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January 20, 2026 40 mins

Ben Maller talks about Joe Burrow defending the NFL officials and ripping fans on social media, if QB C.J. Stroud has done enough to earn a Texans contract extension, Bears WR D.J. Moore hiding from reporters after the Bears' playoff loss, Cite the Bite, and more!

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Boom, Shaka laka. It's our number for our number four
were the Bengals Joe Burrow. He ended years of silence
on social media to defend the NFL zebras ripping fans
and their lack of knowledge about the rules of the NFL.

(00:23):
What does this signify to you? Also, you make the call.
Has quarterback CJ Stroud done enough to earn a Texans
contract extension? And what's the takeaway from wide receiver DJ
Moore hiding from the media after the Bears playoff loss
and letting Caleb Williams answer all of the questions? Will

(00:45):
psychoanalyze djmore? That and a lot more right now? Thank
you for supporting the podcast. We appreciate it. Have a
wonderful Tuesday. Here the twentieth day of January, and here
it is our number four, the teacher's pet. Well sucking
up to the teacher anyway.

Speaker 2 (01:06):
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(03:37):
Kings of college football. And there's a couple of new
coaches in the NFL. The one that happened late in
the day and late in the night is the Tennessee Titans,
as Robert Salah, every TV broadcaster's favorite assistant coach, is
now a head coach again with the Tennessee Titans. But
I'll lead this hour from Cincinnati. Are the Bengals getting

(04:00):
ready for a playoff game? No, of course not. The
Bengals are not in the playoffs. However, their quarterback is
filling the content machine, so we thank him. Randomly, Joe
Burrow popped up and he said, Hey, remember me? I
used to be good. Joe Burrow tweeted out for the

(04:20):
first time I think in like two years, a comment
about the NFL quote catch rule. Not if you saw
this or not, perhaps not. Joe Burrow criticizing the many
people who seem to have a misunderstanding or a lack
of knowledge same thing on the NFL catch rule. And

(04:43):
Burrow went out of his way, out of his way
to defend the officials and saying the two controversial calls
this weekend were the correct call according to Joe Burrow.
In the divisional playoff round, you might remember the Broncos
Jakwan McMillan and Brandon Cooks. Was it a catch? Was
it an interception? Was it a catch? And he was down?

(05:05):
What happened? It was?

Speaker 4 (05:07):
Rule?

Speaker 1 (05:07):
Ay a picked Despite a great online debate over that
simultaneous possession. Does the tie go to the receiver? Does
the tie go to the defensive player of the NFL
rule that it was an interception. And then you also
had the Rams Davante Adams with a reception in frigid Chicago,
and that was upheld, much to the dismay of our
buddy Tree in Chicago, and after review they confirmed that

(05:32):
that as a catch. So Burrow was ranting about this,
So let us discuss that is a good jumping off
point the question Joe Burrow defending the NFL zebras and
take a little shot at the fans. What does that
signify to you? All Right? So I've got Hawaiian role

(05:54):
daycare and UFO and we will combine all of the
things together and we are going to have the Gabba Goool.
We're gonna have the Gabbagool and if you're nice, we'll
get you. We'll get you the barbacooche. We'll get that
as well. So to lead off here, so Joe Burrow
dust off the Twitter app or the x app, I

(06:16):
think it was called Twitter. The last time he was
on he dust that off. First time in a couple
of years. Like Bigfoot spotted at a BUCkies getting some
barbecue brisket and it's like, well, there what bigfoot doing there?
He was buying some brisket and there you go, just
to lecture the fans about what it catches. And I
know the catch room. No no, no, no, no no. And

(06:37):
you doubt think about that. Not an injury update, not
a who day. Uh No. Burrow parachuted in in the
micro blogging world to defend the zebras out in the Serengetti.
He defended them. And what does that tell you? That
tells you that Joe Burrow does not mind eating his

(06:58):
own dog food, as the line goes, right, And he's
a consumer, and he was actually watching some NFL games.
He was consuming the product that the NFL puts out there.
He watched the games, he watched the tape and all
that stuff. He read the fine print apparently of the
rule book. He highlighted the footnotes, Burrow did. And now
he's out there playing hall monitor for the Shield and

(07:22):
the rule book of the Shield. Absolutely, oh yes. And
he's also buttering. He's absolutely buttering the officials like a
warm Hawaiian role. Nice biscuits. He's buttering their biscuits right there.
A little foot sea, little flirtation there, you know, eye candy,
the whole thing there. Now, Please remember here's the message.

(07:44):
Please remember me when I get back to playing football
in September. Remember I'm the guy. I like you and
of course doesn't mind poking customers. I felt like this
was mostly directed at the Bill's mafia. I think the
DeVante Adam one was this controversial. I think the Bill's
mafia one that was the one right. And so these

(08:05):
are the same people that help him make the money
he makes even though he plays in Cincinnati. The NFL
shares all their revenues and all that stuff. So reality check.
By the way, the NFL loves this. This has always
been my argument, like the NFL could change things to
make it rather obvious. I always say, go with the
duck test. If it looks like a duck, if it
walks like a duck, it sounds like a duck, it's

(08:25):
probably a duck. If it looks like a catch, it
feels like a catch, it's probably a catch. However, the NFL,
and I've learned this over the years doing this job,
they love that these catch rules are like a funhouse
of mirrors. It's the fund zone and the mezzanine. They
love that. You know, you gotta have control, you gotta
have two feet down, you gotta survive the ground. So

(08:49):
it's fifty shades of gray. It's fifty shades of gray
with a whistle.

Speaker 5 (08:54):
Is what it is.

Speaker 1 (08:55):
It's ambiguity. And the NFL loves ambiguity. They love it.
It's good for business. It keeps the conversation going. It
keeps you yelling and me ranting and raving like a lunatic,
and people calling sports radio and posting comments on the
micro blogging world and all that stuff. Doom scrolling, doom scrolling,

(09:16):
the whole thing. And don't worry, by the way, do
not worry. We will hear from Joe Burrow again on
social media. I wrote it down on my on my
phone and the note section I wrote down Joe Burrow
will send a comment out in twenty twenty eight. That's
going to happen. So Wildcard Weekend Division Round twenty twenty eight.

(09:37):
That ib Now furthermore, we go down to Houston, deep
in the heart of Texas where Texas head coach Tomico Ryans,
good old Demico Ryans. It was locker room clean out
day for the Houston Texans because they were losers, couldn't
get it done against the Patriots. So Demiko Ryans was
asked about the future of his quarterback, that's my quarterback,

(09:59):
the that he didn't have the balls to bench at
halftime even though everyone else said bench him. Yeah, that
Tomiko Ryans. So Dimiko Ryans was noncommittal when asked about
a contract extension to Cjstrap. Of course, that's something that
ownership would decide, right, ownership would decide. What's going on
with that? Ryan's when asked about this said quote, I'm

(10:21):
not getting into that right now, he said when asked.
Apparently the editors decided that wasn't an important enough sound
bite to put in the system. So the question you
make the call, has quarterback CJ. Stroud done enough in
his body of work in the NFL to warrant a

(10:41):
Texans contract extension? So the answer on this one is
a voisterous and no, no, no, no, no, no, Like,
why is this even a question? And I'll tell you
why it's a question because we have seen over the

(11:02):
last five years or so, trash quarterbacks, unproven commodities, get
massive contract extensions that were unwarranted. It has been an
infestation in the NFL nation that has taken place and
so that is why it is a question. If you're

(11:22):
someone that values earning your money, you would say there's
no way, right, like, what are we doing here. This
is not a daycare where you give out the gold
star and the juice boxes and all that. This is
not that. And so you don't hand out quarterback extensions
unless you deserve it. You don't do it just because
it feels nice. That has been the problem in the NFL.

(11:45):
And that's how you end up with these quarterbacks that
are dead weight on your team. What is my evidence, Well,
I've seen this movie before. Ask the Arizona Cardinals with
the great video gamer Kyler Murray. What a disaster that is.
How about the Chargers with surfer Boy Justin Herbert. That
guy's a choke artist in big games. Also, so the

(12:07):
adults would say, no way, no way to CJ. Stroud
deserve a contact extension. You got to earn it. His
playoff performance, he deserved to work. He should be working
at waste management with his playoff performance. They're not load management.
Waste management for CJ. Stroud. My God, and the passes

(12:28):
against the Patriots, it wasn't like it was amazing defense
by the Patriots. You could tell by the body language
that CJ. Stroud the moment was too big. He couldn't
handle it. The throws were sailing. It's like a jugs
machine and a hurricane. The ball was flying high, low, left, right,
junior varsity lights got bright and he needed sunglasses. So

(12:51):
I have activated the Mallard think tank and the Texans
what they need to do. And I recommend this. You
go out right now and you go get some competition.
You don't just blindly hand c J. Stroud the starter's up.
But he's a captain. I don't care a I would
kick the tires. There's a lot of quarterbacks that gonna

(13:13):
be changing teams. I would even see if someone who
started for a couple of years and is not looking
so we got benched last year. If that person's interested,
someone like to a tongue about low so, well, there's
no way the contract will work out. The math isn't mathing. However, however,
see if you can can futs around with the numbers

(13:34):
and if you say, well, we'll give you a legitimate
chance to win the job in training camp, just doesn't
hurt to ask futs around with the contract and see
if you can make CJ. Stroud sweat a little bit
because competition would help. He's too comfortable. The guy called
himself a top five quarterback in the NFL and then
went out and wrote the vomit comment c J. Stroud,

(13:56):
Well that is that has not gone well. That those clips.
You don't need to send me those clips anymore. I've
seen them. I don't you know people keep sending drugging
a podcast. It said, he's I don't care, I've seen it.
It's fine. He obviously loves himself some CJ. Stroud. Good
for him, congratulations. Way to back it up by proving

(14:17):
that you are not anywhere close to a top five
quarterback in the NFL. He's got this malfunction, the the
what you mud call that, the dow Hickey. It goes
dark when the lights get bright, and it's it's problematic.
And you don't reward that. You don't reward bad behavior,
and good luck, good luck on that all right. Now,
last thing to Chicago we go the bears. Where's your

(14:41):
Foemi at no tree in Chicago? Eugenie in Chicago? Where
are my guys in Chicago? You got that doc? Yeah?
Got that doc? All right? So the Bears quarterback Caleb
Williams told reporters that he has not spoken to wide
receiver d J Moore. Now, if you saw the Bears
Rams gamer, you heard it on the radio. DJ Moore

(15:03):
zigged when he should have zagged, or or alternative theory,
it was Caleb Williams who's who did the opposite of
what he should have done. He zagged when he should
have zigged. So DJ Moore did not chat with Caleb Williams.
We know that according to Kayleb Williams, after the overtime

(15:24):
snaffou that set the Rams up for a field goal,
the interception by Caleb Williams when the Bears were closing
in on reasonable makeable field goal range. So Moore was
not present. After the game, he played hide and seek,
did not answer questions, and then on Monday when it

(15:45):
was locker clean out day, DJ Moore was nowhere to
be seen again. So Williams said, originally would say it
was a miscommunication. That was his story and he's sticking
to it. It was a miscommunication between him and himself and
DJ Moore. And then he said he wanted to talk more.
Blah blah blah blah blah. All right, So the question
what is the takeaway? What is your takeaway from DJ

(16:08):
Moore hiding from the cameras and the microphones and the
reporters after the Bear's playoff loss. All right, so my
takeaway is DJ Moore, this is a UFO situation unidentified
fleeing object. Was he's gone? Where did he go?

Speaker 6 (16:28):
I don't know.

Speaker 1 (16:29):
He went up to the mother ship. I don't know
where he went. One second, DJ Moore was the man
in Chicago. The next thing it was a kem trail.
There was like a vapor trail. He's like heading to
the party. What is that? Is it the bird? Is
it the play?

Speaker 4 (16:46):
No?

Speaker 1 (16:46):
DJ Moore getting to all hair to get the hell
out of Chicago, and he left Caleb Williams holding the back.
What's in the back? Well, that's that's Caleb Williams having
an answer for DJ Moore, and that would be embarrassing
the capital E is what that would be. So he
left Caleb Williams to twist in the wind in the
Windy City, dodging the questions. So that tells us that

(17:10):
DJ Moore has something to hide. He said, well, he
was just embarrassed by his performance. Okay, fine, well, we're
embarrassed by his performance after the game. So DJ Moore
to me, this is the the smoking gun is the tape, right,
The tape is obviously gun. You've got two options here,
and neither one of these options smell like a rose.
Neither one of these options smell like a rose. Either.

(17:31):
DJ Moore was loafing. He was in cruise control on
that playing overtime, mailed it in like a postal employee
there and except he mailed it in, there was no postage.
He didn't put the postage on it, so it got
returned to center. So there was that. Or djmore actually
ran the right route or route, and our Messiah, the

(17:53):
Bear Savior, Caleb Williams had a total brain fart. Now
we have not checked with our Bears expert Lucky Tony
on this. Either way, it doesn't matter, right is you
talk about no good choice and you're stuck between the
devil and the deep blue sea or in this case,

(18:13):
the devil in the deep blue Lake Michigan. If you're
DJ Moore, So Caleb Williams is in terms of Chicago's sports,
he's the dream boat. Now the Golden Trial. Caleb Williams
with his painted nails, an absolute heart throb for Bears fans,
and as the teacher's pet. As the teacher's pet, you

(18:35):
can do no wrong. You can do no wrong, and
that makes by default DJ Moore the designated villain. He's
the bad guy, bad bad, bad, bad bad. He's by
default the bad guy. So if you're not there to
face the music, you're admitting the video is incriminating? Is

(18:56):
ri you're admitting? And so DJ Moore treated that route
or root like a nice Saturday stroll in the park.
Lo la la la, la la la. The season's on
the line, La la la la la. Let me jog
a little bit, Why not, I'll jog, So keep an
eye on the store. I would expect the Chicago Bears
to be looking to repackage in the portal DJ Moore.

(19:21):
But he's a good player, I understand. I'm just saying,
if he screwed up and that's not on Caleb Williams,
then you get rid of the player. And if it's
on Caleb Williams, you still have to blame Dj Moore.
So either way, it's like, well, what could we get
for this guy? I get a mid round draft pick.
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(21:41):
oh my. Gosh, yeah It's california. Cool SO i guess
the skunk's trying to warm, up and so they go
in the air conditioning and wow it is uh, man
we got completely bombed.

Speaker 8 (21:57):
By WHAT i don't understand, though is they'll do that
when like when they're, Threatened so what is? It they
go into the air conditioning duck and then they see
a cockroach and then they freak out in, Spray, like.

Speaker 1 (22:07):
WHAT'S i think they're threatened By Stu goatzas. SHOW i don't,
KNOW i have no. IDEA i, DON'T i. Don't It's
i've worked in this building for pretty much my entire adult,
life and it happens like every month there's a skunk
that gets not like once every six, months it's like every.

(22:27):
Month it's. Wild, anyway we do have a major injury
that happened overnight in THE. Nba we don't talk ABOUT
nba right now until the players start, trying which normally
HAPPENS i guess In. April, Anyway Jimmy, butler my, Guy Jimmy,
buckets he's out for the. Year Jimmy butler suffering as
season ending TORN acl is RIGHT acl is right, knee

(22:51):
shredded like a shredded, chicken and so Unfortunately Jimmy butler
will be. Out his season is over with a torn WRITE.
Acl so now expect the hot take artists to debate
should The warriors Unload Draymond green And Steph? Curry should
they trade them to a contender to give them another

(23:12):
chance to win a, championship should they blow the whole thing?
Up stay, tuned, developing, developing hot dot dot, dot so
keep an eye on. That, also National championship goes To Indy.
Anna they had the seventy second ranked roster in terms of,
talent you, know the five, stars four, stars three, stars
all that, stuff and they win the, championship and so

(23:34):
now everyone's all freaking. Out oh my, GOD i. Can't
let's go. Phones let's slo To eenie meenie miney. Mo
let's selo To mikey The. Insomniac haven't heard from him
in a. While Hello mikey The. Insomniac welcome Mister.

Speaker 9 (23:48):
Ben, maller and Hello. Lorena, listen there's thirty two jobs
as a quarterback in THE. Nfl thirty. Two he might
have had five or six on for the freaking. Backups
i'm sitting here In tampa happy that we Have Baker.
MAYFIELD i don't Want, TUA i don't want Freaking Kyler.

(24:08):
Murray i'm happy that we Have Baker, mayfield even though
we took the bed towards the end of the year
and didn't make the. Playoffs there THEN i want to ask,
you AM i going to See Jason stidham coaching or
quarterbacking in The Super. Bowl is that gonna?

Speaker 1 (24:28):
Happen, WELL i would hope that would happen because that
would mean The broncos, one and then of course The
rams are going to Beat, Seattle SO i WOULD i.
WOULD i love. THAT i think that would be. Great
how is? It i'm LEANING i haven't completely gotten my
lock in, Here. MIKEY i know you're very concerned about my,
Pick mikey and The. INSOMNIAC i believe the line is
an overreaction that The patriots should not be favored by

(24:52):
that many points going Into. DENVER i think that's an.
Overreaction and the other thing That i've noticed is a
lot of people seem to be convinced that all you
have to do is bet on The. Patriots it's free
money that you just you're's here's.

Speaker 9 (25:05):
WHAT i have to. Say The bucks went To seattle
and beat that. TEAM i don't know how in the
world that. HAPPENED i Think seattle is going to end
up in The Super. Bowl they just looked unbelievable the
other night against The. NINERS i just don't understand How
i'm sitting In. Tampa, yeah not in the. Playoffs and

(25:26):
well you.

Speaker 1 (25:27):
Didn't you didn't win enough. Games, mikey you got, YOU
i mean you. Choked you're Choking. Bucks what's up with?

Speaker 10 (25:33):
That come on, now all we had to do was
win one other?

Speaker 9 (25:37):
Game is the division, Opponent well you.

Speaker 1 (25:39):
Had to do you had to fire the. Cannons they
didn't fire the cannons. Out they were shooting. Blanks that's the.

Speaker 10 (25:44):
Problem they should have fired the. Coach they cleaned house
with everybody, else But Todd bowles is still. HERE i
think after next, Year Mike tomlin is the coach of
The Tampa Bay oh.

Speaker 1 (25:54):
Look at that said that Out, mikey the, insomniac the,
psychic he's calling his shot right.

Speaker 9 (26:00):
Now, Hey i'm sorry about the. SKUNK i love your. Show,
oh thank you every night.

Speaker 1 (26:05):
Man we love all, right call more Often mike and
the insomniact In. Tampa we love. Him let's say hello
to you got the doc we go. To well he's
not In. Chicago his heart is In, chicago but HE'S
i think In arizona OR i don't know where he.
Is let's find out right. Now it's Like, magellan where
is Doc Mike, Kello where in the world Is Doc,
Mikello doc.

Speaker 4 (26:27):
Eighty four miles From. PHOENIX i got a patient up there.

Speaker 1 (26:30):
That sounds like a song eighty four miles From, phoenix
like an old country music song or something like.

Speaker 11 (26:35):
That, no, well let's get you with Dumb.

Speaker 7 (26:38):
Bears Dump.

Speaker 1 (26:39):
Bears what? Happened What doc mike you're Mister. Chicago what
went wrong for The? Bears?

Speaker 10 (26:44):
Bears i'll tell.

Speaker 4 (26:45):
You, okay at the beginning of the, season somebody shoved
horseshoe of their.

Speaker 11 (26:52):
Ass.

Speaker 4 (26:52):
OKAY i knew that eventually somebody was going to shake
it out of. There AND i love books on that
One Green bay game where where they Beat Green. Bay
then they came back and beat him. Again, yeah AND i,
said no, What i'm just gonna sit back and. WAIT
i got my rock and chair here all the way

(27:13):
to mix and, uh sure enough The rams did.

Speaker 1 (27:17):
It so yeah he. Did all The bears did cover
the spread in that. Game if you bet on the.

Speaker 4 (27:22):
Spread they know they got to be casinos out, here,
Okay and The bears hit the jackpot fall season long
and then But vegas always. Wins as you know, gambling
you can always.

Speaker 1 (27:36):
Put You, yeah they have have a pretty good. Record
you gotta you gotta pick your. Spot you can't, win
but you gotta be so you can't bet all the.
Time but you're not gonna, win that's.

Speaker 4 (27:45):
Right so he, is you, know they got him and
his painted, nails and like you, say he is the
golden goose over. There they're going in the next.

Speaker 6 (27:55):
Year it's like the.

Speaker 4 (27:55):
Coach wait till next. Year, okay it'll be another one
hundred AND i, See i'll be a hundred And i'll
be over two hundred years.

Speaker 1 (28:06):
Old two, Hundred, Doc mike's gonna be over two hundred
years the next time The cubs win The World. Series
twenty years. Old that'd be, great that'd be. Wonderful, yeah
you will Be you'll be like the, terminator, Right, doctor
just put some like metal things in, there some uh
you know. Cyborg. Yeah well there's that, girl you, know
that's her, name that. Girl, yeah we call her that

(28:26):
in the, hallway that.

Speaker 4 (28:27):
Girl, yeah more airtime with the two guys and a
and a cup of show or whatever it. Is she's
on your.

Speaker 1 (28:35):
Own oh SHE i don't. Know i'm usually, UH i
don't hear that. Show but, yeah all, RIGHT i got
you all right, Right, well thank, You. Doc there's That
doc wants more. Lorain let's say hello To mike The,
leprechaun who is in The boston. Area we have an actual.
Leprecaun went From Doc, mike who's Like Deep Dish pizza In,
chicago and then we go over To mike The. Leprecaun,

(28:56):
Hello mike The. Leprechaun Welcome.

Speaker 6 (29:00):
Painter wants to say good, Morning, hey good, morning oh, Boy.

Speaker 1 (29:03):
Hello. Hello everyone's up.

Speaker 6 (29:06):
Early everyone's up. Early When i'm busy in the leprechaun,
Lodge i'm having leftover, pizza calzone. Lasagna you're not a real.

Speaker 1 (29:15):
Leprechaunts don't eat cal. Zones what's wrong.

Speaker 10 (29:17):
WITH i eat calzoni?

Speaker 6 (29:19):
Calzony, anyway the bad news after leaving The italian restaurant
is The italian chef.

Speaker 11 (29:25):
Died did you?

Speaker 1 (29:26):
Know sounds like a dad? Joke, NO i did not
know that he passed. Away ah that's good dad.

Speaker 6 (29:34):
Job IF i was any, BETTER i would use a
cane for my bad, hip but not a. Hurricane.

Speaker 1 (29:41):
Yeah you know what you need is do you need
to clean up this? Call you need? Dude wipes is
what you? Need you need the nice dude, Anyway, hey
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Speaker 10 (30:02):
Yours, Yes CAN i.

Speaker 6 (30:06):
Put on a gentleman's bed With coop for one one?

Speaker 4 (30:09):
Dollar?

Speaker 1 (30:11):
Game, Well coop's a little emotional right. Now he went
from the high of his team. Winning how long after
that did you find, Out coop that your quarterback was?
Out because they waited a little bit to make the.
Announcement it wasn't immediate as.

Speaker 8 (30:24):
It WASN'T i was still walking back to my hotel
from the.

Speaker 1 (30:28):
Stadium when you were, giddy you were, excited you were fired.

Speaker 8 (30:31):
UP i Was i'm surrounded by thousands of fans that
are all walking and then.

Speaker 1 (30:35):
Money well, spent, Right coop went To denver for The
broncos and The, bills and so you were all excited
your team. Won one went away from the Super.

Speaker 8 (30:42):
Bowl it was it Was it was an amazing. Game
it was definitely worth the. Money but NOW i got
the notific The Adam schefter notification on my, phone shifty
AND i And i'm reading. It i'm, Like nicks out
for the. Season and then other fans around me like what, no,
No i'm showing them my.

Speaker 5 (30:58):
Phone it was it was.

Speaker 1 (30:59):
Bad IT'S i thought that was sports talk.

Speaker 5 (31:02):
BARRIERS i was hoping.

Speaker 1 (31:04):
IT i thought it was like butt crack sports fake,
news but it was really it was a. Chefter all,
right my, good what the? Beat, okay go ahead and
make it a little. Bet what's your? BET a?

Speaker 9 (31:15):
DOLLAR a?

Speaker 1 (31:16):
Dollar, No i'm.

Speaker 5 (31:17):
Not i'm not not betting a.

Speaker 1 (31:20):
Dollar he doesn't seem.

Speaker 4 (31:21):
Interested penny, anyway that's.

Speaker 6 (31:25):
RIGHT i was putting my kids to, bed, congratulations.

Speaker 7 (31:29):
And it was, no, no.

Speaker 4 (31:29):
NO i was helping them in the room because they
need some.

Speaker 6 (31:32):
Reminders that's put it that.

Speaker 11 (31:33):
Way and the next TIME i was telling them some
of my bad.

Speaker 4 (31:36):
Jokes and WHEN i.

Speaker 6 (31:37):
Was, LEAVING i said to them they were getting a
little frustrated to, say AM i sometimes? ANNOYING i asked,
Them and this is what one of them said to, Me,
Dad you're always.

Speaker 1 (31:46):
Annoying, yeah well that's what that's. Like pretty much every
kid to every. Parent, right that's usually how that. Works,
like that's not.

Speaker 5 (31:53):
Just but in this, case he's.

Speaker 12 (31:55):
Right if my dad told me lame dad jokes the whole,
time helped me clean my, ROOM i might run.

Speaker 1 (32:01):
Away but having a leprechaun as your, FATHER i, mean
think about how great that. Was bragged all your. Friends
your dad's a. Leprechaun my dad has a mental.

Speaker 5 (32:08):
Illness.

Speaker 1 (32:08):
Wow, okay all, right that's not nice out. There let's
go To QUIN'S. L he's reacting to the breaking news
here from THE. Nba jimmy buckets down for the. Count
he's out for the. Year, Hello QUIN'S L.

Speaker 11 (32:18):
Welcome, hey what's going?

Speaker 1 (32:21):
On you sound like you're full of. Energy try to
stay com try to stay.

Speaker 11 (32:25):
Camp, hey, hey, hey can you at least give me
half as much time as you get the left?

Speaker 1 (32:29):
Color see now you're already. Complaining see now you're already?

Speaker 11 (32:32):
Complaining are?

Speaker 1 (32:35):
You are you a? Leprechaun you're not a. Leprechaun you're
not a?

Speaker 11 (32:38):
Leprechaun, Right, Okay, No i'm. Saying you Know i'm a raider.
Man you already know. That, MAN i, know but, right but,
NO i just wanted to say them that's shocked the
news the, year even THOUGH i The warriors ain't been
ever Since drake mind socked felt pool, man we've been all.
Bad put it like, that you, know BUT i want to,

(33:00):
say big, man you've got a great So and THEN
i did need to say this to BECAUSE i remember
listening like last week or, something somebody called in and
said something offensive to my Lady loraina and talking about
that she feel bad about THE monsi or, whatever talking about,

(33:20):
uh she gets.

Speaker 1 (33:21):
More you, know.

Speaker 11 (33:25):
You were the best thing pretty is and always will.
Be so don't never let nobody call in and say
anything about. You, okay beautiful AND i love you So,
god but thank.

Speaker 12 (33:35):
You quin's look at that homeless man tried to get
my number on the sidewalk today AS i was leaving
my nause to.

Speaker 5 (33:41):
Him, no he was, LIKE, hi have a.

Speaker 12 (33:44):
Great, wednesday And i'm, like thanks you, too AND i
don't make eye. CONTACT i keep walking and get in
my car and he chases down my car and, goes
CAN i CAN i get you Your?

Speaker 1 (33:52):
Noreena don't women? Complain men don't ask for numbers? Anymore is? Everything,
Know it's about how you do.

Speaker 5 (33:58):
It at least didn't steal all of your.

Speaker 1 (34:01):
Stuff, hey that homeless guy might come up with some
invention and become a. Millionaire you never, know you, know
he's just down on his luck right, now it's a
actually richest, story, right he's just down on his. Luck
but he's obviously confident enough to ask you out on a, day,
right asked for your.

Speaker 8 (34:14):
NUMBER i got a bunch of my stuff stolen by
a homeless guy In.

Speaker 5 (34:18):
Denver oh you, did?

Speaker 1 (34:19):
Really from the, hotel.

Speaker 8 (34:21):
From the, train my, backpack it had my passport in.
It oh, no, yeah the bunch of WHICH i recovered
the PASSPORT i ended up. HAVING i had to go
to the. Cops we. WENT i tracked my backpack with
my air pods to a homeless, shelter went there with the.

Speaker 1 (34:39):
Cops nice and but the cop w on't got?

Speaker 8 (34:43):
It or, well, yeah SO i used the finder and
basically it said you're close to your air. Pods and
THEN i saw one of the homeless guys using my beard.

Speaker 5 (34:53):
Brush wow that.

Speaker 1 (34:56):
Sucks well that's good because Remember lance the bus driver
had his car stolen In San francisco and they tracked
it To oakland and the cops, said there's nothing we can.
Do In, california but at least In colorado they went
and got your stuff.

Speaker 5 (35:07):
Back, yeah WELL i got the. Passport all the rest
of this stuff was not was not.

Speaker 1 (35:12):
Fair i've had my car broken into multiple times living,
here AND i a couple of times people have contact
me because they Think i'm like famous or whatever and
tried to get a, reward which couldn't be further from
the truth That i'm rich or. Famous but so they've
like reached out to as long AS i, WELL i
found your backpack and it was on the side of the,

(35:34):
road and you, KNOW i was like that whole. Thing
so And i've. Met WHAT i did IS i WHEN
i did local, RADIO i took like. That there was
one guy that was like the meanest looking Sob at
worked at the. STATION i took him with. Me he
was my muscle and we met and we met in
a parking lot at a grocery.

Speaker 5 (35:48):
Store, wait so you went to do like a like
a ransom.

Speaker 1 (35:51):
Exchange, yeah, YEAH i did a ransom. Exchange, YEAH i was.
YOUNG i was. YOUNG i WAS i don't care, whatever who,
cares you, KNOW i want my stuff. Back and so
that was that phase In, chicago real quick phase what's going?
On my, Man Wendy, City, Hello, phase welcome and what's ll?

Speaker 11 (36:04):
MANAGER i want to? Say i'm probably My.

Speaker 1 (36:06):
Bears Dump, bears Dump bears man.

Speaker 4 (36:11):
Be Ben johnson did a little too much of Uh
Dan campbell, manager have gone for the three points when
he had, it not going for it on. Fur but
you know it's. Whatever shout out to The.

Speaker 1 (36:21):
Rams no they're Not, Phase they're not the better, team, better,
better better team all the way. Across. Face you don't
you lost to a Soft West coast team in the cold. Weather,
Phase what is up with?

Speaker 10 (36:31):
That we?

Speaker 11 (36:34):
Ourselves?

Speaker 1 (36:35):
Ben, No, no, no you lost to A West coast
fake dome team in the cold. Weather you got how
many times did The rams stop The bears on short?
Yardage come?

Speaker 11 (36:44):
On oh, No i'm getting, drunk.

Speaker 10 (36:49):
All.

Speaker 1 (36:50):
RIGHT i love, YOU i love. YOU i gotta, Go,
phase but, thanks thank. YOU i Met FACE.

Speaker 4 (36:56):
I.

Speaker 1 (36:56):
AIN'T i was In. Chicago phase was that At Wrigley.
FIELD i met him in the bleachers out. There he's
with this lady there and he's she's A White. Sox
he's A White sox. Fan not they were there so
Other cubs were playing The White. Sox so that's why
they were. There it is The Ben Maler. Show we
are maulmons, away maulmns away From site The, bite the

(37:19):
great sports radio. Mystery we'll get to. That we'll do it.

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Speaker 7 (38:06):
To Site site To, bite where we play random generic
sound bites you know in.

Speaker 5 (38:12):
A sports and entertainment cliches.

Speaker 7 (38:14):
Spoken by so called.

Speaker 1 (38:15):
Experts what you trying to tell?

Speaker 7 (38:19):
Us who's doing the?

Speaker 1 (38:20):
Talking all, right let's do it here we. Go time
now For site To, bite the great sports Radio. Mystery
play the. Eclip someone who believe? Myself, okay there's someone
from sports the last Seven, todays ten. Days play, Again play,
AGAIN i believe in. Myself all, Right, well any want
to get it? RIGHT i will say call her Five
lorena caller three cool. Five all, right let's start it.
Out caller number. One Coach russell on The site to.

(38:44):
Bite who is? It Coach? Russell im With is That
Jared stidham of The Denver. Broncos no it is, not
but thank, You Coach. Russell glad you're back driving by
yourself so you can. Listen mike is In New. Hampshire,
mike you might caller number two on the. Bite who
is It Mike? Henry is That Hunter henry of The?

(39:04):
Patriots no it is Not Hunter. Henry thank you For
let's go Do Aeni meenie money, moo Hollering james in,
minnieap what's the? Clue? Coup by the, way what is
the clue?

Speaker 8 (39:15):
Here played quarterback In Snoop Dog's Snoop Youth Football.

Speaker 1 (39:18):
League who is? It Hollering James.

Speaker 6 (39:24):
Doug.

Speaker 1 (39:25):
Williams, yes what a relevant name for the last seven
to ten. Days Doug. Williams, no it is. Not Doug williams.

Speaker 5 (39:35):
Picked him as caller three on. Purpose he was.

Speaker 1 (39:37):
Up next caller four is far Out dave In? Ohio
who is it far? Out? Dave your caller? Four is
That Rudy? Giuliani is? That? No that is. Incorrect next
clue is blankety blank? Blank what's the next? Clue?

Speaker 8 (39:56):
Here set A Big Ten conference record for most six
passing touchdo down games in a.

Speaker 1 (40:00):
Career played, Again, LORENA i believe it. Myself, natron who
is it In? Stock? Then come, On Nate, trot what's?

Speaker 4 (40:07):
Up that's gonna?

Speaker 6 (40:08):
Be Jim?

Speaker 1 (40:09):
Kelly who is it? Cool C J, stroud C J, Stroud,
ah nobody. Wins C J stroud
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