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Don't you just love it?

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Sometimes a sports media god said, let you know, let
me look out for Rob and Kelvin, you know, let's
do it.

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Let me throw them at alley oop. And I mean
one was kind of sad.

Speaker 5 (02:27):
Actually we were literally just starting Pete Rose pass peace. Yeah, yeah,
that was one, and there has been like two or
three hour that's the news.

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We're not dying again.

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Literally see here, I am trying to be mature, but
I'm just saying trying to be mature. And then there
was like one or two more that it happened like boom,
right as we get on the air, some big news break.
So there is big news to Steve the Secred was
just mentioning too, by the way. Uh, but we'll get.

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What's up? What up doing great? Day two for Justin?
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Yes? And on the ones in Tues. That's right. I'm
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So we have plenty plenty to go and let's start. U.

Speaker 4 (03:45):
You got the Tuesday Tuesdayjosh talking to Wednesday said TV
on Thursday.

Speaker 3 (03:54):
I even got so confused for a second. The man
went from Wednesday to Thursday.

Speaker 5 (03:58):
We go back two more days, how about and go
back today talking Tuesday?

Speaker 3 (04:03):
I knew that, did you know that.

Speaker 4 (04:04):
I'll start with the breaking news, and obviously Russell Wilson,
who played last year for the Pittsburgh Steelers, is moving
to the Big Apple. He will wear a Giant uniform. Yeah,
and he will be the starting quarterback.

Speaker 6 (04:17):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (04:18):
All the reports are that he will be going and
that we should say, if you listen to the show.

Speaker 4 (04:22):
I bought this up when his name was with the Giants,
that the general manager and the coach are fighting for their.

Speaker 3 (04:29):
Jobs, fighting for my life.

Speaker 4 (04:30):
And it ain't that Jay can't draft a quarterback if
it's your door or something, you know, like, but they
need to re establish this organization and his team and
that's why you go get a quarterback like this.

Speaker 5 (04:43):
Seriously, that's what that's what this is. I mean, it's
a weird to your point. It makes it weird in
that it's just a one year deal. So the reports
are it's finalizing a one year deal, ten and a
half million dollar contract that can work its way up
to well it's twenty one million, but you know how
that ten and a half guarantee. You remember they signed
Jason I mean Jameis Winston. Yeah, they got both. So

(05:05):
they so now you got you know, Russell Wilson for
another year to year point having that veteran.

Speaker 4 (05:09):
Stability and could still be there and they could have that,
but they don't have to rush the kid along, right.

Speaker 5 (05:16):
And so you have two veterans. One is a Hall
of Fame type you know, headed that way. This is
scenes with Russell Wilson, then Jameis Winston, who is the
great backup because you'll go, yeah, mean he gets a start,
then you go, never mind, he ain't starting no more.

Speaker 3 (05:28):
He throws four touchdowns and then throws four and say
come on back here, come on back here, come on
have a seat. Never mind, got a clip we got
we got that grat a clipboard.

Speaker 5 (05:35):
So no, this is but again this is in part
of it is response to a couple of things happened
over them for the last few weeks. Remember they were
trying to figure out a trade to get Matthew Stafford,
his brother in law's on the staff wanted more money
from the Rams. Doesn't work out, sticks with the Rams,
and so they don't get him, and then they're in
the mix with Aaron Rodgers. Obviously he's played across the
way there with the Jets.

Speaker 3 (05:56):
In the other locker round the same building.

Speaker 5 (05:58):
Yep, And so uh that's clearly on hold right now,
is they're trying to figure this out.

Speaker 3 (06:04):
Steelers seem to be the lead in this.

Speaker 5 (06:05):
So for them, it was a matter of let's quit
wasting time and go get a veteran quarterback, a guy
we can at least sell to the ticket holders, we
can sell to the fan base, and Russell Wilson, Well,
they still figure out what they want to do with
that third pick, if it's should do, if it's trading it,
if it's whatever. What will be interesting is to get
on a kind of serious note, if they would have

(06:29):
draft should do, they would have gone from zero black
quarterbacks in one hundred year.

Speaker 3 (06:33):
History two three they didn't have zero. Am I missing?

Speaker 4 (06:39):
Yeah, you're missing Geno? They had Geno for many year.
You replaced Eli man. I forget that.

Speaker 3 (06:45):
I to suspect Geno.

Speaker 5 (06:46):
He'll be the phrase that the first to start to
sell the you know, here's our franchise, the New York
Football The New York Football Giants are handing the keys
over to Feeling the blake.

Speaker 3 (06:56):
If it's Russell it looks like it'll be Russell at
this point.

Speaker 5 (06:59):
But they I mean, you went from having Gino to
you got three of them, now three That was.

Speaker 4 (07:04):
Controversial with Gino Smith replacing Elive. I mean, I'm serious,
from replacing you had a street going and he won
two Super Bowls with that team, and he's right, he's
an iron man. He was the guy face of the
franchise in nearly two decades. And you go to Geno Smith,
who ultimately will become a better version of himself. Now
we would say, okay, Genos, Geno had a you know,
a nice run the last few years, but at that
time you like Geno Smith.

Speaker 3 (07:26):
But yeah, that that part of is interesting.

Speaker 5 (07:28):
They went from you know, again a hundred years having
Geno to now having potentially three if they were to
draft shouldure.

Speaker 4 (07:34):
And and and let me tell you this, this is obvious. Okay,
they got buried last year and embarrassed. They let their
best always Okay, sa kwon Barkley and what did he do?
He went down to their arrival in Philadelphia, won a
championship and rushed for a gazillion yards. They looked foolish
on that. Daniel Jones, who they picked in place of

(07:57):
should in place of Uh. He doesn't even stay on
the team. They cut him to pay him and he
goes to Minnesota. Now he's moved on even from Minnesota
to Indianapolis. So when you look at all this, what's
his name, Joe Seine is how you say his name?
The general manager, uh and Brian dave Ball their head coach.

(08:20):
They're fighting for their lives. Okay, they were awful last year,
just awful, and they decided it's nice we have a
high pick. We could draft Shador Sanders and they could
be wonderful, but we can't do that next year, Like
that can't be the plan. We're going in with the
rookie quarterback and hoping that it all comes together. So

(08:44):
they had to go and secure themselves a quarterback that's.

Speaker 3 (08:47):
Going to give some stability to.

Speaker 4 (08:50):
The organization, give the organization a chance to get on
its feet, satisfy some of the players.

Speaker 3 (08:57):
Right, you talked about the.

Speaker 4 (09:00):
Right, Yeah, I mean you gotta gratify some of these
guys so that they can say, like, we're not buried
here and this is another lost season that we're gonna have.
We got somebody who has won a Super Bowl and
went to two Super Bowl. So Russ comes in with
some cachet. We know about Jamis Winstay. He's a great backup.
We could just stop turning the ball over. He would

(09:21):
be a starter in this league. And that's the reason
he's not a starter. Turns the ball over too much.
This does not surprise me at all. You mentioned it before,
why they were in on Matt Stafford and why Aaron Rodgers'
name was mentioned.

Speaker 3 (09:36):
This was their plan. They wanted a quarterback.

Speaker 4 (09:39):
And I have no issues with this, this idea of oh,
just draft Shador and turn it over to him and
let him. I know you could do that in certain situations,
not this one I see.

Speaker 3 (09:50):
The only the reason I push back on that is.

Speaker 5 (09:54):
Because to me, even as a fan, if I see
Chador and I see neighbors who work with Shador, if
you know a couple of maybe a week or two ago,
you had neighbors talking about him, He's like, yo, I
love Chador.

Speaker 3 (10:05):
We play. You know, we've we've practiced together, We've been
around each other. I know him.

Speaker 5 (10:09):
He's great and da da da da dah, and they
have a great relationship they're building on.

Speaker 3 (10:12):
He comes in and he does a rookie do rookies due?

Speaker 5 (10:15):
We got more breakdowns, Steve Destega, Yes, what we got?

Speaker 7 (10:23):
NFL Network reporting the Patriots are signing Texans free agent
wide receiver Stefon Diggs three years, sixty nine million dollars.
He'd had a recent visit to New England, including a physical.
Stefan Diggs still going strong in the NFL. This guy
had one hundred and seven receptions just a couple of
years ago with Buffalo, only played half a season with Houston.

Speaker 4 (10:45):
All right, So that sixty nine million guaranteed is nine guaranteed?

Speaker 7 (10:49):
What I'm just so, that sounds like a lot of
money right now. You gotta you gotta wait for it
to come out. At least the Marussell Wilson thing, which
was not a multi year deal. He's saying, Okay, about
half of it is guaranteed.

Speaker 4 (11:00):
Right, ten million, and then there's incentives and somebody might
not get to I just looked at that sixty nine
That's a lot for a guy missed most of the season.
So I'm just trying to figure out how much it is.
But thanks Steve for the breaking news there.

Speaker 5 (11:13):
Yeah, I mean he's obviously still a good player, but
that is a lot of money. We'll see woman again.
Sixty nine million. I'm gonna go what forty five guaranteed?

Speaker 4 (11:20):
No, I'm gonna say twenty nine. You think so, yeah,
because maybe the last year might be you know what
I mean? Yeah, yeah, Yeah, I'm gonna say twenty nine.

Speaker 3 (11:30):
He's still be still young? Is he Steve?

Speaker 5 (11:32):
You know Stephen Steven, Steve exists. He gonna get that
for us my pot. Yeah, he still looked at when
he's healthy. They're so much so.

Speaker 3 (11:37):
Where you are you so?

Speaker 8 (11:38):
No?

Speaker 5 (11:38):
Where I was going with this thirty one he's thirty one. Yeah,
I'm gonna go about forty forty five mil. Where I
was going with this is to me, I think it
looks worse if I bring in Russell Wilson, and I'm
kind of selling you on man, we're right there. We
got a quality quarterback, we got some receivers, we have
a running group that's all right when you look at
the collective. Individually they're not the best, but collectively they're okay.

(12:01):
I think you can mess around and almost sell too
much hope in that. I don't think they're gonna be
that good with Russell Wilson and I don't think it's
fully his fault. I just don't think they're they're ready
to be good. So I to me think if I
sold you on to Shador Sanders and he makes some waves,
has a few splashes, like these other quarterbacks who've had
thirty forty forty five stars have jayde and Daniel C. J.

Speaker 4 (12:22):
Stroud, Bo Nicks h. There's a lot of guys who
have flopped and been bad, but.

Speaker 3 (12:28):
Lately there hasn't been a lot of too many flops.

Speaker 4 (12:30):
Lately they've been rows in with there's a great I'm
saying the last few years.

Speaker 5 (12:36):
The guys who've gotten these literally thirty four come, we
talked about them. They're they're they're balling, they're playing well
because they're not getting that I was just a senior
and I finally got my one year to start.

Speaker 4 (12:45):
Difference is you gotta remember this is about trying to survive.
You have a coach and a general manager who's in
a bad spot.

Speaker 5 (12:53):
But what I'm hearing me out, let me finish by
my thought because I get you saying. My My only
point is I think it looks worse if you start
off with Russell Wilson. You sold this hope he got
a veteran guy and you end up one in five.
Whereas if I'm two and five with your door, but
we're going somewhere, I see some I'm like, I'm I'm
optimistic as a fan, like, all right, baby, here we go.
We're two and five, three and five something like that

(13:15):
with your door. Then if I see Russell and it
looks like the end of the Steelers, it looks like
what it was with the Broncos, I'm like, ah, to me.

Speaker 3 (13:22):
That get out of it. I'm tired of this is
the best you can do.

Speaker 4 (13:25):
And I'm get because you're being optimistic with Shador. And
I'm just saying, like, you know, when Russell Wilson first
showed up in Pittsburgh after the injury, he played really well.

Speaker 5 (13:36):
That's a good team, cause you know what I'm saying,
that's a team that happens saying.

Speaker 3 (13:39):
He played really well.

Speaker 4 (13:40):
He could throw the ball downfield, there's a long half
piece off he could still play. And all I'm saying
to you is I understand this totally. You don't under
you think it. You just should be draft Shador and
hope that for all the best.

Speaker 5 (13:52):
Yeah, you got James got you gotta gotta think this
perfect back up your door and we're ready to But
again it only costed of ten and a half million,
so I'm not mad at it.

Speaker 4 (14:02):
And if he doesn't play well and shador after he
gets under his feet, then you could go to him.
You got your starting quarterback for the future. He doesn't
have to start the clock. The guys who have gone
to the Hall who could go to the Hall of
Fame or is going to the Hall of Fame sat
for three years now.

Speaker 5 (14:16):
I'm not talking about him. I'm not get that theory
for him. I'm talking about for them.

Speaker 3 (14:20):
But Mayding I can.

Speaker 5 (14:20):
I can sell more on Hope than I can sell
on Stale. Russell wills to have them for one and five.
It's great to have him.

Speaker 3 (14:26):
But the Giants after last year, I just think they
had to re establish I mean their team, say for
them being the eighty five Bears, I don't know what
they're gonna.

Speaker 4 (14:35):
Do, all right, eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox
eight seven, seven nine, nine, six sixty three sixty nine.

Speaker 3 (14:40):
Where are you on this?

Speaker 4 (14:42):
Does Russell Wilson to the Giants make sense or makes
no sense? I think it makes sense. Kelvin's not so
sure that it makes sense to go with the old veteran.
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Steve just gave us the numbers to the Stefan Dixon.
It was was it three sixty nine? It was what
it was put three year, sixty nine mil. But it's
actually twenty six, I said, twenty nine. They shortened even you.

(16:31):
That's crazy. I thought it was forty forty five.

Speaker 4 (16:34):
I said, I told you, notety million, not at thirty
one years old, coming off an injury.

Speaker 5 (16:38):
But that is forty million. Expect that's different if it
was like one hundred and eighty and it was a
buck twenty or something guarantee to put out sixty nine
million and only be twenty six. I'm officially done, Steve,
I have done. That was a final straw. I don't
want to hear any more. NFL Nobody told you that,
though I no, no, no, we talk about it all

(16:58):
the time.

Speaker 3 (16:59):
But for some reason, that's what bother me the most.

Speaker 5 (17:01):
I keep telling you because I think typically they're massive numbers.

Speaker 3 (17:05):
So it's like, you know, I'm making it up.

Speaker 5 (17:08):
Patrick mahomes four hundred and you know, ten years, four hundred.
But it's like, you know, two sixties, Okay, that's still
out of there. Two sixty to go from sixty nine
to twenty six.

Speaker 3 (17:18):
It is crazy. That's I mean, that's not even half.
All right? Where are you on the new one anymore?

Speaker 4 (17:24):
Call Giants and Russell Wilson as the quarterback. They signed
him to a one year deal that could we took
twenty one million dollars, but it's like ten million dollars.

Speaker 5 (17:34):
Well what is that ten million? But then it's ten
if he gets to this and it's ten. But if
he starts a ta.

Speaker 4 (17:38):
I'm sorry, I'm relax, all right, eight seven, seven ninety
nine on Fox. You like it, you don't like it,
You understand it, you don't understand it. Let's start. Who
we got Rich in Texas? You're on the couple of
Fox Sports Radio. What's up Rich?

Speaker 9 (17:52):
Hey, how you guys? Doing tonight, doing good, brother good.

Speaker 10 (17:55):
Hey.

Speaker 9 (17:56):
I absolutely think it's a great move by the Giants.
You know, they just Wilson to a one year deal.
If they go and draft Shadure Sanders, it gives them
a little bit of runway to learn the ropes a
little bit.

Speaker 3 (18:08):
Yep.

Speaker 9 (18:09):
And and the Falcons just proved it with Cousins and Panics.

Speaker 11 (18:14):
Right Like, if Russell gets in there and he gets injured,
they now have a quarterback that they drafted. It can
come in and if he doesn't get injured and he
plays six, seven games or whatever, it just gives Sadr
Sanders some more time to learn and improve, you know,
at the next level.

Speaker 3 (18:33):
That's what this is. I mean that he's not the future.

Speaker 5 (18:35):
They know that, right, No, nothing that makes total like
I gets for the call. My only point was I
just think if it starts off bad, I just think
we were talking about saving their jobs, the coach and GM.
I just I think that you're selling the false hope.
Makes me even more mad as a fan, you know
what I mean?

Speaker 4 (18:53):
I don't know, because if you start off with a
that's the possibility, are you and five not? Now, we
got to get rid of these guys. They don't know
what they're doing, that wasting shaudure. They don't even know
what this as is. And they weighs six hundred pounds. Okay,
it's a six hundred pound life episode on than Ice
Drew in New Jersey. You're on the couple of Fox
Sports Radio. What's up, Drew?

Speaker 10 (19:12):
Hey, guys, I think that this is a good move
because number one, I don't think Shaudor Sanders would be
the number two pick in any normal draft. I think
this is like the Porsche SUV effect. It's a portion
in name only Shudor Sanders. If his last name was Smith,
we wouldn't be talking about anything like that. He's more

(19:33):
of Mac Jones than anything. But I think what they
should do is they should get They should go ahead
and get Jalen Milroe the second round. That way, you
start Russell Wilson, you turn to Jalen Milroe whenever you
need to, and if he doesn't work out, he's a
second round pick. Go ahead, get a quarterback next year?
Well ahead, your bet.

Speaker 3 (19:51):
You're right.

Speaker 4 (19:52):
You could do that because there are better quarterbacks coming
out next year.

Speaker 3 (19:57):
You could do that. That makes sense. Thanks for the call.

Speaker 4 (20:00):
How about San just said mac Jones and Socramento for
Fox Sports Radio.

Speaker 12 (20:05):
What's up, Sean, Yeah, I'll go for another brother, cousin, Kelvy.
My brother's by the boys, shout out Justin recovering for
this man, Rob g who's on like a what three months?

Speaker 6 (20:15):
Mater?

Speaker 3 (20:16):
What that man? He said, I'm tired of y'all.

Speaker 12 (20:18):
Yes, hey, man, Justin finally gets to be on the
show on Fox Sports Radio that we all listen to. Oh,
come on, first of all, man, the the NFL contracts
are nasty work. It's like me telling my daughter I'm
gonna give her Infinity money and hand her a quarter
and she's totally happy with it.

Speaker 2 (20:35):
Man.

Speaker 12 (20:35):
They need to get their life.

Speaker 3 (20:36):
They got NFLPA.

Speaker 2 (20:38):
Come on now, come on, man.

Speaker 12 (20:40):
Perfect perfect mention on the trash talking Tuesday. But Rob Man,
I think you are a little bit too positive on
this signing. And Kelvin is one hundred percent right man,
You gotta remember what market this is in. If if
Russell Wilson goes zero for five with ten picks and
two touchdowns, that media storm and those fans are gonna
be going crazy for you to where to get that

(21:00):
start and this coaching regime and GM with the pressure
they're currently under. I don't think they'll have any choice
but the hand the reins over the shidor so this
this this perfect world where he gets to sit for
a season and all the fans and.

Speaker 4 (21:13):
All the dam the entire season, but he doesn't have
the pressure of being the game one starter and having
to be ready on a team that was so bad
last year.

Speaker 3 (21:23):
Sean, that that's all is. He's not the long term answer.

Speaker 4 (21:27):
But but you can sit here and go, oh, he's
gonna be zero for five and throw ten interceptions.

Speaker 3 (21:33):
It's the team I got.

Speaker 4 (21:35):
They still believe they have some pieces and and they
didn't have a quarterback last year. They did, they didn't
and they had some issue. Thanks Sean, appreciate Sean.

Speaker 3 (21:43):
Yep. All right, Yeah, breaking news there from Salamon Man.

Speaker 4 (21:48):
We got one Kelly and Idaho.

Speaker 3 (21:51):
You're on the odd couple of Fox for Kelly. Yeah,
we can get you in Kelly. What's up?

Speaker 6 (21:56):
All right?

Speaker 8 (21:56):
Hey, Hey guys, I'm a Giants fan, so I just
wanted to say this Russell Wilson signing is the best
signing that they've made in a super long time. Guys
like people that aren't Giants fans will sit here and
tell you this is a horrible signing. And the Giants
are still gonna win four games. There was a lot
of games the last two years, since twenty twenty two
the Giants one would have won if they had anyone

(22:19):
else the quarterback. That wasn't Jones or Taylor or de Vito.

Speaker 4 (22:23):
No, they haven't had a quarterback a good one, and
Russell Wilson kept one on purpose.

Speaker 3 (22:29):
He got off to a good start.

Speaker 4 (22:31):
Things didn't finish the well, but he played relatively well
and we can look at his numbers if you want
to see where he finished.

Speaker 3 (22:38):
I don't think he's trashed nobody like.

Speaker 4 (22:41):
Because early on he was throwing a ball all over
the card and.

Speaker 5 (22:44):
That's that's you would like. It's denk or deep. He
can't the intermediate that you know, seven twelve off, that's it.
But perfect deep balls, Yeah, that's his thing for sure.
All Right, he for salam around the quarter. We'll talk
to him about this and some other moves. But right now,
Steve the Seger with what straight anything else? Anybody else's
side of deal?

Speaker 7 (23:02):
Now we got the baseball update on Mookie Betts, though
he is playing in the exhibition finale tonight, the Dodgers
shortstop finally returning after illness Monday, who was finally able
to keep some solid food down. He missed all the
games they played overseas and had very long flights there
and back. He was sick even before the trip to Asia.
His manager says he's hoping for Bets tonight to take

(23:23):
three at bats against the Angels and play four to
five innings at shortstop. Betts expects to be in the
starting lineup for the home opener against Detroit on Thursday tomorrow.
He is going to be playing a simulated game and
the Dodgers will see where he is physically. Meanwhile, the
Dodgers say President Trump, in keeping with long standing baseball tradition,
as invited the twenty twenty four World champs to the

(23:46):
White House when they play in DC April seventh. Quote,
the Dodgers look forward to visiting the White House and
celebrating our title. And then the next day members of
the Dodgers will be visiting Capitol Hill. As for the NBA, tonight,
Detroit under way up eighteen fourteen early on the Spurs,
but Kay Cunningham of the Pistons is out again with
a sore caft he did not play on Sunday. Golden

(24:07):
State about to start at Miami. That's Jimmy Butler back
in Miami. Steph Curry is out again pelvit contusion after
the fall. Recently, Memphis is at Utah nine pm Eastern
Time for the Grizzlies. Job Morant missing a fifth straight
game with a sore hamstring. Nikola jokicch of the Nuggets,
doubtful with the bad ankle for Wednesday, could be missing
a sixth straight game. Saint Francis, which just played in

(24:29):
college basketball's first four, says it will move all of
its athletic programs to Division three in twenty twenty six
because of the changing landscape of Division I athletics. And Yes,
the New York Giants are signing quarterback Russell Wilson. The
Giants already recently signed quarterback Jamis Winston. The Patriots are
signing wide receiver Stefan Diggs. Stanford fired football coach Troy

(24:54):
Taylor after constant behavior problems toward coworkers. Multiple employees had
filed complaints. Age was made by Stanford's new general manager,
Andrew Luck.

Speaker 3 (25:03):
Back to you and Steve, you know this the Dodgers tradition.

Speaker 4 (25:07):
And there was a big controversy when Jackie Robinson's feature
was taken down, was taken down, and so I wonder
why this administration right, And that's what I'm saying with
the Dodgers and and nobody embraces Obviously Jackie Robins is
a hero to everybody, But the Dodgers would have franchise
to break through. And you know how much they loved

(25:29):
Jackie Robinson and Rachel Robinson, who's still alive, who's amazing
at one hundred and two years old.

Speaker 3 (25:35):
Have you seen her? She's amazing.

Speaker 4 (25:37):
She she's still beautiful at one hundred and two. But
I wonder if there was a little about about given
what Harry very, let's have this conversation.

Speaker 5 (25:49):
Yeah, I mean, there's a longer conversation we had because,
as you know, the very prideful organization, and you're never
gonna beat a hundred because some people would.

Speaker 7 (26:00):
It wasn't a baseball story. It changed America. Martin Luther
King himself said my job got easier because Jackie Robinson
was in the major.

Speaker 5 (26:07):
League, no doubt, because any little, small, biggest moments in
this in the history of his contract, especially the way
this country loves baseball, especially then too, yes, and.

Speaker 7 (26:15):
Also the way this administration has gone at things has
been let's sell shall we say, ham fisted And they
typed in a search of first and say, oh, he's
being highlighted because he was the first African American. Let's
delete that. And then a baseball reporter finds that Jeff
Pass and said, are you kidding me? This is related
to his military service in the military department site and

(26:38):
the whole point of that section was sports heroes who
had been in the military. And then you delete Jackie Robinson.

Speaker 3 (26:46):
Arguably the biggest one, arguably crazy, the guy who.

Speaker 7 (26:49):
Was court martial because he wouldn't sit in the back
of the military bus.

Speaker 3 (26:52):
Crazy. You know what I'm I was going, We're gonna
do but I want Steve cooking. We're gonna do this
to breathe.

Speaker 5 (26:59):
We got to just keep you're giving them groceries, keep cooking,
Stevey all right, comedy laugh for the.

Speaker 3 (27:03):
Tie right time to we got Yeah, if we're gonna
get you some time.

Speaker 5 (27:07):
You heard the conversation from me, They get a little seriously,
I know, even probably have some thoughts on that.

Speaker 4 (27:11):
Just the idea that, you know, after what they did
to Jackie Robinson that the Dodgers are going to the
White House now from how are you?

Speaker 6 (27:19):
I'm good man? Yeah, that's a you know, it's it
seems like a black guy on the black eye. Right,
it's just tone deaf. I think when people start blending
you know, you know, smart decisions with with political uh
issues or whatever, then you get dumb answers. And so

(27:42):
I think it was a it was a disgrace number one. Uh.

Speaker 3 (27:47):
And they had to put it back even they had
to put it up from you know what I.

Speaker 6 (27:54):
Mean like oh god, weep, Yeah, stupid with super does
That's just that's just reality of the situation. And you know, uh,
sometimes you we get people to benefit of the doubt,
like they may be one of the smartest in the room,
and then a lot of times we find out that

(28:15):
there's no one smart in the room. Uh. And there
you have it, no doubt.

Speaker 4 (28:19):
All right, let's go there in the big news of
the day, Russell Wilson going to the New York Football
Giants from I think it's a good uh pick for
the Giants. They need to re establish this franchise. And
even if they do draft Shador. It takes the pressure
that he doesn't have to start from day one. Where
are you on this signing?

Speaker 6 (28:37):
Yeah? I think this was what they needed to do,
especially coming from an organization that we've seen make era
after talking about mythsteps man grave missteps, you know, for
the whole world to see and then to see, uh
the ramifications of those missteps, and in terms of sa
Kwon Barker as the leader of that football team going

(29:00):
off and leading the team to the Super Bowl championship,
it doesn't get any more blatant in terms of maybe
some people shouldn't have their jobs who are making decisions.
But moving forward, this is to me, this signing brings
a little bit of stability back to the locker room

(29:21):
and to that quarterback room, something they desperately have needed
for over a decade.

Speaker 3 (29:26):
Now, what are your expectations?

Speaker 5 (29:28):
I mean, obviously, certainly they can maybe make another move
or two, but you kind of saw what They have
a group of running backs, not necessarily one stalwart. Obviously
they have neighbors, an incredible receiver twelve hundred yards even
miss games probably would have had another four or five
six hundred yards.

Speaker 3 (29:41):
That good.

Speaker 5 (29:43):
What do you think Russell's able to do is just
just to stop Gabbert. Can he come in there and
really have some success based off what you saw with
him and the Steelers last year.

Speaker 6 (29:50):
Well, whether he has success or not, it's still a
stop gap. In my opinion, they should draft Shaduer with
the third pick in the draft. I think him coming
in and learning under someone like Russell Wilson who forged
away and had ultimate success in this league. I think
that would only be a benefit for Shadur. The one

(30:13):
thing you don't want is to have that type of
pressure on Chaduur to come in and have to save
a franchise right now. I don't think that's beneficial for
either the Giants or him in terms of a player.
So I think you've addressed them now and now if
you draft shaduor you've addressed the future. And I think
teams have to start, especially them, have to start looking

(30:34):
at it like that.

Speaker 3 (30:35):
All right.

Speaker 6 (30:36):
This isn't a one move, fix everything type of situation.
There's some things that have to be developed and have
to come into place for this organization to get back
on track, and in my opinion, that would be They
took the first step with Russell Wilson, and then the
second step would be to get your quarterback for the

(30:57):
next twelve years and shaduor Sanders He.

Speaker 5 (31:00):
From salam our guests of course from offensive linemen as
well as a Fox.

Speaker 3 (31:05):
Sports Radio weekend host. Go ahead.

Speaker 4 (31:07):
Rob Stefan Diggs signed a contract. Obviously got hurt last year,
three years with the phony contract three years sixty nine,
only twenty six guarantees.

Speaker 3 (31:17):
I know.

Speaker 4 (31:17):
But Stefan Diggs, he's thirty one and he was playing
well last year right before he got here.

Speaker 3 (31:25):
He should be fine, right, He'll be fine.

Speaker 6 (31:27):
He'll be fine. You know, in Aco cares and all
of that stuff, it's not as bad as it used
to be. Medical technology and the way guys are trained
and in shape, very little atrophy and the muscle throughout
the process of rehabilitation. He'll be fine. Like you said,
it's funny money, right it is.

Speaker 4 (31:46):
How announce you you're announcing sixty nine and it's twenty six.

Speaker 6 (31:51):
It happens, but you know, it makes him feel good.
He feels one. He's there. If this thing works, he
has an opportunity to make more of that money. If
it doesn't, they can get out without it being held
over their heads.

Speaker 5 (32:06):
I'm looking at cam Ward and the expectations that the
you know, you have some reports out there, Adam Schefter
saying Titans have sold right, they're sold on him.

Speaker 3 (32:16):
He's the guy.

Speaker 5 (32:17):
A lot of people are hit big on him, big arm,
played a lot of football. You know, can it can
produce at a high level. Some people still a little
If he was another draft he might not be this great.
Where are you and cam Ward, and specifically the Titans
with where they are? Is just the right pick for them?

Speaker 6 (32:33):
Well? I think it is. I think you have to
start addressing the quarterback situation when you can. Right there
isn't a lot of we'll wait and see what happens
next year or the year after that. You don't want
to find yourself in a perpetual free fall. Uh So,
cam Ward to me, is game ready. He is day
one ready coming into a system. He's played a lot

(32:54):
of football. And what we're seeing now is these young players,
the rookie quarterbacks coming into the that have played a
lot of football in college are more inclined to come
in and have early success in the NFL. I think,
you know the thing about it, We're seeing it happen
in basketball as well. Guys in Io's making guys stay

(33:16):
in college and so when they get to the professional level,
they're seasoned. They know how to, you know, to deal
with not only the money and the same and the
things that come with it, but they're ready to play
because they've had a lot of experience at the highest
level at the college level. So I think it bowls
well for Tennessee to answer that question that they've been

(33:36):
trying to answer since maybe Borderline almost Ryan Tannehill, I
because they were the number one see with Ryan Tannehill,
but a lot of that was Derek Henry no longer there.
So to get that running back that can be the
Derrick Henry for them is something that they should be

(33:56):
looking at as well to help cam Ward and his
journey being the face of the franchise for the next
twelve years.

Speaker 4 (34:02):
All right, let's ask you last thing on the NBA
and the Lakers. You know, a couple of bad losses
at three seven in the last I mean, Orlando.

Speaker 3 (34:13):
Isn't a good.

Speaker 4 (34:13):
Team at the lowest average. The Bulls went into lu
and blew them out. But you had Lebron, Like Lebron
had a little at least what the Bulls.

Speaker 3 (34:21):
That was his first game back.

Speaker 4 (34:23):
You had everybody there and still you couldn't beat Orlando.

Speaker 3 (34:27):
Not good in Orlando.

Speaker 4 (34:29):
Does that feel bad, like just how Niggle were high
on this team two weeks ago.

Speaker 6 (34:34):
Yeah, it does so bad. It feels bad because these
are the games you must You don't want to slip
down to you know, five or six, right, you want
to stay in that top three stop four so you
can have home court advantage in the first round of
the playoffs. These games are imperative. We're running down to
about twelve games left in the regular season, and you
do need to have your star, your group, your core

(34:57):
five playing at a high clip. Must start happening now.
In their defensive efficiency, which was tops in the league
since January, has now dipped down to around eight or
ninth in the league, and they can't survive that. They
need to keep that defensive efficiency and effort. It's all
about effort and lack of tur and and cut down
on the turnovers to get this team back to where

(35:19):
they were prior to all the injuries.

Speaker 3 (35:21):
Yeah, we have a longer conversation about this tomorrow, Robbins.
It was very online one with all the turnovers from im.
Just I can't do it man, and Ephraim said it man.

Speaker 5 (35:30):
The energy that they look lacks of days ago, like
a pre sea sometimes.

Speaker 3 (35:35):
Yeah, goodness, I don't.

Speaker 4 (35:36):
Know how they could be bored. They got something to
play for, securing anything, Yessen, Stop talking about Jackie Robinson.
Stop talking about the Lakers. Rob We're gonna talk about
this tomorrow. Youre gonna have me because I can go
on about this than appreciate your brothers Afrim salon right there,
per use our guy helping us out there.

Speaker 6 (35:53):
All right?

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Speaker 3 (36:56):
How'd you do? And we go to Chekeo City? One
and two last night?

Speaker 4 (36:58):
I got two games, right, I didn't get the points spread,
So one and two we're now seventy six and seventy eight.

Speaker 3 (37:05):
Remember I was one game away from getting there. Here
we go tonight. Best bet.

Speaker 4 (37:09):
I'm gonna take the Calves minus six and a half.
They were in Portland taking on the trail Blazers. Okay,
the game two Grizzlies minus ten and a half.

Speaker 3 (37:17):
They're in Utah.

Speaker 4 (37:18):
I know, still ten and a half sounds like a lot,
but it's the NBA I'm gonna go.

Speaker 3 (37:23):
It's just disappointed at Utah. You they never really don't.

Speaker 4 (37:26):
I know it is bad ten and a half, no
job playing, But I'm still gonna go with Grizzlies minus
ten and a half. And then I'm taking the Kings
at home plus nine and a half. They're taking on Okay, see, okay,
see will win. I don't know, right, no, not in
a half win you might go too and one. All right,
So Kings plus more and a half, Calves minus six

(37:47):
and a half and the Grizzlies minus ten and a half.
And remember, Kelvin one thing, I'm not telling you who
to bet on.

Speaker 3 (37:54):
I'm telling you who I bet on.

Speaker 5 (37:56):
You know, I thought you didn't get any action on
this golden state in Miami. Jimmy Butler, first time, Yeah
to Seet's see how they did a little tribute video
to him. Out of him, you know, his handful of seasons.
There went a couple of trips to the NBA finals.
And here's how it sounded after the tribute video. And

(38:25):
let'll say, what about sixty cheers, forty booze.

Speaker 4 (38:28):
I'm convinced once again how bad Miami is of the
sports tap. All Right, That sealed it for me, because
I'm serious, like he was a headache. He disrupted the
team he wanted to, which is fine.

Speaker 3 (38:42):
And here's the other thing.

Speaker 4 (38:44):
If I'm a fan, if you win a championship in
that city, you're you're a made man.

Speaker 3 (38:51):
You get to eat and drink for free the rest
of your life.

Speaker 4 (38:54):
You'll always be welcome, no matter what uniform you put on,
no matter what happened.

Speaker 2 (38:58):
I got.

Speaker 4 (38:58):
He got into the finals twice, they didn't win it, right.
His exit was so messy and so sloppy. That's that's
where I have an issue. I would not have cheered
him had I been in that crowd, And.

Speaker 5 (39:09):
If I was a fan, to be honest, I was
actually shocked that he didn't get booed. But they might
make me think maybe some fans are a little more
mad at Pat because you know, all the stories started
to come out now that like Dwayne Wade is, you know,
run around doing podcasts and everything and kind of talked
about how the most simple thing was finding the final
straw with Lebron leaving some cookies, rob some cookies. They

(39:32):
messed with the man's cookies. They weren't playing well. Things
weren't great, and Pat Rodley was mad, so he said,
no more chuck cookies on the plane. And apparently everybody
knew you don't mess with You can mess with a lot,
but don't mess with the bronze cookies. And he said
where the cookie? They said, oh, we're not allowed to
have him on the plane anymore.

Speaker 4 (39:47):
Just like when Dwayne led Wade left to go to
Chicago for seven dollars more.

Speaker 3 (39:50):
Remember that, Yeah, I mean that salty.

Speaker 4 (39:52):
So I'm saying that was a mistake, and then he
wound up going back to mich right.

Speaker 5 (39:56):
So I'm just wondering, you know, like it's something going on,
because I did think he would get a little bit
more boo, but uh, he was our best player for
long six seven years or whatever.

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Speaker 7 (40:17):
Eight NBA games tonight, including at Detroit, but the Pistons
kid Cunningham is out again with a sore calf. Nonetheless,
Detroit up fifty two thirty one over the Spurs late
in the second quarter. Mavericks lead at New York late
first quarter thirty three thirty one. John Morant of the
Grizzlies missing a fifth straight game tonight with a sore hamstring.
In an hour, It's Memphis at Utah. Jason Tatum of

(40:39):
the Celtics is doubtful for Wednesday with a sprained ankle.
Nikola Jokich of Denver with his bad ankle, doubtful for Wednesday.
He could miss a sixth straight game. The New York
Giants are giving quarterback Russell Wilson a one year deal,
pending a physical. The Patriots are signing wide receiver Stefan Diggs.
Stanford fired football coach Troy Taylor. The Major League Baseball

(41:00):
exhibition season ends tonight. Opening Day is Thursday. Dodger shortstop
Mookie Batts finally returns tonight after an illness. The Mariners
gave catcher Cal Rowley a six year extension.

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trash anyone anything in the world of sports. We'll clue
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you at all. So we got a lot to do,
but let's go here. Calvin. Last night, man, it was

(42:16):
a bummer. I don't care what anybody said.

Speaker 3 (42:17):
It was a bummer. Yeah, man, Juju Watkins. The world
stopped for two seconds, did dude? Everybody did.

Speaker 5 (42:23):
So I'm all excited, you know, because the game started
seven Pacific time. Uh so you know we're we're like,
all right, cool, we get off, we get to watch it,
getting ready to go watch.

Speaker 3 (42:32):
This get home. Boom.

Speaker 5 (42:35):
I'm like, wait, what what just happened? In Juju goes
down the first quarter on a fast break. Couple girls
kind of you know, cheryland are trying to stop and
there was nothing doing nothing, that's clear, nothing while she's
going in the hole in defense. Yeah, and they weren't
even they weren't even followed her, just on the sides
of her, both sides, and she kind of it looked
like her right leg just plant it wrong and that

(42:56):
thing just gave out, man, and she tore her right
a cl season ending surgery. Was down for a while
and you know, obviously a lot of pain, and just
yet the day before everybody was having the conversation about
her and Jade and Daniels and his mom kind of
you know, coming in the middle of them having fun
with it.

Speaker 3 (43:13):
Was a cute little story. His mom put the Kai boss.

Speaker 5 (43:16):
She was damn hold you see the point she said,
fuck out and listen, we're all being professional mouth leader.
They look like she was like, boyfucking hey, focus straight ahead,
straight ahead, beause remember his mom came in when he
was with him and was like, no girls. First thing
she told him no girls. But everybody's like, Mom, that's Juju.
That ain't like some little floozy trying to get with
your son. That's Juju. She you know, she's self made.

(43:37):
But some point of bringing that up is it's just
amazing how life can go. You know, just twenty four
hours earlier, give or take a couple, you know, two
or three a day or two, she's sitting there watching games,
hanging out with Jayde and Daniels. We're all having a
little fun on social media about where they flirting with
each other or not or is it just are they
just friends? And that was like a cute, little fun story.
Then the next day or two, booms, she's down down

(43:58):
for the season. Had an incredible sophomore season, breaking all
types of records. First Team, this first team, that Big
Ten Player of the Year, I mean, just doing what
Juju has done twenty five a game looks amazing. And
so it was difficult because you know, there's Page with Yukon,
you got Lauren Betts with UCLA, you got some some

(44:19):
player that flows in a with LSU, some more, you know,
other players out there, but Juju, Juju, she's the face
of college basketball, women's basketball, arguably college basketball, including the dudes,
and to see her go down, it just took the
wind out of the cell, not only for the Trojans,
but just for women's college basketball, like oh man, because
you were looking forward to her getting to the Final four,

(44:41):
competing on a big stage, you know, and listen sports
and these stars and if you especially an't have his basketball, yeah,
and you look at all the success they had in
twenty twenty three, then that goes incredibly. I mean you
look at there was an eighty nine percent jump in
the national championship game from twenty twenty three twenty twenty four.

(45:01):
Of course when we had Caitlyn and Iowa l s
U all right, South Carolina, I'm sorry. And so now
the ratings everybody was concerned ROW are gonna go down
this year.

Speaker 3 (45:13):
There's no Kaitlyn.

Speaker 5 (45:14):
There's no Ancel Reace, there's no this, there's no that.
There's no drama, you know, per se, And that's not
the case. They're putting up all these numbers right now,
and they've done pretty dug on.

Speaker 3 (45:22):
Well, this shit ain't her numbers. It ain't Kaitlyn's.

Speaker 5 (45:24):
No, no, no, no, no, no.

Speaker 4 (45:27):
And now you could just find you some reruns of
the Gold and Girls Marathon.

Speaker 3 (45:33):
I'm that serious. Would Juju not involved?

Speaker 4 (45:36):
I know, everybody trying to be nice and all those
that it's a rap.

Speaker 3 (45:40):
No, yeah, it's a rap. I'm not interested.

Speaker 2 (45:45):
I'm not a rap.

Speaker 3 (45:46):
It's a rap. Women's college basketball tournament.

Speaker 4 (45:50):
It's a rap because what the momentum that they had
going with Kaitln last year, Juju this year right, and
her pursuit of maybe winning a championship or getting to
the final. Don't tell me that would have been back
to back years. Oh my god, this really puts a
wet blanket over the women's basketball tournament. I don't care
what anybody says. I've lost interest. I'm not interested.

Speaker 3 (46:12):
Now. I wanted to see Juju I did.

Speaker 4 (46:15):
And you know me, I'm not that big of women's basketball,
but you want to see Juju I did. And we
know what Caitlyn did. I never the one thing Chris
and I talked about. You can say whatever you want.
The numbers are undeniable that people wanted to see Kayln club.

Speaker 3 (46:31):
People were like making oh, well, they're just saying no, no, no.

Speaker 4 (46:34):
The numbers her games went through the roof because she
didn't play as a normal women's basketball player.

Speaker 3 (46:41):
Now she was doing stuff we hadn't seen.

Speaker 4 (46:42):
We had not seen from a woman's.

Speaker 5 (46:45):
Player, stuff that normally breaks the rules, Like you're not
supposed to be doing that. I don't think it's over.
You still got Page out there in Yukon. Like I said,
you still got South Page. You still got South Carolina.

Speaker 3 (46:57):
I want North Carolina. You're gonna keep going.

Speaker 4 (47:01):
You got l s U. You want baby Boo or something?
What you're gonna say now? B Yu No, no sum doubt?

Speaker 3 (47:09):
U c l A. Are they gonna get it done?

Speaker 4 (47:11):
You gotta love No, I'm not interested in you got
you Lauren Benson U c l A. You don't like that?
Can they finally get there and get it done? I
mean there's still some you're being nice. I know you're
trying to sell it, but I'm not trying to sell
I'll say this. I'll say you lose a player of
that well out of doubt. But the credit I'm gonna
give women's basketball for the last two three, four seasons

(47:34):
is that it is more than do You could argue
men's basketball is Cooper Flag as far as notoriety.

Speaker 5 (47:39):
Now, there's some other you know team. If you love Yukon,
obviously they're out. But if you love I love the
Rick Patino story or I love the know you they're out,
But I'm just naming out you know all. I want
to see if Kelvin Sampson can finally do it Houston
or is Oh does he finally get it done? Does
Calipari finally get another one?

Speaker 4 (47:54):
No players outside of Cooper Flag, you really can't name
to me players, And I would argue women's basketball has
had more stars in the actual game players.

Speaker 3 (48:06):
You just gave me Paige and and Juju.

Speaker 5 (48:08):
Who else I gave you Paige, I gave you any
name for himself Flows, and I can't give you something flows.
Your a over there. L s U's a commercial. She's
got commercials. Literally during these games. She's rapping. She's all
over the place. I got Lauren Bett's six foot seven
star with you see Bookie Bets. I'm just saying I

(48:30):
disagree she's the star rob, but there's more stars. Think women,
I got hurt last night. Listen because the one point
the women's basketball is crying. I'm not gonna lie. They
were sick, all sick because it was just terrible. Like
it wasn't just like a bad ankle. Give her a
few days, she'll be back. It was terrible. You saw
the like.

Speaker 4 (48:47):
The worst possible scenario for her to be hurt, and
that's gonna probably take them what a year to get back.

Speaker 5 (48:54):
A little as we talked about from medicine is better nowadays.
That used to be the death blow back when my
eighties nineties basketball, you got an A C. L. It
was you could come back, but you were Penny Hardaway,
you were all these other guys never shell of themselves.
But now she can bounce back eight you know, eight months,
give or take. But you get my point. It's coming

(49:14):
off Kaitlyn Clark. This could have been back to back years.
It could have been where the numbers are through the roof. Yeah,
it was like she was gonna have to further along
that she went. I think there would have been even
more interest, do you know what I mean?

Speaker 3 (49:27):
For USC.

Speaker 5 (49:29):
Yeah, and I think there was a she was gonna
have to see page two, which would have been interesting,
you know what I mean to see if they if
we could actually have that game, it's two biggest stars
actually link up. But yeah, again, just a just a
horrible blow man, absolutely a terrible, terrible You just wouldn't

(49:50):
design it that way, like you literally if any that's
the one we need.

Speaker 3 (49:54):
We need this star.

Speaker 5 (49:54):
But again, credit, I think there are still some women's
bast college women's basketball stars out there and some teams
that can still do alright. With the numbers, they're gonna
go down because Juju is a casual watch, like meaning people, I.

Speaker 4 (50:09):
Don't really know a Juju's on. I'm gonna watch that,
That's what I'm saying. And that's a big blow. I
just I can't see how they're gonna recover from this.

Speaker 3 (50:17):
This are you saying this past this season?

Speaker 4 (50:19):
I'm just talking about the momentum that was being built
between Caitlin and Juju, is what I'm I'm just saying
this year, I'm it's like a wet blanket over this.
I'm telling you. I want to hear from people. Do
you are you still interested or did you lose something?
I thought college women's college basketball took a big blow
last night.

Speaker 3 (50:39):
We took a.

Speaker 5 (50:40):
Body, but we're still in the fight, is how I
would view it. So you're still you're still looking to
watch games?

Speaker 4 (50:44):
Yeah, I'm a definitely I'm not watching it. South Carolina's playing,
I'm watching LSU's playing. I'm gonna watch Page and Yukon
are playing on U c LA. I'm gonna put now,
I'll get it. I don't know every team.

Speaker 5 (50:55):
I'm not gonna sit up here and act like I'm
you know, but those there's about four or five teams.
I'm gonna peek in, get you and I get home,
or if it's on in the studio, I get home,
I'll turn it on for Yeah. But the huge must
see TV, I'm not disagreeing with that.

Speaker 3 (51:08):
Must stage is still must see TV.

Speaker 5 (51:11):
South Carolina is still because Dawn stating what they keep
running through everybody all this in the last four or
five years. But Page is the one. I mean, come on,
I'm not lying. She's she was white hot. She was
Steph Curry and you know twenty fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventh,
like that run where it was just you gotta see
what Steph's.

Speaker 3 (51:29):
Gonna do tonight? That was juju.

Speaker 5 (51:31):
You know, she's just a great player and it sucks
to see that, and you're hoping to the speedy recovery
and she can get back as fast as possible. But
I still think that I still think people are gonna watch.

Speaker 4 (51:42):
I don't I think that that really the ratings and
what you were talking about the ratings so far.

Speaker 5 (51:48):
This is gonna they had so that the real quick
selection the Sunday was the second highest I've ever had.
Obviously last year is one point nine a year before
one point seven. This year they have fifteen games of
five ndred thousand view, which was the highest ever there.
So they're saying in this march, mad is obviously gonna
have all the numbers yet, but there hasn't been a
drop like ones would have thought without Kaitlyn's gonna be

(52:09):
dropp and it hadn't been part of it because what
you just mentioned, people want to see juju uh. So
that the numbers have been steady there, I'm telling you the.

Speaker 4 (52:15):
Numbers will not continue to be steady. It's gonna be
drop again. And and that's what I'm saying. It's some
body blowing a fight. Rock you got me, but it
wasn't a kidney fade.

Speaker 3 (52:24):
I'm in it.

Speaker 5 (52:26):
Hey, myddny's hurt. My look, my arms dropped a little bit.
You know, I got a block coose my best mid section.
But I'm not I'm in the fight. I don't think
it's over. I think people are still gonna check it.

Speaker 4 (52:37):
If I'm working. I'll be working you over with some
barbecue ribs. That means that blood in there. I know
what you're saying. No, I'm gonna keep it. I'm gonna
keep I think people are gonna keep it, all right,
maybe an eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox Want
to Hear from You eight seven seven nine nine six
sixty three sixty nine. On This trash Talking Tuesday, it
is the Odd Couple, Rob Parker kelvin Washington, And where

(52:57):
are you have your lost interest with the injury to
Juju Watkins like with the women's tournament, or you're still
gonna watch You're still you're still involved or interested because
I know I lost all my interests.

Speaker 3 (53:10):
Well that's because that's all you have with Juju. Rob, Yes,
that's all.

Speaker 5 (53:14):
But I'm saying I think a lot of hooper hoop
fans are still like Juju only adds to it.

Speaker 4 (53:19):
She's not the only all right, We'll see most people
will falling off. We'll see, We'll hear you, We'll hear
from you. Coming up next, it is the Odd Couple
on Fox Sports Radio.

Speaker 3 (53:29):
Stick and stay

Speaker 4 (53:31):
Unless you're a fake women's hooper fan in the US
of a like Rob Parker