The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Austin Ekeler on Chargers Changes

Episode Date: December 18, 2023

Stugotz, Billy and Mikey A. react to Week 15. The guys play a game of If The Season Ended today and tell you who would move on in the current playoff matchups. Austin Ekeler joins the show to discuss the Chargers letting go of HC Brandon Staley and GM Tom Telesco. Stugotz has his Top 5 QBs who didn't start the season as their team's starter. Billy has his weekly BBBBBB picks headed into MNF. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You're listening to Draft King's Network. God bless football Billy Gill. God bless football Mike. Yeah. God bless football students. Yeah, it was a it was a weekend. One of my favorite things that we started doing God bless football nearly well three years ago, I guess. One of my favorite things is the relationship with Billy and Chris Sims and the text that Billy will send Chris Sims over the weekend saying that he was right and Chris was wrong He didn't answer for a long time, but let me find it. That was great. This is what I was. Well, he'll tell you he's busy on Sundays. Yeah, no, he's busy on allegedly. This is not not if he's right. If he's right, he's available right away.

He'll tell you this is what I texted him. Uh, Fuentes in audience. I go, no, Tyree can Waddle has taken over. Maybe it was to a making Tyree good, look, look good all along. And then you heard from two disgruntled jet fans. Yeah. The other sent just just laughed at Billy's text. And then you heard from two disgruntled jet fans. Yeah.

And then you'll be sitting just just laughed at Billy's tax. I didn't factor that into the equation. What else? Forza funny, huh? How, you know, Fuentes and I experience that game completely differently than than you and Mikey did's to got. And I went to the game. I went to a football game.

Why? I have no idea. And let me tell you, it's worse in person than it is on TV. Where'd you sit? You probably had nice seats, though. We did have good seats. You sit on the hot side, like in the sun. No, that's the, that's the visitor side we sat on the home side because of the shade. You were cheering for the visiting team. It's crazy. He's the, he's the visitor side. He's absolutely right, though. I would never sit on that side. I know. But

I don't know if you, you know, we're like I want to sit on the jet side and then got the tickets. I didn't think about it. Real quick. So Stu gots, if you went to possibly one of the worst games, your favorite team has ever performed at least in the last

decade. Yes. Do me a favor. Don't go again. Um, why I janked them. It's my fault. Huh? Listen, you didn't help. They don't need my help losing. They don't need my help. They don't need my help losing and being awful. They don't. They certainly don't. Mike, I haven't gone to any games the last decade and they've been dreadful. So what are you talking about? 30 did nothing is different. Yeah. It's the dolphins. 30 to nothing is different. The dolphins were so impressive. The jets, it's, it's listen, the misery of watching them in person when you can't go to another game.

It's just, it's the war. You're stuck with the dolphins. You're stuck watching the dolphins and jets and you can't switch channels. And so that part was made at a misery for me. So I just like the, you know, the viewing experience from home, the whole experience from home is just, just a lot better. But the dolphins man, so impressive because no to re kill their missing guys on the offensive line. The offense look great yesterday. Jalen want to look great yesterday. And here's Billy. Why I think the dolphins

are so good. You know, they're going to jail and watch the second to re kill. It's found that he's not playing. Not going to, you know they're going to waddle. You know he's going to be an emphasis on offense and the jets knew it and they still couldn't stop it. He was great. Waddle. Well offensively the just couldn't do anything. Yeah. They're bad. Well, I mean, Zach Wilson had no time to do anything. And he was getting a common all day. He ends up leaving the game. He's in concussion protocol now. Yeah, like what is he supposed to do? I don't know.

I don't know. Do you guys want? So when's days the deadline for them to activate Aaron? And you were also eliminated from the playoffs yesterday. Do you want Aaron 13 straight ears, by the way? Yeah. Do you want Aaron to play? Uh, no, I don't.

You don't want them to activate him. Yeah. I mean, I could be alone here, but I do not want the jets to activate Aaron. Right. I don't want to see Aaron Rogers until next season. There's no point. Mike, yeah, how do you feel about that? I'm with you. It would have been different if the offensive line was playing halfway decent, but at this point, don't give me help. Don't give me help. Well, there's no hope. You know that the season's over already. So yeah, but I don't want to go into this off season talking about that. You see how good they look with Aaron Rodgers. Yeah, because they're coming. I mean, I'm going to do it anyway, but don't give me

help. Yeah. I have a conundrum that I'd like to share with all of you. And I think that I'm in the right, but I it's a temptation that I have fought off and I have not actedundrum that I'd like to share with all of you. And I think that I'm in the right, but it's a temptation that I have fought off and I have not acted on. Okay. So Raheem Mostert has a relationship with used to God. He's been on the show a couple of times. Oh, I never ask you. He invited you out on a Friday night to go

and have drinks with him. Did you ever do that? You know the answer. Yeah, I didn't go. Yeah. So he invited you to do that. We assume that that wasn't gonna happen. We told him as much. I want to tell the real Yeah, I didn't go. Yeah, so he invited you to do that. We assumed that that wasn't going to happen. We told him as much. I want to tell the real story, but I wanted to.

Okay. He invited you and show up. That's the real story. Yeah, like what else is there? He didn't show up. He's like, oh, yeah. I do real stories. I do not believe for a second that you showed up to hang out with where he most of it

and he left you hanging. I just don't believe it. May I show up at that bar and he may not have been there. That's that's that's well, we're going to have to get to the bottom of this. We'll try to have him on this. We're going to have to come on. Then we're going to have to have this conversation.

He had two more touchdowns yesterday. Yes, he had two more touchdowns yesterday. He I believe has more touchdowns this season than he's had in his entire career combined. I broke the dolphin single season record for touchdowns. More Clayton's record yesterday. That's a big that Billy. That's a big, that's Billy. That's a big time accomplishment.

A record I thought would never be broken. They knew it too. They knew he was close. They were trying to get it. They were feeding it to us. Yeah. No doubt. So I've never seen Mike McDaniel give a running back the ball three times in a row in the

goal line. Correct. Exactly. Exactly. Yeah. So here's my conundrum. Because of this show, because of him coming on, because of him scheduling, I have his number. Yeah.

And I was tempted to text him. Right. A congratulatory text, a hey, man, so happy for you. He should have. He should have. But I didn't, because he doesn't know who I am. Yes, he does. So like, how do I then explain who this is?

It's like, oh, this is Billy from, you know, because I don't even know if he knows that the show he's on is called God Bless Football. So then if I say, oh, it's Billy from God Bless Football who'd be like, who? What? And then it's like a whole awkward thing. So I didn't do it. You should have done it. I did. You got scared. Yeah. You got 100%. I got scared. And also, I feel like that's not what I have his number for. You know what I mean? So then he's like, why is this guy bothering me? Why is he texting me? Billy, the easy answer on how to get out of this is you just throw some little detail in the text that makes it clear who you are.

Like, oh, I was just talking to Stu Gotts and I told him you were going to do this. And now you did it. Congratulations, Billy, from the God. Or I was looking at the golf clubs in my room that I never used that you always make fun of me for. Exactly. And I thought of you, congratulations. Yeah, but here's the other part about it, even if he did in some world know who I was

when I sent that text, why would he want to hear from me? You know what I mean? Like that's the second part about this. I sent them a text. Did you? Congratulations, I'm breaking the record. Did you really?

Yeah, I did. You're just saying that. Did he get back to you? No. Okay, well, just what happened to you. He was probably still waiting at the bar. He'll get back to me. I mean planting the seeds to get him on this week. That's all I was I didn't ask him to come on this week. I wouldn't ask him. I was like, I'm bad at that. It's like I could have like this conversation with him and just be like, all right, talk to you never again. I texted him two more congratulations, my friend. You broke the record.

You love doing it against the jets. I was there with my family watching you in person. You were not there watching him in person. That's, you see, that's the unnecessary lie. You make it seem like you went there to see him. You went there to root against him. You wanted him to fail yesterday. Well, I had the dolphins.

I did. I bet the dolphins. It was a win-win for me. The classic win-win. What else did I have for you yesterday in the NFL? By the way, I have a top five, top five quarterbacks, okay, who were not their team starting quarterback in the beginning of the year. I have that for us. Austin Eccler is going to join us in this episode. Good time to get Austin. A Monday Austin. A Monday Austin. Actually sit on it until Friday. Well, no, I think I think we got to get air of that today, right? 100%. He's going to be part of this episode coming up today. I just teased it as such that he'd be part of this episode. What stood out for you yesterday? Wait,

I went as one to say something. He had 19 touchdowns his entire career until this year. And now he has 20. There's more touch on this year than the first eight years of his career. And he needs to hold out. And the Jets have 16 touchdowns this year. He has 20. Wait, you want him to hold out right now? Yeah, he needs to hold out right now.

We'll tell him that when he comes on. What he texted me. I thought I told him the last time, didn't I? You should text him. Congratulations. Now hold out. I'm always telling people to hold out. Me and myself, I keep doing the show for free

But that's another thing. What what happens? Anyway, huh free Free are the Cowboys good. I have no idea are the bills good? The bills are good. Yeah, the bill now. They're good bills are good. This is the beauty of the NFL last week the Cowboys were the best team in the NFL This week, they're not and this week, the Cowboys were the best team in the NFL this week. They're not. And this week no one wants to face the bills. I mean, that's it. Don't you have a segment about somebody who's the MVP and Super Bowl every week that we're doing? Yeah. I don't have it today. Yeah. I don't have it today. But I don't have it with it quickly. If you'd like. Yeah. Yeah. Sure. Yeah. It depends on what happens with

the Eagles tonight. If the Eagles win, they might be in the Super Bowl. You might have to let the week playouts. Yeah. Why the Cowboys so bad on the road? I don't know. They're a totally different team. Yeah, I think they like one loss under 500 on the road, but they're undefeated at home. They are seven and no at home. They're three and four on the road. They score 39.9 points for game at home, 21 points, seven points for game on the road. They turn the ball over more on the road. They have a plus 10 at home, minus one on the road. They allow more points on the road. They allow less at home. There's a totally different team. We're not a Dallas.

I think the Browns are the same way. Like that defense is historically graded home and on the road. It's not that good. And the Browns had a big victory yesterday. Yeah, but no one thinks that the Browns are one of the best teams in the league when they think that about the Cowboys. They absolutely right. The Cowboys no one thinks that the Browns are one of the best teams in the league when they think that about the Cowboys. They are you're absolutely right. The Cowboys are considered one of the elite teams in the NFL. The Browns are not people fear the Browns. People feel like the Browns could want to play off game or two perhaps, but the Cowboys have different expectations. So you're right there. Well, I can explain why there are better team at home. Other than the best explanation I could offer you

is they're playing in a dome. It's a controlled environment. They're at home. It's kind of like the dolphins, you know? The dolphins offense clicks at home. It does it so much on the road. I mean, that's the best, the best I can come up with right now.

But you're right. Four teams have clinched right now. I'll play off spot. Yes, today. Four teams clinched. The Ravens of 49ers, the Eagles, the Cowboys are one of them. Yes. Of those four teams, which is the team that you trust the least. Cowboys, it's a great question. I don't even, I talking out loudly. The Ravens, I don't even know about the Ravens. What are you talking about? I don't trust

the Ravens. They don't. It's gonna say the Eagles. Yeah. The Eagles are iffy too. Yeah. It's time you trust the Ravens to make it to the Super Bowl more than the Cowboys. They have an easier road, I feel. The Ravens are going to have to get past some form of two, uh, Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen. I'm, I'm totally out on the chiefs. Really? Yeah. They don't look good at all.

Caderius Tony is unplayable. Like it's he there. I'm totally out on the chiefs. Hmm. I was not an impressive way in that new way. Not at all. And they were struggling in the beginning and then now Travis Kelsey has an arm thing.

Yeah. I'm just not excited for them at all. Which team do you want? Did you see Caderius Tony literally give the ball to the to the Patriots? Yes. He literally batted it to them. And they were like, he batted football.

He's unplayable. Is he a really good athlete? He was just bad at football? Because I think you can be that. Yeah, but it's bad when you're a football player. Because you's just bad at football? Because I think you can be that. Yeah, but it's bad when you're a football player because you should be good at football. Yeah.

Put that on the ball, please. 10-4-2. Is Cateri is Tony a good athlete who's bad at football. Did you see, did you say that after the game, like highlighting Travis Kelsey with his arm around, Cateri is turning him like, wow, what a good teammate he is talking about. What a great team.

He's all you got. He's got a Taylor Swift. He's all he's got. He's got to make a feel like something. And Travis had like a crazy flop in the end zone. He's such a big flop. Yeah, he got touched, throws himself on the ground. He had some drops to the.

Uh-huh. You then armed to catch the ball instead of putting around Cudary is Tony's shoulder. The only only person who looked good yesterday was Rishi Rice. Rishi Rice is a receiver. He is good. Everybody else stinks. Yeah.

All right, we're back after this. And James Cook is good. What are you doing? He got us. I wanted him. We're back. You thought an anore back was coming. James Cook is good. Yes. But like really good.

He's really good. What have they been doing with him all season? Not using him correctly. Do you want to play a game called if the season ended today? No, I think I have great. My favorite game of all time. Because I have a playoff matchups if the season ended today. Do you really? I do. This is exciting. Yeah. So you're going to ask us what we think of these games.

If the season ended today and the playoff started this weekend, let's say, these would be the matchups of who would be seeing this weekend. Are we picking winners? Yeah, you're going to win. So this is amazing. This is amazing. I've wanted to do this segment my entire life. How did we won? How did we feel about a Saturday football? Did we like Saturday football? I love Saturday. I loved it. Yeah. I liked it. It's there for me. I don't know that I necessarily loved the games, but I like that it exists. The first game was great. The bangles game. The bangles and Viking scene was great. Yes. The other games and the lions are back, though. The lions are back. And it feels funny, man. Maybe we don't have to watch out for

the Broncos after all. Well, I mean, they're still in the mix though. The cheese better watch out for the Broncos. I'm with you. This would have been a big week for the Broncos. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You had the good game 27 24 bangles over the Viking. J Browning is good. He's good. Jake Browning is good. Yeah. And Joe Burrow needs to watch out and pure King laughed us off when we said that, but he really needs to watch out. And he really needs to stop letting the Browning family and that booth. Well, I think that Peter King was laughing you off because Joe Barrows, the quarterback there, they gave him a big contract and he's not going anywhere. But I was thinking about Peter King because he told us about that discussion he had with

Mike McDaniel last week, spent 20 minutes in a car. It was weird, right? But he told us that Mike McDaniel is not really watching film on the other team. He only watches his team and tells his team, if you do what I tell you to do, if you execute it the way I tell you to execute it, it's unstoppable. I didn't love that. Well, I know, but you saw it yesterday when Waddle gets sorted into that Tarek Hill spot and everyone knows it's coming and the Jets still and the Jets have one of the best defense

is in the NFL and they still couldn't stop it. I didn't love that watch film of the other team. How about you do both exactly right? Yeah, or sign someone that task like that's not just decide or not to watch the other team every that seems crazy. I also, I also love the idea that he's just like a tire kill run faster than everybody. Right. Jalen Waddle just run faster than everybody. And then if you do, I said, do what I said, we'll win.

It's not just run faster than everybody, though. It's just like constantly be moving and confused the hell out of everyone. Because you never know who's going to be where because they're just always moving. Right. That passed from two to to Jalen Waddle. Oh, Jesus. No, it was nice. It was so nice. I was surprised that the dolphins had the A team yesterday of nant and Roma. What? I don't know. It was just the dream. One of the best teams in the league. Yeah, but the Bills Cowboys was on Fox because the Cowboys are an NFC team. So it's just a treat.

It was a pleasant surprise for me. Okay. Good. Glad you were. Kind of done with Roma though. You're done with Roma? Yeah. I'm kind of over it.

Why? He was good when he was breaking down plays and stuff. Now it's just a lot of speculation. That's not really great. Oh, how about this? The old now follow me down this path? So Tom Brady's coming in. He's gonna be the Fox one team,

our one team, eight team, whatever. We think. No, no, no, we know. He's not getting paid $300 million to not be on the big day. And it would be that with spirit O'Da, sir, whoever. Yeah, exactly right. I think Greg Olson has a clause, right?

Like, what if Greg Olson bounces and goes and replaces Roma with CBS? Oh, that'd be nice. Even though Roma has a big deal too. Now what if Greg Olson bounces and goes and replaces Roma with CBS? Oh, that'd be nice. Even though Roma has a big deal too. Now, you know, Greg Olson, maybe they move Roma to Nickelodeon. You know, that would be that would be electric. You know, you know, Olson's been very vocal about wanting that Carolina Panthers job. So that's it. That's a terrible move by him. That is God. I don't know. Call Jeff Saturn. Let me know how we're going. They in the booth, geez, why would you want that? You see us, your game looked miserable in the rain.

They got to win. They're in the mix. Yeah, they won. Yeah, they won. Yeah, they won. They don't lost. They won. They're going to have the number one pig except they traded it away.

So they're not going to have the number one pig. To the bears, right? Yeah. God, what a misery that game. The bears have had three or four games this year where they have an 85% win probability and they've lost all those games. It's unbelievable. Unbelievable. Did you see what tickets were going for in that panthers game? No. At one point, it was 45 cents to go to the game. The fee just probably that many times that I spent an arm in a much. She was probably that much. She was probably that much. She was probably that much. She was probably that much.

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She was probably that much. She was probably that much. She was probably that much. She was probably that much. She was probably that much. She was probably that much. I spent an arm in a leg. I spent an arm there right there. And me pausing was, was Billy exposing me for yet another lie. Everybody knew it. As soon as you said that that wasn't true. Well, Rachel even said when I played it for dad, that's cool. But I never said a thing. Yeah. But it's cool. I mean, she got the mention. Right. She did get the mention. She also got blown out. If the season ended today, let's do it. Yeah, I'm so ready.

We don't have to do it all right now. I want I sprinkle them in like last week. Remember we had segments that were just sprinkled in last week. Well, we're going to evaluate every game. So wait a long point. Let's do it. If it's top five today, I do. Okay. And we still have the last segment to get to. Yeah, I have a top five. You have a top five.

And we have Billy's big board bets as well. Can we play a game really quick? Also, another game because we just touched on it and it's called this game is not worth talking about. And we could just cross it off the list of games that have to be discussed today. 100%. Did you make this for a Falcons Panthers? Falcons Panthers were on my list of this game doesn't have to be talked about. I have notes on it, but it's also this game doesn't have to be talked about because every week I go in there and I've talked to Flint is about this. I'm like, man, I have little things on every single game and he's like, but there's some games we just don't need to talk about

it. And he's 100% right. And the Falcons and Panthers are a game that we don't need to talk about. The Falcons were in first place, but I understand you're right. I mean, they lost and there's no reason to talk about it other than to make the joke to the Carolina Panthers or in the mix. Okay. Let's move on. If we, if we didn't have Jets fans here, Dolphins Jets is probably a game we don't need to talk about. Yep, that's fair. Just because it's a blowout. Yeah, it's fair. Cold Steelers don't need to talk about that. I've never been to a game where one of the teams never has a chance of winning the,

it was never interesting. It was never interesting. Now for one freaking second, sorry, I'm a scurried on TV. That was close. I know. Anyway, keep going. How about this Texans tightens close game went to overtime, not a good game. And who cares?

That was not a good game. The Texans needed that. The level is, what happened there? And Kaseke? I know. I'm not saying we'll have his case key to hold. Battle of giants. Battle of giants.

Back up, quarterbacks. They're having a moment, man. They really are. Anyone. Junk seats. They almost tied that game. I was, you know where I was when I was watching that game. So like, that's the part of the witching hour that it's like, you can't move.

And you had that game and you had bears, browns that were both close. And at that time, my wife was like, oh, I promised our daughter that we're going to make cookies today. Like, I'm going to go to the store and get cookies. And I was like, Billy, you have an option here. Either you let her go to the store and get cookies. And it will take two hours to get ready and have everyone go get cookies and you stay at home.

But you maybe will have one of the two girls regardless, or you just go and you can get the cookies 150 times faster than this whole ordeal is going to take of the getting ready and all that stuff. So I made a decision and I went and I bought the cookie mix. Very good. And then I said, you know what, I also need cold cuts. So I was watching that game on my phone at the deli.

And I couldn't, I honestly couldn't tell the field go one into end the game because it's so little because it was on my phone at the Delhi. And I couldn't, I honestly couldn't tell the field go one in to end the game because it's so little because it was on my phone. That game so deserved to be a tie. If there was ever a game deserving of a tie, it was that one. How about the cookies? They made the cookies. They were fine. Yeah. Cold cuts. What'd you get? Scott some ham and some luster. Do you try the cold cuts before like you had your slice? You got to try the cold.. Yeah, no, yeah, yeah, yeah.

As thin it is. If it's cut to the right, yeah, like if it's thin enough or not, and then there was also a deal on some sort of like, some sort of like, Joe, do you so like, man, stick? I mean, and then there was also like a cheese that I was buy one, get one like half off or something like that. And it's like, I don't need two of these blocks of cheese, but I would buy that. Okay. So then I feel bad because they're really pushing it.

And then I also wonder, like, because this is sort of public, I wonder, the person that's pushing this, they seem really invested in me getting this. Do they get some sort of something if I like, you know, take advantage of this deal of the day, like do they get something, they don't get a commission. So why do they actually care? Why do they push in private if I care? Maybe they really want you to enjoy it. Right. It, it's fine.

So what time did you get home just in time for the Sunday night game? No, no, no, no, no, I did it quick. And I know because I knew like I could miss a little bit of the start of the four o'clock. It's not a big deal. Right. Yeah, so I watched I watched I watched the end of the game at the delian in the car before I loved. Yeah. If the season ended today, let's do it.

Okay, good. If the season ended today, let's do it. Okay. Good. If the season ended today, do you want to go AFC or NFC? I would love to go. I want to do the whole thing. So let's go AFC first. All right.

So the Ravens would have a buy, right? And then the two seed dolphins would face the seven seed cults at home in Miami. Okay. So you have a dolphins cults, min shoe and two. We're assuming everything stays the same, right? Which is a ridiculous assumption. Someone's gonna get hurt. Well, no, the season ended today.

So everyone is the same. The season ended today. So everyone's healthy. Well, if the season ended today, it's Tyreek gonna play this game. You know what I mean? Because that's how if the season ended today works. I don't think it would matter. I would say Tyreek, even if he is a valiant.

Exactly. We got. Yeah, I have the Dolphins blowing the Colts out at home. I don't think it'd be close at would sit. I reek even if he is a very big. Exactly. We got. Yeah. I have the dolphins blowing the cult out at home. I don't think it'd be close at all. I think then she would have a little. The dolphins in the over. Yeah. All right. If the season ended today, the chief would be hosting the Bengals. Oh, wow. That's a good game. So yeah. But it's Jake Browning. I know. That's why it's a good game because it was just the chiefs. I was watching. If it was Joe Berro, I put just watching. Yeah. I put the house on this. Bengals. If it was burrow. I put it was washed. Yeah, I put the house on this. Bangles of it was burrow. Uh, yeah, but you can't. He's just a Patrick, my home is washed. Terrible. I mean, show me something. Show me something in this game. Yeah,

it's two rings. What in this game? Show me. Show me the 30. Just fake playoff game to get the show me that you can keep up with Jake Browning. But they don't have chase young. Two tauties, two interceptions from my homes. I would take the chiefs to win that kit. Jake Browning, but they don't have chase young. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Two Taddies, two interceptions from my hubs. I would take the chiefs to win that game. All right. Close game. Close game. Close game.

Close one. But the chiefs are at home. Yeah. We also have 24 chiefs as as Mike Fuentes eloquently put it earlier. Travis Kelsey has that arm thing. He does. Yeah. All right.

Give me the bangles in an upset. Wow. Wow. Jake Browning. Jake Browning. Huh? I don't think that that that that's that crazy. We love Jay Browning. He is now invested in Jay Browning going a long way in the playoffs. Mike had a good. Mike had a good destination for Jake Browning. Where? Don't say the Jets. Atlanta Falcons. Maybe. Maybe. Yeah. He was cut by the Vikings, right? He was. I think so. Yeah. Yeah. He had a comment about it. Yeah. Yeah. He was not a bench game. Right. It was a revenge game.

It was okay. Sam was, Sam was benched yesterday. Four. He was chick. Jacobi Berset. Yeah. What? Yeah. Jacobi Berset had more yards than him. It's out great. And like, no, was it? He had a better game than him. Wait a second. He stole me. Drop back and threw it long to Terry McClellan, who they remembered, could catch the ball. Oh, in the, in the last like 10 minutes of the game, that it seemed like they forgot he was on their team.

And he put up like all of their numbers in the last like two drives of the game, which is fine because I had that I went against him in fantasy. I had one, I had him in one of my fantasy leagues. In my other fantasy league, I went against him in fantasy. I had one I had him in one of my fantasy leagues in my other fantasy league. I lost, uh, horribly. I lost to someone who had Herbert as they're starting quarterback.

And as you guys know, he did not. Well, the recent, the reason that I lost so bad. Why is it bad? I mean, you lost to a guy who had no quarterback. Well, the thing is James Cook had like 40 points for them. Oh, okay. So it was like a ridiculous week. I need to bail them out. Okay. So if it season ended today, the jag is James Cook had like 40 points for them. Oh, okay. So it was like ridiculous week. I nailed them out. Okay. So it's season ended today. The Jaguars would be hosting

the Browns. Wow. That's a good game. I would you. I would take the Browns as well. Mikey. He's gonna take the Jaguars. Yeah. He's gonna take the Jaguars. If Trevor Lawrence was playing in New York, we'd be murdering him. He's so bad. Wow. It was not the problem yesterday. Just dropping the ball. That was just good. That was a good one. He fumbled by himself. A ghost touched that ball.

Yes. I mean, he's good. He's not great. It was raining, but still. Yeah. I mean, the jets would, I don't know. What do you think the jets would be? I love this segment.

What would the jets be with this guy? I mean, what would the jets be? I love this segment. What would the Jets be with this guy? I mean, what would they be with? Browning four wins better. You think they'd be nine and five. Yes. Okay. Yeah, I agree with you. If the season ended today, what do you think the Jets would be with Tommy DeVito? Six and eight. Yeah, that sounds about right. Yeah, two more wins. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Something like that. If the season ended today, I love this. The 49ers, this is the best I could ever have. Oh, we're on to the NFC, huh? NFC, yeah. And the Eagles would be hosting the Rams.

Oh, wow. Big one tonight, by the way, Monday night football. Before we get to the playoffs, yes. big one tonight. Yeah, I guess the season I'm today, but in the realities tonight, right? In reality, yeah, in reality. No, no BB BB BB is very complicated this week. No, Darius Slay. It's the rare. You don't know who's going to be the quarterback for either team headed into the game at time of recording. I would take the Eagles to win that game. Okay.

I don't know. Eagles moving on. That's tough. I know it is. Ransom look good. I'm taking the Eagles. Okay. All right.

Would you take, would you take Mikey? I'm going to take the Eagles, but I don't like it. Okay. Well, okay. Take the Rams in an upset. Lions. Who would they play? Kyron Williams has also been great by the way before we move on.

He's been really good. Yes. Oh my God. Yeah. It's been really good. Look at you. Nitro has to be Nitro has to be livid with himself for not for taking HN instead of Kyron Williams. He said was his decision that he had to make. Yeah. Anyway, if the season ended today,

if the season ended today, the was nights. If the season ended today, the lions would be hosting the Vikings. Lions and Vikings. Who was the Vikings quarterback over the weekend? Give me a second. Mullins. Mullins. Yeah. Next season. They face each other twice in the next three weeks, and then they also have to do the. Yeah, but this is the season is ended or any Mike. Yeah, they didn't even get to play. They don't. No, they didn't. The Vikings are in. They've had 300 yards. Yeah, but they did. And they said, right. I'm going to say it's lions and a close one because Jared Gough reverted. I was not. Jared Gough.

Man, if I can. Jared Gough is different. I know. Vikings defense is good, though. Yeah. I would take the lions in that game. I would. Lions and a close one. Jared Goff is different. Vikings defense is good though. Yeah, I would take the Lions in that game. I would. Lions in a close one. Jared Goff. Do you? The Vikings went or the Lions went from a team that was like a darling that everyone loved to like, I don't think we can trust this team.

You can't. I mean, they're 10 and four just to game out. They're 10 and four, but they're the worst of the 10 and four. They're the three seed. What am I talking about? They were game out of nothing. I mean, they made the playoffs. They won the division. Good. Yeah, they haven't yet. They have. They have it today. Oh, that's true. Yeah, they're in the place. We're two different worlds right now. It's a tricky game. It's your second. Yeah, it's tricky game. There was one more game.

All right. So the final game of the season ended today, the seven and seven Bucke Niers would be hosting the 10 and four cowboys. Baker Mayfield. What's just saying? Oh, they're hosting. That's right. Take the box. Yeah. The box. Cowboys think on the road. Take the box. That's the game I'm wearing for them. Take the box. Mike Evans, 150 in a tuddy. That's a good game. Only visiting quarterback to win in Lambo. Baker Mayfield. Give it to me. Who are you taking?

I'm just asking the question. Oh, yeah. Austin Eclonex. 1.5% I want to know what Austin thinks about floppers. Yeah. About flopping. Yeah. So good place to start with Austin today. I agree. Yeah.

Wow. Are you happy? Those that flop. Yeah. It's not great. It's not great. I don't even know how I've never actually really thought about how I feel because Like I feel like it's very situational. I think I think we see it more in basketball. We're able to flop But I don't know for both the job challenge

Quarterbacks the act because they can get pushed and be like ah, I'm so fragile I don't know I really don't know I have no comment on how I feel about flopping on flopping. All right, but just don't know comment Don't know comment on the rest of the questions You've used your no comment for you It was a trick. We got you to know comment of flopping Love it. Well, because I've been a you guys have had a alright last week Appreciate you saving me coming on and having to talk about all this stuff. We're probably talking about now, but um.

Right. Yeah, where do you guys want to start? It's been a lot's gone on these past seven days. Well, for the record, we'll remind the audience that you wanted to come on Friday after that loss, but we told you to take a by week, right? Yes. One is a strong word. I would have tolerated it.

He was he was willing to come on and we said just take some days. Yeah, so hey, the boys in the studio, we're looking out for me. So shout out to you guys for being great as always. Billy, here's how we'll do this. If I ask an inappropriate question, a leading question, a question where you think I'm trying to get Austin Echler to say something bad about his former coach, just stop the interview and tell me, okay? Okay. Or I can just flop and be like, oh, sorry, you should do that. You should flop out of your chair. Sorry. Something happened to you. Oh my God. Next question.

I have a feeling I'll be getting a lot of those coming up here in the next the next. Hey Austin, we'll take us through the last few days. Have the last few days been for you. Yeah, it's, you know, it's something that I've never actually had to deal with, you know, in my sporting career, but, you know, we're experiencing the, what coach did, I thought put it really well, the ugly side of football. It's what it is. It's the ugly side. We didn't ever think it would ever come down to this where our GM and our head coach were going to get fired. I think that's pretty obvious, but it's kind of a death by a thousand cuts, and eventually we got pushed over the edge, and Dean Spannos, who's the owner, and sitting in that chair,

decided to make a decision and wanted to do it. After we got beat on Thursday at football, brutally. And so how has it been? It's been talking to coaches, talking to our new coach, seeing like what's going on, what's the expectation. I'm feeling good about where we're at for just these last three games. And what we have as far as the people in place to help us get through these, we continue to compete at a high level because I mean, we still got to go out there and try to,

you know, win every single game we can. And that's what we want to do as players. But yeah, so there's been some changes. We got acclimated to those changes here today, one on the day that we're filming this. And you know, like I said, I think we're in a solid spot looking at these last three games. in some changes. We got accl today went on the day th and, you know, like I sa we're in a solid spot li last three games. Well,

to shut up for second. I it's August. Austin Ecl here. God bless football. I term, but the term is b you would know, obvisly, in the game. Do you guys on your head coach? Ooh, no, no, not even no.

No. You don't really give up. Like this is maybe this is my perspective. Like there's no, there's no real, that's not even an option. It's not even a thing that's on the, on the table because there's so much more that goes into it than just playing for your head coach. He's a part of it. Yes, we're all playing for this together.

But if you if we gave up on our head coach, you're giving up on yourself, you're giving up on your teammates, you're giving up on the organization, you're giving up on all the work that you as an individual put into this to get to this moment and try to get a good example of what you're trying to be on the field. So that's not an option, you know, and, you know, we 100% believed in Coach Day. If he was still there today, we'd still believe in, oh, hey, we got to go out there and continue to work hard. Yeah, we haven't been winning games, but we still believe in each other as, hey, we're going to go out there and compete and play for each other. And so that was still strong.

But then I think that the business side actually just ended up catching up with the whole organization and Dean made a decision to make a change before the season ended. After it happens, just because of kind of the way the game played out on Thursday, where you guys fall down 42 to nothing at half time, is there not a sense of like responsibility, but like a wow, like if it was, you know, 14 nothing or 21 and seven, maybe this didn't happen. You're saying if we lost not in the way that we lost. Yeah, like if the game didn't start out the way that it did because then that leads the narrative. Oh, he's lost the team. Oh, the chargers have given up on Brandon's, Taylor. Oh, what's going to happen the rest of the season? Because it wasn't, you know, the first half just wasn't competitive for whatever reason.

Well, well, the reason was the damn turnovers and we're not moving the ball off. And you know, you know, without your starting quarterback, by the way, yeah. And without keen and without, yeah, you can go on down the list. You know, that was definitely our most beat up. Our team has been in this entire year. And then it was just the onslaught of just bad plays happening. What have been different? It's hard for me to tell, I don't know, I can't answer that question. I have no idea. Austin, on the outside looking in, we were kind of all expecting it, but were you

guys surprised when the news came down after the game that all this happened? Yeah, absolutely, because from our side to the player side, like this was our group, like we're going all the way to the end. Yeah. And for me and my experience in the NFL, it's how it's been.

I've had a team where we were four and 12. Lost one last game. Then we've lost or one last one last game that we've lost now. We were, I think, I forgot what you were. I think it was my third year.

And we made it all the way through. Like there was, there was some changes in between the season, but it was never, you know, the head coach and the GM. So, yeah, I was surprised. Austin, it's your first time through this as you pointed out, first time with, you know, coach getting fired, you'll have a new head coach obviously next year. Is there a level of guilt you guys feel as a team that, oh man, like we didn't play well enough, got coach fire?

Huh, it's not necessarily guilt that we got him fired, but it's a guilt that as an organization like we we have failed as an organization We have all failed And it failed each other and so I guess he would be packaged into that as well Because there's an expectation and we felt way short of that and we have to own that You know, and I'm I'm not scared to come out and say that. It's obvious and you have to own it as a player like we failed. We did not do a good enough job on the field executing at the level that we were expected to and that we expected ourselves to.

And that's what the result is. And as we know in this business, it's very fluid, not only for players, but for coaches as well. And this is what happens when you fall short of expectations, not only in football, but I mean in life, but in football, you get to see it because there's so much media around it and there's so much narrative, there's a lot of narratives getting drawn

and all the speculation. So kind of moves a little bit quicker and is covered. So yeah, man, it sucks, but like coach Staley said, man, it's the ugly side of the NFL. So not to keep it in the ugly side of the NFL, there's still three games left this season. And you have a big one this Saturday coming up where, you know, while you guys are not technically eliminated from the playoffs yet, you're playing really need you're tossed in. That's where this is headed.

No, it's not it's not headed there. No, I would love it if you could beat the bills and keep them out of the playoffs. But like looking ahead and I don't think that you've done this or you have time to do this, but this has implications for you as well because they've removed your coach, they've removed your GM. This is the team that you signed with as an undrafted free agent, but you're headed into free agency. So you have decisions that have to be made too. So not that you're thinking it, but do you now sit back and kind of see how they handle this head coaching vacancy determining your future? Oh, it's, there's a part of it.

And because of that is Tom Tolesco, who was our GM, who brought me in, right? As an undrafted free agent, and then also was part of the decision to sign me back for another four years. And there's the politics in that where we built a relationship. Like he knows me, he knows me as a player. And obviously I don't know what their intentions were past this year. But it definitely has an implication because now I don't have as anchored of a relationship within the organization on the player personnel side. And maybe that works out. If Tom gets picked up somewhere else, maybe he can go somewhere else and the same thing with the

head coachings, you coachings with Brandon. And so I'm a free agent after this year. And so we'll see kind of what happens. There's a lot that has to play out and kind of my story. And like you said, we have three more games here. And so there's still opportunity to go out there and continue to play. But yeah, it's a thing that when this happens, it's going to be interesting for sure when the free agency hits.

Austin, do you have any sort of expectations? A team captain, a guy who's been there a long time, a guy who's done a lot for that organization on and off the field? Is there an expectation from a guy like you like, hey, on the next coach, consult me, I should have a say in who it is you bring in here. I know my team better than you guys do.

Nah, I don't think I have the right to do that. I think that's more so hard though, man. It's tough. It's tough. I think just as a player in general, you should express kind of what you expect, especially if you're, you know, in my shoes where you've been around for it'll be eight years next year, where it's like, hey, this is where we've been through. This is what I like.

This is what I don't. And then, right, it's going to be up to the digression that the you know, the head coach or whoever's in that position to implement that or listen or not. But definitely out to be vocal because when in the NFL, right, there's there's great exes of the nose, right? That's awesome. But to actually go out there and execute those, there's a lot of other stuff that has to happen, whether it's the camaraderie, whether it's you know, how locked in, how much we believe in the coaches, how much we believe in each other, whether it's the camaraderie, whether it's how locked in, how much we believe in the coaches, how much we believe in each other, the talent on the field. There's so much that is going and executing those, that isn't X's and those that it's so important. And those are

the things that need to be addressed and make sure that we're on with those and we're solid with them. And we have a path and a plan to continue to build that part of the team so that we can execute on the field. It's only been a couple of days obviously since this has happened, but football's a weird sport in that when you hear about teams tanking for a draft pick or whatever, the reality of it is that everybody on the team,

it doesn't suit them to tank because they're playing for their own livelihood, they're playing for their own contracts, they're playing for their own things. So when you fire your coach or your GM or whatever with three games left in the season, I imagine that it would be easy for you guys to, from an outsider's perspective, give up on the season. When the reality is like you are someone, for example, who's a free agent and you had

an injury, so your numbers are not what they were prior to this. You are 28 now. So you're looking to get a contract presumably that'll, you know, be one of your last contracts or one of your last big contracts, right? You cannot afford to just not, you know, financially, but you can't afford to just punt on the season. And there's a lot of guys in the same position that you're in. So in the days after this has happened, how much time have you guys allowed yourself to kind of realize and absorb what has happened. And we need to get right back into this because we have a game on Saturday.

Yeah, absolutely. There's been, there's been this time that we've had because we played on Thursday night, where we've had a couple of days to kind of digest what's going on and kind of realize, okay, there has been a change. And then we've come back into the building sense and talked to Dean Spano and talked to Giff, our new interim head coach. And he set the tone, right? This is what it's going to be.

And so it's like, okay, we have the expectation that's there. But when it comes to tanking, like if you're, if you're able, no one can afford to tank mentally, in my opinion, maybe you can able, no one can afford to tank mentally in my opinion. Maybe you can in your contract because you got guaranteed money next year, but if you are mentally trying to tank, like I, like that, oh, like I just cannot stand you as a person. If you were the person that's like,

oh yeah, I'm gonna take it off, I'm just gonna sit out, and I'm gonna milk my engine a little bit longer. You're so not wired that way, man. No, like there's not, like mentally, to get to the point that we're at, this is just me speaking, to get to the point where I'm at, I've had to continue to build and build and build, and there's still opportunity to continue to do that. And if you're able and willing to just kind of lay off the gas pedal for a little bit

because you feel bad for yourself, then I definitely do not want to be on a team with that type of person, and I hope you never step foot back on my field when I'm on your team. So there's no option of tanking because of what's on the line for not only you as an individual, but all your teammates around you as well. We're still fighting for stuff out here. They might not be the play out or the Super Bowl, but it's right our own livelihood. It's our future in the NFL. It's our health for that game.

If you're not playing hard, you're going to get hurt. That's just the way this thing works because you're gonna not be going and bring as much energy as the other people are so Yeah, the the fact of the concept of tanking just eats at me like I don't ever want to hear that and so I'm even feel that at practice It's like you will be addressed immediately So that's where I stand. Well, that's the difference also between, I would imagine players and fans, right? Because as a player, your career's only so long, right? So even thinking selfishly,

this coaching change isn't something that you can take lightly because you only have, I mean, we've gotten to know you somewhat. I don't view you as someone that's gonna be playing until he's 40 years old, right? So you need to go into the right position with the right coaching staff in the right front office to maximize your career. So this almost in a strange way for you personally could be beneficial because you're headed into

free agency, but you also are for the first time in charge of who you want to play for and what environment you want to be in to maximize the little time that you have left. Absolutely. And I don't think the situation is beneficial from like the coaching standpoint and all that. It's more so just going into free agency is beneficial for a player. Well, I mean, more so you don't have question marks anymore with what's going on with the charge.

If you come back and there's still this cloud over, are we going to make a change or we're not going to make a change? You'd have to make a decision without knowing. Right. Yeah. And in the situation now, I know I'm going to be hitting the market. Right. I'm going to have to find out, you know, there's going to be a whole new GM here. It's going to be a whole new, you know, offense or head coach here. And I don't know what happens with the coordinators for all that, but there's going to be a reset here. So maybe this is the team, but now this team is no different than any other team out there during free agency. If that makes sense because all of the new things, like sure, I know some guys on the team, but as far as like the actual structure of the coaching staff,

it basically is like a new reset team. So who knows where I end up, you know, next year, that's something that will play itself out here in the next, you know, for a few months. Mikey, two things are happening here. The first question from Billy was he really needs Austin to beat the bills. The second one was a pitch to, hey, Miami, Miami. No, these are not, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, I find, I find Austin to be an interest in an interesting spot. And he can kind of choose it if because of, you know, payroll parameters, whatever. You can choose, do I want to be part of a rebuild or do I want to hop a board on a team

that's seven years in that's about to break free and go on a deep run or whatever it may be? So there's a really interesting thing that's going about to happen or that's about to happen this offseason because there's a ton of running backs. My group that is going to be hitting free agency. And I think this actually in my in my theory, this is a reason why some of the the franchising was happening because it's like me, Joe Mixon, Alba Camera, Aaron Jones, and so like and that the list goes on of people that are about to hit free agency, which same with the guys that just got franchise Josh Jacob, Sequon and

Derek Henry leading his franchise, but he's about to be free too. Tony Pollard, there's about to be that my group and the group right behind me that those years we're about to just flood the market. And so it's going to be, it's going to be interesting how it plays out because there's going to be backs that you can pick up guys that have been proven for a while. Yeah, we're getting older compared to the, right to the younger backs, but hey, are we still able to play? That's for these people to decide if they want to bring our type of play style into their organization. So I'm not, I'm not trying to wish my life away, but I'm excited to see how all this plays out, you know,

you know, when it gets in a free agency, because it's going to be interesting with our B market. Mike, he wants to try to cheer you up. We'll find out how in a second. I want to ask you. I don't know how. Well, have you ever dreamed of playing for Bill Belacheck? Just in your dreams. I'm just wondering. You guys are still on this.

There's no. He is. He is Austin. I made him like getting the stick around. I don't know. I'm just saying. Hey, look, look, if I have a place to run playing next year, like, it's probably because I've made a decision like, hey, I want to go play for this organization.

Like I'm at that point. And so it's like, I get a pick of shoes, like Billy was saying, which is great. Obviously, it has to be a two way partnership. But I'm not going to go to a place where I don't, I'm not, I know I'm not going to be happy playing. So doesn't, I don't know. I have never met Bill or anything like that, but I'm not, I'm not scared to be coached. I'm not scared to have a really disciplined organization.

Like that's, that's what I'm looking for. I'm looking for a tight ship and everything's, everything's in line. Everything's moving forward to try to win games. That's all I care about. Yeah. Some advice. Don't go to the jets. I mean, I love to have you, but just, I mean, things don't work out there. Okay.

Like they just don't listen. I am what I'm fascinated by this, the dynamics of an organization. That's why I'm asking and pressing and I don't like doing this. None of us do. Like we'd rather just laugh and have fun with you, but uh, this is, this is big news for you. Yeah. Um, how does it work? So was your coach? Did he talk to you? Did he call you? Did he talk to you? Was a team? Did he talk to you? Was an individual as he's leaving? How does that work for a coach talking to the players? Yeah, I think it's more of a personal thing. Obviously things are still kind of fresh. And so I don't think it's something that happens immediately, but being a captain on the team, we'll definitely get in contact with each other. And even

with Tom too, because Tom is one of the reasons why I'm even here and even having this conversation right now, he's one of the early guys that gave me the green light and believed in me to come on and try out for the team because he's the one setting that final 90 man. So these guys have been a big impact in my life and so there would definitely be a conversation with both these guys just because they have been such pivotal people in my life.

The back half of my career with Brandon so far and then also my entire career with Tom. So it's going to be different for different guys because they have different relationships with these guys. So that's probably how it'll go out. It's it's it's stale. It's stale. Someone's sorry about that.

It's stale. Someone that will always be in your life. Were you guys at Los? Yeah. Well, even if we weren't close, like you're we're're doing such massive things in our life. For me, you said it, like we'd play until I'm 40. The NFL in general is going to be such a story in my life that everyone that's been involved is going to have their partner.

When I retell it, they'll have the moment where it was Anthony Lynn. Now it's Brandon Staley. That's when I got my second contract. It's part of that story. Regardless if it was good, bad, ugly, it was everything, right? It was, we had great runs. We had bad years. And so it is all of it, which is, I think, even better because in the long term, anyway, not right now, it sucks right now, but in the long term, it adds just grit to the story. And, you know, I was talking to, I was talking

to, um, um, actually Tom. And I was like, you know, this, we're going through some, some cloudy times right now. And you know, I, I had to get through cloudy times to get to where I am right now. And so now we're, we're finding it again. And so guess what? I can't wait to continue to push through this stuff. You know, there's all the media about all Austin's wash and all this stuff. And hey, the charger suck and, oh, they got a fire of the code. And it's just like all cloudiness.

But it's just a time where I'm getting tested as a man mentally, right? My poise, right? My mental strength. Like how can I continue to push forward and try to get on the other side of that? And it presents an opportunity that's not always joyful, but it's for me something that's like a challenge and I freaking love challenges. I'm going to freaking kick his ass and continue to push forward, man. And so I'm excited.

I'm excited not for the ass and continue to push forward, man. And so I'm excited. I'm excited not not for the season. The season is sucked. It's been terrible. It's definitely tested me like when you're going when you're going through this, it is one of the worst things because it makes you it makes you think like, oh, like, like I'm get second guest in myself. I'm having a conversation with my running back coach. I'm like, what's going on?

Like I'm trying to figure this out. We're all trying to figure it out. We got the media on our ass where it's like, Oh, you this, all the sports betters are, oh, you know, just, just let you have it. And it's just like, what the heck is happening? And so it's not desirable. And the media makes it even worse. But it's part of sports. And so like I said, it's a little cloudy, but I'm, I'm looking forward to the future. Absolutely. I don't know if you caught with Jamis Winston did yesterday, Austin, but if you're in need

of motivation or in need of motivating others on your team, James Winston was walking around with a briefcase. He's clapping. A mysterious briefcase. Yeah. So for those of you who don't know, he was walking around with a mysterious briefcase. No one knew it was in it. He gave this in passion speech about whatever opened the briefcase.

It was empty. And then he said, that's what's standing in the way of us and greatness. Nothing. So maybe you want to kind of throw that one in there to the rotation. I like it. I think how it was set up. Like if he was like making this big ol' anticipation, like what's in this briefcase is what's, you know, the difference.

And he's like, set it up the whole speech. And then at the end, he's like, all right, this is what it is. And he opens it up and it's nothing. It's like, nothing. Like, I think that could have been epic. That could have been epic. But, but at the same time, who has a sign, James Winston, for being the one to motivate people? And it seems like it's always Winston. Yeah, it seems like he's gun printed his own like sea patch that he puts like on his own shirts and check. Yeah, you are who you are. You're like, look what he's been doing. You know, everyone remembers like the eating the dub thing. Oh, yeah. Oh, back in the days. So he didn't think he could get crazier, did you? He's on the same line

right there. So he hasn't changed. I'm glad to see you hasn't changed. All right, two quick ones will get you out of here. We appreciate the time. It seems like the GM, the GM being fired hurts you more than stale. Not that stale doesn't hurt because the GM was the guy who believed in an undrafted rookie, right? Is that fair to say? Well, it hurts me most is that we suck to this year. That's what hurts me most regardless of they get fired. Not that had no that had no right effect. Obviously had effect on their job. That's why they got fired. If we would have had a great season, then yeah. So yeah, both of those, I don't think it really makes a difference. You know, it was, do you play well or did you not? And you know, I did not play well this season. If you

can look at the numbers, all that stuff. So that's what it's affecting me the most. You're wearing some of this, man. Like it's you're putting some of it on you, man. You have to. You have to. Because you are the one that puts, you as an individual, me, myself, I am the one putting the product on the field.

I am a leader in this organization. And so yeah, it's a collective, but it comes to a point where there's, it's a bunch of collective efforts all together that go and create the product. And so if something is slipping or something is subpar, if it's not addressed, if it's not brought up to speed, then that's a failure on the entire organization, which includes me as an individual. Billy, I'm going to ask it. I'm not certain what sort of reaction we're going to get for Moss,

DeNecler here. But next week, you and Brandon Staley together, what do you think? Oh, she's what are you talking about? I'm going to have a moment. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Flop. Flop.

He's a flopper. Austin, I know something that will cheer you up on the way out here. I didn't answer my question. Oh, I thought you did. No, I thought it's something that could cheer you up. It has been a difficult season. Obviously, it's been a difficult week. But on the bright side, last game of the season, playing the chiefs, one more chance to see Taylor.

season, playing the chiefs, one more chance to see Taylor. Yeah. Wow. I believe what you want the ultimate. That was great. Thanks, Billy. Thanks, Billy. You know, I'm not thinking about you, man. Yeah, I didn't think about it like that.

But now that yeah, yeah. Now, wow. I don't know what makes up for the rough season. I gave it a see Taylor twice. I would say not even close, but keep your head down. Not sure. Keep your head down. All right, I want to see if I can get one more flop out of it. If Austin Eskley was running to chargers,

would he have fired the head coach? Oh, geez. Oh, wow. Wow. Wow. As a player. No, no, because like, like, we're also locked in and tied, right? Like, and it's, it just makes that's now it's now we got to figure out who's what and now the whole

culture's changed. And so, yeah, it's, it's tough. That's why it doesn't happen often. Even on teams that are bad, it doesn't have to not happen often. There's teams that have lost less games than us. Right. And still have their head coach, you know? And so, lost less games than us. Right. And so they're had coach, you know, um, and I, so look, it's not my decision, obviously, that's Dean's decision. Um, and there's three games left. It's not looking great for us for the playoffs. It's like a point zero, seven percent chance. And so they made a change. And guess what? We'll live with it and we'll continue to play as hard as we can. For me, anyway, it changes nothing with my preparation, all that. So, um, go out there and try to give everything I can to lay out one game at a time.

All right. I hate myself for asking that last question. I'm sorry. I'll still. I hate you. It's been through the day, guys. Like, I know. I'm sorry. I listen. It's not fun for us either. Across the line today, man. Like, listen, you know, watch, you know, this is not fun for us. Like, we don't ask for it. It is fun for you, David. You love doing stuff. It's fun for Levitard, not me. You know me, man. I don't want to stick on one topic. But it is a big thing that's happening, right? It's obviously huge news for our organization. So, you know, I was I'm prepared to talk about it absolutely, but yeah, it's tough. It really is tough. It's not the end of the day. No, you were talking about people's families, you know, and we're talking about, you know, it's not just their family,

it's us too. Like, I'm a free agent now. It's like, this is affecting my future too. So you never celebrate or even, you know, really, look, like, there's like so many like fans, like, yeah, I'm like, that's someone's family, man. Like, it's tough. And I'm just like, as a player,

we have to make sure we stay together and we stay connected and go out there. And like I said, continue to play for one another. And if Randall was still here, absolutely, we'd be doing the same thing because there's a lot of back to what Kobe said. There's a lot of grass and a lot of flies and all that. Remember I talked about that. You got to stay locked in on the gazelle.

All right. All right, man, we're sorry for the're sorry, uh, for the probing questions I crossed the line twice. Billy wants you to beat the bills. He wants you to come to my army. But we apologize. We love you, dude. Anything you want to promote on the way out here? No, I'm good. You guys, I appreciate you guys as always. But, um, yeah, yeah, today was a little Taylor was a little edgy today. So we'll come back. Hey, hopefully, um, we can give you some good stuff to talk about next week. And we'll try to go. All I want to talk about next week is, uh, Eastern stick. Can we do that? That's stuff to talk about next week. And we'll try to go. All I want to talk about next week is Eastern stick.

Can we do that? That's it. I like that. You still, you still also, you guys have been promising a best man speech for about three months now that you haven't done. So next week is our week. It's next week. Next week.

Yeah. Next week. Next week. Let's get back to shenanigans. Okay. Very Christmas. Austin. It's going to end up being at the Super Bowl.

And I'm going to be there sitting on your show, and then getting high, so where's the speech? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Thank you, Austin. Thank you so much. And we're back. There it is. I didn't do it before. And I know that you wanted it. So I missed it. We only have a couple minutes here. This is the satisfaction of the day for me. Why? Because it feels like the last week of high school. It feels like our journey this week through football for Monday has ended.

And we're just kind of slowly getting to the end of that journey. Yeah. And there's usually so much left to do. You know what I mean? We have my BB BB BB. Right. Went to says the top five. I have a top five.

You have a top five. Maybe two top five. I think we just have one. Those what we settled on. I think I have the top five. I have a top five. You have top five. Maybe two top five. I think you just have one though is what we settled on. I think I have one. Yeah. Yeah. But then we don't talk to you again until Friday. Right.

You know, that's a sad way for me. Yeah. With our audience is writing to an end for the week. Okay. I mean, you want to do a, No, I don't want to do a episode or no, no, no, no. Yeah, I want to try to get out here. I want to do it every day or.

No, I just want the, I just want the audience to know how much I value them and how sad I am. They're attorney on this Monday has come to an end. It's very kind of you But I don't want to talk to them until Friday. Okay. I'm a day sooner. Really. Yeah, not even Thursday No, okay, not a day soon. Not a day soon. He really misses you on his anyway. So, what do you want to start with the top five? really misses you on. Anyway, so what do you want to start with the top five? Let's start with Fwentus is top five. You have your big board bench coming up. I have a top five, but let's get to my point is told me is top five before we started doing and it made me laugh. Well, he told me the subject and the subject actually made me laugh. So what is your top five? Yeah, top five things I've seen enough of. Oh, I'm done with them. All right. So I actually have a late submission. Oh, I'm done with them. All right.

So, I actually have a late submission OLI. Okay. The late submission OLI, yeah, is backup quarterbacks. Okay. You're tired of seeing backup quarterbacks. Well, nobody ever wants to see him. Right. Then a bunch show up and then all these stupid storylines.

Yeah. You know, Josh Jobs, he's an astronaut. Tommy DeVito's a talent. And Jake Browning, you know, he's Jake Browning and Joe Flacco is back. I think Jake Browning won three national championships in a smaller division, I believe. Oh, then you go to Washington state or something. I don't think he went to Washington state.

Maybe he must have transferred. I think you think about DeVito. No, DeVito went to NC state and we went to Syracuse and then did a year at NC state. Yeah. Well, either way, look at that. We got the storylines all mixed up because here's the problem, right? Is that there's too many of these. We've seen too many of them. There's too many stories. We can't keep them straight. That's too many. Is that your cheers? Yeah. Yeah. Cause I don't think Jake Browning won anything. Never. You know, what are you going to do?

Stu, we've had two decades of backup quarterbacks. Right. Yes, we have. Even our starters are backups. Yeah, he went to Washington. I don't know, we have. Even our starters are backups. Yeah, he went to Washington. I don't know who I saw the one three national championships. He went to Washington. Someone. We're talking about a quarterbacks. There's a thing also at the internet, like,

internet is full of liars, OK? And like, I don't have the bandwidth to keep up with who's telling the truth and who's lying. So I just assume everyone's telling me the truth. I'm sorry for believing you audience and thinking that you're good people. My best guess as to who won three national championships on a D2 team is Nick Mullins.

That would be my best guess. No, he went to Southern Mississippi. Yeah, he went to the Breff Farves, all the matter. So who won three national championships? I think it was Baygent. Guys, really special Baygent? Baygent, yeah, the special Baygent. No, someone from yesterday, Billy, say,

oh, well, even look at that. We're already all crossed up. We're getting bogged out. Yeah. Next week, I'm going to do in top five backup quarterback stories. And I'm going to rank them because now Billy's trying to find it. I know it was someone. The uniform. Is what I can tell you, the uniform was yellow. It was yellow. That was yellow yellow. So Steelers, maybe no, no, no, no, the uniform of the national champion was yellow. Oh, yellow South Dakota state maybe I don't know It's off Dakota state or North Dakota. We've got a way bog down. But who's the damn quarterback North Dakota Number four. Yeah Trevor Lawrence

I said this in the second segment. He's bad Okay, if he was in New York like he'd be getting throttled like you would not be able to perform like that in New York I'm gonna wait with it. Okay. yeah number three the Atlanta Falcons in general Tough team to watch I had a little bit of hope last week Desmond Ritter was dealing Drake London look like a player John Smith though shining Every week that I don't have him he does great and every week that I do have him he does not Carson once went there. I mean no it wasn't Carson I don't have him he does great and every week that I do have him he does not Carson once went there. I mean, no, it wasn't Carson once. Don't worry about this I was so bogged down. I was wrong. I apologize. I was wrong. I am so bogged out right now. All right anyway, go ahead. This guy this one eastern stick

Oh, I think it was He sounds like a guy It was it was It's thick. His name is quarterback. His name is a baseball bat. Yes. He should be baseball boy. I was actually wrong. He's a four time FCS champion. Wow. Where you go? Easton stick dynasty. Mm-hmm. Not to go to state, right? Yeah. Uh, North Dakota. North Dakota. Stay one of the code is always one of the four time National champion. Jim. I know it's a code of stork to code of st I know it's a code of st I always wanted to code Four time national champion Go ahead and try this

Number two, New York Jets Okay, look Now they're on podcasts Exactly, they're out of the play offs Rodgers isn't coming back Right, every quarterback they have states The defense got exposed Right

It's the sopranos It's over, find a new show Okay, that's all We're done here Okay, okay Number one, Tommy DeVito's agent. Guys walking around with his green jacket yesterday on the sidelines. Yeah. Listen, Fame Jack. Exactly. Listen. There's one green jacket that matters.

We have it out of the Gustav. Whoa. You're right. Very careful with that. Yeah. I mean, the Italian Hall of Fame. Yeah. People just concerned about you. That's very careful. That's great. That's great. To the town last week and this week, he's a joke. Exactly. He's not a joke. Did you see what you see with the Saints were doing? He's a joke. One does the same. He's a

joke. Well, he leaned into the joke, but did you see what they did every time they would sack Davido yesterday? No. The Saints would give him a hand. Yeah. He was the victim of a late hit. Well, they sat him up until that it was like a couple, it was like four plays before the half and then he ended up coming back out.

That's what happens though. I mean, scary moment. Yeah, but you have a couple of good games and the agents, you know, become a star and then all of a sudden the Saints want to beat the hell out of you. And they did. All right. Top five quarterbacks who weren't the starting quarterbacks for their team when the season started about that.

Ready? Quickly. Number five, Case Kingdom. Because you won yesterday. Number four, Aiden O'Connell. Big Aiden O'Connell game. Big game. Number three, Jake Browning.

These are quarterbacks who are not the starting quarterbacks when the season started. Yeah, two better than that. Number two, Joe Flacco. And number one, he's been great. He got to give him credit. Gardner Minshew. I said it the first time Richardson got hurt. You're better with Gardner Minshew. I forgot that he wasn't the start of that.

How long ago that happens? Yes, Richardson. Remember, he was your top rookie. You were just a younger. That came ended so quick. Let's in. Yeah. Bryce, you guys a chance to get right back in this thing. We'll wait on the weekend. Let me tell you. But not part of this is debating. You know what I mean? Yeah. Let's get to Billy's big board bets. Mikey did it last week. Billy was out. Mikey went one and two. No, I did it last week. I went to one. We both did it last

week. If it took all of our picks, you went three and two. No, I did a last week. I went two and one. No, we both did it last week. We both did it. If it took all of our picks, you went three and three. Five points. Anyway, let's get started. I lost the main. Anyway, go ahead. Anyway, so these are bets that, you know, maybe I would make if I was living in a state where I could, you know, bet with a draft Kings force book.

We get it. Anyways, here's the first one, AJ Brown, under six and a half receptions today. Wow. Okay. Alright. At present time, we don't know who's gonna be quarterback for either team. Okay.

So that seems like a recipe for, let's go under on receptions. That has been the case, the entire season. Fans are going to games all across America, wondering who's gonna play quarterback for their team. Yeah. Take a present state of the same though. It's unbelievable, man.

It's your Carolina. Unless you're in Carolina. It's your Carolina. What's your Carolina? Unless you're in Carolina. How much was it eight bucks? 45 cents. 45 cents. I got to tell you over paid if you paid 45 cents. Especially with that one. I'll leave the sitting around. $20 and fees. Yeah. Put it on the ball is 45 cents too much for a Carolina Panther ticket. Thank you. All right. Next one.

DK McCaff, anytime touched down. DK McF, seems like Billy likes the Seahawks tonight down on the Eagles. Years the thing about the DK McCaff any time touchdown. Like Wendy's has a parlay in which he needs DK McCaff to score a touchdown today. Also our friend Andy Slater. Yes. On Monday had a parlay with the sportsbook that generated him, I think like $26,000. It was like a six, it was like a sick, well,

hold on to your hat. Okay, hold on. He has an anytime touchdown, Parlay here, and all he needs is a DK Mecalf touchdown, and he will win $59,000. So Andy Slater could have won $90,000 this week in Parlay's. He's won touchdown away from that as DK Mecalf. Really?

Yeah, okay, I'm rooting against DK Meckoff. Really? I don't know why. I don't like what other people win money. That's not nice. I know. It's so bad. Scoops later, huh?

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