November 21, 2023 • 35 mins
Big Ben talks about the Chiefs losing to the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday Night Football and why Travis Kelce shares a lot of the blame, Diontae Johnson causing problems with the Steelers, Maller to the Third Degree, Garcia's Pile of Pesos: Miley Cyrus Edition, and more!
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this hour coming from the heartland of America. It's a damp,
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cool night at Arrowheads Stadium, a rematch of Super Bowl
fifty seven played back in February in the Valley of
the Sun. Jalen Hurts and the Eagles Hey Gee l
e as Eagles their roadshow visiting Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs,
a made for TV matchup.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Were you glued? Were you locked in? Were you watching?
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Perhaps not now, Jalen Hurts didn't play all that well,
that's an unpopular opinion. Did not play all that well,
but he did run for a pair of second half
touchdowns and Philly rallies back from a double digit deficit
and they get the twenty one to seventeen ko of KC.
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In that rematch, the Chiefs shut out they got bupkus
in the second half, so the Eagles improved to nine
and one as a sexy record, they're the top team
in the NFL through ten games, and Cansas City dropping
to seven and three, and they are in a pile
up as there are a bunch of teams.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
There behind behind the Ravens in the AFC.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
But technically Kansas City is the number two seed now
behind Baltimore in the American Football Conference.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
So let us discuss the.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Question how much responsibility does Travis Kelcey. That's right, Travis
kelce get for the Chiefs losing.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
That is where we are going to begin.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
So I've got microscope, Savannah, elephant, and Yoko Zuna, and
we will combine all of these things together and we
are going to make a goose egg, which is again
what the Chiefs put up in the second half. So
to answer the question, how much responsibility does Travis Kelcey
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get for the Chiefs going down in this game? You
start to shame and blame number eighty seven. It is
a complicated web we weave. Travis kelce had seven catches
in this game on nine targets for forty four yards
and a touchdown. So for the uneducated fan, for the
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low information fan, he did fine.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
And you're just being a hater. What's wrong with you?
Speaker 1 (03:50):
But when you dig below the surface, it's a little
bit below the surface, you realize wasn't good enough.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
Travis Kelly was not good enough.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
No, why do I say that? Because of incompetence sporadic incomperence.
Now Kelsey dropped a key third down play in the
fourth quarter. He did catch the fourth down, but there
shouldn't have been a fourth down. He catches the third
down play that changes that drive, and the biggest sin
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of them all, right to confessional Travis Kelcey. Early in
the fourth quarter, the Chiefs matriculating the ball down the
field and he coughs up the football at the Eagles
nine yard line, the Chiefs leading by a field goal
at the time, and he fumbles in the red zone.
At worst, Kansas City gets a chip shot field goal.
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They go up by six, forcing the Eagles to get
a touchdown with a good Chiefs defense. Instead, Travis Kelcey
coughs up the fur ball. And you're supposed to be
the franchise player. Okay, you're supposed to be the franchise player.
And we in here talking about a fumble, not a catch.
Not a catch, You're not about a fumble. Travis Kelcey
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put himself under a swifty sized microscope because of his
social activity. During the team's bye week, Travis kelce traveled
five thousand, five hundred miles to Argentina, which is where
Taylor Swift was beginning the next leg of the Era's tour,
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and Kelsey was there smoochy, smoochy, lovey lovey, having a
fine time. He was Travis Kelcey. And that's fine, but
the way it works. I didn't make the rules, but
the way it works, just like if Tony Romol goes
to Mexico on vacation, or the Giants back in the
day with Odell Beckham before the playoffs, they go on
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a boat in Florida.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
The rules of the rules.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
Travis kelce decided to go to Argentina. He did it
for whatever reason, but he didn't play well enough. You
gotta win the game. You gotta make the catch. You
can't fumble. He cost him the game. He fumbled.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
On him.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Here's Travis Kelcey following this loss. So here the question
and the answer with Kelsey at his locker in the
losing locker room, where the better story is, let's go
to the audio.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
Tape diagnosis what's going on at the offense. Otherwise I
gotta be better. Just not playing up to the level
that I have in the past. I gotta be better.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
Just the Eagles did in the second half to sort
of disruptles now turnovers, turnovers and uh and penalties on
our half.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
Look, it's nothing that they did.
Speaker 5 (06:37):
Travis, three all us three games, no points in the
second half for you.
Speaker 6 (06:40):
I didn't find anything. Second, just mentioned the turnovers in
the second half of just mentioning the flags.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
It's all fixable. We just got to do it well, trass.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Just feel like a particularly emotional game d when you
can play them all right.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Who knows what he said after that, but Travis Kelcey,
that was an odd way to stop a sound bye
by the way, But Travis Kelcey, I guess he's just
gotta shake it off, right, He's gotta shake it off
all right? Anyway, turning the page, So where does this
loss leave Patrick mahoney and the Chiefs? Where does it
leave Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs? So it leaves them
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licking their wounds. It's not a mortal defeat. You're not eliminated.
It's not like they gave a trophy and had a
parade for the Eagles. You wouldn't know that the way
the Birds fans were celebrating after the game. But even
though Kelsey gets a ton of blame for his South
American excursion, Patrick Mahomes tossed an interception in the end zone.
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That is taboo. You can't that's tab bio. That's what
Zach Wilson does. That's not what you do. He's always
been able to get the most out of his guys.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
Patrick Wolves.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Right now it's not exactly working out that way. Andy
Reid can scheme up anybody. Also, right the front office,
what did the Chiefs decide to do? Yet again this offseason?
They won the Super Bowl, so they say, no, we're
gonna pun We're not gonna go out and make a move.
Speaker 3 (08:02):
For a top notch wide receiver. We're not doing that. No,
we're not going to acquire a big name receiver. Not
gonna happen.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
Then again at the trade deadline they said, na, no,
we're not gonna do that.
Speaker 3 (08:14):
They didn't get a huge headline.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
Receiver, and so they still have not been able to
fill the void by Tyreek Goll.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Yeah, but they won the Super Bowl. I get that.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
But on a week to week basis, they're continuing to
bet that the guys on their team are going to
step up.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
That's what they're betting on.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
And so far, the wide receiving corps in Kansas City
has the dexterity of a Savannah elephant on a high wire.
There are a bunch of klutzes. What's my evidence? How
about Justin Watson who dropped a pass that would have
extended on a fourth down and twenty five he would
have had a first down extended to drive in the
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final minute and fred X type catch from.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
Back in the day, he didn't do it.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
And the biggest, the biggest criminal of them all, Mark
Quez Valdez Scantling.
Speaker 3 (09:06):
Wow, what a turn burger.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
Marquez Valdez Scantling legitimately had a game winning touchdown right
in his hands. Perfect throw by Mahomes. You're a professional
wide receiver. You've beaten the defender and he's stumbled and.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
Dropped the ball. Now I realize there's a long winding
road in the NFL.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
I get that, and I'm here for the long riinding
road every week. But the early precincts reporting in the
vote totals and they are calling for a recall among
the Kansas City wideouts. The Chiefs have scored in NFL
worth fifty three points in the second half. That is
actually worse than everyone else Carolina that doesn't know how
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to play professional football, the Arizona Cardinals who blow everybody
fifty three points in the second half. Nothing is is
more in my lifetime than halftime adjustments. And there are
none in Kansas City. That equates, if you do the
malor math, just over five points per game in the
second half all season. We're not in Week two or
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Week four or week six. We are now done. As
the curtain comes down on Week eleven in the NFL.
Speaker 3 (10:21):
All right, last word, does this win? We'll go to
the winning locker room.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Does this victory cement the Eagles as the team to
beat in the NFL? So you can't see, but I'm
nodding my head. Yes, Now this is not Secretariat running
away and it you know up by thirty lanks. That's
not it at all. Nothing has yet been decided. But
we do the show today. You are what your record
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says you are. And in this particular moment, the Philadelphia Eagles,
by way of a nine to one record, are clearly
the top team.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
Right, they're the number one team.
Speaker 1 (10:57):
But it's not like they have this inventibility about them.
Speaker 3 (11:02):
And maybe I'm wrong on that. I don't know. I
just do the overnight show.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
Around here, but I don't get the sins that you
go into a match up with your favorite team, whoever
the top team you have, whether you're the Niners now
that they got their guys back with the great system
quarterback Brock Purty, the Detroit Lions on any given Sunday,
the Baltimore Ravens a rematch with Kansas City.
Speaker 3 (11:23):
You look at any of these top.
Speaker 1 (11:24):
Teams and you're like, would you be stunned if the
Eagles were to lose?
Speaker 3 (11:31):
I would not.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
Now the one sweet spot for Philadelphia where they are
several galaxies ahead of everyone else in the NFL.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
They have the.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
Single most unstoppable play that was on display in this.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
Monday night game. The tush push is golden.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
The tush a pushy and Jalen Hurtz is the yoko
Zuna of the tush push. And you think of the
most unstoppable plays, so many of them are basketball, Kareem
abdul Jabbar skyhook, the Jordan fadeaway, the dream shake from
Akeem Elijah on derk Novitzky's one legged leaner, all those
type of plays. And this play that is the secretariat play.
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That's where Jalen Hurts is the maestro. And you look
at all the other numbers, Jalen Hurts not that impressive,
but that push push, if they just get within one
yard third and one fourth and one, they convert ninety
eight percent.
Speaker 3 (12:29):
Of the time. It's insane.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
They're thirty three lengths ahead of everyone else, and the
forty nine Ers and Lions are still bird dogging in
the NFC, and the Lions have a game they should
win on Thanksgiving. The Eagles will have a letdown game
against Buffalo after they won their regular season Super Bowl
over Kansas City. So things can come at you pretty
fast in the NFL next weekend.
Speaker 3 (12:52):
But for now, in the moment, Philadelphia nine to one.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
They're the top team in the NFC, and they are
in the driver's seat or lost wages. Nevada, and that
is the site of the February Super Bowl in the
Nevada Desert.
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should be. We'll still talk about the Monday night game
that went to Philadelphia. They go on the road and
the Eagles get it done as they come back in
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the second half. Kansas City pitches a shutout. Their offense
does they don't score in the second half, and the
Eagles get a couple of touchdown runs.
Speaker 3 (14:28):
From Jalen Hurts. They win the game.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
But our lead is from Pennsylvania, but not from Philadelphia.
We go to the Berg, We go across the state
of Pennsylvania, and that is where the story is. Fresh
off an absolute terrible offensive performance against the Cleveland football team,
the drama o rama is bubbling up right to the
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surface for the Steelers. Now, if you have not been
keeping track here, it's a pretty good story. Philadelphia is
a player or the Steelers a there are a playoff team.
The Stevens are a playoff team. But Deontay Johnson, wide
receiver in Pittsburgh, is not happy.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
Now do we know he is not happy?
Speaker 1 (15:12):
He had to be separated from a member of the
team's coaching staff during Pittsburgh's game, as he was picked
up and taken away from said coach. He also threw
quarterback Kenny Pickett under the team bus. On social media
the day after, Johnson responding to a post of a
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video clip that claimed to point out the miscommunication between
the receiver and the Pittsburgh quarterback and he said, I
ran the root or route I was supposed to, sir,
just saying anything for likes smh. Now Johnson's saying a
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much different tune. When he spoke to the assembled members
of the fourth Estate on Monday, he said, not pointing
fingers at nobody, I was frustrated. But you can't just
sit here and blame him. It's part of a game,
Deontay Johnson said, referring to him being Kenny Pickett.
Speaker 3 (16:14):
But wait, there's more.
Speaker 1 (16:16):
Running back Nasee Harris said Pittsburgh's current situation is not sustainable.
The offense was outgained for the tenth time in their
last ten games.
Speaker 3 (16:28):
Now.
Speaker 1 (16:28):
Harris also added to the ongoing belief that the offense
for the Steelers is predictable.
Speaker 3 (16:37):
So let us discuss. You've got the running back, you've
got the.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
Receiver, both of them slinging mud, slinging mud. So as
we discussed the question, what do you think of this
Deontay Johnson Steelers beef with Kenny Pickett. So I've got
beta blockers, shrapnel, and needle point, and we will combine
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all of these things together. We'll throw them into a
pot and we are going to make some quality belly
aching is what we're gonna make. Because I love a
good belly ache. I got into talk radio for the
belly ache I did. I love it, can't get enough
of it.
Speaker 3 (17:14):
So number WHA. The tensions are rising in Pittsburgh. It's
the rule of drama.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
The rule of drama is it's as complicated as can
possibly be.
Speaker 3 (17:32):
The Steelers. Do they have a you winning record? Check?
Are they a playoff team? Right now? Check? All that
is true.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
But when you peel back the black and yellow, black
and yellow, black and yellow onion, you.
Speaker 3 (17:46):
See that there is chaos. There is palace intrigue behind
the curtain.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
Mike Tomlin and we'll have his usual dance with the
media coming up on Tuesday. But Mike Tomlin has his
work cut out for him. Not only is Kenny Pickett
a quarterback, the guy stinks the guys at Bomba And
based on the reactions of Deontay Johnson and Najie Harris,
there is finger pointing, but it doesn't sound like they're
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blaming Matt Cannada of the offensive coordinator. It appears that
the missiles are directed directly at Kenny Pickett, that it's
on him.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
Now.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
The Steelers my advice here, they need to go out
and get some beta blockers because they've got high blood pressure.
Speaker 3 (18:28):
They've got a high blood pressure problem.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
And we recommend deep breathing, late night talk radio, taking
long walks very important if you have high blood pressure,
long walks. You got to read a book. When's the
last time you read a book? Listen to music when
you're done with your sports radio, mindfulness, a little meditation,
you do. All those things with the beta blockers will
be good. But there's issues. And I know every time
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I bring this up, there's always little Steeler guys that
are like, oh, you're just a shock Jock, there's nothing.
Speaker 3 (18:58):
Going on here.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Everything's going I don't know about that, you yensers. I
don't know about that for you yonsers. All right, now,
page two, we pivot away from Pittsburgh, We head to Jersey,
and yesterday's rumor has become today's reality. The Jets are
are benching quarterback Zach Wilson in favor of Tim Boyle.
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On your tuckus, Tim Boyle is the quarterback. New York
head coach Robert Salah confirming the news, adding that Trevor
Simeon will serve as the backup. It's not just the
talking point. No, no, no no, it's not just a
talking point on sports radio. It is now reality. It
is not reality now. Robert Salah also pushed back at
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the narrative that.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
Zach Wilson is a bust.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
Yeah, he said, I wouldn't look at it as a failure,
Robert Salad told the media as he was demoting. As
he was demoting Zach Wilson to the number three chair,
he also said, I I still believe he's going to
have a good career. When talking about Wilson, So the
question is why won't Robert Salad, even after demoting a
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dishonorable discharge from the starting chair with the Jets. Why
will Robert Salad not just go out and say, listen,
Zack Wilson is a bust with the Jets.
Speaker 3 (20:21):
Why won't he say it?
Speaker 1 (20:23):
My theory on this is because of the shrapnel that
flies back in his face, the ricochet of those flying
pieces from the landmines, the bombs, the bullets, the shrapnel.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
Because by claiming.
Speaker 1 (20:39):
Rightfully so that Zack Wilson is a dog with fleas,
Robert Salah would have to then admit that he is
also someone that needs a flea back.
Speaker 3 (20:48):
Because you remember, back in twenty twenty one.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
It was the dynamic duo the brains of the Jets,
Robert Sala and his co pilot Joe Douglas, who hand picked,
hand picked Zack Wilson to be the messiah, to be
the savior of the Jets.
Speaker 3 (21:04):
They backed the wrong horse.
Speaker 1 (21:06):
So if you admit that Wilson is fertilizer and will
be fertilizer, you're actually pointing the finger indirectly at yourself.
Under any reasonable, any reasonable measurement, any reasonable measurement, Zach
Wilson has caused dizziness lightheadedness, nausea, and or vomiting watching
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him play. Now, I have another unpopular opinion. The reason
that Jets are starting Tim Boyle and not Trevor Simeon
is because they also know that Tim Boyle is gonna suck.
There's a chance that Trevor Simeon has a couple of
good games they might win. But Tim Boyle can't play either.
The only reason he's on the team is because he
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he had lunch he ate cheese curds with Aaron Rodgers
in Appleton, Wisconsin a couple of years ago, and that's
why Tim Boyle is on the team.
Speaker 3 (21:56):
But he can't play the position either.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
He's incompetent, but they went with him rather than because
then they can say, Wow, this guy's no good either.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
Maybe we'll go back to Zach Wilson.
Speaker 1 (22:05):
Right final point, We head to Park Avenue after several
high profile players, including the latest last Thursday, Ravens tight
end Mark Andrews injured injured because of the hip drop tackle.
Speaker 3 (22:21):
The NFL planning to outlaw that form of tackling. PETERA.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
King, the rotund NFL guru and woster Peter King, recently
said the NFL will expedite a change to the rule
that will allow defensive players to no longer do what
they've been doing, which is grab opposing ball carriers before
twisting them around and falling on their legs to bring
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them down. So, what is your quick take? What is
your quick take on the NFL campaign to dump the
hip drop tackle. It is both predictable and pathetic, that
is my position. And they do these things out of
an abundance of caution. The NFL slowly and surely outlawing
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all forms of tackle, all forms of tackle. Oh, you're
just being a shock jock. Yeah, slowly and surely. Every
couple of years something comes up. It's like playing darts,
but they're poisoned. Darts hit the bull's eye, right, Tacklings
hitting the bulls eye. Really, at this point, tackling in
the NFL is a kin to needle point.
Speaker 3 (23:37):
That's what it is.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
It's like needle point. There's a certain zone you can
tackle in. You can't go too low because you'll take
somebody's knee out. Can't go get too high because you'll
hit them in the head or the chest.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
They might have a heart attack.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
So the area below the heart but above the twigging berries.
I believe you can hit in that area. The tackle
zone is a kin to threading a needle. And I
am of the mindset that what the NFL is doing
is a form of the boiling frog.
Speaker 3 (24:07):
We've all heard the boiling frog story.
Speaker 1 (24:09):
And they're just slowly turning the heat up, slowly turning
the heat up.
Speaker 3 (24:13):
Year by year, somebody gets.
Speaker 1 (24:15):
Hurt with one tackle or another, and so they have
to adjudicate the tackles. They have to change the rules
because that's what corporations do. And when they're not run
by people who are reasonable to have common sinks, they're
just a bunch of muckety MUCKs in Manhattan.
Speaker 3 (24:30):
They're they live out in Long Island. They have their
home on Long Island in the Hamptons on the weekends.
They live in the city during the week.
Speaker 1 (24:36):
But you wake up one day and there's nothing left
to get rid of, there's no tackles left to get
rid of, and the flag is up. It's like you're
going to Santa Nita Racetrack or Churchill Downs, because put
a flag on and that's how you do it. Oh no,
that's never going to happen. Okay, all right, Look at
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all of the types of tackles that have been outlawed
over the last ten years.
Speaker 3 (25:01):
And I'm telling you it's happening. It's right in front
of your nose, and you're so obtuse you.
Speaker 1 (25:08):
Don't even realize it. Now, keep in mind, there's no
way to stop it. The NFL is a conglomerate. They're
run by money hungry people who are only worried about litigation. Right,
that's what takes their money away. So if you outlaw
every tackle that conceivably could cause an injury, you then
limit liability, which means you keep a bigger pile of money.
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You see how this works.
Speaker 3 (25:33):
It's a dirty, dirty world, is what it is.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
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Speaker 5 (26:41):
All right? It was a reported during Sunday night football
game that Justin Jefferson, Vikings wide receiver is aiming to
play in week twelve but will be patient because he
wants to feel as strong as he did at the
beginning of the season or stronger. Then can the Vikings
still afford to be patient or as week twelve they
must start?
Speaker 8 (26:57):
No, the Vikings storry. They're in the NFC. There's not
enough good teams in the NFC, so yeah, they can wait.
I mean, it's a real issue here is Justin Jefferson
didn't get the big money and it's one of those deals.
Is like he had gotten paid, maybe he would have played,
but he's got to make sure he doesn't come back
and suck because he's going to get paid the biggest
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contract in the NFL history for a wide receiver. But
the Vikings with.
Speaker 7 (27:23):
Dobbs, they'll win and off they'll be a playoff team,
So I'm not really worried about that for them.
Speaker 5 (27:28):
A next You alluded to it earlier. There's only been
about a dozen games so far this season, but there's
already been reports about the Wizards adopting the mindset of
what can we get for Jordan Poole rather than building
around him? Ben, how short of they stint? Do you
think it'll be for Jordan Poole in DC?
Speaker 2 (27:43):
Yeah?
Speaker 7 (27:43):
Well, if I ran the Wizards from I haven't watched
every game, but I would trade him right now. I Mean,
the guy's been terrible. It's been exposed as a total
fraud from what he did with the Golden State Warriors.
It's just not as ugly as I've ever seen a
guy that had good reputation going to a different team.
Speaker 5 (27:59):
Next Ben, the forty nine ers first team All Pro
safety Telenoah Halfunga likely towards ACL will miss the remainder
of the season. How much of an impact do you
think that makes for San Francisco?
Speaker 7 (28:10):
Well, I think you get credit for saying that guy's name,
but it's a big deal. But your season is not
going to be derailed because you lose your safety. As
good as player as he has been, that is not
going to be the reason that forty nine ers don't
end up winning this year. So I don't find that.
Speaker 3 (28:24):
How do we go?
Speaker 5 (28:25):
You pass this decision on the phone?
Speaker 7 (28:28):
How about that.
Speaker 2 (28:29):
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Speaker 7 (28:50):
Not?
Speaker 6 (28:52):
All right, let's play it a game. It is Malar's
Mountain of Money. That's the official name of it. But
we have a couple of contestants ready to go. Coople Loop,
who is gonna play Malloy's mount of Money with us?
Speaker 5 (29:05):
I'm gonna I'm gonna pull a ben here, and I'm
gonna have you choose two door numbers one, one through six.
Speaker 6 (29:12):
One through six. Let's go with number three and five.
Speaker 5 (29:16):
All Right, so number three, we've got Sean in North Dakota.
Speaker 6 (29:20):
Hello, Sean, are you there?
Speaker 1 (29:23):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (29:23):
Totally?
Speaker 6 (29:24):
You ready to play the game. Yeah, you're gonna pick
Cooper Loop all right?
Speaker 5 (29:30):
All right at that? And then you said, what was
your other number? You said, fine, okay, that is Josh
and Orlando.
Speaker 6 (29:38):
Josh, are you there.
Speaker 7 (29:41):
And a pleasure?
Speaker 6 (29:41):
Are you ready to win with me? You got unfortunately
got yet me. It's just Coop already got picked.
Speaker 3 (29:46):
Is that?
Speaker 6 (29:46):
Okay?
Speaker 7 (29:47):
We're good?
Speaker 3 (29:48):
I got you alright?
Speaker 6 (29:49):
Like I like the combeidence Yo, all right, Coop you guys?
Speaker 5 (29:53):
Uh, all right, the gentlemen categories here, Yes, this is uh.
This is Garcia's pile of pesos the Miley Cyrus. Addition,
she turns thirty one years old this week. The categories
are as follows the best of both worlds, The Climb,
wrecking Ball, and used to be young. Sean, you were
on first, which category would you like?
Speaker 3 (30:15):
The climb?
Speaker 5 (30:16):
The climb? All right? And then Josh, when it is
your turn, which category would you like?
Speaker 8 (30:20):
I'm gonna come in like a wrecking ball?
Speaker 5 (30:22):
Wrecking ball?
Speaker 6 (30:23):
All right?
Speaker 5 (30:23):
All right, Sean, you and I are up first. I
remember we need the first and last name of the
athlete in order to get points. All right, we're gonna
have forty five seconds. This category is the climb. These
star athletes spent multiple seasons as backups. Ready begin, all right.
This guy was the quarterback for the Chargers. You didn't
(30:45):
get to start until Drew Brees left. Philip Rivers. Yes,
the Iron Horse. There's a disease named after him. The
Yankee old Yankee.
Speaker 4 (30:56):
Luke Garry.
Speaker 5 (30:57):
Yes, this guy is the star on the Mia Me
heat right now. Well past Joe Montana's backup. He became
a Hall of Famer, Steve you all right. This guy
got to the Super Bowl for the Raiders, but he
lost to the Bucks. Yes, this guy won a Super
(31:22):
Bowl for the Giants. He was a backup for Phil Simms. Yeah, alright, Wow,
that's pretty good.
Speaker 6 (31:29):
I'm not gonna lie.
Speaker 5 (31:30):
I don't know if you were adding up, Eddie.
Speaker 6 (31:33):
I wasn't. Oh, okay, I got I think this was
two hundred and twenty, I believe is what the score was.
Double check my math as we we go here. All right, perfect,
all right, Josh, you and me wrecking ball. These athletes
have all had a relationship. I have a reputation as
locker room cancers. All right, all right, all right, you ready,
(31:56):
let's go, let's do it. This guy's bounced around a
bunch of different team sames. He's with the Mavericks, now
Brooklyn Nets, Celtics. A flat earth guy, flat earth guy.
Speaker 7 (32:09):
Give me another clue.
Speaker 6 (32:10):
Oh my god, let's skip that one. Former Steelers, Yes, yes,
former Steelers wide receiver. He went cuckoo, went to the Raiders,
and yes, he was a forty nine Ers wide receiver.
He stood on the Star. Get your pop corner ready, yes,
former Dodger pitcher. He got accused of a violent sexual
(32:31):
crime and that he was in Japan. Okay, how about
this guy was agent zero in the Yes, agent zero
in the NBA. He pooped in a guy's shoe, brought
a gun in.
Speaker 3 (32:43):
The locker room.
Speaker 6 (32:48):
Gilbert Arenas, Gilbert Arenas A right, not bad though. Right?
Speaker 5 (32:52):
You guys got a hundred points? Really, yes it? Yes,
I don't know if you gave me too many points,
but I mean no, we got film vers of you.
Speaker 3 (33:01):
Got going on here?
Speaker 6 (33:03):
No, you had, I got you with you had an
eighty and a twenty. That's one hundred and then sixty
and forty is one hundred. That's two hundred and ten.
I think yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you're right. I think
you shorty points though, No, I didn't.
Speaker 5 (33:15):
All right, go ahead, all right again, Josh, do you
want wrecking ball or no?
Speaker 6 (33:21):
No, we did that, not records. Both worlds are.
Speaker 3 (33:23):
Used to be young, yes, used to be young.
Speaker 6 (33:26):
Okay, these athletes are all now considered old guys. Are
you ready? All right?
Speaker 1 (33:31):
We go?
Speaker 6 (33:32):
Jets quarterback who got hurt in the first series?
Speaker 7 (33:35):
Aaron?
Speaker 6 (33:36):
Uh? He is does those stupid state farm commercials? NBA guy? Yes? Uh?
He was a pitcher with the Astros. He's married to
a big blonde, boob blonde woman. I can't remember her
name right now. No, no, no, he's with the Astros.
Now he was with the Tigers, all right. Uh. Cincinnati
Read's first baseman. Yes, yes, yes, Cincinnat Red's first baseman.
(34:01):
Kind of eccentric. Probably his last year with the Reds.
I've been there a long time. Yes, kicker for the
Arizona Cardinals. Now he was with the Lions. He was
with the Broncos. He had the longest field. Yes, oh
my god, this guy plays won a title with the Raptors.
Speaker 5 (34:17):
Ah, he did, so that's three hundred and twenty points later,
God bless you. Three twenty totals. So we need one
hundred and ten to tie. It's a good game, all right, Sean.
We got the best of both worlds. These athletes are
in both the college and pro football Hall of Fame.
Forty five seconds begin Old Bill's running back he killed
(34:41):
two people. Yes, the best Chargers running back of all time. Yes,
a wide receiver for the Lions Megatron. Yes, old safety
for the Ravens. He was there at the same time
as Ray lu Wiss. Mm yeah. Yes, linebacker on the
(35:08):
eighty five Bears. He was later the forty nine Ers
head coach. Yes it was good, all right, Hall of Fame.
Cornerback for the Denver Broncos. He got there from a
trade on the Redskins. No, no, corner cornerback.
Speaker 7 (35:21):
Oh, cornerback that one?
Speaker 6 (35:24):
No?
Speaker 5 (35:25):
Did we did we make it?
Speaker 6 (35:26):
I don't know how many points?
Speaker 5 (35:28):
Did you need one and ten to tie?
Speaker 3 (35:31):
You got it?
Speaker 2 (35:32):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (35:32):
Yeah? Oh yeah, we got it. We won, We won, Sean,
nice job, Yes, Josh, you did well, but we got
beat by a better, better team there.
Speaker 5 (35:42):
All right, you get a golden ticket, Sean, No, chee, No, yes,
what a refreshing game
Speaker 6 (35:47):
That was a good, good effort there on Garcia's Parlo
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this hour coming from the heartland of America. It's a damp,
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cool night at Arrowheads Stadium, a rematch of Super Bowl
fifty seven played back in February in the Valley of
the Sun. Jalen Hurts and the Eagles Hey Gee l
e as Eagles their roadshow visiting Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs,
a made for TV matchup.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Were you glued? Were you locked in? Were you watching?
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Perhaps not now, Jalen Hurts didn't play all that well,
that's an unpopular opinion. Did not play all that well,
but he did run for a pair of second half
touchdowns and Philly rallies back from a double digit deficit
and they get the twenty one to seventeen ko of KC.
(02:19):
In that rematch, the Chiefs shut out they got bupkus
in the second half, so the Eagles improved to nine
and one as a sexy record, they're the top team
in the NFL through ten games, and Cansas City dropping
to seven and three, and they are in a pile
up as there are a bunch of teams.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
There behind behind the Ravens in the AFC.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
But technically Kansas City is the number two seed now
behind Baltimore in the American Football Conference.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
So let us discuss the.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Question how much responsibility does Travis Kelcey. That's right, Travis
kelce get for the Chiefs losing.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
That is where we are going to begin.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
So I've got microscope, Savannah, elephant, and Yoko Zuna, and
we will combine all of these things together and we
are going to make a goose egg, which is again
what the Chiefs put up in the second half. So
to answer the question, how much responsibility does Travis Kelcey
(03:23):
get for the Chiefs going down in this game? You
start to shame and blame number eighty seven. It is
a complicated web we weave. Travis kelce had seven catches
in this game on nine targets for forty four yards
and a touchdown. So for the uneducated fan, for the
(03:44):
low information fan, he did fine.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
And you're just being a hater. What's wrong with you?
Speaker 1 (03:50):
But when you dig below the surface, it's a little
bit below the surface, you realize wasn't good enough.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
Travis Kelly was not good enough.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
No, why do I say that? Because of incompetence sporadic incomperence.
Now Kelsey dropped a key third down play in the
fourth quarter. He did catch the fourth down, but there
shouldn't have been a fourth down. He catches the third
down play that changes that drive, and the biggest sin
(04:22):
of them all, right to confessional Travis Kelcey. Early in
the fourth quarter, the Chiefs matriculating the ball down the
field and he coughs up the football at the Eagles
nine yard line, the Chiefs leading by a field goal
at the time, and he fumbles in the red zone.
At worst, Kansas City gets a chip shot field goal.
(04:44):
They go up by six, forcing the Eagles to get
a touchdown with a good Chiefs defense. Instead, Travis Kelcey
coughs up the fur ball. And you're supposed to be
the franchise player. Okay, you're supposed to be the franchise player.
And we in here talking about a fumble, not a catch.
Not a catch, You're not about a fumble. Travis Kelcey
(05:04):
put himself under a swifty sized microscope because of his
social activity. During the team's bye week, Travis kelce traveled
five thousand, five hundred miles to Argentina, which is where
Taylor Swift was beginning the next leg of the Era's tour,
(05:25):
and Kelsey was there smoochy, smoochy, lovey lovey, having a
fine time. He was Travis Kelcey. And that's fine, but
the way it works. I didn't make the rules, but
the way it works, just like if Tony Romol goes
to Mexico on vacation, or the Giants back in the
day with Odell Beckham before the playoffs, they go on
(05:48):
a boat in Florida.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
The rules of the rules.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
Travis kelce decided to go to Argentina. He did it
for whatever reason, but he didn't play well enough. You
gotta win the game. You gotta make the catch. You
can't fumble. He cost him the game. He fumbled.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
On him.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Here's Travis Kelcey following this loss. So here the question
and the answer with Kelsey at his locker in the
losing locker room, where the better story is, let's go
to the audio.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
Tape diagnosis what's going on at the offense. Otherwise I
gotta be better. Just not playing up to the level
that I have in the past. I gotta be better.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
Just the Eagles did in the second half to sort
of disruptles now turnovers, turnovers and uh and penalties on
our half.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
Look, it's nothing that they did.
Speaker 5 (06:37):
Travis, three all us three games, no points in the
second half for you.
Speaker 6 (06:40):
I didn't find anything. Second, just mentioned the turnovers in
the second half of just mentioning the flags.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
It's all fixable. We just got to do it well, trass.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Just feel like a particularly emotional game d when you
can play them all right.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Who knows what he said after that, but Travis Kelcey,
that was an odd way to stop a sound bye
by the way, But Travis Kelcey, I guess he's just
gotta shake it off, right, He's gotta shake it off
all right? Anyway, turning the page, So where does this
loss leave Patrick mahoney and the Chiefs? Where does it
leave Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs? So it leaves them
(07:13):
licking their wounds. It's not a mortal defeat. You're not eliminated.
It's not like they gave a trophy and had a
parade for the Eagles. You wouldn't know that the way
the Birds fans were celebrating after the game. But even
though Kelsey gets a ton of blame for his South
American excursion, Patrick Mahomes tossed an interception in the end zone.
(07:35):
That is taboo. You can't that's tab bio. That's what
Zach Wilson does. That's not what you do. He's always
been able to get the most out of his guys.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
Patrick Wolves.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Right now it's not exactly working out that way. Andy
Reid can scheme up anybody. Also, right the front office,
what did the Chiefs decide to do? Yet again this offseason?
They won the Super Bowl, so they say, no, we're
gonna pun We're not gonna go out and make a move.
Speaker 3 (08:02):
For a top notch wide receiver. We're not doing that. No,
we're not going to acquire a big name receiver. Not
gonna happen.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
Then again at the trade deadline they said, na, no,
we're not gonna do that.
Speaker 3 (08:14):
They didn't get a huge headline.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
Receiver, and so they still have not been able to
fill the void by Tyreek Goll.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Yeah, but they won the Super Bowl. I get that.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
But on a week to week basis, they're continuing to
bet that the guys on their team are going to
step up.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
That's what they're betting on.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
And so far, the wide receiving corps in Kansas City
has the dexterity of a Savannah elephant on a high wire.
There are a bunch of klutzes. What's my evidence? How
about Justin Watson who dropped a pass that would have
extended on a fourth down and twenty five he would
have had a first down extended to drive in the
(08:53):
final minute and fred X type catch from.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
Back in the day, he didn't do it.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
And the biggest, the biggest criminal of them all, Mark
Quez Valdez Scantling.
Speaker 3 (09:06):
Wow, what a turn burger.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
Marquez Valdez Scantling legitimately had a game winning touchdown right
in his hands. Perfect throw by Mahomes. You're a professional
wide receiver. You've beaten the defender and he's stumbled and.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
Dropped the ball. Now I realize there's a long winding
road in the NFL.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
I get that, and I'm here for the long riinding
road every week. But the early precincts reporting in the
vote totals and they are calling for a recall among
the Kansas City wideouts. The Chiefs have scored in NFL
worth fifty three points in the second half. That is
actually worse than everyone else Carolina that doesn't know how
(09:52):
to play professional football, the Arizona Cardinals who blow everybody
fifty three points in the second half. Nothing is is
more in my lifetime than halftime adjustments. And there are
none in Kansas City. That equates, if you do the
malor math, just over five points per game in the
second half all season. We're not in Week two or
(10:13):
Week four or week six. We are now done. As
the curtain comes down on Week eleven in the NFL.
Speaker 3 (10:21):
All right, last word, does this win? We'll go to
the winning locker room.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Does this victory cement the Eagles as the team to
beat in the NFL? So you can't see, but I'm
nodding my head. Yes, Now this is not Secretariat running
away and it you know up by thirty lanks. That's
not it at all. Nothing has yet been decided. But
we do the show today. You are what your record
(10:45):
says you are. And in this particular moment, the Philadelphia Eagles,
by way of a nine to one record, are clearly
the top team.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
Right, they're the number one team.
Speaker 1 (10:57):
But it's not like they have this inventibility about them.
Speaker 3 (11:02):
And maybe I'm wrong on that. I don't know. I
just do the overnight show.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
Around here, but I don't get the sins that you
go into a match up with your favorite team, whoever
the top team you have, whether you're the Niners now
that they got their guys back with the great system
quarterback Brock Purty, the Detroit Lions on any given Sunday,
the Baltimore Ravens a rematch with Kansas City.
Speaker 3 (11:23):
You look at any of these top.
Speaker 1 (11:24):
Teams and you're like, would you be stunned if the
Eagles were to lose?
Speaker 3 (11:31):
I would not.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
Now the one sweet spot for Philadelphia where they are
several galaxies ahead of everyone else in the NFL.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
They have the.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
Single most unstoppable play that was on display in this.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
Monday night game. The tush push is golden.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
The tush a pushy and Jalen Hurtz is the yoko
Zuna of the tush push. And you think of the
most unstoppable plays, so many of them are basketball, Kareem
abdul Jabbar skyhook, the Jordan fadeaway, the dream shake from
Akeem Elijah on derk Novitzky's one legged leaner, all those
type of plays. And this play that is the secretariat play.
(12:16):
That's where Jalen Hurts is the maestro. And you look
at all the other numbers, Jalen Hurts not that impressive,
but that push push, if they just get within one
yard third and one fourth and one, they convert ninety
eight percent.
Speaker 3 (12:29):
Of the time. It's insane.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
They're thirty three lengths ahead of everyone else, and the
forty nine Ers and Lions are still bird dogging in
the NFC, and the Lions have a game they should
win on Thanksgiving. The Eagles will have a letdown game
against Buffalo after they won their regular season Super Bowl
over Kansas City. So things can come at you pretty
fast in the NFL next weekend.
Speaker 3 (12:52):
But for now, in the moment, Philadelphia nine to one.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
They're the top team in the NFC, and they are
in the driver's seat or lost wages. Nevada, and that
is the site of the February Super Bowl in the
Nevada Desert.
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should be. We'll still talk about the Monday night game
that went to Philadelphia. They go on the road and
the Eagles get it done as they come back in
(14:20):
the second half. Kansas City pitches a shutout. Their offense
does they don't score in the second half, and the
Eagles get a couple of touchdown runs.
Speaker 3 (14:28):
From Jalen Hurts. They win the game.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
But our lead is from Pennsylvania, but not from Philadelphia.
We go to the Berg, We go across the state
of Pennsylvania, and that is where the story is. Fresh
off an absolute terrible offensive performance against the Cleveland football team,
the drama o rama is bubbling up right to the
(14:50):
surface for the Steelers. Now, if you have not been
keeping track here, it's a pretty good story. Philadelphia is
a player or the Steelers a there are a playoff team.
The Stevens are a playoff team. But Deontay Johnson, wide
receiver in Pittsburgh, is not happy.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
Now do we know he is not happy?
Speaker 1 (15:12):
He had to be separated from a member of the
team's coaching staff during Pittsburgh's game, as he was picked
up and taken away from said coach. He also threw
quarterback Kenny Pickett under the team bus. On social media
the day after, Johnson responding to a post of a
(15:33):
video clip that claimed to point out the miscommunication between
the receiver and the Pittsburgh quarterback and he said, I
ran the root or route I was supposed to, sir,
just saying anything for likes smh. Now Johnson's saying a
(15:55):
much different tune. When he spoke to the assembled members
of the fourth Estate on Monday, he said, not pointing
fingers at nobody, I was frustrated. But you can't just
sit here and blame him. It's part of a game,
Deontay Johnson said, referring to him being Kenny Pickett.
Speaker 3 (16:14):
But wait, there's more.
Speaker 1 (16:16):
Running back Nasee Harris said Pittsburgh's current situation is not sustainable.
The offense was outgained for the tenth time in their
last ten games.
Speaker 3 (16:28):
Now.
Speaker 1 (16:28):
Harris also added to the ongoing belief that the offense
for the Steelers is predictable.
Speaker 3 (16:37):
So let us discuss. You've got the running back, you've
got the.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
Receiver, both of them slinging mud, slinging mud. So as
we discussed the question, what do you think of this
Deontay Johnson Steelers beef with Kenny Pickett. So I've got
beta blockers, shrapnel, and needle point, and we will combine
(17:00):
all of these things together. We'll throw them into a
pot and we are going to make some quality belly
aching is what we're gonna make. Because I love a
good belly ache. I got into talk radio for the
belly ache I did. I love it, can't get enough
of it.
Speaker 3 (17:14):
So number WHA. The tensions are rising in Pittsburgh. It's
the rule of drama.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
The rule of drama is it's as complicated as can
possibly be.
Speaker 3 (17:32):
The Steelers. Do they have a you winning record? Check?
Are they a playoff team? Right now? Check? All that
is true.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
But when you peel back the black and yellow, black
and yellow, black and yellow onion, you.
Speaker 3 (17:46):
See that there is chaos. There is palace intrigue behind
the curtain.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
Mike Tomlin and we'll have his usual dance with the
media coming up on Tuesday. But Mike Tomlin has his
work cut out for him. Not only is Kenny Pickett
a quarterback, the guy stinks the guys at Bomba And
based on the reactions of Deontay Johnson and Najie Harris,
there is finger pointing, but it doesn't sound like they're
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blaming Matt Cannada of the offensive coordinator. It appears that
the missiles are directed directly at Kenny Pickett, that it's
on him.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
Now.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
The Steelers my advice here, they need to go out
and get some beta blockers because they've got high blood pressure.
Speaker 3 (18:28):
They've got a high blood pressure problem.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
And we recommend deep breathing, late night talk radio, taking
long walks very important if you have high blood pressure,
long walks. You got to read a book. When's the
last time you read a book? Listen to music when
you're done with your sports radio, mindfulness, a little meditation,
you do. All those things with the beta blockers will
be good. But there's issues. And I know every time
(18:53):
I bring this up, there's always little Steeler guys that
are like, oh, you're just a shock Jock, there's nothing.
Speaker 3 (18:58):
Going on here.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Everything's going I don't know about that, you yensers. I
don't know about that for you yonsers. All right, now,
page two, we pivot away from Pittsburgh, We head to Jersey,
and yesterday's rumor has become today's reality. The Jets are
are benching quarterback Zach Wilson in favor of Tim Boyle.
(19:21):
On your tuckus, Tim Boyle is the quarterback. New York
head coach Robert Salah confirming the news, adding that Trevor
Simeon will serve as the backup. It's not just the
talking point. No, no, no no, it's not just a
talking point on sports radio. It is now reality. It
is not reality now. Robert Salah also pushed back at
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the narrative that.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
Zach Wilson is a bust.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
Yeah, he said, I wouldn't look at it as a failure,
Robert Salad told the media as he was demoting. As
he was demoting Zach Wilson to the number three chair,
he also said, I I still believe he's going to
have a good career. When talking about Wilson, So the
question is why won't Robert Salad, even after demoting a
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dishonorable discharge from the starting chair with the Jets. Why
will Robert Salad not just go out and say, listen,
Zack Wilson is a bust with the Jets.
Speaker 3 (20:21):
Why won't he say it?
Speaker 1 (20:23):
My theory on this is because of the shrapnel that
flies back in his face, the ricochet of those flying
pieces from the landmines, the bombs, the bullets, the shrapnel.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
Because by claiming.
Speaker 1 (20:39):
Rightfully so that Zack Wilson is a dog with fleas,
Robert Salah would have to then admit that he is
also someone that needs a flea back.
Speaker 3 (20:48):
Because you remember, back in twenty twenty one.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
It was the dynamic duo the brains of the Jets,
Robert Sala and his co pilot Joe Douglas, who hand picked,
hand picked Zack Wilson to be the messiah, to be
the savior of the Jets.
Speaker 3 (21:04):
They backed the wrong horse.
Speaker 1 (21:06):
So if you admit that Wilson is fertilizer and will
be fertilizer, you're actually pointing the finger indirectly at yourself.
Under any reasonable, any reasonable measurement, any reasonable measurement, Zach
Wilson has caused dizziness lightheadedness, nausea, and or vomiting watching
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him play. Now, I have another unpopular opinion. The reason
that Jets are starting Tim Boyle and not Trevor Simeon
is because they also know that Tim Boyle is gonna suck.
There's a chance that Trevor Simeon has a couple of
good games they might win. But Tim Boyle can't play either.
The only reason he's on the team is because he
(21:48):
he had lunch he ate cheese curds with Aaron Rodgers
in Appleton, Wisconsin a couple of years ago, and that's
why Tim Boyle is on the team.
Speaker 3 (21:56):
But he can't play the position either.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
He's incompetent, but they went with him rather than because
then they can say, Wow, this guy's no good either.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
Maybe we'll go back to Zach Wilson.
Speaker 1 (22:05):
Right final point, We head to Park Avenue after several
high profile players, including the latest last Thursday, Ravens tight
end Mark Andrews injured injured because of the hip drop tackle.
Speaker 3 (22:21):
The NFL planning to outlaw that form of tackling. PETERA.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
King, the rotund NFL guru and woster Peter King, recently
said the NFL will expedite a change to the rule
that will allow defensive players to no longer do what
they've been doing, which is grab opposing ball carriers before
twisting them around and falling on their legs to bring
(22:50):
them down. So, what is your quick take? What is
your quick take on the NFL campaign to dump the
hip drop tackle. It is both predictable and pathetic, that
is my position. And they do these things out of
an abundance of caution. The NFL slowly and surely outlawing
(23:14):
all forms of tackle, all forms of tackle. Oh, you're
just being a shock jock. Yeah, slowly and surely. Every
couple of years something comes up. It's like playing darts,
but they're poisoned. Darts hit the bull's eye, right, Tacklings
hitting the bulls eye. Really, at this point, tackling in
the NFL is a kin to needle point.
Speaker 3 (23:37):
That's what it is.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
It's like needle point. There's a certain zone you can
tackle in. You can't go too low because you'll take
somebody's knee out. Can't go get too high because you'll
hit them in the head or the chest.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
They might have a heart attack.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
So the area below the heart but above the twigging berries.
I believe you can hit in that area. The tackle
zone is a kin to threading a needle. And I
am of the mindset that what the NFL is doing
is a form of the boiling frog.
Speaker 3 (24:07):
We've all heard the boiling frog story.
Speaker 1 (24:09):
And they're just slowly turning the heat up, slowly turning
the heat up.
Speaker 3 (24:13):
Year by year, somebody gets.
Speaker 1 (24:15):
Hurt with one tackle or another, and so they have
to adjudicate the tackles. They have to change the rules
because that's what corporations do. And when they're not run
by people who are reasonable to have common sinks, they're
just a bunch of muckety MUCKs in Manhattan.
Speaker 3 (24:30):
They're they live out in Long Island. They have their
home on Long Island in the Hamptons on the weekends.
They live in the city during the week.
Speaker 1 (24:36):
But you wake up one day and there's nothing left
to get rid of, there's no tackles left to get
rid of, and the flag is up. It's like you're
going to Santa Nita Racetrack or Churchill Downs, because put
a flag on and that's how you do it. Oh no,
that's never going to happen. Okay, all right, Look at
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all of the types of tackles that have been outlawed
over the last ten years.
Speaker 3 (25:01):
And I'm telling you it's happening. It's right in front
of your nose, and you're so obtuse you.
Speaker 1 (25:08):
Don't even realize it. Now, keep in mind, there's no
way to stop it. The NFL is a conglomerate. They're
run by money hungry people who are only worried about litigation. Right,
that's what takes their money away. So if you outlaw
every tackle that conceivably could cause an injury, you then
limit liability, which means you keep a bigger pile of money.
(25:31):
You see how this works.
Speaker 3 (25:33):
It's a dirty, dirty world, is what it is.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
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Speaker 2 (26:25):
To the third degree, this is one big event gets grilled.
Speaker 7 (26:32):
They thanks and broadcasting. The show must go on.
Speaker 8 (26:34):
That's right, that is a negative statement.
Speaker 7 (26:37):
But Cooper Lop, what do we have here for malor
to the third degree?
Speaker 5 (26:41):
All right? It was a reported during Sunday night football
game that Justin Jefferson, Vikings wide receiver is aiming to
play in week twelve but will be patient because he
wants to feel as strong as he did at the
beginning of the season or stronger. Then can the Vikings
still afford to be patient or as week twelve they
must start?
Speaker 8 (26:57):
No, the Vikings storry. They're in the NFC. There's not
enough good teams in the NFC, so yeah, they can wait.
I mean, it's a real issue here is Justin Jefferson
didn't get the big money and it's one of those deals.
Is like he had gotten paid, maybe he would have played,
but he's got to make sure he doesn't come back
and suck because he's going to get paid the biggest
(27:18):
contract in the NFL history for a wide receiver. But
the Vikings with.
Speaker 7 (27:23):
Dobbs, they'll win and off they'll be a playoff team,
So I'm not really worried about that for them.
Speaker 5 (27:28):
A next You alluded to it earlier. There's only been
about a dozen games so far this season, but there's
already been reports about the Wizards adopting the mindset of
what can we get for Jordan Poole rather than building
around him? Ben, how short of they stint? Do you
think it'll be for Jordan Poole in DC?
Speaker 2 (27:43):
Yeah?
Speaker 7 (27:43):
Well, if I ran the Wizards from I haven't watched
every game, but I would trade him right now. I Mean,
the guy's been terrible. It's been exposed as a total
fraud from what he did with the Golden State Warriors.
It's just not as ugly as I've ever seen a
guy that had good reputation going to a different team.
Speaker 5 (27:59):
Next Ben, the forty nine ers first team All Pro
safety Telenoah Halfunga likely towards ACL will miss the remainder
of the season. How much of an impact do you
think that makes for San Francisco?
Speaker 7 (28:10):
Well, I think you get credit for saying that guy's name,
but it's a big deal. But your season is not
going to be derailed because you lose your safety. As
good as player as he has been, that is not
going to be the reason that forty nine ers don't
end up winning this year. So I don't find that.
Speaker 3 (28:24):
How do we go?
Speaker 5 (28:25):
You pass this decision on the phone?
Speaker 7 (28:28):
How about that.
Speaker 2 (28:29):
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listen live. Now, Malor's Mountain of Money? Do you have
what it takes to get to the top? Probably?
Speaker 7 (28:50):
Not?
Speaker 6 (28:52):
All right, let's play it a game. It is Malar's
Mountain of Money. That's the official name of it. But
we have a couple of contestants ready to go. Coople Loop,
who is gonna play Malloy's mount of Money with us?
Speaker 5 (29:05):
I'm gonna I'm gonna pull a ben here, and I'm
gonna have you choose two door numbers one, one through six.
Speaker 6 (29:12):
One through six. Let's go with number three and five.
Speaker 5 (29:16):
All Right, so number three, we've got Sean in North Dakota.
Speaker 6 (29:20):
Hello, Sean, are you there?
Speaker 1 (29:23):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (29:23):
Totally?
Speaker 6 (29:24):
You ready to play the game. Yeah, you're gonna pick
Cooper Loop all right?
Speaker 5 (29:30):
All right at that? And then you said, what was
your other number? You said, fine, okay, that is Josh
and Orlando.
Speaker 6 (29:38):
Josh, are you there.
Speaker 7 (29:41):
And a pleasure?
Speaker 6 (29:41):
Are you ready to win with me? You got unfortunately
got yet me. It's just Coop already got picked.
Speaker 3 (29:46):
Is that?
Speaker 6 (29:46):
Okay?
Speaker 7 (29:47):
We're good?
Speaker 3 (29:48):
I got you alright?
Speaker 6 (29:49):
Like I like the combeidence Yo, all right, Coop you guys?
Speaker 5 (29:53):
Uh, all right, the gentlemen categories here, Yes, this is uh.
This is Garcia's pile of pesos the Miley Cyrus. Addition,
she turns thirty one years old this week. The categories
are as follows the best of both worlds, The Climb,
wrecking Ball, and used to be young. Sean, you were
on first, which category would you like?
Speaker 3 (30:15):
The climb?
Speaker 5 (30:16):
The climb? All right? And then Josh, when it is
your turn, which category would you like?
Speaker 8 (30:20):
I'm gonna come in like a wrecking ball?
Speaker 5 (30:22):
Wrecking ball?
Speaker 6 (30:23):
All right?
Speaker 5 (30:23):
All right, Sean, you and I are up first. I
remember we need the first and last name of the
athlete in order to get points. All right, we're gonna
have forty five seconds. This category is the climb. These
star athletes spent multiple seasons as backups. Ready begin, all right.
This guy was the quarterback for the Chargers. You didn't
(30:45):
get to start until Drew Brees left. Philip Rivers. Yes,
the Iron Horse. There's a disease named after him. The
Yankee old Yankee.
Speaker 4 (30:56):
Luke Garry.
Speaker 5 (30:57):
Yes, this guy is the star on the Mia Me
heat right now. Well past Joe Montana's backup. He became
a Hall of Famer, Steve you all right. This guy
got to the Super Bowl for the Raiders, but he
lost to the Bucks. Yes, this guy won a Super
(31:22):
Bowl for the Giants. He was a backup for Phil Simms. Yeah, alright, Wow,
that's pretty good.
Speaker 6 (31:29):
I'm not gonna lie.
Speaker 5 (31:30):
I don't know if you were adding up, Eddie.
Speaker 6 (31:33):
I wasn't. Oh, okay, I got I think this was
two hundred and twenty, I believe is what the score was.
Double check my math as we we go here. All right, perfect,
all right, Josh, you and me wrecking ball. These athletes
have all had a relationship. I have a reputation as
locker room cancers. All right, all right, all right, you ready,
(31:56):
let's go, let's do it. This guy's bounced around a
bunch of different team sames. He's with the Mavericks, now
Brooklyn Nets, Celtics. A flat earth guy, flat earth guy.
Speaker 7 (32:09):
Give me another clue.
Speaker 6 (32:10):
Oh my god, let's skip that one. Former Steelers, Yes, yes,
former Steelers wide receiver. He went cuckoo, went to the Raiders,
and yes, he was a forty nine Ers wide receiver.
He stood on the Star. Get your pop corner ready, yes,
former Dodger pitcher. He got accused of a violent sexual
(32:31):
crime and that he was in Japan. Okay, how about
this guy was agent zero in the Yes, agent zero
in the NBA. He pooped in a guy's shoe, brought
a gun in.
Speaker 3 (32:43):
The locker room.
Speaker 6 (32:48):
Gilbert Arenas, Gilbert Arenas A right, not bad though. Right?
Speaker 5 (32:52):
You guys got a hundred points? Really, yes it? Yes,
I don't know if you gave me too many points,
but I mean no, we got film vers of you.
Speaker 3 (33:01):
Got going on here?
Speaker 6 (33:03):
No, you had, I got you with you had an
eighty and a twenty. That's one hundred and then sixty
and forty is one hundred. That's two hundred and ten.
I think yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you're right. I think
you shorty points though, No, I didn't.
Speaker 5 (33:15):
All right, go ahead, all right again, Josh, do you
want wrecking ball or no?
Speaker 6 (33:21):
No, we did that, not records. Both worlds are.
Speaker 3 (33:23):
Used to be young, yes, used to be young.
Speaker 6 (33:26):
Okay, these athletes are all now considered old guys. Are
you ready? All right?
Speaker 1 (33:31):
We go?
Speaker 6 (33:32):
Jets quarterback who got hurt in the first series?
Speaker 7 (33:35):
Aaron?
Speaker 6 (33:36):
Uh? He is does those stupid state farm commercials? NBA guy? Yes? Uh?
He was a pitcher with the Astros. He's married to
a big blonde, boob blonde woman. I can't remember her
name right now. No, no, no, he's with the Astros.
Now he was with the Tigers, all right. Uh. Cincinnati
Read's first baseman. Yes, yes, yes, Cincinnat Red's first baseman.
(34:01):
Kind of eccentric. Probably his last year with the Reds.
I've been there a long time. Yes, kicker for the
Arizona Cardinals. Now he was with the Lions. He was
with the Broncos. He had the longest field. Yes, oh
my god, this guy plays won a title with the Raptors.
Speaker 5 (34:17):
Ah, he did, so that's three hundred and twenty points later,
God bless you. Three twenty totals. So we need one
hundred and ten to tie. It's a good game, all right, Sean.
We got the best of both worlds. These athletes are
in both the college and pro football Hall of Fame.
Forty five seconds begin Old Bill's running back he killed
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two people. Yes, the best Chargers running back of all time. Yes,
a wide receiver for the Lions Megatron. Yes, old safety
for the Ravens. He was there at the same time
as Ray lu Wiss. Mm yeah. Yes, linebacker on the
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eighty five Bears. He was later the forty nine Ers
head coach. Yes it was good, all right, Hall of Fame.
Cornerback for the Denver Broncos. He got there from a
trade on the Redskins. No, no, corner cornerback.
Speaker 7 (35:21):
Oh, cornerback that one?
Speaker 6 (35:24):
No?
Speaker 5 (35:25):
Did we did we make it?
Speaker 6 (35:26):
I don't know how many points?
Speaker 5 (35:28):
Did you need one and ten to tie?
Speaker 3 (35:31):
You got it?
Speaker 2 (35:32):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (35:32):
Yeah? Oh yeah, we got it. We won, We won, Sean,
nice job, Yes, Josh, you did well, but we got
beat by a better, better team there.
Speaker 5 (35:42):
All right, you get a golden ticket, Sean, No, chee, No, yes,
what a refreshing game
Speaker 6 (35:47):
That was a good, good effort there on Garcia's Parlo
pace right
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