On today’s episode, Jason discusses Shedeur Sanders' impressive preseason debut on Friday night for the Cleveland Browns, what to make of Shedeur's bizarre interaction with a Browns beat reporter in the tunnel after the game, whether Shams Charania's recent comments about this (lack of) work-life balance is something to be repulsed by or commended, which of the NBA's upcoming Opening Night and Christmas Day games he's most excited to see, and why it's much harder for the NBA to create it's next wave of superstars than most fans think it is.
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
This is straight fire with Jason McIntyre.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
What is up straight par Playum, it's me Jason McIntyre,
Straight Bayer. For Monday, August the eleventh, we got some
NFL to talk about preseason football.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
It's fantastic. Actually the football was not great.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
No, I didn't better on any preseason Sorry, I'm not
that much of a degenerate. I watched a little bit,
but you can catch up on YouTube pretty quickly, even
if you didn't sacrifice your Friday night to watch ser
Sanders make his debut. So we'll dive into NFL. Also,
NBA Christmas Day games were announced. They're not terrible opening
night not terrible. But I do want to quickly start briefly.
(00:51):
So remember how I signed up for that basketball league
where fifty K was at stake. So we made the playoffs,
and in an unbelievable turn of events, our leading scorer,
the guy who led the league in threes, he was
flying back from Florida on Sunday and his flight got canceled,
(01:12):
so he had to miss the game and we're just
hurting for offense and we lose. But I will say this,
we played against a guy who was one of like
McDonald's All American Superstar.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
This guy named Billy Preston.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
He was ticketed to go to Kansas, and then he
got there and there was back in the pre nil
there was all this investigation into whether or not he
was eligible, and wouldn't you know it, they just he
just said, screw this, I'm not wasting my time. I'm
gonna go play professionally. And then I think he had
a couple of coffee with several G League teams. I
saw this guy during the season, okay, and he half
(01:45):
asked it all the time. He was loafing around and
obviously the skin. I mean he's six' ten and has
Like Kevin durant handle and. Shot that's basically what he.
Is but he just he just never was like locked
in and he's a half assed. Everything if he missed a,
shot he went hustle. Back he never pass is the basketball, ever.
Folks he was different in the. Playoffs he had forty
(02:05):
two points And i'm sure if you go On instagram
at some point, today they'll have a real of all his.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Buckets i've never seen anything this.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Felt this is what it must have felt like when
you're The knicks in the playoffs going Against Michael jordan
in the.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
NINETIES i, mean the guy was.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Unstoppable we had multiple defenders hand in his, face handed
and he's just hitting impossible. Shots handle was. Tight it was,
LIKE i, mean, listen obviously he's really, talented but he's just,
like you, know not not ever locked. In and he
was locked in and we end up getting smashed and it,
sucked and SO i won't be winning fifty thousand. Dollars but, Fortunately,
(02:41):
rob maybe we can win fifty thousand dollars. GAMBLING i
don't know is that. Possible we just. Had all we
have to do is bet On Shadre. Sanders let me
get you the. LINE i know people are fired. Up
oh the shad takes her. Flying Rob Schadure sanders and
his debut against The panthers in a thirty to ten.
Win panthers were heavy favors and then got. Smashed should
(03:03):
do her fourteen of twenty three no.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
Picks one hundred and thirty eight.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
YARDS a lot of excitement and then you kind of
dig in and you're, like, oh wait a, minute, huh all?
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Right he was, okay he got sacked. Twice not the
end of the.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
World they had a ten yard touchdown. Drive they had
a forty three yard touchdown. Drive and these are all,
backups largely playing against, backups and it's, like, oh, okay
fourteen for twenty three for a buck thirty eight and
people are doing?
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Cartwheels what AM i missing?
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Here obviously he did not vomit all over himself or
embarrass himself or totally screw, up which is. Great he
certainly looked the. Part playing with all backups against you, Know.
Panthers what did they have like they were top five?
Speaker 3 (03:56):
PICK i, mean they were.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Terrible So i'm not gonna freak out and proclaim him
the starter or say anything like. That bottom line is
he looked. Good is it okay to say? THAT i,
know in this era of hot takes and engagement, farming
you've got to get say something. INCENDIARY i got nothing in,
said there's no. Point he showed, up he didn't screw.
(04:18):
Up he was, competent And i'd like to see. More
is that an? OKAY i, mean like, Listen Dylan gabriel's,
Hamstring Kenny picktt, hamster and these guys were.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Hurt schador got his. Shot he was. Fine he wasn't.
OVERWHELMING i mean you could go on YouTube and look
up all his. Throws he.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Was he was.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
FINE i don't, know like people are out here, like oh,
oh shadoor come on and nobody's everybody said he was.
CRAP i thought he.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
WAS i thought it was good And, Rob i'm not
being like a hater or. Whatever he was fine like
that to, me is the word like two touchdown passes obviously, excellent,
right it's.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
Not let me just go through the drives.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Here so essentially they had a they opened this game
with a three and out and then they turned it
out eight, Yards it places thirty five, yards turn it
over on downs fourth, Down shudur in complete pass the
fourth and. One then they went five, plays fourteen yards,
Punt carolina fumbles the punt And shad gets it on
(05:24):
a doorstep two, places ten yards. Touchdown then they go
nine place twenty seven yards, punt and then five plays
sixty yards. Touchdown that was his best. Drive you, know
obviously he got uh this is this is late second.
Quarter showed competency and like the two minute. Drill i'm
happy for the. Guy you, know, hey one nice. Pass
(05:46):
you could say he had two nice. Passes isn't a
good one over the. Middle But i'm just gonna, say
pump the brakes.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
On he's a.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Starter, okay let's just slow. DOWN i know there's, excitement
a lot of people, Want, hey you were.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Wrong you gotta own, it, Guys, guys this is one
preseason game that's it must not go. Overboard AND i
know that's sensible and not a hot. Take And i'm
Sure rob's gonna hate, it but he was. Fine, Okay,
rob is that a sufficient? Take, like, HONESTLY i just
don't want to gas him up too.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
Much it's the.
Speaker 4 (06:18):
Preseason, no it's not a sufficient take because if we're
trying to cut through the slosh that is sports, media
we need to have a hot take and we don't have.
One but it's, okay look, man you have ONE i,
do but not related to his. Play oh because.
Speaker 3 (06:34):
Oh, OH i know what you want to talk.
Speaker 4 (06:35):
About, Okay so, anyways but as far as the way he,
played you, know he was. Fine if you are A
kala excuse, me if you are A Shador sanders, fan
then you saw exactly what you wanted to. See he
was a little bit more athletic than people give him credit,
for and his two touchdown PASSES i thought were great.
Throws the one rolling over to his left in the
back of the end. Zone that was a great throw
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for any. Quarterback the second touchdown over the, middle climbs
the pocket over the linebackers.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
In between the. Safeties great.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
Throw that's what you want to see from AN nfl.
Quarterback if you don't Like Shaduary, sanders you saw him
evade the pocket much earlier than he should have several.
Times that was the not coming on him coming out
of college was that he does not what's the word they.
Use he doesn't process as quickly as they would like
(07:25):
because he wants to see it open before he throws
most of the. Time and that's why he took so many.
Sacks that's, why you, know that's why the offensive line
wasn't as bad as people say it. Was it was
a lot of, him you, know just not seeing it
before he pulled the. Trigger and that happened a little
bit On friday. Night you, know he took a couple of.
Sacks there was a fourth and one play where the
number one option wasn't. There he immediately floats backwards and
(07:47):
it's a turnover on, Downs so he didn't even bother
to look at this second or third, guy AND i
know it's suposed to be a quick, play but that's
part of the development of a. Quarterback what's interesting about
that whole, situation, though, is according To The Athletic Zach,
jackson even after what many are calling a very successful
(08:07):
debut For Shot, GEORGIAN i THINK i think it was
myself fourteen to twenty. Three you mentioned one thirty, eight two,
touchdowns no. Picks according to The, athletic that's not enough
to move him above fourth in the depth. Chart, still
according to, them Quote Dylan gabriel still ahead Of sanders
in the eyes of the coaching, staff even, though according to,
(08:28):
them rarely has that position matched what we've seen on the.
Field and that goes back to something that you've been.
Speaker 3 (08:33):
Saying since the.
Speaker 4 (08:34):
Draft as soon as they pulled the trigger and they
Took Dylan gabriel in the third, round it was evident
That Kevin stefanski wanted him to be their. Quarterback that
there's something About Dylan, gabriel the forty five year old
college quarterback who's about my height standing back, there that
they like something about him that they view him as
(08:57):
a potential franchise.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
Quarterback and you know.
Speaker 4 (09:00):
How this works in. Sports the politick in is what
leads to this kind of, thing is that he is
going to be given every opportunity ahead Of chador to
determine whether or not he can. Play So gabriel has
that going from that's number one according to all the.
Reporting now THE qb one job Is Joe, Flaccos and
(09:20):
the only reason that he can play in the, debut
in the preseason debut is because he's, old and they're, like,
hey we already know what he can. Do we don't
need to see him against the. Preseason we're not even
going to run him out there and practice quite, FRANK
i think he has the lowest attempts of any of
the four quarterbacks in. Practice that's because they think he
is the. Guy so at, Best Shador saders his third.
(09:43):
String lest we, forget, however That Kenny, pickett before he
heard his, hamstring was getting the most reps with the
ones of any of the. Guys so, again despite what
many believed to be an impressive, debut it's a whole
lot of. Nothing Chador sanders back at fourth. String Chadoor
sanders back on the, roster, bubble and that leads to
(10:06):
my big hot, TAKE i guess of this whole.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
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Speaker 4 (10:21):
That viral video Of chaduur after the? Game it wasn't
quite in the locker? Room what would you call?
Speaker 3 (10:28):
That the? Tunnel the tunnel there you, go call it
the backstage area.
Speaker 4 (10:32):
Where he approaches a Longtime browns Reporter Tony grossy and
kind of challenged him a little, bit, saying why did
you have anything nice to?
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Me?
Speaker 4 (10:45):
EVER i never done anything to, you Like, tony why
do you always have never say anything good about? Me
hope you have something positive to say about? Me and
here's What i'm gonna say about that To Shador, sanders
what have you done to earn anything positive from any
of these?
Speaker 2 (10:58):
Guys right?
Speaker 4 (10:59):
Now you're the fourth string quarterback getting talked about like
you're the first string. Quarterback my, god you should be
happy that you're even getting talked about on This monday
morning on a big podcast Like fire With jason. McIntyre,
Wow like you haven't done anything yet to warrant the
kind of coverage that you're, getting much less the kind
(11:20):
of coverage where you, say, hey you better say something
positive about.
Speaker 3 (11:23):
Me your debut was.
Speaker 4 (11:24):
Fine it wasn't, bad it wasn't. Great it was. Fine
it was better than a fifth round, pick, absolutely but
it wasn't something WHERE i would go home and, say, oh,
man as you See Shador. Sanders, no so relax a
little bit man. There as of right, now as were this,
recording there's a better chance of him getting waved altogether
(11:45):
than there is of him being THE qb one.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
In Clar, oh well better THAN. Qb, okay that's.
Speaker 4 (11:50):
Fair so at this, point what do you expect these
guys to write about?
Speaker 2 (11:54):
You, well you Know grossy and NOW i haven't read
all of his, pieces AND i think he goes on
radio In cleveland and you.
Speaker 3 (12:03):
Know takes some jabs At. Shador he's very.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
Negative and you know how this, works Rot And i'm
not going to call out too many people in sports,
media but you, know you, go if you're writing or
going on the radio OR tv or podcast and saying positive,
stuff it doesn't really. Track you know what tracks you
know what gets the, engagement the. Negativity, wow he can't do,
this he can't do, This he's not. This he got
a speeding. Ticket, well the.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
Negativity so these writers know.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
That And i'm not Saying grossy is getting paid by the,
click but you know that's how some things worked. Out you, know,
listen if this podcast got no, LISTENERS i would not
have been renewed for like the last four, years you.
Know SO i Mean grossy and these writers they have to.
Deliver we know The athletic has let go some people
if their numbers were not great covering the. BEAT i
think they let go. Unbelievably and it's not an indapet
(12:51):
of the, writer but maybe the. Coverage but like The
Penn State, beat writer was not renewed at The. ATHLETIC i,
GUESS i mean always Clicking Penn state. Stories, well how
do you get people Clicking Penn state? Stories, HEY a
Guess Drew aller he cannot get it. Done why he's
a failing you, Know like you push, negativity it, works
and that's why a lot of these guys don't want
to deal with the media. Anymore BUT i actually thought
(13:12):
the Video shudur did not come off looking that. BAD
i thought there was some humility.
Speaker 3 (13:17):
There he was. Laughing it wasn't like serious and. Intense.
Speaker 4 (13:21):
Now it wasn't like what his dad, Does, no nothing like. That,
yes now here's my.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
Thing do you think it was scripted because it appeared
as if one of his friends or handlers or homies
was kind of saying, like.
Speaker 3 (13:34):
Oh don't, don't don't don't do, this don't talk to this.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
Guy and he was, LIKE i got, this you, know
as if it wasn't like Confort it wasn't.
Speaker 3 (13:40):
CONFRONTATION i don't, KNOW i kind of respect.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
It it wasn't like he was trying a big time
the guy or be, me and he was just, like
hopefully now he can write something. Nice and given the
off season this kid has, had falling from top five
pick to fifth round to the speeding tickets to fourth
string on the depth, chart like it's been as he's.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
Been humbled big, time me has?
Speaker 4 (14:03):
HE i, mean if you've been, humbled would you go
up to a reporter after your one decent performance in,
yeah in nine plus months and you say? That and
what's interesting about that whole video is that this is
an underreported part of the. Story you, know who was
recording that, video and you know who distributed that.
Speaker 3 (14:22):
VIDEO i Don't.
Speaker 4 (14:24):
Sanders family YouTube while off, media which IS i think
run By Dion Sanders.
Speaker 3 (14:29):
Junior, no that's.
Speaker 4 (14:31):
Interesting so it's like they. Are it wasn't like there
was just the camera that was there and happened to catch.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
It, no this was on. Purpose that's an interesting. Angle.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
Listen i'm not rooting against. Him i'm not actively rooting for.
HIM i certainly think he's. Interesting here's WHAT i don't get.
You you said that the athletic reports That gillybriel's still
ahead of him on the depth.
Speaker 3 (14:56):
Chart, here where do you think that's coming.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
From there's no After shaduur was that, capable and without
knowing the severity of the injuries to the quarterbacks or
when they're going to be back this week that any
outlet can, say, Well chaduur was, solid but he's still
fourth on the depth.
Speaker 3 (15:12):
Chart how would they?
Speaker 2 (15:13):
Know you know that the coaches aren't releasing a depth
chart after every. GAME i don't even know that the
coordinators would be talking about that stuff That that struck
me as very. Odd the most negative rob was?
Speaker 1 (15:25):
It?
Speaker 4 (15:25):
Not, yeah BUT i think part of it. Was AND
i could be. Wrong i'm trying to fact check. It
hair As i'm, speaking Is Dylan gabriel And Kenny. PICKETT
i believe both practiced last week before the game the, Game,
yeah and so obviously they're not that. Hurt they just
didn't want to risk it in an unnecessary preseason. Action
(15:45):
so based on their, observations it would indicate that these two,
guys in addition To Joe, flacco are all still ahead
Of Shador. Sanders so maybe it's not they're trying to
be negative or they're to do an aha moment and
they're just, hey based on what we see at practice
and we're there every single, day unlike the national, Media Shador,
(16:07):
sanders despite all this coverage and all this hullabaloo and
all of these debates ON, espnfs, ONE, cbs he's still number.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
Four, yeah THAT'S i just find that. Bizarre here's the other.
Thing you said something. Interesting you were, like you, Know
chaudor's first game in nine. MONTHS i, MEAN i mean
it's probably, eight BECAUSE i actually it might be. NINE
i don't know When colorado's last game, was but it
just struck me as holy, cow these guys haven't played
(16:34):
a game in eight or nine months a real game
and practice ain't a, game which is weird because basketball
happens all the.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
Time you can play, games pick up, games summer.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
League these guys like the idea That lebron hasn't been
playing in some of these. Runs what's his, Name brickley
or whatever the guy is In New York, City like
those are actual games. NOW i guess it's just weird
to me that these basketball guys played literally year. ROUND
i Know luca took a month off or whatever to
get his body, right but like shd or could couldn't
(17:08):
be like getting chased and tackled in the off, Seat
like that's just not a thing that.
Speaker 3 (17:12):
Happens, yeah that's one of.
Speaker 4 (17:14):
Those that's one of the wird things about football is that,
football similar to the fight, game whether IT'S mma or,
boxing is one of those rare sports that you cannot
simulate without actually doing.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
It but it's not a team, sport Right like even
hockey has like international stuff right, Now luca's playing, Overseas jokich's,
like these guys are playing games that IS i just
thought about. That that's crazy and maybe it's because of
stuff like. This i'm sure you Saw sunday night potential
scare In philly As Landon, dickerson their all pro guard
(17:48):
was carted off. Obviously Rayshaw, SLATER i THINK i got that.
Right ray Sew Yes later of The. Chargers last week
you had what's his, Name Rondale moore went, down like
and this is like reseason week, one.
Speaker 3 (18:04):
You, know so LIKE i mean it is uh. Sucks T.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
J spears or The titans went. Down he's gonna be
out for like a. Month Dion bush of The chiefs torn.
ACHILLES i think he was a backup. Linebacker it's just.
INJURIES A. Cj Gardner johnson of The, texans he went.
Down they they're they're looking assigned guys like it is.
Speaker 3 (18:24):
Football it's just. Man, yeah that one was.
Speaker 4 (18:26):
Interesting THE. CJ gj one was because you had multiple
national insiders reporting different things for like three hours. There
that's a whole different. Conversation but it's like do we
know it was right or wrong OR i think that
the final result Was schefter had it, Right but at
the time it was like it goes back to something
you had mentioned, where you, know with the way sports
(18:46):
media is these.
Speaker 3 (18:47):
Days it's we got to be. FIRST i saw.
Speaker 2 (18:50):
It not about being right all the, time not to
get into the media. Stuff BUT i Saw shams did
some kind of. PODCAST i. DIDN'T i just say he
was scrolling AND i Saw seam said something to the
effect Of i've had to walk out on, dates, yeah birthday, parties,
holidays And i've got to. Work it's just part of the.
Job And i'm, like, actually, no you, don't, like nobody
(19:14):
gives a rats ass if you don't, win if you're
not the first to a story ON i don't know
The rockets Signed John wall whatever it, is who?
Speaker 4 (19:24):
Cares and it's not the flex he thinks it is Either,
no maybe like ten years ago this was a thing,
fifteen but now getting the news doesn't really do anything for.
Speaker 2 (19:35):
You it's instantly aggregated by, everyone and anybody with a
social media account is jumping in.
Speaker 3 (19:41):
On so LIKE i just, Now i've gone off on a.
Speaker 1 (19:44):
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Speaker 2 (19:56):
Live we can wrap Up rob with THIS nba announcing
their opening night schedule And Christmas, night So obviously opening
night has to be defending. Champs SO okac is playing
and they're playing The Houston rockets And Kevin. Durant nice
little twist there from the, league SO kd versus The.
(20:16):
Thunder rob knows what captain With katie online now he'll
get into it. Shortly and then of course The Warriors,
lakers which is the two most popular teams in the
league next, Year curry And lebron And.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
Luca that's the. Nightcap now that Is, oh that's at The. Lakers.
Speaker 2 (20:31):
Damn i'm gonna have to put in a request with
my boy who Has lakers season tickets and does listen
to this. Podcast they did hang out with them over the,
weekend But i'm sure his family's gonna want to go
to See. Curry now The Christmas day, Games, rob this is.
Interesting so this IS.
Speaker 3 (20:45):
I think this is the. Order, Yeah cleveland At, nicks.
Speaker 2 (20:49):
Which is obviously The garden's gonna be. Popping those are
the two best teams in The. East spurs who haven't
made the playoffs in, years haven't had a winning record in.
Years AT, okac so you Get wemby against the defending.
Champs Chet holgrin Versus. Webby then you Get houston At.
Lakers that's a great, Game cooper flag and The MAVs At,
(21:12):
curry and the nightcap Is Anthony edwards Against. Jokic, now
my first thought, was, okay who got? Snuffed who got? Screwed,
well The Indiana, pacers who have been to the conference
finals two years in a, row did not get a.
Game but there's no. Haliburt The Boston celtics obviously their.
Team they got three new. Starters that's how that's HOW i.
(21:33):
Mean they're just chopping salaries big. Time so No, pacers No.
Celtics and then the other, one, interestingly No, yannis WHO
i think has been.
Speaker 3 (21:45):
A staple On.
Speaker 2 (21:46):
Christmas i'm pretty sure because, he's you, know one of
the three best players in the. LEAGUE i think that's
a solid. Schedule i'm. NOT i don't really give a
shit WHAT nfl it goes up. AGAINST i have two.
TVs my remote has, batteries is not THE i don't.
CARE i am fascinated By wemby and The spurs are
one of these seams and we're DOING nfl, Now but
(22:06):
still The. Spurs rob IF i told you they were top,
four would you be? Shocked, yes why because nobody had
The rockets getting the second seed last.
Speaker 4 (22:17):
Year. Nobody, WELL i was shocked by, that so then,
yes that would be. Shocked top. Six, NO i would
not be.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
Shocked top.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
FOUR i think top six is where they'll. Be top
FOUR i think is in play. Somebody every year it,
happened somebody. FALTERS i don't know who it's gonna. Be
but as long As wemby's. Fight and by the, Way
i'm just putting this out, THERE i probably should. NOT
i should read the exact text BEFORE I, so my,
(22:45):
buddy who will go, unnamed his son and his friends
swear swear they Saw.
Speaker 3 (22:57):
Victor Wembin yama.
Speaker 2 (23:00):
Leaving his new house in The South bay out here
In Los. Angeles and now it could be that he
is just renting a house to be out here for a.
While apparently he is working out At Loyola. MARYMOUNT i
did see an image Of Kevin garnett And wemby.
Speaker 3 (23:19):
Together we Know kg's out, Here it's.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
UNCONFIRMED i asked my realtor, friend who is the one
who mentioned to me That luca was looking out here
in The South. Bay Wem benyama getting house would not surprise.
Me but, well then, again As rob always knows a
lot OF nba players spending off season out.
Speaker 3 (23:35):
Here but if Wem Ben yama's in my, HOOD i will.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
Guarantee you your boy will go up and be Like,
wemby my, guy how.
Speaker 1 (23:42):
Do we do?
Speaker 3 (23:42):
It you Know i'm not absolutely.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
Not not one to pull back on. That but, anyways
your your thoughts on the opening night And christmas?
Speaker 3 (23:49):
Schedules, Rum, yeah just How?
Speaker 4 (23:50):
Wenby i'm a monk, too what's? Up maybe we can
get together and talk about. It shaolin, Mother shaolin. Baby you, know,
well first, off you mentioned the K kd, comments which we're.
Hilarious so once it was announced THAT okac was Facing
houston opening, night of course the trolls came out and
somebody tweeted TO, kd where will your mental Be opening
night when you watch the team that gave you everything
(24:12):
raise a banner after you left them high and. DRY
kd responds the WAY kd. Does, finally it's been ten,
Years about time they win.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
ONE.
Speaker 4 (24:21):
Lmao shout out TO kd official frenemy of The Straight Fire,
podcast because on one, hand he gives us great content almost.
Monthly on the other, hand there's times where it's just
like the total lack of self awareness is just baffles.
Me it's, Like, katie what do you have to gain
with this exchange right? HERE i again similar to The
(24:43):
sham's quote, BEFORE i don't know if you saying this
is the flex you think it, is BECAUSE, okc you,
know is still ARE i think the smallest market in THE.
Nba they rebounded a hell of away once you. Left
they've rebounded even better Once russ. Left, like if there's
anything to be said About, okay, see it's that they,
are without, question one of the best run franchise in THE,
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nba and they just so happened they couldn't get over the.
Hump and that's the case for eighty five percent of the.
League so you know what's to Stop jdubb OR sj
putting out a tweet like hey we got one of
these you can never bring.
Speaker 3 (25:19):
Home don't worry, About, like.
Speaker 4 (25:21):
You know what's to stop? That and then that's the
harmless trash. Stock it is what it. Is my biggest takeaway,
though is this whole Slate and this might be kind
of a minutia, taker BUT i was very surprised AND
i think it's kind of indicative of where the league,
is and this is not really a great. Sign none
of these matchups are cross. Conference if you, Notice Opening
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night is All Western conference. Teams Christmas day. Calvs nicks
Both East coast teams to open to open it, up
everybody else is A Western conference.
Speaker 3 (25:55):
Team eighteen for The. West that's, Fine.
Speaker 4 (25:58):
AND i know that we The west is going to
be a monster this, year AND i think it's gonna
be the same as last, year where the gap between
like two and ten might be four, games, Right, like
it's gonna be that. Compact it's gonna be if your
guy sprains an angle at the wrong, time it could
be the difference between home court and the Playing but
it's just it's really disappointing as a sports fan BECAUSE
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i feel like what Made christmas games especially special was
the finals rematch or bad blood between The lakers and The,
celtics or you, know we got those Great Stephan LEBRON
i think for like five straight. Years you, know that
kind of stuff is what brings in the casual. Fan
it's not always seeing the Same Steph lebron, matchup which
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you know we're gonna, watch of, course because they're two biggest.
Stars but that's part of the problem THE nba has
is they've been leaning On Steph lebron kd for about
fifteen years, now and they haven't done a great job
at all of creating the new, rivalry creating the new star.
Player AND i think that that's SOMETHING i wish they
would have been more cognitant of when they put this schedule.
Speaker 2 (27:03):
Out.
Speaker 3 (27:04):
Yeah, no that's a fair. Point but here's my. Thing you're.
Speaker 2 (27:10):
You're acting like THE nba can create stars like by
putting them ON. Tv and my only pushback on that
IS i JUST i don't think it's that. EASY i
think the star has to have certain, qualities Like Steph
curry career. Underdog lebron went to the dark, side And
(27:32):
i'm taking my. Talent, Remember lebron was not hated In cleveland.
Speaker 3 (27:35):
People you forget. This he was not. Dislayed people Loved
lebron In. Cleveland he was super. Popular it's when he
went to The, heat it was, like, oh screw that.
Guy he became a. Villain you, KNOW sga is still
not that. Popular he's just.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
Not there's no what about him is. Interesting he's kind
of a, dull boring. Guy, sorry he plays for a
team that they're pretty damn. Good they won the, championship
but like there's nothing interesting about. Him Kevin durant villain another,
Guy LIKE i Think giannis is pretty, likable AND i
wonder if he's afraid to be that villain and ask
(28:10):
for the, Trade like maybe he doesn't want to be
hated Like lebron And.
Speaker 3 (28:13):
Katie.
Speaker 2 (28:13):
SO i MEAN, NBA i, mean they can try to
force feed, you BUT i don't think it's that. Easy
like in THE, nfl, everybody do you remember how panic
people were when it was Like peyton And brady near the, End,
Well peyton And brady every, year every, year who's going
to carry the? League Ben roethlisberger's, Done who's going to
carry the? League and Then Patrick mahomes just starts freaking dominating,
(28:33):
him winning chips and it's, like, well we don't need
to create.
Speaker 3 (28:36):
Him he became a.
Speaker 2 (28:37):
STAR i, Mean Anthony edwards has to break. Through they're
trying to make him a, star, right putting him ON
tv a. Lot he's, electric he sells, merch he's got
a cool. Personality BUT i don't know if it's that,
like who do you think they could have tried to
start to force feed by putting him On Christmas day
Or opening.
Speaker 4 (28:57):
Night, well see the guy's you, mentioned they're already On
opening night because again The Eastern conference is so bad
this year With boston being injured And indiana being. Injured
and then, it's.
Speaker 3 (29:08):
OH i Forgot Philip.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
Philly they could have given Us, philly but they Behave,
yeah but, everybody you don't know who's gonna be, Healthy Paul.
Speaker 4 (29:14):
George but maybe and this is just me, spitballing rather
than giving us K d Versus lebron and The madden a,
game maybe Do lebron and The knicks right, like or
maybe give Us wemby Versus Steph like you pit the
established guy with the up and, comer and let's see
if we get.
Speaker 3 (29:35):
YOU i mean.
Speaker 4 (29:35):
You Timberwolve's lakers was sitting right. There you, know At
man just eliminated The. Lakers lakers in five was the,
thing and he was making fun of, him and that
was like a whole viral moment for a. Second like
THAT'S i think how you build the next guys is
you have them showcased against your established, teams against your established,
brands and let it go from. There because BECAUSE i,
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MEAN i mean the MAGIC i like, powelllo BUT i
don't know if that's going to do anything for us
On Christmas.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
Day and Like detroit And Cade, cunningham there moderate, interest
BUT i don't know who's your second best player on The.
PISTONS i mean, honestly like you roll the, dice like
you put one of these teams on and somebody gets,
Hurt it's, like oh my, gosh we're. Screwed you, Know
wemby's not. There, hey who's tuning in to Watch Daron fox?
Speaker 3 (30:23):
Against? Okay, see like it's not that you know.
Speaker 4 (30:26):
Interesting, well quite, frankly no one's tuning in to watch
Ak okac and that's part of the.
Speaker 2 (30:30):
Problem that's also, yeah nobody cares.
Speaker 1 (30:35):
Yet.
Speaker 3 (30:35):
Anyways All, right that's that's it For.
Speaker 2 (30:36):
Monday, obviously MORE nfl. Tomorrow we have a couple great
guests lined up for this.
Speaker 3 (30:42):
Week should be a good.
Speaker 2 (30:43):
One some more fantasy content coming up this month obviously
with fantasy, Football, rob how.
Speaker 3 (30:48):
Many fantasy leagues do you think you're?
Speaker 4 (30:49):
Doing, Ooh i'm right. Now i'm set for, three but
only two of them are like really. Important one of
them is a longtime family league THAT i win, anyway
so it doesn't really. Matter but two big ones That
i'm pretty excited.
Speaker 3 (31:01):
About how about. You we're looking at? Five oh, well.
Speaker 2 (31:06):
You, KNOW i think three for me and three or
four for me and then one or two for my. Son,
okay so, yeah but it's a joint effort. Obviously All,
right people see.
Speaker 3 (31:15):
Tomorrow
This is straight fire with Jason McIntyre.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
What is up straight par Playum, it's me Jason McIntyre,
Straight Bayer. For Monday, August the eleventh, we got some
NFL to talk about preseason football.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
It's fantastic. Actually the football was not great.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
No, I didn't better on any preseason Sorry, I'm not
that much of a degenerate. I watched a little bit,
but you can catch up on YouTube pretty quickly, even
if you didn't sacrifice your Friday night to watch ser
Sanders make his debut. So we'll dive into NFL. Also,
NBA Christmas Day games were announced. They're not terrible opening
night not terrible. But I do want to quickly start briefly.
(00:51):
So remember how I signed up for that basketball league
where fifty K was at stake. So we made the playoffs,
and in an unbelievable turn of events, our leading scorer,
the guy who led the league in threes, he was
flying back from Florida on Sunday and his flight got canceled,
(01:12):
so he had to miss the game and we're just
hurting for offense and we lose. But I will say this,
we played against a guy who was one of like
McDonald's All American Superstar.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
This guy named Billy Preston.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
He was ticketed to go to Kansas, and then he
got there and there was back in the pre nil
there was all this investigation into whether or not he
was eligible, and wouldn't you know it, they just he
just said, screw this, I'm not wasting my time. I'm
gonna go play professionally. And then I think he had
a couple of coffee with several G League teams. I
saw this guy during the season, okay, and he half
(01:45):
asked it all the time. He was loafing around and
obviously the skin. I mean he's six' ten and has
Like Kevin durant handle and. Shot that's basically what he.
Is but he just he just never was like locked
in and he's a half assed. Everything if he missed a,
shot he went hustle. Back he never pass is the basketball, ever.
Folks he was different in the. Playoffs he had forty
(02:05):
two points And i'm sure if you go On instagram
at some point, today they'll have a real of all his.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Buckets i've never seen anything this.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Felt this is what it must have felt like when
you're The knicks in the playoffs going Against Michael jordan
in the.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
NINETIES i, mean the guy was.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Unstoppable we had multiple defenders hand in his, face handed
and he's just hitting impossible. Shots handle was. Tight it was,
LIKE i, mean, listen obviously he's really, talented but he's just,
like you, know not not ever locked. In and he
was locked in and we end up getting smashed and it,
sucked and SO i won't be winning fifty thousand. Dollars but, Fortunately,
(02:41):
rob maybe we can win fifty thousand dollars. GAMBLING i
don't know is that. Possible we just. Had all we
have to do is bet On Shadre. Sanders let me
get you the. LINE i know people are fired. Up
oh the shad takes her. Flying Rob Schadure sanders and
his debut against The panthers in a thirty to ten.
Win panthers were heavy favors and then got. Smashed should
(03:03):
do her fourteen of twenty three no.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
Picks one hundred and thirty eight.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
YARDS a lot of excitement and then you kind of
dig in and you're, like, oh wait a, minute, huh all?
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Right he was, okay he got sacked. Twice not the
end of the.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
World they had a ten yard touchdown. Drive they had
a forty three yard touchdown. Drive and these are all,
backups largely playing against, backups and it's, like, oh, okay
fourteen for twenty three for a buck thirty eight and
people are doing?
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Cartwheels what AM i missing?
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Here obviously he did not vomit all over himself or
embarrass himself or totally screw, up which is. Great he
certainly looked the. Part playing with all backups against you, Know.
Panthers what did they have like they were top five?
Speaker 3 (03:56):
PICK i, mean they were.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Terrible So i'm not gonna freak out and proclaim him
the starter or say anything like. That bottom line is
he looked. Good is it okay to say? THAT i,
know in this era of hot takes and engagement, farming
you've got to get say something. INCENDIARY i got nothing in,
said there's no. Point he showed, up he didn't screw.
(04:18):
Up he was, competent And i'd like to see. More
is that an? OKAY i, mean like, Listen Dylan gabriel's,
Hamstring Kenny picktt, hamster and these guys were.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Hurt schador got his. Shot he was. Fine he wasn't.
OVERWHELMING i mean you could go on YouTube and look
up all his. Throws he.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Was he was.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
FINE i don't, know like people are out here, like oh,
oh shadoor come on and nobody's everybody said he was.
CRAP i thought he.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
WAS i thought it was good And, Rob i'm not
being like a hater or. Whatever he was fine like
that to, me is the word like two touchdown passes obviously, excellent,
right it's.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
Not let me just go through the drives.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Here so essentially they had a they opened this game
with a three and out and then they turned it
out eight, Yards it places thirty five, yards turn it
over on downs fourth, Down shudur in complete pass the
fourth and. One then they went five, plays fourteen yards,
Punt carolina fumbles the punt And shad gets it on
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a doorstep two, places ten yards. Touchdown then they go
nine place twenty seven yards, punt and then five plays
sixty yards. Touchdown that was his best. Drive you, know
obviously he got uh this is this is late second.
Quarter showed competency and like the two minute. Drill i'm
happy for the. Guy you, know, hey one nice. Pass
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you could say he had two nice. Passes isn't a
good one over the. Middle But i'm just gonna, say
pump the brakes.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
On he's a.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Starter, okay let's just slow. DOWN i know there's, excitement
a lot of people, Want, hey you were.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Wrong you gotta own, it, Guys, guys this is one
preseason game that's it must not go. Overboard AND i
know that's sensible and not a hot. Take And i'm
Sure rob's gonna hate, it but he was. Fine, Okay,
rob is that a sufficient? Take, like, HONESTLY i just
don't want to gas him up too.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
Much it's the.
Speaker 4 (06:18):
Preseason, no it's not a sufficient take because if we're
trying to cut through the slosh that is sports, media
we need to have a hot take and we don't have.
One but it's, okay look, man you have ONE i,
do but not related to his. Play oh because.
Speaker 3 (06:34):
Oh, OH i know what you want to talk.
Speaker 4 (06:35):
About, Okay so, anyways but as far as the way he,
played you, know he was. Fine if you are A
kala excuse, me if you are A Shador sanders, fan
then you saw exactly what you wanted to. See he
was a little bit more athletic than people give him credit,
for and his two touchdown PASSES i thought were great.
Throws the one rolling over to his left in the
back of the end. Zone that was a great throw
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for any. Quarterback the second touchdown over the, middle climbs
the pocket over the linebackers.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
In between the. Safeties great.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
Throw that's what you want to see from AN nfl.
Quarterback if you don't Like Shaduary, sanders you saw him
evade the pocket much earlier than he should have several.
Times that was the not coming on him coming out
of college was that he does not what's the word they.
Use he doesn't process as quickly as they would like
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because he wants to see it open before he throws
most of the. Time and that's why he took so many.
Sacks that's, why you, know that's why the offensive line
wasn't as bad as people say it. Was it was
a lot of, him you, know just not seeing it
before he pulled the. Trigger and that happened a little
bit On friday. Night you, know he took a couple of.
Sacks there was a fourth and one play where the
number one option wasn't. There he immediately floats backwards and
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it's a turnover on, Downs so he didn't even bother
to look at this second or third, guy AND i
know it's suposed to be a quick, play but that's
part of the development of a. Quarterback what's interesting about
that whole, situation, though, is according To The Athletic Zach,
jackson even after what many are calling a very successful
(08:07):
debut For Shot, GEORGIAN i THINK i think it was
myself fourteen to twenty. Three you mentioned one thirty, eight two,
touchdowns no. Picks according to The, athletic that's not enough
to move him above fourth in the depth. Chart, still
according to, them Quote Dylan gabriel still ahead Of sanders
in the eyes of the coaching, staff even, though according to,
(08:28):
them rarely has that position matched what we've seen on the.
Field and that goes back to something that you've been.
Speaker 3 (08:33):
Saying since the.
Speaker 4 (08:34):
Draft as soon as they pulled the trigger and they
Took Dylan gabriel in the third, round it was evident
That Kevin stefanski wanted him to be their. Quarterback that
there's something About Dylan, gabriel the forty five year old
college quarterback who's about my height standing back, there that
they like something about him that they view him as
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a potential franchise.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
Quarterback and you know.
Speaker 4 (09:00):
How this works in. Sports the politick in is what
leads to this kind of, thing is that he is
going to be given every opportunity ahead Of chador to
determine whether or not he can. Play So gabriel has
that going from that's number one according to all the.
Reporting now THE qb one job Is Joe, Flaccos and
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the only reason that he can play in the, debut
in the preseason debut is because he's, old and they're, like,
hey we already know what he can. Do we don't
need to see him against the. Preseason we're not even
going to run him out there and practice quite, FRANK
i think he has the lowest attempts of any of
the four quarterbacks in. Practice that's because they think he
is the. Guy so at, Best Shador saders his third.
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String lest we, forget, however That Kenny, pickett before he
heard his, hamstring was getting the most reps with the
ones of any of the. Guys so, again despite what
many believed to be an impressive, debut it's a whole
lot of. Nothing Chador sanders back at fourth. String Chadoor
sanders back on the, roster, bubble and that leads to
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my big hot, TAKE i guess of this whole.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
Situation Fox Sports radio has the best sports talk lineup
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to listen. Live did you see.
Speaker 4 (10:21):
That viral video Of chaduur after the? Game it wasn't
quite in the locker? Room what would you call?
Speaker 3 (10:28):
That the? Tunnel the tunnel there you, go call it
the backstage area.
Speaker 4 (10:32):
Where he approaches a Longtime browns Reporter Tony grossy and
kind of challenged him a little, bit, saying why did
you have anything nice to?
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Me?
Speaker 4 (10:45):
EVER i never done anything to, you Like, tony why
do you always have never say anything good about? Me
hope you have something positive to say about? Me and
here's What i'm gonna say about that To Shador, sanders
what have you done to earn anything positive from any
of these?
Speaker 2 (10:58):
Guys right?
Speaker 4 (10:59):
Now you're the fourth string quarterback getting talked about like
you're the first string. Quarterback my, god you should be
happy that you're even getting talked about on This monday
morning on a big podcast Like fire With jason. McIntyre,
Wow like you haven't done anything yet to warrant the
kind of coverage that you're, getting much less the kind
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of coverage where you, say, hey you better say something
positive about.
Speaker 3 (11:23):
Me your debut was.
Speaker 4 (11:24):
Fine it wasn't, bad it wasn't. Great it was. Fine
it was better than a fifth round, pick, absolutely but
it wasn't something WHERE i would go home and, say, oh,
man as you See Shador. Sanders, no so relax a
little bit man. There as of right, now as were this,
recording there's a better chance of him getting waved altogether
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than there is of him being THE qb one.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
In Clar, oh well better THAN. Qb, okay that's.
Speaker 4 (11:50):
Fair so at this, point what do you expect these
guys to write about?
Speaker 2 (11:54):
You, well you Know grossy and NOW i haven't read
all of his, pieces AND i think he goes on
radio In cleveland and you.
Speaker 3 (12:03):
Know takes some jabs At. Shador he's very.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
Negative and you know how this, works Rot And i'm
not going to call out too many people in sports,
media but you, know you, go if you're writing or
going on the radio OR tv or podcast and saying positive,
stuff it doesn't really. Track you know what tracks you
know what gets the, engagement the. Negativity, wow he can't do,
this he can't do, This he's not. This he got
a speeding. Ticket, well the.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
Negativity so these writers know.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
That And i'm not Saying grossy is getting paid by the,
click but you know that's how some things worked. Out you, know,
listen if this podcast got no, LISTENERS i would not
have been renewed for like the last four, years you.
Know SO i Mean grossy and these writers they have to.
Deliver we know The athletic has let go some people
if their numbers were not great covering the. BEAT i
think they let go. Unbelievably and it's not an indapet
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of the, writer but maybe the. Coverage but like The
Penn State, beat writer was not renewed at The. ATHLETIC i,
GUESS i mean always Clicking Penn state. Stories, well how
do you get people Clicking Penn state? Stories, HEY a
Guess Drew aller he cannot get it. Done why he's
a failing you, Know like you push, negativity it, works
and that's why a lot of these guys don't want
to deal with the media. Anymore BUT i actually thought
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the Video shudur did not come off looking that. BAD
i thought there was some humility.
Speaker 3 (13:17):
There he was. Laughing it wasn't like serious and. Intense.
Speaker 4 (13:21):
Now it wasn't like what his dad, Does, no nothing like. That,
yes now here's my.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
Thing do you think it was scripted because it appeared
as if one of his friends or handlers or homies
was kind of saying, like.
Speaker 3 (13:34):
Oh don't, don't don't don't do, this don't talk to this.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
Guy and he was, LIKE i got, this you, know
as if it wasn't like Confort it wasn't.
Speaker 3 (13:40):
CONFRONTATION i don't, KNOW i kind of respect.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
It it wasn't like he was trying a big time
the guy or be, me and he was just, like
hopefully now he can write something. Nice and given the
off season this kid has, had falling from top five
pick to fifth round to the speeding tickets to fourth
string on the depth, chart like it's been as he's.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
Been humbled big, time me has?
Speaker 4 (14:03):
HE i, mean if you've been, humbled would you go
up to a reporter after your one decent performance in,
yeah in nine plus months and you say? That and
what's interesting about that whole video is that this is
an underreported part of the. Story you, know who was
recording that, video and you know who distributed that.
Speaker 3 (14:22):
VIDEO i Don't.
Speaker 4 (14:24):
Sanders family YouTube while off, media which IS i think
run By Dion Sanders.
Speaker 3 (14:29):
Junior, no that's.
Speaker 4 (14:31):
Interesting so it's like they. Are it wasn't like there
was just the camera that was there and happened to catch.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
It, no this was on. Purpose that's an interesting. Angle.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
Listen i'm not rooting against. Him i'm not actively rooting for.
HIM i certainly think he's. Interesting here's WHAT i don't get.
You you said that the athletic reports That gillybriel's still
ahead of him on the depth.
Speaker 3 (14:56):
Chart, here where do you think that's coming.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
From there's no After shaduur was that, capable and without
knowing the severity of the injuries to the quarterbacks or
when they're going to be back this week that any
outlet can, say, Well chaduur was, solid but he's still
fourth on the depth.
Speaker 3 (15:12):
Chart how would they?
Speaker 2 (15:13):
Know you know that the coaches aren't releasing a depth
chart after every. GAME i don't even know that the
coordinators would be talking about that stuff That that struck
me as very. Odd the most negative rob was?
Speaker 1 (15:25):
It?
Speaker 4 (15:25):
Not, yeah BUT i think part of it. Was AND
i could be. Wrong i'm trying to fact check. It
hair As i'm, speaking Is Dylan gabriel And Kenny. PICKETT
i believe both practiced last week before the game the, Game,
yeah and so obviously they're not that. Hurt they just
didn't want to risk it in an unnecessary preseason. Action
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so based on their, observations it would indicate that these two,
guys in addition To Joe, flacco are all still ahead
Of Shador. Sanders so maybe it's not they're trying to
be negative or they're to do an aha moment and
they're just, hey based on what we see at practice
and we're there every single, day unlike the national, Media Shador,
(16:07):
sanders despite all this coverage and all this hullabaloo and
all of these debates ON, espnfs, ONE, cbs he's still number.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
Four, yeah THAT'S i just find that. Bizarre here's the other.
Thing you said something. Interesting you were, like you, Know
chaudor's first game in nine. MONTHS i, MEAN i mean
it's probably, eight BECAUSE i actually it might be. NINE
i don't know When colorado's last game, was but it
just struck me as holy, cow these guys haven't played
(16:34):
a game in eight or nine months a real game
and practice ain't a, game which is weird because basketball
happens all the.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
Time you can play, games pick up, games summer.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
League these guys like the idea That lebron hasn't been
playing in some of these. Runs what's his, Name brickley
or whatever the guy is In New York, City like
those are actual games. NOW i guess it's just weird
to me that these basketball guys played literally year. ROUND
i Know luca took a month off or whatever to
get his body, right but like shd or could couldn't
(17:08):
be like getting chased and tackled in the off, Seat
like that's just not a thing that.
Speaker 3 (17:12):
Happens, yeah that's one of.
Speaker 4 (17:14):
Those that's one of the wird things about football is that,
football similar to the fight, game whether IT'S mma or,
boxing is one of those rare sports that you cannot
simulate without actually doing.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
It but it's not a team, sport Right like even
hockey has like international stuff right, Now luca's playing, Overseas jokich's,
like these guys are playing games that IS i just
thought about. That that's crazy and maybe it's because of
stuff like. This i'm sure you Saw sunday night potential
scare In philly As Landon, dickerson their all pro guard
(17:48):
was carted off. Obviously Rayshaw, SLATER i THINK i got that.
Right ray Sew Yes later of The. Chargers last week
you had what's his, Name Rondale moore went, down like
and this is like reseason week, one.
Speaker 3 (18:04):
You, know so LIKE i mean it is uh. Sucks T.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
J spears or The titans went. Down he's gonna be
out for like a. Month Dion bush of The chiefs torn.
ACHILLES i think he was a backup. Linebacker it's just.
INJURIES A. Cj Gardner johnson of The, texans he went.
Down they they're they're looking assigned guys like it is.
Speaker 3 (18:24):
Football it's just. Man, yeah that one was.
Speaker 4 (18:26):
Interesting THE. CJ gj one was because you had multiple
national insiders reporting different things for like three hours. There
that's a whole different. Conversation but it's like do we
know it was right or wrong OR i think that
the final result Was schefter had it, Right but at
the time it was like it goes back to something
you had mentioned, where you, know with the way sports
(18:46):
media is these.
Speaker 3 (18:47):
Days it's we got to be. FIRST i saw.
Speaker 2 (18:50):
It not about being right all the, time not to
get into the media. Stuff BUT i Saw shams did
some kind of. PODCAST i. DIDN'T i just say he
was scrolling AND i Saw seam said something to the
effect Of i've had to walk out on, dates, yeah birthday, parties,
holidays And i've got to. Work it's just part of the.
Job And i'm, like, actually, no you, don't, like nobody
(19:14):
gives a rats ass if you don't, win if you're
not the first to a story ON i don't know
The rockets Signed John wall whatever it, is who?
Speaker 4 (19:24):
Cares and it's not the flex he thinks it is Either,
no maybe like ten years ago this was a thing,
fifteen but now getting the news doesn't really do anything for.
Speaker 2 (19:35):
You it's instantly aggregated by, everyone and anybody with a
social media account is jumping in.
Speaker 3 (19:41):
On so LIKE i just, Now i've gone off on a.
Speaker 1 (19:44):
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Speaker 2 (19:56):
Live we can wrap Up rob with THIS nba announcing
their opening night schedule And Christmas, night So obviously opening
night has to be defending. Champs SO okac is playing
and they're playing The Houston rockets And Kevin. Durant nice
little twist there from the, league SO kd versus The.
(20:16):
Thunder rob knows what captain With katie online now he'll
get into it. Shortly and then of course The Warriors,
lakers which is the two most popular teams in the
league next, Year curry And lebron And.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
Luca that's the. Nightcap now that Is, oh that's at The. Lakers.
Speaker 2 (20:31):
Damn i'm gonna have to put in a request with
my boy who Has lakers season tickets and does listen
to this. Podcast they did hang out with them over the,
weekend But i'm sure his family's gonna want to go
to See. Curry now The Christmas day, Games, rob this is.
Interesting so this IS.
Speaker 3 (20:45):
I think this is the. Order, Yeah cleveland At, nicks.
Speaker 2 (20:49):
Which is obviously The garden's gonna be. Popping those are
the two best teams in The. East spurs who haven't
made the playoffs in, years haven't had a winning record in.
Years AT, okac so you Get wemby against the defending.
Champs Chet holgrin Versus. Webby then you Get houston At.
Lakers that's a great, Game cooper flag and The MAVs At,
(21:12):
curry and the nightcap Is Anthony edwards Against. Jokic, now
my first thought, was, okay who got? Snuffed who got? Screwed,
well The Indiana, pacers who have been to the conference
finals two years in a, row did not get a.
Game but there's no. Haliburt The Boston celtics obviously their.
Team they got three new. Starters that's how that's HOW i.
(21:33):
Mean they're just chopping salaries big. Time so No, pacers No.
Celtics and then the other, one, interestingly No, yannis WHO
i think has been.
Speaker 3 (21:45):
A staple On.
Speaker 2 (21:46):
Christmas i'm pretty sure because, he's you, know one of
the three best players in the. LEAGUE i think that's
a solid. Schedule i'm. NOT i don't really give a
shit WHAT nfl it goes up. AGAINST i have two.
TVs my remote has, batteries is not THE i don't.
CARE i am fascinated By wemby and The spurs are
one of these seams and we're DOING nfl, Now but
(22:06):
still The. Spurs rob IF i told you they were top,
four would you be? Shocked, yes why because nobody had
The rockets getting the second seed last.
Speaker 4 (22:17):
Year. Nobody, WELL i was shocked by, that so then,
yes that would be. Shocked top. Six, NO i would
not be.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
Shocked top.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
FOUR i think top six is where they'll. Be top
FOUR i think is in play. Somebody every year it,
happened somebody. FALTERS i don't know who it's gonna. Be
but as long As wemby's. Fight and by the, Way
i'm just putting this out, THERE i probably should. NOT
i should read the exact text BEFORE I, so my,
(22:45):
buddy who will go, unnamed his son and his friends
swear swear they Saw.
Speaker 3 (22:57):
Victor Wembin yama.
Speaker 2 (23:00):
Leaving his new house in The South bay out here
In Los. Angeles and now it could be that he
is just renting a house to be out here for a.
While apparently he is working out At Loyola. MARYMOUNT i
did see an image Of Kevin garnett And wemby.
Speaker 3 (23:19):
Together we Know kg's out, Here it's.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
UNCONFIRMED i asked my realtor, friend who is the one
who mentioned to me That luca was looking out here
in The South. Bay Wem benyama getting house would not surprise.
Me but, well then, again As rob always knows a
lot OF nba players spending off season out.
Speaker 3 (23:35):
Here but if Wem Ben yama's in my, HOOD i will.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
Guarantee you your boy will go up and be Like,
wemby my, guy how.
Speaker 1 (23:42):
Do we do?
Speaker 3 (23:42):
It you Know i'm not absolutely.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
Not not one to pull back on. That but, anyways
your your thoughts on the opening night And christmas?
Speaker 3 (23:49):
Schedules, Rum, yeah just How?
Speaker 4 (23:50):
Wenby i'm a monk, too what's? Up maybe we can
get together and talk about. It shaolin, Mother shaolin. Baby you, know,
well first, off you mentioned the K kd, comments which we're.
Hilarious so once it was announced THAT okac was Facing
houston opening, night of course the trolls came out and
somebody tweeted TO, kd where will your mental Be opening
night when you watch the team that gave you everything
(24:12):
raise a banner after you left them high and. DRY
kd responds the WAY kd. Does, finally it's been ten,
Years about time they win.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
ONE.
Speaker 4 (24:21):
Lmao shout out TO kd official frenemy of The Straight Fire,
podcast because on one, hand he gives us great content almost.
Monthly on the other, hand there's times where it's just
like the total lack of self awareness is just baffles.
Me it's, Like, katie what do you have to gain
with this exchange right? HERE i again similar to The
(24:43):
sham's quote, BEFORE i don't know if you saying this
is the flex you think it, is BECAUSE, okc you,
know is still ARE i think the smallest market in THE.
Nba they rebounded a hell of away once you. Left
they've rebounded even better Once russ. Left, like if there's
anything to be said About, okay, see it's that they,
are without, question one of the best run franchise in THE,
(25:06):
nba and they just so happened they couldn't get over the.
Hump and that's the case for eighty five percent of the.
League so you know what's to Stop jdubb OR sj
putting out a tweet like hey we got one of
these you can never bring.
Speaker 3 (25:19):
Home don't worry, About, like.
Speaker 4 (25:21):
You know what's to stop? That and then that's the
harmless trash. Stock it is what it. Is my biggest takeaway,
though is this whole Slate and this might be kind
of a minutia, taker BUT i was very surprised AND
i think it's kind of indicative of where the league,
is and this is not really a great. Sign none
of these matchups are cross. Conference if you, Notice Opening
(25:45):
night is All Western conference. Teams Christmas day. Calvs nicks
Both East coast teams to open to open it, up
everybody else is A Western conference.
Speaker 3 (25:55):
Team eighteen for The. West that's, Fine.
Speaker 4 (25:58):
AND i know that we The west is going to
be a monster this, year AND i think it's gonna
be the same as last, year where the gap between
like two and ten might be four, games, Right, like
it's gonna be that. Compact it's gonna be if your
guy sprains an angle at the wrong, time it could
be the difference between home court and the Playing but
it's just it's really disappointing as a sports fan BECAUSE
(26:18):
i feel like what Made christmas games especially special was
the finals rematch or bad blood between The lakers and The,
celtics or you, know we got those Great Stephan LEBRON
i think for like five straight. Years you, know that
kind of stuff is what brings in the casual. Fan
it's not always seeing the Same Steph lebron, matchup which
(26:42):
you know we're gonna, watch of, course because they're two biggest.
Stars but that's part of the problem THE nba has
is they've been leaning On Steph lebron kd for about
fifteen years, now and they haven't done a great job
at all of creating the new, rivalry creating the new star.
Player AND i think that that's SOMETHING i wish they
would have been more cognitant of when they put this schedule.
Speaker 2 (27:03):
Out.
Speaker 3 (27:04):
Yeah, no that's a fair. Point but here's my. Thing you're.
Speaker 2 (27:10):
You're acting like THE nba can create stars like by
putting them ON. Tv and my only pushback on that
IS i JUST i don't think it's that. EASY i
think the star has to have certain, qualities Like Steph
curry career. Underdog lebron went to the dark, side And
(27:32):
i'm taking my. Talent, Remember lebron was not hated In cleveland.
Speaker 3 (27:35):
People you forget. This he was not. Dislayed people Loved
lebron In. Cleveland he was super. Popular it's when he
went to The, heat it was, like, oh screw that.
Guy he became a. Villain you, KNOW sga is still
not that. Popular he's just.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
Not there's no what about him is. Interesting he's kind
of a, dull boring. Guy, sorry he plays for a
team that they're pretty damn. Good they won the, championship
but like there's nothing interesting about. Him Kevin durant villain another,
Guy LIKE i Think giannis is pretty, likable AND i
wonder if he's afraid to be that villain and ask
(28:10):
for the, Trade like maybe he doesn't want to be
hated Like lebron And.
Speaker 3 (28:13):
Katie.
Speaker 2 (28:13):
SO i MEAN, NBA i, mean they can try to
force feed, you BUT i don't think it's that. Easy
like in THE, nfl, everybody do you remember how panic
people were when it was Like peyton And brady near the, End,
Well peyton And brady every, year every, year who's going
to carry the? League Ben roethlisberger's, Done who's going to
carry the? League and Then Patrick mahomes just starts freaking dominating,
(28:33):
him winning chips and it's, like, well we don't need
to create.
Speaker 3 (28:36):
Him he became a.
Speaker 2 (28:37):
STAR i, Mean Anthony edwards has to break. Through they're
trying to make him a, star, right putting him ON
tv a. Lot he's, electric he sells, merch he's got
a cool. Personality BUT i don't know if it's that,
like who do you think they could have tried to
start to force feed by putting him On Christmas day
Or opening.
Speaker 4 (28:57):
Night, well see the guy's you, mentioned they're already On
opening night because again The Eastern conference is so bad
this year With boston being injured And indiana being. Injured
and then, it's.
Speaker 3 (29:08):
OH i Forgot Philip.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
Philly they could have given Us, philly but they Behave,
yeah but, everybody you don't know who's gonna be, Healthy Paul.
Speaker 4 (29:14):
George but maybe and this is just me, spitballing rather
than giving us K d Versus lebron and The madden a,
game maybe Do lebron and The knicks right, like or
maybe give Us wemby Versus Steph like you pit the
established guy with the up and, comer and let's see
if we get.
Speaker 3 (29:35):
YOU i mean.
Speaker 4 (29:35):
You Timberwolve's lakers was sitting right. There you, know At
man just eliminated The. Lakers lakers in five was the,
thing and he was making fun of, him and that
was like a whole viral moment for a. Second like
THAT'S i think how you build the next guys is
you have them showcased against your established, teams against your established,
brands and let it go from. There because BECAUSE i,
(29:56):
MEAN i mean the MAGIC i like, powelllo BUT i
don't know if that's going to do anything for us
On Christmas.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
Day and Like detroit And Cade, cunningham there moderate, interest
BUT i don't know who's your second best player on The.
PISTONS i mean, honestly like you roll the, dice like
you put one of these teams on and somebody gets,
Hurt it's, like oh my, gosh we're. Screwed you, Know
wemby's not. There, hey who's tuning in to Watch Daron fox?
Speaker 3 (30:23):
Against? Okay, see like it's not that you know.
Speaker 4 (30:26):
Interesting, well quite, frankly no one's tuning in to watch
Ak okac and that's part of the.
Speaker 2 (30:30):
Problem that's also, yeah nobody cares.
Speaker 1 (30:35):
Yet.
Speaker 3 (30:35):
Anyways All, right that's that's it For.
Speaker 2 (30:36):
Monday, obviously MORE nfl. Tomorrow we have a couple great
guests lined up for this.
Speaker 3 (30:42):
Week should be a good.
Speaker 2 (30:43):
One some more fantasy content coming up this month obviously
with fantasy, Football, rob how.
Speaker 3 (30:48):
Many fantasy leagues do you think you're?
Speaker 4 (30:49):
Doing, Ooh i'm right. Now i'm set for, three but
only two of them are like really. Important one of
them is a longtime family league THAT i win, anyway
so it doesn't really. Matter but two big ones That
i'm pretty excited.
Speaker 3 (31:01):
About how about. You we're looking at? Five oh, well.
Speaker 2 (31:06):
You, KNOW i think three for me and three or
four for me and then one or two for my. Son,
okay so, yeah but it's a joint effort. Obviously All,
right people see.
Speaker 3 (31:15):
Tomorrow
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