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October 22, 2025 41 mins

Covino & Rich disagree on modern creativity! 'MIKE'S WORDS OF WISDOM' is live & the Niners may have struck gold with Mac Jones. They talk "system quarterback" & Purdy's value. The word "bet" is back & 'MID WEAK MAJOR' is more exciting than Covino wearing just a Seahawks hat! Plus, Clemens/Pizza incident turns 25 & an NFL team taking a step back! 

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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at DraftKings The Crown is Yours. So we were talking a
lot about nostalgia and how the NBA leaned in hard

(00:45):
last night Roundball Rock Michael Jordan's little sit down with
Mike Turrico, and we talked about the balance quite a
bit about how the NBA balance is it correctly, it's
going to be fantastic. Right If they do a little
bit of nostalgia but really highlight the new stars, we'll
be all good.

Speaker 1 (01:01):
We'll be all good.

Speaker 2 (01:02):
Someone hit us up right before the break and said, yeah,
I don't think people are creative anymore, and I just
think that's a BS thing.

Speaker 1 (01:09):
I think people are more creative than ever.

Speaker 2 (01:10):
You see more funny videos on the daily on TikTok,
then like a Saturday Night Live will ever supply you with.
Everyone's very creative. You see what people do on social media.
Everyone's funny, everyone's creative. It's a competitive world because everyone
has an outlet. I just think creativity isn't necessarily rewarded.
Because if I ask you, what do you think the
biggest grossing movies in the theater and Netflix were over

(01:35):
the last handful of years, and I gave you the
list of them, there's a commonality. Can you tell me
what the commonality is with these movies? Top Gun, Maverick
not original, they're familiarity. But that's just bros. That proves
the other guy's point. Spider Man Barbie, which is just
a concept of a doll that's been around forever, Happy

(01:57):
Gilmour too, Beverly Hills, Cop four, ax lef coming to America.

Speaker 1 (02:04):
That doesn't prove the guy's point.

Speaker 2 (02:05):
It does because it's that work harder, works smarter, not harder,
mentality of just hey, let's regurgitate some stuff because we
know it'll sell tickets. No, it's people that are taking
a chance. There's major movie companies don't want it to
it's chances on things that are original. It's it's not
a matter of lack of creativity, it's a lack of
a movie studio is going to say, Wow, you have
a really cool creative idea about a drama. Yeah, that

(02:28):
might be the dopest script of all time, but we're
gonna go with so. I mean, Beverly Hills copic set's
still creative, but production companies are are not. Don't blame
in it for the money making it seem like people
are less creative.

Speaker 1 (02:42):
That's I think that's ridiculous.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
I think it's just that it's safety in nostalgia, which
proves multiple points we've made people love it.

Speaker 1 (02:50):
Well.

Speaker 2 (02:50):
We'll wrap it up with your phone calls because there's
an in between.

Speaker 1 (02:54):
There's a balance.

Speaker 2 (02:55):
Like Rich said, remember if you're listening on the iHeartRadio app,
tell your friends about the Coveni and Rich show, and
make the iHeartRadio app your number one pre set. I
have a question, and we'll wrap it up with Manny
being Manny. You noil passo, Maney, what's your question? From that,
I'll go to Manny and then I'll then I'll end
with a little deep thought for you.

Speaker 1 (03:11):
What's up, Manny, Manny faces, How are we doing?

Speaker 3 (03:14):
How we doing well? The NBA back in the day
was a bit more fun than it is today now.
I remember the commercials. They had the slogan that they
had celebrities come out like the NBA. It's fantastic. I mean,
come on. They brought John Tesh's theme song back that
was always a banger and back in the day antil today.
The only thing that one of my nephews and I
talk about a lot is, for example, Check and Charles

(03:37):
have this habit of downgrading today's NBA instead of promoting it,
trying to make make the stars shine a little bit more.
They don't play. Oh it's not like we used to be.
Oh it's not they're not.

Speaker 2 (03:49):
We brought that point up, and I'm glad you echoed it.
Manny's true to her, there's a big difference. You know
what Major League Baseball does the opposite when I hear broadcasters.
A great example, Ron Darling did a really great job
with that. Ron Darling on TBS and he's, you know,
on the usual Sny for the Mets. Ron Darling's quick
to say, Yo, I threw ninety two and I had

(04:09):
two pitches. These guys are throwing one hundred and two
and they have four pitches. He's very quick to want
to give props to Yo. These guys could play.

Speaker 1 (04:19):
Except for Jeter. He's like, Betts can't do that jump
step as good as me. Yeah, except angry old dudes
like Derek Jeter. But some great points, Manny, You're not
wrong about that. What was my question for you?

Speaker 2 (04:30):
I don't know, but you did say you had a
question to wrap up the nostalgia, probably about regurgitating old ideas.
Next question, Oh yeah, good, thank you, Hollywood. You very
well could have an Xbox, a PlayStation and Nintendo Switch.
Why do you, Steve Cavino, like to break out your
little handheld device that has every Nintendo game ever loaded?

(04:52):
Because there's something comforting about nostalgia. It's not better. You
think bases loaded is better than mL BE the show
you think you think Baseball Stars and adding original is
more of a financial risk, and you're more guaranteed a
slam dunk with something that's familiar with other people. I'm
just saying, I play the audience wants I play MLB

(05:14):
the show with my kid once in a while now.
And to think of that compared to RBI Baseball, whoa
are we playing? What do we think was good? Trust me,
things are better now. Just the nostalgia really.

Speaker 1 (05:26):
Hit it in the courts. All right.

Speaker 2 (05:28):
So the rest of your thoughts at Covino and Rich
on social media at Fox Sports Radio, and we got
a live chat going on our YouTube page Coveno and
Rich FSR on YouTube. Now, I want you to stick
around because we do Midweek Major every Wednesday, the biggest
stories in sports and pop culture. We decide here on

(05:49):
the show collectively, are these stories mid week or major?
By the way, we might have to rebrand the show
because kids are using different words all the time and
we have to call it like chopped fire.

Speaker 1 (06:03):
Oh, we're changing it. Okay, we're valid.

Speaker 2 (06:06):
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We are shopped cove. I say, we keep it and
we tell the kids what's all right, I'll do that,
So stick around for those stories. But something else we
do every Wednesday is well, we spread the wisdom Rich
Mike's where it's a wisdom.

Speaker 1 (06:28):
It's time for the guy that runs this place.

Speaker 4 (06:30):
Just for clarification, guys, Big Mike does not run this place.
He is not in charge of everything. He has no
power over really anybody here. He does not run this place.

Speaker 1 (06:40):
It's Big Mike's words of wisdom on a Wednesday. Now.

Speaker 2 (06:44):
I have to implore people, if you're not watching on
the YouTube page YouTube dot com slash at Covine on
Rich FSR. I say that because Mike has now decided
he's gonna stick around on Wednesdays, because he doesn't rob
you of seeing of.

Speaker 1 (07:00):
The live experience. Yes, I am a beautiful man, that's right.
And you could see Covino play the pan flute. Yes,
I learned from Zomfir only the best.

Speaker 2 (07:11):
So Mike your words of wisdom live and on the
YouTube chat as we do this, let's go.

Speaker 5 (07:17):
Real piece is choosing not to wreck things when you could.
If you aren't capable of wrecking things, you're not peaceful.
You're just a house plant.

Speaker 2 (07:33):
Oh my goodness, whole lot. If you could repeat that verbatim,
you win. By the way, I don't even think Mike
could repeat that one. The turbo balls are really nice, man,
he got a nice firm grip. We didn't get our
full official inventory, but these are what they look like. Yeah,
well it's going to be different color. But this is
this is the prototyle.

Speaker 1 (07:51):
This is the posto shipment is on the way in
case you won one?

Speaker 2 (07:53):
Are so if you could repeat that word for word,
I just think we have them do it one. Yeah,
not only do you need to do it again. I
didn't even knownderstand that. I was like, I was so
the music and everything. I was like, it's deep, all right,
super deep. A real piece is choosing not to wreck
things when you could. If you aren't capable of wrecking things,

(08:17):
you're not peaceful. You're just a house plant.

Speaker 5 (08:24):
Man.

Speaker 1 (08:24):
Well, I'm sort of blown away by that one.

Speaker 2 (08:26):
Seven all right, nine nine on Fox. Understand it. Deliver
it verbatim and you win.

Speaker 1 (08:34):
I understand that.

Speaker 2 (08:36):
I really don't okay you, but don't repeat it.

Speaker 5 (08:41):
Just basically, in order to be a peaceful person, you
have to be capable of violence. If you're not capable
of violence, you're not a houseful You're just house plant, right,
You're just ineffectual.

Speaker 2 (08:50):
Ah yeah, okay, fair, Yeah, you will understand it on
your deathbedd nice, that's gonna come to you one day.

Speaker 1 (08:58):
Thank you, get it now.

Speaker 2 (08:59):
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get a get out of this, get all over these
bad boys. If you could repeat it verbatim, eight seven
seven ninety nine on Fox eight seven seven ninety nine
on Fox. Let's light them up all right now while
we wait for a winner. In Mike's words, Wiz and
Mike always great, toeing you, thank you, Mike. So you guys,
I don't care what Dann Bayer says. You run this
place to make Yeah, well that means a lot. That

(09:22):
was my understanding when we started here. So Mike runs
this place. Yeah from who?

Speaker 1 (09:26):
Who? Cavino? Who said that?

Speaker 2 (09:27):
Who?

Speaker 1 (09:28):
Yeah? I think it was just curious.

Speaker 4 (09:29):
I'm just curious, out of curiosity, who said that man
right there runs this place? It was the I thought,
So that's what I thought. That's exactly what I thought.

Speaker 1 (09:39):
Well, it certainly wasn't me. Maybe happened in a dream.
I don't no, you told me back then that nobody
told you guys that. It was just kind of implied.
You just thought that. Yeah, Mike was always here.

Speaker 5 (09:51):
It's an easy assumption.

Speaker 1 (09:52):
He was always here. He has his own little office,
and he's way older than all right, he just called you. Why,
oh yeah, where's the wisdom?

Speaker 5 (10:01):
You got?

Speaker 1 (10:02):
Wisdom, Mike, Thank you for running this place, Thanks for
being our friends.

Speaker 3 (10:05):
Thank you.

Speaker 2 (10:05):
All right, now, before we get to midweek major chopped,
before we get a winner on Mike's words of wisdom,
I want to talk about Brock party for a second,
and I promise you I'm not going to go the
typical forty nine or QB conversation that every other JABBRONI has.
Kyle Shanahan, shust I get it. Kyle Shanahan is quarterback friendly.

(10:31):
It's no doubt about it. When you really look back
and you're like, interestingly enough, super handsome. But Jimmy Garoppolo
is not a super Bowl level quarterback. Jimmy Garoppolo really
benefited from being a guy that knew how to play
with Kyle Shanahan. Okay, you saw Trey Lance couldn't really adapt,
but when called Brock, Purty became the guy, the guy

(10:54):
that ended up getting the team to the super Bowl,
multiple deep playoff runs and up getting fifty sixty million dollars. Unfortunately,
turf Toe has got the better or Brock this year
so far. Yet my Niners hit at five and two.
He's one and one, which means four and one for
mac Jones. They play the Texans and then the Giants.

(11:19):
If Purdy's tow continues to irritate and you don't want
to push it, and I know right now he practiced,
but nothing's official. Let's just say mac Jones plays the
next two weeks and the forty nine ers are sitting
at seven and two, six and one with mac Jones.
I'm not a fool. I'm not gonna be like it's

(11:42):
a quarterback controversy. Are they gonna bench party? They're not
gonna bench party if he's ready to go? But what
does that say about Kyle Shanahan? What does it say
about mac Jones? What does it say about anyone? How
do you decipher that? Do you decipher well? Anyone with
an ounce of talent could play under Kyle Shanahan. Do
you interpret it as Jones on the rated the whole time?

Speaker 1 (12:01):
Do it?

Speaker 2 (12:02):
I think that you just have to have that right chemistry.
Do you look at it a kind of quarterback that
could play under that kind of system.

Speaker 1 (12:09):
I think that's why it works.

Speaker 2 (12:10):
Mac Jones then, based on man, if he did play
two more weeks and he was six and one, do
you say mac Jones then definitely deserves a shot to
be a QB in the NFL. Or as they has
also said that he's not trying to take brock Purty's job.
Is brock Purty's job, and he's just trying to do
his best in the metime, a great job. I think
the way you need to look at it is he's
providing a great luxury for no urgency to bring brock

(12:33):
Purty back prematurely, giving him the perfect amount of time
to heal. He's doing his job at the highest level
you could do it. He saw missing Purty and he's
going to recover and hopefully come back and do just
as good, if not better.

Speaker 1 (12:46):
Of a job.

Speaker 2 (12:47):
You saw Sam Darnold with the forty nine ers not
on the field as much as you heard people say.
You know, he could fit in pretty well with Shanahan.
He goes and gets his chance in Minnesota, then goes
gets his deal for Dan Byer Seahawk. Is Sam Darnold
a guy that you know played under Shanahan. And then
you know Minnesota is a very offensive friendly system as well.

Speaker 4 (13:10):
Well, I would say this that they're all kind of
from those same sort of tentacles. So the Seahawks hire
Clint Kubiak, who had worked with Kyle Shanahan and worked
with Sam Darnold, so there was familiarity there. But I
think it's I think you guys are hitting on it.
It's not every quarterback works with Kyle Shanahan. It's the
fact that the offense works so well if you could

(13:33):
just have the quarterback do what he needs to do.

Speaker 2 (13:35):
And I don't want to be disrespectful to brock Perty
and say, hey, why they go waste fifty million dollars
a year on brock Perty when they could have just
had mac Jones, because it doesn't work like that.

Speaker 1 (13:43):
Right, You got to pay your guy when he's there,
especially after you stalked him in that stairwell and told
him you loved him. That is true.

Speaker 4 (13:50):
Also, I also think that the decisions between Trey Lance
and Jimmy Garoppolo were different because remember when Garoppolo was acquired,
one like the first six games with him, right, and
then it was just the one throw that he would
make or not be able to make, or the one
mistake during a game that he would make that you
just had had you scratching your head.

Speaker 2 (14:10):
Then one time, Jimmy, there was always one right, one
decision a.

Speaker 1 (14:13):
Game where you're like, ah.

Speaker 4 (14:15):
And we look at Super Bowl fifty four Emanuel Sanders,
right like, that's that's what we do. Like Trey Lance
just was never gonna work out. And Shannan's talked about
at least recently on why they thought the evaluation was
a certain way. But Garoppolo wasn't as bad as people wanted.
But Party could do, Party could make that throw. But
I don't think he was that different than Jimmy Garoppolo

(14:38):
because I just felt that Garoppolo was actually pretty decent
with the forty nine.

Speaker 2 (14:42):
I always think to dB Dan Bayer is like we
started throwing terms around like system quarterbackground, like they were
a bad thing.

Speaker 1 (14:49):
He's just a system quarterback.

Speaker 2 (14:50):
System When in reality and in retrospect, if you're a
system quarterback and you're able to play in that system
and play effectively, man, look at you. You think that's
a bad thing, like Brock pretty so contract doesn't make
you an adaptable, makes you.

Speaker 1 (15:02):
An adaptable guy.

Speaker 2 (15:03):
I'm able to win under this system, and I think
that it's like, remember how goat used to be a
bad thing and now it stands for the greatest of
all time. We're gonna look back and be like, remember
system A system quarterback was sort of insulting. If you're
able to adapt, you're getting paid. Man, If you're winning us,
all that matters.

Speaker 4 (15:18):
I don't know if it's adaptability, but I don't think
there's anything wrong with it. It's like being typecast. If
you're in a sitcom for ten years. How many actors
would love to have been on a sitcom for ten years?
Granted you're known for the rest of your life and
maybe for your craft. It isn't but there are a
lot of people that would like to be in your spot.
So if you work within that system to your point,
it's not necessarily a bad thing.

Speaker 2 (15:39):
But we looked at it like, yeah, he's not a
Cam Newton of sorts. Yeah, exactly what did he really win?
I mean, great, I'm not trying to take anything away
from him, but you know, if you're that kind of guy,
could you have played.

Speaker 1 (15:49):
In a system?

Speaker 2 (15:50):
I don't know, And it's and what it does though again,
this is no insult to a mac Jones or any
other quarterback that is works in a system. I don't
think that guy necessarily works when free agency hits and
they're like, all right, it's time for me to get paid,
because you need another tentacle, like you said, a guy

(16:13):
that works in a system, like a Shanahan, one of
the disciples of maybe that coaching tree. Because I don't
think a mac Jones could really just go anywhere, no
and be successful.

Speaker 1 (16:23):
Correct, he hasn't. Yeah in New England as free agency
weird sometimes.

Speaker 4 (16:30):
Yeah, not that he had a fair shake at being
the starter in Jacksonville, but he was able to move
on and go to San Francisco.

Speaker 6 (16:36):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (16:36):
So just just an interesting thought that the Niners' biggest
great problems. Yeah, it is like the Niner rock Party,
a lot of room to get better, you know what.

Speaker 1 (16:45):
I wonder if Purdy could go somewhere else and play
as well, because we haven't seen him on another team.

Speaker 2 (16:52):
That was always my thought, damn Byer, and I was
I'm never against the guy getting the money. To me.
It's like, yo, go get your money. But I remember
thinking like, yeah, elite quarterback money when I just wonder,
what are the teams like if if Patrick Mahomes or
Josh Allen were a free agent, every team.

Speaker 1 (17:07):
Would be like me, me, maybe, yeah, Brock Purdy.

Speaker 2 (17:09):
I just wondered if if that had come to it,
would would ten teams be like we want him, we
want him.

Speaker 4 (17:14):
I don't know it was it was the whole negotiation,
Like Danny's right, like he was worth fifty million to
the forty nine ers, but he probably wasn't into the
other thirty teams. Maybe that was the leverage the forty
nine ers had. But even last year when we're ripping
on Dak, I felt that you would take Dak Prescott
over Brock Party, except if you're the San Francisco forty
nine ers and we rip on Dak all the time.

(17:37):
But for how Perty fits, he's worth it to San Francisco.

Speaker 1 (17:41):
You know what it's like.

Speaker 2 (17:41):
It's like any relationship or business partnership, like the person
you're with that makes you so happy. You might realize like, yeah,
other people might not get it, but I get it,
and you're the only one that needs to get it.

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was Sam so much? He fits fit? He works with
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to us, I would say it fits the Coveno on
Rich system like a.

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Speaker 1 (23:21):
Was shopped doing this shop with Danny and I was
saying it smells weird in here. Nice, all right, let's
kick it off.

Speaker 9 (23:29):
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has said that he's standing by
the decision for this year's Super Bowl halftime show.

Speaker 1 (23:34):
With Bad Bunny.

Speaker 9 (23:35):
As you know, several people have expressed their discontent with
you this year's choice for the halftime show, several petitions
being created. They had a counter programmed Super Bowl halftime
show with a conservative group, so during the annual Fall
Owners meeting in New York, at Else explained that the
process of selecting.

Speaker 1 (23:54):
This year's performance was carefully thought through.

Speaker 9 (23:57):
He said that they're not sure they've ever selected an
artist where it didn't have some sort of blowback or criticism,
and it's pretty hard to do when you have literally
millions of people watching the show. So he's confident it's
gonna be a great show. Also said that Bad Bunny
understands the platform that he's on and that there's no
plans for him to be replaced. So either watch Bad
Bunny or go grab some snacks during Super Bowl halftime

(24:17):
midweek or major This is so weak.

Speaker 2 (24:20):
Nice as the story though, the actual outcry everyone being
a big sports baby.

Speaker 1 (24:26):
It's about the decision. Do I like Bad Bunny?

Speaker 3 (24:29):
No?

Speaker 1 (24:30):
Is he American? Yes?

Speaker 2 (24:31):
So shut your face. No one complained when the Stones
did it. Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, thing coldplay, Elton John.
They're not American. This dude's from Puerto Rico. Shut your
pie holes. It doesn't matter if doesn't have to sell
with Oh yeah, there you go. Sixty thousand people signed
a petition for George Strait or some country act. Get

(24:52):
over it. Stop being a bunch of wienies. Bad Bunny's
gonna do it. And last I heard j Lo said,
she's down. We get some fine women on there.

Speaker 1 (24:59):
We'll have fun. Stop crying, it's no big deal. Watch it,
enjoy it, and shut up.

Speaker 2 (25:05):
I never heard people cry so much about fifteen minutes
of their lives.

Speaker 1 (25:09):
Get a life, weenies. This is weak week.

Speaker 2 (25:13):
I'm not a huge bad Mooney fan, but do you
see me, bitch any complaining.

Speaker 1 (25:18):
You know why?

Speaker 2 (25:19):
I now have four months to get Rosetta Stone and
figure it out. Listen, it'll be fun. You might not
understand everything, but hey, roll with it. But you know
it's not true that AI fake banner that was floating
around Kid Rock, Ted Nugent, Travis Trupt, Jason el Dean,
Aaron Lewis.

Speaker 1 (25:37):
There was like that fake that was fake.

Speaker 2 (25:39):
I'm sure people have seen like what might be the
alternative handtime showing.

Speaker 1 (25:42):
Up this stupid petition like that's gonna do anything. It's
like the person that's had the supermarket that's like, can
you sign this? I'm like, no, I don't live here.
What I don't speak English? Hey? Can you can you
sign this? About?

Speaker 3 (25:53):
No?

Speaker 1 (25:53):
I live it? I make something up.

Speaker 2 (25:55):
There was about a chance of Goodell being like, you
know what, we heard the people and we're gonna take
back the honor. The only time there was only one
time listening to the people worked, and that was when
they changed the look of Sonic the Hedgehog.

Speaker 1 (26:07):
At the movie. Yes, remember that story where like he
looked all weird and they said.

Speaker 2 (26:11):
All right, well, well the cracker barrel thing where they
blew cracker rarells've been a big marketing scheme though, Yeah,
so big thank you spot that was you done?

Speaker 1 (26:18):
Are good? Yeah, Josh, thanks us take it away then,
all right.

Speaker 9 (26:23):
Sticking with the some other revelations from the NFL owners meeting,
So they're making some big changes to the Pro Bowl
this year. So in an attempt to make the Pro
Bowl quote more attractive to both players participating and also
the fans, the Pro Bowl will actually move to Tuesday
of Super Bowl Week, taking place at the Moscone Center
in San Francisco, which is where the fan fest, the

(26:45):
NFL fan Fest will be taking place that week. As
you know, the format switched to flag football in twenty
twenty three, and the hopes is to highlight the game
more to pump up flag football, which will be part
of the twenty twenty eight Olympics right here in LA.
So the format will still remain the same with AFC
versus NFC, but the Manning Bros. Will Not be coaching
this year unfortunately. So uh yeah, midweek or major, major

(27:07):
in every way. I'll tell you why.

Speaker 2 (27:10):
On a selfish level, we should be out there broadcasting
mind which means more star power as far as just
stopping by, and we're going to see a great opportunity
to start taking the Pro Bowl more serious, especially since
this an Olympic sport, so they got things to play for.
And I'm really hoping Pete Weber's out there because he's
my favorite Pro Bowl.

Speaker 1 (27:28):
Ok, I get dead different Pro Bowl. Oh well, either
way sounds cool to me.

Speaker 2 (27:32):
I think this is is major.

Speaker 1 (27:35):
You said Tuesday, the week of the Super Bowl.

Speaker 2 (27:37):
Yeah, that means all the media and the press that
get to that host city early. Like you said Tuesday,
is usually a down day, Dan Buyer, is that the
day we usually just go get like a sandwich and
nothing's doing.

Speaker 1 (27:47):
Tuesday's usually media party nights. Yeah, which I remember going
to last year and I was like, no one was there.

Speaker 5 (27:54):
It was lame.

Speaker 1 (27:54):
I saw Rob Parker were like, let's get out of here,
let's get some free wind. So that only two Tuesday.
I think this is great and it'll be fun.

Speaker 2 (28:04):
And you know what, I like to innovate or die
thing right, always got to change if it's not working.

Speaker 1 (28:09):
It wasn't working. Yeah, I think this is a good idea.
By the way, to add.

Speaker 2 (28:13):
At an owner's meeting, what do you think the alpha
dog is of all the NFL owners?

Speaker 1 (28:17):
Robert Kraft, Oh, Jerry Jerry Jones, even at his age,
you think he's still an alpha dog when he walks
in just a little bit. Have they arranged by age?
It's a good question, all right? What else we got? Funny?

Speaker 9 (28:28):
I The organization's Sports Pro and north Star Solutions Group
has compiled a list of the most marketable athletes on
the planet, the whole planet, in a new study, revealing
the one hundred and fifty sports stars with the highest
values to brands worldwide, so topping that list. F one
icon Lewis Hamilton, crediting his big move to partner with

(28:48):
Ferrari earlier this year. Second place Olympian Simone Biles. Other
members in the top ten include the rugby player who's
popular on social media?

Speaker 2 (28:58):
What is it?

Speaker 1 (28:59):
Yona Maher myeah no no sorry?

Speaker 9 (29:04):
Rinding out the top ten, you have Steph Curry number four,
Ronaldo number five, neymar at six, Kaitlyn Clark number seven,
lebron at number eight, Yannis at number nine, and Coco
Goff at number ten. Some other notable numbers on the list.
You have Travis Kelcey rounding out the top fifty page
Beckers thirty eight, and Angel Reset number twenty.

Speaker 1 (29:22):
So the full list you can see online mid week
of major influential what is it?

Speaker 9 (29:26):
It's the most marketable athletes.

Speaker 2 (29:29):
This is a bunk ass list. Bro, Where's Joe hail
Tani not in the top ten? Get out of my face?
Then this is stupid Kenny Powers. You didn't even mention
him chat powers iss get out of here with that.

Speaker 1 (29:42):
I don't like that.

Speaker 2 (29:43):
I'm chat I like it exists, though it's based on sparketability.

Speaker 1 (29:48):
Very mid mid mid.

Speaker 2 (29:51):
Thanks for picking mid, because you guys don't pick mid
in this is totally mid. I'll tell you what, there's
so many big NFL stars too, then don't. I asked
myself who could sell a shoe? Who he could be
in a commercial that you'd laugh out or understand. And
I'll be honest, like some of the names you said,
I'm like, no one cares.

Speaker 1 (30:07):
Remember it's worldwide, that's true. I'm an American, and I
think it's all about me.

Speaker 2 (30:14):
I guess, yeah, but we're entitled to our wrong opinions,
and my wrong opinion says that week that's what week
Guys List Davy told me.

Speaker 1 (30:19):
Ronaldo, I say, okay, yeah, funk. I mean he's on
the list, all right. Next one's fun. Fine.

Speaker 2 (30:25):
The most marketable guy isn't even playing as Michael Jordan.

Speaker 1 (30:28):
He's still the most marketable fine, all right.

Speaker 9 (30:31):
Speaking of the number fifty Top fifty, Travis Kelce and
Patrick Hoholmes new business venture fifteen eighty seven Prime still
going strong, and on this week's New Heights podcast, Chas
and Kelsey revealed that he's making his first visit to
the restaurant, which led to a discussion of Travis Kelcey
revealing his go to order when he's at his own restaurant,

(30:51):
which has a price tag of one hundred and seventy
three dollars in my mind, not that much considering it's
a steakhouse. So for starters, he likes the lobster roll,
hamachi and steakhouse unique twists on cheeseburger and chicken nuggets.
And then for the main course, which I think is
where the money is, is a Japanese a five New
York Strip steak with black truffle butter and a side

(31:13):
of truffle feticini.

Speaker 1 (31:15):
He didn't list his dessert, so that's all we got.
Mid weaker major.

Speaker 2 (31:18):
This is so weak, Like, you know, we're such on
the Kelsey high train that we got to talk about
their stupid order. Get out of here. And I'm not
blaming spot. I understand that's that's a headline. That's a headline,
but we when like what their order is is news.
I think I think the hottest tangle of this story

(31:39):
is the fact that Travis and Taylor appeared at the
restaurant and the few fans that were able to get
in and get a reservation, like it was pretty cool
for them. They were very really they were really famboy
and fangirling like almost like ah like screaming when Travis
and Taylor were there. Very overpriced, but then again, every
steakhouse is overpriced. Now, I just wonder how long it

(32:00):
lasts mid.

Speaker 1 (32:01):
You know why it's mid.

Speaker 2 (32:02):
I guess a lot of celebrities have restaurants and clubs
and you know ventures.

Speaker 1 (32:07):
So all right, thank you, spot appreciated buddy, Thanks pal.

Speaker 4 (32:15):
Now now it's time for dB with the update. A
buyer you know, known as a rich Davis guy, but
somebody is trying to change that. Somebody sliding my d
MS last night. One Steve Covino.

Speaker 1 (32:30):
Sneaky behavior. Don't worry about it. The pictures of.

Speaker 10 (32:36):
Just just let you know, game on between you get
best give me some nice recommendation up dam buyer television
shows and also passing along some NFL uniform information.

Speaker 1 (32:50):
I think you're the only guy. Wow.

Speaker 2 (32:55):
Also send them a picture of you and your pinstripe
tidy weddies.

Speaker 1 (32:59):
I was gonna se for tonight, Yeah, with Aaron Judge
on the butt, nothing but a Seahawks hat on.

Speaker 4 (33:09):
All right, let's get to two real matters here, at
FL Week eight Commanders not gonna have Jayden Daniels quarterback
has been ruled out of their Monday night matchup with
the Chiefs because of a hamstring strain in Kansas City.
Was the last time we saw Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson
on the field until today limited in practice with his
hamstring strain. Panthers have the Bills coming up on Sunday.

(33:31):
Bryce Young didn't practice today quarterback dealing with that high
ankle sprain. Jetsaid coach Aaron Glenn when name is starting
quarterback for the eight Week eight game in Cincinnati. Quarterback
trot Taylor considered day today with knee injury. Brock Party limited.
Michael Pennix Junior the Falcons limited, as was Baker Mayfield
of the Buccaneers in practice limited today. Remember on Sunday
when Sean Payton of the Broncos said this after their

(33:53):
win against the Giants and trying to compliment Jackson Dart.

Speaker 11 (33:56):
You know they found a little spark with that quarterback.
I was talking to John Mayor not too long ago,
and I said, we were hoping that that change would
have happened long long after our game.

Speaker 4 (34:06):
So Russell Wilson heard that yesterday responded with his post
on X calling the comments class List also had a
bounty gate dig in there as well well. Peyton responded
to Russell Wilson's post today.

Speaker 11 (34:19):
That was strictly about dark That was in no way,
shape or form anything that was directed at Russ, So
that wasn't any intention at all.

Speaker 4 (34:28):
I also said he could understand maybe why Russ took
it a certain way, but it wasn't meant to be that.
San Francisco Giants have officially hired Tony Vittello as their manager.
He leaves the University of Tennessee and becomes the first
college coach to be an MLB skipper with no previous
pro baseball coaching experience.

Speaker 1 (34:44):
And Karl Anthony Towns.

Speaker 4 (34:45):
Is active tonight and set to make the starting lineup
for the Knicks as they opened the season against the Calves.
Coming up at the top of the hour. He was
a game time decision because of a quad issue. Guys,
back to you.

Speaker 1 (34:56):
Thanks dB.

Speaker 2 (34:57):
You know Stan, every time you compliment someone in sports,
the reality is we forget you are insulting someone else.
If you talk about a football team, you're like, yeah,
they're great.

Speaker 1 (35:06):
Man, but uh man.

Speaker 2 (35:07):
The secondary you're pretty much saying like or when a
team says we got to improve, they're really telling certain
people in the team like, you're just not as good
as we need you to be. Like if you were
to say a baseball team like, man, maybe they would
have went way further. The bullpen, you know, I got
cleaned that up. Clean that up means like anyone that's
in the bullpen should take that as.

Speaker 1 (35:27):
You're not good enough.

Speaker 2 (35:28):
That's the same line of thinking of for every time
you say yes to something, you're saying no to something else.
If you're talking about your escapades of the early two
thousands and how fun they were, you're basically telling your
current wife that is not that exciting. Now, yeah, I agree, Yeah,
but it's just really interesting because you're right. When you
compliment some new young player, you're pretty much saying who

(35:51):
was there before wasn't cutting it, And it's it can
only be insulting.

Speaker 1 (35:54):
But it's just life, right, That's just how it is.

Speaker 2 (35:57):
It's how the other person interprets it, you know, because
really you're just trying to pay compliment. No, true, true, Well,
I got a thought about an NFL team that is
sort of not getting away with it. But there's a
team that took a major step backwards and it's only
going to get worse. And I'll explain and tell you
what this team is, who they are. Who are you next?

(36:17):
Right here on Covino Rich. Yeah, welcome back to the show,
The Showgram Covino and Rich live from Fox Sports Radio Studio.
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(36:39):
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Speaker 1 (36:44):
Hey Rich.

Speaker 2 (36:44):
Earlier in the show, Covino and Rich FSR, we gave
you our sort of path through talk radio. We talked
about maxim Radio. Yeah, we ended up on TV at
SNY in New York for a while. We had a
great time there s n Y. I posted a few
hours ago that today's the twenty fifth anniversary of what

(37:06):
legendary World Series moment in two thousand disgusting because it
was the year the Mets lost to the Yankees. Can
I guess met Yankees memorable memorable moment in there?

Speaker 1 (37:23):
Yeah, two thousand.

Speaker 2 (37:25):
Twenty five years ago? Today was it when Clemens threw
the bat at Piazza. Yeah, twenty five years ago today, Clemens, Piazza,
Clemens all he fired oddly enough. You would think as
a Mets fan, I was like, totally team Piazza. I
mean I was because I'm a Mets fan, but I
get the reaction from Clemens. The bat came right back
and he threw it. But I don't think he threw
it at Piazza. He was doing adrenaline moment, I think, right.

(37:47):
I don't know, but it was wild to see though.

Speaker 1 (37:49):
Ooh would have been crazier if that shard like stuck in.

Speaker 2 (37:53):
Imagine it stuck at Piazza's leg and he was like, oh, now.

Speaker 1 (37:57):
You're talking about a moment. But yeah, no, Yankee Yankees
embarrassed my Mets. And you know what it was.

Speaker 2 (38:03):
You know, it was all based on Game one. I mean,
not that anyone cares. Twenty five years later, for Game one,
Mets had the game. Bad base running blew one run
for the Mets. A Mets runner, Timo Perez, lolly gagged
from second to score because he thought a ball went
over the fence and it didn't, so he slowed down

(38:24):
got thrown out at home game went to extras. The
Mets very well should have won that game in nine innings,
so set the tone. I believe the Yankees won four
games to one, embarrassing. I believe you're right. Yeah, so
real quick, right quick, all those games like one or
two running games, you guys, just the Yankees just out
just found the way to win in the Mets, Clinn,

(38:45):
it was anti climactic about the whole thing is our
whole childhood growing up on the East Coast. We had
this fantasy of a subway series, like, oh my god,
imagine subway series, and it was sort of just eh,
it was.

Speaker 5 (38:56):
It was.

Speaker 1 (38:57):
It was one of your least exciting world too.

Speaker 2 (39:00):
Yeah, like there should have been more of a battle
of those Yankees dynasty teams.

Speaker 1 (39:04):
It was the worst one.

Speaker 2 (39:05):
They were like an eighty eight win team they really
want as good that year, but the Mets were better
than them.

Speaker 1 (39:10):
But the Yankees were in their head, I guess Yankees
better than the Mets.

Speaker 2 (39:13):
Well, okay, now was twenty five years ago for a
time stamp, and the World Series begins on Friday. But
real quick, tomorrow's Thursday, and Thursday is the new Friday,
and we do old school and fifty hits. So definitely
join us Manyana as we reminisce some more and throw
it back and do it every Thursday and we get
you involved. Well, I teased, what NFL team has taken

(39:35):
such a huge step back and no one's really noticing
or taken taking up taking this up with them. Okay,
there's a team that took a major step back and
it's only going to get worse when I do a
little schedule watching. Okay, if you do a little Rich
Davis schedule watching.

Speaker 6 (39:51):
Oh, the rich loves to look at the schedule, game
schedule watching.

Speaker 2 (39:58):
Yeah, what team I don't know outperformed everyone in the
postseason and made it all the way to the NFC
Championship Game. Who was your big surprise team last year
in the NFC? I see Manzi malving it Your Washington Commanders.

Speaker 1 (40:18):
They have taken a step back, Washington commander.

Speaker 2 (40:21):
Well, their fan base had something really to be excited about.
Mclaurin's been hurt, Jaden Daniels been banged up. They're three
and four like sort of just hanging on. They're like,
you know there, they don't even I don't even feel
like they got the vibe in the momentum of the
Giants who are two and five.

Speaker 1 (40:37):
It's on that chunky soup Jaydon Daniels as injuries, it's
a lot of injuries, Danny g.

Speaker 2 (40:42):
But I'm saying, what a franchise and an organization finally
gets really great momentum for their fans, right like right
now with the Mariners did in baseball with Cal Rowley
and everything. Imagine next year the Mariners are under five
hundred and be like, oh, but we were just good.
The Commanders, I just hope for their fan base it
wasn't a one off and they could healthy get that

(41:05):
team back on track. And that based on what you said,
it does get any easier. Let me let me schedule.
Watch right now, they're three and four right without Jaden
Daniels and McLaurin banged up. Still they play the Chiefs,
Seahawks and Lions. You're losing at least two of those games.
You're gonna be four and six. After ten, you got
a good chance of losing all.

Speaker 1 (41:24):
I mean, you might be.

Speaker 2 (41:24):
Three and seven, to be honest. So shout outs to
the Commanders fans. I apologize. It just a rough road ahead.
You can't do it every year. It's the NFL parody.
We'll see you guys Manyana. Until then, goodbye guys.
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