The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Hour 1 - Lamar Jackson & a Hard Sell

Episode Date: January 21, 2025

C&R start with mic issues & weekenders get the shade! They talk about the category that Lamar Jackson finds himself in. Will he ever win a Super Bowl? What other NFL QBs will make it during their careers? 'THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO HMM' takes a look at all 4 games & more! Plus, the First Lady's hat & a hard sell! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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and we're here. Kavino and Rich. Fox Sports Radio, WhatsApp. I would say him on the ones and twos. What's up, buddy? Hey-o. Spaghetti-O. Danny G. Superproducing

and Kavino trying to figure out his microphone. Can we go back to back like White Snake again? No, man. We're like White Snake. We're like an 80s band. We use one mic back to back. Yeah. Breathe on each other a little bit.

Ready to harmonize? You figure it out? I'm telling you. Do I need to come in there? Something on the console, so all the mics are messed up. Good job. All right, let's rock out live from the Tyraq.com studio. Here we are.

Oh, we fixed it. You know what it is? These guys are the weekend. They come here and they put their feet up and knock drinks over everything, and it short circuits to boards. You know what it is? It really is. No disrespect to the weekend shows.

They do a great job. What do you mean? That's how we got started here. No, I'm saying the mindset of a lot of people that are part-time, They just don't treat it like their house. No. You're absolutely right. You know, you ever see people over your house?

And we say that respectfully. Look at this. I'm not even joking. Look what just happened. The microphone. Places fall apart. You know what? Someone's got to put their foot down.

I'm not even joking. Yeah, no. Seriously. Yeah. Rich's mic just fell off the stand. We're broadcasting live in the Tyraq.com studio, Covino and Rich. Tyraq.com will help you get there. An unmatched selection.

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Martin Luther King Day. Hope you enjoyed your day off. Hope you had a day off. Happy inauguration day. As Dave Chappelle said, hosting SNL this weekend, let's just hope for great things. Yeah, buddy.

Why would you be rooting against the guy? This is our country, rooting for great things moving forward. That's all you can do, right? So happy inauguration day. And I hope you had a Chiefs, commandos, Eagles, Bill sort of weekend.

Some great, great football over the weekend. Some UFC 311 came original, and we got to talk about it. Yeah, man. I do want to compare, like I said, how weekend people treat studios, not just here. We worked in radio 20 years. What are you doing

over there, Bob Barker? You were at K-Rock. I have to hold my microphone in my hand today. I know the labor involved in this. Every radio station, in the history of radio or television, any broadcast facility. The part-timers, they use the wall

a backboard for their drink. So every radio studio in America has stains on one wall on the studio. He's not lying. And it could be the nicest studio. Yeah. It's ruined within a few months.

And my other thought is, you know when you go to someone else's house, you try to be considered, but you'll see someone drop a potato chip and they'll kick it under the fridge instead of picking it up. That's how people that aren't here everyday treat place.

It's a sign of one's character. If you drop an ice cube, Rich, do you kick it under the fridge or do you pick it up? I try to pick it up. But sometimes if it's slippery, then I'll get it. Well, like I said, it's a sign of one's character. I always reach over and pick it up. Sometimes I'll throw it in a plant. Refresh that bad boy.

I'll throw it in my doggy's little bowl. I'll throw it in a plant. I'll throw it into the sink. It shows the type of person you are if you kick it under the sink. It means you don't care and you're self-centered. You don't care about anyone but yourself. Look at that. DB. What's going on, buddy?

I take great offense to your weekend. people part-timing blanket considering that I was in that exact chair from five to eight Eastern time yesterday. And so you generalizing us weekend people as people who are just cavalier. Dan, you're here six days a week. I think you're more full-time than anyone in this building. That's how I look at it. I look at it that way.

I'm saying, Dan, when you were here and you've been here for 150 years. Somebody did pour a drink on the console this past weekend. Wow. I will not name any names. And out of anger, did they gnaw off this microphone? All right, enough complaining. We got football talking about. We got something to get to.

It's not complaining. Just explaining. I'm just saying. Like, it's just how it is. That's all. And DB. Good to see you, man. Good to see you guys.

DB's on your updates. We got Danny G. Superproducing at 87799 on Fox. Everything's good in this studio over here. And we got Iowa Sam on the ones and twos up, Sam. It's definitely not 100 degrees in this studio. having some issues with the cooling and heating in the building. Hey, if only one mic's working, I don't mind going back to back with Rich.

Like I said, we're like 80s rock stars. We'll rock that mic. We rock the mic on the daily. Hope you brush your teeth today. I did. So I try to do that every day, actually. Yeah, it is good. Yeah, not just Martin Luther King.

Hopefully you brush your teeth today. Not just on inauguration days. Every day I try to do that. So thank you guys for being here. Hope you enjoyed the weekend. Now, before we get into the time, the things that made you go, hmm, all your observations from the games this weekend, or maybe a movie you saw, something you did, whatever made you say, hmm, I know, Rich, you wanted to talk

about Lamar Jackson being in a group of people in a category that you just don't want to find yourself in, in life and especially in sports. You know me, I love to talk about little windows. I'm going to talk about the little window we all have for opportunity in life. But before we get to that exact thought, I was having. Happy to see Lamar Jackson not want to point fingers at Mark Andrews. Take a listen to Lamar after the game. It's a team effort out there.

You know, he's been busting his behind. He's making plays happen out there for us. Came up short. And like I've been saying all the season, every time we're in situations like there's turnovers, play a factor. Penalties play a factor. Today, well, tonight, it's a turnover. You can't have that shit, you know.

And that's why we lost the game. Because as you can see, we're moving the ball wonderfully. It's hold on to the ball. I'm sorry for my. And you can't expect anything more from your leader than accountability. And that's really how you have to view it. It wasn't his fault. It's a lasting impression.

He should have caught it. Don't lay a finger on Andrew's butterfingers. He had a bad fumble. But he wasn't the only guy that fumble. And again, there was so many moments throughout the game. It just doesn't come down to that. So he's absolutely right. Turnovers, not only your favorite Sunday morning little treat.

No, but the name of the game. I really think Lamar Jackson nailed it right there. We all need to view things from that perspective and keep that in mind when watching these games. It's not his fall. It's a team game. But man, it was a big, big moment to not catch the ball. If you go back and look at the replay of the two-point conversion drop. Yeah.

His bad footing had a lot to do with mishandling that ball because of the slick surface. Yeah, you saw something slip there, but a tough loss and I think handled really well from Lamar Jackson in that moment. You got to ask yourself, though, this is where I want to go to those little windows. In life, in dating, at work, every aspect of your life, you have windows. those of time to really get to the next level or accomplish your goal. I know guys like Gary Vaynerchuk on Instagram and, oh, TikTok's back. They'll tell you that you could start your own business and become an entrepreneur at 80 if you want. Far and few between does someone peak at 80 years old unless they're a cast member of the Sopranos,

unless you're Polly Walmuts and your big gig came as old Gumba Gangster at 60 years old. He was a real gangster before the show. So I think Lamar... He was doing research. He's not old by any means. By any means. But he's turned 28, 6 and 1, 14 and 2, 11 and 5, 10 and 7, 13 and 4, 12 and 5. Since he entered the league, 3 and 5 in the playoffs, and winning season after winning season after winning season.

And you got to credit the Baltimore Ravens for continuously putting a... good product out there but as you love to tell me that the 49ers window you know may be closing can't say the same about everyone that after years of just falling short like eventually it's like yeah time see i don't i don't see that as much with the ravens because they got henry now and they have more weapons and it seems like they got better this year and i don't see lamar jackson losing any steam i think this is a simple matter of turnover is losing the game, and we saw a lot of that over the weekend. You can't expect to beat these teams, these high-calibur teams,

when you're having that many turnovers. But, I mean, everybody has an expiration date, Rich. I mean, you don't have all the time in the world to make it happen. I just don't think it's the case for them. I'm just saying if you're at a job and you get passed over for that promotion, one time, it's like, oh, you know, maybe next time. You get passed over for that promotion time after time after time. like your Jason Bateman and horrible bosses.

Like, you know, you're about to stand up thinking like, and the promotion goes to Kavino. Nope, not Kavino. Eventually, you'll be like, you know, maybe this, maybe it's just never going to happen, right? So what do you do? In that case, you just find another job. I'll be honest, a lot of women find themselves dating a guy

who's reluctant to pull the trigger and get married. And she's like, like, is it ever going to happen? You know, like, you got to credit the defender. who are taking boxing lessons. I don't know how they have precision accuracy nowadays. Are they hitting the speed bag? What are they doing for target practice? Because the defenders, they're not even going in for the tackle half the time.

Half the time, they're not in position to make the tackle, but they're able to hit a moving target. That's herky jerky, jerky, juking back and forth. To be able to knock the ball out the way the defenders are, honestly, you also need to commend that. So we can say, yo, Mark Andrews, How did you drop it at the 50-yard line like that, right? Again, his terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

Or you could say, man, these defenders are getting next level with their target practice or something. Yeah, we call that a T.J. Wattswat. Yo, it's not easy to hit a moving target like that. You know what? I'll give you an analogy. Stars. Colin style. You know how in baseball, old fans, the boomer fans are like,

and we're gone of the days of people batting 300. And we realize that you'd rather a guy that bats 220, but if he hits doubles and home runs. So if a guy has a good right hook, that's what you're looking for nowadays? But I'm saying – Because it's not even a Watt swat anymore. It's a left hook.

What I'm saying is, you know, old heads would say, no one wraps and tackles anymore. And the way baseball players are being conditioned now, you know, home run trajectory, doubles, extra base hits, home runs, forget batting 310. It doesn't matter if you bet 310. Hit 40 home runs.

Secondaries and defenders are taught turnovers more important. So when you say, how do these grown-ass professional athletes not rap and tackle the way you were taught maybe as a kid? It's because the game has changed. And Lamar pointed that out after the game, too. When he was taking the heat off of Andrews, he was saying this comes down to turnovers. and he is also to blame when it came to that. He was sloppy the first half and he was impeccable the second half. But just tough to watch, I feel bad for him.

And to answer your question, Rich, when you're that good. And when you're, I think he's going to win another MVP, I don't think they're out of it yet. How many chances will the Ravens get? I have no idea. But they have to work on holding the ball. Let's be honest. That's really it.

You know, three-time likely MVP, right? and he's only 28. So there's a lot of time. I'm just saying this team with Derek Henry, Lamar Jackson, Mark Andrews, you know, the core of this team you know. To get back to this part of the season is hard. To make the playoffs and get to the second or third round,

it's not easy. So you've got to ask yourself, we talked about this before. Danny, do you remember like a year ago we had a conversation about who of these quarterbacks will win a Super Bowl? Yeah. The list was long and then very short. Yeah, not everybody went. Yeah, we listed them off.

I remember doing this because I was trying to prove a sarcastic point because we're like, Joe Burrow, oh, yeah, I'm sure he'll win one. Josh Allen, oh, he'll definitely win one. Lamar Jackson. Oh, he'll win one. Jalen Hertz. Brock Purdy. And we went down the list and I'm like, yo, we just said about 10 different guys are going

to win a Super Bowl in their career. Try two of those guys because you could name more great quarterbacks that never won. And I'm not saying Mahomes. is Michael Jordan. But we always talk about how Michael Jordan prevented a hell of a lot of NBA stars from winning in the 90s. Patrick Ewing still having nightmares about it.

Carl Malones cries about it. John Stockton. The way I saw it, though, Rich was, man, the mutual respect between Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen, they're going to go down in history as two guys that competed for it and battled for it. and we see Josh Allen coming out on top yesterday. You know, maybe he'll win it all.

Maybe he stops Mahomes from being that guy to three Pete. But I saw that as we're going to see more of those battles in the future. And we might see, and I think we will see Lamar Jackson on the flip side of that. Maybe next year. Maybe the year after. But you're going to see that for a few more years to come. I don't think it's about windows with them. Yeah, but it's not every time you go.

13 and 4, 14 and 3, 12 and 5. And your fan base is like, this is it. But when you got superstars like Lamar and Allen, you're going to continue building around those guys. You know, when we say those things about your 49ers, I don't think Brock Purdy's that same level of guy. I don't think so either. Right.

I mean, he's not. But there's stars on that team that are that level. True. But they're aging and they're getting hurt and they're not bawling the same way they were balling. I think the Ravens have a little more time. Like I said, you'll see them back again next year just like this. and maybe Lamar Jackson wins it.

Maybe they learn something from that. Maybe they counteract all these punches being thrown at it, and I'm knocking the ball out. But maybe Andrews has a little bit of redemption in them. But to win even won is difficult. When you think about, you know, you think about guys that were there often. And again, if you want to make an analogy to another sport, do you remember when the Atlanta Braves won their division,

what felt like 50 years in a row? when they had glaven small tsmatics and it felt like every year was like lock them in for 95 to 100 wins honestly it might as well have been 25 years that the Braves just dominated and they came away with one world series 95 shipper Jones Andrew Jones they were stacked I mean the crime dog at points of that right I mean like that's so many great players David Justice for a lot of it so I what Rich is getting that is every year you don't do it

is just, the clock is ticking because you look at the NFL and you say guys like Aaron Rogers, Drew Breeze, guys that were there year after year after year. Tom Brady is an anomaly. Patrick Rahones is an anomaly. These guys are just, it's silly. Lamar Jackson, for as great as he is, is he going to be one of those guys that doesn't win at all? That's really what you're getting at. Until Peyton Manning won with the Broncos, which you could argue the defense carried him, all that greatness. and he had one in Indianapolis.

It's not easy. I tend to agree with you, Covino, the Ravens just need to play a clean game. That's it. In the postseason because there are two most recent playoff losses now, a total of six turnovers. And, you know, Lamar, to me, is still the most exciting quarterback to watch.

I'm not a fan of the Ravens, but just to watch Lamar play in that final drive, very exciting. And I want to see him make it to a Super Bowl. I agree. They should have easily won that game. That Von Miller recovery, you know, there's so many opportunities. The Andrew's fumble.

Like, there's too many turnovers against the bills, dude. Come on. But look from the time Lamar Jackson was 22 in 2018 till now. Dan Beyer, the records are great. 14 and 2, 11 and 5. They missed, you know, that one off year, then 10 and 7, 13 and 4, 12 and 5. Like, you got to figure out how to get the next step. Yes, and every opportunity is not the same.

You're not the same team every year. What about if they dodged injuries, which years past had injuries on the offensive line that would help them. This year, everything was in place. That's kind of like how I feel like with the Lions a little bit, but I know you're talking about the Ravens, but you have to take advantage when it's your year because there is no guarantee that everything is going to go your way the next year. In fact, it's very likely that it won't. Right. In fact, healthy Henry.

Yes, exactly. healthy line, that's true. The only time in my life I can remember, and I'm sure there's another DB, but I remember when the Royals fell short in the World Series, and they went back the next year and won it. So many times when you fall short, the sentiment is, oh, we'll be back, and it's like,

the truth is you're likely not going to be back. Matt Ryan, 28 to 3. I thought he was going to win a Super Bowl. The Falcons fans. The only, I'm not disagreeing with you. I actually am agreeing with you. The only factor here that separates all your other examples, though, is Lamar Jackson. He's so good to count.

You can't really ever count him out. He's so good. As Dan Byer said, because, I mean, how do you disagree with Dan Byer? There's something magical or health plays an issue. My two teams, it's just very close to me. So I'll speak on behalf of myself as a fan. I know for a fact. There's no way the Mets could duplicate the magic from last year.

They didn't even win the World Series, but there's no way they could duplicate that Lindor, Pete Alonzo, crazy magic. You can't do it without Pete Alonzo. It's not going to happen. And the 49ers, you guys all bust my chops when I'm, you know, how many times could the Niners go deep in the playoffs and just not get the job done before a year like this happens,

where injuries come into play and they win six games? All right, so we ask you Fox Sports Radio Nation, before we get into things that make you go, hmm, Lamar Jackson, was this his window of opportunity because they had so many things going right. This was their year. They had health. This was their time.

Or do you say what Josh Allen said? This guy's arguably the most talented guy to ever be on a football field. Once he figures out how to keep it a clean game, yeah, they'll win one eventually. You know who was close a million times and only one one? Brett Farf. Like there's people that had envy. I believe Brett Farf was also a three-time MVP around that time. And just, it's sealing the deal is so.

tricky. And I wish Raven fans' luck and Dan Byer it was great to point out the Lions too because what was the saddest loss? That one or the Lions? The Lions by far man. And I felt great for Jaden Daniels and you felt great for Josh Allen but man what a

what a weak-ass weekend for Lions fans and Ravens fans because that was a lot of people's pick for the Super Bowl. Lions and Ravens. Yeah. Oh my. Felt so bad. I of course didn't rub it in on any of the Ravens or lions fans that I know, right? Because it was tough like oh man i mean there's one here i'd like to

we've been joking on the air for like five weeks now that it's going to turn out to be a chief's eagle super bowl oh it is better believe it is better believe it three pete let's go let's go go your thoughts some great great football let's stay positive on the show until tomorrow patrick i know but how exciting was it compared to last week especially rich you talked about that on patreon today compared to last week's games man this week's games were next level awesome we hope you enjoyed them. For a minute, you thought the Rams are going to win on a last minute drive. But you felt just short

and, you know, McVeigh was, you know, he coaches the ass off. But you know, we'll take your feedback. We're going to get into things that made you go, hmm, so your observations from divisional weekend. We got a national championship tonight. It's a lot of fun going on here at CNR. And we want to hear from you. Again, the numbers,

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Now, we'll get to your phone calls in just a moment. 87799 on Fox. You could also hit us up at Covino and Rich at Fox. sports radio getting ready for things that make you go, hmm, but any final thoughts on Lamar Jackson winning one? I think. I think it's far from over from this dude. I think you're right because he's 28.

It's not like he's 38 and we're like, man, is he going to play another year or so? But again, is it the story of Cal Ripkin Jr.? He won his rookie year and thought, oh, I'll be back and, you know, never got there again? To win a championship in any sport is terribly difficult when Jimmy Butler made it to the finals at Miami. And I know you're a big Jimmy Buckets fan. You were pulling for him

because I remember us saying like, man, the path that year was easy. And they'll never win one now. It's just the reality of it. We are live from the Tyraq.com studio. Rapid radios, by the way, walkie talkies.

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And let's get into things that made you go, hmm, this weekend. We do it every Monday. Let's go, baby. Things that make you go. Hmm. Things that make you go. Any of your observations this football weekend,

or fight weekend, UFC 311, or maybe you watch something cool, anything that made you scratch your noggin. I mean, that can be dumb observations. Like, dumb observation, example, most of mine. No, but football. in the snow. Why is it just so much more fun to watch? Because we played it on video games. That's why. It's just like Jalen Hurts said. Even when there was a, even though it was a little flurry or

something, it's like, oh, that's football. It's visually fun to watch. And, you know, you question the footing, but it didn't seem to bother Sequin Barclay. But before we go too far down, you know, we were talking about Lamar Jackson. I kept calling him jokingly, Samuel L. Jackson. I don't know if you saw this AI thing, but they created, like, who would play these guys in movies or who they resemble. Whose energy do they have?

As Bacalli, Colt. Yeah, I've seen them all. Yeah, they're great. When you see a young Samuel L. Jackson in a Ravens uniform, he might as well be Lamar Jackson in a movie or something like that. Again, he's too old now. But you could see he's the same sort of vibe,

same sort of look. But this AI thing, has everybody seen this at this point, right? It went around. I can't tell you how many people sent this to me. So when 35 different people have sent it to me, I imagine it got around to everybody. They have these AI-generated, you know, who does this NFL superstar remind you of? And a lot of them are pretty accurate. You're like, wow, yeah, that's pretty good.

I like that. So it did make me say, hmm, because I never thought of that before. Let's go to Terry in San Diego. Terry. Hey, Terry. What was your observation from the weekend, my friend? I don't know why they put a rookie announcer on the Lions game. Tom Brady and Kevin Burckhardt, they wouldn't shut up.

I had to turn the sound off. They literally were having a contest of who could talk more up and through the ball getting snapped. I love Kevin Burckhardt as a broadcaster. And I don't know why people think Tom Brady so bad. He's not the most polished. But like, does it really bother you that much? I've never watched the game. It does.

And he's not the only guy. I'm with you, Rich. but man, it's split down the middle. I'm out. It really is. But Danny, do you ever watch a game where you're like, I can't stand? To me.

Me either. I don't know. It doesn't bother me as much. Not often. There is a time or two where they're talking too much for me. And I'm like, okay, I get it. Like they'll repeat some thoughts over and over. But I don't know.

That particular broadcast didn't bother. Well, here's the thing, too, with Tom Brady. He's going to get better. We always talk about that, right? Yeah, we talked about it on the show last week. He's incredible with his work ethic. You know he's driven to get better and maybe even be the best. But when you hire a guy like Tom Brady, he's a polarizing guy, right?

For as many people that like him, there are people that dislike him no matter what. So you're watching him with an already, I hate this guy default setting in your brain. So you're going to hate him every time he opens his mouth. That's the little caveat with a Tom Brady in the booth sort of thing. You have an opinion of him already. Not everybody loves him. It's very reflective of politics, right? because people are passionate about hating a team,

the way they are passionate about hating politicians, right? So let's say you're not a fan of President Trump. Even if he does something good, you're really not going to give him credit. Right. And because Tom Brady probably beat all your teams, you already hate the guy. So I do understand, and I do want to say this, though.

As far as Kevin Burkhard, our very first TV appearance as a show was with Kevin Burkart on SNY. We had made other like talking head appearances on TV, but promoting our shows with Kevin Burkhart. And we worked with him 2013, 2014, when he was a Met sideline guy. So to see his career flourished the way it has, has been cool to watch.

But I will say this from my own personal experience of just watching how he operates. I'm not sure I met anyone who had as much BDE as that guy. his strut and the way he carried himself was just so confident and so cool. Yeah. And so likable. Move over Nick Foles. Seriously. You know, he really was that guy.

So I'm not really surprised. And I think he's one of the great. So wherever Tom Brady lacks and he will get better, I feel like Kevin Burkhart's making up for it no matter what. That's just my opinion. Everybody's going to have theirs. And it's also Tom Brady. So while he isn't as polished, he's still giving perspective. from a guy that's done more than anyone else in the NFL.

Why are we counting on him to be polished? It's his first year and he's the analyst. Kevin Burkart's as polished as you could be. You're asking the color commentator for too much. He's not supposed to be Kevin Burkart. Kevin's got that on lockdown. No doubt. All right.

Other observations, I thought the interesting thought was all the teams this past weekend that gained more yardage lost. I saw that. Which was just one of those sentiments that how do you operate in the red zone? How do you hold on to the ball and not turn it over? How do you, you know,

eat up the clock and keep the ball away from the other team? It really is a matter of, there was a point where some of these games felt like, wow, this team is playing just as good as the other team, but the score's not showing that. Yeah, some really great competitive games, which is right,

and it wasn't reflective of that. The stat went that the four teams that outgain the other team, all lost. Another takeaway. I'll just say it out there to open it up because I'm sure someone's going to mention it or have more to elaborate on it. But the sentiment and feeling and social media outcry of the chief still getting calls. And the bigger the stage gets, the more obvious and more absurd it seems because so many

eyes are on, come on. Are you serious with that? Have you seen this montage? Goff getting hit. Lamar Jackson getting hit. Stafford. Every quarterback getting hit. And then they show.

Smashed. Yeah, he got popped. And then you see, Mahomes, two really bad calls. They don't even hit them. And they get the call. In fact, the two defenders met each other's helmets. And then the push on it, the little tap on his back and the flop on the sideline. And it's so, so evident and noticeable, again, on this big stage.

It's like, this is. not a good look. You know what? We're going to take all your feedback. Jimmy, Doug, we'll get to you next and everyone else on hold. Things that made you go, hmm, divisional weekend. But let's go to Dan Byer for an update. What's up, Dan?

Guys, the big news on the day is Ben Johnson will be the new head coach of the Chicago Bears. His multiple reports say he will leave the Lions after three seasons as their offensive coordinator. In fact, the NFL network says that Johnson is expected to bring Dennis Allen, the former Saints head coach. He would come over as the Bears defensive coordinator. Now the Saints are looking to fill the vacancy left by Allen's dismissal. They're interviewing Mike McCarthy in person later this week. Well, it should be also noted that Aaron Glenn, who interviewed with the Jets, today,

will have a second meeting with the Saints, Glenn, the Lions defensive coordinator. Colts have found their defensive coordinator. It's Lou Anirumo. He comes over from the Cincinnati Bengals, where he was dismissed as their defensive coordinator at the end of the season. CFP, National Championship game tonight, all the marbles in college football. are on the line in Atlanta. Ohio State taking on Notre Dame kickoff at 730 Eastern time. On this Martin Luther King Day, it's been a busy day of the NBA, including in Memphis, where the Grizzlies rallied for a 108-106 win against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Nicks outscored the Hawks. That's now a final, 119 to 110, 10. Pistons won in Houston against the rockets, 1079, while the Hornets were victorious against the Mavericks, 110 to 105. As we speak, Cavaliers routing the Sun, 649 to go. It's 108, 78, 78. Donovan Mitchell's got 33 for Cleveland. Celtics up on the Warriors after the first quarter, 29 to 18. And finally, women's college basketball in the Coretta Scott King Classic that you saw on Fox, number one, UCLA, top Baylor today, 7257. Guys, back to you.

No, thank you, Dan Byer. Thanks, Dan. By the way, what's your, what you're like feeling when you see former coaches being hired as coordinators? Do you look at that as like extra leadership? You know, we said the other day, how many head coaches keep getting head coaching opportunities? when former head coaches just joined someone's staff.

I look at that like Joey Flacco. He's there to help out oversee and step up. It almost feels like extra leadership to me. Yeah. It's like having a great backup QB or something. No doubt. Hey, before we get to the rest of your phone calls and feedback, things that made you go hmm this weekend.

Can I just give you one thing to be and go hmm today? It's Martin Luther King Day. He had a dream. Make yours come true. It's also inauguration day. Did you use your novelty item? You got it Spencer's gifts back of the day? I use it once a year, Rich.

His Martin Lufa King in the shower. It's my lufa that I use once a year. It's a bad joke. We tell once a year, too. No, but it actually is a lufus. It's an actual item. Yes. It's an actual item.

And the thing that made me say, hmm, how to do with the inauguration. It's also inauguration day. I mean, no disrespect. But what was going on at Melania Trump's hamburger outfit? What is that spy versus spy? What is going on here? Yes. That hat.

Spy versus spy thing. Mad magazine. What's going on here? The hamburger? The hat was so much that she couldn't even, he couldn't even lean in for a kiss because the hat got in. Like there's a time and place. I wondered if she was a smooth criminal.

You know, I wonder if Annie was okay or not. You know what? That's so great, Dan. Did she have a bunch of watches underneath that jacket? What was going on with this? So anyway, that made me say, We're going to get to the rest of your phone calls and feedback.

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Listen to Deep Cover the Family Man on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Who's that smooth criminal at the inauguration? Wait, that's Melania Trump. Who's selling watches? Honestly, I know we're not Trump, right? That's obvious. I'm not the president of anything.

I'm the president of my own fan club. You have your own phone finger. But can you imagine, can you imagine going out somewhere important and your wife or girlfriend show up and they're wearing a hamburger outfit? Where do you be like, uh, hmm? Should I put on my Ronald McDonald's shoes? I mean, we're not into high fashion. Maybe that's, uh, you know.

break. Like I said, there's a time and place. Like Halloween? I don't know. And that's no hate. In fact, I congratulate our 47th president of the United States. But that is one of the stories today. Your outfit. Melania Trump's outfit. Every time I leave. Every time I leave the house, I always look at my wife and be like, is this okay? Right. Like, I always run it by someone, especially if it's like a bit of a bold choice. Hamburger. Yeah, but no. No one on her team said, you know, well, they're probably. going to make lots of like jokes and memes about you. You probably should take it out. You know how the world

works. You know how, look, TikTok's back, right? You know people are going to make all these jokes about it. You just have to think ahead a little bit. They will not be looking at me. They will be looking at my husband. So funny. Anyway, it's funny. I love my hat. I like my hat. I have to go to the inauguration now.

Now, again, she's a beautiful woman, of course. That's not the point. But it did make me say, hmm. Well, I mean. I'm in this day. I'll defend Donald If your wife or girlfriend says How does this look? Are you ever going to say not good?

There is. There it is right there. I know. It's like the villain at a pilgrim movie. It already looks. It's like the villain from like Raiders of Ball and Star. Like a horror. It already looks like an S&L skit.

Right? Oh, you know that's going to happen. Oh, it's coming up. This is coming Saturday. I bet you, though, if you look online in social media, people are going to start buying that hat. Yeah, absolutely. Because every time there's some item,

don't overestimating. Are you running to distort it by Hulk Hogan beer just because Donald said so? No, but I'll tell you what people did. It's apolitical, by the way. Yeah, who cares? It's an observation. Dude, look on your social media feed.

Half the people I love in my life are like, greatest day in the world. The other half of the people in my life are like, pray, America. Everyone's crazy. Everyone's crazy. As Kavino says, we're a Kavino-Ritch, pizza party of two.

I'm a taco party of one for the record. You don't want to go to my pizza party now? Now you've been out of that. Thanks. We're going to go to your feedback the weekend of divisional playoffs. National Championship tonight. Your observation in the world of sports and entertainment. I got two cook entertainment ones and we'll get back to football. If you watch Silo on Apple TV, the finale.

And Camino says I'm not doing a good job selling silo. You got to say silo, bro. Dude, I'll sell it. Ready? I'll tell you how to sell something to really get my attention. Dude, lots of great games over the weekend, right? Take your pick. Lots of great games.

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Are you trying to teach everyone how to sell something? Dude, yeah, that was my point. I watched a movie. It was supposed to be like the Stephen King thriller that's on Netflix. So I'm like, I'll check it out before I fall asleep. Came out in 2017, never heard about it. Put it on, I couldn't even make it through because it was freaking me out.

I'm serious. All right, that's how you sell. I can't even finish it. I sold penguin like that for a month to you guys. And we finally watched. Yeah, you got to say, penguin, bro. Penguin, bro. No, no, no.

Penguin, bro. Gerald's game, bro. If, to appeal to a Guido from Jersey. You watching the game tonight? Wait, hold on. You watching the game tonight? Let me sell it to a Guido in Jersey. Yeah.

You, National Championship, bro! Nah, only game I care about, Gerald's game. Oh, sorry. Another observation, I would have been one of those buffoons that lost money over the weekend. You see the Trump meme crypto coin. Yeah.

It was like a buck or so. My friend hit me up when it was like 13 bucks, and he's like, dude, I just put a little money for the hell of it. That thing went up to almost like 50 bucks, and then by morning it was back to a dollar. So there were people in the crypto world. They were like, yeah, let me buy this. coin disaster.

Pumping them. Pump and dumb for sure. All right. Hey, your thoughts. NFL divisional weekend will take all your feedback. Plus, we're going to play last one standing. So if you want in on that, get in early. 87799 on Fox. But more observations right here. Next. Hey guys, it's us. The Jonas Brothers. I'm Joe.

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