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December 29, 2025 • 39 mins

Brian Noe talks about Myles Garrett insinuating that the Steelers were more concerned with preventing him from getting the sack record than winning the game, Lamar Jackson continuing to be MIA for the Ravens, the Raiders getting the #1 pick, and more!

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Oh, what's going on. Happy Monday morning to you. I
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(00:45):
All right, we get to some bad logic. Love the
bad logic. You know it might annoy you, but it's
entertaining and it makes you think at least. We go
to Brown's defensive end, Miles Garrett. So, Miles Garrett one
sack away from the all time single season NFL sack record,

(01:11):
needed one sack against the Steelers, and hey, kind of
a favorable situation. He's facing a fourth string left tackle
named Dylan Cook. Dylan Cook, of course, out of Montana.
We all know that, right, undrafted in twenty twenty two,
originally with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. So that's a good

(01:32):
matchup for Miles Garrett, right, Well, we got a goose
egg situation for one. Miles Garrett did not get a sack,
so it still has twenty two sacks on the season,
still needs that one elusive final sack to have the
single season record, and he can try to do it
in week seventeen, which you know, now we're like, well,

(01:54):
well the other guys did it in less games, and
now we play that game. So Miles Garrett has been
quiet lately here now, he was thinking about this and
he had this to share about the Steelers and how
focused they were on him. Check this out from Miles Garrett,
see if you buy what he's selling.

Speaker 2 (02:15):
To an extent, I feel like they're they were more
worried about keeping me away from from Aaron than no
getting to win. And I think defin what came back
to about him. So you know they'll have to, you know,
fight it out with with Baltimore next week. But I'm
just proud of the guys for fighting and getting this one.
That's the main thing. And I'm always going to keep
it that.

Speaker 1 (02:37):
That's an all time hideous take. And listen, I love
Miles Garrett. I think he is a smart dude. He
is a well rounded dude. He's got a lot of interests,
knows a lot of stuff about a lot of different subjects.
I'm just like, yeah, I got nothing I can I
know sports, I know music. That's about it. He's a

(02:58):
well rounded, smart dude. And so I'm not saying he's
a dumb guy. It's just a dumb take. Listen, there
are a lot of smart people that produce from time
to time some hideously stupid takes like it happens, and
this is what's happening with Miles Garrett. Like, let's walk
our way through this. The Steelers were more concerned and

(03:21):
more focused on him than they were on winning the game.
That's how they could win the game. What are you
talking about? Okay, so I don't know if the if
the Niners next week they're hosting the Seahawks for the division.

(03:41):
Let's say the Niners say, all right, so your offense,
you're not great at running the ball, so we're probably
gonna play some good rush defense and you're passing attack man,
you really rely on this Jackson Smith and Jigbut guy,
he's really good. So I don't know if we just
steal page from Bill Belichick and we double that guy,

(04:02):
we bracket that guy. We say, you're not beating us
with this guy. You gotta throw your second or third
pitch otherwise you're screwed. Right, So that approach what's wrong
with all of a sudden what the Niners are more
focused on Jackson Smith and Jigba than they are on

(04:23):
winning the game. That's the path to winning the game.
What are you talking about? This is crazy. Look, Belichick
did this all the time when he was with the Patriots.
How many times, Like I remember when Brady was still around.
Remember they won the game at Foxborough AFC Championship game.

(04:44):
Unbelievable performance, right, I think they shut the Chiefs out
in the first half and they held on for dear
life in the second half. They shut down Tyreek Hill,
they shut down Travis Kelcey. They're like, yeah, you you're
gonna have to beat us with somebody else, Like we're

(05:04):
doing the waynes world, Like we're not worthy to Bill Belichick.
When he does that, he takes away what you do
best You're gonna have to do something else. It's like
a pitcher, like, you're not gonna beat us on your
best pitch. It's gotta be your secondary pitch or your
third best pitch. It's not gonna be your best pitch.
You're not beating us on that. That's what Belichick did

(05:26):
time and time again, and it was smart. It was
a good approach. Like the Steelers were not more focused
on slowing down Miles Garrett than they were on winning
the game. You know what really happened. They focused on
Miles Garrett. They slowed him down, they didn't let him
wreck the game. Good approach. You know what came back

(05:47):
to bite him not having this guy that wears number four,
who is a mountain of a man named dk Metcalf,
who was suspended for this game and suspended for next
week as well. His name's to Kaylin. Well, that's the
thing is I think it was you, Loraina. You made
an awesome point off the air. I have to let

(06:09):
the people know it was you. I have to let
the militia know how great of a point that Loraina made.
So this dirtball fan, he held a press conference in
the ultimate like, hey, look at me like, I want
my fifteen minutes of fame to last a little bit longer,
you know. So his version is, Hey, what set DK
Metcalf off was that I called him by his full name, like,

(06:35):
it wasn't the initials DK. It was like what those
initials stand for? And then he called him the same
name in this press conference. So it's like, let me
get this straight, dirt bag fan, this is what set
him off. It got him seething mad to begin with,
and you're still gonna address him as so Like, really,

(06:58):
that's unbelievable. That's a great by Larina like that. It
was sensational. It's so true. But the reason that the
Steelers offense bogged down it wasn't because they were focused
on Miles Garrett. It's because they didn't have DK metcalf Okay,
so spare me your horrible takes Miles Garrett, Like really,

(07:19):
can we hear that again? Listen? This is all time
bad take. Oh. I think they are more concerned about
me than winning. Really, Oh my gosh, let's hear that
again real fast.

Speaker 2 (07:29):
To an extent, I feel like they're they were more
worried about keeping me away from from Aaron than no
getting to win, and I think that's what came back
to bottom. So you know they'll have to you know,
fight it out with with Baltimore next week. But I'm
just proud of the guys for fighting and getting this one.
That's the main thing, and I'm always gonna keep.

Speaker 1 (07:49):
It that Okay. So let's fast forward to next week.
Let's say, oh, I don't know, the Steelers offense struggles
again mightily without DK calf and like a bunch of
spare parts receiver wise to throw to unless you think,
like old man Thielin is like a breakout guy. We

(08:10):
got mvs out there, we got Marquez Valdez, Scantling, who, like,
these guys are all two's, they're not ones'. They're supporting actors.
They're not leading role guys. That's not what they are.
Calvin Austin right, like Scottie Miller, like, come on, Like,
So let's say he's got a bunch of tight ends

(08:30):
to throw to. We're talking wide receivers. These are spare parts.
Let's say the Steelers offense good again for a second
straight week against a lesser Ravens defense. But that could
certainly happen. What's the takeaway then whether they were too
concerned about slowing down like ro Kwan Smith or like

(08:50):
what is it or or could it be I don't know.
The Steelers offense is completely limited. What the DK Metcalf,
who's still a really good wide receiver. It wasn't about
all they were focused on me, you know, not getting
to airin and that you know that kind of cost

(09:11):
him today. Dude, Come on, man, that's just that's a
hideous take. Sorry, that's just an all time bad take.
It is it is and excited about the game next week,
Steelers hosting the Ravens. Look, man, I've said this the
last couple of nights that I've filled in for Big Ben.
I will make this as painless as possible. Lamar Jackson

(09:35):
didn't play the entire game on Saturday night against the Packers,
and it is so embarrassing. He's got a bruise. He's
got a back bruise. That's it. That's not oh and
there's a disc out of place, like, oh, dude, is
alignment is all jacked. He's got a contusion. It's a

(09:57):
fancy word for a bruise. He was standing on the
sideline the whole game. If his back is that jacked up.
Think he would be I don't know, in the luxury
box somewhere or I don't know, getting some treatment he's
I'm not saying it sounds it feels great. It's not
like a walk in the park. He took a knee
to the back. I'm sure it hurts, but guess what,
it's football. Suck it up, get out there, Like that's

(10:22):
the thing. Are we convinced that Lamar is gonna play
in this do or die winning in losing go home
game against the Steelers, I'm not convinced he plays again.
It might be out for two weeks. Like, look, man,
if he's got I don't know. He's got a he's

(10:43):
got a shoulder, he's got a knee, he's got a
back injury. And the timetable is like, look, man, he's
probably on the shelf for like six to eight weeks.
I don't expect you to play. He's day to day
with a back bruise. Dude, I don't know what to tell,
but that's the ultimate for anyone who's like, what's up
with this guy? Like beating up on Lamar. I'm not

(11:04):
trying to beat up on Lamar, but answer the question
Are you convinced Lamar plays next week? I'm not, and
you can't be either. How could you be? He sat
out the second half against the Patriots and next week's
game against the Packers, which happened on Saturday night. Unbelievable, man,

(11:28):
and shame on the Packers, dude, Like you knew it
was gonna be Derrick Henry all night and he rushed
for over two hundred yards and four touchdowns. On you
when you're facing the backup quarterback in Tyler Huntley who's
not nearly as dynamic as Lamar is, and you can't
do anything to slow down Derrick Henry. That's just pathetic defense.

(11:49):
And I take nothing away from Derrick Henry. He was awesome.
He was unbelievable. I think two things can be true
at once. I think Derrick Henry could be off the
charts in insanely great that game on Saturday night. And
I also think the Packers defense can be like, oh,
throw up awful, Like oh my gosh, make it go away.

(12:11):
I can't look at it anymore. It was that bad.
Two things can be true at one time. I think
that's what happened. All right, Let's get out to the
Militia eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox, hollering, James
is with us. I don't know if he's going to
be sleeping or not. Let's let's let's test the waters here,
hollering James, what's going on?

Speaker 3 (12:29):
Man?

Speaker 1 (12:29):
You're on Fox Sports Radio Halloween.

Speaker 4 (12:32):
James is on the Brian no shirt.

Speaker 1 (12:34):
Really look at you, Manley, you look you're completely awake.
I love this. This is fantastic.

Speaker 5 (12:41):
Yeah, it's fantastic. But I don't want to double cross.
Then I'm throwing bench shadows. I'll say, you're talking about
Ben two. You got a good show going up, you know,
and I got some bits for you.

Speaker 1 (12:54):
All right, let's hear him of all ears.

Speaker 4 (12:56):
I want to what do you got over Green Bay
at home?

Speaker 1 (13:02):
Okay?

Speaker 5 (13:05):
Doing that game?

Speaker 1 (13:07):
Okay, you're real quick though. Are we talking Max Brosmer again?

Speaker 6 (13:12):
Is it?

Speaker 1 (13:12):
Is it bros in there again? Is that what we're
looking at?

Speaker 4 (13:15):
Brosemer?

Speaker 1 (13:17):
Oh? Man, hollering James, this might be a Homer pick.
We're rolling with bros here.

Speaker 4 (13:23):
We'll go with Brosner in Minnesota over. I don't think
it's gonna be with this name the other quarterback. You
know what I'm talking about.

Speaker 1 (13:34):
Oh, Malak Willis is Malik gonna go seet banged.

Speaker 4 (13:38):
Up Willis is gonna go. And that's one pick.

Speaker 7 (13:41):
Oh second tick.

Speaker 1 (13:43):
I don't know about that pick. All right, what do
you have, Olary James? What are the next picks?

Speaker 4 (13:47):
Next?

Speaker 5 (13:47):
Nick Denver?

Speaker 4 (13:49):
Bronco's at away or at home?

Speaker 3 (13:53):
At home, isn't it?

Speaker 7 (13:54):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (13:54):
Yeah, yep they haven't.

Speaker 4 (13:58):
Seven and seven seven and at home.

Speaker 3 (14:00):
Those came at home.

Speaker 4 (14:02):
They get a Victreek.

Speaker 1 (14:04):
All right, you're rolling with the Broncos, all right. Coop
is nodding, He agrees, fully, Okay, all right, I can
buy that one.

Speaker 4 (14:12):
And then I'm going with the forty nine ers away.

Speaker 1 (14:17):
No, they're at home. They're at home holidays. Yeah, they're
at home.

Speaker 4 (14:22):
You got me tails together. Joe Montana, Jersey, tell me
put Montana sent me she's got the big amma money.
When I put Montana, guess what number I put on
the back. Guess what last team you played with? Do
you remember?

Speaker 1 (14:36):
What? What were we talking about? We're talking Joe so
sweepy Joe, So we're talking Joe Montett. Well, Joe Montana
was number nineteen with the Chiefs when he hung them
up on.

Speaker 4 (14:50):
Forty nine jersey on it.

Speaker 1 (14:51):
No, you put nineteen on his Niners jersey. That's sacrilegious, hollering, James.

Speaker 4 (14:56):
Nocaut kandas City Chiefs had to go win in without
for Mahomie.

Speaker 2 (15:02):
Wow.

Speaker 1 (15:04):
Well what if I put let me think of your
legendary quarterback? Who was your favorite Minnesota Vikings quarterback throughout
the years?

Speaker 4 (15:13):
I had two of them?

Speaker 7 (15:15):
Yep?

Speaker 4 (15:19):
I mean okay, I met Tommy.

Speaker 3 (15:21):
Prem at The Mermaids with the fantastic quarterbacks Minnesota lest.

Speaker 4 (15:26):
Legend as Joe cap Wow. Dating myself, I'm sixty two
years old is July twenty, I'll even telling you. Hold,
I am probably sixty two, Joe.

Speaker 1 (15:39):
Caf Okay, there you go. All right now I'm gonna
I'm looking it up right now. I want to be accurate.
But was Randall? Was he eleven or twelve with your vibe?
He was seven? He was seven with your Vikings? What
if I put like at number ten with Cunningham on
the back inviting purple? How did you feel about that?

(16:02):
Holler and James, have you sent me.

Speaker 3 (16:04):
Any kind of prize?

Speaker 4 (16:05):
I would love that because I love your show. I
love Ben's show, and Coop knows I have no beef
for quarrels with him. Holland Coop too.

Speaker 1 (16:15):
That's nice, man, you're a people person. Holler and James,
I love I love that we caught up tonight. That's beautiful.

Speaker 3 (16:21):
You know what I've met, Doc Sverton that plan in
Hollywood for Rocky Melboa and Shelvis Search alone at the
grand opening at the Mall of America, which wasn't too
far from.

Speaker 4 (16:32):
The Mermaid and I walked all the way.

Speaker 3 (16:34):
Out there from my mom's house. I'm fifty four and
thirty fourth Avenue. When I was staying at my mom's
when I had another apartment, but I wasn't staying but
I had a said I happened David in the contract
I was giving. It reported to the State of Minnesota
about violining stipulations and contract by loss.

Speaker 1 (16:56):
All right, I've been to them all of America one time.
I don't feel like I did it justice. Holler and James.
You got to spend all day there, you know. I
wasn't there long enough. But fantastic mall that you got there.
Legendary Tommy Kramer, by the way, if you're scoring at
home number nine, right, number nine, that Tommy Kramer, and
so Holler and James, we're going through the rolodex. There

(17:19):
Number nine finished his career with the Saints. How about
that number nine, the original Drew Brees if you will?

Speaker 7 (17:25):
All right?

Speaker 1 (17:25):
Good stuff, good stuff from Holler and James. Man, he
was I thought he was going to be snoring. He
was spry, you know, he was lucid, he was rareing
to go. That was fantastic. It was good stuff, all right,
eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox. Coming up next,
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(18:30):
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Great stuff, right there, all right, Coming up next we
get to the militia. And also, I think this is
a horrible, horrible format. It looks even worse this season.
I'm Brian Noing for Big Ben Malor. This is Fox
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Speaker 5 (19:53):
Right.

Speaker 1 (19:53):
Before I get to the militia, I do have a
music question for Coop, because Coop keeps it keeps me guessing,
you know, like We'll have these music thoughts and preferences
where I'm like, what, really are you a Nirvana fan
at all? Cooper? Are you like?

Speaker 10 (20:08):
Oh?

Speaker 1 (20:08):
The music souts to say, well, where do you stand
on Nirvana?

Speaker 6 (20:10):
No?

Speaker 1 (20:11):
I really like Nirvana? You do like them?

Speaker 8 (20:12):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (20:13):
Okay, you remember like the uh the Seattle scene power
rankings or something.

Speaker 7 (20:22):
Right, Yeah?

Speaker 1 (20:23):
I remember that discussion and you had Heart up there. Yeah. Yeah,
i'd take by you went Heart and I think in
your top three? Is that right if I remember correctly?

Speaker 6 (20:34):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (20:34):
I think you did. I don't know if I could
find the audio. Oh, I've got some outstanding audio for you.
I got to get to that momentarily, here, I will
I'll try to get the I don't know if I
can find the heart audio. I don't know if it
would be so lucky to do that. But first, Andrea
is in Berkeley. She's with us here on an early

(20:55):
Monday morning. When is going on? Andrea, You're on Fox
Sports Radio?

Speaker 10 (20:58):
Hi?

Speaker 1 (20:59):
How you doing good? How are things?

Speaker 10 (21:01):
Yeah? I'm happy. I'm a forty nine Ers fan. So yeah,
looking forward to January third. I ran the astrology chart
and guess what, Brian, it's a full moon.

Speaker 1 (21:14):
Oh okay, very nice. Is that good or bad news
for the forty nine?

Speaker 10 (21:18):
No, it's good and it's good news for you. So
get ready to howl.

Speaker 1 (21:21):
H will you know me? I always howl at the
full Moon's that's the libiito in me. You know, that's
how it is there, You go.

Speaker 10 (21:29):
Right, perfect? Yeah, So it's a full moon, and you
know that means energy is at you know, a high
fever pitch and block party speaking a witch, you know,
two games in a row with five touchdowns each. And
he just had his birthday December twenty seventh, nineteen ninety nine.

(21:49):
So he's a hard working, ambitious Capricorn, kind of a
late bloomer. But you know, he showed everyone that you know,
mister irrelevant and the one of the last draft picks,
look what he can do. So I'm really excited to
see him doing so well. And you know, and then yeah,
they get number one seed in home field advantage. I

(22:12):
think if they win on Saturday, if I understand correctly, Yeah.

Speaker 1 (22:18):
That's right. And what's funny though, too, Andrea, is he
played great. He had an outstanding game. You know what's
funny is they showed the highlights or you know what
I was doing. I was grabbing the audio because some
of the like the intros on Sunday Night Football were
kind of interesting. A couple of guys like said some
things that were funny. So I wanted to grab the
audio for tonight. And so I started to play the game,

(22:41):
and he threw a pick six. I'm like, I totally
forgot about it. I totally forgot that was the first
play of the game. It was a pick six. He
played so well, I didn't even remember that.

Speaker 10 (22:51):
Oh yeah, I know, well, you know, it was not
an auspicious beginning, but it certainly was an auspicious ending.
So yeah, you know that's the thing. You got to
kind of go with the flow. But yeah, it was like,
that's not great. And it was a close game for
the most part, so it was really exciting to watch.
But it was just great.

Speaker 1 (23:12):
It was an amazing game. Yeah, that was I think
it was the best game of the season. I think
it was the most entertaining game of the entire season.
It was great.

Speaker 10 (23:20):
Yeah, so, you know, I look forward to Saturday and
I think two more wins and they go to the
super Bowl and you know, played right where near backyard,
So I'm really looking forward to it. And again, happy birthday, hardworking,
ambitious capricorn Brock.

Speaker 1 (23:41):
Yeah.

Speaker 10 (23:41):
So, yeah, he's a young in nineteen ninety nine.

Speaker 4 (23:44):
He turned out.

Speaker 1 (23:44):
It's crazy. It's yeah, sane, man, that's crazy. But hey,
shout out to him. He played great and it's always
good to hear from you. Andrea, good stuff.

Speaker 10 (23:52):
You too, enjoying your show, Brian, thank you.

Speaker 1 (23:55):
That's awesome of you. Very nice there she is, Andrew
and Berkeley very good. Yeah, man, Yeah, Purty celebrating a birthday.
You know what's crazy is Okay, if the Niners win
on Saturday night, they win the division, they get the
one seed. Then they would need two more wins at
home to get to the Super Bowl, played in their stadium,

(24:20):
and I don't think it's gonna work out. It's right there.
It's happened one time in Super Bowl history where a
team played in its home stadium, and it was Tom
Brady and Tampa Bay playing at home against the Chiefs,
and the Tampa smacked them around. It wasn't because they
were playing at home. It was COVID. You know, it
was a limited stadium, right, It wasn't like this raucous

(24:41):
crowd or anything. It's because Patrick Mahomes didn't have these
things called starting offensive tackles. Kind of an important deal
right there. But it's only happened one time, only one time,
and with it being as wide open as it is. Yeah,
I'm betting against that happening. Sorry, Like, how about me,

(25:02):
It's just a wet blanket there, Like it's all this excitement, enthusiasm,
want to performance. I mean, just a couple more wins
and we're right there in our backyard. I'm like, yeah,
I would, I'd bet against that happening. Like if they
get Fred warnerback, that's a big deal. But no pass rush, no,
thank you. I don't want to back a team with
zero pass rush. I just don't I think that matters

(25:25):
a ton come postseason time. All right, let's go out
to the phones.

Speaker 10 (25:28):
Here.

Speaker 1 (25:28):
The militia is lined up, you know, let's get to them.
Kyle is in Vegas. He's got thoughts. What's going on, Kyle?
You're on Fox Sports Radio.

Speaker 6 (25:36):
What's going on? Guys? I just wanted to say a
couple of things before I get started with my first off.
The best flavor of cheese it cheese. It put a
parentheses in a s on the box. Please if you
don't want us to pronounce it cheese, it for crying
out loud. No, the best flavor is the hot honey.
So if you ever, if you ever get a chance

(25:58):
to try the hot honey flavor.

Speaker 1 (26:00):
That sounds good, perfect honey. Okay, good recommendation. We like that.

Speaker 6 (26:05):
That. That's the first thing. Number two, Brian, Lorena and Koop,
y'all remember me when I say this one. I'm the
guy that called earlier in the year about Rob Parker
using the gas station restrooms and raw button a toilet,
right all right?

Speaker 1 (26:22):
Yeah, that's the claim to fame, uh Kyle?

Speaker 6 (26:25):
That is that is that that's not on the show,
and that's I love you guys for that. No, but
I agree with you with the ranch thing. That's nasty.
Ranch is gone. Give me some honey mustard, Give me
some type of other dipping sauce other than ranch or
blue cheese all day, every day.

Speaker 1 (26:40):
Yes, but it's I don't get it.

Speaker 6 (26:45):
And all I've been here in all this evening is
a bunch of what the Bears could have done better.
But I have a question for you, Brian. The worst
loss the Bears losing tonight or the Bills losing the
way they do. They both lost within relatively short goal
line stands, and it just it baffles me because everybody

(27:11):
was cheering for the forty nine ers. But I'm more
impressed with how the Bears played throughout the entire game,
how they stood their ground and even had a chance
to win it with four seconds left on the clock.
But you know, the play clock, game clock, whatever the
clock management system was, that they couldn't see it or

(27:33):
they didn't see it, and they couldn't get the playoff
in tom that's beyond you know. They could have played
a lot better. We have two great running backs. Neither
one of them played up to the level of what
they played against Green Bay or against affiliate for that matter,
at that too. I don't think they're going to get
ahead of the Seattle Seahawks. That's I'm gonna hate for

(27:56):
a second. But honestly, though, guys, the Bears looked very
good this year. You talked about parody earlier, and that
is parody for the best right there. I mean five
and twelve last season, we're eleven and five this season.
We could potentially be twelve and five this season. So,

(28:16):
like I said, my question is who had the more
impressive loss or more humiliating loss?

Speaker 7 (28:23):
Right right?

Speaker 1 (28:24):
Yeah, No, I appreciate you checking in, Kyle. It's the
worst loss is the Bills by miles Like Caleb Williams
didn't have a wide open receiver in the back of
the end zone and he just short armed it and
totally missed the guy, you know what I mean, Like
we'd be crushing Caleb Williams if that happened, which is sad,

(28:45):
but you know, it's a funny thing where Josh Allen
is this well decorated reigning MVP, and for some reason
that kind of earns him the benefit of the doubt
for missing a wide open receiver like that, and it
shouldn't make the venom even stronger, where it's like, bro,
how does that happen you? It can't happen, Like he's

(29:07):
far too accurate, far too great for that to happen.
So it's the Bills. It's the Bills having an opportunity
to win a game that they were losing by thirteen
points with five and a half minutes to go, and
they found a way to score two touchdowns, had a
chance to win it had a wide open guy, easy

(29:28):
throw and it's not even close. It's not even like
the receiver Shakiro, he couldn't even die for it. It
wasn't even around him. It's like not in the same
zip code. So yeah, it's the Bills. The Bills had
the far worst loss. And look the Bears. Their offense
played great. Caleb Williams had a really really good game

(29:50):
and he made some outstanding plays. But that Bears defense
is freaking hideous, man. Like, the only way they can
tread water, like they're just trying to keep their head
above water is to create a bunch of takeaways. That's it.
They force turnovers, and when you're facing teams that can
execute and they're not turning the ball over and you're

(30:11):
not facing the Giants and these teams that are just
you know, dumb with the ball. And yeah, it's like, bro,
what do you have if you're not forcing turnovers? What
do you have? And that's the biggest takeaway is the
Bears have had a really good year. They've had some
outstanding wins. It's insane that they have six come from

(30:32):
behind wins in the final two minutes. That's insane, and
that's something that there's a short shelf life with that.
You can't survive on takeaways and insane comebacks in the
final two minutes time and time and time again. Six
times in one season. That's crazy. You go all the

(30:54):
way back to nineteen seventy since that's happened. So I
don't know, man, I just I think. I think they've
had a great regular season. But that's the thing. I
think similar with the Niners great regular season, the postseason
is a different animal. And unless they find a way
to play much better defense, bro, it's gonna be a

(31:15):
quick exit. Quick. I wish I had better news. I
do have some good audio. You want to hear some
good audio. Let's have some fun here real quick. This
is a good one. These are the Sunday Night intros.
Love this a little a shout out to a cereal here.
This is Spencer Burford. This is what he had to
say from UTSA. Check it out, Spencer Checkmick Crunch University,

(31:37):
Captain Crunch University. Okay, that's a different one right there. Interesting,
all right. I like this. We just do like shout
outs to the schools. You know, this is good. This
is Dominic Pooney, Check it out, Dominic Poney, Kansas rock Chalk.
I like that, Rock Chalk. Let's go. And we got
another one here, a little go Terps. Check it out,
Samuelkuwanum Maryland go Terps. I like that. You know, we're

(31:59):
just outing out our schools. This is good. We could
go with a different type of shout out. This is
Bear's quarterback, Caleb Williams. Here's his shout out. Caleb Williams,
shout out mom, that's awesome. Instead of USC Southern cal No,
just shout out mom. Something mom. And this is what
the Sunday Night intros have turned into. I used to

(32:19):
hate this stuff because I love knowing where these guys
went to college, and so it just kind of sticks
with me or reinforces when I hear these things, and
then they'd just be like Caleb Williams, I like to
reach original cheese. It's you know, and you're like, all right,
that's cool, man, but where did you go to school? Get?

Speaker 6 (32:36):
You know?

Speaker 1 (32:37):
For some of the lesser known guys, this is the
best way. He doesn't even say his name. This is
Diamador Lenore. Here's what he says, san Francisco Hyena, Kyle University.
He's the San Francisco Hyena. He doesn't even say his name. Like,
I just get a kick out of it. Now, man,
I just roll with it. It's like, all right, whatever,
do whatever you want to do. I don't care, but yeah, Shakira.

(33:01):
I do feel like this, though, Lorena, because I love
Notre Dame. I'm from South Bend, and if any Notre
Dame players are like, you know, I don't know cole
comet I like shredded wheat or whatever, it's like, no,
you went to Notre Dame. This is your time to
shout out the Irish, right like, So it's very rare,

(33:23):
very rare that someone does not shout out Notre Dame.
So I always pay attention to that for what it's worth,
all right, eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox. That
is your number. Feel free to check in. We are
we are. We are dwindling in time right here, but
there's still a little bit of time left. So I see,
I see a couple militia members out there, so that's good.

(33:45):
We can get you on. I'll go fast, and man,
I'm gonna try to get to this horrible format if
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A listers, A list militia. How about that? The only

(34:31):
way to close it down here, and I'll squawk about
whatever else. NFL wise Week seventeen was a wild ride.
We'll get to that right around the corner. I'm in
for big Ben Mallard. It's Brian no here on Fox
Sports Radio.

Speaker 8 (34:44):
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Speaker 1 (34:56):
It is Fox Sports Radio. I'm Brian noo In for
Big Ben Maller. It's been a festive evening, early morning,
whatever you wanna call it. I think of it as evening.
You know, I didn't go to sleep, so it's kind
of like evening to me. You know, we're gonna get
out to the militia. I do have a quick take
for you. I came bearing takes if you will. The

(35:19):
toilet Bowl. Okay, so the uh, the Giants smacked around
the Raiders. Giants won thirty four to ten, so it's
it's gonna cost them the number one overall pick. Congrats
to the Raiders. They're gonna get it. They're gonna get
the number one overall pick. But here's the thing. The
Giants they're not gonna pick a quarterback anyway, right. They're

(35:42):
not gonna give up on Jackson Dart that fast? How
could you? Jackson Dart has shown some real promise he
doesn't have Molik neighbors out there, like, yeah, I get
scataboo back, Maybe draft a couple of linemen, you know,
the whole thing. But they're not gonna give up on
Jackson Dart. They might have something in Jackson Dart. He
could be a franchise quarter maybe, so they're not gonna
punt on him. So they're not going quarterback number one

(36:05):
overall anyway. And you could play the game of well,
that's true, Brian, but they could always trade down, and
it's like, yeah, but who's the like Andrew Luck prospect,
the Joe Burrow prospect that teams are just drooling over
that they're willing to give up the farm. You know,

(36:26):
there was a report a couple of weeks ago that
the Dolphins offered the Bengals four first round draft picks
to be able to move up and draft Joe Burrow.
Who's giving up four first round picks for Fernando Mendoza,
the Indiana quarterback. No one, you're gonna get a first
round pick, maybe a case of Schlitz, maybe like a

(36:49):
half broken pogo stick like that. They're not gonna get
four first round picks for Fernando Mendoza, Like, come on, so,
I like people clown the Giants for winning this game.
They're so dumb for winning. I don't think they're trading
down anyway if they have the number one overall pick,
and they're not picking a quarterback either, so they're probably

(37:10):
gonna get the same guy they would have gotten anyway.
I just don't think it's all. Gosh, they're so dumb.
Why are the Giant Why would they do I don't
I don't think it's like that at all. I just
don't buy that. We've got Jed who fled. He's with us,
Jed who fled? What's going on?

Speaker 7 (37:24):
Man?

Speaker 1 (37:25):
You're on Fox Sports Radio.

Speaker 7 (37:27):
Whoever owns the near Voma name? Now they say the
nine ninety nine T shirts at Walmart. Kurt Cobain waits
on you the gates of Attorney, Dude, He's gonna punish
you for that that as a corporate telet maneuver. You
may not have done the Hall of America justice to
all of America, dude, but you have done every one
of these collars justices. You're such a polite driver, I
guarantee it, dude. You will not cut anybody off. Bro

(37:48):
and you're a good person for doing it, and these
people need cutting offs. I mean traffick obviously, I don't
mean that on the air with no doubt.

Speaker 1 (37:55):
Hey, thank you, Jed. That's a good call.

Speaker 7 (37:56):
Man.

Speaker 1 (37:57):
We've got to go though, we gotta get this kid.
I'm kidding. I'm kidding, Jed. I'm just joking around.

Speaker 5 (38:01):
Man.

Speaker 7 (38:02):
That was that was okay, man, that was like good
when you're funnier than being better looking, dude, good for you.
But height. But speaking of Ben, if you've if you've
been with Ry, if you listen, you know that the
losing the better audio is always from the losing locker
or no, the losing play by play commentary.

Speaker 4 (38:19):
You know that that is always.

Speaker 1 (38:20):
I know, how do we not have the bills call?
That's a bad job by us?

Speaker 3 (38:24):
Jed?

Speaker 1 (38:24):
Who fled?

Speaker 7 (38:25):
I can sum it up because wah wah wah, that's
a bad quick summary of it.

Speaker 5 (38:31):
I want to say that I don't know.

Speaker 7 (38:35):
I definitely don't think it was promiss, correct and better mean.
But at two thirty of my time, twelve thirty Los
Angeles Times, you were talking about some sort of Major
League Baseball and the forty nine ers in the affairs
not having baseball I have any equivalent, and you lost
your train and fell in the middle tennis, dude, and
Cooper had to remind you, he said, the playoff, and
it happens.

Speaker 1 (38:54):
It happens sometimes, Jed. You know how it goes.

Speaker 3 (38:56):
Man.

Speaker 1 (38:57):
I'm like, why would Ibody bring up baseball? Coop help
me out?

Speaker 8 (39:00):
He did.

Speaker 1 (39:00):
He got me right back on track. That's right.

Speaker 6 (39:02):
You're right, dude.

Speaker 7 (39:03):
I do that mid Senate several times that I don't know.
I don't know what I was doing. But at least
you didn't ask, did you do you know what I
was doing? Don't ask the other person that because they
would that will they were will jump off of their head,
dude and like whoa like like, oh, just just just
come bits here.

Speaker 1 (39:20):
That's right, hey, Jed, great stuff, dude. Hey we got
to work in Marcel though, real faster guy from Brickley. Ye, Marcel,
what is going on? You're on Fox Sports Radio. We're
low on time, but I know you're a pro. So
what do you have for us, buddy?

Speaker 5 (39:33):
To start the week at the New Year's as well?

Speaker 1 (39:36):
Go right ahead, Brian, you had what I had? You
had some chicken fingers, Marcel.

Speaker 10 (39:41):
Oh, I got the chicken fingers and a mixed mass.

Speaker 6 (39:43):
Who Oh, okay, you had a you had a.

Speaker 1 (39:45):
Ton of sandwich.

Speaker 4 (39:47):
Not a mismatch Panda Express.

Speaker 5 (39:50):
Nope, add Brian Chick out of the

Speaker 1 (39:54):
Beautiful way to end it.
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