August 19, 2024 • 39 mins
Ben Maller talks about Gardner Minshew being named QB1 for the Raiders, what the ceiling is for Minshew, reports of Jalen Hurts going 273 consecutive throws in camp without an INT, and much more!
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number one, Gardner Minshew has been named QB one for
the Raiders. Does that make sense to you? A rare
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Brinny Benny Brightside Maler monologue. Also, what is the ceiling
for the Raiders? With Gardner Minshew as the starting QB?
Speaking of quarterbacks in Philadelphia, Eagles QB Jalen Hurtz has
reportedly gone two hundred and seventy three consecutive throws in
without throwing an interception. Are you impressed? We'll talk about
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named Rick Rod who is like a game show guy.
But Rickrod probably not the same guy. I think that
guy's dead. But he sent me a message. He says,
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I don't know about that. It's not an official nickname.
I have more nicknames than anybody, but that's not one
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lead this hour from Sin City and clearly they are
monitoring this show at the headquarters of our Raiders. Yes,
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I have campaigned for this as much as you can
as a non Raider fan. I have campaign for this
move A training camp quarterback battle Royale is oh v
e R. It's over for now. The Raiders have called
their shot. And if you have not heard by now
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have you missed it? Little horror culture for the Raiders.
Coach Antonio Pierce has named Gardner Minshew as the starting
quarterback in Las Vegas. He's playing the strip. Gardner Minshew
beat out incumbent. I say that loosely incumbent because Aidan
O'Connell was tossed in as the starting quarterback last year
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after things fell apart with Jimmy Garoppolo. But Aidan O'Connell
is the guy who's on the out skis. He'll be
the backup waiting for Gardner Minshew to make a mistake
and get his opportunity. Now, Minshew did not exactly light
up the exhibition games he's played in for the Raiders.
Neither did O'Connell. This was not the greatest competition in
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training camp. You go by the numbers, it was rather putrid. Actually,
both guys sucked at a time you cannot suck. Antonio
Pierce his quote the money quote Antonio Pierce gave here
to the assembled media. He said, there are a lot
of factors regarding the decision to go with Gardner Minshew.
They feel that Minshew, though, gives them the best it's
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a weasel term, best opportunity to get off to a
fast start. So when the Raiders open up in Inglewood
against the Chargers, it'll be Gardner Minshew under center. So
let us discuss the question Gardner Minshew being named QB
one for the Raiders, does it make sense to you? Well,
obviously this rhetorical question. Yes, I've got Catwalk DMV and
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nineteen eighties board game, and we will combine all of
these things together and we are going to make the
One Armed bandit which makes more money than all the
other games at those casinos in Vegas, the slot machines,
those penny slots the biggest money maker in the gambling world.
So hey, I love the move. I'm Benny Brightside on
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this smiling. I have a Cheshire Cat smile from ear
to ear. Gardner Minshew is the right choice at the
right time, not the greatest choice. Oh, this is the
second coming of Kenny Stabler rich Gannon two point.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
I'm not saying that, but in this moment, based on
the options that were available, it's the right call. It's
good job by Antonio Pierce. It is all right. I'm
drinking that silver and black kool Aid. Now, normally, if
you get a drink that's sober and black, you don't
want to drink it. You're like, that's probably toxic. But
I'm in on it. I'm all about it on this one.
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And I cannot wait to see what this guy can
do because I believe that he's not gonna let thisen you.
I'm gonna win your fantasy football league Gardner Minshew. However,
think of this like a Gucci show, and Gardner Minshew
is on the cat and he's strutting down there. He's
a fashion East and he's he's got the jorts on,
brings back the Mississippi mudflap haircut, he's got the pirouette,
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the whole thing. On the catwalk. I I'm there for,
I'm there for on the on the cutting edge of
redneck style Gardner Minshew, who will not be let me
be clear, it will not be the reason the Raiders
have a good year. If they have a good year,
given a less than flattering set of options, and that's
what you had here. He did not have a lot
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of Wow, there just wasn't. There was not Again, I
just the right option. So I will double down, Benny
bright Side. And I'm never wrong about these I'm never
wrong about quarterback decisions. I've never gotten one of these
things wrong. Now, page two, what is the ceiling for
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the Raiders? With Gardner Minshew as QB one. There are
a lot of Raider fans that listen to the show,
that call up the show. I go out and we meet.
We were just in Vegas, not that long ago. A
lot of Raider representation out there. So you look at
the pecking order here, You've got the Chiefs at the
very top, kind of obvious, right, you got the chiefs there,
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and then after that, I look at that division as
wide open. As Michael Jordan said, the ceiling is the roof.
The ceiling is the roof, and the Chargers are an unknown.
They've looked just dreadful with Jim Harbaugh, and Jim Harborough
is going to try to go to that ground and pound.
Justin Herbert is supposed to be back for the start
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of the season, but who knows. And even if he
is back, are they just going to hand the ball
off thirty five times a game and minimize his impact?
And then you look at the Broncos, who if you
look at a depth chart on a tablet with Sean Payton,
that's a hot mess. It looks like they're going to
go with bo Nix, although he did look good against
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the Packer backups. If everyone plays backups, I think vo
Nicks will be the MVP of the NFL. Now, as
for Vegas, Gardner Minshew is slightly above average. Now what
does that mean. That means that for a Let's say
he starts, He's not gonna start every game this seventeen
game season. Let's say Minshew starts, say he makes it
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through sixteen games, just why not optimistic? So of those
sixteen games, he will be average for ten of them.
For three of them, he will win the game for you.
He will have great numbers and be dominating, and for
three of them he will lose the game. All right,
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So again based on a sixteen game sample. In this
one game three, he'll be just puke and why is
this guy playing three? He'll be better than anyone in
the NFL that day, and then for the other games
he'll just be there and he that's the thing, right
and follow the DMV guidelines, which is give the right
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away to the defense and the playmakers. In the case
of Gardner Minshew, he's never He's had opportunities to start
in Jacksonville and Indianapolis, but he's never had a wide
receiver as dominant as Devonte Adams to throw the ball to.
And the Raiders are pumping the tires on brock Bauers,
the tight end Georgia that he's going to be great
and he's supposed to be a stug. We'll see if
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that actually happens or not. But those are legit playmakers.
So just get get out of the way, get them
the ball and get out of the way. And if
you look at the secret sauce if the Raiders are
gonna be any good and the people not very optimistic
about the Raiders in the gambling world, but if you
look at the Raiders as an optimistic person, you would
say the defense has the building blocks there to be
really good, led by Max Crosby as the headliner, and
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they have several off the radar players there that you'd say, Wow,
that guy's pretty good. It should be fun and all that. Now,
the main reason to be a cynic on this is
these with Gardner Minshew. But the play caller, the offensive
coordinator blows louke Getzi, the old Chicago Bears offensive coordinator
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who's terrible, just served turn burgers up in Chicago, and
he's the one that's in charge of the offense there
for the Raiders. All right, last word, we head to
Philadelphia quickly, the city of brotherly Love, and after a
historical collapse down the stretch last season, in twenty twenty three,
things are supposed to be better for the Birds. Things
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are looking up. Oh my god, they're gonna better. How
can they be any worse? And I bring this up
because with that in the background, Okay, with that in
the background, Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts. I read this and
I did a double tick. My eyeballs got bigger them woo.
So Jalen Hurts has reportedly gone two hundred and seventy
three consecutive throws in camp without throwing an interception? Are
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you impressed? So I'm gonna shake my head. No, I
am not impressed. I'm impressed that the Eagles and the
media covering the Eagles are using this stat as somehow
meaningful fund I find that impressive, But in terms of
the actual statistic, have any having any legs to it?
No to nineteen eighties board game trivial pursuit? Is the
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is the game? Right? We're in here talking about practice,
not a game. Were in here talking about practice, as
the very famous Philadelphia athlete said back in the day.
But they don't sell tickets and they don't televise practice
when they do, that would have some meaning. And how
many of those throws were against no defense in practice?
Do we know how many of those throws are against
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no defense in practice? For jail it hurts? And as
many have pointed out, not just me, that they use
blanks in practice and they have no live bullets. But
in real games there are actually people trying to stop you.
It's a fascinating thing. But Philly has been very aggressive
in their marketing campaign for jail hurts, and I get it.
There's a big investment there. They pay him a lot
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of money, and since they paid him, it's buyer's remorse.
He has not been that good and there are legitimate
questions whether or not they got bamboozled by Jalen Hurts.
So I understand that they are trying to pump this guy,
and maybe they're right. Maybe this will be the great
return to glory for Jalen Hurts, but without his center
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Jason Kelsey there and even the tushy pushy didn't work
at the end of last year, so we'll see how
this goes. But they're overinflating the tires on Jalen Hurts.
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Speaker 1 (14:30):
Although he is a proud member of Raider Nation, he
says ten out of ten on the Mallard monologue, Minshoe
has been under radatus our career. The Raiders have weapons
for him to be successful. This is Minshoe's chance to
prove the haters wrong. Femi in the Twin Cities, one
of the great Uber each delivery drivers in Minnesota's up
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late with us most of the time when he's not
traveling abroad to his native land, he says, in thousands
of profitable hours listening to the Ben Malors show, no
quarterback in the NFL gets as much love from you
then Gardner. Minshew, It's not even close. Yes, I am
a Gardner Minshew. Sucker, Eddie, you stepped on my line.
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How bad has Garcia? He stepped on my line. Well
I fixed it for you. Are you done? My god?
Terry in England, who for some reason doesn't use the
name Terry in England on XPIKE, is embarrassed by the name.
He says, Ben. Are you now saying Gardner Minshew needs
better weapons around him? It's the OC's fault. Are you
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now going back on your previous stance that a quarterback
should carry a team regardless? Not at all, Terry, I
know you're getting older. You might want to go to
the ear doctor and get your ears checked out. There.
I was just merely pointing out that Luke gets he
is a terrible play caller, at least that's what he
was in Chicago. But no, as I said, Gardner Minshew
as tremendous players around him. This is the most talent
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that he's had. But he played well in Jacksonville and
Indianapolis considering the lack of weapons that he had around
him in those places. But yes, we hold the people accountable,
unlike others. Chip in the Queues says a plus Mallard monologue.
I think anyone who thinks the Raiders will win more
than six games needs to stop drinking the vegas kool aid.
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Well they you look at that division. The Broncos aren't good.
The Chargers don't look very good. We'll see if that's
just a mirage or the exhibition season, but there is
some value there. I usually bet unders, but the Raiders
win total is six and a half. It could be
at six and a half. I mean you could go
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seven and ten, which is not a good year, and
you're hitting the over on that. So seven and ten
is a good year based on that would go over
the six and a half total in Vegas for win total.
So you know, you can look at the math. Yaphimi's
sending me food porn of Deep Dish Chicago Pizza. Matt
the Warrior Raider fans as Minshew Mania is on like
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Donkey Kong. It is slim ten pointing out the hot
off the griddle. Here come the takes one aftern our.
The assembly line is open. Mal a prop guy who
came in studio brought a bunch of treats. What do
you think we order a pizza? I used to hang
out with him, I says another ten out of ten
Mallard monologue to begin the week, It's like Ricky Henderson
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leading off with a home run and even cut your
clever pun. Max Crosby's a headliner for the defense. However,
there are others on the Raiders, Yes there are. Who
else do we have? Page down? Shane in de Moines says,
no WNBA games today, but tomorrow's storm and mystics. But
Eddie's our WNBA guy, so he's gotta worry about that.
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I don't have to worry about that. Oh, they were
WNBA games on Sunday. Shane in Des Moines says, does
anyone in the crew plan on attending the ram home
game versus Seattle on January fifth? He said, I'd love
to meet you be in towns. I'm worried about what
I'm doing today. I don't not worried about it. I
don't even know January fifth.
Speaker 5 (18:11):
I can assure you I will not be there.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
I probably will be there, but who knows. I can't
guarantee that I will be but let us know. She
what else do we have? King Rory says, I'm just
happy that woke Garcia did not mention any Little League
World Series scores with the top of the hour update,
unlike some of the afternoons sports talk Shit are they doing?
W Are they doing Little League during the day? Are
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they like? I don't know, That's what he says.
Speaker 5 (18:39):
The only time I'm listening is when I'm working.
Speaker 1 (18:41):
Okay, I got you. But King Rory says they're doing
like Little League scores. That's wild. You feed me hot nut,
you feed me from Chicago, says mall or A plus
and a Vegas buffetan the monologue, Minshew fits the Raider
culture a little too good. Good job by you, he says,
e zachly who else we have Page Dan. I will
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skip over that. We will take some calls coming up
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but we always like some predatory pricing otherwise known as
price gouging. And congratulations to one NFL team that has
gone above and beyond price gouging their fans tremendous, tremendous
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the team the Raiders. So they have this win field club.
You saw this over the weekend. But my old intern
of Rash was there and he was documenting everything for
his outlet, which yeah, you're not. I was on local
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radio Rush the Sporting Tribune. Is I think he started
that anyway. He was at the win Field Club over
the weekend for the Cowboy Raider preseason game at Allegiant Stadium,
w y n N. Right, yes not w I no, no, yeah,
w the wind and they have a night club there
that takes up the north end zone. And he said,
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eleven thousand square feet, twenty nine VIP tables, eighteen dining tables,
two bars, two DJ boos, and there is nothing close
to it in the NFL. But here are the prices.
If you you like a taco platter, how much you
think a taco platter is going to cost you at
this wind Field?
Speaker 5 (20:30):
How many does that feed a taco platter?
Speaker 1 (20:32):
Jack, Hold on a sec here, let me click the
menu and click on this one second. Here, let's see
taco platter. Got my glasses here, Let's see here they
have a taco tower.
Speaker 5 (20:47):
Taco tower sounds more impressive than a talking power.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
Has to be more than the platter. I think that's
the actual it's the same thing. I think. It doesn't
say how many around here, but it has a soft
I can't really the righty is so small, how I can't.
I hate when that happens.
Speaker 5 (21:05):
I know, I'm sure I will say for the taco
platter slash tower, I'll go sixty dollars.
Speaker 1 (21:12):
Sixty dollars, okay. It says it's just either six or
eight of each tacos, a soft black and shrimp taco.
They have a Wagu beef taco. No boy, uh yeah,
I'll say seventy five there, okay, Lorena, that.
Speaker 3 (21:28):
Was gonna be my guest.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
No, no, no, no, it's okay.
Speaker 2 (21:30):
IM gonna go up.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
I'm gonna go up. I'm gonna go up. I'm gonna
guess one, twenty one, twenty all right, uh coop, you
want you want in on this? Okay? So I hold on?
So how many tacos total? We don't know? Well, it's
uh oh, it's it's a taco tower. It's either a
six or in eight. It's hard to tell from the photo,
but it's either a six or an eight. And then
they've got the the shrimp taco. They've got the shredded
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cabbage Wago beef taco, which sounds disgusting, but it is
expensive Wagu beef. Yeah, physics, that sounds I'm with a Lorena.
I think that sounds about right. I'm gonna go I'm
gonna go one ten. All right, well Lorena got it
right exactly one hundred and twenty dollars, So congratulations from that,
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how about this take the rest of the night off run?
What else do we have here that's out outrageous year?
They have a slider platter for ninety bucks. They've got
shut up brisket smoked brisket sliders, which sounds pretty good.
Oh why would anyone eat at a stadium? I don't understand.
I know, well what but in the club they also
have they have a bunch of alcohol like Don Perion
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Rose nineteen thousand dollars, every buddy in the club getting tipsy.
Speaker 5 (22:47):
It sounds just like our guy Roberto would.
Speaker 1 (22:50):
Eat in Drada thirty thirty thousand for Ace of Spades Rose.
That's thirty grand for that at the club Rose, Ben Rose,
I call it Rose. Where I come from, I call
it Rose. Now the people, you can get a table
for five thousand dollars with no view of the field
for five thousand dollars in the club, So there you go.
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Maybe it comes with a hot dog. I don't know
what you get for that, but it Yeah, I'm looking
at a photo of the table here. So how about
now they have the most expensive tickets in the NFL,
the Raiders, and it's not because of the Raider fans.
It's because of fans of the other teams. Right. They
know that's a destination situation.
Speaker 5 (23:30):
I tried to tell a guy, Danny g that was
gonna happen.
Speaker 1 (23:32):
He did not believe it would be fan takeovers in Vegas.
The Raiders really have one guaranteed home game of year,
and that's when they play the Truck. True, that's true.
One game where they have more more fans any it
is the Ben Malord Show. As we continue on and
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on and on and on, one hundred and twenty bucks
for a taco platter, and I thought Tito's here was
expensive in LA.
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Speaker 5 (24:09):
As you mentioned, the top of the Hour and news
from the NFL, Las Vegas Raiders named Gardner Minshew their
starter for the start of the season over eight and O'Connell,
but they it was left kind of open ended when it.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
Was mentioned, you're such a hater you don't like Gardner
Minshew because I like you. The one quarterback guy like.
Speaker 5 (24:25):
I think he literally said for the first quarter of
the season.
Speaker 1 (24:29):
And when Minshew plays well, he's not going to give
up the job. It's gonna be his job. And maner Minshew.
I don't think he's gonna start wull season well beat
the Charges week one, So why wouldn't he keep going
if he does good for him? I didn't know whatever.
Speaker 5 (24:41):
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Speaker 1 (25:42):
It is the Benmasher. Let's have some fun. What do
you say, Ben Maler? Fun fact? Last Bay Bridge Series
Giants and A's All the WEEKDA and the Giants won
the game on Sunday, both teams below. So who cares
but Matt Chapman, former Athletic now playing for the Johns.
He's gonna opt out of his contract at the end
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of the year and go to a better team. But
Matt Chapman asked the Oakland Athletics for third base to
take home because he played there for years and had
great success with the Athletics. The A's actually gave him
a third base bag. So does that mean when the
A's played the next home game, they will not have
a third base bag. Maybe they can just put like
a rock out there, because when we played street ball
when I was a kid, we had like just we
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had like a tree that was third base. Yeah whatever,
it doesn't Yeah, I didn't use the pizza box, but
I whatever. Yeah, So they gave him. Do you think
they're going to charge him and take that out of
his paycheck? Yes, one hundred percent right, They're not just
going to give him third base. And those bags are
very expensive. How expensive are they? Those are not well
as of a few years ago, it was like eight
(26:44):
hundred dollars, I'm sure than that. Yeah, yes, yes, those
are like specially designed. And now they're bigger bases right now.
This was before before before they were the normal sized
old school but now they made him bigger game much
better now with bigger bases much better. I can tell
the difference every time I watch that much more enjoyable.
(27:05):
It's a better watch. So Matt Chapman got third base
from the Colisseum there and they're gonna tear that place now,
right and these are gone. There's no need there ballpark.
All the teams have left. What are they in the building?
Made sure?
Speaker 5 (27:18):
Real estate is expensive even in Oakland.
Speaker 1 (27:20):
They've already sold that land. The A's have already reached
a dealer. City of Alameda County has reached.
Speaker 5 (27:27):
What about the the Colisseum Arena where the Warriors used
to play is right there next?
Speaker 1 (27:31):
Yeah? Is that tear that down? No, needer to you.
I don't know. I have my guess concerts there and stuff.
Do they? I have no idea assume is it? It's
like the Forum in l A still there and Steve
Bomber bought it and they have concerts there. I think
it's owned by the MSG people. Actually I'm doing I'm
doing no. No, Steve Bomber bought it because MSG was
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(28:37):
the Commonwealth. Hello, Andre, Welcome, what's going on, Ben?
Speaker 2 (28:42):
How's it going? Thanks for taking a call. Listen, Las
Vegas Raiders absolutely made the right decision of making Gardner
Minshew the starting quarterback. This guy is a dude, okay,
has all of the winning qualities and tangible so on
and forth, never mind the swagger out there with the
mushroom pulling in the rock and I just feel like
(29:03):
this is the perfect the choice because he's gonna come
in there, he's going to provide stability, he's gonna and
he's gonna make them competitive. Now, are the Las Vegas
Raiders going anywhere in a stacked AFC this season? Absolutely not? Okay,
But a decision like this shows that they're serious about
being competitive and not just throwing you know, caution to
the wind. You know, with no kind of plan and
(29:25):
just kind of going out there and seeing what happens,
which is going to be them getting molly walked, you know,
by the very difficult teams in their division and overall.
Speaker 1 (29:33):
Only the divisions. I can't can't say it's good. I
don't think the Broncos are good. The Chargers don't look
very good, So I don't know what you're talking about.
Did you see the game? Ban I think the Broncos
looked pretty good. Who's wearing the Broncos? I was I
did watch the game. Why is Steve Levy doing the
Broncos played by?
Speaker 2 (29:50):
Like?
Speaker 1 (29:51):
What is he? He needs the money? I guess, I
guess the Steve Levy was the play by play guy
for the Broncos practice game. You see how clear c
Coop perks up when he hears the word Broncos. It's excited.
This is the time. It's like the Angels win the
Cactus League. Coop's happy about dad. The Broncos win the
exhibition season, He's happy about that, and then the real
season begins. Hey, bo Nicks, it's all about but great.
(30:12):
Tell them a statue right now. You should start. I
completely agree with you. Wonderful why not. And Sean Payton,
can you know he can dress him up a little bit. Andrea,
the photo of you and willis went viral here. People
love the photo and I haven't seen it. Yeah, well,
thanks for paying attention Todie from last week. I thought
it was a fake photout. I don't know if it's
(30:33):
real or not. It's hard to tell it and maybe
it's photoshopped. I don't know if the dog's legit or not.
I have no idea. And Andrea's wearing like the zebra.
He's like he neither works at foot locker or is
a referee. I don't know. See the whole thing just looked.
Is that even a store anymore? Foot locker? They out
of business? I don't. I don't know about either.
Speaker 2 (30:48):
I have no idea, but my footlocker might have gone
in the bangrushy Ben. But I've made it clear over
the time over the years that I am a referee,
and so you know, even though nothing you know, working
at footlock is great, but I do referee. That was
my flag football get up. But specifically, you know, I
come up from the basketball tradition. Ben to continued speculation,
Now do you let.
Speaker 1 (31:09):
Them play when you're a referee, are you aggressive with
the whistle?
Speaker 2 (31:13):
I don't know where the people came up. People showed
up to see a ball game, Ben, They got to
get it good.
Speaker 1 (31:17):
It's not about you, right, it's not about let them play.
Let the boys play. That's right.
Speaker 2 (31:21):
No, no, no, that's my philosophy. You know, would have
never and officials have a tough job, but there would
have been no passing appearance on a dog on eagles,
you know in the last lay you know what I
mean to decide the ball games. We let the players
decide the ball game. But Ben, bottom line, I know
you got a lot of callers. Whatever you gotta do,
there's no AI deep fake with that picture. That's a
(31:43):
real picture. That's a real dog. You know.
Speaker 1 (31:45):
People were pointing, pointing on it. Just an old photo.
There's like leaves. You know, it's a different time of
the year than right now. So they were documenting certain
things that didn't quite add up onre That's all I'm saying.
Speaker 2 (31:57):
And I got no problem with that. It has to
be a very thorough pros In terms of being a
member to Malin Melisitia, I got no I got no
beef there. But after you're done with your AI verification.
I'd like it, you know, certified for the record. Willis
is a real dog. I'm a real person, teacher and referee,
you know what I mean. And I'm throwing my support
behind Gardner Mitschew coming to the top of the line,
and you're gonna have a competitive season. But the Broncos
(32:19):
are coming. They're tough. Kansas City's a champion and the
Charges are also going to be no easy day at
the park, so it's gonna be tough flooding. But the
Raiders are gonna They're gonna not gonna get molly walk.
They're gonna be competitive. They're taking the call.
Speaker 1 (32:30):
Ben there, Oh goes to the referee, Andre the referee. Oh,
we have a bonus fun fact. Oh look at two
for one special on the fun fact mal fun fact.
They're set in by the fun fact Whisper Alf the
Alien Old Pineter, Jared Duran and David Hamilton becoming the
first set of Red Sox players to both have over
(32:51):
thirty stolen bases in the same season since night Tag Ted,
Since night Tag Ted the last I'm the Red Sox.
That's my computer, like Brandon tells me. One hundred and
fifteen years ago, almost almost Yeah, what was it like
back then, Ben, Uh, Well, it was what Eddie actually
(33:12):
told me about it, because Eddie was a young young
lad back then. He told me all about it. Chet
in La says, man speakeasy rules are worth as much
as a residual check for Dennis the Menace. Every night
should be a newbie knight. Chet says, So, Chet's burned
out on the people that call you. But again, Chet,
we don't not welcome new people in. It's not how
(33:36):
we operate here at all. Matt the Warrior Raider fan,
he has a fun fact? Was that three for one?
Three fun facts in one hour fun fighting. He points
out the Raiders have not lost the Broncos since twenty nineteen,
when the Raiders were still in Oakle. Your thoughts, scoop on,
no no fun anyway. Time now for the who am I? Game?
(33:59):
And here is the who am I? Game? Or we
pretend to be somebody else. I have an unprecedented sack pace.
I am fifth all time in sacks taken, two more
than Brett Favre in one hundred and fourteen fewer games
and forty five hundred fewer pass attempts again, I have
an unprecedented sac rate pace. I am fifth all time
(34:24):
in sacks taken two more than Brett Farv in one
hundred and fourteen fewer games and forty five hundred fewer
passing attempts. Who am I the answer? We'll get to it.
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And here's the who am I game for the day.
A blatant attempt to convince you to listen a little
bit longer. Who I have an unprecedented sacpas In fact,
I'm fifth all time in sacks, taken two more than
Brett Favre. But yet I have played one hundred and
fourteen fewer games and forty five hundred fewer passing attempts.
(35:31):
Who am I? That is the question? What is the answer?
Is anyone who know the answer? We go to the
Great Unwashed to find out Jyd the Junkyard Dog from
Rob in Vegas, the Waterboy, Bobby Bouchet from Cowboy Killer.
Who else do we have? Page down? King Roy says.
The paid actor who portrays Andre and willis from the Commonwealth.
(35:55):
We spare no expense, no expense. I was just talking
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(36:17):
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it's a little different. Mister nice guy, says Gary Maddox
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That's his answer. Who else do we have Andy, says
Kirk go Chain's cousins Andy Alin o' lakes in Minnesota,
(36:37):
I forty in says it has to be Kay Adams.
That's the answer there, all right. Justin Fields from ferg
Dog very very nice there, says his mom. Who else
do we have a late night drug tester also went
Kirk Cousins, who is thirty six today paid down alf
the Alien old piner says Jerry Jones and his iconic
(37:00):
but which was not recorded on audio tape where he
was talking about uh the glory hole not recorded. Let's
see econ Roseville, Minnesota, got it right. Bad job by him.
Danny Diames from Double Ow Mexican in San Diego. Steve
Air McNair not funny from Justin in Cincinnati. Tom Tupa
guests by Robin Minnesota. Lister Mason in Huntington Beach says
(37:20):
you are the late great Johnny Sack. Yeah, so that
he passed away over the over the weekend. Matt the
Warrior Raider, Tom Brady rose Fan cheated, he got it right,
bad job by him. Big Lou from the LBC going
with Matt Foley, What say you, Eddie.
Speaker 5 (37:35):
I'm gonna go with former Seattle Seahawks legend Dave Craig.
Speaker 1 (37:38):
Is it Dave Craig for the wind?
Speaker 6 (37:40):
Uh?
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No, correct answer is mister mister unlimited Russell Wilson Russell
with mussel. Remember, kids, most sacks are on the quarterback,
not the fat guys, even though people like the rip
fat guys. Let's say hello to fod who is in Minneapolis. Hello?
Speaker 3 (38:02):
Ford?
Speaker 2 (38:05):
Yeah? Hi?
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Then how are you say?
Speaker 6 (38:08):
Buffalo fans? You might want to just turn your radio
down for a second. So what I'm gonna say is
going to shock you guys. I think if the Lions
don't win the Super Bowl, the shure. I believe they're
a contender. But if they don't win it this year, uh.
The their offensive talent wide receiver was Sam Brown and
Jamison in the one two punch of Williams and Gibbs
(38:31):
in the port at tight end and the number one
ranked offensive line. I think I think Josh Allen might
need a change of scenery the Lions don't win it
this year, what do you think Josh Allen? For golf
and first a couple first rounds, you.
Speaker 1 (38:48):
Do realize, like Josh Allen's got a lot of holes
in his game. You do understand that, right do you
not understand that? Have you missed that?
Speaker 6 (38:57):
You know he can be reckless?
Speaker 1 (38:58):
Yes, I know reckless and that kills you. Ford I,
Jared Goff is an enigma himself, but Josh Allen's got
a different set of issues.
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Speaking of quarterbacks in Philadelphia, Eagles QB Jalen Hurtz has
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Rickrod not sure that is. I think there's a guy
named Rick Rod who is like a game show guy.
But Rickrod probably not the same guy. I think that
guy's dead. But he sent me a message. He says,
you know, your new nickname is the Bard of the Graveyard.
(02:30):
I don't know about that. It's not an official nickname.
I have more nicknames than anybody, but that's not one
of my official nicknames. So we'd have to have a
council get together Rickrod and decide whether or not that
is an official nickname. We're not there yet, but our
lead this hour from Sin City and clearly they are
monitoring this show at the headquarters of our Raiders. Yes,
(02:56):
I have campaigned for this as much as you can
as a non Raider fan. I have campaign for this
move A training camp quarterback battle Royale is oh v
e R. It's over for now. The Raiders have called
their shot. And if you have not heard by now
(03:17):
have you missed it? Little horror culture for the Raiders.
Coach Antonio Pierce has named Gardner Minshew as the starting
quarterback in Las Vegas. He's playing the strip. Gardner Minshew
beat out incumbent. I say that loosely incumbent because Aidan
O'Connell was tossed in as the starting quarterback last year
(03:39):
after things fell apart with Jimmy Garoppolo. But Aidan O'Connell
is the guy who's on the out skis. He'll be
the backup waiting for Gardner Minshew to make a mistake
and get his opportunity. Now, Minshew did not exactly light
up the exhibition games he's played in for the Raiders.
Neither did O'Connell. This was not the greatest competition in
(04:01):
training camp. You go by the numbers, it was rather putrid. Actually,
both guys sucked at a time you cannot suck. Antonio
Pierce his quote the money quote Antonio Pierce gave here
to the assembled media. He said, there are a lot
of factors regarding the decision to go with Gardner Minshew.
They feel that Minshew, though, gives them the best it's
(04:25):
a weasel term, best opportunity to get off to a
fast start. So when the Raiders open up in Inglewood
against the Chargers, it'll be Gardner Minshew under center. So
let us discuss the question Gardner Minshew being named QB
one for the Raiders, does it make sense to you? Well,
obviously this rhetorical question. Yes, I've got Catwalk DMV and
(04:50):
nineteen eighties board game, and we will combine all of
these things together and we are going to make the
One Armed bandit which makes more money than all the
other games at those casinos in Vegas, the slot machines,
those penny slots the biggest money maker in the gambling world.
So hey, I love the move. I'm Benny Brightside on
(05:14):
this smiling. I have a Cheshire Cat smile from ear
to ear. Gardner Minshew is the right choice at the
right time, not the greatest choice. Oh, this is the
second coming of Kenny Stabler rich Gannon two point.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
I'm not saying that, but in this moment, based on
the options that were available, it's the right call. It's
good job by Antonio Pierce. It is all right. I'm
drinking that silver and black kool Aid. Now, normally, if
you get a drink that's sober and black, you don't
want to drink it. You're like, that's probably toxic. But
I'm in on it. I'm all about it on this one.
(05:47):
And I cannot wait to see what this guy can
do because I believe that he's not gonna let thisen you.
I'm gonna win your fantasy football league Gardner Minshew. However,
think of this like a Gucci show, and Gardner Minshew
is on the cat and he's strutting down there. He's
a fashion East and he's he's got the jorts on,
brings back the Mississippi mudflap haircut, he's got the pirouette,
(06:10):
the whole thing. On the catwalk. I I'm there for,
I'm there for on the on the cutting edge of
redneck style Gardner Minshew, who will not be let me
be clear, it will not be the reason the Raiders
have a good year. If they have a good year,
given a less than flattering set of options, and that's
what you had here. He did not have a lot
(06:32):
of Wow, there just wasn't. There was not Again, I
just the right option. So I will double down, Benny
bright Side. And I'm never wrong about these I'm never
wrong about quarterback decisions. I've never gotten one of these
things wrong. Now, page two, what is the ceiling for
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the Raiders? With Gardner Minshew as QB one. There are
a lot of Raider fans that listen to the show,
that call up the show. I go out and we meet.
We were just in Vegas, not that long ago. A
lot of Raider representation out there. So you look at
the pecking order here, You've got the Chiefs at the
very top, kind of obvious, right, you got the chiefs there,
(07:16):
and then after that, I look at that division as
wide open. As Michael Jordan said, the ceiling is the roof.
The ceiling is the roof, and the Chargers are an unknown.
They've looked just dreadful with Jim Harbaugh, and Jim Harborough
is going to try to go to that ground and pound.
Justin Herbert is supposed to be back for the start
(07:37):
of the season, but who knows. And even if he
is back, are they just going to hand the ball
off thirty five times a game and minimize his impact?
And then you look at the Broncos, who if you
look at a depth chart on a tablet with Sean Payton,
that's a hot mess. It looks like they're going to
go with bo Nix, although he did look good against
(07:57):
the Packer backups. If everyone plays backups, I think vo
Nicks will be the MVP of the NFL. Now, as
for Vegas, Gardner Minshew is slightly above average. Now what
does that mean. That means that for a Let's say
he starts, He's not gonna start every game this seventeen
game season. Let's say Minshew starts, say he makes it
(08:19):
through sixteen games, just why not optimistic? So of those
sixteen games, he will be average for ten of them.
For three of them, he will win the game for you.
He will have great numbers and be dominating, and for
three of them he will lose the game. All right,
(08:40):
So again based on a sixteen game sample. In this
one game three, he'll be just puke and why is
this guy playing three? He'll be better than anyone in
the NFL that day, and then for the other games
he'll just be there and he that's the thing, right
and follow the DMV guidelines, which is give the right
(09:03):
away to the defense and the playmakers. In the case
of Gardner Minshew, he's never He's had opportunities to start
in Jacksonville and Indianapolis, but he's never had a wide
receiver as dominant as Devonte Adams to throw the ball to.
And the Raiders are pumping the tires on brock Bauers,
the tight end Georgia that he's going to be great
and he's supposed to be a stug. We'll see if
(09:24):
that actually happens or not. But those are legit playmakers.
So just get get out of the way, get them
the ball and get out of the way. And if
you look at the secret sauce if the Raiders are
gonna be any good and the people not very optimistic
about the Raiders in the gambling world, but if you
look at the Raiders as an optimistic person, you would
say the defense has the building blocks there to be
really good, led by Max Crosby as the headliner, and
(09:47):
they have several off the radar players there that you'd say, Wow,
that guy's pretty good. It should be fun and all that. Now,
the main reason to be a cynic on this is
these with Gardner Minshew. But the play caller, the offensive
coordinator blows louke Getzi, the old Chicago Bears offensive coordinator
(10:09):
who's terrible, just served turn burgers up in Chicago, and
he's the one that's in charge of the offense there
for the Raiders. All right, last word, we head to
Philadelphia quickly, the city of brotherly Love, and after a
historical collapse down the stretch last season, in twenty twenty three,
things are supposed to be better for the Birds. Things
(10:30):
are looking up. Oh my god, they're gonna better. How
can they be any worse? And I bring this up
because with that in the background, Okay, with that in
the background, Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts. I read this and
I did a double tick. My eyeballs got bigger them woo.
So Jalen Hurts has reportedly gone two hundred and seventy
three consecutive throws in camp without throwing an interception? Are
(10:56):
you impressed? So I'm gonna shake my head. No, I
am not impressed. I'm impressed that the Eagles and the
media covering the Eagles are using this stat as somehow
meaningful fund I find that impressive, But in terms of
the actual statistic, have any having any legs to it?
No to nineteen eighties board game trivial pursuit? Is the
(11:21):
is the game? Right? We're in here talking about practice,
not a game. Were in here talking about practice, as
the very famous Philadelphia athlete said back in the day.
But they don't sell tickets and they don't televise practice
when they do, that would have some meaning. And how
many of those throws were against no defense in practice?
Do we know how many of those throws are against
(11:42):
no defense in practice? For jail it hurts? And as
many have pointed out, not just me, that they use
blanks in practice and they have no live bullets. But
in real games there are actually people trying to stop you.
It's a fascinating thing. But Philly has been very aggressive
in their marketing campaign for jail hurts, and I get it.
There's a big investment there. They pay him a lot
(12:03):
of money, and since they paid him, it's buyer's remorse.
He has not been that good and there are legitimate
questions whether or not they got bamboozled by Jalen Hurts.
So I understand that they are trying to pump this guy,
and maybe they're right. Maybe this will be the great
return to glory for Jalen Hurts, but without his center
(12:24):
Jason Kelsey there and even the tushy pushy didn't work
at the end of last year, so we'll see how
this goes. But they're overinflating the tires on Jalen Hurts.
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Speaker 1 (14:30):
Although he is a proud member of Raider Nation, he
says ten out of ten on the Mallard monologue, Minshoe
has been under radatus our career. The Raiders have weapons
for him to be successful. This is Minshoe's chance to
prove the haters wrong. Femi in the Twin Cities, one
of the great Uber each delivery drivers in Minnesota's up
(14:52):
late with us most of the time when he's not
traveling abroad to his native land, he says, in thousands
of profitable hours listening to the Ben Malors show, no
quarterback in the NFL gets as much love from you
then Gardner. Minshew, It's not even close. Yes, I am
a Gardner Minshew. Sucker, Eddie, you stepped on my line.
(15:16):
How bad has Garcia? He stepped on my line. Well
I fixed it for you. Are you done? My god?
Terry in England, who for some reason doesn't use the
name Terry in England on XPIKE, is embarrassed by the name.
He says, Ben. Are you now saying Gardner Minshew needs
better weapons around him? It's the OC's fault. Are you
(15:41):
now going back on your previous stance that a quarterback
should carry a team regardless? Not at all, Terry, I
know you're getting older. You might want to go to
the ear doctor and get your ears checked out. There.
I was just merely pointing out that Luke gets he
is a terrible play caller, at least that's what he
was in Chicago. But no, as I said, Gardner Minshew
as tremendous players around him. This is the most talent
(16:03):
that he's had. But he played well in Jacksonville and
Indianapolis considering the lack of weapons that he had around
him in those places. But yes, we hold the people accountable,
unlike others. Chip in the Queues says a plus Mallard monologue.
I think anyone who thinks the Raiders will win more
than six games needs to stop drinking the vegas kool aid.
(16:24):
Well they you look at that division. The Broncos aren't good.
The Chargers don't look very good. We'll see if that's
just a mirage or the exhibition season, but there is
some value there. I usually bet unders, but the Raiders
win total is six and a half. It could be
at six and a half. I mean you could go
(16:45):
seven and ten, which is not a good year, and
you're hitting the over on that. So seven and ten
is a good year based on that would go over
the six and a half total in Vegas for win total.
So you know, you can look at the math. Yaphimi's
sending me food porn of Deep Dish Chicago Pizza. Matt
the Warrior Raider fans as Minshew Mania is on like
(17:08):
Donkey Kong. It is slim ten pointing out the hot
off the griddle. Here come the takes one aftern our.
The assembly line is open. Mal a prop guy who
came in studio brought a bunch of treats. What do
you think we order a pizza? I used to hang
out with him, I says another ten out of ten
Mallard monologue to begin the week, It's like Ricky Henderson
(17:30):
leading off with a home run and even cut your
clever pun. Max Crosby's a headliner for the defense. However,
there are others on the Raiders, Yes there are. Who
else do we have? Page down? Shane in de Moines says,
no WNBA games today, but tomorrow's storm and mystics. But
Eddie's our WNBA guy, so he's gotta worry about that.
(17:51):
I don't have to worry about that. Oh, they were
WNBA games on Sunday. Shane in Des Moines says, does
anyone in the crew plan on attending the ram home
game versus Seattle on January fifth? He said, I'd love
to meet you be in towns. I'm worried about what
I'm doing today. I don't not worried about it. I
don't even know January fifth.
Speaker 5 (18:11):
I can assure you I will not be there.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
I probably will be there, but who knows. I can't
guarantee that I will be but let us know. She
what else do we have? King Rory says, I'm just
happy that woke Garcia did not mention any Little League
World Series scores with the top of the hour update,
unlike some of the afternoons sports talk Shit are they doing?
W Are they doing Little League during the day? Are
(18:36):
they like? I don't know, That's what he says.
Speaker 5 (18:39):
The only time I'm listening is when I'm working.
Speaker 1 (18:41):
Okay, I got you. But King Rory says they're doing
like Little League scores. That's wild. You feed me hot nut,
you feed me from Chicago, says mall or A plus
and a Vegas buffetan the monologue, Minshew fits the Raider
culture a little too good. Good job by you, he says,
e zachly who else we have Page Dan. I will
(19:02):
skip over that. We will take some calls coming up
here in a moment. If you'd like to be part
speak easy rules are in effect. You could join the fund,
but we always like some predatory pricing otherwise known as
price gouging. And congratulations to one NFL team that has
gone above and beyond price gouging their fans tremendous, tremendous
(19:27):
the team the Raiders. So they have this win field club.
You saw this over the weekend. But my old intern
of Rash was there and he was documenting everything for
his outlet, which yeah, you're not. I was on local
(19:47):
radio Rush the Sporting Tribune. Is I think he started
that anyway. He was at the win Field Club over
the weekend for the Cowboy Raider preseason game at Allegiant Stadium,
w y n N. Right, yes not w I no, no, yeah,
w the wind and they have a night club there
that takes up the north end zone. And he said,
(20:11):
eleven thousand square feet, twenty nine VIP tables, eighteen dining tables,
two bars, two DJ boos, and there is nothing close
to it in the NFL. But here are the prices.
If you you like a taco platter, how much you
think a taco platter is going to cost you at
this wind Field?
Speaker 5 (20:30):
How many does that feed a taco platter?
Speaker 1 (20:32):
Jack, Hold on a sec here, let me click the
menu and click on this one second. Here, let's see
taco platter. Got my glasses here, Let's see here they
have a taco tower.
Speaker 5 (20:47):
Taco tower sounds more impressive than a talking power.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
Has to be more than the platter. I think that's
the actual it's the same thing. I think. It doesn't
say how many around here, but it has a soft
I can't really the righty is so small, how I can't.
I hate when that happens.
Speaker 5 (21:05):
I know, I'm sure I will say for the taco
platter slash tower, I'll go sixty dollars.
Speaker 1 (21:12):
Sixty dollars, okay. It says it's just either six or
eight of each tacos, a soft black and shrimp taco.
They have a Wagu beef taco. No boy, uh yeah,
I'll say seventy five there, okay, Lorena, that.
Speaker 3 (21:28):
Was gonna be my guest.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
No, no, no, no, it's okay.
Speaker 2 (21:30):
IM gonna go up.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
I'm gonna go up. I'm gonna go up. I'm gonna
guess one, twenty one, twenty all right, uh coop, you
want you want in on this? Okay? So I hold on?
So how many tacos total? We don't know? Well, it's
uh oh, it's it's a taco tower. It's either a
six or in eight. It's hard to tell from the photo,
but it's either a six or an eight. And then
they've got the the shrimp taco. They've got the shredded
(21:54):
cabbage Wago beef taco, which sounds disgusting, but it is
expensive Wagu beef. Yeah, physics, that sounds I'm with a Lorena.
I think that sounds about right. I'm gonna go I'm
gonna go one ten. All right, well Lorena got it
right exactly one hundred and twenty dollars, So congratulations from that,
(22:21):
how about this take the rest of the night off run?
What else do we have here that's out outrageous year?
They have a slider platter for ninety bucks. They've got
shut up brisket smoked brisket sliders, which sounds pretty good.
Oh why would anyone eat at a stadium? I don't understand.
I know, well what but in the club they also
have they have a bunch of alcohol like Don Perion
(22:42):
Rose nineteen thousand dollars, every buddy in the club getting tipsy.
Speaker 5 (22:47):
It sounds just like our guy Roberto would.
Speaker 1 (22:50):
Eat in Drada thirty thirty thousand for Ace of Spades Rose.
That's thirty grand for that at the club Rose, Ben Rose,
I call it Rose. Where I come from, I call
it Rose. Now the people, you can get a table
for five thousand dollars with no view of the field
for five thousand dollars in the club, So there you go.
(23:12):
Maybe it comes with a hot dog. I don't know
what you get for that, but it Yeah, I'm looking
at a photo of the table here. So how about
now they have the most expensive tickets in the NFL,
the Raiders, and it's not because of the Raider fans.
It's because of fans of the other teams. Right. They
know that's a destination situation.
Speaker 5 (23:30):
I tried to tell a guy, Danny g that was
gonna happen.
Speaker 1 (23:32):
He did not believe it would be fan takeovers in Vegas.
The Raiders really have one guaranteed home game of year,
and that's when they play the Truck. True, that's true.
One game where they have more more fans any it
is the Ben Malord Show. As we continue on and
(23:54):
on and on and on, one hundred and twenty bucks
for a taco platter, and I thought Tito's here was
expensive in LA.
Speaker 3 (24:04):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Meller
Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific.
Speaker 5 (24:09):
As you mentioned, the top of the Hour and news
from the NFL, Las Vegas Raiders named Gardner Minshew their
starter for the start of the season over eight and O'Connell,
but they it was left kind of open ended when it.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
Was mentioned, you're such a hater you don't like Gardner
Minshew because I like you. The one quarterback guy like.
Speaker 5 (24:25):
I think he literally said for the first quarter of
the season.
Speaker 1 (24:29):
And when Minshew plays well, he's not going to give
up the job. It's gonna be his job. And maner Minshew.
I don't think he's gonna start wull season well beat
the Charges week one, So why wouldn't he keep going
if he does good for him? I didn't know whatever.
Speaker 5 (24:41):
NFL preseason Broncos beat the Packers twenty seven to two.
Denver quarterback and first round pick bow Knicks another good
showing eight of nine passing eighty yards and a touchdown.
Jordan Love did not play a quarterback for Green Bay,
neither did most of their starters. Forty nine has beat
the Saints sixteen to ten. Brock Party for San Francisco
two of six passing eleven yards.
Speaker 1 (24:58):
Pastronach, though played a lot for for the Niners in
the game. Who is that Josh Dobbs the pass You
don't remember Josh on the story the Great Viking Quarterbacks
for two weeks.
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Speaker 1 (25:42):
It is the Benmasher. Let's have some fun. What do
you say, Ben Maler? Fun fact? Last Bay Bridge Series
Giants and A's All the WEEKDA and the Giants won
the game on Sunday, both teams below. So who cares
but Matt Chapman, former Athletic now playing for the Johns.
He's gonna opt out of his contract at the end
(26:02):
of the year and go to a better team. But
Matt Chapman asked the Oakland Athletics for third base to
take home because he played there for years and had
great success with the Athletics. The A's actually gave him
a third base bag. So does that mean when the
A's played the next home game, they will not have
a third base bag. Maybe they can just put like
a rock out there, because when we played street ball
when I was a kid, we had like just we
(26:23):
had like a tree that was third base. Yeah whatever,
it doesn't Yeah, I didn't use the pizza box, but
I whatever. Yeah, So they gave him. Do you think
they're going to charge him and take that out of
his paycheck? Yes, one hundred percent right, They're not just
going to give him third base. And those bags are
very expensive. How expensive are they? Those are not well
as of a few years ago, it was like eight
(26:44):
hundred dollars, I'm sure than that. Yeah, yes, yes, those
are like specially designed. And now they're bigger bases right now.
This was before before before they were the normal sized
old school but now they made him bigger game much
better now with bigger bases much better. I can tell
the difference every time I watch that much more enjoyable.
(27:05):
It's a better watch. So Matt Chapman got third base
from the Colisseum there and they're gonna tear that place now,
right and these are gone. There's no need there ballpark.
All the teams have left. What are they in the building?
Made sure?
Speaker 5 (27:18):
Real estate is expensive even in Oakland.
Speaker 1 (27:20):
They've already sold that land. The A's have already reached
a dealer. City of Alameda County has reached.
Speaker 5 (27:27):
What about the the Colisseum Arena where the Warriors used
to play is right there next?
Speaker 1 (27:31):
Yeah? Is that tear that down? No, needer to you.
I don't know. I have my guess concerts there and stuff.
Do they? I have no idea assume is it? It's
like the Forum in l A still there and Steve
Bomber bought it and they have concerts there. I think
it's owned by the MSG people. Actually I'm doing I'm
doing no. No, Steve Bomber bought it because MSG was
suing over the solid I got you and Steve Bombers
(27:53):
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(28:37):
the Commonwealth. Hello, Andre, Welcome, what's going on, Ben?
Speaker 2 (28:42):
How's it going? Thanks for taking a call. Listen, Las
Vegas Raiders absolutely made the right decision of making Gardner
Minshew the starting quarterback. This guy is a dude, okay,
has all of the winning qualities and tangible so on
and forth, never mind the swagger out there with the
mushroom pulling in the rock and I just feel like
(29:03):
this is the perfect the choice because he's gonna come
in there, he's going to provide stability, he's gonna and
he's gonna make them competitive. Now, are the Las Vegas
Raiders going anywhere in a stacked AFC this season? Absolutely not? Okay,
But a decision like this shows that they're serious about
being competitive and not just throwing you know, caution to
the wind. You know, with no kind of plan and
(29:25):
just kind of going out there and seeing what happens,
which is going to be them getting molly walked, you know,
by the very difficult teams in their division and overall.
Speaker 1 (29:33):
Only the divisions. I can't can't say it's good. I
don't think the Broncos are good. The Chargers don't look
very good, So I don't know what you're talking about.
Did you see the game? Ban I think the Broncos
looked pretty good. Who's wearing the Broncos? I was I
did watch the game. Why is Steve Levy doing the
Broncos played by?
Speaker 2 (29:50):
Like?
Speaker 1 (29:51):
What is he? He needs the money? I guess, I
guess the Steve Levy was the play by play guy
for the Broncos practice game. You see how clear c
Coop perks up when he hears the word Broncos. It's excited.
This is the time. It's like the Angels win the
Cactus League. Coop's happy about dad. The Broncos win the
exhibition season, He's happy about that, and then the real
season begins. Hey, bo Nicks, it's all about but great.
(30:12):
Tell them a statue right now. You should start. I
completely agree with you. Wonderful why not. And Sean Payton,
can you know he can dress him up a little bit. Andrea,
the photo of you and willis went viral here. People
love the photo and I haven't seen it. Yeah, well,
thanks for paying attention Todie from last week. I thought
it was a fake photout. I don't know if it's
(30:33):
real or not. It's hard to tell it and maybe
it's photoshopped. I don't know if the dog's legit or not.
I have no idea. And Andrea's wearing like the zebra.
He's like he neither works at foot locker or is
a referee. I don't know. See the whole thing just looked.
Is that even a store anymore? Foot locker? They out
of business? I don't. I don't know about either.
Speaker 2 (30:48):
I have no idea, but my footlocker might have gone
in the bangrushy Ben. But I've made it clear over
the time over the years that I am a referee,
and so you know, even though nothing you know, working
at footlock is great, but I do referee. That was
my flag football get up. But specifically, you know, I
come up from the basketball tradition. Ben to continued speculation,
Now do you let.
Speaker 1 (31:09):
Them play when you're a referee, are you aggressive with
the whistle?
Speaker 2 (31:13):
I don't know where the people came up. People showed
up to see a ball game, Ben, They got to
get it good.
Speaker 1 (31:17):
It's not about you, right, it's not about let them play.
Let the boys play. That's right.
Speaker 2 (31:21):
No, no, no, that's my philosophy. You know, would have
never and officials have a tough job, but there would
have been no passing appearance on a dog on eagles,
you know in the last lay you know what I
mean to decide the ball games. We let the players
decide the ball game. But Ben, bottom line, I know
you got a lot of callers. Whatever you gotta do,
there's no AI deep fake with that picture. That's a
(31:43):
real picture. That's a real dog. You know.
Speaker 1 (31:45):
People were pointing, pointing on it. Just an old photo.
There's like leaves. You know, it's a different time of
the year than right now. So they were documenting certain
things that didn't quite add up onre That's all I'm saying.
Speaker 2 (31:57):
And I got no problem with that. It has to
be a very thorough pros In terms of being a
member to Malin Melisitia, I got no I got no
beef there. But after you're done with your AI verification.
I'd like it, you know, certified for the record. Willis
is a real dog. I'm a real person, teacher and referee,
you know what I mean. And I'm throwing my support
behind Gardner Mitschew coming to the top of the line,
and you're gonna have a competitive season. But the Broncos
(32:19):
are coming. They're tough. Kansas City's a champion and the
Charges are also going to be no easy day at
the park, so it's gonna be tough flooding. But the
Raiders are gonna They're gonna not gonna get molly walk.
They're gonna be competitive. They're taking the call.
Speaker 1 (32:30):
Ben there, Oh goes to the referee, Andre the referee. Oh,
we have a bonus fun fact. Oh look at two
for one special on the fun fact mal fun fact.
They're set in by the fun fact Whisper Alf the
Alien Old Pineter, Jared Duran and David Hamilton becoming the
first set of Red Sox players to both have over
(32:51):
thirty stolen bases in the same season since night Tag Ted,
Since night Tag Ted the last I'm the Red Sox.
That's my computer, like Brandon tells me. One hundred and
fifteen years ago, almost almost Yeah, what was it like
back then, Ben, Uh, Well, it was what Eddie actually
(33:12):
told me about it, because Eddie was a young young
lad back then. He told me all about it. Chet
in La says, man speakeasy rules are worth as much
as a residual check for Dennis the Menace. Every night
should be a newbie knight. Chet says, So, Chet's burned
out on the people that call you. But again, Chet,
we don't not welcome new people in. It's not how
(33:36):
we operate here at all. Matt the Warrior Raider fan,
he has a fun fact? Was that three for one?
Three fun facts in one hour fun fighting. He points
out the Raiders have not lost the Broncos since twenty nineteen,
when the Raiders were still in Oakle. Your thoughts, scoop on,
no no fun anyway. Time now for the who am I? Game?
(33:59):
And here is the who am I? Game? Or we
pretend to be somebody else. I have an unprecedented sack pace.
I am fifth all time in sacks taken, two more
than Brett Favre in one hundred and fourteen fewer games
and forty five hundred fewer pass attempts again, I have
an unprecedented sac rate pace. I am fifth all time
(34:24):
in sacks taken two more than Brett Farv in one
hundred and fourteen fewer games and forty five hundred fewer
passing attempts. Who am I the answer? We'll get to it.
We will do it next.
Speaker 3 (34:35):
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Speaker 1 (35:10):
And here's the who am I game for the day.
A blatant attempt to convince you to listen a little
bit longer. Who I have an unprecedented sacpas In fact,
I'm fifth all time in sacks, taken two more than
Brett Favre. But yet I have played one hundred and
fourteen fewer games and forty five hundred fewer passing attempts.
(35:31):
Who am I? That is the question? What is the answer?
Is anyone who know the answer? We go to the
Great Unwashed to find out Jyd the Junkyard Dog from
Rob in Vegas, the Waterboy, Bobby Bouchet from Cowboy Killer.
Who else do we have? Page down? King Roy says.
The paid actor who portrays Andre and willis from the Commonwealth.
(35:55):
We spare no expense, no expense. I was just talking
to a truck driver online five and he's on hold
right now, but he hasn't been screened yet. And he
was telling me that he his wife is a teacher
and had to go to bed early because he has
to go to school. And he said, how's Andre able
to call them to the show? I said, well, haven't
(36:17):
started school. Yeah, I was trying to explain, Like in Boston,
it's a little different. Mister nice guy, says Gary Maddox
with the fro Way to go Iahuasca Rogers from malaprop Guy.
That's his answer. Who else do we have Andy, says
Kirk go Chain's cousins Andy Alin o' lakes in Minnesota,
(36:37):
I forty in says it has to be Kay Adams.
That's the answer there, all right. Justin Fields from ferg
Dog very very nice there, says his mom. Who else
do we have a late night drug tester also went
Kirk Cousins, who is thirty six today paid down alf
the Alien old piner says Jerry Jones and his iconic
(37:00):
but which was not recorded on audio tape where he
was talking about uh the glory hole not recorded. Let's
see econ Roseville, Minnesota, got it right. Bad job by him.
Danny Diames from Double Ow Mexican in San Diego. Steve
Air McNair not funny from Justin in Cincinnati. Tom Tupa
guests by Robin Minnesota. Lister Mason in Huntington Beach says
(37:20):
you are the late great Johnny Sack. Yeah, so that
he passed away over the over the weekend. Matt the
Warrior Raider, Tom Brady rose Fan cheated, he got it right,
bad job by him. Big Lou from the LBC going
with Matt Foley, What say you, Eddie.
Speaker 5 (37:35):
I'm gonna go with former Seattle Seahawks legend Dave Craig.
Speaker 1 (37:38):
Is it Dave Craig for the wind?
Speaker 6 (37:40):
Uh?
Speaker 1 (37:41):
No, correct answer is mister mister unlimited Russell Wilson Russell
with mussel. Remember, kids, most sacks are on the quarterback,
not the fat guys, even though people like the rip
fat guys. Let's say hello to fod who is in Minneapolis. Hello?
Speaker 3 (38:02):
Ford?
Speaker 2 (38:05):
Yeah? Hi?
Speaker 1 (38:05):
Then how are you say?
Speaker 6 (38:08):
Buffalo fans? You might want to just turn your radio
down for a second. So what I'm gonna say is
going to shock you guys. I think if the Lions
don't win the Super Bowl, the shure. I believe they're
a contender. But if they don't win it this year, uh.
The their offensive talent wide receiver was Sam Brown and
Jamison in the one two punch of Williams and Gibbs
(38:31):
in the port at tight end and the number one
ranked offensive line. I think I think Josh Allen might
need a change of scenery the Lions don't win it
this year, what do you think Josh Allen? For golf
and first a couple first rounds, you.
Speaker 1 (38:48):
Do realize, like Josh Allen's got a lot of holes
in his game. You do understand that, right do you
not understand that? Have you missed that?
Speaker 6 (38:57):
You know he can be reckless?
Speaker 1 (38:58):
Yes, I know reckless and that kills you. Ford I,
Jared Goff is an enigma himself, but Josh Allen's got
a different set of issues.
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