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This is the Dan Levatore show with the Stucats podcast.
Hey, we're throwing a Miller Light watch party for Thursday night football, dolphins, V. Ravens at Flanagan's and Kendall. That is my neighborhood, Flanies. Kendall Drive and Southwest 1-27th, right there by Kendall Soccer Park.
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It's Miller time.
Looking forward to this on Thursday, it's a block party. We throw good parties, and I assume Lamar Jackson is going
to be playing. He's going to play in this one. I mean, I don't know. They apologize for how
they approach this injury thing. Lamar, always strange around Lamar Jackson injuries,
even when he's not protecting a future contract. But they do have a pro bowler on or center
sill. The reason that they apologized for it is because you guys do understand it's because
of the gambling line, right? Yes. It started at the Ravens were favored by six and a half
because Lamar was playing. And then it dips to two because Tyler Hunley, who's
good there, but not here, goes down to whatever it was, two points.
And now it's back up.
The Ravens are favored by a touchdown coming to Miami, so I assume Lamar Jackson is playing.
Like, that's the only reason they would be favored by, they're not going to be favored in the game if Lamar Jackson doesn't play.
They wouldn't be favored, would they?
I don't think after the Dolphins had an impressive win Sunday, I don't think they would have been favored.
I mean, they just beat a good Chicago team, and Snoop Huntley looked really, really good in that system.
I don't think, why would not?
Why wouldn't they be?
Guys, the Falcons lost by 30 to the Panthers.
No, like, they're not a very good team.
That win from the Dolphins doesn't exactly prove much.
Ravens would have been favored by like two or three, I think.
You think the Ravens with their backup quarterback would be favored here against the Dolphins
when the Ravens defense has been just as bad as the Dolphins defense?
I still trust the Ravens.
No, I don't.
I don't.
I mean, you know, I can't say in its moot because I do think Lamar Jackson is going to start against the Dolphins on.
Thursday night. A lot of people thought
he was going to play this week. It was a little bit of a surprise
that he didn't. He's been out a while now.
I mean, come on. We've got a hammy? Let's go.
Yeah, it's exactly what he else. He does. He's got two actually.
Literally.
I mean, say, come on, Lamar.
Is this a Lobos issue?
No, he's not.
He's a proud Lobo. He's a Robo.
He's a Lobos Hall of Famer, as you all know, but
we didn't get him this year. Damn it.
One of the things that I'm always interested
in, in professional
Football is how these teams break throughout the season, how the quarterbacks break,
even though we're doing everything possible to protect the quarterback.
Every week in college and pro sports, some sort of game has a deciding element on a roughing the passer
that's never been a roughing the passer before the last couple of years where you're just not allowed to hit the quarterback anymore.
And yet still, they keep getting hurt.
The Minnesota Vikings, the wheels have fallen off.
because they're trying to get Carson Wentz
his body parts to function just long
enough to get them back to their
starting quarterback. It's one of the
reasons that Justin Herbert
is actually so valuable. He doesn't
miss games. Like, he's
so sturdy. He gets hit a
ton. Gets hit a ton.
And just, how many games is he?
Who's San Diego? He's
battle through injuries. Who's the Chargers
backup quarterback? Anyone? Because I
learn who... No one. I learn... No, I'm
asking, does anyone know who the backup quarterback?
quarterback. They don't even have one. I don't know who it is.
Trey Lance.
Woof.
Whoa.
Wow.
Yeah, keep Justin Herbert standing up, please.
Put it on the poll, please. At Levitard show. Did you know that Tray Lance was Justin Herbert's backup quarterback?
Let's do funniest thing from the sports weekend.
Hey, people, tell us what in the sport made you laugh hardest this weekend.
It is a segment we call What Make You Laugh This Weekend?
weekend.
All right, guys,
Joel and Bede playing for the Sixers this year.
Their team has actually played better
when he's not on the floor,
which is kind of a rarity for the 76ers
during his tenure.
So when a reporter brought it up to him postgame,
hey, what do you think about the fact
that these guys are playing better without you?
He said, it's been 12 years.
I'll take it.
It's incredible.
Defeated.
just absolutely defeated.
He's not a 20 minute, God.
Like, what is that?
20 minutes.
This was a really funny sports weekend.
It's tough, but I don't want people to forget what happened on Friday.
On first day, with Canaan getting legitimately pissed at an Alabama A&M bulldog mascot that dared to take his hat.
It's all fun in games.
We're, you know, we're doing hip checks and we're running down the field.
He took the hat off.
He got an open hand slap to the face.
And he's like, and he's telling him, don't play with me.
A real legitimate shove.
He cocks back and pulls back.
The still shot is the best.
Dude, he was legitimately angry.
Look at it.
That is an iconic photo.
Do you guys, you guys should get for the end of this segment,
the video of when those seven guys tried to attack Cam Newton at once.
Cam Newton is not to be trifled with under any circumstances.
He's bigger than the mascot.
I saw yesterday.
He's bigger than most human beings.
I saw yesterday that Josh Allen scored his 69th touchdown and they said second all time for
quarterbacks and I thought for a second. Who's first? Oh yeah. Oh yeah. The guy who was bigger than
everybody on the goal line. Cam Newton actually aged prematurely because of how they used him physically.
Again, I will say, amazing that Justin Herbert is always available. Cam Newton's bigger than Justin
Herbert. I stood next to Cam Newton on a sideline recently. It was like standing behind Shaq.
Yeah, he's inordinately large, and he was pissed there.
Speaking of open hand slaps, Dano, Cyril Gahn, full hands, both eyes into the title,
heavyweight title champion of the world right there, Tom Aspinall.
Cyril Gond had two, three stooges, bam, right in the eyes.
And as you could see, the reactions of me, Lewis, and Robert Dico we had there in the center.
We were all not happy with how that ended.
It was a choppy fight.
You got to block that with the hands.
Yeah, yeah.
That's one of the mixed martial arts, three scooges.
But when you don't see it coming, you can't throw it up because he went to go punch
and then as he punched, the fingers went into the eyes.
He said it went knuckle deep.
And it's actually, so the one, so if you're looking on the screen right now, the one to the right
that looks worse, that looks like his knuckles actually in his eyeball, is not the one
that they called.
It was the one to the left, which is the one that actually got hurt, which is why he stopped the fight.
So again, to the right, knuckle deep in the eyeball, to the left, not knuckle deep,
but that's the eye that got hurt.
What a disappointing way for a marquee fight to end in no contest.
Dan, speaking of eyes, to his eye.
What the hell happened there?
That's my funniest thing.
Somebody had left poop particles on his pillow.
That's how you get pink eye.
You sleep on poop.
What do you know about pink eye?
That's not accurate.
That is how you get poop particles.
Dr. Zaz over here.
That's not an accent.
That is.
Look it up.
That's how you get pink eye.
Look at this, though.
How is his vision not affected?
The aerobiotics.
They work like magic.
This cheek is swollen.
What are you?
Look at it.
I barely see.
Poop particles.
Yeah.
That's how you get pink eye.
It's a fart.
It's a fart on somebody's pillow.
That's what it is.
You never watch knocked up?
You don't know about that?
You don't know about that pink eye?
Greg, what was the funniest thing from the sports weekend?
I got to get back to the Steelers' uniforms.
They played it at the former Heinz Field.
They looked like bottles of mustard.
It's so ridiculous.
I kept saying to my wife, the Steelers look like the Packers look like the Packers.
because that's the, the Steelers uniform is the Packers' shade, is the Packers' color of yellow.
It's just ridiculous now what teams are doing with uniforms, just for the sake of merchandising
and gimmickery, throwbacks. Come on, throw up is more like it.
Get back to your uniforms. I want to see the Steelers look like the Steelers.
I want to see UM look like UM, not like a battalion.
Now you're with me, Greg.
What year was the uniform that they were using here?
because that feels like a 1950s type of Steelers uniform before the one we came to know.
We've seen them wear that look once before at, well, originally that was supposed to be their look.
But in the 75th anniversary of the NFL during the 90s, they rocked that look.
I bet it's earlier than the 50s.
I bet it's like late 30s.
I mean, that's ancient, that uniform style, especially the design and the front, the stripes and everything.
It looked like something that they were wearing when the coaches were wearing fedoras on the sideline.
When the helmets were turtles shells.
When the helmets were turtle shells.
That's exactly right.
Well put.
Pink eye, also known as conjunctivitis, is an inflammation of the conjunctiva, the clear membrane covering the white part of the eye.
While it is commonly a myth, pink eye cannot be caused by poop particles.
Knocked up lied to us.
Cannot.
Wow.
Shout out, by the way, to the Green Bay Packers, equipment manager that realize we got to go all white.
We can't do this to the people.
Shout out to poop particles, too.
What's the funniest thing from the sports weekend?
You get your facts wrong.
You send shout out to poop particles.
That's not useful.
Long overdue.
Funniest thing from the sports weekend, Greg, I've been talking about this all season long.
This is, I dare you to tell me this is not the biggest story in the NFL this year.
Yeah, that's right.
Players punching each other during the game.
It's not so funny anymore, is it, Tony?
Yes, it is.
Nobody's laughing at me.
What?
You see what happened?
It's a funny, the sports weekend for you.
You see what happened with a New York giant?
Yeah, it's funny how stupid it is.
It's funny how everybody doesn't see it except for me.
That's why it's funny.
The New York Giants were playing the Eagles, and two players, they didn't try to tackle the guy with the ball.
They tried to punch the ball out.
You know what happened?
The Eagle ball carrier, he was slippery, and he got through, and what happened?
The giant punched the other giant.
Concussion!
Concussion!
Oh, friendly fire.
Never heard of it? Friendly fire happened at all the time.
They're punching each other.
Support the troops, Zaz.
He punched them out.
There is no way this is not going to be outlawed after this season.
You can't have players punching each other.
If you want to punch the football, fine.
But if you miss, you can't punch a player.
It's going to be a penalty.
You're not playing the game right.
This is funniest thing from the sports weekend.
I'm playing it perfectly positive.
Funny like this made me laugh.
It's funny how much.
much smarter I am than everybody else. Chicken shit. Chicken shit. Poop particles. Funny.
I sent Zazlo the video of that when I saw it because I believe this has been
undercovered. This particular play was undercovered. Devante Smith catches the ball and one giant
tries to punch the ball and misses, but the other giant is also trying to punch the ball
and hits the first giant in the head in a way that led to the concussion.
protocol, and it was just the way that you would hit somebody square in the face.
He just hit his teammate, square in the helmet, and I didn't think that would cause a
concussion, but he hit him so hard, it caused a concussion.
I mean, he's having with Kyron Williams also.
He got punched in that head, and he fumbled on the goal line earlier this year.
You think this is football?
Yes.
You'll know ball.
What?
Yes, right.
I said it.
No, you don't know ball.
It's been a long time somebody has said, I don't know about football.
Ever heard of peanut Tillman?
You ever heard of Peanut Tillman?
Do you know peanut?
Yeah, and you know what? Peanut Tillman
He perfected it.
He punched the ball.
I know.
These guys punched the ball, too.
Punched him in the head.
Friendly fire happens every play.
The peanut punch.
I'm surprised none of you selected Jalen Brown's hair.
I thought for sure that somebody was going to select.
It was tough.
Yes, can we show that?
Is this your submission?
No, it's not.
How is this not your submission?
I've got a different submission.
I've got three that I was choosing from, and this was my second place finisher.
My second place finisher is Jalen Brown.
I mean, since we threw up the image, that little smudge on the white jersey of the New York
Nick player, that's Jalen Brown's hair.
Yeah, he showed up with a brand new look, Beijing in that hair, and it rubs off on the defender.
Okay, now I get it.
The white jersey.
Is that an O.B.
Grecian formula.
It's an all-time moment in my sporting life, given my obsession.
Oh, my God.
It's so good.
It is great.
That was my second place finisher.
my third place finisher was on 3rd and 13 watching Joe Flacco run for a first down,
run 15 yards for a first down.
But my number one, my winner was Derek Jeter saying after game one of the World Series
that Yamamoto threw a complete game the last time he pitched, quote,
Yamamoto threw a complete game.
He's not going to throw one tomorrow night.
He's not, end quote.
And then Yamamoto throws another complete game.
Yamamoto, that's a fine.
Also, it happened again the next game against the Pistons for Jalen Brown.
So it wasn't just against Don and Obie.
It was the next game as well.
He's got to change something with his hair, Mike.
This has got to change.
You can't keep letting this happen.
If you're going to play against a team with white uniforms, you cannot continue to do this.
This is actually a great thing that he's doing if it's strategic.
I'll put an elbow in you.
I'll put a shoulder in you.
I'll put my Beijing in you.
That should be a technical foul.
when you rub your own hair
on somebody else and it comes off
on their uniform, it's just unbecoming.
You can't have that in the NBA.
It's the biggest scandal of the week. Forget the gambling.
You don't want somebody else's hair smudge
on your uniform? Ridiculum.
Another OLLI,
Justin Fields with one of the worst jump passes
I've ever seen in NFL history.
He just got caught in the air, jumped up,
and just was like, oh, shit, and just threw it at
like the feet of some guy.
Oh, the football season.
Cruel beast
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Don Lebatard.
The judge coach, sweetie.
Stugats.
I should say hello.
This is the Dan Lebatar show with the Stugats.
Let's talk about a couple of things from that game because Justin Fields is now one in 26 when the opponent scores 21 points.
That's the first time that he has won a game when an opponent scores 21 points.
He's on a roll.
Joe Flacco put up 38 against the worst offense in the league and lost.
The worst coaching staff in the league got 14 points in the fourth quarter
or 15 points in the fourth quarter by correctly going for two the first time.
And Justin Fields had an amazing play to get the two-point conversion.
But the Jets finally winning a football game,
going on the road, beating Cincinnati, hurting Cincinnati,
because Cincinnati was just trying to get the season,
to Joe Burrow, and this is a crippling loss to watch the jets who were in total chaos.
The owner, no other team in the sport had the owner ripping its quarterback this season,
saying he couldn't complete a pass.
I thought to Tyrod Taylor would have started if he had been healthy.
I thought Justin Fields would have lost that job and would have lost it forever.
Because Tyrod Taylor probably would have done similar things against that Bengals run defense.
By the way, Matthew Berry continues to give away.
money around here. He told you to take both those running
backs against the Bengals defense and both
those running backs went crazy against the
Bengals defense and they scored
the Jets scored 39 points in that game
and won even though
you go ahead and give me all the other
teams that have won games with Brees Hall
or a running back throwing the ball
at the end from the goal line. Like that
was a bad throw to an asinine call in that
situation like just truly
asinine to have that
to have Brees Hall
you're running the ball all game well
and you decide to have Brees Hall
throw into coverage at the goal line
they converted it but what a crushing loss
for Cincinnati the only close game yesterday
it was one of those things of like no no no no no yes yes yes yes
because he rolls out right you're going to
you realize oh my God he's going to throw this ball
but then he's not and then he kind of tucks it again
but then he kind of brings it up against stops
and then throws it over the ball to Mason Taylor
the defender didn't even see him
Mason Taylor caught the touchdown
Mason Taylor first touchdown.
But it was like, oh, my God, that was a terrible call.
Let's play Justin Fields talking about Woody Johnson,
the rare sports owner that has two names that refer to penis.
Woody Johnson is a clown.
He's a professional clown.
And what he did by speaking the other day made things worse for his team somehow,
his 117 team.
Here's Justin Fields talking about it after the game.
Yeah, like I said, I mean, that's outside noise at the end of the day.
I get that he's the owner.
of the team but you know outside noise um the biggest thing was my teammates believing in me
and my coach is still believing in me and um you know wow thank you georgia god that's
it's actually inside noise it's not outside noise but if i were erring glenn i would have
thanked woody johnson for lighting a fire under just the fire lit how quick you were able to
hear the background the PR guy all right thank you justin immediately when we're talking about
that's my favorite thing last question
Let's play it again.
So we love doing that.
We've had a number of times over the years where the PR guy saying,
okay, let's wrap this up, is right there.
As soon as the Woody Johnson question appears.
Yeah, like I said, I mean, that's outside noise at the end of the day.
I get that he's the owner of the team.
But, you know, outside noise.
The biggest thing was my teammates believing in me
and my coach is still believing in me.
And, you know, God.
Drake May yesterday was getting MVP chance in New England and I think what's going to end up happening here.
Kansas City plays tonight and what's going to end up happening is we're going to get to the playoffs and Mahomes is going to play against a whole bunch of quarterbacks that everyone is going to expect him to beat.
It's going to be Bo Nix.
It's going to be Daniel Jones.
It's going to be Drake May who might not be ready.
quite yet. The Colts are good, but the Chiefs, if I made that a playoff game tomorrow,
everyone who's listening to this would assume that Daniel Jones will turn into Daniel Jones.
Look, Tony, I understand. I've been the biggest bandwagon guy for the Colts this year.
Daniel Jones has unlocked something in his brain. I don't know what it is.
Also, Jonathan Taylor probably offensive player.
So good. But, like, that team plays well offensively, defensively. We thought Shane Steak was an idiot.
In fact, really good coach.
That team is very good.
Team of Destiny, Ursay.
And they make it look very easy because the thing that Daniel Jones keeps doing is he's converting all these 20-yard passes where his guys are just wide open because he's just making the right play.
And you have to respect all things Jonathan Taylor because he's really exceptional.
But I want to talk about Drake May for a second because he doesn't have the benefit that Sam Darnold has.
in Smith and Jigba in explosive plays.
He doesn't have that kind of wide receiver,
and he's throwing the ball deep better than any quarterback in the league.
So he's very close to ready,
but the reason that Kansas City is going to be assumed
by everyone listening to this to be able to get past
all those other teams in the playoffs
is because you don't respect the Herberts and the Bo Nix's
and the Daniel Jones is enough
to think that,
they're going to be able to beat
Mahomes. Like, that's what's going to happen in terms
of perception. It is kind of crazy.
I mean, Drake made's top receiver
yesterday was Matt Collins.
He threw for almost 300 yards,
and his top receiver was Matt Collins.
Like, you, Tua had a good day
yesterday, right? Yeah, threw over 202 yards.
Drake made through for 282.
It's not just that,
though, Zaz. He's
the third best running quarterback in the league.
Like, I think I'd put him
right after, like, Lamar Jackson
and Josh Allen, I think I would put him third.
I mean, you have Herbert, you have Jaylorz as well, but his ability to scramble is ridiculous.
Chris, I have a really good Drake May stat.
Start of the day, start of the day.
This year, start of the day.
Start of the day, start of the day, start of the day, this year, start of the day.
Start of the day, start of the day, start of the day.
Start of the day
In this year, start of the day
per NFL
Plus, Drake May
joins an elite club with
200 passing yards and 100
plus passer rating in seven consecutive
games within a season at any
age. He joins
Aaron Rogers, who did it in
2011 and 2020, Tom
Brady in 2007,
Peyton Manning in 2004,
and Patrick Mahomes in 2018. That's it.
So Caleb Williams is the third best quarterback in that draft, right?
Drake May is going to be great for 10 years if he doesn't get hurt.
Like that part is obvious.
They haven't even started building in the draft around him in a way that gets him.
That team does not...
He has no weapons.
I wouldn't say they don't have any weapons, but they don't have the kind of weapons
that usually are associated with the passing stats that he's putting up.
He's throwing the ball down the field.
You guys were just talking about conservative, right?
And you've heard me say before as it relates to quarterback measurements that aren't empirical.
Do I fear you on third and ten?
Do I fear that you're going to make third and ten irrelevant?
Mahomes at his best, third and ten didn't matter.
You were always thinking, oh, you almost felt there was a funny thing that happened with the chiefs at their best,
where getting them in third and ten, you didn't feel like you necessarily successful.
seated on the first two plays because it was so hard to stop them on third down as well.
Drake May down the field is doing things you shouldn't be able to do with those skill guys.
Like it's not the Colts are very good.
They're not in third and long very often, but they're very good on third and long and you
fear them on third and long.
There aren't many teams you can say this of right now.
Never mind.
Josh Allen in previous incarnation, this bill's offense is not the same on third and ten
as the last couple of years of third and ten Bill's offense.
The idea that the Patriots now have an offense,
they didn't even play well in the first half of that game.
He didn't play that well because Miles Garrett had five sacks in that game.
It's got to be fun twice a year watching Drake May
evolved, develop, trying to wrangle that division from Josh Allen.
Kishon Booty, to your point, Dan, that weapon over the last three weeks,
25-yard touchdown, 29-yard touchdown, and 39-yard touchdown.
Like these huge plays coming from Jake May.
Great throws.
Great throws.
I was to say, that's the thing of a quarterback that can kind of lift all the tie that lifts all the boats.
He's a guy that's looking around and said, Stefan Diggs is kind of washed,
Kashan Booty, Mack Hollins, Austin Hooper's catching touchdowns.
The Ghost of Hunter Henry's out there catching touchdowns.
They don't really have anybody.
And that's why I asked Diana Racine last week, hey, can they go out and get somebody in the market that's an alpha number one wide receiver?
Like, what can that look like?
And she's like, that'd be really cool if they got AJ Brown, but it's not going to happen.
Don Lebertard.
I want to address Tony and all men who would wear that shirt in public.
Stugats.
Don't do it.
This is the Dan Leibatar show with the Stugats.
Dan, I'm happy to touch on Miles Garrett to someone rescue this individual.
I know he's making a lot of money.
Oh, no.
I'm not going to let you do this.
I was telling you that he should have demanded the trade.
He did.
He doesn't get to do it.
No, he doesn't get to do that.
No.
And stick to it, not making a bluff that is for just.
money. He doesn't get to do that. No, no, no, no, no, no. You. So we're, so he's trapped.
Yeah. Wait a minute.
No, you don't feel bad. Someone rescue the money. Mike. You know what his reaction to
Michael Parsons being moved to Green Bay was? Like, wow, he did it. It's so hard to do that.
They wouldn't trade Miles Garrett, except that he couldn't say no to the Godfather offer,
the same way that Deshawn Watson didn't want to be there, and he couldn't say no to the
godfather offer. Like, that's Cleveland's move. Oh, you don't want a player? Well,
What if we give you all the money?
Okay, fine, I'll take it.
Like, Miles Garrett wasn't serious about wanting to leave him winning.
No, they offered him the money.
It's like, oh, so now you've got to eat it.
You got to eat it now.
This is so strange.
He had a nice restaurant.
So strange.
Like, okay, let's see where we're at this season.
Let's rally around.
We drafted two young quarterbacks.
We got Joe Flacko.
We made the playoffs with him.
Miles Garrett's not going to think, yeah, we're going to suck this year.
I can't believe that you were all out against.
You're all against rescuing Miles Garrett.
You're like he had his chance.
You were against it when I said to you that he should
actually mean it during the
holdout. So it's his fault. He should
have got, he's going to waste his
career there. He's the best pass rusher
there's ever been.
He is the best pass rusher
in the history of the league.
He's faster to the number of
sacks that he has than even
Reggie White. Before
30 years old and he's going to waste his
entire career there because
he chose to take that money and not
be serious about that holdout. He said
yesterday he would have given up those five
Sacks in one game for a win.
Do we believe him?
Yes.
No, I said, a five-sack game.
He didn't take it seriously.
He hijacked the Super Bowl.
He took it super seriously.
That's why it's a godfather offer.
You can't say no to it.
But if you do take that offer, you can't complain three games later.
I just can't believe that we're all like, well, this one's on you.
That's right.
You get to die in that town.
I'm actually putting it on you.
You, not him.
Me.
You, Mike Ryan.
Yes, because I remember when.
he held out or when he made the trade demand, I'm saying stick to it because he did have the power
to get out of there and he folded his cards. I don't know what I had to do with it. I wasn't like,
don't stick to it. Yes, you were. You know what you did. Yes, you were. What did I do?
You know what you did that. You know what you did that. I don't think either of you know what I did. I know
what you did. That's why I won't allow you to do what you're doing right now. You did do that.
I didn't do shit. I didn't do it. I saw you do it. I don't know what you did. Before you did it.
it now. Say what you did. Say what you did.
Say what you did. I didn't do it. You're doing it right now.
Liar. I don't do anything. I'm starting
to believe you did something. I didn't do anything.
Why would you feel bad for Miles Garrett?
It's self-imposed. It's self-imposed exile.
He wanted to be there and chase
the money. I'm a little stunned at the hostility.
I'm going to go fine.
I don't understand this. I'm going to
this is like when you're at a restaurant. I'm getting
older and I'm going to dedicate
my evening to finding the
sound of when I told you he needs to
stick to this. And you were out here arguing, no, he doesn't, it should be nice in Cleveland,
wait until he gets, wait until he enjoys his time in Cleveland, nonsense.
I mean, I was probably like, man, this is a bummer, but I was like, yeah, you deserve this
because he wasted his career. Right. In fact, I am certain I said, you deserve to lose this
guy, Cleveland. I'm shocked that he's there, but also, stop yelling at people. I'm confused.
What are you guys confused about? He demands a trade.
And then their response to that is, we're going to make you the highest paid person ever.
And he took it.
So he can't then, three games, four games later, be like, no, I want to be out of here.
The difference is, he didn't, a lot of times players demand trades, like Michael Parsons,
players demand trades because of a salary dispute.
He didn't demand the trade.
You're doing the finger thing?
See, you're doing it right now.
You're doing it right now.
Like he crossed the line?
You are doing it.
Yeah.
Well, no, he didn't cross the line, but now he has to eat it.
He demanded a trade in his own words because it's not a winning team and he does not see.
a path to winning long term in Cleveland.
Here's a lot of money.
Okay, I'll stay.
He did cross the line, and now
he has to eat it. And he's on the sidelines.
They took him out yesterday. You know why?
He was yelling, because he had five sacks, and he didn't
want to come out of the game. He wanted more sacks.
Like, he wanted to stay in a game that was
decided to see if he could have more
sacks. Those were,
that's a top five pick that was trying to block
him unsuccessfully.
A top five pick who said, I will fight
and die to protect Drake May,
and then Drake May almost died because Miles
Garrett was always in the backfield. Just to be clear, you don't want him rescued. You don't want to see
him playing games. I wanted him. I wanted him rescued. He made a choice. You're changing your argument.
We had it at the time. And I remember saying at the time when Miles Garrett demanded a trade,
stick to your guns. You have real power here, real value. If you don't want to waste the entirety of your
career in Cleveland, then you need to stick to your guns. And he did not. I don't even recall.
a debate. I was like, yeah, he's gone and
he deserves to be gone.
You did this to him. He should be angry.
He should be hijacking the Super Bowl.
But then he took the money and stayed.
Yeah, but that was a huge stunner.
He could just be like, I don't care of here anymore.
All right. Well, I don't think. I don't want him to get a rescue boat.
I don't think I want to tell him, hey, you stay on the Titanic Billy Zane.
You guys are acting like grunge bands that took record deals.
Like, oh, he sold out.
So now he doesn't deserve the opportunity.
What is this?
He signed a contract that finally paid him what he's worth.
Right.
Yeah, by his choice.
Well, all I'm saying is someone rescue him.
But he was never upset with his previous contract.
That was never an issue.
The issue, in his words, was, we can't win here.
I want out.
Yeah.
Well, that was a misstep.
I guess.
Capitulation.
Yeah.
They were a bad football team.
You know what you did.
I think you know.
You know now.
I just want him to see.
Like, let's get him on the Chargers.
What do you say?
That's my angle.
Wait until you see.
I'm going to go through the archives tonight and produce this sound.
You're going to be shocked up by what you're arguing.
I bet you to go through those archives.
I'm going to.
I bet you.
How are you going to do that, Dan?
I'm going to you want.
I'm going to bring it in tomorrow.
I don't know how you're going to be able to find any of it.
No, because I'll just look at when he asked for the trade.
I'll just look for the date and I'll find it.
And just go back and listen to all of the podcasts around there.
Not all of the podcast.
Just when he was an insufferable.
Oh, no, that's going to be hard to pin down.
When he was insufferable.
This is remarkable.
It's just crazy that the, you made this about me.
That the Browns are somehow like a worse version of the Lions.
Like the Lions made their two greatest players of all time
and Calvin Johnson and Barry Sanders retire early.
But Joe Thomas and Miles Garrett are just going to play out their entire careers
and they're still going to be a terrible team
at maybe the two most important positions in football outside a quarterback.
What a giant ways to see that guy have more sacks than Reggie White
before 30 years old when he has so little help organizationally.
and on their defensive line, not just organizationally, but it's not like he,
I remember those Reggie White defensive lines, and while he was a menace in Philadelphia
and Green Bay, he also had other people with him that were forsums that were difficult.
They are going to waste the entirety of Miles Garrett's exemplary, unprecedented career
in Cleveland because he can get five sacks and they still get blown out by however many points
they got blown out. And we're still talking. And Drake May's getting MVP chance when that was
Drake May being slowed in the first half of that game. But I do think he's handling this
like you're suggesting. He's sitting there eating it. He's not doing the bad employee thing. He's
not asking for his way out. He's not doing a reversal on that. You need eat it too. I'm saying
someone rescue him. I'm not saying Miles Garrett needs to make a mess of this. He's too classy
to make a mess in it. He was throwing his helmet and yelling at people on the sideline
yesterday when he got removed from the game. Sometimes it hit somebody else's head. Six months ago,
let's make him on a deserted island. Let's make that Cleveland. In February, he's like,
somebody, help me! And then the Brown said, we're going to build you this big ass mansion there.
So you're going to be happy here. It might stink here, but you're going to be super happy.
And then he said yes. And then six games later, you guys are expecting to be like, I don't want to
be in this mansion anymore. No, no, no. I'm not expecting him to do that. Nor do I think he's even
incapable of that because largely his time in Cleveland has been very, very classy. I'm saying
someone else realize there's a guy who's getting five sacks against a playoff team that is on a
terrible team and he just needs to be rescued. Just someone rescue him. Because I would like to see
Miles Garrett win. I would like to see Miles Garrett trying to get one of these all world elite
quarterbacks on the ground in games that matter. That's it. I'm a fan of the game. I love
ball. He had a chance to rescue himself though and he didn't. I mean, and after
to the fact you're going, somebody rescue him, when he had a chance to rescue himself.
These are the breaks.
Can you guys look up for me what was being talked about at the time?
The Detroit Lions were talking about trading for him, and we were talking about how many draft
picks that that would take, and the numbers were fairly extraordinary in what it is that we
were talking about.
Going back to yesterday's Jets Bengals game, though, something I forgot to mention in funniest thing.
I don't know if you guys notice this.
So the Jets come back by scoring 15 points, two point conversion, two touchdowns.
It's now 39, 38, and there are a little less than two minutes left.
Joe Flacco left the field.
Clearly, at that age, he had to go to the bathroom.
There wasn't a bathroom on the sign line that he could go to.
And so while the drama of the last two minutes of this game is playing out,
I'm seeing him run to the tunnel, and I'm like, is he injured?
No, he'd be going to the blue tent, but look how he's running.
Wait a minute.
I saw how he ran on 3rd and 15.
Now he's penguin running.
That's a man who has to go to the bathroom.
And Joe Flacco left the field, and I just think it's because of age that you just
three hours, four hours at that age, you've got to go to the bathroom.
I saw it because I think that it was either the touchdown of two-point conversion,
but the moment he runs into the tunnel and he's gone, they score like automatically.
So somebody must have ran in there and be like, Joe, they score, we got to go, let's go.
And he's like, oh, shit.
How do they not have one of those bougie porta-potties on the sideline?
Well, because then 60,000 people know your body.
out to go take a dump.
They know it when you're running off the field with dancing swords.
The guy's sitting down to go.
Dancing, I think you just say that.
Is that a thing?
It's a thing.
When you have dancing swords, your inner jerse.
You've been saying that my whole life.
I know what you mean.
I just don't know if anyone else.
Put it on the poll at Levitard show.
Do you know what dancing swords are?
It means you got to sit down to go, brother.
Is that what that bad feeling is?
That's what you imagine.
There's swords in there.
Yes.
Dancing swords.
That's actually what it feels like.
Thank you.
I ain't lying.
That is what.
happened, right? Joe Flacco, after
four hours, simply had Ted
to go to the bathroom.
Dancing swords. But it's such an unusual
time to do it because the Jets
had just scored. He's
like, he's doing the timing of, well, they've got to
kick it off, and I got, like,
I got 10 minutes. Maybe he's one of those people
who doesn't like Port-a-Pottie, because they do have
we have the story. Can you just
get me the story of Larry Izzo
getting a game ball from Bill Belichick
because he pooped in a bucket on the sideline?
Joe Flacco was not going to do that.
although I would assume that somebody could go in the blue medical tent.
And I think Joe Flacco is just a pristine pooper.
He needs a clean bathroom.
He's not going in public places.
I can find zero proof on the entirety of the internet of dancing swords,
meaning anything having to do with poop.
Patent pending.
Dan, even got Jake Browning to start getting up and throwing the ball,
to just kind of distract people.
It's like, oh, Flack is going in.
Then Brownie's there like, all right, let's get a little warm-up here.
A little bit from that.
All right, Joe scored.
Let's go.
Let's get the story of Zach Thomas telling us Bill Belichick,
Dev Larry Azoa, game ball.
I mean, he definitely got a game ball for going to number two on the sidelines
during the Atlanta game this year.
I'll tell you that one.
He did what?
Yeah, man.
He, you know, into a bucket.
So I thought that was a great story.
He definitely, number two in a bucket with the, you know,
it's a pretty amazing thing to do.
I've never heard that in my life.
He got a game ball for it.
That's very impressive.
Greg, you think that Dancing Swords is like your original thing?
I hope so.
Dancing Swords, copyright, mine!
I just...
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