July 2, 2025 • 37 mins
Ben Maller opens hour 4 of the show assessing the chances that the Steelers trade TJ Watt. Should Aaron Rodgers get full control of the Steelers offense? Lamar Jackson admits he still has one minor flaw in his game: just being a leader... How do you process that? Plus, Paul Skenes is already planning a post-baseball career?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Boom, shaka laka. It's our number four, our number four.
And what are the chances that Pittsburg Steelers trade TJ Watt.
We'll take a look at that. Also thumbs up or
thumbs down on allowing Air and Rogers to govern, meaning
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total control of the Steelers offense in twenty twenty five,
and the Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson admitting he still has
one minor flaw in his game just being a leader.
He said, how do you process this? We'll get to
all of that and more right now here it is,
have a wonderful hump day. It's our number four. Watch
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you're gonna do, not what you're gonna do. Watch you're
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Way Tire Buying showbat so our lead this hour from
Western Pennsylvania, the life and times of disgruntled disgruntled defensive
star TJ. Watt. He's not happy now. If you have
not been following along here and maybe not, perhaps you're
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not worried about football until training camp opens up, which
I believe is in eleven days. I believe the first
team something like that. I think it's eleven days the
first Chargers eleven or twelve days the first team will
report the training camp. So we are told that multiple
teams lining their ducks up in a row, discussing whether
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or not they can acquire the Yinsers pass rush specialist TJ. Watt,
who you might remember said it's nay on the offseason
Mini camp A and was a no show. He went
a wall to offseason workouts and so Watt's unhappy. He
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wants money, money, money, money, And the Steelers are saying, well,
we've already paid you money, money, money. He wants more money, money, money,
So there you go. Now, the Steelers have been active
this week. We've talked about it a little bit. In
the overnight they made the trade that acquired Jalen Ramsey
and John news Smith from the Dolphins for micka Fitzpatrick.
So if you make that deal, would you make another trade?
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So let us discuss the question what are the chances, right,
what are the chances that the Steelers trade TJ. Watt
between now and the start of the regular season, which
is in early September. So I've got on this one
donkey deed to the property and minecraft, and we will
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combine all of these things together and we are gonna
make the Gabba ghoul. We're gonna make the Gobba goool,
all right. So to lead off here, Malor Sportsbook odds,
the Malor of sportsbook odds on this. I'm gonna set
the odds plus five point fifty that TJ. Watt is traded.
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So that means, based on those odds, that there is
a fifteen percent chance in baseball, a one fifty batting
average that's it, right, and it's just enough a one
fifty batting average where it raises your eyebrows but not
your blood pressure. Well, as long as you have a
bat in your hands, you could get a hit. That's
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what those baseball people will say. If you have a
bat in your hands or danger, Well, if you're hitting
one to fifty, it's not likely, just like the trade
is not likely. And here's why the Steelers don't play
that way. That's not how they're operating. They've never operated
that way the Pittsburgh Steelers. They are conservative, they're buttoned up.
It's the franchise charter to be borring. And that's why
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the Aaron Rodgers moves a rather shocking because it's out
of character for the Steelers. But if you talk about
the legacy, it's all about the legacy when you play
for the Steelers and the you know, the identity of
the franch eyes is that you don't do these crazy things.
You don't get rid of top player and what he is,
the face of that defense, TJ. Watt and trading your
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future Hall of Famer, your pass rusher who's granted near
the end of his prime, but he's still in his
NFL Prime, and this is supposed to be a win
now year, is it not. You're you're adding Aaron Rodgers.
You're not playing the long game, You're playing the short game.
So it's it's backwards donkey logic is what it is.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Right.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
It's just noise, and it's just enough to be worthy
of a Mallard monologue rant, which we're doing right now,
but not enough to make it actually happen unless Watt
says that's it, I'm not playing. I want to trade.
He has not said he wants a trade. You know,
he's he's gonna be back and he'll be humming bars
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from Whiz Khalif is black and yellow, black and yellow,
black and yellow from you ago. He'll be doing that now. Furthermore,
staying in the burg, staying in the berg now, former
coaches department, Former coaches department. So Billkuer appeared on Fox
Sports Radio recently with Dan Patrick and just yesterday in fact,
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so Dan Patrick had Bill cowheron, who's still boring people
over at CBS. So Cower was asked about these Steelers
giving freedom to airon Rogers to control the offense in
twenty twenty five. There's a theory going around that Aaron
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Rodgers will have total control over, for better or worse,
the offensive philosophy. He'll be involved in the play calling,
the game planning, like all of it. He'll be a
de facto assistant to the offensive coordinator. So if you
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didn't hear what COWERR said, he said, quote there is
a degree of urgency in that building, no question about it.
And he would give Aaron Rodgers total autonomy in Pittsburgh.
That's the quote, total autonomy in Pittsburgh. He was asked
by Dan Patrick about that. That's what he said, So
true or false? True or false on allowing Aaron Rogers
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to be the governor, if you will to be the
government of the offense there in Pittsburgh in twenty twenty five,
that's the question. So if you're here's my three. If
you're bringing Aaron Rodgers in, which is plausibly what the
Steelers of the said to do, if you're bringing him
to town, you might as well just have him get
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a blank piece of paper and get a pen and
draw some plays up, do some ex's and o's, write
the playbook, give him a headset if he wants that,
and give him a deed to the property to say,
here you go, Aaron, here's the deed to the property, right,
because if you don't, if you don't, what exactly are
you doing? Serious? Now? Bill Kauer, who I'm not a
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big coward guy. I think he's terrible on television. But
Bill Kuer said it plainly. There is a degree of
urgency in that building, which is true. The Steelers they
never change coaches, right, you have to leave. You have
that job till you die, or you retire, or you quit.
But you're not gonna get fired my life. I'm getting older.
They've had in my life three coaches the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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Three in my life, and I've been around a while.
It's wild, right, And to think the Steelers have not
won a playoff game since twenty sixteen, the last time
they want to twenty sixteen. It was barely alive in
twenty sixteen, so were you. And they've spent more time
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in recent years talking about Kenny Pickett and his tiny hands,
tiny tiny hands and all the quirky things that Russell
Wilson does and all that, mister unlimited, all of that.
And now now that Aaron Rodgers is in town, there
is no time, no time. They say, well, we're gonna
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put the training wheels on and all that stuff, and
we're gonna we're gonna have a control freak offensive mindset
for the coordinator. You know, it's go time. It's green
light though, and you know it and I know it.
Do you either let Aaron Rodgers control things and be
the get the full all inclusive like a nice resort
in the Bahamas and Aaron Rodgers experience. The Jets tried
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it didn't work. They say, well, the Jets don't have
good players. The Steelers think they have good players. So
you give Rogers total control. You do it, and otherwise
you're just wasting your time, you are, So thumb's up. Yes,
whatever you want me to say, I'll go yes on that.
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And one, I guess two thumbs, but one for every
ring that Rogers is trying to win, because he's got
one with Green Bay, he's trying to win that one
other ring that iohuasca themed, you know ring he can
have like a little picture of ayahuasca on the ring
and then he'll just fade away and do podcasts with
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Joe Rogan and he can replace You know, we don't
want to replace George North, but Art Art Bell's old
show Coast to Coast, like we could have Aaron Rodgers
slide and do some weekend Coast to Coast where he
talks about UFOs and lizard people and all that chem trails,
all that good stuff. Sure now, is Rogers gonna clash
with people? Absolutely, and I'm here for it. I have
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a talk show to do. I have a daily talk
show at four nights, five nights a week. I have
a podcast on the weekend. So I am absolutely there.
I am ready to go for Aaron Rodgers to clash
with his teammates, to clash with the media, to clash
with coaches. I think it's wonderful. I think it's great.
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And so it's not about managing egos. Rogers is not
gonna massage egos and all that stuff. It's about scoring points.
If you wanted quiet, you would have kept justin fields quiet,
not good quiet. You know, a few highlights, that's about it.
That's what the Jets have now. So let Aaron Rodgers
run it. Let Rogers cook. Now he might cook psychedelics
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and all that, but let him cook. And you know,
if it doesn't work out, he'll be no different than
any other quarterback you've had in Pittsburgh since Roethlisberger left.
And that's it. And you know, if it fails, he
fails on his terms, Aaron Rodgers, and not because you
shackled him with some dopey offensive coordinator and a group
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of plays written in crayon. That's it all, right, Now,
last thing to Baltimore we go. The Ravens quarterback Lamar
Jackson recently admitted that he still has a minor flaw
in his game despite multiple MVP awards in a near
miss last season. I see this, Lamar Jackson said he
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is weak spot is just being a leader. That's what
he said, just being a leader. So how do you
process this? Guys won multiple MVP awards, been regular season
wise one of the great players in this era of
the NFL. So this idea, I actually support Lamar Jackson.
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I don't know what he's trying to do that he
isn't doing right now. Because the idea that you need
to be some kind of sideline preacher and delivers sermons
on the sidelines like raw ra speeches and all that stuff,
I think that's poppycock, right, I think that's nonsense. It's
vastly overrated, and a lot of the time your teammates
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think of you as an actor. You're doing performance art.
I'll give an exam Russell Wilson, who's just in Pittsburgh
now with the Giants. Russ does a lot of things
because there's cameras and he knows that these things will
get picked up. And the low information fan, the neanderthal fan,
thinks that that's leadership because that's what the Hollywood movies do,
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raw ra speeches and all that stuff, and it's just
it's just not reality. Think of it like in Minecraft,
the land Mithland and the Lord Sausage in Mythland right there.
You cook up over the years these ideas that quarterbacks
are supposed to give the raw ra speech and all
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that stuff, but it's usually by movies and people that
never played the game and all that stuff. And maybe
you led your fantasy football team and congratulations on that,
but you wouldn't know leadership if it came out and
slapped you right across the face. To me, and maybe
I'm I'm completely wrong, but as I believe in like leadership,
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it's results, it's execution, it's you know, that's how you
get to a level of R E S P E
C T H and just winning a bunch of yams.
So Lamar Jackson's done that part. The Ravens win like
twelve games seemingly every year right around there, give or
take twelve or so wins. But you just show up
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week after week and your teammates follow. That's it, you
know that? To me, that's leadership. And Lamar does not
need to be ray Lewis out there who did performance
art ray Lewis, you know, giving these fire and brimstone
speeches to the Ravens and all this nonsense before every snap.
Just continue playing. Well, now the one caveat here, I
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got one. I don't think Lamar Jackson at this point
is gonna morph into a modern day Winston Churchill with
a helmet and shoulder pads and all that. I don't.
I don't think that's so at this point what he
needs to do it was rather obvious. I don't think.
I don't have to say it. I'll say it because
a talk show, I'll say it. Just win some bleeping
games in late January and be the reason that you're winning.
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That is that'll all of a sudden you become a leader.
Oh my god, he's such a great leader because he
played well in the AFC Championship Game and then eventually
the Super Bowl and all that stuff, and then all
of a sudden, the legend will be all he's got
all the intangibles. That's what happens. That's it. You know,
Tom Brady. How many times did Tom Brady have a
hissy fit like a child on the sidelines. But they
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were winning, so that was great leadership. Right. If they
were losing, they'd be like, what an a hole? Who
wants to work with a coworker like this? You know
he's a schmuck Tom Brady. But they won, so that
became leadership. And if Lamar wins, it say well, we
need to find a quarterback like Lamar and they'll be saying, oh,
he has everything everything you want right, talking hands will
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demand that every other quarterbacks like Lamar. You don't have
to be a motivational speaker and all that stuff. The
real ones. No, And I think in life and Joe,
you don't follow empty words. You don't you follow results.
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so straight ahead. He is the breakout star. Everyone's been
talking about this guy in Major League Baseball. Paul skeins, Well,
he's already planning a second career when he's done with
the Pittsburgh Pirates. We'll tell you what his plan is.
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We'll get to that and we will do it next
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Right back to it, all right, back to it we go.
So Major League Baseball star pitcher Paul Skenes dreaming of
a second career. As what we'll get to that coming
up later. We began with a football heavy malle monologue.
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We bounced around some of the biggest stories in the NFL.
And at the same time we have triggered Don from Duluth.
Don from Duluth not happy. You think, just sitting out
there and looking at Lake Superior, he would be happy.
But no, Don from d Luth is upset. He says
f Aaron Rodgers that at Viking love goes deep for
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Don On from du Luth. He says Aaron Rodgers, Fim,
stop all these Mallard monologues, please content or not? All right,
I'll make a deal with you've done. I'll just read
random Wikipedia pages. Okay. If it's Aaron Rodgers monologue time,
I'll say, Well, Don from Duluth doesn't want me to
do a Mallard monologue on Aaron Rodgers. So I'll just
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sit there and just read random Wikipedia pages. Done. No problem, now,
it says on my phone on my call screener, it
says Ed from the Panhandle. I'm guessing this is Jed
who fled? But I don't know. Hello, you're on the
air caller. Hello, I don't hear is he there? Gone?
(19:42):
Let's see? Oh wait, hold you have faded up there.
Ian's now trying to find the fader on the board.
What happened to you? Did Mary step out for a
second and all? Here we go, Here we go. We're
gonna find the right one. Hello? Is this Ed or Jed?
Speaker 3 (19:59):
Uh?
Speaker 1 (20:00):
I'm not on drugs, Hans Jed who fled? Right there?
Speaker 2 (20:04):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (20:04):
You saw right through that, You saw right through that.
Rogers is the QB, the O C, the GM and
the head coach. There's only one person that can range
this guy in. Then that's bugs, buddy, Bugs, buddy.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
What about your what about your Semity Sam? With his guns?
You know.
Speaker 4 (20:21):
Well, now you know, Simity Sam, that Aaron Rodgers would
be be like an imperior to complace because Josemmedy Sam's
got two guns. Aaron Rodgers don't barely got one left nowadays.
Speaker 1 (20:31):
Now did you send me that poncete is that there's
a town in Florida named poncetell Ow? Are you the
one that sent that to me?
Speaker 2 (20:38):
Man?
Speaker 4 (20:39):
I'll read you before you even have letters on your page.
That's the Wikipedia page you want to start with.
Speaker 5 (20:44):
Absolutely, there you go.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
Have you been there? Have you been to pontste On, Florida?
Have you you lived not far from there?
Speaker 2 (20:51):
Okay?
Speaker 4 (20:51):
This is it's it's one county over. It's the same
county that the Alabama player got arrested in going to
like one hundred with money cash or cash moneys and drugs,
cash money or same thing.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
Because because when you're in Ponce Dell Lyon, you figure
gonna live forever because you're in Ponstelli On, Florida.
Speaker 4 (21:05):
Come on, uh, yes, that is correct, except when you
go there, it's got a subway and that's pretty much it.
Speaker 1 (21:13):
And so I mean, oh yeah, I'm looking here. It
does not look it's in Holmes County, Florida. It does
not look like a very if there's five hundred people
that live there.
Speaker 4 (21:25):
Wow, Now that many people want to remain useful, believe.
Speaker 1 (21:28):
Or not, well, I would, I would think everyone would.
I would want to live in Poncetevily On, Florida.
Speaker 4 (21:32):
My god and their mascot is the Pirates. You know
what I mean?
Speaker 2 (21:35):
I guess, I guess Postilion.
Speaker 4 (21:36):
I mean I was gonna make a joke, but like,
you know, are you dumb? You trying to give me
t Yes? I played possibly on.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
I'm not whoa Well, let me the climate in ponstely On,
Florida's hot, humid summers, generally mild winters. So there's that.
Speaker 4 (21:52):
Wedding capitol of Florida. Yet, well, I've one gay. It's
basically a bye way for the people getting to Bake
County to getting to Panama City Beach. That's where the
four lane runs through and saying and it takes to Alabama.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
So that's pretty much were they were they Were they
planning on having like a poncetely On Land or something.
Is that why they named the town Ponstellon Because it's
like it's not really doing that well.
Speaker 4 (22:13):
I think they were trying to attract people in and
it was worked against them. I'll tell you where this
county has been. It's the one county around here. I
will not commit crimes in because the status of this jail.
I mean, these are the lizards.
Speaker 1 (22:24):
So you're the You're the You're the criminal who studies
the jails before you commit the crime, because you want
if you're going to go to jail, you want to
go to a nice jail.
Speaker 4 (22:33):
I mean, I'm not trying to say that that's the
fault that I've unfortunately thought before numerous times, but yes,
that that would be hypothetically correct, because jailers are good.
They county jail is like a thunderdome and homes homescougs
like snake there in Washington County or you know one
you know which is about two guys. That's perfect that
we got to ride them mount see that?
Speaker 1 (22:54):
And then which jail has the top food? Do we
in your area?
Speaker 4 (22:59):
The jail that the one I got out of laught.
Then you show let me think. I mean, that's always
the best, the best foods. Uh, dude, the boxes. This
is verifiable.
Speaker 2 (23:08):
I saw with myes.
Speaker 4 (23:09):
You're not gonna believe it. Unstitch for human consumption on
the and I am not not like the mix the
water makes the head, the little gatorade whatever was in it.
Eight through contree after extending for your time, and that's
when they stopped serving it because they're like, well, yeah, I.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
Can I can only imagine the end of the night.
But you gotta make good fellows where they cook their
pasta in the prison. There're gonna be like the good
Fellas back in the day.
Speaker 4 (23:34):
Oh yeah, really quickly did uh the app? Then I've
got an idea for you nobody else listening. It's an
app that treats people like you and I treats us
with respect. It promotes people that to take risks with
forts takes, but get them correct like I like I said, hey,
Gimba Fisher is going to be run out of deconating
them on the rail. I get points for that.
Speaker 1 (23:54):
I get. Yeah, well it's a great idea we should
This is how we're going to make our millions not
doing overnight talk radio. We'll make our millions with that.
Send me an email, thank you. I got to go.
Let's say hello to Marcel in Brooklyn. Hello Marcel, Good morning,
ben Ian and Lorena. No, no, no, no, no, say
hello to Mary.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
Good morning Ben Mary, Loreno.
Speaker 1 (24:18):
It's Mary, not Ben Mary, it's Mary.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
Mary.
Speaker 1 (24:23):
She's offended. You know, the most important the most important
sound is the sound of your own voice. You've just
mispronounced Mary's name. That's bad job by you.
Speaker 2 (24:33):
Yeah, bad job by Mary's name.
Speaker 1 (24:36):
No, no, it's not Mary's name. It's you saying you
thought Lorrainer was here. That's bad. Show knowledge, Yes, bad.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
That's bad. Good morning Mary.
Speaker 1 (24:49):
Okay, all right, we're wasting our time. Well what do
you have for us? Marcel?
Speaker 2 (24:53):
Can the Mets turn around against the Brewers and the Yankees?
Yesterday it was a postponed one, but we got the
split today night. Doubleheaters said it taking place today at
one ten eastern ten ten Pacific and at seven ten eastern,
four tenth Pacific. I got TV picks coming up in
just a few as well. What if I say I
(25:15):
got the TV picks coming up with chest of you instead?
Speaker 1 (25:20):
I Now we have somebody that wants to talk to you.
You want to take a call here, Yes, let's do it.
All right, let's go to a hold on a sec.
We'll punch you in. We'll go to the random line.
Random line. You're on the air with Marcel and Brooklyn.
Random line, random line.
Speaker 5 (25:35):
More money to me?
Speaker 6 (25:36):
Why do you do this to me every morning?
Speaker 5 (25:39):
Why do I Why do you punish me?
Speaker 1 (25:41):
I'm not punishing you. I thought you wanted to tell
you you are you are?
Speaker 6 (25:44):
You are totally punishing me right now, mant me, don't.
Speaker 1 (25:51):
Punish me with all right, I'll put you back off,
put you back on hold, Marcel, I apologize, Marcel. He
does not want to talk to you. Marcel, wait a.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
Second time out. Is this like the Luci con in Boston?
Speaker 1 (26:06):
No, no, it's not him. He's actually he's in La
right now. He was in studio a few hours ago.
But no, not him.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
Oh you don't.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
Even recognize the guy's voice. So this is a very
famous This is one of your rivals from the Posh
were in May that. Yeah, do you have anything you
want to say to Blair and Maine?
Speaker 2 (26:24):
Eliminate him, block him, fake him, all.
Speaker 1 (26:27):
Right, Blair. We've been asked to eliminate you and block
you and all that stuff.
Speaker 3 (26:31):
So because he's a fake, fraud, what you can't even
have podcast?
Speaker 1 (26:37):
All right? Is that true? Marcella? You a fake and
a fraud and a phony.
Speaker 2 (26:42):
No, I'm not, No, I'm not.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
Okay Blair, he says, LA.
Speaker 6 (26:47):
Can't pronounce names?
Speaker 1 (26:48):
All right? How's how's your podcast going? Blair? Are you
dominating the pope?
Speaker 6 (26:52):
I'm working on it today. We'll be working on it
for three hours.
Speaker 1 (26:56):
You're you're you gonna actually record a podcast for three hours.
You're just gonna work on it for three hours.
Speaker 3 (27:00):
We gotta get it.
Speaker 6 (27:01):
We gotta get it situated because I don't have all
this stuff yet.
Speaker 1 (27:05):
All right. Well, I know right now, somewhere in Austin,
Joe Rogan shaking in his boots right now, you're gonna
kick his ass.
Speaker 6 (27:12):
I will want to get it started.
Speaker 1 (27:14):
All right, Marcel. Do you think you agree with that?
Joe Rogan's gonna lose his status as the top podcaster.
Speaker 2 (27:20):
He's not. He's not. As a matter of fact, mister
is going to block blair podcast.
Speaker 1 (27:26):
Now, Marcel, is it true you're going to start a
rival podcast to take down Blair and Man's podcast. How
about that?
Speaker 2 (27:34):
Blair?
Speaker 1 (27:35):
All right, Blair, are you concerning? Marcel says he's going
to start his own podcast.
Speaker 5 (27:39):
All right, you're a jokester.
Speaker 6 (27:42):
I can't pronounce a lady's name.
Speaker 1 (27:44):
Okay, all right? Would you like to sayload to Mary?
She's here? Saloa to Mary?
Speaker 6 (27:48):
What's Mary? How you doing? Good morning?
Speaker 1 (27:50):
Yo? Good morning? There she is? Look at that.
Speaker 6 (27:52):
She's your morning, Ben.
Speaker 1 (27:54):
It's been chilling. He's chilling.
Speaker 6 (27:56):
Well, you worked all night, so I hope it's been great.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
Yeah, has all right? All right, all right, hold on
sec here Marcel. Any final thoughts Marcell, Blary.
Speaker 2 (28:06):
Mayne and Mary. That's a good job. But but for me,
I had to say good morning to Mary, not Blair
or everyone.
Speaker 1 (28:15):
Everyone wants to say over to you. Mary. All of
a sudden, you're very popular, good winning Marcel and brook
You ever been to Brooklyn? Mary?
Speaker 6 (28:21):
I want to go, Oh, yes it is Mary.
Speaker 1 (28:24):
Marcel. Would you show Mary around Brooklyn? If she visits Brooklyn,
will you show her around?
Speaker 2 (28:28):
Believe it or not, She's gonna tore me to my
south the neighborhood of Gravesand except for Blair, he is
a total idiot.
Speaker 1 (28:37):
And he not as very okay, Marcell's a little flustered.
Any thoughts, other thoughts, Blair, I know you didn't call
for this, any other.
Speaker 6 (28:45):
Thoughts, Oh, I definitely didn't.
Speaker 1 (28:49):
Who's gonna be your Who's gonna be who's gonna be
your first guest on the podcast? Blair?
Speaker 6 (28:54):
It's gonna be you.
Speaker 1 (28:57):
You're inviting me on your podcast? I mean I you, Yeah,
totally talk to my agent.
Speaker 6 (29:03):
Talked about it.
Speaker 1 (29:04):
Well, I totally walked about it. But again, you know,
my appearance fees very expensive. I don't just do these interviews,
I know.
Speaker 6 (29:11):
But no, I'd love to totally have you on my podcast.
Is I'm not not really expensive? Like, don't we're gonna talk.
I'm gonna talk to my job coach and talk to
them about prices, but not like, oh really, all.
Speaker 1 (29:27):
Right over to us over under twenty five dollars in
appearance fee.
Speaker 6 (29:31):
Yeah, it's got to be. It's not going to be high, I.
Speaker 1 (29:33):
Understand, but it'll be a good price.
Speaker 6 (29:35):
And no, I love to have you on all right.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
I was very kind of you to Well, of course
you want me on. I would love to be on
your podcast if you pay me.
Speaker 6 (29:43):
Yeah, you're awesome.
Speaker 1 (29:44):
Yes, and if I if we do end up, if
we do end up doing the Malor meet and greet,
and if I end up going back, they pick up
the TV show and to promote the radio show and
the TV show, we would do like a meet and
greet and would you show up there? I know you
showed up to the last one we did.
Speaker 3 (30:00):
Has to do.
Speaker 6 (30:01):
I got to do it, and then try to get
my mom to come and bring my.
Speaker 1 (30:05):
Stuff of course, Oh you can freak you, Oh my god.
You know, remote a remote podcast with Blair and Maine.
Spaccoli will drive up. I understand. He's such a fan
of your work. Spaccoli. He lives in North Carolina, but
he would drive up to meet you.
Speaker 6 (30:21):
Ask I'll bring all my stuff and do a remote podcast.
Speaker 1 (30:24):
All right, all right?
Speaker 6 (30:26):
It has to be in like.
Speaker 1 (30:27):
Maine, though, yes, okay, well that's reasonable, sure, why not?
And it's got to be on your street because I've
been to Maine multiple times. But it has to be
in your street, right on your cold sack or whatever there.
Speaker 6 (30:40):
Well, it has to be close enough where my mom
don't have to go too far.
Speaker 1 (30:44):
I understand. So well, I'll talk to your mom. We'll
make sure it's all good. Let's go to is it is?
It says Mick in Maine? Is this Mick in Maine?
Hello Mick, it says Meg?
Speaker 5 (30:53):
Is it Nick?
Speaker 2 (30:55):
Meg?
Speaker 1 (30:55):
All right, y'all look at that Mick. Hello Mick.
Speaker 5 (30:57):
So I just want to first say that player does
not represent all the name please, we are actually humans here.
So then I want your I want your opinion because
I know, way, way way deep down somewhere you're a
quosit Jet fan.
Speaker 1 (31:15):
No, no, no, that's not that could not be true.
I like mocking the Jets. You know I'm not a
Jets fan.
Speaker 5 (31:20):
I just want to know what your actual true record
will be with Justin Field.
Speaker 1 (31:27):
So go ahead, all right, Absolutely the Jets. If they
win six games, the Coach of the Year will go
to the Jets. That's it. They win six games, and
all of a sudden you have that trophy and Aaron
Glenn gets it and yeah, five and twelve and Justin
(31:49):
Fields is not good. They're not. Now you look at
the division the Patriots are supposed to as you saying, Polker,
they're on the commy, They're a team on the rise. Allegedly,
the Dolphin are going the wrong direction. The Jets are
stuck in the mud, and the Bills there's still gonna
be the they should be the top team, and you
sagether They're gonna fall down a little bit during the
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regular season, but the Jets will be around. They'll be
around five or six wins, and that'll be where they are.
And that's that. Let's say hello to do we oh Blair, Blair,
any you're still there? You did not?
Speaker 2 (32:21):
You know?
Speaker 1 (32:21):
There you go? Now he hung up, Thank god. Let's
go to Andrea in Berkeley. Hello Andrea, she's the astrology insider.
Hello Andrea, welcome.
Speaker 3 (32:29):
Hello Ben, how are you?
Speaker 1 (32:31):
If I was any better? I know there's not a
full moon, but it certainly feels like a full moon.
Things that have been going on here? Have you dug
into the Farmer's Almanac? And we know what's going on here?
Speaker 3 (32:42):
Well, you were totally right home. And Mercury is in
retro shade.
Speaker 1 (32:46):
There you go, retro shade. Come on, Mary, retro shad.
Can I get the hell? Yeah? Come on? Hell yeah,
there we go, there we go.
Speaker 3 (32:55):
I'm glad everyone's on board. Information is power Mercury will
Actually that's a grade been tuly seventeenth to August eleventh.
Speaker 1 (33:03):
Yes, and just for the record, the latest thing that happened,
Mike the Leprechaun paid us a visit. He decided to
show up to the building here, the iHeart Building at
three in the afternoon or something like that. The show's
on at night, and got into a dustop with the
security guard and MA and I got called. I got
messages from management all upset. I didn't tell him the
(33:26):
show up here. I said, I show up at night
when we're on the air. He showed up in the afternoon.
So now I got I gotta deal with that.
Speaker 3 (33:34):
A little miscommunication and some confusion and things of those natures.
Speaker 1 (33:41):
So you know, so retro shade, that's it. Retro shade.
Speaker 3 (33:46):
Yes, So we have to be mindful. Plus, man, this
happens in the summer when people are traveling, so it
would be mindful for people to kind of tune in
and allow for some delays and travel and technology staffhoos.
So yeah, hang in there with the technology.
Speaker 1 (34:04):
Ask her question all right, Mary would like to ask
you a question. Okay, Andrew, Mary's got some maes.
Speaker 7 (34:10):
Okay, so what do you think what would you advice
would you have for an aries during this mercys are great.
Speaker 1 (34:16):
Okay, were you.
Speaker 3 (34:17):
An aries many?
Speaker 2 (34:18):
Yeah?
Speaker 7 (34:18):
She is marry the aries I am, I'm an Aries Sun,
Taurus moon and Leo rising.
Speaker 3 (34:24):
Oh you know your charge. Good for you air Sun.
What was the moon sign?
Speaker 7 (34:29):
Taurus moon forrest.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
Moon and amateur.
Speaker 3 (34:33):
So we got a lot of fire there. Aries is she.
Speaker 1 (34:37):
Is a fire woman. I got to tell you you
don't you don't mess with married man. She'll she'll punch back.
Speaker 3 (34:41):
Well, I'm athlete for Aries. It's a very you know,
kind of eager and active and exuberant, courageous, assertive sign.
That's Aries. It's right around the spring equinox, which is
new beginning. So that's a nice boost of energy. And
IM happy to do your chart. You can send me
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your person.
Speaker 1 (35:03):
Yeah, I'll tell she's on on Twitter. You're on Twitter, right,
she's on there, Virgo in service, so if you send
her a message, tola and she's an emailer and the
whole thing.
Speaker 3 (35:15):
Yeah, I like the Leo rising. You know, there's a
lot of fire there. Did you say you have Leo rising, Yes, ma'am. Yeah,
so there's a lot of fire. Aries is a fire sign.
Leo's a fire sign. So there's a lot of pride
in Leo. It's really creative, playful, It thrives on attention.
It's really quite self confident. It's like the queen of
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the zodiac.
Speaker 1 (35:38):
Oh yeah, you know, think of that. All right, we'll
leave it there, but Andrea, thank you, and Virgo and service.
Speaker 3 (35:44):
On X and yes, and I just wanted to mention
since I'm in the Bay Area. I thought it was
a good idea that aries fellow aries Buster Posey picked
up on scorpio Bob Melvin's contract. I think he read
the room, picked up the vibes and people, you know,
getting discontented. He kind of took the high road and
(36:04):
he extended Bob Melvine. He's a great manager. Scorpio is
a sign of transformation. So I thought that was a
good move moving forward.
Speaker 1 (36:12):
I got ja very well. Thank you Andre at Virgo
in service on X. And by the way, Paul Skins
the Pirate phenom. He plans when he's done playing baseball.
He loves gardening. He wants to he wants to be
a like guard. He's like he apparently he was obsessed
(36:32):
with the grounds crew in Pittsburgh, and he says he
would love to cut grass professionally. I'm not sure what
kind of grass when he's playing. Days are over, but
Paul skins. He loves Gardeners are always happy. It's hard
to find an angry gardner. All right, We were going
to have password. I need a contestant, another contestant, at
least one more contestant for password. The word Game of
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the Stars. If you want to play password eight seven
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Boom, shaka laka. It's our number four, our number four.
And what are the chances that Pittsburg Steelers trade TJ Watt.
We'll take a look at that. Also thumbs up or
thumbs down on allowing Air and Rogers to govern, meaning
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total control of the Steelers offense in twenty twenty five,
and the Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson admitting he still has
one minor flaw in his game just being a leader.
He said, how do you process this? We'll get to
all of that and more right now here it is,
have a wonderful hump day. It's our number four. Watch
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you're gonna do, not what you're gonna do. Watch you're
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Western Pennsylvania, the life and times of disgruntled disgruntled defensive
star TJ. Watt. He's not happy now. If you have
not been following along here and maybe not, perhaps you're
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not worried about football until training camp opens up, which
I believe is in eleven days. I believe the first
team something like that. I think it's eleven days the
first Chargers eleven or twelve days the first team will
report the training camp. So we are told that multiple
teams lining their ducks up in a row, discussing whether
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or not they can acquire the Yinsers pass rush specialist TJ. Watt,
who you might remember said it's nay on the offseason
Mini camp A and was a no show. He went
a wall to offseason workouts and so Watt's unhappy. He
(02:58):
wants money, money, money, money, And the Steelers are saying, well,
we've already paid you money, money, money. He wants more money, money, money,
So there you go. Now, the Steelers have been active
this week. We've talked about it a little bit. In
the overnight they made the trade that acquired Jalen Ramsey
and John news Smith from the Dolphins for micka Fitzpatrick.
So if you make that deal, would you make another trade?
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So let us discuss the question what are the chances, right,
what are the chances that the Steelers trade TJ. Watt
between now and the start of the regular season, which
is in early September. So I've got on this one
donkey deed to the property and minecraft, and we will
(03:44):
combine all of these things together and we are gonna
make the Gabba ghoul. We're gonna make the Gobba goool,
all right. So to lead off here, Malor Sportsbook odds,
the Malor of sportsbook odds on this. I'm gonna set
the odds plus five point fifty that TJ. Watt is traded.
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So that means, based on those odds, that there is
a fifteen percent chance in baseball, a one fifty batting
average that's it, right, and it's just enough a one
fifty batting average where it raises your eyebrows but not
your blood pressure. Well, as long as you have a
bat in your hands, you could get a hit. That's
(04:26):
what those baseball people will say. If you have a
bat in your hands or danger, Well, if you're hitting
one to fifty, it's not likely, just like the trade
is not likely. And here's why the Steelers don't play
that way. That's not how they're operating. They've never operated
that way the Pittsburgh Steelers. They are conservative, they're buttoned up.
It's the franchise charter to be borring. And that's why
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the Aaron Rodgers moves a rather shocking because it's out
of character for the Steelers. But if you talk about
the legacy, it's all about the legacy when you play
for the Steelers and the you know, the identity of
the franch eyes is that you don't do these crazy things.
You don't get rid of top player and what he is,
the face of that defense, TJ. Watt and trading your
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future Hall of Famer, your pass rusher who's granted near
the end of his prime, but he's still in his
NFL Prime, and this is supposed to be a win
now year, is it not. You're you're adding Aaron Rodgers.
You're not playing the long game, You're playing the short game.
So it's it's backwards donkey logic is what it is.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Right.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
It's just noise, and it's just enough to be worthy
of a Mallard monologue rant, which we're doing right now,
but not enough to make it actually happen unless Watt
says that's it, I'm not playing. I want to trade.
He has not said he wants a trade. You know,
he's he's gonna be back and he'll be humming bars
(05:56):
from Whiz Khalif is black and yellow, black and yellow,
black and yellow from you ago. He'll be doing that now. Furthermore,
staying in the burg, staying in the berg now, former
coaches department, Former coaches department. So Billkuer appeared on Fox
Sports Radio recently with Dan Patrick and just yesterday in fact,
(06:19):
so Dan Patrick had Bill cowheron, who's still boring people
over at CBS. So Cower was asked about these Steelers
giving freedom to airon Rogers to control the offense in
twenty twenty five. There's a theory going around that Aaron
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Rodgers will have total control over, for better or worse,
the offensive philosophy. He'll be involved in the play calling,
the game planning, like all of it. He'll be a
de facto assistant to the offensive coordinator. So if you
(06:59):
didn't hear what COWERR said, he said, quote there is
a degree of urgency in that building, no question about it.
And he would give Aaron Rodgers total autonomy in Pittsburgh.
That's the quote, total autonomy in Pittsburgh. He was asked
by Dan Patrick about that. That's what he said, So
true or false? True or false on allowing Aaron Rogers
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to be the governor, if you will to be the
government of the offense there in Pittsburgh in twenty twenty five,
that's the question. So if you're here's my three. If
you're bringing Aaron Rodgers in, which is plausibly what the
Steelers of the said to do, if you're bringing him
to town, you might as well just have him get
(07:48):
a blank piece of paper and get a pen and
draw some plays up, do some ex's and o's, write
the playbook, give him a headset if he wants that,
and give him a deed to the property to say,
here you go, Aaron, here's the deed to the property, right,
because if you don't, if you don't, what exactly are
you doing? Serious? Now? Bill Kauer, who I'm not a
(08:12):
big coward guy. I think he's terrible on television. But
Bill Kuer said it plainly. There is a degree of
urgency in that building, which is true. The Steelers they
never change coaches, right, you have to leave. You have
that job till you die, or you retire, or you quit.
But you're not gonna get fired my life. I'm getting older.
They've had in my life three coaches the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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Three in my life, and I've been around a while.
It's wild, right, And to think the Steelers have not
won a playoff game since twenty sixteen, the last time
they want to twenty sixteen. It was barely alive in
twenty sixteen, so were you. And they've spent more time
(08:57):
in recent years talking about Kenny Pickett and his tiny hands,
tiny tiny hands and all the quirky things that Russell
Wilson does and all that, mister unlimited, all of that.
And now now that Aaron Rodgers is in town, there
is no time, no time. They say, well, we're gonna
(09:20):
put the training wheels on and all that stuff, and
we're gonna we're gonna have a control freak offensive mindset
for the coordinator. You know, it's go time. It's green
light though, and you know it and I know it.
Do you either let Aaron Rodgers control things and be
the get the full all inclusive like a nice resort
in the Bahamas and Aaron Rodgers experience. The Jets tried
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it didn't work. They say, well, the Jets don't have
good players. The Steelers think they have good players. So
you give Rogers total control. You do it, and otherwise
you're just wasting your time, you are, So thumb's up. Yes,
whatever you want me to say, I'll go yes on that.
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And one, I guess two thumbs, but one for every
ring that Rogers is trying to win, because he's got
one with Green Bay, he's trying to win that one
other ring that iohuasca themed, you know ring he can
have like a little picture of ayahuasca on the ring
and then he'll just fade away and do podcasts with
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Joe Rogan and he can replace You know, we don't
want to replace George North, but Art Art Bell's old
show Coast to Coast, like we could have Aaron Rodgers
slide and do some weekend Coast to Coast where he
talks about UFOs and lizard people and all that chem trails,
all that good stuff. Sure now, is Rogers gonna clash
with people? Absolutely, and I'm here for it. I have
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a talk show to do. I have a daily talk
show at four nights, five nights a week. I have
a podcast on the weekend. So I am absolutely there.
I am ready to go for Aaron Rodgers to clash
with his teammates, to clash with the media, to clash
with coaches. I think it's wonderful. I think it's great.
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And so it's not about managing egos. Rogers is not
gonna massage egos and all that stuff. It's about scoring points.
If you wanted quiet, you would have kept justin fields quiet,
not good quiet. You know, a few highlights, that's about it.
That's what the Jets have now. So let Aaron Rodgers
run it. Let Rogers cook. Now he might cook psychedelics
(11:30):
and all that, but let him cook. And you know,
if it doesn't work out, he'll be no different than
any other quarterback you've had in Pittsburgh since Roethlisberger left.
And that's it. And you know, if it fails, he
fails on his terms, Aaron Rodgers, and not because you
shackled him with some dopey offensive coordinator and a group
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of plays written in crayon. That's it all, right, Now,
last thing to Baltimore we go. The Ravens quarterback Lamar
Jackson recently admitted that he still has a minor flaw
in his game despite multiple MVP awards in a near
miss last season. I see this, Lamar Jackson said he
(12:13):
is weak spot is just being a leader. That's what
he said, just being a leader. So how do you
process this? Guys won multiple MVP awards, been regular season
wise one of the great players in this era of
the NFL. So this idea, I actually support Lamar Jackson.
(12:36):
I don't know what he's trying to do that he
isn't doing right now. Because the idea that you need
to be some kind of sideline preacher and delivers sermons
on the sidelines like raw ra speeches and all that stuff,
I think that's poppycock, right, I think that's nonsense. It's
vastly overrated, and a lot of the time your teammates
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think of you as an actor. You're doing performance art.
I'll give an exam Russell Wilson, who's just in Pittsburgh
now with the Giants. Russ does a lot of things
because there's cameras and he knows that these things will
get picked up. And the low information fan, the neanderthal fan,
thinks that that's leadership because that's what the Hollywood movies do,
(13:23):
raw ra speeches and all that stuff, and it's just
it's just not reality. Think of it like in Minecraft,
the land Mithland and the Lord Sausage in Mythland right there.
You cook up over the years these ideas that quarterbacks
are supposed to give the raw ra speech and all
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that stuff, but it's usually by movies and people that
never played the game and all that stuff. And maybe
you led your fantasy football team and congratulations on that,
but you wouldn't know leadership if it came out and
slapped you right across the face. To me, and maybe
I'm I'm completely wrong, but as I believe in like leadership,
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it's results, it's execution, it's you know, that's how you
get to a level of R E S P E
C T H and just winning a bunch of yams.
So Lamar Jackson's done that part. The Ravens win like
twelve games seemingly every year right around there, give or
take twelve or so wins. But you just show up
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week after week and your teammates follow. That's it, you
know that? To me, that's leadership. And Lamar does not
need to be ray Lewis out there who did performance
art ray Lewis, you know, giving these fire and brimstone
speeches to the Ravens and all this nonsense before every snap.
Just continue playing. Well, now the one caveat here, I
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got one. I don't think Lamar Jackson at this point
is gonna morph into a modern day Winston Churchill with
a helmet and shoulder pads and all that. I don't.
I don't think that's so at this point what he
needs to do it was rather obvious. I don't think.
I don't have to say it. I'll say it because
a talk show, I'll say it. Just win some bleeping
games in late January and be the reason that you're winning.
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That is that'll all of a sudden you become a leader.
Oh my god, he's such a great leader because he
played well in the AFC Championship Game and then eventually
the Super Bowl and all that stuff, and then all
of a sudden, the legend will be all he's got
all the intangibles. That's what happens. That's it. You know,
Tom Brady. How many times did Tom Brady have a
hissy fit like a child on the sidelines. But they
(15:42):
were winning, so that was great leadership. Right. If they
were losing, they'd be like, what an a hole? Who
wants to work with a coworker like this? You know
he's a schmuck Tom Brady. But they won, so that
became leadership. And if Lamar wins, it say well, we
need to find a quarterback like Lamar and they'll be saying, oh,
he has everything everything you want right, talking hands will
(16:05):
demand that every other quarterbacks like Lamar. You don't have
to be a motivational speaker and all that stuff. The
real ones. No, And I think in life and Joe,
you don't follow empty words. You don't you follow results.
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so straight ahead. He is the breakout star. Everyone's been
talking about this guy in Major League Baseball. Paul skeins, Well,
he's already planning a second career when he's done with
the Pittsburgh Pirates. We'll tell you what his plan is.
(17:10):
We'll get to that and we will do it next
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Right back to it, all right, back to it we go.
So Major League Baseball star pitcher Paul Skenes dreaming of
a second career. As what we'll get to that coming
up later. We began with a football heavy malle monologue.
(18:39):
We bounced around some of the biggest stories in the NFL.
And at the same time we have triggered Don from Duluth.
Don from Duluth not happy. You think, just sitting out
there and looking at Lake Superior, he would be happy.
But no, Don from d Luth is upset. He says
f Aaron Rodgers that at Viking love goes deep for
(18:59):
Don On from du Luth. He says Aaron Rodgers, Fim,
stop all these Mallard monologues, please content or not? All right,
I'll make a deal with you've done. I'll just read
random Wikipedia pages. Okay. If it's Aaron Rodgers monologue time,
I'll say, Well, Don from Duluth doesn't want me to
do a Mallard monologue on Aaron Rodgers. So I'll just
(19:20):
sit there and just read random Wikipedia pages. Done. No problem, now,
it says on my phone on my call screener, it
says Ed from the Panhandle. I'm guessing this is Jed
who fled? But I don't know. Hello, you're on the
air caller. Hello, I don't hear is he there? Gone?
(19:42):
Let's see? Oh wait, hold you have faded up there.
Ian's now trying to find the fader on the board.
What happened to you? Did Mary step out for a
second and all? Here we go, Here we go. We're
gonna find the right one. Hello? Is this Ed or Jed?
Speaker 3 (19:59):
Uh?
Speaker 1 (20:00):
I'm not on drugs, Hans Jed who fled? Right there?
Speaker 2 (20:04):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (20:04):
You saw right through that, You saw right through that.
Rogers is the QB, the O C, the GM and
the head coach. There's only one person that can range
this guy in. Then that's bugs, buddy, Bugs, buddy.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
What about your what about your Semity Sam? With his guns?
You know.
Speaker 4 (20:21):
Well, now you know, Simity Sam, that Aaron Rodgers would
be be like an imperior to complace because Josemmedy Sam's
got two guns. Aaron Rodgers don't barely got one left nowadays.
Speaker 1 (20:31):
Now did you send me that poncete is that there's
a town in Florida named poncetell Ow? Are you the
one that sent that to me?
Speaker 2 (20:38):
Man?
Speaker 4 (20:39):
I'll read you before you even have letters on your page.
That's the Wikipedia page you want to start with.
Speaker 5 (20:44):
Absolutely, there you go.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
Have you been there? Have you been to pontste On, Florida?
Have you you lived not far from there?
Speaker 2 (20:51):
Okay?
Speaker 4 (20:51):
This is it's it's one county over. It's the same
county that the Alabama player got arrested in going to
like one hundred with money cash or cash moneys and drugs,
cash money or same thing.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
Because because when you're in Ponce Dell Lyon, you figure
gonna live forever because you're in Ponstelli On, Florida.
Speaker 4 (21:05):
Come on, uh, yes, that is correct, except when you
go there, it's got a subway and that's pretty much it.
Speaker 1 (21:13):
And so I mean, oh yeah, I'm looking here. It
does not look it's in Holmes County, Florida. It does
not look like a very if there's five hundred people
that live there.
Speaker 4 (21:25):
Wow, Now that many people want to remain useful, believe.
Speaker 1 (21:28):
Or not, well, I would, I would think everyone would.
I would want to live in Poncetevily On, Florida.
Speaker 4 (21:32):
My god and their mascot is the Pirates. You know
what I mean?
Speaker 2 (21:35):
I guess, I guess Postilion.
Speaker 4 (21:36):
I mean I was gonna make a joke, but like,
you know, are you dumb? You trying to give me
t Yes? I played possibly on.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
I'm not whoa Well, let me the climate in ponstely On,
Florida's hot, humid summers, generally mild winters. So there's that.
Speaker 4 (21:52):
Wedding capitol of Florida. Yet, well, I've one gay. It's
basically a bye way for the people getting to Bake
County to getting to Panama City Beach. That's where the
four lane runs through and saying and it takes to Alabama.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
So that's pretty much were they were they Were they
planning on having like a poncetely On Land or something.
Is that why they named the town Ponstellon Because it's
like it's not really doing that well.
Speaker 4 (22:13):
I think they were trying to attract people in and
it was worked against them. I'll tell you where this
county has been. It's the one county around here. I
will not commit crimes in because the status of this jail.
I mean, these are the lizards.
Speaker 1 (22:24):
So you're the You're the You're the criminal who studies
the jails before you commit the crime, because you want
if you're going to go to jail, you want to
go to a nice jail.
Speaker 4 (22:33):
I mean, I'm not trying to say that that's the
fault that I've unfortunately thought before numerous times, but yes,
that that would be hypothetically correct, because jailers are good.
They county jail is like a thunderdome and homes homescougs
like snake there in Washington County or you know one
you know which is about two guys. That's perfect that
we got to ride them mount see that?
Speaker 1 (22:54):
And then which jail has the top food? Do we
in your area?
Speaker 4 (22:59):
The jail that the one I got out of laught.
Then you show let me think. I mean, that's always
the best, the best foods. Uh, dude, the boxes. This
is verifiable.
Speaker 2 (23:08):
I saw with myes.
Speaker 4 (23:09):
You're not gonna believe it. Unstitch for human consumption on
the and I am not not like the mix the
water makes the head, the little gatorade whatever was in it.
Eight through contree after extending for your time, and that's
when they stopped serving it because they're like, well, yeah, I.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
Can I can only imagine the end of the night.
But you gotta make good fellows where they cook their
pasta in the prison. There're gonna be like the good
Fellas back in the day.
Speaker 4 (23:34):
Oh yeah, really quickly did uh the app? Then I've
got an idea for you nobody else listening. It's an
app that treats people like you and I treats us
with respect. It promotes people that to take risks with
forts takes, but get them correct like I like I said, hey,
Gimba Fisher is going to be run out of deconating
them on the rail. I get points for that.
Speaker 1 (23:54):
I get. Yeah, well it's a great idea we should
This is how we're going to make our millions not
doing overnight talk radio. We'll make our millions with that.
Send me an email, thank you. I got to go.
Let's say hello to Marcel in Brooklyn. Hello Marcel, Good morning,
ben Ian and Lorena. No, no, no, no, no, say
hello to Mary.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
Good morning Ben Mary, Loreno.
Speaker 1 (24:18):
It's Mary, not Ben Mary, it's Mary.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
Mary.
Speaker 1 (24:23):
She's offended. You know, the most important the most important
sound is the sound of your own voice. You've just
mispronounced Mary's name. That's bad job by you.
Speaker 2 (24:33):
Yeah, bad job by Mary's name.
Speaker 1 (24:36):
No, no, it's not Mary's name. It's you saying you
thought Lorrainer was here. That's bad. Show knowledge, Yes, bad.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
That's bad. Good morning Mary.
Speaker 1 (24:49):
Okay, all right, we're wasting our time. Well what do
you have for us? Marcel?
Speaker 2 (24:53):
Can the Mets turn around against the Brewers and the Yankees?
Yesterday it was a postponed one, but we got the
split today night. Doubleheaters said it taking place today at
one ten eastern ten ten Pacific and at seven ten eastern,
four tenth Pacific. I got TV picks coming up in
just a few as well. What if I say I
(25:15):
got the TV picks coming up with chest of you instead?
Speaker 1 (25:20):
I Now we have somebody that wants to talk to you.
You want to take a call here, Yes, let's do it.
All right, let's go to a hold on a sec.
We'll punch you in. We'll go to the random line.
Random line. You're on the air with Marcel and Brooklyn.
Random line, random line.
Speaker 5 (25:35):
More money to me?
Speaker 6 (25:36):
Why do you do this to me every morning?
Speaker 5 (25:39):
Why do I Why do you punish me?
Speaker 1 (25:41):
I'm not punishing you. I thought you wanted to tell
you you are you are?
Speaker 6 (25:44):
You are totally punishing me right now, mant me, don't.
Speaker 1 (25:51):
Punish me with all right, I'll put you back off,
put you back on hold, Marcel, I apologize, Marcel. He
does not want to talk to you. Marcel, wait a.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
Second time out. Is this like the Luci con in Boston?
Speaker 1 (26:06):
No, no, it's not him. He's actually he's in La
right now. He was in studio a few hours ago.
But no, not him.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
Oh you don't.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
Even recognize the guy's voice. So this is a very
famous This is one of your rivals from the Posh
were in May that. Yeah, do you have anything you
want to say to Blair and Maine?
Speaker 2 (26:24):
Eliminate him, block him, fake him, all.
Speaker 1 (26:27):
Right, Blair. We've been asked to eliminate you and block
you and all that stuff.
Speaker 3 (26:31):
So because he's a fake, fraud, what you can't even
have podcast?
Speaker 1 (26:37):
All right? Is that true? Marcella? You a fake and
a fraud and a phony.
Speaker 2 (26:42):
No, I'm not, No, I'm not.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
Okay Blair, he says, LA.
Speaker 6 (26:47):
Can't pronounce names?
Speaker 1 (26:48):
All right? How's how's your podcast going? Blair? Are you
dominating the pope?
Speaker 6 (26:52):
I'm working on it today. We'll be working on it
for three hours.
Speaker 1 (26:56):
You're you're you gonna actually record a podcast for three hours.
You're just gonna work on it for three hours.
Speaker 3 (27:00):
We gotta get it.
Speaker 6 (27:01):
We gotta get it situated because I don't have all
this stuff yet.
Speaker 1 (27:05):
All right. Well, I know right now, somewhere in Austin,
Joe Rogan shaking in his boots right now, you're gonna
kick his ass.
Speaker 6 (27:12):
I will want to get it started.
Speaker 1 (27:14):
All right, Marcel. Do you think you agree with that?
Joe Rogan's gonna lose his status as the top podcaster.
Speaker 2 (27:20):
He's not. He's not. As a matter of fact, mister
is going to block blair podcast.
Speaker 1 (27:26):
Now, Marcel, is it true you're going to start a
rival podcast to take down Blair and Man's podcast. How
about that?
Speaker 2 (27:34):
Blair?
Speaker 1 (27:35):
All right, Blair, are you concerning? Marcel says he's going
to start his own podcast.
Speaker 5 (27:39):
All right, you're a jokester.
Speaker 6 (27:42):
I can't pronounce a lady's name.
Speaker 1 (27:44):
Okay, all right? Would you like to sayload to Mary?
She's here? Saloa to Mary?
Speaker 6 (27:48):
What's Mary? How you doing? Good morning?
Speaker 1 (27:50):
Yo? Good morning? There she is? Look at that.
Speaker 6 (27:52):
She's your morning, Ben.
Speaker 1 (27:54):
It's been chilling. He's chilling.
Speaker 6 (27:56):
Well, you worked all night, so I hope it's been great.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
Yeah, has all right? All right, all right, hold on
sec here Marcel. Any final thoughts Marcell, Blary.
Speaker 2 (28:06):
Mayne and Mary. That's a good job. But but for me,
I had to say good morning to Mary, not Blair
or everyone.
Speaker 1 (28:15):
Everyone wants to say over to you. Mary. All of
a sudden, you're very popular, good winning Marcel and brook
You ever been to Brooklyn? Mary?
Speaker 6 (28:21):
I want to go, Oh, yes it is Mary.
Speaker 1 (28:24):
Marcel. Would you show Mary around Brooklyn? If she visits Brooklyn,
will you show her around?
Speaker 2 (28:28):
Believe it or not, She's gonna tore me to my
south the neighborhood of Gravesand except for Blair, he is
a total idiot.
Speaker 1 (28:37):
And he not as very okay, Marcell's a little flustered.
Any thoughts, other thoughts, Blair, I know you didn't call
for this, any other.
Speaker 6 (28:45):
Thoughts, Oh, I definitely didn't.
Speaker 1 (28:49):
Who's gonna be your Who's gonna be who's gonna be
your first guest on the podcast? Blair?
Speaker 6 (28:54):
It's gonna be you.
Speaker 1 (28:57):
You're inviting me on your podcast? I mean I you, Yeah,
totally talk to my agent.
Speaker 6 (29:03):
Talked about it.
Speaker 1 (29:04):
Well, I totally walked about it. But again, you know,
my appearance fees very expensive. I don't just do these interviews,
I know.
Speaker 6 (29:11):
But no, I'd love to totally have you on my podcast.
Is I'm not not really expensive? Like, don't we're gonna talk.
I'm gonna talk to my job coach and talk to
them about prices, but not like, oh really, all.
Speaker 1 (29:27):
Right over to us over under twenty five dollars in
appearance fee.
Speaker 6 (29:31):
Yeah, it's got to be. It's not going to be high, I.
Speaker 1 (29:33):
Understand, but it'll be a good price.
Speaker 6 (29:35):
And no, I love to have you on all right.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
I was very kind of you to Well, of course
you want me on. I would love to be on
your podcast if you pay me.
Speaker 6 (29:43):
Yeah, you're awesome.
Speaker 1 (29:44):
Yes, and if I if we do end up, if
we do end up doing the Malor meet and greet,
and if I end up going back, they pick up
the TV show and to promote the radio show and
the TV show, we would do like a meet and
greet and would you show up there? I know you
showed up to the last one we did.
Speaker 3 (30:00):
Has to do.
Speaker 6 (30:01):
I got to do it, and then try to get
my mom to come and bring my.
Speaker 1 (30:05):
Stuff of course, Oh you can freak you, Oh my god.
You know, remote a remote podcast with Blair and Maine.
Spaccoli will drive up. I understand. He's such a fan
of your work. Spaccoli. He lives in North Carolina, but
he would drive up to meet you.
Speaker 6 (30:21):
Ask I'll bring all my stuff and do a remote podcast.
Speaker 1 (30:24):
All right, all right?
Speaker 6 (30:26):
It has to be in like.
Speaker 1 (30:27):
Maine, though, yes, okay, well that's reasonable, sure, why not?
And it's got to be on your street because I've
been to Maine multiple times. But it has to be
in your street, right on your cold sack or whatever there.
Speaker 6 (30:40):
Well, it has to be close enough where my mom
don't have to go too far.
Speaker 1 (30:44):
I understand. So well, I'll talk to your mom. We'll
make sure it's all good. Let's go to is it is?
It says Mick in Maine? Is this Mick in Maine?
Hello Mick, it says Meg?
Speaker 5 (30:53):
Is it Nick?
Speaker 2 (30:55):
Meg?
Speaker 1 (30:55):
All right, y'all look at that Mick. Hello Mick.
Speaker 5 (30:57):
So I just want to first say that player does
not represent all the name please, we are actually humans here.
So then I want your I want your opinion because
I know, way, way way deep down somewhere you're a
quosit Jet fan.
Speaker 1 (31:15):
No, no, no, that's not that could not be true.
I like mocking the Jets. You know I'm not a
Jets fan.
Speaker 5 (31:20):
I just want to know what your actual true record
will be with Justin Field.
Speaker 1 (31:27):
So go ahead, all right, Absolutely the Jets. If they
win six games, the Coach of the Year will go
to the Jets. That's it. They win six games, and
all of a sudden you have that trophy and Aaron
Glenn gets it and yeah, five and twelve and Justin
(31:49):
Fields is not good. They're not. Now you look at
the division the Patriots are supposed to as you saying, Polker,
they're on the commy, They're a team on the rise. Allegedly,
the Dolphin are going the wrong direction. The Jets are
stuck in the mud, and the Bills there's still gonna
be the they should be the top team, and you
sagether They're gonna fall down a little bit during the
(32:10):
regular season, but the Jets will be around. They'll be
around five or six wins, and that'll be where they are.
And that's that. Let's say hello to do we oh Blair, Blair,
any you're still there? You did not?
Speaker 2 (32:21):
You know?
Speaker 1 (32:21):
There you go? Now he hung up, Thank god. Let's
go to Andrea in Berkeley. Hello Andrea, she's the astrology insider.
Hello Andrea, welcome.
Speaker 3 (32:29):
Hello Ben, how are you?
Speaker 1 (32:31):
If I was any better? I know there's not a
full moon, but it certainly feels like a full moon.
Things that have been going on here? Have you dug
into the Farmer's Almanac? And we know what's going on here?
Speaker 3 (32:42):
Well, you were totally right home. And Mercury is in
retro shade.
Speaker 1 (32:46):
There you go, retro shade. Come on, Mary, retro shad.
Can I get the hell? Yeah? Come on? Hell yeah,
there we go, there we go.
Speaker 3 (32:55):
I'm glad everyone's on board. Information is power Mercury will
Actually that's a grade been tuly seventeenth to August eleventh.
Speaker 1 (33:03):
Yes, and just for the record, the latest thing that happened,
Mike the Leprechaun paid us a visit. He decided to
show up to the building here, the iHeart Building at
three in the afternoon or something like that. The show's
on at night, and got into a dustop with the
security guard and MA and I got called. I got
messages from management all upset. I didn't tell him the
(33:26):
show up here. I said, I show up at night
when we're on the air. He showed up in the afternoon.
So now I got I gotta deal with that.
Speaker 3 (33:34):
A little miscommunication and some confusion and things of those natures.
Speaker 1 (33:41):
So you know, so retro shade, that's it. Retro shade.
Speaker 3 (33:46):
Yes, So we have to be mindful. Plus, man, this
happens in the summer when people are traveling, so it
would be mindful for people to kind of tune in
and allow for some delays and travel and technology staffhoos.
So yeah, hang in there with the technology.
Speaker 1 (34:04):
Ask her question all right, Mary would like to ask
you a question. Okay, Andrew, Mary's got some maes.
Speaker 7 (34:10):
Okay, so what do you think what would you advice
would you have for an aries during this mercys are great.
Speaker 1 (34:16):
Okay, were you.
Speaker 3 (34:17):
An aries many?
Speaker 2 (34:18):
Yeah?
Speaker 7 (34:18):
She is marry the aries I am, I'm an Aries Sun,
Taurus moon and Leo rising.
Speaker 3 (34:24):
Oh you know your charge. Good for you air Sun.
What was the moon sign?
Speaker 7 (34:29):
Taurus moon forrest.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
Moon and amateur.
Speaker 3 (34:33):
So we got a lot of fire there. Aries is she.
Speaker 1 (34:37):
Is a fire woman. I got to tell you you
don't you don't mess with married man. She'll she'll punch back.
Speaker 3 (34:41):
Well, I'm athlete for Aries. It's a very you know,
kind of eager and active and exuberant, courageous, assertive sign.
That's Aries. It's right around the spring equinox, which is
new beginning. So that's a nice boost of energy. And
IM happy to do your chart. You can send me
(35:02):
your person.
Speaker 1 (35:03):
Yeah, I'll tell she's on on Twitter. You're on Twitter, right,
she's on there, Virgo in service, so if you send
her a message, tola and she's an emailer and the
whole thing.
Speaker 3 (35:15):
Yeah, I like the Leo rising. You know, there's a
lot of fire there. Did you say you have Leo rising, Yes, ma'am. Yeah,
so there's a lot of fire. Aries is a fire sign.
Leo's a fire sign. So there's a lot of pride
in Leo. It's really creative, playful, It thrives on attention.
It's really quite self confident. It's like the queen of
(35:36):
the zodiac.
Speaker 1 (35:38):
Oh yeah, you know, think of that. All right, we'll
leave it there, but Andrea, thank you, and Virgo and service.
Speaker 3 (35:44):
On X and yes, and I just wanted to mention
since I'm in the Bay Area. I thought it was
a good idea that aries fellow aries Buster Posey picked
up on scorpio Bob Melvin's contract. I think he read
the room, picked up the vibes and people, you know,
getting discontented. He kind of took the high road and
(36:04):
he extended Bob Melvine. He's a great manager. Scorpio is
a sign of transformation. So I thought that was a
good move moving forward.
Speaker 1 (36:12):
I got ja very well. Thank you Andre at Virgo
in service on X. And by the way, Paul Skins
the Pirate phenom. He plans when he's done playing baseball.
He loves gardening. He wants to he wants to be
a like guard. He's like he apparently he was obsessed
(36:32):
with the grounds crew in Pittsburgh, and he says he
would love to cut grass professionally. I'm not sure what
kind of grass when he's playing. Days are over, but
Paul skins. He loves Gardeners are always happy. It's hard
to find an angry gardner. All right, We were going
to have password. I need a contestant, another contestant, at
least one more contestant for password. The word Game of
(36:55):
the Stars. If you want to play password eight seven
seven ninety nine on Fox, we'll get the password. Will
do it next,
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