Jonas Knox talks John Harbaugh, a silly narrative, Ben Johnson, and more!

Jonas Knox talks about how funny it would be if John Harbaugh to the Giants falls through, the goofy narrative heading into Rams  - Bears on Sunday night, Sam Darnold’s sudden oblique injury, a Fox Sports Radio icon & huge celebrity joins the show LIVE from the tailgate in Denver ahead of Bills - Broncos, why Ben Johnson is EXACTLY what the Chicago Bears needed at the exact moment, and more!

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:03):
Jonas Knocks. You thought you knew me. You didn't know
anything about me. He's crazier than it else. Wrecked that guy,
Jonas Knocks. You heard me, brien.

Speaker 1 (00:15):
Some darkness is lighting up your speakers to establish an
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Speaker 2 (00:27):
Okay, I'll recordless world. Yeah, there's something that could happen.
It really could go down, as we come in fiery

(00:50):
hot here on this show. It really could go down
in the NFL. And it involves a team, an organization
that for some reason continues to get a free pass.
And we will get into that for you right here
on FSR. It is Jonas Knox on Fox Sports Radio.
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(01:12):
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Eastern time one pm Pacific here on FSR. And so
I don't think this is going to happen because all
reports indicate that we're really close. But it is kind

(01:35):
of interesting that we were hearing that it was a
foregone conclusion. It's a formality at this time, and the
deal's gonna get done. And we've been hearing for a
couple of days now that John Harbaugh to the Giants
was a lock, done deal. They've agreed, he's met everybody,
they went to some secret lunch, et cetera, et cetera,
et cetera. How come the deal's not done yet? What's

(02:00):
going on there? I mean, I thought for sure that
this thing was going to be wrapped up. The way
that it was presented to everybody, the way that I
read it was, Man, this done deal, foregone conclusion. Adam
Schefter's doing like twenty five hours of TV a day.
You could put groceries in the bags under his eyes,
and he's sitting there telling everybody, Oh, this is a
done deal. I mean, they're just you know, they've just

(02:21):
got a couple of the details to work out, and
it's like, Okay, one of those details going to get done.
And then you find out, based on other reports that
came out today, that John Harbaugh wants a similar structure
to the one he had in Baltimore and the one
he had in Baltimore was one in which he reported
straight to the owner. He didn't need to talk to

(02:42):
the gm he didn't need to talk to anybody else.
He reported straight to the Ravens owner, Steve Bishatti. And
so now you've got this report that comes out today
that apparently John Harbaugh wants the same thing with the
New York Giants. Then he doesn't want to have to
report to Joe Shane, who then sports ownership. He wants
to report to them himself. And I'm just telling you

(03:06):
this right now. I think that this is ultimately gonna
get done. I think we're gonna see John Harbaugh as
the head coach of the New York Giants. I think
that's going to be the case. But it would be hilarious.
It would be hilarious if the Giants figured out a
way to botch this thing. Could you imagine the Giants,

(03:28):
who've already been clowned publicly a couple of times, the
Saquon Barkley stuff, what happened with you know, the Daniel
Jones handling it like that whole Like there's just been
there's been some things there. Could you imagine if the
Giants ended up butchering this deal and not landing John
Harbaugh because of that. And again, I believe it's gonna
get done. I believe it's gonna happen. But the fact

(03:49):
that we're even at this point tells you everything you
need to know about that organization who continues to for
some reason get a pass. For some reason, they get
a pass. We sit here and we take all the
shots we wanted the Jets. We sit here, we make

(04:11):
all the jokes we want about the Jets. We call
them little brother in New York. We make fun of
Woody Johnson. Aaron Glenn was hired to fix the Jets
because he was a former Jet. He told Aaron Rodgers,
we don't need to hear, when clearly they did. And
then Aaron Glenn is a defensive minded head coach, coaches

(04:34):
the Jets to a historic season in New York, and
by historic, I mean first team to ever not have
an interception the entire year, literally the entire year, entire year.
So it's easy. The Jets are easy. But did you

(04:56):
know that the Jets are the only team in the
NFL that's got a worst record over the last decade
than the Giants by a game not making that up.
That's the company the Giants keep. Yet the way they're

(05:17):
discussed is well, just prestigious organization. They got everything figured out.
It's the Mars, It's all they just I mean you
what that organization? Who would pass up the opportunity? Dude,
Look at the company you keep. I can remember being
in a strip club one time, swear to God on this,

(05:37):
and I saw this dude go to the ATM at
least four times, all right, and at that point, I mean,
he was so uh, he was so perked up. We'll
say that he didn't care about whatever the transaction fee
was at the ATM at a strip club, which is ridiculous.
I'm sure I wouldn't know that. I definite would no,

(06:02):
But this guy was making trip after trip after trip
to the ATM. And I'm looking at this guy, laughing like,
oh my god, he's so pathetic. Look at how pathetic
that guy is. Look at him. He's going back again.
It's gonna be broke. And then before I started criticizing
him more, I realized, oh wait, I'm here too, I

(06:25):
got no room to talk. If you're the Giants. Stop
looking across town laughing at the team that keeps going
to the ATM and the Strip club because they wore
bike shorts into the lap dance room so they could
feel it more. Instead look around and realize, oh no,

(06:45):
we're here too. That's the company we keep. And if
this whole thing goes sideways and the Giants end up
butchering this hiring of John Harbaugh, I just wanted to
be known that they too are in that same realm
of dysfunction that everybody tries to keep them out of,
and they have been for quite some time at the

(07:07):
Jonas Knox on X at Jonas Knox Shaw on Instagram
that he can hang out with us as always on
the iHeartRadio app. Michael McCarthy of Front Office Sports has
an article out in which he says Tony Romo is
not in trouble at CBS. In fact, he Jim Nance

(07:32):
and Tracy Wolfson are a great team, but CBS is
seething over what they see as a slanted media narrative
against Romo, says sources, a drum beat that's growing now. Man,
maybe people just think he sucks. I don't know, like

(07:52):
just and you know what, maybe there's some people that
like him, and maybe there's a lot of people that don't,
and maybe there's so some people that don't like his cadence,
and maybe there's a lot of people that do like
I just this is broadcasting. Every week I do this show.

(08:13):
I can't tell you the last time we've gone a
Saturday without somebody calling me a homophobic slur on Twitter.
And I'm not gay, you know what I mean. Like,
it's just like, but this is the industry. People are
gonna like you, and people aren't. And if you get

(08:38):
too sensitive to that, then this is probably not the
line of work for you. This is a you know, like,
if you don't like blood, I wouldn't recommend going into surgery.
I just that, would you know that? Don't don't be
a surgeon. That would be my my tip, my advice. Hey,
I'm not a big fan of blood. Well, I just
you know, probably like, uh, you know, would wouldn't wouldn't

(08:58):
go down that road. I'm v okay, Well, I wouldn't
go work at that butcher shop if I were you.
That's probably the place that I wouldn't go. It's like, dude,
welcome to the industry. People are gonna like him, people aren't.
Some people are gonna think he sucks. Some people don't.
That's the way this whole thing goes, and CBS getting uptied.

(09:20):
Oh a median narrative, dude, it is fixable, believe it
or not. Believe it or not. You remember all the
discussions we were having about Tom Brady last year, everybody
talking about how bad Tom Brady was. And this isn't
me trying to fan boy up because it's Fox. But

(09:41):
let's be honest. Has he not gotten better? Has he
not improved? Have you not seen less and less criticism
of Tom Brady? But it doesn't mean there aren't critics
out there. It doesn't mean they're They're like, I've never
had an issue with him. I was like, hey, you
think he's great. I said it before. People rip Al
Michaels all the time. I think Al Michael's is great.

(10:03):
I still think he's great. I love it. I don't
think he's lost his fastball. I'm glad he's coming back.
But different strokes for different folks. Some people like certain
broadcasters and broadcasting styles. Some people don't. A lot of
people will tell you, when it comes to boxing, Howard
co sells the goat. They'll say, Howard co Sell's the goat.

(10:26):
I think it's Jim Lampley. You know else is great.
Barry Tompkins. I think he's fantastic as a boxing commentator.
Like I think it was great. It's just this is broadcasting.
There is no right or wrong. You present it and
then people either like it or they don't. So CBS

(10:47):
seething over what they see as a slanted media narrative
against Tony Romo. Who cares, dude. The fact that you're
even speaking publicly about this, or that this report is
going public and people are finding out about it tells
us that maybe you two have some concerns. But if
you've got concerns, either address with him or let everybody

(11:08):
bitch and moan. And by the way, it's not like
people are gonna stop watching the game because Romo's on
the call. They just might watch it on mute at
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You Care. We're also going to have Knox Locks the

(11:29):
divisional playoff edition that'll be yours here on FSR. We
are efforting a very special guest, a celebrity who is
live on location at an NFL playoff game. Right, so
we are efforting that. We're going to keep you posting
on that as well too. All of it is yours
here on this two hour extravaganza up next, though this

(11:50):
has to be one of the dumbest conversations ever leading
in to an NFL playoff game. You want to know
what it is, I'll tell you next. We don't need
to bring Jonas in.

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(13:05):
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(13:46):
this has got to be one of the dumbest things
I've heard leading up to an NFL playoff game, but
it's you know, it is kind of funny. So Peter Schrager,
and this is not a knock on Peter Schraeger because
he's simply reporting on on what he what he's been told.

(14:09):
Stephen A. Smith kind of echoed these sentiments. But Peter
Schrager was talking with Bill Simmons, and he was saying
that the way that Ben Johnson handled the win over
Matt Lafleur last week in the locker room, in which
he said F the Packers, F the Packers, and then

(14:30):
the next day when the media asked about it, he said, uh, no,
I just I don't like that team. I don't. I
don't like him, and I've talked to the owner and
we're on the same page and just like, no, apologies,
I don't I don't like him. Sorry, I don't like him. Well,
according to Peter Schrager, uh that did not sit well

(14:51):
with the Sean McVay coaching tree because Sean mcvay's best
friend in coaching is Matt Lafleur, and so the whole
coaching tree for Sean McVay was very upset. Stephen A.
Smith said that he knows that that whole group can't
stand Ben Johnson. They don't. They don't like Ben Johnson,

(15:13):
and so there's been a discussion about, Hey man, you know,
Sean McVay must be extra motivated to go represent the tree,
so to speak, when they go to Chicago to play
the Bears coming up on Sunday night. And I would
like to offer that up as one of the dumbest

(15:33):
things I've ever heard in my life, but I think
it is. It is moronic. The whole thing is ridiculous.
First off, last I checked, if we want to get
into the to the details of this, last I checked

(15:53):
Sean McVay and Kyle shanahaner buddies, right, they all came
from the same coaching tree, and last night checked Sean
McVay and Kyle Shanahan had played each other twice a year,
sometimes three times a year, and might do it again
this year for quite a while now. Last I checked,
so clearly they got no issue beating each other. It's

(16:16):
just if somebody else does it, Okay, understood? I mean,
last I checked Sean McVay and Raheem Morris. They were
on a similar they had on the same staff together
and whatnot. And last I checked, Raheem Morris had no
issue beating Sean McVay on Monday Night Football a few
weeks back. Last I checked. But we're supposed to believe

(16:41):
that Sean McVay is extra motivated because of the way
Ben Johnson beat their guy. What are we talking about?
That sounds like a bunch of guys from a frat
house who were pissed off because their buddy got beat
up by the stone down the street. What are we

(17:01):
talking about? This is it's ridiculous. What is this the outsiders?
Sean mcvay's got to take a knife and pound it
into the table and say, we've got to do it
for matt Man. Got to do it for matt Who cares?
That's nothing to do with it. Let me tell you who.

(17:23):
Sean mcvay's real issue is with here, all right, this
is the real issue. And it's two people. And I
don't know if they're married, but let's just pretend that
they are, and let's pretend that they are parents, right,
And here are the two people he should have an
issue with Mother Nature and father time. That's why. And
those are the two, not Ben Johnson's treatment of his buddy,

(17:49):
those two Nature and time. Because if we're going to
be fair about this whole thing, Sean McVay feeling any
kind of pressure is because he knows the clock is
ticking and the Rams have had a clear path to
success with Matthew Stafford. And again, we don't know how

(18:10):
much longer Stafford's going to play for we don't know,
and he's going into this game with a sprain finger
whatever you want to call it. He had the back issue.
There was speculation maybe he'd walk away. Then he's been fantastic,
But Sean McVay feels the pressure because he knows there's
not a whole lot of opportunities left with Matthew Stafford
at quarterback, and the Rams have a clear path to

(18:33):
success in the playoffs. Play as many games at home
as possible. That's the path to success. And if this
game goes sideways again in Chicago, then you have a
clear identifiable trend with the Rams that if they have

(18:54):
to travel in the postseason, it becomes an issue. I mean,
like this is obvious. Last year they lost and were
eliminated from the playoffs because they went to Philadelphia and
they had issues with the elements in the conditions. Now,
they made it a game and they were in that game.

(19:15):
They played Philly well and matched up really well against them,
but ultimately the conditions were a problem. So you got
that is being an issue that we've seen before. You've
also seen a couple of years ago what happened. They
had to go on the road again and they lost
to Detroit. That was a close game, went down to

(19:38):
the wire. Felt like the Rams had plenty of opportunities,
but they had to travel. Twenty twenty one, the year
they won the Super Bowl. Anybody remember where that Super
Bowl was played at? At home? They didn't have to
travel for that. That was a sofi Super Bowl game.
Anybody remember where the conference champion game was for the

(20:00):
Rams in twenty twenty one? That was at home? And
why because the Niners did their dirty work and beat
the Packers in Green Bay. Otherwise the Rams would have
had to go to Lambeau. Sean mcvey's big motivating factor
here isn't because Ben Johnson was mean to his friend, okay,

(20:25):
or Ben Johnson was like Harvey Updyke and poisoned the
whole tree. Oh, he's poisoning the whole McVeigh tree. That
has nothing to do. Nobody cares. They do not care.
The players don't care. And if Sean McVay cares, he's
got his priorities all out of whack. Sean McVay knows

(20:51):
there's a path to another Super Bowl here. It's real.
This year, I think they're the best team in the NFC.
I've said it like this is the best team in
the NIA. But Sean McVay is just hoping Mother Nature
and Father Time aren't waiting to kick him in the
balls on his way there, because you know Mother Nature
is going to be there tomorrow night. That's documented. We

(21:14):
know that you've seen the reports, You've seen the stuff
that's come out, and if anybody tells you, oh, we
have a really good understanding how cold it's going to be.
Know in Chicago it could be even colder, that's a problem.
But this whole garbage about Sean McVay wanting extra motivation
because they don't like Ben Johnson, and then dude who

(21:35):
gives a rip like do you think Matthew Stafford's finger
cares that Sean mcvay's motivated to beat Ben Johnson because
Ben Johnson shook his friend's hand in a cold, condescending way,
Like do you think anybody because he said f the Packers?

(21:56):
None of that matters. The pressure Sean McVay feels is
because he knows I got to deal with the elements again,
and I got to worry about how many chances we've
got to do this with an agent quarterback Because there's
a clear path this year that we may not get
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(22:16):
as always on the iHeartRadio app. Right it's coming up
next here we do have somebody trying to calm the waters,
trying to relax everybody in the world of sports. We'll
get into that for you right here on FSR. But
for all the latest from the world of sports, ladies
and gentlemen, A man who stared Mother Nature in the
eyes and said, you know what, I'm married the one

(22:42):
and only Sir Isaac long On.

Speaker 5 (22:51):
Speaking of Mother Nature, I predict that in oh, fifteen
to twenty years, there will be a Jonas Knox broadcasting Tree.
I'm curious what you think the tenants of your broadcasting
tree will be, and I predict in fifteen or twenty
years you will look at that with a great deal

(23:12):
of self satisfaction and pride.

Speaker 2 (23:15):
Broadcasting tree. What like people I've mentored?

Speaker 5 (23:18):
Yes, not not just people you've mentored, but people out
there listening right now who, beyond beyond reason of reasonable belief,
actually are inspired by you and want to emulate you
again for reasons passing understanding but it is inevitable.

Speaker 2 (23:41):
I think that's the most important thing. Yeah, that is past.
You know, I don't. I'm I'm not really sure why.
But listen, if you know, people want to want to come,
you know, get on the tree, hang an ornament upper two.
Why not let's go. Let's go make that happen.

Speaker 5 (23:57):
Put it another way, who's broad casting tree? Do you
feel that you're a member of in terms of, you know,
you being a branch or a weed of their tree?

Speaker 2 (24:08):
Good?

Speaker 5 (24:08):
Notice how I just subtly ripped you there by calling
you a weed.

Speaker 2 (24:12):
No, listen, I've got I've got plenty of mentors, but
they're all kind of all over the place. I don't
know if it's maybe more of a garden, you know,
I don't know if it's actually a tree. Because I
didn't know anybody in the business. Like I didn't have
any relatives or anything like that. I had no ends whatsoever.
So I had to like do it the hard way
and drive out and deliver a resume in person, and
then you know, have somebody flake on a meeting. That

(24:32):
guy's a scumbag. But like, there's all sorts of stuff.
But I would say, you know, in my Garden of influence.
I would say, uh, of course, you've got to have
you know, Mike North and Andy Furman, You've got to
have Tony Bruno was in that that garden of influence.
You know, all the guys from Extra Sports six ninety
back in absolutely you know, Steve Hartman, Jim Rome, got

(24:56):
to meet him last year for the first time, like
all like all the like all of those guys. You know,
even Howard Stern to a certain extent, uh, you know
some of some of his he was a real broadcasting professional.
I mean he's got you know, but I don't know
what he's doing. You know, there's a lot of weird
stuff going on now. But again, I would say those
would be very influential that I could point to and

(25:18):
be like, hey, you know what, like all of them
make a lot of sense. And then you know mentors,
you know from you know higher up as well too.
You know some of the executives who have mentored me,
you know, Scott Shapiro, Don Martin, Andy Zaderevich.

Speaker 5 (25:32):
You know, we're we actually buried the lead here.

Speaker 2 (25:35):
Because I met I met Craig Kitchen for the first time.
Oh no, kidding, Yeah, good dude, absolutely. Yeah, absolutely, we're
actually bearing the lead.

Speaker 5 (25:45):
You just came up with a much better term than
coaching tree, a garden of influence. Maybe we should use
that from now on, garden of influence.

Speaker 2 (25:54):
I like that.

Speaker 5 (25:55):
Yeah, so away, well look at the coaching garden of
influence prospectively in the NFL because NFL Media reports the
Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Haffley has emerged as a front
runner for the Dolphins head coaching job. Miami's new general manager,
John Eric Sullivan, was previously the Packers vice president of
player personnel. NFL Media also reports that former Browns head

(26:19):
coach Kevin Stefanski is a front runner for the Atlanta
Falcons head coaching job. The Raiders will interview former Dolphins
head coach Mike McDaniel for their head coaching job on Monday,
coming up at four point thirty Eastern from Denver, The
one seed Broncos host the Buffalo Bills, who yesterday activated
defensive tackle Ed Oliver from injured reserve after missing ten
games with the torn biceps tendon. Running Back Ty Johnson

(26:42):
questionable due to an ankle injury, Linebacker Terrell Bernard questionable
because of a calf injury. The inactivist will be announced
about half an hour from now. And finally, Jonas, we
have an NFL playoff pizza update. All right, are you
aware of a Chicago pizza establishment called lou Malt Natties?

Speaker 2 (27:03):
Come on, man, of course? Okay, good, of course.

Speaker 5 (27:07):
I just had to make sure I know you're a
worldly guy.

Speaker 2 (27:10):
Yeah, you know, you know how I feel about Chicago,
So yeah, of course. Okay.

Speaker 5 (27:14):
Well. On the eve of tomorrow's divisional playoff game against
the Los Angeles Rams, lou Malt Natties hosted the following
video of a Rams fan attempting to order carry out Listen.

Speaker 6 (27:28):
Lou Mal Latties.

Speaker 2 (27:29):
How can I help you? Yep, no we do. No,
we don't have we don't have cauliflower cross pizza.

Speaker 6 (27:36):
No, no, no kale no, no, are you kidding?

Speaker 2 (27:39):
No, we don't have goat cheese. This is this Chicago?
Where are you from?

Speaker 6 (27:43):
La?

Speaker 5 (27:46):
Here to comment the Fox Sports Radio La native and
pizza insider Jonas Knox.

Speaker 2 (27:51):
Jonas, you know they're very uh, they're very protective of
their pizza. Although I would say this, my favorite deep
dish is not lou Malnaddy in Chicago. Okay, it's this
place called X Checker. Excuse me, it's called X check
Oh got it? Okay, yeah, no, I know, okay, but
I think it was. I think it was like an

(28:11):
old mobster speakeasy place. I think I have that story correctly.
But it's on Wabash in downtown Chicago, and it's the
best deep dish down really food. The food is because
it's hard to it's hard to have bad food in Chicago.

Speaker 5 (28:26):
I think you're pronouncing it wrong. It's one word, not
two when there's a U in there. So Exchecker, that's
a little better.

Speaker 2 (28:33):
Okay, all right, what I say.

Speaker 5 (28:37):
The pronunciation was a little too stilted and left left
room for misinterpretation. You know what, I'm going to make
a pilgrimage there, and I'm going to order a large
crispy crust Mob pizza, sausage, pepperoni, Italian beef, and fresh garlic.
They call it the Mob Pizza. That's authentic there. That's

(28:58):
on the map. I'm looking at it right now. Baby,
I usually go.

Speaker 2 (29:01):
I'll go. I gotta have halapanos on it, like I
want to add a little a little spice to it,
so I'll put some halapenos on on a pizza. Oh,
oh my god, on a pizza. Yes, and don't go nacho.
Don't be don't be soft and go nacho. Jalapenos. Go fresh,
all right, get the fresh ones. Hope they're not cooked
all the way through, and burn your you know what

(29:23):
off on a pizza. Jalapenos on a pizza, It's fantastic.

Speaker 5 (29:27):
I'm gonna go onto my burner account and rip you
for liking jalapenos on.

Speaker 2 (29:32):
Oh, come on, I can understand people not liking pineapple,
but throw a jalapeno on there.

Speaker 5 (29:36):
You know what. I respect you. I will try it
once and I'll report back.

Speaker 2 (29:41):
When are you going to Chicago? You plan on going there?

Speaker 5 (29:43):
Souven islo or I'll order. I'll order takeout. They ship pizza.
Lou molt Natty ships pizzas across the country. I hope
your place ex checker does too.

Speaker 2 (29:52):
I don't. I'm not sure. If they did, I would order,
but I'm not sure they do.

Speaker 5 (29:56):
All right, I'll try to order online right now.

Speaker 1 (29:59):
All right.

Speaker 2 (30:00):
So there is the great Isaac Lo andcron pizza connoisseur
and very judgmental against Salapano's, which I felt like there
were some racial undertones there, but I'll leave that alone.

Speaker 5 (30:10):
It wasn't racial undertones. It was undertones of thinking that
you completely lack sophistication in your palette.

Speaker 2 (30:18):
Okay, I'm just all right. Just felt like there was
something some racial motivation there, but again that's to each
their own. That's fine, all right. So coming up in
about ten minutes from now, we are going to have
another edition of Do You Care, where we are going
to tell you the truth about many storylines that people
have been discussing in the world of sports over the

(30:38):
past several days. That will be yours right here on FSR. Now,
there appears to be a little bit of panic that
is set in with a certain storyline that has made
the rounds in the NFL. All right, So a little
bit of panic, but somebody is trying to calm the
waters here. So obviously you know about the clearly the

(30:59):
Sam Darnell oblique issue, all right. That is, it's been
a problem, and you've got people really worried about Sam
Donald and whether or not he's going to be able
to give it a go. And there's a lot of
people very concerned about this because it happened in practice
it's one of those you're going to need that to
play quarterback in baseball. You get an oblique ish injury,

(31:20):
then you're going to be out for some time. Adam Schefter,
who reported this that Sam Darnold hasn't thrown a football
since he heard his oblique on Thursday. The Seahawks believe,
but don't know that he will be okay to start
tonight's game for the forty nine er versus the forty
nine Ers. Backup quarterback Drew Locke took the reps the
past two days and is ready if needed. Now, that

(31:41):
seems like a problem, that seems problematic, and the problem
is the designation. And I give credit where credit is
due because doctor David Chow, who's a really good follow
on social media on x also a friend of Fox
Sports Radio, He basically told people, look, there was never

(32:03):
really any question that Sam Darnold was going to play.
They have to list him as questionable because the probable
designation doesn't exist anymore. So they're going to listen him
as questionable. But him not taking any more snaps is precaution.
He said. On a scale of one to ten, his
concern level for the injury is two. And if you

(32:25):
look at the betting line, the fact that it hasn't
moved at all might tell you that maybe some of
the panic was a little bit overblown. And if we're
going to be honest here, it's not like the Seahawks
are playing a team who comes in spotless on the
injury report. Fred Warner's not playing, not a surprise. George

(32:48):
Kittle just got injured last week. He's done. Nick Bosas
out like the forty nine Ers have dealt with injuries
more so than anybody over the past several years, other
than maybe the Chargers. It's so bad with the forty
nine Ers that there's people that are speculating whether or
not it's because they practice next to some like, you know,

(33:11):
nuclear power plant or something like that. They present the
forty nine ers as if they're practicing right next to Chernobyl,
and they're wondering, why, God, I can't I can't imagine
why all these guys are getting soft tissue injuries, are
getting heart here or there. It's it's like, dude, whatever
injuries Sam Darnold has, clearly he's gonna play. Clearly he'll

(33:32):
be out there. And if you listen to doctor David show.
He's like, look, a lot of this is precaution. I mean,
is he one hundred percent clearly not? Is it something
to be concerned with, Yeah, but to overblow it and
have conversations about here we go and you know this,
this this could mean Niners are gonna pull off an upset. No,
the game, the betting line hasn't moved, and it hasn't

(33:54):
moved for a reason, because maybe we're blown this way
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(34:19):
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(34:41):
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it's time for this.

Speaker 3 (34:58):
There are so many stories a world of sports, and
most of them are a complete waste of time DMG reports.

Speaker 2 (35:05):
Let's get kinky.

Speaker 3 (35:06):
Here's some of the big stories from the last week.
But Jonas, the real question is do you care?

Speaker 2 (35:14):
And for that we turn it over to our executive producer,
the one and only Bo Benson to find out what
people have been talking about all week. Bo.

Speaker 7 (35:20):
Air Force men's basketball coach and Joe Scott has been
suspended indefinitely while under investigation for the treatment of his
cadet athletes.

Speaker 2 (35:30):
Jonas, do you care?

Speaker 6 (35:33):
Not?

Speaker 2 (35:33):
Really? Do we have any details any of the accusations
going on?

Speaker 7 (35:38):
You know, yeah, I didn't see any. I just you know,
it's air Force and your cadets. Like I would hope
that the treatment is a little rougher than you usually
get at school.

Speaker 5 (35:47):
But yeah, yeah, I always.

Speaker 2 (35:50):
You know, like we don't, we don't know all the details,
But I would say this, like, if we have learned
anything from the Northwestern situation with Pat Fitzgerald, you know,
maybe we got to wait before we start judging. You know,
maybe maybe they mean we need to wait. There's a
reason why Pat Fitzgerald all of a sudden settled his case, sued,

(36:14):
had all the other legal stuff happen, and Michigan State
hired him immediately. Like there's a reason all of that
went down. So maybe we got to wait on this one.
But I would say this, you know, it's better than
some of the other stories that have come out around
college basketball over the past week or so. You know,
maybe who knows, maybe his players were gambling on games too,
You never know.

Speaker 7 (36:33):
Next Eagles GM Howie Roseman made it seem as though
the team will not move wide receiver A J. Brown,
but reports do indicate that he requested a trade as
early as Week three, following a win against the Rams.
Jonas do you care?

Speaker 2 (36:48):
Yeah, because of this whole conversation about AJ Brown and
the Eagles and all this stuff, and it's like everyone
wants to point to man, maybe it's Jalen Hurts. There's
another report that says Sirianni and Howie Roseman are are
hesitant to criticize Jalen Hurtz. And then it's well, you know,
maybe it's the offensive coordinator, you know, Kevin Petullo. Maybe

(37:10):
it's Kevin. I got an idea. Maybe it's AJ Brown.
Maybe AJ Brown is the issue. Last year, Kellen Moore
was the OC. They were going to a Super Bowl
and AJ Brown wasn't happy they weren't there to have
talks last year about this stuff. Maybe he just doesn't
like it there. And if he's requesting a trade three
different times, maybe you just accommodate him.

Speaker 7 (37:30):
Next, the Los Angeles Dodgers surprised everybody and signed outfielder
Kyle Tucker to a four year, two hundred and forty
million dollar contractor this week, Jonas, do you care?

Speaker 2 (37:42):
Can I be honest with you, No, I just I
don't care at this point. What a shock. When I
saw the final list of teams that were in the
mix for Kyle Tucker and it was like, well, you know,
the Blue Jays made an offer, and the Mets are
out there, and when I saw the Dodgers on that list,
as I always going to the Dodgers, They'll just still
figure it out they're going, they'll figure out a way

(38:04):
to please him. They'll get him there. I would just
caution Dodger fans just just be aware. You know. Sometimes,
you know, Kyle Tucker doesn't appear like he's the happiest
gentleman in the world. Sometimes it just, you know, he
doesn't appear like he's the most thrilled person in the
world getting any sort of media or attention or anything

(38:26):
like that. And the past couple of years injuries have
been a problem. But the issue last year was he
didn't hit or play well at Wrigley Field. Now he
doesn't have to worry about that, So maybe they're going
to get the guy who was thought to be the
next one to get a five to six hundred million
dollar deal next.

Speaker 7 (38:41):
Do Quarterback Darien Mensa entered the transfer portal with the
Miami Hurricanes being the favorite to land him. Jonas do
you care.

Speaker 2 (38:50):
No, absolutely not. No, I'm done. I'm done with the portal.
I'm done with all this stuff we've got. I'm here
to tell you right now and you don't care. I'm
with you, Steve, like a Steven whatever, like I just
we got to move on past this stuff and get
ready for a game coming up on Monday.

Speaker 7 (39:03):
Next, Bears running back Kyle manungu I received a special
Gatoray bottle from the company after a video went viral
of him trying to drink from the wrong end of
the bottle during the game against the Packers. Jonas, do
you care, Yeah, because.

Speaker 2 (39:17):
It's pretty funny. I love it and the look on
his face like I can't believe I just did that,
And Luther Burden, It's like, I've never seen anything like
that in my life. I had a buddy get so
drunk at the MGM pool in Las Vegas that he
literally picked up a lighter and tried to light it
with his cigarette. I've seen that happen, and I swear

(39:38):
to God on that story. I've seen that happen. So
watching Kyle Manungay get mixed up like that while sober
was fascinating.

Speaker 7 (39:45):
Next, starting Monday night, during the college football playoff game,
dos Ekis is going to bring back the most interesting
man in the world.

Speaker 2 (39:53):
Jonas, do you care? Yeah? Kind of you? That's fascinating.
I just saw a picture of the guy who was
the original most interesting man in the world. You remember
that that older guy. Is it gonna be him, do
you know, Yeah, I believe it's the same actor. Yes,
Oh that's awesome. Yeah, that was what like ten years ago.
That was around like a long twelve years ago. Like
that guy, I don't know what he did. I really

(40:16):
don't know, but he was like a celebrity. Everybody knew
who the guy was. But I actually saw an old
picture of my buddy and I and in the background
that guy's face was there. So we were like taking
a picture, like all three of us together and it
was that guy's face, and I was like, man, whatever
happened to that guy? Now he's going to be back.
So he's going to be back. That's good. That's good. See,

(40:36):
that's another reason to watch, another reason to watch. So
everybody stop getting caught up in the weeds of the
portal and all this other stuff. You got do sekis
and you got a team who may or may not
be cheating. That's fun. You know, it's not every day

(40:56):
that an actor and a celebrity will join you live
from an NFL playoff game, but it's happening coming up
here in just a couple of moments from now. Jonas
Knox Fox Sports Radio. You can listen to us as
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(41:19):
on the podcast, we appreciate you doing so. It is
divisional weekend, in the NFL Divisional Playoff weekend, and there
is one game that we've got coming up here in
a little over an hour. It involves the one seed
in the AFC. It involves the Denver Broncos hosting the

(41:40):
Buffalo Bills. And joining us now is former child actor
celebrity Fox Sports Radio legend. You hear him weeknights and
mornings on the Ben Show. He's a man who has

(42:05):
put the high back in mile High. He's the one,
He's the only He's justin Cooper, Coop, what's happening, Jonas?

Speaker 6 (42:17):
What's going on?

Speaker 2 (42:18):
Man? Now?

Speaker 1 (42:20):
Coop?

Speaker 2 (42:23):
Have you in fact put the high back in mile High?

Speaker 6 (42:27):
That's right?

Speaker 2 (42:29):
Yeah, I've got a.

Speaker 6 (42:31):
Box of joints in my pocket right now.

Speaker 2 (42:38):
All right, Coop. So you are a diehard Denver Broncos fan.
We are a little over an hour away from kickoff.
Where are you currently at the stadium?

Speaker 6 (42:47):
I am currently at the VIP tailgate party.

Speaker 2 (42:52):
All right, So set the scene for us. What are
we what are we missing out on by not being there?
All right?

Speaker 6 (42:59):
So when you walk in, they've got the Mile High
Monuments and it's basically a a replica of the old
Mile High Stadium, and so there's you know, seating, They've
got like a you know rep of the field. They've
got videos of old classic Broncos highlights playing on the
on the Mini Titan tron. The VIP tailgate ticket price

(43:24):
included all you can eat, premium food and premium drink.
So I've got a gin and tonic in my hand
right now. I've already had a couple of shots of
tequila and I'm feeling good.

Speaker 2 (43:38):
Now. I would I would, you know, tell you that
that whole thing about hangovers when you're at Mile High
is a real thing. You got to be careful of that.

Speaker 6 (43:47):
What do you mean, I don't know what you're talking about.

Speaker 2 (43:49):
Well, I mean alcohol lands differently, you know, when you're
when you're in Denver, Like some of the beer would
be a lower alcohol percentage because of the elevation, would
mess with you a little bit, get would mess with
mess with the hangover. Nobody there has told you that,
Nobody of the locals in Denver have told you that.

Speaker 6 (44:07):
No, but I guess I guess we'll find out right
all right, Well.

Speaker 2 (44:10):
Listen, I'm just letting you know there could be a
hangover on the other side of this day waiting for you.
Now that being said, what is the have you Have
you seen any Bills fans of any Bills fans made
the trip? Or is it heavy Bronco country?

Speaker 6 (44:24):
So since I arrived here, I haven't seen any Bills fans.
But back at my hotel there there was a good
handful of Bills fans. Unfortunately.

Speaker 2 (44:36):
Now you are, by the way, Justin Cooper checking in
with us live from Mile High Stadium in Denver as
he gets to see his Broncos and Bills play later on. Now,
you're a bit for people that don't know, you're a
bit of a food snob, very judgmental when it comes
to food. What did you make of the food so
far at the tailgate there in Denver?

Speaker 6 (44:54):
Well, all I've had so far is the Bronco burger.
I was a little overdone, but it did have a
nice bacon jam on there. That was casey. The French
fries were good, but I've got a later in the weekend.
I've got a missun Star restaurant book, so I'm you know,

(45:16):
I'm all set on the food snobs, you know, situation.

Speaker 2 (45:20):
Okay, all right, so we'll just because we're gonna let
you get back to we got two more questions for you,
all right. The most pressing is for people that have
not been listening during the week You've detailed and chronicled
the issue that you find yourself into where you and
your wife have a ticket to the game, but you're
in two different seats in the same row. So you're
you're she's in in a seat on the other side

(45:41):
of the row. You're in a seat on the opposite end,
and you're going to try and talk to Bronco fans
about moving down a seat so you can sit next
to her. Have you gotten any feedback as to how
that conversation may go when you get inside the stadium.

Speaker 6 (45:56):
I haven't gotten any live feedback. I did I didn't
make a on the Denver Broncos sub reddit. They did
not make it seem like it was gonna happen. A
lot of a lot of people were like, you know,
I'm a I'm a season ticket holder, and I've had
this exact seat since nineteen seventy eight. And I'm not
gonna move. But you know what, we'll see. Everybody seems

(46:19):
to be in a good mood here. I think I think,
you know, I think I might get lucky.

Speaker 2 (46:24):
And now are you wearing gloves because it's cold? What
what are the tempts there at the game? Like it's
cold for us? Right?

Speaker 6 (46:32):
It is? It is cold. I think it's in the
what is it in the thirties? Okay, yeah, yeah, it's
uh I'll tell you exactly what it is. Right now.
We are at thirty three degrees.

Speaker 2 (46:43):
Okay, perfect? Now are you wearing gloves on your hands?

Speaker 6 (46:47):
I am not wearing gloves. I kind of wish I was. Okay, Okay,
I have lots of layers. I've got I've got the jersey,
I've got a sweatshirt, I've got a Broncos poncho.

Speaker 2 (46:58):
I'm good because I was thinking, if you know, push
comes to shove and you can't move seats if you
end up next to a rocket ship, like at least
if you've got gloves on, you can hide your wedding ring.
So that's I mean, hey, listen, man, I'm looking out
for you. I'm trying to find the positive and all this.
If the Broncos subreddit isn't gonna help, I'm trying to

(47:18):
find the positives here. So that could really play into
your favor if you're sitting next to an absolute superstar
at the game.

Speaker 6 (47:25):
I'm only nine seats away from my wife. All Right,
I don't think it's I don't think it's far far
enough away. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (47:31):
Whatever, we'll figure it out at the end. All right,
So before I let you go, the Broncos are currently
a one and a half point favorite on DraftKings. How
you feeling about the game?

Speaker 6 (47:41):
I feel great. I mean, I'm not gonna lie. This
is not the team that I wanted to see here
in the second round, but you know they're beatable. Josh
Allen's beat up the Mile High altitude. I feel I
feel good. We're gonna be allowed and we're gonna make
it tough. There.

Speaker 2 (47:56):
He is the great Justin Cooper joining us from Mile
High Stadium, getting ready to see his Broncos take on
the Bills. He's got a seat issue. He's at the
VIP tailgate. He didn't know that he could get a
worse hangover at altitude, but he was kind enough to
spend a few minutes with this year. Have a good time, Coop.
We'll talk when we get back about that story you
wanted to tell me off the air. All right, all right,

(48:19):
there he is the great Justin Cooper with us here
on Fox Sports Radio. Hey, Bo, I'm not trying to
tell you how your resume should look, but if you
want to go ahead and include I booked the kid
from Liar Liar before an NFL playoff game on a
nationally syndicated radio show. Would I would think that that would.

Speaker 7 (48:41):
Be the one you want to go, You know, I
would do that, except I just went to say thanks
and good luck to Coop and he hung up on me.

Speaker 2 (48:48):
Did he really?

Speaker 7 (48:48):
Yeah?

Speaker 2 (48:49):
So, by the way, I swear to God about that
hangover at altitude thing, I didn't know. And I was
asking my buddies that were out there, Peter Burns and
Nate Lundy when I went and saw them in Denver
years ago, and they were telling me like, oh, yeah,
like you gotta be careful, like when you're at altitude
you could get a worse hangover. And so they were
very instructed, and so I'm surprised nobody there tried to

(49:11):
help them out. Yeah, it feels a bit reckless. Let's
go live to our I've got something on the mile
high hangover inside of Christopher for the latest Crier.

Speaker 8 (49:19):
I can confirm this is a real thing. So when
I first moved out to LA I drove myself out
from Ohio and like second night, I stopped in Denver
and I went to a Chinese place and we had
some nice meals and everything, and then I remember trying
to get on the road the next morning and I
had to delay my trip about an hour or so
just because, like man, I needed to rehydrate a little bit,

(49:41):
even more, even more than I thought I needed to.

Speaker 2 (49:44):
It's real. I think I went to go buy like
a case of beer when I was out there, and
the like, you know, if you get like a standard
like a bud light, it's a four point two percent ABV,
but out there it was like a three five or
a three three, and I couldn't figure out why, like
a three to two or something like that, and they said, yeah,
they account for the altitude.

Speaker 5 (50:00):
Yeah, I remember.

Speaker 2 (50:01):
Either either that or the guy at the liquor store
is just selling you know, phony beer. I have no idea.

Speaker 8 (50:04):
I think No, No, it definitely wasn't because I remember also,
like my sister lives in Colorado Springs, and like I
was having I was like shooting whiskey with with her,
with my brother in law, and it was just we
we we had to take it slow after a second.

Speaker 2 (50:19):
Yeah, well, uh, kind enough of Justin Cooper to join
us here and figure out whatever his uh seating situation
is going to be when he gets inside the stadium.
Also shows what a real romantic he is that he
was willing to sacrifice nine seats between him and his
wife just so he could get to the game. That's
a that's a I'll tell you what man I got.
You know, I don't want to throw in, you know,

(50:39):
husband of the Year awards just yet it's so early
into the new year, but I mean Coop's got to
be right at the top of the list.

Speaker 7 (50:45):
Shame on the Broncos too, Like that's a major celebrity
and no kidding, like who's the celebrity Broncos fan?

Speaker 2 (50:52):
Hey? Would you would you treat Jim Carrey like that?
He was the same exactly.

Speaker 8 (50:57):
Exactly me, like separating Will Feral from his company when
he goes to a usc game how about.

Speaker 2 (51:04):
How about the fact that, like there's people that are
probably seen that movie recently, Like, man, I wonder whatever
happened to that kid? Only to find out like not
that long later we were gonna have him on the
air with because I got high as his intro music
from a tailgate in Denver. That's called making it. Man.
I don't know what to tell you, guys. If you're
looking for Radio Golds on a Saturday, or if you're

(51:24):
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all right, this is kind of interesting. There were two
teams who made a move this offseason, two teams in

(51:47):
the NFL, and everybody around the league is like, oh,
you guys screwed up. I'll tell you who those two
teams are right here on FSR, Jonas is counted today,
Jonas Knox Fox Sports coming up. We'll call it a
little over ten minutes from now. An NFL franchise got

(52:08):
exactly what they needed. I'll tell you why that is
again a little over ten minutes from now here on FSR.
A lot of positive feedback here on the show. We've
discussed lots of things here on Fox Sports Radio. On
this Saturday, a guy by the name of Rumpel f
Skin you could probably guess what the f skin is,

(52:32):
writes in quote you de devour, How the f are
you still on the radio? You look like Ryan Day
minus the muscle and talent. You puny, worthless bleep stain.
Stick to what you're good at, blindfolding yourself and guessing
popsicle flavors by bleeping on them. I mean that's an

(53:01):
hour three k rights in. We all know Jonas's favorite
pizza style is big sausage pizza circa mid two thousands.
Don't look it up from a Fox Sports Radio computer either,

(53:21):
I mean you know, Dan writes in, go get your
new bleep Tucker Dodgers gear, you little bleep and fan
bitch cheerleader like the rest of the bleeps in the
LA media, Jason wrights In, you hack and bleep smoking bleep,

(53:44):
do something honorable for once in your useless life and
get off the air like d Tomlin finally did, and
he was actually successful, unlike your boardop f boy, ass
you bleep fu bitch. For thoughts on the feedback we've

(54:11):
gotten on the show thus far, today we turn it
over to the Great Isaac Low and ground Isaac.

Speaker 6 (54:15):
Oh.

Speaker 5 (54:15):
Yeah, just a grammatical update on Jason's tweet. I assume
he was trying see the thing is what he wrote
is spelled f l e M, And I was just
going to point out that phlegm is actually spelled p

(54:36):
h l e g M. But perhaps he misspelled something else.
So whatever it is is it was misspelled. But if
he was trying to communicate the thick mucus that emerges
from one's respiratory system for future reference is actually spelled
p h l e g M. Because knowing you, Jonas,

(54:58):
you don't mind negative feedback, but you are a stickler
for spelling and grammatical accuracy.

Speaker 2 (55:05):
Yeah. Yeah, that's one of the things like the uh,
you know, the critics of this show, like none of
them will be in the Spelling Bee, like you know that,
like the Spelling Bees where those kids are like all
jacked up on adderall and they're out there trying to spell.
You know, snuffleophagous like backwards, like you're not going to see.

Speaker 5 (55:22):
And they've already pre booked their therapy appointments for the
next ten to fifteen years from the trauma of said
spelling bee. But yeah, at least you would think your
legions of fans phones and mobile devices would at least
auto correct to help them out.

Speaker 2 (55:37):
Hey. By the way, mixed reviews on our conversation about
pizza earlier, Yeah, really struck a nerve. Julio wrote in
and said fresh Halopanios on Pizza's top tier, which is
not surprising coming from a guy named Julio. And then
another guy wrote in and said Jalapino on pizza bro
like disgusted.

Speaker 5 (55:58):
Yeah, good, good, good sophistic location at d C D
seven Dog That's an automatic follow for me.

Speaker 2 (56:04):
By the way, Brady Quinn wrote in and said best
Saturday show in this timeslot on this network. Not wrong
at the Jonas Knox on x at Jonas knock Show
on Instagram is where you can find uh all of
all of that fun stuff here on FSR. So one
of the things that we were talking about in having

(56:26):
the conversation about John Harbaugh's potential hiring with the Giants
because everyone's made it seem like, oh, it's a foregone
conclusion and it's gonna happen like, you know, two days ago,
three days ago, whatever it was. It could have been longer,
Adam Schefter. It made it seem like, well, we're gonna
get a deal done. It's all wrapped up, they're good.
Everybody's on the same page, and it's like, all right,
where's the deal, where's the contract? Whysn he signed it?

(56:50):
And as it turns out, there was, there was, you know,
some issues, some back and forth, and maybe we've got
some clarity on the whole situation. And so for that
we turn it back over to the Great Isaac Lohenkron
for breaking news. Breaking news from Fox Sports.

Speaker 5 (57:07):
NFL Media has just reported that the New York Giants
and John Harbaugh have now agreed upon and finalized a
five year deal for Harbaugh to become the new head
coach of the New York Football Giants.

Speaker 2 (57:23):
Hey, they got it done. So what I'm talking about?
Can we get a round of applause for one of
the worst teams in the NFL the last decade, the
New York Giants. Congratulations because one of the reports that
came out earlier was he wanted equal power. He wanted
the same influence that he had in Baltimore. We could

(57:43):
go straight to the owner if he had an issue
and not have to deal with the GM Joe Shane,
And so that was one of the sticklers, like that
was one of the things that was holding it up
this deal getting done. But he gets a five year deal.
By the way, I don't know, Isaac, if you've seen
the reports on this, I saw twenty million dollars a
year potentially was one of the numbers that was thrown
out there. So, yeah, that's not a bad gig for

(58:05):
John Harbaugh. So who knows. They maybe he'll be the guy,
maybe he'll be the one that can lead them back
to prominence. But it's just, you know, it's kind of
into and my point on the whole Harbaugh thing, because
the two top candidates in the NFL this coaching cycle,
and if you again, if you're just tuning in, as
Isaac reported, it is finalized the deal John Harbaugh as

(58:28):
the Giants head coach, the first vacancy filled in the
NFL this offseason, And if you're reading some of the
other reports that are out there. It feels like Kevin
Stefanski is going to get the Falcons job, and so
the thought is John Harbaugh and Kevin Stefanski were the
top two candidates on the market. Nobody believes Mike Tomlins
coaching next year. He's probably gonna do TV Fox has

(58:49):
been rumored as a destination for him. But the top
two candidates were John Harbaugh and Kevin Stefanski, which is
interesting because those are the top two candidates which all
these other teams want except for the ones who had them.
It's kind of like the best job available. People could

(59:11):
try and tell you, well, you know, maybe it's Abe,
It's the Giants because the market and the history, and
you know, maybe it's the Steelers because no, the best
job available is the Ravens. That's the best job. If
you were to ask John Harbaugh, like, hey, what's the
best job on the market right now? Best job? Like
if you had to pick one of the destinations to
go to, best job on the market Baltimore and not

(59:34):
even close. And if you're the Browns, are you not
looking around going hey, you know, if everybody wants our guy,
why isn't he still our guy? Kind Of weird how
that's worked to where you've got the two top candidates,
one of them just left the best job on the market,

(59:55):
and nobody's having a conversation internally being like, you know,
maybe based on interest elsewhere, maybe we should have figured
out a way to make this thing work. And I understand,
listen it. You know, it was just time and they
had to move on from Harbaugh. But to see how
many people and how many teams were lined up for
interviews wanting to talk to them, wanting to be a

(01:00:17):
part of the process, to see how that whole thing
played out, it just feels to me like maybe there
could have been a couple of conversations had because if
Stefanski ends up in Atlanta, which is a really, really
talented roster, if they can figure out the quarterback situation.
And I do wonder if Stefanski is the higher based
on the time that he spent all those years in Minnesota,

(01:00:39):
probably maybe he has a little bit of intel on
Kirk Cousins from people he knew that worked with Kirk
Cousins back in Minnesota. He may have been on the
staff for about a year when Kirk Cousins was there.
I believe their paths could have crossed maybe for a
short time, but either way, he's got relationships with that
Minnesota staff. He can have conversations about Kirk if maybe

(01:01:01):
they figure out a way to make that work. Because
Kevin Stefanski in Atlanta with all that talent on offense,
John Harbaugh going to New York like, it just feels
like the top two candidates probably shouldn't be candidates and
maybe their former teams could have probably made it work.
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(01:01:49):
Find out what it is right here on FSR. But
for all the latest, including more on the breaking news
out of the NFL. He's the one, He's the only,
He's the majestic, Sir Isaac longcron.

Speaker 5 (01:02:04):
True on all fronts. Jonas because the first hiring of
the NFL's coaching carousel is done. Multiple outlets reporting just
a short time ago that John Harbaugh as finalized a
five year deal to become the new head coach of
the New York Giants. At a short time ago, John
Harbaugh told Fox Sports Jay Glazer, quote, what a privilege

(01:02:27):
it is to join the Maras and the tshes and
the whole organization. I am so fired up about the
players on this team unquote. Meanwhile, NFL Media reports the
Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley has emerged as
a front runner for the Miami Dolphins head coaching job.
Dolphins new general manager John Eric Sullivan was previously the

(01:02:48):
Packers vice president of player personnel. NFL Media also reports
that former Brown's head coach Kevin Stefanski is a front
runner for the Atlanta Falcons head coaching job. Meanwhile, the
Las Vegas Raider will interview former Dolphins head coach Mike
McDaniel for their head coaching job on Monday, kicking off
just about one hour from now in Denver. It's the

(01:03:09):
Broncos against the Buffalo Bills. The inactives are out. Buffalo
defensive tackle Ed Oliver is active. He returns after missing
ten games with a torn biceps tendon. Bill's receiver Curtis
Samuel is active as well. However, Buffalo running back Ty
Johnson inactive today due to an ankle injury. Bill's linebacker

(01:03:30):
Terrell Bernard inactive today because of a calf injury. Finally,
Jonas earlier, Justin Cooper provided a surprisingly clear update about
the food situation outside empower Field at Mile High. We're
going to get people out there a peek inside at

(01:03:51):
the actual menu in the press box today at empower
Field at Mile High for credential media, and all of this,
i might add, is absolutely free. Here we go the menu,
Among the choices seared hesto, salmon, roasted ribbi, steak, white

(01:04:14):
sheddar mac, and cheese chili concaso barba CoA. Those are
among the choices. Then at halftime, the media wags can
choose from hot dogs, brats, wings, and soft pretzels, while
the dessert choices today in the press box include red

(01:04:37):
velvet Cake here for his reaction, Fox Sports Radio press
box food connoisseur Jonas Knox Jonas.

Speaker 2 (01:04:45):
Well, how did you get that information? The less you know,
the better, Okay, Fine, I'm so tired of this. And
you know the problem Isaac does this to where he
wouldn't talk tell us the problem. Like we've got we've
got sports talk radio luminary like the great Tim Kats
out here in LA who's like trying to guess stuff
that you give away on the air because you'll you'll

(01:05:05):
leave breadcrumbs in secrets. Oh I told Tim.

Speaker 5 (01:05:08):
I told Tim later. I'm just not telling you.

Speaker 2 (01:05:10):
Why not what you think I'm gonna go on the
air with it?

Speaker 3 (01:05:12):
Yes?

Speaker 5 (01:05:14):
So oh actually no, no, I do trust you. I
just want to annoy you, all right. So it's a
press box menu. It's it's it's not classified information. What's
your problem?

Speaker 2 (01:05:25):
By the way, that feels pretty elaborate, that menu.

Speaker 5 (01:05:27):
That's how it is in the NFL, Dude, in the NFL,
it's stuff like this. It's all free. All other sports
you gotta you gotta pay, and some places are better
than others.

Speaker 2 (01:05:36):
All right, So so far, be honest. The world's largest
gazebo what is the food menu item look like there.

Speaker 5 (01:05:44):
Look, it's a little bit of a source subject because
it's just as good. But I was kind of a
newbie and I didn't realize that they take it away
before kickoff. I thought it would be available up until kickoff,
and I'm miss out on like a super gourmet meal.

Speaker 2 (01:06:03):
You know, they used to they would do that at
the whenever when I would go cover Clippers games at
the old Staples Center. I remember going in and it
was like, you paid seven dollars. I think I think
it was seven dollars to eat like it was something
like that. I think you paid seven dollars and the
food was okay. It wasn't it wasn't the best, but
it was okay, and you could go back at halftime.

(01:06:26):
But at halftime of the game, like there there wasn't
as many options.

Speaker 5 (01:06:30):
There was popcorn, popcorn, pretzel.

Speaker 4 (01:06:32):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:06:33):
I was just gonna say so if you if you
wanted popcorn, and there would be like a cooler with
like sodas or pops, if you will, for those of
you listening on the Midwest and on the East Coast,
if you wanted like a soda pop and some popcorn
and maybe a light beer. There would be some of
the fridge. Other than that, tough balls. Yeah, you're getting anything.

Speaker 5 (01:06:51):
And I don't know if we've talked about this before,
and I don't know if they still do this, But
when I first started covering the Dodgers, I was thrilled
because they would you give away free Dodger dogs in
the press box starting like the fifth, sixth, seventh inning.
So I was thrilled. But then I realized they were boiled,
not grilled.

Speaker 2 (01:07:10):
And there's a big difference. Back to you, Yeah, but
that's how you make a Chicago dog, by the way,
really boil them.

Speaker 5 (01:07:15):
Oh okay, yeah, well it's still different when you're expecting
it to be grilled. A Chicago dog being boiled is fine,
but a Dodger dog being boiled new.

Speaker 2 (01:07:25):
Can I tell you a fun Staple Center popcorn story
with a member of the media, Yes, Dave mcminimon. The
He now covers the NBA on ESPN, So he was
with I believe I think it was NBA dot com
back then. I think got this because it was so
long ago. And then I think he went to cover

(01:07:46):
Lebron in Cleveland and they came and they basically just
assigned him to Lebron similar to Windhorse. I think something
along those shirts. I watched Dave mcmanimon, and I always
screw up his last name, by the way, like I
always put it's mcminimum, right menim men? Yeah, when I
say it, just it rolls off my tongue differently. It's
no district because I think he does a really good job.
I saw that guy eat a bag of popcorn at

(01:08:11):
a Clipper game one time at Staples Center, like he
was Charlie off Willie Wonka in the chocolate factory, trying
to get to that golden ticket. Interesting. I've never seen
anybody devour a bag of popcorn faster in my life.
He made Joey Chestnut look blimic. It was astonishing, Like

(01:08:33):
I was enthralled, Like I think Zach Randolph had like
a double double going on, and I'm like, forget about,
forget about what's going on in the game. I don't
care that Chris Cayman's out again. I don't care what
is that guy doing. It was impressive, and the popcorn
there's good, so I don't blame him.

Speaker 5 (01:08:50):
It's it's a rather difficult snack to efficiently consume at
a high rate of speed because of the lightness of
the of the popcorn itself.

Speaker 2 (01:09:02):
And it's also like I was there to do call
in reports to go on the air. Popcorn wasn't That
wasn't a good idea. And no, he was writing. So
if you're writing and you got to put together columns
like you gotta, and again I think it does a
great job. It's just I was amazed at how he
was able to eat popcorn. It was just, you know.

Speaker 5 (01:09:20):
By the way, high Mark's also on the Chris Cayman
reference most impressive good polls.

Speaker 2 (01:09:25):
Of the good old days. Man, those Clippers, the boy,
they were something back then. I got news for you.
When you went to a cover a Clipper game, you
could sit down low in like Section one o eight
at Staples Center. But if you went to cover a
Laker game, you were going up top. There was no
there just wasn't a lot of room there. You were

(01:09:45):
gonna sit up there, you know, in the nosebleeds to
cover the team.

Speaker 5 (01:09:48):
By the way, do you happen to remember an incident
involving Chris Cayman and a gentleman named Reggie Evans, Oh, vaguely, okay,
I'm just throwing it out, but there maybe Google it,
maybe Google it didn't report back.

Speaker 2 (01:10:03):
All right, So we will have details on the Chris
Caman Reggie Evans incident coming up here on the show.
In about ten minutes from now, we are going to
have the Divisional playoff edition of Knox Locks here on FSR.
That'll be yours. I would like to say this this
whole because we were having the conversation earlier about Sean

(01:10:23):
mcvay's motivated because of the way Ben Johnson, you know,
treated Matt Lafleur, and Matt lafleur' is like Sean mcvay's
best friend in coaching, and Peter Schrager was reporting that
Sean McVay, you know, or that Ben Johnson, his treatment
of Matt Lafleur has really pissed off the McVeigh coaching tree,
and Steven A. Smith is saying that all those guys

(01:10:44):
can't stand Ben Johnson. It's like this, The whole thing
is ridiculous. Like it, it's got nothing to do with
what's going to happen in the game tomorrow night. It's
got zero to do with it. Nobody cares like it
just sounds like a bunch of rich kids who don't
like the new kid in town. But here's what they
have to understand, and what people on the outside of

(01:11:06):
Chicago have to understand. Ben Johnson and the way that
he has handled all of this and how this year
is gone is exactly what the team needed. He's exactly
what the franchise needed. He's exactly what the organization needed.
Because while I was making the point earlier that the
Giants keep the company of teams like the Jets and

(01:11:28):
the Browns and all that, so do the Bears. They've
been bad for a long time. And so this idea
that while he's not doing it the right way and
he's not handling it the right way to no, no,
he's handling it the right way. This is exactly how
it should be. F the Packers f that, oh, you know,

(01:11:48):
pissed off Sean McVay. I don't like the way he
treated Matt Lafleur. And then the next day they're asking
Ben Johnson like, Hey, what are your thoughts on that?
Did you hear any get any feedback from the owner?
He's like, no, we're on the same page. I don't
like that team. Sorry, I don't like that team. When
Lovey Smith first got hired in Chicago, at his introductory
press conference, he said, our goal is to beat Green Bay.

(01:12:11):
That was the first thing he said. Set a tone
right there. Set a tone right there. So when Ben
Johnson takes over and he says, yeah, I enjoyed beating
Matt Lafleur twice a year, he's setting a tone. It's
something personal against Matt lafleor it's something personal. He's setting
a tone. We're awful. We need something to rally around here,

(01:12:36):
like we got to get fired up somehow. And if
that's the way I got to do it, then that's
the way I got to do it. And if I
got to be you know, the windshield and and and
take all the all you know, all the shots from
everybody and and and protect dudes from from you know,
in the car, then I got that's what I got
to do. That's the way this whole thing goes. He
recognizes that, he understands that, he knows the history of

(01:12:59):
the organism. He's got to make a statement. He's got
to set a tone, and that's exactly what he did.
Let's go live to our I have a thought on
Ben Johnson inside of Christopher for the latest christ.

Speaker 8 (01:13:09):
Just as someone who covered the Lions too, I feel
like something it gets lost in this too is like this.
This feels genuine as well, because I always remember there
was a I think it was the pre his last
year with Detroit they went for on a fourth down
on Thursday night against the Packers and you could see
Matt Lafleur stared down Ben Johnson and Dan Campbell on
the sideline and you could see him I could read

(01:13:30):
his lips going fu like this. This feels like it's
been going back and forth with these two for for
before Chicago, and Chicago's allowed him to lean into this
as well.

Speaker 2 (01:13:39):
Oh of course, but like that and that's but there's
nothing wrong with it. No, we're we're we're talking about
like a cheating scandal. We were just a bad organization.

Speaker 8 (01:13:49):
We were just talking in here, like what's what's the
first thing if you get hired at Ohio State, the
first thing they the press asks you is how are
you going to beat Michigan?

Speaker 5 (01:13:56):
Are you beat how much you hate Michigan.

Speaker 2 (01:13:57):
It's it's the same thing. It's a big rivalry, and
so like you can go back to twenty eighteen like
when Matt Naggie first got there and the Bears are
good and you know, they won the division and Naggie
won Coach of the Year. There was a lot of
similarities between what Matt Naggy did the first year and
what Ben Johnson was doing. The difference is this feels sustainable.

(01:14:21):
Matt Naggy felt like there was a lot of smoke
and mirrors. You had the double doink in the playoff game.
All of the breaks that they didn't get back then
they're getting now. And people could say, well, you know
it's luck, it's this okay, fine, whatever you want to
call it, but you need things to go your way

(01:14:41):
to have success. Any team that makes a run anything
like whoever wins the Super Bowl this year, you're going
to look back at a game in the postseason or
a game during the regular season that completely changed the
tide of things and it was one moment here or
there where they got to bounce, or they got a break,
or something went their way. Ben Johnson's trying to set
the tone, dude. He's trying to set the tone and

(01:15:01):
help out an organization that's been a doormat in that
division for years. At the Jonas Knox on X at
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(01:15:23):
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it now now Knox Locks. All right, so before we
look ahead, gotta look back, gotta look back on what
happened last week in Knox Locks. We had wild Card

(01:16:48):
weekend in the NFL, and for some reason we thought
the Rams being a ten point favorite meant that the
Rams were going to go in and stomp on Carolina,
only to find out no, they nearly lost that game outright,
So that was a loss for us. We had the
Bears later on Saturday night on Amazon Prime getting two

(01:17:09):
and a half points hosting the Green Bay Packers and
somehow someway and what looked to be an zero to
two start on Saturday for us last weekend turned into
a one in one start Bears plus two and a half.
We also had the Bills plus a point and a
half at Jacksonville on Sunday. We hit there the Philadelphia Eagles.

(01:17:29):
For any of you that bet on them during the
course of the season, it was very volatile. I could
count myself as one of those Eagles minus five and
a half was a dumb pick. We also had the
Chargers getting three and a half points, equally dumb. They
lost that game, but we did have the Texans minus
three on Monday Night Football against the Pittsburgh Steelers. So overall,

(01:17:50):
three and three, not great, not bad, middle of the
road five hundred mediocre. Three and three to open up
the NFL playoffs for this season. But right now it's
time for now Bills and Broncos, and by now I
mean the divisional playoffs in the NFL. This weekend, we

(01:18:13):
heard from Justin Cooper, diehard Denver Bronco fan. He called
us from Mile High. He loves the Broncos. He loves
the Denver Broncos in this spot, especially when the Broncos
are only favored by a point and a half. The
problem is he had been drinking. I'm gonna go with
the Bills getting a point and a half. This just
feels like Josh Allen's year to finally make a legitimate

(01:18:37):
run at this whole thing without Patrick Mahomes getting in
the way. Give me the Bills plus a point and
a half at Mile.

Speaker 1 (01:18:43):
High forty nine ers at Seahawks.

Speaker 2 (01:18:48):
I'm gonna go with Seattle here. I tend to side
with doctor David Shao here. I know that the oblique
injury is a problem for Sam Darnold. I don't think
it's going to be a problem enough for Seattle not
to take control of this game. San Francisco's two banged up.
It's been a great story, but I think it ends
with the Seahawks. And depending on where you shop, it
could be seven, it could be six and a half

(01:19:09):
by the time the game kicks off. But I like
Seattle getting it done in front of their home crowd
in Seattle. Texans at Patriots, I'm gonna go with Houston
getting three and a half points on the road at
the New England Patriots. I think the Texans, who have
the best defense in the NFL, figure out a way
to slow down Drake may in that offense, and you

(01:19:30):
just need CJ. Strout to make a couple of plays.
That's all. Just make a couple of plays. Don't be
so turnover prone. Nico Collins being out as a problem.
But I think at the very least Houston keeps it close.
I like the Texans, Rams and Bears. I'm gonna take
the Bears. I'm getting four and a half points in
the conditions. Matthew Stafford, according to Jim Cantoya the Weather Channel,

(01:19:51):
one in nine in his career when playing in temperatures
under forty degrees. It's well under forty in this game.
I got the Bears at home. And that is the
conclusion of today's show here on FSR. It's been a
fun one. Thanks for hanging out. We'll be here next Saturday.
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