys the right carries, 369 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:46,240 Speaker 2: getting the ball delegated to these different star players that 370 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:47,800 Speaker 2: they have on in offense, now it's gonna be a 371 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:49,160 Speaker 2: tough It's a tough job for Hacket. 372 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 1: It's gonna be hard to see. The one thing again, 373 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:53,200 Speaker 1: staying with the Jets for a moment here, because they're 374 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 1: one of those teams a lot of people are just 375 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:57,360 Speaker 1: very curious about, even if you're not a Jets fan, 376 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:01,200 Speaker 1: on how their season is going to develop this year. 377 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:05,040 Speaker 1: And they got a lot of great players. I mean 378 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:09,880 Speaker 1: Twinnant Williams on that defensive line. Man, that kid is unblockable, 379 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:13,159 Speaker 1: I mean unblockable. He's so quick off the ball. He 380 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:15,679 Speaker 1: creates all kinds of bronze. When you have someone you 381 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:18,359 Speaker 1: know like an Aaron Donald. He's got ways to go 382 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:20,640 Speaker 1: to get to that level, but he's on his way. 383 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:27,480 Speaker 1: But that aside. When you think about this Jets team offensively, 384 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:32,880 Speaker 1: the question still remains about that offensive line. I mean 385 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:35,040 Speaker 1: You could have all the skill set players, you could 386 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 1: have the best quarterback in the league, but if you're 387 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:44,800 Speaker 1: not given that extra half second, offense isn't working, Like 388 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:48,360 Speaker 1: you got to keep the bodies off your quarterback. 389 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:52,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's the position that right now is obviously taking 390 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 2: the most flat as well. I mean, I know the 391 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:56,160 Speaker 2: episode I didn't watch it, but the episode of Hard 392 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:58,879 Speaker 2: Knocks where you know sala is talking to the offensive 393 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,360 Speaker 2: line and saying how they missed the opportunity to get 394 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 2: better and all the things right. I mean, those guys 395 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 2: are I think this situation and being in the heat 396 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:09,919 Speaker 2: of the moment with a guy like Aaron Rodgers, somebody 397 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:12,639 Speaker 2: that usually elevates the people around them, he'll do the 398 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 2: same with these guys. And I know that Aaron came 399 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:18,200 Speaker 2: out and told the media to be patient. They haven't 400 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 2: put a start in five together yet that's worked together, 401 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 2: so you need time with that. And so they're trying 402 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:25,560 Speaker 2: to plug and play and see which guys are ready 403 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 2: to play and are going to be able to help 404 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 2: this team as they move forward. So I would say 405 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:32,880 Speaker 2: I would preach patients as well, but if they don't 406 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:34,359 Speaker 2: get it figured out, it's gonna be a long season. 407 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:37,159 Speaker 1: Well, I'll take it a step further because Robert sala 408 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 1: he put one hundred percent of the blame on the 409 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 1: offensive line. I mean he was talking about the previous 410 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:45,160 Speaker 1: year and all the emergence of their defense and their 411 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 1: diamonag defensive front, the emergence of all these young skill players, 412 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:53,200 Speaker 1: and now we have a Hall of Fame quarterback. Yeah, 413 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 1: none of it's going to matter if this offensive line 414 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:57,920 Speaker 1: doesn't start doing their job. Yeah. Now, I mean if 415 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:00,879 Speaker 1: you're singled out on a team, because we always hear this, 416 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:03,439 Speaker 1: you know, wow, we're all into it together, right. You know, 417 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 1: I've heard many times where you see guys on the 418 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 1: offense maybe the defense is not playing well, like the 419 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 1: Lions are a prime example. They're putting up boatload of 420 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 1: points a year ago. Their defense couldn't stop anybody, right. 421 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 1: And then I've seen it the other way where the 422 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:21,200 Speaker 1: defense is unbelievable and the team can't generate in the offense, 423 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 1: and you hesitate to like blame one side or the other. 424 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:27,719 Speaker 1: But here's a head coach speaking in front of the 425 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 1: entire team saying the reason that we were seven and 426 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:32,920 Speaker 1: ten last year. 427 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 2: Was you oh yeah, yeah, yeah, And that's and it's fine, 428 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 2: because good I think it is. I think you put 429 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 2: the onus on the group to get better right now. 430 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 2: This is the preseason, right so we have time to 431 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:46,560 Speaker 2: get better now. He wouldn't do that publicly during the season, 432 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 2: I don't think, and I think that's the difference. Right 433 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:51,359 Speaker 2: now he knows there's still time to build to that, 434 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:53,920 Speaker 2: but also that time is getting short, and so now 435 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 2: we need to come together. I'm gonna let you know 436 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 2: exactly what we have. If you don't see it, I'm 437 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 2: gonna tell you. I'm gonna let know who we have. 438 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:02,479 Speaker 2: We have a Hall of Fame quarterback. We have all 439 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:05,359 Speaker 2: these skilled players who can make plays. If you don't 440 00:22:05,359 --> 00:22:07,960 Speaker 2: do your job, you're going to be the problem in 441 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:09,920 Speaker 2: us succeeding. And I think that's a good thing. I 442 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:13,160 Speaker 2: think when the coach tells you directly what the thing 443 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 2: is or the thing the situation's going to make us better. 444 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:17,400 Speaker 2: I like those guys better than the ones that don't. 445 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 1: How about if there are playing as best they can, 446 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,240 Speaker 1: but if they're just not talent. Orough See, that's the 447 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:26,160 Speaker 1: thing I get. It's like, okay, well it'd be great 448 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 1: if we had you know, all pro talent. We just don't. 449 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 1: We're playing as hard as we can possibly play. We 450 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 1: can't play any harder, any better. This is who we are. 451 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:40,879 Speaker 1: But I would think physically they can do it. 452 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:43,879 Speaker 2: Steve, and I think the one thing with not having 453 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:46,399 Speaker 2: as much time together as a unit, you know, and 454 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:49,480 Speaker 2: you've been around for a long time, the communication aspect 455 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:53,120 Speaker 2: when it comes to the front is even more even 456 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 2: more key than actually being the most talented at that position. 457 00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:00,159 Speaker 2: So if you have five guys who can communicate and 458 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 2: switch things off and get calls and protection down and 459 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 2: protect the quarterback in that way with position, body positioning, 460 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:10,040 Speaker 2: being aware of what's going on, they have a chance 461 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:13,720 Speaker 2: to succeed. And so I think more more importantly the 462 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:16,679 Speaker 2: time that they get with the five being named the 463 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 2: five starters for that line will be will be key. 464 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 1: All right, So we imagined Dalvin Cook is now a jet. 465 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 1: I got some thoughts about how we're going to see 466 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:26,399 Speaker 1: the running back position evolve in the NFL in twenty 467 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:29,639 Speaker 1: twenty three, But first let's find out what's trending. I 468 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:32,240 Speaker 1: want to change the narrative here because I was listening 469 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:35,160 Speaker 1: to Jonas doing a brilliant job as he always does, 470 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 1: every Saturday here and of course in the wee hours 471 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:41,920 Speaker 1: of the morning during the week. But he made some 472 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:46,120 Speaker 1: derogatory comments about this gentleman call the one that either 473 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:49,720 Speaker 1: the meanest or the angriest, or stuff like this. I'll 474 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:52,200 Speaker 1: call you the glue to this entire building. How's that 475 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:53,640 Speaker 1: I might have been. 476 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 7: I think that that is an exaggeration. Some use of 477 00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:00,880 Speaker 7: hyperbole I appreciate. I always love at the word hyperbole. 478 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,800 Speaker 1: In fact, I like I have a drinking game if 479 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 1: I can get you to say the word hyperbole during 480 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 1: the show, and it's never passed. 481 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:12,159 Speaker 7: So where's your than o'dules right next to you that 482 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:13,920 Speaker 7: you will now shotgun. 483 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,400 Speaker 1: By the way, technically I don't actually have to drink 484 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:19,520 Speaker 1: and oduels, although I do have TV later so they 485 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 1: can get a little awkward. So then doing o'dules, although 486 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 1: there are many people in the TV industry that drink 487 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:28,720 Speaker 1: their dinners, believe me, Oh yes, that's definitely and come 488 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 1: back in a different frame of mind later on in 489 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 1: the evening. 490 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 7: Oh for sure. And we do know that there is 491 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:38,280 Speaker 7: one NFL preseason game happening right now. Two it's Unga Bloa. 492 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 7: Very first play from scrimmage, he gets picked off by 493 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:46,119 Speaker 7: Denzel Perryman and the Texans don't even they got it 494 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:47,920 Speaker 7: to within the seven yard line and they didn't even 495 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 7: get it in, not even to punch it in. But 496 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:51,600 Speaker 7: the Dolphins are in front seven to nothing here late 497 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:54,239 Speaker 7: first quarter where he mostered with a touchdown run. That's 498 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:58,200 Speaker 7: the only source of scoring so far. Earlier we watched 499 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:03,080 Speaker 7: the Jaguars pick off the line to seven. TJ. Bethard 500 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 7: was a starting quarterback for Jacksonville and he succeeded with 501 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:09,119 Speaker 7: one hundred and thirty eight yards passing, one touchdown and 502 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:13,359 Speaker 7: one interception. More preseason coming up as the guy for 503 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,359 Speaker 7: talking about. The next game to get underway will be 504 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 7: at six thirty Eastern time with the Steelers hosting the 505 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:26,199 Speaker 7: Bills News regarding an upcoming preseason game tomorrow involving one 506 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:28,959 Speaker 7: of their players. Of course, the Saints and Charges are 507 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 7: going to be supposedly battling tomorrow from Sofi Stadium as 508 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:34,920 Speaker 7: the guys you're talking about as well. There's the weather 509 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:39,159 Speaker 7: issue that seems to be potentially providing a roadblock. But 510 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,639 Speaker 7: saintstot And Jimmy Graham was released from an LA area 511 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:44,400 Speaker 7: hospital today after the team said he suffered a seizure 512 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:49,160 Speaker 7: last night which caused him to act in a disoriented way, 513 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 7: where according to TMZ, there was people witnessing Graham walking 514 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:58,680 Speaker 7: across roads last night into incoming traffic. Law enforcement were 515 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:01,400 Speaker 7: called onto the scene, initially accusing him of being under 516 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 7: the influence of a controlled substance, claiming he also tried 517 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 7: to resist police apprehended, eventually taken to the hospital last night, 518 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:11,800 Speaker 7: released and as mentioned, the Saints and Charges will battle 519 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:15,800 Speaker 7: it out tomorrow. It's weather permitting and quickly. In Major 520 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,439 Speaker 7: League Baseball, Cody Bellinger with two home runs for the 521 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 7: Cubs and they are demolishing the Royal six to three 522 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:25,919 Speaker 7: top of the eighth inning. There Padres and Diamondbacks all 523 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 7: square three bottom of the fourth inning, and it is 524 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 7: Manny Macchiado going yard a solo home run for San 525 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 7: Diego and to the finals. To mention here, the Red 526 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:39,639 Speaker 7: Sox with a Grand Slam towering over the Yankees eight 527 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 7: to one. Twelve fits for the Red Sox, Carrie and 528 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 7: Steve only two hits for the Yankees. One of those hits, 529 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:49,760 Speaker 7: Aaron Judge has twenty fourth home r out of the season. 530 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 7: But those guys they can't find offense anywhere, you know. 531 00:26:56,920 --> 00:27:01,480 Speaker 1: Speaking of fining offense, though, you could make the argument 532 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:06,359 Speaker 1: that Cody Bellinger was the worst offensive player in baseball 533 00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:09,439 Speaker 1: over the last three years with the Dodgers. Two home 534 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:12,040 Speaker 1: runs today, just updating, he's sitting three twenty six this 535 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 1: year with the Cubs. He has an OPS now of 536 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:19,200 Speaker 1: nine to thirty nine. Where was this guy the last 537 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:20,120 Speaker 1: three years with the. 538 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:23,400 Speaker 2: Dodgers, Steve, Every time I come here at Saint Bellinger 539 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 2: does well. 540 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 1: That we talked about him last time. He's got twenty 541 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 1: home runs already. He's doing well, and he's missed several games. 542 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:32,400 Speaker 1: It hasn't been like he's played a full schedule. Comeback 543 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:35,879 Speaker 1: player of the year. He's been watching him on that. Wow, 544 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:38,800 Speaker 1: all right, be fan, Thank you so much again the 545 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 1: glue that holds this entire building together. Once again, Steve Hartman, 546 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:45,600 Speaker 1: Kerry Roads with you Fox Sports Saturday. We're coming live 547 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,680 Speaker 1: from the tai Iraq dot Com studios. We're getting a 548 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 1: little NFL fix in this first hour. By the way, 549 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:54,160 Speaker 1: Adam Kaplan will be joining us a little bit later 550 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:57,440 Speaker 1: on the show, our Fox Sports Radio NFL Insider. He's 551 00:27:57,480 --> 00:27:59,360 Speaker 1: been out and about to training camp. So he'll give 552 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:02,040 Speaker 1: us his later's report. Actually we missed him last week. 553 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:06,720 Speaker 1: He went to a wedding. Oh, and I'm thinking during 554 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:10,880 Speaker 1: the NFL preseason really at him. We'll update with him 555 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 1: a little bit later on. All right, let's get back 556 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 1: to running back. So Zeke Elliott is now a Patriot. 557 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:19,680 Speaker 1: So these running backs are, you know, getting signed? They're 558 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 1: showing up everywhere. Do we have an update on Josh Jacobs. 559 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:23,960 Speaker 3: Oh? 560 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:27,000 Speaker 1: I haven't heard anything about Josh Jacobs, have you none? 561 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:27,199 Speaker 5: No? 562 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 1: In fact, last week I did a postgame television show 563 00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:36,440 Speaker 1: following the raiders gigantic win by the Way in Week one, 564 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:40,160 Speaker 1: and we talked about Josh Jacobs and again, if they 565 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:45,880 Speaker 1: were sending his franchise tag he becomes a free agent, wow, 566 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:47,360 Speaker 1: I said, if you're a Raider fan, I would like 567 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 1: to see him in a Broncos uniform, or even worse, 568 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:53,880 Speaker 1: how about a Chief's uniform. I mean kidding me. I 569 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,320 Speaker 1: get a sense and you'd agree or disagree with this, 570 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:58,280 Speaker 1: Carrie about what we're going to see from running backs 571 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:03,520 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty three. And you know, people keep talking 572 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:09,200 Speaker 1: about the diminished value of running backs. I doubt there 573 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:13,520 Speaker 1: is an offensive coordinator in this league. That will tell 574 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:17,560 Speaker 1: you that running backs have no value because they play 575 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:22,320 Speaker 1: a multitude of roles. For you, you have to do everything. 576 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:26,240 Speaker 1: I remember when Adrian Peterson, the future Hall of Famer, 577 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:28,480 Speaker 1: came into the league. His rookie year with the Vikings, 578 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:31,000 Speaker 1: of course set the league record tw hundred ninety six 579 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:34,320 Speaker 1: yars rushing that rookie year, But his very first training camp, 580 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:41,680 Speaker 1: they were like, dude, you got to block. Yeah, you're 581 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:47,840 Speaker 1: not playing unless you block. Yes, you've got to block. 582 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:51,360 Speaker 1: And Adrian Peterson, to his credit, learned how to block. 583 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:55,480 Speaker 1: So you're a blocker. You're a receiver. On top of 584 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:57,840 Speaker 1: the fact that you carry the load offensively, you will 585 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:00,800 Speaker 1: get more touches than if you're an running back than 586 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:04,280 Speaker 1: anyone else. By far, you don't see any wide receivers 587 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:07,600 Speaker 1: catching three hundred and thirty passes in a year. I 588 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:12,320 Speaker 1: get a sense that by the end of twenty twenty three, 589 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:15,400 Speaker 1: the narrative on running backs is going to change. I'd 590 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:21,080 Speaker 1: see multiple running backs this year having huge production years. 591 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:23,560 Speaker 2: Oh, I agree, I mean, and that's always the case. 592 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:29,240 Speaker 2: It doesn't matter how devalued the position may seem. You know, 593 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:32,200 Speaker 2: league wide, there's always gonna be guys that are gonna 594 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:34,680 Speaker 2: have really good years at that position. And you said it, 595 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:36,480 Speaker 2: I mean, they're so key. It's not just about the 596 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:39,320 Speaker 2: running part of it. It's in the protection game, in 597 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:42,040 Speaker 2: the past game. The best receivers in running backs that 598 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:43,760 Speaker 2: I know, the best running backs that I know are 599 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,160 Speaker 2: some of the great greatest receivers I know as well. 600 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 2: I mean, go talk about Hall of Fame guys. Marshall 601 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:52,520 Speaker 2: Faulk sticks out, Ladanian, Tomlinson sticks out, like those guys 602 00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:55,160 Speaker 2: are guys that have changed the game, but change the 603 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:58,520 Speaker 2: game in ways where you look at those guys as 604 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:01,240 Speaker 2: being the most versatile guys on the and that won't 605 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:02,440 Speaker 2: change you have those guys. 606 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:04,520 Speaker 1: A guy like Josh Jacobs. 607 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:06,920 Speaker 2: I think he's one of the best backs in the league, 608 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:09,360 Speaker 2: and I know that for a fact, But the fact 609 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:11,360 Speaker 2: that he's not in camp right now with the Raiders, 610 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:13,680 Speaker 2: it bothers me because he also seems like a good 611 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:15,320 Speaker 2: guy too. So you want guys like that to be 612 00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:17,880 Speaker 2: paid and taken care of, well, just what is just 613 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:18,800 Speaker 2: baffling to me. 614 00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:24,280 Speaker 1: So Josh McDaniels basically said, this breakout season for Josh 615 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:27,000 Speaker 1: Jacobs was not by his sign Think about this he 616 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:29,480 Speaker 1: had over sixteen hundred yards rushing led the league rushing 617 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:32,920 Speaker 1: last year. The second most yards rushing by any other 618 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:38,240 Speaker 1: Raiders running back last year was sixty six yards. Sixty six. Wow. 619 00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:41,400 Speaker 1: They didn't even have a running back outside of Jacobs, 620 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:43,960 Speaker 1: who had one hundred yards rushing last year. That's crazy. 621 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:48,880 Speaker 1: So whether it was by accident or not, the fact 622 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:53,240 Speaker 1: is you uncovered a former first round pick who finally 623 00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:55,960 Speaker 1: had the opportunity to show what he was made of, 624 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:03,560 Speaker 1: and he's that good showed you. I mean, I just 625 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:09,360 Speaker 1: it just absolutely baffles me. And again, Josh McDaniel's career 626 00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:14,040 Speaker 1: as an offensive coordinator is is what it is. I mean, 627 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:17,080 Speaker 1: you know all these rings from his years of the Patriots, 628 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:20,560 Speaker 1: but as a head coach in his last thirty nine games, 629 00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:23,640 Speaker 1: he's eleven and twenty eight. Yeah, he hasn't done really 630 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:27,640 Speaker 1: well at that position. So how do you think you're 631 00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:31,000 Speaker 1: okay if you were to get rid of Josh Jacobs 632 00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:34,720 Speaker 1: and go with the classic Patriots you know, running back 633 00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:37,320 Speaker 1: by committee. You don't have a committee. 634 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:42,000 Speaker 2: That's the thing. It's that whole Patriot way is I 635 00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:45,160 Speaker 2: think it's passe. And I also understand that. I mean, 636 00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:47,800 Speaker 2: you work with a guy like Bladcheck where the team 637 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:51,760 Speaker 2: is bigger than any individual, which in most situations that 638 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:54,320 Speaker 2: is the case, but there are a few situations where 639 00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:58,240 Speaker 2: you have guys that are alphas and guys that you 640 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:01,280 Speaker 2: have to feed, and guys you have to make sure 641 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:04,800 Speaker 2: is a focal point of what you're doing as a team. 642 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:07,120 Speaker 2: And so Josh Jacobs was that guy last year, and 643 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:08,880 Speaker 2: he would be that guy this year as well, because 644 00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:09,680 Speaker 2: he's that talented. 645 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:13,480 Speaker 1: Here's one thing I know about having a really effective 646 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:17,680 Speaker 1: running game. When you have the lead in the fourth quarter, 647 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:24,720 Speaker 1: if you can't run the ball effectively, you're gonna blow 648 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:27,360 Speaker 1: a lot of fourth quarter leads. Yes, that's where the 649 00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:31,400 Speaker 1: running game, that's where that physical nature of the game 650 00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:35,200 Speaker 1: takes over. You want to own the fourth quarter, and 651 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:39,520 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter in football comes to who's got the 652 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:42,480 Speaker 1: most gas left in the tank. Yes, and if you 653 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:46,320 Speaker 1: have that big offensive line, you got a big running 654 00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:50,240 Speaker 1: back who can run downhill, you just wear down a 655 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:54,280 Speaker 1: defense and the game is yours now. Granted, if you 656 00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:56,720 Speaker 1: don't have an effective passing game and you're down two 657 00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:59,840 Speaker 1: touchdowns in the fourth quarter, you got an equal problem, right, 658 00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:03,760 Speaker 1: But where that running game can make the difference between 659 00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:06,880 Speaker 1: and so many close games in the league is that 660 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:10,160 Speaker 1: fourth quarter. That's where a running game matters. 661 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:12,960 Speaker 2: And who's the master of that in the last four 662 00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:16,680 Speaker 2: or five years, that's Tennessee Titans in there. It doesn't 663 00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:19,680 Speaker 2: get stronger every game goes on, and no matter how 664 00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:22,920 Speaker 2: much of a passing league, this game, this game becomes 665 00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:26,759 Speaker 2: the teams. The teams that are physical and half the 666 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:29,040 Speaker 2: guys up front physical and be able to run the 667 00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:30,640 Speaker 2: ball physically down the strets are going to be the 668 00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:31,160 Speaker 2: teams that win. 669 00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:33,000 Speaker 1: How did they get the one seed? Two years ago? 670 00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:35,160 Speaker 1: They were what the fourth or fifth best team in 671 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:38,120 Speaker 1: the AFC because of the dominance of their running back 672 00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:40,040 Speaker 1: in that fourth quarter. All right, coming up on the 673 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:42,120 Speaker 1: other side, we want to get a little bit into 674 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:46,000 Speaker 1: what's happening on the college football scene as we are 675 00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:51,480 Speaker 1: just yes, one week away from Week zero. And by 676 00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:53,800 Speaker 1: the way, a quick reminder, once again, we are brought 677 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:59,600 Speaker 1: to you by Progressive Progressive Insurance. Progressive makes bundling easy 678 00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:02,480 Speaker 1: in a four get a multi policy discount by combining 679 00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:06,200 Speaker 1: your motorcycle, RV, boat, a TV, and more all your 680 00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:09,960 Speaker 1: protection in one place. Bundlin save at Progressive dot com. 681 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:13,920 Speaker 1: This is Fox Sports Saturday, Steve Armin and Kerry Rhodes, 682 00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:17,319 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Saturday. We are live from the tire rack 683 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:22,000 Speaker 1: dot Com studios. It is no secret that college football 684 00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:28,920 Speaker 1: is my number one sport. I can watch historical footage 685 00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:33,480 Speaker 1: of college football from any era, almost twenty four to seven. 686 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:39,080 Speaker 1: There's just so much in the history of this sport. 687 00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:42,719 Speaker 1: And now, of course we're going through a tidal wave 688 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:48,720 Speaker 1: of changes that I predicted years ago would eventually happen 689 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:51,920 Speaker 1: the way it's happened. Maybe I couldn't have predicted, but 690 00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:55,920 Speaker 1: we're We're in an incredible season coming up here in 691 00:35:55,960 --> 00:35:59,560 Speaker 1: college football. I mean, this is the last year. I mean, 692 00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:04,800 Speaker 1: you've got two conferences that are going to be completely 693 00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:09,120 Speaker 1: changed after the season. The PAC twelve is not even 694 00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:13,040 Speaker 1: going to exist after this year, and the Big twelve 695 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:16,320 Speaker 1: is going to be changed dramatically because they're going to 696 00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:20,600 Speaker 1: lose Texas and Oklahoma and then bring in this tidal way. Well, 697 00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:24,040 Speaker 1: they have the AAC teams coming in this year, and 698 00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:26,759 Speaker 1: then they got those PAC twelve teams coming in in 699 00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:29,839 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four. Then of course we're going to see 700 00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:32,200 Speaker 1: a whole new Big ten next year with the four 701 00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:35,680 Speaker 1: PAC twelve schools joining the conference, and then the SEC 702 00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:38,719 Speaker 1: is going to add Texas and Oklahoma. So this is 703 00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:42,800 Speaker 1: sort of like this last year as we have known things, 704 00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:47,960 Speaker 1: at least in the recent past in college football. So 705 00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:51,440 Speaker 1: I say this, I say, let's take it in. I mean, 706 00:36:51,719 --> 00:36:54,680 Speaker 1: I find it appropriate that on Week zero the two 707 00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:57,160 Speaker 1: ranked teams are going to be featured are Notre Dame 708 00:36:57,200 --> 00:37:00,960 Speaker 1: taken on Navy and USC taken on Sanmose State. But 709 00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:04,319 Speaker 1: the irony to me with this PAC twelve because I 710 00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:08,200 Speaker 1: was looking at the AP preseason rankings. You have USC 711 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:13,600 Speaker 1: at number six, you have Washington at number ten, you 712 00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:18,120 Speaker 1: have Oregon at number fifteen, and then poor Oregon State 713 00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:22,840 Speaker 1: they're number eighteen preseason and they don't even have a 714 00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:25,839 Speaker 1: home for next year. But the other three teams are 715 00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:28,080 Speaker 1: all heading out of town in the Big ten. So 716 00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:31,560 Speaker 1: what do you make of this? Because to me, I'm 717 00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:36,120 Speaker 1: going to sort of inhale this season understanding that after 718 00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:40,640 Speaker 1: this year, what I have known in college football is 719 00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:44,560 Speaker 1: gone forever. The good old days are gone. Steve? Is 720 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:45,160 Speaker 1: that okay? 721 00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:50,240 Speaker 2: It's it's funny you say that because in college sports 722 00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:52,760 Speaker 2: and collegiate sports. I agree with you one hundred percent 723 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:55,440 Speaker 2: it's my favorite as well. I have an affinity for it. 724 00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:58,640 Speaker 2: I think it's maybe more basketball for me than football, 725 00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:01,279 Speaker 2: but I do love the football side of it. I 726 00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:05,400 Speaker 2: think the traditional rivalry still kind of hold their value 727 00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:08,239 Speaker 2: even outside of even if they leave the conference, which 728 00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:10,240 Speaker 2: we've seen happen in the past as well. 729 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:12,200 Speaker 1: To be honest, right now, I. 730 00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:14,800 Speaker 2: Don't know where all these teams have been in the 731 00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:19,280 Speaker 2: past five years anyway, I've only I mean, obviously I'm 732 00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:22,759 Speaker 2: a Louisville. Louisville stand because that's my allegiance. That's where 733 00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:25,400 Speaker 2: I went to school in acc which will change also 734 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:26,879 Speaker 2: here soon sooner than later. 735 00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:29,520 Speaker 1: But yeah, I don't really look at it that way. 736 00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:32,359 Speaker 2: I look at matchups a lot more than anything, and 737 00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:34,520 Speaker 2: I'm a matchup guy, so I love to see those 738 00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:37,040 Speaker 2: things happen, but not the conference stuff as much as you. 739 00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:44,520 Speaker 1: Well, again, before we had the BCS, yep, it all 740 00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:48,600 Speaker 1: came down to the polls, and sometimes there were split 741 00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:50,680 Speaker 1: polls between the AP and the coach's poll. 742 00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:50,920 Speaker 7: Right. 743 00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:56,359 Speaker 1: Football is very regional in those days, so you know, yeah, 744 00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:58,120 Speaker 1: the teams in the South, you had the teams in 745 00:38:58,160 --> 00:38:59,840 Speaker 1: the East, he had the teams in the Midwest. He 746 00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:01,560 Speaker 1: had the teams in the West, yeah, the teams in 747 00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:04,600 Speaker 1: the Southwest. Everyone started playing each other and then at 748 00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:06,799 Speaker 1: the end of the year, maybe a couple teams are undefeated, 749 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,719 Speaker 1: and then there's this raging argument, well who really was 750 00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:11,880 Speaker 1: the best team, which is how we got to the 751 00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:17,080 Speaker 1: point of creating a computer generated championship game that didn't 752 00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:19,799 Speaker 1: work out well. And then of course this hokey four 753 00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:22,640 Speaker 1: school playoff that was made for TV event or no 754 00:39:22,719 --> 00:39:24,719 Speaker 1: knock to ESPN. They invested a lot of money in this, 755 00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:26,520 Speaker 1: so they wanted to get the best schools out there. 756 00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:29,120 Speaker 1: I remember, well, this is going to give more teams 757 00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:31,719 Speaker 1: a chance to win a championship. I said from day one, 758 00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:33,799 Speaker 1: it's not. I said, no, it's going to make the 759 00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:38,000 Speaker 1: top schools even stronger, which is why we saw Alabama, Clempson, 760 00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:42,600 Speaker 1: Ohio State in the playoffs feemingly every single year. So 761 00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:46,040 Speaker 1: I'm just curious to sort of take a snapshot of 762 00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:50,360 Speaker 1: this season, so sort of hold where we've been and 763 00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:52,000 Speaker 1: then see how it's going to play out starting in 764 00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:55,080 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four. It's going to be amazing. 765 00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:55,239 Speaker 7: Man. 766 00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:57,640 Speaker 1: I think this last year is actually really exciting too. 767 00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:02,000 Speaker 2: And I'm really excited because my Louisville Cardinals are favorite 768 00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:03,960 Speaker 2: in every game going into this season, so we'll see 769 00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:04,600 Speaker 2: where they end up. 770 00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:07,920 Speaker 1: Really, can you imagine how big would it be for 771 00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:09,719 Speaker 1: the Ville to win a national champion? Oh? Man, it 772 00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:10,400 Speaker 1: would be everything. 773 00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:12,400 Speaker 2: I mean, We've got We've got one in basketball, we 774 00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:15,160 Speaker 2: got one in baseball, we got one in soccer, and 775 00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:16,959 Speaker 2: now football needs to come on, come on board. 776 00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:18,640 Speaker 1: All right, on the other side, we get right back 777 00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:23,200 Speaker 1: to some NFL news and the greatest baseball season ever. 778 00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:25,240 Speaker 1: This is Fox Sports Saturday. 779 00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:28,400 Speaker 5: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 780 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:31,800 Speaker 5: the nation. 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Injuries obviously a big part of it, which 796 00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:22,440 Speaker 1: always brings up the point of every time I see 797 00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:26,560 Speaker 1: somebody in season end with a preseason injury, I'm like, 798 00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:30,600 Speaker 1: why are we playing these games? There is zero purpose 799 00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:34,320 Speaker 1: to play preseason football. So, but every once in a while, 800 00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:37,480 Speaker 1: I'm seeing a story and I know, Iowa Sam's going 801 00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:39,920 Speaker 1: to jump out of his skin when he hears about 802 00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:43,520 Speaker 1: this story. I know, I know how Iowa Sam is. 803 00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:47,160 Speaker 1: So Sam, where is he leaving the room? Hold on 804 00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:49,440 Speaker 1: a second, what's going on? Sami? Okay? Do you have 805 00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:51,719 Speaker 1: to go? I have a question for you. Did you 806 00:41:51,719 --> 00:41:56,080 Speaker 1: see the story by the Native American Guardian Guardians Association 807 00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:59,960 Speaker 1: about bringing back the Redskins name to the Washington franch 808 00:42:00,880 --> 00:42:05,280 Speaker 1: almost one hundred thousand signatures as they bid to stand 809 00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:08,000 Speaker 1: up for the dignity of every American under assault in 810 00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:12,440 Speaker 1: today's nonsensical culture wars. Now you have new ownership of 811 00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:16,439 Speaker 1: the Washington franchise. No one likes the commander's name. Let's 812 00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:19,120 Speaker 1: put it that way. So we've been talking about like, okay, 813 00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:21,960 Speaker 1: your new owners, you want to get a fresh start. 814 00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:24,719 Speaker 1: I didn't mind the Washington football team that sort of 815 00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:28,279 Speaker 1: played for me anyway. But this group is stepping up 816 00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:32,880 Speaker 1: and said something along this line. The NFL franchise representing 817 00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:36,120 Speaker 1: our nation's capital has an opportunity to recognize the history 818 00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:43,200 Speaker 1: and value of the American Indian. Now again, redskin by 819 00:42:43,239 --> 00:42:49,120 Speaker 1: its nature is racist. In other words, it's identifying somebody 820 00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:51,920 Speaker 1: by the color perceive color of their skin, something along 821 00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:54,360 Speaker 1: the lines. But this group is pointing out it was 822 00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:58,839 Speaker 1: also the name of this franchise for eighty years. And 823 00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:02,279 Speaker 1: it's interesting what there was the Cleveland Indians. They would 824 00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:05,200 Speaker 1: always make the argument that it was an honor of 825 00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:11,600 Speaker 1: that we adopted this nickname in honor of the American Indian, 826 00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:15,359 Speaker 1: an honor of Native Americans. Now I don't think for 827 00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:18,680 Speaker 1: a second here that the Washington franchise is going to 828 00:43:18,719 --> 00:43:23,719 Speaker 1: reconsider and change their name back to the Redskins. But 829 00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:27,480 Speaker 1: that being said, this is a franchise that needs to 830 00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:31,200 Speaker 1: turn the page from Daniel Snyder. That was the problem. 831 00:43:31,239 --> 00:43:33,759 Speaker 1: And by the way, when they do the polling of 832 00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:36,319 Speaker 1: these Native American groups. You know they would say, the 833 00:43:36,400 --> 00:43:39,319 Speaker 1: Washington Post did this for years about the name Redskins, 834 00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:41,960 Speaker 1: and you know they would come back with, look at 835 00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:44,879 Speaker 1: if you're asking us if we're offended. We're offended by 836 00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:48,319 Speaker 1: many more things in our treatment and a lot of 837 00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:51,840 Speaker 1: other things than we are the name of a football team. 838 00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:56,799 Speaker 1: So if you're the new owner of this Washington franchise, 839 00:43:56,960 --> 00:43:59,320 Speaker 1: are you going to stay with the Commanders? I didn't 840 00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:02,600 Speaker 1: mind Washington football team. I'm not a big nickname for 841 00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:06,680 Speaker 1: teams anyway, it doesn't really matter to me. But how 842 00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:10,480 Speaker 1: would you approach this group that is gathering signatures as 843 00:44:10,480 --> 00:44:11,359 Speaker 1: we speak. 844 00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:15,040 Speaker 2: Well, you approach that group by having to sit down 845 00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:16,960 Speaker 2: with them. You want to educate yourself. I think the 846 00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:20,560 Speaker 2: more educated you are about any subject, any topic, the 847 00:44:20,719 --> 00:44:23,480 Speaker 2: better for you, the better off you are as a person. 848 00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:24,080 Speaker 1: Number one. 849 00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:27,640 Speaker 2: But if you're the owner, owner group of a franchise 850 00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:31,520 Speaker 2: and you have these you know, these Native Americans, these 851 00:44:31,560 --> 00:44:33,759 Speaker 2: people come into you saying we're not offended by the 852 00:44:33,840 --> 00:44:36,880 Speaker 2: name that we once that you guys once had, that 853 00:44:36,920 --> 00:44:39,160 Speaker 2: would be a beautiful start of something that you could 854 00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:44,120 Speaker 2: maybe not go back to the Redskins but entertain a 855 00:44:44,239 --> 00:44:47,200 Speaker 2: name change or a new name with you know, with 856 00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:52,840 Speaker 2: the culture of people that are supposedly being being attacked 857 00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:56,839 Speaker 2: or being not treated properly, saying no, this isn't this 858 00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:58,520 Speaker 2: isn't the thing for us. We want to be able 859 00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:01,200 Speaker 2: to do something different you guys and stand by you 860 00:45:01,239 --> 00:45:03,600 Speaker 2: guys in a certain way. So I think the conversation 861 00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:06,600 Speaker 2: being spread and being open in that situation is a 862 00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:09,920 Speaker 2: must and a positive thing. But for me, I would say, 863 00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:12,680 Speaker 2: you want to start fresh when you come in as 864 00:45:12,719 --> 00:45:14,160 Speaker 2: a new owner and new owner group. You want to 865 00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:17,360 Speaker 2: have your imprint all over that organization. And so whatever 866 00:45:17,360 --> 00:45:20,840 Speaker 2: the name is, it's to represent something that you believe 867 00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:23,160 Speaker 2: in and something that you really, you know, really want 868 00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:24,200 Speaker 2: to be, want to want to be. 869 00:45:24,440 --> 00:45:27,479 Speaker 1: This is a slippery slope, and again it's it's hard 870 00:45:27,520 --> 00:45:28,959 Speaker 1: to talk about it, and I don't want to dwell 871 00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:30,880 Speaker 1: on this. I'd much rather get into the kind of 872 00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:32,839 Speaker 1: football team we're going to see in Washington this year. 873 00:45:33,239 --> 00:45:35,200 Speaker 1: But just one other thought here, I mean, it's always 874 00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:38,640 Speaker 1: that slippery slope. And this is not just about this nickname, 875 00:45:38,680 --> 00:45:41,520 Speaker 1: but many other things that we've had discussions. I've had 876 00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:44,719 Speaker 1: discussions with co hosts for years and years and years, right, 877 00:45:45,239 --> 00:45:51,640 Speaker 1: And that is the idea that if something is permissible 878 00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:54,279 Speaker 1: to nine out of ten people in the room, right, 879 00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:58,759 Speaker 1: but that one person is offended, then you need to 880 00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:02,680 Speaker 1: get rid of it. And I'm trying to do the 881 00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:06,160 Speaker 1: math on this. I mean, you can't please everyone all 882 00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:09,720 Speaker 1: the time. That's one thing I have found out people 883 00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:12,000 Speaker 1: that listen to me. You know, there's there's a lot 884 00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:14,320 Speaker 1: of people that support what I've done over the years, 885 00:46:14,440 --> 00:46:15,680 Speaker 1: and there are a lot of people that have been 886 00:46:15,719 --> 00:46:18,040 Speaker 1: loudly critical of what I've done over the years. And 887 00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:21,040 Speaker 1: I get it. I can't. I can't please everybody. There's 888 00:46:21,080 --> 00:46:24,080 Speaker 1: no there's nobody that is going to please everybody all 889 00:46:24,120 --> 00:46:27,920 Speaker 1: the time. I get that. This This really comes down 890 00:46:28,120 --> 00:46:32,319 Speaker 1: to a decision, not by the Washington franchise, even though 891 00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:35,880 Speaker 1: they paid six billion dollars for this franchise. It really 892 00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:39,279 Speaker 1: comes down to the NFL in the league office, got it. 893 00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:44,040 Speaker 1: That's where it's That's where a decision like this is 894 00:46:44,120 --> 00:46:49,080 Speaker 1: ultimately made. And no matter how many signatures they gather, 895 00:46:49,960 --> 00:46:54,680 Speaker 1: believe me, the former name of the Washington franchise will 896 00:46:54,680 --> 00:46:57,440 Speaker 1: not return. You don't think it will return. No, No, 897 00:46:57,480 --> 00:47:00,239 Speaker 1: that makes sense. The Commanders is lame. Commanders is not 898 00:47:00,280 --> 00:47:02,160 Speaker 1: a good one. It's not good. I know where they 899 00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:04,640 Speaker 1: came up with that one, but not all the different names. 900 00:47:04,680 --> 00:47:07,440 Speaker 1: I mean, you could use for our nation's capitol commanders. 901 00:47:08,040 --> 00:47:11,080 Speaker 1: Geez all right, let's let's talk about this washing team 902 00:47:11,120 --> 00:47:13,720 Speaker 1: for a moment here, because you look at the NFC East. 903 00:47:14,200 --> 00:47:18,160 Speaker 1: You have the defending champion conference champion Eagles. You have 904 00:47:18,280 --> 00:47:20,439 Speaker 1: a cowboy team that won twelve games a year ago. 905 00:47:20,440 --> 00:47:21,920 Speaker 1: They're going to be two of the elite teams on 906 00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:24,640 Speaker 1: the NFC. Giants seen to be on to com Obviously, 907 00:47:24,719 --> 00:47:27,719 Speaker 1: they gave Daniel Jones that huge contract Sae Quantill be 908 00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:30,640 Speaker 1: back for them, so there, and then he got Washington right, 909 00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:33,480 Speaker 1: and Ron Rivera is still there, and they got new 910 00:47:33,520 --> 00:47:36,960 Speaker 1: ownership and they're trying to cleanse themselves. This is going 911 00:47:37,040 --> 00:47:38,480 Speaker 1: to be a process. It's not going to happen in 912 00:47:38,520 --> 00:47:40,840 Speaker 1: a year, not only on the field, but off the 913 00:47:40,920 --> 00:47:44,560 Speaker 1: field from the stench that was Daniel Snyder, the owner 914 00:47:44,600 --> 00:47:48,480 Speaker 1: of the team. But how for a team, the players 915 00:47:48,520 --> 00:47:52,359 Speaker 1: on this team, right, with all this outside commotion and 916 00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:55,000 Speaker 1: the obvious spotlight that's going to be on them because 917 00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:57,719 Speaker 1: of new ownership, how does that affect the locker room. 918 00:47:57,800 --> 00:47:59,359 Speaker 1: Doesn't affect the locker room much at all. 919 00:47:59,560 --> 00:48:02,319 Speaker 2: I think you get to disassociate yourself from a lot 920 00:48:02,320 --> 00:48:04,839 Speaker 2: of the outside issues when you're inside the locker room 921 00:48:05,280 --> 00:48:07,800 Speaker 2: as far as the players go, because more than anything, 922 00:48:07,880 --> 00:48:11,040 Speaker 2: it will be maybe the coaches or the gms or 923 00:48:11,280 --> 00:48:14,560 Speaker 2: you know, people in higher positions in that locker room 924 00:48:14,680 --> 00:48:17,120 Speaker 2: may have to deal with that and probably do deal 925 00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:19,040 Speaker 2: with it. But the players are there just trying to 926 00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:21,680 Speaker 2: play the game. And I know that and a lot 927 00:48:21,680 --> 00:48:24,520 Speaker 2: of things that happen for players even outside of football, 928 00:48:24,600 --> 00:48:26,840 Speaker 2: right in their personal lives. Once they get on the 929 00:48:26,840 --> 00:48:29,440 Speaker 2: football field, it's that's the sanctuary. That's where you get 930 00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:31,799 Speaker 2: a chance to go out and you know, kind of 931 00:48:31,880 --> 00:48:34,759 Speaker 2: ridge yourself from all the everyday worries that are going 932 00:48:34,760 --> 00:48:38,319 Speaker 2: on in life. So as far as these situations and 933 00:48:38,400 --> 00:48:41,120 Speaker 2: scenarios are going and you know, the groups and all 934 00:48:41,160 --> 00:48:43,799 Speaker 2: these things and the new owners doesn't affect the players are. 935 00:48:43,719 --> 00:48:45,600 Speaker 1: Going out and play. Sam Howe's going to be the 936 00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:46,520 Speaker 1: quarterback of this team. 937 00:48:46,560 --> 00:48:48,640 Speaker 2: Sam Howell's the quarterback, and I think it's a great 938 00:48:48,680 --> 00:48:51,879 Speaker 2: decision for them. I think they have a team that's 939 00:48:52,200 --> 00:48:54,080 Speaker 2: even though they've had all this term role. They've still 940 00:48:54,120 --> 00:48:56,920 Speaker 2: been pretty competitive on the field, and you know, we 941 00:48:57,040 --> 00:48:59,239 Speaker 2: all know Ron Rivera's you know, he's a really good coach, 942 00:48:59,239 --> 00:49:02,000 Speaker 2: and so going to have a chance to be competitive. 943 00:49:02,400 --> 00:49:03,800 Speaker 1: The upside with Sam Howe. 944 00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:05,520 Speaker 2: At the quarterback position is going to give them a 945 00:49:05,640 --> 00:49:09,000 Speaker 2: chance to see where their seiling is right now. Because 946 00:49:09,000 --> 00:49:11,760 Speaker 2: if you go to Jacoby Brissett, which you know would 947 00:49:11,760 --> 00:49:13,680 Speaker 2: be the safe bet, he's a guy that we know 948 00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:15,600 Speaker 2: he can go run a football team and he can 949 00:49:15,960 --> 00:49:18,080 Speaker 2: have you in games and you can have a chance. 950 00:49:18,120 --> 00:49:20,520 Speaker 2: But with Sam there's a little bit of an unknown 951 00:49:20,600 --> 00:49:24,320 Speaker 2: there where if it's selling goes higher than what we expect, 952 00:49:24,320 --> 00:49:26,640 Speaker 2: this team can win nine game, nine, ten games. So 953 00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:28,120 Speaker 2: I'm interested to see where they go. 954 00:49:28,360 --> 00:49:32,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, I look at this Washington franchise. The defense is 955 00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:35,319 Speaker 1: above average's no question about that, but they just got 956 00:49:35,360 --> 00:49:37,839 Speaker 1: to generate some consistent offense. I'd love to see Sam 957 00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:39,960 Speaker 1: Howe have a breakout season for Washington. I think that 958 00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:42,640 Speaker 1: would be a really dynamic story. It's not like they're 959 00:49:42,640 --> 00:49:44,840 Speaker 1: coming off, you know, a three and fourteen season. I 960 00:49:44,840 --> 00:49:47,399 Speaker 1: mean they've been hovering around five hundred over the last 961 00:49:47,400 --> 00:49:49,880 Speaker 1: couple of years, and big part of that is just 962 00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:54,280 Speaker 1: instability at quarterback. I mean, you're bringing Carson Wentz and 963 00:49:53,080 --> 00:49:56,680 Speaker 1: you can almost predict how that's gonna go and everything else. 964 00:49:56,760 --> 00:50:00,319 Speaker 1: So look, I again getting back to this whole you know, 965 00:50:00,360 --> 00:50:05,400 Speaker 1: the origins. I cringe sometimes when people can't say the 966 00:50:05,480 --> 00:50:08,040 Speaker 1: name of what this franchise was. For eighty years, they 967 00:50:08,040 --> 00:50:11,000 Speaker 1: were the Redskins Skins and they're not the Redskins anymore, 968 00:50:11,040 --> 00:50:14,279 Speaker 1: and they never will be the Redskins again. But you 969 00:50:14,280 --> 00:50:17,759 Speaker 1: can't just to race history. The Cowboys Redskins rivalry, man, 970 00:50:17,760 --> 00:50:21,640 Speaker 1: when I was a little kid in the seventies, was 971 00:50:21,640 --> 00:50:25,960 Speaker 1: was easily the most dynamic rivalry in professional football at 972 00:50:25,960 --> 00:50:26,399 Speaker 1: that time. 973 00:50:26,480 --> 00:50:28,080 Speaker 2: I mean I was a little kid watching those games, 974 00:50:28,080 --> 00:50:31,320 Speaker 2: and yeah, I just remember being blown away by you know, obviously, 975 00:50:31,440 --> 00:50:33,520 Speaker 2: I mean the name stood out so much. I mean, 976 00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:36,880 Speaker 2: the red Skins and Cowboys, that rivalry stood out. And 977 00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:40,000 Speaker 2: you know, in speaking of you know, the Native American culture, 978 00:50:40,440 --> 00:50:43,319 Speaker 2: I'm a I'm a proud Native American as well. I 979 00:50:43,360 --> 00:50:46,319 Speaker 2: have a big contingency of of chalk taw Indian in me, 980 00:50:46,400 --> 00:50:49,120 Speaker 2: So the conversation around it for me, it hits home 981 00:50:49,200 --> 00:50:51,600 Speaker 2: on a different level as well. But I also, you 982 00:50:51,640 --> 00:50:54,680 Speaker 2: know what that group said, I mean, there's so many 983 00:50:54,760 --> 00:50:58,000 Speaker 2: other points the emphasis that we could really be talking about, 984 00:50:58,040 --> 00:51:00,319 Speaker 2: and we were talking about the name of a football team. 985 00:51:00,360 --> 00:51:03,000 Speaker 2: It's just really ironic though, so it's crazy to hear. 986 00:51:03,239 --> 00:51:06,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, but anyway, they are gathering signatures, so we'll see 987 00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:10,160 Speaker 1: no word yet from the new owners of that franchise. 988 00:51:10,160 --> 00:51:12,080 Speaker 1: All right, we're gonna switch gears on the other side 989 00:51:12,080 --> 00:51:15,880 Speaker 1: because James Harden's got a problem. Oh man, James Harden 990 00:51:16,040 --> 00:51:18,719 Speaker 1: has a problem, and what is the best way to 991 00:51:18,800 --> 00:51:21,640 Speaker 1: solve it? We're going to tell you. This is Fox 992 00:51:21,640 --> 00:51:27,600 Speaker 1: Sports Saturday. Steve Harviccareroads Fox Sports Saturday. We are live 993 00:51:27,719 --> 00:51:32,120 Speaker 1: from the tirak dot com studios. Hey football fans, the 994 00:51:32,120 --> 00:51:37,000 Speaker 1: return of our popular Saturday and Sunday pregame shows Countdown 995 00:51:37,000 --> 00:51:40,560 Speaker 1: to Kickoff, presented by Bett MGM. Are back this week 996 00:51:40,600 --> 00:51:42,920 Speaker 1: and be sure to tune into Fox Sports Radio every 997 00:51:43,040 --> 00:51:46,439 Speaker 1: Saturday and Sunday morning three hours before kickoff. From now 998 00:51:46,560 --> 00:51:50,080 Speaker 1: all the way through Super Bowl Sunday. 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So in the meantime, we got 1008 00:52:24,400 --> 00:52:28,759 Speaker 1: all kinds of stories outside of the football realm, and 1009 00:52:28,880 --> 00:52:32,920 Speaker 1: this one is just absurd. Let me ask you this. 1010 00:52:34,680 --> 00:52:40,600 Speaker 1: If you're an NBA general manager, if you're an NBA coach, 1011 00:52:42,080 --> 00:52:46,839 Speaker 1: if you're an NBA team owner, do you want James 1012 00:52:46,840 --> 00:52:48,040 Speaker 1: Harden on your team? 1013 00:52:48,440 --> 00:52:55,960 Speaker 2: Absolutely not. No, James Harden has become super cancerous. And 1014 00:52:56,000 --> 00:52:58,160 Speaker 2: that sucks because he's such a good player and he's 1015 00:52:58,160 --> 00:53:00,920 Speaker 2: had such a really good career, and you know, you 1016 00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:04,880 Speaker 2: start to become a little big for your own bredches 1017 00:53:05,000 --> 00:53:10,560 Speaker 2: in certain situations you think that you're above reproach. But 1018 00:53:10,719 --> 00:53:14,520 Speaker 2: in the NBA game, we've seen this. You're in, you're in, 1019 00:53:14,640 --> 00:53:19,280 Speaker 2: you're out once you're a superstar talent, and that superstar 1020 00:53:19,360 --> 00:53:22,920 Speaker 2: stars to them, you're the one they're gonna get rid of. 1021 00:53:23,080 --> 00:53:27,279 Speaker 2: First because they know the baggage that comes along with that, 1022 00:53:27,920 --> 00:53:31,840 Speaker 2: I e. Carmelo Anthony, Right, guys like that who you 1023 00:53:31,880 --> 00:53:35,160 Speaker 2: know were superstars at their time. You start to get 1024 00:53:35,160 --> 00:53:39,520 Speaker 2: to a point where teams know that your talent or 1025 00:53:40,800 --> 00:53:45,600 Speaker 2: your approach in your reach out out reaches your talent, 1026 00:53:46,320 --> 00:53:50,080 Speaker 2: and that becomes a problem because we know it's not 1027 00:53:50,080 --> 00:53:52,239 Speaker 2: gonna be an easy transition for him to end up 1028 00:53:52,239 --> 00:53:55,360 Speaker 2: being a guy that can bring other guys, bring the 1029 00:53:55,440 --> 00:53:58,840 Speaker 2: younger guys along, or coach them along, because he's still 1030 00:53:59,280 --> 00:54:02,160 Speaker 2: trying to get his own bag, and so it becomes 1031 00:54:02,200 --> 00:54:04,040 Speaker 2: a position of being poisoned pertained. 1032 00:54:04,080 --> 00:54:06,920 Speaker 1: So absolutely not all right. So here's the dynamic from 1033 00:54:06,960 --> 00:54:10,000 Speaker 1: a salary standpoint. This is the root of everything, right, 1034 00:54:10,120 --> 00:54:13,400 Speaker 1: Money's always the root of all problems. Right. So James 1035 00:54:13,400 --> 00:54:16,080 Speaker 1: Harden signed a deal last year, a two year deal, 1036 00:54:17,200 --> 00:54:19,800 Speaker 1: and the reason that he's been screaming that Daryl Moury 1037 00:54:19,880 --> 00:54:23,560 Speaker 1: is a liar is that he is giving you the 1038 00:54:23,640 --> 00:54:28,880 Speaker 1: idea that he signed a deal that was cap friendly 1039 00:54:29,000 --> 00:54:33,360 Speaker 1: for the Sixers in the short term, with the promise 1040 00:54:33,440 --> 00:54:37,920 Speaker 1: that on the other side he would get considerably more money. Right, 1041 00:54:38,120 --> 00:54:42,640 Speaker 1: Like he is saying that Daryl Mory lied to him 1042 00:54:42,920 --> 00:54:45,319 Speaker 1: because Moury is not about to give him the kind 1043 00:54:45,360 --> 00:54:48,360 Speaker 1: of deal that let's say Joel Embiid has. So here 1044 00:54:48,400 --> 00:54:50,799 Speaker 1: are the numbers. Now, this could be a little embarrassing 1045 00:54:50,800 --> 00:54:53,759 Speaker 1: for James Harden. So this upcoming season, Harden will be 1046 00:54:53,800 --> 00:54:56,239 Speaker 1: making thirty five point six million dollars. I don't know 1047 00:54:56,239 --> 00:54:59,279 Speaker 1: how he can survive on that, Okay, but anyway, he's 1048 00:54:59,280 --> 00:55:01,080 Speaker 1: going to have to suffer through a year making thirty 1049 00:55:01,120 --> 00:55:04,280 Speaker 1: five point six million dollars. Here's a problem. Tobias Harris 1050 00:55:04,320 --> 00:55:07,440 Speaker 1: is making thirty nine point three million. Oh, that's a problem. Okay, 1051 00:55:07,520 --> 00:55:10,680 Speaker 1: there you go. And Embiid, well, Embiid has signed an 1052 00:55:10,719 --> 00:55:13,120 Speaker 1: extension that by the time we get to the twenty 1053 00:55:13,160 --> 00:55:17,000 Speaker 1: six twenty seven season, he'll be making fifty nine million 1054 00:55:17,040 --> 00:55:20,520 Speaker 1: dollars for one year of basketball. Got it. Yeah, that's 1055 00:55:20,680 --> 00:55:24,879 Speaker 1: a lot of money. So here's here's here's the problem though, 1056 00:55:24,880 --> 00:55:27,480 Speaker 1: with James Harden. Now, this is something that if you 1057 00:55:27,560 --> 00:55:31,000 Speaker 1: want to take it up privately with Moury, fine, but 1058 00:55:31,080 --> 00:55:33,560 Speaker 1: by making it public, like literally standing in the middle 1059 00:55:33,600 --> 00:55:37,040 Speaker 1: of a basketball court and calling out Darryl Moury, now 1060 00:55:37,080 --> 00:55:40,319 Speaker 1: the NBA has gotten involved. Now the NBA has gotten 1061 00:55:40,360 --> 00:55:46,719 Speaker 1: involved with an investigation like you will promised what what 1062 00:55:46,760 --> 00:55:49,319 Speaker 1: was going on here? Yeah, so now all of a sudden, 1063 00:55:49,360 --> 00:55:51,640 Speaker 1: the NBA is sticking their nose in to find out 1064 00:55:51,840 --> 00:55:55,959 Speaker 1: what is the story? Right, did Darryl Moury lie? Did 1065 00:55:56,000 --> 00:56:00,560 Speaker 1: he do things on the sly to be working with 1066 00:56:00,600 --> 00:56:04,200 Speaker 1: the cap and everything else? So this this gets back 1067 00:56:04,239 --> 00:56:08,800 Speaker 1: to the idea of why would you want a rat 1068 00:56:10,440 --> 00:56:13,680 Speaker 1: which is essentially what James Harden is. He's ratting out 1069 00:56:13,719 --> 00:56:16,200 Speaker 1: the organization publicly. 1070 00:56:15,800 --> 00:56:18,480 Speaker 2: And public I mean he was doing it in China 1071 00:56:18,520 --> 00:56:21,600 Speaker 2: at his camp, right, That's what That's what the first is. Yeah, 1072 00:56:21,600 --> 00:56:24,719 Speaker 2: it's it's just bad for business. I mean again, why 1073 00:56:24,760 --> 00:56:27,319 Speaker 2: can't these things be handled behind closed doors? And I 1074 00:56:27,360 --> 00:56:30,400 Speaker 2: think that's the other thing where in this in this 1075 00:56:30,760 --> 00:56:33,040 Speaker 2: we're in this day and age now where everybody thinks 1076 00:56:33,520 --> 00:56:37,600 Speaker 2: everything needs to be you know, giving light to which 1077 00:56:37,640 --> 00:56:40,200 Speaker 2: it doesn't have to. And so that part kind of 1078 00:56:40,360 --> 00:56:42,760 Speaker 2: ruughed me the wrong way. But with James Harden, it's 1079 00:56:43,120 --> 00:56:47,280 Speaker 2: what you just said, it's it's it's definitely selfish. Obviously, 1080 00:56:47,280 --> 00:56:51,279 Speaker 2: I'm sure Morey did probably tell him something before he 1081 00:56:51,400 --> 00:56:53,600 Speaker 2: signed the deal to come back, and you know, for 1082 00:56:53,600 --> 00:56:55,440 Speaker 2: for a team friendly deal. But at the end of 1083 00:56:55,480 --> 00:56:58,600 Speaker 2: the day, when is it gonna come to James Harden 1084 00:56:58,800 --> 00:57:01,480 Speaker 2: really wanting to win and be a part of something 1085 00:57:01,840 --> 00:57:03,799 Speaker 2: bigger than himself, And that's kind of where I am 1086 00:57:03,800 --> 00:57:04,120 Speaker 2: with it. 1087 00:57:04,320 --> 00:57:06,600 Speaker 1: Well, and again, let's keep in mind a lot of 1088 00:57:06,640 --> 00:57:10,319 Speaker 1: this idea of getting these super maxed out deals is 1089 00:57:10,480 --> 00:57:13,920 Speaker 1: based on you being all the All NBA team. He 1090 00:57:13,960 --> 00:57:16,320 Speaker 1: has not been first, second, or third team All NBA 1091 00:57:16,440 --> 00:57:21,280 Speaker 1: the last three years, so I mean, he doesn't even 1092 00:57:21,360 --> 00:57:23,640 Speaker 1: qualify for any super max sALS. I don't know what 1093 00:57:23,760 --> 00:57:26,440 Speaker 1: kind of conversation he had with Morey, but based on 1094 00:57:26,560 --> 00:57:29,400 Speaker 1: where he is in his career, plus again his availability. 1095 00:57:29,720 --> 00:57:32,360 Speaker 1: In twenty one he played forty four games, twenty two 1096 00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:35,040 Speaker 1: he played sixty five games. Last year he played fifty 1097 00:57:35,080 --> 00:57:37,840 Speaker 1: eight games, So he's been missing a lot of games. 1098 00:57:37,880 --> 00:57:39,480 Speaker 1: He's at the end of what has been a Hall 1099 00:57:39,520 --> 00:57:44,200 Speaker 1: of Fame career. So no, and the idea again of 1100 00:57:44,240 --> 00:57:47,400 Speaker 1: them forcing a trade, first of all, if you're the Clippers, 1101 00:57:47,520 --> 00:57:49,800 Speaker 1: because apparently that's you know, he made it clear, I 1102 00:57:49,880 --> 00:57:51,840 Speaker 1: want to come back. You know, he's an LA kid. 1103 00:57:52,760 --> 00:57:55,600 Speaker 1: I want to come back. If you're the Clippers, do 1104 00:57:55,640 --> 00:58:00,280 Speaker 1: you want James Harden? I mean, seriously, no, we got 1105 00:58:00,400 --> 00:58:02,760 Speaker 1: enough to handle. But just trying to keep Paul George 1106 00:58:02,760 --> 00:58:05,040 Speaker 1: and Kawhi Leonard on the court, I need the headache 1107 00:58:05,040 --> 00:58:07,960 Speaker 1: that's going to be James Harden, who never seems to 1108 00:58:08,000 --> 00:58:10,280 Speaker 1: be heavy. Yeah, but what are the Sixers going to 1109 00:58:10,320 --> 00:58:12,400 Speaker 1: get back for? That's exactly much. What are you going 1110 00:58:12,480 --> 00:58:15,280 Speaker 1: to mean up? It doesn't add up. You do not 1111 00:58:15,440 --> 00:58:19,160 Speaker 1: want to do what Phoenix did to get Kevin Durant, 1112 00:58:19,200 --> 00:58:23,320 Speaker 1: where they gutted all the depth on that roster. So 1113 00:58:23,440 --> 00:58:26,520 Speaker 1: I keep getting back to look at the last three 1114 00:58:26,640 --> 00:58:29,960 Speaker 1: teams to win the NBA Championship. Milwaukee in twenty one, 1115 00:58:30,120 --> 00:58:34,120 Speaker 1: the Warriors in twenty two, Denver this year. All three 1116 00:58:34,160 --> 00:58:41,520 Speaker 1: of those teams. The core of those teams homegrown, right, yes, homegrown? Yeah. 1117 00:58:41,640 --> 00:58:44,920 Speaker 1: I mean even Golden State's comeback was without Durant, back 1118 00:58:45,000 --> 00:58:48,720 Speaker 1: to the core that they originally had built, certainly with Denver, 1119 00:58:49,040 --> 00:58:55,680 Speaker 1: certainly in Milwaukee. Core groups built from within. Yes, that's 1120 00:58:55,800 --> 00:58:59,920 Speaker 1: the way to win. That's this idea of getting so 1121 00:59:00,000 --> 00:59:01,880 Speaker 1: I'm one on loan for a year or two. 1122 00:59:02,000 --> 00:59:05,200 Speaker 2: Right, it does not work. It is It is hundred 1123 00:59:05,200 --> 00:59:08,160 Speaker 2: percent right, Steve. I think when you have that core, 1124 00:59:08,520 --> 00:59:12,040 Speaker 2: that core that's gone through the fire. Yes, learned how 1125 00:59:12,040 --> 00:59:15,520 Speaker 2: to win, because that's a that's a valuable thing. 1126 00:59:15,680 --> 00:59:18,560 Speaker 1: And by the way, core includes coach as well, one 1127 00:59:18,600 --> 00:59:19,160 Speaker 1: hundred percent. 1128 00:59:19,400 --> 00:59:22,360 Speaker 2: But we are so quick in this day and age 1129 00:59:22,400 --> 00:59:27,200 Speaker 2: to say someone's a failure before giving them a chance 1130 00:59:27,200 --> 00:59:29,840 Speaker 2: to go through the failures that they need to go 1131 00:59:29,920 --> 00:59:32,440 Speaker 2: through to be champions. And so a lot of that 1132 00:59:32,480 --> 00:59:35,400 Speaker 2: stuff we would see in you know, in previous years, 1133 00:59:35,440 --> 00:59:39,040 Speaker 2: I mean maybe twenty years from from this point now. 1134 00:59:39,080 --> 00:59:41,280 Speaker 2: But where we are now, people are in that win 1135 00:59:41,480 --> 00:59:44,920 Speaker 2: now stage and it just it isn't you can't sustain it. 1136 00:59:45,320 --> 00:59:48,760 Speaker 2: And so having homegrown talent, giving them the chance to 1137 00:59:48,840 --> 00:59:50,919 Speaker 2: learn how to compete with each other, how to lose 1138 00:59:50,960 --> 00:59:53,880 Speaker 2: with each other, and then add pieces to that, that's 1139 00:59:53,920 --> 00:59:56,720 Speaker 2: the formula. And adding the James Hard into the mix 1140 00:59:56,760 --> 01:00:00,000 Speaker 2: with the Clippers right now would be catastrophe. 1141 01:00:00,440 --> 01:00:03,120 Speaker 1: Well, the other part of it is for the Clippers. 1142 01:00:04,840 --> 01:00:07,680 Speaker 1: Here you have a man the last I saw. According 1143 01:00:07,680 --> 01:00:10,640 Speaker 1: to Forbes, Steve Bomber is the tenth wealthiest person on 1144 01:00:10,680 --> 01:00:14,800 Speaker 1: the planet in excess of ninety billion dollars. He could 1145 01:00:14,840 --> 01:00:18,640 Speaker 1: literally buy the entire league without a problem and rename 1146 01:00:18,680 --> 01:00:24,480 Speaker 1: it the National Bomber Association. But he is being dictated 1147 01:00:24,520 --> 01:00:29,640 Speaker 1: to by Kawhi Leonard. Kawhi Leonard is running out organization 1148 01:00:30,120 --> 01:00:34,120 Speaker 1: so much so despite his lack of availability in recent years, 1149 01:00:34,880 --> 01:00:39,880 Speaker 1: they have to extend his deal. In fact, the Clippers 1150 01:00:39,880 --> 01:00:42,720 Speaker 1: have made a public they plan on extending the deals 1151 01:00:42,760 --> 01:00:46,640 Speaker 1: for both he and Paul George. Really wow, they're going 1152 01:00:46,720 --> 01:00:50,600 Speaker 1: to continue this path as they exit Crypto dot Com 1153 01:00:50,640 --> 01:00:54,760 Speaker 1: arena still Staples and going to their brand new arena, 1154 01:00:54,800 --> 01:01:00,320 Speaker 1: Darren Inglewood. But that's the thing. I mean, if kah 1155 01:01:00,760 --> 01:01:02,960 Speaker 1: If Kawhi actually went to Bomber and said I want 1156 01:01:03,040 --> 01:01:05,560 Speaker 1: James Harden, I don't think that's happening. But if he did, 1157 01:01:06,840 --> 01:01:10,560 Speaker 1: he'd say, Okay, yeah, it doesn't seem weird. It would 1158 01:01:10,600 --> 01:01:11,200 Speaker 1: probably happen. 1159 01:01:11,240 --> 01:01:14,560 Speaker 2: But I guess when you've invested in two guys who 1160 01:01:14,760 --> 01:01:16,919 Speaker 2: you know, we thought were going to bring at least 1161 01:01:16,960 --> 01:01:20,120 Speaker 2: one championship up until this point by now right, we 1162 01:01:20,120 --> 01:01:23,120 Speaker 2: thought they'd win by now you don't want I don't 1163 01:01:23,160 --> 01:01:25,480 Speaker 2: I don't think. And all the draft picks they gave 1164 01:01:25,560 --> 01:01:27,760 Speaker 2: up to OKC, that's the other part. 1165 01:01:27,640 --> 01:01:29,919 Speaker 1: Of this six years were the Draftecks. That's the whole 1166 01:01:30,080 --> 01:01:32,440 Speaker 1: that's because he would only sign with the Clippers unless 1167 01:01:32,440 --> 01:01:33,480 Speaker 1: they got Paul George. 1168 01:01:33,600 --> 01:01:36,640 Speaker 2: That's the only part about this where you really have 1169 01:01:36,760 --> 01:01:37,480 Speaker 2: to ride it out. 1170 01:01:37,520 --> 01:01:39,040 Speaker 1: And I think that's what that's the position they're in 1171 01:01:39,120 --> 01:01:43,000 Speaker 1: right now. Don't shake him. Well, I will say this, 1172 01:01:43,600 --> 01:01:48,520 Speaker 1: the Clippers not offering a deal because again Maury, I'm 1173 01:01:48,560 --> 01:01:51,120 Speaker 1: sure Maury said, fine, let's get rid of this guy. 1174 01:01:51,520 --> 01:01:54,600 Speaker 1: He's a cancer for our team. Meaning James Harden and 1175 01:01:54,640 --> 01:01:57,800 Speaker 1: the Clippers were offering nothing. They go, what do you want? 1176 01:01:58,400 --> 01:02:02,080 Speaker 1: Can I get at least like if Vita Zoo? No, no, no, no, 1177 01:02:02,200 --> 01:02:05,120 Speaker 1: you're not getting that. No no, Norman Powell. No, you're 1178 01:02:05,160 --> 01:02:08,080 Speaker 1: not getting Norman Powell. No, no, no. 1179 01:02:08,800 --> 01:02:12,720 Speaker 2: James Harden really has one or two more years in 1180 01:02:13,520 --> 01:02:15,960 Speaker 2: his body, right, who's. 1181 01:02:15,720 --> 01:02:17,440 Speaker 1: Getting in the long term contract? And he did in 1182 01:02:17,480 --> 01:02:19,200 Speaker 1: the playoffs. He had a couple of those big forty 1183 01:02:19,200 --> 01:02:21,600 Speaker 1: point games. Wow, yes, and what will happen in both 1184 01:02:21,640 --> 01:02:24,920 Speaker 1: cases the next game, Oh, it was bad, disappeared. Yeah, 1185 01:02:24,960 --> 01:02:27,080 Speaker 1: he can't do it, he can't do it? No, all right, 1186 01:02:27,160 --> 01:02:30,400 Speaker 1: you know, and again there's no championship pedigree there as well. 1187 01:02:30,560 --> 01:02:33,520 Speaker 1: Speaking of championship pedigree, let's find out what is trending 1188 01:02:33,600 --> 01:02:37,320 Speaker 1: right now. A man that is well versed again. I 1189 01:02:38,240 --> 01:02:40,400 Speaker 1: hate the harp on my dear friend Jonas, because you know, 1190 01:02:40,440 --> 01:02:41,280 Speaker 1: I love Jonas. 1191 01:02:41,320 --> 01:02:45,320 Speaker 7: We love Jonas, but when he trained to. 1192 01:02:46,840 --> 01:02:50,439 Speaker 1: Share tennis expertise with you by throwing out a name, 1193 01:02:52,560 --> 01:02:53,280 Speaker 1: it's embarrassing. 1194 01:02:54,240 --> 01:02:59,720 Speaker 7: It is because usually they're basketball players, and I'm like, Jonas, 1195 01:03:00,080 --> 01:03:02,280 Speaker 7: you at least know the sport you're talking about. 1196 01:03:02,360 --> 01:03:06,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, don't go somewhere you really don't know, especially with 1197 01:03:07,000 --> 01:03:08,960 Speaker 1: someone that knows the sport in and out like you do. 1198 01:03:09,240 --> 01:03:10,800 Speaker 1: Mis Eppen guy. 1199 01:03:11,200 --> 01:03:14,880 Speaker 7: It's like asking a plumber to give you, I don't know, 1200 01:03:14,960 --> 01:03:18,840 Speaker 7: advice on the weather. It just you can't ask that 1201 01:03:18,920 --> 01:03:22,000 Speaker 7: thing for that thing because it says me. 1202 01:03:22,040 --> 01:03:24,240 Speaker 1: That this thing is overblown tomorrow. That's happened. 1203 01:03:24,280 --> 01:03:27,520 Speaker 7: Yeah, he said, from what I recall, that the winds 1204 01:03:27,600 --> 01:03:29,920 Speaker 7: around the LA area wouldn't go more than about fifteen 1205 01:03:29,960 --> 01:03:32,440 Speaker 7: miles per hour. That's what I've heard from him, and 1206 01:03:32,480 --> 01:03:34,680 Speaker 7: that it's essentially I. 1207 01:03:34,560 --> 01:03:37,320 Speaker 1: Hope he's right by the way, Oh yeah, a few. 1208 01:03:38,800 --> 01:03:41,200 Speaker 7: That it's blown off the shore and that we won't 1209 01:03:41,240 --> 01:03:42,520 Speaker 7: be getting the brunt of it. 1210 01:03:42,600 --> 01:03:44,760 Speaker 1: Well, we've been looking everywhere, you know, Like I mean, 1211 01:03:44,840 --> 01:03:47,280 Speaker 1: I don't know if does Jonas have a weather side. 1212 01:03:47,280 --> 01:03:50,000 Speaker 7: If he doesn't, I go to like weather dot gov. 1213 01:03:50,240 --> 01:03:51,960 Speaker 7: You know where he like that. You know where he 1214 01:03:52,000 --> 01:03:54,280 Speaker 7: gets it. He gets his weather from the onion. 1215 01:03:54,920 --> 01:03:57,120 Speaker 8: Yea, I will say, yeah, it's from working with him 1216 01:03:57,160 --> 01:03:59,320 Speaker 8: for a while. He always insists. One of the things 1217 01:03:59,320 --> 01:04:01,560 Speaker 8: he insists on the for TVs in here, one of 1218 01:04:01,600 --> 01:04:04,240 Speaker 8: them always has to beat to the weather channel. Really 1219 01:04:04,280 --> 01:04:06,919 Speaker 8: okay on the weather chant. I think he just wants 1220 01:04:06,960 --> 01:04:08,959 Speaker 8: to watch ice road truckers though. 1221 01:04:09,240 --> 01:04:12,640 Speaker 1: Uh huh. So how are you preparing for tomorrow, befans? 1222 01:04:12,680 --> 01:04:14,920 Speaker 7: Well, so, I initially was going to go down to 1223 01:04:14,960 --> 01:04:17,480 Speaker 7: San Diego. My sister is in town with her two 1224 01:04:17,560 --> 01:04:19,600 Speaker 7: year olds, and I think I'm going to do it. 1225 01:04:21,360 --> 01:04:23,560 Speaker 1: You realize they're going to get a much stronger hit 1226 01:04:23,920 --> 01:04:25,680 Speaker 1: in San Diego than up here. 1227 01:04:25,840 --> 01:04:28,760 Speaker 7: The problem is my sister, they all live in Texas, 1228 01:04:28,880 --> 01:04:30,600 Speaker 7: and I never get a chance to go down there 1229 01:04:30,840 --> 01:04:32,600 Speaker 7: and see them. They're visiting in San Diego. 1230 01:04:32,720 --> 01:04:33,520 Speaker 1: But when are you leaving? 1231 01:04:33,560 --> 01:04:35,760 Speaker 7: You better leave today? Yeah, we're gonna leave tonight and 1232 01:04:35,840 --> 01:04:37,360 Speaker 7: then just hunker down. Did just hunker down? 1233 01:04:38,040 --> 01:04:38,240 Speaker 3: Yeah? 1234 01:04:38,520 --> 01:04:42,640 Speaker 7: So hopefully it will be okay. And if not, then 1235 01:04:42,640 --> 01:04:43,400 Speaker 7: you heard it here. 1236 01:04:43,280 --> 01:04:46,840 Speaker 1: First, or you will not be at the Chargers game. 1237 01:04:46,880 --> 01:04:50,680 Speaker 7: Then tomorrow I will not I would consider myself when 1238 01:04:50,680 --> 01:04:52,840 Speaker 7: it comes to the NFL an NFL fan free agent, 1239 01:04:53,400 --> 01:04:57,400 Speaker 7: because as a San Diego watching the Chargers leave, and 1240 01:04:57,440 --> 01:05:01,680 Speaker 7: you said something about me being something around a championship. Stee, 1241 01:05:01,720 --> 01:05:04,240 Speaker 7: do you know that a San Diego native hasn't sniffed 1242 01:05:04,240 --> 01:05:07,000 Speaker 7: anything close to a championship unless you're probably talking about 1243 01:05:07,040 --> 01:05:10,480 Speaker 7: the San Diego Soccers, well, the Soccers or the San 1244 01:05:10,520 --> 01:05:14,200 Speaker 7: Diego Goals, which is some third tier. 1245 01:05:14,000 --> 01:05:18,280 Speaker 1: It's a minor league hockey team, right, that's yeah, Goals 1246 01:05:18,320 --> 01:05:20,840 Speaker 1: haven't won a lot of championships. I was there center 1247 01:05:20,920 --> 01:05:22,720 Speaker 1: ice one time. You own a very quick story. 1248 01:05:22,800 --> 01:05:23,040 Speaker 7: Sure. 1249 01:05:23,200 --> 01:05:25,800 Speaker 1: So they were playing for what was called the Taylor Cup, 1250 01:05:26,240 --> 01:05:28,800 Speaker 1: not to be confused with the Stanley Cup, and my 1251 01:05:29,320 --> 01:05:31,840 Speaker 1: radio partner and I were asked to drop the like 1252 01:05:31,880 --> 01:05:34,800 Speaker 1: a ceremonial drop the pocket the center ice there at 1253 01:05:34,800 --> 01:05:39,560 Speaker 1: the San Diego Sports Arena. These are minor league hockey players, 1254 01:05:39,600 --> 01:05:41,960 Speaker 1: and they handed us a mic. So I get on 1255 01:05:42,000 --> 01:05:44,200 Speaker 1: the mic first, and I'm like, you know, hey, you 1256 01:05:44,240 --> 01:05:47,640 Speaker 1: know goals fans. Oh, let's got blah blah blah. My 1257 01:05:47,920 --> 01:05:52,520 Speaker 1: partner older than me, turns to the visiting bench and 1258 01:05:52,560 --> 01:05:54,760 Speaker 1: he says something along the lines, We're going to beat 1259 01:05:54,760 --> 01:05:57,880 Speaker 1: the crap out of you, at which point the handsome 1260 01:05:57,920 --> 01:06:00,760 Speaker 1: brothers I think they were like handsome brothers came over 1261 01:06:00,960 --> 01:06:05,400 Speaker 1: the wall in the pregame to come after my partner. 1262 01:06:05,960 --> 01:06:07,680 Speaker 1: Now I'm on ice, I was running as fast as 1263 01:06:07,680 --> 01:06:10,040 Speaker 1: I could without falling on my face. I don't know 1264 01:06:10,080 --> 01:06:11,560 Speaker 1: if he hit it out of there. I never saw 1265 01:06:11,640 --> 01:06:14,120 Speaker 1: him again. You never saw him again. You don't challenge 1266 01:06:14,160 --> 01:06:17,120 Speaker 1: guys that are making next to nothing minor league hockey 1267 01:06:17,120 --> 01:06:19,919 Speaker 1: players and get in their face about being the crap 1268 01:06:19,960 --> 01:06:21,200 Speaker 1: out of them. Bad news. 1269 01:06:21,400 --> 01:06:23,439 Speaker 7: He probably was checked up against the boards a few 1270 01:06:23,440 --> 01:06:24,000 Speaker 7: times too. 1271 01:06:24,400 --> 01:06:26,600 Speaker 1: I was like, are you out of your mind by 1272 01:06:26,640 --> 01:06:27,520 Speaker 1: the way Steve's doing. 1273 01:06:27,680 --> 01:06:30,640 Speaker 7: I can't picture you with ice skates on. And if 1274 01:06:30,680 --> 01:06:32,800 Speaker 7: you are on an ice rink, you're one of those. 1275 01:06:32,800 --> 01:06:34,400 Speaker 7: And we've all seen it. If you've gone to a 1276 01:06:34,480 --> 01:06:37,040 Speaker 7: mall or whatever to go to an ice drink, you 1277 01:06:37,120 --> 01:06:41,960 Speaker 7: are relentlessly holding on to the sign, the wall, to 1278 01:06:42,000 --> 01:06:45,280 Speaker 7: the wall, and you are too afraid to venture out there. 1279 01:06:45,840 --> 01:06:48,320 Speaker 1: That could never turn on skates. That was my problem. 1280 01:06:48,480 --> 01:06:50,360 Speaker 1: So what I would do when I was much younger 1281 01:06:50,640 --> 01:06:52,000 Speaker 1: is I would get and I could go in a 1282 01:06:52,040 --> 01:06:54,560 Speaker 1: straight line and then just run into the wall and 1283 01:06:54,600 --> 01:06:56,760 Speaker 1: then stop and then turn around and do it the 1284 01:06:56,800 --> 01:07:00,120 Speaker 1: other way. Yeah, I could never turn I can never. 1285 01:07:00,280 --> 01:07:03,520 Speaker 2: So no redirection skills from me. Sure I could go straight, 1286 01:07:04,120 --> 01:07:05,400 Speaker 2: could you at least go fast straight? 1287 01:07:05,400 --> 01:07:07,720 Speaker 1: I could go fast, okay when I was younger, Yeah, okay, 1288 01:07:07,760 --> 01:07:09,040 Speaker 1: but then I just run into the wall. 1289 01:07:09,720 --> 01:07:12,640 Speaker 7: Well, when you talk about NFL preseason, I'll tell you 1290 01:07:12,640 --> 01:07:14,880 Speaker 7: one thing. The Dolphins offense is not running into it. 1291 01:07:15,040 --> 01:07:16,000 Speaker 1: There's a great section. 1292 01:07:16,160 --> 01:07:19,880 Speaker 7: No, I mean, I learned from the best. You're Carrie, 1293 01:07:19,960 --> 01:07:22,880 Speaker 7: You're around We're around Steve all these years, and you 1294 01:07:23,000 --> 01:07:23,760 Speaker 7: just pick up more. 1295 01:07:24,000 --> 01:07:26,160 Speaker 1: He does right now, mercifully. 1296 01:07:26,320 --> 01:07:29,520 Speaker 7: Okay, all right. So the Dolphins are had twenty one 1297 01:07:29,520 --> 01:07:32,400 Speaker 7: to three preseason football against the Texans in Houston. It 1298 01:07:32,480 --> 01:07:36,080 Speaker 7: is halftime to a tongue of Belloa sixty one yards passing. 1299 01:07:36,120 --> 01:07:39,520 Speaker 7: His day is done. Skyler Thompson is in for him 1300 01:07:39,560 --> 01:07:42,960 Speaker 7: as QB number two has already thrown a touchdown and 1301 01:07:43,600 --> 01:07:46,440 Speaker 7: Tua had to pick the very first play from scrimmage 1302 01:07:46,920 --> 01:07:49,520 Speaker 7: in the game. We do know that there are plenty 1303 01:07:49,520 --> 01:07:52,240 Speaker 7: more NFL preseason games later on today, six thirty Eastern 1304 01:07:52,280 --> 01:07:53,800 Speaker 7: is gonna be the next one when the Steelers start 1305 01:07:53,880 --> 01:07:56,760 Speaker 7: hosting the Bills. There was one that already wrapped up, 1306 01:07:57,160 --> 01:08:01,000 Speaker 7: and the Jaguars fly swamp the Lions twenty five to seven, 1307 01:08:01,680 --> 01:08:04,840 Speaker 7: where the Lions only scoring came in the third quarter 1308 01:08:05,160 --> 01:08:09,120 Speaker 7: and Jacksonville started at QBCG Bethird and he had one 1309 01:08:09,200 --> 01:08:12,760 Speaker 7: hundred and thirty eight yards passing, one touchdown and one interception. Now, 1310 01:08:13,120 --> 01:08:16,479 Speaker 7: as you both had alluded to, the Chargers are supposed 1311 01:08:16,520 --> 01:08:19,400 Speaker 7: to be playing a preseason game at so far tomorrow 1312 01:08:19,439 --> 01:08:22,240 Speaker 7: against the Saints, which is why the Saints are already 1313 01:08:22,240 --> 01:08:25,160 Speaker 7: in Los Angeles and their tight end Jimmy Graham, was 1314 01:08:25,200 --> 01:08:28,200 Speaker 7: released from an LA area hospital this morning after the 1315 01:08:28,240 --> 01:08:32,480 Speaker 7: team said he suffered a medical episode and potentially a seizure, 1316 01:08:32,840 --> 01:08:36,400 Speaker 7: which caused him to act disoriented, which also caused those 1317 01:08:36,479 --> 01:08:39,840 Speaker 7: around him last night to call the police on him, 1318 01:08:40,320 --> 01:08:44,280 Speaker 7: where police then, according to TMZ, had a hard time 1319 01:08:44,880 --> 01:08:49,240 Speaker 7: getting him detained he resisted arrest. They arrested him on 1320 01:08:49,280 --> 01:08:52,240 Speaker 7: accusations of being out of the influence of a controlled substance, 1321 01:08:52,720 --> 01:08:56,000 Speaker 7: but a doctor through the team has said that it 1322 01:08:56,080 --> 01:08:59,439 Speaker 7: was more so a medical episode than anything. The Eagles, 1323 01:08:59,439 --> 01:09:01,160 Speaker 7: in an effort to trim down the roster. They cut 1324 01:09:01,200 --> 01:09:04,880 Speaker 7: defensive back Greedy Williams, among others. In lastly, in Major 1325 01:09:04,960 --> 01:09:08,680 Speaker 7: League Baseball, because of the looming weather here on the 1326 01:09:08,680 --> 01:09:12,400 Speaker 7: West Coast, the Dodgers have taken the game tomorrow and 1327 01:09:12,439 --> 01:09:14,519 Speaker 7: then played it earlier today to make it a double header, 1328 01:09:14,520 --> 01:09:17,720 Speaker 7: and their first of two games already done with a 1329 01:09:17,760 --> 01:09:20,080 Speaker 7: five make that a three to one win against the 1330 01:09:20,120 --> 01:09:23,920 Speaker 7: Marlins with three runs unanswer. To finish things, Cody Bellinger 1331 01:09:24,000 --> 01:09:26,200 Speaker 7: hit two home runs he's a former Dodger in a 1332 01:09:26,240 --> 01:09:28,680 Speaker 7: cub six to four win against the Royals, and the 1333 01:09:28,720 --> 01:09:32,200 Speaker 7: Red Sox, puncturing the Yankees eight to won. The final 1334 01:09:32,320 --> 01:09:37,320 Speaker 7: score a Grand Slam there for Boston. And lastly, guys, 1335 01:09:37,760 --> 01:09:40,160 Speaker 7: Padres are also playing a double header because of the rain, 1336 01:09:40,400 --> 01:09:42,800 Speaker 7: and right now they're getting boat raced by the Diamondbacks 1337 01:09:42,840 --> 01:09:46,280 Speaker 7: six to three in San Diego, bottom of the seventh. 1338 01:09:46,360 --> 01:09:49,800 Speaker 7: Carrie and Steve one of the Padres gonna win more 1339 01:09:49,840 --> 01:09:51,880 Speaker 7: than let's just say, two games in a row. Are 1340 01:09:51,880 --> 01:09:53,599 Speaker 7: they ever gonna be able to do that this year? 1341 01:09:53,680 --> 01:09:56,000 Speaker 1: Well, befa, we're gonna have to turn to Brandon because 1342 01:09:56,000 --> 01:09:59,800 Speaker 1: he is our resident Padres ex Ready look at him. 1343 01:10:01,000 --> 01:10:03,559 Speaker 1: I've been waiting for this, BFEN. Thank you very much. 1344 01:10:03,600 --> 01:10:05,599 Speaker 1: Once again, we're coming alive from the tire rach dot 1345 01:10:05,640 --> 01:10:09,400 Speaker 1: com studios. So, by the way, a huge game for 1346 01:10:09,439 --> 01:10:11,519 Speaker 1: the Every game is huge for the Padres. You know, 1347 01:10:12,360 --> 01:10:14,840 Speaker 1: I saw where they have a twenty two percent chance 1348 01:10:14,920 --> 01:10:20,679 Speaker 1: still of making the postseason. But my guess is, if 1349 01:10:20,720 --> 01:10:23,439 Speaker 1: you never have a winning record, you're not going to 1350 01:10:23,520 --> 01:10:26,479 Speaker 1: get into the postseason. They haven't been at five hundred 1351 01:10:26,920 --> 01:10:31,720 Speaker 1: since May eleventh, and they're playing a Diamondbacks team, Diamondbacks 1352 01:10:32,680 --> 01:10:35,240 Speaker 1: that are ahead of them in the standings in the 1353 01:10:35,320 --> 01:10:37,519 Speaker 1: National League West, and they are losing by a score 1354 01:10:37,600 --> 01:10:40,400 Speaker 1: of six to three to Arizona now in the bottom 1355 01:10:40,400 --> 01:10:44,040 Speaker 1: of the seventh. So, Brandon, you have been decked out 1356 01:10:44,080 --> 01:10:47,400 Speaker 1: in Podrey's gear for much of the season. You are 1357 01:10:47,840 --> 01:10:51,760 Speaker 1: what I call a true fan. Yes, you're no bandwagon fan. 1358 01:10:52,080 --> 01:10:54,920 Speaker 1: You have been a Pottery fan. You will always be 1359 01:10:54,960 --> 01:10:59,880 Speaker 1: a Pottery's fan. My condolences to you. So I want 1360 01:10:59,880 --> 01:11:03,559 Speaker 1: to get your thoughts. It's been an insanely disappointing season 1361 01:11:04,080 --> 01:11:05,880 Speaker 1: for a team that went in with the third highest 1362 01:11:05,880 --> 01:11:08,040 Speaker 1: payroll in all of Major League Baseball? What do you 1363 01:11:08,040 --> 01:11:10,719 Speaker 1: make of this mess? I think it's just pretty awful. 1364 01:11:10,760 --> 01:11:12,599 Speaker 9: I think at the end of the season, they're really 1365 01:11:12,640 --> 01:11:14,280 Speaker 9: gonna have to take a long, hard look in the 1366 01:11:14,280 --> 01:11:18,160 Speaker 9: mirror and really figure out if this plan that they 1367 01:11:18,240 --> 01:11:21,320 Speaker 9: have of just you know, paying all of these players 1368 01:11:21,360 --> 01:11:25,599 Speaker 9: who are high profile, if it is the right move 1369 01:11:25,680 --> 01:11:29,360 Speaker 9: I mean going into next season. I mean, thankfully Hassan 1370 01:11:29,479 --> 01:11:31,960 Speaker 9: Kim has kind of broken out this year. They've been 1371 01:11:31,960 --> 01:11:33,680 Speaker 9: waiting a couple of years for him to do that. 1372 01:11:34,000 --> 01:11:36,840 Speaker 9: And I really wish they could transfer the money they 1373 01:11:36,920 --> 01:11:39,519 Speaker 9: gave to Bogarts to Hassan Kim, to be honest with. 1374 01:11:39,520 --> 01:11:41,960 Speaker 1: You, Yeah, how about the money they gave cronin. 1375 01:11:41,520 --> 01:11:45,160 Speaker 9: Worth yeah, or or that as well. I mean they've 1376 01:11:45,240 --> 01:11:49,400 Speaker 9: just aj Preller has had a problem, has had problems. 1377 01:11:50,360 --> 01:11:52,400 Speaker 9: He doesn't have a problem throwing around money. 1378 01:11:52,880 --> 01:11:55,320 Speaker 1: He just has problems his money though. I mean the 1379 01:11:55,479 --> 01:11:57,960 Speaker 1: argument for him early on Aj Preler has been a 1380 01:11:57,960 --> 01:12:01,360 Speaker 1: long time now general manager almost ten years now, is 1381 01:12:01,400 --> 01:12:03,599 Speaker 1: that for years he had no money, So how you 1382 01:12:03,600 --> 01:12:06,479 Speaker 1: gonna win? You know, Well, now he's got a blank 1383 01:12:06,600 --> 01:12:09,559 Speaker 1: checkbook thanks to Peter Sidler, who took over as the 1384 01:12:09,560 --> 01:12:12,959 Speaker 1: principal owner of this team, and he's spending money wildly, 1385 01:12:13,640 --> 01:12:18,920 Speaker 1: and I mean think about the Tatis contract. Think about 1386 01:12:18,920 --> 01:12:23,480 Speaker 1: that extension you gave to a second year player, fourteen 1387 01:12:23,600 --> 01:12:29,080 Speaker 1: year contract and he didn't play a single game last year, 1388 01:12:30,560 --> 01:12:33,240 Speaker 1: got suspended at the time he was about to come back, 1389 01:12:33,840 --> 01:12:37,759 Speaker 1: and this year, now that he's an outfielder, he's hitting 1390 01:12:37,800 --> 01:12:42,120 Speaker 1: two sixty seven with a seven to ninety nine OPS. 1391 01:12:42,520 --> 01:12:47,479 Speaker 1: That is below average for an outfielder, and he ain't 1392 01:12:47,560 --> 01:12:52,400 Speaker 1: going anywhere for a long time. Right. I don't know 1393 01:12:52,400 --> 01:12:54,680 Speaker 1: how a guy like Aj Preller keeps his job. I 1394 01:12:54,720 --> 01:12:57,680 Speaker 1: hate to say people should be fired, but if you're 1395 01:12:57,720 --> 01:13:00,479 Speaker 1: a general manager of a professional sports franch so there's 1396 01:13:00,479 --> 01:13:02,719 Speaker 1: got to be some justification for your position. 1397 01:13:03,200 --> 01:13:05,679 Speaker 9: Well, there's also been other rumors too, of some locker 1398 01:13:05,760 --> 01:13:08,679 Speaker 9: room issues as well. Apparently some of the players who 1399 01:13:09,360 --> 01:13:11,200 Speaker 9: have come in this year don't get along. I don't 1400 01:13:11,200 --> 01:13:14,719 Speaker 9: want to, you know, make any speculations or name any names, 1401 01:13:14,760 --> 01:13:18,320 Speaker 9: but that is another thing that's kind of been kind 1402 01:13:18,320 --> 01:13:21,680 Speaker 9: of been reported around and throwing around the you know, 1403 01:13:21,760 --> 01:13:24,479 Speaker 9: San Diego newspapers. So what do you what do you 1404 01:13:24,520 --> 01:13:25,960 Speaker 9: think do you think there's a locker room issue? 1405 01:13:25,960 --> 01:13:27,960 Speaker 1: Steve Well, Bob Melvin to me is one of the 1406 01:13:27,960 --> 01:13:30,320 Speaker 1: best managers in baseball and he proved it last year. 1407 01:13:30,360 --> 01:13:33,960 Speaker 1: I mean what he did in Oakland. Look at the 1408 01:13:34,000 --> 01:13:37,240 Speaker 1: Oakland A's under Bob Melvin, right right, they had back 1409 01:13:37,280 --> 01:13:39,840 Speaker 1: to back ninety seven wins seasons just a couple of 1410 01:13:39,960 --> 01:13:43,479 Speaker 1: years ago. I don't think this is Bob Melvin issues. 1411 01:13:43,479 --> 01:13:46,679 Speaker 1: I don't think it's Bob Melvin for a second. But again, 1412 01:13:46,760 --> 01:13:49,120 Speaker 1: just spending money and just grabbing the hottest free agent 1413 01:13:49,200 --> 01:13:51,800 Speaker 1: on the market doesn't make a team. I mean, Kerry 1414 01:13:51,960 --> 01:13:54,640 Speaker 1: that part, yeah, I mean, I keep getting back to 1415 01:13:54,800 --> 01:13:58,880 Speaker 1: this idea of gathering. We were just talking about assembling, 1416 01:13:59,040 --> 01:14:02,080 Speaker 1: you know, superstar line in the NBA. On the other side, 1417 01:14:02,080 --> 01:14:03,880 Speaker 1: I want to delve into this a little bit more 1418 01:14:03,920 --> 01:14:07,240 Speaker 1: here because even in baseball, which is really an individual 1419 01:14:07,320 --> 01:14:10,800 Speaker 1: sport masquerading as a team sport because it really comes 1420 01:14:10,800 --> 01:14:12,960 Speaker 1: down to picture hitting, that kind of stuff. But this 1421 01:14:13,080 --> 01:14:18,000 Speaker 1: whole idea of too many egos in the locker room, 1422 01:14:18,200 --> 01:14:29,680 Speaker 1: can that work? We'll discuss this. It's Fox Sports Saturday, 1423 01:14:30,560 --> 01:14:33,800 Speaker 1: Steve Hartman and Carrie Rhoads Fox Sports Saturday, coming in 1424 01:14:33,840 --> 01:14:36,639 Speaker 1: live from the Direct dot Com studios. Carry Brock Food. 1425 01:14:37,600 --> 01:14:40,120 Speaker 1: Look at you, I got you are you got? I 1426 01:14:40,240 --> 01:14:44,479 Speaker 1: love to eat you? Got Cash's here I'm a nuts fan. 1427 01:14:44,800 --> 01:14:47,120 Speaker 1: I'm a nuts fan too, Yeah. Yeah, and they're good 1428 01:14:47,120 --> 01:14:50,400 Speaker 1: for you. It's really good. No salts, yeah, raw cash 1429 01:14:50,400 --> 01:14:56,960 Speaker 1: shoots Yeah, really good. Now you are amazing shit always 1430 01:14:57,080 --> 01:14:59,920 Speaker 1: you've maintained in your post NFL career. Of course you're 1431 01:15:00,040 --> 01:15:03,760 Speaker 1: actor and holding variety of jobs out there. How big 1432 01:15:03,840 --> 01:15:08,120 Speaker 1: is how big is diet for you? I mean, somehow 1433 01:15:08,120 --> 01:15:11,200 Speaker 1: I don't see Kerry Roads just munching down on you know, 1434 01:15:11,720 --> 01:15:12,879 Speaker 1: you waffle fries. 1435 01:15:13,120 --> 01:15:18,680 Speaker 2: And you know, I do everything in moderation. There you go, 1436 01:15:19,640 --> 01:15:21,799 Speaker 2: and that's the key. I mean, I eat what I want. 1437 01:15:22,240 --> 01:15:24,559 Speaker 2: I am strict on during the week because I do 1438 01:15:24,640 --> 01:15:26,240 Speaker 2: work out during the week four times a week, so 1439 01:15:26,280 --> 01:15:29,519 Speaker 2: I still maintain that. You know, I'm not eating a lot. 1440 01:15:29,560 --> 01:15:30,839 Speaker 2: But at the end of the day, it's just moderation 1441 01:15:30,920 --> 01:15:31,200 Speaker 2: for him. 1442 01:15:32,280 --> 01:15:34,519 Speaker 1: I actually have a workout guy that I'm going to 1443 01:15:34,600 --> 01:15:39,200 Speaker 1: go back to. I'm in reasonable shape too, but yeah, 1444 01:15:39,240 --> 01:15:41,840 Speaker 1: I just want to sort of you know, Yeah, I 1445 01:15:41,880 --> 01:15:43,880 Speaker 1: get to the point now. I mean, Phil, you got 1446 01:15:43,960 --> 01:15:45,519 Speaker 1: to work a little harder every once in a while. 1447 01:15:45,680 --> 01:15:45,880 Speaker 1: You know. 1448 01:15:46,080 --> 01:15:49,000 Speaker 2: I'm in that position, though, So I mean, I again, 1449 01:15:49,760 --> 01:15:53,880 Speaker 2: it doesn't this isn't just sixty in the ball and 1450 01:15:53,920 --> 01:15:55,080 Speaker 2: I'm not giving out ages here. 1451 01:15:55,760 --> 01:15:59,320 Speaker 1: Hopefully my age as well. Chronicle got it cool, so forty, 1452 01:16:00,320 --> 01:16:02,000 Speaker 1: that's that's nice. Where you gotta work a little harder 1453 01:16:02,000 --> 01:16:04,519 Speaker 1: to get a little higher. Remember the days. How do 1454 01:16:04,560 --> 01:16:06,000 Speaker 1: we all do when we are all so young? 1455 01:16:06,120 --> 01:16:06,439 Speaker 3: All right? 1456 01:16:06,479 --> 01:16:09,439 Speaker 1: So we were talking a little bit earlier about, you know, 1457 01:16:09,479 --> 01:16:12,680 Speaker 1: the Podres situation where they have the collection of all 1458 01:16:12,680 --> 01:16:16,960 Speaker 1: these high price all stars and it's just not showing 1459 01:16:17,080 --> 01:16:20,479 Speaker 1: up on the field. We talked about the James Harden 1460 01:16:20,600 --> 01:16:24,320 Speaker 1: situation where he has gone to several teams as supposedly 1461 01:16:24,400 --> 01:16:27,040 Speaker 1: the third piece and that missing link that's going to 1462 01:16:27,080 --> 01:16:30,640 Speaker 1: take a team to a championship that has not materialized 1463 01:16:31,800 --> 01:16:37,440 Speaker 1: to me. The idea of adding superstars because superstars egos 1464 01:16:37,479 --> 01:16:44,519 Speaker 1: are of a different level. There are superstar players that 1465 01:16:44,720 --> 01:16:48,439 Speaker 1: do not bring a superstar mentality into a locker room. 1466 01:16:48,960 --> 01:16:51,479 Speaker 1: I mean we can The prime example of this back 1467 01:16:51,479 --> 01:16:57,679 Speaker 1: in the day was Tim Duncan. Tim Duncan allowed Greg 1468 01:16:57,760 --> 01:17:02,360 Speaker 1: Popovich to almost use him as a as a whipping boy. Yes, 1469 01:17:02,400 --> 01:17:05,240 Speaker 1: because the idea is if I can be tough on him, 1470 01:17:06,400 --> 01:17:09,799 Speaker 1: then I can be tough on everybody. He takes it. Yeah, 1471 01:17:09,880 --> 01:17:12,559 Speaker 1: then all the run's gonna take it absolutely and developed, 1472 01:17:12,600 --> 01:17:14,439 Speaker 1: you know, as Tony Parker just got in the Hall 1473 01:17:14,479 --> 01:17:17,800 Speaker 1: of Fame or a monogynobile. It was all on that 1474 01:17:17,880 --> 01:17:22,760 Speaker 1: relationship between Tim Duncan and Pop. So talk about that. 1475 01:17:22,840 --> 01:17:24,280 Speaker 1: I mean you've I'm sure you've been in a locker 1476 01:17:24,400 --> 01:17:27,880 Speaker 1: room where maybe there's one too many egos and is 1477 01:17:27,920 --> 01:17:29,440 Speaker 1: that something that can be overcome. 1478 01:17:30,360 --> 01:17:34,360 Speaker 2: No, if the ego thing is at play on your team, 1479 01:17:34,760 --> 01:17:37,760 Speaker 2: you're in trouble. And I think the teams that do 1480 01:17:37,840 --> 01:17:41,360 Speaker 2: win with a collection of talent that's far superior than others. 1481 01:17:41,439 --> 01:17:45,280 Speaker 2: It's what you just said, the Tim Duncan thing. If 1482 01:17:45,320 --> 01:17:49,200 Speaker 2: you're if your best player and not just meaning best player, 1483 01:17:49,200 --> 01:17:51,040 Speaker 2: because I mean production on the field can be different, 1484 01:17:51,040 --> 01:17:56,360 Speaker 2: but if your main player who's also producing, can be 1485 01:17:56,479 --> 01:18:00,360 Speaker 2: coached and coach hard, your team has a has to 1486 01:18:00,360 --> 01:18:03,080 Speaker 2: be to win and be successful. And so when you 1487 01:18:03,080 --> 01:18:06,080 Speaker 2: start throwing these guys together in this like this little 1488 01:18:06,080 --> 01:18:09,360 Speaker 2: grab bag way of trying to build these super teams 1489 01:18:09,400 --> 01:18:13,679 Speaker 2: and win overnight. I mean take the twenty eleven Miami Heat, right, 1490 01:18:14,439 --> 01:18:18,280 Speaker 2: you get three Hall of Famers, one that was already there, 1491 01:18:18,280 --> 01:18:20,519 Speaker 2: but two to come on board in your organization. Obviously 1492 01:18:20,560 --> 01:18:23,000 Speaker 2: you win and you have success, but you don't win 1493 01:18:23,040 --> 01:18:26,160 Speaker 2: the ultimate goal because things have to take place where 1494 01:18:26,160 --> 01:18:28,680 Speaker 2: you add the glue guys, the guys that are going 1495 01:18:28,720 --> 01:18:31,160 Speaker 2: to do the dirty work, and the guys are going 1496 01:18:31,200 --> 01:18:33,519 Speaker 2: to play roles on that team to be successful well. 1497 01:18:33,880 --> 01:18:37,360 Speaker 1: And that started with lebroncause when Lebron went to Miami, 1498 01:18:37,479 --> 01:18:40,599 Speaker 1: he had the same salary as d Wade and Chris Bosh. 1499 01:18:40,640 --> 01:18:44,400 Speaker 1: All three of them got the exact same salary. Even though, 1500 01:18:45,040 --> 01:18:46,880 Speaker 1: with all due respect to a couple of other Hall 1501 01:18:46,920 --> 01:18:49,800 Speaker 1: of famers, Lebron obviously was the best player on the court. 1502 01:18:49,840 --> 01:18:53,240 Speaker 2: And the funny thing about that is Dwayne Wade the 1503 01:18:53,320 --> 01:18:56,680 Speaker 2: first year they were both probably trying to compete to 1504 01:18:56,680 --> 01:18:59,720 Speaker 2: still be that number one guy in that offseason. Going 1505 01:18:59,760 --> 01:19:02,679 Speaker 2: to the next year, the year they wonted, d Wade 1506 01:19:02,720 --> 01:19:05,479 Speaker 2: came out and said, this is Lebron's team, and just 1507 01:19:05,840 --> 01:19:07,960 Speaker 2: it sets that pecking order for everybody to fall in 1508 01:19:07,960 --> 01:19:10,720 Speaker 2: line and just see that if that guy who's going 1509 01:19:10,800 --> 01:19:12,960 Speaker 2: to be our main guy is going to be coachable. 1510 01:19:13,000 --> 01:19:15,599 Speaker 2: Which I don't know how much that is true about 1511 01:19:15,680 --> 01:19:18,040 Speaker 2: Lebron being coachable, because I think he thinks he likes 1512 01:19:18,080 --> 01:19:21,160 Speaker 2: a lot and knows a lot but from the outside 1513 01:19:21,160 --> 01:19:23,920 Speaker 2: looking in, it looks like he's the guy. He's being 1514 01:19:23,920 --> 01:19:25,760 Speaker 2: coachable and we're going to fall in line as well. 1515 01:19:26,200 --> 01:19:28,960 Speaker 1: Now, I don't know if the Basketball Hall of Fame 1516 01:19:29,000 --> 01:19:32,880 Speaker 1: speeches are over yet. That was endless they have. I mean, 1517 01:19:32,880 --> 01:19:36,280 Speaker 1: everyone was focused on Dirk and Dwayne Wade and you know, 1518 01:19:36,360 --> 01:19:39,800 Speaker 1: Tony Parker and Pop you know some of the pagasol. 1519 01:19:39,880 --> 01:19:41,960 Speaker 1: I mean those are five guys, okay, those and then 1520 01:19:42,000 --> 01:19:44,960 Speaker 1: he had a Division three basketball coach. You had a 1521 01:19:45,120 --> 01:19:52,600 Speaker 1: junior college basketball coach. Wow, in the same class. But 1522 01:19:52,680 --> 01:19:55,120 Speaker 1: guess who didn't show up for d Wade's Hall of 1523 01:19:55,120 --> 01:19:59,040 Speaker 1: Fame Lebron James. Lebron James was not. He was not 1524 01:19:59,040 --> 01:20:03,800 Speaker 1: in attendance. Why is that? That seems strange to me. 1525 01:20:04,040 --> 01:20:06,120 Speaker 1: He was working out. As we get older, you gotta 1526 01:20:06,160 --> 01:20:08,960 Speaker 1: work out, remember, No, it just seems like he could 1527 01:20:08,960 --> 01:20:10,360 Speaker 1: have made a quick cameo there. 1528 01:20:10,439 --> 01:20:12,680 Speaker 2: He made cameos everywhere else. So I don't know. I 1529 01:20:12,680 --> 01:20:15,320 Speaker 2: don't know what happened there. But the banana boat steal 1530 01:20:15,840 --> 01:20:17,000 Speaker 2: steal rules though, all. 1531 01:20:17,000 --> 01:20:20,400 Speaker 1: Right, we caught Adam Kaplan coming up on the other side. 1532 01:20:20,600 --> 01:20:24,559 Speaker 1: He is our NFL Fox Sports insider. 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Okay, 1567 01:22:13,360 --> 01:22:15,799 Speaker 1: Adam Kaplan's going to be Johnny Us coming up here 1568 01:22:16,280 --> 01:22:19,559 Speaker 1: in the next hour or in the next segment here. 1569 01:22:20,200 --> 01:22:22,240 Speaker 1: I don't know which camps we'll find out, which cancy 1570 01:22:22,320 --> 01:22:26,320 Speaker 1: has been going around. I just as we're at this 1571 01:22:26,400 --> 01:22:28,639 Speaker 1: point of the NFL season and we've been talking about 1572 01:22:28,680 --> 01:22:34,080 Speaker 1: a lot of things for the upcoming year. Obviously, you know, 1573 01:22:34,240 --> 01:22:38,640 Speaker 1: I I look at this time of the year in 1574 01:22:38,680 --> 01:22:42,800 Speaker 1: the NFL where everyone's got hope ya And you know 1575 01:22:42,840 --> 01:22:45,160 Speaker 1: I said this last week, if I had placed a 1576 01:22:45,200 --> 01:22:50,240 Speaker 1: wager like a fourteen parlay. A year ago at this time, 1577 01:22:50,400 --> 01:22:52,599 Speaker 1: I go in to Vegas. I said, yeah, I want 1578 01:22:52,600 --> 01:22:56,840 Speaker 1: to do a four team parlay, and I want to 1579 01:22:58,400 --> 01:23:02,040 Speaker 1: bet on all four of these teams having a winning record. 1580 01:23:04,120 --> 01:23:06,639 Speaker 1: And they're like, Okay, which four teams are you picking. 1581 01:23:08,000 --> 01:23:11,639 Speaker 1: I'm gonna pick the Jacksonville Jaguars. Wow, Okay, I'm gonna 1582 01:23:11,680 --> 01:23:17,439 Speaker 1: pick the Pittsburgh Steelers. Okay, I'm gonna pick the Detroit Lions. 1583 01:23:18,320 --> 01:23:22,200 Speaker 1: And I'm gonna pick the Seattle Seahawks. Now a year 1584 01:23:22,240 --> 01:23:27,920 Speaker 1: ago today they're laughing. They're like, understand, under sir, understand 1585 01:23:27,960 --> 01:23:31,240 Speaker 1: how a parlay works. All four of these teams have 1586 01:23:31,320 --> 01:23:33,679 Speaker 1: to have a winning record. You pick in a team 1587 01:23:33,800 --> 01:23:36,320 Speaker 1: Seattle that everyone already says is the worst team in 1588 01:23:36,320 --> 01:23:38,880 Speaker 1: the league. They got Drew Locke coming in a quarterback. 1589 01:23:39,560 --> 01:23:41,280 Speaker 1: Jacksonville has had the number one pick in the draft 1590 01:23:41,360 --> 01:23:46,160 Speaker 1: last couple years, so they're awful. Detroit's Detroit, and the 1591 01:23:46,160 --> 01:23:48,280 Speaker 1: Steelers Big Ben just retired, so they're gonna have a 1592 01:23:48,320 --> 01:23:51,559 Speaker 1: rookie quarterback. So you're you're you're betting on all four 1593 01:23:51,600 --> 01:23:55,760 Speaker 1: of those teams having a winning record. I said, they'll 1594 01:23:55,760 --> 01:23:59,240 Speaker 1: all be at least nine and eight. We'll take your bet. 1595 01:23:59,240 --> 01:24:00,840 Speaker 1: But I don't know what kind of odds I would 1596 01:24:00,880 --> 01:24:03,280 Speaker 1: have gotten. But if I had been able to place, 1597 01:24:03,360 --> 01:24:05,200 Speaker 1: had I had the force side to place that bet, 1598 01:24:05,520 --> 01:24:07,479 Speaker 1: I'd be a very rich guy right now, rich rich 1599 01:24:07,520 --> 01:24:09,600 Speaker 1: guy right now. By the way, if I were to 1600 01:24:09,840 --> 01:24:16,560 Speaker 1: take those four same teams Pittsburgh, Jacksonville, Seattle, and Detroit 1601 01:24:16,920 --> 01:24:18,880 Speaker 1: and go back to the same window and said, I 1602 01:24:18,920 --> 01:24:20,960 Speaker 1: would like to bet that all four of those teams 1603 01:24:21,280 --> 01:24:24,120 Speaker 1: are going to have a losing record. Yeah, this year, 1604 01:24:24,640 --> 01:24:29,000 Speaker 1: this year, this year, you'd lose. You lose that one, 1605 01:24:29,080 --> 01:24:33,839 Speaker 1: you think for sure? Okay, So again again the odds 1606 01:24:33,880 --> 01:24:36,120 Speaker 1: of those four teams having winning records a year ago. 1607 01:24:36,240 --> 01:24:39,000 Speaker 2: Pittsburgh, I mean, but Pittsburgh's one of those teams that 1608 01:24:39,360 --> 01:24:40,720 Speaker 2: they always hover around five. 1609 01:24:40,760 --> 01:24:43,760 Speaker 1: Yes, but that was that was with Big Ben, not 1610 01:24:43,920 --> 01:24:46,880 Speaker 1: with you know Pickett, I hear you, yes, but I 1611 01:24:46,920 --> 01:24:48,920 Speaker 1: don't know. Mike Tomlin should have been Coach of the 1612 01:24:49,000 --> 01:24:52,080 Speaker 1: Year exactly. That was the most I mean, he's had 1613 01:24:52,120 --> 01:24:53,600 Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame already, He's going to be in 1614 01:24:53,640 --> 01:24:55,920 Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame, right That was. That was a 1615 01:24:55,960 --> 01:24:58,040 Speaker 1: mirror one of the best coaching jobs I've ever seen. 1616 01:24:58,120 --> 01:25:01,000 Speaker 1: But he's such a good coach and such a relation guy. Anyway, 1617 01:25:01,200 --> 01:25:04,479 Speaker 1: he's going to have those guys rise. It doesn't matter 1618 01:25:04,520 --> 01:25:07,360 Speaker 1: who's at the helm. All right, let's go to Seattle. 1619 01:25:07,400 --> 01:25:10,360 Speaker 1: All right, let's start with Seattle. Geno Smith. Yep, So, 1620 01:25:10,479 --> 01:25:13,240 Speaker 1: Gino Smith is on nobody's radar. Before the season, most 1621 01:25:13,280 --> 01:25:15,280 Speaker 1: people didn't even know he was still in the league. 1622 01:25:16,000 --> 01:25:18,479 Speaker 1: I mean I was probably one of those guys. Yes, yes, 1623 01:25:19,240 --> 01:25:20,880 Speaker 1: people didn't even know he was still in the league. 1624 01:25:21,040 --> 01:25:22,519 Speaker 1: I mean they had made the deal, they got rid 1625 01:25:22,600 --> 01:25:24,680 Speaker 1: of Russell Wilson, they bring in there type been up 1626 01:25:24,720 --> 01:25:28,080 Speaker 1: Drew Locke, and then Gino Smith beats him out for 1627 01:25:28,120 --> 01:25:30,000 Speaker 1: the job and has a Pro Bowl season. Do you 1628 01:25:30,080 --> 01:25:34,400 Speaker 1: honestly believe that he can repeat that this year? Yes? 1629 01:25:35,120 --> 01:25:35,760 Speaker 1: I think he can. 1630 01:25:36,000 --> 01:25:38,479 Speaker 2: I think he's turned a corner where Gino Smith had 1631 01:25:38,520 --> 01:25:41,400 Speaker 2: so much pressure in New York to perform, and you 1632 01:25:41,439 --> 01:25:42,800 Speaker 2: know how it is a lot of those guys go 1633 01:25:42,800 --> 01:25:45,320 Speaker 2: win with high expectations going into the New York market, 1634 01:25:45,680 --> 01:25:49,040 Speaker 2: and they see right away once you have any losing 1635 01:25:49,080 --> 01:25:52,360 Speaker 2: streak or any string of bad luck in that area, 1636 01:25:52,960 --> 01:25:57,280 Speaker 2: it's catastrophic. So there's no soft landing spotform there in 1637 01:25:57,280 --> 01:25:59,920 Speaker 2: Seattle where the expectations were low and he had a 1638 01:26:00,160 --> 01:26:03,519 Speaker 2: chance to rise above that as a competitor, as somebody 1639 01:26:03,520 --> 01:26:06,320 Speaker 2: who's always been good at his craft. He's always been good, 1640 01:26:06,840 --> 01:26:09,400 Speaker 2: except when he went to the NFL. Right in college, 1641 01:26:09,400 --> 01:26:10,200 Speaker 2: he was always really. 1642 01:26:10,080 --> 01:26:15,200 Speaker 1: Good in college. He got he was throwing bubble screens 1643 01:26:15,200 --> 01:26:18,320 Speaker 1: to tave on Us. That's okay, I mean he was 1644 01:26:19,439 --> 01:26:21,800 Speaker 1: real bubble screen to tave on Us and run seventy 1645 01:26:21,880 --> 01:26:27,480 Speaker 1: yards for t you know, did Yes, that's true. 1646 01:26:27,680 --> 01:26:30,600 Speaker 2: But I'm saying all that to say he's in the 1647 01:26:30,640 --> 01:26:33,240 Speaker 2: perfect position for himself with the head coach that knows 1648 01:26:33,280 --> 01:26:35,760 Speaker 2: what he's doing to repeat this. And I don't think 1649 01:26:36,600 --> 01:26:39,439 Speaker 2: having the taste of the sour taste in his mouth 1650 01:26:39,520 --> 01:26:42,280 Speaker 2: in New York and and and that experience, he's not 1651 01:26:42,280 --> 01:26:43,320 Speaker 2: going to fall back into that. 1652 01:26:43,360 --> 01:26:47,839 Speaker 1: So he's going to progress. Jacksonville now, Doug Peterson another 1653 01:26:47,880 --> 01:26:50,120 Speaker 1: guy that deserve Coach of the Year. I mean he 1654 01:26:50,200 --> 01:26:55,360 Speaker 1: had undue the mess of Urban Meyer and did so amazingly. 1655 01:26:55,960 --> 01:26:58,320 Speaker 1: Uh And obviously Trevor Lawrence is a major talent and 1656 01:26:58,560 --> 01:27:00,800 Speaker 1: really showed it in that incredible come back in the 1657 01:27:00,800 --> 01:27:03,800 Speaker 1: playoff against the Chargers. You throw four picks to start 1658 01:27:03,840 --> 01:27:06,839 Speaker 1: the game and then come back and throw four touchdowns. Yeah. 1659 01:27:06,880 --> 01:27:09,639 Speaker 1: I mean that's holding it together. I mean, think about 1660 01:27:09,680 --> 01:27:13,120 Speaker 1: your first playoff game and you're throwing interceptions all over 1661 01:27:13,200 --> 01:27:16,120 Speaker 1: the place and you're having a nightmare day down twenty 1662 01:27:16,160 --> 01:27:19,439 Speaker 1: seven to nothing, and you overcome that. That being said, 1663 01:27:19,439 --> 01:27:22,000 Speaker 1: if you look at some great teams, and this includes 1664 01:27:22,040 --> 01:27:26,360 Speaker 1: the Patriots, their first Super Bowl was followed by a 1665 01:27:26,400 --> 01:27:29,679 Speaker 1: subpar season before they got back on track. A lot 1666 01:27:29,720 --> 01:27:31,519 Speaker 1: of times. The forty nine ers did the same thing 1667 01:27:31,560 --> 01:27:33,439 Speaker 1: in the eighties. They won the first Super Bowl, next 1668 01:27:33,479 --> 01:27:35,160 Speaker 1: year they had a losing record, then they got back 1669 01:27:35,200 --> 01:27:38,519 Speaker 1: on track never looked back. I see Jacksonville as one 1670 01:27:38,560 --> 01:27:41,000 Speaker 1: of those teams. I think they take a step back 1671 01:27:42,040 --> 01:27:45,479 Speaker 1: and then we'll take many steps forward. I could see 1672 01:27:45,479 --> 01:27:48,080 Speaker 1: that happen justifying. I could see that happening. 1673 01:27:48,080 --> 01:27:50,240 Speaker 2: But I also I think that division is so weak 1674 01:27:50,280 --> 01:27:53,120 Speaker 2: that they'll still be able to maintain it well. 1675 01:27:53,160 --> 01:27:55,280 Speaker 1: And some people will say the same thing with Detroit 1676 01:27:55,360 --> 01:28:00,920 Speaker 1: in the NFC North because no one believes them in Minnesota, right, 1677 01:28:01,439 --> 01:28:04,200 Speaker 1: And I think they're going to desperately miss Dalvin Cork. 1678 01:28:04,560 --> 01:28:07,760 Speaker 1: Yes they are, okay, Yeah, And so Green Bay's got 1679 01:28:07,760 --> 01:28:09,760 Speaker 1: a new quarterback. The Bears are the Bears and the 1680 01:28:09,760 --> 01:28:12,439 Speaker 1: Lions are the sexy pick to do it. They're still 1681 01:28:12,439 --> 01:28:17,479 Speaker 1: the Lions. I know. I think the Lions have turned 1682 01:28:17,479 --> 01:28:18,400 Speaker 1: the corner. 1683 01:28:19,800 --> 01:28:23,599 Speaker 2: Yes, usually, but I really believe in what they're doing. 1684 01:28:23,720 --> 01:28:26,679 Speaker 2: I believe in Dan Campbell the most. I mean, obviously, 1685 01:28:26,720 --> 01:28:28,759 Speaker 2: we've you know, been up and down on Jared Goff 1686 01:28:28,760 --> 01:28:30,559 Speaker 2: and what he can do. But I know people are 1687 01:28:30,600 --> 01:28:34,400 Speaker 2: predicting him to be, you know, the best quarterback in 1688 01:28:34,439 --> 01:28:35,480 Speaker 2: that division. 1689 01:28:35,160 --> 01:28:37,880 Speaker 1: Now, and I I they rather have him or Kirk Cousins. 1690 01:28:37,920 --> 01:28:40,320 Speaker 1: I'd rather have Jared Goff right now. I agree with 1691 01:28:40,360 --> 01:28:40,960 Speaker 1: you right now. 1692 01:28:41,040 --> 01:28:42,720 Speaker 2: And so I just I just think that they're in 1693 01:28:42,720 --> 01:28:47,000 Speaker 2: a division where they're upside, they're low side. They're still 1694 01:28:47,000 --> 01:28:47,839 Speaker 2: going to win that division. 1695 01:28:47,880 --> 01:28:51,040 Speaker 1: So they still have their defenses, got a lot of holes. 1696 01:28:51,080 --> 01:28:53,320 Speaker 1: They got holes, but they can score a lot of points. 1697 01:28:53,920 --> 01:28:57,479 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm as I sit here, I'm I'm just like 1698 01:28:57,479 --> 01:28:58,040 Speaker 2: everybody else. 1699 01:28:58,040 --> 01:28:59,439 Speaker 1: I'm really young, hold on what they can do. 1700 01:28:59,520 --> 01:29:03,040 Speaker 2: And I'm I think from an outside, from the outside 1701 01:29:03,080 --> 01:29:06,400 Speaker 2: looking in as an outsider, but as a fan of football, 1702 01:29:07,400 --> 01:29:10,760 Speaker 2: there's the only that there's there's a limit to what 1703 01:29:10,840 --> 01:29:13,679 Speaker 2: you can take as a franchise and being the bottom 1704 01:29:13,760 --> 01:29:15,519 Speaker 2: dweller for so long. I think there's a chance to 1705 01:29:16,400 --> 01:29:20,559 Speaker 2: make this thing about Chargering. There was a whole article 1706 01:29:20,600 --> 01:29:25,120 Speaker 2: about Chargering. I look at I there's one franchise. So 1707 01:29:25,360 --> 01:29:28,200 Speaker 2: few people out there give a crap about the Chargers. 1708 01:29:28,240 --> 01:29:33,519 Speaker 2: I mean it's they are one of the least favored. 1709 01:29:33,200 --> 01:29:37,320 Speaker 1: Teams in the NFL. They obviously have a super talented quarterback, 1710 01:29:37,320 --> 01:29:40,360 Speaker 1: and everyone thinks that'll make the difference. And yet certain 1711 01:29:40,520 --> 01:29:45,679 Speaker 1: franchises just find a way to lose. They just every 1712 01:29:45,760 --> 01:29:50,320 Speaker 1: time you think they take step forward, they take a giantly. 1713 01:29:50,520 --> 01:29:54,240 Speaker 1: The Potrays are showing it just when everyone thought maybe 1714 01:29:54,280 --> 01:29:57,599 Speaker 1: the Potrays no I know, but the San Diego La 1715 01:29:57,760 --> 01:29:58,840 Speaker 1: Chargers they are. 1716 01:30:00,640 --> 01:30:03,360 Speaker 2: They've been good though. It's just they just haven't been 1717 01:30:03,400 --> 01:30:05,880 Speaker 2: able to win the ultimate prize. 1718 01:30:05,920 --> 01:30:08,240 Speaker 1: So that playoff game, how much do you think that 1719 01:30:08,320 --> 01:30:11,679 Speaker 1: lingers up twenty seven to nothing and losing the game 1720 01:30:12,360 --> 01:30:14,519 Speaker 1: and that's your last game of the year. 1721 01:30:14,680 --> 01:30:17,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, it stings for a while. I mean everybody talks 1722 01:30:17,960 --> 01:30:19,840 Speaker 2: about it. That's all you hear about. And you know, 1723 01:30:19,960 --> 01:30:22,800 Speaker 2: a guy like Justin Herbert, who's so talented, and that 1724 01:30:22,880 --> 01:30:25,760 Speaker 2: coach you that coach is the one that gives me 1725 01:30:25,800 --> 01:30:28,720 Speaker 2: the ulcers. He thinks he's smarter than everybody else. And 1726 01:30:29,280 --> 01:30:33,120 Speaker 2: that's the problem with those guys and the analytics stuff. Now, 1727 01:30:34,880 --> 01:30:37,600 Speaker 2: it's football is football, and you can do numbers, can 1728 01:30:37,640 --> 01:30:39,639 Speaker 2: crunch numbers, you can do all the things, but if 1729 01:30:39,640 --> 01:30:41,960 Speaker 2: you're not in tune with the game fully and in 1730 01:30:41,960 --> 01:30:45,479 Speaker 2: tune with your guys and situations, situations of football has 1731 01:30:45,520 --> 01:30:48,640 Speaker 2: been become a lost art. Now people think that you 1732 01:30:48,640 --> 01:30:52,200 Speaker 2: can do these numbers and it tells the game. It's 1733 01:30:52,280 --> 01:30:54,479 Speaker 2: just that part of the human element that's missing, and 1734 01:30:54,520 --> 01:30:57,519 Speaker 2: I don't see him changing, which is the thing that 1735 01:30:57,600 --> 01:30:58,800 Speaker 2: scares me with LA. 1736 01:30:58,880 --> 01:31:01,439 Speaker 1: If you're only going to go by and analytics, why 1737 01:31:01,479 --> 01:31:05,240 Speaker 1: do I need a coach exactly exactly? What are what 1738 01:31:05,280 --> 01:31:07,240 Speaker 1: are you doing? I could make I can stand there 1739 01:31:07,280 --> 01:31:10,160 Speaker 1: and say, all right, in this situation, here are the percentages, 1740 01:31:10,240 --> 01:31:12,519 Speaker 1: do this right. I don't need a coach to do that. 1741 01:31:12,640 --> 01:31:14,559 Speaker 1: What I need a coach to do is to have 1742 01:31:14,600 --> 01:31:17,840 Speaker 1: a field for a game exactly and make the right 1743 01:31:17,960 --> 01:31:21,680 Speaker 1: call right When you're one hundred percent analytics, Honestly, you 1744 01:31:21,760 --> 01:31:24,800 Speaker 1: can be replaced. Anybody can stand there with a sheet 1745 01:31:24,840 --> 01:31:27,400 Speaker 1: of paper and figure out the analytics all right on 1746 01:31:27,439 --> 01:31:29,280 Speaker 1: the other side. We're going to talk about a man 1747 01:31:29,560 --> 01:31:32,000 Speaker 1: that sees it all face to face. He is our 1748 01:31:32,080 --> 01:31:36,479 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio NFL insider. Adam Kaplan joins us. Coming 1749 01:31:36,560 --> 01:31:43,280 Speaker 1: up next Steve Harmin and Carrie Rhoads Fox Sports Saturday. 1750 01:31:43,320 --> 01:31:45,839 Speaker 1: Once again, we're live from the tirag dot Com studios. 1751 01:31:45,880 --> 01:31:48,800 Speaker 1: By the way, football fans, the return of our popular 1752 01:31:48,960 --> 01:31:53,360 Speaker 1: Saturday and Sunday pregame shows Countdown to Kickoff, presented by 1753 01:31:53,360 --> 01:31:55,920 Speaker 1: Bett MTM, are back this week, and be sure to 1754 01:31:55,960 --> 01:31:59,360 Speaker 1: tune into Fox Sports Radio every Saturday and Sunday morning 1755 01:31:59,560 --> 01:32:02,280 Speaker 1: three hours before kickoff. From now all the way through 1756 01:32:02,320 --> 01:32:06,360 Speaker 1: Super Bowl Sunday. On Saturdays, Brian No, former Penn State 1757 01:32:06,400 --> 01:32:10,160 Speaker 1: All American, Rich Hornberger and betting analyst Jared Smith will 1758 01:32:10,160 --> 01:32:12,760 Speaker 1: walk you right up to college football kickoffs. Then on 1759 01:32:13,040 --> 01:32:16,759 Speaker 1: NFL Sundays, Brian No, eight year NFL veteran Jeff Schwartz, 1760 01:32:17,040 --> 01:32:21,760 Speaker 1: and professional better Bill Krackenberger will lead you right up 1761 01:32:21,800 --> 01:32:24,879 Speaker 1: to those early NFL kickoffs. You can listen to Countdown 1762 01:32:24,920 --> 01:32:28,519 Speaker 1: to Kickoff every weekend morning right here on Fox Sports 1763 01:32:28,600 --> 01:32:32,439 Speaker 1: Radio and the iHeartRadio Apple Join us right now. Is 1764 01:32:32,479 --> 01:32:36,679 Speaker 1: the ultimate NFL insider. He is so gracious to join us, unless, 1765 01:32:36,680 --> 01:32:39,680 Speaker 1: of course he's going to a wedding. We're going to 1766 01:32:39,720 --> 01:32:41,639 Speaker 1: find out what that was all about. In the middle 1767 01:32:41,640 --> 01:32:45,080 Speaker 1: of NFL training camps. The great Adam Kaplan is joining 1768 01:32:45,160 --> 01:32:47,280 Speaker 1: us once again. When they told us that you were 1769 01:32:47,280 --> 01:32:49,040 Speaker 1: going to be at a wedding, I was like, you 1770 01:32:49,080 --> 01:32:51,120 Speaker 1: got to be kidding. He calls from a wedding, right, 1771 01:32:51,160 --> 01:32:52,759 Speaker 1: I mean, it's we're talking football. 1772 01:32:52,800 --> 01:32:53,880 Speaker 3: He actually thought about that. 1773 01:32:54,720 --> 01:32:58,040 Speaker 1: I can't imagine you taking your especially during training camps. 1774 01:32:58,080 --> 01:33:00,960 Speaker 1: You're jetting all over the place. How did this? I mean, 1775 01:33:00,960 --> 01:33:03,479 Speaker 1: this had to be someone very close to you, Adam. Yeah. 1776 01:33:03,479 --> 01:33:05,559 Speaker 3: A friend of mine with the Eagles actually got married 1777 01:33:05,720 --> 01:33:08,559 Speaker 3: and he actually got married at Lincoln Financial Stadium on 1778 01:33:08,600 --> 01:33:11,000 Speaker 3: the field, very cool ceremony while the Eagles were playing 1779 01:33:11,000 --> 01:33:12,360 Speaker 3: in Baltimore lest Saturday night. 1780 01:33:12,439 --> 01:33:12,920 Speaker 1: Oh wow. 1781 01:33:13,280 --> 01:33:14,880 Speaker 3: So I came home for that and I went on 1782 01:33:14,920 --> 01:33:18,320 Speaker 3: the road to visit the Jaguars, who are being hosted 1783 01:33:18,320 --> 01:33:21,559 Speaker 3: by the Lions this week. They actually just played back 1784 01:33:21,560 --> 01:33:23,160 Speaker 3: with the Eagles today. I'll be with them tomorrow. And 1785 01:33:23,160 --> 01:33:26,800 Speaker 3: then I traveled to Nashville on Monday to see the 1786 01:33:26,840 --> 01:33:29,600 Speaker 3: Titans hosting the Patriots on Tuesday and Wednesday. 1787 01:33:29,280 --> 01:33:32,040 Speaker 1: All right, So we were literally Karen and I were 1788 01:33:32,120 --> 01:33:34,240 Speaker 1: just talking about two of those teams of the Jags 1789 01:33:34,280 --> 01:33:37,559 Speaker 1: and the Lions, who both had breakout seasons, both finish 1790 01:33:37,640 --> 01:33:39,360 Speaker 1: at nine to eight, and a lot of people look 1791 01:33:39,400 --> 01:33:42,280 Speaker 1: at their divisions right now and have cast them as 1792 01:33:42,320 --> 01:33:45,519 Speaker 1: the favorite. But many times we see this adam where 1793 01:33:45,640 --> 01:33:49,200 Speaker 1: team has a breakout season and then they take a 1794 01:33:49,240 --> 01:33:54,639 Speaker 1: step backwards before they take steps forward. So let's start 1795 01:33:54,640 --> 01:33:57,559 Speaker 1: with Jacksonville for a moment. I mean, an incredible comfort 1796 01:33:57,600 --> 01:34:00,960 Speaker 1: behind victory against the Chargers in that playoff in Doug 1797 01:34:01,000 --> 01:34:03,920 Speaker 1: Peterson obviously did a great job to a race. Whatever 1798 01:34:04,000 --> 01:34:08,000 Speaker 1: negative that Urban Meyer had cast over that franchise, what 1799 01:34:08,120 --> 01:34:09,960 Speaker 1: is how do they look right now? I mean do 1800 01:34:10,000 --> 01:34:13,120 Speaker 1: they look like a team that's ready to take over 1801 01:34:13,200 --> 01:34:16,280 Speaker 1: this division or do they still have a lot of 1802 01:34:16,360 --> 01:34:18,320 Speaker 1: question marks heading into twenty twenty three. 1803 01:34:18,560 --> 01:34:22,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, so spending two days with them, Look, I was 1804 01:34:22,160 --> 01:34:23,800 Speaker 3: with them one day last year. By the way, they're 1805 01:34:23,800 --> 01:34:26,120 Speaker 3: over undertotal last year going into the season was just 1806 01:34:26,160 --> 01:34:28,240 Speaker 3: five and a half and obviously they eclipsed that. As 1807 01:34:28,240 --> 01:34:32,040 Speaker 3: you said at ninety and eight. What they have to 1808 01:34:32,080 --> 01:34:33,960 Speaker 3: feel good about is the way that they closed the season. 1809 01:34:34,040 --> 01:34:35,720 Speaker 3: Now they had a lot of streaks last season. They 1810 01:34:35,720 --> 01:34:38,640 Speaker 3: had a five game losing streak, then they closed with 1811 01:34:38,760 --> 01:34:41,759 Speaker 3: a five game winning streak to close the regular season. 1812 01:34:41,760 --> 01:34:45,480 Speaker 3: You talked about their incredible win. They're a relatively young team. 1813 01:34:45,720 --> 01:34:47,920 Speaker 3: They've got their quarterback in the future. There's no question 1814 01:34:48,000 --> 01:34:50,799 Speaker 3: Trevor Lawrence, who bounced back from a horrific first season 1815 01:34:50,840 --> 01:34:54,479 Speaker 3: and then under Doug Peterson's tutelage and the scheme that 1816 01:34:54,560 --> 01:34:57,120 Speaker 3: they run, which is what we call heavy eleven personnel, 1817 01:34:57,120 --> 01:34:59,880 Speaker 3: their spread offense, it really worked. Lawrence took to it. 1818 01:35:00,080 --> 01:35:00,160 Speaker 1: It. 1819 01:35:01,439 --> 01:35:03,720 Speaker 3: Trent balk he's done a good job of reviving his 1820 01:35:03,800 --> 01:35:05,639 Speaker 3: career formerly of the Niners, and he's done a good 1821 01:35:05,680 --> 01:35:08,280 Speaker 3: job of rebuilding that roster. So there are hours in 1822 01:35:08,280 --> 01:35:10,519 Speaker 3: their way up. I don't see them because to answer 1823 01:35:10,520 --> 01:35:13,200 Speaker 3: your question, I don't see them regressing at all. And 1824 01:35:13,240 --> 01:35:15,559 Speaker 3: plus their division is so bad, the worse the National 1825 01:35:15,600 --> 01:35:17,439 Speaker 3: Football League. It's a little better than last year, but 1826 01:35:17,439 --> 01:35:20,160 Speaker 3: it's still not very good. At least on paper, they're 1827 01:35:20,200 --> 01:35:22,920 Speaker 3: going to be very good now. The one issue that 1828 01:35:22,960 --> 01:35:26,360 Speaker 3: I could see is defensively, they're just not good enough. 1829 01:35:26,400 --> 01:35:29,000 Speaker 3: I think secondary they They've got one really good corner, 1830 01:35:29,280 --> 01:35:31,320 Speaker 3: Tyson Campbell, who they fill, has had a great train 1831 01:35:31,400 --> 01:35:33,639 Speaker 3: camp talking to the Jaguars about them and their defense. 1832 01:35:33,680 --> 01:35:36,519 Speaker 3: But they need more pass rushers. The way it works, 1833 01:35:36,520 --> 01:35:38,920 Speaker 3: guys in this business, Currie knows is a former player. 1834 01:35:39,520 --> 01:35:41,360 Speaker 3: You need what we're called blue chip players. They just 1835 01:35:41,400 --> 01:35:44,000 Speaker 3: don't have enough on defense. Offensively, they're really skilled, but 1836 01:35:44,080 --> 01:35:46,160 Speaker 3: defensively they need more studs and they just don't have 1837 01:35:46,280 --> 01:35:46,720 Speaker 3: enough of them. 1838 01:35:46,840 --> 01:35:48,560 Speaker 2: But Adam, let's talk about the other team that you 1839 01:35:49,640 --> 01:35:52,240 Speaker 2: saw this past week in the Lions as well. I mean, 1840 01:35:52,600 --> 01:35:55,920 Speaker 2: a lot of teams are a lot of people are 1841 01:35:56,120 --> 01:35:57,960 Speaker 2: very high on what they can do and what they 1842 01:35:57,960 --> 01:36:01,000 Speaker 2: can achieve. They've finished the season last year down the 1843 01:36:01,000 --> 01:36:03,559 Speaker 2: stretch really strong as well, and you know, it took 1844 01:36:03,560 --> 01:36:05,800 Speaker 2: some momentum going to the offseason, and you know, the 1845 01:36:05,920 --> 01:36:08,800 Speaker 2: hype around them is starting to grow. And we're not 1846 01:36:08,840 --> 01:36:10,960 Speaker 2: looking at them as the same old Lions again, are we. 1847 01:36:11,000 --> 01:36:13,439 Speaker 2: I think we're starting to see them as a team 1848 01:36:13,439 --> 01:36:15,679 Speaker 2: that has some you know, some real upside this year. 1849 01:36:15,720 --> 01:36:17,960 Speaker 2: So what did you see when you saw those guys 1850 01:36:17,960 --> 01:36:18,320 Speaker 2: this week? 1851 01:36:18,560 --> 01:36:20,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, so they won eight out of their last ten 1852 01:36:20,439 --> 01:36:23,479 Speaker 3: games last season, and I mean to say this is 1853 01:36:23,520 --> 01:36:25,439 Speaker 3: a big deal, But four and four a way that 1854 01:36:25,720 --> 01:36:27,600 Speaker 3: considering they've had one of the worst road records in 1855 01:36:27,760 --> 01:36:31,960 Speaker 3: NFL history, that certainly was an achievement. And I could 1856 01:36:32,000 --> 01:36:33,960 Speaker 3: tell you from being around the lines for two days 1857 01:36:34,080 --> 01:36:36,400 Speaker 3: they so believe in Dan Campbell as a head coach. 1858 01:36:37,160 --> 01:36:39,360 Speaker 3: I don't want. Longtime staffer said he's the best coach 1859 01:36:39,439 --> 01:36:44,160 Speaker 3: they they've had. They feel they think he's special. The 1860 01:36:44,160 --> 01:36:46,599 Speaker 3: players rally around him, and I think it really does 1861 01:36:46,640 --> 01:36:49,000 Speaker 3: help that he's a former NFL player. It was a 1862 01:36:49,040 --> 01:36:52,839 Speaker 3: blocking tight end under Bill Parcells and some other coaches. 1863 01:36:52,840 --> 01:36:55,559 Speaker 3: But he's done a fantastic job. And you know what, 1864 01:36:55,760 --> 01:36:59,519 Speaker 3: you know what's really underrated. Last year he did two 1865 01:36:59,600 --> 01:37:01,879 Speaker 3: or three things that were not easy to do in season. 1866 01:37:02,680 --> 01:37:07,439 Speaker 3: He removed their DB's coach in season during their doing 1867 01:37:07,479 --> 01:37:11,000 Speaker 3: their bye week, someone that Lions told me that Campbell 1868 01:37:11,040 --> 01:37:12,960 Speaker 3: went to Aaron Glany said, look, it's not working with 1869 01:37:12,960 --> 01:37:15,080 Speaker 3: the way we're playing defense. There were too aggressive with 1870 01:37:15,120 --> 01:37:19,640 Speaker 3: their blitz packages, lack of discipline, terrible secondary. So in 1871 01:37:19,680 --> 01:37:21,400 Speaker 3: the by they decided that they're going to be more 1872 01:37:21,479 --> 01:37:24,559 Speaker 3: judicious with their their their blitzing and they became way 1873 01:37:24,600 --> 01:37:27,640 Speaker 3: more disciplined and that's why when they won or the 1874 01:37:27,720 --> 01:37:29,679 Speaker 3: last ten. A big reason was not their offense, which 1875 01:37:29,720 --> 01:37:31,799 Speaker 3: is really good, was really their defense, which turned it around, 1876 01:37:32,720 --> 01:37:34,800 Speaker 3: and they're going to carry that over. They've made a 1877 01:37:34,800 --> 01:37:38,960 Speaker 3: lot of additions on defense. Jack Campbell, the first round 1878 01:37:39,000 --> 01:37:40,559 Speaker 3: pick out of Iowa, who's an off the ball line 1879 01:37:40,560 --> 01:37:44,960 Speaker 3: backup but very talented. They've got a good front. CJ. Garder, 1880 01:37:45,000 --> 01:37:48,080 Speaker 3: Johnson commover from Philly, won a one year deal, who 1881 01:37:48,120 --> 01:37:50,600 Speaker 3: probably would have led the NFL last season in interceptions 1882 01:37:50,600 --> 01:37:53,000 Speaker 3: that he not had the last rated kidney. So they've 1883 01:37:53,040 --> 01:37:55,679 Speaker 3: done a really good job. The only thing I'm concerned 1884 01:37:55,720 --> 01:37:57,920 Speaker 3: about is are lack of depth a receiver. They remember 1885 01:37:57,920 --> 01:38:01,200 Speaker 3: now Jamison Williams is suspended for six weeks. Told the 1886 01:38:01,200 --> 01:38:03,519 Speaker 3: hamster injury we'll keep him that he suffered this week 1887 01:38:03,520 --> 01:38:06,360 Speaker 3: in practice, will keep him from practicing until he gets suspended. 1888 01:38:07,120 --> 01:38:08,840 Speaker 3: So you're talking about he's going to be down for 1889 01:38:08,880 --> 01:38:11,840 Speaker 3: about eight weeks more or less unable to practice. That's 1890 01:38:11,880 --> 01:38:14,240 Speaker 3: not good and that's really the only issue on their 1891 01:38:14,240 --> 01:38:16,120 Speaker 3: football team right now is their lack of depth at 1892 01:38:16,120 --> 01:38:17,040 Speaker 3: that roberts Here position. 1893 01:38:17,080 --> 01:38:21,000 Speaker 1: All right, So last week television wise, my TV station 1894 01:38:21,120 --> 01:38:25,439 Speaker 1: carries the Raiders games and they demolish the forty nine 1895 01:38:25,479 --> 01:38:31,040 Speaker 1: Ers and Trey Lance. Yeah, Trey Lance is running for 1896 01:38:31,080 --> 01:38:35,400 Speaker 1: his life in that beginning of that game. I mean, 1897 01:38:36,800 --> 01:38:39,160 Speaker 1: some people are now saying that this is going to 1898 01:38:39,240 --> 01:38:42,559 Speaker 1: go down as one of the biggest disaster draft picks 1899 01:38:42,640 --> 01:38:45,160 Speaker 1: in the history of the NFL. I don't know if 1900 01:38:45,160 --> 01:38:47,040 Speaker 1: we've gotten to that point, but we might be a 1901 01:38:47,080 --> 01:38:51,639 Speaker 1: little bit close. Is there any market at all if 1902 01:38:51,680 --> 01:38:54,160 Speaker 1: they deem him like we got to get rid of 1903 01:38:54,240 --> 01:38:56,559 Speaker 1: this guy, try to trade him, because I've seen some 1904 01:38:56,760 --> 01:38:59,880 Speaker 1: potential trades out there. I'm laughing at him, like, I mean, 1905 01:39:00,280 --> 01:39:02,439 Speaker 1: I wouldn't How much would you give up for Trey 1906 01:39:02,520 --> 01:39:05,880 Speaker 1: Lance anything? I mean, I'm not quite sure. But how 1907 01:39:05,920 --> 01:39:09,040 Speaker 1: did the forty nine ers get to this point with 1908 01:39:09,200 --> 01:39:12,320 Speaker 1: a quarterback that they were just leaping to try to 1909 01:39:12,360 --> 01:39:14,439 Speaker 1: get in the draft just a couple of years ago? 1910 01:39:14,560 --> 01:39:16,599 Speaker 3: Yeah, my god, I mean what they gave up was crazy. 1911 01:39:16,680 --> 01:39:18,880 Speaker 3: So here's let's break this down. I want to get 1912 01:39:18,880 --> 01:39:20,639 Speaker 3: to Aidan O'Connell. By the way, you mentioned the Raiders, 1913 01:39:20,640 --> 01:39:22,080 Speaker 3: who's on the other side, So I have some interesting 1914 01:39:22,080 --> 01:39:24,479 Speaker 3: stuff on him. But yeah, with Lance, he was seen 1915 01:39:24,479 --> 01:39:29,080 Speaker 3: as a project enormous, aren't for strength, great size, great 1916 01:39:29,120 --> 01:39:31,679 Speaker 3: athletic ability, but he played it new North Dakota State 1917 01:39:31,720 --> 01:39:35,519 Speaker 3: at lower level football Division one. He was a major project. 1918 01:39:35,600 --> 01:39:37,800 Speaker 3: Mechanics were not good. He was seen as a total 1919 01:39:37,840 --> 01:39:41,000 Speaker 3: project who would need time to develop. Now there are 1920 01:39:41,040 --> 01:39:43,800 Speaker 3: people in that building and also liked Mac Jones. Now 1921 01:39:44,000 --> 01:39:47,280 Speaker 3: Kyle Shanahan made the call. He's got personnel control. And 1922 01:39:47,520 --> 01:39:49,360 Speaker 3: it just surprised me if they won Lance because if 1923 01:39:49,400 --> 01:39:50,800 Speaker 3: you look at this type of offense that they run, 1924 01:39:50,800 --> 01:39:53,759 Speaker 3: which is an old school West Coast offense is based 1925 01:39:53,800 --> 01:39:57,000 Speaker 3: on timing and precision. That's not Trey Lance's game. Steve, Yeah, 1926 01:39:57,080 --> 01:40:00,240 Speaker 3: that's why Mac Jones. Most of us thought it was 1927 01:40:00,280 --> 01:40:01,559 Speaker 3: gonna be Mac Jones. And to shock this when they 1928 01:40:01,600 --> 01:40:03,800 Speaker 3: were training it for Trey Lance of all people, Yeah, 1929 01:40:03,880 --> 01:40:06,960 Speaker 3: it look for every Trey Lance, there's a rock Party, 1930 01:40:07,280 --> 01:40:09,840 Speaker 3: Brock Party. Uh. They made this decision when the lots 1931 01:40:09,840 --> 01:40:11,599 Speaker 3: of the Eagles from talking to the Niners that no 1932 01:40:11,600 --> 01:40:14,800 Speaker 3: matter what people thought, Lance would not be competing for 1933 01:40:14,800 --> 01:40:19,519 Speaker 3: the starting job. They love Party's decipher decisiveness, accuracy, leadership, 1934 01:40:19,520 --> 01:40:22,040 Speaker 3: which is really big and the moment was not too 1935 01:40:22,080 --> 01:40:24,960 Speaker 3: big for him. Unfortunately got hurt, but it wasn't He 1936 01:40:25,040 --> 01:40:27,240 Speaker 3: handled the pressure of big think about it. The guy 1937 01:40:27,240 --> 01:40:29,439 Speaker 3: comes out of nowhere, thrown in there in the second 1938 01:40:29,479 --> 01:40:30,920 Speaker 3: half and they're in the middle of a playoff race 1939 01:40:30,960 --> 01:40:32,320 Speaker 3: and does as well as he did. That's why they're 1940 01:40:32,320 --> 01:40:33,480 Speaker 3: sticking with him. 1941 01:40:33,320 --> 01:40:38,800 Speaker 1: Right, So all right, I want to get to Hard 1942 01:40:38,880 --> 01:40:43,640 Speaker 1: Knocks and the Jets haven't seen yet though. Do you 1943 01:40:43,880 --> 01:40:47,720 Speaker 1: remember when the NFL basically forced the Jets to do 1944 01:40:47,840 --> 01:40:50,880 Speaker 1: the Hard Knocks and Aaron Rodgers, when asked about it, 1945 01:40:50,920 --> 01:40:52,800 Speaker 1: said he wanted to know part of it. So I've 1946 01:40:52,840 --> 01:40:56,640 Speaker 1: seen the first two episodes. It's all Aaron Rodgers, like 1947 01:40:56,720 --> 01:40:59,720 Speaker 1: he can't get enough on the camera. He's literally like, 1948 01:41:00,240 --> 01:41:03,280 Speaker 1: welcome him in. They're showing him on the sideline during 1949 01:41:03,320 --> 01:41:05,479 Speaker 1: the games. They're showing him talking to coach. They showed 1950 01:41:05,520 --> 01:41:08,479 Speaker 1: him talking to Leif Schreiber, the voice of Hard Knocks. 1951 01:41:08,520 --> 01:41:12,080 Speaker 1: It has been the all Aaron Rodgers show. And Carrie, 1952 01:41:12,280 --> 01:41:14,360 Speaker 1: you know, has the theory that he wants to show 1953 01:41:14,400 --> 01:41:16,479 Speaker 1: the world that he is. He's not just still a 1954 01:41:16,520 --> 01:41:20,320 Speaker 1: great quarterback, he's the ultimate teammate, like he'll talk to anybody. 1955 01:41:20,400 --> 01:41:25,960 Speaker 1: I mean, it's over the top the first two episodes. Okay, yeah, 1956 01:41:26,000 --> 01:41:28,080 Speaker 1: well here's a really I mean, I mean, is this 1957 01:41:28,240 --> 01:41:32,240 Speaker 1: really Aaron because we have never ever really seen behind 1958 01:41:32,280 --> 01:41:35,759 Speaker 1: the scenes Aaron Rodgers in his Packer Nay, he Steve. 1959 01:41:35,840 --> 01:41:39,679 Speaker 3: He's interesting guy. Look, we know he's complicated, the complicated fella, 1960 01:41:39,760 --> 01:41:43,960 Speaker 3: which is what Mark Murphy, their president, called him. Look, 1961 01:41:44,080 --> 01:41:46,720 Speaker 3: we know about their the almost bitter divorce they had 1962 01:41:46,720 --> 01:41:48,759 Speaker 3: two years ago, and somehow they were able amend fences. 1963 01:41:48,800 --> 01:41:53,120 Speaker 3: He's a mercurial guy, very very different. But talking to 1964 01:41:53,160 --> 01:41:55,080 Speaker 3: the Jets, like one of the two things that he 1965 01:41:55,120 --> 01:41:58,080 Speaker 3: did was really cool that he wasn't looking to get publicized. 1966 01:41:58,080 --> 01:42:01,040 Speaker 3: But you know, I'll just give you some background and 1967 01:42:01,080 --> 01:42:03,640 Speaker 3: intel what he's done. So he didn't know a lot 1968 01:42:03,680 --> 01:42:05,799 Speaker 3: of these coaches when he got there, other than Nate Hackett, 1969 01:42:05,800 --> 01:42:07,639 Speaker 3: who was a ZOC with the Packers. He just didn't 1970 01:42:07,640 --> 01:42:11,160 Speaker 3: know any of these guys. So he made a point 1971 01:42:11,200 --> 01:42:15,439 Speaker 3: to spend private time, go over to their houses, get 1972 01:42:15,479 --> 01:42:17,920 Speaker 3: to know the family. Like he just at this point 1973 01:42:17,960 --> 01:42:20,160 Speaker 3: in his career and he does turn forty, believe it 1974 01:42:20,200 --> 01:42:23,519 Speaker 3: or not, late this year. He just wanted to connect 1975 01:42:23,520 --> 01:42:25,280 Speaker 3: in a different way. And then a really cool thing 1976 01:42:25,360 --> 01:42:28,160 Speaker 3: is what he did in OTAs terms of leadership with 1977 01:42:28,160 --> 01:42:31,240 Speaker 3: the players, they were running a four minute offense. He 1978 01:42:31,280 --> 01:42:33,240 Speaker 3: told Zach Wilson, Hey, he said, hey, man, come over here. 1979 01:42:33,280 --> 01:42:34,599 Speaker 3: I want you to see how I call this four 1980 01:42:34,640 --> 01:42:36,880 Speaker 3: minute offense. Nobody told him to do that, no one 1981 01:42:36,920 --> 01:42:39,360 Speaker 3: asked him to do that. He wanted to see the cadence. 1982 01:42:39,400 --> 01:42:41,080 Speaker 3: He wanted to see the cadence and how he calls 1983 01:42:41,120 --> 01:42:46,160 Speaker 3: it because someday, the hope is that Wilson will take 1984 01:42:46,200 --> 01:42:49,120 Speaker 3: over for Rogers in twenty twenty five. They fully believe 1985 01:42:49,160 --> 01:42:52,320 Speaker 3: that Rogers will be with him next season. And you 1986 01:42:52,320 --> 01:42:54,040 Speaker 3: know he did by the way, Wilson played very well 1987 01:42:54,240 --> 01:42:57,760 Speaker 3: last week against the Panthers. But the bottom line is, 1988 01:42:57,800 --> 01:43:00,040 Speaker 3: look and you can see if you brought up and 1989 01:43:00,080 --> 01:43:02,679 Speaker 3: you brought up land Sack, Wilson's another guy. Doesn't look 1990 01:43:02,760 --> 01:43:05,080 Speaker 3: very good. It does not look very good. But the 1991 01:43:05,120 --> 01:43:06,920 Speaker 3: good thing is he has shown some improvement of late. 1992 01:43:07,080 --> 01:43:07,240 Speaker 9: Well. 1993 01:43:07,479 --> 01:43:10,040 Speaker 1: The funny thing about this is Robert Salah getting in 1994 01:43:10,080 --> 01:43:12,120 Speaker 1: front of the team and saying, the reason we are 1995 01:43:12,160 --> 01:43:16,439 Speaker 1: seven and ten is that our offensive line sucked. Did 1996 01:43:16,479 --> 01:43:19,040 Speaker 1: he really sit wow? I mean basically that's what he did. 1997 01:43:19,040 --> 01:43:21,880 Speaker 1: He singled out in front of the entire team, Oh man, 1998 01:43:22,680 --> 01:43:24,680 Speaker 1: that I don't know. We have a great defense. We 1999 01:43:24,760 --> 01:43:27,200 Speaker 1: now have a but nothing's going to happen because the 2000 01:43:27,240 --> 01:43:31,320 Speaker 1: reason we are seven and ten is because you sucked well. 2001 01:43:31,320 --> 01:43:34,559 Speaker 3: They got problems to both. Offensive tackle spots are our 2002 01:43:34,720 --> 01:43:37,320 Speaker 3: real question mark, and that that to me if I'm 2003 01:43:37,360 --> 01:43:39,200 Speaker 3: probably gonna wint up pick him to win the division 2004 01:43:39,200 --> 01:43:40,680 Speaker 3: in the AFC East, which is probably you know, a 2005 01:43:40,680 --> 01:43:43,599 Speaker 3: little the Ford thinking. But the one issue is their 2006 01:43:43,640 --> 01:43:47,479 Speaker 3: tackle spots. Guys, it's problematic. Makai Beckton's knees, you worry 2007 01:43:47,479 --> 01:43:49,920 Speaker 3: about it. Dwyane Brown, who should be their left tackle, 2008 01:43:50,880 --> 01:43:52,880 Speaker 3: is coming off of a shoulder injury. He's just going 2009 01:43:52,960 --> 01:43:54,760 Speaker 3: to start practicing next week for the first time since 2010 01:43:54,800 --> 01:43:57,360 Speaker 3: last season. He's in his late thirties. That's not good. 2011 01:43:57,880 --> 01:43:59,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, Well, you have to keep us update 2012 01:44:00,120 --> 01:44:03,000 Speaker 1: on your wedding schedule, Adam, you know, so that we 2013 01:44:03,080 --> 01:44:05,760 Speaker 1: can work around that just throws up for some that's 2014 01:44:05,760 --> 01:44:09,160 Speaker 1: definitely the last one, trust Adam. We can't wait for 2015 01:44:09,200 --> 01:44:11,080 Speaker 1: the games to begin, the real games. We'll talk to 2016 01:44:11,120 --> 01:44:14,160 Speaker 1: you next week. Thanks so much, Adam. Adam kaplan are 2017 01:44:14,280 --> 01:44:16,960 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio, NFL inside. Let's find out what is 2018 01:44:17,120 --> 01:44:24,200 Speaker 1: trending right now? And boy he is there's your love 2019 01:44:24,320 --> 01:44:26,680 Speaker 1: of preseason football so apparent. 2020 01:44:26,680 --> 01:44:30,600 Speaker 7: Yet should I be leading with maybe baseball? Should I 2021 01:44:30,600 --> 01:44:32,160 Speaker 7: be leading with the Jimmy Graham situation. 2022 01:44:32,280 --> 01:44:34,280 Speaker 1: I tell you what, if you're a Houston Texans fan, 2023 01:44:34,360 --> 01:44:36,320 Speaker 1: you definitely don't want to leave with this football game 2024 01:44:36,320 --> 01:44:39,519 Speaker 1: because they look awful. Yeah, I'm not looking good. 2025 01:44:39,920 --> 01:44:43,240 Speaker 7: You know who doesn't look awful? Skyler Thompson. As we 2026 01:44:43,280 --> 01:44:46,719 Speaker 7: look at this game, backup quarterback for the Dolphins, after 2027 01:44:46,760 --> 01:44:50,000 Speaker 7: Tua got some smell out there as they as they say, 2028 01:44:50,040 --> 01:44:52,200 Speaker 7: and Tua had a pick and he had about sixty 2029 01:44:52,200 --> 01:44:55,040 Speaker 7: two yards through the air. But Skyler Thompson now three 2030 01:44:55,160 --> 01:44:57,920 Speaker 7: touchdown throws one hundred and fifty two yards through the year. 2031 01:44:58,000 --> 01:45:00,680 Speaker 7: Twenty eight to three. The Dolphins are leading Texans with 2032 01:45:00,720 --> 01:45:04,000 Speaker 7: about ten minutes to go in the fourth quarter. It's 2033 01:45:04,040 --> 01:45:09,960 Speaker 7: a game where Memphis Memphis Miami saw Dolphin's rookie running 2034 01:45:09,960 --> 01:45:13,120 Speaker 7: back Devon Hshane cart it off the field and sent 2035 01:45:13,160 --> 01:45:16,280 Speaker 7: to the locker room for an injury reason. The NFL 2036 01:45:16,680 --> 01:45:20,839 Speaker 7: has fined Steelers linebacker Kwan Alexander about forty four thousand 2037 01:45:20,880 --> 01:45:25,759 Speaker 7: dollars for illegally inappropriately using his helmet in a way 2038 01:45:25,800 --> 01:45:30,320 Speaker 7: that was deemed unnecessary roughness in last week's preseason game 2039 01:45:30,439 --> 01:45:34,880 Speaker 7: against the Tampa Bay Bucks. Speaking of other games in preseason, 2040 01:45:34,960 --> 01:45:37,799 Speaker 7: we do know that the Jaguars have a win today 2041 01:45:37,880 --> 01:45:40,160 Speaker 7: as they take care of the line twenty five to 2042 01:45:40,200 --> 01:45:42,200 Speaker 7: seven CJ. Beth at one hundred and thirty eight yards 2043 01:45:42,200 --> 01:45:47,080 Speaker 7: passing one touchdown, one pick. And about moments from now, 2044 01:45:47,479 --> 01:45:49,479 Speaker 7: just a few minutes, we're going to see our third 2045 01:45:49,560 --> 01:45:53,000 Speaker 7: NFL preseason game get underway today, Steelers hosting the Bills, 2046 01:45:53,320 --> 01:45:58,160 Speaker 7: so that one's soon to get started. Meantime, we alluded 2047 01:45:58,200 --> 01:46:00,880 Speaker 7: to it earlier, but Saints Tide and Jimmy released from 2048 01:46:00,880 --> 01:46:04,280 Speaker 7: an LA area hospital today after doctors said that he 2049 01:46:04,360 --> 01:46:08,639 Speaker 7: experienced a medical episode and potentially a seizure. This after 2050 01:46:08,800 --> 01:46:11,920 Speaker 7: last night, he was arrested for being disoriented to the 2051 01:46:12,000 --> 01:46:15,920 Speaker 7: tune of what, according to TMZ, law enforcement thought that 2052 01:46:16,160 --> 01:46:19,600 Speaker 7: he was under the influence of a controlled substance, and 2053 01:46:20,040 --> 01:46:25,040 Speaker 7: even according to police, tried to resist them in getting apprehended. 2054 01:46:25,360 --> 01:46:27,599 Speaker 7: Eventually he was, but now he is back with his 2055 01:46:27,640 --> 01:46:29,479 Speaker 7: team and the Saints are supposed to take on the 2056 01:46:29,520 --> 01:46:33,519 Speaker 7: Chargers in a preseason game versus the Chargers tomorrow, and 2057 01:46:33,560 --> 01:46:36,280 Speaker 7: we'll see how that all goes. With the looming inclement 2058 01:46:36,280 --> 01:46:40,160 Speaker 7: weather coming into the area here shortly Major League Baseball. 2059 01:46:40,200 --> 01:46:43,160 Speaker 7: I'll leave you guys with this. There are a few 2060 01:46:43,200 --> 01:46:45,080 Speaker 7: games that are still going on, and. 2061 01:46:45,080 --> 01:46:48,320 Speaker 1: We're watching right now. The Podrays have won s of 2062 01:46:48,320 --> 01:46:51,800 Speaker 1: the plate, down six to four, bases loaded, two out, 2063 01:46:52,760 --> 01:46:54,280 Speaker 1: and he just flew out to end the game. 2064 01:46:54,479 --> 01:46:58,320 Speaker 7: Another podrais, I'm going to blame that third out on you, Steve, 2065 01:46:59,080 --> 01:47:00,760 Speaker 7: because I think you jinxed it. 2066 01:47:02,080 --> 01:47:04,040 Speaker 1: I mean, this has been the story of the Padres 2067 01:47:04,080 --> 01:47:07,759 Speaker 1: all season long. They're team batting average, runners and scoring 2068 01:47:07,800 --> 01:47:11,080 Speaker 1: position for much of the year's last in the Major League. 2069 01:47:11,080 --> 01:47:13,360 Speaker 1: So you're down six to four, bottom of the ninth, 2070 01:47:13,760 --> 01:47:17,280 Speaker 1: home crowds on their feet, bases loaded. Here's Big one Soto, 2071 01:47:18,320 --> 01:47:21,000 Speaker 1: a guy he's going against a pitcher that he's four 2072 01:47:21,080 --> 01:47:24,520 Speaker 1: for five against in his career eight hundred batting average. 2073 01:47:24,640 --> 01:47:26,280 Speaker 1: He just flew out to him. He flew it out 2074 01:47:27,000 --> 01:47:30,040 Speaker 1: at the track though. That's even more depressing. 2075 01:47:30,240 --> 01:47:34,200 Speaker 7: Yeah yeah, but by the way, that flyout was a 2076 01:47:34,240 --> 01:47:36,679 Speaker 7: micro causem as you said of this season. But talking 2077 01:47:36,680 --> 01:47:39,840 Speaker 7: to producer Brandon and he said, a lot of the 2078 01:47:39,920 --> 01:47:43,040 Speaker 7: hits that the Padres are getting, well, they're making good contact, 2079 01:47:43,200 --> 01:47:46,280 Speaker 7: but they're going right to outfielders and there's a stat 2080 01:47:46,320 --> 01:47:47,720 Speaker 7: that he threw out there just to say that they're 2081 01:47:47,720 --> 01:47:49,800 Speaker 7: getting good contact on the ball, but just not able 2082 01:47:49,800 --> 01:47:54,000 Speaker 7: to finish things into run production. And lastly, game one 2083 01:47:54,000 --> 01:47:58,080 Speaker 7: of a doubleheader, Dodgers win three to one against the Marlins, 2084 01:47:58,120 --> 01:48:01,560 Speaker 7: and their next game is going to be right around 2085 01:48:01,840 --> 01:48:05,040 Speaker 7: let's say six ' ten, Yeah, six ' ten from 2086 01:48:05,120 --> 01:48:08,240 Speaker 7: Dodger Stadium, getting into two games today as if to 2087 01:48:08,320 --> 01:48:11,520 Speaker 7: not have one go tomorrow because of the rain expected. 2088 01:48:11,560 --> 01:48:13,559 Speaker 7: And Steve, I know you're a big weather guy, and 2089 01:48:14,120 --> 01:48:16,880 Speaker 7: oftentimes I think sometimes I wonder if you have a 2090 01:48:16,880 --> 01:48:20,679 Speaker 7: newsvan of the back and you're set to chase a tornado, 2091 01:48:20,720 --> 01:48:22,120 Speaker 7: although there probably aren't too many, and. 2092 01:48:22,240 --> 01:48:24,960 Speaker 1: Ask me about that, and I am not a storm chaser. 2093 01:48:25,040 --> 01:48:27,280 Speaker 1: That is a zero appeal to me. In fact, every 2094 01:48:27,320 --> 01:48:29,599 Speaker 1: time I see one of those crazy weather guys, yeah 2095 01:48:29,600 --> 01:48:32,519 Speaker 1: you know, standing there hanging on to a tree in 2096 01:48:32,560 --> 01:48:35,800 Speaker 1: a hurricane, I'm like, you don't have to stand in 2097 01:48:35,880 --> 01:48:37,719 Speaker 1: the storm to tell me there's a storm. 2098 01:48:37,840 --> 01:48:39,679 Speaker 2: I think we're just talking about the plot of Twister 2099 01:48:39,800 --> 01:48:42,200 Speaker 2: right now. Yes, you know, I get it. I know 2100 01:48:42,200 --> 01:48:42,680 Speaker 2: where we are now. 2101 01:48:42,760 --> 01:48:45,280 Speaker 1: I mean I get I mean, I understand why your 2102 01:48:45,320 --> 01:48:49,240 Speaker 1: producer told you to get out there, you know, but 2103 01:48:49,960 --> 01:48:51,439 Speaker 1: I would find a new line of work. 2104 01:48:52,120 --> 01:48:53,160 Speaker 7: Well, you know, I think it. 2105 01:48:53,040 --> 01:48:55,160 Speaker 3: Was shas son of a bit. 2106 01:48:55,400 --> 01:48:57,400 Speaker 7: The news director probably wanted you to go out there 2107 01:48:57,520 --> 01:48:59,679 Speaker 7: because of the eyeballs. People are going to be making 2108 01:48:59,720 --> 01:49:03,000 Speaker 7: fun of what the state of which that person is 2109 01:49:03,000 --> 01:49:05,720 Speaker 7: in as the sideways rain comes. I would love to 2110 01:49:05,720 --> 01:49:08,840 Speaker 7: see you, Steve out there covering this weather. 2111 01:49:08,640 --> 01:49:11,120 Speaker 1: Holding the mic really close, Yes, close to the mouth. Yeah, 2112 01:49:11,200 --> 01:49:13,840 Speaker 1: ready to go. Yeah yeah. As a TV sports anchor 2113 01:49:13,880 --> 01:49:18,280 Speaker 1: all these years, I'm going to stay right there. Okay, 2114 01:49:18,320 --> 01:49:20,360 Speaker 1: I don't want to venture over to the weather side. 2115 01:49:20,720 --> 01:49:23,760 Speaker 1: I've always had a lot of a lot of admiration 2116 01:49:23,920 --> 01:49:27,559 Speaker 1: for whether people in television, obviously having worked side by 2117 01:49:27,600 --> 01:49:29,599 Speaker 1: side with them for so many years. I mean, they 2118 01:49:29,640 --> 01:49:31,000 Speaker 1: just add love. I mean, you just got to sort 2119 01:49:31,040 --> 01:49:33,360 Speaker 1: of talk, and you gotta at least sound like you 2120 01:49:33,400 --> 01:49:36,240 Speaker 1: know what you're talking about. But tonight, I got TV tonight, 2121 01:49:36,320 --> 01:49:39,160 Speaker 1: so our weather guy's going to be working overtime with 2122 01:49:39,280 --> 01:49:42,599 Speaker 1: this tropical storm heading I hear directly towards your place. 2123 01:49:43,479 --> 01:49:46,320 Speaker 7: Well, I was surprised that you got in so late. 2124 01:49:46,439 --> 01:49:48,600 Speaker 7: Usually you get to the studio for your show with 2125 01:49:49,000 --> 01:49:52,880 Speaker 7: Carrie four to five hours before it starts. You got 2126 01:49:52,880 --> 01:49:55,280 Speaker 7: in only an hour before it started. I started worrying 2127 01:49:55,280 --> 01:49:56,759 Speaker 7: about you. I mean, I was worried. 2128 01:49:56,840 --> 01:49:59,120 Speaker 1: It was actually I was here a half hour early. 2129 01:49:59,200 --> 01:50:01,280 Speaker 1: I was sitting in my in the parking lot. I 2130 01:50:01,360 --> 01:50:03,280 Speaker 1: didn't want to get in too early. He was embarrassed. 2131 01:50:03,760 --> 01:50:04,960 Speaker 7: Don't be so self conscious. 2132 01:50:05,080 --> 01:50:06,920 Speaker 8: We were in the we were in the control room 2133 01:50:06,960 --> 01:50:10,719 Speaker 8: here talking about like, man, this California has never seen 2134 01:50:10,720 --> 01:50:12,760 Speaker 8: something like this in a long time. And I don't 2135 01:50:12,760 --> 01:50:16,559 Speaker 8: know if people around here no, Like I lived in Georgia, Savannah, 2136 01:50:16,560 --> 01:50:20,639 Speaker 8: Georgia for five years. Hurricanes just don't happen out here. 2137 01:50:20,640 --> 01:50:23,960 Speaker 8: And I'm genuinely curious and worried for some people out there, well, 2138 01:50:24,479 --> 01:50:27,080 Speaker 8: Katalina Island. They're just think it's going to be a 2139 01:50:27,080 --> 01:50:29,519 Speaker 8: little rain. It's it's gonna be a little more than rain. 2140 01:50:29,560 --> 01:50:32,080 Speaker 8: I'm a litt looking at San Diego. By the way, 2141 01:50:32,080 --> 01:50:33,960 Speaker 8: the Padres also have the doubleheader today. 2142 01:50:34,040 --> 01:50:37,240 Speaker 1: Is that good news, Brandon, after watching that first game 2143 01:50:37,280 --> 01:50:41,160 Speaker 1: that they get to play another one tonight, don't remind me. Yeah, Well, 2144 01:50:41,400 --> 01:50:44,000 Speaker 1: with a hurricane get here. Seventeen back in the West, 2145 01:50:44,080 --> 01:50:49,160 Speaker 1: seventeen back Hillary. We're comedy Live for the tirag dot 2146 01:50:49,160 --> 01:50:51,280 Speaker 1: com studies. What do you make of all this, Carrie. 2147 01:50:51,360 --> 01:50:54,920 Speaker 2: It's yeah, it's phenomenal, phenomenal topics for us to talk about, right, 2148 01:50:54,960 --> 01:50:55,320 Speaker 2: that's it. 2149 01:50:55,520 --> 01:50:59,480 Speaker 1: I think the optics as of right now, the Chargers 2150 01:50:59,600 --> 01:51:03,639 Speaker 1: Saint preseason game, which is due to kick off four 2151 01:51:03,640 --> 01:51:08,439 Speaker 1: o'clock West Coast time, which is exactly when the weather 2152 01:51:08,520 --> 01:51:11,840 Speaker 1: experts are saying the full force of this tropical storm 2153 01:51:11,920 --> 01:51:16,240 Speaker 1: is gonna hit SOCl. They're actually predicting this matches five 2154 01:51:16,280 --> 01:51:20,760 Speaker 1: to eight inches of rain. Wow, and in twenty four hours. 2155 01:51:20,800 --> 01:51:23,559 Speaker 1: And they think they're gonna play a game. Yes, And 2156 01:51:23,560 --> 01:51:27,719 Speaker 1: if you don't understand, Sofi Stadium is not a domed stadium. 2157 01:51:27,800 --> 01:51:33,599 Speaker 1: It has a roof, but it's not a dome. And 2158 01:51:33,800 --> 01:51:38,200 Speaker 1: I can't imagine why they're playing this game. Just the 2159 01:51:38,280 --> 01:51:42,599 Speaker 1: Chargers played great last week, right against the Rams. You're 2160 01:51:42,600 --> 01:51:44,920 Speaker 1: gonna drag the Saints all the way here? 2161 01:51:45,680 --> 01:51:49,160 Speaker 2: Well, the Saints are already here, so let's play ball then, 2162 01:51:49,200 --> 01:51:50,519 Speaker 2: I guess, But I just don't. 2163 01:51:51,120 --> 01:51:52,479 Speaker 1: I don't think it's gonna happen. Steve. 2164 01:51:52,560 --> 01:51:56,760 Speaker 2: I think they may, maybe they can delay it, but 2165 01:51:56,800 --> 01:51:58,479 Speaker 2: it's supposed to rain the next day Monday as. 2166 01:51:58,360 --> 01:52:02,280 Speaker 1: Well, it's basically going to start from midday tomorrow all 2167 01:52:02,320 --> 01:52:04,679 Speaker 1: the way through midday on month. That's what I thought. Yeah, yeah, 2168 01:52:04,800 --> 01:52:07,559 Speaker 1: there's no, it's second week, it's not the last pre 2169 01:52:07,720 --> 01:52:10,800 Speaker 1: season game's not the first breezeas it's a throwaway. We're 2170 01:52:10,800 --> 01:52:13,960 Speaker 1: gonna be down to two preseason games anyway very shortly. Yeah, 2171 01:52:14,040 --> 01:52:17,080 Speaker 1: let them go home? Really, that's yeah, Yeah, how flying 2172 01:52:17,080 --> 01:52:20,639 Speaker 1: out before the run gets absolutely hella Saints go home, 2173 01:52:20,720 --> 01:52:24,519 Speaker 1: go home, really go home the effort and yes, all right, 2174 01:52:24,840 --> 01:52:26,759 Speaker 1: coming up on the other side, a few more notes 2175 01:52:26,800 --> 01:52:30,960 Speaker 1: about not only the NFL season, but yes, one week 2176 01:52:31,120 --> 01:52:34,960 Speaker 1: away from college football, we got the latest. This is 2177 01:52:35,000 --> 01:52:39,400 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Saturday. First, Hawn for the Miami seventeen to 2178 01:52:39,560 --> 01:52:41,800 Speaker 1: a fakes the gift, steps to his left, throws town field. 2179 01:52:41,800 --> 01:52:42,839 Speaker 5: It's picked off right. 2180 01:52:42,640 --> 01:52:46,840 Speaker 1: Away across the fifteen, TED five and down inside the 2181 01:52:46,960 --> 01:52:51,719 Speaker 1: six yard line. Paraman with the pick to start the party. Yeah, 2182 01:52:51,760 --> 01:52:55,640 Speaker 1: that's the Texans Radio network. Good way to start the 2183 01:52:55,640 --> 01:52:59,160 Speaker 1: game for the Texans. Unfortunately, haul downhill from that point. 2184 01:52:59,680 --> 01:53:01,880 Speaker 1: It's all our Progressive play of the day, brought to 2185 01:53:01,880 --> 01:53:05,320 Speaker 1: you by Progressive Insurance. Progressive makes fundly easy and affordable. 2186 01:53:05,520 --> 01:53:08,679 Speaker 1: Get a multi policy discount by combining your motorcycle, RV, boat, 2187 01:53:08,720 --> 01:53:11,160 Speaker 1: a TV and more, all your protection in one place. 2188 01:53:11,479 --> 01:53:15,080 Speaker 1: Bundle and save app Progressive dot Com. Steve Harpincerrey Rhodes, 2189 01:53:15,520 --> 01:53:17,800 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Saturday. We're coming you live from the tai 2190 01:53:17,840 --> 01:53:20,639 Speaker 1: Iraq dot Com studios. I want to thank the guys today. 2191 01:53:21,479 --> 01:53:24,400 Speaker 1: Chris jumping in as he always does, taking a hand 2192 01:53:24,439 --> 01:53:30,280 Speaker 1: off from Iowa Sam Well. We had Befen here, Brian 2193 01:53:30,320 --> 01:53:32,639 Speaker 1: Fanley was here. I'm looking at mister de Saga right now. 2194 01:53:32,720 --> 01:53:34,760 Speaker 1: I know there he is there. He is right now. 2195 01:53:34,800 --> 01:53:38,920 Speaker 1: He a myth. He predict absolutely absolutely, Yeah. You know 2196 01:53:38,960 --> 01:53:42,400 Speaker 1: how long to Saga has known about me. He actually 2197 01:53:42,720 --> 01:53:47,360 Speaker 1: pulled out a television what was it a telephone message 2198 01:53:47,400 --> 01:53:50,719 Speaker 1: on the old of a call when I was working 2199 01:53:50,800 --> 01:53:54,160 Speaker 1: for the Raiders. Is this possible, mister de Saga? That 2200 01:53:55,320 --> 01:53:57,559 Speaker 1: where were you at when you got this message? 2201 01:53:57,680 --> 01:54:00,640 Speaker 10: My very first job in radio in Anaheim? And it 2202 01:54:00,680 --> 01:54:02,559 Speaker 10: said Steve Hartman called from the Raiders. 2203 01:54:04,040 --> 01:54:05,880 Speaker 1: I was probably asking whether or not she wanted to 2204 01:54:05,880 --> 01:54:07,639 Speaker 1: come on our flight. We used to have free tickets 2205 01:54:07,680 --> 01:54:09,840 Speaker 1: for everybody to come on our team flights and everything 2206 01:54:09,840 --> 01:54:12,480 Speaker 1: else was good. It was such a family organization. 2207 01:54:12,720 --> 01:54:15,519 Speaker 10: It was such a mom and pop raiders thing with 2208 01:54:15,720 --> 01:54:18,439 Speaker 10: hand typed notes, not computer type writer. 2209 01:54:18,760 --> 01:54:20,880 Speaker 1: I had a buddy of mine, Gary Mariano, who later 2210 01:54:20,960 --> 01:54:23,920 Speaker 1: became the PR guy for the Dodgers. Briefly he worked 2211 01:54:23,960 --> 01:54:27,400 Speaker 1: for the Burbank Daily Review, and we had a free 2212 01:54:27,439 --> 01:54:29,479 Speaker 1: ticket of free room for him on every road trip. 2213 01:54:29,640 --> 01:54:32,160 Speaker 1: That's how we reached out the high school paper. It 2214 01:54:32,240 --> 01:54:35,520 Speaker 1: was pretty close. You know, our buddy Brian Golden from 2215 01:54:35,520 --> 01:54:37,360 Speaker 1: the Analog Valley Press and. 2216 01:54:37,680 --> 01:54:40,400 Speaker 10: I used to write like for a credit, so you 2217 01:54:40,440 --> 01:54:42,760 Speaker 10: know I would get it in a folded piece of 2218 01:54:42,840 --> 01:54:46,360 Speaker 10: paper back in the mail from Alo cassal Al's assistant. 2219 01:54:46,600 --> 01:54:49,720 Speaker 1: Yes, Loki, Loki, all the good stuff. Well, Disager is 2220 01:54:49,720 --> 01:54:51,480 Speaker 1: great to see you here. Steve is always and of 2221 01:54:51,520 --> 01:54:54,000 Speaker 1: course our brilliant producer Brandon has just had to sit 2222 01:54:54,120 --> 01:54:57,680 Speaker 1: through yet another devastating Podrey's loss. I see Bob Melvin 2223 01:54:57,720 --> 01:55:00,000 Speaker 1: addressing the media, just like, what can I tell you? 2224 01:55:00,440 --> 01:55:02,800 Speaker 1: I mean, I got one soda. The play bases loaded 2225 01:55:02,800 --> 01:55:05,520 Speaker 1: down to bottom of the ninth inning against a pitcher 2226 01:55:05,520 --> 01:55:07,880 Speaker 1: that he has an eight hundred career batting average. I'm 2227 01:55:07,880 --> 01:55:09,480 Speaker 1: feeling good about my odds. 2228 01:55:09,440 --> 01:55:12,040 Speaker 2: Right, But you know, Brendan's also winning today, he has 2229 01:55:12,080 --> 01:55:15,040 Speaker 2: to blink one shot on so he's yes, at least 2230 01:55:15,080 --> 01:55:17,920 Speaker 2: has that on, and yes, yeah, well yeah, he's. 2231 01:55:17,720 --> 01:55:20,000 Speaker 1: Been in full Pattery's gear recently. But I guess that's 2232 01:55:20,000 --> 01:55:25,640 Speaker 1: a I know that, I know that absolutely. Hey, we 2233 01:55:25,800 --> 01:55:29,800 Speaker 1: are Carrie. One week from today. Can't wait? We have 2234 01:55:29,880 --> 01:55:35,240 Speaker 1: college football? Yes, what they call Week zero feature games 2235 01:55:35,240 --> 01:55:39,560 Speaker 1: are Notre Dame Navy and then USC and San Jose State. 2236 01:55:40,080 --> 01:55:42,400 Speaker 1: But I'm looking at another team, and I'm looking at 2237 01:55:42,400 --> 01:55:45,240 Speaker 1: the Associated Press came out with their preseason rankings, and 2238 01:55:45,320 --> 01:55:49,760 Speaker 1: George's number one, and you look down in Michigan's number two, 2239 01:55:49,760 --> 01:55:52,880 Speaker 1: Ohio State three. Alabama down at four. It's been a 2240 01:55:52,880 --> 01:55:55,680 Speaker 1: while since they open a season as low as fourth, 2241 01:55:56,400 --> 01:56:00,840 Speaker 1: but even that might be on name recognition alone. We 2242 01:56:00,880 --> 01:56:04,240 Speaker 1: are two weeks away from Alabama's first game September. Second, 2243 01:56:05,160 --> 01:56:09,520 Speaker 1: they don't have a quarterback right now. I mean even 2244 01:56:09,640 --> 01:56:12,560 Speaker 1: players are openly talking about the fact that there has 2245 01:56:12,640 --> 01:56:17,480 Speaker 1: been no decision wow on who the starting quarterback is 2246 01:56:17,520 --> 01:56:21,480 Speaker 1: going to be for Alabama this year, coming off a 2247 01:56:21,480 --> 01:56:24,320 Speaker 1: season where he had the returning Heisman Trophy winner, Right, 2248 01:56:27,240 --> 01:56:30,960 Speaker 1: should Alabama fans be worried about that? No? No, they 2249 01:56:31,000 --> 01:56:33,240 Speaker 1: have so much talent, it doesn't matter. One of those 2250 01:56:33,280 --> 01:56:34,280 Speaker 1: guys will be ready to go. 2251 01:56:34,400 --> 01:56:37,280 Speaker 2: And I think also I think there's some gainsmanship going 2252 01:56:37,320 --> 01:56:39,760 Speaker 2: on with Saban as well. I'm sure he has an 2253 01:56:39,800 --> 01:56:41,760 Speaker 2: idea who's going to be the guy, but he's just 2254 01:56:41,840 --> 01:56:44,640 Speaker 2: not letting the media know that yet. So that's the 2255 01:56:44,720 --> 01:56:46,880 Speaker 2: old trick that a lot of the you know, the 2256 01:56:47,240 --> 01:56:50,560 Speaker 2: Belichick disciples and you know those those guys, they would 2257 01:56:50,680 --> 01:56:53,720 Speaker 2: keep all that information close to the best and you. 2258 01:56:53,680 --> 01:56:55,840 Speaker 1: Know they have an idea who it is. Though. I 2259 01:56:55,880 --> 01:56:59,240 Speaker 1: remember after Carson Palmer won the Heisman Trophy at USC, 2260 01:57:00,040 --> 01:57:03,120 Speaker 1: they had an open competition for the quarterback. It was 2261 01:57:03,120 --> 01:57:09,440 Speaker 1: two guys, Matt Castle and Matt Lioner, and I remember 2262 01:57:09,680 --> 01:57:12,320 Speaker 1: at the last second they said, all right, we're gonna 2263 01:57:12,360 --> 01:57:15,520 Speaker 1: go with Liner. We don't think he has the better 2264 01:57:15,600 --> 01:57:20,640 Speaker 1: physical tools, but he's probably less likely to make mistakes. 2265 01:57:21,560 --> 01:57:25,800 Speaker 1: That was the selling point I remember. Yeah, I think 2266 01:57:25,840 --> 01:57:30,480 Speaker 1: he lost one game in three years until that last 2267 01:57:30,480 --> 01:57:33,480 Speaker 1: lost to Texas. Yeah, it didn't pan out in the 2268 01:57:33,520 --> 01:57:38,160 Speaker 1: league though, No, And if Zach Matt Castle started a 2269 01:57:38,200 --> 01:57:42,400 Speaker 1: game at USC ends up actually having that one spectacular 2270 01:57:42,480 --> 01:57:47,040 Speaker 1: year replacing the injured Tom Brady. So yeah, go figure 2271 01:57:47,480 --> 01:57:50,200 Speaker 1: Alabama probably has the same situation happening. I'm sure those 2272 01:57:50,240 --> 01:57:53,360 Speaker 1: guys are five star blue Chippers who can definitely play 2273 01:57:53,400 --> 01:57:55,440 Speaker 1: the game. So I, like I said, I think they're 2274 01:57:55,600 --> 01:57:57,840 Speaker 1: holding it close to the best of who the guy 2275 01:57:57,920 --> 01:58:00,160 Speaker 1: is going to be. And I'm sure Satan has an idea. 2276 01:58:00,320 --> 01:58:04,600 Speaker 1: Uh so you were you were bragging about your Louisville Cardinals, right, yeah, 2277 01:58:04,680 --> 01:58:07,040 Speaker 1: and that they're favored to win every game. And I'm 2278 01:58:07,080 --> 01:58:11,320 Speaker 1: looking at the preseason rankings. Oh not even their thirty 2279 01:58:11,360 --> 01:58:15,920 Speaker 1: fifth in the top twenty five. They're thirty fifth, thirty fifth. Yeah, 2280 01:58:17,520 --> 01:58:19,560 Speaker 1: I mean, are they going to be good? We're going 2281 01:58:19,640 --> 01:58:20,840 Speaker 1: to be good. It just got Jake. 2282 01:58:20,920 --> 01:58:23,800 Speaker 2: We've got a Plumber come in to uh to quarterback. 2283 01:58:23,840 --> 01:58:25,320 Speaker 2: The team has a lot of a lot of potent, 2284 01:58:25,480 --> 01:58:27,440 Speaker 2: I mean not even potential. He can play the game. 2285 01:58:27,800 --> 01:58:29,800 Speaker 1: And James Plumber is coming back. 2286 01:58:30,960 --> 01:58:32,960 Speaker 2: Jake Plumber's back again. I think he's I think he's 2287 01:58:33,000 --> 01:58:33,920 Speaker 2: fifty two now today. 2288 01:58:33,920 --> 01:58:37,120 Speaker 1: He's ready to go. He's very heavy, still has some eligibile. 2289 01:58:37,040 --> 01:58:40,360 Speaker 2: Man, still can move around to Yeah, but we got 2290 01:58:40,400 --> 01:58:43,120 Speaker 2: the Plumber kid in there, and yeah, we, like I said, 2291 01:58:43,160 --> 01:58:47,680 Speaker 2: favored in every game and having Brohm come in to 2292 01:58:47,760 --> 01:58:49,520 Speaker 2: lead the team back to his glory days. 2293 01:58:49,600 --> 01:58:51,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, we're gonna be We're gonna be fine. How is 2294 01:58:51,640 --> 01:58:55,080 Speaker 1: that for you to play at a school that's known 2295 01:58:55,080 --> 01:58:55,800 Speaker 1: for basketball. 2296 01:58:56,000 --> 01:58:58,080 Speaker 2: Don't you ever say that again, Steve, that I know 2297 01:58:58,200 --> 01:59:01,360 Speaker 2: that's true. I mean, come on, I know it's too 2298 01:59:01,520 --> 01:59:03,080 Speaker 2: I know I went to U c l A. I 2299 01:59:03,080 --> 01:59:06,240 Speaker 2: mean we're no for I mean we've had good football teams. Yes, 2300 01:59:06,360 --> 01:59:07,160 Speaker 2: well when you say U. 2301 01:59:07,240 --> 01:59:10,040 Speaker 1: C l A. You think basketball, Yeah, I mean. 2302 01:59:09,880 --> 01:59:12,040 Speaker 2: You you, but you got to think about our Our 2303 01:59:12,120 --> 01:59:14,720 Speaker 2: basketball days were in the eighties. 2304 01:59:15,560 --> 01:59:17,280 Speaker 1: I mean we've won it again. Wait, what are you 2305 01:59:17,320 --> 01:59:23,280 Speaker 1: talking to Crumb, the great Denny Crumb? You see, like, yes, 2306 01:59:24,760 --> 01:59:27,560 Speaker 1: you won since then. But the Patino years, the one 2307 01:59:27,600 --> 01:59:30,240 Speaker 1: with Patino. Yeah, but they back to back final fours. 2308 01:59:30,240 --> 01:59:33,120 Speaker 1: It wasn't just one year talking about winning. We've made 2309 01:59:33,160 --> 01:59:35,280 Speaker 1: big Bowl games. We've been in notes. Actually there's no 2310 01:59:35,360 --> 01:59:38,720 Speaker 1: record of you guys winning the only I think it's champion. 2311 01:59:38,760 --> 01:59:41,920 Speaker 1: That's it's not back in God, it's been a race 2312 01:59:43,160 --> 01:59:45,800 Speaker 1: like it never happened. Like that guy Kangaroo is a 2313 01:59:45,840 --> 01:59:47,560 Speaker 1: guy that shattered his ankle during the game. 2314 01:59:47,840 --> 01:59:48,000 Speaker 10: Was that? 2315 01:59:48,120 --> 01:59:51,480 Speaker 2: Oh that was Kevin Ware? It was bad That was bad. 2316 01:59:51,560 --> 01:59:55,360 Speaker 2: That was the worst it was against dude. I was like, yeah, 2317 01:59:55,400 --> 01:59:57,800 Speaker 2: it was bad. He came back to play. 2318 01:59:57,800 --> 01:59:58,760 Speaker 1: He hadn't he did. 2319 01:59:59,000 --> 02:00:01,240 Speaker 2: He had a good a good had a good season 2320 02:00:01,320 --> 02:00:02,880 Speaker 2: following that, which is crazy. 2321 02:00:02,640 --> 02:00:05,680 Speaker 1: They do that. All right, Well, Carrie, we're going to 2322 02:00:05,760 --> 02:00:08,320 Speaker 1: be talking some football down the road in the meantime. 2323 02:00:08,720 --> 02:00:11,080 Speaker 1: Don't go anywhere, folks. Yeah, we got a storm coming. 2324 02:00:11,520 --> 02:00:13,040 Speaker 1: It's Fox Sports Radio.