Andy Furman and Bucky Brooks Talk NFL Breakout Candidates, Contract Extensions, NBA Viewership & More!

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and only mister Bucky Brooks. Hello, Buck how are you?

Speaker 4 (00:37):
I'm good. I'm good. I'm good. What's going on? Andy?

Speaker 2 (00:39):
You sound like a million? You look like ten million?
You really do. I can't wait. Football is right around
the corner. You gotta be salivating, salivating.

Speaker 3 (00:45):
Really, I know you are, I know you are. I
see Yeah, yeah, I know you are.

Speaker 5 (00:52):
All right.

Speaker 2 (00:53):
Look, I would say this to football. Everybody goes crazy football.
Let's face it, football took off. You know when football
took off? You know it not because of the players.
Not because of the TV. It took up because of
fantasy football. That's what it really skyrocketed, it really did.
I mean, I gotta believe that's the key. Don't you
agree with that?

Speaker 6 (01:10):
I mean, it certainly played a big role in it
because what he did, it brought everybody in outside of
your team. You could watch games because you had an interest, players, points,
all of that other stuff.

Speaker 3 (01:21):
There's no doubt about that. But I will say this.

Speaker 2 (01:23):
You know, no sports talk show, no host or hosts
sweet or without any credibility, if they didn't start talking
about the one and only Caitlin Clark. You know, I
can't believe it, but it's true. That's what it's all
about right now. And did you see the WNBA All
Star voting came out just the other day, right? I
mean they had the Las Vegas ass Asia Wilson, no

(01:45):
doubt about that.

Speaker 3 (01:46):
She's got to be an old star.

Speaker 2 (01:47):
And of course Indiana Fever teammate, the teammates Caitlin Clark
and the Layah Boston, those are the top three in
fan voting. Two to three are on the Olympic team,
all right. And I don't want to bang this to death,
but look, I don't get it. I get that Wilson
she got two hundred and seventeen thousand votes, Caitlin clock
two under sixteen thousand and change, and Boston at like

(02:08):
one hundred and seventy one thousand. I get that, okay,
But the point is this, you got Wilson the two
time MVP. She leads the league in scoring almost like
twenty eight points a game. She also leads the league
in rebounding about almost eleven games eleven in a game,
and Clark the number one draft picks. She's third in
the league and assists. Look, the stats are there, the
voting is there, and more than that, she brings eyeballs

(02:32):
and money. And I still don't get it. I don't
understand why she was left off the team. I know
it's a learning process, and people say she has to wait,
wait your turn, What would would you know? I want
her to put this to rest. But when I saw
the All Star voting, I started scratching in my head.
I say, there's only one person on God's Green Earth
could give me an answer to this, and that's Bucky Brooks.

Speaker 4 (02:53):
I mean, look, I'm gonna give you the same answer.

Speaker 6 (02:55):
I love her popularity she's great for the fans, but
the Olympics aren't about fandom. You have to earn your way.
That's the reason why they have the Olympic Trials. In
every other sport, she hasn't earned her way onto the
Olympic team. I mean, like, it's really as simple as that.
And the thing about the Olympics, the Olympics have a
process in every sport where you have to qualify to

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be on.

Speaker 4 (03:16):
The Olympic team. Man Clayton Clark is.

Speaker 6 (03:19):
Phenomenal, like she is a Look, she's a brilliant basketball player.
She's done really good things with the ball in the hand.
But I don't know if she's one of the twelve
best players in the United States just because everyone feels
the derinted to go see her. She is a phenomenon,
and I give her credit for being a phenomenon, but
much like Tim Tebow was, a phenomenon doesn't always translate

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to being the best player on a given team. And
so I think she has plenty of Olympic opportunities in
her future, but this year, she's not one of twelve
best ladies in the country.

Speaker 3 (03:52):
Okay, now, now I checked on this deal.

Speaker 2 (03:54):
I said, wait, a second, I'm looking at the voting
and she's right there, almost neck to neck with Asia Wilson.
I said, well, who's doing the voting, because that's the
key right there. The All Stars are picked by a
combination of voting from fans, So that that's the key
right there. If fifty percent of the votes are from
the fans, I get it now, I know why. You
know Caitlin's getting all those votes fifty percent with the fans.
But current NBAWNBA players they get twenty five percent of

(04:17):
the vote and the media gets twenty five percent of
the vote. So the other fifty percent you gotta believe
kind of helped her a little bit. But the fans,
I guess, were the ones that put her over the top.
That's the key right there, because, as you say, it's
more of a popularity contest when fans vote than anything else.

Speaker 3 (04:32):
They didn't look at stats. It's popularity.

Speaker 2 (04:34):
You got people voting who probably never saw a WNBA
game in their life.

Speaker 6 (04:38):
Well, I mean there's some of that, and I'm not
saying that she's not the best player, but you got
to remember, like they tried to put the best team,
and the best teams aren't necessarily twelve of the best
players playing together, is how all the pieces of the
puzzle work. And because of her frame, because of the
physicality in the international game for the women, she could
have a tougher time being able to hold up.

Speaker 4 (05:01):
Yes, she's a deadly accurate shooter.

Speaker 6 (05:03):
But when it comes to defense and ball handling and
all of those other things like that has to be
accounted for. And so so much of the Caitlin Clark
conversation is exhausting because everyone sees her fill it up.
But what few people recognize or appreciate is, Look, the
women that she's playing against in the WNBA are dominant players,

(05:23):
and twelve that they picked on the Olympic team are
the best that we can see in the world.

Speaker 4 (05:28):
This team has won I think.

Speaker 6 (05:29):
Seventh straight Olympic goals sixty six and three in the
tournament in the format that they've been in. So look,
they've done something right. There's nothing wrong with their selection process.
She hasn't been available to compete in the camps and
try out. I don't think it's a look. I don't
think it's fair just to hand her a spot without

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her earning it, like if everyone else has had to
earn the right to be on the team. We shouldn't
give her a spot just because she's the most popular
lady in the country.

Speaker 4 (05:59):
That's not fair.

Speaker 3 (06:00):
Okay.

Speaker 2 (06:00):
I hear what you're saying, and there's gonna be Olympics
down the road for her as well. But I will
say this, I give her a lot of credit because
she's handled it professionally. She really as she wasn't wanting,
she wasn't crying. And we had a caller I think
like the last week saying that she really wants to
play for the Olympics, find out her heritage and maybe
she could play for that country. That to me is
kind of far fetched. But she didn't even do that.

(06:22):
She's USA all the way, I'm sure, and one day
she will probably play for the USA Olympic team. And
I think that she was didn't we talk about this?
That wasn't she put like as an alternate? So if
someone got hurt, I thought Britney Grinder gave up her
spot and now she's on the team. So what's happening
with that? I can't follow up and then find anything
about that. But Brittany Grinder said she's no longer on
the team. They said maybe because of the toe injury

(06:42):
that she had, and I thought that she was put
on the team as an alternate Caitlyn Clark.

Speaker 4 (06:46):
Well, yeah, if you're an ATIN, they give you an
opportunity to get on there.

Speaker 6 (06:48):
But once again, it's a situation where like the last
thing is to feel like you've been bullied to place
Caitlin Clark on the thing that does no one any good,
that doesn't do Kaitlin Clark good, doesn't do the USA
any good to have a lady on the team who
wasn't there based on her marriage.

Speaker 4 (07:07):
If it's just because of popularity, and then look, there
are a lot.

Speaker 6 (07:09):
Of people that would be on teams based on popularity,
but it's not that and we can't And like, I'm
kind of baffled because we are a country that always
likes for people to earn their way.

Speaker 4 (07:20):
We don't like given handouts.

Speaker 6 (07:21):
We want everyone to like have the scratching claw, and
that's the American way.

Speaker 4 (07:25):
Well, the American way is for her.

Speaker 6 (07:26):
To scratch and claw to make her way onto the team,
because that is the American story. It's not the American
story to be like, oh, Caven Clark, we like you,
We're gonna put you on.

Speaker 4 (07:35):
That's not the way it's supposed to get down in
our country. There you go.

Speaker 2 (07:38):
No, look, I brought up Kaitlyn Klapp because I thought
the eyeball effect would really push you over the top
of the NBC Probably a would upset that she's not
on the Olympic t because I talk about eyeballs.

Speaker 6 (07:48):
Yeah, but no, but now the eyeballs. Now, the eyeballs,
that's not a USA thing. That's an NBC thing. So
like that's the thing because when everyone talks about like
the exposure and all that, like, yeah, that's great, but
that's not the country. That's not the that's not part
of the process when it comes to the Olympic selection committee,
that's not it. Now that's for NBC, And like I'm
sure they won't box officer to have her there. But

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then what happens is if she's on the team, are
now we're dealing with like why is Kaitlyn Clark playing?
Why she only played two minutes she should be playing
twelve minutes. Well, you know, like there's a lot of
other stuff that comes along with it, and much like
the distraction, I think Tim Tebow is the best example
when it comes to the fanaticism that goes over Kaitlyn Clark,
Like when you have her on the team.

Speaker 4 (08:32):
There comes a lot of other stuff that you have
to be ready to deal with.

Speaker 3 (08:35):
I know you're exactly right now.

Speaker 2 (08:37):
And I brought up eyeballs because the viewership, and I said,
who's watching? But we had to open up the seven
with that. Viewership of the NBA Finals was down three
percent this year. Overall NBA playoff viewership was down twelve percent.
The five game Celtic Mavericks series average eleven point three
million viewers across ABC and ESPN. Game three had an

(08:59):
ESPN Alti cast added to the number. Of course, that
is down, but get this, that's down from eleven point
six million for the five game Nuggets Heat series last year,
both on ABC and ESPN.

Speaker 3 (09:11):
Two. What's happening? There's no interest in the NBA is
a too long?

Speaker 2 (09:15):
I can't figure that out, And I guess I mean
the NBA in my mind right now, and I love basketball.
I love the NBA, but I think the NBA is
morphed now into a regional sport rather than the national sport.
If you don't live in an NBA city, no one
cares about the NBA. I live in a non NBA city.
I turned on the eleven o'clock news and the sports
they'll live a give an NBA score, no one cares.

Speaker 7 (09:38):
No.

Speaker 4 (09:39):
I mean, I think there's something to the regional part
of it.

Speaker 6 (09:41):
And I'll be honest, like when it came to the finals,
like Boston and Dallas didn't necessarily move me, Like the
Miami Heat and the Nuggets moved me. But I'm Miami
Heat fan.

Speaker 8 (09:51):
It.

Speaker 6 (09:52):
You know, some of it comes down to like star
power in those things. So when we look at the
star power of the teams that played in the game,
like Jason Tatum and Jalen Brown are the stars, and
the Celtics on the other end, you have Cayrie Irving
and Luka Doncis. I don't know if any of those
people that we mentioned are needle movers. Whereas must see TV,
we gotta watch these guys because we love them so

(10:14):
much because of either their game, their talent or personality.
And when you have that and a very competitive environment
when it comes to TV watching, yeah, you may have
people that just kind of let me check out the score,
Oh okay, cool, It's like I thought it would be.
I'm gonna go and do something else. That's what a
lot of people elected to do.

Speaker 4 (10:32):
You know.

Speaker 2 (10:33):
I think if anybody in the sports world has learned
anything from this Caitlin Clark situation, you got to realize
that I don't think people care about teams. I don't
think people care about one lost record. I think people
care about star power, wanting to see someone at box office.
And you look at the NBA Finals right now, and look,
I got they got two great players on the Celtics,

(10:55):
Tatum and Brown, but I just don't think they have
that spar the star power. They're not villains, by the way,
because you know, sometimes you tune in to see a
villain someone you did dislike. I mean, Lebron James fills
that role because he's a great player. People go see
him because he's great, but they also see him because
they want to root against him, just like back in
the day, Will Chamberlain was that way. He was great,

(11:16):
but people some people just didn't like him. So you know,
you have to have that situation. So in this series
and Luca right now, he's a great player, but nothing,
I mean, there's no personality there with Lucas, So I
think that's the key, and I think that people who
own sports franchises will promote sports in some manner of
shape or form. You have to have a personality, and

(11:38):
that's where people come out to see him play. That's
the name of the game.

Speaker 4 (11:43):
Yeah, I mean, like we love villains and heroes.

Speaker 6 (11:45):
You know, we love to either watch our players liked
to things that we want to do because we adore them,
or we you know, love to hate on certain players.
But either way, which one way you I'm more of
a lover than a hater. Like I don't like I've
never really gotten the hater phenomenon, but I appreciate people's
talents in those things, and so like for me, it's

(12:07):
not about watching someone's demise. It's more so watching someone's
rise and ascension to the top. And I respect that.
But that's how like fans are. Like there are certain
fans who hate interposing vans based the stuff that popped
up regarding lamar Odom talking about hating to see Paul
Pierce walk around excited and happy because of balts of

(12:28):
Celtics have won. To me, that's not really I'm not
really built like that, but that is compelling for a
lot of people. To see to dance on somebody's grave,
and it works, and it's worked in TV. It's worked,
and you know the way we portray these things when
we create these narratives for heroes and villains, and it'll
continue to be a part of the TV landscape.

Speaker 2 (12:50):
You know, as great as Steph Curry is, and he's
going to be a first ballot Hole of Famer when
he hangs it up. I still believe people went out
to see Golden State, not so much to see him,
but maybe to see Draymond Green. Really, I mean, he
was somewhat of a villay.

Speaker 6 (13:03):
I think, yeah, but I think, but I think Steph
Curry is more like and I'm trying to be very
super respectful in that, I think Steph Curry's phenomenon was
very similar to Kitlyn Clark in terms of their game
is one that the common person that every man can

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relate to. So for Steph Curry, it was kind of
it betrayed like this because the narrative was like, it's
to feel a good story, the little engine that could.

Speaker 4 (13:32):
He's the underachiever. He was the overachiever.

Speaker 6 (13:35):
Look at he came up from like humble beginnings, played
at Davidson didn't really play on a major state led
that team cilareto team on a run in the tournament,
goes to Golden State. He's not big, he's not overwhelmingly physical.
He can't overpower people with his share athleticism. But man,
look at his skill and try hard or whatever, not
really paying attention to the fact that he's the son

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of an NBA player who played for a long time.
He had access to locker rooms and training and all
that other stuff. Steph Curry's game lured you in, and
the story around his game did it for Caitlyn Clark.
Her game lures you in because you do see the
logo threes, You see her hit bomb after bomb after bomb.
But then there's the as you called her, the all

(14:17):
American girl factor, right coming from the Midwest, playing at IOWA,
that fan base, that fandom, the way it expands, there's
a faction of the country that appreciates her because she
looks like them, you know, and so that is a
big part of the conversation when it comes to her,
and it to continue to be that. And look, it's
been great, they exposed to have been great for the WNBA.

(14:39):
I saw that they went to Atlanta and eighteen thousand
showed up to watch her play. The arena normally averages
thirty five hundreds of five thousand when that team plays
at home. So look, there's no denying that she's box office.
But when it comes to the Olympic team, she still
has to earn her way onto the squad.

Speaker 3 (14:57):
You know, you make a great comparison with that Steph
currishit situation because I don't think Steph Curry maybe when
he was a senior in college, maybe he was on
TV Watch two three times Davidson. I mean, he just
fell through the crocks. He went to Davidson and at
least Caitlin Clark came into the WNBA with some background
TV to the NCAA tournament. Iowa was on TV a

(15:19):
lot of Big ten games. There was a Big ten network,
So you go follow her there.

Speaker 2 (15:23):
But I don't think anybody really followed Steph Curry when
he was in college.

Speaker 9 (15:26):
Davidson's never were on TV. Basketball wise, No, it was
a good story though. It was a good story. Once
they got up and going, they made a run. I
think they made to the sweet sixteen. He was shooting
the lights out. He was a one Man.

Speaker 6 (15:37):
Show there and there was a bit of the feel
good but then you remember he got to the the NBA,
struggled with ankle injuries in those things, and his size.
He was so thin that he had a tough time
with the physicality, some of the same things that we
saw with Caitlin Clark. Steph Curry suffered through until he
built his body up and then he built his game

(15:58):
up to be able to overcome those things. Kaylen Clark
will do the same in the WNBA.

Speaker 2 (16:03):
You know, it's funny we talk about the playoffs down
twelve percent of viewership on the TV, but when all
is said and done, the numbers are down, but the
league is still expected to sign a new media rights
deal and talking about a big time deal maybe with
three networks, NBC maybe coming back in the fall doing
NBA basketball.

Speaker 3 (16:19):
They talk about, you.

Speaker 2 (16:20):
Know, TNT may not have it anymore, but there's gonna
be all the other networks vying to carry the NBA.
So I guess it's not so much ratings. It's like people,
I guess, and broadcasting. They need programming, that's what they need.
They need substance. I'm going on TV the other day
they got padda Bull, they got corn hole, they got
every freaking sport you want on TV.

Speaker 3 (16:42):
I guess they want to fill it up. In the
NBAS fills it up pretty good.

Speaker 6 (16:46):
Yeah, I mean, look, the NBA does fill it up
pretty good. And you just don't know when the stars
are going to catch up and when the public is
going to catch up with the start and at some
point the viewing public will catch up with the young
generation of stars that are kind of beginning to flourish
in the NBA.

Speaker 4 (17:04):
When you think about just.

Speaker 6 (17:06):
Anthony Edwards and how excited we got over him during
the postseason and some of the other guys. Will continue
to see those guys emerge, Okay, see that team emerged.
We'll continue to see those teams emerge, and as we
get more comfortable with the new names and faces that
are at the top of the league, more and more
people would tune in to watching those people.

Speaker 2 (17:26):
Let me ask you quickie, okay, because the NBA Draft
is going to be this week I think two days
Wednesday and Thursday, whatever it may be, and they're projecting
now like out of the top ten picks, there maybe
five or six foreign players. Can that in your mind
hurt the NBA because you can't relate to them. You've
never seen them prior really to coming to the league.
But at least college you follow their career in college,

(17:47):
and I see what's happened with Major League Baseball when
you got players from the Dominican the place in South America,
from Japan, whatever it may be.

Speaker 3 (17:54):
I think it's difficult. I really believe it might be.

Speaker 2 (17:56):
Would that hurt in your mind the NBA foreign players
coming to the league where either a they don't speak
English or you haven't seen them before.

Speaker 6 (18:05):
I mean, yeah, the lack of familiarity prevents media groups
from building a story arc that works well for TV
because you don't know some of the guys that are
coming from these foreign countries. You only see them when
they get to the NBA, So it's hard to build
up to fandom before.

Speaker 4 (18:25):
In anticipation of their arrival.

Speaker 6 (18:27):
You have to see them, and yeah, like if they're homegrown,
if they're able to come through the ranks in college,
you do get an opportunity to see them, here about them,
develop an affinity for them where you want to watch them. Yeah,
So it's a late start for the foreigners, but it
doesn't prevent fans from jumping on the bandwagon at some point.
It's just that you don't have the buzz and hype

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around the draft and those guys ahead of their.

Speaker 4 (18:51):
Rookie seasons because no one is really familiar with the games.

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This is Fox Sports Sunday and is Fox Sports Radio.
And before we get into the meat and potatoes right here,
we gotta go to Randy. Randy in Florida wants to
talk to Bucket Brooks and Fox Sports Sunday.

Speaker 3 (20:24):
Hello, Randy, how's.

Speaker 4 (20:25):
Up, morning, gentlemen, Morning, good, happy Sunday.

Speaker 7 (20:28):
I was the one who brought up that t Bow
comparison last week and about the key Bow and Clark.
Here's my question for you this weekend. I haven't watch
an NBA game since the Golden State Warriors probably second
championship plan. I just can't watch all these three play
shots in the big men think of their guards anyway,
Here's what I want to get at. In nineteen eighty
we boycotted or protested the Olympic Games. Do you think

(20:52):
a young, twenty year romantic Johnson would have made that team?

Speaker 12 (20:59):
Was?

Speaker 3 (21:01):
That's an interesting question. What do you think, Buck?

Speaker 4 (21:03):
I don't know.

Speaker 3 (21:04):
I just I would say yes, I think he would
have made that team. I really do he.

Speaker 6 (21:09):
Would have made the team, but didn't magic like that
year lead the Lakers to the championship his rookie year.
Didn't he play in Game six in place of Kareema
Adul Jabbor and put up like a crazy triple double
to get it done. He didn't win the MVP, but
he was already recognized as one of the best players
in the league. I think that comparison isn't necessarily the

(21:32):
same for Caitlyn Clark. I don't think Kaitlyn Clark is
MVP level of the league. She certainly hasn't led Indiana
to a championship. Doesn't appear she's going to lead them
to a championship, even though she has helped raise the
interest and intrigue and look helped him win more games
than they won previously. But yeah, I think it's a
little different in comparison in comparing Magic Johnson to her

(21:55):
in that debate.

Speaker 2 (21:58):
Yeah, and I think Magic Johnson, you know, as much
hype as Caitlyn has had. I think Magic had even
more coming into the bas had the battle. I mean,
she has a rece in college and she hasn't now
in the pros, but he had a little bird.

Speaker 3 (22:11):
Yeah, there's so much similar similar.

Speaker 6 (22:13):
Labord also didn't make the team. Wouldn't made the team
either though.

Speaker 2 (22:17):
Yeah, No, You're right, exactly right, Randy, Thanks as always
hanging there, buddy, all right, and Kansas City we go.
Stevens the man on Fox Sports right here with Bucky Brooks.

Speaker 13 (22:28):
Hello Stevens, Hey, Hey, good morning Angel versus Caitlyn Olie
Fraser round three.

Speaker 2 (22:36):
You know what, I'm getting a little tired of that
because I think what TV's kind of doing. It's like
when ESP used to kill you on Sundays with the
Yankees and the Red Sox.

Speaker 13 (22:44):
Enough for ready, Okay, stop, I think what's happening here.
I agree with Ducky at one point is that what's
happening is that, Okay, Don Staley is on that committee.
She's a winner.

Speaker 12 (22:57):
She knows that.

Speaker 8 (22:59):
Like as already been said, by Christine Brennan from the
committee that they don't want to answer quit. Their job
is to win gold medal, to say all.

Speaker 12 (23:07):
This all this stuff about growing the.

Speaker 8 (23:10):
Game, that's great whatever. They haven't lost since the Dream Team,
since the original Dreen teams. They don't want any distraction
from from the issue to win a gold gold medal.
And the distraction would be, well, why is Caitlin Did
she play ten minutes when we beat New Zealand or whatever?
And I can I can totally understand that, but but

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this is your your you get just imagine all the
jerseys you.

Speaker 12 (23:36):
Could tell, you know, look at look at what's happening
in the in the w n b A right now.

Speaker 7 (23:41):
They're they're they're trying.

Speaker 12 (23:43):
They're getting heat for not protecting her. You know, the
the fever are good.

Speaker 13 (23:48):
They have a ten year the ten year.

Speaker 12 (23:50):
Best winning streak. Aliah Boston is getting good. That they
are cooking and and the problem is going to be
is how are you going to They can't sweep this
under the rug. I think she should go playing with
ice cube and the big got a ten million dollars

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off for there.

Speaker 2 (24:11):
Steve hold On though, first was I think that Buck
he brings up a pretty good point, the fact that
the distraction factor has nothing to do with it. She
deserve it as a player. The distraction factor. It's going
to be all about her, that's what they mean. I mean,
that's a major point. No one's going to come forth
and admit that. But I think that's a very interesting point, buck,
don't you think.

Speaker 6 (24:29):
I mean, we've already made it about her and she's
not even on the team, right we're still having conversations
about her. And they released the squad like a month ago,
but we're still talking about Kaitlyn Clark being snubbed from
the team. That's the problem when it comes to the
Gett and Clark conversation, and I actually feel bad for her,
is that, you know, like she has been used as

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kind of.

Speaker 4 (24:51):
Like a political pawn.

Speaker 6 (24:53):
And so some of the conversations are legitimate basketball conversations.
Others the parts of the conversation have nothing to do
with basketball, and it's more about like the device of
nature of being able to pick Kaylyn Clark versus others.
To her credit, she has handled it phenomenally well, like
her professionalism, the way that she deflects, the way that
she handles all those things. Look it's teaching tape in

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terms of how to handle some of the stuff that
she's been thrown in. But when it comes to the
game and the women's game and the WNBA and Kaitlyn Clark,
she certainly has had a great impact on it, but
I would say that her class mates have also had
a great impact on it, Cameron Brink, Andel Reese, some

(25:36):
of the other ladies that have made their way. Because
I had a conversation with a former women's basketball coach
he's now an administrator at the D one level, and
she talked about this part and how Cleaveland Clark has
certainly raised the exposure and attention, but people are have
missed how good the WNBA is and how good some

(25:58):
of the ladies are around the league. And it's funny
because no one talks about Sabrina who plays for the
New York Liberty. But Sabrina was Kaitlin Clark before Kaitlyn
Clark was Skitland Clark in terms of her three point
shooting and those but for whatever reason, an esco but
like people don't talk about her even though when you
watch her game, their games are similar and she hits

(26:20):
the three ball at a remarkable pace. In fact, in
the what the All Star Game, her and Steph Curry
going back and forth shooting threes. So it's to me,
it's just interesting that Claitland Clark has been the one
that has been picked and anointed when there's so many
others who are also worthy and deservant of the conversation.

Speaker 3 (26:39):
There you go ahead with roll on right now.

Speaker 2 (26:40):
He's Bucket Broke and Andy Ferhnan, by the way, coming
up on Fox Live from the tairaq dot com studios.
You know what, they may be changing their address. That
is next. But first, Kevin Wyantt, how's your sport?

Speaker 3 (26:51):
Yeah?

Speaker 14 (26:51):
It was a full day of baseball action on a Saturday.
The Dodgers beat the angel seven too to earn a
split of that two game Freeway Series show Aotania four
hundred and fifty nine a foot blast his twenty third
home run of the season to help starting pitcher Tyler
Glass Now, who also gave a great performance, won on
run in seven innings, ten strikeouts just seventy four pitches

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as he picks up the victory. The Yankees beat the
Braves eight three. Aaron Judge hitch his twenty eighth home
run of the season. Rockies and Nationals, Colorado getting the
win on a walk off pitchclock violation as it was
Kyle Ferguson on the left mound for the Washington Nationals,
bases loaded bottom of the ninth in with three balls
on the count, didn't get the pitch off in time,

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so the violation was called and the Rockies get to
come home for the winning run to win at eight
to seven. Padres on a roll they've won four straight games.
They beat the Brewers six to four. The Astros also
on a four game winning streak, including their five to
one victory against the Orioles. The Guardians have also won
four in a row. After defeating the Toronto Blue Jays

(27:55):
six to three, twins over the Oakland Athletics ten to two.
Bailey Ober only eighty nine pitches, getting a complete game
as he got ten strikeouts in that performance. The Philadelphia
Phillies beat the Diamondbacks twelve to one, Cubs over the
Mets eight one, White Sox top the Detroit Tigers five
to one. Opening game of the College World Series saw

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Texas A and M take down the top seed in Tennessee.
Volunteers nine to five WNBA. The New York Liberty get
thirty three points from Breonna Stewart en route to a
ninety eight eighty eight win against the La Sparks Golf
at the Travelers, it's Tom Kim in the lead by
one stroke, Scottie Scheffler tied for second place. And in soccer,
both in the Americas and in Europe, a couple of

(28:39):
big tournaments going on. Mexico winning their Copo America opener
one nil against Jamaica, Venezuela come from behind victory against
Ecuador two to one. As for the United States, they
get there tournament started against Bolivia. That'll be later Sunday,
six o'clock Eastern and that can be seen over on Fox.

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In the European side of things, Belgium blanks Romania two nail,
Portugal shutting out Turkey three and nil in the Czech
Republic and Georgia tie at one goal a piece.

Speaker 5 (29:09):
Back to you, guys, it sounds.

Speaker 2 (29:10):
Like bod'm berrel betting over there. All right, we move
along now, just another case of corporate greed.

Speaker 3 (29:14):
Will move along. He's Bucket Brooks.

Speaker 2 (29:16):
I'm Andy Furman, and I tell you what I want
to get back over here with this. When I said,
this guy's gotta be kidding, I'll talk about your guy,
Trevor Lawrence. Okay, he just signed the biggest contract in
the franchise history with Jacksonville, and that's the third largest
amount of fully guaranteed money in NFL history. And he
said he doesn't really think he's going to feel any
added pressure, And I say, bull, bull, you don't think

(29:38):
he's getting extra pressure on that. First of all, he
better gets some extra pressure because is year three. And
he better produce because he came in there fairly heralded
in the National Football League. And now with this big money,
I mean, come on, the salary's going to pay him
what he's got a thirty seven and a half million
dollars signing bonus. Is he gonna give him fifty five
million dollars a year? And that ties in with the
Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, who really and truly he's been

(30:00):
rather quiet in Cincinnati about his contract than what it
means to him.

Speaker 3 (30:04):
But when Trevor Lawrence came out and said, you know what,
I don't feel any pressure with it, Are you kidding?
Come on, he's got to be feel pressure.

Speaker 2 (30:11):
You got to produce anyway, and now what they added
money added to it?

Speaker 3 (30:16):
Come on, don't you think that buck? Really what's he
talking about?

Speaker 6 (30:20):
Well, what's the pressure you feel when the check clears
on the first and the fifteenth at the amount that
we're talking about, there's not the same kind of pressure
that you're talking about. Yeah, does he have like high expectations,
Yeah he does. He'll be more on the national scene
because now they'll points to the contract and whether the
Jaguars should have, should not, shouldn't have paid Trevor Lawrence.

(30:43):
But for him internally, nah, there's no pressure. There's a
sense of relief because you've secured the bag. You have
the financial freedom that you've always wanted. Now it could
be a lot easier for Trevor Lawrence because he simply
has to go play. He doesn't have to worry about
all that other stuff. He's freed from from those things
in terms of getting the big deal, setting the family
up for life and all of that. Now he has

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an opportunity to play freely and not worry about that stuff.

Speaker 4 (31:07):
That's it.

Speaker 6 (31:08):
It's a little naive for him to think that, oh,
I can sign this big deal and it doesn't raise
the scrutiny around his game.

Speaker 4 (31:16):
It doesn't add and tighten the.

Speaker 6 (31:18):
Screws on him in terms of like winning performances, super
Bowl appearances, and those things down in Jacksonville. He has
those expectations, but the truth is no one on the
outside should have great expectations than he has for himself.

Speaker 4 (31:32):
So if he.

Speaker 6 (31:33):
Has like high standards, the outside expectations won't matter that well.

Speaker 3 (31:38):
I will say this.

Speaker 2 (31:39):
You talk about a guy like Rock Party who was
accompassed so much with so little of a salary, and
I think that yet it's pressure. I'll be telling you
put the uniform on on a Sunday.

Speaker 3 (31:47):
This pressure. But you have added pressure when you get
big money.

Speaker 2 (31:51):
Because I don't think anybody's could looking at Rock Party
saying well he makes X amount of dollars, he better produce.
What he did was almost scary because he makes I
think he makes under a million. Does he make something
like seven hundred thousand, seven hundred and fifty thousand, something
like that, eight hundred thousand sols.

Speaker 4 (32:06):
Yeah, I mean a million. So the pressure factors contract.

Speaker 2 (32:11):
Yeah, the pressure factor is just the game itself, not
not having to produce because of the money they're paying
you to play the game.

Speaker 3 (32:17):
There's a difference over there.

Speaker 2 (32:18):
I think there's an added pressure an The good news
for Trevor Lawrence and I think you'll agree, the fact
that they got a receiver now in the draft and
Brian Thomas Junior that's going to help him on They
got what Gabe Davis, they got him, They got some
players over, they got people surrounding him ATN in the
running back situation, Travis ATN that's going to help him
as well. So I think they could get it done.
But here's a guy who has something like fifty to

(32:39):
sixty turnovers in his first three years, and he had
an NFL high in twenty twenty three, twenty one turnovers
in fourteen iron ts.

Speaker 3 (32:46):
Maybe maybe that's growing pains.

Speaker 2 (32:48):
I don't know, but he's got to turn it around,
and now with the money there, he better turn it around.

Speaker 6 (32:54):
Yeah, he has to turn around. That is the kryptonite
to his game right now. He's ability to take care
of the ball consistently. Too many turnovers, too many erarors
in the red zone that have cost the Jaguars points
in those things, and as a young player, you got
to work that out of him, and that's one of
the things that I'm sure Doug Peterson and the coaching

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staff will continue to work on when it comes to
Trevor ball security and situational awareness. That said, you can't
dispute the talent. The guy is immensely talented, one of
the most talented quarterbacks to enter our league. And sometimes
he is one of those guys who has the sized,
athleticism and the arm talent to be a superstar in
this league. But he has to play at that level.

Speaker 4 (33:33):
Well.

Speaker 6 (33:34):
Now, all eyeballs are on him, and if he turns
in the performance that you expect once you pay him
that kind of money, he'll earn all of that and
he will be regarded as one of those top quarterbacks
in the league. And the weapons around him are sufficient,
and in fact, like removing Calvin Ridley and replaced him
with Gabe David and Brian Thomas, bounces out the wide
receiver cord a little bit and it may make them

(33:54):
a little tougher to defend. So I'm excited to see
what it looks like. But Trevor also has to know
that once you put the pin to pad on that
kind of deal, everything that you do is going to
be subject to tense criticism and scrutiny.

Speaker 2 (34:08):
Yeah, I just want to make this clear, but I
don't care if the guy makes a billion dollars. I
love the game of football, and I hope he makes
everything he can make because these guys are looking, Look,
it's your career could end every Sunday. You know that
you play the game, So I don't wish any harm.
I don't want to see any injuries and make as
much money as you can. I'm just saying what he
said was a foolish remark. There's no pressure.

Speaker 4 (34:29):
You know.

Speaker 2 (34:30):
I would have loved to see him stand at the
podium and say, I appreciate the money giving me.

Speaker 3 (34:34):
I hope I could earn all of it, something something
to that effect.

Speaker 2 (34:37):
That would have been a lot better than just saying, like,
you know, there's no way of pressure, because I think
that's a foolish remark.

Speaker 3 (34:42):
That's all I'm saying. That's all I lifel well.

Speaker 6 (34:44):
I mean, I mean it may be a little naive
for him to say that, but I mean, if that's
what he thinks, I appreciate him just sharing what he thinks.

Speaker 4 (34:52):
You know, he has to understand. Yeah, that's cool.

Speaker 6 (34:54):
That you feel like that, but you're gonna have to
make sure that you play at a high level to
be able to you make people forget that you signed
for so much money.

Speaker 3 (35:02):
There you go.

Speaker 2 (35:03):
He's Bucky Brooks. I'm Andy Furman. We are Fox Sports
Sunday on Fox Sports Radio. Hey you want answers?

Speaker 3 (35:08):
You got him? Asked Bucky. It's freaking next.

Speaker 1 (35:13):
Don't listen, ain't no Fox Sports.

Speaker 2 (35:16):
As Bucky coming right up. It's about twelve minutes, not
before the top of the hour. This is Fox Sports
Sunday on Fox Sports Radio. He's Bucky Brooks. I'm Andy Furman,
and we're live from the Tyrock dot Com studios.

Speaker 3 (35:25):
And away we go.

Speaker 2 (35:27):
It's time for ask Bucky. Now Here we roll as
a man of color, mister Brooks. After watching Major League
Baseballs game Thursday night at Birmingham's historic rick Wood Field
in front of about eighty three hundred fans, and I
to get your thoughts on that game.

Speaker 3 (35:40):
I thought it was wonderful.

Speaker 4 (35:43):
Yeah, I thought it was wonderful.

Speaker 6 (35:44):
I thought it was great to recognize all the Negro
Baseball League stars and all the players that to kind
of come through their journey.

Speaker 4 (35:50):
I thought, what was really telling.

Speaker 6 (35:51):
Coming out of all of that was something that happened
before the game, and that's Reggie Jackson talking to.

Speaker 4 (35:55):
The crew and just telling his story.

Speaker 6 (35:57):
Reggie Jackson was one of my heroes coming up anti
hear him talk about the struggles and how hard it
was for him to endure all the things they need
to do or playing in the South. To me, had
it sent my cat. But it also was a reminder
of how far the country has come by how far
the country still has yet to.

Speaker 2 (36:11):
Go, and what I love more than anything else. I
understand that twenty five percent of the total eighty three
hundred seats that was sold went to the locals in
the in the Birmingham community, which is great. And when
they panned the screen, they showed there were African Americans
as well as whites in the stands, which was wonderful.

Speaker 3 (36:27):
That was the best part.

Speaker 2 (36:28):
And also I think in the fifth inning they went
to all black and white on TV back of like
a nineteen fifty four, So it was a wonderful production.

Speaker 3 (36:35):
I just loved it, and I think baseball needs to
do more of that.

Speaker 4 (36:38):
Yeah, No, it was cool. It was cool to see
all that.

Speaker 6 (36:40):
It's cool to have the conversation about, you know, the
contributions of blacks in baseball, and hopefully we'll see a
day where that kind of continues and that comes back,
particularly on the eat, like following Willie Mayze's death, to
be able to put all that together in that game,
look had off to tip of the hat to MLB.

Speaker 2 (37:00):
Yes, all right, now, Charles Barkley claims he'll retire from
television after the NBA season back in twenty twenty five.

Speaker 3 (37:06):
True, a false? Bucky Brooks.

Speaker 6 (37:10):
That Charles Barkley retires. I think he takes a little sabbatical.
I think he disappears. But look, the bright lights in
the big stage are two. Look, they're too appealing. He
finds a way back. He just may not be in
the same capacity that he was in in previous years.

Speaker 2 (37:23):
Yeah, he's too good not to be on TV and TV.
What's gonna throw some big bucks at him?

Speaker 3 (37:27):
All right? Now?

Speaker 2 (37:28):
Your thoughts on Bill Belichick getting a twenty four year
old cheerleader?

Speaker 6 (37:32):
I mean, Bill Belichick do the thing? Do you think
he never looked happier? Bill Belichick is doing well. Look,
this is commonplace now. Twenty four is I would say
a lot young for the age range. But look, you
see guys like after they have their breakup older guys. Yeah,
they're not going and dating someone to age. They're gonna
date like a younger, fitter version of what's available on

(37:54):
the market. So kudos and Bill Belichick for somehow getting
it done with a twenty four year old.

Speaker 2 (37:59):
Okay, now, is it better that Belichick's dating her now
that he's not coaching? How bad would it be? What
kind of flack would he get if, in fact he
was still coaching. Now, flack maybe from the players. That
may be more so for the media.

Speaker 6 (38:12):
Yeah, I mean, the players will give me a hard time. Look,
I don't think the media would say much of anything
because that's typically been off the table when it comes
to talking about family and personal situations in those things.
But the players in the building, they have a lot
of fun.

Speaker 3 (38:26):
With all Right, we move along.

Speaker 4 (38:28):
Now.

Speaker 2 (38:28):
How surprised are you with the naming of JJ Riddick
as the new coach of the Los Angeles Lakers?

Speaker 4 (38:37):
Not surprised because the tea leaves were going that way.

Speaker 6 (38:40):
And look, there's a lot of people that are really
upset about JJ going to the front of the line.
But I'm gonna say this man. The dude played in
the NBA for fifteen years. The guy's been coached by
a bunch of great coaches. He certainly can take all
those things that he learned and put it together if
he hires a great staff, because the staff is really everything.

Speaker 4 (38:55):
He can do it. And there's nothing that.

Speaker 6 (38:58):
Can prepare you for being a head coach other than
being a head coach. So it doesn't matter if you
sat behind the number one guy for thirty years. You
never know the challenge and being a decision maker after
being a suggestion guy until you get the whistle.

Speaker 4 (39:12):
And so he has the whistle, we'll see what he
can do with it. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (39:15):
I was one of those guys that went off last week,
as you know, said I don't think he's qualified because
he's never even coached junior high school basketball. But you know,
we'll see what happens. But again, I think the problem
is that he does a podcast with Lebron and people
are going to say Lebron got on the job, Lebron
wanted him to be.

Speaker 3 (39:28):
A head coach.

Speaker 2 (39:28):
So there's gonna be a lot of rumors going around,
a lot of talking behind his back, all right, I
don't you agree on that.

Speaker 6 (39:35):
I mean, there'd be some of that, But you know what,
players respect players, And the number one thing that JJ
Reddick can do is JJ Reddick can be authentic, tell
them the truth, and be humble enough to address the
mistakes that he makes early in his tenure, to make
sure that he's a better coach at the end of
the season than he was at the beginning. If he
does those things and really works on building a relationship

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with each member of the team, he'll be fine.

Speaker 4 (39:58):
And it's not about being there, but it's about.

Speaker 6 (40:01):
Knowing something that brings in Leeds to a connection that's
beyond just playing the game of basketball.

Speaker 4 (40:06):
He does that, he'll has success.

Speaker 2 (40:07):
Good last but not Lesa Willia May is going number
twenty four. Should Major League Baseball retire number twenty four?

Speaker 4 (40:16):
He has been such a great ambassador to the game.
I wouldn't hate it.

Speaker 6 (40:19):
I do kind of like it, the fact that you
could put twenty four in every stadium and then always
talk about him with such reverence. Yeah, like, I'm okay
with that. Let's let's make a declaration. Let's we're retired
to number in all the stadiums.

Speaker 3 (40:31):
Really mays, Yeah, I love to see that. I really would.

Speaker 2 (40:33):
I mean, I get what they try forty two. I
guess he's retired now, is it retired? I mean, no
one wears forty two or they just wear forty two.
On April the fifteenth, the day came in. I don't know.

Speaker 3 (40:42):
We'll have to check that out, but here we go.

Speaker 2 (40:44):
Bucky Brooks says it's time for these players to break out.
That and more where Fox Sports Sunday coming.

Speaker 15 (40:49):
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Speaker 2 (40:54):
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Speaker 3 (41:17):
He is my guy, Bucky Brooks. Hello, Buck, How are
you good?

Speaker 4 (41:23):
Andy? What's going on?

Speaker 3 (41:24):
Everything's good?

Speaker 2 (41:24):
You know I didn't get to this in the first
I want to run up by you right now because
it seems to me and I've heard reports, but the
state of Kansas is making a serious run at becoming
the new home for the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas
City Chiefs. I talk about corporate greed all the time,
but the Kansas Governor, Laura Kelly, she signed legislation on Friday.
This enables now the state her state, to lord the

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Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs and and Major League
Baseball's Kansas City Royals away from neighboring Kansas City, Missouri,
by helping the teams pay for new stadiums.

Speaker 3 (41:58):
I don't get it. I mean, for the I get it.

Speaker 2 (42:01):
It's a leverage move on the ownership of the Kansas
City Chiefs. And they could do that because they're great
and the fans love them. But come on, really, they're
gonna leave Kansas City, Missouri and go to the state
of Kansas. I mean, how does this happen? I mean,
it doesn't make any sense to me. But and the
owners just love it because they know fans are crazy

(42:24):
and they'll vote for these things and pay for the taxes.
Let these owners pay for their own stadia. And they
don't do it. They just don't. They don't have to.

Speaker 3 (42:32):
I guess.

Speaker 4 (42:34):
No, they don't.

Speaker 6 (42:36):
But I so here here's the conversation that I think
everyone is trying to come to grips with. Taxpayers are
paying exorminant amount of money for stadiums that they don't
necessarily own.

Speaker 4 (42:49):
Billionaires are asking.

Speaker 6 (42:51):
The people who aren't even millionaires to pitch in to
help them get these extravagant stadiums so they can make
more money on luxury sales and those things. You also
have the opportunities command a Super Bowl and attractive super
Bowl to your city, and so that's why it's big.
But I think you're seeing people grow weary of that.

Speaker 4 (43:08):
That's why you're getting to push back everywhere.

Speaker 6 (43:10):
We're seeing Kansas City, what's going on between that city
and the Chiefs and where they go across the line
to Kansas City. K as opposed to doing that stuff
in Jacksonville. Is just about making sure that the money
is allocated properly, that taxpayers are okay with the government
paying money, significant money to renovate a stadium in a
downtown area.

Speaker 3 (43:29):
It amazes me.

Speaker 2 (43:30):
Now though you talk about the governor of the state
of Kansas is going to take effect what she signed
on jail other first, and what it's going to do
is going to allow bonds. Bonds are going to cover
like seventy percent of a new stadium's cost Kansas. Now,
the state would have thirty years to pay them off.
And how they're going to pay them off revenues from
sports betting, our revenues from state lottery ticket sales, and
of course obviously of course new sales taxes for alcohol

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generated in the area around each proposed stadium. So the
taxpayer is going to have to pay for something that's
going to be used perhaps maybe eight times a year.

Speaker 3 (44:02):
Forget about the baseball eight times a year.

Speaker 2 (44:05):
And I don't I mean, you love football, and you
know you're gonna have to pay for this, and then
it's gonna happen down the road. You're not even able
to watch it over free TV because you're gonna have
that paywall coming up, you know, But the next three
to five years, every one of those games is gonna
be paid for view. You know, you're not gonna get
free TV anymore for the NFL. Just just the way

(44:25):
it's gonna be. Maybe, you know, maybe I'm stuck on
quicksand just just the way the future and I'm not
ready to move to the future.

Speaker 3 (44:31):
Maybe that's it.

Speaker 6 (44:33):
It might be it, but the future is honest, and
so we got to adapt and adjusts. We got to
adapt and adjust to the things that happen to below
the collegiate, below the high below the NFL level. Down
the colleges, we got to see how that stuff impacts
who we are when we get to the pros. We
gotta make sure that everyone is lined up and the
lockstep to make sure that the game continues, the floorish

(44:54):
and so.

Speaker 4 (44:55):
On the field.

Speaker 6 (44:55):
It's like the coaches in the onfield product, but off
the field, it's everyone who makes this stadium go. And
so you talk about you talk about prioritizing getting ready
for camp, but you also prioritize and make sure you
get this funny for these renovations.

Speaker 2 (45:08):
Not well, that's the future. Let's talk about the NFL
future right now, because you're right on it. Okay, I'm
talking about Bucket Brooks, the player, Bucket Brooks, the coach,
the scout, and of course the writer for NFL dot Com.
I talk about this every week he writes dot com
for NFL dot com.

Speaker 3 (45:22):
Scroll down to writers.

Speaker 2 (45:23):
You see Bucket Brooks right there, And I'm going to
say this right here now, Okay, I would be a
complete schmuck, and some people think that I already am.
But I'll be a complete schmuck not to use the
fountain of knowledge that my partner, Bucket Brooks has on football.
He played the game, coaches the game, and writes about
the game. So I'd be foolish to ignore that. That's
why I like to talk about it every week. And

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it's somewhat interesting because I learned so much from him
as well. And what you have this week is the
breakout players for this coming season. And last year you
predicted the players you.

Speaker 3 (45:52):
Really did like you predicted, like George Picktens was gonna
have a breakout year. How did you know? How did
you know? I want to know, how did you know?

Speaker 6 (46:01):
You're beginning to look at situations and circumstances right, like,
what situations circumstances will lead these players to be able
to play at a high level. So for me, it
was easy to look at George Pickens and say, hey,
George Pickens should have an opportunity to touch the ball
enough where he makes enough splash plays to kind of
command attention.

Speaker 4 (46:18):
That happened.

Speaker 6 (46:18):
You knew the talent was there, but now it's just
the opportunity. And sometimes the opportunity isn't in being the
lead horse surrounded by other comparal horses. Sometimes it's being
the lead horse and there's no other options. So now
you get all those opportunities that normally would go elsewhere.

Speaker 4 (46:33):
When we get to the list, I think that's what
you'll see.

Speaker 6 (46:35):
You'll see some of these guys that are mentioned, it's
about opportunity, and that opportunity is going to give them
a chance to really make their name, to become headliners
within their respective cities.

Speaker 3 (46:44):
Well, yeah, let's get to your list and let's star
have a quarterbacks, and everybody loves quarterbacks. You talk about
Bryce Shall, who basically.

Speaker 2 (46:49):
You know, was hyped up pretty good in college, but
I have to say it's somewhat of a disappointing first year.

Speaker 6 (46:54):
Last year, he did have a disappointing first year, to
the point that it's the first time that I ever
can remember that no ever one talks about the former
number one overall pick in the draft. Everyone is going
google guy got over Anthony Richson, who only played in
four games. I've heard people have conversations about Will Levis
We're all excited about CJ. Stroud, but no one has
talked about Bryce Young. To me, Bryce Young has a

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head coaching coordinator, Dave Canwos, who's just coming off fixing
Baker Mayfield. Help Baker get paid, help Baker play at
a high level while helping the Ten Bay Buccaneers make
the postseason.

Speaker 4 (47:26):
Same blueprints, same formulas should.

Speaker 6 (47:28):
Follow when they go up to Carolina, like make it
quarterback friendly. If he makes a quarterback friendly, continues to
teach the quarterback how to play quarterback.

Speaker 4 (47:35):
At a high level.

Speaker 6 (47:36):
Look, this team is gonna surprise and Bryce Young is
gonna be one of those guys we talked about.

Speaker 2 (47:40):
You know, it's funny Bryce Young coming up their first pick.
Everybody expects so much from a first pick. They want
it like now. People can't wait, They want it like
right now. I think the saving grace with Bryce Young,
even though we had a somewhat of a questionable first
year with CJ. Stroud who kind of mushroomed and be
bloomed and to start, and no one expected that from CGT.
So you know, they were so enamored and talking about CJ.

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Stroud they almost forgot about Bryce Young. On his shortcomings.

Speaker 4 (48:07):
Yeah, I think there's some of that.

Speaker 6 (48:09):
I think there's some of that, and you know, I
think what happen is though we see de Strout because
everyone missed. Everyone talked about how it was a one
horse race. There was no conversation or debate. Typically we
have debates about who's number one, who's the second. They
didn't have that conversation ahead of that draft. It was
kind of Bryce Young and people didn't think CJ. Stroud
game was translated, but it has, and so we've gone

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maybe a little over any other direction when it comes
to c J. Stroud and just making sure that we
blow him up and give him his flowers at every turn.

Speaker 2 (48:39):
Yeah, I'm really surprised in your breakout list there's only
one quarterback.

Speaker 3 (48:43):
Why is that?

Speaker 4 (48:45):
Well, because it's the team.

Speaker 3 (48:46):
It's ID it's.

Speaker 4 (48:48):
An all breakout team.

Speaker 6 (48:49):
You only get one ball, there's only one Only one
quarterback can be on the field. But if look, I'm
gonna say this, here's here's the hype train that I
worry about. I worry about the Anthony Rigs and hype
train because when you hear people talk about Anthony Richardson
and what the expectations are I think people have to
understand Anthony Richard only played four games his rookie season,
following a career that was very abbreviated when it came

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to him, ant of start, steady experienced. I think it's
gonna be slower for his game to rise than some
of the others because he just hasn't had enough game
reps to be what everyone wants him to be. But
there's a lot of hype and a lot of conversation
about him. I just worry about him succumbing to the
expectations and the burden of the pressure.

Speaker 2 (49:30):
All right, let's go to the running back Miami Dolls
and tell me if I'm pronouncing his name right, Devon
a Shan.

Speaker 4 (49:36):
Yeah, I mean he changed it. It went from a
chain to a chan. Regardless.

Speaker 6 (49:43):
What I'm gonna say is he is fast, and it's
the fast playmaker from Miami.

Speaker 4 (49:48):
That is on the list.

Speaker 6 (49:48):
The dude was averaging and he was averaging ninety Scrimma
jars per game his rookie season. That is bananas kinds
of production. And if he's gonna get more opportunities, like
Mike McDaniels has promise this this guy, there's gonna be
a headline up.

Speaker 4 (50:01):
We're gonna talk about him.

Speaker 6 (50:02):
And maybe he supplants for him mosted as the number
one option in the backfield when it comes down to it.

Speaker 3 (50:08):
All right, wide receiver.

Speaker 2 (50:09):
This guy was picked twentieth Seattle Seahawks Jackson Smith, NA Jayba.

Speaker 6 (50:16):
Yeah, JSN so js yeah, yeah yeah. JSN playing in Seattle.
Ryan Grubbs comes over from Washington. I mean he just
goes across town and he gets an opportunity to take
over this offense and an offense last year on the
Saint Walton there's a little more predestion. When they had
the three wide receivers. JSN didn't give enough opportunities. That's

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a change. You gotta remember when you watched Washington with
Michael Pennix, he threw it all over the yard. Every
playmaker had an opportunity to shine. The same will hold
true with Gino Smith in Seattle. Everyone to talk about
DK Mtcalff and Tyler Lockett, but by the end of
it we'll be talking about JSN being a potential star.

Speaker 2 (50:52):
Now you talk about DK Metcalf and Tyler Locke. I
mean they're basically in the twilight of their career. Couldn't
you say that really, I mean, yeah.

Speaker 4 (51:00):
Yeah, they're up there.

Speaker 6 (51:01):
I would say more Tyler Lockett more so than DK meccaf.
DK meccaf has been in the league for a while, huge,
huge playmaker. But JSN being able to play in the slot,
it's gonna give him an opportunity to wear out.

Speaker 4 (51:13):
The third corner over and over and over again.

Speaker 6 (51:15):
And the thing about the talent that he's surrounded by,
they're good enough where they command their own kinds of attention,
so he should be able to benefit from playing one
on one on guys.

Speaker 2 (51:25):
Yeah, you're told about a guy making a benefit. You
got go to the Buffalo Bills here, Khalil Shakir. I mean,
here's a guy that's gonna walk right into a situation
that is made for him. Because stuff on Diggs is gone.
He probably could have been the number one wide receiver
on the Buffalo Bills.

Speaker 6 (51:39):
Yeah, Calisia cour So let's talk about the wide receiver
and the tight end and the same thing. Because there's
two Buffalo Bills, it's Darton kin Kid and Khalil Shakur.
And what happens is the field opens up, Nana Stefan
Diggs isn't there Josh Allen is going to have to
distribute the ball more as an inside outside platte pass
or playmaker, So that should open up the field for

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sur to be able to do it on these end
breakers and crossing routes. He has vertical playmaking ability. But
then Dalk Kinkaid being a steady Eddy presidence forming number
one overall pick has been terrific. Now it's about building
it around those guys being the lead horses, Dal Kinkaid,
Dawson Knox, and then the playmakers on the outside.

Speaker 4 (52:18):
That's why Shaquille Shakur.

Speaker 6 (52:20):
Has an opportunity to be a guy that touches the
ball a ton this season.

Speaker 2 (52:25):
We know about Kincaida Shakur as we receives for the
Buffalo Bills. You know, I think that we're looking at
almost as a revamping a new era in the Buffalo
Bills right now. And I said this early on. I'll
stick by my words. I think it's gonna be a
rough year for the Buffalo Bills, I really do, and
a very important year for their quarterback because I think,
you know, really Stefan Diggs really helped make the quarterback

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position in Buffalo. I think it's gouda be tough this year.
I would not be surprised if the Buffalo Bills, now
tough AFC, do not advance deep in the playoffs. So
maybe they don't even make the playoffs.

Speaker 6 (52:58):
Yeah, I mean it's gonna be a tough situation for
the Buffalo Bills. But someone say less is more. Maybe
less Stefan Diggs more focused?

Speaker 4 (53:07):
Not as many distractions?

Speaker 6 (53:08):
Are those things if you feel like the receiver was
one that created a lot of unnecessary attention on the
locker room and the conversation and relationships within the locker room.
This is about Josh Allen though. It's about Josh Allen
showing and proving the people that he can do the
Pat Mahomes thing, people that have talked about him in
the same conversation as Pat Mahomes. Whenever we get a
chance to see what does it look like when he

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is forced to do everything?

Speaker 4 (53:31):
Can he put this team on his back? We'll see. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (53:34):
It's funny because in the last several years, the question
in Buffalo was where's their running game? Because they relied
on their passing him so much. Now they have a decent,
kind of a fair running game. But the receiving core
right now is so untested it's gonna be tough. They
never really had both things clicking at the same time,
and they still don't.

Speaker 6 (53:54):
No, they've never really had it. But there's enough time
for them to get that right. They brought in a
bunch of wide receivers, kind of throw it up there
and see who can be a kJ handler, Marcus Valdez,
Scantling and some others. They'll see, they'll see what it
looks like, and I'm optimistic that they will figure it
out at some point. But this is about Josh Allen
more than anybody else. We can talk about Sean McDermott,

(54:16):
we can talk about the weapons or whatever. This is
Josh Allen. If Josh Allen is worthy of being in
that conversation with Pat Mahomes and we need to see
this team flourish without Stefan Diggs being on the field.

Speaker 3 (54:27):
Well, you know what, it's great.

Speaker 2 (54:28):
This is a great leading because if it's all about
Josh Allen and Buffalo, it's certainly all about Jordan Love
and Green Bapergers. Right now, you're talking about Jayden Reed,
the wide receiver. Can he get it done? This guy
only had like what sixty somewhat catches last year, Canny
get it done. I mean it's going to be Jordan
Love kind of making him if he can.

Speaker 6 (54:45):
Yeah, I won't necessarily say he's making him, but I
would say that Jaden Reed has the opportunity to be
the next one, meaning the next second round pick to
blossom in green Bay. When you look at the history
of wide receivers, everyone loves to take the green Bay
package of the task because they don't in verse first
round picks playmakers.

Speaker 4 (55:01):
But it's worked out well.

Speaker 6 (55:02):
I mean, going all the way back to the days
of Antonio Freeman and Donald Driver and you know, Jordy
Nelson and others, James Jones, they've been able to find
playmakers outside of it. This kid, Jayden Reed, was drafted
second round out of Michigan State.

Speaker 4 (55:17):
Last year. He was a jet sweep specialist.

Speaker 6 (55:20):
They started to expand his role a little more finished
for day touchdowns. I looked for him to take the
next step. And so when you think about Jayden Reed
and Christian Watson on that team, they have a bunch
of nice talented playmakers. I just think Jayden Reid probably
has a game that might be a little more suited
to eventually being the number one That's why we're going
to talk about him.

Speaker 2 (55:40):
Okay, now let's talk about the Chicago Bears. But there's
a lot of hype there. We got the number one pick,
they got Caleb Williams the quarterback. But look, if Caleb
Williams is going to be successful, he better get some protection.
And one of the guys you mention is Darnell Wright
as far as the offensive tackle right there. So if
Caleb Williams has a successful season, I think a lot
of their credit's going to be handled towards Donell Wright.

Speaker 4 (56:01):
Through there.

Speaker 6 (56:01):
Right, big body playmaker come from Tennessee, has the nasty
disposition and the dog at him. After struggling the first
couple of weeks of the season, I want to say
he gave him a sack in the.

Speaker 4 (56:11):
First five games.

Speaker 6 (56:12):
He settled in only about maybe three of the last
twelve games of the year. So this guy has the talent,
he has the tools. Is about just the experience of
being able to play at the higher level.

Speaker 4 (56:22):
Not really worried about that.

Speaker 6 (56:23):
I think this is the year that he breaks out
and becomes a guy that we talk about being a
potential pro bowler.

Speaker 2 (56:29):
Interesting I talk about the offensive tackle right now. I
think the big question in Cleveland is Deshaun Watson. I mean,
he's been he's been out of the action so long.
Can he come back and get it done? But he's
got a guy in Dewan Jones. This guy, I mean
six ' eight three seventy four. I like to see
this guy at the dinner table.

Speaker 3 (56:46):
Really. I mean six ' eight three seventy four.

Speaker 2 (56:49):
He could probably block two guys in one shot on
the offensive So Deshaun Watson's got some protection over there.
But I think the big key is not so much
him on the offensive line. Can DeShawn and Watson come
back and show something after being away for so long?

Speaker 4 (57:04):
Yeah?

Speaker 6 (57:04):
No, that's a big part of it. Can he show something?
Canny come back? Can he be the player that everyone
wants him to be? That's a huge deal, man. I
mean that's the million dollar question that is circulating around
the dog Pound. Candy Shawn Watson be the quarterback that
they won't. But to do it, they have to make
sure the offense line is right, the running game is right.
They gave him weapons and receivers, so there's no excuses
for him not to play.

Speaker 4 (57:24):
Well, he just has to play.

Speaker 2 (57:25):
Well, you know, I'm going to go over to these
two offensive guards, Okay, one on the Falcons Bergeron, Matthew Bergeron,
and one on the Tennessee Titans Scornsky, Peter Scarronsky. And
it's funny because he's on the Tennessee Titans and Bill
Callahan's then his dad's going to be on the staff
as well as father Bill Callahan joining him on the
staff for Brian Callahan. You know, And what I'm reading

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and what you wrote, like, I don't think the public
realizes this. I didn't realize this how much coaching and
teaching is involved.

Speaker 3 (57:55):
In the NFL.

Speaker 2 (57:56):
People think you just go out there and put the
pads on scrimmage play and go on somethay and play.
It's not that way. You credit the coaching so much.
You say that the fact that Brian Callahan's going to
be with his dad Bill joining him on the line
to help a guy Skeronsky. This is really a big
deal in my mind that you're saying that teaching really
does in fact go on in the National Football League.

Speaker 6 (58:17):
Yeah, Bill Callahan is one of the best teachers that
you were fine and his son I mean, Brian Callahan
takes over, and so this would be a different type offense,
a little more past centric.

Speaker 4 (58:26):
They'll have the running game. But Bill Callahan is one
of the best. He coached.

Speaker 6 (58:30):
I was playing for the Raiders when he was there
as the offensive coordinator under John Gruden. Handled the running game,
continue to do great things. This is a great opportunity
for Peter Skeronsky to be the player that everyone thought
he would be.

Speaker 4 (58:41):
When was the first round pick?

Speaker 2 (58:42):
Interesting and last but not least, we got the New
York Jets and they said that Joe Tripman, Joe Tipman,
what's the deal with him? Because he's going to be
handling with and Aaron Rodgers, and they got to get
in sync because Aaron Rodgers hasn't been around much.

Speaker 4 (58:54):
Yeah, they have to get in sync.

Speaker 6 (58:56):
But I think Aaron Rodgers returning to be the starter
will help him because he'll leave it some of the stress.

Speaker 4 (59:02):
On the pivot.

Speaker 6 (59:03):
You know, when you think about Pittman, he had to Tipman,
he had to make all the calls, all the adjustments,
everything fell.

Speaker 4 (59:07):
On him first time in the league.

Speaker 6 (59:09):
Well, when you got a veteran like Aaron Rodgers, he
can handle the protections, he can get the team in
the right play call, because if he gets the team
in the right play call, it puts everyone in a
position to be at their best. And so I think
just having Aaron Rodgers back will allow us to focus
more on his performance because the dude is super talented.
When you watch the tape, supertwent is super long, very athletic,

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can do a bunch of different things.

Speaker 4 (59:31):
At the point of attack.

Speaker 6 (59:32):
But now it's hey, we need you to be our guy.
Get it right, be the point of the sword. So
you have that chance with Aaron Rodgers.

Speaker 3 (59:39):
I like that beat the point on the sword. I
love that the breakouts.

Speaker 2 (59:41):
Okay, I'm gonna repeat the I'm keeping this in my
folder to follow throughout the season with you.

Speaker 3 (59:45):
All Right, he's Bucket Brooks.

Speaker 2 (59:46):
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Speaker 3 (01:00:38):
Now.

Speaker 2 (01:00:38):
A little bit of a controversy right now. I'm not
a big fan of the Copa America thing that's going
on right now, and of course the twenty twenty six
feet of World Cup in soccer that's gonna be held
in North America.

Speaker 3 (01:00:48):
But there's gonna be.

Speaker 2 (01:00:48):
A confrontation there because they coincide, I guess with the
National Football League.

Speaker 3 (01:00:53):
What do I mean by that?

Speaker 2 (01:00:54):
Both of these international soccer tournaments require underline that require
to be played are natural grass services and they exist
only in half of the American football stadiums that play
in the National Football League. Now, this past Thursday, Messi
and Argentina were playing off in the Copa America. They

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played Thursday night in Atlanta against Canada, and they've played
on a temporary grass field that was installed at Mercedes
Benz Stadium, and that's the home of the Atlanta Falcons
and of course United of MLS. Five other NFL stadiums, Charlotte, Dallas, Houston,
Los Angeles, and New York have made this short time
switch from artificial turf for the Copa America tournament. Now,

(01:01:38):
Bucky Brooks, you played in the National Football League. NFL
players want grass. The NFL Players Association made a push
last year for more grass playing services. Why are they
doing it now for soccer? Why can't they do it
for the National Football League.

Speaker 6 (01:01:52):
I mean, it's just the upkeep. It's the upkeep of
grass over the course of a full season. You have
to constantly reside redo it. And it's also more expensive
when you do other things in the venue. So if
you're a stadium and you want to have monster truck competition,
if you're a stadium you want to have concerts and
a bunch of different things that take place in the tournament, well,

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bunch of different things that take place within the stadium.
You have to tear up the grass all the time.
It's hard to maintain it when you have so many
different things being conducted on the field. And so that's
why turf has always been appilling, because just the ease
of nature. Sweep it off, get it right, plucky. You
don't have to do all the same things that you
have to do with grass. That's why owners are trying

(01:02:35):
to do it. Because it's a monetary thing. It's an
economical decision. It's not anything outside of that.

Speaker 3 (01:02:40):
No, No, I never played the game and you did.
I got to believe that.

Speaker 2 (01:02:44):
Certainly, playing on turf, getting tackled falling on there more scrapes,
more scratches, as tougher, it's almost falling on concrete well
posed to grass, where it's more of a cushion, more
like a sponge. However, if you're playing on a wet
grass field, is there a good opportunity for your spikes
or claps to get caught in that grasp You're going
one direction and they stay stuck in the other direction.

(01:03:06):
So both surfaces can lead to injuries.

Speaker 4 (01:03:08):
Right, Yeah, both surfaces.

Speaker 6 (01:03:10):
I mean there's not an injury free surface, you know,
Like I mean, you're just gonna have to deal with
some of those things when it comes to it. I mean,
there's there's no way to completely avoid the injury factor.

Speaker 4 (01:03:22):
It's always there.

Speaker 6 (01:03:23):
But look, the softest, the most consistent and reliable would
be a very good track surface. But it's not I mean,
a very good grass surface. It's not always available. I
just think you want to do us in the best
interest of the players, and I just don't. But what
I don't know is how many owners are willing to
fork up the kind of money that it requires to

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have a grass stadium that can handle so many other
things outside of just your normal football games.

Speaker 2 (01:03:50):
Okay, you play for several NFL teams right now, and
which one which fields do you find more adaptable, well
more comfortable, so to speak for you? For you personally,
what did you like?

Speaker 6 (01:04:03):
I mean, grass is always better, right, grass has always
been even though IM allergic to grass and I break out,
grass is always better because it's softer. And you got
to remember when I when I played, we were talking
about the old astro turf, which is basically green carpet
rolled over top of concrete, and so just to fit
the toughness that it required, it took. It took a
toll on you beat you up. Grass is the best, though,

(01:04:25):
Grass is the best, like a very well manicured, low cut,
low cut grass surface. I don't think anything can beat that,
like those fast surfaces that are down in Miami and
some of those other warm weather cities. You love playing
in those situations.

Speaker 2 (01:04:39):
Boy, I wish I was a pr guy when you
played on your team, because you were allergict the grass.
I'll tell you why I say that. When I was
a sports information guy at all Roberts University, we had
a tremendous golf team. I think we finished third in
the nation and golf, but we had a golfer who
was allergic the grass, and boy did we get some
play on that.

Speaker 3 (01:04:55):
We got written up and it was a great story.
He was written up in Sports Illustrated.

Speaker 2 (01:04:59):
Oh Man playing in the National Football League allergic the
grass on a grass surface, I would have a field
day with you, man.

Speaker 3 (01:05:05):
I missed my opportunity. But in twenty twenty.

Speaker 2 (01:05:07):
Six, get this, seven NFL stadiums will have to make
the temporary switch to natural grass for the World Cup?
All right, five are doing it right now? For Copo America,
a permanent get this, a permanent natural grass field could
require a cold weather team to spend two to three
million dollars a year to maintain, okay, and opposed to

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a proximbly one point two point five million to install
and maintain turf. So again, it's about economics right now.
So why in fact would these owners of these teams,
why would they even why would they volunteer to play
a World Cup or Copo America games in this stadium?
Are they going to make? Are gonna recoup that money
in attendance? I don't think so?

Speaker 3 (01:05:49):
Will they?

Speaker 4 (01:05:51):
Uh?

Speaker 6 (01:05:52):
It's funny we talked about exposure, more exposure, bigger fan base,
more themes. If you can get the soccer fan base up,
it gives you a chance to tap into another revenue stream,
different set of people coming through the turnstiles to come
and see a bunch of different things that you have.

Speaker 4 (01:06:08):
MLS is a part of it.

Speaker 6 (01:06:09):
But being able to host friendlies where the US has
taken on anybody, it just creates another line.

Speaker 4 (01:06:15):
Look, man, follow the money.

Speaker 6 (01:06:17):
The owners are going to go Where the money could
go and this is an opportunity to expand it and
do that so they can grow their game, literally grow
their game by having more grass stadiums and more soccer
opportunities to play.

Speaker 4 (01:06:30):
Me and Anwlly Sports.

Speaker 2 (01:06:31):
All right, I get it right now. Okay, he's Bucket
Brooks and Andy Furman. This is Fox Sports Sunny and
Fox Sport's ready. By the way, she took his advice
and she talked that's coming up next line from the
tirap dot com studios. But first he's gonna do some
talking to you, Kevin Wyatt with all your sports.

Speaker 14 (01:06:46):
Yeah, it was a big day for baseball on at Saturday.
He was the Dodgers beating the Angels seven to show
Ao Tani his twenty third home run of the season
four hundred and fifty nine feet.

Speaker 5 (01:06:57):
I don't think that ball has landed yet.

Speaker 14 (01:06:59):
As he hit that one and almost to the roof,
it looked like at the right field pavilion at Dodgers Stadium.
Tyler Glass now one on run in seven innings, ten
strikeouts as he picks up the win for Los Angeles.
Aaron Judge blasting a home run his twenty eighth of
the season, Yankees over the Atlanta Braves eight to three.
The Twins beat the Oakland Athletics ten to two as
Bailey Ober had a complete game with ten strikeouts on

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just eighty nine pitches. The Colorado Rockies a walk off
pitchclock violation. It was Kyle Finn again on the mound
for the Washington Nationals, bases loaded, bottom of the nine thinning,
and he had three balls on the count and didn't
get the pitch offf in time. That gave the winning
run to Colorado as they take the game eight to seven.

Speaker 5 (01:07:42):
The Padres on a roll.

Speaker 14 (01:07:43):
They've won four straight games, including a six to four
win against the Milwaukee Brewers. The Astros have made it
four wins in a row after beating the Baltimore Oils
five to one in the Cleveland Guardians, also on a
four game winning streak, a take down the Toronto Blue
Jays six to three. The Phillies over the defending National
League champion Arizona Diamondbacks twelve to one. Cubs blow out

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the Mets eight to one. White Sox top the Tigers
five to one. College World Series Texas A and M
winning against top seeded Tennessee as they take the series
opener nine to five WNBA Breonna Stewart thirty three points
as Liberty beat the LA's Sparks ninety eight eighty eight.
In golf, it's Tom Kim ahead of the Travelers by

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one stroke, Scottie Scheffler tied to for second place. And
in soccer, it's been a big weekend both in the
Americas and in Europe, Mexico winning its Copa America opener
against Jamaica one nil, Venezuela a two to one win
against Ecuador, and asked for the United States. They do
begin play in Copa America against Bolivia Sunday evening six

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o'clock Eastern time as a schedule kickoff, and that can
be seen over on Fox. The Euro twenty twenty four
Championships on Saturday saw Belgium shutout Romania two nil, Portugal
with a three nil win against Turkey, and Czech Republican
Georgia tied at one goal.

Speaker 5 (01:09:05):
A piece back to you guys, thank you.

Speaker 2 (01:09:07):
keV seeing about an hour and now he's the teacher
and she's now his student. We'll get to that in
just about a minute. He's Bucket Brooks, I'm Andy Furman,
and we are Fox Sports Sunday at Fox Sports. Ready,
we've got bad and Barrel betting coming up with six
seven minutes from now. And we talked about Draymond Green.
A little while back. Draymond Green told Angel Reese from
the Chicago Sky, Hey, you want to be a bully,
that's okay, but you gotta face the music and you

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gotta talk.

Speaker 3 (01:09:29):
And you know what she did.

Speaker 2 (01:09:31):
She did some talking after that hard foul on Caitlin Clark,
and she said, look, I can't control the referees. There's
a quote from Angel. They affected the game a lot tonight.
She said, I'm always going to the ball, but I'm
all going to play to a clip for twenty times
before Monday in Clark.

Speaker 3 (01:09:46):
She agreed with Reese.

Speaker 2 (01:09:47):
She said, it's been part of basketball trying to make
a player on the ball get the block. I mean,
it happens. And look, they're gonna meet again today and
I'm getting a little tired.

Speaker 3 (01:09:56):
I mean, I get it.

Speaker 2 (01:09:57):
I mean, I guess the schedule happened to work out
that way. I don't know, but I remember several years ago,
you turn on the tube on Sunday night, it was
every Sunday night at ESPN had the Yankees Red Sox,
they just shoved it down your throat and now they're
doing that. Really, I mean, I get it they want
the eyeballs, but now they're doing it. Indiana Fever in
Chicago Sky because Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark and today

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for the third matchup of the year, they just played
this game. Today is gonna be in Chicago and both
of the previous games have featured national television audiences. They
featured sellout crowds over seventeen thousand at the game Bridge
Field House in Indianapolis. That they are doing it again today.
But I'd like to see I'm glad to see Angel
Reese right now. At least he's facing the music and
listen to Draymond Green.

Speaker 6 (01:10:43):
Yeah, I mean, she has to be able to stand
up there, like that's part of the deal. Like, you know,
part of being a professional athlete is you have to
be able to step up to the mic east in
every week, after every game and handle the question it's
the hard question. You gotta be able to handle those
things like a pro. And she's learning. She's look as

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much as people talk about Kaitlyn Clark Andrel Reese is
almost on part of her when it comes to the
stardom and the fandom that follows her wherever she goes.
And that's why you're see more of these games broadcasts.
It's a natural, ever serial relationship. It's a natural rivalry
that's been created Angel Revees versus Caitlin Clark. And what

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you hope is that it's competitive, it's feisty, it's all
of those things that you want to see in a game.
But it continues to be one of those things where
we don't allow outside narratives to creep in because of
something that takes place on the floor, whether it's the
horfiles or those things, as long as they're basketball related. Man,
let's continue to keep that discussion basketball related. Let's not

(01:11:45):
make it more than what it really is.

Speaker 4 (01:11:47):
Now.

Speaker 2 (01:11:47):
Bucky Brooks, you had your breakout situation, you pick your
breakout players of the Year for the National Football Then
I'm going to make two predictions right now. Number one,
I'm going to say Angel Reeves will probably get the
Rookie of the Year award and and the WNBA top
offensive rebound in the league. And I just have a
feeling that she's gonna get it because they round a
better she's not a bit of team I do you agree.

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I think she's gonna be Rookie of the Year over
Kaitlyn Clark, which is going to cost some pushback on
some negativity.

Speaker 3 (01:12:13):
And I'll go to another prediction. The WNBA All.

Speaker 2 (01:12:17):
Star Game will have better TV ratings than Major League
Baseball's All Star Game.

Speaker 6 (01:12:24):
Yeah, I can see that. I can see that, particularly
because you talked about Kaitlyn Clark being available in doing
her thing. Yeah, I can absolutely see that being a
big part of it.

Speaker 2 (01:12:34):
It's amazing, it really is. But you know what, I've
become a New York Liberty fan. I watch them and
I just don't understand why they're called the New York
Liberty when they play their games in Brooklyn. Now they
play the game in the same arena as the Brooklyn Nets.
And look, you know, I'm a little I'm a little sugar,
I'm a little crazy, a little off the wall. I

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wrote a letter to the ownership of the New York Liberty.
I never heard back, and I do right for the
Brooklyn Eagles. I wanted to do a story on it.
So maybe that's why they didn't want to get involved.
They're afraid, I said, I want to know why the
name of your team is New York Liberty rather than
Brooklyn Liberty. I don't get it. Maybe maybe because it
doesn't it doesn't make any sense to me. They're playing
in Brooklyn.

Speaker 4 (01:13:16):
You wanted to be you wanted to be the Brooklyn.
You want to be the Brooklyn Liberty.

Speaker 3 (01:13:20):
It doesn't doesn't sound it's not good. I mean, tell
me why I was the difference, like like they played
in Brooklyn.

Speaker 6 (01:13:26):
Yeah, but doesn't New York encompass at all? Like doesn't
New York represent the entire thing? Like I mean, like
New York. I saw somewhere where similar conversation, but someone
were saying that the Los Angeles Chargers should be the
SoCal Charges so they could tie back into the southern
part of their fan base, the San Diego parts, that
they don't lose them in essence, like like the California

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Angels used to be the California Angels before they came
to the iterations of the Anaheim Angels of Los Angeles
and those things. Some things work. The California Angels always
work for me. I appreciated that maybe.

Speaker 2 (01:14:03):
The Florida Marlins they had a change from Florida Marlins
to Miami Marlins.

Speaker 6 (01:14:07):
Yeah, you know what. And you're right, like, why did
they change? Why they go to the Double M instead
of the Florida Marks. They won World Series when they
were to Florida.

Speaker 4 (01:14:14):
Marlins, Right, Yeah. I don't ren't get it. I don't know.
I don't understand it.

Speaker 2 (01:14:19):
I really don't. I mean, I want to know why.
So why don't they call the Brooklyn Nets the New
York Nets. They were the New York Nets at one
time and they played on Long Island. I remember the
call mack Arena. I used to go to the games.
But I don't get it. And they were the New
Jersey Nets at one point in time when they played
in Jersey.

Speaker 3 (01:14:35):
I don't know.

Speaker 2 (01:14:36):
I just now when they originally started in nineteen sixty
seven and the old ABA and the American Basketball Association,
they played in t necks and the old t neck
New Jersey Armory.

Speaker 3 (01:14:45):
But they weren't called the t neck nets. They were
the New Jersey nets then.

Speaker 4 (01:14:48):
They weren't called it.

Speaker 6 (01:14:50):
They weren't called the t neck They were called the
t neck nets.

Speaker 2 (01:14:56):
Who knows, I mean, but maybe maybe they will to
the to the to the Brooklyn Liberty one day.

Speaker 3 (01:15:03):
I think they should.

Speaker 2 (01:15:04):
He played in the same arena as the Brooklyn nets.
Doesn't make any sense, and I'm the only fool that's
kind of that bothers me, it really does.

Speaker 3 (01:15:10):
We move on, all right. I can tell it does
bother me a little bit.

Speaker 4 (01:15:15):
I can tell, I can tell, I can tell it.
I can tell you.

Speaker 3 (01:15:18):
Thanks. He's fucking Brooks. I'm Andy Furman.

Speaker 2 (01:15:21):
We are Fox Sports Sunday and Fox Sports Radio. No,
it's a way of life, really, and it's a mainstay
on this show. It's called bottom barrel betting and it's
freaking next all right, bottom barrel betting right around the bed.
It's about eleven minutes now before the top of the hour.
This is Fox Sports Sunday and Fox Sports Radio. He's
Bucky Brooks. I'm Andy Furman, and we're live from the

(01:15:42):
tire Rack dot Com Stadium for dot dot Com Studio.

Speaker 3 (01:15:45):
What are we waiting for? Let's play.

Speaker 5 (01:15:48):
It's bottom to sleep people, get my money.

Speaker 15 (01:15:53):
I'll put your brain to sleep betting.

Speaker 3 (01:15:55):
Yes, it is, and there is one guy I could
handle it. He's the Eye Man.

Speaker 16 (01:15:59):
How you doing Iman, I'm doing good. And Andy, I
owe you a congratulations. I think because you came out
on top this week in bottom Barrel Benning.

Speaker 3 (01:16:08):
You got Brooks.

Speaker 16 (01:16:09):
You beat b Brook three to one, three to one.
We only got to last week. So let's see. Let's
see if you can replicate it. Andy, your worst ever
Bucky brook is one of the worst losses Bucky has
faced in this game, and he's still managed to lose
by two. Anyway, we'll get into today's today's lines. We'll

(01:16:30):
start with Russian beach soccer. There's a championship game happening
between the Locomotive at plus two twenty nine versus Crystal
at minus one nine two. Bucky will start with.

Speaker 4 (01:16:41):
You and you get it. He winner goes.

Speaker 16 (01:16:47):
Buys watched it.

Speaker 3 (01:16:49):
I'm in his head now, I got a condo in
his head. He's worried about really Okay, I got locomotive.
Do the locomotive all right?

Speaker 16 (01:16:57):
Locomotives stop laughing at me, because I mean that you'll
be taking Krystall Crystal.

Speaker 4 (01:17:02):
Yeah, I would say Krystall al right.

Speaker 16 (01:17:06):
Next up darts. We haven't haven't visited the World a
Darts in a while, so good to be back here.
We have Michael van Gerwin at minus one seventy five
facing off against Ryan Searle at plus one twenty five. Bucky,
Now you'll.

Speaker 4 (01:17:19):
Start, Okay, they give me Earl, give me Cirl.

Speaker 3 (01:17:22):
Ryan, because I wanted von Geren. You know why, Bigglers.

Speaker 2 (01:17:25):
When I was a kid who used to watch the
New York Knicks, there was a guy named Richie Gerran.
So Gurin's pretty close to Geryn. That's why I wanted
van Book.

Speaker 16 (01:17:32):
I love that reasoning.

Speaker 3 (01:17:33):
I really love that reason I used to love Richie Garren. Really.

Speaker 16 (01:17:37):
Next up Badminton, we have June Way Cheam at plus
two twenty six versus he spell his name cheem Cheam
c h e A m so ea so Cheam versus
Lee at minus three twenty three. Andy, who you got?

Speaker 17 (01:17:54):
Uh?

Speaker 3 (01:17:54):
I'm gonna go with Leebius.

Speaker 2 (01:17:55):
I don't like the way Cheane spells his name, but
it should be heem cream see right with h g
a yme like a Hebrew word.

Speaker 3 (01:18:03):
But I'll go with Lee.

Speaker 4 (01:18:06):
What was that Hebrew?

Speaker 3 (01:18:08):
Hebrewcky? What is that right?

Speaker 4 (01:18:15):
I'll give you the other guy. Give you the other y.

Speaker 3 (01:18:18):
You got buy Brooks he for Bucky?

Speaker 4 (01:18:23):
Alright.

Speaker 16 (01:18:26):
Japanese baseball is up next. We have Brothers Elephants at
minus one thirty that I'm still laughing right now. What
was that the name of the team Japanese baseball. Yeah,
so it's Brothers Elephants at minus one thirty eight versus
the t s G Hawks at minus one o three. Bucky,
who you got winning?

Speaker 4 (01:18:43):
Oh?

Speaker 16 (01:18:43):
Give me the Elephants, Brothers Elephants.

Speaker 3 (01:18:45):
See that, that's a stupid pick book. I'm gonna tell you.
Let me tell you why.

Speaker 2 (01:18:49):
I'll give you a chance to change out to you
because if the Brother's Elephants, these guy's got to be
two fat slops. And if you have fat heavy you
can't run. You can't run. I got two fake hips
like out run these guys.

Speaker 6 (01:19:01):
The first thing the coast of mine is the old
logo for the Oakland Athletics. So that's right, yeah, elephant, Yeah,
just putting it all again.

Speaker 3 (01:19:08):
I'll go back even further.

Speaker 2 (01:19:09):
It was the logo for the Kansas City Athletics too.
You remember, Yes, yes, I guess, I guess. Stuck with
Bjay Hawks.

Speaker 16 (01:19:17):
Yeah, the TSG Hawks? Close enough? Close enough? All right?
And a few weeks ago we went to the world
of kickboxing over in Japan. We're going back, but actually
in a different league. This time.

Speaker 3 (01:19:30):
But go back to Japan.

Speaker 5 (01:19:32):
Yeah.

Speaker 16 (01:19:32):
In Japan kickboxing the league is called Crush with a
kind of kind.

Speaker 3 (01:19:36):
Of con not like the orange crush.

Speaker 16 (01:19:38):
No, no, not not to be confused with the soda.
There's probably some trademark issues there. They had to go
with a K good cool. Yeah all right. Uh we
got Riku Morrisaka at minus one ninety two versus Haruto Matsumoto. Andy,
who you got?

Speaker 2 (01:19:53):
I'll go Rico bigos I remember Rico Petrocelli played fort
of Borston Red Sox, so Rico is my guy.

Speaker 3 (01:19:58):
But Rico Rico was a man.

Speaker 16 (01:20:00):
All right, Mariska for Andy, Riku Morisaka and Bucky?

Speaker 3 (01:20:07):
All right, how do you spell that?

Speaker 16 (01:20:10):
M A T s U m O t ore.

Speaker 3 (01:20:12):
You looking or you knew?

Speaker 16 (01:20:14):
Oh I'm lucky, I'm lucky.

Speaker 3 (01:20:16):
I don't make you a cheat, you cheat cheating.

Speaker 16 (01:20:20):
It's the spelling of his name.

Speaker 3 (01:20:24):
Is that it?

Speaker 4 (01:20:24):
That's it.

Speaker 16 (01:20:25):
That's all five lines this week. I will get back
to you guys next week. Let's see if you can
repeat it.

Speaker 3 (01:20:29):
I want to hear Bucky Brooks's concession speech.

Speaker 4 (01:20:31):
Really, Bucky, we had a bad we had a bad week.
Just had a bad week. Sometimes sometimes over a long season,
you just have a bad week.

Speaker 6 (01:20:40):
That's why no one goes undefeated except for the Miami
Dolphins seventy two.

Speaker 4 (01:20:43):
Team is hard.

Speaker 16 (01:20:44):
It's how you, how you respond to matters.

Speaker 3 (01:20:46):
So I just wanted to double check.

Speaker 2 (01:20:48):
Okay, Now every team wins in June. Will tell you
why when on Fox Sports Sunday.

Speaker 15 (01:20:52):
Next right here, don't listening to Fox Sports Radio Radio.

Speaker 3 (01:20:59):
Your team is on winner. We'll explain that right around
the corner. Good morning, everybody. This is Fox Sports Sunday,
Fox Sports Radio. He is Bucky Brooks.

Speaker 2 (01:21:08):
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Speaker 2 (01:21:25):
And here is in center stage, the number one man
in National Football League history.

Speaker 3 (01:21:31):
Yes he is, They're one and only Bucky Brooks. Hello Buck,
what's going on?

Speaker 7 (01:21:36):
Man?

Speaker 4 (01:21:36):
What's happening in you?

Speaker 3 (01:21:37):
Tell me?

Speaker 4 (01:21:38):
You brother?

Speaker 8 (01:21:38):
What?

Speaker 3 (01:21:39):
I'm embarrassed to ask you this? What number do you wear?
In the NFL?

Speaker 6 (01:21:44):
A few different numbers. So twenty two is the number
that I hold near in dear to me. That was
my high school number.

Speaker 2 (01:21:50):
But also that's why Caleb clock whisk twenty two because
of you.

Speaker 6 (01:21:55):
I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish I could
take credit for that, but no, twenty two.

Speaker 4 (01:22:00):
Thirty three also won forty five in Kansas City.

Speaker 3 (01:22:02):
Any special reason? Why? What happens? Like when you go
to camp and then I ask you for a number
they assign you. How does that work?

Speaker 6 (01:22:09):
Well, depends on your status you come in. It depends
on if you come in as a topic where if
you're one of the guys that's kind of brought in,
you get a chance. So if you are a prominent pick,
sometimes they will let you pick the number. They'll tell
you what's available and they say, hey, here are your choices.
So when I went to the Raiders, they gave me

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a handful of choices. It was like thirty two, thirty three, maybe.

Speaker 4 (01:22:34):
Forty four was available.

Speaker 6 (01:22:36):
I didn't take thirty two because that was Marcus Allen's number,
and I just couldn't see myself weighing like a childhood
heroes number. And then thirty three was available because it
was a double number. So I was like, okay, I'll
take thirty three because I had worn twenty two for
most of my childhood, twenty two because of my birthday,
and it was my dad's number in basketball.

Speaker 4 (01:22:54):
So that's why twenty two significance for me interesting.

Speaker 2 (01:22:56):
Okay, But I do read stories about these guys that
pay other players big money for their number, which is crazy,
isn't it.

Speaker 6 (01:23:03):
Yeah, I mean yeah, like now, I mean, I love
a number, but I don't know if I'd love it
enough to pay significant cash for it. I mean, I
think the biggest stories, uh, Jimmy Clausen and Cam Newton.
Cam Newton had War two. He wore War II when
he won the Heisman Trophy at Auburn. Approach Jimmy Clauson
about it. Jimmy Clawson offered up some crazy amount and

(01:23:24):
Cam was like, yeah, nah, you can forget that. I'll
wear number one. So that's that's what happens. You know,
that's not nor legals down. You know.

Speaker 2 (01:23:31):
I remember back in the day, I mean, you never
really saw number one and number so zero. But I
do remember jim Otto double oatto. He was zero zero
the center for Oakland at the time. The Oakland Raiders.
That was like unusual because no one ever wore oh oh,
but I guess they thought he wanted it because of
his name, Jim Otto ott O double oh. But now,
I mean it's a big deal to get zero in one?

(01:23:53):
Is there extra pressure when a guy has the number
one on his jersey like a number? I mean, really
truly gotta understand issue.

Speaker 3 (01:23:59):
I remember the big old Oscar Roberson won number one
when he played for the Milwaukee Bucks.

Speaker 6 (01:24:04):
I mean, I'll say this in general because I wore
number seven in college.

Speaker 4 (01:24:09):
When you wear a single digit.

Speaker 6 (01:24:11):
Single digits are supposed to be reserved for the ballers,
Like you need to be a ball if you can
wear a single digit. You can't be a guy that
is a marginal player, a guy who doesn't make any
contributions or any of those things, Like you should be
a baller if you're gonna pick a single digit. In fact,
when Matt rule and it started when he was at Temple,
he talked about Temple Temple tough. The guys who wore

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single digits at Temple during his watch under his reign
were the toughest guys on the team. It was one
of those things that those numbers were not given out
until the end of the spring, and the non toughest
guys would get those numbers, so there should be some
significance to being in a single digit.

Speaker 2 (01:24:51):
When Sauce card that played at the University of Cincinnati,
he got you at the by the Jegs, he played
DJ reed like fifty grand for his number one as
a rookie.

Speaker 3 (01:24:58):
I mean, that's.

Speaker 2 (01:24:59):
Fifty th I mean to throw fifty thousand dollars around
like that, I mean, like to me, that's easy, come, easy,
go fifty thousand dollars.

Speaker 3 (01:25:06):
There are people that don't earn that in a year.
I mean, but still you got the money you do.

Speaker 4 (01:25:11):
I don't know, that's a lot of money. That's a
lot of money to give away. For sure.

Speaker 2 (01:25:15):
That's courtesy of checking your producer the big I iye, man,
thank you for that.

Speaker 3 (01:25:20):
I have a confession to make.

Speaker 2 (01:25:21):
I really do, because last week I told you I
would promise to try to get us the Detroit Lions
wide receive Almon Ross Saint Brown and I texted his
mom several times. Never heard back, so she probably knew
it was me. Maybe that's what I did. Mention your name,
I said, Bucky Brooks and I want to talk to
but we'll see maybe.

Speaker 4 (01:25:39):
Maybe she right, not right now. Those things are unrid
The new number a new number, who is?

Speaker 3 (01:25:45):
But it didn't bounce back. It said it said delivered?

Speaker 4 (01:25:48):
Who was?

Speaker 3 (01:25:48):
A test said delivered several times?

Speaker 4 (01:25:51):
Okay, I don't know.

Speaker 3 (01:25:53):
I'll try again.

Speaker 2 (01:25:54):
And speaking of that, I said that these teams are
winners right now when June. Everybody's what we saw of
this last week, and we ended with the Detroit Lions,
and we're gonna pick it up with the Detroit Lions
right now. You know, moves that teams have made in
the National Football League that will make them somewhat competitive,
maybe even a winner this year. Let's start with the Lions.
And I look at the Detroit Lions and the former

(01:26:15):
Cincinnati Bengal DJ Reader. They picked them up a free
agency that's gonna help that defensive line pretty much so
in Detroit.

Speaker 3 (01:26:22):
So I think that's a big move for Detroit.

Speaker 4 (01:26:25):
Yeah, it is a big move for Detroit.

Speaker 6 (01:26:27):
Like a few different moves that they've made, adding veterans
in the secondary, helped, adding some young players in the
secondary so they can play more man demand. They want
to get back to playing man demand. They couldn't do that.
They want to pressure the passer, they want to stop
the run and do those things, and so all those
moves have been designed with that in mind. You talking
about DJ Reeder who has bounced around leaved for a

(01:26:48):
long time, but a really good player helps him up front.
You think about in the back end, Ryan Arnold coming
over to solidify the cornerback position.

Speaker 4 (01:26:56):
This is a team that's really good.

Speaker 6 (01:26:57):
And I love the fact that they've given money to
their own pen sewer, amar R Saint Brown, Jered Goff.

Speaker 4 (01:27:03):
Everything is trending up for the Detroit lines.

Speaker 6 (01:27:05):
I'm just excited to see how Dan Campbell keeps it
going in the Motor City.

Speaker 3 (01:27:10):
Yeah, I think he will.

Speaker 2 (01:27:12):
I mean that guy, I mean, he's one of those
guys like you know, I'm not saying I'm an athlete,
but if I if I had him as an instructor,
like as a professor in college, he's the kind of
guy that you really couldn't wait to go to class.
He's he's entertaining, but he's he's thought provocative, he's a motivator.
He's everything you want and a guy who's an instructor

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and really and truly when you say he's a coach,
a coach is a teacher and an instructor.

Speaker 3 (01:27:36):
That's what he is. And you know he's got their attention,
That's what it's all about.

Speaker 4 (01:27:40):
He does have their attention.

Speaker 6 (01:27:41):
Man, they're all in uh in terms of buying into
the program and those things.

Speaker 4 (01:27:46):
So I love I love to see that. You love
to see that.

Speaker 6 (01:27:48):
If you're a Detroit fan, man, you should be cited
because this team, this team has come a long way
and everything that he said and promised that this team
was gonna be, they've been that. They've been a tough,
pretty super fights team, competitive team. A lot of credit
goo to him and his coach, Steph for being able
to get it done.

Speaker 2 (01:28:02):
Okay, let's go to the green Bay Packers. Now we're
going to alphabetical law here if I can. Green Bay,
they spent almost seventeen million dollars on Xavier McKinney for
a safety position. He's twenty five, he's got some speed.
I believe he's not really a superstar, but I guess
they needed help with that position. I don't know if
it's going to batfire or not, but that's a lot

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of money to pay for Xavier McKinney.

Speaker 6 (01:28:25):
I thought, yeah, it's a lot of money to pay,
but you have to understand they've changed the way they
were playing defense.

Speaker 4 (01:28:30):
Jeff Afflee comes over.

Speaker 6 (01:28:33):
Jeff Afflee left his Boston College head coaching job to
be the defensive coordinator for the Green Bay Packers.

Speaker 4 (01:28:38):
That's how much you wanted to get into the National
Football League.

Speaker 6 (01:28:41):
He wants to do some of the single high safety stuff,
put a guy deep in the middle and be able
to play a few different coverages with that. Javier McKinney
can be the ornamental top to Christmas Tree. He can
take the deep ball away. He has instincts and awareness
and he's a playmaker and he gives them something that
they needed, like leadership, ability, player, a great communicator. They

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needed to upgrade the safety position. They just weren't getting
enough out of the guys that were playing their role previously.

Speaker 2 (01:29:08):
All right to Houston Texas. I love this team. I
mean I think there's a team of the future. Houston
Texas the Detroit Lions. Those are two teams that are
on the up and coming list. And they got a big,
strong defensive lineman six ' five maybe six ' six,
about maybe two to ninety. Denico Audrey, he's thirty three
years of age, so people say, oh, he's thirty three,

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but but he only started. I think when I look
back on this guy, I think his first year in
the NFL, he was twenty four, so he still got
some tread on the tire. So I think I may
have been a good move for them.

Speaker 4 (01:29:43):
Yeah.

Speaker 6 (01:29:44):
I mean like they needed, they needed some more people.
It's not even Archie. I would just say, like what
the Texans have done is they've added veteran experience to
the mix. So they take Joe Mixing from Cincinnati Bengals,
put him in the backfield.

Speaker 4 (01:29:58):
He replaces single TI. He gives them.

Speaker 6 (01:30:01):
I would say, a guy who still has some Pro
Bowl caliber qualities that he shows runner receiver can catch
out of the backfield. Teams over with Stefon Diggs, Stefon
Diggs on the outside and Ego Collins tank deal. They're
terrific in the passing game. Daln Schultz has been resigned.
He controlled the middle of the field. Offensive line is
good on defense, though they wanted to upgrade, so Danil
Hunter comes over. Guy, Look, he's a sack machine. He

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steps in for Jonathan Goddard who kind of went to Minnesota.
You talked about d Nico Autry being able to come
over and help them. They just have added players with
experience to help them get over the top. And even
though they want a playoff game, you can never have
enough veterans who've kind of been there, done that.

Speaker 4 (01:30:43):
They have some of those guys in the fall right now.

Speaker 2 (01:30:45):
Yeah, I ought you was in Tennessee lest year. He
had like eleven sacks, which I think he led the
team in sacks last year. So I think it's a
good move for them on the offensive side of the ball.
They're in pretty good shape defensively now they'll be all right.
I think you Sin's an up and comber, no doubt
about that. So you should be pretty happy if you're
a Houston Texans And now the Indianapolis Colts the first
pick with number fifteen in the draft, I think he

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got a defensive player.

Speaker 6 (01:31:07):
And yau La tou Yeah, layout two Latu the most
explosive pass rusher in the draft, the most natural pass rusher.
When you watch him, you can close your eyes and
squint and see flashes.

Speaker 4 (01:31:17):
Of von Miller in terms of the way that he
comes off the ball.

Speaker 6 (01:31:20):
His first step quickness is terrific, but he also has
great hand to hand combat skills.

Speaker 4 (01:31:25):
He has, I mean the full array of moves.

Speaker 6 (01:31:28):
The issue that you had with him, which is why
he lasts as long as he did. He had a
medical situation at U doub where he wasn't cleared and
they thought he was gonna have to medically retire. He
bounces back, finds his way to UCLA, plays two seasons,
has twenty three and a half sacks as a bruin,
and is one of the more dominant college players that
we've seen in Indianapolis. In their simple scheme where they

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just see ball, getball, man, this dude could tear it up.

Speaker 4 (01:31:54):
He should tear it up on the perimeter.

Speaker 2 (01:31:57):
Okay, this is your team, so you know everything about it.
But I'm gonna a statement, and if you want to
laugh at me, you can. I'm talking about the Jacksonville
Jaguars right now, and I think the biggest addition may
have had is on the defensive side, and it's their
defensive coordinator Ryan Nielsen, because this guy was unbelievable with
the Atlanta Falcons.

Speaker 3 (01:32:12):
Last year.

Speaker 2 (01:32:13):
With the Falcons, I'm looking right now, they ranked tenth
in points per play.

Speaker 3 (01:32:18):
I believe it was something like that.

Speaker 2 (01:32:19):
Tenth in the league, the highest ranking since the year
two thousand, since two thousand. So I think he's going
to make a major difference. Maybe I'm crazy, Maybe it's
more players than coaches, but I think as you told me,
you know, we were talking about the guys for the future,
the breakout players. A lot of those breakout players have
alignments with coaches and teachers that are going to make
them a breakout player. I think Ryan Nielsen is going

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to make this team really good on the defensive side
of the ball.

Speaker 6 (01:32:45):
Yeah, I expect him to be. I expect him to
be look a huge addition to the defense. And because
when you talk to Ryan Nielson and you hear him
talk about the defense, he talks about simplifying things so
guys can play fast. Wants him to play fast, wants
them to play their hairs on fire, wants to make
sure that everyone knows exactly what they're doing so they
don't have to slow down and be bogged with a

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lot of mental clutter.

Speaker 4 (01:33:07):
To me, that is exactly what they needed. But it's not.
It's not only Ryan Nelson coming over.

Speaker 6 (01:33:12):
I would say Eric Armstead coming over, Mitch Morris coming over.
They gave those guys like that veteran savvy and experience
that they needed DARNELV.

Speaker 4 (01:33:22):
Savage coming over from the Green Bay Packers.

Speaker 6 (01:33:24):
Doug Peterson felt like it was very important that his
team had some veterans who knew how to play on
those big stages. Last year, they felt like they faltered
partially due to the fact that they didn't know how
to handle the weight of expectations that was put on
them in the preseason.

Speaker 4 (01:33:42):
Well, now they've handled that.

Speaker 6 (01:33:43):
They slipped and stumbled and people have kind of thrown
them aside. I think this team is gonna be much
better than many people expect.

Speaker 3 (01:33:50):
Well, I mean, you know, I'm not saying you're a homer,
but I get it.

Speaker 4 (01:33:53):
You know, it's okay.

Speaker 6 (01:33:54):
I mean like I feel, I feel about them, like
you feel about the Mingles.

Speaker 2 (01:33:59):
Well, you know what, I I don't know about the
bang up because I think that the division that they
play in right now is is like brutal. That's a
brutal division right there. And I tell you something else.
I may be the only one sticking their head up
in the in the ocean saying this that I don't
trust Joe Burrow's health. I really don't. I mean, here's
a guy that I think he's injury prone. I really do.
I mean every season he's come up there and he's

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had an injury. Now, look, I'm not going to say
the appendix that's that's one of those things that's a
different it's not a player's injury. It's just a physical injury.
But I just don't see him finishing the season. I mean,
they say the risk right now, it's still not one
hundred percent that he hurt last year.

Speaker 3 (01:34:34):
So I worry about Joe Burrow.

Speaker 2 (01:34:36):
I mean that is that normal? I mean, I don't know.
Maybe I'm the only one doing so.

Speaker 6 (01:34:41):
I mean, look, there's some concern. Your franchise quarterback has
been beat up and banged up. If anything, the concern
would be, let's make sure we were protecting him. Can
we can we get the best offensive line in front
of him? You know that that we can. I can
make sure that we have the weapons that can uncover
quickly so he doesn't have to hold onto the ball
for a long time. If they do those things, Joe
Burrow would be fine.

Speaker 4 (01:35:00):
He's always been able to do it.

Speaker 6 (01:35:02):
He's as tough as they come, and when he is available,
this team is one of the best teams in the AFC,
won the best teams in the league. They went to
the Super Bowl with Joe Burrow, so I have a
lot of confidence in Joe Burrow. Nanta Te Higgins has
agreed to sign the franchise tag he and Jamar Chase.
I mean, this is a dangerous team just on their
office alone, all right.

Speaker 3 (01:35:20):
I love to hear that.

Speaker 2 (01:35:20):
Okay, it's go to the Kansas City Chiefs for a second,
because one of the moves that they didn't make was
a good move. I thought keeping Chris Jones. But then
they trade Lugarius Sneid. He goes to the Tennessee Titans.
So good, better and different, I don't know. I mean,
tell me about Kansas City.

Speaker 4 (01:35:35):
A little bit. Okay.

Speaker 6 (01:35:37):
So part of the reason they could move on from
Lageriusneed is because they have a young stable of cornerbacks
that can play and play at a high level. For
all the great things that la Jerious Sneed did, you
can say the same thing about Trent McDuffie and how
smart and how tough and how impactful he has been
on the perimeter. Then the young guys that they have
rotating in and how hungry they've been and how they've

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right away jumped in and played on Packed It Backs
championship team, So that experience helps them have more swag,
more confidence as they wait for their opportunity as little
young lions. I look Hand City Chiefs to me are
a step ahead of everybody just in terms of knowing
how to win. A lot of that is driven by
Number fifteen and how competitive he is and everything. But

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this team is obsessed, obsessed with winning, and that's part
of what you have to have to be able to
pull off these these repeats and three peats.

Speaker 2 (01:36:29):
Potentially no matter where they play in the state of
Missouri or the state of Kansas, they're obsessed with winning.

Speaker 3 (01:36:33):
There's know that about that. And they'll still be called Kansas.

Speaker 2 (01:36:36):
City because it's the Kansas City and Missouri and Kansas
City right there, Jerseys all stay right.

Speaker 1 (01:36:44):
All right?

Speaker 2 (01:36:45):
The Las Vegas Raiders tell me about this Christian Wilkins. Okay,
what's the story with him? Because I know they paid
a lot of money for him.

Speaker 4 (01:36:53):
Yeah, they paid a lot of money for Christian Wilkins.

Speaker 6 (01:36:55):
And one of the reasons why they needed someone to
be an effective playmate for Max Crosby. So Christian Wilkins
is a guy coming off like a terrific season, eight
or nine sacks on the interior. What you have now
is potentially Christian Wilkins playing alongside Max Crosby. You're on offense,
who do you double team? Who's you slideer protection to?
Who are you willing to leave in a one on

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one situation? Do you let Wilkins do it where you
can dominate your guard and knock your quarterback to sleep?

Speaker 4 (01:37:20):
Or do you let Max Crosby just overwhelming.

Speaker 6 (01:37:23):
Out work you down after down after down until he
gets the splash plays that he desires. To me, the
Raiders did a great thing in putting these two guys together.
Now it's going to not only raise their play, but
it's going to raise the play of the other guys
on that d line that played well.

Speaker 2 (01:37:38):
Okay, and the defensive coinnat Patrick Graham. I mean, is
he a first year guy who's any who's with the Dolphins.

Speaker 4 (01:37:43):
For a while. No, he's been there since third year.
He's a holdover.

Speaker 6 (01:37:46):
He was actually there with McDaniels, stayed with ap, took
over and continues to be the coordinator. This is a
smart guy man, super smart. As we have had really
good interviews for head coach and Josh previously hasn't been
able to kind of get one to this to this
to this day. But he is going to be a
head coach. He is a phenomenal coach in terms of

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preparing his team and getting the team to play at
a high level.

Speaker 2 (01:38:10):
All right, we're gonna pick it up with the LA
Chargers and around out the rest of the National Football League.

Speaker 3 (01:38:14):
And by the way, if you're.

Speaker 2 (01:38:15):
A fan of any one of these teams and you
feel good about your team, you could let us know
at Bucket Brooks on ex Twitter wherever you want to
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Speaker 3 (01:38:28):
The playing game at the end of this hour.

Speaker 2 (01:38:30):
And you know what, these players are gonna get paid,
sooner or lady, they'll get paid. We'll tell you all
about that as well. Next all right, we're gonna continue.
Your team is to win it. But before that, he's
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Speaker 3 (01:39:02):
Right after we get up there and Bucky, we got
a caller and I don't believe him. His name is
Stephen from North Dakota on Fox Borts Radio. And I
didn't think that had telephones in North Dakota.

Speaker 2 (01:39:11):
Steven, go ahead, Well, thank you for taking my call.

Speaker 7 (01:39:16):
Yeah, they do.

Speaker 17 (01:39:17):
The state tree is the telephone pole you know in
North Dakota.

Speaker 3 (01:39:21):
That's what I figured. All right, go right ahead, all right.

Speaker 17 (01:39:24):
Well, I'm wondering if Kevin O'Connell can take the next
step with any of these quarterbacks. He was zero for
three last year, developing like the call screeners said, they
weren't number one pick. So I guess I wanted to
know your opinion on the Viking quarterback situation.

Speaker 2 (01:39:40):
Well, you called the right day, because Bucky Brooks is
here and the show Bucky has some information on those
Minnesota Vikings schoolers. They're putting into a I guess a
long term plan. A quarterback right now go.

Speaker 3 (01:39:50):
To a bed. We don't know. But maybe JJ McCarthy
buck Maybe he's going to be the guy. I don't know.

Speaker 6 (01:39:55):
Yeah, maybe JJ McCarthy has an opportunity to be to
get But before JJ McCarthy gets his chance, this is
gonna be about Sam Donald have an opportunity to do it.
And I know what everyone's gonna say, Oh my god,
how often can we talk about Sam Donald being the guy?
But there's a belief in that building, particularly with Kevin O'Connell,
that Sam Donald has the town to be a high
end quarterback in this league and that it's on them

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to figure out a way.

Speaker 4 (01:40:16):
To put them in a situation to do it.

Speaker 6 (01:40:17):
When I look at the supporting cast, he has weapons
on the outside where all he has to do is
just be a distributor past first point guard, get the
ball to the playmakers and let them go to work.
If he does that, he'll keep JJ McCarthy at band
on the sideline. If he can't do that, if he
can't make the easy plays, the easy throws and avoid
the big turnover. JJ McCarthy be a starting quarterback for

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the Vikings by midpoint this season.

Speaker 3 (01:40:41):
You know, isn't it funny?

Speaker 2 (01:40:42):
I mean, you follow the NFL, you play in the
NFL at your livelihood quarterbacks that have come in there
with the big hype and they kind of fall in their.

Speaker 3 (01:40:51):
Face, but they get another second chance.

Speaker 2 (01:40:53):
I'm looking like guys like Baker Mayfield. I mean he
kind of basically flopped and now he's got a second
life Tampa. And now Sam Donald maybe he'll get the same.
Who knows.

Speaker 6 (01:41:04):
Yeah, I mean like it's about situations, it's about opportunities.

Speaker 4 (01:41:08):
Fitting scheme is big.

Speaker 6 (01:41:10):
How does a player fit within the scheme is a
really big factor in determining their level of success. The
other part of it is making sure that these guys
continue to grow and that as a coordinator or play designer,
you're doing things that fit their skill set. Kevin O'Connell
has done that. You talked about three quarterbacks they had
to play for him last year, Josh Dobbs and Nick

(01:41:33):
Mullins to go with Kirk Cousins. He had to figure
it out on the fly. He'll be better prepared to
do it this year because he is. He's learned from
those mistakes to now make sure that he has a
plan that works for everybody in some way, shape or form.

Speaker 2 (01:41:44):
All Right, talk about Kevin o'conn the coach of Minsila.
Vik's just talking about the coach of the Los Angeles charges,
Jim Harbaugh, because he gives the charges right now. I'd
have to say, for the first time in a long while,
a guy with a proven track record, and it's got
to respect good respect of the players. Players we talked
about this week. Players there, they'll love it. He's doing
push ups with them at practice. But he's got the
truck right, he's been there, done that and had success.

(01:42:06):
But he's been out of the league for more than
ten years. Does that make a difference.

Speaker 4 (01:42:12):
No, it doesn't make a difference at all.

Speaker 6 (01:42:15):
I think you just kind of jump back in, like
you adapt and adjust and you kind of figured it out.
But nah, like you can be out for a while
and then still come back and find a way to
do it.

Speaker 4 (01:42:25):
It's just a matter of understanding.

Speaker 6 (01:42:26):
Who you are, what you are, and what works for
you and your squad, and as long as you keep
it simple like that you have a chance to be successful.

Speaker 3 (01:42:32):
You know, going back to that list phone call, just
doing on me Stephen from North Dakota. Why would somebody
in North Dakota be interested in the Minnesota Vikings. Is
that their.

Speaker 4 (01:42:40):
Local team is right there, right up there? Yeah, like
that would be the team, that would be the local
team that you have to support.

Speaker 2 (01:42:47):
Have you ever been to North Dakota. It's one of
the few states I've lived south of North Dakota. I've
never been to never been to this.

Speaker 6 (01:42:52):
I have been to Dakota's. I've been to Dakota's a
few times.

Speaker 4 (01:42:57):
What is there?

Speaker 3 (01:42:58):
Is there anything there? Tell me?

Speaker 4 (01:42:59):
Really? I know you got an open freeway, you can
go as fast as you want to go. There's nothing there.
I mean it is me.

Speaker 6 (01:43:06):
Full of throttle uh ft up to the middle, being
able to get it and do that like that part
of it is fine.

Speaker 3 (01:43:11):
But I already come out on the freeway. There's no
causing the freeway.

Speaker 6 (01:43:15):
I bet is that they were They were there, they
were a handful. But yeah, I went up there a
man a while ago. When to North Dakota state, the
Bison have always been like one of the top teams
and then a long time we go to Denver. Broncos
had a kid, Chris Cooper who came from I think
University of North Dakota, who I had a chance to
go up Dan Scout.

Speaker 4 (01:43:34):
So yeah, I've been It's cold, but you get used
to it.

Speaker 3 (01:43:37):
I'm gonna throw this out there. I'm gona give out
a phone number in a second.

Speaker 2 (01:43:40):
But if anybody who lives in North Dakota or South Dakota,
have you ever seen a traffic jam?

Speaker 3 (01:43:44):
I just want to know. I'm not curious. I mean,
these are things that are on my mind.

Speaker 2 (01:43:47):
Eight seven seven ninety nine one Fox eight seven seven
nine ninety six sixty three sixty nine.

Speaker 3 (01:43:52):
Only if you're from North Dakota or South Dakota.

Speaker 2 (01:43:55):
And hopefully the Eyeman are executive producer can tell by
the area code if they are actually from.

Speaker 3 (01:44:01):
North Dakota or South Dakota. All we move on.

Speaker 2 (01:44:04):
Let's go to the La Rams, Okay, And I think
the Rams to me, I think i'd be a little
more physical.

Speaker 3 (01:44:11):
You gotta be a little more. Have they become a
little more physical now in the offseason? I don't know.

Speaker 2 (01:44:16):
All right, they got a guard, but but they reached
Kevin Dotson and maybe maybe that'll help. I don't know,
gott to be more of a physical team.

Speaker 4 (01:44:23):
The la Rams repeat you when I talk about the
m talking about didn't be more physical.

Speaker 3 (01:44:29):
Yeah, I think they will say this.

Speaker 6 (01:44:31):
Yeah, I think they are being more physical and like
people won't notice a subtle change that Sean McVay has
has kind of implemented when it comes to the offense.
For the first few years of his tenure, they were
a zone team. They wanted to run wide zone. They
wanted to run on the edges, off tackle. They wanted
to get the ball to tigerly, let him stretch it
and then cut.

Speaker 4 (01:44:48):
It back as he saw fit.

Speaker 6 (01:44:49):
They've now changed to more of a gap scheme team,
meaning there's a lot of penn and pull concepts, guards pulling, tackles, pulling,
all of those things. But what that has done is
that is kind of giving them a little more physicality
and toughness when they face some of those other teams.
That physicality shows up when you look at the running
backs Karen Williams and Blake cormsh and what they can do.

(01:45:12):
Interchangeable backs who have regged running styles who should excel
in that scheme. Yeah, Sean McVay is going to help
Matthew Stafford play at a higher level because he's gonna
run the football. He's gonna utilize some of the play
actions and stuff to take some of the pressure off
Matthew Stafford having the thought forty times a game to
get a get it, get a win.

Speaker 17 (01:45:28):
All right.

Speaker 2 (01:45:29):
I go to the Miami Dolphins right now, and obviously
they got two ways, got to stay healthy right there.
But I think you look at a team that's got
a tremendous offense.

Speaker 3 (01:45:36):
I love that coach. I think he's a brainiac. He
really is. But he's from Yale. I believe in more
than that, I'm looking at a bargain. I like bargains.

Speaker 2 (01:45:43):
I think that getting Oldell Beckham Junior for three million dollars,
I think that that's a bargain. I think I think
that when he was on Baltimore they paid five times
more than that. So I think it was a pretty
good bargain getting Oldell Beckham. He's got to have something left.
I think he'll help him.

Speaker 6 (01:45:58):
Yeah, he will help him in people like he's a
very polarizing and divisive figure when it comes to like
the discourse that we will have on Twitter about Odell
Beckham Junior. I thought initially when he signed there, he'll
be the number three. He's the third option in a
passing game that features two guys that are just big
play weapons, Jayden Waddle and Tyreek Hill. Now you have

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to figure out if you have enough if you're facing them,
how do I double team everybody? How do I double
team Waddle and Tyreek Hill? Well, if you're going double
team one or both of them, that means one on
one matchups for Odell Beckham Junior in the slot against
your third or fourth corner. I'm gonna take Odell in
that battle all day. To me, this is an opportunity
for Odell to kind of find a role that works

(01:46:41):
with him as he is in the twilight of his career.
Can he be a productive number three receiver on a
team that is loaded and has big time aspirations?

Speaker 2 (01:46:50):
All right, Bucky Brokes, Andy Furman, if you're a Patriots fan,
how happy are you right now?

Speaker 3 (01:46:56):
Well, we'll tell you next.

Speaker 2 (01:46:56):
But first, first, we've got to talk to our guy
Kevin with Sports.

Speaker 14 (01:47:02):
Yeah, big day of baseball on Saturday, the Dodgers evening
their series with the Angels. It was a seven to
two victory for the Blue Crew as shoey Otani twenty
three home runs now on the season, including his four
hundred and fifty nine foot bomb that he hit on
his Saturday I don't think that ball has landed yet.
There was plenty to help Tyler Glass now seven innings

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one and run ten strikeouts on just seventy four pitches.
Another great pitching performance came from Bailey over of the
Minnesota Twins. He only needed eighty nine pitches to throw
a complete game and recorded ten strikeouts as he helps
the Twins beat the Oakland Athletics ten to two. The
Yankees over the Atlanta Braves eight three, Aaron Judge hitting
his twenty eighth home run of the season. The Colorado

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Rockies getting a walk off pitch clock violation the Washington Nationals.
Kyle Finigan was on the mound bases loaded with three
balls in the count and the bomb of the ninth
fan did not get the pitchoff in time as the
violation was called. The winning run came in the Rockies
winning eight to seven. San Diego is on a role.
It's now four straight wins for the Podres after they

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beat the Milwaukee Brewers six to four. The Astros on
a four game winning streak, including a five to one
victory against the Orioles.

Speaker 5 (01:48:15):
The Cleveland Guardians.

Speaker 14 (01:48:16):
Have made it four wins in a row after beating
the Toronto Blue Jays six to three. The Phillies over
the defending National League champion in Arizona Diamondbacks twelve to one.
Cubs blast the Mets eight one, White Sox top the
Tigers in Detroit five to one.

Speaker 5 (01:48:30):
College World Series.

Speaker 14 (01:48:31):
The opener goes to Texas A and m final score
in that one nine to five as they beat the
top seed Tennessee Volunteers WNBA Breonna Stewart thirty three points
as she leads to New York Liberty to a ninety
eight eighty eight victory against the La Sparks. In golf,
it's Tom Kim in the lead at the Travelers by
one strokes, Scottie Scheffler tied for second. And in soccer

(01:48:55):
Team USA, the men's national team gotta kick off their
Copa America again. Hen's Bolivia that will take place later
this evening six o'clock can be seen over on Fox.
As for the results on Saturday, It's Mexico. Winning their
opener against Jamaica one nil. Venezuela beats Equardar two to one,
and in the Euro twenty twenty four Championships, Beljium shuts

(01:49:16):
out Romania two nail, Portugal blanking Turkey three nail at
Czech Republican Georgia tigh one goal apiece.

Speaker 5 (01:49:22):
Beck to you.

Speaker 2 (01:49:23):
Guys, all right, Ken, thanks so much. Now, if you're
a Giants fan, what's the big deal about signing this guy?
We'll get to that in just about a minute. He's
Bucky Brooks. I'm Andy Furman, and where liferomt the ti
iraq dot com studios, and we got the blame game
coming up. I'd say about four or five minutes. For now,
let's try to get through some of these teams. We
still got some left New England Patriots right now post
Bill Belichick right now, we'll see what happens. But they

(01:49:44):
did sign Jacoby Pressett, and I think that's a good
move because to take a little pressure. If your guy
Drake May who doesn't have to start right away, he'll play,
but I don't know he's going to start immediately, so
at least he could learn a little bit from Jacoby
presset and see what the NFL is all about.

Speaker 3 (01:49:58):
Good move.

Speaker 4 (01:49:59):
I think, yeah, it should be a great move.

Speaker 6 (01:50:01):
And when you think about Drake Maine coming in but
only twenty six starts at the collegiate level, He's going
to need time to develop, time to acclimate to the
pro game, and this will give him that, Jacoby said,
has started a lot of games in the league.

Speaker 4 (01:50:14):
Jacob has been a winner in the league.

Speaker 6 (01:50:16):
He can learn Drake may can learn a lot from
just watching, Jacoby said, go about his business as a
starting quarterback.

Speaker 2 (01:50:22):
Okay, I'm going to go to the New Orleans States.
I have no idea what they did. I have no idea.
I mean, I guess they're looking at the future right now.
They they guy, I don't know what they really tell me.
It's something about the New Orleans Saints. I'd seen nothing
that makes me feel good if I'm a Saints fan
right now, I really don't.

Speaker 3 (01:50:38):
I don't.

Speaker 4 (01:50:40):
Yeah, I'm not.

Speaker 6 (01:50:41):
Look, it's tough for what you're hoping. If you're the
same you're opening at. Derek Carr settles in in you
two you're opening at. Clint Kubiak can give him a
measure of peace in terms of bringing in a system
that really works for him, that features the running game,
that creates big play opportunities off play action. In those things,
Derek Carr should be ready to be a I would say,

(01:51:03):
a more productive player this season.

Speaker 4 (01:51:06):
But the trick with Derek Carr.

Speaker 6 (01:51:09):
Has little to do with the performance and has everything
to do with the leadership skill. Has he done a
better job of connecting with his teammates? Last year you
saw some little incidents on the sideline and stuff that
didn't look like the team was connected. Has Dereck Carr
done enough to earn the respect of his teammates so
now that he can lead them and guide them hard
as a QB one is supposed to do.

Speaker 2 (01:51:30):
All right, New York Giants have said a big deal
about this guy, Brian Burns. What's the big deal about
Brian Burns, the guy that got from Carolina. Everybody's going
crazy in New York about the signing of Brian Burns.

Speaker 4 (01:51:40):
Well, Brian Burns is the speed rusher off the edge.

Speaker 6 (01:51:42):
He's been really really productive double digit sacks, I want
to say, three out the last four years. So he
can play, and what you're hoping is you can put
him opposite Kavon Thibodeau and come after the quarterback without
having the blitz underwing Martindale.

Speaker 4 (01:51:54):
They had to dial up the press to get home.

Speaker 6 (01:51:56):
They're hoping that now they can play a little more conservatively,
make sure everyone is in the back end while getting
a dominant four man rush. And so when you have
Brian Barnes, you have Dexor Lawrence, you have came On Thibodeaux,
you like to think, Okay, three of our guys, she'd
be able to be in the conversation and dominate each
and every week. If it plays out like that, then
they're going to be having a kind of success that

(01:52:17):
they want to have on early downs so they can
get after the pass on late downs.

Speaker 2 (01:52:21):
Okay, New York Judge. Everything circles around Aaron Rodgers. You
want to see him come back, come back healthy, which
an amazing story. And I think they're gonna try to
protect them a little bit. They drafted that kid from
Penn State to tackle old fashion and they got another
tackle from Dallas Tyrone Smith, So they're just trying to
protect them, and they got to protect them.

Speaker 3 (01:52:38):
And I want to see Aaron Rodgers come back and
come back strong. That's what it's all about.

Speaker 6 (01:52:43):
Well, yeah, we'll see if he can come back and
come back strong. The prospect of doing it at forty
is not great, but you never know. Miracles can happen.
He had a four year to rehabit. We're seeing Kirk
Cousins almost back and like he hasn't had nearly differentcovery
time as Aaron Rodgers. Aaron Rodgers like he knows man,
he knows when he may, mandatory mini camp and all
the other stuff. He knew what the conversation was going
to be a lot of times when people get Aaron

(01:53:06):
Rodgers riled up.

Speaker 4 (01:53:07):
You see some of his best performances. You see what
that looks like.

Speaker 3 (01:53:10):
That's so so Philadelphia Eagles.

Speaker 2 (01:53:12):
They signed Bryce Huff in free agency, twenty six years
of age. I guess you know, I have no problem
with the Egles. I think they get it, they get
it together, they know what they're doing. They'll be competitive,
They'll be right there when the bell goes off.

Speaker 4 (01:53:26):
Yeah, they will be right there.

Speaker 6 (01:53:27):
And you know the thing is they have a new
offensive coordinator, Killing Moore, new defense coordinator in Vic Fangio.
So this would be a different style and we have
to make sure that Kellen Moore knows how to deal
with a quarterback in Jalen Hurst that's a different style player.

Speaker 4 (01:53:42):
Now.

Speaker 6 (01:53:42):
When Jalen Hurst was coming out of school, I said
that Jalen Hurst reminded me a lot of Dak Prescott.
Dak Prescott played really, really.

Speaker 4 (01:53:49):
Well under Kellen Moore.

Speaker 6 (01:53:51):
Maybe Kellen Moore sees similar things and does a really
good job of positioning Jalen Hurst in a situation where
he can thrive and flourish, continue to the dual threat,
but becoming a more consistent and dominant playmaker in the
passing end.

Speaker 2 (01:54:07):
Okay, if you're a Pittsburgh steel Fin, you've gotta be
really happy about this move. Author Smith offensive coordinator. Finally
they got a normal offensive coordinator.

Speaker 3 (01:54:14):
I gotta believe in Pittsburgh.

Speaker 6 (01:54:17):
I don't know about normal. I'll say this, Author Smith
is really good at what he does. And what he
does is he throws, He turns back to the clock.
They're gonna run the football, They're gonna throw it. He's
done a really good job of simplifying things to help
old quarterbacks who have been struggling find their way. This
works because he helped Ryan Tannehill win the NFL Comeback
Player of the Year.

Speaker 4 (01:54:35):
Maybe that could be in line.

Speaker 6 (01:54:36):
For Russell Wilson if he complies with the standards of
stipulations that were set forth last week by the voting
committee on that award. But if he plays at the
level where he can win the Comeback Player of the
Year award, the Pittsburgh still is gonna be sitting pretty
I think this team has an opportunity to kind of
surprise and be the class.

Speaker 4 (01:54:52):
Of the division.

Speaker 6 (01:54:53):
We need more, we need more time to see it.
But I just think things are trending in the right
direction for him.

Speaker 2 (01:54:59):
Okay, let's tell us it forty nine as we'll wrap
it up over here when be next week, will finish
up with the Seattle, Tampa Bay, Tennessee, and Washington. But
Leonard Floyd, they kind of revamped their defensive situation, their
defensive scheme and everything like that. Chase Young is gone.
They're bringing Leonard Floyd. That may be an upgrade. That
may be an upgrade with Leonard Floyd.

Speaker 6 (01:55:18):
Yeah, So Leonard Floyd comes over, gives them an establish,
confimentary pass rusher. And the reason why they need that
because Leonard Floyd.

Speaker 4 (01:55:27):
Can go go, go, go, go off.

Speaker 6 (01:55:29):
Their is energy, relentless and all that. Putting that opposite
Nick Bosa gives them like a look at a one
two punts that they didn't have last year and they
tried it with Chase Young and those guys. But now
they have it. I expect them to be better. But
this is a different team and a different defense and
different coordinator and all of those things that we tend together.

Speaker 4 (01:55:47):
Steve Books was let go.

Speaker 6 (01:55:49):
So what does a new guy do in Sorence and
Nick Torrenson taking over the defense?

Speaker 4 (01:55:53):
How does this look? A lot of questions, A lot
of questions.

Speaker 2 (01:55:57):
All right, well, some questions and more answers. Next week,
will we wrap it up with the NFL. But right now,
he's Bucky Brooks. I'm Andy Furman.

Speaker 3 (01:56:03):
There's no hiding, there's no hiding. Now take cover.

Speaker 2 (01:56:07):
The blame game is freaking next on the blame game.
Right around the corner, he's Bucky Brooks. I'm Andy Ferman.
About eleven minute, it's not before the top of the hour.
We're alive from the tire rack dot Com studios. By
the way, at the top of the hour, which would
be nine am on the East coast, you get the
swollen Dome himself, Mike Harmon and Ryan Hollins from the NBA.

Speaker 3 (01:56:28):
They'll talk to you at nine am. So keep it
right here on Fox Sports Radio.

Speaker 2 (01:56:31):
And you know what, I would be remiss if I
didn't take my hat off and thank our wonderful staff,
Mighty Mark Ramsey of course with the controls, Kevin Wyatt
with the sports updates, and the IEMN of course puts
it all together.

Speaker 3 (01:56:42):
But right now, right now, it is time for the
blame game.

Speaker 1 (01:56:46):
You ruin me. It's all your fault. No, it's your fault.
What is all your fault?

Speaker 3 (01:56:55):
Maybe it's everyone's fault.

Speaker 1 (01:56:57):
See the liar.

Speaker 10 (01:56:58):
That's why there's the let's figure.

Speaker 16 (01:57:01):
Out who to blame, all right, the boy liar, he's
a liar.

Speaker 3 (01:57:08):
Away here, all right.

Speaker 16 (01:57:09):
Well, the blame game this week. So this is a
story that kind of got lost in a bunch of
other stuff. But Falcons owner Arthur Blank is inducting a
few people into the team's ring of honor. Matt Ryan
is one of them. Seems good, well deserving, But Arthur
Blank is also inducting himself into the team's ring of honor.
I'm not sure quite what he's accomplished to deserve that.

(01:57:30):
But Bucky, who do you blame?

Speaker 18 (01:57:33):
I mean, I blame Arthur Smith for being a little
ego maniac. Like I understand you're the owner of the team,
but to put yourself in there, it's almost like when
you're voting for team awards on the team and you're
not supposed to nominate yourself for MVP.

Speaker 6 (01:57:47):
It's certain things you shouldn't do. He should have let
Rich mcairs somebody else do that. He can't put himself up.

Speaker 3 (01:57:51):
In there, and why not? Why not?

Speaker 2 (01:57:53):
If it wasn't for himd the it wouldn't be a
ring of honor. If it was, it would be a
team really, so I don't get. The only thing I
question with him is they Chick fil A is a
major sponsor in Mercedes Benz. Well, Chick fil A is
a closed on Sunday, So how in the hell could
they sell Chick fil A at the stadium during Falcons games?
I never understood that, really, Chick fil As closed on Sunday.

(01:58:15):
But you know, author blank, you know, maybe he needs
some professional help. But I tell you, you know, he
bought the team, put himself in why not?

Speaker 16 (01:58:23):
Like I can't imagine anyone pushing back on it. You know,
it's like the owner.

Speaker 3 (01:58:27):
If you push back, you get fired exactly all right.

Speaker 16 (01:58:30):
Anyway, the Edmonton Oilers have a chance to become the
first NHL team since nineteen forty two to come back
from bluffing.

Speaker 3 (01:58:37):
I was at Detroit three Red Wings that did it.
I think in forty two.

Speaker 4 (01:58:40):
You might be right.

Speaker 3 (01:58:41):
I was at the game in the Stanley Cup Final.

Speaker 16 (01:58:45):
But at the same time, the Panthers would be the
first team since then to blow that same wed So Andy,
who do you blame?

Speaker 2 (01:58:52):
Well, you know what, right now, it's not a question
of talent. I think there's a question of who's in
whose head. Just like when I beat Bucky Brooks in
the blame game, I'm in his head right now. He
can't win now the stuffs. Thinking about that, you have
stecond thoughts.

Speaker 3 (01:59:03):
Should I do this? What am I doing right? What
am I doing wrong?

Speaker 2 (01:59:06):
Edmonton's gonna win, and it's not bad for Canada. Whose
Canada deserves it? Because Canada, all I have is hockey,
hockey and curling. That's all I have. And don't tell
my wife because my wife is Canadian.

Speaker 16 (01:59:15):
Please, uh bucke.

Speaker 6 (01:59:18):
So look, man, I give the Edmonton orders a ton
of credit. I grew up at a time when Edmonton
was a dominant franchise, won five out of seven Stanley Cups.
To see the energy in the building on Friday night,
that was amazing. Yes, but now we've seen this happen
before where you spend up all this energy to get
back to even and then you're not able to close
it out. I think the Filida Panthers get it done.
They have been the dominant team the early part of

(01:59:40):
the series. I think they find their mojor back and
they find a way to win it games.

Speaker 2 (01:59:43):
They was singing Old Canada Friday night and Edmonton, weren't
they The fans were.

Speaker 4 (01:59:47):
I mean they were going crazy. It was banana.

Speaker 6 (01:59:48):
This is a great atmosphere to watch player. There's nothing
like playoff hockey.

Speaker 16 (01:59:52):
Yes, what a story that would be. H So we're
always so upset when football ends after the Super Bowl
and talking about how we want more football, especially in
the spring. That being said, most people didn't know that
the Birmingham Stallions actually won the UFL championship. Who do
you blame, Bucky?

Speaker 4 (02:00:09):
I just look. I think spring football digrade.

Speaker 6 (02:00:12):
The numbers were solid throughout the time, I just don't
know if our country has the capacity to have spring
football fever.

Speaker 4 (02:00:19):
Where we look at all the games like watch the NFL.
It was a great thing.

Speaker 6 (02:00:22):
Birmingham put off at three feet just not enough attention
on the sport.

Speaker 2 (02:00:27):
I got an idea for the owners of the Birmingham Styllis,
move your games to Rickwood Stadium because it only holds
eighty three hundred people.

Speaker 3 (02:00:34):
That's all you need really go to play at football.

Speaker 2 (02:00:36):
I mean you know what what people will come because
to the nostalgia of Rickwood. So play the football games
at Rickwood Stadium, please, that's what they gotta do.

Speaker 5 (02:00:44):
All right.

Speaker 16 (02:00:44):
That's this week's playing game.

Speaker 3 (02:00:46):
Really good. It was very good.

Speaker 2 (02:00:48):
Stay let's stay keep it here please, Mike Harmon, Ryan
Hollis next on Fox, keep it here.

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