May 29, 2025 • 43 mins
Where's the city's sports pulse today? It's been 50 years since the frozen ponders won their last Cup and the hoops team now treats load management like their players have to burn vaca
On the other side of the street it looks like trouble once again in River City with the first missed voluntary OTA by Bryce Huff on Wednesday. I think he needs more money - just a guess!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Yeah, that's a big dog. Hein and lover again. Everybody.
Welcome to another episode of the Philly Pulse, your city
sports beat with your host Joe stazact so unlocked Ner
and Michael Warren ain't doing fellas Good to see you again,
hanging in with Joe. Always a pleasure to be back,
you know, talking sports. Kind of been a little weird period.
The NBA Finals are about to, you know, be front
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and center seeing with the NHL Finals, and after that
strictly baseball, we'll start with Phillies game postponent. It's still
been rating ship. I can remember part of a double
header tomorrow with the Braves. Phil's nineteen losses two losses
less than the Dodgers, and people who don't worry, like
aren't dialed in as much probably think the Dodgers have
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like three losses this year. They have more losses than
the Phillies. Phillies are in first place, game in a
half ahead of the match. Of course, they've beaten teams
that they should have beaten. The Colorado is one of them,
and of course then they beat the A's lost one
on the tail end of that. But back in town
and playing good bood on Bryce Harper got point, yeah,
point the other night. No retaliation, Yeah, I know. Don't
(01:07):
you actually know where you guys stand on the whole
unwritten rules and there's you know, is someone just going
to be like lying in wait for Bryce Harper? What
does it really do? Harper self said, we don't do
that here. Remember that whole fight with Costiano's and he
came out. We don't do that here. We don't do
that here, kid from Tampa Bay. But anyway, you know
it's coming right braves phillies.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Do you think, Well, I didn't see the play, so
you guys can fill me in. I didn't. Uh was
it a purpose pitch or was it that it slipped
that it was it?
Speaker 3 (01:35):
I mean he was throwing inside. You could totally yeah.
I mean he was coming inside and I think he
lost the grip. Yeah, I think so too. They're saying
it was intentional. I mean he came out and day
when you say that, I'm saying, like the humans, the
sports people.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Social media, yeah they can was the first inning, Yeah,
unless you're in a playoff series, you're not throwing a
purpose pitch in the first inning of a game. In May.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Look, Schrider came out and he said, look, I'm a sociopath.
I get it. I lost the grip. I feel bad.
He knows he should know. It wasn't intentional. I like
to think he did, and it's good to hear that.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
I mean, here's the thing. If you wanted to, if
you wanted to show retaliation, you should have did it
right away. You didn't, You're gonna look like an ass
if you were picking him out doing tonight or tomorrow.
It's over and done with. Nothing's going to happen. Nothing
happened the last time Topper. I don't think he's that
type of manager, or like you said, I don't think
this team is that way. They don't do that type
of stuff here so well.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Plus, in a one run game, which it was for
most of the game, you'd be giving them a free
base and maybe getting a picture ejected him where everyone
gets a warning or whatever. I don't see the upside.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Yeah. And also, I think the sport has changed so
much now where it just it's it's.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Still more school thinking. There's still some more sh.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
I never was huge on it, no, but I mean
they I'll tell you what. The Philly showed their lineup
is much much better than the Braves lineup. I mean,
the Braves are good, They're going to be there at
the end, but I think in the long run, the
Phillies are the better team. Again. I you know, like
I've said before, we treat this team like the Eagles,
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where and I have a case of it where I
need to tend to relax and just let the season
take its course. Baseball is different now where you got
to get hot at the right time, and you know,
it's just you gotta hope for the best. So let's
enjoy it. I mean, they have one hundred and sixty
two games. They're a hell of it.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
I'm enjoying it.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
I'm enjoying it too. But you know a lot of
people out there, all they do is bit you complain
about this team.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
So I get it.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
I betch you complain too. I mean the other day,
you know, my boy Bom has a home run in
a double and then he hits a line dry that
could have been a nice single, but he caught and
he gets pissed off.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
And you know me, you get pissed at him.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
I know because I get nervous because I think it's
gonna be the downward spiral effects. But I'm just I'm
just as as that once brave peote taking son of
a bitch out in Green Bay said relax, And I
think that's what I need to do. I just I
gotta relax.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
So well, he's taking more than Yes's call.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Hasn't been relaxed to my eighteen home runs famous Otani
last I checked. I think o Tani had one last night.
But and you know he's up for a contract. We
talked a little bit about this off the air, well
somewhat off the air. He's gonna want big time money, folks.
He's gonna want big time money. And Sean, you posed
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the question, you know, do you you take care of him?
Speaker 3 (04:57):
I do.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
I always take care of my theory, take care of
my guys. Really to your superstars like superstars.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Yeah, agreed. I think they will. I think the closer
that we I mean, hopefully get towards the summer, I
think something's going to happen. He's kept it open, which
is good. He hasn't closed the door completely shut. I
don't know. Maybe he turns around and says, look, let
me see what my worth is. I want to go
into the free free agency mean, that's.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
The thing, giving hometown discounts anymore. No, did they ever
show what would behove him to do it early? But
when you kind of contra curiously, let me see what
I could get out there.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Security is true, but security is something and what a
lot of people forget. I'm not saying you guys do
or would, but leaving the team, you got to leave
the city. You got to sell your house, you got
to get it. You have kids, you got to move schools,
and it's not something people think about. But if all
things being close to equal, I don't have to move.
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I'm something I don't like moving in general, so that
would be like a big sticking point for me.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
I agree. I agree with that, And he loves his team,
and the team's in the hunt.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
He's on a good team now. If he can make
significantly more elsewhere than all bets are off the table.
If I'm the Phillies, for me, that contract better not
go pass thirty six years old, thirty seven tops at
the very end.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
I don't mind.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
I wouldn't say contract into his forties. The same with
Trey Turner.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Not thrilled about it. I mean I thought it was
dune when Pooholes got ten years when he was thirty
thirty one years old. I think the Marlins gave Stanton
thirteen thirteen. He might get hit by a bus tomorrow thirteen.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
Right, I mean, they're it's gonna happen, whether it's Swarter
or whatever. I mean, these players, they're gonna play later than.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
You think they're gonna play into their forty You think
Harper's playing into his forties.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
At this level, at guess level, No, absolutely right. It
wouldn't shock me if he still.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Someone can play better than them, because I don't think
Harper's forty is going to be better than well, sure, no,
he's got what.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Is no.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Ridiculous? What's that?
Speaker 3 (07:14):
I said, we'll see.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Okay, Well, let's go to where he's batting in the lineup,
because it's been you know a lot of your people
talk about, you know, you don't like him in the
leadoff spot or whatever. I've always been okay with it
because his numbers are pretty good every year forty mid
forties home runs almost always one hundred RBIs. But I
do get the other side. You know, it could be
you'd be making more ribs with some protection behind him.
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They moved him down this year. It's kind of the
only really thing that they did. It's working. I mean,
I don't know if he's even working better than last year,
but it's working. He's one of the top pitters in
the league at the dhpot. What do you think of
him batting down the lineup?
Speaker 2 (07:56):
When you say down, you mean not lead off, or
you mean like I'm old school about it.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
I do.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
I remember. I always think of the two thousand and
three Marlins when they had one Pierre and Luis Castillo
at the top. Those two were murder if they got
on base, murder, absolute terrifying. I still do prefer that,
and I'd rather have guys, you know, I love when
Schwarber would lead off with a solo shot, but that's
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not gonna be every game. It's nice, not thrilling. Nice.
If you guys are a History of the World fans,
you guys like that movie, Yeah, here's the World. He
brought the treasure. Nice, not thrilling. Nice.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
Oh wait wait wait fifteen ten ten commandments.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
It's the mel Brooks movie. For yes, yes, yes, I'd
rather he have a man or two on base if
he's going to hit those bombs, And I would like
the trade turners of the world, and it stopped. I've
been okay with I would prefer that if everything's working. Obviously,
they went back. They tried it last year and went
(09:06):
back to Schwarber, and I couldn't disagree with Topper's assessment.
He goes, I know it doesn't make sense, but we
tend to win when he leads off. I couldn't argue
with that.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
You know where you know how I feel about the manager.
You guys still okay with him being here?
Speaker 3 (09:18):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Yeah, I know you hate him. You hate Hi Topper
like Sean hates Bone's attitude.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
The Google on his thumb and he complains about So okay,
first place, Phil talk about you. Let's talk about your
team in your town, your Philadelphia Eagles. Asan Reddick doesn't
Oh sorry, I mean Bruce brus Bryce Hoff doesn't show
up for OTAs today.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
Well the other one didn't show up for his either,
So who are you talking about Redick? Reddick didn't show
up for his.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
No, I know with Tampa. Okay, So to one former Eagle,
one Carrent Eagle, I really don't care about the guys
on our team, although I thought, I think, listen, these
guys are vested veterans. You know, showing up for a
thing in May is not the same as remember what
it was Corey what's his name had to go check
out like uh yeah, yeah, Scotches the Sconses. So I don't.
(10:17):
Once July rolls around, people are gonna forget it. But like,
it's not a good look optic wise, making all that money,
not playing and now he doesn't want to show up.
Why you want to show up, well, same reason, probably
no one else wants to show up, but check he's
not He doesn't play that much. Shouldn't have been a
conversation maybe beforehand, or it is just just exercising an
(10:37):
option because it's optional.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
Three years, fifty one dollars for two and a half
sex one and a half. I think I missed of
those two and a half no no postseason stat line,
missed five games. I think with the wrist injury, he
can't be complaining about I mean, and not to mention
two guys at his position are gone Brandon Graham retired
(11:02):
and Sweat went to to Arizona. So there should be
a hole, there should be oxygen to suck there. And
you're already out underpaid, you've underplayed your contract hugely.
Speaker 1 (11:19):
They talk about day the people, They talk about Howie
and how great how he is.
Speaker 3 (11:23):
With all day the people, My people, his people talk.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
About how we have great Howies all the time. That's
like one of the rare missions last year, and it
was Bryce Hawf and he doesn't show up. Oh gosh,
do you thing? I get it. No one's gonna give
a ship.
Speaker 2 (11:40):
No one gives a ship now because or at least
have already made excuse. Joe say something ill out of
family engagement, lie to me, I don't care. But when
you show up with no excuse and the team doesn't
have anything to say, then, uh, it just makes people
like are you pulling a sixers?
Speaker 1 (11:58):
Well, it's like din we talk about Kirk Cousin yesterday,
like they don't really want him showing up because they
don't yeh, don't want to do don't want to do
politics at all. But Jaalen, he wasn't asked why didn't
he go to the White House? He said, I wasn't available.
What did you think?
Speaker 2 (12:18):
It's probably the politically correct answer.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
I mean, you'd rather seeing him go. I try to
be trying to be a completely objective. I do not
want to make this about politics or your side his side.
As a team event, as an organize it's kind of
an organized team event activity. It's a team event.
Speaker 3 (12:41):
You have.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
The Office of the President wants to celebrate a great
thing that happened in Philadelphia, and he doesn't show. I'm
not trying to create anything here because.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
You know, I understand, But I also understand. It is
a polarizing presidency, whether you were on either side. So
I understand if it's not your thing and you don't
want to go. So are you rejecting? Are you asking
whether I object whether anyone attended or didn't attend, or
I would I had seen.
Speaker 1 (13:07):
My captain and my quarterback attend that celebration, okay, and
accept the except I'm proud of what they did, you
know what I mean. Like, and you have an opportunity,
you want to say something to knock yourself out. You
see how it works, You're gonna get a different view
of the guy and that like but again, I get it,
I get the polarizing team. But for taking that aside,
(13:30):
I would have liked to see him go as a group.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
Yeah, I'm fine with that. The only the only guy
that really got crap for going was Saquon because he
played around the golf the day before.
Speaker 3 (13:42):
One.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
He was following him around.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
He followed and even then he probably and this was
his explanation. The only what I could think was, yeah,
that's probably a bad look. But he also could have
looked at it like, I don't care. It's the presidency.
When else am I going to get to do this again?
Speaker 1 (13:57):
That's how I would have looked at it, unless.
Speaker 3 (13:59):
You know, I think it was more or less he
respects the office.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
It's an opportunity to play the round of golf with
with the president of United States Air Force one.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
I'm all over that, sure.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
I mean I thought it was a little more egregious
when Tim Thomas didn't go to the White I was
just thinking about because of Obama, because I was like, really,
what did he do there? So awful?
Speaker 1 (14:22):
Right? Where did Tim Thomas get off?
Speaker 3 (14:27):
So, since we're on the topic of Trump, should I
email Trump in all caps asking him to be on
the show?
Speaker 2 (14:34):
If you did it any other way, I would have
a problem with running by the people first. And if
you do it, will you at least take a screenshot
and so we can hold it up and at least
prove it absolute. Yeah, stone unturned here.
Speaker 3 (14:49):
Like you know me, just give me a list of
people you want me to reach out to. That's whatever.
Speaker 1 (14:54):
You know, all the people that we tried, we do
reach out to. He's one that I put in a
category to maybe like he might do something like that.
I'll just open my mouth.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
We'd have a better chance of getting him than Tom
Brady or something like that. That's what I mean, because
he might do it.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
That's what I mean. That candidate I.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
And what will bait him with, like some Jimmy the
Greek stuff. You know, what do you think about the
Eagles Super Bowl champion having a black quarterback?
Speaker 1 (15:30):
I love it. By the way, so it's ninety nine
days to open a night against the Boys. What do
you think of the schedule and scheduling the Boys look
at Financial Field Night one. I love it because I
think they're they're gonna smoke Dallas. But also like a
little anticipation like leading up to the game that the
big everyone think I'm not as much of a hater
(15:51):
others Dallas is an incredibly flawed villain. Laugh at him,
but I might put him down a few games. But
they're opening night you guys cool with that.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
Yeah, I mean every Super Bowl winner. Are you talking
about the Cowboys opening.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
Yeah, Cowboys opening night with the Eagles?
Speaker 3 (16:11):
Yeah, I mean, gosh, the last time it happened. Do
you remember it was the Tommy Hutton fumble field goal
nor for.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
A touchdown Tommy hum Way. That was in Dallas day night.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
I thought that was the last time that they were
Do you remember who caught the pass to get down
there for the field goal? No, Breddy Solomon?
Speaker 1 (16:32):
Nice call?
Speaker 2 (16:33):
Yeah, the second Freddy Solomon, much like the Kurt Warner
of the Rams, was the second Kurt Warner.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
He was the second.
Speaker 2 (16:40):
Yeah, that was the first thing I thought when I
heard his name for the first time. I was like
another Kurt Warner, right right? I knows running back. You
know what, I'll ask you guys this because I felt
this way for years. I think sometimes the national networks
make more of a local rivalry than the nation actually
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agrees about. So for a long time, it was like, oh, Yankees,
Red Sox, Well, if you're outside of Boston and New York,
don't really care. I felt that way for years when
it was Ravens Steelers, Oh great, thirteen to ten, with them.
Can't wait. If you're not Ravens are Steelers, you don't
really you wait the same way they do. So my
question is, do first of all, Dallas fans don't care
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about the Eagles rivalry the same way to eat.
Speaker 1 (17:26):
The skins of their arrival. It's not down.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
So do you think that they're making Oh, Eagles Cowboys?
What's a big deal to us around here is? Does
anybody else really care? And seele care I.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
Mean hypemongers do because it's like, well, you have the
world champs and one of maybe one of the best
teams assembled a least on paper and they destroyed Chiefs
and then you got Americas team by name, I get it.
With a lot of bullshit going around and Jerry and
Mike has always happened and did.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
A little little bit of hype that shot me?
Speaker 1 (18:01):
Or was that really because Dallas has kind of become irrelevant.
Speaker 3 (18:04):
Yeah, but hold on, hold on. Don't you think Micah
and CD Lamb are starting to eype up the Eagles
rivalry between the Cowboys as well?
Speaker 1 (18:12):
Because one team wins every time?
Speaker 3 (18:15):
No, well, I understand that, but I think it's the
hatred between one another. I hate to use that word,
but like, you know.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
Yeah, I mean he's trying. Mike is trying.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
But I mean you look at the Sorge even Dak.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Remember Dak made some noise at the end of last
year before the playoffs show, Well, you know we're we
were right there with him. You got out scored like
six and two games.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
It wasn't for those five big touchdown plays.
Speaker 1 (18:41):
Touchdown right right.
Speaker 3 (18:43):
It's like, well, if I didn't throw interceptions, I might
have won the game.
Speaker 2 (18:48):
I think CD Lamb might have more of a dislike
for the Eagles, where Parsons almost has a jealousy, like
I went to Penn State. Yeah, if we didn't blow
the Justin Jefferson Jalen Rager pick, we wouldn't have taken Davante.
We may have taken Micah and then had Justin Jefferson
and Micah, which is that's.
Speaker 1 (19:10):
I think.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
So I think he had something. I think he would
like to be an Eagle. I don't know that, but
the fact that he's a great player in a mouth
makes it more interesting he does.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
And I do agree with you that I think that
outside the Nationals not as nearly as especially because like
you said it yourself, like people think people, I think
nationally think that's the right Washington's arrival. Yes, that's like
their big things was with Washington, and it's not as
hyped up because we live in Philly. I don't even
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know where the Eagles hate came from. It's I used
to do this games when I was little, and Roger
Staubach would always come back from like thirteen now with
a minute left, and I'd be like, Dad, what happened?
And they played the Cowboys. It was always like that,
but they become a villain and kind of a name.
I mean, they're kind of like the Keystone Cop villain
kind of thing, and with Jerry and act and it's
kind of funny watching them try to be like, you know,
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puff their chest and be like, hey, we're America. Some
reporter called you America's team. I liked the Moniker, but
you guys really haven't lived up to it in about
thirty years now, so I think you're kind of amusing
when they opened their mouths. I did like what Jerry
said about the Touchbush. He was honest. He's like, I've
kind of torn between is it football or I do
I just not want the Eagles to do it.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
I appreciate that the candor.
Speaker 1 (20:27):
Yeah, and what did you well, quick, because we didn't
touch on that in the fake show yesterday. What did
you think of the touchbush getting banned not getting banned?
Speaker 3 (20:36):
Sorry, I was actually kind of shocked. I thought for
sure that it was going to get banned. I thought
it was a four gone conclusion.
Speaker 1 (20:43):
I thought it was going to be close. But I didn't.
Speaker 3 (20:45):
You started to hear chatter, what's that. You started to
hear chatter that there was a very good chance there
was a ground I was going to stay. And then
you know, our our owner, you know, uh, decided to
give an explanation about it, boys sweater and decided to
vote for it.
Speaker 2 (21:05):
So and go NFL owners, and it was it was
a lot of AFC teams. I was like, yeah, you
have you don't have to deal with it on a
regular basis. You know, the Lions were, you know, voted
in favor of it. I guess they want the heat,
So all right, that's fine because you're going to see
this at some point. But yeah, on the other AFC team,
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the one a FC team was the Jaguars. They're the
ones that stopped it. They stuffed them twice.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
Why a little the way they do. It's a little
unfair that Eagles don't have a representative on the competition committee.
Two NFCS teams do, I think the Giants and Skins.
Maybe Dallas does, But Eagles don't have a representative necessarily.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
Yeah, why is that? And why wouldn't every team have
a rep?
Speaker 1 (21:51):
I thinks that they would. There's only like twelve. There's
one year chick from Cincinnati's one guy.
Speaker 2 (21:57):
Katie Blackburn is my chick.
Speaker 1 (21:58):
Now, yeah, she's your chick.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
I'd date her. Sure, that sounds like a decent gig.
Speaker 1 (22:02):
It's just your daughter. I'm not sure if that's your daughter.
Speaker 3 (22:06):
Actually want to kick her out of bed for eating crackers?
Speaker 1 (22:08):
You got? You got Tomlin. Tomlin's been there. I think
Tomlin's a fair guy. Jeff Fisher used to be honest.
He's not there anymore. But like, yeah, there's no Eagle representative,
and I think that, I mean, you know, we want
to have some voice in there instead of bringing them
in and bringing the heavies and like Kelsey's doesn't have
enough to do that. He's got to stop over in
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you know, Minnesota for a half hour and try to
There's been some guys who haven't played football in thirty
years that they should run a quarterback sneak. But it works.
I'll take it at least for another year. I'll stick
around for another year. I think the NFL kind of
trying to hide behind Green Bay and they did the
same thing with Detroit. Kind of a little lame.
Speaker 2 (22:49):
And do you think the stats are a little misleading
on that because I saw I think it was last year.
First of all, last year, not a single injury recorded
on a toush push play anywhere in the NFL. For
the Giants too, injuries were twenty twenty three game, which
is kind of funny that it happened to that. It's
just kind of hilarious.
Speaker 3 (23:06):
So I'm going to propose this to So I'm going
to propose this to that I that I heard today
or yesterday. I think it was from my people. Yes,
my people.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
Know what I'm talking about.
Speaker 3 (23:19):
It was the afternoon show on ninety seven five to
the Fanatic. They mentioned that they wouldn't be surprised if
they start to see players start to fake injuries to
elevate those numbers.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
I was like, what defenders.
Speaker 3 (23:38):
Push no, saying yeah, you're going to start to see
more players act like they're injured during the toush push
to help eliminate it right away.
Speaker 2 (23:46):
And I was like, what the player is possible? I mean,
don't forget the the opening Well remember the opening night
of Chip Kelly against Washington and all of a sudden,
he was like sprinting down the field.
Speaker 3 (23:59):
All yes, I was at that game. That game was crazy.
That was fun.
Speaker 1 (24:08):
Yeah, halftime they were rolling and then they she's kind
of caught up. Yeah, they were shucking it up and
maybe faking some Yeah.
Speaker 3 (24:16):
Well that game you saw exactly what happened in the
Chip Kelly era. I mean, if you think about it,
that game, you look at it. They almost lost that
game because they just got tired. The defense, Yeah, I mean,
and it just yeah, it just showed you that you
need to have a balance offensive defense.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
Can I think it Chip hisself it's called his self awareness, didn't.
I hated being a coach at UC. I'm not sure
why I actually went for that job, but much better
as just a coordinator. Wanting to do that became the
OHI with Ryan Days former coach was an actual Eagles
quarterback coach and he's on the Raiders.
Speaker 2 (24:55):
Now right Yeah, he's the offensive coordinator of the Raiders
and they just took.
Speaker 1 (24:58):
And now he's an offensive coordinator. Do you think about that?
Speaker 3 (25:01):
I think it's perfect for him.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
Yeah, why not? Because essentially what happened I guess and
Eagles fans pretty much know this. Chip Kelly the GM
royally screwed Chip Kelly the coach. He was making decisions
that were so poor. I mean even the DeMarco Murray thing,
which I didn't want them, and then they got them
and I'm thinking, all right, cool, take them whatever, and
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they ran them on the edges on stretch plays, which
it was real clear, real early he can't run that.
He has to go up straight between the tackles.
Speaker 3 (25:33):
Do you think maybe owners stepped in and said, whoa,
you just traded away Lashawn McCoy. You got to get
some because it just never made sense was running back
to Marco Murray because it traded Lashaw McCoy away, and
then they went out and got.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
To a linebacker. What is your question?
Speaker 3 (25:53):
Do you think maybe ownership stepped in like, whoa, Chip,
what are you doing here? Like you got it and
did what you got? The Hey, DeMarco's still after go
sign him?
Speaker 1 (26:03):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (26:05):
Because it never made sense Joe.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
To get a running back they didn't like. They didn't
like Shady because he ran outside. They wanted to that's
where they ran because.
Speaker 3 (26:17):
But then they ran to Marco on the outside, like
it never made.
Speaker 2 (26:20):
Sense to the point where he was sliding in bounds listen.
Speaker 3 (26:24):
Then to the point he went up to the owner
on the plane and said, I can't play for this guy.
So I I mean, yeah, hey, look, Jeffrey learned from it.
I mean he learned from it. You'll never see a
coach take over must his son takes Oh.
Speaker 1 (26:40):
He was in Bass and the team that lost to Washington,
and I'm glad he didn't wait till the end of
the season. They had Pat Scharmer, I think coach. Last
game of course he won.
Speaker 2 (26:49):
And who had a touchdown up the gut of fifty
plus yards on that like one of the first series
DeMarco Murley because they ran him up the middle. It
was this is what you're supposed to do with him?
Speaker 1 (26:59):
Yeah, I remember that game against Dallac one of the
worst games. It's actually on my demo tape. He had
two carries. He had thirteen carries for less than two
yards in that game that was charge per carry. But
he did come off a year. I think he had
four hundred and ninety nine touches, but still he was
doing nothing here with the Eagles.
Speaker 3 (27:20):
Weld. You remember that game when Sam Sam Bradford brought
him back against the Cowboys school was it a Monday
night game and DeMarco just ran the football?
Speaker 1 (27:30):
Did they win?
Speaker 3 (27:31):
Yeah? They ended up winning an overtime on it.
Speaker 2 (27:33):
I just watched the replay. Sometimes these videos come up
from you know, those people we know we were talking about.
It was the it was a you know, the Sunday
Night highlights. The night they had beaten the Patriots that year,
and I think the previous two weeks, I think the
Eagles had given up like ninety points combined. It was
just a behind whooping every week, and they ended up
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beating the Patriots on was it three special teams touchdowns
or something like that.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
Well, his name, the safety.
Speaker 2 (28:03):
Hapkom Jenkins had had one, and then there was a
block kick that nause Good ran in block.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
Yeah, Scrolls had something. Yeah. They Patriots had won ten games,
you know, and then they lost one and then played
the Eagles, and yeah, that's what happens it's the NFL.
It's great. So, by the way, I watch the Super
Bowl the other night because that's what I do here.
Speaker 2 (28:28):
Yeah, I did too.
Speaker 1 (28:29):
I watched the whole game in like thirty minutes. They
just go play play play to play, next, play next,
play next play.
Speaker 2 (28:34):
Oh some of the YouTube stuff, the official like highlight
packages are twenty minutes long for some of these games.
I'm like, this is perfect, perfect, Can I.
Speaker 3 (28:43):
Cannot wait for the Eagles year? And yeah, I can't
wait because.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
What is that coming out?
Speaker 3 (28:49):
It's got to be coming out, so it would be
out by now. Jesus, what are they doing? No, I
think it covidly comes out like right before.
Speaker 2 (28:55):
The best yearbooks, though, are the ones of the really
shitty team where they have to make it sound awesome
like that even though they won three games and they're
like celebrating a second week to win over the Jaguars
and then they skip over weeks three to eleven.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
Good things looking up for this team, but they do
have a high draft.
Speaker 2 (29:18):
Pick and with it, Hope springs eternal. That's every NFL.
Speaker 1 (29:23):
You will freaking love, freaking love it talked a little
national because history. We talked about how bad the playoffs
have been. I think they were just as bad last night.
Nicks played okay offensive, they've been never really in that game.
I know Halliburton had the had the the triple double,
and then yeah, Edmonton is just smoking Dallas because they're
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that much better than them. David's coming on the goaltenders playing.
It's gonna be I think, Sewn and we talked Yester.
It's gonna be Edmonton and Florida in the finals, actually
Oak City, I think, and Pacers in the finals. Team
you haven't you don't see win very often. I mean
Panthers and won a couple last year. But what do
you what are we looking at in the finals for
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both n b A and n HL guys.
Speaker 2 (30:11):
Well, I know he's not Lebron against Curry, you know what.
I think.
Speaker 3 (30:16):
I'm really sick and tired right now of the playoffs
this year. But the n b A is hearing who's
the new face of the n b A, Like, just
can we stop?
Speaker 1 (30:24):
Who's who is the new face? You mean, Anthony?
Speaker 3 (30:26):
I don't care who the new face is?
Speaker 2 (30:28):
Yeah, I agree, Like I don't, I don't care.
Speaker 3 (30:31):
I want I want multiple faces of the n b A,
Like I'm done. I'm done with it. I want multiple faces.
Like I'm sick and tired of hearing who's the new face?
Speaker 1 (30:41):
Give me a face, can give me a face. They're
trying to put it. They're trying to push out us.
Speaker 3 (30:45):
Well, who was it? Perkins the other day was talking
about how Anthony Edwards needs to change if he wants
to be the face of the of the n b A,
he needs to settle down outside. Exactly what are you
talking about? The NBA so, I mean, it's just bullshit.
It's just people trying to, you know, get clickbait. And
here I am doing podcasts after podcasts and only get
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fifty two years.
Speaker 2 (31:09):
A week, hey, showing you're the face of the podcast.
Speaker 3 (31:12):
I mean, come on, we've been pushing you.
Speaker 1 (31:16):
We've been pushing you for months.
Speaker 2 (31:19):
I mean, I don't know that a league has to
have a face. I mean exactly, the NHL doesn't have one.
But that's gonna tend to not watch hockey, right, Like,
I mean, they're hyping some of these superstars during the game,
and I'm like a sports fan, I don't know who
these people.
Speaker 3 (31:33):
I've never heard of.
Speaker 1 (31:34):
Good some of these guys are kids of the guys
I used to watch play.
Speaker 2 (31:37):
Anytime I see Ka Chuck, I'm like, please tell me
that's not Did.
Speaker 1 (31:42):
You see your dad? Do you think that guy ever
looked like a power forward? Keith Yeah, Keith Kachuk.
Speaker 2 (31:48):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (31:48):
They show his dad in the stands.
Speaker 3 (31:50):
I'm like, oh, I'd love to have one of those
on the Flyers. I take a Ka Chuck any day
of the week.
Speaker 1 (31:57):
I love him for Florida leader he does. She comes
up big and big games. That's what he does. They
got Brad Marshaw, and they're well coached, and they do
the little Celtics once in a while. They didn't they
didn't give a shit about sweeping the other night. Oh yeah,
well we'll get it next team.
Speaker 3 (32:12):
I think it's great for the NBA that it's going
to be probably most likely what the pacers in the Thunder.
Speaker 1 (32:16):
I think that's yeah, which would be awesome, somewhat interesting
because there's some interest there. I guess it's a little different.
I know, the next Nova Knicks and New York and whatever.
And you got Oklahoma City. By the way, Okay, I
got something for you.
Speaker 3 (32:29):
What is this about the three button suit?
Speaker 1 (32:32):
You want to talk three button soup? Because how came
in with shorts? Oh we talked about that?
Speaker 3 (32:37):
Was that on the group text or was that just
a job? Oh?
Speaker 1 (32:41):
You before the game, Adam Silver, he's out there and
you know, after warm up, there's a little stand and
there's a trophy on it and he does a few
little words and what's his name? Gilgess, the m VP
comes over, steps up. He's in the back. Like if
you didn't know who he was, I'm not sure which
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one it would. He comes out, steps over, walks around,
picks it up, gives it maybe like three rotes, puts
it down. I didn't even know smile because a commission.
Hug goes right back to the to the huddle and
let's go. Let's play a little different than our guy
a few years ago having like a three hour, three
hour like party with his team before he went out
and like puked up a game to the Celtics. A
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little different how they carried themselves. This isn't I want
to rip Joel and b but I'm gonna rip him
because he's all into that individual war back then shows
me what kind of where his interest too, I think.
But Gill is just kind of like it's cool I'm
the MVP and he's a young guy probably getting more
and that was it. Let's play a game. What did
you think of how he handled it compared to our guy?
Speaker 3 (33:51):
You would say it.
Speaker 1 (33:52):
I kind of explained it.
Speaker 3 (33:53):
Yeah, go ahead, Michaeh.
Speaker 2 (33:56):
Now you go ahead.
Speaker 3 (33:56):
You want to know please you first? You know, please
you first.
Speaker 2 (33:59):
I'm fine with not making a big deal about it.
If MB did, that's fine. I don't think it necessarily
means he doesn't care about winning. I think Himbid does.
I don't know that everyone agrees with his attitude all
the time or the constant time he spends on the
floor during games, but I think Embid wants to win.
I wouldn't make more of it.
Speaker 3 (34:20):
I think, what you doing next year?
Speaker 2 (34:23):
What's his injury schedule?
Speaker 1 (34:27):
Joel embiid? Next year?
Speaker 3 (34:28):
Like, what's going on with the What do you want
to say? What would you put it over under forty
games next year? Or would you go higher?
Speaker 2 (34:35):
I think that's a pretty good line.
Speaker 3 (34:38):
More than I do.
Speaker 2 (34:41):
No, I know, are they going to do the back
to back thing again this year? If you did it
this year, why wouldn't you do it next year when
he's a year older?
Speaker 1 (34:50):
Right? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (34:52):
I mean, Joelle is always going to look could he
have handled himself better? Absolutely? Could he have turned himself better, Yes,
just like Iverson could have trained himself better. However, the
problem is he's a part of the process. He is
the face of the process. And the process is over
and it's over. But it's never going to go away
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because it's Philadelphia and we like to stick on things
and we'd like to bring things up over and over
and over again. So until Joel retires, gets traded, whatever
the case may be. Honestly, I don't even think it'll
never go away because we're always going to be stuck
with it. Even you look at the Thunder they did
it better than us and now they're in the Uh,
they're gonna be in the championship. Mikah, didn't you write
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something or make a comment the other day on Facebook?
Was it that I saw regarding like sam Hanky keeping
sam Hanky? No, it wasn't you. It might have been someone.
Speaker 2 (35:45):
I didn't think sam Hanky had to go. I don't necessarily.
Speaker 1 (35:49):
Just p Adams Schilder. They were kind of at the end,
they had the opportunities, guys. He took the wrong guys.
Speaker 3 (35:55):
No, of course, yes. I also think they took the
wrong guys on purpose too. What are you going through, Well,
turn him around, because he's just to turn him around. No,
to turn him around. I mean, you have Embiid. Why
did you take Oka for?
Speaker 1 (36:09):
Why did you take who Oka for?
Speaker 3 (36:11):
You was out for the first exactly exactly. So that's
exactly my point where okay, you don't know, you might
have to trade Embiid or you might trade Oka for.
So either way, they were getting parts to possibly trade them.
I mean, who wasn't the rookie of the year and
then they ended up Tchael.
Speaker 2 (36:28):
Carter Williams is the beginning of the process.
Speaker 3 (36:31):
Yeah, they got a lot for him.
Speaker 1 (36:34):
That's okay, that's allowed to do that.
Speaker 3 (36:36):
No, exactly, And I think that's the way that he
treated it, where everybody was an asset.
Speaker 2 (36:41):
Well that's fine, well exactly, of course. Okay, so that's
kind of to Joe's point. The process itself worked, but
you blew the picks.
Speaker 1 (36:52):
Didn't work, markl Fuls didn't work.
Speaker 2 (36:54):
Yeah, Oka for went from averaging like eighteen points a
game his rookie year. I don't know what happened. That
guy went downhill. He ended up with the nets. He
couldn't defend.
Speaker 3 (37:04):
Where the damn this is where I will fight you
though Ben Simmons didn't work. Ben Simmons I think was Yes,
the overall you had to take him number one. It
just made sense, and for a while they played well together.
Markl Folts did not make sense. As soon as he
showed up to that training facility, there should have been
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hold up, you know what, we should just screw the Celtics.
Speaker 1 (37:31):
Why he didn't make a shot? They really couldn't shoot anymore?
Speaker 3 (37:36):
No ex well, but come on, there was there was
going into it. I understand that, but there was talk
going into it even before that that there was a
chance that something was up with his shoulder. And then
when he got to the facility he was too worried
about his hip rather than making the shots. I don't know.
I I think that was the wrong pick.
Speaker 2 (37:56):
Well, I think you're right, but it was a colossally wrong.
But how does the guy that's going to be the
number one pick in the NBA Draft out of college,
how does his team not the team didn't make the
tourney the year before, we're going to be good. You
should at least be in the tournament.
Speaker 3 (38:15):
You're gonna see as Bailey is going to be a sixer.
Speaker 2 (38:18):
You know the fact that two guys from Rutgers are
projected in the top three and I don't even know
anything about them. I didn't even know what Rutgers did
this year. But shouldn't you dominate if you have two
potential top three picks in them? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (38:31):
I like case Bailey. I think he's going to be
a solid player. I think it's gonna you know, give
him some time. It's only eighteen. He's gonna be what
nineteen when he starts.
Speaker 2 (38:39):
I don't want another Evan Turner situation where there's one
guy in the draft, which was John Wall and it's like, oh,
we get the second pick this year when it's him
or DeMarcus Cousins.
Speaker 3 (38:49):
Right, Well, I mean it's either Ham or Harper, right.
Speaker 2 (38:53):
Right?
Speaker 3 (38:54):
Who for the sixers? They're going to take either one
of those Rutgers?
Speaker 2 (39:00):
Is that the other one's name? I don't even know.
I don't even know who these people I know is
outside of Cooper Flag you lost me.
Speaker 1 (39:07):
He's Greg still coach Rutgers.
Speaker 3 (39:10):
Probably. I think he went back, Yeah, he went back, right?
Speaker 1 (39:14):
Who knows? A guys, we gotta run trying to keep
you stream anything else. I forgot that.
Speaker 3 (39:19):
We gotta go. I was gonna give I was gonna
give Micah some would you rather questions? Do you want to?
Do you want?
Speaker 2 (39:27):
We're gonna cut this up. That's fine, go for it.
Speaker 3 (39:29):
Do you want to? Would you rather political? Or would
you rather just five deep questions?
Speaker 2 (39:36):
We'll avoid politics for now, right, Okay? All day? All right?
Speaker 3 (39:39):
Number one? Know when you'll die or know when loved
ones will die?
Speaker 2 (39:48):
Where did you come up with this crap?
Speaker 3 (39:50):
This is I co pilot it just for you?
Speaker 2 (39:53):
Oh my, I'd probably want to know when I would die.
Speaker 3 (39:57):
I bean'd be the same way my.
Speaker 2 (40:00):
My daughter heads up, can find me a lot of
stuff lately.
Speaker 3 (40:05):
Daddy, Well, hey, enjoy your Peter Butter Kelly sandwich kid.
I'm good day in school. By the way. Dad's done
on Friday. We'll talk later.
Speaker 2 (40:14):
Wow. All right?
Speaker 3 (40:18):
Lose all memory or never make new ones?
Speaker 2 (40:24):
Well, there's some memories I would like to forget. I
could say that I wouldn't want to lose my whole memory. No,
that's saying one of my minor skills is remembering stuff,
even if it's stupid. Like Number one. Overall, NFL draft picks.
Speaker 1 (40:40):
I'd like to have back.
Speaker 3 (40:44):
All right, discover life is a simulation, or you're the
only real person?
Speaker 1 (40:49):
Say one more, tabo.
Speaker 3 (40:52):
Uh, discover life is a simulation or you're the only
real person.
Speaker 2 (41:02):
Well, uh, and Joe jump in whenever you want here.
I would if I'm the only real person, it doesn't
really matter because my reality is my reality. And there's
a well, I don't really care if everyone's fake. Like
if there's a bunch of hot chicks that are into
me and you're like, well, they're not real as far
as I'm concerned. They What do I care if they're
not really real? But do I have to prove to
other people that aren't real because they're not really either?
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What do I got to prove?
Speaker 1 (41:25):
I like that, Well, there's the people.
Speaker 3 (41:27):
You have to prove to the people, all right. I
like that I'm gonna live forever and be forgotten or
live briefly and be remembered.
Speaker 2 (41:39):
Living forever doesn't sound like a And the rate that
the body I'm at forty seven right now, and at
the rate the body deteriorates and everything.
Speaker 1 (41:50):
Sound the first one. Yeah, yeah, Remember there's some ship
I did, and I'm out.
Speaker 3 (41:56):
Would you like to see future tragedies or here dark
his thoughts, darker thoughts, Yeah, for what to what end?
Speaker 2 (42:08):
Just here other people's dark thoughts. Yeah, don't care. I'd
rather see the tragedies because I like history. Not that
I was happy it happened, but I was in New
York City for nine to eleven, and I think it
was an interesting experience to be part of that.
Speaker 1 (42:24):
Suspect.
Speaker 2 (42:27):
They couldn't prove anything. I mean, charges were drop of interest. Now.
I talked to a few people. I had to sit
in some lonely rooms and answer some questions, but they
couldn't prove anything.
Speaker 1 (42:39):
I'm getting. I'm getting a wrap signed from all my
my oldest All right, you gotta tell you a good
stuff fellas that is always better than the second time.
Speaker 3 (42:48):
Yeah, no, desktop, Hey, thank god, I'll.
Speaker 1 (42:52):
Watch out there, Philly, Pauls, Joe, Stay's ax Shaw n Locked,
He's Michael war and your city Sports. You going back
next week, Guests and fellas, keep ripping it up, keep
crushing it word word pace, reach out.
Speaker 3 (43:06):
I got all right later, be good
Yeah, that's a big dog. Hein and lover again. Everybody.
Welcome to another episode of the Philly Pulse, your city
sports beat with your host Joe stazact so unlocked Ner
and Michael Warren ain't doing fellas Good to see you again,
hanging in with Joe. Always a pleasure to be back,
you know, talking sports. Kind of been a little weird period.
The NBA Finals are about to, you know, be front
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and center seeing with the NHL Finals, and after that
strictly baseball, we'll start with Phillies game postponent. It's still
been rating ship. I can remember part of a double
header tomorrow with the Braves. Phil's nineteen losses two losses
less than the Dodgers, and people who don't worry, like
aren't dialed in as much probably think the Dodgers have
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like three losses this year. They have more losses than
the Phillies. Phillies are in first place, game in a
half ahead of the match. Of course, they've beaten teams
that they should have beaten. The Colorado is one of them,
and of course then they beat the A's lost one
on the tail end of that. But back in town
and playing good bood on Bryce Harper got point, yeah,
point the other night. No retaliation, Yeah, I know. Don't
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you actually know where you guys stand on the whole
unwritten rules and there's you know, is someone just going
to be like lying in wait for Bryce Harper? What
does it really do? Harper self said, we don't do
that here. Remember that whole fight with Costiano's and he
came out. We don't do that here. We don't do
that here, kid from Tampa Bay. But anyway, you know
it's coming right braves phillies.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Do you think, Well, I didn't see the play, so
you guys can fill me in. I didn't. Uh was
it a purpose pitch or was it that it slipped
that it was it?
Speaker 3 (01:35):
I mean he was throwing inside. You could totally yeah.
I mean he was coming inside and I think he
lost the grip. Yeah, I think so too. They're saying
it was intentional. I mean he came out and day
when you say that, I'm saying, like the humans, the
sports people.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Social media, yeah they can was the first inning, Yeah,
unless you're in a playoff series, you're not throwing a
purpose pitch in the first inning of a game. In May.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Look, Schrider came out and he said, look, I'm a sociopath.
I get it. I lost the grip. I feel bad.
He knows he should know. It wasn't intentional. I like
to think he did, and it's good to hear that.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
I mean, here's the thing. If you wanted to, if
you wanted to show retaliation, you should have did it
right away. You didn't, You're gonna look like an ass
if you were picking him out doing tonight or tomorrow.
It's over and done with. Nothing's going to happen. Nothing
happened the last time Topper. I don't think he's that
type of manager, or like you said, I don't think
this team is that way. They don't do that type
of stuff here so well.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Plus, in a one run game, which it was for
most of the game, you'd be giving them a free
base and maybe getting a picture ejected him where everyone
gets a warning or whatever. I don't see the upside.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Yeah. And also, I think the sport has changed so
much now where it just it's it's.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Still more school thinking. There's still some more sh.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
I never was huge on it, no, but I mean
they I'll tell you what. The Philly showed their lineup
is much much better than the Braves lineup. I mean,
the Braves are good, They're going to be there at
the end, but I think in the long run, the
Phillies are the better team. Again. I you know, like
I've said before, we treat this team like the Eagles,
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where and I have a case of it where I
need to tend to relax and just let the season
take its course. Baseball is different now where you got
to get hot at the right time, and you know,
it's just you gotta hope for the best. So let's
enjoy it. I mean, they have one hundred and sixty
two games. They're a hell of it.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
I'm enjoying it.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
I'm enjoying it too. But you know a lot of
people out there, all they do is bit you complain
about this team.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
So I get it.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
I betch you complain too. I mean the other day,
you know, my boy Bom has a home run in
a double and then he hits a line dry that
could have been a nice single, but he caught and
he gets pissed off.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
And you know me, you get pissed at him.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
I know because I get nervous because I think it's
gonna be the downward spiral effects. But I'm just I'm
just as as that once brave peote taking son of
a bitch out in Green Bay said relax, And I
think that's what I need to do. I just I
gotta relax.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
So well, he's taking more than Yes's call.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Hasn't been relaxed to my eighteen home runs famous Otani
last I checked. I think o Tani had one last night.
But and you know he's up for a contract. We
talked a little bit about this off the air, well
somewhat off the air. He's gonna want big time money, folks.
He's gonna want big time money. And Sean, you posed
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the question, you know, do you you take care of him?
Speaker 3 (04:57):
I do.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
I always take care of my theory, take care of
my guys. Really to your superstars like superstars.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Yeah, agreed. I think they will. I think the closer
that we I mean, hopefully get towards the summer, I
think something's going to happen. He's kept it open, which
is good. He hasn't closed the door completely shut. I
don't know. Maybe he turns around and says, look, let
me see what my worth is. I want to go
into the free free agency mean, that's.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
The thing, giving hometown discounts anymore. No, did they ever
show what would behove him to do it early? But
when you kind of contra curiously, let me see what
I could get out there.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Security is true, but security is something and what a
lot of people forget. I'm not saying you guys do
or would, but leaving the team, you got to leave
the city. You got to sell your house, you got
to get it. You have kids, you got to move schools,
and it's not something people think about. But if all
things being close to equal, I don't have to move.
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I'm something I don't like moving in general, so that
would be like a big sticking point for me.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
I agree. I agree with that, And he loves his team,
and the team's in the hunt.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
He's on a good team now. If he can make
significantly more elsewhere than all bets are off the table.
If I'm the Phillies, for me, that contract better not
go pass thirty six years old, thirty seven tops at
the very end.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
I don't mind.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
I wouldn't say contract into his forties. The same with
Trey Turner.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Not thrilled about it. I mean I thought it was
dune when Pooholes got ten years when he was thirty
thirty one years old. I think the Marlins gave Stanton
thirteen thirteen. He might get hit by a bus tomorrow thirteen.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
Right, I mean, they're it's gonna happen, whether it's Swarter
or whatever. I mean, these players, they're gonna play later than.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
You think they're gonna play into their forty You think
Harper's playing into his forties.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
At this level, at guess level, No, absolutely right. It
wouldn't shock me if he still.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Someone can play better than them, because I don't think
Harper's forty is going to be better than well, sure, no,
he's got what.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Is no.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Ridiculous? What's that?
Speaker 3 (07:14):
I said, we'll see.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Okay, Well, let's go to where he's batting in the lineup,
because it's been you know a lot of your people
talk about, you know, you don't like him in the
leadoff spot or whatever. I've always been okay with it
because his numbers are pretty good every year forty mid
forties home runs almost always one hundred RBIs. But I
do get the other side. You know, it could be
you'd be making more ribs with some protection behind him.
(07:41):
They moved him down this year. It's kind of the
only really thing that they did. It's working. I mean,
I don't know if he's even working better than last year,
but it's working. He's one of the top pitters in
the league at the dhpot. What do you think of
him batting down the lineup?
Speaker 2 (07:56):
When you say down, you mean not lead off, or
you mean like I'm old school about it.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
I do.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
I remember. I always think of the two thousand and
three Marlins when they had one Pierre and Luis Castillo
at the top. Those two were murder if they got
on base, murder, absolute terrifying. I still do prefer that,
and I'd rather have guys, you know, I love when
Schwarber would lead off with a solo shot, but that's
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not gonna be every game. It's nice, not thrilling. Nice.
If you guys are a History of the World fans,
you guys like that movie, Yeah, here's the World. He
brought the treasure. Nice, not thrilling. Nice.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
Oh wait wait wait fifteen ten ten commandments.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
It's the mel Brooks movie. For yes, yes, yes, I'd
rather he have a man or two on base if
he's going to hit those bombs, And I would like
the trade turners of the world, and it stopped. I've
been okay with I would prefer that if everything's working. Obviously,
they went back. They tried it last year and went
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back to Schwarber, and I couldn't disagree with Topper's assessment.
He goes, I know it doesn't make sense, but we
tend to win when he leads off. I couldn't argue
with that.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
You know where you know how I feel about the manager.
You guys still okay with him being here?
Speaker 3 (09:18):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Yeah, I know you hate him. You hate Hi Topper
like Sean hates Bone's attitude.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
The Google on his thumb and he complains about So okay,
first place, Phil talk about you. Let's talk about your
team in your town, your Philadelphia Eagles. Asan Reddick doesn't
Oh sorry, I mean Bruce brus Bryce Hoff doesn't show
up for OTAs today.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
Well the other one didn't show up for his either,
So who are you talking about Redick? Reddick didn't show
up for his.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
No, I know with Tampa. Okay, So to one former Eagle,
one Carrent Eagle, I really don't care about the guys
on our team, although I thought, I think, listen, these
guys are vested veterans. You know, showing up for a
thing in May is not the same as remember what
it was Corey what's his name had to go check
out like uh yeah, yeah, Scotches the Sconses. So I don't.
(10:17):
Once July rolls around, people are gonna forget it. But like,
it's not a good look optic wise, making all that money,
not playing and now he doesn't want to show up.
Why you want to show up, well, same reason, probably
no one else wants to show up, but check he's
not He doesn't play that much. Shouldn't have been a
conversation maybe beforehand, or it is just just exercising an
(10:37):
option because it's optional.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
Three years, fifty one dollars for two and a half
sex one and a half. I think I missed of
those two and a half no no postseason stat line,
missed five games. I think with the wrist injury, he
can't be complaining about I mean, and not to mention
two guys at his position are gone Brandon Graham retired
(11:02):
and Sweat went to to Arizona. So there should be
a hole, there should be oxygen to suck there. And
you're already out underpaid, you've underplayed your contract hugely.
Speaker 1 (11:19):
They talk about day the people, They talk about Howie
and how great how he is.
Speaker 3 (11:23):
With all day the people, My people, his people talk.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
About how we have great Howies all the time. That's
like one of the rare missions last year, and it
was Bryce Hawf and he doesn't show up. Oh gosh,
do you thing? I get it. No one's gonna give
a ship.
Speaker 2 (11:40):
No one gives a ship now because or at least
have already made excuse. Joe say something ill out of
family engagement, lie to me, I don't care. But when
you show up with no excuse and the team doesn't
have anything to say, then, uh, it just makes people
like are you pulling a sixers?
Speaker 1 (11:58):
Well, it's like din we talk about Kirk Cousin yesterday,
like they don't really want him showing up because they
don't yeh, don't want to do don't want to do
politics at all. But Jaalen, he wasn't asked why didn't
he go to the White House? He said, I wasn't available.
What did you think?
Speaker 2 (12:18):
It's probably the politically correct answer.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
I mean, you'd rather seeing him go. I try to
be trying to be a completely objective. I do not
want to make this about politics or your side his side.
As a team event, as an organize it's kind of
an organized team event activity. It's a team event.
Speaker 3 (12:41):
You have.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
The Office of the President wants to celebrate a great
thing that happened in Philadelphia, and he doesn't show. I'm
not trying to create anything here because.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
You know, I understand, But I also understand. It is
a polarizing presidency, whether you were on either side. So
I understand if it's not your thing and you don't
want to go. So are you rejecting? Are you asking
whether I object whether anyone attended or didn't attend, or
I would I had seen.
Speaker 1 (13:07):
My captain and my quarterback attend that celebration, okay, and
accept the except I'm proud of what they did, you
know what I mean. Like, and you have an opportunity,
you want to say something to knock yourself out. You
see how it works, You're gonna get a different view
of the guy and that like but again, I get it,
I get the polarizing team. But for taking that aside,
(13:30):
I would have liked to see him go as a group.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
Yeah, I'm fine with that. The only the only guy
that really got crap for going was Saquon because he
played around the golf the day before.
Speaker 3 (13:42):
One.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
He was following him around.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
He followed and even then he probably and this was
his explanation. The only what I could think was, yeah,
that's probably a bad look. But he also could have
looked at it like, I don't care. It's the presidency.
When else am I going to get to do this again?
Speaker 1 (13:57):
That's how I would have looked at it, unless.
Speaker 3 (13:59):
You know, I think it was more or less he
respects the office.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
It's an opportunity to play the round of golf with
with the president of United States Air Force one.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
I'm all over that, sure.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
I mean I thought it was a little more egregious
when Tim Thomas didn't go to the White I was
just thinking about because of Obama, because I was like, really,
what did he do there? So awful?
Speaker 1 (14:22):
Right? Where did Tim Thomas get off?
Speaker 3 (14:27):
So, since we're on the topic of Trump, should I
email Trump in all caps asking him to be on
the show?
Speaker 2 (14:34):
If you did it any other way, I would have
a problem with running by the people first. And if
you do it, will you at least take a screenshot
and so we can hold it up and at least
prove it absolute. Yeah, stone unturned here.
Speaker 3 (14:49):
Like you know me, just give me a list of
people you want me to reach out to. That's whatever.
Speaker 1 (14:54):
You know, all the people that we tried, we do
reach out to. He's one that I put in a
category to maybe like he might do something like that.
I'll just open my mouth.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
We'd have a better chance of getting him than Tom
Brady or something like that. That's what I mean, because
he might do it.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
That's what I mean. That candidate I.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
And what will bait him with, like some Jimmy the
Greek stuff. You know, what do you think about the
Eagles Super Bowl champion having a black quarterback?
Speaker 1 (15:30):
I love it. By the way, so it's ninety nine
days to open a night against the Boys. What do
you think of the schedule and scheduling the Boys look
at Financial Field Night one. I love it because I
think they're they're gonna smoke Dallas. But also like a
little anticipation like leading up to the game that the
big everyone think I'm not as much of a hater
(15:51):
others Dallas is an incredibly flawed villain. Laugh at him,
but I might put him down a few games. But
they're opening night you guys cool with that.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
Yeah, I mean every Super Bowl winner. Are you talking
about the Cowboys opening.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
Yeah, Cowboys opening night with the Eagles?
Speaker 3 (16:11):
Yeah, I mean, gosh, the last time it happened. Do
you remember it was the Tommy Hutton fumble field goal
nor for.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
A touchdown Tommy hum Way. That was in Dallas day night.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
I thought that was the last time that they were
Do you remember who caught the pass to get down
there for the field goal? No, Breddy Solomon?
Speaker 1 (16:32):
Nice call?
Speaker 2 (16:33):
Yeah, the second Freddy Solomon, much like the Kurt Warner
of the Rams, was the second Kurt Warner.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
He was the second.
Speaker 2 (16:40):
Yeah, that was the first thing I thought when I
heard his name for the first time. I was like
another Kurt Warner, right right? I knows running back. You
know what, I'll ask you guys this because I felt
this way for years. I think sometimes the national networks
make more of a local rivalry than the nation actually
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agrees about. So for a long time, it was like, oh, Yankees,
Red Sox, Well, if you're outside of Boston and New York,
don't really care. I felt that way for years when
it was Ravens Steelers, Oh great, thirteen to ten, with them.
Can't wait. If you're not Ravens are Steelers, you don't
really you wait the same way they do. So my
question is, do first of all, Dallas fans don't care
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about the Eagles rivalry the same way to eat.
Speaker 1 (17:26):
The skins of their arrival. It's not down.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
So do you think that they're making Oh, Eagles Cowboys?
What's a big deal to us around here is? Does
anybody else really care? And seele care I.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
Mean hypemongers do because it's like, well, you have the
world champs and one of maybe one of the best
teams assembled a least on paper and they destroyed Chiefs
and then you got Americas team by name, I get it.
With a lot of bullshit going around and Jerry and
Mike has always happened and did.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
A little little bit of hype that shot me?
Speaker 1 (18:01):
Or was that really because Dallas has kind of become irrelevant.
Speaker 3 (18:04):
Yeah, but hold on, hold on. Don't you think Micah
and CD Lamb are starting to eype up the Eagles
rivalry between the Cowboys as well?
Speaker 1 (18:12):
Because one team wins every time?
Speaker 3 (18:15):
No, well, I understand that, but I think it's the
hatred between one another. I hate to use that word,
but like, you know.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
Yeah, I mean he's trying. Mike is trying.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
But I mean you look at the Sorge even Dak.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Remember Dak made some noise at the end of last
year before the playoffs show, Well, you know we're we
were right there with him. You got out scored like
six and two games.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
It wasn't for those five big touchdown plays.
Speaker 1 (18:41):
Touchdown right right.
Speaker 3 (18:43):
It's like, well, if I didn't throw interceptions, I might
have won the game.
Speaker 2 (18:48):
I think CD Lamb might have more of a dislike
for the Eagles, where Parsons almost has a jealousy, like
I went to Penn State. Yeah, if we didn't blow
the Justin Jefferson Jalen Rager pick, we wouldn't have taken Davante.
We may have taken Micah and then had Justin Jefferson
and Micah, which is that's.
Speaker 1 (19:10):
I think.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
So I think he had something. I think he would
like to be an Eagle. I don't know that, but
the fact that he's a great player in a mouth
makes it more interesting he does.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
And I do agree with you that I think that
outside the Nationals not as nearly as especially because like
you said it yourself, like people think people, I think
nationally think that's the right Washington's arrival. Yes, that's like
their big things was with Washington, and it's not as
hyped up because we live in Philly. I don't even
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know where the Eagles hate came from. It's I used
to do this games when I was little, and Roger
Staubach would always come back from like thirteen now with
a minute left, and I'd be like, Dad, what happened?
And they played the Cowboys. It was always like that,
but they become a villain and kind of a name.
I mean, they're kind of like the Keystone Cop villain
kind of thing, and with Jerry and act and it's
kind of funny watching them try to be like, you know,
(20:04):
puff their chest and be like, hey, we're America. Some
reporter called you America's team. I liked the Moniker, but
you guys really haven't lived up to it in about
thirty years now, so I think you're kind of amusing
when they opened their mouths. I did like what Jerry
said about the Touchbush. He was honest. He's like, I've
kind of torn between is it football or I do
I just not want the Eagles to do it.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
I appreciate that the candor.
Speaker 1 (20:27):
Yeah, and what did you well, quick, because we didn't
touch on that in the fake show yesterday. What did
you think of the touchbush getting banned not getting banned?
Speaker 3 (20:36):
Sorry, I was actually kind of shocked. I thought for
sure that it was going to get banned. I thought
it was a four gone conclusion.
Speaker 1 (20:43):
I thought it was going to be close. But I didn't.
Speaker 3 (20:45):
You started to hear chatter, what's that. You started to
hear chatter that there was a very good chance there
was a ground I was going to stay. And then
you know, our our owner, you know, uh, decided to
give an explanation about it, boys sweater and decided to
vote for it.
Speaker 2 (21:05):
So and go NFL owners, and it was it was
a lot of AFC teams. I was like, yeah, you
have you don't have to deal with it on a
regular basis. You know, the Lions were, you know, voted
in favor of it. I guess they want the heat,
So all right, that's fine because you're going to see
this at some point. But yeah, on the other AFC team,
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the one a FC team was the Jaguars. They're the
ones that stopped it. They stuffed them twice.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
Why a little the way they do. It's a little
unfair that Eagles don't have a representative on the competition committee.
Two NFCS teams do, I think the Giants and Skins.
Maybe Dallas does, But Eagles don't have a representative necessarily.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
Yeah, why is that? And why wouldn't every team have
a rep?
Speaker 1 (21:51):
I thinks that they would. There's only like twelve. There's
one year chick from Cincinnati's one guy.
Speaker 2 (21:57):
Katie Blackburn is my chick.
Speaker 1 (21:58):
Now, yeah, she's your chick.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
I'd date her. Sure, that sounds like a decent gig.
Speaker 1 (22:02):
It's just your daughter. I'm not sure if that's your daughter.
Speaker 3 (22:06):
Actually want to kick her out of bed for eating crackers?
Speaker 1 (22:08):
You got? You got Tomlin. Tomlin's been there. I think
Tomlin's a fair guy. Jeff Fisher used to be honest.
He's not there anymore. But like, yeah, there's no Eagle representative,
and I think that, I mean, you know, we want
to have some voice in there instead of bringing them
in and bringing the heavies and like Kelsey's doesn't have
enough to do that. He's got to stop over in
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you know, Minnesota for a half hour and try to
There's been some guys who haven't played football in thirty
years that they should run a quarterback sneak. But it works.
I'll take it at least for another year. I'll stick
around for another year. I think the NFL kind of
trying to hide behind Green Bay and they did the
same thing with Detroit. Kind of a little lame.
Speaker 2 (22:49):
And do you think the stats are a little misleading
on that because I saw I think it was last year.
First of all, last year, not a single injury recorded
on a toush push play anywhere in the NFL. For
the Giants too, injuries were twenty twenty three game, which
is kind of funny that it happened to that. It's
just kind of hilarious.
Speaker 3 (23:06):
So I'm going to propose this to So I'm going
to propose this to that I that I heard today
or yesterday. I think it was from my people. Yes,
my people.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
Know what I'm talking about.
Speaker 3 (23:19):
It was the afternoon show on ninety seven five to
the Fanatic. They mentioned that they wouldn't be surprised if
they start to see players start to fake injuries to
elevate those numbers.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
I was like, what defenders.
Speaker 3 (23:38):
Push no, saying yeah, you're going to start to see
more players act like they're injured during the toush push
to help eliminate it right away.
Speaker 2 (23:46):
And I was like, what the player is possible? I mean,
don't forget the the opening Well remember the opening night
of Chip Kelly against Washington and all of a sudden,
he was like sprinting down the field.
Speaker 3 (23:59):
All yes, I was at that game. That game was crazy.
That was fun.
Speaker 1 (24:08):
Yeah, halftime they were rolling and then they she's kind
of caught up. Yeah, they were shucking it up and
maybe faking some Yeah.
Speaker 3 (24:16):
Well that game you saw exactly what happened in the
Chip Kelly era. I mean, if you think about it,
that game, you look at it. They almost lost that
game because they just got tired. The defense, Yeah, I mean,
and it just yeah, it just showed you that you
need to have a balance offensive defense.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
Can I think it Chip hisself it's called his self awareness, didn't.
I hated being a coach at UC. I'm not sure
why I actually went for that job, but much better
as just a coordinator. Wanting to do that became the
OHI with Ryan Days former coach was an actual Eagles
quarterback coach and he's on the Raiders.
Speaker 2 (24:55):
Now right Yeah, he's the offensive coordinator of the Raiders
and they just took.
Speaker 1 (24:58):
And now he's an offensive coordinator. Do you think about that?
Speaker 3 (25:01):
I think it's perfect for him.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
Yeah, why not? Because essentially what happened I guess and
Eagles fans pretty much know this. Chip Kelly the GM
royally screwed Chip Kelly the coach. He was making decisions
that were so poor. I mean even the DeMarco Murray thing,
which I didn't want them, and then they got them
and I'm thinking, all right, cool, take them whatever, and
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they ran them on the edges on stretch plays, which
it was real clear, real early he can't run that.
He has to go up straight between the tackles.
Speaker 3 (25:33):
Do you think maybe owners stepped in and said, whoa,
you just traded away Lashawn McCoy. You got to get
some because it just never made sense was running back
to Marco Murray because it traded Lashaw McCoy away, and
then they went out and got.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
To a linebacker. What is your question?
Speaker 3 (25:53):
Do you think maybe ownership stepped in like, whoa, Chip,
what are you doing here? Like you got it and
did what you got? The Hey, DeMarco's still after go
sign him?
Speaker 1 (26:03):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (26:05):
Because it never made sense Joe.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
To get a running back they didn't like. They didn't
like Shady because he ran outside. They wanted to that's
where they ran because.
Speaker 3 (26:17):
But then they ran to Marco on the outside, like
it never made.
Speaker 2 (26:20):
Sense to the point where he was sliding in bounds listen.
Speaker 3 (26:24):
Then to the point he went up to the owner
on the plane and said, I can't play for this guy.
So I I mean, yeah, hey, look, Jeffrey learned from it.
I mean he learned from it. You'll never see a
coach take over must his son takes Oh.
Speaker 1 (26:40):
He was in Bass and the team that lost to Washington,
and I'm glad he didn't wait till the end of
the season. They had Pat Scharmer, I think coach. Last
game of course he won.
Speaker 2 (26:49):
And who had a touchdown up the gut of fifty
plus yards on that like one of the first series
DeMarco Murley because they ran him up the middle. It
was this is what you're supposed to do with him?
Speaker 1 (26:59):
Yeah, I remember that game against Dallac one of the
worst games. It's actually on my demo tape. He had
two carries. He had thirteen carries for less than two
yards in that game that was charge per carry. But
he did come off a year. I think he had
four hundred and ninety nine touches, but still he was
doing nothing here with the Eagles.
Speaker 3 (27:20):
Weld. You remember that game when Sam Sam Bradford brought
him back against the Cowboys school was it a Monday
night game and DeMarco just ran the football?
Speaker 1 (27:30):
Did they win?
Speaker 3 (27:31):
Yeah? They ended up winning an overtime on it.
Speaker 2 (27:33):
I just watched the replay. Sometimes these videos come up
from you know, those people we know we were talking about.
It was the it was a you know, the Sunday
Night highlights. The night they had beaten the Patriots that year,
and I think the previous two weeks, I think the
Eagles had given up like ninety points combined. It was
just a behind whooping every week, and they ended up
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beating the Patriots on was it three special teams touchdowns
or something like that.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
Well, his name, the safety.
Speaker 2 (28:03):
Hapkom Jenkins had had one, and then there was a
block kick that nause Good ran in block.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
Yeah, Scrolls had something. Yeah. They Patriots had won ten games,
you know, and then they lost one and then played
the Eagles, and yeah, that's what happens it's the NFL.
It's great. So, by the way, I watch the Super
Bowl the other night because that's what I do here.
Speaker 2 (28:28):
Yeah, I did too.
Speaker 1 (28:29):
I watched the whole game in like thirty minutes. They
just go play play play to play, next, play next,
play next play.
Speaker 2 (28:34):
Oh some of the YouTube stuff, the official like highlight
packages are twenty minutes long for some of these games.
I'm like, this is perfect, perfect, Can I.
Speaker 3 (28:43):
Cannot wait for the Eagles year? And yeah, I can't
wait because.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
What is that coming out?
Speaker 3 (28:49):
It's got to be coming out, so it would be
out by now. Jesus, what are they doing? No, I
think it covidly comes out like right before.
Speaker 2 (28:55):
The best yearbooks, though, are the ones of the really
shitty team where they have to make it sound awesome
like that even though they won three games and they're
like celebrating a second week to win over the Jaguars
and then they skip over weeks three to eleven.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
Good things looking up for this team, but they do
have a high draft.
Speaker 2 (29:18):
Pick and with it, Hope springs eternal. That's every NFL.
Speaker 1 (29:23):
You will freaking love, freaking love it talked a little
national because history. We talked about how bad the playoffs
have been. I think they were just as bad last night.
Nicks played okay offensive, they've been never really in that game.
I know Halliburton had the had the the triple double,
and then yeah, Edmonton is just smoking Dallas because they're
(29:46):
that much better than them. David's coming on the goaltenders playing.
It's gonna be I think, Sewn and we talked Yester.
It's gonna be Edmonton and Florida in the finals, actually
Oak City, I think, and Pacers in the finals. Team
you haven't you don't see win very often. I mean
Panthers and won a couple last year. But what do
you what are we looking at in the finals for
(30:07):
both n b A and n HL guys.
Speaker 2 (30:11):
Well, I know he's not Lebron against Curry, you know what.
I think.
Speaker 3 (30:16):
I'm really sick and tired right now of the playoffs
this year. But the n b A is hearing who's
the new face of the n b A, Like, just
can we stop?
Speaker 1 (30:24):
Who's who is the new face? You mean, Anthony?
Speaker 3 (30:26):
I don't care who the new face is?
Speaker 2 (30:28):
Yeah, I agree, Like I don't, I don't care.
Speaker 3 (30:31):
I want I want multiple faces of the n b A,
Like I'm done. I'm done with it. I want multiple faces.
Like I'm sick and tired of hearing who's the new face?
Speaker 1 (30:41):
Give me a face, can give me a face. They're
trying to put it. They're trying to push out us.
Speaker 3 (30:45):
Well, who was it? Perkins the other day was talking
about how Anthony Edwards needs to change if he wants
to be the face of the of the n b A,
he needs to settle down outside. Exactly what are you
talking about? The NBA so, I mean, it's just bullshit.
It's just people trying to, you know, get clickbait. And
here I am doing podcasts after podcasts and only get
(31:08):
fifty two years.
Speaker 2 (31:09):
A week, hey, showing you're the face of the podcast.
Speaker 3 (31:12):
I mean, come on, we've been pushing you.
Speaker 1 (31:16):
We've been pushing you for months.
Speaker 2 (31:19):
I mean, I don't know that a league has to
have a face. I mean exactly, the NHL doesn't have one.
But that's gonna tend to not watch hockey, right, Like,
I mean, they're hyping some of these superstars during the game,
and I'm like a sports fan, I don't know who
these people.
Speaker 3 (31:33):
I've never heard of.
Speaker 1 (31:34):
Good some of these guys are kids of the guys
I used to watch play.
Speaker 2 (31:37):
Anytime I see Ka Chuck, I'm like, please tell me
that's not Did.
Speaker 1 (31:42):
You see your dad? Do you think that guy ever
looked like a power forward? Keith Yeah, Keith Kachuk.
Speaker 2 (31:48):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (31:48):
They show his dad in the stands.
Speaker 3 (31:50):
I'm like, oh, I'd love to have one of those
on the Flyers. I take a Ka Chuck any day
of the week.
Speaker 1 (31:57):
I love him for Florida leader he does. She comes
up big and big games. That's what he does. They
got Brad Marshaw, and they're well coached, and they do
the little Celtics once in a while. They didn't they
didn't give a shit about sweeping the other night. Oh yeah,
well we'll get it next team.
Speaker 3 (32:12):
I think it's great for the NBA that it's going
to be probably most likely what the pacers in the Thunder.
Speaker 1 (32:16):
I think that's yeah, which would be awesome, somewhat interesting
because there's some interest there. I guess it's a little different.
I know, the next Nova Knicks and New York and whatever.
And you got Oklahoma City. By the way, Okay, I
got something for you.
Speaker 3 (32:29):
What is this about the three button suit?
Speaker 1 (32:32):
You want to talk three button soup? Because how came
in with shorts? Oh we talked about that?
Speaker 3 (32:37):
Was that on the group text or was that just
a job? Oh?
Speaker 1 (32:41):
You before the game, Adam Silver, he's out there and
you know, after warm up, there's a little stand and
there's a trophy on it and he does a few
little words and what's his name? Gilgess, the m VP
comes over, steps up. He's in the back. Like if
you didn't know who he was, I'm not sure which
(33:03):
one it would. He comes out, steps over, walks around,
picks it up, gives it maybe like three rotes, puts
it down. I didn't even know smile because a commission.
Hug goes right back to the to the huddle and
let's go. Let's play a little different than our guy
a few years ago having like a three hour, three
hour like party with his team before he went out
and like puked up a game to the Celtics. A
(33:26):
little different how they carried themselves. This isn't I want
to rip Joel and b but I'm gonna rip him
because he's all into that individual war back then shows
me what kind of where his interest too, I think.
But Gill is just kind of like it's cool I'm
the MVP and he's a young guy probably getting more
and that was it. Let's play a game. What did
you think of how he handled it compared to our guy?
Speaker 3 (33:51):
You would say it.
Speaker 1 (33:52):
I kind of explained it.
Speaker 3 (33:53):
Yeah, go ahead, Michaeh.
Speaker 2 (33:56):
Now you go ahead.
Speaker 3 (33:56):
You want to know please you first? You know, please
you first.
Speaker 2 (33:59):
I'm fine with not making a big deal about it.
If MB did, that's fine. I don't think it necessarily
means he doesn't care about winning. I think Himbid does.
I don't know that everyone agrees with his attitude all
the time or the constant time he spends on the
floor during games, but I think Embid wants to win.
I wouldn't make more of it.
Speaker 3 (34:20):
I think, what you doing next year?
Speaker 2 (34:23):
What's his injury schedule?
Speaker 1 (34:27):
Joel embiid? Next year?
Speaker 3 (34:28):
Like, what's going on with the What do you want
to say? What would you put it over under forty
games next year? Or would you go higher?
Speaker 2 (34:35):
I think that's a pretty good line.
Speaker 3 (34:38):
More than I do.
Speaker 2 (34:41):
No, I know, are they going to do the back
to back thing again this year? If you did it
this year, why wouldn't you do it next year when
he's a year older?
Speaker 1 (34:50):
Right? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (34:52):
I mean, Joelle is always going to look could he
have handled himself better? Absolutely? Could he have turned himself better, Yes,
just like Iverson could have trained himself better. However, the
problem is he's a part of the process. He is
the face of the process. And the process is over
and it's over. But it's never going to go away
(35:12):
because it's Philadelphia and we like to stick on things
and we'd like to bring things up over and over
and over again. So until Joel retires, gets traded, whatever
the case may be. Honestly, I don't even think it'll
never go away because we're always going to be stuck
with it. Even you look at the Thunder they did
it better than us and now they're in the Uh,
they're gonna be in the championship. Mikah, didn't you write
(35:34):
something or make a comment the other day on Facebook?
Was it that I saw regarding like sam Hanky keeping
sam Hanky? No, it wasn't you. It might have been someone.
Speaker 2 (35:45):
I didn't think sam Hanky had to go. I don't necessarily.
Speaker 1 (35:49):
Just p Adams Schilder. They were kind of at the end,
they had the opportunities, guys. He took the wrong guys.
Speaker 3 (35:55):
No, of course, yes. I also think they took the
wrong guys on purpose too. What are you going through, Well,
turn him around, because he's just to turn him around. No,
to turn him around. I mean, you have Embiid. Why
did you take Oka for?
Speaker 1 (36:09):
Why did you take who Oka for?
Speaker 3 (36:11):
You was out for the first exactly exactly. So that's
exactly my point where okay, you don't know, you might
have to trade Embiid or you might trade Oka for.
So either way, they were getting parts to possibly trade them.
I mean, who wasn't the rookie of the year and
then they ended up Tchael.
Speaker 2 (36:28):
Carter Williams is the beginning of the process.
Speaker 3 (36:31):
Yeah, they got a lot for him.
Speaker 1 (36:34):
That's okay, that's allowed to do that.
Speaker 3 (36:36):
No, exactly, And I think that's the way that he
treated it, where everybody was an asset.
Speaker 2 (36:41):
Well that's fine, well exactly, of course. Okay, so that's
kind of to Joe's point. The process itself worked, but
you blew the picks.
Speaker 1 (36:52):
Didn't work, markl Fuls didn't work.
Speaker 2 (36:54):
Yeah, Oka for went from averaging like eighteen points a
game his rookie year. I don't know what happened. That
guy went downhill. He ended up with the nets. He
couldn't defend.
Speaker 3 (37:04):
Where the damn this is where I will fight you
though Ben Simmons didn't work. Ben Simmons I think was Yes,
the overall you had to take him number one. It
just made sense, and for a while they played well together.
Markl Folts did not make sense. As soon as he
showed up to that training facility, there should have been
(37:26):
hold up, you know what, we should just screw the Celtics.
Speaker 1 (37:31):
Why he didn't make a shot? They really couldn't shoot anymore?
Speaker 3 (37:36):
No ex well, but come on, there was there was
going into it. I understand that, but there was talk
going into it even before that that there was a
chance that something was up with his shoulder. And then
when he got to the facility he was too worried
about his hip rather than making the shots. I don't know.
I I think that was the wrong pick.
Speaker 2 (37:56):
Well, I think you're right, but it was a colossally wrong.
But how does the guy that's going to be the
number one pick in the NBA Draft out of college,
how does his team not the team didn't make the
tourney the year before, we're going to be good. You
should at least be in the tournament.
Speaker 3 (38:15):
You're gonna see as Bailey is going to be a sixer.
Speaker 2 (38:18):
You know the fact that two guys from Rutgers are
projected in the top three and I don't even know
anything about them. I didn't even know what Rutgers did
this year. But shouldn't you dominate if you have two
potential top three picks in them? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (38:31):
I like case Bailey. I think he's going to be
a solid player. I think it's gonna you know, give
him some time. It's only eighteen. He's gonna be what
nineteen when he starts.
Speaker 2 (38:39):
I don't want another Evan Turner situation where there's one
guy in the draft, which was John Wall and it's like, oh,
we get the second pick this year when it's him
or DeMarcus Cousins.
Speaker 3 (38:49):
Right, Well, I mean it's either Ham or Harper, right.
Speaker 2 (38:53):
Right?
Speaker 3 (38:54):
Who for the sixers? They're going to take either one
of those Rutgers?
Speaker 2 (39:00):
Is that the other one's name? I don't even know.
I don't even know who these people I know is
outside of Cooper Flag you lost me.
Speaker 1 (39:07):
He's Greg still coach Rutgers.
Speaker 3 (39:10):
Probably. I think he went back, Yeah, he went back, right?
Speaker 1 (39:14):
Who knows? A guys, we gotta run trying to keep
you stream anything else. I forgot that.
Speaker 3 (39:19):
We gotta go. I was gonna give I was gonna
give Micah some would you rather questions? Do you want to?
Do you want?
Speaker 2 (39:27):
We're gonna cut this up. That's fine, go for it.
Speaker 3 (39:29):
Do you want to? Would you rather political? Or would
you rather just five deep questions?
Speaker 2 (39:36):
We'll avoid politics for now, right, Okay? All day? All right?
Speaker 3 (39:39):
Number one? Know when you'll die or know when loved
ones will die?
Speaker 2 (39:48):
Where did you come up with this crap?
Speaker 3 (39:50):
This is I co pilot it just for you?
Speaker 2 (39:53):
Oh my, I'd probably want to know when I would die.
Speaker 3 (39:57):
I bean'd be the same way my.
Speaker 2 (40:00):
My daughter heads up, can find me a lot of
stuff lately.
Speaker 3 (40:05):
Daddy, Well, hey, enjoy your Peter Butter Kelly sandwich kid.
I'm good day in school. By the way. Dad's done
on Friday. We'll talk later.
Speaker 2 (40:14):
Wow. All right?
Speaker 3 (40:18):
Lose all memory or never make new ones?
Speaker 2 (40:24):
Well, there's some memories I would like to forget. I
could say that I wouldn't want to lose my whole memory. No,
that's saying one of my minor skills is remembering stuff,
even if it's stupid. Like Number one. Overall, NFL draft picks.
Speaker 1 (40:40):
I'd like to have back.
Speaker 3 (40:44):
All right, discover life is a simulation, or you're the
only real person?
Speaker 1 (40:49):
Say one more, tabo.
Speaker 3 (40:52):
Uh, discover life is a simulation or you're the only
real person.
Speaker 2 (41:02):
Well, uh, and Joe jump in whenever you want here.
I would if I'm the only real person, it doesn't
really matter because my reality is my reality. And there's
a well, I don't really care if everyone's fake. Like
if there's a bunch of hot chicks that are into
me and you're like, well, they're not real as far
as I'm concerned. They What do I care if they're
not really real? But do I have to prove to
other people that aren't real because they're not really either?
(41:24):
What do I got to prove?
Speaker 1 (41:25):
I like that, Well, there's the people.
Speaker 3 (41:27):
You have to prove to the people, all right. I
like that I'm gonna live forever and be forgotten or
live briefly and be remembered.
Speaker 2 (41:39):
Living forever doesn't sound like a And the rate that
the body I'm at forty seven right now, and at
the rate the body deteriorates and everything.
Speaker 1 (41:50):
Sound the first one. Yeah, yeah, Remember there's some ship
I did, and I'm out.
Speaker 3 (41:56):
Would you like to see future tragedies or here dark
his thoughts, darker thoughts, Yeah, for what to what end?
Speaker 2 (42:08):
Just here other people's dark thoughts. Yeah, don't care. I'd
rather see the tragedies because I like history. Not that
I was happy it happened, but I was in New
York City for nine to eleven, and I think it
was an interesting experience to be part of that.
Speaker 1 (42:24):
Suspect.
Speaker 2 (42:27):
They couldn't prove anything. I mean, charges were drop of interest. Now.
I talked to a few people. I had to sit
in some lonely rooms and answer some questions, but they
couldn't prove anything.
Speaker 1 (42:39):
I'm getting. I'm getting a wrap signed from all my
my oldest All right, you gotta tell you a good
stuff fellas that is always better than the second time.
Speaker 3 (42:48):
Yeah, no, desktop, Hey, thank god, I'll.
Speaker 1 (42:52):
Watch out there, Philly, Pauls, Joe, Stay's ax Shaw n Locked,
He's Michael war and your city Sports. You going back
next week, Guests and fellas, keep ripping it up, keep
crushing it word word pace, reach out.
Speaker 3 (43:06):
I got all right later, be good
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