Hour 2: LaVar, Brady & Jonas – Ugly Wins & Tough Losses

Bills win big in Baltimore thanks to John Harbaugh’s decision to leave points on the board. Packers squeak by Bailey Zappe and the Pats but nobody in the NFC instills confidence except the Eagles. Saints lose another heartbreaker against the Vikings. The Browns could be undefeated if not for Stefanski and a puking edition of the FSR IR.

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on track. I think there's probably two conversations that could

(01:30):
be had here. Number one is the Bills get a
massive win after things did not look good early on,
after the heartbreaking loss they suffered to the Dolphins a
week ago. Also, the decision by the Baltimore Ravens to
go for it on fourth and goal from the two
yard line as opposed to taking the points in unkind conditions,

(01:50):
and their Buffalo gets the ball back, goes down the field,
kicks a field goal to win the game, and so
of course there's that discussion to be had. So to
take a pick a card in card, we want to
talk Bills, and we want to go in the direction
of what the Ravens are thinking. I don't know. I mean,
the Ravens was a thing to me that watching. I
was like, huh, all right, like you're at home, you
figure you kind of rely on that. I guess you

(02:12):
can make that argument both ways, though, you know, because
if you don't get the fourth down, do you really
expect Buffalo to drive back down the field in those
conditions at home and kick a field goal. But this
is arguably one of the best offenses in the NFL,
and your defense hadn't played that well this season up
until really that game, So I can go for it,

(02:35):
though I think I think the reason why wouldn't is
because I think points were hard to come by in
that game, given the conditions and everything else, And why
not take the three points and being at home and
then see if they can go down and even tied
up to get a field goal, let alone everything else.
I mean, all you're basically doing is giving them what
maybe twenty yards less a field position. I just I've

(02:59):
seen it too too many times where I feel like,
you know, you try to go for it, you overplay
your hand and you think that that's gonna stop you,
and who knows, maybe Buffalo drives down and ties up
with a touchdown. I mean, the way the way that
whole thing went, the way they orchestrated the end of
the game, they couldn't sort of touched on if they
wanted to. I mean, it really didn't matter. They won
by a field goal, but they could have could have

(03:19):
scored a touchdown at the end, they just played it
in a manner in which they didn't even allow Baltimore
to get the football back. And so that was a
master's class on you know, execution at the end of
the game, Whereas if they wanted to score touchdown, they
could have. So it doesn't matter what decision they made.
At best, even if they scored the fourth down, they're
going into overtime because Buffalo would have came back and

(03:40):
tied them. And if they kicked the field goal, you know,
you're still probably at least losing, if not, you know,
tying and going into overtime. I just I think at
the end of the day, it really didn't matter, but
we'll try to make a bigger deal about it. John Harbaugh,
the Ravens coach, of course, was asked about the decision
after the game. Well, I felt like the game, it's
the best chance to win the game because seven the

(04:03):
worst that happens is if they go down the field
and scoring, and I think we'll get them stopped. But
if they go down the field score a touchdown, the
worst thing happened is that you're in overtime but you
take a field goal. There now it's not a three
down game anymore. It's a four down game. You're you're
putting them out there, you're putting your defense on a
disadvantage because they've got four downs to convert all the
way down the field and a chance again score seven.
And then you lose the game on a touchdown. So

(04:25):
and then the worst thing, the other thing, you think
you're gonna get the ball to two yard lines. So
I'm very confident or defense, defense is ability stopping down
there with the ball in the two yard lines. So
we got them backed up if we don't get it.
Didn't turn out that way, unfortunately, and we lost the game.
So hindsight, you can take the points. But if you
look at it analytically, I understand why we did it.
So there's that analytics. That's the that's the answer to that.

(04:48):
I mean a lot of coaches use that anymore, all right,
I mean the probability, the percentages it makes, the probability
to win, like like they'll they'll he'll say, hey, in
that moment, you know that if we score a touchdown
there are win. Probability goes up astronomically, And that's what
he's talking about. Like you're making decisions not to prolong
the game, but to win the game. And I have

(05:09):
no problem. You could go either way with it. It's
just at the end of the day, it didn't matter
because your defense hasn't played that well. Uh and and
didn't in that final drive, Like that was the biggest difference.
I would say, just super super simply two yards Lamar
Jackson and and probability. Like to me, you don't like

(05:31):
I didn't like to play call, Okay, I mean I
would have. I would have done something different that didn't
put him in a position where he was going in
the opposite direction of of the angel. And I know
they didn't mean for that to happen that way, but
I mean, it's Lamar Jackson, you got two yards to go? Like,
come on? Did did you guys see at the end

(05:51):
of the game how the defense for Baltimore kind of
played that Marcus Peters was I raped. Well, it looked
like half the group wanted to let the Bill score
and the other half was like still trying to make
a tackle where they set up to kick the field
goal to win it. And it was there was almost
a sense of hey, let's let him score and give

(06:12):
you know, Lamar back sometime so he can try to
respond to this even as his doubt was it seems
I think even the defense knew, like, hey, this is
dying a slow death at this point, just to let
their field goal kicker come out or what Tyler Bass's name,
to come out and hit this thing to go win it.
So that that's another interesting part of it is I
remember watching like a Renal League games back in the day,

(06:35):
and you'd see that all the time, like that basically
defense would one another team score, so the the offense
had a chance to come back out and either get
ahead or just trying to find a way of tying
it up. And that's what this is remind me of.
Like we're getting to a point where it's I think
about what John Harbaugh said. He's talking about the response
of what his opponent's gonna do, and he's like, well,
the worst the score touchdown and we go into overtime,

(06:58):
Like he's already playing that scenario out. I just I
think it's kind of interesting they beat them, they could
score yeah, Like I think it's interesting that like there
was probably a conversation that has had and someone was
telling somebody let him score, Let him score. Let our
offense get back out there and have a chance to
win it or tie this thing up, because that's it's
going right now, We're just dying to slow death. Yeah,

(07:18):
I mean, wouldn't you like, in those conditions, wouldn't you
just want to take the points though, I mean, like
all else fails, just take the points. You're up three.
I understand the defense hasn't been that great, but it's
not like you know, I mean, Buffalo was moving the
ball better in the second half, but it wasn't like
you know, it was the typical Bills up and down
the field. We're gonna score a bunch of points. I
just in those conditions, I'd rather take the three points

(07:40):
and and and instead of sitting here going all right,
now we have to get a stop because now the
game is on the line and we're gonna lose this
thing without having an opportunity to come back out and
try and you know, get something together. I just I
don't know, man, I mean, hindsight twenty I just in
that moment, I get the analytics and all that stuff,
but I would just rather take the points, give me
the three. And let's here's the part I don't really

(08:01):
understand about the analytics. So for a long long time,
coaches have been making decisions where John Harbor probably kicks
that field goal, and they're they're not playing the analytics
card of saying, well, we wanted to go for a
fourth and two there because if we score touchdown, we
feel like our win probability is better. That's what the
analytics tell us, that's my guts tell me whatever. A

(08:22):
lot of coaches haven't coached that way. I mean, John
Hardball has been one of the more aggressive on fourth
down in the past five years or so than anyone.
But like when you start trying to compile all this
data to help make you make it an informed decision
on what what, what the numbers and what the analytics
are telling you. The problem is is we haven't been
in this aggressive era of teams going forward on fourth

(08:43):
down in those scenarios. So you're you're looking at the data,
but the data skewed because we've had a lot more
conservative head coaching decisions probably over the past thirty years
or twenty years, and these situations don't present them present
themselves that much where you'd have a ton of data
on it and We're early in this season, so if
you're basing any numbers off this season, it's pretty early

(09:04):
to make that decision. I just I think it always
comes down to, you know, what the coach sees and
that X factor of what it's guts telling him, and
and in this instance, I just I don't know. I
think taking the points there at least you're you're up three,
you feel like maybe that plays a factor in how
Buffalo is gonna play. Because if I'm a team is
down by a touchdown, like He's right, I'm gonna use

(09:25):
all four downs to try to go and score and
tie us up and going over time. But if I
only need three points, it's gonna change the way how
I'm playing. I'm not in desperation mode. I can be
in a two minute drive where I say, well, I
don't need to heave this ball downfield and hope and pray.
I just need to get it far enough down there
to be in fueld goal range to give us a
shot at prolonging this game and going. So I think

(09:46):
that's the other part of it is you hear John
Harball talk about his decision and what he was thinking,
but he's not factoring into how Buffalo is thinking, what's there?
Down by three and they've got to have a two
minute drive trying to go down at least tie the game,
if not try to go score all. Just think again
two yards if if you do a bootleg rollout with

(10:08):
with Lamar Jackson, like a naked bootleg QB keeper, whatever
it may be, I think people give you a hard time.
I just don't think you get as much of a
hard time, honestly, Like I just think the fact that
you ran a play action pass. Was it a play
action pass? I think it was a play action pass.

(10:28):
Um It just it just seemed as though right side
play action pass, corner of the end zone. That's like,
that's predictable. I just I just and and you know what,
if you're gonna predict that Lamar Jackson is gonna run,
I'm okay with that prediction. Stop it. If it's Lamar Jackson,

(10:49):
stop it. Like to me, I thought the play calling
is what made it a bad deal. Like analytics, their defense,
not a lot of points, weather, all those things. I
get all of those. I get all of that. If
you're gonna go for it, you're gonna go for it.
I get it like, that's fine, Like, let's go get

(11:09):
this touchdown. You're on a two yard line, you're an
a f C North team, go go bang that ball in.
But if you're gonna do it the way that they
did it, I just think that you just went out
in a soft manner, like you're trying to pass the
ball in which in some cases, I guess you would
say the analytics would say, Lamar is gonna try to
run the ball into the end zone. So like, let's

(11:32):
make sure we're playing Lamar. I just think if you're
gonna go for it, you you keep the ball in
your best player's hands, and and he's the one that
generally is able to find his way into an end zone.
Why why wouldn't you just call a play that gives
him the ability to run the ball in? Hell, two
yards the Honker down, get behind the center, let somebody

(11:55):
push you in. It's two yards. It's two yards. And
I know that they that Buffalo has a good defense,
they have a style defense, but it's two yards. I mean,
I think what's even more alarming is the fact that
they allowed Buffalo to come back in the in the
first place. If if if I'm being honest. I mean,
you know, Baltimore had the opportunity to to really control

(12:17):
the game and and win the game, and they gave
that away to begin with. They really shouldn't have been
in the in the position where they had to try
to get a touchdown or get three points at that
point in the game anyway, and then they throw us
out like this. This whole decision came with four minutes
left in the game a little over that, and you
had two times I saw the two minute warning. I

(12:38):
mean it's what I've kind of said, like, look, can
we can we just like not at some point you
gotta put on the defense to get a stop at
some point defense, No, it hasn't been And and and
in that instance, like you got a high ball game
at home four minutes left, yeah, I mean get off
the field at some point, you know, forcing to force
them to do something that the Bills took that ball

(13:00):
with three stoppages of time that Baltimore had at their
disposable and just drove the ball down the field. And
so like you know, look, and I I'm with LaVar.
It was a drop back pass and Lavarre scrambled around
a little bit or little Lamar scramb around a little
bit to make it play. Which fourth down? I would
say this, people will be like, oh, it looks like
a bed throw it. What was It's like, dude, you

(13:21):
gotta throw it up to turn over it down. Anyway,
There's a lot of fans who watched that situation like, well,
what kind of throw was that? Dude? It's fourth down, Like,
you gotta give your guys a chance. No one cares
if you throw a pick there. So I'm with you.
I would have liked to see something else a little
more creative. But did they That drive for Baltimore was
fourteen plays, ninety three yards at eight up, nine and

(13:43):
a half minutes o'clock, and they came up empty handed.
So why would you not think that you're going to
get it on that fourth down and drove it. Well,
it's also remember last year John Harbaugh got some criticism
because they went forward on to a couple I think
it was like twice they went for a two point
conversion in games that they ended up losing, And I
was like, well, you know, I trust my guys. You
know I would do it all over again. So he's

(14:04):
on a nice little stretch of I think three in
a row from two yards out trying to win games
or ice games, and they're not working out for him. So, uh,
Baltimore falls, they come up short. They're now a winless
at home on the season. But that's a massive win
for the Bills because, like I said, they did not
look good. I don't know if they were still you know,
wearing it from from their time in Miami and how

(14:26):
exhausted they were and how that game ended. But if
you're the Buffalo Bills, that's a huge win. It was
a massive loss too. It was both. Yeah, it was
going to be a massive win and a massive loss
for for either team. Whoever came out on top, whoever
came out on the bottom. Yeah, it's uh, two pros
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Big green egg dot com. So, uh, if if you're
a if you're a Green Bay Packers fan, how you
feeling after that game yesterday? Because that was a little
dicey there. That was a little a little too close
for comfort. If you're the Green Bay Packers going into
overtime with the team on their third string quarterback. Bailey's

(16:39):
appy who was didn't play horribly, but you know it. Yeah,
he got cracked on that on that sack he didn't
see and he draw a lost the ball on he
He got smoked there a little bit. But that's ah,
what do you what do we make of Rogers at

(17:00):
this point in the season, The way the offense has played,
the way he's played. This is now a couple of
weeks in a row. We've seen them struggle at times.
He threw a pick six. I think it's just the
fourth picks. This is fourth pick six in his career.
Just didn't look at Gleman something like that. Yeah, I
can tell you this much. I think their offense, you know,

(17:21):
you play four games into the season, you start to
figure out who you are. And I think their offense
has been one of which they can run the football.
You know, they've got two great backs, uh in a J.
Dillon and Aaron Jones. They're nice contrast to one another,
their old lines solid. Off of that, I think you've
got Tony in and you've got Alan Wizard a little
bit too in the passing game on some play action.

(17:43):
And those are the guys he he relies on Randald
cop to. Those are the three guys that I I
personally feel Aaron Rodgers feel is confident and he will
take chances or throw those balls in the tight windows.
I think Dobbs is coming along and and he might
be the one that it will build that trust as
the season goes on, and he's got a lead speed

(18:04):
and that helps the Watson picks. The one that just
has not come along. He's still not you know, as
talented as that young man is, he has not earned
Roger's trust yet and you can tell watching it. So
that that's where that's where I think they are. I
just I think they're an offense that their offensive lines
had their issues up front. I think they're you know,
Botr is back, They're starting to get healthier, but he

(18:25):
does not trust the younger wide receivers and and enough
to really have what he's had in the past. I
think that's gonna be a work in progress this season
until maybe the second half of the year. But you know,
the thing that is going to hold them back is
the thing that's continue to hold them back. They can't
stop the run. When teams want to run on them,
they can run on them, and that's what's gonna hurt,

(18:46):
you know, time possession, keeping the ball away from Aaron Rodgers.
But I think the thing where I got wrong with
the Packers this year is I thought this was gonna
be a really, really good defense, and they have some
really good players, but they are not playing like one
of the top deep in the NFL, at least not
what I think they're capable of. And twenty four points
isn't that's not a crazy amount to you know, to

(19:08):
give up. But I think the biggest losers here and
I put plural Istah, yeah, right, exactly. Listen, Davante Adams
and and Aaron Rodgers. Davant's decision to to move on
impacted not only his career, it's it's impacting the Packers season.

(19:35):
And and and like you said, mentioning that trust like
your main targets being Wizard and Randall Cobb. I mean,
that's that's not a that's not a number one. We
didn't name a number You didn't name a number one receiver,
you know, so you're talking about Aaron Rodgers is trying
to navigate an NFL season without having an established number one.

(19:58):
And see what DeVante is going through where he's at.
I mean, you know, finally they get a win, but
I mean it hasn't been it hasn't been pretty for
him and in Las Vegas, I got it right there.
Um I just I don't I find this green Bay
team to be somewhat of of a riddle, somewhat somewhat

(20:22):
uh like there could be good in there, like there
there could be that Super Bowl run Green Bay team there,
but they could be they could also be that team
that that kind of is just a um ah. I
mean I don't want to say I don't want to

(20:45):
go as far as saying a losing a losing team,
because I still I think that the North is is
weak enough for them to still come out of it
as the winner. But I just don't know how competitive
I see them being in the playoffs. And and that's
kind of like it's like a conundrum, like is like
you got one of the greatest greatest players. You know,

(21:08):
he's still playing out a high level. You have a
running game, and you have some guys on defense, like
you know, the Rashad Berries and and those those like.
You got some real game breakers on that side of
the ball, But they're not living up to what they
need to live up to. Do they change it? Like
Doe does? Does it change? Do they get better as

(21:28):
the season goes? You would like to believe so green
Bay historically gets better as the season goes. I'm not
I'm not losing. I'm not losing. Um, I guess hope.
On my my bed, I did say that Green Bay
would go play the Ravens. I believe in the Ravens
will win. I mean, I'm definitely not looking good and

(21:49):
what my prediction was, But I just I find them
to be a team that they could actually find a
stride and be really, really really good, or they could
be that team that really continues to struggle because they're
trying to find their way in terms of what the
identity of what the new identity of what their offense

(22:12):
is going to be with some of the new you know,
guys that are playing with some of the older guys
that are playing. Let me ask you, guys this outside
of Philadelphia in the NFC, who are you really confident
in because I'm having a hard time finding anybody outside
of Philadelphia. I mean, you can go up and down
Tampa Bay. I mean, we have no idea what that.

(22:33):
I mean, Tampa Bay ran for three yards last night.
I don't know that they thought they were gonna go
out there and run the football. Plus they got down early.
I mean when you get down like that, you're probably
getting out of that mode of trying to run the
football anyway. But I'm still I'm I'm still higher on
Tampa Like that defense to me, as good as Kansas
City was last night and the numbers they put up,

(22:55):
that's one of what two teams who can do that
to you. I think them in Buffalo, like I would
I would say, are able to offensively do that to you.
Maybe throw a filling that conversation, But I don't know.
I just I think that's a good football team, and
you have you couldn't tend to forget that was the
first time if I'm not mistaken, that all three Godwin
Evans and Julio Jones have been out on the the field together, right, Yeah,

(23:18):
I think so. Yeah, the offensive line has been banged
up that you know, donvand Smith this some time. He
came back. I mean, it's just they've they've been dealing
with some of that stuff. They lose Cameron Brad you know,
after he gets hit in the head. I just that's
still a good football team. I know, I know it
looked bad, but still they can compete. You all know
what's crazy about that is we just spent that amount

(23:38):
of time because how many other NFC teams are we
going to go to? Yeah, but look at look at
recent Super Bowls, Like we could talk about that because
the AFC looks stronger right now. I don't know that
anyone would disagree with that. But we get to the
postseason and it ends up being an NFC team that
I mean, you saw Tampa b Kansas City what a
couple of years ago during their like COVID year. Um

(24:00):
last year was the Rams obviously year before that. I'm
trying to think, but it's almost like the Chiefs of
the Niners. You know, it was all Jimmy Garoppolis and
the Niners had that game. Yeah, yeah, that game was
they were looking good. But yeah no, Yeah, the a
f C significantly from top to bottom is a much

(24:22):
better conference. But you know, we'll see see how that
who comes out of that and whether if you're stacking
right now, if somebody tells you got to pick your
top three teams in the a f C, Kansas City one,
I think so. Yeah. The way they've looked so far,
I mean they've been Buffalo right there. They kind of
one him in Buffalo. Yeah, it's two pros and a
cup of joe. Here on fs ARE we are going
to have an f S R I R coming up

(24:44):
in about ten to twelve minutes from now here on
Fox Sports Radio. By the way, can the Saints catch
any sort of a break against the Minnesota Vikings at
any point in the history of their franchise? When is
that going to be possible, Whether it's the Minneapolis miracle,
whether it's the you know, the quote unquote push off
of Kyle Rudolph in a playoff game, and then that

(25:06):
game yesterday, which is absolutely fantastic, that game yesterday. But
my man, that is it what a brutal way to lose.
I mean it literally, if that ball like Augusta win anything,
that ball goes in, if it bounces just a fraction
of an inch the other way. And yet here we
are the New Orleans Saints. You're looking around, going, what

(25:26):
the f man? Andy Dalton out there wheeling and dealing,
Kirk Cousins to shame, jet flying, jet playing, flying Rolex
watch wear and kiss stealing, we kneeling, son of a gun.
But I'm having a time keeping my feet. Now, I

(25:53):
didn't know you're a Rick Flair guy. Um, so you
want to hear somebody take responsibility for the Cleveland Browns, bradies,
Cleveland Browns who now found themselves losers in two games,
and they absolutely shouldn't have been losers. Onto the falcons man.
So the this is the Brown's head coach, Kevin Stefanski afterwards, Okay,

(26:17):
obviously very very disapp wanted to come down here, not
come away with the victory. And that's ah, that's the
frustrating part. Uh. You know, I need to own a
large part of that just we gotta come away with
points down there in the red zone, especially early. One
for three in the red zones not good enough. You know,
It's just a lot of things that you wish you
could take back, but it's we're a two and two

(26:39):
football team, and so they're two and two football team
who needs every win they can get desperately. And you
can argue, and we made this point after they blew
that game against the Jets. I mean, potentially an undefeated
team right here. Yet they lose again at this time
to the Falcons. Who's I don't even I have no
idea how the Falcons are two and two. I have
no clue, Like, somebody's got to explain that to me.

(27:00):
But nonetheless, year Cleveland Browns a disappointing performance yesterday in
the A t L. And and I think he's kind
of talking about this most recent game that the Jets game.
We talked about the whole Nick Chubbs scenario. If he
just goes down, you know, Flacco is not able to
lead them back and and really not giving them an
opportunity to run the clock out game over and supposedly

(27:20):
he no one had said anything to him about getting
down and Meanwhile, we watched the Buffalo Bills orchestrate a
perfect final drive and clock management in the final seconds. So,
you know, Kevin Stefansco, I think has done a pretty
good job navigating what has been a lot of chaos
in Cleveland, um between you know, Baker Mayfield and their

(27:43):
success going to the playoffs and last year dealing with
the injuries and everything else, trying to help keep that
team together. Um. And and then you look at this
year and bring on DeShawn Watts and everything else that's
come along with that. I think he's managed a lot
of stuff on the outside pretty well, considering not many
p whole get put in that situation. But now it's

(28:03):
the on field management and that's what's been lacking, and
it's been a bit of a surprise, and I don't
think it's been an issue in the past, and it
seems to be creeping up now. And so I'm not
sure if he's um, you know, it's it's more about
him having hesitation with some of his coaching decisions and
game management decisions due to Jacob recepting out there or

(28:24):
you know, however they're looking at it. But this this
is a Browns team that if they want to have
any shot of making the playoffs when Deshaun Watson gets back,
they've kind of figure out how to close out some games,
and then when some of these tight games and they
just have not I just think that that's the biggest
I don't want to say comedy or travesty. I just

(28:45):
think that that the biggest mistake that people will make
that are investing in Cleveland is that Deshaun Watson is
going to be the savior of this team when he
gets back. I think that's it's misconception. I think that
it is a misguided feeling to think that all they

(29:08):
have to do is just survived long enough until Deshaun
gets back again. Mind you, or be reminded, he hasn't
played in in a really really long time. For one,
but for two, when he was playing, they weren't winning
like that, you know, and I know, you know Bill
O'Brien detonated the team. I get that, and maybe that's

(29:31):
a large part of why Deshaun struggled. But this Cleveland
team has not been an overachieving team. That's bringing DeShawn
Watson then to get them back to overachieving. They had
one playoff run year. Other than that, I mean, they've
been a pretty pretty you know, mid range team to

(29:53):
to lower than mid range. So to me to think that,
all right, Cleveland has to survive, Jacoby Brissette has to
get them to when when Deshaun gets back, I think
people are being set up for a tremendous let down.
I mean it could go the opposite direction, and I've
obviously have been known to be wrong at times, but

(30:15):
I just think that that's misguided, um hope or belief
to think that, well, all they gotta do is make
sure that they can try to put themselves in position
where they're in playoff contention, so when Deshaun Watson gets
back that he can bring it home. Like, I don't
know that people are going to be as as happy

(30:36):
as they think they are when the baton gets handed
off to him to to bring in the anchor of
of what what is the relay of this this Cleveland
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(33:13):
I I didn't have any. But a lady behind me
had to run and throw up in the bathroom as
we're taxing to our game. Yeah, she like ran up.
The flight attendant tried to stop her. Like still connected
to a flight flight chronicles of Q. It is crazy.
It is crazy. I mean, it didn't appear so and

(33:35):
it was it wasn't that long of a flight. It
was like an hour and twenty of flight, so it
didn't appear there was that she she legitimately seemed sick
and we actually had to sit on the runway because
our flight attendant was like, we can't move the aircraft
until she gets back in her seats. We were all
sitting there just hearing this oh god, oh oh oh yeah,

(34:04):
that was kind of how we were, like, oh oh um,
So you know, have you guys ever got sick on
a plane before? Yeah, oh yeah, yeah, Well it was
because of Booze. I got annihilated at Mandalaid Bay drinking
like energy drinks in vodka because I thought that was

(34:26):
a good idea, and my buddy and I were just
pounding these things. And then I got on the flight
and I literally had to puke into the bar bag,
that little white bag in front of you. Like I
was absolutely obliterated, and I just remember, like I forget
who drove home or whatever, but like I had to
leave the window down. Like it lasted through the flight.

(34:49):
It's only like a forty five minute flight from Vegas
to Burbank, but it lasted through the flight. All the
way on the on the drive home. Yeah, not smart.
Last time I ever had those. I've actually never been
anyone who uses us white bags. Yeah, how to hold
up that actually, because it doesn't seem like, yeah, that
was great. You know, like if you take like a
bag lunch to school, like you're kind of rolling the

(35:10):
dice back in the day. It's like if you know,
if there was like an Ecto cooler in the bottom,
it could blow through the bottom of it. No issues.
I mean, this thing, you know, built to last. These things.
The next time you see a bar bag on a plane,
just know that's the real deal right there. I had
a buddy we were walking through the Vegas airport, had
a fun weekend. He had a little too much fun. Literally,
as we're walking to our gate, they have us trash

(35:31):
cans like in the center. He just steps. People are
walking by. It's like it's just a Wednesday here in
Las Vegas. Is how it works. Yeah, no, no problems whatsoever.
You guys, remember how we were, you know, kind of
making some jokes about the zits. Carson Wentz had up nack,

(35:53):
you know, like the like that was like, you know,
we're just well, so I think so I think there's
a little bit of karma that is now pop back
up because my ankles and I've talked about this before.
It looks like the back of his neck because I
have been I have been attacked mosquitoes. The mosquito problem
in southern California is so bad. And then you find

(36:15):
out that the yeah, and they're like during the day
of mosquitoes, they're not waiting until the evening time during
the day and they just jump all over you. I
guess they came over in a shipping container from from Asia.
Like these mosquitoes came over and now they've infiltrated Southern California.
My my ankles are destroyed. I mean from me all

(36:36):
the way down to feed I've got it looks like
I've got like leprosy. You guys are playing Asia for this.
What happened? Don't say, you guys, I did not say that.
That was me right here. That's a fact, you lose.
Mosquitoes are aggressive. Where they came from. I do not
sports for like all delayed and stuff. I mean, so

(36:58):
what they were just chill out there you for a while,
just came over. The mosquitos is up in them shipping
containers like Yeah, I can't wait to get some American mate,
Get back and sit down. Some of that box, some
of that jonasnos American made that way, throw the oh.

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