The Pat McAfee Show - PMS 2.0 1206 - In The Trenches Wednesday With Jeff Passan, Shams Charania, JJ Watt, AQ Shipley, Darius Butler, & AJ Hawk

Episode Date: September 25, 2024

On today’s show, Pat, Darius Butler, AJ Hawk, and the boys wrap week 3 of the NFL season as they set their sights on week 4, and AQ Shipley gives his biggest takeaways of the week that more people should be paying attention to. Joining the show to feel the beat of what’s happening in the baseball world as we are in the last week of the season and on the precipice of the playoffs is ESPN MLB Senior Insider, Jeff Passan. Next, NBA Insider Shams Charania joins the show to feel the beat in the basketball world and discuss his impending free agency, the Celtics being prohibitive favorites to repeat as NBA Champions, the 76ers being in the best place they’ve been for awhile after signing Joel Embiid to an extension, and when we’ll see LeBron and Bronny James play together. In hour two, 3x DPOY, Texans Ring of Honor Member, future Hall of Famer, Walter Payton Man of the Year, countless Pro Bowl’s and All-Pro’s, and NFL on CBS analyst, JJ Watt joins the progrum to give his biggest takeaways from week 3 of the NFL season, how Burnley is doing, and much much more. Make sure to subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow 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 white Wednesday, September 25th, 2024. This program starts right now. Football is awesome and obviously we're clanging and banging microphones over here because we're in the middle of football season and life is good. We are so incredibly lucky that we get to do this every single day, and we thank you for watching or listening wherever the hell you may be. Today's going to be a good one. Later in this particular hour, we're going to feel the beat,

but it's not just going to be with beat writers from around the NFL. No, no, it's going to be from other sports that are happening. Jet Pass, and we'll join us to talk about baseball a little bit. Something's going on in Pittsburgh I don't like.

Yeah. Pittsburgh Pirates are being the Pittsburgh Pirates right now, and I don't like it one bit. And the universe is going to punish us forever. Paul Skeens, and I don't like this. bit. And the universe is going to punish us forever. Paul Skeens, and I don't like this. I don't want to have to say this. He should have got drafted to a different team. Get him out of Pittsburgh.

We'll talk about that with Jet Passon because of what's happening in Pittsburgh for the Pirates and also everything else happening around baseball at this current time. It's about to matter. Baseball is about to matter. There's champagne celebrations happening. There's penance being won. There's things taking... I don't fucking know. Anyways, we'll talk to Jeff Passan.

Then we'll talk to Sham Sharani, obviously, who is currently working for the Athletic and FanDuel TV, but I do believe those contracts are coming up very soon. What's his future look like? Will he tell us anything? Probably not, but we will talk about basketball. That's checking into training camp, I believe, next week already. The NBA is starting. What are the storylines going into that and then also we'll dive into the college

football combos with a man who's a published author live in hammer time time tone digs in a matter of moments we appreciate the hell out of you telling the talks tables here at boston connor and at ty schmidt con man sweet shirt thank you very much uh right before the show actually aq said hey cool dog on your shirt i said said, no, no, AQ. This is a panda. But then you've got to think about it. Is it? It looks like a Cavalier King Charles. Yeah, a lot of them do. This guy. What a

pull. Veterinarian. 12-year NFL vet, Super Bowl champion player coach, Jackie Moon of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. AQ Shipley. That's a great dog pull right there. Yeah, some animals look alike. I don't need you feeding this conspiracy

that old buddy thinks all pandas are fake because panda diplomacy is real and it feels like we're going to need it. Actually, funny enough, you should say that. Panda diplomacy is real in the mainstream media, but allegedly China's taken back a couple more pandas from the Atlanta or the Washington, D.C. zoo.

Actually, that diplomacy that everybody's preaching maybe isn't real. Those aren't pandas. Those easily could be pandas. Those are not pandas. It says who? My eyes! Can you trust your eyes on the internet these days? I don't think so.

That's not a panda either. No. These people dress like pandas because they're in panda land. And they're trying to just blend in. What's panda land? Well, you know where it is. And also, pandas might be dumb. Okay.

Might be. Maybe pandas can't tell if it's a dog, a cavalier Sir Charles, or a human dressed up like an asshole or a child, whatever the case is. What's that? That's on pandas being dumb. Maybe pandas being a little bit naive. Maybe pandas being too accepting. They want more in the crew.

They want to do that. Not all pandas are fake, though. In fact, you're wearing that shirt right in our face, and then you've got AQ kind of quote-tweeting, retweeting what you're saying. That's a good point. I don't like it one bit. Me neither. Nine-year NFL vet is going to bring some sanity to the conversation.

I don't know if you've seen these turtles they're back up to it i see darius j butler is here popping back up it's not just one turtle i do fear it's kind of um you know you're looking for a good a good apple at this point and i'm not not not seeing them it's not popping up not possible no it does feel like a majority, strong majority of these turtles are racist. Yeah. I don't like it. If not all. I don't like it one bit, but this is the fact of the matter.

Pandas, super naive, very accepting. Turtles, racist. Absolutely racist. We'll turn and go the other way or attack just at the sight of a black. This is not us. We didn't do this research. The internet has done it. And it's coming out more and more and more and more and more about these turtles. Look, just walking around white. Excuse me, sir. No problems. And that's a black on black air forces too. I mean, that was a message from that turtle right there. And we

need to make sure we keep our eyes out for these racist ass turtles. And if we see any pandas in public, let's go ahead and make sure we tweet those to us too. So we can see real ones. And I don't need you dressing up looking like an asshole panda telling us that that is what a panda is. Pandas are real. Panda diplomacy is something we need. Okay, in the world we're in right now. There's a lot of things happening in the world.

Yeah, plenty. Maybe pandas could bring us together. Well, I mean, how are you even supposed to know if it's real or not? You got to check that thing, first of all. Well, I'm not doing Steve Irwin what he would do to Crocs. Rest in peace, Steve Irwin. Miss you, Steve. Good man.

That fucking fish got him. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Stingray. Mm-hmm. Guys jumping on Crocs and alligators, trying to find out if they're male or female. I'd be intrigued to see how that conversation goes nowadays. Sure.

With what Steve Irwin's doing to all these animals. I mean, he could probably save the turtles. Figure out how to get them not to be so racist. I don't think even he could do that. I think he's giving up on the turtles. What? This guy's hugging Crocs and then all of a sudden he goes out on a boat and he gets stabbed by what? A stingray. Barbed to the heart.

Right to the heart? Right to the heart. Killed him. Damn. Crikey. Are we sure that's how it happened? I mean, these days, who knows? Who knows what happened to Steve? Don't you even think about it. I'm just saying, maybe he was doing even greater things for society. Oh, and they were a little bit worried.

And then someone else came in and said, you know, we can't have this guy running in the Yeah, because of a stingray? Yeah, I mean, people are saying stuff about Aaron Carter these days. Who knows what happened with him? Not to say there's a lot of conversations happening about a lot of people on the internet. It is certainly hot in the streets out there. Hot in the tweets, we shall say. I've seen a lot of videos getting recycled from the past

where all of a sudden they're like, you didn't take me serious then, how about now? How about now? How about now? And then they're like six, seven minutes long. And these are the longest videos I'm watching on Twitter. And boy, the names that I'm hearing and the things that are going on, it's a wild time.

Guy won't eat any food because he thinks he's gonna get poisoned. So if he's afraid of that Has that happened in the past? Many times It isn't wild Let's get back to football We'll talk hockey

Should talk hockey We'll talk basketball We'll talk baseball We'll talk college ball Right now let's talk a little bit about the NFL The NFL's ratings are through the roof Up 10 versus last year's record-breaking year 28 of the top 30 I think television casts that have happened this year are NFL games congrats the NFL players coaches organizations for putting out a product that people are paying attention to in a massive way

sorry 18 of 20 not 28 of 30 but I assume if you were to go 230, it would probably be the same exact thing. The NFL released these numbers, obviously, to let everybody know, hey, we still are throwing our fastball. Even though people are calling our sport boring and people are saying some of these games are a little bit lame and touchdowns, way down, field goals, way up, field position becoming

a premium as opposed to just being able to be wide open on the offensive side. The NFL want to remind people, even though you guys maybe it looks a little different than it has over the last few years, people still tuned in, people still passionate. Which leads to 12-year NFL vet Super Bowl champion A.Q. Shipley. What are the talking points in your mind coming out of week three, A.Q. Shipley? I love when we get to week three because you start to see the identities of every team come out. Let's start with the Carolina Panthers.

There was one change, one big change right andy dalton stepped in and was unbelievable when i turned on that film and some of the throws that i saw i was like this is this is absolutely insane let's take a look at this one we get a behind view we're going to get the tight end shout out to nfl pro on nfl plus premium that's right look at that now let's go back a little bit if we rewind this just a tad. Okay. So, when you see this, you've got a linebacker, you've got someone coming in from the left, and you've got a safety over the top. He has a very small window to fit this in. Very small.

This is Andy Dalton, right? We threw him away years ago as a backup quarterback. He comes in and looks unbelievable as a starter. Throws that over. Boing. Chuba Hubbard, too. Big time pass protection pickup there Unbelievable in between three people

And you could have pulled 50 clips from this game Of him doing that Obviously not 50 I'm being a little facetious But probably 15 right And at the end of the day let's take a look at this one Because you get the other side Here we go we get the deep dig coming in from his left Look at that same thing

Three people in the vicinity And he's fitting it in between all three It's unbelievable he looked incredible from his left. Look at that same thing. Three people in the vicinity. And he's fitting it in between all three. It's unbelievable. He looked incredible. Okay, so let's talk about this Carolina Panthers move because obviously this does not look great for Bryce Young in the moment. Sure. You bench Bryce Young.

You let the rookie who was number one overall last year maybe step back and get a chance to watch how an operation is run. Even though Andy Dalton had been there with him, Josh McCown was with him last year. There's a lot of quarterbacks that have had a lot of NFL time. Getting a chance to watch somebody else lead an organization I think is a massive benefit to a young quarterback. Aaron Rodgers just talked about it literally yesterday

because he experienced it with Brett Favre, diagnosed with Parkinson's. Yeah. Hope you're okay. Teas and peas. Teas and peas. Thoughts and prayers. That is very serious. Yes, that's nothing negative.

Yeah, no, just a clue. That's nothing, yeah. Positive teas and peas, too, actually. We'll put that in that entire thing. But Bryce Young gets to watch Andy Dalton. Was it that obvious that Andy Dalton comes in there? Is everybody playing better around Andy Dalton? Do the plays just look better because of Andy Dalton? What's your takeaway from the tape?

Like the offensive line, are they playing better? Are the wide receivers playing better because Andy Dalton's in there? Or is it just literally put a new person in there, spin it, and they're having success? It's put one guy in there. It's put one guy in there. It's put one guy in there. Their offensive line was incredible. Listen, but the one thing that we can say is, and we talked about this, Bryce Young has had three different coordinators, right?

Or two different coordinators. Three years. Three years. Three different coordinators. So when you do that, and you take a guy like Andy Dalton and you plug and play him, he has an understanding of overall NFL knowledge, right? So he can plug and play no matter what system he's in. He knows what a dig route looks like.

He knows what coverages are. He knows where the ball should go in every scheme. So when you plug and play a veteran who's been there, it's going to look a lot different than a young guy who's still trying to figure it out. It took me three years to figure everything out. Are you giving up on Bryce Singer now? I think a change of scenery will be great for him. Okay, so you're saying him getting a Trey Lance opportunity

whenever he goes to Dallas, maybe learn a little bit more, he'll get an opportunity to maybe play again, he's going to have to prove it then. Because if not, then it becomes off and running, time to time. And sitting can help him. Sitting can help him. Learning and watching Andy go through. The boys were talking about a backpack he had on a couple weeks ago.

Oh, my God. Yeah. He's worse than the one from this week. He looked like a sixth grader. You know, which wasn't great, but that's not really his fault. I mean, it's not his fault. They stunk when he got drafted, and then it was like the expectation. That's what everyone's been saying is,

hey, go out and win. You know, you wanted Alabama. Like, I don't know if he was ever really set up for success to begin with. Well, Andy Dalton goes in there, and he does. That's the... Dalton's a dog Andy Dalton goes in there and he does. Dalton's a Dal. Dalton is a Dal. How long with this ride? Tone Diggs live from Hammer.

Todd! Todd! I know with the fired coach, new coach, gambling bump, normally the week after a coach is fired, good result for the team. It's like a freshness, everybody trying to reprove themselves. For the bench quarterback, how long does this last? Andy Dalton, I did not see those throws that you just put out there. Those were dots. And a resurgence of quarterbacks that are like his age around the league right now are obviously high.

Tony Diggs, what does Gombler say about maybe week two after a quarterback comes back or a quarterback change? It's a little different than the coaching bump for going from the head coach to the interim coaching bump because normally that interim coach is on the staff and the team necessarily as players isn't getting any better. It's just a bump of motivation, a bump of wanting to play for the new interim coach, whatever, unless you're Jeff Saturday

and coming in from – he even got a one-game bump. He even. Watch it. Sorry. Sorry. That's on me. Sorry. That's on me.

Go Colts this weekend. Uh-oh. Why are you doing that? You're doing reverse? Yeah. No, I would never do that Sorry, that's on me. The way you word things. Go Colts this weekend. Uh-oh. Why are you doing that? You're doing reverse? Yeah. No, I would never do that. I would never do that. But with the Andy Dalton situation and this quarterback situation,

sometimes when you get in these situations, the team gets better because the quarterback is better. So this one with the Panthers. Are the Panthers for real? He's gone for weeks. Andy's not like a fluky. He's not, you know, well, I don't want to call it the call the pastor not fluky but he hasn't had the experience and the success the race of spaces and the and the success that uh over extended period of time that andy dalton has

had so we know he can play good quarterback now will he play a good quarterback for the next five years probably not we know as a season other players we talked about the other day when you're running out that tunnel and you know hey you start quarterback all right we know as a season, the other players we talked about the other day, when you're running out that tunnel and you know, hey, you start quarterback, all right, we know this guy stinks. We're going to have to – we got to score on defense. We got to make great plays on special teams to have a chance to win this game. That's not the case with Indy, though. We know, hey, everybody is back to base one.

Everybody do their job, and we can win this game. And I feel like that's where the Panthers are right now. How many seasons did he win 11 games straight there for Cincinnati? He was on a run. I mean, he's got 40,000 career yards or something like that's where the Panthers are right now. How many seasons did he win 11 games straight there for Cincinnati? He was on a run. He's got 40,000 career yards or something like that. He's no slouch. He does not get chatted about, though, at all as a guy who has

40,000 yards. He shows up for Carolina, and the way he handled that, smile on his face whenever he got the opportunity. Didn't want to bury Bryce, though. Didn't want to bury Bryce Young. But I think he knew. I think because he had a pretty good understanding of Canales' offense. He's probably been in something similar in the past. And then he's watching film with Bryce Young.

And obviously the eye in the sky is a lot easier to make decisions. But he's seeing stuff that Bryce is doing. He's probably trying to help. But he's also like, hey, man, we're not going there with this particular. And it's just like Dalton's got to be feeling very good, especially after that week. What's the second talking point? Let's talk about the Baltimore Ravens.

They got back to doing what they like to do, and that is utilizing the offensive line and getting Patrick Ricard. Three of their biggest runs this past weekend came out of 22 personnel with Ricard in the backfield. Not single back runs, not anything else. Offensive line played better. They hammered the run game, and here you go. Look at the fullback.

I mean, I got two plays maybe coming later, but you got Ricard right there leading on the fullback toss. He doesn't get touched for 10 yards, and all three of their runs with Ricard, their biggest runs of the game, came with Ricard either in the backfield or fitted as the tight end wing. He didn't have any contact there, but the reason why there was no contact is because he's running there and people are running around him, which kind of leads to the Dallas Cowboys, right?

That's exactly right, and their run fits are terrible, and we'll get to that at some point, too. No, let's get to it. Baltimore, we're all the way back. Baltimore is getting all the way back. Offensive line played better this week. Offensive line was better, and they stuck to the run game, and the quarterback runs were great.

Okay, let's talk about the Cowboys' defense quickly. Everybody's just talking about them being cropped, pretty much. I mean, their run fits are just atrocious. They're moving around blocks, and Darius knows. Everything is gap-oriented. People are calling him soft. Big time. You can call it whatever you want. If you want to call soft, sure, because you're jumping around blocks. That's typically what people

say, because you're not taking on the contact, right? And so, if you have the B-gap, and you're the backside B-gap, and a guard's taking you, you've got to fit them up, and you've got to hold the B-gap. If you're jumping around the play trying to make it, now you open up a huge hole, and that's when you get the big gaping holes, and they're out. Is that Zimmer who what do you think is the issue no I think it's the personnel from Dan Quinn being trying to fit into Mike Zimmer's defense oh we talked about this

with Atlanta they have an offensive line that's like as built for zone they had them doing one on one straight up because they're in a transition period so going from Dan Quinn who's not the commander's backwards hat they're doing it oh yeah seemingly. His defense is vastly different than Zimmer's defense, the people that are running it? Completely different. And listen, when you look at Dan Quinn, everything with him is speed, speed, speed. So they were built for speed, and now you plug in Zimmer, who's a pretty physical-type defensive coordinator,

and you're trying to fit these people in the scheme. Fit and scheme are everything we talk about on offense. It's the same for defense. Absolutely. And, you know, regardless of what you call, regardless of what personnel you have, when you are the coach, it does fall on you because, to your point, they're not fitting gaps. So even if I'm, you know, a 225-pound linebacker, I still got to get in the gap.

And with the Baltimore run game, which I'm sure you'll get into more later, it's a lot of moving parts. There's motions going this way. You got an escort coming back that way. So then your gaps move. So now I was a backside B-gap defender. And now after all that post-snap, now I'm a frontside B-gap defender. So everybody's got to be on that same string, that same page.

And it's not right now. So you have to put that on the coaches, on the position coaches and on, obviously, the defensive coordinator. Well, Atlanta blended, right? They said, all right, this isn't working, so we're going to have to go to some zone concepts to help out our offensive line. Zimmer seemingly going to have to change the way

he does things? I mean, there's so many egos in this business, right? I think there's a lot of coordinators which leads me to the next point. Okay. Because when you talk about what LaFleur has done in Green Bay, he very easily could have gotten a guy in Malik Willis and said, this is what I do, this is what I've done with Aaron Rodgers

and Jordan Love over the last couple years, but he didn't. In my opinion, I think he took a deep dive back to 2018 because that's what coaches do. You go back into the bag of what you did in yesteryear, and when he had Marcus Mariota, you will take a look at this. You get the arc that Ty showed the other day, and you get the cut, and you got Marcus Mariota on the zone read. Here's another clip.

Same exact play. Fake the zone. Boom. Get him out. You got the escort blocker with the fullback, and he's out in front. And then here's a clip, if we go to the next one, of him doing the exact same thing. You fake the dive.

You got the escort with Malik Willis. This is Matt LaFleur going back to 2018, bringing some of his old stuff back to fit the player that he had, Malik Willis. So we're saying LaFleur is a good ball coach. He could have very easily just said, hey, we're going to drop back and do what Jordan Love does. But he didn't. He fit the old scheme to his personnel and made a damn good team out of three weeks. So we're giving him his LaFleurs.

Yeah. Hell yeah. I think we're giving LaFleur his LaFleurs. I think so. I'm happy we're doing that. And you came in here and you said this morning, he's like, well, Floor's doing 2018 stuff. And I was like, thank you for saying that. I don't know if anybody else has said that.

Then you start watching the film and it's like, Delaney Walker, instead of blocking the end there, which is natural, have him actually go around and takes himself out of the play pretty much. Now you have a lead blocker for the quarterback who's an extra runner. So anytime the quarterback's a runner, you've got all 11 people have to be defended. Now you put them on a pitch, put Pac on an island there. You've got to take the pitch, man. You do that entire thing.

Then for him to do that for Green Bay, the exact same stuff. It's like, hey, Malik, Marcus, pretty similar. And remember what LaFleur was doing with Tennessee? Got him the head coaching job in Green Bay, and nobody really knew who the hell he was. I like that he goes back into a deep bag of trick. LaFleur, the guy this year, seemingly. No, yeah.

I mean, like I said, in years past, I have definitely had my gripes with him at different points in time, but I think if you're a Packers fan, after watching especially these last two weeks, they just look so good. I mean, we always talk about when a backup quarterback

comes in, how different it looks, and then just the fan base in general being like, okay, well, there's no way we're going to win this game. That drop-off is so drastic, especially when you pay Jordan Love $55 million. Like, when they traded for Malik Willis 18 days ago, we all know what everyone else, well, at the time of his first start, but we all know what everyone else around the league has said of this guy. Like, hey, he can't play.

Like, this guy is not going to be a good quarterback in the NFL. He didn't get an opportunity in Tennessee, or when he did, you know, it was just like, yeah, we're not doing that. And for LeFleur to come in and, again, you know, kind of swallow his pride a little bit and be like, okay, you know, because he could have. And that's kind of what happened with the Jordan Love stuff. But for them to look as good as they have the last two weeks,

and then now I'm just excited for what he's going to do when Jordan Love actually does come back. Hey, great job hosting the Shafty podcast. Thank you. I appreciate it. Great work on that, AQ. Excited to follow up on those talking points later in the day. Also, who's the OG in the trenches top five performing offensive lines from week three?

Can't wait. We're going to find out. We are. I heard people get real excited whenever they see their team on the top five there, AQ. I love it. I out. We are. I heard people get real excited whenever they see their team on the top five there at Q's. I love it. I love everything about it. I love getting the text messages, especially from teams and divisions where other people in the division make it

and they're like, what the hell are we doing? What about us? We were pretty good this week too. Why don't you start watching more film, AQ? How about him pulling up 2018? This looks like 2018. Incredible. It's phenomenal. There's other sports happening, ladies and gentlemen. And it's our job as a sports show to let people know what you need to know about these sports.

This isn't specifically for me, you know, who doesn't know anything happening in any other sport. This is for the audience. That's right. Because that's what type of program we are. Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to feel the beat. Foxy, what are we doing? I thought we were feeling the beat. Yeah, I'm not used to this with, you know, the likes of the guys that are coming on this time. I'm used to the actual local beat reporters.

Totally my fault. Oh, no. Yeah, totally my fault. It's okay, Foxy. A lot of things are going to finish. I was prepping for the segment. Oh coming on this time. I'm used to the actual local beat reporters. Totally my fault. Oh, no. Yeah, totally my fault. It's okay, Foxy. A lot of things are going to finish. I was prepping for the segment. Oh, it's okay. I like what you're doing back there, Foxy.

No, that was bad. I should have been able to carry that beat out a little bit longer, but I didn't put enough oxygen in his lungs. That was bad. That was my fault. There's going to be more oxygen in his lungs, though, because Gumpy and I are starting to train for TSD starting this week. Here we go.

Whoa. Maybe next week. Maybe next week. Sure. You're starting now. It's pretty early. Starting now. next week. Maybe next week. Sure. You're starting now. It's pretty early. Starting now. That's where I learned I needed it.

We're coming for the melee. I mean, I hit two free kicks in one game, ripped a hip flexor, so maybe we should do a little preparation. Okay. You know what I mean? Okay. Get these lungs a little bit better. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, somebody that's going to make us better for the world

of sport that is about to take place. Baseball is a long season, but it's about to matter more than ever. Ladies and gentlemen, senior insider for the MLB, for ESPN, Jet Passet. Jet, how we doing, pal? Gentlemen, I'm doing great. I had no idea Bill Goldberg had such great football takes. Unbelievable. Whoa.

That's a hell of a compliment. I'll take Bill Goldberg all the time. No, you look great, AQ. It was good stuff. I learned stuff right there. This is a good football program. As somebody who needs to be an educated Kansas City Chiefs fan

and wants to go to the game and point things out, I see what you guys are talking about and I'm smarter for it. So thank you. Okay, we're trying to make people smarter in their football conversations around. A lot of journalists don't notice that, so we appreciate the greatest journalists walking for pointing that whole thing out. Kansas City Chiefs,

I want to let you know, the boys have been watching a lot of film on the Kansas City Chiefs and their offense, and we're not doing a segment on it because we don't want to be a part of it, but there is potential drama brewing on that offensive side. Just from what I... Now, they might be hand-selecting plays

to show me from some Chiefs haters, potentially, in this entire thing, but boy, they're telling me Travis is open. Uh-oh. That's what this guy is saying. Hold on a second. Let me just say this. As somebody

who does not break down film but does watch the Chiefs pretty religiously, Patrick Mahomes has not been Patrick Mahomes, and they are still 3-0. So I kind of don't give a damn that the offense isn't clicking the way that it needs to be right now because truth is, when it matters, it always does. And that's the point with the chiefs what makes them so good you know my my son god bless him he was complaining like the chiefs are winning like the patriots used to okay like if you want to be a spoiled like arrogant narcissistic rotten kansas city chiefs fan start talking about how they're too much like the

patriots the child needs to be quiet not just about the chiefs but period but you know you're getting into that rarefied territory pat when you start complaining that they are too much like the greatest dynasty in sports that we've seen in the last half century jed i agree with you and the refs are now on your guys's side it is uh It is a never-ending conversation for you guys at the top of the mountain. You've been a Chiefs fan your whole life? No. I moved to Kansas City, and my child liked the Chiefs, so I had to adopt them, too.

And also, the Browns moved when I was in high school. So you want to talk about getting your heart broken? You know what? Shut up. Put the camera back on. Yeah, that was Nick back there. Yeah, go ahead. Go ahead.

Talk. Yeah, you enjoy Justin Fields. 3-0. 3-0. Deshaun and Justin Fields, I think you put stats next to each other. There'd be a lot more happy faces in Pittsburgh than Cleveland. But nonetheless, you're a Chiefs fan now, and you're living the high life. I was about to say, if you were a Chiefs fan your entire life,

there's a lot of down times. So for them to have good times right now, just like the Patriots before the dynasty, it is a good time to be a Chiefs fan. I hope they all enjoy it. Bro, I am fully admittedly bandwagon, and I am okay with that. Way to go. You grow up in Cleveland,

you deserve good things. I agree. Because sports does not give them to you when you live in Cleveland. Hey, that's Darius Butler football game. That's right. Find your team. Don't let one organization control your happiness, dude. Let's talk about your sport now, shall we? There's one organization in the city that I grew up

that has been awful at baseball for a long time. And, you know, hook, line, sinker, I bought in because they got a guy who's maybe the best pitcher of all time to come into baseball when it's all said and done. Now, I'm only saying that because I watched this guy

dominate and sell out a stadium here in Indianapolis. I saw him dominate down at LSU. I heard he hadn't been pitching for a long time, so his arm is still young. He's still only getting better. And he was doing shit the vets were doing. And he was going to lead the Pirates to their promised land. Here we are. Okay, he's not. Okay,

he's doing great. But it's the Bugatti in the trailer park. This is the situation we got happening. And then now the Pittsburgh Pirates are basically tempting the universe and the baseball gods to continue to ruin their existence. Now, I Pittsburgh Pirates are basically tempting the universe and the baseball gods to continue to ruin their existence. Now, I've learned a lot of things about this Rowdy Tellez guy. Heard he's not that good at baseball.

With that being said, four more at-bats, he gets a $200,000 bonus. And the Pirates go, you know what? Let's actually send this guy. You're done. You're not going to do that. He could easily pick that up, I guess, in one game. So they are actually playing with fate here, seemingly how often does this type of shit take place is it always the pirates and uh what does this mean as a whole you think for the pittsburgh

pirates organization jet it is not always the pirates pat this sort of thing does happen it's not frequent but let's go back to spring training this year when J.D. Davis, who had beaten the San Francisco Giants in arbitration, which is how you determine your salary and was supposed to get a $6.9 million salary to play third base for the Giants. They go out and sign Matt Chapman and they cut J.D. Davis. And because he had won that salary in arbitration was only guaranteed $1.1 million. So the $200,000 compared to the $5.8 million that J.D. Davis lost was a little different. But I think the important point here is not to focus on how the Pirates screwed Rowdy Tellez out of $200,000.

It's to look at the Pirates and to look at Bob Nutting and to ask, why is Rowdy Tellez your first baseman in the first place? Why aren't you going out and getting better players? Why don't you sign Christian Walker or Pete Alonso or someone this winter to go and be a part of the core of that lineup long term? Why are you always playing for short term with little money why do you have an 86 million dollar payroll to open the season when the rest of the sport at the top has 300 plus million dollars how do you continue to exist as a Major League Baseball owner who

theoretically wants to win a championship and do so pinching pennies. This is what happens. This, Pat, is the consequence of ownership that does not treat things seriously. And I feel bad for Ben Sherrington and for everybody else who's trying to run this organization and win when there simply is not the money there to go out and do it. And, and it puts you in a position to make moves like this where frankly, Roddy Tellez should have been gone from this lineup months ago, but pirates didn't want to go out and spend any money.

Roddy's getting screwed out of 200 racks. Let's not make sure we continue to bury him and how bad he is at baseball. But with that being said, he hasn't had a good year. He's been a good baseball player. He's a great guy. Good clubhouse guy. Pat, if you're trading

for guys at the deadline this year to go out and actually try and win ballgames like the Pirates did, then you need to have a first baseman in there who's producing more than a sub-700 OPS. I like to say this, and we'll kind of echo our sentiments from the

past, even though this year might have been different because Paul Skeens literally fell in our lap, right? Because we suck so bad and he ended up being up at the right time, and then we get a guy who's historic and ground-breaking. Hey, not in the solid team, dude. It's just as easy as that. Solid team. He's got that face that

makes you think to this guy, how is this guy in charge of anything? And then you remind yourself there's only so many professional sports teams owners, and this guy can just hang on forever. Like the MLB will never force this guy out, right? That'll never happen? Nope. Nope. Cuban is allegedly who's a yinzer, has offered money before.

There's been people that have tried to buy the Pirates allegedly before from this man. He says, no way. And then away marked, there he is. That's the owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates shirt. That's a nice guy. Hold on, show the rest of that photo, right? Yeah, the kid that's with, this has already been cropped. I guess we have already cropped it just to showcase his face. But yeah, the kid taking a photo with him actually has a sell the team shirt

on. He does. That may or may not have came from our merch store. So, I mean, it's a whole scene over there. But once again, the Pittsburgh Pirates are the Pittsburgh Pirates. And it sucks for another generation of Yinzers that are going to watch a team in a sport that could be beloved by a lot of the youth in Pittsburgh. Instead, it's just like, that place is a laughing stock. Why would we do that?

Just give Roddy to Les' money. And then tell him, congratulations on a great MLB career. And then let's get some players in there around Paul Skeens. That's never going to happen, but we can hope. Ty has a question for you, Jet Passon. Yeah, Jet, I think a lot of casual fans and people who don't really pay attention to baseball, they see all the Otani stuff, and obviously what he's doing is outer-worldly. But in terms of Aaron Judge and the Yankees and also Soto,

has there ever been a better one-two punch than those two guys? I mean, in recent memory, in the last 50 years. And also, do you think the Yankees can actually win a World Series this year? I know when we had you on before the season, you weren't very high on them, and they obviously still have several holes. But do you think if Judge and Soto continue to play the way they have been for the last two months or so the yankees could win a world series this year there there has been a better one-two punch than aaron judge and juan soto tie and it's babe ruth and lou garrig like

that is literally how far back we have to go an entire century to see two teammates who have had seasons concurrently like judge and soto have it's i mean it's it's beyond belief how good they are and how good they are together yeah don't matter yeah aaron judge aaron judge can hit a ball over any fence in any stadium anywhere in the world. He's got 56 home runs this season. I mean, he's got – he could hit one over the Great Wall of China. That's a good question, actually, depending upon how far away he stands from the Great Wall of China, though, I believe.

Yeah, I think he's got the ability to do it. Did the Great Wall of China work? Oh, yeah. It did work. Oh, yeah, the Mongolians had no idea what to do. How long? It's so long. I believe 30, 000 i believe think about how much time everybody talks about the pyramids obviously as you should and how you know that whole thing but like the great wall of

china is very you can see it from space yeah anything you can see from space yep yeah 100 true over the last 2500 years it worked well only being breached twice. Okay. I think the Ray Wall giant. I want to know who breached it. Some badass. Aliens, people. Yeah.

Well, there's a whole other conversation. Anyways, yeah. He thinks Judge can hit a bomb over. It could be breached three or four times, Judge and Soto, the way they're swinging the bat. That's what Jet's saying right now. Well, here's the thing. Back to the Yankees.

Ty, you're right. I was not particularly bullish on the Yankees at the beginning swinging the bat. That's what Jett's saying right now. Well, here's the thing. Back to the Yankees. Ty, you're right. I was not particularly bullish on the Yankees at the beginning of the season, but I also didn't think this was going to be a Major League Baseball season where nobody's really all that good. I mean, the top run differential

in the sport is the Yankees at like plus 145 right now. They've outscored their opponents by 145 runs. That's the lowest mark in a decade plus at this point. And so there's a lot of parity around baseball. And this is coming after a year, remember, where we had like a 90-win Texas Rangers team against an 84-win Arizona Diamondbacks team in the World Series.

So, yes, I could absolutely see the Yankees winning this year, and I could absolutely see the Yankees bombing out in the division. Oh, no. Yankees fans will very much be bummed. Let's talk about the playoffs that start very soon. Go ahead, Connor. Yeah, Jed, how are we looking with the wild card? Everyone loves that because it's a pretty quick series.

I saw yesterday the Tigers are on a historic run after being basically out of it in August. Are there any other teams like that? And are they set already? Or is there a chance that some of these teams fall out and others slide in over these next couple of weeks? Yeah. I mean, it's the next couple of days. This is all going to be over on Sunday. And by that point, Detroit and Kansas City could be out. Um, and Seattle and Minnesota could be in, in the national league. You've got three teams going for two spots right now. And the Mets and the Braves play two more games over the next couple of days. And then

you've got Arizona, which has had the best offense in baseball this year, and they've lost three in a row right now. And it's not looking great there so the last week has serious and important playoff implications guys and Detroit's just a really interesting team because they sold at the trade deadline like they traded Jack Flaherty who was their second best pitcher and probably the best player at all to move to the Los Angeles Dodgers. They traded three more veteran players. Like they, they really were trying to look toward the future, but it turns out they brought up a bunch of young players, youngest lineup in major league baseball right now. And there's like a really good vibe in Detroit and they're a team

to be reckoned with not just now, but really in the future too. Okay, last question because this is way too much baseball in the middle of football season already. Okay, but I do like the fact that we picked up a baseball bat here in September going into October. Okay, because October matters. I don't know if now's the time for me to hit a dinger. Job was right there.

You can do that? Well, no, I can't. Yeah, obviously you can't hit softballs. Why'd they pick those picks? I mean, they deliberately made me look like an asshole. They deliberately made me look like an asshole. That is certainly a conversation. Back-to-back jacks. Yeah, you like them, of course, because you're a journalist.

That is absolutely – I want to let you know, I had not said well in me live in a moment. Like, okay, these people make me look like an absolute asshole out here. Now, last question. Who's going to win this thing? Who do I need to actually pay attention to? I think the best team, Pat, is the Philadelphia Phillies. Wow. And you look

at that roster and they have got stars. It's Bryce Harper and it's Trey Turner and it's Kyle Schwarber and it's JT Real Muto and Al Boehm's taking a step forward. Zach Wheeler at the front of the rotation with Aaron Nolan and Christopher Sanchez. Oh my God. Bone. B-O-H-E-N.

Here gonna get Bone by Bone when the Phillies at home. The guy's a dog, isn't he? He is. He is a good ball player. And Miles Teller's going to be there. Without a doubt. Pride. Jason. Pat, I feel like you need to

go and see a game in Philadelphia. Like a playoff game. When are they? Coming up a week from Saturday, I think, is going to be the first game. It is super electric from over there. It really is.

It would be nice to get into the crowd. I think last year I had the same reaction with how awesome they were. I was like, damn, I didn't know that's how baseball comes. Who made the fart noise? Who's fart noise from there? It's Connor. You just sad about the Red Sox, Connor? Yeah, man. I've been broken up about

them all week, man. I need the Red Sox to be good so bad. I'm crushed. He's got the hockey hat on. He's already in basketball around the corner. I'm coming off Sad little panda. Look, he's got the hockey hat on. Poor guy. He's already in basketballs around the corner. See this, Jet? See this, Jet? I'm coming off a title, bitch, so I don't need another one.

All right, we appreciate you. Ladies and gentlemen. What did you do? What did I do? I'm like, oh, no. Are you kidding me? What did you do? I went to war every night for my team, Jet.

I'm not a bandwagon cheese fan like you, brother. I live and breathe this shit. Oh, yeah. You can tell. You're the man, Jet. We know you live and breathe baseball, and we appreciate that. I do. Hopefully we'll talk to you again here soon since baseball matters now.

I appreciate that. I look forward to it. Why did everybody think I was taking a shot at baseball when I said, I'm not talking about the baseball game, obviously. Why did everybody think that? Because you were at baseball when I said, I'm not talking about the baseball game, obviously. Why did everybody think that? Because you were. No, I was supporting Alex Smith. I was supporting Alex Smith and his journalism.

I was not taking a shot at the baseball existing in the same exact photo. Obviously there at the end, certainly did come a little passive aggressive. After you read it back to me, after you tweeted it back to me, this is certainly a shot is what you said to me. And you were right. I apologize to baseball. Baseball matters right now. Let's pay attention to me. After you tweeted it back to me, this is certainly a shot, is what you said to me, and you were right. I apologize to baseball. Baseball matters right now. Let's pay attention to it. Ladies and gentlemen, Jet Passer. Thank you, brother.

Baseball doesn't matter for a long time, though, but it does matter now. Jack Flaherty. Fake fan. Dude, they got rid of him. It's unbelievable. What were they doing, man? We get to see Shohei on the big stage, finally. I'm excited. That is the only better. What were they doing, man? We get to see Shohei on the big stage.

Finally. I'm excited. Oh, that is the only thing we should have asked about. But that's on me. We'll do it next week. We'll do it next week. Yeah, we got time. When Jet comes back. How many more months left in baseball?

I mean, November will be when it's over. So we got about a month left. So whenever they say you're Mr. October. Yeah, they kind of changed that because the. We need more baseball. Yeah, the World Series now ends in the first weekend of November. Why don't we push that shit back to Christmas? Well, because you don't want to be playing baseball when it's ice cold outside.

You remember, you get jammed when it's cold out. It's going to hurt your spankies. What was that guy's name that pitched me? Do we remember the guy? Jack Flaherty, right? No, I don't think it was Jack. Maybe it was Jack. That guy was drafted by Brewer.

Yeah, I believe he's of Dominican descent. I do not remember his name, though. He, I don't think it was Jack. Maybe it was Jack. I think I was drafted by Brewer. Yeah, I believe he's of Dominican descent. I do not remember his name, though. He threw that fastball close. Definitely Jack. Could have been. Yeah. What are you saying? What's that about?

A lot of Jacks. A lot of Jack pitchers. Oh, okay. A lot of Jacks. Yeah, a lot of Jock. Yeah, this guy was Jock. Jam, he broke thumb. Yeah, exactly.

First time in batter's box. Yep. It was tough. Made contact, though. Fucking saw it. First time in batter's box. Yep. It was tough. Made contact, though. Fucking saw it. 93 miles an hour. Yeah, I got eyes on it. Plus, we know who owns Christmas now, unfortunately.

The NFL took it from. Ladies and gentlemen, joining us now on Feel the Beat. That was pretty good by you. Thanks. I'm surprised you weren't doing the... Yeah. You weren't doing the ski. Yeah, you know who we're talking about. Join us now.

Senior NBA insider for the... Okay. For the Athletic and FanDuel TV currently. Ladies and gentlemen, Sean Schrodinger. I think this is my first Feel the Beast appearance, so I'm honored. I can't wait. That looked like... What do we call it?

Feel the Beast. That's what you got. That's AQ's dance move. Come on. Feel the Beast. We're a beast, though. We're in beast mode out here. That's what I want.

We've got to change the name. Change the name for me. Change the name. Okay, we will, actually. That is something to think about. That is actually not a bad idea. We've got Feel the Heat 2 coming right down the pipe at some point. Feel the Beast is not a bad idea.

I mean, kind of interesting right now with everything going on and the feeling of the beast. We'll probably stop with that. But the Shams, NBA is happening, what, next week? This is when this whole thing starts. All teams are reporting on the same day. Tyrese Halliburton, who is a part of Movado Watches, he's a model now.

He said yesterday he checks in next Tuesday. Is that everybody? Are we this? Is the NBA season about to start? A lot of teams starting on the 30th, going into October 1. A lot of training camps start this weekend, going into early next week. But listen, the Celtics, Nuggets, they just had their media day yesterday. The Clippers had media day.

Oklahoma City today with Sam Presi. They're addressing the media today. So teams are starting to get underway. You'll see JJ Redick, Rob Polenko, the Lakers brass. They're going to address the media here very soon as well. So around the league, teams, executives, they're starting up. A lot of the team players are all going to start trickling in. I think you look at this weekend as we get closer to the 30th,

and everything will be underway by the first of the month. Okay, so let's talk about a couple of those teams that you just mentioned there. We'll start with Los Angeles, obviously. LeBron and Bronny, I heard are playing night one, right? That's what I heard. I read on the internet. It made it into my algorithm. A lot of stuff made it into my algorithm.

With them. With a lot of stuff. But that one, most specifically there, Bron and Bronny are going to be playing on night one. That's like a guarantee seemingly at this point. Is that accurate? I think they're trying to figure out exactly what that's going to look like. I think it's going to happen early in the season.

But what I do know is LeBron James, Bronny, and Bronny James have already been through multiple workouts together individually. In the driveway? Yeah, we saw. We see him in the driveway. He's called himself the GOAT. Remember that? In small group settings in full

scrimmage settings they're very much already on the court together and they're playing and they're practicing a lot they've been on the court for the last uh little bit at the facility and and you know as training camp ramps up as lakers get a better understanding of how to approach ronnie james's season when he's going to play on the court it's a historic moment it's going to happen it's it's going to happen probably early and and allow the history aspect of it's never happened in the NBA so allow the history to take shape to to go on and then from there I think the Lakers can can kind of move on to an extent but they don't know exactly where Ronnie James is going to totally fit in to their roster yet. They want to see how training camp goes.

But listen, G League season is going to start a little bit after the NBA gets underway. And then they're going to have to figure out a plan of where that goes. Because realistically, second round picks, those types of guys, they spend time in the G League to some extent. I do think that is going to be a part of the full Bronny James development plan. I'm excited. Them doing a high-five after a ball game. What if they throw an hoop to each other? Oh my

God. Ronnie ain't playing a minute in the G League. Nah, well, he might start the NBA season. What are you talking about? Rich Paul says it's all good. When he came on the program, he said that there's a whole plan. We're patient. We understand this entire thing. What if there's a Dwayne Wade hoop off the backboard photo?

Very possible. Very possible. Would be a very photogenic moment right there. It would be very photogenic, like you are. That would be on posters, that would be everywhere. But I think, listen, Bronny James, they don't know exactly his

role on the team. It's hard to say, okay, he's going to spend the entire year in the G League because training camp hasn't started yet. JJ Redick said it at the press conference. He said it multiple times publicly, privately. He is high on Bronny James as a basketball IQ player. How does that translate in training camp? I think you have to give every player a shot.

But DB, if you're a second-round pick in the NBA, you're going to be playing some amount of time in the G League. That's just the nature of the piece. His name's Brawny Jake. Oh, okay. I believe it when I see it. He's going to be Paul Skeens here in Indianapolis selling out every arena in the G League.

Obviously, Sean's much more plugged in than me, but I'll believe him. He's very plugged in, which is good news, I think, for any network potentially who just re-signed or just got NBA rights. Ain't that crazy? Yeah. This dude's literally sitting right now just on a situation that couldn't be more.

New rights deal. Yep. Okay. New players into the NBA world. One of them, the deepest pockets in the history of any business. Yeah. By far. By far.

The other one wants to back in the game yeah and then obviously worldwide leader is obviously going to be very interested with everything and then you got a retirement out of nowhere to think but it's like hey shams proud of you buddy proud of you you've earned this you know you know i appreciate the support this is five years running i still remember when we first did this in 2020 during the pandemic and during co covid times that was a crazy moment in time and obviously i couldn't imagine doing it with anyone else and giving information with you guys so So appreciate the support. Just going through the process, baby.

Just going through the process. Hey, we're proud of you. Just know that. You've worked your ass off for this entire thing. It's been documented. You've obviously earned your stripes in this entire thing. And for us, you've always been great. You've been a representation of basketball for our program for this entire time.

So we're proud of you, man, no matter what your decision is. No matter what your decision is. Now, I assume there might be – I appreciate you guys. It's all love. It's all love. You know how much I appreciate you guys. It's all love. It's all love. You know how much I appreciate you guys. All right, good shit. Now, on that note, D-Butt's got a question.

Yeah, you have earned it. I hope you're enjoying it. I am extremely disappointed. I have still yet to see that. Well, Chamberlain, a video that you said you were going to find for me. But I do want to know. I've made some calls. It's hard.

That footage. Why is it so hard? I need to get different angles. I might be able to get different angles of the picture. But it's hard that footage why is it so hard i need to get different angles i might be able to get different angles of the picture but it's hard to get footage there i did make some calls i didn't get any text messages or responses but more importantly onto something that's actually going to happen are you going to uh are you going to break your own free agency news when you actually sign are you going to break that i i'm Pat might break it before I do. You guys might hear before I do. I have no idea about anything.

All I know is right now, the NBA season is going on, or it's about to start. We're focused on basketball here. Let people who need to figure out the business part figure out the business part. I would hope I know. I would hope I can break my own news. Hopefully. Yeah, I would too. We need to dump

everything he just said. Sean's going to be part of the decision process for his I can break my own news. Hopefully. Yeah, I would too. We need to dump everything you just said. Sean's going to be part of the decision process for his own life and his own business. And he will break his own. If not, maybe he sends a text and says, hey, this is happening like maybe others have done in the past. This entire thing. Sean,

we're proud of you, brother, though. Legitimately. Very, very proud of you. You've earned all of this. Can't wait to see it. Now, speaking of earning things, there's a champion, seemingly, that's going to be back in the hunt. Connor has a question for you. Yeah, Sean. Let's talk about the best team in the NBA, the Boston Celtics. And it's not really close at this point in time.

That's your trophy, BC. That's your trophy. Thank you. I appreciate that very much. Lift it. Lift it. Can we lift it? I guess I'll be your public because it is for the Celtics.

That's fine. I kissed it yesterday. I usually do every day. What's the chances here that we're looking at a Celtics repeat? Is Joe Mazzulla just in the ears of Tatum and Jalen Brown telling them how they're not good enough to be both on the USA team and play for the USA team because Tatum didn't play two games? And then is Porzingis going to come back

at all in 2024 is this going to be like uh hey let's just get to the playoffs and then you can play basketball well they're the favorites like the Celtics how deep this roster is they are the favorites going into the season they've won the championship and you think about I think I said it when I came on on the show early, you know, right around Olympic time, Jason Tatum, he was telling people around USA Basketball, and this was something that people on USA Basketball heard, like he really took that motivation from what happened at the Olympics. He has MVP goals in his mind,

whether that's this year, but that is fully on his mind as far as what he can accomplish in this league. And you look at everything he's done already at such a young age already winning a championship that is the next step for him it's the rise to that mvp level and then jalen brown not even making it on the roster he's going to be motivated already and i think he's gone through his own motivational moments throughout his whole career you think about a few years ago it was it was bantered about does he is he the odd man out in Boston? Does he get traded?

He heard that talk, and I think he's spoken about that eloquently. And even when Kevin Durant was available in that summer of 2022, I reported, and this is fact, this is what happened. And you think about this offer now, it's crazy. They offered Jalen Brown, Derek White, and draft picks for Kevin Durant in 2022. That is verified That is sourced Brooklyn did not do it at the time And obviously the Celtics

Two years later won a championship They're celebrating that Those two guys I expect a great level of motivation They're both hungry and the thing is Everyone wants to pit those two guys together They have so much respect for each other in their games I think they push each other to new heights And I think there were even people internally

With the Celtics that were surprised That Derek White played a little bit more Than Jason Tatum in the Olympics But like Derek White said There's no elephants in the room This is their team, this is their core They've got the deepest team in the league Porzingis could be back as soon as December

But they don't have to rush him back necessarily. They have Al Horford waiting in the wings. He can start. He can come off the bench. They have depth. They have depth at that position. They're the deepest team. That starting five is the best starting five in the league when all help.

Okay, Shams, we appreciate all that information there for Boston, and I assume Connor's going to utilize all of it to weaponize our ears on and off air going forward. He said that during media days, Al Horford said that he gets to the building at like 8 a.m. right now, and Tatum's already done in this entire thing. And then you think about the way Missoula is wired, I assume he's there at 5 a.m. as well. He's a different kind of coach.

He's a different kind of coach, and we saw Jason Tatum talk about it. Like Jason Tatum said, he was the most happy at what happened. This is motivation, his strategies, how he gets. That first year when Joe Mazzola took over for Ime Udoka, when that whole scandal happened, he was out as coach.

What happened? You remember. Oh, yeah. We don't talk about it. He was out. He's walking out of the office. Just saying. What I would say, that year for Joe Mazzulla was a trying year for everyone with the Celtics, for Joe Mazzulla. But he went through that experience.

They kept the confidence with him. He had the whole last summer, two summers ago, to really ingratiate himself, spend more time as the head coach. And last year we saw the clinic he had in the playoffs and he's one of the best coaches In the NBA right now West Virginia Mountaineer And he's going to utilize that as motivation From Shabba Shawanya on ESPN

He said I'm one of the best Got a good team there Got a very good team there For a long time Is it a long time? They have so much money committed to this roster Got a very good team there up in Boston. For a long time. Is it? Is it a long time? I hate it. They have so much money committed to this roster, and there's going to be an ownership change that's taking place.

And whenever there's an ownership change, there's always going to be decisions that are made that are going to change the course of the team. But right now, for this upcoming season, this is their team. They're fully locked in. But this is one of the top two or three most lucrative, richest teams in the NBA. It's only going to skyrocket more once Jason Tatum's big extension kicks in. All their players are locked in long-term.

Drew Holiday, Kajos Porzingis, Jalen Brown. Once all these extensions start rising, it's a lot of money. It's a lot of money it's a lot of money all you're saying new ownership is maybe going to come in there and do what the Fenway Sports Group did to the Pittsburgh Penguins yeah huge dispute I believe the Grosbeck elder statesman who doesn't go to the games his son does

the elder statesman was like hey what the hell why are we spending so much god damn money and the younger guy was like hey we were trying to win games and the older guy And the younger guy was like, hey, we're trying to win games. Then the older guy who runs the ship was like, we're selling the team. I want my stake out there. It was a family decision.

It was a family decision. It wasn't just one person. So I think anytime there's ownership change, you have to think about the direction of the team. Especially with how lucrative this roster is. For sure. Wow. Okay. You got two $300 million players, right?

Yeah. First team ever. And there's a luxury tax, I assume, for all this stuff? Yeah, but there's this lower, I believe, because both players, Tatum and Brown, have always been on the Celtics. So dad comes walking in one day. Dad comes walking in, looks at the payroll and goes,

holy shit, when did we start? We're paying this? Teams for sale. We are selling this team immediately. But you have to pay for these, the talent that this team has. That's what the kids say. Dad! Dad! Dad! We gotta pay! Unless you have expansion, these guys are trickling out everywhere. Walter gets

it. Shout out to the kids. It's insane. Because sometimes the kids go the opposite way. They're trying to pinch pennies so they get more money when everything kind of, you know, potentially moves on. I don't know the situation in this entire thing, but them going in, nah, we won't win. We spent his money.

We're going to win. Oh, that's awesome. I didn't know that was the case. I'm excited to see what the next ownership does. Ty has a question for you about big money here happening. Yeah, Shams, obviously the Celtics are very good to see what the next ownership does. Ty has a question for you about big money here happening. Yeah, Shams, obviously the Celtics are very good, but what about the other team that they're going to have to try to beat in the

Eastern Conference? The 76ers just signed Embiid to that massive extension. And then obviously they got a couple new pieces this offseason. What's the outlook on the 76ers this year? Well, there's a level of pressure, but I do think for the first time in a really, really, really long time in Philadelphia,

like in any of Joel Embiid's years there, they have stability. They have a core that they can rely on, and they know exactly what this looks like. There's no drama. There's no issues internally. This is their team, and Joel Embi and beat for him to agree to this extension he has five years 300 million plus on his deal one of the most lucrative deals in nba history him jalen brown jason tatum the most lucrative contracts in league history and he locks that money in um i think the shape he comes in over the course of this season that's going to be important how he continues to stay healthy health is going to be the key for him and the sixers to win at a high level they know it he knows it everyone there knows it but assuming they're healthy this team has the talent to

really compete against boston and the other thing that i think we should remember when joel mb when he did his instagram caption talking about his extension he said he wants to be a Sixer for life. And there's been chatter in NBA circles. What is his future? Will he want out? When everything is going on with James Harden and Ben Simmons, you look at a guy like Joel Embiid. Other teams are trying to pluck him out of Philly. He wants to be a Sixer for life.

And that is the biggest thing to take out of that. I think now he genuinely wants to see if he can finish his career with the Sixers. He wanted to be an American, too, in the Olympics. Won a gold medal. Congratulations. Negotiated his own deal, too. Hey, love that he's negotiating his own deal.

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What a baby, Sean! What a dog. He's in a good spot. Yes, he is. Yeah, very good spot. Especially with how much money was being spent on the NBA rights. I think a lot of us were surprised about how much money they spent on the rights because, obviously, the conversations about the linear ratings

and what the NFL is, what this is, it's like the NBA takes over social. Always. Always. Not as much as the NFL. When the NFL is happening, it takes over social, it takes over TV, it takes everything. The NFL is a wagon. It's in its own kind of category. But the NBA takes over conversation

pretty much anytime anything is happening around it. That's why everybody was so interested in it. The amount of money they spend on rights, you would think they save a little bit of money, potentially coverage. Yeah. We'll see. Mm-hmm. We'll see. I did make a few text messages and calls saying, there's an answer here. I don't know if we're

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That's two. No. I'm telling you. Are you? As. It's going around. It's going around. Don't say it.

Have you been around North Indiana? Because I've heard a lot of stuff. I'm A-OK. OK? I hope so. We should get a test. But are you? A what test? A lot of sniffles going around. Get a test. But I'm not around North Indiana because I've heard a lot of stuff. I'm A-OK. OK? I hope so. We should get a test. But are you? A what test?

A lot of sniffles going around. Get a test. But I'm not sniffling. Better safe than sorry, brother. Every once in a while, I'll sneeze. You know, maybe there's a little sage burning right before we get alive, and it tickles the nostrils. So I'll sneeze every once in a while.

Let's not get... I know what you guys are all alluding to. I'm just telling you, pollen counts through the roof right now. Is it raining? There's a big one coming down south. Big one. Look out. Yeah. Are we in hurricane season right now. Is it raining? Hey, big one coming down south. Big one. Look out. Are we in hurricane season right now?

Yeah, it's kind of the end of it, but it's still coming. I think this was more on the west coast of Florida. I don't know when. It's what? Is tornado season happening right now? We're pretty much out of NATO season. Okay, so Indiana, this is the first time in a long time that we haven't been. Well, I guess I'm not gonna say anything yeah i will say when my house was hit by a tornado in seventh

grade it was in october boys okay okay so it is kind of so we're still in the middle of it hurricane season still happening yeah you're down there in south florida south florida southeast i don't know how is that not scared like it feels like the ocean can just say, hey, you know what? I'm coming. At any given time. That's kind of what it is. You get a little power outage. You get a lot of rain, wind. It's not terrible. When you're down there, you're used to it. Pretty much if you're northeast, you get used to blizzards.

Out west, you get used to earthquakes. Every few years or ten years, maybe you have a really bad one that everyone remembers. Hopefully, this is not one of those. They're saying there's purple, I see, on the radar. There's places in North Carolina, they've said on the coastline, where one street lost four houses,

just got swept up into the ocean already. What's that thing? It's a state of emergency that the Santa's already put out for the whole state. What's when the ocean just comes in the town? that's called something storm surge storm surge there it is storm surge is just the ocean just coming and taking over time do you remember every once in a while we'll get videos from people uh in the southeast it feels like is the hurricane where there's walking down the middle street and the water's just there and they're like yeah that's

the ocean actually still i'm like well how do you get rid of that you just gotta hope it stops goes back eventually that's crazy Alabama i think is I'm like, well, how do you get rid of that? You just got to hope it stops. It goes back eventually. That's crazy. Alabama, I think there's some real rain. Georgia, Alabama, obviously this weekend, massive game. Game day is going to be down there. These storms need to cut it out. Let's give us enough rain so we can farm. But let's slow it down.

I don't know. I didn't have any dream catcher dreams about that, but we need these. no that's way too yeah you need she would no I don't want the price yeah you make two in a row yesterday you're the new universe ball shooter remember yeah I guess okay storms yeah this is this is big you're the one that brought it up, bub. No more storms. Oh, it looks so good. I mean, it wasn't even close. 12-year NFL record.

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You can chase. We'll do some college ball combos with Tone here in a matter of moments. Joining us live from an attic in Ohio, ladies and gentlemen, college football national champion, Super Bowl champion, Ryder Cup winner, A.J. Hawks. Yeah, Hawker. Hawker, how you doing, pal? Doing great. Great to be here after you did Feel the Beast with Shams and Jet was on.

It was great to see those guys. We didn't feel anybody. We didn't feel any beast. We were feeling the beat, which was bang, bang, bang. That was changing it. That's not it. That's not it. There's a lot of beats.

We were feeling it at the time. That's what it is. That's what you got to do. You got to really feel it. AQ was even feeling it. I don't know if you saw it. Did you see him feeling it? Unlike what you would ever do with a beat?

Oh, no. I feel the beat. But yeah, AQ definitely feels... He's good. We know AQ's a good dancer. I can tell. He's got great feet. Terrible shoes.

Great feet. What is your problem? These things look unbelievable. Today's costume is certainly a good one. I don't want to be a body-shaming person, okay? But a little bit more weight on you, better. I had a good summer. I had a good summer.

A little bit more weight on you is much better. You think so? Yes. You look great. You look great, AQ. You look phenomenal right now. Quads really. Spend a little more time in the weight room than on the streets running this year.

Okay, yeah, because you're getting ready for Navy SEAL camp next year. Yep. That's right. Remember that? Oh, yeah. I think I'm going again. What's that one right there? Same company. Ert Ert.

Navy SEALs. They give it to you when you go help build the wall. Which wall? The Great Wall of China? We talked about the Great Wall of China in the first hour. People say the show doesn't have range. I digress. We talked about pandas, racist turtles, the Great Wall of China. We also talked about the three talking points coming out of week three

of the NFL season in AQ's mind. Did you see that shit he pulled up about LeFleur from 2018 with the Tennessee Titans and then what the Green Bay Packers have been doing with Malik Willis as your internet is a little bit more glitchy than it has been normally? I don't know what that's all about. You look fantastic, sound great. So just power through it, pal.

But him utilizing some 2018 plays that he had with marcus mariotta with malik willis like further illustrates the point about lafleur literally a master class of coaching this particular season and it's uh shout out to aq for bringing it up but i think packers people need to understand a little bit more but the entire nfl fan base needs to understand that the guy with good eyebrows right now is cooking in green bay aj yeah he is and imagine like showing you could show Malik Willis those clips too. Hey, here you go. This is what we're going to do.

You get a great – like, I know at least for myself, I'm a visual learner. I would assume you are a little bit as well. But, yeah, I think this is – yeah, great coaches, that's what they do. They go and they figure out, like, sometimes a coach will bring something from 20 years ago and feel like, hey, this could work. It doesn't always work out as well as it did with the floor. But, yeah, man, he's killing it. There's some stats coming out talking about coaches

and everything like that. Zach Taylor is associated with every team that's 0-3. Yeah. That is a little bit alarming. Obviously, Callahan goes down as the head coach of Tennessee. Where does he come from? Cincinnati. And then Jacksonville, what they got cooking?

Their O.C. is Press Taylor, his brother. Uh-oh. Oh, no. Uh-oh. Oh, no. Is that the reason why they're having that meeting? Is Joey B like, hey, everybody associated with you stinks right now? And I love Lou.

Louie and Ramos, is he a part of – is he getting osmosisly sucked into the suck right now? Yeah. This is obviously stats that are going to come out whenever your team is not doing great. I know we've talked a lot about the Cincinnati Bengals here over the last couple days, and you certainly are in Ohio around Bengals fans. Is it full panic over there?

I would say, yeah, maybe not full panic, but absolutely everyone is on high alert. They are very, very worried. I asked Hembo if he could give me some stats, you know, like, hey, are there any stats that are glaring about the five teams that are 3-0 and then the three teams that are 0-3? And this is what

he sent back, and I am very thankful for this. All five 3-0 teams have generated more sacks than they've allowed. That seemingly makes sense. All five 3-0 teams rank in the top half of the league in run-stop win rate. Okay, which goes to what you were talking about i think with the cowboys now how is that stat classified we don't know that's one of

those ones you present to a football person they're going to say what does that mean so go ahead let me just clarify some of that stuff because some of these things do get skewed and there's like even like run game efficiency right it's kind of bullshit at times because a third and one that you get the first down is classified as efficient run. That's not really an efficient run. It's just for the purpose of that play it is, right? But it's like what classifies an efficient run when it's not a situational down is a four-yard run. Okay, so win rate would be less than a four-yard run then?

Is that what that is? I would assume so. Okay, so all five 3-0 teams rank in the top half of the league in run-stop win rate. Run-stop win rate. It's tough. Run-stop win rate. Run-stop win rate. Here you go.

Run-stop win rate. R-S-W-R. I should have stopped. There's a man joining us right now who's in the Houston Texans ring of honor who I think wants to jump alongside these stats for all 5-3-0 teams. Ladies and gentlemen, J.J. Watt. Hi, baby. Tag me in.

Okay. Tag me in. Okay. Have thoughts on this conversation. Okay. All 5-3-0 teams rank in the top half of the league in run-stop win rate, J.J. Is this what you wanted to kind of talk about? I want to talk about a lot of this because, like A.Q. said, I think a lot of this is skewed, certainly, because you have to think about things as well.

There's a lot of stats out there like teams that rush the ball 30 times or more have a much higher win percentage and things like that. Well, let's think about the context of that. If you're leading in the fourth quarter, you're going to be running the ball more. So you're going to try and bleed that cock out. So, of course, the run numbers are going to be higher. Same with sacks. If you're a team that's behind, you're going to have to bleed that cock out. So, of course, the run numbers are going to be higher. Same with sacks. Like if you're a team that's behind, you're going to have to throw the ball a lot more. So the 3-0 teams are going to have a lot more sacks.

And they're not going to give up as many because they're the ones running the ball. So there's a lot of these stats, like AQ said, that I'm sure offensive linemen can be happy about, mad about. Same with us on defense sometimes where it just skews it. But just remember that a winning team is generally always going to be rushing the ball at the end of the game, and a losing team is generally always going to be throwing it. So those numbers are always going to be a little skewed. Yeah, but that's because the clock, the L is silent,

is their enemy at that time, not necessarily the game. All five 3-0 teams rank in the top half of the league in motion frequency on the offensive side of the ball. That is seemingly 2024 football, but it's more pound of rock than it has been in a motion game in the past. AJ, do you feel like that is a legit stat? Now, let me go to the 0-3 teams here. All three 0-3 teams have taken more sacks than they've generated. So, that feels like that makes sense. Cincinnati, Tennessee, and Jacksonville rank 26th, 27th, and 30th,

respectively, in average field position drive start. Oh, that's a good stat, Hembo. Big deal. That's a big deal. That's a good stat. And then all three of the teams that are 0-3 rank in the bottom quarter of the league in run-stop win rate. So, run in the rock, control in field position, seemingly two of the stats here that the 0-3 teams have.

We're playing old school football with the motion frequency having a little 2024, JJ. That's what I just heard right there. Just play football. Run the rocks, not the rock. Throw the ball, catch the ball. The efficiencies, the percentages, the ratios. What about turnover margin? Turnover margin is not a part of that, Pat?

Shocked I didn't hear that. What, the turnover margin? Yeah. I thought that'd be big. So I just asked him if he could send me some stats that the 5-3-0 teams have in common and the 3-0-3 teams have in common. That was literally all I asked. These are the ones he sent back.

I'm sure there's turnover conversations that are in the – because that's always going to be a stat that he's going to go skewed one way. The motion frequency thing is very interesting. Big deal. Because it's like with offenses being as inept seemingly they are this year, the teams that are trying to cook at least are having a little bit more benefit than the teams that aren't. And special teams matters, JJ.

Always, always will. Kickers. I think kicking's gotten too easy. I think kicking's gotten too easy. How? These guys are making it look so easy. 65 yards, like, no problem. There was a 58-yarder that went to about 90 yards. We got guys going 35.

Cairo Santos missed 56 yards short. Moody missed one on the left hash. McPherson missed one on the left hash. Fairburn missed a 54-yarder. This week, definitely. After week two, I was starting to get real concerned. This week, I think the kickers got together. Not impressed?

I think the kickers got together and said, guys, we're looking a little too good. We need to reel it back. So a couple guys took the L for the good of the cause because it's getting ridiculous. They're very good. What do you mean it's ridiculous or bad? It's cool. This is a good thing, not a bad thing. You're watching

a master at work every single time. I know, I know, but we're starting to forget how hard it is because they're so good at it. I mean, I'm watching Kaimi Fairbairn every week and he's just pumping that thing through the uprights, no problem at all. We got that guy in Dallas who can apparently kick it to the moon.

It's incredible. But it's making people think that this is easier than it is. I think we're going to have more and more people stepping out into the streets like, hang on, I can kick. And then they're going to try, and somebody's going to pull a hip flexor a la, you know, somebody in this group chat. And we don't need that. We don't need people losing hip flexors.

I didn't pull it. I ripped it. Thank you. I went all the way. Okay. Fastest recovery from a ripped hip flexor I've ever seen in my entire life. Thank you. Wolverine blood.

I appreciate that. I appreciate that. And I'm going to be back for the soccer tournament too next year, hopefully, as well. Is that in the best decision of the McAfee family? Okay. What are you saying? Is that in the best decision?

You guys spent two weeks in Cary, North Carolina. We got unfinished business, brother. We do. We got a title to win. Our team was good, brother. Concava SC was a good team. Oh, Concava. Oh, Concava. Yeah, concave. Oh, concave.

Yeah, we got unfinished. I don't want to hear that song ever again. Well, maybe your team should be better. Yeah, that is. You got stink. I think our oh, concave team would actually like to scrimmage your actual Burnley team. Before TST would like to scrimmage your actual Burnley team. Before TST would like to scrimmage your actual Burnley team. Give it a shot.

Give it a shot. I don't know if your boys want to handle me. Happy. Happy to. When he gets out there. What about Gordy Gorson? Oh, big night in the back. Are you kidding me?

Breck Shea? I mean, he's going to go. Jeff Comren? I had him in my pocket. I had him in my pocket. Who? I had Breck in my pocket. Breck.

I had him right in my pocket. Okayck. I had him right in my pocket. Okay. He wasn't getting past me for shit. You and Zat. Zat almost. Zat almost. Oh, was that who it was?

Oh, no, that was the big... Who was the big guy? Zat. That night, yeah. Zat, which once again... We did. We did go up for a header. Yeah.

That was ill-advised on both sides, I think. Well, Zat played like, I think, 13 years in the Premier League or something like that. He's down here 40 years old. missed zero minutes for a concava. Absolutely.

Looks good. That's a good-looking soccer player. The Indianapolis outlaw? Yeah. Are you kidding me? Yeah, we need him to obviously go bananas yet again. All he does is score goals. The dog.

Anyways, let's get back to kickers. I make them look like crap on Saturday mornings, though. I'm trying my best to let people know, like, it's not easy. You can't do it. All the kids that sign up and get the tickets to do this have said negative things about kicking, have said what you have echoed the sentiment there. Easy, easy, no problem. How do they get chosen?

I apologize. I should know this. How do they get chosen again? No, it actually gets brought up a lot. I get a lot of messages from people telling me that I suck, kicking's easy, and I need to pick them to do the kicking thing. It's like, well, it's not me picking who is doing it. I appreciate the message, and

for talking shit to me and kicking, I appreciate that. It fuels the fire. It is a, I think it's given out to like the first hundred people are given tickets that say yes, they want to participate, and then there's a random drawing there. So I think it's like a hundred people that get the tickets and say yes, they would like to participate, then that kind of takes place.

So that's how it all goes. It's a random selection. Corbin. And you're personally deciding if they get a second shot or not? In the moment, yeah. That's cool. It's my actual money too. It's my actual money too. Is it though? Yeah. Road check

$50,000 that fucking kid on the second attempt A couple weeks ago Yeah, it is Now where does money come from? That's a whole other conversation I guess Yeah, but that money could stay in pocket That money could stay in pocket Like a lot of people that own teams do

You know So, you know Go ahead But I mean the ratings are through the roof I mean I'm looking at these numbers College game day You're like Everybody hates pat nobody likes pat on the show we got to get pat off the show but all of a sudden best ratings in five years we've never seen ratings so high 30 years actually what is it guys yeah i don't know it is a fun time it's a great time

let's move along here let's talk some nfl football uh i didn't know if we were going to dive into tj watt just continuing to be great because every week we kind of do a promotional video. Is there any other people that you would like to highlight that we should be talking about, you think? I think, I mean, sadly it was against obviously the Texans, but I think Jonathan Grenard deserves some love. He had three sacks against his former team. You could consider it a revenge game.

I mean, I think the game in general, the Vikings are currently looking like a wagon. We'll see if it lasts, but they are incredible. He mentioned this first play, first sack of the game. They have a tight end lined up on them. I mean, that is insulting as a defensive lineman. I will say, if you think you're going to block me straight up with a tight end. After I left your team and I signed somewhere else, that will set you. Look at this. No offense to the tight end, Cade Stover, great player, but that's a tough-looking rep to put on film the next day. And I think for JG, he obviously felt very good there,

and this day had to feel good. But the Texans overall, it was a tough day. So many penalties, so many putting themselves in disadvantageous situations early, and I think it was an eye-opening experience. So I'm really interested to see how they bounce back this week because how you handle adversity tells us a lot about Super Bowl contenders, and they're certainly one of them. But, man, hats off to the Vikings.

What an incredible game and start. Yeah, let's stay in the NFC North. AJ's got a question for you. JJ, what do you think about what the Packers have been doing? Obviously Malik Wills, but their defense just getting all kinds of pressure and just pounding the quarterback, it seems like. I think LaFleur deserves a ton of credit. I mean, I think that you have to look at that situation and see how many teams lose their star quarterback that they have hundreds of millions of dollars invested in, bring in a guy that just signed with the team a couple weeks ago who everybody kind of wrote off in Tennessee, and what did he do? He just adjusted the entire offense

to make it work. No complaints, no nothing, just find a way to make it work. Now they're leading the NFL in rushing attack, which is probably something they wouldn't be doing if Jordan Love was the quarterback, but by any means necessary to get the job done. And, of course, leaning heavily on that defense, Jerry Alexander with a pick six in the game. So you have to give credit. That's good coaching, in my personal opinion, is just finding a way.

Instead of an excuse, finding a way, and LeFleur is doing an unbelievable job of finding a way. AQ brought up a couple clips from 2018 where LeFleur was with the Titans running Marcus Mariota on the outside and they're using the same exact plays from Malik Willis here in 2024. And Malik's

confidence is absurd. In a way, the team loves him seemingly. Like him running down the field whenever I think Watson went on somebody's head or whatever and he was like doing this. Opening drive of the game. Damn, this team has come together very quickly around this man.

And they've afforded Jordan Love an opportunity now. You can take a couple weeks, make sure you're all the way back healthy. Nobody, nobody's on the side of like, Malik Woe is starting quarterback for the Packers going for the rest of the year. Everybody understands that Jordan Love whenever he gets back, he's Jordan Love. There's a reason he's paid that much. But they've afforded the opportunity

now with the offense and the defense player. It's like, we've got weeks now. We can kind of see how this whole thing goes. I think this is going to make the Packers better. I really do because now they've really hammered their run game over the last couple weeks, which will only take pressure off of Jordan Love now. And showcase some run plays for the quarterback that Jordan Love can do. They haven't now, granted, with the knee injury coming back,

where they want to do that. They didn't do much of it last year, design shit, forger in love. But he can move. Oh, yeah. And they're seeing with Malik that it's very possible for their offensive linemen to be able to get out and make plays for him. I think they should have a five- to six-play package for Malik moving forward, too, even with this.

Oh, like a little third dime. Whoa. No offensive line. Whoa, whoa, whoa. You don't like it. You don't like it. I don't love the packages. I understand them, I think, but, like, it really does make the defense aware

of what you're planning to do there. I mean, sure, you can add some things. And when you have a true – like, it's not a true wildcat because he can obviously sling the ball as well if he has to. But I'm a big believer in the rhythm and the flow of the game and being in there. And I think that it's tough when you take that starting quarterback out of that rhythm, even if it's only for a player or two. I'm a big flow of the game type of guy.

Yeah, I'm a big flow of the game type of guy too. AQ, you're so stupid. You idiot, dude. It works pretty well with Taysom Hill. I mean, what is going on down there to St. Louis all of a sudden? They won a lot. Yeah, but then are we losing? Got an injury, you know.

They'll fix it. Center got hurt. Jalen Carter just wrecked the game. Completely wrecked the game. Still got a very, very, very good defense, so I think they'll figure it out. Yeah, go ahead. D-Bot's got a question for you, JJ. Yeah, about Justin Fields.

You know, not really just a game manager making some dynamic plays. Obviously, that's going to be, you know, talk of the town out there. You know, obviously, Russ, when he gets back out there, what's your thoughts on him? I think a little bit, not quite the same, obviously, as Malik's situation in Green Bay, but I think that quarterbacks being written off in certain places and going to new opportunities is a theme so far this year,

and some having more stops than others, whether it's Sam Darnold, whether it's obviously Geno Smith from the past, Baker Mayfield, et cetera. But clearly he has taken full advantage of this opportunity. He's put his flag on the ground and said, I'm not just a game manager. I'm not just here to run the ball and run zone read and manage this game. I'm going to win us football games, and I want this starting spot spot and i think that you can see this team rallying around him i think you can see them really you know stepping up here and i mean how do you how do you take the the spot away from a guy who's three you know let's say he goes four and oh this coming week um you can't take that

away so kudos to him for taking full advantage of the opportunity at hand because he has done it really well. And I think he's really playing great football. He's threw some beautiful balls. He's not turning it over. He's just doing exactly what needs to be done. And we all know in Pittsburgh they've had that defense that's able to keep points off the board.

It's just been an issue of putting points on the board. And he's doing a good job for them. I'll say kudos to him. Kudos to Artie Smith. Kudos to the Steelers for being like, yeah, we can be a place where Justin Fields can get better and play good football. Kudos to Justin Fields for picking Pittsburgh, allegedly. And kudos to Pittsburgh for falling in love with this guy.

Pittsburgh is in love with this dude. He is much more like, I think, what a Yinzer would appreciate and fall in love with than Russell Wilson. Sure. I'm not a fearing city. God bless everybody, for sure.

Is there any... Yeah. First off, we don't fear God in Pittsburgh. We fear nothing in Pittsburgh, Connor. So – I don't think you should say that. Keep talking.

Okay. The injuries love Justin Fields. We're talking some of the greatest terrible talent in the history of the city. Love Justin Fields. Love Justin Fields. We're throwing daggers at a guy on the injured list right now. Who? He's an emergency quarterback.

Who? Russ. Daggers? No, we're just pointing out facts, brother. This is journalistic standards. Justin Fields with the way he's playing and Artie Smith, the way the offense is running and how everybody is acting and handling it, it's like the injuries are falling in love with Justin Fields as a quarterback.

I don't want to say that didn't happen in preseason because Tone was on Fields and then he was, you know what, Russell Willis would be able to handle the Pittsburgh Steelers. Now all the way in on Justin Fields. So to your point, JJ, I don't think you're going to be able to just pull this guy right now. Tone, am I speaking accurately for Yenzers or no? No, no, you are. And if you win, we're going to love you.

Three-and-oh, we're going to love you. Especially the first two games were okay. The last game really was like, okay, the training wheels are off and Justin looks really, really good. To D-Butt's point, nope, hasn't been named the starter because guess what Mike Thomas said? We don't have to do that yet because that's a hypothetical. We're not playing hypotheticals yet.

So we're just going day by day. Don't live in your fears, bro. Justin Fields is – You don't want to know how hot dogs made a game. That's right. yet so I put that we're just going day by day and I mean if I'm the quarterback I'm Justin Fields I want I mean I'm not gonna tell Mike Tom how to do his job let me not do that but you know he's starting this like he is the starting quarterback right now like I understand what Mike saying where he's like you're asking me to name the starter for next week and I have no clue what's going to happen. Anything could happen in this game. Justin's the starter for this week. That's all that matters. Hey, I agree completely.

I think that's what he's referring to though. Just being like, yeah, Justin's the starter quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers. But Mike Tallman has always done things in his own way and he's obviously doing his own thing now. And we talked about Steelers fans being so incredibly pumped. The best twirl that they've probably had in their entire life. You met this guy in Arizona. and he's obviously doing his own thing now. And we talked about Steelers fans being so incredibly pumped, the best twirl that they've probably had in their entire life. You met this guy in Arizona. Look at this twirl. Look at the lock-in.

This is how bought-in Steelers fans are right now, JJ. Glorious. Does he have a steady? I need a tutorial because I screwed that shit up when I was there. That is a nice, strong twirl. He's got the momentum flowing. I feel like it's one of those. I kind of feel like I'm looking at one of those toys where it's building its own centrifugal

force and it's just getting faster and faster. If he kept it going, he could take off. Centrifugal force is a real deal. It is a real theory. JJ, here is yours, I do believe. Oh, no. We're searching for it. We don't need it.

I remember it was just like falling on his wrist, right? Oh, no. We're searching for it. We're searching. We don't need it. We don't need it. I remember it was just like falling on his wrist, right? Yeah. It was a lot of Sari's pretzels that night and a shitload of tater tots. Okay. Yeah. And a few. Sarah's pretzels.

And a few Miller Lights. Yeah. Sari's. Sari's. I didn't even know what the hell you said. Sari's. Sari's pretzels. Sari's?

I thought it was Sari's. Sari's. Sari's. Oh, my God. Sari's? Sari's? Sari's? Sari's?

Sari's? Sari's? Sari's? Sari's? That thing's beating you up, dude. That's how it's beating your ass up. Not some true bullshit. That's how I was hitting the ceiling, man.

I was hitting the ceiling. That's what was happening. I mean, that's embarrassing. Looks like you're casting a fishing line. Yeah, a little bit. We're trying to make this thing go. Take your shirt off. Twist your right hand.

Spin your right hand. That was a great night, man. I really enjoyed that. That was good. A lot of good food, a lot of good drinks. Weather was perfect. I mean, it's – AQ, do you still live in Arizona? Oh, yeah.

It's 100. Yeah, well, you're traveling the world these days. It's 100 – 110 this week. We've got 110 on the forecast this week. I don't know what the hell's going on. Get your shit together. It's terrible.

Well, it's a dry heat. I don't control the weather in Arizona. No, not you. I'm talking about the city. The city needs to control it. Get this shit together. Why don't you put a dome over it? Isn't there enough money out there?

Without a doubt. Put a dome over it. So much money. Yeah, you guys just make it a bio dome. Why not? Easy. It was beautiful last week, too. It was 85 last week.

It was? And then now it's back up to 110. I don't know. Sports outside. What's that? Like, how do you play sports outside? Well, see, they're trying to cancel my daughter's soccer game this week, but we're trying to teach them grit, so I'm saying we stick with this.

110 degrees. There we go. 2.15 in the afternoon. He's from South Florida, though, so he's talking about sports. Might need to cancel it. I mean, that's different. 1.10 and 2.15. Yeah, but what are you guys, 97 with 100% humidity?

Exactly. It's worse. I have this argument all the time in my household. Are we taking 90, 95 with humidity, like New Orleans, Houston, or are we taking 105, 110 dry? 110 dry. The dry, though...

Dry is still hot as hell. 110 dry is still hot. But the sidewalks don't know that it's dry heat. I'm taking dry all day long. You get a breeze? Definitely. I'm just saying both of these suck. You don't need the breeze. Oh, yeah.

Both of them are hot as shit. The minute you step outside 95 and humid when I was down in Tampa, instant sweat. Yeah. Within seconds. Especially with no socks

on and the shoes you wear and the sweats that you wear every single day. Oh, gross. That's right. Yeah, that's AQ football. That's AQ football, yeah. Anyways, let's get back.

What? You've never met one like this You literally Well one time He did one One time Yeah you guys hung out One time

Had coffee Walked the kids And JJ was like I didn't check the sock situation I wouldn't have I wouldn't have accepted the walk If I knew he was going Shoes no socks

I'm sure you could have smelled them They're borderline croc shoes So they're They're vented Oh Okay Well those are your full-time shoes? That's what you wear for your regular life?

He's wearing that to a wedding if he has to. That's right. All right. Another reason I would have canceled the walk. We're 0 for 2 here. Son of a bitch. Yeah, JJ, I don't know if you and AQ are seeing a wedding. He's in a billionaire's basement every day.

I found the house finally, by the way. Somebody showed me the house. Yeah, let's go. You should go. There's another group of billionaires he's in with, too. I think they were like, you see this guy who wears no socks. He dresses like an asshole. He's fucking incredibly strong. We need to

let this thing in. It's wonderful the way this guy operates. Let's get back to football. Please, shall we? Talk about Justin Fields looking great. Let's talk about another young quarterback. Go ahead, Conman. Yeah, JJ, how about the performance Monday night from Jaden Daniels? Obviously, they were five and a half or seven and a half point dogs going into the

night, and they haven't punted in two weeks with this guy. What did you see from him? Also, how awesome is it if you're one of the vets on that team, maybe thinking going into the season, okay, we've got a rookie quarterback, who knows what's going to happen, and then boom, three weeks in, you're tied for first in your division. Yeah like so when you have a rookie quarterback who's taking over a team

obviously there's a lot of bets you're constantly watching to see how that guy handles every situation to see like all right is this our guy is this who we're believing in can we get fully behind him um and i've heard all the great things all off season and training camp and everything but you never really know and you never can solidify it until the live bullets start flying. And Monday night was a perfect example of a guy taking complete control of the team, of the organization and saying, I am our leader. I am our QB1. I am going to take this organization forward in great, great ways.

And the best example of it, hands down, was that final touchdown pass where he stood in the face of a zero blitz, saw the hit coming, did not budge, delivered an absolute strike into the end zone well before the receiver was anywhere near the end zone. That is how you earn your teammates' trust. That is how you earn their belief. And that is how, going forward, and that is how going forward they're going to do whatever you need them to do because you took that hit in that critical moment what a play man it was awesome what a play it was awesome obviously the fourth uh down situation you talked

about like everything that he displayed on monday night football against a banglestein gunnens these remember we're at very high hopes for oh yeah t higgins was healthy too so they're both on the field at the same time he and jamarar Chase, maybe Joe Burrows all the way back. That offense is doing its thing. Lou Anarumo's defense may be figuring out how to play D. So in that particular situation on prime time, to deliver in the fashion that he did made me a believer in Jaden

Dumb! He's seemingly a dog of the future. There's a lot of these young quarterbacks that are off and running. And then there's some not so good. What are your thoughts on Caleb Williams, JJ? What are your thoughts on him? Because he came into the Loud House and you've been in the Loud House.

You know how hard it is to play in the Loud House. Just a taunting environment. Just a raucous, difficult. I mean, it's synonymous. It's synonymous. You've got Death Valley down there at LSU. You've got all those tough plays to play. You've got Death Valley down there at LSU. You've got all those tough plays to play. You've got Arrowhead.

Of course, the Loud House is always high on the list of most difficult places to play. But what do I think about Jay Williams? I think he's being put in the stadium. Holy shit. Rip that clip now. Incredible. That was awesome. That'll be in the stadium.

That's an extremely difficult place to play. I don't need that to play for the pregame show again. The Loud House is the Stroud House. We all know it. All right. That's what it is. What's done is done. The sound bite has already been clipped, my friend.

You already screwed up. Thank you for that. Yeah, you're on our side now. Welcome to the Loud House, brother. Nobody heard what you said there. Caleb had to witness it, though, and explain it for the first time. Looked like he was a little bit bothered. Threw it for 300.

Caleb's being put in a tough situation, man. 52 pass attempts is too many pass attempts for a rookie quarterback. You got to help the guy out you got to put him in better situations uh we can't have him stand back there getting crushed i mean he's taking big hits for sex these aren't like he's not you know falling down or sliding and he's taking some big monster hits back there and he's dropping back 52 times we got to create better game plans we got to create a better run game and i get it the game can get away from you as the score gets away from you you feel like you have to throw the ball to stay in it.

But it is a very tough situation to ask a rookie quarterback in his third game to throw the ball 52 times. That's not sustainable. And then there's another thing in this game that upset me, which they had that fourth and one down there on the goal line. And they went with a little belly flip play out to the side, which sure works sometimes sometimes and you can show me a clip it worked in another game this weekend but i am a very very very large loud and adamant believer and do not take the ball any further away from the line of scrimmage than you need to on a fourth and one in any situation at any point on the field quarterback sneak direct run downhill fullback dive anything. If you don't get it, that's okay. Anybody can live with

that. These types of bullshit plays, you don't get these, you look like an idiot. Yeah, and we actually gained like seven yards on that entire thing to Colts, and then Anthony Richardson will go on and push his teammate in the end zone because he's goalie. AQ, why did all the offensive linemen end up on the ground there? I have no idea. I don't know what they're doing.

Were they running a different play? That's what they're trying to do. They a different play? The communicant, no. That's what they're trying to do. They're just trying to, like, literally just cut guys down. And they got some on the backside, but they missed a lot on the front side. We got a scorpion. We got a full-blown scorpion on the two-yard line right there. Right there, screenshot all over the internet. Right there, that exact screenshot all over the internet.

So that is the play, though. Well, so listen, they're in, I think, a gap eight defense, right, JJ? Like, they're literally gapping down. And so all they're trying to do, you're out leveraged everywhere to the play side, so you're literally just trying to cut guys. That's all they're trying to do, and they all fall down and miss. Yeah, I mean, there were some that weren't even cuts, though, that ended up on the ground.

I mean, that guy on the full-blown scorpion post was not trying to cut anybody. 670 got cut by his own guy. Run it back one more time. Run it back one more time. Run it back one more time. Watch the left tackle here. Yeah, we saw it. Yeah, the whole front side. Falling all over each other.

It's just not good. I'm happy his knees are okay. Oh, boy. All right. Okay. All right. All right. That's tough.

I've always said you can make anybody look like I got plenty of plays out there. Agreed. Yeah. Don't work. Agreed. Editors can really pick and choose how they want to make anybody look like I got plenty of players out there. Agreed. Don't work. Agreed. Editors can really pick and choose how they want to make you look. All the time. That is very real.

AJ has a question for you, JJ. And to Caleb Williams, good luck, brother. Listen, I know you say you haven't been nervous since high school or whatever. I don't think you should be nervous now. I think you have a lot of time to develop, and you're going to have to take it in a very humble fashion. Like the NFL is a different place. It is a different world with different athletes. What C.J. Stroud was able to do last year, nobody understands. And if Caden Daniels

was able to do it again, still nobody understands. You run your race, Caleb. You run your race. Because, boy, if we start seeing what we saw in preseason out of him, that'll be good for Chicago, that'll be good for the league. But if we don't, that's going to be a bummer. that's going to be a bummer. That's going to be a bummer because, boy, they were talking about him being. Oh, yeah, the guy. That player. I mean, it's JJ's point, fourth and one, taking the ball.

Like, what is that? If you don't get it, now the offense, the Colts offense, you're inside your one. You're trying to just get a first down so you're not in a backed-up punt situation. Now you lose, what, 10 yards on a play. Now you're out of it. You're not even really in the backed up punt situation now you lose what 10 yards on the play now you're out of it you're not even really in the backed up situation on the flip side of this with that anthony richardson when he pushed him in like the colts put out a clip but just like that play slow mo like if i'm in the team meeting monday like that's the probably the only play i'm playing the team like if you play like if you look up there like it was like that was like if you're an offensive your team like offense defense special teams like hey this is this is our identity this is who we are as a team like

the coach put out a clip of slow motion i think shane steiker was mic'd up it was an awesome awesome piece of content yeah and ar legitimately picks him up and starts but he's like one of the main drivers it's not it's not like he was just acting like he was in there to be there for tape he's actually doing the pushing you see the you see the other O-linemen get in there, Q get in there, tight ends get in, and it's just... Uh-oh! Uh-oh! Uh-oh! Look out, Steelers! Is the book out on the Houston Texans?

Is B-Flow's defense what you need to do? Is that what's going to happen? And are the Colts all the way back? Hembo sent me some stats on Colts' optimism. Thank you for bringing it up, D-Bug. I completely forgot about it until right now. Reason for Colts Optimism, 21% of their runs have been for explosive plays. That's 10-plus yards.

That's the highest rate in football. Wow. Is that good? Holy shit. Hey, welcome to the Loud House. We play fucking punch-in-the-mouth football. And we're not just punching like this. We're throwing roundhouses.

We're going 10-plus yards. AR is an explosive play waiting to happen. He leads the NFL in yards per completion at 16.2 by nearly three full yards. Okay. So he's not able to hit everybody. But when he does, it is way down there. And that is what the Colts are, baby. This guy's only in his eighth game in the NFL.

JJ, look out. Look out. I don't have to look out we played a game already we've already played the game we're different teams now fc defensive player of the week jalen johnson oh my god yeah on the sideline okay okay you should see kenny moore jump into sweets too if he was in lambo i think he'd be able to base jump into the front row and stand. That's how easy they got up over there. Loud House is coming around. And the Pittsburgh Steelers got experience.

Tell TJ good luck. Hey. Gonna need it. Hey, tell TJ what it's like coming in the Loud House. He better wear earplugs. He might. He better wear earplugs out there. Scared laugh. It's not a out there. Scared left.

It's not a loud house. I'm sorry. It's just not a loud house. It's a great stadium. Love playing there. Beautiful place. Beautiful building. Great spot.

Not a loud house. AJ has a question for somebody who doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about. Well, JJ, I want to shift to the carolina panthers the red rocket andy dalton breathing some hope into that organization that team are are the panthers for real now like are you taking them serious that's a big question that's a big question i don't i don't know if i'm i don't know if i'm there i don't know if i'm there on that get there um it's a tough it's a you know it's we talked earlier we had a segment segment on CBS this week about quarterbacks in new places, and I've already mentioned on this show, you know, Sam Darnold, Geno Baker,

those guys, Justin Fields in new places succeeding and doing well, because we talked about Bryce Young, and he may have to do it again in North Carolina with running it back and trying to have a more successful second stint or possibly somewhere else someday. And you try and find all those benefits of the doubt. You try and be like, yeah, maybe it's a scheme system. Maybe it's a player system.

Maybe it's a coaching. But when Andy Dalton goes out and plays like that, it becomes much more difficult. I mean, the way he just walked it down the field on that first drive of the game and then continued it throughout the whole game, that was just, it was thoroughly impressive. I'm sure he has a chip on his own shoulder where he wants to come in and he wants to show, hey, I still got this. I can still play this game. That was just, it was thoroughly impressive. I'm sure he has a chip on his own shoulder where he wants to come in and he wants to show, hey, I still got this. I can still play this game. I need to be a starter in this league. But I don't think it's, I personally would say that I don't, I don't think it was a, oh man, now we need to put them in playoff conversations.

But inside that locker room, it certainly gives all those players a jolt. It gives them now a lot of confidence going in. And you know, you win, especially when you win like that, and it looks like things are looking up, the entire optimism of the whole building changes. Ty has a question for you. Oh, no, what are we doing, cutting the grass? We got a leaf blower out here.

I can't catch a break. My mailman the other day told me, his name's John. He was like, hey, next time the dogs bark, say it's John, the mailman. So there's... Hey, John. But I don't know. I got to get the leaf blower's guy's name now so we can... Is that your mailman? Santiago. Actually, I do know his name.

It's Santiago. So shout out Santiago getting his three minutes here on the show. Shout out Santiago. I love what he's about. The leaf blowing never made sense to me. I love it. It's great. The process of it. Just everything.

You just don't like that you're displacing them somewhere else. You're not picking them up. Yeah, like if you bag them, I guess it makes sense. But whenever people are just blowing them to a different spot of the property. Get them off the walkways and stuff, yeah. Okay, and then what? Mother Nature goes, and then we're just right back? Right back to it.

Typically. But it's nice every once in a while. Or if you just get done mowing, like, okay, I'm just going to blow all this hay into the street. Or, you know what? I don't like the way my neighbor's been acting lately. I'm going to blow all my leaves into his yard and then act like I don't know what's going on. If he comes over and says, like, hey, what the hell's going on? Okay.

It's been windy the last couple days. All right. so that's what i thought that that's how i kind of viewed it as well that's why i thought everybody was doing it great i do not come from a leaf blowing uh household and uh i never fully we could not afford a leaf blower we have the rake yeah long long time the rake fell back too a little bit because boy it was hard to get me and jason to agree to do that and then just fucking wind blow the rake back. Are we wasting time? Are we doing things here?

I'm not sure. Santiago is the best in the West. Oh, yeah. Is he bagging all those? Is he bagging? I'm not. To be honest, I don't have. You better be.

But drop leaves. So I don't know what we're even leaf blowing, to be honest. Oh, you're getting hustled right now. You're getting scammed. More money, more money, more money. This is awesome. This is what happens to you affluent people who don't pay attention. That's okay.

That's Phoenix, Arizona football. Exactly. We're acting like our guy here doesn't live on a lake in Indianapolis with the largest real estate purchase in the history of the state. All right? Well, I don't know if it's the largest in the history of the state. It is big on the lake, though. Yeah, I mean.

It is a big property on the lake. This guy needs to see Tony Stewart. I was going to say, Smoke Stewart's got fucking Cabela's up north. Are we in a new spot? Are we in a new spot across the lake, or are we still? No, no, no. Where are we at? No, no, we're still.

We're still. Still up at Monroe. Yeah, we're still up in, yep, exactly, Lake Monroe. Nope, the, yep, Moores. Yeah. Nobody needs a Dan Campbell, anybody here, all right? Let's calm down. You're certainly trying, aren't you?

Across the street. Why don't you drop a pin on us? The lake in Indiana. Yeah, it really narrows it down, buddy. Yeah, you're right. There's four of them around here that are very nice. I live on the one that's very north of here. It's about a 45-minute drive down to work every single day.

It's nice and peaceful, but I'll tell you what, I've not gotten on board with the Lake Blown. Am I on board with the Seattle Seahawks, though? That's a good question. Ty has a question for you, JJ. That is a good question, JJ. Nobody really talks about the Seahawks because they're way the hell out there in Seattle,

but Mike McDonald is the youngest coach in the NFL, and they haven't had the toughest schedule, but they've looked pretty good through three games. Are they completely bought in on Mike McDonald at this point? What do you think of the Seahawks thus far? Yeah, first of all, I do agree with you that the West Coast is a real thing. Obviously, playing in Arizona, even when we started out 7-0, there's different coverage, but I think that one of the teams that's currently flying significantly

under the radar is the Seahawks. I think McDonald's got them playing extremely good. Geno's obviously playing at a high level. But that defense, what he's been able to – youngest head coach in the NFL, brand-new head coach, yet all they've done is go out there and win three in a row. Kenneth Walker is extremely difficult to tackle. He's a phenomenal running back. Is he back? DK with a massive, with a massive catch from Gino this week. And then that defense, I mean, that's what he's known for that Baltimore defense

last year. I mean, every stat off the books, leading the NFL in every category. Now he's just brought it with him to Seattle and they're a very, very good football team. You have to also say they were obviously playing Skyler Thompson, a backup quarterback this week, but you can only play the games that are on your schedule. And Tim Boyle. Gumpy, I saw a lot of people saying that the development of Skyler Thompson might be the thing that should be called in question most

as opposed to just his performance. Did you see that? That would be fair. He's been with the team for three years, and he's been in the system three years, so that is true. Seattle's a tough place to play, though. Yeah, and Snoop Huntley is going to be ready monday night so we don't even got to worry about oh we got you guys on monday night football well there's two there's another game thank god

we're the early birds special uh last question here for you jj nice hat gum thanks jj i got some good friends that live down the street. Hey, remember you speared? You tackled a guy, yeah. Santiago's wearing a very similar hat. Santiago is rocking a very similar hat. Zach Brown hat? Easy. He's rocking a Zach Brown hat?

No, the one Gump's wearing right now. I'm looking right at him. Santiago's wearing almost the exact same hat. He's got a Zac Brown hat on? That's his hat. I don't know, man. I'm just telling you what the guy is wearing. It's hard for me to get a good look at Zac Brown

when I'm spearing people that are coming on stage. I don't look at Zac Brown. I look at the perpetrators they're fucking trying to kill. Is that what you said? Zac looks fantastic nowadays, by the way. Yeah, look at the hats that are on their heads. Yeah, you couldn't see this. Were you shirtless there,

or is that just a very incredibly tight t-shirt? It's a snug shirt. It's a snug top. Wow, and put your glasses back on and flex over top of them. Look at that. This guy might be the greatest security guard in history. Called show business.

Called show business. Show business? That wasn't an actual... What? Okay, babe. Geez. No, I mean, no i mean yeah wrestling i mean everything's the same wwe all the same what the hell no it's real it's real i'm saying it's real yeah you're telling you need to don't work yourself into a shoot brother yeah that is do you know what it works you can handle me in the ring you don't, but I would be excited to see you in there. I do think you'd be perfect for it,

especially the way you put those sunglasses back on. Found the hard cam? When I found out how serious the injuries are, that was when my interest level in that dissipated. Because I actually do think it would be a lot of fun, man. It would be a blast. Do it at least once. You can do it once.

Body can handle it. You versus TJ? That's what you said about playing soccer, too. You know, once blast. Do it at least once. You can do it once. Body can handle it. You versus TJ? That's what you said about playing soccer, too. You know? You know, once you see that pass? Yeah. Had that pass. Always good. Should've just stopped playing after that. Actually had conversations about like, we're done here now. Yeah. Right? We are

slowed up. And then, lo and behold, got a couple free kicks. Needed to sub you in. I haven't kicked the ball in 20 minutes. Just go out there. Let her rip. And I did. Nobody will ever say I didn't go fucking after that ball. Kicked it out of the stadium. Ripped my hip flexor. It was a...

That ball went very far. Thank you. That might... You know what? Maybe I don't play ever again. I was just talking about... I was just talking about us training for the entire season here to get ready for TST. Why would I do that?

Last play ever. Kicked the ball out of a stadium. That might be the one. You've got to manage the squad. You've got to be the manager. No, I'm telling you, me old one, Gumpy. Please. What are you even... You've got Coach Gump out there. You should manage it.

Coach Mule, Coach Gumpy, we've got a couple yellow cards. Our coaches don't mess around. We're attention to detail. With the talent you had on your squad, many are saying you might have underperformed. Take it easy. You did not see what was going on 1 squad. I mean, many are saying you might have underperformed. Take it easy. You did not see what was going on at 1 or 2 a.m.

Okay? You didn't see what our particular team was doing late night. I know nobody else was doing what we were doing. People are starting to figure, you know,

look around, like, who were the girlfriends on the team? Are they being distracted? You know, were the coaches all in? Are these the right coaches

for the job? Yeah. Tony Miola was all in. He was drawing up plays during those breaks. Nobody was looking. But he delivered a couple good speeches, though. Legitimately. Tony Miola was able to.

At the end of it, we got knocked out. I tell you what, Miola almost brought a tear to my eye when he said. Talk about moments. Oh, yeah. And we certainly had one. And an impact. It was like a fucking, like, his speeches. That tournament, the one thing I would definitely give it credit for

is you come together like the whole family thing. Some weird way, you feel very much like a family after that week. It is crazy how you come together as a team. So we missed all the training sessions for the team. Other commitments. We were putting together, obviously. And it was down in South Florida. It's a long way down there. We weren't able to go. So literally met them. We were putting together, obviously. And it was down in South Florida. That's a long way down there.

We weren't able to go. So literally met them. We landed late, too. We were supposed to show up at the last practice. Had a circle. We weren't able to land. So I missed all the practices with these guys. Never met any of them.

Was on a WhatsApp text chain thing because some of them were international. I didn't know who was what number either. I had no idea. Didn't know a lot of their names. Meet them as we land. We get in there. Full, oh, concave for a moment.

And the boys are all excited. Then we get back to the hotel. And it was really like that night. We were just hung out. And it was like, all right, let's go win this thing. And then all of a sudden, every single moment, we got tighter and tighter and tighter and tighter. We even had some adversity battled through. Behind the scenes.

We almost lost all of our laundry. Because guys were putting everything on there. Mike Foss goes to bat and almost fights the TST director about our laundry. It was wonderful. I loved our time down in Cary, North Carolina. Too long. Too long.

Can't be doing two weeks of Cary, North Carolina. You're going to be there longer. We've got the final on Monday night. Too long. Condense that a lot. Yeah, but bodies won't survive. Yeah, we can't. We got the final on Monday night. That's what I'm saying. Too long. Condense that a lot. Yeah, but bodies won't survive. Yeah, we can't do three games a day. It's interesting.

It's almost like too popular of a tournament. You know, like there's too many teams that have to do too much. So it has to be as long as it is. But the only downfall is, and Kerry was beautiful. That place was amazing and everything. But I'm okay with not living in a hotel for two weeks as a 37-year-old man. Sure. You know, who has a family. But with that being said,

we'll do anything for Concava. Concava rides, brother. Breaking. Pat McShone says the Concava SC has unfinished TST business. There it is. You want to be at TST if the Concava SC

runs it back. And that's meat right there. See you there. And that's Derek. These guys are phenomenal. Yeah, Stomper. Stomper. Stomper. Stomper Huffman.

I'm excited. And in the back there, we got a full. I mean, let's go, boys. Yeah, we're running it back. I don't know if Burnley's invited, and I don't know if you want to, but if you would like to play your actual team against Concava before we go to on TFC, we would welcome that. We'd have to fly the lads into America.

We're not going over there. We'd have to fly. What's that? You watching games? We're good. We are good. Only thing I've seen is you and the man in the blazer just celebrating and doing the whole thing.

That shit was awesome, man. That was awesome. that was awesome what a day it's a 94th minute winner just glorious that was fine that was fun look at you high-fiving punching face happy birthdays to the man in blaze i mean what a time we continue on youtube espn plus and tick tock live we'll see you tomorrow be a friend tell a friend something nice about change you're like got it yep might have cut it off though you got it i don't think so i think ESPN Plus and TikTok Live. We'll see you tomorrow. Be a friend, tell a friend something nice. Am I changing your life? Got it. Yep. Might have cut it off, though. You got it.

I don't think so. I think that's it. So you guys are winning. This is a good year. This is a good year for the Burnley. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah, we're having some fun.

We're having some fun. It was a great one. I mean, we definitely, it was more of a struggle Saturday than you probably signed up for. Plus, it was a great match, and the boys had a lot of adversity over came, and 94th minute winner, man. Thing of beauty. It was just a lot of fun. Those are the moments that you live for,

and as you get into ownership, that is literally the moment of adrenaline that you look for that you can't really replace because of what it means. It was awesome. I saw the fist bumps there. High five. And the yelling.

Yeah, pumped up. That had to feel so good especially oh yeah everything that what wow what's that yeah after after what you guys getting called up soon when you get called up when's that happen that's good that's what else may may may we went over all this last time right around the day quick eight months it's a quick eight months. We're in third place right now. Top two automatically go up. Three through six have a playoff. We went through a gauntlet

at the beginning of the schedule and came out in a great place. Now we get to have a little bit of fun hopefully and enjoy ourselves. We got a new coach over there, right? We have a new coach? Yes, sir. Scott Parker. Great coach. Doing a great job. Everybody around the ground, everybody in the locker room, everybody loves him. He's been doing fantastic.

And we got a bunch of new guys who are all gelling together at the right time. How's that bar you guys go to across the way with that lady who's the bartender? Yep. Who does the... Royal Deitch. Is that what it's called? The Royal Deitch, yeah. Okay, I was talking about Ted Lasso.

Yeah, me. Me, personally. But every team has one of those, I guess? I was just kind of... Oh, yeah. Okay, I was projecting it onto your team. So it does happen everywhere. Okay, that's sweet.

That's cool. 100%. That's the best part, yeah. Sweet like that. I have my pregame routine. Every single match I go to, I stop at the Royal Dice for a pint, walk down to Burnley Miners

and get myself a Benny Bomb, and then I walk into the stadium with the fans. benny bomb oh it's a benny bomb that's like you put a whiskey it's like uh yeah it's like a jaeger bomb but with benedictine instead of jaeger yeah who what is that like benedictine what's benedictine uh no it's from from the world war yeah um a bunch of regiment from burnley was in france fighting in the cold wet tunnels they had to drink something to keep them warm so it was benedictine liquor and uh they brought it back with them and now i believe burnley is the largest uh importer of benedictine in the world they have the most consumption of benedictine in the world hell yeah thank you thank you boozed up on the battlefield they always they always try and say in the world. They have the most consumption of Benedictine in the world. Thank you, Curbs. Boozed up on the battlefield?

They always try and say, like, this is my one story that I tell, but it's just, everybody always asks about what a Benny Bomb is, so then you have to tell the story, and that's a Benny Bomb. Well, that's a good story. It's a great story. Good for the people of Burnley, obviously, for more people to learn that story. So you're having a pint down there at Heich, and then you're having

a Benny Baum down there at the Miners, and then you're heading into the stadium, and then your house and beer's there, too. You're pretty fucked up at these games. That's what I'm learning. Ah, man, you just have a little... It's so cool over there. The best part is they don't do tailgating, per se. Their

hospitality is that you sit down to a full three-course meal, which is crazy. So, like, that's something that – Everybody who sits down to a full three – What did you say? I'm sorry. I missed that.

I was talking about – I was thinking about the booze and the amount of booze. Who's doing a full – So, like, in English football, in European football, the opposing team's owners, the home team's owners, they all come and they sit down in, like, the executive box and they all have, like, a three-course meal. You know, you have coffee, you have drinks, you have everything, and they all have a three-course meal. You have coffee, you have drinks, you have everything,

and then you go out and watch the game. It's like a communal thing where it's also obviously guests and VIPs of the ownership as well. So I think ours has maybe 100, 150 people in it. But then there's – so if you own a suite at the stadium, if you own a suite – like let's take your suite at the Colts. You would go into the game two hours before the game and sit down

to a silverware and plate three-course meal, and then you would just walk out and watch the game in your suite. We have a buffet-style food, but is this the thing in Burnley here? This is one of our hospitality areas. People come in a couple hours before the game.

Hey, I'm going to be honest. I'm going to be 100% honest. Okay. I thought place might have been a little dumpy. I thought it was, that's what I thought. From the photos that I've seen

and everything like that and the history and the way you talk and we just went down to the thing. The product. Yeah, exactly. I did not know

you guys had it like this. Turf Moors looks beautiful. JJ, what up? Yeah. We are considered like an old traditional English ground. Exactly. I did not know you guys had it like this. Turf Moors looks beautiful. JJ Waddup. Yeah. We are considered like an old traditional English ground. I mean, we've been around since 1882. Turf Moors are very old. I know.

But like, comparatively, you have to think about Tottenham's new stadium and everybody. We are still comparatively a very old school ground. It's just, you know, we've certainly upgraded the hospitality. It's been a big point of emphasis trying to make sure we have a cool hospitality area that's all street food, so you can get different street foods and things like that. Keybogs? It's cool. It's really fun, man. This is fun stuff that

we get to talk about. Do you fancy me a keybob or two? Yep. These guys don't care at all. These guys. What? What if you don't have eight hours? What if you don't show up two or three hours before the all. These guys. What if you don't have eight hours? What if you don't show up two or three hours before the game? These guys.

They just don't eat. That's all. But the game is also only two hours long. Well, depending on extra time and floppers. Yeah, the refs decide how long the game really is. You guys are all in their world. There's one person that knows how long the game is and doesn't tell anybody either.

Yeah, well, they got those old mics on now. Yeah, they do. All right. JJ, we're happy for Burnley. We're proud of you. Where are you at this weekend? I missed that. Where are you at this weekend?

Georgia Bama's playing. There's a big storm. Big storm. Like, massive storm, actually, in the area. Purple on radar for tomorrow. What's the contingency? Plans? Yeah, like, what if you can't

fly in? What happens? Well, I mean, that's certainly the question that we are finding ourselves asking currently, in the moment, in real time. Yeah, you're talking about contingency. That's funny. We haven't had one. It might have to be ground ops.

Yeah, train, perhaps. You're going in no matter what. You're telling me that even if you can't fly in, you're finding a way? We'll certainly see. We will certainly see for the safety of everything. You know, we will find it out. But massive game in the schedule. Obviously, Georgia playing Bama this early in the season is a huge ordeal.

It should be wild. But Storm is certainly saying hello. Did you see the train thing? They're launching a train. The new Trans-American Railroad? That looks so bad. Down the floor. Chicago to Miami? Two and a half weeks? How long does it take? I've looked into the train travel before.

It's very slow. Almost bought trains. We almost bought a train. You almost bought trains? There's only 81 privately owned. That's right. We were deep into the train travel. We almost bought a train. You almost bought trains? There's only 81 privately owned. That's right. We know a couple of the owners. Yes, we do.

We've called them and asked them. That sounds like Indianapolis. I feel like that would be a place for trains. I mean, Wisconsin's no different. Don't get me wrong. Yeah, Crossroads of America. I feel like Indianapolis is big on trains. Yeah, the backbone logistics of the United States of America is certainly some.

The ports, obviously, very, very, very, very important. Trains, though, here in Indiana, you'll get stopped at every single time. But turns out, not very convenient to travel, very slow. Can't really pick and choose where you want to go to. There's no real direct trips to anything. You have to go. Comfy, though. Boy, you can get this glass top ceiling one,

and then beds, and then obviously a living room. We're actually going to do a train tour. Yeah, there was going to be one that had a gym. Obviously, there's going to be a lobby, a hangout place. People have their own bedroom. That would be awesome. Yeah. We really looked into it.

We were, I'm telling you, way too- How long ago? COVID, right? Yeah, right, plenty, yeah. It was during COVID because, obviously, you could travel because it's isolated. Traveling cart. And you'd be able to show up at one of these stops, and it would be a big field at some of these places that we could stop at. So, like, that's how-

We were the dumbest operation of all time. That was a pretty good idea. Great. Until we learned how it would take us five weeks to get from basically here to North Dakota if you really wanted to go. It was going to be the More Cows Than People tour. We're going to go on a train.

We're going to show up. It was a whole thing. We were very, very close. The side of one of the carts open, and then the stage is just there, and then you just go. Yeah. Yeah, it was... It's a cool idea. I mean, it is a really cool idea. TM, TM. the stage is just there, and then you just go. Yeah. Yeah, it was –

That's a cool idea. I mean, it is a really cool idea. TM, TM. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Train work, yeah, we did it. We did it. We thought of it. We thought of doing it.

It took 40 hours to get from Chicago to Miami. Not that bad. What? Not that bad at all. I thought it was like a speed train or something. Cafe, no. We don't have those here. No.

That's the problem. Not yet. Oh, that's not bad. Everybody was saying it was like 10 days. 40 hours? It is long. You're right. 40 hours? I didn't think it through. Zito just said it's a work week.

40 hours. But you get to experience, you get to see things. If there is some of the trains have really sweet designs you know like the window where the window placement is oh yeah and then sleeping in it i assume is awesome legitimately you would assume you can make that thing pitch black cold and there would be constant white noise yeah in the back love it i think we should think about resurrecting this idea now

we're talking who was the guy we called that owned uh peter something I think I might solve his number we had actual conversation with guy He owns like four or five of the 81 trains or whatever it is So like you were gonna buy an existing train or you're gonna build it Well, we found out that you do have to do that and you have to get in the schedule It turns out you can't just drop trains on the tracks and just say I need this to go to this Yeah, but doesn't it feel like there's a lot of trains just sitting around like i feel like there's a lot of trains there's a lot of conspiracies around that too uh obviously with the trains where they are and how they can block roads quickly and immediately indianapolis has a lot of trains but i think they're moving i think they move yeah i think

there's a lot of movement arizona you probably don't see it i don't know how many uh trains are coming around here i got not many tracks pittsburgh not a lot of trains obviously because the way it is constructed uh so i get out here to indiana i moved to a place that i didn't know like hey yeah you're gonna get stuck every single day anytime you want to go anywhere yeah and they have like a rule i think it's like a three minute rule or a five minute rule i forget what it is it's some law not allowed to be longer than however long it is every time you sit in a train it feels like two hours. And then you look left or look

right and that thing's just never ending. I've been hit by a two-piece. Bang! Thing doesn't lift. Why is the thing left? Bang! One's coming back this way. And it's like, come on, bro. Terrible. It is. But thank you for your service. Of course. Northeast, that doesn't happen

because all the train tracks or lines, whatever you want to call it, are either underground or they build the roads underneath or over them so you don't have to get caught. So what? The subway system, I guess, would be – is that considered train or no? They have the Amtrak up there that can take any of the big metro cities in the Northeast. Yeah, Philly to New York to Boston to Providence.

Fast trains or no? Yeah. You can go to Boston to D.C. in the Northeast. Philly to New York to Boston to Providence. Fast trains or no? Yeah. You can go to Boston to D.C. in eight hours. I feel like that's our best representative. Northeast works it the best with the trains. England's awesome. I believe the whole country is the size of Indiana.

You can go anywhere on a train very easily in England. Do you have the Loud House anywhere over there? Probably not. We have 22,000 people and it is so much louder. Do we sell tickets there? Sold out.

What do you need? I was just wondering if you were doing good business. You sound like you're doing good business. 150 people at the all-you-can-eat three-course meal with the other ownership. Good stuff. A little sticky toffee pudding dude he's got a little Tom Cruise yeah exactly Tom Cruise and cocktail flip in the bottle yep opening up here Tyler yep call this one the booze Boom, ice cube in each one. Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.

Sweet. I'm in. That's so good. That's how you guys need to take it to the next level. All right. We appreciate you, man. You're the best. Thank you for joining us every single Wednesday

on Football Seeds. Are you working again for CBS? When does that happen? No, not this weekend. No, I'm off this weekend. I got a little break. I rescheduled it around because we could get Sebastian in this last weekend, so I want to be able to say hi to Sebastian, have him in there,

and have my brother in the interview with TJ. So it was a really good show this last Sunday. A lot of fun. Yeah, Sebastian's awesome. I love Sebastian. Maniscalco. Maniscalco. Oh, yeah.

Have a little culture in our lives. Have a little culture. He's one of the top-selling comedians in the entire world. Sold out Madison Square Garden five times. He stayed at JJ's house. I know. I heard the convenience in the robe. I didn't know.

Sebastian. I have a cat named Sebastian. There's a lot of sea basses. Really? Where'd that come from? He's a proper lad. You just look at him, you think, yes, looks very regal. And Sebastian's got a cat and a dog.

Got four cats Two dogs One three legged cat Named Scootsy One 300 pound dog And one 200 pound cat Yep Yeah

I mean there's a lot going on The internet The internet comes to his defense I will say They came hard that day To his defense Chuck's stubborn fat ass Have you noticed

Now you have a child Have you noticed, now you have a child, have you noticed the pet attention dropping off at all? Or is it the same level? So Valerie dog, good. Chuck, good. Chuck's always around, though. Chuck is like, he's always around. You know, I think normally pets just have a natural ability to know,

like probably shouldn't just bump into child. Yeah. Chuck hasn't got that memo. But he's. Oh, my. That's not true for Borsig. That is not. This is an old photo.

He's way better than that. He's fatter. Fatter? Yeah, that is an old photo. No. Chuck has put on at least 30 since then. You got to call somebody here. I agree.

He's two times closer to that camera than Valerie, who's a pit bull Sharpay on the other side. Anyways. Valerie's a beautiful dog. That is an incredible looking dog. Valerie's the best. Valerie just had surgery. She had some spinal

disc thing happening. Valerie, she just had surgery. Chuck. I appreciate you guys being fucking with me. some spinal disc thing happening. Valerie, she's had surgery. Is that a pick for dogs? Chuck, never mind. All right, I appreciate you guys being fucking with me. My dog's on. I hope you all feel terrible. I hope you all feel terrible.

Valerie almost just died a couple weeks ago. I was telling that story, and you guys can't wait to get your little fat dog jokes in. Hope you all feel terrible. I got a dog. No, dog hair. I'm not contagious to help my dog. I'm not doing it to help my dog. I'm not enabling it to be even larger than it is.

Watch your mouth. Watch your mouth. We tried to get Chuck on a treadmill. Guess what? He quit. Oh, they got this food. They got this food that's less calories so they can eat more volume of it so they think they're full, but it's actually way less calories,

so they're not actually. We need to get out of that. That won't help. Chuck, I'll tell you what. We give him half portions. He steals vows, right? No, he doesn't steal vows, but literally seeking anything that's potentially on the ground. He's just

looking, and it's like, oh, there's something that looks... Is that plastic? Sweet. Let me go ahead and try to eat that. I mean, it's just never-ending, this guy. Never-ending. And then toys? Yeah, right.

Those are food. Toys are food for Chuck. He's got a good soul, though, deep down in there. He's a good boy. He does not know the baby thing, the toddler thing, though. He's just bumping, right? I'm like, yo, bud, what are we doing? Valerie's been awesome.

Oh, Zempik for dogs, AJ? I heard you. Okay? I heard you. We? I heard you. We need it, I think. He's not going to let that happen. Once he learns what's taking place, he's like, no. This is not how this is going to go.

I'm still hungry. He's the best. Dogs are the best, dude. They are. They're the best. Cats aren't bad either. I grew up in a very anti-cat household. We have good cats, I think. They're very cool. They are very, very good cat we we have good cats i think they're very

cool they are very very good some people have what do you do with them they just hang out legit they just hang out that's all you do they just hang out they cool enough like they let you pet them like they'll sit on your lap or that's what i'm saying yeah some people i think have cats that are just not like actual domesticated animals. They're like little dogs. They're just little dogs that actually just poop in their own spot. That's a pretty cool thing. There's some cats that are bad cats. We're talking evil.

Evil cats. I think they give a bad rap. The ones without fur? My cats are awesome. You became cat guys. I hated cats until I got this one. I googled what cat is most like a dog and found that breed. So you kind of... Cheated. But your cat's awesome.

Awesome. They're cool. Yeah, plays fetch. Meets me at the door. What? Only likes me, though. That's a dog. It's a dog.

Yeah, but it shits in its own spot. You don't have to let it outside. I can go away for a week and it's completely fine. Damn. Yeah, feeds itself. How much food do you got to put out in that scenario? They away for a week and it's completely fine. Damn. Yeah, it feeds itself. How much food do you got to put out in that scenario? They just graze. So it's like a gravity feeder.

Just grazes. Eats on its own pace. Doesn't get too fat. And if you get anything that has moving water, boy, these cats get jacked up. Oh, yeah. We have a little fountain thing that basically produces water. And it's just like they're finding water in all the different times. You got the Great Gatsby House over there? The fountain? produces water and it's just like they're finding water and hole all the different times and then

you got the great Gatsby house over there the fountain sounds like a nice house I don't know ladies and gentlemen you plug it out go ahead and target go ahead and target imagine the JC Penny out front right here JC Penny you got the shineway piano in the foyer also. I don't understand the piano thing in there. Vaughn Moore. I was in Vaughn Moore a couple weeks ago in Michigan because I forgot a dress shirt for the show. Great department store. Phenomenal. Yeah.

They got a pianist live in there still. Yes, they do. Still to this day. And it's hard not to stop and just be like. Penis. Pretty fucking good. Mm-hmm. Yeah, penis.

That's an ESPN thing. Jason Kelsey also forgot his dress shirt for the show and had to go to the store to get one. Seems like you guys are forgetting your shirts a lot over there.

Yeah. I mean, it's going to happen. It's going to happen. David Allen sends me sport coats, so they're already there, so I just grab that. And then sometimes

you forget to wear clothes under that. Right. You know, and that's where, boom, Vaughn Moore with penis comes through. JCPenney delivers

real quick. Pianist. Yeah. Took me a second. Quick. Took me a second. I missed it. I also thought AQ said he ate his cats earlier and he said he hated cats.

Different kind of cat. You said cock earlier instead of clock. I thought it was AJ. I thought they were starting to hang out more. Oh, in Ohio. Geez, all right. Let's get out of here. Ladies and gentlemen, Jay Bar more. Oh, in Ohio. Geez, all right. Let's get out of here. Ladies and gentlemen, Jay Jay Watt.

Chucky's too fat. He's too fat. Yeah, but them talking over the Val story was unbelievable. Yeah, she's 12 years old. Don't worry about it. Just another surgery. Just got through it. She's younger than ever now.

She's fucking all over again. She's like she's six, seven years old again. That's it. Then you start to wonder, like, how long has she had this issue, you know? And is she going to live forever? This is Val Dog, I hope. Four times cancer. I know.

And she had a broken disc in her spine that was pinching some nerve. Damn. She went in there and fixed that. It's like, and now she's fucking all the way back. Chuck had her for a while there in the first half. You know, for the last couple of years, I guess, because she's probably been dealing with this for a while there in the first half, you know, for the last couple of years, I guess, because she's probably been dealing with this for a while. Chuck's kind of been a little, you know.

Now Val is, uh-uh, we ain't doing that. Just, like, settle down, young one. And I'm like, thank you, Val. Maybe she'll get him not to be fat, too. I don't know if that's going to happen, to be stuck in his ways. Val's a miracle worker. What are we talking about? Stuck in his ways.

Chuck's a miracle worker, too, because he can still walk. His joints. Yeah. I'm worried about him. He jumps off the couch sometimes. I'm like, oh, they're all four going to break. At Easter, he was just standing there, and he was shaking. God, Chuck.

He was kind of off balance. He lost all four paws on the ground. Yeah, but he was using three of them at the time, because he was working on his one-handed push-up. He'll jump off the couch, though, and I'm like, no, no, no, no. I don't even know how that works. You've got to fix all four broken legs? I don't know.

What is that even? Your wagon? Yeah. If he's on his wheels. At least he's not a horse. What is wrong with you? Why are you laughing like that? I'm trying to think about it.

This is, what are you doing? The mental pictures I have right now. That's exactly... All four, we just put them out to the side and he just fucking sits in a wagon all day. I'm telling you, dude. Every time he jumps off the couch, I get worried. Every single time.

I'm like, you need to let me carry you down here. Val's got to pull him around in the wagon. Yep. Yep. Animals are great. Hey, it is happening. That's A.J. Hawk right there. The connection today, A.J. Glitchy.

I don't know what's happening, man. Yeah, I don't know. I don't get it. I don't know what happened. There's a lot going on. It's been a long time. There's a lot going on right now. I have not been to any Diddy parties, no.

I don't know why they're throttling my internet. We didn't ask about it. Whoa, a little defensive. Yeah, that's where Connor was going. No, I've said before. I've mentioned multiple times. There's got to be some innocent people that went to those parties, right? No chance.

So why don't they speak up? I don't know. You tell us. Top five pick. During the Diddy era. Click clack. Never crossed paths. I never did.

There's definitely some people there that just happen to pass through and not partake in any of the terribleness, right? That's not the conversation on the internet right now. Any human that has been in the area heard about you. I'm hearing from bodyguards. I'm hearing from people that started businesses alongside. And there's obviously criminals,

a lot of people that are in jail that are talking. And it's like, is any of this not true? Because everything is now potentially true. Yeah. Like literally everything that's being said is potentially true. It's wild.

Some of these things are being reported. Breaking! You're seeing. Mm-hmm. $100 million. It's like, what? Makes it tougher, too,

to decipher what's real. When everybody's talking, you know, people, oh, it's my turn. Give 15 seconds of fame, make some shit up, too. But then it's a lot of things.

Yeah, that kind of happened. It's happened in the past to a couple of stories that are like Tiger Woods. Like when Tiger Woods thing happened. I was at a drive-in movie theater. And said, hey, who wants it? And everybody did. And we watched a movie. And that's kind of what that story yeah this one timeline algorithm is like seems like pat's

pretty interested in this let's go ahead and throw another notable celebrity that he grew up probably with and then let's just hear about it real quick and then all of a sudden you go to orlando brown jr and go and i told you Yeah. He's not the only one. And I'm just in my phone. I'm like, oh my god. All right. And then all of a sudden you're now in it. Yep. So that's a seven minute video that was like, shit, I should have seen all this.

And then it goes right to, you ever hear all the things Eminem has said? And then they break down all the lyrics that Eminem has had over the years. Eminem used to try and tell us. Yeah, shit. And then the next one's 50, and it's like, this is all the lyrics that Eminem has had over the years. Eminem used to try and tell us. Yeah. And then the next one's 50. And it's like, this is, okay. This is hilarious. 50 obvious.

Okay. That's 50's take on it. I've been telling, okay. And then you go to the next one. It's like, hi, my name's Blah. I am former bodyguard. Here's a recording I actually have. Listen to this thing.

And it's like, what am I listening to? All of a sudden we got an audio sex tape happening again. And it's like, well, what am I listening to? All of a sudden, we got an audio sex tape happening again. And it's like, you're trapped in there 20, 30 minutes. And all of a sudden, it's like, what is, is all of this real? And then it's like, what does this look like a year from now then? Ashton Kutcher? What? Everything.

Not just, that's one name. Allegedly. Allegedly. I didn't say anything. Literally any human that has been popular throughout my existence has seemingly been like, there's a chance now, if you heard the story that happened with blah, blah, blah, happened with... And it's like, that's every fucking human that's ever been on my television.

No. He's a popular guy. To AJ's point, I'm sure there's plenty of innocent people who've just been in. I mean, good luck to everybody out there. I was going to say, if they aren't the breaker of chains, he's war ready. And he's going to find out. And then there's that other guy, too. There's another guy that breaks down so many different things.

Long-haired guy? Yeah, long-haired guy with the stash. Long-haired guy. I love that all of them preface their videos. This is just for entertainment purposes only It's just me telling you information that is public knowledge now with that being said and they got their face in front of this Yeah, do you see this? Right here at okay. Yeah

I'm fucking, I'm trapped in here, dude. I'm fucking trapped in here. And they are nine to ten minute videos. So long. These are the longest videos I've ever watched on X in my life. And then I know X loves that. Oh, yeah. So X is like, here comes. Oh, you like this one?

Oh, wait, wait, wait. We got a longer one here. And then we'll hit you with a little 50 cent, 10 seconder. Yeah. It really is a free content, free content, free content, 10 minute video. Yeah. It's crazy. Yeah, it is.

It's Gary Vee. Yeah. I don't know if that's. 10-minute video. Yeah, it's crazy. Yeah, it is. It's Gary Vee. Yeah. I don't know if that's everybody's algorithm right now. Oh, yeah. Tough to escape. Because it reaches everything. Sports, music, politics. It's like whatever your algorithm is, it's like, we got something.

Oh, it's a big one. And listen to what he said at the White Party in the Hamptons one time. What? Then you scroll, and then it's a guy whose Twitter got deleted for mean memes and a bunch of those. Then you keep scrolling and it's the guy with the massive backpack again. We would like everybody to know we are sorry to anybody that is a victim to anything. But boy, it is a wild time to be alive right now. Yeah.

Especially on the internet, let alone everything else that's going on in the individual sectors of the things that are being reached by this one situation. Sports is great. Love sports. Good distraction, but my algorithm somehow has forgotten about sports, seemingly.

I don't know what that's all about. He was about to buy a team. Trying to buy a team. Was he really? Yeah. Panthers. When Tepper bought it, he was part of a different group that was very close to getting it. Puff. Yeah.

Sean. Sean? There's people coming from every name era. Yeah. Not white. Not Sean White. Geez. I was about to say.

I was about to say. I was about to say. I was about to say. Oh, geez. I thought I just spit was about to say I started thinking about Sean Sean Combs That would be very bad That their name might be You know Associated with that And then that name turned out

Hey real quick This is all I'm saying for purposes That's what we're currently saying Nonetheless It's wild time to be alive We're lucky to be here. We are incredibly thankful for sports to be the thing that we focus on

because it feels like, and I've been a sports student my whole life, literally full-time commitment to sports. Everybody has known it. Everybody around me has known it. That is how it goes. Sports and wrestling, which, you know, similar. And music. Same exact thing.

And music. Love it. I guess everybody. But whenever you think about what happens in the political worlds like what's going on there every once in a while that'll dabble in the entertainment world right now what's going on there all these other perfect like banking everything it's fucking and then it's like i'm so thankful that we that the thing that i have been on is always going to be great yeah sports are always going to be amazing i think it's because

people enjoy watching people compete against each other. People enjoy talking shit. People enjoy those magical moments. I hope that sports can continue to be a big distraction for people, especially in the time that we're in right now. Yeah, need it. Not more than ever. Everybody I listen to, music-wise,

I don't know what's going on behind the stories of the music they're singing. I know. And you would think, like, hey, we're safe in country music. And then new information comes out. All right. See, there's a lot. What happened there? What happened there? It's a completely different.

Don't worry, guys. I mean, there's just, it's a wild time to be alive. College ball has been phenomenal, though. I think that is something we've been lucky to be a part of the last few years. We've been baptized in college football through the game day relationship with ESPN. And it's like, their storyline's brewing very, very, very heavily. And with the 12-team playoff coming at the end of the season, it's like was the beginning of the season just going to be all eyes on the playoff,

all eyes on the playoff, all year? Is that what everybody's going to talk about? It's like, no, we got a lot of twists and turns. It's time for some college ball convos as we go to Hammer. Time, time. With AP Tone. Yep, let's get it started this week. in turns. It's time for some college ball convos as we go to Hammer Don Todd with AP Tone. Yep, let's get it started this week. Let's start with A.J. Hawks

Ohio State Buckeyes. Guess what, A.J.? The preseason's over, okay? You dog walk and Mac teams and Marshall, those days are over because you're only 23-point favorites against Michigan this week, but then you have Iowa, Oregon, Nebraska, and Penn State. Michigan State.

Yes. Yeah. Did I say Michigan? Yeah, you did say Michigan. That's on me. I mean, it would have been the same spread. Those teams were the same. I don't think so.

Michigan beat whenever USC. They found their identity. Yep. Yeah. Maybe. But, no, a lot of people have forgot about Ohio State just because they haven't played anybody yet, and that's not their problem.

That's just what the schedule is, and they've looked incredible. But now we get to see Ohio State going to Michigan State and then starting their Big Ten schedule, and we're going to see, and I think they are still the wagon everyone thought they might be. Yeah, I'm excited to watch this Ohio State team this year. Obviously, they spent a lot of money, and everybody's talking about it. Money being talked about, by the way, and I think it's part of the College Ball Convos. We'll wait on it, but it's a big conversation that's taking place right now

over there in UNLV, Tone Diggs. What the hell's going on with Matthew Sluka? It feels like every tweet, it's kind of going back and forth on what actually happened and what didn't happen from sources from school, sources from collective, sources from agency, sources from family.

There's a source-off seemingly happening with the UNLV Matthew Sluka situation. Can you explain what it is for the people and then break down where we currently stand? Yeah, so the UNLV quarterback, Matthew Sluka, he played at Holy Cross for four years. He's a fifth-year senior, came into UNLV this year. And then this morning or late last night he put out this post that basically said he's not gonna play for UNLV at all anymore this season he's going to redshirt this year so he's not gonna lose the season and he's gonna transfer and go somewhere else and then there was reports that

after the 3-0 start by UNLV that he went into the coach's office to ask for more NIL money, and it doesn't seem like that's the truth. The more, I don't want to say official reporting, but the more official reporting, because everyone with an actual journalist background, you know, your Pete Thamels and those of that nature say that there was a verbal agreement for $100,000 for him to come to UNLV. Just a verbal agreement, nothing signed, nothing on paper, which, you know, good idea there, that he got $3,000 for as a stipend to move to UNLV

but has not seen another dollar of the $100,000. And really just wants that $100,000 that he was verbally promised. It doesn't seem like that's going to happen, so he's not going to play anymore. Now, that was an assistant coach that allegedly made the verbal commitment of $100,000, and then that goes into the question of how much do the coaches have say over the collective who's doing the paying, and are they even allowed to have

say, and how does that whole thing work, and then there's a ruling coming out at some point about a salary cap for every single college that is hopefully going to write this entire ship, but this is like a, a, a perfect depiction of, I think from the very beginning, why I've been saying the guardrails are needed. Not only for everybody thinks I say that because I'm, I'm like knocking the players, getting money. I'm not knocking players, getting money. What I'm knocking is shitty deals

being made that aren't real. And they're being done with people that don't understand business or the business or have any background in this particular business at all. It's like, obviously the schools want guardrails because everybody's spending out of control. There's no market. We don't know what other people are paying. We don't know what the comps are. We don't know when we can pay. We don't know any of this stuff, schools, and it's a collective pain. It's not us. They own it. But for players, there's been a lot of these deals. I think some of them have been much larger and spotlighted more where they're promised one thing and then they never get it. And that's because the deal was a fugaze. The deal was maybe just not upheld. And it's like, well, who do you complain to?

Well, really, court, I guess. But how does that even go into this entire thing so there's been bad deals that have been taking place for families and players since the beginning of this NIL thing since way before that where guys either don't get paid out or like there was a Florida case I think seven million or something like that that was allegedly a deal and it didn't work out a couple years ago so like the ruling of this salary cap thing where the schools and the teams are going to manage the money to whoever for at least the seeming contracts year to year. That's good news because then it's legit. Then you know who is actually paying it, how it's supposed to come.

There'll probably be a pay schedule on how it all works out. But some of these deals feel like a little bit of bullshit. And I think if what is happening from the Sluka family side is happening, though I believe the school officials and other people said, that's not true, we didn't do that. It's like you agreed to a bad deal that isn't a deal that wasn't a deal, never a deal, and you expected that, and now you're not getting it. And it's like, how many other situations are happening like this where the player doesn't just say, you know what, I'm done?

Like three games in, 3-0, and he goes, I'm done. That's a big – Nuts. That's a massive decision. You're obviously going to piss off a lot of people. Your teammates are going to piss off, obviously, everybody that's worked alongside you to get to this point. Coaches that have nothing to do with this, aside from the assistant coach, I promise

they're obviously not happy. So to have the shins to be able to be like, I'm going to take it on the shins very heavily here and be like, I'm going to get the money that I was told to get is a big stance. But how many other times has this happened? I don't know. But I'm happy for there to become regulations to kind of monitor this whole thing.

Because we don't know what the story is. We don't know what the story is. But this situation was one that I thought everybody should have seen coming, potentially, from a player's perspective. Because deals are bad on a pretty regular basis in the world of business. Yeah, and you look at UNLV right now, them being 3-0, there's a chance that

they're one of that group of five teams. They could make the playoff. They could win the Mountain West and make the playoff, but you also kind of understand... Having only watched this kid once, he plays at Holy Cross for four years, but he's one of those guys we always talk about. If you ball out,

you shouldn't be worried about making your NIL money. The NFL is going to pay you. But this is a kid who's probably not going to play in the NFL. This may be his only opportunity. This is his last year in college football. Obviously, he's going to redshirt now. But he potentially was never going to get this opportunity to get $100,000 ever again.

Who knows what his major is? Who knows what he's going to do after this? Like you said, having the nutsack when you're 3-0 and people are starting to talk about you to be like, you know what? No, I was promised $100K. They're not going to pay me, so fuck them. People are going to call him a bad teammate, obviously selfish and everything like that, which

is an easy argument to make whenever this situation happens. But on the flip side, it's like how selfish is the assistant coach because he's probably weighing his options his side said now this we don't know if this was even right yeah it's gonna be hard to track any of this yeah verbal he said she says he said coach said situation in the entirety of it but he said one of the reasons why he went there is because that was like yeah that was there was conversations happen everywhere so it's like how how often does this happen and how often are players just not saying anything because they're

like embarrassed to be the ones who maybe were a part of a deal that was a few games because that's like an embarrassing situation too obviously in it all it's wild time very well and like you said i don't know how they figure it out but they need to figure it out and quick and when you have i mean you talked about bad deals always been out there. That's even in writing. So verbal, you got to get whatever you got in writing. And obviously, you know, it's a learning situation for him. And you, to Ty's point, you got to have some big nuts, Paul, to say, because you're going to be painted as a bad guy.

You're the guy everybody sees. You're the guy everybody knows. So you got to be able to take that on the shins. Yeah, definitely does. Big story, though, because this is the NIL thing coming to a tipping point. And is this a situation that is maybe putting it there? And when's the judgment come? I don't know.

Tone, that's a big storyline. That's a big college ball convo right now, even though UNLV obviously not one of my big dogs. Maybe future. Maybe. Could be. Can't be making potential fake. I like this. Give you a million bucks.

What do you think? Give you $10,000. What do you think? What are they paying? $9 million? Sweet. How about $18? Give me $10,000. What do you think? What are they paying? $9 million? Sweet. How about $18,000? We got a fucking guy.

It's Las Vegas. We got money. You good? We're good, right? Let's do this shit. Sign right here. This is a good sign. Hey, you're getting a good car here.

You're getting a good car here. I think Mr. Davis loves that program, too, so it could be a situation. Yeah, exactly. That's another sell. Guy who's an NFL team you're saying and WNBA team you don't think he has enough money to pay you he wants you come on certainly sorry you don't need a test drive this thing not at all don't worry about it it's great you kind of hear a little sound when it turns on that's actually because the engine's too strong

sign this fucking thing yeah that's that's literally what it could be and he's college coaches or recruiters they are car salesmen. That is a part of it. So if it is just an assistant coach just being like, $100,000? Yeah, no problem. Get that one night at the casino. Come on, bub. Come on. Yeah, you won't be a rebel. Yeah, we'll do it.

Deal. Alright. How much do I got promised this kid? $200,000? $300,000? What do you need? $77,000? No problem. We just got $100,000. That's wild. That's wild potential reality happening. That's a real deal. Go ahead. Tell them what else should we be talking about in the college

ball world. The big one, Pat. The highest ranked September game since 2017. Georgia at Bama. Number two, Georgia at number four, Bama. Milrow versus Carson Beck. DeBoer's first game versus Georgia. Kirby's coming off two weeks. Well, they're both coming off a bye, but Kirby's got two weeks of just piss and vinegar

after that Kentucky performance. But this one is huge. Down in Bama. It's going to be awesome. Yeah, I think so. The weather's a real deal here. Oh, yeah. This is some alleged real weather.

Not just like, hey, can you play in rain? It's like, hey, this might be ugly. Yeah. Blood and guts. I think it's supposed to clear out for Saturday night. Okay. I hope that is the case. We have not looked at the Doppler much further than tomorrow,

which is very selfish. Very, very selfish. We do apologize for that, but it's a big one down there. Yeah, Kirby also talking about how, like, sure, it's on the coast. It might not affect Bama as much, but it's a big one down there. Kirby also talking about how, sure, it's on the coast. It might not affect Bama as much, but it will affect their travel because with Georgia, it's like, hey, when can you actually get to Bama? Which we are all wondering.

That would be even worse for Georgia if they got to leave a little early, sleep in a hotel maybe a couple nights versus just the one the night before. He also said that Saban isn't coaching the team, obviously, but he recruited a lot of these guys. Yeah.

There's still Saban's fingerprints all over this. And Kalen DeBoer, here's a Hembo stat I got about Kalen DeBoer, who has won everywhere. Yep. Literally won everywhere that he's been. Kalen DeBoer, as an underdog, whenever he was at Washington, so this is his last stop, he was there for a couple years, took him to the national championship.

Washington hadn't really been in that type of stage since like the 90s or something. 2022 at Oregon, won. 2022 at Texas, or versus Texas, won. 2023 at Oregon State, won. 2023 versus Oregon, Pac-12 title game, won. 2023 versus Texas, won. 2023 national championship against Michigan, lost.

5-1. Okay. Damn. Whenever underdog. Pulls from that a lot, I assume. He's a good ball coach, AJ. He is a good ball coach at Kalen DeBoer. I like every clip I see of him coming out, everything he's doing.

Yeah, those players definitely seem to be bought in. I wonder if he'll be on program tomorrow. That's a good question. I don't know. We do have a relationship with him. Yep. I accidentally told him with my outside voice that I fell asleep during his game sure I fell asleep boy I thought it was gonna be Oregon on this on the call this morning I didn't know it was gonna be you congrats

coach good work our style of play is not one of you fall asleep during it was like valid in their current team right now explosive I got some more stats here. Jalen Milrow stats here from Hembo, who is an absolute weapon. Last two seasons versus zone, his QBR 87.2 versus man, not as good. If Georgia decides to go man, this will be an interesting game for Jalen Milrow. On that note, if the weather is sloppy, I think we need to worry about who's behind him. And Jalen Milrow is quite a weapon to be pounding a rock. You play man against Jalen Milrow, you turn your back.

Good luck stopping that guy when he runs. Yeah, I would like to see the percentage of man versus zone against Jalen Milrow. Never want to end up like this one here. Nope. And what are those stats with the 17. Yeah, one spy guy. Good luck catching it.

Like, one spy is tough on a guy like him. Congrats to Kalen seemingly being one of the only people that could have stepped in after. The guy you're replacing, he retired, obviously, but the fields are named after him. Yeah. Like, it's his field. Mm-hmm.

And he is awesome. Like, getting to talk to him and learn about him he is awesome i think he still has an office in the building hell yeah and caitlin deborah has to be confident enough comfortable enough to implement his own culture and his own thing i think they're playing music he's doing his own way but also understanding like nick saban is nick saban and uh what a wonderful seemingly how it's all going i don't know how many people could handle that. Ego was, which goes back to, like, Kalen DeBoer, perfect guy for this. He just loves ball.

Yeah, loves ball. And like you said, I mean, like, if you're a winner, you're a winner. Like, he's won everywhere, and a lot of people, well, he's coaching D3 or whatever it was, but, like. He's got D3 guys, too. Exactly. So the other guys have D3 guys. He's got D3 guys, too.

Exactly, and he has. Like, it's, you know, I mean, everywhere he's gone, he's won. And, yeah, sure, Bama has unbelievable recruits. But for him, I mean, they looked, and who knows how good Wisconsin's going to be, but they looked unbelievable against Wisconsin on the road and a tough place to play. Yeah, and teams are having, you know, everybody seemingly up and done. That Tennessee team.

Filthy. Which leads to, I guess, the next college ball combo here from Tone. Yeah, Pat, we have just – like, the Georgia-Bama game is huge, but we have got kind of pseudo-playoff games this weekend. Now, they're not 99% playoff games, like 100% playoff games, but Oklahoma State and K-State, like, they both looked bad last week and got beat. It's starting to look more and more like the Big 12

is going to be a one-team conference in the playoffs. So if you want to be a two-team conference for the Big 12, you cannot. Well, yeah, West Virginia sure has that one team, but with two losses already. Two losses probably already not, but if Utah looks like

they look and then you're trying to get a second, you can't lose again if you're Oklahoma State or K-State in that situation. Louisville, Notre Dame. Notre Dame, you already lost Northern Illinois. If you lose again, you're screwed there. ACC, are they going to be a one-team conference? I don't know. If Miami's really, really, really good,

they could definitely get a second team in Clemson or Louisville. But Louisville beating Notre Dame would go a long, long way to getting into the playoffs illinois at penn state illinois is 4-0 and they look great the schedule it's okay coming up they they obviously still have some big matchups left but if illinois can get by penn state that is huge for them penn state i think they could lose this one if they really want to but it's 19 point favorites that's not going to look good the the playoff committee. You're going to have to win out against Ohio State and USC and maybe the Big Ten Championship as well.

And then the at-large, Boise's got one super close loss to Oregon, which is starting to look better and better the more Oregon plays. And Wazoo's 4-0. So this one could be a huge one in the playoff committee's eyes for that at-large bid as the group of five, highest ranked group of five team at the end of the season. Yeah, saying it's exactly win or go home, I guess there's a little misleading

there. It's just like, hey, these are ones some of these teams are going to have to win. If they lose, it's going to be a little bit bleak. How about Penn State being on there? 4-0 Illinois team. You guys are favored by 19? I mean, have you seen the whiteout? Have you seen that experience up there? Have you seen that atmosphere?

7.30 at night. Happy Valentine's Day. We are Penn State. There it is. We are Penn State. Did you guys start that? Hell yeah. Joe Pa did, right?

Didn't Joe Pa say like, hey, you know that fucking song? There's a guy named Guido D'Elia who was the marketing guy when I was in school. Watch his name. Guido D'Elia. That's D'Elia? I think it's D'Elia. D apostrophe E-L-I-A. Does he play for Coach D?

Am I saying that right? It's Chris No, this is different It's Guido I don't know if that's his actual name either I mean, you can fact check me, I guarantee him right And he's from Pittsburgh And he developed the whole thing

Guido did? He composed Zombie Nation? Well, he started the This part, wait, it's coming It's D-E-L-I-A That's Guido Well, he started this part. Wait, it's coming. It's D-E-L-I-A. That's Guido. Former Penn State football branding director Guido D'Elia,

now working for college football playoff. We got the right one in there. Look at the stash in the background. Holy fuck. That doesn't look like a D'Elia back there, but I will tell you. That guy's a weapon. He's part of the college football. Look at him.

He's fucking taking notes. He's doing the entire thing. In the committee. Kid's got a good jawline there with that beard next to him. That thing's cut real tight. You see that jawline? Oh, yeah. That's a holy shit. Looks like Khabib.

He does look like Khabib a little bit. Oh, you're talking about MMA Superstar? Yeah. How's he doing? You see, there's nothing. Let's go back to the college ball combos, shall we? Utah, you already said it, kind of. Yeah, I did.

Utah is currently the big dogs of the Big 12. They come in from the Pac-12. Had a huge win last week against Oklahoma State. It was 22, I think, six with like six minutes left last week. You know the Harley ride and Kyle Whittingham, who's been there for 19, 20 years, is awesome. And the defense, like Utah travels with defense

and running game, and they do not lose at home. It doesn't matter if Cam Rising is playing or not, or if it's the younger brother of Zach Wilson, Isaac Wilson. Utah comes in and just lays their nuts on the Big 12, and they don't have to play West Virginia, so they are the early frontrunners to win the Big 12 here.

I like that. Zach Wilson's little brother looks like Zach Wilson in his pro day right now. Yeah, he does. You see him just drifting backwards, flipping. I mean, that's a nasty, nasty throw. Cam Rising, once again, can't talk about this enough. Maybe the most unlucky collegiate, he fell on the sideline water cooler

split his finger on his throwing hand had to get stitches like now is just in the middle of the game last year got hurt obviously just water cooler splits his hand open has to get stitches on his throwing hand brutal that sucks yeah that is very unlucky he should be back and then i agree yeah i think that's like a whole – but like that happening to him. Last year, pig farmer. This year, Zach Wilson's little brother spinning it. Utah's going to be good, man. Utah's going to be good.

They're lucky they don't have to play Western. Yeah, super lucky. That was part of it. That was nice of you to throw that in there, too. They don't have to play Western. That was part of it. That's part of it because nobody wants to play in Morgantown. Nobody wants to play the Nears on the road either.

Yeah. I would love to play them 14 times this year. Who? The Mountaineers. Just give them to me every week. What's your problem? Come on. We didn't play our best game.

There was a delay. I mean, I look like a prophet. I called it. 20 points at halftime, win by 25. It was damn close. Yeah, but there was a delay. There was the delay. There was two halftimes, win by 25. It was damn close. Yeah, but there was a delay. There was the delay. There was two halftimes.

There wasn't actual football. That was a five-hour cricket match where football was being played. We weren't ready for that, and that's on us. Next time we'll know there's going to be a two-and-a-half-hour delay in the middle of this game, and we'll come back stronger, better than ever. And I know you guys had a smaller locker room over there, and we had access to the entire building for that delay. And you would think that would have benefited us.

I mean, you guys watched the whole damn film. You had the whole thing. It couches, beds. It might have been the issue. You had everything. We got too comfortable. It's thunderstorms. Like I said, a lot of noises.

Give me all 12 games plus two playoff games in West Virginia this year, and I'm happy. Okay. Teams have bad games, like you had Bowling Green when you were down. Yeah, a week later when he beat us. It happens. They still won, though. It happens, though. The difference is we came out on top have bad games, like you at Bowling Green when you were down. It happens. The difference is we came out on top, Gumpy. You going undefeated? Penn State going undefeated, AQ?

Is Penn State going undefeated? Zero. You got the Buckeyes somewhere in there. We'll see. Penn State Nittany Lions have done the wideouts 19 times.

11 and 8. Uh-oh. There's Bealma coming again. Oh. Oh. Oh. It's 19 big games. That's big games. That's big games.

That's what that means. Yeah, he has 111 of them. That's 111 of them. That's about 50%. Hell yeah. Way to go. Not bad. Oh, oh, oh.

Oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh. We are 500. No, no, no. I think 11. That's three over 500. Yeah, but it's 11. We don't know mathematics, but.

What was your record in the White House games? Carry the one. Remember? That's a great over 500. Yeah, but Tom's – I mean, I'm no mathematician, but – What was your record in the White House games? Carry the 1. Remember? That's a great question. We beat Notre Dame. We beat Ohio State. Oh! We beat Michigan.

Oh! Who had Rich Rod, which is another West Virginia prodigy. Just keep giving me those West Virginia prodigies. Oh, you're – You're dunked. You throwing Michigan in there at that time was – I mean, it was like 40 – That time?

What are you talking about? It was a white house. It was a white house. 45 to 14. That's a big ass win. Yeah, they stunk. I don't think he was giving a fair shake up there. There was a lot of us that potentially knew it wasn't going to work

in Ann Arbor. And now that I know even more about Ann Arbor than I did at the time, I don't know how anybody thought that was ever going to work. Me neither. Yeah, legitimately. I mean, we all had questions. Like, those kids got options, right?

They got options up there? Yeah, a lot of them. It's like, they're not going to. Rich Rod's shit ain't going to fly. That ain't going to. And it turns out, they did not. Rick, what was the O-line coach's name? It certainly wasn't going to fly up there.

Yeah, trick it. Yeah. First ever whiteout. And this is something about Penn State. They'll power through it. First ever whiteout was a loss to Purdue in 2004. How about 2005? Who was that, Kyle Wharton? Could be.

He was a good player. Good player. Number six. AJ remembers that game quite well. That 2005 game, yeah. Tom Bolle Sack around the corner Troy Smith Fumble game over

See you later Keep it moving He lost to Michigan Yeah that was Chad Henney Lamar Woodley Everybody We did lose that one

So you didn't beat Michigan So you didn't beat Michigan Must not have been a white out game Wow we're just making things up It was 2008 You went to the 2010 one And you were having so much fun It feels like I'm playing

I remember I was going to say Rich Rod was a WU 07, 08 That's a good win Juice Williams Rashard Rashard Minow so much fun. It feels like I'm playing. I was going to say, Rich, what was it? 07, 08. Juice Williams? Rashard? Who's the receiver?

Ben? I realize Ben. Hawks, obviously, coming in in 2009. Yeah, I was gone then. Well, I hope it works out for you guys. So I was 3-1 in White Oak We need you guys to win for the good of West Virginia's strength of schedule Because whenever you guys

Want to lay the egg against Mac the next week That kind of hurt us It made us drop in the polls on a bye week Yeah well I think you guys earned that You need to make us look good too Give me West Virginia Give me West Virginia You might not want to play us again pal

And we might be in that college football playoff. Okay? You might have to fucking stare down the beast that is Gary Green. I hope you're in that playoff and that game is in Penn State. And I hope there's six fucking delays. When? And I hope we beat the dog piss out of them. We're Houston noise.

It's Morgan time. Well, are you? Are you all Houston noise? Was that a sold out game? Dog piss out of them. We're used to noise. It's Morgan time. Well, are you? Are you all used to noise? Was that a sold-out game? Yes, it was sold. It was a two-and-a-half-hour delay. How about the backyard brawl? Where was that game?

Was that in West Virginia? No, it was Pittsburgh. It was sold out, though. Second sellout. In Pittsburgh? Yeah, legit. At Accra, sure. Yeah, sold out.

I have to share, baby. Wow. Holstein actually might bring people to pick games, though. That offense can actually move. Yeah, that's the Alabama kid? Yeah. Yeah, sold out. At the Shore, baby. Wow. Holstein actually might bring people to pick games, though. That offense can actually move. Yeah, that's the Alabama kid? Yeah. It's worth watching. And they got that offense coordinator, K-Bell.

They're running. They're rolling. They're rolling. Are you worried about them? I mean, no. Not even a question. What'd you say? You're just not in the big leagues yet?

You know what you said about West Virginia? I sure did It's cute That's a cute little thing You guys doing your whole song and dance show there Oh yeah, this is fun You're just not You're not the big boys

You know what you said? That's exactly what I said What an asshole line There are some teams though That are much bigger than other teams Oh yeah And that Penn State-West Virginia matchup Whenever you just looked at the TV

It was like, wow You can tell That team's seemingly bigger, faster, stronger than that team right there. But we got more grit. We know it. And you won't want to see this West Virginia team at the end. Well, the two-hour delay, they got too soft. Grit. And it got softer in the two-hour delay. These are high, strong athletes that we got down there that are ready to go. Two-hour delay slowed them down. Maybe they shouldn't have watched the whole film in the first half because then they looked at it like, Jesus Christ.

Shouldn't have seen the clips. They should have seen the clips. You think they saw the same thing I saw whenever I looked at the screen? Wow. They're like, holy shit, we got a turnover. We're going to turn it right back over to them. We don't want any part of this. Listen, Coach Neil Brown's got it sorted.

I assumed he went in and was like, alright guys, let's get some video games going. Let's get some a couple episodes of The Office on there. You guys just kind of relax, have fun. Can we get some chocolate milk? Chocolate milk for the boys. Neil Brown's got the team buzzing.

You don't want to see us at the end of the year. Let's talk that last one Tone Diggs I saw in there. Oklahoma makes a quarterback change Let's talk that last one, Tone Diggs, I saw in there. Oklahoma makes a quarterback change. This was a big deal, Tone Diggs, big deal. They ran Dylan Gabriel out of town. Yeah, it is a big deal because of that. There's a lot of layers to this,

and obviously the Tennessee defense had a part of this because they're incredible. But, yeah, it starts with Dylan Gabriel last year, and the story coming out of Oklahoma was they let him walk because they loved five-star freshman quarterback Jackson Arnold so much that they were able to let Dylan Gabriel walk. Now, Venables came out this week and said, you can't force Dylan Gabriel to stay.

That was not the right story. And then so they go with Jackson Arnold and four starts into his career. They don't love what they're seeing there, apparently, or they love so much what they're seeing from Michael Hawkins who is a true freshman who is more of an athlete than Jackson Arnold. It doesn't mean Jackson Arnold is not an athlete but Michael Hawkins is a tremendous

athlete so they're making a change there and I assume he's going to be the quarterback of the future going forward in that program because you're not going to be able to keep both of those guys I don't think. Jackson was the number one dual threat quarterback coming out of high school. So him being awarded that title and then Dylan Gabriel being run out of town and then that game going the way it went, boy, they were cooking this dude.

He was getting cooked. Young kid, I assume he has a massive amount of talent. This Hawkins guy came in, did look a little nervous early, and then I think you know, I think Venables thinks the future's bright. But you mentioned it there when you were talking about this. That Tennessee defense was flying around. They hurt three dudes

on one drive. AJ, I don't know if you saw this, just standard hits. The first one was knocking guy out of bounds. They ran a highlight of that. Guy gets knocked out of bounds on the sideline. He was wide open, Bang. Gets sent six, seven yards in there. And then he's on

the ground and he's taking a breather for a second. And then he goes to the sideline. Like two plays later, they run a guy. Somebody tackles somebody from the back. Hits him in the back. He ends up down. Running back, I think. He ends up down, like visibly shaken,

but they're trying to, Oklahoma's trying to run a little hurry up there. So they get him back up. They put him in the back. They hand the ball off to him. He fumbles it, picks it up to himself. So the ball bounced off the ground. He picks it back up. But if you go back and play before that, he was not around.

And then down at the, whenever it gets into the red zone, another just, it was like all legal shots these weren't like blindside shots it's like one team is hitting so hard right now in tennessee and then oklahoma's defense got out there and they were they were awesome that game was awesome to watch because of how violent and physical and fast the defenses were looking because it was like 12 three years i forget what the score was the score was and i was like this is like maybe the best football game i've watched all year right now. And it was led by the defenses flying. And Tennessee's defense was obviously not mentioned at all in the lead-up to this game.

It was Oklahoma's defense with Venables. And then it was Heupel's offense. Heupel's got an ax to grind, too, going back in there. And his speech afterward was wonderful. That was a cool moment with that entire locker room when he said, thanks for doing a little extra for me. Obviously, that's going to bring their team. Nico shows up with the game ball.

This one's for you. That's an emotional moment that's going to continue to build that team. Tennessee's defense wasn't talked about at all going in there. It felt like they were not happy about that. That was an awesome game. No, it was all Oklahoma's defense, which they played about as good as you could play.

It's just Tennessee's defense played better, and obviously Tennessee's offense played better. But Tennessee, James Pierce Jr. is a top five pick in every single – he's the DN for Tennessee. He's the top five mock draft pick in every single person's mock draft, and he's not the only one on that D line. They are. They can go get it. Fast.

Everybody was just so fast. Hey, thank you, Tony. Good work. Oh, yeah, Tony. It was. Fast. Everybody was just so fast. Hey, thank you, Tony. Good work. It was so fast. The defense was so fast. Too fast. For how big they are. Shouldn't be able to run that fast when you're that big. And there was no whole, it was old school. It was old school.

It was old school, like here we go. Alright, like yeah, one of those fun games where alright, who's getting knocked out of this game next is what I'm thinking. It was fun. It was really but in that one drive, three dudes got hurt just from tackles. Violent. Yeah, it was real. It was like, damn, this is – and they were all like legal,

no helmet to helmet. It was just like physical shots happening. It was SEC football, baby. That's right. I thought Tennessee was going to win because of the hypo effect, you know, because everything that was kind of going in there and the way Tennessee had been playing in their offense and everything like that.

And then as you continue to, like, look into it, it's like, what do you think, Inventables might have the thing that's needed here. And all questions were kind of around the quarterback play for Oklahoma. Are you going to be able to keep up? They make quarterback change, and it becomes a story out of Oklahoma. But that city was cool. That was a cool place to kind of do the football, you know, because it's, like, so historic. I said this a few times. It felt like I was in, like, a cool place to kind of do the football, you know? Because it's like so historic.

I felt like I was in, I said this a few times, I felt like I was in like a movie about football. Like college football. And then Blake Shelton shows up, crushes. Always. Absolutely crushes. Wish we would have got a song out of Blake. Yeah, that would have been nice. I should have tried to get him to sing a little bit.

He had a couple pops afterwards. I don't doubt it. Getting ready for that game. What a legend that guy is. That was fun, Oklahoma. Hey, thank you, Oklahoma. Tennessee might be a lot better than people. It might not just be

a fast gimmick offense. Yeah. Because Hypo afterwards gave a whole speech about Tennessee defense being legendary and started rattling off all the names of...

He was like, our defense knows that Tennessee plays good defense. He started rattling off names. I forgot about Reggie White, I think Eric Barrett. He started like going through names. He's like, Tennessee, we play good defense here. And it was like, I think a lot of people forgot that because of Nico Iamaleava.

Absolutely. I got a question for AP Tone. What does the number seven ranked Miami Hurricanes – what does Cam Ward and the boys got to do? I know they got a big test coming up with V Tech. What do they got to do to make the headlines? Yeah, they can't make the college ball call. Well, D-Bucks, I don't know if you were sleeping last week.

They were in the top six headlines last week. I said that they were a wagon, and Cam Ward is the Heisman favorite. They made USF look bad last week. They've made everyone look bad. Florida, they need to play. They need to get into their season schedule. They haven't really played. I mean, Florida, whatever. USF,

whatever. Xavier Estrepo, you're right, is awesome. How about right here? Right here. Hey, hey, it's going right here right here we're on right here this is where hey it's going right here all right so go and then literally untouched right through it that's it that's the you yeah exactly yeah that is that is the you company are you you fan too because you're a dolphins fan do you just pick up both teams down here yeah i'm all the way in on the you of course

you had the hoodie on. Oh, yeah. What do you want me to cheer for fucking UBC, University of British Columbia? I thought you were an Ohio State fan. At least cheer something close to the fucking border, all right? Like pick Michigan maybe. A little closer. You just want them near Canada? Just pick the furthest place away.

Well, he's a Dolphins fan, so he's already in Miami football-wise. At least he sticks with one state. No, no, because he likes the Red Sox, and then that's very different. Texas hockey. He loves Dallas, yeah. I forgot how much of a Dallas Stars fan he is. Yeah, he had a married daughter. I'm on one today.

What's your problem? Are you swinging a hot bat right now? Anybody want us to just hold FaceTime? You can drop some bars. I'm drinking vinegar right now. I don't know what's going on. Well, that's because we're leading up to one of the most powerful segments in the history of football. Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to go.

In the trenches with A.Q. Shipley. A.Q. A.Q., I cannot wait to hear who and why are your top five. Let's start with the number five performing offensive line from week three. The Green Bay Packers. Ty shows up in the Green Bay Packers hoodie today. Gave a little bit away all day. But, listen, I love what they did.

I love what he did earlier. Way to go, Ty. I don't know what I was thinking. Come on, Ty. That's disgusting. What the fuck is that about? Yeah, seriously. I love't know what I was thinking. Come on, Ty. That's disgusting. What the fuck is that about? Yeah, seriously. I love what they've done all week.

Listen, we've talked about it enough. Matt LaFleur has been in his bag. He's been doing an unbelievable job. Ty showed some clips earlier in the week. I wanted to go a little something different, so here we go. We're going to get a little zone play going to the left. Shout out to NFL Pro on NFL Plus. Premium.

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They're like, I'm feeling pretty nice-y. Let's get to the Green Bay Packers offensive line. Number five. Let's do it. Performing. Yeah, you hit this QR code, it takes you right to it, I believe. Nice. Shout out to NFL Plus, Premium, NFL Pro. Pro.

Shout out. All right, let's go. Green Bay Packers offensive line. Number five. Performing O-line this week. A. Pro. Shout out. All right, let's go. Green Bay Packers, offensive line. Number five performing O-line this week, AQ Shipley. You talked about it earlier. The best offenses are showing some eye candy, some motions. There you go. You get the motions.

It holds the backers. It moves the backers back. It gives a better angle for Josh Myers, the center, to climb on the backer. Now he can throttle, slow it down. Boom. Gets inside out on the linebacker. Pops him, lifts him up, and then Jacobs with a big gaping hole. Doesn't get touched for 15 yards.

It's incredible. What a play by the Green Bay Packers offensive line and designed by LaFleur. He needs all the LaFleurs. Who's the number four ranked offensive line from week three? Let's stay in the NFC North with the Minnesota Vikings. Wow. This team has been awesome to watch. And listen, you can't talk about a team with an offensive line with

better tackle tandem than they have right now. And Christian Derrissaw on the left side. And, by the way, he's out in this play because he was out for a series. They got Kessenberry in at left tackle. But Brian O'Neal on the right side from the University of Pittsburgh caves the whole right side down.

CJ Hamm with a nice fit on the linebacker. You get the split zone. You get everybody working left. Fullback going to the right. He finds his way, gets on the backer, and almost scores a touchdown. Gets down to the one-yard limit. Aaron Jones has been awesome for the Minnesota Vikings. Just kind of slalom through there.

He wrote a letter back to Green Bay? Yeah, it was really sweet. In the Athletic? Players' Tribune. In the Players' Tribune, he wrote a letter back to Green Bay? Yeah, it was really sweet. In the Athletic? Players' Tribune. In the Players' Tribune, he wrote a letter back thanking Green Bay. They're playing the Green Bay Packers this weekend. Obviously, it's going to be a huge ordeal. We thought when he went to Minnesota he was going to be a weapon for the Minnesota. He's

very good football. He has been unbelievable through the first couple weeks of the season. I mean, that's a... It's kind of like a little switch trade though, right? Because Josh Jacobs has been incredible. Yeah, definitely. But I think, you know, when it first happened, the thought was that it was going to be Jacobs and Aaron Jones in the backfield

because they didn't necessarily have to get rid of him. But I'm glad that he's somewhere where he doesn't have to split carries and he can get a full workload. Offense line's awesome. Also a big part of Sam Darnold being so damn good for Kevin O'Connell. How's he mixing run with pass he's doing everything he's been so good at this with the zone scheme the two back stuff the play action off of it and then he this is what's so good about what they're doing and also what green bay is doing is they're making it very stress feet stress free on their

quarterback and that is a testament to the offensive coordinator because listen when you can run it when you can run the play, when you can get the naked and the mixes all in, and then you only have to throw 10 dropback passes a game, it's incredible for the quarterback. Okay, let's go to the number three performing offensive line from week three. It is? We go from worst almost to first, and that is the Carolina Panthers. Unbelievable. The Carolina Panthers have been incredible. Listen, their offensive line has done some good things the last two weeks,

and the quarterback has obviously been the main issue. But, watch Robert Hunt, who comes from the Miami Dolphins. Both guards, Damian Lewis, the left guard, and Robert Hunt, were their two big free agent acquisitions. Spent a ton of money to improve this offensive line. There it is. They move Austin Corbett to center, and he's making a ton of money.

So they have a big investment on this offensive line. Let's just watch. I know you Pittsburgh fans in here see Bob Spillane over there on the other side. Let's just watch what happens to Bob Spillane. Oh, no. Robert Hunt pulls out on the screen. We throw the screen, and first guard. He gets over the top.

Nope. Guess what? Boom. Coming down the guard. He gets over the top. Nope. Guess what? Boom. Coming down the barrel. He was already engaged. He was engaged with somebody else. That was a two-piece. Yeah, that's exactly right.

That's exactly right, AJ. Bobby. He was engaged. And then when he came off, we got another guy coming down the barrel. And that's why the Carolina Panthers are number three ranked. Wow. Offensive line. They also ran for 150 yards.

They also ran for 100. And to run over 100 yards in the NFL is a huge feat. Every team on this list is running for 150 plus. How much better do you think they feel? Because obviously, when you look at Bryce Young's performance, whatever, from the outside looking at you, you're like, man, the old line just has to suck. He spent all this money, and now

you come out and have a performance like that. They've been, listen, they've been good. They haven't been great, but this guy makes everything better. Andy Dalton, we saw some of the throws earlier. He is an incredibly impressive throw in the football, and that only makes that whole offense more confident. Look at 63-50. Look at this cluster of Panthers right here.

By the way. Look at Max Effort here at the end of this. Look at the wideouts, too. Number 50 right there is one of the most massive human beings of all time. So he's out there running and just throws a little shoulder bump. Look at that. Look, his left arm's not even on him. It's just a shoulder bump. Yeah, but

it's good to use a leverage too with a little hip toss and judo out there. Look at this dude down here. You're right, AJ. It's the whole... Look at 63 fucking turn it on. I'm going, I'm going, I'm going. Oh, yeah. Big Corbett. Look at him.

Look at him. Look at him. All juiced up. Yeah. Look at him point. They're finishing plays. Dude, look at the Panthers. Wait a second.

Good for them. All right, who's the number two ranked offensive line of NFL Week 3 in the trenches with A.Q. Shipley? The Detroit Lions. Wow, yeah. They're back. They're back. They had a game where they got away from the run game.

I was boots on the ground watching this thing in the end zone, and I've never seen more big gaping holes in this game. Here's one of them. Let's watch the left side first. You're going to see Taylor Decker and the left guard. They're going to fake like they're running a deuce block and showing a gap scheme. D-tackle has no idea.

Taylor's going to swim them outside, get them up the field, and you run the trap up underneath them. So that was a planned setup. Complete setup. They're just literally selling. And then both guard and tackle to the play side has each backer. So left tackle has the left backer. Right guard has to get up on the right backer.

He's through untouched for 15 yards. That's pretty nimble of those boys. The Lions can block. Yeah, and D-Lyman has to think he's going to get double teamed right there And defensive lineman Most people don't realize this Offensive lineman you play flat footed Defensive lineman they're on their toes

They're expecting contact So when you avoid you can use their weight against them Because all their weight is going forward And that's exactly what happens here He can't recover almost falls Just takes himself completely out of the play Now Ragnall tore his pec. Partial. Partial tear of his

left pec. He's obviously... That's a big loss if he doesn't play, but he's saying, Foxy's saying that he wants to continue to play. Yeah, he's telling MCDC he wants to go on Monday, but MCDC's saying, hey, we'll see you. We've got to make sure you're in this for the long haul. Oh, no, man. I tore a tit one time. And so they play on Monday.

And then they have a bye after that. So I'd be surprised if he does. Is two weeks going to be enough to heal a torn pec? I don't know. Didn't Ragnall come back from a broken throat? Yeah, a broken throat. And then he had knee surgery last year and came back like two weeks later. Pec is like a surgery

thing. Juwan Bentley tore his pec for the Patriots after week two. He's out for the year. Yeah, it is partially torn, not fully. Yeah, true. And it sucks. You pointed out the – yeah, it's a big part of the – That's a big part of offensive line. Yeah, benching is a big part of the –

because you guys are trying to hold the shit out of people. You're trying to hit them, and then you're trying to turn that thing. Twist them. You're trying to punch them right there in the chest, and then turn that thing, and then you got them locked in there. And then it's all there. Guard for the Steelers, Isaac Ciamalu. He did the same thing, I believe, and he missed the first three games.

Probably going to miss this week as well. He just started practicing. So that was like a four-week injury at least for him. Okay. And Ragnow, he's going to play if he can. One last note about Ragnow's toughness. This play happened where he hurt his pec. First quarter, two minutes left, which means he played the rest of the game.

And it happened on a play that was a no play, right? It was a no play. Whistle dead. Play was blown dead. And then he tears his. That sucks. Ragnall's a dog, though. Massive respect to the Detroit Lions, the number two performing offensive line of NFL Week 3.

Who will be the number one performing offensive line here in the trenches? Number one offensive line all the way back, the Baltimore Ravens. Wow. 275 yards rushing this week. It was incredible. It was back to what they do. It was getting Ricard involved. It was zone reads.

But here we go. Here we go right here. You got Patrick Ricard on the right side. Look, he's lined up as like a second tight end. And when they went 22 personnel, they had their three biggest runs of the game. Right here, 22 personnel, two tights. Obviously, you see the two tights sandwiching Ricard in the middle there. And then you get Derrick Henry in the backfield.

You're going to notice the left guard, Tyler Voorhees, notice his number six playing. That's a safety in the box. He plays over the top. He follows him. And anytime you run duo duo is where you get a bunch of double teams to the front side you get this backside cut when they play over the top and that is exactly where derrick henry hits it he sees all the people

to the left it's like hey there's too many people over here and then when you get six flowing over the top which again goes back to the shitty run fits by dallas we get the cut back where nobody is and then he hits it going 100 miles an hour down the backside A gap, B gap. They're all diving in there. Look at that. They don't even block 50, by the way. That's the mic. The right guard screws this up. Don't even block 50, but everything else, all

the action has everything to the front side, and he gets the cutback. Watch his stiff arm. Boom! Puts him in the ground. Dak Henry's back. It's back-to-back weeks. Top of the line played against the Cowboys. Now we get Ricard back in the ground. Dak Henry's back. Dak Henry's back. It's back-to-back weeks. Top of the line played against the Cowboys. Now we get Ricard back in the backfield on the second play. Maybe we shouldn't judge Dallas,

or maybe we should be judging Dallas. We don't know how this is going to go yet. Yeah, it's a little bit of both. Is it the best offensive lines they've been going against, or are they making the offensive lines look like the best offensive lines? TBD as in the trenches rolls on this. I think it's a little bit of both. I think it's a little bit of both.

Exactly. Listen, on this one. Number one offensive line. Yeah, the Jags are going to be number one next week, right? You got Patrick Ricard on the front side. We're going to run a zone. They're going to climb up to 28 on the front side. Front side tackle and tight end are going to work up to 28.

Fullback is going to insert on 35. This is old school football right here. Get the iso with Ricard on a guy who's much smaller with a shitty run fit who wanted no part of it, by the way. And then the rest of the guys do a great job. We get a great little out block by 72. He seals, and then everybody else just kind of washes. You get the wall behind.

Six wants no part of this. He had a shitty run fit on the last one. He wants no part of Derrick Henry in the open field. And we get the cut. That's all he's paying. I mean, this is what Derrick Henry does a shitty run fit on the last one. He wants no part of Derrick Henry in the open field. And we get the cut. That's all he's paying. I mean, this is what Derrick Henry does, and he gets in the end. Fair matchup. That is a fair matchup.

275 yards rushing, ladies and gentlemen. All right, ladies and gentlemen, here it is. Here is the top five officially, and the gold helmets mean they've been there before. That's right. NFC North football right there. That's right, baby. Sick ref. Three been there before. That's right. NFC North football right there. That's right, baby. Sick, ref. 3 out of 5.

Let's go. Hey, that's a good division. You've got a good offensive line, you're going to win a lot of games. That's kind of how football is. A lot of injuries to offensive linemen around the league. How will they bounce back? How will they recover? What's the depth of offensive linemen?

That has been questioned for, like, the what, last five years? I guess we're going to find out. Find out real quick. Hey, good work, AQ. Good work. The Colts are going to be on there today. The Colts, yeah, should have been. I thought they were.

Colts are right there. Colts are right there. The only thing. They're six. Don't lie. Are they six? Are they six? Yeah, let's put them six this week.

Sure. Okay. You're just saying, fuck it. No, I mean, there's them. There's the Bills. There's the Eagles. And listen, all three of them had great rushing performances. But the big thing that I'm trying to make a point about is you can have 150 yards rushing

and it's not always extremely blocked well by the guys up front. Like, there's plenty of plays where it's like a stalemate. You get a little bounce and Jonathan Taylor's gone for 50. Like, that's not extremely well-blocked play. Am I speaking specifically? Yeah, it sounded a little bit. Did you see us basically a rugby scrum? We just pushed

him, what, four yards? It was well done. It looked like the quarterback did the pushing. Exactly. Trenches mentality. Is he part of the O-line? Yeah, he wants to be. He does go to the O-line. Throws like it. Oh, hey.

Huge. That was Tony. Oh, you son of a bitch. Sorry, we got him this week. Tony, that's not a smart thing to say. Colts are doing some good things up front. Colts are doing some good things. Philly was right there.

Buffalo Bills, same thing. They were right there. Oh, yeah. All right, well, congrats. Tony, you need to watch it, pal. Listen, you guys have already started. I made one comment. I don't feel good about it.

Trust me, I don't. I really don't. You are worried about the Loud House. Well, yeah, because everyone thinks Steelers are going to win by 30. Not everyone. Who's that? Who's? That's quarterback.

Everyone except for like three people. Who's that? You, D-Butts, and well, maybe just two people. The Flow. The Flow. We need him to bring some bars this week. That was a big game for The Flow because they were calling for his head if we lost another one. Who was?

The Flow? A lot of people. Everyone's starting to turn on The Flow. How could you? I mean, bear him down with Josh Downs. I didn't love it. That's what I'm saying. We need a better buzz.

Steelers, he'll do something. Steal the joy. Steal him down. Who are we trying to fire? Yeah, exactly. Thank you. They think this guy is national. They think he's international.

Yes. Duh. What are you talking about? This is our horse. I've seen this guy. He's still doing this? What do you mean? It's still his horse. I've seen this guy. He's still doing this? What do you mean? It's a full-time job.

10 mil a year. We won. We beat the Bears. The Colts sent the cheerleaders and Bluey over there. Bluey is an incredible cartoon out of Australia. He's kind of a scumbag. Who? DeFlo?

Not Bluey. Not DeFlo. I'm talking about Blue. None of those people are scumbags. Blue really gets his rocks off on hitting those football players on the field, huh? The mascot versus kids game is certainly something. That was in Indy? Yeah.

Yeah, I watched it this weekend. Saw a Savannah Banana guy was there. That was good to see. Really? Was Indianapolis... Was Jim commentating it? Who? Ursa.

I don't think he was doing commentary. Tyler was there? Tyler was there, yeah. These kids are just getting tossed around, though. Wait a second. What are we doing? These mascots are scumbags. Is that legal?

Good question. It doesn't look like it. One of these kids needs to take one of these dudes out hard. Look at this scumbag. Come on. What if he tours the kid's ACL? I'm telling you. Look at this.

These videos come out every single year. Go back at that dude. Go back at Bluey. He can't be thrust in these kids' faces. The game ended with Bluey scoring a touchdown. What are we doing? These are adults. Lower your head and run one of those guys over.

All right, here's a touchdown. That's a good touchdown. Oh, no. Everybody's going to lose. Hey, way to go, dude. That was good. Oh, oh, oh, oh. All right, arms almost came out there, but he followed through.

That guy's a player. Wow. Here's the offense. He's running quarterback. Kid's playing blitz, bringing a blitz. Take his legs out. Top of him. Oh, that's a broken neck.

Oh, that's pretty good. I like that. That kid said, I'm sick of it. Stiff arm to the face. Man, we need to start headhunting these mascots. Agreed. We need to get the kids' team together and have a conversation with them beforehand. We should play.

How about we get a retired former players game going against them? I'll play. That's what I mean. Okay, you'll play for free. If it's going to happen at halftime here, you'll play for free. 100%. Yeah. Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah. I don't even want to wear pads. Whoa. Yeah, I am. Blue score. Touchdown. Oh, wow. Blue big-time catch.

Kick him in the... AQ, your arm went numb today from throwing a football. It was a basketball shot, actually. Complete burner. Speaking of, do you want to do a giveaway or what? Sure. All right. Let's do it.

I will say Blue, anytime there's a mascot, athletic, anything, Blue should be the one throwing a football. Sure. That he's a guy can spin it. Can't be doing the thrust thing around kids. Agreed. That's an interesting move. It's a very interesting move.

Very interesting move. Speaking of mascots, we didn't talk about this this week. Kaylee Hartung of the Today Show and Amazon Prime Thursday Night Football. She jumped off the ledge at the top of the Mercedes-Benz Stadium down in Atlanta. What? Look at this. This is where the Falcon comes in and brings the game ball in. Kaylee Hartung of the Today Show and Thursday Night Football is up there doing a piece on this entire thing,

like electrifying because obviously it is. And I did not know where this video was headed. I had no idea where it was headed. Look at this shit. Right to the edge. Holding camera herself. Fuck it. Goes.

Is that not a... That's crazy. I'm not doing that. No way. She's holding the camera herself. And look, she flips upside down goes so what now what does the It's uh That's pretty dope. I mean that is that is commitment to a bit which we respect and I

Mean we've all seen the videos of people on here and that's in at the end of a ledge about to do bungee jumping Oh, yeah, they're told a thousand times the bungee is good. But when you get there, is it? Yeah, and then she literally I mean What a moment legend. That is it? Yeah. And then she literally, I mean, what a moment. Man. That is awesome. Yeah. That is awesome. The Elena Falcon, though, jumping off of that thing every time, electrifying. Jax, him, Deville, Donner, and Jaxville.

He might be the most valuable asset, that Jaxville Jaguar. By far. He's not getting paid the most, but he might be the most valuable asset. He jumps off the top. Takes a special moment there where you got to decide whether you're going to shit or get off the pot. Yeah. Aim to go. Pretty awesome. Speaking of, why don't you've got to decide whether you're going to shit or get off the pot. Yeah. Aim to go.

Pretty awesome. Speaking of, why don't you win some people some money? Here we go. What are you going to do? Throw a football into that hoop right over there? Yeah. Third different Navy SEAL shirt that you've worn on this particular program. The other ones had the actual seal on your chest or the emblem.

Now there's a seal on your back, on your spine, obviously, because that is you to your core. Cover your back. Love you, troops. Thank you. Thanks to the troops. Thank you. Want an Army Ranger camp in Carolina? Cool.

In Texas, you wash your heat. Wash your heat. You better prepare. Get that ghillie suit prepared. Help with that wall. November? November, okay. Hopefully it ghillie suit prepared. Help with that wall. November. November, okay. Hopefully it'll be a little cooler. Everyone wants it now, brother.

If you can throw that football, it does feel like, if you can throw that football into that basketball hoop right over there, we will give 30 people $500 on this what? In the trenches Wednesday, September 25th, 2024. AQ Shipley for the people. 30 people. Five. Did you warm up?

Oh, damn. You did not warm up? It's all right. Yeah, he was doing basketballs earlier. He doesn't need it. He doesn't need it. That's why his arm's all fucked up. Darius Butler has a little motivational message to say to you.

You know what? Just step up. Let it rip, AQ. 30 people, $500. If the man that was called Bill Goldberg earlier can put that football into that basketball hoop right over there. Come on, Bill. William!

Ooh. That was a good throw. Good throw. Who's next? A.J. Hawk had something very motivating. Is that Goldberg? Is that Goldberg? Holy shit. AJ Hawke has something very motivating. Is that Goldberg? Holy shit.

I mean, he looks exactly like him. Yeah, you do. You got to do the face thing, though. What was that? You know it. All right. It's a little bit like Cyrus the Virus, though. That looks good. He's making you do the puppet thing.

Yeah. That's what he was doing. He was asking you to spit a little bit. How much could you dance for? Cyrus the Virus. Cyrus the what he was doing. He was asking it here. Spit a little bit. How much could you dance for? Cyrus the virus. Cyrus the virus. He does. AJ Hawk has a motivational message for you, AQ,

before you try to win 30 people 500 bucks. Well, I have a question, actually. AQ, when you're wearing no socks and those rubber shoes, you don't get blisters all day? No blisters. Do you slip inside of it, though? Do your feet slip? Yeah, you have to slip

I'm sliding around like crazy Okay Slick track Yeah Slick track AJ, any motivational quotes to say to him Or just questions about his footwear? Just pull the trigger, AQ

You look like you were right on line These last couple throws Yeah, he wasn't Certainly missed one left, one right Here we go 30 people $500 Good one That was close though Sure A little more Left, one right. Here we go. 30 people. $500.

Good one. That was close, though. A little more. That one's right on the line right there. A third time's a charm. How much does each one of your calves weigh? Like 80 pounds? They do look like a couple of honey baked hams. Your calves are legit.

Thank you. Stacked. Jeez. Yeah, that's why he wears these canes. He's sliding around. Unbelievable. You know those shoes that you have the toe thing on?

Oh, the jump shoes. Yeah, I had those. That's what he wears other than these. It's Crocs, these, and those shoes. That'd be awesome to watch. Boston Connor has a little motivational message for you, AQ. Yeah, if you don't make this, everyone's going to think you're a bitch. Chuck just made it last week. You made it last week.

So then, what, did you get worse from last week? That's a bitch move, dog. We're either getting better or we're getting worse. 30 people, $500. Did you get better or did you stay the same? I got better. We'll see. All right, here we go.

This one's in. Oh, no. Uh-oh. Oh, jeez. What happened this last week? People are talking. People be talking Talking about people

Talking about people Ty Schmitt has something for you That's going to make this bowl go to the Super Show Hey Q, in the words of your favorite president ever Joe Biden Come on man Throw it in there 30 people, $500 Come on, man. Throw it in there. 30 people. $500.

Come on. Thank you. I knew that was an MJ. I thought for sure that was bacon. Made Sleepy Joe proud there. All right. Of course we can't fucking do anything. You got something for this throw, Ty?

That was the end all be all I thought for sure you were fucking How did that get you inspired? I don't know, what's the deal? Do it for Joe's VP Let's head to Hammer Todd! Todd! Any motivational messages here for

A man who's now going to be throwing a much smaller, more gimmick football? Well, it's good he's throwing a smaller, more gimmick football because, once again, I had to go wake him up in his hotel room this morning. And I know he's light on fluids because I saw that hotel room. So just, yo, go out there. Heavy on lotion, light on fluids. That's A.Q. Shipley Hotel Football. Now, the issue here, you had to go in there and sound the alarm for this guy? I had to go to the front desk and say, can you call Mr. Shipley's room?

And she got up and said, excuse me, Mr. Shipley, your AQ is here. And I was like, that's not what I said to do. Okay, all right, sweet. Happy that you went in there and woke him up like it's a school day. AQ, on that note, I think you need to bury this football in that hoop right over there. 30 people, $500 because you woke up today. You showed up today.

Benespa, Benespa, Benespa, Benespa. That looked good. Benespa, Benespa, Benespa, Benespa, Benespa. Benespa lives. Watch the lava. Lava. Here we go. Hit this thing. It's a hit. Oh yeah, that's the one. Too strong. You got too jacked up. Just like the lotion

All right, baby oil Whoa, people say maybe not even baby oil there's something else in those balls Why would they seize baby or do it must be little drugs in there? So never ending I want 45 minutes of videos Don't do it Never get out of it. You'll never get out of it. Oh, yeah, out of it. You're going to sit on a plane while everybody else gets off of it. 30 people. $500. All you got to do

is put their football into that hoop right over there. How does that go in and out? Wow. Well, we know. This is Connor and Darius. Not really. They usually drop. Do they? Yeah. That's nice. Good touch.

For some people they do, don't they? What just happened? Foxy, that's kind of our life right there. Yeah, we've seen that a lot recently. And look, when you're the champs, you're the champs. You guys just don't know what it's like out here. We got a Duke here. We didn't get those bouncing wire champs.

We played a nice clean 33. That's weird. You guys knocking down shots at a rate right now that is certainly impressive. I mean, it's very good. Incredibly proud. I didn't deserve that. I did not deserve that. You did.

Well, I think some people would probably say you did. I'd say you did. You've been an asshole all day. Oh. Yeah. Well, it wasn't Nick. That was Gumpy, actually. I'm sure Nick could probably get in on it, too, if he really wanted to.

But nonetheless, 30 people, $500 AQ. You're throwing to Duke. This is what it's all about. NFL Bowl. Buckets Next week maybe we're out of balls. All right, that's been a fun day. Way to go Not everybody's winner. We'll get the case space trips around here gonna earn it Told my god

We would have counted it. Yep, good if it goes Thank you. Good work today, pal. What else? D-Bush, great work this week. Boys to the back, great work. AJ Hawk, way to go. JJ, wow. Shams, Jet, thank you all so much. Thank you all for watching.

Hey, Tony, why don't you come out from here? Coming. Like the dinner bell. Thank you. Be a friend, tough. There you go, Z. Be a friend. Tell a friend something nice. It might change their life life we're in this thing together team on me team on three one two three

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