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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 1 (00:29):
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love putting this content out for you every single night. Now,
before we get to this big NFL story, just really quick,
because it's always fun seeing new stars burst on the
scene unexpectedly. Sure you get this opening night and we

(01:12):
saw it tonight with VJ Edgecumbe of the seventy six ers,
right number three overall, picking the draft out of Baylor. Uh,
the biggest NBA debut, most points in an NBA debut
since Wilt Chamberlain in nineteen fifty nine, thirty four points.
He had a cup sixers as he and Tyrese Maxi

(01:34):
by themselves beat the Celtics one seventeen one sixteen, great knight.
And you know, and I'm glad that we have a
new star and his name is it's been a long
time because VJ is a pretty good name. It's like
been a long time since VJ singh. Right, It's like
now you get another VJ. Yeah that's pretty good. Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:50):
Yeah. The other the other part of it is Bears
because he played play for the Bears. Sure, he played
for whenever I can, you know, get the Bears out there.
Charlotte's got one hundred and thirty six points. That's a
lot of points. I mean, he's gonna have to play
a lot. It's something we've talked about a little bit
earlier in the show. Get the podcast for the full
version of it. But I mean they need guys to

(02:11):
step up because we don't know what Joel Embiid is well.

Speaker 1 (02:13):
And that's and that's the other point in this is
that the Sixers seem like they found their backcourt and wow,
is it dangerous todas Tyres Maxy goes for forty they
guys combined for seventy five points. Joel and b Tonight
played twenty minutes, and he looked like a guy that
still couldn't do anything. There were plays he didn't challenge

(02:36):
at the rim, he didn't jump, and.

Speaker 3 (02:39):
Like rebounds, he's waiting for him yeah to come back
down to him instead of going up and getting it.

Speaker 1 (02:43):
And I know it's one game, but it was shocking
seeing him play. He didn't play in the fourth quarter
at all, and I just wondered, we've gone from the
last year and a half of Philadelphia has got to
move on from EMBD. They got a trade. He's you know,
they they had him for the best time, but weren't
able to get over the top of the mountain. He's
been hurt a lot. There would still be a market
out there for him, but he signed the contract extension late,

(03:05):
which meant they couldn't trade him till after the deadline
last year, and then he got hurt, so he couldn't
move him and now, honestly, I said, he, I wonder
is he done? Like is Joel Embiid done being the
guy he was? Are we ever gonna see anything close
to the dominant Joel Embiid again? Or is he just
gonna continually be dogged by injuries? And this is the
kind of effort we get because physically he can't do it.

(03:27):
If you talk about a guy who's an old early thirties,
his knees, his body, like Bryce Harper's an old thirty two, Like, yeah,
Joel Embiid is really really all? Again, I wonder I
wonder if because physically I wonder if he's done. Because
this did not look good at all to Tim. We'll
go back to the origin story as he came in.

Speaker 3 (03:46):
As we talked about a little bit of the trust,
the process but needing to wait a couple of years.
And we talk about big men in their feet and ankles, knees,
head shoulders and knees and toes, but I mean the toes,
just the lower extremities. I mean, you always make fun
of me with my guy, Evan Eschmeier. By the way,
Mark Cuban give him fifty five million dollars. I think

(04:07):
he's okay. I know he's fine. But all of that
to say, you know, a big man with feet problems,
go back to Greg Odin, go back to like, there's
so many examples of guys and for Embeid came into
the league in twenty fourteen. Yeah, it took a while
for him to ramp up. But what if what if
that's it, right and he hadn't played since mid February.

(04:28):
Maybe he's rushed back, Maybe he needs more time. Maybe
he's just exhausted every bit that he's got left in
an NBA body, because it's certainly taken a pounding through
the years. Got to that height of an MVP season, right,
lived up to that level of expectations, but they still
await that title run in Philadelphia.

Speaker 1 (04:48):
I mean, I wonder, you know, for the Sixers, it
seems like, hey, we're gonna be back court driven out,
like you say, after one game, Hey these are the guys.

Speaker 3 (04:55):
Well, but that was the things they talked about it
a lot, right, was the all right, give the give
it to Max? He like, I didn't think there would
much of a trade market based on injury history, availability, whatever,
but you knew it was going to be his team.
Now it's just a matter of how you build around him.
And it looks like you found a nice component, a
nice robin to his Batman as it were in The Batman.

Speaker 1 (05:15):
Thirty four in his debut, Motion's Wilt went for forty
three on October twenty fourth, nineteen fifty nine.

Speaker 3 (05:23):
Will anytime we get Wilt in and some numbers we
all win.

Speaker 1 (05:28):
Now, this story out of the NFL today, and I've
said this many times, I always love when the NFL,
the NFL, more than sports in general, seems to lead
the way when as a society we kind of get
lost about certain topics, and the NFL or the NBA
Major League Baseball has done it as well. They find

(05:48):
a way to say, hey, we're keeping this conversation at
the forefront because it's important to have. It's important to
see different sides of it. It's important to show you that, hey,
doing the right thing or doing what we believe in
is something that is very strong today. Roger Goodell, NFL Commissioner,
at the Owners meetings, reaffirm the NFL's commitment to Bad
Bunny playing halftime of the Super Bowl. And as we

(06:09):
have seen since this announcement was made, it's not going anywhere. Right.
This is gonna be something that has fought all the
way to the super Bowl because Bad Bunny very polarizing, right,
refuse to have concerts in the United States. He's worried
about ice, and so now of course that's become a
whole big thing. There's a big petition out to have

(06:30):
George Strait play the halftime of the super Bowl. I
think Turning Point is trying to put their own halftime,
alternate halftime show on because Bad Bunny is a guy
that half the country doesn't seem to like. Because I'm
worried about ice. It's a really big thing. And the
NFL has said, hey, this is our guy, right, this
is our guy. We're doing it. In the end, it's

(06:50):
a guy playing halftime of the super Bowl. Right, there's
other bigger things to fight about. Let let's be honest.
This is a guy played after this. Is this is
not national security? Is this? This is a music artist
that's extremely popular that's playing halftime the super Bowl? Right?
And Roger Goodell even said today, we know what we
were doing when we did. There's a lot of thought
put into this. Now is this put in because the

(07:11):
NFL is mad at President Trump for some reason.

Speaker 4 (07:14):
No.

Speaker 1 (07:15):
The reason the NFL's doing this, and it's something that
everybody's got to get used to, is that the NFL
and the NBA have seen where their popularity is at
and they know, okay, we're not too far from the
ceiling in the United States, right, how much more popular
are we going to be?

Speaker 3 (07:33):
Right?

Speaker 1 (07:33):
For the NBA, they're trying to find a way to
continue to get people to keep watching. And who knows
what this, you know, the streaming is going to do
in the United States. People trying to find games. Remembery,
people couldn't get the first quarter of the Lakers Warriors
last night because it's streaming only because we have the
rights of the games. But for the NFL and the NBA,
they know, okay, where's our growth. Our growth is overseas.

(07:55):
The sports have gone from saying hey, that's a great
untapped market and we're gonna push our product there a
little bit to saying that's where you have to focus
pushing our product because that's where things are gonna grow. Right.
It's much easier to watch the NBA if you have Netflix,
because you could have Netflix in Europe, you have Netflix
in South America, you have Netflix, in Antarctica, you have

(08:17):
netfl everyway what you got Netflix, you have Amazon, you
have all the different streaming services. It's much easier to
push your product and get it consumed overseas and global,
because that's more what streaming is about. This is why
the NBA moving towards streaming. Why has the NBA been
okay with their relationship with China because they know this
is where we're growing the game. For the NFL. What

(08:38):
did Roger Goodell say a couple weeks ago, Their goal
is to have one game globally every week, right, which
means it sucks if you're a fantasy owner and you
gotta get up at six in the morning to say,
oh is Jalen Warren playing? I still I lost a
game because of that. I didn't know because I didn't
wake up at six in the morning to change my lineup.
But Mike Carmen Fantasy consult you to be ah. But

(08:59):
Kadella Is said, we want one game a week in
a foreign market, whether it is in Berlin, whether it's
in South America, whether it's in Australia, whether it's in Germany.
That's what they want because the NFL knows this is
where they're growing the game. Bad Bunny was picked to
headline halftime. Again, you could have got Taylors with I
don't know how that didn't work, but whatever the rights.
But Bad Bunny is one of the biggest performing artists

(09:21):
in the world, one of the most popular, the third
most popular streaming artist in the world right now. He
has an incredible fan base. The NFL is saying, yeah,
this is the guy we want because we're appealing whenever
we can to that overseas audience. Now, we're not going
to put the Super Bowl another country because that's a
bridge too far. I think for a lot of people.
It's a big money maker for the country and for
the NFL in general. But we're gonna find a way

(09:44):
to push our product globally. So Bad Bunny, who is
huge globally, We're okay with that. And the sports the
NFL and the NBA are okay with the criticism that
they're gonna get right. The NBA is okay with the
China criticism obviously, and the NFL is okay, hey with
the criticism they're getting for a Bad Bunny obviously, because
they know our win is much more down the road.

(10:05):
If people are mad at us here, people aren't gonna
not watch the NFL. They're not gonna not watch the NBA.
That just doesn't happen. People are gonna get mad, but
in the end it's worth it for us, or we're
okay with that because our gain globally is gonna be immense.
And this is why this is the forward thinking where
both of these sports and what Baseball thinks of it too,
and National Hockey League as well, they're doing things like, hey,

(10:27):
our All Star Game is gonna be the United States
versus the world in the NHL. But these these sports know, hey,
this is where we have to go if we're gonna
have incredible growth because there's only so much growth here, right,
But the growth overseas is a big deal, and it's
I want to say, it's almost I wonder how much
they're borrowing from the streaming service aspect of it, because

(10:49):
that's really what streaming services are doing now, Like places
like Netflix. They know, Okay, how many more households are
we gonna get in the United States, but how many
more are we gonna get overseas? Right? So okay, so
theaming product does well there dreaming product does well for
the NBA, that's what they're banking on. NFL is doing
things like games in Europe that count that people want
to go see, and bed Bunny is gonna help bring

(11:10):
them out to a whole new audience as well. That's
why the NFL is doing it.

Speaker 3 (11:13):
Yeah, it's every year it becomes the debate of well,
how much you love or don't love an artist? Like
most years, I can take or leave it all right,
I watch it.

Speaker 1 (11:24):
Yeah you don't like it, don't watch Have a sandwich
at halftime. Have a sandwich.

Speaker 3 (11:27):
That's it. Go do something else, Go refresh your beverage,
go to the bathroom, take a walk, place more. Be's
whatever you're doing.

Speaker 1 (11:34):
I'm going for a walk. What do you mean. I'm
going for a walk and I have the.

Speaker 3 (11:39):
Dogs gotta get walked, dogs gotta go out.

Speaker 1 (11:41):
Yeah, it's a super Bowl. The dog can wait till
after it's over.

Speaker 3 (11:44):
You can wait. Baby.

Speaker 1 (11:45):
At that point, you're either upset, listens, get the order.
Get the order right. It's bathroom sandwich. Maybe sandwich bathroom. Okay,
but that's really quickie. Whatever you're doing, sandwich, bathroom, Go
for a what sandwich? Bathroom? Not your what have something, food, bathroom,
hooking up, whatever you're doing fifteen minutes. Hey, what do

(12:05):
you think get after it? We got time halftime? Well,
I really wanted to see bad Bunny Man.

Speaker 3 (12:11):
Hey, the base will be thumping. We'll just turn it up.
Here's here's the idea.

Speaker 1 (12:15):
When you guys are watching af tuck, you make sure
it's really.

Speaker 3 (12:18):
Loud to hear what's going out back here.

Speaker 1 (12:21):
Just make it loud and just say. And if you
here's something weird, just yell out, bed Bonnie, bed Bonnie.
Just do that.

Speaker 3 (12:27):
But to break it down the brass tacks, right, I
get all the advertisements and they're getting me brit box
whatever like. You can stream from anywhere. We talk about
it all the time. Right the iHeartRadio app take us
wherever you are globally. We get the notices where people are,
we get we get tweets going, hey I'm listening here,
there and everywhere, and bit by bit we get the
pin board together. But some of this is just base pragmatism.

(12:49):
All right, let's talk about customer acquisition costs. If your Netflix,
you're ubiquitous here, right then, gone a the days of
the kiosks. Everybody that's in and they're reporting robust numbers.
It's great, But a lot of that growth comes to
what a lot of international films being distributed. Right, go

(13:10):
check your Netflix of what's newly added. About halfway through
that scroll, it becomes any number of foreign languages, depending
on what your brow your viewing history has been, and
how you've set up your account. So you go there
for the almost any business. At this point, it becomes
the all right, we got a whole global market we

(13:30):
haven't tapped into. For the NBA in particular, you've watched
over the years, how many get We talked about Victor
Webbing Yama all night, frenchmen, right, the global game, and
that's where they're at. They recognize that. For the NFL,
it's the same thing. Yeah, Michael Jordan's said it long ago.
Republicans buy sneakers too. You're gonna upset people no matter

(13:50):
who you get. I don't want country rock, I don't
want a rapper. I don't want this. People were mad
when Snoop and Eminem I know those guys were running around, right.
That had people backlash there. It's like, you're never gonna
make one hundred percent of people happy and that's the
thing to take away in your life.

Speaker 1 (14:05):
You're not a taco. I mean, you could have Yanni
show up, just have Yanni play, Just have Yanni. Yeah,
I already happy for Yanni.

Speaker 3 (14:13):
No, that would work. I mean, like even Bublay, I
mean about as harmless as they get. There's gotta be
people that would be mad.

Speaker 1 (14:19):
I just haven't met you yet, Miss Smith Sounds Fox Sports.
So again, just understand, this is where the NFL and
the NBA are headed. This is why they're doing how
they're doing it, and they're okay with the criticism because
the long term gains of doing this are much better.

Speaker 3 (14:37):
They're beholding to making more money. There's more money in
the world.

Speaker 1 (14:41):
Exit out, out of Fresca, Exit swalling down the Jason
Smith Show with my best friend Mike Carmen. Speaking of Wenby,
we got more on his incredible debut coming up, but
straight ahead, we will pick Thursday Night Football, Who's walking
away with a w Tomorrow Chargers and the Vikings end.
If you want to hear, without a doubt, the silly,
most bizarre NFL story of the week, we got that

(15:04):
for you too. That's coming up next, right, and this
the week has been silly and bizarre. Always been a
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Speaker 2 (15:17):
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Speaker 2 (15:57):
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Speaker 5 (16:00):
TJ.

Speaker 1 (16:00):
Clearly the Cavaliers got locked out of Heaven tonight by
the Knicks. DJ.

Speaker 3 (16:08):
Carefully you throw your back out with those dance moves.

Speaker 1 (16:12):
Who's reading for a trivia question before we get into
UH Minnesota and the Chargers traps?

Speaker 5 (16:17):
Right?

Speaker 1 (16:17):
All right? So you know my wife does trivia every
Wednesday night, and anytime there's a good sports question she
brings in. Here's a question, love trivia tells me? Is
that what it's called lucky?

Speaker 3 (16:28):
Yeah? When she says trivia, does she put up quotes
like Chris Farley? It's trivia.

Speaker 1 (16:36):
Here's the sports question from tonight. There was one easier one,
easier one. I'm not gonna I'm not gonna give you wait,
let me sh okay, right, all right? What?

Speaker 3 (16:44):
All right?

Speaker 1 (16:44):
Ty shirt only? Okay? What college team has won four
of the last five national championships in softball? What college
or university? Alabama?

Speaker 6 (16:57):
Oh?

Speaker 1 (16:58):
Close? All close to the same, Florida Now.

Speaker 3 (17:05):
Hugh Jackman once starred in the musical Australia. That was
a good one too. The Drovers song was one of
my favorites. Absolutely, Okay, the only other one. It's it's
Oklahoma's read, right, Oklahoma's read. I'm gonna guess that Oklahoma
very good, tight winds.

Speaker 1 (17:23):
All right, here we go, everybody ready for the question. Moncie,
you guys ready, let's go.

Speaker 4 (17:27):
What.

Speaker 1 (17:27):
NFL Hall of Famer and one time Super Bowl champ
has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as
part of the New Sports Entertainment category. He got the
star in twenty twenty three. Who is it? NFL Hall
of Famer, super Bowl Champion star in the Hollywood Walk
of Fame, part of the New Sports Entertainment category. Got

(17:49):
the Star in twenty twenty three. Michael Strand, if you
knew the answer, why wouldn't let anybody else say that time?
I was gonna say, we actually had no time. I
said the question twice. Monsey is the can't. I can
see Frostburger is thinking no. But I'm gonna say it.
If you know the answer, wait till the end. The
answer is yes, The answer is Michael Strahan mansie, that's

(18:10):
your best segment on the radio. Yet that best segment,
though outstanding, that's ever heard, was outstanding.

Speaker 7 (18:16):
Here you probably yeah, I had no idea.

Speaker 1 (18:18):
I want to show you that I know the answers,
so I'm gonna say it.

Speaker 6 (18:22):
I was gonna guess a manning brother, It's like I
really had no idea.

Speaker 3 (18:27):
He mocks me if I don't answer fast enough. But
if you say, you know, okay, wait, let everybody else
get a shot at it. Now, nobody else gets to play.
Nobody else got to play because you I didn't share.

Speaker 1 (18:38):
Yeah, you didn't.

Speaker 3 (18:39):
I was wemby in my one assist.

Speaker 1 (18:41):
Hey, also, you know what uh you want to make
fun of Wenby? No turnovers for Wemby. That's why forty
points no turnovers one not bad? Nice hot take, Rob Parker.

Speaker 3 (18:52):
I don't know justin fields is I have four touchdowns
against zero picks, Yet everybody's killing him.

Speaker 1 (18:57):
If he has four yards passing on Sunday, that would
be a lot. All right, He's got ninety two in
the last two weeks, was the answer. The answer is
Michael straighthan good thing. I got my own question. Then, yeah,
you didn't got Yah, that's good. You did well? Well
they did well. Sorry, I'm not sorry. Harmon's one. Sorry.
So Thursday Night Football, Tomorrow night, Vikings and the Chargers.

(19:19):
Joe Walt's a big deal, right, He's been practicing this week.
His return is going to be immense. It's gonna be
like a light switch going on for the Chargers because
that's where all their problems are, the health of the
offensive line.

Speaker 4 (19:29):
Right.

Speaker 1 (19:29):
They lost later in the preseason, but okay, they got
by that. But I'm telling you, the Alt injury may
be the biggest injury of any that any team has
had to worry about this season yet, because you clearly
see the Chargers are a super Bowl caliber team, and
then without him, all of a sudden, Justin Herbert has trouble.
They have trouble running the football. Yes, both they're starting

(19:50):
running backs are out, but still if there when, if
their offensive line is as intact as it can be,
it's a terrific team. I have a hard time believing
they lose tomorrow night to Carson Wentz. I really, I
really do. I have a hard time believing he's gonna
come in and win this game. And I know that
it's going to be, you know, defensively for the Chargers,
you're talking about trying to shut down two terrific receivers

(20:12):
and a good and a really good tight end. But man,
where they embarrassed on Sunday by the Colts and short week,
short turnaround for an unfamiliar opponent. Yeah, I have a
hard time seeing that it's going to be Carson Wentz
coming in getting the W and winning this game. I'll
take the Chargers Tomorrow night to win this big offensive night.
If Joe All plays right at that, it's it's a lock.

(20:34):
If he does it, it might be a little bit
more difficult, But I have a hard time seeing this
game not going the Chargers.

Speaker 3 (20:38):
Well, yeah, that would be a huge return. Certainly looks
on timeline right. A lot of times injuries like starts
to drag out a bit. In this case, we get
it and get him back on the field, which would
be huge because they've been down to what lineman six, seven, eight,
so on. They are a three and a half point favorite,
forty four and a half being the total. But the

(21:02):
hits have added up on Herbert like, that's the biggest point, right, mconkie,
to much to your happiness has gotten involved the last
couple of weeks.

Speaker 1 (21:10):
Keep throwing it to him, keep throwing it to land mcconkee.

Speaker 3 (21:12):
Allen with a big week this last week, which is great.
Maybe they can get the run game back once again.
A couple of weeks ago it was big. Yeah, I'll
take the Chargers at home, which is I mean, Frostburg's
gonna come in and he's already mad at me for
the trivia thing, so take me out here. But when
still is the starter now that begets a lot of
questions about McCarthy ah healthy, how is he ready? Is

(21:36):
he not?

Speaker 4 (21:36):
Is he like?

Speaker 1 (21:37):
All of that as my as my high school jim teacher,
mister Williams used to say, that's a story for another day.
We will we will tackle that one tomorrow.

Speaker 3 (21:45):
Okay.

Speaker 1 (21:45):
Meanwhile, this out of the NFL today. If you want
the silliest, most bizarre story of the week. In a
week where we've already had Woody Johnson throw justin fields
under the busting and we can complete a pass that
it'd be great, this is even crazier. So it's not
been a great last couple of weeks or two. A
tongue of I low, it's not been a great last
season for the Dolphins. They're one and five, their only

(22:07):
winners against the Jets. The Dolphins are the luckiest team
in the NFL because if not for the Jets, they'd
be viewed as the biggest tire fire. But now we're
starting to see, oh wait a minute, the Dolphins want
us to know we could beat just as big a
tire fire. So you had two a week ago, get
all sorts of blowback when he said, hey, after a loss,
you know, we gotta do things differently. Guys got to

(22:28):
start coming to meetings on time. Suddenly the players didn't
like it. The head coach, Mike McDaniel didn't like it.
Pundits didn't like it. Also, whatever Tua says is wrong, right,
whatever to So you know he's on the hot seat.
He's not played well you know the season. This is
gonna be his last year in Miami. I don't care
what his contract is. They're gonna find a way to
move on from him because it's just not working. They
still never even though he got paid, he's still never

(22:51):
been viewed as the franchise quarterback. And now after what
he said today, I don't know that he can play
for them again. Right, there's a reason why Quinn Ewers
has suddenly made the second and string quarterback and he
doesn't say anything last week. Last week he said, hey,
how'd you feel getting on the field. Yeah, they didn't
tell me anything. I'm second stringing. That just great. Like
he's not saying anything. So you know they're looking to

(23:11):
get an advanced look at him at some point. I
don't know that Tua can play again after what he
said today. He didn't find Jalen Waddle a lot Sunday.
And Waddle's a huge playmaker, right, I mean, now that
you know Tyreek Kill is not there, he's the number
one guy. Look, he's a terrific wide receiver. He's a
guy you get over the middle patterns and someone who
can get you get him the ball in space. He's fantastic.

(23:33):
So why didn't Tua get him the ball a lot
in the game against the Browns. Okay, here's Tua's answer.
And I still I still can't believe this was real.
But this is why Tua said he couldn't get the
ball to his best wide receiver.

Speaker 4 (23:46):
Yeah. I think with that some of it has to
do with being able to see guys with their guys
also up front and our guys, and I'm not the
tallest guy in the back there either, so being able
to see and then you know, sometimes when that happens,
you don't want to just throw it blindly and you
got to progress. So I think that that had some

(24:07):
merit to reasons.

Speaker 2 (24:09):
As to why that happened for a while.

Speaker 1 (24:10):
Okay, that's clearly how the Jets do it. Just throw
up blindly. Maybe your guy's gonna catch it.

Speaker 3 (24:14):
Uh oh, I notice, and we said, sometimes, oh my goodness, man,
I can't see.

Speaker 1 (24:19):
I'm not the tallest guy. I couldn't see him. I
couldn't throw the ball to Jalen waddle because I couldn't
see him.

Speaker 3 (24:25):
This is not his first.

Speaker 1 (24:26):
Game in the NFL. The guy's been in the league
for four years. He couldn't find a way. I couldn't
see him downfield. We were you were you playing, like
when you're playing football on the street in front of
your house, and like you know, it's on a little
bit of a hill, steel a little bit sometimes and
we can't wait. I'm throwing the ball up hill. I
can't see over my friend's older brother. Like, you've been
in the league a while, you found a way to

(24:47):
have a four thousand yard season. I couldn't see him.
I'm not the tallest guy. What the hell? Man?

Speaker 2 (24:53):
Like?

Speaker 1 (24:53):
I hear him say that, and I go and look.
I love that that players are honest and to it
seems to be one of those guys that is always
what you see is what you get, which is kind
of refreshing. I'm gonna tell you what I think. And
clearly last week with the guy should come to meetings
on time. WHOA Now, So I get that, and I
like that, but come on, man, you've been in the
league a while. You couldn't find a way to move

(25:13):
the pocket. He didn't say Hey, I can't see Jalen
Waddle downfield. That's that that didn't come up at all
when you're talking to your coaches on the sideline. I
can't see him downfield, But I don't know that I
could see him play quarterback for the Dolphins again after this, Like,
how do you go back to this guy? Like you know,
he's just circling the drain. If I'm there's no quarterback
that needs to be dealt more than Tua that needs

(25:34):
a new fresh start somewhere where another team can say,
you know what, I can make it work with him.
If the Browns can try to make it work with
Dylan Gabriel, Hey, I can make it work because two
has had that success in the past. I think I'm
that mad scientist quarterback coach. I can make it work.
Maybe it's it's the Rams trading for Tua because Sean
McVay thinks I can make it work with him with
what we have going on here, there's always there's always

(25:56):
a coach, always a team that thinks, hey, he's got
the talent I can get it out of even though
he's got problems and he may. He turned Trey Lance
into a guy that suddenly, Hey, Chargers love Gavin him.
Is there backup? This guy, Trey Lance is gonna wind
up finding his way starting somewhere in the NFL the
next few years. And he's got Sean McVeigh and Jim
Harbor to thank for it. There's always a system for everyone.
And even though you know there's an out for Tua

(26:17):
after next year, so it's not like you're getting into
it with Tua for the long term. There's gonna be
a way where as long as you don't want anything back.
And I think right now, the Dolphins and their fans
and hey, we're okay with that. Get we gotta move on,
and you got to move on from Tua. You got
to it. Even Mike McDaniel sees the fact that he said, Hey,
I'm hoping we just don't throw ten picks this weekend.
Like you could tell, Heaton two is no longer his guy.

(26:38):
He's like, Hey, I'm trying to stay as a head
coach in the NFL, and if I got to move
away from you to do it, because clearly you have
no future, I will do so. I try to move
him at the deadline, don't get anything for him. That's okay.
But I can see another team saying, hey, we might
have a shot at a quarterback. We can make it work.
You pay some of the money, we'll pay the rest
of it. Here, We'll give you whatever draft pick that

(27:00):
that is. That's an okay enough draft pick for it.
But the bottom line for the Dolphins is I don't
know that he can play for them again, and you
just have to move on. It's the old uh, may
lightning strike me and people take like nine steps away
from the guy, like, yeah, we we just need to
divest ourselves of this situation. Hey, McDaniel did himself no
favor when yours was coming off the field and kind

(27:22):
of ignored him in his appearance on Sunday.

Speaker 3 (27:26):
Hey, nice job whatever walking Sorry man, So you've got Hey, Quinn,
I got a question for you.

Speaker 1 (27:32):
Yeah, Hey, is arch Manning really that good? Like if
we really bad the next year, can we draft like
do you think you? Hey, hey, where you go? No,
I'll go over some stuff. You just all get the iPad.
We'll go over some stuff the last drive. But like,
like his arch any good? Like really? Really? I mean
you were there?

Speaker 3 (27:46):
Well, maybe it would spur him on that he'd be
able to hold him off again the greatest performance.

Speaker 1 (27:55):
And arch Manning again.

Speaker 3 (27:57):
How was I kept my job?

Speaker 2 (27:59):
Hey?

Speaker 1 (28:00):
You know what else is gonna happen? Sark's gonna be
that coach.

Speaker 3 (28:03):
But we've talked about it a lot. There's a lot
of quarterbacks where we've talked coming into the draft where
it's the all right, his height might be an issue.
How they utilize it. Do they get him onto the
edges right or design rollouts? And even for guys that
it's haven't been playing under quick under center right, Like
you know, one of the big things for Caleb Williams

(28:24):
last year and into this year trying to learn how
to take a snap directly from center, how to work
a play action pass, all of that stuff. You just
haven't done it with repetition. In this case, it's the
all right, you navigated successfully in college. You're a fourth
year pro. So does that mean that for these last
couple of years you've truly just been throwing blindly? And

(28:47):
you said, suddenly this week I had with Tyreek.

Speaker 1 (28:50):
Because you're gonna say, he's over there somewhere, I'm gonna
throw it up high, he's gonna run under it.

Speaker 3 (28:54):
You don't want to get the same separation. Sure there's
something to be said for that, but again throw throwing
the quiet part out loud. You've done enough press conferences.
You know that there's already blood in the water for
both you and your head coach. Why are you chumming?
Why did you say here, I give you some.

Speaker 1 (29:14):
More exit out vala Frasca Exit Swollen Dome the Jason
Smith Show with my best friend Mike carbon I mean,
if you can trade him, I would trade Aaron Glenn
and Justin Fields from Mike McDaniel into her right now.
And I'm that excited about it. But at least it's
not the suck that I've seen. I would take that.

Speaker 3 (29:32):
Well. You just want it as some sort of fixed
to your off hie. There's a pulse that way. Tell him.

Speaker 1 (29:40):
How to find out what's trending in the wide world
of sports is someone who's been called the Mike McDaniel
of Fox Sports Radio. She likes capri pants as well.
It's Monty Belanos.

Speaker 6 (29:49):
I was gonna say, we may wear similar sizes in
our pre pants in our capri pants. Like I'm just saying,
my wardrobe can't expand, Okay, for whatever reason, Dolphin, You know,
I wouldn't wear that. But you know, I like the teal.
I could do the teal, but you know, I like
the shoes he wears. He wears nice kicks, you know

(30:11):
what I'm saying.

Speaker 1 (30:11):
Oh, yeah, he's got strong kickas Yeah.

Speaker 7 (30:13):
He's had a strong kick game.

Speaker 6 (30:14):
So like ih he You know, I think I could
maybe coach just as bad as he coaches.

Speaker 1 (30:21):
If you're better on the mic, of course, and you
can ignore players walking off the field, right.

Speaker 7 (30:25):
No problem, Okay, good, no problem. I ignore a lot
of people in life. But yeah, so I like that.
That's not too shabby. Not too shabby what Victor win.

Speaker 6 (30:33):
But Yama did in the second real opening night of
the NBA where everybody else played. He dropped forty points
and fifteen rebounds, and the Spurs defeated the Mavericks in
Dallas one twenty five to ninety two.

Speaker 7 (30:45):
Cooper flagging his debut was you know six seven as
the kids say.

Speaker 6 (30:50):
He went scoreless in the first half but ended with
ten points and ten rebounds. The seventy six ers survived
in Boston, went sixteen to when seventeen to one sixteen
Philadelphia rookie vj Edgecomb. He ended with thirty four points
and seven rebounds, setting a franchise scoring record in a debut,
breaking Allen Iverson's mark of thirty. The Knicks outscored the

(31:10):
Cavs one nineteen to one eleven. New York had five
players who wented in double digits. The Big Bodega had
a double double. Good night for the Knicks. Magic held
on one twenty five to one twenty one against the Heat.
Paolo Bancaro doubled double twenty four points eleven assists. The
Bulls started the season with a one fifteen to one
to eleven win over the Pistons. Anthony Edwards had forty
one points seven rebounds as the Timberwolves came back to

(31:32):
beat the Trailblazers one eighteen to one fourteen and a.

Speaker 1 (31:35):
Really big push off on the big bucket that won
in the game. Wow, was that a push off?

Speaker 7 (31:40):
Listen?

Speaker 6 (31:40):
If if they didn't call it on MJ, maybe they're
not gonna call it, you know, That's what I'm saying.
Suns held held on one twenty to win sixteen against
the Kings at home.

Speaker 7 (31:49):
Devin Booker led the way with thirty one points.

Speaker 6 (31:52):
The Jazz scored forty one points in the first quarter
never looked back as they rolled past the Clippers one
twenty nine to one.

Speaker 7 (31:58):
Oh eight.

Speaker 6 (31:58):
Grizzlies beat the Pelican eight to one twenty two. John
Moran had thirty five points. Raptors Cruise passed the Hawks
one thirty eight to one eighteen, Hornets topped the Nets
one thirty six to one seventeen, and the Bucks defeated
the Wizards one thirty three to one twenty where Yannis
Santetokounmpo ended with thirty seven points and fourteen rebounds. In
the NHL, the Devils beat the Wild four to one.

(32:20):
They've now won six in a row. Sabers defeated the
Red Wings four to two, and Canadians over the Flames
two to one in overtime. Week eight of the NFL
kicks off Thursday night from SOFI Stadium, Chargers and Vikings.
I hope you're right about your prediction, because I cannot
take the Chargers right now. Joe Alt listed as questionable,
but he said he's ready to play from that high

(32:41):
ankles frame that he suffered a few weeks ago. Buccaneers
have ruled out Bucky Irving and Chris Godwin for their
Week eight matchup against the Saints. Commanders will be without
Jayden Daniels for their Monday night matchup against the Chiefs
because of a hamstrings train but Lamar Jackson returned to
the field for the first time since Week four after
injuring his hamstring.

Speaker 7 (33:00):
He was limited in practice today.

Speaker 6 (33:02):
Bryce Young, Panthers quarterback limited in practice because of his
high ankle Spraying Dalkins quarterback Michael Pennix and forty nine
Ers quarterback Brock Party were limited in practice as well
because of their injuries. And in case you missed it,
the NFL is moving the date of the annual Pro
Bowl games. This season's event is now going to take
place during Super Bowl Week on Tuesday February.

Speaker 7 (33:23):
Ignore the Pro Bowl on Tuesday night, right like the
week of the Super Bowl.

Speaker 3 (33:27):
Just ignore that.

Speaker 1 (33:27):
It'll just trying to force us to pay attention.

Speaker 3 (33:31):
We'll go Media Night into Yeah, you don't get credentialed
to media Night unless you show up for the Pro Bowl.

Speaker 7 (33:38):
That's what it is.

Speaker 3 (33:40):
Get game credentials unless you show up for the Pro Bowl.

Speaker 7 (33:43):
That's exactly how they're gonna get you.

Speaker 6 (33:45):
And lastly, in baseball, Giants officially hired Tony Vittello as
their new manager from the University of Tennessee.

Speaker 1 (33:51):
Thank you very much, wantson, You're welcome. Most importantly, bonse
is buying pizza for us tomorrow night. I am yeah,
because she's worried that the Chargers are going to really
disappoint her, so she wants to have comfort food stress eating.

Speaker 6 (34:04):
You know, I should have had the stress eating for
today with the Clippers, had I known that they were
going to do that.

Speaker 3 (34:08):
There was no stress after about five minutes.

Speaker 7 (34:10):
You're right, you know, but you're right.

Speaker 6 (34:12):
It was over so fast that I started watching other things. Really,
so tomorrow, if you see me crying, at least I
have pizza.

Speaker 7 (34:19):
It's fine. It's fine. We all get to have pizza.

Speaker 3 (34:22):
Thank you, mar Thanks you much. Hey bye bye.

Speaker 1 (34:25):
Coming up next. One NFL head coach and one quarterback
are just absolutely lying to us. After what they said today,
seek stories the last twenty four hours, they're both lying.
It's next right here, Jason.

Speaker 2 (34:39):
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