The Bobby Bones Show - 25W: Is Team Loyalty More Important Than Fantasy Football? + How the Texans Can Turn Their Season Around with QB Graham Mertz + Kickoff Kevin’s Vikings Coach Mix-Up

Episode Date: October 5, 2026

Bobby and the guys recap a wild football weekend and debate whether team loyalty should ever come before fantasy football. They hit the biggest NFL and college football storylines, react to where their teams stand, and Kevin gets mistaken for Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell. Texans quarterback Graham Mertz joins the show to talk about his rehab, the jump to the NFL, and why he believes Houston can turn things around. Download the DraftKings Sportsbook App today: https://dkng.co/bobbysports If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) (IL/IN/MI/NJ/PA/WV/WY), 1-800-NEXT STEP (AZ), 1-800-522-4700 (CO/NH), 888-789-7777/visit http://ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-BETS OFF (IA), 1-877-770-STOP (7867) (LA), 877-8-HOPENY/text HOPENY (467369) (NY), visit OPGR.org (OR), call/text TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN), or 1-888-532-3500 (VA). 21+ (18+ WY). Physically present in AZ/CO/CT/IL/IN/IA/LA/MI/NJ/ NY/PA/TN/VA/WV/WY only. N/A in NH/OR/ON. New customers only. Valid 1 per new customer. Min. $5 deposit. Min $5 wager. $200 issued as eight (8) $25 free bets. Ends 9/19/22. See http://draftkings.com/sportsbook for details. Follow the Show: @25WhistlesSports Follow the Crew: @MrBobbyBones @ProducerEddie @KickoffKevin @MikeDeestro @BrandonRayMusicSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human. The hard rock bet casino app is here, Ontario. It's safe, secure, and crystal clear with fast payouts and 24-7 local support. You can play over 3,000 games right here, including hard rock bet casino exclusives. The hard rock bet casino app is here, Ontario. Roll with us. Must be 19 years of age or older to play.

Ontario only. Please play responsibly. Concerned about your gambling or that of someone close to you? visit connectsonterio.ca. Lisa, tell them about our new show. We have a new podcast. It's called Don't Lie to Me. I'm Lexi Youanu.

We're two best friends, 22 years apart, but so close at heart. And I'm Lisa DiGulio, the old one, which means we have wildly different references, occasionally different opinions, and at this point in my 50s, I've lived it all.

Now in my 30s, being the founder of new shoes, good taste is my business. Listen on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. If anyone wanted to commit a murder, up here would be the greatest place in the world to hide the body.

But no one will find it. He acted friendly. He talked friendly. He sounded friendly. They all knew that I did the scary boogie stuff, and I said, maybe she'll find out where this girl is. I saw him violent. Backhanded a bow!

Listen to the devil's quarry season two in the Bone Valley Feed. on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The miles change how you move, but more importantly, they change how you show up for your life. I'm Emily Abadi. On The Hurti with Emily Abadi podcast, I sit down with elite athletes, record holders, coaches, and everyday runners to unpack the mindset behind pushing through when things get tough. Because the discipline, grace, and grit you build out there on the pavement, that's what helps you show up as your best self everywhere else.

I just love to say I never know who's watching. So you want to make sure you, you through and through, and you just stay true to who you are. Listen to Hurtle with Emily Abadi on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The football season is heating up and every week feels bigger with Draft Kings. Draft Kings is now live in all 50 states, one app, all the football nationwide. New Draft Kings customers sign up with the code Bobby Sports.

That's one word, Bobby Sports. Spend $5.5, get $150 in rewards within 14 days, includes all markets. That's the code Bobby Sports and partnership with Draft Kings. The crown is yours. Gambling problem? Call 1-800-Gambler, 1-800-Mye Reset. Connecticut. Call 888-789-777. Visit cppg.org. On behalf of Boot Hill Casino in Kansas, bet tax pass-through may apply in Illinois. 21-plus, void in Canada. Bet with Draft King's sportsbook to get bonus bets that expire in seven days, or trade with Draft King's predictions to get predictions dollars that expire in one year. Event contract trading involves risk of loss.

Predictions offer void in New York. Non-witrawable rewards issued as $50 click to claims every seven days for 14 days. Terms at dkng.c.co. Offer. Limited time offer nationwide based on sportsbook predictions and free-to-play sports contest availability varies by state. This is a podcast called 25 whistles talking football. Stupid. But what did you expect it to buy?

So going up What do you think had the worst weekend? I have a couple options here. I have Matt Campbell because Penn State just got run by Northwestern. And then it's, hey, James Franklin sucks. Let's fire him. And then Matt Campbell comes and loses and loses,

brings his quarterback with them. Add bad news. I watched the game. The stadium looked really cool. Yeah, the new one. Yeah, they have a massive stadium. Is he their visitor locker room? Yeah, like garbage.

The only thing that I thought about, yeah, that's cool. The only thing I thought about was like state championship games or anything that's not someone playing Northwestern, somebody's got to get the crappy locker room that doesn't deserve the crappy locker room. That is true. Because they use those facilities not all the time, but occasionally for other big games. So, yeah, if you haven't seen it, the Northwestern locker room, it's purple, smoke, fog, state of the art, everything. And the other looks like Mountain Pines Junior High Locker Room. So just not comfortable in any way

Wood Probably no AC in there Hard edges and angles on the wool Is it terrible Yeah But then I thought Man what if it's like State Championship

And the two schools are playing in the new stadium And then one of the schools has to go into the crap Yeah do you guys flip a coin Do you share the home locker room Oh that's good Or who's closer In vicinity Nah you couldn't do that

Couldn't? No because that's unfair advantage Based on where you live Because of proximity but that's where my mind goes as to who has to get stuck with the bad locker room. But the stadium looked really cool. It's also wild that Northwestern would have such a nice stadium

because they're traditionally not a great football program. They did play in the Renna Stadium the last year for sure. I don't know about two years ago, but it was just kind of built up there next to the water. It was like a temporary. It reminds me of the Oakland A's how they're playing in that minor league stadium in Sacramento until they get to Vegas.

But at least like the northwestern one was by the water. I mean, the A's in Sacramento is like in the desert somewhere. Yeah, that sucks. That sucks. So that's one of my suggestions for worst of the weekend. My other one would be Tony Romo who got fired. Which I feel like from that story, they just wanted to move on from him anyway.

Because they definitely didn't have to for a drinking and driving charge where nobody got hurt. It's different if he's drunk and he hits something, and somebody dies. Or even goes to the hospital. Yeah. And we don't want anybody drinking and driving.

Not saying that. But it's definitely different. Because there are different charges for that. And also, he was quite likable in his drunk video. Didn't feel like a bad guy there. So, but they've fired him. They moved on. And they're going to give him most of his money, I guess,

which is why it's not really making the news. Yeah. No. I mean, you've dealt with the big contracts and celebrities and stuff. Do you think this has anything else to do other than a DUI? Like, they wanted it. They got out. That's what I'm saying.

They wanted out. They were looking for reason to go out. Any reason to get rid of them and move on, they were going to take it. And this was that reason. But is that why they waited so long? So it didn't look like that? What do you mean, wait it so long? I mean, the DUI was.

Wow. It's still got to go to court. It's still got to be, I don't know, stamped. How much of it do you think is that JJ Watts pretty good? probably a little bit, but I would say a majority it didn't matter if they had found the person or not because they could have found the person.

Because JJ Watts's pretty good. Yeah, he's pretty good. You don't make a whole change for somebody that's pretty good. Yeah. You kick somebody out if somebody's really good, but if you want somebody gone, you move them out,

and then hopefully you have somebody to replace them, and I feel like they did. J.J.J. Watts, fine. How does Greg Olson just keep getting the short end here? Well, Tom Brady's the death of Greg Olson. Right. Well, that. But his contract's coming over.

And he works for Fox, I guess. Yeah, his contract's coming open. With that, he could go over and take the Romo job. I hope he does. I like Greg. Jay-J. Watts, okay. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Like, he's fine.

Yeah. But Romo was revolutionary in that spot when he first started. Yeah. Just started calling plays. Predicting. Then people started hating him. Yeah. It was almost like one of those, everyone started to love him so much that it's got to go

the other way at some point. He had about four years and $72 million dollars left on his contract, and he's likely to keep most of it. So that's what's up with Tony Romo. That's nice. So he's going to be paid. Let's just say roughly $60 million to chill. Dang.

Let's play golf. Let's bring him on. Bring him on here. Hey, man, so what's it feel like to get fired for DUI? Let me tell you, Bobby. That's my biggest loser. You have a biggest loser? Yeah, probably Michigan.

They're down pretty bad right now. I know that they had that big early on Western Michigan crazy win, but they're, what, 0-1-2 in the Big Ten now, new coach, Underwood is underwhelming. and do you come up without yourself or did you hear that Underwood's Underwhelming Is that new headline Hey you know Last week it was a unicorn

This week it's Underwood's underwhelming You got better All weekend I was like What can I come up with better It's Underwood is underwhelming Michigan is open two in the big ten Eddie I'll go

Belichick I mean he's kind of like Not doing well over there Ever since his son problem with his son or whatever And I know it's North Carolina What are you going to do in North Carolina but man this just looks like trouble over there for him. Virginia Tech, they're a big loser

because the kick looked good. Yeah, that was tough. It was so close, though, that you really can't blame the ref. I saw a bunch of angles. The one angle I didn't see was far away straight on. I saw a lot of angles from all different sides, even from behind it. It looked like it went over the top of the post. The kicker thought it was good.

Did you see the end of the game where the kickers jumping up and down? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And Virginia Tech lost the game. Speaking of James Franklin, they lost a game. The kick looked good to me. They're after a good start. Who? Virginia Tech, like compared to what they've been in the last decade. Yeah, they're playing a week conference. Yeah, it's true. It's pretty much Miami and everybody else. Rough Saturday on my end, Arkansas gets drilled, 13th straight, SEC loss.

I don't know, it was worse for us, but also it was pretty bad for Florida. Who going into the week, possible national championship team. They had started just running the ball down everyone's throats. They seemed a bit undeniable. And then they lost in Missouri 4517. Holy moly. I couldn't believe it. I didn't start watching the game from the beginning.

I started seeing the scores and then I put it up in the four-banger. Four-banger. Forget the multi-view. You don't watch Four-Banger? No, I love the four-banger. Same with Alabama, Mississippi State, where that really wasn't a game. Yeah. Yeah.

the whispers have been that the Mississippi State quarterback was sick. Did you hear that? I did not. I don't know if those are whispers that you just whisper because you lost so bad. But yeah, that was what was up. Does you play defense too? Because they got whooped. They did get whooped.

The Tennessee Auburn game was pretty good. You know, I thought Auburn was playing all right. I thought the interesting thing was they pulled the quarterback. Yeah. And they put in the kid from here, the George McIntyre kid, the Faison Brandon was the five-star freshman. Yeah, Tennessee, yeah.

So he got pulled. And they still won the game. It's rare that you pull your quarterback and your team still goes on to win the game. Because usually you're pulling your quarterback when it's gone. Got no shot. Yeah.

And then the AP, the top five is unchanged. Texas is at number one. They did not play their playing Red River next week. Georgia at two, Notre Dame, Miami, and Ohio State. Georgia put it on, Vandy. pulled away. Do you watch that game at all? Yeah, they pulled away in the second half. It was a good game for a while. And then George was like, ah, we're better than you guys. But Vandy's five star also from here.

Got it. He didn't play. He played the beginning. He did not. I thought he was scratched before the game. Maybe he was watching he was already out and like not dressed or anything. What did you think about the bears? They gave their boy one play, basically. It's crazy, man. The Bears. The Chicago Bears. Speaking of quarterbacks, Kenham goes in and plays a play and then gets pulled out and Bayesian plays. Oh, I didn't even see that. Oh, wow. I thought we were talking college. I was like, Baylor? Baylor? We're just barred.

We're just chatting it up. Yeah, I didn't see Bayesian played. I didn't know Keenham went in there for one play. The first play. I think he started the game. Just one play. Really? Was that to give him the start? I think so. It was like out of respect for Keenum, but why would you not start Keenon for the whole game? Well, because he wasn't the second string quarterback. You paid Beijing a lot of money.

I think he's making $5 million a year as your backup. He would have started had Keenham not played. And also, if Caleb's hurt, you have to have your most capable guy starting to get the reps, even if you lose. That's a good point. And Keenum's like 100. Yeah. They called it a ceremonial. It was a ceremonial?

First pitch is what they called it. The Bears called the ceremony of first pitch. A pity. A pity hike. I don't hate it. You're showing the guy we appreciate you. Interesting. When you give him a drive, though?

A drive's too expensive. I think it was just a pitch or like a running play to the outside. They didn't even let them throw it. But it's kind of like Washington. They had to play their third string quarterback. Now, not because of the beginning of the game, Marriotti gets hurt. Yeah. I think it's MCL.

And then the kid from Rutgers. Colliac Manus. Yeah. Oh, my gosh. Yeah. Did you see his spin move with no one around? That was hilarious. They hit, oh, on the controller way before he got there.

That guy was fun to watch, though, because he was just chunking down, Didn't care. And I watched a lot of the game. He was just, he threw an interception at first. Then he throws like a 60-yard bomb. He was fun to watch because he threw the ball downfield. A lot of times when those guys come in, they contain them. He was not contained.

It was every third pass play was him just chunking it. Oh, yeah. He was excited too. He was so pumped about it. Yeah, so. I look at my other notes real quick. I'd just like to get all my notes off here. Let's see.

In other note news, hey, the Raiders are, pretty good. Yeah. Pretty good. Kevin, we're on NFL now my bad. Okay, okay, yeah. The Raiders.

You know, right now we're just... The Red Raiders? We're just jumping around a little bit. Texas Tech. Yeah, we're just going from my notes. Sorry, just jumping around. The Chiefs did win. They're still undefeated.

They're 4-0, but the Raiders are actually pretty good. That's a great game. So I bet a ton of money on the Chiefs minus 4.5. And when they were up 11, I thought, oh, we got it. Because they came back. That 11 was after a fumble.

And I thought, oh my God, I can't believe we're going to cover this. And then they didn't because the Raiders go down. I lost like $1,500 in that one play. I was down $3,500. I didn't win a single bet until the very last bet, which I had like a five-game parlay that I won $1,200 on. But I lost every bet all Saturday, all Sunday, until that parlay. Just chalked it out to another bad weekend.

It's terrible. But does that help? I mean, obviously it helps. But like, when you lose all of them and then you just hit that one, you're like, this is why I keep going. No. It's not like golf. It's not like golf.

No. Like a good chip shot? You're like, yeah, I got it. You get one birdie and you're like, this is why I play golf. I took it immediately put it right back in my checking account. Oh, smart, dude. No, just trying to salvage not hating myself. It's hard for me to move it from that number to the account because I'm like, ooh, now I got $200 to play with.

Well, that's why I don't. Because then I would have felt like I had $1,200 to play with, whatever I won. But I ended up losing like $2,400 bucks this weekend. But it was almost a complete loss. I didn't hit a single bet. Yeah, it sucked. Yeah, I let me down. I'm sorry.

Chiefs won. Kenneth Walker at 177 yards, two touchdowns. That Gordon ankle injury, I couldn't believe they showed it on TV so long. It's terrible. I think they didn't know what they were showing on TV. Right. Because he was laying there, and my brother-in-law was over, and he goes, look at his ankle. And I think it was the left ankle.

It was completely turned at the side. And he's pointing at it like, ah. Yeah. Dude, my son thought it was a joke. I'm like, no, you can't move your leg like that. That's not a joke. He's like, no, he's pointing at it. Like, look at this.

It's funny. No, not a joke. Yeah, so, okay, those are all my notes. And now we can spend a little time getting into things with intention. Like? How about that? Like, we can just do college football first. Okay.

Just so you know it's college. We're back to college. We're back to college. Alabama, Mississippi State, 56 to 23. That Russell kid at Alabama is really good. Yeah. That's the only note there. Really good.

And I don't know where he is in the betting odds for Heisman, but he's got to be moved. moving now. Missouri beat Florida. That was the ugly one. Right after I say Missouri's never beat a top 25 team while being ranked in the top 25, they do.

Ohio State beat Iowa. That game was okay for a minute. And then it was kind of like Georgia and Vanderbilt. They just were bigger and faster and stronger and then they just scored points. And that was it. Miami beat Clemson. I don't even turn that game on.

I know Clemson is going to lose. If it's close, we curse them. Georgia beat Vanderbilt. That Minnesota Michigan game, it was fun because at the end, PJ Fleck after they win, you see him go out and dump the bucket on his head? Yes.

And he crowd surfed? Yeah. He's awesome, rowing the boat. Michigan's 0 and 2 in the Big 10 for the first time since 2014. And a wise man once said, Underwood is underwhelming. Boom.

That's so good, dude. Thanks, man. I kind of hated that Kentucky beat South Carolina and that game went to overtime. Watch the fourth quarter and the two-point conversion in overtime. Oh, it was awesome. You got to give Kentucky credit.

They had the balls to go for it. Oh, yeah. They went for two and won it at the end. I mean, Kentucky fell 17-0 at the beginning of that game. I think it's going to be Beamer. I know. Goodbye. We like Beamer.

We should try to go to a game before. I think it's going to be bye-bye Beamer. We go before he gets fired. I would feel awkward calling him now, being like, hey, we want to come to a game. It's terrible, Kevin. I'm just saying, we got an end. We do have an end. How much longer?

I don't know. I don't think we can hit him up now and say we want to come. Okay. But it's going to be the Ofer Bowl when South Carolina Arkansas play. That's true. It's going to be Ofer the conference. It might be our only chance in another victory. The thing, though, about firing a coach,

they could fire him in the middle of the season. And I hope they don't. But they could right going into a bye week. And I'm not sure, because I think we had Talty talk about that. And he said, if they did, it'd probably be going into a buy week. week in the next couple of weeks because it gives whomever they put in as the interim coach a little time. But yeah, it sucked. Well, who's that coach that got fired during the game?

Colorado State, defensive coordinator. So he got fired, but that really wasn't what happened. So he was the defensive coordinator. They took the play calls away from him. He was not fired. They took his ability to call plays. And then he's like, I'm out. He left and so they fired him.

He pulled an AB. Antonio Brown. Remember that? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Takes his jersey off. His shirt throws it. We've had Mora Jr. on the show before, but that guy looks like I would not want to play for him.

No way. He'd be tough. He looks intense. Not that he'd want me to play for him. I think if he looked at me, he'd say, that's a guy I don't want playing for me. It's looking at me. What do you see over there?

Keelan Russell is fourth in the odds, Heisman odds. Let me see if I can guess them. Number one, Jeremiah Smith. Yep. By far, he's got to be minus 280. Plus 100. That's pretty good.

Okay. Still get them a plus. Okay, number two. Miami. I'll go to Miami. Tony? No. If a quarterback will be it, Mints is it two.

Tony's probably at three or five. No? No? Neither. Really? Wow. So Mints is it two at three? Is it Julian's A.

No. Who is it? C.J. Carr. Oh. Okay. I know they're having a good year, but I didn't think Is that good for him? Well, they're also not playing anybody.

Yeah, that's true. And then Russell's at four. Yep. Who's five? Trinidad. Chamblis. Chamblis. We'll miss, yep.

I'm not going to guess anymore, so you can just... Okay. I didn't know we're still playing. I know. You just run them out. And then Gunner Stockton, then Julian Say and Arch Manning. And to round up the last... Ars is still in it?

Still in it. Camaro Taylor is nine and then Malachi Tony is 10. I mean, that's Uncle Effect, right? Oh, yeah. Art doesn't done anything to beat. Nothing. in the Heisman conversation. Just because they're number one, I guess.

Maybe. Maybe. Did you bet my AI bet? It's the two I sent over? I did. I parlayed them. You shouldn't have. I know.

It's okay. Hey, you got me on the weekend before, so it's all right. What, uh, did you bet your AI? I bet my AI. Do you have AI? I don't, but now I do. What did you do? So before you had texted yours, I was up like at six in the morning.

Like, because I couldn't sleep. And I hit up chat GPT. and I'm like, hey, chat. You have chat, GBT. I downloaded it. That. And then it said, like, log in. I'm like, no, I'm not about to do all that.

We're not that serious yet. So I just did it as a guest. And I said, hey, chat. Like, I want to bet some football games. Can you give me, I don't know, a 20 gamer? And it gave me a 20 game parlay. I put 40 cents on it to win like 200,000. I'm like, now you're talking chat.

And, dude, I didn't win it. Spoiler alert. But it was pretty amazing. I missed probably like five out of the 20 games. So I thought that was pretty cool. And then it gave me like a smaller one. And it had pretty much the opposite of what you had texted. So I'm like, that's crazy.

The AI even doesn't agree, even though it's coming from the same place. I don't think it's come from the same place. It's not. It's not like one central AI that all the other chats log into. Because I asked it specifically, and I wanted to ask you, like, what are your prompts for this thing? because I'm like, hey, this is important to me. My family depends on it. No, don't ask that.

Oh, no, no, no, no. I'll be homeless. And then I said, give me three games. And it was set on Alabama. Like, you got to bet Alabama, but yours was opposite. Yeah, mine said take Mississippi State. And, yeah, I just said, hey, if you look at the board of all the bets, which would you take? And it said, hey, of all the bets, I would bet Arkansas plus 14 and a half.

And I said, no, no, don't look at my game. He goes, I'm not. I'm looking at all the bets. It said that? Yeah. And I was like, you're so wrong. How long did yours think? Because mine didn't think at all.

It spit it out in like two seconds. Not long. Okay. Dude, I'm loving it. Like, I cannot believe you can ask a machine for a like. And I think, too, like it's pretty good with the over-unders. I just like a grandpa finding a webcam. I cannot believe you can connect and look at it and it shows you across the world.

It's pretty amazing. Go ahead, finish your statement. I don't remember what I was going to say. But I just, I love it. I kind of like asking chat now what to bet on. And then you have someone to blame, too. I know how that feels now. Yeah.

We blame you a lot. Well, you do it all the time. Our skins team did pretty good. We won four skins this week. Nice. That's really good. I know the Cowboys barely got one in. Yeah, but it wins a win.

We're not doing barely. I'm not talking. You got to be barely. I'm congratulating you. The Cowboys got a win, dude. Okay, let's do all. own teams. Kevin, you go first. Man, how about those Patriots?

Handing the bills, their first loss in their new stadium, so I love that new stadium very much. It is a cool stadium, but Drake May, look like Drake May of last year. That guy, Chisholm or Jism or whatever they were. What's the name? I called him Fing Jism. Man, that catch. That's an unbelievable catch.

Unbelievable. Yeah, I had bet the bills in that, which sucks. Fair. But it's a good win. They needed it. Yeah. Yeah, it's like a turnaround win for the season. Now I've got the Raiders, though, next week, so. That's good, though.

That's good for you guys. Yeah. Yeah, it's weird how it changes your whole mood, like all of Sunday because we were the first game in the morning game. Of course. And I'm just like, the rest of the day, I'm just happy. I'm like, I don't care what happens. If I lose a bet, so what?

Patriots won. Mike, Texas didn't play? No, just chilled. Okay. Red River this week, though. You feel good about it? I feel okay. I feel good.

Oklahoma is not good, but they're good enough to be good once or twice a season. Yeah, they could beat us if they wanted to. I think they'll want to, though. To be fair, I think they'll want to. Because if they don't, that's bad for them. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Eddie can do your Cowboys? That was beautiful, man.

I mean, I was puckered, though. I mean, there wasn't a moment in that game where I was like, oh, let's just relax and eat some chicken wings. It was stressful, the entire game. Our defense still sucks, but we managed to pull out a win, man. And I think the Texans are pretty good. It's crazy how decent of a team they are, as I'm not going to call them, how good of a team.

But they're not a terrible team, and they haven't won. It's crazy to me. So I thought we're going to lose that game, but we didn't. D. D. Lam showed up. CD Lam showed up big time. And our defense, really, they weren't great, but when it counted, they made the stops. Dude, I'm like Kevin, the rest of that day was awesome for me. The fact that it was a noon game and they had the rest of the game to just relax is great.

Yeah, they just kept. throwing the ball of C.D. Lam. Yeah, what do you have 17 catches or something? Yeah, record. And so I have them in our fantasy league, but I was playing him in the other league that I'm in. I have two leagues. And I hate being in two leagues. That's why I hate being in two leagues. I'll never be in two leagues again. I only did it because

I have another friend that was like, we need somebody. And so I got it, and it's a little more higher money. But I would still rather win ours, because it's all people I know. Yeah. Than the one where the money's higher. But as I was running away with it, with C.D. Lamb in our league. I was just, Cid Lamb was just sticking it to me

in the other one. It sucks. It sucks. I hate that. I was so torn. But then we have the Cowboys in our Skins League. Thank God they won. Jeez. That's a good one. Yeah, that was a good one. Man, you know, speaking of like that fantasy,

like, I had Nico Collins and I benched him because I'm like, I can't root for him. Like, I can't. I don't hate it. I mean, it's not a good fan. Who grunted? It's me. Yeah, it's hard to do as a fantasy owner, but I don't hate it for just like your heart and your soul.

And then he's just like putting up all these points and I'm like, oh. Dude, I played him, man. It's also hedging. You can look at it that way. You're hedging like, yeah. Probably either way you're going to feel pretty good. Yeah. So, but I hear you.

Yeah, it's tough. I can't believe you did bench him now. It was truly because I didn't want to root for him. I have to have the conversation with myself that me rooting doesn't affect anything. But it's hard to get there. Yes, but I have to go. because of what you're rooting for nothing is going to change.

So load the best of your ability and just let them play and let the chips fall where they may because I feel the same way. I don't want to root for other people. But you'll never bet against Arkansas, right? Never. I won't bet. I won't even bet Arkansas

minus points because I don't want Arkansas to win and not cover and me be upset. So I'm only ever going to bet Arkansas plus points if they're the underdog or Arkansas Money Line. I'm never going to bet basketball, I'll go

if it's Arkansas minus one. I'll bet that because that feels like it's pretty much the same thing anyway, and it's not going to end minus one. Yeah. Because it's not going to be in a tie. The tie game is not going to end and it'll be minus one. So, yeah,

good for the Cowboys, good for me, good for all of us. Yeah. Do you want to put your hat on? Just for a little bit? I don't know, man. That's kind of gross. Put it on, baby. Put it on, baby. Come on.

Yeah. That made him, come on. That looks good on. You got hair flow back there, too. What do you mean it's gross? Like, is there dirt in there or like, it's just gross to wear it? Well, I bought it from an antique store. Oh, that'll do it.

You never know who was wearing it before? Possibly everybody at the antique store that would try it on, plus whom ever owned it before. If you had to guess the previous owner, what they look like, what would you guess? Old Fat Cowboy. with a cigar. What does it smell like? I don't know.

I'm good. You don't want to go there. I'm good. Yeah, I figured like it was a guy, like an oil baron. Oh, nice. Big fat cowboy guys. I say, I say. Smoking a cigar.

And Delta Lounge, just waiting for his flight to come in. That Tony Dorset, let me tell you. Let me tell you. Yeah. Yeah. There we go. How are a galvats. It looks good, man.

All right. I'm taking off now. You can wear if you want. I'm good. Now I got a fat oil baron in my head. I'm good. The football season is heating up and every week feels bigger with Draft Kings.

Draft Kings is now live in all 50 states, one app, all the football nationwide. New Draft Kings customers sign up with the code Bobby Sports. That's one word, Bobby Sports. Spend five bucks, get $150 in rewards within 14 days, includes all markets. That's the code Bobby Sports. Partnership with Draft Kings, the crown is yours.

Gambling problem, call 1-800-Gambler, 1-800-May reset. Connecticut. Call 888-78-9-777-vis visit cpppg.org. On behalf of Boot Hill Casino in Kansas, bet tax pass-through may apply in Illinois. 21-plus, void in Canada. Bet with Draft King's Sportsbook to get bonus bets that expire in seven days, or trade with Draft King's predictions to get predictions dollars that expire in one year. Event contract trading involves risk of loss. Predictions offer void in New York.

Non-witrawable rewards. Shoot as $50 click to claims every seven days for 14 days. Terms at dkng.c.co slash offer. Limited time offer nationwide based on sportsbook predictions and free-to-play sports contest availability varies by state. Eating well shouldn't be complicated, but somehow it turns into recipes, prep, cleanup, and half your Sunday gone. Factors solves all that.

These are fresh, ready-to-eat meals designed by dieticians, delivered to your door, and ready in just minutes. No prep, no cleanup, no excuse. uses. And it's not just about convenience. You're getting real food, balanced nutrition, and zero artificial stuff. Meals that help you stay on track for all of your goals without the grind of doing it all yourself. Grilled chicken, roasted veggies, steak plates, postables. They taste like something you'd get in a restaurant, but they come out of your microwave in two minutes flat. If time, cost, or effort have been holding you back from eating better, Factor just took those

off the table. Right now, get up to $90 off and free shipping. Hurry, this offer won't last long. Go to factormeals.ca and use code power. That's up to $90 off and free shipping, but only with the code power at factormeals.ca. Factor, Canada's number one meal delivery service. The music you love. I heart radio. Your favorite radio stations.

Everywhere you go. The podcasts everyone's talking about. All in one place. And it's free. I heart radio. Whatever you want to hear. Listen anytime. Anywhere.

Music, radio. Podcast. Unlimited audio. It's on the free IHurt Radio app. Let's go! One app, no subscription. Always free. Grab the free app.

I heart radio. Everywhere you go. Always free. Download the free IHard Radio app today. If anyone wanted to commit a murder, up here would be the greatest place in the world to hide the body. But someone will find it. He acted friendly.

He talked friendly. He sounded friendly. They all knew that I did the scary. buggy stuff and he says maybe she'll find out where this girl is. I saw him violent, backhanded her, pow! And that's exactly what made us all think he had something to do with him. The clock is ticking down and the woods are calling. There are a lot of demons in Putnam County, but I've met the devil and he's real.

I'm Paul Solitarev, and this is season two. of the Devil's Quarry. Listen to the Devil's Quarry season two on the IHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And to hear the Devil's Quarry Season 2 ad free with exclusive content, subscribe to Lava for Good Plus on Apple Podcasts. I'm Brett Coleman. And I'm Trevor Sikima.

Have you ever watched a game and wondered what really made the difference beyond the final score? That's exactly why we created NFL Pro. Got a man white open. Every week, we use exclusive next-gen stats insights and NFL content to break down the biggest stories, matchups, and moments from around the league. We go beyond the box score to uncover the numbers, the tendencies, and details that help explain what actually happened on the field.

Fires it out in the flat to Barclay who beats one man, spins past another, leaps over a third. And don't worry, this isn't just a show for stats experts. advance analytics to help tell the story behind the game, turning the numbers into insights that every fan can understand and enjoy. So whether you're a casual fan learning more about football or a hardcore fan who can't get enough analysis, our goal is to help you see the game in a whole new way. If you've ever wanted to know why a playwork, how a matchup was won, or what most fans missed on Sunday, NFL Pro delivers insights you simply can't get anywhere else. Listen to NFL Pro on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

Scores real quick. Colts beat the commanders. We talked about that. John the Taylor's awesome. He feels like he's 100 years old. He's not. But he's been good for so long, but he's awesome. That game doesn't count, though. Because it's in a different country? Yeah. Nice. I like that. That would be awesome if it didn't count on the record. They're just like, eh, it didn't happen. I feel bad if you go over there and you get injured and you lose. It's like the triple loss. That's the worst.

Three strikes, you're off family. You're out. So I felt bad for Mariotta. But also because he was getting like his shot. Because he played so well last week. And Jaden Daniels was probably back next week. But had he had another good game, he probably gave himself just years in the NFL to be a good backup. So I felt bad for him.

Ravens beat the Titans. I don't know what the latest is on the Mar's ankle. but he left and I felt like a little bit maybe he left because they knew that we're going to win that game it's the Titans it'd basically be like putting pads on us but they keep winning by like one touchdown or losing they lose so close but I think the other team just kind of give in

yeah come on we'll let you score a little vets he can keep a little faith but I've not seen the latest on his ankle he was in a walking boot I saw that after the game Ravens need him but is Snoop back? Is he their quarterback again their backup quarterback?

he's back. He's been around the league. He's back. Who? Snoop Huntley. And he left them for a couple of years, right? Yeah. Yeah. Patriots beat the bills. Nice job, Kevin. Yeah, you. Bears beat the Jets. A game that I put on for four seconds. It didn't he make the four-banger ever. That game never made the four-banger. I kept Red Zone on one banger and then three other games on that, the three,

and I would flip over to them when I needed to. That's the way to do it. How about them Jaguars beating the Bengals? Yeah. We own the Jaguars in the league. Oh, yeah. Yeah, and they're pretty good. They are pretty good. They're pretty good. Lots of penalties.

There was like a play and a flag. Every play, the first half against the Jaguars. Oh, they broke records. It was just flag, flag, flag, flag, flag, flag, flag, flag, flag, flag. Constant. And then Jamar Chase went out with a concussion. And then T. Higgins went out at the end. He did too?

He got hurt. Because a cue popped up next to his name of my fantasy is how I even know. That's the worst. Yeah. Because it was up on the forebanger. I wasn't really paying a lot attention to it. It was just up on one of the screens. I get it. Cowboys beat the Texans.

Nice job, Eddie. Yes. Giants beat the Cardinals. That's a fun ending because the Cardinals were down trying to win it and the Giants picked it off and ran it back

that's a good one Rams beat the Eagles that I only saw the very end of the game they said Stafford sucked the whole game until the very end Final two drives Is that what it was? I only saw him being pretty good

so I didn't see him suck in the whole game Yeah I saw the they were down by like 10 and they're going to lose this one too and then I saw they won and I'm like what the crap Packers beat the Buccaneers but the Packers suck

so bad The Packers suck That's exciting Packers beat the box And the Packers suck So bucks don't have a quarterback Bucks don't have a defense Bucks don't have offensive line

Todd Bulls Hot seat Yeah I can't believe he hasn't already been fired Me too Even after last year Yeah Vikings beat the Dolphins The Vikings are 4-0

It's the worst four and O It's the worst four-no team I've ever seen In my entire life Like their defense is pretty good Kyler Mary Is as Eddie's kids Would say buns He is buns

Kyler Murray's buns. Did you see the DM I got? I put it on my story. I don't know if you saw that. People are angry at our Kevin O'Connell. They're so angry at him because they think he's Kevin O'Connell from the Vikings. Did you get a message? I got a DM from a guy like,

Kylaher Murray can't even see over the line. Why is he playing? Like, if you want to win, Bentham. And I was like, I didn't reply, but I just, I was cracking up. They think he's Kevin O'Connell. Well, to be fair, you are Kevin O'Connell? Yes. The same spelling and everything.

Yep. Yeah. But I don't know. It takes one look to like. at a profile and realize, you know, but it's, you know. The weird thing about you is you're wearing two teams. You can't do that. Yeah, but you have to be aware of that.

Like you have a Kentucky Wildcat hoodie on that they sent us very nice of them. And then New England Patriots hat. I know. And the letters are screaming forward. There's nothing subtle about it. I know, but the one thing is, it's college and it's NFL. But your Neapolitan ice cream, when the flavors don't match, they don't go together. I don't know.

It was free. I moved this weekend, so my clothes are slim pig. right now. You know, I'm reaching out of boxes. I was like, yeah, that'll do. I just grab that. I agree. I did feel weird putting it on. I won't wear socks if they're like Adidas, if I'm wearing Nike shoes. Oh, wow. But if they're covered, that's okay, right? Like, we run pants.

No. He knows. No. He's the one who knows that they're underneath. He knows what's underneath. And that's what matters is that I know. Oh, man. What do they call that? That's a word, like a cross. Freaking crazy. OCD? Stupid idiot. Insane. Wasting a lot of time on something that you shouldn't be wasting time on, trying to find socks. that are clean and okay well the ones that aren't

maybe even clean but the least dirty if they match the brand. It's not what I was looking for but no. Yeah same. Chief Feet the Raiders, the headline here's I think the Raiders are actually pretty good. Brock Bowers is awesome. He's stud. I don't know how many games you can win with him being your number one

wide receiver but he's really really great. Seahawks beat the Chargers. The Chargers are never going to win a game. That's terrible. I mean it looked like Herbert was dying. Oh, they game's started, Herbert gets up, throws a pick

immediately. First play the game. Sam Darnold, next play the game. Throws a pick. Right back. First two plays. Because it happens and it's Okay, here we go. The Chargers really need to bounce back. Here we go. Let's start the game. Kick off. All right, and here he is. Justin Herbert. Interception. Man, the Chargers

had it really bad. I guess, man, this game's not going so well. Interception, San Donald. Okay, the Chargers is back in it. It's crazy. Yeah. Yeah, they're bad. Forty-Nives beat the Broncos. I got to be honest. I didn't see a lot of that one. It's a close game until the fourth quarter. I had nine people

in my house all weekend. And Panthers beat the Lions. Let's go. Bryce Young threw for 329. He looks incredible. He looks incredible. I vote a boy. T.M. Oh, it was only T. Mac was C.D. Lam. He was Cid Lam. He had almost 200 yards receiving and

this is like, let's just find T. Mac. Let's just find T. Two touchdowns? Yeah. Is that what he had? Yeah. Chuba had over 100 yards rushing as well. Yeah, he did good. So, he did good. He did good. Yeah, I played against him. He did good. You hired a moving company? I did. Have you guys ever done it? Yeah. Yes. Oh, yeah. Okay. I know Bobby has. Have you guys ever done it? You know who paid for, Bobby.

What? Yeah. When we moved from Texas to Nashville. Oh, well, that's going to relocate for jobs. Yeah. But you paid for that too? I, I, everything on this show comes out of mine somewhat because I pay for part of the show. Thanks, Bobby. Every single thing that we do. So are you saying it should have hit you up? No. You're moving in town. Yes. Yeah. I'm moving in town. I'm moving in town. I'm I mean, just a different location outside of Nashville. But yeah, we moved over the weekend, hired a moving company. Two trucks. Dude, it was the best decision ever.

I've never, like, there's a long day still and a lot stressful. Didn't get done until, I don't know, 9 o'clock at night, really. But I've never felt so good after a moving day. You know, usually you're physically just like... Oh, my gosh. I can't do this. Like, we unpacked for two hours because we didn't have to do most of the moving. It was great.

Great. But we did lose a guy. There was four guys originally. He died. Oh, wow. He died. He died to move? Is he hidden somewhere?

He's at the old house. Oh, no. Yes. I don't know what happened to him. But so I also got charged less than what they quoted me for because we lost a guy, but we had him for half the day. So I was like, perfect. That's great.

Yeah. It was great. When you really level up next time, get people that unpack for you. Once. Dang. That's a thing, too. Oh, I've never done that. I have.

So once I was doing some shows on the weekend and I was moving from one place to another. And the movers were coming. while it was gone. And also while I was gone, they were completely unpacking, and set in the house up. That's amazing. And so I left and went and did three shows,

and then I left living one place fully, all my furniture and everything, and came back to another place fully furnished and built. And it was really, really cool. Wow. That's the next level. Is that like the same company unpacked for you? I have like the whole new crew come in.

It was the same company. That's cool. It's just a higher, higher, you know, a bit of money you get to pay. Someday kids. That's level enough there.

Make a couple more than I do, I guess. A couple, a couple of what? A couple more bucks. Yeah, more than that. Yeah, I know.

Speaking of money, you pay Kevin for his pop-a-shot yet? I haven't yet. I have a proposition for Kevin. Okay. Yeah, let's hear it. I would like to pay in installments. Okay, I'll be the judge here.

Go ahead. Okay. Now, if you let me pay an installments, which would be... What installments are you suggesting? $100. $10 a month. A month?

A month? However, let's do it for the whole year. you end up with 120 at the end of the year. Interest. So it's two bucks. Extra over 10 months time. Yeah. What is two bucks? I would say no to that.

No. Absolutely no. I would say if he pays you 20 bucks a month for 10 months. For five months. No. If you want to pay an installment instead of 100 bucks at once, you can pay him 20 bucks a month for 10 months. What is this?

An easy loan place? Yes, it's exactly what it is. He doesn't have to do that. He would like to have the whole $100 as is. And if you want to have an installment payment, it's easier to pay $20 and $100 for sure. So you can pay $20 for 10 months or you can pay $100 for $1.

Okay. What are you going to do? What do you be down to do double or nothing? Oh my gosh. I wouldn't. No, I'm not. Why not? As your counsel here, I would just say take your money.

Yeah, because I want to take my money. You don't want my winnings? No, the best part is still, you called me out. I will whooped you and I just want to live on that high. I agree. And now I want that $100. It feels good to be better than me?

Yeah. Okay. As your counsel, I recommend you just take the money. Yeah, I'll take the money. So you're going to go $100 right now? If that's what he wants, yeah. No, no. If that's what the council decides.

20 bucks for 10 months will also be accepted. No, no, I'll do $100. Okay. I had a pretty good week. Good weekend on Drop Kings. I was waiting to make my bets with your money and just never came. I hit one bet for like $75 and I'm like, gosh, if that was 100, I would have been great.

I would have texted it to you guys. and been like, Kevin's paid. But it wasn't of 75. But you could have paid that plus 25 that's in the tanker over there. I know, but it looked better if it was like $100 and be like, Kevin, this is yours. The football season is heating up and every week feels bigger with Draft Kings. The Draft King Sports app is now live in all 50 states. That means from Texas to California to Florida, every fan is in on the excitement.

Follow the teams you love. Keep up with the biggest games and experience the excitement of football all week long. No matter which game you're watching, you're always connected with one app. Every sport, all 50 states, new Draft Kings customers, sign up with the code Bobby Sports, spend five bucks and get 150 in rewards within 14 days, includes all markets. That's the code Bobby Sports in partnership with Draft Kings. The crown is yours. Gambling problem?

Call 1-800-Gambler, 1-800-My reset. Connecticut. Call 888-88-9-7777-7-7-7-7.org. On behalf of Boot Hill Casino in Kansas, bet tax pass-through may apply in Illinois. 21 plus, void in Canada. Bet with Draft King's Sportsbook to get bonus bets that expire in seven days or trade with Draft King's predictions to get predictions dollars that expire in one year. Event contract trading involves risk of loss.

Predictions offer void in New York. Non-witrawable rewards issued as $50 click to claims every seven days for 14 days. Terms at dkng.c.co. Livided time offer nationwide based on sportsbook predictions and free-to-play sports contest availability varies by state. Eating well shouldn't be complicated, but somehow it turns in to recipes, prep, clean-up, and half your Sunday gone. Factors solves all that. These are fresh, ready-to-eat meals designed by dietitians, delivered to your door,

and ready in just minutes. No prep, no cleanup, no excuses. And it's not just about convenience. You're getting real food, balanced nutrition, and zero artificial stuff. Meals that help you stay on track for all of your goals, without the grind of doing it all yourself. Grilled chicken, roasted veggies, steak plates, postables. They taste like something you can get in a restaurant,

but they come out of your microwave in two minutes flat. If time, cost, or effort have been holding you back from eating better, Factor just took those off the table. Right now, get up to $90 off and free shipping. Hurry, this offer won't last long. Go to FactorMeals.ca and use code power. That's up to $90 off and free shipping, but only with the code power at factormeals.ca.

Factor, Canada's number one meal delivery service. This record is on. Miley is having a moment, new name, new album, and two exclusive shows. So IHart Radio is sending you to experience it all. Life at the Hollywood Puff Lights, Hotel, Tickets, and $1,000 cash. Listen to IHard new music for 10 minutes a day on the IHart Radio app, and click enter.

Every day you listen is another chance to win. Stream Miley's new album, Bass Persuades, today. If anyone wanted to commit a murder, Up here would be the greatest place in the world to hide the body. But someone will find it. He acted friendly. He talked friendly. He sounded friendly.

They all knew that I did the scary boogie stuff, and I said maybe she'll find out where this girl is. I saw him violent. Backhanded a bow! And that's exactly what made us all think he had something to do with it. The clock is ticking down. woods are calling. There are a lot of demons in Putnam County, but I've met the devil, and he's real. I'm Paul Solitarev, and this is season two of the devil's quarry.

Listen to The Devil's Quarry Season 2 on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And to hear The Devil's Quarry Season 2 add free with exclusive content, I'm Brad for Good Plus on Apple Podcasts. I'm Brett Coleman. And I'm Trevor Sikima. Have you ever watched a game and wondered what really made the difference beyond the final score? That's exactly why we created NFL Prox. Got a man wide open.

Every week, we use exclusive next-gen stats insights and NFL content to break down the biggest stories, matchups, and moments from around the league. We go beyond the box score to uncover the numbers, the tendencies, and details that help explain what. actually happened on the field. Fires it out in the flat to Barclay who beats one man, spins past another, leaps over at third. And don't worry, this isn't just a show for stats experts. We use advanced analytics to help tell the story behind the game, turning the numbers into

insights that every fan can understand and enjoy. So whether you're a casual fan learning more about football or a hardcore fan who can't get enough analysis, our goal is to help you see the game in a whole new. way. If you've ever wanted to know why a playwork, how a matchup was won, or what most fans missed on Sunday, NFL Pro delivers insights you simply can't get anywhere else. Listen to NFL Pro on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Hey, joining us today is Houston Texan's quarterback Graham Mertz. Graham was drafted by Houston at 2025 after an awesome college career at Wisconsin and Florida. Graham, appreciate you. Where are you at in your rehab right now?

month and a half post-op. So we're in a good spot. It's all just like strength work right now. So loading up these quads, getting them stronger before I get on the field and start running in a few weeks. How much communication do you have with the team while you're doing all this? Oh, I mean, I'm here with the team right now. Communication all day, every day.

So I'm in that building doing rehab six days out of the week, and the seventh day is game day. So I'm there all day. every day. Do you go to away games at all? You traveling at all? Not right now. They don't really want me getting in planes just due to like swelling purposes and stuff like that with the rehab process. So no away games, but home games, I'm finally getting to the point where I can actually like go to these games and be on the sideline just because they don't want you really standing on your feet all the game and then swelling up and then rehab gets pushed back a couple days because you're all swollen. So I'm looking forward to getting back out there

and just being on the sideline for a game. I mean, it feels like it's been, gosh, so long, but it's only really been like six weeks. There were a lot of injuries in the NFL this weekend. It seemed like more so than normal. How bad does that suck? And when do you know that it's serious? Yeah, that's really your question.

I knew right away because I'd already done it before, but my last one was in Neeland Stadium, and I actually tore it on like a third and six. and I never knew what it felt like to tear in ACL, obviously, because it was my first time, but I ended up playing the next play, and then I felt it. So, I mean, it's so weird because it's like if you've never been hurt before and your adrenaline's pumping and you're in the middle of a game, like, you can feel it but not really know how severe it is. And then until you like either like, for example, the Chiefs game, you know, like stuff like that because the shock wears off,

the adrenaline wears off. And then you really like take a second to realize. what happened. That happened to me when I broke my collarbone against Missou. Same thing with my other one, but this one, I mean, it happened the same exact way and instantly knew that's my ACL, that's how you tear it. And then the training staff comes over and they're like, what happened? Tor my ACL, let's go. I feel like when you've had experience with it, you know, but when you don't, the adrenaline wears off and then you realize. I was really high in Florida. You were really high in Florida coming into this last week.

wasn't the greatest showing. What do you think happened? I think I gave him a little bit of rat poison and said they were the number one team in the country. No, I think any time you play this game and there's the emotion of the ups and downs of we're riding this high, and then you go and do it.

There's always going to be an element of how do you handle the human element of the game. And it's just kind of inevitable that I don't know, I don't know if they got comfortable or complacent, but I mean, I'm not in that locker room or anything like that. But I think there's a human element of this game where you're kind of like sitting like, what's about to happen? Like, are we going to go do the same thing again?

Or I don't know. But just watching the game and they shut down the run game completely. They loaded up the box and you could tell their goal was let's shut down Jade and make them throw it the entire day. And then obviously not having VB3 out there hurt them a ton. But I think Azou's defense played very well. Was there ever a time in your college career where you knew, the guys were pretty much feeling themselves

and you had to go, hey guys, like we got to focus here, we're going to get beat the next week. That's interesting because I was fortunate at Wisconsin to be in a really, really good locker room with a lot of really good leaders. I would say that happened to me at Florida. We played South Carolina and beat them.

We had like two, two-minute drives to win the game. We were down like 10 points with eight minutes left. But I can tell after that game, like guys were like, oh, we're so good. Oh, my guys. We got Georgia in a few weeks. We got to get a lot better very fast. So I would say that was one experience of obviously you're going to win games and enjoy winning games

because that's why you go the entire offseason is to go out there and win games. But the reality is it's an emotional game. There's emotional wins, emotional losses. And it's the teams that can just kind of stay steady through that entire thing that are over time going to be the most successful. Did you get a chance to watch any of Alabama? And if so, I mean, they're 5 and O now, and they put it on Mississippi State. Are they legitimately a team to worry about?

Oh, 100%. I mean, I think their quarterback just progressively has gotten better and better every single week. I mean, I remember week one watching them, and you could kind of tell, like, he's getting his feet wet, he's getting comfortable a little bit. But as the weeks go on, I mean, you can tell he's just building on that confidence each and every week. And I think that's when you have a quarterback that's young in doing that, that's a recipe for success. So obviously, me speaking on the quarterback offensive side, I think they got a great defense too. And I think that you saw that just with how Camaro was a little bit shaky at the start of the game.

I think they do a great job and mix up the pictures and send them pressure when they need to. And I think they're a great team. Texas was off this week. They have Red River next week against Oklahoma. Texas is number one. how far do you think Texas can go? What's their ceiling? I think they're going to go as far as Arch takes them. I mean, I think you go back and watch that Ohio State game. When he extended those plays towards the end of the game and was making those big throws, they're hard to beat.

I think that's the reality of the situation for him. They're going to go as far as he can take him. And I think I know Arch, and I know that he kind of, he knows that and he enjoys that, that pressure. but I think that's the reality of the situation. I mean, they've got a great defense, outstanding defense. So I think that if they can go out there and score consistently, they're going to be really hard to beat. Whenever you go from playing college ball to the pros,

how quickly do you feel the change of speed and strength the league compared to college? Oh, instantly. Mine was interesting because I came from tearing my ACL and then I got cleared the day before camp started. And then, so I didn't do any of the OTAs,

nothing. So it was all just mental learning that. And then day one of fall camp got thrown out there and you're in the huddle and you're playing against the best players in the world. And it's funny because like, it's the age gap from like when you

are playing in college to the league. Like you're playing guys that are in their 30s and they're savvy. They're smart. They're fast. They're strong. They're fully developed. So you feel it instantly, especially at quarterback.

Like what open is in college compared to the NFL is completely different. In the NFL, I mean, you rarely have guys that are just running just naked in the middle of the field. You know, like open is there's a guy that's attached to his hip, but I can throw him open in man coverage stuff like that. So I'd say the biggest difference is just the. age gap and how smart these players are. Like they, it's like a chess game or chess match every single time around the field. So instantly, I felt that instantly. I was listening to Brock Purdy talk about 40% of the time he doesn't actually see the receiver when he throws. He just expects them to be somewhere. How quickly did you have to adapt to that? I think that is true. I think it's when

you're a little bit taller and you have an understanding of like when you truly own your offense. in the offense season, he is completely mastered where the timing, all of that, the amount of reps he's had in it. Like, based on this coverage, I know where this ball is going to go and I know that this guy's going to be there. I think that's kind of what he's, the point he's trying to get across where he can process faster and get the ball out. But that is, that is an element that my coach at Florida, Coach Napier, we had a meeting one time and he was like, why didn't you, why didn't you throw it to the checkdown? And I literally cannot see the checkdown at all. And I was like, coach, I'm not glad I couldn't see him. And he kind of like had a little smirk.

He's like, you got to see him. So after that, I kind of understood what he was talking about there as far as like, okay, based on what we're running and based on what the defense is, you kind of get an understanding of where these guys are going to be. And that's where the throwing blind comes into play. So, yeah, very interesting. But it's a learning curve for sure. Because there's like when you play quarterback, there's an element of like I want to control the situation. I want to control where this ball goes.

I want to be right. But there's also a trust element where you trust your teammates and you trust what your eyes are telling you of where this ball is going to end up based on the coverage. So that's a very, I could nerd out about that for a while. But it's very true. And there's a lot of layers to that. What advice would you give a player that's transferring now, especially going from a P4 school to another P4 school?

I think the biggest thing, regardless of position and regardless of status, like if you are a highly ranked guy in high school or not, if you have proven that you can play on the field at another school and you transfer, I think the biggest thing is earning respect to your teammates. I think that's number one and will forever be number one, is you've got to go in there and just put your head down and work and prove it to the guys that maybe they've been at that school for four or five years, and they're an upperclassman.

They're like, who's this kid coming in that's a senior trying to take my job or trying to take my buddy's job. But the biggest thing is you have to go in there and you have to earn the respect to your peers. And you do that by working. You do that by putting your head down and just doing the right stuff every day. And then obviously when you prove it to your team, then you got to go prove it to your coaches. And then once you do that, then you can go in there and lead. I think it's different when you're transferring as a younger guy compared to transferring as an

upperclassman. if you're a younger guy you just got you got a transfer there put your head down work and and just consistently do that until you get on the field and you make plays what would the locker room especially in florida what would they have said about you as a leader when you weren't around that's a good question i mean i think the the thing that i've always wanted to be known as was the same guy every day um a guy that anybody in locker room could feel that they could come up to me and talk to me about anything whether it was football or not, I've always tried to really just get to know my teammates at a deeper level.

So I think that in my time at Florida, I did a solid job of getting in there, proving it to my teammates every single day, starting in spring ball through the entire offseason. But I think that my goal would be they would all sit back and be like, no, he's the ultimate teammate. I think that's that thing that is the greatest compliment ever. So what's in the cards for you with the Texans? Are you trying to be back before camp next year? Oh yeah.

Yeah. I mean, I tore my knee very early this season, the first preseason game. So I'll definitely be back by camp. Hopefully the goal is by OTAs by the offseason program. So my timeline is a little interesting because I have a lot more time than the last time I tore my ACL. And I was like, this is the timetable, combines. four months, pro days in five, and then draft day and then rookie minicamp. So believe it or not, it's kind of a sense of comfort.

Like I got a lot of time to do this the right way and really rebuild this leg from the ground up. So I'll be back by offseason. That's the goal. Whenever you're injured, do you still get all the gear? Yep. Still got my locker. Still get all the gear.

It's a good question. Yes. Yeah, that'd be sad to lose out on all the gear. be sad. Well, Graham, I hope your rehab goes perfect. I hope you get back to being healthy and really appreciate the time and yeah, how do you feel about the Texans? Not the greatest star

at 0-and-4. There's only been one team to actually make the playoffs and that's been the Texans, right? So, like, what's the locker room like right now? Yeah, I think believe it or not, we were in this situation last year, we were 0-3. I think that we got a great team with great guys that, like you look at the situation,

we're just a couple plays away every game. And the main thing is This next week, we got to go one and oh. I think that's the message that everybody's going to be having the entire week. So we got a lot of real, real great people in that locker room in this building. So I think we're going to get it right. All right, I appreciate you, man. I hope you have a great rest of the day.

I appreciate you. Eating well shouldn't be complicated, but somehow it turns into recipes, prep, cleanup, and half your Sunday gone. Factors solves all that. These are fresh, ready-to-eat meals designed by dietitian, delivered to your door and ready in just minutes. No prep, no cleanup, no excuses. And it's not just about convenience.

You're getting real food, balanced nutrition, and zero artificial stuff. Meals that help you stay on track for all of your goals, without the grind of doing it all yourself. Grilled chicken, roasted veggies, steak plates, postables. They taste like something you'd get in a restaurant, but they come out of your microwave in two minutes flat. If time, cost, or effort have been holding you back from eating better, Factor just took those off the table.

Right now, get up to $90 off and free shipping. Hurry, this offer won't last long. Go to factormeals.ca and use code power. That's up to $90 off and free shipping, but only with the code power at factormeals.ca. Factor, Canada's number one meal delivery service. This record is on. Miley is having a moment, new name, new album,

and two exclusive shows. So IHR Radio is sending you to experience. At all, Life at the Hollywood Pultz, hotel, tickets, and a thousand dollars cash. Listen to Iheart new music for 10 minutes a day on the IHart radio app, and click enter. Every day you listen is another chance to win. Stream Miley's new album, Bass Persuades, today. If anyone wanted to commit a murder, up here would be the greatest place in the world to hide the body. But no one will find it.

He acted friendly. He talked friendly. sounded friendly. They all knew that I did the scary boogie stuff and they said maybe she'll find out where this girl is. I saw him violent, backhanded a bow. And that's exactly what made us all think he had something to do with him. The clock is ticking down and the woods are calling. There are a lot of demons in Putnam County, but I've met the devil and he's real. I'm Paul Solitaroff, and this is season two of the devil's quarry. Listen to the Devil's Quarry Season 2 on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

And to hear The Devil's Quarry Season 2 add free with exclusive content, subscribe to Lava for Good Plus on Apple Podcasts. I'm Brett Coleman. And I'm Trevor Sycamma. Have you ever watched a game and wondered what really made the difference? difference beyond the final score. That's exactly why we created NFL pro. Got a man wide open. Every week, we use exclusive next-gen stats insights and NFL content to break down the biggest stories, matchups, and moments from around the league. We go beyond the box score to uncover the numbers, the tendencies, and details that help explain what actually happened on the field. Fires it out the flat to Barclay, who beats one man, spins past another,

leaps over a third. And don't worry, this isn't just a show for stats experts. We use advanced analytics to help tell the story behind the game, turning the numbers into insights that every fan can understand and enjoy. So whether you're a casual fan learning more about football or a hardcore fan who can't get enough analysis, our goal is to help you see the game in a whole new way. If you've ever wanted to know why a playwork,

how a matchup was won, or what most fans missed on Sunday, NFL Pro delivers insights you simply can't get anywhere else. Listen to NFL Pro on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. All right, after this weekend's games, what's the ceiling for the Patriots, Kevin? Oh, Super Bowl. Stop it. Do you remember last year when the bills, I believe, were 4 and 0,

we played week five, I think it was Sunday night football. We beat the bills in Buffalo, turned our season around. Next thing you know, in February we're playing in Super Bowl. That's what that win was this past weekend. Okay. I would like to have a serious conversation. Okay, I'll go to Eddie. Let's have a little more serious conversation.

Thank you. Now that the Cowboys won and their two and two, what's the ceiling? I'm going to be realistic with you. Thank you. Like, I'm not going to go over the board. Be mature. Be mature and serious. Go ahead.

I'm not sure. What I really believe. Cowboys will be where. I would never say this Super Bowl. That's stupid. Okay. NFC championship. NFC championship and we lose it because we suck.

Our defense still sucks. There aren't many great teams in the NFC. They really aren't. I think there's three over in one division. And who else? I mean... So you think the 49ers, Rams? Seahawks.

I think those three are legitimate NFC teams. Who else? As in the Cowboys. Panthers? Saints. Nobody from the South is legitimately good. That division, although not as weak as the AFC South, Although the Jaguars are pretty good But the AFC South, Jaguars are going to be good

Colts, I just don't believe in the Colts still And that game was in London, does it count? Facts Didn't happen. Yeah, it doesn't count. Obviously the Titans blow And the Texans are 0 and 4. Like that division's terrible.

And if you go to the NFC South, the Saints might be okay. The Buccaneers? No. The Falcons okay? We're about to see. I don't, by the time you hear this, I mean, the game's tonight, so I don't know people hear this, but I will see. I mean, is Pinnock's that much of a game changer? They have the weapons, but they're still no. Yeah. The Panthers are, they're fun.

It's my team. I've rooted for them my whole life in the last year. Of course. And so I would like for them to be, but I don't feel like they're that. No. The only, and then he, look at the, I'm thinking, I'm to see, like the lions, no. No, they're terrible. Packers suck. Packers. Yes. It's weird. They're so bad. Yeah.

Go ahead. Vikings? The Bears? No, I mean. If Caleb comes back and he's good to go. Okay, but still, I don't think they're a... Those three teams. Right.

Yeah. In the West type team. The Bears or the Vikings have won four games. But again, for a four-and-o team, as Eddie's kids would say, they're buns. They're buns. They are buns. They are buns. So I think it's those three teams in the NFC, but also, let's be honest.

But also, let's be honest. But so what I'm saying is realistic. And we want, I told you looking at the schedule ahead, we have about six weeks worth of wins, right? We're one down. Five more to go, babe. We've got the bucks coming up. First in your division right now. We're not.

The Giants are, which is so stupid. Hey, James is crazy to watch. James is just crazy. But I think he's my favorite backup. I wouldn't mind having, if he's your backup, giving him two to three weeks to be the starter. Because he can win two out of three games. That third game is going to be awful. Yes.

But I think he can go out win games, as evident here. Yeah. So, okay. He's funny. Mike, what's the ceiling on the Texas Longhorns? I think championship. Okay, Mike. Natty.

We got a championship, we got a Super Bowl, and we got an NFC championship. That's right. Just realistic talk around here. And you? What do I have? I was hoping for that Russian plague to kill everybody, so Arkansas doesn't have to have a season. Season ending play.

Everybody just has to go in their houses. I'm really rooting for that. A pandemic. I'm rooting for a pandemic. Shut it down. I'm rooting for Rudy Gobert to start slapping microphones. Shut it all down. All right, that's it.

Thank you guys. We hope you have a great week. We will see you guys later on this week for sure. And that is all. Please blow the whistle. There you got it. That's weak. Yeah.

It sounded all week. I think we ended on a low note. Talking about the razor. Beck's. You want to bring it up again? No, I have no part of me that feels it's going to get better, no hope. Right. So I don't feel sad about it.

I am who I am. But it's just kind of a dark cloud. It is a dark geographically located region. A cloud moves. I live here. I live here. We're not moving. Got you.

You ever heard of Pangaea? Yes. The ultimate continent when everything was together and it slowly broke away and it was slow. It's Pangaea. Was that real? Yeah, I mean, depending on what science you look at. Because the continents go together.

Like a puzzle. Yeah, if you push them together, you know. Yeah, that's what we are. We're not going anywhere, but slowly we may. We may break apart slowly. All right, that's it. Thank you guys. See you later on this week.

Bye everybody. Theme song written by Bobby Bones. That's me. And performed by Brandon Ray. Follow Brandon on social at Brandon Ray Music. You can follow the show on Instagram at Bobby Bones Sports. Thanks to our crew.

Co-host at Producer Eddie, segment producer at Kickoff Kevin, and executive producer at Mike D. Strobe. But most importantly, thank you for listening. Bobby Bones, we'll talk to you next time here on 25 whistles. Lisa, tell them about our new show. We have a new podcast. It's called Don't Lie to Me.

I'm Lexi Yuwano. We're two best friends, 22 years apart, but so close at heart. And I'm Lisa DiGulio, the old one, which means we have wildly different references, occasionally different opinions, and at this point in my 50s, I've lived it all. Now in my 30s, being the founder of new shoes, good taste is my business. Listen on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

If anyone wanted to commit a murder, up here would be the greatest place in the world to hide the body. But no one will find it. He acted friendly. He talked friendly. He sounded friendly. They all knew that I did the scary boogie stuff, and I said, maybe she'll find out where this girl is. I saw him violent, backhanded her, pow! Listen to the devil's quarry season two in the Bone Valley feed on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The miles change how you move, but more importantly, they change how you show up for your life.

I'm Emily Abadi. On The Hurtle with Emily Abadi podcast, I see. it down with elite athletes, record holders, coaches, and everyday runners to unpack the mindset behind pushing through when things get tough. Because the discipline, grace, and grit you build out there on the pavement, that's what helps you show up as your best self everywhere else. I just love to say, I never know who's watching. So you want to make sure you, you through and through, and you just stay true to who you are. Listen to Hurtle with Emily Abadi on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Fox Sports reporter, Jenny Taft. And I'm

I'm former U.S. Women's National Soccer team player, Carly Lloyd. And on our new podcast, whatever it takes, nothing is off limits. I played with players that didn't truly love the game. I found the love with the ball at my foot. I don't care what I'm being asked to do at Fox. I'm going to go get some reps and love it and embrace it. Listen to whatever it takes with Carly Lloyd and Jenny Taft on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

This is an IHeart podcast. Guaranteed human.