September 4, 2025 • 39 mins
Ben Maller talks about WR Jakobi Meyeres being at loggerheads with the Raiders, the Buffalo Bills edition of Hard Knocks being considered weak, Roger Goodell saying Taylor Swift is a "maybe" for the Super Bowl halftime show, #AskBen, and much more!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
A cold brew for you. It's our numb birth three,
our number three, where you're at on Jacoby Myers being
at loggerheads with the Raiders, the latest on his situation
in Vegas on the Ben Mather Show. Here in our
number three, can you explain why the Buffalo Bill's edition
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of Hard Knocks was so weak? Pathetic, lacking bite? And
what does Roger Goodell saying Taylor Swift is a quote
maybe for the Super Bowl halftime show? Tell you we'll
analyze that. All of it's coming your way right now
in our number three, the Silver and back, But you
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So our lead this hour is from Viva Las Vegas,
where the Raiders are already dealing with a case of
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indigestion before they kick off their season this weekend in Foxborough,
the Raiders and the Patriots as former Patriot coach Pete
Carroll makes his Raider debut against Mike Rabel and Tom
Brady will not be at that game because he'll be
calling a game for Fox. But I think there's a
lot of interest. I know Tom will be watching on
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his phone as the Raiders take on the Patriots. But
did you see this? Maybe maybe not? Raider wide receiver
and former Patriot, all these things are related. Jacoby Myers.
He was asked about his request to leave Las Vegas.
He detailed the conversation that he had with the front
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office there. He might remember the story recently Jacoby Myers
asking to be traded before the twenty twenty five NFL season.
Meyers told reporters, quote I asked, they said no. Is
what he said of his demand to enter the transfer portal.
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Quote continues, he says, that's where that stopped. Myers said,
I'm just gonna keep doing my job until something shakes
out either way, meaning the Raiders give him a new contract.
I don't know which way it's going to go, but
I'll be ready for whatever, he said. Close quote. So
Myers requested a trade from the Raiders. That was back
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on August twenty fifth, so not that long ago, and
both sides have been unable to get a contract agreement.
He's still on the Las Vegas roster, and with the
season opener approaching this weekend, there's some debate how much
is he gonna play it they gonna feature him in
the offense they signed to Marii Cooper now in Vegas,
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how much is he gonna play? So there's a lot
of moving parts for Pete Carroll. But let us to
us the question, all right, question on this one. Where
are you at on wide receiver? Jacoby Myers being at
loggerheads with the Raiders. So I've got Vitamin C, flapjack junction,
and Lady Gaga, and we will combine all of these
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things together, and we are gonna make the Baba go noosh.
We're gonna make the Baba ganooshe now, first of all,
Jacoby Myers, I gotta tell you, I'm Benny Bright soon is.
I like the way that he handle it. It seems
like he's doing that the right way. He asked for
a trade. He said, I want out of here. He
asked politely and kind of like a kid. When I
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was a little kid, I'd ask my mom can I
have that ice cream before dinner? And I said, well, Mom,
all we have is Rocky Road. You don't like the
Rocky Road. I'll take Rocky Road. Mom, I'd like to
have that before dinner. Well you don't like Rocky Road, Ben,
but I would rather have ice cream. And then my
mom would say no, and then uh, and you have
to go back and you have to eat your dinner,
you know, eat your vegetables. Always hated that, don't eat
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the broccoli. So no screaming though, no Instagram, unfollowing, none
of that stuff to my knowledge, no burner accounts, although
everyone seems to have one of those. Just a blue
collar punch the clock back to the sweatshop approach by
Jacoby Myers. But when Myers was asked, he was asked
later on in that media scrum, he was asked if
he's happy with the Raiders and his answer was you
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see what he said three words. His answer was, quote,
it's my job. It's kind of like when a wife
asks her husband, do you love me? And the husband responds, well,
we're married, aren't we. Come on, we're married.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
You know.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
It's not Shakespearean romance. Yeah, not real romance. They're right,
but you know so. Jacoby Myers is the generic brand
orange juice at wide Receiver. Now, the generic brand orange
juice you don't get excited about because he doesn't have
a big logo on it, and it doesn't have a mascot.
But it gives you the vitamin C. There's no pulp,
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there's no real flavor burst in it, but it'll get
the job done. Nobody brags about it, but you keep pouring,
pouring it, and you drinking, and it's kind of Jacoby Myers. Right,
Nobody brags about him and you put him in the
lineup and he's like a beige cardigan. You know, he's
not flashy and I don't get really excited about that.
Will keep you a little bit of heat there and
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the playbook. He'll run the plays properly and get you
some yards and won't get you a lot of touchdowns.
He's got experience, he does. He's dependable, somewhat durable and
always though despite having some success as a third receiver,
let's say Jacoby Myers is always a half step from
being replaced by whatever's on sale, whatever shiny object is
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on sale on Aisle seven of the football supermarket. So
where does it end? Good question. Jacoby Myers will keep
catching passes for the Raiders, and the Raiders will considered
trading him because they don't want to pay them. If
you don't want to pay them, you trade them. And
everyone will keep pretending. They'll be like, oh, it's going
to live in this bubble. You know, they're in a
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happy marriage until the divorce papers eventually show up. Now.
Secondly to Buffalo we Go where the Buffalo Roam. The
season finale of the Buffalo Bill's edition of Hard Knocks
dropped recently here on HBO and has been absolutely shredded.
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The season finale dropped and it was supposed to be
an hour long and they couldn't even get an hour
of content. They did thirty seven minutes. That's it, thirty
seven minutes of content. Think about that. They gutted the show.
They took a fule at knife and they skinned it
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and then they gutted the whole thing. It was essentially
half of what it was supposed to be. Question, can
you explain? Can you explain why the Buffalo Bill's edition
of Hard Knocks was so weak? So weak? So the
Bill's edition was a total dud. It just was. It was.
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It was absolute rubbish. And my theory on this, I
have a conspiracy theory I would like to share with you.
The conspiracy theory is that they had the show they
wanted and they were not allowed to broadcast the show
they wanted because of who had final edit says they
got rid of the tension. Normally this has been I
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call it like hg TV, where it's like love It
or listed you know every scene of the show, because
it's the same, just the house has changed. But the
storylines the same, and which are the three What are
they gonna love it? Are they gonna love it? Are
they gonna list it? Or what are they So the
whole thing there, they show them houses and all that,
But on this one you've gotten moments pretty much every
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year where you sit down with the player, the coach
sits down with the player and tells them you're fired.
Get out of here. Right, there's the drama in the
coach's office. There's the drama of or we're going to
keep this guy, We're not going to keep this guy.
In the meetings, all of that was stripped away. So
my theory is, and I'm using my tinfoil hat that
I borrowed from alf the alien O Pinter, is that
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they had the show they wanted and the mist of
softies in the Buffalo Bills organization said you can't do that.
You can't broadcast that. And they said, well, we need
to broadcast that because that's the show. You agreed to
do the show. That's the show. Well you can't do that.
It might hurt someone's feelings, so you cannot do that.
So they have essentially neutered the show. They took a
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pair of scissors and cut the balls off the show.
They completely neuted it. And it's the most compelling part
of that show, the most real part of that show.
Hard Knocks has always been that it's the human side
of it. It's people fighting for their jobs. It's coaches
breaking bad news and they feel terrible about it. The anxiety,
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the stress of all that, the raw emotion, as we
like to say, the raw emotion that is why you watch.
And instead the Buffalo Bill's edition, where's the juice? There
was no juice. It's like going down to the flap
Jack Junction and there, you know, you go in there
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and they've usually served you the wavos Ranchero's and every
other season, and this year you got milk toast and
you're like, well, I don't want that, I want the
I want the waves Francho's were that. We were not
serving that anymore. We're serving this. But that's just bland,
flavorless gruel. I don't want that, but that's what we're serving.
You've got to have that. And it was like sitting
through a corporate like zoom meeting. You know, it's all
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polish and all bull crap, and there's no there's no punch, right,
it's just fake positivity. There's no age, there's no reality.
Everyone's living their best life. You know. It's like it's
kind of like social media, right, everyone's beautiful. They only
post photo when they look good. They don't look They
don't post photos from the you know, everyone posts the
photo from the top where everyone you know, it's twenty
pounds lighter when they put the camera above themselves. No
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one posts the photo from below when you're fifty pounds heavier.
You know, it's all about angles and all that stuff.
And you know, but the story of that show, if
you're not going to be able to show guys actually
getting fired from their job and being cut, and if
that's going to not make the show, what's the point
of doing the show? Now the NFL films people, are
they going to change that to HR films? Is that
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has that been watered down so much? And the thing
that has always been out there has been the basic
the tent poles of that And and I'm not gonna
sit here and tell you it's not NFL propagand it's
always been NFL propaganda, right, I mean that's what they
do it. They do it to promote the NFL and
to get casual people that aren't hardcore fans to watch
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because it's not about necessarily the football, it's about all
this other stuff and the human side of it. And
in the league uses it as a marketing vehicle for this.
But it's propaganda on steroids. But this is you know,
I get that it's state run media, it's North Korea
television and all that right out of Pyongyang. Only sunshine,
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rainbows and buffalo wings in this case. But were they
really terrified of showing anything real? Were they worried about
the players feelings here, worried about the image, worried about
you know, terrified that some player would lash out on
social media and play the mental health card from the
bottom of the deck. That's my theory is that some
of that stuff happened. That they gave you a completely
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sanitized version of Hard Knocks, and that's why it was
only thirty seven minutes, because the other twenty three minutes
would have been about players who lost their job and
that would have been what it was about, but they
couldn't show that for whatever reason. My theory is that
somebody bitched and complained from the bills and they had
to take it out. But that's why that show works,
even though it's propaganda, is because you get that stuff,
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the drama, the conflict of it all, the shot of
the player leaving with his bag and going to who
knows where to get a real job and not one
of these fake NFL jobs. But this time it was
just corporate spin. It was public relations in cleats and
if you take away that right, the humanity of it,
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what are you left with. It was a thirty six
minute infomercial for the Buffalo Bills. That's what you got.
Speaker 3 (13:23):
I'm good.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
I don't need to see that, mate. I'm sure Bill's
Monster Derek and Felexus and all our friends in the
Buffalo area and the Bill's fans both mafia loved it.
But come on, all right now, final thought to the
mouth of the commissioner. To the mouth of the commissioner.
So Roger Goodell went on The Today Show, which is
apparently still on television. Roger Godelle went on, It's a
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morning show used to be popular and someone named Savannah Guthrie.
I have no idea who that is. Apparently she's a
big deal. So Roger Gudelle went on The Today Show
with a woman named Savannah Guffery is apparently a big deal.
I don't know who she is, and asked, was asked
straight up by this woman Taylor Swift halftime show, And
what did Roger Goodell say? Do you see this? He
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said the M word. Oh my god. He said maybe
maybe capital M, maybe capital M. Maybe that's the quote.
All right, question for the esteem panel. What does Roger
Goodell saying Taylor Swift is a quote maybe for the
Super Bowl halftime show? What does that tell you?
Speaker 3 (14:30):
All right?
Speaker 1 (14:31):
So I'll go first. Uh, it tells me that Roger
Goodell is a nibbler. He nibbles around, He nibbles around
the edges. And who wants somebody like that? And now,
maybe let me tell you something. Okay, I'm a self
taught My lexicon is self taught. Maybe is one of
those classic weasel words. It's not yes, it's not no.
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It's just I'm gonna slip out the side door of commitment.
So I'm gonna say maybe, which is not? He asked, no, no, no,
and Roger Goodell's lips were moving and nothing was happening.
It's kind of like when Lady Gaga saying back in
the day, poker face. You don't know what's behind it,
but you know you're being bluffed. That's Roger Goodell right there,
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straight bluff bluff, bluff, bluff, bluff bluff. And then he
passed the buck, which all corporate weasels do. He passed
the buck to Jay Z. He said, I'm waiting on
my friend jay Z. Waiting for the smoke, is what
Godell said. Okay, police, please please please so my position,
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and I'm never wrong about these things. I have never
gotten a halftime monologue wrong in all my years doing
halftime monologues on Fox Sports Radio going back, and that's
as ancient as the Hills. I mean, that's a long,
long time. Taylor Swift is not going to do the
halftime show at the super Bowl in Northern California because
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she doesn't need to do the halftime show in Northern California.
She's bigger than the NFL halftime show. Every man, woman,
and child knows this. The timing is also awful. It
makes no sense to do it in the next Super Bowl,
and I'll tell you why. Allegedly, she's getting married to
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Travis Kelsey. That's usually what happens after someone gets engaged
there's a wedding. So if Travis Kelsey is in the
game and the Chiefs are playing in the super Bowl,
which is not a tough bet to make. They usually
are in the super Bowl. This is the golden era
of Chiefs football. So if Kansas City's back in the
super Bowl, they don't go out there and holy stink
(16:43):
and they're out there. Okay, So she's.
Speaker 4 (16:46):
Gonna want to go rah rah rah rah rah on
stage rather than rah rah rah in the luxury box
while her boyfriend is out there getting chased by God.
Speaker 1 (16:57):
Only knows who whoever play in the Super Bowl. So
and and if he's not in the game, let's say
Kansas City does not live up to the standard they've said,
and you know things go sideways and the bottom falls
out at Arrowhead. Well, if that's the case, then she's
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gonna perform and Travis Kelsey's gonna be like the backup
dancer or something like that. He's gonna he's gonna put
some tights on and shake his ass. Is that what
he's gonna do? So and the other possibility, so the
other possibility is you're not supposed to say this part.
What if they break up? Not all engagements and in marriage.
What if they break up during the NFL season. Now
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that's not just bad optics, that's full on bad romance.
As we go back to you know who, right, that's
awkward as hell. So Roger Goodell says maybe, which tells
us nothing, nothing other than he's hedging, waiting and hoping
the circus keeps on rolling. That's it. That's all I did. Also,
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he's hang out with with mister Beast of all people.
I did see that. So that's well, that's great. Right,
there's side by side mister Beast and Roger Goodell. Is
that really gonna help the the marketing of the NFL.
I'm so skeptical of like who's legitimately famous on the
(18:20):
internet world and who's not, Like I just see, I've
seen so much deception and doctoring of like download numbers
and views and fake comments. I just have no idea
who's actually popular and who has been put up on
a pedestal as popular and is not actually popular. It's
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very difficult there. And this is something that's changed in
my lifetime because for much of my life I knew
who was popular and who wasn't because there was legitimate
numbers like I've seen these stories about TikTok musicians or whatever.
They're real popular, have a lot of downloads, a lot
of views or whatever on TikTok, and then they'll go
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out and try to perform at concert venues and nobody
shows up because it's all fake. They bought all there's
no one actually listening to their music, not in enough
numbers to self taking. So the whole thing, it's it's
very very confusing to me. Well, it is the Ben
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riddle of the, Day the malor riddle of the, day
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and here it is So Tom. Brady Tom brady says
TODAY'S nfl players are more blank than when he. Played
that is the. Question what is the? Answer this is
anyone in the militia know the mind Of Tom, brady
the mind Of Tom. Brady let's see your, page then
(23:59):
get a lot of Ask ben, questions which is? Good
see Here bobby And florida says they are more cautious
around jiu jitsu. Instructors, ah that's a low. Blow that
is a low. Blow what else do we? Have they
are too hydrated from late night drug, tester so he
can't read. That King roy says dude. Wipes that they
(24:22):
are more dude wipes than when he. Played all, RIGHT
i like that. Logo they are more. Flatulent chris And
Kent washington said that were flatulence and uh see. Milkman
mike And colorado Says brady called them a bunch of limp.
Biscuits Lady sideburns says more feral than when he played
(24:43):
more Strange Donca sausage alf The Alien olpiner says they
are more. Lazy It's alves guests here more in touch
with their feminine. Side according to Ferg, dog they're more.
Masculine Just josh In cincinnati Says manuel In, guardinas As
Tom brady, said today's players are more prone to smoking
(25:04):
bong rips at halftime than when he. Played All, Right
Robin minnesota says more likely to dunk their pizza in ranch.
Dressing holy, crap what Any, yeah that's, yikes, yikes, yikes.
Yikes inkotera, said childish is the. ANSWER a bunch of
softies From Ozzie, waz bigger cry babies and entitled than
(25:27):
that's From joe The Ghost. Hunter monkey Biz dog says
more handsome That pray. Said they're more. Handsome Mike eleprechan
in The boston area says they're more likely to use baby.
Oil that's What Tom brady. Said what? Else eke And,
Roseville minnesota said more girly is? THAT i think That's.
(25:48):
Felexus you found a photo Of felexis soft baked cookies
From kyle that's his. Answer more likely to eat avocado
ice cream From larry D i see page. Down that's, Enough.
Loraina do you have an, Answer? Loraina?
Speaker 6 (26:03):
PLEASE i think they're more courteous than they used to
be more.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
Courteous, right let's see here that is. Wrong, Well Tom
brady said TODAY'S nfl players are more coddled toddle than
when he. Played toddled is the word and keeping Mid
Tom brady last played way, back AND i barely was
alive when he last played AN nfl. Game you Realize
(26:29):
Tom brady last played in twenty twenty. Two oh my,
god twenty twenty. TWO i MEAN i was a little
child in twenty twenty. TWO i barely. REMEMBERED i heard
stories about How Tom brady had.
Speaker 3 (26:41):
Played wasn't there a depression back?
Speaker 1 (26:43):
Then, yes, yes it was amazing. Shocking all, right let's
go to the. Phones we will have Ask ben coming
up in a little. Bit let's go back to the.
Calls though on the international, line we say hello to.
Salsa we'll do the salsa, Dance Hello, salsa, well, welcome good.
Speaker 7 (27:01):
Morning, Hey i'm on the international. Line but fortunately this
is still A us, call so he didn't cost me
a lot of. Money keep me on hold that, Long,
Ben Alabama they're going to get rid Of kail and
the board at the end of this season and Hire
lane kick. Them that's the only way they're going to
give back the. PROMINENCE i completely agree with you about
(27:24):
what you said about inside THE. NBA espn will ruin.
Them that's what they. Do they don't want anybody to
be big. Anymore you know those guys they had On Sports.
Center none of those guys are, popular AND i Think
stephen the probably the biggest. One and they haven't messed
up PT i, Somehow but.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
They don't know because that's just. There they don't go
crazy THE. Pti they just a couple of old dudes talking.
Sports you. Know that's they go back and. Forth that's.
It they can't really f that. Up it's hard to
screw that.
Speaker 2 (27:51):
Up.
Speaker 7 (27:52):
Yeah, so, yeah but you told me right about. That They,
BEN i wanted to tell you. SOMETHING i brought this
up a long time. AGO i dated this woman who
had a second. Personality one NIGHT i was sleeping with
her and she woke up and, said, hey you're messing.
Up you're messing. Up this girl loves. You and she,
Said i'm an off the. PERSONALITY i take care of
(28:13):
her when she is once she's in danger BECAUSE i
was getting ready to leave about a month and she
didn't want me to leave her behind In South. Carolina
so we're talking AND i go back to. Sleep she,
said whenever you want to talk to, me this, way you.
Know SO i called her the next, Day. Karen we woke.
UP i had a conversation with her other. Personality so
(28:37):
we goes, by we're doing, this and EVENTUALLY i have
sex with. Her she wakes up and didn't know the
actual person didn't know THAT i had sex with her other.
Personality so this went on for about three weeks AND
i actually took Me.
Speaker 6 (28:54):
Wait, wait, wait so you were cheating on her with
her alternate.
Speaker 3 (28:57):
Personality she didn't know about.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
It it wasn't Cheating. Lorena she didn't know about it
because he was A he knew other, one but he.
Speaker 6 (29:04):
Knew so you woke up the alternate personality and we're
like fornicating with her as all you're telling us right.
Speaker 7 (29:08):
NOW i was wondering, that BUT a for the same.
Body SO i had two girls one. Body did you have?
Speaker 3 (29:14):
Wigs were you like hey switch?
Speaker 1 (29:16):
Out you were like you were like Lou. Williams so
he didn't have two girlfriends or three. Girlfriends the basketball
PLAYER i think he did at one point in THE.
Nba so you had and you ended that s also
you got out of.
Speaker 7 (29:28):
IT i ended. UP i moved, away and BEFORE i,
LEFT i got to say goodbye and was sitting there
AND i, SAID i want to say goodbye To. Karen
so she just sat there And karen appeared and we
just had a little brief. Conversation Said i'm going to miss,
you and that was. IT i never saw again after.
Speaker 1 (29:46):
That but that was what didn't You you should have
broken up with one of the personalities but kept the other.
One you could have had just like them one and
then you could have broken up with the other one
and then moved on to something. Else you.
Speaker 7 (29:56):
Know, well she had three. KIDS i was twenty. FIVE i.
Speaker 3 (30:00):
DIDN'T i wonder if they loved both their.
Speaker 1 (30:03):
Moms maybe one one personalities of the mom and the
other ones the more, risque you know.
Speaker 7 (30:12):
More he pretty, Hot SO i had no.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
Completely, YEAH i would say when a woman says she's
got multiple, personality she better be. Hot otherwise that's not
probably a no, go right, salsa you know What i'm? Saying,
YEAH i got you all, right, well thank you the
great salsa on the international. Line World traveler works for the.
Airlines let's say hello to. Uh let's go To Texas.
(30:35):
Jack who's? Next Hello Texas. Jack, Welcome.
Speaker 5 (30:39):
Hey, bennie how are you?
Speaker 1 (30:41):
Well good News Texas. Jack, No dallas team has traded
a star player in the last couple of, days so.
Congratulations well that's a, shock it is clear.
Speaker 5 (30:51):
Clear, hey, UH i missed the first part of the show.
Speaker 1 (30:55):
BECAUSE i didn't start till later. Today.
Speaker 3 (30:58):
Yeah have you mentioned the, bomber The clippers Or Kawaha leonard?
Speaker 1 (31:03):
Yet, NO i would never have. Mentioned why WOULD i mention?
That why WOULD i do a fifteen minute mal monologue on?
That are you? Crazy what do you? THINK i Wouldn't
why WOULD i start the show with? THAT i would
never do?
Speaker 7 (31:14):
That oh you?
Speaker 1 (31:15):
Did, okay THEN i apologize if you've already brought it,
up all, Right well you can go to the podcast
will be up after the. Show you can hear my
Full mala, monologue a blow by blow breakdown on the.
Speaker 5 (31:27):
Drama which, okay so you hit yourself as hard as
you should.
Speaker 1 (31:31):
Have, well it's an, allegation it's not a. Conviction you
don't hit on The you don't hit on the, allegation
hit on the. Conviction, yeah, okay you know.
Speaker 3 (31:41):
For a fact it's.
Speaker 2 (31:42):
True but that's all.
Speaker 1 (31:43):
Right how DO i know it's? True how do you
know it's?
Speaker 7 (31:46):
True because you follow that team, closely you know it's.
Speaker 1 (31:50):
TRUE i don't know it's. TRUE i have no evidence
that it's. TRUE i just heard some guy some podcasts
or no one listens to that said this. HAPPENED i don't.
Know maybe it didn't. HAPPEN i have no. Idea, okay all, Right,
well what what do YOU i? Mean you seem like
you're disappointed with. That why would you be? DISAPPOINTED i don't.
Understand i'm not. Disappointed i'm just you. SOUND i don't
(32:11):
understand your. Position you're.
Speaker 5 (32:13):
Juxtaposition oh you're trying TO i got?
Speaker 1 (32:16):
You never? Mind well, no what what are? You what
are you? Doing what we're getting at your you're, denying
deny and. Denying why not denying? Anything an if if
they did, it they will be punished and that'll that'll be.
That But i'm not Convinced Steve balmer makes a billion
dollars a year if he had a shell. Company, okay
(32:39):
so just work with. Me, So Texas, jack if he
had a shell company and he knew that if this
company went, bankrupt all the financials would get, out wouldn't
he just keep paying for the company to not go.
Bankrupt wouldn't that make sense to not have this get?
Out wouldn't you think that would be a simple. Thing
he wipes his ass with a million, Dollars so who? Cares?
Speaker 4 (33:00):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (33:01):
Silence, sometimes you, know got a lot of honors in the,
fire you forget to pull one out on. Time, Yeah,
OKAY i know you're hoping. THAT i. KNOW i can
tell by your tone you're hoping.
Speaker 7 (33:13):
That a matter IF i hope or, not whether it's
true or.
Speaker 5 (33:16):
Not they suck, Anyway.
Speaker 1 (33:19):
Well they did beat The mavericks in the playoffs multiple,
times but that's fine With. LUCA i just point that out.
Anyway all, Right, well thank, you all, RIGHT i gotta
Go Texas, jack, please they're, Great Texas. Jack we're gonna
have Ask. Ben your questions are. Answers keep those questions
coming in hashtag Ask ben ON. X that's Ask ben
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Speaker 5 (34:43):
Twitter send us your questions On twitter.
Speaker 1 (34:49):
Now and it is the reading of the. Questions Ask
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and let's get over to the. Coop lou could be
reading all the questions.
Speaker 3 (35:02):
All, Right we're gonna start off with a question From Cowboy.
Speaker 1 (35:04):
Killer hi cow he's working the day. Shift High Cowboy,
killer that's.
Speaker 3 (35:08):
Right he wants to. Know did you ever sneak out
as a? Teenager?
Speaker 1 (35:13):
Uh you know that was pretty. GOOD i, yeah there were.
TIMES i mean a couple of. TIMES i didn't do
it all the. Time my older brother did a lot
more THAN i, did sneaking out of the. HOUSE I
i didn't really have too many, friends SO i didn't
have anywhere to, go so not too. Often what about, You, Lorena,
yeah a few.
Speaker 6 (35:30):
TIMES i had older brothers who had friends who had
crushes on so you, know we were sneaking out all the.
Speaker 1 (35:34):
Time, uh living life in a small town In. Oregon
what about? You?
Speaker 2 (35:39):
Cool, YES i would go into my backyard and hop
the wall in the backyard BECAUSE i was too nervous
that the front door would be too.
Speaker 1 (35:48):
Loud, wow you're all your coke and, dagger that's, Right
jewish AND i Had Yeah i'm back WHEN i And i'm,
OLD i. Guess but WHEN i grew, up my mom
would be just, like get out of the house and
just come back when the sun goes. Down SO i
was like SUNSET i had to get back and now
that was. It but you, know at, night not too.
Much there wasn't much going on in the TOWN i
grew up.
Speaker 2 (36:07):
In next all, Right Ferg dog would like to, know
High Ferg, Dog are you a fast or slow?
Speaker 1 (36:14):
Eater, WELL i am a slow eater compared to my,
wife BUT i consider myself a fast, Eater SO i
guess it depends what the company you're in the room with.
IS i don't think i'm a fast EAT i Think
i'm kind of the middle of the. Road i'm not.
Slow i'm not. FAST i like to enjoy the, food
so somewhere in the middle Of my wife is a fast, eater,
(36:36):
though and she'll get upset that she SAYS i eat too.
Slow BUT i don't Think i'm eating. Slow what about, You, Lorena.
Speaker 6 (36:42):
Yeah i'm A i'm one of the slowest EATERS i.
Speaker 1 (36:46):
Know, yeah you're more of a, grazier, Right, nibbler you're a.
Nibbler Roger goodell's a. Nibbler you're a nibbler, Too what about?
Speaker 5 (36:57):
You?
Speaker 1 (36:57):
Hello what about?
Speaker 5 (36:58):
You?
Speaker 3 (36:59):
KOOP i am fast eater for, sure probably too. Fast
he's like a two byte.
Speaker 1 (37:04):
Person it's gone bites that's. It, yeah not two.
Speaker 3 (37:07):
Bites he's, done it's.
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Gone, yeah that. Joke, aside what is next? Year to? Ask?
Ben your questions are answers for the rest of the. Hour.
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Amazing bobby In florida would Like, bobby since it's back
to school.
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Season did you take the, bus drive or walk to high?
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School? Uh, yeah SO I i when high. SCHOOL i
took the bus in elementary. School by the TIME i
got to high, SCHOOL i my mom would drop me
off and THEN i started, Driving SO i guess you,
know SOMETIMES i would, walk but mostly mostly got dropped
off or drove. Myself what about You?
Speaker 6 (37:46):
Loraina, yeah my dad didn't like driving us to school
and we only lived fifteen minutes from the. School so
rain or, shine your girl was. Walking there was one
DAY i had my hair super cute styled and it
started downpouring rain on the wall walk in.
Speaker 3 (38:02):
LIKE i got straight out of the. Shower it did.
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By the time you get to, SCHOOL i.
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Sure do Love. Oregon miss those rainy.
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Days, yeah we don't have those In.
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La what about, You Cooper, Loop my mom dropped me
off until senior year WHEN i could drive.
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Myself you pamper, Child, well.
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He was the breadwinner in the. Family all, right what
is next to? Her? Cool what do we have?
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Here donkey? Sausage IF i donkey for some reason would
like to. Know how much do you?
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Recycle, well my wife loves. RECYCLING i tell her that
a lot of recycling is a scam and she does
gets upset WHEN i bring that. Up so we have
a lot of. Recycling she does most of, it BUT
i put it in the right. Bin so there's a
lot of. Recycling what about you With, Lorena, YEAH i think.
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Our trash people do.
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That that's what my cousin.
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Says everything goes in One and then, YEAH i.
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Think where you. LIVE i used to live out here
where you live, now so, YEAH i think you. That
what about You?
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Coop, yeah we recycle and there's a lot because we
have bottled. Water and then also my my diet Doctor
pepper's so, yeah.
Speaker 1 (39:10):
Yeah they've done research that a lot of the stuff
that you send to recycled never actually gets turned into like.
Recycled that's.
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True and in, fact you can look on out
Speaker 1 (39:20):
Yes, yeah you can look online coop right into a
brick wall
A cold brew for you. It's our numb birth three,
our number three, where you're at on Jacoby Myers being
at loggerheads with the Raiders, the latest on his situation
in Vegas on the Ben Mather Show. Here in our
number three, can you explain why the Buffalo Bill's edition
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of Hard Knocks was so weak? Pathetic, lacking bite? And
what does Roger Goodell saying Taylor Swift is a quote
maybe for the Super Bowl halftime show? Tell you we'll
analyze that. All of it's coming your way right now
in our number three, the Silver and back, But you
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So our lead this hour is from Viva Las Vegas,
where the Raiders are already dealing with a case of
(02:09):
indigestion before they kick off their season this weekend in Foxborough,
the Raiders and the Patriots as former Patriot coach Pete
Carroll makes his Raider debut against Mike Rabel and Tom
Brady will not be at that game because he'll be
calling a game for Fox. But I think there's a
lot of interest. I know Tom will be watching on
(02:30):
his phone as the Raiders take on the Patriots. But
did you see this? Maybe maybe not? Raider wide receiver
and former Patriot, all these things are related. Jacoby Myers.
He was asked about his request to leave Las Vegas.
He detailed the conversation that he had with the front
(02:52):
office there. He might remember the story recently Jacoby Myers
asking to be traded before the twenty twenty five NFL season.
Meyers told reporters, quote I asked, they said no. Is
what he said of his demand to enter the transfer portal.
(03:12):
Quote continues, he says, that's where that stopped. Myers said,
I'm just gonna keep doing my job until something shakes
out either way, meaning the Raiders give him a new contract.
I don't know which way it's going to go, but
I'll be ready for whatever, he said. Close quote. So
Myers requested a trade from the Raiders. That was back
(03:33):
on August twenty fifth, so not that long ago, and
both sides have been unable to get a contract agreement.
He's still on the Las Vegas roster, and with the
season opener approaching this weekend, there's some debate how much
is he gonna play it they gonna feature him in
the offense they signed to Marii Cooper now in Vegas,
(03:55):
how much is he gonna play? So there's a lot
of moving parts for Pete Carroll. But let us to
us the question, all right, question on this one. Where
are you at on wide receiver? Jacoby Myers being at
loggerheads with the Raiders. So I've got Vitamin C, flapjack junction,
and Lady Gaga, and we will combine all of these
(04:17):
things together, and we are gonna make the Baba go noosh.
We're gonna make the Baba ganooshe now, first of all,
Jacoby Myers, I gotta tell you, I'm Benny Bright soon is.
I like the way that he handle it. It seems
like he's doing that the right way. He asked for
a trade. He said, I want out of here. He
asked politely and kind of like a kid. When I
(04:38):
was a little kid, I'd ask my mom can I
have that ice cream before dinner? And I said, well, Mom,
all we have is Rocky Road. You don't like the
Rocky Road. I'll take Rocky Road. Mom, I'd like to
have that before dinner. Well you don't like Rocky Road, Ben,
but I would rather have ice cream. And then my
mom would say no, and then uh, and you have
to go back and you have to eat your dinner,
you know, eat your vegetables. Always hated that, don't eat
(04:59):
the broccoli. So no screaming though, no Instagram, unfollowing, none
of that stuff to my knowledge, no burner accounts, although
everyone seems to have one of those. Just a blue
collar punch the clock back to the sweatshop approach by
Jacoby Myers. But when Myers was asked, he was asked
later on in that media scrum, he was asked if
he's happy with the Raiders and his answer was you
(05:23):
see what he said three words. His answer was, quote,
it's my job. It's kind of like when a wife
asks her husband, do you love me? And the husband responds, well,
we're married, aren't we. Come on, we're married.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
You know.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
It's not Shakespearean romance. Yeah, not real romance. They're right,
but you know so. Jacoby Myers is the generic brand
orange juice at wide Receiver. Now, the generic brand orange
juice you don't get excited about because he doesn't have
a big logo on it, and it doesn't have a mascot.
But it gives you the vitamin C. There's no pulp,
(06:01):
there's no real flavor burst in it, but it'll get
the job done. Nobody brags about it, but you keep pouring,
pouring it, and you drinking, and it's kind of Jacoby Myers. Right,
Nobody brags about him and you put him in the
lineup and he's like a beige cardigan. You know, he's
not flashy and I don't get really excited about that.
Will keep you a little bit of heat there and
(06:25):
the playbook. He'll run the plays properly and get you
some yards and won't get you a lot of touchdowns.
He's got experience, he does. He's dependable, somewhat durable and
always though despite having some success as a third receiver,
let's say Jacoby Myers is always a half step from
being replaced by whatever's on sale, whatever shiny object is
(06:48):
on sale on Aisle seven of the football supermarket. So
where does it end? Good question. Jacoby Myers will keep
catching passes for the Raiders, and the Raiders will considered
trading him because they don't want to pay them. If
you don't want to pay them, you trade them. And
everyone will keep pretending. They'll be like, oh, it's going
to live in this bubble. You know, they're in a
(07:09):
happy marriage until the divorce papers eventually show up. Now.
Secondly to Buffalo we Go where the Buffalo Roam. The
season finale of the Buffalo Bill's edition of Hard Knocks
dropped recently here on HBO and has been absolutely shredded.
(07:30):
The season finale dropped and it was supposed to be
an hour long and they couldn't even get an hour
of content. They did thirty seven minutes. That's it, thirty
seven minutes of content. Think about that. They gutted the show.
They took a fule at knife and they skinned it
(07:52):
and then they gutted the whole thing. It was essentially
half of what it was supposed to be. Question, can
you explain? Can you explain why the Buffalo Bill's edition
of Hard Knocks was so weak? So weak? So the
Bill's edition was a total dud. It just was. It was.
(08:15):
It was absolute rubbish. And my theory on this, I
have a conspiracy theory I would like to share with you.
The conspiracy theory is that they had the show they
wanted and they were not allowed to broadcast the show
they wanted because of who had final edit says they
got rid of the tension. Normally this has been I
(08:36):
call it like hg TV, where it's like love It
or listed you know every scene of the show, because
it's the same, just the house has changed. But the
storylines the same, and which are the three What are
they gonna love it? Are they gonna love it? Are
they gonna list it? Or what are they So the
whole thing there, they show them houses and all that,
But on this one you've gotten moments pretty much every
(08:58):
year where you sit down with the player, the coach
sits down with the player and tells them you're fired.
Get out of here. Right, there's the drama in the
coach's office. There's the drama of or we're going to
keep this guy, We're not going to keep this guy.
In the meetings, all of that was stripped away. So
my theory is, and I'm using my tinfoil hat that
I borrowed from alf the alien O Pinter, is that
(09:19):
they had the show they wanted and the mist of
softies in the Buffalo Bills organization said you can't do that.
You can't broadcast that. And they said, well, we need
to broadcast that because that's the show. You agreed to
do the show. That's the show. Well you can't do that.
It might hurt someone's feelings, so you cannot do that.
So they have essentially neutered the show. They took a
(09:40):
pair of scissors and cut the balls off the show.
They completely neuted it. And it's the most compelling part
of that show, the most real part of that show.
Hard Knocks has always been that it's the human side
of it. It's people fighting for their jobs. It's coaches
breaking bad news and they feel terrible about it. The anxiety,
(10:01):
the stress of all that, the raw emotion, as we
like to say, the raw emotion that is why you watch.
And instead the Buffalo Bill's edition, where's the juice? There
was no juice. It's like going down to the flap
Jack Junction and there, you know, you go in there
(10:21):
and they've usually served you the wavos Ranchero's and every
other season, and this year you got milk toast and
you're like, well, I don't want that, I want the
I want the waves Francho's were that. We were not
serving that anymore. We're serving this. But that's just bland,
flavorless gruel. I don't want that, but that's what we're serving.
You've got to have that. And it was like sitting
through a corporate like zoom meeting. You know, it's all
(10:46):
polish and all bull crap, and there's no there's no punch, right,
it's just fake positivity. There's no age, there's no reality.
Everyone's living their best life. You know. It's like it's
kind of like social media, right, everyone's beautiful. They only
post photo when they look good. They don't look They
don't post photos from the you know, everyone posts the
photo from the top where everyone you know, it's twenty
pounds lighter when they put the camera above themselves. No
(11:08):
one posts the photo from below when you're fifty pounds heavier.
You know, it's all about angles and all that stuff.
And you know, but the story of that show, if
you're not going to be able to show guys actually
getting fired from their job and being cut, and if
that's going to not make the show, what's the point
of doing the show? Now the NFL films people, are
they going to change that to HR films? Is that
(11:29):
has that been watered down so much? And the thing
that has always been out there has been the basic
the tent poles of that And and I'm not gonna
sit here and tell you it's not NFL propagand it's
always been NFL propaganda, right, I mean that's what they
do it. They do it to promote the NFL and
to get casual people that aren't hardcore fans to watch
(11:50):
because it's not about necessarily the football, it's about all
this other stuff and the human side of it. And
in the league uses it as a marketing vehicle for this.
But it's propaganda on steroids. But this is you know,
I get that it's state run media, it's North Korea
television and all that right out of Pyongyang. Only sunshine,
(12:11):
rainbows and buffalo wings in this case. But were they
really terrified of showing anything real? Were they worried about
the players feelings here, worried about the image, worried about
you know, terrified that some player would lash out on
social media and play the mental health card from the
bottom of the deck. That's my theory is that some
of that stuff happened. That they gave you a completely
(12:32):
sanitized version of Hard Knocks, and that's why it was
only thirty seven minutes, because the other twenty three minutes
would have been about players who lost their job and
that would have been what it was about, but they
couldn't show that for whatever reason. My theory is that
somebody bitched and complained from the bills and they had
to take it out. But that's why that show works,
even though it's propaganda, is because you get that stuff,
(12:54):
the drama, the conflict of it all, the shot of
the player leaving with his bag and going to who
knows where to get a real job and not one
of these fake NFL jobs. But this time it was
just corporate spin. It was public relations in cleats and
if you take away that right, the humanity of it,
(13:15):
what are you left with. It was a thirty six
minute infomercial for the Buffalo Bills. That's what you got.
Speaker 3 (13:23):
I'm good.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
I don't need to see that, mate. I'm sure Bill's
Monster Derek and Felexus and all our friends in the
Buffalo area and the Bill's fans both mafia loved it.
But come on, all right now, final thought to the
mouth of the commissioner. To the mouth of the commissioner.
So Roger Goodell went on The Today Show, which is
apparently still on television. Roger Godelle went on, It's a
(13:46):
morning show used to be popular and someone named Savannah Guthrie.
I have no idea who that is. Apparently she's a
big deal. So Roger Gudelle went on The Today Show
with a woman named Savannah Guffery is apparently a big deal.
I don't know who she is, and asked, was asked
straight up by this woman Taylor Swift halftime show, And
what did Roger Goodell say? Do you see this? He
(14:08):
said the M word. Oh my god. He said maybe
maybe capital M, maybe capital M. Maybe that's the quote.
All right, question for the esteem panel. What does Roger
Goodell saying Taylor Swift is a quote maybe for the
Super Bowl halftime show? What does that tell you?
Speaker 3 (14:30):
All right?
Speaker 1 (14:31):
So I'll go first. Uh, it tells me that Roger
Goodell is a nibbler. He nibbles around, He nibbles around
the edges. And who wants somebody like that? And now,
maybe let me tell you something. Okay, I'm a self
taught My lexicon is self taught. Maybe is one of
those classic weasel words. It's not yes, it's not no.
(14:54):
It's just I'm gonna slip out the side door of commitment.
So I'm gonna say maybe, which is not? He asked, no, no, no,
and Roger Goodell's lips were moving and nothing was happening.
It's kind of like when Lady Gaga saying back in
the day, poker face. You don't know what's behind it,
but you know you're being bluffed. That's Roger Goodell right there,
(15:16):
straight bluff bluff, bluff, bluff, bluff bluff. And then he
passed the buck, which all corporate weasels do. He passed
the buck to Jay Z. He said, I'm waiting on
my friend jay Z. Waiting for the smoke, is what
Godell said. Okay, police, please please please so my position,
(15:40):
and I'm never wrong about these things. I have never
gotten a halftime monologue wrong in all my years doing
halftime monologues on Fox Sports Radio going back, and that's
as ancient as the Hills. I mean, that's a long,
long time. Taylor Swift is not going to do the
halftime show at the super Bowl in Northern California because
(16:02):
she doesn't need to do the halftime show in Northern California.
She's bigger than the NFL halftime show. Every man, woman,
and child knows this. The timing is also awful. It
makes no sense to do it in the next Super Bowl,
and I'll tell you why. Allegedly, she's getting married to
(16:23):
Travis Kelsey. That's usually what happens after someone gets engaged
there's a wedding. So if Travis Kelsey is in the
game and the Chiefs are playing in the super Bowl,
which is not a tough bet to make. They usually
are in the super Bowl. This is the golden era
of Chiefs football. So if Kansas City's back in the
super Bowl, they don't go out there and holy stink
(16:43):
and they're out there. Okay, So she's.
Speaker 4 (16:46):
Gonna want to go rah rah rah rah rah on
stage rather than rah rah rah in the luxury box
while her boyfriend is out there getting chased by God.
Speaker 1 (16:57):
Only knows who whoever play in the Super Bowl. So
and and if he's not in the game, let's say
Kansas City does not live up to the standard they've said,
and you know things go sideways and the bottom falls
out at Arrowhead. Well, if that's the case, then she's
(17:18):
gonna perform and Travis Kelsey's gonna be like the backup
dancer or something like that. He's gonna he's gonna put
some tights on and shake his ass. Is that what
he's gonna do? So and the other possibility, so the
other possibility is you're not supposed to say this part.
What if they break up? Not all engagements and in marriage.
What if they break up during the NFL season. Now
(17:39):
that's not just bad optics, that's full on bad romance.
As we go back to you know who, right, that's
awkward as hell. So Roger Goodell says maybe, which tells
us nothing, nothing other than he's hedging, waiting and hoping
the circus keeps on rolling. That's it. That's all I did. Also,
(18:00):
he's hang out with with mister Beast of all people.
I did see that. So that's well, that's great. Right,
there's side by side mister Beast and Roger Goodell. Is
that really gonna help the the marketing of the NFL.
I'm so skeptical of like who's legitimately famous on the
(18:20):
internet world and who's not, Like I just see, I've
seen so much deception and doctoring of like download numbers
and views and fake comments. I just have no idea
who's actually popular and who has been put up on
a pedestal as popular and is not actually popular. It's
(18:44):
very difficult there. And this is something that's changed in
my lifetime because for much of my life I knew
who was popular and who wasn't because there was legitimate
numbers like I've seen these stories about TikTok musicians or whatever.
They're real popular, have a lot of downloads, a lot
of views or whatever on TikTok, and then they'll go
(19:06):
out and try to perform at concert venues and nobody
shows up because it's all fake. They bought all there's
no one actually listening to their music, not in enough
numbers to self taking. So the whole thing, it's it's
very very confusing to me. Well, it is the Ben
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Tom brady says TODAY'S nfl players are more blank than
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riddle of the, Day the malor riddle of the, day
(23:36):
and here it is So Tom. Brady Tom brady says
TODAY'S nfl players are more blank than when he. Played
that is the. Question what is the? Answer this is
anyone in the militia know the mind Of Tom, brady
the mind Of Tom. Brady let's see your, page then
(23:59):
get a lot of Ask ben, questions which is? Good
see Here bobby And florida says they are more cautious
around jiu jitsu. Instructors, ah that's a low. Blow that
is a low. Blow what else do we? Have they
are too hydrated from late night drug, tester so he
can't read. That King roy says dude. Wipes that they
(24:22):
are more dude wipes than when he. Played all, RIGHT
i like that. Logo they are more. Flatulent chris And
Kent washington said that were flatulence and uh see. Milkman
mike And colorado Says brady called them a bunch of limp.
Biscuits Lady sideburns says more feral than when he played
(24:43):
more Strange Donca sausage alf The Alien olpiner says they
are more. Lazy It's alves guests here more in touch
with their feminine. Side according to Ferg, dog they're more.
Masculine Just josh In cincinnati Says manuel In, guardinas As
Tom brady, said today's players are more prone to smoking
(25:04):
bong rips at halftime than when he. Played All, Right
Robin minnesota says more likely to dunk their pizza in ranch.
Dressing holy, crap what Any, yeah that's, yikes, yikes, yikes.
Yikes inkotera, said childish is the. ANSWER a bunch of
softies From Ozzie, waz bigger cry babies and entitled than
(25:27):
that's From joe The Ghost. Hunter monkey Biz dog says
more handsome That pray. Said they're more. Handsome Mike eleprechan
in The boston area says they're more likely to use baby.
Oil that's What Tom brady. Said what? Else eke And,
Roseville minnesota said more girly is? THAT i think That's.
(25:48):
Felexus you found a photo Of felexis soft baked cookies
From kyle that's his. Answer more likely to eat avocado
ice cream From larry D i see page. Down that's, Enough.
Loraina do you have an, Answer? Loraina?
Speaker 6 (26:03):
PLEASE i think they're more courteous than they used to
be more.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
Courteous, right let's see here that is. Wrong, Well Tom
brady said TODAY'S nfl players are more coddled toddle than
when he. Played toddled is the word and keeping Mid
Tom brady last played way, back AND i barely was
alive when he last played AN nfl. Game you Realize
(26:29):
Tom brady last played in twenty twenty. Two oh my,
god twenty twenty. TWO i MEAN i was a little
child in twenty twenty. TWO i barely. REMEMBERED i heard
stories about How Tom brady had.
Speaker 3 (26:41):
Played wasn't there a depression back?
Speaker 1 (26:43):
Then, yes, yes it was amazing. Shocking all, right let's
go to the. Phones we will have Ask ben coming
up in a little. Bit let's go back to the.
Calls though on the international, line we say hello to.
Salsa we'll do the salsa, Dance Hello, salsa, well, welcome good.
Speaker 7 (27:01):
Morning, Hey i'm on the international. Line but fortunately this
is still A us, call so he didn't cost me
a lot of. Money keep me on hold that, Long,
Ben Alabama they're going to get rid Of kail and
the board at the end of this season and Hire
lane kick. Them that's the only way they're going to
give back the. PROMINENCE i completely agree with you about
(27:24):
what you said about inside THE. NBA espn will ruin.
Them that's what they. Do they don't want anybody to
be big. Anymore you know those guys they had On Sports.
Center none of those guys are, popular AND i Think
stephen the probably the biggest. One and they haven't messed
up PT i, Somehow but.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
They don't know because that's just. There they don't go
crazy THE. Pti they just a couple of old dudes talking.
Sports you. Know that's they go back and. Forth that's.
It they can't really f that. Up it's hard to
screw that.
Speaker 2 (27:51):
Up.
Speaker 7 (27:52):
Yeah, so, yeah but you told me right about. That They,
BEN i wanted to tell you. SOMETHING i brought this
up a long time. AGO i dated this woman who
had a second. Personality one NIGHT i was sleeping with
her and she woke up and, said, hey you're messing.
Up you're messing. Up this girl loves. You and she,
Said i'm an off the. PERSONALITY i take care of
(28:13):
her when she is once she's in danger BECAUSE i
was getting ready to leave about a month and she
didn't want me to leave her behind In South. Carolina
so we're talking AND i go back to. Sleep she,
said whenever you want to talk to, me this, way you.
Know SO i called her the next, Day. Karen we woke.
UP i had a conversation with her other. Personality so
(28:37):
we goes, by we're doing, this and EVENTUALLY i have
sex with. Her she wakes up and didn't know the
actual person didn't know THAT i had sex with her other.
Personality so this went on for about three weeks AND
i actually took Me.
Speaker 6 (28:54):
Wait, wait, wait so you were cheating on her with
her alternate.
Speaker 3 (28:57):
Personality she didn't know about.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
It it wasn't Cheating. Lorena she didn't know about it
because he was A he knew other, one but he.
Speaker 6 (29:04):
Knew so you woke up the alternate personality and we're
like fornicating with her as all you're telling us right.
Speaker 7 (29:08):
NOW i was wondering, that BUT a for the same.
Body SO i had two girls one. Body did you have?
Speaker 3 (29:14):
Wigs were you like hey switch?
Speaker 1 (29:16):
Out you were like you were like Lou. Williams so
he didn't have two girlfriends or three. Girlfriends the basketball
PLAYER i think he did at one point in THE.
Nba so you had and you ended that s also
you got out of.
Speaker 7 (29:28):
IT i ended. UP i moved, away and BEFORE i,
LEFT i got to say goodbye and was sitting there
AND i, SAID i want to say goodbye To. Karen
so she just sat there And karen appeared and we
just had a little brief. Conversation Said i'm going to miss,
you and that was. IT i never saw again after.
Speaker 1 (29:46):
That but that was what didn't You you should have
broken up with one of the personalities but kept the other.
One you could have had just like them one and
then you could have broken up with the other one
and then moved on to something. Else you.
Speaker 7 (29:56):
Know, well she had three. KIDS i was twenty. FIVE i.
Speaker 3 (30:00):
DIDN'T i wonder if they loved both their.
Speaker 1 (30:03):
Moms maybe one one personalities of the mom and the
other ones the more, risque you know.
Speaker 7 (30:12):
More he pretty, Hot SO i had no.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
Completely, YEAH i would say when a woman says she's
got multiple, personality she better be. Hot otherwise that's not
probably a no, go right, salsa you know What i'm? Saying,
YEAH i got you all, right, well thank you the
great salsa on the international. Line World traveler works for the.
Airlines let's say hello to. Uh let's go To Texas.
(30:35):
Jack who's? Next Hello Texas. Jack, Welcome.
Speaker 5 (30:39):
Hey, bennie how are you?
Speaker 1 (30:41):
Well good News Texas. Jack, No dallas team has traded
a star player in the last couple of, days so.
Congratulations well that's a, shock it is clear.
Speaker 5 (30:51):
Clear, hey, UH i missed the first part of the show.
Speaker 1 (30:55):
BECAUSE i didn't start till later. Today.
Speaker 3 (30:58):
Yeah have you mentioned the, bomber The clippers Or Kawaha leonard?
Speaker 1 (31:03):
Yet, NO i would never have. Mentioned why WOULD i mention?
That why WOULD i do a fifteen minute mal monologue on?
That are you? Crazy what do you? THINK i Wouldn't
why WOULD i start the show with? THAT i would
never do?
Speaker 7 (31:14):
That oh you?
Speaker 1 (31:15):
Did, okay THEN i apologize if you've already brought it,
up all, Right well you can go to the podcast
will be up after the. Show you can hear my
Full mala, monologue a blow by blow breakdown on the.
Speaker 5 (31:27):
Drama which, okay so you hit yourself as hard as
you should.
Speaker 1 (31:31):
Have, well it's an, allegation it's not a. Conviction you
don't hit on The you don't hit on the, allegation
hit on the. Conviction, yeah, okay you know.
Speaker 3 (31:41):
For a fact it's.
Speaker 2 (31:42):
True but that's all.
Speaker 1 (31:43):
Right how DO i know it's? True how do you
know it's?
Speaker 7 (31:46):
True because you follow that team, closely you know it's.
Speaker 1 (31:50):
TRUE i don't know it's. TRUE i have no evidence
that it's. TRUE i just heard some guy some podcasts
or no one listens to that said this. HAPPENED i don't.
Know maybe it didn't. HAPPEN i have no. Idea, okay all, Right,
well what what do YOU i? Mean you seem like
you're disappointed with. That why would you be? DISAPPOINTED i don't.
Understand i'm not. Disappointed i'm just you. SOUND i don't
(32:11):
understand your. Position you're.
Speaker 5 (32:13):
Juxtaposition oh you're trying TO i got?
Speaker 1 (32:16):
You never? Mind well, no what what are? You what
are you? Doing what we're getting at your you're, denying
deny and. Denying why not denying? Anything an if if
they did, it they will be punished and that'll that'll be.
That But i'm not Convinced Steve balmer makes a billion
dollars a year if he had a shell. Company, okay
(32:39):
so just work with. Me, So Texas, jack if he
had a shell company and he knew that if this
company went, bankrupt all the financials would get, out wouldn't
he just keep paying for the company to not go.
Bankrupt wouldn't that make sense to not have this get?
Out wouldn't you think that would be a simple. Thing
he wipes his ass with a million, Dollars so who? Cares?
Speaker 4 (33:00):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (33:01):
Silence, sometimes you, know got a lot of honors in the,
fire you forget to pull one out on. Time, Yeah,
OKAY i know you're hoping. THAT i. KNOW i can
tell by your tone you're hoping.
Speaker 7 (33:13):
That a matter IF i hope or, not whether it's
true or.
Speaker 5 (33:16):
Not they suck, Anyway.
Speaker 1 (33:19):
Well they did beat The mavericks in the playoffs multiple,
times but that's fine With. LUCA i just point that out.
Anyway all, Right, well thank, you all, RIGHT i gotta
Go Texas, jack, please they're, Great Texas. Jack we're gonna
have Ask. Ben your questions are. Answers keep those questions
coming in hashtag Ask ben ON. X that's Ask ben
(33:41):
and friends will get to all of that and we
will do it.
Speaker 5 (33:50):
Next be sure to catch live editions Of The Ben
Meller show weekdays at two Am eastern eleven Pm, Pacific
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Speaker 1 (33:57):
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It like the gentleman that called up a few minutes
Ago Texas jack and was demanding to rip the, clippers
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Speaker 5 (34:43):
Twitter send us your questions On twitter.
Speaker 1 (34:49):
Now and it is the reading of the. Questions Ask
ben your questions are. Answers follow rest of the hour
and let's get over to the. Coop lou could be
reading all the questions.
Speaker 3 (35:02):
All, Right we're gonna start off with a question From Cowboy.
Speaker 1 (35:04):
Killer hi cow he's working the day. Shift High Cowboy,
killer that's.
Speaker 3 (35:08):
Right he wants to. Know did you ever sneak out
as a? Teenager?
Speaker 1 (35:13):
Uh you know that was pretty. GOOD i, yeah there were.
TIMES i mean a couple of. TIMES i didn't do
it all the. Time my older brother did a lot
more THAN i, did sneaking out of the. HOUSE I
i didn't really have too many, friends SO i didn't
have anywhere to, go so not too. Often what about, You, Lorena,
yeah a few.
Speaker 6 (35:30):
TIMES i had older brothers who had friends who had
crushes on so you, know we were sneaking out all the.
Speaker 1 (35:34):
Time, uh living life in a small town In. Oregon
what about? You?
Speaker 2 (35:39):
Cool, YES i would go into my backyard and hop
the wall in the backyard BECAUSE i was too nervous
that the front door would be too.
Speaker 1 (35:48):
Loud, wow you're all your coke and, dagger that's, Right
jewish AND i Had Yeah i'm back WHEN i And i'm,
OLD i. Guess but WHEN i grew, up my mom
would be just, like get out of the house and
just come back when the sun goes. Down SO i
was like SUNSET i had to get back and now
that was. It but you, know at, night not too.
Much there wasn't much going on in the TOWN i
grew up.
Speaker 2 (36:07):
In next all, Right Ferg dog would like to, know
High Ferg, Dog are you a fast or slow?
Speaker 1 (36:14):
Eater, WELL i am a slow eater compared to my,
wife BUT i consider myself a fast, Eater SO i
guess it depends what the company you're in the room with.
IS i don't think i'm a fast EAT i Think
i'm kind of the middle of the. Road i'm not.
Slow i'm not. FAST i like to enjoy the, food
so somewhere in the middle Of my wife is a fast, eater,
(36:36):
though and she'll get upset that she SAYS i eat too.
Slow BUT i don't Think i'm eating. Slow what about, You, Lorena.
Speaker 6 (36:42):
Yeah i'm A i'm one of the slowest EATERS i.
Speaker 1 (36:46):
Know, yeah you're more of a, grazier, Right, nibbler you're a.
Nibbler Roger goodell's a. Nibbler you're a nibbler, Too what about?
Speaker 5 (36:57):
You?
Speaker 1 (36:57):
Hello what about?
Speaker 5 (36:58):
You?
Speaker 3 (36:59):
KOOP i am fast eater for, sure probably too. Fast
he's like a two byte.
Speaker 1 (37:04):
Person it's gone bites that's. It, yeah not two.
Speaker 3 (37:07):
Bites he's, done it's.
Speaker 1 (37:08):
Gone, yeah that. Joke, aside what is next? Year to? Ask?
Ben your questions are answers for the rest of the. Hour.
Speaker 2 (37:17):
Amazing bobby In florida would Like, bobby since it's back
to school.
Speaker 3 (37:23):
Season did you take the, bus drive or walk to high?
Speaker 1 (37:26):
School? Uh, yeah SO I i when high. SCHOOL i
took the bus in elementary. School by the TIME i
got to high, SCHOOL i my mom would drop me
off and THEN i started, Driving SO i guess you,
know SOMETIMES i would, walk but mostly mostly got dropped
off or drove. Myself what about You?
Speaker 6 (37:46):
Loraina, yeah my dad didn't like driving us to school
and we only lived fifteen minutes from the. School so
rain or, shine your girl was. Walking there was one
DAY i had my hair super cute styled and it
started downpouring rain on the wall walk in.
Speaker 3 (38:02):
LIKE i got straight out of the. Shower it did.
Speaker 1 (38:04):
By the time you get to, SCHOOL i.
Speaker 6 (38:06):
Sure do Love. Oregon miss those rainy.
Speaker 1 (38:08):
Days, yeah we don't have those In.
Speaker 2 (38:11):
La what about, You Cooper, Loop my mom dropped me
off until senior year WHEN i could drive.
Speaker 3 (38:17):
Myself you pamper, Child, well.
Speaker 1 (38:22):
He was the breadwinner in the. Family all, right what
is next to? Her? Cool what do we have?
Speaker 2 (38:26):
Here donkey? Sausage IF i donkey for some reason would
like to. Know how much do you?
Speaker 1 (38:32):
Recycle, well my wife loves. RECYCLING i tell her that
a lot of recycling is a scam and she does
gets upset WHEN i bring that. Up so we have
a lot of. Recycling she does most of, it BUT
i put it in the right. Bin so there's a
lot of. Recycling what about you With, Lorena, YEAH i think.
Speaker 6 (38:51):
Our trash people do.
Speaker 3 (38:53):
That that's what my cousin.
Speaker 6 (38:54):
Says everything goes in One and then, YEAH i.
Speaker 1 (38:56):
Think where you. LIVE i used to live out here
where you live, now so, YEAH i think you. That
what about You?
Speaker 2 (39:01):
Coop, yeah we recycle and there's a lot because we
have bottled. Water and then also my my diet Doctor
pepper's so, yeah.
Speaker 1 (39:10):
Yeah they've done research that a lot of the stuff
that you send to recycled never actually gets turned into like.
Recycled that's.
Speaker 3 (39:17):
True and in, fact you can look on out
Speaker 1 (39:20):
Yes, yeah you can look online coop right into a
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