The Pat McAfee Show - PMS 2.0 416 - A Slaphappy Monday With Peter Schrager, Mark Madden, & AJ Hawk

Episode Date: May 17, 2021

On today's show, Pat and the boys chat about Wrestlemania Backlash, the NBA playoffs and play-in games, the NHL playoffs and if the Penguins should be worried about their game 1 performance, the latest happenings in the NFL, and everything else going on in the sports world. Joining the program is friend of the show, NFL Insider and co-host of Good Morning Football, Peter Schrager  to chat about Ron Wolf's recent statement about Rodgers wanting out of Green Bay, if Justin Fields is going to start in Chicago, what he's thinking about where Rodgers will wind up week 1, and how difficult it is hosting a show and having defend his takes as an insider, and how difficult that can be (29:05-1:02:26). Later, Pittsburgh radio legend, Mark Madden joins the program to chat about the Penguins and when it might be time to panic, why he thinks the Steelers may be in trouble, his thoughts on Pat's commentating thus far, and much more (1:02:28-1:18:37). Later, Pat and AJ Hawk chat about a 13 year old in Tampa Bay absolutely dunking on Boston Connor at a diner, and what happened in the aftermath. Make sure you subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow and listen every day on Mad Dog Radio, Sirius XM Channel 82. We appreciate you all for listening, come and laugh with us, cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, it is Monday, May 17th, 2021 years after zero. Big show today, hey? Yeah, huge show today. Huge show today. A lot of sports talk, okay? Football, hockey, basketball, sports entertainment. Yeah. You name it, today's got it.

I also recorded this entire show on zero hours of sleep. Yeah. Straight out of WrestleMania Backlashlash On a bird to my bed Staring at the ceiling all night There's the sun, what are we doing Going to work, recording Said show Let's have a day, huh?

Yeah, let's have a day, that's right If you like this show, by the end of it, please be a friend and tell a friend If not, just act like it never happened Yeah, we'll see you later See you tomorrow, maybe, or never But if you like the show By the end of it, please be a friend and tell a friend. If not, just act like it never happened. I'll see you later. See you tomorrow, maybe. Or never. But if you like the show, we got a big one tomorrow.

But let's hammer home today. Last night, WrestleMania backlash took place at the Yingling Center at Tampa Bay, Florida. I was very lucky to call the main event as well as a couple other matches in the beautiful card that saw zombies at one point. Oh, yeah. I didn't get a chance to talk about those that much, but I did have the time of my life. We flew home after that.

A little bit late night. Got home about 105, 115-ish. Got to my house, you know, 130, 135, 140. And then I was up the rest of the night. Oh, is that right? Till right now. I am still awake from yesterday. Uh, this is still the run from yesterday morning and I want to let you know I'm feeling fucking good. Yeah. Woo. Huh? Smoking dope. Come on. Let's go. Fresh off a pay-per-view. Had a good time last night.

Messed up a lot of things, as I'm going to do, but I got a chance to chat about the greatest champion in the history of champions, Roman fucking Reigns. Yeah. No, I'm joking. It was a fun night. I hope you joined us over there on the cock, Peacock. It was a fun evening, and a lot of things happened.

But in the sports world this weekend, while we were down in Champa Bay, a lot of things happened. We will have to get to all of that. At Boston, Connor, Ty Schmidt, the boys in the back, appreciate you all so much. Connor, the Bruins fucking stink. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Everyone knows that first game of any NHL playoffs.

Does not matter at all. Nope. All that means to me is, hey, I got better first game of any NHL fight off series. Does not matter at all. Nope. All that means to me is, hey, I got better odds on the Bs to win the series. So that's what I'm going to go ahead and do. Hammer that and hammer them tonight. Well, I want to let you know that I will hammer them tonight. Absolutely. Because I'm hoping that they, you know, start a trend.

Because when the Bruins lose to the Capitals That's tough As a Bruins fan Backup goalie in there too Okay Yeah Whatever you want to say Like Whatever Just a tough loss

For the Capitals Yeah yeah Tough loss Tough loss You wanted to bury yourself A little bit more Tough loss Brutal

And I Hey I started dancing Didn't I Oh yeah I mean I got I started I started popping off about it

I know The B's gonna get swept You guys gonna get swept You might not win another game You guys might get run out of the goddamn arenas I actually said that And then the Penguins you see The next day

Against the New York fucking Islanders Just lay an egg in overtime We lose as well So everything I was gonna do today About dancing on the Bruins Had to take a quick pivot because you're 100% right. When you talk about that first game, it does not matter at all. Nope. That isn't even something you need to think about whenever we're talking about a seven-game series.

Are you kidding me? This is Pens in five, Bruins probably maybe never. That might be caps in four. Could be, yeah. That might be. I'm not 100% sure. I don't know your team like I know my team, the Pittsburgh Penguins. Let me take you back in time, okay?

And I am pissed about the Pittsburgh Penguins losing. Yeah. Okay? I think 10 of the last 11 playoff games they have lost or something. I mean, it is a drop when it matters. When Lord Stanley shows up in the picture, for some reason, the Pittsburgh Penguins have stunk, okay? Sidney Crosby, greatest player to ever play hockey, all right?

Every time I say it, I get a bunch of fucking little sheep come after me. I had Gordie Ha, Wayne Gretzky. He's not even the best player on the Penguins. Listen, I grew up in the Mario Lemieux, Yarmour Yager, Ronnie Francis era, okay? I understand the back-to-back and all of that. Mario Lemieux was unbelievable to watch. He's probably the second greatest player of all time. With that being said, Sidney Crosby is a guy that should have been on national television every single time he stepped on the ice. The NHL let Sidney Crosby down

immediately upon him getting into hockey. There's actually a video, a fun little content piece the NHL did whenever he got into the NHL. They had him walk around LA with somebody from the NHL, and they said, hey, do you know who this guy is? And he said, uh, Bob from the fucking grocery store. Okay, and then they want to go around, oh, that guy sold

me shoes the other day. Oh, that guy. And the NHL was like, no, it's actually the LeBron James of hockey. You don't know who he is? They're like, oh, no, sorry. I'll become a fan, though. You do that right now, same shit would happen. The NHL has dropped the ball. Now, Connor McJesus, I heard he's on his way.

Of course. And I love the McJesus. You've got a long way to go, pal. I just want to let you know. I understand we've got a hot start and everything, but Sidney's been doing this a long, long time. And he's not just a goal scorer. He's a playmaker. He makes everybody else better on the ice.

He's the best skater on the ice anytime he gets on the ice. He is just what he is, and I am a diehard Penguins fan, so this might be a bit biased, but it's real. They fucked over Sidney Crosby's career. They have fucked it up. Now, it's going to ESPN. Sidney doesn't appear to be slowing down at all, so maybe on Turner and on ESPN he'll get a little bit of shine

so people understand his greatness. So I won't have to hear about a guy that was able to skate around with six feet around him because he had goons on the team that were willing to fight somebody else, and he was just able to go willy-nilly with his dangles. And then he had Connor in fucking goal, wearing those pennants right in front of him as pads. And it was just a full goal for him to score.

This guy's the greatest. Okay. Trailblazer. Okay. Absolutely. Wayne Gretzky. Absolute trailblazer. Unbelievable player.

If Sidney Crosby played then, he might have 7,000 goals right now. Okay. And now granted, that's the evolution of hockey. I would assume Wayne Gretzky would do well now. This is just like the Jordan LeBron thing. Butney Ovechkin I'm big Ovechkin fan yeah greatest goal scorer maybe in the history of hockey okay that's a great title to have greatest goal scorer in the history of hockey could be Ovechkin I mean people come in and fight obviously with Wayne and everybody they'll have an entire thing he could be Sidney's the greatest

hockey player to ever play hockey. Just the entire sport of hockey. And what? Just because he's not scared to maybe piss down a flyer's leg literally on the ice. Just because he's not scared to go ahead and bat a glove out of the way. Maybe he's not scared to give a little, huh? This is hockey. Welcome to the ice.

This is hockey. But I want to let you know, who has let down Sidney Crosby the most here as of late? His name is fucking Jari. Oharring oh no he's the goalie and let me tell you hockey aficionado here yeah i am a penguins fan this is real growing up in pittsburgh the penguins are the only team i was a true fan of my dad my family obviously loved the steelers i think even somebody in my family was drunk once and decided to like the pirates but i was I was a fan of the Pittsburgh Penguins and football. I like players. I saw my dad get mad every single week. I saw the entire city kind of live with the Steelers. I'm like, cool, let's hope they win

so everybody's happy. But me, I like players. I like people that are out there making plays in football. But in hockey, I love the Penguins. I watched one fucking game with this guy playing goal earlier in the year. One game. And I joined Nick Moraldo for That's Hockey Talk. And listen to what I said about the human that lost

the fucking playoff game for the Penguins just yesterday. Please. It's after first game. I don't know about this guy, Jari. You're sold on him? He was an all-star last year. What happened? Seems like he really enjoyed the offseason. I don't know. I don't know what happened. He needs to be

in the Oculus with some hand-eye shit going on. And then, what, first game. And obviously, I'm the hockey aficionado. Of course. First game, he's rolling around on the fucking ice, okay? He gives up three goals in, what, ten seconds or whatever. He's flopping around a little bit. I don't know him that well, but you said I should have faith.

I should have faith. So when he was drafted, he was originally drafted ahead of Matt Murray. He was supposed to be the guy. They were like, this is going to be a franchise goalie for the future. And he bided his time. He's younger. He's only 22 now, I think. And Murray just jumped up through the organization ahead of him,

played well in the AHL, got called up to the NHL, wins those two cups. And Jari just kind of was an afterthought. And then he bided his time, slowly but surely developed, came along, had an all-star year last year when they really needed him, and then now this year, not off to a solid start. Kind of rough. A little bit shaky. What are you doing?

Not play goalie at all in the offseason? Fair question. I wonder what goes on. I guess that's a big mental thing, huh, goalie? It is. It's similar to special teams and specialists. Yeah. You've got to hope that, well, Young,

he's still trying to figure out his whole mentality for off seasons and this and that. You know what I mean? I assume he's going to get better, but boy, we got a short season. You better figure it the fuck out is what I say there at the end, which we cut off beautifully. Shout out, Nick. Shout out, Nick. That's hockey talk, by the way, from Nick.

He better figure it the fuck out. He did not. Nope. No. Maybe he did. Actually, they went on a run and went to the top of the Nick. He better figure it out. He did not. Nope. No. Maybe he did. Actually, they went on a run and went to the top of the East. Okay, they do what they got to do. But all of a sudden, we get back in the playoffs.

The guy seems like he's never played fucking catch before. What is he doing? Why is this happening? Nick Moroto, host of That's Hockey Talk, the person on the other side of that conversation after the first game, saying, hey, this guy, he's a guy he'll figure it out what happened nick this guy stinks get him off put sydney in the fucking net i've seen him around pittsburgh by the way sydney crosby goes and plays deck hockey as goalie guess what shut

out fucking machine okay why don't we put him in gold nick is this jari guy gonna figure it out is this something i need to look forward to? Is us losing 11 out of 12? Then 12 out of 13? Then 13 out of 14? And then 14 out of 15? Are we going to lose straight up like we did last year, Nick? What the fuck happened to the Pittsburgh Penguins? It's all goaltending, Pat. I think

he grabbed one of Matt Murray's leftover gloves from back in the arena. It was a little too heavy. He couldn't lift it up. That's an inside joke. Matt Murray, okay, our previous goalie, he comes in for Marc-Andre Fleury, who we did try to get back to the Penguins this year on the show. Stud goaltender. Number one pick overall, I think, actually,

as a goalie coming out of Canada or whatever. Yeah, he looked great yesterday. Had an amazing save. Went to overtime. Oh, he lost in overtime, too. Okay. First game. Excuse me.

He wasn't rolling around on the fucking ice first game of the season this year. Okay. Marc-Andre Fleury, though, he got run out of town by this guy named Matt Murray. Matt Murray was a rookie. Okay. They go through the playoffs. They win a Stanley Cup with this fucking guy. He replaces Marc-Andre Fleury.

He gets hot, which is what the NHL playoffs are, by the way. If your goalie gets hot, you're going to win. That's just how you're going to have a chance. I guess the rest of the players have to not fucking stink. But if you've got a goalie that's hot, you're going to win. That's just how you're going to have a chance. I guess the rest of the players have to not fucking stink. But if you've got a goalie that's hot, you're going to go. Matt Murray gets hot in replace of Marc-Andre Fleury. He's sitting on a bench, math. They go and win.

All of a sudden, an expansion team starts happening. They're like, hey, is there any way you want to get rid of that Hall of Fame goalie? You have to. Absolutely. We've got this new guy. This new guy played good. He fucking forgot how to play goalie too. And then Jari comes in.

This guy has no idea. We stink, Nick. And Sidney Crosby does not deserve what has happened to him as of late. And I'm not happy about it. I agree. I'm not happy about it either. They're losing to the New York Islanders again, who they got swept by in 2019. The New York Islanders, the most boring team in the entire NHL playoffs every single year.

Well, a lot of people would say all of hockey is boring, but playoff hockey is the best. The best. Playoff hockey is so much fun. I'm not happy about it. Speaking of Sidney Crosby getting screwed over by the NHL, maybe Sidney should have focused on basketball or something. They would probably put him up. He probably wouldn't be giving speeches and hosting award shows and stuff like that.

Logo of the league problem. I ask people if they know Sidney, they spell his name wrong every single time, I bet. People don't even know how to spell. SYD. I. No, I'm saying. Oh, yeah, people say. That's what they're, yeah.

At Ty Schmidt. Yeah, I thought you were spelling it wrong. No, no, no. Ty, he's the greatest hockey player of all time. No, no, no. Whoa. No, no, no. Common misconception.

Now, let's pivot to another sport that is also wasting somebody's career. Uh-huh. Listen, I love the Pelicans. Okay? Yeah. Pelicans allowed me an opportunity to do something that was incredibly awesome. Yes.

I trotted out after a little Wayne rap song in New Orleans to the middle of the Pelicans court. LeBron James, seven feet to my left. Frank Vogel, old friend, doesn't even say hello to me. Jeez, Frank. Excuse me. He's Hollywood, dude. He's won a championship. He does before he won a championship.

Now I couldn't even imagine. He's back here. And I get to introduce Zion. I get to introduce second or something or third or whatever, which is really cool. But I got to have a cool moment. And then, by the way, COVID came. There was no other events after that. So it was like kind of a send-off into the quarantine, lockdown or whatever.

And I love the Pelicans. People are nice down there. Okay, they're really cool. I feel like the social media team is great. Same social media team as the Saints social media team. They're great, by the way. Same ownership as the Saints. Cool, they're doing well.

They had to cut everybody because they overpaid everybody for like the last 10 years. But they're still going to be good because Sean Payton's there. I have no beefs or qualms with the New Orleans Pelicans. With that being said, can we get Zion on a different fucking team? Okay, we got a play-in tournament that is causing all types of problems. Okay, all types of problems. LeBron loves it. He hates it.

Steph loves it. He loves it. He loses these two games. He's going to hate it. It makes it a little bit of an excitement type thing. This is what baseball has, obviously. They have 7,000 games, and then there's a couple teams. It comes down to one game.

What did we play all these games for nobody knows i guess this is how we make all of our money because the local deals we do for tv there's just a shit ton of games the play-in game though always electric march madness it's electric i assume with the nba last year uh with the bubble it was electric now we got lebron james and steph curry. Are you kidding me? Wednesday night? And then the loser of that will then play on Friday to beat the 9-10 seed game. And the winner of that also goes in. So let's assume that the refs are not going to allow LeBron James to potentially not be in the playoffs. No, correct.

Now, Steph Curry, lovable guy, going to win the MVP, just has a scoring record and everything like that. He is absolutely awesome. They'll let him get Friday. But LeBron coming back, there's no... Let's assume the Lakers are going to win on Wednesday. Let's just assume that's the case. LeBron's coming back, by the way.

He's self-handicapping, which is what Ocho told us he was doing. Talking about how he's never going to be the same again. He's kind of setting his standard at a little bit lower so he doesn't disappoint himself, maybe. Which is a great speech by Ocho, and he might be doing that. But Zion Williamson is not in this fucking playing game.

He's not in the playoffs. The Knicks are in the fucking thing on the East, okay? The Knicks are the four seed somehow. Knicks fans are crawling out of the woodwork talking about the Knicks being in the four seed. Zion Williamson, a guy who has incredibly dope shoes now, a guy who's like dope shoes now. Yep. A guy who's like 400 pounds

and can dunk from the foul line. Yeah. Okay? He just takes a, he's not even in a playing game. You know why? What's that? Pelicans stink.

Oh, yeah. Trade them. Look, the Nets, you know why the Nets are going to win this year? Or the Lakers are going to win? Because they tried to win. And they tried, that's all they tried to do.

By the way, I don't know how James Harden isn't the MVP, by the way. Okay, he leaves Houston. They stink. He's in strip clubs. They're mad. He goes to Brooklyn. They're going to win it all probably. Okay, so I don't know who.

Steph Curry, I get it. All-time league scorer. He's probably going to get hot here in these playing games. He could be electric during the playoffs. I'm very happy about that. But Harden seems to be the most valuable player. He goes to a team. They're going to win guess blake griffin could potentially be that as well look out i don't know how the pistons are doing since he's uh left but they probably stink

so maybe blake griffin in that same vein there uh that whole thing but zion needs to go hey we need to get him we need to get him to another team i mean mean, he needs to spread his wings and fly to a winner. He does. The Pelicans don't want to win. Pelicans, J.J. Redick was trying to pay him to get the fuck out of there. Oh, yeah.

Hey, I won't go up to the Nets. No, we're going to trade you to Dallas. Fuck you. That's exactly what happened down there. And I like the Pelicans. Hey, listen. If you're going to go all in and start playing, let's do it.

Okay, let's. If the Pelicans, I would like that for New Orleans. I'd like that for the Pelicans. You know, I'd like that for the blender, the Smoothie King Center down there. Yeah. Because that place, electrifying. Just like the Mercedes-Benz Superdome down there. Yep.

Their fans are awesome. But the ownership is not trying to be a winner. Terrible. Anthony Davis said, get me out of here. See you. I'm gone. He, by the way, won a title as soon as he left. That's right. Get Zion – the fact. See you. I'm gone. He, by the way, won a title as soon as he left. That's right.

Get Zion. The fact he's not in a play-in game, the fact that he's not in his playoffs, there's no way Adam Silver is like, yeah, this is good for basketball. No way Ty Schmidt did his ass in a big seat or become one of the bigger teams. Well, that's not going to happen. I think we all know that. He needs to go to New York. I mean, you know, I don't think he's going to be going out to L.A.

He loves playing in New York. I mean, that's what's tough. How many's going to be going out to L.A. He loves playing in New York. I mean, that's what's tough. How many times has he played in L.A.? What is he, 12 years old? Fucking get over it. Look at the views, Zion. It's awesome. It's out there.

That's true, but, I mean, him and the Big Apple, you kidding me? He doesn't have to be LeBron's sidekick or AD's sidekick. Him and Julius. Yeah, that's a nice little tag team. They might shoot 95% next year. A lot of dunks. a lot of dunks. A lot of dunks. But that's the, I mean, it's not similar with Rodgers,

but I'm sure the guy doesn't want to be the guy that trades away Zion. You know, like whoever's in charge there, it's like, hey, listen, we need to keep this guy as long as we can. I don't know if we can surround him with talent to win, but listen, I mean, we got to make as much money off this guy as we can because he's leaving. We got to hold this guy hostage pretty much essentially we won a lottery literally and we drafted him okay we win he is now floating into basketball irrelevancy that is just how it goes i don't care if he could average a triple double every night if he wanted to i don't

care if he could shoot 90%. We won a lottery. We get a chance to make sure the rest of the world never sees him play basketball. Hey, listen, Pelicans, I want you in the game. The Pacers, the Pacers, they were calling for this coach to get fired in this city

three weeks ago. They're in the play-in game. They are in the play-in game tomorrow. Indiana Pacers are in the play-in game tomorrow. Their coach has been fired two to three times in the last two, three weeks. And they're in the play-in game. Zion's sitting at home. How is that happening? I don't know.

I assume the NBA doesn't like it. And Pelicans, this is not against you. You get in the game. I'm not saying he has to leave. Start recruiting. But it seems like that's not the way this is going because is it the same GM that lost AD? I mean, I couldn't tell you, but shit, you know, I mean, the franchise has shown, hey, listen, they can't keep their acquired talent there. You know why?

Probably because people like me are like, get them the fuck out of there. I mean, it could be. Listen, Zion said he loves playing in New Orleans. And by the way. How couldn't you? You would love playing in New Orleans. Great fans. Great building.

Hell of a city. Hell of a city. Hell of a city. Pelicans, interesting. When they made that decision, I think we're all pretty intrigued by it. Okay, yeah, a lot of Pelicans on it. It's a wetland. A lot of fish. Could have made it something with like Mardi Gras.

Something with like bourbon street. Something really cool. Maybe a little bit of Yaz. Yeah. Oh, yeah. You know, something with like bourbon string. Something really cool. Something, you know, maybe a little bit of Yaz in there maybe. You know what I mean? Something like that. Something, you know, that is,

but the Pelicans are fucking prevalent down there. When you go down to New Orleans, you're like, you know what? Pelicans fucking everywhere around here. So I respect the fighting

Pelicans out there. The name's not bad, but they're not bringing players in. Get them out of there. Get them out of town. And players don't want to go there too

because of that J.J. Redick thing. They know that they could get fucked over if they ever go down there and then want to leave. Let's pivot now to what is happening. Hey, LeBron James, Steph Curry, tomorrow night. Adam Silver

went from 6 to midnight quicker than any human in history. Now, I don't know anything about him. I was in the same room as him one time. I was not allowed to ask him any questions. Oh, come on. Yeah, they muted my mic and moved me away from it completely. Told me to stand on the other side.

He's like eight feet tall, isn't he? I think maybe nine, yeah. Yeah, he was big. Gentleman, very much a gentleman. Say hello to everybody. He did sit there with Greeny on get up and answer to every single question. I did not get to ask any questions. And I did have a couple.

I did have a few for him. But I would assume whenever he thought of this play-in game his dream okay his dream was probably lebron zion in a play-in game yeah it's probably lebron zion in a play-on game but instead he gets the mvp of last year and the mv MVP of this year probably in a hot Steph Curry, a Steph Curry that changed basketball forever when he started balling out there in a one-game playoff. I mean, the numbers for this. Now, I've heard the ratings are terrible. Oh, yeah.

I've heard the ratings are terrible. There's a lot of articles about these ratings being very bad. It's still over a million, right? Yeah. Still over a million people watching, and I believe their content on the internet crushes. Now, I don't know how that is for their business. I assume that is not great for the business

to have that rating just get projected everywhere. But LeBron, Steph is going to do numbers, I assume. Oh, yeah. And I can't wait to watch it. What, this is the first time we've really talked about the NBA because the playoffs are coming around? Right. And Adam Silver has an opportunity to have their biggest stars in,

I mean, potentially not in the playoffs, but in the opening round this is like super bowl this is they're building up to this play-in game as if it's been a massive deal there's been two weeks of hype this has been a potential match-up for like two weeks people are like predicting what records are potentially going to be and here we go steph braun tomorrow night does anybody care i think our ratings are currently tanking because we're talking about it. But I'm pumped to see what they get going on out there. Yeah, I mean, I finally started, you know, kind of checking out some stuff this week when all this stuff was coming back.

I mean, I really, you know, you see scores and stuff like that, but I don't pay any attention to the NBA during the regular season. But, like, playoffs are here. Here we go. I'm ready to lock back in and watch. Hey, here we go. I'm excited. And, by the way, my Brooklyn Nets team, okay?

I talked about that guy that was in the adult ballet during training camp, getting bags and gifts and stuff. Big Jimmy. He looked like he did gain some weight, they said. A little bit. Then he got traded to Brooklyn. The next day, he lost 45 pounds. He shredded.

And by the way, still had it. Yeah. Still had it. And then Durant and Kyrie were out. He was just playing by himself, and it was still got it. Went on a run. Still got it. Still got it, by the way. Still got it. And then Durant and Kyrie were out. He was just playing by himself, and it was still got it. Went on a run. Still got it. Still got it, by the way.

Still got it. If Kyrie, now we don't know if he's going to be fully invested, right? True. Because there is bigger things in basketball for him to focus on, he has said. But I think even Durant and Harden are going to give it a hell of a go. I mean, a hell of a go. And Durant had to, what, sit out and hear all that shit about how he's not even like a top five player or whatever everybody forgot about how damn good he is and then now steven a's out here saying hey he might be considered the greatest

scorer of all time it feels like a lot of respects coming around for kevin durant he's always been an absolute assassin then that's lakers is what they want right that's everything for absolutely but nobody has talked about the clippers and do they still have the team that they had last year where everybody thought they were going to beat the hell out of the Lakers over there in the Battle of L.A.? Yeah, they're the four seed, but they're basically the same team. Just add Boogie Cousins to them. But who knows what's going to happen? Because if the NBA wants LeBron to win, they're going to have LeBron win.

So Marcus Cousins is on the Clippers? Yes. Wasn't he on Houston and he said, get James Harden the fuck out of here? Exactly. If you don't want to be here, we don't want to be here. We don't care. I'm going to L.A., bud. He doesn't care.

He doesn't care. Listen, people are telling me that, too. All right, so we covered all the sports, huh? Yeah. Shohei Otani. I mean Otani. Shohei Otani. Shohei, excuse me.

Listen, I know that I have to speak a lot, and I am sick and tired of hearing me speak. I'd like to let everybody know that. So if you are, I completely understand, and I'm on your side. You want to take a time out, take a break, do what you got to do. But I've said a few things here now. That's hockey talk after seeing Jari for one game. That guy's going to be our Achilles heel. That guy is a problem.

That guy is a liability. We're one game in. Now, he might. Just like in the season He got hot Now that might happen And if he does We probably win Because we are the best team

With the best player To ever play on that team Is Detroit in the playoffs? No sir Not a chance Sorry we'll hold it down For you guys Thank you

I mean you guys have won The same amount of playoff games As the Red Wings In the last two seasons But hey Oh shit Hey listen We'll hold it down, okay?

Thank you. You guys don't even get invited to the fucking dance. Don't be telling me how many dance-offs we won when you haven't even been on the floor, pal. You hear me? Well, this is a real problem. You weren't even invited to the bubble. We didn't want the COVID Cup bubble, Mickey Moss championship.

Neither did we. Neither did we. That's why we lost four straight. We said, get us out of here. Sidney said, I'm the greatest. I'm going to go play on a pawn policy next year Hey some people are saying you haven't slept Because of that goalie down there in Pittsburgh

I will say 2.30am I got into a wormhole In this fucking jar Just catch the fucking puck Let's get to a break We're back on the other side talking about rookie mini camps That are happening Also a lot of things are coming to a head potentially between the NFLPA and the NFL.

Dudes, what the fuck is this? That thing is pumping. Was it speeding up? Yeah. I thought my heart was racing. I thought I was having a heart attack. Remove from playlist. Oh, that one needs to go too.

It's like a Tron beat right here. This one's pretty good. Rookie, Jawan James was cut from the Broncos. Yeah. And they said, we are not paying you $10 million that you are scheduled to get paid because you aren't working out at our facility. Remember when you guys in your little union took a little stand? We're not going into the building.

No, no, no. Last year was awesome. Nobody got hurt. Injuries went down. Jawan James out there the building. No, no, no. Last year was awesome. Nobody got hurt. Injuries went down. Jawan James out there like, all right, I'm working. Pow! And the Broncos are like, where was that? Not here?

You're cut. We're not paying you. Good luck. So now the NFLPA has to stare down Jawan James. Because of their public stance about not going into the facility, because the facility isn't safe, the NFL teams are now going to say, our place isn't safe, neither is yours.

It's a war now. If this is any other offseason, even though Jawan James, I think he only played a certain amount of time, I don't know if he, whatever the case was. I did not look into his career enough to know if this was potentially something. I think in normal years, there's potential deal to be made there. I'm not 100% sure.

But since there has been a war brokered by the NFLPA, the NFL, Peter King said this morning, have line in the sand this thing. Sucks for you, pal. That life-changing money you thought you had? Well, tell Gamori Smith that he needs to take a fucking hike.

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So does it start at zero or does it start at 30? That's the thing. This is where they can get you. It's one of them damn word problems. This is one of those rounds where you're like, well, wait a minute. Which, can I ask a follow-up? Anyways, I was good at those tests because I always viewed it as me versus the fucking teacher. That's right.

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Thank you, Robin. Thank you, Robin. Thank you, Robin. There is a story that involves a human named Aristotle that we will tell at some point today. It is worth it. Very much so. The philosophizer? I was in tears.

I was in tears from laughing so hard in public when this happened. Okay? So that is just something we'll talk about. We can't talk about it now. We have a guest. It would be rude to talk about house business, especially with Aristotle, whenever there are guests in here. The guest right now is not the man who's won a national championship in college football and a Super Bowl champion.

It's A.J. Hawk. It's not him. A.J. will hopefully be. A.J., you look unbelievable. Wow. Did you go to a doctor to get that thing chiseled even more, dude? Yeah, I did. That's what I did this weekend. Knew it.

That had to hurt. Did they get like – is it like the – was that the entire thing? People do it to their noses. I have no idea how they do it. You see people come out with that full-on thing on their nose. They just got a hacksaw done to their face. I don't know how anybody signs up to that thing. Did you do that to your

jaw? I did not, but it got me thinking of that. Did you see that picture of The Weeknd when he had those prosthetics on his jaw and it looked all weird and people thought it was real? Well, that was because of the Super Bowl performance. He absolutely crushed that. Anyways, can we bring

back Bruno Mars, dude? Seriously. Am I the guest? Oh, yeah, yeah, you're right. No sleep, no sleep, no sleep, no sleep. Okay, we'll get to Aristotle at one point. Ladies and gentlemen, join us now. Cool dude.

Oh, yeah. How do you want to say this, Shregs, and don't take this personally. Surprisingly cool-ass dude. Would have never guessed it. Very thankful to have gotten a chance to chat with him. He's one of the hosts of Good Morning Football. He's an insider to the insiders, unlike our insider to the insiders, ladies and gentlemen. Shregs, Peter Shregs.

Shregs, what's going on, dude? Why didn't you think I'd be cool? I get that a lot. You know what I get a lot on Twitter? Very punchable face. And I'm like, I've just been born this way. Hey, listen, you can't let Twitter dictate how you feel about anything.

That person was wrong. I just thought you were a corporate stooge. I thought there was a chance you were a corporate stooge because you always seem to be... On Good Morning Football, you literally have to speak for the NFL out there. I thought there was a chance you wouldn't be cool. You're a cool dude. Thanks, dude. Yeah, you shoot on Sundays on Fox. I didn't expect it. I'm very appreciative of your time whenever you join us. I appreciate it, bro. Hey, no problem, Schrags. I also texted you, I think, four times.

Shregs, Shregs, Shregs, Shregs. And then I had no answer. I had to DM you. Is that your number? No, no, you're too cool. Too cool. Two numbers, probably. Two numbers.

I got to be honest. I didn't have your number saved. So I saw Shregs, Shregs, Shregs. And I thought it was like, I didn't know what it could have been. And usually if I don't have a number saved i just i ignore it so once you direct message me i'm like oh that was pat of course i would do whatever i'll respond so you saw the shrags oh yeah saw it fully who's this so i sent it no follow-up by the way it's one of my favorite things to do like for instance i'll text people just boss no follow-up then just see way, it's one of my favorite things to do. Like, for instance, I'll text people just boss. No follow-up.

Then just see how they answer. This one was just Schrags. No answer. Two days later, Schrags. Two days later, no answer. Schrags. But it's great to have you on. Let's get right to it.

A guy named Ron Wolfe, okay, he's a famous general manager for the Green Bay Packers. And this is where we'll start. And I can't wait to dive into your thoughts and opinions and maybe inside information on all things happening in the NFL, including Andy Dalton potentially being the starter in Chicago and Justin Fields is allegedly blowing everybody's minds at rookie minicamp. Ron Wolf said this, and AJ, I can't wait to hear your take on this. I'm not really sure what the deal is with Rodgers. Okay, this is who, Ty, who the hell is this guy?

Former GM of the Packers. He traded for Brett Favre. I think that's one of the big, you know. From Atlanta? That's a good trade, by the way. What is upsetting him? In my opinion, you can't be in a better place, okay? Everything there is geared toward the player.

Everything they do is about the player. That's the greatness of that franchise. To me, that's why it's been so successful, has it? It's about playing football. That's all. It's not about any other thing. It's not about going to some owner's wife's tea party to this affair

or that affair. It's about playing football and being a professional football player. That's all it is. That's really the greatness of the Packers. You can't top that anywhere, pal. This is courtesy of Peter King, obviously, and he said this to Tyler Dunn of Go Long with Tyler Dunn when he was speaking about

Aaron Rodgers, obviously. So, Shregs, I'll start with you here before we get to the insider and hear what his thoughts are on A.J. Hawk. But, Shregs, who's Ron Wolfe being told to talk like that? Do you think he's being told to maybe put that out there, or is that just his natural opinion? And do you think most people view the same way Ron Wolfe does? No, look, Ron Wolfe is a Hall of Fame executive, and he's had a long storied career. His son, Elliot Wolfe is still involved in the NFL, works for the Patriots right now. And for many years worked for the Packers. So we, we suddenly have, you know, a lot of that stuff, but I think a lot of people believe what Ron Wolfe is saying, like, Hey bro, the grass is

not going to be greener anywhere else. And a lot of football purists look at that Green Bay situation and say, small town America, you go to the brewery on the weekends and everyone knows your name. And hey, look, you're going to be a hero forever. And a lot of guys love that. AJ, I think you love that. I think Amon Green loves that. I think a lot of people just fall in love with Green Bay.

But it's not for everybody. And maybe Aaron Rodgers doesn't value that stuff after 16 years as much as Ron Wolf did. And the whole thought of the tailgate in the front and the small town America, maybe that's not where he wants to spend his off season. So for Ron Wolf to say that, you know,

I don't get what Rogers, that's not fair to Rogers. Rogers is his own man. And if that's not what he looks at as the number one priority and small town America and green Bay, this and the history and the legends, like, I don't know. That's,'s that's your preference it's not necessarily his shrank say again appreciate you coming on i just want to know like straight

hold on we got to talk about it you were shaving no no no no yeah no it's different is that shaving cream i was getting to it don't worry i was getting to it. I thought maybe it was something about Mary's situation. I'm joking, Shregs. I knew it wasn't. Maybe toothpaste. Bro, it's not that crazy. It's not that crazy. I don't know where Pat went.

We lost him. Shregs, don't be scared now. Hey, Shregs, you're fine. You look good. You look baby face. You look young. You look cool. You look baby face. You look young. You look cool. I shaved.

I had this horrible 5 o'clock shadow all day today, so I shaved it. But look at me now. This is it. And I'm on, like, this terrible FaceTime. God, this is why we're not on real TV. Shanks, you're crushing it. Hi, Shanks. You're crushing it. And by the way, we are on real TV every once in a while.

We're actually on a club this weekend. I saw that. Where was that, Vegas? I have no idea. I have no idea. I have no idea where it was, but at this exact moment, Shregs, maybe you can help us.

If you're a club and you're going to run our clips, we'd like you to run this one. Okay? We'd like this to be our club clip, please, if you could. Yeah. Woo!

Yeah! Come on! Yeah! Woo! Okay, that's good. Thank you. Anyways, so we're on TV sometime. Sorry about that, AJ. Come on. Yeah. Okay, that's good. Thank you. Anyways, so we were on TV sometime. Sorry about that, AJ.

Go ahead. Well, I mean, I'm not sure exactly where I was going, Shregs. Your next situation had me distracted for a bit. Hey, Justin Fields is going to start over there. Are they just lying about Andy Dalton? What is this all about, Shregs? Do you think that that is how they actually feel? Are they just protecting Fields?

Are they saying that because they told Andy Dalton they're going to start? What are your thoughts on that, Schrags, your immediate thoughts? Yeah, my immediate thoughts are that the dream situation is that Matt Nagy can have some time to breathe and make this decision. But I could tell you, knowing Matt pretty well over the years, if Fields blows it out of the water during training camp, it's going to be his job. He's not going to lie to his team. The team will know if he's the number one or not. The truth is, the Mahomes situation is the ideal, where Alex Smith

groomed him, and by the end of the season, everyone in that building knew that it was time to pass the torch to this phenom, Patrick Mahomes, and it was because he had 16 weeks learning under Nagy, and learning under Bien-Ami, and learning under Alex Smith. I don't know if he's got the... I don't know if he's got the,

I don't know if Andy Dalton is Alex Smith, but I certainly don't know if there's the luxury of doing that in the situation where Nagy needs to win at some point, but he also needs to trot this quarterback out and see what he's got. So week one, I mean, NBC is putting the bears on national television. I can assure you this, their dream situation is not Andy Dalton versus Matthew Stafford. It's the new quarterback for the Chicago Bears. Hell yeah.

On Friday, Andy Dalton was minus 220 as a favorite. It's not even up on the sportsbook anymore. So, like, maybe they know, like, hey, Justin Fields is throwing the ball really well on air to other rookies. Yeah, what are the stories out of rookie minicamp? I feel like this is something that has gotten overhyped a bit. You know what I mean? I feel like rookie minicamp has potentially got overhyped

strictly because we don't know if players are going in the building and there's that whole thing with Juwan James going on over there in Denver. I mean, it's a weird time for OTAs. But have all the rookies done great? Has anybody stunk? Yeah, you're never going to hear it if so. It's like every time a player is coming off an injury, successful surgery, went great.

You're never going to hear, doctor didn't do great on this one. We actually looked at it, and it doesn't look like he did a great job on the surgery, so I don't know if he's going to heal. The truth is with these young quarterbacks, there's so many eyes on all the situations, because you look at each one, Garoppolo and Trey Lance, right? Don't know how that's going to play out and when that torch is going to be passed. Mack Jones and Cam Newton,

we don't know when that one's going to play out. And then this one in Chicago. But the Vegas sports books are one thing. I just know that Nagy's dream situation is to have this be smooth and to have this be when Justin Fields is ready. But if he's ready out of the gates, Nike can't look at that team and be like, I don't know, I just want Dalton. I'll give you a quick story. 2012, I remember covering the NFL for Fox and did Seahawks training camp. And talking to everyone in the Seahawks front office,

they're like, we just signed Matt Flynn for a ton of money, but our third round pick is out playing him every day. The players know. The players know. The players know. Clear eyes. The third round pick was Russell Wilson. Pretty good. Was there any real smoke there? Sorry, AJ. Was there any real smoke between Russell Wilson and Pete Carroll, you think?

What do you mean by smoke? Over the last couple months? Yeah, like when that whole thing hit. Do you remember when that thing hit? I mean, he was going to be a bear. Yeah. The Bears fans thought they were getting Russ Wilson. And I saw the Wheel of Fortune thing. It was like four.

And then it was an L. And then it was an N. And then everybody was, it was Andy Dalton. You know, and that came out of nowhere. Was that a real thing there? And then the stories. It was. Very real.

How'd they get past it? Have you heard how they got past it? They go to dinner? I don't even know. I don't know if it's anything between them personally, but I know that that was very real, that the Bears made an aggressive play and that Russell obviously wasn't resisting that talk when his agent came out and listed four teams.

Look, the truth of the matter is he went on Dan Patrick's show and basically said we need more O-line help. And then they went in the draft and they took a wide receiver in the second round. So I don't know where Russell Wilson's at with the Seahawks. But the truth of the matter is he wasn't traded. They're not looking to trade him. And just like with Rodgers and Deshaun Watson before all that stuff went a different direction, these guys are under contract.

And the teams ultimately do have the leverage on where they will play next year. That's true. Hey, what about Russell Wilson? A lot of people are predicting that this will be his last year as a Seahawk. Do you think that's true? Go Hawks is going to be dead? He's not going to say Go Hawks anymore?

What? Is he still saying Go Hawks? I think I'll say Go Hawks. The contract is tricky where he can get out of it, and they can get out of it after this year without some crazy guaranteed numbers. Oh, he's gone. But I always say it with these things. Same thing with the – what's the alternative?

The Seahawks are going to let him walk? They better have a backup. And Geno Smith is the current backup. So I don't know. What's the plan? I think they've got to figure it out. They've got to figure out what they've got to do if that's the case. They better have a succession plan.

They did not draft a rookie quarterback that That's going to take the job. There hasn't been one there ever really, since Russ got there. I, you know, the Seahawks are a proud team. They're not going to throw it all down the drain and not bring back Russell. So they're gonna do everything they can to make sure it works. Shregs. Every time you speak, I feel like, okay, Hey, this is a very, you know, well, I feel like you are potentially gospel. I feel like you're close there. I feel like everything's well thought out. On NFL Network, can you take any leaps and then

do teams get pissed for anything you say on NFL Network in the morning? You do. You get gripes. People get mad. I've got this interesting role on the NFL Network where I'm quote-unquote insider, but I'm also one of the four hosts on the three-hour show where you've got to have opinions.

You can't come on there and just be milquetoast all day long. Can't do it, Shregs. I'll never forget. I came out really strong my first year working for the NFL Network and was killing Ron Rivera because he benched Cam because he didn't wear a tie. And I'm like, what is this ridiculous old-school philosophy? And they put Derek Anderson in and he he throws a pick six on his turn. And they deserve to lose, and Ron Rivera deserves to lose,

because if Cam Newton wants to do whatever he does, you do it. And it's one of those deals where it's on in all the buildings. And I heard from Ron Rivera, and we got past it. But I'll just say I learned a lesson. You better believe what you say, because you can't have the hot take and just leave it out there. I don't know if you saw what Kwame Brown had to say this morning. That's a whole other

talk. I can't go that style, but I can kind of give a take if I feel I believe it. How does he reach out to you, though? How does he reach out to you? I know Ron and I heard from him. The irony was, the next game for

fox i had to do a carolina panthers atlanta falcons game in carolina so we sat down we hashed it out he actually had a big smile on his face after the fact but i could tell you he's scared the ever living you know what out of me i thought you know i thought about that because when i did that one lions packers game you go in there and you sit and you interview coaches, the head coach, the quarterback. They're giving you their time. Yeah, yeah. And they don't want to be there. Okay?

They're in a hotel. I didn't know those even happened, by the way. That's how far I was down. I didn't even know that the media was even in the hotels. I had no clue that that was happening every single game. I did not know that. No, I had no idea. Yeah, they're not asking me.

You should have, but they were not asking me. Would have probably been a pretty good clip but the the if i was to get let's say hypothetically i was to get like a pretty prominent game i mean this show would have to change drastically you know what i mean like because i'm gonna have to run into these people and they're probably gonna see it and it's like i mean you call it a fucking draw and fourth down dude what do you what do you want from me it's tough that is a tough thing i assume for you especially being on the monday mornings monday mornings you come out of it and you're like mike mccarthy you know goes for it on fourth down week one against the rams when they're marching like there's no reason to do that what are you doing or

thanksgiving day mike mccarthy calls a fake punt when you're in a one-score game with Washington, and then you're blowing up the decision. That's a direct shot at decision-making and coaching. And then, hey, a week later, you've got to sit in with that coach and look at him face-to-face. It's real. And I'll tell you, the quarterbacks, they watch our show. They know. And when you're positive about them, they very rarely say anything.

But when you're negative, they'll let you know. There was a big one this morning. There was a question on the bottom of your show, Good Morning Football. It was muted at the time because we had pretty extensive pre-show meetings. Extensive? Extensive. Between Sam Darnold and Carson Wentz, who's more likely to hang out with celebrities? What was your answer?

How is that the two? How is that the two? USC, New York Jets. Carson's on a goddamn bobcat right now how did those two end up being the two what what happened there i think we missed maybe the point i didn't our guy was getting there it's burning questions like that that give us the edge over shows that like that like don't go as hard as that if you go hard um we ask questions we ask questions that other shows are afraid to touch, and that's one of them. Darnold and Wentz, it was all new faces in new places.

Now, I would think there's about 40 other quarterbacks who might be dabbling in celebrity culture, but we went with Wentz versus Darnold because, well, that's also part of our show. Well, Darnold hangs out with Jordan Palmer all the time. He's a celebrity every day. What do you have, AJ? Shregs, what do you think about Carson Wentz?

I know Pat is heavily invested in Carson doing well. He's going to win. What do you think their season looks like, and do you think this is like a year where everyone kind of changes the narrative on him? I don't think there's been a better, like, what do you want to call it, a parachute plan for a quarterback than this guy. Okay. In the fact that he's getting a second lease on his NFL life,

but he's also getting the nourishment of the best offensive coach he's had, which is Frank Reich, his quarterback's coach in Press Taylor, who was with the Eagles when he had his breakout season. And what I feel like a fan base and an owner who are really, really invested in seeing him succeed. Like, these are all things you want. Now, those are all like a perfect recipe. Now, other quarterback, I look at Jared Goff. He's going to Detroit, and it's a total rebuild, and they don't have Quentin Nelson on the offensive line.

And they stink. And everyone, yeah, I mean, let's be honest. They're going to be a little bit. Hey, you're going to have to talk to Dan Campbell. You're going to have to stare that guy in the face. Come on. I didn't say it. You said it. I said it's a rebuild.

But they're going to be young. They're going to be young. They're going to get a retweet too. A reload. A little reload. Sounds like something we could put in big font. Yeah, absolutely. That's the headline. the situation's really good for wentz but to your point aj i think it's all up here i don't know what's going on up there if he's got it because

philadelphia ripped him apart last year and i and i think it wasn't his physical ability i think whatever happened emotionally and mentally to him and that town crushed him and that situation really ate at him and the fact that they shipped him off for 50 cents on the dollar you got you got to take a mentally strong guy to be able to get over that and just say hey you know what let's go and let's let's fight back and see if he can do that he is strikes carry that over to good morning football too i i sent a message he's he's ready to go he is on a bobcat rising through the ashes of Philadelphia like a phoenix right back to the top. He is six foot ten.

He is. When he walked into this studio, okay, after I potentially said some damaging things to his potential reputation, when Aaron Rodgers was allegedly available and Matthew Stafford was available, everybody in Philly was like, oh, hey, send Carson out to Indy. He'll love Indy. I'm like, hey, Philly, okay, why don't you guys deal with your own shit? We'll deal with our own. Then whenever Matt goes for like seven first rounders and Aaron,

who knows what's going on there, he's not getting traded. It's like, yeah, bring Carson in then. Come on. Come on, bring him. He walks in here. He's bigger than luck. He's taller than luck. He's a big dude.

He's big, big. Like he is a big, big guy. I don't want to let you know, about 4.15 this morning, I went down to Carson Wentz' wormhole. Highlights? Good highlights. Bro, he's great. Look for T.Y. Hilton over, by the way.

Hey, he was statistically one of the worst quarterback seasons we've ever seen last year. And now you could say he was the scapegoat. He was the fall guy. He had no receivers, nothing. But, gosh, that is real. You can't make, like, the interceptions he threw were just unfathomable to think that a quarterback that stage in his career was throwing those balls.

I didn't see those. I saw the highlights. I know. And you don't type in Carson Wentz low lights. No, Philly did. Yeah, Philly did. Philly, they exist. Yeah, they were putting them on digital billboards over there.

What do you have? Are you worried? Are you guys worried that someone in the division may hire, like, your jackass Sandler situation to follow Carson around all of his games? Oh, an A's fan? Yeah. I hope not. Get in his head.

The interesting thing about Carson Wentz is that team's potentially – not this year maybe. They're not going to be in my Super Bowl pick this year. Chiefs. They're going to be in my Super Bowl pick. Wow. Okay. Our Patriots.

Early. It's May, bro. Go last May, Shregs. Go last May. Hit a dinger. Okay. Got it. Okay.

Just want to let you know, too, Shregs, I don't know if you're – Lefty. We don't know. We think so. We don't know. That's actually a full thing there, Shregs? I don't know if you're... Lefty. Ah, we don't know. We think so. That's actually a full thing there, Shregs. You actually just... What do you think, Shregs? You're an insider? Do you watch baseball?

Let me see. That's good. That looks like... Otani? Swing. You got to swing, though. Swing. Let me see. Otani. Let me see it. Hey, you just fucking slapped one out, Oppo, by the way. Say Oppo with your baseball gun. I have baseball guns. Good one.

I have good ones. You don't know if you're left or right-handed. You can't say oppo. Hey, you throw it. Throw a pitch, dude. Boom. There it is. Now you got to throw it.

Throw a goddamn pitch, AJ. Is he talking to me or Shregs? I know. What do you want me to do? Like do that? There it is. He's out of the box. Shregs? I know. What do you want me to do? Do that? He's out of the box. Shregs might have something on his neck

getting on the ball. Oh! Illegal substance. Illegal substance. There you go. Go for it, George Brett. Give me a swing. Good eye. Good eye.

Nice. There you go. Go for it, George Brett. Give me a swing. Good eye. Good eye. Good eye. Sit that rep. Oh! It's gone! It's gone! Beautiful. Don't throw that weak shit, Shrex. You threw the fucking knob of the bat right at the ball.

That's a lefty. I did. I slapped that thing like a ton. I didn't see righty. What about righty? Pat, give me the most random mid-90s baseball player you can think of right now. Jason Kendall. His fucking pop time was unbelievable.

Hey, his pop time, it was next. When he left Pittsburgh, we were downhill. No question. That guy used to wear no gloves. He'd pick up the telephone pole. Oh, that guy. He epitomized baseball in Pittsburgh. Love Kendall.

Love him. AJ, give me one. Random 90s baseball player. Oh, either Chris Sabo or Todd Benzinger. Goggles. Goggles. Who's your team? Who's your team?

I grew up a Yankees fan. I would put like late up a Yankees fan. I would put like... They stink, bud. Let me explain. Late 80s Yankees. Like Steve Balboni and Steve Stacks. Balboni. Mike Gallego and Randy Velarde and Pasquale Perez and Melito Perez.

Both Perez. Was that the guy that was having sex with people in the outfield? Might have been. Who's that guy? The Yankees guy that was having sex with people in the outfield in between innings. Who's that guy? The Yankees guy that was having sex with people in the outfield in between innings. What's his name?

What's his name? I'm searching that. Like behind the fence or actually in the outfield? New tweeter end zone dancer? No, no, no. He was like, guys like noted

good time have her, this guy. Mickey, yeah. Is he a Yankee? Yeah. Mickey Manor. I don't think he was boinking in between innings

in the outfield. Might have been. Wasn't he with that celebrity Marilyn Yeah. Mickey Mantle. I don't think he was boinking in between innings in the outfield. He might have been. Wasn't he with that celebrity Marilyn Monroe? Oh, yeah. By the way, I think. No, it's Joe DiMaggio. Okay. Zito, you're looking it up right now.

I know you are. He did. I am looking it up right now. I'm fucking with you. Yeah, he had a good time. Mickey Mantle. I'm sure if you type in words. I'm talking about Pat Kelly, like random Yankees from the late 80s.

You're giving me Mickey Mantle. Is he a Yankee? Is he? I don't know. I don't know is he daryl strawberries were popped up right away bingo that guy's porking out there anyways in the club that's that's why baseball is baseball though there's inside you know baseball stuff let's get back to football shrinks please i'm so sick of you guys talking about baseball by the way this unbelievable. This is not what this show is about. Okay? This is not what this show is about. Doesn't fit the ethos. Let's go. Bingo, Shrakes.

Thank you. If you had to bet right now, Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packer this year? I'm saying yes, but, you know, I'm saying yes because the risk of me saying no creates an avalanche of all crazy stuff. But as of right now, I don't see him. It would, by the way. All hell would break loose if you said that. I know.

I know. But I don't see him retiring, and I don't see the Packers trading him. So I will just say yes, he will be a Packer. Oh, gosh, there is such a long bridge to cross to get to that point right now. Who's telling you that? Both sides? League sources? Who are you hearing from?

The fact that his silence has been so deafening over the last two weeks and he has not been out there refuting any of these stories and not coming out and saying I'm a Packer for life tells me everything I need to know. Speaking of Packer for life, Ty Schmidt, owner. That is disheartening. But, Schrags, we saw how pissed everyone was last week with Tebow in Jacksonville. What the hell is going on up there?

Have you heard anything new? Is he going to make the team? Is he starting it, Sam? Why does everyone get so mad about it? Not us. I mean, we weren't mad. I mean, the guy's a Jacksonville legend. No, but really, people were pissed.

Oh, yeah. That was actually our take, was people were but it really, people were pissed. Oh, yeah. That was actually our take was people were pissed. Yeah. People were pissed. And to me, it's one of these deals where Urban

is going to bring him in, I think, and it's going to be, hey, this is what I value. He's going to set the tone. This is kind of what I look at in a player as the ideal. And they're such a young team

that, you know, you look at it and you say, okay, what's the worst that can happen? We cut him before training camp or even makes the team. I would not be shocked. What if they let his ass throw too? You know what I mean? Like a forearm.

Yeah. Tight end pass. You know what I mean? People get really upset about Tebow. They think that it's unfair, that there's cronyism, that he's just being handed this thing. I don't think Tim Tebow is coming in as a joke if they bring him in there. I think Tim Tebow's there to kind of set an example and show them what Urban's all about

and kind of be an extension of the coach. Yeah, culture builder, I think. And if he stinks, he's still in the locker room. They make him an assistant. Tell him, like, hey, baseball was awesome. You love football, though. You will absolutely love this. I think it's – I don't think it's – I mean, there's people very upset about it.

And there is some guy from northwest Missouri State who's not getting an opportunity to play tight that's the take right that's the take and it's like i guess but that's the that's the world in a way like i know i would have yeah yeah i would have loved to have been hired out of you know college to go work for espn but i didn't have any hookups so i didn't get that opportunity so i had to work and make it happen so to that northwestern state tight end you know work your ass off. Maybe you'll find a way on a team. Hey, he went to Northwest Missouri State. He has NFL potential.

He knows how to work his ass off. Yeah, that's right. He's going to find his way into a – He'll find him. What do you have, Gumpy? Yeah, Shregs, with what happened with Juwan James and the Broncos, are players just going to stop working out completely now? Oh, we've got a bunch of slob shows.

National Fat League. Oh, no. Bunch of fat now? Oh, we've got a bunch of slob shows. National Fat League. Oh, no. Bunch of fat shows? Oh, God. Come on. It's a hairy topic. It really is because it wasn't like he was on a jet ski or was skateboarding or was skydiving.

He was playing football. So it's a very risky deal with what the NFL and the PA are going through, and it's going to be discussed for a long time. Some would say that this was a message to a lot of those players, hey, get to camp, get to camp. And I don't know if the NFL PA responds by says, no, we're good. We'll fight this to the end. So to your point, a lot of these guys work out on their own. The NFL likes having structure. They like having their eye on it. And these coaches really like having the players in the building. The Juwan James situation could be one of these we look back at for many years and say how this was handled

and what's the step moving forward uh you know nfl we're talking to pierce schrager by the way host of emmy nominated good morning football wow thank you where'd it go shrieks who won in your category did you win you guys won it starts in they uh they do won in your category? Did you win? I figured you guys won. It starts in, they do it in June. PTI will win it. They always win it, but. Good show. Mike Wolbon told me not to do it. Can't argue.

Can't argue. It's a good show. It's a pretty good show. I grew up watching PTI, and then I still watch it, and it's really good. So who am I? I don't watch it, but I do know that the clips I see, very, very good. Big brains. Big brains.

But the clips I see. I'll tell good. Big brains. Big brains. But the clips I see. I'll tell you this. I'll tell you this. They're not playing PTI on the wall at Club Rain. Much different show. Much different show. But Good Morning Football could be. Oh, yeah.

Yeah. Good Morning Football potentially a club. How do you like that club I made up? Club Rain. No. Actually, I almost tried to buy a Club Rain in Oakland, Pittsburgh. Spelled R-E-I-G-N. Yeah, and I was going to turn it to Club Blackout.

Good idea not to do that, by the way. We decided against it. That was a good idea. That was when I was in the league. Very young. That was pre-arrest, post-NFL, though. Okay. Still had a lot of money.

Was living reckless. Yeah. Let's buy a club in the middle of downtown. Why not? Still could happen. Place was a shithole, too. You remember how bad that place was? Yeah, big turnaround, probably. We had to go look at it during the daylight. Much different place in the middle of downtown. Why not? Still could happen. Place was a shithole too. You remember how bad that place was? Big turnaround.

We had to go look at it during the daylight. Much different place in the day. Flashlights and everything. But that could have been a good business. Last question. Yeah. Shregs, is this the best sports talk you've done? This is not the question.

This is just something that popped into my mind. Is this the best sports talk you've been a part of in some time now? know away from good morning football obviously yeah i enjoy it i always say this and i mean this there are so many guys that i love as personalities as players and they come on to television and they become the same player that i've seen on tv for the last 30 years to see you and aj in this role here and being yourselves and not being put into a suit and tie and suddenly talking about three four scheme and that's what you're supposed to do it really means a lot and i think it's very 2021 and it's entrepreneurial and it shows just be yourself and you guys are doing it and i love

the crew you guys have established i look i love coming on with you guys you're real it's cool thank you that's very very nice you shrags and i like, Schrags. That was very, very nice of you, Schrags. I like it. I do enjoy breaking down a 3-4 defense personally. You know, A.J. likes to give these incredibly hot takes. And maybe one day he'll give you the Aaron Rodgers scoop on good morning football. I assume he would do that before he would do it on this particular show. A.J., what do you think of, you know, now there's kind of a cottage industry of the Rodgers voice? And now everyone's obviously, you are that guy.

You guys had him on 22 times over the last 20 weeks. But now you're getting some ex-Packers out of the woodwork being like, hey, let me give you my thoughts on my friend Aaron Rodgers. Do you roll your eyes at this, or is that one of those deals? Act like you're on Good Morning Football, AJ, not on this show. Go ahead. No, I don't roll my eyes. I mean, if you're talking like John Kuhn and –

No, I wasn't even thinking one in particular. I just feel like now is the time, if you're an ex-Packer who played with Rodgers, get on television and give us your take, you know? Yeah, well, also I think – Was that? Sometimes they reach out and ask to – you know, they – maybe some guys don't want to say no. Maybe some guys want to be on.

But like John Kuhn, we had him on the show here. He has a radio show there. He's dialed in with all sides of it. He actually works for the Packers. Okay. But, yeah, it's weird. I didn't know. This is not – I went to the Friday edition of the Oaks race before the

Kentucky Derby, and that's the day that all of this stuff happened. I had no clue. I wasn't even thinking about it. Like, it was going to be, oh, I'm going to come back here next week and get grilled by Pat for five straight days. Yeah, that has to happen for the good of sports media. I'm fine with it. By the way, I'm fine with it.

I give my opinion. That's all I have. I don't know. You're great at it. And if it's not you, I'm getting Miles Teller on this set. We're going to talk to him about it because he might have the information if you're not willing to give it. He's a big Eagles fan.

That team stinks. But I heard he has a great time. Yeah. Oh, yeah. I heard he has a great time. I heard Miles Teller, good guy. He's going to be in that movie with Tom Cruise. Tom Cruise.

He's going to go to space. They made that movie like five years ago. We had him on at the Super Bowl in Miami, and he's like, the movie's coming out. And then it's still not out. So I've been waiting a long time for this. Tom Cruise is piecing together every single frame by himself. They did go to space, didn't they? Not yet, but I believe.

That's his next. Cruise is going to space very soon. Do you know James Cameron? Is Avatar coming out anytime, Shrake? They're supposed to be what? Three more of them? The answer is no, Shrakes. I don't need your shit. Shrakes knows people you don't know. Shrakes, is Avatar coming out or not?

I believe they signed the deal to do three more Avatars. That's what I heard, but we don't have a date yet. I don't know. I'm still waiting for the Ghostbusters movie. That was supposed to come out last summer. I want all these movies out. I'm ready.

I go to the... I love movies. So many movies. Shrek, Shrek, Shrek. Don't do what you just did there. Please. You don't like Ghostbusters? Not a thing?

Do not. I mean, what are you doing? Avatar, dude. We're talking Avatar. Jacob Soley, dude. Ghostbusters. You're talking saving an entire planet. Come on.

Bro, bro. Ghosts are coming. The state of Marshmallow is terrorizing New York. And they're probably going to look like Avatars. We've got Slimer. How dare you, Avatar? Well, who are they going to call?

I'll tell you who. Jacob Solly when shit hits the fan. Ladies and gentlemen, host of the Emmy nominated show, Good Morning Football. Incredibly cool dude.

We appreciate you. Hey, thanks for coming out of the, uh, thanks for coming out of the shape. Mortified, bro, but thank you. I love coming on

with you guys. No, it's a scarf. It's a scarf. Ladies and gentlemen, high fashion, Peter Schrager. Joining us right now, ladies and gentlemen, AJ Hoffman. AJ, how you feeling today's show has been?

It's going well. I'm curious how you feel now. I figured this last break heading into the last hour here on Sirius is when you're going to really maybe hit a wall. I do believe this next commercial break could be a problem. I'm going to have to go out there, shoot some hoops, I think. I'm going to maybe have to talk to old Benjamin Bong out there and maybe see how he's doing with the CBD. Yeah, right.

You know what I mean? Because there is some mood-boosting CBD from the incredible folks at CBDMD. You know what I mean? Because there is some mood-boosting CBD from, you know, the incredible folks at CBDMD. You know what I mean? So I think it is going to be a problem. I mean, I'm two heats deep. You can't do that. I might be up until tomorrow again. You know what I mean?

Drinking gasoline. It's diesel, pal. It's diesel. Hey, what's keeping you up? Why do you think you were up all night and forever? So, hey, first, hey, I called a main event pay-per-view last night for WWE. And if you're not like a big wrestling fan, that might not be a big deal. But that was like a really cool thing.

And I think, you know, like the flight home, I was, I should have fell asleep then. That's when I should have set the tone. I should have tried to fall asleep on the plane. Couldn't do it because we had such good wife so I couldn't which doesn't always happen so I had to take advantage of it

and then when I got home you know I'm up and at them and then the dogs are on my air mattress you know what I mean the dogs are on the air mattress I try to move them I potentially get

from one of them it's like okay not my house anymore I haven't been here for four nights I understand and then I haven't been here for four nights

the first time you see me I'm telling you you get the fuck out of the room so it was like a i was trying to get comfortable around them you know what i mean because dad's home don't want to be an asshole and that just you know it was a bad decision and then one hour led to two then three then four sure then we're up this morning watching the sun come up then we boxed a couple oculus folks and then here we are running a goddamn show with zero hours of sleep in the last 35 hours what are you gonna say i was just also, yesterday was just a really fucking cool day.

I wasn't tired at all on that plane. We saw some people, met some people that we didn't expect to. Ladies and gentlemen, joining us right now, a very good friend of a legend that I got the phone number of. Whoa. Full conversation. Very complimentary of. Yeah, Ric Flair and I had a great conversation yesterday. One of his best friends, ladies gentlemen from pittsburgh pennsylvania live from three to six monday

through friday on wx dx tested iq of 166 ladies and gentlemen mark madden how are you pal first off pat mcafee I was partying with the Nature Boy Friday and Saturday. So he came fresh out of that right to us because he was... Oh, he never stops, Pat McAfee, even at 72. He'll stop when he's dead, and that won't be forever because I've never even entertained the possibility of a world without Ric Flair. Tony Khan in the house, former wrestler Joe Gomez, Ric's wife, the wondrous Wendy.

It was a heck of a day at sea in Atlanta, GA, on Friday and Saturday. But I just want to thank you for finally ending the shadow ban on me. Oh, my God. Mark. The Pat McAfee show. Mark, that's not me. And, Matt, you did it. You did it because you love me. I make the quench, because you love me.

I make you flinch, but you love me. AJ Hawk knows. Ariel Helwani knows. And the great Pat McAfee show audience knows. So I am back and better than ever. But I know what you want to talk about, and it's not a comfortable subject. Listen, I don't know what that was going to be right there. But you had never had a shadow baby.

I was saving. Listen, I know you're a weapon. I was waiting. You got into a battle with the entire Watt family. I was like, okay. Now I was thinking, like, do I have Mark on to kind of just, you know, talk about him trending on Twitter last night because he got into a joust with the Watt family.

I'm like, we'll let this one die out. Then Steelers make some moves. I'm like, now is the time. Penguins lose in the playoffs and the wrestling world is heating up around Mark Madden. Now's the perfect time to bring it back. Now's good booking. That's good booking, Mark. That's not a shadow ban.

Well, for whatever reason, you got the big baby face pop. And by the way, he's TJ Watt in the regular season. In a playoff game, he's TJ who, where, and why. Oh, no. Okay, by the way, very good. That's exactly what we're referring to. Let's talk about some hockey, and then we'll bounce around to whatever.

The best wrestling show period that you had with Man Suri for a little over a month, I believe, was incredible. Man Suri has moved on to do his own thing. I assume he will continue to do the podcast world. I told you this the other day on the phone. I hope you continue to do that, by the way. I love hearing your brain talk about the business. I'm a massive fan of that show,

so I just want to make sure everybody understands that. I hope you get back into the wrestling talk world. But I wish the Best Wrestling Show period could have had a little bit longer. But Mancini's going to do his own thing. We're happy for him. Well, right. There was nothing sinister about it, as I said on Twitter, when the Best Wrestling Show went on hiatus.

It's circumstances change. Logistics became impossible. But as I said, Pat, I was with Ric Flair this weekend, Tony Khan. I was also with Conrad Thompson this weekend. Oh, we've got a little ad-free show coming. You never know. You never know. Discussions are in very preliminary terms, but I think Conrad Thompson's amazing.

The empire he's created is amazing. So we'll see what transpires there. But let's get to the unpleasant topic, Pat. Okay. The Penguins. Mark. The Penguins soiled the bed in game one yesterday. Tristan Jari.

This guy stinks, Mark. He soiled the blue paint, to be sure, maybe because he was too goddamn deep in the net on every goal. Pat, the thing with Jari is none of those goals were terrible. They were all stoppable. And four is just too many. And very rarely can you say that one guy lost a game. You guys know that.

That goes for any sport. But Tristan one guy lost the game. You guys know that. That goes for any sport. But Tristan Jari lost the game. The Penguins weren't great. They weren't at the top of their performance level. But if he plays even average, the Penguins win the game. And he absolutely has to turn it around because now you're looking at must win in game two tomorrow night. But, Pat, I have a confession to make when it comes to the Penguins. What?

And I don't want to dishearten anybody, most of all you. But when it comes to the Penguins, me, Mark Madden, I may be a stooge and a sellout. I think I've overestimated, especially this year. I don't think I gave the Islanders enough credit. Pat, the Penguins now have lost 10 of 11 playoffs. It was your tweet I saw, yeah. I mean, how can you think that, okay, they'll just bounce back. Everything's okay.

It's only one game. And maybe they will, but considering this playoff series started the exact same way the last two did for the Penguins with an overtime loss. Considering they lost five straight playoff games to the Islanders. Considering that that game yesterday looked like an extension of that four-game sweep at the hands of New York in 2019. Hey, I'm hoping they can bounce back. I thought Crosby was brilliant yesterday. I thought LeTang was brilliant yesterday.

But they've got to get better from Jari, and they've got to figure out a way to beat the Islanders. They beat them 6-8 in the regular season, but now five straight losses in playoff games. It makes you wonder, right? Can't have it. AJ has a couple questions for you as well. Fire away.

I'm honored to be in the presence of AJ Hawk. By the way, I think you two would love each other, by the way. That is something I do believe if we ever got you guys in the same room. You're Jack Johnson's brother-in-law, correct? Yeah, that's right. Yeah, Jacko's a good guy. Struggled a bit here. I think he's going to do better in New York.

He just won the good 50s. A heck of a guy and has had a heck of a career. He's got a good brother-in-law, too, in A.J. But when you look around right now at the Stanley Cup playoffs, and who is the runaway here? Is there a runaway? Because I don't assume there was Sidney Crosby. There was a runaway.

There was potentially a runaway. There were two runaways, Tampa and Vegas. But then Tampa slipped to third in their division, and now their path is too tough. They've got to go through Florida and Carolina, and then two more good teams. Vegas slipped to second in the West, and now their path is too tough. Those were two divisions. We're

finishing first men a lot, and neither team could do it, and they still could win, but they're not the favorites I envisioned to make the final because of the path they now have to travel. Hey, Mark, I hate to veer you away from hockey, but going back to that whole situation

with the Watt family, what started that? Was there anything that did you get any clarity? Did you guys figure things out? No, no, no. We're still at each other's throats and I don't care if PJ Watt likes me or not. I don't give a rat's ass about none of that.

I got a report from somebody who was there. The PJ Watts skipped his exit meeting. I've never had an exit meeting. Then you're just as guilty, Pat. That's what I was told

by a very reliable source, and he denies it, so really in the long run who cares, but that's where the disagreement started and i'm just not a big stealer guy anymore they're not the team they were when i revered them growing up i mean just just i mean juju smith schuster on on on tiktok i mean you know he's he's had three season-defining fumbles. Why are we talking about Juju? Whoa! Hey! Hey! That guy had some big plays

last year for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Yeah, like the one that lost the game to Cincinnati. One game. That's one game. Okay, there's a lot of games. Next year, there'll be a lot more. And Ben's back. Hey, Ben's all the way back. Juju. I haven't seen a lot of Juju dancing lately. He's locked. Hey, he's dialed in.

Yeah, I'm sure he's totally locked in. We've got nothing to worry about. You guys got a lot to worry about over there. New offensive coordinator. Is that guy going to mesh with Ben Roethlisberger? Oh, my. You'll know right away. You'll know right away because if Ben's under center, more.

Then they're doing the Matt Canada offense. All his deception is predicated on the quarterback being under center. But if Ben's in the shotgun, as Ben prefers to be, then he is the shadow offensive coordinator, just as he was for the last how many offensive coordinators. Go ahead, Diggs. No, I agree. I agree with everything Mark said. You know, I... Of course you do.

What does that mean? Jeez. I don't always agree with everything Mark says, but everything on, on Juju, we agree. We're on the same point there. Well,

again, if they win, they win, but they ain't won in a while. They've won three playoff games in 10 years. Mike Greenberg on ESPN radio had a heck of a quote last week. Greeny. He's got a lot of those,

AJ. Hey, listen, get a pen and a pad out, AJ. Please. Sorry, Mark. I'm trying to learn. I'm a big Greeny guy.

I like Mike. Worked with him at ESPN before I got wrongfully terminated. That's a great story, by the way. But that is a different day. That is a different day, but that is a great story. So Greeny said that if it wasn't

for Mike Tomlin's credibility and the faith he has in him, he would consider the Steelers one of the worst teams in the NFL. Greeny, come on. Greeny. He let him gain strength last year. And Brooke Pryor from ESPN.com, her prediction upon the Steelers' schedule reveal

was that the Steelers lose their last four games and miss the playoffs. Brooke said that? Tomlin's a closer. 17-game season. You're going to see an entirely different Steeler team. You're going to get back on them. Tomlin's a closer. Yeah, yeah.

He's turning around. Turning around. You must pay attention to the last three seasons, Pat. They collapsed like dogs in each of the last three seasons. They got hurt. Okay, COVID. There's a lot of things. Okay, there's a lot of things.

Duck. Now, listen. Not his fault. Not his fault. Not Duck Hodges. He's still with the LA Rams. There's a lot of things. Okay, there's a lot of things. Duck. Now listen, not his fault. Not his fault. Not Duck Hodges. He's still with the LA Rams. He's competing. No, not anymore.

Can't spell duck without suck. Well, you can. Actually, you're right. It's not relevant. You felt good about it. You're right. That one came to mind one time. It just came to mind.

I spit it out. Hey, man, I'm enjoying this wrestling commentator a lot. You had to have a time. Yeah, you're right yeah that one came to mind one time yeah it just came to mind i spit it out hey man i'm enjoying this wrestling commentator a lot you had to have a good at it you're doing a good job i you know i gotta figure you know like the people that have commentated understand that i'm fucking up a lot of stuff but i feel like i'm gonna get it no no no well you know where you have an edge for one thing cole's really good unbelievable cole okay he's really good the other is you have a two-man booth. Yeah, agreed. Two-man booth is important. Three-man booth.

I was in a three-man booth and a two-man booth. And with a three-man booth, all you do is get your shit in. That's all you want to do. With a two-man booth, you can let silence tell the story. You can let it be a dramatic device. So what I want to know, Pat, is how much is Vince in your ear? Okay, so he has been, by the way, it has been like, everybody tells these horror stories, you know, about this whole

thing. I guess that's like kind of a narrative that gets out there. I, and this is might be just the way I operate. I enjoy listening to people. Like I enjoy listening to brain spill, you know, through their mouth. Like I, in Vince McMahon is this business genius, right? I mean, we all agree with that. I mean, the guy took a, something that was obviously incredible in territory and region and took it to a global thing. So business-wise, creativity-wise, the people that he's created, everything like that. Now, granted, people can talk about the quality of product year over year over year. I can get in that conversation too, if you want to to because there are some things that you go whoa what the hell is

going on back then but most of the time here for 1134 uh 34 straight weeks that's how long smackdown has been on that that shows so i assume there's going to be some ideas that aren't great so any time he comes in there i i actually enjoy it and he's actually cackled a couple times i think i think i've got a laugh in there a couple times. I've gotten a couple things. I've gotten like a compliment. I've gotten like a, hey, one of those a couple times. I've kind of enjoyed it.

The issue I'm having is, okay, so he's in there. Cole's in there. The ref might be in there. And the wrestlers are potentially talking. There's a lot in my shit never stopped. So it's like, there's a lot of stuff going on in there. You know what I mean?

How did you, how did you handle it? Do you just have to isolate? Like how did you compartmentalize? No, I said, you know, I didn't mind if they'd come in with an occasional suggestion,

but I would hate when they would come in with jokes because they're not funnier than me. And I hated when they came in too much, like machine gun all the time. And I said on a couple of occasions, hey, if you think you can do it better, come on down at the next commercial break. But I don't think I'd have the guts to say that to Vince McMahon. Yeah, well, by the way, if he was a machine gun, I would absolutely love it because the next day I'd be like, hey, 75% of what I said last night came right from a billion. Where Vince has credibility, though, is because he was a pretty good announcer back when, Pat.

Yeah, I watched. The guys that were in my ear, I couldn't understand them when they were talking at the hotel bar. I appreciate you, though, Mark. You're unbelievable every time you come on here. I hope the Pens win the Stanley Cup, you know, in spite of your negativity that we heard earlier. Oh, no, please, please. I'm a stooge in the sellout because I have too much positivity.

I mean, we didn't give the Islanders nearly enough credit coming into this series. Now, I think if the Penguins win tomorrow night, if they lose, it slides out. But if they win tomorrow night, Pat, I think they win in seven. But now I think it is going to go the distance. Penn's winning in five. Ladies and gentlemen, Mark Madden. Yeah!

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That's right. Thought so. Thought so. Sports show, dude. Sports talk host. I know my stuff. I didn't know he was a Yankee, but I did know a Yankee was getting it. Good pull.

You know, you all, he was, what, trying to be... Like, read the history book of the Yankees there aloud, his Yankee fandom. And then you as well. And then I throw out maybe the biggest stat in the history of the Yankees. Guys getting sucked off in the outfield and everybody's like, nah, I don't think so.

And then Zito, I got a blowjob under the right field bleachers by the Yankee bullpen. Clear as day. It was about the third or fourth inning I had a pulled groin and couldn't keep pulling the groin couldn't have sex at the time

she was a very nice girl and asked me what I do with the I said don't ask oh man what is this what is that it's like a fifth grade school project

it's not from Mickey Mantle it's his memoir dude it's tough to believe I love Mickey Mantle sailor's mouth on that you can see how I can see that and never forget it. You can see how I can write that.

You couldn't argue that kind of writing. You cannot argue that. Today's episode is brought to you by Manscaped. That's what Mickey used to do. Our go-to at the time. Can't you read through all the answers, please? Seems like an after dark. We'll get it later.

All right. Welcome back to the show. There's no way I'm going to make it this hour and 16. There's zero chance of this. I haven't done this in a long time. 30 some hours, dude. Are you kidding me right now? What the hell? I was staring at the ceiling,

going into wormholes, getting upset about South Dakota State, then getting upset about Jari. Has he figured out how to play fucking goalie yet? They had a practice today. Yeah, he better be on extra time on the ice. I heard he got diced in practice. I would like to hear no. Oh, you shut up.

You got stank. He doesn't do what I heard. He's got what I heard he got diced in practice. I would like to hear no. Oh, you shut up. You're team lost, too. You guys stink. Craig Anderson. I'm just telling you what I heard. I'm just telling you what I heard. I'm just telling you what I heard. I'm just telling you what I heard. I'm just telling you what I heard. I'm just telling you what I heard.

He got no stick taps today at practice. I heard what Connor said. Yeah. Sidney's like, this guy stinks. Sidney's lifting up on his hand, throwing it at his face. This guy wouldn't know a stick tap if it hit him in the face. Yeah, right. This guy doesn't even know it.

That's true. There's one right there. Bruins are going to get swept. Swept. We lost 2,000 viewers in the last 35 seconds. Makes sense. To be honest,

I don't know why you were watching to begin with. That was everyone watching with their kids and you were reading the mantle. Yeah.

Whoa, whoa. No, that's why we're not at the club. We're not on the kindergarten. Anyways, good morning football is for that type of stuff. Miss Johnson, what does that mean?

I don't know, but let me tell you about a guy named Aristotle. Okay? So we're down in Tampa. This is the first time we've been to Tampa for the weekend because we had to stay for Sunday. WrestleMania backlash. The boys who don't, me and Foxy head to the arena. The boys who don't head to the arena normally fly out on Friday so they can get home, have

Friday night, the full weekend or whatever. And I appreciate you guys traveling and everything like that. For some reason, in between weeks here, they just stop those flights. Oh, yeah. Well, I just change them up or there's long layovers and, you know, different places. Used to be a direct flight, though. Tampa to Indy. I never understood why.

I did not know, like like because indy will just hey indy will have flights and then they would just they don't have that see like nicest airport in america 10 years running okay we don't have any fucking flights and we can go on with what they chose to do construction wise here downtown as well there's a lot of decisions that are made in this entire thing but anyways thanks so the boys were there for the weekend they flew back sunday morning i think like 6 00 a.m they had to wake up 4 30 or whatever so we wanted to get off where we live which is an island we live on an island and we went into town in tampa to a place called hyde park okay we heard

about this place super nice area hey stakeout or is it a steak there's a steakhouse there is a steakhouse called hyde park and if there was a hyde Park in Tampa, it would be in Hyde Park. Okay, so Hyde Park is like this nice area. You walk around. Foxy actually was trying to get to a Winn-Dixie and drove past this thing. He was trying to find some groceries, and he saw this place. And we were trying to, you know, because this is the first time we had ever been in Tampa for other than fly-in, show, show, fly home. So this is our first time really being in Tampa.

You know, it was beautiful weather. Let's go ahead and check this out. So we parked at this Hyde Park place. Obviously, Benjamin Bentley is down there, okay? So we stack in, and Conor's dressed hysterically. Ty, hysterically. Zito, hysterically. We're talking athletic shorts, Tshirts sunglasses cigar hats i mean rolling

out of a bentley in this super nice area okay so it's like ridiculous immediately upon getting out of the car bland white tells us oh i love my bentley okay so that's where that's where we are okay if you are if you can just understand the area so we get out of the car i go oh man i'm scared to drive this but it is nice car and he said i got a mclaren as well you're like quick conversation with this guy over the bentley it was like but that was immediately setting the tone for where we're at we cross the street to get into the shopping area there's three kids three teenagers it looks like you know three teenagers uh the one kid walking in the middle obviously leader of crew although not tallest okay there was another kid with him who had a m middle, obviously leader of crew, although not tallest.

There was another kid with him who had a mullet, not leader of the crew. I think he was potentially wild card, but he was quiet. Then there was another kid that didn't say a word, kind of just hanging around. Then there was this one kid in the middle, Yankees jersey on, backwards Yankees hat, blonde hair, coolest kid of all time. Coolest kid of all time. We're walking, connor immediately goes i'm gonna go spit in that kid's face and i said what is your fucking problem that is a child okay he's like yeah he's a yankees fan at this age look at him i want to spit in that kid's eyes

is this normal we get into a full conversation about like is this normal how you speak about kids this should not be happening okay how old how old? How old is the kid? They look like teenagers. Like young teenagers, though. They look early teens, maybe 10, 11, 12, three of them. So we passed that. That kind of sets the tone for our entire day walking around there. I mean, it is just a wild time. We're walking around. A place called the Meat Market was basically like, I mean, it was the party place.

There was an anthropology there. There was a anthropology there. There was a bespoke post head at like a headquarters down there. It was like a really nice area. Lululemon, I think. There was like a really nice little walk around area. 45 minutes, we're looking for ice cream. I was on my cheat day. I wanted ice cream.

Literally, while we went to the area, we had nothing else to do. You know, let's go get some ice cream. Such a nice area. All they got is that fucking yogurt stuff. The super healthy stuff. They had these pops, like these popsicles. Gourmet popsicles. Gourmet popsicles. They stunk.

It stunk because of how nice it was. I was like, yeah, this ain't it. So 35, 45 minutes, we're going into stores, peeking around, saying hello to people. Andrew Schultz was there as well, I guess. Somewhere, because somebody had stopped us. And he goes, Andrew Schultz just walked by. You guys guess, somewhere, because somebody had stopped us and he goes, Andrew Schultz just walked by.

You guys walked by. Is there something going on here? And I was like, I'm trying to find fucking ice cream. I don't know what Andrew Schultz is doing, but we're just looking for ice cream. Wish I would have ran into him. Big fan. That would have been a cool moment for all of us, I think. Instead, we just walked aimlessly, found nothing, fruitless hunt for our ice cream.

Then we go back to the car, and there's a place called Goody Goody, old school diner. It's got a hamburger right on top of that thing. We walk in. car and there's a place called goody goody old school diner it's got a hamburger right on top of that thing we walk in okay there's a diner open no other tables are open uh just a diner and those three kids we've seen walking earlier are sitting at the diner in the most inconvenient spot of all time on the diner like right there so immediately i go hey boys what's going on can you guys slide down a couple seats so we can split at the diner absolutely these kids. And the kid in the middle with the hat is like, you got it, boss.

Like, super personal. I'm like, okay. We sit down. This kid starts bossing around the waiter. Mac and cheese. I'm the dumb man. Now, Joel. And Joel, the server's like, you got it.

Coming right up. I'm like, yo, this kid is awesome. Okay? So, you know, a conversation starts. I go, obviously, big Yankees fan. We got a big Yankees fan here. You know what I mean? And this kid goes, Yankees not good this year.

And Ty goes, no, no, no. Hey, hey, hey, don't you ever say that. And I go, hey, kid, have a little faith. Hey, we're going to get hot here later, okay? These bats are going to get hot. Pitching's going to get hot, this whole thing. And then Connor, okay? Connor goes, you guys stink to this kid. You guys stink to get hot. Pitching is going to get hot. This whole thing. And then Connor, okay? Connor goes, you guys stink to this kid.

You guys stink to this kid. Right across the diner, four feet away. Might have been 10 years old. If I was to guess how old they were, I would have said 10 years old, 11 years old, tiny kids. Oh, you guys stink. And then Connor does this entire bit about how we're at the top of the league looking down at you. We're a top-tier team. You're a bottom feeding team

This kid fires back immediately goes that's not a top tier hat then it looks at this fucking layer. This is his face Across the diner this kid just that's not a top tier hat like literally as soon as he shot it out boom so we obviously This little child this little ass child and his friend just bullied Connor. Okay, just bullied him. So I go, hey, how old are you? He goes, I'm 13. I go, what's your name? He goes, it's a long one.

And he takes a big chug of like a Coca-Cola float. With booze in it. Puts it down. Okay, slides his macaroni cheese over and goes, Aristotle. And then they fucking bounce. I was like, this is the coolest kid of all time. Connor, for the next 30 minutes, was plotting this child's death in his head and out loud. And I want to name my kid Aristotle now strictly because of the 13-year-old who looked exactly like Bieber.

Hey, if Bieber had jet white blonde hair that came all the way down, he would look exactly like Bieber, dunked on Conor, Conor hated himself, and that was the rest of the day. It was awesome, AJ. One of my favorite moments in the history of existence, actually. I was crying. This kid was this big. He was a child.

And Conor, from day, I'm going to spit on his face, said, before he even talked to him. Yeah. Then he seen him 45 minutes later fucking dunk on his ass. Skydiving. I love Airstock. And right before they left, he takes a big sip of whatever the hell he's drinking. He stares at me. He goes, go Yanks.

As he's walking out, I just go, I'll see you in hell. Yeah. He did say. Because I will. You did say, I'll see you in hell. Yeah. You did say that to a to a 13 year old we knew at that point he was 13. that kid's on a path to hell so i know i'll see

him down there that kid is a bully it was awesome i mean if he's bullying you connor yeah i mean that's pretty impressive dude and especially with the pop we gave him oh yeah the entire diner started laughing what was his friends doing how did his friends react i mean same way oh How do his friends do it? How do his friends react? I mean, same way. Oh! The kid with the mullet had a full, oh!

Like a full, oh! It was. These kids had no guardians. They were just roaming around all by himself. Yep. It was. Joel said they come in all the time. Pretty good kids, actually.

Yeah, except they're cheapskates. The guy tipped them two bucks. I was like, Aristotle, I mean, clearly you're walking around. You're like, it's your town. Help the guy out one time, huh? So you still have a beef with Aristotle. I'll have a beef with him forever. It was awesome, dude. It was so awesome.

Joel, then after we get dunked on, well, he gets dunked on by Aristotle. He comes up and goes, so you guys construction workers in town? You guys construction workers? I was like, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. No, that's not.

I wish. I wish we were at that. Okay, what do you guys do? Just get dunked on by kids. Yeah, to be honest, the vibe that those three put out is very construction work. Oh, yeah. Massive compliment. I took that as a massive compliment.

And then literally, hey, Benjamin was parked right outside of that place. So we all got up and just went right into that car. I wonder what that waiter, what the fuck, who was it? Are those drug dealers that just got dunked on by fucking Aristotle right there?

What a moment, dude. I loved it. Connor's going to be searching for him. You know Connor's never going to stop looking for that dude. He's easy to find. I think he's at that diner every five o'clock. Get Bailey.

Get Bailey on him. Bailey will find him. Whoa! Well, no, I need to get to him first before I let Bailey slit his throat. Connor said, there's that 13-year-old. Come Whoa! Well, no, I need to get to him first before I let Bailey slit his throat. Connor said there's a 13-year-old. Come on!

Who is probably going to have a much brighter future than all of us. Not anymore. Oh, yeah. Well, that's obviously up in the air now. But he wanted to burn his hat at the diner. And I was like, no, you can't let this 13-year-old beat you this bad. He had just bought the hat 10 minutes beforehand. Yeah.

Love the hat. Florida hat. I think it's a cool hat. Me too. I love it. Aristotle does not though. Too bad it's in the garbage. I'm with you.

That kid fucking stinks. Yes. Whoa. Disney Channel villain. I love that kid. I give him a standing O, which I'm probably a part of the problem. You know? Wow.

We probably should have let him know that that ain't how it works. And the way you're talking to old Joel about the mac and cheese and the running and shit, that ain't how it works either. But he did pay the bill and kind of gave it like that. Yeah. I mean, when you see someone windmill dunk on someone else like that, you kind of have to. I mean, we reacted how you should.

Yeah. It was startling. And Aristotle will carry that with him hopefully for at least another week or so because that was a massive moment. Can't thank you enough for choosing to listen to the show. The fact that you allow us to penetrate your ear holes, I am incredibly grateful for it. There's a lot of

other things that you could listen to, isn't there? Oh yeah. A lot of podcasts out there. A lot of good podcasts out there. That's right. Some shit, but there's a lot of really good podcasts out there. The fact that you allow us into your daily routine, we are eternally grateful for. Hashtag in a pod squad. Ty's always picking people to give away some money. We can't thank you enough for hanging in there this long. Be a friend, tell a friend, Ty, please play some independent music and propel these people into

a beautiful Monday for a huge Tuesday manana. Cheers. Thank you. guitar solo I'm out. Субтитры подогнал «Симон» Thank you. Bye. Thank you.