The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - GBF - That's a game

Episode Date: May 16, 2025

Stugotz, Billy, Mikey A and Fuentes run through the headlines including Derrick Henry's deal and Trey Hendrickson's potential holdout. Anonymous sources flops because Stugotz tries to get himself invited on Around the Horn. The crew blind ranks running backs and we play a new game after the NFL schedule is released. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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before we we came on air here that he did his first win loss. Is that in history or is that just for this season? No, just for this season. The schedule came out yesterday and I had to go through the jet schedule and go, oh, week one, Pittsburgh, that's a win. Oh, you gave him a win there, huh? Justin feels revenge game?

No, I didn't, but I was just doing my thing. Well. I was just, well. Could be double revenge game if Aaron finally signs there. He will. That's a good point, right? He will. Someone will exact their revenge, meaning if it's Aaron versus Justin Fields,

someone's gonna have a day where they exact some sort of revenge on the other team. Yeah, revenge will be exacted. By the way, guys, God Bless Football is presented by DraftKings. DraftKings, the crown is yours. Yep. Mikey, where'd you have the Jets in terms of record? Six and eleven. Really? That good? Huh? Six and eleven. I had to stretch for it. Wow.

I had to stretch for it, but I got one. Billy, what did you make of the Dolphins schedule? Did you even look at the Dolphins schedule? So I have and I have a game. I have a couple of games that I want to play with you guys today if you would like to Indulge me here on God bless football. So we have here's a headline which we're gonna get to soon But we have some new games that we want to debut today We have a new game called that's a game which will explain when we get to that. We have here's a headline

We have more Mike Lee we may have blind rankings today uncertain and I have two guys in front of you me something that I'm just gonna tease the back of real quick look there you go that was it it's very exciting it's hot off the presses it's something that we haven't really featured on god bless football before and I think that it's gonna be the star of that's a game. Oh, wow. All right. Can I see it again? I just, I'm trying to figure out what it is.

Can I just see the back of it again? Yeah, there you go. All right. Yeah. Do you have any idea what it is? Mike? Yeah, I have a theory, but I'm not sure. Quick little flash, quick little flash.

All right. But you didn't answer my question about the dolphin schedule. Did you take it along? Did you, did you do it? I took, I took't answer my question about the dolphin schedule. Did you take a look? Did you did you do? I took a little gander at the dolphin schedule. I haven't done win loss yet. And I have I have I'm focused on something in particular on the dolphin schedule at this moment, and I'm trying to figure out whether or not

I'm going to be able to make that happen. That's week 11 of the dolphin schedule. So we'll see what happens. See what happens there. It's the first game in Spain and my wife has Washington, right? Yeah. And Spain and my wife has family in Spain, not in Madrid, but in Spain. So I'm trying to see if we could sneak in a hey let's go

visit your family even though they're about an hour plane ride away from where in Spain the game is but also I don't want to I don't want to spend all my time in that one place you know what I mean so I'm trying to see I'm trying to see here if we can finagle something around an international dolphins game. Dolphins against Washington is going to be an exciting game, I think. The dolphins probably are the lower end of that card, obviously. But a fun little game. If we can do it in Spain, maybe we go around, take some trains around somewhere, see a different country. We'll see what happens. Go to Ibiza and party, yeah.

Well, no, because I'll be with my daughters who are one and three so we probably will not be going to Ibiza but it's a good suggestion isn't that what the family is for isn't that what the family in Spain is for you guys never get to see my daughters please take them I have I have enough time having my family in Miami take my daughters so that we can go do things, not because they were unwilling to do so. So that's all I'll say on that. Billy, it feels like the dolphins got a ton of prime time games.

Am I wrong? Like, uh, the NFL think the dolphins are going to be good and exciting. No one cares about the dolphin schedule. Listen, friends, we have three episodes left before we uh or somewhere else. So, let's enjoy this and not talk about the Dolphins, the Dolphins schedule all that

much. You know, right? You subscribe, rate, and review. Do it for Billy. Do it for me. Do it for Mikey. Hey, do it for Mike. Please do it for the kids. Please do it for Fuentes. Do it for all our children so they can continue

to eat and have houses to live in and all that. Yes, Fuentes? Yeah, we're doing it for me. Can't hear you. Yeah, he's muted. Mike Fuentes is, he's in a weird mood today. No, don't do it for Fuentes. I noticed. Yeah, we don't know if Fuentes is even going to be with us in the next chapter. Right.

Who cares about Fuentes? Hey, here's a headline. Oh wow. Derek Henry agrees to a two year $30 million extension with the Ravens. Well deserved after last year, but I mean, at some point, right? Just the way he runs and how much he runs,

at some point, right? Yeah. Like it's- Well. I don't wanna say it, but you know what I how much he runs at some point. Right. Yeah. Like, I don't want to say it, but you know what I'm saying? Like at some point now, you don't want to say that. I don't want to say I wouldn't say that. He's so good. Yeah. I'll be so upset when it happens, though, because he is so much fun to watch. Don't say it. How old is Derek Henry? Ageless, I think I'm looking here and it says ageless.

I think I agree with that. He is ageless. Mikey, you're thinking Derek Henry has like one more season in the tag. No, I didn't say any of that. I'm just saying at some point it's got to happen, right? At some point. Isn't it wild? He's by the way, in terms of Earth years, he's 31, but really he's ageless. So it's kind of strange that we are two years removed from the running back position being

completely devalued. And we had that off season where like all the running backs were available and they were being like swooped up. they were signing not the best of deals. Then you have Saquon who signs a big deal, has a massive year. You have Derrick Henry, who now just gets his extension. You have the running back out of Boise State who gets drafted right away and is the second highest paid running back.

Is the running back position back? That's a good question. I feel like it is slowly coming back. Maybe, you know, defense is caught up with the offenses and we're shifting back to the running game now. But Mikey, it does feel like the running game is is kind of back, I guess. Maybe the ones that weren't getting paid really weren't worth it. Oh, wow.

I mean, you can make an argument. Maybe you can make an argument. Say, Quan Barkley, Derek Henry, both those guys, they were in the conversation for MVP last year. It's been a while since we've had two running backs be in that kind of conversation. The MVP conversation. I think the interesting thing, though, that you mentioned, Ash and Gentie is, you know, a now top two, three guaranteed money

running back in the NFL before even taking a snap. So he, I think, might be a test case for this, right? Because if that pick hits, it's gonna be interesting to see how you handle running backs in the NFL draft moving forward. Also though, obviously, he had a year that no one has had before in college. So he earned being picked there, but with the way money is and the running back position,

it'll be interesting to see in the coming years if we now start paying running backs again and if we start taking them so highly in the draft. It's interesting because Mel Kuiper was on with us and he still swears by his theory that he put out there many, many years ago, don't take a running back in the first round. Never take a running back in the first round. Take Shador in the first round. Take Shador Sanders, no, not in the first round,

number one overall. Yeah, and number two if you can. But to Mel's point. Have you checked on Mel by the way, Mikey? Like have we checked on your friend Mel because he was, man, I felt for Mel and he was going through with that weekend and then people were coming after him.

And then I honestly, I saw you then caping up for Mel and fighting people off on Twitter left and right. People were coming after you for Mel Kuyper's takes and you were like, Mel didn't say that. Mel said, brr brr brr brr. It's like, Mikey, calm down. Let's relax everybody.

I will go to war for Mel Kuyper every day. I know, it's weird. And even if he's wrong, and I think he was probably wrong about Shador Sanders, but I will go to war for Mel Kuyper every day. The best part for Mel Kuyper is the draft is over, college football doesn't start for 100 days, and he is not thinking one iota

about anything that's happened. He's just enjoying the boat life. Life. Okay, so I have two questions for you guys, and you can choose which one you wanna answer first. One is, who would you go to war for? And two is, how do we get on Mel Kuyper's boat? Wait, do we have to answer both or we can answer whichever one in whatever order? Either one, either one, either one's fine. I've been

invited. What? I've been invited on Mel Kuiper Jr.'s boat several times. Well, what's that to you? You haven't been? Well, because he doesn't necessarily live down the block. It's not a... Oh my God. It's a trip. It's a trek.

I would ride a bike from Miami to go on Mel Kuiper's boat if he asked me. Sure. You would take a boat from Miami to go on Mel Kuiper's boat. Yeah asked me. You would take a boat from Miami to go on Mel Kuiper's boat. Yeah, well honestly, let me rephrase that. I will not ride a bike from Miami to go on Mel Kuiper's boat. Because someone's gonna ask you to do it. Because we saw what happened with Paul Pearson and he had to walk 20 miles to work.

I'm not riding a bike to go on Mel Kuiper's boat. But if I was invited on Mel Kuiper's boat, like for a weekend, where is it? Is it up in Baltimore? Baltimore. It's, yeah, it up in Baltimore? Baltimore. It's, yeah. It's in the Baltimore area. Billy, Billy, from where you're at,

it's about a two hour flight from where you're at. Yeah, man. And if I could get on a Spirit Airlines flight, get there for like $25, like, this is a weekend. Out on the boat with the Kuiper's, this is a weekend. Spirit Airlines, big seat to Baltimore is like 120 if you want to splurge, I'm just saying the big seat. I mean, I mean, and if we get this done

in the next three weeks, maybe we get expenses to Metalarc. Like this seems like an idea here. Yeah, but Mikey, let's push it out. How far would Billy travel to go on Mel's boat? I already went on a cruise with Adam Schefter's mom, so. You did, but that wasn't planned. If it was planned, I would've gone bigger. Okay, but if Mel lived in California,

would you fly to California to go out on Mel's boat just for a day, just for a day, that's all you're getting. Here's a fun fact, I've never been to California. So I'm looking for an excuse to go to California. I was thinking maybe we go to California to go to the Allen family farm and check out what they got going on over there. But if we're gonna go on Mel's boat,

let's go on Mel's boat. I'll go out there. I'll go surfing with Austin Eckler if we have to. Like whatever we need to do to get to California, let's do that. By the way, you'll have family in Spain. Austin Eckler will be there. I mean, so you'll have family, Billy.

That is true. I should reach out to the the Eklers and see if me and my wife can go out, maybe have a nice a nice vino with Austin and Mel while we're out there, you know? So wait a second. Either of you answered the question. I want to know who you're going to go to war for. Oh, we didn't get war for me or Stu gots. Both of you.

I'd go to war for Billy. That's a cop out. What a cop out answer. What a cop out answer. Billy says something on Twitter and people start attacking Billy. You're not jumping in the way I did for Mel Kuyper. If Billy says, takes you to where Sanders number one overall

and people start going after Billy, I will defend Billy. Yes, I would. I don't think you know your Twitter password. I don't think you do, yeah, no. I don't know my Twitter password. Yeah, I think you know how to even sign up. Taylor is enjoying being me. Yeah, I've noticed that.

I've noticed that. I think you'd go to, I think that Stugats would go to war for the Golic's. I'm gonna tell you who I'd go to war forugats would go to war for the Golic's. I'm going to tell you who I'd go to war for. I would go to war for the Golic's. Yeah. But I would go to war for Greg Cody. That's who I would go to war for. Wow.

Okay. I believe that one. And I think Billy would go to war for Greg Cody. I do. It depends how long the war is going to be and what the casualty count is going to be. You know? Like there's- Depends on if he was right or wrong.

Every man has his line. No, I mean, on air I'll go to war with forever, whatever he says. Off air, like, I don't know that I'm gonna be fighting with people on Twitter over Greg Cody's opinions. Oh, come on, you love Greg and Greg loves you. I do, yeah. No, well, I don't know about that,

but I do like Greg, yeah. I was thinking maybe Sims, but I feel like if I went to war with Sims, like he'd be a casualty of friendly fire. Yeah, that's like I would. I would be the guy that like you can't really trust him. I pull out a pin in the grenade, put it in his pocket and just like. Walk away. Oh, what happened, Chris? You don't have legs now. No legs and no spleen. Yeah. One last thing to clean up.

The spleen. I feel like Sims would not go to war for us. Not at all. No, I'm shocked that he even comes on the show still. Right, but the people who have been on the show. I feel like Golik would go to war for us. I do. No?

Gojo? Uh, mm. Gojo, Gojo, Gojo maybe. Better chance with Gojo. Mike's too old to fight wars. Better chance with Gojo. Yeah, he's fought too many wars, yes. Yeah.

Do we have another headline, Billy? Are we done with headlines? Well, usually we all provide a headline, so if you want, I can. I got one, hey. Okay, there you go. Yeah. Hey hey here's a headline. Trey Hendrickson will not play on his current contract. I saw that. I did he joined us during a Super Bowl week. He seems like such a nice kid. He does and I think he's gonna fold if I'm gonna be perfectly honest with you.

Really? I don't know I he seemed like a very nice guy. F-A-U-Al, I saw the video where he said, I'm not gonna play. He also said in the video, which I thought was weird, he's like, you know, if I only had four and a half sacks, they would come back and they would want money back. He's like, and I understand that. I'm like, Trey, zip it up, buddy.

No, don't say that. Don't say that. Don't say that. Don't say that, because you had an off year. That's a bad, don't say that, Trey, zip it up, buddy. Don't say that you understand the idea of giving money back, because you had an off year. That's a bad, don't say that, Trey. Bad thing to say, don't say that. So then, like, you're gonna play? He's like, no.

And I was like, mm, but are you gonna play? And he's like, no. And I'm like, but are you, Trey, are you gonna play? He's like, yeah, I'm gonna play. Yeah. Yeah, I'm gonna play still. Yeah, I'll be there. At some point, they'll do the olive branch, hey, we're gonna play still. Yeah, I'll be there. At some point they'll do the olive branch,

hey, we're gonna give you this so it looks like we gave you something, but we're not really gonna give you that much. And then you can play and then we'll figure it out later. He just wants, he just, and this is judged on the 11 minutes we spent with Trey Hendrickson. I think he just wants to feel the love because they went out and they had the

absolute worst PR ever where they're like, no, he should just be happy. And it's like, don't know. Nah, there's not how negotiations should be going. Like, stop kind of trying to crap on him every chance you get. That's not how it's going to work. And now he's not playing because they handled it horribly. But again, you're going gonna play like, yeah. He's had back to back seasons of 17 and a half sacks,

but I'm with Billy. Push comes to shove. Burrow, Chase, Higgins. Yeah, I'm gonna play. Yeah, I'll be there. I'll be there, guys. I'll be there. Talk to me after training, Kim.

I'll be there, yeah. What voice is that? The Hendrickson of Ray Hendrickson, that's straight Hendrickson. Can't hear. Yeah, Hendrickson. I'm a train. Hendrickson voice double sometimes. Yeah, I'll be there. Yeah. Anonymous sources next. and we'll see you next time. Bye. God bless football is presented by Smirnoff. We do game days.

Please drink responsibly. The Smirnoff company, New York, New York Stigatsi teased one of our more popular games. Yeah. Anonymous sources. Yes, I am very much looking forward to it. We also have blind rankings coming up. And is that a game? Yeah, not is that a game, just that's a game. Oh, I'm sorry. And more Mikely, and more Mikely.

We have a lot to get in on this episode of God Bless Football. Also, Stugats, I was wondering because I was thinking of doing this as we're kind of winding down our run here because there's another show that's winding down its run which is Around the Horn and it had me thinking. I've seen that they've brought back a lot of the luminaries, a lot of the greats of Around the Horn and I was wondering when we might be seeing you on Around the Horn again. Had they reached out? Have you reached out? Where do we stand on Around the Horn and your return? That's a they reached out, have you reached out, where do we stand on Around the Horn in your return? That's a good question.

I have not reached out to anyone involved with Around the Horn. Wow. And no one has reached out to me. So that's where we're at. Now granted, I've been hard to get ahold of lately because I've been traveling. Yeah.

But no one has really reached out to me. So I'll have an update for you next week, Billy. You want me to start making some calls? I don't want to, like, I feel like they should out to me. So I'll have an update for you next week, Billy. You want me to start making some calls? I don't want to, like, I feel like they should come to me. I shouldn't have to go and call Tony Reale and pitch myself for one of the final shows, you know? I understand you feel that. I think next week's the final week,

so you probably should get on the calls now if you're going to get on those calls. The update next week is gonna be, I'm not on. I think next week is going to be, I'm not on. I think next week is the last week. So. I thought the show was over after May, right? May's winding down, buddy. It's May 15th now.

I've lost track of time, buddy. Yeah. I have two weeks to go. I think May 30th is the last show. Yeah, but I would follow up on that one and just check and see exactly where they stand because Don't don't I don't I don't mean to offend you here I don't know if you're a last-week guy in terms of you know the Mount Rushmore like we've already had

Sarah Spain's fell farewell episode. Yeah, I'd Kate Fagan's farewell episode We're winding down here, and I don't not that you're not deserving But I think sure you were on, you know, maybe maybe double digits a little more Episodes here maybe like 15 episodes if even that so I think we got to start Reaching out and saying hey Tony reality and then you just make up like you remember how I did X and Y and Z for you Like yeah, and then you kind of guilt reality isali's the guy you gotta guilt, I think. Okay. So you're telling me to make the push now? Like right now, make the push.

Right when we're done recording here, I need to get on the phone with Reali and get on this show. I wouldn't fault you if you texted him now while we were doing this segment, which is perfectly fine. And then also maybe, you know, made me wonder, should we start inviting back some of our luminaries on our final Metal Arch episodes? Like, what do you think?

Because I'm trying to think who, and that's the thing is I'm trying to- Cozy Coleman? Oh, wow, you know what? We do, that's actually a really good call by you. We should invite all of the Meatheads to join us for our final MetalArk episode in a couple of weeks and make sure that we do it for the TV portion

just to drive Mike Fuentes crazy so that one of the last things that they get from us is just 80 boxes of guys, Jabba's and Mojo's and Cozy Coleman and the Freak, all of our friends. But not Kayfunk. I think that's the move. Did you see what happened there? There was a part of him because Billy

is a fundamentally decent human being, okay? But for some reason, he totally changes when he gets behind a microphone. There was a second there where he felt bad doing that to K-funk and then realized the devil, okay, beyond the microphone realized good move, Mikey. Yeah, my body actually froze when you said that. I don't know if you rewind and watch it, but you're like, and don't tell Kayfunk and out

like stop. And I was like, yeah, yeah, that's what we do. And we have to tell obviously we have to tell Captain Lee also. Of course. Like, yeah, yeah, that's what we do. And we have to tell, obviously we have to tell Captain Lee also. Of course. Those are all luminaries. All nitro, wow. I have to make a list of all these people.

A list of luminaries? Yeah, yeah, like god bless football luminaries. Anywho, hey, should we do some, should we do some anonymous sources here? Yeah, we should do them. I am and I'm sorry, I'm a bit distracted. I am reaching out to Tony reality right now. I started the text by saying Billy told me to reach out to you.

Why? Because it's time to make the push. No, I think this is the move. Just text them. Hey big dog. Okay. I know things are wrapping up over there. I think you need to position it as you're helping him out.

Like, hey, I know things are wrapping up over there, trying to fill out your roster. I'm ready whenever you want me back on. I know you probably try. I don't want to, let me tell you, you should actually position it as, I wanted to text him. Sorry, I haven't been able to get back to you.

No, no, just, no, don't do that. Hey, big dog. I like that, assuming you've been trying to get ahold of me. No, just say, I know you guys, I know you're probably stressed out with the show wrapping up, just wanted to take one of these things off your plate.

Like, I'll do, I'm available next week to take that stress off of your plate. You need to say that you're taking it off of his plate by volunteering. I'm doing him a favor. I'll do the entire last week. Wait, who is the last week guy for Around the Horde? It's going to be Woody Page, right? Yeah, Woody's the last week guy for sure. Okay, Frank DiSolo, the Iceman? The Iceman is, I mean, you have the convocation of

Jamie Ariadne, who's probably not going to be on the shows at all going forward, but he was like a Mount Rushmore guy. What about Bill? What about Bill Plasky? Oh, yeah, Bill Plasky gotta be there. Jackie McMullen's gotta be there. Mullins gotta be there. Jack is big. Yeah. Yeah, she's gotta be there. Wow. I'm surprised with the few few segments of Tim Kalashaw. Yeah. Let's see here. The old Boston is either to move maybe.

No. No. Brian Bob Ryan. Bob Ryan's got to be there. Yeah. You see why you got I'm telling you you really got to write. You're right, there's only like 10 more shows and they got a bunch of people they have to get to. You're right, I'm doing it right now, I am. I'm making the push. I told him I'm available to finally take this off his to-do list is what I said. I am good for the final week, that's what I told him.

Yeah, any day, just not Thursday or Friday or Tuesday? I really just wanted to see that I could see that totally happening like they book them on a random day He's like I got something. Yeah Kevin Blackstone He's a walk Jay a Don day Bomani had a nice run on there, too. He did have a nice run a very Michael Smith Mina Yeah, I mean there's yeah, there's there's a nice run on there too. He did have a nice run. A very nice run. Michael Smith, Mina. Yep. I mean there's, yeah, there's, there's, I'm going down, Su Gotz, and you're...

Yeah, listen, I just sent the text. I hit send to the text. I'll see if I get a live response here for us. Yeah, hopefully, yeah. On the air. All right, anonymous sources, are we, are we ready? Are we ready for that? Yeah. Guys, don't sound so excited. All right, I am excited, but now Billy's got me frazzled now because Billy's right, I only have two weeks left to get on. Time flies, man, time flies.

A lot of lacrosse games, you lose track of time. It's almost like Billy knew you were gonna get frazzled before the show when he decided to do this. But yeah just saying. So these are about NFC teams anonymous executives talking about NFC teams after the draft. NFC teams after the draft. NFC teams okay quote they had conviction and confidence and then they had the execution as well so you have to give them credit they had conviction and confidence and then they had the execution as well. So you have to give them credit. They had a good draft, whatever it all comes together,

whether it all comes together, who knows? Oh my God, there's like no hints there. I know. I gotta be honest, I didn't listen because Reali already responded. Oh no. What'd he say? He said,

Hey big dog. He said, who do you want to knock off, knock off the air for the last show, Ryan or Woody? Yes. The answer is yes. Just tell dealers choice. I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna do it.

I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna do it. Tell him you'll fly up.

You can be there in studio if he wants. Tell him he can take the day off. You can host it. Host it for reality? You know what you gotta do? You know what you gotta do? You might not like this idea. You know what you gotta do is you go on whatever episode you're on and you go in in full costume you thought I

thought we were doing the Halloween episode today well he just said you can't tell the story of around the horn without Stegatz who once dressed up I was with mono. Sam Darnold's spleen. I'm gonna say the Seahawks because you gave us no clues. So I'm just this is a burn vote. I'm gonna ask for the headline again. They had conviction and confidence and then they had the execution as well. So you have to give them credit. They had a good draft, and then they had the execution as well. So you have to give them credit.

They had a good draft, whether it comes together, who knows? There's no clues there whatsoever. That was a hard one. That might be the worst one. But I made it, but it's an easy team. Chicago Bears. There's your hint. An easy team.

Fuentes? Oh, Saints. I don't know. No. The Packers. I don't know. The Packers? I don't know. Giants. Who's the Giants? Billy got it all. Wow.

How'd you get that? I'm great at this game. Because he's good at this. Billy is fantastic at this game. Alright, here's another one. Alright, I'm hot. Now I'm in. Before I was like, this is a stupid game today.

Let's just mess with around the horn. Yep, here you go. Quote, they are realizing that they lost their way a little bit in the past year or so. It is more of them retooling that defense with the guys that fit what has made them really good in the past. The draft led them to defense

and an offensive coach like theirs thinks he can manufacture it enough. Bears bears bears. Bears bears bears. You're all wrong. Think tattoos. Tattoos. I was going to say the Raiders, but they're an AFC team.

So you know, when he said tattoos, I thought the readers too. Yeah. Max Crosby's draft led them to defense and an offensive coach like theirs can think he can manufacture it enough. Oh, 49ers. At tattoos, Chris Sims, come on. That is Chris. You got it. Yeah. Yeah. Sorry. Come on, gang. Keep up. I'm sorry. I'm distracted by reality now.

I mean, I understand. Give myself a half point on that one half point because I got to run. One point. I reality seems to want me on one of the next two weeks. So I have, but reality also, he seems like, he seems like the guy that he doesn't want to break your heart. Yeah. Yeah. All right.

Home said that I can't, I really wanted to. Oh, you know, he's not letting me. I tried. Right. Okay. You're right. Damn it. Yeah. Sorry. Anywho. Sorry. I'll stop being distracted from right. Damn it. Yeah, sorry. Anywho. Alright, sorry. I'll stop being distracted from reality lying to me. Yeah. You're right, Billy. He's a bit of a liar, if we're gonna be honest with you.

He's not a liar. He's just such a nice guy that he doesn't want to hurt anyone. That's all I want to hurt people's feelings. You know what a nice guy does? He tells his friends the truth, even if they're hard truths. Well, they finish last. True. That is true. And look, you're right, his show was canceled. So, anyway. the the the the the

the the the the Subscribe, rate, and review. Please do it for Billy's kid. Jesus Christ. Oh my god. Do it for his trip to Ibiza. Quote, they are confidently aggressive. Maybe that is the coach just saying we're gonna kick ass and take names forever. They are confidently aggressive. The Detroit Lions. Is this in regards to the draft or just... This is all in regards to the draft or just this is all in regards to the draft Yes, say it again. Let me hear the quote again. They are confidently aggressive Maybe that is the coach just saying we're gonna kick ass and take names forever. Yep lions Detroit Lions, man

Eagles Now Billy Billy you're off. The other two got it. It is the Detroit Lions. I mean, who else would say that? Yeah, most obvious thing to say. See, my problem is I read the wrong one to start and I gave you guys the really hard one as opposed to the ones that I should have started with. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'll get some points then for the first one. Okay. Yeah, you should get two points. I didn't know you were keeping score. Of course I'm keeping score. What's the score right now? It's one and a half to one and one. Yes.

All right, so this is for everything. That's what I have. We have one more. All right, so this is for everything. Really, this is it, the last one? Oh man. Yeah, yeah. Quote, I have to hand it to their GM.

They have upgraded in a lot of ways this offseason. Your first pick is in some way a statement about what this team needs and how they're going to play and how they are going to win. The pick is an interesting choice, and I think you can tell it was coach driven. I didn't hear that one as well, because Reali just texted me. He wants me to have the final porting shot.

I mean, now, now he's just playing cruel games with you. They're all sitting around watching it. Watch what he's going to say. Let's see. Yeah, this is just looking at his phone. This is mean. This is mean what he's doing to you. I don't support this.

In fact, I'm going to go back. He's not a nice guy. What he's doing to you. I don't support this. In fact, I'm going to go back. He's not a nice guy. What he's doing to you is not nice. He's teasing me. That's what he's doing. There's a bunch of people standing around looking at his phone, seeing what you're going to say. Yeah, this isn't nice.

He knows I'm on the air. I told him I'm on the air with you guys doing this. Yeah, not nice. This is almost cyber bullying. Yeah, exactly. What he's doing right now. Yeah. Did Billy guess yet? This is a big one. No, I haven What he's doing right now. Yeah. Yeah. Did Billy guess yet?

This is the big one. No, I haven't guessed yet. It's for everything, yes. Yeah, it's for everything. Can we hear it again, just so I'm not distracted? Yeah, pay attention. OK, sorry. I have to hand it to their GM.

They have upgraded in a lot of ways this offseason. Your first pick is in some way a statement about what this team needs and how they're going to play and how they're going to win. Their first pick is an interesting choice and I think you can tell it was coach driven. A lot of upgrades. I have a guess. Interesting first pick. You have one? Carolina Panthers. Really? By the way the Jets play Carolina. year. I would have been thrilled with that this year. It's a loss. Oh, that's a go ahead and a to z sports.com slash New York Jets.

That's a loss. All right. That's a lot. I'm going to say the who did what they say Carolina Carolina Panthers. I'm saying Bears. You're saying Bears, huh? Yeah, I'm saying Raiders. NFC teams, buddy. NFC. Yeah, reality. Ask reality.

I'm not asking reality. NFC team, the Eagles. Billy wins the Chicago Bears. Jesus Christ. I feel like half of these have been the Chicago Bears, if we're being honest. You're right. Half of these have just been Chicago Bears. Jesus Christ. I feel like half of these have been the Chicago Bears, if we're being honest. Yeah, if you're right.

Half of these have just been the Bears. You guess the Chicago Bears every time, except the time that it actually was the Chicago Bears. Yeah. It's been the Chicago Bears 15 times. Yeah, it's nuts. Yeah. They're really making headlines, huh?

When we come back, blind rankings. Yes. Yes, blind rankings. Yes. And we're back. I think I owe an apology to Stu Gotz, to be honest with you, because you're now going back and forth with reality and telling us what he's saying to you. And I think that I should not have put this on your radar

to get your hopes up for this happening. Cause I think that he's toying with you in a very cruel way. So I don't like what he's doing. I don't like a one bit on the record. I don't like it, but I apologize for the fact that I put this on your plate and your radar and now you're like a dog with a bone on this one and I feel like he's having you chase your own tail. So you don't think this is going to happen.

I will tell you that the reason I got on around the horn in the first place was because of Tony reality. And so, and he was very supportive as I was doing that show and has been since we left ESPN. So I think maybe you're right. Maybe he just doesn't want to break my heart and tell me I'm not going to make the final cut. You're probably right.

Cause I think I'm okay with that. I'm okay with that, Billy.. You're probably right. Cause I think- I'm okay with that. I'm okay with that Billy. I am because it's something that I would do. You tell a look, you dangle, you dangle, you dangle right up into the final show and then you call him up. You say you're sorry. What can you do?

Tell me about it. He's leading you on a little bit here I feel like. And I think that they probably have the final shows already planned out. There's only a handful left. I'm pretty sure it would already be booked. So I don't know why he... I'm not in the plans, right, right.

I think you'd know about it. That's why I don't understand why he's doing this to you, but that's fine. So guys, we have one of our favorite games, blind rankings. And also I have that for later in this show. What was that? I can't wait for that.

Can you describe it? I can't wait to get to the audience. The audio audience will hate it. I have that, later in this show. What was that? Can you describe it? I'm doing it too fast. TV's not even getting I have that for later on in the show. By the way, in case you guys are wondering, because I know some people here were asking you in particular to God's Mikey AP were saying hey blind rankings is their sponsor. Yeah, there is actually is presented by smear enough to world's number one vodka. Please drink responsibly. So here's how blind headline works for those of you who are new to this and don't have an internet connection So fuentes will say the name of a certain player of said position

And we will rank that player one through ten at that position without knowing who is to come And then at the end we will reveal our top 10 of said position Mike Fuentes what position are we blind ranking today well you started the show with a headline about Derek Henry so we're doing running backs today we're doing right

receivers last week there's a bit of confusion because you guys don't know that Matthew Gold's number one receiver for the Green Bay Packers he's not and that was even though the GM had a meeting yeah Jayden Reed doesn the number one receiver, and said, guess what? You're still the number one receiver.

Yeah, that's what he'd tell everybody. Anyway, anyway. So anyway, we're moving on. We're going running backs. We're going to start off one of the best running backs in the league. Right off the top, guys, choose carefully. Christian McCaffrey of the 49ers. Wow. Christian McCaffrey had a dead show, by the way, at the Sphere. He was backstage with Bob Weir, him and George Kittle. Your boy, Kittle. Billy, how about that? I did see the picture of Kittle there.

I'm putting him at five. McCaffrey, you have four running backs being better than him? I'm putting him at five just because he's never healthy. Okay. Best ability is availability. Put him at five just because he's never healthy. Okay. Best ability is availability. Put him at five.

Mikey gets it. I'm putting McCaffrey at five for now, just based on that. Not for now. It can't be for now. It stays there. Once it's five, it's five. We all know that these are eternal and he can never be moved.

Yes. But what I'm saying is I'm doing this not based on past performance. I'm doing this on future prediction. I have him at number five. I'm gonna put him right down the middle because I feel like we're gonna get some some running backs here. Fuente's quick question. Are these all number one running backs? Number one running backs? These are all running backs. Are we getting Khalil Herbert in there? On their teams. That's all I'm saying. Number one running backs on their teams? Nope, they're just running backs. I don't want to hear no

bullsh** like last week where I had to argue about Matthew Golding. The bullsh** has begun because you're now going to give us number three running backs. So just to be clear. Put them at ten. Like once again, okay, well, so I put Christian McCaffrey at number five and now I know I'm going to get a bunch of number three running backs here and then you say, oh, I went through this randomizer and it's never random. It's almost like we're- The last one is always a doug.

It's almost like we're doing it blindly. Stu Gotts, Christian McCaffrey, Mikey Yusef. I'm gonna put him at number two, I can't imagine. It's gonna be bullshit running backs the entire time. He just told us what his game is. Number two. That's why I'm good at the game, I put him at two. The second.

Well, cause you didn't tell us the rules. Second guy, Mikey Yusef, you said five for McCaffrey, right? Yeah, change it Mikey. Change it to give it to you. I'm going to give it to you. I'm going to give it to you. I'm going to give it to you. I'm going to give it to you. I'm going to give it to you. I'm going to give it to you. I'm going to give it to you. I'm going to give it to you. I'm going to give

it to you. I'm going to give it to you. I'm going to give it to you. I'm going to give it to you. I'm going to give it to you. I'm going to give it to you. I'm going to give it to you. I'm going to give it to you. I'm going to give

it to you. I'm going to give it to you. I'm going to give it to you. I'm going to give it to you. I'm going to give it to you. I'm going to give it to you. I'm going to give it to you. I'm going to give it to you. I'm going to give it to you. I'm going to give it to you. I'm going to give you some info about Rashad White. Yeah, that is that's he's really the number one. So wait, so are they are they number ones? Are they not like am I going to get

Ray Davis? They are running back to the NFL running backs in the NFL. Okay. So, Tampa Bay Bucks. He gives us. I'm telling you right now. It's going to be it's just I mean camakers like get out of here. Bucky Irving, Tampa Bay Bucks.

I'm putting Bucky Irving at number eight guys. Number eight. Bucky Irving is really good. Yeah, Bucky had a season, man. He did. He's forward. He's really good. I'm gonna put Bucky at four, honestly. I'm gonna put him at eight. I'm gonna put him at six,

just so I'm a little different than Billy right now. But four's a good spot for him, right, Mikey? I had him written at four, and then you said it, and I don't wanna have the same same list as you so I'm gonna put We can change if you want you want to swap you want four and I'll take six. I'll keep them at six Okay, I've got to have him at eight next running back off the board the Baltimore Ravens newly resigned People called him wash last year. He clearly was not Derek Henry I'm putting him at one because I don't know who else you're gonna put on here

I'm putting him at one. I this is know who else you're going to put on here. I'm putting him at one. This is a game where you're not going to have Saquon. I already know your games. Saquon is at one for me. I'm happy to put Derek Henry at one and if I get Saquon and put him at two, I can justify it. I'll put Derek Henry at three. I have faith in Fuentes. He will give me Saquon Barkley.

But I'm fine putting Saquon at two. It's just I know him. I know I know where this is going. I know where this is going. Breeze Hall. It's like, okay, thanks. Lex running back off the board Los Angeles Rams. Kyron Williams, Notre Dame guy. Oh, he's good. A lot of touchdowns. Kyron Williams at three. I'm gonna put him at five. I'm gonna put them at five. I'm gonna put them at seven. Ooh, that's not nice.

Insulting. Yeah, I'm putting them at seven because I want some wiggle room here. Where'd you have Bucky? I have Bucky at four. Next running back off the board, the league leader in touchdowns last season, Buffalo Bills, James Cook.

Nine. What? Wow. Eight. I'll go four on Cook. Oh boy. Well, I mean, I have to. Let them win.

Yeah. You really don't. There's so much room left. Number six. I won the game two weeks in a row. I'm putting on my four. Next running back. I won the game two weeks in a row. I'm putting them at four. Next running back, Kenneth Walker Jr.

Seattle Seahawks. Ten. I'm going to put them at seven. I'm going to put them at eight. Okay, that's where I had Bucky Irving. Me and Mikey have very similar lists and I'm moving things around also based on where he's putting them so we don't have the same one. Next one. I have two, four, seven, and nine left.

Atlanta Falcons, Bijon Robinson. I'm putting him at three. I wish I had that four spot back. I'm putting him at three hoping that we get Saquon knowing we won't. But I could still put someone ahead of him. I'm gonna put him at three. I'm gonna put him at six. I'm gonna put him at, go ahead.

Six for me. I'm gonna put him at four. Okay. And there's only, he could give me two names now that could ruin my day. I'm not certain why there's so much tension with this game, but I feel it, I feel it. I feel it every time I play it. Because of how Fu much tension with this game, but I feel it. I feel it

Because of how point does plays it yes exactly fear of the unknowns do Next Brian Robinson jr. Washington commanders I'm putting him at six I'll put him at nine Say nine actually I'm to put him at ten. Yeah, he's a ten for me. I like my list so far. I gotta tell you, I like my list. I don't like my list if he gives me Saquon.

I don't hate mine, but I know where this is going now. There's two names he could give me, and I'll feel really bad if I have to put one of them at seven. I'm glad that I put him at ten. Next up, Najee Harris, newly signed Los Angeles Charger. All right. Six, seven. I have him at six and here we go with his BS.

Go on. Who's my what number? What numbers do we have left? What number you have Mikey? How many do we have? This is my second ranked running back. Whoever need to this number two names. I'm who do you have? This is my second ranked running back whoever. Me too. This is number two.

There's two names. Who do you have Stu guys? Hold on a second. How many running backs do we have left? One left. I'm keeping track. So this is gonna be number one for me. Whoever he says is my number one running back.

Okay. Who is it? So where'd you put Naji Stu? I missed it. 10. 10. Number one. Now he's just gonna make up a name to make us all look stupid. You guys held the faith. Saquon Barkley, number 10. Number one. Now he's just gonna make up a name to make us all look stupid.

You guys held the faith. Saquon Barkley, number 10. Okay. Yes! Okay. Yes! Look at that. I win again! So two. The only name I was fearful there that I was gonna get is Jameer Gibbs.

Ooh. If I got Jameer Gibbs and I had to put him at seven, I'd have felt bad. Yeah, I could see that. I thought Devon Achan was coming up, to be honest with you. J.K. Dobbins. Honestly, Jamir Gibbs.

J.K. Dobbins not on a team. Yeah, but Jamir, Jamir Gibbs. He'll be on one. At one? I don't hate that. He's always on a team. Jamir Gibbs, very good. No, Jamir Gibbs at one.

I wouldn't hate that. Yeah, very good. All right. So just a quick recap here. My top 10 running backs are Derek Henry, Saquon Barkley, Bijan Robinson, Bucky Irving, Christian McCaffrey. I don't even know what I wrote for number six.

Bijan, six, yeah, Najee. Najee Harris, okay. Then you had Kyron. Williams, Walker Jr., Cook, and Robinson Jr. James Cook, that's insulting. I was Derrick Henry, Saquon Barkley, Kyron Williams, Bijan, Christian McCaffrey, Bucky Irving, Najee Harris, James Cook, Brian Robinson Jr., Kenneth Walker.

The only one I hate is Najee. I think I nailed it, Fuentes. Fuentes, I had Saquon McCaffrey, Derek Henry, James Cook, Kyron Williams, Bijon, Kenneth Walker, Bucky Irving, Robinson and IJ Harris. Yeah. Bucky Irving a little low for me. Yeah. Other than that, yeah. Yeah.

You sold low on Bucky Irving and I think you got CMC too high. Yeah. When we come back. When we come back. Oh. Oh. This. When does fast grocery delivery through Instacart matter most? When your famous grainy mustard potato salad This. download the app and get delivery in as fast as 60 minutes. Plus enjoy $0 delivery fees on your

first three orders. Service fees exclusions and terms apply. Instacart, groceries that overdeliver. Stu Gatz, Mike Ea, Mike Fu audience, I've been teasing it all day. Yeah. This. Right. Sheet of paper. And what is that sheet of paper, you ask? It is the 2025 NFL schedule grade.

Wow. Wow. That is so exciting. Gorgeous. It's beautiful. It's your masterpiece, I mean. I wanna make this wallpaper and just plaster this all over my wall, but my wife won't let me.

So I'm gonna probably have to just tape this little tiny version. Anyway, this is gonna be my key tool for this new game. I'm sure the wife will be fine with you taking down the Sims jersey if you wanna replace it with the great- How dare you? It is starting to collect us. We may have to replace that one soon. So anywho, this is our key tool for that's a game. So here's how we can do this.

We can do this one of two ways. You can give me a team in a week and we can say, hey, that's a game. Or I can give you some that I highlighted. I kind of think a team in a week might be the way to go. Cause like, for example, here's one that I highlighted. Baltimore, week four at Kansas City. That's a game. That's a game.

That's that's a game. That's a game. Yes, that's a game. Also, Tennessee, week 18 at Jacksonville, number one pick versus number two pick. That's not a game. Yeah. I mean, that's a game. I mean, technically, they're all. That's not a game. Yeah. I mean, that's a game. I mean, technically they're all games, but not a game. It's a game.

That's a game. I mean, that's a game. Yeah. It's a game. Yeah, that's a Christmas day, Detroit at Minnesota. That's a game. That's a game. That's a game.

That's a game. Well, we don't know who Minnesota's quarterback's gonna be, but it's a game. It's a game. That's a game. It's a game. Christmas day, Denver, Kansas City., but it's a game. It's a game. It's a game. Christmas Day, Denver, Kansas City. Man, it's a game. That's just a game.

Can you give me Colts Week 9, just out of curiosity? Sorry, of all of them, you're gonna start with the Colts? I can already tell you it's not a game. We'll see, Week 9, we'll see. Colts Week 9 at Pittsburgh. That's a game. That's a game. It's just a game. That's a game.

It's just a game. Give me give me Lion's week seven. Ooh, Lion's week seven versus Tampa Bay. That's a game. That's a game. That's a game. That's a game. I'm circling that one.

That's a game. That's a game. You're circling one. That's a game. I'm so jealous he gets a circle game. Not just is that a game? Right. That's a Monday Night Football game. Yes it is. Oh my god. It's a Monday nighter and I don't...

spoiler alert in case you guys don't have the NFL schedule grid. That is a two Monday night football week. Week seven. What's the other game? Houston at Seattle. That's a game. Just a game. That's a game. That's a game.

That's a game. That's a game. That's a game. I don't know what we're doing there. That's a game. I mean, we have that. We have a game. We have.

And then it's a game. And then we have something to watch a commercial. We know. We know which one. We know which one Peyton and Eli are going to be doing that night. That's a game. Yes. Can you give me Bill's week 10?

We know. We know where you do it. We know where we know where Joe and Troy are going to be that week. That's a game. Yes. Can you give me Bill's week 10? We know we know where you do it. We know where we know where Joe and Troy are going to be that week. Yes, you're right. Bill's week 10. What do you got? Bill's week 10. All right. Here we go. Buffalo week 10. Buffalo week 10 at Miami.

That's a game. That's a game. That's a game. It's a game. It's a game. I'm looking downplaying the importance of that game. It's a game. That's a game. That's a game. It's a game. It's a game. I'm looking up downplaying the importance of that game. It's a game. It's a game. It's a game. I'm not circling it, but I'm underlining that one. Right. Yeah. Rams week 14. Well, Rams week. Fort. I like it. I like it. I like it.

At Arizona. That's a game. That's a game. That's a game. That's a game. It's just a game. A game like Bird Gang, Billy Bird Gang. That's I mean, I'm all I'm decked out of my bird gang today. Head to toe. That's a game. Give me a Dolphins week week 13, Billy.

Dolphins week 13 against New Orleans. Yeah, it's not a game It's a win too, that's it I'm gonna I'm actually gonna write down w on that one, which means it's probably an L so right Chargers week eight Chargers week eight Chargers week eight hosting Chargers week eight, hosting Minnesota. Thursday, Thursday Night Football. Thursday night, it's a game. Thursday night.

It's a game. It's a song. Good start to the week. That's a game. That's a good start to the week. That's a game. That's what it is. It's a good start to the week.

That's a game. That's a game. This might be my new favorite game by the way. Yeah, this, this, this is a game. This is a game. This is a game. This might be my new favorite game by the way. Yeah, this, this, this is a game. This is a game. This is a game. And also, this concludes the episode of God Blows Football, guys. So God Blows Football, everyone. God Blows Football. Subscribe, rate, and review. Do it for Billy's Kids. Thank you.

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