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Speaker 1 (00:02):
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(00:25):
Hey Ship eight nine on Fox getting us ready for Brainwave,
giving away prizes later today. Iowa Sam always here looking handsome.
Sam's on the videos with Spot Covino and Rich FSR.
Covino and Rich FSR and we be rocking out. Let's
go oh yes, yes, I see Lowen Crawn hard at work.

(00:47):
He's like a mad scientist in there getting all the
updates ready for you. And the biggest update of all
it's not even Boba shitt even though congratulations Rich, it's
Kyle Tucker. Story's just ridiculous and ridiculous. Yeah, that's how
we say it, ridiculous.

Speaker 2 (01:04):
What are you?

Speaker 1 (01:05):
Cam Newton's ridiculous ridiculous. And I don't know if you
saw this, but breaking news. Jesus has returned and he
signed with the Dodgers. I can't take it anymore. They
signed show. As the meme goes, I posted it at
Steve Cavino. See that an emotional twenty four hours for
a lot of sports fans. We're gonna go through the

(01:26):
last not even twenty four I would say like twelve
hours of twelve to twenty four hours where it's just
been highs and lows for a lot of fans out there.
And I'll explain when Rich says highs he bought a
new stock of edibles, That's what he means by that.
Let me tell you something. Last night, I'll tell you
who really recovered, and that's Mets owner Steve Cohen. Yesterday,

(01:48):
Steve Cohen was really he made he made a big
mistake by tweeting out some cryptic stuff about wait for
the smoke. Do you know what I'm talking about? You
saw this. Every one saw this on Planet Earth. Yeah,
you get the exact quote from Steve, from Steve Collen.

(02:11):
He tweets out and you're thinking, well, you don't tweet
out like we're waiting for the smoke, like like you know,
when the new pope is announced, unless, of course you'd
imagining the Mets got Kyle Tucker. Would you not think that?
I mean, he was the name that everybody was talking about,
and you figured, uh, once he was on a team,

(02:32):
you'll start hearing the other pieces fall, you start seeing
who goes where after that.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
That was the one everyone was talking about, Yeah, Kyle Tucker.

Speaker 1 (02:40):
And then you're thinking, I'm because I'm texting met fan
friends like, yeah, Steve Collin's not He's not tweeting anything
like that unless the Mets signed to deal with Tucker
and they're just dotting the eyes and crossing the t's.
At any second now, the announcement will be made. I felt,
wouldn't you feel oddly Colin in that, Yeah, if you're

(03:01):
gonna say something like that, right, you don't want to
let people down. It seems like you're building them up
for something big. Let me know when you see smoke.
That was the exact tweet, and that's of course a
reference when there's a new pope. They you know, smoke
comes out and then they come out on the little

(03:22):
platform and they're like, the new Pope is here. So
you're thinking, you let me know when you see the smoke,
you're assuming that's the Mets side the big star. And
then I'm like, no way, Kyle Tucker. Wait to the Dodgers,
by the way, so gross, so gross, But congratulations, you's joking.

(03:45):
Overpaid for Kyle Tucker sixty million a year for four years.
But hey, I'm not hating, I'm just stating it's ridiculous, ridiculous.
What is your thought, Danny G. I mean, listen, when
you're a fan who cares about the money, you're not
paying that. But he's right under sho hal Tani as
far as annual value for the team show, Hey, seventy million,

(04:06):
Kyle Tucker's seventy Every million fan base would want Kyle Talkers,
so fifty million, Dodgers forty million.

Speaker 3 (04:13):
The Dodgers ownership group is playing monopoly, and they just
keep adding hotels and houses, you know, onto the profit.

Speaker 1 (04:21):
I'm not saying that to me and his money. I'm
not saying he's not a great ballplayer. I wanted Kyle Tucker, Yankees,
you guys wanted who Everyone wanted Kyle Tucker. But sixty
million dollars. I saw the numbers of what other Dodgers
are making, and guys like Freddie and Mookie are making
like half of what he's making I don't understand.

Speaker 3 (04:42):
No, I told you yesterday I didn't think he was
a top three four. Yeah, that's not salary guy, but
it's what it's what the Dodgers needed do.

Speaker 1 (04:50):
Yeah, right place, right time. I wish him be reeves
the benefits. I wish him the best. But when you
talk about high value players in Major League Baseball, I
guess he's the right behind Tani As you said, average salary.
But but put that in perspective, he Joe Hey look
on him. Is that seventy? Kyle Tucker is now at sixty.
Soto's that he's fifty one, I said fifty. Aaron Judge,

(05:12):
who might be the greatest player of all, is at forty.
But it's all timing and like danyg said, they needed him.
He's going to add to their roster. It makes the
Dodgers better. It's it's insane. Am I mad at it?
Do I think the Dodgers are ruining baseball?

Speaker 4 (05:27):
No?

Speaker 1 (05:28):
I'm not mad at it. It just gives you something
to root against, root against absolutely makes it more exciting,
Like all right, let's go then, Especially if I was
a Mets fan like you so yesterday, I go through
the low of Oh man, I'm a Niner set as
you know as well. Fred Water is not going to

(05:49):
play well. At least the Mets look like they're getting
Kyle Tucker to oh no. And then I hear Sam
Darnold's questionable oh yeah, And then I hear this. I'm
having a little sip of my coffee and I feel
like I just happen to be I happen to be
there the second this message comes out on social media,

(06:10):
like Jeff Passing, and then the boss hit us up
and he goes, Rich is gonna be happy about this?
Bo the shed You're now looking at this just saying
this as a Mets fan, I rather Boba Shat than
Kyle Tucker that I like him. I think he's a
big game guy, runners in scoring position. I feel like

(06:30):
he's ready for that spotlight. I love this signing the spotlight.
Just playing in the World Series, bra No, But I'm saying,
to play in New York every day he's playing in
the World Series. He had pretty good spotlight and he delivered.
He's a great He's at the big lights of New
York City. I agree, thank you, I said, did the
Green daies?

Speaker 2 (06:47):
I agree?

Speaker 1 (06:48):
He's he's a great fit, but I think he's already
been in the spotlight. He's a big time player. I
think Boba Shed and I'm happily cool saying what a
great desperation move by Steve Cohen. Steve Cohen was pretty
much told I pivot. I bet you be a great pivot.
I mean pivots the polite way to say it. It's

(07:09):
a desperation, awesome move by a big rich guy. He
was probably thinking, Hi, got Kyle Tucker and he's strutting
around Queens, New York and then they're like, no, no,
Dodger's offer of sixty million. He's going there. Steve Cohen
in that moment, his billionaire, he put it on the
table and he's like, who's that? Boba Shed get him?

(07:32):
And it had you know, last night they're saying the
Philadelphia Phillies, the Mets division rival and just rival all around.
Had I believe what seven years, two hundred million dollars.

Speaker 3 (07:43):
Pretty much done deal. They met the demands of his agent.

Speaker 1 (07:48):
And Boba Shed, who is all set to be playing
beside Bryce Harper and everyone there in Philadelphia, makes a
last second change and he is now a new York Met.
Good for him, man, I actually like that move. I
like that move lot, even though you didn't need another infielder.
I think Boba Schet's gonna happen. I think it works.
I mean, look at the Mets infield now. It's wild
that we're talking baseball. I think that means the Yankees

(08:08):
get Cody Ballinger. If not major major fail, what if
the Mets swoop in and get bell Not impossible. And
I'll tell you why. Luke Weaver was in the news
today and he said one of the reasons he went
to the Mets is because he had so many great
relationships there from the Yankees. Those are his friends, says,
his great friends with Juan Soto, half the bullpen as

(08:31):
you know, or former Yankees those it was your bench coach.
He wasn't given an official offer, so when he had
the opportunity to go to Mets, He's like, hell, yeah,
we got a chance to win. I know so many
people there. He spoke very highly of Cody Bellinger. It's
not impossible that Cody Bullinger goes to the Mets and
then the Yankees really dropped the ball. Kyle Tucker, don't
blame him. Sixty million a year to play for a

(08:52):
team that wins. I mean, how could you blame him
for doing that? You can't Boba Shak going to the Mets.
I think it's a great move. Now, Yankees, Let's see
what happens. Because here's what happening, I think to every
baseball fan right now, and I know we have a
big divisional playoff weekend ahead of us. I think every
time you see a breaking news story, you're just trying

(09:13):
to see if it's your team that made that move.
And I'm not seeing Yankees anything. No, it's it's all
football right now. But baseball stealing the last twelve or
so hours of our life.

Speaker 3 (09:23):
Bet all the text messages coming into my phone in
the past two days are about baseball.

Speaker 2 (09:27):
Don't worry.

Speaker 1 (09:28):
Fifty to twe hundred million people are going to watch
every divisional game.

Speaker 2 (09:30):
Oh wow, oh true.

Speaker 1 (09:31):
I know I'm fine taking a football time out for
a second with Kyle Tucker's huge bobashd too big. Huge
is because the Dodgers, as gross as it sounds, got
even better. Show Hey leading off, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman,
Kyle Tucker right field, bat and forth, Will Smith catching
Bett and fifth Max Munsey, Hernandez pa has Edmund You're

(09:53):
pitching is insane. It is. Honestly, it's the greatest lineup
that ever was.

Speaker 3 (09:58):
And people are crying saying there should be a lockout.
You know, if that's the case and we're headed in
that direction, the Dodgers should just throw caution against the
wind and you know, load up, load up with some
more stars.

Speaker 1 (10:10):
There's there's got to be something done. But I'm not
blaming the Dodgers for legally playing within all the the
the loopholes and deferred money and all the stuff they're doing.
I mean, if Scooble goes to the Dodgers, that's where
I will then be like, okay.

Speaker 3 (10:25):
You'll take the scissors to the Dodger gear that you
got your kids.

Speaker 1 (10:28):
I will put it in a shredder. But as as a
Mets fan, you know, you got to think who could
compete with the Dodgers, and that list is short. Right
in the AL, You're only gonna have one team that
has to do with whoever comes out of the AL.
Blue Jays, Yankees, Astros, you know, whoever usual suspects right now.
But Red Sox got better. When you look at the

(10:49):
NL of course you'll Philadelphia, the Cubs, there's good teams.
The Padres will still be a division rival. But the
Mets are that team that missed the playoffs last year
and they revamped. So I want you from a not
one Mets point of view.

Speaker 2 (11:01):
I think they're the second best team in the NW.

Speaker 1 (11:03):
Do you feel like there's the Mets because the Red
because the Mets had terrible chemistry. They really are blaming
the Mets last year's sucking on the fact that no
one got along. So let me ask you this. I'm
gonna give you the swap what we have now. The
Mets said farewell to now I'm putting Edwin Diez aside
because that's a fail. The Dodgers swooped in congratulations. But

(11:24):
offensive players, the Mets have traded Nimo McNeil and polar
Bear Peede Alonzo for Simeon Polanco and Boshett I think
that's sort of a push.

Speaker 2 (11:38):
Losing Alonzo and Diaz is huge, said I.

Speaker 1 (11:41):
Said, Diez a side. How do you do that because
I just said the offense? Okay, I mean I think
I still don't Peter Alonzo is pe Alonso is better
than Baschett. I do, Yeah, then why is no one
wanted to give Pete Alonzo anywhere close to that money.
As far as big bat in New York, Yeah, I
mean he hits bombs bothash. That's a great player, but
he's going to struggle. He's not a great defensive player.

(12:03):
And where's he gonna play third base? Good luck with that.
It might get a little sloppy. I'm wishing him all.
I'm not hating dude. I'm just stating I like Boba
a defensive player. I think he's a gamer, but he
doesn't have the power of Pee Alonzo. He doesn't drive
in runs like I think great great player objectively has
a bigger personality. Yeah, No, I like dude. I like Boba.

(12:24):
Shed lot Riches asked me a question, and I don't
think it's a push. I don't. I think Pee Alonzo
was still the guy and the fans loved it. But
I'm I'm saying those three guys. If I said Wych,
that's cool, I wish to Yank, I said Jeff McNeil,
who's sort of like a sour puss, and you know,
wasn't the batting champion was three years ago him Nimo.
I think Nimo is always a little overrideed. He's a
good player. So McNeil, Nimo and polar Bear Pete gone.

(12:46):
You bring in Marcus Simeon who veteran Polonko who anyone
that our boss who's a Twins fan's like, yo, you're
gonna love Polonko. Guy hit twenty six home runs last
year and Boba Schett. I think it's close to a push.
I think the big fail for the Mets is not
signing Diaz again. That's the big that's the big one.
They'll make some moves maybe mid season. We'll see what happens.

(13:09):
Congratulations to the Mets. How many dogs? That's great? How
many Dodgers make the All Star Game? Oh my god?
The whole team five? Five starters? The whole is the
first Starterstry. The whole team makes the All Star Team?
Probably six, yeah, I would say six, Will Smith, Will Smith,
maybe seven, Will Smith, Yoky, Freddie Otani Tucker. What the
the n L All Star Game is going to be

(13:31):
the Dodgers and you add Jan Soto, Bryce Harper, this
you know this could be like it's the Dodgers plus
a couple n now Yeah, so yeah, it's kind of gross.

Speaker 2 (13:43):
Guys.

Speaker 1 (13:44):
The Dodgers just keep getting better and the Mets are
making moves to try to compete, try and that made
me happy this morning. So just uh, a lot of
big baseball announcements. Your thoughts on MLB and what could
baseball really do? I know, I know there's a lot
of people saying like this is ruining baseball. We've heard

(14:04):
that before, though we've read that baseball is doing just fine.
I think it makes it more interesting. Ratings were as
high as they've ever been, tendancies up. It's hard.

Speaker 2 (14:12):
There's arguments on both sides.

Speaker 3 (14:14):
There's people screaming for a salary floor and a salary cap,
and then there's people opposed to that saying that that's
not going to fix what the real problem is.

Speaker 1 (14:23):
I know there's revshare, right, Isaac, Danny, you guys might
know a little more than me on this, so feel
free to chime in. There's revshare, But is there a
way that moving forward during the next so there's no
strike when they negotiate, is there a way that there's
a better revshare where small market teams maybe get a
little more of the pie or something, Because it's you

(14:45):
really can't.

Speaker 3 (14:46):
Convect it could be a way to you know, supplement
the smaller markets. But then again, we need owners in
those smaller markets that are willing to open up there.

Speaker 1 (14:56):
I agree, But the owners in those smaller markets aren't
pulling in the muny that the Mets the Dodgers to Philly,
so there's got to be some type of competents.

Speaker 2 (15:04):
They still are billionaires with a bee though.

Speaker 5 (15:06):
But at the same time, I think the blueprint for
revenue sharing is the NFL, where the Kansas City Chiefs
and Green Bay Packers. It's not a foregun conclusion that
they're going to lose their own free agents that they
drafted to major markets. So there's billionaires, but then there's
NFL billionaires, but the same revenue sharing principles conceivably could

(15:27):
and should apply. Kind of like you know, you and
I and Sam are billionaires, Cavino and Rich they're NFL billionaires.

Speaker 1 (15:35):
That's a big difference. No, but there there is a
sense of like the pirates ownership or like, you know,
smaller market team just they can't play ball with the
big the big boys, right, and and you could say,
all they're billionaires. I don't know. I don't know what
the solution is if I was then I would say
give me the job, and I'd I'd be the you know,
smarty pants working it all out. But there's got to

(15:56):
be some type of give, right. I mean, well, are
you going to be a sports baby about it? We're
asking you Fox Sports Radio Nation. I'm telling you, I
don't think it ruins baseball. It makes me say gross,
makes me want to barf. I think ridiculous, But I
still think, all right, it's the Dodgers. Everyone else needs
to step up. And again it makes it more interesting

(16:16):
there's someone to beat. No, because I see the social
media feedback, even some of your friends like this is
why baseball sucks and I'm not watching this year, and
there's a lot of angry fans about it, and I
think you're just being a sports baby. He calls. At
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(16:39):
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to watch what you hear. We look at what sport

(16:59):
made a chain that totally, I would say most fans
could get behind. And that's college football, right. There was
a time where, and it wasn't that long ago that
it was pretty much like, all right, who's gonna be
this year? Alabama, Georgia, LSU. There was a hand like
one little handful of teams that could possibly win. Now
with nil and and just the bigger playoff and the

(17:21):
way things are structured that opens it up bigly. And
you just don't want baseball to become a sport where
every year, every year the guarantee, Dude, there wasn't. The
Dodgers struggled a lot last year, that's the truth, and
they turned it out when it mattered. They just won
when it mattered. But it's not like they had it

(17:42):
in the bag the whole season. They just came together
and got healthy when it mattered. So it's not like
other teams can't compete. They absolutely can. The Blue Jays
competed really tough in the World Series last year. I
just think that you're just crying about it. If you're
like I'm not watching beats gaining the Dodgers, I'm mad too,
but it's like, all right now it's time to step

(18:03):
by quite tough, don't.

Speaker 2 (18:04):
Be a baby.

Speaker 1 (18:05):
I agree, you give it one hundred percent. But if
some of the free agents just chose even if there
are other big market teams, like what I think is
cool in your division? The Baltimore Orioles have made some moves,
The Blue Jays have made some moves, the Yankees, the
Red Sox. That division to me is like, wow, they're
all they're all trying. Yeah, trying, And that's the key word.

Speaker 3 (18:25):
And I think my point earlier, Rich, what I was
trying to say is some owners it doesn't matter what
market they're in. You remember when the mccurt's, well, I
should say the McCourt until he got divorced and all that,
but when he owned the Dodgers, they were a laughing stock.
Is as far as spending money. Remember the old SP's clip.
I think I sent it to you guys. Recently it's
resurfaced where I forget the comedian that was hosting, but

(18:46):
he was cracking jokes about how cheap the Dodgers were,
and they panned to Matt Kemp in the audience, and
he said that Frank McCourt asked camp to look for
packets of ketchup they're at the SP's to bring back
to Dodger Stadium because they were out of ketchup. It
didn't matter that the Dodgers were in one of the
largest markets of the country. They just had a cheap

(19:06):
ass owner at the time.

Speaker 1 (19:08):
Kay Raine says, as a casual MLB fan, I find
all these moves, especially the contacter one I'm assuming he's saying,
I find it to be really interesting because now there's
super villains in the league. So even if you're a
casual fan, you're watching to watch them lose like they're
very even though they're likable, they're hatable. Because of this,
the players themselves are likable. Kyle from Raleiah says Dodgers

(19:35):
are the new Yankees. Kyle from Raleighah, it is Raleighah,
that's what he wrote. Matt says, new evil Empire. But
we said that last year, it just got a little
more evil. Bleacher Bump says Chicago Cubs are pretty solid,
adding Cabrera from the Marlins and Bregman. That's true, you
know what I mean. So chemistry, I think still Trump's talent.

(19:58):
What makes the Dodgers interesting is that they have that
as well. Yeah, and you just you just got to wonder,
how are these new moves like Diaz and Tucker, how
are they going to add or maybe take away from
that chemistry.

Speaker 6 (20:10):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (20:10):
Well, as the old saying goes from the Dark Knight,
you either die a hero or you live long enough
to become the villain. And I think the Dodgers right
now are slowly betraued. They go from the likable Dodgers too.
I think there will be a like, man, I hope
to Dodgers lose. I think that will be a sentiment
by a lot of fans on a lot of smaller

(20:31):
market teams like the Dodgers will not be the oh
man they never met, Harvey saying that, oh not that
different Dark Knight. Oh all right, so thanks all your
feedback is coming in. Nature Boy says Dodgers were one
pitch away from a failed season. They needed Tucker, and
I think that's what we're forgetting, like other teams were competing. Yeah,

(20:53):
stop being a baby. That's the moral of this story.

Speaker 4 (20:56):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (20:56):
Jay Stevens five six eight seven on the Chat says
teams aren't rapped themselves into greatness in baseball. It's all
about free agency, and if this is the way free
agency works, there's no way for your team to get better.
Frankly Matt one nine nine says it's like Brady's Patriots,
Danny Riley, Dodgers or villains. If you can't beat them,

(21:16):
join them Woop tang Dodgers number one. As from Steve Lopez,
I will say this, you can't really compare them to
the Yankees of the dynasty because there was so many
core homegrown Yankees not only would football this weekend, but
now all these moves in baseball, and you're just trying
to see where these pieces fall. First one to go

(21:39):
Kyle Tucker to the Dodgers, and you're like, get out
of my face with that. And by the way, listen
to the stat and I'm with you, Rich When it
comes to the money, it's like, I'm not paying them.

Speaker 2 (21:52):
Good for them? What do I get When.

Speaker 1 (21:54):
People say, oh, we're paid, I'm like, yeah, but you
got to hear it's not like you get a bill
in the mail. I ain't paying. This is a wild start.
I saw a courtesy of the New York Post. Now
keep in mind, I'm a Yankees fan, so I have
that Yankees algorithm.

Speaker 2 (22:08):
Right.

Speaker 1 (22:08):
It's just a bunch of boneheads from the Bronx complaining.
Do you say al goor rhythm algorithm? I don't think
he's got much rhythm. I feel like the algorithm is
what you have at a wedding. Sam trying to dance
like al Gore Kyrhyth.

Speaker 5 (22:22):
My new Economic program.

Speaker 1 (22:25):
Kyle Tucker has three more home runs, three more home
runs and one more r and PI than Anthony Vaulpi
this past year, and he's making sixty million year versus
vaultpiece three point four millionaire. Is that insane? Though? Timing
and good for him? Yeah, timing is everything he said it.
But I'm not hating. I'm just stating it's wild. But

(22:47):
he's getting paid. Gotta compare it to quarterbacks. It's like
next quarterback up. Even if he's not necessarily the best,
we'll likely get the big money. I just think when
you look, and I know there's no jealousy, but maybe
there is when you see a guy like Mookie Bets
and I know Muki was one of those guys that
signed like a long term deal so that the annuals
not as much, but there's a big commitment. But I

(23:07):
think what Mooki makes over a decade plus, like Kyle
Tucker is making like this contract with a little more
like it's it's ridiculous. It really isn't saying the numbers
you're seeing. I just saw Bobachett. Where's number eleven? I
wonder if that'll be a hot jersey in New York,
the new Bashett number eleven. I'm just honiced out there.

(23:27):
Not the Jinx Bobaschet or anything. But it is pending
physical and he was hurt a lot of last year,
so we start to see where that goes, and he
has to play third base for the first time. I'm
wishing Boba Schet all the best. I think that's a
great move for the Mets. You got Lindor at shortstop, obviously,
if you're not doing the math, the Mets math, but
some big, big moves which you can only assume Cody Balinger,

(23:50):
the other big bat will end up either with your
Mets rich or the Yankees, which makes it more interesting,
more exciting because there's more than life. There's more to
life than just football and being ridiculously good looking. I've
heard that, you know what. As we go to Isaac
Loan Crown in a second for an update, I do
want to talk before we make our picks. I don't

(24:10):
want you to think about Sam Donald.

Speaker 2 (24:13):
For a second.

Speaker 1 (24:14):
Okay, and now think about all your other favorite redheads.
Now let's think about Gingers. Sam Donald questionable now, I mean,
I can't imagine this guy not playing, like, even if
he's banged up, you take a shot, you get in there,
the quarterback of the one seed. I can't imagine a
world where this is where you go all yeah. I

(24:34):
can't imagine a world where Sam Donald's like yeah, coach,
I can't go like Drew locks In. There's that to
me just seems so unlikely. But he will be playing uncomfortable.
I will have to ask then, you know, if it's
not significant, why is he even brought up from a
team preparation standpoint, Isaac? Do they have to say questionable?

Speaker 7 (25:00):
Like?

Speaker 1 (25:00):
I know they have to be very accuate with injury reports, right,
so it would have to I know that's like a
gray area there, but to list him questionable is an
interesting move if he's likely going to play, No, like
when don't you just say probable or like yeah he's
I don't.

Speaker 5 (25:12):
Know, generally, and they're very strict injury reporting guidelines and statuses,
and it has to do with, you know, frankly the
gambling industry at times as well. But generally the thought
accepted in the league is if they're questionable, they're going
to play. If they're doubtful, they're not going to play.

(25:32):
That's it crimple as that.

Speaker 1 (25:34):
I mean, I know there are just words, but like, yeah,
doubtful is like all right, Isaac, Yeah, I want to
go for dinner tonight. Questionable not on my mind, but
it's like questionable to me feels more negative than like probable.

Speaker 5 (25:51):
I would say, I would say to put your mind
at well, not your minded he's, but Seahawk's mind. It's
more of a formality that if there's something legitimately wrong
where they had to be limited in practice during the week,
that they have to classify them as questionable as opposed
to taking them off the injury report Entirely. It's more

(26:12):
of a formality, if I can put.

Speaker 2 (26:13):
It that way.

Speaker 1 (26:14):
Okay, I formality, but I do buy into there's something
to it. I just to me, I'm comparing it to
stupid dinner plans. Hey, comni, you want to get the
tacos to night?

Speaker 2 (26:24):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (26:25):
Probable That means yeah, you'll be there. Doubtful man, not
gonna be there? Question almost very vague and like I
feel like if he's what if I go?

Speaker 5 (26:34):
Well, probably probable As a termin in other sports, it's
not a term in the NFL. There's in questionable, doubtful
out Yeah.

Speaker 1 (26:45):
All right, Well with that said, what side is the
oblique throwing side? Other side? I'm gonna look into that.

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(27:42):
stuff who's the Brad Pitt of Now it's like Robert Radford.
All right, Ready, if your wife cheated on you or
left you for Glenn Powell, I wouldn't be happy about it.
But there's a part of me that would understand if
he really wanted her, and he really really and she
wanted her so bad he was offering her the world

(28:04):
I don't know, like sixty million. It's like, do you
blame Kyle Tucker? No, everybody would have done like Sidney
Sweeney was like Isaac motor Boat me. Now, yeah, with
Isaac's wife, like understand, I mean, she wouldn't be happy
about it.

Speaker 5 (28:20):
Actually she would be to get me off her hands.

Speaker 1 (28:24):
So my plan is it's like, no one's happy about
Kyle Tucker, but how could you not understand? He's playing
for a winner. They gave him a lot. It's an
obvious move. So we could either cry about it like
sports baby, or say, all right, what do they say?
Pick pick yourself up from the bootstraps. Whoever has bootstraps,
pick them up and let's compete. Now what are you

(28:46):
talking about? Bootstraps? It's time for our tyraqt play the day,
all right, let's do the Tyrect play the day and
then you know what?

Speaker 2 (28:51):
Can you know?

Speaker 1 (28:51):
I do have one way that baseball could be saved
that I'll explain before we get to our picks. The
Tyraq play of the day. Did Berlin get to see
the dunk of the year? Now, ain't the run of
the floor?

Speaker 5 (29:02):
Let he throw it down on four grizzlies A to
be black the international incident.

Speaker 1 (29:08):
It's one o nine, one oh seven, holy smokes in
a national incident. Smokes that dunk was ridiculous over over
four Grizzly bears. Oh Grizzlies. Okay, gotcha, FM ninety six
point nine in the game. That was your Tyrect play
of the day, or for over forty years tire rack
dot com the way tire buying should be now the

(29:30):
way baseball saved. I'm not saying it's saved because it's
very healthy. Highest ratings attendance is up, merches being sold
at record numbers, So baseball's healthy. But when you see
Kyle Tucker go to the Dodgers, I think and listen,
I'm a Mets fan. I admit the Mets have money
to spend, they have Sodo Lindor, they're not gonna compete.
They're not schlubs. The Cubs will compete, the Yankees, the

(29:51):
Blue Jays. But I think the nail on the coffin
for baseball would be if Schemes or Schooble went to
the Dodgers. That can't happen if the Phillies, Red Sox, Mets, Yankees, Cubs, Cardinals, Padres,
someone else when when that time comes, they just need
to go somewhere else, and then I feel like someone else.

(30:13):
Good pitching, as you know, will a lot of times
beat good hitting, but you can't roll out in the
playoffs with one of those two guys on the Dodgers.
It just can't be. Like I would I would say
that the Yankees if they somehow, because I know you
love to think that Libby Dunn is going to push
Paul Skeins to want to be a Yankee if the
Yankees had Schemes in Garrett Call one two. It's tough

(30:36):
to say. It's tough to argue that you want to
be able to compete with anyone in a series, right,
I mean, you just need a good one too, and
the Dodgers have great pitching too, So that's that's the thing. Man,
it's and it's a long season. So we'll say all right,
so we want you guys to stick up, stick around,
and we want you to check us out on Covino

(30:57):
and Rich FSR on YouTube. You can see our new
shipment of Herbo balls. These are the prizes that we're
given away our CNR on FSR new and improved Nerve
Footballs and we have your chance to win next hour
when we play brain Wave. But we also want to
get you firing up for this weekend. By the way,
any plans for playoff weekend? I just want to come
over again. I'm not having like a big thing, but

(31:19):
if you guys want to swing by on Saturday night,
I'll order food. If you want to watch Niner Seahawks,
we're gonna give you our parlay picks. I don't want
to be over. I don't want to be super party
boy because I have too many Who are you, Chris
Panti is part of I'm just saying, like, if you
guys are like, yeah, we're down, then I'd say, dude, yeah,
foods on me. You know, if you're the guy. It

(31:41):
gets expensive too, though, Rich you're like feeding all these people.
I don't mind. I just don't want to be. I
don't want to be the guy that every time's like,
come on, guys, I don't want to put pressure on.

Speaker 2 (31:48):
But if you.

Speaker 1 (31:50):
Yeah, if you know what, if you want to come
over my house this weekend to watch Niners Seahawks Saturday
night foods on me, just let me know. You'll be
the right note to order. Okay, all right, he's the
hostess with the mostes.

Speaker 2 (32:02):
I'm done.

Speaker 1 (32:02):
I'm like, you know, listen. Plus, I have an eight
year old and a five year old, so it's actually
easier for me to have people over my house and
we have space, so it's my pleasure to feed you guys.

Speaker 2 (32:10):
Nice all live stream it, I don't mind.

Speaker 1 (32:14):
People.

Speaker 8 (32:14):
Could we could all hang in my house? Do it
a live stream? We might see you jump in your
pool again. Yeah, if you guys either want to see
me cry or jump in my pool and joy, you
could hang outside.

Speaker 2 (32:22):
Of newe could be water works either way.

Speaker 1 (32:25):
Goodness. A question to everybody listening to it, Yeah, do
you have plans? Have you made your plans? It's going
to be an exciting weekend, you fools? Yeah I said
it the other day, but I know world and life
doesn't revolve around football. But my daughter has a girl's
flag football game Sunday afternoon, so it's like one of
the games I know I'm gonna have to watch on
my phone. I'm like, I get things don't revolve around

(32:45):
NFL football, but it is bothersome. It's more bothersome when
your team's in it. Yeah, you have to remember not
everybody's team is in now. Before we get to our
parlay picks, Danny j you'r quick, like thirty second thoughts
on I saw a headline that said, what if the
Raiders instead of getting Mendoza? There was a even Mike
Florio has talked about there's a plan where what if

(33:06):
the Raiders tried to get Lamar Jackson with that first pick?
So the Ravens could start over and you get Lamar?
Do you want that?

Speaker 4 (33:13):
No?

Speaker 3 (33:13):
I mean you'd have a much smaller window there rather
than building with a young dude just coming into.

Speaker 1 (33:19):
The Marty Jackson's losing a step already. He's what is
he twenty eight?

Speaker 3 (33:23):
He's old twenty yes, because of all the hitch he's
taken run around for a long time. So I wouldn't
want that if I I mean, I I'm raising my hand.
I have been all season, all college season for Mendoza.

Speaker 1 (33:34):
And we need that because we found out earlier this week.
If the Raiders do draft Mendoza, Danny G will release
his karaoke version of him singing Fernando by Abba Let's go,
And I can't wait for that. All right, listen, we'll
see you guys in a second more seeing our next
We're going to give you our parlay picks. But we
also got you involved last week and we said if

(33:57):
you went six and oh, we're going to give you
a prize.

Speaker 2 (34:00):
Yeah, if you were six for six with your parlay.

Speaker 1 (34:02):
Six for six, that's not easy, by the way, No,
and Danny G, believe it or not, we got some winners, right.

Speaker 3 (34:06):
Yeah, Covino and I, we thought we were doing good
going into Monday. At four and one, these listeners hit
all six.

Speaker 2 (34:13):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (34:13):
A couple of us went four and two.

Speaker 2 (34:14):
Yep.

Speaker 1 (34:15):
A couple of us went three and three, which is actually,
you know, not bad. Going six and zero is not easy.
Last week was I think none of us were perfect
after the second game because it just it was such
a great divisional weekend of wildcard football.

Speaker 3 (34:29):
And we only mentioned this a couple of times on
last week's show that if you wanted to email, we
would look through all the emails and give some prize
packs away. And I don't want you guys to get
big headed over there, but just from those two mentions,
two hundred and fifty emails.

Speaker 2 (34:43):
Is what I sorted through.

Speaker 1 (34:44):
We actually feel like one time.

Speaker 3 (34:46):
Jason S went six for six, Congratulations, that's not bad,
buddy boy, Paul H.

Speaker 2 (34:52):
Went six for six, and Matt E went six for six.

Speaker 5 (34:56):
Iebra Flus.

Speaker 1 (34:57):
Yeah, can I tell you we are they four for
four parlaypool with some old friends from Serious XM. And
when I tell you there's a couple hundred people in
this pool some weeks, no one out of a couple
hundred hit a four for four, So a six for six.
So Jason H, PAULA Man all went six for six, congrats,

(35:18):
And how do they claim their.

Speaker 3 (35:19):
I'm going to be I'm going to be reaching out
to them to get their mailing info and then I'm
going to send them a c NR prize back.

Speaker 1 (35:25):
Nice.

Speaker 2 (35:26):
All right, Well you could get involved.

Speaker 3 (35:28):
This week if you go four for four, we will
send you out a prize. Well, all right, so you
need the email. It's c Rprizes at gmail dot com
and you're going to use the DraftKings spreads. We are
betting against the spread, so it is ceur Prizes at
gmail dot com.

Speaker 2 (35:45):
And this is what you're playing for, the nerve football
that we have right here here. You got there?

Speaker 5 (35:50):
Yeah?

Speaker 2 (35:50):
Look at this bad boy?

Speaker 1 (35:51):
Oh yeah, so.

Speaker 3 (35:54):
They just came in, by the way, So if you
were one of our winners throughout the football season, don't worry.

Speaker 2 (35:59):
I am on top. I dig them. I like them
a lot. These are sweet.

Speaker 1 (36:02):
So thank you guys for playing along, and congrats again
to Jason H, Jason S, Paul H, and Matt E.
Surprizes at gmail dot com. Are you ready to do
this or what?

Speaker 2 (36:12):
Let's go fire up that NFL films music.

Speaker 1 (36:16):
Yeah, let me tell you four games. There's a pattern
I'm going with and I'm just curious if anyone will
pick out my pattern because I feel like it's a
winning formula. Let's start are week at a divisional football
tomorrow afternoon. Are you ready for some football? You know,
I'm ready for football AFC battle. Some would argue this

(36:41):
is like the game of the weekend. Bill's Broncos at
Mile High Broncos have won thirteen of their last fourteen.
They're at home. Sean Payton and bo Nick seem to
have figured this thing out quicker than we all imagined. Buffalo,
as Cavino said, for a twelve and five team that
won a close game last week, I feel like they're

(37:02):
fighting for every win. It's a team that battles, and
they live and die on on which Josh Allen's going
to show up.

Speaker 2 (37:08):
That's really it.

Speaker 1 (37:09):
Yeah, remember they have Josh Allen. Though, Remember there's a guy.
I don't know if it's a guy that could take
the game over. Have you heard of him, Josh Allen?
You might have heard of him. Him and Haley Steinfeld.
We said who had a better week than them? She
debuted her belly bump at the Golden Globes. Oh and
by the way, how many times have we said with
the teams that are out, this is the clearest path
for the Bills to go all the way. And you

(37:31):
don't think Josh Allen knows that? And even though everyone's
obsessed with what were you doing in twenty sixteen, you
see that trend all over TikTok and instagram My twenty
sixteenth story, Well, in twenty sixteen. That was just for
the record, That was the year Peyton Manning won as
a Bronco. That was the year lebron came back against
the Golden State Warriors. That was the year the Cubs
finally won the World Series. And it was also the

(37:53):
year that Hanley Steinfeld was wearing a Broncos jersey. And
this picture's floating around social media, and Josh Allen's like,
who cares, Like we weren't together, but people are showing
this picture everywhere that Haley Steinfeld apparently was like go
Broncos when she was like a younger woman. So what
are you picking here? But can I go first?

Speaker 2 (38:11):
Do it?

Speaker 1 (38:12):
My brother's gonna hate this. I'm sorry, Jimmy. My brother
is a Broncos fan. He loved Elway as a kid.
They ain't ready. I don't know something about the week off.
I don't know. Denver is actually not invincible at home.
They've lost it. They finally lost at home this year.
I like Buffalo. I think Josh Allen's a man on
a mission. I think Buffalo not only beats him. I'm

(38:34):
gonna be bold. I see everyone on social media and
everyone on these TV shows like twenty three, twenty twenty eight,
twenty five, thirty four to thirty one. No, I think
I think the Broncos loses came. I think Josh Allen
thirty four seventeen. Yeah, I think he's got a big Yeah.
I think Josh Allen beats the Broncos, not even the Bills.
Allen over the Broncos this week, and I agree with

(38:54):
Rich I think he nailed it. I think people counted
them out. I heard Colin talking about it, like, you know,
he had the Jaguars right, and it's like, oh, I
forgot that they have Josh Allen.

Speaker 2 (39:04):
Well, guess what.

Speaker 1 (39:04):
Let's all remember this guy could take over the game
at any time. He has a lot to play for.
He's a baby on the way. He has a clear
path to make it happen. Bam, the Bills win, all right.

Speaker 3 (39:14):
Danny Gyeh, This Denver defense is impressive, but Josh Allen
is a robot. It seems like no matter how hard
he gets hit, he gets right back up.

Speaker 1 (39:22):
Oh and by the way, Danny g remember sewing Payton
earlier this week? He was all salty and testy with
the reporter. I think because he's feeling the pressure of
the Bills and Josh Allen, what do you know about
attacking that? What do you know about.

Speaker 4 (39:35):
You know?

Speaker 1 (39:35):
How little aggravated? It sounds like the pressure's on him.

Speaker 3 (39:37):
Which defense impressed me last weekend was Buffalo's. If they
show up like that again in this game, it's gonna
be the Bills. I picked them on our in studio
prediction sheet to go and win the Super Bowl. I'm
staying with the Bills, Spotty boy. What's up, buddy boy? Oh,
I think it's obvious. I think the Bills are going
to dominate.

Speaker 1 (39:56):
Wow, damn, we're all going. And by the way, just
for the record, I didn't bring up the point spread
because it's it's one and a half. Now, that could
play a factor, but it's Denver by one and a half.
I mean, if you know they lose by one, it's
but still it's not a big point spread, so keep
that in mind.

Speaker 2 (40:12):
I was Sam, I'm gonna.

Speaker 1 (40:14):
Ride with the Bills until they can't ride no more. Oh,
you know, five for five Isaac Lowancron Bills or Broncos.

Speaker 5 (40:21):
That was excellent, insightful analysis by y'all, But unfortunately it's
all irrelevant because it's going to be Denver that all
that stuff cannot be overcome by sixty eight sacks, which
is eleven more than the next best team Denver.

Speaker 1 (40:39):
Okay, you know what, Isaac bringing us back to reality
a little bit.

Speaker 2 (40:42):
Josh Allen's going to be running for his life.

Speaker 5 (40:45):
I didn't say that. I just think the pressure will
be enough to tilt the game for Denver. You should
know about being unable to protect a quarterback over not
that I should talk either.

Speaker 4 (40:59):
Huh.

Speaker 2 (41:00):
Yeah. That was also the Chargers down there.

Speaker 1 (41:02):
Yeah, right, so all right, everybody had the bills except
for Isaac. Night Saturday night, I guess I'm buying food,
and I guess you guys coming over the spread out
having it live stream up. I'm just telling Cavino that
the charcouterie alone is like one hundred bucks, and you
buy all those meats and cheeses. All right. Forty nine
ers at Seahawks. No George Kittle, no Fred Warner, a

(41:27):
Sam Darnold with a little auchi on the obleaque, a
little uh, A little third times the charm for someone here.
Because they split the series Niners one week one, Seahawks
really shut down anything. Kyle Shanahan and brock party hold
on after in Week eighteen, interrupt Rich. It's not like
they their defense outshine them. It's not like they outscored

(41:48):
him by a lot. It was thirteen three. Yeah, it
was still relatively close game, and McCaffrey did bumble and fumble.
Remember he tipped the ball like the one yard line
that could have been thirteen to ten. Not make it excuses.
I'm saying, there's just a game where Seattle found the
way to really just dominate. So Niners are seven point underdogs.

(42:08):
If it was seven and a half, I would feel
even more confident. But you know where I'm going. I'm
going forty nine ers. Who's gonna Who's with me, who's
against me? I'm going with my heart on this one.
I want to see Rich happy as my co host
and pal. I root for the now because I also
root for the forty nine ers, and I believe that

(42:30):
Shanahan pulls out all of his bag of tricks here
forty nine ers. I'm going with the forty nine ers,
Danny Rich.

Speaker 3 (42:38):
I like the fact that a lot of your Niners
have had big game experience, whereas the Seahawks not so much.

Speaker 2 (42:46):
Sam Donald has no playoff wins.

Speaker 1 (42:49):
Remember we kept saying all week, Live by the Sword,
Die by the store. Yeah, I mean Sam Donald, who
knows what he can either have the greatest game or
the weakest game.

Speaker 3 (42:59):
I just feel like this game is going to be
closer than seven. So I'm gonna go with the Niners
because of the points. Okay, Spotty, Yeah, so the spread
is seven seven?

Speaker 2 (43:11):
Tough one? Uh? Rich?

Speaker 1 (43:15):
You know I love you, but I just I feel
like this.

Speaker 2 (43:19):
I feel like the Seahawks are gonna pua a head
on this one.

Speaker 1 (43:21):
All right, Seahawks, Seahaw'm taking Seahawks. I was Sammy. I
picked the Bills with my heart, I'm picking the Seahawks.
I'm sorry, Rich with my head. You're hey, I'm not Maddy.

Speaker 8 (43:30):
I think that the Seahawks win, but the Niners cover
that seven. Oh Oka, Okay, so you're going the same
way I am.

Speaker 1 (43:36):
Okay, so you guys, Seahawks wins, but just in a
closer game over the seven yo Low and Crown. What
you thinking, buddy?

Speaker 5 (43:42):
I do not know who's gonna win, but I absolutely
am taking the forty nine ers to cover.

Speaker 1 (43:48):
People like those points. I love those points. If it's
seven and a half, So if you have the ability
to wherever you gamble, DraftKings are preference, buy a half
a point. Why would you not?

Speaker 2 (43:57):
Right, you could?

Speaker 1 (43:57):
You could wager and buy that half a point. Make
it nine plus seven and a half. Like then, if
they lose by a touchdown, you still win your bet.
I love seven and a half. There, it was seven
and a half until yesterday. Alright, let's go to Sunday
early game, Texans at the Patriots. Patriots got your home
field three points. I am going road dog style. I

(44:22):
think the Texans win eleven in a row. I like Houston.
I like their defense. I told you every time the
ball was handed off last week. I know they played
the Steelers, but they were hit behind a lot of scrimmage.
That defense is solid. And I think Jayden Daniels got
whatever jitter is out of his system because he looked
like ass CJ. Stroud did I say to CJ Stroud,
I'm sure he was a CJ.

Speaker 2 (44:42):
Stroggling. He was CJ.

Speaker 1 (44:44):
Strouding. I think he learned from those mistakes. So yeah, Texans,
I'm going Texans. I think Patriots a little inflated still,
even they're good, But I like the Texans here eleven
in a row. You keep bringing up this roulette visual
all where eventually you gotta bet on Black, like red
red red red Red. Black's eventually gonna come up. And

(45:07):
I feel like we're going to the Texans defensive well
too much and the Patriots are too good. So I'm
going Patriots on this one.

Speaker 2 (45:14):
Cove. I'm right there with you.

Speaker 3 (45:15):
Because Drake May led the Patriots this far, He's gonna
lead them even further. He'll pull the ball down and
run it the way Aaron Rodgers could not against the
Texans for all of the categories where their defense is
number one. You know where they're last in the league
stopping a quarterback from running. So watch Drake May use
your legs. May and the Patriots will win this game.

Speaker 1 (45:36):
Spotty.

Speaker 9 (45:41):
What's the spread again?

Speaker 1 (45:43):
Three? Home field advantage three for the Patriots. I'm gonna
take the pots on this one field strong.

Speaker 8 (45:49):
Sam Loan Crun, my two lest knuckleheadpals, pat Patriots win
and cover Lowen Crun.

Speaker 5 (45:56):
I cannot possibly express how good the tech since defense is.
It's even better than the Broncos defense. They have no weaknesses.
They are equally strong at every level. Defensive line linebackers
and secondary Texans all the way.

Speaker 1 (46:13):
Wow, how likable and handsome is Demko Ryance Strong? What
a guy? What a guy? Collins is out? That is big.
That is big. That is a big off weapon and
Rams this point spread move it exerted injury I'm unaware
of It was three and a half. Now it's Rams
by four and a half.

Speaker 2 (46:31):
There was no Stafford spring finger right, Oh.

Speaker 1 (46:35):
Yeah, no, that's completely the line moved in the direction
is if something may have happened in Chicago, but not
that just means Vegas sentiment is that more people are
betting on the on the Rams.

Speaker 5 (46:45):
So only things that happened today. Romo Odons a questionable
and right guard Kevin Dotson of the Rams will start.
But that's it. That's not major, major stuff.

Speaker 1 (46:53):
Ben Johnson had a bed burrito for lunch, so he
has a belly a gred in Chicago. Yeah no, d
rick up in pizza. All right, please call it. There's
four and a half point underdogs. I'm loving the Bears here.
I'm going Bears. I think not only they cover, I
think they win the game. I'm going Rams on this
because we only see the greatness from the Bears when
they're playing from behind. How many times could they come back?

(47:16):
What is it seven? Seven? Come from behind wins recently?
How many times are you gonna go to that well?
Like they haven't been able to dominate. They just come
up with these big, miraculous plays and I get keep
going to this well. See if you said that baby
Jessica girl from the eighties in there. No, but I'm
saying like, eventually I got that.

Speaker 2 (47:33):
Are gonna kid?

Speaker 6 (47:35):
Right?

Speaker 1 (47:35):
So as well the goonies down there? Do you love Wells?
I would love to see Caleb Williams do it again.
He has this magic touch about him. But go to
the Rams. I'm going Rams, Rams by four and a half, right,
They're not hating on the Bears. I'll give him a
slow clap if they pull it off again.

Speaker 3 (47:51):
This is a meme from Caesar's Sportsbooks, so it's got
to be true. Matthew Stafford's record when the temperature is
forty degrees are lower one to nine. I'm wow, Yeah,
I'm going Chicago. I just feel like it's a special
season for them and they will find a way.

Speaker 2 (48:04):
To get it seems to be.

Speaker 1 (48:05):
But it's always from behind, always from behind. I thought
that's how you like it.

Speaker 2 (48:11):
Spot what don't don't include me in that? To take
the Rams on this one? Rams?

Speaker 1 (48:18):
Alrighty yeah, I would say, any.

Speaker 8 (48:20):
Boy, I gotta go with the Bears here because I've
been wanting to say, Bears Bills, Battlestar Galactica in Super
Bowl sixties. Bears Bills is such a marquee, Bears Bills, Bears.

Speaker 2 (48:33):
Go give me the Bears.

Speaker 1 (48:35):
Great rationale.

Speaker 2 (48:38):
Got to meet you on Monday.

Speaker 1 (48:41):
Let's say, how to the best guy in the biz?
Isaac Low and Crown.

Speaker 5 (48:46):
I'm actually going Rams because they of what they almost
did at Philadelphia last year and somebody they have now
who they didn't have last year, Davante Adams. In one
additional note, baby Jessica now third years old.

Speaker 1 (49:01):
Wow, Wow, shut up, Wow, it's me Jessica.

Speaker 2 (49:06):
Wow.

Speaker 1 (49:06):
That's that's amazing.

Speaker 2 (49:07):
All right.

Speaker 1 (49:08):
So we made our picks and by the way, I
think I don't think anyone has the same four Wow.

Speaker 3 (49:14):
Nice And you can email your four picks into us.
Seeurprizes at gmail dot com. That's Crprizes at gmail dot com.
It's against the spread, So go to DraftKings Sportsbook DraftKings
against the spread.

Speaker 1 (49:28):
This bad boy right here. You can see it at
coven Owners FSR. This no football black and white cn
R n FSR turbogrip doozy. So good luck and enjoy
the games. Man, They're gonna be great. I like these
matchups so much. Last week was great. I keep saying it.
Last week was great. These matchups are even better. I'm
expecting some really great games. Why do you marry them?

(49:55):
All right, let's do this Brainwave? Do Coveno win race?

Speaker 6 (49:59):
Really?

Speaker 5 (50:00):
We are the same brain day Rich.

Speaker 1 (50:02):
Chatting, Chadny Rain persisting something Sidney Joe to measure you?

Speaker 2 (50:06):
Is there?

Speaker 5 (50:07):
Crew not far behind?

Speaker 2 (50:09):
We're one.

Speaker 1 (50:10):
Welcome to Brainway. Try to make sense of the brain.

Speaker 5 (50:13):
It's easy.

Speaker 3 (50:14):
We drop on sports, music and entertainment questions, and if
you match with enough of these bosoms, you win.

Speaker 2 (50:21):
I love that.

Speaker 3 (50:22):
On the count of three, reveal Brainway one, two, three, Yeah, ked.

Speaker 1 (50:30):
In guys, you're on the same way plank right now.

Speaker 3 (50:34):
All right, Happy Friday. The questions in this game are
all subjective. You just need to try and match the
brain of CNR and the crew. We're gonna get our
contestant from the studio lines right now, and then I'm
gonna explain the game further.

Speaker 2 (50:46):
All right, it is Paul, the first one through in
North Carolina.

Speaker 1 (50:49):
So it's up Paul, Hey Powell. Is it Paul or Pool?

Speaker 5 (50:53):
It is no, Paul.

Speaker 2 (50:55):
What do you do for a living? What do you
do for a living? In North Cacalaca?

Speaker 1 (50:59):
I am a general man in a restaurant.

Speaker 3 (51:02):
Oh very cool. All right, here we go. I have
five rounds ready to go. Our contestant has to win
two of the rounds to be the champ and walk
away with one of those nice cee in our nerve
turbo footballs. I'm gonna ask a question and then give
three debatable answers to choose from the six of us
in studio. Are gonna write down our answers on these
dry erase boards for our YouTube channel, and then on
the count of three, Paul, you're gonna shout out your answer.

(51:23):
You have to match with four of us to win
the round or no matter the callers answer, if all
six of us happen to match in studio, it's an
automatic point for the contestant. Guys, ready, yeah, let's do
this right, So get your dry erase boards ready to go.
Category one, Let's start with Sports. Which of these players

(51:44):
is most likely to be traded this offseason? Lamar Jackson,
Max Crosby or A. J.

Speaker 2 (51:52):
Brown. All right, think about it.

Speaker 1 (51:57):
I mean it's a good question.

Speaker 5 (51:58):
Guess wait, a very good question, complex complex issues.

Speaker 2 (52:05):
Okay, let me know when you guys are all locked in.

Speaker 1 (52:09):
I'm I'm locked. I'm locked locked in. I'm already dreaming
about buying my son of Boba sche Jersey Paul.

Speaker 3 (52:15):
On the count of three, we need your answer, one, two, three,
says AJ Brown. We're gonna start with Covina.

Speaker 1 (52:24):
Process of illumination. Max Crosby's not going anywhere, and the
Ravens got rid of Harbaugh and not getting rid of Jackson.
AJ Brown's the answer, Bro, AJ Brown. Max Crosby not
happy with the Raiders. He's on a trampoline with his kid,
saying I could play. Meanwhile, the team shut him down,
but I think there's hope that the Raiders could turn around,
so he I think he's gonna end up saying Lamar

(52:44):
is not going anywhere. And AJ Brown management's already saying,
like we're moving this dude. AJ Brown's answer.

Speaker 5 (52:51):
All right, I love for two two words contractual availability.
AJ Brown.

Speaker 9 (52:56):
You go damn spotty spotty here playing for Matt to
underscore one nine nine. On the YouTube chat, also said
AJ Brown Man, all right, he's clinched the point.

Speaker 2 (53:08):
I also said A J.

Speaker 1 (53:10):
Brown and let's go a good one too.

Speaker 2 (53:14):
How many people do we have him? Six?

Speaker 1 (53:16):
Let's go six or six?

Speaker 4 (53:17):
A J. Brown?

Speaker 3 (53:19):
Come on, that's obvious, Paul, what a good start you
would have got the point either way. Congrats on getting
that first round. Need one more to win? All right,
round two, let's go to entertainment.

Speaker 1 (53:28):
I don't blame him, by the way. Look at Nick
Sirianni's face every day, so I don't want out of
there too. By the way, Nick Sirianni, if you grew
up on the East Coast, he's the type of guy
that if you were his pal, you'd probably be the
coolest guy. But if he wasn't your pal, you'd look
at it be like, who is this guy? If you
grew up on the East Coast, you say, series seri, seria.
All right, let's go next one.

Speaker 3 (53:47):
All right, entertainment category here, which of these three is
the worst actor?

Speaker 4 (53:52):
Oh?

Speaker 3 (53:52):
Oh, all right, it's Rich Davis, Steven Segal, Oh god,
Megan fuck oh or Vin Diesel.

Speaker 5 (54:02):
Oh man, this is a tough one.

Speaker 2 (54:04):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (54:05):
On a lot of the lists online, these three are
back to back to back on the lists. Stephen Sagal,
Megan Fox or Vin Diesel.

Speaker 1 (54:14):
All right, I'm ready. I think I got my answer.

Speaker 3 (54:18):
Everybody locked in? Yeah, yeah, all right, Paul needs your answer.
On the count of three, one, two, three, Steve Saysgal,
We're gonna go in reverse order this time.

Speaker 2 (54:29):
Iowa, Samuel, let's say you.

Speaker 1 (54:31):
I'm want to take you to the bank crund to
the blood bank.

Speaker 8 (54:37):
Steven Segal, if you couldn't tell man, I mean, he
was in some good movies, but uh his movies now
and that's so great and move along.

Speaker 3 (54:46):
Yeah, Richard s Appendus love Stephen Skal. It's like Segal
doesn't even try.

Speaker 1 (54:53):
Oh Jesus.

Speaker 3 (54:54):
I also put Steven Seagal all right, spotty, all right,
Matt uh agreed. Not only is a horrible actor, but
horrible her Stephen Sagal.

Speaker 5 (55:03):
I looks like during this segment this actor has been
under siege.

Speaker 2 (55:09):
Stephen, He's a winner winner. What'd you say?

Speaker 1 (55:15):
Rich Mark for death hard to kill, above the law?
Under siege. Stephen Sagal was such a part of our childhood.
I'm ashamed of all of you. I love Stephen Sagall.
Remember he was at a coma for seven years and
came out of it and beat up all the bad
guys in the Hard to Kill. Yeah, he watched one
of his own movies, Negaid Fox is too hot to

(55:37):
ever insult? And Vin Diesel's just a big meathhead. Vin
Diesel worst actor? Who watch anyone ever watch a movie
saying look at.

Speaker 2 (55:43):
That guy as it? Does it matter what she looks
like if she can't act at all?

Speaker 5 (55:47):
Yes?

Speaker 8 (55:47):
Vin Diesel was decent in Uh Ryan and Boiler Room,
and he's got some acting chops some And.

Speaker 5 (55:55):
I was gonna say that Stephen Sagall was at least
good on that Super Bowl commercial where he was balancing
between two trucks, But I just remembered that was not
That was Jean Claude.

Speaker 1 (56:04):
Van Dam.

Speaker 2 (56:06):
What did your rich? So rich is the I love?

Speaker 1 (56:11):
I love Steven Paul in North Carolina.

Speaker 3 (56:13):
Congratulations, We're going to mail out one of these turbo
footballs to you.

Speaker 1 (56:19):
We grab party one more round for fun. Then he clinched,
He clinched, Yeah you want to play for some kozie. Yeah,
we could throw extra COOZI a little ball in there.

Speaker 3 (56:29):
You guys want to do you want to do a
lifestyle category or go back to sports two?

Speaker 1 (56:33):
Lifestyle? Okay, sports? All the winner wants sports. You can
listen to Paul the Winter.

Speaker 5 (56:39):
Don't listen to anyone.

Speaker 1 (56:42):
My wife. My wife the other day give me a
big speech on how I need to listen better. So
maybe I should.

Speaker 3 (56:47):
It's just so salty. We do have to do self
evaluations for the company. Right now, give meself all pens.

Speaker 2 (56:54):
Of the best.

Speaker 1 (56:54):
I'm the best there is.

Speaker 2 (56:55):
I'm a perfect listener.

Speaker 3 (56:57):
All right, Here we go, Which which of these car
brands most represents luxury? Oh, BMW, range Rover or Mercedes Benz.

Speaker 2 (57:11):
Right now?

Speaker 1 (57:12):
Yeah, now that's tough. I think there's an obvious answer.

Speaker 2 (57:16):
Do you all right? We're all gonna lock our answers in.
I know what it's not.

Speaker 3 (57:23):
I'm locked in, all right, locked Paul Paul.

Speaker 1 (57:30):
Three tam University of Georgia alumni. And we play a
lot of Mercedes Benz stadiums.

Speaker 3 (57:36):
Well with Mercedes ben Okay, he says, Mercedes Covino.

Speaker 1 (57:40):
Out here in l A you see Benzes everywhere and
mostly women driving them.

Speaker 2 (57:45):
Right.

Speaker 8 (57:46):
BMW's that's anecdotal.

Speaker 5 (57:49):
I got one hold on.

Speaker 1 (57:51):
When you see luxury and lavish people, it's always range Rover.

Speaker 2 (57:56):
All right, how rich Davis, I'll.

Speaker 1 (57:58):
Tell you it was this. This is tough, But I
thought the obvious answer was Mercedes. I think I drive
a BMW and they're not that expensive. Humble brag ye,
oh like range Rover, I feel like, are pricey. And
it's like a lot of hot moms in La drive
range Rovers caminos, right, yeah, pricey. But Mercedes, though, I
feel like maybe you get an every level Mercedes rain

(58:20):
Rover is always expensive lead range rover.

Speaker 3 (58:22):
For the foothills, you gotta get up in your you know,
up there in the hills. This is hard for ILO's
a Ford man. He's got a pimped out primary Pinto
in the parking garage.

Speaker 2 (58:30):
What'd you say?

Speaker 5 (58:31):
Well, actually, this is a true story. I'll make this quick.
But back in the day I was I was conned
into going to one of these fancy Hollywood clubs, Skybar,
and the valet line is Mercedes, BMW, Porsche, Lamborghini. And
there I am in like a ninety nine Toyota Corolla.
I get out of the car and I start singing
they see me roll in in my Corolla. Nobody got it.

(58:54):
But anyway, I digress. I'm going to go by the
villain rule. Who's driving these cool cars? As villains in
movies range Rovers, they're the new Mercedes and BMW villains.

Speaker 1 (59:09):
Do drive range Rovers.

Speaker 2 (59:10):
Body.

Speaker 9 (59:11):
Maddy went with Mercedes. It's no Porsche but Mercedes and
shout out to actress Mercedes rule.

Speaker 1 (59:17):
There you go.

Speaker 3 (59:18):
Well I ended his run. I also said range Rover wow.
And for fun, what did you say, Sam? I did
say Mercedes was one short. Paul, you got the football.
Congratulations man, Happy Friday, great questions, enjoyed the game's ball.
We appreciate you.

Speaker 2 (59:39):
We got a Bills fan, Thank you guys.

Speaker 3 (59:41):
Well, yo, let's go Mets. Bullshit Bills and Mets. And
he's in North Carolina.

Speaker 1 (59:45):
He's all over the place, probably New Yorker that moved
down there because New York is cold and expensive. By
the way, did you hear Rich say in the middle
of the game, he's gonna buy his son a Bobashett Jersey,
like like his son doesn't want a Kyle Tucker Jersey.
Give me a break, my son's I think my son's
back you know, I know he's not. We're gonna be
the Mets for West Hills Baseball. I think he's cute
that you think he cares his little league to because

(01:00:08):
his pony ball team is Mets. I think I'm pulling
my son back. All right, let's go to Ilow for
an update and eyeload. You might if I tell you
about a possible siding. No, go ahead, your name's on
the show. I got it. No one wants former Dodger
and met. Apparently the White Sox might go after Michael Conforido,

(01:00:28):
the White Sock. That's it's gotten that bed that the
White Sox might be like, yeah, I guess we'll take
them stealing the Dodgers thunder a nice stroke, though, man
he did Confordo had a good swing. Yes, he couldn't
put it together, but yeah, he might be a White Sox.

Speaker 5 (01:00:39):
They're saying in much less important Major League Baseball.

Speaker 1 (01:00:43):
News, Michael Canforido.

Speaker 5 (01:00:45):
Sorry, Michael, I died to call him. Conforno. That guy thinks, well,
they might be working on that chat on the South
side soon anyway. Rich's New York Mets indeed signing two
time All Star infielder Bobaschett to a three year, one
hundred and twenty six million dollar deal Phill. He's resigning
three time All Star catcher JT Realmuto three years, forty
five million the NFL. The Buffalo Bills activated defensive tackle

(01:01:08):
Ed Oliver from injured reserve for tomorrow's game at Denver.
Patriots Pro Bowl cornerback Christian Gonzales cleared concussion protocol. He
will play Sunday against Houston. The Texans meanwhile ruled out
receivers Nico Collins and Justin Watson due to concussions. The
Tampa Bay Buccaneers interviewed former Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel
for their head coaching job. Finally, Cavino and a Rich

(01:01:29):
we have a college basketball pizza update now. Typically college
basketball teams have a postgame meal of things like pizza, wings,
et cetera, delivered to their locker room.

Speaker 1 (01:01:41):
Well.

Speaker 5 (01:01:41):
After last night's home win over Villanova, Yukon women's head
coach Gino Oriema was not pleased with the quality of
the postgame pizza. Listen, it's port some.

Speaker 6 (01:01:54):
Red stuff on the box and called it pizza. Don't
believe those signs when you come into Connecticut, pizza capital
of the world.

Speaker 7 (01:02:00):
We're going to get better pizza. Promise you. I'll bring
something for you guys to taste it. The good stuff.
When we get the good stuff, not the crap they're
passing off his pizza now a no no.

Speaker 6 (01:02:11):
Being Italian, no sorry, doesn't live up to the standards
of Yukon or the state of Connecticut.

Speaker 7 (01:02:17):
The pizza sucks. Every question you asked, I want to
say the pizza sucks.

Speaker 5 (01:02:20):
For their reaction and analysis. Here are Connecticut pizza insiders,
Covino and Rich guys.

Speaker 1 (01:02:27):
Let me tell you he's right. I thought Connecticut was
known for it's good Connecticut. Oh he's that's what he's saying. Connecticut,
the Tri state area, New York, New Jersey. The pizza
is just out of this world, better than anywhere else
in the He got some bad stuff. Yeah, he's not lying.
When you get the bet, you know when you get
the bad stuff. I'm with him, and we used to
work with Gino at SNY in New York. Spot used
to always enjoy his show. All right, well, listen, we'll

(01:02:48):
be back with a little weekend hob nobbin more. Next
Cavino and Rich. It's time for our Express pros pro
the week Now, listen, is it Paul Twinby. I'd like
to say after tomorrow it's Brock Party, but we're not
there yet. I'd like to say Boba Schet because he's
on my mets, but it's got to be Kyle Tucker.

(01:03:08):
Guy gets hot sixty sixty million dollars a year. Kyle
Tucker had three more home runs and one more RBI
than Bolpie, who's making three point four million this year.
I mean, you're able to squeeze sixty million out of
the Dodgers and play for a winner. Good for you.
You're the profile. I mean, I'm not saying I thought
it was gonna be half of that, but I thought
Tucker was in the forty to fifty million dollars, twenty

(01:03:30):
million more than Judge. You can tell me that guy
that much better. You didn't tell me he's anywhere near Judge. No, sorry,
he's not. But sixty million a year, what's the coolest
guy on the planet. Let's get into it. Weekend hobnobn
living for the weekend. You're winning bets for talking points.
If you get stuck socialize you ever done anything dangerous?

Speaker 4 (01:03:50):
Ever?

Speaker 1 (01:03:50):
Dance with the Devil in the Pale line that Friday
brings us weekend hob No, all right, I'll kick it off.
I'll make it snappy. It's Friendship Reunited in an action movie,
The Rip on Netflix with Ben Asflex and Matt Pamon
Bro what you call them?

Speaker 2 (01:04:09):
Ben?

Speaker 1 (01:04:09):
What Afleck?

Speaker 2 (01:04:10):
Uh?

Speaker 1 (01:04:10):
Yeah? So they're back together? Why not check it out
on Netflix?

Speaker 8 (01:04:13):
The Rip, The Rib, And I gotta finish King of
Collectibles with Ken Golden.

Speaker 2 (01:04:20):
I love that weirdo. I love that show.

Speaker 1 (01:04:22):
If you like collectibles, you may have slept on or
missed season three. I think it came out during the holidays.
Around the holidays, Season three is out. If you like
memorabilia collectibles, Ken Golden's doing his thing. That's on Netflix
as well. So I got to finish that probably this weekend.
And aside from all the football we've been talking about,
over promised. Our bonus pot is available on our YouTube

(01:04:44):
page right here. Covino and Rich FSR brand new episode
dropped yesterday. It's our bonus show. Thinks that we can't
fit on this show. We talked about choppel gangers. What
are choppol gangers in sports? We talk about it.

Speaker 8 (01:04:57):
Plus we brought back they might be asked, and we
gave you richest picks on over promise.

Speaker 2 (01:05:01):
Yesterday, there's a.

Speaker 1 (01:05:02):
New kill Tony special on Netflix if you like kill
Tony and Timmy No Break. So some new kill Tony
spot turned me onto the show and a couple other
friends said, you gotta watch his and hers. I'm up
to the finale. John, it's six parts, John bal Spot
when I got to get tonight, Bro, I'm that good bro,
really bro?

Speaker 3 (01:05:22):
Wow, it's like seven bros like the broidy.

Speaker 1 (01:05:27):
Yeah, hey, spot, Bro, I've watched five of the six
episodes and like, I'm anxious to watch the six one
tonight when the kids go to bathroom, it's really good.
You like burnhal right? I like Burn, like Berenthal?

Speaker 2 (01:05:38):
Get it here?

Speaker 1 (01:05:40):
Did we watch Love Is Blue? Germany? I feel like
you need a trash show and people like.

Speaker 5 (01:05:43):
Check it out?

Speaker 7 (01:05:44):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (01:05:44):
Why would I wish that? I don't know stuff all
the time? Yeahs z Germans Yo, our buddy Rob hit
us up, he goes. If you're watching the Rams game
this weekend, which we all are, did you see this
wild Sean McVay fun fact that he has played fifty
He has coached fifteen postseason games and are all against
different teams.

Speaker 2 (01:06:01):
I did see that.

Speaker 1 (01:06:02):
How is that possible?

Speaker 2 (01:06:03):
That is insane?

Speaker 1 (01:06:05):
That's wild. So, of course, a lot of NFL this weekend.
Anything else you guys are checking out or what?

Speaker 3 (01:06:10):
Yeah, there's a prequel to the Game of Thrones, yah
after a Game of Thrones fan, A Night of the
Seven Kingdoms is premiering January eighteenth, a Sunday on HBO.

Speaker 2 (01:06:19):
That should be cool.

Speaker 3 (01:06:20):
And of course I'm looking forward to not only the
NFL playoff games, So how about the National Championship game
in Miami coming up on Monday.

Speaker 2 (01:06:27):
Can't wait to get to that.

Speaker 1 (01:06:28):
That's you know what?

Speaker 2 (01:06:29):
Add that?

Speaker 1 (01:06:30):
None, add that to the list of stuff you gotta watch.
What's the show on HBO that I see trending like
gay hockey players? Oh? Heated rivalry? Are you kidding? The
buzz of social media like this is like controversial? So hey,
you want to watch that? That's on hcal Max when
I'm alone at homes bet Saturday nights. Well, enjoy your weekends.
So much football, so much fun. Love hanging with you guys,

(01:06:51):
a true pleasure, and we'll see you back here on Monday.

Speaker 2 (01:06:53):
You know we'll be talking all about it.

Speaker 1 (01:06:54):
Coming forty nine ers Cody Bellinger to the Mets too.
Come out. We'll see you guys there. You may see
you in the Promised Land.

Speaker 2 (01:07:02):
Have a great weekend.