Dan Beyer & Adam Caplan Talk The Open Championship, Draymond vs Cooper Flagg, T.J. Watt, & So Much More!

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
You're listening to Fox Sports Radio Radio, and you got
me Dan Byer, and you got our NFL insider, a
good friend, Adam Kaplan sitting in for Mike Carmen today.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
Happy Sunday, Adam, How are you Dan?

Speaker 3 (00:14):
Good to talk to you. You and I have done
these segments for many years on FSR. Now we actually
get to work together for a couple hours.

Speaker 2 (00:21):
Looking forward to it, we get two full hours to talk.
Not only NFL Draymond Green is in the news, Adam
Kapa gets to deal with the feud for the first time.
So really we put him as a member of our
Fox family when we play the feud coming up in
forty five minutes. And obviously you heard Isaac Lohenkron talk
about the Open Championship Scottie Scheffler a runaway. Hey, kudos

(00:42):
to NBC and everybody at Peacock that's putting on this
broadcast because they are trying their darnness to try to
make it seem close, and it has been anything but
with Scottie Scheffler. Once his lead at one point in
this final round was up to seven. Isaac's last updates
he's at five shot lead right now at sixteen under.
These are tough times. This is sometimes your forty to

(01:04):
ten NFL game, Adam, where you're trying to fill maybe
a twelve to two baseball game in the seventh A
lot going on, maybe not as drastic as that. It's
still golf. There's still six holes to play. It's five
shot lead. But Scotty Scheffler has shown pretty much throughout
these last four days and pretty much throughout his career,
then he's not one to blow a lead like this.

Speaker 3 (01:23):
Yeah, I would say probably in the NFL, a seventeen
point lead head into the fourth quarter. How often do
a team to really check that? Rarely they do that?

Speaker 2 (01:32):
Correct, You're gonna say, okay, we could force a turnover, score,
maybe get a three and out and score, and then
we got a different game. But that's where we are
at the Open Championship. We'll talk more about what Scotty
said earlier in the week how it pertains to what's
happening today with that currently five shot lead is then
now head are now on the back nine seven holes
to go for Scheffler that throughout the show, we do

(01:52):
have to start with the National Football League. We are
not going to bypass at at all. What a week
it was. Garrett Wilson of the New York Jets starts
things off getting a new four year deal to stay
in New York. Then it's the TJ. Watt deal with
the Pittsburgh Steelers to make him the highest paid non
quarterback in the National Football League. Second time he's been
able to have that title, getting that forty one million

(02:12):
dollar per year contract from Pittsburgh. Let's start on Monday.
Let's just start it there, go through this week because
we're going to end up at the guys who now
need deals, and you know we're going to talk Dallas Cowboys,
and you know we're going to talk Michaeh Parsons Jets
aspect of it. How does Garrett Wilson get things done
to get that four year extension with the team this week?

Speaker 3 (02:31):
All right? So this is my understanding with from both sides.
So the Jets really wanted to get something done the
entire offseason. Where Wilson was ending last season, you know,
it just didn't work out with the former coaching staff
and the front office. You got you have a new
front office, you have a new coaching staff. So he
wanted to see who was brought in. He wanted to
see what their direction would be a quarterback because the

(02:52):
new Aaron Rodgers wasn't coming back and he's reunited with
Justin Fields, his one time former teammate at Ohio State
Dan so As I understand he kind of wanted to
see what they were going to do. I want to
see what they were going to do in the draft.
What would they address they draft? They once again they
dressed their tackle position in the last two drafts. Fashanu

(03:13):
who will be their left tackle out of Penn State,
and Membo will be their right tackle. So they've addressed
our offensive line, and they've dressed some concerns on defense.
And they've got Aaron Glenn, who by the way, is
a former Jet who I am told basically has brought
a new sort of fresh air and accountability and what

(03:34):
I've heard, and you could take it for what you will,
but Woody Johnson is kind of valid people privately that
he under that he's going to do things the right way.
He understands he's got to change the way that he
oversees everything better, communication, better way to be handled it.
So look, there's a positive vibe and Garrett Wilson I'm
told is to move this along here. Dan felt that

(03:57):
vibe or he could have waited. He had this year
and next year option. He didn't have to do anything now.
But my understanding is he felt good about the direction
of the club.

Speaker 2 (04:04):
I think that it's a win win situation, as Michael
Scott would say in the office, win win win win
for Garrett Wilson because he gets his money, win for
the Jets because it wasn't astronomical. He's now the fifth
highest paid wide receiver in the National Football League and
at some point he'll be the sixth, and at some
point he'll be the seventh. So I love that aspect

(04:27):
of it. But Wilson a has has shown up. He
has been the guy with the Jets in stats wise,
most receiving yards of anybody in that draft class. Just
looking at the numbers, the thirty two hundred yards since
joining the league, tenth most in the NFL in that span,
top ten. That's good enough for me, considering their quarterback

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play that they had previous times, and when Rogers is hurt,
it's pretty good for me. And your whole point about
the culture part of it, I think that Garrett Wilson's
going to be your guy in that locker room like
he carries himself that way. So now if you're the
New York Jets, you have your one of your leaders
happy and locked in buying into Aaron Glenn's situation. He's

(05:11):
not doesn't have an astronomical price, and he has produced,
so you rewarded him for his production. Win win, win
for the New York Jets.

Speaker 3 (05:18):
In my mind, yeah, high character guy. Talking to coaches
in the past, he asks a lot of questions, he
wants to know, he wants input. This is the kind
of guy he want to build around. Now you mentioned
the yardage three straight one thousand plus yard seasons, Dan,
think about that. With all the problems they've had a quarterback,
Zach Wilson, Rogers give him credit. He played through two

(05:41):
injuries last season. Rogers was not himself. They've had all
sorts of quarterback problems and now he's going to be
reunited here with Justin Fields, and we'll see Fields is
on a deal where pretty much by contract structure, he's
going to be the starter for two seasons. Now, Garrett
Wilson got his contract, so he doesn't have to worry
about Okay, if if Fields is not consistent that could
affect his contract. It's not. He's got his contract, so

(06:04):
you don't have to worry about that. And we'll see.
They're in a what we call turnaround program. They're in
a whole new deal here, new front office, new coaching staff,
and they're starting over to a certain extent.

Speaker 2 (06:14):
I think your point as well, just to that where
if Garrett Wilson doesn't want to stick around New York,
or maybe the Jets don't want him, maybe it's a
non story. But Kim re upping with Aaron Glenn in
the short time that he's been there in this new regime,
I think is a very positive sign for the for
the New York Jets. The Steelers signing TJ. Watt to
their extension, I felt ad him that the TJ. Watt

(06:37):
extension was finalized when Aaron Rodgers deal was finalized, Like
there was no way that TJ. Watt was not going
to end up getting a new deal, and it was
just a matter of time considering the moves that Pittsburgh
then has also since mate since Aaron Rodgers has come
in three year deal for Watt, but now forty one
million dollars a year topping Miles Garrett again, highest average

(06:58):
annual salary for a non quarterback in the NFL. How'd
that get done?

Speaker 3 (07:02):
All?

Speaker 2 (07:02):
Right?

Speaker 3 (07:02):
So they had been talking, you know, around the draft.
Both sides agree that they were they're going to work
towards this. There was never a sense that, oh he
could be traded or they would entertain and I don't know,
so there's some bad rumors out there. It's nonsense.

Speaker 2 (07:15):
Yeah, they it's not going to do this summer, right,
there's nothing to do exactly.

Speaker 3 (07:19):
Yeah, I just checking into it. I'm like, no, they're
they're they're working on it. They're working towards it. The
big issue though, I'll and it was the last time.
We'll get to that. His first extension, Mega extension twenty
twenty one. But is figuring out for a guy who
turns thirty one this fall, what's an extension going to
look like in terms of guaranteed money? He turns thirty
one in October. You have to be careful, Dan. It's

(07:42):
very rare for a guy thirty three, thirty four at
at the edge rusher position to have not lost a lot.
Typically when you get to be that age, you're called
a DPR designated past rush. You don't play a lot,
maybe third of the snaps. Well, they're not paying him
to do that. They're paying him to be the stud
that he's always been as a football player and a
leader and a future Hall of Famer like his brother.

(08:02):
So to me on this thing, it was just finding
that right number, and I will tell you that it
was higher than I thought. See in Miles Garrett, maybe
a year younger. The feeling around this deal was you
couldn't justify giving him less than Miles Garrett. You couldn't
despite his age, because you couldn't say that Garrett, that

(08:23):
Watt has not been just as good, if not a better,
football player in terms of his job as pressure on
the quarterback. Now you could talk about awards, and that's fine,
that's it's kind of superficial. But to the Steelers are
on your point. They're trying to make a run. They
made the big trade for DK metcalf Right, they made
that trade you mentioned Rogers. This is a team. Let's

(08:44):
not forget it's been nearly ten years. Dan twenty sixteen
is the last time they want a playoff game. We
forget about that. And they were not going to walk
away from this and now the last contract extension Dan
was more contentious. Most people don't even know this, the
one that he did in twenty twenty one, which was
just over twenty eight million, which is groundbreaking. Then was

(09:05):
not done until right before the season started on September tenth.
And that if you remember, you had the hold in
in training camp. Sure he wasn't talking, wasn't doing interviews.
He just he he's waiting to get it done. And
that I was stunned that they waited as long as
they did. That's not like them to do that. Not unprecedented,
but they don't typically do that. And I gave Omar
Con the general manager credit, who, by the way, negotiated

(09:26):
that first one. He was their contract negotiator. No ohmar
is the general manager, and Nomar just got it three
year deal a couple of weeks ago. But this one
was fascinating because there are a lot of people around
the league said, how could you do this? How could
you pay a guy forty one million years?

Speaker 2 (09:39):
I'll tell you why could you just got a three
year extension a couple of weeks ago. That's how you
do it. If you're with om are you right now?

Speaker 3 (09:44):
But with with T right, but with TJ.

Speaker 2 (09:47):
Watt.

Speaker 3 (09:47):
But how do you pay him? Because think about it, right,
how many guys at that position at the peak of
their their career. No, you don't, you know, And that's
that was the argument against it. But the Ruining family
stepped up. And by the way, the contract structure which
they did is again not what they typically do. It's
usually one year megas signing bonus which you got in

(10:07):
this one, and you guarantee the current year. You don't.
You don't guarantee future years live guaranteed this year in
two future years, which is typically not the way they
do things.

Speaker 2 (10:15):
Yeah, based salary of thirty two million guaranteed in twenty
twenty six and twenty twenty seven, this is how you
do it. So you do it because of the equity
that TJ. Watt has in the organization. But also it's
not that the Pittsburgh Steelers are new in doing this
and giving TJ. Watt that guaranteed money when the value
is in twenty twenty five. Now they may have to

(10:36):
pay the piper in twenty twenty six and twenty twenty
seven of this year is a complete waste. And again
that's I think it makes it easier for Omar Khan
to make that make that decision. But it's also the
Steelers and how they run their organization in making things different.
If it doesn't work out this year, Adam like it
is a reset, like if they if it bottoms out,

(10:56):
if Rogers doesn't come back, and sure you got why
on this, but you're I think you're paying for those
future years because you feel that twenty twenty five needs
to be that year. I think we've seen that in
sports and other times, teams saying all right, we're all
in this year. We'll worry about the back end later.
That's how I think that they viewed it. And because TJ.

(11:18):
Watt the equity that he's had. Heck, even when he's
been hurt at him, he's come back quicker at times
than you thought, So you want to reward that. So
if you're not rewarding TJ. Watt, I don't think that's
the Steelers way. So that's how I think he gets done.
But I also just think that all of their eggs
are in this basket for twenty twenty five and they'll
deal with the rest later.

Speaker 3 (11:37):
Well. They do believe though, that they're gonna have a future.
The big one is the quarterback position. After Rogers contract
expires this season, let's just assume he's going to retire,
which he's said publicly that's where he's leaning. After the season,
you still have Metcalf sign long term. You've got what
Lot signed for the rest of his career, Derek Harmon,
who they're very excited about, the first run pick out
of Oregon. They did make the trade for Jalen Ramses, who,

(11:59):
by the way, years left on a steal. This is
people talking about this year. Well, Darius Slay's on a
one year deal for ten million, so they figure to
have Joey Porter Junior and Ramsey together for a while.
So that's part of it's not just this season. I
think a little bit has been overblown on that it's
not just the season. Yes, it's this season, but it's
also for the future because they've got a lot of

(12:20):
guys tied up here.

Speaker 2 (12:21):
You have to find that quarterback. They've also tried to
improve their offensive line, which was bad for a couple
of years, and so they have tried to get younger
at that point and get better and invest draft picks
on it. But I still think that there's how are
you going to pay TJ. Watt thirty six million dollars
a year? You know, like, you can't do it? You

(12:42):
pay them forty one. But the point of the guaranteed
money coming down the line, you're maybe a little bit
more bullets on the Steelers future than than I am.
But we shall see. That leads us to Micah Parsons
and what he doesn't have in what could have with
the Dallas Cowboys. Are we going to see another situation
kN Oxnard where Micah Parsons is just standing on the

(13:03):
sidelines as opposed to what we've had maybe in previous years.
Or how does this get done with Dallas?

Speaker 3 (13:07):
If I fully expect this to get done now, I
don't give timelines. That could happen tomorrow. It could happen
in six weeks. Things happen with contract negotiations. As a
matter of fact, there was a point where they made
tremendous progress in the spring where it looked like, okay,
well they could get this done with a matter of days,
and it didn't get done. So you have to be
careful of saying so it's definitely getting done right now.

(13:28):
But both sides have been working on this, this is
real now. Jerry Jones, if people file the Cowboys know this,
he wants up paying more than he should because he waits. Similarly,
waits forever just you can go back decades. He just
does this and wants up costing way more. The Dak
Prescott deal sixty million a season, should have got done
way before that. But he waited this one. Now, this

(13:49):
one had because let's Parsons is about four and a
half years younger then TJ.

Speaker 2 (13:54):
Watt.

Speaker 3 (13:55):
Not only is forty one million in the floor, his agent,
davidgeta Parsons agent, should really I mean, he shouldn't settle
for forty one million. With his age and upside and
performance which has been tremendous, You should be looking at
forty three to forty four million a season at the
very least, with the cap rises and TV money and

(14:15):
everything that happens, and his performance which is Look, the
guy's been an absolute superstar. I mean, there's no question
Parsons when he was drafted in twenty twenty one, has
completely outperformed that contract. And he is an absolute superstar,
and he proves it this year.

Speaker 2 (14:30):
This is the tough part about it, and this is
where I think that Cowboys fans just are like, here
we go again. And it's not that they're mad that
they're resigning Micah Parsons at what could be forty three
or forty four million dollars. These sides did have talks
in March, right, I mean, there was reports that deals

(14:51):
were going back and forth, exchanging proposals or at least
Parsons people, And it feels like to your point of
we don't know when Jerry Jones is going to get
it done, is the Cowboys didn't act at that point.
So now you've got TJ. Watt upping the ante anymore.
So if you wanted a three million dollar cushion, it's
now gone up by another million dollars, So you're in

(15:11):
the forty three to forty four million dollar area. Plus
you look at what Dak Prescott got in relation to
the other quarterbacks, not the actual number, but again, Dak's
contract was so huge that if you are Micah Parsons,
you know you can ask for it and get it,
And for some reason, Jerry Jones just doesn't see it.

(15:32):
He doesn't see it in the mirror. And I think
that's the frustrating part of it, is Dallas has done
a great job in keeping all of their players, but
none of them are good deals. Like we started talking
about Garrett Wilson here being the fifth paid wide receiver
and we don't even know if he's going to be
able to get the football on a regular basis with
justin fields. But it's still a good deal with the

(15:52):
Jets because again, at some point Wilson will be sixth,
Wilson will be seventh, Wilson will be eighth. The Cowboys
and Jerry Jones specifically just don't understand that. And I
think that's what's frustrating about this. If you're a Cowboys fans, Yeah,
you're keeping your guys, but you're also seemingly overpaying when
you are keeping.

Speaker 3 (16:08):
Them, exactly because he waits. Another funny thing, but the
Dak Prescott deal, which was done again right before the
start of last season, the same day, by the way,
that the TJ. Watt contract was executed September tenth last year.
Excuse me this. His last one t J wats deal
was twenty twenty one, September tenth. It's just funny. Four

(16:28):
years later he gets a deal, but DAXX was done
hugging up to last season, and it was a monster,
the sixty million a year. No one's look, no one's
beat it yet. Now Lamar Jackson close to beating it.
I know now, I'll tell you. We'll talk about this later.
But Mark Lamar Jackson the Ravens. Because of the way
that the Lamar Jackson contract is structured for the future,

(16:49):
the cap numbers go out crazy and the cash goes crazy.
They have motivation to extend him and lower's cap numbers.
And because they're going to be some other quarterback deals
are done. I mean, for Trevor Lawrence to get a
better deal than the Mark Jackson. I know they weren't
signed the same year, but just the fact that Trevor
Larrence is speaking more than the March Jackson is ridiculous.

Speaker 2 (17:09):
Well, it's just again, there's no cushion right now. If
you were just to look at average annual salaries, Joe
Burrow is sitting there second at fifty five million dollars
this season, Josh Allen fifty five million, Jordan Love same number.
And then there's dak a top at sixty or at
least if we're talking about guys off the edge, we
have forty one forty. There's they're right by each other.

(17:32):
And yeah, maybe Micah Parsons will be forty three or
forty four, but he probably will be to your information, Adham.
And just to the point of all Michah Parson has
to do is like, well, you just completely overpaid Dak
for no reason. And what I've done in my career
as a younger player, and what I've done probably even
overshadows what Dak has done as a quarterback. Now, I

(17:55):
know they're different positions, but to your point, he's been
First team All Pro twice. He is he is the
guy on defense, so Dallas is forced to overpay it
and it's just another misstep. I read as well that Michaeh.
Parsons is one of three cowboys that has Jerry Jones's
phone number.

Speaker 3 (18:13):
Okay, well, you know it's crazy. I don't know if
you know this. He was actually you could quote whatever
you want, conversations or negotiating on his own without his
agent Michael, and his agent hasn't been ava, but there
was a point where he was talking to Jerry Jones privately.

Speaker 1 (18:28):
Uh.

Speaker 3 (18:28):
And now the agent mil get as a phenomenal agent
and he gets a lot of huge deals. He's he's
one of the guys. He's got like a lot of
top players.

Speaker 2 (18:35):
Yeah, he'll get it.

Speaker 3 (18:36):
I mean, he's gonna get it. It'll be it'll be
a monster deal. But to move this along, dam there's
no question that they could have got this done earlier.
And remember in the National Football League, you any drafted
player could get an extension after the third year. Well,
Parses could have got it technically after the twenty three season.
Now we're in twenty twenty.

Speaker 2 (18:53):
Sure. Sure. And the point that I was gonna make
was it's one thing to be owner, because owners are
sometimes not connected. But when Jerry Jones is also the
general manager of the team, Like, how how do that
only three players have your number? Like that? Like that's
the point of I'm not saying like a whole roster was.
I'm just saying that the the communication I understand with

(19:13):
your your your position, coach, with the head coach, general
manager still I think has got to be more connected
than what it would be of someone like instead of
Jerry Jones the owner, we're talking about Jerry Jones the
general manager here. Just that that sort of deal just
kind of I don't know, I'm not sure if how
many players have general manager numbers throughout the league. Like
if you go to the Seahawks, I don't know how

(19:34):
many of John Schneider's number, but I bet you that's
more than three. And so that like that was just
that was it was just weird to me. That's how
they do things in Dallas. He's at him Caper, Yes,
he's at ofm Kaplan. Find him on X at Kaplin NFL.
I'm Dan Byer. Find me on X at Dan Byer
on Fox. No Mike Carmen today he's taking in a
different kind of football. Yes, his daughter playing in a
soccer tournament, another high level soccer tournament down down near

(19:58):
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in on this Sunday having a good time. Told you
the feuds coming up in about twenty five minutes or so.
But coming up next, Draymond Green has done it again.
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I can't believe it, Adam, but after Isaac's done. We're
gonna be talking about threads. Yes, threads, the social media site.

(21:31):
But first Isaac Low and cron coming off of a
Lloyd Howell type of weekend. No, just kidding, just kidding.

Speaker 4 (21:41):
Oh Man joins us for the l.

Speaker 2 (21:45):
Just kidding, Christy kid.

Speaker 6 (21:47):
I submit reimbursements for airport parking and I feel guilty
for two weeks, unlike mister Howe.

Speaker 4 (21:57):
Well.

Speaker 6 (21:57):
Speaking of threads, Scottie Chef wearing white pants, a dark
blue short sleeve shirt and a white cap as he
continues his run on his way to an Open championship.

Speaker 2 (22:11):
Scott, He's plussing his way to a championship over the ball.
Now this to go to seventeen and on its way
and it drops absolute.

Speaker 1 (22:19):
Perfection from our championship leader.

Speaker 6 (22:22):
The call on the Open radio. Scheffler has just teed
off the fourteenth hole. He has a five shot lead
at seventeen under par overall. He led by as many
as seven, then had a double bogie on the eighth hole,
his first bogie of any kind in his previous thirty
three holes. The lead went down to four on two occasions,

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but it's now backup to five over American Chris godderup
who is a twelve under par overall scheffler up five
with now five holes remaining until he claims being open
championship in the NFL, Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell
announcing this morning the defensive tackle leave buy own. Zerique
underwent surgery to repair a torn acl and we'll be

(23:04):
out for the season. Two Major League baseball games going
on right now, Giants and Blue Jays tied at one
in the bottom of the second ending Vladimir Guerrero Junior
is thirteenth home run for the Blue Jays and the
Orioles a one nothing lead at Tampa Bay. In the
top half of the second, ending Baltimore's Jackson Holiday let
off the game with his thirteenth home run.

Speaker 4 (23:24):
Back we go to Adam Kaplan.

Speaker 3 (23:26):
My secretary is a great admirer of your message, mister kaplannute?
Did you call me?

Speaker 2 (23:30):
Kaplan and Dan Bier all very good? So you got
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Speaker 3 (23:35):
Wow?

Speaker 2 (23:35):
Yes, thirty one minutes in and they've already got plucked
for you. Isaac, always on the on top of it
all again. Work Tip of the Captain, Kevin Kisner, Terry
Gannon Mike Tarico, Dan Hicks, everybody who's trying to make
this seem like it could be something interesting with the
Open Championship with Scottie Scheffler doing the runaway. I suggest
you listen to us here at Fox Sports Radio, so

(23:57):
we are glad that you are with us. If you're
taking a Sunday draw, I maybe have some Sunday plans.
Thanks for hanging out with us and giving a bit
of your time. I am surprised like no other when
I heard that Threads wasn't just spam. I get it.
Chris Purfett's got a blue Sky account. I've got a
blue Sky account. I'm not as active Chris. You're pretty

(24:18):
active on blue Sky.

Speaker 7 (24:19):
I'm active there. I have a Thread's account too, but like,
I haven't touched it in probably a yea.

Speaker 2 (24:23):
I think we all do if we're on Instagram, Like
everybody has a Thread's account. I haven't posted anything. And
do you have a Threads account?

Speaker 3 (24:30):
I do not. I've not activated in.

Speaker 2 (24:31):
All right, okay, but it's still probably out there. You
probably have followers. That's what was so surprising when we
heard Draymond Green posted something on Threads. I did not
see this on threads. I had to be told that
he posted this on threads, but Draymond Green did take
to threads to throw some shade at the NBA's newest star,

(24:52):
and what I think he was trying to do is
trying to get under the skin of a possible new rival.
This is what Draymond Green wrote after Cooper Flag was
shut down following a thirty one point effort in this
second Summer league start, saying, quote, I find it very
interesting that players get bassed for load management, but rookies
get shut down during summer league these days. Fascinating, huh. Now,

(25:16):
I don't know if he's just trying to be old head.
I think it's gamesmanship. I think that he's welcoming Cooper
Flag into the league the only way that he knows how.
But there is no way in your right mind unless
in this fantasy world of threads that you can think
that summer league and wasting your energy at that point
would be anything equivalent to an NBA regular season game.

Speaker 3 (25:39):
I just thought it's funny. I just saw it's funny
because he's questioning, obviously the load management, right. Yeah, And
when this thing started, remember the Spurs were doing it
with their veterans for many years and it started to
become the thing of that actual in the NBA. Right,
and then you fast forward to new The MAVs see

(26:01):
what they need to see with Flags. He looks phenomenal
before they decided to shut him down after a couple
of games, and Draymond's like, well, wait a minute, why
are you doing this? Well, of course, all this is
here is you get him out there on the floor
with Cooper Flag, the first pickoverall for the Mavericks. You
get him out on the floor, Dan, he shows that
he's ready to go. What sort of game to keep
playing him? There's nothing correct. Let him work out, as

(26:24):
I understand, he's going to work out back at their
complex and that's that. So I just, yeah, he's just
kind of funny how he's cush questioning this, but he's
been living they as he knows as a as a veteran,
the way that they've rested players. Now, when I start
following the league, actually cover the NBA for one year
in two thousand and four, But when I started following
it as a kid, I don't know if you know this, Dan,

(26:47):
but there was an injury that clubs would use was
called the lower lumbar strain, which is a backstrain. Every
team used it. It was ridiculous. Guy couldn't because they
had to list something. I'm like, this is a scam.
They started covering sports. It's a reporter standpoint. I'm like, well, okay,
wait a minute, this is not right. And then they
finally outlawed it. They started getting injury reports, as you know,
and for gambling the injury. The NBA puts out a

(27:09):
report pretty detailed one, by the way, exactly what the
injury is every.

Speaker 2 (27:13):
Day and you have hourly updates when it comes to
NBA injury reports, right, because I mean it refreshes at
the bottom of the hour, you know, with games that
night of what's happening, and then you'll have a coach
usually talk, you know, hour or two before the game
and let you know the status of a player. But
this is just Draymond taking the opportunity. I think to

(27:35):
I don't think it was a load management thing because
he's too smart to think that it's the same. And
it's also been done before. Victor winbin Yama actually had
the same path to the NBA that Cooper Flag did
a couple of years ago, maybe a rough first outing,
then unbelievable in a second outing, and the Spurs are like,

(27:57):
all right, we've seen enough, just like the MAVs saying
we've seen enough. We gave the taste to the broadcast
partners in this in seeing that your young starr, you
had your opportunity to air the game on ESPN. Now
it's time to shut it down in a time Also,
Adam where I think fans have no problem if the

(28:17):
NBA were to play fewer regular season games, if they
had an opportunity to. Draymond's just too smart to actually
think that this is a real deal. This is a
complete troll job. Yeah.

Speaker 3 (28:28):
I agree, he's just having fun. But this load management thing,
do you know? You know what's interesting. I don't know if
you know this. The NFL, some teams actually used that term.
I remember I posted an injury report on ACTS a
couple of years ago. I can't remember which team it was,
so I don't want to criticize the team for doing it,
but it and it only happened a couple times. I
don't know if these teams were shut down from saying

(28:50):
that again, but it did say load management. I'm like, oh,
I can't believe it. I posted it and you would
not believe that. The comments on it, like, what do
they think? This is the NBA? Hey, I will see
they're taking the idea from the NBA.

Speaker 2 (29:02):
Was this a weekly practice report? Was?

Speaker 8 (29:04):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (29:04):
It was during the regular season. Yeah, only a couple
of times did I see it. I just I literally
fell off my chair. I'm like, what what are they doing?
They can't be doing this. But then they stopped doing it.
But they're telling you because what happens is dan there's
certain there's certain codes that the clubs us for not practicing.
There's a reason why. It's either injury or rest. So

(29:26):
typically now they just write rest.

Speaker 2 (29:28):
Yeah, and I don't think people bad and I when
somebody a veteran misses a Wednesday practice, it's not that. Yeah,
it's it's absolutely it's not a if there's no we
may you know, Isaac at the news desk and giving headlines,
we could say so and so misses a practice on Wednesday,
but very rarely unless it was maybe a rough injury

(29:49):
that we saw on Sunday or the week before. Are
we going out of our way to say so and
so didn't practice on Wednesday? Now you love fantasy sports.
I love fantasy sports. So many people do. People want
to know for the lineups, They want to know for
Thursday's game, and if they need to play a guy
or not play a guy depending on what can happen.
Like all of that is fair, but no one is.

(30:12):
No one is getting their undies in a bundle over
a mispractice for resting on Wednesday, just like nobody cares
that Cooper Flag ended up only playing two Summer League games.
And that's that's where where it just is. It's it's
ridiculous and I totally think he's just trying to get
under Cooper Flag's skin. So when the Warriors and Mavericks play,

(30:32):
it's a sign. Yeah, sure, that's what.

Speaker 3 (30:34):
But I would say this as a fan. If you're
if you're a math fan, you're you're going to be disappointed.
It's like for me, a sixer fan. Edgecomb had a
finger intury, so he missed a game or two. And
also at this point, boy, he looked pretty good for
two of the games that he played. They're a team
that needs positivity with the MB situation. Oh gosh, yeah,
with injuries of this this, I mean, I live this

(30:55):
thing being a Sixer fan, so I know it. But
they don't need any more negativity when it comes to injury,
so they also have to be careful.

Speaker 2 (31:01):
Yeah, I you know, sitting in this week it was
in for Covino and Rich here on Fox Sports Radio.
The Embiid thing rubbed me so the wrong way, and
that piece on ESPN the whole point and this is
the perfect transition and maybe a way to tie it
together and put a bow on this is I was
appalled when the Warriors were more frustrated with the leak

(31:23):
of the Draymond punching Jordan Green or Jordan Poole video
than the actual punch that Draymond had to Jordan Poole.
They were mad that it was leaked more so than
what Draymond did. It felt like that they were the
how in the world does this get leaked? So Joel
Embiid in this case of being so frustrated that this

(31:43):
team meeting where Tyree smacks he called him out was
leaked and he lost trust and he's not going to
take part in any player meetings. Like to me, it
so misses the point and tells me that Joel Embiid
just still doesn't get it in Philadelphia.

Speaker 3 (31:57):
That Joel bead situation could be a thirty for thirty.
I mean it is since he was drafted. You you
have to remember he missed a lot of missed yeah,
pretty much two seasons back, problems, foot problems. But when
he plays, you could argue that he's the best player
in the NBA. I mean he's special as a talent,
he's elite, But he's missed so much time. You have

(32:20):
to ask yourself if this, if you're the Sixers, is
it worth it keep going on with them? But the
problems you're gonna be able to trade him? Who wouldake him?
With all these this missed time? And so what happened
with the torm meniscus. So yeah, he's he's now thirty
and you have to wonder. But man, that that Sixers
situation and Embiid, and it's not just the recent management
with Darren More. You could go back in a number

(32:42):
of years and of course the Brian Colangelo situation, which
is another thing of its own.

Speaker 2 (32:47):
Sure, now Joel Embiid really doesn't trust anybody. He's not
fully healthy. He would have been the number one pick
in the draft that year, above Jabari Parker and Andrew
Wiggins if he was healthy. But it's plaguing him throughout
his career, even a career of the that does include
an MVP. But man, the seventy six ers. Yeah, I
feel for you because I just I don't understand where

(33:08):
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Speaker 2 (33:36):
Fox Sports Sunday. I'm Dan Byer. He's Adam Kaplan, sitting
in from Mike Carmen today. Glad to have you with us.
Love for the Fox Sports Radio Studios. Scottie Scheffler now
through fourteen holes with a five shot lead over Chris
Gottterup the biggest, the biggest drama from the Open Championship
at Royal Port Rush. Right now, Adam is who's gonna

(33:56):
finish second? Got her up right now on one shot
lead on Wyndham Clark in the clubhouse. Again, that's for
second place, because Scotty is five shots clear of second
right now atop the leader board. Chris got her up
could be playing himself into Ryder Cup contention as well.
So Keegan Bradley's going to have more of a decision
on whether if he should play, but also on if
Chris Gottrup is going to be in the mix because

(34:18):
got her up one last week of the Scottish Open,
now second here at the Open Championship.

Speaker 3 (34:24):
So you know what's a shame is Deshamba shoots an
incredible sixty four and he has no shot to win it.
He's eight back.

Speaker 2 (34:32):
Yeah, incredible. We're going to talk about that at about
twelve minutes or so. We're going to look back at
Scotti Scheffler's comments from earlier in this week. Yeah, see
if he have the same sort of feelings after he
likely lifts the Cleric jug today unless something dramatic happens.
And if something dramatic happens, Isaac Low and Cron will
keep us abreast, but for the time being, let's get

(34:52):
the Fox Family together and play the feud. Let's welcome
our long lost cousin, Adam Kaplan to the Fox Family
along with Chris Purfett. Producer Shay Well Hang guard was
that close? I thought you were going to do it there? Yeah,
the pause? What was it?

Speaker 3 (35:07):
Mohan guard?

Speaker 9 (35:09):
And then if you want to take the easy way out,
Mogan guard. And then we have this little thing where
Dan tries to figure.

Speaker 2 (35:13):
Out I tried to. It's I want to get it correct,
like I want to get it, and I think I
was pretty close there, So seame o'hanguard. You could just.

Speaker 4 (35:23):
Use a different last name for air, Yes, easier.

Speaker 2 (35:26):
But Chris is different last name Adam. When you find
out during the break, uh is, you're gonna be like,
wait a second here. That's easier than I thought, but.

Speaker 4 (35:34):
You would be surprised how easy people can butcher it.

Speaker 2 (35:37):
And Isaac loh and Kron is the one to run
out the Fox Family. Yes, I L he is on
the E. I L all right, guys, I was gonna
have top nine answers on the board. I changed it
top seven, top seven, top seven answers on the board.
We're talking chips here, not championships. Actual chips. I want

(35:59):
to know the top seven most popular potato chip brands
in America, according to bargain boxed dot com. Now, there's
two things I just have to quickly tell you if
we have, Like if you were to say, if we
were talking about soft drinks and you said Doctor Pepper,
that would include Doctor pepper, cherry Doctor Pepper, strawberry and

(36:21):
vanilla cream or you know whatever the different ones.

Speaker 3 (36:23):
Are you talking brands or just brands?

Speaker 9 (36:27):
Yes, brand, so potato chips, Cheetos and all that. It's
not just like your It's okay, so.

Speaker 2 (36:34):
It can branch off into different snacks that are somewhat
like that. But this is a good one. Do we
give our new long lost cousin first dips?

Speaker 4 (36:43):
I think we have.

Speaker 7 (36:43):
Yeah, you're in North America too, right, just just to
make sure this is in America.

Speaker 2 (36:48):
In America, yes, all right. Top seven most popular potato
chip brands in America according to bargain boxed dot com.

Speaker 3 (36:55):
Well, all right, it has to be Lais obviously because
they have a lot they've Lais.

Speaker 2 (36:59):
Show me like, yeah, there are number one answer, lais
Is off the board over to Chris Perfects.

Speaker 7 (37:06):
I'm gonna I like to always dive at this point
when I'm number two, so let's try it.

Speaker 2 (37:10):
Ootz Utz yes is it? No? Really, that did not
make it according to according to bargain Box to Dot,
that shocks me. Take up your complaints with them.

Speaker 9 (37:24):
Over They're they're not as good anymore because they changed
them recently.

Speaker 2 (37:29):
But Pringless got to be up there, show Meringles changed
number five on the list. Pringles back around to Isaac Longkron.

Speaker 6 (37:37):
I want to go Pete Cerias, which was a staple
of my childhood. But aside from that, the other staple
gotta be Cheetos.

Speaker 2 (37:44):
Gotta be Cheetos. Show me Cheetos number three. Wait a minute,
are they?

Speaker 3 (37:49):
Are they chip?

Speaker 2 (37:50):
Well that's kind of like the variation. Yeah, okay, same family. Yeah, yes, had.

Speaker 4 (37:56):
Those Chester fries, so yes, a.

Speaker 2 (37:58):
Right, all right, back over Adam Kaplan.

Speaker 3 (38:01):
All right, my favorite one is kettle chips. I don't
know what brand, I don't know who makes them, but
kettle Kettle brand made.

Speaker 2 (38:08):
Show me Kettle brand. There is number seven? All right,
good number, Yeah.

Speaker 4 (38:15):
Kettle Chips.

Speaker 2 (38:16):
Over to Chris Purfet.

Speaker 7 (38:17):
Okay, well, my dive costes the perfect game, so I'm
gonna throw that aside ruffles.

Speaker 2 (38:23):
Oh, I'll tell you what ruffles has brought. I love
ruffles all dressed. They're the best. But they've brought back
a smoke aus barbecue magnificent. Show me ruffles there they are?
I have so.

Speaker 7 (38:34):
I lived in Vancouver two years and they did not
have cheddar and sour cream bruffles available up there, So
my mom would send me care packages of like the
super sized banks.

Speaker 2 (38:42):
I needed them so delicious. Over to Shay, I'm.

Speaker 4 (38:45):
Gonna go to the middle school staple son Chips.

Speaker 2 (38:47):
Sun Chips? Is it? Son Chips?

Speaker 3 (38:50):
No?

Speaker 2 (38:50):
Number ten on the list though, that was a good guess,
but they did not make our top seven.

Speaker 3 (38:55):
Son Chips sus have been around forever, that didn't make it.

Speaker 2 (38:57):
Yes, the multi grain alternate. So we have two strikes,
two answers left on the board for the most popular
potato chips in America for twenty twenty five. According to
bargain boxed dot com, We've got Lays, Cheetos, Ruffles, Pringles,
and Kettle Brand off the board. Over to Isaac Lohnkron,
I'm going.

Speaker 6 (39:15):
To outsource my answer to the great Brent Musburger.

Speaker 2 (39:19):
This is for all the Tostitos, Show me tostitos.

Speaker 3 (39:23):
All right, there it is.

Speaker 2 (39:25):
I was even speaking about it. Oh my god. All right,
Adam Kaplan, you can you can bring it Hollway right
here you get the final answer. We got Lays, Cheetos, Ruffles, Pringles, Tostitos,
and Kettle Brand.

Speaker 3 (39:38):
All right, I'm gonna go with a chip. And it
could be only East Coast, but they're really good. It's
cape Cod chips?

Speaker 2 (39:46):
Cape Cod chips for the win? Is it cape Cod?
They were number eight, to.

Speaker 7 (39:54):
Be fair and Shay were like planning our move in
here because I didn't know how many we had left,
and we were Are you gonna say cape Cod or
Miss Vicki's.

Speaker 3 (40:04):
Interesting there.

Speaker 2 (40:05):
It is their chips, their chips, their chips.

Speaker 9 (40:12):
Wow, I don't want chips.

Speaker 4 (40:16):
There was guy, and I'm gonna go to the vending machine.

Speaker 2 (40:22):
Sandwich sandwich between cape Cod at eighth and son Chips
at ten. Fredo's.

Speaker 3 (40:27):
Oh that should have been top three? How did that
not finish the time?

Speaker 2 (40:31):
Adam Kaplan. I'm Dan Bayer Frido Pie making me sick
on a Sunday morning, just getting Frido's Scotty Scheffler running
away with it. We talk about it next on Fox. Yes,
it is a happy Sunday to you, as Scotty Scheffler
is going down the stretch now, just a couple of
holes away from getting his myths on the clart jug.
He is Adam Kaplan. I'm Dan Byer, hanging out with

(40:54):
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(41:15):
will always pop up at the top of your screen.
I don't want to pat myself on the back because
I don't think I deserve it. I am not a
quote retweet my own tweets guy Adam Kaplan, but I
did say on Friday when I was here on Fox
Sports Radio, Scotti Scheffler was sitting with a one shot
lead boy. I hope we don't have a runaway this weekend.
I hope it's more entertaining for us that there's some drama,

(41:39):
and that's meant no disrespect to Scotti Scheffler. It's actually
a tip of the cap to Scottie Scheffler because of
how good he is and once he's out in front,
there's no catching him. And that was the case Open
his one shot lead to a four shot lead, currently
has a five stroke lead with just a couple of
holes to play in the Open Championship. He is just
about thirty minutes or so from being the champion Golfer

(41:59):
of the Year in twenty twenty five and capturing the
third leg of a Grand Slam in his fourth career major.
All being done is he's the world's number one. Crazy
crazy good play from Scotti Scheffler this week.

Speaker 3 (42:12):
Dan with Scheffler and I would liken this to a
degree not quite as good as Tiger's run. But when
I first started facing watching Tiger Woods in the late nineties,
the reason why I was so gluede is I want
to see him dominate. It was no different than Jordan
another different sports, different athletes, but I love the dominance.
I mean, I was just blown. I could not stop

(42:34):
watching Tiger Woods every Sunday whenever he was on. To me,
it was mussy TV. I don't know about you, but
for me, I can only speak for myself. I was
someone who played. I was on the golf team in
high school. I love golf growing up, and I would
transition to other sports. But there's nothing like in my
childhood watching Jack Nicholas, watching Wayne Gretzky. I was not

(42:55):
a fan of the Edmonton Oorlish, but I didn't care.
I wanted to watch it and move with Scotty Scheffler.
He's just dominant now. Is he's not as dominants Tiger
Woods was.

Speaker 8 (43:06):
No.

Speaker 3 (43:06):
I don't think there's no way anyone will be is
that dominant again. But he's pretty dominating and his run. Now,
on your point, is there anyone who could actually knock
him off in the future, that's the question.

Speaker 2 (43:18):
There's so someone like Rory McElroy. When Rory plays at
the top of his game, he's very, very tough to beat.
But right now, and for years, I've said that when
Rory plays his best and nobody's beating him, And now
I have to wonder that because Scotty Scheffler's numbers are
rivaling that of what Tiger Woods had done at times,
like he really really has. And you could even say, Adam,

(43:40):
that this may be more impressive because of the generation
that Tiger Wood sparked that is currently playing golf right
now that Scotty Scheffler is beating. And that's that's what
makes this conversation so intriguing. And I'm glad that you
brought up the fact that you love dominance, because while
I appreciate dominance, I do feel that Tiger was electric

(44:03):
in who he was. I mean, he was different to
the sport in so many different ways, which made him
so such a draw and so appealing. Scotti Scheffler does
not have that same it's factor that Tiger Woods had,
and so there's going to be a portion of the
audience that isn't drawn into this, that is going to

(44:25):
just look at this as a blowout. And I hate
to say it, but I fully admitted this, and I
said it on Friday. Tiger Woods in the nineteen ninety
seven Masters in the two thousand US Open, likely his
two biggest most dominant victories ever. I mean, he went
by fifteen at Pebble Beach. To me, I didn't want
four hour coronations at him. I'm different than you. I

(44:46):
love the dominance aspect of that as a whole, but
for my viewing experience, it's just a walk of the
park and there's no drama. And so when he wins
at Pebble Beach Tiger Woods does twenty five years ago,
to me that was did not al into comparison to
what happened a few months later in a playoff at
Valhalla against Bob May what we saw at the US
Open in two thousand and eight. I'm all four dominance,

(45:09):
but I don't love these runaways. And that's where I
differ from you and all of this.

Speaker 3 (45:15):
I would add this though, okay, on what you just said,
and going back to Tiger Woods. On the other part,
which I would add to why I watch Woods, I'd
always say to myself, is this going to be the
day that someone takes it? If someone beats him or
as you would watch him, there were some tournaments where
he'd be pushed but he would still win. But will
this be the day? Because you're like, it's like an

(45:36):
NFL team being undefeated trying to beat the Dolphins record.
Is this going to be today that somebody does it.
That's the other part of it.

Speaker 2 (45:43):
Yes, And this is this is with Scheffler. One shot
lead on Friday then grows to four. Takes out some
of the drama because nobody was able to do it
on Saturday. And then at one point here prior to
our show, I'm watching the broadcast and they were trying
on NBC, like Scotty Scheffler drove one into the bunker
on seven, a par five, ends up making a par putt,

(46:04):
so he saves par, but then doubles eight and they're like,
and now the lead is down to four. Well that's
where the lead was when it started the day, and
so you know, because Scotty was on fire at the
start of the round. And then what does he do
on nine? He comes back, He bounces back with a
birdie and he's right back there again. It's he is
it is. It is so impressive in what he's doing.

(46:26):
I just don't think it's going to grab the attention
of America in the golfing world, that would be casual fans.
And I think that there's a little bit with Scotty
Scheffler and what he said earlier this week, and these
are the comments that made headlines in advance of him
at Royal Port Rush. If you haven't heard it, we're

(46:47):
going to play him now for you. This was Scotty
Scheffler earlier in the week talking about winning and talking
about not the challenges of it, but more of what
he takes from winning, what it means to him, and
it's it's a bigger it's a bigger conversation, Mike Harmon
sitting in the chair that you're sitting in today. Adam

(47:08):
Kaplan a couple of weeks ago brought up the fact
when Wimbledon was on, let's start talking about the mental
aspect of individuals maybe versus the team aspect and how
it works out. This was Scottie Scheffler talking about the
joys or maybe lack thereof, in winning in the sport
of golf.

Speaker 10 (47:23):
It feels like you work your whole life to celebrate
winning a tournament for like a few minutes. It only
lasts a few minutes, that kind of view for it
feeling like to win the Byron Nelson Championship at home,
I literally worked my entire life to become good at
golf to have an opportunity to win that tournament, and
you win it you celebrate, get to hug, hug my family,
my sister's there. It's such an amazing moment. And then

(47:44):
it's like, Okay, now what are we gonna eat for dinner?

Speaker 3 (47:47):
You know, life goes on.

Speaker 10 (47:48):
This is it great to be able to win tournaments
and to accomplish the things I have in the game
of golf. Yet I mean it brings tears to my
eyes to think about because it's literally worked my entire
life to become good at the sport. And to have
that kind of sense of accomplishment, I think is a
pretty cool feeling, you know, to get to live out
your dreams, it's very special. But at the end of
the day, it's like, I'm not out here to inspire
the next generation of golfers. I don't I'm not here

(48:11):
to inspire somebody else to be the best player in
the world, because what's the point. You know, this is
not a fulfilling life. It's it's fulfilling from the sense
of accomplishment, but it's not fulfilling from a sense of
like the deepest places.

Speaker 2 (48:22):
Of your heart? What do you make of those Scottie
Shuffler comments.

Speaker 3 (48:26):
So I'm aware of him, I solemn and you know
in Chilchre media, Chris Ever, the great women's player tennis
player retired. She commented a lot of professional athletes commented,
I understood say there's a con there's a phrase. What
is my Why? Why do I play to be the
best athlete I can be?

Speaker 8 (48:47):
Well?

Speaker 3 (48:47):
Once I become that, why am I still playing? What
am I getting out of it? Okay? He mentions Dan
that he wasn't playing to inspire people, but he isler
Tiger Woods, as you you said very well. Well, whether
Tiger didn't or did want to inspire people, he did.
Part of it's the connection with the emotion as you know,

(49:08):
the fist pump, which is you love it. I think
that's what you're alluding to. Tiger absolutely did his dominance, yes,
but the emotional intelligence, there's way to connect were Scotty.
I'm not saying, you know, he's not shunning the spotlight,
but it seems that he's trying to find something that's
fulfilling out of it because he's so dominant. Dam let's

(49:30):
call it what it is. That's what I said earlier.
Who's really going to take who is going to give
him a run over next? He's only twenty nine years old,
three to five years Is there anyone who could actually
push him where he goes? Okay, now I'm being pushed.

Speaker 2 (49:45):
Well, it's funny because Rory had talked a little bit
about the same thing earlier in the year when he
talked about, hey, I've accomplished pretty much everything I want
in my life except three things. And at the time
it was the Masters. It was an Olympic gold medal,
which only comes around every four years, and he said
winning another away Ryder Cup, and Rory even found it
tough to get any motivation after he won the Masters

(50:07):
in April, even admitted it at the US Open that
it had taken. The reason why his game had slipped
is because of what the win at Augusta meant to him.
So I would like to say Rory mcclroy, but Rory
himself has said that's not what motivates him. All it
is is now an Olympic gold and an away Ryder Cup,
which maybe if Scotty's on Team USA, that's where he
would beat him. But doesn't seem to be weak in

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and week out. I'm sure there's a young talent that
is either getting on tour or could be on tour
in the next couple of years. That could end up
being a foil. But right now, maybe Bryce in the
Shambo plays on a completely different circuit, a completely different league,
could be someone that could challenge Scotty and with the
numbers that you would see. But yeah, it's and few

(50:49):
and far between. And when you talk about people responding
to this, I took his comments in a different way,
and I'll be brief of just saying this. It showed
me how differently wired Tiger Woods was, and I think
Scotty Scheffler's is wired differently as well than some of us.
But Tiger always was working on something. It's why he

(51:10):
revamped his swing multiple times in his career. Scotty says
he loves the process. I think Tiger did almost to
a fault. But Tiger seemed like to be the opposite
is where he was just on robot mode, so he
would do it and do it again and do it
again and wasn't looking for that fulfillment. But what I
found was interesting were the people who are saying, what
about the guys who are struggling on tour? And I

(51:32):
think your point for Scotty Scheffler, who's about to win
his fourth major, and the closest major that he has
won has been by three shots, so there hasn't been
anything going down the stretch. I wonder if he would
feel differently if it was more competitive, and I wonder
if he would feel differently if he wasn't as good
as he was, And I think that's the point that
a lot of people were making. My biggest takeaway was, man,

(51:53):
Tiger was just such a different cat than everybody else,
but totally different. Yeah, this is I think it was
a I thought it was very review and I was
surprised adam to hear how people actually took his comments
in a different direction and disagreed with where he was
because they said that maybe he was in an advantageous
spot of being number one in the world.

Speaker 3 (52:12):
Now, I would also say this, a lot of athletes
now we're seeing getting a golf Scheffler tennis. A lot
of the ladies and the man. Some of the young
people are having some problems with social media or emotions
and so forth, and they're taking some time down. But
this one's different in that he's just trying to figure
out what it's As I used that earlier, what's my
why why why do I I've won, you mentioned the majors,

(52:35):
why do I keep doing this? Like at some point,
let's say he starts chasing Tiger. Let's say, you know,
because he's twenty nine, let's say next five or six years,
he starts to take it to another level. Well, then
then you would have to say, well, he clearly wants
to do this where it's clearly on his mind because
you can't dominate. I don't care. You can't be a

(52:55):
rope like you could. There's a there's a robot like
Tiger somewhat was robotic in the way that he went
about things. He he was so maniacal, which is great,
by the way, that's why you should do it. But
with Scheffler, he's already questioning at just twenty nine, what's
is why going forward? Why am I doing this after
I'm starting to dominate? So it was an interesting that,
I don't want to say it came from left field.

(53:16):
You know more about these guys than I do with golf.
You're a big golf guy, but I follow close enough
to know that this is today's generation.

Speaker 2 (53:24):
Man.

Speaker 3 (53:24):
Some guys, some ladies and men, they speak out, which
I applauded. I don't have a problem with it at all.

Speaker 2 (53:29):
Yeah, I love the candidates' that's the toughest part about
when an athlete says something you want. It's Draymond Green,
you know, criticizing Cooper Flag in Summer League. Like still,
I'm glad that somebody is actually saying what they feel.
But Scotty is based, faith based player, seems to have
a great family, a great unit around him. That was

(53:50):
something that I thought as well, Like when you're spending
as much time as he does and you end up
winning that trophy and you're like, Okay, this is what
I've got for spending all of these hours away from
you know, my new board and my wife, that maybe
there's the piece of that. I also think that I
and I brought this up earlier in the week, but
I mentioned at a bunch David Duvall was the perfect example,

(54:12):
and I think even the Golf Channel mentioned duval this week.
He wons world number one. In the early two thousands,
he was always chasing Tiger Woods, and then when he
won the Open Championship, finally breaking through this first major
ass world number one. He admitted that on the flight
back home he was like, this is it. He's like,
I don't feel any different than I did when I
you know first, Yeah, without it like it didn't it

(54:34):
didn't change his world. David Duval was never the same after.
It was never the same after that.

Speaker 3 (54:39):
Is that right?

Speaker 2 (54:40):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (54:40):
I did not know that. That's an incredible story because
that goes to see, this goes to Okay, well what
am I looking for out of the sport where I dominate?

Speaker 2 (54:47):
Correct?

Speaker 3 (54:48):
And if you don't feel fulfilled, you're probably mentally not
going to be there for the rest of your career
if you if because you have to figure why are
you playing? You play as a kid as you know,
it's playing golf. I love it. You like, this is
like for when I was ten to I was probably seventeen,
every summer was golf, and then there was a point
where I should have taken more lessons and I gave

(55:09):
it up pretty much in my twenties and I play
a little bit in charity events, but I just don't
play very much anymore. But I I just never I
kind of plateaued, you know. It was a mid to
high eighties player. I was like, I just you know what,
I could never break it and I had enough.

Speaker 2 (55:23):
There was no way why to me it beat me.

Speaker 3 (55:25):
Yeah, it beat me. It definitely beat me. I wish
I would have been more mature and had taken lessons.
So my thing was, Okay, this is a look, this
is a sports slash hobby. I love it as kids,
a lot of us are able to play it. But
then I picked up something else, and I never really
went back to be honest with you, because I didn't
know what it meant for me. For these guys, they

(55:45):
grew up with it and they were so great early
in their career. Now they take it to another level.
Now they're the best in the world. Now, what's next
for them? They can only.

Speaker 2 (55:56):
Answer that duval I remember him saying he would not
taken after dinner mint because he was so strict with
his diet. Wow. When you look at David duvall throughout
the years, there was an extreme physical change where he
tried to get and he did get in tip top shape.
He was a bigger player early on, and then he
was one of the more fit players because you were

(56:18):
going after Tiger and doing what you think that you
need to do, which again then reflects on what Tiger
was able to do. David Duval won one and was like,
this is it, you know where Tiger ends up going
on and on and chasing Jack and going through that
whole process. There is a portion to it as well
that I do think that people heard Scotti Scheffler's comments,
the ones that we just played that feel that not

(56:39):
that he's a spoiled athlete, but he's spoiled by his talents,
you know, and not necessarily appreciative of someone who's less
talented or someone who just breaks through and just to
win an event on the PGA Tour, let alone to
win you know, multiple majors, and for him to be
one spot likely now he's playing the seventeenth hole, a
whole plus away from completing the third spot of the

(57:01):
career Grand Slam. You know, there's you know that that
rubbed people the wrong way as well, when you see
other guys being brought to tears when they just win
one event, and here people were feeling Scotty was being
a bit ungrateful for the success and the talent that
he has. Very interesting. That's why I love the candidates
of it. I just hope that the backlash that he
faced from it, because it wasn't all backlash, but would

(57:24):
hopefully it doesn't prevent him from speaking his mind in
future endeavors.

Speaker 3 (57:27):
Exactly. I think on that point, in social media, people
they don't see context. They just see words that they
don't hear it. And as you and I just talked about,
there's there's a context in a background to why super
high achievers sometimes don't feel fulfilled because they have they've
met the challenge and they don't know what's next because
they can't figure it out. What what is next? In

(57:49):
my career, I've already dominated. I'm the best in a
business in the world at it. How many people in
life get to say that, Okay.

Speaker 2 (57:57):
Yes, very few, very few. That's why Tiger in why
golf is just what it is. He was just he
would revamp his swing, he'd be you know, it'd be
a year, it'd be a year and a half, two years.
Nineteen ninety seven, he changes his swing, doesn't win a
major until late nineteen ninety nine, ends up going on

(58:17):
maybe the greatest run that we ever saw in golf
and completing the Tiger Slam over two thousand and two
thousand and one. You know, a few years later, Hank
Haney changes his swing goes on another amazing run, you know,
two thousand and five, two thousand and six, that time,
because he was always even though he was on top,
he wanted that process and to try to get better.

(58:37):
And it's I hate to do this because people say, like,
how is golf going to ever replace Tiger Woods? And
it's just like they're not going to It's just not
going to take an impossible Yes, it's it's not going
to happen. But when you see when I just heard
Scotty's comments, that's that's immediately where my mind went to
a man, was Tiger Woods different?

Speaker 3 (58:55):
What one quickie for you? So when Roger Federer he
had gone through a many years where he didn't win
a major and it was his backhand, he changed it
to twenty seventeen. The nickname to the back end was
called Neil. He came out of the blue with this thing.
It was on fire and for the last four years
his back end sort of took him to another level.
And then he retired because his knees couldn't hold up.

(59:17):
But you just talked about Tiger Woods. So now I
do know you may know better. Now why did Tiger
change it? Was it for the challenge right. He knew
he could get better where Federer did because his backhand
wasn't good enough and he was well into his career
by the way. He again he only had four or
five years left in him, but he made a decision, Hey,
I'm going to go out the right way and be better.

Speaker 2 (59:35):
There was a point where Tiger thought that his body
couldn't necessarily hold up. There's some that question when he
got his knee injury in two thousand and eight, if
it was from some of the work that how a
swing was in putting pressure on his left leg earlier
in his career. Remember, that was a portion of it
as well. But it's also just the process. Because who
in the peak of their career says, you know what,
I'm going to try to change something and then because

(59:58):
with that comes losing or not winning at least in
the world.

Speaker 3 (01:00:02):
To be careful, you know, that's the thing. If you
change your mechanics, whatever sport you're in, there's always that
chance it doesn't work.

Speaker 2 (01:00:07):
Yeah, Well, Scotti Scheffler's through sixteen holes. They've had long
afternoons at Royal Port Rush long rounds five plus hours
at least. Scottie's walk over. These last few should be
a bit more enjoyable. As for the post round, I'm
really curious to see what the trophy ceremony is like.
Considering his comments when he says all right, twenty minutes later,

(01:00:28):
I'm kind of over it. We'll see as he is
on the verge of becoming a champion golfer of the year.
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are going to talk fantasy football and who is prime
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He's Adam Kaplan, hanging out with you, Rory McElroy as
we speak, getting a standing ovation in front of the

(01:01:10):
home crowd at Royal Port Rush. It's gonna fall short
of catching Scotty Scheffler, Isaac Loh and Kron will have
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Find Adam on Exit Kaplin NFL. You can find me
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(01:01:32):
pretty good? Right, Shay? That was pretty good. Guard at
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Mogan guard and then you're there Mogan guard. Right. I'm
trying to get the accents at them. That's what I'm
trying to do. Shae Mogan Art is our producer. I
think I even messed that one up. The point being
is we were all talking in the break, Adam just
about Scotty Scheffler and what is what is next? And

(01:01:54):
Chris I'll bring Chris Purfette.

Speaker 3 (01:01:56):
In on this.

Speaker 2 (01:01:58):
Now there's this is three of four. We're starting to
talk about career Grand Slam.

Speaker 7 (01:02:04):
It's funny because I think we I immediately took the
pulse after Rory, you know, won the Masters, and it's like,
is there gonna be someone else in our grand in
our life time? After Rory getting a Grand Slam and
it's like, sorry, not lifetime, but like next ten years
getting Grand Slam. And I'm like, yeah, it's Scotty. It
has to be Scotty. And now we're just, yeah, he's
checking off the Open here, and I think it's just

(01:02:26):
I think we were talking about this, Dan, but I
feel like it's just gonna come down to a dependent
US Open course because the US Open is just bipolar
like that you will like everything will be right for
a guy, like how many guys are short of the
Grand Slam because of the US Open, like Sam Snead.
It just feels like you're waiting for the right matchup,

(01:02:47):
of course, and you've got to win that when that
course comes around, because otherwise you're gonna be waiting five years.
And guess what, it's a lot of Oakmonts in there.
Phil Michelson is the most notable of that.

Speaker 2 (01:02:59):
The next US Open is at Shinnakok of like being
a US Open short, and we've known Phil's trials and
tribulations at US Opens throughout his career. But I almost
I don't want to say that Scotty's bulletproof to that
Adam or immune from that, but he's not going to
have the problems that Phil Mickelson I think had in

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those majors, and I don't think it'll be a rary
of trying to complete the Grand Slam, which you needed
a decade to complete. He said that the Augusta bugaboos
came from when he blew the lead in twenty eleven,
that he was finally ready to get that off of
his shoulders from hearing Scotty's comments that he made previously.
I don't know if he's gonna have to deal with

(01:03:42):
those demons to try to complete the career Grand Slam.

Speaker 3 (01:03:46):
It's so hard, whether it's golf for tennis man, it's hard.
And golf is different in that it's not just you
versus the opponent, it's you versus the course. As you
went out being a golf guy, is anyone who's ever
played it. If you're playing in high school, college, or
you're professional, you know, sometimes of course beats you. Unfortunately,

(01:04:07):
for whatever reason, whatever reason mentally you weren't. There could
be the weather. Every golfer, how great they are, that's
the course has beating them. And that's it's not beating
Scotty today, that's.

Speaker 2 (01:04:18):
For sure, No, absolutely not. The next US Open is
at Shinnakok coming up in June of twenty twenty six,
So we may have two career Grand Slam winners in
the span of fourteen months. Here's the other note on
Scotty and then we'll go to Isaac for the latest.
Is this is going to be career major number four
for him. Two masters won the PGA earlier this year.

(01:04:40):
Now this is going to be his fourth with the
Open Championship. If he's not arrested in that snafu in
Louisville at Valhalla last year.

Speaker 3 (01:04:49):
It's wondering where you can bring that up.

Speaker 2 (01:04:50):
Well, just the point being in and I thought that
Scotty was wrong, like, you know, you got to follow,
you got to follow law enforcement. Should he have been
taken to jail in that time, No, I think that
was a bit extreme. However, Scotty played great on that
Friday and then everything caught up to him on Saturday
and that's where he fell off. But if that doesn't happen,
you have to kind of think that Scheffler is in

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the mix last year at Valhalla as well, and maybe
could have had a fifth. All right, So Scotty Scheffler
often walking on the eighteenth tee for the latest numbers
and who is where. Let's go to Isaac lowin gron
giving us the latest, and then we'll deal with numbers
of second year quarterbacks on the other side. What's going on, Isaac?

Speaker 6 (01:05:28):
The latest is a mind blowing stat about Scotty Scheffler
that I'm about to give you, and you're right. He
just teed off the eighteenth hole of the Open Championship
about to complete the victory because he's got a four
shot lead going into the final hole at seventeen under
par overall, four shots ahead of Harris English. Today Scheffler

(01:05:49):
is three under for the round through seventeen. Earlier in
the round he led by as many as seven. He
then had a double bogie on the eighth hole that
opened the window, not too much. It was his first
bogie of any kind over his previous thirty three holes
the lead. Excuse me, the lead went down to four
shots on two occasions. But he has come back with

(01:06:09):
a string of pars down the stretch and he is
again just having teed off the eighteenth hole, about to
complete and Open Championship victory. Now Here is this insane? No,
So as you guys have been talking about. This will
be his fourth career Grand Slam championship. Won the Masters
in twenty twenty two last year, won the PGA Championship

(01:06:32):
this year. For the record, guys, it took Tiger Woods
one thousand, one hundred and ninety seven days from his
first career major victory to his fourth career major victory.
Today is also the one thousand, one hundred and ninety

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seventh day from Scotty Scheffler's first major win to his
fourth career major win, right down to the day. NFL
media reported today the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Desmond Ritter
is going to be signing with the Cincinnati Bengals. Detroit
Lions head coach Dan Campbell announced this morning the defensive
tackle Levi own Zurique underwent surgery to repair a torn

(01:07:14):
acl and we'll be out for the season. Owned Zerike
started ten games last year and had a career high
thirteen quarterback hits. In Major League Baseball, the Toronto Blue
Jays lead the San Francisco Giants three to two going
to the bottom of the fifth inning. The Oriols a
four to two lead at Tampa Bay in the top
of the sixth inning in Atlanta. The Braves and Yankees
just underway, as are the Padres and Nationals at Washington.

Speaker 2 (01:07:37):
Guys, back to you, Isaac, Adam, I'll tell you this,
Adam Kaplan joining me Dan Buyer here on Fox Sports Sundays.
Adam's in f Mike Carbon. Here's why that stat works
and why it's so exact, and if we looked at
the calendars, it may be the same. We've had a
major schedule shake up with the PGA moving from the
second week in August to now the third week in May.
It's that change happen for the first time in twenty

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nineteen because Tiger's first win was the ninety seven Masters,
his fourth major championship, he won the ninety nine PGA,
then the two thousand US Open, his fourth ended up
being of the two thousand Open Championship. Scotty's first win
twenty twenty two Masters, his fourth win at the Open Championship.

(01:08:22):
So they are parallel in that. So I don't know
if the twenty seventeen calendar matches the twenty twenty five,
but that's the reason why it lines up because of
the tournaments that they won. But Scotty Scheffler another way,
to just compare them to Tiger Woods.

Speaker 3 (01:08:37):
All right, and you've got these four majors, right, Masters, PGA,
US Open, and it's funny that they caught the Open Championship.
I just noticed a British Open. So I get it's
not always played in you know, England and it's Ireland
wherever the.

Speaker 2 (01:08:51):
Case may be.

Speaker 3 (01:08:52):
But it's Scheffler. Let's not forget man. He's only twenty nine. Sure,
he's about the back four, so it's pretty preferent.

Speaker 2 (01:09:01):
Well, they won't be calling it the British Open because
they are rumors and rumblings that the Open Championship could
this is being played in Northern Ireland, but could be
going to Ireland for a stop at some point in
the next couple of years. Rumors. But where there's smoke,
there's fire. We know that Jayden Daniels is fire as
an NFL quarterback in that ESPN ranking this week, fifth

(01:09:22):
behind Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen, and Patrick Mahomes.
But when it comes to fantasy Jaden Daniels even higher.
Adam Kaplan to myself talking second year quarterbacks in the
National Football League, we know Jayden Daniels when it comes
to fantasy football is a gold mine. What about the
other second year guys, those other first rounders that were

(01:09:43):
with him, Bo Nicks, Caleb Williams, Drake May, JJ McCarthy,
Michael Pennix. We all expect to start under center in
Week one. Do you see any fantasy value in those
other five? Adam Kaplan, Well, you mean second year quarterbacks?
Are we talking rookis, here's the second year quarterback? Yes, okay,
Nick's Caleb, Drake May, JJ McCarthy and Michael Pennix.

Speaker 3 (01:10:05):
Yes, I do panics. The problem is he's not really
a runner, and that for fantasy that hurts. But man
running quarterbacks like a cheek coode like Drake May will
run like he can do that. Now, I could tell
you that this is interesting. The Patriots staff when they
took over this new staff, you know, they were coaching

(01:10:25):
somewhere else last year, so they didn't really see him,
But a lot of them did work on the draft
leading up to last year wherever whatever team they worked for,
and they were pleasantly surprised he was a little bit
more ahead of schedule than they anticipated because he hit
some issues in North Carolina processing and running the play
like he should have been run and he had a
long way to go. But he did a good job
considering all the problems that were going on. You know,

(01:10:48):
they would move on from the coaching staff, so they
feel pretty good about him. Now they have to build
around him. Eliot Wolf was the defactor. General manager did
a good job of doing that. We'll see about Stefan Diggs.
Dan with the the ACL coming back from it, Kyle Williams,
I know they're super excited about who's a third runner
out of Washington State, who's a receiver. They brought back
Hunter Henry, which is good. He's a good player, and

(01:11:11):
they got Trevon Henderson who is super explosive. But the
thing about him, if you're a Patriot fan listening, or
you play fantasy, and this is important, he's the best
blocking running back for this draft, I'm told. So he's
gonna get on the field early and you pair him
up with Ramandre Stevenson. There are some building blocks here.
So I like May for fantasy probably more than others. Now, sure, Dan,

(01:11:35):
as they sent it back to you, would you like
him to be a starter? Not so fast, that's too
big way and fantasy start out I'm not there yet.

Speaker 2 (01:11:42):
Yes, especially too as well if you're talking about a
twelve team league on the outside looking in of that.
ESPN even had an article this week, is Drake May
top ten. I didn't even click on the article because
I immediately said no, And so like, I'm good with that.
I don't mind Dre May. I'm with you on Pennix
And yeah, he doesn't run. And I know that the

(01:12:04):
Falcons are a run heavy team because you have Bjean Robinson,
you have Tyler Lgeer, They've got a good offensive line
in Atlanta. But there did seem to be connection. Drake
London has emerged, Darnold Mooney is turned into his own Like,
I think that Pennix is being undervalued, and Mike and

(01:12:25):
I we take a look at what goes on with
fantasypros dot com. We usually take those rankings as just
a baseline because it's in the input of a lot
of fantasy people. Daniels was third in their rankings, and
Pennix was last out of the six first rounders from
the twenty twenty four draft class at number twenty four.

Speaker 3 (01:12:45):
At twenty four.

Speaker 2 (01:12:45):
Yeah, you had Drake May at sixteen. Yet JJ McCarthy
even ahead of Michael PENNOCKX junior, which I was not
on board.

Speaker 3 (01:12:53):
I don't agree with that at all, and I would add,
look if Kyle Pitts. I know he's been a disappointment
last couple of years for Falcon fans know this. There
are sorts of rumors for the draft, but the guy
could play okay, he's healthy. You mentioned Mooney, who could
run Drake Lennon sort of like they're Mike Evans. He's
not Mike Evans in talent, but that's similar way that
they use him. You mention their offensive line a lot

(01:13:14):
of former first round picks. There is something there to
help Penis out, but the cheek code is the running.
Like Jalen Hurts is phenomenal in fantasy. He's one of
the top three quarterbacks. Some years he's won because he
runs and the toush push. Now if the tush push
is outlawed next year, he won't be the number one quarterback.

Speaker 2 (01:13:33):
Sure, what about bo Nicks just quickly on him. He's
top ten, He's eighth in this whoa whoa, whoa, whoa.

Speaker 3 (01:13:40):
He's top ten as a fantasy quarterback.

Speaker 2 (01:13:42):
Yes in that, Yeah, I know that was surprising to me,
behind Baker Mayfield, ahead of Kyler Murray. I don't know
if it's maybe Sean Payton made these rankings. I'm not sure,
but that's funny. But bow Knicks was getting some love
from those that fantasy twenty nine touchdowns last year.

Speaker 3 (01:14:02):
Interception he did he did. Listen. I could tell you
a lot of NFL people that I trust were not
right about Nix. I know it's only one year. He
could fall flat and his second year, Now what would
make you bullish on him? Courtland Sutton, We'll see if
he gets an extension. By the way he wants one,
they're not opposed to doing it. We'll see what happens.
Marvin Mims, who could fly Velee. Devon Veley came out

(01:14:22):
of nowhere as the seventh rontal last year, did really well.
One of my favorite sleepers for this draft. Pat Bryan's
receiver of Illinois's very talent. Try Franklin Bownick's teammate from
Oregon could flat out run. They brought Avon Ainger remamb
because they have not gotten ready today and he's an athlete.
A lot of injuries, but he's an athlete. And then
I'll tell you what it's a sneaky signing is JK. Dobbins,
who led the Chargers in rushing last season, and you

(01:14:43):
have RJ. Harvey their second round running back. I'll say this,
it's set up pretty well and they have a good
offensive line. It's set up for him to do well.
But he was so far ahead of I'll totally admit
I didn't see any of this. But when you surround
a guy, maybe he doesn't have a sophomore slump.

Speaker 2 (01:15:01):
All right, final one, quickly, we didn't talk about Kayleb Williams.
He's twelfth in these rankings, so that's borderline of possible starter.
Does Ben Johnson change Kayleb Williams.

Speaker 3 (01:15:13):
There's talent around him. They knew they had addresser offensive line.
They have three new starters in the interior who doing
today's back now as a starter he starts for Keenan Allen.
DJ Moore is terrific. They got to kind of figure
out Luthor Burden, what his role will be their second
rounder of Missouri dylected. Yeah, they feel they got a
pretty good value. The issue for Ben Johnson is can

(01:15:38):
he get the buy in dan from Caleb Williams early.
Now I'm told by people who work with Ben Johnson,
he coaches hard. He's hard on his players, and he's
hard his coaches. If he could reach Kayleb Williams, that
enormous talent that we saw, we saw some flashes. I
know overall was not a good rookie season. That's not
my point. The point is this, did you see some

(01:15:59):
talent in this kid? Absolutely we did. It just wasn't consistent.
He needed to be coach hard. Shane Waltern is not
that guy who is let go in season, but man,
Ben Johnson is in your face coach, and I'm on
this one. I kind of like it.

Speaker 2 (01:16:15):
He's Adam Kaplan. I'm Dan Byer again at twelve, So
that's borderline. Maybe he could be the steal for you
as a value starter later down the road. Hit Adam
up at Kaplin NFL. You can find me at Dan
Byer on Fox. Two NFL teams this week gave us
a gift that doesn't keep on giving, but it's a
gift of nostalgia. We'll tell you those two teams and

(01:16:37):
what they brought us next on Fox Sports Sunday. Scotti
Scheffler officially your champion Golfer of the year twenty twenty five,
about to get the claret jug as he wins at
Royal Port Rush. Welcome in. It is Fox Sports Sunday.
I'm Dan Byer. He's Adam Kaplan. Find Adam on X
at Kaplan NFL Find me at Dan Byer on Fox.

(01:16:59):
Adam All's our NFL insider. You know you got more
work to do. Later today You're on with Monty Milanos
and Carrie Rhodes coming up as a guest. They start
at five o'clock Eastern time, probably about six point fifteen
Eastern as that sounded about right.

Speaker 3 (01:17:13):
Six point usually too, Yeah, six point twenty eight. Who's
six thirty two?

Speaker 2 (01:17:17):
All right, looking forward to that. So, if you haven't
had enough Adam Kaplan today, good news, there's more for you.
Want to wrap up today's show on the news this
week that my Seahawks are going to be wearing their
throwback uniforms against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, as both teams
are celebrating their fiftieth seasons in the National Football League,

(01:17:39):
and the Buccaneers will be wearing their white Bucco Bruce
creamsicle uniforms. The all whites dating back to nineteen seventy
six as well. When both teams entered the league. I
absolutely loved it. Not only I a Seahawks fan and
love their throwbacks and the silver helmets in the blue
is my childhood, but the bucko Bruce helmet is my

(01:18:01):
favorite logo in all of sports, to be honest with
the Adam kaplan. So those two teams coming together and
playing that game in early October is just going to
be magnificent. And it made me think of this, what
do you miss from the NFL? If there's one thing
that you could bring back, what would it be. It
doesn't even have to be feasible, but if you could

(01:18:22):
bring it back, what would it be? All Right?

Speaker 3 (01:18:24):
So this corresponds with my upcoming training camp tour. I
wish the Raiders would practice in Napa, California. It is
the greatest experience, man. Now, seeing your Seahawks in Renton,
Washington's cool. They're kind of like on the lake. Yeah,
pretty cool, But there's nothing like football and Napa fifteen

(01:18:45):
straight years. It never rained one day. I'm serious, it
never rained. It was and you're missed being mister golf.
Let me tell you some how many times I wanted
to bring out my four iron, sure, and the do
that would get on the grass in the morning. I
can't tell you how many tons of I was there
because it was just dude, you have to see.

Speaker 2 (01:19:02):
This and why and wine? Right, that's why?

Speaker 3 (01:19:06):
Yeah, sure in the back you want to hear something
very I know we're gonna go a minute. I got
to tell these quick story, give you the cliff notes.
I went there from five through right till the pandemic started.
I didn't even know there was a downtown Napa till
my last year going there. I didn't know that why
but I didn't know there was where's down to that
because I knew about they have outlets if you live
out there and listen to us, oh about the outlets there.

(01:19:27):
But it is the greatest experience in the back of
the Napa Marriotta. Hopefully you get a chance to host again,
because I got to tell you my first year there
in five You would not believe my story.

Speaker 2 (01:19:37):
Magnificent Isaac Longron. Do you have something if you'd like
to bring back.

Speaker 6 (01:19:41):
I've actually covered greater training camp in Napa. But what
I'd like to bring back, It'll never come back because
you got sofi stadium. I wish they could play just
one more Rose Bowl, one more super Bowl at the
Rose Bowl in Pasadena. The most magnificent in sports.

Speaker 2 (01:19:54):
Good suggestion, Chris Perfetts are uh are a technical producer.
If there's one thing you could bring back.

Speaker 7 (01:20:01):
For specifically in the NFL, I mean, just all these
throwback jerseys should just be standard jerseys, right, like the
Kelly Green, the orange Crush, the creamsickles. Just why are
we even making permanent We know this, we love these.

Speaker 2 (01:20:18):
I'll tell you what, And I'm not kissing up to
Chris here. I just want to see one more game
in the half lit Pontiac Silver Dome, like like that thing.
It looked like half the lights were off when the
Lions played there. Adam, it's been fun. We'll have to
do it again sometime. He's Adam Kaplan. I'm Dan Byer.
This is Fox Sports Sunday and Fox Sports Radio.

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