July 1, 2025 • 41 mins
Dan thinks Giannis Antetokounmpo will stay in Milwaukee with the Bucks this season and probably joins Luka Dončić and the Lakers the following year. And Hall of Fame Steelers HC Bill Cowher drops by to weigh in on Pittsburgh’s latest trade for Jalen Ramsey and Jonnu Smith, and the status of TJ Watt.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox
Sports Radio. Welcome to July hour two of this program,
Dan and the dan Ets, Dan Patrick Show. Minister of Humor,
Fritzie Seaton, Mark Pauly, yours truly the backroom guys, Bill Kauer,
Hall of Famer.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
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Get his thoughts on the recent editions for the Pittsburgh
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(01:02):
of course, are famous or infamous for not winning a
Sports SEMMI. Six times we've been nominated, and it's an
honor just to be nominated.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
Yeah, but how many shows that we've been nominated that
many times?
Speaker 3 (01:15):
I don't know. I would say we're in rare fight there,
but we haven't won. And now, to make matters worse,
I just received an email from the Sports Semmis. Now
I'm thinking, oh, maybe they went back and somebody miscounted.
Maybe there's a market correction here. We won the Sports
(01:35):
Semmi instead of NFL Live. No, that's not the case.
They want to know if we want to order the
nomination for a Sports Emmy, kind of like you know,
when you win a wild card game, you don't exactly
put up a banner that you won a wild card
game in baseball or a play in game, or you
win the Summer League NBA. If we would like to
(01:58):
get a frame certificate of us being nominated for the
Sports Emmy two hundred and seventy five dollars unframed certificate
fifty dollars now, plus shipping determined by zip code and
sales tax if applicable, and of course Connecticut it's applicable.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
So we have to spend a little.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
More money to get a gift or a certificate that says, hey, loser,
you got nominated again. Who would like to have one
of these certificates? Who would order one of these certificates?
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Tod I would not.
Speaker 5 (02:37):
I would consider when all said and done, and if
there's hopefully a few more nominations, maybe even a win
to get something that says eight time nine time nominated
as a one shot deal, but I will get anything.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Now you have to decide today.
Speaker 5 (02:48):
Then I'm going to pass on that.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Okay.
Speaker 5 (02:51):
I don't want to lose twice, and I'm want to
get ripped off and lose the Emmy. That's it feels
like you're losing twice.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Now.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
It does say you can order the premier plaque. You
get the plaque, a frame certificate or an unframed certificate.
Seatan would you order one of these?
Speaker 4 (03:09):
I'm not against the concept of ordering them. They're a
little pricey for me though, Okay, Marvin, No, all right.
Speaker 6 (03:16):
Paul, unlikely, But I'm with Seaton if it was easier,
probably because you're still proud of it. I've seen the one,
the four to seventy five one. Yeah, it's beautiful. A
guy I know has like four of them in his office.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
But he just nominated. That guy's ain't Paul pats. No,
he's just nominated.
Speaker 6 (03:36):
But this guy also has two actual Emmys on the
same platform, so he's a four time runner up, two
time winner.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
Okay.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Like if the company gave them out, I'd be like, hell, yeah, man,
I'm throwing this in my in a room in the house.
But I'm not going to spend.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Okay, I'd be more than happy to splurge for the
unframed certificate. Okay, I'm just saying I I I'll go
all in on fifty dollars unframed certificate.
Speaker 6 (04:07):
Yes, Paul, you could also go back and if you're
a multi time nominee, you can go back and get
your old nominations. So if you wanted to, you could
buy all six of the times who were nominated.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
They're not defunct, Okay, so six times six unframed certificates,
So that's three hundred dollars.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Okay, Yes, ton did they do this with.
Speaker 5 (04:29):
The Emmys and the Oscars and the Tonys. If you
would nominate it, you can buy one of these kind
of items to say you were an Oscar nominated and
you put that up on a mantle somewhere.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
If I was nominated for an Oscar, then I would
do that.
Speaker 5 (04:39):
What was fifteen hundred dollars for that thing?
Speaker 2 (04:41):
And I would do that trinket. I would do that time. Yeah, yes, Paul.
Speaker 6 (04:46):
I think if they handed them out as you left
the building after the loss, I'd be more app to
be like, oh, that's very thoughtful of them. It's the
silver medal of the sports media. But if let's say
you didn't win the silver medal in the Olympics on property,
but you could buy it at a later date.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
So I don't even get the metal presentation.
Speaker 6 (05:05):
No, you're just on there and the gold wins it
and there's no second and third, there's no silver and bronze,
but you could buy the silver at a later date.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
But if NFL Live was on the gold and then
we won the silver, and then we would be there
on the podium and then you know MLB tonight, right,
it was there for the bronze, I'd like that.
Speaker 5 (05:23):
Yes, And they have a ring of honor in the
theater that we went to like in Small Princeton on
a wall Dude Patrick show six times. You know, let
me do that, like the team Ring of one. You're
not in the Hall of Fame, you're in the team
ring of honor not quitting ken?
Speaker 2 (05:36):
How much do you think you added? Right there? Very little?
That's what I thought.
Speaker 4 (05:41):
I'm just saying, though, what are we six for eighteen? Yeah,
that's we're batting three thirty three. That's we're strong candidates
for the Hall of Fame. We well, batting average doesn't
mean anything anymore. Wow, we're not hitting home run Seaton. Ah,
we're hitting doubles. What's wrong with the double? I would
have loved to have been a double's hitter.
Speaker 5 (06:02):
Yeah what, I just got another note saying, and you
act now you get a sports empty tap and towel.
So that's something about anything key chaining.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Timers, sticking down. We got fifteen minutes for this offer,
bumper stickers for everywhere.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
All right, My offer stands for one more minute that
I will buy everybody an unframed certificate of this nomination.
You have sixty seconds starting now, guest poet.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Now because of the bit I'm in.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
Okay, all right, unframed certificate that sums up our show.
Speaker 7 (06:35):
Ton Sorry, I know I stepped on you like that.
Raise my hand, raise your hand, I say, get one done.
You didn't raise your hands. I'm not buying you an
unframed certificate. Yeah, yes, yes, yes, you're gone.
Speaker 5 (06:51):
I think you're buying one and hanging in the rink.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
I I can buy one and just hang it as
you walk in, you know, like Notre Dame. Play like
a champion, and they you smack it when you come in.
We're gonna play like a nominee. Play like a nominee today,
play like a loser.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
That's us. I'm just saying.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
It must be a hell of a frame for two
seventy five of frame certificate.
Speaker 4 (07:17):
It's got to be wood right out composite.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
Fifty fifty dollars for an unframed certificate. Yeah, yes, yeah,
I got to factor that in as well. But you're
not getting one, Todd because second it's the top. Pauli's
the only one who gets one. Yes, oh but did Marvin. No,
nobody's you had sixty seconds. They have those timers, you know,
(07:39):
definitely up it's been sixty Yeah, that's it.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
It's gone. Yeah.
Speaker 6 (07:43):
Yeah, I've seen them and they look like a college diploma.
The nice script, the nice background. They're very becoming.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
Right, Well, Paulie gets one, but thank you for the sports.
Speaker 6 (07:54):
My and that's the five on my wall.
Speaker 3 (07:56):
Yeah, thank you to the Sports Emmys for thinking of us,
So it'd be nice if you thought of us as
winners maybe one of these days.
Speaker 4 (08:04):
Yes, that still is not that. That email is not
as bad as getting the email after the Emmys, which
was actually a great email to get. However, it was
a real kick in the stomach and they said, hey,
can you guys help produce our awards show next year
because the one that you did this year was so
good When we did our own watch party, and they're like, hey,
(08:28):
do you want to be involved in helping us do that?
Speaker 2 (08:29):
I'm like, if we.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
Want an Emmy, Yeah, we should have won a Sports
Emmy for producing our show watching the Sports Emmys, and
the Emmy for Best Pregame Show of the Sports Emmys
goes to the Dan Patrick.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
Did even one.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
Yeah one, Yes, so we would lose because we did one.
Once again, these stupid trophies. Nobody cares.
Speaker 4 (09:04):
Most people don't care. There there's about thirty people in
the world who do care, though, and five of them
aren this room.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
All right, what's the new pool question today?
Speaker 4 (09:17):
Well, can we actually switch it up and do a
worst day yesterday? Almost like a Tuesday best and worst?
The Lakers had a bad day. I think Giannis had
a bad day yesterday.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Why did Yannis have a bad day, because what did
they do for him?
Speaker 4 (09:29):
Oh, he's he's watching to see what Milwaukee's doing, or
is he going to jump and see whatever.
Speaker 3 (09:35):
I don't think he's going anywhere. I don't think he's
going anywhere. Yeah, until next year when he ends up
on the Lakers. He did send out a tweet and
I guess he's in Greece and he's working out, and
he sent a picture of all of his trophies, so
he had his MVP's. They won an NBA championship, and
(09:57):
it was a response to Steven as Smith saying that
if he doesn't win another title, he'll be known as
an underachiever, and Yannis sent out a tweet that said
underachiever my bleep.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Which is true.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
This is one of the great stories in recent memory,
in NBA history.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
Nobody knew about this guy.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
He averaged six points as a rookie and then all
of a sudden became the best player in the sport
and one of the most likable players in the sport
unless you're Tyrese Haliburton's dad. But this guy overachieved. It's
like Joker overachieved. They didn't come in with any fanfare.
(10:44):
And I don't know. I mean, steven A got what
he wanted out of it, and that's clicks and people
talking about it and whenever. I don't think he's worried
that people say that's stupid, which it is, because Yannis
is not an underachiever.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
He overachieved. Unbelievable story.
Speaker 4 (11:02):
Yeah see, sorry, I'm interrupting you, and I really shouldn't
have done this, but people are sending in pictures of
their framed certificates of being a nominee.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
They're lovely, They're lovely. Okay, all right, fair enough.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
Once again, Paulie's getting one. Going to be unframed though, unframed, Yeah, unframed, yes, yes, honest.
Speaker 6 (11:23):
To put a ball on this, Joanna should have come
back and said, Stephen A. Smith, in all his years
on air, has only won one Sports Emmy, the highest
paid guy in sports media history.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
What did steven A win his sports Semmy for?
Speaker 6 (11:36):
I have him down as best studio analyst? I think
maybe a twenty sixteen analyst. Yeah, I think he's not
an analyst. Back to you, he's a host.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
The problem is is when he becomes an analyst, he's opinionated,
which you know, but I don't know if that makes
him an analyst.
Speaker 2 (11:59):
But if he won I think.
Speaker 6 (12:00):
He won twenty sixteen Sports Emmy Award Outstanding Studio Analysts.
Speaker 3 (12:05):
Yeah, I mean I don't put him up there like
with Chris collins Worth as an analyst like that, but
I guess he has one. Jannis has two MVPs, right,
and he has one title. Who who's more of an underachiever?
Steven A Smith or Yannis? That old topic, that bad
(12:27):
question difficult? June, yes, no, No, we're July, yes, Todd.
Speaker 5 (12:31):
I'm still troubled by what those prices are for these
certificates and awards. They can't do a little better as
any room for negotiation. What's the markup on these trophies
and certificates that should be that high?
Speaker 3 (12:42):
Would you ask if we buy five and I get
one free? I will actually ask see if we could
do that. That was funny, Thank you.
Speaker 5 (12:51):
I got to kick ahead of that you said before
two minutes of the show.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
I didn't laugh at what you said, but you know
what is not funny when somebody says that's funny, But
they don't laugh.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
You know what funny is.
Speaker 4 (13:05):
That?
Speaker 5 (13:05):
So my wife does. We went to see a comedy
show and she smiled. I go, why don't you labor?
He's funny like, that's not that doesn't count.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
You gotta actually laugh. It's terrible.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
Nehemiah in California. Hey, Neemah, how's it going?
Speaker 8 (13:20):
Dan?
Speaker 9 (13:21):
Five one sixty? I wanted to get your thoughts on
a possible Lebron trade him heading back to Cleveland, you know,
shipping him and obviously Browny out, you know, and uh,
maybe getting back Evan Mobley and DeAndre Hunter.
Speaker 3 (13:41):
If I'm Cleveland, No, no, no, no, it's not gonna happen.
I guess if he was going to go someplace, if
you go where you're not going to cost the team,
you're going to players, then I could see that this
happened with Carmelo. He wanted out of Denver, thanks for
the punk called Neamah. He wanted out of Denver. They
(14:02):
had to give up like four players for him. He
gets to New York and he goes, where's everybody we
had to trade for?
Speaker 2 (14:07):
You?
Speaker 3 (14:07):
You understand how this works? Reeves in South Carolina. Then
we'll take a break. Bill Kauer set to join us.
Hey Reeves, Hey Dan.
Speaker 8 (14:17):
I was calling because earlier before the last break, YA
were talking about Barry Bonds statue and Lakers statue. So
I was wondering what your y'all thoughts are on out
of Lebron's destinations where he might get a statue, and
it's the Lakers if he's done enough for one there.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
Well, Definitely Cleveland, definitely, although I don't know how that
owner is with Lebron, but I would say yes, does
he get a.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
Statue with the Lakers? I would think not. I would
think not.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
If he was homegrown, then I could then I could
see that. Now Kareem's not homegrown, but I think, you know,
for the most part, people would look at that Shack
not homegrown, but you know, the Kareem won five titles
there in Shack won three. I think if Lebron won
a few more titles than maybe, so take away the homegrown.
(15:15):
You can be homegrown and maybe not win as many
as Kareem or Magic or that, you know, but still
get a some kind of statue there.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
I'm not big on statues, by the way.
Speaker 3 (15:27):
I mean, when I go to Europe and you go
to France. You go to Italy, everybody got a statue. Everybody, Yes, Marvin.
Speaker 10 (15:34):
So if ESPN offered, hey, you know what we're gonna
be now, I wasn't even you, but I was.
Speaker 4 (15:41):
Going to, hey, we're gonna put a statue of Overman.
Would you come help dedicate that?
Speaker 5 (15:46):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (15:46):
I will, Yes, I will. No, I did.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
I did say this to managements many years ago, that
they should name buildings Bob Lee, tom Mee's, Chris Berman,
and I said, just do that. Let people remember the
people who are the founding fathers, Bob Lee, Chris Berman,
tom Mees. You don't have to do anything else. You
(16:09):
don't have to do a walk of fame or any
statues nothing. You want to do a building for Stuart Scott,
do a building for Stuart Scott, just you know, remember people, the.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
People who were there before. People wanted.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
Nobody wanted to work at ESPN when Bob Lee and
tom Me's and Chris Berman started out, but they were
there without them. You don't have that place. You know,
be great to celebrate while they're still alive. You know,
Tommy's not alive anymore, but Bob and Chris be great.
I'd even go to campus again. Yes, Bawn, I don't know.
Speaker 6 (16:44):
Building four has such a nice ring to it's such
a cozy.
Speaker 3 (16:49):
How about we take a break. Bill Cowers set to
join us. That'll be great on loan from CBS. We're
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Speaker 3 (17:38):
Say hello to the first NBA player to make over
seventy million dollars in a season. Let's welcome Shay gilgis Alexander. Hey,
he just signed a contract extension and he's gonna make
just over seventy million dollars a year. So the average
(18:00):
salary is it around seventy one million dollars?
Speaker 6 (18:03):
Paul Yeah, The supermacs extension is four years, two hundred
and eighty five million dollars.
Speaker 3 (18:09):
Okay, wow, Hey, I didn't know what he was up for,
the SuperMac extension, max extension.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
I like SuperMac better because he is a he is
a mac daddy.
Speaker 3 (18:20):
Yeah, all right, eight seven seven three DP show email
address Dpatdanpatrick dot com, Twitter handle at DP show.
Speaker 4 (18:29):
Dude is making in twenty twenty seven, twenty eight, it's
sixty three point five, sixty eight point six, seventy three
point six and then's seventy eight point seven million dollars
a year now?
Speaker 10 (18:42):
Hole?
Speaker 2 (18:43):
Yeah, Lee Molly. And he's married.
Speaker 3 (18:47):
I don't know if maybe has one or two children.
He's mature, well beyond his years. Yesked Marvin, Yes, he
has one child. Okay, Yeah, I'm Pauline.
Speaker 6 (18:57):
Do you go home and say the right, honey, I
got a raise today?
Speaker 2 (19:00):
Oh yeah, how'd it go? Do you?
Speaker 12 (19:02):
That's gotta be a wild one that's a wild one.
I'm just thinking, like, you know, he's clearly he was
probably making what thirty million before this, thirty eight before this? Yeah,
doubling your salary when you're making thirty.
Speaker 3 (19:15):
Eight Yeah, that's npad, Honey, I'm home.
Speaker 2 (19:19):
Hey, how was your day? Oh? You know, just took Sally.
Speaker 3 (19:23):
We went to school and you know, we had recess
and I picked her up. How about yours? Hun, I'm
gonna make seventy million dollars a year. Gotta pay raise here, Yes, Marva.
Speaker 10 (19:35):
At this point making that much money, are you just
thinking about? You know what, my son's sons are really
about to eat off of this money? Cause what can
I do with seventy eight million dollars a year?
Speaker 2 (19:45):
All Right?
Speaker 3 (19:45):
We're waiting to connect with Bill Kauer Nate in Eugene. Hi, Nate,
what's on your mind today?
Speaker 9 (19:52):
Hey?
Speaker 4 (19:52):
Morning, Dan?
Speaker 9 (19:53):
Dan it second time, long time.
Speaker 8 (19:55):
Hey.
Speaker 13 (19:56):
I had an idea for like a hard knock for
you guys and little candid behind the scenes, so they
get from the sports them to call it unframed.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
Candit m okay unframed.
Speaker 3 (20:10):
Yes, PAULI gets a certificate unframed that we got nominated
for a Sports Hemmy. I would carry that around. Yeah loose, yeah,
put in your wallet, you know, Bob. Bob Costa says,
a Mickey Mantle baseball card and his wallet. Just have
your sports Semmy nomination there. Pull it out when you
need to.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
Uh. Kevin in Austin, Hi, Kevin, what's on your mind today? DP? Kevin?
Speaker 14 (20:35):
I have a question for you. Obviously you are a
respective journalist, so you've given up your fandom.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
But this is more for the.
Speaker 14 (20:41):
Dan att is, would you trade an Emmy, a sports
Emmy for your best team? So Pauli gets a Bear
super Bowl title, Marvin gets the Niners, Seaton gets whatever
cool soccer team he likes. And Todd, the Minister of
Humor with the Broncos. Which one would you take.
Speaker 3 (21:03):
So you could get a title or a sports Emmy?
Todd the Broncos. You know what, how about we give
it some thought here, Let's bring in a guy who's
a Hall of Famer, he wins awards, he won a
Super Bowl. He's Bill Coward, the Hall of Fame coach.
Back on the program. Where is your super Bowl trophy?
Speaker 2 (21:20):
Uh?
Speaker 15 (21:21):
Well right, actually, right right behind me, there's a replica
of it. As you can see. Oh, okay, so the
actual one is yeah, it's it's basically.
Speaker 2 (21:31):
There, okay, but you know earlier.
Speaker 15 (21:33):
Really the actual trophy is in the U at Pittsburgh.
Speaker 2 (21:38):
Okay, in the facility. Your Hall of Fame jacket is
it always close by?
Speaker 15 (21:44):
Yes, we got new jackets this past year, so I
kind of refit. You know, when the Hall of Famers
you first go in there, sometimes after a few years
there's a thing called added weight, so you have to
kind of refit, kind of refit the jacket. So not
for myself, but we do new jackets of course.
Speaker 3 (22:01):
Of course, now do you get to keep the old
jacket as well?
Speaker 2 (22:04):
I do?
Speaker 12 (22:05):
I do.
Speaker 15 (22:05):
I still have the old jackets, so I got two
versions of it. I don't wear it very often. I
go back every year for the Hall of Fame weekend
to see the guys that are going in for two nights,
and I put it on then, and that's the only
time I put it on, but it's pretty special.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
And then super Bowl ring or Hall of Fame ring?
Which one do you wear?
Speaker 15 (22:24):
I don't wear either. The only time I wear the
Super Bowl ring is usually when we do the championship
game on site at CBS we travel there. The Hall
of Fame ring I have it. I probably should start
putting it on when I go to the Hall of
Fame that weekend. So good, thank you for reminding me
about that.
Speaker 2 (22:41):
All right.
Speaker 3 (22:42):
The role head coach plays, let's say the TJ. Watt situation, Like,
what role would you be playing if you were the
head coach in his negotiations?
Speaker 15 (22:53):
Just to be a voice of reason, to be able
to be there for him if he has any questions.
I think, again, these things have a way of you
can't take it personally. It's that time of year. There's
no real deadline at this point. He's gone through this before.
We saw him almost hold up right to the first
game and still have a stellar year. But it's kind
of right where it's at. I mean, this is unfortunately
(23:13):
the part of it that you just have to be patient.
I think the one thing that Mike is Tomlin and
Omar and Art have done if they've exhibited great patience.
They did that with Aaron Rodgers to see where he's
at right now. I think the same approach is gonna
be taken with t J.
Speaker 16 (23:27):
Watt.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
But the NFL doesn't like to pay you in what
they think you'll do that or you know, it's not
like I'm going to pay you for what you just did. Hey,
you're great, you're a future Hall of Famer. That doesn't
mean they go, here's forty million dollars a year. It
just in other sports, you know NBA will pay you
for what you've accomplished, where it doesn't feel like that
with the NFL.
Speaker 15 (23:50):
Well, I think they do did. I think when you
think alone, you look at the metrics, and you look
at the that that go with where he's at at
his age of thirty, and you know, certainly his production
theoretically when you look at analytics, we'll say that the
production is going to go down. But I think I
also would have to say the presence on the team
of a player of that impact. You have to put
a value on what he brings to the locker room,
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what he brings to the practice field, what he brings
on game day in terms of mentoring the guys that
he has behind him. He's got some great young players
behind him, so I think he brings more to him
what you can sit there and statistically look at and
what he may bring from a stat sacks standpoint, this
guy is a rex havoc on the field. I'd like
to see him moving around a little bit more personally
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to try to getting some one on one situations, because
if they know he's always on that left side, he's
going to see constant double teams. But again, you though
look at his approach to the game, the impact he
has not just on games, but on that football team.
That's why I think when it comes Week one, he
will be sitting there on the left side, lined up
in the Steeler defense.
Speaker 2 (24:50):
What did you think of the move or moves the
Steelers made yesterday?
Speaker 15 (24:54):
I thought they were great. I think what you saw
getting John Ois Smith. I mean he had eighty eight
catches last you're led to Miami Dolphins to put him
with Pat Bromouth. I think with Aaron Rodgers right now,
I would go back to running the football. You got
a young offensive line. They got to get some cohesiveness.
That takes time. So I think I can evolve with
that offense in terms of the passing game, but come
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out with a mindset early with run play action. I
think those two guys you start getting that now you
get DK Metcalf on the outside. If you start getting
single high so I kind of like what they did
and what they're doing. And on the defensive side of
the ball. Listen, you got to be able to win
in your division. And you sit there, you look at
hig T Higgins, you look at Jamar Chase, then you
look at Bateman. They got DeAndre Hopkins and Zave Flowers
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in Baltimore, so they went and got depth at the
corner position with two guys, and Darius Slay and Jalen Ramsey.
Now there have been all pros. And again in terms
of development of Jolley Porter Junior, to be able to
be in that room with him, it allows him to
understand how O pros work, how they prepare, and so
I think it helps him also take his next step
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in terms of his development. So I like depth they
have there. Losing make it, he will be lost. He
was a great ambassador, He was a great leader in
that locker room. He loved the game of football. And
but I think thorn Hill, I think is a guy
that can step in. He played for Kansas City. I
know he's the hurt the last couple of years in Cleveland,
but I think that he's a guy has been a starter,
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and Deshaun Ellett has been very, very solid.
Speaker 3 (26:21):
Talking to Hall of Fame coach Bill Kauer, how would
you use Aaron Rodgers. What's your offense going to look like?
Speaker 15 (26:28):
I think it's what Aaron I think again about him,
Him and Arthur Smith will sit down and talk about
what Aaron's comfortable with. I think that's the most important thing.
Where he's at right now in his career and what
he's been able to do throughout the course of his career.
I think it's going to be a little bit of
run play action. They will open it up. I think
he's a lot utilizing the inside part of the numbers
with those two tight ends. I think it was a
big part of why they went out and gone on
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John Newsmith, Pat from He's still got dk Metcalf. The
whole receiving room is different woods that I think they're
hoping for Roman Wilson to come in there with Calvin Austin.
So I think that whole group of if you look
at this, the running back room, the wide receiver room,
the tight end room, it's different, and you've got an
offensive line that's young. So I think I go back
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to the same thing. I would go back to running
the football early with play action evolve in the passing
game as you get more comfortable with who you have
around you.
Speaker 3 (27:19):
Would you give Rogers maybe not total autonomy, but you
know what, would it be similar to what you gave
to Ben Roethlisberger, like go out there and run it.
Speaker 15 (27:31):
Absolutely. I don't think there's that question about it. And
I think Aaron's at a point where he knows that
you know, you want to be, you know, throwing the
ball forty times a game. I don't think you at
this point. You want Aaron Rodgers to be healthy going
into the playoffs and hopefully you get to the playoffs,
and I think in the meantime, you've created a balance
on your football team and not just relying on his
arm throughout the course of four quarters. Listen, you can
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turn the ball over to him in the end of
a half, the end of a game, and you know
he's been there before, and I think that he will
operate that very, very efficiently. Again, I think it's going
to be a matter of getting comfortable within this system,
with the players he has around him.
Speaker 3 (28:06):
What's surprising, at least to me on the outside, is
this isn't what Pittsburgh normally does. This was totally against
what their whole framework. Like that feels like urgency, And
I don't know if that's a fair enough word to use,
but for me, it feels like we got to change.
We got to get into the playoffs. We got to
win a playoff game. At least your thoughts eight.
Speaker 15 (28:28):
Eight years no playoff wins. There is a degree of
urgency in that building, no question about it. It's with
Omar Art, it's with Mike. They understand it. That's part
of it, and part of that's going to be happening
to make sure you win your division. We look at
the Cincinnati Bengals with what they've done. I think their
biggest demise has been the month of September. They've gone
off to these slow starts and it's cost them later
in the season. The Baltimore Ravens have been knocking on
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the AFC championship door the last couple of years. So
in that division alone is the most important thing. You
want to win your division first, and I think that's
the first and foremost is what they've done in terms
of what the choices they've made, bringing in depth of
corner sitting there and making sure that you sure up
the running game, maybe with Aaron Rodgers and bringing him
in and going back with Arthur Smith and doing some
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of the things that can sentuate some of your strengths,
which has been on the defensive side of the ball.
Getting a harmon in the first round to help that
defensive line. I think they've done a lot of good things.
They think the biggest thing right now is going out
there and trying and bring this whole thing together. A
lot of change in terms of the faces on this team.
That doesn't happen overnight. It takes time. Communication has to
take place. You know, you have to create some kind
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of continuity and with what you're trying to do on
both sides of the ball. So again going in there
with an idea, but also with the flexibility that you
can be able to adjust and adapt as the season
goes along.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
What we you like at home after a loss.
Speaker 15 (29:49):
Looking on to the next week. Honestly, I never took it.
I think, what did you learn from it? What do
we need to do better? What was the things that
the reason why we lost? Sometimes and even in a loss,
it's not a bad loss, we actually probably played better.
So I think the biggest thing when you look at
a season. You know, you have to be trending in
the right way, staying within touch, staying to understand where
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you are with the chance to make that playoffs, and
playing your best football at the end of the season.
So it's a journey. Dan, you sit there and look
at the season. I always said, it's like it's three parts.
The first part is you're trying to find out what
your identity is as a football team, and in course
of doing that, your identity can change. Every year. All
of a sudden, somebody starts to play better than you
thought they were, somebody's not playing as well as that
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you thought they were. What's your strengths, what's your weaknesses?
You scentuate your strengths. You're trying to mask your flaws.
And so the middle part of the season, I said,
it's kind of the men navigating the murky waters injuries schedule,
just being able to not you know, make sure if
you lose a game, it doesn't become a trend like Okay,
you bounce back. And the last part of the season,
you are who you are with who you have. This
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is your team. So at that point your identity is
what it is. You try to scentuate that and get
your guys to a sense of camp, a sense of freedom,
playing fast, playing confident, and going out there with a
sense of purpose. And so that's that's kind of how
we segmented the season and tried to get to that point.
And I think, again, every year is a different year.
Speaker 3 (31:11):
But if I came to your house after a loss,
would I be able to tell you lost again?
Speaker 4 (31:18):
No?
Speaker 15 (31:18):
No, I mean I never took work home and I
never brought home the work.
Speaker 3 (31:22):
No.
Speaker 15 (31:23):
I mean, I think one of the biggest things for me,
and just raising three daughters who played basketball or an athletics.
My late wife was an athlete, is you know, it's
what you do, it's not who you are. And I
always believe that that's that's a big part of who
I am. I was when I came home. I was
a husband and a father, and you know, it just
so happens when I had a bad day at work,
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everybody knew, you know, so we all have that and
you know, I says to say, you know, you drive
up to a stop sign, a lawyer just lost a
case where the client maybe lost his life earnings. A
doctor pulls up there and stop sign and he may
have just lost a patient on the operating to and
I'm gonna pull up the soft sign and I just
lost the game, and they're all gonna look over me
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and say, it's all right, coach, You'll be okay. And
I'm thinking, because they can compartmentalize it. No one really
knows what they went through, but everybody knows when you
have a bad day at work, So you know, I
think the ability to compartmentalize that is very, very important
in terms of your everyday lifestyle. And I think that's
how you can have sustained career because you can't. You know,
it bothers you. Yeah, but you do what you have
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to do. You prepare for it, you let them let you,
let let the dice roll how they roll. And you
go from there and you move on weekend, week out.
Speaker 3 (32:35):
What's the game that keeps up wakes up at night?
Is there one that's always going to be there?
Speaker 15 (32:45):
Probably? I don't know. I guess I think about I
think about the two thousand and four AFC Championship game.
That's a football team. We were fifteen and one, sixteen
and one, and we're coming down and it was Ben's
rookie year and we're coming down to the end of
the second half in the second quarter, and the Rodney
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Harrison pick because I think we had we actually had
it over the top. It was kind of a you know,
and Ben kind of locked in on Heath Miller. So
but you know, that was probably one because it was
like it was like the fourth AFC championship loss. The
championship losses, I can remember every one of them. The
last play against the San Diego Chargers in nineteen ninety four,
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we try to throw the Barry Foster in the end
zone with Neil o'donald incomplete Dennis Gibson. We lose the game.
Ninety seven, we play against the Denver Broncos and Cordell
throws a couple of interceptions in the end zone. We're
getting so we moved the ball. We had a chance
in that game. In l Way, it's Shannon Sharp with
a big third down pass and Lee Flowers is getting
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ready to hitch on Lway in the back. Two thousand
and one, probably the one I think about the most
is we get a block field goal for a touchdown,
a putt return for a touchdown. We knocked Brady Outlets
comes in, we hold for two hundred and forty yards.
We are going up and down the field, we just
can't score a touchdown. So that one was bad. Then
to lose back to them again in two thousand and four,
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the one I just talked about to you about. So
pick any one of them. I remember every one of them.
So why are we going done this?
Speaker 2 (34:18):
I don't know.
Speaker 15 (34:19):
Missory Wayne like, yes, the big ways you want to
all the losses? Okay, that's all right, all right, that's
right Dan, that's okay.
Speaker 2 (34:27):
I just dawned on me. I'm like, oh my god,
what am I doing?
Speaker 1 (34:31):
You know?
Speaker 2 (34:32):
And then I'm going to say, have a great rest
of the day.
Speaker 15 (34:34):
There, nice memory way, And that was great.
Speaker 3 (34:40):
So you know what, put your put your Hall of
Fame jacket on and walk around the blotchers.
Speaker 15 (34:45):
But the truth of the matter is, I think if
you look at any coach, they remember the losses, they
more than you remember the wins. And I think that's
a very very fair point. And so you look at
every one of those things, what could you have done differently,
a different play in ninety ninety four?
Speaker 5 (35:00):
Uh?
Speaker 15 (35:00):
You know, maybe if in ninety seven, if I run
the ball Libya a little bit more and not try
to throw it as much as I did two thousand
and one. I mean, my gosh, if it's just like
a punt return and a block field goal for touchdowns
and special teams was like I was a special team's coach,
so nothing bothering me. War that sat with me. Probably
worse now I think about it, Probably sat it would
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be worse than any of them. It was two thousand
and one. So in two thousand and four, listen, it
was a great year. And you know, and Tom did.
They did a great job. They beat us in that game,
we beat him in the regular season, they beat us
in the playoffs, and we got our redemption in two
thousand and five. But you know what, honestly, two thousand
and one probably because that was a really good team
and that was a bad loss, just just two returns
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for touchdowns and a kicking game. Come on, can we
move on from that?
Speaker 3 (35:51):
I'm out of time. I can't talk about all the
great wins, coach.
Speaker 15 (35:56):
I got to come back.
Speaker 2 (35:57):
I came on this morning.
Speaker 15 (35:59):
Thank you for making my day, Rosie.
Speaker 3 (36:02):
Enjoy the rest of your day, coach. Yeah, thanks, thanks,
that's up. That's Bill Kawer, Hall of Fame coach. He
was there fifteen years with the Steelers NFL Today Studio
amast alrighty good questions, Dan.
Speaker 2 (36:18):
How about we take a break. We're back after this.
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a support Timmy, I don't have any rooting interest in
any teams. I gave up that privilege when I joined
ESPN because I didn't want to go on Sports Center
and be a Bengal fan and talk about Steelers and
then have somebody say, well, he's a Bengal fan, or
talk about the Dodgers, and I was a Reds fan.
Speaker 2 (37:15):
So got rid of fandom.
Speaker 3 (37:17):
One of the hardest things that I had to do,
because you grow up with that you love the highest
of highs.
Speaker 2 (37:23):
I even enjoyed the lowest of low's.
Speaker 3 (37:25):
You know when it was a crushing loss, But it's
because you cared so much. But you guys still have
your fandom, So Todd, you can win a Sports Emmy,
or the Broncos win the Super Bowl next year.
Speaker 5 (37:36):
Although I'm a manic Bronco fan, That's how I have
to preface it since nineteen seventy seven, the fact that
they've won three times and hopefully they'll win others, and
knowing how hard we've worked together for the last like
two decades, I would say the Sports Emmy. I would
go selfish in this instance and go sports Emmy.
Speaker 2 (37:50):
And all right, Seaton, what's sports Emmy?
Speaker 4 (37:53):
All day? This is the team I'm on. Those are
the teams I watch. Okay, I want to win my league.
You guys, good luck. Hope you guys win too.
Speaker 3 (38:02):
I play for a team of one and that's Dan, Yes, Marvin.
Sports Emmy or the Niners win.
Speaker 2 (38:10):
A Super Bowl.
Speaker 10 (38:11):
Sports Emmy, no question.
Speaker 3 (38:12):
All right, Paul, the Bears win a super Bowl, or
Sports Emmy the Bears.
Speaker 2 (38:17):
Win a super Bowl.
Speaker 6 (38:18):
The Sports Emmy is the opinion of another party the
Bears win a Super Bowl would make tons and tons
and tons of people happy besides myself.
Speaker 2 (38:25):
Okay, all right, I think that's the right answer.
Speaker 3 (38:28):
Your doesn't a team wins a change, We as a
team got nominated to win.
Speaker 2 (38:35):
Yeah, this is the team that we're on.
Speaker 3 (38:36):
Yes, yeah, I'm on this team. Yeah, I'm all team
Paulie very selfish, yes of course, Steven la Hi Steve,
what's on your mind today?
Speaker 9 (38:50):
Hey?
Speaker 2 (38:50):
Now, DP, how you doing good?
Speaker 1 (38:52):
Sir?
Speaker 15 (38:53):
Hey?
Speaker 16 (38:54):
Real quick? You were talking about this morning I Todd
calling the NFL and emailing and jumping on him. But uh,
think about think about this. How many of Todd's contact
lists in his email do? They probably put the spam?
And with that being said, I have a I have
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a I have something for Todd when you retire, he
needs to get a sponship with spam. And remember you
can't sell Todd without odds.
Speaker 2 (39:27):
Thank you, Steve.
Speaker 5 (39:28):
That's accurate.
Speaker 2 (39:29):
Yeah, John and Texas? Hi John?
Speaker 14 (39:34):
Hi?
Speaker 2 (39:35):
Uh?
Speaker 13 (39:35):
Five eight one, Edie, I got fifteen on the previous caller,
Nea Maya. As far as ordering those certificates, I mean,
my son doesn't hang up his purple ribbons, the participation
ribbons as far as statues go. I'm a pilot and
I'm trying to hit all thirty mL these stadiums. I
was recently in Atlanta and I saw the Hank Aaron statue.
Speaker 9 (39:58):
I was like, oh, yeah, that's.
Speaker 13 (39:59):
The Braves, and there's a great one of No One in Arlington.
You know, I do think they serve a purpose, if
only to remind remind us that, you know, there's something
good happened here once.
Speaker 2 (40:13):
Yeah, I'm okay.
Speaker 3 (40:15):
It's the If you're a fan, you want a statue
of Barry Bonds, you're a Giants fan, Good for you.
Speaker 2 (40:20):
It doesn't affect me one way or another.
Speaker 3 (40:22):
If you want to put one up of Pete Rose,
doesn't bother me because it's about you, the fans.
Speaker 2 (40:28):
If you want it, not me.
Speaker 3 (40:31):
Like would I want to Barry Bonds statue if I'm
a Giants fan, I understand it.
Speaker 2 (40:37):
I wouldn't want it, but I understand it. He's yours.
Speaker 3 (40:41):
He gave me a lot of great memories, you know,
artificial memories perhaps, but he showed you. If everybody's on
steroids and he's on steroids, oh my god, it's like
Lance Armstrong. Everybody's cheating in the Tour de Franz. But
he's winning. Therefore he was the bad guy. Yes, Marvin, Well,
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those feelings are artificial. They're real to me, damn it.
Speaker 2 (41:07):
I'm sorry.
Speaker 3 (41:09):
Final hour on the way. Fritzy did reach out to
the NFL. We were trying to get a definition on
a hurry. Haven't heard thatack, Just okay, that was almost
two hours ago.
Speaker 7 (41:19):
Yeah, give or take a few minutes.
Speaker 3 (41:20):
Manyeah, they're busy this time of the year apparently, so
two hours in the books and still one more to go.
Speaker 2 (41:28):
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of course, are famous or infamous for not winning a
Sports SEMMI. Six times we've been nominated, and it's an
honor just to be nominated.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
Yeah, but how many shows that we've been nominated that
many times?
Speaker 3 (01:15):
I don't know. I would say we're in rare fight there,
but we haven't won. And now, to make matters worse,
I just received an email from the Sports Semmis. Now
I'm thinking, oh, maybe they went back and somebody miscounted.
Maybe there's a market correction here. We won the Sports
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Semmi instead of NFL Live. No, that's not the case.
They want to know if we want to order the
nomination for a Sports Emmy, kind of like you know,
when you win a wild card game, you don't exactly
put up a banner that you won a wild card
game in baseball or a play in game, or you
win the Summer League NBA. If we would like to
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get a frame certificate of us being nominated for the
Sports Emmy two hundred and seventy five dollars unframed certificate
fifty dollars now, plus shipping determined by zip code and
sales tax if applicable, and of course Connecticut it's applicable.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
So we have to spend a little.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
More money to get a gift or a certificate that says, hey, loser,
you got nominated again. Who would like to have one
of these certificates? Who would order one of these certificates?
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Tod I would not.
Speaker 5 (02:37):
I would consider when all said and done, and if
there's hopefully a few more nominations, maybe even a win
to get something that says eight time nine time nominated
as a one shot deal, but I will get anything.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Now you have to decide today.
Speaker 5 (02:48):
Then I'm going to pass on that.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Okay.
Speaker 5 (02:51):
I don't want to lose twice, and I'm want to
get ripped off and lose the Emmy. That's it feels
like you're losing twice.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Now.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
It does say you can order the premier plaque. You
get the plaque, a frame certificate or an unframed certificate.
Seatan would you order one of these?
Speaker 4 (03:09):
I'm not against the concept of ordering them. They're a
little pricey for me though, Okay, Marvin, No, all right.
Speaker 6 (03:16):
Paul, unlikely, But I'm with Seaton if it was easier,
probably because you're still proud of it. I've seen the one,
the four to seventy five one. Yeah, it's beautiful. A
guy I know has like four of them in his office.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
But he just nominated. That guy's ain't Paul pats. No,
he's just nominated.
Speaker 6 (03:36):
But this guy also has two actual Emmys on the
same platform, so he's a four time runner up, two
time winner.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
Okay.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Like if the company gave them out, I'd be like, hell, yeah, man,
I'm throwing this in my in a room in the house.
But I'm not going to spend.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Okay, I'd be more than happy to splurge for the
unframed certificate. Okay, I'm just saying I I I'll go
all in on fifty dollars unframed certificate.
Speaker 6 (04:07):
Yes, Paul, you could also go back and if you're
a multi time nominee, you can go back and get
your old nominations. So if you wanted to, you could
buy all six of the times who were nominated.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
They're not defunct, Okay, so six times six unframed certificates,
So that's three hundred dollars.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Okay, Yes, ton did they do this with.
Speaker 5 (04:29):
The Emmys and the Oscars and the Tonys. If you
would nominate it, you can buy one of these kind
of items to say you were an Oscar nominated and
you put that up on a mantle somewhere.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
If I was nominated for an Oscar, then I would
do that.
Speaker 5 (04:39):
What was fifteen hundred dollars for that thing?
Speaker 2 (04:41):
And I would do that trinket. I would do that time. Yeah, yes, Paul.
Speaker 6 (04:46):
I think if they handed them out as you left
the building after the loss, I'd be more app to
be like, oh, that's very thoughtful of them. It's the
silver medal of the sports media. But if let's say
you didn't win the silver medal in the Olympics on property,
but you could buy it at a later date.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
So I don't even get the metal presentation.
Speaker 6 (05:05):
No, you're just on there and the gold wins it
and there's no second and third, there's no silver and bronze,
but you could buy the silver at a later date.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
But if NFL Live was on the gold and then
we won the silver, and then we would be there
on the podium and then you know MLB tonight, right,
it was there for the bronze, I'd like that.
Speaker 5 (05:23):
Yes, And they have a ring of honor in the
theater that we went to like in Small Princeton on
a wall Dude Patrick show six times. You know, let
me do that, like the team Ring of one. You're
not in the Hall of Fame, you're in the team
ring of honor not quitting ken?
Speaker 2 (05:36):
How much do you think you added? Right there? Very little?
That's what I thought.
Speaker 4 (05:41):
I'm just saying, though, what are we six for eighteen? Yeah,
that's we're batting three thirty three. That's we're strong candidates
for the Hall of Fame. We well, batting average doesn't
mean anything anymore. Wow, we're not hitting home run Seaton. Ah,
we're hitting doubles. What's wrong with the double? I would
have loved to have been a double's hitter.
Speaker 5 (06:02):
Yeah what, I just got another note saying, and you
act now you get a sports empty tap and towel.
So that's something about anything key chaining.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Timers, sticking down. We got fifteen minutes for this offer,
bumper stickers for everywhere.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
All right, My offer stands for one more minute that
I will buy everybody an unframed certificate of this nomination.
You have sixty seconds starting now, guest poet.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Now because of the bit I'm in.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
Okay, all right, unframed certificate that sums up our show.
Speaker 7 (06:35):
Ton Sorry, I know I stepped on you like that.
Raise my hand, raise your hand, I say, get one done.
You didn't raise your hands. I'm not buying you an
unframed certificate. Yeah, yes, yes, yes, you're gone.
Speaker 5 (06:51):
I think you're buying one and hanging in the rink.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
I I can buy one and just hang it as
you walk in, you know, like Notre Dame. Play like
a champion, and they you smack it when you come in.
We're gonna play like a nominee. Play like a nominee today,
play like a loser.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
That's us. I'm just saying.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
It must be a hell of a frame for two
seventy five of frame certificate.
Speaker 4 (07:17):
It's got to be wood right out composite.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
Fifty fifty dollars for an unframed certificate. Yeah, yes, yeah,
I got to factor that in as well. But you're
not getting one, Todd because second it's the top. Pauli's
the only one who gets one. Yes, oh but did Marvin. No,
nobody's you had sixty seconds. They have those timers, you know,
(07:39):
definitely up it's been sixty Yeah, that's it.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
It's gone. Yeah.
Speaker 6 (07:43):
Yeah, I've seen them and they look like a college diploma.
The nice script, the nice background. They're very becoming.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
Right, Well, Paulie gets one, but thank you for the sports.
Speaker 6 (07:54):
My and that's the five on my wall.
Speaker 3 (07:56):
Yeah, thank you to the Sports Emmys for thinking of us,
So it'd be nice if you thought of us as
winners maybe one of these days.
Speaker 4 (08:04):
Yes, that still is not that. That email is not
as bad as getting the email after the Emmys, which
was actually a great email to get. However, it was
a real kick in the stomach and they said, hey,
can you guys help produce our awards show next year
because the one that you did this year was so
good When we did our own watch party, and they're like, hey,
(08:28):
do you want to be involved in helping us do that?
Speaker 2 (08:29):
I'm like, if we.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
Want an Emmy, Yeah, we should have won a Sports
Emmy for producing our show watching the Sports Emmys, and
the Emmy for Best Pregame Show of the Sports Emmys
goes to the Dan Patrick.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
Did even one.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
Yeah one, Yes, so we would lose because we did one.
Once again, these stupid trophies. Nobody cares.
Speaker 4 (09:04):
Most people don't care. There there's about thirty people in
the world who do care, though, and five of them
aren this room.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
All right, what's the new pool question today?
Speaker 4 (09:17):
Well, can we actually switch it up and do a
worst day yesterday? Almost like a Tuesday best and worst?
The Lakers had a bad day. I think Giannis had
a bad day yesterday.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Why did Yannis have a bad day, because what did
they do for him?
Speaker 4 (09:29):
Oh, he's he's watching to see what Milwaukee's doing, or
is he going to jump and see whatever.
Speaker 3 (09:35):
I don't think he's going anywhere. I don't think he's
going anywhere. Yeah, until next year when he ends up
on the Lakers. He did send out a tweet and
I guess he's in Greece and he's working out, and
he sent a picture of all of his trophies, so
he had his MVP's. They won an NBA championship, and
(09:57):
it was a response to Steven as Smith saying that
if he doesn't win another title, he'll be known as
an underachiever, and Yannis sent out a tweet that said
underachiever my bleep.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Which is true.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
This is one of the great stories in recent memory,
in NBA history.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
Nobody knew about this guy.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
He averaged six points as a rookie and then all
of a sudden became the best player in the sport
and one of the most likable players in the sport
unless you're Tyrese Haliburton's dad. But this guy overachieved. It's
like Joker overachieved. They didn't come in with any fanfare.
(10:44):
And I don't know. I mean, steven A got what
he wanted out of it, and that's clicks and people
talking about it and whenever. I don't think he's worried
that people say that's stupid, which it is, because Yannis
is not an underachiever.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
He overachieved. Unbelievable story.
Speaker 4 (11:02):
Yeah see, sorry, I'm interrupting you, and I really shouldn't
have done this, but people are sending in pictures of
their framed certificates of being a nominee.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
They're lovely, They're lovely. Okay, all right, fair enough.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
Once again, Paulie's getting one. Going to be unframed though, unframed, Yeah, unframed, yes, yes, honest.
Speaker 6 (11:23):
To put a ball on this, Joanna should have come
back and said, Stephen A. Smith, in all his years
on air, has only won one Sports Emmy, the highest
paid guy in sports media history.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
What did steven A win his sports Semmy for?
Speaker 6 (11:36):
I have him down as best studio analyst? I think
maybe a twenty sixteen analyst. Yeah, I think he's not
an analyst. Back to you, he's a host.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
The problem is is when he becomes an analyst, he's opinionated,
which you know, but I don't know if that makes
him an analyst.
Speaker 2 (11:59):
But if he won I think.
Speaker 6 (12:00):
He won twenty sixteen Sports Emmy Award Outstanding Studio Analysts.
Speaker 3 (12:05):
Yeah, I mean I don't put him up there like
with Chris collins Worth as an analyst like that, but
I guess he has one. Jannis has two MVPs, right,
and he has one title. Who who's more of an underachiever?
Steven A Smith or Yannis? That old topic, that bad
(12:27):
question difficult? June, yes, no, No, we're July, yes, Todd.
Speaker 5 (12:31):
I'm still troubled by what those prices are for these
certificates and awards. They can't do a little better as
any room for negotiation. What's the markup on these trophies
and certificates that should be that high?
Speaker 3 (12:42):
Would you ask if we buy five and I get
one free? I will actually ask see if we could
do that. That was funny, Thank you.
Speaker 5 (12:51):
I got to kick ahead of that you said before
two minutes of the show.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
I didn't laugh at what you said, but you know
what is not funny when somebody says that's funny, But
they don't laugh.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
You know what funny is.
Speaker 4 (13:05):
That?
Speaker 5 (13:05):
So my wife does. We went to see a comedy
show and she smiled. I go, why don't you labor?
He's funny like, that's not that doesn't count.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
You gotta actually laugh. It's terrible.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
Nehemiah in California. Hey, Neemah, how's it going?
Speaker 8 (13:20):
Dan?
Speaker 9 (13:21):
Five one sixty? I wanted to get your thoughts on
a possible Lebron trade him heading back to Cleveland, you know,
shipping him and obviously Browny out, you know, and uh,
maybe getting back Evan Mobley and DeAndre Hunter.
Speaker 3 (13:41):
If I'm Cleveland, No, no, no, no, it's not gonna happen.
I guess if he was going to go someplace, if
you go where you're not going to cost the team,
you're going to players, then I could see that this
happened with Carmelo. He wanted out of Denver, thanks for
the punk called Neamah. He wanted out of Denver. They
(14:02):
had to give up like four players for him. He
gets to New York and he goes, where's everybody we
had to trade for?
Speaker 2 (14:07):
You?
Speaker 3 (14:07):
You understand how this works? Reeves in South Carolina. Then
we'll take a break. Bill Kauer set to join us.
Hey Reeves, Hey Dan.
Speaker 8 (14:17):
I was calling because earlier before the last break, YA
were talking about Barry Bonds statue and Lakers statue. So
I was wondering what your y'all thoughts are on out
of Lebron's destinations where he might get a statue, and
it's the Lakers if he's done enough for one there.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
Well, Definitely Cleveland, definitely, although I don't know how that
owner is with Lebron, but I would say yes, does
he get a.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
Statue with the Lakers? I would think not. I would
think not.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
If he was homegrown, then I could then I could
see that. Now Kareem's not homegrown, but I think, you know,
for the most part, people would look at that Shack
not homegrown, but you know, the Kareem won five titles
there in Shack won three. I think if Lebron won
a few more titles than maybe, so take away the homegrown.
(15:15):
You can be homegrown and maybe not win as many
as Kareem or Magic or that, you know, but still
get a some kind of statue there.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
I'm not big on statues, by the way.
Speaker 3 (15:27):
I mean, when I go to Europe and you go
to France. You go to Italy, everybody got a statue. Everybody, Yes, Marvin.
Speaker 10 (15:34):
So if ESPN offered, hey, you know what we're gonna
be now, I wasn't even you, but I was.
Speaker 4 (15:41):
Going to, hey, we're gonna put a statue of Overman.
Would you come help dedicate that?
Speaker 5 (15:46):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (15:46):
I will, Yes, I will. No, I did.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
I did say this to managements many years ago, that
they should name buildings Bob Lee, tom Mee's, Chris Berman,
and I said, just do that. Let people remember the
people who are the founding fathers, Bob Lee, Chris Berman,
tom Mees. You don't have to do anything else. You
(16:09):
don't have to do a walk of fame or any
statues nothing. You want to do a building for Stuart Scott,
do a building for Stuart Scott, just you know, remember people, the.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
People who were there before. People wanted.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
Nobody wanted to work at ESPN when Bob Lee and
tom Me's and Chris Berman started out, but they were
there without them. You don't have that place. You know,
be great to celebrate while they're still alive. You know,
Tommy's not alive anymore, but Bob and Chris be great.
I'd even go to campus again. Yes, Bawn, I don't know.
Speaker 6 (16:44):
Building four has such a nice ring to it's such
a cozy.
Speaker 3 (16:49):
How about we take a break. Bill Cowers set to
join us. That'll be great on loan from CBS. We're
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Speaker 3 (17:38):
Say hello to the first NBA player to make over
seventy million dollars in a season. Let's welcome Shay gilgis Alexander. Hey,
he just signed a contract extension and he's gonna make
just over seventy million dollars a year. So the average
(18:00):
salary is it around seventy one million dollars?
Speaker 6 (18:03):
Paul Yeah, The supermacs extension is four years, two hundred
and eighty five million dollars.
Speaker 3 (18:09):
Okay, wow, Hey, I didn't know what he was up for,
the SuperMac extension, max extension.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
I like SuperMac better because he is a he is
a mac daddy.
Speaker 3 (18:20):
Yeah, all right, eight seven seven three DP show email
address Dpatdanpatrick dot com, Twitter handle at DP show.
Speaker 4 (18:29):
Dude is making in twenty twenty seven, twenty eight, it's
sixty three point five, sixty eight point six, seventy three
point six and then's seventy eight point seven million dollars
a year now?
Speaker 10 (18:42):
Hole?
Speaker 2 (18:43):
Yeah, Lee Molly. And he's married.
Speaker 3 (18:47):
I don't know if maybe has one or two children.
He's mature, well beyond his years. Yesked Marvin, Yes, he
has one child. Okay, Yeah, I'm Pauline.
Speaker 6 (18:57):
Do you go home and say the right, honey, I
got a raise today?
Speaker 2 (19:00):
Oh yeah, how'd it go? Do you?
Speaker 12 (19:02):
That's gotta be a wild one that's a wild one.
I'm just thinking, like, you know, he's clearly he was
probably making what thirty million before this, thirty eight before this? Yeah,
doubling your salary when you're making thirty.
Speaker 3 (19:15):
Eight Yeah, that's npad, Honey, I'm home.
Speaker 2 (19:19):
Hey, how was your day? Oh? You know, just took Sally.
Speaker 3 (19:23):
We went to school and you know, we had recess
and I picked her up. How about yours? Hun, I'm
gonna make seventy million dollars a year. Gotta pay raise here, Yes, Marva.
Speaker 10 (19:35):
At this point making that much money, are you just
thinking about? You know what, my son's sons are really
about to eat off of this money? Cause what can
I do with seventy eight million dollars a year?
Speaker 2 (19:45):
All Right?
Speaker 3 (19:45):
We're waiting to connect with Bill Kauer Nate in Eugene. Hi, Nate,
what's on your mind today?
Speaker 9 (19:52):
Hey?
Speaker 4 (19:52):
Morning, Dan?
Speaker 9 (19:53):
Dan it second time, long time.
Speaker 8 (19:55):
Hey.
Speaker 13 (19:56):
I had an idea for like a hard knock for
you guys and little candid behind the scenes, so they
get from the sports them to call it unframed.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
Candit m okay unframed.
Speaker 3 (20:10):
Yes, PAULI gets a certificate unframed that we got nominated
for a Sports Hemmy. I would carry that around. Yeah loose, yeah,
put in your wallet, you know, Bob. Bob Costa says,
a Mickey Mantle baseball card and his wallet. Just have
your sports Semmy nomination there. Pull it out when you
need to.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
Uh. Kevin in Austin, Hi, Kevin, what's on your mind today? DP? Kevin?
Speaker 14 (20:35):
I have a question for you. Obviously you are a
respective journalist, so you've given up your fandom.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
But this is more for the.
Speaker 14 (20:41):
Dan att is, would you trade an Emmy, a sports
Emmy for your best team? So Pauli gets a Bear
super Bowl title, Marvin gets the Niners, Seaton gets whatever
cool soccer team he likes. And Todd, the Minister of
Humor with the Broncos. Which one would you take.
Speaker 3 (21:03):
So you could get a title or a sports Emmy?
Todd the Broncos. You know what, how about we give
it some thought here, Let's bring in a guy who's
a Hall of Famer, he wins awards, he won a
Super Bowl. He's Bill Coward, the Hall of Fame coach.
Back on the program. Where is your super Bowl trophy?
Speaker 2 (21:20):
Uh?
Speaker 15 (21:21):
Well right, actually, right right behind me, there's a replica
of it. As you can see. Oh, okay, so the
actual one is yeah, it's it's basically.
Speaker 2 (21:31):
There, okay, but you know earlier.
Speaker 15 (21:33):
Really the actual trophy is in the U at Pittsburgh.
Speaker 2 (21:38):
Okay, in the facility. Your Hall of Fame jacket is
it always close by?
Speaker 15 (21:44):
Yes, we got new jackets this past year, so I
kind of refit. You know, when the Hall of Famers
you first go in there, sometimes after a few years
there's a thing called added weight, so you have to
kind of refit, kind of refit the jacket. So not
for myself, but we do new jackets of course.
Speaker 3 (22:01):
Of course, now do you get to keep the old
jacket as well?
Speaker 2 (22:04):
I do?
Speaker 12 (22:05):
I do.
Speaker 15 (22:05):
I still have the old jackets, so I got two
versions of it. I don't wear it very often. I
go back every year for the Hall of Fame weekend
to see the guys that are going in for two nights,
and I put it on then, and that's the only
time I put it on, but it's pretty special.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
And then super Bowl ring or Hall of Fame ring?
Which one do you wear?
Speaker 15 (22:24):
I don't wear either. The only time I wear the
Super Bowl ring is usually when we do the championship
game on site at CBS we travel there. The Hall
of Fame ring I have it. I probably should start
putting it on when I go to the Hall of
Fame that weekend. So good, thank you for reminding me
about that.
Speaker 2 (22:41):
All right.
Speaker 3 (22:42):
The role head coach plays, let's say the TJ. Watt situation, Like,
what role would you be playing if you were the
head coach in his negotiations?
Speaker 15 (22:53):
Just to be a voice of reason, to be able
to be there for him if he has any questions.
I think, again, these things have a way of you
can't take it personally. It's that time of year. There's
no real deadline at this point. He's gone through this before.
We saw him almost hold up right to the first
game and still have a stellar year. But it's kind
of right where it's at. I mean, this is unfortunately
(23:13):
the part of it that you just have to be patient.
I think the one thing that Mike is Tomlin and
Omar and Art have done if they've exhibited great patience.
They did that with Aaron Rodgers to see where he's
at right now. I think the same approach is gonna
be taken with t J.
Speaker 16 (23:27):
Watt.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
But the NFL doesn't like to pay you in what
they think you'll do that or you know, it's not
like I'm going to pay you for what you just did. Hey,
you're great, you're a future Hall of Famer. That doesn't
mean they go, here's forty million dollars a year. It
just in other sports, you know NBA will pay you
for what you've accomplished, where it doesn't feel like that
with the NFL.
Speaker 15 (23:50):
Well, I think they do did. I think when you
think alone, you look at the metrics, and you look
at the that that go with where he's at at
his age of thirty, and you know, certainly his production
theoretically when you look at analytics, we'll say that the
production is going to go down. But I think I
also would have to say the presence on the team
of a player of that impact. You have to put
a value on what he brings to the locker room,
(24:11):
what he brings to the practice field, what he brings
on game day in terms of mentoring the guys that
he has behind him. He's got some great young players
behind him, so I think he brings more to him
what you can sit there and statistically look at and
what he may bring from a stat sacks standpoint, this
guy is a rex havoc on the field. I'd like
to see him moving around a little bit more personally
(24:33):
to try to getting some one on one situations, because
if they know he's always on that left side, he's
going to see constant double teams. But again, you though
look at his approach to the game, the impact he
has not just on games, but on that football team.
That's why I think when it comes Week one, he
will be sitting there on the left side, lined up
in the Steeler defense.
Speaker 2 (24:50):
What did you think of the move or moves the
Steelers made yesterday?
Speaker 15 (24:54):
I thought they were great. I think what you saw
getting John Ois Smith. I mean he had eighty eight
catches last you're led to Miami Dolphins to put him
with Pat Bromouth. I think with Aaron Rodgers right now,
I would go back to running the football. You got
a young offensive line. They got to get some cohesiveness.
That takes time. So I think I can evolve with
that offense in terms of the passing game, but come
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out with a mindset early with run play action. I
think those two guys you start getting that now you
get DK Metcalf on the outside. If you start getting
single high so I kind of like what they did
and what they're doing. And on the defensive side of
the ball. Listen, you got to be able to win
in your division. And you sit there, you look at
hig T Higgins, you look at Jamar Chase, then you
look at Bateman. They got DeAndre Hopkins and Zave Flowers
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in Baltimore, so they went and got depth at the
corner position with two guys, and Darius Slay and Jalen Ramsey.
Now there have been all pros. And again in terms
of development of Jolley Porter Junior, to be able to
be in that room with him, it allows him to
understand how O pros work, how they prepare, and so
I think it helps him also take his next step
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in terms of his development. So I like depth they
have there. Losing make it, he will be lost. He
was a great ambassador, He was a great leader in
that locker room. He loved the game of football. And
but I think thorn Hill, I think is a guy
that can step in. He played for Kansas City. I
know he's the hurt the last couple of years in Cleveland,
but I think that he's a guy has been a starter,
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and Deshaun Ellett has been very, very solid.
Speaker 3 (26:21):
Talking to Hall of Fame coach Bill Kauer, how would
you use Aaron Rodgers. What's your offense going to look like?
Speaker 15 (26:28):
I think it's what Aaron I think again about him,
Him and Arthur Smith will sit down and talk about
what Aaron's comfortable with. I think that's the most important thing.
Where he's at right now in his career and what
he's been able to do throughout the course of his career.
I think it's going to be a little bit of
run play action. They will open it up. I think
he's a lot utilizing the inside part of the numbers
with those two tight ends. I think it was a
big part of why they went out and gone on
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John Newsmith, Pat from He's still got dk Metcalf. The
whole receiving room is different woods that I think they're
hoping for Roman Wilson to come in there with Calvin Austin.
So I think that whole group of if you look
at this, the running back room, the wide receiver room,
the tight end room, it's different, and you've got an
offensive line that's young. So I think I go back
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to the same thing. I would go back to running
the football early with play action evolve in the passing
game as you get more comfortable with who you have
around you.
Speaker 3 (27:19):
Would you give Rogers maybe not total autonomy, but you
know what, would it be similar to what you gave
to Ben Roethlisberger, like go out there and run it.
Speaker 15 (27:31):
Absolutely. I don't think there's that question about it. And
I think Aaron's at a point where he knows that
you know, you want to be, you know, throwing the
ball forty times a game. I don't think you at
this point. You want Aaron Rodgers to be healthy going
into the playoffs and hopefully you get to the playoffs,
and I think in the meantime, you've created a balance
on your football team and not just relying on his
arm throughout the course of four quarters. Listen, you can
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turn the ball over to him in the end of
a half, the end of a game, and you know
he's been there before, and I think that he will
operate that very, very efficiently. Again, I think it's going
to be a matter of getting comfortable within this system,
with the players he has around him.
Speaker 3 (28:06):
What's surprising, at least to me on the outside, is
this isn't what Pittsburgh normally does. This was totally against
what their whole framework. Like that feels like urgency, And
I don't know if that's a fair enough word to use,
but for me, it feels like we got to change.
We got to get into the playoffs. We got to
win a playoff game. At least your thoughts eight.
Speaker 15 (28:28):
Eight years no playoff wins. There is a degree of
urgency in that building, no question about it. It's with
Omar Art, it's with Mike. They understand it. That's part
of it, and part of that's going to be happening
to make sure you win your division. We look at
the Cincinnati Bengals with what they've done. I think their
biggest demise has been the month of September. They've gone
off to these slow starts and it's cost them later
in the season. The Baltimore Ravens have been knocking on
(28:51):
the AFC championship door the last couple of years. So
in that division alone is the most important thing. You
want to win your division first, and I think that's
the first and foremost is what they've done in terms
of what the choices they've made, bringing in depth of
corner sitting there and making sure that you sure up
the running game, maybe with Aaron Rodgers and bringing him
in and going back with Arthur Smith and doing some
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of the things that can sentuate some of your strengths,
which has been on the defensive side of the ball.
Getting a harmon in the first round to help that
defensive line. I think they've done a lot of good things.
They think the biggest thing right now is going out
there and trying and bring this whole thing together. A
lot of change in terms of the faces on this team.
That doesn't happen overnight. It takes time. Communication has to
take place. You know, you have to create some kind
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of continuity and with what you're trying to do on
both sides of the ball. So again going in there
with an idea, but also with the flexibility that you
can be able to adjust and adapt as the season
goes along.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
What we you like at home after a loss.
Speaker 15 (29:49):
Looking on to the next week. Honestly, I never took it.
I think, what did you learn from it? What do
we need to do better? What was the things that
the reason why we lost? Sometimes and even in a loss,
it's not a bad loss, we actually probably played better.
So I think the biggest thing when you look at
a season. You know, you have to be trending in
the right way, staying within touch, staying to understand where
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you are with the chance to make that playoffs, and
playing your best football at the end of the season.
So it's a journey. Dan, you sit there and look
at the season. I always said, it's like it's three parts.
The first part is you're trying to find out what
your identity is as a football team, and in course
of doing that, your identity can change. Every year. All
of a sudden, somebody starts to play better than you
thought they were, somebody's not playing as well as that
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you thought they were. What's your strengths, what's your weaknesses?
You scentuate your strengths. You're trying to mask your flaws.
And so the middle part of the season, I said,
it's kind of the men navigating the murky waters injuries schedule,
just being able to not you know, make sure if
you lose a game, it doesn't become a trend like Okay,
you bounce back. And the last part of the season,
you are who you are with who you have. This
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is your team. So at that point your identity is
what it is. You try to scentuate that and get
your guys to a sense of camp, a sense of freedom,
playing fast, playing confident, and going out there with a
sense of purpose. And so that's that's kind of how
we segmented the season and tried to get to that point.
And I think, again, every year is a different year.
Speaker 3 (31:11):
But if I came to your house after a loss,
would I be able to tell you lost again?
Speaker 4 (31:18):
No?
Speaker 15 (31:18):
No, I mean I never took work home and I
never brought home the work.
Speaker 3 (31:22):
No.
Speaker 15 (31:23):
I mean, I think one of the biggest things for me,
and just raising three daughters who played basketball or an athletics.
My late wife was an athlete, is you know, it's
what you do, it's not who you are. And I
always believe that that's that's a big part of who
I am. I was when I came home. I was
a husband and a father, and you know, it just
so happens when I had a bad day at work,
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everybody knew, you know, so we all have that and
you know, I says to say, you know, you drive
up to a stop sign, a lawyer just lost a
case where the client maybe lost his life earnings. A
doctor pulls up there and stop sign and he may
have just lost a patient on the operating to and
I'm gonna pull up the soft sign and I just
lost the game, and they're all gonna look over me
(32:05):
and say, it's all right, coach, You'll be okay. And
I'm thinking, because they can compartmentalize it. No one really
knows what they went through, but everybody knows when you
have a bad day at work, So you know, I
think the ability to compartmentalize that is very, very important
in terms of your everyday lifestyle. And I think that's
how you can have sustained career because you can't. You know,
it bothers you. Yeah, but you do what you have
(32:25):
to do. You prepare for it, you let them let you,
let let the dice roll how they roll. And you
go from there and you move on weekend, week out.
Speaker 3 (32:35):
What's the game that keeps up wakes up at night?
Is there one that's always going to be there?
Speaker 15 (32:45):
Probably? I don't know. I guess I think about I
think about the two thousand and four AFC Championship game.
That's a football team. We were fifteen and one, sixteen
and one, and we're coming down and it was Ben's
rookie year and we're coming down to the end of
the second half in the second quarter, and the Rodney
(33:05):
Harrison pick because I think we had we actually had
it over the top. It was kind of a you know,
and Ben kind of locked in on Heath Miller. So
but you know, that was probably one because it was
like it was like the fourth AFC championship loss. The
championship losses, I can remember every one of them. The
last play against the San Diego Chargers in nineteen ninety four,
(33:26):
we try to throw the Barry Foster in the end
zone with Neil o'donald incomplete Dennis Gibson. We lose the game.
Ninety seven, we play against the Denver Broncos and Cordell
throws a couple of interceptions in the end zone. We're
getting so we moved the ball. We had a chance
in that game. In l Way, it's Shannon Sharp with
a big third down pass and Lee Flowers is getting
(33:49):
ready to hitch on Lway in the back. Two thousand
and one, probably the one I think about the most
is we get a block field goal for a touchdown,
a putt return for a touchdown. We knocked Brady Outlets
comes in, we hold for two hundred and forty yards.
We are going up and down the field, we just
can't score a touchdown. So that one was bad. Then
to lose back to them again in two thousand and four,
(34:11):
the one I just talked about to you about. So
pick any one of them. I remember every one of them.
So why are we going done this?
Speaker 2 (34:18):
I don't know.
Speaker 15 (34:19):
Missory Wayne like, yes, the big ways you want to
all the losses? Okay, that's all right, all right, that's
right Dan, that's okay.
Speaker 2 (34:27):
I just dawned on me. I'm like, oh my god,
what am I doing?
Speaker 1 (34:31):
You know?
Speaker 2 (34:32):
And then I'm going to say, have a great rest
of the day.
Speaker 15 (34:34):
There, nice memory way, And that was great.
Speaker 3 (34:40):
So you know what, put your put your Hall of
Fame jacket on and walk around the blotchers.
Speaker 15 (34:45):
But the truth of the matter is, I think if
you look at any coach, they remember the losses, they
more than you remember the wins. And I think that's
a very very fair point. And so you look at
every one of those things, what could you have done differently,
a different play in ninety ninety four?
Speaker 5 (35:00):
Uh?
Speaker 15 (35:00):
You know, maybe if in ninety seven, if I run
the ball Libya a little bit more and not try
to throw it as much as I did two thousand
and one. I mean, my gosh, if it's just like
a punt return and a block field goal for touchdowns
and special teams was like I was a special team's coach,
so nothing bothering me. War that sat with me. Probably
worse now I think about it, Probably sat it would
(35:22):
be worse than any of them. It was two thousand
and one. So in two thousand and four, listen, it
was a great year. And you know, and Tom did.
They did a great job. They beat us in that game,
we beat him in the regular season, they beat us
in the playoffs, and we got our redemption in two
thousand and five. But you know what, honestly, two thousand
and one probably because that was a really good team
and that was a bad loss, just just two returns
(35:44):
for touchdowns and a kicking game. Come on, can we
move on from that?
Speaker 3 (35:51):
I'm out of time. I can't talk about all the
great wins, coach.
Speaker 15 (35:56):
I got to come back.
Speaker 2 (35:57):
I came on this morning.
Speaker 15 (35:59):
Thank you for making my day, Rosie.
Speaker 3 (36:02):
Enjoy the rest of your day, coach. Yeah, thanks, thanks,
that's up. That's Bill Kawer, Hall of Fame coach. He
was there fifteen years with the Steelers NFL Today Studio
amast alrighty good questions, Dan.
Speaker 2 (36:18):
How about we take a break. We're back after this.
Speaker 1 (36:21):
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rather have your team win a championship or you want
(36:55):
a support Timmy, I don't have any rooting interest in
any teams. I gave up that privilege when I joined
ESPN because I didn't want to go on Sports Center
and be a Bengal fan and talk about Steelers and
then have somebody say, well, he's a Bengal fan, or
talk about the Dodgers, and I was a Reds fan.
Speaker 2 (37:15):
So got rid of fandom.
Speaker 3 (37:17):
One of the hardest things that I had to do,
because you grow up with that you love the highest
of highs.
Speaker 2 (37:23):
I even enjoyed the lowest of low's.
Speaker 3 (37:25):
You know when it was a crushing loss, But it's
because you cared so much. But you guys still have
your fandom, So Todd, you can win a Sports Emmy,
or the Broncos win the Super Bowl next year.
Speaker 5 (37:36):
Although I'm a manic Bronco fan, That's how I have
to preface it since nineteen seventy seven, the fact that
they've won three times and hopefully they'll win others, and
knowing how hard we've worked together for the last like
two decades, I would say the Sports Emmy. I would
go selfish in this instance and go sports Emmy.
Speaker 2 (37:50):
And all right, Seaton, what's sports Emmy?
Speaker 4 (37:53):
All day? This is the team I'm on. Those are
the teams I watch. Okay, I want to win my league.
You guys, good luck. Hope you guys win too.
Speaker 3 (38:02):
I play for a team of one and that's Dan, Yes, Marvin.
Sports Emmy or the Niners win.
Speaker 2 (38:10):
A Super Bowl.
Speaker 10 (38:11):
Sports Emmy, no question.
Speaker 3 (38:12):
All right, Paul, the Bears win a super Bowl, or
Sports Emmy the Bears.
Speaker 2 (38:17):
Win a super Bowl.
Speaker 6 (38:18):
The Sports Emmy is the opinion of another party the
Bears win a Super Bowl would make tons and tons
and tons of people happy besides myself.
Speaker 2 (38:25):
Okay, all right, I think that's the right answer.
Speaker 3 (38:28):
Your doesn't a team wins a change, We as a
team got nominated to win.
Speaker 2 (38:35):
Yeah, this is the team that we're on.
Speaker 3 (38:36):
Yes, yeah, I'm on this team. Yeah, I'm all team
Paulie very selfish, yes of course, Steven la Hi Steve,
what's on your mind today?
Speaker 9 (38:50):
Hey?
Speaker 2 (38:50):
Now, DP, how you doing good?
Speaker 1 (38:52):
Sir?
Speaker 15 (38:53):
Hey?
Speaker 16 (38:54):
Real quick? You were talking about this morning I Todd
calling the NFL and emailing and jumping on him. But uh,
think about think about this. How many of Todd's contact
lists in his email do? They probably put the spam?
And with that being said, I have a I have
(39:16):
a I have something for Todd when you retire, he
needs to get a sponship with spam. And remember you
can't sell Todd without odds.
Speaker 2 (39:27):
Thank you, Steve.
Speaker 5 (39:28):
That's accurate.
Speaker 2 (39:29):
Yeah, John and Texas? Hi John?
Speaker 14 (39:34):
Hi?
Speaker 2 (39:35):
Uh?
Speaker 13 (39:35):
Five eight one, Edie, I got fifteen on the previous caller,
Nea Maya. As far as ordering those certificates, I mean,
my son doesn't hang up his purple ribbons, the participation
ribbons as far as statues go. I'm a pilot and
I'm trying to hit all thirty mL these stadiums. I
was recently in Atlanta and I saw the Hank Aaron statue.
Speaker 9 (39:58):
I was like, oh, yeah, that's.
Speaker 13 (39:59):
The Braves, and there's a great one of No One in Arlington.
You know, I do think they serve a purpose, if
only to remind remind us that, you know, there's something
good happened here once.
Speaker 2 (40:13):
Yeah, I'm okay.
Speaker 3 (40:15):
It's the If you're a fan, you want a statue
of Barry Bonds, you're a Giants fan, Good for you.
Speaker 2 (40:20):
It doesn't affect me one way or another.
Speaker 3 (40:22):
If you want to put one up of Pete Rose,
doesn't bother me because it's about you, the fans.
Speaker 2 (40:28):
If you want it, not me.
Speaker 3 (40:31):
Like would I want to Barry Bonds statue if I'm
a Giants fan, I understand it.
Speaker 2 (40:37):
I wouldn't want it, but I understand it. He's yours.
Speaker 3 (40:41):
He gave me a lot of great memories, you know,
artificial memories perhaps, but he showed you. If everybody's on
steroids and he's on steroids, oh my god, it's like
Lance Armstrong. Everybody's cheating in the Tour de Franz. But
he's winning. Therefore he was the bad guy. Yes, Marvin, Well,
(41:02):
those feelings are artificial. They're real to me, damn it.
Speaker 2 (41:07):
I'm sorry.
Speaker 3 (41:09):
Final hour on the way. Fritzy did reach out to
the NFL. We were trying to get a definition on
a hurry. Haven't heard thatack, Just okay, that was almost
two hours ago.
Speaker 7 (41:19):
Yeah, give or take a few minutes.
Speaker 3 (41:20):
Manyeah, they're busy this time of the year apparently, so
two hours in the books and still one more to go.
Speaker 2 (41:28):
Fritzy, Marvin Seaton, Pauline and yours truly
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