The Pat McAfee Show - PMS 2.0 1169 - More Olympics Coverage, Michael Phelps LIVE From Paris, Feel The Beat with David Lombardi, Sal Capaccio, & Mark Kaboly, Darius Butler, & AJ Hawk

Episode Date: July 30, 2024

On today’s show, Pat, Darius Butler, AJ Hawk, and the boys chat more about the Olympics as the United States continues to elevate it’s medal count while also looking for more gold medals, they chat about more training camp videos that continue to come out, and the backlash from the release of the newest DLC in WWE2K24, as well as everything else happening around the sports world. Joining the show in the first hour LIVE from Paris, the greatest Olympian of all-time, and #1 athlete of this century from a recent ESPN poll, Michael Phelps to chat about how the Americans have been doing in the pool so far, seeing Leon Marchand break his Olympic record in the 400IM, which events he has his eyes on moving forward, and what other events he’s been enjoying and attending. In the 2nd hour, Pat and the boys Feel the Beat with beat writers from around the NFL including David Lombardi with the 49ers in San Francisco, Sal Capaccio with the Bills in Buffalo, and Mark Kaboly with the Steelers in Pittsburgh. 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. We’ll 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 goat tuesday july 30th 2024 this program starts right now It is a massive day in the world of sport. Obviously the nfl training camps are happening So there's going to be storylines brewing out of there and we will feel the beat in the second hour We'll go to san francisco. We'll go to Buffalo. We'll go to Pittsburgh. We'll go to a couple other storyline-driven cities. And we can't wait to get our boots on the ground with the stories that are happening that maybe we can't see as people that are 30,000 feet.

Regional, national, international programs. Can't wait to do that. But right now, it's big because the Olympics are in the final stages of some massive events. Hell, yeah. Our women's gymnastics team, which has the opportunity to be historic, and obviously Simone Biles bouncing back after what happened four years ago, doing shit that the world hasn't seen before. In about 30 minutes, they will start their quest

to a gold medal in the gymnastics team event. And that right there is the Biles 2. That thing has never been done by anybody but her. If she was to fall, actually, on that landing, she would still get a higher score than the rest of the world because the difficulty value of what she's doing, which is one half of the scoring, execution, difficulty value. Difficulty value starts at a number, depending upon how hard it is. This thing is so much higher and so much more difficult than every trick that everybody else does that even if she was to fall, I believe, her difficult value would be so high it would still be a winning score.

She has the top two highest difficulty value. She's back better than ever. Kath, seemingly healthy. Yep, that's right. That starts in about 30 minutes. We can't wait for that. No, you just said, oh, shit. Did you just run?

You just ran Olympic Highlights. We're not supposed to do that. Did you just run? You're not, especially on the internet and everything like that. No, you can't do that. Shout out to NBC. We appreciate the hell out of you. NBC, USA, Peacock, the fine people over there said, hey, let's just be judicious.

Okay, let's not, you know, let's kind of, we appreciate it. Let's not be shut. We get it. We're very thankful. Shout out to Greg and Rick over there. They're obviously in Paris and Molly kicking ass over there. Got a chance to chat with them whenever our show was kind of potentially going to find a place to get licensed through.

The people at NBC were incredibly kind. Obviously, them allowing us to show the highlights is going to make the next week a lot better. We're actually going to do the Mimic Gimmick Olympics. If you do recall, we were planning on doing that yesterday because swimming has finals today at 3, so there's going to do the Mimic Gimmick Olympics. If you do recall, we were planning on doing that yesterday. Because swimming has finals today at well at three. So there's going to be electrifying finishes.

And today, in about 15 minutes or so, 10 minutes, we're talking to Michael Phelps. The greatest Olympian of all time. He is in Paris with his family. Having the time of his life, it seems like. Some of his records have been broken. Team USA is obviously in the mix for everything. His thoughts are going to be one that you're going to want to hear. We can't wait for it.

The Talks-O-Table is here. At Boston Connor and at Ty Schmidt. Con man, how you doing, pal? Fantastic, you know, like similar to you, I feel like it's just one of those days where you look in your closet and you see some American flag stuff and it's like, hell yeah, give me that right now, I need it.

Simone Biles is about to bounce back and showcase to the world that yeah, every once in a while you can have a moment of doubt in a moment of like, nah, I don't have it today. And maybe it's gonna be to the world that yeah every once in a while you can have a moment of doubt in a moment of like nah i don't have it today and maybe it's gonna be on the world stage and you're gonna have to go through some shit afterwards you're gonna have to really mentally go through some stuff you're gonna have to battle and then you come back just a couple years later and showcase to the world that redemption story is just as good as the story that has been climbing to the mountaintop without any plateaus or any valleys at all cannot wait for that that is what's

on the line here in about 28 minutes with this gymnastics team and the shit that they do. Oh, my God. Like, she's on floor routine, I believe. There's a lady, Vary, I think her last name, V-A-R-Y. She's not, she's felt under the weather all week. Uh-oh. So there's a conversation about that.

How are they going to do? And then, obviously, the rest of the world is trying to keep up with us. Yeah. Now, they don't call it the balls two or the balls three, whichever one is the second highest one is more, but they got their own shit, and we're in it. I was going to do her thing. Can't wait for her show. Sumi,

remember her for four years? She's from Minnesota, I believe. St. Paul, Minnesota, I think it's where I was last night. What a wonderful town. Oh, yeah. Twin Cities are beautiful. That is a wonderful place. Legitimately, 13,000 plus people there. A lot. Airport, eight minutes away from downtown. That's huge wonderful place. Legitimately. 13,000 plus people there. A lot. Airport eight minutes away from downtown. That's huge.

Lovely. It was the greatest. It was absolutely beautiful last night in St. Paul. Obviously, they're going to put on. Nine-year NFL vet has something happening at midnight tonight that I don't think he or many others could ever fathom. You're going to be in WWE 2K tonight, D-Brother. Congrats, D-Brother. Nine-year NFL vet, Darius J. Butler.

Obviously, big night tonight. Can't wait. Cannot wait. I'll stay up. I don't know how many hours I'll play tonight. It's been a while since I've been in the WWE ring on the virtual side. Obviously, you know, I worked my way through there on the NXT. A lot of people don't remember that.

I posted a little video reminder this morning on the IG, but cannot wait to get in that ring. Probably take on HBK and the Hulk as a tag team. I don't know who's going to be my tag team partner yet. If it'll be AJ, if it'll be you. I know we got to tag some tag team champs already right here, but I cannot wait. I mean, everything about it is hilarious.

There was a promo on Monday Night Raw for this last night, which is hysterical to think about. We are incredibly lucky, thankful, and pumped. And if you're punting footballs through people, we would like to see it clipped and posted immediately. Best punt through somebody? Probably Derry Dong if we had it. Win some free merch. Also,

you get the toxic table to titles. You get some free merch as well. Opportunity to potentially win some free merch on. Every person that does it is going to get in there. And if we can get some gold draped around Darius J j butler are you kidding me go ahead and snap a photo of that cut a promo send it to whoever post that thing on x you would potentially enter in to win some free merch maybe even a gift card to a couple different places a store maybe somewhere else speaking of the store we had a massive day yesterday huge Thousands and thousands of guides were sold from

store.patmackfusho.com The Need to Know Gambler's Guide for College Ball written by one half of the Hammer Don Cowboys. Currently residing in Hammer Don Todd. Ladies and gentlemen, Tante. How are we?

Wow, look at you. Look how glowing. Look at how Thomas Jolly he is. I know. He is so incredibly pumped up, happy. And yesterday, there was a sense of anxiety from Tunde. A little bit, yeah. He had no idea how people were going to react to this. Obviously, it's the first time he's ever done anything of this particular nature.

Putting your research, your thoughts onto actual paper. Well get it digital paper piecing it together and then putting it out for the world to judge you people that you've never met before people that have probably read these types of things in the past hey i think people are saying it's good tone yeah i think you did great reviews yeah i think you did very good i think you should be incredibly proud of yourself brother there's a lot of good things being said. Are you hearing them? Yeah, I am shocked. Color me shocked.

Joe Tessitore last night. Joe Tess? Joe Tessitore I saw. And obviously he's calling the Georgia Tech-Florida State game on ABC in Ireland, which kicks off the entire college football season, which this season is going to be the biggest and best year in the history of college football. 12-team playoff at the end of this. Are you kidding me?

Let's have a college football season. Tassitore said, hey, what Tone wrote was pretty. I think people that are in the biz are even. Joe Tassitore? Tony. Tone, I think you did it here, pal. I think you legitimately did. People have been saying very, very nice things.

I hope you hear that. I don't know how many people are like, what a waste of my time. I don't know if anybody's saying that because everybody I've talked to that has read it, myself included. I think AJ said he got a couple. D-Bud just bought one this morning. Everybody's like, hey, good information in there. Great information.

You should be proud of yourself, Tony. Not easy to do. Not easy. A lot of work. Yeah, it was a lot of work, but it was worth it because, you know, you can't do something like this and not put all your effort into it because people are going to read it. They are going to pay for it. They are going to give you feedback. I have thousands of people muted on Twitter, so

if there is a chance that some of the best stuff... And me too, brother! Thousands! So I'm pretty good at having a nice Twitter right now, but no, it's been overwhelmingly positive feedback so far from everybody. Everyone has been very, very nice about it.

The software is working great on sending the downloads, which is shocking. The overwhelming people have loved that. Shocking. Yeah, for sure, brother. When I did the preview, I did a write-up for every single team. At the end, whether I was leaning under for the season total, over for the season total in wins, or if I was actually making an actual bet on that team.

And I made like 22 or 23 over-under season win total bets on teams this season. I put that at the end. And people are, I think, appreciative that I'm actually putting it out there on what I would bet on the team. A lot of people are putting parlays together on season win totals. Hopefully some of them come in in cash because it's out there. The people will know if I was right or wrong.

Yeah, we're all flying high right now. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, a lot can happen. We very much hope that you hit on every single one. Yeah. But our experience, yourself included, in like making picks on things very publicly with a lot of people seeing them and reacting accordingly great has not

gone positive no that's not a positive debutt was in that thing all the way up until like a couple weeks ago yeah he in that entire world doing it's your shins are gonna take every week too it's not as if you know you're gonna kind of blow it out of the water one week it's gonna be 14 15 weeks and then that one happens then it's not even a celebration. It's a finally, you can finally do this, huh, asshole? Yeah, but the good thing about season total over-unders, I assume for a few teams that obviously have a

high number, they're going to be eliminated quickly if they don't, if they're not able to get there. But this one, teams should be able to hunt for the long haul. I also saw, you know, I saw Lane Kiffin made an appearance in this. That's right. Lane Kiffin made an appearance in this. Lane Kiffin at Ole Miss. I think what Tessitore respected and appreciated from your

Need to Know Gamblers guide that he was reading through, he was like, I agree with Tone with what he's saying about Lane Kiffin and Ole Miss because on the defensive side, Joe Tessitore starts just breaking down the entire Ole Miss roster to me. I'm like, okay, this is Tess football. I'm very excited about this. He goes, they get Texas A&M's best inside D lineman.

They get Florida's best outside D lineman. So you couple that with Jackson Dart's back, weapons, a guy who's maybe potentially, nobody's going to be judging, but similar running back coming. He's like, this is probably, this is Lane. If Lane's going to go, this is the year that he could potentially do it. It's like, Lane Kiffin making a run would

be fantastic for college football. I mean, it would be Ole Miss goes bananas already. But if they're on a national title hunt, and Lane Kiffin is talking every week, that's big news. I saw that in the guide. Test backed it up. This is a real thing. This could be it for Lane. This is a real thing. This could be it for Lane.

This is a long road to get to this point for Lane Kiffin. Spoiler alert. Ole Miss is one of my four teams that I say can win the national championship. Whoa. You talk about Jackson Dart is a Heisman candidate. He's really, really good. The weapons around him are good. Yeah, they lose Quinshawn Judkins to Ohio State.

Do you know you can't play with him in money games on NCAA 2-5. So yeah, he's a good player, but they're going to be okay. His spin move is... It's not a lot. There's so many videos of guys just hitting spin moves just circles and literally cannot be back. He's got twisters like you need Glenn Powell.

Bingo. Need Glenn Powell to stop him. Like 50 yards of him. Yeah, it's crazy. It's a problem. Really? He's going state to state? Yes. Not allowed to use it. He's banned? Yeah, he has been banned. You're banned!

Just like amongst friends. Like, hey, you're not allowed to use the one that's not able to get tackled. Right. So many TVs have been broken. I assume consoles as well have been destroyed. Well, Garrett Green has similar qualities, right? Are people allowed to play with Garrett Green? Look, I mean, I love Gigi just as much as the next guy.

If he's allowed to be played. If we're doing tears, if we're doing tears, it's okay. Anyways, Tony, yeah, Ole Miss, though. The running back that comes in, I guess, Joe Tess, singing the praises of last night in a big way. And then, yeah, the A&M D-tackle was the number one, I believe the number one rated player in the transfer portal. He was number one coming out of high school as defensive lineman.

Two years ago. Or two years ago, sorry. And then he was the number one rated transfer portal guy going to Ole Miss. Florida was top five. Yeah, they loaded up on wide receivers and transfer portal the last couple years. Obviously, the offense with Lane is always going to be good. The defense coordinator, I believe, last year came in from Bama. If my memory serves me correct.

Improved the defense last year. So his second year in that defense, yeah, I think Ole Miss is primed for a run. Okay, Lane, congratulations. And he's fresh off an SEC media month where he had the biggest. He had Vince Carter in the Olympics over France on Paul Feinbaum. So, I mean, Lane's vibing himself. Lane's, hey, congrats down there. And, T and tone let's

keep moving people need to see this i think this is good for this is good for sports uh this particular thing 499 all the money will go to charity what charity uh tone's gonna have to pick it he's the author of this entire thing we will announce that obviously with how much money and everything like that but this is cool we're thankful we're grateful and uh keep kicking ass let's pivot to the nfl here before before we get Michael Phelps on here. Some storylines coming out of training camp. One of them was a quote from Patrick Mahomes that I saw on the Sports Illustrated Instagram. Sports Illustrated at one point was considered to be all AI, all fake, not real humans.

That's correct. But Sports Illustrated, I think, did that to move on and kind of turn a page into a new chapter, maybe. Some similar people that have worked at Sports Illustrated are still there. They seem to be just moving. Like, I thought Sports Illustrated's call for demise was grotesquely early. Oh, yeah. They were dead, remember? Yeah.

They're not. No more magazines. They are still very good at accumulating info, putting it out quickly. And this quote here from Patrick Mahomes was obviously something that you have to look at and think to yourself, damn, I wish Patrick Mahomes was our quarterback. Not necessarily. I think we do a great job of managing my money to be able to pay me a lot of money and keep a good team around me. It's about having good dialogue, good communication with front office and with ownership. And it's like, that is what I think every fan base is hoping that their quarterback will do. Whenever these

new deals come up with how big they are and how much of the salary cap is being eaten up by one particular player, every fan base is like, well, you know, you take a little less money, we can get you that left tackle so you don't get hit as much. Maybe you stay a little safer. You know, we can maybe invest in a running back, which will maybe load the box a little bit that opens up our wide receivers that we don't really have the best ones.

Could make your life better. We can maybe load up on a defense if we're able to save. Let's say we're able to cost $7 million each year. We can pick up a very good defensive player that can help our team later in the season. Maybe get another win. Wins are good for you. Wins are good for everybody. You always thought that that conversation would be able to happen.

Tom Brady seemingly did this, and he would adjust his contract every single year. Before salary cap gymnastics were a thing, Bill Belichick was doing it up in New England with Tom Brady, where they would give him the total amount of what his yearly contract was as a signing bonus, and everybody was like, Tom Brady says you're a good guy. He's taking a pick. No, he's taking all the money right now,

as opposed to over a 17-week season back whenever it was 16 games. Patrick Mahomes has done the exact same thing. Long contract. It was good value whenever he signed it. $430 million or something like that, which is obviously an incredible amount of money to play quarterback in the NFL. But with where the contracts are at quarterback,

everybody knows Patrick should be pissed. You've got a lot of guys that have never won a playoff game making the amount of money that every other quarterback is going to hope and want to have. He's obviously in the middle of leading a dynasty and already being compared to Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers, Joe Mantegna, Steve, you name it. And he's only 27 years old.

So if he wanted to be an asshole about this entire thing, he could go out and say, give me $60 million. I would like 60. Trevor Lawrence just got $55 million. Give me $65 million. Give me $75 million. You know what? $150 million is what I want.

He could do that if he wants to. Instead, he's very understanding of seemingly what's built this team up. Xavier Worthy's a rookie. He's seemingly going to do great for them. And we're in the middle of a dynasty and he understands it. I respect it. I appreciate it. Not everybody's able to do it, going to do it, and everything like that.

But the fact that Patrick Mahomes does it, and then you watch quarterback, and he's like the coolest guy of of all time there's 31 other teams going fuck where where can we find a batch of moms there's not a lot of them and there won't ever be another one of them and it's uh it's a beautiful thing mentally physically everything he has it yeah obviously the Patriots got lucky when they drafted Brady and you you mentioned how he how he handled his deals and his money obviously Obviously, you gave the team the freedom to build around it. But it's a dream come true. When you draft for an organization, when you draft a guy like this,

and the first thing he's thinking about is legacy, obviously his actions show that. The next year after he did his deal, people were already talking about how he was underpaid. As soon as people started crossing that 50-million-a-year threshold, he was severely underpaid. But he sees the big picture. He knows he wants to continue to win championships.

That's all he talks about. He wants to three-peat. So if you're an organization, you love this. Obviously, if you're the union, if you're other quarterbacks around, you obviously want the top guy to continue to reset that market, drive it up, drive it up higher and higher. But, I mean, if you're a Chiefs fan, man, obviously we talked about this year defense, how they built the team room. Now, Hunt and that family, if you're a Chiefs fan, man, obviously we talked about this year, defense, how they've built the team room.

Now, Hunt and that family, if this is the case, your quarterback is doing it, let's make the facilities a little nicer. F minus. Yeah, let's not be Fs. Let's at least get in the Cs, B range, and, you know, make it a place that your guys enjoy coming to and working. They're obviously busting their ass and winning championships, but I love this from the homes.

Like you said, everybody can't do it. Everybody ain't able. But the fact that he's doing it, I mean, the guys that are in that locker room with him suiting up, they're going to run through a wall for him. His dad being a professional athlete, I think is a big part of this. I legitimately think that's the case. Not just because

whatever the case, comfort-wise, while growing up, but it's like just being around. Just being around clubhouse, being around locker, being around professional sports, being around professional sports, being around what life is like when your team's bad and when your team is good. I think that's a big eye-opener.

Oh, yeah. I was very fortunate that as soon as I get to West Virginia, Pat White got there as well and Steve Slayton, and we just won. Like, we just won. Until I messed a lot of it up, but we would just win, win, win, win, win, win. So my football experience was like win, win, win. Then my rookie year, I get to the Indianapolis Colts.

We didn't lose until we chose to lose. And that's not because of me. I just happened to be on the team. And it was just undefeated. And then we go all the way to the Super Bowl. So, like, my football experience was just like, yeah, we win. Like, that is just how it goes. Then two years after that, we almost go completely duff-eated.

And, boy, life, life whenever football was going good was so much better than whenever football was going bad. That was, like, my first experience other than those missed kicks against Pitt, which was, like, the worst moments of my life after that but like football family building culture fans city state whole thing that year where we're almost completely defeated was the first time I've really experienced that life was fucking terrible I mean it was so much worse than whenever you're winning and it's like I think whenever you grow up in that too it's like hey how's family when you're winning how's like everything whenever you're winning versus when you're like, I think whenever you grow up in that too, it's like, hey, how's family when you're winning? How's like everything whenever you're winning versus when you're losing?

And the fact that that is kind of seemingly balanced in with his decision, with his commitment, with how rich he is. Oh, yeah. And it's like all comes together. It's a perfect situation for them over there. And Travis Kelsey is somehow getting younger. I mean, sport is weird, man, because you've got to like obviously strike when you get a chance, and you you got to be lucky as well.

Because, like, Patrick Mahomes coming out as a pro, I don't know what his high school career was. But, like, coming out of Texas Tech, like, he wasn't known as this, like, great winner. Like, Michael Jordan, like, Dabo was calling Deshaun Watson. Andy Reid, he was known as a coach that couldn't really win the big one. You know, he would get to obviously win the NFC Championship, wouldn't win the Super Bowl. And then they get together, and they could be one of the most dominant, you know, franchises when it's all said and done. So you got to strike when it's hot.

They obviously got the guy and they're doing all the right things. And be who you can afford to be. Absolutely. Yeah, I think Patrick knows, you know, who knows what's going to happen tomorrow to any of us. Who knows what's going to happen right in 10 minutes to any of us. Legitimately, seemingly more now than ever, that thought should be running through people's minds. younger ages of having things happen and like just seemingly chaos oh yeah it's

madness i mean it's seemingly so patrick mahomes understanding that like the way he plays the style in which he plays the legacy in which he already has and what his career is seemingly going to go as long as he wants it you know as long as patrick mahomes wants his career to go especially after watching tom after watching Tom, after watching what Aaron's doing. Aaron's 40 years old right now. Still playing, still spinning. It's still feeling really good. The way he takes care of his body. Now people mock the way

his body is constructed. Naturally. That's rude. He didn't choose that. He didn't choose the way his body is constructed. But the way you, the science and everything, he could play for another 15 years. He knows that. And with the way it's going, it's like adding that in to the deciding factor of how much

he takes too. It's like, what a situation in Kansas City. In the home of the Chiefs! They're going to win so much. Let's go to a team that won a lot for a long time.

Yeah. Now we got, is there drama happening? A lot. Up in New England, Coach Mayo, new head coach, obviously former player, offense coordinator, but wasn't given the title for the New England Patriots while Bill Belichick was running the team. After Bill Belichick exits, he becomes the head coach. Obviously drama everywhere.

How's he going to handle the team? What's the team going to look like? We draft Drake May. We got Jacoby Brissett. Is this team going to suck or are we going to be great? Patriots fans are expecting greatness. Mayo has been called a drawed Belichick by a lot of his teammates saying how good this guy is.

Maybe it's a perfect replacement. Well, now we got a little situation brewing with a veteran player, somebody he knows well, in Judon who is looking for a new contract, new money. And Coach Mayo walks up to him, has a chairwheel, does one of these, one of these, ends with Judon leaving the field. And then potentially, I don't know how much video we have.

Per sources. Per sources. Gets in a little bit of a, how you doing, with Elliot Wolfe, who is the pseudo general manager for the New England Patriots. Judon, obviously, a key piece of this New England Patriots team if he was to remain healthy. An absolute weapon on a football field, has been for a long time, both with his time in Baltimore and his time in New England.

Let's go to Boston Connor. What did you see whenever you saw this? What are your thoughts? And how do we feel about the Judon Patriots situation? Should we be talking more about it, or does nobody care? Well, I don't think we should be talking more about it just because the Patriots are projected. You know, they're over-under for wins this season. It's four and a half, so because the Patriots are projected, you know, they're over under for wins this season.

It's four and a half. Jeez Louise, that's a 17-game season. I love that over. In the grand scheme of the season. Me too. I don't know if it matters per se, but, I mean, it's just the wrong time. Last year there was a little bit of a debate about his money, and he actually did get a pay bump for that season last year.

And then during that season he got hurt, missed, I think, 12, 13 games, so didn't really play much coming off of last year. And then for this to be happening right after the reports about Christian Barmore having blood clots is pretty detrimental to the success of New England this year. I mean, those are our two best players, at least right now in this moment. You can go to some other places, Duggar, Christian Gonzalez, if he turns out to be what he was at the beginning of last season

and what everyone thinks that he will be. But Barmore and Judon, by all means, are our two best players. So one of them is probably out for the season with blood clots. Very serious situation. Sucks for him. He just got a new contract, Barmore did. And then Judon, this situation happening, clearly not happy. Doesn't feel as though he's going to be playing for the Patriots,

to be completely honest with you. I want him to be. We do have the most cap space. He mentioned, I forget what podcast he was doing, but he sat down and did an interview, and this was from the offseason. He basically said, like, hey, I see how much cap space we have. Where's that going? Can I just get a little bit of the money that is available?

And he has warranted it. He was an all-pro pro bowler two years ago. But it's just the timing of it is the worst part of it. But it is interesting to see for Mayo. For me personally, this is the first time we're going to be able to see how Mayo handles a situation like this. I mean, it's before he's even coached a single game. He has to deal with one of the faces of your team being unhappy.

So, you know, we'll see what happens. Right now, I am under the assumption that Matthew Judon might get traded. Oh, he's going to play for the Colts. I hope that doesn't happen. I want him to be in New England. I think a lot of Patriots fans, the majority would say, give Judon the money. He's worth it. He is one of the leaders of the team.

He has played very well while he's been here, and he is part of the new era of the Patriots. It's not like he is an old guard during the Brady years, like McCourty, who kind of stayed in after Brady left like he's one of the guys that got brought in by Bill to kind of flip the culture or at least keep the culture and be one of those new guys who can continue the legacy of the Patriots because

it's like you said the Patriots fans do expect winning in general now this year I don't know if everyone's thinking hey Patriots are going to win 10, 11 games. Drake May is not even the starter yet. Obviously, we've been through this with Mac Jones. He can have one great year, and then everything else can change because that's how quickly and how difficult it is in the NFL to be successful as a quarterback. But in this Judon situation, yeah, it's brutal. It's a terrible start to camp. Your two best guys are one in the hospital, the other walking off of camp with having spats with the entire team or with the head coach, the GM, excuse me.

But, no, we'll be all right. In the end, in the division, in the AFC, we're talking about the Chiefs. I mean, it's not as if we expect New England to be anywhere near them. And the Colts, obviously. But I do appreciate that Coach Mayo sent him off the field. Yeah. Like Jonathan Taylor's situation last year with Shane Steichen, similar situation, trying to build the culture,

one of the faces of your franchise, best player on the team. It's like I viewed it as quite a distraction. You know, like I appreciate that he's out there. Jonathan Taylor was wearing Colts stuff, so he's like there. The IUK situation where he walks on the field with the do-rag, the backpack, and just kind of flailing it out. I think John Lynch sent him off the field as well. I think there is like, hey, this is training camp.

We want you to get mental reps, but also we can't be doing anything distracting. Like Judon, if he wants to walk off that field and come right to Indianapolis, we would certainly love that. John Lynch, Mayo, former players. And when you're in those, something I love to see, especially people that are in positions of authorities. Like a lot of times, especially with front office people,

they're afraid to kind of have those uncomfortable conversations, especially with big time players. Never been there. Yeah, never really been there. So, Gerard Mayo, I'm sure they have some type of relationship, some type of rapport with Mayo and the voices that he's had on the defensive side of the ball. And then Judon, he's one of your best players.

And then on the other side of it, I'm sure Elliot Wolfe, he's I think about to be 32 soon. So, like as a pass rusher, obviously you're going to want some big time money. So, as a fan, as a front office, you're like, all right, we're going to put this in the guy that's 32. Now, Barmore going through what he's going through may give him a little more leverage because now you're're going to put this in the guy that's 32. Now, Barmore, going through what he's going through, may give him a little more leverage because now you're definitely going to need those red sleeves

coming off the edge. I love what he does as a player. Not only is he a rusher, but he has some flexibility and coverage as well. Big-time player, you're going to need him going forward. You're going to need everything you can get from that defense, so I hope they work this out. Isn't it interesting that there's so much you guys have so much money in the cap. Yeah. So usually you

think, well, free agents, free agents. But if you already have your team set, then everybody on the team is like, wait, there's how much extra money now? Yeah, a lot of it. There's how much extra money? Because you said something there. It was like, hey, Judon is a guy who would deserve it.

And Judon's probably looking around the locker room and is like, how much extra money we got? We have to spend a certain amount, don't we? So who's this money? Is it going in our locker room? If that's the case, I think it should be going to me which i assume coach mayo told him like hey i understand what you're doing here but like we can't have you sitting down on the side now you know it's a big deal yeah practice you're either standing up maybe you're on a knee with

a helmet but if you're just sitting down in a trash can as not dressed out that's just kind of as somebody who's been at a lot of practices, you know, just at a lot of practices, hey, let's not be seen or heard, okay? Unless it's a chirp that is needed, you know? So you're on a knee-deep corner. You know, you're on a knee-deep corner. If you want to watch something, obviously you're a full standing,

helmet nowhere near the ground, and you're just kind of out of the way. And I'm not comparing... Obviously, I'm comparing my situation to Judon, which right now, because I don't have an individual drill to go stand around, which I assume he was probably trying to do. But, like, the sitting down thing, it just makes it look like you're way too comfortable.

Like, hey, you are way too comfortable. Everybody out here is miserable. And it's like I forget there was a kicker that came in, a camp leg, you know. And camp legs are young kickers that come in, try to get some tape, hopefully impress the special teams coach or any of the coaches that can reach out to another team that's looking for somebody but everybody knows you're not going to make the team even if you have a better camp than the veteran that's there they're not going to roll the dice on you in a regular in a playoff game like this is going to be you were just here to get reps so for Vinatieri obviously there's a lot of camp

legs that came in Benny didn't love it when it first started happening he wanted all the reps he didn't like anybody else looking like they were the kicker for the team. He was like, I would like to compete with this person. But then it got to a point where I was like, hey, this is a massive sign of respect, actually, for your old ass. This is a good thing. And Vinny was always nice. Vinny was always nice. There's a story about Robbie

Gold going through New England. Vinny Terry and him working together. Vinny teaching Robbie Gold. And then obviously Robbie Gold goes on to become one of the greatest kickers of all time. But there was a rookie kicker that came in that was like, you can't play. And this guy just sat down on the bench in the middle of practice

or whatever, like on his side. And me and Vinny are just like standing there. I think Overton's standing there as well. We got our helmets on. And we just look at him, and Vinny goes, hey, guys, yeah, run your heads into each other. Don't worry about it. Kicker has never done anything.

He's completely comfortable over here. If you guys need need an extra spot there's more room on the bench next to whatever this guy's name was and just like basically dressed him down but then the guy stood up and i was like oh i never sat down i never chose to sit down before that's why everybody gets pissed off oh yeah it's because just how casual you are kind of while people are running cte potentially into their head in a hundred degrees. So hot. I never even thought of it. Cause I've never sat down and practice. I just kind of followed the lead of everybody else. But then when I saw that person and I hear Vinny chirping all the reasons

why I'm like, Oh my God, you got to look like the biggest asshole of all time. That's happening. Let on. We already do. But like in training camp, looking comfortable,

distracted, don't need it. I appreciate that. This is kind of becoming a thing. I also appreciate the guys are kind of becoming a thing. I also appreciate the guys are starting to take a little bit more of a stand whenever they're looking at their business. A lot more holdups are starting to happen. Well, I think a lot of people are like, oh, well, it's not really a distraction.

These guys are professionals. Like, whatever, they can handle that. But then you think of, like, the amount of questions the media is then going to ask, you know, not just Mayo, but other people on the team about this situation. Same with Ayuk. Like, you see all that kind of stuff, and it's like, okay, well, but other people on the team about this situation. Same with IUK. Like you see all that kind of stuff. Then it's like, okay, well now this is just another thing. All these guys who really shouldn't have to address this at all.

They're going to be asked about it a bunch. It's going to be the biggest thing. I think it's why like, you know, the whole Jordan love situation, like there was never an air of like, oh, this isn't going to get done. Cause he was out there. He wasn't sitting somewhere pouting. Like he was, he, he didn't have his stuff on, but he was active in drills. He was talking with his guys.

Exactly. It's like, okay, this guy wants to be here. And it is. It's like, Ayuk, it was just awkward seeing that whole thing. Like you said, he's basically wandering around aimlessly. Because normally you're with your position group. Exactly. And you say the mental reps, obviously. It's like, well,

on top of it, you know how pissed off this guy is about his contract situation. He's been talking about it for months. So is he actually there trying to get better if he's not on the field in terms of mental reps? It's like, no, he's there. He's trying to prove a point. He's walking around just aimlessly like, hey, listen, I want a new contract and I want them to see that I'm here. But at the same time, I really don't give a shit that all this stuff is going on

because my situation isn't settled. I hope everybody makes all the money in the world. For sure. But I also hope that we don't lose the thought that building a team is not easy. And the teams that go on to win are the teams that are properly forged together. And training camp is a massive part of that. The culture setting, especially in the first year of a coach. Culture setting, building

camaraderie, and I say all that, and then the San Francisco 49ers have had to deal with this numerous years in a row, and it don't matter. They just win. And the Chiefs have dealt with their fair share of shit. It'll all work out. Just to be fair, Judon, this is the first

clip that's coming out about this, but he's been open about it. Before they put the pads on this whole entire week, he has been practicing. It wasn't as if he was doing this the entire time. This was the first day, and we just had this conversation about when the pads come on, you want to be a little more careful. They want to get Jordan Love done before they put the pads on because you don't want to go out there, everybody going 100 miles an hour, and you don't have your starting quarterback.

This was the first time Judon has sat out. He was in there getting all those reps, but clearly now it has come to a point where it's like, hey, if you're not going to be— It'll get sorted. It'll all get sorted. One way or the other. Excited for it. Let's pivot away from the NFL and let's go to the Olympics.

The greatest of all time joined us earlier today for a beautiful En Francais conversation. Ladies and gentlemen, joining us now is the man who has the most medals in the history of the Olympics since King Lee United States. 28 total medals, 23 gold medals, live boots on the ground in France. Ladies and gentlemen, the goat of the water, Michael Phelps. Hey, fantastic. Thank you so much for making time. I know you've been incredibly busy

enjoying the hell out of the Olympics as a spectator. Is that an accurate depiction of what you've been doing over there? How has it been not competing? Bro, it's absolutely incredible. I mean, watching my teammates, ex-teammates, and future Olympic stars compete for a gold medal is, I mean, better than I could ever imagine. Honestly, you know, having Tokyo happen where I was there in the stands and no fans felt so weird. And now you're able to have everybody back here together. I think that's like, for me, it's what really the Olympics is all about.

So being able to have everybody from all over the world come together and to stand on the top of the podium and listen to their national anthem play while they have a gold medal around their neck, there's nothing better. Yeah, we talked a little bit yesterday about that. We had an Australia lady on the news down there talking about the United States national anthem obviously playing and how disgusted she gets and yada, yada, yada as you move

from one side of a balcony in Paris. Beautiful pennies. Trying to get better Wi-Fi, guys. Trying to get better services. You're a professional. You've been on TV here. You've been crushing it on TV. We appreciate that. It looks beautiful over there. But we listened to that news in Australia, that lady talk,

and then they showed your reaction. Then they showed it to the swim team night one, which we're going to dive into some of the big moments that have happened in swimming already in Paris here in a matter of moments. But I saw a couple of those podium situations. I think it was when Marshawn, he breaks your Olympic record in the medley for, I don't know the proper title. You get it.

Four items. Boom. I'm so close. Four items. I'm so close. He breaks your record, Olympic record, and wins in his home country. And that place seemingly was awesome, which goes back to your point about the fans being there and how electric it all was. And then whenever he's standing on the podium in his home country, everybody in that

arena is singing the French National Anthem, which might be the longest one. It felt like it was a long one. But if you're in second or third place, that has to be the longest minute and a half, two minutes of your life. Because you don't even exist. You're a silver medalist in the Olympics. You got third

place in the entire world at the Olympics. Massive moment. When you go back to the Heights, bingo! When you go back to your hometown, they're going to give you a parade. They're going to be like, but in that moment, when the national anthem is playing, you don't even exist the other way. That's the feeling, huh, that everybody's kind of, that has to feel

like literally on top of the world. And Marshawn, obviously, he's going to experience that a lot. He's young and he's already a guy, but that feels like a moment that you're really like hunting. Is that an accurate? Man, it's absolutely the best. There's nothing better than standing on the national, there's nothing better than standing on the top of the podium, listening to your national anthem play and a gold medal around your neck. Literally, it's one of the coolest things I've ever experienced. I've experienced a lot, but honestly honestly what he's experiencing now in his home country

is nothing what I've ever experienced you know when he was swimming that 400 IM every stroke he came up for breaststroke you could hear the crowd would time their yells perfectly when he would come up they would tell when he would go down it would be silent it was I mean I've never seen anything like that in the swimming pool in my entire life. It was so electric, so cool. What he's going to have a chance to do, I think tomorrow night, he's got two doubles, 200 fly, 200 breaststroke within an hour, which is easy.

I mean, two events in an hour is simple to be able to recover and swim down. He's done that routine before. So, yeah, it should be no problem for him tomorrow, but the guys coming for him are going to give him a run. Yeah. And all of a sudden he has the bullseye and I assume that was the case coming in, right? I think he's training with your coach and everybody know he was potentially going to break your record. And how do you feel about it? You know, cause we watched you kind of watch all this unfold positive. Joe, you'll understand that records are meant to be broke seemingly.

You have to act like that too, I think, because there's a lot of cameras on you. How do you feel about Marshawn? It's just me. I mean, like, that's how I really am. Like, I honestly believe, like, for me, like, nobody believed I was able to do the things that I was trying to do, right? But I did deep down inside. It's the same thing for him.

You know, a lot of people said my records were going to be unbroken, untouched. No one would ever do this, that and the other. But clearly it's not that. And for me, like, I love it. I love being able to see, you know, a kid, a young man being able to set up a dream, right? Like have a dream, go out there, put in the work and put together the pieces that give him a chance to do this. Right. You know, he understands what it takes. And he is swimming with my old coach. You know, my him and I have so many similarities. You know, last last Olympics, he was sixth place. My first Olympics, I was fifth place.

So, you know, being able to have those feelings, it gives you a lot of motivation to really come back and to give yourself a fighting chance to win a gold medal. Right. And that's what he did the very second night in paris he rips a gold medal in front of his home country like good god how did he dream come true to start the olympics have you talked to him at all have you got a chance to see him did you say bonjour sava moby and the whole thing have you done that with marchand i i i shot him a video um i look if people were sending me a bunch of videos and this, that, and the other, I'm not sure I'd get back to him. He hasn't responded, but I understand. I'm the king of the pool.

He's got a lot of things going on. Yeah, je suis king of the pool now. Okay? You will wait on unread Michael Phelps now, but I do appreciate your support of him and of swimming as a whole currently. And I assume he appreciates the hell out of it as well. Let's run through a couple other big moments that have happened through the Olympics

because we have secured rights to run some Olympic stuff, which I don't think anybody outside of NBC has been able to do. So shout out to the people at NBC, Peacock, and USA for allowing us to do this. Let's talk about some of the... Let's do it. Yeah, let's not get too loud about it, but let's certainly acknowledge the situation that is taking place here.

Women's 100 fly. Obviously, massive storyline. You've been in the building for all of these. Electrifying, clearly, but America dominant, and that's how we need to see this entire thing. And Husk beating Walsh was a big-time deal. I don't think anybody really expected that, right?

I mean, for me, you literally just pulled the video up in one spot of the race that I think was super crucial for Gretchen. Being able to hit her wall, I think she missed her wall. Her 50 wall, I think she was a little long on it, which made her be a little bit kind of shallow at the break, so that might have cost her the race. But look, I mean, nonetheless, to be able to have the u.s go one two in this event that's that's something to be proud of right you know what i mean we're the number one number two best swimmers in the world um so to be able to bring that i

think is a huge momentum momentum boost um you know we we spoke earlier about the aussie usa rivalry and look, any chance we have this opportunity to go 1-2, you see the Aussies down at the bottom of the cap there, or bottom of the pool there, you know, like, we have this chance, like, that's a huge mo swing. And in these races, in these meets, you need something like that, especially when it's eight, nine days. Any little race like this is, it does wonders for the team, right? It's like making a big play in football, taking, you know, picking one off, running one to the house, right? It's something like that. So that's something that's so important

and something for us, like for me, was really important about getting off to the right foot. You know, for me, the 400 IM was the very first day and, you know, that race was kind of one of my bread and butter. So winning that gold medal or Ryan and I going 1-3, 1-2, whatever it might be. I didn't go 1-3. He went 1. I got 4th. Oh, this guy sucks.

I was kidding Olympics that time. Come on, guys. Maybe you could have padded the record of having the most medals in the history of the sport. You talk about getting off to a good start for yourself. I think for the United States swimming team, that 4x1 was real early in the Olympics. I think that's day one.

Our men's 4x1 get a massive win. Old Buddy goes 46.7, I think was the number that was being talked about. And I guess he's just a freak show physically. They say he's a backstroker who freestyled the fastest. Yeah, Hunter Armstrong. The guy is massive. I mean, he towers over top of me. Yeah, he can fly.

He's had a great Olympics. Him and Caleb, this back half, really kind of sealed the deal. But look, this is a whole entire process, right? We had the morning guys that gave us the chance to set up for this relay, right? You know, those guys don't get the opportunity to swim at night. So for those who don't know, we take six guys in the 100 freestyle. So two of them, two of the four that in the morning will have a chance to swim at night with the two fastest 100 freestylers. So we were able to get the right team, the right order, and I think that was the important thing.

The order is such a crucial part of that relay, and we nailed it right on the head. I mean, Australia put Chalmers on the end, who is, I think, yields five of the top ten times in history, and he's probably one of the biggest dogs at the end of a relay you can possibly have. Well, I like the way I dress him. They basically said... Don't get me wrong. That guy's a horse, too. Look, I've never taken anything wrong. No, I like the way I dress him. They basically said... Don't get me wrong.

That guy's a horse, too. Look, I've never taken anything wrong. No, no, no. You're just complimenting others. Yeah, completely complimenting others.

I know. I'll say this about Caleb. Look, you know, the start of the trials, I think he started off a little slower than he probably would have expected,

but I think he kind of got into his groove towards the end, and I think that's what you're seeing here. You know, he's a competitor he's somebody who knows how to race this level um he's watched some of the best of the best do it so um watch what happens with him i think he's going to have a great hunter fly that 50 free is going to be cutthroat um going to come down to the touch that that race the 50 important like that's somebody that like as a non-swimming

fan that's that's a race that everybody always looks at. It's the fastest race, 21, 20 seconds. It's going to be quick. But if you don't have a good start, if you don't have a good finish, you lose the race by a tenth or two tenths. Oh, heartbreaker. Four years, got to wait, and it's a tenth of a second or it wasn't a reach enough, which is why the Olympics are absurd.

And you talked about starting out a little slower or or whatever there seems to be a strategy to qualifying and then finals but in backstroke it almost got us because murphy our actual wagon almost didn't make it tie as a question for you phelps yeah michael i think we are pretty much past that but in terms of like the quality strategy during qualifying i think i heard one of the announcers saying like hey whoever it was they're just trying to get a feel for the pool right now they just want to get in there and kind of go like what is the strategy for that how much does it matter like what lane you're in and and how conscious do you have to be of like hey there's no point in burning myself out in qualifying when i just need to be top whatever to actually you know get get to the end of the pool when i'm

trying to meddle for sure for sure so uh so there's everything below a 400 so it's 200 hundreds and 50 so you swim it three times prelims semifinals and finals so for me the strategy was just basically when your heat you know if you're in one of like the last two or three circle seated heats so it's based off of time seating is based off of times whether whatever your seed time is so if you're one in one of the last two or three circle seeded heats you're able to then see what the rest of the field is doing so say i'm in the second semi-final heat which for me was always something very important right because i wanted to see what the first semi-final heat would do then that would give me an opportunity to then judge my speed my control this that and the other

through that race so for for me, basically, it was just about winning, right? If I win my heat, it doesn't matter. So yeah, so you're basically just controlling your physical energy because it's an eight-day meet, right? So some of these guys are swimming three, four, five times. Some of these females are swimming four, five, six times, so over that week, you're trying to control that energy. So you're just doing enough just to get in. And I think you look like some of the big teams like Australia, U.S., China, Japan, Italy, France. We have some of the depth where we're able to play with our speed a little bit more than other countries are. But I think there's there's there's there are certain people that race the prelims harder than

the others. So it's all depends on like kind of where you're seated, who you have next to you. But yeah, there's definitely a lot of, uh, conservation of energy throughout this week, because when it's time to go and it's a final, you want to make sure you're fully rested and fully amped and ready to pop one off. Yeah. You talked about Marshawn having two, uh, finals within an hour and like, that's no Marshawn having two finals within an hour, and like that's no problem. And I remember the story about you. They would like track you pretty much.

What was the shortest time you had in between finals? 19 minutes. Yeah, and they tracked the entire 19 minutes. I think they even went picture in picture at one point, and you put the headphones back on, got wheezy, speaking the gospel, back at it. Yeah, had the whole thing. Yeah, I remember it like it was yesterday because it was like,

this guy just had to sell his entire body out in his last race. Swimming sucks, too. Swimming is not fun. It's hard. Every muscle in your body, and then all of a sudden, 19 minutes, you got, oh yeah, you got to go take on an entire pool of swimmers who did not have to do that. They've actually been focusing just on this

for their entire lives. Go do it, folks. Go do it, go do it fish go do a fish but i think in that moment like for me like my 19 minutes was it was 200 fly and then i had the 4x200 freestyle relay and like in that race like throughout my career i'm not gonna lie we were pretty dominant i mean we damn near won almost everyone by like 15 or 20 meters so like there wasn't really many people that were close to us in that race. So, you know, I did have that comfort. But still at that point, like for me, I'm always trying to rip a time. You know, there were times where I was trying to lead off or where I would lead off and I'd try to post like, you know, a world record or American record, you know, try to do something really quick. Just try to rip one.

Or they put me on the anchor and I just have to hold everybody off. But Team USA has had an amazing history of relays and tradition in relays. So, yeah, tonight's 4x2 will be good. It will be a challenge for the U.S. Sorry, I don't know. The men's 4x2 will be a challenge for the U.S. The men's 4x2 will be a challenge for the U.S. team because the Great Britain team has

two of the top four 200 freestylers. Yeah, but that doesn't matter. Once you get in our water. Whatever. Once you get in our water, it's our water. Great Britain? I haven't even heard of them. I didn't even know there's... Australia is, I thought, who we worried about. I didn't even know the Brits were a problem in pool. Oh, Edie. Is that the edie guy zach petey petey he's a dog they talk about this guy as

if he's he's an actual okay so maybe the brits aren't that good so the next big one i don't want to say the next big one because all of them are big in the swimming world for finals and today there's a bunch this afternoon and then obviously re-aired on paris prime time on nbc which is fantastic to watch and kind of round up everything that's taken place throughout the day in Paris, which the boys are going to ask about. But tonight, the 4x2 is the one that is going to be the headliner? Yeah, the 4x2 is going to be a nice one. And then you have the women's hunter back. We got two of the fastest women in the world. One of them is a world record holder.

Reagan, I think, looked powerful last night in the semifinals. Her last 50 was unbelievable. I heard her say she's going to go fast, faster, and fastest. So let's see what she rips tonight. I mean, we could see a new world record here tonight. I know she's feeling fresh. I was going back and

forth with her last night, and she's ready to go. I can't wait to watch. It's like the Kentucky Derby every single time. Incredible. The energy is just beautiful. Do I hear a baby back there? Is this a full family trip? We got Nico here.

My six-month-old. Our six-month-old. It's not mine, sorry. Our six-month-old. We got him with us and I think he just woke up from a nap. Hey, well, good morning, Nico. I assume you're going to be dominating these games at some point, if you want to,

or being a president, or whatever the hell you want to do. But let Nico know, first drop on our show, golden. I mean, just absolutely nice little touch in the back there. Happy it's a family trip you're getting to France there, which Deebot has a question about. Yeah, obviously you're out there in Paris now as a contributor on the media side,

but you're a competitor for a lot of these games. What's your favorite non-swimming event to attend as a fan? Well, tonight we're going to women's gymnastics. So that's a pretty epic one. We get to see all the girls go out there, all the women go out there and do their thing. And, you know, for me, I think we're going to see women's basketball, men's basketball when they get back into Paris. Dana Taurasi was Beckett's, my six-year-old soccer coach this year. So we can't wait to go out and support her.

She was toying with... She did the... She did the this trick to the Japanese team while laughing at her face. And then Pops is 6'9". And the tallest person that was on Japan was 6'1", I think.

Bit of a mismatch. China's going to be a problem. That feels like we got an advantage. Let's go win this thing. I can't wait to see us just kind of sweep mismatch. Yeah, China's going to be a problem. A little bit. Yeah, that feels like we got an advantage. For sure. Let's go win this thing. I can't wait to see us just kind of sweep it. Metal count, we're at the top. Gold medals, baby.

We need more gold. Hey, we need more golds. You know, we're dancing right now. We're dancing right now. We need a lot more golds. But we're getting, I mean, speed walking's right around the corner. Bingo. And we got that.

We got that on. Exactly. We got track coming up, too. Yeah, track is going to be hype. And swim's going to, hey, let's not get crazy. But for these Olympic Games and, you know, winning, you would be the proper person to ask this question because there's something kind of cooking with the gymnastics.

Yeah, Phelps, you mentioned with the swimming, you know, it's an eight-day meet and there's a lot of events every single day. And you mentioned the gymnastics. One of the gymnasts, Vary, very I believe she said she woke up and she wasn't feeling very well and basically you work all that time to just wake up on the day of your event to feel like shit is a pretty tough situation for swimmers and for gymnasts and all the Olympians what are the remedies you can do to kind of like make yourself feel better if you do wake up just feeling completely off like you haven't the entire time leading up to that day

yeah for sure i mean like for me i was very fortunate to where i never had that i never had any sickness i never had any injuries i never had anything and and you know i think we've all been through so many different situations as athletes right whether it's in the field of play or off the field of play so um i think in that moment, it's like, we, we know our bodies better than any other people on the planet do. Right. And we're surrounded by some of the best doctors. You know, I can speak to, you know, the, the USA swimming staff, you know, for me, I was always with my trainer. Like my trainer was a national team trainer and if i ever had an issue he was always there you know he was somebody that the whole team trusted so we were super fortunate to have

that but i think it's just played like it's probably like uh situational dependent right i think you know pd just came out the other day and said he has covid right so it's like that means his olympics is basically over so it's yeah. So I mean, just imagine all these people from all over the world coming together. You have no idea what's going to happen. Right. So it's just trying to figure out what you can control. All right, Phelps. We'll enjoy the hell out of it over there with the family. I hope you're getting the love and recognition, you know, from all the Olympic fans for all the decades of commitment you put into your sport. So we could enjoy the hell out of every four years whenever you would hit the water and just be obnoxious about how much better we were than

everybody in that next class is going to take it to the next step right that's what we're thinking next class 100 100 oh yeah i mean as khaled said all i do is win that's what i did baby all i did was win i'm happy i'm happy you are at that point because you legitimately did yeah and i assume there was now i can say it now i can say it. Now I can say it. Yeah, but I assume there was. I never said it during my career, but I'll say it now. Yes, I did. I worked my ass off, and now I'm, yeah, I won.

Whatever. What about it? Boom! More than anybody in the history, ladies and gentlemen, Michael Phelps. Thank you. See you, Nico. Yeah. Happy Nico and Michael could have stopped by earlier, obviously.

I appreciate that he's at the point now where it's like, yeah, they're showing me a lot of races I was in. I want them all. It's awesome. He's reliving it all, I assume. Oh, yeah. Think about all the people that have worked at the Olympics or worked for NBC for production with the Olympics for how long they have. Covering him since he's a teenager all the way through now

with his family, baby Nico's over there. The amount of like, good to see you, good to see you. The people that were filming him in his warm-ups, the people that were tracking him, those people behind the scenes that have been associated with the Olympics for however long they have been, he's catching up with all of them right now. That has to be really cool moments for him every single time he has that,

which is probably happening every few minutes as he's in France. We talked to him before we talked to him on the show to see if we could have a conversation with him. And obviously, the gymnastics are happening right now. So he is in the arena. We weren't able to do it live with him. But his wife's over there. Baby's over there.

They're having, like, a fantastic time. I'm happy he's getting, like, a victory. It feels like he's potentially getting a victory lap because that dude committed seven days a week for how many years did he tell us a couple weeks ago? Oh, like 14, 15 or something. Seven days a week, two many years did he tell us a couple weeks ago oh like 14 or 15 or something seven days a week to swimming for like his entirety of his life you know they talk about there's child stars or like child stars like forced into limelight your life is much different now boom boom boom boom boom it's like phelps has been like working like his

ass off at a full-time job more full-time than any job is allowed to be. Seven days a week since he's... So, like, life and everything is a little bit different through the eyes of goggles for most of them. And he has somehow maintained a level of... Even though he's commenting about how successful he is, being a human still. And we're very appreciative. I just cold call FaceTime and he just answers.

Every time. It's a cool thing. And I think he's giving speeches to people and, like, opening up about his mindset on stuff and things he's been through what a weapon michael phelps a weapon glad he's getting his flowers you know he's obviously still young but obviously he's old when it comes to like olympic and that but getting his flowers you don't see him a ton but every four years obviously you're gonna see him a bunch and he's gonna kind of when you see like that uh 75 team top 75 team in the NBA, and when Michael Jordan walks in, it's like a different

aura. That's kind of how it is with Phelps. He was just on the top of the list that we gave a bunch of shit about. The list was created to have a bunch of... We learned a little bit more about it. It was literally created to start a conversation. It's like, okay. That should be the

lead line. We should just get a little heads up because, boy, us idiots are going to – Who? Okay. Who did this? What are we? Marta in the top 25. And the people that made the list were like, you idiots. Yeah.

Like, what you are doing right now is – That was the whole point. We got you. Yeah, that's what we're – Got you. Yeah, I mean, that's good content. Nobody will touch those, like, 28 medals, 23 goals. No.

Nobody. Yeah, he transcends just, like, United States Olympics. Like, he is every single country. Pop culture. Yeah, bingo. Like, every swimmer who swims for any country in the Olympics knows, like, yeah, Michael Phelps is the guy. Every four years, it was the Phelps show. Yes.

And it started the Olympics, too. Swim starts, the track kind of ends it. And it's like, here we go. We're here for Phelps. And he delivered. Ledecky's doing the same. How many more medals will we add on to this maybe record-breaking Olympics round? The day it's been.

Obviously, right now, the Olympics are taking place. The women's gymnastics are competing. There's basketball happening. I believe there was a sniper shooting guns yesterday and a pistol that we'll have. It's a beautiful time to be a sports fan because the NFL training camps are off and running. There's international happenings happening and we are enjoying every single moment of it. We'll also be live in WWE 2K starting tomorrow with an entire pack that includes myself, the Toxic Table at Boston Corner, and at Ty Schmidt. Nine-year NFL vet,

Darius J. Butler, and a man who's joining us live from an attic in Ohio. A man who's a college football national champion, a Super Bowl champion, a Ryder Cup winner. A man who is a Hall of Famer in every single place that he's basically played football. In high school, he once had 77 tackles.

One game. In one game. Solo. While rushing. Solo. While rushing for 250 yards in three tuds. And had two punts that averaged 57 yards per. And there's people saying this guy doesn't deserve to be in WWE 2K.

Interesting. He, alongside Darius J. Butler and myself, were a part of a very pivotal point of NXT. Ladies and gentlemen, AJ Hawker. AJ Hawker. That's right, AJ. You're right. D-Butt posted that clip of all of us getting out of that car back in the day at NXT.

That was a great little run I think you had through there, man. It was fun. Do you remember how cool we felt getting out of that car back in the day at NXT. That was a great little run I think you had through there, man. It was fun. Do you remember how cool we felt getting out of that car? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Hey, listen. When we show up, we want cameras, we said. Too many. You know? Just one shot. Make it look organic. It needs to look organic

like we didn't set this up. What do you mean? We just showed up at the venue. It's just like when they watch basketball players walk in. Bingo. Thank you. That's exactly what we were saying. And that's kind of how it went there for a while.

People forget that you guys were part of an NXT run that would eventually lead to a main event. A main event. Yeah, that's right. Yeah. Of a pay-per-view. Couple of them. War games. Now, obviously, that wasn't the direct run.

That was from the previous one that led to the lead to the. Sure. But nonetheless, it was an honor to be considered an NXT legend. That's what Michael Cole called me last night. And I was talking to Bobby Roode. Also, he's also an NXT legend. And if you look on the roster of Monday Night Raw, there's a lot of other NXT legends there.

It's an honor to go through NXT. If you get up there, just like Darius, just like AJ, you maybe end up in WWE. That's the truth. Big leagues, baby. People are still pissed. They were in a commercial last night during Raw. I'm like, Cole, why are we doing it?

I obviously don't know that these things are happening. I actually said, damn it. Wow. Yes. Yeah, me too. You should have heard what I said. As it started, Michael Cole starts voicing. We're starting tomorrow.

You know, and his W-W, his full official voice. It's like, hey, we're on the TV. We're in the video game right now. It is crazy to just kind of even see it all come full. It's like we're living in a city. It's fake. It's all fake. It's like we're living in a city. It's fake. It's all fake. It's got to be fake.

As I'm sitting there and Cole's reading that, and I'm watching these clips for the first time. I'm watching these clips for the first time live on the show. I'm like, are you kidding me? And then look at, that's the first time I saw Connor in that pose. I remember that one specifically, too, because when we were doing it, they were like, oh, yeah, make it seem like you're fighting. And then I started laughing. And then of course

that's the one they used. And Debo looks so cool. AJ looks very stern but fair. Stern but fair. And you know his entrance, whenever he gets his little legs moving, he starts running down there. You've got to think about that face he's making right there

the whole time while he's running those ropes. That's what he looks like on the other side. And then Ty may or may not have had just a few whiskeys before this entire process because I don't think you fully understood what all was going to take place. I definitely did not. And it was, if you remember, I think we dealt with a little weather, so we were in the air a little longer than we anticipated. Yeah, I was fairly boozed up for the whole process, but that's kind of part of the process.

That was part of my creative process, you know, so it is what it is. Sue me. Based off that photo, it looks like they actually nailed his character scan. Like, it was spot on. Everything that these guys said, everything that these guys said, and obviously because we had the weather, I had to go first and get out of there to go do show, you know, because show is happening at that time while you guys are doing this on

the back. We get after the show, and I'm like, how'd it go, boys? And you guys all just start unloading stories. And I started hearing how it was going. I'm like, man, this sounded like a great time. It sounded like you guys were doing creative superstars. Because Ty was asked, hey, alright, so your character, and Ty goes all right

you gotta figure it out six three two forty and it's like you're just making you're just creating a superstar for the whole point what a time yeah you guys are gonna be dogs too oh yeah i think all the moves that you guys said you wanted everything you guys wanted in there is in there somehow shout out to the builders yeah shout out to them what Shout out to them. What a team. 2K crushed it. 2K, so incredibly good. I know all the NXT fans are mad. And once again, as an NXT legend, myself, AJ, and Darius J. Thank you.

No problem. Nicky Skates. Bingo. Yeah, Frankie. Frankie back there. We do understand why you were upset. Sure. Okay, we certainly do.

But getting the opportunity to do this is so cool. And the entire process. How could we not? Were we supposed to say no? Well, now we will. We're going forward for sure. Next time. All good. Thanks.

Did this. Appreciate it. D-Butt sat down yesterday and he said, these wrestling fans are committed. And we're like, what do you mean? And he's every single, I guess every single post is just boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, with wrestling fans calling these guys bumps. Now, me too.

I'm also getting thrown in there. They're loyal. They're loyal to the product. I get it. Which we respect. We do appreciate. We do. But also on the same side, like, you know, Ty did chirp.

Ty did. I did because I was getting chirped. You know, I'm going to stand up for myself. Okay. Have to. It's as simple as that. I'm going to stand up for myself. Have to. It's as simple as that. I mean, it's not the wrestling business. Am I just going to let people fucking kick me in the gut, in the shins, nonstop for weeks on end?

No. I'm not going to do that. So, yeah, I fired back. And wait until these people are so mad. Wait until they see you guys in the game. You're 99s across the board. I know the rating says differently. Unfortunately, I worry about that a little bit.

What are you talking about? I mean, I'm pretty sure an 80-year-old, to quote AJ, his favorite wrestler, Bob Backlund, could probably take us down in the ring at our current overall rankings. We'll see what happens once we get in. Yeah, but we can just pay to get to 99, right? I don't know. Can we do that?

How do we do that? I don't know. Like pay to upgrade? Is it like you buy it in-game? Can we do that? How do we do that? Like pay to upgrade? Is it like you buy it in-game? Can we do that? Not a gamer. You and me both. We don't fully understand. I know it's very cool to be in there. I will watch and obviously partake, but I just thought I could just

I just, whatever my money gets me a 99. Juice me up. Let's go ahead and get me a little better. That's not possible? That's not how it works? I don't think so. I hope. What? I don't think so. I hope. What? I don't think that's possible. What do you mean? We've got to take the difficulty down because that brings everybody.

What's the difficulty level? Well, we're going to play on WWE Hall of Famer or whatever the toughest level is, obviously. But, yeah, I mean, like I said. What are the levels? I don't know. To be honest, I don't know. I've played this a fair amount, but I'm not like these people who, you know. I mean, I'm not living and dying on this game. Which is a shame.

It is a shame. Because we appreciate the fact that those people are living and dying on this game. For sure. But once we get introduced, we're going to be winning on that game. A lot. Yeah, of course. A lot. We need to juice those numbers.

Those are rookie Bush League numbers. We need to boost this. We've got to pay our dues. We've got to work our way up. We've got to pay our dues for a little bit. That's lot. We need to juice those numbers. Those are rookie Bush League numbers. We need to boost this. We've got to pay our dues. We've got to work our way up. We've got to pay our dues for a little bit. That's right. We'll start where? I don't know.

NXT. Yeah. Well, we already started here. It's where we'll start. I don't want to disparage any level. I don't want to disparage any level. I don't know where we're starting. Agreed, but this is reality.

I was thinking we're going to be on the SummerSlam card this weekend. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. I like weekend. Cutting our teeth. We cut our teeth leading up to this. Can you do the West St. Paul Armory? That's where Adam Pearce was a champion back in the day for the

St. Paul Wrestling Championship, I believe is the promotion out in St. Paul, Minnesota. Adam Pearce, Raw General Manager, I guess was a champion there numerous times and did a lot of business there. is the promotion out in St. Paul, Minnesota. Adam Pearce, raw general manager, I guess was a champion there numerous times and did a lot of business there. That guy was a champion? I've seen video of his joke slam. You don't want what you just said.

His joke slam is top notch. Well, that's why every time. Sorry about Scrap Daddy AP. That is who I'm referring to. And everybody sees him be the suit stage where he has to general manage. Last night he took his glasses off. He's so distraught.

Hold choice. Who was the guy from CSI Miami? David Caruso. Horatio. Yeah. Horatio Kane is his name in the show. But he did the sunglass off. Oh, the redhead guy.

Yes. That was his move. Pierce did it last night in the middle of it. I was like, damn. Pierce just pulled off the CSI guy. Looked so good. But some of the decisions he makes are coming from a corporate stooge level. I guess back in the day, he was a real weapon in the ring.

He should be in 2K. He should be. Blue tie. Let's put a Biss in 2K. Why not? Let's put Bobby. Is Bobby rude? I assume Bobby rude.

I believe he is. He needs to be glorious. He is. There's a lot of things happening around the sports world as we speak AJ literal Olympic Games and medals being decided right in front of some people's eyes to give us a live update on everything happening let's go to hammer dad Todd with noted author tone digs tone what's going on boys there is a ton going on in the Olympics because if you fast forward, this is prime time over in France right now. Let's start with the women's gymnastic finals.

Team USA is going right now. They are in rotation two. They started on the vault where Childs and Biles. Boy, does that combination just dominate on the vault. They went through. They were in first after rotation one. On to rotation two, they were on the bars. That was Childs, Biles, and Suni Lee.

They dominated on that as well. I just looked there up by two points. Going into rotation three, I believe. I'm not sure if two points is a lot or not. Ton. That's what I figured. I figured it was a ton. So we're going into rotation three on that.

Also happening right now, women's rugby is in a bronze medal game against Australia after they lost to New Zealand, who is just an absolute wagon this morning. Let me see if I can get you a score on that one. That's Ilona? That's 7-7 at halftime right now, USA and Australia. That one's for bronze. I believe that would be the first medal

for the women's rugby team in USA history if they got there. Go on now. You lose to New Zealand, it's going to be tough. New Zealand known for sporting. Yeah, New Zealand, Australia, you know, Fiji, all those countries. Well, South Africa, Ty brought up earlier. Those are rugby.

Yeah, but you guys are spying on everybody in that group. Yeah. Canada women's did cheat their way to the final. I think that's at 3 o'clock today. Allegedly. Allegedly.

USA men's soccer just kicked off against Guinea. So we'll see what's going on there. Guinea's got a squad this year, huh? I don't know if it's Papa or South. I believe it's Papau New Guinea, yes. No, it's just listed as Guinea now. I don't know if they dropped the Papau. So what is this? Those Guineans can play.

Connor, you can't say that. Why? That's the name of their country. It's like saying the Americans can play. Suspend him. Why? I believe it's New Guineans. Potentially not what you said, Pat. You can't laugh at it either.

I'm 0.01%. I'm 0.01% Italian. I was not saying that. No, I wasn't laugh at it either. I'm 0.01%. I'm 0.01% Italian. Whoa, I was not saying it like that. Yeah, you were. Yes, you were. No, I wasn't. Jeez Louise. Jeez.

Anyway, let's just move on from that. USA Men's Soccer just kicked off. 2 p.m., Budinger and Evans goes against the Dutch. That's sand volleyball. And 2.30, we've got swimming medals going. Unbelievable. I don't like what just happened. I didn't know that. It's sand volleyball, the same as beach volleyball.

Yeah, that's very similar. Very similar to beach volleyball. They're not actually on a beach. They're under the Eiffel Tower. Papa. Papa New Guinea. Papa New Guinea. As soon as you said it, you should see this guy light up.

I figured. This guy. Look, I'm just talking about what you're talking about. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Now, if the name of the country was Potato Head, then yeah, I'd say those Potato Heads can play. Oh, my gosh. I'm not saying it in a derogatory fashion.

Of course not. Of course not. Oh, one last update. I completely forgot. I don't know how the Japanese are to officials, but so France and Japan are playing in men's basketball, okay? Japan's up 84-80 with 15 seconds left. Four-point play against Japan to make it 84-84,

and boy, was it a ticky-tack foul. Yeah. Yeah, that's what they're saying. We actually have it pulled up here. Rig. 84-80. France is down three. Splash. up here. Rig. 84-80. France is down three. Splash.

Foul. Wow. Well, to call that fourth quarter, obviously it's got to be a pretty devastating foul. Do they have the replay? I don't think on this particular tweet that we are ripping the video from has it. But they're saying it wasn't a foul. And then obviously France is a home team. Yeah.

And Rui Achimura, I believe he was the leading scorer. He had 24 points for Japan. He got tossed on one of the most Mickey Mouse, flagrant fouls calls of all time. Whoa! You don't say. Yeah, and so now— There's a little home cooking going on in the Olympics!

France is about to win in overtime. They're up 94-90 with six seconds left. Of course. Isn't that convenient? Such bullshit. First to send. Now, Japanese culture They are very respectful

So I assume they will not Come after the refs But we would Yeah Yeah we certainly would And we will maybe Maybe we will Maybe we should

Maybe we should Because if they're going to do that Japan will do it Us Yeah I thought FIBA was more physical Yeah I saw Kevin Durant Getting into it a little bit

With some What do you like about it And all I think all anybody Wanted to say was like It's more physical. Yeah, I saw Kevin Durant getting into it a little bit with some fans. What do you like about it? I think all anybody wanted to say was, like, it's more physical, there's more of that. And then Kevin Durant just went through, like, I've seen a lot of international flopping happen in Let's Not Get Crazy. They bait the refs, they set up the refs. Like, Kevin Durant was going to bat for the NBA rules.

The thing from FIBA I think we should all kind of look at, especially if you're a Kevin Durant fan, we need their three-point line. I think that is maybe he can go righty-lefty, maybe even head that thing in. all kind of look at, especially if you're a Kevin Durant fan, we need their three-point line. I think that is maybe he can go righty-lefty, maybe even head that thing in from there every single time. A little short, I think it affected Steph, because I think Steph is a muscle memory from the spots, like the spots. So I think the new line may be a little bit different,

and then he found it, obviously. He's going to find it. But, like, for Kevin Durant, that just seemed like his warm-up. It's a mid-range middie. Yeah, it's like a laser beam. Yeah, but perfect. It was just so easy. And that's worth three now, obviously. Oh, yeah.

It's like, let's get this guy the ball. Here we go. Let's go ahead and feed this guy. They're going to do that. Tony, thank you for the update. What about the triathlon? Nothing there, huh? Okay, we'll break the news.

No, we'll break the news, Tony. Yeah, correction. Big news to the corrector. Yep. What were you going to say, Tone? Is there an update? I'm hearing so the weather is supposed to be bad the next few days as far as rain. That's not good for the river because all the poop that they put on the sidewalks is now washing back into the river.

It may just be a do-athlon now. Do. Can't have a do-athlon. They're swimming somewhere else, right? Are they swimming somewhere else, right? Are they swimming somewhere else? They're doing the surfing I think is like 10,000 miles away on the best waves you could possibly found, so

maybe they can move that. That was the coolest photo I've ever seen. Bruce did say, though, that when setting up the surfing competition, they somehow damaged the coral reef to set up the... Apparently, there was an official station that competition, they somehow damaged the coral reef to set up the... Tahiti? Yeah.

Apparently, there was an official station that they had to... They somehow managed to damage the coral reef quite a bit, and they're saying, hey, this could have widespread effects for the habitat as a whole over there for years and years, maybe even millennia to come. So while the surfing competition is definitely needed. The severity is obviously, I'm not laughing at that. What I'm laughing at is, this is my first time hearing this news, and you

go from months to years to millennia. The coral reef predates the dinosaurs. That's the oldest living microorganism on this planet. Brother, the coral reef is very alive and very important. I very much understand it. You would think you'd be dancing around a coral reef at all costs if you're in Tahiti.

They're probably telling you, hey, coral reef out there. A lot of people, that's where we're from. Maui loves the coral reef. Great movie. There's a second one coming out. And it's going to be awesome. How about him just, you're welcome. I know. Alright, thank you, T right. Thank you, Tony.

Thank you, buddy. That boy, Tony. The Sen has too much poop in it. They can't swim. Who's been talking about this in sports journalism for weeks and weeks and weeks? Who's been asking poop river questions to everybody that's going to Paris? This show. Thank you.

Now it's a story, huh? Okay. You guys don't even know. There was a local person, council person, lady, that hopped in that water like a week ago or two weeks ago, drank the water, got out. Nothing has changed. So hope she's still alive.

Almost died. Have we heard from her? Hope she's okay. But this has been a story for a while. Speaking of stories, let's do a little bit of something where we like to do to get smarter, to get better, to do actual journalism. You know, we're a show that's based

here in a Thunderdome in Indianapolis. AJ's in an attic in Ohio. We don't have a chance to be on the ground in every single city, even though we wish we could. So we started something that has become one of our favorite segments in the history of this program. Ladies and gentlemen, it's going to beat reporters around the league who are at the training camps and understand what's going on. Let's feel the beat. Let's feel the beat. AJ couldn't feel the beat. We got to do that again? You couldn't feel the beat. We got to do that again? You couldn't feel it?

I'll tell you what, the passion that you're showing, it's off the charts. Got a cramp in the hamstring. Got a cramp in the hamstring. Obviously had to get after it there to feel the beat. Joining us from San Francisco, writer for The Athletic, Lombardi himself, David Lombardi. Yeah, Lombardi! Had to feel the beat for you there, David. We appreciate you joining us. Now, let'sardi! Had to feel the beat for you there, David. We appreciate you joining us. Now, let's go and start talking about the 49ers drama,

which seemingly is something that happens all the time and is going to take place, I guess, if you're going to continue to win. Brandon Ayuk, vlogs, conversations, obviously massive weapon for the 49ers. Every other team would want him. He's not happy. John Lynch seemingly talks to him on the field. He leaves. Well, how does this end? And how do you guys feel? Like, he's going to play for the Niners on Every other team would want him. He's not happy. John Lynch seemingly talks him on the field. He leaves. Well, how does this end? And how do you guys feel like he's going to play

for the Niners on a one-year deal? Or how do you guys locally kind of view this whole thing versus maybe how we see it? Well, he's under contract for this 2024 season. So just through that, the 49ers have the leverage in this situation. I think that they have a take it or leave it deal out for Brandon Ayuk. And they're saying, hey, if you want to get paid a year early, because they've got a really crowded salary cap situation. Everybody knows this. They have to pay, in all likelihood, Brock Purdy next season.

And also Trent Williams right now is holding out. So he wants a little bit more money, probably a little bit more guaranteed money on his deal. So they look at this as one big game of financial Tetris, and they have to be able to fit all the pieces. And I think they have a certain price point where they feel that they can sustainably fit Brandon Ayuk under the roof. And if he can't meet them at that number,

then they'll just say, okay, well, you're already under contract for the 2024 season. So I think that's where they're at with Brandon Ayuk right now. I just don't think that there's a lot of wiggle room for the 49ers, given the fact they've got so many star players at such high numbers. And really, if you think about it, it is a good problem to have. Yeah, definitely a good problem to have too much talent. But then also a problem you'd like to have get figured out. Is it basically all in Brandon Ayuk's camp? the 49ers have said we're not adjusting at all and what is the kind of

temperature on how everybody out there who's been around Ayuk knows Ayuk probably a lot better than any of us how's it feel on him maybe accepting it or moving forward so we don't have to continue to see him missing practice and showing up and stuff like that? Well, nobody's sitting in on these meetings that's speaking publicly. So, I mean, obviously, IUK has referred to some things and there was a little bit of a leak about the 26 million per year. But to me, it's not enough of a detail to know what's really going on, because as we all know, it's the guaranteed money that's, I think, ultimately going to talk in a situation like this. I will say that there is different degrees of deadline pressure in situations like this. So right now, Ayuk is technically holding

in, so he doesn't get fined $40,000 per day. Trent Williams is getting fined $50,000 per day while he's not here at the facility. But once the preseason games come around, somebody like Brandon Ayuk and somebody like Trent Williams would be subject to very big fines if they aren't able to suit up for those games. And if the 49ers want to start playing hardball then, then they could start levying those fines. Then obviously, once it reaches week one, that's when you face losing game checks. And last year, you talk about the drama the Fort Anners always have. Nick Bosa was holding out at this time, and they didn't get that figured out until a couple days

before the start of the regular season. And I think Nick Bosa won that negotiation last season. I think they badly, badly needed Nick Bosa out on the field, and they said, okay, fine, we'll meet you where you need to be with your contract demands a couple days before they took the field against Pittsburgh. With Brandon Ayoub, you could argue about leverage, you could argue about how much the 49ers need a particular player, but I think you could always liken it to a staring match, right? And you see who blinks first, and I think the 49ers are counting on Brandon Ayoub blinking at some point. Now, in the case of Trent Williams, I think you've got to talk about both of these. In the case of Trent Williams, he might be of BOSA-level importance to the 49ers. It's really hard to see this team going to where it wants to be, and that's winning a Super Bowl without Trent Williams there.

So I do think that he's got quite a bit of leverage in this contract situation. Yeah, Trent Williams wasn't even really chatted about because Ayuk all offseason was the conversation. And then as soon as we hear Trent Williams is not happy, it's like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, that's a – no offense, Iyuk, definitely number one wide receiver on a lot of teams around the NFL, very, very talented. But Trent Williams, obviously with Brock Purdy

and how everything goes in that particular offense, he's a tone setter. He's the first one out of the locker room. He is the guy. And's a tone setter. He's the first one out of the locker room. He is the guy. And they put him in motion. He's got – so now you're talking about a guy that legitimately every team in the NFL was like, yup, so Trent's leverage is through the roof. And you don't want to – I mean, Bosa, obviously they want him without –

I think – how many games did he miss at the beginning there? He didn't miss any, but he signed right before the start of the regular season. Yeah, but he didn't play. The first game. He was fairly against the Steelers, I think. He played against the Steelers, but he even now acknowledges, as Bosa does, that he had a slow start to the season because he missed camp. But he played right away.

Yeah, so he didn't have as much of an impact. It's like Trent Williams, you lose Trent, that's a very big piece, like in a very important position for the way your offense operates, both in the run game and I know there's people on here that say he's tipping plays, both in the run game, which is obviously a huge part of it, but then for Purdy too, just to be like, yep, I can do this, and that's a part of it all, got to get that done. So whenever that gets announced, that feels like a much bigger story.

Go ahead, AJ. Was the Trent Williams holdout, was this expected? Did the Niners front office know that this was coming up? And also, how worried are you that this may drag on for a little bit? What do you think it looks like when they ultimately, I'm sure, give Trent Williams more guaranteed money? Yeah, they were talking about this for a couple months behind the scenes. I know that it wasn't

really public information but they knew that trent williams wanted more guaranteed money he's passed the portion of his deal that features that guaranteed money and he's 36 years old but he's still very arguably the top tackle in football so it's a tricky delicate situation because obviously when you do award more guaranteed money, you want to make sure the guy's not going to retire. Or you want to make sure that his play doesn't drop off. And obviously at that age in the NFL, it is a bigger risk. So I think the 49ers are trying to thread the needle.

They're trying to find a win-win compromise in the same fashion that they did with Christian McCaffrey, who redid his deal this offseason. It was a different level of salary because tackles get paid more than running backs. But what they did with Christian, because he was past the guaranteed portion of his deal, is they obviously guaranteed it, and they tacked on some years. They stretched out the salary cap hit. So they ended up lowering Christian McCaffrey's cap hit for 2024 while also rewarding him with more guaranteed

money. And I think they can find a similar win-win with Trent Williams. It's just harder and trickier to find exact numbers that work because you're dealing with a bigger scale for possibly the game's best tackle. We always just assume that they're going to figure it out because that's what the Niners have done in recent history. Is this the year they go? We always just assume that they're going to figure it out because that's what the Niners have done in recent history. Is this the year they go? Is this the year it happens for the Niners? Well, they're favored in all 17 of their games,

and they're favored to do it. So, I mean, I think that Vegas would tell you yes. They've got to find a way to kick the door down once they actually get there. It's not a seven-game series once you get to the Super Bowl. So everything has to click on that day, or at least enough has to click on that day. And when it's Patrick Mahomes on the other side, then you better show up with your A game.

I don't think they showed up with their A game to the Super Bowl last year. So it's going to be dependent on that. I do definitely see them coming out of the NFC as the champions this year, though. Can't wait to watch. We appreciate the hell out of you. It seems like you think that the contracts are going to get sorted, team's going to be back, going to go on a run, and it would be an enjoyable run for sure

because of the personalities that are on that squad. We appreciate you. Ladies and gentlemen, from the athletic, David Lombardi. Yeah, Lombardi! Lombardi himself. Lombardi himself. So, Christian McCaffrey was asking for money, right? Unless they came to him,

hey, we've got to do some salary cap gymnastics, kind of open up the cap a little bit more because we've got to do other stuff. How about we give you this, you do this, yada, yada, yada, maybe. But maybe Christian McCaffrey's people also, hey. Trent Williams' people were looking for money. Brandon Ayuk's people were looking for money. I mean, if he didn't get injured, I assume Dre Greenlaw's people would have been looking for money after an all-pro year.

That's what success brings, I guess. That's what happens whenever you have superstars all over the place. John Lynch seemingly always navigates it. David Lombardi thinks they're going to go win a Super Bowl this year. He said Patrick Mahomes on the other side is going to be tough. It's like, huh. Or Anthony Richardson. Well, if he can get healthy through camp. I mean, he got hurt today.

He came back, right? Play the next play, guys. He was limping. That's no joke, D-Butt. Allegedly. No, he played the next play. He was limping. He got up limping. Simone Biles is winning gold limping.

Are there tricks named after AR yet? Let's get – yeah. Oh, celebration. Yeah, bingo. After touchdown. Yeah, after scoring. After touchdown. Yeah, after scoring. After successfully running one in or throwing one in, which he did at a better rate than any quarterback in the history of the NFL.

Through three weeks. That's what I'm saying. Good three weeks. It's great. Good sample size. I think it was four, but, I mean, three or four. He loved that one game. Well, because he was hurt.

He scored a couple. The thing about it is he wasn't hurt today. He got a little stinger. He got stung by a bee. He got stung by a bee and he was limping from that? Jeez Louise. He got stung by a bee? He got stung by a bee.

That's all it takes. It was a loss. It was the queen bee. Yeah. So then all the little ones attack too. Because they're going to do what the queen tells them. And they only went after AR? Yeah.

One ankle. He allergic to bees too. So the fact that he missed no plays. Where's the O-line then? They're rusty. Block your quarterback. Did you just say they're white? That's what Nick just said.

You're disgusting. Good videos. Good internet. Good X with our O-line. Yeah. Back, baby. All right, joining. Let's get back to boots on the ground okay it was wild to see that video oh yeah

it was sweet that was a wild the way it was laid out walking into culvers and then watch your mouth watch your mouth i had those some of the tweets i saw yeah the internet really had it the offense line he said look rusty it was like they're getting the first day jitters out. These guys are so excited to be back. Look at this. Can't even block B's. What's wrong? What the hell? Hold on. Whoa. Whoa.

Whoa. What's the nickname for this whole line this year? Let's get back. Let's get back. Let's get back to the G a couple. Let's get back. A proud bunch. Let's get back to the Gs. They're a great group. Is that what you mean, a great group? Yeah, proud of the emblem of the horseshoe.

No, you're talking the great group is what you're saying. Ladies and gentlemen, let's get back to the boots on the ground. Let's get back to the beat reporters. Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to – a lot of people were saying the offensive line couldn't do what we're about to do. Let's feel the beat reporters. Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to... A lot of people say the offense line couldn't do what we're about to do. Let's feel the beat. Let's go to Buffalo. Ladies and gentlemen, obviously an incredible

Paisano, host of the Extra Point Show on WGR 550 he's also sideline reporter for the Buffalo Bills and obviously he's a Buffalonian brother, ladies and gentlemen Sal Klauser always the best what's up boys?

you hear the sound of the Christmas your setup Sal is always so classy so professional, so elite we appreciate you every single time. It's great to see you. How was the offseason, Paisan? Offseason was really short, I guess, because, you know, things come on you very quickly.

But had a good time with the family. Actually visited Australia a few months ago. That was pretty cool. You know, but now we're back here for football. And, listen, I appreciate you guys. It's been a long time. Glad to be back on. And, you know, I got to make sure that I'm ready to rock and roll with you guys. It's been a long time. Glad to be back on. I've got to make sure that I'm ready to

rock and roll with you guys. That's why I make sure it's top-notch. Yeah, you have a better setup than professional streamers on the road every single time. Yeah, he's got a full-on mic stand. Sal, you're the best, dude. You're the best. No, better than me. Has a base on everything. Alright, Sal, let's

talk about this. Obviously, Stephon Diggs ends up as a Houston Texan. That's a story in Houston as well as in Buffalo because is Josh Allen going to have enough weapons to be able to keep up with Patrick Mahomes in him? Now we're seeing videos of him and Keon Coleman seemingly being an immediate peanut butter and jelly, an immediate match.

There's threading of needles. There's deep balls. There's big-time catches. Has that been the story of camp on the offensive side, Sal? Yeah, I'd say so. It's really, really you know the question coming into camp guys was what does this wide receiver core look like I mean you lost 260 targets basically between Stefan Diggs and Gabe Davis here's a crazy stat the only wide receiver on this team right now who actually caught has caught a regular season pass from Josh Allen is Khalil Shakir. Everybody else is brand new.

So there are a lot of questions about that. Then, obviously, a lot was made about the trade with the Chiefs, where the Chiefs go up and get Xavier Worthy, and the Bills get Keyon Coleman. Can he separate at the NFL level? That was one of the big questions. One thing we've seen so far, not only separation, but because he can separate a little bit,

and it's not like he's blown by people, guys. He just has such a great catch radius, right? Josh can put the ball to a spot where only he can get it. We've seen a lot of that. Now, it hasn't been perfect for Keon. He had a drop one day that could have been a fumble or a drop either way. It wasn't a great play, but really that's been the only knock. Otherwise, every single day

this guy is making a highlight real catch in some fashion for the Buffalo Bills. I think Bean came out and said, it might have been on our program, I don't remember, or in one of his interviews, Josh Allen wanted Keon. Like, scouted him, wanted Keon. And if you saw him at Florida State, he was a grown-ass man. He was a grown-ass man out there.

And these younger wide receivers are seemingly catching on quicker than they ever have before. How is Keon Coleman being received by the team? Because I remember a lot of footage from Josh Allen and Stephon Diggs dancing. Yep. You know, we got music playing. How are the vibes? Do we have a similar situation with this Buffalo Bills team? Yeah, so Keon actually showed up in Buffalo's very first press conference.

He had this big yellow coat on, if you guys remember that. Oh, yeah. Kind of went viral video, right? And then he went over and he had some of the candy that was set out for the media. So right away, he kind of made his presence known here in Buffalo. So there's a big mural. It's on Hurdle Avenue in Buffalo. It's a really great district.

People go to restaurants, and there's this big mural that had Josh Allen next to Stefan Diggs for the last several years. Well, about a week after the draft, and they're both in their uniform, and they got their helmet on. About a week after the draft, you drive by. Josh is still in the mural, but Stefan was changed to a guy in a yellow coat, which is now Keon Coleman, obviously. So he's already being very well received in Buffalo. You know what? Get the hell out of town. He fits right in with this team. I mean, yeah, listen. The other way.

I think that Keon's kind of helping a lot of fans and people forget about Stefan Diggs a little bit, but we all know Stefan Diggs is an elite wide receiver. It's going to be really interesting. The Bills have gone to this model, guys, where kind of like Kansas City last year, it's really going to be more about the sum than the parts at wide receiver. I don't think they want to be in the $30 million a year market range for wide receivers. You had a guy at 30 years old. You got a second round pick for him. This is going to be more about, hey, let's get everybody. Everybody eats. It doesn't have to be about one guy getting a lot of the targets and having that true alpha. So we'll see if it works out. But I think so far so good when you sprinkle him in with curtis samuel and khalil shakir and to be honest with you guys dalton kinkade who i think

he met at tight end is in for a tremendous season yeah since drafting dalton kinkade the thought was he's going to be wide receiver he's going to get the ball a lot and we had a chance to chat with him at utah uh which uh he's an alumni of seemed to be a cool guy seemed to have another year of development another year of growth with Brady. Obviously, he gets dropped in there midway through the year. I mean, I like the Buffalo Bills. Quiet. It's quiet this year, Sal. Go ahead, AJ.

Sal, it is quiet. I wanted to ask about the expectations there. People in Buffalo, Buffalo fans, what's it like? We know the last few years, I feel like everyone saying, hey, these guys need to go out there and win a Super Bowl. Josh Allen is so good. He's unbelievable. What about now heading into this season? Are they as optimistic as they were before?

Internally, they absolutely are. I'll tell you this. Every time I do a show like this around the country or go on the radio, people ask me about are the Bills stepping back. I mean, you think about all the leadership that walked out the door, whether by choice by the Bills or free agency with Gabe Davis. I mean, think about Micah High, Jordan Poyer, Mitch Morris, Gabe Davis, Stefan Diggs, the list goes on. Everybody asks about it. My response is as long as you have number 17, you're going to be just fine. Let it go from there. And I think this team, they have talked about how they actually prefer to play under the radar.

They prefer being now a team that can go out and be the hunter and not the hunted because people are underestimating them. So I think you're getting back to really kind of a team mentality of, it's a little bit of us against the world. It's not us coming into the year as the one or two Super Bowl favorites. But they're still up there. They're still the favorites to win the East. They're still one of the top three or four in the AFC to go to the Super Bowl because everybody knows this is still a good roster with a good front office

and a good coaching staff. The expectations are always going to be high within a building because they know the vision. They know the belief before anybody else. Brandon Bean, he's a good football guy. Oh, yeah. Good football brain. And this is going to happen, you know, whenever you have success.

I mean, the Niners have seemingly had to deal with it every single offseason. They've been able to figure out ways to pay everybody. But the Patriots had to deal with it for 20 years. I'm not saying the Bills are anywhere near the Patriots. Okay, we're talking about – Not even close. Okay, okay. Patriots fans obviously are going to say that.

But it's like this team has been very good for a sustained amount of time here. So now you're going to have to evolve. You're going to have to change. We're watching that. Let's go to the defensive side of the ball. D-Bot's got a question for you, Paisan. Yeah, Sal, you mentioned a lot of that leadership leaving the building. You mentioned Hyde, Poirier, Tredavious White as well.

What's your early reviews from kind of that revamped secondary so far through training camp well they really they signed mike edwards who played in tampa under todd bowls won a super bowl played in kansas city under steve spagnola won a super bowl those are both very similar defenses to sean mcdermott's however he's been injured he's out now week to week with a hamstring injury so that's kind of forced cole bishop a second round pick out of utah into a little bit of a role here well guess what guys, Cole Bishop went out with a bit of an injury. So you got a few guys that are a little bit banged up that they're trying to work through, but the reviews on the secondary overall, I think because of who the coach is, I think because

of the system are still going to be pretty good. They're going to, they're going to be able to keep things in front of them like they normally do because of the system at the corner position. I really like Christian Benford. I think he's very underrated for the year. Last year, Russell Douglas at the trade lead line. The X Factor here is Kyrie Elam. Can Kyrie Elam finally play like a first round pick he was just a couple of years ago? Even give him baseline third cornerback level play. That would be great. So far, I think he's had a pretty good camp. It wasn't a great day today. Keyon Coleman beat him a couple of times, but I'm a little concerned about their corner depth, guys. They need to make sure they have something more on the outside because as you know as the season goes on you

have bumps and bruises yeah i'm excited to watch how it all comes together for the bills because to your point you made earlier when you have 17 on the team he can literally lead team in rushing throwing he can do whatever you need and there's one guy that i think they need to keep feeding and it became a little bit of a thing last year ty schmidt has a question for you yes sal last year after ken dorsey got let go and and joe brady came in james cook uh his carries noticeably went up and he was had a much bigger impact for the team let james cook was the one-liner yeah and i see a lot of people predicting hey this guy actually might lead the NFL in rushing this year.

Is he going to get a massive uptick in his workload when you consider that the receivers are a little bit more of an unknown and they don't want to put as much on Josh's shoulders? What's the outlook for him going into this year? Yeah, I'm glad you asked me, Ty, about James because I do think he had a tremendous year last year that kind of largely flew under the radar nationally because of how good the numbers were. I think he was fourth in rushing or scrimmage yards and sixth in the other. Had a tremendous year, and they really leaned on him, as you said, towards the end of the year. This is going to go back to the point I made earlier.

The Bills are building this offense, guys, with Joe Brady where, and they've said this, there's no X, there's no Z. They're going to be able to flex James Cook out. They're going to be using Dalton Kincaid in the slot. And let's remember, Curtis Samuel has had like 80 or 90 carries in his career, 40-something carries with Joe Brady playing like a running back position. He's a former running back, slot position, jet sweeps, things like that. And it's a long way of me saying James Cook's going to fit into that mold.

They're going to use these guys in all different ways. So, yes, I think James Cook, it might not be by volume of touches, but you're going to see him do everything on the Buffalo Bills this year, whether that's in the backfield, whether that's lined up in the slot, lined up out wide, no matter what it is, James Cook's going to be a part of it, but that's what the Bills are going to do. They're building an offense here where no defensive coordinator can go into a meeting room and say, this is where they're lining up. This is how we're going to defend them, we're going to have to take care and watch for everything because we don't know what they're going to do.

Everybody is the New Orleans Saints. Taysom Hill. Yep. Yeah. For the Buffalo Bills. Good luck, New England Patriots. Is Judon going to be on the field? I mean, they're not looking down.

They should be looking, you know, Miami and New York. Good luck, Miami. Jordan Poirier will be. Good luck, New York Jets, is Hassan Reddick. Is there any drama up there? None, right? No, that's the thing. So, look, I think Stefan Diggs is a tremendous player,

and I would never say that he's selfish or caused any drama last year, but because of his presence, because of his personality, it always seemed like there was something going on in Buffalo, and everybody would point to, and what's going on. Stefan Diggs, Josh Allen, whether it was real or perceived, we don't know. There's none of that this year. I believe firmly that's part of the reason why he's not here anymore, because they just wanted to get back to having no drama. Guys, there's no drama here. The only thing, the only big storyline we're talking about, a couple of them, Matt Milano's return to injury, Bob Miller's return to injury,

and Josh Allen's leadership, which is kind of morphing more into that guy who might have to kind of get in your face a little bit more because he doesn't have those other leaders around him anymore. And that's kind of been a bit of a story here. Josh is always, as you guys know, kind of a happy-go-lucky fit in with the guys. I think he's had a little bit of an evolution in his leadership here, knowing so much other leadership has walked out the door, but that's not drama. That's just, those are the things we're just talking about. Getting close can build that up to, you know, getting close and then devastating heartbreak and then shit talk, you know, and then being that you can kind of evolve and shape and kind of change how you view everything, you know, because you can

get a little bit more detail oriented. And I think that is very natural. And I think that's what all the greats, the super greats do. I'm excited to see what Buffalo does. I'm excited to see how you show up next time on this show. This one, full mic stand, headset, probably has a cough button. Oh yeah, without a doubt. I don't have that right now. Oh!

You guys got me on that one. You're the man, ladies and gentlemen. Thanks, guys. Ladies and gentlemen, one last time. No drama. Yeah, crazy. There's no place to have any drama And ladies and gentlemen, one last time. No drama. Yeah. Crazy. I mean, there's no place to have any drama when your quarterback is getting $67 million.

Nobody else is making any money. You cut half the team already. There's no place for it. What if they're good? What if they're great? They should be good. They'll always be good. They're just not going to win a Super Bowl.

Yeah, like they were good last year, and their whole thing last year. That's how this goes. Their whole thing last year was flying under the radar, and then they did because they started one and six, and then they went on a crazy run. So, like, the whole fly under the radar this year thing, that's not really. Yeah, but in those snowstorms, if they beat the Chiefs, instead of Patrick Mahomes doing snow angels and throwing snowballs,

I mean, it's older for him. They missed their window, brother. Don't. Orlowski said they were, what, two plays away from three Super Bowls or whatever. Yeah, the math did not add up. Yeah, you know, so they were favorites for the last few years. What? Orlowski, good guy.

Yes, good questions. He changed the overtime rules because they lost. I mean, what more do they want? That did happen. The 13-second thing. We'd like to see an answer here from one of our young stars, which I think we all would have. But you're right.

There has been a lot of like, the Niners, too, on the NFC side. But they've, like, made Super Bowl, right? Yeah, and then, like, with the Niners, like they walked down the field to kick a field goal. They're up by three in overtime of the Super Bowl. It's just there's, like, that son of a bitch in Kansas City is so good. So good, which is what Buffalo's saying. Yeah, exactly. Buffalo's like, hey, listen, I don't know what you want from us,

but I would like to see Buffalo go and do it because the city of Buffalo would be awesome. Agreed. Yeah, fans are awesome. I mean, they're delusional, but they are very passionate, so you have to respect them. But, like, Cincinnati's not saying what Buffalo's saying. And I hope that that statue is big enough with the new stadium.

It won't be. No. No chance. Ladies and gentlemen, let's go to the AFC North. Let's dive a little bit deeper. A man who will eat your sub and tell you a story. Let's feel the beat. This man was quoted as saying, you ain't really loved him if he would be, huh?

Loves mayonnaise. He's been covering the Pittsburgh Steelers for what seemingly is my entire lifetime. Ladies and gentlemen, from the athletic bar, Kaboli. Yeah, Kaboli! How you doing, man? How athletic bar, Kaboli. Yeah, Kaboli! How you doing, man? How you doing, Kaboli? How's camp?

How's camp? We healthy? We feel good? I remember the last couple training camps, we maybe had Achilles and golf cart issues. How are we feeling this year at St. Vincent up there? I'm feeling good. I'm just glad I don't have to walk out on this monsoon rainstorm.

Practice just ended, and there was literally a two-and-a-half-hour window where it was about 107 and about 90 degrees 90 humidity so i'm nice and sweaty right now yeah phil it's raining phil told me back in plum that it was absurdly hot he couldn't imagine what you guys were doing at training camp has that been a part of the story is like how the weather has been in saint vincent yeah it was nice and cool until practice started today. I think it's going to be in the 90s tomorrow. You know, the humidity is going to be pretty high up here,

so this rain doesn't help. So I should be sweating from the pits a little bit tomorrow. Yeah, let's make sure we put the antiperspirant on. Let's get the humidity fire. Yeah, okay. Who am I trying to impress up here, right? Yeah, you're not around people making their life miserable. I mean, certainly, yeah. Yeah, okay. Who am I trying to impress up here, right? Yeah, you're not around people making their life miserable.

I mean, certainly, yeah. Yeah, don't worry about it. Do you. Do you, Kaboli. You've earned it. You've earned it through this entire thing. Story of training camp, obviously the weather in Kaboli's pits, is Russell Wilson pulls his calf because he works too hard during a cardio training thing before camp even starts.

Justin Fields is getting all the reps. Now the obvious question with the highlights that we've seen, I guess George Pickens just had a sick one-handed catch earlier today. There's been a couple big-time shots down the field. Is this a Wally Pipps situation? Because we know Russell Wilson was starting on the pole for this quarterback battle, which the entire city knows about, the entire NFL knows about.

Is Justin Fields earning his way into starting here? And how do we feel about Russell Wilson and the calf injury to start camp? Yeah, it's kind of a curious situation. I mean, he tweaked his calf muscle during a run test in which he had to hit the blocking sled. When was the last time a quarterback hit a blocking sled? So that was kind of strange right there. But he's been sitting out.

He was supposed to come back this morning. He was extremely limited. He might have thrown seven passes in the first padded drill. I don't know if this is all by plan or not. I don't know how bad that injury really is. He looks like he wants to be out there. He's in full pads every day, you know, chomping at the bit, trying to get out there. I think this might be partly to get Justin Fields some work to see what he looks like at this point, because they might have to make a decision on what they want to go in his route by, you know, another month if they want to extend him. I don't think they'll do that. But it's a weird situation right now.

I mean, Fields has progressively gotten better. He was struggling early on with his accuracy. Now they've, especially today, they've incorporated a lot of his legs into the fray here, which is, they were trying to stay away from that. A lot of, you know, run

plays, play action plays, boot legs type of situations, and he obviously looked very good right there. But I still don't think russell's in jeopardy of losing the starting job at all okay that's becoming a narrative every highlight that goes and every day that russell wilson misses outside of pittsburgh i guess not in pittsburgh that's being chatted about much this is russell's job and this calf thing is just a uh freak incident that isn't as bad as maybe it could appear from missing numerous days of

training camp? Yeah, I mean, obviously they're not going to tell us anything. Every time you ask Russell, he'll be just, you know, I'm getting a little bit better. It's not that bad or he wouldn't be out there, he wouldn't be throwing. So I think they're being very, very cautious with a 35 to soon to be 36-year-old quarterback who pretty much knows the system already. Of course they're going to need him to get in there and get some reps with the first team. But like I said, I think this is an opportunity.

I don't know if it's contrived or not, but it's an opportunity to get Justin Fields a lot of work early in camp because when Russell comes back, second team's reps aren't nearly the same as first team reps. Like I said, the pole position, you can say what you want to say. I don't think they brought Russell Wilson in here to be the backup. They didn't pay him $1 million to be a backup. Russell Wilson didn't come to be the backup either.

Yeah, plus the intangibles too. The veteran leadership, the way he, you know, carries himself, leadership, the way he carries himself, the way they want a guy to be very confident in the way he plays, doesn't turn the ball over. That's the stuff they want from this team when they've got a running game in defense like that. Kaboie, I know you'll sniff around on that calf injury, right? Won't you? Kaboie, you don't believe me.

Am I sniffing around it? That calf won't. Not. If he could. Don't sniff around. Oh, that. The calf injury, right? Won't you? I can't believe it. Am I sniffing around it? That calf won't. Don't sniff. The calf injury. We need to figure this out. I'm smelling some smoked meats coming from upstairs and I thought you were asking me about that. What meat are we housing today? Might be the pits. I don't know.

I don't know. I just smell smoked meat above the media room, but I don't need that. I got the bag of Rudy subs, so I can skip the cafeteria. Hey, Phil, I ran that up for you. You're putting that in your khaki pocket. You're going to eat that later tonight? I didn't need to. He gave me a whole box full.

Look at the size of this sucker. He got me like four of these suckers. Look at him. Jeez. What am I going to do with that? You know what you're going to do with that, Kamali. Kamali, you and I both know what you're going to do with that, Caboli. Caboli, you and I both know what you're going to do with that, Caboli. Delete, delete, delete.

I'm going to give it to my friends, okay. Yeah, that's what you're going to do, Caboli. That's what you're going to do. All right, let's get back to football. We're talking about the offense. Let's go to the defensive side. Massive addition. Go ahead, Connor.

Yeah, Caboli, how's Patrick Queen fitting in? Is he immediately a vocal leader for this Steelers defense, or is it taking some time for old Queener to become one of the guys on defense for Pittsburgh? No, he's got the A-plus in trash-talking 101, let me tell you that. That was from the beginning right now. He's definitely going to be an upgrade to this team of inside linebacker, just another star on the defense. They've got a ton of stars on every level right now.

He's just a different breed. I mean, he's definitely a three-down linebacker, and I'm sure people in Baltimore are pulling out stuff that he can't do without Roquan Smith and stuff you hear about that. But he definitely likes to chat it up today, and even today during some live drills. That's pretty chatty. They just call him Chatter Queen.

Hey, during live drills today, they did one-on-ones, and one of the running backs blocked a linebacker, and they cheered. And he says, man, that wasn't a block. That was a tackle. And he just started getting in people's faces like that. So he's not holding back. He's definitely an A-plus player. A tone setter for Pittsburgh, it sounds like,

which is obviously going to be something that's needed and probably has been missed for a while. Tone Diggs is live from Hammer. Todd. Todd. Got a question for you. Kawhi, shout out to you for being in midseason form so early in training camp here on this appearance.

As a Yinzer, I know what the yinzers are calling for. And they want to talk about the rookies and they want to talk about the O-line and who's going to be the number two behind George Pickett. And those all come together. So I hear Fatanu's getting some work in at right tackle on the first team. Have we heard anything about Zach Frazier working at center? I know Herbie's getting a start. And then I know Roman Wilson left today with an ankle injury.

Oh, no. Uh-oh. He's already. No, he's fine. Just an ankle. No, Anthony Richardson got right back in and played next play. If he's healthy, could Roman Wilson be that number two? I know Fryer is going to be the number two,

but could he be the number two wide out? Definitely. I mean, there's about three or four of them who are probably going to to be a it's just going to be a plan to use them all i mean it's not going to be a your run of the mill number two guy like like an iuk or or t higgins back in the days with cincinnati or i guess currently in cincinnati it's going to be like almost wide receiver two by committee you're going to have calvin oxen you're going to have Calvin Austin. You're going to have Van Jefferson, Roman Wilson, of course. And I think Friar Muth is huge to this offense. A guy like Connor Hayward, too, can fit in here as well.

So it's going to be up to Arthur Smith, I think, to find the right scheme and the right place to use these guys. And I think he is a talented enough coordinator to be able to do that, but I don't really see a... Absolutely. Kaboli, you're crushing it. We'll be back tomorrow. Back to Kaboli. You're trying to get me that hard out, huh? You should have

given me a sign. Well, we did. We turned on music. Yeah, that's what the... I wasn't hearing. I was too busy yapping. Well, I thought there was a chance, actually. We could mute you. We could do the hard out and then go back to you without you even noticing. That was the move that we were attempting to pull off there. Just want to let you know that because of the importance of the answer that you were giving was obviously a big deal.

But the hard out, we've got to be professionals. Have to. We've got to be professionals. It's all ESPN. Especially in the middle of this great time for sports. But go back. Sorry, we cut you off there a little bit. You were rolling.

I forget now. I guess I was trying to kiss Friar Moose's butt maybe a little bit. He's going to be a star this year. He's been banged up with some concussions in the past. He's not only taken that role of a number two guy, but he's being a leader. You see a lot more leadership

out of him this year. He knows what Arthur Smith likes to do with the tight ends. This guy should get paid here very soon, and I think he's going to be the de facto number two when it comes to targets and receptions and touchdowns and all that sort. The Enders love a name that they can yell, especially in the tight end position, so I'm going all the way back to Heath. But just being able to drop a meh,

that's like a good check, too, at away games. At away games, for the Kansas City Chiefs, whenever they're playing away, you know immediately at the National Anthem how many Chiefs fans are in there. Because the MOOTH! You hear it. If MOOTH gets the ball in Indianapolis, he got the ball. And you heard

pretty MOOTH. You're like, oh, damn, there's a lot of Yinders. There's a lot of Yinders in here. Fry MOOTH, I think, you're like oh damn there's a lot of yinzers there's a lot of yinzers in here frymouth i think enjoys it feels like he's a monster yeah when we see him i'm in detroit yeah he's a lot bigger than you think he is yeah and then with what arty smith does you're 100 right that tight end should seemingly eat pittsburgh loves a tight end balling too go ahead aj boy i'm worried about you how is your health are you doing all right we saw a picture a week ago. You're still wearing Achilles compression wraps on at least one of your legs,

maybe both. How are you doing? How's your Achilles, your calf? Have you thought of being able to buddy up with Russ and talk about a couple guys with some calf injuries slash lower leg situation? I'm doing a heck of a lot better from two years ago, right, when I had a boot around.

A little issues with the ankle and some of the old infection from a couple years ago. But, hey, why should I complain? Nobody cares, right? So I just wear the old compression socks, look like a 60-year-old man, and go about my business, right? How have you been writing? Feel like you're swinging a hot pen right now?

Feel like you've got good takes, good angles good eyes good good good vision for the team right now oh of course i mean come on now 22 years on the business in the business on the team everyone's like a moonshot out of the ballpark yeah you're a shell hang on no no no that's a real deal kab Kaboli. Pirates are a real deal. I'm hoping they win. They won last night. Come on now. They won't make any trades that better the team.

I thought we were bringing Mike Trout in. It's hurt. They're breaking? Seems like them. So Mike Trout's coming to the Pirates? I thought he was coming to the Pirates. I thought we were trading for Mike Trout. One game out of a wild card, right?

Kaboli, maybe not always a rain cloud. Oh, Tony's going to be impossible. He's just a freak. Hey, Tony, there are five games out of being 13th in the National League. Oh, stop being such a fucking reality. Saturday, okay. Let us dream a little bit. We got the Hundo boys.

100th strikeout for Paul Skeens. Congrats to him. That was fast. Sixth fastest got the Hundo boys. 100th strikeout for Paul Skeens. Congrats to him. Sixth fastest in the history of baseball. But remember, he could have had another six strikeouts in numerous games that he's played in and they decided to pull him out. Paul Skeens, historic. Jones is doing his thing. I mean, is Kutch

still on the squad? He is. Kutch, Cruz. Cruz, Missile. Bednar's a dog. I mean, we got a team. What are you talking about? Cabal? Why are you looking so negative? Everybody's getting hurt. Gonzalez is hurt. Salaz got hurt. He's back. It's the time to get hurt, though. Yeah, we're kind of chilling. Now is when you want to be hurt.

Everybody's mad. Everybody's mad because he's not making any trades at the desk. I thought we were doing it. I thought we were doing it. I'm telling you, Pat, you might be their only hope. Buy the team.

Rumor has it the Pirates are in on Yandy Diaz, first baseman for the Tampa Bay Rays. How's his bat? Pretty darn good. We need a bat. We need another bat. Okay. You know, buying a team is a hilarious thought

until you look into how expensive they actually are. This Nutting guy, he, first of all, has so much money. But the fact that he's just like, let's keep running up score, you know. Well, everybody's kind of like hoping that you wouldn't do that, though. Maybe next year. Yeah, maybe. Finally good. Just go ahead and do it.

He's done it for a long time. Pittsburgh people lost hope. A lot of Pittsburgh people have lost hope in the Pirates ever being good because so many Pittsburgh Pirates have gone on to win Cy Young's and World Series on other teams. And we're like watching them do it. It's like, they could have been Pirates, they could have been Pirates. Well, never would have been Pirates. Why? Well, because your owner will never spend money. It's like, well, why are you the

owner then? That's like the natural question. But then you land in a spot, I guess, where you get Paul Skeens. It's a whole different fucking ballgame. And how do we get that pick? How do we get the number one pick? We suck worse than everybody? Bad. That's how the Ori the oreos got so good but also that's why people are worried because like they've been in that position like garrett cole who now is like the ace on the yankees like they they drafted him number one overall as well yeah tyler glass now who's the

ace for the dodgers like they've done this song and dance many many times and they haven't paid those guys but maybe they will pay Skeets. Yeah, maybe. This is also why baseball stinks. The best players. Ohtani and Trout were teammates for how many years? They didn't win shit. Like, come on. We got the best players on the team. It shouldn't be possible. Impossible. It shouldn't be possible to have really

good and then still be absolutely the worst. Yeah, it doesn't make much sense. But the Pirates will figure it out. Seems like the Pirates are going to figure it out. They might make the playoffs this year. And if we do, we're in problem, right? Because of our rotation. They could be, yeah. It's a real deal.

For sure. See, do you think Pittsburgh journalists have maybe – I'm about to just blow up my nose. That'd be – Put some fucking deodorant on. It's a slow motor. It's a smell. It literally flies to shit, brother.

That's what they say. Especially in – Hey, I'm not like Orlovsky and Martin on here, so you give me credit for that. Thank you for being a professional. And also, we don't know if you fart on here or not. Yeah, true. We do not know if that's true, what you just said. But in that humidity,

with that heat, there's a chance these bugs are going to be hovering, especially if you've got no deodorant. So keep an eye out. And let's hammer those Rudy subs, shall we? I plan on it. Which one is it? What sandwiches do you know? Is it Italian? It looks like Italian.

Whole Italian hot lettuce on your mayo. Take a bite. Take a bite. Take a bite. Yeah, why not? I gotta rip it open now. What about paper? That's gonna ruin the sandwich no, he's eating paper.

That's going to ruin the sandwich. He's eating the paper. That's going to ruin the sub. All right. Yeah, the bread's a big part of it. There's just too much paper. No, the paper's got mayo on it. It's part of the sandwich. What's so funny, Tug?

It's like a candy necklace. I ate the paper. Yeah, we saw. Good for you. Do it again. That's Mancini's paper, okay? No. Good for you. Do it again. That's Mancini's paper, okay? No, it's Mancini's bread. That's why it's so important to the sub.

The bread is like the important part. And Kaboli's just over here. Ah, who cares? Let me just. Kaboli, respect that. That's going to hurt coming out, Kaboli. The paper? Yeah, eating too much paper.

Hey, hey. Why are you dumb? Funny you say that. Camp time means dude wipes, so I'm pretty good with that. Are you staying in dorms? No, actually, no, they kicked us out of the dorms after COVID. I'm staying in the hotel right across from the Arnold Palmer Airport. Got my supply of dude wipes.

I'm good. I like what you just did right there, Kaboli. That was smart business. That was smart business, Kaboli. You should be a dude wipes person. Oh, yeah. I mean, this is did right there, Kaboli. That was smart business. That was smart business, Kaboli. You should be a dude wipes person. Oh, yeah, huh? I mean, this is perfect. Yeah, Target.

I can't do it at home because, you know, you don't want to ruin your septic system. Oh, no. Well, now. The flushable society of the United States of America. RMA USA. Has stamp approval. We appreciate you.

Have a great camp. We need you to continue to really cover the Steelers better than anybody else. And as the sports media... Ladies and gentlemen, Mark Caboli. Mark Caboli. Mark. Oh, baby. Mark, we found a trading card. The Linwood Eagles back in 1986.

Who's your favorite professional? Well, Nika Noga. Nika Noga. St. Louis Cardinals, obviously. Yeah, I was probably 11 or 12 at that point. What? I think I was going about 5'11", 240 maybe. They're playing tackle.

They're really – Killing dudes. Just killing back knocking on the door. You should say, why in the world is he – Big Mark. Favorite player is Nico Noga. I don't have an answer for you. Well, that was you.

I have no idea. This was you as a child. This was you as a child. St. Louis Cardinals. I was a big St. Louis Cardinals fan. My kid just found my starting lineup, Neil Lomax doll, so he is now using that helmet to put it on a Cody Rhodes action figure. Oh.

SummerSlam. Hey, SummerSlam, four nights away now, four sleeps away. How do you think it unfolds? He wants me to go, but I'm like, I'm not going to Cleveland. I don't have to go there once a year. It's enough for me. But, I mean, you know what? You thinking Roman's coming back? Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. What? to Cleveland. I don't have to go there once a year. It's enough for me. Stay strong, LeBron. You thinking Roman's coming back?

Whoa. Is that what you're thinking? I haven't even thought about it. I haven't even thought about it. Look at how you didn't think about it. It'd be a cool moment. I have thought about it a few times. I've thought about it a few times. That'd be sweet.

Oh, my God. Is Sister Abigail still freaking you out? So, she hasn't come over to the commentary table in a few weeks. She went off the top rope last night, though. Yeah, that was... On Chad Gable. Uh-huh. They got a six-man tag next week.

Wyatt Six versus the Creed brothers and Chad Gable. Next week, not... Monday Night Raw. Oh, okay. Monday Night Raw. Monday Night Raw. Okay. Breaking news. How do you feel? It was announced last night, Kaboli. Night Raw. Oh, okay. Monday Night Raw. Monday Night Raw. Okay. Breaking news.

Who's announced last night, Kaboli? Come on. Come on. You're in the middle of that hotel. Oh, the product. You and Lotion in that hotel, I couldn't even fathom. Oh, boy. With dude wipes.

Oh, no. See? What? I think I sent the picture to Nick before. The dude wipes I had. Okay, sweet. That's awesome. Thank you so much.

Ladies and gentlemen, Mark Caboli. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Hey, Nick Caboli. Thank you, Caboli. Nick, what are you guys doing? Yeah, what is this? Is this DMs you're getting? Caboli gives me a lot of intel.

I don't think I got the dude wipes thing. Check the feed. I called Dom Mysterio a dude wipe after it's been wiped. Sure. That's what Caboli's sending to Nick Moraldo? What color does it say, Nick? Who gets this shit in my toilet? It filled up the whole bowl.

It probably did. I hope that's the case. Holy shit. What did Nick send back then? How is Nick all pumped? Yeah, I don't know. We are just learning this live. Hold on. I found what he sent. I'll have Z pulled case. Holy shit. What did Nick send back then? How is Nick all pumped? Yeah, I don't know. We are just learning this live. Hold on.

I found what he sent. I'll have Z pulled up here. Okay. Well, we should be. Nick, this is good to clear your name. This is probably smart. Don't want to be a misconstrued as a guy that's receiving dude wipes that are already wiped from Marco Bolli.

Imagine what this thing smells like. All right. All right. Get a free sample here. like. All right. All right. Get a free sample here. Okay. All right. Wild Supplies last dude wipes. Hey, they are game changer.

Truly. It's a bath for your ass. Yeah. One flush, one at a time. One per, yeah. One per flush. Yeah. But it is certified by the Refleshable Society of the United States of America.

Exactly. Which is the governing body of the flushables. We trust those. Yeah, we trust our government. All the governing bodies. All the letters. We trust them all. I mean.

The USA is in third, down six points to Brazil currently in the women's gymnastics. Amayo is on a floor routine for – That'll change quickly. How many teams are in this thing? The U.S. has a commanding lead. It's just because they're in the middle of that apparatus. They just have the floor between them and the gold. U.S. soccer beating the Guineas or no?

Yeah, they're up too well they were up too well at halftime connor i think it's new new games right pop out wait oh they got new guineas i'm not in this jew brother all right what you're back when you're on out there was money olympic news wow That is the name of the country. No, no. It is Papa New Guinea. They listed it as just the last word there and certainly set some people up with some things to say. Is this Brazil right here? Is this the lady on the uneven bars?

Yeah, she's got a Band-Aid on her head. Not her. Not her. Different one, though. Brazil in warm-ups on the uneven bars, AJ. Just slipped right off. There she is, right there. Head right in.

Got busted over. Is she competing? Is she okay? Is she competing now? Yeah, I think she has to. Because you've got to do all of them, right? If you're on the team. It looked like it broke her head off. Broke her neck.

It busted open. Obviously, everything is incredibly dangerous that they're doing. Full speed, flying around. Neck could break at any moment. And then on the uneven bars, if you slip, all you gotta do is just lose your grip, bang, head, right into ground. Right there. Face busted open. Yeah. Right before the

Olympics start. What's that? Spotter, right there. Well, this is in the middle of warm-ups whenever they kind of like roll through, you know? They kind of like roll through, like get a couple different things. And I guess the spotter probably just thought, oh, this is just doing casual stuff. Well, and then they didn't show up because Suni Lee,

she flat, you know, just right on her stomach as well. A couple people from Russia up there with melted butter and were rubbing it all over the uneven parts. Did they catch them? I think they did catch them, but they're not going to do anything because they just let these fucking Russians cheat as much as they want. We learned that from that documentary, Icarus. Yeah, exactly.

Do you remember watching that documentary? Sticking needles in the pee jars to try to switch out all their pee. It was pretty sophisticated. Getting rooms next to where they're going to store the urine room and having false walls built into these rooms so they can get into where the urine samples were, I think was a graph that I watched in Icarus. It's like, holy shit, these people are willing to do whatever.

And then you start thinking about why they would be. It's like, they would definitely want to say they're the most athletic country on Earth. Yes, for sure. Just absolutely in Olympics. And that's like why I think the Olympics is so special. Everybody views it as like a thing. Like, this is why I think the Olympics is so special. Everybody views it as a thing. This is real.

The World Cup, soccer, tough to sell people. Some. Not everybody. World Cup, obviously, much easier than some of the other soccer tournaments, but the World Cup, if USA isn't good, it's going to be hard to sell. The Olympics, I feel like every country is like, yeah, this is a real deal. So many different sports.

It really is an entire encapsulation. It's respected, I think. It's respected by everybody. Seemingly is how it's remained. Also, to your point, I feel like there's so many events that every country has a shot at something. Every country is good at one specific event where they can meddle in. For instance,

Korea. Have you ever seen Koreans with pistols? The air pistol? Oh my god. Good lord. Cold-blooded assassin. Cold-blooded. This lady, did you see his 25-meter pistol shot yesterday to win the gold? Oh yeah. She looks sweet. Just so cool.

So calm. So casual. World record! Yeah. No emotion. None. Lifts up. She has like a Terminator eye thing. Yep. Lifts it up. Does like a... So the shot's right there at the beginning. She just shot. She has like a Terminator eye thing. Yep. Lifts it up. Does like a. So shots right there at the beginning. She just shot.

She just broke a world record. The glasses are awesome. I mean, I have no idea. I assume they're helping shoot better, but that's Sada right there with the whole place going crazy. Just one gold. Heart rate has never gone above 40 beats per minute. I have no idea what she does for a living, but there's people watching right now that are just like, you know what she does.

So is that like, do we have our Navy SEALs in this? Ooh, that's a good question. We should. I think we've asked Jack Carr that before, and he said. Yeah, world record points for her and no reaction. Like, could you imagine Navy SEAL snipers are our rifle team? Now, granted, I know the West Virginia rifle team is already Olympic enough. Sure, of course.

West Virginia rifle team is top of the notch. But is that, I don't know, that person just shot a pistol her whole life? That is why she's better than everybody? Or is she a part of their military? It's like, I don't know how to view it. Yeah, and also, how old is she? Like, what are the age groups? Because I saw there's a lady who's playing ping pong who's 59.

Yeah, oldest ever, I think, right? Yep, oldest Olympian ever, I'm pretty sure. She can fucking be. Yeah, she's been doing it for a while. They said she was a world champion at age 12. Jeez. For sure. How do you get on that path?

Yeah, so I guess the story goes is that she was a world champion when she was 12, and then it was like 1986 maybe. They changed the rules that your paddle had to be two different colors, and I guess it just completely fucked up her entire game. Actually, that is for shoot. That's crazy. Yeah, because the red-black side. Yeah, bingo.

That's always the – because I do prefer playing with the black. I like looking at the red. I like having the red on my side. But then every once in a while you start losing, you've got to flip that thing. Yeah, you've got to flip that thing over. We've got to get the other side. We've got to get a little bit more operation. These are all five-star balls, I assume?

I would think so. We need to get the paddles because I would like to feel these paddles. Me too. Are they light or are they heavy? What do we think? I think they're heavy. I would guess heavy. Any nice paddle you've ever held is always heavier.

True. I would guess heavy as well. And the nice Viper ones that are very expensive, that are meant to be able to put a lot of spin, those are heavy paddles. They have that more rubber cushion, exactly. Yeah, thick pad. Virtual reality ping pong is the only thing I've really played in the last couple years. Paddle's real light.

It's just about the weight of the – that's a real deal. Is that on the Oculus? It's the best. It's real. It is actual. You're playing actual ping pong. If you can get past the not feeling it, you're playing actual ping pong. Great sport.

It is a great – I think everybody enjoys table tennis. I haven't played in so long, but got my ping pong table out in my basement like two weeks ago and played a bunch one weekend. I was like, Jesus Christ, why am I not doing this all the time? It's so much fun. Tone's got eyes on their warm-ups at these things. Oh, dude.

I guess there's top speed forehands back and forth to each other. Like 50 straight. It's insane. And I don't love this. I just looked it up, Pat. They are playing with the three stars. What? They're being supplied by.

No, it's three stars. They're a good one. Yeah, so three stars as high as it goes. Three stars as high as one, yeah. They're being supplied by Double Fish Sports Group, a Chinese company. Do they all have to use the same paddle? Same type of paddle? It's not a

shock that you know there's the Chinese competitors are doing so well in table tennis all right what's what do Americans use they're all using the same Chinese bowls okay all right we understand that that is the case we understand that as a case so let's uh pivot away from table tennis and let's go to some world news. It is with great heartbreak that I probably deliver this news to a lot of people for the first time of them hearing it. The pies on who created Tim Mizzou. Yeah. Dead.

What? Oh, that news. Oh. Roberto Loli. No, not going to other news. I thought that's where we were. Roberto Loli, Linguinato, the main event, TMSU, has passed away at the age of 81.

Rest in peace, Loli. You done good. You done good? Nick's got TMSU bites out at his table. I think it's only right that we maybe all have one. They're fucking delicious. They are so good. How did he not name it Lolly Mizzou?

I have no idea, but he's a humble man. He's a passed away humble man now. Thank you for your contributions, Mr. Lolly. In the other world news, please. What's the other world news? A certain amusement park update, perhaps. What? No, no.

We had this news earlier. That is not a thank you, Bruce. Good work. That is serious world news that people need to know. This is not. You might be saving lives. That's not news. This is not the program to be making that announcement.

I think it is. Yeah. Because I think this is the program that most people will be possibly going to attend that specific amusement park. I guess you can't be riding the racers at Kenny William. Is that right? I guess you can't be doing it. Okay.

And I thought for sure this was Hershey Park. I thought for sure this was Hershey Park. Turns out WPXI, obviously, home of the Fedco zone and many other legendary things in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of the greatest news stations probably in the country reported it. It is not good. It's not good that they're just putting some cinder blocks under a non-weight-bearing. What's the problem here? If they want to build a weight-bearing.

I can confirm that cinder block's been there since 89. What are we talking about? So they haven't updated the cinder blocks? No, you don't need to. This is grit. This is grit roller coasters. I saw my one 14-year-old Pison friend put a

sig out on that cinder block as we were trying to hide from the rest of the place. Kennywood Day, whatever year that is. That thing's been, that's a mainstay. That's actually, that's Kenny. That is the reason why it's called Kennywood is because

those cinder blocks right there are actually a representation of Kenny, the man who owned the woods beforehand. They need to build a little plaster around that, make sure nobody can see that. Put a little plant, put, make sure nobody can see that. Sure. Put a little plant, put a little shrub right in front. Fake rocket, yeah, one of those things. But with that being said, after seeing it,

that is a lot. Is that what's holding up the race? I've been on racers numerous times. I couldn't even imagine what the Thunderbirds being held up. Oh, geez. I kind of read the TV last week. I messed that up last week. You told us the prices were dropping in 2024. They're kind of read the glue. I kind of read the TV last week. I messed that up last week. You told us the prices were dropping in 2024. They're kind of –

You guys have never been there, so you can't speak on it. Place is a dump, Tony. You know it's a dump. Kennywood's a dump. It's a dump. Just saying. Hold your tongue. Go to Cedar Point.

It's not that far away from Pittsburgh. It's the best in the world. There was a tornado at Cedar Point last week. Okay, yeah, I'll go to Cedar Point. Well, Glenn Powell's going to stop by. Well, you don't see any tornadoes at Kennywood. So, Kennywood, we're not going to have any tornadoes. That was an AI photo.

That was not a real photo. Can you show that, please? Can you show what the racer is? It's AI. I think it's beautiful. Gorgeous. Is it nine seconds long? Sturdy as hell.

It doesn't look like it's very big. That's a log jammer right to the left of it. Bam, that's where you get a little soak if it's a little bit too hot. I'll tell you what it is. Right here, though, the racer, is it that long? There it goes down in the woods. What are we even talking about? And look at that.

Beautiful woods. Beautiful trees. Right before you get live games. Ice cream of the future. Exactly. This picture's from 2001. Boom. I believe it is because I believe the Steelers roller coaster replaced the log jammer.

Ooh. I don't jam. Steel curtain? Yeah, that thing is state-of-the-art. Yeah, it's got a couple whoopie-woos. It's got a couple McTwisties, too. Is that the number one ride there, the racer? No, we've got 100 rides. Not anymore. Number two.

I've never been there. I do love the sign that says, don't stand up. Yeah, you don't want to hit your your head You're about to go down a ride Let's go ahead and make sure we're keeping all hands, arms and faces inside Are you not strapped in to where you can't stand That's a lap bar No seatbelts No you just fucking get on and good luck

Well that's the difference That's probably why you guys don't want to go to Kennywood You guys are scared to hop on our rides That little cinder block We walked by that saw. It looks like it's pretty steady. Somebody pulled on it a couple times. I'm going to get on

the left side. What were the colors of the racers? I forget. I think red and white, maybe? Yeah, I think so. Red and blue, I believe. And then also right next to the racers is the Jackrabbit, which actually jumps the tracks if you're riding it. That one actually is dangerous. Yeah, very. You do leave your share. Jumps the tracks? Yeah. Boom, That one actually is dangerous. Yeah, very. You do leave your share. Jumps the tracks? Yeah.

Hopefully they got people. Do they have people that like, them the state have to come in and kind of inspect and make sure everything's up to date and we're good? Kenny Wood is squeaky clean on all inspections. Probably all. Okay, so. Okay, we'll put Kaboli on that

Maybe Kaboli can do some investigative journalism Let's call Kaboli back actually, please And ask him about the cinder block under the racer thing Kaboli should not ride that ride No, no, they don't He should not ride that ride I'm assuming he's not allowed anyways They do have full-on situations at the beginning of every ride

You gotta be this tall, you gotta be this small You can't fit, we need to be able to All like no leg sleeves They don't weigh you in. Yeah, I bet there's a lot of leg sleeves going on that ride. Yeah, you're right. It's not a weigh-in. You've just got to be able to get the thing down on most of them.

If you can't get the thing down, that's pretty problematic. That's a pretty important part of the whole thing. That's a very important part, yeah. I actually don't like the ones that are just the thing. I would like the thing, too, like a seatbelt. Oh, yeah. There's been a couple where... Oh, yeah, I want both.

Yeah, I would like them both, because there's been a couple where I sit down, and I'm a thicker human, nowhere near as much as some people, but definitely more than I'm comfortable on those rides, because that thing will come down, and it's very... And I have to, like, suck in for that thing to click. And then I'm like, okay, so I just got to do this ride with this thing dug into my sternum. Oh yeah.

And then you go and it moves a little bit. It's like, oh shit. Whoa, whoa, whoa. I don't like it. Check me out. Yeah. I don't like it at all. It's like those roller coasters are thrilling.

They really are. I'm past the age. I think I'm doing it until, until McKenzie wants to toss back into it. Yeah. It was a break for you more. So you almost should get back into it. It was a break for you, Marcia. You almost should get back into it now to prepare yourself. Because I went on the pirate ship.

I got sick. Oh, yeah. That's puke central. I mean, that is just asking to puke. But as a kid, I was able to do it. And as an adult, I got out there. I was like, whoa, I've never felt this before. This is over.

And a lot of them depend on that. The one that goes upside down does the pirate ship. The rest of your day is fucking ruined. Yeah, it sucks. Let's go stand in line. It's 100 degrees and I'm fucking dizzy and just puked. This is great. Kennywood doesn't get you to feel like that. Kennywood takes care of you.

You can do virtual reality roller coasters to get ready. Yeah, I puked. That one's tough. They tell you if you start feeling sick, look down at this thing at the bottom. But you look down at the thing at the bottom, everything around it's moving. And then you walk at a different pace than what it's – virtual reality is not good for everything. How is that going?

Remember, Apple was supposed to just take over the world. Everybody was supposed to look like a dipshit with the thing. Yeah, those did so, so bad. They did not move a lot. For like a week, though, people were loving them for a week, you know, using your hands and slipping. It's like, oh, look, I'm watching 15 games in one. People were so much cooler than us.

So much cooler than us. Oh, yeah? Such better sports fans. I think the thing that I saw – Oh, my God. Fuck. Simone Biles just did – what is that, like 1,500? I don't know what the amount of – I watched the X Games growing up,

but I could not guess how many twisties. On vault or what? On the floor. She's moving so fast. She just did a twisty, flippy, not guess how many twisties. On vault or what? On the floor. She's moving so fast. She just did a twisty, flippy, skippity, doodle. How you like me now? Stuck it, dude. Hey, she's back!

I think this is it because I'm pretty sure the team right before this was celebrating as if they medaled. I would assume she's the last one. Oh, this is the Taylor Swift Are You Ready For It? They were running this on Good Morning. This is like a legendary, I guess this is a historic routine here. And I guess Taylor had to.

That was nuts. Yeah, this is. Here we go, she's about to do it again. She's so fucking athletic. Yeah. Here we go. Simone Biles, her last run. Boom!

Oh, she stepped out of bounds. Okay, difficult to find. So hot. Sorry, you're allowed to get Doc's point there, but that's going to happen whenever you're moving faster than any human's supposed to move. Clock stops, too. Holy shit, dude.

Yeah, good ball out of bounds. That first one was... She's going to hit another one here. I think these are called passes. Oh! Oh, man. Double laid out backflip right there. The straight leg backflip is just.

Hey, you did it. Congratulations. Are they clapping? Is it over? Is she? I thought she was going to do a backflip from her knees right there. Just like all the way back. That didn't feel so good.

Yeah, watching that shit is like we talk about with like Conor McDavid or Michael Jordan. It's certain players or certain athletes, regardless of sport, it's like, okay, that's some shit that I know I would never be able to do and probably never see another human do it. Her body was spinning so fast. That was actually fucked up. We need to see the real one. Yeah, it was.

Because that first one was – That was corner of the eye. Yeah. We were not paying attention to what happened right there. That was fucking insane what she did. Holy shit. Landed too, AJ. Boom. Really?

She just seems to go so much higher and farther and faster than everybody else. That's why I think the balance beam might be a little bit of a... I think because you got to be like so... For other ones, she's just... Hey, I can do stuff that you can't do. Like her exit from the balance beam, which I don't know what that is. Dismount. Did you see what she did?

She did a full fucking... Where she can expose that she's more athletic than everybody else on Earth. She does. And it is awesome to watch. And I think she's so much better in a couple of these events that she probably doesn't have to rely as much on the balance beam. Because when it comes to the all-around, she probably knows, okay, on the floor routine and

on the vault, I'm miles ahead of everyone else. Bam. Yeah, that was it. She stuck it like that? Yeah. We saw her fourth flip, I guess. I don't want to throw out the entire. Go back to the beginning.

Can we go back to the beginning of that? We all caught it at our periphery. Whoa. Fuck. There's a human doing something. What a time. Yeah, shout-out to the Olympics. Good call.

Shout-out to NBC. Shout-out to Peacock. Shout-out to USA. Yeah, shout out to the Olympics. Good call. Shout out to NBC. Shout out to Peacock. Shout out to USA Network. Obviously, we're big fans. There's a men's team, too, watching. Men's team won a bronze for the first time since 2008. Here it is. The girls are going to win the team gold or whatever?

Yeah. I think they just did. Oh. Come on. Come on. Yeah. Try that. Try that. Other countries. Come on. Yeah. Try that. Other countries, you can't.

You can't. Hell yeah, Simone. That'd be so much fun for her. She talked about all the mental work she had to do to get back and everything. And in those moments, it's like, all right, now. This is why we do it. This is what it's about. And then, yeah.

She can. That's so cool. Sick. I'm so happy for them. This is their redeem team, too, right? Because they got silver in the last year. Yeah, she can. That's so cool. Sick. I'm so happy for them. This is their redeemed team too, right? Because they got silver in the last year. Yeah, since 2016. And they were judged too pretty heavily that they didn't win it

because of the amount of talent that they had. All of them seemingly individually had their own little like roles and stories. And now them coming back to win gold. We did it. We did it. Hell yeah. Let's go. Congratulations.

We love that. We love that. Another gold. Football girl too. Add to the count goal Yeah, it is football, bro Hell yeah And shout out to the Bears For allowing Cuz to fly over there and watch this thing live He'll be flying back

Chicago Bears, obviously, training camp seemingly going very well They got a game on Thursday So early So early Caleb is not starting, obviously That seems to be a smart decision. I wonder how much he will play throughout preseason. Definitely not in the Hall of Fame game.

CJ Stroud will see no time in the Hall of Fame game as well. We will not know a single person probably playing in that Hall of Fame game. Tyson Bajan. But we know of these people. Okay, I guess that day exists. But a lot of these guys, we're not going to know that they play whenever the football season comes. But what we need to remember is football is happening.

Yeah, it is. Football is happening on Thursday. That's right. Pads going on. Lights are coming on in a beautiful high school stadium in Canton, Ohio. Fans are going to be gathered, and the celebration of the greatest of all time is going to kick off on Thursday night as football is played in NFL uniforms

for an nfl celebration let's go we're right here all right before we get out of here uh congrats to our women's gymnastics team celebrating hard as they should and when that national anthem goes i hope they enjoy every single second of it because that's why you lift all them weights that's right that's why you flip all them flips that's why you stretch all the flips. What? That's why you stretch all them muscles. What? That's why you wake up all early all in the mornings. What?

Congrats to them. Town Diggs, let's go back to Hammer. Dodd. Dodd. With some corrections on the day. Yeah, not necessarily a correction, but we have to cover how the women's USA rugby won the bronze medal game. It was unbelievable.

We won the bronze medal game against Australia. We lose to New Zealand in the semis. We get sent to the bronze game against Australia. That's tall task. They're the favorites. And our women have never won a medal, right? Nope. At the Olympics, our women's rugby team.

Led by? Ilona. Ilona. What happened at the end of this thing? We won bronze. Okay. Basically, we were on our five-yard line in our own territory with seven seconds left, and we got

the ball, and we break a tackle, go 95 yards for a touchdown, tie the game, kick the field goal, win it. What? Let's go. That's the end of it, I assume? That was the end of the run. Do we have the... Yeah, I said it in the full video. It was

absolutely wild. Aussies were the favorites to win the entire... To win the gold at the start of this thing. So Australia goes home with no medals? No medals. No, no, no. Obviously. Class, class, class.

Wow. Australia was the favorite, and they end up with nothing because America ends up with a bronze? Yeah, here it is. 20 seconds left. This is nuts. 20 seconds left in our own end. Oh, come here.

Ball is caught. Sc ball. This is nuts. 20 seconds left in our own end. Oh, come here. Ball is caught. Scrum. Oh, a toss. Lateral. Annexation of Puerto Rico, potentially. Clock ticking. Good strategy. Australia celebrating.

We just beat the dumb Americans. We're going home with a bronze. Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! All you need is to break one and she's gone wow oh my god touchdown america and then we kicked the field goal to win this oh no heartbreak australia heartbreak australia pure Heartbreak Australia Pure Jubilation in America

Is there a kick that comes on there? The kick was not part of the video that I sent But she runs right down the middle So it's a gimme pretty much So she runs right down the middle so you kick from middle right? Is that how this thing works? We did it We won third place

What a play That was unbelievable We did it. We won third place. Let's go. Wow. Congrats, lady. What a play. That was unbelievable. Truck stick. Put that on a wheelie. How does the clock work?

How does the time work? The time ran out and then another clock picked up on the right side. I assume that much like American football, this was zero knowledge of the sport, never playing in my entire life. Once play is deemed to begin, probably can't toss ball. Yeah, not in the middle of a possession. Yeah, end of play. Truck stick. That was sick. She breaks free. The whole way, too. There's no second level

defense. I was going to say, we're not playing prevent? Okay. No shell coverage. 12 seconds left. What's going on? This is like Mario Crist like mario crystal ball yeah with miami yeah she should have tackled her take a knee make the tackle this is situational awareness america understood that we did america saw that there was no safeties wait a minute

you're running zero coverage right now one truck stick we're out and she was. We win third place. That was glorious. Hell yeah. Women's gymnastic. Women's rugby. Swimmer's about to go bananas. I was going to say, gold's about to start for the swimmers. Haven't even started track yet. When's the track and field? Oh, the American sport of track and field. Thursday, Friday, I think.

Golf starts Thursday. Golf? We got three of the top four favorites. Favorite in the women's as well. Soccer's beating Papua New Guinea 2-0. Is that what they have on the scoreboard? No, they just have the G-U-I-N-E-A on the scoreboard. All right.

Well, that was certainly something that happened today that hopefully will not happen again for future scoreboards, you know, because there's people like this that exist. Look, I'm just calling it what the Olympics are calling it. I don't know what you want me to do. I thought the Olympics were good people. I. Look, I'm just calling it what the Olympics are calling it. I don't know what you want me to do. I thought the Olympics were good people. I've been told I'm supposed to respect these countries, so I'm calling them by the names that they're telling me to call them by.

You're a hero. Exactly. Just like the United States of America has been at this Olympics. That's right, man. Winning more medals than anybody else. Everybody's talking about our gold medal, our gold medal. Well, we just got one more. No big deal.

And there's more on the way. We need to pick it up. We're about all right all this metal show yeah we're leading the medal count fuck that what it's america usa we need the goals baby all the other ones are good we need to go i do i do fear that we're getting close but we're not you know because normally we're all this everybody's catching up you know yeah fuck that wait to see our men's basketball team wait to see what our men's basketball team. Wait till you see what our men's basketball team. Obviously, our women's basketball team is toying with people.

There's two right there. There's two more gold medals coming. Add the gymnastics. Add Simone Biles winning the all-around individual. Yeah, so we're. We're Sha'Carri, add that. And we have to, you know, understand now going forward, we knew what the Canadians were up to because of the drone situation.

Now we understand that maybe these refs with France. Out to get us. Clearly. With what happened with France-Japan earlier. Did you see this, AJ? Oh, yeah. I saw a little bit of that. I was watching that actually live right before we came on the program.

So that's going to get called into question as we go forward. It's like, well, are these refs? I saw our 3v3, our 3x3, they call it. Girls basketball got beat, unfortunately. But Germany, they can still come back and win it all, though, right? I believe so. That's pool play. Manor at 430.

Yep. Huge. Jimmer. Jimmer time. Jimmer for that time. Oh, yeah, Jimmer. Oh, yeah. Is the court big enough for him?

I thought he had to shoot from far away. It's tiny. He'll shoot from wherever he wants. No, I thought he had to shoot from very far away. Isn't that Jimmer for that football? It kind of is, but I believe he is a world champion three-on-three. Dog. Yeah, he is not new to three-on-three.

No. And for our women's three-on-three team, Van Lith is captain, I believe, of that team. I don't know if she's captain because I know Ryan Howard, who I believe is, she was on the all-star team in the WNBA. She's on the team as well. We can't be losing in three-on-three. Yeah, Van Lith is just the only college kid okay well congrats to all parties representing united states of america let's make sure we start stacking gold come on that's what we do i'm not i don't we're celebrating right now

yeah we got a breaststroke or backstroke right now too a breaststroke or backstroke right now, too? Kenny Wood's Steel Phantom is closed for the entirety of 2024. Not a fan. Good. Good. Oh, Steel Curtain. Thank God.

Jesus Christ. They're updating it. The Steel Phantom is the backbone of Kenny Wood. So if that was shut down. Is Kenny Wood going to stay open? Is it going to be open next year? No chance. As long as the Steel Phantom is still running, brother. It's closed for the season.

It's a massive park, okay? One out of 30 coasters is fine. You've got to update things. That's what we do. That's why it is the premier amusement park in the state of Pennsylvania. In the Keystone State, the key to having fun in an amusement park is going to Kennywood, not Hershey Park. Amen.

And this old steel curtain thing, wait until you see it in 2025. Wait until you see it. T.J. Watt's going to turn a corner. This and this whole steel curtain thing wait till you see it in 2025. but tj watt's gonna turn a corner this is the old steel they're making a brand new one patrick queen's gonna be a part of this attack if the steel phantom i can't even think it's not good if the steel phantom stops then we start really worrying about them. They're probably inspecting it right now. It's called the Phantom's Revenge now. They changed it. Oh, Jesus Christ. That's because they already updated it. Steel Phantom, now it's Phantom's Revenge.

How many people have they killed? How many people have died? How many people have what? I heard over a thousand people have died over the years. I heard there was 999 Ohioans that came over and couldn't handle the fucking drop out of the sky. Is that to Tone's point? Tone, what was the stat you just dropped on?

Yeah, the 300-foot drop when you go down into the valley, okay, towards the Mon. It's incredible. Ohio doesn't even have a theme park, okay? Bingo. Yeah, it's Ohio. Fox 30 mentioned Cedar Point, Kings Island's right down the road. Yeah, but that's a franchise.

Yeah, if you want to go to a franchise, yeah, sure. Okay, let's go to McDonald's. Yeah, we did it. Let me go to a mom and pop shop. Why don't you fucking just one second try to experience this? Full screen this thing, Foxy. Full screen. This is Phantom's Revenge.

This is what you fucking signed up for. You're from Ohio. I don't know if you can handle it. That's exactly what it sounds like. I need this on the meta quest. I mean, the best wooden roller coaster is obviously the Beast at Kings Island. I mean, I don't think there's a

best, per se. That's all you're hearing right now. Can we get an FF, like a times two on this guy? No! This is a part of the build! This is the whole ride. 300 feet tall, AJ. That's an empty parking lot in the background. That's all you got to know right there.

That's for a different place. That's all you got to know. That's not for getting one. That's for a different place. And this is also a media day. They shut the park down so they can do this. Yeah. Yeah.

So CoasterForce.com could come through? You're just talking right now. Are you going hands out or are you going hands in? What are you? Hands out. What are you doing? Hands out, yeah. Hands straight up, brother.

That's a spin. Can you imagine climbing those steps? Yeah, no thanks. Oh, here we go. Oh, no. Here we go, man. There's a lot of spots in that parking lot. Wow, that's an empty.

That's a couple empty parking lots. Is that an empty? Come on. Oh, man. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. We're really fucking going. How you waiting for the whoopty-whoop? Well, where are they?

Underneath another snoopty-whoop. Look at this ah now you're starting to get it you're like oh this is sweet fans revenge this is a real deal now you're jumping up oh get a little sick get a little sick little bunny rabbit toss there let's check your guts boom bang pow how's it going still got some in the back no selling the entire thing certainly freaked out so i've read another one of the whoopty-woops. Boom, bang, pow. Wait, there are no loops? What the fuck?

Where are the whoopty-woops? What happened? What the fuck happened? You got no loops? You just got ups and downs? That's not a fucking roller coaster. That's not the Steel Phantom that I fucking know. What the hell? What happened?

That's your premier rap song. Steel Curtain. that's the one i mean the lies were the lies were for i will give you that they were yes it's the only one open no steel curtain actually became the premier that thing sucks holy shit i think they took out the loop why they took out the best part that's what we're here for. Oh, man. They didn't have a good cinder block for that loop anymore. What's the drop in one? What's the drop in one? Superman. The tower. It's like a tower.

The tower where you drop. What's it called? The pitfall. The pitfall, yeah. Let's do the pitfall. Let's do the pitfall. That was embarrassing. That's not a roller coaster. What are you talking about? Did you hear? Ah! No loop. It is a roller coaster.

Here we go. Oh, shit. Oh, shit. You can't have just a drop. You can't have just a drop being your premiere. You see that across the river? See that? That's a steel mill, bitches.

Yeah, you fucking assholes. You would never understand what it's like. That'd probably be more fun than this fucking theme park. Let's go to the sky as the Thunderbirds bolt looks on. 600 feet in the air right here. Wow. Holy shit. Every.

Are we ever going to do anything? Every park in the world has this. Yeah, this is not. Not this high. Yes, it is. Yeah. Not this view. Yeah.

You see? And now we're done? That's embarrassing. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That That's embarrassing. That's bad angle, brother. The canyon would blow. That's East Coaster. No one in line. No one in line.

That's because East Coaster General, the guy in the back, right at the punchline. The point is, where is he? That was terrible. Coaster Force? That's embarrassing. This did not help. Terrible? That was terrible.

Did you feel it in your gut? Absolutely. Your gut was up in your throat. Terrible. We fell from the sky, brother. This one, now you got to remember when you're in it, there's a cinder block actually holding up a one on the turn. Oh, the racer.

So this is the premier one. This is not good. This is old school. People are going to watch this and not go to Kennywood. What are you talking about? What's this? They're already not going. Don't worry about that.

I got a big correction. I got a big correction, all right? What's going on? In 2023, Kennywood was ranked the eighth best theme park in the country. I got a big correction. I got a big correction. The only place to lower prices. In 2023, Cainwood was ranked the eighth best theme park in the country. In 2024, it was ranked the third best theme park in the country. The Athletics,

the Athletics, Mark Caboli's power rankings. It was like a kid ride for young people. USA Today. This thing was built in 1927, and it's still going strong. Boom! It's historic. Welcome to history and excitement with the racing.

You look, all the blue teams taking a lead. No! Slow down! You're in this one over here. No! I fucking picked the wrong one. I knew it. I knew it.

Turn the corner. Look at that kid talk. Do they race backwards now? Oh, brother. Oh knew it. Turn the corner. Look at that kid talking. Hey, did they go backwards? Did they race backwards now? Oh, brother. Oh, yeah. Okay. I don't think this is doing too good. Man, this is a really fun coaster, huh? They maybe take the restrictor plate off the fucking red one.

What are you talking about? It's a blurry. It's a fucking golf cart. I've seen these, like, in backyards. People build these in their backyards sometimes. Each individual wood piece right there is five yards apart. So, just for proportion for you guys. All those little five yards apart. I look for proportion for you guys. All those little five yards apart.

I look at it way different now. Yeah, exactly. It's going much faster than you guys could even imagine. Is that shed right there? Wow. Oh, Biden's hitting his head on those. This guy's just holding the phone. This isn't even a GoPro.

He's just holding your phone. All right, listen. You got to be kidding me there. It does have a seven-foot clearance. It has a seven-foot clearance. Bang. Who won? That's not how he told me. He blew the entire time. Jesus Christ. It has a seven-foot clearance. Bang. Who won? That's not going to be tall.

Blew the entire time. Jesus Christ. Not even a race. What the hell? That's the ride. Bump that thing. What is going on? Wait, they don't go backwards?

You think that is for 1922? I mean, I thought at least there was a second half. All your racers that you know are fucking mimicking ours. Okay? So you're welcome. I don't think so. That's the anchor bar, brother. To be completely honest with you, I wouldn't be caught dead getting on a wooden fucking roller coaster.

The pitfall is gone. The pitfall is no longer at Gunnywood. Every other theme park in the entire world has one of those. We're tired of setting the trends for every other amusement park and having to change and adapt. What about Sky Coaster? Three, two, one, fly. These fuckers are soaring. Everybody has that as well. and then having to change and adapt and what about sky coaster hey you know three two one fly everybody has that as well yeah i wrote that that's what i'm saying great that's what i'm saying we created all this okay out of curiosity let me guess you guys got fries with cheese too

i mean you don't have the potato patch okay enough they got potatoes i'm sick i would like to know what's number two and number one on that USA Today list that Tony left out. Why don't you just go be a fucking roller coaster expert and go judge them yourself? You go to Kennywood first. You won't be able to leave, brother. You'll be back the next day. I'm never going on a roller coaster again. No chance.

Come on, Kennywood. You'll certainly get on a racer and pay homage to the first ever racer. We gotta go. The Cinderborn. We gotta go. All right. We'll have a Kennywood day like we're a school. Okay?

Yeah. Sweet. Next week'll have a Kennywood day like we're at school. Okay? Yeah, sweet. Next week we got a Kennywood day. Take a field trip. I'm going to have COVID. Oh, no. You probably have to strap in for those rides, do you? Do you see the whoopsies? Do you see the whoopsies?

No, I didn't see the whoopsies. You were talking about the whoopsies. I didn't see them. You're a pig, dude. Seriously. How about the swings? You're going to tell me the swings are everywhere, too? I don't think so. Not as good as these ones. Yes, the whoopsies. I didn't see them. You're a pig, dude. Seriously. How about the swings? You're going to tell me the swings are everywhere, too? I don't think so.

Not as good as these ones. Yes, the swings are everywhere. Those are in traveling circuses. Yeah, it's all about the aux cord, though. The aux cord of Kennywood on the fucking swings. That's how ball nose art. You would never understand. It's a full experience.

You're doing a tour. You're learning stuff. You're walking through. I'm not going to a goddamn theme park to learn stuff. I'm going to ride the rides. Why would I want to learn stuff? You're going to get eaten by a whale. Going to a jammy zam. Yeah, I don't going to a goddamn theme park to learn stuff. I'm going to ride the rides. Why would I want to learn stuff? You're getting eaten by a whale. Going to a jammy zam?

Yeah, I don't want to fucking. Men's 100 free sem. All right. Not a final. We got time. We got time. Kennywood seemingly doesn't have much time, so we should. We lost a pitfall.

We fucking don't have a steel phantom anymore. Oh, man. We got cinder blocks holding up the goddamn racers. This place sucks. Better make that field trip quick. Yep. You're not invited, D-Butt. Whoa.

Son, what's that all about? Yeah, that's... I bet that's kind of the Pittsburgh... Why just D-Butt? Why just D-Butt? Why just D-Butt? Why just D-Butt? Why just D-Butt?

Why just D-Butt? Why just D-Butt? I didn't expect this from Connor, but I didn't expect this from you because I know you've never been there and you're normally someone who's like, hey, I'll try it. That's fine by me.

You're going to Kennywood? No. What? I mean, I'll go. I'll hold your phones and shit while you get on these rides. I don't think I'm going on any of the rides. Oh, really? I thought you were pounding the pavement for these rides.

Well, I've already done them. Fucking Peter Pan beat Alexi? Well, Popovich is obviously a little bit of a problem. Yeah, he's seven months. This is what Phelps said. You don't want to qualify. We need to be in the middle of the pool. I bet Butts would like the Raging Rapids

Love it Raging Rapids are sick Yeah, nowhere else has that I was going to say, we started all these things for you guys And there's no respect I guess so In 1927, this park was awesome It is nice to take a little trip back in time

Right before the Great Depression Everyone was like, let's get to fucking Kennywood now. And then they built shanties around it. A couple sheds, for sure. Anyways, what we've been saying this entire time, Premier Park, Kennywood. Top ten. Top three. Sure.

Formally, no. For Kennywood. Okay. Top three in the Pittsburgh area. Okay. For Kennywood. Don't you even fuck... What are you even...

Sandcastle is certainly in Pittsburgh as well. That's a water park. We don't even have to get into that. That's a water park. They put a waveboard in there. It certainly became a place where people did stuff. Which all these swimmers are pissing in a pool. They came out and said, we're just pissing in a pool.

Makes sense. The Olympians said that? Why? Yeah, all the Olympians say, yeah, it's like kind of an unwritten rule. We just jump in here and pee. That's what we do. So when you see after the race where they're... Yeah. Spit and piss.

But to be clear, I mean, I think everybody pees in every pool that they've ever been in since the beginning of time. I used to. I won't piss in my own pool, though. It's hard to. Yeah, I'll get out and just piss in the bushes. I pee in my own pool every single time. Do you have a bathroom, though? Do you have a bathroom close to your pool?

Yeah, I mean, I got grass right there. Okay. There's a bathroom right next to the pool, so that's nice. But if they're asking me to go take a full voyage, I don't know if I'm going to make it. No chance. I don't know if I'm going to make it. Absolutely no chance. I was on a spring break trip down in Panama,

and there's like a Holiday Inn Sunspree down there, I think is the name of the place. Everybody stays in the pool for 10 hours. It's like, we are just in, people. Yeah, it's loaded. That was pretty disgusting. That was a disgusting night for me. After I came out of it, I was like,

bro, we were just in that pool for a fucking long time. Did you pee in there? Yeah, me too. Yeah, about 15 times. Everybody did. So we were in everybody's pee that entire time. It's happening at the pool. It's happening at the Olympics.

So much chlorine and salt. They say it's a chili pool, I think. They keep it a little chilly. Keep it tighter. There's like an actual temperature it has to be, if I've learned properly from the swim trials in Indianapolis. I wonder what it is. Kennywood.

No, no, no. Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no. Bonus ball, bonus ball. It's already shut down, isn't it? So it's fun. Bonus ball.

Jabba running efficiently like a Kennywood roller coaster. I appreciate that. It's actually every time. Yep, go on. Just say it. Just say it. We're filtering information here.

Is this China? I can't wait for this. I regret to inform Kennywood lost the Skycoaster too. Is that a good sign when these places start losing rides? Is that good or bad? Yeah, because we're evolving.

We're getting better. You say everybody's got one of those. So Kennywood said, we're not fucking doing it anymore if everybody's got it. So we'll tear it down. We're not going to build anything new. We're just going to tear these over. I wonder if there's an altitude issue going on, because it seems like everything is kind of high.

We lost the rights. Did somebody buy the sky above Kennywood? I thought you guys were the Steel City here. What's going on here? Not enough steel? Yeah, but if you go in the fall, it's Phantom Fright Nights and they scare you. It gets real spooky. They have Halloween decorations everywhere.

Haunted houses. There's a guy walking around with a chainsaw. That's not bad. What the fuck is going on at Kennywood? It's dead. This can't happen. It sounds like it's on at Kennywood? It's dead This can't happen It sounds like it's on its way out It's dead, my friend

Everybody's celebrating the demise of Kennywood Kennywood is a good place No demise Top five Tony, they're lying I'm worried I'm worried they're lying Zito

I sent it in Zito refuses to put it up That they're fucking top ten We don't have a fucking sky coaster Or a pitfall Sky coaster is stupid You have two people go on it every 30 minutes. Yeah, I did not enjoy it

myself. It was a little bit of a, quite a commitment too. You had to be there for a long time. You had to go stand in a weird place. It was expensive. 2024 ranked 8th best theme park in the country. Alright, so what are the 7 above it? Can we see those? Revenge right there? You just rode the 3rd best roller coaster in the country.

Can we see these? You got to, you piece of we didn't start this talking about coasters we're talking about parks this was google search you know that's signed sealed delivered google search can we search can we search the president who's right there's some thing in there yeah search some things comment what a wild time to be alive. All I know is Kennywood's always going to have its fastball just like Paul Skeen's. Wait until you see that ride. They're going to have the fucking Paul Skeen's fastball. You talk about a roller coaster going backwards, that thing's going to, he's going to fucking

whoom, and you're going to get boom, and then you're going to go up, and then guess what's coming back? What's that? That fucking fastball right back to the gate. Yep. And it's not going to be at Kennywood. It's like a lot of these rides are more like a Michael Rubin fastball. Looks like Cedar Point's ranked behind Kennywood.

Oh, who knows? The people that actually went and did the judging. It's not at Cleveland. Yep. Who judged it? A FierceCoaster.com or whatever. East. East Coast.

Hershey Park's ranked number four. That's bullshit. Oh, okay. Hershey Park's ranked what? Four. The whole place stinks. That's bullshit. Oh, okay. Hershey Parks ranked what? Four. The whole place stinks. It smells like ass. Eighth.

What else is in that top ten? Oh, what's that all about? Number one is Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. I fucking don't believe it. I don't believe it. They don't have a pitfall either. They don't got a fucking sky coaster. And their potato patch is much worse than Kennywood's.

I know that for a fact. The people whose pallets that were doing this judgment don't understand a fucking sky coaster. And their potato patch is much worse than Kennywood's. I know that for a fact. The people whose pallets that were doing this judgment don't understand good fries with cheese. Sure. That's a big... That's why Kennywood's probably up there. Do we know? Do they still have the potato patch? Everything else is close. Should we check that too? Of course it does. You gotta bring a sack lunch.

You gotta bring your own lunch. That's a good question. Watch your mouth. People bringing in coolers with Capri Suns and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. No, we got food. Great food. Great food. Do you?

Is it open? Is it open? Great food. Funnel cakes. It's great. Funnel cakes are fantastic. You got one poor kid working each ride trying to get everybody strapped in. No, there's a lot of high school interns around that get paid nothing to work at those places.

Trust those guys. They always feel so cool, too, that they work there. And they were cool for that one day when we went to Kennywood. Kennywood lost its fastball. Looks like it. Kennywood sucks, yeah. About 50 years ago, it sounds like. We're top four, top eight, top three.

For Kennywood. Oh, no. Oh, no. It's my favorite. Oh, bummer. Oh, not even the universe wants to give you another one. Better. Phantom's for back. It's football town.

Yep. Too jacked up. That's where a pitfall used to be. Yep. Loop-de-loop for Kenny Wood. That's what I thought. Football town still has his fastball. Might have lost a lot of the rides it was known for,

but the other ones they put in there might be closed for the season. But when they're back open, they're going to be phenomenal. We can't thank you enough for allowing us to do this every single day. We will continue to enjoy the Olympics and the NFL storylines as they continue to develop. We got football on Thursday. Let's enjoy the hell out of that. AJ, great work today, AJ.

Hey, in the back, good work, good work, good work. Hey, Deebo, what a show I knew today. Hey, talk to the table. Way to go. Boys, you have a different life tomorrow. That's right. You have a different life tomorrow. AJ, you too. Oh, yeah. You guys are going to be forever more lost in WWE 2K, and I can't wait to see our entire squad dripped in gold all over

the internet that's right if you're a gamer and you watch this show at all what we need to do is go make good clips with our people yeah because there's gonna be a lot of bad ones oh yeah just a couple highlights sprinkle in there would be nice yeah because what these wrestling uh uh fans are gonna do to our characters, it's going to be rude. Yep. So we're going to need a little bit of a get back on the other side. Let's win some titles.

Let's have some moments. Let's go to the skies. And let's remember that anytime you take a trip to Hammer, Don, Todd, you're going to get the corrections right down the center. Hell, yeah. Tony, great work today, pal. Thank you, Tony. Kid's an author.

Yeah. Kid's an author. Still available. Store.padmachineshow.com, $4.99. And need to know, Gombler's Guide for the next college football season. Tony took a lot of time to piece that thing together, and it is amazing.

Tony, you should be incredibly proud of yourself, pal. Thank you, boys. I appreciate the support very, very much. I really do. All right, we're getting the hell out of here. Be a friend, tell a friend something nice that might change their life. We're in this thing together. Team on B.

Let's go, America. Team on three. One, two, three. Team. Goodbye.