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Episode Date: April 4, 2025

Billy, Mikey A and Fuentes discuss all the NFL headlines including the Cowboys trade for a QB, the Browns admitting a mistake and the Olympic flag football team. Plus, should the NFL Awards have a "beauty pageant" feel to it? We debut a new game called "anonymous sources" and we say goodbye to a deal friend in the NFL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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but I'm worried that when I do give you the name, you're gonna wanna tune out, and I'm asking you don't tune out because you're going to want to be you want to you're going to want to listen to this one. Yeah. This one is called the Jets story of the week. Now, if you don't like the Jets, you're probably going to say I don't want to stick around to hear more Jets talk. But as you know, with the history of the Jets, it's probably not going to be a favorable story of the week for the Jets. So we're going to be doing the Jets story of the week. Stugats will not be joining us. We don't know

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It's called Here's a Headline. Let's do it. Here's a headline. Boo boo boo boo boo boo boo boo. Head a headline. Let's do it. Here's a headline. Here's a headline. All right. Who wants to go first today? You want me to go first? Mike, you want to go first? Fuentes, you want to go first? You always go first. I like you going first. I like when Billy goes first.

All right. Here's a headline. And this is a big one. This was the talk of the NFL earlier this week. And its implications are gonna be seen from sea to shining sea. The Dallas Cowboys have made a trade. The Cowboys are in agreement with the New England Patriots for Joe Milton III to be the backup quarterback

for Dak Prescott. The Patriots were gonna use him as their third quarterback, but the Cowboys are now in need of a backup now that Cooper Rush has left. And I know a lot of you are saying, hey, this is not a headline. This is not a big deal. And I say, no, this was the talk of the league on Thursday.

And we needed to pay attention to it for a number of reasons, including Dak Prescott is always hurt. So that position is actually not a bad position to be in. And furthermore, I will say dating back to last week, there were some rumblings that the Cleveland Browns were thinking about trading for Dak Prescott. So while it seems like a nothing story,

Joe Milton might find himself in a very desirable position now with the Dallas Cowboys. Yeah, Joe Milton was kind of one of the hot names. Everybody was trying to sort of bring him in to be their backup in hopes that some of the magic they saw, whether it be in preseason or when he was in college, they could tap that potential and sort of bring him along as a starting quarterback. And, you know, in Dallas, you're going to get work as the backup quarterback. It's just that's just how they're built. And you have C.D. Lam. Why not? It's not a bad place to be if you're going to be a backup quarterback.

This, no, this reminds me of Matt Flynn. Remember, Matt Flynn? He had one big game with the Packers when Aaron Rogers sat out. And it was like, out and it was like I think it was like a six touchdown game or something crazy like that and he basically made his whole career against the Patriots Yes, and he basically made his whole career off that one game and then of getting a big contract with Seattle I don't think he did anything else of note Yeah, then Russell Wilson

Yeah, they signed him and drafted Russell Wilson in the fifth round Russell Wilson beat him out Yeah, and then and Joe Milton had a great week. I want to say 17 or 18. God knows what it is now. And then this is all spurned off that because we were I remember we were sitting at this very desk saying he was slinging it that week. So like you said in Dallas, very likely to get playing time. So hopefully it works out for them. I feel like Jerry Jones likes splashing names and he was a hot topic.

And here we are. Here we are. All right, Mike, you have a headline for them. I feel like Jerry Jones likes splashing names and he was a hot topic and here we are. Here we are. All right, Mike, you have a headline for us? Well, here's a headline. Speaking of splashing names, Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam has admitted that maybe, just maybe, they made a little bit of a mistake in signing, trading for and signing Deshaun Watson. Quote, we took a big swing and a miss with Deshaun. We thought we had a quarterback. We didn't. And we gave up a lot of draft picks to get them. So we've got to dig ourselves out of that hole. That hole is a, it's a chasm. It's, it's a canyon. Right now, if they were to cut Deshaun Watson, it would be a $167 million dead cap hit. And it doesn't get much better next year. If they cut him next year, it's $131 million

in dead cap. They went all in on a player, and it was the exact wrong player to do so. If you remember even when the Texans were going to trade him, he was like, no, Cleveland's out. And then Cleveland's like, well, what if we gave you this? He's like, you're gonna give me all, okay, I'm in, I'll do that. I don't know how the Browns recover within the next two, three years from this Deshaun Watson ordeal,

but it's funny to hear him say that they had a swing and a miss on a quarterback who's still on the team. I mean, he's hurt and he's probably not going to play this year, but he's still there. That's the awkward thing of this whole saga, right? Is usually when you say that someone was a massive mistake, a swing and a miss, it's after you've released them. And it's usually like a decent,

somewhat respectable amount of time after. It's not like the day you release them, like this person was a disaster, we had to move on. It's like, let's be a little classy here, we'll wait, and then a month from now, someone will catch up to me, and I'll just say this thing off the record, and oh no, I was supposed to be private conversation. No, no, Jimmy's just coming out and telling you

this was a massive mistake and to your point, he is still on the roster. And they can't get rid of him or it would make no sense to get rid of him. So they're going to be paying him for the foreseeable future. He, I guess, will still be on the roster or they'll release him but still have all that dead cap money. Things are just going to be awkward here.

They're going to be awkward here for the Browns. The Browns may draft a quarterback, even though it seems as though they're trending towards not drafting a quarterback. They still have quarterbacks out there that they may go after, like a Kirk Cousins type. The Browns are the Browns, there's no Browns story of the week, there's a Jet story of the week that we'll get to later, but the Browns, I just, they did all of this for absolutely no reason.

Like, they took the hit when Deshaun Watson was going through all of the accusations, which I don't think all of that is even settled. But they were they kind of went through all of that for nothing because he was never very good for them. The crazy part about it is they did all this before, like after that stuff came out. They knew what they were getting into.

Yeah. When they traded for him, they were like, yeah, we know all about that. And they even sort of built things into his contract to be like, no, you're gonna get past this. Like the year that he got suspended, his salary was $1 million. So that when he lost that year of salary,

he lost $1 million. Whereas the rest of it is all guaranteed. And they knew what they were getting into. There's no legal recourse for them to get out of this contract. They just have to kind of take it. Yeah, they bet everything on Deshaun Watson and to an extent sold their soul for Deshaun Watson just to have it blow up in their face. And now it's they've acknowledged it, but can't fix it

and can't do anything about it. And they're just kinda like, yeah, we know. Which by the way, for Jimmy Haslam, it's incredible because he's like, you know what? This one's on me. And it's like, yeah, yeah, we know this one's on you. And also, you're the owner of the team. So there's no ramification.

So like, way to be the guy that's gonna take one for the team here, but there are no consequences for this mistake by you whatsoever I gotta tell you though. It's nice to hear an owner take some ownership of some of his mistakes We'll get into that in a little bit. Oh a little teasy. Okay, Brown should have been in on Joe Milton Wow, I'm pretty sure they were yeah, they must have been because if you're not going to play the guy that you're just giving truckloads of money to, you might as well take a shot on Joe Milton for a few years. Maybe this pans out, maybe it doesn't. And then you're lucky to get in for a few cheap years. You know, can, uh, can I tell you what, what we will see at some point this NFL season? And, and maybe I'm right. Maybe I'm wrong. I think that the Browns are going to end up with another like UFL quarterback on their roster. So like if you're watching the UFL that's going on now, keep an eye on the quarterbacks because one of them is maybe the Browns quarterback, you know, by week 12.

I'm not, I'm not really sure like how many years Deshaun Watson has left on this deal, but this is the perfect excuse to like just start taking a ton of swings on quarterbacks. They may or may not pan out, right? Because why not? Like you're probably not going to be any good unless, unless you think Kirk Cousins is really gonna move the needle. Like you might as well just take some swings. You have a good excuse. Like this guy just didn't work out. So we're gonna try all this.

And then once this is off the books, we'll get back into it. You know, I guess you can't really do that because you have the Miles Garrett clock now. So. D'Shawn Watson's playing contract runs through the 2026 season, but they're gonna be paying him

for at least three more years after that with void years. She's it's a disaster. All right. It's a total. You have a headline. Yes. Speaking of total disasters, the Trey Hendrickson saga in Cincinnati, Trey Hendrickson, disappointed by the Bengals stance on his contract. Now for those who don't know, Trey Hendrickson led the league in sacks last year. He had 17 and a half. The Bengals don't really seem to be interested in paying guys on defense.

Uh, Katie Blackburn, the team's, uh, executive vice president said at winter meetings, I think he should be happy at certain rates that maybe he doesn't think he'd be happy at. I think some of it is on him to be happy at some point. And if he's not, you know, that's what holds it up sometimes. So, you know, it takes him to say yes to something. And also we all have to respect in the world for him. So he didn't like that. I totally understand.

31 years old coming off two consecutive 17 and a half sack seasons. He's seeing Jamar Chase get his money. Higgins get his money. And then it kind of figures out what's left for me. So I can understand why he'd be disappointed in that. That seems like sure that was a comment straight out of the what not to say about a player you're negotiating with. Yeah, that's that was that was like the absolute worst thing you could say.

Like he should just be happy with what he's got. Yeah, be happy with the rate you got. Basically is what you're saying. It's great. The rate like it's an interest rate. It seems very much not how to handle one of your better players who he has also said, they haven't really been in contact with me.

And they told me last season that we were going to sort this out this off season because I believe this is the last year that he's under contract. And it would appear as though, and I don't know this, the Bengals don't really seem very much interested in resolving this issue with those comments or it was the absolute worst PR move ever made by this team. I don't I don't know what they're thinking by making those comments, because if you're him, why would you want to resign with this team at this point? One more year on his deal to he has the next series,

he has unrestricted free agent in twenty twenty six. OK, so and you know, why are bad teams always so bad? Like, I mean, we're going to do the Jets thing in a little bit. That's going to be hysterical. We're going to like we just talked about the Cleveland Browns and the Cincinnati Bengals. Like, why are these teams always so bad? Why can't they learn from some of their mistakes? But a little unfair to put the talking about Joe burrow. I'm not talking about like they're very talented, but the organizations themselves are. Our dumpster fires most of the time. I wouldn't. Why is that? I wouldn't go and put the Jets and Browns with the Bengals just yet, but this is like a seriously bad.

The only difference between the Jets, Browns and Bengals is the Jets hit on is the Bengals hit on Joe Burrow. And that is the only difference. They went to a cerebral. Because they hit on Joe Burrow. But that's but that's. They went to a cerebral. Because they hit on Joe Burrow. Yeah, but that's what it takes. But it's also like, it's like what Billy said,

and what you said too, Mikey, is this probably just doesn't have to be said. Like, you could just be like, oh, we're in negotiations, and that's it. It definitely doesn't have to be said. You're wondering why it is that these teams are always in this position. It's because these teams make comments like that.

Like, the people running the team think you know what? This is an appropriate thing to say and that's why they're these teams It's it's it's flabbergasting to me how some organizations can run so yes good word This is the by the way in case you couldn't tell I'm feeling a little sick today I'm a little under the weather so this is gonna be my be my Jordan. This is going to be my Jordan flu game. Um, yeah, this is, this is, it, it, it's absolutely mind boggling to me how some teams can run so smooth and efficiently and whether or not they have the talent and they win every year is, is, is not, is not the case, but.

Bad teams are just going to be bad. Yep. the case, but bad teams are just going to be bad. Yeah, when we come back, Mike Fuentes, we're going to introduce you to a new game called the Jets story of the week. Hello, hello. Hi, like to make a toast to the return of baseball and draft season right around the corner. Speaking of drafts, from game night to parties with friends or special anniversaries, celebrating important occasions means more moments with the coolest people in your life.

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because I have three more headlines that we didn't get to. And then I want to introduce you guys to Our new game the Jets story of the week. Does that sound good for you guys? Do you have other plans you want to do do you want to just talk about something else? How are we feeling what's going on with their lives? What do you think? Everybody in the AL Central is two and four. That's crazy. Really? I Can't believe that the Braves Time of taping still have not won a game. But you know what's funny about that?

I missed Java. I did too. We were talking about the Braves this morning, and we said they had a brutal start to the season. You have a seven game road trip out in Los Angeles, Southern California area, against San Diego, and then you played the Dodgers, but now you got three games at home against the Marlins.

It's a get right series. I don't know. Marlins are feisty. Yeah, Marlins are feisty, but. It's a get right, get right series. I don't know. Marlins are feisty. Yeah, Marlins are feisty, but. Could be a measuring stick series. By the way, thoughts and prayers to Jobba and his family. His dad passed away a couple weeks ago. So I have spoken to him since then.

He's doing well, but obviously it's a trying time for him and his family. So we do miss Jobba. We love Jobba and his family. So hopefully they're all doing a lot better now. Here's a headline. I don't know another way to transition from here's a headline. Roger Goodell says that we should know within the next 60 days if NFL players will be allowed to play in the 2028 Olympics as part of the flag football team.

They're negotiating obviously with the players union and a number of entities, but the NFL players who have been talking about wanting to participate for both the US and their home countries will know within the next 60 days, according to Roger Goodell, if they will be allowed to participate in the Olympics. Here's another interesting factor is that that's all well and good but it's 2025 so the players that think that they want to

participate in the Olympics in 2025 might not be the ones that are participating in 2028. Tyree Kill who's constantly talking about how he wants to be on that team. Tyree Kill. I'm wondering how many players skill set would transfer well to flag football. I can I tell you can I take a lot of people please God all of them. Okay, like this this whole this whole business that we get from like the captain of the flag football team that compares himself to Patrick Mahomes and he says that he would do better

on that team than Patrick Mahomes. Sir, respectfully, no, that is not the case. These are professional football players. The skill position players will do just fine on the US flag football team at the Olympics. Go on. Sorry. I feel like I undercut what you were going to ask, but go on, go on. All of them is the answer.

They will all do just fine in a flag football game. I asked the question to get that response. That's all. I asked the question to get exactly what I got. It worked. The idea that there are NFL players that are less skilled at touch football than the people who-

Flag, flag football. Flag football. The idea that the people who flag flag football flag football the idea that the people who play flag football respectfully to all of the flag football players out there the idea that failed football players who resort to playing flag football are better at playing flag football than the professionals who play the actual game is? Pure idiocy to me respectfully to everyone involved in this situation respectfully exactly what I wanted Exactly what I wanted Respectfully you're right, and I don't think like a 38 year old Tyree kill would be bad on that team

I feel like he'll still be very fast He is the number one skill required for flag football I'm guessing right like speed he he will be fat. I mean I Will take him and people will get mad at me for this I will take a 38 year old Tyreek Hill to beat team France in flag football. Yes, I would that's what I'm saying Like I don't think he'll be 38. I think I'll be younger than that I think he'll be like 35 or 36 or something. I would take a 38 year old Tyree kill whatever year that is I'm sorry to be team France correct like I'm sorry which which team would you be? I'm sorry Belgium

We're gonna get smoked by Tyree kill. That's just which which team are you sit in Tyree kill? Well, the only team I'm worried about is Canada right, so Sitting Tyree kill Let see. I guess I guess we're going to get some alouettes out there. I guess if Estonia is in the tournament, I'm probably sitting Tyreek Hill against Estonia. I don't know how much Estonians love flag football. So I'm not. I'm not the quarterback for Team USA. It's three years from now. OK, you have to think. Here's a question. Yeah, OK.

What who's the worst quarterback Team USA could send and still win a gold medal? Jack Wilson, Joe Milton, Joe Milton. I would love Joe Millen. Joe Mill, Joe Mill would be fantastic. I would love Joe Mill. I don't know. Joe Mill. Joe Mill would be fantastic because I'm thinking like because if I'm if I'm Josh, I guess they'd all want to play, right? Because it's flag football. They get to have time.

Yeah. But see, Josh Allen to me, like that's one of the guys where it's like you can't really run somebody over. Yeah. But I think it's still probably faster. You know, it'd be a great flag football quarterback. That's why I mean, Kyler Kyle, Murray, Kyle, Murray, Lamar Jackson, Joe, give me those guys.

Yeah, I wonder who's going to buy for that position. Like, is it going to be the guy that has won Super Bowls that wants now the medal or is it going to be the guy that hasn't been able to? That's like, this is how this is how I'm going to cement my legacy is like I will be the guy that wins the first gold medal for football for the US. You know what else I'm looking forward to?

The, huh, I didn't know he was from there. When I'm watching, I play football. When all of a sudden you see some guy and you're like, huh, I didn't know he was German. Yeah, I think. Oh, I didn't know that his great grandfather was half German and was eligible. Billy just said it. You're gonna get a lot of guys with like a stretched ancestry

Who would never make team USA but all of a sudden they're like burners on dude You know what I mean 23 and me is gonna be doing monster business Went out of business yeah, they file for bankruptcy That's what there's like a big controversy on the internet now, like delete all your information from 23andMe before they sell it to the highest bidder. Okay, well, one of those will be back. One of those is gonna be, yeah.

Yeah, ancestry.com. One of those is gonna be doing monster business in 2028 so we can find some connection points. Hey, here's a headline. Andrew Whitworth is pushing for the quote unquote shield award, a working title, I will sell you, it's been noted many times, this is a working title, and the shield award would go to the best offensive lineman each year as part of the NFL honors. Andrew Whitworth is not thrilled with the idea that offensive linemen get overlooked.

Andrew Whitworth himself won the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award a number of years ago. But it has been noted that an offensive lineman has not won any of the other major awards outside of the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award. So Andrew Whitworth is pushing for the Shield Award at the NFL honors. Your thoughts? I have no problem. I think I think that's a fantastic idea.

Name's got to go. Name's a little bit working title, a little bit, a little bit cheesy. It's a working. It's a working title. I will say this, if you're asking for my two cents, which you haven't asked for. But if you're asking for my two cents, I think the shield award, that is a pre-ceremony award that is handed out. That is something that you inform the winner of as they're on the red carpet.

Hey, congratulations, you won the SHIELD Award presented by degree or whoever's gonna present the SHIELD Award. You know? Yeah, it's gotta be some kind of home protection thing, like by brain security. ADT, correct, ADT. ADT, yeah, something like that.

Yeah, I could see that, I could see that. But that's like a Pre-ceremony thing like we're not gonna take substantial amounts of time to dedicated this off-camera. Yeah I disagree because I think offensive linemen are some of the funnier guys on teams And I think you could be missing a hell of a speech Offensive linemen are kind of like lefty relievers. They're all a little bit off You kind of have to be to do the work that they do. Now, there's there's obviously some boring ones but I think if you got a an offensive lineman

in front of a microphone for a few minutes, you'll get a you'll get a few good chuckles. Okay. So, I think then if we do pass the shield award working title, if we pass the shield award uh and we do it during the main ceremony, you really need to think about who the first winner is and not necessarily have it be the best offensive lineman. You need someone who, to Mikey's point, is gonna deliver a good speech, a good player, obviously,

but deliver a good speech because I feel like there's a one-year testing ground on this. And if it goes poorly, off the main show. I'm gonna expand it, okay? All awards, you know what you should be having? Tryouts for your speech. Whether you make the broadcast or not. Oh, this person wants to win best actor

but his speech is terrible. No, get that off. Give me the guy that's gonna entertain me for a few minutes. Okay, so. I don't care who wins. I want a good speech. Let me ask you a question. So if the MVP is boring, I don't to see that speech. Just tell me who won. That's all I care about. But if you're telling me the offensive lineman who won the shield award is going to be entertaining,

let that guy go. So just to be clear here, I just want to make sure I'm understanding this properly. You're saying that before it makes air, they need to disclose their speech and then it's determined whether or not it's on air or are you saying that all of the participants should need to perform their speech for a committee almost like an old-school beauty pageant where you ask the questions and then the award is given not only to the best, but also taken into account is the quality of the speech. I was all for the former, and then what you said makes me think

I kinda wanna see the latter. I mean, the former was like, cause if you did the work, you should get the award. I just don't need to see your speech. Yeah. That's all I'm saying. Okay. So if you won the best whatever, you should get the award. But now I kinda wanna see a beauty pageant type thing

at some of these things. What if we did go full beauty pageant with the NFL honors and it's like, okay, you have your past performance, the game tape, whatever. That's one portion of the board game. 30% of your score. Yeah, you have the speech, that's another percentage. And then boom, swimsuit competition.

Swimsuit competition, can't you say like, give me an offensive lineman and you go, your quarterback was just pushed down by a defensive lineman after the play. How would you resolve the situation? And give him a microphone and he's gotta talk about, you know, brotherhood and all that stuff. Yeah, I kinda wanna see that.

I'm gonna put down, so we have past performance, we're gonna have the speech, we're gonna have the question, we're gonna have the swimsuit, and we're gonna have the formal wear. And the formal wear has to be different from the suit that they wear on the red carpet. So you're gonna need three outfits at least for this award. And I think that what you do is you break it up

over the night, right? So like maybe honestly, maybe this is what we do. Maybe we do this for the MVP, right? And see how it goes and then throughout NFL honors, we have them come and like, okay, this is the portion of the MVP, right? And see how it goes. And then throughout NFL honors, we have them come and like, okay, this is the portion of the MVP award that we're gonna dedicate to the formal wear. And here's the question and answer, right?

And then at the end, you do the speeches and then you announce the winner. And then if that works out for the MVP, then we extend it to all the awards. And then the NFL honors is just like 15 hours long. I like this. Yes, me too. Hey, here's a headline. Mark Davis, owner of the Las Vegas Raiders, said, quote, according to the athletic, quote, This is my favorite time of year. We're all undefeated. You always

want to compete, but you have to be honest. Are we going to win the Super Bowl this year? I don't know. It's possible. You're not good for him. I'll go ahead and spoil. I'll go ahead and spoil it for you. You're not. But yeah, it's my favorite time of year, too. Anonymous sources, rule changes.

I kind of love this quote, to be honest. I do too. It was a roller coaster for me. Yes, because he's like, I'm a realist, but maybe. It's kind of a little bit of everything. You know what? Because they come out and they give you the cliches, like, oh, we're going to put a competitive team on the field,

and you know, all this crap. He's like, ah, well, are we? I don't know, maybe. Like, I kind of like it. It was a rollercoaster. It started out with, this is my favorite time of the year, we're all undefeated. It's like, uh oh, loser mentality. Here we go. And he's like, you always want to compete, but let's be honest. Are you going to win the Super Bowl? And you're like, oh, oh, Mark, I don't know. I don't know. We're right at going downhill. You're realistic, but I don't know if I want to hear that from the owner that he's already given up on the season. He goes, I don't know. I don't know. We're going downhill. You're realistic, but I don't know if I want to hear that from the owner that he's already given up on the season. He goes, I don't know. It's possible. Boom. We're right back up. Yeah. You got a mark. David. You got to love a good. Let's be honest. Yeah. Whatever you hear that in a quote, you know, it's a banger. Like, let's be honest. It's a banger. The thing about the let's be honest, though, rarely followed by honesty. In this case, very honest, very honest here. The let's be honest though rarely followed by honesty in this case very

honest very honest here the let's be honest is kind of like I'm looking for an excuse here but he's like let's be honest we're the Raiders come on but what Geno come on what let's be honest here what are we gonna do Pete Carroll just in a back room like yeah yeah yeah yeah kind of takes the pressure off the players too, right? I was like, well, the other doesn't seem to care for good or not. He's super chill. He just signs a check.

It's awesome. Hey, Mike Fuentes, you want to real quick here, debut our new segment called the Jets story of the week? Can you do it in 25 seconds? Yeah, we can do it in 25 seconds. You know what? You know what? We can take longer.

How about that? I know the Jets are important. Look at this guy. Lucy Goosey, Mike Fuentes on this side. Let's be honest. All right? It's April. Okay. Let's be honest. It's April. The draft is a couple of weeks away. Again, if you want to hang out with us in the draft night,

Draft King Sports and Social, we're going to be there for the first round of the NFL Draft on Thursday, April 24th. Okay. This is how the Jets' Story of the Week goes, Mike Fuentes, and this is a segment that you're gonna love because you are the star of this segment. So the Jets' Story of the Week works like this. Mike Ye is gonna give you a Jets' Story of the Week,

and I'm gonna give you a Jets' Story of the Week, and you are gonna determine which is the Jets' Story of the Week. Spoiler, neither one is gonna make the Jets story of the week. Spoiler, neither one is gonna make the Jets look good. Oh. Oh, wow. That's all right. Yeah. You want me to go first or you wanna go first, Mike?

You go ahead first. All right. Here's my submission to Mike Fuentes for the Jets story of the week. This week, Jets owner Woody Johnson discussed receiving an F grade in the player's report card and he said it was totally bogus. And that is my submission to the Jets,

Story of the Week. Okay, give me my keys. That's hard to beat. Yeah, give me my keys. But I think I could beat it. That's give me my, but I think I could beat it. It's hard to beat, but I think I could beat it. It is the complete opposite of Mark Davis's, let's be honest, because Woody Johnson has come out and said, an F for me? For me?

The stable New York Jets? Impossible. This must be bogus. This whole system is rigged and everybody is lying to me because I'm Woody Johnson and everybody loves me. It's hard to beat, but I can beat it. This week, Woody Johnson said, I think Justin Fields is going to be a total winner for us. He's gonna be the starter as you found out. I've been impressed with him since his college days.

It was him or Trevor Lawrence. They selected Zach Wilson. They had the second pick. They didn't take him. They took Zach Wilson. But he's saying now it was him or Justin Fields. I don't know how it got said. Wilson Jet story of the week. I'm supposed to pick which one is real

No, they're both real. Those are both Unfortunately, very real. They're both unfortunately very real. That's what I was gonna say the way Mikey passionately delivered that I know it's real and Billy was so excited to tell me that it's bogus part that I knew that was real too So yeah, what am I supposed to do? Unfortunately, just pick which one is your jet. Which one is the story of the week? Yeah, they both both around the owner. I'm going to say Mikey A's just because it's funny that he's like, yeah, Justin Fields was the guy,

but then they didn't take him. So they didn't take him. It was him the whole time. Yeah. We didn't take him. Mikey A is the inaugural winner of the Jet Story of the Week. Yeah, I was gonna I was gonna I was gonna vote for that one too. Mikey, that's a great story. What a franchise you root for, huh?

Thank you. Jets. Thank you. Go Jets. When we come back. Another new segment called anonymous sources presented by Smirnoff. Hello, God bless football audience. The football season does not end with the big game. You go into the offseason, the free agency signings, and then the NFL draft. That is what we're all about over here. As people debate who goes number one quarterback, pass rusher, cornerback, slash wide receiver, one thing that is not up for debate is who the world's number one vodka is. It's Smirnoff. So if you're having a draft party, your number one pick better be Smirnoff. And thanks to Smirnoff, God Bless Football is doing their first ever watch-along livestream in front of a live audience in Nashville, Tennessee.

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told me that it existed and I immediately got very excited because I don't know if you've caught on to this if you say the word game I'm a generally excitable person and I just love the idea of games so you have a new segment that you want to debut called anonymous sources presented by spirit off the world's number one vodka please drink responsibly so I don't know what it is I don't know how long it's gonna take I don't know what it is. I don't know how long it's going to take. I don't know how it works. So I'm just going to hand it off to you and then you can take it from here. So essentially this is like Mark Davis. This is my favorite time of the year too, because you have rule changes, contracts, and anonymous sources talking about other teams.

And I went through and scoured and went to one website and collected a bunch of anonymous comments from random NFL coaches and execs about other teams. And what I want to do is read a quote from an anonymous source and you guys tell me which team he's talking about. Okay, I have a question before we get started. So this is all one source about all different teams? These are all different sources about all different teams. Okay, I love this.

So we're not get, we're guessing which team the source is talking about. Yes. Okay. I only changed very little, like I took out a name and might've added a position so that it was easier without giving it away. Okay, so you didn't change anything to be deceptive.

You just gave it more context or less context. I gave it less context. So like instead of saying a quarterback's name, I said their quarterback. I got it. Okay, when says I'm going to be keeping score. Are me and friends is competing against each other? Yes, of course. I'll give. Okay. Fuentes I'm going to be keeping score. Are me and Fuentes competing against each other? Yes, of course.

Oh, I love it. I'll give you guys. I'll give you guys a choice AFC or NFC today. Hmm, cuz you got it. You got to narrow it down a little bit. Okay, Fuentes is. Fuentes can choose. I'm gonna go AFC.

Okay. Good. All right. You ready? First one quote. How can you build around him to get him where he needs to go? I'm gonna go with fronts and defense over skill, especially when you already have one

of the highest paid receivers. To sign another one, that's interesting to me. Bangles. Yeah, that's easy bangles. There you go, you guys nailed it. Wow. One for one, both of you. If it was, if you had said that.

Okay, we'll both get the points. Yeah, if you had said that a season ago, I would have said dolphins. Okay. Well, not whatever or whatever waddles contract was. Yeah. Here's a quote from one executive about an AFC team by changing the offensive coordinator out. It almost appears like they are changing the styles of players that they deal with and wanting a little bit more tough, a little bit more finish and maybe a little less athlete. Man, if it was the NFC, I would have a guess. AFC. Can you read it again? By changing the offensive coordinator out, it almost appears like they are changing the

styles of players that they deal with and wanting a little bit more tough, a little bit more finish, and maybe a little less athlete. A little less athlete. If you guys want a lifeline, I can give you the division. I'm going to take the Texans. Yeah, I'm gonna say, just to have some variance, I'm gonna say the Jaguars. Billy is two for two. Wow. Billy is two for two. I'm just not really up to date on offensive coordinators.

All right, Fuentes, you go first this time. Okay. Quote, they just don't have enough there to warrant that they are going to have a better commitment to the run game and better protection for their quarterback. Contrast them with Chicago, which made two trades for starting offensive lineman before free agency. That has not been their way up front.

I'm going to say the Texans again. Billy? The inclusion of Chicago. Well it's an AFC team. I know. I mean I think it could be the dolphins. Final answer. I'm gonna go with the dolphins. Billy's three for three. Yeah, Billy is three. Billy. Billy. You those are their problems.

Those are their problems. All right, here we go. I like this one quote. are they drafting or tanking? You're not guaranteed Arch Manning is going to come out or that he will agree to go there. So my guess is they need to take a quarterback this year. If you were taking, I don't know why you would pay the guys that you paid? Went as first. AFC team. Are they drafting or tanking?

You are not guaranteed Arch Manning is going to come out or that he will go there. So my guess is they have to draft a quarterback this year. If that was NFC, that so could be the Giants, but it's not the NFC. Yeah, the thing is, it's it's it's gotta be. We're tanking. I don't know why you would pay the guys you paid. Oh, the Browns. Oh, wait. Huh? Yeah, I, uh, that's a good guess.

I, yeah, I'll go with them too, but Fuentes get the point. Billy's on fire. I said the browns. You get Fuentes, you got it, but Billy has, because you know what gave it away? You said there's no guarantee he'll go there. So that automatically means it's like a historically bad team. By the way, I had to, I had to change it because the quote was there's no guarantee he'll go to Cleveland. Okay. All right. There's a lot of NFC and I mean that would have fit the Giants perfectly.

But we'll save the Giants for maybe next week. Well, because you pay you paid two quarterbacks this offseason. So why would you waste money on them if you're tanking? But anyways, let's not get bogged down. All right. If you are a defensive coordinator, there are things about their quarterback that you hate playing against while an offensive coordinator would not want him as a quarterback. But again, what Billy first. AFC now. If you are a defensive coordinator, there are things about their quarterback that you hate playing against while an offensive coordinated coordinator would not want him as a quarterback. But again, what are your realistic options?

This was said this week. Well, I don't know about this week. Can I say this off season? I think it's the Jets. I'm going to say the Indianapolis Colts. Billy cannot be stopped. What the **** Did you send Billy an email? God, this shit. I did not. Cause Justin Fields could be a problem schematically. But I don't want him. You don't want him. But I don't want him. You can say the same thing about Daniel Jones

but Anthony Richardson. No, well. I could also see people saying that about Tua but I don't think he would have done two dolphins. I probably wouldn't. All right. Do we want two more or are we good? Let's do two more. Yeah, give me two more. Give me two more. I don't know where we are on time and I don't care. This is a Do we want two more? Are we good? Let's yeah, give me two more.

I don't know where we are on time and I don't care. This is a great game, Mikey, by the way. It's a great game. This is a great game. I love this. It's just the AFC edition. Also, this is exactly I have the NFC one is bigger quote. They signed a bunch of one year deals with older players putting a ton of pressure on their drafts. They are doing it the Raven's way, but when you have money to spend like they did, go get better players. You know it's not the Ravens. They signed a bunch of one-year deals with older players putting a ton of pressure on their drafts They are doing it the ravens way, but when you have money to spend like they did

Go get better players I'm gonna get stumped here This one seems tough It is tough. Yeah, I don't I don't know who was signing one year. Well one year play one year veterans Yeah One year veterans. Yeah. When your veterans. By the way, there's somebody in their car listening to this right now who's screaming out the answer, and I just want you to know, I hear you

because that's because that's their team. You're right. Yeah, that's their. And you're right. I love this game because it can be played at home with the audience. Yeah. Yes. One year players find a. One-year players. Find a bunch of one-year players. Well, a team that had a bunch of money,

which means they had a lot of camp room, which means they're probably not a good team. I have a guess, but I don't feel confident about it at all. Let it rip. Everything you've said so far has been correct. I know, that's why I feel extra pressure, but I'm gonna be wrong.

I'm gonna say shot in the dark Los Angeles Chargers. I was thinking them. I was also thinking potentially Patriots, but the Stefan Diggs thing was not a one-year deal, but I know they had a lot of money. I'm gonna stick with the Patriots, but I don't know that that's right. they had a lot of money. I'm gonna stick with the Patriots, but I don't know that that's right. When this gets one back, it is the Chargers. All right, go last one for all the marbles. Sure. Quote, they went through a lot of change last off season. If they could minimize change this offseason, that is probably a plus. And it looks like they did that. They went through a lot of change last offseason. If they could minimize change this offseason,

that is probably a plus. And it looks like they did that. Buffalo didn't have a lot of. Yeah, I have this billy. I have my stomach like, you know, the article I took most of these from. No, I wish I wish I. What site did you get this from? Well, don't tell me. I don't want to know.

Yeah. Then you're going to have fans looking it up next week and then and then. Yeah, then the NFC version is ruined. The AFC team who had a lot of change but try not to have a lot of change this year. I'm going to eliminate the Kansas City Chiefs. Billy, I'll go with the Bills. For the first time today, nobody got it right. Oh, it was the Baltimore Ravens. Baltimore.

Wow. That's a good one. Yeah. They did. They went through a lot of change last season. They got rid of, I think, one or both of their coordinators. They went to the run game. They brought in Derek Henry.

They lost some offensive linemen. And now, yeah, kind of a quiet off season. Yeah, you're right. So we had one that we said was off for all the marbles and we both got it wrong. Well, we have another one that we can't. OK, let's one more. We were in the area. I I'm out of a FC I can give you an NFC. No, all right when we come back go to break over for all the marbles will play anonymous sources with one NFC team plus a Sad day as we mourn the loss of some of our friends when we come back.

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Friends, Mikey, Mike Fuentes, audience. But unfortunately, all good things must come to an end. And that's where we are with this episode of God Bless Football. Anonymous Sources might be my favorite game that we have played since last week, where we did Bracket Bonanza. Even though I'm going to be honest with you, I like Anonymous Sources better than Bracket Bonanza. So, unfortunately, I believe by some faulty scoring, there's a tie now.

So we have one more that was supposed to be for all the marbles and we both got it wrong. So do you have another one so we can have a definitive winner this week? Even though I feel like I was the winner, but that's fine. Oh, it's all right. I went back into the AFC. I scoured, I found one more quote about the AFC team.

All right. Whoa, they signed okay players to good size deals and I do not believe in free agency like that. If you are going to do that, go the Chargers route, sit and wait and go for one year contracts. So, we had somebody killing the Chargers for this and now we're having somebody say they should have done that. They signed okay players to good-sized deals and I do not believe in free agency like that. If you're going to do

that go the Chargers route, sit and wait and go for one-year contracts. So here are the clues. They signed players to good deals, okay players to good deals, but it's free agency so it's not people that sign their own players back again these are free agents that they brought in and have overpaid according to this source it's not the Chargers because we mentioned the Chargers it's not the Ravens just did the Ravens it's not a repeat there's no repeats I'm gonna go with the Raiders I'm gonna go with the Raiders I'm gonna go with Des I'm gonna go with the Raiders. I'm gonna go with the Raiders. I'm gonna go with Des. I'm gonna go with the New England Patriots Guys neither of you. Give me another guess. Give me another guess. I'm gonna go with the

I'm gonna go with Give us it give us give us a division give us now. Don't do that. Yeah, it's only 14. It knocks down too much I'll go with the Colts With a cult sign yeah, just just to break it up. I'm gonna say Raiders You just said I said the Raiders that that was his guess that was his guess We're really narrowing this down Anonymous sources who was it? All right Jaguar answer was the Jacksonville First guess

By the way before we, on a somber note, we lost some friends this week and I feel like it is only fitting that we say a few words here. So I want to say RIP to the chain gang, which will no longer be part of the NFL it will be but it won't be the NFL is going to be going to a video based system in terms of putting the ball down there but the chain gang will get a little pity sideline spot there where they can keep going up and down the field should they want to but it doesn't really matter what they're doing they're just there for fun season just in case so rest in peace the chain gang I'm not sure if anyone has any thoughts on the the chain gang they'd like to share at this time like like when your child wants to play

video games with you and you don't really want to messing up anything so you just give them a controller that's not plugged in and you get really excited when things happen when they get excited that's what we've turned the chain gang into and not so sure I'm upset they're leading us but it was nice knowing you for all those years. The NFL makes so much money that they're not even laying off irrelevant workers anymore. You guys go ahead and do it as a backup. Very kind words by both of you. Thank you for joining us this week on God Bless Football.

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