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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Hey, thanks for listening to the best of Cavino and
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searching FSR. We got to start with Tom Brady and

(00:23):
of course last night, one good game, one bad one.
Is there anything else you really need to say? I
think you need to say the Madison Beer effect justin
Herbert's doing out. No, No, I think you need to
start with the Buccaneers and say that Baker Mayfield was
always good. You made this point on our Patreon today
because I was saying what a dog he is. Baker
Mayfield's a dog just became one. He was always good,

(00:47):
and he got this by Cleveland as the meme ghost.
He was only guilty of one thing, being associated with
the Browns, and he actually took that bunk organization and
took them deep into the playoffs one year. We're sure
where it was going to go. When his head didn't
seem to be all in football and he was doing
commercials and everything else. I always felt, maybe because he
was associated with Cleveland, that he could have went down

(01:08):
the Johnny Manziel path of greatness. And that's no knock
on Johnny Manzel. I actually think he's a cool dude too,
and he turned his life around. I'm happy for him.
But to see Baker Mayfield just take the ball and
run with it pun intended now pun absolutely intended, and
carry that team on his back when they need him,
it's just impressive to watch. He's like the current I

(01:32):
don't want to see like Doug Flutie of the league,
but he just plays to win. He's not the best
at anything, but you know that he's gonna give you
his all. He has the heart. He plays with that
noticeable energy and heart that a guy like, I mean,
who comes to mind for you. I don't know Doug
Flutie game. It's a good one, but I think you
know how they always do those things like construct the

(01:53):
best baseball player, and it's like the swag of Tatis,
the arm of you know, so if you would have
construct Truck the best quarterback, I feel like the heart
of Baker Mayfield, I'm picking.

Speaker 2 (02:05):
You know.

Speaker 1 (02:05):
I wouldn't argue that I see some really impressive You're
not gonna pick his arm, You're not gonna pick his legs.
You're not gonna you know. But his determination and his
ability to keep his legs moving and his heart is there.
And it was a nice come from behind win over
the Texans yesterday. Props to him. And he showed that
sigh of relief when he hit the podium last night. Yes,

(02:27):
like he did it. What's up, Danny J.

Speaker 2 (02:29):
Two workman like quarterbacks that remind me of that rich
your boy Steve Young back in the day when we
were kids, and also rich Gannon. They would like Wiel
their team down the field.

Speaker 3 (02:37):
No.

Speaker 1 (02:38):
Yeah, he plays with a lot of will and determination
and it's just fun to watch as a fan. So
props to the Buccaneers. Propped in his career and where
it's been. Did we need because I don't. I feel
like we did, but didn't. Did we need that one
Baker Mayfield Rams game to remind ourselves, Oh, he deserves
another shot. Remember that one Rams game where it's like,
oh yeah, yeah.

Speaker 2 (02:57):
Baby against the Raiders. Yeah, they should have seen that
and been like, let's sign him when he's a free agent.

Speaker 1 (03:03):
But you know, sometimes you need a reminder right in
a relationship, at a job where you need to remind
people of your value, and I think Baker Mayfield took
that opportunity that one game that really didn't mean much
on the schedule, but that one game where it's like, yo,
he came back and won that game and showed some
grit and heart. That one rams game I think gave
everyone the reminder that, yeah, Baker Mayfield got a raw deal,

(03:27):
and Cleveland has to feel like a bunch of ass
clowns knowing that they gave up on this guy to
go after Deshaun Watson, who at the time was to
quote Hotter Chick, and then that didn't work out, and
now you're like, oh man, what we're hoping to Joe
Flacco or Shadoor or this guy. It's good to remind
people who's in charge. That's why we've always said rich

(03:48):
when relationships on the rocks, you gotta double up just
to remind him. Now, Mayfield two hundred and fifteen yards,
two tuddies, the Buccaneers went twenty nine team and then
honestly felt like such a flat ass game, and nothing,
nothing I hate more than a flat ass everything about

(04:09):
that game. Last night you could say, you could say
good defense, Danny g I know, you got to give credit.
It was twenty nine and.

Speaker 2 (04:16):
They kept giving the ball back the defense to give
them another opportunity to come back at the end of
the year.

Speaker 1 (04:22):
I was trying to watch and concentrate, and I kept
looking at my phone and scrolling, and I was just
bored by that game. Hoping because I like Gino Smith,
hoping your Raiders turns it around. Hoping for you too.
But again, just sloppy play. It's not all on Gino.
I think we agree on that. He was scrambling around,
running for his life. Yeah, so the O line is off,

(04:44):
but three picks Chargers win twenty nine and the boring
later Again, a.

Speaker 2 (04:50):
Lot of credit to that Chargers defense. There was a
reason he was holding onto the ball as long as
he was. Nobody was opening, and even though the offensive
line wasn't playing the way they're capable of, he just
looked like it reminded me of a Derek Carr game.

Speaker 1 (05:03):
To be honest with you, Yeah, he drove you you
and right, yeah, like you know anything.

Speaker 2 (05:07):
You know, he's got talent, but he just was making
bad decisions. He was throwing into double and triple coverage sometimes.

Speaker 1 (05:12):
Did you see his body language after that? Yeah, he
was sitting there like you know, I sort of face
looks like after three picks like he was lame? Is
that ablaze? I? I gotta ask our number one update
guy and one of the big dogs here at Fox
Sports Radio, Damn Buyer, big dog? Huh got twenty years?

Speaker 2 (05:31):
How about that?

Speaker 1 (05:32):
I feel like if anyone can I big dog, if
anyone competes with Mike for running this place, it might
be Damn Bayer, My guy, do you do you have
a parting gift for Cavino since he's now out of
a guillotine Bring that up, dude, I feel like such
a loser. Is there a gift basket? Like? Does he
get like a little Baggacinto's or something of edible arrangement
for the record. Week two, I'm already out of the

(05:53):
guillotine league. The worst week to be out because week
one you almost get a bonus for being bad. Yeah,
and you only have to pay half the free feet.

Speaker 4 (06:00):
Yes, we give you something back if you're eliminated. Week one, Well,
lesson learned man.

Speaker 1 (06:05):
I was two bills heavy and it was ride or
die with the Bills sort of, Josh Allen, last night,
you had an opportunity night because you were playing against
Nick Chubb, who did not have a great game until
until the touchdown. Take away that touchdown, and I said, Cave,
you know you might be one Jacobe Meyers TD away
from sneaking through but not so off. Gosh, but hey, Cavino,

(06:28):
you could you could watch, you could like follow my team. No, absolutely, yeah,
you know what, go get him next year. That's what
I'm looking toward. But I was very Bill's heavy. You
like the girl voted You liked the girl that got
voted off The Bachelor in week two, and then when
they have the reunion, everyone's like, who's that in this
guillotine league? Correct, you're right, I'm that guy. I don't
even remember that guy. Wait, he was on this season.

(06:50):
I remember no moves that could have made in the
first sneak and Khalil Shakir did nothing. Josh Allen had
an average game, like I just did nothing.

Speaker 4 (06:58):
That week Alan killed you. Yeah, yes, because of his
lack of production. Now the Bills don't care. They got
the easy win and James Cook at a huge game.
But that's what happened because he was a high pick
of Cavinos as well.

Speaker 1 (07:10):
Yeah, Josh Covino was gonna live and die off of
Josh Allen.

Speaker 4 (07:13):
Yeah, and you had aj Brown as well, who is
stunk the first two weeks.

Speaker 1 (07:17):
In season, I thought I was set to be honest
for a minute, did you tell you ad at least
to be honest in these type of things? And I
am comparing it to something as corny as The Bachelor
or some type of an elimination game. You always assume,
all right, I'll make it to the middle at least,
and you had some big name players, so Jimmy eat
world for me. Yeah, you're not in the middle. No,
Aaron Morris, nothing Now, any observations you can make on

(07:38):
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Covino and Rich FN and I had one question before

(08:01):
we get to Brady, because he is on everyone's mind
and we're not going to do your typical is Tom Brady?
Should he be allowed? That's not the angle we're going for,
so don't sweat it. But based on yesterday you had
the early and late game, would you guys be a
post to a double doozy every Monday night? If the
NFL said, ooh one West Coast on East Coast, is
that is that something that is appealing or is it

(08:22):
just early NFL season everyone's hyph. Do you think by
like week four you'd be like, oh, two games? Would
we want a double doozy every Monday?

Speaker 2 (08:29):
I don't think so, especially if you wound up having
two stinkers back to back.

Speaker 1 (08:33):
Yeah, and then you got to do with short weeks,
and I know the players would not want that, But
I just you know, Rich, I'm not a post to it,
but I don't think anybody needs it, right. Oh, we
don't need anything. We don't need Friday occasional games. We
don't need international games. A Monday night football game.

Speaker 4 (08:46):
I don't know if here's because I think it's the
East Coast in central time zone. They don't want to
stay up late and watch the games. But here's my
only thing that I would say back to them is
if you took let's just say you took Buccaneers in
Tech and you just put them at one o'clock Eastern
time on Sunday, how many people are actually seeing that
game when there are seven other games going on. So

(09:07):
it's the point of you're getting an extra game. It's
fine if you don't want to watch it. Maybe you
wouldn't have watched it at one o'clock, but it's not
like this awful thing where you're being deprived of football
because it's so late. You probably wouldn't have been watching
that game anyway.

Speaker 1 (09:23):
It's one less game to decide does it make my
four screen you know TV?

Speaker 4 (09:28):
And I think that there are very few people that
have the Sunday ticket or you know, the ability to
put up four screens. For as much as we see
it on social media, I think more of the average
person just has their living room TV or monitor and
how they're watching. So when they complain about the late
kickoff time, I just say, like, you wouldn't have been
watching that game anyway if it wasn't on in your

(09:50):
local market. So this is actually a bonus to you.

Speaker 1 (09:52):
Let me tell you slow clup for you because you
made total sense, right, Because when we were kids what
made Monday night football special? When you you're a kid
like us of the eighties and nineties, before Sunday Ticket
and red Zone and before all this. I remember as
a Niners fan when I had my little Joe Montana
jersey on and my dad would let me stay up
until halftime on Monday Night if it was a game

(10:13):
where I really wanted to watch, right, Because nine o'clock
was the Eastern stand of the time, you only got
so many looks at other teams, like tell me you
knew anything about like the Saints in the eighties. What
did they get? Maybe one game and the Niners or
Cowboys or someone stumped them. I think this is a
great opportunity because you're right, Dan, it's either another one
o'clock Eastern game that gets buried somewhere, or it's on

(10:35):
your octo you know, your four screen, your quad, or
it's on Monday night.

Speaker 2 (10:41):
Isn't part of what made Monday night football special in
the first place, though, was, and we hear this from
players often. The whole country's watching us right now. Everybody's
tuned into this one game football.

Speaker 4 (10:52):
Now, Yes, that's the problem, and it's not transition to
Sunday night, right.

Speaker 2 (10:55):
I do like how they didn't overlap the two games yesterday,
and for us on the West Coast, it was not
because I was selfishly. I was able to finish your
post production and go get some food and get home,
and I was home by seven to watch the start
of that game. So that was nice for us West Coast.

Speaker 1 (11:09):
I'm all for it, Rich, I mean, a whole night
around it. I did nothing but watch football and had
the Yankees on my phone.

Speaker 4 (11:15):
And you're talking to someone here who thinks that the
Sunday night football game is too much. I liked it
the old way, where Monday night was the marquee window.
Like for us to consume all of that football on
one day, I do think that it is a lot
on Sunday, but for Monday. To Danny's point, we missed
the start on the West coast of that game, and
the East coast people are like, well, we're going to
miss the endings to the contest, and I get that

(11:38):
that's probably more important. But in two weeks we've got
a seven to fifteen Eastern and an eight to fifteen
Eastern staggered kick of Jets Dolphins, followed by Bengals Broncos.
So you're gonna just be missing those games anyway because
you're gonna probably have to choose one of the others.
So I just don't find any argument sufficient in why

(12:01):
they shouldn't do it that way with the true double header.

Speaker 1 (12:04):
Yeah, I'm listen more football, and again it Dan made
the best points all up. I'll say it one more time.
Is that if it's a game that would have been
buried at one o'clock anyway in the early docket on
a Sunday, put it on. Put it on Monday night
and double header fashion. If you're a football fanatic, you
watched both. If not, no harm, no foul, And I

(12:26):
think it's good to get those teams visible, some of
the teams that you wouldn't really see, right, I think
it was great. I enjoyed having two games on last
night the same And speaking of football, Yeah, Tom TB twelve,
Tommy Boy, Tommy Brady, Tommy like Wingy is rubbing everybody
in the NFL the wrong way? Well is he? I mean,

(12:46):
because here's my to take lessons from Johnny Gill. Rub
them the right way. Gotta rub them the right way,
because I think and it seems obvious, and Big Michael
tell you too. Everybody's complaining. Mike, who runs his place,
bald guy works here words of wisdom. Seems like everybody
in the NFL was complaining about the guy. The NFL

(13:06):
has to put out a statement that means, you know,
complaints were made. My thought is this, I'm not doing
the whole he shouldn't be allowed or this is that?
My big angle is, you know, Tom Brady just eats
the chill a little bit, and I'm not saying, listen,
I don't want to be the gou that could cost
him his marriage. Remember he played longer than he told
his family he would. Now he's in the booth calling games.

(13:28):
Then he's in the box with the Raiders. He's doing
he's doing flag football, trying to tone down Tommy Boy's ambition.
Here is dude, he's doing flag football and a dabi
in the march He's he's doing, dude, He's got Tiger's blood.

Speaker 2 (13:45):
Did you see him throw that pass to the Sheik?

Speaker 1 (13:47):
Yes? By the way, Danny g sent me a video
of Tommy Boy Tommy and his waist Turkey Ala Chic
when they were promoting the Flag Football League, and He's like,
is this AI? And I wasn't sure at first. I'm like,
is Turkey Ala Chic behind this whole organization? I didn't
know that this guy has so much money that NFL

(14:13):
f like football. Tom Brady, I like you. I will
buy you from my league. Wressel Maan, I buy you
for flag football. Canello Crawford. He's hanging there with mister Beast.
Is new this chic? I want to I want to
imagine the shek is like, I like one radio show?
Does Sheek? He liked Tommy? He likes Tom Brady. Man,

(14:33):
it's all you got tom Brady in the Flag Football again.
That's the latest addition to Tom Brady's calendar. You know what,
forget it? Could we know? I forget the tom Brady stuff. Well,
your whole thing is chill out, Tom Bradley. My new
thing is Danny g How do we work behind the scenes.
We need the chic to have one favorite radio show
and one favorite podcast, and that's us. Well you need God.

Speaker 2 (14:55):
I wish I was his favorite radio show, which is
Solar power Parlay brought to you by the Shek.

Speaker 1 (14:59):
This is like a really weak example, but remember when
Justin Bieber was the hottest thing going. I know, he's
headlining Coachella, that's the big announcement for twenty twenty six,
him and Sabrina Carpenter. But when Justin Bieber was at
his peak, when he was peak, as the kids say,
his favorite comedian was Christa Leia, and that put Christa
Leia on the mat. I remember young kids like christ Lak.

(15:20):
He would come out as Justin Bieber's favorite comedian, Chrystal Lea,
and he's like, hey, I want to be if we're
a turkey. Alas Sheik's favorite radio show, endless, endless limits,
endless funds, endless possibilities. Imagine he was like, guys, you
must do your show live from Suddy your as we
could broadcast the flag football game live. They need unconventional

(15:42):
broadcasters like us to call a flag football game. I
say we do it. They need change it on it.
Don't kid, you got seat connections. Yeah that's true, Ryan,
I do. Ryan's nodding. Ryan, you don't want part of this.
I don't want to be put into a vat of chemicals. No,
I said it. Yeah, we gotta go, We gotta go. No,

(16:03):
I'll take that money, dude. If you don't want it
more from me, I'll take that turkey olosh, I'll take
it. It's like you know what, like Beyonce will perform some
rich person sweet sixteen for like eight or eight mil.
Broadcasting is what I do for a living. If they're
gonna pay me, let's go.

Speaker 2 (16:17):
I'll do it.

Speaker 1 (16:17):
If you're gonna judge us, judge everyone in boxing, wrestling, football,
judge say com Barkley McCaffrey, he's not paying a rodeo clown.
If he paid me to do radio, that's what I do. Sure,
let's go. I'll be his personal court jester. So he
signed Tom Brady and a bunch of big names to
do flag football. So that's just one more thing for
Tommy to chew. One is more than he can chew?

(16:40):
Is really part of the question. Your criticism of me
as as your friend and coworker and business partner, Well
it's hard to say, no, I get it, but you can.
You know's criticism of me is, Dude, you're coaching all
your kids, You're doing all these shows, You're you're you
spread yourself things. But you know, you just say yes
to everything because you want to be involved. And I
feel like Tom Brady sort of doing what I do,

(17:01):
and you criticize me for doing it, So go ahead
and criticize Tommy. NFL ownership, NFL podcast are the same
a donnas DNA that Tom Brady has. This guy took
his ambition to the NFL, but the same way it
took yours to Uh. Well, you could say mine's more important.
I'm doing stuff with my kids, and children took cures
to West Hill's pony ball. It's very important, big league.

(17:24):
I'm just joning, but you know, just saying like he's, uh,
he's got a lot of help. You think tom Brady
is doing all these things without an assistant and someone
driving him around while he's preparing, And you know that's
a different story. I'm sure he's paying people to make
all these things work for him. I want you to
say everything to Tom Brady that you say to me,

(17:47):
you're doing too much, a bonehead, you're doing too much.
And and Spot will always say something snarky like what
do you not like to be alone in your thoughts? Man?
You need to spend time with your uh, with your
wife and kids. You need you need to fill your calendar.
Tom Brady is listen, there's two types of people, and
and you're looking at it to red vines and Swizzlers,
totally twizzlers, by the way, players and haters, blue cheese

(18:10):
and ranch. I know that you could there's a million
two types of people, but I'm talking about Michael Buffers
and Bruce Buffers, Michael all day. There's two types of people.
People that like dots on the calendar and people that
want an empty calendar. Cavino looks at a weekend and says,
no dots perfect, I'm gonna sit around, scratch my thighs

(18:30):
and watch the Yankees the best. I look at a
calendar with no dots on the weekend, and I'm like, hey,
if you want to have these people over for a barbecue,
what's going for a box? You said, busy? Hey, you
guys want to go apple picking like I want to do?
You like chill? You have no chill? You got no chill? Well,
that's a problem. You should talk to somebody. Guess Wells
doesn't Tom Brady does he need chill? Well, Boomer of

(18:54):
science and thinks he does again. He was sounding off
on Tom Brady being seen in the Raiders coaches box
on Monday Night football, and word on the streets is
the NFL had to put out a statement that he
did nothing wrong, which insinuates that multiple people had complained
about it. A lot of people saw it, but he

(19:16):
seemed to have done nothing wrong there. But again, conflict
of interest, or at least it appears that way. Broadcasting
partial owner of the Raiders, TB twelve, his fitness stuff,
his podcast appearances. Doesn't he still have a radio show?
He does the thing with Jim Gray and now flag
football as of yesterday. That was his big announcement. Oh yeah,

(19:39):
I how I play softball a couple times a week. Two.
But so I ask you this, are you a Tom
Brady or not? And do you think Tom Brady is
just doing too much? I don't think you could. You
ever heard the expression narrow focus broader results When your
head is everywhere, you're not giving your all to one

(19:59):
particular thing, You're losing focus. If your head is in
all these different buckets and directions and you got all
these different things going on, how could you really give
your all to wherever it is is needed? Please make
that make sense for him. Is Tom Brady really the
greatest broadcaster he could be when he's worried about flag football?

(20:20):
Please tell me how that's possible. I'm Cavino with the
Yankee hat on as rich Davis Nice went against the
Twins yesterday. Oh wait, you got killed by the Twins.
Keep it going, Minnesota. Every loss, I owe you less money. No,
it's very weak. And now we go back to the phones,
because aside from Yankee sucking last night, the big story was, well,

(20:42):
the Buccaneers win. Mayfield's the man. Yep, the Raiders lose.
But hey, what was Tom Brady doing hob nobbin and
schmoozing all night in the coaches booths? Well, it's okay,
he's got a lot going on. Tom Brady's broadcasting. He's
partial looner. He's got his TV twelve stuff. He's slapping ass.

(21:03):
Probably on a weekend. He's probably preparing for his flag
football thing. He's got. Yeah, and keephim on your right.
He's probably the like one of the most eligible bachelors
out there, So when he does have a spare moment,
I'm sure booty options are a plenty.

Speaker 2 (21:17):
In the booth. He actually had his game face on,
he wasn't talking to anybody.

Speaker 1 (21:21):
And someone apparently complained because the NFL put out a
statement that he did nothing wrong. Boomer A. Sison went
off today on his radio show and yeah, but he
had like a lot to say about how wrong it
is and how it's a conflict of interest of Tom
Brady being seen in the Raiders coaches box on Monday
Night football. But the question is when you got all
these things going on, I mean, he's a wanted guy,

(21:43):
influential guy. Everyone wants a piece of Tommy. Is it
Tommy chill out or yeah, Tommy gets yours because I
think that dude needs a break. By the way, how
ironic that Boomer's name went from like a cool nickname
to fitting that he is a Boomer and his name
is Boomer. And when he complains like that sounds like
a Boomer, you feel more bad for Boomer or all

(22:05):
the Karen's out there whose names. I guarantee there's a
couple out there where the guy the guy's nickname is
like Boomer and he married a Karen wants to hang
out with Boomer and Karen hanging with Boomer and Karen
and I I think I'll said this one. I don't
think I'll pass, Honey, that's okay with you. So Rich
is trying to say there's two types of people, people
that need plans and dots on their calendar and things

(22:27):
to do, and some people that are just cool chilling.
Which one are you? Of course I don't think Tom
Brady like balance is always a goal of ours. But
do you need to do you need to fill every
spare moment in your day with something between his TV
twelve stuff, between broadcasting, between ownership, between flag football, between
all his projects, his being a dad, dating. I don't

(22:48):
feel like Tom Brady probably has something to do most
hours of every day.

Speaker 4 (22:52):
I think he's trying to fill his life post football,
to keep as busy as possible with as many things.
And I think that there's a drive in an ambition.
What I find curious about this and I'm curious your
guys thoughts, because you guys have brought this up before.
This story does nothing for me. I am not mad
about it. It is a complete, complete whatever burger. And

(23:13):
I think the people who are mad are NFL teams,
former players, and some people in the media. I just
don't think the common fan really cares at all on
what Tom Brady is or isn't doing.

Speaker 1 (23:25):
Cavino and I have a song. We can't say the
real lyrics here on Fox Sports Radio. But I don't
give it as I said, don't don't give it as
I don't give. It's our little theme because I don't
give a I don't give a crap. I'm with you
one hundred percent. I think it's people that hate on
Tom Brady, people that got burned by Tom Brady, people
that are just looking for a story, and busy buddies.

(23:47):
But you can't help but make the observation. I said
that the dude's always like up to something. You know
who else I think that about? And you could say
it's a compliment, like, man, this dude has constant hustle.
Or you could psychoanalyze and say, this guy ever take
a break? Does he not want to chill out and
take a break. Mario Lopez, he was calling the fight
on the weekend, Like does this guy leave an opportunity

(24:08):
for any other Latino guy like me? Like does he
have to have every gig? Does he have to be
doing a show every minute of his life? Well, you
know I felt that way about Seacrests. For a while,
he was my Mario Lopez. So yo, man, go on
a vacation, take a break, get sick or something, give
give someone else a shot. I look at Tom Brady,
Dan Bayer, like uh. And when I say sick, I

(24:28):
mean like go get a cold. I don't mean anything
harmful for anybody. But you know some people you realize
like they just live to work. And it's like I've
always said, rich. Actually, I had a friend once tell me,
don't love your job, job, You're love job, your love.
That's great, Dan. What I was going to say was

(24:49):
I look at Tom Brady for the Raiders the way again.
I love to talk about my coaching prowess for five
year olds, but you know, you see coaches, there's always
a dad that might actually have played in the bigs,
or dad that you know is a baseball expert. If
he gives the coach a little how do you do
once a while, like I see the kids dropping his
eyeball where you know, the pitcher's striding to his left,

(25:10):
like I think Tom Brady's there is almost like quality control,
a little tidbit here and there. I don't think Tom
Brady is pulling the strings for the Raiders on a
level that anyone should really care about.

Speaker 4 (25:20):
Yeah, And I think that Pete Carroll is probably two
a point since he turned seventy four yesterday. Isn't worried
about somebody looking over his shoulder in that aspect of it.
I think Pete Carroll's happy to have a job in
the NFL at seventy four. Yeah, And so to think
that it could affect the Raiders as a team to
have someone micro managing is maybe what the appearance is.
I don't think that's the case with the Raiders.

Speaker 1 (25:41):
No, let's go to Vegas and we'll say how to trip,
and we'll go to DB's update right after trip. Then
take the rest of your feedback. What's up trip?

Speaker 5 (25:48):
Hey, good afternoon, guys. Let me tell you I'm a
laser focus from two to four our time every day.

Speaker 1 (25:53):
Nice. Uh.

Speaker 5 (25:54):
I'm with dB on this. Who cares? The only reason
they make a big deal out of it. It keeps
the Raider relevant. Tom Brady has unloaded in toom. He's
one of the best ever at what he does. Who
cares what he does? It's a non story. I just
like hearing you all talk about it. That makes it
a story in my opinion.

Speaker 1 (26:11):
Yeah, we have a fun time talking about it, and
you know what, I have a fun time listening to
Dan Bayer let me know what's going on.

Speaker 4 (26:16):
Well, I'm glad you guys are taking the angle that
you are because it's not about it's just good for
the league. It's just of how do you live life.
I'm of the Caveno. I love the open weekend. It's
magnificent and no one's mad about it.

Speaker 1 (26:28):
There's no boomers here like you, loose in their marbles
about Tom Brady's conflict of interest.

Speaker 4 (26:34):
Some are, but not everybody. But I love the open
schedule and the That's why I'm a Covino guy. Yeah,
open weekends.

Speaker 1 (26:41):
So I'm saying, yeah, I'm the annoying guy that's like
open calendar, let's go Apple Pix, go for a hike,
Let's go for a hike. So annoying, I know it.

Speaker 4 (26:49):
As you guys mentioned, the NFL did release the statement
saying that Brady is allowed to sit in on the
in the coaches booth during games. In their statement, they
mentioned obviously he's a broadcaster for Fox, and they laid
out what he can and can't do not allowed to
be at other teams facilities for practice or for production meetings.
He is allowed to attend production meetings remotely, and if

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he's doing a sit down interview with someone, can't be
at the team's facilities, has to be at an off
site location, something that he doesn't do often. But those
are the parameters that he has to work within, sort
of dual role.

Speaker 1 (27:23):
Sort of like when Aaron Andrews sat down with Travis
Kelcey last week. If he were to do one of those,
they just go down the block.

Speaker 4 (27:29):
Yeah, probably barbecue joint right in Kansas City.

Speaker 1 (27:31):
And I'll be honest with some of these young players,
if they had the opportunity to sit down with Tom,
they'd say, yeah, wherever you want to do it.

Speaker 2 (27:36):
Sure, absolutely, Hey, it's.

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Speaker 2 (28:26):
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Speaker 1 (28:27):
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(28:47):
I'll shoot him a text. Now we're gonna go to
your phone calls. But a few things coming up. Show
time Mahomes Trivia, your chance to win some prizes. We
got some bribery balls, some footballs to give away, and
we'll talk best baseball movies. Maybe who's the sports movie goat?
In tribute to Robert Redford, who passed away at eighty

(29:07):
nine years old, the natural, the wonder boy himself. So
stick around. We'll have some more fun here on Covino
and Rich. But Tom Brady, Tom Brady, the wonder boy
of football. What's up, Mitch? Does he need to chill?
Was the question. Let's talk to Mitch and Jersey. Hey Mitch,
how are you doing? Guys?

Speaker 5 (29:24):
Because even more slowed down, you want to be a
Boollcaser owner.

Speaker 2 (29:30):
I mean ought enough.

Speaker 1 (29:32):
Some people just want to do everything, and I get
it right, Yeah, but you start putting a lot on
other people when you do that. You know rich You're like, yeah,
I do this, I do that, I do this, I
do that. The more you do this and now you're
putting more on me I put on you. It's just
the truth. You can't do everything. You can't be in
two places at once. Something's gonna slip through the cracks.

(29:52):
And I imagine that Tom Brady has a team of
people that he needs to think that helps him get by. Look,
we're all busy and we couldn't do it without Danny,
g without Spot, without everybody that puts and pulls their weight.
So I imagine that's part of it. But something's gonna slip.
You can't devote to your family example his divorce. You

(30:13):
can't devote to the ownership, to the broadcasting, to the
flag football to the TV twelve. If you're spread out everywhere,
get it, you do start spreading yourself, then something's gonna
something's gonna lack. And that might be his relationship with
his son, and that might maybe his role in ownership.
Something's gonna give.

Speaker 2 (30:32):
There's a reason we've never seen him in that coach's
box before because the game's usually on Sunday and he's
usually in the broadcast booth.

Speaker 1 (30:41):
Yeah, so that's an opportunity for him to just check
it out again. The conversations based on a lot of
people giving him flak for the conflict of interest as
seen yesterday in the coach's box while he's still broadcasting
for Fox. We're not mad at him for that, Like,
hey whatever, no conflict, no harm there, But it just
brings on the conversation enough. What's too much? And if

(31:04):
you really try to psychoanalyze, like what are you running from? Dude?
Can you just chill out and you know, gorilla hot
dog in your backyard and hang out?

Speaker 3 (31:10):
Just a reminder, I said this, what three years ago,
Tom Brady hates his family?

Speaker 1 (31:13):
Oh stop it. You did say that three I didn't
say it. It was like his catch line.

Speaker 3 (31:18):
But let me tell you the the indications lean towards
that statement.

Speaker 1 (31:23):
Well, you know what I think it is too. It's like,
it's it's a story. It's the story of watching the
wheels John Lennon. It's a famous song. He's just sitting
there watching new wheels go around because he was bored,
because he was riding his high with the Beatles all
those years, and then when he sat down, he had
nothing to do but write some boring songs. So it's

(31:43):
like when you're always on the move and always on
the go. And even we felt that at a smaller level.
We've been so busy at some points in our life
that when it does slow down, you're just bored and
you don't know what to do with are we feel
in for Dan Patrick by lunchtime? Kavino's like going, yeah, no,
so I understand, but I think people need to also

(32:06):
learn how to chill out a little.

Speaker 3 (32:07):
You know, he's enjoying their later years.

Speaker 2 (32:10):
Michael Jordan.

Speaker 1 (32:11):
Have you seen him.

Speaker 3 (32:12):
He's got like one hundred million dollar yachts. He's traveling
around the world. Yeah, he's living.

Speaker 1 (32:18):
There's a lot of people spot wrestlers, musicians, artists, guys
that live on the road and live that rock star life.
When things slow down, they don't know what to do
with you. I think when you slow down, that's like Brady.
He's like, I'm so used to being TB twelve and
you know, playing football for all these years, and I'm
so synonymous with the football. I don't know how to
just chill out. So he just fills up his time.

Speaker 3 (32:39):
Do you think he stands like on his balcony of
his really expensive home and just yells out into nothing.

Speaker 1 (32:44):
That's saying who am I? And by the way, this
is no criticism. He's killing it. He's slaying it in
everything he does. But but my point is he's got
a lot of help. I think in a regular life,
if you're living that, things are going to slip through
the cracks.

Speaker 3 (32:57):
I'll take all his money and travel so he can
go back to work and earn it back again.

Speaker 1 (33:01):
Yeah, but I mean, I think some people fight joy
in sitting around, and some people are better at juggling
a lot of things than others. So all right, well, hey,
let's shift our attention for a minute, because coming up,
I do want to talk a little baseball Danny J.
I feel like you and I if all goes according
to plan, are gonna hate each other in a couple
of weeks, because it looks like Round one of the

(33:21):
playoffs as of now would be Mets at Dodgers in
the wildcar. Do you compete for who stinks the most?
You know what? He don't speak so loudly. Their Yankees
lost to the Twins yesterday. They don't think as bad
as not drivers. But uh, I think the Mets are
about to Lately, the Mets might tear off ten of
the final twelve, and it might be because of Juan
Soto's new dreadlocks. Did you see this? His new look?
Like you just got back from vacation. Now, we're gonna

(33:45):
play Showtime Mahomes Trivia this hour and we'll talk some
baseball movies. Rest in peace. Robert Redford, the guy that
was synonymous with handsome for most of our life until
Brad Pitt became a thing. Yeah, he was like our
grandparents and parents reference like, he's handsome, Robert Redford. Your
grandma called them wonder buns, didn't she. It's gonna say

(34:08):
we know him as Roy Hobbs, Roy Hobbs, the wonder Boy,
So rest in peace. Legend I think he started his
career because there's a very famous Twilight Zone episode called
night Caller and He's Death. I think it's called night Caller.
He's Death and he comes knocking on the old lady's door,
and he's a young Robert Redford. You always see these
on the New Year's marathons. And then, of course he

(34:30):
became one of the greatest actors and most handsome leading
men and directors, an Oscar Award winner, WonderBoy, doubt Robert Redford.
So we'll talk about some baseball movies later on, but
back to you, Dicky doodle boy. I do want to
talk baseball. In a second, you want to talk Michael Kay.
I do want to talk Michael Kay. I want to

(34:51):
talk Wildcard. I want to talk baseball. But I'm seeing
a lot of people talk about the Chiefs oh and
two for the first time in over a decade, first
time they started owning since twenty fourteen. And I want
to just point out the importance of this game this week,
Week three against the Giants. Now, I feel like nothing's

(35:12):
to guarantee, but I feel like I'm gonna roll heavy
with the Chiefs this week as much as I'm enjoying
Russell Wilson a men's warehouse, say you're gonna love the
way you look, and they guarantee it. You know what,
do I want to give a men's warehouse guarantee? Do
I want to give ah? Do I want to give
a George Forman guarantee?

Speaker 2 (35:30):
Ooh?

Speaker 1 (35:31):
The George Forman guarantee is the highest former guarantee, So
be careful. I guarantee you. But with the Chiefs, I
know you don't want to look ahead, and dB, you
know I love me some schedule watching, Danny g You
guys make fun of me for schedule watching, but after
I make funny you for Mets watching, because that's as hopeless.
It's fair point. It's called a waste of time. But

(35:53):
if you do want to look ahead, after the Giants
game on Sunday Night football, the Chiefs have to host
the Ravens. You can't go into that Ravens game, Ohn three,
You can't. I mean this is this is as well.
There's a lot of buzz about how the league won't
let it happen for as early as it is in
the season. You can't allow the Giants to think they

(36:15):
have a chance in this game. You got to game
plan a different way, So I anticipate this being like
one of my favorite bets of the week. I mean,
the Chiefs at the Giants is our hope for New
York To advice.

Speaker 4 (36:26):
N you can't imagine a world where Kansas City would
be oh and three with Patrick Mahomes and Navy Reid there.

Speaker 1 (36:33):
And then having to go play the Ravens in Week four.

Speaker 4 (36:37):
Right, Yes, the Giants, even though Dallas put up forty
on them in overtime, do have some players on defense,
and I don't know how much of the Chiefs problems
are solved just because of what they are offensively, but
I would side with your way of thinking on this.

Speaker 1 (36:56):
Yeah, I mean it seems like that's a pretty big
lock for Week three. However, for how wild would it
be for the NFL if the Chiefs started zero to
three and then you knew that they were facing the
Ravens week four. So just there's always some Every game
has a great storyline in the NFL, and I'm feeling
that way about baseball right now. With twelve games to go,
there is a wildcard hunt. My Mets are clinging onto

(37:18):
deer life. They won on a Pedalanzo walk off on Sunday.
That was big, And now you're looking at the final
stretch of games. A lot of teams are playing each other,
a lot of key matchups. Yankees, you're almost giving the
division to the Blue Jays at this point, and you're
just hoping for that number one. Wildcards are your home
I mean, I guess. So that's how it's looking. Because

(37:41):
the Blue Jays keep winning. Yankees keep dropping stupid games
to teams like the Twins. No offense to our boss
who loves the Twins, but those are the games you
can't lose as of right now. As you know, the
playoff format of Major League Baseball, the one and two
seed get a buye. The third division winner has to
host a wildcard as well as the best wildcard winner.

(38:02):
So the best wildcard winner and the worst division winner
are sort of in the same boat. There's no like
you're in the same position of you the best wildcard
winner and the worst division winner. So as of right now,
if the season ended right now, could be no yeah,
the Yankees and Seattle would host the wildcard round and

(38:23):
they battle of the top al MVP contenders and you
know who they would battle against division rivals the Red
Sox and the Yanks and the Astros and the Mariners.
So you're looking at some potential really great wildcard matchups.
And then over in the NL you're looking at the

(38:44):
two teams getting a bye. No one would have ever
thought this the Brewers. You might have thought the Phillies,
but Brewers and Phillies are pretty much locks for the
most part for those one and two seeds, which means
the Dodgers would host the worst wildcard, which as of
right now would be the New York Man, and then
you got the best wild card. The Cubs would be

(39:06):
hosting the Padres. And these are all great matchups for
Major League Baseball. Think about that Padres going into Wrigley
Yankees and the Mets coming out here to La Mets. Dodgers, Yankees,
Red Sox, Mariners, Astro and Cubs Padres Man. Yeah, those
are pretty good matches. And think about think about the

(39:27):
hype we had last year. No Locke whatsoever for the
Mets because they only have a one and a half
two game lead over who's behind them. I just my
point was, it seemed like it seemed last year like
the Dodgers had it all right, So it's like, how
are we going to bring down the Dodgers? This year
is anybody's game, anybody's series, So I think we're gonna
all be pulled in even harder in the next few weeks. Yeah,

(39:49):
and it got crazy last year. Just to point out
how close that NL is. I'm saying the Mets with
pure hope in my voice because they are only again
two games in the law calumn over teams that are
chasing them. The Diamondbacks are playing five hundred baseball. But
while they are the closest teams to the Mets in
the wild card hunt, as of right now hold on

(40:12):
the wild card has the Arizona Diamondbacks are actually seventy
six and seventy five, a game and a half behind
the Mets. This is where you start schedule watching. Look
what the Diamondbacks have over the final week and a half.
If the Diamondbacks somehow find a way to make the playoffs,
they freaking earned it because they play the Giants. Then
the Diamondbacks have to play the Phillies, the Dodgers, and

(40:36):
the Padres. Yeah, not happening. Phillies, Dodgers and Padres. What
a And again there's seventy six and seventy five, so
they'd have to play big against the best teams in
the NLT even make it, they'd have to play big.
If they do get it, then the Props then you
deserve it. And the Giants. I'm banking on Danny G's
Dodgers because the Giants have to play a four game

(40:58):
set at Dodger Stadium. So all I'm banking as a
Mets fan on the Dodgers whooping the Giants at least
three of those four Danny split it at least I
want eat three or four. And then the weird wild
card pun intended are the Reds, who are just sitting there.
It's seventy five and seventy five. The Reds are seventy
five and seventy five, playing no better than five hundred baseball.

(41:19):
They are the definition one hundred and fifty games in
five hundred. They play the Cardinals, the Cubs, Pirates, and Brewers.
They play all on their division. So just a really
interesting final stretch for Major League Baseball over the next
two weeks. It's going to be intense. We'll be talking
about it series matters, and they're all playing each other.

(41:40):
Because the Mets gets with the Mets play over the
final stretch, they play the Cubbies, they play the Padres.
The Mets, however, do look out and they play the
Nationals at City Field for three games. So hopefully that
looks like you could win two out of three to
three out of sweep. So we'll see. I'm just saying
baseball right now is hot. I know it's a football
world and we love the NFL, but I think Major

(42:00):
League Baseball really delivered this year as far as all
the big teams are so close, there's no really dominant
team because even though you might say, well, you know,
the Brewers have the best record, as you said, you
can't see the Brewers matching up in a five or
seven game series the way you They're not going to
dominate someone. Yeah, but you know what, I also thought

(42:22):
Terrence Crawford wouldn't step up against Canelos. So you never
know until you see it. I know that sounds obvious,
but it's true. TB. You're a you're a you know,
a Brewers fan.

Speaker 4 (42:30):
I look at it the opposite way, like, I think
that five game series is tricky for them, but I
think that they're they're pitching their bullpen. Yeah, maybe wasn't
as great as it was earlier in the season. But
I think that they're starting pitching is better than what
anybody else would have to bring to the plate.

Speaker 1 (42:48):
Lontinue or does reality slap them in the ass? I
don't know. Yeah, we don't know. But Rich back here.
But let me just tell you though, this is my
total Mets homer take just for a second, then we'll
move on. The Mets are throwing all these young kids,
and there's a weird advantage to teams never getting a

(43:08):
look like McLain no one's no one's seen this kid yet,
Nolan McLain, no one has seen him. Is is the
best in baseball history. After five six starts here, over
forty strikeouts, the kids dealing, and then you got Sprote,
who is another young pitcher for the Mets, and Ja

(43:31):
and you know Jonah Than got roughed up one game,
but you have him and you know Manaia and if
Senga comes back, like I feel like, I still feel,
I hope that my kids, yeah, ready for that big moment.
You don't know that you'll never know, not battle tested
for that moment yet. But again, just did they come through? Absolutely?
Just a great time for the Mets and Danny Jenny g.
You've talked about all year pitching for your Dodgers. If

(43:52):
if a series started today, who you throwing?

Speaker 2 (43:56):
Is it?

Speaker 1 (43:56):
Yamamoto? Game one is do you put Otani in the
arting rotation for a playoff series?

Speaker 2 (44:01):
Yeah, that's what it looks like right now. Yamamoto Glass
now are the one. It should be the one into
the question for the Dodgers, and I sent you the
article earlier today. There's speculation about would you use Otani
out of the bullpen.

Speaker 1 (44:15):
The closer as a middle guy the big outs.

Speaker 2 (44:17):
Postseason, primarily as a closer because the two closures they
have right now in Tanner Scott and Blake Chrinan are
both struggling.

Speaker 1 (44:24):
Well. I don't think there's any debate on you use
Otani where you think you'll need him most, which might
be coming out giving you mornings in the bullpen. Have
him on standby, because that's why you're paying the guy.
That's why he got this ridiculous contract. For moments like
right now, like you need him more than ever to
be that guy. Call have a guy that the Mets

(44:44):
got from your Yankees. Does a guy like Clay Holmes,
now who was in the rotational year, does he become
valuable out of the pen because his whole career before
now has been Hey, all hands on the decks. It's
not time to be a prima. Don't time to like
do whatever the team needs. You know how fired up
I get about football. Football is my favorite, but right
now it's so hard not to feel so excited about

(45:05):
not just your own team, but the baseball playoffs are
such a special time because and especially this season, because
it's anybody, it's anybody's the power team that's dominant. The
power teams are all lacking something. Yankees, Dodgers, they're all
lacking something. And there's some young teams that you're like, ooh,
do they got the juice? And you know that these
three game wildcard series could go anyway, and then the
divisionals are always fun. So baseball and football at the

(45:28):
same time. This is like I feel like, uh, I
feel like how I felt they get a strip club
in my twenties, A candy store is a kid. I
feel like just overwhelmed, like looking around, like, geez, too
much to watch.

Speaker 2 (45:41):
It's interesting too is Covino pointed out that last year
you felt like the Dodgers were the odd odds on favorite.
But he didn't even feel like that to us Dodger fans,
to be honest with you, because of those bullpen games,
didn't know those were going to be as successful as
they turned out to be. In that article that I referenced,
the writer from MLB dot com was saying that the

(46:03):
Dodgers could use Otawni as the first guy of a
bullpen game. Yeah, if they want to go that route
with like Shean, he could go coming up, he could go.

Speaker 1 (46:12):
To see his pitch count, maybe go two or three
or something. Right. Interestingly enough, Danny, before the season started,
do you remember we talked about how like, oh macgoug
what are the Dodgers over under? What are they gonna
win one hundred and ten twenty games? Dodgers may win
ninety games maybe if they get cold that what ninety
ninety two tops like the Dodgers. I mean, you need

(46:34):
to chow because your Mets are terrible because their expectations
were really high too. Oh yeah, no doubt, My mets
are super high. My mets are probably the big letdown
of They might be the biggest letdown of the season.
If you get into the postseas, spend all that money
on one Soto, Yeah, and all the key players and
Alonso at the end like that. They were expected to
be way better when you when you get into the postseason,
then it's a new start, so you almost forgive. But

(46:57):
I think the Dodgers might be top of the pack
as we all. If you would have said, I'll give
you the odds of ninety five games over under, you
would have bet your house on over ninety something games.
Dodgers are eighty four and sixty six ties man twelve games,
lef even if they've given if they go eight and four,
they win ninety two games.

Speaker 4 (47:18):
Are So are we saying this about the Dodgers because
they're defending champs or.

Speaker 1 (47:22):
Defending champs end because we felt like they even got
more pieces in the offseason. And we're like, because I
remember we even had the conversation Vegas out of it
like over on their one hundred and four wins, and
we thought that was on present.

Speaker 2 (47:32):
You thought that when they signed Blake Snell.

Speaker 1 (47:34):
They signed Blake Snell, right o'h? Like God, they're fourth
and fifth starters are other teams.

Speaker 2 (47:38):
Aces Snell has barely been on the field this season.

Speaker 1 (47:40):
That's true.

Speaker 4 (47:41):
But to your point of earlier when you were talking
about the Mets and some of the new guys up,
like we are we talking about the Dodgers because they're
the defending champs or because we know all of their names? Right,
there's like there's you know, the Bruises are the best
record in baseball for over two months. Then there is
a very real, listic opportunity that they could have played

(48:01):
their best baseball a month ago during that winning streak.
That would not be uncommon in baseball. But I don't
think that people are looking at them as a threat
because of the lineup that people don't know. And it's
a bunch of mix, you know, mix of guys.

Speaker 1 (48:15):
And the guys that I know and you know because
we love baseball. But I guarantee the average baseball the
average sports fan that's like, yeah, I casually watch baseball,
doesn't know like Jackson Curio, Yeah, and how great that
kid is, Like there's got the Brewers got ballers. They're
just not they don't have names like Aaron Judge or
Shoeo Toni or Wansta, but the Brewer's ball. So this
is gonna be exciting.

Speaker 4 (48:34):
And I actually think it works a little against the
Padres because their lack of success. Maybe we hold it
against them, but we know their players and their lack
of success and what they haven't haven't done, and what
could they could have done last year against the Dodgers.

Speaker 2 (48:46):
So some sometime, I'm just saying.

Speaker 4 (48:48):
Sometimes can be a popularity contest when we've seen other
teams go on runs like you know, the Braves a
few years back, and what Texas and Arizona did a
couple of years ago.

Speaker 1 (48:57):
Well, do only throw one more stat at you? And
that is since the inception of the wildcard after the strike,
thirty baseball seasons, only seven times has the best team
in baseball went on to win the World Series. Seven
out of thirty has the best team went on to
win the World Series. So you're talking about twenty three

(49:18):
of those thirty times, some team got hot, some team
that didn't expect, not the one hundred win team. So
that's why it's going to get exciting. And I'm here
to pump you out the same way setting, But it
comes down to who has the most dominant I promise
you one and two starters. I promise you possible three starters,
and that's where the Yankees look promising. I'm serious the
same way you pump us up for a fight night

(49:38):
when we might not know the people. For all the
football fans that are die hard, like guy that are
glued every football game there is, I promise you pay
a little more attention to baseball because what you got
coming up over the next week and a half of
pennant races and wildcard races and then the playoffs start.
Football and baseball combined should get you excited in your pants.

(50:03):
It's time for a little Showtime Mahomes Trivia. The mostly
lovable Patrick Mahomes truth is, I want everybody to love me,
not just the reps. It's time for some NFL trivia.
I'm here, I'm here.

Speaker 2 (50:18):
Yes, we know you're here.

Speaker 1 (50:20):
All right, Patrick Mahomes, here to play Showtime Homes.

Speaker 2 (50:23):
Trivia fests our security walking our broke Patrick into the
main studio.

Speaker 1 (50:28):
Yeah, man, what's up you guys talking smack about the Chiefs.
We're about week three? Where about yourself?

Speaker 2 (50:36):
How you feeling after this? Uh?

Speaker 1 (50:38):
I'm feeling good. I got the magic slow start, you see,
I put it right in Kelsey's hands. He's the guy
slipping right now. That's what happens when you got too
much going on. I'll throw your teammates under the bush.
I mean, you know, why are people listening to this?
I didn't realize that.

Speaker 2 (50:54):
All right, let's meet the contestants. Twenty four time winner
Rich Davis right over there.

Speaker 1 (50:58):
What's up? Patrick's speaking of cheeks?

Speaker 2 (51:00):
Twenty one time champion Dan Byer Hello, nine time winner
Spotty Boy in the house.

Speaker 1 (51:07):
Hey, yeah, Sorry? What's this guy sleeping over here.

Speaker 2 (51:11):
And looking to win a seeing our prize on the
studio lines? Patrick in Phoenix?

Speaker 5 (51:15):
Oh?

Speaker 2 (51:16):
Patrick? Patrick?

Speaker 1 (51:17):
Hey? Patrick? Yes, Patrick, I feel like spotty boys just
standing there like Kelsey in the Super Bowl Reme morning.
You just standing there, just standing there. Now I'm hitting
him in the numbers and he's dropping it.

Speaker 2 (51:27):
How you doing? Patrick?

Speaker 5 (51:30):
Hey? What's up? Guys?

Speaker 1 (51:31):
Go beback? D Backs are trying to make a run man.
Good luck to you guys. See it up? Patrick?

Speaker 2 (51:36):
What do you do? What do you do for a
living there in Phoenix?

Speaker 5 (51:40):
Oh?

Speaker 2 (51:40):
I do vand action.

Speaker 1 (51:42):
I'm driving a box nice Camino's down with vending machine
guy for years.

Speaker 2 (51:48):
Right. Here are the rules for Showtime Homes NFL Trivia.
The first contestant with two correct answers is the champ.
If there's a tie, we have a tie breaker question.
Your name is your buzzer, but you do have to
wait until all three possible answers are read. If there's
two wrong answers in a row, we move on to
the next question. Are you ready? Let's get it.

Speaker 1 (52:04):
Let's do it all right here, Patrick mahomes here. How
many NFL teams have some sort of animal in their names? Oh?
Think about NFL okay, some type of animal A eleven,
B fifteen or C seventeen?

Speaker 2 (52:21):
Patrick, Patrick.

Speaker 4 (52:24):
Fifteen?

Speaker 2 (52:26):
You are correct?

Speaker 1 (52:27):
Oh man, mama bringing the boom.

Speaker 2 (52:31):
Patrick on the board, already halfway to a CNR in
their football All right. You want to name those teams
or you want me to name them?

Speaker 1 (52:37):
I got it. Bill's Dolphins, Eagles, Ravens, Bengals, Bears, Lions, Jaguars, Falcons, Panthers, Broncos, Cardinals, Rams, Colts,
and Seahawks.

Speaker 4 (52:47):
Oh my, the Bill are tricky though, because it's Buffalo
is the city name, But I think would come right.

Speaker 1 (52:55):
Yeah, yes, Buffalo's Bill, Yeah yeah, got the Bills in there.

Speaker 2 (52:59):
All right, and Patrick on the board. As we move on,
here all right?

Speaker 1 (53:04):
What was that once quoted saying about mistakes, Hey, mistakes
go away once you spend countless hours in film study.
B the league is making a big mistake allowing the
Eagles to grab cheeks and push each other's butts or see.
I'm just trying to learn from every mistake that I

(53:24):
make so I never make them again.

Speaker 2 (53:27):
Patrick Patrick, trying to sweep the board. See what the
mistakes you are?

Speaker 1 (53:36):
Wow?

Speaker 2 (53:37):
Didn't even let any of the other players get on
the field, damn.

Speaker 1 (53:43):
And that's how I'm going to dominate the game against
the giants, big giant turs, that's what they are.

Speaker 2 (53:50):
Congratulations Patrick, thank you, thank you very much.

Speaker 1 (53:55):
The other Rectords oh that guy, oh yeah, thank.

Speaker 2 (53:57):
You and good luck and we three to you, Broke Patrick,
I got it.

Speaker 1 (54:02):
And as long as Kelsey's not playing like buns, I
think I think we're good, and then we'll take on
the Ravens redeem ourselves and then you guys will be
kissing my ass I mean around the here. Yeah, sorry
about that, all right, guys, have a great week, Letta Patrick.

Speaker 4 (54:16):
Later, guys, Braves top the National six to three in
game one of a doubleheader earlier today, guys back to you.

Speaker 1 (54:22):
Thank you, dan By, here the Great. During the Mahomes
showtime Trivia, you talked about how many mascots in the
NFL are animals, how many NFL teams have some sort
of animal in their names. The question do you guys
all know this is I think this is more of
an amateur question, But do you guys know the one
NFL logo that faces in the opposite direction of the rest?

(54:45):
Got it? You know, just off the top of your head,
dan By, I'm guessing you know that you're a logo guy.
The one is the reason I know. I wonder if
you know the reason the one logo that faces opposite
every other one.

Speaker 4 (54:56):
I I'm gonna say Philadelphia Eagles.

Speaker 1 (55:00):
Be right, But it's because they have an e in
the Yeah. But if you look at all thirty two
NFL logos, they're all facing to the right. The eagle
is looking to the left of all the thirty two logos.
So but it does make like you said, the e
of the feathers. So thank you DV for well.

Speaker 4 (55:17):
The interesting thing like if you look at it, chiefs,
if we can go on this sort of thing like
the chief's helmet, is you have the arrow going left
to right in both cases, but it could also make
sense if you just flipped the case around and had
the both arrowheads going forward as well, But they don't.

Speaker 2 (55:37):
They don't do it like that.

Speaker 1 (55:38):
The Ravens, I believe each side of the helmet is
the raven looking towards the the eyes of the player,
or is the raven reversed on some you know what
I'm saying.

Speaker 4 (55:47):
Like, yes, if you're exactly you're on the same exact Yeah, I.

Speaker 1 (55:50):
Know what you're saying like some some teams replicate the
logo on both sides. Some keep it, keep the logo.
I think the Ravens actually flip it because I've seen
the Ravens logo the opposite way. Am I totally wrong?
I don't know.

Speaker 4 (56:02):
No, you're right. The beak is going towards the front. Also,
he is is put in a different spot when it's
when you're looking at it right to left.

Speaker 1 (56:11):
Ravers, Thank you, d B. Appreciate you always. Now, Covino,
we lost a legend. Like you said, it's the reference
our grandparents and parents would always use before Brad Pitt
was mister Handsome before. Uh, who is it for younger people?
Is like zach Efron before he got all poofy faced,
like who is like the who's the like answer for

(56:33):
like handsome guys? Please, just for the fun of it,
lock up Zach Effron on the cover of like like
a product ad or something. It's very interesting. Is he
like Latino? Now? I'm so confused. It's very photoshop. I
don't know. Anyway, he's super handsome and ripped. But for
years it was Brad Pitt, and then before that it
was Robert Redford forever. Yeah, your grandmother would be like

(56:56):
Robert Redford. In fact, my mom hit me up like
it's so sad. That's like Tom Cruise passing. You don't understand.
That was me and your father's first thing when we
saw The Sting. And you know, he's the Natural, he's
the WonderBoy. Everybody's a great life about ninety eighty nine
years old. So based on that, it's like a two

(57:16):
part doozy, two part sort of question. Maybe we could
save one for another day. But is The Natural the
best baseball movie of all time? That's the first question
that comes to mind. And then I saw two Jibbroni's
two goons in a room. I think was the podcast.
There's a podcast called The Rewatchables talking about who's the

(57:37):
sports goat, the sports movie goat, sports movie, got sports
movie goat? So what actor you're saying, what actor has
dominated more than one sports movie? Because there's a guy
that comes to mind, but then there's a few other
guys that make you say hmm. So based on that,
we pay tribute and homage to the wonder boy himself,

(57:58):
Robert Redford. We do it next. Thank you, Thank you
Ryan for playing some Major League soundtrack, Because when Covino
sued is The Natural the best baseball movie? My first
thought was, how can you put that when Major League exists.

Speaker 2 (58:15):
To two different categories though one's uh a slapstick comedy
and the other is a drama.

Speaker 1 (58:21):
Plus Rich didn't see the movie when it sort of mattered. Yeah,
that's true. I only watch a Natural later as an adult,
So yeah, you're right, maybe that is.

Speaker 2 (58:30):
Yeah, through the eyes of a kid, Covino, that changed
how we felt about baseball when we were that age.

Speaker 1 (58:36):
Know, I'm more of a fan of Willie may Cover
Off the Balls, mattch something really magical.

Speaker 2 (58:41):
He want the bat, he want the kid. The bat
boy walked his bat out to Roy Hobbs, the one Roy.

Speaker 1 (58:47):
The one Roy carved himself out of a tree struck
by lightning, The WonderBoy, Wonder Boy. I thought I wanted
the wonder Boy bat one day man. That inspired kids
growing up watching that movie The Natural the soundtrack. That's
a powerful, powerful moment when he's jogging around the bases
and the night sky and it's exploding. Dude, it's amazing.
You're gonna compare that to Roger Dorn and his old

(59:09):
leg simpleton answer? You know, are you gonna compare that
to a wild thing? Rick Vaughan, play that classic music
for a second Major League. But when you're comparing it
to like a classic like that, I don't know if
it really compares. So it's a two part doozy. Maybe
we could save one for another day, Like I said.

Speaker 2 (59:27):
Turn that up for a second, like Rich when the
ball is still flying through the air after the lights
are all exploding. Man, that we played that VHS tape out.
We wore it out for real.

Speaker 1 (59:39):
It's it's an emotional one. It's a great movie. Maybe
I need to rewatch it, you know what. I watched
recently again for the first time in probably twenty years
on one of our road trips, one of our the Scout,
I don't know something lame, No, no, you dumbass. I
watch Mister Destiny. That's a great movie. Mitchell, tell me
that Mister Destiny's better than the Natural. I'm supposed to
sit here and be like, yeah, man, you got a point.

(01:00:00):
Destiny is a hell of a movie. I'm not saying
it's not Bud, but it's not you. You come here
like angels in the a oilfield compares and it's like, no,
it doesn't.

Speaker 5 (01:00:07):
Well.

Speaker 1 (01:00:08):
And we were on a recent Covino on Rich trip.
I forgot where we went with Fox Sports, but you
and I were on a flight and oh MLB All
Star Game. I watched Field of Dreams for the first
time in like twenty years, and Spot was sitting next
to me, and he he teared up watching me watch it.
It was like I didn't even need to hear it.
I just it made me cry just watching those scenes.

(01:00:30):
So I get it. Some of those scenes are fantastic.
And maybe I need to watch wonder Boy again. Maybe
I need to watch wonder Boy much are the meaning
of your How was I WonderBoy? Man?

Speaker 2 (01:00:42):
Dude? He struck out the whammer.

Speaker 1 (01:00:44):
Yeah, dude, it's worth the watch. It's like a babee.

Speaker 2 (01:00:48):
He struck out Babe Ruth.

Speaker 1 (01:00:49):
Yeah, he struck out Babe Ruth in the movie. It's
kind of cool. When he was a nobody, they were
like on the side of a train. Oh, who's this guy?
So I saw it's a two part doozy in honor
of Robert Redford, who passed the Way eighty nine Jebediah
Johnson himself. By the way, it's not Zach Gelifanakis, the
very famous gift that you see the guy smiling. Only
idiots think that thought Robert Redford with a beard. It's

(01:01:11):
Robert Redford with a beard. If you thought that was
Zach Alfanakaz, kick yourself in the head with your own croc.
The Rewatchables apparently is a podcast, So I'll pose this.
I got this from another podcast, and I thought it
was a good thought because I share the thought. Yeah,
when it comes to sports movie goats, I think there's
an answer. Who comes to mind? All right, I'll give
you my answer. My answer is if you're asking me

(01:01:33):
who seemed like because I have two layers, let me
not Robert Redford. I believe he is part of maybe
one of the greatest baseball movies of all time. But
who's let me sports movie goat. Let me give my answer,
but it's twofold, okay. If it's based off of one performance,
I think simply based on his mechanics, how natural he
came across pun intended natural. I think Charlie Sheen winning

(01:02:00):
Charlie Sheen in Major League was the best single performance.
But if you're asking me who's been in more than
one sports movie and dominates, I feel like Dennis Quaid
is like great in every baseball movie or sports movie
he's done. So you know what manner I agree with
Rich And that's scary because Dennis Quaid is very convincing
as like, sure, whatever he is in a sports movie,

(01:02:22):
Dennis Quaid really does come. I knew the answer would
be Kevin Costner, and that's what the Rewatchable sort of
agreed on. I thought they said because he has seven,
like really great sports movies. They counted seven. He's a
good athlete and I can't debate that, but I have
to say Dennis Quaid is more convincing. Now, why do
you have men on your page? Bernie mc Innister three thousand.
You know what I want you to think about it?

(01:02:45):
Who's this good movie? Who's the sports movie Goat? And
is based on Roy Hobbs. Robert Redford? Is The Natural
the best baseball movie? Listen? Of course there's gonna be
a lot of you know, middle ager old people that
are like, you're the Natural or this. That doesn't make
them wrong, bro, It makes your answer, I think a
little more silly. Major League is great. You're gonna compare.

(01:03:08):
You're comparing a silly movie, which was one of my favorites.
Ask you like a really great movie. It gives me
the difference the following question and then answer it. If
I've said, Cavino, oh, the Yankees are rained out, which
they're not, by the way, But if they were, and
I said, you have two hours and your assignment is
you must watch a baseball movie right now. Today today,

(01:03:32):
Robert Redford passing away, and I haven't seen The Natural
in a minute, it would be The Natural today. That's
a no Bs response. Today. If it wasn't this day
that we honor Robert Redford and I had just seen
The Natural, then it probably would be Major League because
it's like a light easy breezy, like you could quote it.
I believe that even when it's played on TV. I'm

(01:03:55):
one of the few people that even like Major League too.
I mean, I get Omar Reps's no Willie Mays Hayes,
but I still think the plot line of two was
pretty fun. I mean, remember the catcher who couldn't throw
the ball unless they showed him a Playboy magazine. He
had the yips, And you know, there were some good
storylines in Major League two. I thought it was still
like a decent movie. I believe the third was there.
I like Major League three, Back to the Miners, that's

(01:04:15):
what you lost me. You Have No Marbles Baseball movie,
The Asian Player that might be the second one. Actually
the Asian Player You Have No Marbles is great? But oh,
can't we have like a real conversation for a minute though,
and say, like everybody has their personal favorites, so you're
allowed to say my personal favorite is Major League But like,

(01:04:37):
isn't there something like a realistic best Like if you're
gonna say a realistic best, like your your your favorite
movie might be Happy Gilmore, great sports movie. Yeah, Adam Sandler,
The Sandman is in a lot of sports movies, water Boy,
Happy Gilmore. What's the other football movie he's in, Uh,
the one that they did, He's in a few, the

(01:04:59):
basketball movie how Soul. Yeah, so Happy Gilmour might be
your favorite movie, but like it's not the greatest movie.
That's just Rich's favorite movie. I like it when you
really talk in a serious conversation, No, you think The
Natural carries more weight than Major League. It really is
like comparing du dumber.

Speaker 2 (01:05:19):
And it should be two categories. One best sports drama
of all time, best sports comedy of all time.

Speaker 1 (01:05:24):
But that's what I'm saying. Riches given me his personal
favorite as to like what is really the.

Speaker 2 (01:05:28):
Best because people have argued for years between Field of
Dreams and The Natural, that's their two best baseball dramas.

Speaker 1 (01:05:36):
Jenny, I can't argue that sentiment that serious baseball. I
can't argue that you love Major League the best that's
your preference. I could I give you one more.

Speaker 3 (01:05:47):
I was gonna say, you know what else is a
great serious baseball movie for the love of the game.
Kevin Costner, Another Kevin Costner.

Speaker 1 (01:05:53):
That's why they're saying is the sports movie is a
little bit more drama and it's a great movie. A
lot of people like eight Man out as far as
series movies, I thought that was a boring movie. Didn't
like it as much. I think it's and I love
Field to dream of their own. I don't like you.
I don't like that. I don't know why I never
got into it, but you know what I did like
sixty one The Roger Marrison Reid, Billy Crystal was great

(01:06:13):
with Barry Pepper. Billy Crystal made it. I got one question.
I'm curious, what if we go around the room. There's
five of us in the room right now. I'm gonna
give you a movie. I want you to tell me
if you consider it a baseball movie or is it not?
Because I feel like such a big part of the
movie was on the baseball diamond. Do you think Naked
Gun would be considered a baseball movie? No, A good

(01:06:34):
half hour that movie, A good half hour movie. No,
the last half hour of that movie. I must kill
the Queen Reggie Jackson.

Speaker 4 (01:06:42):
That's like saying The Attraction is an Easter movie because
the bunny Rabbit.

Speaker 1 (01:06:47):
Yeah, there's a baseball element involved, it's not a baseball movie.
Come on to Rica Plazzo Armando Krishone. All right, so
think about let us know picture exactly. Covino and Rich
at Fox Sports Radio. Who's your sports movie though? Is it?
Clearly Costner? But what's the best baseball movie of all time?

(01:07:09):
Is it the late greats Robert Redford's The Natural I
We'll see you guys Manyana. Have a great Tuesday night,
enjoy some tacos. We'll see you tomorrow or even there
you may be you in the Promised Land.

Speaker 2 (01:07:20):
Man