The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Hour 2: Dan Levitate

Episode Date: March 12, 2024

Greg Cote and Stugotz try to come up with names for Dan's magician alter-ego with little success. The crew talks about the Tiki Barber vs Saquon Barkley beef, Dan feeling disrespected by the response to his world famous popcorn, a weird AI written Back In My Day and a ton of NFL free agency news disrupts the show.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You're listening to Giraffe Kings Network. This is the Don Lebatore Show with the class? Dan Levitate. Let's try to come up with top five athletes that can know the magic. Alright, so I'm gonna let people see what's been happening here because I need the audience. I need the audience to understand what was happening, what the talent I worked with on Tuesday. Just how did you want to talk about magic? What we do on Tuesdays is magic. If you saw it, if you just heard it privately, trying to huff and puff and get off the ground. Stugatz has been trying for three segments to have top five athletes who can out magic.

His list sucks. All he had was Art Shell, and he's like, I need help, Cody. And so Cody was useless for three segments they've been going back and forth. And finally Stugatz says to me, Dan, I'll have it for you tomorrow. They've been going back and forth. And finally, Stugott says to me, Dan, I'll have it for you tomorrow.

I can't get it to you today. It's too hard, five athletes who can note magic. Not magic, a magic trick. That is much more difficult. I am telling you. I don't doubt that, but if you had heard what was happening, grumbled under the wheezing coughing of Cody, it's Dan Levitate.

Yeah, we were workshopping. You weren't workshopping anything, it was just, you were work shitting. The two of you were just, look, you know how you go to a- Scott Hattiburg. You go to a Sunday- Pokey Reese.

Frank Ledger Domain. He disappeared. You know how you go to a, let's say you go to a Sunday brunch and at the highest, at the table, where they're cutting up the prime rib. What I get on Tuesdays is Cody and Stugach just cutting up a giant pile of camel shit. Just slicing it.

How would you like your shit? Well done. Medium rare. It's the magic trick of Tuesdays. Al Abracadabra. Oh, that's a good one. Not a trick though. A lot of football still going on Brad hand

there you go slide a hand Frank Hocus great when you have to follow it up with an explanation you set all over is Frank Hocus-Pocus show yeah do it again damn shame bill occult Ross tarot. Ooh, I like that. Now you're thinking. He's on board.

He's workshopping with us. Do me a favor here, please, because I want to escalate the flames as high as they go on this Saquan Barclay Tiki Barber beef, which is one of the dumbest. We're talking about the apocalypse, the earth ending and AI consuming us. This one is the dumbest. If we're talking about the apocalypse, the earth ending and AI consuming us, this one is the greatest. Running back from 20 years ago, gets into it with, says you're dead to me

to save one Barclay. Barclay says you've been an hater since I got here. He's like, what are you talking about? I've never said anything but nice things about you. But what's happening with save one is just this. My position used to matter. I've used my legs all my life to get a lot of money. They don't want me in New York.

It's terrible that I got J-Ball, Fire, and Daniel Jones can't play. Put me behind Jalen Hertz, that great Dominican quarterback. And I will push push my way to where the Kelsey's are because it's hard playing football for the New York football giant. But if you want someone who understands how unreasonable it is to work at that position in new york

tiki barbers one of the few in the world who can tell you that if you don't produce at that position in that city you'll get done with reka doing something like this to an offensive lineman from this year who was but who was blocking for say quan barkley who now goes to philadelphia where he can run behind lane johnson Johnson in his underwear. Ha ha ha ha. They're having technical effuse. Issues.

Technical effuse? Yeah. Ha ha ha ha. Okay. Ha ha ha ha. Is that a Freudian slip? They've got me Lane Johnson back in his underwear. All right, there you go. But they did, that was a technical effuse from the video staff. Is that a Freudian slip? They got me Lane Johnson back in his underwear.

There you go. But that was a technical FU from the video staff. I meant that how I said it. Zay flowers. Oh wow. That's a good one. That's great. It's going to have to wait till tomorrow.

You're going to have to wait till tomorrow. Ah, the NFL News. It never stops, Dan. Tom Pelleicero. Still doing it, huh? He has Joe Mixon signing with the Texans. How about that? So there's a... The rich get richer.

We may need some clarification on this because a report was that Joe Mixon was released but now there are people whispering that this might actually be a trade between the Bengals and the Texans. It may be, but I want that Don LaGreka sound of what it is like to be a running back who doesn't produce for an offensive lineman who doesn't produce, who gets the rabid rage of

the bearded and acidic LaGreca. The person that's commenting on my performance, what does he do? Flip hot dogs and hamburgers somewhere? Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? I cut his ass, I would. How dare you? How dare you?

These people pay your salary, they pay an obnoxious amount of money to park, an obnoxious amount of money for PSLs, to sit there and watch this pap, and you call them hamburger flippers? What, you're so much better? I'd rather have a guy that's flipping hamburgers block than your piece of garbage ass. Who the hell are you to talk to fans like that?

You piece of garbage. I hate when players do that. You're not above us, well because you happen to play a sport. You make them, you're better than me. You're better than the people that pay your salary. These giant fans were here before you, and they'll be here after your sorry ass is cut. What a piece of human trash.

And I don't wanna hear some apology. I don't wanna hear, oh, I was taken out of context. I didn't mean, I don't wanna hear, done, done. I would cut out a contact. I didn't mean, I don't wanna hear. Done, done, I would cut his fat ass. No! Oh, if I'm John Marra, I call him into the office and say, you were a first round pick, but you're not worth anything.

You don't talk to our fans that way. You don't talk to me that way. You are out of a job. I doubt it. You should boo him. You see him in the mall of Willowbrook Boo his ass if you see him on the DMV boom don't stop booing him if he goes to the pro bowl boom if he wins a Superbowl

boo his sorry ass screw that guy I mean that angers me! We're not nobody! Flipping, but how are you taught? You can't descend to people that pay to watch you play! Poorly I might add! Really bad. Oh this... I hate players like that. I thought you despised them. I was gonna say. Totally reasonable. Totally reasonable. New York drive time radio, man. Nothing like it.

That, ah, the NFL news, it never stops then. Jordan Schultz from the Bleacher Report is reporting, James Winston to the Browns. Little backup. Oh! Everyone watch Mike's reaction here. Mike? Oh!

Oh! Mike! I mean, this does fill a need. They are losing a quarterback that throws about five interceptions a game. Yeah! Replacing them with one of those. James.

He minds too. Nothing I'm paying attention. I'd love for you. Back from a jet ski injury by the way. Is Flacco just out there? Yeah. Wow. Patriots maybe.

Some team's gonna win the lottery. Nobody wants to play for the Patriots. Flacco will play anywhere. I don't think so. No one wants to play for the Patriots. Oh, Flacco will play anywhere. I don't think so. No one wants to play for the Patriots. James, the Patriots would have been great, right, Greg? Who do they have now that Mac is gone? Do they have anybody?

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This is the don lebatar show with the Stugats Yesterday on the show Stugats, I believe we had one of the most disrespectful blasphemous things said toward me, about me, on the show by people who work with us. During the seven hour Oscar extravaganza, and I will thank the audience again for making that a giant success, I will thank Ben Lyons, Adnan Burke, David Sampson, and a cast of a whole lot of people here who on Sunday just rose up because we wanted to try a different thing and produced something. I'm Jeffrey Lyons, Ben Stapp.

That was really fun and magical. If you don't even like the Oscars, you enjoyed the second screen experience of Adnan Burke and David Sampson, knowing a lot about the movies, knowing a lot about the categories in our show bouncing off of them. But during that, I very lovingly brought popcorn, a few of you. I think Mike Ryan's the only one to have had the popcorn before Sunday, or if any of you others ever had

the very proud, lebatard recipe, gourmet popcorn. Or is Mike Ryan the only one to have ever, who have ever had it around here? It makes me think about the pandemic. And a lot of people, because today's the day after. It's a four-year anniversary of George Sedano calling for the indefinite suspension of Rudy Goldberg. A lot of people are getting all nostalgic about the lockdown.

And yeah, that's one of the lockdown memories that I have, is having the popcorn, which I thought was very good. But Lucy tried it and said it's weird and then ate three buckets of it. And yesterday on the show, Jessica and others, I believe, allege that the popcorn wasn't actually that good. And so I had no one here to defend it because Billy hadn't been here,

Stugatz hadn't been here, and it seemed like Jessica- Is that why you texted us on the side to defend the popcorn's honor? Because you didn't get weird when it comes to this popcorn. Here's a prime example of how Dan gets emotional when it comes to his popcorn. His honest to God visceral reaction to Lucy's initial criticism was, it tastes a little weird, he just fires back,

you're weird, you're weird. You're weird not to like my popcorn. And she is. And I wish, looking back on it, I hadn't, I wish I had said you're weird Iowa, instead of saying her whole name. If there's something that Iowa people know, it's corn. I'm not saying this because Dan Texan can say this. Wait a minute, wait a minute. But I enjoyed the popcorn.

Wait a minute, wait a minute. I'm gonna look at what I texted you all. It's the best popcorn This is so delicious Many are saying so much time and hard work was spent put into this popcorn I love okay, so it's right here, but it's it's still coconut It's old it's two days old Greg, so I think it's stale But I just want for the record you could probably sell that because I'll buy it from you right now

Many people have offered to buy this popcorn recipe from the LeBatart family They would never sell it Lucky for us being misrepresented here is trying to jane taint the jury to lawyer Dan I could step in for you if you need one what What I wrote to Tony, Mike, and Chris Cody yesterday is the popcorn was blasphemed and disrespected today, so stake your positions. I am also here to tell you that there's no way a threat coming from one of the co-founders of the company.

It wasn't a threat. I want honest appraisals of what the popcorn was. Your job is not on the line, but reviews are coming next. If anyone's job was ever on the line around here, a whole lot of people would have been fired long before now. That feels very threatening. I thought the popcorn was going to be... I mean, you realize how this is coming off.

I like the popcorn, but, you know, things are subjective. It's okay if people don't like your popcorn. Dan, you are so confident in your tremendous popcorn. You don't have to worry about it. Not every single person is gonna like everything. It only matters if you like it. Yeah, everybody has different tastes. Yep, Greg, what do you think?

Greg Cody has now eaten the two-day-old stale popcorn that has been on the desk here. And what, Greg Cody's not afraid of me. He's not afraid of my threats. My threats are empty and flush, Greg Cody's not afraid of me, he's not afraid of my threats, my threats are... Be careful, you're kind of on the chopping block. He's afraid of AI. Yes I am.

It's actually for stale popcorn, it's tasty. For stale popcorn. What's the secret recipe? No, I'm not giving that up. I don't find like it's that difficult to make great popcorn if we're being honest. I mean, I don't mean that as a criticism, I'm sure yours is about everything.

I'll do a popcorn, I'll do a popcorn off. mean, I don't mean that as a criticism. I'm sure yours is a bad place. I'll do a popcorn. I'll do a popcorn off. Oh, I didn't do it. You really had to drag that one out of him. I'll do it. I mean, I'm ready. I lost a Bellamy who made a turkey.

Oh, yeah, you guys turked each other off. I don't like one, though. Yeah, yeah. I'm on the comeback trail. Can't wait to see you two popping each other. Pop off. I have in front of me, and I don't think this is a good idea. It wasn't well executed the last time we tried it,

Stu Gotz. They now have gone to artificial intelligence and actually produced a back in my day using, whether it's chat, GPT, or one of the artificial intelligences. But when we tried this before, it hasn't worked. It's not as good as the lazy one that Greg Cody doesn't do every week. Thank you. The artificial agency and artificial intelligence hasn't gotten any better

over the last two months. Oh, yes, it has. From what I'm looking at here. Oh, really? Because what we, whenever we ask it to write a back in my day, that's all data. It is learning from its previous mistakes. So the more that you ask it to make these back in my days, the better it's gonna be.

Do you want me to try and read some of this? Let's have you make your popcorn, Greg make his popcorn, and AI make a popcorn. Wow. Dan, is your popcorn base, like, is it just corn you put in a thing, or do you like old, old red and white? I use Auelas Casuela, and that's the only thing I'm giving really where you get the corn from and I'm not giving you any more information It's just us talking now

Coconut oil still eating it The world before AI, you ask? Well, shouldn't we give it the whole treatment? Let's have Greg read it, because of course I can tell it's not a Greg back in my day. If it's you reading it. Yeah. Alright, go ahead and give me the music. And now, it is time to take a trip down memory lane.

Here's your guy, Greg Corry, with Back in My Day. I'm only giving you half of it because I don't think you're gonna last the entire one here. I don't think we're gonna make it to the end of this without bailing on it. AI! Ah, the world before AI, you ask. Let me tell you, it was different. A different time time different era altogether Back then we had to rely on our own wit hard work and a hefty dose of luck to get by

There were no virtual assistants to schedule our days no algorithms to predict what would like to eat for dinner Or what movie would enjoy in a Friday night? We actually had to talk to people face-to-face Can you imagine? In books. So we read those made of real paper. We turned pages, not swiped screens. I remember when a calculator was the fanciest piece of technology in a classroom. If you wanted to know something, you had to look it up in an encyclopedia. No, not online, in a real book. Sometimes in volume, so heavy, you needed two hands to lift them. And we were better for it, I tell ya.

Hold on a minute. Hold up. Good work, Chris Cody. Ah, the NFL news, it's never stopped, you know. That's not disrespectful to your dad at all, Chris. We'll get back to you, Greg, but Adam Schefter is reporting. Shaq Barrett, one year deal with the Dolphins, $9 million.

Wow. Yeah, all right. 19 and a half sacks one year, back to you, Greg. We remembered things. Our brains were sharper, filled with all sorts of facts. Chris, it needs music. Hold on, Chris. It needs music.

You shit yourself, Chris. Put it up, put it up. I have to restart that bed, so just go ahead, Daddy. I love Mike watching him and laughing. No, Chris, we got music You got a start over now, no, please Not like the sieve like minds of today that forget information as soon as the screen goes black Socializing too was a whole different ballgame if you wanted to see a friend you didn't send a text

You walked over to their house and knocked on their door. Surprised them even. Conversations happened in person over a cup of coffee, not through the cold, emotionless text on a screen. And we had to navigate the city using maps, actual printed maps mind you. Getting lost was part of the adventure, not something to be avoided at all costs with real time GPS tracking and work.

We did that with our hands and minds, not by telling a machine what to do and watching it execute tasks flawlessly. Making human error seem like a quite old-fashioned concept. It really doesn't work. It really doesn't work. He can't be replaced yet by the computers. That concludes back in my day. It doesn't work. It doesn't work. You need a couple of jokes. I'm Greg Robot, and that's how it was back in my day that's funny that's what needs a human touch and I'm Greg robot is what you need when you don't have a top five list of athlete names who can own magic but you can go to the Greg robot

you got that your holster at any point. I'm Greg robot. There's what I was looking for. All right, nailed it. Excellent timing. I am scared to ask a room full of sausage the following question. Shannon Sharp on Russell Wilson, he was talking to Stephen A. Smith

and he says, quote, he's on the market. No matter how fine a chick is, no matter how many Birkenbags or Chanel purses she has if she's on the market what does that tell you and Stephen A Smith we're talking about that with Shannon Sharp and I couldn't help but laugh at the but at the fact that I think pretty sure that Shannon Sharp and Stephen A Smith are both single and I think pretty sure Shannon Shannon Sharp and Stephen A. Smith are both single, and I think, pretty sure, Shannon Sharp has a whole lot of good bags. I don't understand what's happening,

because Russell Wilson did sign with the Steelers. But he was just talking about the indictment. He was talking about the indictment of Russell Wilson. It was a couple of days ago. He was talking about the indictment of Russell Wilson as a quarterback because... we have video of it apparently So we can have Shannon speak for himself. Oh wait, is that that's a different show? Yeah, it's just speak now Is it yeah joy hosts?

You know right what's going on here. We laugh it's just speak. Yeah yeah it's called speak with an exclamation mark yeah speak I think it's alpachino alpachino really just limped into Oppenheimer too that's a perfect time to speak apparently he didn't make a mistake no he says that's what the producers wanted but I mean a lot of people were getting off the joke. It was funny, right? If you're 83 years old and have a baby running around, you can't be trusted to speak in front of people. You're tired.

No matter how much help you've got, 83. I owe Joe an apology. There's no exclamation mark, it's just speak. Speak, speak. Get up, used to have an exclamation mark, and then There's no exclamation mark. It's just speak speak speak get up used to have an exclamation mark And then it will move the exclamation who got the exclamation point. Where is it now? Does Fox have it? No urgency though. Who has the ex, so wait a minute.

Who won? Get up. Who won? Get up, get up, had he? Also have you noticed that the Miami Heat, whenever they have their press releases, Heat is always all caps. I know I hate that.

The way that they pronounce it, so it's the Miami Heat. Why do you hate that? It's just because it's illogical, it doesn't make any sense. Get up had an exclamation point, where did it that? It's just because it's illogical. It doesn't make any sense. Get up, hat, and exclamation point. Where did it go? E. Don Lebatard. I always trip out when guys say, man, you know,

offensive tag, man, I'm hard as playoff. I say, please, man, your job, you fat 300 pounder. All you have to do is stay in front of another fat 300 pounder for three seconds. For three seconds. One fat 300, other fat 300, 300 in front of a thing I got to go out here I got a fighter dude to come off the line of scrimmage just to get into my route go run around fake another dude out go turn catch a ball that's being projected down to feel fast,

flying somewhere between heaven and earth, snacks it out the air, mid-air, come down, put my feet on the ground, all while somebody trying to take my head off, and I don't get a tear till I get in the end zone. I'm like, please, come on man, let's be real. This is the Don Levitar Show show with the Stugats. I know sports are changing fast, the world is changing fast, it's not just artificial intelligence. We are talking about silly things all the time as the skies fill with fire.

But are sports moving so fast that Mookie Betts can become a shortstop and my analysis without having read any of that because one of the most amazing things of my baseball lifetime is that Craig Biggio could play catcher and second base that Mookie Betts could be so great at baseball that he could be second base outfield or shortstop. Is that because Mookie Betts is just that great or has the sport changed so much and the Dodgers have so much firepower on offense that it doesn't matter who their shortstop is because everyone's trying to hit the ball over the fence and Mookie Betts will be good enough. Like I have not read a word about this. I simply didn't understand how Mookie Betts can be good enough. Like I have not read a word about this. I simply didn't understand how Mookie Betts

can be a shortstop when I imagine that to be a very difficult position to play. It's the last one on the field outside of catcher that I would want to play. Now I'm waiting back into baseball waters this year. But the last time I paid attention to it, I'm pretty sure Mookie Betts came up, man in the hot corner.

He was a third baseman. He was a third baseman. He was a third baseman, yeah. See, he has some experience. And he was a shortstop in high school. I mean, that was wild. As most major leaders probably were. Yeah.

Put it on the poll, please, Judra Atletiart's show. Were most major leaders the shortstop in high school? Crucky was not. I'm surprised we don't see more of that, honestly, because athleticism is athleticism. It's like the Marlins say, hey, jazz jizz'em, you're fast, you're athletic. Play center field. You'll do fine.

We'll instruct you. You'll have a spring training to learn it. You're a center field. So you guys are unaffected by this. So one of the best baseball players we've ever seen is just flip-flopping around hardest positions on the diamond, and you guys have just shrugged your shoulders on it? I'm not unaffected by it because I looked at their lineup and I recognize a lot of names, which is pretty concerning for the rest of Major League Baseball,

if I know all these guys. But no, I do know Mookie Betts quite a bit and I'm familiar with his game. And I don't, while I know it's a very difficult position to play and you mentioned Jazz Shizom, that's still not without its growing pains. I'm more interested in Dave Roberts' explanation of it, which is it's a permanent for now move.

Never really heard something referred to as that. But fair to say this would be a bigger story in July. I mean. I mean, it is March. We could use this now. No, we have NFL free agency. Winners and losers, which we have not gotten to yet, still got to.

In July, he would be switching position in the middle of a season. Yes, but I would just start paying attention to baseball in July. It would be a big story too, position in the middle of a season We yes, but I would just start paying attention to baseball in July We'll be a big story to middle of that you turn on the TV the first time the Dodgers are playing There's Mookie and shortstop. You're not training camps are open. You're not paying any attention to baseball I saw you play the other day Who that is and you didn't know that the Rangers had won the world series Huh?

You're not gonna pay any attention to baseball. No, you're done with baseball The Mets spend all the money in the world and it hasn't gotten your attention in baseball You are finished you should just all the money in the world and they've lost you should announce that you're done with baseball I'm not gonna make that announcement. You should have a press check back in 67 games into the Mets season. You've already checked out on baseball. I mean you don't football season. Well let's get to winners and losers. You have yesterday this is the last 24 hours is any of this subject to change or these are final determinations. You have not been this excited about anything in sports in a while since Joe

Maurer made it into the Hall of Fame These are the top five winners and losers from day one of free agency. It was the first ballot part of it that upset me Okay, I mean I'm saying he's not a first ballot all-favor. He's not Joe Maurer 0 for 10 in playoff games I mean the fourth best player on a team where he won the MVP Michael Kadiyer had a better season. Mauer. Is Kirk Cousins Hall of Famer? Is he a $330 million player?

He's won one playoff game. I mean, Greg thinks he's a Hall of Famer based on the numbers. Billy thinks he's a first ballot Hall of Famer. No, falsehoods. Asinine, both of you. Pre-injury. Asinine.

I'm extrapolating the five good years he has left. Truly asinine, assuming that there will be four more good years. Coming up in a candidate's tier. In Atlanta. Seven weeks ago. That's right. Just unbelievable that that guy with one playoff win

would be able to suck at the teat of what the billions are the NFL produces to be, it's a hard position to play and he plays it mediocrely well He plays it mediocrely well, yeah nice word Do you have I have losers or winners first? I want you to go winners losers winners losers, you know I'm saying okay So number five winner is WFAN So number five winner is WFAN. For getting a week's worth of conversation in early March where they get to rip Saquam Barkley for being a traitor. It is fairly amazing that adults are doing this.

Or is it not? Dead to me as an insult. That Tiki's doing it. In 2024, you're dead to me. You're like, you're dead to me. You're dead to me. What is that? You gotta hit him with the- What is that?

What is that? Tony Soprano. What is that as an insult? In 2024, you're dead to me from another adult. For going to the Eagles. Loser number five. The listeners of WFAN. For having to endure that insane conversation for an entire week.

It always hooks you in though. Oh it does. Conversation, you would love to be taking part in. Taking calls. Number four winner, Running Bax. Because some teams still think Running Bax have value. Unless you've co-hosted God bless football occasionally. You're laughing in the face of Eckler?

That's all right. He gets it. He's coast now, Al. Yeah. It's big for you. Yes, very big. Maybe I'll actually see him. I'll go meet him once.

Number four, all the teams that sign running backs to big contracts thinking they still have value. Okay, this is confusing. I'm looking at you, Chicago. So it's everyone. That's the number four loser is the same as the number four winner. This is okay.

Yeah, perhaps. It's a good theme. Number three, winner, Sam Darnold. Parlade being a bust to the best job in sports, backup quarterback for 10 million a season. I feel like I'm following this game. I bet I can guess the loser. Number three loser, The Viking.

["Same Darnold"] For signing Sam Darnold. Wait a second. It is, it's what happened yesterday. There's a whole lot of noise and that's what happened yesterday. There's a whole lot of noise and that's what happened yesterday. The Chiefs are still the champions. Number two. The Jets. For finally not winning the first day of free agency. That's a number two winner so the number two loser is. The Jets. For not winning the first day of free agency. It's a good list. Thank you. It's a good

list. The number one winner Kirk Cousins. Kirk Cousins. The last time we saw him, he was losing a playoff game at home to Daniel Jones. He poorly that and one playoff win into, and he's the greatest businessman in the history of the NFL, into a $180 million contract at the age of 36 off an Achilles' tear because he tweeted out a picture of himself on a tennis court. Chase Daniel would like a word. Put it on the pole, please. Greatest businessman in the NFL, Jerry Jones or Kirk Cousins.

And the number one loser in the NFL yesterday. The Falcons! That's five dollars. For signing Kirk Cousins at 36 years of age, Offen Achilles, who was one in four in the playoffs and owe forever in prime time games. Atlanta didn't want Lamar Jackson and Bill Belichick. one in four in the playoffs and oh forever. A prime time games. Atlanta didn't want Lamar Jackson and Bill Belichick. Just gonna put that out there.

He's 36, what are the Falcons there? Just gonna put that out there. Interview Belichick twice, no, don't need him, let's get Kirk Cousins, don't want Lamar Jackson. Yeah, crazy. That's a thing that happened in a professional football league worth billions of dollars Your quarterback is 40 coming off an Achilles and you're excited. Oh, I know. No, no, I know I mean, but they're also number two on my lose had a bigger cap number. I

Mean the Jets are winners. I mean just Well backing up Yeah, why I don't think Aaron likes that because T-Mobile is one of those guys, if he gets in there, he can give you two games and all of a sudden the fans are chanting, Ty Rod, Ty Rod. I don't like it. Yeah. He needs bad support like Zach Wilson after Woody Johnson said we didn't have a backup quarterback all of last year. We're going to get one this year. That's the Jets motto right there, by the way. We're going to win the backup quarterback. You watch. We're gonna, it's not gonna be Zach Wilson anymore.

You're gonna complain about Tyred Taylor next year when Aaron Rodgers gets injured on the first play. Who was that guy that was terrible that went to Connecticut who was also terrible? Do you remember his name? The guy that threw the fail Mary? The guy who played against the Dolphins played in the season.

Who was that guy's name? You know what? I was arguing, I remember the fisticuffs that nearly started, it was a Boyle boil was his name boy. Oh, yeah No, because I remember having the argument would Tim Boyle start for the University of Miami last season I remember Chris Cody being worried about the mystery of Tim Boyle. Yeah What a time It was good. That was in November, by the way. You were right to fear for the dolphins.

Everything collapsed after that. It just wouldn't be Tim Boyle to do it to you. And that's not so sure. Still unsure about those dog legs, too. Greg Cody's mad, I think, about what happened with the dolphins today in the last couple of days. They got Shaq Barrett.

Well, I'm disappointed for dolphins fans when you lose Christian Wilkins. I mean, you mentioned it earlier. I don't think you can overestimate his value to that defense coming off his best season. I just don't get it. What's the point of rebuilding, hitting on your number one pick, and then getting rid of him immediately because you got to pay the quarterback? What's the point of that? Well, it's not just the quarterback.

They got to pay Jalen Waddle next year. Javon Holland, they just made the decision. If you look how the the Dolphins spend money they tend to do it on the skill position guys They're just saying like I don't think they wanted to lose Christian Wilkins It's just they got to do math and they have to make some cuts They have so much talent that people want to criticize Chris Greer He's there's a lot of people that need to get paid on this team right now And they just made the business decision and looking at what Wilkins got, like I think the mistake was not paying him a year ago for like 21 or 22 million.

27 a million is ridiculous. This is what they were doing and you can speak to this Greg, like how it is the math of this works. They were negotiating all of last year and the defensive tackle who took the money is the one who got the money. These guys are best friends.

Like if you were watching Hard Knocks, it was moving to see their relationships and they made best friends choose between who got the money these guys are best friends like if you are watching hard knocks it was moving to see their relationships and they made best friends choose between who wants the money the undrafted guy who's a lovable story who's doing a good job who i believe is good because of what wilkins does because wilkins is the first round talent yeah wilkins is the obvious run stuff or he's not air and donald but that what that do did what i saw him do made that defense good. That guy gave you edge rush.

That guy was caving in defense. Yes. Yeah, I think Wilkins was their most valuable defender last year, particularly with Ramsey not playing the entire season. And it's just that when you look league-wide, the biggest losses in free agency, considering the top free agent overall was Chris Jones, who the Chiefs were able to resign, the biggest losses in free agency. Considering the top free agent overall was Chris Jones, who the Chiefs were able to resign, the biggest loss of any team in free agency right now is Christian Wilkins, for me. The biggest one.

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