Jonas Knox Talks NFL Free Agency Moves, Previews March Madness & More!

Today on Jonas Knox Show, Jonas hits on all of the biggest storylines from around the NFL as the first wave of free agency wraps up. Where will Aaron Rodgers sign? Do Darnold and Kupp move the needle for Seattle? Later, Aaron Torres joins the show to help Jonas put a bow on the conference tournaments and look ahead to March Madness!

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So at a four pm Eastern time, obviously, our show
will go off the air. You'll be able to get
the podcast shortly after. Check out anything you may have
missed throughout the course of the show. But at four
pm Eastern time, what else are you going to be doing?
You know, only what are you gonna be doing? I'm
assuming you'll still be listening to Fox Sports Radio. You'll

(01:11):
be doing your your day, like what I mean, listen,
everybody's got stuff going on. It's Saint Patti's Day weekend.
Maybe you're getting an early start on things. It's two
days away, but you know, why not why not start
licking the lid right now? But at four pm Eastern time,
whatever you're doing, it will not be as noteworthy as
what Kirk Cousins is doing, because you know what Kirk

(01:33):
Cousins is going to do at four pm Eastern time?
Ho hum, just your run of the mill ten million
dollar roster bonus that's due at that time for this
upcoming year. You know, like, hey, why not? Why not?

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I mean, if you're if you're the Atlanta Falcons at
this point, why the hell not. Look around the NFL.
Everybody is on Aaron Rodgers watch. The Giants won him,
the Steelers want him, maybe the Vikings all that, like
everyone's waiting around, Russell Wilson's waiting around, and the Atlanta

(02:17):
Falcons are like, hey, listen, man, we already committed up
to this point, like a hundred million dollars in the guy.
I mean, if we can get something on the trademarket form, cool,
if not, we'll just roll with him and be a
veteran backup to Michael Pennix. And meanwhile, Kirk Cousins is like, well,
I talk to Arthur Blank, I'd like to go play elsewhere,

(02:40):
but since you're gonna keep me around, okay, fine, I'll
take the extra ten million. And I'm not even gonna
go down the route of what he's done to earn
his ten million back. Like, first of all, Kirk Cousins
had a good career. He' said a good career. He's
been a good quarterback. People can say whatever they want.
They could talk about the playoffs success all of that, like,

(03:00):
you know, we pick and choose when it's a quarterback
stat and when it's not, we do that whole thing
and do that whole you know, song and dance in
discussing whether or not Kirk Cousins was a good Kirk
Cousins had a good career, good career. Kirk Cousins has
also had a great career at the bank. Warren Sharp

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put together a fun little list of guaranteed money that
kirk Cousins has made. Right now, keep in mind, this
is not just the guaranteed contracts he got from Minnesota,
the money he got guaranteed from the Atlanta Falcons after
the fact. Keep in mind he was franchise tagged twice.
Washington had an opportunity to lock the cage and not

(03:49):
let the wild check cashing animal of Kirk Cousins run loose.
Washington had a chance. What do they do, well, just
franchise him a couple of times. Okay, just under twenty
million dollars fully guaranteed in twenty sixteen, just under twenty
four million dollars, fully guaranteed in twenty seventeen, eighty four million,

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fully guaranteed in twenty eighteen, sixty six, fully guaranteed in
twenty twenty thirty five, fully guaranteed in twenty twenty two,
one hundred, fully guaranteed in twenty twenty four. I mean,
say whatever the hell you want about the guy. No issues,

(04:34):
no drama other than you know him and Mike Zimmer
almost coming to blows on the sideline whatever. Like I said,
no issues whatsoever. He's been a good quarterback on the
field and a great quarterback at the bank. So congratulations,
Kirk Cousins. At four Eastern time, you will officially be
doing something that none of us can relate to good

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for you at the Jonas ni X at the Jonas
Knocks on ax A right, speaking of rich you know
what bothers me is when people have a lot of
something and then look around and say, yeah, I don't
really know what to do. I don't really know what

(05:18):
to do. Like you learned this early on, Like I
could remember, you know, helping my dad out. I would
go to work with my dad, and my dad was
a total workaholic. Gee, wonder where I got it from.
And I remember going to work with my dad and
my dad telling me, hey, there's never nothing to do.

(05:38):
There's always something to do. Whenever you're here. There's something
to pick up. There's trash, there's sweeping, there's this, there's that, Like,
there's always something to do. I don't want to hear
there's nothing to do. I don't want to hear your board.
There's always something to do. And I remember that for
the rest of my life. Every job I ever had,
this job, restaurant, jobs, whatever, there was all always something

(06:00):
to do. And it's kind of like what's going on
with the Cincinnati Bengals just kind of you know, maybe
maybe not me, you know, hey, maybe we'll maybe well,
we'll bring back Trey Hendrickson and maybe not. You know how,

(06:20):
we're trying to figure it out with Jamar Chase and
trying to figure it out with T Higgins. Like the
latest report is, hey, the Bengals are you know, the
Bengals are close to locking up T Higgins and Jamar Chase.
You know it could be days away. It's like, oh, okay, okay,
got it, got it, got it, Okay, what about Trey Hendrickson. Yeah,
I'm still trying to sip if I'm one of these

(06:43):
other teams in the NFL, I'm looking at the Cincinnati
Bengals going, dude, just get it done, Like, just get
it done. This whole waffling around and trying to figure
out whether or not we this is such an obvious
thing to do. It's so obvious. Yeah, but I mean,
these are contracts and there's million dollars, and you've got

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other teams in the league can figure this stuff out.
Other teams in the league seemingly are able to figure
out how this was. Joe Burrow even said it on
a podcast he was on with Pardon My Take, and
even said, I mean, yeah, you know, the Eagles seem
to kind of figure how this thing all works. Reually,
not that big of a deal. The Eagles go out

(07:30):
and they sign somebody or restructure a contract or last
off season, it was DeVante Smith, it was Jalen Hurts,
it was aj Brown, it was all of these deals.
Get Saquon Barkley, they restructured his deal, All of these
deals get done, and the Bengals are like, I mean, well, dude,

(07:52):
every single team in the NFL not named who, Kansas City,
Buffalo would trade you in a heartbeat to have your
issues or your problems. Jamar Chase is gonna get what
forty forty one million dollars? Who knows what t Higgins

(08:14):
is gonna get. Trey Hendrickson led the league in sacks
last year, And the Bengals are just trying to figure
out what to do. We're not really sure what. No,
it's pretty easy what to do. You figure out how
you can maximize the window that you have with Joe
Burrow pretty simple. Actually, whatever that takes, if that takes restructuring,

(08:37):
whatever that takes, you figure it out. But the Bengals
are walking around and it's like all these updates like, oh,
the Bengals might do this. You know, they're talking to
the combine, they're talking before the ooh, the Bengals, they
might be going in this direction. Hey, just days away
from it, Like, no, would you just get it done?

(08:58):
Stop walking around it what there is to do? Stop
walking around wondering why? No, this is what you do.
You get these guys locked up, You figure out a
way to keep Trey Hendrickson, and then you focus on
the draft. Every team in the league either figures this

(09:18):
out or looks at the Bengals and go, I mean,
we'll trade you because we would figure out a way
to make this work. Not a problem if this was Philly.
Is there any question whatsoever whether or not a deal's
done at all? No, you got the deal done. It's

(09:39):
over all. Both guys locked up, Trey Hendrickson locked up, done.
We're good here. Instead, since he's kind of moping around,
we really hoping this works out, you know, just not no,
just get it done. People are fatigued by it. They're
tired of hearing daily updates on whether or not the
Bengals are going to keep their big three. Just keep

(10:01):
them and we can all move on with our lives.
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hour two of the program. Why do I call him
the taxman? He's Aaron Torres because everyone says this time
of year is tax season. My ass, it's NCAA tournament season,
and Aaron Torres is the Taxman. He will be joining
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(10:45):
little bit of a lie. They told a lie. But
you know what, it's okay. It's okay to be honest,
even if it pisses a lot of people off. You'll
hear from him next year on FSR.

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Speaker 2 (11:10):
Jonas Knox Fox Sports Radio coming up in a little
over ten minutes from now here from the tire rack
dot Com studios. You know, there's somebody in the National
Football League. I think they're pissed. I'll be honest with you.
I think they're pissed and probably not a great idea

(11:32):
to get this person pissed. We'll explain who that is
again a little over ten minutes from now here on FSR. So,
Miles Garrett has re signed with the Cleveland Browns. You know,
highest paid non quarterback. That'll I think that's he still
has that title. Maybe that change. Max Crosby had it,

(11:53):
then Miles Garrett had it. Jamar Chase will probably have it,
you know, as soon as the Bengals get around to realizing,
you know, they've got some than to work with in
Cincinnati that may lead to a Super Bowl. But nonetheless,
Miles Garrett is a member of the Cleveland Browns for
the foreseeable future, and he should be like, if you're
the Browns, you could not afford to lose Miles Garrett. Now,

(12:16):
there's been some rumblings that, you know, he's got a
little bit of an issue with tardiness. He's late to
team meetings, he's late to this he's that, you know,
maybe maybe a little bit more of a pain in
the ass behind the scenes than what we know of,
but outside of that, maybe and clubbing Mason Rudolph over

(12:36):
the head with his helmet because and then after the fact,
saying that Mason Rudolph, you know, used some sort of
a slur that nobody else anywhere on the field, anybody
nearby herd except for Miles Garrett. I just get a
little weird of how that happens. But nonetheless, Miles Garrett's
going to be a Cleveland Brown moving forward. And you know,

(12:59):
he totally little bit of a lie yesterday while speaking
with the media, but we're going to go ahead and
exonerate him following this statement that you were about to
hear yesterday in.

Speaker 3 (13:13):
Cleveland, I had some frustration, and no I feel like
that that helped us grow and have conversations that were
difficult but I need to be had, and that created
a little bit more discourse, helped build some relationships and
reinfirm them. And now I feel like we're in a
better place and now we can we can move on

(13:34):
and grow from there. I think the fans will see that.
You know, my heart's in the right place. It's never
been about money. It's always been about winning, and that's
where my frustration lies.

Speaker 2 (13:46):
Well, that's a lie. Look, of course it's about the money. Like,
of course it is, because if it was all about winning,
you wouldn't still want to be there. I mean that's
you know that. Look, I mean he's been in the

(14:07):
playoffs a couple of times, like you know, they've like,
i mean, they've been there a couple of times, a
couple of times, but like they're not. This is not
about super Bowls. That's over. Jimmy Haslam made sure to

(14:29):
take care of that. He like, he made sure that
there would be no Super Bowls in the near future.
That he did so by setting the franchise back, you know,
a good ten years or so, by giving Deshaun Watson
the money he gave him, bringing him in and seeing
it turn into what it's turned into. So like, this

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is clearly not about money at all, because it can't be.
That's impossible. I mean, that's like, that's that's impossible. It's like,
you know, walking by a homeless guy taking a nap
on a sidewalk. It's like, hey man, what are you
doing there? Oh, it's comfortable. No, it ain't like it's not.

(15:14):
But it's okay. Listen, if you're Miles Garrett, it's okay.
It's okay to just come out and say this was
about money, like you know, I want it out. And
then they handed me a page a check. I looked
at the total. I said, oh, yeah, we're good here. Yeah,

(15:35):
it's fine. It's okay. There's nothing wrong with that. If
Miles Garrett came out and said, yeah, this was all
about money, that's fine. There's there's absolutely nothing wrong with it,
and nobody should be breaking his balls over it either.

(15:55):
Nobody should be getting on Miles Garrett for taking the
money and sticking around in Cleveland when he said that
he wanted out and you need to be traded, and
he wants to go chase the super Bowl and then
they throw him a bunch of cash and he's like, nah,
I'll stick her. That's okay. I got news for you.
If I'm on a plane and we're about to go

(16:17):
down and I ask somebody on that plane for a
double IPA, I don't want to hear anything other than yes, sir,
Like you don't have the right to tell me what

(16:41):
I need to do. In a crisis situation that probably
is going to end poorly for everybody. Like if I
look over to somebody working on the flight and say, hey, listen,
can I get a double IPA and they say no, no, no,
not right now, I'd say no, no, no, absolutely right now.
We're about to wear it into the side of that mountain.

(17:02):
I'd like to get a buzz before I go out
of here. That's it. I'm not asking for a whole
lot here. If I've got to deal with the situation
that is being presented to me, I'd at least like
some little bit of a reward. I'm sorry. Maybe that's heartless,
maybe that's selfish. I'd like to be rewarded. I'd like

(17:24):
to reward myself in a moment of crisis, crisis, Miles
Garrett is looking at this situation in Cleveland going, we're awful,
like and it ain't getting better seemingly anytime soon. So

(17:45):
if that's the case, I'd like to be paid. I'm sorry.
I maybe that seems like I'm being selfish and it's
about the money and not the Super Bowls. But look, man, like,
if I'm gonna go if I'm gonna go down I'm
going down with a lot of money in my back pocket.
Like it is what it is. And there's certain people

(18:07):
that they make these comments or they say these things,
and it's like, yeah, I totally understand, totally get it.
Anthony Rendon of the Angels, people got pissed at him
a couple of years ago because he said, yeah, look man,
like you know, baseball is not my priority, like my family,
my faith, that's my priority. Baseball, you know, just a game, Like,

(18:28):
oh my god, it's disgusting. He's only played this amount
of games and he's always injured and he's got a
bad attitude. And he yeah, he's also got a couple
hundred million dollars in the bank, and that probably is,
you know, the right priority to have. It should be
third to your family and your faith. Probably probably, it's
nothing wrong with that.

Speaker 1 (18:49):
There's nothing wrong.

Speaker 2 (18:49):
With coming out and just being honest. Miles Garrett should
have said it yesterday. Yeah, this was absolutely about the money. Absolutely,
I did want out of here. And then I looked
at it and I said, what's going to be worth
more thirty years from now? My Super Bowl ring? That
is a big question mark. Or you know, the couple

(19:12):
hundred million dollars I'm going to have to pass down
from generation to generation to generation. I don't blame him. Dude,
get paid. If they're offering it, you sign the deal.
And he should not be criticized. He should not be
looked at differently like, oh, yeah, it was all a

(19:32):
ploy to get more money.

Speaker 3 (19:33):
It was.

Speaker 2 (19:34):
Look, there probably wasn't a little part of him that
was like, yeah, I'd like to go win a super Bowl.
Who wouldn't in the NFL, of course, of course. But
then all of a sudden you start seeing how many
commas are in that check and how far that's going
to go, and you go, yeah, whatever, listen, I'll take it.
That's fine, it's all good. Yeah, listen, Look, I know

(19:56):
that that, you know, what we did at quarterback was
just an awful decision that completely screwed us of having
a chance to win a super Bowl or pursuing it. Listen,
I get it, I totally get it. And you know,
you know, we're in a division with like, you know,
an MVP multiple times over another guy who's probably gonna
win an MVP, and the Steelers who just no matter

(20:18):
who they have a quarterback just somehow figure out a
way to make the playoffs. So we're going to be
like the bottom feeders in this division. And that's just
our division. That's not including Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes
who are also in the same conference. But listen, look,
I just want to get paid and there's nothing wrong
with that, nothing wrong with it. And nobody should give
him a side eye or a weird look, just like

(20:39):
nobody should give you a side eye or a weird look.
If you're on that flight you're about to head butt
a mountain and you look over to somebody on the
plane and say, can I get a Jack Daniels actually
make that three or four? I'd like to be a
little comfortable for the landing. Here, Jonas Knox here Fox
Sports Radio at the Jonas Knox on X at the

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I believe is going to be pissed off. I believe
that you are going to be pissed off. We'll explain
who that is in the NFL here momentarily, but for
all the latest from around the world of sports ladies

(22:02):
and gentlemen. A man who don't listen. Don't even ask
him what he thinks of you. Just assume that you're
beneath him, because pretty accurate in the sports talk radio landscape.
He's the wine.

Speaker 4 (22:19):
You're closer to my level than most out there, Jonas,
but you are still beneath me.

Speaker 2 (22:23):
He's the only He's Sir, Isaac Lonkar.

Speaker 4 (22:28):
By the way, as usual, you have served as an
inspiration for morbid curiosity with your talk about potential airplane
crashes as you would, you know, as you would talk
about it headbutting a mountain, which is a pretty unique terminology.

(22:50):
You reminded me of a story about this is many
many years ago, but a professional sports team was on
its charter flight and unfortunately it looked like they potentially
could be, you know, crashing. So as this, as this

(23:10):
is going on, how can I put this as delicately
as possible? Jonas, one of the married players on the
team started ripping up his little black book. You get
what I'm saying. Oh, so well this, Yeah, this married
player did not want to be found in the wreckage

(23:33):
with his little black book nearby, so he started tearing
it into pieces. So thankfully, the plane made a miraculous
recovery and continued to fly, And when it was obvious
that they were fortunately out of the woods, the married
player went back to the garbage can where he had

(23:56):
tossed the pieces of his black book, only to find
several of his teammates already there, sifting through the scraps
to try and ascertain the information listed therein Okay, all right,
and you're not gonna tell us who this is, right,
I've been sworn to secrecy. But that is your alleged
infidelity aviation update for the day. No, no, no, no, no, no,

(24:22):
come on, I'm not even gonna tell you off the air.

Speaker 2 (24:24):
Okay, all right, so I just want to ask this.
Don't tell me who it is. Just give me their
Twitter handle.

Speaker 4 (24:31):
Let's put it this way. It happened so long ago,
it actually predated social media.

Speaker 2 (24:35):
Okay, which which team was it?

Speaker 4 (24:37):
You're only a two hour show. You're not gonna you're
You're not gonna get me to.

Speaker 2 (24:41):
Break You can't tell me what team it is.

Speaker 4 (24:42):
I'm not even gonna tell you the sport it is.

Speaker 2 (24:46):
Why not?

Speaker 4 (24:48):
I've already said too much.

Speaker 2 (24:49):
All Right, I'm gonna I'm gonna say it's a member
of the Lakers.

Speaker 4 (24:53):
I have no comment. You're not You're not gonna break me.
Who do you think that's?

Speaker 1 (24:57):
Who?

Speaker 4 (24:57):
Do you think I am? Steve Hartman.

Speaker 5 (25:01):
Sack?

Speaker 2 (25:02):
I mean, let me tell you this, I remember. Yeah. Look, well,
if anybody wants to hit up Isaac on Twitter, oh
here he goes, Yeah, here we'll put We'll put interrogation room.

Speaker 4 (25:13):
Don't even bother, all right, I ain't cracking. San Francisco
forty nine Ers, bringing back nine time Pro Bowl full
back Kyle Yuschek Race, signing with him for two years
and eight million dollars. In the Los Angeles Chargers signing
former Philadelphia Eagles offensive guard Mackay Beckton to a two year,
twenty million dollar deal. In college basketball, Villanova today fired

(25:34):
head coach Kyle Neptune after three seasons. In the America
East Conference Tournament Championship game today, the Bryant Bulldogs defeated
Maine seventy seven to fifty nine to qualify for the
NCAA Tournament. In the MIAC Tournament Championship game, South Carolina
State of forty four to forty two over Norfolk State
eleven to fifty left in the second half sec semis

(25:55):
number eight Tennessee with a forty five to forty three
lead over third ranked Auburn thirteen and a half to
play in the second half. And in the Big Ten
semi Final Wisconsin of fifty two to forty five over
seventh rank Michigan State with thirteen minutes to play. Finally, Jonas, look,
don't kill the messenger on this one, okay, okay, all right?
In news that I am being forced to pass along.

(26:18):
TMZ reports that last night, for the first time in
over a month since the Super Bowl, Travis Kelsey and
Taylor Swift were seen in public. Yes, the lovebirds were
spotted in New York City going into a Del Frisco's
grill as they were apparently unable to get reservations at
the Yardhouse. Jonas back to you, let.

Speaker 2 (26:37):
Me look up Del Fristye. By the way, Kyle Neptune,
it was fired. Have you ever been to Neptune's Net, Isaac.

Speaker 4 (26:44):
I don't even know what that is. What is it?

Speaker 2 (26:46):
It's like a seafood restaurant in Malibu.

Speaker 4 (26:50):
You know, I've always wanted to go to Dukes in
Malibu for the hula pie, but I've never gotten a chance.
Have you ever had hula pie to Dukes?

Speaker 2 (26:58):
Yeah? I've been to Duke's a thousand times. I'm so jealous. Yeah,
been to Dukes a thousand times. So let's go live
to our I have a thought on Food Insider, Chris
perfect the latest.

Speaker 6 (27:09):
Chris seconding both Dukes and also that Neptune's net is amazing.

Speaker 4 (27:14):
So have both of you had hula pies?

Speaker 2 (27:16):
By the way, And obviously you know a lot of
those were that's that's the part that sucks about. You know,
amongst many things that happened during the fires, so many
of those places were so cool, like just cool, little
and not even look they say location is everything, like yeah,
the food's good and a lot of those spots, but

(27:38):
there was it wasn't like this corporate, beachy type vibe
to it, just like little cool spots that were all
up and down pch and so to see. Obviously those
people have to deal with all that.

Speaker 6 (27:49):
Yeah, like Neptunes that would always have like biker gangs there.
Oh yes, but I think that's that's far enough away.
And Dukes was actually safe enough because they were using
it as a as a staging area for fighter fighters.
But like Moonshadows, Oh, I was like, last time I
was out there was like a week before the fires.
I'm like, I should really go to Moonshadows. I haven't,
and I end up going to Ventura instead, And now
I'm never going to the moonshotow.

Speaker 2 (28:11):
Yes, yeah it sucks, man, Yeah, it's it's a bummer.
So hopefully uh, you know, everybody starts to uh start
to recover and all those businesses. If you can get
out there and support your local restaurants, much like in COVID.
They could use your support, so make sure you check
them out. Jonas Knox here on Fox Sports Radio at
the Jonas Knocks on X at the Jonas knockx on X.
By the way, Isaac, I was gonna ask you this

(28:32):
before you run off and uh and go like, you know,
belittle us behind our back and talk about how you
can't wait to go have to call another soccer game,
so you don't have to do this show.

Speaker 4 (28:41):
I don't. I don't run anywhere forever any reason. I
walk in the world waits for me and I have
no problem ripping you to your face.

Speaker 2 (28:52):
Okay, yeah, well let me just ask you this. Have
you ever seen.

Speaker 4 (28:57):
I don't know what do I care too?

Speaker 2 (29:01):
I'm married, all right? So have you ever seen a
pissed off Amish man? Uh?

Speaker 4 (29:10):
Does the movie Frantic Count?

Speaker 2 (29:12):
I don't.

Speaker 4 (29:12):
I don't think so. Okay, no, because they are scary strong.
They are strong, so so a smart person would not
anger them in the first place because they know that
they could. And plus they have those things that they
do to like clear stuff in the in the yard.

(29:35):
It's like a scythe I don't even know know if
that's the technical term. Yeah, so you don't want to
get them angry.

Speaker 2 (29:40):
No, No, definitely not. Well, I guess what you're saying
is that the Rams aren't smart because Cooper cup is
signed with a division rival in the Seattle Seahawks. So
I'm just saying, look, man, the way he mess First
of all, he looks amish. Let's let's go ahead and
point that out. Secondly, the way that he took to
social media following his conversations with the Rams, before they'd

(30:04):
even made anything official, before anything had come out in
public or whatever, and he was the one who took
the first step towards Hey, apparently they don't want me anymore.
I want to stick around, they don't want me, et cetera,
et cetera. And now he signs with the Seahawks. Obviously
there's the local tie. He's from Eastern Washington, he went
to school there. But the fact that he signed with

(30:26):
a division rival when you've got the Rams talking about
this youth movement, yet they went out and signed DeVante
Adams to replace him. I'm just telling you right now,
hell have no fury like a pissed off Amish man.
And the damn Rams have done it. You've done it.

Speaker 4 (30:41):
You sound a little sensitive about this topic. Have you
been the target of similar fury in the past.

Speaker 2 (30:49):
From an Amish guy?

Speaker 4 (30:50):
Yeah, sound it sounds like you're a little sensitive to this.

Speaker 2 (30:52):
No, what do I know a man like listen?

Speaker 7 (30:55):
I have no.

Speaker 2 (30:56):
I have nothing in common with Amish people at all.
And then the best part is you can talk about this.
They don't listen to the show like, they don't have
the iHeart Radio app. In fact, if you pull out
an iPhone, they think it was a UFO like they have.
No there's no but I'm just telling you they seem
like the type that you would not want to make mad.

(31:16):
You don't want to make them mad unless need and
the la Rams have pissed them off. So you're gonna
have to deal with that wrath next year twice for
at least a year. So there's that.

Speaker 4 (31:27):
I'm actually googling this right now and apparently, yeah, they
don't listen to radio, even like terrestrial radios. I'm sorry
to hear that. That sounds like a good time target
demographic for you, is all I'm.

Speaker 2 (31:41):
Saying, Isaac, A blow dryer is an assault rifle to them,
like they don't. They don't. There's there is every like electricity.
They don't even know that, Like they have no idea.
It's not even like yeah, the cars pumping get like

(32:01):
little things like they have no earthly clue.

Speaker 4 (32:04):
So that also means that they cannot troll you on Twitter.
They'd have to find some other way, okay.

Speaker 2 (32:09):
Yeah, which is like, so that for the people out
there that have those accounts that like to bury me
on social media, we at least know none of them
are amish, like we do know that, so we can,
you know, we can clear them of any wrongdoing in
this whole situation. But are you sure about the positive?
Congratulations to Cooper Cup going back home and he's going
to get some revenge on the Rams next year at

(32:30):
the Jonas Knox on X. At the Jonas Knox on
X coming up next here from the ti Raq dot
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(32:50):
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This is very obvious. We'll explain what that is coming
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Speaker 1 (33:36):
There are so many stories in the world of sports,
and most of them are a complete waste of time.
Dmzer reports, let's get kinky. Here's some of the big
stories from the last week. But Jonas, the real question
is do you care?

Speaker 2 (33:51):
And for that we turn it over to our executive
producer Bo Benson to find out what the hell people
have been talking about all week.

Speaker 5 (33:57):
Bo So Marvin Harrison Junior, the current wide receiver. Him
and Fanatics finally settled their legal dispute, meaning that you
can now purchase a Marvin Harrison junior jersey online and
in stores. Jonas, do you care?

Speaker 2 (34:11):
No? I don't care.

Speaker 4 (34:14):
I mean.

Speaker 2 (34:17):
Why why was he the only one that had this issue?
Like what was the problem? Like everybody else like you
could get there? Like how long did you have to
wait for Fanatics to send you your Caleb Williams jersey?

Speaker 5 (34:28):
Quite a while? Quite a while?

Speaker 2 (34:29):
Yeah, but like Marvin Harrison Junior is like, no, not me.
It's just like the whole thing's weird. It just I
never understood. It didn't make any sense to me at
the time, but it still does it.

Speaker 5 (34:39):
Next, the Dallas Mavericks have lost guard Dante Exum to
a broken bone in his hand. Uh, you know, they
needed they needed something to take him down a pig. Jonas,
Do you care?

Speaker 2 (34:50):
I mean no, I don't care, And I just you know,
I do. Wonder if you're Jerry Jones and the Cowboys,
do you look at what's happening to the Mavericks and
you're like, hey, all right, so people are gonna be
looking at the football season even earlier this year. Okay,

(35:10):
all right, I see what's happening here, because look, the
MAVs were just in the NBA Finals, the Texas Rangers
just won a World Series not long ago, and the
Dallas Cowboys have been mediocre with a bunch of hype
for years and years now. So Jerry Jones is probably
looking around going all right, okay, so this is not

(35:31):
a bad thing, So we can drag out this Micah
Parsons contract even longer because they've got nothing else to
worry about in the city.

Speaker 5 (35:37):
Next, during a disturbed concert at the United Center, the
Chicago Bulls championship banners were damaged and will no longer
be on display for the rest of the season. Jonas,
do you care?

Speaker 4 (35:48):
Uh?

Speaker 2 (35:49):
Yeah, hell, I love it here.

Speaker 5 (35:51):
I believe it was pyrotechnics.

Speaker 2 (35:52):
Yeah, what, Well, I'll say this, if a disturbed concert
is ruining championship banners, I wouldn't have any. If I
was a team out there that had some sort of
banner hanging up in the ceiling, I wouldn't invite Ramstein
out anytime soon. For anybody that's ever seen a Ramstein

(36:12):
concert before, it's basically fourth of July on steroids. Whatever
you think you sought the Disturbed concert. It's that times
a thousand, so it's unfortunate, but you know, I'm sure
they'll get that figured out. And by the way, they
should be looking after those banners as much as you

(36:33):
possibly can. It's probably the last time anybody in that
city's gonna win a title.

Speaker 5 (36:37):
Next, USC women's basketball star Juju Watkins has signed a
deal with Fanatics and Fanatics Collectibles. It'll include branded memorabilia,
autographed cards, and game where memorabilia inserted into trading cards. Jonas,
do you care?

Speaker 3 (36:51):
No?

Speaker 2 (36:51):
Next, I'm here to tell you right now, we don't care.

Speaker 5 (36:55):
Sho Heo Tani and the Dodgers played this morning. Last
night whatever it is, against the Yomiuri Giants at the
Tokyo Dome. Otani crushed a home run. I was packed
in there, Jonas, I don't know if you've seen any
the videos, but yeah, so tany meany over there in Japan.

Speaker 2 (37:10):
Even Oh yeah, of course I care. Even those guys
taking batting practice. There was like ten thousand people just
hanging out watching practice like they had to be there.
They wanted to see it. By the way, can I
call out somebody here? Steve Disager is.

Speaker 5 (37:24):
A Homer, Oh yeah, explain why.

Speaker 2 (37:28):
So I'm like, Disagre does a great job. He sends
over like the rundown of like the top sports stories,
and it's fantastic because if there's anything you missed or
you needed a sort of a summarized edition of what
happened in a game or an event or something like that,
Disagre does a great job. All the anchors do a
great job sending this stuff out. And so I'm reading
through Steve's last night and way down at the bottom

(37:49):
of his news feed from last night, he writes the following,
the Cubs lost their exhibition tonight in Japan three to
nothing to the han Shin Tigers. In parenthese, Cubs offense
three for twenty nine. Okay, Steve, Steve got it. We
got it, buddy, Cubs and Dodgers are playing in a
couple of days. We get it. You don't need to

(38:11):
take a knife out and put it in their back next.

Speaker 5 (38:15):
Uh, what you know, I missed last week's show to
head over to Arizona, go to Ryan Bershing's Ryan Berschinger's
bachelor party. Geez, say that's three times.

Speaker 2 (38:24):
Even made off, says Connor McGregor.

Speaker 5 (38:26):
McGregor Jonas, Do you care.

Speaker 2 (38:31):
Yes, of course I care. All right, Tobo, we got
to find out some stuff here. I have three important questions.
Number one, did you guys drink? Yeah, of course, Okay,
all right, So that's number one. You guys got after
a little bit. Number two, did you guys get to
enjoy any spring training any of these sights and sounds

(38:53):
that Arizona has.

Speaker 5 (38:54):
Went to a couple of springs training games old Town.
That was a good time.

Speaker 2 (38:59):
Yeah, it's fun, man. And look, spring training, I don't
know what it's like, you know, in Florida, per se.
But spring training in Arizona, i've heard is just the
festivities are great. People are out, a lot of people
escaping cold weather cities because they want to come watch
their team and get ready for the baseball season. So
those are two of the three questions. Two of the

(39:19):
three questions that I have for you. The final question
for Bo after that bachelor party, how many people cheated
on their significant other?

Speaker 3 (39:27):
Oh?

Speaker 5 (39:28):
Zero? Come on, god.

Speaker 2 (39:29):
Damn it, you frauds. So it does appear like there's
somebody else lurking, somebody else off in the distance that
could be the reason for a delay we'll explain why
coming up here in just a couple of moments from now,
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the show talking about the latest on Kirk Cousins. Kirk
Cousins in an hour from now, less than an hour
from now, he's going to collect a ten million dollar
check from the Atlanta Falcons. That's when his bonus hits,

(40:35):
his roster bonus hits, and so he's just gonna kind
of sitting there, just kind of hanging out doing his thing.
Talk to Arthur Blank said, I would love an opportunity
to go try and be a starter or play elsewhere,
And the Falcons are like, that's cool, We're gonna go
ahead and hold ONDI you though, and if somebody wants

(40:55):
you bad enough, they can come try and trade for you. Now,
I believe that the team for Kirk Cousins that would
make the most sense for him would be the Cleveland Browns.
The Browns and Kirk Cousins makes sense because Kevin Stefanski's there.
Kevin Stefanski has a pre existing relationship with Kirk Cousins.

(41:16):
They've work together in Minnesota, and that would seemingly make
the most sense from Kirk Cousins standpoint. Now, does it
preclude the Browns from taking a quarterback in the draft.
I don't know. Probably not, depends on what Tennessee does.
Tennessee looks by all accounts that they're going to take
cam Ward and maybe the Browns go with Abdull Carter,
maybe they trade out, who knows. But Kirk Cousins in
Cleveland makes a lot of sense. But it's going to

(41:38):
be a trade that gets it done. And so you
got that, and part of the reason why the Falcons
I believe are holding on the Kirk Cousins is because
they'd like to try and facilitate a trade. They feel
like they can get something for him, because one of
these teams is going to be left holding there, you
know what, waiting on what Aaron Rodgers is gonna do.

(42:04):
As it stands right now, the Giants and the Steelers
have been talked about as the two potential landing spots
for Aaron Rodgers, and everyone says, all, you know, which
one is he gonna choose? Well, if it just if
it's really just down to the Steelers and the Giants,

(42:24):
pretty easy decision, right you go to Pittsburgh, Like if
the money is pretty similar and pretty equal, and Rogers
doesn't strike me as a guy that's going to try
and you know, tighten the screws on anybody when it
comes to a contract and all that. Like he's made
a lot of money in his career. He spoke about

(42:46):
that last year in interviews and just you know, listen,
I mean it's like, you know, I'm willing to work
with somebody I've made money. Like he doesn't appear like
that's this situation, like he's really trying to tighten the
screws on anybody financially, So all things are relatively equal
on that front. Where there's a clear difference between the

(43:07):
two teams is what do you got to work with
and what gets you closer to a super Bowl. That's
the Steelers. So for me, if Pittsburgh wants Aaron Rodgers
as bad as they do, and it really is just
down to the Steelers and the Giants, then the decision
would be simple. You go to Pittsburgh. The only reason

(43:32):
this has been made more difficult and the only reason
that this is drug on as long as it has,
is because I believe that the Minnesota Vikings, who have
been reported and rumored, is a real possibility for Rogers,
and we talked about it last week because all of

(43:53):
a sudden, whatever Pittsburgh has over the Giants, Minnesota has
over Pittsburgh and the Giants. And in fact, I don't
even know that the Giants are legitimately in the chase
or in the hunt or conversation for Rogers. I think
this is coming down to Minnesota and Pittsburgh and Rogers

(44:15):
looking at the Vikings and going, well, damn, if they
need a veteran, if they need somebody that's there because
you know, they want JJ McCarthy to have you know,
as we laid out last week, JJ McCarthy, could you know,
maybe they want a veteran in the room, They want
a veteran court. Like. If that's the case and Minnesota's
looking at that route, I think Rogers is probably looking

(44:36):
at Minnesota going, hey, I'm ready if you guys are,
But that to me is the one that makes the
most sense. And yeah, it's a little awkward and a
little weird, and maybe there's some hesitation on Rogers' part.
Maybe he looks at Minnesota and says, well, you know,
far have did the Jets, then he did the Vikings,
Do I want to go down that road? But Rogers

(44:58):
looking at Minnesota going, so, look at all that I
would have to work with, Justin Jefferson, Jordan Addison, Hawkinson,
like all that talent that's there, and you're working with
a quarterback with a coach who has been able to
guide quarterbacks that either were backups elsewhere or were journeymen

(45:21):
and have some success like what he did with Sam Darnold,
what he did like Kevin O'Connell's like one of the
more respected play callers, one of the more respected young
coaches in the NFL got one Coach of the Year
last year for a reason. So I think Rogers looks
at this and goes, yeah, the Giants are cute, and
all this comes down to Pittsburgh or Minnesota. And if

(45:45):
Minnesota is ready to go, I think Rogers would be
as well too. What's fascinating about all this, though, is
that you still got Russell Wilson kind of waiting in
the wings, got of wait in his turn, and Russell
Wilson's gonna be ay go on Aaron Rodgers. And in
the background, if Rogers decides to go the direction of Minnesota,

(46:08):
the Pittsburgh Steelers are up s creek with a toilet
paper paddle. What are they gonna do? And that's why
the Atlanta Falcons are sitting there holding on to Kirk
Cousins because they're looking around going all right, well, look
somebody's got to have There's like only a couple of

(46:28):
quarterbacks out there and like one extra chair, so somebody's
got to fill that. And Diana Rassini has been reporting that, well,
you know, teams are frustrated, they're frustrated waiting around the front.
It's like no, No, Like this is this is pretty simple.
If Minnesota wants Rogers, he probably goes there. If Rogers

(46:51):
goes to Minnesota, then Pittsburgh comes up. Pittsburgh you would
think could turn back over to Russell Wilson. The problem
is they've made it so apparent that they don't want
Russell Wilson in their decision to try and bring back
Justin Fields and not really Russell Wilson and Russell Wilson's
relationship with Arthur Smith. Then now Russell Wilson could end

(47:13):
up in New York with the Giants, the team he
talked to before he signed with Pittsburgh last year, and
then Pittsburgh is gonna what call the Atlanta Falcons and
try and make a move for Kirk Cousins. Like that's
really where this is all at. That's where these options are.
So there's a reason why this stuff is fascinating because

(47:35):
you've got a bunch of quarterbacks who are in similar
spots in their career, and you've got teams who want
quarterbacks and need quarterbacks. Because this draft class, people are
down on the quarterback class for this draft. So if
this gets done, you'd assume it would get done in
the next couple of days, possibly by the end of

(47:56):
this show. We've seen crazier things happen. But if this
gets done, and there is the potential that the Pittsburgh
Steelers are going to be asked out of this whole
thing and have to try and scramble to save face
and pick up another quarterback because they played their hands
so poorly when it came to Justin Fields and to
Russell Wilson at the Jonas Knocks On X. At the

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Jonas Knocks On X and you can hang out with
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positive feedback here and people are really happy with the show.
Peter writes in you useless bleep Boardop make that bleep.
Rogers and Kirk Cousins seem bearable by comparison you see

(48:44):
wad go f yourself. Maddie writes in listening to Jonas
the Jayoff makes me absolutely nauseous. His ball washing is

(49:08):
unparalleled and his talent is on loan from the Special Olympics.
Who thinks this garbage is entertaining the Amish? You're lucky,
Jc writes in Joni, you stupid mfor I'd assume that

(49:29):
you were on a plane that was going to crash,
you'd make out with some dude while crying your ugly
tribal tatted ass off. Please do Fox Sports a favor
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He's the tax man. If you want to have a
cheat sheet for the NCAA Tournament, We've got it for
you and he's yours next here on FSR.

Speaker 7 (50:38):
All right, First off, Jonas Knox can suck it.

Speaker 2 (50:43):
Jonas Knox Fox Sports Radio coming up a little over
ten minutes from now here from the tire Rack dot
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to win at all costs. We've got the proof that'll
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now here on FSR. Right now, though, we are going
to welcome in the tax man. Why do we call

(51:05):
him the tax man? Because this time of the year,
everybody says, well, it's tax season, you know, No, no, no,
it's NCAA tournament season. So for that we call in
our tax man. He is Aaron Torres, Fox Sports Radio
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you can listen to he and Jason Martin on Saturdays
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(51:28):
what's happening? Happy turny Weekend.

Speaker 7 (51:31):
You know what's actually really funny about that? Jonas, you
know who literally hates me more than anyone besides burdu fans,
because I called out Edie last year a lot. My
actual tax guy hates me because I never get him
my stuff until like April eleventh. I just I'm busy.
He knows it. Ironically, he's a Tennessee fan, so he's

(51:52):
probably watching this game right now and couldn't care less
about my taxes at this moment. But every single year
he has to pester me, and I always feel bad.
You know, I got my you know, my Fox Sports
radio tax form sitting five feet from me. Have not
gotten it to him. I've literally had it sitting collecting
dust for like six weeks now. So yes, I don't

(52:12):
know if you're calling me the text guy, but the
literal text guy freak. It hates my guys. If I
get audited and thrown thrown in jail, it'll be because
I was watching too much college basketball. Just let the
record show.

Speaker 2 (52:22):
Yeah, but I mean the way that jail goes now,
you'll probably be able to still watch the tournament from there.
Like what was some of the reports of how easy
some of those guys have it in certain places.

Speaker 4 (52:30):
So I mean, look in.

Speaker 7 (52:32):
Political like one second in we got a new DA
in Los Angeles. I mean, you know, so things are
turning find oh sorry, sorry, we're going off the rails.

Speaker 2 (52:40):
Are yeah, listen, and things are changing left and right.
But here's what stays the same. All Right, You've forgotten
more about college basketball than anybody knows. All right, So
I got to ask you the question, Cooper Flag, where
do we stand. I've seen that he's done for the
ACC tournament, But what's the plan moving forward this severity
of the injury. Is this just a a we think

(53:03):
we can get by the first couple of rounds and
just wait till the sweet sixteen to bring him back,
or what do you think the plan is thereon Durham?

Speaker 7 (53:10):
Yeah, you know, I thought, you know, I was filling
in for Cavino and Rich with Dan Bayer the day
that that injury happened. I thought Dan brought up a
great point is that I think John Shier has to
pretend like it's a day to day injury because you know,
the committee can see like if you have an injury
that is going like basically, if the team that has

(53:32):
built the resume to this point has an injury and
you'll have a different team in the tournament than you've
had throughout the season, the committee can punish you for
that or not punish you. But I think they're just
being realistic about what kind of team you are. And
so you know, the most famous one is obviously Kenny
Martin in two thousand, you know, the Cincinnati number one

(53:52):
seed breaks his leg in the conference tournament, he's out
for the year, and they fill to a two seed whatever.
I bring it up because I think Whiches have got
smarter about this, and so John Shires saying all the
right things, Oh, you know whatever, we'll see da da
da da. He's done. He's not playing tonight. You know.
My thought process is that if you can't beat a

(54:13):
sixteen seed without him, then you have nobody to blame
but the twelve thirteen guys in that locker room besides him.
I'd be surprised, you know, they play. They're gonna play
in Raleigh next week, which is a Friday Sunday regional.
So my guess is that they would probably I can't
I don't want say. I would expect him most likely
back for that second round game. And what's interesting about

(54:36):
it is if you actually just look at some of
these brackets, there could be some intriguing second round matchups.
You know, Yukon right now, the few time defending champ
is projected as an eight seed, nine seed somewhere in there,
you know, so there's gonna be good teams that you're
gonna have to play. I would be stunned. If he
played tonight, I would be pseudo stunned. If he played
in the opening round, I would expect him back to

(54:57):
that second round.

Speaker 2 (54:58):
By the way, speaking of Yukon, there's nothing I like
more than red ass Dan Hurley just openly frustrated and
flustered with questions post game, you know, sounding off earlier
this year. I know you're a Yukon guy through and through.
Dan Hurley so much fun, man, He's so much fun.

Speaker 7 (55:17):
He had a great line the other day. I'm trying
to remember what it was. He said something about basically
there was like a Freudian slip by the broadcast, the announcer,
the reporter, and he purposely played into it. But I
can't remember exactly what he said. But now listen, all
I'll say is, you know, listen, and he said this,

(55:37):
and I think he's right. Doesn't matter what I think,
or what Jonas Knox thinks, or what anybody. It surely
doesn't matter what a Tennessee fan things, the Duke fan
things whatever. His players love him, the player's parents love him.
And he wins at an insanely high level too. That's
the other thing. And so you know, there's been some
stuff this year, like when he literally screamed to a ref,

(55:58):
I'm the best effing guy in this sport, or don't
fig on me. You know, I thought it was a
little bit much, you know. I thought that was you know,
maybe there was a point to get across without saying that,
But no, And you know, the other thing too, I'll
just say really quick, I think other coaches like respect
him too, is that it's not an act, it's who
he is. You know. I had a buddy of mine

(56:20):
who's a former coach in the building last night who's like,
I love this guy. I love what he stands for.
And I think the last thing I would say, I know,
I'm going along here, but he's true to himself, man,
and like, there's nothing worse like be who you are.
I don't care if it's Bill Belichick and you don't
answer questions, I don't care if it's you know whatever.

(56:40):
The one thing we none of us like in sports
is a total phony. And the one thing you can't
say about Dan Hurley. He is one hundred percent himself
all the time. And like I said, as long as
his players like playing for him, as long as his parents,
you know, the parents like having their Son's playform. That's
ultimately all that really matters.

Speaker 4 (56:57):
He's erin.

Speaker 2 (56:57):
Tory's joining us here on Fox Sports Radio of the
Aaron Torres Podcast. You can also hear him and Jason
Martin coming up later on tonight eleven pm Eastern Time.
Just going back on the Cooper flag conversation, I remember
watching a game earlier this year against Kentucky, and I
think it might have been like the third or fourth
game of the season, and late in the game, down
the stretch, they gave him the ball, he turned it

(57:18):
over a little like he looked like a freshman in
that spot, late game against Kentucky, a blue blood all
of that, And I've talked about this with Brady Quinn.
Throughout the course of the year, he noticeably got better
and better, and it was like you watch that game,
you fast forward a month later and you're like, it

(57:40):
looks like a different player, Like I don't know, when's
the last time I've seen that where you've seen a
guy come in look the part of a freshman, and
then by the time the regular season was over looked
like the best player in the sport. How good is he?
And how do you think that translates to the next level.

Speaker 7 (57:57):
Look at you, Jonas hoops over here. I mean, we're
gonna have to, you know, get you your own podcast
or something.

Speaker 3 (58:05):
Like it.

Speaker 7 (58:07):
Dude, it's a very observant point by you, and one
I agree. I actually thought at the beginning of the year,
you know what I really thought it was is that
I thought he was trying to too much. And I
guess this is in some ways a credit to him,
like fit in and be one of the guys, and
like defer and like I might be the number one pick,
but you know, it's not about me, and like that's

(58:28):
a very admirable and noble thing. And you know, the
one thing I'll say about college hoops is, you know,
because of just the way the calendar falls, these teams
get a lot of time off during the holiday season.
You know, they usually they'll play that big Thanksgiving tournament,
They'll have a game or two in early December, and
then you know, don't really have about two weeks off between,

(58:49):
like finals week, which is mid December, and then obviously
conference play ramps up around January one. And you know,
listen the stories that they tell on TV, I don't
know how much of it is true and how much
of it is. But basically, by all accounts, you know,
dude stayed in Durham and just you know, listen, like
the cliche, like got in the gym and just you know,
put in the work. You know, one the kids said

(59:10):
he cossed in and cossed out. You know, it's like,
but but it is. It's true, is that he has
gotten so much better, so much more confident. And you know,
I'm one Jonas and I think you know this about me,
and I think it's why a lot of people you know,
like me, like whenever anybody like takes the narrative one direction,
I'm always the guy that's trying to pull holes in

(59:31):
it and he's like, is that really accurate? And so
like what everybody's typing up Cooper flag as this next
great whatever, I'm always the guy that's going to sit
there and be like, is he really And it's like,
by about the middle of February, it's like, Okay, this
dude is by far the best player in college basketball.
Is also just turn eighteen years old. I think he
is the second youngest player in the country as well.

(59:53):
So I'm not smart enough to know what it means
where he'll be ten years from now in the NBA.
But I'm with you, I don't I really remember a
player already being good by the way that Kentucky game
he had like twenty two points, But I would agree
that he didn't play anywhere close to his detential and now,
like I said, at full strength, and we know he's out,
you know, maybe for the next couple of games, but
he is by far the best player in the country.

Speaker 2 (01:00:15):
Obviously, it just went final the semis of the SEC tournament.
Tennessee just knocked off Auburn. What does that do to
Auburn's chance at a one seed in Attorney.

Speaker 7 (01:00:26):
Yeah, you know, Alburn's blocked into a one seed. You know,
I think there's obviously a debate in conversation about will
they lose that number one overall seed. I actually don't
think they will. It's kind of funny, you know. The
strongest argument that Duke has had for a number one
for moving past Alburn for the number one overall seed
is ahead to head win. The issue is that Florida,

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Alabama and now Tennessee will also have a head to
head win against Auburn. And you know, all these other
teams have great resumes as well, So I think Auburn's
still locked in on the one line. You know, I
think there could be in argument about how worried are
you going into the tournament. They've lost three of their
last four dating back to the regular season. I don't
know that I'm as worried yet. You know, the Tennessee

(01:01:12):
is quite possibly like the worst possible matchup for them,
just the way that they play. Alabama wanted the buzzer,
So I don't know, you know, I have to think
about a little bit more. I don't know that I'm
terribly worried. I think Alburn's bocked into a number one seed.
It feels like three of the four one seeds are
pretty much set Alvurn, Houston, and Duke, and then I
think it maybe would come down to a Tennessee. I

(01:01:33):
think the winner of Florida Alabama today has a great
chance in the one seed. And then I actually didn't
see if Michigan State won or not, because Michigan State
I think was in the mix as well, But if
they lost today that would obviously eliminate eliminate them.

Speaker 2 (01:01:45):
Michigan State did lose, they lost to with Yeah, yeah,
all right, sock aerin Torres before we let you go.
I'm not going to ask you the final four because
we got to wait till the bracket comes out for that.
But who's your national champion? And then who's a team
you think could make a run to the final four?
A sleeper tiers?

Speaker 7 (01:02:05):
Yeah, you know, I said a few weeks ago, and
I might have to amend this. I thought the championship
tier was Houston, Duke and Auburn Alburn's taking a half
a step back, so maybe you would include a Florida
in that. I would say this. I do think it
actually does come from one of those four. Houston was
my preseason pick. They're playing really well. I'll go I'll

(01:02:28):
go ahead to take Houston right now without seeing a bracket.
Always subject to change because I've always hesitant without seeing
the bracket to get too definitive in anything. But you know,
I mean, you know, dark horse, sleeper type guys teams.
You know it's gonna be the obvious ones, like I
think Saint John's is really freaking good. They're gonna be
a two seed that's not really a sleeper BYU had

(01:02:50):
won eight games in a row before they lost to
Houston last night. I think they could be a dark
horse Final four sleeper. I don't think Arizona. They're kind
of hot and cold, but they are playing in the
Big Twelve championship game today, So I think teams like that.
The other team too, I'll say really quick, because he
gets nothing but scoring and nothing but hate. John Cali
Ferry has actually done a very good job with that

(01:03:11):
Arkansas team. They started really slow, had some injuries, and
they were kind of one of those teams that the
more adversity they faced, the better they got. I thought
they were playing some of their best basketball towards the
back half of the year. Lost at the Buzzer in
the SEC tournament. So that's a team that's probably gonna
be like a nine seed to ten team that I
think would probably make a little bit of a surprise ruck.

Speaker 2 (01:03:30):
By the way, that would be so much fun in
Lexington if this year at California made a run off.

Speaker 7 (01:03:35):
I'll be quick. I know you got to get to
your update. I'll just be I'll just say this. You know,
Kentucky fans have been great to me through the years.
It is freaking weird how obsessed they are with Califerri.
Like you know, he lost at the Buzzer to a
higher seeded team on whatever it was Wednesday or Thursday.

(01:03:57):
By the way they were, they're basically down to seven
playable players. One of their guys gets hurt in the game,
another guy follows out there, basically down to five, and
they made like a thirteen ohero run to tie up
the game and lost at the buzzer, and Kentucky fans like, wow,
typical Calan Mark. What sport are you people watching? So yes,

(01:04:19):
I will tell you really quick, Jonas a fun little
narrative to watch is two things. Is one Arkansas if
they make a run, and I'll tell you this, this
is the low key one that probably isn't talked about
enough BYU which, of course, the current Kentucky coach, Mark
Pope came from is really good as well. So if
they make a run in Kentucky, doesn't Now, I actually

(01:04:41):
have to think Mark Pope's a really good coach and
they're dealing with a ton of injuries themselves. But if
you don't think, the internet is going to have some
fun at Kentucky fans expense if they're former coach is
replaced by a guy who might be better than them,
or their former coach goes further than them and their
current coach gets gets replaced by a guy that goes
further than them. Yeah, the Internet will have a field

(01:05:01):
day with that one if either of those two things happen.

Speaker 2 (01:05:05):
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Thanks so much.

Speaker 7 (01:05:26):
No prom brother, anytime you need me the next few weeks,
just sitting me up.

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Speaker 4 (01:06:25):
Growth Okay Jonas in the NFL. Today, nine time Pro
Bowl full back Kyle Hughescheck is re signing with the
San Francisco forty nine Ers for two years and eight
million dollars. The Los Angeles Chargers signed former Philadelphia Eagles
guard Makai Becton to a two year, twenty million dollar deal.
In college basketball, Villanova today fired and head coach Kyle

(01:06:45):
Neptune after three seasons. In the America East Conference Tournament
championship game, today, the Bryant Bulldogs beat Maine seventy seven
to fifty nine to qualify for the NCAA Tournament and
the Big Ten Semis. Number eighteen Wisconsin knocked off seventh
thranked Michigan States seventy seven to seventy four. In the
SEC Tournament semifinals. Number eight Tennessee knocked off third ranked

(01:07:06):
Auburn seventy to sixty five, and moments ago, Norfolk State
won the MIAC Tournament championship, defeating South Carolina State sixty
six to sixty five. Here's how the final second sounded
on the Norfolk State broadcast.

Speaker 2 (01:07:25):
Let's return to cloy New It's this man up in
the air, put up the flow, bigs.

Speaker 8 (01:07:28):
Up no good and the rebound the don's legging the
Spartan twelve b your twenty twenty five me at Basketball Champion.
Congratulations to coach Rolph Jones and the Golden State University's gardens.
Winning a carewer here in Norfolk sixty six sixty five
overs South Carolina State.

Speaker 4 (01:07:48):
And with that in mind, it is time for a
pop quiz in honor of Norfolk State, Norfolk State making
the NCAA Tournament champion. Our contestant is Jonas Knocks. All right,
all right, Jonas, here we go. We're looking for distinguished
Norfolk State alumni. Which of the following three individuals is

(01:08:12):
an alum of Norfolk State? Is it a actor JB.
Smooth b Detroit Piston's head coach JB. Bickerstaff or C. J. C.
Chazez of in sync fame?

Speaker 2 (01:08:32):
Oh, this is easy. JC Chavez or whatever his name is.

Speaker 4 (01:08:37):
I'm afraid not. It was actually JB.

Speaker 2 (01:08:38):
Smooth smooth socks all right, damn it. And the second
and final third goes my perfect game. Well, you know,
come on, go easy on yourself. Even Betty Crocker burns a.

Speaker 4 (01:08:52):
Cake now and then anyway, geez, what do you mean? Geez?
I was trying to I was trying to pump up
your fragile ego all right.

Speaker 2 (01:08:59):
By the way, why Betty Crocker got it? Catch astray?

Speaker 7 (01:09:02):
Do to you?

Speaker 2 (01:09:03):
Whether is that really her name? Is Betty Crocker really
her name?

Speaker 4 (01:09:06):
I'll have to I'll have to google it to find out.
In the meantime, which of the following is not a
local Norfolk State hangout? Which is not a local Norfolk
State hangout? PBR no Norfolk bar, PBR Norfolk bar bagel

(01:09:28):
bow with bow spelled b E a ux for some reason,
all right, or Grace O'Malley's pub and restaurant, which of
those three not a local Norfolk state hangout.

Speaker 2 (01:09:44):
I'm gonna go Grace O'Malley's wrong again.

Speaker 4 (01:09:47):
It was all three are local Norfolk state hangout. So
there you are extra off the court Norfolk state informa
and lore in honor of them making the NCAA tournament
back to you.

Speaker 2 (01:10:03):
Yeah, well, screw those guys. I'm a bagel bo Benson
guy myself. Have you ever heard of this thing called
bagel bo Benson? Now, yeah, bagel bo Benson, But I've
never heard of bagel bow spelled b e a u X.
I mean, is that like a Cajun type bagel place.
It's very interesting. It's interesting all those by the way,

(01:10:25):
that the Irish place is probably going to be Rocket
Grayce O'Malley's. Yeah, the pop and the restaurant be a
fun place. By the way, I went ahead and did
some research on this because I knew I couldn't depend
on you for that. To look up Betty Crocker.

Speaker 4 (01:10:38):
I'm literally looking up Betty Crocker right now.

Speaker 2 (01:10:42):
Okay, well, all right, I'll I'll let you handle.

Speaker 4 (01:10:45):
That, Okay, fine. There was not a real person named
Betty Crocker. It's a creation of an advertising executive back
in nineteen twenty one. But it was based It was
based on a It was based on a Sioux chef
from Fanklin College, from the cafeteria who made and I
quote delicious if somewhat dry baked goods. I'd be what's

(01:11:09):
what's this if somewhat dry?

Speaker 2 (01:11:11):
Deal?

Speaker 4 (01:11:12):
Why did that have to.

Speaker 5 (01:11:12):
Be in there?

Speaker 2 (01:11:13):
Yeah, let me tell you something, didn't it always seem like,
no pun intended? Betty Crocker was a crock They can
always kind of seem like it not so much the product.
I'm sure they do great stuff. You know, I can't
think of any off the top of my head.

Speaker 4 (01:11:26):
Thankfully, Missus Fields was a real person, you.

Speaker 1 (01:11:29):
Know what I mean?

Speaker 2 (01:11:29):
Like Betty Crocker sounds like a fake name.

Speaker 7 (01:11:32):
You know.

Speaker 2 (01:11:32):
It's like when you found out that Michael Vicks alias
was Ron Mexico.

Speaker 5 (01:11:35):
You're like, oh, of.

Speaker 2 (01:11:36):
Course that's not a real name, you know, like that stuff.
Come on, who what name? Who would have that name?
Let me ask you, Benny Crocker just sounds like a
bunch of garbage. Hypothetically, if if you were so inclined.
I know, you know, your wilder days are probably behind you.
If you had to use an alter ego to you know,

(01:11:56):
sneak in somewhere or have a fake idea if you will,
what would your Ron Mexico like name be. Oh, oh,
that's easy.

Speaker 4 (01:12:07):
It would be my porn name, which is Johnny Depth.
What was the second word there, now?

Speaker 2 (01:12:15):
Depth?

Speaker 4 (01:12:17):
All right, well, that leaves precious little room for misinterpretation. Look,
you know, I mean looking forward to look forward to
checking your mentions on social media after dropping that one.

Speaker 2 (01:12:25):
I know that actually is the name of a real,
real adult film star, all right, as was probably featured
on Pro Wrestler or porn Star back.

Speaker 3 (01:12:32):
In the day.

Speaker 4 (01:12:33):
But can I tell you a great Frank Pollock story?
Stop asking me for permission to tell stories. It's your show,
but go ahead, each other.

Speaker 2 (01:12:42):
Thank you, Susan. So, Frank Pollock was one of our
great characters here in the history of Fox Sports Radio.
Passed away a few years back, but he was a
tech producer for years, and Frank and I worked every
morning together when I was producing for other Zaka Jack
Zach and Jack and then uh you know, Andy Furmann
Archrall Hawkins, Andy Furman, Mike Norse. So Frank and I

(01:13:02):
spent a long time together in the foxholes of Fox
Sports Radio, and Frank just casually dropped on the air
one time to Andy Furman. He said, Andy, I ever
tell you what my porn name would be? My God?
Furman goes, uh no, and he says, girth Brooks. I

(01:13:25):
literally out of nowhere. Nobody asked, nobody brought it up.
Frank had pondered that thought while sitting on a fishing
boat somewhere and realized I'm going to bring that up
on the air, and it just knocked everybody on their ass.
Could not just really well played one of the all
time greats. Apparently he had friends in low places too, Yes,

(01:13:46):
he did very low all right. At the Jonas Knocks
on X. At the Jonas Knocks On X. By the way,
you know, we kind of shine a light on a
lot of the negative tweets that people send in. Uh,
you know, like a lot of people get you know, hey,
why do you always talk about the negative stuff? Why
do you like what a need of these compliments like?
And listen, we hear, we hear your cries and your complaints.

(01:14:10):
Joe writes in come on over to Sarasota, Florida, soy boy,
and I'll get four of my Amish friends who work
at Yoder's Amish Village restaurant to grab you by the
legs and arms and split you up like a quartered horse.
Then they can ship you back in a box to
that s hole that is La.

Speaker 4 (01:14:32):
Jonas.

Speaker 2 (01:14:32):
I I Jonas Knocks on X's where you can find
that At the Jonas Knocks.

Speaker 4 (01:14:35):
I smell a future remote broadcast from Yoders where that
could be a reality. I'm looking at their menu. They
have famous fried chicken. They also have quartered and have chicken,
so they are perhaps adepted at doing that. But the
food there looks great. Yeah, Taco salad for fourteen ninety five.

Speaker 2 (01:14:56):
Yeah, yeah, I'm sure, sure the sure they do it
up nicely there.

Speaker 4 (01:15:01):
They also have some side order called Amish noodles. I'm
not sure what those comprise of, but they have liver
and onions. I think that's right up your out lead Jonas, Yeah,
certainly is at the Jonas Knox and X. By the way,
coming up next here, we're going to close up shop.
We're going to tell you about a team in the NFL.
That's really going for it here on FSR Jonas.

Speaker 2 (01:15:22):
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it as well too at the Jonas Knox. But right
now it's time for this.

Speaker 1 (01:16:00):
Moron. How could you not get to these stories? Moron?

Speaker 4 (01:16:04):
How these are there scraps?

Speaker 2 (01:16:07):
And for that we turn it over to our executive producer,
Bo Benz and to find out what the hell we've
missed so far on the show. Bo.

Speaker 5 (01:16:13):
So, the Buffalo Bills added to their defensive line this week.
They signed Larry Ogunjobi and Michael Hoyt, and I believe
in the press conference, the GM announced that they'll both
be suspended for six games for Pedes to start the
season next year. There's this line from the movie The
Usual Suspects where he says, you know, to come into power,

(01:16:35):
you don't need money or guns or even numbers. You
just need to have the will to do what the
other guy won't. And the Bills really want to win
a Super Bowl.

Speaker 2 (01:16:44):
And apparently if it means we're gonna grab a couple
of guys who have pissed hot and got on the
gas and got paid, so be it. We'll suffer through
the first six games of the year not having them.
But you got to give them credit.

Speaker 7 (01:16:58):
Man.

Speaker 2 (01:16:58):
Some people say they want to to Super Bowl. Other
people are really willing to go all out for it.
And now you know, you got the Bills signing multiple
players that are that are on the gas.

Speaker 4 (01:17:07):
I love it.

Speaker 2 (01:17:08):
Good for Buffalo. What else we got.

Speaker 5 (01:17:10):
Bough Real Madrid. They confirmed that they're going to refuse
to play future matches without a seventy two hour break
in between pixtures. Cool, so they need three days off
before they dare take the pitch again. And that's like everything,
Like that's yeah, sounds a matter what. Yeah, they're all
the competitions for them. I just imagine an NFL team

(01:17:32):
being like, hey, we need a We're not doing any
Monday nights or Thursday games like Sunday to Sunday only, please,
I do. I do like the fact that they basically
took load management and said hold my beer, like we're going.

Speaker 2 (01:17:45):
To like, oh, you're taking the night off, We're taking
three days off. Yeah, do not even ask and you
don't tell, Like something tells me they'll actually accomplish this,
this will get done.

Speaker 5 (01:17:56):
Like yeah, I think so they're big enough. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:17:58):
Yeah, I mean when you have that much power and
you've got that much fanfare and you're that popular, they'll
probably get it done. What else we got though?

Speaker 5 (01:18:06):
Last thing for me? H Jay Leno was seen driving
through his Los Angeles neighborhood in a tank. He's not
clear if it's a modified car or an actual tank,
but good for him. He's he deserves it.

Speaker 2 (01:18:18):
I mean he loves cars man, like he's a big
car guy. I'm still trying to figure out what happened
to his face because that guy, you know, like somebody
was saying that he fell down the side of a
hill or something like that there was some.

Speaker 5 (01:18:29):
Way, you know, he got up for sure.

Speaker 2 (01:18:32):
It's like why only one side, you know what I mean,
like like what happened there? Just feel you know, like
why is one side of your face looked like you
fell asleep on a table. Saw just look seemed a
little odd to me.

Speaker 4 (01:18:43):
I don't know, Jonas, son of a Bitch,