Brian Noe and George Wrighster talk NFL RB's, James Harden, and more!

Brian Noe and George Wrighster talk about the running back Zoom meeting, James Harden’s ridiculous leverage attempts, FSR NFL insider Adam Caplan joins the show, which AFC teams are on the fringe, Lane Kiffin’s comments on NIL & the transfer portal, Brian’s sweating out a parlay, and more!

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Don't listening to Fox Sports Radio.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Man, you talk about one depressing zoom call. We'll get
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(00:26):
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Speaker 3 (00:28):
UH and everything is good man, that's good. I cannot complain.
Had a nice VAK the previous week.

Speaker 2 (00:37):
Yeah, where were you at again?

Speaker 1 (00:39):
I was in the Dominican Republic?

Speaker 2 (00:40):
Look at you see now? I noticed how you you
lowered the volume a little bit because you don't want
Monsey to call you out where you're flexing? You know
you're flexing scene.

Speaker 4 (00:53):
I was in the d R flex scene.

Speaker 2 (00:55):
Yeah, that was not a flex.

Speaker 3 (00:56):
I was where do you okay? Where my myanci where
would not have been a flex?

Speaker 1 (01:02):
Nogo?

Speaker 4 (01:03):
Yes, exactly exactly, Oh I was.

Speaker 2 (01:07):
Moyne would not have been a flex.

Speaker 3 (01:10):
Basically, what if what if I what if I had said,
oh it was that I was that I was at
my friend's summer summer house in Chicago.

Speaker 4 (01:19):
Not as big of a flexa or.

Speaker 5 (01:21):
Okay, lower your voice, Yeah you lowered.

Speaker 6 (01:25):
I give you credit, George. Were you you did? I
was trying to. I was like, here here comes Mancy.
I would not give details of the trip. No way,
because here comes from Manzi.

Speaker 4 (01:37):
No, we already know, we already know.

Speaker 7 (01:39):
What do you know, like a king fed grapes.

Speaker 3 (01:45):
Nah, they didn't feed us grapes. I was actually a
little bit disappointed in the in one part of the
trip though, is because so I went with my immediate family,
so the seven of us, and then my mom, dad
and my nephew and now now now I rented a house, right,

(02:09):
so and everything's cool. But the one thing that I
didn't really like is is that for for the morning
for a breakfast, there weren't as many options and I
actually had to choose what I was going to eat
for breakfast every morning instead of like them preparing something
in the general like I like, I literally had to like, Okay,

(02:31):
I want pancakes and eggs, and like the entire menu,
as opposed to just saying like, yo, I want some
pancakes and then some other stuff.

Speaker 1 (02:40):
So I'm like.

Speaker 2 (02:42):
How is this different than normal? Though, George, I'm not
being a jerk here, I'm just how does how is
this different.

Speaker 3 (02:47):
When we normally go, Like when we normally go on vacation,
Like there's a there's a person who works in the
house that will, like, you know, take care of all
the stuff that you that you normally need, right and
here there was somebody there.

Speaker 1 (03:03):
But I just felt like I had.

Speaker 3 (03:04):
To make too many decisions and that's not what I
wanted to do on vacation.

Speaker 2 (03:10):
Too many decisions go sounds horrible, sounds like a rough
time there.

Speaker 3 (03:16):
It was annoying every night texting me like, hey, what
do you what do you What time do you want breakfast?
Which which I'm perfectly fine with because like the way
it's the way everybody is ready and the food is hot.
So like I let everybody, you know, ao, breakfast is
at nine in the morning, and then we're gonna get
picked up at ten to go do X, Y and Z,

(03:37):
So everybody be down at nine and then they will
have the food piping hot sitting there at nine o'clock.

Speaker 1 (03:44):
So like that's that's fine.

Speaker 3 (03:45):
But it was just the the constant decision making about
the entire menu, and then I had to like manage
the groceries that they that they picked up and stuff
like that, and it was just it was a little
bit annoying sounds, but but the I'm I mean, these
are first world problems.

Speaker 1 (04:04):
So I'm not I'm just saying I.

Speaker 2 (04:09):
Don't know if life is tougher for you on vacation
or NFL running backs right now, George, because we got
details of the zoom it call for.

Speaker 3 (04:18):
On me because they're picking up millions right now, and
I'm and I must say, I don't make I don't
make millions here.

Speaker 2 (04:25):
No, No, not making that anymore. Yeah, But as far
as the running back situation goes here, George, there was
a zoom call. You talk about a depressing zoom call.
All these running backs met up online and they were
talking about the depressed market for running backs. So this
was organized by Austin Eckler of the Chargers, some of

(04:48):
the other running backs around the league that took place
on the zoom call, Nick Chubb of the Browns, say
Kwan Barkley, Derick Henry, Christian McCaffrey, even Josh Jacobs from
the Raiders. And I thought the best quote was from
Nick Chubb because he said, right now, there's really nothing
we can do. We're kind of handcuffed with the situation.
We're the only position that our production hurts us the most.

(05:11):
If we go out there and run two thousand yards
with so many carries, the next year, they're going to say,
you're probably worn down. It's tough. It hurts us at
the end of the day. And that's just where it is. Man.
There's nothing they can do about it, unfortunately.

Speaker 1 (05:26):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (05:27):
See, now, as a former player like you would think
that I would be on board with these guys, right,
I'm not on board as far as they're as far
as like how it's being portrayed now, Yes, it is
unfortunate that these guys are not able to get the

(05:49):
contracts that they so desire.

Speaker 1 (05:51):
Right.

Speaker 3 (05:52):
However, though, is that in football in particular now baseball,
you're paid for what you did and what they think
you're going to do for the beginning of your contract
and then they'll pay you out on the end, right.
And then in basketball you are paid for what you
are going to do and you know, you know, and

(06:13):
they'll pay you while you're hurt. You know, Like, where
else can you get forty million dollars while you have
a hurt Achilles aka Kevin Durant and be over thirty.
So so the issue though is no, is that these
these running backs are upset because they're like, we're not
getting to the money. Okay, how many top tier years

(06:35):
do you believe that Sakuon Barkley has left?

Speaker 2 (06:39):
Not many?

Speaker 1 (06:40):
Probably two, maybe three? Right, right?

Speaker 3 (06:43):
Yeah, So would you give him an Ezekiel Elliott contract?

Speaker 2 (06:49):
Oh no, absolutely, that's the that's the issue.

Speaker 3 (06:52):
And then the winds above replacement essentially like it does
nothing for Sekuon Barkley and Josh Jacobs.

Speaker 1 (07:02):
When you have Latavius.

Speaker 3 (07:04):
Murray come in in the middle of every season and
then look like a star running back, or you have
Isaiah Pacheco's every single year, come out, come out of
the blue, or you have Damian Pierce's look like if
you put him on a good team, he would have
been one of the best backs in the league. It's
the one position in the game where your replacement can

(07:27):
give you, you know, like ninety percent of what the
starter can unless you are Dereck Henry, which is a
generational type player. But aside from Derek Henry, there may
not be another generational back in the league right right now.
So so how are you going to Like, I understand

(07:47):
that you want to get the free agency sooner, But
the problem is is if you get the free agency sooner,
then guys like say Kwan who got injured, and then
you have Josh Jacobs who wasn't productive initially, like they
would have been cut or they would have been not
re signed at that point anyway because they weren't putting

(08:09):
up really good numbers. So if you shorten the contracts,
that means the team has less invested in you, which
means that anything goes wrong you are going to be
a casualty. Anyway, well you're screwed either way.

Speaker 2 (08:23):
It was what sa Quon put out on Twitter where
he just simply wrote, it is what it is, and
if you relate that to the running back market, this
is just what we're looking at right now. And it's
unfortunate because you go back to I go back to
the production and the percentage of the touches and the
pay doesn't you know, like comply with that. The pay

(08:46):
does not do the touches justice or the production justice.
Or if you look at Josh Jacobs with the Raiders.
He had just under fifty percent of the touches last
season offensively, and he's not compensated accordingly. And I understand
all the reasons why I'm not saying these NFL teams
they've got to do the right thing and pay these guys.

(09:08):
If they can get away with paying them less, that's
exactly what they're going to do. It's just unfortunate because
production wise, these guys at the top of the league,
like Josh Jacobs, you know, Austin Eckler put up big numbers.
These guys can't get deals. They can't get big money.
And when you've got the rookie wage scale and you're

(09:28):
under team control for at least five years if you're
a first rounder, and then the franchise tag on top
of that, like Sakwon Barkley is dealing with, and you're
inching closer to thirty, you just don't have a window
to make big money. It just doesn't exist at the
running back position.

Speaker 3 (09:44):
Yeah, and it's really more more like twenty seven than
it is thirty.

Speaker 1 (09:49):
For really giving it a hundred, I mean, it's just
tough because.

Speaker 3 (09:55):
On one hand, I mean, of course, I want these
dudes to be able to make more. I mean all
the money that they that they want. Like, I support
them making all the money that they want. It's just
the it's just the like with the rules, with the
way that they are set up. Linebackers, well outside well

(10:17):
actually you know, depending on which the linebacker.

Speaker 1 (10:20):
Spot that you play.

Speaker 3 (10:22):
Tight ends guards they aren't happy with their pay either.
And the thing is is that there is a salary cap.
So what you're essentially saying is it would be different
if the owners weren't spending the salary cap money. The
running backs just don't like how they're spending the salary
cap money. So now I am not a big fan

(10:45):
of the franchise tag, transition tag, all of those.

Speaker 1 (10:47):
I think those need to be done away.

Speaker 3 (10:49):
With because it is a way to, you know, to
just control a player for cheaper. So if that were
the case, then sat Quan, Josh Jacobs, they would all
have a deal.

Speaker 1 (11:04):
Now, now they.

Speaker 3 (11:05):
Were all offered deals, they weren't offered the deals that
they wanted, which is which the reports are is that
sa Quon was offered.

Speaker 1 (11:14):
Eleven million dollars a year.

Speaker 3 (11:15):
Now I understand why he wouldn't want eleven million dollars
a year when Christian McCaffrey's make it making fifteen, and
for the quarterbacks and tackles and everybody else, their salaries
go up as a position every single you know, every
every single year when there's a new deal redone. So
I understand the frustration, but I do think that you

(11:37):
know that at this point there's nothing that you can do.
And I've heard people know say, oh man, that that
they're going to stage or walk out. There is a
zero percent chance that that happens.

Speaker 8 (11:47):
Zero.

Speaker 2 (11:48):
That really is about the only thing that could change things.

Speaker 1 (11:51):
They can't do it.

Speaker 2 (11:52):
I know, I know they're not going to do it,
but I'm saying that's about it.

Speaker 1 (11:55):
Do you know why they can't change it?

Speaker 2 (11:57):
Well, it have to be a collective like it have
to be a collective approach among all running backs across
the entire league, and that the writers strike in Hollywood.
That's where it would have though, and it's not.

Speaker 1 (12:09):
Any way, And why and why can't that happen though?

Speaker 2 (12:12):
Well, because I don't think that you would get every
single running back doing that.

Speaker 3 (12:17):
And the reason why is because there are guys that
who are making ten point one million dollars.

Speaker 1 (12:23):
Right right the top of the South.

Speaker 3 (12:25):
And then there are guys who are making five hundred
thousand at the bottom of a salary.

Speaker 2 (12:29):
Right five, and they're thinking, this doesn't even really apply
to me.

Speaker 3 (12:33):
Yes, and and they're like, I'm just trying to make
my first team. Yeah, and I'm gonna sit out and
I'm gonna get fine bookoo dollars per day that is
not going to get returned. Oh absolutely not. That that's
the problem. That you're not going to be able to
get three hundred guys with different stations in life, right,

(12:55):
you know, four hundred guys and three through four hundred
guys in different stations in life to be able to
to like be willing to give up and what your
and what's you're asked that those dudes get deals. So
so it's going to be one hundreds, you know, millions
of dollars tens of millions of dollars in fine money

(13:16):
to get three dudes deals.

Speaker 1 (13:18):
I don't know about that, fan.

Speaker 2 (13:20):
That's right. And that's the thing is, even if you
had the top end guys like collectively sit out, even
that wouldn't work because you're going to have a lot
of the backups do comparable things, not the same things.
But comparable things.

Speaker 3 (13:35):
If if if, if Dobbins is out and then uh,
and then Gus Gus Edwards has to come in. I
don't I don't think the Ravens are They're gonna be like, okay,
I mean just like you got hurt.

Speaker 2 (13:46):
Well, even the top end guys, like let's just say
on this zoom call, this depressing zoom call with these
with these high end running backs, if they all came
to the consensus and said, you know what, unified, let's
do it, we're sitting out Christian mccab free, Sa Kwon,
Nick Chubb, the list goes on. I just don't think
that's going to change these teams saying we got to

(14:08):
change the market. These guys are gonna make way more money.
They should, but it's not gonna happen because.

Speaker 1 (14:13):
If all the quarterbacks did it, what would happen?

Speaker 2 (14:16):
They wouldn't even need to That's you're kidding the money.

Speaker 3 (14:19):
If how how about if all the tackles said it, well, sure,
if all the left tackles did it, yeah, there would
there would be some action.

Speaker 2 (14:27):
There would be because you got to protect the biggest commodity.

Speaker 3 (14:31):
That's what I'm saying is that is that the difference
between a a All Pro or Pro Bowl level tackle,
or quarterback, or edge rusher or even wide receiver and
his replacement is greater than the difference between the top

(14:53):
and the bottom is greater than well, sorry, the top.
And even though the replacement is greater than it is
for it is greater than it is for the running
back position.

Speaker 2 (15:06):
We'll play a little game a little bit later this
hour of the backups. What would the backups do if
the top end running backs collectively we're striking, you know, like,
what type of production would you anticipate. We'll do that
around the corner. I'm interested to hear because if you
start looking at some of these backups around the league,
it's like, oh gosh, he'd be running the football. I

(15:27):
don't know what you'd be able to do. We'll get
to that. And also, it is time to get uncomfortable.
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So James Harden, it's gotten to this stage here with

(16:58):
the seventy six ers. He has he has scrubbed everything
Philadelphia seventy six Ers related from his social media accounts. George,
this serious stuff over here, and he boasted on his
ig story it's time to get uncomfortable as he tries
to force his way out of Philly. Now you had

(17:19):
this with Saquon Barkley. Also, he has deleted any mention
of the New York Giants. It's just fuddy man. We're
clearly in the twenty twenties over here when these are
stories where it's like, oh, they've scrubbed everything to do
with the team that they're employed by. Right now, this
is serious here. But I mean this is if you
want to call it leverage, at least in the NBA,

(17:42):
maybe there's something to do with it, depending on your position.
In the NFL, it can also Unfortunately, there's not much
running backs can do.

Speaker 3 (17:50):
James Harden might be the lamest there is. I mean,
he might be the lamest that there is. Like he
is what's wrong honestly with sports sometimes. Now, obviously he's
a fantastic player, he's very talented all of those things.

Speaker 1 (18:11):
But when you have somebody who is who will do
a disservice to the game.

Speaker 3 (18:20):
Who will give a half assed effort, come into shape,
come into camp fat in shape on purpose, trying.

Speaker 1 (18:29):
To mess stuff up.

Speaker 3 (18:31):
It is It is lame, it is weak, It is
everything that is wrong. And remember Damian Lillard kind of
threatened at this, right, but no, you usually living Portland,
what do you and have a good idea of Damian
Lillard's character. If Damian Lillard gets traded to somewhere that

(18:54):
he doesn't want to be, what do you think the
chances are that he goes out there and half ass
is playing batsketball.

Speaker 2 (19:00):
No, it's a great point. There's zero chance, zero chance.

Speaker 1 (19:03):
Yeah, like so and everybody knows that.

Speaker 3 (19:07):
So that's why Portland is like, all right, we will
try if we can get you there.

Speaker 9 (19:12):
Cool.

Speaker 3 (19:13):
But I don't even know if Portland even wants to
trade them. But that's another conversation. But the idea though,
that you would have somebody do this who is one
of the you know, we're talking about the guy who's
twelfth all time and free throws per game, guy who's
over three.

Speaker 1 (19:31):
Hundred million in.

Speaker 3 (19:34):
All, the one hundred million dollar endorsement contract like go
play basketball, bro Go play Basketball.

Speaker 1 (19:41):
Stop being a baby. I can't.

Speaker 2 (19:45):
Now.

Speaker 3 (19:45):
I understand you telling the team I don't want to
be here, trade me, But then you going out.

Speaker 1 (19:52):
There giving half assed effort like.

Speaker 3 (19:53):
He did in Houston, Yeah, and coming in out of
shape and just showing up to meetings late. Bro, you
are weak as hell, and I can't. I have no
idea how people can even cheer for James Harden. And
when he first got to Houston, his defensive effort was poor.
His just his effort when he doesn't have the ball

(20:17):
in his hands. And I'm a player, I support players,
but this also turns my stomach. This is beyond what
should be done.

Speaker 1 (20:29):
Can you force your way out of a place? Yes? No,
We're all trying to do the same thing.

Speaker 3 (20:34):
Have a good life, do a job we love in
a geographically desirable place, and making the money that we
want to make. You know, like, we all want the
same thing and have peace and happiness with our family.

Speaker 1 (20:48):
We all want the same things.

Speaker 3 (20:50):
So I understand if and we're like sometimes at work
stuff can be bad and you're like, yo, I need
out of this situation asap. But then to but then
to tank your job, that's like, that's like us, not
liking this time slot and be like, we'll come in drunk,
we'll we'll miss breaks, we'll do all of this stuff.

(21:13):
Take your ass home if that's what you want to do. Yeah,
And if I were the seventy six ers, I would
tell him no. I'd be like, Okay, you want to
act funny, I will act hilarious. So so you're staying
here and we will put you on the bench and
he's like, okay, cool, no, no, no, no. But then but
then you're gonna have to play though. You're gonna play

(21:34):
two three minutes a game.

Speaker 8 (21:35):
That's it.

Speaker 3 (21:36):
And then he's like, well, I'll show show up to
meetings like cool, hey, team meeting everybody this year because
because you know, we do have a fine schedule and
we normally don't play or play around with I'm letting
everybody know we are adhering to the fine schedule. So
if you are late for meetings, you will be fine.
Repeated offenses will be escalated.

Speaker 2 (21:57):
You.

Speaker 1 (21:57):
If you're late for the team playing sign you gotta
find your own weight.

Speaker 3 (22:01):
It's gonna be one hundred thousand dollars fine, you missed
the game, not my problem. I would if you want
to show up and do that. Oh bro, you want
to act funny, I will act hilarious. That's what I
would do.

Speaker 1 (22:13):
And people are like, well, you'll you'll never get any
free agency game. That's a damn lie.

Speaker 2 (22:17):
Yeah, you absolutely will. It's Philadelphia hard George hardball reister.
I like it.

Speaker 8 (22:23):
Well.

Speaker 2 (22:23):
The thing is, I had flashbacks as you were saying
that about Harden to the end of his Houston days
and the gambler in me. Man if I could turn
back time, George, I specifically remember a game at Portland
where fat Harden was on the court just taking up space. Yes,
it was like he was trying to force his way out.

(22:44):
And here's the thing. There are some players in the
NFL that request trades, like Aaron Rodgers. Remember Aaron Rodgers
a couple of years ago. He's like, get rid of
the GM, or I want to get traded, and they're like, yeah, no,
we're not gonna do any of those things. Or Baker
Mayfield not as great of a name as Aaron Rodgers,

(23:06):
but when the Browns were initially interested in Deshaun Watson,
Baker went to the organization and said trade me, and
they said no, Like they'll tell you no sometimes in
the NFL. In the NBA, George, what team has told
a big name player who's requested a trade, No, we're
not dealing you. You don't have to play hardball. In

(23:28):
the NBA, they.

Speaker 3 (23:28):
Will say not yet, That's what they'll say. They will say,
yo yo, as soon as as soon as we get
a deal, we will, you know, we will.

Speaker 1 (23:39):
Get you up out of here.

Speaker 2 (23:41):
Right.

Speaker 1 (23:41):
And you and you have to remember, is that Harden.

Speaker 3 (23:44):
He could have opted out, He didn't have to be there, right.
He chose this for himself. He chose this. And you
know why, because he's greedy. If you didn't really want
to be in Phillydelfia that bad. Because he knew nobody
was gonna pay him this amount of money. Nobody's gonna
pay him almost forty forty million dollars.

Speaker 2 (24:05):
That's having your cake and eating it too.

Speaker 1 (24:07):
Yes, yes, And I mean and it's just like and
then he.

Speaker 3 (24:13):
Doesn't have any leverage because he's in that situation. Dame
Dame Lillard doesn't have a ton of leverage because everybody
knows that Dame's gonna go out and play play hard.
And then and and if you're a team that trades
for him, you're like, we will, we will treat him right.
He might turn it turn out to like it. And
if you think Dame Lillard is not gonna go out
there and show up for two hundred and seventeen million dollars,

(24:35):
you are a fool.

Speaker 2 (24:36):
You're crazy because it's not in his DNA. Yes, to
pull a Harden.

Speaker 3 (24:41):
And just in addition to yes, in addition to the money,
it ain't in his DNA. So it Harden is the
prime case that you should have navigated. These dudes money boy,
you should have never gave him money like these He
is the he is like I was watching Creed three earlier.

(25:02):
He's the dude who got out of jail. He used
him up and then as soon as soon as he
got the leverage he was like, I don't need you
for nothing now baby.

Speaker 2 (25:09):
Well, the thing is to me, the line you talk
about anything in terms of leverage for a player to
try to get paid, there are a lot of things
that I say, Hey, that's just negotiating. You still camp.
I don't love it, but that's negotiating. That's the leverage
right there. But going out on the field or the
court or whatever it is and just dogging it that

(25:33):
is like, that's where the line being over the line. Yes,
that's yes, because I.

Speaker 1 (25:37):
Have no problem. There is no problem at all.

Speaker 3 (25:44):
Yeah there, Yeah, there is no problem with say Kwan
Josh Jacobs not showing up for camp. It's it's within
their right and like, I have no problem with it.
But now, if you go on the field and dog
it right, that's that.

Speaker 1 (26:01):
That's where all bets are off.

Speaker 3 (26:03):
If you step on as soon as you step up,
step on the on the floor, you are expected. And
this has nothing to even do with the team. This
has to do with the contract that you should have
with the fans and with your own self and with
the game.

Speaker 1 (26:20):
Do not cheat the game?

Speaker 2 (26:21):
What's all of that? And you got you got teammates
counting on you.

Speaker 3 (26:25):
Man, I'm not worried about them teammates, to be honest
with you, I'm I'm worried. I mean because because your
teammates will understand a little bit on some level. But
I'm saying that that you should be out there playing
hard for your own last name, and you should be
playing hard because because you are an entertainer and a

(26:47):
teammates entertain people.

Speaker 2 (26:49):
Your teammates have to factor in where whatever sport. I
will stick with basketball. If we're supposed to be playing defense,
if we're supposed to be yes, like, this is the
play and the ball is supposed to go over here,
and you're just going through the motions and screwing up
the set like you're screwing everything up.

Speaker 3 (27:06):
Now you messing with everybody else money, yes, yeah, true, true, yeah.

Speaker 2 (27:11):
We got Manzi Bolanos with us. She's got the latest
spinning this around here on the sports world. What's going on?

Speaker 5 (27:16):
MONTI I'm nothing to flex right now, but I'll think
of something I did.

Speaker 4 (27:21):
Laugh when you were like, oh you want to be funny,
I'll be funnier. That was funny. I laughed out loine funny, hilarious.
Yeahs what you said. I laughed so hard. I was like, oh,
I got to write that down. I gotta put that somewhere.
Use it again.

Speaker 5 (27:32):
I got you dropping gems and flexing all in one.
You've been gone for weeks and here you come. So
all right, fine, we missed you, just a little bit.

Speaker 4 (27:41):
A little NBA news that I got for you.

Speaker 5 (27:43):
According to ESPN, the NBA's Board of Governors has approved
the sale of the Charlotte Hornets to a group led
by Rick Shnal and Gabe Plotkin. So it looks like
Michael Jordan's thirteen year run as a majority owner is
officially coming to an end.

Speaker 2 (27:58):
Man, those names sound rich. What are those names.

Speaker 8 (28:00):
Again, Rick.

Speaker 4 (28:04):
And Gabe Plotkin?

Speaker 8 (28:06):
Ye?

Speaker 4 (28:08):
Just by the names. Yeah, imagine if.

Speaker 11 (28:11):
That's how it was, just by names, you would be like, oh,
you have money.

Speaker 4 (28:15):
Your name sounds like as money.

Speaker 2 (28:16):
That's it. I mean, it doesn't sound like Bob Jones,
you know. It just sounds like they have deep.

Speaker 4 (28:20):
Pocket, right for sure? For sure.

Speaker 5 (28:23):
Did you guys see steps Steph Curry's starting five that
he told BuzzFeed.

Speaker 2 (28:28):
I saw that he left himself and Lebron off the list.

Speaker 4 (28:30):
Oh right, so uh huh. So he left himself out,
smart smart guy.

Speaker 5 (28:35):
He left Lebron out, which I thought was so funny
because we've heard that Lebron wants.

Speaker 4 (28:38):
To play with him and he's like, no, thank you.

Speaker 5 (28:41):
So he selected Shaq as his center, Tim Duncan as
his power forward, Kobe as his small forward, Michael Jordan
as his shooting guard, and Magic Johnson as his point guard. Yeah,
that's what I thought for sure. Brian Harmon, Yeah, I know.

Speaker 3 (29:01):
Yeah, And he didn't. Now, I don't think that that
was a snub to Lebron. I actually think that that
was actually cool that like he was like, I'm not
even gonna.

Speaker 1 (29:13):
Talk about all of this stuff.

Speaker 4 (29:16):
We'll see. That's why it's a snub, because you know,
Lebron is like what you one.

Speaker 5 (29:22):
Somebody has told Lebron the minute it happened, Hey, Curry
left you off the top five.

Speaker 2 (29:27):
I mean, Lebron would be mad if.

Speaker 3 (29:29):
As soon as he finds out that that he left
hisself off the top top five, he'd be like, Okay,
I get it.

Speaker 2 (29:35):
No mad if, like at Pumpkinhead five, two, three, eight
seven on Twitter left him off his all the time
and starting five, he's gonna be really upset with Steph.

Speaker 1 (29:46):
I know he's not.

Speaker 3 (29:47):
I don't know what y'all think that this dude, step
Steph is the petty would what.

Speaker 4 (29:52):
Are you talking?

Speaker 2 (29:54):
Gosh, Lebron is old trip petty.

Speaker 3 (29:56):
Yes, wife says he's petty, that he's the pettiest man
in the universe. But I'm not mad at it because
because to be honest, I'm petty too.

Speaker 8 (30:06):
I am.

Speaker 4 (30:07):
I am, I'm petty too, I think I am. But no,
I think the.

Speaker 5 (30:11):
Wife says that, So he's petty like at home with
the wife, with the family. Well, I think the Lebron
pettiness is like worldwide.

Speaker 4 (30:19):
You know, he's mister worldwide petty.

Speaker 3 (30:21):
All right, So so mussy, who's petty here?

Speaker 1 (30:25):
Now? Is it Steph?

Speaker 3 (30:27):
Or is it Russell Wilson for fire and back at
future with the picture of his son.

Speaker 4 (30:36):
That's so funny. Yeah, I'm gonna say Wilson for sure.
That's what I'm gonna say. Yep, yep, yep, yup. Earlier today, Brian.

Speaker 5 (30:44):
Harmon, thirty six years old, wins the one hundred and
fifty first Open. He ended at thirteen under part overall,
he was in control since day two.

Speaker 4 (30:52):
Never let go.

Speaker 5 (30:53):
He became the first US born golfer to win the
tournament by at least six strokes since Tiger Woods did it.
Into thought amazing. Let's move on to Major League Baseball.
We got a game that's in the bottom of the
twelfth inning in Minnesota. White Sox and Twins tied at
four apiece, but the bases are loaded, so we'll see
how this one ends. The Astros and A's are tied
at one apiece. Bottom of the six inning in Oakland.

(31:15):
The Angels are all over the Pirates at home, six
to one.

Speaker 4 (31:18):
Top of the six inning.

Speaker 5 (31:19):
It all started with a show Hey Otani solo home
run number thirty six for the year for mister Otani.
The Blue Jays and the Mariners are tied at two
a piece. Bottom of the fifth inning. Vladimir Guerrero Junior,
a solo shot, obviously for the Blue Jays, are actually
a two run homer for the blue Jays earlier today,
How about this, The Yankees beat the Oriels eight to five.

Speaker 4 (31:39):
All right, good news.

Speaker 5 (31:40):
Aaron Judge faced live pitching today for the first time
since tearing a ligament in that right toe on June third.

Speaker 4 (31:46):
New York is.

Speaker 5 (31:46):
Only one and a half games out of the final
wildcard spot in the AL.

Speaker 4 (31:51):
I didn't know they were so close. So they're not
out totally. The red time.

Speaker 2 (31:55):
We must be like it must play nice to have
a supporting cast. Yeah, like it judges out and they're
still that close.

Speaker 4 (32:02):
But it was bad for a while. It was very
bad for a while.

Speaker 2 (32:05):
So yeah, you know, like Taikotani off of the Angels.
Right now they're even their way worse.

Speaker 5 (32:11):
Yeah, yeah, even though right now they are playing well
against the Pirates at home, the Reds have won five
in a row. They beat the Diamondbacks seven to three,
and in a Battle of the Al East, it was
the Oriols who outscored the Rays five to three. So
the Oriols have it now a two game lead for
the top spot in the Al East. Against the Rays,
and the Marlins snapped their eight game losing streak.

Speaker 4 (32:30):
They topped the Rockies three to two in ten innings.
This is Miami's first win since the All Star Break.

Speaker 5 (32:35):
They are now just half a game out of the
final walk card spot in the NL. The Phillies they
scored four runs in the tenth inning and defeated the
Guardians eight to five. And Cleveland had the bases loaded
in the tenth inning and did nothing. But it's the
Braves who win another one. They beat the Brewers in
Milwaukee four to two. It was Ozzy Albey's who had
the go ahead three run homer in the eighth inning,

(32:56):
and the Rangers handled the Dodgers no problem.

Speaker 4 (32:59):
Eight took four five I'll score.

Speaker 5 (33:00):
Cubs dominated the Cardinals seven to Sorry, Brian, I.

Speaker 4 (33:04):
Know, I know, but it's all good. It's all good.

Speaker 2 (33:08):
Parlay watch here monatch. Only good news, okay, only.

Speaker 4 (33:13):
Good news, Okay.

Speaker 2 (33:15):
I need the Astros to just win outright against the
decrepit as they lost yesterday. The Astros have won. I'd
have to look it up, but it's somewhere in the
neighborhood of like fourteen of the last sixteen against Oakland.

Speaker 4 (33:26):
Yeah, it's one one.

Speaker 2 (33:28):
In the bottom of the scene.

Speaker 4 (33:29):
They should win.

Speaker 2 (33:30):
They should yeah, but I don't know what it is
with my Sunday parlays. Good Lord, I have taken some rough,
gut shot beats here. I hope this is not another one.
Only good news, please.

Speaker 5 (33:42):
Minds all right, I'll try. I'm not rooting for the Astros,
but I'll try.

Speaker 2 (33:46):
I hope, so, I hope it works out. Brian though
and George Reister with you here on Fox Sports Radio. Yeah, man,
it's funny too, Like it shows you, George, like, I
don't want to do a whole time Jiger Woods thing here,
but to win the Open Championship, this guy was like
one hundred and twenty five to one, like that type

(34:09):
of long shot to win the Open Championship. And it's like,
Brian Harmon never heard of the guy. It's just like
an Oh, by the way, yeah, he won the open chair.

Speaker 1 (34:16):
The other saw who won. I was like, oh, okay,
well damn, that's all right.

Speaker 2 (34:23):
It's a Brian Harmon. Huh uh okay, never heard of him,
never heard of the guy. But uh, if you're a
gambler and got in on the one twenty five to one.

Speaker 3 (34:34):
I so Harmon has been has been, has been out
here faking like he's working, and now they're golfing.

Speaker 2 (34:42):
I don't know, but he put together four solid days
and walked away with the clearant jug you're talking of.
The A's just scored, George, goodness, but we got We're
going into the seventh inning trailing my July twenty third,
Houston Astros. I am awful with my Sunday parlays. I

(35:02):
don't want to chalk this up as an l just yet,
not just yet, but the way things have trended, the
A's might win this thing. Sixteen to two. I don't know.

Speaker 3 (35:11):
Oh we god, wait, hold on, hold on, yeah, sixteen
to two. What are you talk about in the games?
One to one?

Speaker 2 (35:17):
It's two to one now, I'm just telling my luck
has been that bad, George, like it's a or it'll
be a walk off, like a two run shot by
the A's to win it in dramatic fashion. That type
of thing. I just get my heart broken, is the way.

Speaker 3 (35:33):
Oh my god, Yo, did you see what? What the
what the Mets did the other day? Speaking of heartbreaking?
When they it was oh god, who were they playing against?
They actually had something go right. They had runners on
second and third, and then it was a ball hit
the center field. The center fielder throws it home, he

(35:57):
doesn't hit the cutoff, and then the catcher yanks it
to uh he was going to throw it at the
second base, through it like twenty feet to the left,
and then he came all the way home.

Speaker 1 (36:08):
So they scored three runs on what should have been
a one run What.

Speaker 2 (36:13):
Was this the last couple of days against the Red Sox?

Speaker 3 (36:15):
Yeah yeah, no, no, no, no, what wasn't against the Red Sox.
I got a little look and see who it was against.
But that was like the Mets finally had something go go.

Speaker 1 (36:26):
Well yeah it was bad, bro, yeah bad. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (36:30):
I'm surprised they didn't have that tied to a parlay
the way my luck has been. We got, according to Monsey,
right around the corner three subjects, three strong stances. That's
coming your way next. I'm Brian No. He's George Reister
right here on Fox Sports Radio. I'm Brian No. He's
George Reister here on Fox Sports Radio. We're coming to

(36:50):
you live from the tyrack dot Com studios, and it
is time to jump right on into this.

Speaker 4 (36:58):
Corren. It's time for absolutely that's it's preak.

Speaker 9 (37:04):
According to Mansi, I love it all right.

Speaker 2 (37:07):
According to Manzi, the Angels should not trade show.

Speaker 4 (37:13):
Tany Yeah, that's right.

Speaker 5 (37:14):
If I'm Marty Marino, I am writing this out till
the end for a couple of reasons.

Speaker 4 (37:18):
First, why would any.

Speaker 5 (37:20):
Owner want to help any team possibly win a World Series?

Speaker 12 (37:24):
No?

Speaker 4 (37:24):
Thank you? What exactly are you gonna get for show? Heyo, TONI.

Speaker 5 (37:28):
I don't think there's any trade out there, unless, like,
for example, let's say, just you know, for funzies that
the Dodgers were like, Okay, you can take Freddie Freeman,
you can take Mooky Betts, you can take Tony Gonsolin,
you can take seven of our prospects. Okay, but nobody's
gonna give anything like that. They're all gonna be prospects.
What would I do with prospects that doesn't really help.

(37:48):
I would not trade show Hao Toni. I would write
this out to the end. I would try and you know,
convince him.

Speaker 4 (37:55):
I know he. I believe Bo and I were just
talking about this. We believe we he already knows what
he's gonna do.

Speaker 5 (37:59):
I think it's our idy been decided, but we're just
gonna see until it's revealed to us.

Speaker 4 (38:03):
But if i'm Ari Moreno, I'm holding onto the very end.

Speaker 5 (38:05):
I don't care if I'm the owner that doesn't trade
show Hao Tani.

Speaker 4 (38:08):
Yeah, I'm the owner that tried to keep him. I'm
not the owner they got a bunch of prospects that
did nothing for me. Why would I trade Sho Hao Donnie.
That makes no sense to me.

Speaker 5 (38:16):
Let the Dodgers, Yankees, Mats and Padres fight it out
to the death in the offseason.

Speaker 4 (38:19):
I'm gonna keep him.

Speaker 9 (38:21):
According to Monsey.

Speaker 3 (38:24):
The pitch clock needs to be tweaked for the postseason.

Speaker 4 (38:29):
I feel like I'm alone on this, but it's okay.
I think, yeah, I know it needs to be tweaked because.

Speaker 5 (38:33):
There's really like intense moments in baseball that you don't
want to be sped up just because there's a clock.

Speaker 4 (38:39):
Remember during the.

Speaker 5 (38:40):
World Baseball Classic, it was the ninth inning Japan against USA.

Speaker 4 (38:43):
Show Heyo Tani pitching against Mike Trout. No timer. I'm
not saying we need it to be tweaked the whole time.
Maybe just for like the NLCS ALCS in the World Series.
Maybe add five seconds to like the last three innings.

Speaker 5 (38:54):
Or just get you know, no no pitch clock the
last three innings, like, let the game breathe, let those
moments breathe. I don't think baseball is gonna do this,
and I think we need to prepare for pitchers to
just take a ball. They're just gonna run out the
clock in moments where it's too intense. I think that's
gonna happen. According to Mansi.

Speaker 13 (39:14):
Okay, so I think I got a typo here, but
I'll read this. According to Mansi, No, Kim Kardashian does
not need to be on the new season of American
Horror Story.

Speaker 4 (39:23):
Not even a little bit.

Speaker 5 (39:23):
This is so frustrating. What are we doing here American
Horror Story. I heard this a couple of weeks ago,
that she.

Speaker 4 (39:30):
Was gonna be honest, she's not an actress.

Speaker 5 (39:33):
No, she's not an actress, okay, as a cameo, as
a one liner.

Speaker 4 (39:39):
She's the main character in this upcoming season. Absolutely not.
There are tons of actors out there that you could
have cast that are currently on strike.

Speaker 1 (39:48):
Here.

Speaker 5 (39:48):
You are billionaire, you have everything you ever want, and
you are taking a main starring role in American Horror
Story when we've seen such good acting on this show.

Speaker 4 (39:56):
The show is up and down.

Speaker 5 (39:57):
For me, I've watched every season because Ryan Murphy goes
on these tantra and I don't know what the show's
gonna be about halfway through the season.

Speaker 4 (40:02):
This is ridiculous. Like, No, Kim.

Speaker 5 (40:04):
Kardashian, you should not be the scar of the upcoming
season of American Horror Story.

Speaker 1 (40:09):
We are supposed to month she's she's supposed to say.

Speaker 4 (40:13):
No, here's the thing, Why even offer it to her?

Speaker 13 (40:16):
She might meet a gruesome end. Isn't that worth it?

Speaker 4 (40:18):
Those No, Shedn't you know she's not gonna have a
gruesome end. You know it's not gonna be that.

Speaker 13 (40:22):
Sorry she might.

Speaker 5 (40:24):
No, No, absolutely not, sit down, Kim Kardashian.

Speaker 4 (40:27):
You have everything else at your disposal. You're gonna do this.

Speaker 2 (40:29):
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we started off the show talking about this depressing zoom
call featuring the top names at the running back position
in the NFL, and they came to the understanding that

(41:13):
there's really nothing we can do about it. It's just
the way things are. And so we talked about the
way things are with the running back market, and they're
not getting the money that they probably should be getting,
not quarterback money, but better than they are getting because
the pay doesn't match the production. So I went with
six of the guys that were on this call here

(41:35):
and I just looked at their backups, because we hear
this a lot is you're not gonna you're gonna get
comparable production from the backup guys, and sometimes that's just
not the case. There are some stud running backs where
if they didn't play, if they held out, like Saquon

(41:55):
Barkley is at least been speaking aloud about what would
the drop off exactly be. And so if you look
at a couple of these guys on that zoom call,
Let's start with Nick Chubb. We all know his credentials.
The guy is a stud. If Nick Chubb said I
should be getting paid more, I'm holding out. How big

(42:16):
of a drop off would there beats the next guy's up,
Jerome Ford and Demitric Felton Junior. You know what I mean, Like,
that's a significant drop off right there. If you go
from Austin Eckler with the Chargers to Joshua Kelly or
Isaiah Spiller, that's a big drop off. Josh Jacob's backup

(42:37):
is a mere Abdullah, you know, like Matt Brida is
backing up Saquon Barkley. So I think sometimes we shrug
our shoulders and say, ah, you can just get a
guy in the sixth round. It's all good. Not with
the top end guys. That's just not the case.

Speaker 3 (42:53):
Oh yeah, oh yeah, it's it's it's bad, bro. It
is that there's a significant drop off from the from
the like the elite guys, and you know from the
generational the Derrick Henry's of the world.

Speaker 1 (43:09):
I mean, even so much of a of a.

Speaker 3 (43:14):
But everybody else I mean, and I would put Chubb
in that category as well, like there are three elite
backs in the league right now, and then after that,
I mean, how much more production is Latavious Murray going
to give you than than sa Quon if we're really
being honest, I think is gonna give you more, but

(43:34):
it ain't gonna be that much more to where to
where you need to commit to forty five million dollars.

Speaker 2 (43:39):
Though, No, I hear you. You're not gonna commit that
much money. But you're gonna get more predumption. Yeah, I
got you. Okay, Yeah, you're gonna get more production. But
it's not you know, it depends on how much money
you're gonna have to sacrifice to get that production. But
I think that's the argument here is the top end
guys are saying, look at what we're producing, look at

(44:01):
the amount of touches that we're getting, and the money
isn't there at all. They're not saying they need to
get you know, like Daniel Jones say, Quan's not saying
I should get the same contract as Daniel Jones, the quarterback.
He's saying, I should be getting more than like ten
million for one year, and I agree with him on that.
And in the top end, guys how much they should

(44:23):
be getting more.

Speaker 3 (44:24):
Okay, now on a single season basis cool, right. If
it were me and I had the option, I would
sign Josh Jacobs and Sakwon Barkley to the same contract
three years, forty to forty somewhere between forty and forty
five million dollars fully guaranteed.

Speaker 2 (44:44):
I don't hate that at all.

Speaker 3 (44:46):
Yeah, I'm not giving you four years. I'm not giving
you five years. You're lucky you're getting this three. Yeah,
because because and Austin Eckler is a guy who he's
still very productive, I would give him a two and
a I mean, or get give them two years fully guaranteed,

(45:07):
and then like a third where I can get out
of it for free if I'm the team.

Speaker 1 (45:12):
That's the way I'm structuring these deals.

Speaker 3 (45:14):
Because the running back position, the shelf life is so
short compared to other positions except for like defensive tackle.

Speaker 1 (45:24):
Their shelf life is short.

Speaker 3 (45:26):
And as soon as it goes down, it doesn't come back.
Look at the look at how bad the Ezekiel Elliott
and the.

Speaker 1 (45:35):
Oh my gosh, what's the what's the kid that used
to play for the Rams that came from Georgia.

Speaker 2 (45:40):
Yeah, look how bad those deals look.

Speaker 3 (45:43):
Yeah, I mean they the the Titans got Dereck Henry
on a bargain basement deal. Bargain basement deal. I don't
know why he signed that, but but that's a whole
different story because I think he wanted to stay in Tennessee.
All of those things he was a good guy did
was for the team, which was wrong for him.

Speaker 2 (46:03):
So yeah, well, and that's the thing though, is I
hear you on those deals. But if you look at
the flip side, take a guy like Christian McCaffrey, who's
averaging sixteen million dollars per year now, and when he
went to the Niners, that was a team that was
three and three, and they pick up Christian McCaffrey and
boom they take off and he he made a world

(46:25):
of difference with that offense, and especially with a you know,
mister irrelevant and Brock Birdy starting a bunch of games
the second half of the season. Christian McCaffrey was enormous
for that offense. So I hear you on the Zeke deal,
the Todd Gurley deal. There have been some running backs
that got broken off and then their production really really slipped.

(46:45):
But right now, the flip side of that would be
a guy like Christian McCaffrey who's still playing at the
top of his game, still an elite running back and
made a huge difference with the Niners offense, and he's
getting he's getting paid like as well as you can
in this market.

Speaker 3 (47:00):
Yeah, yeah, bro, yeah, you you absolutely have to be
a player who is going to be generational if you
are gonna want a big deal in this current climate
in the running.

Speaker 1 (47:15):
Back market, look at look at the wide receiver market.

Speaker 3 (47:18):
Look at how many guys there are that are elite.
I mean, if the if you look at okay, how
many players can you replace, like what white House, that
if Justin Jefferson, Tarik Hill, Davonte Adams, Digs Wattle, Kelsey

(47:41):
if they go out, how many players can you put
in in the league and you'll and you would get
similar or equal production.

Speaker 2 (47:51):
Well that's the thing. You can't. You can't replace the
top end guys. But like Austin Eckler said, George, the
Chargers running back He's like, the backup wide receivers are
making more than me.

Speaker 3 (48:03):
That tries crazy, but okay, So let's say Miles Sanders,
who finished fifth in the league in Russian last year
twelve hundred and sixty nine yards and eleven touchdowns. If
I put Tony Pollard, who wasn't making money last last
year in there. If I put Dante Foreman, if I

(48:24):
put Jeff Wilson Junior or Isaac Pacheco in that position,
how much of a drop off is.

Speaker 1 (48:32):
It really going to be?

Speaker 2 (48:33):
Mm hmmm.

Speaker 3 (48:34):
Latavious Murray Khalil Herbert, like, how much more of a
drop off is it going to be compared.

Speaker 1 (48:40):
To it other positions? Well, it's like if you put
a backup left tackle.

Speaker 2 (48:45):
In Well, that's true, that's true. But again, we're not
saying that running backs should be making wide receiver money
or quarterback money. I'm not saying that. But Austin Eckler,
his position is we've got back up, backup wide receivers
making more than me. That pisces me off. That's its
exact quote, and I'd be looking at and he's not

(49:07):
gonna name this, but if I were him, I'm not
saying he's looking at it. I'd be looking at it
where it's like you talk about me maybe breaking down
as I inch closer to thirty years old. Meanwhile, a
guy like Keenan Allen or Mike Williams, these guys are
always banged up, They're always biking. Mike Williams is walking
hamstring injury, and I'm available routinely and I'm not getting

(49:29):
paid because I might break down like that. That's the
argument that these running backs are facing.

Speaker 1 (49:36):
Yeah. Yeah, that's tough, man, I mean it's really really tough.
I mean, when when you.

Speaker 3 (49:41):
Look at the top players in the league for as
far as total cash this year, right, I mean you
are very far down the line before you get to
like linebackers, before you get to like I mean, Tremaine
Edwards is notnumber thirty seven. I think he's number number one,

(50:02):
the highest linebacker because I don't count Khalil Herbert and TJ.
Wadde and Bosa as linebackers. Those dudes are super super
low on the list. And then do you know how
long it is before you get to a tight end.
I know, I know that you're like, oh, but the
running back yo. Tight tight ends are clearly very very

(50:23):
valuable low on the list too. You got every Ingram
at like fifteen million dollars total cash this.

Speaker 2 (50:29):
Year, right, Yeah, Travis Kelce is well down there as well.

Speaker 3 (50:34):
Just he's not even up there on total cash because
of the way his contract is structured. He got some,
he got more last year, but then he got fourteen
point two this year for Dallas Goddard.

Speaker 2 (50:45):
Yeah. Yeah, bro, it's listen, man, I get it. And
these teams, like listen, no team, out of the goodness
of their heart is going to say, you know what,
this running back who's elite, upper rational line, he should
be making way more money and we're gonna do the
right thing. If they can get away with paying these

(51:06):
guys at a discount rate, that's what they're gonna do,
and that's honestly what they should do. I just hate
that this is where the market is. That's all My
whole argument is is the pay doesn't match the production
and the amount of touches. But it's not going to
change because teams can get away with it. I mean,

(51:27):
do you ever do that in your life, George when
you went to the UH, when you went to the
d R and you could uh, I don't know you
could pay a rate for the house. You were saying,
did you say I'd actually like to pay more? It's like,
oh nah, but these teams, I can't say an exact way.

Speaker 3 (51:43):
I'm trying to get discounts. I'm like, I'm like, yo,
do y'all take? Is there a discount for an American Express?
Is there a discount for you know, a Black Card?
Is there a discount for Triple A? Is there what?

Speaker 1 (51:57):
Whatever?

Speaker 3 (51:57):
There's discount for I need? I need all that. I'm
not trying to pay more for anything.

Speaker 2 (52:02):
Exactly, And that's the way to give it. The salary
cap too.

Speaker 3 (52:05):
Yeah, I'm trying to get a discount on gas, a car, tuition, flights, everything. Yeah,
but don't ask me for a discount. But don't ask
me for a discount, no obloing list Hey.

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(53:03):
We got Adam Kaplan FSR NFL Insider coming up next
right around the corner. We got a lot to discuss
running backs, the depressing zoom call, throwback uniforms. George, there's
some nice ones, some good plans with teams, Colts not
being one of them. They're alternate jerseys. We'll talk about
that as well. I'm Brian, though, he's George Reister. We're

(53:25):
live here from the Tirack dot com studios. It is
Fox Sports Radio. I'm Brian, No, he's George Reister here
on Fox Sports Radio, coming to you live from the
Tirack dot com studios. Want to welcome in Adam Kaplan
FSR NFL Insider. You know Kap. We were just talking
about all these throwback uniforms that are being announced. Tampa's

(53:46):
got there, like cream Sickle jerseys, the Seahawks. The list
goes on and on. How about your Eagles with the
the Kelly Greens.

Speaker 12 (53:54):
They yeah, good to be with. The fans really wanted
that one. Yeah, they've been waiting for years, you know, Kelly.
It's a lighter green. It goes back several decades of
when they wore them. But my favorite one, it's got
to be the Chargers. I'll see them. I'll be with
them in about a week, week and a half for
a couple of days there in Coasta, Mesa. So yeah,

(54:14):
I love the Chargers. And it's really almost what they
wore years ago. So I love that one. They got
to be right up there. I'd say the Chargers are
probably the best one. The Seahawks have not done that before,
so it's interesting. And those are the ones that they
were in the seventies. Remember they were an expansion team
in seventy six, so in the seventies and eighties, so
it's gonna be fun.

Speaker 2 (54:33):
Do you remember the Eagles. I remember when McNabb was
still there and these were like lavender and yellow or something.
Do you remember those?

Speaker 12 (54:41):
Yes, that was in two thousand and three or four.
That was the game I think when they wore them
and with the it was yellow. I think Kevin Curtis
you might remember, had like almost two hundred yards receiving
in that game in Philly against Detroit.

Speaker 2 (54:54):
I think that's who they played.

Speaker 12 (54:55):
But yes, I do remember that. The worst ones I've
ever seen in nothing rivals. That are the bumblebee ones
that the Steelers will remember. Ben Roethlisberger looked like he
was in jail uniform.

Speaker 2 (55:03):
Was terrible. Yeah, he's a quarterback.

Speaker 3 (55:05):
It's just awful anyway, Adam, Now let's go to his
running back situation, because I mean, I I disagree with
the presentation of it by a lot of people because
I'm like, the owners can choose how they spend salary
cap money. Is there any like what are the personnel

(55:27):
people and you know, higher ups in the league saying
about this?

Speaker 1 (55:32):
All right?

Speaker 12 (55:32):
So basically, guys, the devaluation of the running back position
is not anything new. This is not breaking news. This
has been going on steadily for years now. The one
outliar was Christian mcaffrey's contract with the Panthers from three
years ago where he signed a deal at average over
sixteen million, just bare like sixteen point zero one to
three million. Well, every contract at running back has been
lower than that. The ones that got done Nick Chubbs,

(55:56):
Derrek Hennery's were either twelve or twelve and a half
million per season, which is obviously sniff less than McCaffrey
and McAffrey. Obviously, because he's a two way player as
a receiver out of the backfield and a runner, you
could understand why he may get more money. But guys,
that was a long time ago, silver three years ago,
three and a half years ago almost, and it's look,
this is the state of the running back position. And

(56:17):
I thought Nick Chubb, the Browns running back, who was
on that call this week with the I believe he yeah,
I believe he said. He was on the call this
week with the other vetter running backs who were talking
about this the running back situation. He talked about it
because if you grind these running backs and they have
a great year, then you're worried about paying them. And
that's the thing. So it's a catch twenty two that
these guys can't win. It's a shame but you know,

(56:39):
it's amazing when I first started cover league, and I'm
sure with George could test this when he played. But
the running back position was really important years ago, but
not quite anymore.

Speaker 2 (56:47):
Do you see anything changing in the running backs favor?

Speaker 1 (56:51):
No?

Speaker 2 (56:52):
How could it? Think about it this way? Right?

Speaker 12 (56:56):
You just talked about the CBA being done. Well, you
can't go in and change it. First of all, the
large guaranteed money is going to go to quarterbacks. That's
not going to change. These contracts, by the way, are
completely different than MLB contracts than NBA contracts. The guarantees
are much smaller and they're not for not as long.
So things guys are just they are the way they are.

(57:16):
They're not going to change. Look look at the best
free agent deal, the best free agent deal for any
running back who was unsigned and was going to leave
their team. Miles Sanders got six point two five million.
That was the best deal.

Speaker 2 (57:30):
By the way, slot cornerbacks get a lot more than that.
These days in the National Football.

Speaker 3 (57:35):
League are now like with the with the zoom call
and all of this stuff. I was just like, I
just don't I don't know, I don't believe anything can
be done. But do you believe that when there is
labor negotiations again that the tags could be up for negotiation,

(57:56):
because I don't think that players really want shorter content,
because then that means that they would give up on
guys faster and actually have more roster turnover.

Speaker 12 (58:05):
Well, George, actually, in recent years a lot of Asians
have been doing three and four year deals where the
clubs like they get would like to get five or six.
That's really the big sea change at most positions, and
then you're going to continue to see that. Now running back,
it's kind of a this is the problem that you
have here. You've got the front, you've got two tags,
you've got the fifth year option, and then you got
to two tags. So literally you can do you could

(58:28):
if your club you could avoid doing an extension for
seven years. I mean that at the running back position,
that that's not going to change now on your point, well,
we've got a lot of years to go. Remember they
sign a ten year at CBA extension in twenty twenty,
so they got a long time to wait, and these
guys will be obviously well retired by the time that
comes up. But you're writers, that's a good point there's

(58:48):
got to be something else that you know, maybe maybe
you can only tag a player for one year or
obviously the tag the tag by the way, just over
ten million for running backs this season.

Speaker 2 (58:58):
You know that's another issue. It is what it is.
As as say Kwan Barkley said, there's not much you
can do. He's Adam Kaplan FSR NFL insider joining us here.
The trendiest NFL bet in terms of most wins for
the twenty twenty three season the Jacksonville Jaguars. They're at
sixteen to one and about forty percent of the money

(59:21):
is on Jacksonville. They're coming off a nine to eight
year cap. What do you think about where Jacksonville is
positioned among the rest of the AFC teams right now?
Can you see them winning the most games in the NFL?

Speaker 8 (59:32):
No.

Speaker 12 (59:33):
But here's the thing, and I'll admit it. I was
wrong on two teams really badly last season. Well, the
overrunner for the Jaguars last season was five and a half.
And by the way, if you took over, you got
great odds because no one thought they'd be any good.
And I was there last summer with the Jaguars.

Speaker 2 (59:51):
They were at.

Speaker 12 (59:51):
Episcopal High School was where Mark Burnell was coaching. Now
he's coaching, he's the quarterbacks coach for the lines. But
you really couldn't tell the one thing, Brian you could
tell being a that team for a day. You want
to talk about Doug Peterson being a breath of fresh air.
So you knew they were going to be better than
they were the year before. But who knew that they
they'd be in the playoffs. And by the way of
the eight divisions, they are the biggest odds maker.

Speaker 2 (01:00:14):
They're the most favorite to win their division.

Speaker 12 (01:00:16):
Now the signing of DeAndre Hopkins and I probably will
see that Titan's hosting the Patriots for joint practices in
the third week of August. But it's going to help
Tennessee because they don't have They have a really bad
wide receiver group. But the Jaguars are clearly better. They
just have the best roster, the best quarterback. That's not
even in question. And I got to give Doug Peterson

(01:00:38):
credit the job that he did last year. I believe
he was my vote for Coach of the Year vote
in two polls, and he should have been. What a
job he did, what a turnaround, he's done Jacksonville.

Speaker 3 (01:00:48):
And Adam we got a chance to see. Well, you
have you had a chance to see the Quarterback Show on.

Speaker 12 (01:00:55):
I have not a Netflix. I've heard about it, No,
I've not seen it. Dying to see it though everyone's
asking me.

Speaker 1 (01:01:00):
Oh man, dude, I loved it.

Speaker 2 (01:01:01):
Why do you like it so much? Why do you
like it too much?

Speaker 3 (01:01:04):
Because it gave us a different like I mean, as
being a former player, you get a chance to see
these things up close, but even still like so much.
I didn't even know and a guy that I banged
on a lot, Kirk Cousins, I still think that. I
still think what I think about him as a player,
but to understand how much work he puts in and
all that, like, it gives you a different level.

Speaker 12 (01:01:26):
Of respect to Yeah, he's you know, he's been very durable.
I guess they said, was it a shoulder injury?

Speaker 3 (01:01:32):
He revealed, oh shoulder, yeah, yeah, all season long?

Speaker 2 (01:01:36):
Right and he I'd have to go back.

Speaker 12 (01:01:38):
I don't know if he was on the injury report
for it, And which is another thing we continue to
see teams play with injury reports where they don't list
a guy with a specific injury, so We'll see if
the league says anything about that. But yeah, Kirk Cousins.
The thing is, guys are winning quarterback. He was not
the reason why they did not go far. The playsts
why the Giants really handle them. Their defense was terrible

(01:01:58):
in the back end. That's why they made a change
on that side of the football.

Speaker 2 (01:02:01):
I think he just said I think Kirk Cousins stinks,
but I kind of like him.

Speaker 1 (01:02:05):
Now we have right thinks.

Speaker 3 (01:02:08):
I just said that I think he's a good two
down quarterback and is great when the sun's up.

Speaker 2 (01:02:15):
By the way, we had a couple of lists come out,
like the ESPN list of the top ten quarterbacks, the
Madden NFL twenty four rankings of the top ten guys.
It's always a big point of debate. Is there anybody
in the top ten that that you have beef with
where you say that it's a little too high, maybe
they shouldn't be in the top ten. Do you approach

(01:02:36):
it like that at all? Yeah, I didn't see the list,
so it's hard for me to comment, but I'll give
you the top ten Madden guys. Okay, so it goes Matt,
it goes Mahomes Burrow, Josh Allen, followed by Lamar Hurtz,
Herbert Dak Rogers, Kirk Cousins, and to a tongue of Iiloa.

Speaker 12 (01:02:58):
Well, honestly, it's hard to put anyone else on that
list because there's so many questions right now. Tua I
don't I don't know he'd be in my top ten
because he was injury history, which is pretty significant.

Speaker 2 (01:03:10):
He certainly went healthy, does a good job.

Speaker 12 (01:03:13):
But if you look at all the if you look
at the young quarterbacks, Houston's got a new guy, Carolina's
got a new guy I'm gonna have. I'm probably gonna
put Trevor Lawrence somewhere around ten to twelve that area. Now,
this is one year, and again he had a really
good one year. His first year was horrendous, but there
were reasons for it.

Speaker 8 (01:03:30):
What did it?

Speaker 2 (01:03:30):
Where did Where was Herbert on that list? By the way,
in Madden Goodness, justin Herbert was sixth? Okay, okay.

Speaker 12 (01:03:39):
I honestly, if you look at Purty Kyler, Mart's coming
with bad injury. If if you look at Judah Smith
can't be in there. I mean who you really quite
frankly look at look at oh the questions. Jared Goff
had a great year, but now that they're they're down
with guys available to play at the receiver position. Jordan
loves an unknown Washington Is obviously with a new quarterback,

(01:04:00):
Denald Jones probably wouldn't been my list. So yeah, I
can't disagree with it because you've got half a league
with significant question marks at the quarterback position.

Speaker 3 (01:04:09):
Adam, the Chiefs fans are nervous into service right now
because Chris Jones.

Speaker 1 (01:04:14):
Is not in camp.

Speaker 3 (01:04:15):
Yeah, now, are you surprised that any player is willing to,
you know, to take these fines and his fine money
could considering that they can't be rescinded.

Speaker 1 (01:04:28):
Yep.

Speaker 12 (01:04:29):
In fact, the old CBA, you could rescind it, and
almost every team would when the guy got his extension.
It was rare for a team because just then the
money goes to charity. So yeah, here here, yeah, So Jones,
by the way, just turned twenty nine.

Speaker 2 (01:04:42):
See the thing is he by he's coming off a great.

Speaker 12 (01:04:47):
Year, and I remember when they were doing his first extension,
there were questions because there were some maturity issues for
him coming out of Mississippi State, and he's put that
all behind him. He's been a terrific player for them,
in a terrific pass rusher, second pick in twenty sixteen.
But when you look at his career, been very consistent,
one of their team leaders. Now, Quentin Williams, let's not
forget this is you know, people talking about he should

(01:05:08):
get Quentin Williams deal twenty four million a year and Jones,
by the way, got twenty twenty million a year in
his last extension. He's that four year deal. When you
really look at that situation, Quentin Williams, obviously he's much younger.
It's Williams first extension, and we have to understand he's
just a younger player. And that's that's part of the
hold up here. He's not going to miss games. They'll

(01:05:28):
get this done out. I don't worry about these things. Now,
you're right, George, they can't recind these these fifty thousand
dollar years, fifty thousand dollars a day fines. I am
surprised by that part of it. But again, when you're
talking about when he gets let's say twenty two million,
I hate this called chump change. And hey, Chris Jones,
it's his money. He could do what he wants with

(01:05:49):
it now. If he misses four, five, six weeks, then
then you're talking about.

Speaker 2 (01:05:54):
Over a million. So that that's a different story.

Speaker 3 (01:05:56):
Hey, that I mean the money on the deal got
to go up, buddy eye million, two million, got gotta
get at it on top.

Speaker 2 (01:06:04):
Adam, you're the man. Appreciate your time. Hoping you have
a good rest of the evening. You too, And I'll
come from you next Sunday. I'll be on the road,
so we'll see where I'm at. We'll talk. Really, do
you know where you're gonna be?

Speaker 12 (01:06:14):
Yeah, I know I'm gonna be with the Giants, the Eagles,
the Steelers at a minimum.

Speaker 2 (01:06:17):
I will be in LA the following week.

Speaker 12 (01:06:20):
And I'm just final liking that trip to see the Chargers,
Rams and cow Pokes.

Speaker 2 (01:06:23):
I think, Wow, very nice man. You're making the rounds
over there. Yeah, for my friends at Pro Football Network.

Speaker 12 (01:06:28):
So I just just actually announced that a week ago
that I'm working for them, So really cool.

Speaker 2 (01:06:32):
What happens all right, man, we'll catch it soon later.

Speaker 1 (01:06:34):
There.

Speaker 2 (01:06:35):
He is Adam Kaplan FSR NFL Insider and uh man,
good stuff. He's man, He's on the move. He's in
camp left and right. It's funny too, where we're talking about,
like Chris Jones chump change and we're having this whole
running back conversation. I just a picture of these running
backs like twenty two or twenty plus million dollars, like

(01:06:57):
foaming at the mouth. They're drooling like, oh my god,
it's years for us to get that type of money
right there. Crazy how the market is like that. But listen,
Chris Jones spectacular, it's fantastic player. We've got Manzi Bolanos
with us. She's got an update and maybe some good
news for my July twenty third Houston Astros here.

Speaker 4 (01:07:18):
Yes, they just took the lead.

Speaker 5 (01:07:20):
You are right, Astros are beating the A's in Oakland
three to two.

Speaker 4 (01:07:24):
It's the top of the ninth inning. So you should
be okay, cheer for those chumps. I know it's hard.

Speaker 2 (01:07:32):
You gotta put your uh, your rooting interest to the
side and gambling.

Speaker 4 (01:07:35):
Yeah no, I couldn't. I couldn't.

Speaker 5 (01:07:36):
No, yeah, just don't exactly pick a different parlay, Brian.

Speaker 2 (01:07:42):
Come on, they're playing the age.

Speaker 4 (01:07:44):
Get witty.

Speaker 2 (01:07:44):
They're playing.

Speaker 4 (01:07:45):
It's an obvious answer. No, can't wit it.

Speaker 1 (01:07:48):
Come on, money ain't good money?

Speaker 5 (01:07:50):
Man?

Speaker 4 (01:07:50):
Ooh that's good. That's good.

Speaker 1 (01:07:52):
False false.

Speaker 4 (01:07:54):
If you talk to the running backs, they won't agree.

Speaker 11 (01:07:57):
The Blue Jason Mariners were time and now the Blue
Jays are on top.

Speaker 4 (01:08:01):
Four to three.

Speaker 5 (01:08:01):
They're about to start the eighth inning in Seattle and
the Angels are holding on to their lead, but the
Pirates have scored, so it's seven to five, bottom of
the eighth inning in Anaheim. In the NFL, you guys,
we were making jokes. You guys were talking about it
that the NFL running backs took part in a zoom
call on Saturday, was organized by Chargers running back Austin Eckler.

Speaker 4 (01:08:20):
Some of the running backs that were in attendance where.

Speaker 5 (01:08:23):
Nick Chubb, Saquon Barkley, Derek Henry, Christian McCaffrey, and Josh Jacobs.

Speaker 4 (01:08:28):
Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo.

Speaker 5 (01:08:30):
He passed his training camp physical, so he's expected to
begin training camp with his teammates. Ravens have reinstated and
activated wide receiver Rashad Bateman from the.

Speaker 4 (01:08:38):
Reserved and not reportless.

Speaker 5 (01:08:40):
Earlier today, Kansas City Chiefs said coach Andy Reid said
that wide receiver Kadarius Tony tweaked his knee at practice.

Speaker 4 (01:08:46):
Today and had to leave early.

Speaker 5 (01:08:48):
The Detroit Lions obviously have been getting a lot of
love and attention this offseason, and this is what their
head coach Dan Campbell had to say about that.

Speaker 14 (01:08:56):
I think is always the thing that's gonna worry you.
It's the hype train. I mean, as with most coaches,
you know, this thing is just taken off and it's
out of control right now. And that's fine as long
as we stay focused on the job at hand, in
the work. I just keep going back to that we
got to put the work yet and and earn it.

Speaker 5 (01:09:14):
Second year defensive end Aiden Hutchinson says it's pretty impossible
for them to ignore.

Speaker 4 (01:09:19):
All this like outside chatter.

Speaker 5 (01:09:20):
So they're trying to keep this underdog mentality because they
haven't won anything yet.

Speaker 4 (01:09:26):
They're like trying to keep a balance in the locker room.
Back to you guys, good stuff, MANSI I do what
I can, do what I can even though I don't
want the Astros to win. I'm not gonna lie to you.

Speaker 2 (01:09:37):
Fantastic now. If the A's were up three, too awful
of it's terrible. Love's how that works. I'm Brian Nough,
He's George reister, you're on Fox Sports Radio. I just
had it's always that quite rat poison what Nick Saban
talks about with the hype train and getting all the
love and all of that. But Dan Campbell a little

(01:09:57):
bit of a similar version of we're getting all kinds
of hype and love right now, but got to put
the work in and earn it. But he's right, the
hype train is really out of control right now. With
the Detroit Lions, they're the favorite North.

Speaker 3 (01:10:13):
Oh, this has gone way too far. I mean, I
can't even tell you. This has gone way too far.
I was in on the Detroit Lions to make the
playoffs and all of this stuff, and now nope, nope,
forget about it.

Speaker 1 (01:10:27):
No shot, much too much hype. It's over.

Speaker 3 (01:10:30):
It's over, dude, this has gone so far past right
common sense.

Speaker 2 (01:10:38):
Yeah. Well, and that's the thing is if the players
suspend it too. Yeah. Yeah, Jamison Williams being out is
a big deal. But Detroit is plus one thirty. The
Vikings are plus two fifty. So if you're not a
big gambler, that's fine, no worries. The Lions are a

(01:10:58):
little bit better than even money. So if you bet
twenty bucks. You basically earn a little bit more than
twenty bucks. If you bet on the Vikings, that's two
and a half to one, You get two and a
half times whatever you put down, Yes.

Speaker 1 (01:11:11):
You need you should be getting money on the Lions.

Speaker 3 (01:11:15):
Man, Well, that's like that would be like in the
preseason the Orioles being the favorite in the AL in
the AL East. Yes, they may go on to win
the division, but that ain't the likely, right.

Speaker 2 (01:11:31):
It should be more than just either money or better
than Yeah, you're right about that. And the Bears and
the Packers they're around four to one. Packers are almost
five to one.

Speaker 3 (01:11:41):
See, that's that's that could get that could get sneaky
right there with either one of those teams. And it's
so funny, though, is that when when people get to
predicting the NFL, it's like they forget history. It's like
that they for get how these things work. There are

(01:12:02):
seven new playoff teams every single year, and at least
two teams that double their win total. So this happens
every year, not some years, not every other year, not occasionally.

Speaker 2 (01:12:16):
This is law right right, So.

Speaker 3 (01:12:20):
That means Kansas City, Buffalo, Bengals, Jaguars, Chargers, Ravens, and Dolphins,
Philly forty nine, Ers, Vikings, Bucks, Cowboys, Giants and Seahawks.

Speaker 8 (01:12:35):
Seven of those teams.

Speaker 3 (01:12:36):
Are gone, man, I mean, and it's hard to see.
And that was why last year I picked the Giants too.
I didn't pick them to make the playoffs. I did
pick them to double the win total. Thought Seattle had
a shot. So like, if we go through the AFC,
no I think that if well, I don't even think.

(01:12:58):
If Patrick Mahomes starts and finish the season, then the
Chiefs are going to the playoffs.

Speaker 1 (01:13:02):
Right, Yes, so are the Bengals.

Speaker 2 (01:13:07):
They should. Yes, it's a tougher division, but they should.

Speaker 1 (01:13:09):
Yeah. And then you got and then from there you.

Speaker 3 (01:13:14):
Got Bills, Jaguars, Chargers, Ravens, and Dolphins. All of those
teams aren't gonna make it. Probably three of them are gone.
Find me three teams quickly who are gonna be gone.

Speaker 2 (01:13:24):
No, it's tough, it is. It's tough to see that.
Where you're right, there are seven seven of the fourteen
are gone the next year. Right, the fourteen playoff teams
from last season, half of them will not make it
this season. And it is not easy to hand pick
those seven teams that are gonna be out, there's gonna
be one team that you're like, not them, They're gonna

(01:13:47):
get ravaged by injuries and they're not gonna make it.
There's gonna be one of those teams where that occurs.
If you're looking at you said just the AFC, George, Yeah,
if you're okay, the seven teams, So Chiefs should be
in as long as Mahomes is upright. It's hard to
see the Bills not being a playoff team. I could
see them not winning the division, yeah, but not making

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the playoffs. It's tough to see the Jacks playing such
a favorable division. Chargers have a lot of talent. Ravens,
get Lamar back. The Dolphins, if Tua is upright, they
could be much better than a seventh seed. Who are
you taking out?

Speaker 1 (01:14:24):
That's the thing that means that you have to I
am going to go.

Speaker 3 (01:14:29):
I'm gonna say the Jets still miss the playoffs?

Speaker 2 (01:14:33):
Still miss? Okay? All right?

Speaker 8 (01:14:34):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (01:14:34):
Yeah, But I think that you're either gonna have a
resurgence of like the Broncos or the Browns could get in.
The Steelers are going to be either right on the
cusp or getting in at not that they were nine
to eight, because we know that Tomlin does not have
losing seasons. So that means they're gonna be on the cusp.

(01:14:55):
That means that the That means that the Bills, Jaguars,
Chargers are Ravens or Dolphins.

Speaker 1 (01:15:01):
Somebody's gotta go.

Speaker 2 (01:15:02):
Well, and I'm gonna go.

Speaker 3 (01:15:04):
With the Dolphins, even though I do think that they
have a very talented team. So this is no indictment
on their team, coach, anything. This is just the way
the NFL works. I'm gonna go with the Dolphins and
I'm gonna go with Unfortunately the Chargers.

Speaker 2 (01:15:23):
Hey, man, crazier things have happened. I'll say, real fast.
If you play the realistic what if game? Realistic? What
if DeShawn Watson has a bounce back year for the Browns, Yes,
they absolutely can be a playoff team. What if Russell
Wilson with Sean Payton has a resurgence, Yes, that's possible too.

Speaker 3 (01:15:45):
Yes, and that bumps the Chargers out, that could bump
like those things can cause so much movement. Or if
the Jets are good and then the Dolphins finished nine
and eight. Again, except for nine and eight is outside
of the playoffs.

Speaker 2 (01:15:57):
Right, and if Rogers with a good defense, they're absolutely
capable of being a playoff team.

Speaker 3 (01:16:05):
Yeah, and then the Bills barely miss because they're losing
games now against the Jets and against the Dolphins.

Speaker 1 (01:16:13):
If that division.

Speaker 3 (01:16:14):
Cannibalizes itself, bro, it could get nasty time out here.

Speaker 2 (01:16:17):
It can get crazy real fast, all right, Coming up next,
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I saw a quote from Steph Curry. He's talking about
his relationship with Lebron James George and he started off
saying it's complex. He was doing an interview with Sports Illustrated.
He said it's a complex relationship because listen their rivals
on the court. And he closed it saying, hey, Lebron's

(01:17:00):
a great dude. He's great friend, great competitor. But it
went from he's sort of like a mentor. Early in
Steph's career, to they're duking it out in four straight
finals appearances and then also met in the playoffs this
past season. So I like how he framed it. He said,
it's complex. It made me think of Talladega Knights. Here.

(01:17:22):
You tell me if I'm off based on this or not, George,
But okay, I have a I feel like Lebron is
a bit like Ricky Bobby, who's played by Will Ferrell.
And it's this scene. It's not the greatest audio, but uh,
take a listen real fast.

Speaker 9 (01:17:37):
It would be really awesome if you could slingshot mean
for a.

Speaker 2 (01:17:41):
Wa Yeah, but okay, but if you want, how am
I gonna win?

Speaker 8 (01:17:46):
Right?

Speaker 3 (01:17:46):
Like?

Speaker 2 (01:17:47):
Isnt Lebron? Sort of like Ricky Bobby was like, wait
a minute, wait, if you win, how am I gonna win?

Speaker 8 (01:17:52):
Though?

Speaker 2 (01:17:53):
That's the thing. How am I gonna win? And that's
why I think it's complex with Steph and Lebron because
Lebron wants to be the guy. He wants to be
the guy on top.

Speaker 3 (01:18:01):
Yeah, He's like, I want us both to win, but uh,
but how I don't understand how that's supposed to work.

Speaker 2 (01:18:07):
Though that's right, and if there can only be one guy,
it's got to be me, And I can see how
that can strain a friendship a bit.

Speaker 3 (01:18:15):
Sure, I don't think it's straining their their friendship. I
think it's that the roles are just clearly defined that
that we are competitors, that we are but at but
at the same time we are going to like I'm
not relenting anything to you that if you want anything,

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you got to come take it, pal right, you got
to come take it because this is mine unless I
give it up.

Speaker 1 (01:18:43):
I mean, And I think that.

Speaker 3 (01:18:45):
That last year's series Warriors against against Lakers, I mean,
that was the first time that they've met in the
playoffs when it wasn't the finals. So that meant something
to both of them because those are the two premier
players of this generation. Like this is the Lebron era,

(01:19:10):
but it's also the Steph era too, because Steph has
changed back like Lebron has changed basketball off the court
more than any player ever he has off the court. Now,
mind you, there have been other players who've done well
in business and all of that, but what he's done
in terms of while he's still playing and being at

(01:19:34):
the top of the game the more than an athlete
player empowerment and even bigging up other players when they
do dope stuff on a night in and night out basis,
He'll tweet about you know, about Trey Young or whoever.

Speaker 2 (01:19:49):
Sure, but he wants to have the greatest limelight. Yeah,
that's the thing is I think of it like you
remember back in the day when Magic Johnson and Isaiah
Thomas before the game tipped off, they would kiss each
other on the cheek and then they would try to
kill each other. Yeah, you know what I mean.

Speaker 8 (01:20:07):
I don't think.

Speaker 2 (01:20:07):
Lebron's as likely to do that, or I think it
trickles over to off the court at times as well.
Are we get our top ten lists around the corner? Oh,
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list of the top ten quarterbacks, we get the Madden
NFL twenty four Top ten QB list. I'm curious what

(01:20:51):
your biggest beef is. I've got my biggest beef. But
this is the top ten according to Madden, mahomes Bro,
Josh Allen that's one, two, three yep, followed by Lamar Hurtz,
Herbert Dak Rogers, Kirk Cousins and to what to what

(01:21:14):
to a tongue of I lower to round out the
top ten. Now, out of those guys, what's your biggest beef?

Speaker 3 (01:21:21):
Oh see, Now it's funny that you asked that, because
the main question, right, and and the main thing that
people are always talking talking about, that that well that
they're not talking about that they should be talking about,
is the is the overall attributes. Because when they put

(01:21:43):
out the overall attributes, that is a different that's a
different thing because there are players who have higher attributes
but then turn around and don't have as high of
a rating. Now, now I loved that that Joe Burrow
was so high. I owned this list. I was actually
surprised that Aaron Rodgers was so low on the list.

(01:22:06):
Yeah yeah, yeah, I mean, granted, granted last year was
not spectacular at all, but that assumes a major fall.

Speaker 2 (01:22:15):
Off, right, No, that's legit. Like, going into this year,
are you expecting more from Dak or Aaron Rodgers. I mean,
that's a legitimate question. I'm expecting more from Rogers.

Speaker 3 (01:22:30):
I would say it's got to be. I would say
Dak needs it more, but I would say that Aaron
Rodgers would will probably be expected to do more.

Speaker 1 (01:22:44):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:22:45):
I just think if we're you know, if we're.

Speaker 3 (01:22:49):
Eighty six overall, like I feel like he should be
like a I mean with Patrick mahomes as in ninety nine,
Burrows in ninety five. I actually liked that big of
a gap between those two. Josh Allen at ninety four,
Lamar at ninety one, Jalen Hurts at eighty eight, Dak
at eighty seven, Herbert at eighty seven, Rogers at eighty six,

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Kirk Cousins at eighty four, and then two at eighty three.

Speaker 2 (01:23:16):
Well, that's the thing. If we take it back to
the playground, if we're picking teams, I'm not picking Dak
in twenty twenty three over Rogers in twenty twenty three.
That's the way I'm looking at this. He was coming
off a back to back MVP seasons and the Packers
lost to Vonte Adams and had a bunch of young dudes.
Remember when Christian Watson dropped a walk in touchdown in

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Week one against the Vikings. You know what I mean, Like,
some of that's on the young guys. And so to
go over to New York. I'm not saying they're swimming
with talent, but Garrett Wilson as the offensive rookie of
the year, he's a baller. The talent is better with
the Jets than what he just left with the Packers.

Speaker 3 (01:23:54):
Oh how about this though, after one season, Russell willis
at eighteen, behind Jimmy Garoppolo, Derek Carr, and Watson.

Speaker 1 (01:24:07):
Last year.

Speaker 2 (01:24:08):
Well that's the thing is if we're talking about last
year or recently, Deshaun was not good last season, and
then he missed the entire season before that while he
was on the sideline and exiting through the case and
all that.

Speaker 3 (01:24:24):
So yeah, yeah, yep, And you got Daniel Jones ahead
of Matthew Stafford.

Speaker 2 (01:24:30):
Yeah that's crazy too, because the ESPN list they had
Stafford at tenth.

Speaker 3 (01:24:35):
That's absolute, dude. That is Super Bowl bias. And people
forget that in that Super Bowl season he threw like
seventeen picks.

Speaker 2 (01:24:45):
Well, yeah, that's true. But coming off the season he
had I don't see how.

Speaker 1 (01:24:50):
And he's not healthy.

Speaker 2 (01:24:50):
Top ten yeah, yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:24:53):
But the interesting thing is that the forty nine ers
have quarterbacks at twenty five and Brock Party. Then they
got Trey Lance at thirty one and then Sam Darnold
at thirty two. So so they so the forty nine
ers have three quarterbacks inside the top thirty two. They're
only thirty two teams. Yeah, the coach don't have one

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quarterback in the top thirty two.

Speaker 2 (01:25:16):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:25:17):
The Packers they have Jordan Love at thirty six, and
how there and how dare you put Marcus Mariota below
Will Levis and Taysom Hill and Zack Wilson.

Speaker 2 (01:25:32):
They've got sambriotas I love that. That's hilarious, man.

Speaker 3 (01:25:37):
Yeah, and then they got Sam Howell at forty nine.

Speaker 6 (01:25:41):
Oh, he's QB one, He's he's behind Malik Willis and
Mike White, wo Trubisky, Tyler Huntley, Hendon Ooker.

Speaker 2 (01:25:52):
That's rough. I would say you might push back on this, George,
but my biggest beef in the top ten Lamar Jackson
and at fourth at number four.

Speaker 3 (01:26:03):
He's a attributed that high. It's his it's his it's
his general attributes.

Speaker 2 (01:26:10):
Well, that's fine, but that's the thing is I'd look
at it like this. Playing quarterback is a lot like
playing guitar. Follow me on this one, George. If you're
a great guitar player, that's cool, but it can only
take you so far. You got to be a great songwriter, right, Like,
if you're just good at playing guitar, what's that really
gonna get you. Maybe you can play in a cover band.

(01:26:33):
You can impress your friends, maybe you get a girlfriend
out of it.

Speaker 1 (01:26:38):
In a band.

Speaker 2 (01:26:39):
You could be in a band.

Speaker 8 (01:26:40):
But if you.

Speaker 2 (01:26:40):
Can't write songs, it doesn't matter. You've got to be
able to write.

Speaker 3 (01:26:44):
So Slamar Jackson is one of the most winning quarterbacks
in the NFL.

Speaker 2 (01:26:48):
Lamar Jackson is a great guitarist, He's not a great songwriter.

Speaker 1 (01:26:53):
You need to That's.

Speaker 2 (01:26:55):
Exactly what it is.

Speaker 1 (01:26:56):
Wash your with soap.

Speaker 2 (01:26:58):
He has the highlight plays, he's got the jaw dropping talent.

Speaker 1 (01:27:03):
He has that seventy six percent on his career, and.

Speaker 2 (01:27:08):
What happens when it really counts, when we get to
the playoffs, he's got more interceptions than touchdowns. What about durability?
Not there missing five games each of the last two seasons.
Missed a playoff game on top of that last season,
so that gets him to eleven missed games over the
last two years. It's funny how people look sideways at
Tua and I get it from a health standpoint, and

(01:27:30):
then just give Lamar a free passes. If he's not
missing five games each of the last two years, it's great.
He wilts in the playoffs. He can't remain up right. Yes, wilts.
He threw a pick six. He's still bills to lose
the game.

Speaker 1 (01:27:44):
Do you realize he's still young.

Speaker 2 (01:27:46):
I realize that he's had one sensational season. His second
year was he was awesome, and that was the same
year that he wet himself against the Titans when they
were a one seed and did nothing in.

Speaker 3 (01:27:56):
The play He is a young quarterback. Steal Like, what
do you not understand?

Speaker 2 (01:28:01):
He's young. He's not top four as we speak right now,
coming off the last team.

Speaker 3 (01:28:05):
He's top four in Madden. He's not top four in
in the league. He's top four and Madden.

Speaker 2 (01:28:11):
Okay, fine, well that's if we're doing real football attribut
We're tirring real foot, not top four okay, top.

Speaker 1 (01:28:18):
For okay, okay, so and so on real football? Who
are you putting in your top four?

Speaker 2 (01:28:23):
Top four? Okay? So I go Mahomes, Burrow, Josh Allen,
and right here, right now, I'm going Aaron Rodgers.

Speaker 8 (01:28:31):
What.

Speaker 2 (01:28:32):
Yes, I'm coming to Aaron Rodgers. He's coming off with
two back to back MVP.

Speaker 1 (01:28:36):
Seas, he's coming off a bummy season.

Speaker 8 (01:28:40):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:28:40):
Bunch of guys coming off of bummy season.

Speaker 2 (01:28:43):
And people are going way too far with that. I
would have Rogers fourth, and I'm going with Jalen Hurts
number five. That's my top five. George, what is your
top five? Look like?

Speaker 8 (01:28:55):
Wow?

Speaker 1 (01:28:56):
Wow? Patrick Mahomes one.

Speaker 7 (01:28:59):
Okay, Joe Burrow too, Yeah, Joey b Yeah Yeah, that's
that feels Cousins pretty easy, granted Cousins.

Speaker 3 (01:29:10):
There's not a snowballs chance in hell that I'm putting
Kirk Cousins in my top five. I am putting probably
either Lamar or Josh Allen.

Speaker 2 (01:29:24):
Thar, Gosh, are you really debating between these two guys?

Speaker 1 (01:29:29):
Yeah?

Speaker 2 (01:29:30):
Are you serious?

Speaker 1 (01:29:31):
What is Josh Allen? Has Josh Allen got ability better?

Speaker 2 (01:29:35):
In the playoffs? Pete Lamar head the head? When Lamar
is throwing a pick six against the Bills.

Speaker 1 (01:29:39):
All Right, all right, all right, well what.

Speaker 2 (01:29:42):
Those are facts?

Speaker 1 (01:29:43):
Dude?

Speaker 3 (01:29:44):
Josh Allen is going to be the Philip Rivers of
this generation.

Speaker 1 (01:29:49):
Wow.

Speaker 3 (01:29:51):
Yeah, yes, he's not going to get to go to
Super Bowls. Their their team potential. That like the conversation
surround him, and granted it is not going to be
fair because it's not going to be his his fault,
but the conversation surrounding him is going to change after
this year. Then people be like, oh, can he get
it done? And can he beat Patrick Mahone, Like it's

(01:30:13):
an unfair common conversation for a great player, because Josh
Allen is a great player.

Speaker 1 (01:30:19):
And I'm also not going to.

Speaker 3 (01:30:21):
Be the one who like, like, yes, Jalen Hurts has
gotten better, and yes he was incredible in the Super Bowl,
but I'm not putting him like I mean, I guess
you do have to put him in the top five.

Speaker 2 (01:30:38):
I am but putting him there.

Speaker 3 (01:30:41):
But think about this, there is less and right right now,
I feel like I can't even rank Aaron Rodgers because
because I feel like ranking I'm gonna tell you why.
It's because ranking Aaron Rodgers feels like ranking Tom Brady
last year. They're so old, they have such a body

(01:31:01):
of work that it's it's it's like ranking Lebron James
in the NBA right right right now, Like you can't
fully assess properly where where he is because he's older,
skills have diminished, but he's still one of the best
players in the in the in the league. So you
can't fully truly give an accurate assessment.

Speaker 2 (01:31:24):
Crazy, here's the thing. You're not comparing Rogers now to
Rogers then or when Brady was playing Brady, you know,
last season to Brady and his prime. You're comparing those guys,
but rank.

Speaker 3 (01:31:37):
Them properly because they know you can't get because because
they have intangibles and they have history, it feels wrong
to put them lower. And it's there, there's so much
other stuff that goes into ranking them that that you
can't fairly rank them. When you like guys who are historical,

(01:32:01):
when they get very, very old.

Speaker 2 (01:32:03):
Well you got to look at the here and now.
You can't look at the heyday or at their peak.
And you also, at the same rate, you can't blow
out of proportion how much they have supposedly slipped. You know,
what I mean, like Aaron Rodgers projecting to this season, okay,
when he has Garrett Wilson and when you've got Breese
Hall and you've got a legitimate cast around you, like legitimately.

Speaker 1 (01:32:27):
Unless last year was the beginning of the end.

Speaker 2 (01:32:30):
I don't think it was. I don't.

Speaker 3 (01:32:32):
I think that it may not have been. I'm just saying,
is it is that possible?

Speaker 2 (01:32:38):
Yes, right, it's possible. But okay, I.

Speaker 1 (01:32:41):
Mean everybody at some point it.

Speaker 2 (01:32:46):
Rodgers at thirty nine, I don't when we just saw
Brady get to like nearly forty five, I don't think
that the wheels are falling off the tracks for Aaron
Rodgers at thirty nine. I just don't see that.

Speaker 3 (01:32:58):
There's a difference between off the tracks and just being
a you know, a top fourteen fifteen quarterback.

Speaker 2 (01:33:06):
Well and heverything, Yeah, I hear you. And the thing
with Jalen Hurts.

Speaker 3 (01:33:09):
Still better than Kirk Cousins. Okay, and Kirk Cousins is
the top fifteen quarterback.

Speaker 2 (01:33:16):
And the Madden rankings, Rogers is just ahead of Kirk Cousins,
like he's one ahead of Kirk right there.

Speaker 1 (01:33:22):
Look, man, if you look at j is the stats machine.

Speaker 2 (01:33:26):
I'll tell you this about Jalen Hurts real fast is
if you look at Hurtz and Herbert, Okay, you have
more to go on with Herbert in the NFL, He's
been around for slightly longer. We have more stats you
feel stronger of, like, Okay, this is the real deal
Jalen Hurts. You need to see it more. But you
tell me, George, if Jalen, if Justin Herbert had a

(01:33:47):
season like Jalen last year, he's in the MVP debate,
Oh he would, he.

Speaker 1 (01:33:52):
Would be in the top three, just like right, just like.

Speaker 2 (01:33:55):
He takes his this super Bowl. He balls out in
the Super Bowl and they're a whisker away from winning it. Like,
we're not ranking if the roles are reversed, We're not
ranking Herbert, you know, we're not ranking Jalen Hurts, who
didn't get to the playoffs above Justin Herbert, who just
took his team to the doorstep of a Super Bowl.

(01:34:16):
You know what I mean. So that's what I take
into account with Jalen Hurts.

Speaker 3 (01:34:20):
Yeah yeah, if if it was reversed, oh yeah, it
would be totally yeah, they would be Oh, Herbert would
be totally electric.

Speaker 2 (01:34:31):
But there's a little bit of hesitancy with Jalen Hurts,
and I get that, but you can't blow it out
of proportion. And I feel like some people are but
oh for sure. Yeah. But in terms of this top ten,
Lamar most overrated player in the NFL, that's just what
he is. I'm not telling you can't play. I'm just

(01:34:52):
telling you the mainstream opinion of Lamar is way rosier
than the reality, way rosier, and so he's the most
overrated guy right here, right now. Thirty three touchdowns, twenty
picks the last couple of years. That's that's like shrug
your shoulders, like okay, on top of getting banged up

(01:35:12):
and not doing anything in the playoffs when they're there. Yeah, no,
I can't have them in my top five. You got
them third or fourth?

Speaker 3 (01:35:19):
George, Oh well, Lamar, I'm gonna put them forth because
health has been an issue.

Speaker 2 (01:35:27):
It has it has definitely been an issue. Your comments
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(01:36:53):
all misshead football coach. He got some attention for his
comments at SEC media. Here, George, he was talking about
how nil you know, where players can make a buck
off their name, image and likeness coupled with the transfer portal.
How this is a disastrous situation for college football. Here

(01:37:17):
are some of his comments. Check this out.

Speaker 15 (01:37:19):
I don't think that there's any other sports at any
level that are like this that really you every year
can opt into free agency really twice a year. And
I mean, I was just singing on a plane right
over here. What if you had that in other sports,
you know, Tom Brady, Asia Wilson, Lionel Messi, Lebron James.

Speaker 2 (01:37:41):
What if every year those guys.

Speaker 15 (01:37:42):
Can opt into free agency twice a year really, and
they had no long term contracts. Basically, everybody's not even
on a one month contract because they can leave in
two windows. So it's just created a lot of issues
and these roster changes. And I'm not complaining about it
because we take advantage, obviously of of free agency, but

(01:38:06):
at the same time, I don't think that's really good
for college football.

Speaker 2 (01:38:11):
What do you think, George, There's a lot to unpack there.
I've got my thoughts. I'm curious what you think about this. Yeah,
crimea river.

Speaker 3 (01:38:20):
Right, that's the smallest violin in the world. Bro, Oh,
it's not good. Oh do you know what else is
not good?

Speaker 1 (01:38:28):
Coach?

Speaker 3 (01:38:29):
Is making promises to families and then bouncing. That's what's
that's what's not good. Not continuity for coaching. Link Lincoln
Riley leaving while he's under contract. What good does does
a contract do? He's like, we need these guys to
be under contract. You left while you were under contract
at FAU Like what like? What the the audacity? And

(01:38:54):
I like Lane Kiffy, I think it's a good coach.
But the idea that the oh player, oh man, what
if these guys are free agents? College football coaches are
free agents every single year. That's how Brian Kelly left
your Notre Dame and went down to LSU.

Speaker 1 (01:39:10):
They're free agents every single year.

Speaker 3 (01:39:13):
And now that the players can actually, it ain't no
funning the rabbit got the gun. It ain't no fun
out that the rabbit got the gun. That's the problem.
And do you know what else? No, I do not
want to hear anybody complaining because especially these big name
head coaches making at seven eight nine million dollars a year.

(01:39:34):
Oh dude, everybody has some part of their job that
sucks every and if keeping your roster together is hard,
then oh sorry, that's why you're paid the big bucks, buddy,
That's why you're paid the big bucks to figure it out.
And all of these coaches complaining about it, and I
know that Lane is not complaining about it the same
way the dudes like Dabbo Sweeney. Well, as soon as

(01:39:56):
there at the point in time players getting paid, I'll
go do something right right, And do you know what
Dabo's still doing right now.

Speaker 2 (01:40:03):
He's still coaching, still.

Speaker 1 (01:40:04):
Collecting nine ten million dollars a year. Buddy. I called
him a liar when he when he said it, and
and generally I like Dabo.

Speaker 3 (01:40:12):
I think he's I think he's a well intentioned, principled
good man overall and a hell of a football coach.
But he was lying when he said that he didn't
need He might have thought he meant it, but everybody
knew he wasn't giving up this cushy job at Limsen
making all this money.

Speaker 2 (01:40:30):
Doing it was a bluff. It was a bluff, you know,
it was. We called his bluff on that one. Yeah,
but here's the thing, man, is I hear you. I
definitely hear what you're saying, George, But because you make
a lot of money, are you then not allowed to
say something that? There are good aspects to NIL in
the transfer portal as he outlined, and there are things

(01:40:52):
that make it more challenging to win consistently, like what's
wrong with voicing that I don't understand, Like you gotta
be lockstep like every thing. It's just gright across the board.
But it's not. It makes things more difficult.

Speaker 3 (01:41:03):
Than it's the It's not what you say all the time,
it's how you say it, and at the point in
time where you sound like you're complaining or like you're like,
oh dude, it's It's like, imagine if players are free
agents every single year, be terrible.

Speaker 1 (01:41:18):
If coaches are free agents.

Speaker 3 (01:41:21):
Coaches, whether it's the assistance or the head, coaches are
free agents every single year.

Speaker 1 (01:41:26):
No matter whether they are under contract or not.

Speaker 3 (01:41:29):
So so the idea that that's your problem, nah, nah,
we don't. We don't want to hear nothing about it
unless you plan on honoring your contract from soup to
nuts and when it comes to somebody else offering you
a bigger one lane if you make the college football
Playoff and then be like, no, no, no, we don't
need to renegotiate because I have a contract already.

Speaker 1 (01:41:53):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:41:54):
I just I get your stand boyd I get it.
It's just I look at it like this. If a
player is at a school and the coach leaves, there
are gonna be a lot of those players that say, man,
this makes things more difficult. You might have gone to
that school partly or even primarily because of that coach,

(01:42:15):
and now that he's gone, that makes things more challenging.
We wouldn't have an issue with the player saying that,
but heaven forbid the coach, and granted he might be
making seven eight nine million dollars, so it's different. But
if the coach says, man, I just lost a couple
of five star recruits to the transfer portal, this sucks.
This makes things more challenging, And then all the venom

(01:42:37):
comes out like you shouldn't say any of those things,
and what are we supposed to say? You know what
I mean, like it's taking so much.

Speaker 3 (01:42:44):
Different portal because he's getting guys out of the portal
and and that's what Lane actually.

Speaker 1 (01:42:49):
Said, which I was cool with.

Speaker 3 (01:42:51):
Right, Yo, we take advantage of the portal as well,
that's right. I just don't think it's good for sports,
and maybe it's not the way it's current constructed.

Speaker 2 (01:43:01):
By the way, what do you think about that, George,
Because I think it's great for college football. I don't
think it's great at times for college football head coaches,
but I think overall it's great for college football.

Speaker 8 (01:43:11):
I like it.

Speaker 1 (01:43:12):
Why would you?

Speaker 3 (01:43:13):
The players can maximize their money because you actually have
a finite amount of time to have your highest earning
potential in life, a finite amount of time. Your time
can be when you are you know, when you're McCully

(01:43:35):
cochin and you're young, it can be when you are
you know, an old man like Warren Buffett, It can
be somewhere in between. But at some point in time
you're going to have the highest five ten years that
you're ever going to be able to earn money. And
the idea that players shouldn't be able to earn money
until they get out of college to go to the league.

(01:43:56):
Only one percent of them go to the league, and
then out of that only a few of them actually
make big, big bucks. So while you are generating money
for everybody else. And remember they're like, it's amateur sports.
We're losing amateurism. It's professional sports for everybody else. It's
professional sports for the coaches or the athletic directors, for
the administrators, for the coaching staff, for the support staff,

(01:44:20):
for the for the ticket sales people, for the donors
and the booster people, for the people building the stadiums
and raising money. It's professional sports for everybody else, except
for some reason, we want the players.

Speaker 1 (01:44:35):
For it to not be professional sports.

Speaker 2 (01:44:37):
Well that's oh, okay, it doesn't work like that, I
hear you. But that's the thing is. I think it's
good for college football overall that you get some movement,
Like look at the NFL free agency. It's huge every
single year.

Speaker 1 (01:44:50):
Yep.

Speaker 2 (01:44:50):
Like, how is free agency and college football a bad thing?
Were you not going to watch LSU with Joe Burrow
just because he was a transfer? You know what I mean?
Did that make it bad to make your college football
viewing experience worse? I think the movement is interesting. I
don't think that's bad for college football at all. I

(01:45:11):
think it can be more challenging for coaches and they'll
belly ache from time to time. But you can't sell
me that it's bad for college football. Think about the
old system where if you were to transfer from an
FBS school to another FBS school, you had to sit
out for an entire year. How is it better for
college football to have some of like really talented players.

(01:45:31):
Maybe big name players have to sit out for an
entire year. That's not better for college football at all.

Speaker 3 (01:45:36):
Well, you should have some sort of penalty for transferring,
but do coaches?

Speaker 9 (01:45:41):
No?

Speaker 2 (01:45:41):
That's why I never agreed with that. I think there
shouldn't be a penalty of a player transfer. So I
get it. Listen, man, it's the wild wild West compared
to what it was.

Speaker 1 (01:45:50):
It definitely is.

Speaker 2 (01:45:53):
I understand there are some challenges related to that. As
a head coach. I just find the blowback so interesting.
If a head coach have to hear just say something
that Lane said, man, they are coming at his throat.

Speaker 3 (01:46:05):
As a as a fan, do I love the transfer portal? No,
because it actually causes us to readjust how we look
at things, which is we we used to be able
to counter player on our roster for you know, as
a fan, for.

Speaker 1 (01:46:22):
For three to you know for three to four years
math on, that's a little bit different.

Speaker 2 (01:46:29):
Yeah, I know it has changed quite a bit. We've
got Manzi Bolangos with us, and uh, you know, maybe
some cash heading my way with a certain update. What's
the latest, MONSI?

Speaker 5 (01:46:40):
I mean, yes, I guess it's good because your parlay
was good.

Speaker 2 (01:46:44):
That's right, heard of?

Speaker 4 (01:46:48):
Yeah, the Astros edged the A's three to two.

Speaker 5 (01:46:51):
But Georgie and I are not happy that you bet
on the Astros, So don't do that anymore.

Speaker 2 (01:46:56):
I just had to was right there. They made me
sweat it out though they did.

Speaker 4 (01:47:00):
They did, they did. You're right, you're right.

Speaker 1 (01:47:04):
What you deserve you get.

Speaker 5 (01:47:07):
Right exactly exactly the Angels they held on to beat
the Pirates seven to five.

Speaker 4 (01:47:13):
Show hey Otani with home run number thirty six.

Speaker 5 (01:47:16):
It is technically his last home game before the trade deadline.

Speaker 1 (01:47:20):
Oh right there.

Speaker 4 (01:47:23):
They have to they have to.

Speaker 1 (01:47:26):
They have to know.

Speaker 2 (01:47:28):
You cannot lose them for nothing.

Speaker 4 (01:47:30):
What are you talking about? The what are you gonna get?

Speaker 2 (01:47:32):
What you're gonna get? Prospects?

Speaker 4 (01:47:34):
Okay, it doesn't.

Speaker 1 (01:47:35):
Shot down prospect.

Speaker 12 (01:47:38):
Right.

Speaker 1 (01:47:39):
You are not saying a boatload of most unique.

Speaker 2 (01:47:45):
Season you're getting, like getting more than some like bases
and baseballs for.

Speaker 5 (01:47:51):
Yet they do not want a bunch of prospects, absolutely not.

Speaker 2 (01:47:55):
What prospects over air, prospects over nothing. No, he's gonna leave.
He's leaving at the end of the.

Speaker 4 (01:48:03):
I'm gonna hold on to you. I'm gonna hold on
to you.

Speaker 5 (01:48:05):
I'm not gonna send you over to this to the
Dodgers and the series.

Speaker 3 (01:48:10):
No, there's a bigger reason MONTI that I don't want
this to uh to happen. Is right now he's on
pace to break uh the Ale home run record.

Speaker 4 (01:48:22):
Correct.

Speaker 1 (01:48:22):
Yes, And if he gets traded to an NL.

Speaker 8 (01:48:25):
Team, how did that work?

Speaker 2 (01:48:27):
I know he doesn't do it.

Speaker 3 (01:48:29):
And if he gets traded to another AL team, now
all of a sudden.

Speaker 1 (01:48:34):
It's like a team no, a team no hitter, right,
it's it just takes a lot.

Speaker 3 (01:48:40):
Of the air out of the balloon. And and listen,
this will be if he trades him. And maybe the
Angels are are already cursed because they've only been to
the playoffs one time in Mike Drout's whole career and
that was what twenty fourteen.

Speaker 1 (01:48:57):
Uh and and they and they.

Speaker 3 (01:48:58):
Got swept, so they will be hit with the Curse
of Otani.

Speaker 1 (01:49:02):
It'll be one hundred years before.

Speaker 2 (01:49:04):
The ideal him in a second, and I don't want
him to be dealt I've got him for the al MVP.
I've got a bet in at plus one ninety, so
I don't want to see him go anywhere. Yeah that
was but you got it. You got it because you
can't let him walk for nothing, which is what he's
gonna do at the end of no.

Speaker 5 (01:49:18):
Colonels he gets if he gets traded hypothetically speaking to
the n L, like what happens.

Speaker 4 (01:49:23):
For the MVP is gonna win him both.

Speaker 5 (01:49:25):
He's just gonna be the unanimous VP in both leaks.

Speaker 2 (01:49:28):
What's crazy, Monci. There would still be an argument if
he got traded to the NL team. He's been so
extraordinary he would be in the running still for al MVP.

Speaker 4 (01:49:37):
I know, no, it's crazy. I'm with Georgie. You know
you can't do it.

Speaker 2 (01:49:40):
You can't gotta do it, gott you doubt gotta move.

Speaker 11 (01:49:42):
All right anyways, Like it took twelve innings, but the
Twins beat the White Sox five to four, and the
Blue Jays ended up topping the Mariners four to three,
Also victories for.

Speaker 5 (01:49:51):
The Rangers despite a Max Mounsey grand slam on the
first inning.

Speaker 4 (01:49:54):
The Rangers still be the Dodgers eight to four.

Speaker 5 (01:49:56):
Your Cubs, or excuse me, the Cubs dominated your Cardinals
seven to two.

Speaker 4 (01:50:00):
That's what I was trying to say. In a battle
of division leaders. It was the Braves who beat the
Birds in Milwaukee four did three.

Speaker 5 (01:50:06):
Aussie Alby's had the go ahead three run homer in
the eighth inning. The Phillies scored four runs in the
tenth inning and defeated the Guardians eight to five when
Cleveland had the bases loaded in the tenth inning. The
Marlins and after eight game losing streak, topping the Rockies
three to two in ten innings. In a battle of
the Al East, the Orioles outscored the race five to
three to Baltimore is now two games up on Tampa

(01:50:27):
Bay for the top spot in the AL East. The Reds, well,
they're still red hot. They won five in a row.
They beat the Diamondbacks seven to four. Elie de la
Cruz with the four hundred and seven foot solo shot
to get things going.

Speaker 4 (01:50:37):
The Yankees have won three in a row.

Speaker 5 (01:50:39):
They beat the Royals eight to five, and good news
for Yankee fans because Aaron Judge faced live pitching for
the first time today since.

Speaker 4 (01:50:45):
Tearing that ligament in his right toe on June third.

Speaker 5 (01:50:48):
Tigers also won Nationals also won one game going on
right now, it's the Red Sox hosting the Mets, and
the Red Sox are up one zero top of the
second inning. In NBA news, it is reported by ESPN
that the NBA's Board of Governors has approved the sale
of the Charlotte Hornets to a group led by Rick
Schnall and Gabe Plotkin. So Michael Jordan's thirteen year run

(01:51:09):
as a majority owner is coming to an n In
the w NBA the Liberty, they dominated the fever one
oh one to eighty three.

Speaker 4 (01:51:16):
But they scored forty.

Speaker 5 (01:51:18):
Four points in the first quarter and it's ten minute
quarters right in the WNBA.

Speaker 4 (01:51:23):
Huh forty four points?

Speaker 2 (01:51:25):
All right?

Speaker 4 (01:51:25):
Whatever.

Speaker 5 (01:51:26):
Tennis, Novak Djokovic is not going to play in next
month's National Bank Open in Toronto because of fatigue.

Speaker 4 (01:51:31):
It was announced today. So Christopher U.

Speaker 5 (01:51:33):
Banks, who just had a great run over at though,
what do we just have the big tennis tournament. I'm
blanking out, But you know what, I'm talking about will
be thank you, thank you. I was blanking out in
the name Christopher U. Banks who went super far. He's
not going to replace Djokovic in the main draw.

Speaker 2 (01:51:47):
Super tall? What is he like, six seven or something.

Speaker 4 (01:51:49):
Something like that.

Speaker 5 (01:51:50):
No, like legitimately super tall, not like Brian Harmon, who
is only five seven and won the one hundred and
fifty first Open today at thirteen under part overall, the
first born US golfer to win the tournament by at
least six strokes since Tiger Woods did it in two thousand. Yeah,
he's only five to seven, and there was a story
that he wanted to be a baseball player and his
dad was the one that pushed him towards golf because

(01:52:12):
he was only.

Speaker 4 (01:52:12):
Five to seven.

Speaker 1 (01:52:14):
Smart, smart move gain.

Speaker 5 (01:52:15):
Yeah, smart move, thirty six years old winning his first major.

Speaker 4 (01:52:20):
So, guys, there's still hope for all of us. That's
what I'm saying. There is still hope for all of us.

Speaker 2 (01:52:25):
Over yet, not over yet.

Speaker 4 (01:52:27):
Oh wait, before, Georgie, what is your Hawaii? You defending
Kim Kardashian on being an American horror story.

Speaker 5 (01:52:33):
As the lead, as a star, as the main actress.

Speaker 4 (01:52:38):
She's not an actress. She's a born star.

Speaker 2 (01:52:40):
Whoa, whoa, she.

Speaker 1 (01:52:42):
Is a damn the venom.

Speaker 4 (01:52:45):
She's not an actress.

Speaker 1 (01:52:46):
She is an actress.

Speaker 8 (01:52:47):
She's been it. She's as much of an actress.

Speaker 1 (01:52:50):
Says the weekend as the weekend.

Speaker 4 (01:52:53):
And so you give her a cameo, so you hold.

Speaker 8 (01:52:55):
Hold up the weekend. Just got a whole show on HBO.

Speaker 4 (01:53:00):
Wait, but he's an entertainer.

Speaker 1 (01:53:03):
Now, he's an entertainment.

Speaker 5 (01:53:04):
Okay, so she okay, So she's an entertainer.

Speaker 4 (01:53:07):
She is not a businesswoman. She's not a moguld that's
what she is. She is not a singer. She's not
an actress. She's not.

Speaker 2 (01:53:16):
She's clearly that because she's beautiful.

Speaker 1 (01:53:18):
And you will go to the IMDb. She's got Hella
acting credits. What are you talking if? All right, so
if she's good in this, are you going to apologize?

Speaker 4 (01:53:30):
Yep, it's not gonna be good in.

Speaker 1 (01:53:31):
This if if she if she's bad.

Speaker 5 (01:53:34):
Then I've seen the one minute snippets that she's been
in movies.

Speaker 4 (01:53:38):
She's not a good act she's not an actress.

Speaker 3 (01:53:40):
Monty, Monty, I'm gonna watch the show just so. I've
never seen an episode, but I'm gonna watch the show
just so I can see if she if she's good
in it. If she's good in it, oh Lord, have mercy,
you are going to pay.

Speaker 4 (01:53:54):
Yeah, if she's good in it, you.

Speaker 2 (01:53:56):
Know what I think? Uh, Kim Kardashian's like.

Speaker 3 (01:54:00):
But it doesn't even if nobody told you it was her,
because because I saw the picture, you wouldn't even know
it was her.

Speaker 4 (01:54:06):
Manzi, it's not the point.

Speaker 9 (01:54:07):
I don't know.

Speaker 4 (01:54:08):
I've heard about this weeks ago, months ago.

Speaker 13 (01:54:10):
I don't know if I would use the weekend to
prove your point, because that show is so bad that
even finish it.

Speaker 2 (01:54:14):
Hey, man, he had a solid cameo, a uncut.

Speaker 1 (01:54:17):
Hey, that show tense.

Speaker 3 (01:54:21):
I so i've so, I watched the first two episodes,
and I don't I don't know if the show is
bad or whether it's just so disturbing that you can't
watch it.

Speaker 13 (01:54:33):
The weekend can't act. So yeah, that's another point for
Monzi here.

Speaker 1 (01:54:37):
I don't know.

Speaker 2 (01:54:38):
I think it's like this. I'll make it. Lady got there,
Lady Gaga, I'll make a quarterback.

Speaker 1 (01:54:43):
She did a whole movie.

Speaker 2 (01:54:45):
George doesn't care at all what I'm saying. He's stepped
over me nineteen times. He's not listening to one word
I'm saying. Right now, I don't care, George, I'm speaking.
You go in and take a break if you want.
Brock Perty, the forty nine Ers quarterback. Why doesn't have
to He doesn't have to be good. He just needs
to be good enough. That's the standard for Kim Kardashian.

(01:55:05):
I don't need her to be a good actress. Just
be good enough. Oh okay, be good enough, and that's
fine for me.

Speaker 4 (01:55:13):
She's not gonna be good enough.

Speaker 3 (01:55:15):
That's such a hater Mazzi. Damn, I was gonna invite
you to something. Now I'm not inviting me.

Speaker 5 (01:55:20):
I don't want to go watch the premiere of American
Horror Story starring Kim Kardashian.

Speaker 3 (01:55:26):
Hey, well, American Horror Story is gonna do well now
because we're all.

Speaker 1 (01:55:29):
Talking about it.

Speaker 4 (01:55:30):
Listen. I actually the people are not gonna watch it
because of her.

Speaker 1 (01:55:32):
I guarantee your radios are going to be through the rules.

Speaker 2 (01:55:37):
They'll watch more. All right, come it up next. The
best case scenario is for this team to have an
awful season. I'm Brian though he's George Reister. We're live
here from the tirerack dot Com studios on Fox Sports Radio.

Speaker 4 (01:55:49):
Now this thirty six year old from Georgia.

Speaker 2 (01:55:52):
He's a sportsman.

Speaker 9 (01:55:53):
He loves to hunt and fish.

Speaker 6 (01:55:57):
And he's hauling the big one.

Speaker 2 (01:56:00):
Brian Harmon is the champion golfer of the year. He
has won the one hundred and fifty first Open at
Royal Liverpool. I'm Brian, No, he's George Reister, coming to
you live from the Tireck dot Com studios on Fox
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(01:56:45):
minus thirteen, dusted everybody for his first major rate there,
nicely done as he How old is he now? George
Moncey said it. I didn't catch it. Least he's inched
closer to forty, it's like thirty six something like that.

Speaker 4 (01:56:58):
Thirty six, yes, thirty six years old.

Speaker 2 (01:57:01):
First major shout out to him. First time I've heard
of that guy. Have you heard of Brian Harmon before today? Here, George,
I had no well before this, uh, this tournament. I
should say no.

Speaker 3 (01:57:11):
Last couple of days, I mean, I mean Sam Harp Harmon, Mike,
Mike Harmon.

Speaker 1 (01:57:16):
Yeah, I think it might be Mike.

Speaker 2 (01:57:20):
I'm familiar with Harmon and Hartman, but not Brian Harmon. Yes,
Jimmy Garoppolo, Oh Raiders quarterback. He has passed his physical.
He's expected to open training camp with the Raiders. He's
rehabbing that offseason foot surgery, but he's expected to be

(01:57:40):
there for training camp, all that good stuff. I think this, George.
The best case scenario for the Raiders is to bottom
out this season, be awful, get a top draft pick,
could go with the top quarterback, Caleb Williams, Drake may
that's your chance in that division with Patrick Mahomes. It's
not Jimmy Garapolo. He's not the long term solution. It's

(01:58:02):
bottoming out and getting a top guy that hopefully you
hit on.

Speaker 1 (01:58:06):
Are you serious?

Speaker 2 (01:58:08):
Okay? Give me the actual plan here, George, spell it
out for.

Speaker 3 (01:58:12):
Us, Dude, their plans thinks they are not in a
like they are in a They have a bigger problem.
And the bigger problem is that is that they have
a coach problem. And until they figure out their coach problem,
they won't be winning anything. It doesn't matter who you

(01:58:33):
put in that, who you put in there, you know
in there at quarterback, they just keep making bad decision
after bad decision.

Speaker 2 (01:58:42):
Hey, two birds, one stone, you bottom out. You have
a horrible season. Audios. Josh McDaniels, Hello, top quarterback. Hopefully
we have a legitimate shot to compete with Patrick Mahomes
going forward. That's what they should be thinking that that's
their best path to success by far. You gotta have
a top quarterback in that division. You gotta have a

(01:59:03):
top quarterback in general, but especially in a division with
Mahomes and Justin Herbert and who knows what Russell Wilson's
gonna play like this year. He might find it again.
You can't be trotting out Jimmy g and expecting to
get anywhere. Really, you gotta get a top guy, got it.

Speaker 3 (01:59:21):
Yes, yes you do need a top, top guy. But
how are you supposed to get that? And when when
you draft poorly and you don't have the right coach.

Speaker 2 (01:59:32):
Well again, I'm not saying they make all the right decisions,
but you get that quarterback.

Speaker 3 (01:59:36):
You give the wrong you give the wrong coach Tom Brady,
and he don't turn it into Tom Brady.

Speaker 2 (01:59:43):
If I said the sky was blue, you would push back.
Probably everybody. Have a good evening, man. We'll catch it
next week on FSR.