August 8, 2025 • 42 mins
Jason and Mike weigh-in on Colts QB Anthony Richardson’s Injury: “Letting Anthony Richardson start while deciding to sit 3/5 of their starting offensive line. That's indefensible. Plus, two RBs playing tonight that Jason loves for different reasons this year!
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We are, Like we have the Hall of Fame game
last week. Now we're about to kick off the third
of three games tonight, and you know, coming in the
studio following the show, you know, Aaron Torres and he
from we're here doing the show talking. Hey, all right, hey,
(01:12):
making sure the televisions are all set right, we have
the two preseason games going on already, and I said,
and I get on the talk back to talk to
Frostburg and Tyshert and I go, hey, can I don't
know if it's on, can you change put the Raiders
and the Seahawks on? And both I got double middle
fingers from both of them because I said, Raiders, Well,
that'll do it.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
I mean, it is a conditioned response around these parts, I.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Had to say. And they both looked at me, and
Tysher's there his ours folded, and I said, Okay, can
I get the Seahawks scrimmage that's going to air on
TV in the next one? Sports radio sir, Yeah, were you?
This is a Wendy's. So now we got we have
the the Seahawks scrimmage against another NFL team about to
(01:58):
kick off in a.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Couple We're already at two for two with the over
three for three actually, with two games tonight and the
Hall of Fame game. So let's see if the Seahawks
scrimmage can live up to that and keep that moving.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
So big headlines in the first couple of games, and
none bigger than what we've seen with the Ravens and
the Colts about two and a half to go in
the fourth quarter. Colts trail the Ravens twenty four to sixteen. However,
they're dealing with a little bit more than just that,
because Anthony Richardson wait for it, wait for it, wait
for it, left the game with an injury after getting sacked.
(02:33):
He has a dislocated pinky on his throwing hand. If
you see the video online or screen grabs, you will
see his pinky finger just kind of sticks out to
the side where a pinky finger is not supposed to
stick out. Yeah, you look at it and you go,
oh my goodness. David Ojabo goes in on a blitz
and is uncovered. Yeah, no, that was some really bad
(02:54):
protection right there. But before we get to before you
get to the big thing, I just want to say this,
because there's a really big thing off. I'm gonna say this,
and you're gonna go, oh my goodness, is that true.
I want to say first of all, that this injury
to Anthony Richardson is two people's faults, and one of
them is mine. Okay, I want to say right now,
I want to say it right now. It's it's it's
(03:15):
a big part of it is my fault. Now, Okay, sure,
So today my wife and I and Zoe we go
into uh we go into one of our favorite coffee places,
uh Mavro, and I'll you, I want to say this
because I feel bad about what happened. Uh grateful. Oh
my good. They put they put foam on the top,
like it's like when you go to Harry Potter World
and uh in Universal Studios, and it's just like they can't.
(03:36):
They have caramel foam and cinnamon foam. Oh it's so good.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
And I go in and things I never had for
a god so good.
Speaker 4 (03:43):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
So we go in and and and the guy working
there works there a lot, and maybe he's the owner,
I'm not sure, younger guy, probably in his mid thirties, Okay,
And he comes in, he goes and we can go. Hey.
He goes, oh, you guys from Michigan. And I'm look
and I go, oh, Pam is wearing a Michigan uh
T shirt and I'm wearing my Michigan hat. And I said, oh,
and he looks at me. I go, well, I married
into it. It's it's she's Michigan. Does she make you
(04:04):
wear the hat and he goes, you wear that hat today,
it's time to wear that hat. Okay, I'll wear the hat.
Uh nobod it's cool. It's get the bell Toalerana to
wear the hat that it's awesome. U So I said, yeah,
I know, I married into it. At her she goes oh,
and Pem goes, don't tell me you're from Ohio state.
We like coming in here. And the guy goes, no, no,
I'm actually no, it's fine. I went to Indiana and
I said, oh, I said, oh wow. I said, well,
(04:25):
well this is this is the year. This is the
greatest year you've ever had in your sports life with Indiana.
Go and go to the player last year at football
and he goes, yeah, he goes, you know, but the
thing is, it's so it was so rough for so long.
I'm a much bigger Colts fan than I anything else said.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
I said, well, good luck tonight, and he and the
guy he says, yeah, but I mean, what are you
really gonna do? Anthony Richardson hasn't been good and Daniel
Jones stinks, and I'm like, okay, and he doesn't know,
he doesn't know who I am. I'm just I'm just
a guy talking to him, right, I'm just a guy
talking to him. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
But as soon as you start going deep into you, well,
you know, and Alice's some Colts quarterbacks, He's gonna raise
an eyebrow.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
I said, well, look, And I was going to say
something like, well, you know, hey, you know, Burt Jones
can play a little bit too, just let me test
your nose. But instead I said, I said, I heard that.
I'm gonna have to disallow that. The Alana Mechi she
missed the Alana Mechie question. So I said, well, I said, look,
I said, I get look, Anthony Richard I'm not an
(05:20):
Anthony Richardson guy, even though I have him in a
Dynasty Fantasy league. But I think Daniel Jones will really
be okay. I said, you have a lot of weapons
on that team. You got a really deep wide receiver room,
you have a great running back, offensive offensive line is good.
I said, I think Daniel Jones will be able to
get the ball where he needs to be, and you
guys will move the football. You do well with Daniel Jones,
And he goes, yeah, But I mean, but you know,
(05:42):
I don't know. It's just hard to get excited and
especially tonight when I go watching the game, that that
likely our offense is not going to be good. And
this is where Anthony Richardson's injury is my fault. This
is where it's my fault is because then I said
to him, I said, well, look at it this way.
It's pre season. As long as nobody gets hurt, everything is.
You can't go back to that place for a week. No,
(06:02):
I can't go back there ever again. And I love
the drinks.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
No, next time you come in with a fake mustache
and an Ohio State hat.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Like it went like Bobby Valentine managing the Mets with
a mustag. And I said, as long as nobody gets hurt,
everything is fine. That's a victory. He goes, ah, yeah,
I guess you're right. Okay, great talking, all right, see
you next time. Okay. I felt I felt awful. I
felt absolutely as soon as I saw that video and
that replaying that finger sticking out is it. That's my fault.
That is absolutely my fault. I did that to him.
I did that, and now you know what it was.
(06:33):
That was like two hours before the game too. It
wasn't like early in that now, it was like two
hours so really fast.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
That that hole.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
So they'd already got out on the field. Oh yeah,
warming up and they're getting dressed and everything else. Yeah,
absolute hundred percent, one hundred percent.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
Yeah, that's a gaff on a million million levels. You
can almost hear the guys on the sideline, Yo.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
Throwing a damn toime. I mean hot round, I mean
get down, get down.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
Because he came in absolute, unabated, uh, un challenged in
any way, shape or.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Form, like oh this is bad.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
Yeah, like that first step off the line of scrimmage, like, oh,
you gotta get down. This is where you need that
That toy like Peyton Manning used to be, where you'd
press the button and the legs collapse right there. We
used to have a goat up in here in the studios.
There were a whole line of those toys. Oh collapsed,
Oh let it go, Hey, Lucky jumps back up. H
That's what Anthony Richardson needed here. You needed that button
(07:29):
on the sideline. Make him get down. This is not
gonna end well. And now he's got a pinky like
like my daughter has.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
I just just think when you're saying that of the
crust of the cloud, buy my Cereal. Buy my. They're
pulling the things, buy my Cereal.
Speaker 3 (07:42):
They actually have that toy now, but it only goes
so far right crusty the I'm crusty the clown and
I don't like you. That's as far as he goes.
He does not go to the threat of killing you. Now,
they did not put that in the toy.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
I'm going to say this, I need people to share
this injury with me, and I know exactly who to play.
Like I said, I'm not taking the whole injury. I'll
take half of it when somebody else. But first, here's
what it sounded like the Anthony Richardson injury. It is
a dislocated pinky finger. He has ruled out for the game.
There is no word yet on when he's coming back.
(08:19):
Let's hear Anthony Richardson.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
Anthony Richardson goes out of the gun ballman here Hash
backs the throat and he is.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
Decked from the left and he is sacked and buried.
He took a big time hit. But more importantly, hangs on.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
To the football and the ravens with a sack off
the left edge and he's.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
Going off the field.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Matt he got hit unabated. There was no one blocking,
The protection was totally not there. So there it is.
On Colt's TV, David Ajabo. Look, I remember him seeing
him blow people up at Michigan a couple of years ago,
and he was fantastic.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
Now he's healthy and ready to recavocate.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
Watch out. But here's the thing, as you heard there,
boy unblocked and he comes in and absolutely levels written.
Your starting quarterback gets hurt.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
Now here's just goes Oh at least here.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Here's who's got to share the blame for me. And
this is absolutely on Shane Steichen and the Colts, because
what did they decide to do. Well, we're gonna have
Anthony unless they wanted the guy to get hurt. What
did they decide to do tonight? We're gonna start Anthony
Richardson and he's gonna play most of the first half
in the first preseason game when guys are still getting
(09:30):
used to things and we're all figuring stuff out. No,
we're gonna throw him out there. Okay, so behind his
offensive line. No, we're gonna hold out. Three starters from
the offensive line, including Quentin Nelson Braden Smith, all all
held out of the Again, they held out three starters.
You hold out your left tackle, your left guard, and
your right tack. Yeah. Now, I don't know what protection
(09:51):
they would have been a potentially Yojabo. It was a
great It was a great maneuver on the ravens end
to get him to free him up for the sack.
Like I you don't know what that play is gonna be.
But just think about the decision to put Anthony Richardson
out there, who you think, hope and can still be
your franchise quarterback the first game of the preseason where
things a little weird. You got to iron the kinks
(10:13):
out at least if you put him out there, put
him in a position to succeed and not in a
position to get hurt. And what happens, He gets blown
up because we're holding our guys out. Okay, And I'm saying, look,
if you want to hold your guys out, I get it.
Don't put your franchise quarterback out there behind a backup
offensive line to start the game. What the hell is
wrong with you? Really? What the hell is wrong with
you that you're doing that. And again I'm not saying
(10:35):
he got injured because of this that, but that's a
horrible decision to make to say we're gonna put him
out there and we're not gonna protect him. We're not
gonna put him in a position to not only hey,
play well, but stay healthy. Like that's a horrible, horrible,
horrible misstep and decision by the Colts.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
Well, in the end, you're trying to find out whether
he can read pick up. In this case, you have
the guy come in unobated and hammers him. Your your
running back is going into a pass route. You've got
him running out of the shotgun. We can talk about
a million parts of the play call and the decision making.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
I understand the Hey.
Speaker 3 (11:13):
You know you start your quarterback in his battle richardson
this week, and then we know, uh, they had already
said Daniel Jones was going to start game two and
while he's starting forever now.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
Uh, but.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
He's got to play right, you got to see him.
So I guess the the next question would be the
play call of running him on a shotgun, uh, and
leave him exposed where he's doesn't even have the potential
of someone chipping, doesn't feel the hot hot read or
just to get down. But yeah, it's it's a an
(11:49):
amalgam a litany of errors that come. But he's got
to be on the field, right. We saw starters all
over the place, and yes, they had more complete lineups
around them. I understand that. Uh, but those are some
veterans and guys who've made it. Anthony Richardson's fighting for
a job, and it's an unfortunate occurrence. Fortunately, it's just
(12:10):
a pinky uh, and he should, in theory, get back
out there fairly soon.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
Yeah, you know, But the thing is is that, yeah,
is he fighting for a je fight. Yeah, but he
still could be your starting quarterback. Sure, you don't want
to put yourself I remember when, right.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
But if Daniel Jones had started, and maybe he gets
decked the same way, maybe he doesn't.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
I don't know that I put Daniel Jones out there either.
I don't. I'm not gonna put a guy that could
start for me out behind a backup offensive line in
the first game where you're still worried about protection, you're
worried about any sort of chemistry and your fav Why
would you do that. I go all the way back
to when Rex Ryan decided to put Mark Sanchez out
there in the in the second half the Giants game
of a Giants preseason game for the Snoopy Bowl behind
(12:50):
a backup offensive line, and he got killed, and I
opened the door for Gino Smith to go start right like,
so we should have just gone straight to I don't understand.
I don't understand why you would do that if you're
not gonna if you don't put guys out there, big
time starting players out behind an offensive line that you're
putting at least three backups out there, you don't do
(13:10):
that for Josh Allen. The Bills aren't gonna throw Josh
Allen out there and say okay, hey go start, but
we're gonna put three backups out. No, nobody does.
Speaker 3 (13:16):
That, No, no, no, But I mean clearly a bit
of apples and oranges in terms of the quarterback. Yes, starters,
but different degree, different different ap and different decision making.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
Right.
Speaker 3 (13:29):
I think this is the first year when we look
at the league since McVeigh began his grand experiment, that
we're starting to see more teams want to come out there.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
Because we certainly watched with.
Speaker 3 (13:39):
The Bengals in what became what over fifty points between
them and the Eagles. But you had Joe Burrow and
Jamar Chase, come out there, do some great work and
sit down. Yeah, you've paid the guy. You protect the
guy Richardson. I'm not saying that you know he's disposable
in any way, shape or form. But you obviously made
(14:03):
the decision that you weren't gonna run out all your starters,
and you allowed a number of guys to sit, whether
it was because they're nursing injuries or because they just said, nope,
not gonna do it. If that's that's the decision, I
want to know, and they do. They get the opt
out option, and that's what they did.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
I mean, really, that's such an epic fail by the cults.
I can't I can't get over it. I really can't
get this is what we're doing. Yes, here's the two
guys that are battling it out to be our starting
quarterback and their neck and neck. But oh yeah, we're
gonna put one of the guys out there without three
fifths of the offensive line. And again, it's not if
this was the third or fourth game of the preseason.
These guys have played together. It's a little bit more togetherness.
(14:43):
But instead you're worried about what you're calling out worried
about protection, you're worried about plays like this, where a
job that just runs free and absolutely Dex Richard said, like,
what are you doing, man, Like, what are you doing
that to your quarterback? That's just wow?
Speaker 3 (14:57):
Yeah, I mean you should have just come in and
hand a couple of times, I guess don't don't even
expose him on the the shotgun and you're trying to
see if he can make plays and read and whatever. Yeah,
you certainly didn't give him a full compliment, a full
deck to work with. But you know what Shane Steichen's learning.
(15:18):
Oh wait, he's been there a couple of years.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
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friend Mike Harmon The Pete Carroll is underway for the Seahawks.
Nothing nothing midway through the first quarter, and Pete looks
exactly the same moving around Saint Pete Carroll, same everything
does an age.
Speaker 3 (18:11):
It's like he's been locked in a hyperbaric chamber for
several years and it's now been unleashed.
Speaker 1 (18:16):
Yeah, still weird.
Speaker 3 (18:17):
Not he's got the smelling salts and now he's pacing
the sideline.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
Oh yeah, because coaches can bring their own smelling salts in, right,
I think that right? I mean the killers can't.
Speaker 3 (18:26):
Can you hire a valet to have your custom smelling
salts on side?
Speaker 1 (18:31):
Can the coaches get him from the team, but the
players can't? Like I mean.
Speaker 3 (18:37):
Yeah, I think Pete Carroll probably could say, Hey, I'm
requisitioning these and it's you're it's my expensi rum.
Speaker 1 (18:43):
So there could be the smelling salts guy who's like, well,
it's the smelling salts guy who works for the for
the team and the league, and the smelling salts guy
who works for the players. Okay, all right, very good
z own personal guy zone. Hey guys, yeah, Frostburg, I
thought asht On Jeny was good. Wow, he's passing. He
carries minus one yeards. He's just sniff, he's done.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
Sell Sell sell sell.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
Look, dude, Aidan O'Connell is already in the game. Okay,
I just just so you know everything. Look, I'm I am,
I am big. Just to let you know right here,
I am absolutely big and bullish on the Raiders this
year for being less terrible, best last place team in
the NFL. Okay, they're gonna be the best last place
(19:28):
team in the wins best last place team. And this
is because a the AFC West is gonna wind up
being the best division in football, right, one hundred percent.
You're talking about three teams already that have big time
playoff and potential Super Bowl hopes, and the Raiders have
stopped the backsliding.
Speaker 5 (19:44):
Right.
Speaker 1 (19:45):
I'm always a big fan of that. They find they
hired a coach they needed, Pete Carroll great, Tom Brady
is there helping, Awesome. They got the quarterback they need
in Gino Smith. Yes, then Ashton Genty who I love. Yes. Okay,
So the most important positions they have figured out. They
figured out the quote GA head coach quarterback right because
with Brady doing what he's doing, awesome, Pete Carroll great. Solid.
(20:06):
You need sometimes teams just need a guy to come
in and say I can run a program. I know
how to run a program, and things are going to
be better. So I am. I am bullish on the Raiders.
They will be the best last place team in the
NFL this year. They'll win a couple of big games
in divisional, upset a couple of teams. They'll still Raider
their way because you know Raiders, but they'll be the
best last place team in the NFL.
Speaker 3 (20:25):
There'll be more entertaining. They're sixteen to one or higher
to win the division. Some heavy lifting to go there.
But yeah, I mean you're looking at what I always used,
the pat system. I got a protector, I got an attacker,
and I got a thrower. Gino's established himself at least
mid Yeah, with the opportunity to outperform. Right, you got
(20:48):
a guy in Bowers, you got a number of number
two wide receivers to compliment him. Yeah. So yeah, and
May are still there. So yeah, you've got you've got
a lot of opportunity.
Speaker 1 (20:58):
Hey, No, I mean, I mean they figured out the
three toughest position, the three things you need to be
able to have to succeed, And Okay, we're good, right,
we're good. Now, we're awesome. Things are not that awesome.
But because what it's been, Come on, man, they didn't
they didn't beat the Chiefs last year in the game
because the quarterback happened to not be looking when the
snap was coming. Just that's how they lost a game.
Speaker 3 (21:20):
At the end of the I can really investigate the tape.
That probably happened multiple times to sell them throughout the years.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
All right, guys, I know this happens eight times a game.
Let's make it just four times a game. This wee okay,
all right, that's great. That's great because we're the Raiders,
right Routkay, hands in Raiders on three one two three Raider.
Speaker 3 (21:37):
Yeah, we're working on a silent count because they're cheering loudly.
Uh for the opposition in our stadium.
Speaker 1 (21:43):
But I think I think that's apropos. They are the
best last place team, will be the best last place
the NFL. Yeah, we are frost. I thought Ashton gent
was good.
Speaker 3 (21:54):
Ashton genty will be justge how many people have you
texted that too?
Speaker 1 (21:58):
Not one fresh? I'm loving this. He will be. It's
all to myself.
Speaker 5 (22:02):
You can't.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
This is a nice rebound because look, it's been a day. Hey,
Frostbrigs had a tough No, No, it's been a prosperg
has had a tough day. I had a tough day.
That was my guy. Yeah, he's had he's had a
tough day. Frostburg's had a tough day. Chargers game producer
Justin Frostbury had a tough day to day, tough day
to day. No, it's a rough day at the office,
There's no question about it. But are you okay? Frostberg
with me saying the Raiders will be the best? Last?
Speaker 5 (22:27):
Who is it?
Speaker 1 (22:28):
Never heard of them? All right? How about we get
to something good then, And by that I mean we'll
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twenty three yards and two touchdowns, you get to be
the play of the day. Burrow waiting for the shotgun
snap two by two formation, looks left, throws left, cut by, Chase,
(23:15):
escapes a tackle, racing down the sideline, touchdown.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
Nice Bengals, Chamar.
Speaker 1 (23:22):
Chase kicking up where he left off last year. There
it is Bengals TV on the call the play of
the day, Joe Burrow's touchdown to Jamar Chase Chase four
for seventy seven and a touchdown on the dam. Mean,
this is when you know the fantasy owners start start
really jonesing for the year because they look and go, Man,
those are fantasy points I'm not getting because the season
doesn't start for another month. But wow, you know, just
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six four for seventy seven in a touchdown, that's a
seventeen points in a PPR league. The Bengals. As long
as Joe Burrow is healthy, the Bengals will be fine.
But the guy I want to talk about for a
couple minutes here, and I know you're you're in the
middle of doing all year you're draft you're drafting, and
you're getting your ADP's ready for fantasy. The guy that
(24:05):
I look that's gonna be such a big deal for
this team this year. That's gonna take a big jump.
We know about we know about Jamar Chase, right, we
know about Chase and Burrow, But watch out for Chase Brown. Yeah, Okay,
he's gonna be it. He's gonna be easily probably i'd
say top five, top seven fantasy running back this year.
He really came on last year when he when he
won the job, rested away from Zach Moss when Zack
(24:27):
Moss got hurt. You saw tonight in just a little
bit of a cameo five carries for twenty three yards.
He also caught three passes out of the backfield for
twenty five yards. He basically will have this to himself.
This is gonna be a big three for the Bengals
situation this year where it's Burrow and the two chat
and that's gonna be your nickname somehow, Burrow and the
two Chases, right or something like that. You're gonna get
(24:48):
something out there. But I'm telling you, Chase Brown finished.
I believe twelfth to thirteenth last year, depending on.
Speaker 3 (24:53):
On PPR, finished tenth, didn't play week eighteen, and really
didn't do a whole lot the first three week.
Speaker 1 (24:59):
Yeah, depending anywhere you're at, if you do PPR, if
you don't, he's between you know, ten and thirteen. This
is gonna be a top five, top seventy. And he's
got a lot of good guys ahead of him, but
he is gonna get the bulk of the usage. And
he is young. He is ready. You saw him send
last year. I am a big fan of Chase.
Speaker 3 (25:13):
I mean the beauty is the defense is still gonna stink,
and their offensive line they'll achieve in spite of a
bad offensive line. I mean that that's really all there
is to it. They're gonna win shootouts, and he'll be
a big contributor in both the run and the pass game.
The fact that he does leak out of the backfield
(25:36):
and catches a number of balls per game, it's gonna
be huge. This was a great I think we talked
about last as we started the show, Jason, just the
philosophy kind of pushing away from what we had in
the Sean McVay era of all right, we're not gonna play, guys.
So everybody started looking around going, well, why am I
gonna play? Why am I gonna do this? Yeah, all right,
(25:58):
I don't need to take the extra hits. I don't
need to do this open up for risk for injury.
There's some Now you know, you've got enough data that
you start doing some analysis saying this.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
Might actually be to our benefit.
Speaker 3 (26:09):
The other thing is Zach Taylor's one in twelve in September,
in weeks one and two in his career as the
head coach of the Bengals.
Speaker 1 (26:20):
Yes, he's the Matthew Stafford.
Speaker 3 (26:22):
So it's basically been the all right, we're gonna try
to do what Bill Belichick did and feel our way
into a season. Only he actually won the games. They
weren't aesthetically pleasing. They weren't you know, thirty eight point
you know, onslaughts from Brady and company. No, they were slugfests,
but they were winning football, and you know, kind of
(26:43):
testing your boundaries, expanding, figuring out roles, what work, what didn't.
Bengals have tried that and they've been an absolute failure.
And then what are you doing? You're chasing in December.
Great for fantasy owners, great for Joe Burrow owners.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
You know, if you went.
Speaker 3 (26:59):
And doubled up and were able to get Jamar Chase
with and that was great. But in terms of winning football, no,
you're binding the eight ball and you're in a division
that your only benefit is the Browns can't get out
of their own way. Yeah, because the other two teams,
you're gonna be gonna dog fight all all season long.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
Yeah. I mean, look the Bengals, it's gonna be They're
gonna be offensive driven. Obviously, they're gonna be points on
the board. They're gonna be a shootout type team, and
they're loaded and ready to do it this year. Right,
you have the weapon geet a quarterback, wide receiver, running back.
You are loaded ready. But I'm telling you, Chase Brown,
I love him this year. Now. Another guy tonight, same
game right that I want to talk about for a
couple minutes because I know this sounds like heresy and
(27:37):
what are you insane? Eagles lead the Bengals right now again,
thirty four to twenty seven, three and a half to
go in the fourth quarter. But a guy who's gonna
you both on the field and fantasy wise, that's gonna
have a sneaky, big impact on the Eagles this year.
You're talking about the defending champs, and I realize I'm
saying this after he's coming off the season that he's had.
But watch out for Will Shipley. Okay, this is a
(27:59):
rookie or a second year guy out of Clemson who
tonight had a really big night starting the game seven
carries for forty eight yards seven yards of carry. I
know they got aj Dillon there too, but Will Shipley
is live. He is a terrific running back. Last year
was kind of a red shirt year for him, and
the Eagles aren't gonna do and they can't due to
(28:20):
Saquon Barkley what they did to him last year. Barkley
had three hundred and seventy eight touches last year, three
seventy eight. Man, when you talk about no, because you're
talking about the touches, don't stop when the playoffs start,
you get well, they held at the three hundred no,
because remember you had the entire playoff run for Saquon Barkley,
three hundred and seventy eight touches. And I don't need
to you know, I don't need to be a doctor
(28:41):
to go through things and say, hey, let's take a
look and see what guys how they do after having
three hundred and seventy five touch seasons in the NFL,
how are they the next year? And he's not gonna
be going for the rushing record again. It was easy
to continue to play him and continue to give him
the football because you were trying to win the Super
Bowl and you were realizing he was a guy that
that was leading the team. You got caught up last year,
(29:03):
and I get it, right, I get Nick Surry, everybody
getting caught up, and he's our leader. We're gonna keep
feeding him the football kers are winning games now, It's okay, Wow,
we can't do that to Barkley again. Already. You know
he's not gonna have the year he had last year.
But guys coming off of years with this kind of
usage the next year is generally not nearly as good.
But the good news, I'm telling you Shipley again, I
(29:24):
watch ACC football so you don't have to. I had
a feeling said this guy when he gets to the NFL,
give him a little bit of time, and he's gonna
come in to be a really good running back. Complimentary
guy that's that shifty can change direction. He's sneaky fast.
I mean, he's a pretty good running back. He's gonna
have a pretty big role on this team, whether it's
third down, out of the backfield, spelling Saquon Barkley. I
(29:46):
know that Dylan is there too, but you know, AJ
Dillon is kind of the guy he is right now. Obviously, hey,
he's a veteran pass protection. We're gonna think about him,
but watch, I'm telling you will Shipley's a guy that's
gonna carve out a role here. And you're hoping Barkley
stays healthy. You're hoping he's able to to be Saquon Barkley.
But it's not gonna be the year it was last year,
and tonight was just kind of the first taste you're
getting of him going forward.
Speaker 3 (30:07):
No, always the reminder, I mean, we've kind of gone
away from the age of you gotta have your handcuff,
you gotta have it, But there's still several teams that
have that identity that they're gonna continue to run the football.
And obviously a lot of stats get vultured away from Hurts.
His own activity on the ground, particularly in and around
the goal line, and that's where Aj Dillon probably comes
(30:28):
back to bite you in the ass a little bit
this year as well. If he stays healthy, that he'll
come and take some of the thunder away there. But yeah,
you definitely go in for the Eagles backfield as you
build out your roster, and maybe you come back for
ship Leo a little bit earlier again based on the
(30:48):
opportunity is going to be there. Another guy that you know,
we were watching a little bit who was hurt last year,
probably carves himself out a role in Baltimore's Keaton Mitchell,
who missed most of last year.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (31:00):
Right, so he had a big touchdown, ran with authority. Uh,
not that he's taken anything away from Derrick Henry, but
uh he will have to come off field. And you're
playing for January, right, Both these teams like you're you're
not gonna go and expose these guys to four hundred
touches again. You just can't. It's bad bad science. The
other thing with the Eagles is the curiosity with a
(31:22):
new coordinator of not getting caught into bad habits because
Kellen Moore got away with some Because you're running a
guy that much and using him that much as a
running back, you're.
Speaker 1 (31:32):
Flirting with disaster. No. Look, and Mitchell's a great point too,
because you're not gonna use you can't kill Derrick Henry
like you did last year. Right, Okay, at some point, guys, like,
at some point he's gonna clif the wall. Right, and
he's thirty two, right, you know, Barkley's still in his
late twenties, but he's he's had a lot of cut
I mean, you forget that what he meant to the
team when he was hell, he burst on the seats like, Wow,
(31:52):
this is a guy that that that he could take
it to the house on any play. He's that exciting.
They really missed him last year. Sometimes, guys to watch
out there we go time how to find out what's
trending in the wide world of sports. So someone who's
been called the Keaton Mitchell of Fox Sports Radio, all right,
when she's not here, you realize you miss her.
Speaker 3 (32:12):
Thanks, guys, he's really angling for that bobblehead again.
Speaker 5 (32:15):
Yeah, I know, I no, no, no, yeah, he's been
trying to get back on my good side, that's for sure.
Speaker 1 (32:19):
That's exactly. Yes, least you know, but that that's that worked.
I asked for that Hernandez, Bobblehead, you threatened to kick
me in the shins twice.
Speaker 5 (32:27):
That's right, one for each Bobblehead, And I said, you
keep it up, you're gonna get a third kick with the.
Speaker 1 (32:33):
Right This is all accurate.
Speaker 5 (32:35):
That's how exactly how the conversation went. Yeah, the Eagles
of the Bangles down to the final two minutes here
in this preseason game three NFL preseason games tonight. How
fun is that Philadelphia is up thirty four to twenty seven.
Tanner McKee, Hey, the tush push is alive and well
in Philadelphia, because even Tanner McKee used that today with
the rushing touchdown. He also threw for two hundred and
fifty two yards and two touchdowns. And you guys mentioned
(32:58):
that Joe Burrow completed nine of ten for one hundred
and twenty three yards two touchdowns only played the first quarter.
One of them went to Jamar Chase four of four
seventy seven yards and that touchdown. But Eagles are up
right now. The Raiders Yhawks still scoreless. They're coming down
to the final minute of the first quarter. The Ravens
defeated the Colts twenty four to sixteen. Colts head coach
Shane Steiken confirmed that Anthony Richardson has been diagnosed with
(33:21):
a dislocated right pinky finger.
Speaker 1 (33:23):
He is day today.
Speaker 5 (33:24):
He also said that he's going to have to reevaluate
the plan for their game next week to see if
Richardson is available since he didn't get as much playing
time as they planned. Daniel Jones went in there to
finish the first half. He was ten of twenty one,
one hundred and forty four yards, no touchdowns, no interceptions.
Riley Leonard took over in the second half. Injuries did
happen in this one. Raven's sixth round rookie cornerback Bill
(33:45):
all Cone suffered a torn ligament in his knee. If
you did not see this video, don't look for it.
It's a rough video to see what in his knee.
The way it goes, he will be out for the season.
Colts third round rookie cornerback Justin Wally tore his ACL.
He's going to be out for the season. Other NFL news,
My Chargers are cursed. Pro Bowl left tackle Rashaun Slater
(34:06):
tore his left pateller attendant in practice today. He's going
to be out for the season. When it comes to
Texans safety CJ. Gardner Johnson. He was carted off the
field today, but ESPN reports that he did not tear
his ACL during today's practice. He's expected to miss sometime,
but the injury is not expected to be season ending.
In baseball, all the games have wrapped up. The Braves
beat the Marlins eighty six. The Pirates shut out the
(34:27):
Red seven zero. Paul Skins pitch six innings, gave up
seven hits, seven hits, no runs, struck out eight, no
walks either. The Mariners walked it off four to three
against the White Sox on an RBI single from Dominic Canzone.
Let's check in on the w NBA. Why not Mercury
up on the fever.
Speaker 1 (34:43):
Forty four tonight? We got taken responsibility now.
Speaker 5 (34:47):
I know, I know, not yet, not yet, Mercury fever game.
Mercury is out forty to twenty nine, three minutes to
go in the first half, and also early in the
first half. It's the Sun who are on top of
the Sparks forty two to thirty three.
Speaker 2 (34:59):
All right back to you, guys.
Speaker 1 (35:01):
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That's UMGC dot edu. Well, we'll have more football on
the way. Seahawks kicking the extra point. They are up
(35:21):
six nothing over the Raiders. Sorry, Pete Carroll, but coming
up next, we may now know who's been throwing the
bilbo baggins on the floor in WNBA games. Yeah, a
group has claimed responsibility. It's next right here, and I'm
telling you it's serious. It's true. Yeah, right here Jason
and Mike Fox.
Speaker 2 (35:41):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith
Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven
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Speaker 1 (35:49):
I thought the Raiders were good Fox Sports Radio, The
Jason Smith Show with my best friend Mike Harmon. I
just not after that. We were. We were just at
moments away from this song being played because Tyscher has
been listening to the song like on a loop for
the course of the past like a couple of hours.
But I mean any song that gets Jerry Stackhouse songs,
(36:13):
you know you don't get Jerry Stackhouse in many songs.
We will have more NFL coming up in a few
minutes and including one of the worst passes you will
ever see a quarterback throw. And really, we're gonna talk
about a play that that illustrates exactly why the Raiders
went out and got Geno Smith in the off season.
But a big mystery in the sports world may have
(36:36):
been solved. A self described crypto enthusiast okay, crypto enthusiast
told ESPN tonight he is part of a group that
has bought the NFL. Note has told him he is
part of a group that has bought the red zone.
Him has told ESPN he is part of a group
(36:56):
that has bought the streaming rights the ww Okay old
ESPN he is part of a group that orchestrated recent
bilbo baggin stunts in which sex toys have been thrown
on the court of at least three WNBA games in
the past ten days. There was a couple other potential
throws of bright neon green bilbo baggins that didn't make
(37:21):
it onto the court that we didn't see but still
hit the floor. The guy talks on the condition of
anonymity over video conference Wednesday, saying that these stunts were
meant to market a crypto coin that is online community created.
So this is a guy. Look when I said this,
when we first talked about this, I said, how much
does this sound like some sort of crazy TikTok trend
(37:44):
or something. Hey, I'm going to get attention. This is
not Hey, WNBA needs to be taught a lesson. I'm
going to you know, put them in their place for
liking or not liking Caitlin Clark or Angelries. It sounded
like it was some sort of crazy trend like you
see online and that looks exactly what this is. So
maybe this is this is what we're seeing it this
(38:06):
guy because he wants to bring attention to his crypto firm.
Is they coordinated throwing stuff on the court at WNBA games.
Speaker 3 (38:14):
Yeah, So spoke to USA today and it got picked
up and run. As the day went on, they said
the guy that got arrested, the one that hit Sophie Cunningham,
was not affiliated with any of that stuff. He just
decided to act on his own right. So now we
start getting into conspiracy theories and all that part of
the discussion. As we you know, for those that didn't
(38:37):
hear us the other day, you can grab the podcast,
but I'll truncate. My part of the thing here was
it really doesn't matter what their intent was after it
started to happen, because it took a life of its
own right in terms of the discussion of we're not
talking about the games, We're not talking about the players
(38:57):
and box scores or anything. Talking about this as as
an act that intended or not becomes a ridiculing of
the sport, which people were still reticent in our business
across the bord. There's still a lot of folks that
don't take it seriously at all. So the only opportunity
(39:18):
to talk about it was either hatred towards catle Clark
or giant green neon green things showing up on a court.
But yeah, meme coins there you go.
Speaker 1 (39:27):
Yeah, that's what it is. The guy put his user
name on because doing this interview he didn't want people
to know who he was, and it's a play on
Brad Pitt's character's name from Glorious Bastard's although Ray Night,
and well, you know, this is how we do threes,
This is how this.
Speaker 3 (39:46):
He said that the group is planning more quote unquote
pranks to promote the coin, but that they will be
quote lighter, unquote and more tasteful.
Speaker 1 (39:56):
Did he finish this thing by going rivederci?
Speaker 3 (39:59):
See that's ad yea would have now if he that
that's how he hung up on the little conference.
Speaker 1 (40:05):
Now look, now here's the good part of this, right,
The fact that he is this, this person is out
saying we were behind it, we were doing it. Right.
If he's telling the truth right and not saying I'm
just going to say we're doing it because it'll help
my crypto company. If he's doing this now, this tells
me they're done doing this at w NBA games, right,
That's that's the news I think to hear. You don't
(40:27):
go public with this if you're gonna keep doing because
you know, the punishment is just gonna ratchet itself up.
It's going to be more and more, the arrests, whatever
they're gonna be out, it's not going to go well
for you. So the fact that hey, I'm saying this,
we wanted to do it a lighthearted way. We want
we wanted to do things a little bit differently. The
fact he is making himself as known as he can
right now tells me that, okay, they're gonna be done
(40:48):
doing this and and this is now going to stop
at w NBA games, which is the best news with
w NBA players because I want to you can be
laugh at this all the time. When I say this,
you could say, oh, it was funny. It was this,
It was ridiculous. But when it got to the point
where they threw one at Sophie Cunningham like, okay, come on,
I mean that that's you're you're you're taking that that
crap a little bit too much.
Speaker 3 (41:07):
But you can also see from a league wide standpoint,
right again, it was it wasn't about basketball the last week,
no matter how good the games were, and that game
last night was pretty good. Asia Wilson had a great game.
It's it was an afterthought to will something happen? Right,
That's how you got viewers to tune in. So while
(41:28):
they may not do it, there's still a bunch of
jackasses continue to track it.
Speaker 1 (41:32):
To the copycat, but eventually they'll start doing something else.
I think the the how do you ratchet up from there?
The hubbub that's I mean, I think the hubbub over
this part. Now that he's come out and said, hey,
we're doing it, that's gonna go away, and that's the
best news for the WNBA because they want this to
just be something we don't talk.
Speaker 3 (41:47):
Abobody's like an anonymous coach or scout or whatever else.
Speaker 1 (41:50):
Show your face you cowered. So good news for the WNB,
A good news for a couple of NFL teams tonight.
That's next, right Air Jason and Mike Fox
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We are, Like we have the Hall of Fame game
last week. Now we're about to kick off the third
of three games tonight, and you know, coming in the
studio following the show, you know, Aaron Torres and he
from we're here doing the show talking. Hey, all right, hey,
(01:12):
making sure the televisions are all set right, we have
the two preseason games going on already, and I said,
and I get on the talk back to talk to
Frostburg and Tyshert and I go, hey, can I don't
know if it's on, can you change put the Raiders
and the Seahawks on? And both I got double middle
fingers from both of them because I said, Raiders, Well,
that'll do it.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
I mean, it is a conditioned response around these parts, I.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Had to say. And they both looked at me, and
Tysher's there his ours folded, and I said, Okay, can
I get the Seahawks scrimmage that's going to air on
TV in the next one? Sports radio sir, Yeah, were you?
This is a Wendy's. So now we got we have
the the Seahawks scrimmage against another NFL team about to
(01:58):
kick off in a.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Couple We're already at two for two with the over
three for three actually, with two games tonight and the
Hall of Fame game. So let's see if the Seahawks
scrimmage can live up to that and keep that moving.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
So big headlines in the first couple of games, and
none bigger than what we've seen with the Ravens and
the Colts about two and a half to go in
the fourth quarter. Colts trail the Ravens twenty four to sixteen. However,
they're dealing with a little bit more than just that,
because Anthony Richardson wait for it, wait for it, wait
for it, left the game with an injury after getting sacked.
(02:33):
He has a dislocated pinky on his throwing hand. If
you see the video online or screen grabs, you will
see his pinky finger just kind of sticks out to
the side where a pinky finger is not supposed to
stick out. Yeah, you look at it and you go,
oh my goodness. David Ojabo goes in on a blitz
and is uncovered. Yeah, no, that was some really bad
(02:54):
protection right there. But before we get to before you
get to the big thing, I just want to say this,
because there's a really big thing off. I'm gonna say this,
and you're gonna go, oh my goodness, is that true.
I want to say first of all, that this injury
to Anthony Richardson is two people's faults, and one of
them is mine. Okay, I want to say right now,
I want to say it right now. It's it's it's
(03:15):
a big part of it is my fault. Now, Okay, sure,
So today my wife and I and Zoe we go
into uh we go into one of our favorite coffee places,
uh Mavro, and I'll you, I want to say this
because I feel bad about what happened. Uh grateful. Oh
my good. They put they put foam on the top,
like it's like when you go to Harry Potter World
and uh in Universal Studios, and it's just like they can't.
(03:36):
They have caramel foam and cinnamon foam. Oh it's so good.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
And I go in and things I never had for
a god so good.
Speaker 4 (03:43):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
So we go in and and and the guy working
there works there a lot, and maybe he's the owner,
I'm not sure, younger guy, probably in his mid thirties, Okay,
And he comes in, he goes and we can go. Hey.
He goes, oh, you guys from Michigan. And I'm look
and I go, oh, Pam is wearing a Michigan uh
T shirt and I'm wearing my Michigan hat. And I said, oh,
and he looks at me. I go, well, I married
into it. It's it's she's Michigan. Does she make you
(04:04):
wear the hat and he goes, you wear that hat today,
it's time to wear that hat. Okay, I'll wear the hat.
Uh nobod it's cool. It's get the bell Toalerana to
wear the hat that it's awesome. U So I said, yeah,
I know, I married into it. At her she goes oh,
and Pem goes, don't tell me you're from Ohio state.
We like coming in here. And the guy goes, no, no,
I'm actually no, it's fine. I went to Indiana and
I said, oh, I said, oh wow. I said, well,
(04:25):
well this is this is the year. This is the
greatest year you've ever had in your sports life with Indiana.
Go and go to the player last year at football
and he goes, yeah, he goes, you know, but the
thing is, it's so it was so rough for so long.
I'm a much bigger Colts fan than I anything else said.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
I said, well, good luck tonight, and he and the
guy he says, yeah, but I mean, what are you
really gonna do? Anthony Richardson hasn't been good and Daniel
Jones stinks, and I'm like, okay, and he doesn't know,
he doesn't know who I am. I'm just I'm just
a guy talking to him, right, I'm just a guy
talking to him. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
But as soon as you start going deep into you, well,
you know, and Alice's some Colts quarterbacks, He's gonna raise
an eyebrow.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
I said, well, look, And I was going to say
something like, well, you know, hey, you know, Burt Jones
can play a little bit too, just let me test
your nose. But instead I said, I said, I heard that.
I'm gonna have to disallow that. The Alana Mechi she
missed the Alana Mechie question. So I said, well, I said, look,
I said, I get look, Anthony Richard I'm not an
(05:20):
Anthony Richardson guy, even though I have him in a
Dynasty Fantasy league. But I think Daniel Jones will really
be okay. I said, you have a lot of weapons
on that team. You got a really deep wide receiver room,
you have a great running back, offensive offensive line is good.
I said, I think Daniel Jones will be able to
get the ball where he needs to be, and you
guys will move the football. You do well with Daniel Jones,
And he goes, yeah, But I mean, but you know,
(05:42):
I don't know. It's just hard to get excited and
especially tonight when I go watching the game, that that
likely our offense is not going to be good. And
this is where Anthony Richardson's injury is my fault. This
is where it's my fault is because then I said
to him, I said, well, look at it this way.
It's pre season. As long as nobody gets hurt, everything is.
You can't go back to that place for a week. No,
(06:02):
I can't go back there ever again. And I love
the drinks.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
No, next time you come in with a fake mustache
and an Ohio State hat.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Like it went like Bobby Valentine managing the Mets with
a mustag. And I said, as long as nobody gets hurt,
everything is fine. That's a victory. He goes, ah, yeah,
I guess you're right. Okay, great talking, all right, see
you next time. Okay. I felt I felt awful. I
felt absolutely as soon as I saw that video and
that replaying that finger sticking out is it. That's my fault.
That is absolutely my fault. I did that to him.
I did that, and now you know what it was.
(06:33):
That was like two hours before the game too. It
wasn't like early in that now, it was like two
hours so really fast.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
That that hole.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
So they'd already got out on the field. Oh yeah,
warming up and they're getting dressed and everything else. Yeah,
absolute hundred percent, one hundred percent.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
Yeah, that's a gaff on a million million levels. You
can almost hear the guys on the sideline, Yo.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
Throwing a damn toime. I mean hot round, I mean
get down, get down.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
Because he came in absolute, unabated, uh, un challenged in
any way, shape or.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Form, like oh this is bad.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
Yeah, like that first step off the line of scrimmage, like, oh,
you gotta get down. This is where you need that
That toy like Peyton Manning used to be, where you'd
press the button and the legs collapse right there. We
used to have a goat up in here in the studios.
There were a whole line of those toys. Oh collapsed,
Oh let it go, Hey, Lucky jumps back up. H
That's what Anthony Richardson needed here. You needed that button
(07:29):
on the sideline. Make him get down. This is not
gonna end well. And now he's got a pinky like
like my daughter has.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
I just just think when you're saying that of the
crust of the cloud, buy my Cereal. Buy my. They're
pulling the things, buy my Cereal.
Speaker 3 (07:42):
They actually have that toy now, but it only goes
so far right crusty the I'm crusty the clown and
I don't like you. That's as far as he goes.
He does not go to the threat of killing you. Now,
they did not put that in the toy.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
I'm going to say this, I need people to share
this injury with me, and I know exactly who to play.
Like I said, I'm not taking the whole injury. I'll
take half of it when somebody else. But first, here's
what it sounded like the Anthony Richardson injury. It is
a dislocated pinky finger. He has ruled out for the game.
There is no word yet on when he's coming back.
(08:19):
Let's hear Anthony Richardson.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
Anthony Richardson goes out of the gun ballman here Hash
backs the throat and he is.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
Decked from the left and he is sacked and buried.
He took a big time hit. But more importantly, hangs on.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
To the football and the ravens with a sack off
the left edge and he's.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
Going off the field.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Matt he got hit unabated. There was no one blocking,
The protection was totally not there. So there it is.
On Colt's TV, David Ajabo. Look, I remember him seeing
him blow people up at Michigan a couple of years ago,
and he was fantastic.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
Now he's healthy and ready to recavocate.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
Watch out. But here's the thing, as you heard there,
boy unblocked and he comes in and absolutely levels written.
Your starting quarterback gets hurt.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
Now here's just goes Oh at least here.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Here's who's got to share the blame for me. And
this is absolutely on Shane Steichen and the Colts, because
what did they decide to do. Well, we're gonna have
Anthony unless they wanted the guy to get hurt. What
did they decide to do tonight? We're gonna start Anthony
Richardson and he's gonna play most of the first half
in the first preseason game when guys are still getting
(09:30):
used to things and we're all figuring stuff out. No,
we're gonna throw him out there. Okay, so behind his
offensive line. No, we're gonna hold out. Three starters from
the offensive line, including Quentin Nelson Braden Smith, all all
held out of the Again, they held out three starters.
You hold out your left tackle, your left guard, and
your right tack. Yeah. Now, I don't know what protection
(09:51):
they would have been a potentially Yojabo. It was a
great It was a great maneuver on the ravens end
to get him to free him up for the sack.
Like I you don't know what that play is gonna be.
But just think about the decision to put Anthony Richardson
out there, who you think, hope and can still be
your franchise quarterback the first game of the preseason where
things a little weird. You got to iron the kinks
(10:13):
out at least if you put him out there, put
him in a position to succeed and not in a
position to get hurt. And what happens, He gets blown
up because we're holding our guys out. Okay, And I'm saying, look,
if you want to hold your guys out, I get it.
Don't put your franchise quarterback out there behind a backup
offensive line to start the game. What the hell is
wrong with you? Really? What the hell is wrong with
you that you're doing that. And again I'm not saying
(10:35):
he got injured because of this that, but that's a
horrible decision to make to say we're gonna put him
out there and we're not gonna protect him. We're not
gonna put him in a position to not only hey,
play well, but stay healthy. Like that's a horrible, horrible,
horrible misstep and decision by the Colts.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
Well, in the end, you're trying to find out whether
he can read pick up. In this case, you have
the guy come in unobated and hammers him. Your your
running back is going into a pass route. You've got
him running out of the shotgun. We can talk about
a million parts of the play call and the decision making.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
I understand the Hey.
Speaker 3 (11:13):
You know you start your quarterback in his battle richardson
this week, and then we know, uh, they had already
said Daniel Jones was going to start game two and
while he's starting forever now.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
Uh, but.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
He's got to play right, you got to see him.
So I guess the the next question would be the
play call of running him on a shotgun, uh, and
leave him exposed where he's doesn't even have the potential
of someone chipping, doesn't feel the hot hot read or
just to get down. But yeah, it's it's a an
(11:49):
amalgam a litany of errors that come. But he's got
to be on the field, right. We saw starters all
over the place, and yes, they had more complete lineups
around them. I understand that. Uh, but those are some
veterans and guys who've made it. Anthony Richardson's fighting for
a job, and it's an unfortunate occurrence. Fortunately, it's just
(12:10):
a pinky uh, and he should, in theory, get back
out there fairly soon.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
Yeah, you know, But the thing is is that, yeah,
is he fighting for a je fight. Yeah, but he
still could be your starting quarterback. Sure, you don't want
to put yourself I remember when, right.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
But if Daniel Jones had started, and maybe he gets
decked the same way, maybe he doesn't.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
I don't know that I put Daniel Jones out there either.
I don't. I'm not gonna put a guy that could
start for me out behind a backup offensive line in
the first game where you're still worried about protection, you're
worried about any sort of chemistry and your fav Why
would you do that. I go all the way back
to when Rex Ryan decided to put Mark Sanchez out
there in the in the second half the Giants game
of a Giants preseason game for the Snoopy Bowl behind
(12:50):
a backup offensive line, and he got killed, and I
opened the door for Gino Smith to go start right like,
so we should have just gone straight to I don't understand.
I don't understand why you would do that if you're
not gonna if you don't put guys out there, big
time starting players out behind an offensive line that you're
putting at least three backups out there, you don't do
(13:10):
that for Josh Allen. The Bills aren't gonna throw Josh
Allen out there and say okay, hey go start, but
we're gonna put three backups out. No, nobody does.
Speaker 3 (13:16):
That, No, no, no, But I mean clearly a bit
of apples and oranges in terms of the quarterback. Yes, starters,
but different degree, different different ap and different decision making.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
Right.
Speaker 3 (13:29):
I think this is the first year when we look
at the league since McVeigh began his grand experiment, that
we're starting to see more teams want to come out there.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
Because we certainly watched with.
Speaker 3 (13:39):
The Bengals in what became what over fifty points between
them and the Eagles. But you had Joe Burrow and
Jamar Chase, come out there, do some great work and
sit down. Yeah, you've paid the guy. You protect the
guy Richardson. I'm not saying that you know he's disposable
in any way, shape or form. But you obviously made
(14:03):
the decision that you weren't gonna run out all your starters,
and you allowed a number of guys to sit, whether
it was because they're nursing injuries or because they just said, nope,
not gonna do it. If that's that's the decision, I
want to know, and they do. They get the opt
out option, and that's what they did.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
I mean, really, that's such an epic fail by the cults.
I can't I can't get over it. I really can't
get this is what we're doing. Yes, here's the two
guys that are battling it out to be our starting
quarterback and their neck and neck. But oh yeah, we're
gonna put one of the guys out there without three
fifths of the offensive line. And again, it's not if
this was the third or fourth game of the preseason.
These guys have played together. It's a little bit more togetherness.
(14:43):
But instead you're worried about what you're calling out worried
about protection, you're worried about plays like this, where a
job that just runs free and absolutely Dex Richard said, like,
what are you doing, man, Like, what are you doing
that to your quarterback? That's just wow?
Speaker 3 (14:57):
Yeah, I mean you should have just come in and
hand a couple of times, I guess don't don't even
expose him on the the shotgun and you're trying to
see if he can make plays and read and whatever. Yeah,
you certainly didn't give him a full compliment, a full
deck to work with. But you know what Shane Steichen's learning.
(15:18):
Oh wait, he's been there a couple of years.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
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he defends this in his postgame. I really can't. Jason
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friend Mike Harmon The Pete Carroll is underway for the Seahawks.
Nothing nothing midway through the first quarter, and Pete looks
exactly the same moving around Saint Pete Carroll, same everything
does an age.
Speaker 3 (18:11):
It's like he's been locked in a hyperbaric chamber for
several years and it's now been unleashed.
Speaker 1 (18:16):
Yeah, still weird.
Speaker 3 (18:17):
Not he's got the smelling salts and now he's pacing
the sideline.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
Oh yeah, because coaches can bring their own smelling salts in, right,
I think that right? I mean the killers can't.
Speaker 3 (18:26):
Can you hire a valet to have your custom smelling
salts on side?
Speaker 1 (18:31):
Can the coaches get him from the team, but the
players can't? Like I mean.
Speaker 3 (18:37):
Yeah, I think Pete Carroll probably could say, Hey, I'm
requisitioning these and it's you're it's my expensi rum.
Speaker 1 (18:43):
So there could be the smelling salts guy who's like, well,
it's the smelling salts guy who works for the for
the team and the league, and the smelling salts guy
who works for the players. Okay, all right, very good
z own personal guy zone. Hey guys, yeah, Frostburg, I
thought asht On Jeny was good. Wow, he's passing. He
carries minus one yeards. He's just sniff, he's done.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
Sell Sell sell sell.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
Look, dude, Aidan O'Connell is already in the game. Okay,
I just just so you know everything. Look, I'm I am,
I am big. Just to let you know right here,
I am absolutely big and bullish on the Raiders this
year for being less terrible, best last place team in
the NFL. Okay, they're gonna be the best last place
(19:28):
team in the wins best last place team. And this
is because a the AFC West is gonna wind up
being the best division in football, right, one hundred percent.
You're talking about three teams already that have big time
playoff and potential Super Bowl hopes, and the Raiders have
stopped the backsliding.
Speaker 5 (19:44):
Right.
Speaker 1 (19:45):
I'm always a big fan of that. They find they
hired a coach they needed, Pete Carroll great, Tom Brady
is there helping, Awesome. They got the quarterback they need
in Gino Smith. Yes, then Ashton Genty who I love. Yes. Okay,
So the most important positions they have figured out. They
figured out the quote GA head coach quarterback right because
with Brady doing what he's doing, awesome, Pete Carroll great. Solid.
(20:06):
You need sometimes teams just need a guy to come
in and say I can run a program. I know
how to run a program, and things are going to
be better. So I am. I am bullish on the Raiders.
They will be the best last place team in the
NFL this year. They'll win a couple of big games
in divisional, upset a couple of teams. They'll still Raider
their way because you know Raiders, but they'll be the
best last place team in the NFL.
Speaker 3 (20:25):
There'll be more entertaining. They're sixteen to one or higher
to win the division. Some heavy lifting to go there.
But yeah, I mean you're looking at what I always used,
the pat system. I got a protector, I got an attacker,
and I got a thrower. Gino's established himself at least
mid Yeah, with the opportunity to outperform. Right, you got
(20:48):
a guy in Bowers, you got a number of number
two wide receivers to compliment him. Yeah. So yeah, and
May are still there. So yeah, you've got you've got
a lot of opportunity.
Speaker 1 (20:58):
Hey, No, I mean, I mean they figured out the
three toughest position, the three things you need to be
able to have to succeed, And Okay, we're good, right,
we're good. Now, we're awesome. Things are not that awesome.
But because what it's been, Come on, man, they didn't
they didn't beat the Chiefs last year in the game
because the quarterback happened to not be looking when the
snap was coming. Just that's how they lost a game.
Speaker 3 (21:20):
At the end of the I can really investigate the tape.
That probably happened multiple times to sell them throughout the years.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
All right, guys, I know this happens eight times a game.
Let's make it just four times a game. This wee okay,
all right, that's great. That's great because we're the Raiders,
right Routkay, hands in Raiders on three one two three Raider.
Speaker 3 (21:37):
Yeah, we're working on a silent count because they're cheering loudly.
Uh for the opposition in our stadium.
Speaker 1 (21:43):
But I think I think that's apropos. They are the
best last place team, will be the best last place
the NFL. Yeah, we are frost. I thought Ashton gent
was good.
Speaker 3 (21:54):
Ashton genty will be justge how many people have you
texted that too?
Speaker 1 (21:58):
Not one fresh? I'm loving this. He will be. It's
all to myself.
Speaker 5 (22:02):
You can't.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
This is a nice rebound because look, it's been a day. Hey,
Frostbrigs had a tough No, No, it's been a prosperg
has had a tough day. I had a tough day.
That was my guy. Yeah, he's had he's had a
tough day. Frostburg's had a tough day. Chargers game producer
Justin Frostbury had a tough day to day, tough day
to day. No, it's a rough day at the office,
There's no question about it. But are you okay? Frostberg
with me saying the Raiders will be the best? Last?
Speaker 5 (22:27):
Who is it?
Speaker 1 (22:28):
Never heard of them? All right? How about we get
to something good then, And by that I mean we'll
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snap two by two formation, looks left, throws left, cut by, Chase,
(23:15):
escapes a tackle, racing down the sideline, touchdown.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
Nice Bengals, Chamar.
Speaker 1 (23:22):
Chase kicking up where he left off last year. There
it is Bengals TV on the call the play of
the day, Joe Burrow's touchdown to Jamar Chase Chase four
for seventy seven and a touchdown on the dam. Mean,
this is when you know the fantasy owners start start
really jonesing for the year because they look and go, Man,
those are fantasy points I'm not getting because the season
doesn't start for another month. But wow, you know, just
(23:44):
six four for seventy seven in a touchdown, that's a
seventeen points in a PPR league. The Bengals. As long
as Joe Burrow is healthy, the Bengals will be fine.
But the guy I want to talk about for a
couple minutes here, and I know you're you're in the
middle of doing all year you're draft you're drafting, and
you're getting your ADP's ready for fantasy. The guy that
(24:05):
I look that's gonna be such a big deal for
this team this year. That's gonna take a big jump.
We know about we know about Jamar Chase, right, we
know about Chase and Burrow, But watch out for Chase Brown. Yeah, Okay,
he's gonna be it. He's gonna be easily probably i'd
say top five, top seven fantasy running back this year.
He really came on last year when he when he
won the job, rested away from Zach Moss when Zack
(24:27):
Moss got hurt. You saw tonight in just a little
bit of a cameo five carries for twenty three yards.
He also caught three passes out of the backfield for
twenty five yards. He basically will have this to himself.
This is gonna be a big three for the Bengals
situation this year where it's Burrow and the two chat
and that's gonna be your nickname somehow, Burrow and the
two Chases, right or something like that. You're gonna get
(24:48):
something out there. But I'm telling you, Chase Brown finished.
I believe twelfth to thirteenth last year, depending on.
Speaker 3 (24:53):
On PPR, finished tenth, didn't play week eighteen, and really
didn't do a whole lot the first three week.
Speaker 1 (24:59):
Yeah, depending anywhere you're at, if you do PPR, if
you don't, he's between you know, ten and thirteen. This
is gonna be a top five, top seventy. And he's
got a lot of good guys ahead of him, but
he is gonna get the bulk of the usage. And
he is young. He is ready. You saw him send
last year. I am a big fan of Chase.
Speaker 3 (25:13):
I mean the beauty is the defense is still gonna stink,
and their offensive line they'll achieve in spite of a
bad offensive line. I mean that that's really all there
is to it. They're gonna win shootouts, and he'll be
a big contributor in both the run and the pass game.
The fact that he does leak out of the backfield
(25:36):
and catches a number of balls per game, it's gonna
be huge. This was a great I think we talked
about last as we started the show, Jason, just the
philosophy kind of pushing away from what we had in
the Sean McVay era of all right, we're not gonna play, guys.
So everybody started looking around going, well, why am I
gonna play? Why am I gonna do this? Yeah, all right,
(25:58):
I don't need to take the extra hits. I don't
need to do this open up for risk for injury.
There's some Now you know, you've got enough data that
you start doing some analysis saying this.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
Might actually be to our benefit.
Speaker 3 (26:09):
The other thing is Zach Taylor's one in twelve in September,
in weeks one and two in his career as the
head coach of the Bengals.
Speaker 1 (26:20):
Yes, he's the Matthew Stafford.
Speaker 3 (26:22):
So it's basically been the all right, we're gonna try
to do what Bill Belichick did and feel our way
into a season. Only he actually won the games. They
weren't aesthetically pleasing. They weren't you know, thirty eight point
you know, onslaughts from Brady and company. No, they were slugfests,
but they were winning football, and you know, kind of
(26:43):
testing your boundaries, expanding, figuring out roles, what work, what didn't.
Bengals have tried that and they've been an absolute failure.
And then what are you doing? You're chasing in December.
Great for fantasy owners, great for Joe Burrow owners.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
You know, if you went.
Speaker 3 (26:59):
And doubled up and were able to get Jamar Chase
with and that was great. But in terms of winning football, no,
you're binding the eight ball and you're in a division
that your only benefit is the Browns can't get out
of their own way. Yeah, because the other two teams,
you're gonna be gonna dog fight all all season long.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
Yeah. I mean, look the Bengals, it's gonna be They're
gonna be offensive driven. Obviously, they're gonna be points on
the board. They're gonna be a shootout type team, and
they're loaded and ready to do it this year. Right,
you have the weapon geet a quarterback, wide receiver, running back.
You are loaded ready. But I'm telling you, Chase Brown,
I love him this year. Now. Another guy tonight, same
game right that I want to talk about for a
couple minutes because I know this sounds like heresy and
(27:37):
what are you insane? Eagles lead the Bengals right now again,
thirty four to twenty seven, three and a half to
go in the fourth quarter. But a guy who's gonna
you both on the field and fantasy wise, that's gonna
have a sneaky, big impact on the Eagles this year.
You're talking about the defending champs, and I realize I'm
saying this after he's coming off the season that he's had.
But watch out for Will Shipley. Okay, this is a
(27:59):
rookie or a second year guy out of Clemson who
tonight had a really big night starting the game seven
carries for forty eight yards seven yards of carry. I
know they got aj Dillon there too, but Will Shipley
is live. He is a terrific running back. Last year
was kind of a red shirt year for him, and
the Eagles aren't gonna do and they can't due to
(28:20):
Saquon Barkley what they did to him last year. Barkley
had three hundred and seventy eight touches last year, three
seventy eight. Man, when you talk about no, because you're
talking about the touches, don't stop when the playoffs start,
you get well, they held at the three hundred no,
because remember you had the entire playoff run for Saquon Barkley,
three hundred and seventy eight touches. And I don't need
to you know, I don't need to be a doctor
(28:41):
to go through things and say, hey, let's take a
look and see what guys how they do after having
three hundred and seventy five touch seasons in the NFL,
how are they the next year? And he's not gonna
be going for the rushing record again. It was easy
to continue to play him and continue to give him
the football because you were trying to win the Super
Bowl and you were realizing he was a guy that
that was leading the team. You got caught up last year,
(29:03):
and I get it, right, I get Nick Surry, everybody
getting caught up, and he's our leader. We're gonna keep
feeding him the football kers are winning games now, It's okay, Wow,
we can't do that to Barkley again. Already. You know
he's not gonna have the year he had last year.
But guys coming off of years with this kind of
usage the next year is generally not nearly as good.
But the good news, I'm telling you Shipley again, I
(29:24):
watch ACC football so you don't have to. I had
a feeling said this guy when he gets to the NFL,
give him a little bit of time, and he's gonna
come in to be a really good running back. Complimentary
guy that's that shifty can change direction. He's sneaky fast.
I mean, he's a pretty good running back. He's gonna
have a pretty big role on this team, whether it's
third down, out of the backfield, spelling Saquon Barkley. I
(29:46):
know that Dylan is there too, but you know, AJ
Dillon is kind of the guy he is right now. Obviously, hey,
he's a veteran pass protection. We're gonna think about him,
but watch, I'm telling you will Shipley's a guy that's
gonna carve out a role here. And you're hoping Barkley
stays healthy. You're hoping he's able to to be Saquon Barkley.
But it's not gonna be the year it was last year,
and tonight was just kind of the first taste you're
getting of him going forward.
Speaker 3 (30:07):
No, always the reminder, I mean, we've kind of gone
away from the age of you gotta have your handcuff,
you gotta have it, But there's still several teams that
have that identity that they're gonna continue to run the football.
And obviously a lot of stats get vultured away from Hurts.
His own activity on the ground, particularly in and around
the goal line, and that's where Aj Dillon probably comes
(30:28):
back to bite you in the ass a little bit
this year as well. If he stays healthy, that he'll
come and take some of the thunder away there. But yeah,
you definitely go in for the Eagles backfield as you
build out your roster, and maybe you come back for
ship Leo a little bit earlier again based on the
(30:48):
opportunity is going to be there. Another guy that you know,
we were watching a little bit who was hurt last year,
probably carves himself out a role in Baltimore's Keaton Mitchell,
who missed most of last year.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (31:00):
Right, so he had a big touchdown, ran with authority. Uh,
not that he's taken anything away from Derrick Henry, but
uh he will have to come off field. And you're
playing for January, right, Both these teams like you're you're
not gonna go and expose these guys to four hundred
touches again. You just can't. It's bad bad science. The
other thing with the Eagles is the curiosity with a
(31:22):
new coordinator of not getting caught into bad habits because
Kellen Moore got away with some Because you're running a
guy that much and using him that much as a
running back, you're.
Speaker 1 (31:32):
Flirting with disaster. No. Look, and Mitchell's a great point too,
because you're not gonna use you can't kill Derrick Henry
like you did last year. Right, Okay, at some point, guys, like,
at some point he's gonna clif the wall. Right, and
he's thirty two, right, you know, Barkley's still in his
late twenties, but he's he's had a lot of cut
I mean, you forget that what he meant to the
team when he was hell, he burst on the seats like, Wow,
(31:52):
this is a guy that that that he could take
it to the house on any play. He's that exciting.
They really missed him last year. Sometimes, guys to watch
out there we go time how to find out what's
trending in the wide world of sports. So someone who's
been called the Keaton Mitchell of Fox Sports Radio, all right,
when she's not here, you realize you miss her.
Speaker 3 (32:12):
Thanks, guys, he's really angling for that bobblehead again.
Speaker 5 (32:15):
Yeah, I know, I no, no, no, yeah, he's been
trying to get back on my good side, that's for sure.
Speaker 1 (32:19):
That's exactly. Yes, least you know, but that that's that worked.
I asked for that Hernandez, Bobblehead, you threatened to kick
me in the shins twice.
Speaker 5 (32:27):
That's right, one for each Bobblehead, And I said, you
keep it up, you're gonna get a third kick with the.
Speaker 1 (32:33):
Right This is all accurate.
Speaker 5 (32:35):
That's how exactly how the conversation went. Yeah, the Eagles
of the Bangles down to the final two minutes here
in this preseason game three NFL preseason games tonight. How
fun is that Philadelphia is up thirty four to twenty seven.
Tanner McKee, Hey, the tush push is alive and well
in Philadelphia, because even Tanner McKee used that today with
the rushing touchdown. He also threw for two hundred and
fifty two yards and two touchdowns. And you guys mentioned
(32:58):
that Joe Burrow completed nine of ten for one hundred
and twenty three yards two touchdowns only played the first quarter.
One of them went to Jamar Chase four of four
seventy seven yards and that touchdown. But Eagles are up
right now. The Raiders Yhawks still scoreless. They're coming down
to the final minute of the first quarter. The Ravens
defeated the Colts twenty four to sixteen. Colts head coach
Shane Steiken confirmed that Anthony Richardson has been diagnosed with
(33:21):
a dislocated right pinky finger.
Speaker 1 (33:23):
He is day today.
Speaker 5 (33:24):
He also said that he's going to have to reevaluate
the plan for their game next week to see if
Richardson is available since he didn't get as much playing
time as they planned. Daniel Jones went in there to
finish the first half. He was ten of twenty one,
one hundred and forty four yards, no touchdowns, no interceptions.
Riley Leonard took over in the second half. Injuries did
happen in this one. Raven's sixth round rookie cornerback Bill
(33:45):
all Cone suffered a torn ligament in his knee. If
you did not see this video, don't look for it.
It's a rough video to see what in his knee.
The way it goes, he will be out for the season.
Colts third round rookie cornerback Justin Wally tore his ACL.
He's going to be out for the season. Other NFL news,
My Chargers are cursed. Pro Bowl left tackle Rashaun Slater
(34:06):
tore his left pateller attendant in practice today. He's going
to be out for the season. When it comes to
Texans safety CJ. Gardner Johnson. He was carted off the
field today, but ESPN reports that he did not tear
his ACL during today's practice. He's expected to miss sometime,
but the injury is not expected to be season ending.
In baseball, all the games have wrapped up. The Braves
beat the Marlins eighty six. The Pirates shut out the
(34:27):
Red seven zero. Paul Skins pitch six innings, gave up
seven hits, seven hits, no runs, struck out eight, no
walks either. The Mariners walked it off four to three
against the White Sox on an RBI single from Dominic Canzone.
Let's check in on the w NBA. Why not Mercury
up on the fever.
Speaker 1 (34:43):
Forty four tonight? We got taken responsibility now.
Speaker 5 (34:47):
I know, I know, not yet, not yet, Mercury fever game.
Mercury is out forty to twenty nine, three minutes to
go in the first half, and also early in the
first half. It's the Sun who are on top of
the Sparks forty two to thirty three.
Speaker 2 (34:59):
All right back to you, guys.
Speaker 1 (35:01):
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the way. Seahawks kicking the extra point. They are up
(35:21):
six nothing over the Raiders. Sorry, Pete Carroll, but coming
up next, we may now know who's been throwing the
bilbo baggins on the floor in WNBA games. Yeah, a
group has claimed responsibility. It's next right here, and I'm
telling you it's serious. It's true. Yeah, right here Jason
and Mike Fox.
Speaker 2 (35:41):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith
Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven
pm Pacific.
Speaker 1 (35:49):
I thought the Raiders were good Fox Sports Radio, The
Jason Smith Show with my best friend Mike Harmon. I
just not after that. We were. We were just at
moments away from this song being played because Tyscher has
been listening to the song like on a loop for
the course of the past like a couple of hours.
But I mean any song that gets Jerry Stackhouse songs,
(36:13):
you know you don't get Jerry Stackhouse in many songs.
We will have more NFL coming up in a few
minutes and including one of the worst passes you will
ever see a quarterback throw. And really, we're gonna talk
about a play that that illustrates exactly why the Raiders
went out and got Geno Smith in the off season.
But a big mystery in the sports world may have
(36:36):
been solved. A self described crypto enthusiast okay, crypto enthusiast
told ESPN tonight he is part of a group that
has bought the NFL. Note has told him he is
part of a group that has bought the red zone.
Him has told ESPN he is part of a group
(36:56):
that has bought the streaming rights the ww Okay old
ESPN he is part of a group that orchestrated recent
bilbo baggin stunts in which sex toys have been thrown
on the court of at least three WNBA games in
the past ten days. There was a couple other potential
throws of bright neon green bilbo baggins that didn't make
(37:21):
it onto the court that we didn't see but still
hit the floor. The guy talks on the condition of
anonymity over video conference Wednesday, saying that these stunts were
meant to market a crypto coin that is online community created.
So this is a guy. Look when I said this,
when we first talked about this, I said, how much
does this sound like some sort of crazy TikTok trend
(37:44):
or something. Hey, I'm going to get attention. This is
not Hey, WNBA needs to be taught a lesson. I'm
going to you know, put them in their place for
liking or not liking Caitlin Clark or Angelries. It sounded
like it was some sort of crazy trend like you
see online and that looks exactly what this is. So
maybe this is this is what we're seeing it this
(38:06):
guy because he wants to bring attention to his crypto firm.
Is they coordinated throwing stuff on the court at WNBA games.
Speaker 3 (38:14):
Yeah, So spoke to USA today and it got picked
up and run. As the day went on, they said
the guy that got arrested, the one that hit Sophie Cunningham,
was not affiliated with any of that stuff. He just
decided to act on his own right. So now we
start getting into conspiracy theories and all that part of
the discussion. As we you know, for those that didn't
(38:37):
hear us the other day, you can grab the podcast,
but I'll truncate. My part of the thing here was
it really doesn't matter what their intent was after it
started to happen, because it took a life of its
own right in terms of the discussion of we're not
talking about the games, We're not talking about the players
(38:57):
and box scores or anything. Talking about this as as
an act that intended or not becomes a ridiculing of
the sport, which people were still reticent in our business
across the bord. There's still a lot of folks that
don't take it seriously at all. So the only opportunity
(39:18):
to talk about it was either hatred towards catle Clark
or giant green neon green things showing up on a court.
But yeah, meme coins there you go.
Speaker 1 (39:27):
Yeah, that's what it is. The guy put his user
name on because doing this interview he didn't want people
to know who he was, and it's a play on
Brad Pitt's character's name from Glorious Bastard's although Ray Night,
and well, you know, this is how we do threes,
This is how this.
Speaker 3 (39:46):
He said that the group is planning more quote unquote
pranks to promote the coin, but that they will be
quote lighter, unquote and more tasteful.
Speaker 1 (39:56):
Did he finish this thing by going rivederci?
Speaker 3 (39:59):
See that's ad yea would have now if he that
that's how he hung up on the little conference.
Speaker 1 (40:05):
Now look, now here's the good part of this, right,
The fact that he is this, this person is out
saying we were behind it, we were doing it. Right.
If he's telling the truth right and not saying I'm
just going to say we're doing it because it'll help
my crypto company. If he's doing this now, this tells
me they're done doing this at w NBA games, right,
That's that's the news I think to hear. You don't
(40:27):
go public with this if you're gonna keep doing because
you know, the punishment is just gonna ratchet itself up.
It's going to be more and more, the arrests, whatever
they're gonna be out, it's not going to go well
for you. So the fact that hey, I'm saying this,
we wanted to do it a lighthearted way. We want
we wanted to do things a little bit differently. The
fact he is making himself as known as he can
right now tells me that, okay, they're gonna be done
(40:48):
doing this and and this is now going to stop
at w NBA games, which is the best news with
w NBA players because I want to you can be
laugh at this all the time. When I say this,
you could say, oh, it was funny. It was this,
It was ridiculous. But when it got to the point
where they threw one at Sophie Cunningham like, okay, come on,
I mean that that's you're you're you're taking that that
crap a little bit too much.
Speaker 3 (41:07):
But you can also see from a league wide standpoint,
right again, it was it wasn't about basketball the last week,
no matter how good the games were, and that game
last night was pretty good. Asia Wilson had a great game.
It's it was an afterthought to will something happen? Right,
That's how you got viewers to tune in. So while
(41:28):
they may not do it, there's still a bunch of
jackasses continue to track it.
Speaker 1 (41:32):
To the copycat, but eventually they'll start doing something else.
I think the the how do you ratchet up from there?
The hubbub that's I mean, I think the hubbub over
this part. Now that he's come out and said, hey,
we're doing it, that's gonna go away, and that's the
best news for the WNBA because they want this to
just be something we don't talk.
Speaker 3 (41:47):
Abobody's like an anonymous coach or scout or whatever else.
Speaker 1 (41:50):
Show your face you cowered. So good news for the WNB,
A good news for a couple of NFL teams tonight.
That's next, right Air Jason and Mike Fox
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