The Pat McAfee Show - PMS 2.0 1090 - Feel Good Friday With Kendrick Perkins, Dan Orlovsky, Ian Rapoport, & AJ Hawk

Episode Date: March 15, 2024

On today’s show, Pat, AJ Hawk, and the boys recap yesterday’s biggest moves in NFL free agency, and are a little slap happy after having to stay in Pittsburgh last night until 4:30 AM due to inclement weather. Joining the progrum to give an extensive NBA update is 16 year NBA veteran, NBA Champion, and ESPN NBA analyst, Kendrick Perkins (29:30-54:14). Next, 12 year NFL veteran at QB, and ESPN NFL analyst/guru Dan Orlovsky joins the show to chat about his favorite Quarterback’s in the draft, why he doesn’t think the Patriots are going to draft a Quarterback, what’s going to happen with Justin Fields, and much more (1:19:40-2:15:30). Later, NFL Senior Insider, Ian Rapoport joins the show to recap the crazy week in free agency and reacts to the breaking news that Kenny Pickett is being traded from the Steelers to the Eagles in a pick swap (2:18:10-2:48:21). Make sure you subscribe to YouTube.com/thepatmcafeeshow to watch the show. Or watch on ESPN (12-2 EDT), ESPN’s Youtube (12-3 EDT), or ESPN+. We appreciate the hell out of all of you. See you tomorrow. Cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello beautiful people and welcome to our humble abode, the Thunderdome. On this National Espresso Martini Feel Good Friday, March 15, 2024, this sports program starts now. Sports! I'll tell you what, this particular sports program is certainly going to be one. Yeah, a couple of us that are in front of microphones right now have the incredible opportunity to travel back to the great town of Plumboro, which is in the East Hills of Pittsburgh, to chit-chat with sports teams and celebrate something that has been taking place over the last couple of years

in a beautiful fashion. Myself, obviously the one in the all black there, R2 there. To my right, Eddie Edwards, who's a Plum High School grad, now an agent. Right next to me is CFO Phil. He is incredibly jocked right now. On the far left, wearing a white hoodie, which a lot of us questioned why you would ever wear that particular white hoodie. But it did match his incredible Air Force, as he was wearing that particular day. He's an old gym teacher of ours, old coach of mine, Keith Nonnenberg. That is his basement.

And we were only supposed to be in his basement for 20, 30 minutes. At most. That was all it was supposed to be after the We're All Mustangs Here Fund celebration and meeting took place after, you know, we kind of laid out to a new group of boosters and coaches because there's been a little bit of turnover. What the fun's all about. Like, hey, you guys have access literally to millions of dollars right now where we can

help the athletic uh fund we can help the boosters we've gotten a chance to give uniforms and shooting machines and i mean so much back it was cool it was a cool night to celebrate but we were only supposed to be in this particular gentleman's basement for about 20-30 minutes before we hopped on a plane back to indianapolis indiana and, boy, it was fun being in Plum. And there was tornadoes in Indianapolis. So flight couldn't take off for maybe another hour. Okay, so we'll do one more beer. One more.

We'll do one more espresso martini, right? We're all having a good time. We should. Another tornado touches down in Indiana. We hope everybody's okay. The weather was wild last night, so it gets delayed another hour. All of a sudden, it's 2.30 a.m., and we had done the one more six, seven times. Last week.

We had quite an evening in Plum last night, but it was to celebrate sports. It was to celebrate everything that's going on. It was to celebrate all the great humans back there. And we did do the celebrating. We did celebrate as much as we possibly could. Today should be a fantastic program. There's a lot of things that are taking place around the NFL still, unlike this fourth or fifth day of the free agency period being opened

on Monday during the tampering period. We're in a new league year, so there's a lot of salary cap moves. We thought the Chargers were potentially done. Ah-ah! Keenan Allen's now a Chicago Bear. Who's going to be his quarterback? Who's going to be his quarterback? Is this all for Justin Fields? Is Justin Fields looking around

the Chicago Bears? You guys are getting rid of me and now we're making a team really good? What is the deal? We're making all these plays and I'm getting shipped out of here? Or is this for Caleb Williams to get another weapon? To make sure Caleb Williams has a safety blanket. A man who seemingly is always open for the Chargers, has been a staple of the Chargers offense.

Now he is a member of the Chicago Bears. Chargers are able to open up some money, I would assume, for the salary cap and everything they got going on. Who knows what moves they'll make with that extra fund. Keenan Allen's a guy you want on your team. I love this move for the Chicago Bears. We have no idea what they're going to do at number one still. Everybody assumes it's Caleb Williams,

but then you start hearing people chat, maybe not. Yeah. Maybe not. Now, is that just draft season BS? Probably. But all I see is the Chicago Bears trying to get better. Congratulations, Viva Luzito. Oh, yeah.

Thank you, guys. We're back. I know you Chicago Bears fans have been yearning for success for a very long time. Feels like this particular front office and everything understands that. Poles is making moves. And they're calling him Big Pole Poles. And I think he's making a lot of big pole moves.

And you guys might end up on the pole of the NFC at some point. And we shall see. Congratulations to you guys. Also, another team that is just in the middle of a dynastic run. Signs a perfect player for their roster. A perfect player for their roster, a perfect player for their offense. Did we know this guy was available?

How come we hadn't been talking about Marquise Hollywood-Brand, Antonio Brand's cousin, who is an absolute weapon, fast freak show on the football field, was originally with the Baltimore Ravens. There was a lot of drama with how they were using him in that offense. He gets traded on draft night, if you do recall, to the Arizona Cardinals. Nobody knew about it. He was roommates with Kyler in college. They were friends. They were back.

He was used in a way where he could get open quick, all this type of stuff. And now the Kansas City Chiefs, who I think have identified that they had wide receiver issues last year, make a massive move bringing in a guy who's going to go into this offense and have the greatest season of his life and that's just how it works whenever you're the Kansas City Chiefs

and that's how it works when 31 other teams don't see this same exact picture that Andy Reid sees Andy Reid actually in on the recruiting of Hollywood to come to the team he goes Hollywood think red today okay KC red with diamonds. How about the wink emoji? Oh, yeah. Awesome. Imagine Andy Reid just dropping one of these. Hey, Apple, can we get an emoji with a big mustache so Andy Reid can use it a little bit better?

If that thing had a big Andy Reid mustache on it, that would be awesome. He'd be able to seal the deal maybe a little bit more with those winks that he's sending out all these places. Multiple exclamation points still. I'm excited, he says, Andy Reid. And then Hollywood Brown responds. Yes, sir, love a sign of that.

Heart rings. He said, I love him. Think Hollywood Brown. Lights. Camera. Action. Rockets. I wonder if Andy Reid looked at that and said, shut up.

I do wonder if he said it or if he said, hell yeah, that's all I've been thinking, pal. That's why we're paying you $11 million for a one-year deal in retooling a position group that the middle of a Super Bowl champion back-to-back dynastic run actually was a little bit weaker than you would think around the NFL. Now they're retooling. So the NFL is still cooking. There's a lot of things happening. The NBA is taking place. There's stuff

that will have a big perk on us on the show in about 14-15 minutes or so. Dan Orlovsky will join us in the second hour. Can't wait to hear what he has to say. Something absurd. He's got so many thoughts. So many hour. Can't wait to hear what he has to say. Something absurd. He's got so many thoughts. So many. So many takes.

Think about what he's been doing, just thinking of takes. I saw one where he was sitting in his kitchen, and he was talking to the camera as if we were sitting at the bar that he was at. Welcome to the Orlovsky bar. And he's breaking down Chicago, the number one pick, Fields, Caleb, and he's doing this whole thing. He's got it figured out. Oh, yeah.

He's going to let us know what is happening in the second hour. And then we'll have a weekly wrap-up with Rap Sheet and friends. Us being friends, he being Rap Sheet in the third hour, he being Rap Report. I'm not alone today. No, no. The talk table is here. At Boston, Connor and Ty Schmidt. And, Ty, you should have seen your brother and Connor operate last night in Plumboro. It was a scene last night for Connor.

I've heard a little bit about it. I mean, obviously, Connor got into the office today about 1045, 11 o'clock, which is not typical for him. First thing he did when he came in, just said he was hurting. He was hurting bad. I think he had already showered, had to take another shower, had the sunglasses on, obviously. So, yep, there they are. Still got them. Wish I would have seen it live in person, but if I know anything about Connor,

I kind of have a perfect picture in my mind of what last night was like. He was having a good time. Yeah. Connor was having a good time. When we found out National Espresso Martini Day was around the corner as well, those things start flowing. There you go. You know, 10 p.m.,

you're having espresso martinis. That normally means, because espresso is going to give you a little bit of juice. And then at like 10.30, you're having another one, and then flight's delayed. We'll have another one at 11.15. So when you're having four espresso martinis, the last one coming at about

12.30, 12.45, you've signed up for what the next few hours are going to be yep you asked for this yes this is what you did and there was numerous conversations not only with each other but amongst ourselves in our brains going wow tomorrow's going to suck but can't fly into a tornado no can't do it what do you want us to do yeah and we're sitting at this bar in keith's basement that was top notch. Oh, yeah. Great wood on this guy's bar. So nice. We're talking about, it's enough for like 10 people to just be pounding on it.

And it didn't even budge. Nope. 1.30, 2 a.m. Neighbors might have heard a drum kit going off because we were seeing how sturdy this bar was. And it was. It was beautiful. That's what it's going to be.

But anyways, Connor, you had a fantastic night. Brand new hat. I think Mustangs are happy that you act like you're a Mustang. Yeah, absolutely. It was nice to kind of see everybody meet everybody again. See them again rather than not meet them for the first time. But it was a cool little event to experience because the stuff, you don't really get to hear the things that you guys are actually doing in person.

So being able to be there, the whole PowerPoint, Zeke had a great presentation deck. Great work, Zito. Great work for you guys. Now, the screen was actually in the back of the room. Yeah. So we were speaking in the front of the room. Sure. But they told us where we were was actually the back of the room.

In the front of the room is actually where all the tables were for people to sit. I don't know if that's going to work. Yeah, I think we potentially were the first people to ever use this room in the fashion in which we were using it at the Plumboro building. Beautiful building. Gorgeous. Beautiful building. Nicest bathroom I've ever been in.

Leave your hands like this. Opens the door. You know what they call that building? It's like Mission and Pot. That's the building that Coach Diggs built? I'll tell you what they're calling it. The people I talk to. Very expensive.

The people that are paying the taxes. The people who tax. A lot of people are like, that's what you're paying for? As I put my hand in front of a laser, basically, to open the bathroom, the men's room. I open it up. I go, damn. That had to be so expensive.

Some plum yinzer goes, it was. We're paying for it. Just walked by. I was like, that's awesome. Go into the bathroom. We got marble floors, pretty much. It's the nicest building I think I've ever been in, actually. But there was no... The setup, it was not was not so Zito's

seven Slide deck that he put together in beautiful fashion flawless was behind everybody's head the entire time like right, right It was like behind him, but they did turn around a couple times get good eyes on it Nice and Zeke do not think that your time was wasted doing that It was fantastic now we have to move on from last night because last night was awesome. One half of the hammer. Dad. Cowboys tone.

Diggs's eyes are as wide as a deer staring into headlights. We have breaking news. Ladies and gentlemen, Aaron Donald. Damn. He's retiring? Yeah. What? No.

No way. Hey, Aaron, AD, game wrecker, Hall of Famer, GOAT, congratulations on a hell of a run. Hell yeah. Out of Penn Hills in Pittsburgh, the East Hills of Pittsburgh. Actually probably drove by his house last night on our way back home to Plumboro. Has done nothing short of representing his town, his family, his city in football superbly. Congrats on a hell of a run, AD. We all appreciated getting to watch you play football.

You were an absolute terrorizer of offensive linemen. The amount of people that lost hours of sleep because they were playing against you probably spans and scans a lot larger than you could ever imagine going all the way back to high school, let alone in college at Pitt, where you put an entire program on your back.

You've donated so much money back to the University of Pittsburgh that you have your own workout facility there. So not only do you go ahead and make it, you also give back to your community. You give back to your university. You give back to your town. Aaron, you did it right, pal. You did everything right. Hey, in that story about you telling your dad that he doesn't have to work anymore whenever you got paid is a beautiful thing. Aaron, you did it right, right ad congratulations on a hell of a run i did not expect this no at all i had no idea this was coming uh what an absolute stud and now the rams are staring down a situation where they lose one of their pillars that we thought they were rebuilding with cooper cup matt stafford you

keep aaron donald who else is on the team? Bah, bah. We don't know. That was literally the conversation last year. And they continue to win and win and win and win. And it was like, okay, this is McVay's future. McVay and Snead and the boys want to build around these greats. We'll get some young guys that are cheap, and then we'll be able to still be in contention,

even though the NFC West is a bear and will continue to be. Because who's in it? Oh, the San Francisco 49ers. Now they're going to have to figure out who's going to be the leader on the defensive side. They're going to have to figure out how to add another game wrecker. That's obviously something for them to figure out. And for us, what's Aaron Donald going to do? He's going to get into acting.

He's going to be modeling. Maybe. Sure. He wants. He's getting lifting. He's getting the influencer. Yeah. Because if he just gets one post a day of him working out just so just like debo yeah james hasson was doing hey what am i doing i'm gonna bench 525 pounds

okay sweet and then anything else yeah i'm gonna rep it actually i'm just gonna do this 15 times and then i'll have somebody pull a little music behind it all of a sudden now i'm getting millions of views every single day because I am a freak whenever it comes to strength. The world is his oyster at this point. Yeah, very much so. And I was just looking in 10 years, his 10-year career, he made 10 Pro Bowls. So every single year.

At D-Line, when you're a rookie, D-Line, interior D-Line, you're dealing with grown ass men. He's 21, 22 years old getting in there and just like, you're in my league now. Straight into the Pro Bowl. What a

stud, dude. Eight All-Pros. Three-time Defensive Player of the Year. A few of those Defensive Player of the Years, it was like one of the few times in the history of the NFL where you're like, hey, he should actually be the MVP of the league. J.J. Watt has had a couple of those years.

One of those years, he would say. Aaron had like two of those. Aaron Donald had like two years. Everybody was kind of like, hey, this guy's the best player in football. This is not even a question. Anytime the Rams played, and this is very abnormal with the way NFL football

had been going offensively. We want to throw the ball. We want to spread it out. We want yards. We want points. We want highlights. We want this. Defense, we're cutting back on how you can play defense.

Figure it out. Be an athlete. Can't tackle anymore, but figure it out. Stop them. Felt like there was a time where they were going to be the Washington Generals, the defense, taking on the Harlem Globetrotters. Like, can't tackle, can't lower your head, there's a strike zone that's getting smaller,

can't throw the quarterback down. It's like, well, how am I supposed to play defense? In a time in which that took place throughout his career, he maintained being a violent physical specimen that called for every single commentary crew to spotlight him and talk about him for at least two full series. There'd be another offense on the field, which is normally the topic of conversation. And all Chris Collinsworth, all Troy Aikman, all Tony Romo, all stink March Larris. All they're talking about is like, look at this guy in the middle of the field.

And he wouldn't even make a play. He would get like triple teamed. Look what he's, he's took up six arms. That is every single play. It's like every play, he was the focal point for offenses. There was checks, Aaron Donald this way, Aaron Donald that way. We've got eyes on 99. I think the different names, I assume this is going to come out from teams

and from ex-offensive linemen, the things that they would call their protection going in against the Rams to deal with that thing that was in the middle of it, I assume that will continue to roll out. AQ has told stories about how before we're even calling a play, we are trying to figure out where the hell 99 is. And then once you get a little bit of a beat on where he is, okay, now we'll go into that play. And then you would motion, and he was one of the first interior D linemen.

I know there's been others in the past. But if you ran a motion, he knew what you were doing. So he wasn't just like middle linebacker. Luke Keekly they talk about. Understanding the formation, oh, this is the play you're going to run. Safeties, Troy Paul Mollin, he knew exactly what you were going to do at the interior delineation spot not easy because your hands in the dirt you don't have eyes on everything but aaron donald somehow with like a sixth sense had the ability to know what you were going to do because of how either a guard was lined up

a motion that you did and he would make his own shifts before plays would be snapped and just ruin everybody's game plan. He was, hey, what a beast. I am bummed out. Yeah, seriously. He's too big, too strong, too fast to be as good as he was at football, and now we don't get to watch anymore. Who's going to train with knives now? They were real too.

They were. I forgot about him training with knives in the offseason. Who's going to do that now? And don't forget, he was the one who put the pressure or sacked Burrow

at the end of the Super Bowl to win the thing for them. And Chase was open. Yeah. That would have been a touchdown. Cincinnati Bengals win Super Bowl

if not for Aaron Donald saying, oh, I make one play, we win a Super Bowl and then immediately doing this number here. How about he was the guy that sprained both of Carson Wentz's ankles make one play, we win a Super Bowl, and then immediately doing this number here. How about he was the guy that sprained both of Carson Wentz's ankles on one play? Yes, he was.

People forget about that. Yeah, some of his photos. If you just search Aaron Donald absurd photos, there's that one of him in the air getting held by two guys. Jumping through. Yeah, he's a freak of nature. That really sucks. I did not expect that whatsoever.

He somehow has the feet of a ninja yeah yeah while also having the power of a debo like it didn't he didn't make sense so jock he's supposed to be on the outside too like if he was just on the outside one-on-one with a tackle who knows what his numbers would be who knows If he focused full-time on just being outside pass rusher, defensive end, outside linebacker, who knows? Instead, he's inside dealing with two to three people every single play, still wreaking havoc

because he's training with Knives. Because his hands were phenomenal, his body. Man, what a player. That sucks. This is supposed to be a feel-good Friday, Aaron. Why don't you do it on a Monday? It's feel-good for him. Great career. He's going off into the sunset. I agree. I'm talking about us.

I'm hungover, and I'm bummed out. You're right. We didn't need that. Super bummed out. Today, this is not the day that we needed that. We didn't need that. Tornadoes come through town, couldn't fly in, had to drink all the booze and plum. No choice. And then all of a sudden, East Hills legend

of Pittsburgh. Yeah. I mean, that's ridiculous. Look at that thing. Nobody runs like that. Oh, he must be like 210 pounds because he weighs that much. It really does look like he weighs about 220. Yeah, no, he's like 265. 270. This guy's 280.

285 pounds. It is crazy too that, I mean, I guess going out on your own terms, but he feels like he would have been the guy, like, made the Pro Bowl every single – he's still as elite as elite gets to just be like – you know, I know after they won the Super Bowl, he kind of had that, like, I don't know how much longer I want to do this. But then it was kind of like, no, him, McVay, and Stafford are all on the same page. They want to come back and try to get another one.

I don't know. It's just crazy to think because we always talk about guys never want to retire when they're at the top of their game. He could have done this for another seven to ten years, it feels like. Yeah, a couple years ago after the Super Bowl, if he would have retired, I think we all would have been like, hey, do your thing. Accomplish everything you want to do. Then he said he got addicted to the confetti. Or somebody else said you can get addicted to the confetti

and he wants to do it again. So then he came back and we were all super pumped about it. I guess we should have understood that it was probably house money we were playing with with Aaron Donald's entire career. But nonetheless, good on you. Congrats. You did good, bro. We've met him one time, right?

He was there for Pizza Hut. Yeah, that's Pizza Hut No sauce Immediately it was just like oh yeah of course he's the dude Of course this guy likes Pizza Hut He gets it He did bring a pizza with no sauce So it was almost like a cheese bread Banana peppers, sausage

And no sauce It was great we ate We did Look at you I forgot he had ice cold do's there too No sauce. It was great. We ate the shit out of it. We did. Look at you. I forgot he had ice cold do's there too. Oh man, the things I would do for an ice cold do right now. He was great on our program.

Can we order a couple ice cold mottos? Talk to that now. We need that now. You brought your telescope? I had to. Yeah, that was my what was that thing? Spotter? Did that make the move?

Nah, it's up in the front. I just heard it's up in the front if we need it. That thing, remember? That's where Ty got pushed off the stage by Drew Brees. You look like a young man right there. Yeah, probably about 25, 30 pounds lighter then. I thought you were going to say 25, 30,000 jacking diets a go.

Well, that's a given. That was fun. Hey, Aaron, thank you for everything you did. Now, as we pivot away from that particular news, it's time for us to be doing the news. Okay. Ladies and gentlemen, new segment. Doing the news. Doing the to be doing the news. Okay. Ladies and gentlemen, new segment. Doing the news.

Doing the news. Doing the news. Doing the news. It's Wicked Today. Digs on this. Feel good Friday. Why don't we do some of the news that we missed and maybe keep us updated on things that we haven't chatted about. We have mentioned some of the bigger stories, obviously.

Doing the news. Doing the news. doing the news, doing the news with Tony Diggs. That's the best. Can we do it again? I didn't know this was happening. This is awesome. Well, maybe if you showed up on time, you would have. Hey, can you please go through that door? Yeah, here we go.

Can you please? Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, we're not like the biggest segment show. We don't really plan or think things out, but when some people get back at 4.30 a.m. because tornadoes held up a plane on a

trip back from Pittsburgh, and there might have been some alcohol. Not yet. Not yet.30 a.m. because tornadoes held up a plane on a trip back from Pittsburgh. And there might have been some alcohol. Not yet. Not yet. Hold on. Not yet. Hold. Not yet. That wasn't my fault.

It's playing in Bill's office, and I heard the jingle, and it said, With Tone Dix. That was the last. He's 30 seconds behind. This is disgusting. That was great. That was great. That was great. You want to blow down to take one.

Holy shit. That was incredible. How about the graphic? Look at this. He took that this morning. It was incredible. Just so you know, a little inside baseball. Tone hates this so much. He's so bad.

He's so bad that we're doing this. Dirty. Good graphic, buddy. Dirty way to go. All right. Ladies and gentlemen, it's time that we start being Doing the News. Doing the News.

Doing the News. Doing the news, doing the news, doing the news, doing the news with Tom Diggs. Let's go, Tony. Let's do the news. Come on, Tony. Big intro. Okay, big hype. Let's hear what it's all about. Let's do the news, Tony. What did we miss, pal? Today at 1223, the leading stories were that Marquise Brown, who was formerly of the Ravens and the Cardinals, was signed with the Kansas City Chiefs as a free agent. We covered that earlier in the show. Keenan Allen was traded from the Los Angeles Chargers to the Chicago Bears for a fourth-round draft pick.

What are they doing up there? Is there any inside information on if this is Caleb? I think they realized their shortcomings as far as weapons went with their last quarterback that they drafted, and they are trying to load up for their future quarterback, Caleb Williams. I believe that's the case. And we just covered the Aaron Donald retirement, something we haven't talked about yet when we're doing the news. Doing the news.

Doing the news. Doing the news. Doing the news. Doing the news. Doing the news. Me. You. You. Okay, all right, all right. Let's do the news.

A little bit of sneaky news that may fly under the radar today. The Vikings acquired the 23rd overall draft pick from the Houston Texans. So now in the draft for the first round, they have the 11th overall pick and the 23rd overall pick. A lot of people speculating that they did this so that they can package those picks and move up into the top five of the draft to get a quarterback of the future. They recently signed Sam Darnold on a one-year 10 million dollar deal um to maybe be a bridge quarterback or start a few games before the quarterback that they are going to draft comes in but this is a little bit of of news that's going to impact the draft in about six weeks but it's a

little bit of a sneaky situation it's definitely going to affect things not often this far out do you see just like draft pick trades yeah no normally like draft day draft night there's like we'll give you this you give us this in return and it's like not even worthy of chatting about this one is obviously worthy because the bundle situation that tone was talking about 11 and 23 are worth a lot of points that's a lot of points a lot of point now is that real in negotiations and when you're trying to trade these things possibly but 11 23 and you think you put in there maybe a next year something you could probably get up into the top three top four if you really wanted to not saying that's what they're doing we're just saying if we're if they're trying to acquire valuable picks to make a move it's like koc's going, is I only young guy?

For sure. KOC's thinking to himself, wait a minute. Sam Darnold used me to complete passes, okay? I had the pass you're not winning games when I was telling him the actual plays while I was relaying it in on the headset live second and ten. I am telling him who to throw the ball to. Sam Darnold can throw the rock. Sam Darnold, if he can make the right decisions,

which I don't think we've seen him do just yet, has not had the opportunity. He was under the Gase umbrella with the Jets. Carolina Panthers, it didn't work out, but Panthers. And then he goes to the Niners, and one person called him the greatest ball spinner to ever wear a San Francisco 49ers jersey, which, sorry to talk about the disrespect that is to Joe and Steve and the history of the 49ers faithful, which probably got offended immediately.

But also that was like Brock Purdy ain't worth a damn, seemingly, is what that was said. Brock Purdy is worth a damn. Brock Purdy's still a guy. So Sam Darnold coming off a lot of hype, I think, whenever he signed with the Niners, didn't get a chance to ruin it or kind of exploit it. So now he gets an opportunity on a $10 million deal,

which is not a lot of money, to kind of showcase that he can be a starter somewhere else. Maybe he can be the future with the Vikings. And then if you think about getting a young guy, it's like not a bad idea to have him sit behind Sam for a year. You're going to have to pay Justin Jefferson. You got Jordan Addison. You got TJ Hawkinson. It's like

not a bad time. Aaron Jones now. Aaron Jones is all in. He's very happy to be a part. He's a team guy. I won't be doing that, but I hope Aaron Jones does well. It's not against the Packers. Skol! Skol! Skol!

Skol! Skol! Skol! Skol! Skol! Skol! Skol! Skol! Skol! Skol! Skol! Skol! Skol! Skol! Fikey! Do it for Aaron Jones. Aaron Jones did a lot for you. No, I agree. Why don't you care about Aaron Jones? I do. Oh, this is what's wrong with the Packers.

And society. I was not saying... And society as a whole. I was not saying anything. I just said, hey, I want him to do well. I hope he does well. Aaron Jones, consummate professional, consummate team said, hey, I want him to do well. I hope he does well. Aaron Jones, consummate professional, consummate team guy. Just don't want him to do well against the Packers.

I love that we just did the news. Honestly, you did fantastic. Thank you. We'll revisit next hour because we're going to run out of juice here at some point. There's a lot of news. We just got done doing the news, doing the news, doing the news, doing the news. Who made that graphic, by the way? Dirty. Dirty News Dirty News Who made that graphic by the way? Dirty. Old photo. Dirty made that graphic It's an old photo. To be clear

when he sent it over to me to say like you know I say hey we're doing the news today we need a graphic to Dirty. Dirty goes you got it. He knew exactly where he was heading with this thing. He sent it over and I asked him before looking at it. I said is this the final graphic you think or are we taking we need to add a little more before I look at it. He sent it over and I asked him before looking at it. I said, is this the final graphic you think or are we taking we need to add a little more before I look

at it. He goes, it's the one. And he was right. Yes, he was. I mean, I have never seen a better graphic for a segment in my life than that one right there. Look how official you look, how serious you look. And on the other side of it, actual journalism. Good seg. Great seg.

Great seg. Oh, dang! You did great. Thank you. good seg great seg two days two entrances too for yourself that's good okay joining us now ladies and gentlemen joining us now ladies and gentlemen is a 16 year NBA veteran who is now looking thinner than ever on TV

on ESPN as an NBA pundit and talking head friend of the program some people call him racist. Ladies and gentlemen, Kendrick Perkins. Yeah, Perk! What's up, Perk? There they go. The news, the graphic,

the cowboy hat, rodeo style. That was phenomenal. Oh, we did? Holy hell, Perk! I didn't even know. I didn't expect immediate TV critic stuff to happen, but it sounds like we're getting two thumbs up from the big Perk. Is that what I just heard on that segment? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I wish you had two more hands so you could give that segment four thumbs up. That's what we're talking about. We're doing the news. Anyways, Perk, let's talk about NBA news here. I saw Charles Barkley say something hilarious. He said the idiots at the other network I think he's talking about ESPN

keep talking like the Lakers and the Golden State Warriors have a chance. Shaq checked them immediately. He was like they have the play-in. And then Chuck the play-in's not real is what Charles Barkley said immediately. Now, Charles Barkley said immediately. Now, Charles Barkley's one of the greatest speakers of all time. Anytime he talks, I will listen.

The Miami Heat were in a play-in game, and then they make it to the finals. So there is a chance to go from potentially on the bubble all the way in there. But what are your thoughts on all that? Are the Lakers and Golden State dead? Is this something that you and ESPN are just pushing because lebron james does numbers on the sports center instagram account perk what what let me say this first thing first okay charles barkley is not the sharpest knife in the drug that's number one what is that everything that comes out of his mouth is not the gospel. Now, he's an all-time great. He's done a hell of a job in the media world, and I respect him like crazy.

But here's the thing. We're going to talk about the Los Angeles Lakers, and we're going to talk about the Golden State Warriors. You know why? Because they have LeBron James, who is arguably the greatest to ever touch the down basketball, and you have Steph Curry, who is a generational talent and a top 10 all-timer, okay? And we have to appreciate them, because when both of those guys are gone, what else are

we going to talk about? We can't talk about them. So the fact of the matter is, is that they're both, what, four or five games above 500, so they're a really good basketball four or five games above.500, so they're a really good basketball team. They just happen to be in the Western Conference. And the playoffs started right after the All-Star break in the Western Conference. So we're talking about these play-in games because it matters.

Can you imagine this? Imagine the world this postseason without having Steph Curry or LeBron James in it. Like, we can't do that. Can't. Like, so we need one of them to make it. The world needs it. Need a Chuck back.

I get what Charles is saying. Do I think they're going to make noise, either one of those teams, in the postseason? Hell no. But at the end of the day, we have to appreciate who the hell is on that team. I agree. That's Steph and that's Braun. I agree completely.

I understand exactly what you're saying. I also understand what he was saying in this entire thing. Because whenever you're doing full day show all day, every day, LeBron's going to get talked about. Yeah, of course. And that's just how it's always been. And Steph earned his way quickly into being a guy that's always going to be talked about. Now, with that being said, with generational talent potentially greatest of all time,

I think all of us that are kind of casuals are like, why aren't they? It's just because the talent is in abundance now in the league like we've never seen before. Is this the most talented NBA that we've had? Definitely the most talented Western Conference that we've had? How do you feel? Is there just more teams that are better than maybe it used to be? Or is LeBron ever going to win one again? What is the thought in this entire thing, Perk?

So LeBron is definitely not winning one this year, okay? You can cancel Christmas on that shit. That's what Chuck said. I will say this. I will say this. is definitely not winning one this year. You could cancel Christmas on that shit. I will say this. The league is more exciting. As we get towards the end, we have the MVPs. Right now, Jokic is making

a strong, powerful case on why Big Perk should vote for him and break my own rules and my criteria of having the best record in the league, having the best record, being the best player on the best team with the best record. Jokic is knocking down that barrier and knocking me off my square with that one, with his play.

But when you look around the league, you got SGA. He's averaging 30, and I believe it's like 40 games this season where he's scored over 30-plus, some type of crazy record. Luka Doncic down there in Dallas doing what he does best. What do you have? He had five straight 30-point triple doubles. Yes, that's insane. Yeah, that is insane.

And then you have DeMontis Sabonis, who's not only been kicking AD ass every time he matched up with him, Yeah, that is insane. players that are putting up these historical numbers night in and night out playing some exciting basketball and the league is just in a better place. But look, can I tell you guys something? What? You see the scores right of late. They haven't been those 130 to 145.

Hey, we smacking the floor? They've been under 500. The referees, they swallowed their whistle. They're allowing defenders to get a little bit more physical. Damn it, we're in the postseason. We're riding them puppies. Hey, let's play basketball.

We're playing basketball now. That's what we're doing. Okay, that's good news. I'm happy to hear that whenever I turn on a game. And not that there isn't effort. If you ever go to a live NBA game, I think watching on TV, you get desensitized to how much running and effort is happening

and seemingly passion on the defensive side. When you're watching on TV, you don't get to hear the bench screaming, back screen, screen, like actually trying on the defense. You don't hear that. When you're at the game, though, you like actually see that. But everybody knows that as the season gets later and games start meaning more, you've got six got six foot seven guys actually showcasing their athletic ability somebody chased who was it zion chased down no somebody had a big swat the other day

who spicy p yeah the pacers yeah chase somebody down it's like you're seeing these dudes that are like six foot eight like jumping 40 inches It's like the defensive side creates some like freak show. The Ann Edwards block. Yeah, exactly. When he hits his head, he hit his shoulder off the backboard. So now, okay, we're in that time now. That's what you're saying. We're in that time right now of the season.

We're in that time when nobody gives a damn. Nailed it. Nobody gives a damn about embarrassment. That's why you see the chase down blocks because nobody cares about getting dunked on. That's why you see more guys getting hit with crossovers and hizzies and falling to the ground because nobody cares

about embarrassment. They're trying to actually defend and this is what the game needs. Yeah, I agree. That's a good point. You're talking about game three of the season. Okay, I'm going against a guy who's got some hands. Am I? Am I?

Moving. Oh, well, you got me. All right. Yeah, all right. Let's get the ball. Let's go down the other way. Yeah, let's do that. Now it's like every single potential could win the game,

get you in the playoffs, win a championship, get paid, keep it moving. Okay, I like that. That's good news, Perk. I love where you're talking. And a guy we love. Tony has a question about. Yeah, Perk, it moving. Okay, I like that. That's good news, Perk. I love where you're talking. And the guy we love, Tone has a question about. Yeah, Perk, it's been quiet, but Zion has played, I think, like 55 games already this year.

He's averaging, I think, 23-6-5. Like, he's quietly having a really, really good season. I think the Pelicans are the fourth or fifth seed. Like, do they have a chance to make some noise in the playoffs? You ready for this? Yeah. Yep. Like the old people say and the people down there in Louisiana,

Zion balling right now, baby. He's balling. And look, he's taking a lot of criticism about his weight, about him being injured, about his availability. Rightfully so. And rightfully so because he made that bet. But this Zion Williamson that we've been seeing over these past couple months, this is the Zion that we've been looking for.

This is the Zion before Wimby that we were talking about the next greatest prospect after LeBron James. This Zion Williamson has a level of accountability. C.J. McCollum was on our show on NBA Today, and he came out and he said they have uncomfortable conversations in their locker room. And when you're trying to win with a young team, you got to have those fucking uncomfortable conversations in the locker room. That's one. I heard somebody broke my record. It didn't last long.

I heard somebody broke my record. It didn't last long. But you look at the Pelicans and you look at Zion and you said, no team in the West actually want to see them, right? Like, no, you don't want to see them in a matchup. I'm not saying they can't be beat, but it's a reason that I have them as my sleepers. I like that the teammates were the ones that policed Zion.

I feel like the media was trying, fans were, I assume front office at the New Orleans Pelicans were trying to get messages across, maybe even coaches. It's not until your boys come up and be like, here's the deal. You can continue doing what you're doing, and you're already

rich. They already paid you $ hundred million dollars or like we can maybe, you know, start actually investing in this entire thing. And it seems like he's enjoying himself too. I know he loves Dallas. Oh yeah. We've heard plenty. Big fan.

We know he loves Dallas. Okay. It's been on the record numerous times, but every time he's on a microphone, he seems like, like a little kid joy great guy like laughing like having a good time so i'm happy that those uncomfortable conversations only led him to a place where he's playing his best ball and he's most healthy but also it seems

like he's enjoying himself too that's a win-win-win across the board you know what i mean perk but pat but pat think about it to us as as former players, the football field, the basketball court, that's supposed to be our sanctuary. We supposed to have fun. We supposed to be enjoying those moments. And Zion is actually enjoying the game of basketball. That goes to tell me that all the areas that were affecting him and affecting his game,

he cleaned that shit up. And rightfully so, because you have to. Congrats, Zion. Let's go. They were saying he was just going to be a big fat slob bust forever. I wasn't saying it, but you guys were in the NBA world saying it. And boy, I think it was

Twitter at the time when Zion came into the league and things were happening, made transition into X. They have let their jokes fly. Oh, yeah. The floats. The floats, yeah. The floats are mean-spirited. They're not cool.

Those are mean-spirited. Yeah, think about how much time it took to build that float. Oh, my God. That's like real dedication to being like, whoa, I'm going to dunk on Zion. I'm going to do the fat so. Could stop so many different times while building that. Yeah, get tired.

Because there's numerous, they put the glue down, went to bed, had to wake up the next day and say, nope, still cooking that fat-ass Zion. Exactly. So that's where he was at one point. Now, seemingly, going to be a guy going forward. We're proud of Zion. Good for Zion. Ty's got a question for you.

Yeah, Perc, going back to LeBron, I know a lot of people are talking right now, and they're kind of cherry-picking, and it's kind of bullshit, but just going after Bronny James and putting up his stats at USC this season and basically saying, like, this guy's not good enough to play in the NBA, but he's going to end up dictating where LeBron plays next year. How realistic do you think that is? I know some people, I know Connor for one has said like, well, how cool would it be if the Spurs drafted Bronny James and then LeBron ends up playing there with Wemby? How likely do you think that is that whether it's the Lakers who draft him

because LeBron wants him to or another team drafts Bronny James and that's going to be where LeBron wants him to, or another team drafts Bronny James, and that's going to be where LeBron finishes his career? How likely is that to happen? Well, one, let me say this to you, Ty. They talked about Jesus Christ, okay? And so it don't make Bronny any different. They talked about Jesus Christ. Okay, so that's number one. Amen.

Amen. Amen. You're right. Amen. Amen. Amen. You're right. It's facts. And number two is this, right? Just because he's not, he didn't have a hell of a college season and he's not showing signs of being a good college player, that doesn't mean he's not going to be a good pro.

College basketball and professional basketball are two different lanes, right? You got a young man that's going against, you know, seniors, fifth-year seniors, sixth-year seniors, whatever you want to call it, right? Season, guys, you know, running systems, things of that nature. I don't really know how the coach feel about Bronny at USC, but at times I was watching the game, I'm like, you kind of holding them back. You ain't really letting them loose.

Bronny James, as a professional, is going to be a completely different ball player. Okay. Right? Like, how the game is played in the NBA with the space, the way that he's able to catch and shoot and knock down shots, the way that he's able to run and transition and be able to finish above the rim,

the way that he's able to buckle down defensively and slide those puppies, and he has a high IQ, the game is going to be better for him in the NBA. That college shit, some guys are just not built for college basketball. Zion, right? I mean, I don't want to say like Zion, but they didn't. There was a time there where Duke had like... Yeah, they flamed out of the NCAA tournament. They had like six top

five guys on their roster and they didn't win. It was like, it is a different style of basketball. I think we're watching it. March Madness is about to come. Here we go. The women's tourney too. But you know, one thing I would like to say is this.

To the world. Let Ronnie have his own fucking space. Let him have his own space. Let him have his own space. It's unfair to compare or to hold him to the same standard of a LeBron James.

LeBron James is arguably the greatest player to ever touch the damn basketball. Do I believe Bronny will ever reach that height? I don't. Do I think Bronny could be an excellent pro and have a long pro career, make a lot of money, and be a true professional and play a valuable role on the team i absolutely do and that's okay we gotta quit setting the bar here for that young man and let him set the bar for himself i agree perk but that's just not reality you know that's just not yeah it's just not reality the situation ever and he knows that too i assume bronnie knows that that's just yeah you're gonna be treated to an unfair standard. That's just what it is. Now, a lot of people say you have been given an unfair advantage because you are LeBron's son as well with the access that you've had.

But it's going to come with some shit. And it's not going to be fun. And you're going to have to deal with it forever. And I assume LeBron has had a conversation with him, like apologizing to him while also telling him, like, we can go two different ways with this. You can either have it motivate you or you can have it beat you. I'm excited to see Bronny. I also like how tight I like how tight their family is. That doesn't get chatted

about obviously because the whole is LeBron Michael Jordan. It's like okay we do that whole thing and there's people that love Jordan and they'll hate LeBron just strictly because that even was a conversation. But like the way he and his family have remained tight and how he's remained very prevalent in Bryce and Bronny's

and everything's life, that doesn't get talked about with LeBron's legacy. No. In this everybody knows everything about everybody era, which is what we're in right now, which I think if that was happening back in the day, I don't know if the NBA would be the same. I don't know if the NFL would be the same. I don't know if the NFL would be the same

where everybody was learning everything. It's like LeBron has navigated that in a fashion that I don't know if we'll ever see from a star player in any sport ever again. It's just like, that's phenomenal stuff. I can't wait to see if he, because I did see him getting shoulder rubs at that one game by the owner.

He's going to say he is in the doghouse right now. So I think he was getting shoulder rubs, both of them. First of going to say he is in the doghouse right now, Savannah. He was getting shoulder with both of them. First of all, happy International Women's Day. Just want to give a little heads up here. And also, I think he was saying we're drafting Brawny. No problems. So he was just trying to look out for his son there. Nobody's talking about that.

He's looking out for his family now. And look out for his pockets for their contract this upcoming season. That's on a negotiation. That's on the game. It's on the game. Happy International Women's Day, what? I'm a bad guy? No.

Okay, geez. She was laughing. She almost fell over. She almost passed out. Having a good time. What am I supposed to do? I got two shoulders, I said. And then the other lady, we don't know.

It's on the other side. Happy International Women's. First of all, happy International Women's Day, ladies. That's what he's what he's saying okay ready yep okay just want to let you thank you you're the best fine thank you she knew that was she knew that he was being sincere there and that was the best happy international women's day she's ever got without a doubt michael jordan has never delivered a happy international women's day like that no No. I'm sure he has said it, but it's never been delivered and received in the way that LeBron just did. Go ahead and put that on the scoreboard for LeBron.

Exactly. Go ahead and add that to your little memes and gifs of Michael Jordan did this, LeBron did this. How about happy International Women's Day greetings? Bingo. In reaction. Well said. LeBron, undefeated.

Con's got a question for you. Yeah, Perk, I mean, we can talk about these other teams, but who gives a shit because it's the Boston Celtics League. We can all be honest here. They beat the piss out of the Phoenix Suns last night, and this feels like the year that the Celtics, Jason Tatum, Jalen Brown, finally kind of get over that hump and own the league. You could say at least the East for sure.

If they don't win the title, is this one of the most disappointing seasons for the Celtics? Because I have said this before, I will be devastated if the Boston Celtics don't get it done this year. And if they don't go to the finals, do you think there's a chance they blow it up after in the offseason? Well, first of all, Todd, keep a cool booty. This league does not belong

to the Boston Celtics. He's getting a little hot ass there. He's getting a little hot ass there? Cool booty? Very hot. Right now, it belongs to the team that actually swept them in the season series that just beat them in the Denver Nuggets.

That's number one. Because we've been giving all this praise to the Boston Celtics. They have the best starting five in basketball, and they actually don't. The Denver Nuggets have the best starting five in basketball. It's proven. They actually got it done, and they brought the same five back. And when they're clicking on all the cylinders, it's going to be hard for any team to beat them. Number two, the Boston Celtics, if they don't make it to the finals

right it's like it's it's it's almost you know it's a crime that if they don't make it to the final it's criminal if they don't make it to the final are you going to talk about bird brain again is that what you're going to do is that what you're you know what i mean he got to get it done he got to get it done i'm not gonna it done trying to block i'm not gonna call him bird brain again i'm not gonna talk about him right now but when the postseason come i do need to see how he's going to do when he have to match up against the tom tibideau or if he have to match up against the eric sposer because you're gonna have to he's gonna have to coach his ass off now the boston celtics is no team in the Eastern Conference right now

that I see beating them in a seven-game series. The Knicks are injured. The Bucs, they have to go to the lost and found because they still haven't found their identity. The Cleveland Cavaliers are too young. So when I look at the East, the Boston Celtics should go through the Eastern Conference with East. Now, when they get

to the Western Conference, when they get to the finals, that's a whole different story. I believe right now the Celtics may be off the top of my head. I believe they're like 14 and 7

or something to that nature against the top dogs. Like 14 and 7 or something to that nature against the top dogs, like 14-7 or something to that nature. I got to get my facts right. Is that a good stat, though? Are we saying it's good or not good? Well, this is what I'm saying, right? Okay, I'm excited.

We're getting there. When it comes to how weak the Eastern Conference is compared to how strong the Western Conference is, the last time I seen the Boston Celtics face against the Clippers, the Clippers went to the Garden and smacked them down. What I'm saying is that if the Celtics were

in the West, it would be a totally different story. And so we've seen the sample size this season. We watched Jokic go into the Garden and give the Celtics their work. We watched Jokic go into the garden and give the Celtics their work. We watched Jokic a couple weeks ago when Boston went into Denver. Jokic and Jamal Murray put on the show, the best duo in the game today. But I will say this, last thing. If the Celtics do not

complete the mission of winning the championship, I've said it time and time again, and I'm going to stand on it until it happens. They're going to really have to consider breaking this team up when it comes down to Jalen Brown and Jason Tatum. They're the ones. Going to find out. They're the ones, right? Aren't they the ones that are going to take Boston? Yeah, they're the ones, right?

Can Jason Tatum elevate his game to like a Jokic or Jamal Murray? That's the problem that we have. How does he see the hoop? His shot is like right in front. How does he see anything? Isn't it?

That's exactly what he does. We need Jason Tatum to be clutch. And the numbers show that he's not. Well, he got hurt Game 7 against the Heat last year on the first play. And then the Game 7 against the Sixers, he had 51 points. That's a mark right there. Don't worry about it.

He's going to go to bat for the Celtics regardless because he would like to. I know. And I want to go to bat for the Celtics. I don't want to be biased. But I will say this about Tatum. to back for the Celtics. I don't want to be biased, but I will say this about Tatum. Tatum, when it comes down to players that qualify for go-ahead buckets or game time buckets in the clutch, Tatum ranks 25th out of 20.

He ranks 25th out of 25 players. Oh, boy. Yeah, he loves the step-back three huck. He loves that move. Yeah, okay. There's a chance it falls. There's a chance it falls. There's a chance it falls. Every time he goes to the hoop at the end of the game, we're winning. But he loves that step-back turnaround fadeaway huck.

And I love watching it. And if it falls, it's going to be electric. If it goes in, lightning. It's 32%. Okay. Yeah. Bad. Okay.

Didn't expect you to have that percentage just sitting there. Park, you've been saying a lot of numbers. You were questioning your record thing. As of March 8th, the Celtics were 15-7 against the West. So you were there. Okay. You were there. You had it.

Now, they have 14 losses on the season. So half of them literally against the West. Half of them versus the East. So I don't know how that is. I'm excited to see if the Celtics can get it done, and I'm excited to see how obnoxious you are. If they do. It's going to be so loud. Remember the Bruins had the greatest regular

season in the history of the NHL, and then see you get out of the playoffs. That's why I'm not even thinking about anything but the finals. There's no hype or getting excited. You're going to be doing fucking bad crawls and shit. Hey! You know it, Perk.

You know it, Perk. Hey, you're the man. We appreciate you so much. What do you got this weekend? You were on Sunday. I think you were on my TV on a Sunday. Was that last week? Yeah, I'm going to be on your TV this Sunday,

preaching the gospel as usual. Hell yeah. Amen. Amen. Ladies and gentlemen, big perk, Andrew Perkins. Thank you, buddy. He's a champion. He's been there.

Oh, yeah, with the Celtics, nonetheless. Yeah, but the bird braid thing with Missoula certainly caught a little fire early in the season. Missoula heard it and said, well, I just got a bird brain while they were in. I was like, I like what you just did there. I like the pettiness out of you, Joe Missoula. West Virginia Mountaineer, he's smacked the floor now. What he used to do on the defensive side of the

ball for the Mountaineers was relentless. We're not even talking about... He was dog at West Virginia. Great dude. End of the game yesterday, some guy goes to huck up a shot. Missoula's like out there basically high-fiving everybody coming off the floor. As the guy puts up the shot, Missoula's getting in the guy's face. It was incredible.

This is post-whistle, timeout? Post-buzzer. Okay, game over. Yeah, yeah. We beat the shit out of the Suns post-buzzer, and Missoula's getting in this guy's face after a win. It was awesome. I do like that.

I like that a lot. Yeah, that sets the tone a little bit. Oh, yeah. Yeah, whoever was shooting, it was Suns. Yeah, I want to say it was like a bench guy because we were beating them by like 20 points, so they had a lot of there. So Missoula said, was this in Phoenix or in Boston? In Boston, in Boston.

Okay, so he said, hey, bud, bum, you do not deserve to have a bucket in Boston. In this garden. Are you kidding me? And then he went back to the team and said, you guys should deserve to have a bucket in Boston. In this garden. Are you kidding me? And then he went back to the team and said, you guys should have seen what I just did. You'll see. You'll see. Everyone's going to see it. It was incredible.

Basketball is something. We're finally getting into the basketball. Basketball is something. Yeah. As we're talking about it, I'm like, is there any chance I'm going to watch any of these games? Not until the playoffs. Bingo. That's on me.

But the playoffs are going to be awesome. Yeah, but I will every once in a while. Late night. Yeah. Late night. 10 o'clock games. That's been my thing. Something will be on. I'll go ahead. The wife will go to bed and the NBA is always on. And it can be quiet. You don't have to have the sound on. So it's like a good background.

I have to have TV on when I fall asleep. Are you the same? Yes. I need TV on. Can't sleep without it. Interesting. My dogs are the same way. So I have my TV on downstairs all night long, and they watch basketball all night long, too. Well, your dogs understand a good full court person. Yeah, they do. Triangle offense.

That's what your dogs have been doing, I think, every time I walk in there. I'm like, what are these guys doing? That's what they do. They're trying to go off it. They're just trying to trap you in the corners, and good luck. Yeah, and once they get you there, they're hungry. Ball, ball, ball, ball, ball, ball. Hi-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re- And once they get you there, they're hungry. Ball, ball, ball, ball, ball, ball. High, right, right, right, right, right, right.

Slobbering. Yep. A lot. A lot. Bulldog classic. I need a TV. You don't do TV? I don't have a TV in my bedroom.

No. What? That's probably the right play. But I don't sleep at night. So I think that's when it started. I can't just be staring at my ceiling this entire time. And now it's just forever. It's also better than phone. Because you can fall asleep watching TV.

If you're on your phone, you're up until you decide to put your phone down. That's an extra 20 or 30 minutes. Yeah. Sports! Are fantastic. And we're covering them all. We just did basketball. Boom.

People say we don't have any depth. Call us shallow. Call us stupid. We just covered another sport. Are we heroes? No. Are we news doers? Yes. The Talks at Table is here at Boston Corner and at Ty Schmidt. One half of the Hammer.

Cowboys 10 Diggs is here. All the boys in the back. Joining us now, live from Manatee, Ohio, is a man who is a college football national champion, a Super Bowl champion, a Ryder Cup winner, and a man who's looked a little extra handsome this week. Yes, he has. Ladies and gentlemen, A.J. Hawk. A.J. Hawker.

Hey. Hey, are you all right? Yeah, I'm trying to get situated. You know, the settings in my camera are messing everything up, so me and Zeke have been working on it. How do we look? Oh, okay. Looks like there's a little chaos here.

Did you not know we were going to have you on the program? Oh, no, I knew. Believe me, I'm just a little Zeke'd up after watching, doing the news with Tone. That was pretty amazing. Speaking of, because we are now on a new channel, it actually makes sense because it's time, ladies and gentlemen. We're on ESPNews. Doing the news. Doing the news on ESPNews.

With Tone Diggs. Tone, keep doing the news on ESPNews, please. Yes, I can. In the first hour, we covered some big, big, big news, Pat. We talked about the retirement of Aaron Donald, which was huge, unexpected news today. We covered all of that. We covered the Hollywood Brown to the Chiefs traded. No, sorry, trade.

I did that again last hour. You keep doing that. Because he got traded. Hey, Tony, trade. I did that again last hour. You keep doing that. Because he got traded. Hey, Tony. We're on ESPNews. Doing the news. Doing the news on ESPNews. Now is not the time, okay,

for you to bobble a trade or a signing. Right. We're on ESPNews. Doing the news. Okay. So let's make sure we tighten it up a little bit. You're right. That happened because there was a trade and a signing of a wide receiver yesterday. The trade

was Keenan Allen. That was from the Los Angeles Chargers to the Chicago Bears for a fourth-round draft pick. The signing was Hollywood Marquise Brown. He was on the... What? What? You know. Hollywood Marquise. Marquise Hollywood. That's not how he does it. We're judging you. He was on the, what? What? You know, Hollywood Marquis. Marquis Hollywood.

That's not how he does it. We're judging you. You don't deserve to be judged by us. No, no. I want to be judged every day of my life. Should we start over with the entrance? I want to be judged here. I didn't come through the door. Okay.

Hey, Jay, did you see that? First time he did it twice. It could be the problem. Oh, yeah, of course. It could be the problem. You jumped the gun early. I like it. You have to come through the door to do the news.

The next time we do news on ESPNews, you're coming through that door. Blasted through that thing like Randy Orton. Yeah, we need to use that cool way. Yeah, yeah. I was Randy. Yeah, anyways. A lot of big news coming out of doing the news segment on ESPNews. Thanks, Tony.

That was really good. Thank you, Tony. Good job, Tony. That was great. Because normally on these Fridays, news gets dumped while we're live. Yep, not ours. Just boom, bang, pow, boom, Tony. That was really good. Thank you, Tony. Good job, Tony. That was great. Because normally on these Fridays, news gets dumped while we're live. Yep, not ours. Just boom, bang, pow, boom, boom. So we thought doing the news, maybe something will get dumped here.

Instead, it was Aaron Donald's retirement that kind of came as we were live on air. And now we're learning more about his contract situation. He was owed, I think, $30 million if he was still on the roster at 4 p.m. today because it's the third day into the league year because Wednesday's day one. So there was a bonus that was attached with it or a salary cap setter that was due today by 4 o'clock. So him making this decision, I assume it was not an easy one, even though he's already gone through the thought of what retirement would look like after they won a Super Bowl and decided to come back.

His whole life, and I know he did a lot more than just football, but his entire life has been structured around football. And this time of year, you're doing this. This time of year, you're doing this. Why? All so I can be a monster on the football field. So anytime you're making a decision to kind of leave that, it's going to be tough. I assume it was not easy for him. It's not easy for the football world for sure but i have heard from sources that every offensive lineman in the nfl is bopping their meat with a smile on their face because aaron donald has retired your thoughts aj is the all-time leading tackler for the green bay packers a man who was also a monster on the defensive side of the ball your Your thoughts on what Aaron Donald did and him calling it a career.

I feel like he kind of changed the game. Now, your source on that would happen to be A.Q. Shipley, who the second we heard this news, he pops it into the group chat, the whole thing about O-line and bopping their meat all over town. Yes. A.Q. Shipley was the source in this particular situation. But remember, we're on ESPNews. We don't outsource.

So try to have a little bit of journalistic integrity one time. Good Lord. You're right. That's on me. I apologize to AQ. I don't want to out him again. I know he is the source usually for a lot of our news, right? Like when you break stuff.

What is your deal? What the hell? What is your deal? I'm just trying to give him the credit that he deserves. A usually for a lot of our news, right? Like when you break stuff, you just get it. What is your deal? What the hell? What is your deal? I'm just trying to give him the credit that he deserves. AQ breaks a lot of news. AQ doesn't. He's anonymously telling us that offensive linemen around the NFL are headed right for the lotion and right to the bathroom. More than normal now, you're saying?

Especially today. Like on top of what would have already happened? Normally it's a miserable beat the hell out of us. Today they said it is a joyful occasion. We are going to do this numerous times because there is a 200 and whatever pound monster who's bigger, stronger, faster than all of us somehow. Seemingly smarter than all of us as well. Leaving football.

But they're the only ones that are pumped up about this. I'm going to miss watching him play. He was a menace dude he was the ninja the way he was able to get through himself and his power was alarming and then his off-season training videos that we showed with knives this guy and it's like he gave back to his hometown he gave back to his university obviously he's taking care of his family it's like this dude did it all right and he changed to your point change a game forever. It's a big day. Well, I felt like it was surprising, too,

because the rebuild after the Super Bowl was so quick. Like, they had one down year, and then this past year, obviously they go to the playoffs damn near beat the Lions in Detroit. So it didn't feel like anybody really was going to leave that team, especially with, like, the track record of how good they were drafting. Do you think they did kind of the, like, hey, we can't have you on the team, especially with the track record of how good they were drafting. Do you think they did kind of the hey, we can't have you on the team, and then he just decided, well, I don't want to play for another

team. I'm a Ram for life. I don't know you do that, Darren. I don't think so. You're saying the $30 million cap hit wasn't part of it? Could they have shoved the money around somehow? Well, that's what they said with Keenan Allen. They asked him to do the Joey Bosa and Khalil Mack pay cut,

and he was like, no, I had damn near my best year last year. Why would I do that? Yeah, I respect Keenan Allen doing that. Oh, yeah, absolutely. I don't think that this particular Chargers organization right now has as much loyalty to Keenan Allen, too. They didn't choose to pay him. They didn't draft him. It's a whole new culture.

So I think they're more likely to do that type of conversation. sean payton russell wilson allegedly this happened last year yeah with that particular convo the patriots and bill belichick did this for a lot of guys but i don't think that's a normal thing to do to your pillar play but you know like i don't think that's a normal not a great look yeah but it does happen it definitely happens definitely happens definitely happens and we're not saying i mean guy made guy made 10 straight Pro Bowls. So I don't know. I wonder... I don't think they're telling him we can't pay him. I think they're doing the opposite. Like, hey, we need you back another year. I think

that's how that combo goes. But he probably knew today was the day, though. You have to kind of make... They probably gave him a heads up, too. Don't you think it was more likely that they kind of knew he was maybe potentially thinking about this and they're like, hey, we just we need a decision by today because if we don't... This this sucks but if like for the good 4 p.m today right 4 p.m he's owed like 30 mil or something they could have restructured like they could

have just given it up front right kick the can probably what they would have done if yeah and they also the only issue that the rams are probably seeing is like it's our fault because we put it in the contract so yeah like we agreed to this, and you already told us that you were thinking about potentially retiring. So, the third day of the new league year being a money thing is a mistake on our side. Sorry. That was not good negotiating by us. We should have forecasted that this would maybe come in the future. But also, if you are thinking about it, is there any way we could?

Yeah. A lot of money. I mean, we're trying to, you know. How would it work if he did this like a month from now? How does that work? What if he did it tomorrow? Saturday? Yeah.

Because he's still retiring, right? What if it was like, I don't want to do it until I get a chance. He wouldn't get that money, would he? Ceremony with my family. Yeah, the whole family. Well, when's that? Saturday. My dad's out of town.

Yeah, sorry. We need that on Friday at 3 o'clock. Well. No, my dad. You going to fly him and get a helicopter? Yeah. He's not available. The need that on Friday at three o'clock. Well, no, my dad. You're going to fly him and get a helicopter? He's not available. The venue we wanted

to have it at is booked. Some Italian family has got the restaurant booked. I have no idea. We're not going to be able to get in there. It's got to happen Saturday. And the Rams need it

on Friday. It can't happen on Friday. Aaron Donald gets one last sack. That's an awesome thing. Keenan Allen goes to the Chicago Bears. So they're seemingly making a lot of moves. I think Chicago Bears fans are very excited.

I think they're pumped up about the possibilities. They have the number one overall pick still. People aren't really talking about it. And nine. Yeah, I mean, there's a lot going on with the Bears popping off right now. AJ, are you worried in the NFC North? The brand-new Lions are no longer the brand-new Lions. They're just the Detroit Lions.

Hell, yeah. The Minnesota Vikings now have picks 11 and 23, allegedly potentially going to bundle to move up to maybe get a quarterback after signing Sam Darnold to potentially be a bridge for one year. I mean, this is all just prognostication projecting into other people's brains that we don't know, but it's like NFC Norris making plays. Chicago Bears seemingly

getting better at the football, which I think all Bears fans are very, very pumped about, AJ. Yeah, but what's the quarterback situation look like? Is anything going to happen with Justin Fields, or is this guy going to be there? That's a good question. There's no way. Is it? It's literally, and this is not right for Justin Fields. So I do not want Justin Fields to think that I'm comparing these two as football players. This is kind of what the Rosen one situation was. Josh Rosen. Oh, yeah.

It was. When everybody thought, you know, they had a microphone. This guy's going to be worth a number one or another trade for it. He was just, how is he not going to be worth a first rounder? How is he not going to be worth a first rounder? How is he not going to be worth a second rounder? It was the story of draft night. What is going to happen with Josh Rosen? They drafted Kyler Murray.

Where is he going to go? And then he ends up for like a... Seventh, I think, or something. Like a complete... Nothing, almost. Is a similar thing going to happen with Justin Fields here if they really want to get him off their rosters? Are they going to have to accept a deal that is just like not great?

Because the next team has to decide about the fifth-year option. Bingo. The next year has to talk about contract. The next team, I'm sorry, the next team has to talk about like, is this guy a franchise quarterback? If Chicago Bears people are still asking that question. So I feel like all the leverage is not in the Bears' favor at all whenever it's talking about Justin Fields' situation.

And with him unfollowing them on social media, and he said even though you unfollow a girl, you can still be messing with her on the left. That was his answer. And I respect, okay, I respect that. I do appreciate him addressing it and answering it. But, like, at this stage, Justin Fields knows he's not the guy. Yes.

If they're taking Caleb, it's not his team anymore. So, like, how's the dynamics there if they're not able to? It's like, what do the Bears do? Zeke, what are your thoughts on the entire? So, basically, like, all Chicago, they hate Fields right now. They're all in on Caleb. But I'm thinking that Poles loves picks. He only has four picks coming up in this draft.

I think he's trading that first overall. Whoa! That will mark that. We'll put that down on the SeatGeek ticker as well. Shout out to SeatGeek. Love you, SeatGeek. You get tickets right now.

Zeke told me this this morning while he was driving me to work because my car's still at the FBO because when we got home, I was in no state to be driving anything. And I felt like a real adult there. That was great.

You get some bad tornadoes? Yeah. We had big time tornado warnings everywhere. People were going their basement all that yeah the storms were moving from indiana over to right where we were pretty right to bits so the amount of like uh we should probably wait uh we should probably wait like that was obviously we hope everybody's okay tornadoes no fun first time i experienced tornado you look up in the sky and you just hope, don't pick me. Like that is, you have no idea what's going to happen. It absolutely sucks. But last night, it afforded us plenty of last ones, you know.

And then just. Can't go yet. Well, we got to do one more. One more. We got another hour, so. One more. We need one more at least. Boy.

Five cases of beer last night. A lot of those one mores became chugs, by the way, as well. Yeah, because we thought we had to. Yeah, a the way. Yeah, because we thought we had to leave. And then, no, hey, actually just got a heads up from air traffic control in Ohio or something. Like, probably smart, unless we want to fly basically up north from Canada. Or you want to do this. Like, this will not be an enjoyable experience for anybody. It's like, all right, one more.

I guess we got one more. One more. Are we drinking or not? It's midnight. We might as well have a sports party. How often do I see you? How often do we do this? Of course, yes, we're doing it.

Good. You had fun. You had a good time. Did CFO Phil make it home okay? CFO Phil was in maybe the best form I've seen him in a long time. Phil was incredible. Phil was phenomenal. Phil was almost. in a long time. Phil was incredible. Phil was phenomenal. Phil was almost...

It was old Phil? Phil was almost the story of the night. Phil was... Honestly, yeah, he was. MVP of the night. Most valuable Phil. He was awesome. He was absolutely...

I think he drank a bottle of $500 wine. Yeah. Wow. Solo. I've never seen that. Solo. All by himself. All by himself.

And obviously the owner of the bottle was saving that for a special occasion. That special occasion happened to be the, we're in one more drink, the fourth time. So that was like 2.30 in the morning. I'm sure Phil remembers how good that thing tasted. Savor that entirely. He was awesome, dude. Phil was awesome.

Hey, Phil, great seeing you last night. Not that you're not always awesome, but that was basement in plum night? That's high school. Old school. Stuff you dream about. We were in high school last night. It was absurd. Were you in

a parent's basement or one of your friends' basement? One of our former teachers. Hey, we're in Mr. Norenberg's basement right now. Someone almost said cops. Hey, we're in Mr. Norenberg's basement right now. Someone almost said cops. We almost cleared out of there. Yeah, that's what it felt like. It felt like somebody would look at... Jumping out of windows and running into the woods. Yeah, yeah, little thing.

Head right to the roof. We're not telling these kids. Go to the roof. Stay quiet. You're good. That's it. Don't lose your shoes, though, while exiting window. We had a friend that was in a police report as a shoeless man is somewhere because his shoes fell off while he was climbing out of a window.

So he made the police report, went to court where everybody else was getting tried, and when he read the police report, felt so good as he was sitting behind. So, yeah, we would have got away. I would like to let everybody know. But that is the vibe that we had last night, and it was a good time. It was such a great time. It genuinely wasn't. How many times do you actually go into, like, a basement of that type of situation

where it's, like, families and, like, there were kids there? It wasn't just adults. It was electric. Yeah, their kids kids there. It wasn't just adults. It was electric. Yeah, their kids were there. I wonder how often, and Eddie Edwards has a 24-year-old daughter who plays for Providence basketball, or 23. I forget, 23. Son, Eddie, I've seen these.

I felt so old because I've seen these kids. Yeah, that must have been weird for you. Since they're like this old. And then Keith has graduated college. I felt so old because I've seen these kids. Yeah, that must have been weird for you. Since they're like this old. And then Keith has graduated college. She was running around at our volleyball practice in high school, like tiny. And it's like, so I felt like an old-ass man. I wonder how often, though, Eddie is boozing like that with his kids.

Yeah. That's a cool little situation for everybody, I feel like. Like, obviously, for us going back to our hometown. It was supposed to be 20 minutes yeah that's what nobody had nope your hometown and then the beers just kept going you're not from on and on and on and on and on it's home time we covered pi day in the most intellectually correct fashion yeah bingo any show out there i would like that to be on the record as well i was we broke down you brought it you brought in a chalkboard oh there it is oh there it is back-to-back pie days anybody else can you keep can you keep going out though they call us they call us dumb okay okay how about we have goddamn pie on a chalkboard? Okay. Call us stupid. Yeah.

All right. The thing about it though, is these three right here. Yep. This is what pie day is all about. Because I'm not a hundred percent sure, but after, after the four,

three, three, eight, three, two, seven, nine, five,

oh, two. Yep. You can see my hand got a little tired because what I realized quickly as I was figuring out what it meant is it just goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on. And then it goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on. And then it goes on and on and on and on and on. And on and on and on and on. Yes, it does. Until it can't go on anymore.

But it always goes on and on and on and on and on. That's a shout out to Bob Parsons, the owner of PXG, who is from Baltimore and has a Baltimore accent. And he came on our show and he said that one time. He did. And boy, it has been a real hit in the office. And I don't think there's ever been a better quote for Pi Day than that one right there.

I don't think so. Yeah, so shout out to BXG for figuring out Pi. A lot of numbers and stuff like that. BXG did. Shout out. Yeah, absolutely. Chief signing Hollywood Marquise Brown, as Tone Diggs of ESPNews reported, to $11 million one-year deal to join Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelsey,

in the reigning back-to-back Super Bowl champions. This is like the most obvious Andy Reid signing of all time. Patrick Mahomes is pumped. He puts out a smiley face emoji. Andy Reid sending texts with winky emojis to Hollywood Brown. Hollywood responding. Think Hollywood Brown. Lights.

Camera. Action. That's from Andy Reid? That's a text message between Hollywood Brown and Andy Reid? Yeah, it's a text message between Holly LeBron and Andy Reid. And then Kyle Amari, you're dead to me. That's another move. I like that. Yeah, it's awesome. I did too. They're mocking, you know, how everybody...

Yeah, it's awesome. And it's kind of a cool little tip of the hat. Because I think fans do appreciate that. Like, yeah, he's not on our team anymore. He is dead to us. Yeah, he is dead to us. Thank you. Thank you.

We've been needing this in sports. This is what it used to be. Guys ain't dabbing each other up, giving each other hugs. I don't care if you're roommates, best friends, suffered through life together, found yourself together, whatever. I don't care. As soon as they're on, you fight them. You spit in that person's face.

Bingo. So they're covering all their bases there when they're like, you're dead to me. I appreciate this new trend. The cool little video too from 300 But that Tiki Barber thing I feel like that is what has been talked about All Giants fans probably feel

How he felt about Saquon leaving Like that is how To the Eagles Because it's the Eagles, yes of course Tiki was not happy with Ryan Clark Tiki Barber's not happy with Ryan Clark Got some radio wars Some TV beef is not happy with Ryan Clark. No, he is not. Oh, he was. He barbs on happy with Ryan Clark. Keep my name on your mind. We got some radio wars, some TV beef.

Listen, we've seen a couple of these personality wars from the outside looking in and from the inside staring at the people we're at war with. Yeah. It's not fun. No. I hope they put their swords down. Yeah, put your swords down. Come on.

Life's a lot better. It doesn't feel like they will. Huh? It doesn't feel like they're going to put their swords down anytime soon. They're going to put their swords down. Put your swords down. Come on. Life's all up in... Doesn't feel like they will. Huh? Doesn't feel like they're going to put their swords down anytime soon. They're going to put their swords down. No, they can't because they stand on business. And if you stand on business, you have to... Stand on business available today?

Yeah. Pac-Man Jones' first song with Universal. What's that? Why are you guys laughing? What was that? That wasn't me. What's your problem? No, that for sure was not.

Was Con Man featured on that or something? No, what is the sound? You just spit out because you're laughing at Conner. What is the reaction to that? Staying on business. S-O-B. Is available right now for Pac-Man. That was not me spitting into the microphone.

I did nothing. It was Con Man, Mike, because you were overreacting. Did you forget that Staying on Business SOB was released today? Absolutely not. I mean, I already reposted it on there. But I just turned around to look back towards the guys to see if we can get the music video up. So we're not allowed to do that. Okay.

Yeah, Universal owns it. Universal. Well, not just Universal. Because we're on ESPNews. And at one point we were doing the news on ESPNews. They'll send us a strike. Yeah, for sure. It's available, though.

The beat that he sampled from, very good. It's a banger. Congrats, Pac. But no, definitely cannot play that. Yeah, let's not do that. And I don't need you overreacting to Connor overreacting.

Okay? We don't need that happening on this program. Well, I just looked at his shirt. And by the way, it's my favorite shirt that he's ever worn. Thank you very much. With that Mustangs hat. I just can't. Can I?

Can I, please? No, no, no. We got 37 minutes here. Please. Please. Hold on. Hold on. Hold. Please. Please. Hold on. Hold on. Please.

You cannot do it on cable ESP news. Yeah. Dude, you're right. He's got something on here. I want to do it so bad. I need to put my hands up here for the rest of the day until 2 o'clock. All right. I think we should hold it.

Hold it. Is it on the back of your shirt? No, it is. Don't listen to that. It might be. It should stand up. Take a look. That's a good line.

You got a good line on there. Thanks very much. That's pride. That's pride a lot. This was sent to me by Danielle and Brandon, maybe. Oh, my God. Ladies and gentlemen, joining us is a man who is like all-time leading thrower for UConn. He's not going to be happy.

He's been on for 13 minutes. Yeah. Well, he had time to listen to Stand on Business. Absolutely. And I hope he did. And we're standing on business whenever we say this guy, he knows. Yep. About what you say, don't ask.

He knows. Ladies and gentlemen, a man who has said, I don't know a few times though, as of late, but we are currently in his season. Because it is film, study, project who's going to be good season. And this man watches more film. Ah, Herbstree,

what? This guy watches the most film anybody that's ever retired from football ever. Ladies and gentlemen, Dan Roelofsky. Dan! What's up, man? You're pretty jacked.

Did you find an Instagram gif that was like, hey, here's how you angle? Because I've seen you posing like this for a couple different interviews. You look awesome. You look jocked. You look jocked. You look jocked right now. No, the one from today was just

because I have this little thing on the back of my phone that's like that stand where if I use it, it goes up like that. I can't. It's like a dog chasing a tail there. I thought we were potentially going to. I think. That would have been awesome. Anyways, you look jacked. We want to let you know that, and we're thankful you're jacked. I thought we were potentially going to I think. That would have been awesome.

Anyways, you look jacked. We want to let you know that and we're thankful. I'm just skinny. Thanks. Do you eat? Lean. You're lean. You don't eat? Yeah, I'm lean. I'm in shape. Lean muscle. Beach season waits for nobody, bud. You never know when you've got to be in a bathing suit.

That's it. Do I eat? No, I don't need time like eat a lot of eggs for breakfast or yogurt oh yeah you have all those asshole food you're on the edge that's one of your things i just remembered that i just remembered that yeah i mean i don't think the name has to be on that that's that you know but uh um i don't eat lunch much i eat dinner what and you just you do like the hey give me the blandest bland bland thing. And that's what I want to eat. And I'll tell people that it tastes better than stuff that has flavor.

That's like your thing. No, no, no. Like, honestly, I don't eat a ton of breakfast or lunch because I do enjoy dinner. It's just, I only enjoy like six different things. And I'm like, well, if I'm going to go to a restaurant and spend my money, why am I not going to get the thing that I like? And I know I like certain stuff, chicken, rice, cheese, steak, pizza. So it's like, why am I going to go away from it? I'm just trying to enjoy the meal. So on the breakfast side, we don't like eggs. We don't like omelets because it feels like I love. I love eggs. Egg whites? You do the egg whites?

No, I do regular eggs. We actually have a family friend in town who has chickens. She gives us eggs. Harbaugh's in town? Harbaugh has eggs. Production. Maintenance. She's from England. Her name is

Louise. When are you picking up an accent? She's an English lady. There it is. Does she know where the princess is? Are they English chickens? Yeah, the royals. Where are the royals?

Can you ask her? What's going on with Kate? I'm going to send her a text and ask her. Isn't she in your house, you said? No, she's just our family friend now. Oh, I thought you said we have. It would be weird if she was in my house. No, yeah, but we thought she was staying.

We thought she was out of town staying with you, brought the chicken and the egg. No, no, they live in town. They're friends of ours, and they have chickens. What town? What came first? Westport. Okay, nice. That's a really good town. That's a really good town. That was the town where you're not allowed to coach your kids, right? Or are you allowed to?

I've always done it in lacrosse, yeah. You never played, so probably a great coach. What's your problem? He's Louise. What's this guy's problem, Dan? I feel like I've got to put my TV on just to make sure that I can keep an eye on Boston Connors' body language. Oh, yeah. I mean, just hopefully you're still with us once we're off TV, Dan, because I've got something to show you.

Oh, no, no. That is not happening. That is not the case. No, it has to happen. What do you want to show me? This is not happening. No, no, no. It can't happen.

This is not how, yeah, this is not how this particular hour. AJ, just, I'm sure you could put your little toxic brain to work and figure it out. Anyways, Dano. What's up, buddy? I'm talking about Chicago.

Yeah. I want to hear about Chicago. Three hours north of here? Yep. Beautiful city. Beautiful. Hard-working city. A lot of blue-collar jobs in Chicago.

Like, you know, it's a working. We appreciate. Love football up there. Oh, yeah. Oh, my God. Generational fans. Hey, my fodder was a fan. My fodder's fodder was a fan. My fodder's fodder's fodder's my father was a fan. My father's father was a fan.

My father's father's father's father was a fan. Love the Bears. It's a religion. And they suck. And have sucked for a long time. And by sucked, I mean, there's hope! And then nothing.

Not saying you haven't had good players, good situations, good plays, good wins, but just relevancy to the world. Not saying you haven't had good players, good situations, good plays, good wins. But just relevancy to the world. Not really. They bring in Keenan Allen. They still have Justin Fields. They got the number one overall pick. They got number nine.

They're signing people on the defensive side of the ball. Feels like Ibraflus' culture is settling in, or at least was at the end of the year. Are things like with what the Bears are doing, we love it. And what are they doing at number one? Are they trading out of there? Are they keeping Caleb? What do you think? I still believe that they're going to take a quarterback at one.

I have said I would take Jaden Daniels if I was them. I have not backed off from that. I do not expect that to change. I heard Zito say he thinks they're going to keep Fields. All right, so let's – there's two parts of that. Okay, number one, let's live in the world because I do think the Bears started to play good football at the end of last season, specifically defensively. Okay, if they choose to trade the number one pick and keep Justin Fields,

there's two parts of that. Number one, you have to win if you're Ibraflus and Ryan Poles next year, or you're going to get fired. That's the reality of the NFL. You will have to win, or you are going to get fired. That means, more than likely, Justin Fields plays good football. Whether he plays great football or not, he plays good football, winning football, and they win. great football or not he plays good football winning football and they win they keep their jobs that goes to number two his agent david mulgetta is one of the best if not the best agents in the nfl okay so the bears will have to be faced with okay we kept justin fields and he plays good football and we we get into the playoffs we're a fringe playoff team, he will get Justin Fields so much money, so much money,

that the Bears all of a sudden are going to be sitting there going, now, within a one-year span, we went from maybe taking a cheap rookie quarterback to having to sell out $250 million to a quarterback. That's going to expedite or like ramp up that winning process and kind of have an impact on it in a significant way so the the second thing is this that i've heard so i just i don't think that is going to be the best situation like just long-term job wise for poles and ibra flus second part of this, because I've heard, and I know Kyle Long, and I honestly thought it was a really smart point,

he said, you know what, after not finding a trade partner, keep Justin Fields, draft Caleb Williams. I go back to the agent, David Mogeta. I would be floored if David Mogeta let that happen. Who's Justin Fields' agent? I would be shocked if he just let his client stay there and they're going to take the number one pick at his position i also don't think caleb williams's group i don't know exactly who's with him if it's just i don't think he's hired a specific agent

i would be shocked if his team was like yeah keep justin fields don't worry about it you can take caleb but you know we'll just have two number one picks on the roster, almost like Arizona, Kyler Murray, Josh Rosen. So I don't think that's happening, okay? The last part of this, if Chicago kept Justin Fields, just think about it in this regard, if you're Ryan Post, their general manager, he would have passed on three Heisman Trophy winning quarterbacks in a two-year span. It would be the gutsiest move in the history of the draft essentially to pass on three dudes bryce young jayden daniels caleb williams and the guy who's also in that conversation didn't win the heisman cj stroud so we're just gonna pass on all those guys you better be freaking

dead set that justin fields is a top five quarterback yeah but what if they can't get anything like what if like the trade options have kind of run dry or do you just release them is that what you're saying yeah i think more than likely yes i mean who is on your roster should it dictate who you take at number one i've always believed that who who is on your football team should not have a impact on who you select with number one selecting the number one draft pick in the nfl is about I'm taking the best possible player and certainly quarterback because it's the most important position.

So if it means that, oh, they don't get anything for Justin Fields, that obviously isn't great, but they're not going to allow it. I'd be shocked if those parties allowed Justin Fields to just stay on that football team. You got Peyton Manning on your team. You're not number one overall. You got Peyton Manning on your team. What about him? You're not number one overall. You have the first pick.

Yeah, you're not doing that. We just completely your thing. Your thing you just said. No, I mean, like I said, you caveat it with quarterback, but if Peyton Manning's on your team and you have the number one pick, you're taking the best player. Marvin Harrison Jr., is that who that is? Joe Holt? Cooper DeGene?

Yeah. Cooper DeGene. Who is, other than the quarter, we haven't even talked, really, at all, about anybody other than, what, the first three picks? But think about it. We suck. We suck as a show. There's no idea. This was free agency time, and now after this week, we move on.

He would pass on three Heisman trophy-winning quarterbacks. You don't survive that. free agency time and now after this week we move on he would pass on three heisman trophy winning quarterbacks i understand you don't survive that all right you like jayden you like jayden daniels more than caleb are you the only one that's loudly saying that you think at this point or what what is it dan what sets him apart from caleb you think yeah okay so i think number one you're gonna see man coverage or tight coverage in the NFL significantly higher than you will in college football. So you have to see like what like stuff on sundays you know like there wasn't a ton of broken plays or run around or oh my it was like in rhythm creating big plays and throwing the ball downfield uh contrary to these clips and then the third thing was um uh i think

his pocket like patience his peace his subtlety is most realistic to the nfl like here's my thing with caleb again i don't need to tell people he's ridiculously talented we the to think that you're going to have tons of opportunities to just go run around and make big plays on a consistent basis it it doesn't happen that much. And so a lot of Caleb's plays, you sit there and go, awesome, but how realistic is that on Sundays? Awesome, how realistic is that on Sundays? Dan, you make me feel really smart because, you know, you watch all the film.

You do all the big-time studying, and you are the authority on a lot of things for ESPN. For sure. You get that iPad. Yep. You do that whole thing. You start circling them. You see this?

Yep. Got the vision thing. I wondered if he's going to be able to do all his escapability magic stuff immediately upon watching their one game at the megacast we had yeah against washington war usc washington that was my first time watching a full game of his since like maybe that oklahoma texas game i've watched i've watched highlights and cut-ins and watched film of it like that like hey we need to see this situation never just watched an entire game like from literal first map all the way to last.

He is electrifying. He was awesome. Every play is electrifying. It is fantastic. It is worth the hype. But you immediately think to yourself, there's 400 pounders running like four eights in the NFL. A lot of these guys on the defensive side of the ball, even though Pac-12 was phenomenal in its last year of existing in the football competition level and everything like that,

you got guys running 4-4 that are chasing down the edge. His ability to escape is a massive piece of his thing. Now, granted, he can throw. Everything else happens in there. But it's like, is all that shit possible in the NFL? It's like, we won't find out until he gets there. That's literally all we'll find out. And that's your, like, I'm not

knocking Caleb for it, but that's where you have to sit there as a football team. The game, I think I've mentioned this on the show, the game that gave me the biggest hesitation was the Notre Dame game. Because if you watch the Notre Dame game, and Al Golden, who's their defensive coordinator,

who has significant ties to the NFL, okay? Al Golden, who's their defensive coordinator, who has significant ties to the NFL. OK, Al Golden threw a ton of different NFL fronts, a ton of different NFL coverages and post that rotations. And what they didn't do was allow him to go run around and make plays. They kind of forced him and they attacked in the middle of the pocket and they forced him to kind of sit in this world. And you could see him backing away from pressure. You could see him feeling things that weren't necessarily there. And that was the game where I sat there and I was like, all right. Again, unbelievably tremendously talented and the power in his arm and the playmaking is there.

But when I watched Jaden, it was like i that's what looks like honestly i've said this watching jayden was like watching cj stroud watching jayden was like watching cj stroud now cj probably had a little bit more control of the line of scrimmage and i think cj threw people open more consistently but that was also because teams candidly like concept-wise, Ohio State had different concepts that, you know, CJ would throw it with a little bit better anticipation than Jaden did. But Jaden has plenty of examples of it.

Yeah, CJ Stroud shouted out Ryan Day for that, that whole thing. He said, why was he able to translate into the NFL as quickly with defenses and stuff? He said, Ryan Day had me ready with that offense. It's also, I don't mean to cut you off, Pat, but it's also this dude. Hey, you talk. I'm pretty hungover. When you watched

CJ, I'm damn near dead. One of the things that I think I missed a little bit and I've tried to pay more attention to is CJ always seemed to be like ready to throw that's why I said that pocket structure or pocket piece like CJ was always so is Jaden he's always ready to throw like you could see the flex of his lower body

he's in position his upper body is is ready to throw and and Caleb doesn't necessarily have that on a consistent basis can he get there yeah you believe he can this is not a knock on caleb it's just when you watch jayden i'm like dude this kid i think he's got special talent and if we're gonna sit here and say man well his frame i mean he's six foot four 210 pounds i mean more than likely he's gonna going to be 6'4", 220 pounds, 225 pounds. He's a big dude. Plenty big frame. Yeah. So immediately saying the C.J. Stroud comparison forever now

when we're doing draft talk, that's going to be one of the new comparisons. Yep. Because people are going to be seeking out, like, C.J. had the greatest rookie year in the history of the NFL. I think that is just now common thought. Like, hey, what he did last year, best ever. So now everybody's going to be searching for the next one, and there's a chance that both Caleb and

Jaden are great. There's also a chance that a man who hasn't been talked about at number one, seemingly since the combine kind of maybe going in opposite direction. Connor's got a question for you, Dan. Yeah, Dan, as a Patriots fan, obviously sitting at three, The assumption is those two guys That you've been talking about are gone

No matter what And I for one am pretty happy with the Drake May consolation prize Because he's basically Justin Herbert Can you justify the fact that I Can call him Justin Herbert Josh Allen

Anybody who's tall, big, white, and athletic And can throw a ball Can you tell me reasons why call him Justin Herbert, Josh Allen, anybody who's tall, big, white, and athletic. It can sling the pill. Can you tell me reasons why that is who the Patriots are getting? Save him, Dan. He's hungover, too. I need some good news here, Dan. Yeah, so the comparison to Justin Herbert stops at

big, tall, and white. Herbert was way more refined coming out of college because he played a lot more. And Herbert was so much more like a finished product. Yeah, polished. Way more than Drake. You know, Drake is – I saw this, and I don't know exactly who said it, and I got mad at it last year, and I get mad at it this year.

Like, we got to stop thinking and saying, well, this guy's a project as a bad thing. You know, we say, well, Drake Mays is a project. Yeah, no, Doug. He's 20 years old. No, Doug. Of course he's a project. No, it's Josh.

No, it's Josh. So, you know, I think that New England – I've said this. I think New England's trading out of three. I don't think they're going to take a quarterback. Maybe I'll be wrong. But here's the thing with Drake May, Boston Conner. I'd be okay if they took him and sat him for a year in New England and Jacoby was just the guy.

He's got to sit. His feet are all over the place. I think he – like when you when you watch him with North Carolina, one, the tape is littered with drops. I mean, so sometimes you're like, man, you know, can I watch this kid play six snaps in a row rather than, hey, one, two, three, and, hey, we've got to punt again because you're dropping the football. He throws over the football in the middle of the field really, really, really well.

That's why I've said, like, Jordan loves the comp. He's got a lot of wow plays. Some run-around athletic plays, some drive under football downfield. This dude drives the ball downfield. He is a big-time athlete. I've saw people say he's not an athlete. That's factually incorrect. Oh, and a stud.

Yeah. That's Herbert. I mean, that's Herbert. What are you talking about, man? I think he's – you know, one of the things that's a downside, plays like this happen. You know, they were in a situation last year in North Carolina. You could tell so often he would just be like, screw it.

I'm the best athlete on the field. I'm going to run around and make some plays. Throws like this are all over his tape. There's a lack of consistency. But, again, drops in offense and how much they were asking him to do so he is big he is strong-armed he's wildly intelligent he's got an unbelievable work ethic they say he's got great character and leadership skills you just can't play him right away because you have to grind out his mechanics but i don't think new england's think three. Hey, and also, this doesn't get – well, okay, we'll talk about that.

Okay. Well, there might be some movement there. But the – I think a big topic of discussion when you're talking about Drake May is allegedly he was offered like $5 million to go play somewhere else and go into his senior year. Multiple places were bidding for his services. That felt like they were one quarterback away. And allegedly, from what I've been told by numerous people,

is he didn't even want to see it. Don't even show it to me. I don't even want to hear it. I'm staying here. Now, not everybody is in a situation to be comfortable financially. I'm not even talking about that. But just in the modern day that we're currently in, to just be like, nah, this is my team.

This is my place. I love this place. I would not leave here. i would not leave my teammates like that's a part of that whole character thing you were chit-chatting about that i assume some nfl teams are like are writing down and i assume they're paying attention to that type of thing like this kid is seemingly the complete opposite of everything that people paint this particular generation to be not saying everybody's like this in college football but like from everything you hear the transfer portal the bidding for services quarterbacks moving quarterbacks are moving a lot everybody thinks like oh these are just disgruntled uh like

uh skill players that are moving or something it's like the quarterbacks are moving a lot because they're getting paid a lot of money to do that drake wouldn't even entertain offers so it's like yeah that goes into the conversation of it all Darius Butler played golf with him for what four hours yeah and he said that's the that's the guy that I think Minnesota wants all those trades today I think Minnesota wants to go get Drake May for Sam Darnold for a year yeah like play Sam Darnold and until you if you feel like here's here's the reality uh if most these first-round quarterbacks, if they go to Minnesota, are going to be really good, especially if they keep Justin Jefferson.

Kevin's great. Their offensive line is great. Addison's an awesome number two. Hawkinson's a stud. So, you know, if you take – I think Minnesota made those trades because they want to go get Drake May. That's – the guy that you sit there and go, this offense has historically taken talented players

and made them play better than they physically talented are. This kid is unbelievably physically talented. And if we could just get him to, in this offense with Kevin O'Connell that's built upon listening to your feet and the rhythm passing game, you coach him up with a year or two of that. And it's just, dude, I'm telling you, if this young man goes to Minnesota, he will be a stud for them. Stud. So not New England. If he goes to New England, he will not be a stud.

But I think... I don't know New England and Alex Van Pelt that well. I think Minnesota has two stud receivers, an awesome offensive line, and a really good tight end. New England doesn't claim that number one number two if new england sits him for a year he's got a chance to be really good but they got to get

the people around the player like minnesota would have yeah and kevin o'connell you know has seemingly been able to reach every quarterback that he's yep coached and i think that you know because not everybody has and i'm not saying the head coach or not every coach is a good coach in the nfl you know like some positions have bad coaches right you'll get there and you'll be like how who do you know bingo yeah but then you start trying to figure out why all good vibes okay can keep things going like that is what got a veteran room there, don't need a – you know, like there's a balance. But then there's some people like you don't deserve to be in the NFL.

Like what are – why is that even there? There's that. But Kevin O'Connell has seemingly, just from watching from outside in, he's been able to reach every single quarterback that has been there. Could you imagine if Drake May takes a year off and let's say, you know, because the conversation chatter stopping about him after the combine, I don't think fans would be like, hey, we need to see him now anyways.

You could do like what I think everybody wishes they'd be able to do with these young quarterbacks. A lot of these young quarterbacks get, like if Andrew Luck could have watched Peyton Manning for one year, I say this all the time. If Andrew Luck could have watched Peyton Manning for one year, I say this all the time. If Andrew Luck could have watched Peyton Manning for one year, I think it would have changed Andrew Luck's career. Not that Andrew Luck was not absolutely phenomenal. Lucky to watch him play football, be on a team that he was

leading. I loved watching Andrew Luck play football. But it's not just on the field. It's off the field. Like, hey, here's how you're allowed to you know input your opinion to people here's how you're allowed to talk to your teammates here's how you're allowed to say like i don't like this play we're doing this play like here's how you're allowed to be a professional quarterback like i think that is vital as well not just on the field and being able to do the whole drop is like this is what a quarterback is a lot you'll learn this in like five six years if you end up lasting long enough we need you to get to this point now you are a ceo seemingly and it's like you your voice matters i think here's how you talk to your teammates take them out to eat like this type like i think all that shit is like something you can

learn from sitting and watching but with the patience of the world we have now it very rarely gets to happen and it's like if that is becoming the new norm that'd be great yes that'd be great i think this too pat like because everyone always says well why is the hit rate on quarterbacks so low and all that stuff and there's variables attached to that i i always believe it is so hard because they're all going in the first round because they're super talented they're not perfect and none of them are they have flaws that they have to work on and figure out because those flaws if you don't will ruin your nfl career a la drake may and his footwork it is almost impossible to go into the nfl and and try to consistently work out the flaws of your game

and those flaws are built up over 10 years of playing the position. Everyone has them. You have to try to get that flaw out of your game. And if you're starting as a young player, also figure out whatever it takes to win football games on Sundays in the NFL. So oftentimes, you guys notice you revert to bad habits. And so you're trying to get these flaws out of your game but then in sunday games you're reverting back to that habit because you're doing whatever it takes to win and it's the same during the week it's like well instead of me learning how to handle my body or and that's why what cj did was so remarkable last year but like i was about to say how to

handle my body and and study tape and all that it's like okay we i gotta figure out this game plan and i'm like i don't necessarily know what cover 88 is with the corner wheel cap pressure, but like, hey, I've got to study the 21 personnel package. Like, there's so much. Nobody's talking about cover 88 anymore. I think the thing that as you're talking there about, like, young players trying to eliminate flaws from their game

and from their technique and whatever the case is, how about C.J. Stroud just having perfect? Yeah. Pure. Money. Just so much. It is from day one. And I guess that's something you see in college, right?

And like you, whenever you say, when I watch Jaden Daniels, I see like a Sunday player or whatever. We saw C.J. Stroud down at that Sugar Bowl. Against Georgia. The Georgia Bowl. In the Mercedes

Benz. We saw him take on Georgia in Georgia. That's tough. It was a lot of Georgia. Our team did that against Georgia in Sugar Bowl back in 2006, I believe. I was on the squad. We did win by three. The fake pun actually won a shot to Phil Brady.

But anyways, as soon as we saw C.J. Stroud on the field, it was very apparent by every human that had NFL eyes. I was like, that's a Sunday right there. Yep. That one right there, he's like this tall, incredibly built. And then he was just perfect. Out of the pocket, throwing

darts. And then they were saying, well, Bryce Young is the perfect because he is the Steph Curry of football. Is it footwork that you see when you hear, hey, they've got to marry their feet with their arm? Is that what you're noticing when you see guys that aren't prepared yet, I guess? Yeah, absolutely, AJ.

And it's the rhythm of the footwork. It's the pace of the footwork. It's how you have your body aligned and ready to throw. And it's how many steps you're taking. Are you married up with the receiver and all that stuff? And again, this transfers over. When you watch the difference between, I'll say this, the difference between Jaden Daniels,

just watch how his feet are always in rhythm and timing and light, and then the ball is always getting delivered on time. And that's why there's no misses, really. There's very little misses, whether, AJ, it's a 5-yard throw or a 50-yard post or a 20-yard crosser. And then go watch a Caleb or a Drake. Now, Caleb's not as bad as Drake, but Caleb, again, didn't have a ton of examples of that. Drake May, I remember, you know, with Lamar coming out of college and even Lamar's rookie year, it was like, wait, what does he have to work on? Lamar was so talented that Lamar would miss five-yard throws.

Ty, you know, I said this about Jordan Love last year. He would miss. Now, it would be a completion in the box score, but instead of the ball being on a shallow cross like out in front, the ball would be maybe on the back hip or the back shoulder or a swing route to a back if you throw it out and he catches it in stride. It's a 15-yard game, but you stop him and it's all of a sudden a three-yard game. So why are those little misses happening when mechanically your feet are poor?

And so we live in this world where people say with these quarterbacks, well, they can make these off-platform throws and these funny body throws. That's awesome. It's a necessity. Just because you can doesn't mean you should. And that gets lost a little bit because I don't want to say it's a laziness of I don't want to. It's like they just have to grind to get, like Lamar has.

Lamar has grinded to get his feet in such a better place and structure and in position and in rhythm, the same way Jordan Love did. Just like Dak was doing. Yep, yep. Getting in that room. Dak's one of the best in the league at it. Well, that's because he's – Yeah, boom.

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Yeah sometimes I think Don't you think Dan They're so athletic where they didn't have to Their fundamentals didn't have to be perfect at a young age So obviously that just carries on Yeah One of the guys that Is a perfect example of that So their fundamentals didn't have to be perfect at a young age. So obviously that just carries on. Yeah. One of the guys that like just is a perfect example of that when it comes to like Matthew Stafford was so good at throwing the football that sometimes

mechanically throwing wise, like he would, you know, underarm and all that stuff. And you'd be like, you don't have to do that. That's why he went out West to some of those quarterback training people because he wanted to tighten up his throwing more and more and more because he was so naturally talented he would rely on that too often and so he wanted to become more consistent and that's why he's played at the level he has for so long josh allen same thing he got the laser yeah the laser lasers on the markers he actually told us about it because you know he was questioned a lot about his throwing

and his accuracy and his accuracy and his ability to throw the deep ball, which he has a strong arm. That's what I thought you were here for. And then it wasn't as great early. But he could jump over guys. Oh, yeah. And he had been doing that his whole football career. So I don't think he, just like what you said,

I don't think he had the time or the need to work on everything that had to be as sound. And then he goes to work and he figures that out. And it's like he also gets the fun to work on everything that had to be as sound and then he goes to work and he figures that out and it's like he also gets fun digs on his team but like i think he jumped like what like six it jumped like 45 oh yeah it was like an insane thing so we asked him about it he said he got laser like golf swing they do like a like how they try to time up a golf swing what is it yeah your hip your elbow everything has to just be aligned your feet need to be set properly like well i think the big thing is like a lot of these guys are learning um and i don't know a ton about this but like instead of being a straight line thrower they're

learning to be a rotational thrower and i think like just making sure that everyone everything is on plane with that what's that mean um like throwing and you know instead of almost like thinking like a baseball pitcher when they pick their left leg up and they throw and you know bring your right leg or your right arm through and right leg carry over and like thinking as throwing is a straight line thinking it throwing is like this rotational thing and whatnot and it generates a little bit more power it's like how aaron it's like aaron rogers how aaron kind of torques the ball more than most people yes yep yep aaron aaron is a big person with that because aaron was like one of the first guys i think that like um talked about like generating force from the ground and then spinning through the ball and shanahan's been a

massive person of it like shanahan believes upper body torque is is as important as like pushing off of the ground or having like your feet in perfect positions and whatnot so um again there's a lot of it that i don't necessarily know a ton about but uh yeah that's the josh stuff i think yeah there it is wow he worked on it and got better see like josh drake may would would benefit a ton from this boom a ton they got. They got one in New England at the facility, actually. They did? Mayo brought it in.

No, no, yeah. Mayo brought it in. He was like, my name's Mayo, and we're putting in. I thought Guerrero said it a little earlier. Exactly. For Drake May. He said, my name's Mayo. He said, my name's Mayo.

He said, my name's Mayo. That dude takes games over. I know that. All right. Ty wanted to ask you about, well, Ty wanted to ask you about, do you think the Vikings are trying to get the three, but I think you answered that. Ty wanted to ask you about what Ty wanted to ask you about do you think the Vikings are trying to get to three, but I think you answered that. I think the Vikings are trying to get to three

for Drake May, or if they can't get to three, I think they want J.J. McCarthy. He's a winner. He can throw real hard, too. I love McCarthy. You know what's interesting about J.J.? I do love J.J. McCarthy. I called his first game ever in college football.

You know what I think is going to be like, again, super talented. I think he's got super confident in his arm. He makes really difficult throws look easy. The challenge with McCarthy is going to be you don't have many, if any, examples where J.J. McCarthy takes the game over in college football. He wasn't asked to. They ran the ball 32 times against Penn State. Correct.

Correct, but you're going to be asked to if you're the fourth or fifth pick in the NFL draft. I agree, and we'll find out. But he throws heat. We're talking Paul Skeens. Yeah, we are talking Paul Skeens. We're talking Paul Skeens. When we were watching that Michigan-Alabama game,

he rolled to his right and threw these same two balls. The first one was picked, but it wasn't picked. Then later in the game, he did the same thing. That thing was coming 102. And in there, it was like, this guy's got a cannon. Not as much Paul Skeens. He ain't no Paul Skeens. They're saying that glove, the pop, sounds like shotgun.

Sit down. Opening day pitcher, right? Opening day? Yeah. You're damn right. They're saying that glove, the pop, sounds like shotgun. Sit down. Opening day pitcher, right? Opening day? Yeah. You're damn right. They should be. Baseball stinks, though. Jeez, dude. Thank you, Dan. You tell me, is the first pick of the draft not supposed to be the guy for your

team? That's not baseball. Absolutely, but baseball doesn't necessarily happen. Jackson Holiday is going to be a superstar. He's not baseball. Absolutely, but baseball doesn't necessarily happen. Jackson Holliday is going to be a superstar. He's not necessarily balling at Major League Baseball yet. We got Cruz O'Neal hitting more home runs than anybody else.

We got Paul Skeen striking somebody out doing what? What do you do? 101. Cruz O'Neal. Cruz Missile. O'Neal Cruz. The Cruz O'Neal Missile. There's too many Cruz's. Incoming. Like in the program.

Cruz, O'Neal. Yeah. Bingo. I'm reading. I'm scoring. Yeah, exactly. You're in scores. That's what I do for baseball.

And then Skeens, comma, comma, fucking ball. Skeens, comma, fall. Yeah. And what do you strike? I think 101. 101, 102, or 101, 102, 102. 101, dude, he's gassed. Yeah Yeah strike one. I want to see him play Strike two you will in Indiana. I mean

Strike three you're not gonna catch up to one or two pal. Sorry about it Yeah, we'll have a chance to watch him downtown for at least a month. Oh, he's gonna be on the Indianapolis baseball team He's got what their name you can say Indianapolis what? You can say. They haven't changed it. Indians. Yeah. Whoa. We hear this guy, Dan. That's the team name. Dan. Whoa. Whoa.

It'll get canceled. I don't know. Honestly, it's an interesting sitch. I don't know. I am not. Connor's shirt. We could. When Paul Skeens goes like this, though, I know it's coming.

Yeah, that's more of a straight line throwing. Yeah, he's going straight over the top. Kaminsky. Yeah, Tom. Tom Kaminsky. line throwing. Yeah, he's going straight over the top. Kamansky. Yeah, Tom Kamansky. Tom Kamansky. Yes. Brad McGrath. Yep.

This is the instructional video that works. Yeah, I do. I'm a crime dog. That was really late. Guy was in the outfield, caught it. Yep. Crow hop, perfect. Boom, right into the bucket. Go to the guard's game.

Yep. Did you play baseball? Were you going to be your quarterback? Obviously, you played baseball. That's normal. Yeah, I was an unbelievable Little League baseball player, and then I turned 13 and I sucked. What happened?

You just couldn't throw a damn strike? But you were throwing gas. Yeah. Dude, that's because I'm telling you, when I was 12 years old, I was bigger-ish. I would strike out everybody. I hit 25 home runs. This is a 12-year-old, 26-year-old home run.

This is a 12-year-old. 13 years old, I was batting practice pitcher for everybody. It was just... Couldn't hit anymore. everyone can't shut what do you have a mustache in like fourth grade and everyone caught up to you no i hit puberty real late i was i was a junior in high school when i went through puberty that's probably why you sucked at baseball is that what you think it was i just ended up sucking i don't know why did you have any junk or were you just throwing just meatballs right down? I would just throw. It was weird.

I threw hard as a 12-year-old. I didn't as a 13-year-old. I threw a football far, but I couldn't throw a baseball hard anymore. I found your calling. It was the universe. God. It was God. Thank you, God.

Thank you, God. I love baseball, though. When was the last time you watched a baseball game on TV? We watched a ton last year because my boys are 12, and so the pitch clock, you know, like, I probably watched 15 baseball games last year on TV. 15? We went to a handful.

That's a long time watching games. Oh, that's light work. You're not watching these games for real. You're at 162. Oh, yeah. I bet I watched. Phillies games. I bet I watched 140 Yankees games last year.

Come on. Are you fucking kidding me? He's got, like, the network thing. They sucked, didn't they? You're right. So I probably only watched about 120. The year before, when my daughter had just been born, did not miss a game. Did not miss a game.

I watched every fucking game. You're the best. Let's go, Yang. What's the news on Garrett Cole? He's out one to two months. It's not great. What? The season hasn't even started.

Where did he get hurt? Walk into the park? No, he's got elbow tightness. He had to go see the other drops. That's not bad, though. Elbow tightness? It's not. They say this every time, and they put up Tommy John,

and we know what happens down the line. Uh-oh. Happened with Chris Sale every year, dude. Chris Sale was it. Chris Sale, first of all, and Garrett Cole. He's not. World Series champion. Check the stats with the White Sox,

dude. Biggest contract ever. But also, he's going to Eltrash. Eltrash isn't just being like, if you need to get something done, Eltrash is making sure. You're going to Eltrash. Yeah, he's making sure that's happening.

If he says, hey, just sit down. Little tennis elbow. So we were calling him the Achilles factor. He's just. Everything. He's the guy. I think it started with elbows. His partner started it.

Yeah, his guy, his mentor started Tommy John or invented it. What a weapon. Hey, Garrett Cole gets paid $500, $400, $300? His deal was like $300,000. $350,000, right? Yeah, something like that. Hey, $300,000. $350 million elbow.

Guaranteed. Needs to be fixed. Yes. We'll bang it. Headed to El Trash. Yeah, you pick your wood on that stuff. Uh-huh. Yeah. Price Dale Ray's head. on that stuff. Uh-huh.

Yeah. Praise Dale Ray's head. I am dying. Were you a lefty, Pat? Huh? Were you a lefty baseball player? All right. I'm not getting into this today. It depends on the pitcher.

We don't know. We don't know. Fletch. Dan, we kind of know, but we don't know. Are you a switch hitter? You're probably a switch hitter. I mean, I've only played seven innings of baseball in my life. Three at-bats.

Soccer guy. Washington Wild Things. We were Frontier League favorites, too. Bingo. Came in second. They didn't get a ring. No. They didn't get a ring.

So close. The boys were a good bunch. They were a good bunch. They were a good bunch. Sweet boys. They were boozing me up in the afternoon. They were a wild bunch. Yeah, they were icing me.

They even tried to fireball me. They tried? They tried. I was like, I got to get good wood tonight. Put that fire out. My first time stepping into a batter's box. That's a real deal. First time I ever did it was against a guy I got drafted to play for the fucking...

Yeah, he's like Brewers, I think. Brewers. 90-something. First pitch. Jeez. I ever tell you the Joe Klatt baseball story with me? Make contact. Anyways, go ahead. I ever share the Joe Klatt baseball story

with you? With me? I think I have. Is his name Joel? Joel Klatt. I thought you said Joe Klatt. I thought that was a baseball player. He was. Joe Klatt played in the MLB? Oh, yeah. He came to Colorado at like 28 years old.

I have a baseball story. So Joe Klatt from high school went and played professional baseball. Yes. Okay? I don't believe his baseball career reached, obviously, what he wanted, but he played professional baseball for, I think, like three or four or five years. Reached, obviously, what he wanted, but he played professional baseball for, I think, like three or four or five years. Then gets done playing professional baseball, goes to play quarterback at Colorado.

Plays college football at 24, 25, 26 years old, something like that. So then after Colorado, he was coming out of school. He was in our training camp in Detroit. It was me, I think it was McCown, Kit, and then Joel was in camp with us. We're sitting around talking one day about baseball. Me, being the egomaniac that I am, I'm like, I was the best 12-year-old baseball player ever. And he laughs. And I'm like, I honestly was. And he was like, Dad, I would make you look like a fool in a baseball field.

So I'm like, all right, whatever, dude. So long story, 30 minutes later, we get in the car. We go down to the baseball field and i'm like you know what um he's like i play third base but let me pitch to you first and i'm like absolutely like i'm the first pitch i see over the plate i'm gonna send to the moon i did not touch a single thing i could not touch a single pitch just hooks and fastballs and i'm looking like an idiot so after 10 15 20 minutes of that he's like like, all right, I'll hit this time. I was like, I was great at pitching.

Like this is, this is the strength of mine. Before the first pitch, he's like, where do you want me to hit the ball? I'm like, what are you talking about? He's like, where do you want me to hit this pitch? And I'm like, you're an idiot. Shut up. He's like, tell me. I was like, right field line, right field line.

I'm like, all right. He's like, where's the next one? I'm like like left field gap i mean he just did what you're trying to strike him out he's you you're throwing to him trying him to make him not hit the ball correct i was trying to strike him out you know and all that no matter what i threw before the pitch he's babe ruthing you for like line drives wherever i told him hit the ball he hit it hit it. What the hell? He alpha'd you so hard, dude.

That's when I was like, man, baseball. What a sport baseball is. We're going through his shit. He was drafted, played baseball. Same Joel Klatt that I was thinking of. Football Joel Klatt. He was an 18-year-old. I have no idea that he was a...

These guys lived eight lives. Brandon Whedon. Same deal. And Wanky, right? Or was Wanky? Wanky, yeah. We had J.R. House. He got drafted by the Pirates out of West Virginia,

and I think he had a home in Florida because he played baseball in Florida. He played football in West Virginia. So in the fall, I think he played football at Nitro. Sorry if that's the wrong ice cream. But anyways, he played football there, and then he'd go play baseball in the spring. Gets drafted to the Pirates. I think he goes through, is doing the Pirates thing, gets hurt.

Something happens. So he came and played for West Virginia. He was my freshman. We were freshmen together. He's like 24, 25 years old or whatever. So much more of a better human than I am at that stage. But we chatted a little. He's riding around like an Escalade.

This guy's like, he has a home. He's like a nice home on campus. I'm in the dorm. He's rolling me back to the dorm. I'm like, all right, I'm going to go. I'm going into a ridiculous scene here. He's like, I'm going to go home. I think he was married at the time.

And he's like 24 years old. And then you think about that weed and he got drafted like 29. Weren't they like worried? He's too old to draft. We could get like two, three years out of this guy's prime. Bratz, first round. Don't matter. Didn't work. He had some good years.

He was our flag during the National Anthem at one time. Got stuck underneath there. That was fucked up they did that. Let's get out of here. Alright, Dan, we appreciate you, bud. Boys, have a good weekend, man. We needed your juice today, you know? Andrew Marner.

I got you, bud. Bruce did want to send a message to Dan that Staples lacrosse stinks and that they'll never be good. It's the number one ranked public institution program in the country. No, it's not. They're third in the FCA and will never be higher. It is the number one public school lacrosse program in the country.

You can't be Bruce. We'll never be Darian or New Canaan. They blow the doors off at Darian two years ago. Oh, two years ago? Who cares? They're the back-to-back defending state champions. Their coach is a stud. Their goalie is going to Carolina.

Their midfielder or attack kid is going to Notre Dame. Stop it. What's that, Class Double L? Oh, geez. Double L. We got a real coastal baseball. That's Bruce Brown. Dan, you should pay attention.

You're a mortal enemy. You shouldn't pay attention. He tried to tell me today that a Connecticut high school football team would beat a Pennsylvania high school football team, and I said, there's not a Bruce. We should set that up. Pre-season. I don't know, Bruce.

I mean, it depends on what team, but it could happen. Like the team in Avon Old Farms in Connecticut could beat some Philly P18s. That's a prep school, though. Hold on, they're the Beavers. Yes, the winged people was good. Who? The winged. The winged Beavers. AJ, stop it.

Oh, my bad. I thought Pat was talking to me. His team was great. That's on Highland. No, they weren't. He was there. I'm sure. Him and his brother. Geez.

Yeah, the quarterback. So our Plum High School team, I just found out we got moved into a division. Tough. Yeah. We back up in five. Better one. Uphill battle. Yeah.

You know Aliquippa? You ever heard of that place? Aliquippa, PA. We're a bunch of kids that I played college football with. We used to have this guy named Peanut. He used to walk around and say, Aliquippa, baby! That's awesome. Peanut is a legend. I can already tell.

It's like every college has an Aliquippa guy there. And it's this school in Western Penn. Yeah, we're playing them every year now, I think. That's good. Isn't that where Revis is from? Oh, yeah. Ty Law, too.

Shout out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think Lusaka. It was just some eye-opening experiences when you're around the kids from Aliquippa. Oh, no. Bruce. Game time. Connecticut top ten boys lacrosse bowl.

Final in 2023. This is over. First place, Staples lacrosse. That's why Dan Orlovsky is wearing this medium shirt across his chest. Bruce, you think he's going to wear it? I just got done playing basketball, so this is the shirt I have. Yeah, but you're not going to wear number two around time. How does this shit work?

They were still third in the county. Oh, no. In the county, they're third, but in the state, third in the county. Oh, no. In the county, they're third, but in the state, they're number one. That's wild. They might have finished third in the FCIAC tournament, but they finished first in the state and won the state championship. Oh, they won state. They're 17-5.

Cheshire is 19-3. Cheshire. Who's beat? Cheshire. Cheshire. They lost a couple of state teams. Shout out Fairfield. Cheshire's got a cat going to Notre Dame to play football and lacrosse.

Cheshire? They got a kid there now who's playing football and lacrosse. Cheshire? Jordan Faison. No, he's a flawed receiver. Faison, yep. Where's he from? Fairfield?

No, no, no. No, the Cheshire kid. Cheshire? The quarterback who transferred to Bama. Tyler Buckner? Tyler Buckner is also now playing lacrosse back in Notre Dame. Is he? Yeah, not football though. Not football, no. He's done with it.

There's a whole scene in week three or whatever. Exactly. We're done with this. Let's go fucking cradle. We should bring out the lax kicks outside maybe. We should rip some the lag sticks outside maybe. Huh? We should rip some twine outside perhaps. Yeah, a little bit of this.

A little bit of this. Hey, Quickstick. I met a couple of LSMs from the Blum lacrosse team. A couple of LSMs. Big sons of bitches. Yeah. Guy had these shit kickers on. I was like, damn.

Okay, I mean, no offense lacrosse. I do wish you were playing football. Sure. Guy had these shit kickers on. Yep. I was like, damn. Okay. I like, I mean, no offense, lacrosse. I do wish you were playing football. Sure. But okay. Yeah. You got a good lacrosse program. I like you playing lacrosse. They were, I guess our lacrosse program at our high school. Are they the same season?

I don't know. Lacrosse and football? No. No, lacrosse and spring. Lacrosse and spring. Lacrosse and spring. Well, they should play both. Hey, plum and baseball.

Lacrosse and baseball. Maxed out youth camps. Yep. Leagues. Lacrosse and plum. Didn should play both. Hey, plum proper. Lacrosse and baseball. Maxed out youth camps and leagues. Lacrosse and plum. Didn't even exist when we were there. Not at all. Yeah, high school team. You guys went to the same high school? Yeah, we did.

Yeah, brother. Connor did the... What's this hat say? Connor's from Massachusetts. How do you think I got this job, Dan? Talent? Yeah, come on. Same street. I thought it was that tremendous I got this job, Dan? Talent? Yeah, come on. Same street.

I thought it was that tremendous beard. Thank you, Dan. No. Dan, the shorts. Were you playing? Well, the thing about this is we're all Mustangs here. Amen. We're all Mustangs.

See? That's a saying. Dan, can we talk about the shorts before we get out of here? The shorts I'm wearing? Yeah, you're playing pickup basketball wearing those? saying. Dan, can we talk about the shorts before we get out of here? The shorts I'm wearing? You're playing pickup basketball? I was playing pickup basketball, yeah. We're at LA Fitness. You got a game? What are you doing?

YMCA. How do you play in there? How's the game? There was actually a lot of run there today. I played good the first three, four games. The fourth game, I was great. Fifth game, I was god-awful. You're playing how many? There were five fucking games. Are we playing a 7-11? He lost his leg.

Playing a 15. 15? Atta boy. Yeah. You've never played with Gary Vee, though, have you? No, Gary. I don't think Gary Vee lives in Connecticut, does he? You should travel and play with Gary Vee.

We need a video of you and Gary Vee playing basketball so pronto. Do not take a breakaway layup on that guy. No, he's coming with that. Yeah. Yeah, he's chopping and fouling. Don't expect any easy buckets. pronto. Do not take a breakaway layup on that guy. He's coming with that. He's dropping the foul. YMCA, you have right. Devil's here now, baby. No easy buckets.

That's how Gary Vee plays basketball. It's not his fault. Is Gary Vee tall? Huge. 6'5"? What are you talking about, dude? The optimistic otter? You ever heard of it? tall. Huge. 6'5". What are you talking about, dude? The optimistic otter? You ever heard of it? What's your fucking deal? I'm out of here.

You want to see the eager eagle? I do want to see the eager eagle. Come on! Jesus landed! Jesus landed on his feet. Jesus landed! That's what we're talking about. Great sign. Wow. Holy shit. That's incredible. And he's dancing. Jesus landed! And feet. Jesus landed. That's what we're talking about. Great sign. Wow. Holy shit.

That's incredible. And he's dancing. Jesus landed. And he's dancing. Whoa. Is that really Jesus? Yeah. You tell me, Dan.

Whoa. This guy's a broad God. Look, I'm still dancing. Hey. Jesus crawled. It's like he's on water. Jesus crawled. That's awesome, dude. Wow. I you did that that's a good sign i would say even

your turds the roses yeah yeah because you threw the eager eagle over here well i thought it was i thought it would fight hey i have my bible here just so like this moment doesn't all right open one oh no i want a random opening yes okay yeah that of that king's james and i would like tell me when to stop okay this is like a magic trick i got it it's a big book it's not in frame there you go i see highlighter in there that's deeper than me that's an old oh you skipped the one you wanted all right i get it i'll do it again pat ready well we're never gonna we're never going to get that page back. How old is it? Did you get that from the apostles? Did Jesus Christ write that one? Oh, look at this.

No, that's not the one I want. You're doing a lot of work in there. Are the pages sticking together? Is that a picture of Porto, Megan? All right. All right. Come on. Look at that. Look at that. I didn't know that was in there. That is awesome. Hey, I'm happy we had that moment. All right. know that was in there. That is awesome.

Hey, I'm happy we had that moment. I want to stop. Okay. Stop. That one has a hole in it. Stop. What are you doing? Can you not hear?

Does the Bible cut off now? I think there's a delay or something, but I don't know what to tell you. I meant the book of John. Oh, tell you. I meant the book of John. Good one. Hey, John really did some shit. He's a big dog. What does that one say there? What is the...

Enlighten me, please. Do I have to stand? I don't know. Do I treat this like a prayer right now? Am I going to head down here? No. I'm just sitting here listening. This is his eyewitness accounts of Jesus changes water to wine in John 2.

Classic. Dog. Changes water into wine. Okay. Jesus talking to Nicodemus. Oh. My God. How's Nicodemus feel about all these zins?

That's who Nick was named after. Healing at the pool. That's aodemus feel about all these zins? That's who Nick was named after. Healing at the pool. That's a big story. John 2. Some good stuff in the book of John, bud. Okay. Hey, you know what? Someday.

Hey, Easter right around the corner. You got your palms yet, Dan? Attaboy, Ty. No. Get them. Next Sunday. Not this upcoming Sunday. Next Sunday.

Sunday, March 30th. Palm Sunday. Easter's the 31st. Sunday, March 30th. Palm Sunday. Sunday, March 30th. Good Friday. Right around the corner. Eat your fish, dude. People are palm trees. P.S.

Palm. Cheese, dude. Cheese, dude. Little palms. P.S. What? What the hell are palms? Palm Sunday, dude.

They laid the palms. They laid the palm trees. They laid them at the ground as Jesus went through the village. So you guys get palm trees? Yep. How do you get those? Like little bamboo trees? It's just like little palms.

It's not like a full tree. Like the leaves. The leaves. Yeah. Essentially like a palm leaf. It almost looks like a long fern, I guess you could say. It kind of looks like the plants that are in dunes that you walk towards the ocean. Kind of like those.

I've seen that, yeah. I know what you're talking about. Where the ticks hang out? Yeah, because they've got that thing. Well, you did say we're going to do the stations across this year on Good Friday, right? Yeah, are we nailing it to the cross? Alright.

This guy's impossible. This guy's impossible. This guy's impossible. I mean, I've shoved the shirt down, haven't I? Thank you for being an adult. Now's not the time. Alright, we're going to move along here. We apologize for eating up your day. Thank you for introducing a little book of John. That made me feel good.

Nicodemus did some stuff. Boom, there it is. That looks nothing like a palm tree. They folded into a cross. I was going to say. Who's doing that? That's like a palm tree. They fold it into a cross. I was going to say. Who's doing that? That's like doing origami. It's not that hard. I was never doing that.

Catholic school kids. Yeah. Not in my church. They just give you a branch. Really? And then you just. You guys are maniacs, man. All right.

Dan, what did you think of John Cena at the Academy Awards? Were you kids watching? Oh, the whole... Yeah. I'm going to pass on that one, AJ, I think. Dan, are you going to support your QB brethren and vote for Rodgers? It's a wild time to be alive, Dan. We appreciate you being a part of it.

You're the best. Have a great weekend. All right, boys. Hey, congrats to Staples lacrosse team. Hell yeah. Number one. Best team in the SEC. I do wonder how Dan Orlovsky feels after his hits on our show versus other shows.

Boom. Going right to the shower. Getting all that filth off. We couldn't even talk about the shows. Boom. Going right to the shower. Getting all that filth off. We couldn't even talk about the book of John. What? Me? Yeah, you. What did I say? Everything.

I chided him with one thing. This guy's recommending that we nail Mitt to the cross on Good Friday. I mean, what are you doing? I have actually done that. Wait, what? Jesus on a Good Friday. They reenacted. Thanks for your service.

But I'm just saying, I said one joke about a porno mag and a Bible. Sue me. That's kind of what people do who sometimes are in that field. What? You know what I'm talking about. I do. It's on the internet a lot. Yeah, a lot. From people that

we follow that are religious. And quarterbacks. It's on the internet a lot. Yeah, a lot. From people that we follow that are religious. And quarterbacks. It seems like that is always a thing. Oh, yeah. I can't stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Bop. Bop. Bop. Bop. Bop. Bop. Bop. Bop.

Bop. Bop. Bop. Bop. Bop. Bop. Bop. Bop. Bop. Bop. Bop. Bop. Bop. Bop. Bop. Bop. Bop. Bop. Bop. Bop. But yeah, that's a good show. It's a good show. A lot of pizzazz. If you were listening to that,

once again, I can't talk about how high the intellect is of what we just did. People would never understand what we just did right there. Just like fucking pie right here. That's right. Just like what we did with pie on this chalkboard right here. Who came up with pie? Do we know?

Mr. Leonardo? Shinzu, actually. Yeah. Yeah, it was part of the art of war. Yeah, it was part of the art of war at the end. There it is. Boom.

God, it's gorgeous. Boom. Dot, dot, dot. We've had it on now, if you do the full timing. About 3.141592653589793238462643383279502 amount of times on this show. Yeah, just about. Okay? We're doing pie more than anybody else.

Oh, yeah. And the issue is we just can't figure out what the fuck this is. Well, it represents an ellipsis, which basically just means that it's going to go on and on and on and on and on and on. We can't do it again. We can't do it again. Alright, join us now, ladies and gentlemen. He's a man who, I'm telling you,

after we talk to him, we're done for the week. The show needs to stop. That's what he normally represents. Choose for this. You want the show to go on and on and on. Not today's show. This show has been one of our worst of all time. But a man is about to...

Don't. Okay, all right. I was going to say, you want to make it worse? A man is about to join us. What a cheese. I'll send you later, AJ. We'll send it to you later. Yeah, of course.

I'll give you the whole cake and caboodle. I'll post it. I'll FaceTime you right after. I told AJ my theory on the princess as well. Yeah. Send that around. If it wasn't the flattest ball in the world. I'll FaceTime you right after. I told AJ my theory on the princess as well. Yeah. Set that around. If it wasn't the flattest ball in the world.

There it is. There it is. That looked great. Great line. Great line. I've seen a couple. Yeah. Yeah. There's a few hoops up there.

Oh, yeah. Yep. Boom. Yeah, boom. And we're back. Ladies and gentlemen, joining us now is a senior insider at the NFL Network, NFL.com, and one of the hosts of the Insiders, available noon to 2 on NFL Plus. Host of the weekly wrap-up with Rap Sheet and Friends, us being the friends, he being Rap Sheet.

Ladies and gentlemen, Ian Rapoport. Yeah. How are you, buddy? How you doing? I'm good. Host of the weekly wrap-up with Rap Sheet and Friends, us being the friends, he being Rap Sheet, ladies and gentlemen, Ian Rapoport. Yeah! What's up? How are you, buddy? How you doing? Um, I'm good. Haircut. Um, how are you guys? What does that mean?

You got a haircut? You guys good? I'm better now that I see your hair's back to what it always is. That's I'm better now because of that. That was wild. Yeah, last week you looked so fucking weird. I was like, whoa. Jeez. Yeah, no, I know. But now, I mean, this is kind of that. That was wild. Yeah, last week you looked so fucking weird. I was like, whoa. Jeez. Yeah, no, I know.

But now, I mean, this is kind of more like it usually is. Did you hear the internet was talking about your new haircut? Everybody was talking about it. Everybody was like, wow, that looks very different. Who is this guy? That's what I'm saying. See? People are pulling up photos and just being like, yup, big difference between this guy

and the other guy. I was trying to tell you guys. You guys laughed at me, but it was like dramatic. And now it's gotten a little longer, so now it looks exactly the same. But before it was crazy. Well, I'm a little hungover, so you're a little blurry up there. But I did just make a basket, so things are looking in the right direction. Let's talk about the week that was wrapped.

This is a big one for the NFL. Obviously, over $2 billion worth of contracts was given out from NFL teams to NFL players. Will that number ever be touched by the players? Probably not. The guaranteed monies were big in the most recent move that we think affects a lot of stuff. You got Hollywood Brown

going to the Kansas City Chiefs. We were all talking Calvin Ridley when Mike Williams came on the market. We're talking Mike Williams. Look at that. Hollywood Brown seems like a perfect match for the Kansas City Chiefs. They're paying them one year $11 million. Was there a market for Hollywood? And how come none of us were talking? Why weren't we talking about Hollywood Brown being available?

First of all, it's one year, $11 million max. So the base is a little bit lower. And, you know, I would say for Hollywood, you know, when everyone, when all the analysts kind of plan out there, like where do these free agent fits or where are guys going to go? The two most, like, obvious ones, I guess, were Derrick Henry to the Ravens, which, you know, to me, like. I thought he was going to the Cowboys. Yeah, what? Obvious. I mean, he lives in Dallas.

Like, people thought he bought a lives in Dallas. Like, people thought he bought a house in Dallas. He may have, but he also just lives there. That's just where he lives. That's crazy. That's like D-Hop. So anyway, he goes to Baltimore,

which I think is like one of the best and most perfect fit signings of the whole free agency. And then Hollywood Brown is the other, because, you know, the Chiefs didn't have

a ton of cash, especially because they haven't traded a luxurious seed yet. We'll see if they end up doing that, but they haven't done it yet. So it wasn't going to be a big multi-year deal. And I think for Hollywood Brown, there's been a lot of flash. There's been some up and down.

Really, really, really talented. If you're him and you want to get a big multi-year deal next year, there cannot be a better place than to go to the Chiefs. I thought that was perfect. I thought it made a lot of sense. I was surprised it didn't happen earlier. So the Jerry Sneed you just mentioned there has been reference everywhere. People are recruiting him, I think, publicly. He's franchise tagged.

There's going to be a lot of money behind that. You're going to have to make a trade. He had a phenomenal, he's a stud. He's an absolute stud. What is going to happen with him? You said you were thinking a deal was going to get done. Is that why you said that the deal with Hollywood... You know, I would say I don't know for sure if a trade is going to get done, right?

But I think basically what's happened now with LeGarrius Seed on a franchise, which I think is around $20 million or so, whatever it is, that's basically being held up in the Chiefs' cap. So that's money that they can't spend. If they trade him, then they get $20 million more to spend on whatever else they want. So they made it work. They restructured Mahomes' contract, which again, he gets all the money, just kind of moves money around. But trading LeGarrette Sneed for some sort of a premium draft pick would make things easier.

The problem is these trades are so hard. Right? I mean, if someone is going to trade for someone and give up a draft pick and do a new contract, then that makes it challenging and finding the right value there is very difficult. Chiefs have not even been willing to do that. I've been able to do that,

but I think a lot of teams are interested in keeping trying. That's why the Brian Burns situation is so, you know, wild. Because I mean, you know, what's expected, what's supposed to happen, what isn't. Hi, Max. Max, what up? What up, dude? Hello.

How are you doing, man? Doing what you got. Something's wrong with your hair. I got a new glove and... New catcher's mitt. And wrapped the hockey. You playing hockey? We're playing hockey a little bit? What are we playing? Ball hockey?

Ice hockey? Ice hockey. You're playing ice hockey? Dog goal. Lefty shooter. Okay. Nice. Okay, you guys have been to what?

A lot of Islanders games? We've been to a couple Islanders games, yeah. Yeah, your dad. They do not like the Islanders. They like the Pens. You like the Penguins, right? Let's go. Well, not all of us.

You talking about us or Max? Oh, I like the Islanders. Okay, well, they stink, so that's a whole other conversation. All right, scram. Hey, take care, Max. Hey, we need you to keep playing hockey, though. Hockey's awesome. Let's go.

I didn't expect a rap sheet to be playing hockey. I don't think that's... Or to have one eye. His hair. I know. He's got a haircut scheduled in about an hour. It can't come fast enough. Utterly ridiculous. Are you getting your haircut too at the same time? The thing now.

Thankfully, I don't need one. It's ridiculous. Every time I go and, try to get him to cut it shorter, and he is offended and he gets him to cut it almost not at all. It's ridiculous. So is this the way it's supposed to go these days? Be the adult, Ian. I think people are doing that. Yeah, are you his friend or his dad?

No, I'm joking. I mean. I'm joking. I say things and he just says, like, whatever. That's basically our relationship. I love that. Nice. That sounds he just says, like, whatever. That's basically our relationship. I love that. That sounds like all Jets fans. Yeah.

Those are the texts I get from Jets fans just saying, whatever, whatever, whatever. Go ahead, AJ. Ian, we see that Mike Vrabel signed on to coach. Do something with the Cleveland Browns. Do you know exactly what that role entails? Yeah. First of all, really cool kind of idea, right? Because Vrabel is an excellent coach, former coach of the year,

wasn't able to land a head coaching job this year, but obviously wants to be involved and is very, very good and is going to get one next year, right? I think. So he goes to Cleveland. He's going to be basically a sounding board slash like, you know, kind of use his experience for the coaches and for the personnel department. So, you know, when you're a head coach and you're so, so, so locked in on the players, I'm not saying you kind of lose a little touch of the personnel side, and he is very, very involved, but he goes to a place that is one of the more forward-thinking places.

So he gets to help the coaches or whatever and then probably learn a little bit personnel for when he gets a second chance. I'm like, I feel very confident that Vrabel's going to get a second chance as a head coach. He'll have a much more well-rounded resume or whatever you would say to do it. I like it. Experience as well in the front office is a big deal

because allegedly, what, he had some disagreements on some stuff that were happening around the front office? I don't think any of what, he had some disagreements on some stuff that were happening around the front office. I don't think any of us expected the Cleveland Browns to be the place that would do that. No, that's gross. Yeah, it would be cool if you would have done that with the Colts. Is he from there? What part of Ohio is he from? Yeah, he's not Cleveland, but he's up in that

region. He does have one of those Cleveland jaws, doesn't he? He does. Yeah, he has one of those Cleveland jaws out there. Nice stress-free gig, though. Think about it. He can go in there, hang out, advise, consult, and then what? Can you smoke?

Not on you. Can you smoke cigs in a facility in Cleveland? Do we know? Can now. Sure. I'm sure he can. Right. Smells like cigs.

I mean, it's also for the Browns. They have to pay him a like, a regular rate, but he's getting paid mostly by the Titans. So this is, like, pretty cheap but excellent help for Cleveland. You really knew things were tense on the sideline with Vrabel when you just see a huge dip in on the sideline. You're like, all right, it's getting a little stressful. There was always one in there, I think.

People were just commonplace. Yeah, they were just maybe sitting back here with one of those wisdom teeth. Yeah, he was back there with the wisdom teeth, you know, for some of those things. Maybe that's why the – Could be. Yeah, that probably is what he's been doing in this entire thing. Conman's got a question for you.

Speaking of it being a loud week. Yeah, Ravshi, with the Jetsets situation right now with Rodgers and everything, have you heard anything out of the front office or ownership or kind of what their sense is that how this is going to go and what their feeling is about the whole entire situation? Will they vote for him? Yeah, will they also vote for him? You mean the VP run?

Oh, God. You know, of all the things that Robert Sala will be asked at press conferences, the will you vote for Vice President Rogers would have to be in the top five of, like, strangest questions in the history of the world. You're talking about the guy's starting quarterback? Are you voting for him? That's got to be top five. I'm excited to hear the other four questions.

Me too. I mean. Me too. Yeah, no. voting for that's got to be top i i'm excited to hear the other four questions that are that are i mean me too yeah no i'd say i yeah top five and it's probably one what was um what about he didn't we were very surprised just uh me personally i don't know about it i don't know about aj i don't know about aj genuinely but when he responded to what every uh a private conversation that happened in 2013 alleged to. When he responded to that, in that video, in that post, he didn't like, you know, see also. I'm a quarterback.

I am not, you know. Focus on football. So I do want, AJ has a face, the look of a face of a man that knows. Yeah, he does. The look of a face of a man that knows. He does. In my heart of hearts, I don't think that's anywhere near a reality. He's the quarterback for the New York Jets. He has said he's going to be the quarterback for the New York Jets.

I think on a Bravo show, which was behind a paywall, but no longer because this man wants to run my life. It's out there. I think he even talked about playing a few more years at the quarterback position. So I think me, from what I know, and I don't know anything. This is real. I do not know in this situation. Don't want to know either.

That's not. No. That is not my. I'd like to be in the dark here. That is not my. Oh, in the dark. Yeah, I remember that. That was not supposed to be a pawn.

I didn't even think like that. I see what you're doing there. Good callback. Come on. But he's going to be an incredible football player this year with all this shit kind of stacking up. This is a normal offseason for him physically and everything. Now, obviously, all these other stories, he's always to be an incredible football player this year with all this shit, like, kind of stacking up. This is a normal offseason for him, like, physically and everything. Now, obviously, all these other stories, he's always have those around him.

These ones that are a different level of what's taking place. But it's like, I feel like he's going to come back and play great football. And that's just what they're banking on. They're assuming the same exact thing. Well, so you mentioned free agency and the billions of dollars that were spent. The most important thing I think that you could do in our business is follow the money, right? So like if you're wondering where a player is going to sign, generally they go to whoever gives them the most money unless you're like Josh Uche or –

there's a couple – Josh Sweat actually probably could have made more money elsewhere, stays with the Eagles today. A couple examples, but mostly guys go take the money. Aaron Rodgers is due like $38 million or something from the Jets. The vice president's salary is like $240,000. That's a lot less. So I would just say for Rodgers to give up $37 million to go be a vice presidential candidate, and then I don't know what's going to happen in the election, but let's just say they don't win what i'm not saying i don't know he can't son of a bitch

let's just say they don't win what that would seem to be an odd what's the gloom and doom all about don't worry jets wouldn't have a quarterback ready anyways just like last year. They got Tyrod. They got Tyrod. No. They did something. Oh, yeah, they got Tyrod. Yeah, you're wrong. Tyrod's the best. Tyrod's the best. What a great backup quarterback and a great guy.

We love Tyrod, yes. No, I don't think he hates all of us talking about it because it would be easy to be like, this is dumb, no. But he hasn't said that. But if he gave up $37 million to go be a third-party vice presidential candidate, I would say, I would probably, I don't know, something. Something would happen.

Get a haircut. Would not be. Yeah, you change the way everything goes. That is a hilarious just storyline in the world. What happened this week? Just the fact that it's even you know a storyline so someone you know like there's i wish i could explain to people what happens this week for like me and for adam and uh

tom and mike and all the other people who do this right it's almost hard to have a regular human conversation i almost can't explain it right because it's so intense and so many things are happening. You keep in track of it. It's really hard, right? And so like when like Leah or something will come and sit in my office in the chair and she'll try to chit chat with me. I'm like, I can't compute what you're saying. It does not work, right? Someone sent me the Rogers as vice president.

It's okay to anything. And I literally looked like it seemed like it was from outer space. I'm like, is this the onion? How could it be real? This is not computing. Did my brain explode? It was the perfect thing to happen right in the middle of creating. So it broke you. That's the story.

That's the one. How about the Royals? You got anything on the Royals? Yeah. I do have some things. So again, I have not seen my family very much this week. I walked up to see my wife. I saw Max. We're happy about that.

I saw Max. I was good to see. He's still alive. Um, I went up and saw Leah and she's having a conversation with her aunt about all the different conspiracy theories about Kate Middleton. Don't do that. Oh, I'm not going to,

I'm not, but I'm just saying a lot of conversation in my house about what really happened. And I've tried to examine the photographs. I don't understand where they were doctored. I'd like to know how AP killed the photo. Like, they just figured out that it wasn't really for hands. It's not the only thing they killed. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

That's what they're saying. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoever photoshopped that photo is hanging from Big Ben right now. She says it was her, right? Didn't she say it was her? She did. Bailey, so you zoom in on her left. It's the kid's left hand wrist area, right?

Right there. I still have it. Right there. Right there. That whole part. She's got no wrist. And then what? Arm connects.

What does that tell us? That it's fake. The whole thing is fake? All of it is? The row is supposed to be there. Maybe her just disjointed. We have no idea. She was holding a book or something. I walked out there and Bailey McCubbin was like, where do you think your face is from?

That was from a Vandy Fairfax shoe years ago. Oh, no. It's also a different face. It's the same face. It's copy pasted. It's like, damn. Is that what people are saying? What's going on?

What is happening? Was the AP ever just said, nope, no longer distribute this, please. It is fake. It's like. I'd like to know how that happened. Like, they had to be 100% sure. You know how much fake shit gets sent out there every single day and they're like this one oh it's perfect this one

we know yep fake it's like everything you guys putting out real that we're okay all right i like that i like to learn that here at this stage of life that's good news i mean i you know there's a lot of like a lot of people on Twitter and on television and whatever else who think they're football experts because they watch football and read about it, right? And like coaches and players will be like, oh, you're an expert, you don't even play. I'm now an expert on the Royals because I watch

the Crown. So I do feel like I'm uniquely... Hey, she loved horses, didn't she? She loved horses. A lot of horse talk in the crowd. Yeah. I watched. It was tough for me to transition queens. Sure.

That's the hardest part. It was tough for me. As she grew older, I was like, yo, that's the queen. That's the one right there. And then the people around the queen, I'm not too sure of. The servants or? No. No, no, no. The guy who's a duke.

I've never seen the crown. Oh, the duke and duchess. Emily? Phillip? the guy that went to board i mean this guy i just i learned a lot about this operation he needed to be away from the queen okay he was not the right one he's not the guy he yeah that lady loved horses loved her country he was a little bit of a scumbag they said okay a little bit of a scumbag that's what. A little bit of a scumbag. That's what they said, not me. I'm just watching what they're putting out. Don't kill us. Please don't. Please.

What the hell's happening with him, though? Get to the bottom of it, Ian. Tone's got a question for you. Yeah, Ian, one of the greatest football players of all time, Aaron Donald, retired today. My question is around the money. I guess he was due $30 million today at 4 p.m.

Did that have anything to do with the retirement? Did the team want to restructure that? Have you heard any news like that, that the money around this had anything to do with his retirement today? Good question. I don't think so. Now, I would say he was due a $5 million

roster bonus early in the week, I think, which I believe was paid, but I have to look and, you know, it was slated to be paid and we got past that. So I'd have to look and see like how there'll be some accounting things we'll have to figure out over the course of the next week to see like how the Rams did this money-wise because sometimes what teams will do is they'll like redo a deal spread the cap hit out and then you kind of know a guy's retiring like i think it was i think malcolm jenkins did this and that's kind of how we knew he's retired so something will happen with the money but when aaron donald did this massive new contract to make him the highest paid defensive i think it was defensive player in the nfl years ago. The thought at the time was play two years and then retire. And so like, so I did it when I, when I saw this this morning,

like he was kind of on my list of guys to check. I just never could figure out whether he was or wasn't, but it really brought me back to like, all right, this was kind of the plan. Two more years, get to 33, retire as,

you know, a top five greatest defensive player in the history of the NFL, and then go be an action movie star, which I think he'll probably do next. Was that a scoop? Yeah, a little bit. Jake Lazor didn't tell us that. He probably knew, obviously, out there in Hollywood.

He is so jacked. He's so jacked. He's very jacked. He's very jacked. And, like, that was when I thought he was going to retire two years ago. You remember this? He told the Rams he was going to retire. They ended up with a new contract.

Right. I thought he was going to go be an action movie star. He would be amazing. He's good at basically everything. So, like, that makes sense. Just like James Harrison. I cannot believe that the NFL is just about to take over the action movie biz. Love it.

That's amazing. Well, yeah, Gronk's 2006. It had a lucrative career. Well, that was the thought. Instead, it's become pundit. He's a pundit. He's on TV. Vernon Davis.

Vernon Davis is currently acting. He dominates the straight-to-DVD bin. Come on. Who is the... Whoa. Wait until Russ Who is the... Whoa. What? Wait till Russ Wilson gets in the game. I cannot believe this.

What was that about? Well, just let's not talk about dominating the fucking action genre when PC's still kicking. All right. Well, I heard he's got revenge body coming to us. Wow. What was the comment you made? That's huge. Straight-to-the-DVD bin.

Yeah, he's dominating the straight-to-DVD bin. There the DVD bin. He's dominating the straight to DVD bin. There's something wrong with that. We need guys to do that. I don't even think that exists anymore. It doesn't, unfortunately. Now it's the straight to the bottom of the Netflix shit heap bin. I'll tell you what. Netflix is probably going to be watched by somebody.

For sure. It's on Apple. So many different services these days. So many. I'll just bounce into one if I can't find anything. And I'm like, I didn't know they had a documentary on aliens that visited the United States. I'll get four minutes through it. I'm like, I'm not fucking.

That's why I haven't heard about this. I'm out of here. The top ten, you trust the top ten. You turn on the number one thing on the top 10 It fucking sucks Who's deciding what's the top 10 Everyone Did you guys watch Obliterated on Netflix

No It was the number one It was the number one show for a little while A couple months ago Top 3 worst show I've ever seen in my life It was so bad. You're a food critic. We know that.

He's been on the show. Yeah, I am a food critic. The meat exploded in my mouth. It was a delightful experience as I felt the juices float. That's basically what you said on Food Network. Yeah. Right? Oh, yeah.

They cut out a lot of my better lines, but yeah. Oh, you said, you know, they're saving some on the cutting room floor. I think I maybe make me. Are you a film critic as well? I did not know this. Are you a content critic? What I'm really good at is telling if something's terrible. Like if something's really good, I don't like I don't think I'll be able to tell you who's going to win the Oscar or whatever.

Mostly because I don't watch any of those movies. I mostly just watch Netflix documentaries like you do. But if something's really terrible, I'm really good at being like, wow, this sucks. There you go. Doesn't that look good? No. What's your favorite movie of all time, Ian?

In my life. It looks terrible. So everything you just told us was a lie. Even heroes get hangovers. That looks like shit. I mean, if you thought that was going to be good. Is that Johnny Bananas? I recognize everybody.

Brad, if you thought that was going to be good, you're an asshat. I blame my wife. Who's this guy? He's handsome. I don't know him, I don't think. Is that Kenny Pickett? I don't know any of them. I think it's Brad Pitt.

Is that Kenny Pickett? That would explain a lot. They're all just knockoff characters of other characters. I was going to say, we've got fake Bill H. Macy slash Steve Buscemi. Fake Brad Pitt. Right there. Fake Ana de Armas. Yeah, fake lady from Fast and Furious.

That too. That looks like Dakota Kai from WWE. Yep, it could be. If she was in it, it'd be good. Maybe it is. Does she have an accent? Not in the show She could be acting

These are good actors I feel bad, I hope no one from the show Is watching, although they must I'm sure they don't care Didn't get picked up for a season 2, I doubt It was only a one season thing That's what they said going into it. I heard Kenny pick it up at the top.

All right. Any other news coming along that we need to look out for? Go to the big board? Let's go to the big board. I would say the board's been great, by the way. I've erased so much on the board. Good for you. That probably feels so good getting an offer.

So, Hollywood Brown broke last night at like 10.45 or something like that. Yeah, that was the first planes delayed. Yeah, that was after the first espresso machine. Yeah, that was, we thought we were leaving shortly around that time. And did not. Well, we weren't able to because of the rain. Safety first. So, we had to have a rap sheet night where we just get obliterated in our basement.

Yep. That sounds really bad, and I would definitely not do that. Yeah, you would never do that in every city that you go to every single time and call it work. What? Which is what we appreciate. Which is why we do appreciate what you do. Because I feel terrible right now. I don't know how you...

Remember, I talked to him this morning. He goes, you need this. You need this. You need this. Do you have the patch to put on your throat you should have slept with that last night that that's literally what is that a thing i've never what rap you basically rattled off like 40 things to me did you do no one's ever told me about that one i don't know if that's real i just made it up because that's what you sounded like talking to

me this morning i'm like no i mean pedialyte actually is very helpful i'm just saying pedialyte's always been pedialyte's been what's the I'm just saying. Pedialyte's always been. Pedialyte's been cool. What's the other good hydration thing? Liquid IV. Liquid IV. Gator Light. Also fire. People are just getting IVs these days. I'm thinking about it.

I did that in Vegas. It was very weird. What's my high? You said my high? It's like liquid IV. It's what Flynn had. Liquid IV. Pour it in.

Tastes good. Hell yeah. Rehydration. Hey, those things had a run. Oh, yeah. The dump into drink. Oh, yeah. Still play. Pour it in. Tastes good. Hell yeah. Rehydration. Hey, those things had to run. Oh, yeah. The dump into drink. Oh, yeah. Still play. I think so. Easy steal of health. Yep. Feeling.

You just got to remember it the night before. That is the most vital part of it. It never happens. Put it on the nightstand and be like, yeah, I'll see you at night. No. Okay, so Hollywood at 11 last night, 1040. Anyway, Hollywood at 11 and the first thing my wife says is, do you want to go downstairs and erase it?

Because that's like a big joy. I know. You made her go down and do it? Yeah, go knock it out, actually. Yeah, you got to break time. My dogs are barking. You got to. Running down the stairs.

I'm going to time you. Dang! Yep. Oh, my God. You can't do it under 30 seconds, Ian. Because I can't. So, I would say, on the big board, you still get a couple big free agents. You've got Tyron Smith that's still out there.

Can we pan? Come on. Pan over? He's young. He's still got there. Still out there. Can we see it? Where's Justin Simmons going, Ian?

Can't see it. Justin Simmons is another one who, you know, probably top of the safety. I mean, he's like all-time great, top of the safeties available. Safety market was so tough this year, man. Like there's like safety market, tackle market, both like really, really challenging. Whereas like backup quarterback market went crazy. It just happens. It's straight. Guard market went crazy. Free agency happens.

Guard market went bananas. Well, that's because Carolina, right? They did too. Well, but the Rams did Kevin Dotson for $16 million and they traded for him last year for like a six-rounder. How much? $16 million. A year.

Good for the big guys, dude. A lot of D-linemen, too. Obviously, Wilkins was the biggest deal. I mean, Wilkins' deal was... People will always ask, like, you know, where do you see Christian Wilkins making? And I'm like,

let's see who's on the franchise. I was like, 23 million. Like, no, not 23 million. 27 and a half million. Who's his agent? David Mulageta. Oh, yeah. Okay, yeah, that makes sense.

Also, Tom Tulasco's track record, you know. Bosa, Mac. He pays a bunch of money. He's paying D-line. He pays, dude. Hey, this is what we're doing. And also, Wilkins, perfect Raider. Perfect. I mean, him and Max Crosby on the same fucking D-line. That happened this week. Yeah, it did.

I'm just being reminded of that right now. Menaces. Oh, yeah. They got a top pick too. They can add to that D-line if they want. The amount. And they got Tyree Wilson from last year. If he can develop another top 10 edge rusher. The amount of mental warfare coming from that D-line to the offensive line. Like, legit.

A lot of talking. That's like a tone setter for the entire week. Like, the offensive line. Like, hey, this is what you're signing up for. This is what this week this is who we're playing. It's like the perfect addition to the Raider way. It just feels like. All right.

Well, Ian, have a fantastic weekend. Maybe say hello to your kids. I will try to do that. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. What? Whoa. Josina Anderson, who is plugged and has been plugged around the NFL for a long time, connected, says, Breaking, I'm told the Eagles are working to trade for quarterback Kenny Pickett.

Yep. Rap, I saw you go down to your phone in a quick manner. We can really showcase that beautiful haircut you had. That is true. That's true. That is true. Wow. Holy shit Steelers are sending quarterback Kenny Pickett to the Philadelphia Eagles

In a pick swap Sources tell Adam Schefter of ESPN Once Pittsburgh signed Russell Wilson Pickett preferred to move on So nah What did Max Jones get? A six Is it a six?

For Mac? Yeah. Yes. What do we think there was in exchange for Kenny Pickett? What did you say? What do I think it was? Probably a second, if I had to take a guess. Okay.

A second rounder. A second rounder. Or maybe a wide receiver. Maybe Devonta Smith, if I had to take a guess. Something like that. Okay. That's what you think. Maybe Jake Elliott. They just signed him to a $ Something like that Okay That's what you think Maybe Jake Elliott

They just signed him Into a 24 million dollar No we have Boz is great Okay Oh okay I wouldn't trade Boz For Ian

Rat what was the trade for I'm not sure yet How's this Okay in real time We're watching this Okay So now First layer of news

Was boom Kenny Pickett I would say this And then the Swaps end up coming Afterwards from all of you people. You people. Yeah.

Normally there's a quote tweet. Ian is gobsmacked right now. No, no, no. It's our fault probably. No, no, no. It happens. There's a million moves in for agency. This happens. It's okay. This is the biggest one though.

Is it? Keystone State. They're saying it happens. There's a million moves in for agency. This happens. It's okay. This is the biggest one, though. Sorry, man. Keystone State. They're saying it is. Man. Wow. Nick Cernani and Kenny Pickett. He's a Jersey kid. I'm going to get to work. So, you know, he probably loves it. All right, ladies and gentlemen, Ian Rapport. Figure it out, Ian.

You know what happened? He's upset. You know what happened? Russ is in the building today. He blew the doors off of everyone in the building today, and they said, we have no reason to even have Kenny around at all. Do you want us to play seven more years? There are photos now being put on the internet of Kenny Pickett wearing Philadelphia Eagles jerseys in high school.

He's a Jersey kid. Jersey guy. Wow. Back home. Okay. Get me out of here. Same exact thing as Mac. I'm a New Jersey kid. Jersey guy. Wow. Back home. Okay. Get me out of here. Same exact thing as Mac. I'm a New Jersey kid.

You want me to hang out with Russell Wilson? Oh, wow. I don't know if me and Russell Wilson are supposed to hang out. Okay? We're a little different. Turns out he was afraid of a little bit of competition. Who? Whoa.

Who? That was quick. He was never a stealer. Wow. Whoa. Gosh. What the hell? What is?

No, no. Russ said today at his introductory press conference that he texted Kenny immediately. He said, I'm excited to compete with you every single day. And apparently Kenny didn't want that. Kenny's like, this fucking guy. I can't take it. Not even a hello. Yeah.

Not even a hello from this guy. Guess what? We have one quarterback on the roster right now. It's that guy right there. And that's all we need. Did you see his title? Oh, mama. I'm in fear for my life from the long come of the law.

Kenny don't want to hear that shit ever again. No, nope. Did you hear his sign-off that he's going to be doing, I think, after every single interview? Russell Wilson? Yeah. He says it in there. All right, let's run it.

What's up, Steeler Nation? Just signed, baby. Fired up. We're the black and gold. Here we go. Yep. Boom. Here we go.

Hashtag here we go. That's it? He'll get the cadence a little bit. Yep. Here we go. Here we go. Here we go. Steelers, here we go.

Pittsburgh's going to the Super Bowl. Here we go Pittsburgh's going to the Super Bowl Here we go Terp Power Has no Wi-Fi Here we go He's on the show But we can't hear his line Here we go

Then you got Tomlin's birthday And another year Where Roswell sends Super Bowl cakes. Here we go. Yeah, that's been kind of the Steelers' mantra. They asked Russ today, what have you learned? You're one day walking around the city or whatever,

and he said this town is about hard work, and that's all that matters. He can feel it. He got it. I saw him get his hair cut from a Pittsburgh barber. He was shot in the eye. Oh, he did? Yeah, he got a Pittsburgh fade. And that's a good fade. He was in the the arm. Oh, he did? Yeah, he got a Pittsburgh fade.

And that's a good fade. He was in the weight room this morning with Cam and TJ. And as soon as they walked in, he goes, what's up, boys? Good to see you. Let's ride. Here we go. And then he got to them.

And then Cam and TJ are like, jeez. Happy birthday, Coach Tomlin. Happy birthday, Coach. Happy birthday, Coach. Great. Omar Khan over there on the left. He said, yep, we did the Kenny Pickett thing. Then we did the Mason Rudolph thing. Then now we have a guy for 1.2 million thing.

Look at that birthday fit. Tomlin's got the white nobles that I have. That was for Jace. Yeah, that was Jace. That was not noble. That's on me. Omar has cleaned out all of the past GMs guys. I don't know if any of them are still there.

Colbert? Mm-hmm. Wow. TJ and Cam are still there, obviously. But other than that... Oh, I thought you said something. Who? Gumpy? Gumpy said... Gumpy said that Kenny Pickett was the number one.

Kaboli's got to be so mad. They could have kept Mason Rudolph all along. Steelers get number 98 and two 20-25 seventh round picks. And 120. Eagles get Kenny Pickett and number 120. So 98 and 120 are pretty much... No, we move up

22 spots. Yeah, I understand that. That is the mathematical difference, and we are a big pie day program. Yesterday was the pie day. 3.16745. So do they sign like Jimmy G

as a backup now, or what? Is Jimmy G as a backup now or what? That'd be tasty. Jimmy G and Rust in the same room. Two games, right? Yeah, two games. Could you imagine one slinging it, one's praying for it? Yep. I mean.

That'd be sick. Here we go. Steelers, here we go. Danger, which Garoppolo in the same room. Here we go. Would you fathom? That would be great. So you've got to get a backup.

Probably a young guy? Yeah, I mean, it doesn't matter. Get a young guy. Let him follow Russell's leadership. And I saw Russell say he wanted to play five, six years. Yeah. A long time. That's a long time.

He's going to be a stealer. That's a full career as a stealer. Absolutely. And it's going to work out. How old is he? Put that picture of Omar and Coach Tallman back up. Sorry about that. Can you put that photo back up? When's this photo from? Today.

That's from today. Look at Omar's face. Does that look like a guy who knows Russell Wilson's about the fucking clock? Yeah, it does. I think so. Coach Tallman, watching Patrick Queen deliver his message. He's a new Pittsburgh Steeler. We got it.. I think so. Coach Tomlin, watching Patrick Queen deliver his message using a new Pittsburgh Steeler? Yep. We got it. We're doing it.

That's what Coach Tomlin said. We're doing it. Hell yeah. Russell Wilson on one side. You're back. Patrick Queen on the other. Bud. Cool. Here we go.

All right, I'm happy. You happy about this? I'm great. Yeah, I'm cool with it. A little bit too joyful, don't you think? Yeah, a little too happy. This guy did a lot for you. Listen, I'm cool with it. A little bit too joyful, don't you think? Yeah, a little too happy. This guy did a lot for you. Listen, I...

You turned on Kenny very fast. The internet has basically been... This guy was a first-round draft pick. They're teammates. Listen, I have gone to bat for... Softball. Softball. I have gone to bat for two years, and the internet's just taken razor scooters to my

shins for the last two years. So? I kind of... Kenny? I don't have to do that anymore. Yeah. I do love Kenny, though. It is.

Hey, if he didn't want to be here, it is what it is. We want volunteers, not hostages. Okay? Amen. Pittsburgh's about hard work. Bingo. I mean, that's a great photo. Gumpy, what is this?

Why are you so active in this conversation? Just want to see the Steelers do well. And if there's guys there that don't want to be there, it's not going to help us. I'll say this. I didn't see Kenny wear his jersey outside of the facility one time. Was he not proud? Bingo.

Because that's what we like. Now, to be clear, I haven't seen anybody really but Russell Wilson, aside from like a commercial shoot, ever wear their jersey outside of the facility. Seven used to get a couple extra jerseys that were three sizes too big and wear them, like, as a nightgown. I think he was on WWE Raw, too. Oh, dude, he controlled the mic.

He was wearing one. The entire O-line got down to three-point stance and said, hey, big show, good luck. Suck it, bitch. But he's the only one that's doing that. Mm-hmm. And that thing trying to get through Squirrel Hill Tunnel. Good luck.

Good luck. I mean, jeez. Shout out to New Jersey with the yellow numbers, too. Dude, we were driving back in Plum. We're driving. Yeah, it's great. Jersey right there. We were.

Great work. A-I-Z. We were back in Plum. Yeah. I know. Yeah. You forget these roads. Nuts.

Just straight up. And then, like, we're doing. Yeah, we're doing a full U-turn to do another u-turn because the original trucks that were trying to lay the road couldn't make it up how fucking steep the hill is so they got to kind of cut it like a plane that's flying it was wild no you're talking about the orange belt the orange belt there's a lot of those belts there's a blue belt there's a lot of those things like the dino discovered the orange belt no black belt is obviously the the you're talking about boats i think in mixed martial art oh yeah yeah the belts are like uh a system of roads that lead you somewhere you can take like the orange belt to

a place like the outer belt like what do you mean you call them belts no it's just a sign it'll say orange belt so it's like a train so like maybe you'll take like the parkway then you'll take it like to uh you'll go like it was like you just follow the... It's basically on the side of the road pretty much telling you this is going this way. It's its own... For drivers, truckers, things like that. Follow this, you'll get to the highway pretty much.

Smart. A lot of them. There's a lot of different ones. It is pretty smart, but now everybody got a phone. I've noticed this weird thing whenever I take my cars back to Pittsburgh. Going down the hills, these cars, they're not used to it. They struggle downshifting

and stuff like that. It's heavy. They're used to the flat roads out here. They're not used to, which never happens. How do cars survive in Pittsburgh? I was driving that thing yesterday and I'm going up that hill. Speed limit's 45. Yeah.

What? That's dangerous. This thing ain't making it to 45. We are in an SUV. What are we even talking about? So I'm, like, redlining this thing, and it's like you hear the engine. It's like, how did any car survive in Pittsburgh? I don't understand what you guys do when it snows.

Because, like, in Michigan, you get a lot of snow, but they plow it. It's flatlands. It's easy. Like, you guys are going straight up mountains. Because, like, in Michigan, you get a lot of snow, but they plow it in flatlands. It's easy. Like, you guys are going straight up mountains. Yeah, our streets are like S.A.J. in Plum. They got to plow them pretty quick, right, and get some good soil on there? No, no, that's a good show, baby. I was down at the bottom of a couple hills.

My house, my street down bottom hill. All the hills. So you get a good snowstorm. You see some fucking jagoff driving down the road flat. He thinks he's going to make it. Okay, good luck, Toyota, Camry. And then we're coming right back down. And it was like it came to a fork that goes uphill, two different streets.

You've got Mar-a-Gro going this way. You've got Hialeah going this way. So these people would just end up back in the same... It was like a soup. It was like a soup cart. It was awesome. So no, I don't think that the plows were anywhere near efficient. Just from my

personal watching. That's why we get super pumped when it snows out here, Foxy, because it's just like a playground. Yeah. Fun. Easier to drive. A lot easier to drive out here. Shout out to Pittsburgh. Lucky to be from there. Shout out.

It was cool to go back last night. That was a really cool thing. Did not expect having this long of a night. No. Sure. And then tornadoes happened, so. But glad we did it. Look, hindsight.

Boy, it'd get fun. We got through the show. Yeah. Boom. We did it. We apologize for mailing it in today. I should not be awake right now. No.

I don't think we mailed it in. We we did show suck today we did we were we'd be doing the news we did do the news couple times doing the news doing the news doing the news doing the news. Doing the news. With Toad. Toad. Toad. He did do that. That's the one. That's the one. We got to all the news pretty much.

Except for that the Red Wings are dead. Oh, the Detroit Red Wings stink. I saw a Priority Trash truck drive by this morning while I was walking. First time I saw the Trash Truck. Zito, isn't it the first thing I said? I literally turned around. I saw this garbage

truck and it had Priority around. So I'm like, oh, there's the Red Wings car. I've never seen that before. I've never seen it either. I didn't know it actually existed. Right out here. It was like orange, I think. I think it was like orange garbage truck. They suck so bad. They just lost to the Coyotes at home.

At home? Seven in a row. The Coyotes don't even have a washing machine. Was it a close game at least? No, it wasn't. And they lost to them last week too. Yeah, they lost to them last week too. They lost to the Sabres.

Oh, no. This team sucks. They're cursed. They can't do anything about it. It's not the player's fault. And guess who's on the comeback? Who? The Pittsburgh Bands.

Yep. Did you hear about last night? No. Let me tell you. The Pens won. Ooh. Jarmer Yager, his bobbleheads, they were stolen. What Jarmer Yager say, I'll go fucking find them.

That's where he's at right now. He's currently on the road trying to find these bobbleheads. I don't know. I was talking to a lot of people in Plum, and they said, we're pretty bummed out because the pens are actually turning into the old Red Wings, and we're going to stink for the next 10, 12, 15, 20 years. Yeah, but you're talking a bunch of yinzer jagoffs. Yeah.

Okay, you got a lot of hope. No one has hope in Pittsburgh ever. You guys could be 11-0, and there's no hope. We were at a great We're All Mustangs here fund. So much hope. There was mana there. There was some mana there. There was a lot of mana. But you are right. The way the teams are talked about sometimes is in a little bit of a

negative fashion. Always. Yeah, we all grew up with a black lung. Sorry if we're a little negative sometimes. Stop with the wheeze. What? Jerry Dulac is reporting that they are sending Kenny out of town because he's not handling the Russ Wilson thing well, and he didn't handle the Mason thing at the end of the last season well.

So if you don't want to be here, get out. So you remember he did give a couple answers about, like, did you learn anything from the time out watching Mason Rudolph? He said, no, nothing, thanks. Next question. It next question it's like oh shit that guy's got a little sauce that guy's a little spicy well he would view it as i was never really given an opportunity to be an nfl quarterback i had matt canada as my offense coordinator yep very true and then when i had an opportunity with a new offense coordinator i played well then i get hurt then mason rudolph comes in and he just lights it up and I'm like the forgotten guy.

I think he was probably pretty eager to potentially showcase that if he was given the same situation with a new offense coordinator with these weapons, how it would look and what it would be. Remember preseason? I was slinging all over the place. I didn't know football was all in place. So that is probably where Kenny Pickett's anger and frustration lies. And with the Pittsburgh Steelers, whenever you get a guy for $1.2 million,

it's like, all right, we're keeping our options open. We do feel bad about that. We do feel bad he didn't get a legitimate shot without Matt Canada. That sounded sincere. We do. Everyone hated Matt Canada. No one wanted to see that go down like this, but this is where we're at. Changes had to be made.

Now we take one of those sevens and give it to Chicago for Justin Fields, and we got ourselves a quarterback competition. Okay. Alright, Justin Fields is a backup now. Are you guys paying him the fifth year or picking up a contract? No, no. Because we're only giving up a seventh, we don't care if we don't pick up the... Oh, and Justin Fields and Mulgat are going to be yeah, you're right, that's what we'll do.

That's what we'll do. Alright, so we're bringing in Tannehill then. He's reunited with Artie Smith. He could be a backup. That's not a bad idea. I like that. Tannehill, Russ feel like that could be a good little day. Can we bring back the Pasternaut? Oh, yeah, bring him back. Bring him home.

Snoop Huntley's still out there, too. He's a pro bowler a couple years ago. CJ Beathard. I don't know. Bring him back. Speaking of that, we're going to be in Iowa next week. Hell, yeah. One week from today, we're all going to feel much better.

Hell, yeah. So much better. I'm talking for me, mostly. Hell yeah. One week from today, we're all going to feel much better. Hell yeah. So much better. I'm talking for me, mostly. And Connor. And Zito. And Evan Fox. Nick, didn't go back home because he's a hero husband. Hey, baby, Nick.

You're a good man, Nick. Thank you, thank you. Diggs didn't go because he didn't want to. I don't know if that's... I'm joking. I'm joking. I'm joking.

We had a big night last night. We got to babysit her for the first time. Oh, I'm happy to hear that. It goes. I'm going to have to hear that. I'm pumped to hear that. That's Cole Myers Memorial. He's taking selfies with him, putting his community market bag down on him.

It's my favorite. You guys went to the community market? It was right... I right I don't we drove by it we drove by it we came in oh that's your we landed up in Butler instead of downtown so we came in like literally through farm pasture yeah like I haven't been up I don't think I've driven like the sticks of Pittsburgh yeah like the way we came in through down through down from Butler but through on then on turnpikes, I threw Oakmont and everything. We went through there. It was interesting. I haven't seen a lot of those places in a long time.

Oakmont Bridge is beautiful now. Yeah, Crossover Top. Oakmont Bakery is beautiful there. Did you guys pay tribute to Nate Hartung's statue in Butler? Yes, we did talk about Nate Hartung, actually. We definitely did. Yes, we did. Okay, I was right.

Okay. I said, I think this is Hartung land. He has a statue? He should. If he doesn't, he should. It's bigger than right. Okay. I said, I think this is our time. He has a statue? He should. If he doesn't, he should. It's bigger than those buffaloes. We saw some horses running. We went to Rudy's subs, too, of course.

Naturally. We went all the other side. We went directly to Rudy's subs. Yeah, poor planning. But we went directly to Rudy's subs. Great subs. That was so good. Fucking nuked.

What's that? And it was awesome. So then we just got fucking nuked after. That was not expected at all. That was not a plan at all. I'm learning though. That's potentially going to happen

every time I go back to Pittsburgh. The tornadoes were real. While you guys were even up there, I was looking at the Doppler like, fuck, this is going to be a problem for sure. We were going to be adults, though. I would like to, for our own self-conscious, we were going to be adults. In, handle business, chit-chat with people, thank people who have worked incredibly hard, tell people let's go.

Maybe, you know, do the whole thing. Then we're going to have a little meet afterwards, celebrate. Hey, we're doing good stuff with this. This is fun. You guys are working your asses off. Eddie Keith, Phil, let's go. Maybe, you know, do the whole thing. Then we're going to have a little meet afterwards, celebrate. Hey, we're doing good stuff with this. This is fun. You guys are working your asses off. Eddie, Keith, Phil, let's go. This is cool. And then we're flying back home.

We got a job to do on Friday. We got to feel good Friday. That's right. You said 10, 1030. 1030. That's what I told the pilots we're going to take off, by the way. By the way, I heard next meeting we're retiring Joe Hadley's jersey. Yeah.

And mine. Your jersey has been retired, yep. Thank you. Yeah. It's a jersey that doesn't exist. Well, I think some people would disagree, especially after last night. You did have a hell of a night as a Mustang last night. It was a two in the rafters.

I know. Yep. You crushed it. Connor was really a fan favorite last night. It was very fun. That's good to hear. At one point, he had a speaker, much like he does here, over his head. Okay?

Small room. Oh, yeah. Not a lot of people. Overhead. Real loud. Yeah. One of these. In the basement?

Yeah, Mr. Arnberg's basement. Teachers. Our gym teachers. Is he teaching today? Is he at school teaching? I thought you had the other gym teacher. He calledberg's basement. Teachers. Our gym teachers. Is he teaching today? Is he at school teaching? I thought you had the other gym teacher. So, he called out of work.

He called out of work today. Good. From what I've heard, everybody else seemingly that was there called out of work. Sure. Didn't think Connor was going to make it to work. I woke up in a panic. I'm assuming Joey Hondo washed a window or two today, though. Oh, yeah.

He put on a performance last night. Joe Hadley. Yeah. Great to see him. Got Foxy with the watch. Like eight times the watch. Yeah. I mean, I'm not even going to give it away because if you ever see him, I'm going to Oh, I know what it is.

I know what he said. He said, check out my wristwatch. He put his hand. Where was his hand? What are you talking about? What is that? We do the Pittsburgh one, not the Ohio one. Todd likes to hand? What are you talking about? What is that? We do the Pittsburgh one, not the Ohio one.

Todd likes to make jokes about that sometimes. What? What are you talking about? It goes in line with the bubble gum joke. No, he wasn't putting his baby maker around his wrist saying, this is my watch. He wasn't doing that. That'd be hilarious.

Okay. That would be funny. Look at his eyes. Look at his eyes. I didn't know. I didn't know. I didn't know. I don't know. I wasn't doing that that'd be hilarious okay well that would be funny look at his eyes look at his eyes well i didn't know i didn't know i didn't know i don't know it wasn't there no he goes like this hey look at my new watch you go that's nice he's got no watch obviously and then he just hits his hand as hard as he can into your sternum he goes hey look at my new watch and you go well really you kind of you expose yourself in him hey he's a bully and he's so big, so it hurts. Yeah. I laugh every time he does it to somebody.

I enjoy that guy so much. Just, like, drop him into a situation. All right, let's see how this fucking meathead handles this whole thing. With grace. Can shred a guitar. How was there no guitar in that basement last night? That's on Jim Teacher. You got to have a conversation with him. Oh, my God. That was the only thing. That was the only miss. That's the only thing they didn't have. You got to have a conversation with him. Oh, my God.

That was the only thing. That was the only miss. That's the only thing they didn't have. You know what else? Nick's dad didn't show up, did he? Wow. I assume he was pouring concrete. Yeah, you're right.

He was busy. Is that what was going on with Big Frank? You think he was pouring concrete middle of the night with the Rixuti family? I'm not sure. I wasn't there either. Coach, come back. Okay. All right.

We had fun, Nick. Sorry. You missed a great time, my brother. I'm not sure I wasn't there either Coach come back Okay Alright We had fun Nick Sorry You missed a great time my brother Nick could you imagine it If you were stuck in that basement with us And how we were acting at that time Because what it inevitably came Yeah

And then you get a call from your wife And she's going into labor No you're a good guy You saved me from myself That would have been a bad situation Yeah I said Let's talk about this Nick Okay first of all

I would like us to continue to be friends in your life, not, you know. And also a lot of work here and everything. If you're in Plum when she gives birth, not good. Boy, drinking espresso martinis. In Mr. Nolenberg's basement.

She don't fucking murder you. I wouldn't have blamed you. I would have blamed Ricky Stanecki. I just watched that blamed you. I would have blamed Ricky Stenicki. I just watched that movie. It's exactly what happens in the very beginning. Guy misses the birth of his child. Dude, this is the beginning of the movie. Yeah, the beginning.

What the hell is that movie? Ricky Stenicki, John Cena's in it. He sings songs. Come on, dude. Cena and fucking Efron. Oh, that looks funny. Was it funny? What's it on?

Yeah. Amazon. Yeah. Number one movie. I'm going to watch it tonight. Ricky Stenicki? Yep. I'm going to watch it.. Ricky Stinicky? Yep. I'm going to watch it.

He's naked in that movie? I don't think so. So that wasn't in character, him being nude. A lot of cross-dressing and costumes. Crude jokes. Really? Crude. Crude jokes?

Very crude humor at times. Crass. Crude? A little Thamel in there. Humor's a little crude for my liking, but if you're into that kind of stuff. A lot of hopage.

It's great to have him here all the time. It is nice to have him on the horn. It's so good. We should call him. We should call him. Because some things have happened. I think you did text me yesterday or whenever you try to call him. I've missed two of Patch FaceTime. Is everything okay?

Have he and Bruce tied, you know, figured things out? He punched Bruce right in the face. Bruce got punched in the face today by Dan Orlovsky, so that's going to be tough. Bruce is on the ropes right now. Bruce is getting battle tested right now. Yeah, I should have looked a little deeper He's fading Just comes into the microphone

Says I got something that's fucking wrong Even Dan said who is that I'm here I'm literally at the games Bruce You're the best, Bruce. Atta baby, Bruce. Hey, keep swinging that bat.

Keep swinging that bat, Bruce. I will. Thank you. We know. And we appreciate that. Hell yeah. Joining us now is a man who has all the information about everything happening everywhere. Maybe he has the inside insight, which works, on the Royal Family.

Ladies and gentlemen, the authority, Pete Thamel. Pete, we'll save the Royals for last. We'll save the Royals for last. And I'm expecting something. None of these other insiders know shit. So you're the only one that we have any hope in to potentially give us

any direction here. Big thing just happened in basketball. Do you cover college basketball? I do, Pat. Yes. Okay, we knew that. Yep. We knew that. We all knew that.

Juwan Howard, head coach of Michigan, fired. Is this expected? This was kind of, what is this? What is writing on the wall? What's going on? So this was expected, Pat, but still is jarring because of who Juwan Howard is at Michigan, right? I mean, he's one of the Fab Five. He is, it like if uh ohio state fired aj hall right like it's just like there's he's such a part of that school's history and when you bring back sort of one of those romantic

periods of your history and install the guy's head coach it makes the the separation that much more difficult now they were the worst team in the Big Ten this year. He had had a flurry of off-court incidents, which had sort of put him in the crosshairs even more than the losing record. It was quite a ride for him there. I mean, in 2021, they were a one seed in the NCAA tournament. Juwan Howard was getting calls from all around the NBA. I mean, he was one of the hottest names in all of basketball. And as some staff fractured off and such, things just sort of fizzled there. And then it just, like, they were, like, I mean, Ohio State fired their coach, and they were a couple games above.500 six weeks ago or five weeks ago, right?

I mean, Michigan was dead last with a bullet. They were in the Big Ten tournament for about ten minutes this week. So it was, their hand was forced a little bit because of the combination of losing. And I remember he had a confrontation with Greg Gard, the Wisconsin coach. Shut up with your mouth. Yes, exactly. And there was a big story this morning about the strength coach who had separated and that had brought some outside scrutiny into the program so it felt like it had to happen but even

but the moment when it happened when like the email popped up today it was like whoa like michigan fired juwan howard there there was something sort of visceral about that did you break that i don't know is do you break everything i did not okay but you are active in college basketball as you are in college football like whenever whenever we see you on Fridays at these game day things, and you're just literally just one minute while your AirPods go, shoes coolly untied. Coolly untied, but very, very nice. Is that the same for college basketball?

You just transition right into college basketball during the season? I would say that the last six weeks of the basketball season I really focus on, and I probably do more Pat of, you know, the transaction type stuff, just the who's coming and who's going. You know, like there's openings now, obviously, at West Virginia, Washington, Ohio State, Michigan. So that's where I spend most of my time. But I probably – I'll go to the Final Four,

the East Regions in Boston where I live this year, so I'm excited for that. So I would say I now moonlight as a college basketball reporter. Early in my career, I probably split 50-50 between the two, but the world's kind of changed now, and it's probably more like 90-10. But it's fun, man. Nothing like yesterday was a great day at college basketball. There's nothing like this time of year when the games really matter.

It's a blast. It's a fun sport to be around. Well, I'm happy to hear it because the authority on college football obviously needs full focus and attention, and we're lucky for you and your services to college football and game day. You know, I heard somebody in the back already just say, the Michigan man that bumped into you, say, oh, are you happy that, you know, one of these coaches got fired at Michigan? Isn't that what they were saying in the back there?

Pete, how happy were you that at Michigan? Because remember, you hate Michigan. Remember that, Pete? Oh, I forgot about that. Maybe Ty will remember. I don't know. Ty, Pete, are you okay with the University of Michigan? Is that a good –

I'm fine with the University of Michigan, obviously. If you want to cry over spilled milk with Jawan Howard getting fired, maybe look at yourself because he's a shitty basketball coach. I understand that he took them to a Final Four and was part of the Fab Five and a great era of Michigan basketball. But they fucking suck ever since he got the job. And then he's smacking coaches in the faces when he should be given handshakes. since he got the job, and then he's smacking coaches in the faces when he should be giving handshakes.

So let's go big game hunting, if you will, and find a good basketball coach. Big game hunting, if you will. Well, Ty, you may be interested to see that there could be an intersection of Michigan and Ohio State, the favorite rivalry. The hottest name on the coaching cameras right now is Dusty May. He obviously led Florida Atlantic atlantic to the final four last year he's been uh an assistant coach in the big 10 footprint uh you know he's his name's emerged at

louisville which obviously is high profile opening obviously he's been in the thicket at ohio state especially with the uh extension that that south carolina gave to lamont paris this week so it will be interesting to see if michigan inserts itself into that sweepstakes uh the other dynamic here i think that's really interesting pat is and we've seen it with college football playoff news that that's been codified today is the big 10 and sec are just really far ahead of everybody else financially and that is only going to be amplified it wasn't tv contracts And now they're going to basically get 4X annually what they were getting from the CFP, a payment of mid $5 million to the Big Ten and SEC getting more started to see that obviously in college football so i just think that's an interesting dynamic that's unfolding in real time could a place like michigan go money whip a big time coach from you know from the big 12 or uh or the acc as we start

to see the the world splinter okay uh let's kind of let's let's move away from college basketball p i know it's hot right now, but I do have a question about kind of something that's going on in the college football realm. Trev Alberts, former AD at Nebraska, who's actually from my backyard, moving to Texas A&M to be their new AD. Now, do you see this? Everyone's talking about Nebraska right now. Matt Rule's going to turn this program around. They got

Dominic Rayle or whatever the hell. Dylan Rayle or whatever the hell his name is. But do you see this move potentially being a harbinger? What's his name? Dominic? I think his uncle's name is Dominic. Dominic's his uncle. The lion. Yeah, sure. But

do you potentially see this as I don't know, a harbinger of doom for Nebraska, that their AD, when all these good things are happening, he's basically saying, I want to get the fuck out of Nebraska. I want to go to Texas A&M where all the big money's at. And it's just going to be happening more and more as the CFP kind of realigns and reintegrates what its own fabric is? So it's a good question. I think the same visceral reaction that you have when someone like

Juwan Howard gets fired at Michigan is like, Trev Alberts is Nebraska, right? He starred there. He played there. He was the AD at Nebraska Omaha for a number of years until he took over at Nebraska in 2021. It's just hard to think of Trev Alberts through any other prism than Nebraska. He was on TV all those years. He was representing Nebraska when he was with Reese Davis and Mark May on all those late-night shows. So I don't think this necessarily speaks to conference lines.

I think it's an indictment a little bit of where Nebraska's leadership is right now. Their president went to Ohio State, Ted Carter, within the last year, and it's been a bit of a muddled mess there. And ADs have to stay aligned with their presidents. And so I think the uncertainty of where things were going at Nebraska was a big reason why Trev Alberts left. And look, Texas A&M is one of those vexing mysteries in all of college football. They've just never been able to get it right there in the last generation. They haven't won a league title since, I think, the Big 12 in 1998 when R.C. Slocum was a coach. And considering their location, the resources, the recruiting base, it is sort of one of the last sort of unfulfilled places that's not lived up to its promise considering its location.

So I think there's a challenge for Trev Alberts in that, but they've also chewed up a lot of leadership and spit them out. So it's going to be really interesting to see how he and Mike Elko lock arms. Pat, there's a pretty good chance with College Game Day we may see this up close. I hope so. Week one of the season, uh, they host Notre Dame.

I don't know anything. Obviously nobody tells me anything, but, um, that's going to be an exciting college football game. Isn't the thing that everybody tells you everything. Yeah. Kind of your thing.

I mean, not allegedly. Yeah. But I, uh, no one says that's one of the vexing mysteries of the entirety of the ditch. You know, when this itch, you know, when you do that.

You're the best, Pete. We need to have you on next week because I heard the college football playoff is already getting expanded more. All right? I heard that's already happening. It's gone from 12 to 14, I guess, already. They're scheduling that for 2026. So we haven't even had it yet.

We have no idea if this is perfect or if this is not good. And you're like, you know what? We got to add to it. We're fucking already making it bigger. Yep. We'll talk to you about that next week as there's more clarity and also as there's uh less hangovers on microphones we appreciate the hell out of you pete thank you gentlemen we'll see you soon please repeat that yeah i think they're rolling that up the 12 to 14 already just like the NFL. I saw something about it. Yeah, so starting next year.

26, I think. I think it's 26 is the number I saw. Where are we going to end it? Where does it end? Well, it hasn't even started and it already changed. That's what I'm saying. It's like, at what point did they? I assume with the conference realignment and what and who

and what they initially agreed to versus what it ended up becoming for who's where and who gets a guaranteed spot and everything like that, I assume that Big Ten and the SEC people are the big drivers behind this. Well, if that's the case, we need at least our top four on each or top three. We need to be able to do this in this entire thing. College football report, shout out to CFB rep. News, the 14-team playoff format is

expected to be formalized in the next 24 hours per Pete Thamel. The 14-team playoff is expected to start in 2026. I've been trying to follow along with all of it. Everything's changed. I mean, I forgot Elko was down there. He said his name and I'm like, damn, that guy's

he's got a brain the size of Texas. Big head. Yeah. I like the way he goes about doing his shit. Old school. He's – yeah, but he's like super smart. He's like – he's the Ivy League guy, right? Yeah.

I think he went to Penn as well. Super smart football guy. Those are the type of guys that, you know, start dancing with. Yeah. This ball goes in. A.J. Hawk's giving 20 people $500. Nope. Kenny Pickett got traded in it just like

that ball. Sent to the trash. Kenny Pickett, though, and Jalen Hurts are similar. Same style. Sure. You're right. Yeah. I don't know. Are you being sarcastic? Sure. That, like, you're right. Yeah. Oh.

I don't know. Are you being sarcastic? What? Kenny did run a 4-2-2. He did. Yep. You seen it? Did he?

Well, that's like the AR and Flacco thing. Like, they're similar. Watch your mouth. What was that? Watch your mouth. But it didn't matter because Garno came in and he's a pro bowler. You just need to watch your mouth. What was that? Watch your mouth. But it didn't matter because Gardner came in and he's a pro bowler. You just need to watch your mouth. Let's get to a break.

We'll be back Monday. Okay. Joey Flacco is going to help lead the Colts to a Super Bowl with his leadership for Anthony Richardson. When is the GM in 25 years? This year. Okay. Whoever Flacco lives, I want to live next to him.

Might be able to. I want to be his best friend. These people need to stop watching this show. There's 50,000 people watching. It's the weekend. Go do something. Turn this off. Actually, you know what?

We'll do it for you. This body is gone. Hey! Good fake. See that? Yep. I better feed that time. Bad hands.

Daniel Lovsky said you got time to go up. It's about the rhythm of your feet. Soft feet. Torque. Torque that thing. Torque it. He said if it's a swing pass in front of him, that's a 15-yard game. That's right.

If it's on his back hip here, it's only a three-yard game. Bingo. That's all I'm thinking about. If you check the feet, that's probably why the ball is not. Yep. I had to check my feet. Yep. Starts with the ground.

Pass better than I trade that pick. Boom. Right on line. This guy's... Was right on line. Right on line. Kick that... Is that a soccer ball?

What is that? Yeah. Volleyball? If this ball goes... It's a soccer ball. If this ball goes in, I won't be hung over the rest of the day. Nice. Boom.

All right. There you go. Universe ball. Yeah, that's a universe ball. Yeah. Me neither. Me too. Okay.

All right. All right. Need this. How about everybody? I need this so bad. All go. Universe ball. Yeah, that's a universe ball. Me neither. Me too. Okay. All right. All right. Need this. How about everybody? I need this so bad. All right. Me too. Good luck, boys. Good throw. Good throw. Ooh, good news, though, guys.

Good news. Indiana just brought back happy hours, so you guys can just go start drinking again. That was a good move by the governor. And guess what? Wait, what happened? Hangover gone. Yeah, we thought about that before the show. That was something that we were contemplating,

but we thought that would be a little bit reckless and irresponsible, especially as a dad. You know, I'm a dad. Sure. Can't do that. So we didn't do that. Even though this weekend, happy St. Patrick's Day, everybody, good luck out there.

Yep, good luck. Be safe. Make good decisions. Be safe out there. Bill. Bill. Bill. Bill McComas. Tick. Let. Bill. Bill. Bill McComas. Tick.

Keep some eyes on Bill McComas. Let's get eyes on, I think, Bruce maybe with the way he's feeling a little spunky. Yeah, he's very spunky. He's starting to feel a little spunky. I believe Mitt's going to be in Chicago. Oh, jeez. They died a river green. Yeah, exactly.

Someone better throw. The water is green. It's gross. Are you going to swim in it now? Don't do it, man. What if he did? We got reports that Mick gets pulled out. Is this green water?

Whoa. Had to taste it. Is it hot? It's green beer. Is that green tea? It's hot. It's too short. Is it hot?

When you're out there Trying to shillelagh Yes Okay On this St. Patrick's Day Let's remember That everybody around you Is trying to do the same thing

So don't be an asshole Exactly Let's be kind to our fellow drunks Surrounding us Let's extend our hand To cheers Not to punch in face That's right Let's make sure That this us. Let's extend our hand to cheers, not to punch in face. That's right. Let's make sure

that this St. Patrick's Day is the safest St. Patrick's Day in the history of St. Patrick's. Hell yeah. Well said. Normally, it's about 98% of the people all get the memo. Then there's 2% of these assholes just can't do it. Yeah. It doesn't

matter if you've been that person in the past. You can change. Yeah. Let's get that number to 100. Yeah. We need more celebrating. Right. We need more good times had by people coming together

of different backgrounds and different stories and not knowing each other. We need more of St. Patrick's Day celebrations. But this weekend, as we're celebrating this Irish fucking legend, let's be good to one another. Hell yeah. Be a friend. Tell a friend something nice. It might change their life.

We're in this thing together. Team on me. Team on three. One, two, three. Team. Have the greatest weekend of all time. Be safe. Have a good one.

We'll see you on Monday. Goodbye.