The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - GBF - Bleeding Hands Means It's a Hot One

Episode Date: May 23, 2025

Stugotz, Billy, Mikey A and Fuentes hit the big stories including Olympic flag football, the tush push and Burrow in "Hey, Here's a Headline".  Blind Rankings of backup quarterbacks.  More Mikely's has the guys discussing the worst divisions.  Billy can tell the weather by how much his hand is bleeding.  And we get breaking news that is two days old to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Thank you, Mike Fuentes. Billy told me right before we came on air, you're sweating through your shirt. And I am. It's hot out. It looks gross there. Yeah, yeah. It is hot out today.

By the way, today's episode of God Bless Football is presented by DraftKings. DraftKings, the crown is yours. Wow. Yeah, Billy, we have a lot to get to. Can I just say, we're in the same room today. It's different. It's a different feeling.

Weird. Yeah. Yeah. We haven't been in the same room in what feels like months. Not just on this show, just in general. We're never in the same place anymore. I feel like just a couple of days, a couple of weeks ago on this show, you and I were in the same room. Now, is that the last time you and I were in the same room together?

I think you're right. We're probably since the Super Bowl, we've been in the same room maybe four times. Do you miss me? I, you know, it's different. It's a different feeling when you're in the same room. Different energy. Right. Yeah.

A better energy. Different energy. A better feeling. Yeah, a different one. Different, you won't get me better, just different, huh? Listen, the sappy stuff is for next week with our last Metal Arch episode. This is, we're still gonna be, you know,

still just giving you the regular football, X's and O's, gridiron talk. Listen, if you care about Billy, if you care about Mikey A, if you care about their children, if you care about their children eating, then I need you to subscribe, rate, and review the God Bless Football podcast feed.

We need you to do it, okay? Our livelihoods depend on it. Okay. Too strong? You wanna play Here's a Headline? We have a number of things going on here today. We have Here's a Headline, we have blind rankings, the game. The codes depend on took a somber tone, I gotta be honest with you. You had like good energy and now. I know, but you made me sad, we haven't seen each other, you know, we're not in the same room nearly as often as we used to be, final shows on the network. Maybe we shouldn't be in the same room,

maybe that's the problem. Like when we're in different rooms, we, you know. Yeah. Don't get sappy, we don't get emotional, we don't really feel anything. I love you, Billy. I feel, well, enough of that. All right, here's a headline.

Justin Jefferson says winning a gold medal in the Olympics would be a dream come true Wow, I mean come on give me a break powerful stuff Here's the thing that the other headline there is that the NFL announced that NFL players can now play in the Olympics I guess coming up in 2028 in LA But it can't be a dream come true if flag football was not an Olympic sport when you were growing up as a kid. You never had the dream.

I mean, it's a really new dream to have. No, I think his dream was just like last week. It was just winning a gold medal at the Olympics, like in track, basketball, whatever. He's just always dreamt about winning a gold medal in the Olympics. I wrote down here for the first time, and I'm surprised that I haven't done this before,

that it hasn't happened yet. I wrote down here what I believe Stugatz's response to that would have been. So I wrote down, Justin Jefferson says, winning a gold medal in the Olympics would be a dream come true. And then I have what I thought that your response would be. Do you wanna know what it is?

Yeah, of course, we all do. All right, the response that I wrote for Stugatz, which I'm surprised he didn't have, was how about you dream about Lombardi? that your response would be. Okay. Do you want to know what it is? Yeah, of course. We all do. All right. The response that I wrote for Stu Gotz, which I'm surprised he didn't have, was, how about you dream about Lombardi? Well, that too. I mean, accurate. Because like you can say-

That should be the dream. You're a football player. Dream of hoisting the Lombardi trophy at the end of the season. Especially when you enter the NFL, right? Like that's kind of the dream is like, you know what? I really want to win a Super Bowl. But poor Justin here is like, man, if only we could find a way to win an Olympic gold medal.

Spence is a super bowl player. And I'm like, I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. And then you enter the NFL, right? Like that's kind of the dream is like, you know what, I really want to win a Super Bowl. But poor Justin, he has been like, man, if only we could find a way to win an Olympic gold medal.

Spends his summers trying to take up different sports that he could win. Oh, Curly. I was just going to say, if that was your dream, why football? Like you should have tried track, you should have tried basketball, you should have tried something else.

Football pays you millions of dollars, that's why. I'm sure a lot of these guys. So does baseball, and you can win a gold medal. No, a of these guys. So does baseball, and you can win a gold medal. No, a lot of these guys. Or soccer, and you can win a gold medal. A lot of receivers and running backs are track stars, and then they give that up to go play football. Let me tell you this.

Justin Jefferson is not a guy I would take on my flag football team. Oh, wow. Right in the NFL. Not great in the flag football. Hold on a second. He runs too tall. Wait, what?

Hold on a second. You gotta protect the flags, Billy. So let's now construct your perfect flag football team. Okay. Mikey A and I had this conversation on an earlier episode. Okay, never mind. We can still do it. No, we're not gonna do it anymore.

Forget it. I am interested in your thoughts on this because I think a guy who's good in the NFL, Joe Burrow, great in the NFL, okay, is not the quarterback that any coach of a flag football team would choose because he's not fast, he runs upright, he's too tall, they would choose Kyler Murray. See what I'm saying? Only different game. Gino just told me that there is no running for the for quarterbacks allowed in the Olympics. What? There's no running for quarterbacks. I don't like that. That's not flag football.

It's not flag football. You gotta give France a chance. No you don't. After seven Mississippi's you can take off. What if you're blitzed? If you're blitzed you can run, correct? My research department doesn't have that information. It just dawned on me it's gonna be a bunch of guys off the street in France taking on NFL players. You gotta give them a chance. It's gonna be something else man. I can just imagine a guy, a guy desperately running behind Jamar Chase, like, oh my God, his family's watching, you know? I know people are thinking like,

wow, you guys are being so myopic. You're just thinking that America's gonna dominate. Let me tell you something right now, Jack. America is gonna dominate flag football. We're gonna win the gold, silver, and bronze. I think, and I could be- A, B, and C team. I'm not exactly sure how this works,

but I'm just gonna plow ahead as though I know the rules and exactly how the Olympics work. I have a prediction. This is gonna be the last year of flag football in the Olympics. It's gonna go the way of break dancing. This is gonna be... We're gonna go out as champs.

This is gonna be a situation where Justin Jefferson's dream of winning a gold medal in the Olympics is gonna come true and it's gonna be one of the most valuable medals in Olympic history because it will be the only year that they do it because they're quickly gonna realize this was not a good idea. It's gonna be one of 12. Yeah. Poor cornerback from Switzerland desperately trying to run behind Tyree Kilm. Who do you have coach? I have an idea of who I would want to coach. Who do you want to coach? Listen, Tariq Hales winning a gold medal. It doesn't matter. No, it doesn't matter.

The coaching thing is interesting, because if the coach is selecting the team, it's going to be interesting to see if that coach selects his quarterback or, you know. Like, let's say it's the Bengals coach, right? Zach Taylor. He's not going to take Burrow. He's going to take somebody else, I would assume. Why? They can't run now because Joe Burrow is not a good flag football quarterback.

Okay. Terrible. Who's your idea on the coach? I think it should be Braxton Berrios. But do you? Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Okay. I'm happy you said that. So you want not a coach coach. No, no, but player coach. I don't think an NFL. Does an NFL franchise want their guy taking up time in the summer to go do flag football? I don't know if they do. I mean, well, they voted it in. I mean, the. I don't know if they do. I mean, what? They voted it in. I mean, the owners voted on it. They voted it in.

I guess, but I mean. They voted. I don't know. How regimented do you think these flag football practices are gonna be? Like how much time do you think they're gonna have? Seven guys f***ing around. That's kinda like the thing.

It's gonna be the thing where it's like, I don't think they're even gonna have the plays. It's gonna be like when I played, you know, football in my cousin's backyard and my uncle was just drawing arrows on my back. He's like, go this way, go this way. And then I'm like, I can see LeVar Jackson drawing on the ball.

He's like, go this way. The first time we play together will be the first game. I mean. I imagine Belichick on the sideline livid that they keep changing out his plays. Is that your coach? Jordan's there and she's like, I'm the offensive coordinator.

No one's listening to me. Right. Yeah. So it's five on five. It's 12 guys on a roster, five on five. five yeah but you can't touch the only one NFL player per team is allowed on the team what wait what only one only one oh player NFL team is allowed oh I understand yeah so like all right I said that wrong yeah that got one Los Angeles charger one Kansas City yeah how many teams are how many teams are is the US allowed to submit?

Like, cause you know when you go, like in sprints for example, or like some of the field events, you can have like three different people from the same country, or like ice skating. You can have like three different people competing and they could sweep the medal stand. Right. All right, I have a question for you.

If you allowed two teams from the United States, one of them was NFL players, one of them could not be NFL players, how would that second team fare? So am I choosing from all the other sports? No, they're all the other countries. So you've got an American team of NFL players, we all know they're gonna win the gold. Right. Yeah. Give it to them. Okay. Now if you have a player of amateurs, where do they fall? I don't understand this question. Yeah, it's what he's saying is there's one play that's NFL guys, one team NFL guys,

the other team's like college guys. Where do those guys finish? Are they silver medalists automatically? Are they silver medalists? The United States non-NFL college players. Non-NFL players, yes. Got it, they finish, they win the silver. Are they in their prime, like their current college players or we can call them

Yeah, or like Tim maybe one old guy who's never who never made it Because the coach didn't like him and then he had a knee injury like you know Russell decided you know what this is my redemption could do like that idea could be a f.l. Guy's yes NFL what a football team the u.f.l. Team coaching they exactly revenge. Yeah I'll get a football team. Yeah, the U.F.L. team coaching. They exactly revenge. Yeah. Marcus Russell.

I kind of I kind of want Mike McCarthy to be the coach and be the Olympic gold coach, to be honest with you. Why? I just think it'll be funny. Shove it in Jerry Jones's face. I think it'll be hilarious, honestly. He's not the ideal guy, but he's the guy that I want to have the job.

Right. I'm trying to think who would be a great guy for for the jet Wes Welker comes to mind I don't know what I'm doing there Andy Reid will probably get it if he wants it now He's not gonna want to do Sean McVeigh It was like who we want to make that feels like who we want to show the rest of the world like look at this Guy, that's it's Sean McVeigh. He doesn't take Stafford. I mean No, well just cuz you wouldn't take Stafford and you know, that's not the one guy He's gonna designate cuz he doesn't take Stafford, I mean, no. Well, it's just because you wouldn't take Stafford and that's not the one guy he's gonna designate

because he doesn't wanna get him hurt. He's gonna take someone else's corner. You know who's gonna get it? Give him golf. I know. No, give him Purdy. I know who's gonna get the job. I know who's gonna get the job

because he always gets the job. Somehow, Cliff Kingsbury is gonna be the head coach of that team. There's always another job and it's gonna be Cliff Kingsbury, yeah. He began it at the that team. There's always another job. It's gonna be Cliff Kingferry. Yeah. He began it at the flag football. That's his sport.

It's his name. He could be reunited with Kyler again. The guy's obsessed with Kyler Murray. I do like the idea of the coach choosing the opposing quarterback in his own division. Like they're orange rivals. I also kinda like the idea of you pick all of your rivals, players players and it's like,

well this is just like the AFC South, like what's going on here? And then they're like. Why are these guys so tired? No, but not just tired, but they're like looking up the plays like, dude you're like, you guys are throwing up concussion balls. Like I understand that this is like flag football

and there's no hits, but you're putting me in terrible positions here. It's like, I don't know, I'm just drawing up the plays. I like the coach telling his quarterback, listen, you can run now, run, go ahead. Remember to lead with your head. And he tells the other team's defense, you can tackle them. So that was a headline.

Oh yeah, great headline. Mikey A, do you have a headline for us? Hey, here's a headline. The tush push is not going anywhere. The owners have voted to keep it. They just miss banning it by a two vote margin. They needed 24 votes to ban it. They got 22.

Wow. Tush push is staying. It lives on Billy. Yeah. Yep, good for the Eagles. I saw Dan Campbell voted to keep it around. Did he really? I saw the Jets voted to keep it around.

Yeah, they finally got a quarterback that can do it Hey, hey touch they can push Yes, the only problem is they'll never be in short yardage situation because they're gonna be terrible Justin Fields would be a Hall of Fame flag football player. I mean, yes, you know easily. Yeah I'm trying to think of who I would want on team USA. Justin Fields is not a bad quarterback No, he's not if you can't if you Kyle Murray can't run though. Kyler Murray is probably, Kyler Murray, Lamar Jackson are probably your two best. No, but if you can't run, you just need,

I mean you get my homes, right? If you can't run. You need someone to throw, right? That thing is all, I mean they can all throw though. The thing is, the thing is also, this isn't like 2028, so you're also like projecting who's gonna still be three years older than now. Who do you want in there?

Do you want a three year older Kyler Murray? I'll take a three year older Patrick Mahomes. He'll be like 33 at the time. If you can't run, why aren't we throwing Tom Brady out there? Wow. Oh wow. He'll be almost 50.

If you can't run, why aren't we throwing Tom Brady out there? Brady's coming back. Yeah, I mean, this is how he played for one race. Brady's coming back. Oh my God mean, this is how he played. Brady's coming back. Oh my God. He found a way back. There you go.

He voted for it. What a great idea. I'm wondering now if former NFL players would win the gold over current NFL players. Like, guys just out of retirement. I, I'm gonna say no, but I'm Yeah Brady and Deshaun Jackson Calvin Johnson Enders out of retired Johnson is only 31 years old or something like that. Yeah, he's still pretty young

Yeah, right. I mean Barry Sanders is the prototypical flag football something like that. Yeah, he's still pretty young. Yes, right I mean Barry Sanders is the prototypical flag football guy like you want him right a young Barry Sanders. Yeah. Well, that's the thing too Think we're forgetting. Yeah, I love that the touch push turned into this again. Yeah, we're right back. Barry Sanders is 56 Try your best got a couple yards left, you know retired early What does he have a lot? I do George went known for playing norm on cheers passes away at 76 Wow one time for normal Yeah, somehow made this a sadder first. Yeah. Yeah, really? That's next week I know I'd had this headline in my mind and they were having so much fun

And then I was hoping students wouldn't go to me and then I'm looking at the time It's only a minute left that I was gonna a minute left. Yeah, I'm in the second. Do you have a I have a headline Yeah, Joe burrow said another game at the Ravens a night game at Ravens is an ideal He's not wrong Why did they get stuck with a lot of night games there? I mean, he's not wrong. I know but like who cares you Joe burrow go play football Mikey Can I ask you something that I asked earlier this week? She got you weren't in the day that I asked you to and you're gonna hate this question

especially used to got you're gonna hate this question and I I hate even asking it especially after we saw Joe burrow. What are you smiling while you're asking? No, I'm not you don I hate asking this question, but How many more years is Joe burrow gonna get a pass? One Super Bowl and then we haven't sniffed it since I think we have a Lawrence territory if you ask for me, I think we have a new game I hate asking this question, bud. I hate it. It pained me to ask that.

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But what question did I ask with a smile? What is pertaining to Joe Burrow window? Like how many years left on? I had a smile. Definitely had a smile. Yeah Must we check the videotape my thinking about something you enjoyed asking that no, I wouldn't no I honestly hated asking that question I'll tell you why because he's gonna be like the MVP this season and then that's gonna come back and haunt me

So I hated it for that reason. He needs to win soon though He does like the winning needs to start happening. He's been to a Super Bowl, he needs to win one. Blaming the defense or blaming everyone. They spent all the money on their offense. Currently on the Marino track a little bit. Wow. Little bit. I didn't say that.

Little bit. Marino made a Super Bowl early and then never made it back there again. Burrow made a Super Bowl early and hasn't been back since. Well, I think he's, I have bold prediction. He's going back this year. Wow. Okay. Bold with a little.

If he loses it, is it still a pass? Oh, you got to win it. You got to win it. You can't go over two. Yeah. Okay. Who'd he lose to in that Super Bowl? Matt Stafford and then Los Angeles Rams. Yeah. Can't go over two, man.

Let's think who could he if we're projecting out who could he Matt Stafford and then Los Angeles Rams. Yeah, I mean. Can't go over two, man. Let's think, who could he, if we're projecting out, who could he possibly go to? Who would be an acceptable quarterback for him to lose to in the Super Bowl? Would Jalen Hurts? I can't lose to Jalen Hurts. Would Jaden Daniels?

No, you can't let Jaden Daniels. Jared Goff. That's the thing, Jaden Daniels, that leapfrogs you. Yeah, leapfrogs you. You can't lose to Jared Goff. Yeah, I can't be golf either No, imagine losing to a golf and Stafford combo. No, no, no Jordan love you can't lose No, you can't lose to anybody who came into the league after you. Oh I don't think Jack Prescott. You can't lose to that might be serious. I agree

I mean you can't there's really literally can't lose to Dak because he won't be in that position So that one's fine. Don't worry about that. I don't think there's a single quarterback in the NFC that he can lose to where it's acceptable. Jalen Hurts. You could lose to Jalen Hurts. He already got one. Been there a bunch.

But then you have a conversation where it's like, oh, he passed you by as Joe Burrow for real. And I would hate to have that conversation. Oh, we know it would pain you. I'm still recovering from the last conversation I didn't want to have. It's just one of those things you have to. Are you OK?

I'm managing. I'm trying. Could he lose to Russell Wilson if the Giants go on a run? Oh, no. No, he cannot lose. Stop it. He's Super Bowl champion. That would be amazing.

That would play Russell Wilson back into the Hall of Fame and amongst the all-time greats, by cannot lose. Stop it. He's a Super Bowl champion. That would be amazing. That would play Russell Wilson back into the Hall of Fame and amongst the all-time greats, by the way. If he beat Joe Burrow as a giant quarterback. I'm putting him on the Olympic team if that happens. If he wins a Super Bowl with the Giants, I am willing to say he is the best quarterback of all time. But he has to beat Joe Burrow? No, just if he wins a Super Bowl with the Giants this year,

he's the greatest quarterback of all time. He can literally beat anybody. He can literally beat anybody. A lot on the line for us. Wade, can Burrow lose to Caleb Williams? Wow, no, no, no, no one in the- well, I guess Hertz. No, okay, Jalen Hertz is the only one. What about Baker? No. No.

No. I love Baker, but no all right not Baker Jalen hurts I think all right, and that's about it. I'm not even certain Jalen hurts is is acceptable, okay? What about Kyler? No, or Brock Purdy no no no Brock Purdy got paid. Here's a headline Brock Purdy got so much money So I'm not about that Brock Purdy, I was doing the math, so he gets like $53 million a year. Last year he was making, I don't remember exactly

what it was, but it was like somewhere in the neighborhood of like $800,000. We were always talking about how much he was making. I did the math, very simple math, and I'm sure it's more complicated than I did it. 66 times his salary is what he's going to be getting this year. So he is going to be making 66 years' salary on what he was making last year.

That's what I'm going to make after next week. Imagine you get one check that is 66 times your check the year before. If I could just get you $66. That's not too soon. Way, way, way too soon on this. Way too soon. Way close to home. Sorry.

Let's just move on to a different thing. You wanna do blind ranking? No, I'd like to do it. Presented by Svirnoff? Sure, let's do it. Presented by Svirnoff, the world's number one vodka, please drink responsibly.

Okay, blind rankings time. This one was actually suggested by Stu Gotts. I don't remember if it was off camera or not, but he wants to rank backup quarterback. This is awesome. Billy, you were excited at the time. What happened? This is awesome. What are the rules before we start? First of all, I'll once again prove that these 10 names are already selected. Oh, I'm seeing them. No, no, let me see. Already selected. He has a pre Let me see. Done. He has the preselected names there. Yes, preselected names. Printed out.

Only 10 names. Out of all the available backup quarterbacks, 43 available backup quarterbacks in the league. So here's the caveat. Since I don't know the backup of the Cleveland Browns, I included all of them minus the Sean Watson. I included every New York Giants quarterback minus Russell Wilson.

And a couple of fan favorites in there. So we're going to kick this off. So it's just funny names. They're not funny. That's what you just said. The legitimate quarterback. Some fan favorites means you just put in names that you like. Listen, backup quarterback is important.

Your quarterback goes down. Someone has to step in, has to achieve. Hey, we ask us. Ask all for fans. All right. 1 through 10. First guy off the list, Tampa Bay Buccaneer Kyle Trask. Oh This is gonna be a rough game. Oh, this is gonna be hard. Oh

Once again Kyle Trask, I had a bit of a book in here seven Kyle Trask there's so many bad That's a bad backup quarter. I'm gonna go eight. I'm gonna go Kyle Trask nine I I'm gonna go eight. I'm gonna go Kyle Tresk, nine. I already have my number one. I regret that, all right. If he's on the list, I have my number one. I wish I went nine.

All right, nine for Tresk. Second man off the list, Seattle Seahawks, newly drafted. Is he newly drafted? Yeah, Jalen Milrow. Milrow, wow. I'm gonna put him at nine. I haven't seen anything from him. Right. Kyle Tresk at seven is gonna haunt me. I'm gonna put him at nine. I haven't seen anything from him, right?

Trask at seven is gonna haunt me Jalen Milro. Wow I'm gonna put I think Milro. I'm gonna put Milro at six. Oh, okay. Mm-hmm I'm gonna put Milro at nine. Okay good. Okay, but you're running out of spaces, at the bottom. Yes, you are. Yes, I'm well aware. Gotta leave some spaces open, Mike. Third man off the list, Tennessee Titans Will Levis. Oh my gosh. As a backup, he might be a two. I may have him at three.

That's a good backup. I'm gonna put him at three. I'm gonna go with him at four. He'd be the jet starter. I'd put him at three. My finger's bleeding. You okay? What happened? I don't know, just like. What do you mean? It just started bleeding. Just kind of trashed, bro. I put him at three my fingers bleeding Okay What do you mean?

Getting old That's not something that happens you get older you just know you don't start bleeding Yeah, thanks, so bad aren't it happens that are these right? I'm sweating My bleeding is acting up on for some little lettuce side. It's so bad. I'm gonna put my hand. That's a good backup. Holy It's such a bad sentence though. It's a good backup. Well, that's a good backup But such a starter goes to your backup right such a bad starter I'm gonna put him third will love is his third good to me too same all right twins same Z's. Yeah Next quarterback off the board our first Cleveland Brown Kenny picket

Eight Eight three three you like picket I See what Mike again here considering who may be coming Yep Take it. I'll put Kenny pick it at starter experience. Yeah I got you. Yeah I'll put Kenny picking starter experience. Yeah Won a Super Bowl sure Kenny pick it three. Yeah, I'll put them for are you thinking about the picket game last year? Huh? Yeah, I am. Yeah eight for me four for me. I

Love this game Now this one comes a little bit of controversy because I used ESPN's deaf chart. I don't like Now this one comes a little bit of controversy because I used ESPN's def chart. I don't like So according to ESPN's def chart this name is number two on his current team, which is the New Orleans Saints It's spent Spencer Radler. I Still don't think it Harder than right in I put him a ten I'm gonna put Spencer at six I'm gonna agree with Billy. I'm gonna put Spencer Radler at six. I'm gonna put him at seven. He's not gonna be starting for that team

Let's be real they have a Sharks, they're shocked as a starter right now. They're gonna trade for Jamis number six You breaking news right now Six man off the board. I think this is the best quarterback on this list. It's up to you guys. Mitchell Trubisky, Buffalo Bills. I'm going to put him... Best name said so far, I should say.

I was going to say, he may have just tipped his hand because he said, I think this is the best name on this list. So far is what I should have said. Yeah, but you didn't. No, but that's what I meant. That's what I meant. That's a good point. But you didn't say that.

So what is to come? Because I'm going to tell you, and I hope that... There's a couple of names I still like I think Danny's a man, but you don't know if they're on his list I think Danny's a man of integrity. So I'm gonna trust that Fuentes isn't gonna change the list I'm holding out number one for Jamis. I'm just gonna tell you guys flat-out. I'm holding out number one for James Winston Now it's a dangerous game. You're playing right now. I don't trust Mike Fuentes at all. That's why it's a dangerous game. I don't believe that he randomized anything at all.

I think he's lying. So I'm trying to figure out if when he says that this is the best name on his list, is he being honest? Did he misspeak or is he trying to throw us off? Because he has like a great one at the end. Also I forgot what quarterback he said, so I'm just stalling. Same, same.

Mitchell Trevisky. Number four. Thank you. Thank you. Give me Trevisky at two. Yeah. I'll put Mitchell at, I mean, I take Levis over Mitchell.

Oh, I'm running out of spaces here, man. You're killing me. I'll put Mitchell at two. I don't. We got four left. Yeah, I know. And I don't like what's coming. Yeah. All right, go ahead. If it's a good one, it's gonna be annoying. I'm waiting like what's coming. Yeah.

All right. Go ahead. If it's a good one, it's going to be annoying. I'm waiting for Billy's. I'm good. No, I said four. You put him at four. Yeah.

I put him at two. I was to settle for four. Seventh man off the board, our second Cleveland Brown, Shador Sanders. Wow. How many quarterbacks to the browns? I'm putting should do it too. Do they have a good one? You're putting should door too?

I only have one, two, five and 10 left. I'm going to put should door at 10. 10? Well, I'm sorry. I'm going to put them at eight. No, you can put them at 10. Now your 10 scared me. Racist.

What? Who said that? What? I'll put in Shador. Mel Kuyper would have heard you say ten. I know. You want Mel to be back on the show. Yes, I did.

I mean, we're trying to get on his boats, do you guys? Should we all put him number one? I have him at two. I have him at two. Mikey? Seven. Seven. Seven?

That's not bad. I have one, five, ten left. I have five. I have one, five, that's not bad. I have one, five, 10 left. I feel pretty good. I have five. I have one, five, 10 left as well. I have one, five, 10 left too. Okay. Wow, look at us. Wow.

Number eight off the board. The Baltimore Ravens, Cooper Rush. Five. You feel like there's a really bad name coming up, don't you? I don't think there's a good name coming up. Are there any of these good names? I mean, seriously.? I don't think there's a good name coming up. I'm, I'm- Are there any of these good names? I mean, seriously.

I'm horrified by who's gonna be my number one. Will Levis probably should have been number one. Mitch Tristan. Cooper Rush number one. What? Really? Cooper Rush number one. He's, he's, he's betting on Fuentes doing a thing.

I know where he's going. Where he just gives bad names. I know. I'm playing the man, not the cards. I think Fuentes is one good name left in them. Well last week we waited until the Okay, putting them at five. That's why I'm telling you he hasn't randomized these names Okay, I'm putting Cooper rush at five that leaves me with one in ten. I have one in ten left. Okay as well Okay, the ninth man off the board. San Francisco 49ers. Mack Jones. One. Ten. Ten. God, this name better be good for this. It's gonna be freaking James. I'm gonna have a number ten.

You're gonna be stuck with Mack Jones. It's not James. It's not James. It's gonna be Carson Wintz. Watch. The very last man. Coming off this list list We know him passionately as the green lizard Taylor Heinecke. Oh, wow I'm fine with him at 10. I'm more than happy putting him at 5. I Have him at 1. Where is he? That's what this guy said. He loves being a backup. He's a Los Angeles Chargers He doesn't want to play football the Chargersgers, he's not gonna play football. Little bit of Chase Daniels in every one, you know? You want to know my list? Quick recap here. Recap real quick.

I don't know that I hate my list. I hate mine. Mac Jones, Chidor, Levis, Trubisky, Rush, Rattler, Trask, Pickett, Milrow, Heinecke. You have Heinecke as the best backup in football? No, as the worst. Oh, he's your worst, okay. I have Mac Jones as the worst,

Taylor Heinecke as the best backup. That's not terrible. I don't think it is terrible. I don't think so. I got Cooper Rush is the best. Honestly, that's not terrible. That is. I love it. I mean, didn't he go four and one? Yeah. He filled in for Dak for five. Like, yes. What do you want from your backup other than to win a couple of games? When some games? You'd rather have Kyle Trask the Mac Jones? other than to win a couple of games. Win some games. You'd rather have Kyle Trask than Matt Jones. I don't know, cause you know. No, but that's how the game,

but I think they're in the same tier. They're all in the same tier pretty much. I think they're in the same area. Except I don't have anybody. I don't have anybody where I feel like they're vastly over or underrated as a backup. I feel like going back, looking back at the list, like Kyle Trask and Spencer Rattler

in a fist fight for 10 for me. Spencer Rattler looked really bad. Who is your one? My one out of all these, either gonna be Mitchell Trubisky, but I mean, I'm pretty high on Sanders to be honest. Like I wouldn't be surprised if Sanders is starting in Cleveland by like week seven. But that makes him a terrible backup.

Yeah. That is technically true. I have six of these ten guys starting on the Jets. We should play that's the next game. Yeah which one? Who wouldn't you have on the Jets? We'll play that one in two weeks. I mean Will Levis would be our starter.

I'm not certain Kenny Pickett wouldn't be our starter. I got a feeling you would love Jalen Milro. Oh I wanted Jalen Milro. Exactly. He's the guy I wanted. feeling you would love Jalen Milrow. So I wanted Jalen Milrow. Exactly. He's the guy I wanted. He'd want Heinecke just because. I wouldn't want Trask. I'd take Shador Sanders.

I was holding out hope for Tyrod Taylor at number one. You want Cooper Rush? Over Justin Fields? No, I take Justin Fields, I guess. No way. Mack Jones? No way. No way I want Mack further review of the list, he did not randomize this.

Like, there's no doubt in my mind that he'd randomize this. You're really hung up on this. Well, he's just a dirty run cheater and that's fine. I'm not going to have to deal with him after this. A cheater for a game I'm not playing. You are playing though. You're running it. Exactly right. You're playing it almost more than we are. That's like saying, you're playing though. You're running it. Hey exactly right. That's like you're playing it almost more than we are

Yes, that's like saying you're playing us. Pat Sajak was playing Wheel of Fortune Right friend. He was a conductor of Wheel of Fortune Then shouldn't you be thanking me for giving you better content by not randomizing the names if I was indeed randomizing Which I am not who said this is good content I mean if fans are playing at home, maybe they're having a good time. But it's not literally just hearing us give our top 10 rankings of random backup quarterbacks in the NFL. Yes.

Based on whether or not you're going to be a bleephole. Pretty much, right? Two Cleveland Brown backups in the same. Spoiler, he is. His defense was, I couldn't have made it up. It's typed. As though you can't just type any list in any order you want and print it out. That's unbelievable It's typed. It's typed in stone Literally can't change it. Well a couple weeks ago. He did change it

Are you breaking news now a couple weeks ago you saw handwriting and I knew that he changed something. Cheater! I think I had messed one up and like, this guy was in the league or something and then I was like, oh, let me just add one instead. I think that's when I got Mikey with Justin Fields. Let me throw Golden in there and say he's the number one receiver to really throw everybody off.

Except that he is, but whatever. He's not, even by his own team's admission. He's not. His own team came out and said it. Oh my goodness. Yeah, you don't draft a number one receiver in the first round. That's right You know, I know I'm getting old besides the fact that my fingers just start bleeding. That's the first sign right there It's twice today. I've caught myself saying oh my goodness

That's turning into Greg. Two different times. I said, oh my goodness But I've been exasperated. Goodness gracious My fingers bleeding. Yeah. Hey, you guys wanna do some more Mikelys? How old are you? Me? Yes.

Biologically or? Biologically. Biologically, I'm 38. Okay. In terms of like actual years, it's probably, it's not exactly dog years. I'd say maybe like three years to every year So like the 90 something like 10106 something like that. Okay, I don't know you thought about it

Yeah, you and Stu got to the same age. Yeah, fingers are pruning. I mean you're going on I haven't even been in water today. Oh Your fingers are pruning. Yeah, that's stage two. That's My goodness humid outside. Gracious. It's humid out. I'm bleeding. Yeah, that's how you know. That's how you know. Some people have an app. I don't need an app. If I start bleeding from my hands, I know it's a hot one. Scorch it. Anywho, more Monkley? Yeah, please. It's weird they didn't want more of this show.

Weird. What are we doing? I'm laughing at Billy. That's all I'm doing. I'm laughing. Yes. It's better than crying, friends. And just the visual of him walking outside and blood starts pouring. You can feel the heat. You know it's hot. Like, no, let me check my fingers. Yep, blood. There it is. Hot day. Check that the mobbing your bitch. See, Billy's bleeding.

Hot out! Anyway, more Mike, please? Sure. Oh, more Mikelys? Sure. Oh god. All right, now that the Tushbush has not been banned, who is more Mikely to have more rushing touchdowns next year, Jalen Hertz or Joe Mixon? Oh wow, that's a good one. How many did Hertz have last year?

14 Nixon had like 12. I want to say 11 Who is more Mike Lee To have more rushing touchdowns. I'm gonna say Jalen hurt. Oh, he has Saquon Yeah, but I don't I don't think that matters. He still had more than mixin'. Yeah. Yeah. I'm gonna say, I'll say, I'll say her. Keep in mind, this is a random question.

Yeah, random. I put it in a randomizer and I printed it out. Of course. This is a random question. Yes, you typed it in stone. Just news-wise, it worked out. Never again. Never again.

Last time I ever played blind rankings. Yeah, it's probably true. Maybe. Regardless. I gave my answer. I said Jaylen Hurts. I'm going to go with Joe Mixon. There's no reason for me to think it'd be any different.

I'm going to say Jaylen Hurts. If that's what it was last year, why would it be different? I mean Mixon was hurt though, right? I think he missed a couple games. He missed like four or five games. That's what it was last year. Why would it be different? I mean, Mixon was hurt though, right? I think he missed a couple games. He missed like four or five games. Was it that many games? And he was still pretty close to Jalen Hurts.

Yeah, I don't know. Stroud doesn't run as much as... They go to Mixon, I'm saying, when they're down, you know, inside the five. By what you just said, I mean, I don't think he's gonna stay healthy again. I don't remember the last time he played a full season. He played 14 games last season.

So he missed three games. All right. 11 touchdowns, pro bowler. How many did he catch? Oh, we said rushing specifically, right? Yeah, rushing. Yeah. Yeah. If you want to throw in receiving,

he had one receiving touchdown. I'm taking Jaylen. 12 total. So Jaylen hurts, I think. Okay. Yeah. All right, you got another one, Mike? I do. Who is more Mikely to be the top tight end

in receiving yards as a rookie? Warren, Loveland, or Mason Taylor? Warren Loveland or Mason Taylor? You said those two names like you thought they were one person. It's Warren, Lovelland, Taylor. It's not Warren Lovelland, Tyler Warren. It's Tyler Warren.

Colston Lovelland. Colston Lovelland. I think that's the way you presented it, to be honest. Can I get my answer? And what I'm acknowledging to you is I don't know who either of these people are. Well there's three people. There's three people though, so that's part of the problem.

The guy who went to the Bears, the guy who went to the Colts, or the guy who went to the Jets? The guy with the Bears. Not the guy who went to the Jets. Loveland has to compete with Colt Comett still, doesn't he? He's still a Bear. Yep. And then Anthony Richdon trying to throw passes

is funny to me. It might be Mason. Yeah, I think it's gonna be Mason. It might be Mason. Mason Taylor is the number two receiver for the Jets. Yeah that's what I'm saying. Taylor's the number two receiver. He's yeah I think and then Justin Fields has thrown him. He's not throwing it deep though. I feel like it's a lot of like eight to twelve yard balls there. Because there's a lot of weapons in Chicago and it's only one ball I think what we've realized is

despite Stu gots not knowing who these are this is a fantastic question Warren Loveland might have a season though if they're combined I would take war the bear colts I would take Warren Loveland over Mason Taylor I'll take the jet. So we all took Mason Taylor. Look at us. Yeah. That's sad. Yeah. So I'll go Tyler. Yeah. Tyler Taylor number one on my list. More likely to be the top statistical quarterback in passing year one. Cam Ward or Tyler Shuck? passing year one, Cam Ward or Tyler Shuck? Passing yards?

Say it again? Stop top statistical quarterback in year one in passing. Cam Ward or Tyler Shuck? It's passing so you gotta throw out the rushing stuff. Okay. Cam Ward. I think Cam Ward's gonna be great. Yeah to I don't care Calvin Ridley yeah gotcha okay I'm gonna go with cam ward too yeah I think the Saints are gonna be just awful unless Alvin Kamara is catching a lot of two-yard passes for 75 yards I don't think that yeah they're gonna have much

offense cam ward and will levis what a quarterback room. I mean. Geez, they went from the worst QB room in the league to maybe the best. Not even close, but I see where you're trying to go. Will Levis, your number three backup. That's fine, I see where you're trying to go. It could turn out to be the best though, right? By now. If Kim Ward turns into a rare, you know,

crazy talent like Lamar Jackson or Burrow, then all of a sudden you have the best quarterback room in football Yeah, but it's good back up basically what he's saying is that can word will carry will love us a sorry ass Yeah He's that guy saying will love us can give you a drive in the AFC championship game to keep you in the game Okay, he can also lose it for you. Yeah very quickly The game there is no better memory. I have in last year of that screenshot where Will Levis has his hands on his own helmet on his knees

as the guys are running the opposite direction. Yeah, but the funny thing is, is Will Levis also is the dolphin killer. Dolphins just kill, they cause him every season because it can't be Will Levis. He didn't play that game, he got hurt in the first play, right? That was the game, that's the game I I remember I bet will Levis over on interceptions any guy on his third pass and then he was out for the game yeah yeah is a good one you very rarely see a coach put it back dress down a player as as much as the Titans coach did when they played the Jets because he threw a pass from his knees that was a fumble and the coach very clearly says,

what the fuck are you doing? Wait, can you tell me the exact bet you made on Levis? The audience, I need to hear this again. It was Monday Night Football, I think it was week three when the Titans played the Dolphins and the Dolphins were terrible. I'm sure Tua was hurt already because I think he got hurt the game before or something.

And then Will Levis plays. It was a parlay I had and one leg of the parlay was Will Levis over half an interception. On the third pass of the game, Will Levis throws an interception, immediately gets hurt. That cashes. He didn't come back out. I think you and I discussed it.

Yeah, he got hurt on that play. I think you and I discussed it going into the week and you're like, you know what I love this week? Will Levis to throw an interception. If the bet was Will Levis over a half of an interception, but he's only gonna play three snaps, would you still take it? I think I-

Yes, it cashed. Yeah. I think it was a big board bet's pick. Oh really? And we were joking about it. We were saying like, oh, there he goes, he got it. And then I think we were in a group where like he may not come back out or like nice coming back What he's talking about then he didn't play the rest of the game Danny just gave me his line from that game September 30th

Yeah, he was three for four. Yeah, 25 yards one interception. Okay, he threw four passes that for yeah Three completions done in 75 mean 75% completion rate. He was off to a good start. That's a good game. It's a good game for old Willie. That's why he's a good backup. That's why he's the number four backup. He's my number three I think.

He's my number two. Yeah, he's my number three. Number three for me. Yeah. All right. Trabisky number two. Any more Mikeleys? Yeah, you want one more?

Sure. More Mikeleys to be the worst team in the, the worst division in the NFC. The NFC South or the NFC West? I think the South has a chance to be good actually. Well you have two teams. The Saints are gonna be bad. A lot of, a lot of.

Bucks are good, the Falcons could be good and the Panthers could... That's what I'm saying. The Panthers could win seven. Panthers could win seven, yeah. A lot of teams in... I like, yeah. A lot of teams in flux out west too.

I do, yeah. He looked us. We don't know anything about Seattle. We don't know anything about the 49ers really. They don't like us. Yeah, I miss him. He knew us. Yeah, he knew you, but he also I think thought

that you were someone else. Perhaps. But he liked you at the moment. And I like him. Yeah. Yes. I think thought that you were someone else. Perhaps. But he liked you at the moment. And I like him. Yeah. Yes. I'm gonna take the NFC West.

I think the Niners are gonna be dreadful. I don't think they're gonna be very good. Sims might have something to say about that. I don't care what Sims has to say about that. Yes you do. Okay. Yes you do. I mean, he's soaked in bias when he talks about that team.

Here's the thing about the NFC West. One tattoo and you call it bias. He's got the guy's tattoo on his thigh. One tattoo and you call it bias. Thing about the NFC West is they have the Bird Gang and we all know a proper member of the Bird Gang. So I don't know. Can one Bird Gang lift the entire flock?

Because you also have Seahawks in there. Right. Sam Darnold. I mean, this may be an off year for the NFC North. No, it's not. No, it's not. No, it's not. No, it's not.

It's my off season for that. NFC North. NFC North. I hate that. I mean, come on. I'm gonna go with the NFC South. I like the South, man, I'm telling you. I'm gonna go NFC West here.

I will also go NFC West here. When we come back, breaking news. Yes. And here's a headline, another headline. Wow. Bringing it back from the first second. How about that? Amazing.

Day old news. Another headline. Wow. Bringing it back from the first. How about that? Amazing. They all know this. Billy. Yeah, this has never happened on our show before. What? We did, here's a headline in the first segment. We're done. We figure we've moved on with that game. We'll play it again next week. And then Mikey A, going into last break, he says,

we have another headline. Wow. We've never played the game twice in a single episode Especially not a here. We need to sandwich, you know Start and end. Yeah. Wow headline sandwich Do you guys eat the ends of the bread? Like if you buy a like a regular loaf of bread, what do you guys do with the ends? Like those I never did it until I became a dad and then I felt like I had to why

Well, because I can't throw out two perfectly good slices of bread that's on but they're not perfect slices of bread I had fiber though with the crust. Can I say something? And I'll be I'll be judged here probably as a bad parent So I'm kind of like with you guys like I don't I don't think anyone eats the end of bread You toss out the ends of bread and then recently I was looking at it and my wife was like, oh, you know Can you make you know bread and butter toast some bread for the girls? And I tried to sneak in one of those ends to put butter on cuz I was like they're kids They don't know the difference like why are we gonna start bringing them up thinking they can't eat the end of breads

I can be the change I want to see in society here and teach them to eat the breads starting with the man in the mirror Yeah, and she said no, you're not gonna do that And I was like, okay, and I just threw it away Yeah That or I mean To Mikey's point we throw away two perfectly good pieces of bread, but they're not perfect pieces of bread It's why we throw away kids don't know the different every other piece of bread You want the crust all of a sudden because yeah, but this is all cross white bread, you know

Yeah, like an end of an end of like French bread delish mm-hmm yeah that's different that's toasted French bread it's delicious this is gonna go on a toast it's gonna be toasted too. Plus my kids will take two bites I'll throw it on the floor the dog come jump up and eat it like what difference does it make? Anyway sorry headlines headlines. I mean I throw mine away. I'm just that's here's a headline. Yeah, sorry, we're bread waste All right. Yes, bread winner. Hey Here's a headline yeah Hardknock's training camp this year. Oh will feature the Buffalo Bills Wow, I like that

So do I. Josh Allen's a star. Lot of Josh Allen. He is a star, unfortunately. He's a big time star, unfortunately. Yeah, he's got, by the way, you asked a question about Burrow before. Don't you dare.

What's the over under on that? I feel bad asking this question, but. What's up? And you're not wrong. When's the window gonna close on you? You're not wrong. Let's be real, we're never gonna talk to him again, so. No.

Say whatever you want. Not on this show. What's the question for you, Vili, out here? What's the over-under on Hailee Steinfeld appearances in that series? I would think minimal. At least two episodes, right? Minimal.

No, two episodes. How many episodes is it? I think it's four. Like six or seven? Four? It's not gonna be in the episode. No, it's usually five. Yeah, five, you're right. You think she'll be in half of the episodes, basically? I think it's like six or seven. Four? It's not gonna be nine. It's usually five. Yeah, five, you're right. You think she'll be in half the episodes basically?

I think she'll be in one maybe. I think that we'll just have like, we'll have the Josh day where like, oh, let's follow Josh. We'll probably get her there. And then maybe like in the stand. But she's not gonna be playing in the preseason. She will have a crowd shot of her in the booth somewhere,

even though he's there, because he'll be doing the pads coach. That's what I'm thinking is gonna happen happen, is we're going to get like a, she's there and we are sneakily taking video just to include her in it and put her in the credits. And then maybe if they're at his house, like a feature, but I don't think it's going to be like, it's not going to be a Jordan situation where she's like forcing herself in on the show. So you guys are saying within Hard Knocks, one of the days will be spent

entirely on Josh Allen. Every quarterback gets a day where they follow him around. Does another player get a day though? Like Damar Hamlin might get a day. Yeah, they always follow a couple guys around, but it's always a starting quarterback. Yeah, there's going to be a Damar day for sure. Yeah.

How about a trapeze day? The highlights of all his one interceptions. You got to have a coach day. You got to have a coach day. You have to have one? Yeah, well, get it early, cause you may not be there very long. They'll show Demar Hamlin practicing,

he'll be doing some like community service. They'll totally skip over how he's a total liability in the defensive end back. Oh. And then stuff like that. This is a good place for them is the off season, right? Cause like, this doesn't matter. In season with the Bills, you don't want that. Bills can't do in season.

They have too much at stake to do it in season. Did you put the Bills coach on the hot seat? Yeah McDermott. Yeah. Yeah, he lives in the hot seat His home is his vacation home his real his finger is bleeding. Yeah, it's been bleeding forever. His finger is bleeding Yeah, cuz it's so hot. It's hot He lives there his other home telling his family lives in the vacation home. I think you're right He's comfortable there on the hot seat. He'd be uncomfortable anywhere else. He doesn't it's for its foreign land He seems to thrive on the hot seat. Well not thrive survive He always bails himself out. I mean he does just enough. Yeah. Yeah

But does it win the Lombardi? No. No. No. James Franklin wants his job. What's the AFC? He wants everyone's job. What's the AFC championship trophy called?

Lamar Hunt, I think. Is it? I think you're right. Yeah, I think the Bills honestly are in a territory where making the Super Bowl isn't enough. Oh no, they have to win it. They have to win it. Same with Cincinnati.

Like just getting over the hump and making it to the Super Bowl is not going to be enough for the Bills. Agreed. Both those quarterbacks. Josh Allen and the Bills specifically, because to keep getting ran over by the Chiefs every year is tough. But if you finally get over the Chiefs.

Lamar Jackson, too. And then you lose. That's not a win. There are three quarterbacks who have to win a Super Bowl. Yeah. And there's only one. Who's going to do it? Right. Find out next week. My damn my homes. Aaron Rodgers.