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C&R dive into Daniel Jones being named Colts starter! There's some "QB battles" where the guys say it's delaying the inevitable. Jaxson Dart enters the chat. More on potential MLB realignment & Bryce Harper's wood gets airtime. They debate if the preseason is useless. CROCS meet the NFL! Plus, 'SHOWTIME MAHOMES TRIVIA' brings the laughter, & is Bowers a quitter? 

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Speaker 1 (00:02):
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FSR based off the hot story of the day, Doctor Jones.

(00:26):
Daniel Jones, you call him doctor Jones, Lady. He'll be
starting for the Colts of Indianapolis. Anthony Richardson. I mean
we can't say that's a failed experiment already. I mean,
the guys, well you know, he's a young man, would
be that they're making a strong decision, unless, of course,
his pinky is that injured. But you heard good things

(00:47):
about Daniel Jones all off season.

Speaker 2 (00:49):
They've been hyping them up. At least that's the vibe
I was getting. So Daniel Jones playing good. They've been
going at it, competing for the job all off season.
Anthony Richardson hurts his panky in the first preseason.

Speaker 1 (01:01):
Game, and now is Daniel Jones? Is it just exhibit
B that the Giants ruined? People say Quon and now
Daniel Jones.

Speaker 2 (01:09):
See again, this is just going off of something I
saw on social media recently. I think he was like
twenty four and forty four, But don't quote me, cause
again I got it from a meme or something. Twenty
four and forty four as a starter with the Giants.
And yeah, that does answer the question. That doesn't mean
he's gonna stink as bad with the Colts, but we
sort of know what he's gonna give you, dude, I

(01:31):
hope he turns it around too.

Speaker 1 (01:32):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:32):
True, you never know, but you kind of know what
he brings. I always thought he was better than what
we got.

Speaker 1 (01:38):
You have this belief that he lost his bojo when
he fell on his face during that wide open, like
eighty yard run. Yeah, it's like when Joey Bats got
punched in the face. It's too embarrassing to recover from
the butt fumble. Mark Sanchez. Just some things you can't
really just shake. And when's the last time you saw
that highlight? It's pretty embarrassing. You're right, Cove twenty four
and forty four and one.

Speaker 2 (01:58):
Twenty four, forty four and one that was off the
top of the dome right there. So he gets the
starting job. Yesterday it was announced that Flacco gets the
starting job. Guys over forty years old. He gets the
job over Sanders and Dylan Gabriel. And my first instinct is, man,
what boring decisions? But I get it, Like Big Mike

(02:20):
runs this place, says, who, I credit them for making
a smart decision. I applaud the decision because they're going
with the veteran here, But don't you want to let
the young guy developers that letting them fall in their face?

Speaker 1 (02:33):
Well, you know, it's interesting because I, in my big
noggin have labeled this conversation counterproductive quarterbacks, because there's a
sense of teams that look like they're gonna go with someone,
but deep down inside that oll the Jersey Sung used

(02:54):
to like deep down inside, deep deep down inside, deep
deep down inside, you know, and des to pump their
fist to that. That's an old club, jam bro. There's
something I cate to say counterproductive, but it's sort of true. Well,
it's uneventful.

Speaker 2 (03:07):
I promise you that it might be safe and the
best decision, but it's a boring decision.

Speaker 1 (03:12):
The best example hasn't even been given yet, So I'll
give it right now and I'll give you the three
headed monster of boring, counterproductive quarterbacks, Joey Flacco, Daniel you
call him Doctor Jones, and Russell Wilson, and I say
the Ross one because he's a veteran. You're paying, by
the way, two former Super Bowl champions, So i'd say

(03:35):
that respectfully, but two former champions past their prime. If
New York Football Giants brass management coaching staff really believes
in Jackson Dart and really has seen everything they need
to see, apparently at camp and in a few touches
he's gotten the preseason like Jackson Dart as advertised, according

(03:56):
to what Giants officials and front office people are saying. Right,
So if that's the case, what if Russ goes five
and one in the first six games and like surprises
everyone is that sort of like, oh man, we weren't
expecting that. I'm not saying the Giants are expecting to lose,

(04:17):
But when you really think about it, honestly, Giants fans
and most people are thinking they'll probably play five hundred
football or worse, and then eventually Jackson Dart will get
his chance. That's what I mean.

Speaker 2 (04:32):
I'm not saying these are bad decisions right, these are
the veterans. You're in good hands. You know what you're
gonna get. No, get, I got the fair You're unexciting decisions. No,
you're doing You're delaying the inevitable. That's what I've been trying.
You're delaying the inevitable. Now you figured it out.

Speaker 1 (04:48):
Because the inevitable is that Brian Dable and that whole
front office loves Jackson Dart. How long of a placeholder
Russell Wilson is. I guess that's sort of up to
how the Giants play around him and how he does.
Same with Cleveland. I mean, while he is a super
Bowl champion, that was gonna be twelve plus years ago.
Now Joe Flacco is not the future of a team.

(05:11):
So again, you're delaying the inevitable because he's your best
option right now.

Speaker 2 (05:15):
Well, it makes me wonder how unready are the Anthony
Richardsons again hurt pinky injury. Yeah, how unready are the
Dylan Gabriel should or Sanders, the Jackson Darts If these
guys are getting the nod. And again, just as a fan,
just as a fan outside looking in, I feel like
it's uneventful and boring because it doesn't make me want

(05:35):
to watch. You know what makes me want to watch?
Should Sanders ye not flock oh again, respectfully had a
great career.

Speaker 1 (05:40):
Like think about it, just even in.

Speaker 2 (05:42):
Our position everyday life, how boring would it have been
if they gave this time slot to some old radio veteran,
some old guy with a mustache. No offense to old
guys with mustaches, but wouldn't that have been a boring decision?
They're like, you know what, Fox Sports Radio, We're gonna
take a chance on these young hotshots. They've been in
the game for a minute. Let's give them a shot.
Isn't that more exciting? Hey, see what they could do,

(06:03):
See what they could bring. Maybe they could shake things
up instead of.

Speaker 1 (06:07):
Like some old guy who's gonna talk you know, boring
old school sports all day. It's it's what you feel
sometimes with coaching changes in sports, where it's just a
boring decision. You want your team to make a hardball decision.
You want them to make a ooh, let's go after
Sean Payton or you know, there's gonna be a team
that takes a chance on Gruden soon, right, whether it's

(06:28):
college or pros. You want that it's excitement. What usually
is an exciting is unfortunately even though they deserve it,
promoting a coordinator within right, right, It's like, okay, anyone
else We always do too.

Speaker 2 (06:42):
Because I wrote this down based on Daniel Jones, flock Owen,
Wilson getting the starts, getting the nod props to the
older guys.

Speaker 1 (06:49):
I'm always rooting for the older guys. I am, I am.

Speaker 2 (06:52):
But something we always do is we make people make
a decision like, Hey, is this uneventful or do you
applaud the decision? It could be both, and that's something
we always need to keep in mind. Why do we
need to choose it's both it's uneventful, But I applay
out the teams for sticking with their vets I do,
and then letting them put the future in their hands.

(07:14):
You already said it about Wilson. He's only there for
as long as he performs. He's thirty six years old,
He's got the same game left. Do you think Russ
in the back of his mind knows that a large
part of that fan base, and maybe subconsciously management's like,
we're just sort of biding time. We'll give Russ a chance.
I mean we're paying. I mean, he's the.

Speaker 1 (07:34):
Veteran, but Jackson Darts, what we're going to be in
like two years from now, is that that's got to
be in the brain, right, It's got to be in
the brain.

Speaker 2 (07:42):
And remember, ratings are part of the game. This is entertainment.
It's sports, his competition, but it's also ratings and entertainment.
People want to see Jackson Dart, people want to see Richardson,
people want to see Shader Sanders. Those things play a factor,
and we're not getting that. It disappointed. Everyone ends up with.

Speaker 1 (08:01):
The quote dream girl or a honky dude, Danny g
No offense of your Raiders, Gino could put up numbers
and you guys can maybe make a run at the playoffs.
That would be the goal, right for the Raiders to
make the postseason?

Speaker 3 (08:13):
Oh yeah, I mean your lips to God's ears.

Speaker 1 (08:16):
I mean, realistically, though, Danny, you're you're a you know
as much football as anyone I know. I don't think
the Raiders, deep down inside of like Gino Smith, gonna
get us to the Super Bowl.

Speaker 3 (08:25):
No, their offense is going to score a lot of points.
Their defense still has a lot of holes, so they
have a lot of work to do to make the playoffs.

Speaker 1 (08:32):
And I think perception wise, it's it's really us that
is to blame sometimes as far as what we perceive
is exciting or not new versus old. And I'm curious
with Dan Bayer things. But let me give you two
other You might think these are trash examples, but when
you move a middle reliever to the rotation, there's a
party that's like, he's not a starter. He may very

(08:53):
well be a starter, but I still question Clay Holmes
as a Mets fan, like is he a starter?

Speaker 4 (08:58):
No?

Speaker 1 (08:59):
Takes a minute. And I'll give you the dumbest example.
If you grew up watching wrestling, when they broke up
a tag team and one of those guys became like
a singles wrestler, I was always like, he's a lame
tag team guy other than Sean Michaels, who made a
name for himself, that's but it was like the British Bulldog.
I'm like, he's just one of two of them. Is
he really look good at here? You're not selling me

(09:20):
on the British Bulldog? Even Brett Hard, I'm like, he's
part of the Hard foundation. Don't make it sound like
he's the guy. He's a lame tag team guy. And again,
will they be more productive? Probably? Maybe. So.

Speaker 2 (09:31):
Again I'm not mad at their decision. I'm just disappointed
because it's uneventful.

Speaker 1 (09:38):
Dan Beyer counterproductive. The right move when you see some
of the I guess you'd say less sexy names get
in the NOD. Do you get it? Obviously you get it,
But what are your thoughts?

Speaker 5 (09:49):
It's funny because you were bringing up examples and I'll
give you kind of a wacky niche one if you will. Yeah,
when a guy in the NBA is a great sixth man,
that he's so good that you won't put him in
the starting lineup because he's a sixth man, Like there's
the sixth best player on the team. That okay, maybe
he's inserted in the starting lineup because somebody is hurt,

(10:10):
but somebody who so excels in that role of coming
off the bench.

Speaker 1 (10:14):
It's kind of a all.

Speaker 5 (10:15):
Right, this is probably our third best player, but he's
just so good in this spot, we got to keep
him in this spot.

Speaker 1 (10:21):
Yeah, you have to instinctively be like, do I put
him in the starting five? Yes?

Speaker 5 (10:24):
Yes, but there's so like when you were talking about
the moving from the middle reliever to a starter, I
kind of thought about the NBA. I find the Flacco
story just amazing, but it's also shows on how the
Browns have been awful in dealing with their quarterback situation.
I know the Giants are probably Jackson darts team at

(10:44):
some point this season, but Brian Dable and then we're
trying to save their jobs. And if you start out
zero to four because their rookies making mistakes, you'll likely
lose it.

Speaker 1 (10:53):
If you can win a couple of games and then transition.
So David wants to be able to stick around once
the transition happens. Yeah, he may not make it that far.
If if they.

Speaker 5 (11:03):
You know, it's save John Hardball's job in Baltimore, the
flacoat speaking of Flacco with Lamar Jackson, he was thought
to maybe be on his way out. They put Lamar
in mid season and then all of a sudden, the
rest is history. But you kind of have to attach
yourself to the young guy. But I don't think they
feel comfortable enough doing it in week one.

Speaker 2 (11:21):
You think there's a part of Flaco, honestly, who excelled
coming off the bench. He'd come up and lighted up
for a while, like, man, he's still got some game.
You think there's a part of him. I was like,
I kind of liked that role at this stage of
the game. I wish these dudes would have stepped it
up and won the starting job so I could have
sat back and relaxed, like the Payday, because he was
still good in those short spurts, like still impressive, and

(11:43):
maybe that's deep down what he wanted. But then again,
the competitive nature I'm sure to be starting everyone, it
is amazing, Dan Bayer, I can't deny that, but it
is less exciting. That's how I feel about it. I
give him all the props in the world. Like I said,
I know I'm speaking out of both sides, like double
talking Dicky here, he's forty years old and he's starting.

(12:04):
I gotta tip my hat to that, But that doesn't
mean it excites me.

Speaker 3 (12:09):
Last season, Flacco played eight games through for over seventeen
hundred yards, twelve TD seven picks.

Speaker 1 (12:16):
Twelve P seven picks.

Speaker 2 (12:17):
Yeah, so he throws a lot of interceptions. He did
at the end, I remember. So it's three stories. They
all have a similar sort of feel about them. There's
someone younger, but are they better behind them? Russell Wilson
over Dart, Daniel Jones over Richardson and Flacco over well
multiple quarterbacks?

Speaker 3 (12:37):
Can I, can I?

Speaker 5 (12:38):
And can I just quick give you guys some trivia
because it's gonna Do you know the teams that Joe
Flacco played between the Ravens and Browns? Stints to remember
the teams they.

Speaker 1 (12:48):
Throw the Jets in there throw who.

Speaker 5 (12:54):
There were a feeling so answering my question because he
played a season for the Broncos and I don't I
said yesterday, I don't remember anything from it.

Speaker 3 (13:02):
It was twenty nineteen.

Speaker 5 (13:04):
Wow, And so to that point, I think I would
be saying the same thing Cavino was in twenty nineteen,
being like the Broncos starting Joe Flacco doesn't interest me.
But forty year old Joe Flacco with the brown six
years later, to me, is really in it.

Speaker 1 (13:19):
There is something that I said.

Speaker 2 (13:20):
It goes to show you how unready and unprepared these
younger guys are if he's starting at this stage, so
it really shows you how bad they might be.

Speaker 1 (13:32):
In the quarterback situation. Did you see that funny clip
it was? It was Floco with Shador and some of
the young players. There's some hip hop song playing at
the stadium. I think Shador said something like, yo, you
get down to this, and Joe Flacco said something like,
I don't get down to anything.

Speaker 3 (13:48):
Yeah. Yeah, he asked him about a dance move.

Speaker 1 (13:50):
Yeah, I like that.

Speaker 3 (13:50):
I don't dance a practice.

Speaker 1 (13:52):
I don't get down to anything. So I mean you
gotta there. Like Dan Byder said, there is something when
you look at it, like forty year old dude out
playing these young twenty seven year old studs enough to
get the starting NOD week one. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (14:07):
Yeah, you want to give credit to that, like that
is amazing. It really is. It really really is, And
I'd love to see him light it up. But you're
not tuning in for that. You're just not you know what.
I'gg and props. I happen to be driving around last night.
I usually don't drive around at nights because it was rare.
I heard our palace Jason Smith and Mike Harmon here
on the network.

Speaker 3 (14:27):
And they're not your pals. You don't even know the
difference between the two guys.

Speaker 1 (14:30):
Harmon hat That's the way Kavino remembers Harmon always wears
a hat and Smith's sleeves. Smith's. Smith sometimes wears yeah, yeah,
oh yeah.

Speaker 3 (14:37):
There's been a couple of times where they're like, wait,
which one is Witch?

Speaker 2 (14:39):
By the way, I have a formula to remember who's who,
and they're both great dudes, but I do that just
to not mess and I still mess it up.

Speaker 1 (14:46):
That's at the holiday party. He's like, Jason, it's Mike.

Speaker 2 (14:49):
I felt like, I feel like they think I'm the
dumbest guy that ever walked the earth because I say
the wrong name every time.

Speaker 3 (14:55):
Don't worry.

Speaker 5 (14:56):
I talked to Mike and he goes, I know Rich
is the good looking one, so that's what That's what
my said.

Speaker 1 (15:00):
Kid, totally totally kidding. And then he said and he
said Rich is the Latino one. Right, I'm glad I
missed him up. But no, I heard them last night,
and uh, you're r p L. Jason Smith said, or
was it Mike Harmon? I'll never know that Harmon had.
He believes I wasn't watching. I only watched our YouTube feed.

(15:23):
He he believes that if there was a prop bet
that the Browns will start all five of the guys
this year, and he has an order in which he
said he's like, it's gonna start flaccoh yeah, obviously, then
can he picket? And he said Gabriel, then Chador and
and then there was like I think there might have
been a fifth in there too. And he's convinced that

(15:44):
it's a prop bet he wants to make happen.

Speaker 2 (15:47):
That's crazy. If that happens, that would be insane. So
again you said start not playing start wow. So again
they don't have a similar vibe about him. So we
posed a question. The answer could be both. But is
this just uneventful or do you applaud the decision of
going with the veterans in these three cases? Cove eight

(16:08):
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Speaker 1 (16:11):
I don't want to. I don't want to crutch on
comparing everything to relationships, but I do that because I
genuinely feel like sports, relationships, friendships, marriage, all these things.
You know what, it's like pretty commonalities. Can I give
you one because I thought of it. It's like your
buddy who's on the fence with is like his uh,
his old lady. As people say, yeah, hey, my old lady.

(16:32):
The spark is gone and she's just the sort of
nightmare to deal with. And there's a younger woman who
seems so perfect for him, and he's all excited and
she brought out all the best qualities of your buddy,
and you're rooting for your buddy to go for the
exciting storyline of dude, new life, new chick.

Speaker 2 (16:51):
She brings out the best in you think of the potential.
And then he's like, nah, I feel safe for going
with my old lady.

Speaker 1 (16:57):
I don't want to lose half of my forward. I'm
gonna go back of the old option. You're like, ah,
borring dude. Come on. My equally dumb analogy was when
you have a quarterback that's like, you know, when you're
dating and you're like, I'm not going to marry this girl.
She's really nice, we have a good time, we're dating,
but I just can't see myself marrying this girl. NFL
teams have to deal with that quite a bit when

(17:19):
unless you have your franchise guy, or you're saying, well,
they are ready to marry dart and ready to marry
I don't think anyone's right. No, you don't think so.
I mean they made big moves to get these guys.
The only way you can tell the team's ready to
marry quote marry one of these guys is when they're
getting paid fifty million dollar fifty plus million dollars a
year for multiple years. So fair enough. I think we'll
get there.

Speaker 3 (17:39):
But and you don't want to throw them in there
too soon because confidence is such a big part of
especially the quarterback position. If they take too many sacks
too early on, and we always hear speed of the game,
that's a big thing. They need to get acclimated to
the quarterback position in the National Football League.

Speaker 2 (17:57):
And by the way, we're not to know it all
is that nowhere everything. If you're a fan of the Giants,
the Colts or the Browns and you're pumped about these decisions,
like dude, I'm ready, man, I think you're underestimate. I
would love to hear it because to me, I get
excited about matchups and and and watching particular games. These
are not teams that I care about at all because

(18:19):
of these.

Speaker 1 (18:20):
Of those teams, because the AFC South is so suspect,
the Colts could very well make some noise down is Jacksonville.
I think we see a better stinner Angel Jones, But
I don't think we see like a Pro Bowl performance.
I think he's going to be better with the Colts
than he was with the Giants. I'm rooting for all
of them. No one's hating on these guys. I'm not hating.
I'm just stating.

Speaker 2 (18:43):
We don't want to be right right, Sam, Iowa Sam
on the ones and twos, he's on that what were
they playing in this like a trinitron, like a Triton?

Speaker 1 (18:52):
Was it a triton? Danny G? What are they rocking
back in the day keyboard? Yeah, we got Iowa Sam
on the triton keyboard on the one and two. You
said that viral clip, what is it maybe two or
three years ago where this a nerdy kid in the
school gymnasium and he starts playing this on a piano
and the place.

Speaker 3 (19:08):
Goes starts out very theatrical, and then it gets into this.

Speaker 2 (19:12):
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Speaker 1 (19:38):
Yeah, having a lot of fun and we'll say what's
up to Doug and Maryland that before we get into
more football. I have one baseball thought. I mean, we
do have less than forty games. Pennant Races are getting
tit Doug in Maryland? What's up buddy? Hey Doug?

Speaker 6 (19:50):
Hey guys, Hey, I was telling Danny, you know, every
year there's a surprise, and who's it gonna be this year?
Is he gonna be Jacksonville with their seventy or field
goal kicker, or you know, in a resurgence from from
from from Lawrence, is it going to be you know,
I'm not saying it's going to be the Giants, but
I think Jackson Dart is one of those guys you

(20:10):
might want to watch out for if if Russell gets hurt,
because he's going to be a promising quarterback in the NFL.

Speaker 1 (20:17):
They like all the tools already that he has in
the Oles, but they also have to acknowledge the fact
that they paid Russell Wilson a lot of money. Yeah,
that's true, but I mean Russell Wilson was the recipient
of a chance when they had paid Matt Flynn. I
believe in Seattle. So sometimes, Hey, it happens interestingly enough
when you when you think about Jackson Dart like he

(20:40):
will be the first name that's being chanted in a
crowd somewhere when someone Russell Wilson struggles just a little bit.
His leashes, as they say, so short in this scenario,
and he brought up Jacksonville, Danny j. Have you seen
the memes where it's like, oh, look, Trevor Lawrence needs
to get one first down in thereon Fie'll go range. Yeah,

(21:01):
so hey, you know what, I'm sure there's gonna be
people that pick him up way too early in fantasy football,
that kicker little on uh Jacksonville. Yeah, it'll be fun.

Speaker 2 (21:11):
Now we'll wrap up with your phone calls at eight seven,
seven ninety nine on Fox. But we got to talk
a little preseason football too and show Time a Home
of Trivia coming up.

Speaker 1 (21:20):
Yeah, I said I had the baseball thought. I want
to get props to stephen Nesbitt of the athletic You
know when Rob Manfred went over the possible realignment and expansion.
He just mentioned it at the Little League Classic and
everyone everyone ran with it on social media.

Speaker 2 (21:37):
People people you know, there were there were all going
to be a team in Nashville. There's gonna be a
team in Carolina, maybe Vegas. Man, well, there will be
in Vegae, Well, there will be.

Speaker 1 (21:46):
But there was a there was a lot of speculation
of alignment where like Yankees, Mets and Red Sox and
Phillies in the same division and no more National League
in American League. And you guys all saw those graphics
of the proposed division. Well, I want to get props
to against Stephen Nesbitt of The Athletic he presented what
I think looks like by far, the best attempt at

(22:10):
realignment if Baseball were to do this, if you add
two teams in the mix, If you add two teams
in the mix, that would give you thirty two Major
League Baseball teams. He's broken it down much like football,
where instead of East, Central, and West, you got East, North, South,
and West. Each division four teams, four divisions in the

(22:33):
AL four in the NL, and you'd have four division
winners and two wild cards and the only real changes
I see he move like the Rays to the NL South.
But for the most part this guy's proposed division alignment,
we'd be like al least Yankees, Red Sox, Blue Jays Orioles.
You lose the Rays to another division, or like the

(22:55):
Central in the NL is now the North, the Cubs,
the Cardinal, Brewers, and Reds.

Speaker 2 (23:02):
You know, well, the rumors yesterday had the Yankees and
Mets in the same division, because again what Manford said
was for geographical reasons and better TV. If you had
the Cubs and the White Sox in the same division,
you'd have to cancel out interleague play. That would be
the only way that works with this alignment that you're

(23:22):
talking about. You could still have inner league play.

Speaker 1 (23:24):
Keeps it traditional enough, Like Danny, this guy's alignment has
the NL West, Dodgers, Padres, Giants, Diamondbacks. You lose the
Rockies to a new ale South division. There's a few
of the smaller market teams that've sort of rotated around,
but they've kept the traditional rivalries alive. So props with that, dude,
Because but.

Speaker 2 (23:42):
Again that's a really big announcement and again made sort
of in a passing way. At the Little League Classic,
because it would change rivalries as we know them, baseball
history as we know it. We grew up knowing these
rivalries and these divisions. You're really changing the future of
baseball if and when you make that decision. It's a

(24:04):
big risk, but it could be a fun one. And
we mentioned yesterday, so I don't want to repeat it.
But baseball is at that moment now where if they
were playing pressure luck or deal or no deal, there
comes a point where the decisions you made up to
this point, Yo, you're winning. You're winning the bigger bases,
the phantom runner on second, the quicker games, pitchclock, these

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are all wins litterally classic, like the Field of Dreams game.
Everything's going Ratings up, attendance up. Be careful with the
expansion of the divisions. You have not upset enough people.
We've talked about how you can't press your luck too much.

Speaker 3 (24:42):
Don't forget For a possible expansion, the city of Sacramento
would like to stay in the mix because they're going
to lose the A's to Vegas and they want to
keep pro baseball in Sacramento.

Speaker 1 (24:51):
They've talked about, like in this proposal, there's the AL
West would be the Angels, the Mariners, the Vegas Athletics,
and perhaps a Portland, Salt Lake City or Sacramento in
your new update.

Speaker 2 (25:05):
Yeah, this this guy's the Athletic because yesterday's and all
the rumors yesterday was the Angels and the Dodgers in
the same division again for geographical reasons, which again would
cancel out inter league play.

Speaker 1 (25:16):
So I would love to see where this goes and
wear it heads. I'll post it at Covin and Rich
and I'll give this guy some props again, the Athletics,
Stephen Desbit. It looks like the most reasonable realignment I've
seen where I don't think anyone would be mad. Again,
you're creating a new division like the NL South, Braves, Marlins,
a new team in Nashville, and the Rays come over
from the Ale East, and luth got it all worked out.

Speaker 2 (25:38):
Makes sense for him to throw it out there in
such a nonchalant way. It's something there close to figuring out.

Speaker 1 (25:46):
Well, who is it? A Mets radio broadcaster put it
in the books how he rose. Among a lot of
famous broadcasters and personalities have said, you can't kill the
NA and l A the n L and al. Those
are these are things that have existed since the eighteen hundreds.
Like you, you do have to keep some tradition like
that would be like saying no AFC and NFC, let's

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just sort of they're throw them in a pile. Now,
you can't do that.

Speaker 2 (26:10):
Well, we'll wrap it up with something we always say
from the great Gary Vaynerchuk, innovate or die, and that's
what baseball is trying to do.

Speaker 1 (26:18):
All right.

Speaker 2 (26:19):
So we're gonna talk preseason foosball and we're gonna play
some games. But first the Great Dan Byer's update dB dB.

Speaker 5 (26:27):
The one thing that stood out to me was the
projected expansion cities as you guys were talking about with
the West having the Salt Lake, Sacramento, or Portland possibilities,
the East having the Nashville and Charlotte. What about if
Montreal got a team?

Speaker 1 (26:43):
How cool? Right?

Speaker 5 (26:44):
You think it would be awesome, but it could really
put a you know, mess up some of the plans
that you would have for what you would have in
your National League East too, And would you want them
in the same division as Toronto because they're a Canadian
that could be a.

Speaker 1 (26:58):
Curveball tire IRAQ Play of the Day. Bryce Harper brought
the lumber.

Speaker 3 (27:08):
One and one.

Speaker 1 (27:09):
The count Legomina delivers and the pitch hit high in
deep bright center field and it's a second homer of
the night for Bryce Harper. Uf the facing up the
second deck.

Speaker 2 (27:20):
But not just the second wasn't like both of them
runs over four hundred and forty feet like two bombs.

Speaker 1 (27:26):
Bryce Harper brought the lumber two bombs. You think a
lot about Bryce Harper's would right? Who right?

Speaker 2 (27:33):
Two bigger bombs yesterday? Bryce Harper or Jamie Lee Curtis, I.

Speaker 1 (27:37):
Haven't seen that. My goodness, He's all over social media
freaking your Friday, no doubt. I know. Hey, Tyraq play
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at Covin on Rich on Instagram if you want to
check it.

Speaker 2 (28:07):
Out, and spot should post that viral Jamie Lee Curtis video.
And by the way, I say that respectfully, she's a
sixty six year old woman, but she looks fantastic to
the point where people are freaking out about Freaking Your Friday.
So anyways, props again to Bryce Harper. I think that
was some sort of record was set where he hit
two home runs that reached over four hundred and forty

(28:28):
feet in the same game.

Speaker 3 (28:29):
Says that's the first time it's happened again since twenty fifteen.

Speaker 2 (28:32):
Yeah, so it's not all the time. It's been ten years.
You have two home runs. Did you see Jamie Lee Curtis.

Speaker 1 (28:38):
What year was it when she did the strip teas
for Arnold? And that was ninety four, I think is
what the thirty one years ago? Ninety five? Holy tru Yeah, Yeah,
she's looking good man, Freaky Your Friday getting good reviews
that ninety six. I was thinking about watching my kids
watching Freaky Friday and then watching the second one.

Speaker 2 (28:53):
Yeah, after seeing the promos, You're definitely gonna watch shop
It all right?

Speaker 3 (28:57):
Covered up Benny's eyes, Yeah.

Speaker 4 (28:59):
I know.

Speaker 2 (29:00):
Coo and Rich and we were talking about Daniel Jones
and Joe Flocco and Russell Wilson. Props to them, not
trying to hate on them forgetting the starting job all
the credit, but it is kind of a boring answer.
And Dan Beyer said it without really saying it, but
he said it. Joe Flocco didn't start in twenty nineteen
for the Broncos six years ago and he's starting now

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for the Browns at forty something.

Speaker 1 (29:25):
That just goes to show you how bad they are.
And at one point he was pretty deep on the
Jets quarterback depth chart. So again, it's just.

Speaker 2 (29:34):
By the way, when you see the choices people make,
you have to think about, well, the choices they didn't make,
if that's what they chose, you know what I mean,
Like the women they're with, the clothes that they're wearing,
Like you chose that.

Speaker 1 (29:45):
I hate to see the rest of your wardrobe every
time you look at someone cave. You know, and I've
said this before, take a good look at everyone you
bump into. They made a choice. They chose that haircut,
they chose that shirt, they chose those glasses. If they
chose a old guy to start who didn't start six
years ago for the Broncos when they had nobody think

(30:06):
of who they didn't choose and how bad they must be.
Veteran leadership may not be the long term thing, but
maybe that's what they need right now. Hey, all the props.
I wish them the best.

Speaker 2 (30:16):
I'm just saying now, speaking of football preseason, there's a
question we want to post because you see all the highlights.
I'm watching the highlights, but then again, I'm a dinosaur.
I'm watching Rich Eyesen on ESPN I because he hosted
last night.

Speaker 1 (30:33):
I know. No people love the intro and they brought
back to old school, then the nice tribute to Stuart Scott.
So but I still watch highlights like it's nineteen ninety four. Well,
the only reason I would ever watch sports centers because
I think our pal Gary Streiski and Randy are great.
They are fantastic. They don't get enough credit down there.
It's like they're the best talent over there. They're really
really great. We'll give them all the props in the world.
It was cool to see Rich eyes and they brought

(30:55):
out the old graphics package. But you say highlights, and
that's a great parlay into what we're gonna talk about now,
which is, how are you consuming preseason football? I said
to Iowa Sam and R P L Jay stew before
the show. If it's Zion or Cooper Flagg or Wemby

(31:16):
when they're making their first G League start, we're all
gonna watch the first quarter or so to be like, oh,
let me take a looxi. When it's spring training in
baseball and your stud pitcher who is throwing one hundred
and two is getting the start, you're gonna be like,
on me, let me check that out. Preseason football to me,
I can't explain why I'm locked into every second of

(31:41):
the regular season, but I gotta be honest. I gotta
be fourth right with you guys and say I haven't
watched a live quarter of preseason football because I find
it so insignificant, meaningless.

Speaker 2 (31:53):
I mean, ar nice fighting for jobs. We got to
get that out of the way. There's true to that.
People are trying to make an impact, trying to show
what they got. You know, it's like it feels like
it doesn't matter. I'll give our repel because it doesn't.
R pal Jas threw from the Gottlieb Show.

Speaker 1 (32:08):
He said, it's sort of like watching scab baseball or
footballbe you know what, it's like a strike or something
and they're like put in the scabs or something, you know.

Speaker 3 (32:17):
But each team they always have youngsters who have a
good story. And it not that we want to see
a full blown Olympic style package on the air, but like,
for instance, I've been following the Raiders preseason. Bo Jackson's
nephew Schdrick is on the team at wide receiver, and
it's cool to see youngsters like that trying to make

(32:38):
their way into the league if they have a good
enough preseason and maybe at that position, your team has
enough depth where they're gonna get cut, but if they
stand out, they have a chance to go to another team.

Speaker 2 (32:49):
So if you really love the regular season, and Rich
is saying that no one loves the regular season more
than him, that's a fact. He's basically asking, is it
wrong to not care about.

Speaker 1 (32:59):
Pre even watch? Really I can't buy in, And the
numbers would say that I'm wrong because preseason football still
outdoes regular seasons of other sports. So there's intrigued. But
I think it's more about like just the excitement that
football's back and people love the game so much that
they're they're willing to sit through trash because they know
the real things coming. And I get what Danny's saying.

Speaker 3 (33:20):
There are battles positions like even when.

Speaker 1 (33:23):
A guy and here's the thing too, it's like the
spring training baseball analogy would be there could be some
young stud on your team that can hit four to
twenty five in spring training, but he still won't make
the team because they know, well, he had a good month,
but he's not ready. You could see a guy catch
eight passes or one hundred and twelve yards, but he
won't make the team because they're not really looking at

(33:43):
the numbers. They're looking at other things that we're not
looking at, like like, did you see t O Sun
has been, you know, making some sweet catches on the Niners?
Tarik Owens, I don't. Is he going to make the
team making some sweet catches.

Speaker 2 (33:57):
That's why I think those are fun stories to watch,
is what dg So sum it up by saying this.

Speaker 1 (34:02):
I passed Bush in the editing room and I said, oh,
what's on TV? It was a replay and it was
Seahawks twenty four chief seven in a preseason game, and
I'm like, see that's something I can't even watch. It.

Speaker 2 (34:11):
Is it wrong to not watch preseason football.

Speaker 1 (34:16):
Off the air?

Speaker 2 (34:17):
Iowa Sam said something interesting. I don't know how factual
it is, but it's interesting to say the least. Danny
G's making the point that, yeah, man, you're giving people
the chance to show what they got and you're seeing
some stars work things out and some cool storylines with
young players that might not get the opportunity, but you're
seeing their storyline play out. Iowa Sam is saying, dude,

(34:39):
it's just a money grab for TV and for concessions.
You're still selling tickets, so it's two more games, two
or three more games they're adding.

Speaker 1 (34:48):
And as you know, season ticket holders can't skip out
on those. They have to buy those as part of
the season ticket package. So there's nothing of value with preseason.
And I know, Danny you're saying there's battles to be won.
I feel like the those are won in camp and practice.

Speaker 3 (35:02):
Well, but this doesn't happen every offseason or every preseason.
But I was thinking back to the twenty fourteen preseason,
the Raiders gave a huge amount of money to Matt Shab.
Derek Carr was, you know, a fourth round pick, and
he was a backup and it was the first look
that Oakland got at him. He lit it up in
the preseason. The final preseason game was against the Seattle

(35:24):
Seahawks starters for three quarters. He threw three of his
four touchdowns against the defensive starters for the Seahawks won
the job. They sat Shob on the bench. So it
doesn't happen all the time. But if you have a
kick ass preseason, the team will move you up there.
It has to be exceptional chart, it has to be exceptional.

Speaker 1 (35:42):
You're right, it had But like Dan Byer's a big
Seahawks guy, Like when they gave Matt Flynn all that
money after one good game on the Packers. Essentially they
went with Russ because Pete Carroll said, we want to
go with Russell Wilson. Correct, yeah, yeah, third round pick.
It happens on occasion.

Speaker 2 (35:59):
But Iowa Sam was pretty adamant that. Well, you were saying,
no decisions are made based on that. You know what
it's like. It's like when you have a job and
you're trying to show the boss what you got. You're
willing to work the holidays and you think it's gonna
pay off. Like, dude, I worked every holiday, so I'm
gonna keep my job. Man, maybe I'll get a promotion.
But it really leads you to nowhere saying that about preseason.

(36:23):
You could have the best preseason, but it's really not gonna.

Speaker 1 (36:25):
Get you that.

Speaker 7 (36:26):
I think the average fan out there thinks that the preseason,
your preseason performances are like a third of the pie
of decision made on you. It's more like, maybe, like
I've heard NFL former NFL players say, preseason games really
don't matter and that it's a decision making process most
of the time.

Speaker 1 (36:41):
Maybe it for a Derek Carr, I think the holiday
now it is funny because early on in my career
I used to think that too, Like I'm putting the
extra hours on a holiday, and I'm like, my boss
is in the Hampton's chilling out. Do you think he
even knows what I'm doing right now?

Speaker 5 (36:52):
I vividly remember Memorial Day weekend, like twenty plus years ago,
they're like, hey, can you run the board for the
Coca Cola six hundred again.

Speaker 1 (37:00):
Out the five hundred and six hundred miles? Sure, Moss,
you know absolutely he's gonna pay off.

Speaker 3 (37:06):
Yeah, it did not happen.

Speaker 2 (37:08):
It didn't work, didn't help me, And that's probably why
you have that feeling Rich of is it wrong to
not care about preseason?

Speaker 4 (37:14):
Rich?

Speaker 3 (37:14):
As a Niners fan, I feel like you're a little
spoiled because your team has been a perennial contender, Rich
for how many years?

Speaker 1 (37:21):
Now you're saying, that's a bit point the window.

Speaker 3 (37:23):
Obviously, people think maybe it's closing or closed, but look
for the teams where all you have is hope, all
you have is the NFL Draft. The preseason, I feel
like is a little bit of an extension of the draft,
your first glimpse of your draft picks, your first glimpse
of your free agent pickups. Yeah, and I've arrived moments.
That was the headline over the weekend on all the

(37:43):
sports websites. Genty, I've arrived. He had that moment. Remember
Jeremy Shockey had that moment back in two thousand and two.

Speaker 1 (37:50):
I get it, you're gonna see glimmers of greatness for
some of these players. But I compared it to spring
training baseball, where you know you're a you know, back
in the day, Verlander Kershaw could have a six ERA
in spring training and some young young kid could pitch
three games, give up no runs, his era could be zero,
but they're like, yeah, you're gonna start the season in

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Double A. It's it's not really of a reflection of
where you're going. Like right now, the Niners last game,
in the meaningless Game two of the preseason, Robbie chosen
who you guys might remember is Robbie Anderson who changed
his name. He's trying to fight for a job. Five
catches for ninety two yards. Nor it's you're absolutely right mad.

Speaker 2 (38:29):
Then you'd have to be overly exceptional because that all
the things we're talking about they also apply in like
the lowest levels of the sport. Like even if you
made high school baseball, you're probably gonna make it the
next year. And that other guy who's trying out, he
may have a way better tryout than you, but he's
not gonna make the team because he wasn't on it

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the year before.

Speaker 1 (38:51):
Dude, that have to be like exceptionally. Guess I'm doing
evaluations for eight year olds this Saturday. I know the
kids have played All Stars last year. If they don't
have a good practice, they're still tobaly gonna make it.
So the kid that's gonna make it has to be
so much better than all the other kids.

Speaker 5 (39:09):
One of the things that's changed in the recent NFL
is more of the joint practices with teams. So when
you're practicing with them for a couple of days the
game kind of the work's already been done that week.
You get your real look at the team outside of
the game situation because you're at the training camp fields

(39:30):
doing your work. That's changed a lot of it as well,
which is I think diminished the actual games because teams
feel that they got in a lot of work during
those joint practice sessions with other teams. They didn't. They
usually never did that. I would never practice for another team.
I think we all, even though it's nothing's official.

Speaker 1 (39:45):
I feel like the NFL and Roger Goodell, who you
got to give credit where credits to the NFL seems
to make no mistakes for the most part.

Speaker 2 (39:53):
Well, no, I think they did. They have a new
partner that we're going to talk about. Oh, okay, I
think they made a mistake. They just made a new
multi year licensing deal.

Speaker 1 (40:01):
It's a mistake. I think it was a weekend. Let's
talk about that, right, now. But let me say, Roger Goodell,
for all the booze and crap he gets and I
get at the NFL, maybe they haven't handled certain players
and situations with crime and everything the right way and punishments,
But as far as like the actual league itself and scheduling,
we all know where it's going.

Speaker 3 (40:21):
Right.

Speaker 1 (40:22):
Eighteen games, two preseason games, two bye weeks, seasons gonna
line up with the Super Bowls right before a holiday weekend.
And it is a holiday weekend. And that's the that's
the ending point because too you see eighteen games, but
those two preseason games, that's twenty games. And I bet you,
I bet well there's no dams twenty way more lucrative. Yeah,

(40:45):
but I'm saying like, yeah, I mean you know.

Speaker 2 (40:47):
So we'll take a few phone calls on it, and
I'll tell you about the week ass move that the
NFL actually did make. I call it a WHAMMI rich,
weak ass move. I think it's catching on. Yeah, I
think it's definitely a week as uh whammy. David in Missouri,
what's up, man?

Speaker 4 (41:06):
Hey, thanks for taking my call, Thank you for calling
your Show's for sure gotten me through a bunch of
road range throughout the years.

Speaker 3 (41:12):
So anyway, thanks man.

Speaker 4 (41:14):
So I don't think it's a bad thing to not
be hot up about the preseason. The way I see it,
it's the same the way I feel about spring football.
You know, it's April, your years, wanting football back so bad,
and they rolled out this water down product and you're like,
it doesn't scratch my itch at all, bro David.

Speaker 1 (41:32):
It took David from Missouri to make the analogy that
it's sort of like the XFL or USFL. Like you like,
I love football so much, how come I can't connect
to this at all. That's how I feel about preseason football.
And when I hear coworkers and guys I respect, like
Colin so fired up about did you se Caleb Williams
she's showing some shines, I'm like, I just can't, Like,

(41:53):
I can't. I want to feel that Enthusiasmiams was looking
good though, you know, but it's like to me, it's
like against too. I can't wait for two weeks. I
like this discussion because countdowns on Broski. Sometimes in life
you feel like, is there something wrong with me? Why
don't I care the way I should? That's how I
feel when like Star Wars movies come out right.

Speaker 2 (42:14):
But Rich is being honest and I feel him too,
and hopefully letting you know that it's okay to not
really care that much about preseason Fuse the.

Speaker 1 (42:22):
Season starts in a few weeks, my attention shifts. But
right now I'm more concerned about the Mets Nationals tonight.
I want to see if the Yankees lose tonight against
the Rays, because you and I have a bet. I
want to see if Danny's Dodgers could keep the momentum
from that Padre series because they lost to the Rockies.

Speaker 3 (42:36):
Yet you'd have nailed it right there, though your brain
is still in baseball mode. I don't think you switch Rich,
I've known you now for five years. I don't think
your brain switches over until the first week of the
regular season.

Speaker 2 (42:48):
Well if his team sucks at US, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1 (42:51):
And historically the Mets are not very good often, so
maybe that's part of it.

Speaker 2 (42:56):
You're right, So what's the whammy? The weak ass move?
The NFL has made weak ass move?

Speaker 1 (43:04):
NFL.

Speaker 2 (43:05):
Yeah, it's really catching on everybody saying, what's the whammy?
What's the weak ass move?

Speaker 1 (43:13):
Let's hear it, buddy.

Speaker 2 (43:14):
The NFL and Crocs have announced a multi year licensing deal.
All players, big big ass lineman three four hundred pounds
dudes are gonna have their feet all comfy in these crocs.

Speaker 1 (43:27):
What a pathetic look for Crown man.

Speaker 2 (43:29):
I understand if you're a little schoolboy who doesn't know
how to tie his shoes and you throw those on.

Speaker 1 (43:34):
I get that.

Speaker 2 (43:35):
I was in the sauna yesterday, which is a whole
conversation in itself. Rich, I'm a sauna kind of guy.

Speaker 1 (43:40):
You wear clothes in the sauna? Yeah? What do you
strip down? As ko ed? What do you mean?

Speaker 2 (43:44):
Do I wear clothes at the gym? We're gonna be
there naked, push up, I don't mean naked.

Speaker 4 (43:49):
I go.

Speaker 1 (43:49):
If I go to the gym, will you take your
shirt off? No? Not in a sa No, every guy
takes her shirt off in the sauna when I'm there.
Let me snap a picture for you, Yeah, dude, let
me say that. What be creepy at all? There's a
guy there wearing crocs and he's so sweating his stupid
rubber Swiss cheese shoes. What are you wearing? This?

Speaker 2 (44:08):
Dumps so mad he dumps the sweat out of his
crock splattering all over the I'm like, how gross is
You're wearing full clothes and a sauna.

Speaker 1 (44:19):
What do you wear it?

Speaker 2 (44:19):
On your feet in the sun. You're not supposed to
wear your sneakers. You do, but everyone does so I don't.

Speaker 3 (44:24):
Wear He was wearing his squeakers.

Speaker 1 (44:26):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, But how gross is that? They're their
hospital sandals.

Speaker 2 (44:30):
There's a purpose if you're on a boat or working
in a hospital, I get, or if you just want
to look like a total buffoon. Chefs like crocks, do
I hear a chefs again again? Function sometimes function over fashion,
and I totally understand. But if you're out there and
about there rocking these things, you should take it off
and hit yourself over the head with your own croc.
Know what comedian that we've hung with in the past

(44:51):
who has their bit about crocs?

Speaker 1 (44:52):
Like one minute, Oh, I think it's Brian Reagan.

Speaker 3 (44:55):
I don't know.

Speaker 1 (44:56):
That's just coming to mind. Brian a comedian does a
bit where it's a progression. No, it's Adam Krawl I
believe slippers, it's really believe. I believe. We talked about
this with Adam Kroler when he was on our shelve.

Speaker 3 (45:06):
Oh yeah.

Speaker 1 (45:07):
That what you do is you get crocs and you say, yeah,
I'm just gonna wear them to take out the trash,
and then that goes to yeah, I'm just gonna walk
around the block, and then you're like, well, I'm just
going to pick up some takeout, and then you slowly
but surely start opening your world up the crocs, and
before you know, you're the weenie that's wearing crocs around town. Yeah.

(45:27):
And that's the truth, because I do own one pair
of crocs, and I wear them when i'm like, you know,
doing a little gardening around the house, or if I'm
you know, skimming the pool or something. That's how it starts.
And that's how it starts. I no one can see
you in your backyard. That should be. I will never
wear them on an adventure, even if it's dropping my
kids off at school. Like up, I'll and we understand

(45:48):
they're comfortable, but so is a I always say this,
so is a pillow hat. You're gonna wear a pillow
hat around town? Are you gonna wear a pillow on
your ass because it's comfy? No, be a grown up.
These are little boy, you big baby pillow panch you
big sports baby. And by the anniversary of the debut
of Shark Tank, which was on this day in nine,

(46:09):
Pillow had something did you wear that? Feeling sounds coffee?
Would you wear that? Knock?

Speaker 2 (46:15):
And boss like, would you really wear that? The most
ridiculous things. And we've been fighting this fight for years
and we lost the war, but you know, I'm still
gonna fight this battle. Great on a redeye.

Speaker 1 (46:24):
Just because you're wearing it and it has your team
logo on it doesn't make it less ugly. I'm sorry.
So is that the exception?

Speaker 3 (46:30):
Now?

Speaker 1 (46:31):
I wrote down the Power of the NFL because Danny
G's like, I might rock some raided ones.

Speaker 3 (46:38):
Yeah, it makes a difference if your team's logo is
suddenly on a CROC. I don't know how much I
would actually wear it, but I would maybe get them
as a gift from somebody. I had a birthday party
back in the day, and every gift I opened it
was me and the radio station staff. Just about every
gift I opened it was something Raiders, and I heard
our afternoon DJ in the background. He's like, man, this
is like a solo party. Oh oh man. The Raiders

(47:02):
tooth everything was Raiders. This Raiders that, so I.

Speaker 1 (47:05):
Could Raiders next?

Speaker 3 (47:06):
That would be like a cool what is that elephant
gift to give somebodyhant that'd be a great white elephant.

Speaker 2 (47:12):
Can you rock them as slippers around your house? But
again you'll realize they're comfortable and next thing you know,
you're wearing them to the supermarket And we ask you,
is this a good enough reason to wear them? What
are your thoughts? Because I think it's ridiculous. I still
have I hate them. Here's another reason to not wear them.
One time I lost the bet and it's the only
time I wore crocs. Right, So I had a pair

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of crocs and I lost a bet. My ex told
me to run out to do something real quick. I
forget what it was. In an emergency, I grabbed these
ridiculous clown shoes right in an emergency. I put them
on my feet reluctantly, but it was the first thing
I saw. Got in the car and it was like
the one bad accident. I really got in and I
had to get out, like total totally humiliated of the

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car wearing crocs. Police are there, the sky's looking at me.
Insult to the.

Speaker 1 (48:00):
Driver this car. I Clile with the cross for the
loser wearing crocs, like bright orange crocs, Like, how embarrassed?

Speaker 7 (48:07):
Did your crocs get jammed under the gas pedal so
you couldn't breaker?

Speaker 1 (48:12):
But I remember feeling like the ultimate loser.

Speaker 2 (48:14):
I'm like, not only am I here on the side
of the road causing this commotion right now, you know,
hating my life that I just got in this accident,
but I'm wearing crocs.

Speaker 7 (48:23):
So Rich is gonna Riches says, yeah, they're just for
around the house. And then it progresses Rich is going
to be buried in his crocks. He'll be in the
coffin in the casket there, and then it'll be like
black crocks feet.

Speaker 1 (48:33):
I was saying, you know why Comito had orange crocs.
I just remembered why. Actually, this Mets Yankees bet we
have this year is not our first ever, as you'd
imagine Mets Yankees bet. It was just a regular subway
series and the loser had to wear crocs for a week.
And this is when people didn't wear them as much
as they do now. This is when they were like,
we had.

Speaker 2 (48:50):
To wear them for a week, but not explain to
anybody why we were wearing, and.

Speaker 1 (48:53):
I said, well, the Mets beat the Yankees. Mets, what's
the most hideous? Once I bought bright orange Crocs for Camino,
and you're right, you got in your one accident like that,
my one bad accident.

Speaker 3 (49:04):
R so going on for a while. Just a few
years ago with Dan Byer, we had an MLB bet
with the loser wearing croc watch. That's right some people,
some people around here would not think of that as
a part of a losing bet.

Speaker 7 (49:15):
The guy that works here profect. That should be an upgrade.
Someone's like, hey, Chris, you gotta wear Crocs all week?
And he'd be like, sure, Merry Christmas. Sounds like a deal.
Do they come in Detroit Lions? I got, yes they do.

Speaker 1 (49:27):
It's like our dude, Shay, who's wearing those little clogs
all the time. It's like, Shay, congratulations.

Speaker 7 (49:32):
Problem with Crocs is they look like stupid clogs with
holes in them. They're just stupid clown shoes.

Speaker 2 (49:37):
But would you wear them because they now represent your
favorite NFL team again? If you just joined us NFL
and Crocs announced their multi year licensing deal and I
get a lot of money to be made there.

Speaker 1 (49:47):
People love them can't argue the crocs and the money
being made. Let me give you one fun fact and
one stupid question. But they seem some of them have
the furry insights. Did you see that Dannyj's gonna be
like slippers around the house?

Speaker 3 (49:57):
You could?

Speaker 1 (49:58):
That's a Tom Brady touch ug boots crocs combined. We
were sent a pair of ugs from Tom Brady's people
years ago, and I gotta be honest, I was living
in New York at the time. They were damn good boots.

Speaker 7 (50:08):
Oh they were so warm and fuzzy.

Speaker 3 (50:11):
All right.

Speaker 1 (50:12):
Fun fact? Have you ever seen the movie Idiocracy?

Speaker 3 (50:16):
Do so?

Speaker 1 (50:17):
In the movie they're trying to portray what what a
moron of the future would look like, and the producers
said they got to put him in and the shoes
they picked were a prototype of the first ever croc
because that's what they imagined morons in the future moron, right,
and they.

Speaker 7 (50:33):
Need something like affordable. So crocs are the French Crocs French,
and I don't care if you have sports Mode, it
doesn't make you any cooler. These things are terrible.

Speaker 1 (50:42):
So you know, I don't feel bad for my son
when if he's running down the Street and his crocks
and he falls in skins his knee.

Speaker 2 (50:47):
You know, Richer, I'm almost like your son is you
know what I mean? Like, think about it. Your son
also wears like lightning McQueen sneakers. If you're yeah, if
you're a grown man, would you wear that?

Speaker 3 (51:01):
That's true. Wheels come off the bottom of a little
Benny shoe.

Speaker 1 (51:04):
Yeah, if you wear sneakers that light up My set
has lights on his oid of shoes. Yes, sports babies,
let's let's get right into this. Every week we bring
out the stars stars and it's time for Showtime Mahomes Trivia.
The mostly lovable Patrick Mahomes. Truth is, I want everybody

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to love me, not just the reps. It's time for
some NFL trivia.

Speaker 3 (51:32):
I'm here, I'm here, Yes, we know you're here.

Speaker 1 (51:35):
All right, Patrick Mahomes here to play Showtime Homes Trivia.

Speaker 3 (51:39):
All right. FSR Security walking our Britt Patrick into the
main studio. Good to be here.

Speaker 1 (51:45):
Always. By the way, campdowns on list in twenty days,
Baby Chargers going down. Yes, by the way, I'm playing,
I'm playing in my crocs. That's how confident I am.
Sports Mode. I rock the Croc Number one Chief Kraka.

Speaker 3 (52:01):
All right, and how do you feel your preseason has
gone so far?

Speaker 1 (52:04):
Doesn't matter? He's right, doesn't matter at all. So I was,
you know, Cole max and relaxed and just kicking it,
and uh, I thought I did a pretty good job.
Oh my hair looked tight, talked about it.

Speaker 3 (52:14):
Preseason doesn't matter to him?

Speaker 1 (52:16):
What does matter? A swifty super Bowl halftime show? Yeah,
that's the rumor. All right, all you're gonna say, let's meet?

Speaker 3 (52:22):
Yeah, he can't say anything further. Twenty four time winner
Rich Davis right over there?

Speaker 4 (52:26):
What up?

Speaker 3 (52:27):
Twenty time champion Dan Bayer in the loss, and eight
time champion Spotty Boy.

Speaker 1 (52:34):
I'm here?

Speaker 3 (52:35):
What's up? Spot All right? Looking to win and see
an our prize on our studio lines byer. I'll use
you for this. Would you love to travel to beautiful
Sioux City, Iowa, Owassa, Oklahoma, Santa Barbara, California, Waco, Texas,
or Albany, New York.

Speaker 1 (52:51):
Let's go to Oklahoma?

Speaker 3 (52:52):
Oh? Okay, that is Mike? What up? Mikey?

Speaker 1 (52:57):
I Mike?

Speaker 3 (52:57):
I'm hey, hey, guys, what's Mike? Really quick? What do
you do for living there in Oklahoma?

Speaker 6 (53:03):
I am a pastor up.

Speaker 1 (53:05):
Hell apasta?

Speaker 3 (53:07):
All right, guys, love' watch your language. You're the only
one that does.

Speaker 1 (53:09):
That, you know, so the family feud clip, Well, can
you say a prayer for Rich's forty nine ers?

Speaker 4 (53:15):
No?

Speaker 1 (53:16):
Al.

Speaker 3 (53:17):
Here are the rules for Showti Mahomes NFL trivia. The
first contestant with two correct answers is the champion. If
there's a tie, we have a tie breaker question. Your
name is your buzzer, but you do have to wait
until all three possible answers are read. If there's two
wrong answers in a row, we move on to the
next question. Are you ready?

Speaker 1 (53:33):
Yes, let's got on. All right, Patrick Mahomes, I'm here
and I wish I got to throw to this icon?
How many total receiving yards did the Great Jerry Rice
finish his career with? Is it A twenty two thousand,
eight ninety five, B eighteen thousand, six seventy five or
C twenty five thousand, one fifty five.

Speaker 6 (53:56):
Mike, Mike, I'm gonna go with a.

Speaker 3 (54:01):
You are Ryo?

Speaker 1 (54:03):
Bingo was his name? O? Actually, Jerry Rice was his name?
Twenty two thousand and eight ninety five.

Speaker 3 (54:09):
Yeah, Mike, halfway to a CNR prize already as we
moved around two.

Speaker 1 (54:13):
All right, what was I once quoted saying about failure? Oh?
He don't let failure define you. Use it as a
stepping stone to learn and grow. B. I use failure
to fuel my fire, and I come back twice as strong.
Or see. If I let failure define me, then I

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would have never bounced back from the raiders destroying me
on Christmas twenty twenty three.

Speaker 3 (54:39):
Mike Mike for the wind.

Speaker 1 (54:42):
B Yeah, no, I thought he had it. No, Now
I feel like.

Speaker 3 (54:48):
Rich Rich for the steal.

Speaker 1 (54:50):
Hey hey, yeah, boys said it. Don't let failure define you,
use it as a stepping stone to learn and grow.
It's not the Raider no, okay?

Speaker 3 (55:01):
All right, so Mike and Rich both on the board.
As we moved around three with.

Speaker 1 (55:06):
Patrick mahomes here. Who is the first African American head
coach to win a Super Bowl? Was it a Mike Tomlin, B,
Dennis Green or C Tony Dungee? Damn oh damn.

Speaker 3 (55:19):
Fyer got in there, Tony Dungee.

Speaker 1 (55:21):
Yeah right, two thousand and seven. Way to go, dB.

Speaker 3 (55:25):
All right, we got a three way tie on our hands, Mike,
Rich and dB. As we go to round four.

Speaker 1 (55:31):
What team has the longest consecutive streak of playoff appearances?
Is it A the Oakland Slash, Los Angeles Raiders, B
the New England Patriots or C the Dallas Cowboys.

Speaker 3 (55:46):
Mike, Mike for the win the Cowboys?

Speaker 1 (55:51):
No, what was the question again?

Speaker 3 (55:58):
Way to pay attention?

Speaker 1 (55:59):
Team has the longest consecutive streak of playoff appearances?

Speaker 5 (56:03):
So this is current? Or is this just like, is
an all time streak? I'll just say I'm just gonna say, hey,
I don't.

Speaker 3 (56:09):
Even know what were the Oakland Slash, l Raiders, the
New England Patriots? Cowboys?

Speaker 1 (56:15):
Wow? The answers be the New England Patriots eleven seasons
two thousand and nine to twenty nineteen.

Speaker 3 (56:21):
Okay, that Brady Belichick dynasty there.

Speaker 1 (56:24):
I don't think you read that the really good Patrick.
I'm just saying.

Speaker 3 (56:27):
Round five and we still have a three way time.

Speaker 1 (56:30):
Read it three times for you? Maybe you need some
Q tips. What team has the longest consecutive streak of
playoff appearances?

Speaker 3 (56:38):
Way off appearance?

Speaker 1 (56:39):
Okay, that's fair then, Okay, all right, why are you
getting so upset?

Speaker 3 (56:42):
Patrick?

Speaker 7 (56:44):
This guy?

Speaker 1 (56:44):
Who is this guy? Think he is?

Speaker 7 (56:45):
Because he lost the Super Bowl last year, kind of
acting like that guy Coveno.

Speaker 5 (56:49):
When you say current longest streak, it sounds like it's
an hour.

Speaker 1 (56:52):
Yeah, man, I don't write the questions, right, Hey, guys off,
I'm a busy guy. Right, we're current. It shouldn't be
in there. The current's not in there's not round five.
Let's going off script. What city did the Rams originally
play in? A Cleveland, b Baltimore or C Cincinnati?

Speaker 3 (57:16):
Dan Buyer for the wind Cleveland. Yes, Mike, he gave
you a beat, He gave you, give you a chance there.
That is Dan Byer's twenty first victory.

Speaker 1 (57:27):
Yeah. By the way, Cleveland founded in Cleveland nineteen thirty six,
relocated in l A ten years later. And U, guys
have a great one. Always good to see you.

Speaker 3 (57:38):
Thank you, Buddy and Mike, Mike and Oklahoma. We appreciate
you playing anytime.

Speaker 1 (57:44):
You might as well say a prayer for Danny's Raiders too.
While you're at it now.

Speaker 3 (57:48):
Max Crosby will have something to say about that as
he's chasing you.

Speaker 1 (57:51):
Yeah, thank you, Mike. When it comes to deciding if
you're going to shave your head completely, is that a question?
Of whether or not not just I mean, does does
ever you one think they could pull off the I'm
gonna have a beard with a shaved head look.

Speaker 2 (58:05):
The old like stone cold Steve Austin, Yeah, he was
also reluctant. There was a story recently he was telling
about how what was his original wrestling name against Stunning
Steve Buston Stunning Steve Austin didn't want to shave his
head from you know Big Mike who runs his place. Yeah,
he invented. He was saying, my wife, I had a
convincer for three years. She wanted she wanted him to
keep like the receding hairline.

Speaker 1 (58:26):
He's like, I want to shave her.

Speaker 2 (58:28):
He had like the comb over, like the Rob Reiners
sort of look, and his wife thought it was hot.

Speaker 1 (58:32):
But you do that. See here's the thing. Your wife
will be supportive or she'll tell you lies, like no,
I like it like that. The Costanza's great, Doctor Phil's hot.
But they're trying to keep you out of the game.
Always keep that in mind, too. Stop they're trying to
keep you out of the game. Mike's wife was trying
to keep him out of the game. He's way cooler

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with the stone cold look way cooler. But here's the thought.
But is it for everybody? Is your question? My thought
is not everyone, truthfully is as vain as you are.
And I'm right up there with you. You're I mean, you're
the guy. You there's not a mirror that you didn't
look in. You look at reflections, You go to the
bathroom in between breaks to give yourself. You called the
hattie do when you look at your hair, that's because

(59:13):
I'm sick of looking at you all day?

Speaker 3 (59:15):
Did you guys see what Renfro Hunter Renfro said about
Brock Bowers.

Speaker 1 (59:19):
Former former Raider. Now he's got panthers.

Speaker 3 (59:21):
Panther now, he says, Brock's one hell of a football player,
but he's a quitter. He says that we balding men
in our twenties are proud people. We don't retreat on
our hair just because it's retreating from our forehead.

Speaker 1 (59:34):
I know, yeah, he quit. Well, I mean, dare I say, like, listen,
women get a lot of stuff done and we don't
think twice about In fact, women, culture with women is
to get botox and fillers and boobs and butt lifts,
and it's like a part of like unfortunately or fortunately
a part of society. If I'm brock Bowers, and I

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looked it up with Danny because I needed to find out, like,
what's his OG contract? Because he'll get paid in a years,
but right now he even has a eighteen million dollars guarantee.
Why would brock Bowers, a young, handsome guy, star in
the NFL. He doesn't even need to go to Turkey.
Why would this guy just get hair implants?

Speaker 2 (01:00:15):
You know, I'm looking at him now, why not see
his hair was thinning?

Speaker 1 (01:00:20):
Why not? Year one, twenty one? He's twenty two years old.
Now he's got the complete bald dome going on, and
I got a normal shape here. You know, I say
this because there are a few reasons why a guy
wouldn't do it, right A. Yeah, some guys just don't care.

Speaker 2 (01:00:36):
Yeah, but some guys frown at vanity and frown at
caring about how So what I'm saying he guys in
the NFL might be like, yeah, it's it's maybe it's like.

Speaker 3 (01:00:45):
Rich he's he's I'm sorry, Kovie, And I was just
gonna say. He's well known to be super folk, like
hyper focused on football, Like he doesn't do anything else.
His teammates say, he does football football twenty four to seven.
That's all that I got a life.

Speaker 1 (01:00:58):
Care that much might make you appear soft in the NFL,
like for some people. I don't know Greg Olsen didn't
he have thinning hair and he has like great hair.
Now this is a weight box, wait box, you see
that pompadoor. My point, My point is there's only a
couple of reasons a guy wouldn't do this. A he
does just didn't care. And that's understandable. Some guys are

(01:01:20):
not vain. I understand this. B they don't have the
resources or funds. They don't have the money. Not the
case with Brock, Bowers or Ce. Someone might be scared
of medical procedures that are unnecessary, but athletes are constantly
getting operations and surgeries and touch ups and you know,
getting bone fragments taken out. You think a hair replaced

(01:01:41):
in surgery would bother a guy like brock Bowers. No way,
So I say do it. Brock come back with the pompadoor.
Was it Brian or Lacker that had a hair transplant?

Speaker 6 (01:01:50):
It was?

Speaker 2 (01:01:50):
It was right, Yeah, I remember it was like a
few other people. There should be no shame in the game.

Speaker 1 (01:01:55):
Look an didn't John Sena recently say that the fans
peer pressured him into getting Ham said his biggest regret
was not doing it soon.

Speaker 2 (01:02:03):
Yeah, he said, was it changed his life by getting
their hair, like his career trajectory, Like it revitalized him.

Speaker 1 (01:02:09):
Well.

Speaker 7 (01:02:10):
Joe Joe Buck had several hair transplants, he said, after
like his eighth one, he said he was addicted to it.
He almost like it. He almost lost his voice, like
it caused like a medical complication.

Speaker 1 (01:02:21):
Joe Buck is the equivalent of the woman that's had
like six poop jops. All right, let's go let me
we all know one of them. Let's go to Dan
Buyer for an update. What's on TV.

Speaker 5 (01:02:31):
When I made the joke about rich being the good
looking one, it was like I stole Cavino's dog. I
the look on his face, like there was no there
was no wait a second, Yeah, what's going on, Vanity.
I was like, that's a matter of opinion, My mom says,
there was. There was no lean back in the chair.
It was a straight stand up from Cavino.

Speaker 1 (01:02:53):
Checked the tape