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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:23):
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Speaker 1 (00:29):
Okay, first thing, first thing, first thing, we have to
change that open because I don't want people think. And
I said that going into this year. Okay, that's not
a this year thing. That was over a year ago.
We got Aaron Rodgers last week. It's when we got
Aaron Rodgers. I'm not saying this now. With Justin Fields.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
No, no, you said you had hope in that it
was a culture shifty and all of that was good.
Speaker 4 (00:53):
I say.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
I said, hey, like.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
All of those I said, hang on, you did that
little dance god, no sign on.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
I said, like five hundred ish and have a fun sale.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
That's what I said. Hey, this title, they give me five.
I don't want people think. And I said, they're going
to the super Bowl this year, Like that's come on, man.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
You're imputing while you're impugning all of.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
My integrity by that, Jason looking picked that. No, no,
it's not that was all that was when they got
Aaron Rodgers. Obviously it didn't happen. And if you want
to change Aaron Rodgers to Dante Moore, okay, I'm all
in on Dante Moore.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
I think that was digitally edited at all.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
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to think I said that like last No, I didn't.
It was two years ago. But oh, let's put it
in open now. Make Jason sound.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Like an idiot.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Two weeks I don't even he's saying I don't know
what the hell I'm talking about, which is something.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
I mean, all that's that, But no, that's like an
eleven year thing. Like that's like you go all the
way back to the beginning and then year two.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
But then there's some that.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
Just leave my name out of here, as if I've
been excised and banished from the show.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Well, listen the Bears, Like I told you, the Bears
are going to be fine. Look at the Bears are fine.
I told you, man tell us four and a half.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Whatever it is.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
They coming out of the bye week looking good, running
the ball well. Washington with some issues on defense. The
Dodgers leave runners on base, but we got plenty to
talk about with them. Jon Robinson Vijon cannot be stopped. No,
so well, I mean.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
There's lots We'll do football first here, obviously, because we're
in the middle of two Monday night games. The Falcons
lead the Bills twenty one to fourteen midway through the
third quarter. It's been a big night for Bijon Robinson
and Drake London. Drake London who caught a forty yard
pass and nearly got in the end zone on the
final play of the first half. It's been the biggest
player of the game so far. Are it would be
(03:00):
a fourteen point lead for Atlanta, but London was ruled
out of bounds just before the goal, which is the
right call. He was out of bounds just before the
goal line. So uh, no touchdown for Atlanta, but they
still had the lead right now twenty one fourteen, four
and a half to go in the third quarter. Meanwhile,
the Bears early in the third lead the Commanders thirteen
to ten, Caleb Williams a one yard touchdown run. The
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Bears have looked pretty good so far. You have to
be very happy. I can't believe you're not happy because
the Bear.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
I'm true. Okay, all right, but.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
What a handstand? Yeah? Bears, Bears, Bears, Bears Bears. I'm
a broadcast professional, damn it. There's a lot going on here.
It's not all about my fandom, quiet numb skulls. I'm broadcasting.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Uh So, let's start with Bjeon Robinson here for a
couple before we get to this incredibly crazy play from
the Dodger game, which I'm gonna give you a hot
take on it. You're gonna go no way, and you're
gonna say, oh, that's really really wire them all, really embarrassing.
B Jeon Robinson over two hundred yards of total offense
night after catching a third down prayer from Michael Pennix Junior,
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which he took for about twenty five yards. Now he
just catches one on an outpath that gets tipped at
the line of scrimmage. He somehow comes down with Bijeon Rotten. Look,
we talk I talk a lot about Jamior Gibbs and
and clearly Dan Campbell's like, no, no, I'm still gonna
give the ball with David Montgomery.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Hey, he throws a pretty pass. What are you talking about.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
We talked about this at the beginning of the season,
but it's coming true now. Bjeon Robinson has become the
best running back in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
All right.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
I mean, Barkley had the great year last year, but obviously,
you know, four hundred carries, that's the way it is.
Finally the Falcons have realized, Okay, yes, it's it's nice
to give him a break once in a while. And
when Algeier comes in.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Out, what are you doing? What do you doing? Yeah,
But as soon as they got rid of Arthur Smith,
that all opened up.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
But Bjeon Robinson is he has become the best running
back in football. And I don't know that it's particularly close.
Every single time he is on the field, he is
a threat to take it to the house. He is
a guy that can run between the tackles. He's not
somebody that he needs to come off the field at all,
like he is. I said beginning of the year, we've
talked about, Hey, this is the year he becomes the
best running back in the NFL. And he is getting
there right now. This is signature game again, over two
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hundred yards still with a little bit of time left
in the fourth.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Court at that eighty one yard sprint to daylight to
get things started. As we sit here, eighteen carries one
sixty five and one. The patience that he exhibits and
then that burst once he gets to the second level
something unparalleled.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
The only other guy put.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
Into the situation, into that conversation is McCaffrey when he's
healthy as he is now, and how he affects the
game as a runner and receiver more as a receiver
these days is it's the walking wounded. You know you
got Juwan Jennings. Yeah, I got five broken ribs. Yeah,
and I'm still out of yeah seven right, seven ribs,
seven ribs, seven rips.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Yeah, How many yards did you say for Bijohn, he's
well over two hundred yards?
Speaker 2 (05:54):
How many yards is he?
Speaker 1 (05:55):
I think two thirty, So that's two hundred and forty
more yards than that is right, that's good math. Hey,
that's just passing. We were minus ten yards passing. Okay, running.
We didn't have a lot, but we didn't have minus deads.
We didn't have minus dead. Okay, we did not have
minus dead. It's we have minus ten. That's al after Londoner.
(06:17):
So again a huge night right now, Again the Falcons
trying to hold on. We're getting close to the two
minute warning. Twenty one to fourteen lead for them. Meanwhile,
again Bears commanders still thirteen to ten. Meanwhile, Dodgers and
the Brewers, Game one of the NLCS. The Dodgers with
a one nothing lead, Brewers batting in the bottom of
the seventh inning. This has been an incredible game for
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Blake Snell. We'll have more on him coming up throughout
the show because he has been it tonight. But the
play that's gonna get all of the attention. The Dodgers
had the bases loaded in the fourth inning, runner und
and one out, looking like we're gonna do some damage
here and break this game open. And MaTx Muncy hits
a fly ball the dead center field like it could
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be a Grand Slam, or at the very least. It's
off the wall. Tough to see, but it looks like something.
But but we watched Kranic go up. The ball hits
off his glove, bounces off the fence. He catches it,
throws it in right away, and I'm like, why are
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they throw it?
Speaker 2 (07:23):
R what's gonna have?
Speaker 1 (07:24):
They throw home and they get Taioscar Hernandez out on
a force play because he didn't run because there was
so much chaos. When the ball in center field where
it hits the glove and then bounces off the wall,
he grabs it right away, throws it in. He doesn't
run to third, Neither does Will Smith. He doesn't run home.
Will Smith goes halfway, sees it hit off the glove,
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then sees it hit off the wall, and still goes
back to second base. So the throw comes into the
plate and Hernandez is out by a hare, but he
is out of the plate for a force out. Catcher
runs to third base, stands on third because Will Smith
doesn't run to third, and the Brewers get out of
the inning with a double play. That's a that's a
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ball that and you see the line score, you know,
double play. Muncie grounds out to center, which is what
it is. It's a ground out to center field. The
throw home gets ta Oscar Hernandez, the throw to third
gets Will Smith, who doesn't run to third, and the
Dodgers run themselves out of the inning. Okay, now two
(08:29):
big takes coming off this right, This will be that,
this will be the big thing. Number one is this
Taoscar Hernandez and both Will Smith make an unforgivable mistake,
and it's little league stuff. It's worse for Taoskcar Hernandez,
but I know I can say it's worse for Will
Smith because Toaskar Hernandez, I guarantee you here's your hot take.
He didn't know the rule about tagging up in Major
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League baseball. He didn't know the rule that we all
knew when we were kids. And as soon as the
ball hits somebody's glove, you go. You don't have to
don't have to catch it, but as soon as that
hits the glove, you go. Because Taioskar Hernandez sees it
hit his glove and then stands at third, takes a
couple of steps, goes back, and then tries to go home.
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And it makes absolutely no sense. As soon as that
ball hits the glove. As soon as that ball hits
the glove, you're tagged up, because that should be the thing. Okay,
if he catches it, I'm tagging up and going home.
That's my job is My job is to get from
third to home. So whether he thought it was caught
or whatever it is, you go. You go at that point,
and I guarantee you he didn't know the rule because
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you know, as soon as you are taught, as soon
as that ball hits your glove, you go. There's no
way he knew the rule. Now, whether he's got it,
you have to know.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
You have to go, go go, go, go, go go go.
But the thing is no but that. But that's it.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
The players got to know. But you've got a third
base coach. They do everything they can to shine him up.
But how they do something right? But with the with
the crowd yelling, and you hear the third base coach,
you're gonna say, go go, go, go go.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
I don't know if Fernandez is listening. To him again,
it's on him, But I don't know if there's enough
go go go where he just listened to third base
coach and goes right taskar Nanda, is roll really stretching
the limits of what what Dodger fans will put up with. Boy,
you can't field, he can't run the base at home.
We got to keep him in the lineup somehow. But
like he didn't know the rule, and Will Smith, I
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guarantee you did, because he goes back to third, the
ball hit back to second, the ball hits the glove
and then hits off the wall. Now, maybe Will Smith
didn't know that the ball hit off the wall. He
thought maybe it bounced out of the glove and he
caught it. Remember we had that play in the Mets
game with the Nationals a few weeks ago where the
center fielder went up and it hit his glove and
it's the top of the wall and it bounced straight
up in the air and he caught it and it
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wasn't out. So I wonder if that's in his head
because we saw that almost exact same play in the
Mets game against the Nationals and the Nationals winning the
game and the Mets anyway, So I give Will Smith
just a tiny bit more because maybe he thought the
ball was caught, but really, you see the ball, it
hit the glove tasker Hernandez at the least has to
go home. You gotta know that, and I guarantee, and
(10:59):
I don't know if he'll admitted it or not, but
you got to know that's the rule.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
You have to know.
Speaker 3 (11:02):
Yeah, the umpire made the call quickly, so it was
that part of the equation is asked and answered. But yeah,
the standing around and standing on second base and Tioscar
Hernandez's confusion getting back to the base and all everybody
running backwards just blies just the basic knowledge that you
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and what you were taught as a kid, right, And
we talked about it last week, did general base running
or fielding fundamentals of what you do with the ball?
Speaker 2 (11:36):
What am I doing when the balls hit back to me?
Speaker 4 (11:39):
Right?
Speaker 2 (11:39):
What do I do?
Speaker 3 (11:40):
And here's another prime example of and it clearly goes
off the wall. And but the umpire got it right.
It was perfect on the call, right, because we have
seen it, as you said, where the ball skips out
of a guy's glove and he's able to retrieve it
before it hits the wall or whatever. In this case
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clearly not but absolute mass confusion. And then we will
watch that and that go for not. We saw another
threat with the Dodgers go for not. The only thing
you got on the board is the Freddie Freeman solo
shot that right now and rules the day. And what
is a fantastic start from Blake Snow.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
Now, I'm gonna say this because this is where we're
gonna go, because this is a very big playing. We
still have another inning plus to go in this game.
Major League Baseball, we know you add the umpires in
the postseason to have right and left field line umpires
because hey, the calls are too tough. You want them
to make the calls down the line balls fair and foul.
Speaker 4 (12:38):
Right.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
I get it during the regular season, but how much
you want to bet we're gonna get a rule in
the offseason that says, you know what playoffs? Now, we
had a center field onpire, Oh, like a short center
fielder in corporate talk, is he a center field umpire?
Because you watch the play, the umpire makes the call,
but it's not. But it's not in a way where
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the players can see it. And and and do their job,
which is figure out what to do on the play.
You see the cup bumpires just kind of stand there
and so the play happens fast. You want to be
able to say, hey, if I'm seeing a play in
front of me, I can see the call and I
know the call, and you couldn't tell you had to
go look what was that?
Speaker 2 (13:16):
Was it out?
Speaker 4 (13:17):
Was it?
Speaker 3 (13:17):
Not?
Speaker 2 (13:18):
What am I going?
Speaker 4 (13:19):
Like?
Speaker 1 (13:19):
The plays are too important, and I think you can
add an umpire, especially since you know they're eventually we're
gonna have all robots, but you can add I think
you can add an umpire and center field because this
umpire and center field is going to make that call
right away. Now it's a little bit tougher because you're
much more in the field of play, but you know
what second based on pires in the field of play,
and that seems to work out pretty well. So I
think I think we'd be okay with having a center field.
Speaker 3 (13:39):
I think we just have a guy that's positioned and
we got to figure out what we do with the
first row of seats. Okay, right over the wall, but
you put them on one of those tracks like at
a you're at a library and you go push between
the rows and aisles of books that go to sky
high and then he push and that's what he does,
and he moves with the play like a little joystick
kind of thing. Okay, he's actually not in the field
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to play on the wall.
Speaker 4 (14:03):
I like that.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
Or he could be like what was it in the
in the Senate when uh, when when Dooku and Yoda
were fighting?
Speaker 2 (14:11):
Uh?
Speaker 4 (14:11):
And uh?
Speaker 2 (14:12):
Or the Emperor's like yeah, yeah, like that's where you
got about a ball, like is it back to the future?
Speaker 1 (14:17):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, no I like this, yeah no,
oh yeah, that was the Emperor they were fighting. I said, yeah,
you have them not like okay, just here just nope's
off the wall group safe, right. I think you need
I think you need that. The plays are too big,
and it's it's a lot of it's a lot of
real estate to go and you see something like this again,
which you've never seen probably in one hundred and fifty
years of Major League baseball, you may never see it again.
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But you want to be able to get the calls
right on the outfield at the time. A ball going
over the home run line, if it's caught, brought back
into play, whatever it's going to be center field upire.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
But here's what they'll respond with, he got it right, Yeah,
he got it right. That's not the question. Is he right?
He got it right?
Speaker 1 (14:56):
But was it didn't happen to the to the detracting
of to the disadvantage of one of the teams. It's
got to be equal for everybody to centerfield umpires. When
stuff happens to the Yankees and the Dodgers, we get change,
We get changed, Mike Harmon change.
Speaker 2 (15:11):
I think they got the call wrong. But that's just me.
Speaker 1 (15:13):
Exit out about a Fresca exit swollen dome. Speaking of
Freddie Freeman, the author of the only run of the
game tonight, with a home run, he has just doubled.
Dodgers have a runner at second, one out, trying to
get insurance run out here as they bat in the
top of the eighth in and Game one of the
NLCS against the Brewers. Well, we got more baseball on
the way, but straight ahead everything big from the NFL.
We got a huge upset brewing on Monday night football,
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coaches getting fired, coaches who should be fired. Keep it
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The Jason Smith Show with my best friend Mike Harmon. Yeah,
Live from the Fox Sports Radio studios, where we just
watched the Atlanta Falcons Monday Night football put the finishing
touches on a twenty four to.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
Fourteen win over the Bills.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
The Falcons now improved to three and two, the Bills
fall of four into I'll tell you what that AFC
party right now is off the hook after this Bills showing,
uh boy, best team in the AFC showed they got
some problems joining us now in the hotline.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
Speaking of teams, the problems you like a segue? I
had to.
Speaker 3 (17:02):
I thought you were going to call Aaron Rodgers and
the Pittsburgh Steelers the best team in the AFC.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
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Speaker 2 (17:15):
Jay, what's happening about? How are you the.
Speaker 4 (17:18):
Three lobster night at one event boys from World Cup
qualifiers in the morning till right on through the night.
We are crashing it at one of back today.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
Baby, and you had the Falcon You had the Falcons
tonight too, right?
Speaker 4 (17:31):
Yes? And Jon anytime touchdown plus one hundred strimming yards
Bjon over one hundred and fifty strimming yards Jaydon Daniels
two touchdowns. All those are big plus money plays. Yeah,
Mariners on the money line plus one twenty Germany to
win the first half. Jeremy minus one that push Slovakia
(17:51):
minus one that hit had some parlays that pushed in
World Cup qualifying. We got some games we like tomorrow
quite a bit. You want to see tomorrow show right
on my Twitter. Actors I'm looking for.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
You're not going to retire by then? It sounds like
everything you did tonight.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
You're like in the movies where we had the last
big score and you can retire. You could be at
the the Blagio waving goodbye to everybody like in Ocean's eleven.
Speaker 4 (18:15):
Not when you're twenty fair three lobster money not free,
not free, Lamborghini money, not three card garage money. It's just,
you know, a lopster in each hand and a lopster
in your mouth.
Speaker 2 (18:30):
Good night, baby steps, baby baby steps.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
All right now, before before we get to the bill side,
let me ask you this, how much would you bet
on John Harbaugh surviving the season now with the Ravens.
Speaker 4 (18:41):
Well, he's not getting fired and season no.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
No, the end of the year, the end is he
still the coach next year?
Speaker 4 (18:48):
I think it's very much to be determined. You got
to understand who's making this decision. You know it's Steve Bushatti,
who is on the record saying the team is not
staying in his family. There's no one to hand it
down to. He's incredibly comfortable with the costa and car
ball and like, I just don't know that. You know,
this guy is a recluse. He lives on his yacht
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off the coast of Florida. Nobody ever sees him unless
you know you're eating Prong sandwiches with them at games.
You know, it shows up to some Arion basketball games.
But otherwise it's he's not he's not in that building.
He's not laying down mandates, he's not ruling with an
iron fifth. I don't know, man, Like, I really don't
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think at this stage of his tenure, he's like he
wants to get on a you know, a private plane
and fly all over the country interviewing people. Like I
just I don't know, man. I like, yeah, I think
he goes down with these guys and he eventually fells
the team, which is probably sooner rather than later. But
I don't know if it's happening, you know, right away,
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and those those processes take time. So I man, I
don't know. I don't know. Like, I don't think they're
any good. I don't I think hardball has worn out
his tenure here. But he's not the only problem. I
don't even know that he's the biggest problem. And he's
making a lot of money. He just got an extension,
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and we'll see, we'll see. I mean they'll probably mess
around and just barely miss the playoffs, but be better
after the buy with Lamar and I don't think that's
going to lead this owner to blow up his building.
But look, if they're five and whatever, that's a different story.
Speaker 3 (20:34):
Well, let's go to the game we referenced off the
top as you're licking bills well, and they're going to
lick their wounds as they get beaten by the Atlanta
Falcons and Bijon Robinson and company. I mean, coming off
of bye week, Michael Pennix Junior, what did you see tonight?
Anything to make you feel like they can challenge the Buccaneers.
Speaker 4 (20:56):
I think pretty highly of the Buccaneers, but Atlanta has
has won me over defensive beak. Robinson is still a
fraud Collins. I mean, just because he hung out with
McVeigh for a little while doesn't mean you should be
running your offense. And then they still do a lot
of baffling stuff, and we'll have to see the scope
of the offensive line injuries. But they can bully people
at the line of scrimmage and on both sides of
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the ball, and not everybody in this league can. And
so I'm buying Raheem's defense for sure. The kicker still
scares me, and like I said, the offensive coordinator scares me.
They will probably lose a few more games that they
shouldn't lose, like that Carolina game, from unforced errors and
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some of their own coaching stupidity. But like they've got
a script there. I mean, they've got two running backs
who can bludge in you. They can play bully ball.
If they would get under center and run it a
little more that way too, If there was a little
more multiplicity to the run game and a little more
ingenuity and some smarter play calling, I think they could
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really do damage. But like, yeah, I think they're I
think they have a really good shot to be a
playoff team. And if they got in because of that balance,
I mean, old school run game defense, they're they're they're
a pretty good change. That's for Buffalo. I thought there
was a terrible matchup for them. Buffalo is really lucky.
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Like Buffalo could be two and three, like they're not
far removed from being two and three. I don't like
them in the trenches honestly, a whole lot on defense,
and the offense is pop gun, then there's no deep
threat there. They don't win on deep quadrants. So that
makes them, you know, pretty easy to defend. And and
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you know, Josh can play hero ball and do some things,
but I don't look at that and say, boy that
that's a big boy offense. So and now obviously the
Patriots an iff enough of heels. So uh, it's gonna
be a wild It's gonna be a wild ride here.
I think even though they almost peed down their lay yesterday,
I think Denver is the best team.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
Yeah, Jay's lock and for NFL. Inside are our guest
Jason Smith Mike Carmon live from the Fox Sports Radio Stwoios. Okay,
so you brought up the Denver game. Okay, so you
know here, here's the thing, Jay, we saw Brian Callahan
get fired earlier today. We'll get to that in a second.
I can't believe Aaron Glenn is that far behind because
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making mistakes like I'm not gonna try to I'm gonna
mav the end of the first half where we're a
fake a punt on fourth down and I'm not even
gonna throw a hail Mary on the final play. After
the game, double down on it, and then have no
criticism for Justin Fields then today say oh I should
have done something different th o Justin Fields took a
step back. I feel like he's in over his head
(23:43):
and the job is too much for him. And I
know that he's supposed to be a culture guy, but
clearly he's not getting through. I mean, does he make
that I don't know that he makes the season because
it's just so bad right now.
Speaker 4 (23:54):
Might not? I mean he might not. That's a whole
different bomb, and that's what he's looking to shake it up.
What he loves being on the back page is like
just don't be boring, you know. So if if, if,
if they're the last team to win a game and
it is a really hard watch, which it is on
both sides of the ball, then does he do something
just to throw a curve ball? Like, I know they
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a lot of people hurting that game, but I also
think he doesn't really say what I think people exactly,
just what other teams think. They're a real wild card
if it's deadline too, like they could do something to
to really you know, mix mix things up. It's clear
they've got to be in position to draft a quarterback.
You know. It's like and look, having the first overall
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pick is great, but having a whole bunch of you know,
having like three first round picks or you know, three
second round picks would be great too, because there's a
whole infrastructure he's got to build up around him. So yeah,
I mean, are they starting to shower on some of
the younger guys they've already you know, they've signed extensions
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with in the last eighteen months. Some of those guys
sold on them. You know, it's it's hard to be
around that much, losing under multiple regimes in different ways. Yeah,
I mean, I think McDaniel gets in that division certainly
before anything would happen with the Jets. But it wouldn't
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shock me if we're in the holiday season and they've
got no wins or one win that what do you
want to pound a flash.
Speaker 3 (25:25):
Back to the well staying in the FC last night,
the Kansas City Chiefs get a win, no penalties, Jason, So,
I mean clean football pillars?
Speaker 4 (25:38):
Yeah, No one held hats Hutchinson at all. Yeah, it
was totally Everything was as clean as a whistle. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (25:45):
So suddenly with the Bills lost, the Ravens in disarray,
go Denver and what they are I mean, suddenly the
Chiefs and I mean the Chargers got a big win
too with their walking wounded. But the chief suddenly folks
getting all chesty about them again.
Speaker 4 (26:04):
Well, look, there's there's no great team. I mean, there's
no great team in this league, and there's certainly no
great team in the NFC, and nobody in the ANFC
or NFC for that matter, has the pedigree of the Chiefs.
And they're going to get right back, which will unlock
that offense even more. On the offense certainly looks much
better now than just go back to the Giants game
and what it wasn't especially in the first half there. Right, So,
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and they'll do something at the deadline like they didn't
know the pass rusher, Like will they get one? I
mean they'll certainly try so. No, I wouldn't discount their chances.
I mean, the Chargers without all that's a yeah, yeah
they beat Miami yesterday, but like that's that's a tough
operation when you start losing money backs. You're built to
win in the trenches, and you losing running backs and
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you lose an offensive lineman and the quarterbacks getting hit
too much. So yeah, I mean there's there's certainly a
pat there for the Chiefs. I mean they get the
Raiders next week, right, I mean, so now all of
a sudden, you're building up the head of steam.
Speaker 2 (27:06):
All right, Jay.
Speaker 1 (27:07):
Lastly, Hey, the first head coach we mentioned a couple
of seconds ago did get fired today. Brian Callahan got
let go and and now Mike McCoy is going to
take over again. All the old video of him as
a Chargers head coach. What's your takeaway from this early
in the season, midway through a second year, what's your.
Speaker 4 (27:23):
Take on the owners has no idea what she's doing.
She horrible. I mean she had like Rabel GM was
out of the league, and then another GM over Rabel,
Like I to them go and get Callahan. She no clue.
It's still still know how to build infrastruction, still know
(27:43):
how to build a winner. You know, she's a nepo baby.
It's just is what it is. It's are a lot
of them, you know, She's all called up and trying
to get a billion dollars in free money to build
a stadium for her so they can get more generational
wealth off of that, and no Super Bowls and football
part at a joke. They got a first overall pick
who doesn't have anything remotely around him from an infrastructure
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standpoint even be able to develop, let alone thrive their
joke franchise and take a long way to go to
reverse that. And if you think that the group of
people who are involved in hiring people there are going
to be the ones who can get him out of
this mess, you haven't been paying attention. Thank finding a
(28:25):
night table, but yeah, good luck.
Speaker 1 (28:30):
He's on Twitter at Jason Locke and four that is
at Jason Locke and fora checking out all of the
big advice he had tonight, a big night the retirement
score Jason lock and for has got for you. Also
Odyssey Washington Post one of five seven the Fan in Baltimore.
Big night, Jay as always, man, Thanks so much.
Speaker 4 (28:48):
Yet let's go.
Speaker 1 (28:52):
Uh now, look, here's here's the thing about the firing
of Callahan right in Tennessee. This is both good news
and bad news for cam Ward right because I'll tell
you this, you want to hot take. He may be
one and done with Tennessee because he is not flashed
at all. He has been the most anonymous of number
(29:13):
one overall picks. He has not shown that hey I
get this now. They bought him a little bit of time.
When you fire your head coach, Okay, it's your fault.
You're not getting the most out of cam Ward. But
as we have seen Tennessee, they're lunatics. They're reactionary, they're
not patient. Patient is not something you would say for Tennessee.
There's a lot of quarterbacks coming into the draft this year,
and if you're gonna have a new head coach and
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a new regime coming in, are you gonna say, Okay,
we're gonna try it year two with cam Ward or
we're picking second. We may be able to get Dante
mood maybe like Fernando Mendoza. We can flip cam Ward
to somebody who needs a quarterback that's not gonna get
them later on. Again, because Tennessee is so unpredictable, I
can see cam Ward being a one and done unless
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he actually shows over the course rests to say hey
I can get it. I can get it, man, don't
worry I knew everything coming in Tennessee. What four new
coaches and gms in the last two and a half years.
I mean, they're not patient. They're gonna stick with cam
Ward for another year. Man, it's Tennessee. Anything can happen.
Speaker 4 (30:10):
Well.
Speaker 3 (30:10):
And the best thing that they had walked out the
door of the offensive line coach, so he leaves with him.
So you lose that, and look, you've gone reclamation project
in late round draft picks are what you've put around
cam Ward at this point. And you think that's gonna
be a recipe for success. The guy hasn't gotten a chance.
Oh and they also are either second or tied for
(30:31):
third in terms of drop passes pending the outcome of
these games tonight.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
So there you go.
Speaker 4 (30:36):
Just be ready.
Speaker 1 (30:36):
Cam Mort could be one and done in Tennessee time.
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Speaker 4 (30:45):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (30:46):
It's because he knows the tag up rule in Major
League Baseball. It's Steve desand.
Speaker 6 (30:50):
I've caught a flyball in right field before.
Speaker 2 (30:52):
How about that?
Speaker 6 (30:55):
Blake's now incredible on the mound for the Dodgers in
Game one of the NL Championship Series tonight, LA right
now has bases loaded one out in the top of
the ninth and they're trying to extend the one nothing lead.
Ball four to Mookie Bets. It's two nothing. LA bas
is still loaded one out in the top of the ninth.
Sho Heo Tani has walked three times tonight, two intentionally.
(31:18):
Blake Snell on the mound. Eight scoreless innings, ten strikeouts
and no walks. He's only allowed one hit and that
batter well he was picked off a caught stealing Caleb Durban.
One hundred and three pitches thrown. We assume the Dodgers
are going to the bullpen in the ninth. The Dodgers
do not have a complete game from a pitcher all year,
(31:39):
but what Blake Snell has done in the playoffs again
is remarkable for starters. We haven't seen a game in
the postseason like this from a starter since the Roy
Halliday no hitter in twenty ten. Because Snell has eight innings,
one hit or none allowed, not since twenty ten, and
we've seen that and never from a Dodger pitcher. Snell
(32:00):
if you go back and include not only the three
starts this postseason for La, but his previous two playoffs
starts for the Padres in recent years.
Speaker 1 (32:08):
This is now.
Speaker 6 (32:09):
He's on target to win his last five postseason games
in a row while having more strikeouts than innings pitched
in each game. We did have that crazy double play
in the fourth inning which kept at a scoreless game.
At the time Dodgers had bases loaded. Max Montsey nearly
hit a grand slam, the ball went off the centerfielders
(32:32):
glove off the wall. You mentioned the running problems with
La wound up a double play eight six to two
in your score books. Leave it to the great Sarah
Langs to find out when was the last time of
the major leagues we actually had an eight six to
two double play. It was over twenty years ago when
Sammy Sosa was the batter and the centerfielder was Ken
Griffy Junior. Wow, game two.
Speaker 1 (32:54):
Okay, that's honestly so much not as long ago as
I thought. They're gonna say, Curtly in eighteen ninety eight
when the New York Highway, I'm looking at the two
guys involved in that. We're playing the Brooklyn Americans.
Speaker 6 (33:06):
They can't find it in the postseason, and then they've
gone back thirty five years already.
Speaker 2 (33:10):
That's twelve hundred career all runs. It's definitely not a up.
Then all of them legitimate question.
Speaker 6 (33:16):
Game two of the Alcs to Seattle winning at top
seed Toronto again ten to three, Mariners up two games
to none, and that best of seven. Julio Rodriguez with
a three run homer top of the first, Toronto tied
at three to three in the second, Jorge Polanco a
three run homer in the fifth, and Josh Naylor from
Canada a two run homer for the Mariners in the
seventh inning. We do have two Monday night football games tonight.
(33:39):
The one in Atlanta is done. The Falcons led Buffalo
at the half twenty one seven. It's now twenty four
to fourteen. The final Bijon Robinson on nineteen carries at
one hundred and seventy yards, including an eighty one yard TD,
and we have about eleven and a half minutes to go.
In DC Commanders ahead twenty four to sixteen over the
Chicago Bears. Daniels with his third touchdown pass of the night.
(34:02):
He's just shy of two hundred yards through the area
as one interception for the Bears. They did have Jake
Moody kicking tonight because Cairo Santos is out with a
thigh injury. Moody with first quarter field goals of forty
seven and forty eight yards. Washington leading at home twenty
four to sixteen in the fourth and Yes, the Titans
fired coach Brian Callahan and in baseball, Padres manager Mike
(34:25):
Shilt retired, saying the grind of the season took a
toll on him. Update two outs, bases loaded for the Dodgers,
top of the ninth, LA leading two nothing at Milwaukee
and Roki Sasaki warming up in the pan.
Speaker 2 (34:36):
Back to you, Holy Shilt.
Speaker 1 (34:38):
Thanks Steve, appreciate it, my friend. Coming up next, we
got more baseball because we have to get into this
performance by Blake Snell. It's absolutely incredible the Dodgers. We're
gonna go to the ninth inning with a two to
nothing lead. Freddie Freeman flies out to the wall. Roki
Sasaki will be in to close it out. But coming
up next, boyd do we got some big takes coming off?
(34:58):
Monday night football off in an entire conference celebrates the
teams losing. But yeah, it's happening.
Speaker 2 (35:04):
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Bottom of the ninth inning. Rookie Sasaki in to close
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things out for the Dodgers in Game one of the NLCS.
One out runner at first after a walk. So things
getting a little tense right now in Milwaukee again.
Speaker 2 (35:47):
And now he's gone down three to zero in the game. Yeah,
this is this is not optimal for the Dodgers. Surio
on deck. Not what they want.
Speaker 1 (35:55):
This is not at all what they want, but we'll
keep you posting on this again. And first runner at
first three to one count Sasaki chure Hill on deck.
A lot of drama going on. We have lots of
baseball to get to. But Monday night football in the books,
Game one, Bills and the Falcons. And I gotta be
honest with you. If I'm any team in the as,
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if I'm the Chiefs, if I am the Steelers, if
I'm the Colts, if I'm the Chargers, I sit down.
I'm doing backflips after tonight because wow, you have seen
and here's your Bills thing. And I know people don't
want to admit this because, oh, Josh Allen's so great.
Josh Allen's great. Josh Allen, with the way this team
is constructed, is not the most important guy in the team.
(36:36):
It's very simple. When James Cook is they're able to
get him involved in the game, and he's the guy
that's controlling the game.
Speaker 2 (36:45):
The Bills win.
Speaker 1 (36:47):
When James Cook is not part of it. Look at
how bad things were in the first half. He hardly
got the football. He had thirty yards rushing. What happened
first drive of the second half. He had thirty yards
rushing on that drive. Bill's getting the end zone and
now they're down a score. Josh Allen obviously is fantastic,
but this team, they don't they don't have any deep
threats downfield. Daltkin Kaid was out tonight. It was very,
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very difficult to watch this Bill's offense just continue to
try to try to motor when they couldn't. But it's
pretty simple. As good as Josh, he's not the most
important guy in that offense. James Cook has proven to
be a top five running back in the NFL. When
he gets going and they play complimentary football, that's it.
He's the most important.
Speaker 2 (37:24):
Guy in that offense. Now, Josh Allen is not James
Cook is the guy Josh Allen ist we talking about
all the time.
Speaker 3 (37:29):
You don't have that boundary X receiver the go to guy,
and your defense isn't very good, banged up and well
not good win fully constructed.
Speaker 2 (37:38):
So yeah, it's a long slung So when you come
to the Bills, the rest of the AFC is very happy. Right,
we're sitting here having fun. Oh look the Bills are great.
Oh no, they're not. All We're getting back in it now.
Speaker 1 (37:51):
Flip side of it is the Falcons and what they
were able to do tonight, coming away with a win,
and no bigger guy to talk about here than Bjeon Robinson,
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Speaker 2 (38:19):
Well, when you.
Speaker 1 (38:19):
Bust out an eighty one yard run for a touchdown
and get up over two hundred yards a total offense
on the night, well, Bjon Robinson, you get to be
the play of the day.
Speaker 2 (38:28):
Buffalo adds another man to the front.
Speaker 3 (38:30):
They're going to handle Robinson right side through the first wall,
around the corner.
Speaker 2 (38:33):
Here goes Bejon Robinson keeps.
Speaker 1 (38:36):
His feet thirty twenty five, twenty ten five touchdown Atlanta.
Speaker 2 (38:42):
Oh my goodness.
Speaker 1 (38:44):
Falcons Radio Network on the call a night for Bejon Robinson.
We talked about him preseason. We said he's going to
become the best running back in the NFL this year.
You're welcome, fantasy players, You're welcome. He has become the
best running back. He is that big of a weapon.
But I want to say this coming off, even though
it's a big night for Atlanta. Here's what I want
to say. This is where Atlanta needs an intervention. Wait
(39:05):
the Falcons do after went yes, because it's clear they
have all the talent they need. Hey, stack wins.
Speaker 2 (39:12):
Keep it up.
Speaker 1 (39:13):
This losing thirty to nothing to the Panthers and then
beating the Bills on Monday Night football.
Speaker 2 (39:17):
How does that make sense?
Speaker 5 (39:18):
Man?
Speaker 2 (39:19):
You gotta be able. Hey, we're good, We're here. We
gotta own this, like you. You need to stack wins
and show everybody that that's a tough division opponent. How
dare you? Oh, come on, I mean you, I mean
come on, man, I mean I get the Panthers are
at more red zone passes than Bryce Young this year.
Panthers are a little bit better than we expect, which
is awesome for the league. Right, Bryce Young is a
little bit better.
Speaker 1 (39:38):
We go down, We go down on a two week
tear to man, Kai, he's turned into Barry sand Come on,
but let's be out like the Falcons, Like, dude, come on, guys,
get it. This is to get it together. You have
all the tell you got everything you need. Put it together.
There's no excuses anymore. It's like get off your asses
and make sure that every week. This is a this
is an offense that everybody is afraid of, that no
one can stop. You have a great wide receiver, I'm
(39:59):
done with with Kyle Pitts. If you have a great
wide receiver years ago, thanks for jumping on here. Your
quarterback is good enough. It were like, come on, guys,
this is it now. Man, Stop messing around, because that's
kind of what I feel like the Falcons have been doing.
How do you lose thirty to nothing the Panthers and
win this game?
Speaker 3 (40:13):
But it is But there is the danger spot is
that you've got Drake London, You've got Vijon Robinson, and
you don't have a whole hell of a lot else
in terms of receiving cores and trusted options. They should
be in the marketplace and go find themselves another pass
catcher before the November fourth deadline.
Speaker 1 (40:29):
There will be some guys out there. Apparently the Steelers
want to get a while pass catcher too. So there's
a wide receivers. We're gonna see more deals. It's gonna
be fun. Exit out by a Fresca exit swollen dome.
Jason Smith, Mike Harmon Coming up next, we break down
Game one of the NLCS is that the Dodgers with
a victory, or the Brewers in an incredible comeback.
Speaker 2 (40:50):
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Speaker 2 (00:23):
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Speaker 1 (00:29):
Okay, first thing, first thing, first thing, we have to
change that open because I don't want people think. And
I said that going into this year. Okay, that's not
a this year thing. That was over a year ago.
We got Aaron Rodgers last week. It's when we got
Aaron Rodgers. I'm not saying this now. With Justin Fields.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
No, no, you said you had hope in that it
was a culture shifty and all of that was good.
Speaker 4 (00:53):
I say.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
I said, hey, like.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
All of those I said, hang on, you did that
little dance god, no sign on.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
I said, like five hundred ish and have a fun sale.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
That's what I said. Hey, this title, they give me five.
I don't want people think. And I said, they're going
to the super Bowl this year, Like that's come on, man.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
You're imputing while you're impugning all of.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
My integrity by that, Jason looking picked that. No, no,
it's not that was all that was when they got
Aaron Rodgers. Obviously it didn't happen. And if you want
to change Aaron Rodgers to Dante Moore, okay, I'm all
in on Dante Moore.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
I think that was digitally edited at all.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
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way tire buying should be. I just don't want people
to think I said that like last No, I didn't.
It was two years ago. But oh, let's put it
in open now. Make Jason sound.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Like an idiot.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Two weeks I don't even he's saying I don't know
what the hell I'm talking about, which is something.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
I mean, all that's that, But no, that's like an
eleven year thing. Like that's like you go all the
way back to the beginning and then year two.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
But then there's some that.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
Just leave my name out of here, as if I've
been excised and banished from the show.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Well, listen the Bears, Like I told you, the Bears
are going to be fine. Look at the Bears are fine.
I told you, man tell us four and a half.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Whatever it is.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
They coming out of the bye week looking good, running
the ball well. Washington with some issues on defense. The
Dodgers leave runners on base, but we got plenty to
talk about with them. Jon Robinson Vijon cannot be stopped. No,
so well, I mean.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
There's lots We'll do football first here, obviously, because we're
in the middle of two Monday night games. The Falcons
lead the Bills twenty one to fourteen midway through the
third quarter. It's been a big night for Bijon Robinson
and Drake London. Drake London who caught a forty yard
pass and nearly got in the end zone on the
final play of the first half. It's been the biggest
player of the game so far. Are it would be
(03:00):
a fourteen point lead for Atlanta, but London was ruled
out of bounds just before the goal, which is the
right call. He was out of bounds just before the
goal line. So uh, no touchdown for Atlanta, but they
still had the lead right now twenty one fourteen, four
and a half to go in the third quarter. Meanwhile,
the Bears early in the third lead the Commanders thirteen
to ten, Caleb Williams a one yard touchdown run. The
(03:23):
Bears have looked pretty good so far. You have to
be very happy. I can't believe you're not happy because
the Bear.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
I'm true. Okay, all right, but.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
What a handstand? Yeah? Bears, Bears, Bears, Bears Bears. I'm
a broadcast professional, damn it. There's a lot going on here.
It's not all about my fandom, quiet numb skulls. I'm broadcasting.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Uh So, let's start with Bjeon Robinson here for a
couple before we get to this incredibly crazy play from
the Dodger game, which I'm gonna give you a hot
take on it. You're gonna go no way, and you're
gonna say, oh, that's really really wire them all, really embarrassing.
B Jeon Robinson over two hundred yards of total offense
night after catching a third down prayer from Michael Pennix Junior,
(04:10):
which he took for about twenty five yards. Now he
just catches one on an outpath that gets tipped at
the line of scrimmage. He somehow comes down with Bijeon Rotten. Look,
we talk I talk a lot about Jamior Gibbs and
and clearly Dan Campbell's like, no, no, I'm still gonna
give the ball with David Montgomery.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Hey, he throws a pretty pass. What are you talking about.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
We talked about this at the beginning of the season,
but it's coming true now. Bjeon Robinson has become the
best running back in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
All right.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
I mean, Barkley had the great year last year, but obviously,
you know, four hundred carries, that's the way it is.
Finally the Falcons have realized, Okay, yes, it's it's nice
to give him a break once in a while. And
when Algeier comes in.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Out, what are you doing? What do you doing? Yeah,
But as soon as they got rid of Arthur Smith,
that all opened up.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
But Bjeon Robinson is he has become the best running
back in football. And I don't know that it's particularly close.
Every single time he is on the field, he is
a threat to take it to the house. He is
a guy that can run between the tackles. He's not
somebody that he needs to come off the field at all,
like he is. I said beginning of the year, we've
talked about, Hey, this is the year he becomes the
best running back in the NFL. And he is getting
there right now. This is signature game again, over two
(05:12):
hundred yards still with a little bit of time left
in the fourth.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Court at that eighty one yard sprint to daylight to
get things started. As we sit here, eighteen carries one
sixty five and one. The patience that he exhibits and
then that burst once he gets to the second level
something unparalleled.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
The only other guy put.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
Into the situation, into that conversation is McCaffrey when he's
healthy as he is now, and how he affects the
game as a runner and receiver more as a receiver
these days is it's the walking wounded. You know you
got Juwan Jennings. Yeah, I got five broken ribs. Yeah,
and I'm still out of yeah seven right, seven ribs,
seven ribs, seven rips.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Yeah, How many yards did you say for Bijohn, he's
well over two hundred yards?
Speaker 2 (05:54):
How many yards is he?
Speaker 1 (05:55):
I think two thirty, So that's two hundred and forty
more yards than that is right, that's good math. Hey,
that's just passing. We were minus ten yards passing. Okay, running.
We didn't have a lot, but we didn't have minus deads.
We didn't have minus dead. Okay, we did not have
minus dead. It's we have minus ten. That's al after Londoner.
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So again a huge night right now, Again the Falcons
trying to hold on. We're getting close to the two
minute warning. Twenty one to fourteen lead for them. Meanwhile,
again Bears commanders still thirteen to ten. Meanwhile, Dodgers and
the Brewers, Game one of the NLCS. The Dodgers with
a one nothing lead, Brewers batting in the bottom of
the seventh inning. This has been an incredible game for
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Blake Snell. We'll have more on him coming up throughout
the show because he has been it tonight. But the
play that's gonna get all of the attention. The Dodgers
had the bases loaded in the fourth inning, runner und
and one out, looking like we're gonna do some damage
here and break this game open. And MaTx Muncy hits
a fly ball the dead center field like it could
(07:00):
be a Grand Slam, or at the very least. It's
off the wall. Tough to see, but it looks like something.
But but we watched Kranic go up. The ball hits
off his glove, bounces off the fence. He catches it,
throws it in right away, and I'm like, why are
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they throw it?
Speaker 2 (07:23):
R what's gonna have?
Speaker 1 (07:24):
They throw home and they get Taioscar Hernandez out on
a force play because he didn't run because there was
so much chaos. When the ball in center field where
it hits the glove and then bounces off the wall,
he grabs it right away, throws it in. He doesn't
run to third, Neither does Will Smith. He doesn't run home.
Will Smith goes halfway, sees it hit off the glove,
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then sees it hit off the wall, and still goes
back to second base. So the throw comes into the
plate and Hernandez is out by a hare, but he
is out of the plate for a force out. Catcher
runs to third base, stands on third because Will Smith
doesn't run to third, and the Brewers get out of
the inning with a double play. That's a that's a
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ball that and you see the line score, you know,
double play. Muncie grounds out to center, which is what
it is. It's a ground out to center field. The
throw home gets ta Oscar Hernandez, the throw to third
gets Will Smith, who doesn't run to third, and the
Dodgers run themselves out of the inning. Okay, now two
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big takes coming off this right, This will be that,
this will be the big thing. Number one is this
Taoscar Hernandez and both Will Smith make an unforgivable mistake,
and it's little league stuff. It's worse for Taoskcar Hernandez,
but I know I can say it's worse for Will
Smith because Toaskar Hernandez, I guarantee you here's your hot take.
He didn't know the rule about tagging up in Major
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League baseball. He didn't know the rule that we all
knew when we were kids. And as soon as the
ball hits somebody's glove, you go. You don't have to
don't have to catch it, but as soon as that
hits the glove, you go. Because Taioskar Hernandez sees it
hit his glove and then stands at third, takes a
couple of steps, goes back, and then tries to go home.
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And it makes absolutely no sense. As soon as that
ball hits the glove. As soon as that ball hits
the glove, you're tagged up, because that should be the thing. Okay,
if he catches it, I'm tagging up and going home.
That's my job is My job is to get from
third to home. So whether he thought it was caught
or whatever it is, you go. You go at that point,
and I guarantee you he didn't know the rule because
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you know, as soon as you are taught, as soon
as that ball hits your glove, you go. There's no
way he knew the rule. Now, whether he's got it,
you have to know.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
You have to go, go go, go, go, go go go.
But the thing is no but that. But that's it.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
The players got to know. But you've got a third
base coach. They do everything they can to shine him up.
But how they do something right? But with the with
the crowd yelling, and you hear the third base coach,
you're gonna say, go go, go, go go.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
I don't know if Fernandez is listening. To him again,
it's on him, But I don't know if there's enough
go go go where he just listened to third base
coach and goes right taskar Nanda, is roll really stretching
the limits of what what Dodger fans will put up with. Boy,
you can't field, he can't run the base at home.
We got to keep him in the lineup somehow. But
like he didn't know the rule, and Will Smith, I
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guarantee you did, because he goes back to third, the
ball hit back to second, the ball hits the glove
and then hits off the wall. Now, maybe Will Smith
didn't know that the ball hit off the wall. He
thought maybe it bounced out of the glove and he
caught it. Remember we had that play in the Mets
game with the Nationals a few weeks ago where the
center fielder went up and it hit his glove and
it's the top of the wall and it bounced straight
up in the air and he caught it and it
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wasn't out. So I wonder if that's in his head
because we saw that almost exact same play in the
Mets game against the Nationals and the Nationals winning the
game and the Mets anyway, So I give Will Smith
just a tiny bit more because maybe he thought the
ball was caught, but really, you see the ball, it
hit the glove tasker Hernandez at the least has to
go home. You gotta know that, and I guarantee, and
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I don't know if he'll admitted it or not, but
you got to know that's the rule.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
You have to know.
Speaker 3 (11:02):
Yeah, the umpire made the call quickly, so it was
that part of the equation is asked and answered. But yeah,
the standing around and standing on second base and Tioscar
Hernandez's confusion getting back to the base and all everybody
running backwards just blies just the basic knowledge that you
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and what you were taught as a kid, right, And
we talked about it last week, did general base running
or fielding fundamentals of what you do with the ball?
Speaker 2 (11:36):
What am I doing when the balls hit back to me?
Speaker 4 (11:39):
Right?
Speaker 2 (11:39):
What do I do?
Speaker 3 (11:40):
And here's another prime example of and it clearly goes
off the wall. And but the umpire got it right.
It was perfect on the call, right, because we have
seen it, as you said, where the ball skips out
of a guy's glove and he's able to retrieve it
before it hits the wall or whatever. In this case
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clearly not but absolute mass confusion. And then we will
watch that and that go for not. We saw another
threat with the Dodgers go for not. The only thing
you got on the board is the Freddie Freeman solo
shot that right now and rules the day. And what
is a fantastic start from Blake Snow.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
Now, I'm gonna say this because this is where we're
gonna go, because this is a very big playing. We
still have another inning plus to go in this game.
Major League Baseball, we know you add the umpires in
the postseason to have right and left field line umpires
because hey, the calls are too tough. You want them
to make the calls down the line balls fair and foul.
Speaker 4 (12:38):
Right.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
I get it during the regular season, but how much
you want to bet we're gonna get a rule in
the offseason that says, you know what playoffs? Now, we
had a center field onpire, Oh, like a short center
fielder in corporate talk, is he a center field umpire?
Because you watch the play, the umpire makes the call,
but it's not. But it's not in a way where
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the players can see it. And and and do their job,
which is figure out what to do on the play.
You see the cup bumpires just kind of stand there
and so the play happens fast. You want to be
able to say, hey, if I'm seeing a play in
front of me, I can see the call and I
know the call, and you couldn't tell you had to
go look what was that?
Speaker 2 (13:16):
Was it out?
Speaker 4 (13:17):
Was it?
Speaker 3 (13:17):
Not?
Speaker 2 (13:18):
What am I going?
Speaker 4 (13:19):
Like?
Speaker 1 (13:19):
The plays are too important, and I think you can
add an umpire, especially since you know they're eventually we're
gonna have all robots, but you can add I think
you can add an umpire and center field because this
umpire and center field is going to make that call
right away. Now it's a little bit tougher because you're
much more in the field of play, but you know
what second based on pires in the field of play,
and that seems to work out pretty well. So I
think I think we'd be okay with having a center field.
Speaker 3 (13:39):
I think we just have a guy that's positioned and
we got to figure out what we do with the
first row of seats. Okay, right over the wall, but
you put them on one of those tracks like at
a you're at a library and you go push between
the rows and aisles of books that go to sky
high and then he push and that's what he does,
and he moves with the play like a little joystick
kind of thing. Okay, he's actually not in the field
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to play on the wall.
Speaker 4 (14:03):
I like that.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
Or he could be like what was it in the
in the Senate when uh, when when Dooku and Yoda
were fighting?
Speaker 2 (14:11):
Uh?
Speaker 4 (14:11):
And uh?
Speaker 2 (14:12):
Or the Emperor's like yeah, yeah, like that's where you
got about a ball, like is it back to the future?
Speaker 1 (14:17):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, no I like this, yeah no,
oh yeah, that was the Emperor they were fighting. I said, yeah,
you have them not like okay, just here just nope's
off the wall group safe, right. I think you need
I think you need that. The plays are too big,
and it's it's a lot of it's a lot of
real estate to go and you see something like this again,
which you've never seen probably in one hundred and fifty
years of Major League baseball, you may never see it again.
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But you want to be able to get the calls
right on the outfield at the time. A ball going
over the home run line, if it's caught, brought back
into play, whatever it's going to be center field upire.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
But here's what they'll respond with, he got it right, Yeah,
he got it right. That's not the question. Is he right?
He got it right?
Speaker 1 (14:56):
But was it didn't happen to the to the detracting
of to the disadvantage of one of the teams. It's
got to be equal for everybody to centerfield umpires. When
stuff happens to the Yankees and the Dodgers, we get change,
We get changed, Mike Harmon change.
Speaker 2 (15:11):
I think they got the call wrong. But that's just me.
Speaker 1 (15:13):
Exit out about a Fresca exit swollen dome. Speaking of
Freddie Freeman, the author of the only run of the
game tonight, with a home run, he has just doubled.
Dodgers have a runner at second, one out, trying to
get insurance run out here as they bat in the
top of the eighth in and Game one of the
NLCS against the Brewers. Well, we got more baseball on
the way, but straight ahead everything big from the NFL.
We got a huge upset brewing on Monday night football,
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Live from the Fox Sports Radio studios, where we just
watched the Atlanta Falcons Monday Night football put the finishing
touches on a twenty four to.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
Fourteen win over the Bills.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
The Falcons now improved to three and two, the Bills
fall of four into I'll tell you what that AFC
party right now is off the hook after this Bills showing,
uh boy, best team in the AFC showed they got
some problems joining us now in the hotline.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
Speaking of teams, the problems you like a segue? I
had to.
Speaker 3 (17:02):
I thought you were going to call Aaron Rodgers and
the Pittsburgh Steelers the best team in the AFC.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
Long time the NFL inside our friend of the show.
He's on Twitter at Jason lock and four. He is
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Speaker 2 (17:15):
Jay, what's happening about? How are you the.
Speaker 4 (17:18):
Three lobster night at one event boys from World Cup
qualifiers in the morning till right on through the night.
We are crashing it at one of back today.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
Baby, and you had the Falcon You had the Falcons
tonight too, right?
Speaker 4 (17:31):
Yes? And Jon anytime touchdown plus one hundred strimming yards
Bjon over one hundred and fifty strimming yards Jaydon Daniels
two touchdowns. All those are big plus money plays. Yeah,
Mariners on the money line plus one twenty Germany to
win the first half. Jeremy minus one that push Slovakia
(17:51):
minus one that hit had some parlays that pushed in
World Cup qualifying. We got some games we like tomorrow
quite a bit. You want to see tomorrow show right
on my Twitter. Actors I'm looking for.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
You're not going to retire by then? It sounds like
everything you did tonight.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
You're like in the movies where we had the last
big score and you can retire. You could be at
the the Blagio waving goodbye to everybody like in Ocean's eleven.
Speaker 4 (18:15):
Not when you're twenty fair three lobster money not free,
not free, Lamborghini money, not three card garage money. It's just,
you know, a lopster in each hand and a lopster
in your mouth.
Speaker 2 (18:30):
Good night, baby steps, baby baby steps.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
All right now, before before we get to the bill side,
let me ask you this, how much would you bet
on John Harbaugh surviving the season now with the Ravens.
Speaker 4 (18:41):
Well, he's not getting fired and season no.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
No, the end of the year, the end is he
still the coach next year?
Speaker 4 (18:48):
I think it's very much to be determined. You got
to understand who's making this decision. You know it's Steve Bushatti,
who is on the record saying the team is not
staying in his family. There's no one to hand it
down to. He's incredibly comfortable with the costa and car
ball and like, I just don't know that. You know,
this guy is a recluse. He lives on his yacht
(19:10):
off the coast of Florida. Nobody ever sees him unless
you know you're eating Prong sandwiches with them at games.
You know, it shows up to some Arion basketball games.
But otherwise it's he's not he's not in that building.
He's not laying down mandates, he's not ruling with an
iron fifth. I don't know, man, Like, I really don't
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think at this stage of his tenure, he's like he
wants to get on a you know, a private plane
and fly all over the country interviewing people. Like I
just I don't know, man. I like, yeah, I think
he goes down with these guys and he eventually fells
the team, which is probably sooner rather than later. But
I don't know if it's happening, you know, right away,
(19:53):
and those those processes take time. So I man, I
don't know. I don't know. Like, I don't think they're
any good. I don't I think hardball has worn out
his tenure here. But he's not the only problem. I
don't even know that he's the biggest problem. And he's
making a lot of money. He just got an extension,
(20:13):
and we'll see, we'll see. I mean they'll probably mess
around and just barely miss the playoffs, but be better
after the buy with Lamar and I don't think that's
going to lead this owner to blow up his building.
But look, if they're five and whatever, that's a different story.
Speaker 3 (20:34):
Well, let's go to the game we referenced off the
top as you're licking bills well, and they're going to
lick their wounds as they get beaten by the Atlanta
Falcons and Bijon Robinson and company. I mean, coming off
of bye week, Michael Pennix Junior, what did you see tonight?
Anything to make you feel like they can challenge the Buccaneers.
Speaker 4 (20:56):
I think pretty highly of the Buccaneers, but Atlanta has
has won me over defensive beak. Robinson is still a
fraud Collins. I mean, just because he hung out with
McVeigh for a little while doesn't mean you should be
running your offense. And then they still do a lot
of baffling stuff, and we'll have to see the scope
of the offensive line injuries. But they can bully people
at the line of scrimmage and on both sides of
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the ball, and not everybody in this league can. And
so I'm buying Raheem's defense for sure. The kicker still
scares me, and like I said, the offensive coordinator scares me.
They will probably lose a few more games that they
shouldn't lose, like that Carolina game, from unforced errors and
(21:37):
some of their own coaching stupidity. But like they've got
a script there. I mean, they've got two running backs
who can bludge in you. They can play bully ball.
If they would get under center and run it a
little more that way too, If there was a little
more multiplicity to the run game and a little more
ingenuity and some smarter play calling, I think they could
(21:57):
really do damage. But like, yeah, I think they're I
think they have a really good shot to be a
playoff team. And if they got in because of that balance,
I mean, old school run game defense, they're they're they're
a pretty good change. That's for Buffalo. I thought there
was a terrible matchup for them. Buffalo is really lucky.
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Like Buffalo could be two and three, like they're not
far removed from being two and three. I don't like
them in the trenches honestly, a whole lot on defense,
and the offense is pop gun, then there's no deep
threat there. They don't win on deep quadrants. So that
makes them, you know, pretty easy to defend. And and
(22:40):
you know, Josh can play hero ball and do some things,
but I don't look at that and say, boy that
that's a big boy offense. So and now obviously the
Patriots an iff enough of heels. So uh, it's gonna
be a wild It's gonna be a wild ride here.
I think even though they almost peed down their lay yesterday,
I think Denver is the best team.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
Yeah, Jay's lock and for NFL. Inside are our guest
Jason Smith Mike Carmon live from the Fox Sports Radio Stwoios. Okay,
so you brought up the Denver game. Okay, so you
know here, here's the thing, Jay, we saw Brian Callahan
get fired earlier today. We'll get to that in a second.
I can't believe Aaron Glenn is that far behind because
(23:21):
making mistakes like I'm not gonna try to I'm gonna
mav the end of the first half where we're a
fake a punt on fourth down and I'm not even
gonna throw a hail Mary on the final play. After
the game, double down on it, and then have no
criticism for Justin Fields then today say oh I should
have done something different th o Justin Fields took a
step back. I feel like he's in over his head
(23:43):
and the job is too much for him. And I
know that he's supposed to be a culture guy, but
clearly he's not getting through. I mean, does he make
that I don't know that he makes the season because
it's just so bad right now.
Speaker 4 (23:54):
Might not? I mean he might not. That's a whole
different bomb, and that's what he's looking to shake it up.
What he loves being on the back page is like
just don't be boring, you know. So if if, if,
if they're the last team to win a game and
it is a really hard watch, which it is on
both sides of the ball, then does he do something
just to throw a curve ball? Like, I know they
(24:15):
a lot of people hurting that game, but I also
think he doesn't really say what I think people exactly,
just what other teams think. They're a real wild card
if it's deadline too, like they could do something to
to really you know, mix mix things up. It's clear
they've got to be in position to draft a quarterback.
You know. It's like and look, having the first overall
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pick is great, but having a whole bunch of you know,
having like three first round picks or you know, three
second round picks would be great too, because there's a
whole infrastructure he's got to build up around him. So yeah,
I mean, are they starting to shower on some of
the younger guys they've already you know, they've signed extensions
(24:56):
with in the last eighteen months. Some of those guys
sold on them. You know, it's it's hard to be
around that much, losing under multiple regimes in different ways. Yeah,
I mean, I think McDaniel gets in that division certainly
before anything would happen with the Jets. But it wouldn't
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shock me if we're in the holiday season and they've
got no wins or one win that what do you
want to pound a flash.
Speaker 3 (25:25):
Back to the well staying in the FC last night,
the Kansas City Chiefs get a win, no penalties, Jason, So,
I mean clean football pillars?
Speaker 4 (25:38):
Yeah, No one held hats Hutchinson at all. Yeah, it
was totally Everything was as clean as a whistle. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (25:45):
So suddenly with the Bills lost, the Ravens in disarray,
go Denver and what they are I mean, suddenly the
Chiefs and I mean the Chargers got a big win
too with their walking wounded. But the chief suddenly folks
getting all chesty about them again.
Speaker 4 (26:04):
Well, look, there's there's no great team. I mean, there's
no great team in this league, and there's certainly no
great team in the NFC, and nobody in the ANFC
or NFC for that matter, has the pedigree of the Chiefs.
And they're going to get right back, which will unlock
that offense even more. On the offense certainly looks much
better now than just go back to the Giants game
and what it wasn't especially in the first half there. Right, So,
(26:28):
and they'll do something at the deadline like they didn't
know the pass rusher, Like will they get one? I
mean they'll certainly try so. No, I wouldn't discount their chances.
I mean, the Chargers without all that's a yeah, yeah
they beat Miami yesterday, but like that's that's a tough
operation when you start losing money backs. You're built to
win in the trenches, and you losing running backs and
(26:50):
you lose an offensive lineman and the quarterbacks getting hit
too much. So yeah, I mean there's there's certainly a
pat there for the Chiefs. I mean they get the
Raiders next week, right, I mean, so now all of
a sudden, you're building up the head of steam.
Speaker 2 (27:06):
All right, Jay.
Speaker 1 (27:07):
Lastly, Hey, the first head coach we mentioned a couple
of seconds ago did get fired today. Brian Callahan got
let go and and now Mike McCoy is going to
take over again. All the old video of him as
a Chargers head coach. What's your takeaway from this early
in the season, midway through a second year, what's your.
Speaker 4 (27:23):
Take on the owners has no idea what she's doing.
She horrible. I mean she had like Rabel GM was
out of the league, and then another GM over Rabel,
Like I to them go and get Callahan. She no clue.
It's still still know how to build infrastruction, still know
(27:43):
how to build a winner. You know, she's a nepo baby.
It's just is what it is. It's are a lot
of them, you know, She's all called up and trying
to get a billion dollars in free money to build
a stadium for her so they can get more generational
wealth off of that, and no Super Bowls and football
part at a joke. They got a first overall pick
who doesn't have anything remotely around him from an infrastructure
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standpoint even be able to develop, let alone thrive their
joke franchise and take a long way to go to
reverse that. And if you think that the group of
people who are involved in hiring people there are going
to be the ones who can get him out of
this mess, you haven't been paying attention. Thank finding a
(28:25):
night table, but yeah, good luck.
Speaker 1 (28:30):
He's on Twitter at Jason Locke and four that is
at Jason Locke and fora checking out all of the
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Big night, Jay as always, man, Thanks so much.
Speaker 4 (28:48):
Yet let's go.
Speaker 1 (28:52):
Uh now, look, here's here's the thing about the firing
of Callahan right in Tennessee. This is both good news
and bad news for cam Ward right because I'll tell
you this, you want to hot take. He may be
one and done with Tennessee because he is not flashed
at all. He has been the most anonymous of number
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one overall picks. He has not shown that hey I
get this now. They bought him a little bit of time.
When you fire your head coach, Okay, it's your fault.
You're not getting the most out of cam Ward. But
as we have seen Tennessee, they're lunatics. They're reactionary, they're
not patient. Patient is not something you would say for Tennessee.
There's a lot of quarterbacks coming into the draft this year,
and if you're gonna have a new head coach and
(29:34):
a new regime coming in, are you gonna say, Okay,
we're gonna try it year two with cam Ward or
we're picking second. We may be able to get Dante
mood maybe like Fernando Mendoza. We can flip cam Ward
to somebody who needs a quarterback that's not gonna get
them later on. Again, because Tennessee is so unpredictable, I
can see cam Ward being a one and done unless
(29:55):
he actually shows over the course rests to say hey
I can get it. I can get it, man, don't
worry I knew everything coming in Tennessee. What four new
coaches and gms in the last two and a half years.
I mean, they're not patient. They're gonna stick with cam
Ward for another year. Man, it's Tennessee. Anything can happen.
Speaker 4 (30:10):
Well.
Speaker 3 (30:10):
And the best thing that they had walked out the
door of the offensive line coach, so he leaves with him.
So you lose that, and look, you've gone reclamation project
in late round draft picks are what you've put around
cam Ward at this point. And you think that's gonna
be a recipe for success. The guy hasn't gotten a chance.
Oh and they also are either second or tied for
(30:31):
third in terms of drop passes pending the outcome of
these games tonight.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
So there you go.
Speaker 4 (30:36):
Just be ready.
Speaker 1 (30:36):
Cam Mort could be one and done in Tennessee time.
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Speaker 4 (30:45):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (30:46):
It's because he knows the tag up rule in Major
League Baseball. It's Steve desand.
Speaker 6 (30:50):
I've caught a flyball in right field before.
Speaker 2 (30:52):
How about that?
Speaker 6 (30:55):
Blake's now incredible on the mound for the Dodgers in
Game one of the NL Championship Series tonight, LA right
now has bases loaded one out in the top of
the ninth and they're trying to extend the one nothing lead.
Ball four to Mookie Bets. It's two nothing. LA bas
is still loaded one out in the top of the ninth.
Sho Heo Tani has walked three times tonight, two intentionally.
(31:18):
Blake Snell on the mound. Eight scoreless innings, ten strikeouts
and no walks. He's only allowed one hit and that
batter well he was picked off a caught stealing Caleb Durban.
One hundred and three pitches thrown. We assume the Dodgers
are going to the bullpen in the ninth. The Dodgers
do not have a complete game from a pitcher all year,
(31:39):
but what Blake Snell has done in the playoffs again
is remarkable for starters. We haven't seen a game in
the postseason like this from a starter since the Roy
Halliday no hitter in twenty ten. Because Snell has eight innings,
one hit or none allowed, not since twenty ten, and
we've seen that and never from a Dodger pitcher. Snell
(32:00):
if you go back and include not only the three
starts this postseason for La, but his previous two playoffs
starts for the Padres in recent years.
Speaker 1 (32:08):
This is now.
Speaker 6 (32:09):
He's on target to win his last five postseason games
in a row while having more strikeouts than innings pitched
in each game. We did have that crazy double play
in the fourth inning which kept at a scoreless game.
At the time Dodgers had bases loaded. Max Montsey nearly
hit a grand slam, the ball went off the centerfielders
(32:32):
glove off the wall. You mentioned the running problems with
La wound up a double play eight six to two
in your score books. Leave it to the great Sarah
Langs to find out when was the last time of
the major leagues we actually had an eight six to
two double play. It was over twenty years ago when
Sammy Sosa was the batter and the centerfielder was Ken
Griffy Junior. Wow, game two.
Speaker 1 (32:54):
Okay, that's honestly so much not as long ago as
I thought. They're gonna say, Curtly in eighteen ninety eight
when the New York Highway, I'm looking at the two
guys involved in that. We're playing the Brooklyn Americans.
Speaker 6 (33:06):
They can't find it in the postseason, and then they've
gone back thirty five years already.
Speaker 2 (33:10):
That's twelve hundred career all runs. It's definitely not a up.
Then all of them legitimate question.
Speaker 6 (33:16):
Game two of the Alcs to Seattle winning at top
seed Toronto again ten to three, Mariners up two games
to none, and that best of seven. Julio Rodriguez with
a three run homer top of the first, Toronto tied
at three to three in the second, Jorge Polanco a
three run homer in the fifth, and Josh Naylor from
Canada a two run homer for the Mariners in the
seventh inning. We do have two Monday night football games tonight.
(33:39):
The one in Atlanta is done. The Falcons led Buffalo
at the half twenty one seven. It's now twenty four
to fourteen. The final Bijon Robinson on nineteen carries at
one hundred and seventy yards, including an eighty one yard TD,
and we have about eleven and a half minutes to go.
In DC Commanders ahead twenty four to sixteen over the
Chicago Bears. Daniels with his third touchdown pass of the night.
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He's just shy of two hundred yards through the area
as one interception for the Bears. They did have Jake
Moody kicking tonight because Cairo Santos is out with a
thigh injury. Moody with first quarter field goals of forty
seven and forty eight yards. Washington leading at home twenty
four to sixteen in the fourth and Yes, the Titans
fired coach Brian Callahan and in baseball, Padres manager Mike
(34:25):
Shilt retired, saying the grind of the season took a
toll on him. Update two outs, bases loaded for the Dodgers,
top of the ninth, LA leading two nothing at Milwaukee
and Roki Sasaki warming up in the pan.
Speaker 2 (34:36):
Back to you, Holy Shilt.
Speaker 1 (34:38):
Thanks Steve, appreciate it, my friend. Coming up next, we
got more baseball because we have to get into this
performance by Blake Snell. It's absolutely incredible the Dodgers. We're
gonna go to the ninth inning with a two to
nothing lead. Freddie Freeman flies out to the wall. Roki
Sasaki will be in to close it out. But coming
up next, boyd do we got some big takes coming off?
(34:58):
Monday night football off in an entire conference celebrates the
teams losing. But yeah, it's happening.
Speaker 2 (35:04):
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Bottom of the ninth inning. Rookie Sasaki in to close
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things out for the Dodgers in Game one of the NLCS.
One out runner at first after a walk. So things
getting a little tense right now in Milwaukee again.
Speaker 2 (35:47):
And now he's gone down three to zero in the game. Yeah,
this is this is not optimal for the Dodgers. Surio
on deck. Not what they want.
Speaker 1 (35:55):
This is not at all what they want, but we'll
keep you posting on this again. And first runner at
first three to one count Sasaki chure Hill on deck.
A lot of drama going on. We have lots of
baseball to get to. But Monday night football in the books,
Game one, Bills and the Falcons. And I gotta be
honest with you. If I'm any team in the as,
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if I'm the Chiefs, if I am the Steelers, if
I'm the Colts, if I'm the Chargers, I sit down.
I'm doing backflips after tonight because wow, you have seen
and here's your Bills thing. And I know people don't
want to admit this because, oh, Josh Allen's so great.
Josh Allen's great. Josh Allen, with the way this team
is constructed, is not the most important guy in the team.
(36:36):
It's very simple. When James Cook is they're able to
get him involved in the game, and he's the guy
that's controlling the game.
Speaker 2 (36:45):
The Bills win.
Speaker 1 (36:47):
When James Cook is not part of it. Look at
how bad things were in the first half. He hardly
got the football. He had thirty yards rushing. What happened
first drive of the second half. He had thirty yards
rushing on that drive. Bill's getting the end zone and
now they're down a score. Josh Allen obviously is fantastic,
but this team, they don't they don't have any deep
threats downfield. Daltkin Kaid was out tonight. It was very,
(37:07):
very difficult to watch this Bill's offense just continue to
try to try to motor when they couldn't. But it's
pretty simple. As good as Josh, he's not the most
important guy in that offense. James Cook has proven to
be a top five running back in the NFL. When
he gets going and they play complimentary football, that's it.
He's the most important.
Speaker 2 (37:24):
Guy in that offense. Now, Josh Allen is not James
Cook is the guy Josh Allen ist we talking about
all the time.
Speaker 3 (37:29):
You don't have that boundary X receiver the go to guy,
and your defense isn't very good, banged up and well
not good win fully constructed.
Speaker 2 (37:38):
So yeah, it's a long slung So when you come
to the Bills, the rest of the AFC is very happy. Right,
we're sitting here having fun. Oh look the Bills are great.
Oh no, they're not. All We're getting back in it now.
Speaker 1 (37:51):
Flip side of it is the Falcons and what they
were able to do tonight, coming away with a win,
and no bigger guy to talk about here than Bjeon Robinson,
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Speaker 2 (38:19):
Well, when you.
Speaker 1 (38:19):
Bust out an eighty one yard run for a touchdown
and get up over two hundred yards a total offense
on the night, well, Bjon Robinson, you get to be
the play of the day.
Speaker 2 (38:28):
Buffalo adds another man to the front.
Speaker 3 (38:30):
They're going to handle Robinson right side through the first wall,
around the corner.
Speaker 2 (38:33):
Here goes Bejon Robinson keeps.
Speaker 1 (38:36):
His feet thirty twenty five, twenty ten five touchdown Atlanta.
Speaker 2 (38:42):
Oh my goodness.
Speaker 1 (38:44):
Falcons Radio Network on the call a night for Bejon Robinson.
We talked about him preseason. We said he's going to
become the best running back in the NFL this year.
You're welcome, fantasy players, You're welcome. He has become the
best running back. He is that big of a weapon.
But I want to say this coming off, even though
it's a big night for Atlanta. Here's what I want
to say. This is where Atlanta needs an intervention. Wait
(39:05):
the Falcons do after went yes, because it's clear they
have all the talent they need. Hey, stack wins.
Speaker 2 (39:12):
Keep it up.
Speaker 1 (39:13):
This losing thirty to nothing to the Panthers and then
beating the Bills on Monday Night football.
Speaker 2 (39:17):
How does that make sense?
Speaker 5 (39:18):
Man?
Speaker 2 (39:19):
You gotta be able. Hey, we're good, We're here. We
gotta own this, like you. You need to stack wins
and show everybody that that's a tough division opponent. How
dare you? Oh, come on, I mean you, I mean
come on, man, I mean I get the Panthers are
at more red zone passes than Bryce Young this year.
Panthers are a little bit better than we expect, which
is awesome for the league. Right, Bryce Young is a
little bit better.
Speaker 1 (39:38):
We go down, We go down on a two week
tear to man, Kai, he's turned into Barry sand Come on,
but let's be out like the Falcons, Like, dude, come on, guys,
get it. This is to get it together. You have
all the tell you got everything you need. Put it together.
There's no excuses anymore. It's like get off your asses
and make sure that every week. This is a this
is an offense that everybody is afraid of, that no
one can stop. You have a great wide receiver, I'm
(39:59):
done with with Kyle Pitts. If you have a great
wide receiver years ago, thanks for jumping on here. Your
quarterback is good enough. It were like, come on, guys,
this is it now. Man, Stop messing around, because that's
kind of what I feel like the Falcons have been doing.
How do you lose thirty to nothing the Panthers and
win this game?
Speaker 3 (40:13):
But it is But there is the danger spot is
that you've got Drake London, You've got Vijon Robinson, and
you don't have a whole hell of a lot else
in terms of receiving cores and trusted options. They should
be in the marketplace and go find themselves another pass
catcher before the November fourth deadline.
Speaker 1 (40:29):
There will be some guys out there. Apparently the Steelers
want to get a while pass catcher too. So there's
a wide receivers. We're gonna see more deals. It's gonna
be fun. Exit out by a Fresca exit swollen dome.
Jason Smith, Mike Harmon Coming up next, we break down
Game one of the NLCS is that the Dodgers with
a victory, or the Brewers in an incredible comeback.
Speaker 2 (40:50):
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