Hour 2 – Back Pedaling

Ben reacts to Ryan Tannehill’s new found respect for rookie quarterback Malik Willis, but should Tannehill’s recent comments be considered a form of back pedaling? Ben shares some rare news out of the Pittsburgh Steelers camp.  Plus, Jets HC Robert Saleh has noticed his quarterback’s new look.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello and welcome. It's our num Bert two hour two
of our radio program, talking football with the Tennessee Titans.
Did Ryan Tannehill's comments get twisted about being a mentor?
And is it really his job as quarterback in Tennessee
to be a mentor? Will Ryan Tannehill be the quarterback

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all season in Nashville circa twenty twenty two? We'll talk
about all of that and more, including a phone call
from Plastered Paul and Rhode Island. Join us here in
our two right now here it is Hey, thanks for
listening to the Ben Mallers Show podcast. It's me Ben.

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listening to Fox Sports Radio. You know that thing I said, Well,
I didn't really mean it. I didn't really mean it.
Welcome in the beginning of yet another hour of the
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next door neighbors as we do. The boogie woogie coast
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and in stereo from the ras, the Razmatasm, gas baggery,
the Fox Sports radio studios at a secret location somewhere
in the north Woods. So I lead this hour coming
to the NFL. We are in the part of the
calendar now the NFL teams are holding organized team activities,

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supposedly voluntary, but if you don't show up, that's a demerit.
And so they brewing quarterback drama or rama from the
volunteer state. A team that the last couple of years
has been one of the better clubs in the AFC,
the Tennessee Titans. And remember Ryan Tannehill, Ryan Tannehill on

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the defensive, on the defensive, Now, what is this all about?
If you were not paying attention, and perhaps you were not,
Ryan Tannehill had addressed the media. He addressed the media
on Tuesday, and he said the comments that he made
earlier here in the month of May were not what
they appeared to be. He made some comments about Malik Willis,

(02:56):
the guy drafted, I think in the third round. I
believe to eventually be the quarterback of the Titans, and
he wanted to clear the record. So rather than me
tell you what Ryan Tannehill had to say, let's go
to the audio tape now that the comments he initially
made just before I set to set this up properly, Tannehill,
if you missed it, and implied that he was not

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going to be a mentor, that he was not going
to be a mentor to Malik Willis, which seems like
a reasonable position, but the ready made controversy. People were
losing their mind over that. I can't believe he said that.
But anyway, here is Ryan Tannhill trying to put the
pieces back together on those comments. I'm in noicerespect to

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Malik or anything close to that. We've been in constant
communication since he was drafted, you know, through the madness
and ensued after my last press conference, you know, over
the last few weeks as he's been in the building
and kind of getting into each other. Man. He's a
he's a good person. It's a talented player. He's coming
off a great Coast career and so you know, we're
happy to have him in the room. Very happy. I'm
very happy to have him a right. Here's more from

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Ryan Tannehill. And he is not happy, not happy, And
I believe he's blaming the media for this controversy. Really
just kind of disappointed and how things got spun and
twisted a little bit. You know, I pride myself on
being a great teammate. I have my whole career, going
back to the time I was a kid, you know,
playing youth sports. It's been something that's been important to me,

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you know, from the beginning, and will always be important
to me. It's something I'll try to instill my kids.
Oh that's great, all right, here's more from Tannehill. I
should let's go to Malik Wills. Why don't hear from
Malik Willis here? And he was asked how things are
going between himself and his mentor. Wink wink, Ryan Tannell.
Here's what Malik Willis had to say. We chopped it up.

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I mean, it was never anything negative. Ryan's a good dude. Now,
he had us, like I said, he had over us
over the house. Everything's cool, man, all right, He's a
good dude, all right, good town, all right, So let
us discuss the question, did Ryan Tannehill's initial comments get
twisted around or do you believe the new narrative that
is bouncing around the state of Tennessee. So, in terms

(05:04):
of the question, did Ryan Tannehill's initial comments get twisted
by the media? I'm shaking my head. No, shaking my head. No,
I've got pedal muddled and Charlie Brown and we will
combine all of these random things together and that will
be the foundation of this malan monologue. So page number one.

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All right, So Ryan Tannehill was not misquoted. This is
not some kind of lack of journalistic credibility. This was
not a failure of communication. He said what he said.
He said it, that's how he felt. He gave raw commentary.

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And then Ryan Tannehill, to his amazement, because he's never
said anything interesting his entire life. He then watched the
Disneyland fireworks show, pyrotechnics in the air everywhere, and he
did not appreciate the noise. And so now he's doing
the pedal. He's backpedaling like a defensive back at the

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scouting combine and spoiler alert. One thing I have learned
from years behind the microphones, you cannot unring the belt.
It is an impossibility. Many have tried to do it,
cannot do it. This is not the Men in Black,
a movie franchise where you press a button on a

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light and you flash away the memory. No, that's not
how this works. Okay, you can't take back what's out there,
nor should you. The storyline has been established. You said
what you said, people heard what you said. You can't
change the plot. We're in the story now. You can't
change the plot now. Secondly, is it Ryan Tannehill's job

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to be a mentor? And this is where we're at
a fork in the road, because a number of people
seem to be convinced, based on years and years of
facilitation by sports teams, to believe that this is act.
I say, it is not Ryan Tannehill's job to be
a mentor, and anyone with a functioning brain would agree

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this is completely illogical. I realize that it's an unpopular
opinion that we have all been raised watching our sports
that the older player is supposed to be the mentor
to the younger player. But I am of the belief
that mentorship is option. That the initial comments that Tannehill
made are what he really felt. But he's worried about

(07:41):
his image like everyone else is, and so now he's
trying to spin some yarn and turn things around. Now,
I'm not saying you should be a complete a hole. No,
don't be a jerk. However, no one I know who's
competitive and likes the job that they have wants to
mentor the person to take their job. I don't know

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anyone that has a job they like, that is good
at the job, or thinks they're good at the job
that wants that wants to help out the company by
training the person who's going to replace it. And you
see these stories every once in a while, mostly in sports,
but every once in a while a company will say,
all right, we're moving these jobs, we're outsourcing these jobs

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somewhere else, and your job is being moved to India
or wherever, and you have to then train the person.
And some people do it, but most people would do
the bare minimum, will not do it at all, not
do it in the least. But you mentor people to
be successful, but not be successful and take your job.

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It is a ridiculous concept which continues to get passed around,
and it's a muddled situation and Tannehill has muddied the
waters on this issue by walking the initial comments back.
And I get there was a social media kri fluffle, right,
there was faux outrage. That's all there is on social

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Media's faux outrage. But let's be frank. Mike Tomlin said
it best. Now. I know he's not the coach of
the Tennessee Tits, but Tomlin had some great comments. I
believe I was at Wrigley Field watching a Cup game,
freezing my ass off when I saw these comments from
Mike Tomlin. Tomlin said it best. And he's got a
situation where you have a veteran Mitch Traubisky and a

(09:27):
rookie Kenny Pickett, who are allegedly in a quarterback competition.
And he was asked about Tomlin at the time mentorship,
and Tomlin laid it out. He gave some real talk there.
I love Tomlin for this. He said players are not
employed to be mentors to other players. They're employed to play. Hello.

(09:47):
That's it. He nailed it, that's exactly. He stole my take.
Tomlin stole my take. You perform at a level, hopefully
a high level, and that's it now. Tomlin also added
on to that and addendum, he said, that's why we
have offensive coordinators, quarterback coaches, assistant quarterback coaches. People are

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employed and their sole focused is the development of players.
Nick Nick Nick Ningning, Yes, exactly right. So why do
we keep getting these blowhards and gas bags in the media.
So I can't believe this guy's not gonna be a mentor.
It's not run he's a selfish schmuck going on, And

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so I go back to a statement I made earlier.
My belief is it's just because people have been programmed,
just like Pavlov's dogs. People have been programmed that this
is the way sports are supposed to go, and that
when you get to a certain age, the team's gonna
draft someone to replace you and you have to then
help that person. But that's that's in the real world.
That's not how this stuff works, all right? Final point, So,

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will Ryan Tannehill be the quarterback all season in Tennessee?
And we're talking about the twenty twenty two season, of course.
So getting out my crystal ball. As a distant relative
of the great Nostre Damas and occasional friend of Nostredins,
the arrow points to yes, Yes, I am confident. This

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is not a good thing for the Tennessee Times, but
I'm confident that Ryan Tannhill will be the man all season.
Outside of injury, Tannehill will continue to have a chokede
on the starting job. And why am I saying that?
What is leading me to believe that? What my foundation
on that take? So, Ryan Tannehill has shown to be

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a competent regular season performer. Now, last season was not
his finest hour and he was exposed. With Derrick Henry out,
the passing game for Tennessee is non existing. But the
big issue is when the calendar flips. And if you

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look at the years he's been with the Titans, coming
over from the Miami Miami Miami Dolphins. When you look
at that calendar and you say, okay, he's been pretty
good during the regular season, at least the middle of
the pack game manager type quarterback, better in September through
the end of December than he is when the calendar

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turns to January. Tannehill at that point has turned into
Charlie Brown, as in Charlie Brown's Great Pumpkin. He's a
big pumpkin in January. You might want to make some
pumpkin pie. That is his kryptone, and Tannehill is one
of these guys out of central casting. He talks to talk,
but he doesn't often walk the walk. And in the postseason,

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seven touchdowns, five interceptions, less than seven yards per attempt,
and that number is skewed because of a big fat
yards per attempt average in a game against the Bengals
and some some weird things happening in a game where
the Bengals kicked a bunch of field goals and we're
able to control much of that game in the playoffs

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this past year. But then numbers only tell part of
the store. Because because you've got Malik Willis, And so
why am I going with Ryan Tannehill over Malik Willis
all year? Because Willis was not drafted to be a
threat in the micro in the short term, He's going
to be the developmental guy. You don't draft the quarterback
in the third round say oh, this guy's gonna start

(13:32):
within the first year. Now, this is a long term play,
buying a stock holding onto it and hoping it makes
a lot of money, and then you're gonna pay a
bunch of capital gains attacks on it because you know,
government takes your money. If you make money, they take
your money. But these these are not players in the
third round that you plug and play, and Suddain Malik

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Willis has not thought of that way. Otherwise he would
have been drafted in the first or the second round. Hello,
that's when those guys are drafted. So the idea is
that Willis will be ready in twenty twenty four or
twenty twenty five. Now there are the exceptions to the rule,
but that does not make the rule. Anything extra is
extra gravy. Now, you don't turn down extra gravy. You're

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welcome extra gravy on your mashed potatoes. But if you
don't get extra gravy, you can live with that. The
amount of gravy that's on your mashed potatoes you can
live with. And Willis has to show that the numbers
he put up at Liberty in terms of accuracy are
a misnomer, that he will be better in the NFL,

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and he has to prove that. And that's the big test.
But all these guys have to prove one thing or another.
For Malik Willis, that is a prove it situation, all right,
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But producer Ricky's in the radio dojo tonight. Here's my friend,

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Victor Brick would say. So, we've got the Supreme Court
Justice of football. We'll also get to that story from
last hour. We did not get to the broadcaster getting
the emeritus status, and the workout Warriors storyline has no end.
We'll go there as well. We'll do it all and
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months away. Now we're still in May, but it'll be
here before you know it, before you know it, the
greatest event it really the Shakespeare used the term Midsummer Classic,
and I think it's going to be a Midsummer Classic.
I think that's what's going to be. So we have
that look forward to down the line. We began this
hour ranting about Ryan tan Hill and the Tennessee Titans

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and his comments regarding Malik Willis his back up the
old mentorship storyline, A staple, A staple. When the team's
rafts a quarterback, will that quarterback be mentored? And I'm thinking, like,
when I was getting into radio, did I have someone
hold my hand and lead me how to do radio? No?

(18:26):
There were people I looked up to in radio, there
were people I respected in radio and wanted to have
a career like them. But no one took me and
held my hand and led me, and nor would I
expect anyone to do that. And so it's kind of
silly Robbie in Vegas right since says personally, I did
not have any issue with what Ryan Tannehill said. Original.

(18:46):
Who the hell would want to be the one to
train someone who may eventually replace him? It's human nature.
Get over at people and stop being a bunch of
pussy Willows absolutely correct, it's proper. Take Chip in the
ques who has a vested interest in the Tennessee Titans.
Don't ask me, ask him, he says, a plus on

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the Malar monologue. Of course, Ryan Tannehill is backpedaling on
this comment. No surprise here. He's not the first to
do it, and he will not be the last. Most
in this situation do the same thing, hoping it'll go away,
hoping it vanishes into thin air. Did you see, Eddie
that our friend al Michaels has a new title. NBC

(19:31):
has given him the title as broadcaster Emeritus. He has
emeritus stats. Now he's not working at NBC anymore. He
got a job at Amazon calling NFL games the Thursday
night streaming game. But he will be back at the
Peacock for the postseason, so Al Michaels will get the
call playoff a playoff game playoffs for NBC, and what

(19:55):
ineverta will happen is people will say, boy, Al's better
than Mike Tarico. Why can't we get Al Michaels to
call some more playoff games? What's up with that? But
it has been agreed upon that Michaels will work a
postseason game, so he has the emeritus status. Now are
we going to get that status here? Both myself and
Eddie have been at Fox Sports Radio a long time,
So at what point does one get the emeritus status

(20:18):
where whenever, whenever we want to come back, Eddie, we
can just kind of like come back and buy some
stale food out of the vending machine. Or look where
Jay Moore left the hot dog in the back there
and and all the amazing things. I don't know much
it was you say that on the air. You do
it all right anyway, So congratulations to Al Michaels emeritus status.

(20:44):
That must have been am I'm guessing Amazon work that
out where like, listen, we want you to do our games.
We know we don't have any playoff games, but please
do it. We'll work something out with NBC and you
can call a playoff game. And so they said, okay,
all right, we'll do it. We'll do it. We'll do it.
We'll do it. Let's go to the phone, and let's
go now to a man who got a new nickname

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from a listener this week. Paul in Rhode Island. Hello, Paul,
thank you for thinking my call. What's the nickname? Plastered? Paul? Plastered?
Paul plastered? Okay, plaster so I can drink in my
own home and not smoke monkey weed? Okay, whatever? Now

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do you accept that nickname? Plaster? Paul? Do you are
you pushing back? I have no problems. I have no
problem drinking bottle of half a bottle of red breast
waiting for your phone call. Yes, you answered, so just again,
for the record, I am now deputizing you. Plastered Paul.
You have no problem with this, You are okay with this.

(21:49):
There's no pushing back in my own home is well, no,
it's on the radio. I'm not in your house. I
mean we're talking. You're on the phone and I'm in
on the radio studio here. And that's how that's goes
we uh, we have uh we have uh. We can
tell the the NBA took over the the playoffs. We

(22:11):
can tell that. You know, it's all about like I
called six weeks ago about it love seven game revenue.
So I don't cares about that. How about how about lowball, Paul?
How about that low ball? You know what my package?
It's not that Ted talk about? How about bees are
not that small? That's beach ball, Paul. How about that beachball, Paul.

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Let me respect your your workers. So I how about curveball?
And I got one? Wait a minute, I got one fireball, Paul.
How about that fireball? Paul? No, no, I'm a red
breast guy. I'm sorry. You know, a top shelf I'm
a top shelf guy. Like the reason I'm calling this
for this? Do we do we need a night another

(23:01):
nine to eleven in this country to get this country
back to normal? I mean, you had a you had
a guy. Yeah, you're going off. You're going off the
script here, Paul. You're going off the off the topic here.
I think you might have had too much redbreast Paul.
What are you doing here? No? I'm fine, No, I'm fine.
I've called you in worse situations, but from my home,

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I promise you, Paul. I've been doing this a long time, Paul,
and Paul listen, Paul listen, I've been doing this a
long time, and I one thing I've learned over the
years here that an overnight sports radio show is not
going to change government policy. It is not going to
change anything, nor should it. So. But I say your lane,

(23:46):
as LaVar Ball taught me back in the day. Hello,
you want to get on the air. You want to
get on the air. Well, here's the thing. I'm going
my match's stafford. I'm going with that, you know, for
the final. Now we're back on track. Now they put
the train back on track. Now, but we were off
the tracks, and now we put it. I would be

(24:08):
careful with the Raiders, and I would be careful with
the Red Sox and Padres. Again, you're turning down Fireball, Paul,
But you prefer plastered Paul. Okay, plastid okay, listen, what's
plasid to you? What's plasid deal? Do you realize that
plasid in your home is fine? All right? Can you

(24:29):
blow into the phone right now? Let's blow in the
phone real quick. I know you love your whiskey blowing
the phone. Oh, come on, do it, come on, my
intelligence coming over. You know very well why I called.
I called because of the Celtics, and you know very
well that that the NBA took over the Remember about
four weeks ago I called you. They love seven game
your series. Summery's controlling that. You're all over the map, Paul,

(24:54):
is what you want to scattersh Thank you, Paul. Yeah,
I guarantee you that that Mavericks Warriors series is not
going seven games. I'm pretty confident that will not happen either.
But somebody gets hurt. Eddie possible. That guy loves his
Irish whiskey. I mean, I mean, man, oh man, have
you ever had red breast, Eddie? I have not? Youven

(25:17):
not had that, Roberto, You ever tried the Lirish Irish whiskey?
Ever tried that? No? I bet Ricky? Has you think Ricky?
Ricky is like a whiskey guy. Yep, got a flask
right now, he's drinking in the studio. How how is
that risky? Ricky? Is it risky? Pretty good whiskey? All right?

(25:42):
This guy drinks a half a bottle of a week
he said, I believe it's more than that, but he
said half a bottle a week anyway. All right, it
is the Bennett Mallers Show. So we have given our
friend Paul and Rhode Island, the last caller standing from
Rhode Island, the nickname plastered Paul, Supreme Court Justice of Football.
We will get to that, and also the workout Warrior.

(26:03):
We have Mallard of the third degree. But right now
let's get over to Eddie Garcia and get you cut
up on everything going on in the old overnight. All right,
thanks Ben. We'll lead off with the NBA playoffs. It
was Game four of the Western Conference Finals, a must
win situation with the Dallas Mavericks and they get the
one nineteen one on nine home win over Golden State.
They had a big lead in this one, got a
little bit closer towards the end, but they still get

(26:24):
the victory to keep their season alive. Luca Dodgers, of course,
led them with a near triple double thirty points, fourteen rebounds,
nine assists. Dallas also at twenty of forty three three
point attempts in the maker at four. Golden State Steph
Curry had twenty points to lead them in a losing effort.
He only attempted five three pointers. He had two of
them in the loss, so again Dallas avoids elimination. There
will be a game five Thursday in San Francisco, but

(26:45):
Gold State still has the commanding three one advantage in
the series. NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs second round action, the
Rangers beat the Hurricanes four to one. E gorshas sterkin
thirty saves in net. Mikasabina Jad had a goal. That
series is tied at two two. Home teams won every
game so far in the series, which is now heading
back to North Carolina. The Oilers beat the Flames five
to three of Andrew Kane two goals for Edmonton, giving
him twelve goals in eleven playoff games so far this postseason.

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Edmonton now with a three one lead in the series.
Major League Baseball, the Giants outlast the Mets for a
thirteen to twelve win San Francisco with two and the ninth.
They win it on a walkoff RBI single from Brandon Crawford.
Big game for Jock Peterson for San Francisco four nights,
three of them home runs, eight RBI in the Victree
Francisco Lindor for the Mets in a losing effort, had
a homer and drove in six in the lost Red

(27:30):
Sox beat the White Sox sixteen to three. Trevor's story
still red hot for Boston, had a home run, drove
in four. He's got six homers in seventeen rbi in
his last five games. Boston's won six straight eleven nings
for the Yankees to walk off with a seven six
win over the Orioles. The Dodgers down the Nationals nine
to four. Mookie Bets two home runs, drove in four
for la battle of a former cy Young winners. The
Brewers beat the Padres four to one. Corbin Burns the win,

(27:53):
Blake Snell took the loss. Tyrone Taylor three run homer four.
Milwaukee Blue Jays over the Cardinals eight to one. Astros
beat the Guardian seven three. It was the Angels beating
the Rangers five to three, so the Angels are still
a game back of Houston. In that Al West Race,
Cubs beat the Threads eleven to four. Braves walk off
with a six to five win over the Phillies Atlanta,
scoring two in the ninth to get that victory. Twins

(28:14):
blank d Tigers two nothing, Minnesota starter Sonny Gray and
two relievers combining on the five hit shutout. The a
snap a thirteen game losing skid against the Mariners with
a seven five win over Seattle. In Seattle, the Rays
beat the Marlins four and out, thing Rocky's Edge the
Pirates two one in ten, and the Diamondbacks defeat the
Royals eight to six. Coming up tonight is the Miami
Heat taken on the Boston Celtics in the NBA Playoffs.

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Did you see ben that? NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says

(28:58):
the league's investigation and do Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson is
almost over, but he said there's no timetable for a ruling.
If Watson will be disciplined by the league. I believe
there was a real sports episode. Area. Yes, I talked
about it last night, Den Watson, Yes, good I have
not watched it. I did see some of the quotes

(29:19):
that have been bouncing around, so I I will get
to it at some point here. But one of the
women in the the the case here, Ashley so LEAs
So I think was patient zero, the first first person
involved with Watson who raised a red flag that he
had raised his Johnson h And anyway, she she said

(29:41):
that the contract the Cleveland Browns gave out to Deshaun Watson,
this is her quote here, was like a big screw you,
is what she said. So she believes the Browns gave
her the big screw you. And there's some other quotes
that have been been going around. But Roger Goodell can
say whatever he wants, right and we know Roger has

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a pattern of saying one thing publicly and having a
different position privately. But that is weasel terminology. When you
say nearing the end, what does that mean? What is
that near? What's near to you might not be near
to me? And is the NFL really going to be
that dumb to punish the Shaun Watson before this plays

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out and more vevelations see the light of day. They
basic everything off the court of public opinion. So we'll
talk more about that a little later. A little later.
The Supreme Court Justice of football. That's a job. If
you work for the Steelers and you're the head coach
like Mike Tomlin or the general manager, you have Supreme

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Court Justice level job security. It's lifetime employment. And it
appears the latest person to get the lifetime employment from
the Pittsburgh Steelers for ever contract that you get the job.
You don't have to worry about having a gig five
years from now, ten years and now you got the job.
That would be Omar Kahn. Who Omar Khan? The Khan

(31:13):
Man is expected to be named the new general manager
of the next general manager of the Pittsburgh Steelers. So
Omar Kahn is going to be the guy. Don't know
much about it. I guess he used to work for
the Saints. I was reading something about him earlier there
and he is in line. He will be just the

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fifth general manager of the Steelers since nineteen seventy one.
They've only had five directors of football operations since nineteen
seventy one, and the head coaching position They've had three
head coaches since Chuck Noll was hired in nineteen sixty nine.

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So that's a job you get. You don't have to
worry about job security at all. And that's just the
way it is in Pittsburgh. Now, I didn't want to
mention this the workout warrior of the week. Well yesterday
actually the workout warrior of the day, because yesterday we
told you about Mac Jones keeping up with the Joneses
and Mac Jones being celebrated. He's in the greatest ship

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shape of his life. Oh wow. Well, not to be
outdone a division rival, division rival of the New England Patriots,
the New York Jets said hey, we would like to
get in on this action. So Zach Wilson in year
number two, heading into year two of his NFL career,
the former by U prodigy, Zach Wilson, who was a

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dud as a quarterback to begin the NFL career last season, well,
he says he's bulked up now. He's gone up thirteen pounds.
It's all muscle, from two hundred eight pounds as a
rookie to two hundred and twenty one pounds chiseled out
of stone Well, the reason I'm bringing this up is

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because the head coach of the New York Jets was
asked about all this, and Robert Salah, the old forty
nine er assistant, Robert Salah, he said a funny when
being asked about the shape of his quarterback. We have
the audiotape. Let's go to the audiotape. Here's Robert Sala

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commenting on his quarterback. Yeah, you guys will see him.
He's thick. So he's another word right now. You guys
will see you guys will see him. He looks good,
he looks confident, shoulders are back, he's not caped in,
you know, he's he looks good, he's confident, he's smiling,

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he's spocal. I've said it before that you can always
you can always tell the confidence and the confident level
and their understanding of what they're being asked to do
by the volume of their voice. And he's getting pretty loud,
so he's uh. And he's in a good space too.
You know, it's just to him and Lafleur and Calabari's
are in the room with him, and so there's less noise.

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But but at the same time, it's a lot of
good things are happening in there, all right, So let's
the look good, play good strategy there. Look good, feel good,
dress good, look good, something like that. Pretty funny, though,
Jets coach, I'm not gonna say it. I was gonna
repeat what he said, but I can't say it because

(34:29):
then Roberto, out of context, will cut that up and
we'll play it. He blew me off exactly. And a
hotel near Lax. Yeah, all right, let's go to the phones.
And who do we have here? Any meny mighty Moe.
Let's say hello to Salsa, who's in Dallas. That's where

(34:50):
he lives. Hello, Sausa, Welcome, big bag, Eddie, cool Roberto through.
What's going on? Hi, Sausa, I Sauce. How's life treating you? Buddy?
Hey man, I got an eight way connection to U.
Two things going on. I lived in Rhode Island for
eight years, so I'm hopefully I won't get like the

(35:12):
Paul and what's sort of guy named annoying guy from
from Rhode Island. Joe from Rhode Island, but he already
quit the show. Joe, that guy quit the show. Yeah,
I'm from Rhode Island, but I don't want to be
like those guys. So also, I think I ever told
you this, but I was a massage therapist for eight years.
Really did you ever massage to Shaun Watson? I did

(35:33):
not know you were actually a lighted? Where you a
light You were licensed? Right you? Actually? Yeah, yes I was.
I actually worked in Torrence, California. I worked at a
very nice establishment out there, oh the South Bay and
South Bay Action. Yes, sir, yes, sir. All right, Well
you know Sean was using amateur masside. Many of the
women were amateur massage therapist. You found the internet. Yeah, dude,

(35:56):
this dude messed up big time. Man. But hey, it's
good work when you're can get it. It's a lot
of fun, lots of beautiful women that want those in Sauda.
So I say, all right, look at you and you
benefited from that. Any amazing stories that should have been
what they used to call it was at Penthouse Forum
or Playboy or whatever it was, I could tell you
one that's um wouldn't get you in trouble. Uh. My

(36:19):
boss called me and asked if I could go to
a hotel. Two ladies there wanted the massage. When I
got there, they were dressed in Nickel and Jay. They
gave me a two hundred dollars took before I even started,
and we spent the next day together. My man, look
at you. Sauca. That was extra hot sauca. That's what

(36:39):
that was. Spicy hot sauca right there. They enjoyed the sauca.
They wanted more sauca. Hey, one of the best days
of my life. Can't lie to you the rest of
your life. However old you get sauca, you'll still remember
magical life. Hey, I got paid too, that's even better.

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Did you get to enjoy yourself? Yeah, got a little
money out of the deal there, that's hey, Ben, I
was actually going to try to go down to the
AC signing for the game to night with my Ben
Mallaw sign but that range is Yeah, missed everything. That's
all right. That would have been great because I T
and T they went indoors, but they had Yeah, they
had had the outdoor setup and all that. It would

(37:23):
have been awesome. Yeah. Yeah, but I was going to
go down. They represent for you next time. Well, I
appreciate that sauce. Thank you, man. All right, I'll let
you later, all right, be good. But that sausa that's
the phone. You're a massage therapist. You want it, You're
going for that. You're like, all right, that's the that's
a client I would enjoy. All Right is the Ben
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(37:46):
we'll push back Mallard to the third degree for timing reasons.
I think that's fair. Roberto, Yes, I think you'll agree
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the answer. Wally in Florida, you gotta write clearly cheating,
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All right, Eddy, do you have the answer? It's not
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former Friends of Steak bulldog Mark Gardner, Mark Guardi. No,
it's not Mark Gardner. The correct answer. Way back in
July of nineteen sixty seven, Juan Mareschal was the pitcher
that didn't last prior to Alex Cobb. I Love the Giants.
A high scoring game for the Giants and Mets on Tuesday,