World Series By An Inch

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Recorded November 6th, 2025

An inch at home plate. A blackout on your TV. A weekend that made sports feel as big and brittle as ever. We kick off with the Disney–YouTube TV fight that yanked ESPN and ABC from millions of screens, forcing fans into 24-hour workarounds and reminding everyone that the game behind the games—distribution and dollars—can bench you without warning.

From there, we dive headfirst into a World Series that earned the capital letters: seven taut games, razor-thin margins, and a Game 7 call at home that will live on slow-motion loops forever. We dissect the base-running decisions, the way managers weaponized starters as relievers, and why payroll panic misses the truth about execution. Then we zoom out to legacy talk: Clayton Kershaw’s resume, the context around his rings, and whether “best pitcher of his generation” actually fits. Spoiler: it might.

The NFL matched the drama with its own brand of whiplash. Lamar and Baltimore hammered Miami and rattled the Dolphins’ foundation, the Steelers’ defense woke up and wrecked the Colts’ script, and the Chargers limped forward with Herbert’s legs as the emergency plan against elite pass rush. We size up Seattle’s surge in the NFC, marvel at a 68-yard bomb that looked good from 73, and unpack the new overtime math where seven-minute drives warp strategy and courage points decide seasons. Chaos reigned in Bears-Bengals, and the human side showed when Daiyan Henley played through tragedy and found a game-swinging sack.

We wrap by pulling golf into the frame: LIV’s pivot to 72-hole events signals a pragmatic bid for world ranking points and a step toward reunifying the majors with the best fields possible. Different sports, same lesson—details decide everything. The cleat on the plate, the chip block on third and long, the media deal you never see until your screen goes dark. If you live for the margins, this one’s for you.

If you enjoyed the ride, follow the show, share it with a friend, and drop a review to help more sports fans find us. Your takes fuel the next episode—what moment stunned you most?

Episode Transcript

Announcer (00:06):
Welcome to another episode of the Bald Guys on the
Bench podcast with your hostsGraham Cohen and Scott Wasco.

Graham (00:21):
What's up everyone?
Welcome back to another episodeof the Bald Guys on the Bench.
Scott.
Wow.
What a weekend.
We said what last week was theSport Equinox?
Yeah, that's amazing.
But after this past weekend,the World Series, NFL, the trade
deadline.
Oh my god, what an episode wehave going on for today.
How are you doing, brother?

Scott (00:43):
We got a fun one, but before we even start getting
into it, grab it, crack it.
It's time.

Graham (00:49):
Let's go.

Scott (00:51):
It's Tuesday night.
World Series is over.
Week nine of the NFL season isover.
College football's over.
And hey, uh ESPN and YouTubeTV.
It would have really been niceif I could have watched some of
that college football onSaturday.

(01:11):
But no.
Nope.
Rich gotta argue about gettingricher.
You know?
Dude, I I I told you, I'mwatching Lamar come back and lay
the wood to the dolphinsThursday night, and I get this
email from YouTube TV, and it'sabout Disney, and I don't think

(01:33):
twice about it, right?

Announcer (01:35):
Yeah.

Scott (01:36):
Get to work the next day.
Love having Pat McAfee in myoffice on my TV in my office in
the background.
Go to turn it on, and I'm like,uh, where's my boy from West
Virginia?
Uh oh shit.
Disney owns ESPN.
First thoughts, uh, Mondaynight football.

(02:01):
And something I didn't eventhink about that hit the Wasco
household hard.
Uh oh.
Dude, what does my wife watchevery night at seven o'clock?
Dude, you want to talk aboutbitter Betty, bro, on Friday
night.
K Dub could not watch Wheel ofFortune.

Graham (02:24):
No ABC, brother.
Dude.
Oh man.
I it's at a loss for words.
I mean, bro, they are losingout five million dollars a day.
Yeah.

Announcer (02:43):
Make it make sense.

Scott (02:46):
In the email they sent out, they were like, oh, if this
goes for an extended period oftime, we'll credit everybody $20
a month.
And like our boy Billy said, youknow what?
Take that $20 a month and justgod dang pay Disney.
Right.
I mean, think about how manymillions of people are YouTube
TV subscribers now.

(03:06):
I mean, and they got you and meby the balls.
Because why?
We got the NFL ticket.
Yeah.
I can't go anywhere.

Announcer (03:16):
Yeah.

unknown (03:17):
No.

Graham (03:19):
Well, I mean, yeah.
I was gonna say you can get itseparately, but yeah, I mean,
still the what's the point?

Scott (03:25):
Like, yeah, next year, you know.
I'd like to know how much moneyHulu TV is making right now
because I've just read articlesabout everybody jumping ship.
Yeah, I mean, that's but that'scrazy.

Graham (03:41):
It's crazy.
It's bullshit.

Scott (03:44):
Every good college football game this past Saturday
was on ESPN.

Graham (03:49):
Yeah.
I was dude.
They I saw the screenshot.
I don't know who posted it, butit showed all the games that
they didn't play because theywere on ABC, and I'm just like,
are you kidding me right now?
I mean, yeah, no one caredabout last night's Monday night
football game, but um I think alot of people would like to see
Philadelphia at the Green BayPackers on Monday.

Scott (04:11):
Dude, I care about it as a sports fan.
Yeah, I mean I do too, but I'mjust saying, like and I mean,
thank God Kristen.
I mean, I've never heard of itbefore, you know me.
Yeah, sling TV or whatever.

Announcer (04:25):
Yeah.

Scott (04:26):
You can get a 24-hour pass for $4.99.
I mean, I did that yesterday,so I could watch the game last
night.
Yeah.
But dude, come on.

Announcer (04:38):
Yeah.

Scott (04:38):
Like, get your shit together.

Announcer (04:41):
Yeah.

Scott (04:41):
But but anyhow, dude, the only thing that made not
watching Wheel of Fortune coolat my house was you know, Wheel
of or World Series.
Sorry, I couldn't get mythoughts together.
World Series Game Six Fridaynight.
You know, the Blue Jays take athree-two lead going back to

(05:04):
Toronto.
And dude, game six didn'tdisappoint.
Game seven didn't disappoint.
Oh, sorry, the entire seriesdidn't disappoint.
I mean, folks, all of you knowGraham and his baseball,
whatever, fandom.
When when my boy Graham islocked into seven games of the

(05:28):
World Series, I mean, it wasinsane, dude.
It was a it did not missanything.
Even down to game seven, wherethe Blue Jays win the World
Series if it wasn't for what?
An inch.

Graham (05:47):
Yeah.
I mean, just the controversy onthat.
I mean, I was listening tosomeone earlier today that was
just saying he's like, I don'tunderstand.
He says, basically to the pointwhere everything now,
especially in baseball, is soanalytics, analytics.
Um, you know, we're gonnaposition players because they
hit this way or like all thisother stuff.
And the guy's basicallyexplaining to me, he's like,

(06:08):
Well, not me, the people.
He's just like, I just don'tunderstand.
He's like, if they're nottrying to set up to for the
double play, okay, I get it forthe guy on first and second.
Why did the guy on third nothave a bigger lead?
Right.
Like, if he was a foot ahead,he's the game's over.

Scott (06:27):
So I'm just gonna throw this out to you because I was
thinking this as it happened.

Graham (06:32):
Yeah.

Scott (06:32):
Okay.
As a sports nerd like you, andour brains, the way it were,
they work.

Graham (06:38):
Yeah.

Scott (06:38):
Okay.
Could you imagine?

Graham (06:41):
Okay.
Uh oh.
Could you imagine?

Scott (06:44):
Okay.
The the play on the fieldobviously was the runner was
out, right?
Could you imagine if theycalled him safe?
I mean, his cleat and the bluejays rush the field, bum rush
the dude, and then they go backand they look at it.

(07:05):
Oh, and they reverse it.
Could you imagine?
And the reason I say that, Idon't know if you've seen the
the video.
The Oilers are playing a hockeygame, right?
And they're showing thisbaseball game.
It's Canada.
Canada's rooting for Canada.
Yeah.
They're showing the game sevenon the Jumbotron.
Oh, wow.
And the announcers at the gamesay, Oh my god, the Blue Jays

(07:30):
win the World Series.

Graham (07:32):
That place must have lit up like a Christmas tree.
Oh man.

Scott (07:37):
And then it didn't.
And then it didn't.
Dude.

Graham (07:42):
I mean.
When you watch that play, whenI'm just glad they got it right.

Scott (07:51):
No, yeah, they got it right.
They got it right.
That's the one thing I washappy about.

Graham (07:56):
He catches the ball, his cleat was like on the bag.
Like he had to take it off tocatch it, but then put it back
down.
I mean, it was like a bangbang, but they called it like he
called him out.
I mean, it was right there.

Scott (08:06):
I mean, it was he was off, he was off the plate, then
on the plate.
Yeah.

Graham (08:11):
Like boom, boom.
Dude.
So close.

Scott (08:15):
I mean I mean, I mean, Will Smith.
Uh, six years in a row, WorldSeries champion.
What a play you make at homeplate.

Graham (08:29):
Is there any other player that has that many
championships?

Scott (08:33):
Maybe championships, but not in a row.

Graham (08:35):
Well, yeah, okay.

Scott (08:36):
Well, I guess way back in the day when like Dude, all I
can think about is what'sHomeboy's name that played for
the Spurs, the Bulls.

Graham (08:46):
Oh, no, you're thinking of uh Robert Ory.
Robert Ori played, yeah.
How many players?
Uh six.
He played for the Rockets andthen played for the Lakers and
played for the Spurs.
Yeah, but not in a row.
No, well, yeah, no, no.
But still, I mean, like,craziness.
Um, you know, so since we'retalking about baseball, you

(09:10):
know, people all all theopinions since I'm not a
baseball guy, was from hearingthis from a lot of people, just
the antics of how everythingplayed out.
Is this a I mean Tim Kirchnereven said it's like this
honestly might be one of thebest world series of all time.
Like, is that I mean, like, howdo you for all everything,

(09:33):
everything on the line, whopissed, the plays that happened,
the a bate, I mean, the endingof game six, everything in game
seven, the eight game three wentto 18 innings, like the
heroics.

Scott (09:45):
My my boy from ECU.

Graham (09:47):
Yeah.

Scott (09:48):
12K's.
Yeah.
Dude, I I've thought about it.
Is this the best World Series?
There's there's one other WorldSeries in my brain that I can
remember was just as exciting.
Granted, you were probablystill shitting your pants when

(10:09):
this happened.
Uh and no, it's not 1986 withthe Mets.
Uh I think it was, I gotta say,I don't know the exact, I think
it was 2001 with theDiamondbacks and the Yankees.

Graham (10:24):
Oh, yeah, no, that was 2000.
It was 2000, I believe.
Okay.

Scott (10:27):
2000.

Graham (10:28):
Yeah.

Scott (10:29):
When the Diamondbacks Game 7 hit the walk-off.

Graham (10:32):
I watched that.
I remember watching all that.

Scott (10:34):
That series was stupid too.
Yeah.
Back and forth, back and forth.

Graham (10:39):
Dude, Kurt Chilling, Randy Johnson.

Scott (10:44):
I mean, I I I don't know.
I mean, it's hard to say thebest, right?
I mean, it's tough.
Tomato tomato perspective,yeah.
Yeah.
But anyhow, I mean, that seriesdeserved to go seven games.

Announcer (10:58):
Oh, yeah.

Scott (10:59):
It's it sucked to see a team lose.
Because both I mean, we'regonna be able to do that.

Graham (11:06):
They're just like, you know, you know, fans that you
know that are, you know, I don'twant to say biased, as you
know, how we always say it's notfanball, it's football, but
it's just like when it comes tobaseball, it's just like, you
know, everyone's like, oh well,Toronto, you know, they were the
better team, and it's just likeyeah, they did what they needed
to do.
I mean, like, with the not allthe big name guys, like they

(11:29):
have a couple, but how they putit together, the season that
they had, coming from last toalmost to first, who they beat,
how they beat them, howdominated.
I mean, look, their pitchingwas better.
Like, there's a reason whyYamamoto won MVP.

Scott (11:45):
Well, yeah, because he'll get into that in a minute.
But before we even get intothat, something that happened
early in game seven, andeverybody listening, the dude's
name is Bo Bouchette, right?
Yeah, he was injured, didn'tplay a lot.
He was on second base, and hecouldn't run.

(12:08):
Base hit, guy couldn't scorefrom second.

Announcer (12:12):
I know what talking about.

Scott (12:13):
And I'm instantly on the phone with my dad in TP.
TP's a huge baseball guy.
I'm like, if you can't scorefrom second on a base hit, you
should not be in a goddamn game.
Right.
And then what happened?
That was the huge play in thatgame that people don't even
think about.
But the very next inning, whathappens?
Hits a bomb.

Graham (12:33):
Yeah.
Oh, I that's not where Ithought you were going with
this.
I thought where you were goingwith it was the four innings
later when they pinched ran forhim and took him out.

Scott (12:45):
Yeah.
No, dude, that run was huge.

Graham (12:49):
Oh, for sure.

Scott (12:50):
Obviously.

Graham (12:51):
Yeah.

Scott (12:51):
And we're sitting here, I'm sitting here watching it
with Kristen.
It's it's four to two in thesixth or seventh inning.
I'm like, text TP, text andtalking to Kristen, I'm like,
four runs ain't enough.
They gotta get to five.
And I'm so pissed because inthe top of the ninth, I told you

(13:13):
this.
Yeah, it was four to three, andDraftKings had live total over
seven and a half, and it waslike plus four hundred, and I
had my hand on the dial.
Obviously, they didn't do it,but you know, whatever.
But you know, Guerrero did getthat double in the in the last

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to get me in my winning bet.
But yeah, dude, he also gotBilly a lot of money with that
double.
Oh, yeah, I remember that one.
Yeah, oh yeah, big one.
But dude, great series.
Everybody, oh, the Dodgerspayroll, payroll, yada, yeah.
Okay, I got a response to you.
And this is coming from a Metsfan.
This is also think about theYankees.

(13:55):
How much money did the Yankeespay Judge?
Yeah, how much money did theMets pay Soto?
Yeah.
Uh granted, Otani, his paymentshit deferred, whatever.
But everybody, what was the onething?
And you don't know this becauseyou're not a baseball guy.
The one thing that everybodyblasted the Dodgers about

(14:16):
heading into the playoffs waswhat?
Their bullpen.
Well, guess what?
When you have all your starterscome in on game seven, who
needs a goddamn bullpen?

Graham (14:26):
Yeah.
I mean, you're not expectingthat.
I mean, hey, I told you duringthe game, I thought Roberts made
the wrong choice of startingShohei.
I thought it was gonna be uh uhwhat's his name?
You know, I've been watchingall these.

Scott (14:48):
Yeah.
Like I read But he came in andcame in.

Graham (14:50):
Yeah, he came in Friday night and still, but still it's
just like, oh, Tani just didn'tlook right.
I'm like, I can't believe hedid it.
But it's just like thedecisions that he made, and by
he I mean Roberts.
He almost blew it Friday night.
He almost blew it, but then hedidn't.

Scott (15:07):
Almost blew it, dude.

Graham (15:08):
The choices that he made, I mean, dude, putting
Rojas in for game six and thengame seven, moving people
around.
Pejas, whatever you pronouncehis name, P-A-J-A-S, putting
taking uh Nemes or whatever theguy's name is out from center
field and putting him in forbetter defense in an arm.
I'm like, are you it's just thelittle dude, as they say, every

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little thing matters.
And it's just even think aboutit.

Scott (15:37):
And like I always say, baseball is a thinking man's
game.

Graham (15:40):
Yeah.

Scott (15:41):
Thinking everything.

Graham (15:42):
This was the one time, well, I can say the one time,
but it's just on such a bigstage where you can see the
difference of where all theselittle decisions can mean
something, you know?
And I mean, you know, one ofthe stats that kind of got me
was both teams, I think,finished the series with the
same amount of home runs, butall of the home runs for the

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Dodgers were all solos.

Scott (16:06):
Right.
It's crazy.

Graham (16:08):
Like all solos, but yet all but all the ones for the
Toronto was just like, I thinkonly one or two of them was a
solo.
Everyone else was like athree-run, two-run, you know,
type of situation.
You know, I was just like, wow.
I mean, all the people thatthey left on base, I mean, just
the little things.
I mean, Kershaw, him coming inin game three for that one out

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to get that one play.

Scott (16:32):
Oh, it was pretty sick.

Graham (16:33):
Like the the only time he pitched the entire series was
that bad.
One out.

Scott (16:39):
And and for somebody that has always been ridiculed for
his playoff stats.

Graham (16:45):
Yeah.

Scott (16:46):
Dude, for him to come in and do it.
I mean, I got to meet the dudeat Pachanga.
Oh, nice.
Awesome dude.
But he always got, you know,blasted because of his playoffs.
Yeah.
I mean, but for him to win itgoing out, good for him.
I mean, at the end of gamefive, when they lost, and he was

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out on the field with hisfamily for the last time at
Doyer Stadium, that was prettycool.
It was sick.
And digging up the pitcher'smound, him, his kids holding the
pitcher's mound.
Yeah, that was pretty dope.
It was cool.
But I mean, dude, my like Isaid last week, I don't hate the

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Dodgers.
I hate 98% of their fans.

Announcer (17:34):
Yeah.

Scott (17:35):
But for my boy Garrick and my boy Anthony that were
members at Champions Club, I'mpumped for them.
Fuji, pumped for Fuji.
Uh, like Anthony, you know, Isent you pictures.
I don't know what the hell he'sgot with the Dodgers
organization.
But dude, a homeboy is at theWhite House getting the World

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Series trophy with him.
I mean, he's hugging DaveRoberts after they win.
Dude, Garrett catches catchesthe tying home run from Otani.
I I mean, I'm I'm pumped forthose guys.
Yeah, I'm pumped.

Graham (18:13):
No, absolutely.
Uh, two two quick points and wecan finish it with this.
So we were just to go back toit, we were talking about how
you know everyone's complaining,oh, the Dodgers and then you
know how they spend the money.
Yeah, it's great when thesmaller market teams win and it
creates more of the parity forthe league, but it's just like

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I'm kind of thinking about itthis way.
The fact that the Dodgers didwin and how they're spending
this money, it's like people,you can't complain in the open
market if you don't change therule.
Like, if there's no salary gap,like if there's no way to make
things even, then like there'sno room to complain.

(18:54):
Like, I agree, I agree.
Like, if your team doesn't wantto spend money, pick a new
team.

Scott (19:00):
I I couldn't agree, agree more.
Like at all.

Graham (19:06):
It's just like, oh, the Dodge spent so much money.
I'm like, they're not the onlyteam that spends money.
I mean, yeah, it's just it'sjust when I hear that, it's just
like, you know, I saw theinterview that they had in the
clubhouse after with you knowBlake Snell and uh the other
guy, where it's just like, oh,what's it like, you know, now
being on this side of it andwent and winning it.
And they're like, you know,when we played them in 2020 and

(19:29):
lost, we were just like, hey, ifyou can't beat them, join them.
And it's just like, right?
At that point, it's it's justlike, yeah, get on the bus,
let's go, continue on.
So I it's let's go.
It's just something.
And then the second thing, I Ican't remember if I was if it
was Bob Costas who said this orum Tim Kirchen.
Both, I I mean, from not beinga baseball guy, I mean, uh,

(19:53):
would you agree that they'rethey have credibility in in the
game?

Scott (19:57):
Oh, a hundred percent.

Graham (19:58):
They said that you know, depending on how the series
ends, Kershaw, especially if hewins now.
Not only is he a first ballotHall of Famer, but he's Oh,
that's not even a question.
No, he uh I can't rememberwhich one it was.
I think it's caught I think itwas Costus.
It may have been Kershaw, Idon't remember, but he said

(20:19):
Kershaw, I want to get your takeon this, is the greatest
pitcher of this generation.

Scott (20:27):
Never I didn't hear that statement.

Graham (20:30):
But like this generation of like the last ten.

Scott (20:32):
I've never thought about that, but I'd have to put a lot
of thought into it.

Graham (20:40):
Yeah, like Cy Young's three tro I mean I'd have to put
some thought into it, but yeah.

Scott (20:45):
I mean, if he ain't one, yeah.
He's two or three.

Graham (20:50):
Yeah.

Scott (20:51):
And I don't know the second or third person.

Graham (20:54):
Yeah, right.
I mean, I when I heard that, Iwas just like, yeah, I mean,
he's been dominant, he has allthis stuff, and I'm just like, I
mean, there's been guys thathave been good, but just he's
won that for a long, longfucking time.
Yeah.
I mean, his record.
His ER, you know, his hisregular season record, his final

(21:15):
ERA, all that stuff.
Then with the accolades, it'sjust like.
I mean, there's only a handful,I mean, there's no there's less
than a handful of Dodgerpitchers.
Like, he has to be a top forsure five Dodger pitcher of all
time.
Def probably top three.
It's what him, Koufax, and someother guy would not who know

(21:35):
who who else it would be.
I mean, it's Koufax and him,really.

Scott (21:41):
I don't even right, I gotta research that one because
I don't I don't know.
I mean, I'd like to know theyear Kershaw entered the league.

Graham (21:51):
Uh for some reason I want to say 12.

Scott (21:55):
I was at Pachanga, because that's where I met him.

Graham (21:58):
Yeah.

Scott (21:59):
And I was at Pachanga from 8 to 12.

Graham (22:03):
Yeah.
It was like I think it was2011, 2012, that I heard.

Scott (22:08):
Because I met him, literally met him uh during the
All-Star break.
This is obviously before he wasan all perennial all-star.
Uh da-da-da-da-da.
Let's see.
When did Clayton Kershaw start?
And he joined the Doyers in2008.
That doesn't mean he played forhim.

(22:30):
He could be in their minorleague system.
But yeah, I don't know.
I gotta look up that, Graham.
That's a good question.

Graham (22:35):
Yeah.

Scott (22:36):
But anyhow, let's rewind uh Thursday night real quick.
Back up.
Lamar comes back for theRavens, and good God, just
domination is based in theDolphins.

Graham (22:50):
Why did we doubt that?
Or why did I doubt that?

Scott (22:54):
That they were gonna beat the Dolphins?

Graham (22:55):
I mean, I figured they would.
I mean, that's why I bet them.
But like, I was like, hey,after the after the ass flipping
that they've you know that thatthe Dolphins have been taken,
you know, for them to finallyget that win the previous week,
it's just like all right, youknow, maybe they're gonna figure
it out.
But I don't know, sometimes youknow, Miami just plays better
at home at night.
I I I I don't know.

Scott (23:16):
Yeah.

Graham (23:17):
Like, but it was just a shellacking upon a shellacking.

Scott (23:22):
From a start, from start to finish.

Graham (23:24):
I was like, what won this bet early, it can't, it's
not letting me cash out already.
Yeah, like that's ridiculous.

Scott (23:31):
Oh, come on.
And not only that, beat theirass so bad, fired the GM that's
been with the organization for20 plus years.
I was shocked.
I was shocked with thatbecause, like we've discussed on
this at podcast, I've alwayssaid it, he's got dirt on the

(23:51):
entire organization.
Back to when Brian Flores wasquote unquote told for every
game you lose, there's a hundredthousand dollar bonus.
That's and he's gone, dude.
But who's still there?
The jogger wearing ass hat.

Graham (24:12):
What's the point of firing him now?
I mean, he's more or less theiroffensive coordinator.
What's Tua gonna do?
Like, they're gonna chase uptheir whole assist.
What are they playing the sameoffense?
Like, I mean, like, I trust me,I get what you're saying.
I mean, believe me, he ain'tmaking it out at the end of the

(24:33):
year.
My thing is now it's just likeI I've always been so happy
knowing that the dolphins arealways gonna dolphin and suck.
And now it's just like, arethey gonna bring it some people
that they can figure this shitout?
Or like dude, I don't, I Idon't uh I don't like when you

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have friends that are just youknow obsessive, just delusional
fan, Miami Dolphins fans, it'sjust like, all right, bro.
Yeah, they're gonna suck them.
No, they're going to undefeatit.
I'm like, shut up, dude.
But yeah, I mean, hey, maybethey turn it around.
Who knows?
They didn't, I mean, hey, theykept Waddle.

(25:16):
I was kind of surprised.
They kept Halloween.
But I mean, who's gonna take onthat contract?

Scott (25:22):
Ajan, I was shocked.
Bradley Chubb, I was shocked,but you know, the new regime's
gotta have some pieces.
I mean, they gotta they gottaget people in the stands, right?

Graham (25:34):
Uh did you tell that to the New York Jets today?
How are they putting people inthe seats?

Scott (25:40):
Uh hey, they kept Brees Hall.

Graham (25:44):
Yeah, they kept him away from Kansas City.

Scott (25:48):
But I mean, I don't even know, dude.
Let's just jump right in.
Sunday.
Your Steelers, dude.
You were not feeling veryconfident about your Steelers
hosting the Colts.
Seven and one Colts, right?
Yeah.
What's your what's your record?

Graham (26:03):
Uh five and three now.

Scott (26:06):
Five and three.

Graham (26:06):
Yeah, we were four and three.

Scott (26:08):
So, and you just lost to the Bengals.

Announcer (26:10):
Yeah.

Scott (26:11):
And lost to the Packers.
Yep.
And when you played theBengals, you guys had two sacks
against old man Flacco.
Yep.
When you played the Packers,you had no sacks.

Graham (26:24):
Yep.

Scott (26:25):
And the media, the national media across the
country, not only in Pittsburgh,I can only imagine what the
Pittsburgh beat writers weresaying about your defense.

Graham (26:36):
It was rough.

Scott (26:37):
The most expensive defense in the NFL and getting
ripped up like Swiss cheese.
I mean, and then you decided toplay some defense this past
week.
I mean, to the point where youwere so unconfident in that game
you bet against the Steelers.

Graham (27:01):
Well, there's only been three times, and I'm holding up
four, but there's been threetimes that I've told you going
into a game, I'm betting thehouse.
There's no way.
No way.
The first two times?

Scott (27:20):
Yeah, I'll take I'll take blame for the Chiefs winning
the playoffs that year.
I'll take blame.
I didn't want to see you numberone, see your team losing the
playoffs.
And then if a miracle of allmiracles happened, lose money
too.

Graham (27:38):
Well, the worst would have been if they would have
just if they would have lost,but then covered the spread.
They would have covered it.
Yeah.
So what's they say, two out ofthree, the third time's a charm?
Um, didn't realize thatPittsburgh honored before the
game the 2005 championship team.

(27:59):
So Ben was out there, uh, theyhad Fanica was out.
I think Fannica was out there,they had Bettis was out there,
Joey Porter was out there.
I mean, do we need to bringthem out every week?
Like, I I just I mean, look, Ididn't put the farm, but how
didn't they play you guys theweek before?

(28:21):
No, they no no.
They played they no, theyplayed um Tennessee.
They beat him on Tennessee theweek before.
Yeah.
But it's just like for howthey've looked, I mean, before
yes, before two days ago,Jonathan Taylor was a legitimate
was in the conversationlegitimately for MVP.

Scott (28:39):
I still think he is.

Graham (28:40):
No, he still is, but I'm just saying, like, how Daniel
Jones has been inserted in thatoffense with JT, that O-line,
the defense was playing wellenough, like Tyler Warren.
Yeah.
Like one plus one equals two,usually.

Scott (28:56):
Um hey, everybody has a bad game.

Graham (29:00):
Yeah, right.

Scott (29:01):
And it and it all started.
I didn't watch your game.
I had it on red zone because Iwas watching the Chargers.

Announcer (29:08):
Yeah.

Scott (29:08):
But I'm watching on red zone and I'm watching the Colts
just boom, boom, boom, boom,boom, first possession, straight
down the field, score seven.
You guys, I don't know if youwent three and out, six and out,
whatever.
You punt it back to them.

Graham (29:23):
Yeah.
Twice.

Scott (29:24):
And and and the Colts are going down the field again.
And then all of a sudden TJgoes, hey boys, hold my beer.
I'm about to, I'm about to dowhat I do.

Graham (29:36):
Yeah.

Scott (29:37):
You know, this the sack strip sack fumble, whatever.
And that point on it was prettymuch over.

Graham (29:44):
Yeah.
And the worst sorry, go ahead,go ahead.

Scott (29:48):
No, go ahead, go ahead.

Graham (29:49):
No.
The worst part about it.
Watching that game.
So I did a I did something newfor this this week, this past
week.
I brought out the an I broughtout my second big TV, so I put
it out so I could have the twobig TVs outside instead of
watching the my game and thenjust watching Red Zone on my

(30:09):
phone or the like the laptop.
Like I wanted because therewere so many good games going on
in the early slate.
There was your game, there wasthe Lions Vikings game.
It's just like there was somuch that I wanted to watch.
So I pull all that out.
I'm watching the game.
My dad was came over.
We were watching, but uh heleft for a little bit and then
came back.
We're watching the game.
Pitler's doing great.

(30:29):
He's all excited, and he'slooking at me and he's just
like, I thought you would bemore excited right now.
And I'm like, I am, but I don'twant to tell you that I bet
against my team.
Like, there's nothing worse,like, it's the one time when you
think you're being smarterabout a situation, like, hey, if
I know we're gonna lose, atleast let me make some money off

(30:51):
of it.
But then it's just like, allright, now we're gonna win, and
we're gonna lose, and I'm gonnalose the money.
I just like I was happy, butalso in the same sense, I'm
watching the game, and I evenwas talking to you about it
after the fact, and you butsince you said you weren't
watching paying that closeattention, a lot of those
strips, the the strip sacks andyou know, or the sacks that

(31:15):
happened the the Colts have agood offensive line.
That's great, they have goodtackles.
I don't know why, for somereason, they just thought that
our defensive line was trash,and they just let TJ Watt and
High Smith on each side goone-on-one.
Most of the game, they weregoing one-on-one.

(31:38):
If you're gonna give T-Bite TJan opportunity to go one-on-one,
that's on you.

Scott (31:44):
Like and the crazy thing, you know, everybody's like, oh,
the Steelers bottled upJonathan Taylor.
Yeah, you did.
But for three of the fourquarters of that game, they were
trailing and made the Coltsone-dimensional.
Yeah.
So they weren't so they weren'tthrowing the ball or weren't
weren't running the ball.
Yeah.
But guess what?
You give a pass rusher like TJand what's the other dude's

(32:06):
name?
Highsmith.
Highsmith passing opportunitiesevery time they're on the
field.

Graham (32:12):
Yeah.

Scott (32:12):
What are they doing?
Pinning their ears back.

Graham (32:14):
Yeah.

Scott (32:15):
Fakes are playing.
Let's get to the quarterback.

Graham (32:17):
Yeah.
I mean, they still pass theball pretty well.
Uh it was the wake I think.

Scott (32:24):
I forget who was talking about it, but with five, y'all
had y'all got five turnovers.
Right?

Graham (32:31):
I think six.

Scott (32:33):
Whatever.
Six.

Graham (32:34):
Yeah, but four sacks and two picks.

Scott (32:38):
Well, sacks aren't turnovers, so smack yourself.

Graham (32:40):
Well, no.
Five turnovers.
No, no.
Two strips and uh whatever.

Scott (32:44):
Whatever, smack yourself.
Sacks aren't turnovers.

Graham (32:47):
Um, thinking one thing instead of another, all right?

Scott (32:49):
Okay.
But the offense didn't lookthat great.
Yeah, Warren finally got in theend zone.
I saw Roman Wilson.
Was it him that made that thathad the fumble?
Yeah.

unknown (33:02):
Yeah.

Scott (33:03):
At the end of the day.
But last week, remember wetalked about this.
The favorites in week eightwent 11 and 2 against the
spread.
Week nine, the favorites werefour and eight.

Graham (33:17):
Is that was that the stat you wanted to say you
saved?
No, no, no.

Scott (33:21):
Uh dude, the Lions were laying eight and a half.
What'd I tell you?
Friday is high rate.
Bet the farm on the Lions.
Yeah.
JJ McCarthy's like, nope, Igotcha.
Colts, minus three and a half.
Nope.
Patriots, minus four and ahalf.
Niners, minus two and a half.

(33:42):
Chargers, minus nine and ahalf.
It's like we always say, it's aweek-to-week league.

Graham (33:52):
I know.
I mean, look, I'm happy we won.
The money is what it is.
I mean, but how much I how muchconfidence do I have in the
team the rest of the season?

Scott (34:08):
That's that's what my boy, that's what my boy Joe Book
said.
And my buddy at work that's amember at my club that has
seasoned tickets to theSteelers, he's like, you know,
don't know if last week wassmoke and mirrors.
You know, they have no idea.
And I agree.

(34:29):
I mean, we've talked about it.
We got Chargers play you guysnext Sunday night.
We just lost alt for theseason.

Announcer (34:37):
Yeah.

Scott (34:38):
And who knows what's gonna happen.
You know, we just traded foroffensive linemen from the
Saints.
I mean, God only knows.
I mean, I was talking to TP andRob last night to think about
going in in the season.
You got all pro left tackleSlater, all pro right tackle alt

(34:59):
starting the season.
You sign Becton from theEagles.
We're going, let's go.
This is a Harbaugh offensiveline.
Yeah.
Lose Slater before the season.
Alt goes out in week four,comes back a couple weeks later,
dominate the Vikings, then goesout against the Titans.

Graham (35:18):
Yeah.

Scott (35:19):
Dude, and Herbert has been hit more than any
quarterback in the league.
Yeah.
Okay.
And then it's like, I see thisstat tonight, it's crazy.
It's talking about, you know,I'm talking to Rob about the
game this week.
I'm like, he's like, dude,Watts gonna kill Herbert.
And I'm like, dude, it's gonnabe another game plan just like

(35:42):
the Viking or the Dolphins.
Quick dump offs, quick passes,quick passes.
Like I told you earlier, Lad'sgonna get so many targets.
Keenan, Ladd.
But I see the stat tonight whenTP sends it to me.
The best dual threatquarterback in football.

(36:06):
Okay, and this is crazy to eventhink about right now.
Herbert is second in the leaguein passing yards with 2,390 and
first in the NFL in rushingyards with 305.
What?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Insane.
If we're gonna beat you guysnext week or this week,

(36:31):
whatever.
Yes, that's gonna be it's gonnabe Herbert and his legs.

Announcer (36:35):
Yeah.

Scott (36:35):
Just like when you and I were at SoFi when you still
lived in California.
Remember that game Herbert ranall over the place?

Graham (36:41):
Yeah.

Scott (36:42):
Uh, but it's the only way it's gonna happen.
It's the only way.
I like our defense better thanyour defense, but I like your
pass rushers against myoffensive line.

Announcer (36:53):
Yeah.

Scott (36:54):
So, I mean, who knows?
But I mean, just losing all itblows.
It sucks.
I mean, you know, Rob's beenbitter betty, blasting the
Chargers for not making a tradeand this and that.
And like I told you earlier, Isaid, hey Rob, how many
offensive linemen were tradedtoday?
Uh one, the one we got.

(37:18):
Ain't nobody trading offensivelinemen.
Come on.
And if we were going after anyoffensive linemen that's good,
you ain't telling me that GM forthat team that we're talking to
ain't ready to bend or teaseover.
Hey, no, we we're desperate.
We need it.
Yeah, no, no, I'm no chance,dude.

Graham (37:39):
It's yeah, I mean, you guys are in that unfortunate
position where it's just likeyou're good, but because of
injuries, you're handicapped,and yeah, you have money and you
have picks, but it's just likeyou can't get the pieces that
you would need to make alegitimate run type of
situation.

Scott (37:59):
Just think about I'm just gonna name off some people, the
injuries for this year.
Okay, and I'm just gonna saythe bigger name players.
Hampton, first round draftpick.
Najee uh never missed a gamewith the Steelers, blows his
face up with fireworks in thesummer, and then Achilles.

(38:21):
And I'm just gonna say thisright now.
Would the Chargers have signedNajee if they knew what they had
in Kamani Vidal?
Who knows?

Graham (38:31):
Well, there's a reason why Vidal was on the practice
squad, so I mean I agree, butI'm yeah, I'm saying if No, I
get it.

Scott (38:42):
I get it all out.
Becton, our big splash in freeagency last year, who has been
an absolute dud so far.
Yeah.
Dude, uh uh Khalil Mack missedfour weeks.
Denzel Perryman.
Uh I mean, Tony Jefferson'sbeen out.
Tarheeb still are uh I mean,every team has injuries.

(39:04):
It is what it's part of thegame, obviously.

Graham (39:07):
But we as I say, it's not next man up when the person
that goes down is the guy.

Scott (39:15):
Like an all-pro left tackle.

Graham (39:18):
Yeah, I mean, dude, I mean the Chargers just have the
worst luck.
They always have like a key guyevery year gets hurt.
Yeah, it's just like, allright, so next year, I mean, we
should we be taking bets onwho's gonna be out for the year
next year?
I mean, all right.

Scott (39:31):
Shut your mouth.
Let's don't even talk aboutthat.
Don't even talk about thatshit, Graham.
Fuck off.

Graham (39:40):
I'm just kidding.

Scott (39:43):
Um, real quick though, we all watched the Sunday night
game.
Well, you didn't.
Uh Jaden Daniels, dude.
Seahawks.
Before I even get into JadenDaniels, I just gotta say this.
I don't know what on earth hasme a believer in the Seahawks,

(40:08):
but man, they are the best teamin the NFC.

Announcer (40:13):
Yeah.

Scott (40:14):
And they got better today.

Announcer (40:16):
Yeah, they did.

Scott (40:19):
I mean, to the point of could you imagine this last
year, exactly a year ago, fromthis moment, saying, oh man, the
2025 trade deadline beingheadlined by teams going all in
on Daniel Jones and Sam Darnold.

Graham (40:41):
Hey, I was just talking with our boy Jeff last night,
and I basically told him, I'mlike, look, with how your team's
doing, if he can stay at thesame pace, and with that
organization and the new coachand and what they're doing right
there, he could retire asSeahawk.
He really could.

Scott (41:04):
Isaac, the Seahawks, they played, they got a defensive
head coach.
Okay, they got a quarterbackthat played two bad games last
year.
Two week, whatever, the lastweek against the Lions, and then
the wild card round against theRams.

Graham (41:24):
Yeah.

Scott (41:25):
The Vikings let him roll, dude.

Graham (41:27):
Yeah.

Scott (41:28):
And do you don't think the Seahawks made the correct
decision by trading Gino andsigning Sam Darnold?
Yeah.
I mean, dude, my guy SamDarnold was 16 for 16 in the
goddamn first half the othernight.

Graham (41:44):
Is that any good?
Well, I mean, it doesn't itdoesn't hurt that JSN just
decided to wake up and be like,oh, I guess I'm gonna be the
best receiver in the league thisyear.
Like dude.
What?

Scott (42:00):
Walker, Charbonnet.
Yeah.
Who's their tight end?

Graham (42:06):
Oh.
From the Broncos, the great guythey got from the Fant.
Is it Fant?

Scott (42:13):
No, I think Fant went somewhere else.
But he was traded to theBroncos to the Seahawks for
whatever the Russell Wilsonraped the Seahawks or Broncos
with.

Announcer (42:23):
Yeah.

Scott (42:24):
Oh.
But dude, Seahawks, man, I Idon't I don't know, man.
Oh, they are they're somethingelse.
They're solid.
I like them.
And I'm not just blowing smokeup Jeff's ass, but they are
solid.

Graham (42:39):
Um, how about Elijah Arroyo?
Who?

Scott (42:44):
Can I get an Andy quote here?
Can you give me an Andy quote?
Who?
Speaking of Andy, dude, oh man,fantasy football.
I think he just took the leadon you.

Graham (42:59):
He was a hat, he was a game ahead of me, and folks, we
played two games.
We're in a league that we playtwo games a week.
He's a game ahead of me.
Whoopity doodad hey.
Um, I'm still 330 points or 20points, whatever it is, ahead of
him.
So if we tie, he like he justhas to stay ahead of me.
Like he won't catch me inpoints.

(43:21):
I mean, knock on wood unless,you know, like all my players
get hurt, but I mean, you know,I just gotta keep getting
getting these dubs.

Scott (43:30):
I mean I mean, can I get a all-time, can I get an
all-time Graham quote right now?

Graham (43:36):
Okay.

Scott (43:37):
Not only it starts with who and ends with what?
Come on.

Graham (43:46):
Who oh, who are you rooting for?
Like ding ding ding ding dingding ding.
I just, you know, I mean, look,I went one and one, could have
gone two and oh, but the wholereason we play two games, folks,
if you're if you're wondering,I mean, well, I mean, all the
people that listen to us prettymuch know why, but the reason

(44:09):
why we play two games is becausewhen you play fantasy football,
how many times is it where youcould have the second most
points in the league that weekand still lose?
Because you play the guy whohad the first.
And that's what happened to me.
I had the second most pointsgoing into going into that going
into this past week.
I won the first matchup by like50 points, and then the other

(44:29):
one, it was just like, allright, it comes down to Monday
night.
All I need is 20 points fromDak Prescott.
That's all I gotta do.
Like, yeah, there's not, Imean, I you know, like the

(44:50):
Cowboys.
I just I don't how can theylook bad and good at the same
time?
How can they have good gamesand then also have bad games?

Scott (44:59):
Like, I just on a side, on a side note, uh Duke is
laying the wood.
I they're up 68 to 54 rightnow.

Graham (45:11):
Let's go! Um, I just I mean, look, the Cowboys have had
bad defense.
I mean, they made some hellatrades today.
I mean, granted, they gave awaya lot.
They gave away a second thisnext year and then a first the
year after that, and they gotQuentin Williams, the defensive

(45:31):
line defensive lineman, tackle.
Hey, good for them.
They needed him.
Uh then they also got them.

Scott (45:40):
Uh did they really need to never mind, we're not even
gonna get into that.

Graham (45:46):
Oh, do they need to because they're three and five
or three and six, or whateverthe record is right now?

Scott (45:50):
Have you seen their next five games?
Yeah, I mean, like they playthe Raiders okay next Monday
night.
Somehow the Cowboys will screwthat up, but I'll still take the
Cowboys in the dub.
But then they got Eagles, theygot Lions, they got Chargers,
they got Chiefs.

Graham (46:10):
Hey, I'll What do they think they're gonna do?
Well, they always say divisiongames are different, right?
You know, it doesn't matter howmuch better the other team is,
it's division.
So, I mean, that is on theirfavor a little bit.
Um, look, getting these extrapieces is definitely gonna help.
I mean, the thing is, is onpaper, at least their offense,

(46:32):
you think, is good enough.
I mean, Dak, CD, Pickens, youknow, Javante is actually, you
know, doing well this year.
Yeah, but I mean, dude, yeah.
I mean, Devonta getting that,you know, getting the ball
knocked out towards the end ofthe game, uh, the end of the
fourth, it's just like it justseems like this year it's like

(46:53):
whatever can happen will happen.
And yeah, and look, you ain'twrong.
It's not uh sometimes it's notas how much as how bad one team
is versus give credit to theother team.
Yeah, the Cardinals are notslouches.

Scott (47:10):
I mean, look, Cardinals, Cardinals came out and just I
mean, what how much all right,real question?
Yeah, you heard Marvin Harrisonrip on the Cardinals offense,
right?
Yeah, his quote, yeah.
How much do you think thatfirst half had to do with that?

Graham (47:32):
That's because my guy was balling.
Yeah.
I mean, if that's the case, doit every week, player.

Scott (47:41):
I mean, dude, that 90 million dollar cornerback,
what's his name?
Hand or whatever.
Bland, Jeron Bland.
Bland hand, maybe he needs athird hand.
Uh that move Marvin Harrisonput on him on the goal line uh
had CD on the bench going, God.

(48:01):
I mean, the first thought thatcame to my mind when that shit
happened was from the movieFriday when they're sitting on
the porch and Home Girl bendsover across the street and is
smoky, and they're like, God.

Graham (48:18):
That's all I can think.
That's all I can think.
Dude.
He juked him right out of hisfeet, out of his cleat.

Scott (48:25):
Dude, he was on the ground, and Marvin Harrison was
like, Yeah, thanks for playing,bro.
Thanks for the tutty.
Yeah, I but I mean, but theygave him 90 million, but
couldn't give Micah Parsons anextension.
I was just saying.
And then they uh whatever.
We're not even getting intothat because nobody cares.
It's the goddamn cowboys andwhatever.
Dude, something that needs tobe brought up.

(48:45):
Dude, Jags kicker, 68 yarder atthe end of the first half in
Vegas to break the record.
Wow, dude.
I'm watching it live, dude.
I'm watching it live, and I'mlike, I'm on the phone with my
dad, and I'm like, Tristan,look, he's lining up for a 68

(49:08):
yarder.
Dude, that shit was probablygood from 73, 74.
And he hit a 70 yarder againstyou guys in preseason, but then
he's had a shitty, he's had ashitty season.
Yeah, like hasn't been toogood, yeah, and drills that.
But the best part of this wholestory is when he gets to the
locker room after Pete Carrolldecided to throw the ball on the

(49:31):
one-yard line again.
Imagine that.
Uh homeboy has a letter in hislocker saying, Hey, we need to
drug test you.
And the dude throws it out onhis Instagram.
He's like, Already?
I mean, dude.

Graham (49:48):
The dude's barely even six feet tall.
Like, what does he wait?
Like 185 phones soaking wet?
Like soaking wet.
Something has to be done.
Uh, something has to be wrongwith that.
I mean, look, I'm just gonnasay it right now.
Folks, you have to do the mathon that.
68 yards, you're like, oh yeah,that's long.
No, no, no.
If you watch football, go standon the goddamn field.

(50:09):
No, 68 yards to do the math foryou guys, is on your own 49
yard line.
Dude.
There, you're on your side ofthe 50.
Like it was, it was absolutelybefore we'll say, like, I mean,
definitely 10 years, but youcould say like five to seven

(50:31):
years, but before 10 years, thestandard is it's like, yo, you
gotta make it 50 was deep in theyeah.
That's what I'm saying.
Like, if you make like the goalis, hey, get it to the 35 when
we got a chance.
Now, with the kickers nowadays,especially if it's indoor, I'm
gonna tell you straight up,within the next couple years,

(50:53):
the record's gonna be probablylike 72.

Scott (51:00):
Yeah, Aubrey, Audrey, Aubrey, he he lined up for a 68
yarder, and it had it had thedistance, but he just pulled it
a little bit.
Yeah, I'm like, dude, are youkidding me?
This dude's gonna break therecord, and it's not even gonna
last 24 hours.
Yeah, but dude, I'm like, comeon, man.
Yeah, it's crazy.
Crazy, but dude, I I don'tknow.

(51:24):
I mean, like I said earlierwhen I was throwing a little
shade at Pete Carroll forthrowing the ball, dude, over
game goes to overtime.
And dude, something I've beenthinking about again, the new
overtime rules.
It's 10 minutes.
Yeah.
Okay, dude, the Jaguars milkthe clock.

(51:46):
And the crazy thing is, whatwas the old rule back in the
day?
The team that wins the toss andover well, the team that wins
the toss and overtime, whatdefers.

Graham (51:57):
Yeah, usually, yeah.

Scott (51:58):
Well, the Jaguars went down the field, milk the clock
seven minutes.

Announcer (52:03):
Yeah.

Scott (52:04):
If if the Raiders don't have that amazing run back, who
knows what happens.

Announcer (52:10):
Yeah.

Scott (52:10):
But but then they score the tutty, and Pete Carroll's
like, I'm gonna go for the win.
Why not?

Graham (52:18):
And I mean, there's there was literally seconds left
on the clock.
I mean, less uh under 15seconds.
Like, what there's no point totime right here.
Like, there's literally not.

Scott (52:28):
You might as well it's and then what does Pete Carroll
do?
I mean, yeah, you're gonna passthe ball, but dude, Tyler
Lockett, wide ass open.

Graham (52:38):
Yeah, it was just a great play from the defensive
lineman.

Scott (52:41):
Defensive lineman goes straight up Matumbo style.

Graham (52:45):
No, no, no.

Scott (52:47):
No, no, no.
I mean, Bowers was wide assopen too.
And let's just talk.
I mean, Bowers hadn't played inhow many weeks and first game
back, three tutties.

Graham (53:02):
What was it like 12 for 130 and three tutties?
Whatever it was, it was a lot.
I mean, geez louized.
And to think I was consideringon trading him just to bolster
my roster.

Scott (53:17):
And the the Bears, the Bears-Bengals game, 31 points
scored in the fourth quarter.

Graham (53:26):
Dude, dude, now that they traded that linebacker
away, and like I my my thing isthis like the players after the
game are calling or not.

Scott (53:38):
Yeah.

Graham (53:39):
I mean, that's bad.

Scott (53:41):
That's two weeks in a row, dude.

Graham (53:43):
Dude, Jamar Chase, and then also Brown, the running
back.

Scott (53:47):
Higgins had a game.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I I heard some stat.
I wish I would have recordedit, but it was like first team
and back-to-back weeks to scoreover 30-something points and
lose.

Graham (54:04):
They lost with uh what how I I didn't see because I was
watching the other game, likehow much time did they did
Chicago have?
It was under a minute orsomething to come back.

Scott (54:13):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Walk off to Lovelin, like 54.
Dude, the Bengals are down.
Score a tutty.
One sidekick, score a tutty.
The Bears get the ball back,and Lovelin 54-yard touchdown.
It was insane.
Insane.

Graham (54:36):
I don't know.
And the front office wondering,I'm sorry, and the front office
is wondering why season take aholders are not renewing.

Scott (54:46):
Yeah.
Insane.
But dude, after uh something Imentioned to you yesterday after
the Raiders game, dude, Sundaynight, Max Crosby threw a tweet
out there.
And we all know Max Crosby'sthe face of the Raiders, right?
I mean, dude.
Man, I know everybody putstheir time and effort and spends

(55:10):
their hard-earned money to gettickets.
I feel for them.
Raider Nation, I love y'allwith everything in my heart and
soul.
Y'all deserve better.
Stay as one.
It will change.

Graham (55:23):
Uh to quote that song from 80 years ago or what movie
it was, uh, tomorrow, tomorrow,it will always be tomorrow.

Scott (55:36):
Like, dude, I don't know.
But Jaden Daniels, dude.
The craziest thing about itcame out, and we were talking
about it last night.
Yeah.
As soon as it happened, I wastalking to you, and I'm like,
dude, is this RG3 the second?

(55:58):
You know?
And then the stat comes out.
Jaden Daniels or RG3.
Both second round picks, bothdrafted by the Redskins.
When their injuries happen,we're both playing against the
Seahawks.
Both on the same side of thefield.
Both on second down and both onthe four-yard line.

(56:21):
Dude, how does it make it?
It goes back to the Redskins andJoe Thysman and Alex Smith.
And that's that of them gettinghurt.
Like, what in the shit, man?
Make it make sense.
Yeah.
Dude, and to everybody out thereblasting Dan Quinn about having

(56:44):
Daniels in the game, the moreI've thought about it, no, bro.
No.
Don't put this on your headcoach.
How many games did PeytonMaiden come out of when they
were blowing teams out?
The same amount as me and you.
Football players play football.

(57:05):
Jaden Daniels.
Yeah, they're getting blown outin the fourth quarter.
But he just missed a coupleweeks.
He's coming back.
He's getting reps.
You know, I truly, and I saidit to you Sunday night, I truly
think Washington and their GMthought they were going to be

(57:29):
really good this year because ofwhat happened last year.
And they were.
But they also played a lastplace schedule.
Yeah.
Okay.
Last year.
But they went all in this yearon old players.
Yeah.
Made some crazy draft picks,made some crazy trades, got

(57:50):
Tunsell, got Debo.
Bobby Wagner's still there.
I truly thought today, afterDaniel's injury on Sunday, that
they were going to be sellers.
I mean, there was a lot ofrumors about Debo being traded.
I don't know, dude.

(58:11):
I I just I feel bad for theorganization, but not saying
it's not going to be differentnext year.
And the thing about it is, asI'm watching this game Sunday
night, I'm texting TP about it.
And all I can say is, God damn,how'd they beat the shit out of
my Chargers?

(58:31):
They suck.
Dude.
I mean, fuck.
I mean, same thing, same thingwith the Vikings.
The Chargers boat raced theVikings last Thursday night, and
the Vikings boat raced thegoddamn Lions.

Graham (58:57):
Oh, I'm sorry.
I got one for you.
How about uh the Packers comeinto Pittsburgh on Sunday night,
take care of us pretty handily,and then, oh, I don't know,
have the Panthers come in andliterally couldn't do anything
against them?
That was insane, wasn't it?
Like nothing.
I mean, granted, insane.

(59:18):
Kraft got hurt out for theyear.
I mean, that's a killer.
But still, like you can't loseyour tight end and not score
touchdowns.
Like I just another game that'sjust like, oh, that killed my
parlay.
Make it make sense, bro.

(59:39):
I I don't know.
I mean, and look, I mean, heck,looking forward to this week
coming up.
We got our game Sunday night.

Scott (59:46):
Hey, all I gotta say is uh Patriots, two wins away from
my over seven dubs, and my boyGraham over.
I'm gonna have to go back tothe episode and listen to the oh

(01:00:08):
dude, I already I already madeit a reel for you.

Graham (01:00:12):
Of course you did.
I mean, come on.
Yeah, I can tell you what's notlooking good.
Hey, my jets over five and ahalf.

Scott (01:00:23):
And your bet with Andy.

Graham (01:00:25):
Hey, there should be uh how do you feel about that bet
with Andy?

Scott (01:00:30):
And for the people out there listening, tell them what
the bet is, real quick, beforewe get out of here.

Graham (01:00:37):
100 bucks on who has a better season between the Jets
and the Saints.
Win-wise, right?
Win-wise, yeah.
So if it's a tie, it's a push,it's just they have to have more
games.
I was feeling confident.

Scott (01:00:56):
Confident at the start of the show.
I'm not gonna lie.
I'm not gonna lie.
When y'all made that bet, I wason your side.
And when they played theSteelers tough week one, I was
like, oh, okay.
Graham's about to take thatcash.
Give me that bingey.
And then it was like, oh damn.

Graham (01:01:17):
And then the Saints pull off that miracle win that they
got.
Yeah, but I mean Well, no, theMiracle Win was the Jets uh
beating the Bengals that kickedme out of uh the Survivor Pool.
And also was a piece of a partof all my bets that I had that
day.
I just I don't know.
Dude, them getting rid of allthose guys, I mean the Saints

(01:01:40):
got rid of people.
They're literally the two worstteams in the NFL right now.
They're fighting for the oneand two seed right now.

Scott (01:01:48):
Not seeds, draft picks.

Graham (01:01:50):
You know what I mean?
Sorry.

Scott (01:01:53):
I don't disagree.
I don't disagree, dude.
Back to my Chargers game,though, I as we finish up this
episode.

Graham (01:02:01):
Yeah.

Scott (01:02:04):
Chargers got the dub.
It was a good win.
You know, lost all, whichsucked.
But dude, Dayon Henley, ourmiddle linebacker, was literally
in Nashville and his brothergot killed Friday night in LA.
To the point where DenzelPerryman knocked on his door at

(01:02:25):
6 a.m.
on Saturday morning and said,Hey, you need to call your mom
to find out his brother got shotand killed.
Insane, dude.
Insane.
But he played as a dick off,and Derwin said he's never felt
more of a bonding for a teamthan that.

(01:02:47):
I mean, Spano said, hey, youcan take my private jet, go back
to LA if you want.
We understand.
And he didn't.
He played, he had an amazingsack on a third and long and
instantly went to his knees.
And you could see the emotion,dude.
You know, it was awesome tolisten to his interview at the
end of the game.
It was sick.

(01:03:08):
But the best part about theChargers Titans game this past
Sunday was my girl as thesideline reporter.
I don't know if it's everhappened since she's been a
sideline reporter.
But if you don't know who I'mtalking about, that is my girl,

(01:03:33):
hot chick of the week, everyweek, Amanda Baleones.

Graham (01:03:38):
Folks, if you don't know who this is, then you don't
listen to this podcast.

Scott (01:03:42):
You don't listen to us enough.
I was like, oh damn, let's go.
But I don't know.
Something I gotta throw outthere real quick.
Uh golf live tour made anannouncement today.
Uh in 2026, they're actuallygonna play 72 whole tournaments

(01:04:04):
so they can get world rankingpoints.

Announcer (01:04:06):
Yeah.

Scott (01:04:07):
Uh are they now gonna change the name of the Live Tour
to LXX11 or II?
Right.
Because we all know Live is theRoman numeral for 54, and
that's what they used to play is54 whole tournaments.

Graham (01:04:24):
Hey.
I mean they have to, right?
They don't call it Twitteranymore, right?
So I don't get it.
I get it.
I hey good for them.
I'm glad it's happening.
I mean, they gotta dosomething.

Scott (01:04:39):
I mean they have to.

Graham (01:04:41):
I mean, the the few key players that they have left,
they need to get get standing sothey can play in the big events
or play, you know, in themajors, or at least I mean, at
least after this past Ryder Cup,they they're not looking at
certain stats anywhere, they'rejust like we want you type of
thing.
So I mean that's good, but uhyou know, it was the right thing

(01:05:02):
that needed to happen.
Hell, they should have done itfrom the beginning, and then I
mean just imagine if we wereseeing what golf would be at at
this moment.

Scott (01:05:10):
You know what I mean?
I agree.
100% agree.
100% agree, Graham.
But as we wrap this up, we gota golf tournament this week, and
I'm gonna give you my lock.
Okay.
If anybody's made it this longin the episode, hold on, I gotta
find it.

Graham (01:05:31):
Here's the lock.
Wait, hold on.
What is it?

Scott (01:05:33):
Uh the worldwide technology event in Mexico.
Uh, we are gonna take my guy,Michael Brennan.
Yes, top 20.
All right, okay, and MichaelBrennan just won a couple weeks
ago.
He's from the state ofVirginia, and a couple guys that

(01:05:56):
are out there in Arizona havesaid this dude is the best
player that's gonna be a rookieon tour this year.

Announcer (01:06:06):
Wow.

Scott (01:06:07):
And when it comes from tour players saying that, it
means something.

Graham (01:06:14):
Yeah, I mean, just a little bit more weight than you
know, you and I.
Just just just a little bit.

Scott (01:06:19):
Just a little bit, just a little bit.
On that note, Graham, fun week.
Uh, I always hate when theChargers play the Steelers
because you and I hate eachother.
Not really, but you know, togame, we all know that.
But if y'all win, great.
If we win, great.
It is what it is.

Graham (01:06:37):
Like, well, I know you.
I'll say this.
You have gotten better, and foras long as we've known each
other, you've always said, well,when my game's on, I I'm not on
the phone.
Like, don't call me.
Like, yeah, it's not gonnahappen.
The especially this year andeven a little bit last year,
you've been surprisingly alittle better about uh,

(01:06:59):
especially when our teams arenot playing at the same time.
Because it's like, you know, Ialso will root for the Chargers
as well, so like we'll do alittle text here or there, but
we're like, we're not havingactual conversation.
But would you but would our thefew times when our teams play
each other, there's gonna be noconference there.

Scott (01:07:16):
Yeah, I'm not gonna talk to you and I'll talk to you at
halftime, I'll talk to you.

Graham (01:07:20):
Yeah, it's it's not like there's gonna be no me, there's
gonna be no me sendingthunderbolts or little lightning
bolts.

Scott (01:07:28):
Yeah, no during the game.
And dude, the worst part, mymember that's a seasoned ticket
holder up in Pittsburgh, walksin my office this morning and
he's got a Steelers hat and hegoes, Hey, you want to wear this
for the week?
And I'm like, get the shit outof my office.
Dying, right?
We're dying, he goes, and likeI said, told you earlier, he's

(01:07:48):
like, We're gonna get the shitkicked out of us.
I'm like, dude, shut up.
This game is so big for both ofus.

Graham (01:07:55):
Oh, it's a must-win.

Scott (01:07:57):
For both teams, yeah.
I mean, for both teams, it'shuge.
But think thank God the Chiefsare on a bye, lost to the Bills
for the fifth straight time inregular season, but can't beat
them in the playoffs.
So does it really fuckingmatter?

Graham (01:08:14):
I know we're at the end.
We really didn't talk about theget that game, but the one
thing I just for 20 seconds, theone thing that I did take away
from watching that game, I don'tknow if it was because it was
in Buffalo.
They the Chiefs did not get thecalls that they usually get
that game.
Like there was a I mean, like,there was a bunch of plays I was

(01:08:37):
like, they missed that wholething.

Scott (01:08:39):
How about the hit that on Maha?
Hermit took.
Yeah.
How was that not?
I'm just going, oh my god,where's the flag?
Where's the flag?
Where's the flag?
Oh, there's no flag.
Let's go.

Graham (01:08:53):
Like, that I mean, still, it was a great game.
I mean, I'm watching.
It was.
You know, I I found a uh aBills bar here in town, and I
was meeting up with uh one of mybuddies, his friends was out
here and they're from theBuffalo area, and they're like,
Oh, we want to watch the game.
And I was like, Well, I know abar, it's a Bills bar, I've
never been, dude.
Amazing spot.

(01:09:14):
Like to be like every TV was onthe game, we're watching, had a
great time, and they're like,I'm just watching this game.
And I'm like, at the end, whenthe Chiefs had the ball, how do
you have any confidence?
Like, they came back with 13seconds left.
You're giving him a minute anda half.
Like, and here's here's mything.

Scott (01:09:32):
Only only Andy Reed can draw up a play where a wide
receiver is wide ass open onfourth and 16.

unknown (01:09:40):
Yeah.

Scott (01:09:42):
Like, like, really?
Uh only Andy Reid.
Like, come on, man.
Jimmy crickets.
Great point.

Graham (01:09:50):
Great point.

Scott (01:09:52):
God bless America.
I don't know.

Graham (01:09:56):
Oh, Scott, it's always a pleasure doing the podcast with
you.
I love it.
And you know, I don't I wantedto bring it up.
I'm like, we we normally do it,so are are are we betting a
shot?

Scott (01:10:11):
Oh, yeah, 100%.

Graham (01:10:12):
Okay.
I didn't know I just had to sayit for the fans, you know,
they're just kids to look at it.

Scott (01:10:17):
Quit kidding yourself.
Hey, nobody's been listening tothis for an hour and nine
minutes at this point.
Maybe TP and grammar police.
That's about it.
And and T-bone, that's aboutit.
T-bone.

Graham (01:10:32):
Hey, as the best home uh wow.
As the best homie always says,Bubba.

Scott (01:10:39):
Good night, friends.
Good night, everyone.
Amanda, thank you for being asideline reporter for my
chargers.
Everyone, have a great week.
We'll talk to you next Monday.
Bubba!

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