December 7, 2023 • 38 mins
Brian Noe & Eddie Garcia fill in for Ben Maller and talk about Zach Wilson getting named starter for the Jets this weekend, the expected offensive struggle in the TNF game as the Patriots face the Steelers, and more!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Everybody. I'm Brian Nough alongside Eddie Garcia. Lots to get
into the Jets total clown show, Zack Wilson back to
being QB one. It's Days of Our Lives NFL style.
We'll get into many more NFL headlines. Also ask Ben,
which turns into ask no, really, ask the crew, one
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of my favorite bits all week. We'll have some fun
with that as well. Hope you enjoyed the podcast and
happy holidays. Oh what's going on? Everybody? Welcome in here,
you know, before we get to all the sports and
all this craziness going on with Zach Wilson QB one
again and got the nd season tournament. I know you're
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hot and heavy on that one, Eddie.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Most important.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
How are things with you?
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Eddie?
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Everything good. It's been a little bit since we've talked
and broken bread.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Yeah, everything's good. Yeah, I can't complain. Got the uh
text from the higher up saying you want to host
with Brian notes tonight? I said absolutely, sounds like fun,
Let's do it.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Yeah. I hope that was your reaction. It wasn't like,
oh gosh, I mean, I guess, you know, right, like
if I have to, there's no one else available. You know,
at least that wasn't your reaction. I'm glad to hear that, Eddie.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Yeah, that might be the reaction of others listening right now.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
That's what I mean, that's true, that's not me. It's
always that possibility.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
And I know Iowa, Sam and Cooper very excited as well.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Well, that's good, that's good. They're my guys, Iowa, Sam
and Cooper.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Sometimes we need a.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Well I get that too, I understand that. So how
about Zach Wilson with the New York Jets. He's the
starter again, Eddie. This is a soap opera, And the
next turn in the soap opera is after the reports
earlier in the week from the Athletic and Diana Russini
and hey, Zach Wilson is reportedly reluctant to be the
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Jet starting quarterback because of injury concerns, and the latest
we got on Wednesday, he's QB one again. And of
course you knew this was coming, Eddies. Oh no, no,
that's all false, no truth to it whatsoever about me
not wanting to be the Jet starting quarterback. So of
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course that's the way it's going to be spun. I
guess the question is what do you believe? What do
you believe in this whole storyline and how we got
here with where it started at the beginning of the week,
the reports that Zach Wilson was reluctant to be QB one,
the change on Wednesday officially with him being QB one
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not only now against the Texans on Sunday, but god
willing for the rest of the season. According to head
coach Robert Salo, what do you believe happened this week?
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Eddie? Well, I Ben would call me naive. He likes
to think that I believe anything that the teams and
the players say, which is completely untrue. But my question
is why would Zach Wilson not want to play? He
has nothing to lose. Everybody thinks he sucks already. I mean,
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to be a starting quarterback in the NFL at any point,
under any circumstances is a big deal. And if this
the idea that he's afraid he's gonna get hurt, that's
why he doesn't want to play. I mean, you can
get hurt at any point at any time. You know,
I don't know. I mean, I know their offensive live stinks,
but I don't know why anybody would be And even
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if he's not, Yeah, he's not in the future plans
of the Jets. Okay, he didn't know that already They've
got Aaron Rodgers. So I don't understand for him why
he wouldn't want to be out there when he has
nothing to lose and try and prove some people wrong.
At least some other team out there that if he plays,
I don't know, halfway decent or shows some ability in
the final few games, maybe someone else will take a
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chance on him. With the way quarterback plays in the NFL,
I don't know. Yeah, does that make any sense at all?
Or why am I? Why am I naive on this?
Why am I missing? What am I missing here? I
don't see why. I don't see why anybody wouldn't want
to be a starting quarterback in the NFL given the opportunity.
I hear you.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
It just it never added up. That's not to say
it's untrue. It just never made any sense that his
reaction would be, Hey, I could get dinged up.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Right, So you actually agree with me?
Speaker 1 (04:27):
I see what you're saying. Absolutely, I think it could be.
I don't know about the injury thing. Because he does.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
He maybe feel like the Jets have made him into
some kind of scapegoat and he's upset in that way.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
That's what I think it could be more than the
injury thing. Where think about this. The Jets when they
demoted him, they didn't demote him to the backup. He
was the third string guy. He was the emergency quarterback
behind both Tim Boyle and Trevor Simeon.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
Yeah, that didn't make much sense.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Didn't take any sense. And so I could see Zach
It's like being in a relationship and he's like, Oh,
you dumped me, and then you figured out you didn't
have a better option, and now you'll like want me back.
Now you're crawling back. I'm not into it, you know.
I could see him being like that.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
That doesn't make some sense. That does make some sense.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Yes, yeah, the injury thing, I don't know that that's it.
But if it is, man, that's just that's career suicide
to say something like that. How can you face your
teammates if you even thought about saying something like that.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
No, I agree, that's you can't say that. And if
he does say that, and if that's true, then there's
an issue. I mean, that's even worse than you know, Look,
somebody would still take a chance on him because he's
young and he has arm talent, But saying something like that,
that's a problem.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
So this is this is why I think he was
reluctant for whatever reason. I'm not sure. I think it
could be what I just explained, where he's you know,
there's some sour grapes about being demoted to the third
string quarterback, maybe something along those lines. But so the
report was earlier in the week that he was reluctant
to play due to injury concerns. This was earlier in
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the week. On Monday, head coach Robert Sala he was
addressing those reports about Zach Wilson being reluctant. Listen to
what he says very carefully here.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
Let's be clear, if he was reluctant to play, guys,
he wouldn't be here, all right. I actually coincidentally just
got done speaking with him. He came in about a
half hour ago, and we had a really good conversation.
The young man wants the ball, he wants to start.
He believes he's the best quarterback in the room and
best quarterback for this team, and the best, and the
guy gives us the best fans to win. And I'll
tell you, guys, the same thing I told him. I
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appreciate it. I appreciate the fact that he wants to play.
I'm just not there yet.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Okay, So think about this, Eddy. The timeline matters here.
So Robert Sala is like, the guy wants to play,
I'm just not there yet. I'm not ready to name
him QB one. And then on Wednesday, Robert Salin not
only names him the starter, he says, God willing, he's
going to be the starter for the rest of the season.
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What changed? Who was he in the running with? Was
Robert Sala going to start Tim Boyle again, No, they
released the guy. Was he going to start Trevor Simeon
or Brett Rippan who they just picked up off of
a practice squad. No, it was all about Zach Wilson.
So I believe that they said, hey, we want you
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to be the starter, and he was reluctant for whatever reason.
I do believe that.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
Well, if that's the case, then you know, why would
you start him at this point?
Speaker 1 (07:45):
That's because you got Brett Rippin and Trevor Sibion knew
but you just.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Said, and I totally agree with you. If you have
a player who says he doesn't want to play for
your team for whatever reason, yeah, then I would cut him.
Speaker 4 (07:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Is he still on the much less playing?
Speaker 1 (08:02):
Yeah? I know, maybe it's uh. I don't know, man,
this is where it gets so complicated. I don't know
ownership stance on this. Well, Let's say Robert Sala is like,
I've had it with this kid, Let's cut him loose.
He doesn't want to start, you kidding me? And if
ownership says the kid starts like, Robert Sala can't be
like nope, I don't want him here, it's just like okay.
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So I don't know that layer of it either. It
could get really really tricky if that's involved.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
You know. Yeah, I also heard Robert Sala talking about
kind of letting him go out there and just throw
it around. I'm like, all right, why weren't you doing
that to begin with? I mean, I saw the Jets
play in person not long ago against the Chargers on
a Monday night, and they were as bad as an
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offensive as I've ever witnessed with my own eyes at
the NFL level. And the play calling isn't helping either,
because I believe that should be. I know they've got
a good defense, and I know that they you know,
they're hoping maybe you know, you'll get a pass hit
here or there, win with some field goals, I guess,
But what do you got to lose? Man? Let it go?
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Rip it? They were so conservative with him, and he
was getting sacked right and left too. But that offensive
line's terrible. But at this point, yeah, I don't know
why they haven't done that all year. Just let him
go out there and rip it. He's throwing. You know,
he's not doing anything anyway, might as well let him
give it a shot, especially the way they call pass
their efferience in the NFL these days, throw it down
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the field. You know, three out of four times they're
going to get a flag, it seems like.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
And he's got Garrett Wilson, who's a very good wide receiver.
And it's crazy because their defense is so good. You
saw it in person against the Chargers. The Chargers couldn't
do anything offensively that game. Their defense is really good.
But get these stats for the offense. Eddie four offensive
touchdowns for the Jets in their last eighty eight that's
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crazy to me. They have ten offensive touchdowns in twelve games.
Speaker 2 (10:07):
Now the Patriots are saying that's not so bad. I'm
sure we'll mention the Thursday night game at some point.
Speaker 1 (10:16):
My god, Oh oh, you're fired for that one. Oh god, No,
are you gonna be watching nd season tournament? The Lakers
are playing at the same time as your Steelers. You're
gonna be torn there.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
Well that's funny. Uh no, you know what I'll be watching.
I'll be watching my Los Angeles Kings. Look you go
eleven and oh on the road this season. It set
an NHL record? How dare you wow?
Speaker 1 (10:36):
So they're they're taking the big screen from the Steelers.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Cent Are you kidding me? Do you think I want
to watch Mitch Trubisky play football? I mean, just forget
about the Patriots. I forget about the Patriots. Do you
think I want to watch that? That's not gonna do
anything with give me heartburn? I'm not watching that.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
I'm good man, and think about that too, Eddie. It's
bad enough to see both teams Thursday night, but I
think it's worse for those fan bases with what they're
used to. You know what I mean, You're going from
seven course premium meals to just like stale ramen noodles,
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you know what I mean. Like, that's the Steelers, the
Patriots and what they are right now, especially the Patriots.
It's crazy.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
I know you like to toss down a wager or two.
I don't, but yeah, the over under is thirty, I believe. Yeah,
I mean on a Thursday night game, My god, take
if you don't take the under, I mean.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
Come on, I mean, hey, there's some numbers to back
that up, Eddie. There are a lot of numbers to
back it up. Think about your Steelers are ten and
two to the under this season. That's the highest under
percentage in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
It's not the Patriots averaging like four points a game
over over the last four games or something stupid like that.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
They're brutal. Yeah, they've they've allowed ten or fewer points
in three straight games. They've lost all three games. That's
they haven't allowed more than ten points in three games.
Speaker 2 (12:09):
I'll be shocked at the Steelers score more than ten. Shocked.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
I that might be a wager right there. You know,
I think Mitch can get them to double digits.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
You don't think so, No, No, I don't no.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
We might have to think of something. There might have
to think of something. All right, We're off and running.
We've got Eddie Garcia here. I'm Brian No in for
Big Ben Maller coming up next. Seems like a team
is back to its old ways. Some details on that
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Speaker 1 (14:07):
Thank you, Eddie Man. So one Sodo going to the Yankees.
You hear about that?
Speaker 2 (14:14):
I did hear about that? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Yeah, they get one Sodo traded him. He's only got
one year left on his deal.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
Eddie.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
It's gonna be a free agent after next season. Motivated
to perform, highly motivated. A lot of people believe that
this is the Yankees, this is uh. They're using the
twenty fourth season to pitch one Soto to be there
for a lot longer than just one year, so it's
a big time risk. They're sending four starting pitchers to
the Podres for one Soto, So I don't know. It
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just feels like a blast from the past, doesn't it,
Like the Evil Empire. They're doing something to get one
of the biggest names in the sport. They get one
Soto over there, and we'll see if it works out
for them. But obviously a bold move did not work
out well for the Podres. Not all his fault. Thirty
five homers, one hundred and nine RBIs last season, very
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good season for him individually, but just did not work
out for the Padres. And they're all in push that
just they fell flat in their face. He can't be
sub five hundred making all those moves, Eddie.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
Yeah, no doubt. I wonder. You know, the owner actually
passed away not long ago, and I know they they
there was some you know, history, and he had been
sick before. But I do wonder, right if he knew
that he wasn't doing well and decided we're going all
in now, well I'm here to try and win this,
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and they did, and it obviously didn't didn't work out.
So I do wonder now if the padre is how
competitive they're going to be going forward. I have no
idea if it's true or not. I'm just you know,
putting connecting the pieces together at this point. But yeah,
they spent like like the old Yankees did and it
did not work out at all.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
Yeah, I think about you know, imagine if there's no
salary cap in the NFL, and Jerry Jones knew he
was toward the end. Oh my gosh, he said he
said it before. He's like, there's there'd be a blank check.
There's not an amount of money I wouldn't pay for
a super Bowl, you know. So I think there could
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be something to what you're saying there.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
Yeah, I I'm sure his son would step in and
be like, hey, do hold on there, let's uh.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
Yeah, dial it back just a little bit over here,
no doubt.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
But I think Steven's kind of running things anyway, right,
just let's the old man do his little radio show.
And when it comes down to making the big decisions, though,
I think he kind of pulls him aside and it's like, hey, dad,
we're not doing that.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
I'll tell you what. The whole Johnny Manzel thing from
what the twenty fourteen draft. I want to say when
Stephen Jones was like, we're no, we're not doing that.
We're drafting the offensive lineman from Notre Dame. That gave
him a lot of credibility, a lot. That was like
Stephen Jones, Yeah, it was this coming out moment, right
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there was the twenty fourteen draft. Okay you today, Yeah,
we were mentioning this. Also, Eddie, you look at your
Steelers tomorrow night against the rather Thursday night football. Yeah,
the stats are pretty crazy here Patriots too, and ten
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against the spread on the season, that's the worst in
the NFL, absolute worst. And uh, the favorites stat I have.
I didn't get to finish at Eddie. I was saving
the best for last. So the Patriots they've allowed ten
or fewer points in three straight games. Really good, right,
only allowed the Chargers for six points. Well, they lost
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all three of those games. The last team to do that,
to allow ten or fewer points and lose three straight games,
that would be the nineteen thirty eight Chicago Cardinals. That's
how long it's been so for that to be the
case in twenty twenty three, when teams are scoring left
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and right, that is that's insane. To me that the
Patriots have been able to pull that off.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
It's it's uh, as you said, too right with these
two franchises, too very spoiled fan bases. To see it
be this bad is uh, it's not what they're used
to put it, put it lightly.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
Oh gosh, it's not at all. I think it makes
it way way worse. You know, when you've tasted the
good life, when the Patriots have what six super Bowls?
Your Steelers have got their debt six also, they've got six. Also,
they're wow, that's crazy. Yeah, Tom Brady's got seven. That's
that's wild right there. But when you've got six apiece
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and now this is what you're looking at, My goodness, gosh,
that likes It makes Back Jones look like Zach Wilson,
you know what I mean. It makes him look way
worse than what he actually is. When you're used to
Tom Brady, I know you're not even used to it,
Big Ben Roethlisberger at a lot of good years. To
go from that to what you're seeing with now Mitch
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Trubisky and Kenny Pickett, that's dude, that no wonder the
totals only thirty points Ady, This is rough.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Uh, yeah, it's real rough. I you know, look, I'm
not one of those like I'm spoiled. I guess to
an extent. Right, if you're a Steeler fan, you've been
spoiled if you've been around for a while. But I'm
usually not somebody who checks out on a season, you know,
especially like football.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
Yeah, but yeah, wah, you're there, huh.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
I'm there. I mean last week against the Cardinals they
had two rather long weather delays as well. Oh yeah,
but I once, once Pickett went out, I decided, you
know what, I don't need to watch this.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
That was a weird game, man, because you know, I
had the the YouTube stuff going on right, the little
quad box and TV.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
I'm enjoying it.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
It's okay, it's fine. I'm alright with it. Yeah, not
a it's fine. It seems to be. Uh, outside of
one week where it was really glitchy and bad, it
seems to work pretty well. I think it's worked better
than I've streamed direct TV, like on my computer and
stuff for a number of years, So I think it's
worked pretty well. But that's crazy, man. Your Steelers are
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seven and five. They're the five seed right now.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
I don't know how they've won seven games, I swear
I don't. Yeah, looking looking at where they are now
and looking back, I'm like, how did that happen?
Speaker 1 (20:39):
Yeah? I know, smoking mirrors man winning with defense. They
were out gained by almost every opponent.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
How did they beat the Ravens? How did that happen?
Speaker 1 (20:51):
Oh? That was I'll tell you how that happened. The
Ravens absolutely wet themselves that game. Stelle gosh, it was
just dropped touchdown passes. They might have muffed a punt.
They did everything to put that game on a silver
bladder for the Steelers. And you know, those freaking teams.
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I don't care if the Steelers are worse or the
Ravens are. You know, they're far apart. Something about that game.
In that matchup, it's gonna be a close game in
the fourth quarter almost always. You know, that's just how
they roll over there. But I hear you, it seems
weird that they've rattled off seven wins when they've been
out gained by almost everybody. I think the only opponent
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they out gained was the Bengals. Right a couple of
weeks ago, they had their breakout four hundred yards of
total offense for the first time in fifty nine games.
How is that even possible? Four hundred yards? Is not
this crazy number to reach in the NFL? They hadn't
done it. They hadn't done it in fifty nine games.
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That blows my mind. Yeah, yeah, that's man.
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Speaker 1 (22:03):
Funny quote number one Here, I've got a couple for you.
Ediem well stocked and funny quotes. This is from Luca
doncic So. Luca had a triple double in the first
half against the Jazz on Wednesday night. The MAVs won
by fifty points, and in the postgame interview, this was funny.
This was on Balley Sports Southwest. Listen to Luca answer
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this question. Check it out.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
It's pretty important to come out here and get this
win and get it in fifty point that's that's resounding fashion.
Speaker 4 (22:34):
Yeah. Before the game, you know, we just can't.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
Love it.
Speaker 2 (22:43):
Yeah, so wow, sounds like some of our callers.
Speaker 4 (22:47):
I know it.
Speaker 1 (22:48):
I know, no dump button there on the the live
prodbect mom.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
And then the following up with the old s there I.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
Like the end party stuck the landing. He knows the
curse words, right, yeah, absolutely he does. But man, what
a night. You know, I think when you drop a
triple double in the first half, can get away with
an F bomb, a little S bomb at the end.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
It's like, show up, Utah, nice job.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
Yeah, great job Utah. Losing by fifty we got this too.
How about we'll stick with the NBA. So the in
season tournament in Vegas on Thursday night, Eddie, it's the
semi finals, so lazy, yeah, Thursday night. That's well, it's
gonna start off really early. It's gonna be goodness.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
I'd rather watch Patriots Steelers than that.
Speaker 1 (23:40):
Just for the record, the Pacers in Bucks start at
two pm Pacific time. Two pm Pacific. It's just crazy
to me, like, what what are we doing? So it's
two pm Pacific time and it's six pm Pacific time.
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That's when the Lakers tip off. Kind of weird. But
the funny thing I saw was related to the Lakers.
So you know they have all these crazy court designs
for the Nzson Tournament, right, So the Lakers, they've been
asked to swap their black uniforms for gold uniforms. It's
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like the contrast of the court. It's gonna work out
better with the gold uniforms. Now, the Lakers are upset
because they've been doing really well in these these black uniforms.
And one Lakers player, when he was informed that the
team wouldn't be able to wear black on Thursday, his
reply was, that's ass, which I think is pretty funny.
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That's the official response is, that'sass wants to wear all black.
Speaker 2 (24:52):
So ken this schame on Thursday?
Speaker 6 (24:57):
Hyped ready to hang that banner. I don't know, well,
I sent some sarcasm there.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
I mean, if you're the NBA, you need the Lakers
or the Bucks. That's what you need. It's that good
to have the Pelicans or the Pacers. When the n
season tournament, you need a team with some history, right
with a Are.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
You suggesting there'll be some favorable calls for one?
Speaker 1 (25:23):
There might be. We saw one the other night with
the Lakers and the Suns. Did you see that, Eddie?
That was crazy?
Speaker 2 (25:30):
Yes? I did.
Speaker 6 (25:30):
Well, Actually, I'm glad that you brought this up. Has
since been debunked.
Speaker 1 (25:35):
Actually, well, the NBA came out and tried to debunk it.
But the debunkings has not been put to bed there, Coop.
Speaker 6 (25:44):
How do you figure it's pretty open and shut based
off of what the NBA said?
Speaker 1 (25:50):
Oh not at all, my friend, not whatsoever. Because Eddie,
you opened up the can of worms and you're absolutely right.
This is the epitome of a con spiracy theory. They
want the Lakers, they want the brand.
Speaker 6 (26:04):
They please explain to me how that doesn't close the case.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
Okay, So anybody who missed this, The NBA came out
with their last two minute report and said, yeah, correct call.
So if you missed it, let's give them the play
by play. Okay, this is how it sounded on TNT.
This is Reggie Miller doing color commentary. There was a
loose ball with about seven seconds to go, and they
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gave the Lakers a time out. This is how it
sounded on TNT.
Speaker 2 (26:34):
What are they calling here?
Speaker 4 (26:35):
Time out? The Lakers get a timeout with seven point four.
Speaker 7 (26:40):
On the clock.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
But I am the ball was a loose ball.
Speaker 4 (26:43):
How could they have been a time out when no
one had possession?
Speaker 1 (26:47):
Amen, Reggie, That's exactly right. It was a loose ball.
So the last two minute report it reads Lakers are
granted a timeout when Reeves recovers the ball and pins
it against his leg before he loses it again. Total
bs not true at all?
Speaker 2 (27:06):
Did you what do you mean not true?
Speaker 1 (27:06):
Did you see the picture?
Speaker 4 (27:08):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (27:08):
I got with the with the ball play at his legs.
Speaker 1 (27:11):
For a milli second while Lebron wasn't calling time out
at the time.
Speaker 2 (27:14):
He was absolutely calling time out at the time.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
Outrageous. This is fixed the NBA and the last two
minute report that is just a total crock. I can't
believe they stood that.
Speaker 2 (27:28):
Lakers.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
I can't believe they stood by that. That's insane to me.
But yeah, that's uh, that's what happened the other night,
and the NBA stood by it.
Speaker 2 (27:38):
Wild What did the gen zs Hey cope?
Speaker 1 (27:41):
Cope? Yeah, maybe, Eddie, do I go all in on
the brand names based on this, uh these shenanigans with
what the NBA did with the Lakers there, maybe we
go all in on the Lakers and Bucks, you know,
we go brand names for the final there.
Speaker 2 (27:57):
I mean, it's not a bad idea. I still you know,
I still would lock under Steelers Patriots. That's again, I'm
not a game, a gambler, a wager there, But I can't.
I'm putting I'm going all out of that.
Speaker 1 (28:14):
Yeah, yeah, hey man, I don't blame you on that one.
This was a little if you went a little bit more.
This is the last thing with Devin Booker. This was
after the Sun's lost to the Lakers on Tuesday night.
This is what he said about that loose ball and
the weird time out being granted, here you go, the whole.
Speaker 3 (28:32):
World scene and I just got off social media and
other players around the league seeing it.
Speaker 2 (28:36):
So it is what it is.
Speaker 3 (28:39):
You know, rest miss calls sometimes, but you know, when
they're a bit that obvious, you know, it's tough.
Speaker 1 (28:45):
It was a horrible call. Horrible I what's the harm
with the two minute report saying, yeah, we missed that
should have been the Sun's ball. It's the least they
could have done. And they didn't even do that. Hey,
you know what, Eddie, let's hear from our guy Jed
who fled.
Speaker 2 (29:01):
Oh he's on the line. He has not called in
since the Florida State situation, so.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
Oh man, he has to standby Jed. What is going on?
But how are you doing?
Speaker 7 (29:13):
Something happened with Florida State. Now I'm in the drug world. Brian,
it's called when there's one drug sect and there's more
people in the car, it's called constructive possession. That was
what you call a constructive possession time out, and only
the Lakers are able to get there, because I mean
they obviously want in the real possession of it. Now,
the comments not necessary. Ben has a limited indulgence for
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SCC violations. Brian, I just want you to know it.
Sometimes it's very difficult to say the things I want
to say, and b B be kind of you know, specific,
ambiguous without violating the SCC. And Justin Cooper, let me
tell you somebody who's as uncaring as he is. The
counter the counter part of that equation is I always
say am because that guy is a nerves nerd. A
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nerves nerd.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
Wow Wow, an unsolicited tack on Iowa Sam out of
the blue.
Speaker 7 (30:02):
Well the other day he started, he started, I don't
know if these means ocast. He started saying that his
mister krest and I was better than Florida's. And that's
just that's botting words. I can't have what did I say?
Speaker 1 (30:10):
I mean, what did I say?
Speaker 7 (30:12):
I don't like to say then actual words. Case of
CIA at I was listened, but you said the meth
in Iowa was better than the meth in Florida, and
that I'm.
Speaker 2 (30:19):
Just I mean, you know, we both take a backseat
to like, you know, Albuquerque and you know Heisenberg and
all that. So there you go. Maybe have you tried
that meth in Iowa?
Speaker 7 (30:30):
Jed, No, I don't. I don't. I'm not able to
just slip into the fictional world of Eisenberg and trysake meths.
So I'm just saying what I know right now is
that Alberquerque is ranting Florida State. But isn't that Florida
State is always getting grease. It's because you're with the
number one party school in the nation, and who cares
about recruiting the guys to your school. If you ain't
got the hot cheeks, you ain't gonna get the hot
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I was gonna say hot dudes, but the dudes who's
five star ratings are hot. Now I cannot quite remember
how aanditioned this. That's not let's not be concerned. Oh
my god, dude, I'll almost be like time out now.
I need.
Speaker 1 (31:10):
You too, Jed. Good to hear from you, man, Did
you flip in that Coop is uncaring. That was real quick.
Speaker 2 (31:18):
That was that was a surprise. I I I thought
he was saving up his outrage to just come in
and go full Knowle's nation.
Speaker 6 (31:26):
And uh yeah, I mean depending on what he Yeah,
depending on what he's referring to, he's not wrong, like
like what I'm uncaring about what?
Speaker 1 (31:38):
Yeah, you know you're caring about the uh about certain things,
uncaring about the NFL playoffs once the Broncos aren't in it.
I know that much. Did you?
Speaker 2 (31:49):
Did you have an off air conversation with with Jed
and he's referring to something that went down there? Maybe
I don't know.
Speaker 6 (31:56):
I I do have off air conversations with them, But
I'm not even sure he's referring to curious well because
he said even though justin Cooper's uncaring and then he
went directly into his attack on Sam.
Speaker 2 (32:08):
We didn't get back, So how are they, Like, is
there a correlation in there? I'm not I don't. I
don't know. Coop just doesn't give fs about certain things,
which is a good I think we all are.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Coop does have that ability, doesn't He
kind of like it's.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
Kind of screened a lot of calls, and so there's
a lot of f's he can't give. You know, that
is true. He just has to just keep taking time.
He got time, They got time to that.
Speaker 5 (32:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (32:34):
I guess that might be because a lot of people,
including Jed, sometimes try and just like go off and
start talking to me.
Speaker 2 (32:41):
You're excited for the air, well, yeah, or.
Speaker 6 (32:44):
Or like with Jed specifically, like i'd say ninety five
percent of the time, I He'll talk for like a
good twenty seconds and then I'll go, I don't understand
a word you just said.
Speaker 1 (32:55):
Hold on, he's going through some something heavy and trying
to get your advice, and You're like, yeah, just hold.
Speaker 6 (33:05):
Literally can't understand. He talks so fast, and like most
of the time I don't know what he's saying. I
hear just like a word here and a word there,
and I'll be like, oh, yeah.
Speaker 1 (33:16):
That's the type of stuff. We need that for the year.
We need some of your conversations off air.
Speaker 2 (33:25):
Some of those conversations can be uh.
Speaker 1 (33:28):
The ones that can be yeah, we gotta make that
a thing that would be tremendous. Okay, coming up next,
it's the biggest game of the week and it's got
a really interesting footnote. We'll tell you about that. I'm
Brian No, He's Eddie Garcia. We're in for Big Ben Malor.
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Speaker 1 (34:41):
You can ask or ask Eddy. You know you could
do that.
Speaker 2 (34:45):
I think we should, we should do that. Let's do it.
Speaker 1 (34:48):
Yeah, you don't think Ben would hate us?
Speaker 6 (34:51):
Do you?
Speaker 2 (34:51):
He's not here? Who cares?
Speaker 1 (34:53):
Yeah, let's do it.
Speaker 2 (34:54):
And he's not listening, that's for sure.
Speaker 6 (34:56):
Well, we'd have to decide on a singular hashtag so
that I'm easily able to find.
Speaker 2 (35:00):
All right, will you make the call, Coop? What do
you want it to be? Still? Asked Ben? Keep it,
keep it the same?
Speaker 1 (35:04):
Yeah, there you go?
Speaker 2 (35:05):
No, okay, all right, what do you want it to be? Uh?
Oh crap, ask us?
Speaker 1 (35:15):
Ask us?
Speaker 2 (35:16):
I don't care as we can do it. We can
still do it.
Speaker 1 (35:20):
Ask Ben whatever I mean.
Speaker 2 (35:21):
I'm sure I'm sure he'll love that. Oh you know,
is that why you don't want to do because he
might see that? Ask no? How about ask no Oe?
Ask no?
Speaker 1 (35:37):
There you go?
Speaker 2 (35:38):
All right?
Speaker 1 (35:39):
Game see who spells it right? Who spells it wrong?
Speaker 2 (35:42):
It could be that could be a problem. N oe everybody,
if you want to get in on, ask the crew
tonight minus Ben Oe, ask no.
Speaker 1 (35:49):
Ask no, ask the crew. We'll have some fun with that,
for sure. So how about this Eddie. We've got the
Cowboys hosting the Eagles. It's gonna be the biggest game
of the week in the NFL. And the head coach
of the Cowboys, Mike McCarthy, he underwent surgery on Wednesday.
He had some abdominal pain in the morning and he
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went to go see the team's medical staff. Next thing
you know, he's having surgery. He was diagnosed with an
acute appendicitis, so he went under the knife. All went well.
He's expected to coach on Sunday against the Eagles. But
how about that. I love this quote from a defensive coordinator,
Dan Quinn. He said, you really think that tough irishman
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is going to miss this game? Is what dan quinn
had to say. So we're expecting McCarthy to be okay
and to be on the sidelines on Sunday.
Speaker 2 (36:40):
You still got your appendix, sir Brian.
Speaker 1 (36:42):
I still have mine. My brother in law does not have.
Speaker 2 (36:45):
I do not have mine.
Speaker 1 (36:46):
Yours is gone.
Speaker 2 (36:47):
He's gone high school. In high school, it got removed
and that did. That was the olden times where they
actually cut you open. They didn't. Now they do like
that little what do they call it lepioscopic. Were they
just kinda make a little yeah yeah yeah, back in
the olden times, they had a slice open.
Speaker 1 (37:04):
Yeah. So did you have like McCarthy abdominal pain.
Speaker 2 (37:08):
Oh yeah, Oh yeah, I was puking all over the place.
Speaker 1 (37:10):
Yeah, I believe I had that. Also.
Speaker 2 (37:12):
Your appendix ruptures when you start vomiting. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
they I remember they took me to the emergency room
and the doctor's like, oh, yeah, he needs we need
to take him into surgery right now. I'm like what,
Oh man, I thought I just was stomach floor or something.
Speaker 1 (37:24):
Have you had any other surgeries, Eddie?
Speaker 2 (37:27):
I had my tonsiles removed when I was even younger.
Speaker 1 (37:30):
Tonsiles appendix Yeah yeah, hey man, nice, I was sam
any surgeries you had to have a surgery or too?
Speaker 2 (37:37):
Yeah, just when I broke my tib fib and I
had to do a reconstructor.
Speaker 4 (37:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (37:44):
Yeah. That was a skiing accident back in January of
twenty fifteen.
Speaker 1 (37:48):
Oh man, this sounds like quite the thing. Did you
get wrapped around a tree or something there?
Speaker 2 (37:53):
I was just it was evening out. I was going
pretty fast, hit a little divot and just lost control,
spilled out.
Speaker 1 (38:00):
Yeah, it was its flying.
Speaker 2 (38:03):
Did you know immediately I heard it, I felt a
crack through a whole body, like it was like a thunder.
It was like thunderstruck, you know. So they had to
put me in the little sled and get me down
off the top of this massive mountain. Yes, it sounded
like that.
Speaker 1 (38:17):
In my body. Your body was thunders Yeah, it was.
Speaker 2 (38:23):
It was quite quite painful.
Speaker 1 (38:24):
What's the over under Eddie on coop surgeries in life?
What do you think?
Speaker 2 (38:28):
I'm gonna say nothing, zero zero.
Speaker 1 (38:31):
I'm gonna say there's at least one coop one surgery.
Speaker 6 (38:35):
At least I have had oral surgery. Yeah, well, I
mean I would say no on that one. I went
under for it.
Speaker 2 (38:44):
I mean I've had my wisdom tooth removed to I
didn't count that well.
Speaker 6 (38:46):
I also had chains like connected to my impacted tea chains.
Speaker 2 (38:50):
Yes. Wow,
Everybody. I'm Brian Nough alongside Eddie Garcia. Lots to get
into the Jets total clown show, Zack Wilson back to
being QB one. It's Days of Our Lives NFL style.
We'll get into many more NFL headlines. Also ask Ben,
which turns into ask no, really, ask the crew, one
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of my favorite bits all week. We'll have some fun
with that as well. Hope you enjoyed the podcast and
happy holidays. Oh what's going on? Everybody? Welcome in here,
you know, before we get to all the sports and
all this craziness going on with Zach Wilson QB one
again and got the nd season tournament. I know you're
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hot and heavy on that one, Eddie.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Most important.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
How are things with you?
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Eddie?
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Everything good. It's been a little bit since we've talked
and broken bread.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Yeah, everything's good. Yeah, I can't complain. Got the uh
text from the higher up saying you want to host
with Brian notes tonight? I said absolutely, sounds like fun,
Let's do it.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Yeah. I hope that was your reaction. It wasn't like,
oh gosh, I mean, I guess, you know, right, like
if I have to, there's no one else available. You know,
at least that wasn't your reaction. I'm glad to hear that, Eddie.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Yeah, that might be the reaction of others listening right now.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
That's what I mean, that's true, that's not me. It's
always that possibility.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
And I know Iowa, Sam and Cooper very excited as well.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Well, that's good, that's good. They're my guys, Iowa, Sam
and Cooper.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Sometimes we need a.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Well I get that too, I understand that. So how
about Zach Wilson with the New York Jets. He's the
starter again, Eddie. This is a soap opera, And the
next turn in the soap opera is after the reports
earlier in the week from the Athletic and Diana Russini
and hey, Zach Wilson is reportedly reluctant to be the
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Jet starting quarterback because of injury concerns, and the latest
we got on Wednesday, he's QB one again. And of
course you knew this was coming, Eddies. Oh no, no,
that's all false, no truth to it whatsoever about me
not wanting to be the Jet starting quarterback. So of
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course that's the way it's going to be spun. I
guess the question is what do you believe? What do
you believe in this whole storyline and how we got
here with where it started at the beginning of the week,
the reports that Zach Wilson was reluctant to be QB one,
the change on Wednesday officially with him being QB one
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not only now against the Texans on Sunday, but god
willing for the rest of the season. According to head
coach Robert Salo, what do you believe happened this week?
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Eddie? Well, I Ben would call me naive. He likes
to think that I believe anything that the teams and
the players say, which is completely untrue. But my question
is why would Zach Wilson not want to play? He
has nothing to lose. Everybody thinks he sucks already. I mean,
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to be a starting quarterback in the NFL at any point,
under any circumstances is a big deal. And if this
the idea that he's afraid he's gonna get hurt, that's
why he doesn't want to play. I mean, you can
get hurt at any point at any time. You know,
I don't know. I mean, I know their offensive live stinks,
but I don't know why anybody would be And even
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if he's not, Yeah, he's not in the future plans
of the Jets. Okay, he didn't know that already They've
got Aaron Rodgers. So I don't understand for him why
he wouldn't want to be out there when he has
nothing to lose and try and prove some people wrong.
At least some other team out there that if he plays,
I don't know, halfway decent or shows some ability in
the final few games, maybe someone else will take a
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chance on him. With the way quarterback plays in the NFL,
I don't know. Yeah, does that make any sense at all?
Or why am I? Why am I naive on this?
Why am I missing? What am I missing here? I
don't see why. I don't see why anybody wouldn't want
to be a starting quarterback in the NFL given the opportunity.
I hear you.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
It just it never added up. That's not to say
it's untrue. It just never made any sense that his
reaction would be, Hey, I could get dinged up.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Right, So you actually agree with me?
Speaker 1 (04:27):
I see what you're saying. Absolutely, I think it could be.
I don't know about the injury thing. Because he does.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
He maybe feel like the Jets have made him into
some kind of scapegoat and he's upset in that way.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
That's what I think it could be more than the
injury thing. Where think about this. The Jets when they
demoted him, they didn't demote him to the backup. He
was the third string guy. He was the emergency quarterback
behind both Tim Boyle and Trevor Simeon.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
Yeah, that didn't make much sense.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Didn't take any sense. And so I could see Zach
It's like being in a relationship and he's like, Oh,
you dumped me, and then you figured out you didn't
have a better option, and now you'll like want me back.
Now you're crawling back. I'm not into it, you know.
I could see him being like that.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
That doesn't make some sense. That does make some sense.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Yes, yeah, the injury thing, I don't know that that's it.
But if it is, man, that's just that's career suicide
to say something like that. How can you face your
teammates if you even thought about saying something like that.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
No, I agree, that's you can't say that. And if
he does say that, and if that's true, then there's
an issue. I mean, that's even worse than you know, Look,
somebody would still take a chance on him because he's
young and he has arm talent, But saying something like that,
that's a problem.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
So this is this is why I think he was
reluctant for whatever reason. I'm not sure. I think it
could be what I just explained, where he's you know,
there's some sour grapes about being demoted to the third
string quarterback, maybe something along those lines. But so the
report was earlier in the week that he was reluctant
to play due to injury concerns. This was earlier in
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the week. On Monday, head coach Robert Sala he was
addressing those reports about Zach Wilson being reluctant. Listen to
what he says very carefully here.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
Let's be clear, if he was reluctant to play, guys,
he wouldn't be here, all right. I actually coincidentally just
got done speaking with him. He came in about a
half hour ago, and we had a really good conversation.
The young man wants the ball, he wants to start.
He believes he's the best quarterback in the room and
best quarterback for this team, and the best, and the
guy gives us the best fans to win. And I'll
tell you, guys, the same thing I told him. I
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appreciate it. I appreciate the fact that he wants to play.
I'm just not there yet.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Okay, So think about this, Eddy. The timeline matters here.
So Robert Sala is like, the guy wants to play,
I'm just not there yet. I'm not ready to name
him QB one. And then on Wednesday, Robert Salin not
only names him the starter, he says, God willing, he's
going to be the starter for the rest of the season.
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What changed? Who was he in the running with? Was
Robert Sala going to start Tim Boyle again, No, they
released the guy. Was he going to start Trevor Simeon
or Brett Rippan who they just picked up off of
a practice squad. No, it was all about Zach Wilson.
So I believe that they said, hey, we want you
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to be the starter, and he was reluctant for whatever reason.
I do believe that.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
Well, if that's the case, then you know, why would
you start him at this point?
Speaker 1 (07:45):
That's because you got Brett Rippin and Trevor Sibion knew
but you just.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Said, and I totally agree with you. If you have
a player who says he doesn't want to play for
your team for whatever reason, yeah, then I would cut him.
Speaker 4 (07:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Is he still on the much less playing?
Speaker 1 (08:02):
Yeah? I know, maybe it's uh. I don't know, man,
this is where it gets so complicated. I don't know
ownership stance on this. Well, Let's say Robert Sala is like,
I've had it with this kid, Let's cut him loose.
He doesn't want to start, you kidding me? And if
ownership says the kid starts like, Robert Sala can't be
like nope, I don't want him here, it's just like okay.
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So I don't know that layer of it either. It
could get really really tricky if that's involved.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
You know. Yeah, I also heard Robert Sala talking about
kind of letting him go out there and just throw
it around. I'm like, all right, why weren't you doing
that to begin with? I mean, I saw the Jets
play in person not long ago against the Chargers on
a Monday night, and they were as bad as an
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offensive as I've ever witnessed with my own eyes at
the NFL level. And the play calling isn't helping either,
because I believe that should be. I know they've got
a good defense, and I know that they you know,
they're hoping maybe you know, you'll get a pass hit
here or there, win with some field goals, I guess,
But what do you got to lose? Man? Let it go?
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Rip it? They were so conservative with him, and he
was getting sacked right and left too. But that offensive
line's terrible. But at this point, yeah, I don't know
why they haven't done that all year. Just let him
go out there and rip it. He's throwing. You know,
he's not doing anything anyway, might as well let him
give it a shot, especially the way they call pass
their efferience in the NFL these days, throw it down
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the field. You know, three out of four times they're
going to get a flag, it seems like.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
And he's got Garrett Wilson, who's a very good wide receiver.
And it's crazy because their defense is so good. You
saw it in person against the Chargers. The Chargers couldn't
do anything offensively that game. Their defense is really good.
But get these stats for the offense. Eddie four offensive
touchdowns for the Jets in their last eighty eight that's
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crazy to me. They have ten offensive touchdowns in twelve games.
Speaker 2 (10:07):
Now the Patriots are saying that's not so bad. I'm
sure we'll mention the Thursday night game at some point.
Speaker 1 (10:16):
My god, Oh oh, you're fired for that one. Oh god, No,
are you gonna be watching nd season tournament? The Lakers
are playing at the same time as your Steelers. You're
gonna be torn there.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
Well that's funny. Uh no, you know what I'll be watching.
I'll be watching my Los Angeles Kings. Look you go
eleven and oh on the road this season. It set
an NHL record? How dare you wow?
Speaker 1 (10:36):
So they're they're taking the big screen from the Steelers.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Cent Are you kidding me? Do you think I want
to watch Mitch Trubisky play football? I mean, just forget
about the Patriots. I forget about the Patriots. Do you
think I want to watch that? That's not gonna do
anything with give me heartburn? I'm not watching that.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
I'm good man, and think about that too, Eddie. It's
bad enough to see both teams Thursday night, but I
think it's worse for those fan bases with what they're
used to. You know what I mean, You're going from
seven course premium meals to just like stale ramen noodles,
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you know what I mean. Like, that's the Steelers, the
Patriots and what they are right now, especially the Patriots.
It's crazy.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
I know you like to toss down a wager or two.
I don't, but yeah, the over under is thirty, I believe. Yeah,
I mean on a Thursday night game, My god, take
if you don't take the under, I mean.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
Come on, I mean, hey, there's some numbers to back
that up, Eddie. There are a lot of numbers to
back it up. Think about your Steelers are ten and
two to the under this season. That's the highest under
percentage in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
It's not the Patriots averaging like four points a game
over over the last four games or something stupid like that.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
They're brutal. Yeah, they've they've allowed ten or fewer points
in three straight games. They've lost all three games. That's
they haven't allowed more than ten points in three games.
Speaker 2 (12:09):
I'll be shocked at the Steelers score more than ten. Shocked.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
I that might be a wager right there. You know,
I think Mitch can get them to double digits.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
You don't think so, No, No, I don't no.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
We might have to think of something. There might have
to think of something. All right, We're off and running.
We've got Eddie Garcia here. I'm Brian No in for
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Speaker 1 (14:07):
Thank you, Eddie Man. So one Sodo going to the Yankees.
You hear about that?
Speaker 2 (14:14):
I did hear about that? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Yeah, they get one Sodo traded him. He's only got
one year left on his deal.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
Eddie.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
It's gonna be a free agent after next season. Motivated
to perform, highly motivated. A lot of people believe that
this is the Yankees, this is uh. They're using the
twenty fourth season to pitch one Soto to be there
for a lot longer than just one year, so it's
a big time risk. They're sending four starting pitchers to
the Podres for one Soto, So I don't know. It
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just feels like a blast from the past, doesn't it,
Like the Evil Empire. They're doing something to get one
of the biggest names in the sport. They get one
Soto over there, and we'll see if it works out
for them. But obviously a bold move did not work
out well for the Podres. Not all his fault. Thirty
five homers, one hundred and nine RBIs last season, very
(15:05):
good season for him individually, but just did not work
out for the Padres. And they're all in push that
just they fell flat in their face. He can't be
sub five hundred making all those moves, Eddie.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
Yeah, no doubt. I wonder. You know, the owner actually
passed away not long ago, and I know they they
there was some you know, history, and he had been
sick before. But I do wonder, right if he knew
that he wasn't doing well and decided we're going all
in now, well I'm here to try and win this,
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and they did, and it obviously didn't didn't work out.
So I do wonder now if the padre is how
competitive they're going to be going forward. I have no
idea if it's true or not. I'm just you know,
putting connecting the pieces together at this point. But yeah,
they spent like like the old Yankees did and it
did not work out at all.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
Yeah, I think about you know, imagine if there's no
salary cap in the NFL, and Jerry Jones knew he
was toward the end. Oh my gosh, he said he
said it before. He's like, there's there'd be a blank check.
There's not an amount of money I wouldn't pay for
a super Bowl, you know. So I think there could
(16:20):
be something to what you're saying there.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
Yeah, I I'm sure his son would step in and
be like, hey, do hold on there, let's uh.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
Yeah, dial it back just a little bit over here,
no doubt.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
But I think Steven's kind of running things anyway, right,
just let's the old man do his little radio show.
And when it comes down to making the big decisions, though,
I think he kind of pulls him aside and it's like, hey, dad,
we're not doing that.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
I'll tell you what. The whole Johnny Manzel thing from
what the twenty fourteen draft. I want to say when
Stephen Jones was like, we're no, we're not doing that.
We're drafting the offensive lineman from Notre Dame. That gave
him a lot of credibility, a lot. That was like
Stephen Jones, Yeah, it was this coming out moment, right
(17:07):
there was the twenty fourteen draft. Okay you today, Yeah,
we were mentioning this. Also, Eddie, you look at your
Steelers tomorrow night against the rather Thursday night football. Yeah,
the stats are pretty crazy here Patriots too, and ten
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against the spread on the season, that's the worst in
the NFL, absolute worst. And uh, the favorites stat I have.
I didn't get to finish at Eddie. I was saving
the best for last. So the Patriots they've allowed ten
or fewer points in three straight games. Really good, right,
only allowed the Chargers for six points. Well, they lost
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all three of those games. The last team to do that,
to allow ten or fewer points and lose three straight games,
that would be the nineteen thirty eight Chicago Cardinals. That's
how long it's been so for that to be the
case in twenty twenty three, when teams are scoring left
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and right, that is that's insane. To me that the
Patriots have been able to pull that off.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
It's it's uh, as you said, too right with these
two franchises, too very spoiled fan bases. To see it
be this bad is uh, it's not what they're used
to put it, put it lightly.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
Oh gosh, it's not at all. I think it makes
it way way worse. You know, when you've tasted the
good life, when the Patriots have what six super Bowls?
Your Steelers have got their debt six also, they've got six. Also,
they're wow, that's crazy. Yeah, Tom Brady's got seven. That's
that's wild right there. But when you've got six apiece
(18:54):
and now this is what you're looking at, My goodness, gosh,
that likes It makes Back Jones look like Zach Wilson,
you know what I mean. It makes him look way
worse than what he actually is. When you're used to
Tom Brady, I know you're not even used to it,
Big Ben Roethlisberger at a lot of good years. To
go from that to what you're seeing with now Mitch
(19:15):
Trubisky and Kenny Pickett, that's dude, that no wonder the
totals only thirty points Ady, This is rough.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Uh, yeah, it's real rough. I you know, look, I'm
not one of those like I'm spoiled. I guess to
an extent. Right, if you're a Steeler fan, you've been
spoiled if you've been around for a while. But I'm
usually not somebody who checks out on a season, you know,
especially like football.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
Yeah, but yeah, wah, you're there, huh.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
I'm there. I mean last week against the Cardinals they
had two rather long weather delays as well. Oh yeah,
but I once, once Pickett went out, I decided, you
know what, I don't need to watch this.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
That was a weird game, man, because you know, I
had the the YouTube stuff going on right, the little
quad box and TV.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
I'm enjoying it.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
It's okay, it's fine. I'm alright with it. Yeah, not
a it's fine. It seems to be. Uh, outside of
one week where it was really glitchy and bad, it
seems to work pretty well. I think it's worked better
than I've streamed direct TV, like on my computer and
stuff for a number of years, So I think it's
worked pretty well. But that's crazy, man. Your Steelers are
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seven and five. They're the five seed right now.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
I don't know how they've won seven games, I swear
I don't. Yeah, looking looking at where they are now
and looking back, I'm like, how did that happen?
Speaker 1 (20:39):
Yeah? I know, smoking mirrors man winning with defense. They
were out gained by almost every opponent.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
How did they beat the Ravens? How did that happen?
Speaker 1 (20:51):
Oh? That was I'll tell you how that happened. The
Ravens absolutely wet themselves that game. Stelle gosh, it was
just dropped touchdown passes. They might have muffed a punt.
They did everything to put that game on a silver
bladder for the Steelers. And you know, those freaking teams.
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I don't care if the Steelers are worse or the
Ravens are. You know, they're far apart. Something about that game.
In that matchup, it's gonna be a close game in
the fourth quarter almost always. You know, that's just how
they roll over there. But I hear you, it seems
weird that they've rattled off seven wins when they've been
out gained by almost everybody. I think the only opponent
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they out gained was the Bengals. Right a couple of
weeks ago, they had their breakout four hundred yards of
total offense for the first time in fifty nine games.
How is that even possible? Four hundred yards? Is not
this crazy number to reach in the NFL? They hadn't
done it. They hadn't done it in fifty nine games.
(21:53):
That blows my mind. Yeah, yeah, that's man.
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Speaker 1 (22:03):
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Speaker 2 (22:29):
It's pretty important to come out here and get this
win and get it in fifty point that's that's resounding fashion.
Speaker 4 (22:34):
Yeah. Before the game, you know, we just can't.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
Love it.
Speaker 2 (22:43):
Yeah, so wow, sounds like some of our callers.
Speaker 4 (22:47):
I know it.
Speaker 1 (22:48):
I know, no dump button there on the the live
prodbect mom.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
And then the following up with the old s there I.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
Like the end party stuck the landing. He knows the
curse words, right, yeah, absolutely he does. But man, what
a night. You know, I think when you drop a
triple double in the first half, can get away with
an F bomb, a little S bomb at the end.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
It's like, show up, Utah, nice job.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
Yeah, great job Utah. Losing by fifty we got this too.
How about we'll stick with the NBA. So the in
season tournament in Vegas on Thursday night, Eddie, it's the
semi finals, so lazy, yeah, Thursday night. That's well, it's
gonna start off really early. It's gonna be goodness.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
I'd rather watch Patriots Steelers than that.
Speaker 1 (23:40):
Just for the record, the Pacers in Bucks start at
two pm Pacific time. Two pm Pacific. It's just crazy
to me, like, what what are we doing? So it's
two pm Pacific time and it's six pm Pacific time.
(24:02):
That's when the Lakers tip off. Kind of weird. But
the funny thing I saw was related to the Lakers.
So you know they have all these crazy court designs
for the Nzson Tournament, right, So the Lakers, they've been
asked to swap their black uniforms for gold uniforms. It's
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like the contrast of the court. It's gonna work out
better with the gold uniforms. Now, the Lakers are upset
because they've been doing really well in these these black uniforms.
And one Lakers player, when he was informed that the
team wouldn't be able to wear black on Thursday, his
reply was, that's ass, which I think is pretty funny.
(24:46):
That's the official response is, that'sass wants to wear all black.
Speaker 2 (24:52):
So ken this schame on Thursday?
Speaker 6 (24:57):
Hyped ready to hang that banner. I don't know, well,
I sent some sarcasm there.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
I mean, if you're the NBA, you need the Lakers
or the Bucks. That's what you need. It's that good
to have the Pelicans or the Pacers. When the n
season tournament, you need a team with some history, right
with a Are.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
You suggesting there'll be some favorable calls for one?
Speaker 1 (25:23):
There might be. We saw one the other night with
the Lakers and the Suns. Did you see that, Eddie?
That was crazy?
Speaker 2 (25:30):
Yes? I did.
Speaker 6 (25:30):
Well, Actually, I'm glad that you brought this up. Has
since been debunked.
Speaker 1 (25:35):
Actually, well, the NBA came out and tried to debunk it.
But the debunkings has not been put to bed there, Coop.
Speaker 6 (25:44):
How do you figure it's pretty open and shut based
off of what the NBA said?
Speaker 1 (25:50):
Oh not at all, my friend, not whatsoever. Because Eddie,
you opened up the can of worms and you're absolutely right.
This is the epitome of a con spiracy theory. They
want the Lakers, they want the brand.
Speaker 6 (26:04):
They please explain to me how that doesn't close the case.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
Okay, So anybody who missed this, The NBA came out
with their last two minute report and said, yeah, correct call.
So if you missed it, let's give them the play
by play. Okay, this is how it sounded on TNT.
This is Reggie Miller doing color commentary. There was a
loose ball with about seven seconds to go, and they
(26:31):
gave the Lakers a time out. This is how it
sounded on TNT.
Speaker 2 (26:34):
What are they calling here?
Speaker 4 (26:35):
Time out? The Lakers get a timeout with seven point four.
Speaker 7 (26:40):
On the clock.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
But I am the ball was a loose ball.
Speaker 4 (26:43):
How could they have been a time out when no
one had possession?
Speaker 1 (26:47):
Amen, Reggie, That's exactly right. It was a loose ball.
So the last two minute report it reads Lakers are
granted a timeout when Reeves recovers the ball and pins
it against his leg before he loses it again. Total
bs not true at all?
Speaker 2 (27:06):
Did you what do you mean not true?
Speaker 1 (27:06):
Did you see the picture?
Speaker 4 (27:08):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (27:08):
I got with the with the ball play at his legs.
Speaker 1 (27:11):
For a milli second while Lebron wasn't calling time out
at the time.
Speaker 2 (27:14):
He was absolutely calling time out at the time.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
Outrageous. This is fixed the NBA and the last two
minute report that is just a total crock. I can't
believe they stood that.
Speaker 2 (27:28):
Lakers.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
I can't believe they stood by that. That's insane to me.
But yeah, that's uh, that's what happened the other night,
and the NBA stood by it.
Speaker 2 (27:38):
Wild What did the gen zs Hey cope?
Speaker 1 (27:41):
Cope? Yeah, maybe, Eddie, do I go all in on
the brand names based on this, uh these shenanigans with
what the NBA did with the Lakers there, maybe we
go all in on the Lakers and Bucks, you know,
we go brand names for the final there.
Speaker 2 (27:57):
I mean, it's not a bad idea. I still you know,
I still would lock under Steelers Patriots. That's again, I'm
not a game, a gambler, a wager there, But I can't.
I'm putting I'm going all out of that.
Speaker 1 (28:14):
Yeah, yeah, hey man, I don't blame you on that one.
This was a little if you went a little bit more.
This is the last thing with Devin Booker. This was
after the Sun's lost to the Lakers on Tuesday night.
This is what he said about that loose ball and
the weird time out being granted, here you go, the whole.
Speaker 3 (28:32):
World scene and I just got off social media and
other players around the league seeing it.
Speaker 2 (28:36):
So it is what it is.
Speaker 3 (28:39):
You know, rest miss calls sometimes, but you know, when
they're a bit that obvious, you know, it's tough.
Speaker 1 (28:45):
It was a horrible call. Horrible I what's the harm
with the two minute report saying, yeah, we missed that
should have been the Sun's ball. It's the least they
could have done. And they didn't even do that. Hey,
you know what, Eddie, let's hear from our guy Jed
who fled.
Speaker 2 (29:01):
Oh he's on the line. He has not called in
since the Florida State situation, so.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
Oh man, he has to standby Jed. What is going on?
But how are you doing?
Speaker 7 (29:13):
Something happened with Florida State. Now I'm in the drug world. Brian,
it's called when there's one drug sect and there's more
people in the car, it's called constructive possession. That was
what you call a constructive possession time out, and only
the Lakers are able to get there, because I mean
they obviously want in the real possession of it. Now,
the comments not necessary. Ben has a limited indulgence for
(29:35):
SCC violations. Brian, I just want you to know it.
Sometimes it's very difficult to say the things I want
to say, and b B be kind of you know, specific,
ambiguous without violating the SCC. And Justin Cooper, let me
tell you somebody who's as uncaring as he is. The
counter the counter part of that equation is I always
say am because that guy is a nerves nerd. A
(29:56):
nerves nerd.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
Wow Wow, an unsolicited tack on Iowa Sam out of
the blue.
Speaker 7 (30:02):
Well the other day he started, he started, I don't
know if these means ocast. He started saying that his
mister krest and I was better than Florida's. And that's
just that's botting words. I can't have what did I say?
Speaker 1 (30:10):
I mean, what did I say?
Speaker 7 (30:12):
I don't like to say then actual words. Case of
CIA at I was listened, but you said the meth
in Iowa was better than the meth in Florida, and
that I'm.
Speaker 2 (30:19):
Just I mean, you know, we both take a backseat
to like, you know, Albuquerque and you know Heisenberg and
all that. So there you go. Maybe have you tried
that meth in Iowa?
Speaker 7 (30:30):
Jed, No, I don't. I don't. I'm not able to
just slip into the fictional world of Eisenberg and trysake meths.
So I'm just saying what I know right now is
that Alberquerque is ranting Florida State. But isn't that Florida
State is always getting grease. It's because you're with the
number one party school in the nation, and who cares
about recruiting the guys to your school. If you ain't
got the hot cheeks, you ain't gonna get the hot
(30:53):
I was gonna say hot dudes, but the dudes who's
five star ratings are hot. Now I cannot quite remember
how aanditioned this. That's not let's not be concerned. Oh
my god, dude, I'll almost be like time out now.
I need.
Speaker 1 (31:10):
You too, Jed. Good to hear from you, man, Did
you flip in that Coop is uncaring. That was real quick.
Speaker 2 (31:18):
That was that was a surprise. I I I thought
he was saving up his outrage to just come in
and go full Knowle's nation.
Speaker 6 (31:26):
And uh yeah, I mean depending on what he Yeah,
depending on what he's referring to, he's not wrong, like
like what I'm uncaring about what?
Speaker 1 (31:38):
Yeah, you know you're caring about the uh about certain things,
uncaring about the NFL playoffs once the Broncos aren't in it.
I know that much. Did you?
Speaker 2 (31:49):
Did you have an off air conversation with with Jed
and he's referring to something that went down there? Maybe
I don't know.
Speaker 6 (31:56):
I I do have off air conversations with them, But
I'm not even sure he's referring to curious well because
he said even though justin Cooper's uncaring and then he
went directly into his attack on Sam.
Speaker 2 (32:08):
We didn't get back, So how are they, Like, is
there a correlation in there? I'm not I don't. I
don't know. Coop just doesn't give fs about certain things,
which is a good I think we all are.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Coop does have that ability, doesn't He
kind of like it's.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
Kind of screened a lot of calls, and so there's
a lot of f's he can't give. You know, that
is true. He just has to just keep taking time.
He got time, They got time to that.
Speaker 5 (32:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (32:34):
I guess that might be because a lot of people,
including Jed, sometimes try and just like go off and
start talking to me.
Speaker 2 (32:41):
You're excited for the air, well, yeah, or.
Speaker 6 (32:44):
Or like with Jed specifically, like i'd say ninety five
percent of the time, I He'll talk for like a
good twenty seconds and then I'll go, I don't understand
a word you just said.
Speaker 1 (32:55):
Hold on, he's going through some something heavy and trying
to get your advice, and You're like, yeah, just hold.
Speaker 6 (33:05):
Literally can't understand. He talks so fast, and like most
of the time I don't know what he's saying. I
hear just like a word here and a word there,
and I'll be like, oh, yeah.
Speaker 1 (33:16):
That's the type of stuff. We need that for the year.
We need some of your conversations off air.
Speaker 2 (33:25):
Some of those conversations can be uh.
Speaker 1 (33:28):
The ones that can be yeah, we gotta make that
a thing that would be tremendous. Okay, coming up next,
it's the biggest game of the week and it's got
a really interesting footnote. We'll tell you about that. I'm
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Speaker 1 (34:41):
You can ask or ask Eddy. You know you could
do that.
Speaker 2 (34:45):
I think we should, we should do that. Let's do it.
Speaker 1 (34:48):
Yeah, you don't think Ben would hate us?
Speaker 6 (34:51):
Do you?
Speaker 2 (34:51):
He's not here? Who cares?
Speaker 1 (34:53):
Yeah, let's do it.
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And he's not listening, that's for sure.
Speaker 6 (34:56):
Well, we'd have to decide on a singular hashtag so
that I'm easily able to find.
Speaker 2 (35:00):
All right, will you make the call, Coop? What do
you want it to be? Still? Asked Ben? Keep it,
keep it the same?
Speaker 1 (35:04):
Yeah, there you go?
Speaker 2 (35:05):
No, okay, all right, what do you want it to be? Uh?
Oh crap, ask us?
Speaker 1 (35:15):
Ask us?
Speaker 2 (35:16):
I don't care as we can do it. We can
still do it.
Speaker 1 (35:20):
Ask Ben whatever I mean.
Speaker 2 (35:21):
I'm sure I'm sure he'll love that. Oh you know,
is that why you don't want to do because he
might see that? Ask no? How about ask no Oe?
Ask no?
Speaker 1 (35:37):
There you go?
Speaker 2 (35:38):
All right?
Speaker 1 (35:39):
Game see who spells it right? Who spells it wrong?
Speaker 2 (35:42):
It could be that could be a problem. N oe everybody,
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Speaker 1 (35:49):
Ask no, ask the crew. We'll have some fun with that,
for sure. So how about this Eddie. We've got the
Cowboys hosting the Eagles. It's gonna be the biggest game
of the week in the NFL. And the head coach
of the Cowboys, Mike McCarthy, he underwent surgery on Wednesday.
He had some abdominal pain in the morning and he
(36:10):
went to go see the team's medical staff. Next thing
you know, he's having surgery. He was diagnosed with an
acute appendicitis, so he went under the knife. All went well.
He's expected to coach on Sunday against the Eagles. But
how about that. I love this quote from a defensive coordinator,
Dan Quinn. He said, you really think that tough irishman
(36:33):
is going to miss this game? Is what dan quinn
had to say. So we're expecting McCarthy to be okay
and to be on the sidelines on Sunday.
Speaker 2 (36:40):
You still got your appendix, sir Brian.
Speaker 1 (36:42):
I still have mine. My brother in law does not have.
Speaker 2 (36:45):
I do not have mine.
Speaker 1 (36:46):
Yours is gone.
Speaker 2 (36:47):
He's gone high school. In high school, it got removed
and that did. That was the olden times where they
actually cut you open. They didn't. Now they do like
that little what do they call it lepioscopic. Were they
just kinda make a little yeah yeah yeah, back in
the olden times, they had a slice open.
Speaker 1 (37:04):
Yeah. So did you have like McCarthy abdominal pain.
Speaker 2 (37:08):
Oh yeah, Oh yeah, I was puking all over the place.
Speaker 1 (37:10):
Yeah, I believe I had that. Also.
Speaker 2 (37:12):
Your appendix ruptures when you start vomiting. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
they I remember they took me to the emergency room
and the doctor's like, oh, yeah, he needs we need
to take him into surgery right now. I'm like what,
Oh man, I thought I just was stomach floor or something.
Speaker 1 (37:24):
Have you had any other surgeries, Eddie?
Speaker 2 (37:27):
I had my tonsiles removed when I was even younger.
Speaker 1 (37:30):
Tonsiles appendix Yeah yeah, hey man, nice, I was sam
any surgeries you had to have a surgery or too?
Speaker 2 (37:37):
Yeah, just when I broke my tib fib and I
had to do a reconstructor.
Speaker 4 (37:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (37:44):
Yeah. That was a skiing accident back in January of
twenty fifteen.
Speaker 1 (37:48):
Oh man, this sounds like quite the thing. Did you
get wrapped around a tree or something there?
Speaker 2 (37:53):
I was just it was evening out. I was going
pretty fast, hit a little divot and just lost control,
spilled out.
Speaker 1 (38:00):
Yeah, it was its flying.
Speaker 2 (38:03):
Did you know immediately I heard it, I felt a
crack through a whole body, like it was like a thunder.
It was like thunderstruck, you know. So they had to
put me in the little sled and get me down
off the top of this massive mountain. Yes, it sounded
like that.
Speaker 1 (38:17):
In my body. Your body was thunders Yeah, it was.
Speaker 2 (38:23):
It was quite quite painful.
Speaker 1 (38:24):
What's the over under Eddie on coop surgeries in life?
What do you think?
Speaker 2 (38:28):
I'm gonna say nothing, zero zero.
Speaker 1 (38:31):
I'm gonna say there's at least one coop one surgery.
Speaker 6 (38:35):
At least I have had oral surgery. Yeah, well, I
mean I would say no on that one. I went
under for it.
Speaker 2 (38:44):
I mean I've had my wisdom tooth removed to I
didn't count that well.
Speaker 6 (38:46):
I also had chains like connected to my impacted tea chains.
Speaker 2 (38:50):
Yes. Wow,
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