June 24, 2025 • 41 mins
Tuesday on 2 Pros and a Cup of Joe, the Finals lacked gusto because of small market teams, a problem the NFL doesn’t have. Anthony Richardson feels good to go but may never see the field again as a Colt. Plus, Woody Johnson’s new team and much more!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Two Pros and a cup of Joe. Fox Sports Radio,
LeVar Arrington, Jonas Knox with you here. Coming up on
this Tuesday edition, We've got the usuals. Pete Prisco's gonna
stop by. He's got a list. Some people aren't happy
with it, some people are. We will discuss. We've got
Lee's Leftovers and another edition of would you Rather. We're
also going to look back on the NBA Finals one
last time, one final time, if you will, because apparently
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the NBA has got problems that the NFL just doesn't.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
We'll get into that.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
We're also going to talk about the problems for Anthony
Richardson in Indianapolis. Is his time as starting quarterback for
the Colts over with? Apparently, according to him, he'll be
back by training camp. Plus, we've got the very latest
on a potential uniform change a little going back to
the old look for the Washington Commanders, potentially. We've got
flag football debates versus the NFL as usual, and we've
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got the other fun stuff as always. It's yours coming
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It is two pros and a cup of Joe.
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a part of your Tuesday morning, Leverrington, Good morning.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Sir, what's going on man? Good morning.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
We did get confirmation yesterday that it is a ruptured
Achilles for Tyrese Haliburton, of course, underwent surgery, posted a
long message on social media and he is on his
way to recovery, but it looks like he's going to
miss all of next year, and so then we just
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he gave it a go. It was the risk and
now we've just got to deal with what the recovery
looks like and maybe he'll be back to full health
after next year.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
So we've got that.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
We've also got a former NBA player with comments about
the NBA Finals in general, and that would be Gilbert Arenas,
who was on the Dan Patrick Show, which you can
hear on many of these Fox Sports radio affiliates, and
Gilbert was asked a very simple question by Dan Patrick
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and it sounded like this.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Ten years from now, will remember these NBA Finals for what?
Speaker 4 (03:16):
Nothing?
Speaker 3 (03:18):
Nothing, nothing, We won't. No, let's just be honest.
Speaker 5 (03:22):
When it comes to small market teams, we really don't
remember much about them. We don't really talk about the
Toronto Championship, we don't really talk about the Bucks Gianna Championship.
And with this one, I mean, the only memorable thing
was Halle game winner Game one. Other than that, there
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was nothing in this finals that makes you say, oh
my god, this was the great finals, you know, and
I know, you know when we talk about small markets,
it's needed because there are you know, cities that need finals,
they need recognition. But you know, when you do have,
you know, teams like that that match up, the sales
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is down, the marketing is down, the views is down,
it's clocked through history. So you know, any kind of
exposure that has to do with the NBA, it is
the need and no matter if you like it or not.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
So that was Gilbert Arena's talking with Dan Patrick about
the NBA Finals, the memories and also small small markets
when it comes to the National Basketball Association.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
It's an interesting take. I mean, gil is a super
if people haven't figured it out right by now, he's
a super intelligent dude, very cerebral, and his approach to
things that he says does the homework to back the
things that he puts out there. So I believe there's
probably data that supports what it is that he's saying.
(04:54):
I would say, depending on what SGA does the rest
of the way, depending on what Haliburton does the rest
of the way, would be the only reason why I
would say you could reference this this particular final is
based upon the buildout of brand recognition, because ultimately that's
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what the NBA stands on, is being able to build
the league's popularity and the viewership, the buy in off
of the players off of their names, and so to me,
I think, I think when you're looking at it from
a small markets perspective, Gil I believe one hundred percent
(05:40):
is correct and spot on on what he's saying. I
would I would venture to say, just based off of
watching it and just listening to you know, Cuffs, who
comes on our show on Saturday, who's an insider. I
tend to go with the idea that this was more.
This is was a very very competitive series and while
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it may have had times during the course of a
game may not appear to have been as competitive as
it could have been. So first time it's gone to
a game seven in what nine years, I believe. So
when you look at it from the competitive standpoint, if
you wanted a really good matchup for an NBA Finals,
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even if it wasn't the desired markets, you got it,
and you did have big names in the game at
least two you got that. So I mean there's the
there have been players that have not played in big markets.
He markets he mentioned, He mentioned the Raptors winning it, right,
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and that was Kawhi Leonard. I remember the Raptors series
because of Siakam and Kawhi Leonard and and that you know,
that's what I remember is Kawhi Leonard being the catalyst
of the Raptors winning and then you know he you know,
took his swan to have after that, right. But to me,
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when you look at like a small market team that
has a developing talent that has happened, that has happened.
I mean, you had Shack and Penny. Will we consider
Orlando a small market?
Speaker 2 (07:25):
Probably?
Speaker 3 (07:26):
I would. Yeah, you had Shack and Penny in Orlando.
You know, you had you Hack, you had Lebron James
and Cleveland. And I don't think Cleveland is considered to
be a big market team. You know, maybe maybe decent,
but not big market.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
You know, it's interesting about it when he makes the
comments talking about small markets. It just reminds me that
the NFL, it's its own ecosystem. Yes, if the NFL
landed green Bay versus Buffalo and.
Speaker 3 (07:58):
The Super Bowl, wouldn't that matter?
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Huge? And that's Green Bay, Wisconsin and Buffalo.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
New York Buffalo. If it was Jacksonville versus pick a
team in the NFC.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Wouldn't matter, wouldn't matter, doesn't matter, and it just would
like you see these problems and not that. Because the
way Gilbert explained it and the way he laid it out,
it makes a lot of sense. I get where he's
coming from. But it's almost like the NFL has created
a universe to its own that, oh, we don't care
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if you're from Buffalo. We don't care if you're from
Kansas City, Oh, Green Bay, Sweet.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Doesn't matter at us.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
Like those are pre eminent franchises that you look at
and go, if you could land them in a super Bowl,
that's a big deal. Like if you could land them
in a championship game, that's a big deal. When Buffalo
plays Kansas City, come on, Like, that's what everybody's looking
forward to. That's why those matchups of added for so long.
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And I just it reminds me yet again the gap
and the difference between the NFL to where they're not
worried so much about market size from the standpoint of dude,
do you have great players? Do you do you have
a great team?
Speaker 2 (09:18):
Man?
Speaker 1 (09:19):
If Cincinnati could get to a super Bowl, you need
to tell me that wouldn't be a huge get for
the NFL to get Joe Burrow on that stage again.
Make it yeah, like if they were to get back there,
to get them again in the Super.
Speaker 3 (09:31):
Bowl, and that was a big ass game because it
was like, can Joe Burrow like climb that mountaintop? It
was the one thing again, And I think that the
NFL has been able to do so well and I
think they're hit and shoulders above everyone else is their storytelling,
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their ability to storytell connect the storylines to the league,
to the players, to the franchises, to the the communities.
You still have very very loyal NFL fans versus just
NFL market, And I think that that's the difference. Do
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you have very very loyal NBA fans and very loyal
NBA market, Yes, you do, but it's just not as large.
It's just not as appealing for one reason or another.
And I'll say I believe because because the NFL has
been able to create such great storytelling in storylines, I
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mean starting with NFL films and the Sable family and
what they've been able to do, and being able to
build such a strong foundational fan base, it is passed along.
The culture is passed along from generation to generation through tailgating.
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Like you don't tailgate for basketball games, do you Like?
There's just a different to me, a different culture that
surrounds football versus other sports. And because you're able to
take all of those elements and put them together, I
think that it creates the buy in and the experience. Right,
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It's always about entertainment and the experience. Knowing your demo,
I call it deal, right, that's my acronym. Deal know
your demo, be ready to entertain and create an experience
and have love for it. That's the deal, right. And
I think that the NFL has done an amazing job
of it, not that the NBA hasn't. I just think
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that it's so dependent upon star athletes, upon the names.
Like if it was Jokid in the final and it
was you know, it was Jason Tatum and Jalen Brown,
then now all of a sudden, everybody's happy. If it's
an old ass Lebron on you might not even get
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the greatest of performances from Lebron. But if it's Luca
and Lebron versus it take this one versus Halliburton and
the Indiana Pacers, it's still a bigger series because you
have Lebron, James and Luca to draw from. You even
have Bronni James to draw from in this series. So
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I just think that that's the key to all of
this is it's the shield is the brand versus the
athlete is the brand? In the NBA.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
Yeah, like you don't hear?
Speaker 1 (12:31):
I mean, like Jannis for example, God, maybe he wants
out of Milwaukee maybe they're not doing enough to surround
him with enough pieces. Man, Like, you're never going to
hear that story about Patrick Mahomes in Kansas City. He's
got to get out of here, got to get out
of here. There's just you know, maybe they're not doing
enough for him.
Speaker 3 (12:48):
It's like, and by the way, how big a market
is Kansas City? Where is that ranked in the media market?
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Listen, what about Baltimore?
Speaker 3 (12:57):
Baltimore is in the media mark Baltimore.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
Like, if you look at the Super Bowl favorites right now,
three of the four Buffalo, Baltimore, Kansas City don't even
have NBA teams.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
They don't even have NBA.
Speaker 1 (13:11):
Yeah, and literally not necessary for them because those franchises
carry so much weight and have so much poll and
are so big and it's in themselves in the NFL
ecosystem that you don't have any of this discussion about
well you need this, Like you're pulling from so few
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teams to try and generate buzz in the NBA or
in the NFL. Man, you could roll out i mean
Tampa Bay and versus Baltimore in a Super Bowl and
you're gonna do huge numbers. You're going to do huge ratings,
you're going to do huge revenue. And there's all sorts
of markets around the NFL that you look at and go, man,
(13:56):
those aren't I mean, those would be considered small markets,
but in the NFL eCos they're massive.
Speaker 3 (14:02):
There seems to be two hundred and ten media markets
in the United States of America. Kansas City is ranked
thirty third in that ranking. And keep in mind thirty third,
meaning that is a major a major city. Right. So
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we're talking about media markets, not just not just you know,
not just Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. We're talking about
places like Flint, Saginaw, Bay City, Omaha, Springfield, Missouri, you know, Huntsville, Decatur, Florence.
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You know, you're talking about a ton of media markets.
How do you we even wrap all of these media
markets into one place. The NFL has figured out how
to do that if you live in any one of
these these media markets, Like if you take for instance,
they didn't have the Carolina Panthers, right, but for some reason,
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the Washington Commanders were able to be the team of
the Carolinas or it was Atlanta, depending on what part
you were in Carolina, your team was generally speaking, or
the Cowboys, the Universal. If you don't have a team,
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choose Dallas. It's an amazing perfect storm to say we
could fill the gap with Dallas. If you don't have anybody,
maybe Pittsburgh, right historically, maybe the Raiders historically, those three
franchises fill in the blank. Don't if we don't have
a market for you, fill in the blank with those three.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
I remember doing radio in Charleston, South Carolina, and there
was Browns Bar in South Carolina for the Browns. Well
there you go, and they were awful, and I'm like, why,
what what?
Speaker 3 (16:08):
What?
Speaker 2 (16:08):
What's happening here?
Speaker 1 (16:09):
It's just you could go to pick a team in
the NFL and you would probably be able to find
somewhere across the country a sports bar or a location
dedicated to that team to watch games. Find me the
Pacers Bar, right, somebody find that, Like somebody find me
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the Oklahoma City Thunderbar. And that's not a knock on Oksee,
it's more of a man in the NFL. Oh, you're
a small market, come hang out with us. Don't worry
about it. Like, listen, you're a small market that we
don't care about that. Come over, do you? Like football.
Do you like what we put together? Do you like
our product? This is our own universe, is our own world.
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We don't have those problems like other leagues do. It's
kind of wild. And we don't share our game like
the game is in other places. It's in it's in Canada,
they play it overseas, but we don't share this game.
And I think that that's another advantage of built in
advantage that the NFL has that it has to be stated,
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this is our game. Literally, this is our game. What
do they say, America's game? You all heard again, this
is our game, America's game. Yeah, you know, like that's
that's where it is. And and that's an advantage that
they use, you know, they don't leave that on the table. Yeah.
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somebody has returned. Somebody is back. They are ready to go, Latimer,
and they will be Lat's back.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
Except this.
Speaker 1 (20:31):
Except this Latimer is none other than Anthony Richardson, the
quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts, who, while speaking with Zach
Goodall of two four seven Sports, he was at a
community event in Gainesville, Florida, and was asked about whether
or not he'll be ready to go for training camp
and said the following quote, I'm all good, not really
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even a bump in the road. I feel like I tripped.
I fell, just got back up and hit the ground
running again. So he is dealing with the sore shoulder,
should be no issues whatsoever. Training camp starts in less
than a month, and so Anthony Richardson will be back
for the Indianapolis Colts. No problem here, nothing to be
seen except for the fact that you've got a coach
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who needs to win or else he's gonna lose his job.
And they went out inside Daniel Jones. Other than that,
everything should be fine. Other than that, you know, we
should just slide Anthony Richardson right back in and it'll
be your starting quarterback.
Speaker 3 (21:25):
You know. I don't know that Anthony Richardson should be
concerned about anything else other than how he plays. I
don't feel as though Daniel Jones is the type of
name that would lend towards feeling like, uh oh, I'm
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in trouble.
Speaker 2 (21:45):
Damn.
Speaker 3 (21:46):
That's just it just doesn't give me that. And so
when you look at it from from a very critical perspective,
I mean, last year was all about the things he
didn't do, not what somebody else did, not what Flacco did,
not what anyone else did. It was what he did
not do. And so it's not enough for him to
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just say everything is good. It's not enough to just
say it's okay. He has to win the trust back.
He has to earn a different level of trust and respect,
not only from the coaching staff but from his teammates.
And I think as long as he comes into this
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this season understanding that since the offseason has begun, if
he comes into this understanding that there's a there's a
level of competency that he has to live in there
is a level of accountability that he has to have,
both self accountability and team accountability. I think if he
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is able to comprehend that and bring that, that lant
up more to a higher standard than Joan is. The
athletic part of it to take care of itself. But
I think it's a maturity level, and he's racing against
the clock of can he mature quickly enough to maintain
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being a starting quarterback in the National Football League.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
Look, the athletic ability and the talent is unbelievable. We
talked about the throw he made Week one last year
against Houston, which is one of the best throws I've
ever seen in my life. I'm and off his back
foot through it seemingly like seventy yards for a touchdown,
And you look at that and you go, Jesus, he's
like that guy's got everything you could possibly want. And
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then all of a sudden, the other stuff starts to
factor in. Yeah, Well, he's missed a lot of games
because of injury multiple times over, and he took a
playoff and basically lost his job because nobody could figure
out why he needed to take a playoff or take
a knee in a game. When we don't ever see
that ever happen with a quarterback anywhere at all whatsoever,
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who's supposed to be the quote unquote leader of the team.
I just look at it and I go. If the
NFL is all about timelines, the timeline would suggest that
Shane Stichen is coaching for his job this year. He
doesn't have the ability to just wait around for Anthony
Richardson to grow into the quarterback because he basically had
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to hitch his wagon to Richardson when they drafted him
in the first round. He doesn't have time to wait
around to depend on whether or not his body is
ready to go health wise, he's going to be ready
to go, or he's committed to wanting to.
Speaker 2 (24:40):
Be there and live up to his potential. I just
look at it and go.
Speaker 1 (24:44):
If Daniel Jones is halfway decent, If he's just Danier Jones,
just halfway decent and just doesn't turn the ball over,
I could see a scenario where Anthony Richardson never sees
the field again in Indianapolis.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
He's just not playing again.
Speaker 3 (25:00):
But if Anthony Richardson is the same just halfway decent,
I think he's in the same situation. I think he's
in the same position.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
Who do you think it's first dibbs when it comes
to uh first believe, I believe Anthony Richardson.
Speaker 4 (25:16):
It sticks picks.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
Okay, we're gonna play that game.
Speaker 3 (25:20):
I mean, that's your draft pick.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
I'm gonna take.
Speaker 1 (25:22):
Daniel Jones knocks locks.
Speaker 3 (25:28):
Sounds like you're about to run into the ring, like
they just introduced you as the wrestler Jonas knocked.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
I still don't even know if that's a door locking
or if that's a gun being cocked like.
Speaker 3 (25:41):
It sounds like a gun rather, it sounds like a
riff on a guitar, and it's like, hey, what should
we use for the bells and whistles for Jonas's picks?
I don't know, man, Just you know, definitely.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
That's the same one, right, No, it's technically not.
Speaker 8 (25:59):
So he here's the shotgun, and then here is Jonas's
drop knocks locks.
Speaker 3 (26:08):
That's not a gun.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
That's a padlock for sure. Now I'm gonna go with gun.
Speaker 1 (26:11):
I actually think that it's a that somebody uh locked
a door while cocking a gun at the same time
to drown out the noise. That I'm gonna go with.
Speaker 3 (26:21):
I don't know, man, it sounds like somebody, like, you know,
the piece of that piece of like whatever, goes on
to like a table of plywood or something like that,
and it pops off on the end. That's what it
sounds like. Do it one more time? Sounds like a
flimsy piece of wood knocks locks. Yeah, I don't know
what it is. I know now it sounded like closing
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a drawer.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
What h So you're gonna roll with Anthony Richardson being
the guy who starts week one?
Speaker 3 (26:51):
I just think a healthy Anthony Richardson gets the benefit
of the doubt to come into the season and show
whether he should be the starter or not. How long
that leash is I don't know, Jonas, but it certainly
would be. I think they would be remissed if they
did not give Anthony Richardson a fair opportunity to lead
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this team before moving on to a quarterback who failed
in a different market. Now, granted, we saw Sam Darnold
fail in different markets. He went to finally ended up
in a place where injury gave way to him having
the opportunity to play. Does that happen here? Is it
an injury? Is it poor play? I don't know what
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it is that would lead to Daniel Jones getting in.
I think that that ultimately will play a part in
if he does become the starter. And if he becomes
the starter, what's your confidence level that he's going to
play at a high enough level where Anthony Richardson doesn't
get his job back.
Speaker 1 (27:55):
I mean, I tried my best to look on DraftKings
to see whether or not there's an offer, because sometimes
they'll do this quarterback to take the first snap in
the regular season. They have two options right now, the
Giants and the Saints. They don't have the Colts. Russell
Wilson the overwhelming favorite to be the first the quarterback
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to take the first snap for the Giants in Week one,
and then Tyler Schuck is the favorite to take the
first snap for the New Orleans Saints in Week one.
So I think what we've basically made our picks, LeVar
is gonna go Anthony Richardson. I'll take Daniel Jones, and
because Brady's not here, we'll just give him Curtis Painter
or we can find him if there's anybody else we
want to throw in there.
Speaker 3 (28:36):
He gets whatever's left and he's fine by the way everyone.
Speaker 2 (28:40):
Who is Curtis Painter.
Speaker 3 (28:43):
Look at the topics that we have to discuss, Look
at where we're at in the sports calendar. He'll be
back when things pick up a little bit more. You'll
be back. Look, man, I mean, stop acting like something's
wrong or like y'all so nosy and so nebby, and
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he'll be back. So just relaxed.
Speaker 2 (29:08):
Yeah, so stop being stomping so nosy. I'm with you.
Speaker 3 (29:12):
What happened to Brady? Like every single day, y'all people
post about what happened to Brady. I don't even know
who Brady is. Like, we keep throwing this name out
at Brady. If he answers you, you get your answer.
If he doesn't, then you don't get an answer. God Lee,
every single day, where's Brady?
Speaker 4 (29:32):
Like?
Speaker 3 (29:33):
Come on, if he wanted you to know, if you
were one of the you know, I can guarantee you this.
Here's one thing I can guarantee y'all out there who
can continue to type it and who cures Listen, if
he wanted you to know that he was going to
be off, you would have known. If he wanted you
to know why he was off, you would have known.
(29:56):
I know why he's off. Jonas knows why he off.
I could go that the list is longer. I mean,
we know why he's off. So if you got a
problem with it, and you keep one, keep asking about
it at him, and if he doesn't respond, then you
got your answer.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
And it should also be pointed out like for those
that are speculating, and I would say recklessly on social media,
that is it because he pissed hot again or tested
positive for a banned substance here on the show, I'm
not going to say yes. And I'm not going to
say no to any of those rumors. Oh God, like
I just want to.
Speaker 2 (30:36):
I will not go down the.
Speaker 3 (30:38):
Road of they're trying to force you, Jonas, They're trying
to pressure you on your social I want and then
say what I just.
Speaker 2 (30:48):
I won't do it.
Speaker 3 (30:48):
I refuse to.
Speaker 1 (30:49):
It's not going to happen here. And by the way,
I think like people should just focus in on what's
important here. And that was the fact that we stumbled
upon and Drack one of the great show names in
the history.
Speaker 3 (31:04):
So that was going to be one pro Black and Drac.
Speaker 1 (31:08):
One of the great show names in the history of
sports stock radio.
Speaker 2 (31:12):
Black and drack.
Speaker 3 (31:13):
That's gotta be racist. It is a T shirt. A
T shirt.
Speaker 1 (31:18):
Just have LeVar doing the leap and me dressed is
Count Dracula while Levar's attacking me over the line of time.
Speaker 3 (31:27):
I just think we need to both be in black.
That's all. You're black because of being a Dracula. And
you know, obviously you know vampires wear black, dark colors.
I don't know why that is, but that's just how
I see it. That's how you know Count Dracula looked,
you know, the Count from Sesame Street, he wore black
(31:49):
as well. By the way, then I'm black.
Speaker 2 (31:51):
Yeah, you know my.
Speaker 3 (31:52):
Name is black in the title, so I we're black.
Let's just both we're black.
Speaker 1 (31:58):
You know, it's weird, you know's weird about Dracula's fashion
choice going all black. Like, when you wear all black,
it makes you look even more pale. If he would
have thrown on like a white v neck, nobody would
be busting his balls about his complexion. They'd be like, whatever,
he's a little a little lights getting big deal, like
he'll get some little light skin. But because he wears
(32:18):
all black, it really stands out even more. Maybe that's
my problem. I went through my closet probably a week
or so ago, just getting rid of stuff.
Speaker 2 (32:28):
I you know, I don't.
Speaker 1 (32:29):
I don't wear anymore a lot of black. That's just
there's a lot going on there that's all black for
some reason.
Speaker 3 (32:36):
Now, what's the collar about, by the way, Like why
the wild ass collar like looks like a cowboy collar
neck role that I would wear if I was playing football.
That stuff is that for? Like it's not strong enough
to like hold his head like when he goes the
bite necks or whatever. What is the big collar for?
(32:57):
I don't get it.
Speaker 1 (32:58):
Yeah, let me let me pull the someth real quick,
just to get a better understanding here.
Speaker 3 (33:02):
Yeah, I mean, look, there is one Dracula where he's
wearing red too, by the way, and almost like a
pope outfit, you know, and he's got the the hair. Yeah,
it looks like he's like got his face and his
hair makes like a heart shape. There is that one,
but for the most part it's just black. It's like
(33:23):
a black tuxedo with a big ass like cape and
neck roll on it.
Speaker 2 (33:29):
They call it an opera cape.
Speaker 3 (33:31):
An opera opera cake. Did did Dracula come from the opera?
Speaker 1 (33:37):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (33:37):
Not?
Speaker 9 (33:37):
Necessarily, but uh Bela Lugosi, the the actor who played
him was but who made it most famous by wearing it.
But uh, I guess that's been. Operas were big.
Speaker 3 (33:46):
Though, because he would disappear when he take his cape
and like cover his face, like he disappeared like and
turn into like a bat and fly away or something, right,
if I recall it correctly.
Speaker 1 (33:58):
Lorena, can I show you, uh a woman's perspective on this?
Speaker 8 (34:02):
You would?
Speaker 1 (34:02):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (34:04):
Is Dracula good looking?
Speaker 8 (34:06):
Have you seen the newest movie?
Speaker 2 (34:08):
No?
Speaker 8 (34:08):
Oh, my gosh, scariest looking thing I've ever seen. Yeah,
but if you think of like Hotel Transylvania, he's kind
of cute. Okay, not not all vampires are unattractive, isn't
Eddie Monster?
Speaker 4 (34:21):
Like?
Speaker 3 (34:21):
Is he a young like like Frankenstein? Or he's a Dracula? La, Yeah,
that's what I thought. So I thought he's he's got
the like you know, that's what they called that that
v in the front of your head and you're natural.
Speaker 8 (34:37):
They call it that Eddie the Edward you mean with
the shiny skin and that vampire.
Speaker 2 (34:42):
Oh, yeah, that one's cute.
Speaker 3 (34:44):
No, No, I'm talking about your hair. The Eddie Monster
you know he had that big v ind widows peak.
They call it that. Well, we used to call it
the eddie. You got it eddie, and you get made
fun of if you had an eddie battle.
Speaker 2 (35:02):
Literally got the McDonald's arches on your face. You imagine that.
Speaker 9 (35:09):
I found a fun fact about the cape. So in
the novel it does say that the cloak resembles wings.
But in the nineteen twenty fourth stage play of Dracula,
which was the first one in front of audiences, that
cape design served as a practical purpose to let the
actor disappear through a certain trap door on stage.
Speaker 1 (35:26):
Oh nice, somehow, some way, I was hoping it was
something better, like he wore the cave so he could
steal from a liquor store that was near the opera
house or something like that.
Speaker 3 (35:36):
So it is connected to the theater then, you know,
like the opera.
Speaker 2 (35:42):
Congratulations for anybody that's going.
Speaker 3 (35:44):
To move over Phantom of the Opera. Yeah, move on over,
move on over, get your ass bit it is coming.
Speaker 2 (35:51):
That's right, that's right.
Speaker 1 (35:54):
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Speaker 4 (37:03):
Sometimes you can't get to everything in the world of
sports or entertainment. Good thing, the guys are here to
bring you in case you missed it.
Speaker 2 (37:12):
For that, we turn it over to our executive producer, Lead.
Speaker 9 (37:17):
Lap Good more than everybody.
Speaker 2 (37:19):
Good morning Jonas, Good morning LeVar, guys.
Speaker 9 (37:22):
In case you missed this yesterday, Jets owner Woody Johnson
is making his leap into the Premier League soccer league
there if you will, if that's how it's pronounced. He
is believed to be buying Crystal Palace for an evaluation
of two hundred and fifty four million dollars or one
hundred and ninety pounds million pounds if you do the conversion,
for a forty three percent stake in the In the club.
Speaker 1 (37:44):
Thoughts and prayers to Crystal Palace, I mean, because it's
been so successful. As the owner of the Jets, I mean,
why wouldn't you just dive into something else?
Speaker 2 (37:54):
You know what I mean? That makes sense?
Speaker 1 (37:57):
What do you want to bet that place turns into
a clown, much like the NFL franchise does.
Speaker 2 (38:05):
If you're a Crystal.
Speaker 1 (38:05):
Palace fan, you're like, Oh, Sweden, NFL owner bought forty
three percent of our team. That'll be the worst forty
three percent of the league. I'm will to call my
shot right now.
Speaker 3 (38:16):
I have zero interest in that time. Whenever you guys
are ready to move on, DAP what else got that
wasn't In case you missed it? I want to in
case I missed that one every single time.
Speaker 9 (38:31):
Yeah, okay, yeah, I know they're hoping to compete in
the UFA Europa League next season.
Speaker 3 (38:37):
But we'll see, We'll see.
Speaker 2 (38:38):
How the ownership goes, guys.
Speaker 9 (38:41):
In case you missed this, Rumors are swirling and they
have been for years and years now that Jay Z
might indeed headline next year Super Bowl halftime show. Obviously,
he and Rock Nation have been in charge of what's
been going on for the halftime show for a few
years now in his partnership with the NFL. But uh,
you might finally take that plunge.
Speaker 3 (39:05):
I mean, with all of this stuff that's happened, and
it with the you know and his industry and his
neck of the woods, and it might be a great
uh you know, booster of you know kind of morale
and good will and you know image, What.
Speaker 2 (39:23):
Are you getting at?
Speaker 3 (39:24):
What do you hold though? I mean, a lot of
people was connected him to Ditty. I would assume that,
you know, it just seems like that's an interesting time
and to go get in front of NFL audience, which
is one of the largest audience that you could perform
in front.
Speaker 2 (39:40):
Well, you know, if did he does get off, you know,
get off? Please? Can you please rephrase that?
Speaker 1 (39:51):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (39:51):
If did he has found innocence all charges?
Speaker 3 (39:53):
If that's what that's what I've getting off, you know,
that's enough time to prepare his images. Did he the
situation he's in now because of too much getting.
Speaker 2 (40:03):
Literally stepped on a hard break and it hit him
right in the face.
Speaker 3 (40:07):
Literally came back.
Speaker 1 (40:10):
At least stepped on a shovel and it just broke
the bridge of his nose.
Speaker 3 (40:13):
He walked right and he stepped where's your foot watch
out for that trip wire. But you put the trip
wire there, it's a booby trap.
Speaker 2 (40:30):
So it's a booby trap.
Speaker 1 (40:31):
So what were you saying about? If did he uh
has found innocent?
Speaker 2 (40:36):
Did he's found innocent?
Speaker 9 (40:37):
Gives him enough time to repair his image and make
a feature role at the halftime show.
Speaker 1 (40:42):
I do appreciate the fact that they're late getting this
news out this far in advance, and now I know
what I'm definitely not going to be doing at halftime
of the Super Bowl, So so I know for it.
Speaker 2 (40:52):
For what when was that last hit?
Speaker 3 (40:58):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (40:59):
What do you think about that?
Speaker 1 (41:00):
Are?
Speaker 3 (41:01):
When was his last I mean some say he's the goat.
You know, I was watching Tupac last night. If I'm
talking hip hop, I'm going I'm going Tupac.
Speaker 2 (41:12):
His holograph could come all eyes on me.
Two Pros and a cup of Joe. Fox Sports Radio,
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Lee's Leftovers and another edition of would you Rather. We're
also going to look back on the NBA Finals one
last time, one final time, if you will, because apparently
(00:23):
the NBA has got problems that the NFL just doesn't.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
We'll get into that.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
We're also going to talk about the problems for Anthony
Richardson in Indianapolis. Is his time as starting quarterback for
the Colts over with? Apparently, according to him, he'll be
back by training camp. Plus, we've got the very latest
on a potential uniform change a little going back to
the old look for the Washington Commanders, potentially. We've got
flag football debates versus the NFL as usual, and we've
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Speaker 2 (01:00):
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No One in that title to carry the show. She
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a part of your Tuesday morning, Leverrington, Good morning.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Sir, what's going on man? Good morning.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
We did get confirmation yesterday that it is a ruptured
Achilles for Tyrese Haliburton, of course, underwent surgery, posted a
long message on social media and he is on his
way to recovery, but it looks like he's going to
miss all of next year, and so then we just
(02:33):
he gave it a go. It was the risk and
now we've just got to deal with what the recovery
looks like and maybe he'll be back to full health
after next year.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
So we've got that.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
We've also got a former NBA player with comments about
the NBA Finals in general, and that would be Gilbert Arenas,
who was on the Dan Patrick Show, which you can
hear on many of these Fox Sports radio affiliates, and
Gilbert was asked a very simple question by Dan Patrick
(03:10):
and it sounded like this.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Ten years from now, will remember these NBA Finals for what?
Speaker 4 (03:16):
Nothing?
Speaker 3 (03:18):
Nothing, nothing, We won't. No, let's just be honest.
Speaker 5 (03:22):
When it comes to small market teams, we really don't
remember much about them. We don't really talk about the
Toronto Championship, we don't really talk about the Bucks Gianna Championship.
And with this one, I mean, the only memorable thing
was Halle game winner Game one. Other than that, there
(03:45):
was nothing in this finals that makes you say, oh
my god, this was the great finals, you know, and
I know, you know when we talk about small markets,
it's needed because there are you know, cities that need finals,
they need recognition. But you know, when you do have,
you know, teams like that that match up, the sales
(04:07):
is down, the marketing is down, the views is down,
it's clocked through history. So you know, any kind of
exposure that has to do with the NBA, it is
the need and no matter if you like it or not.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
So that was Gilbert Arena's talking with Dan Patrick about
the NBA Finals, the memories and also small small markets
when it comes to the National Basketball Association.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
It's an interesting take. I mean, gil is a super
if people haven't figured it out right by now, he's
a super intelligent dude, very cerebral, and his approach to
things that he says does the homework to back the
things that he puts out there. So I believe there's
probably data that supports what it is that he's saying.
(04:54):
I would say, depending on what SGA does the rest
of the way, depending on what Haliburton does the rest
of the way, would be the only reason why I
would say you could reference this this particular final is
based upon the buildout of brand recognition, because ultimately that's
(05:19):
what the NBA stands on, is being able to build
the league's popularity and the viewership, the buy in off
of the players off of their names, and so to me,
I think, I think when you're looking at it from
a small markets perspective, Gil I believe one hundred percent
(05:40):
is correct and spot on on what he's saying. I
would I would venture to say, just based off of
watching it and just listening to you know, Cuffs, who
comes on our show on Saturday, who's an insider. I
tend to go with the idea that this was more.
This is was a very very competitive series and while
(06:03):
it may have had times during the course of a
game may not appear to have been as competitive as
it could have been. So first time it's gone to
a game seven in what nine years, I believe. So
when you look at it from the competitive standpoint, if
you wanted a really good matchup for an NBA Finals,
(06:25):
even if it wasn't the desired markets, you got it,
and you did have big names in the game at
least two you got that. So I mean there's the
there have been players that have not played in big markets.
He markets he mentioned, He mentioned the Raptors winning it, right,
(06:48):
and that was Kawhi Leonard. I remember the Raptors series
because of Siakam and Kawhi Leonard and and that you know,
that's what I remember is Kawhi Leonard being the catalyst
of the Raptors winning and then you know he you know,
took his swan to have after that, right. But to me,
(07:11):
when you look at like a small market team that
has a developing talent that has happened, that has happened.
I mean, you had Shack and Penny. Will we consider
Orlando a small market?
Speaker 2 (07:25):
Probably?
Speaker 3 (07:26):
I would. Yeah, you had Shack and Penny in Orlando.
You know, you had you Hack, you had Lebron James
and Cleveland. And I don't think Cleveland is considered to
be a big market team. You know, maybe maybe decent,
but not big market.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
You know, it's interesting about it when he makes the
comments talking about small markets. It just reminds me that
the NFL, it's its own ecosystem. Yes, if the NFL
landed green Bay versus Buffalo and.
Speaker 3 (07:58):
The Super Bowl, wouldn't that matter?
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Huge? And that's Green Bay, Wisconsin and Buffalo.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
New York Buffalo. If it was Jacksonville versus pick a
team in the NFC.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Wouldn't matter, wouldn't matter, doesn't matter, and it just would
like you see these problems and not that. Because the
way Gilbert explained it and the way he laid it out,
it makes a lot of sense. I get where he's
coming from. But it's almost like the NFL has created
a universe to its own that, oh, we don't care
(08:33):
if you're from Buffalo. We don't care if you're from
Kansas City, Oh, Green Bay, Sweet.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Doesn't matter at us.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
Like those are pre eminent franchises that you look at
and go, if you could land them in a super Bowl,
that's a big deal. Like if you could land them
in a championship game, that's a big deal. When Buffalo
plays Kansas City, come on, Like, that's what everybody's looking
forward to. That's why those matchups of added for so long.
(09:01):
And I just it reminds me yet again the gap
and the difference between the NFL to where they're not
worried so much about market size from the standpoint of dude,
do you have great players? Do you do you have
a great team?
Speaker 2 (09:18):
Man?
Speaker 1 (09:19):
If Cincinnati could get to a super Bowl, you need
to tell me that wouldn't be a huge get for
the NFL to get Joe Burrow on that stage again.
Make it yeah, like if they were to get back there,
to get them again in the Super.
Speaker 3 (09:31):
Bowl, and that was a big ass game because it
was like, can Joe Burrow like climb that mountaintop? It
was the one thing again, And I think that the
NFL has been able to do so well and I
think they're hit and shoulders above everyone else is their storytelling,
(09:52):
their ability to storytell connect the storylines to the league,
to the players, to the franchises, to the the communities.
You still have very very loyal NFL fans versus just
NFL market, And I think that that's the difference. Do
(10:12):
you have very very loyal NBA fans and very loyal
NBA market, Yes, you do, but it's just not as large.
It's just not as appealing for one reason or another.
And I'll say I believe because because the NFL has
been able to create such great storytelling in storylines, I
(10:35):
mean starting with NFL films and the Sable family and
what they've been able to do, and being able to
build such a strong foundational fan base, it is passed along.
The culture is passed along from generation to generation through tailgating.
(10:56):
Like you don't tailgate for basketball games, do you Like?
There's just a different to me, a different culture that
surrounds football versus other sports. And because you're able to
take all of those elements and put them together, I
think that it creates the buy in and the experience. Right,
(11:17):
It's always about entertainment and the experience. Knowing your demo,
I call it deal, right, that's my acronym. Deal know
your demo, be ready to entertain and create an experience
and have love for it. That's the deal, right. And
I think that the NFL has done an amazing job
of it, not that the NBA hasn't. I just think
(11:40):
that it's so dependent upon star athletes, upon the names.
Like if it was Jokid in the final and it
was you know, it was Jason Tatum and Jalen Brown,
then now all of a sudden, everybody's happy. If it's
an old ass Lebron on you might not even get
(12:01):
the greatest of performances from Lebron. But if it's Luca
and Lebron versus it take this one versus Halliburton and
the Indiana Pacers, it's still a bigger series because you
have Lebron, James and Luca to draw from. You even
have Bronni James to draw from in this series. So
(12:22):
I just think that that's the key to all of
this is it's the shield is the brand versus the
athlete is the brand? In the NBA.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
Yeah, like you don't hear?
Speaker 1 (12:31):
I mean, like Jannis for example, God, maybe he wants
out of Milwaukee maybe they're not doing enough to surround
him with enough pieces. Man, Like, you're never going to
hear that story about Patrick Mahomes in Kansas City. He's
got to get out of here, got to get out
of here. There's just you know, maybe they're not doing
enough for him.
Speaker 3 (12:48):
It's like, and by the way, how big a market
is Kansas City? Where is that ranked in the media market?
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Listen, what about Baltimore?
Speaker 3 (12:57):
Baltimore is in the media mark Baltimore.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
Like, if you look at the Super Bowl favorites right now,
three of the four Buffalo, Baltimore, Kansas City don't even
have NBA teams.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
They don't even have NBA.
Speaker 1 (13:11):
Yeah, and literally not necessary for them because those franchises
carry so much weight and have so much poll and
are so big and it's in themselves in the NFL
ecosystem that you don't have any of this discussion about
well you need this, Like you're pulling from so few
(13:34):
teams to try and generate buzz in the NBA or
in the NFL. Man, you could roll out i mean
Tampa Bay and versus Baltimore in a Super Bowl and
you're gonna do huge numbers. You're going to do huge ratings,
you're going to do huge revenue. And there's all sorts
of markets around the NFL that you look at and go, man,
(13:56):
those aren't I mean, those would be considered small markets,
but in the NFL eCos they're massive.
Speaker 3 (14:02):
There seems to be two hundred and ten media markets
in the United States of America. Kansas City is ranked
thirty third in that ranking. And keep in mind thirty third,
meaning that is a major a major city. Right. So
(14:23):
we're talking about media markets, not just not just you know,
not just Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. We're talking about
places like Flint, Saginaw, Bay City, Omaha, Springfield, Missouri, you know, Huntsville, Decatur, Florence.
(14:46):
You know, you're talking about a ton of media markets.
How do you we even wrap all of these media
markets into one place. The NFL has figured out how
to do that if you live in any one of
these these media markets, Like if you take for instance,
they didn't have the Carolina Panthers, right, but for some reason,
(15:11):
the Washington Commanders were able to be the team of
the Carolinas or it was Atlanta, depending on what part
you were in Carolina, your team was generally speaking, or
the Cowboys, the Universal. If you don't have a team,
(15:32):
choose Dallas. It's an amazing perfect storm to say we
could fill the gap with Dallas. If you don't have anybody,
maybe Pittsburgh, right historically, maybe the Raiders historically, those three
franchises fill in the blank. Don't if we don't have
a market for you, fill in the blank with those three.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
I remember doing radio in Charleston, South Carolina, and there
was Browns Bar in South Carolina for the Browns. Well
there you go, and they were awful, and I'm like, why,
what what?
Speaker 3 (16:08):
What?
Speaker 2 (16:08):
What's happening here?
Speaker 1 (16:09):
It's just you could go to pick a team in
the NFL and you would probably be able to find
somewhere across the country a sports bar or a location
dedicated to that team to watch games. Find me the
Pacers Bar, right, somebody find that, Like somebody find me
(16:31):
the Oklahoma City Thunderbar. And that's not a knock on Oksee,
it's more of a man in the NFL. Oh, you're
a small market, come hang out with us. Don't worry
about it. Like, listen, you're a small market that we
don't care about that. Come over, do you? Like football.
Do you like what we put together? Do you like
our product? This is our own universe, is our own world.
(16:52):
We don't have those problems like other leagues do. It's
kind of wild. And we don't share our game like
the game is in other places. It's in it's in Canada,
they play it overseas, but we don't share this game.
And I think that that's another advantage of built in
advantage that the NFL has that it has to be stated,
(17:13):
this is our game. Literally, this is our game. What
do they say, America's game? You all heard again, this
is our game, America's game. Yeah, you know, like that's
that's where it is. And and that's an advantage that
they use, you know, they don't leave that on the table. Yeah.
(17:35):
It is two pros and a cup of Joe. Here
on Fox Sports Radio, LaVar Arrington, Jonas Knox with you.
So we are gonna have the usuals coming up later on.
We've got another edition of In case you missed it.
We've also got Pete Prisco stopping by an our three
of the program. And there's some people that are pretty
upset with Pete about his rankings that came out recently.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
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uh have some troubling news for one franchise in the
world of sports, very troubling news. What should be a
positive will quickly turn negative here and we'll have that
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He leads the league in home runs. Guy's unbelievable and
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So congratulations. That is our tire rack play of the day. Well,
somebody has returned. Somebody is back. They are ready to go, Latimer,
and they will be Lat's back.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
Except this.
Speaker 1 (20:31):
Except this Latimer is none other than Anthony Richardson, the
quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts, who, while speaking with Zach
Goodall of two four seven Sports, he was at a
community event in Gainesville, Florida, and was asked about whether
or not he'll be ready to go for training camp
and said the following quote, I'm all good, not really
(20:53):
even a bump in the road. I feel like I tripped.
I fell, just got back up and hit the ground
running again. So he is dealing with the sore shoulder,
should be no issues whatsoever. Training camp starts in less
than a month, and so Anthony Richardson will be back
for the Indianapolis Colts. No problem here, nothing to be
seen except for the fact that you've got a coach
(21:14):
who needs to win or else he's gonna lose his job.
And they went out inside Daniel Jones. Other than that,
everything should be fine. Other than that, you know, we
should just slide Anthony Richardson right back in and it'll
be your starting quarterback.
Speaker 3 (21:25):
You know. I don't know that Anthony Richardson should be
concerned about anything else other than how he plays. I
don't feel as though Daniel Jones is the type of
name that would lend towards feeling like, uh oh, I'm
(21:45):
in trouble.
Speaker 2 (21:45):
Damn.
Speaker 3 (21:46):
That's just it just doesn't give me that. And so
when you look at it from from a very critical perspective,
I mean, last year was all about the things he
didn't do, not what somebody else did, not what Flacco did,
not what anyone else did. It was what he did
not do. And so it's not enough for him to
(22:10):
just say everything is good. It's not enough to just
say it's okay. He has to win the trust back.
He has to earn a different level of trust and respect,
not only from the coaching staff but from his teammates.
And I think as long as he comes into this
(22:31):
this season understanding that since the offseason has begun, if
he comes into this understanding that there's a there's a
level of competency that he has to live in there
is a level of accountability that he has to have,
both self accountability and team accountability. I think if he
(22:53):
is able to comprehend that and bring that, that lant
up more to a higher standard than Joan is. The
athletic part of it to take care of itself. But
I think it's a maturity level, and he's racing against
the clock of can he mature quickly enough to maintain
(23:15):
being a starting quarterback in the National Football League.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
Look, the athletic ability and the talent is unbelievable. We
talked about the throw he made Week one last year
against Houston, which is one of the best throws I've
ever seen in my life. I'm and off his back
foot through it seemingly like seventy yards for a touchdown,
And you look at that and you go, Jesus, he's
like that guy's got everything you could possibly want. And
(23:40):
then all of a sudden, the other stuff starts to
factor in. Yeah, Well, he's missed a lot of games
because of injury multiple times over, and he took a
playoff and basically lost his job because nobody could figure
out why he needed to take a playoff or take
a knee in a game. When we don't ever see
that ever happen with a quarterback anywhere at all whatsoever,
(24:04):
who's supposed to be the quote unquote leader of the team.
I just look at it and I go. If the
NFL is all about timelines, the timeline would suggest that
Shane Stichen is coaching for his job this year. He
doesn't have the ability to just wait around for Anthony
Richardson to grow into the quarterback because he basically had
(24:26):
to hitch his wagon to Richardson when they drafted him
in the first round. He doesn't have time to wait
around to depend on whether or not his body is
ready to go health wise, he's going to be ready
to go, or he's committed to wanting to.
Speaker 2 (24:40):
Be there and live up to his potential. I just
look at it and go.
Speaker 1 (24:44):
If Daniel Jones is halfway decent, If he's just Danier Jones,
just halfway decent and just doesn't turn the ball over,
I could see a scenario where Anthony Richardson never sees
the field again in Indianapolis.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
He's just not playing again.
Speaker 3 (25:00):
But if Anthony Richardson is the same just halfway decent,
I think he's in the same situation. I think he's
in the same position.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
Who do you think it's first dibbs when it comes
to uh first believe, I believe Anthony Richardson.
Speaker 4 (25:16):
It sticks picks.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
Okay, we're gonna play that game.
Speaker 3 (25:20):
I mean, that's your draft pick.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
I'm gonna take.
Speaker 1 (25:22):
Daniel Jones knocks locks.
Speaker 3 (25:28):
Sounds like you're about to run into the ring, like
they just introduced you as the wrestler Jonas knocked.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
I still don't even know if that's a door locking
or if that's a gun being cocked like.
Speaker 3 (25:41):
It sounds like a gun rather, it sounds like a
riff on a guitar, and it's like, hey, what should
we use for the bells and whistles for Jonas's picks?
I don't know, man, Just you know, definitely.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
That's the same one, right, No, it's technically not.
Speaker 8 (25:59):
So he here's the shotgun, and then here is Jonas's
drop knocks locks.
Speaker 3 (26:08):
That's not a gun.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
That's a padlock for sure. Now I'm gonna go with gun.
Speaker 1 (26:11):
I actually think that it's a that somebody uh locked
a door while cocking a gun at the same time
to drown out the noise. That I'm gonna go with.
Speaker 3 (26:21):
I don't know, man, it sounds like somebody, like, you know,
the piece of that piece of like whatever, goes on
to like a table of plywood or something like that,
and it pops off on the end. That's what it
sounds like. Do it one more time? Sounds like a
flimsy piece of wood knocks locks. Yeah, I don't know
what it is. I know now it sounded like closing
(26:44):
a drawer.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
What h So you're gonna roll with Anthony Richardson being
the guy who starts week one?
Speaker 3 (26:51):
I just think a healthy Anthony Richardson gets the benefit
of the doubt to come into the season and show
whether he should be the starter or not. How long
that leash is I don't know, Jonas, but it certainly
would be. I think they would be remissed if they
did not give Anthony Richardson a fair opportunity to lead
(27:13):
this team before moving on to a quarterback who failed
in a different market. Now, granted, we saw Sam Darnold
fail in different markets. He went to finally ended up
in a place where injury gave way to him having
the opportunity to play. Does that happen here? Is it
an injury? Is it poor play? I don't know what
(27:36):
it is that would lead to Daniel Jones getting in.
I think that that ultimately will play a part in
if he does become the starter. And if he becomes
the starter, what's your confidence level that he's going to
play at a high enough level where Anthony Richardson doesn't
get his job back.
Speaker 1 (27:55):
I mean, I tried my best to look on DraftKings
to see whether or not there's an offer, because sometimes
they'll do this quarterback to take the first snap in
the regular season. They have two options right now, the
Giants and the Saints. They don't have the Colts. Russell
Wilson the overwhelming favorite to be the first the quarterback
(28:15):
to take the first snap for the Giants in Week one,
and then Tyler Schuck is the favorite to take the
first snap for the New Orleans Saints in Week one.
So I think what we've basically made our picks, LeVar
is gonna go Anthony Richardson. I'll take Daniel Jones, and
because Brady's not here, we'll just give him Curtis Painter
or we can find him if there's anybody else we
want to throw in there.
Speaker 3 (28:36):
He gets whatever's left and he's fine by the way everyone.
Speaker 2 (28:40):
Who is Curtis Painter.
Speaker 3 (28:43):
Look at the topics that we have to discuss, Look
at where we're at in the sports calendar. He'll be
back when things pick up a little bit more. You'll
be back. Look, man, I mean, stop acting like something's
wrong or like y'all so nosy and so nebby, and
(29:05):
he'll be back. So just relaxed.
Speaker 2 (29:08):
Yeah, so stop being stomping so nosy. I'm with you.
Speaker 3 (29:12):
What happened to Brady? Like every single day, y'all people
post about what happened to Brady. I don't even know
who Brady is. Like, we keep throwing this name out
at Brady. If he answers you, you get your answer.
If he doesn't, then you don't get an answer. God Lee,
every single day, where's Brady?
Speaker 4 (29:32):
Like?
Speaker 3 (29:33):
Come on, if he wanted you to know, if you
were one of the you know, I can guarantee you this.
Here's one thing I can guarantee y'all out there who
can continue to type it and who cures Listen, if
he wanted you to know that he was going to
be off, you would have known. If he wanted you
to know why he was off, you would have known.
(29:56):
I know why he's off. Jonas knows why he off.
I could go that the list is longer. I mean,
we know why he's off. So if you got a
problem with it, and you keep one, keep asking about
it at him, and if he doesn't respond, then you
got your answer.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
And it should also be pointed out like for those
that are speculating, and I would say recklessly on social media,
that is it because he pissed hot again or tested
positive for a banned substance here on the show, I'm
not going to say yes. And I'm not going to
say no to any of those rumors. Oh God, like
I just want to.
Speaker 2 (30:36):
I will not go down the.
Speaker 3 (30:38):
Road of they're trying to force you, Jonas, They're trying
to pressure you on your social I want and then
say what I just.
Speaker 2 (30:48):
I won't do it.
Speaker 3 (30:48):
I refuse to.
Speaker 1 (30:49):
It's not going to happen here. And by the way,
I think like people should just focus in on what's
important here. And that was the fact that we stumbled
upon and Drack one of the great show names in
the history.
Speaker 3 (31:04):
So that was going to be one pro Black and Drac.
Speaker 1 (31:08):
One of the great show names in the history of
sports stock radio.
Speaker 2 (31:12):
Black and drack.
Speaker 3 (31:13):
That's gotta be racist. It is a T shirt. A
T shirt.
Speaker 1 (31:18):
Just have LeVar doing the leap and me dressed is
Count Dracula while Levar's attacking me over the line of time.
Speaker 3 (31:27):
I just think we need to both be in black.
That's all. You're black because of being a Dracula. And
you know, obviously you know vampires wear black, dark colors.
I don't know why that is, but that's just how
I see it. That's how you know Count Dracula looked,
you know, the Count from Sesame Street, he wore black
(31:49):
as well. By the way, then I'm black.
Speaker 2 (31:51):
Yeah, you know my.
Speaker 3 (31:52):
Name is black in the title, so I we're black.
Let's just both we're black.
Speaker 1 (31:58):
You know, it's weird, you know's weird about Dracula's fashion
choice going all black. Like, when you wear all black,
it makes you look even more pale. If he would
have thrown on like a white v neck, nobody would
be busting his balls about his complexion. They'd be like, whatever,
he's a little a little lights getting big deal, like
he'll get some little light skin. But because he wears
(32:18):
all black, it really stands out even more. Maybe that's
my problem. I went through my closet probably a week
or so ago, just getting rid of stuff.
Speaker 2 (32:28):
I you know, I don't.
Speaker 1 (32:29):
I don't wear anymore a lot of black. That's just
there's a lot going on there that's all black for
some reason.
Speaker 3 (32:36):
Now, what's the collar about, by the way, Like why
the wild ass collar like looks like a cowboy collar
neck role that I would wear if I was playing football.
That stuff is that for? Like it's not strong enough
to like hold his head like when he goes the
bite necks or whatever. What is the big collar for?
(32:57):
I don't get it.
Speaker 1 (32:58):
Yeah, let me let me pull the someth real quick,
just to get a better understanding here.
Speaker 3 (33:02):
Yeah, I mean, look, there is one Dracula where he's
wearing red too, by the way, and almost like a
pope outfit, you know, and he's got the the hair. Yeah,
it looks like he's like got his face and his
hair makes like a heart shape. There is that one,
but for the most part it's just black. It's like
(33:23):
a black tuxedo with a big ass like cape and
neck roll on it.
Speaker 2 (33:29):
They call it an opera cape.
Speaker 3 (33:31):
An opera opera cake. Did did Dracula come from the opera?
Speaker 1 (33:37):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (33:37):
Not?
Speaker 9 (33:37):
Necessarily, but uh Bela Lugosi, the the actor who played
him was but who made it most famous by wearing it.
But uh, I guess that's been. Operas were big.
Speaker 3 (33:46):
Though, because he would disappear when he take his cape
and like cover his face, like he disappeared like and
turn into like a bat and fly away or something, right,
if I recall it correctly.
Speaker 1 (33:58):
Lorena, can I show you, uh a woman's perspective on this?
Speaker 8 (34:02):
You would?
Speaker 1 (34:02):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (34:04):
Is Dracula good looking?
Speaker 8 (34:06):
Have you seen the newest movie?
Speaker 2 (34:08):
No?
Speaker 8 (34:08):
Oh, my gosh, scariest looking thing I've ever seen. Yeah,
but if you think of like Hotel Transylvania, he's kind
of cute. Okay, not not all vampires are unattractive, isn't
Eddie Monster?
Speaker 4 (34:21):
Like?
Speaker 3 (34:21):
Is he a young like like Frankenstein? Or he's a Dracula? La, Yeah,
that's what I thought. So I thought he's he's got
the like you know, that's what they called that that
v in the front of your head and you're natural.
Speaker 8 (34:37):
They call it that Eddie the Edward you mean with
the shiny skin and that vampire.
Speaker 2 (34:42):
Oh, yeah, that one's cute.
Speaker 3 (34:44):
No, No, I'm talking about your hair. The Eddie Monster
you know he had that big v ind widows peak.
They call it that. Well, we used to call it
the eddie. You got it eddie, and you get made
fun of if you had an eddie battle.
Speaker 2 (35:02):
Literally got the McDonald's arches on your face. You imagine that.
Speaker 9 (35:09):
I found a fun fact about the cape. So in
the novel it does say that the cloak resembles wings.
But in the nineteen twenty fourth stage play of Dracula,
which was the first one in front of audiences, that
cape design served as a practical purpose to let the
actor disappear through a certain trap door on stage.
Speaker 1 (35:26):
Oh nice, somehow, some way, I was hoping it was
something better, like he wore the cave so he could
steal from a liquor store that was near the opera
house or something like that.
Speaker 3 (35:36):
So it is connected to the theater then, you know,
like the opera.
Speaker 2 (35:42):
Congratulations for anybody that's going.
Speaker 3 (35:44):
To move over Phantom of the Opera. Yeah, move on over,
move on over, get your ass bit it is coming.
Speaker 2 (35:51):
That's right, that's right.
Speaker 1 (35:54):
It is two pros and a cup of Joe Here
on Fox Sports Radio featuring Black and Drag Here on
a Tuesday morning. Coming up next, though we do have
some bad news for one franchise in the world of sports.
Speaker 3 (36:06):
That's yours here on FSR.
Speaker 4 (36:08):
Be sure to catch live editions of Two Pros and
a Cup of Joe with Brady Quinn, LeVar Errington, and
Jonas Knox weekdays at six am Eastern, three am Pacific.
Speaker 3 (36:19):
We get kick It's a hard Knock life.
Speaker 2 (36:24):
Two Pros and a Cup of Joe.
Speaker 1 (36:25):
Fox Sports Radio, LaVar Arrington, Jonas Knox with you here
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minutes from now, oldie but a Goodie in the NFL
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Speaker 4 (37:03):
Sometimes you can't get to everything in the world of
sports or entertainment. Good thing, the guys are here to
bring you in case you missed it.
Speaker 2 (37:12):
For that, we turn it over to our executive producer, Lead.
Speaker 9 (37:17):
Lap Good more than everybody.
Speaker 2 (37:19):
Good morning Jonas, Good morning LeVar, guys.
Speaker 9 (37:22):
In case you missed this yesterday, Jets owner Woody Johnson
is making his leap into the Premier League soccer league
there if you will, if that's how it's pronounced. He
is believed to be buying Crystal Palace for an evaluation
of two hundred and fifty four million dollars or one
hundred and ninety pounds million pounds if you do the conversion,
for a forty three percent stake in the In the club.
Speaker 1 (37:44):
Thoughts and prayers to Crystal Palace, I mean, because it's
been so successful. As the owner of the Jets, I mean,
why wouldn't you just dive into something else?
Speaker 2 (37:54):
You know what I mean? That makes sense?
Speaker 1 (37:57):
What do you want to bet that place turns into
a clown, much like the NFL franchise does.
Speaker 2 (38:05):
If you're a Crystal.
Speaker 1 (38:05):
Palace fan, you're like, Oh, Sweden, NFL owner bought forty
three percent of our team. That'll be the worst forty
three percent of the league. I'm will to call my
shot right now.
Speaker 3 (38:16):
I have zero interest in that time. Whenever you guys
are ready to move on, DAP what else got that
wasn't In case you missed it? I want to in
case I missed that one every single time.
Speaker 9 (38:31):
Yeah, okay, yeah, I know they're hoping to compete in
the UFA Europa League next season.
Speaker 3 (38:37):
But we'll see, We'll see.
Speaker 2 (38:38):
How the ownership goes, guys.
Speaker 9 (38:41):
In case you missed this, Rumors are swirling and they
have been for years and years now that Jay Z
might indeed headline next year Super Bowl halftime show. Obviously,
he and Rock Nation have been in charge of what's
been going on for the halftime show for a few
years now in his partnership with the NFL. But uh,
you might finally take that plunge.
Speaker 3 (39:05):
I mean, with all of this stuff that's happened, and
it with the you know and his industry and his
neck of the woods, and it might be a great
uh you know, booster of you know kind of morale
and good will and you know image, What.
Speaker 2 (39:23):
Are you getting at?
Speaker 3 (39:24):
What do you hold though? I mean, a lot of
people was connected him to Ditty. I would assume that,
you know, it just seems like that's an interesting time
and to go get in front of NFL audience, which
is one of the largest audience that you could perform
in front.
Speaker 2 (39:40):
Well, you know, if did he does get off, you know,
get off? Please? Can you please rephrase that?
Speaker 1 (39:51):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (39:51):
If did he has found innocence all charges?
Speaker 3 (39:53):
If that's what that's what I've getting off, you know,
that's enough time to prepare his images. Did he the
situation he's in now because of too much getting.
Speaker 2 (40:03):
Literally stepped on a hard break and it hit him
right in the face.
Speaker 3 (40:07):
Literally came back.
Speaker 1 (40:10):
At least stepped on a shovel and it just broke
the bridge of his nose.
Speaker 3 (40:13):
He walked right and he stepped where's your foot watch
out for that trip wire. But you put the trip
wire there, it's a booby trap.
Speaker 2 (40:30):
So it's a booby trap.
Speaker 1 (40:31):
So what were you saying about? If did he uh
has found innocent?
Speaker 2 (40:36):
Did he's found innocent?
Speaker 9 (40:37):
Gives him enough time to repair his image and make
a feature role at the halftime show.
Speaker 1 (40:42):
I do appreciate the fact that they're late getting this
news out this far in advance, and now I know
what I'm definitely not going to be doing at halftime
of the Super Bowl, So so I know for it.
Speaker 2 (40:52):
For what when was that last hit?
Speaker 3 (40:58):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (40:59):
What do you think about that?
Speaker 1 (41:00):
Are?
Speaker 3 (41:01):
When was his last I mean some say he's the goat.
You know, I was watching Tupac last night. If I'm
talking hip hop, I'm going I'm going Tupac.
Speaker 2 (41:12):
His holograph could come all eyes on me.
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I’m Jay Shetty host of On Purpose the worlds #1 Mental Health podcast and I’m so grateful you found us. I started this podcast 5 years ago to invite you into conversations and workshops that are designed to help make you happier, healthier and more healed. I believe that when you (yes you) feel seen, heard and understood you’re able to deal with relationship struggles, work challenges and life’s ups and downs with more ease and grace. I interview experts, celebrities, thought leaders and athletes so that we can grow our mindset, build better habits and uncover a side of them we’ve never seen before. New episodes every Monday and Friday. Your support means the world to me and I don’t take it for granted — click the follow button and leave a review to help us spread the love with On Purpose. I can’t wait for you to listen to your first or 500th episode!