March 11, 2025 • 33 mins
Big Ben talks about the first moves of NFL free agency including Sam Darnold signing with the Seattle Seahawks, Justin Fields going to the Jets, Najee Harris signing with the Chargers, and more! Also, Maller to the Third Degree & Maller's Mountain of Money: Jon Hamm Edition!
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the number ten thousand. So our lead this hour is
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from the legal tampering period, which is just really the
start of free agency. It's a bit of a nonsense thing, right.
There's a bunch of players have changed teams in the NFL,
and if you love the transaction, it was an orgasmic
kind of a day, an orgasmic kind of a day here,
the feeding frenzy of the transaction in the NFL. Players
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going here, there and everywhere around the NFL, all roads,
all of them leading to massive piles of pesos, lots
of money, money, money, money, including Sam Donald, the one
hit wonder Sam Donald, who has departed the Twin Cities.
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We knew he was not going back there. Did you
see where he ended up? I assume you know by now,
But there's a chance you actually have a life and
are not possessed by the football demons and pay attention NonStop.
So if you missed it, we learned here at Fox
Sports Rado that Sam Donald has agreed to take his
talents wink wink, nod, nod to the Pacific Northwest. The
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former Minnesota Viking quarterback goes to Seattle, the team called
the Seahawks. Not a lot of hawk there. The Seattle
Seahawks get Sam Donald a three year contract for one
hundred million dollars, includes double nickels in guaranteed millions, fifty
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five million garonteed and somewhere you heard crying Craig in
Seattle crying he was so excited about this move. Thirty
seven and a half million for Sam Donald coming up
here in twenty twenty five. So he gets a lot
of cash. Not the greatest contract for a quarterback, but
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considering his very flimsy resume, Sam Donald laughing at the
amount of money that he's getting. So let us discuss
the question what stands out about Sam Donald? Now QB
one in Seattle. So I've got amnesia, Fortnite and cupcake,
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and we will combine all of these things together and
we are going to make some amazing gobbaghool. We're gonna
make the gobagool, all right. So a the first thing
that stands out, it's hard to argue at this point
the stubborn nature of the Seattle football team. You don't
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want to be the team that signs the one hit wonder,
because most of the time the one hit wonder, that's it.
One hit and that's all. And Sam Donold we mentioned
he's laughing. He's laughing all the way to the bank.
Here fifty five million gar on teed and he didn't
even have the complete season. They had some good numbers
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and all that. And you look at his resume of
failure with the Jets and then he bounced around. His
passport has been stamped at places like Carolina, San Francisco, Minnesota,
and he went to all those places trying to get
rid of the stank that he had from his time
with Jets. And all it takes is one sucker, and
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the sucker is the Seattle Seahawks. They're the sucker. And
it's confusing because it doesn't seem like they really are
trying to win. They weren't trying to win when they
had Geno Smith. They're certainly not trying to win. When
you signed Sam Donald, you're announcing to the world we're
out of trying to win. You don't sign Sam Donald
to win. That's not the player you signed to win.
You don't touch Sam Donald if you're trying to win.
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But I just love the amnesia aspect of this story
that you're overlooking a clear design defect. There's a defect
with Sam Donald. There is when the game is on
the line, right when it's nut cutting time, you know
what happens. He pukes. He pukes all over himself is
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what he does. Game on the line. We saw it
in Minnesota Vikings and Lions final game. Chance to be
the number one see number in the NFL. And what
does Sam Donald do. He gets a seat in the
cockpit on the vomit comet right there in the vomit
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comet payout. He puked all over the field, Sam Donald,
he did, and then he did it again against the Rims. Now,
I enjoyed that. I liked the Rams. I enjoyed when
he rode the vomit comet against the Rams in that
playoff game. Was wonderful. Had his tail between his legs.
It was so good. All right. Now, continuing with this
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theme of the hour here, but we turn the page.
Have the Seattle Seahawks upgraded, going from Geno Smith, who
they unloaded unceremoniously to the Raiders. Sit here, take our trash.
We'll make it look all pretty you gonna have our trash,
and you're going to Sam Darnald. So I'm showing him
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I had no on this. This is clearly not an upgrade,
and they've managed to do them possible. You would think
if you got rid of Sam Darnald, there's a very
low percented chance you were gonna get somebody who's worse. Now,
I know the nerds like Sam Darnald and anything the
nerds like, I like to go away from in sports.
So if the nerds are on that side, I go
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away from that. But just as a general rule here
you say, well, the Seahws are going to improve at
the quarterback position. But no, no, Sam Donald. It's like
the Fortnite emote, the sideway shuffle. They're doing a little
sideway shuffle here the Seattle Seahawks. And it turns out
the sequel is about the equal, about the equal. Here
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Donald leaves Minnesota, and last I checked, the Seahawks did
not acquire Justin Jefferson or Jordan Addison from the Vikings.
And so Seattle is in the process of reshuffling the deck.
And so they got rid of DK Metcalf. They kicked
his ass out of Seattle. He was traded at Pittsburgh
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Tyler Lockett. I guess they said he was too old,
so they got the fire his ass. And the Seattle
Seahawks right now have Jackson Smith in Jigba and that's it.
I don't I mean, I don't make there's other names.
I don't recognize these names. They got one guy. They
got one guy and Sam Donald. We've seen Sam Donald
with one guy that can catch passes. And you know
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what happens to Sam Donald. He starts seeing ghosts. It's
Poultergeist here, there and everywhere. It's poulter geyst for Sam Donald.
And so it's like Seattle's like they not really want
they don't want to win. You don't sign Sam Donald
if you're trying to win. And yet they don't want
to completely embrace the suck, which I'm okay, I don't
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like teams that embrace the suck completely. But it's a
very odd situation here, and it's like not a total demo.
They're trying to do some slight improvements here and there,
and they don't want to tear the whole house down,
but there's infestation of vermin in the house. And then
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you've got his Vestis and so there's a lot going on.
There's a lot going on now. Last word, so the
Dallas Cawboys. Normally we were not talking about this move,
but it's the Dallas Cowboys, and we are contractually obligated
for obligatory mention of the Dallas Cowboys at some point
through the overnight. And so I thought we'd just get
it right out there in the open, right now, because
the Cowboys made a move. The Dallas Cowboys made a move.
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That's right, Jerry Jones, Ah, we don't need free agency.
Oh you want to bet, Jerry? Want to bet? Jerry Jones,
who belittled free agency, went out there with a humdinger
of a move. Now, I don't if you saw it
or not. The Dallas Cowboys did sign a free agent
or agreed to a deal. It can't sign it until Wednesday.
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The Boys are making a move. What did they do? Well?
Move over EMMITTT Smith the new running back of running
backs for the Dallas Cowboys. They have signed former Bronco
running back Javonte Williams to a one year contract. Way
to go, unbelievable. What a bold move by Jerry Jones.
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So does Dallas adding running back Javonte Smith count as
a splash move that count well only if you're deep
inside the tushy of the Death Star where the Cowboys
practice at there the Death Star. We imagine that Jerry Jones,
when he eventually does talk to the media, will sing
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the praises wax poetic about this running back from the Broncos,
And it's akin to if you have a cupcake and
you want frosting, don't spit on the cupcake and say
you put frosting on it. But that's what's gonna happen.
And my supporting evidence on that, I will tell you
that Jamonte Adams broke Jamonti Williams rather broke a tackle
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on just five point seven percent of his carries last season.
There were only eleven running backs who saw at least
seventy five rushes that had a lower rate in the
entire NFL. So he's in the bottom percentile at breaking tackles.
But wait, there's more. Ramandre Stevenson to the Patriots and
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a journeyman running back Alexander Madison, the only running backs
in the entire NFL we are told who had a
lower rush EPA than Jamonte Williams who is now a
Dallas Cowboy, So Jerry Jones continuing to build up that
Dallas Cowboy team. Oh my, what a move.
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So our lead this hour is from the Game of
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do not shut down the trains of Fox Sports Radio,
keeping you company talking about players getting paid money, money, money,
a lot of money, a lot of money. Business is
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good in the NFL, and you never have to worry
about the NFL people saying, well, we can't really afford
to pay you. We don't have the money. They've got
the money. They have the money, and then they have
even more money, and more money, and more money and
more money. But the roster shuffle. You gotta do the shuffle.
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So this is the Game Green edition. Now we knew
that they kicked Aaron Rodgers out of the Jets facility.
He's no longer able to commandeer the plane there in
the swampland of New Jersey, and so they have now
replaced him. We have learned that the j e ts. Suck, Suck, suck.
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The Jets have the new pilot of the kamic Cozi mission.
The Jets have agreed to terms with Justin Fields. Oh man, no,
laugh track, Lorena, No, really, Justin Fields is now a Jet,
I know, I know, all right, Well they're perfect. Yeah,
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Justin Fields gets a two year deal. Now it's forty
million dollars, which in modern NFL is not that much.
You imagine forty million dollars not being that much in
the NFL today, my Ron, all right, anyway, by here
we are. The deal includes thirty million dollars guaranteed. So
it is a bit of a proven deal, something that
Justin Fields knows a thing or two about because he's
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usually on these proven deals. But they pay pretty well,
they pay pretty well. And so he will be going
into the season as QB No burn, that's right, QB
number one going into training again. And there's no one
if you look at the just roster, there's no one
breathing down his neck. There there's no one's like, oh,
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that guy's gon take his job as QB number one.
So let us discuss the question, right, do you have
a word Do you have a word for the type
of skill set that Justin Fields brings to the Jets.
So I've got Gypsy, m Behold and wheel of Fortune,
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and we will combine all of these things together and
we are going to make a nice tropical vacation to
can Kun when the playoffs begin. Because Justin Fields ain't
that guy. You're not that guy, Pal, You're not that
guy and certainly will not be in the playoffs as
the Jets QB. So you don't have to worry about
that and then plan accordingly. When it comes to January
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of twenty twenty six, the Jets will not be in
the postseason. So my first thought, I guess you could
say number Justin Fields is just a My word is teas.
He's a teas is the word I will use here,
and he rarely lives up to that. Now, there's some
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highlights that go viral online, and there's a lot of
low information fans that get all horny watching Justin Fields.
But the problem is the point of demarcation. The line
of demarcation is consistently performing at a high level, not
one out of every five plays or two out of
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every seven plays. You have to do it more often
than occasionally, and that has been the bugaboo for Justin Fields. Right,
and if we go right to the judges' scorecards on
the Malor report card for the Jets, the Jets get
a small D and Justin Fields gets a B. In fact,
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I'm gonna give be a B plus to Justin Fields
on the Mallet report card. The fact that Justin Fields
is still pulling this off is impressive, right. He is
getting a third bite of the apple. He's a two
time loser, and just like the laws, three strikes, you're
out for Justin Fields. When you take a look at
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the big picture here, the fact that Fields is getting
another opportunity as a starter, He's given the keys to
the castle there and in this case, the keys of
the cockpit with the Jets. He is akin to a
traveling gypsy at this point. He's a confidence man. Justin
Fields is traveling around the NFL. He flopped with the Bears,
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he did a belly whopper in Pittsburgh, and now he's
on to his next hustle. He's just going from team
to team to team, and now he heads to the
demilitarized zone that is the Jets and the gypsy contractor
Justin Fields, he does poor quality work on a weekly
basis during the NFL season, and he's essentially burglarizing money
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from these NFL teams and then valuables, pillaging NFL quarterback
rooms one after another, and whatever hustle you gotta do
to keep that money coming. In occasional highlight, I guess
he must have a good Madden score, aren't The Jets
run by Woody Johnson's kid who likes Madden ratings, And
so I guess he does well on Madden. As long
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as you do well on Madden, you got a chance
to go play for the Jets. That's it. Why not.
There's a lot of dough to be made, a lot
of dough out there. You can get that money, and
why not? And lasted three years on his first team,
the Bears, and was benched on his second. The one
in Pittsburgh is really ile. They don't add anybody, They
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have no one. The Steelers took a sampler on Justin Fields.
They actually had a good record with Fields, and again
dumb fans thought, well, they have a good record. I
don't understand why they would get rid of Justin Fields.
And then you look a little closer and you're like, well,
imagine how much he must have been stinking up the joint.
If you're Mike Tomlin and you roll out the rotting
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carcass of Russell Wilson and then Russell Wilson starts playing
like you expect Russell Wilson to play not good, and
you don't even think about going back to Justin Fields.
You have so little confidence in Justin Fields you continue
to roll out in the hospital journey Russell Wilson. Man,
that is a dead nib.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
What dead ni what?
Speaker 1 (18:20):
That things are not going well?
Speaker 2 (18:21):
Now?
Speaker 1 (18:21):
The problem Pittsburgh's offense, if you want to call it
that with Justin Fields extremely limited and they had the
catered to fields and that's usually the problem that Jets
will have to do the same thing. And so he'll
give the illusion of being better than he is, but
the reality is you're not winning anything. The struggles to
make progressions in the offense. I mean, these are problems
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going back to his days in Chicago that he has
not been able to solve. Now, page two, So how
should the Jet fan base, the New York Jet fan
base feel about Justin Fields coming to town to save
the day? I am here. It's like Mighty Mouse, here
to save today. Yeah, so I'm more of the same.
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The Jet fan does not need my advice, but I'll
give it anyway. A cynical fan handbook that this is
the personification what the Jets do and really what the
Jets fan base does of the tune that was popular
from m behold a couple of years back. There a
numb a little bug. When you're a Jets fan, You're
like a numb little bug, you are. And the Jets
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backers they know this, They've been through this every couple
of years. Here that your body is in the room
as a Jets fan, but you're not really there, you know,
you just you're empty. There's a lot of emptiness there
and you just don't really care. You pretend like you care,
but you don't really care. And you always expect whoever
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you get to screw up, and you're rarely wrong. You're
rarely wrong in that situation. Now, justin Field since the
start of the twenty twenty two season is the twenty seven,
twenty seventh in a completion percentage over expected out of
forty four quarterbacks, So he's in the bottom tier of
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quarterbacks in a completion rate over expected, which is one
of those nerd stats. Last season, he had the third
worst accuracy rate on intermediate throws, and the only quarterbacks
that were worse than Justin Fields was last year at
those intermediate throws. The middle throws were Aaron Rogers who
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did it with the Jets, and Anthony Richardson, who was
so bad. How bad was he? He's so bad he
should be sent to the Canadian Football League right now.
And I don't even know if there's any good quarterbacks
in the Canadian Football League, but see was on the
Winnipeg Blue Bombers will make that happen now. Still, he's
going to get another chance, despite that resume of being
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one of the worst quarterbacks in the NFL since twenty
twenty two. Last season he was in the bottom three
in the intermediate throw got replaced by an old, washed
up Russell Wilson, and the Jets are so desperate. It's
like the bars closing. There's one person left, not really
that attractive, but you're like, I want some companies, so
I'll take them home. And I know they're not really
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attractive and all that, but I just need someone to
hang out with. And so Justin Fields is that person now?
Final point, we had a running back another running back
changing teams. Jim Harbaugh and the Lightning Bolts have made
a move in NFL free agency. The Chargers have agreed
to terms with running back Nasee Harris. So he's leaving Pittsburgh.
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There's a theme here to the last couple of hours.
You got Justin Fields leaving Pittsburgh to go to the Jets.
You also have now Nasee Harris leaving the city of
Pittsburgh going to Los Angeles. He gets a one year contract.
That's it, a one year contract with the Chargers. So
does the former Steeler running back Najee Hair flip the
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tables for the Chargers offense? Does it flip the table
in any way? So this is like the wheel of fortune.
Imagine if you will spinning the wheel of fortune. Now,
can I get an N and an oh? I would
like an N and and oh? Yeah, I need an
N and oh. All right, and let's slap those. Let's
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slap the N and the oh, and I'll solve the puzzle.
The puzzle is no. The answer to the puzzle is no. Yes,
thank you. Now, realizing that this isn't in an exact science,
we did a rant about Harris the other day here
ranting and raving on the radio, and it does not
appear that this is the kind of a player that
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has the wow factor to them. And that is one
of the reasons that Harris gets a one year contract
Najee Harris with the Chargers because the general consensus is
he's not that guy. He's not. He is a lumbering
running back, a plodding style that does not translate to
the Rasmtaz does not those game breaking runs. And my
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evidence on that if you missed it in a previous
episode of the show, we went over the numbers here
and I was like, I watched the Steelers play a
fair amount. They're usually in some big games on television
during the NFL season, primetime games and big Sunday late
afternoon TV games and whatnot. So Harris, well, he has
had the marching and shout of society. Will say, well,
he's had four years of thousand yards, so all four
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years he's gone over thousand yards, but he's never gone
past one thousand and forty three yards. So it's like
right at the number, right, just at the number one
thousand and forty three rushing yards. And despite all those
thousand yard seasons mentioned his style of play a very slow,
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methodical style. He's averaged three point nine yards per carry.
He's never had one of those breakaway runs, never had
a run of forty or more yards in his NFL career. Ever,
over one thousand carries, almost eleven hundred carries in his career,
he's never broken one, never taken the hand off at
the fifteen yard line and gone all the way to
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pey dirt or anywhere twenty thirty forty yard line. None
of that just does not have that breakaway ability where
even if you get through the line, he's gonna get
tackled from behind. It's going to happen. So more of
the same for the Lightning Bolts and Harris comes from Pittsburgh,
he'll take over as the RB one for the Chargers. JK.
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Dobbins has not been re signed, and Gus Edwards was
given the pink slip. He was fired by Jim Harbaugh
and let go. So Harris can make up to remember
those are the most powerful weasel words in sales. Is
up to you look online, you do some shopping, and
they say up to And anytime it says up to
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you're not gonna get close to the up to number anyway,
weasel term nine point two million, and then he'll hit
the open market again. Go to market after the twenty
twenty five season.
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We're all we go, It's Maller. How about that? To
the third degree?
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This is one big Ben gets grilled.
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Cooble loop and so.
Speaker 4 (25:31):
Earlier this month, the Yankees were listed as the Vegas
favorite to represent the American League in the World Series again.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
But their depth will be testing.
Speaker 4 (25:38):
It was announced that Garrett Cole is gonna be undergoing
Tommy John surgery. Ben is the Yankees season ending before
it even starts?
Speaker 1 (25:47):
Oh God, no, No, the Yankees will still be a
playoff team and maybe they'll find somebody will actually cover
first base in the World Series and hustle. Unlike Garrett Cole,
who couldn't hustle in Game five of the World I'm
grateful he chose not to hustle. But the real hustle
is Garrett Cole, who likely knew months ago that he
needed Tommy John surgery, but took that one hundred and
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forty four million dollars from the Yankees and all that.
But no, the Yankees will still be right in the
mix in the America League.
Speaker 4 (26:14):
Next, it is being reported that Ray's owner Stu Sternberg
is being pressured by Rob Manfred and other owners to
sell the team amid continued failed negotiations to get the
team a new stadium. Now, Baseball apparently wants the Rays
to stay in Tampa, believing the market can support them.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
Ben, do you agree. No, I don't think baseball really
wants the Rays to stay there. They want the greatest
sweetheart deal they can get, whether that's from Nashville or
Charlotte or some other city. They like to keep the
Rays on the East coast in the South, that's for sure.
There's no evidence that it's gonna work. The Marlins got
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a new stadium. Nobody goes to those games. They suck,
they don't spend any money. The Rays actually make the playoffs,
and nobody gives a rats ass. They're just worried about
the early Bird special. So I see no evidence is
going to work there.
Speaker 4 (27:03):
Next, the Denver Broncos had their best season since winning
the Super Bowl in twenty fifteen. You're looking to do
even going even deeper into the playoffs this season? Sure,
what do you think is the most important need for
the Broncos? Have they already addressed it?
Speaker 1 (27:14):
Yeah? Well I saw they signed a green law from
the forty nine right right, So obviously Sean Payton's saying
they need defense Coople Loop, I say they need more
explosive plays on office. That's what I would be going for.
How do we do Cooper up? Cooper Cup? By the way,
that's good. He's gonna be a Bronco. No you fail
this edition. Cooper Cup's gonna be now. No Cooper Cup.
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He's going to the Broncos. You heard it here first, Hi, teamwork.
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We're going mad Man?
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All right?
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It's the John Ham edition and we'll get right to it.
So we have time. Manuel and Guardina your teamed up
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Speaker 1 (29:39):
All right? These athletes were known for having a short temper.
We need the first and last name, first and last name,
and here we go, forty five seconds on the clock.
We're on our way.
Speaker 2 (29:50):
Go.
Speaker 1 (29:52):
Quarterback of the Patriots to the glory years. He's on Yes.
MVP for Oklahoma City, played for the Lakers and the Clippers.
He's with Denver now Yes, a wide receiver traded from
Seattle to Pittsburgh this week. Yes. Quarterback for the Rams
in the nineteen eighties, he got happy feet against the
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Yes uh the closer for the Atlanta Braves. He had
problems with the new Yes choked his coach out for
the Golden State Warriors. In the Yes pitcher for the Cubs,
he kept attacking gatorade bottles and Yeah, my man. All right,
we got we ran the Barn's that's why you are
the game show contestant of the year last year. Man, well, unbelievable.
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All right, Ron, it's all over, Coop. You might as
well quick. We got now thirty rock You're cooked. These
athletes all war or war number thirty. Are you ready
roun go for it?
Speaker 2 (30:46):
All right?
Speaker 4 (30:46):
Forty five seconds, let's begin splash brother on the Warriors
right now, pretty toptin. No, the guy who's still on
the Warriors best three point shooter of all time? Yes, okay,
this guy is the all time leading strikeout pitcher.
Speaker 1 (31:07):
Yes.
Speaker 4 (31:07):
Uh. This guy was the running back for the Broncos
when they won the Super Bowl with John Elway.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
Yes uh. This guy's son was the kid for the Mariners. Yeah,
but the Dad King Junior King jor Yes uh.
Speaker 4 (31:25):
This guy got a lot of technical fouls for the
Pistons and the Trailblazers.
Speaker 1 (31:31):
No, the other one, the other one, jeez, the one,
the other Wallace? Wait, I was offended by that, justin,
and Cincinnati's offended by that too. No, you didn't, It
was right, Rashid Wallace. Both teams played hard by man
Rashid Wallace. And all right, well, all right, so that's
one hundred points, so we're back up again. Ron. Would
(31:53):
you like Early Bird Special or the Town Special Birds Special? Alright?
Hold on, hey, I need to read the description.
Speaker 4 (32:08):
These athletes all won a championship their rookie season. Forty
five seconds. Yeah, how does it feel? Forty five seconds?
Speaker 1 (32:17):
Begin? All right?
Speaker 4 (32:18):
This guy is the best point guard of all time
for the Lakers. No, yes, the captain for the Yankees,
the captain. Yes, this guy plows from Argentina. He was
on the San Antonio Spurs when they won o their championships.
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What's his full name? Uh?
Speaker 2 (32:45):
What?
Speaker 4 (32:48):
Running back that got to two thousand yards for the
Baltimore Ravens, Henry Nope?
Speaker 1 (32:57):
Oh no, all right, basketball player nicknamed Silk. Yeah, I
didn't get enough. I don't think you want to try
to run it up quickly. Manuel And all right, all right,
these are some of the best athletes to play in Boston,
a city you hate, I know, Manuell, but here we go.
H tight End a similar name to mine. The last
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name is like a jacket in the in the two thousands,
and tight End for the Patriots.
Speaker 2 (33:26):
No.
Speaker 1 (33:28):
Boxer nicknamed uh marvelous yes, outfielder with very long last name.
A lot of weird letters in there for the Red
Sox in the sixties and seventies. No Carl, we won though,
we won, so there you go. Yeah, they called them
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from the legal tampering period, which is just really the
start of free agency. It's a bit of a nonsense thing, right.
There's a bunch of players have changed teams in the NFL,
and if you love the transaction, it was an orgasmic
kind of a day, an orgasmic kind of a day here,
the feeding frenzy of the transaction in the NFL. Players
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going here, there and everywhere around the NFL, all roads,
all of them leading to massive piles of pesos, lots
of money, money, money, money, including Sam Donald, the one
hit wonder Sam Donald, who has departed the Twin Cities.
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We knew he was not going back there. Did you
see where he ended up? I assume you know by now,
But there's a chance you actually have a life and
are not possessed by the football demons and pay attention NonStop.
So if you missed it, we learned here at Fox
Sports Rado that Sam Donald has agreed to take his
talents wink wink, nod, nod to the Pacific Northwest. The
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former Minnesota Viking quarterback goes to Seattle, the team called
the Seahawks. Not a lot of hawk there. The Seattle
Seahawks get Sam Donald a three year contract for one
hundred million dollars, includes double nickels in guaranteed millions, fifty
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five million garonteed and somewhere you heard crying Craig in
Seattle crying he was so excited about this move. Thirty
seven and a half million for Sam Donald coming up
here in twenty twenty five. So he gets a lot
of cash. Not the greatest contract for a quarterback, but
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considering his very flimsy resume, Sam Donald laughing at the
amount of money that he's getting. So let us discuss
the question what stands out about Sam Donald? Now QB
one in Seattle. So I've got amnesia, Fortnite and cupcake,
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and we will combine all of these things together and
we are going to make some amazing gobbaghool. We're gonna
make the gobagool, all right. So a the first thing
that stands out, it's hard to argue at this point
the stubborn nature of the Seattle football team. You don't
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want to be the team that signs the one hit wonder,
because most of the time the one hit wonder, that's it.
One hit and that's all. And Sam Donold we mentioned
he's laughing. He's laughing all the way to the bank.
Here fifty five million gar on teed and he didn't
even have the complete season. They had some good numbers
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and all that. And you look at his resume of
failure with the Jets and then he bounced around. His
passport has been stamped at places like Carolina, San Francisco, Minnesota,
and he went to all those places trying to get
rid of the stank that he had from his time
with Jets. And all it takes is one sucker, and
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the sucker is the Seattle Seahawks. They're the sucker. And
it's confusing because it doesn't seem like they really are
trying to win. They weren't trying to win when they
had Geno Smith. They're certainly not trying to win. When
you signed Sam Donald, you're announcing to the world we're
out of trying to win. You don't sign Sam Donald
to win. That's not the player you signed to win.
You don't touch Sam Donald if you're trying to win.
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But I just love the amnesia aspect of this story
that you're overlooking a clear design defect. There's a defect
with Sam Donald. There is when the game is on
the line, right when it's nut cutting time, you know
what happens. He pukes. He pukes all over himself is
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what he does. Game on the line. We saw it
in Minnesota Vikings and Lions final game. Chance to be
the number one see number in the NFL. And what
does Sam Donald do. He gets a seat in the
cockpit on the vomit comet right there in the vomit
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comet payout. He puked all over the field, Sam Donald,
he did, and then he did it again against the Rims. Now,
I enjoyed that. I liked the Rams. I enjoyed when
he rode the vomit comet against the Rams in that
playoff game. Was wonderful. Had his tail between his legs.
It was so good. All right. Now, continuing with this
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theme of the hour here, but we turn the page.
Have the Seattle Seahawks upgraded, going from Geno Smith, who
they unloaded unceremoniously to the Raiders. Sit here, take our trash.
We'll make it look all pretty you gonna have our trash,
and you're going to Sam Darnald. So I'm showing him
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I had no on this. This is clearly not an upgrade,
and they've managed to do them possible. You would think
if you got rid of Sam Darnald, there's a very
low percented chance you were gonna get somebody who's worse. Now,
I know the nerds like Sam Darnald and anything the
nerds like, I like to go away from in sports.
So if the nerds are on that side, I go
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away from that. But just as a general rule here
you say, well, the Seahws are going to improve at
the quarterback position. But no, no, Sam Donald. It's like
the Fortnite emote, the sideway shuffle. They're doing a little
sideway shuffle here the Seattle Seahawks. And it turns out
the sequel is about the equal, about the equal. Here
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Donald leaves Minnesota, and last I checked, the Seahawks did
not acquire Justin Jefferson or Jordan Addison from the Vikings.
And so Seattle is in the process of reshuffling the deck.
And so they got rid of DK Metcalf. They kicked
his ass out of Seattle. He was traded at Pittsburgh
(07:57):
Tyler Lockett. I guess they said he was too old,
so they got the fire his ass. And the Seattle
Seahawks right now have Jackson Smith in Jigba and that's it.
I don't I mean, I don't make there's other names.
I don't recognize these names. They got one guy. They
got one guy and Sam Donald. We've seen Sam Donald
with one guy that can catch passes. And you know
(08:19):
what happens to Sam Donald. He starts seeing ghosts. It's
Poultergeist here, there and everywhere. It's poulter geyst for Sam Donald.
And so it's like Seattle's like they not really want
they don't want to win. You don't sign Sam Donald
if you're trying to win. And yet they don't want
to completely embrace the suck, which I'm okay, I don't
(08:42):
like teams that embrace the suck completely. But it's a
very odd situation here, and it's like not a total demo.
They're trying to do some slight improvements here and there,
and they don't want to tear the whole house down,
but there's infestation of vermin in the house. And then
(09:03):
you've got his Vestis and so there's a lot going on.
There's a lot going on now. Last word, so the
Dallas Cawboys. Normally we were not talking about this move,
but it's the Dallas Cowboys, and we are contractually obligated
for obligatory mention of the Dallas Cowboys at some point
through the overnight. And so I thought we'd just get
it right out there in the open, right now, because
the Cowboys made a move. The Dallas Cowboys made a move.
(09:26):
That's right, Jerry Jones, Ah, we don't need free agency.
Oh you want to bet, Jerry? Want to bet? Jerry Jones,
who belittled free agency, went out there with a humdinger
of a move. Now, I don't if you saw it
or not. The Dallas Cowboys did sign a free agent
or agreed to a deal. It can't sign it until Wednesday.
(09:48):
The Boys are making a move. What did they do? Well?
Move over EMMITTT Smith the new running back of running
backs for the Dallas Cowboys. They have signed former Bronco
running back Javonte Williams to a one year contract. Way
to go, unbelievable. What a bold move by Jerry Jones.
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So does Dallas adding running back Javonte Smith count as
a splash move that count well only if you're deep
inside the tushy of the Death Star where the Cowboys
practice at there the Death Star. We imagine that Jerry Jones,
when he eventually does talk to the media, will sing
(10:33):
the praises wax poetic about this running back from the Broncos,
And it's akin to if you have a cupcake and
you want frosting, don't spit on the cupcake and say
you put frosting on it. But that's what's gonna happen.
And my supporting evidence on that, I will tell you
that Jamonte Adams broke Jamonti Williams rather broke a tackle
(10:58):
on just five point seven percent of his carries last season.
There were only eleven running backs who saw at least
seventy five rushes that had a lower rate in the
entire NFL. So he's in the bottom percentile at breaking tackles.
But wait, there's more. Ramandre Stevenson to the Patriots and
(11:21):
a journeyman running back Alexander Madison, the only running backs
in the entire NFL we are told who had a
lower rush EPA than Jamonte Williams who is now a
Dallas Cowboy, So Jerry Jones continuing to build up that
Dallas Cowboy team. Oh my, what a move.
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So our lead this hour is from the Game of
Musical Chairs, our in depth team coverage all night. We
do not shut down the trains of Fox Sports Radio,
keeping you company talking about players getting paid money, money, money,
a lot of money, a lot of money. Business is
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good in the NFL, and you never have to worry
about the NFL people saying, well, we can't really afford
to pay you. We don't have the money. They've got
the money. They have the money, and then they have
even more money, and more money, and more money and
more money. But the roster shuffle. You gotta do the shuffle.
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So this is the Game Green edition. Now we knew
that they kicked Aaron Rodgers out of the Jets facility.
He's no longer able to commandeer the plane there in
the swampland of New Jersey, and so they have now
replaced him. We have learned that the j e ts. Suck, Suck, suck.
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The Jets have the new pilot of the kamic Cozi mission.
The Jets have agreed to terms with Justin Fields. Oh man, no,
laugh track, Lorena, No, really, Justin Fields is now a Jet,
I know, I know, all right, Well they're perfect. Yeah,
(13:15):
Justin Fields gets a two year deal. Now it's forty
million dollars, which in modern NFL is not that much.
You imagine forty million dollars not being that much in
the NFL today, my Ron, all right, anyway, by here
we are. The deal includes thirty million dollars guaranteed. So
it is a bit of a proven deal, something that
Justin Fields knows a thing or two about because he's
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usually on these proven deals. But they pay pretty well,
they pay pretty well. And so he will be going
into the season as QB No burn, that's right, QB
number one going into training again. And there's no one
if you look at the just roster, there's no one
breathing down his neck. There there's no one's like, oh,
(13:59):
that guy's gon take his job as QB number one.
So let us discuss the question, right, do you have
a word Do you have a word for the type
of skill set that Justin Fields brings to the Jets.
So I've got Gypsy, m Behold and wheel of Fortune,
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and we will combine all of these things together and
we are going to make a nice tropical vacation to
can Kun when the playoffs begin. Because Justin Fields ain't
that guy. You're not that guy, Pal, You're not that
guy and certainly will not be in the playoffs as
the Jets QB. So you don't have to worry about
that and then plan accordingly. When it comes to January
(14:43):
of twenty twenty six, the Jets will not be in
the postseason. So my first thought, I guess you could
say number Justin Fields is just a My word is teas.
He's a teas is the word I will use here,
and he rarely lives up to that. Now, there's some
(15:04):
highlights that go viral online, and there's a lot of
low information fans that get all horny watching Justin Fields.
But the problem is the point of demarcation. The line
of demarcation is consistently performing at a high level, not
one out of every five plays or two out of
(15:25):
every seven plays. You have to do it more often
than occasionally, and that has been the bugaboo for Justin Fields. Right,
and if we go right to the judges' scorecards on
the Malor report card for the Jets, the Jets get
a small D and Justin Fields gets a B. In fact,
(15:46):
I'm gonna give be a B plus to Justin Fields
on the Mallet report card. The fact that Justin Fields
is still pulling this off is impressive, right. He is
getting a third bite of the apple. He's a two
time loser, and just like the laws, three strikes, you're
out for Justin Fields. When you take a look at
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the big picture here, the fact that Fields is getting
another opportunity as a starter, He's given the keys to
the castle there and in this case, the keys of
the cockpit with the Jets. He is akin to a
traveling gypsy at this point. He's a confidence man. Justin
Fields is traveling around the NFL. He flopped with the Bears,
(16:28):
he did a belly whopper in Pittsburgh, and now he's
on to his next hustle. He's just going from team
to team to team, and now he heads to the
demilitarized zone that is the Jets and the gypsy contractor
Justin Fields, he does poor quality work on a weekly
basis during the NFL season, and he's essentially burglarizing money
(16:52):
from these NFL teams and then valuables, pillaging NFL quarterback
rooms one after another, and whatever hustle you gotta do
to keep that money coming. In occasional highlight, I guess
he must have a good Madden score, aren't The Jets
run by Woody Johnson's kid who likes Madden ratings, And
so I guess he does well on Madden. As long
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as you do well on Madden, you got a chance
to go play for the Jets. That's it. Why not.
There's a lot of dough to be made, a lot
of dough out there. You can get that money, and
why not? And lasted three years on his first team,
the Bears, and was benched on his second. The one
in Pittsburgh is really ile. They don't add anybody, They
(17:37):
have no one. The Steelers took a sampler on Justin Fields.
They actually had a good record with Fields, and again
dumb fans thought, well, they have a good record. I
don't understand why they would get rid of Justin Fields.
And then you look a little closer and you're like, well,
imagine how much he must have been stinking up the joint.
If you're Mike Tomlin and you roll out the rotting
(17:58):
carcass of Russell Wilson and then Russell Wilson starts playing
like you expect Russell Wilson to play not good, and
you don't even think about going back to Justin Fields.
You have so little confidence in Justin Fields you continue
to roll out in the hospital journey Russell Wilson. Man,
that is a dead nib.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
What dead ni what?
Speaker 1 (18:20):
That things are not going well?
Speaker 2 (18:21):
Now?
Speaker 1 (18:21):
The problem Pittsburgh's offense, if you want to call it
that with Justin Fields extremely limited and they had the
catered to fields and that's usually the problem that Jets
will have to do the same thing. And so he'll
give the illusion of being better than he is, but
the reality is you're not winning anything. The struggles to
make progressions in the offense. I mean, these are problems
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going back to his days in Chicago that he has
not been able to solve. Now, page two, So how
should the Jet fan base, the New York Jet fan
base feel about Justin Fields coming to town to save
the day? I am here. It's like Mighty Mouse, here
to save today. Yeah, so I'm more of the same.
(19:04):
The Jet fan does not need my advice, but I'll
give it anyway. A cynical fan handbook that this is
the personification what the Jets do and really what the
Jets fan base does of the tune that was popular
from m behold a couple of years back. There a
numb a little bug. When you're a Jets fan, You're
like a numb little bug, you are. And the Jets
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backers they know this, They've been through this every couple
of years. Here that your body is in the room
as a Jets fan, but you're not really there, you know,
you just you're empty. There's a lot of emptiness there
and you just don't really care. You pretend like you care,
but you don't really care. And you always expect whoever
(19:49):
you get to screw up, and you're rarely wrong. You're
rarely wrong in that situation. Now, justin Field since the
start of the twenty twenty two season is the twenty seven,
twenty seventh in a completion percentage over expected out of
forty four quarterbacks, So he's in the bottom tier of
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quarterbacks in a completion rate over expected, which is one
of those nerd stats. Last season, he had the third
worst accuracy rate on intermediate throws, and the only quarterbacks
that were worse than Justin Fields was last year at
those intermediate throws. The middle throws were Aaron Rogers who
(20:32):
did it with the Jets, and Anthony Richardson, who was
so bad. How bad was he? He's so bad he
should be sent to the Canadian Football League right now.
And I don't even know if there's any good quarterbacks
in the Canadian Football League, but see was on the
Winnipeg Blue Bombers will make that happen now. Still, he's
going to get another chance, despite that resume of being
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one of the worst quarterbacks in the NFL since twenty
twenty two. Last season he was in the bottom three
in the intermediate throw got replaced by an old, washed
up Russell Wilson, and the Jets are so desperate. It's
like the bars closing. There's one person left, not really
that attractive, but you're like, I want some companies, so
I'll take them home. And I know they're not really
(21:16):
attractive and all that, but I just need someone to
hang out with. And so Justin Fields is that person now?
Final point, we had a running back another running back
changing teams. Jim Harbaugh and the Lightning Bolts have made
a move in NFL free agency. The Chargers have agreed
to terms with running back Nasee Harris. So he's leaving Pittsburgh.
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There's a theme here to the last couple of hours.
You got Justin Fields leaving Pittsburgh to go to the Jets.
You also have now Nasee Harris leaving the city of
Pittsburgh going to Los Angeles. He gets a one year contract.
That's it, a one year contract with the Chargers. So
does the former Steeler running back Najee Hair flip the
(22:01):
tables for the Chargers offense? Does it flip the table
in any way? So this is like the wheel of fortune.
Imagine if you will spinning the wheel of fortune. Now,
can I get an N and an oh? I would
like an N and and oh? Yeah, I need an
N and oh. All right, and let's slap those. Let's
(22:21):
slap the N and the oh, and I'll solve the puzzle.
The puzzle is no. The answer to the puzzle is no. Yes,
thank you. Now, realizing that this isn't in an exact science,
we did a rant about Harris the other day here
ranting and raving on the radio, and it does not
appear that this is the kind of a player that
(22:43):
has the wow factor to them. And that is one
of the reasons that Harris gets a one year contract
Najee Harris with the Chargers because the general consensus is
he's not that guy. He's not. He is a lumbering
running back, a plodding style that does not translate to
the Rasmtaz does not those game breaking runs. And my
(23:08):
evidence on that if you missed it in a previous
episode of the show, we went over the numbers here
and I was like, I watched the Steelers play a
fair amount. They're usually in some big games on television
during the NFL season, primetime games and big Sunday late
afternoon TV games and whatnot. So Harris, well, he has
had the marching and shout of society. Will say, well,
he's had four years of thousand yards, so all four
(23:31):
years he's gone over thousand yards, but he's never gone
past one thousand and forty three yards. So it's like
right at the number, right, just at the number one
thousand and forty three rushing yards. And despite all those
thousand yard seasons mentioned his style of play a very slow,
(23:52):
methodical style. He's averaged three point nine yards per carry.
He's never had one of those breakaway runs, never had
a run of forty or more yards in his NFL career. Ever,
over one thousand carries, almost eleven hundred carries in his career,
he's never broken one, never taken the hand off at
the fifteen yard line and gone all the way to
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pey dirt or anywhere twenty thirty forty yard line. None
of that just does not have that breakaway ability where
even if you get through the line, he's gonna get
tackled from behind. It's going to happen. So more of
the same for the Lightning Bolts and Harris comes from Pittsburgh,
he'll take over as the RB one for the Chargers. JK.
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Dobbins has not been re signed, and Gus Edwards was
given the pink slip. He was fired by Jim Harbaugh
and let go. So Harris can make up to remember
those are the most powerful weasel words in sales. Is
up to you look online, you do some shopping, and
they say up to And anytime it says up to
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you're not gonna get close to the up to number anyway,
weasel term nine point two million, and then he'll hit
the open market again. Go to market after the twenty
twenty five season.
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We're all we go, It's Maller. How about that? To
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This is one big Ben gets grilled.
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Cooble loop and so.
Speaker 4 (25:31):
Earlier this month, the Yankees were listed as the Vegas
favorite to represent the American League in the World Series again.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
But their depth will be testing.
Speaker 4 (25:38):
It was announced that Garrett Cole is gonna be undergoing
Tommy John surgery. Ben is the Yankees season ending before
it even starts?
Speaker 1 (25:47):
Oh God, no, No, the Yankees will still be a
playoff team and maybe they'll find somebody will actually cover
first base in the World Series and hustle. Unlike Garrett Cole,
who couldn't hustle in Game five of the World I'm
grateful he chose not to hustle. But the real hustle
is Garrett Cole, who likely knew months ago that he
needed Tommy John surgery, but took that one hundred and
(26:09):
forty four million dollars from the Yankees and all that.
But no, the Yankees will still be right in the
mix in the America League.
Speaker 4 (26:14):
Next, it is being reported that Ray's owner Stu Sternberg
is being pressured by Rob Manfred and other owners to
sell the team amid continued failed negotiations to get the
team a new stadium. Now, Baseball apparently wants the Rays
to stay in Tampa, believing the market can support them.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
Ben, do you agree. No, I don't think baseball really
wants the Rays to stay there. They want the greatest
sweetheart deal they can get, whether that's from Nashville or
Charlotte or some other city. They like to keep the
Rays on the East coast in the South, that's for sure.
There's no evidence that it's gonna work. The Marlins got
(26:50):
a new stadium. Nobody goes to those games. They suck,
they don't spend any money. The Rays actually make the playoffs,
and nobody gives a rats ass. They're just worried about
the early Bird special. So I see no evidence is
going to work there.
Speaker 4 (27:03):
Next, the Denver Broncos had their best season since winning
the Super Bowl in twenty fifteen. You're looking to do
even going even deeper into the playoffs this season? Sure,
what do you think is the most important need for
the Broncos? Have they already addressed it?
Speaker 1 (27:14):
Yeah? Well I saw they signed a green law from
the forty nine right right, So obviously Sean Payton's saying
they need defense Coople Loop, I say they need more
explosive plays on office. That's what I would be going for.
How do we do Cooper up? Cooper Cup? By the way,
that's good. He's gonna be a Bronco. No you fail
this edition. Cooper Cup's gonna be now. No Cooper Cup.
(27:35):
He's going to the Broncos. You heard it here first, Hi, teamwork.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
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Speaker 1 (27:51):
All right, that's welcome our contestas we have Manuel in Guardina.
Who's going me off? Going to play? Hello? Manuel in GUARDENA, Yeah, welcome.
Speaker 2 (28:00):
Hey, Benny Helo Man, his boss the Scott still talking
that guy rambles man, Holy smoke.
Speaker 1 (28:06):
He's a rambling man. Who do you want to partner
up with Manuel quickly please? All right, Well that's a
good choice. All right, very good. Hold on a sec now,
Loraina picked door number one, door number two, or door
number three? Go ahead, Loraina number three. All right, Well
you picked Ron, who is also in southern California. Hello, Ron, Welcome,
(28:27):
big Ben.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
How you doing? Ron?
Speaker 1 (28:29):
If I was any better, I'd be sleeping, But I'm not.
I'm here talking, which is fine. I'm happy to be here.
And Ron, welcome here. It sounds like you're driving around,
is that correct? Yes, I'm way home from work, all right?
Ver And what kind of work do you do?
Speaker 4 (28:42):
Food?
Speaker 1 (28:42):
All right? Coop? Yes, no, it's not for we've learned
enough about all right, Hey, Coop does not care about you.
You're gonna play with Coop? And what are the categories? Quickly?
Speaker 2 (28:51):
Coop?
Speaker 1 (28:51):
All right?
Speaker 4 (28:52):
This is the John Hamm edition. He turned fifty four yesterday.
Categories are early Bird, Special, mad Men, the Town, and
thirty Rock.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
Manuel, you were on first? Which category would you like?
Speaker 4 (29:03):
You know?
Speaker 2 (29:04):
We're going mad Man?
Speaker 1 (29:05):
All right?
Speaker 2 (29:06):
And Ron?
Speaker 1 (29:07):
How about you? All right? All right? Everyone, hold on,
we're gonna have Mallor's amount of money. It's entirety. We'll
get to that. We'll do it next.
Speaker 2 (29:14):
Be sure to catch live editions of the Ben Malors
Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. Now,
Malor's Mountain of Money. Hell, do you have what it
takes to get to the top. Probably not.
Speaker 1 (29:30):
It's the John Ham edition and we'll get right to it.
So we have time. Manuel and Guardina your teamed up
with me. Yes, you picked mad Man? Is that correct?
Speaker 2 (29:38):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (29:39):
All right? These athletes were known for having a short temper.
We need the first and last name, first and last name,
and here we go, forty five seconds on the clock.
We're on our way.
Speaker 2 (29:50):
Go.
Speaker 1 (29:52):
Quarterback of the Patriots to the glory years. He's on Yes.
MVP for Oklahoma City, played for the Lakers and the Clippers.
He's with Denver now Yes, a wide receiver traded from
Seattle to Pittsburgh this week. Yes. Quarterback for the Rams
in the nineteen eighties, he got happy feet against the
(30:12):
Yes uh the closer for the Atlanta Braves. He had
problems with the new Yes choked his coach out for
the Golden State Warriors. In the Yes pitcher for the Cubs,
he kept attacking gatorade bottles and Yeah, my man. All right,
we got we ran the Barn's that's why you are
the game show contestant of the year last year. Man, well, unbelievable.
(30:34):
All right, Ron, it's all over, Coop. You might as
well quick. We got now thirty rock You're cooked. These
athletes all war or war number thirty. Are you ready
roun go for it?
Speaker 2 (30:46):
All right?
Speaker 4 (30:46):
Forty five seconds, let's begin splash brother on the Warriors
right now, pretty toptin. No, the guy who's still on
the Warriors best three point shooter of all time? Yes, okay,
this guy is the all time leading strikeout pitcher.
Speaker 1 (31:07):
Yes.
Speaker 4 (31:07):
Uh. This guy was the running back for the Broncos
when they won the Super Bowl with John Elway.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
Yes uh. This guy's son was the kid for the Mariners. Yeah,
but the Dad King Junior King jor Yes uh.
Speaker 4 (31:25):
This guy got a lot of technical fouls for the
Pistons and the Trailblazers.
Speaker 1 (31:31):
No, the other one, the other one, jeez, the one,
the other Wallace? Wait, I was offended by that, justin,
and Cincinnati's offended by that too. No, you didn't, It
was right, Rashid Wallace. Both teams played hard by man
Rashid Wallace. And all right, well, all right, so that's
one hundred points, so we're back up again. Ron. Would
(31:53):
you like Early Bird Special or the Town Special Birds Special? Alright?
Hold on, hey, I need to read the description.
Speaker 4 (32:08):
These athletes all won a championship their rookie season. Forty
five seconds. Yeah, how does it feel? Forty five seconds?
Speaker 1 (32:17):
Begin? All right?
Speaker 4 (32:18):
This guy is the best point guard of all time
for the Lakers. No, yes, the captain for the Yankees,
the captain. Yes, this guy plows from Argentina. He was
on the San Antonio Spurs when they won o their championships.
(32:41):
What's his full name? Uh?
Speaker 2 (32:45):
What?
Speaker 4 (32:48):
Running back that got to two thousand yards for the
Baltimore Ravens, Henry Nope?
Speaker 1 (32:57):
Oh no, all right, basketball player nicknamed Silk. Yeah, I
didn't get enough. I don't think you want to try
to run it up quickly. Manuel And all right, all right,
these are some of the best athletes to play in Boston,
a city you hate, I know, Manuell, but here we go.
H tight End a similar name to mine. The last
(33:19):
name is like a jacket in the in the two thousands,
and tight End for the Patriots.
Speaker 2 (33:26):
No.
Speaker 1 (33:28):
Boxer nicknamed uh marvelous yes, outfielder with very long last name.
A lot of weird letters in there for the Red
Sox in the sixties and seventies. No Carl, we won though,
we won, so there you go. Yeah, they called them
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