December 23, 2025 • 37 mins
In this edition of "Tuesday Morning Quarterback", Dan, Kerry and the crew share the one story they like that didn't get covered on Monday. Dan and Kerry weigh in on the latest news involving Steelers' receiver DK Metcalf. Dan and Kerry pay a proper tribute to Philip Rivers in case this may have been his final game.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
Don right, it's go time, Go Time. On a Tuesday
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Lots of NFL to get to on this Tuesday. Heading
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anchor Chris Purfett going head to head with Louisville against Toledo.
In the Book of ratonebol Jason Stewart is here, as
is Iowa Sam. Do you care about this game? As
in alum you just shoug your ahead. No, he completely
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dismissed it. Don't you want to see the guys make plays,
see some young guys step up? Not really.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
I want these guys to be healthy and get ready
to win win the ACC next year. They have the
talent to do it. But right now, these games like
a Toledo like this game would be so much bigger
for Toledo, and so I can understand them want to
tune in and get a big Bowl win going into
next season.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Yeah, the Cardinals look good. I like the I like
the helmet that like them sporting today. Yes, I think they.
I don't know if they look good on the field.
I haven't been paid much attention to the contest fashion wise.
I think they look good, better than the Colts. Yes,
that uniform mash up last night is one that we've
seen before, but it just it just doesn't work. It
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really doesn't. It reminds it looks like an all denim outfit.
I don't like. Right. Do you remember that picture of
Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears, like twenty five years ago,
like they were straight denim. I've got it on my phone.
And then you add the black helmet, and anytime you
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add black to a color scheme, it just doesn't work.
Maybe it did twenty years ago, maybe it did twenty
five years ago, it doesn't work now. Colts, listen, they're
white or they're blue. Yeah, so if you're not wearing white,
you're wearing blue. You shouldn't be wearing black. And if
you're gonna wear blue, do not wear whatever color blue.
That was. Man, you have to say bye bye bye.
(02:19):
All right, Hey, I'm here all week. I'm here all week.
I'm here all week. If you want to talk more
uniforms or anything more and looking back to week sixteen,
now's the time to do it. It's Tuesday, Tuesday.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
This is Tuesday Morning Quarterback in the afternoon. Mondays can
be overwhelming. Tuesdays they're getting to whatever we didn't get.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
To on Monday.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
This is Tuesday Morning Quarterback in the afternoon.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Things that we may have missed, didn't talk about. We
start with Jason Stewart. Jason Stewart leaning off on Tuesday
Morning Quarterback in the afternoon.
Speaker 4 (02:53):
Fellas, I don't want to sam this up, but it's
multi pronged. So this is by no means am I
preempting your content. I just I want to talk about
four things. The Bucks and the Lions have kind of
to me outsider looking in the Bucks and Lions kind
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of have the same issue this season. Now, Chris Purfett
follows the Lions closer than I. Maybe he has a
counterpoint and you could also say that the Bucks were
very injured this season, but I'm going to say that
both teams lost their star sexy offensive coordinator from last season,
and each of their quarterbacks and or offense has has
kind of paid the price this season Lions and Bucks.
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I also want to say that if we're going to
judge Ben Johnson and William Cohen's season in general, looking
back at this, we can't just say, look at the
record of their new team compared to the record last year.
The contrast also needs to be look at the Lions
offense when he left, look at the Bucks offense when
he left. It needs to be factored into the equation.
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That's my point four multi pronged takes, and it's not
going to preempt Dan Buyer's well.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
I will say this about the buccaneer side of things.
I'll let the Chris hand of the Lion stuff. I
think it's more frustrating on the buccaneer side of things
because they had injuries throughout the season that they were navigating.
They didn't have Chris Godwin to start the year. He
comes back, did lose Mike Evans around weeks five, six seven.
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Around that time, he's out, Bucky Irving missed a significant
portion of time, and now you're getting everybody back. You've
got three running backs Sean Tucker, Rashaud White, and the
aforementioned Bucky Irving. Wide receiver Mecca Buca was the NFL
offensive Rookie of the Year for about the first half
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of the year. You bring Godwin back, now Evans his
return from his collar bone, and they're still not getting
it done. They drop back to back games at home
a couple of weeks ago. That's the issue with me
is that the Buccaneers, even with getting everybody back, they
still aren't the machine that you would have hoped. And
they aren't good defensively anymore. They're really bad defensively. Outside
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of Vita Vea stuffing the run, they aren't stopping anyone.
So I think that the Buccaneers have a much bigger
problem because they actually had some of their players come back,
and I know they still may win the division, but
they don't pose a threat to anybody else in the NFC. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
I would piggyback on top of that Dan and say
it's been a combination of some coaching things, but they
haven't performed well and they've been injured, but you know
they've gotten guys come back, and like you spoke about
imca Abuka, the way he played in the beginning of
the season, you get all those other guys back and
you think he'll be able to continue that, and he
has not played that way in the second half of
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the season.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
You want to take the Lions side of things, Chris.
Speaker 5 (05:54):
Yeah, I think it's fascinating because I've seen some numbers
that indicate it's a lot of the same off defensive
metrics on like a macro scale. The Lions have hit
this year, but clearly it's not winning them as many games.
Part of that's the schedule they had to play, and
you want to talk about an understated part of what
the Lions had to adjust with besides Ben Johnson, but
like the core of their team, the offensive line turned
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over three different changes on the interior that entire interior
of their line. Frank Ragnow's gone, Kevin Zeitler left, Graham
Glasgow's Now was acting to play center, and he was
out against the Steelers. They've suffered a lot of turnover
on the offensive line, which means the run game can't
get going, which means that their offense really can't get
going on some games when they can't establish that run.
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And like the Buccaneers, they kind of have that injury
bug again on their defense. Not as overwhelming as it
was last year, but they have no healthy dbs. I
was joking with Kerry on Sunday that he might have
to suit up for the Lions as safety or something.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Well, it's also like I think the injuries are a problem,
Like why you wouldn't see Jamior Gibbs have the game
that you should have had in the running game. Yeah,
Fray is the guy that you know stays around. Jannor
Engstrand left with Aaron Glen to the Jets. But obviously
there is an issue because you made a change at
offensive coordinator and play calling mid season. They have Dan
Campbell calling the plays from Johnny Morton right, so there's
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there's obviously an issue there the Bucks. To Jason's point,
there may be there may be an issue with the coordinators,
which I think is true. At some point there's going
to be attrition. You can't lose Canalis, you can't lose
Cohen and think that you're just going to be able
to replace these guys, and maybe it's caught up in Tampa. Yeah,
all right, I want to kind of go along that.
(07:34):
And speaking of Liam Cohen, this is this was Sean
Payton prior to the lead up to the game on
Sunday against Jacksonville.
Speaker 6 (07:49):
As as you look at him and and and you
watch the tape, it you know it's a smaller market,
but you see a real good team.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
Yeah, okay, Liam Cohen's response after beating Denver on Sunday,
great team effort.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
Just thankful that you know, a small market team like
us can come into a place like Mile High and
get it done.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
I love it. I love it. I love it. Uh.
You know it's going crazy on TikTok. Everybody's looking at
that clip. There's there's a couple of things within this
number one a small market team. Sean Payton isn't saying
that they're the the little engine that could. What Sean
Payton was trying to say, and I know Carrie doesn't
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believe it because you think Sean Payton always has a
reason is that people may not know how good Jacksonville
is because they don't garner a lot of national attention. Yes,
and I think that that's fairy because the smallest market
teams in the National FOOTBA League quite honestly right now
are the most popular. Yeah, it's the Packers and the Bills.
Like when you look at like the fan base of
those teams, I mean it's just just huge, huge fan bases.
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But in the cities that they're into, the smaller markets.
I don't think he was trying to side swipe. But
what should also be known of this is the transformation
of Liam Cohen. When we all were truly introduced to
Liam Cohen, it was last year when he was introduced
as the Jaguars coach and obviously said this dude, okay,
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with that weird look on his face. Have you seen
Liam Cohen? Now you're doing it as well, This transformation
aviator glasses, black hat, black vest, black sleeve. You're not
messing with me. This transformation of Liam Cohen is amazing.
And by the way, his words for Sean Payton not
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the only coach he's had words with. Remember in San
Francisco earlier in the year when Robert Sala was trying
to pay them a compliment and Cohen's like, keep my
team out of your mouth or what like what are
we doing? Like, Like Liam Cohen just enjoy the ride,
but he's turned into it's he's over compensating for Duvall
now has this whole new look. He's yelling at other
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head coaches, taking shots. It's a complete transformation. It's like
he went on Ricky Lake and they gave him a
new makeover. I don't know if that was the talk
show that did makeovers, but they turned him around and
now he's like this cool, slick villain.
Speaker 3 (10:23):
Liam Cohen has turned into the terminator, a long black jacket, leather,
the glasses.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Play that clip again, du that's Liam Cohen.
Speaker 7 (10:36):
Now.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
I love it.
Speaker 3 (10:36):
I love the confidence he has his team, the pulse
of his team, and they're going after that. And you know, Dan,
you cannot say that Sean Payton didn't mean anything because
you know, I'm not riding with that at all.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
Dan. I think he was trying not to offend them.
I say, like, nobody really knows about them. But then
I'm sure Lian Cohen would have taken an you know,
exception to that, or take offense to that, yeah, and
call him out for it. So he just called them
small market, yeah, which is true. And by the way,
in the NFL with a salary cap doesn't matter like
it's different in Major League Baseball. But it's not a
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it's not a put down, it's not a it's just
explaining on what it was that maybe they weren't as popular,
but whatever use of this motivation, This transformation of Liam
Cohen in almost a year, to me is pretty staggering. Wow,
all right.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
I guess for mine, the one thing that I would
talk about here in this moment we talked about this
this I talked about the sports gambling stuff and us
as fans being so you know, enraptured and captured, you know,
in in the involvement of what that brings us as
fans as well to the to the surface, I think,
and I think a lot of times we hear these
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allegations of like a Terry Rosier and why he's not
playing this year and having some inside bedding situations things happening.
And I just saw the other day where the lawyers
are getting or moving to try to dismiss all the
betting charges against Terry Roseer be because of the language
of the league and saying the league jumped into this
and suspended him without paying all these things in this
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preliminary way that they usually do. But now it's now
with the information coming out, it's circling back around that
you know, he didn't have really anything to do with
that stuff.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
And so I want to talk about us.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
Jumping on the bandwagging of you know, pointing the finger
at people and saying they're guilty before they're guilty in
these situations.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
You so you think Terry Roseier is innocent? Is that
what you're saying that? I think he may have less
involvement than we thought he did at first. Okay, do
you think this translates into the NFL. Do you think
that we are going to have NBA sort of betting
problems like we do, or have NFL betting problems like
we do in the NBA. I don't think we. I
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don't think we will.
Speaker 3 (12:48):
I think with the NFL, you can have one guy
that can mess up a game, and I think that
usually boils down to the quarterback and the kicker because
they control so much of it. You would think that
the quarterbacks and kickers would be a little bit more,
have a little bit more integrity because they are isolated
so much that it'll be hard for them to throw
a game or to help somebody on the outside to
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cash in on the bed.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
Yeah. I can imagine them taking a running back off
and going into the blue tents and be like, nothing's wrong.
I don't know how just the ankle feels sore, you know,
I just can't. No, he's fine to go in like
it'd be tough to do in the NFL to try
to hit a rushing under like Terry Rozier. Would I
think that there's like carry just did it again.
Speaker 4 (13:31):
And I'm not saying, I'm not pointing out that that
you're wrong here, but I find it interesting because I
got into a uh I gotten into a Twitter spat
recently with an NFL influencer about he's like, man that
the referee in today could not be worse. And my
thing is like, if you think about it this way,
if there are referee crews being compromised, Okay, you basically
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just said that it would have to be the kicker
or the quarterback. Yeah, I don't for whatever reason, the
officials are given this massive pass or we just have
a blind spot with officiating crews. They don't make a
whole lot of money, and they would be the the
the people that could most control these things. And if
you did have a compromise crew. Wouldn't it look like
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a mess? Wouldn't you be scratching her head like all
game at certain calls? Why why would he call that?
Why wouldn't he call that? Like when you're talking about
gambling and how it's entered sports. Yeah, and then the
people that have the most influenced to alter results. I
think that NFL officials, for whatever reason, kind of get
a pass on this. And I just have a feeling
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when if if not not if, but when there's a
major NFL gambling scandal, there's going to be an officiating
crew in like the forefront of the charges.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
See. I think that. I think the only reasons that
refs would make bad causes so they can get on TV.
Ah Wait, that'suis. That's because they have a dream text.
Last week, he's smart. He said that the officiating in
the NFL is a little suss Oh with that a
real tweet that was well. He tweeted then after the
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Seahawks game about all the people who yelled at him
about his comments about the referees, saying that the refs
cost them, But his point was he thinks refs throw
pass interference flags, which by the way would benefit benefit him?
Do you want to Oh, we got it, let's let's
get let's straight. Get straight from PUCA.
Speaker 8 (15:30):
The worst because there's just some of the rules aren't then,
like these guys want to be these guys are lawyers,
and like they want to be on TV too, brother,
like the game.
Speaker 2 (15:40):
You don't think he's he's texting his friends in the
group chat, like, Yo, you guys just saw any Sunday
night football like that?
Speaker 1 (15:46):
That wasn't p I like, but I called it serious.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
I mean, these guys are noble human goodness. Wow, that
is a conversation that sounds like it could be on
mars In and the guys and I know they're streamers
and I know they have millions of followers, but to
be like, no, no way, take me to your leader.
Speaker 8 (16:11):
Yeah, Like, that's is especially strange a comment coming from
an NFL player, and it could just be come from
a fan, and a fan would sound delusional saying it,
But a guy who's been playing professional football for several
years also he.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
Should know better. I also don't think that it was
looked at enough that this is a guy who would
then benefit from said ref throwing a flag on an
offense on a pass interference call, right, so he would benefit,
his team would benefit. But he's saying, yeah, this stuff
is sus man, this stuff is really sus Can I
take my Tuesday morning quarterback back.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
That's That's another thing, Dan, when I I hate you know,
I've talked about it before, these players speaking on these
podcasts and thinking that it's not going to be heard
by the whole world, like that medium has taken over
our consumption, consumption of like media, and so when you
say these things, it's bear game. Michael Porter Junior is
the same way, saying a lot of the things back
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in the day.
Speaker 2 (17:04):
I've had podcasts that have been listened to by nobody.
So it's not all of them, Iowa, Sam. I'll be
quick here. We're nearing the end of the season. There's
a lot of candidates who could be AP Coach of
the Year. I'll just list a few, Dan, You or
guy Mike McDonald could have very well be a candidate.
Ben Johnson could be a candidate for Coach of the Year.
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Sean Payton, Demico Ryans. But if you look at the
coaching jobs that Kyle Shanahan of the Niners have done
and Jim Harbaugh of the Chargers navigating injuries, and you
maybe flip a coin between those two. But if I
had to pick one of those two, Kyle Shanahan or
Jim Harbaugh, I'd probably give it to Jim Harbaugh just
for how much how many injuries they've had, Najie Harris,
They've had injuries on the offensive line, and here they are.
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They're going to the playoffs for consecutive years for the
first time in I think two thousand and eight, two
thousand and nine. So for the Chargers to be in
this position where they are with all these injuries, Jason
can speak to this pretty impressive to have them at
eleven wins right now, Jason shocked that they have a
chance of the division.
Speaker 4 (18:04):
So you said yesterday, right, there's like an outside shot
at the number one seed, the chance that they control
their destiny for the division. But yeah, No, to Sam's point, Harbaugh,
he's been like a miracle worker since he got on campus.
There's nothing that he could do that will surprise me
at this point, and that includes cheat Damn.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
Everybody else doesn't. Chris Prophett, you want to wrap this
up with your Tuesday morning quarterback?
Speaker 5 (18:34):
Yeah, and it's it's one that's maybe flying under the
radar a bit. We know the Dolphins bench to a
tongue of ailoa. Before this, they trotted out Quinn yours
and it was even more of a disaster. I'm just
and I know Mike McDonald's come is like pretty much
certified to come back next year. But Mike McDaniel, excuse me,
I said Donald, But like, I'm just, I'm kind of
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tired of doing this with the Dolphins. Where they start
losing six of the first seven, they rattle off four
straight and injects a little bit of life and a
little bit of hope to the what that what this
could be again? And then it just it peters out
like this. This This offensive line is not good at all.
Their quarterback situation is as bad as it can get
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because I'm assuming Tua is not coming back this year.
You don't make that kind of benching if you're not
one hundred percent done with Tua. You're not getting that
performance out of Quinn yours or Zach Wilson. And I
don't know who you're bringing in in the offseason they
have besides Levon, they don't really have a lot that
stands out for their roster. It all screams it needs
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a hard reset, and it just leads me back to
once again that that Mike McDaniel will be back next year.
And it brings me to a phrase I've fallen in
love with. What should be done, what will be done eventually,
should be done immediately. And I'm not sure why this
team continues to kick the can down the road just
because they win four games in November every year like this.
Speaker 2 (19:58):
I had I an issue with what the Dolphins have done.
We've talked about it a bunch, but the butun about
Mike McDaniels. I like Mike McDaniel, actually, I really do,
and I think that they're thinking, and I agree with this,
is if you actually maxed out TUA to get us
into the playoffs as a wild card, then you can
do something. Imagine if you can get that franchise type
of player working with Mike McDaniel, I think that's their hope.
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This is also a Dolphins franchise that not so long
ago was loaded with first round picks. It's why they
were able to maybe offer the Bengals the four first
round picks in the year that they were going to
draft Joe Burrow in twenty twenty, but they kind of
wasted some of those first round picks. They had one
docked because of tampering with Tom Brady and Sean Payton,
So they've really kind of fumbled the bag in Miami.
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And to your point about needing a reset, I really
like Mike McDaniel. I think that he should stay along,
but I do think to Chris's point, there's more work
to do, especially trying to get out from under this
two account.
Speaker 5 (20:53):
They're going to be picking tenth as well this year.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
It's kind of there.
Speaker 5 (20:56):
They're sliding away from those top pree picks just because
they keep pushing so hard near the end of the season.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
Well that's what they're not doing now, and that's why
they're playing with yours is they're trying to move up
the draft.
Speaker 3 (21:07):
I like Mike McDaniel's as well, but I think he's
an offensive coordinator in my.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
Opinion, Mike Rabel right now, you're Coach of the year
favorite fort Mike Frable. I keep understanding these Patriots. I mean,
I keep wait, Liam Cohn is plus I did not
write Liam Cohen down. Yeah that's what I saw it. Yeah,
other than the top two. You did a good joint.
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should be. DK Metcalf yesterday was a topic for us
for the interaction with the fan from Detroit. We didn't
buy the reports that the fan said a derogatory term
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about DK's mother. We did not buy the fact that
the fan yelled a racial slur towards DK Metcalf. And
now I think we found out why those stories were planted.
Because DK Metcalf got suspended for two games, and because
of the violation by the NFL, the Pittsburgh Steelers could
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get out of the contract and void the future forty
five million dollars in his deal. Yes, CBS Sports and
ESPN saying that this would violate the contract and if
the Steelers wanted to get out of it, they could,
So now you understand why there was this offensive from
the Metcalf camp to say that his actions with the
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fan were warranted. In hearing stuff of the fan was
there last year as well. That's all a one sided story.
But when you say that the fan used a racial
slur in a derogatory term towards his mother, the fan
had no other reason or had absolutely every reason excuse
me to go and get represented by an attorney for sure,
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because those are harsh words, and now we know why
they are harsh words, because DK could lose a lot
of money because of his actions. Was the language conduct detrimental?
Was that the This was the release from the NFL
that said players may not enter the stands or otherwise
confront fans at any time on game day. And if
a player makes unnecessary physical contact with a fan in
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any way that constitutes unsportsmanlike conduct or presents crowd control
issues and or risk of injury, he will be held accountable.
And both CBS and ESPN reviewed the contract and it
could void forty five million dollars in future money. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (24:48):
That yeah, And that's just kind of lends to my
argument the other day. Right, as a player, you cannot
be focusing on the outside noise at all anyway, But
when it comes to a fan and somebody just talking
to you or trying to get your attention, if that
language is already in your contract, and I'm sure they've
already went over that stuff, let it be.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
Jason Stewart, our executive producer, So as.
Speaker 4 (25:08):
We talked about it after the news broke, right, we
the morally bankrupt decision of Metcalf's camp to tell Ocho Sinko,
so like, throw this out there as a trial balloon.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
I want.
Speaker 4 (25:22):
I need follow up on that. I need follow up
if DK confirms that, if his camp confirms that, because
this obviously is the proof of why you would have
such an extreme measure to save him forty million dollars.
But I'd need reporting done or the NFL to investigate it,
because these flimsy allegations take away from the actual hate
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crime allegations that are out there right.
Speaker 2 (25:47):
There was another video posted today that I saw of
a few ros back and the fan yelling like I
did it, or we did it, or we got him
to do it, or whatever the case was, that they
made DK react. I said. When it happened on Sunday,
I was on DK side because I'm like, what are
you doing as a fan and make a player respond?
But then we heard everything else and we didn't see
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other Steeler players respond, We didn't see security step in.
There wasn't a hubbub. It was DK grabbing the guy,
pulling him down, taking a swipe and letting him go.
And so then when all that other stuff came in,
I I kind of had to do a one eighty because,
like Jason just I didn't believe any of it happened.
And now we know why the messaging was done, whether
we find out why it was done or how it
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was done is not going to be up to someone
to do that investigation.
Speaker 3 (26:34):
Right, And we don't and we don't look at DK
after he grabbed a fan by the by the shirt
and took a swing and took a swing at him
and think, oh, man, DK's.
Speaker 2 (26:42):
Tough, like you know what I mean, like, what are
you doing? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (26:46):
Just it really bothers me down. You know, I talked
about it on Sunday. It's it doesn't make any sense.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
I would I I would sue DK metcalf he should,
right for I mean, who's gonna have a tougher time
to come back from that? Oh, you were the fan
that may or may not I've used that sort of term.
And then if you were to go through an actual
court case, you would probably find out the reason why
those things ended up being reported on, which again, EI
(27:11):
there some high level NFL insiders that I certainly respect,
and I know that they were telling a side of
the story, but that was one side of the story
that just didn't that up. He's Carry Roads. I'm Dan Bayer.
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January eighth. Well, Chris is now twenty three, foreshadowing carry
Rhoads is seeing red. That is a good thing. As
the Cardinals are rolling the forty nine ers, getting six
Pro bowlers in and to Chris's point, Kyle Uschek, a fullback,
(27:54):
is in. Long snapper John Weeks is in Luke Gifford.
Their linebacker who's a special teamer is in the names
that we know Christian McCaffrey, George Kittle, and Trent Williams.
So those were named as a Pro Bowl starter's Sky
Moore selected as an alternate kick return specialist. But six
Pro bowlers, three of which that we knew of Kerry
(28:16):
Rhoads forty nine ers get to win last night. There's
still a chance, as they sit there at eleven and
four that they could be the number one seed in
the NFC and have home field without Yeah, saw people
tweeting that the forty nine ers, who have two home
games left on their schedule Seahawks in week eighteen, Bears
coming up this weekend, could have a scenario where they
(28:37):
play every game the rest of the year in Levi Stadium.
Is that's also the home of Super Bowl sixty. Oh wow?
How good are the San Francisco forty nine ers? Are
they eleven and four? Good? In your mind? Yeah? I
think they're eleven and four.
Speaker 3 (28:48):
I think they are what their records, says Dan, And
obviously I think certain records feel stronger, a feel more substantial,
or a hole more weight. But as far as they're
number go, and the way they're playing and the way
they've stepped up in the wake of injuries, of selfish
people not showing up or not being a part of
(29:09):
the organization because of their own individual thoughts, whatever the
thing is, I think the common denominated with this team is,
and we've talked about on this show is Kyle shannonhan
has done an amazing job of this team, and he's
put them in the best situation to perform and do
what they had to. And also, let's not short the
hiring or the bringing back of Sala on that defense
as well. I mean, they didn't play extremely well last night,
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but in the I guess in the totality of this
whole season, they have and so having two coordinators that
can come out and put the best foot forward for
their their groups. This is this same is as good
as anybody. They have players in key positions to make
plays as well.
Speaker 2 (29:48):
All right, I am not a fan of strength to
schedule conversation. I know you aren't either. You absolutely hate it. However,
huge butt coming here, Shaffrantiska coming into the year the
easiest record of any team in the National Football League. Yeah,
as the season has gone on, their strength of schedule
entering last night's game was twenty third twenty third in
the National Football League. They do have wins over Seattle
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and the Rams. Do you look at those two wins
earlier on in the season as the reasons for them
being legit or do we have a point with the
strength of schedule here, because this winning streak that Turan
includes wins over the Cardinals, Panthers, Browns, Titans, and Colts.
Speaker 3 (30:25):
Yeah, no, no, no, you got it. I think there's
truth to both, Dan. I think there are wins that
they probably should have won throughout this streak, and I
think that's valid. But we've also seen teams supposed to
win these games and lose these same games that these
same play these teams you're talking about, So you have
to win the games that are put in front of you.
And again, the schedule isn't that big for me because
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we've seen it. On any Sunday, any team can beat
any team.
Speaker 2 (30:52):
I think with how the NFC is going to break down,
it doesn't matter because the Niners, Rams, and Seahawks are
all thorns in the each other side. Yes, and so
however it breaks down if the forty nine Ers are
gonna end up having to go to La or the
Seahawks are gonna have to go to San Francisco in
the playoffs, whatever the case is, either team can win
that game. My whole issue with the forty nine ers
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where we heard easiest schedule, easiest schedule, So then they
fare pretty well in the schedule and people are saying,
look at us, roll now they can't get after the
quarterback right now, they like they it is a thorn
in their side. So if anything's gonna prevent them from
making a run, it's the pressure and Obviously you lose
Nick Bosa, that's going to be a big part of it.
But there's no denying that Christian McCaffrey and Brock Purdy
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are playing at an elite level right now. No matter
who they play on their schedule, Yeah, it doesn't matter.
Speaker 3 (31:39):
And again, their scheme is so good, Dan, their game
plans on both sides of the ball. It's pretty pretty
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Speaker 2 (31:58):
We may have seen the last to Phillip Rivers in
the NFL last night. We're not sure the Colts have
a slim slim playoff hope two to three percent of
making the postseason. If the Colts throw in the towel
and start Riley Leonard, We're gonna send Philip Rivers out
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Speaker 3 (33:13):
Now you're waiting on at the kick in, I was
just going along with the ride of the Spanish guitar.
Speaker 2 (33:17):
I know you are. You were feeling it well. The
reason is because I honestly I was hopeful a little
something more upbeat, because we're going to slow it down
now because we may have seen one of the greatest
nine day spans in NFL history. Ooh history, all right,
it was the return of Philip Rivers. It was in
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week fifteen. He plays against the Seahawks on a Sunday.
In Week sixteen, he takes the field on Monday Night
Football and far is even better than he did the
week prior after a five year absence. But there are
no guarantees, and there are no guarantees that the Colts,
with a two to three percent chance of making the playoffs,
still will allow Philip Rivers to continue as the starting quarterback.
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They have Jacksonville coming to town in Week seventeen, and
a lot has to happen for the Colts to make
the postseason. So maybe you want to get more of
a look at Riley Leonard, who did replace Rivers at
the end of last week's game. So if this is
it for Philip Rivers, there's only one thing that we
can do, and that's to send him out for giving
us one heck of a ride these last nine days.
Speaker 7 (34:28):
So here comes forty four year old Philip Rivers back
on an NFL game field for the first time since
January ninth of twenty twenty. He's now the third oldest
quarterback to start an NFL game.
Speaker 1 (34:41):
Throws inside the five, touchdown.
Speaker 2 (34:44):
For the Colts, and it's touchdowns across the.
Speaker 1 (34:47):
Goal line, touchdown.
Speaker 7 (34:49):
I indeed, why man, Philip Rivers came off the Colts.
Speaker 2 (34:54):
It came out here throwing dimes.
Speaker 1 (34:56):
I'm grateful, I mean grateful as the game just got going.
Speaker 2 (35:00):
Thankful, grateful. Uh. Then I was out there and it
was a blast.
Speaker 7 (35:09):
Rivers has a free shot, throws into the end zone.
Speaker 2 (35:11):
Touchdown in the fact of the end zone. It's Alec
Pierce and the plan covers twenty yards to the house.
Speaker 1 (35:18):
Touchdown in d.
Speaker 2 (35:20):
Why first and foremost our job to go seeking.
Speaker 4 (35:25):
Uh, you know, do the work we've been asked to do,
and and you know we've come up short.
Speaker 7 (35:31):
Rivers out of the shotgun, takes the snap, quick throw
him the middle.
Speaker 2 (35:34):
Intercepting day Winners has got it. Day Winner's going the
other way.
Speaker 1 (35:37):
No, it's gonna touch him, nothing but the tail lights.
Speaker 2 (35:41):
It's up.
Speaker 7 (35:41):
Pick six forty pick city baby, first pick six of.
Speaker 2 (35:46):
The year in de Winters. See all over now and
caught Philip Rivers slip it? What is your plane? Wait?
Speaker 1 (35:55):
What are you waiting right now, right this second, I
don't know.
Speaker 2 (35:59):
I'm not sure.
Speaker 1 (36:03):
How about that.
Speaker 2 (36:04):
That's an honest answer. Oh magnificent. Thank you very much
to Ryan Burschinger for putting that together. Calls courtesy of
the Colts Radio Network. Great, great week. I hope it
doesn't come to an end. Philip Rivers threw for eight
times more yards than Jackson Dart did this past weekend.
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There's still something left in that old that alarm.
Speaker 3 (36:29):
It is minimal, Dan, it is minimal left in that arm.
But in this story, though, it's been amazing. And I'm
gonna save one one word for him in honor of
Philip right now, I'm just gonna say, I'm gonna miss
that gummet.
Speaker 2 (36:44):
I'm gonna miss that gummett. I'd say thank you because
I got the cheer for him last night when they
played the Seahawks. I couldn't cheer for him. Great. Great
to see him as we wrap things up, Jason, you
knew him as a charger. Had to be quite a
ride these last nine days.
Speaker 4 (36:58):
It was an amazing story. And I will say Philip
Rivers is all of us. This was a fantasy camp
showing out on the best greatest league on Earth.
Speaker 2 (37:07):
It was magnificent. Fantasy Camp was actually right. We got
to see our hero again, even if it was for
nine days. He's carry I'm Dan. Talked to you next Timefox,
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
Don right, it's go time, Go Time. On a Tuesday
here on Fox Sports Radio, hit Carry up at Carry
twenty five roads. You can find me Dan Buyer on Fox.
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In the Book of ratonebol Jason Stewart is here, as
is Iowa Sam. Do you care about this game? As
in alum you just shoug your ahead. No, he completely
(00:53):
dismissed it. Don't you want to see the guys make plays,
see some young guys step up? Not really.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
I want these guys to be healthy and get ready
to win win the ACC next year. They have the
talent to do it. But right now, these games like
a Toledo like this game would be so much bigger
for Toledo, and so I can understand them want to
tune in and get a big Bowl win going into
next season.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Yeah, the Cardinals look good. I like the I like
the helmet that like them sporting today. Yes, I think they.
I don't know if they look good on the field.
I haven't been paid much attention to the contest fashion wise.
I think they look good, better than the Colts. Yes,
that uniform mash up last night is one that we've
seen before, but it just it just doesn't work. It
(01:36):
really doesn't. It reminds it looks like an all denim outfit.
I don't like. Right. Do you remember that picture of
Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears, like twenty five years ago,
like they were straight denim. I've got it on my phone.
And then you add the black helmet, and anytime you
(01:56):
add black to a color scheme, it just doesn't work.
Maybe it did twenty years ago, maybe it did twenty
five years ago, it doesn't work now. Colts, listen, they're
white or they're blue. Yeah, so if you're not wearing white,
you're wearing blue. You shouldn't be wearing black. And if
you're gonna wear blue, do not wear whatever color blue.
That was. Man, you have to say bye bye bye.
(02:19):
All right, Hey, I'm here all week. I'm here all week.
I'm here all week. If you want to talk more
uniforms or anything more and looking back to week sixteen,
now's the time to do it. It's Tuesday, Tuesday.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
This is Tuesday Morning Quarterback in the afternoon. Mondays can
be overwhelming. Tuesdays they're getting to whatever we didn't get.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
To on Monday.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
This is Tuesday Morning Quarterback in the afternoon.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Things that we may have missed, didn't talk about. We
start with Jason Stewart. Jason Stewart leaning off on Tuesday
Morning Quarterback in the afternoon.
Speaker 4 (02:53):
Fellas, I don't want to sam this up, but it's
multi pronged. So this is by no means am I
preempting your content. I just I want to talk about
four things. The Bucks and the Lions have kind of
to me outsider looking in the Bucks and Lions kind
(03:13):
of have the same issue this season. Now, Chris Purfett
follows the Lions closer than I. Maybe he has a
counterpoint and you could also say that the Bucks were
very injured this season, but I'm going to say that
both teams lost their star sexy offensive coordinator from last season,
and each of their quarterbacks and or offense has has
kind of paid the price this season Lions and Bucks.
(03:36):
I also want to say that if we're going to
judge Ben Johnson and William Cohen's season in general, looking
back at this, we can't just say, look at the
record of their new team compared to the record last year.
The contrast also needs to be look at the Lions
offense when he left, look at the Bucks offense when
he left. It needs to be factored into the equation.
(04:01):
That's my point four multi pronged takes, and it's not
going to preempt Dan Buyer's well.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
I will say this about the buccaneer side of things.
I'll let the Chris hand of the Lion stuff. I
think it's more frustrating on the buccaneer side of things
because they had injuries throughout the season that they were navigating.
They didn't have Chris Godwin to start the year. He
comes back, did lose Mike Evans around weeks five, six seven.
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Around that time, he's out, Bucky Irving missed a significant
portion of time, and now you're getting everybody back. You've
got three running backs Sean Tucker, Rashaud White, and the
aforementioned Bucky Irving. Wide receiver Mecca Buca was the NFL
offensive Rookie of the Year for about the first half
(04:49):
of the year. You bring Godwin back, now Evans his
return from his collar bone, and they're still not getting
it done. They drop back to back games at home
a couple of weeks ago. That's the issue with me
is that the Buccaneers, even with getting everybody back, they
still aren't the machine that you would have hoped. And
they aren't good defensively anymore. They're really bad defensively. Outside
(05:13):
of Vita Vea stuffing the run, they aren't stopping anyone.
So I think that the Buccaneers have a much bigger
problem because they actually had some of their players come back,
and I know they still may win the division, but
they don't pose a threat to anybody else in the NFC. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
I would piggyback on top of that Dan and say
it's been a combination of some coaching things, but they
haven't performed well and they've been injured, but you know
they've gotten guys come back, and like you spoke about
imca Abuka, the way he played in the beginning of
the season, you get all those other guys back and
you think he'll be able to continue that, and he
has not played that way in the second half of
(05:51):
the season.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
You want to take the Lions side of things, Chris.
Speaker 5 (05:54):
Yeah, I think it's fascinating because I've seen some numbers
that indicate it's a lot of the same off defensive
metrics on like a macro scale. The Lions have hit
this year, but clearly it's not winning them as many games.
Part of that's the schedule they had to play, and
you want to talk about an understated part of what
the Lions had to adjust with besides Ben Johnson, but
like the core of their team, the offensive line turned
(06:16):
over three different changes on the interior that entire interior
of their line. Frank Ragnow's gone, Kevin Zeitler left, Graham
Glasgow's Now was acting to play center, and he was
out against the Steelers. They've suffered a lot of turnover
on the offensive line, which means the run game can't
get going, which means that their offense really can't get
going on some games when they can't establish that run.
(06:38):
And like the Buccaneers, they kind of have that injury
bug again on their defense. Not as overwhelming as it
was last year, but they have no healthy dbs. I
was joking with Kerry on Sunday that he might have
to suit up for the Lions as safety or something.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Well, it's also like I think the injuries are a problem,
Like why you wouldn't see Jamior Gibbs have the game
that you should have had in the running game. Yeah,
Fray is the guy that you know stays around. Jannor
Engstrand left with Aaron Glen to the Jets. But obviously
there is an issue because you made a change at
offensive coordinator and play calling mid season. They have Dan
Campbell calling the plays from Johnny Morton right, so there's
(07:14):
there's obviously an issue there the Bucks. To Jason's point,
there may be there may be an issue with the coordinators,
which I think is true. At some point there's going
to be attrition. You can't lose Canalis, you can't lose
Cohen and think that you're just going to be able
to replace these guys, and maybe it's caught up in Tampa. Yeah,
all right, I want to kind of go along that.
(07:34):
And speaking of Liam Cohen, this is this was Sean
Payton prior to the lead up to the game on
Sunday against Jacksonville.
Speaker 6 (07:49):
As as you look at him and and and you
watch the tape, it you know it's a smaller market,
but you see a real good team.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
Yeah, okay, Liam Cohen's response after beating Denver on Sunday,
great team effort.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
Just thankful that you know, a small market team like
us can come into a place like Mile High and
get it done.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
I love it. I love it. I love it. Uh.
You know it's going crazy on TikTok. Everybody's looking at
that clip. There's there's a couple of things within this
number one a small market team. Sean Payton isn't saying
that they're the the little engine that could. What Sean
Payton was trying to say, and I know Carrie doesn't
(08:39):
believe it because you think Sean Payton always has a
reason is that people may not know how good Jacksonville
is because they don't garner a lot of national attention. Yes,
and I think that that's fairy because the smallest market
teams in the National FOOTBA League quite honestly right now
are the most popular. Yeah, it's the Packers and the Bills.
Like when you look at like the fan base of
those teams, I mean it's just just huge, huge fan bases.
(09:02):
But in the cities that they're into, the smaller markets.
I don't think he was trying to side swipe. But
what should also be known of this is the transformation
of Liam Cohen. When we all were truly introduced to
Liam Cohen, it was last year when he was introduced
as the Jaguars coach and obviously said this dude, okay,
(09:23):
with that weird look on his face. Have you seen
Liam Cohen? Now you're doing it as well, This transformation
aviator glasses, black hat, black vest, black sleeve. You're not
messing with me. This transformation of Liam Cohen is amazing.
And by the way, his words for Sean Payton not
(09:43):
the only coach he's had words with. Remember in San
Francisco earlier in the year when Robert Sala was trying
to pay them a compliment and Cohen's like, keep my
team out of your mouth or what like what are
we doing? Like, Like Liam Cohen just enjoy the ride,
but he's turned into it's he's over compensating for Duvall
now has this whole new look. He's yelling at other
(10:08):
head coaches, taking shots. It's a complete transformation. It's like
he went on Ricky Lake and they gave him a
new makeover. I don't know if that was the talk
show that did makeovers, but they turned him around and
now he's like this cool, slick villain.
Speaker 3 (10:23):
Liam Cohen has turned into the terminator, a long black jacket, leather,
the glasses.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Play that clip again, du that's Liam Cohen.
Speaker 7 (10:36):
Now.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
I love it.
Speaker 3 (10:36):
I love the confidence he has his team, the pulse
of his team, and they're going after that. And you know, Dan,
you cannot say that Sean Payton didn't mean anything because
you know, I'm not riding with that at all.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
Dan. I think he was trying not to offend them.
I say, like, nobody really knows about them. But then
I'm sure Lian Cohen would have taken an you know,
exception to that, or take offense to that, yeah, and
call him out for it. So he just called them
small market, yeah, which is true. And by the way,
in the NFL with a salary cap doesn't matter like
it's different in Major League Baseball. But it's not a
(11:11):
it's not a put down, it's not a it's just
explaining on what it was that maybe they weren't as popular,
but whatever use of this motivation, This transformation of Liam
Cohen in almost a year, to me is pretty staggering. Wow,
all right.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
I guess for mine, the one thing that I would
talk about here in this moment we talked about this
this I talked about the sports gambling stuff and us
as fans being so you know, enraptured and captured, you know,
in in the involvement of what that brings us as
fans as well to the to the surface, I think,
and I think a lot of times we hear these
(11:45):
allegations of like a Terry Rosier and why he's not
playing this year and having some inside bedding situations things happening.
And I just saw the other day where the lawyers
are getting or moving to try to dismiss all the
betting charges against Terry Roseer be because of the language
of the league and saying the league jumped into this
and suspended him without paying all these things in this
(12:07):
preliminary way that they usually do. But now it's now
with the information coming out, it's circling back around that
you know, he didn't have really anything to do with
that stuff.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
And so I want to talk about us.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
Jumping on the bandwagging of you know, pointing the finger
at people and saying they're guilty before they're guilty in
these situations.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
You so you think Terry Roseier is innocent? Is that
what you're saying that? I think he may have less
involvement than we thought he did at first. Okay, do
you think this translates into the NFL. Do you think
that we are going to have NBA sort of betting
problems like we do, or have NFL betting problems like
we do in the NBA. I don't think we. I
(12:47):
don't think we will.
Speaker 3 (12:48):
I think with the NFL, you can have one guy
that can mess up a game, and I think that
usually boils down to the quarterback and the kicker because
they control so much of it. You would think that
the quarterbacks and kickers would be a little bit more,
have a little bit more integrity because they are isolated
so much that it'll be hard for them to throw
a game or to help somebody on the outside to
(13:09):
cash in on the bed.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
Yeah. I can imagine them taking a running back off
and going into the blue tents and be like, nothing's wrong.
I don't know how just the ankle feels sore, you know,
I just can't. No, he's fine to go in like
it'd be tough to do in the NFL to try
to hit a rushing under like Terry Rozier. Would I
think that there's like carry just did it again.
Speaker 4 (13:31):
And I'm not saying, I'm not pointing out that that
you're wrong here, but I find it interesting because I
got into a uh I gotten into a Twitter spat
recently with an NFL influencer about he's like, man that
the referee in today could not be worse. And my
thing is like, if you think about it this way,
if there are referee crews being compromised, Okay, you basically
(13:55):
just said that it would have to be the kicker
or the quarterback. Yeah, I don't for whatever reason, the
officials are given this massive pass or we just have
a blind spot with officiating crews. They don't make a
whole lot of money, and they would be the the
the people that could most control these things. And if
you did have a compromise crew. Wouldn't it look like
(14:15):
a mess? Wouldn't you be scratching her head like all
game at certain calls? Why why would he call that?
Why wouldn't he call that? Like when you're talking about
gambling and how it's entered sports. Yeah, and then the
people that have the most influenced to alter results. I
think that NFL officials, for whatever reason, kind of get
a pass on this. And I just have a feeling
(14:37):
when if if not not if, but when there's a
major NFL gambling scandal, there's going to be an officiating
crew in like the forefront of the charges.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
See. I think that. I think the only reasons that
refs would make bad causes so they can get on TV.
Ah Wait, that'suis. That's because they have a dream text.
Last week, he's smart. He said that the officiating in
the NFL is a little suss Oh with that a
real tweet that was well. He tweeted then after the
(15:09):
Seahawks game about all the people who yelled at him
about his comments about the referees, saying that the refs
cost them, But his point was he thinks refs throw
pass interference flags, which by the way would benefit benefit him?
Do you want to Oh, we got it, let's let's
get let's straight. Get straight from PUCA.
Speaker 8 (15:30):
The worst because there's just some of the rules aren't then,
like these guys want to be these guys are lawyers,
and like they want to be on TV too, brother,
like the game.
Speaker 2 (15:40):
You don't think he's he's texting his friends in the
group chat, like, Yo, you guys just saw any Sunday
night football like that?
Speaker 1 (15:46):
That wasn't p I like, but I called it serious.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
I mean, these guys are noble human goodness. Wow, that
is a conversation that sounds like it could be on
mars In and the guys and I know they're streamers
and I know they have millions of followers, but to
be like, no, no way, take me to your leader.
Speaker 8 (16:11):
Yeah, Like, that's is especially strange a comment coming from
an NFL player, and it could just be come from
a fan, and a fan would sound delusional saying it,
But a guy who's been playing professional football for several
years also he.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
Should know better. I also don't think that it was
looked at enough that this is a guy who would
then benefit from said ref throwing a flag on an
offense on a pass interference call, right, so he would benefit,
his team would benefit. But he's saying, yeah, this stuff
is sus man, this stuff is really sus Can I
take my Tuesday morning quarterback back.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
That's That's another thing, Dan, when I I hate you know,
I've talked about it before, these players speaking on these
podcasts and thinking that it's not going to be heard
by the whole world, like that medium has taken over
our consumption, consumption of like media, and so when you
say these things, it's bear game. Michael Porter Junior is
the same way, saying a lot of the things back
(17:04):
in the day.
Speaker 2 (17:04):
I've had podcasts that have been listened to by nobody.
So it's not all of them, Iowa, Sam. I'll be
quick here. We're nearing the end of the season. There's
a lot of candidates who could be AP Coach of
the Year. I'll just list a few, Dan, You or
guy Mike McDonald could have very well be a candidate.
Ben Johnson could be a candidate for Coach of the Year.
(17:25):
Sean Payton, Demico Ryans. But if you look at the
coaching jobs that Kyle Shanahan of the Niners have done
and Jim Harbaugh of the Chargers navigating injuries, and you
maybe flip a coin between those two. But if I
had to pick one of those two, Kyle Shanahan or
Jim Harbaugh, I'd probably give it to Jim Harbaugh just
for how much how many injuries they've had, Najie Harris,
They've had injuries on the offensive line, and here they are.
(17:47):
They're going to the playoffs for consecutive years for the
first time in I think two thousand and eight, two
thousand and nine. So for the Chargers to be in
this position where they are with all these injuries, Jason
can speak to this pretty impressive to have them at
eleven wins right now, Jason shocked that they have a
chance of the division.
Speaker 4 (18:04):
So you said yesterday, right, there's like an outside shot
at the number one seed, the chance that they control
their destiny for the division. But yeah, No, to Sam's point, Harbaugh,
he's been like a miracle worker since he got on campus.
There's nothing that he could do that will surprise me
at this point, and that includes cheat Damn.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
Everybody else doesn't. Chris Prophett, you want to wrap this
up with your Tuesday morning quarterback?
Speaker 5 (18:34):
Yeah, and it's it's one that's maybe flying under the
radar a bit. We know the Dolphins bench to a
tongue of ailoa. Before this, they trotted out Quinn yours
and it was even more of a disaster. I'm just
and I know Mike McDonald's come is like pretty much
certified to come back next year. But Mike McDaniel, excuse me,
I said Donald, But like, I'm just, I'm kind of
(18:56):
tired of doing this with the Dolphins. Where they start
losing six of the first seven, they rattle off four
straight and injects a little bit of life and a
little bit of hope to the what that what this
could be again? And then it just it peters out
like this. This This offensive line is not good at all.
Their quarterback situation is as bad as it can get
(19:16):
because I'm assuming Tua is not coming back this year.
You don't make that kind of benching if you're not
one hundred percent done with Tua. You're not getting that
performance out of Quinn yours or Zach Wilson. And I
don't know who you're bringing in in the offseason they
have besides Levon, they don't really have a lot that
stands out for their roster. It all screams it needs
(19:37):
a hard reset, and it just leads me back to
once again that that Mike McDaniel will be back next year.
And it brings me to a phrase I've fallen in
love with. What should be done, what will be done eventually,
should be done immediately. And I'm not sure why this
team continues to kick the can down the road just
because they win four games in November every year like this.
Speaker 2 (19:58):
I had I an issue with what the Dolphins have done.
We've talked about it a bunch, but the butun about
Mike McDaniels. I like Mike McDaniel, actually, I really do,
and I think that they're thinking, and I agree with this,
is if you actually maxed out TUA to get us
into the playoffs as a wild card, then you can
do something. Imagine if you can get that franchise type
of player working with Mike McDaniel, I think that's their hope.
(20:20):
This is also a Dolphins franchise that not so long
ago was loaded with first round picks. It's why they
were able to maybe offer the Bengals the four first
round picks in the year that they were going to
draft Joe Burrow in twenty twenty, but they kind of
wasted some of those first round picks. They had one
docked because of tampering with Tom Brady and Sean Payton,
So they've really kind of fumbled the bag in Miami.
(20:43):
And to your point about needing a reset, I really
like Mike McDaniel. I think that he should stay along,
but I do think to Chris's point, there's more work
to do, especially trying to get out from under this
two account.
Speaker 5 (20:53):
They're going to be picking tenth as well this year.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
It's kind of there.
Speaker 5 (20:56):
They're sliding away from those top pree picks just because
they keep pushing so hard near the end of the season.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
Well that's what they're not doing now, and that's why
they're playing with yours is they're trying to move up
the draft.
Speaker 3 (21:07):
I like Mike McDaniel's as well, but I think he's
an offensive coordinator in my.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
Opinion, Mike Rabel right now, you're Coach of the year
favorite fort Mike Frable. I keep understanding these Patriots. I mean,
I keep wait, Liam Cohn is plus I did not
write Liam Cohen down. Yeah that's what I saw it. Yeah,
other than the top two. You did a good joint.
(21:30):
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Fox Sports Radio. He's carry Roads. I'm Dan Byer, Carry Roads,
my second favorite KR behind Kenny Rogers. I mean, I'm sorry, Kerrie.
When I started working at Fox Sports Radio twenty years ago,
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for the interaction with the fan from Detroit. We didn't
buy the reports that the fan said a derogatory term
(23:02):
about DK's mother. We did not buy the fact that
the fan yelled a racial slur towards DK Metcalf. And
now I think we found out why those stories were planted.
Because DK Metcalf got suspended for two games, and because
of the violation by the NFL, the Pittsburgh Steelers could
(23:23):
get out of the contract and void the future forty
five million dollars in his deal. Yes, CBS Sports and
ESPN saying that this would violate the contract and if
the Steelers wanted to get out of it, they could,
So now you understand why there was this offensive from
the Metcalf camp to say that his actions with the
(23:44):
fan were warranted. In hearing stuff of the fan was
there last year as well. That's all a one sided story.
But when you say that the fan used a racial
slur in a derogatory term towards his mother, the fan
had no other reason or had absolutely every reason excuse
me to go and get represented by an attorney for sure,
(24:07):
because those are harsh words, and now we know why
they are harsh words, because DK could lose a lot
of money because of his actions. Was the language conduct detrimental?
Was that the This was the release from the NFL
that said players may not enter the stands or otherwise
confront fans at any time on game day. And if
a player makes unnecessary physical contact with a fan in
(24:29):
any way that constitutes unsportsmanlike conduct or presents crowd control
issues and or risk of injury, he will be held accountable.
And both CBS and ESPN reviewed the contract and it
could void forty five million dollars in future money. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (24:48):
That yeah, And that's just kind of lends to my
argument the other day. Right, as a player, you cannot
be focusing on the outside noise at all anyway, But
when it comes to a fan and somebody just talking
to you or trying to get your attention, if that
language is already in your contract, and I'm sure they've
already went over that stuff, let it be.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
Jason Stewart, our executive producer, So as.
Speaker 4 (25:08):
We talked about it after the news broke, right, we
the morally bankrupt decision of Metcalf's camp to tell Ocho Sinko,
so like, throw this out there as a trial balloon.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
I want.
Speaker 4 (25:22):
I need follow up on that. I need follow up
if DK confirms that, if his camp confirms that, because
this obviously is the proof of why you would have
such an extreme measure to save him forty million dollars.
But I'd need reporting done or the NFL to investigate it,
because these flimsy allegations take away from the actual hate
(25:44):
crime allegations that are out there right.
Speaker 2 (25:47):
There was another video posted today that I saw of
a few ros back and the fan yelling like I
did it, or we did it, or we got him
to do it, or whatever the case was, that they
made DK react. I said. When it happened on Sunday,
I was on DK side because I'm like, what are
you doing as a fan and make a player respond?
But then we heard everything else and we didn't see
(26:08):
other Steeler players respond, We didn't see security step in.
There wasn't a hubbub. It was DK grabbing the guy,
pulling him down, taking a swipe and letting him go.
And so then when all that other stuff came in,
I I kind of had to do a one eighty because,
like Jason just I didn't believe any of it happened.
And now we know why the messaging was done, whether
we find out why it was done or how it
(26:30):
was done is not going to be up to someone
to do that investigation.
Speaker 3 (26:34):
Right, And we don't and we don't look at DK
after he grabbed a fan by the by the shirt
and took a swing and took a swing at him
and think, oh, man, DK's.
Speaker 2 (26:42):
Tough, like you know what I mean, like, what are
you doing? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (26:46):
Just it really bothers me down. You know, I talked
about it on Sunday. It's it doesn't make any sense.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
I would I I would sue DK metcalf he should,
right for I mean, who's gonna have a tougher time
to come back from that? Oh, you were the fan
that may or may not I've used that sort of term.
And then if you were to go through an actual
court case, you would probably find out the reason why
those things ended up being reported on, which again, EI
(27:11):
there some high level NFL insiders that I certainly respect,
and I know that they were telling a side of
the story, but that was one side of the story
that just didn't that up. He's Carry Roads. I'm Dan Bayer.
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January eighth. Well, Chris is now twenty three, foreshadowing carry
Rhoads is seeing red. That is a good thing. As
the Cardinals are rolling the forty nine ers, getting six
Pro bowlers in and to Chris's point, Kyle Uschek, a fullback,
(27:54):
is in. Long snapper John Weeks is in Luke Gifford.
Their linebacker who's a special teamer is in the names
that we know Christian McCaffrey, George Kittle, and Trent Williams.
So those were named as a Pro Bowl starter's Sky
Moore selected as an alternate kick return specialist. But six
Pro bowlers, three of which that we knew of Kerry
(28:16):
Rhoads forty nine ers get to win last night. There's
still a chance, as they sit there at eleven and
four that they could be the number one seed in
the NFC and have home field without Yeah, saw people
tweeting that the forty nine ers, who have two home
games left on their schedule Seahawks in week eighteen, Bears
coming up this weekend, could have a scenario where they
(28:37):
play every game the rest of the year in Levi Stadium.
Is that's also the home of Super Bowl sixty. Oh wow?
How good are the San Francisco forty nine ers? Are
they eleven and four? Good? In your mind? Yeah? I
think they're eleven and four.
Speaker 3 (28:48):
I think they are what their records, says Dan, And
obviously I think certain records feel stronger, a feel more substantial,
or a hole more weight. But as far as they're
number go, and the way they're playing and the way
they've stepped up in the wake of injuries, of selfish
people not showing up or not being a part of
(29:09):
the organization because of their own individual thoughts, whatever the
thing is, I think the common denominated with this team is,
and we've talked about on this show is Kyle shannonhan
has done an amazing job of this team, and he's
put them in the best situation to perform and do
what they had to. And also, let's not short the
hiring or the bringing back of Sala on that defense
as well. I mean, they didn't play extremely well last night,
(29:32):
but in the I guess in the totality of this
whole season, they have and so having two coordinators that
can come out and put the best foot forward for
their their groups. This is this same is as good
as anybody. They have players in key positions to make
plays as well.
Speaker 2 (29:48):
All right, I am not a fan of strength to
schedule conversation. I know you aren't either. You absolutely hate it. However,
huge butt coming here, Shaffrantiska coming into the year the
easiest record of any team in the National Football League. Yeah,
as the season has gone on, their strength of schedule
entering last night's game was twenty third twenty third in
the National Football League. They do have wins over Seattle
(30:11):
and the Rams. Do you look at those two wins
earlier on in the season as the reasons for them
being legit or do we have a point with the
strength of schedule here, because this winning streak that Turan
includes wins over the Cardinals, Panthers, Browns, Titans, and Colts.
Speaker 3 (30:25):
Yeah, no, no, no, you got it. I think there's
truth to both, Dan. I think there are wins that
they probably should have won throughout this streak, and I
think that's valid. But we've also seen teams supposed to
win these games and lose these same games that these
same play these teams you're talking about, So you have
to win the games that are put in front of you.
And again, the schedule isn't that big for me because
(30:48):
we've seen it. On any Sunday, any team can beat
any team.
Speaker 2 (30:52):
I think with how the NFC is going to break down,
it doesn't matter because the Niners, Rams, and Seahawks are
all thorns in the each other side. Yes, and so
however it breaks down if the forty nine Ers are
gonna end up having to go to La or the
Seahawks are gonna have to go to San Francisco in
the playoffs, whatever the case is, either team can win
that game. My whole issue with the forty nine ers
(31:13):
where we heard easiest schedule, easiest schedule, So then they
fare pretty well in the schedule and people are saying,
look at us, roll now they can't get after the
quarterback right now, they like they it is a thorn
in their side. So if anything's gonna prevent them from
making a run, it's the pressure and Obviously you lose
Nick Bosa, that's going to be a big part of it.
But there's no denying that Christian McCaffrey and Brock Purdy
(31:35):
are playing at an elite level right now. No matter
who they play on their schedule, Yeah, it doesn't matter.
Speaker 3 (31:39):
And again, their scheme is so good, Dan, their game
plans on both sides of the ball. It's pretty pretty
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Speaker 2 (31:58):
We may have seen the last to Phillip Rivers in
the NFL last night. We're not sure the Colts have
a slim slim playoff hope two to three percent of
making the postseason. If the Colts throw in the towel
and start Riley Leonard, We're gonna send Philip Rivers out
in style. That's next here on Fox Sports Radio.
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was waiting for it to kick in. Does it ever
kick in? Sam? No, It's like a chill all right.
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Speaker 3 (33:13):
Now you're waiting on at the kick in, I was
just going along with the ride of the Spanish guitar.
Speaker 2 (33:17):
I know you are. You were feeling it well. The
reason is because I honestly I was hopeful a little
something more upbeat, because we're going to slow it down
now because we may have seen one of the greatest
nine day spans in NFL history. Ooh history, all right,
it was the return of Philip Rivers. It was in
(33:37):
week fifteen. He plays against the Seahawks on a Sunday.
In Week sixteen, he takes the field on Monday Night
Football and far is even better than he did the
week prior after a five year absence. But there are
no guarantees, and there are no guarantees that the Colts,
with a two to three percent chance of making the playoffs,
still will allow Philip Rivers to continue as the starting quarterback.
(33:59):
They have Jacksonville coming to town in Week seventeen, and
a lot has to happen for the Colts to make
the postseason. So maybe you want to get more of
a look at Riley Leonard, who did replace Rivers at
the end of last week's game. So if this is
it for Philip Rivers, there's only one thing that we
can do, and that's to send him out for giving
us one heck of a ride these last nine days.
Speaker 7 (34:28):
So here comes forty four year old Philip Rivers back
on an NFL game field for the first time since
January ninth of twenty twenty. He's now the third oldest
quarterback to start an NFL game.
Speaker 1 (34:41):
Throws inside the five, touchdown.
Speaker 2 (34:44):
For the Colts, and it's touchdowns across the.
Speaker 1 (34:47):
Goal line, touchdown.
Speaker 7 (34:49):
I indeed, why man, Philip Rivers came off the Colts.
Speaker 2 (34:54):
It came out here throwing dimes.
Speaker 1 (34:56):
I'm grateful, I mean grateful as the game just got going.
Speaker 2 (35:00):
Thankful, grateful. Uh. Then I was out there and it
was a blast.
Speaker 7 (35:09):
Rivers has a free shot, throws into the end zone.
Speaker 2 (35:11):
Touchdown in the fact of the end zone. It's Alec
Pierce and the plan covers twenty yards to the house.
Speaker 1 (35:18):
Touchdown in d.
Speaker 2 (35:20):
Why first and foremost our job to go seeking.
Speaker 4 (35:25):
Uh, you know, do the work we've been asked to do,
and and you know we've come up short.
Speaker 7 (35:31):
Rivers out of the shotgun, takes the snap, quick throw
him the middle.
Speaker 2 (35:34):
Intercepting day Winners has got it. Day Winner's going the
other way.
Speaker 1 (35:37):
No, it's gonna touch him, nothing but the tail lights.
Speaker 2 (35:41):
It's up.
Speaker 7 (35:41):
Pick six forty pick city baby, first pick six of.
Speaker 2 (35:46):
The year in de Winters. See all over now and
caught Philip Rivers slip it? What is your plane? Wait?
Speaker 1 (35:55):
What are you waiting right now, right this second, I
don't know.
Speaker 2 (35:59):
I'm not sure.
Speaker 1 (36:03):
How about that.
Speaker 2 (36:04):
That's an honest answer. Oh magnificent. Thank you very much
to Ryan Burschinger for putting that together. Calls courtesy of
the Colts Radio Network. Great, great week. I hope it
doesn't come to an end. Philip Rivers threw for eight
times more yards than Jackson Dart did this past weekend.
(36:26):
There's still something left in that old that alarm.
Speaker 3 (36:29):
It is minimal, Dan, it is minimal left in that arm.
But in this story, though, it's been amazing. And I'm
gonna save one one word for him in honor of
Philip right now, I'm just gonna say, I'm gonna miss
that gummet.
Speaker 2 (36:44):
I'm gonna miss that gummett. I'd say thank you because
I got the cheer for him last night when they
played the Seahawks. I couldn't cheer for him. Great. Great
to see him as we wrap things up, Jason, you
knew him as a charger. Had to be quite a
ride these last nine days.
Speaker 4 (36:58):
It was an amazing story. And I will say Philip
Rivers is all of us. This was a fantasy camp
showing out on the best greatest league on Earth.
Speaker 2 (37:07):
It was magnificent. Fantasy Camp was actually right. We got
to see our hero again, even if it was for
nine days. He's carry I'm Dan. Talked to you next Timefox,
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