January 11, 2023 • 39 mins
Despite what Jerry Jones says, Mike McCarthy’s job is on the line in the Wild Card Round against an optimistic Tom Brady. Ravens reward LB Roquan Smith with a huge contract but what does that mean for negotiations with Lamar Jackson? The Commanders fire OC Scott Turner and weekly awards are handed out on The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
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So the Capper on wild Card weekend in the NFL's
what's going down on Monday Night in Tampa. You got
the Cowboys, you got the Bucks. They met earlier this
season to open up the year. That's when Dak hurt
his thumb, and then you know that turned into the
Cooper Rush chaos that went on and ever since then,
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it's been kind of a rocky road for Dak Prescott
and the Cowboys. But nonetheless the Tampa Bay Bucks, who
also struggled themselves. They were in under five hundred team.
This year they're hosting the Dallas Cowboys. Yet Tom Brady,
the quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, is a little
bit more optimistic than maybe some would be following this
past season. This Monday Night, we have seven days to prepare.
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We're we've got kind of the whole week. I don't
know I'm sure everyone's a little bit day to day
right now. I'm hoping we're pretty healthy. I mean, I
I really I believe we're going to be as healthy
as we've been all year, which is kind of exciting,
you know, to get some guys back that haven't been
in there, and then you know, see if we can
go player best football. So there's Tom Brady from the
Let's Go podcast. He sounds like he's a little bit
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more upbeat than he has been all throughout this season,
something he should be. I mean, did you guys see
the list of that I sent you over in regards
to the NFC playoff picture and starting quarterbacks, Well, I mean,
there's a lot of veterans in the NFC with playoff experience.
It's not. In fact, let's just go through the quarterbacks
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started for the other teams. Jalen Hurts career in the
playoffs one start, one star, one start, and a lost.
Dak Prescott Jeff four starts, and he's one in three
in those four starts. Do you know Smith zero starts,
Daniel Jones zero starts, Brock Purty zero starts, Kirk Cousins
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four starts, one in three. Tom Brady thirty five and twelve.
I just look, it's the most important position. It's the
one in in these in this time of the year.
To me, it always always comes down to the decision making.
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And he's got more experience. He's always gonna put his
team in a position to win and have a shot.
And and there's you know, we kind of used to
say it back when he was in New England, like
more teams would lose games against them than win them
because they would just make those mistakes at the page
chots would never make. And as Tom Brady has left
the Patriots, now you've realized, like, oh, it's just really
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just Tom Brady. Like Tom Brady just you know, is
the one that doesn't put his position and where they're
going to make those backbreaking mistakes to lose games. So here,
here we are when the NFC playoffs, They've got a
long time to rest up for that Monday night game
hosting the Dallas Cowboys. And he's got the most experience,
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and I think he feels like their teams will be rested,
healthy and ready to go. Ryan Jensen back at center,
which is huge for them. I feel like he he
kind of loves the position they're in right now. I mean,
why wouldn't you, Like you mentioned, I mean that lack
of experience and the amount of talent that they have
on that team, they should not be underachieving at the
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level that they are. And I just wonder, now that
you're to the second season, how will they approach play calling,
how will they approach the prep operation, you know, everything
that has led to them being a an above average
average team, which I hope that made sense. I feel
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like they're above average, but they're an average team. So
how do you go from being a team that has
been at the top. I mean, you win the Super
Bowl the first year Tom gets there, you make it
to the Championship round, you know, the the year after.
How how do you get to this point with virtually
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the same you know, same roster, it's the same players.
So that danger of them being that super Bowl champ
is there. It's still there. So I just wonder how
they're going to approach everything, Like, is this a moment
in time where it's like, okay, whatever it is that
they were doing when Bruce arians was the head coach,
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or they're going to be some of the same approaches
to the week based off of where they are now
and and will that make a difference? I mean, is
that even feasible? That's what I'm I'm interested in because
I don't know that the team that we've watched this
year is a team that can go deep into the playoffs.
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So they're going to be upbeat. Is going to have
to be something that has a little bit of a
difference to it in terms of their approach. Can I
ask you as this, looking at this matchup between the
Cowboys and the Bucks, who would you already beat? Yeah? Yeah, Like,
who would you say has the most pressure going into
this game? And they're going on the road, and we
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know that's a team that that plays with pressure a lot,
and they've shown they don't really play all that well
with pressure. And I don't know if this is an indicator,
but the money is coming in on Tampa Bay because
that line is dropping. Was sitting at three, it's now
a two and a half. We've got severn old days
before this game comes up. If we do get confirmation
on more guys coming back for Tampa Bay, It's just
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the more the longer this goes on, the more I'm
starting to lean in the direction of man if Tampa
Bay does this. And by the way, Jerry Jones, who
has been talking about Mike McCarthy's job status and whether
or not Mike you know who's going to be the
coach next year. Jerry Jones was on local radio and
Dallas yesterday talking about whether or not Mike McCarthy was
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coaching for his job, and this is what he said. No,
I don't even want to know. That's it. I don't
need to go into all the plus tres for manuses,
but I've got a lot more to evaluate. Mike McCarthy
owned in this playoffs game. He's full of crap. If
Mike McCarthy loses this game, Mike McCarthy is getting fired.
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I don't so. I look at this and I go, man,
Brady's got to feel like brand new season. All right,
forget forget the fact that we were below five hundred.
We are starting to get guys back. We've got a
team that feels the pressure. It's gonna be on Monday
Night football. I mean, he's gotta like his chances going
into this game. I can't wait, man, I think it's
gonna be fantastic about this. Remember they started the season
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in Dallas. They won that game rist the Cowboys, so
now you've got them coming to your house, you should
feel really confident about that. The only thing I disagree
with Jonas as far as the money is the number
of bets now are coming in on Tampa and that
lines come down and it's maybe shifted the money some,
but a lot of the sharp money right now is
on Dallas at two and a half, you know, so
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I think that three that Tampa Bay um was was
getting now is a look in a little different at
two and a half. But it's gonna be interesting to
see between, like going through the weekend, you know, if
that number adjust at all. I just I think if
you look at the playoff picture in the NFC as
a whole, look Tampa Bay already beat the Seattle Seahawks,
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they beat the Dallas Cowboys, a couple of teams. The
only team that I think they look at us a
bad matchup and probably when they played him was a
bad part of their season as the forty Niners. I mean,
they got drummed in San Francisco by the forty Niners.
But if if this thing plays out, how at least
the seating is set up where you get all top.
You know, obviously the Eagles make their way to the
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divisional round because the bye. If the forty Niners, Vikings,
and Bucks all win, you know you're gonna have the
Eagles versus the Bucks, which who knows how Jalen hurts
shoulders feeling, and the Bucks haven't played them yet this year,
and yeah, they got to go on the road to
do it. Philly is a tough place to go win
a football game. But I think you look at the
disparity between the two as far as experience, and you say,
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that's a game the Bucks can can stay in. You
think they've got a fighting chance. To me, I think
the hardest place for them to go play is gonna
be the forty Niners and San Francisco. They also beat
Philly in the playoffs last year, so that one chance
and Andy and they got smoked. So yeah, it's gonna
be gonna be very interesting. And I know, LaVar, you're
gonna be really distraught if Dallas loses that game, just
(10:00):
just really broken up about it, just bumped Which would
be the bigger Which would be the bigger surprise? If
Tampo or Dallas lost, who who's the bigger surprise? Which
one are you walking away scratching your head, like, man,
I can't believe they lost. I think it matters how
it happens, Like if Dallas loses the way that it
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last year, which people tend to forget, trying to do
a quarterback draw to go get an extra yards to
throw a closer Hail Mary type play and the clock
running out, Like did we all forget how that ended
for them last year? I didn't. It's It's why I
kind of walk into this and just go, I don't
know how much between the matchup Week one in Dallas
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that they lost, the way Dallas has looked, and even
then just think about how the season ended last year
and Tampa's getting points at home. I don't know, I
feel like I'd like to take the points right now.
I know him on the public side there. I'm not
on the sharp betters at this moment. But it's fun
that way though, you know, kind of kind of lead
the charge, lead the public charge. You know, all all
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the fans out there, you know they called them the Jo's,
you know. Yeah, well, let me tell you this much.
The Joe's Week eight team did pretty darn well versus
all the sharp betters. Tell me about it. How about
knocks locks on six? Maybe there's a reason why you
went into three and oh whatever. It was my final
By the way, Labar checked this out, I needed to
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go six and oh the final two weeks of the
season or in order to finish above five, and I
did well. Listen, I mean just trust me on this.
You know I'm a trustworthy person. I'm not gonna lie
to you about that stuff. And I did it. Yep,
you better believe it. Still still losing some money with
the big but that's okay. Well, listen, we're not about
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this isn't about making money. This is about proving a point,
okay that we're trying to keep streaks alive, much like Mike.
That's me based on what I witnessed. Yeah, I didn't
make the playoffs. They have a winning season, though, based
on the what I would this Monday night at the
National Championship game, where Jonas had his phone out looking
to live bet at any moment, yeah, I can see that.
(12:08):
I mean, listen, I want to know what people are
thinking about these lines and these odds there, and I
got news for you. You were busy talking with everybody,
and so I didn't have anybody else to talk to.
So it's like, all right, so let me check some
of these gambling lines, and if I found something I like,
you know, I took a swing at it, and I
took a swing at something and it hit listen, red hot.
(12:29):
I mean, I even I was even the one who
told you Stetson Bennett over rushing yards for the game.
I believe, I believe I just wanted to told you
that wasn't. You're gonna You're gonna make fun of me
at that moment. No, I'm not, I'm not. I'm just
saying wasn't. So, so I had know I had to
lay a bet, LaVar. It was like my my one bet,
all on the line, what would you pick? And my
pick was the over of Stetson been at rushing yards
like fourteen and a half yards. He the first thing.
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Which again and if anyone out there, when you hit
your bet, all right, and obviously there's still subject to
him getting sacked and losing some of those rushing yards,
but when you hit your bet that early in a game,
it feels really it's like walking into Vegas, walking into
a casino and just throwing, you know, hundred bucks on
Red hitting Red, being like it's gonna be a good weekend.
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It's like betting the coin toss for the Super Bowl.
Who doesn't love that entertaining lanthem? Yes, like you you
name it. I mean there's all sorts of options even
before the game starts. So I'm with you, man, Nothing
like an advertiser that just tastes good all the way down. No,
And you know what, even if the food sucks with that,
you sit it the other day that oh is it
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too early? I wouldn't even wanted to watch the rest
of the game because well, my bed, it hit too early.
But you need the other action, you know, you need
other action. You gotta make sure you've got something lined
up for the rest of the game. I mean, but
it doesn't you know, disclu not include me from partaking
and wanting to celebrate an early win. I mean, you
want to get something like that early in a game,
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then you just look around for some other action. You know,
it's like guns up, I'll give it back, look for
something to get back, and you know, I got to
go guns up sometimes, you know, not shoot on the
first one, you know, but if you do, I mean,
doesn't doesn't preclude you from wanting to, you know, put
it back at the holster and not you know, get
back into the game a little bit. So that's the
way I look at things. But some people are built different,
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Al Right, So ro Kuwan Smith, he wanted a contract
from the Bears. They couldn't get it done. He decided
he was going to bet on himself and just play
(16:12):
out the season. And then he got his ass traded,
and then he went to the Baltimore Ravens and on Tuesday, yes,
he got a five year extension. Reportedly, the NFL Network
is also reporting the deal is where the hundred million dollars.
It would make him the highest paid inside linebacker in
the league. And uh, a lot of guaranteed money thrown
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in there was what's the guaranteed on that? I saw it? Yeah,
something like that. But hey, he was looking to get paid.
The Bears were never going to give him that money.
So he goes to Baltimore. Now he gets his contract done.
I don't know any other franchise that pays linebackers and
appreciates linebackers more than Baltimore. So he went to the
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perfect spot the team needed him. He's helped elevate that
defense their level of play. Good for him, happy, happy
about this contract. Um, we haven't got a ton of details,
but what was it? A four or five year deal?
Something like that. I think five years from forty five
and guarantee at least that's signing is what was reported.
(17:17):
The devil's in the details. We'll see, but at average
annual value of twenty million per year, that's up there
for backers, especially off the ball backers. We're not talking
about guys who are pass rushers outside line backers on
on on the line of scrimmage, it's an off the
ball backer, So kudos to him. He uh supposedly represented himself.
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I think the bigger takeaway that I have from this
is you just gotta Kwan Smith. And granted you knew
he was looking for a new deal, but you've had
Lamark Jackson for five years and you can't come to
an agreement. He's doing his own deal. Roquan did his
own deal. I don't know that this is gonna make
Lamar upset or if it's gonna be like, hey, look
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we just did a deal with ro Quan. Look what
he did. We'd love to do one with you, you know,
come to the table with us. However you look at it.
I just think it's kind of interesting how that dynamic
may play out with Lamar Jackson his negotiation. It was
the first thing I thought of when the deal got done.
It's like, Wow, big news out of Baltimore. They get
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ro Kwan sign, But what does that mean for for Lamar?
And sometimes, you know, sometimes you'll see a team start
to knock down the players that they want to knock
down and make sure that they have the resources to
be able to pay the major contract that they're gearing
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up to pay. Sometimes that's what it is, it's just
gotta fall into line, and maybe that's what's going on
right now, but it does come out of time where
it's kind of curious because Lamar Jackson isn't seem lee
even practicing or practicing to the point of where he's
going to play, or practicing to the point where the
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head coach knows what's going to happen. So I just
wonder if we if we don't see Lamar Jackson in
this game this weekend, do you think it's the injury
or do you think it's the contract. That's the first
thing I thought, and that's horrible when somebody else has
been awarded a major contract. The latest that I've seen
on that is funny. You bring this up NFL networkers
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reporting My Garafolo and Ian Rappaport that Lamar Jackson's tried
to do some work on his injured knee, but he
hasn't felt right to this point. This from Garafolo, and
they said that he's yet to practice at all since
getting hurt, and they're practicing for the week. It starts
later on today, So the feeling is that it's an
uphill battle. That from Rappaport, who said he's facing an
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uphill battle, and so as it looks right now, I
don't know if he's going to be playing and if
it seems like they're trying to tell you it's more
about the injury than it is the contract, which you know,
again he doesn't have an agent. Now he does have management,
so maybe that's what they're relaying to some of the
folks in the media. The line now has jumped from
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six and a half to seven and a half, still
early in the week, but I think you're looking at,
you know, two teams that divisional opponents that they can
play each other close. I don't think Baltimore has a
shot if Lamar is not the starting quarterback. So this
is a tough one for me. If it is a
PCL injury. I've had a PCL injury. You know, they
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talked about six weeks kind of being that time frame,
but when you can maybe start coming back and doing stuff.
But he's such a dynamic runner, it's gonna feel loose.
I mean to this day, like I don't have a PCL,
Like it feels loose. I mean, it's just you still
don't have a PCL. Well, no, it doesn't grow back
but yeah, you don't do that. You that's but that's
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what happened. So I don't know the severity of the
tear or you know, if it's fully torn or if
it's just a part, you know, partial tear, it will
still feel loose to him, and you can. You're talking
about one of the best runners we've ever seen come
in the NFL, So his cutting, his moving and all
that stuff, he's gonna feel it for sure, So I
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I get it. I mean, I don't know that he
wants to go out there and hurt himself worse, and
that's definitely an injury, depending on the severity that he
could hurt worse or hurt his knee worse. When he's
staring free agency in the face. You know, he doesn't
want to have to hurt himself worse and than not
be able to if he's not going to be franchise
tagged and with the Ravens after this year, or even
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if they tag him and they look to trade him
because they can't get a long term deal done. He
doesn't want to have to have that on his resume,
where it might you know, keep teams away from one
in to trade for him. Brady I'm telling you this
right now. Next time you do squats, I'll let you
borrow my PCL. I'm willing to do for you. I'm
willing to do that for that's what a good friend
I am borrowing. I don't you don't need it when
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you're squatting. Well, listen, I mean, who knows, maybe instead
of six plates, you'll be throwing up eight or nine,
you know, with my PCL. I mean, come on like this,
Why are you so excited about trying to give away
your piece? And listen? Like some people will give the
shirt off their back, I'll give you my PCL straight
out of my knee and have it yours. I'll sign
up for you. I don't think yours would hold up
(22:21):
very well. That's they listen. That might be a fair post,
but the same thing. Whatever. Man, Maybe you don't have
a PCL. I don't have calves, so maybe there it's
like a combo. If you don't have calves you don't
have a PCL. Could be that also else, you know what,
I think I figured it out. If Lamar Jackson wants
to get a deal done, why doesn't you just hire
ro Quant's miss agent. I understand well, I mean I
(22:46):
have so. I mean, if roe Quant was able to
get this done, maybe he's a better agent than Lamar Jackson.
Maybe that's what the problem is this entire time she
takes something. These guys always have consultants, some people whould
look it over. You know, it's not like you're gonna
kind of contract and be able to feel comfortable signing it,
or at least you shouldn't be unless you have an
attorney look at it. So maybe he should talk to
that guy. I don't know. Yeah, we'll see how this
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is a much different, uh margin of money, just different. Yeah, hey,
LaVar wouldn't over there a piece of coconut cream pie
cream cake, coconut cream cake. Oh man, but what you're
(23:31):
hearing they chew on the coconut flake. Wait, didn't you?
What's your favorite desert? Is it? Banana pudding? Is that
the one? He had banana pudding last night too? Yeah?
That's really good. I mean, it's not as impressive as
the work Brady did on the on Burdos to Molly's
(23:52):
yesterday and studio, Yeah things, and the work they did
a little jealous jealous of that, yeah, jealous of that.
They came back though, they came back to get it
was more. It was more of the hot so I
put a lot of it. But this also was fantastic.
I put a lot on Uh so good all right,
(24:16):
So I'm so happy for you Cube, Like, and here's
the thing experience. Berto was like, oh yeah, it's a
little kick to it. I was like, Berto must like
really hot stuff. Because I was like, oh, it does
have a kick. I was like, okay, I was like
that was it was delicious. It was awesome. Crush those yeah,
(24:38):
I know, but like I had a net four, Like
that's probably over eating an hour anyway. No, not to
Molly's man, you've ripped those things in half. When you're
come on, you said, I know, what would you know about?
What were you talking about? They called me? They called
me in the morning. Listen in Noxico. We get down
on Christmas Eve tomorrow. All racist? How's that racist? Hey?
(25:05):
Knoxicoes as much of a place to stick city as
I'm telling you. You come over there, bring a sombrero,
have some fun, get down. That's what you bring. They
called me. The way to habin Atto, Yeah, all that
stuff and what it's the hobo wayto Yeah, that's what
(25:29):
it is. Don't get the button on that. Those are
all facts, all right, it is, I don't think so
now we're going Yeah, listen, they trust me. They got
bigger issues in Mexico right now. They've got other problems
going on Appairly, don't arrest certain people or else you're
gonna feel the wrath of everybody else around. My god,
have anybody's seen some of that stuff out there part
(25:52):
of your unbelievable Hey, yeah they did, and uh they
might be regretting it at this point because uh, it's
a it's a problem there. All sorts of issues have
popped up. It's too pros and a cup of joe
here on fs ARE. So we are gonna have our
midweek awards coming up here in about twelve minutes from now,
(26:13):
the good, the bad, and the ugly. So we'll get
into that for you here. It's a Wednesday tradition here
on Fox Sports Radio. Um, well, now we have our answer. Okay,
finally got it. Why we're the Washington Commanders so bad
this year. It's because of their offensive coordinator, Scott Turner.
So he's gone so clearly that was the issue. He
(26:37):
was the problem. So Scott Turner has gone in Washington.
Uh So now now they should be okay, everything should
be fine. And now we move forward. As Scott Turner,
the longtime assistant coach for Ron Rivera, I believe he's
been with Rivera like seven years. He's gone, so that
that's that's a rap on the Scott Turner air in Washington.
So the name should be familiar to people. You know,
(26:59):
there's no Turner's son Scott Turner North Turner, who obviously
was a good at coach and and great play caller.
That was, you know, his offensive prowess was why he
you know, got some opportunities to be head coach. But
it's gotta be a tough pill to swallow. Um, when
you had three different quarterbacks start this season, right you
brought in Carson Wentz, he didn't play up to the
(27:21):
level you thought he was going to. Um Taylor, Heinicke
came in, did it, did an admirable job, kept getting
kind of the hunt. Um, but I think there's probably
a ceiling there or maybe some limitations as far as
what they feel like they could do. Hence why they
went back to Wentz. And then at the end of
the season, you're starting a rookie and Sam how who
I thought that a decent job and his in his
you know, the first start of his career, so it's
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tough to kind of put that on the offensive coordinator.
And then on top of that, you know, Brian Robinson
has a tragic incident happened that causes him to miss
some time, and when he comes back, obviously they started
running the football better, right. I just I feel like
they're they're using Scott Turner as a scapegoat, and it's
odd to me that given the relationship that Ron Rivere
(28:04):
and him have had and they've been together for a while.
You know, maybe he looks at this as an opportunity
to allow Scott's turning to go get out early and
be a part of one of these other staffs as
other teams are looking to hire a new head coach,
uh and or or, and maybe he looks at and says, hey,
I'm probably on the hot seat here for another year,
so why don't you go out, um, go find it,
(28:25):
you know, go find a position to go find a
job elsewhere, because we all might be canned if things
don't work out. So I'm not sure if he feels
like maybe he's you know, saving Scott Turner from just
kind of being a part of a team that doesn't
have much of a future next year, or if there's
you know, legitimate things going on behind the scenes where
they feel like this is justified. But he had a
(28:47):
lot of adversity, a lot of different things thrown his
way this year as a play caller. I think it's
a bit unfair if he ends up being the fall
guy for you know, some of their mistakes. You half
to look at Washington and their situation from the inside,
that is from a totally different perspective. Once you've had
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more than a season under your belt there, everybody has
to have that that reality check, from North Turner now
his son, to any other coach that you can think
of that has coached there, from Ray Rhodes to Greg
Williams to Joe Gibbs, you name it. Once you're there
(29:35):
and you experience what it's like to be there, you
have to start assessing and evaluating and then reassessing and
then reevaluating what you're going to do. And that's the
reality of it. Ron Ron Rivera is doing it. Scott
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Turner doesn't have to do it anymore because he's he's
met his fate as it applies to being there. But
that's what everybody has to think about when you're there.
And and I have from from everything I've heard, the
you know, ron Is is fighting to change the culture there,
but it's still seemingly, you know, has the same feel
(30:17):
as it always has because there's still confusion that that
is is swirling around that place. And and so you know,
you know, I don't know, I don't know how to
react to that, you know, what what you say about it,
you know, as as it applies to you know, the
(30:37):
total total overall you know, landscape of the team, but
a scapegoat. I think at this point everybody knows that
it's a dysfunctional organization and if somebody is getting fired,
they're getting fired for one reason or another, and it
may not even be off of the merits of what
they've done accomplishment wise. It just might be what the
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who b is at that point in time, which makes
it interesting because they want to sell tickets, so it
might come down to, you know, Cliff Kingsbury just got
let go. Are they looking at it like let's bring
in a high profile play caller that makes it interesting
to the fans to sell hope that we can win
(31:20):
next year. That's generally the wins for for Washington is
winning in the off season. So you're saying it's a
distraction technique. They're gonna bring in a guy looks like
Ryan Gosling to come in there, and now everyone's looking
at Cliff Kingsbury in the sidelines and instead of paying
attention to other stuff going on. I mean, it gives
(31:40):
it gives them a little bit of the entertainment that
they're they're looking, that they're seeking. I mean, can't you
see Draft day them putting Cliff Kingsbury in one of
them Potomac holmes next to where Dan Snyder lives and
letting them take some GQ spread photos while they're making
their draft picks. Not not really believe a bowl because
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It's time good, bad and all right, So I'll lead
to lab who's got what this week? And can we
make sure that we're you know, doing this accurately because
we don't want to piss anybody off. Yeah, you're right,
You're you're right, Jonas, and I feel like we need
some really good news, some better than usual news, the
best news, and I thought who better to deliver that
(35:19):
than Brady first time in a long time. Thanks guys, Wow,
you know where to begin. Um, I think the easy
one is Damar Hamlin getting released from the hospital. Obviously,
good to see him back. He left Cincinnati, back in Buffalo,
(35:40):
and uh, it's it's just good to see that he's progressing,
he's on his ways, on the up and up. It
was a scary situation for I think everyone involved. But
I think the good that came from an obviously is
he is okay now, he's hopefully going to be continue
to be okay. And just all the medical response, all
the people who were down in the field that trained
for it, prepared for it, and in that moment one
(36:03):
and did their job and We're able to save his life.
So that is the good this week. That was good, Brady.
I think that was well well worth the weight. The
best the best news really, but unfortunately we have to
have some bad news with the Jonas. What is the
bad news this week? That would be to Houston Texans.
I mean, what a disaster. That team can't do anything
(36:25):
right even when they win. How do they reward their
head coach? They fire his ass. You've got the owner
walking around on the sideline moping because his team won
their final game of the season. Did he really think
Lovey Smith and Davis Mills, who know that if they lose,
are going to be having to either give up their
jobs or going to acquiesce to some other young player
who's going to come in and take their gig. Anyways,
(36:47):
because he's the number one pick, they go out there,
they battle their ass off, they win on the road,
and you've got cal McNair walking around pouting because his
team didn't suck enough so they could get the number
one pick. And now if they want that number one pick,
they're probably gonna have to unload the other pick they
picked up from the Cleveland Browns into Deshaun Watson trade.
It's a disaster. They deserve whatever they get, especially for
(37:10):
that performance on the sideline from their owner. The Houston
Texans are my bad for the week and from bed
to worse, LaVar. Let us know what was ugly this week.
Let's see thirties six rushing yards total in the game. Uh,
two interceptions, twenty three minutes and one second of possession time,
(37:32):
nine total first downs and two four eleven on third downs.
If I told you how ugly that was, what game?
Would you say those stats came from National Championship? You
would be correct. Wow, Wow, that was TC performance in
(37:54):
that National Championship game on their way to getting drupped
by the Georgia Dogs. That was ugly, my guys. Apparently
the ratings weren't all that hot either, Well he didn't,
I mean, was there much to watch after the first quarter?
What were the ratings? That? There is there a number? Yeah,
(38:14):
let me effort that here real quickly, right here. Let
me just go ahead effort that. The odd thing is
that you'd say that that not have the numbers? Well,
I got it right here. I just happened to throw
it away, digging it back out of the trash. Here
hold off seventeen point two million viewers. What right? That
(38:35):
was the Yeah, that's the average viewers. That was like
the High State Michigan game. Yeah, that's the lowest since
the BCS era started in Yeah, so there's that seventeen
point two million. It did peak at twenty two point three.
But that's which I think, Ohigest State Michigan peaked at
twenty Well, I think it peaked because they showed Brady
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So the Capper on wild Card weekend in the NFL's
what's going down on Monday Night in Tampa. You got
the Cowboys, you got the Bucks. They met earlier this
season to open up the year. That's when Dak hurt
his thumb, and then you know that turned into the
Cooper Rush chaos that went on and ever since then,
(01:56):
it's been kind of a rocky road for Dak Prescott
and the Cowboys. But nonetheless the Tampa Bay Bucks, who
also struggled themselves. They were in under five hundred team.
This year they're hosting the Dallas Cowboys. Yet Tom Brady,
the quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, is a little
bit more optimistic than maybe some would be following this
past season. This Monday Night, we have seven days to prepare.
(02:17):
We're we've got kind of the whole week. I don't
know I'm sure everyone's a little bit day to day
right now. I'm hoping we're pretty healthy. I mean, I
I really I believe we're going to be as healthy
as we've been all year, which is kind of exciting,
you know, to get some guys back that haven't been
in there, and then you know, see if we can
go player best football. So there's Tom Brady from the
Let's Go podcast. He sounds like he's a little bit
(02:38):
more upbeat than he has been all throughout this season,
something he should be. I mean, did you guys see
the list of that I sent you over in regards
to the NFC playoff picture and starting quarterbacks, Well, I mean,
there's a lot of veterans in the NFC with playoff experience.
It's not. In fact, let's just go through the quarterbacks
(02:59):
started for the other teams. Jalen Hurts career in the
playoffs one start, one star, one start, and a lost.
Dak Prescott Jeff four starts, and he's one in three
in those four starts. Do you know Smith zero starts,
Daniel Jones zero starts, Brock Purty zero starts, Kirk Cousins
(03:24):
four starts, one in three. Tom Brady thirty five and twelve.
I just look, it's the most important position. It's the
one in in these in this time of the year.
To me, it always always comes down to the decision making.
(03:44):
And he's got more experience. He's always gonna put his
team in a position to win and have a shot.
And and there's you know, we kind of used to
say it back when he was in New England, like
more teams would lose games against them than win them
because they would just make those mistakes at the page
chots would never make. And as Tom Brady has left
the Patriots, now you've realized, like, oh, it's just really
(04:06):
just Tom Brady. Like Tom Brady just you know, is
the one that doesn't put his position and where they're
going to make those backbreaking mistakes to lose games. So here,
here we are when the NFC playoffs, They've got a
long time to rest up for that Monday night game
hosting the Dallas Cowboys. And he's got the most experience,
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and I think he feels like their teams will be rested,
healthy and ready to go. Ryan Jensen back at center,
which is huge for them. I feel like he he
kind of loves the position they're in right now. I mean,
why wouldn't you, Like you mentioned, I mean that lack
of experience and the amount of talent that they have
on that team, they should not be underachieving at the
(04:50):
level that they are. And I just wonder, now that
you're to the second season, how will they approach play calling,
how will they approach the prep operation, you know, everything
that has led to them being a an above average
average team, which I hope that made sense. I feel
(05:14):
like they're above average, but they're an average team. So
how do you go from being a team that has
been at the top. I mean, you win the Super
Bowl the first year Tom gets there, you make it
to the Championship round, you know, the the year after.
How how do you get to this point with virtually
(05:36):
the same you know, same roster, it's the same players.
So that danger of them being that super Bowl champ
is there. It's still there. So I just wonder how
they're going to approach everything, Like, is this a moment
in time where it's like, okay, whatever it is that
they were doing when Bruce arians was the head coach,
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or they're going to be some of the same approaches
to the week based off of where they are now
and and will that make a difference? I mean, is
that even feasible? That's what I'm I'm interested in because
I don't know that the team that we've watched this
year is a team that can go deep into the playoffs.
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So they're going to be upbeat. Is going to have
to be something that has a little bit of a
difference to it in terms of their approach. Can I
ask you as this, looking at this matchup between the
Cowboys and the Bucks, who would you already beat? Yeah? Yeah, Like,
who would you say has the most pressure going into
this game? And they're going on the road, and we
(06:44):
know that's a team that that plays with pressure a lot,
and they've shown they don't really play all that well
with pressure. And I don't know if this is an indicator,
but the money is coming in on Tampa Bay because
that line is dropping. Was sitting at three, it's now
a two and a half. We've got severn old days
before this game comes up. If we do get confirmation
on more guys coming back for Tampa Bay, It's just
(07:06):
the more the longer this goes on, the more I'm
starting to lean in the direction of man if Tampa
Bay does this. And by the way, Jerry Jones, who
has been talking about Mike McCarthy's job status and whether
or not Mike you know who's going to be the
coach next year. Jerry Jones was on local radio and
Dallas yesterday talking about whether or not Mike McCarthy was
(07:26):
coaching for his job, and this is what he said. No,
I don't even want to know. That's it. I don't
need to go into all the plus tres for manuses,
but I've got a lot more to evaluate. Mike McCarthy
owned in this playoffs game. He's full of crap. If
Mike McCarthy loses this game, Mike McCarthy is getting fired.
(07:47):
I don't so. I look at this and I go, man,
Brady's got to feel like brand new season. All right,
forget forget the fact that we were below five hundred.
We are starting to get guys back. We've got a
team that feels the pressure. It's gonna be on Monday
Night football. I mean, he's gotta like his chances going
into this game. I can't wait, man, I think it's
gonna be fantastic about this. Remember they started the season
(08:09):
in Dallas. They won that game rist the Cowboys, so
now you've got them coming to your house, you should
feel really confident about that. The only thing I disagree
with Jonas as far as the money is the number
of bets now are coming in on Tampa and that
lines come down and it's maybe shifted the money some,
but a lot of the sharp money right now is
on Dallas at two and a half, you know, so
(08:31):
I think that three that Tampa Bay um was was
getting now is a look in a little different at
two and a half. But it's gonna be interesting to
see between, like going through the weekend, you know, if
that number adjust at all. I just I think if
you look at the playoff picture in the NFC as
a whole, look Tampa Bay already beat the Seattle Seahawks,
(08:54):
they beat the Dallas Cowboys, a couple of teams. The
only team that I think they look at us a
bad matchup and probably when they played him was a
bad part of their season as the forty Niners. I mean,
they got drummed in San Francisco by the forty Niners.
But if if this thing plays out, how at least
the seating is set up where you get all top.
You know, obviously the Eagles make their way to the
(09:15):
divisional round because the bye. If the forty Niners, Vikings,
and Bucks all win, you know you're gonna have the
Eagles versus the Bucks, which who knows how Jalen hurts
shoulders feeling, and the Bucks haven't played them yet this year,
and yeah, they got to go on the road to
do it. Philly is a tough place to go win
a football game. But I think you look at the
disparity between the two as far as experience, and you say,
(09:37):
that's a game the Bucks can can stay in. You
think they've got a fighting chance. To me, I think
the hardest place for them to go play is gonna
be the forty Niners and San Francisco. They also beat
Philly in the playoffs last year, so that one chance
and Andy and they got smoked. So yeah, it's gonna
be gonna be very interesting. And I know, LaVar, you're
gonna be really distraught if Dallas loses that game, just
(10:00):
just really broken up about it, just bumped Which would
be the bigger Which would be the bigger surprise? If
Tampo or Dallas lost, who who's the bigger surprise? Which
one are you walking away scratching your head, like, man,
I can't believe they lost. I think it matters how
it happens, Like if Dallas loses the way that it
(10:20):
last year, which people tend to forget, trying to do
a quarterback draw to go get an extra yards to
throw a closer Hail Mary type play and the clock
running out, Like did we all forget how that ended
for them last year? I didn't. It's It's why I
kind of walk into this and just go, I don't
know how much between the matchup Week one in Dallas
(10:43):
that they lost, the way Dallas has looked, and even
then just think about how the season ended last year
and Tampa's getting points at home. I don't know, I
feel like I'd like to take the points right now.
I know him on the public side there. I'm not
on the sharp betters at this moment. But it's fun
that way though, you know, kind of kind of lead
the charge, lead the public charge. You know, all all
(11:04):
the fans out there, you know they called them the Jo's,
you know. Yeah, well, let me tell you this much.
The Joe's Week eight team did pretty darn well versus
all the sharp betters. Tell me about it. How about
knocks locks on six? Maybe there's a reason why you
went into three and oh whatever. It was my final
By the way, Labar checked this out, I needed to
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go six and oh the final two weeks of the
season or in order to finish above five, and I
did well. Listen, I mean just trust me on this.
You know I'm a trustworthy person. I'm not gonna lie
to you about that stuff. And I did it. Yep,
you better believe it. Still still losing some money with
the big but that's okay. Well, listen, we're not about
(11:46):
this isn't about making money. This is about proving a point,
okay that we're trying to keep streaks alive, much like Mike.
That's me based on what I witnessed. Yeah, I didn't
make the playoffs. They have a winning season, though, based
on the what I would this Monday night at the
National Championship game, where Jonas had his phone out looking
to live bet at any moment, yeah, I can see that.
(12:08):
I mean, listen, I want to know what people are
thinking about these lines and these odds there, and I
got news for you. You were busy talking with everybody,
and so I didn't have anybody else to talk to.
So it's like, all right, so let me check some
of these gambling lines, and if I found something I like,
you know, I took a swing at it, and I
took a swing at something and it hit listen, red hot.
(12:29):
I mean, I even I was even the one who
told you Stetson Bennett over rushing yards for the game.
I believe, I believe I just wanted to told you
that wasn't. You're gonna You're gonna make fun of me
at that moment. No, I'm not, I'm not. I'm just
saying wasn't. So, so I had know I had to
lay a bet, LaVar. It was like my my one bet,
all on the line, what would you pick? And my
pick was the over of Stetson been at rushing yards
like fourteen and a half yards. He the first thing.
(12:54):
Which again and if anyone out there, when you hit
your bet, all right, and obviously there's still subject to
him getting sacked and losing some of those rushing yards,
but when you hit your bet that early in a game,
it feels really it's like walking into Vegas, walking into
a casino and just throwing, you know, hundred bucks on
Red hitting Red, being like it's gonna be a good weekend.
(13:16):
It's like betting the coin toss for the Super Bowl.
Who doesn't love that entertaining lanthem? Yes, like you you
name it. I mean there's all sorts of options even
before the game starts. So I'm with you, man, Nothing
like an advertiser that just tastes good all the way down. No,
And you know what, even if the food sucks with that,
you sit it the other day that oh is it
(13:37):
too early? I wouldn't even wanted to watch the rest
of the game because well, my bed, it hit too early.
But you need the other action, you know, you need
other action. You gotta make sure you've got something lined
up for the rest of the game. I mean, but
it doesn't you know, disclu not include me from partaking
and wanting to celebrate an early win. I mean, you
want to get something like that early in a game,
(13:59):
then you just look around for some other action. You know,
it's like guns up, I'll give it back, look for
something to get back, and you know, I got to
go guns up sometimes, you know, not shoot on the
first one, you know, but if you do, I mean,
doesn't doesn't preclude you from wanting to, you know, put
it back at the holster and not you know, get
back into the game a little bit. So that's the
way I look at things. But some people are built different,
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Al Right, So ro Kuwan Smith, he wanted a contract
from the Bears. They couldn't get it done. He decided
he was going to bet on himself and just play
(16:12):
out the season. And then he got his ass traded,
and then he went to the Baltimore Ravens and on Tuesday, yes,
he got a five year extension. Reportedly, the NFL Network
is also reporting the deal is where the hundred million dollars.
It would make him the highest paid inside linebacker in
the league. And uh, a lot of guaranteed money thrown
(16:34):
in there was what's the guaranteed on that? I saw it? Yeah,
something like that. But hey, he was looking to get paid.
The Bears were never going to give him that money.
So he goes to Baltimore. Now he gets his contract done.
I don't know any other franchise that pays linebackers and
appreciates linebackers more than Baltimore. So he went to the
(16:56):
perfect spot the team needed him. He's helped elevate that
defense their level of play. Good for him, happy, happy
about this contract. Um, we haven't got a ton of details,
but what was it? A four or five year deal?
Something like that. I think five years from forty five
and guarantee at least that's signing is what was reported.
(17:17):
The devil's in the details. We'll see, but at average
annual value of twenty million per year, that's up there
for backers, especially off the ball backers. We're not talking
about guys who are pass rushers outside line backers on
on on the line of scrimmage, it's an off the
ball backer, So kudos to him. He uh supposedly represented himself.
(17:39):
I think the bigger takeaway that I have from this
is you just gotta Kwan Smith. And granted you knew
he was looking for a new deal, but you've had
Lamark Jackson for five years and you can't come to
an agreement. He's doing his own deal. Roquan did his
own deal. I don't know that this is gonna make
Lamar upset or if it's gonna be like, hey, look
(18:02):
we just did a deal with ro Quan. Look what
he did. We'd love to do one with you, you know,
come to the table with us. However you look at it.
I just think it's kind of interesting how that dynamic
may play out with Lamar Jackson his negotiation. It was
the first thing I thought of when the deal got done.
It's like, Wow, big news out of Baltimore. They get
(18:23):
ro Kwan sign, But what does that mean for for Lamar?
And sometimes, you know, sometimes you'll see a team start
to knock down the players that they want to knock
down and make sure that they have the resources to
be able to pay the major contract that they're gearing
(18:46):
up to pay. Sometimes that's what it is, it's just
gotta fall into line, and maybe that's what's going on
right now, but it does come out of time where
it's kind of curious because Lamar Jackson isn't seem lee
even practicing or practicing to the point of where he's
going to play, or practicing to the point where the
(19:08):
head coach knows what's going to happen. So I just
wonder if we if we don't see Lamar Jackson in
this game this weekend, do you think it's the injury
or do you think it's the contract. That's the first
thing I thought, and that's horrible when somebody else has
been awarded a major contract. The latest that I've seen
on that is funny. You bring this up NFL networkers
(19:30):
reporting My Garafolo and Ian Rappaport that Lamar Jackson's tried
to do some work on his injured knee, but he
hasn't felt right to this point. This from Garafolo, and
they said that he's yet to practice at all since
getting hurt, and they're practicing for the week. It starts
later on today, So the feeling is that it's an
uphill battle. That from Rappaport, who said he's facing an
(19:52):
uphill battle, and so as it looks right now, I
don't know if he's going to be playing and if
it seems like they're trying to tell you it's more
about the injury than it is the contract, which you know,
again he doesn't have an agent. Now he does have management,
so maybe that's what they're relaying to some of the
folks in the media. The line now has jumped from
(20:13):
six and a half to seven and a half, still
early in the week, but I think you're looking at,
you know, two teams that divisional opponents that they can
play each other close. I don't think Baltimore has a
shot if Lamar is not the starting quarterback. So this
is a tough one for me. If it is a
PCL injury. I've had a PCL injury. You know, they
(20:34):
talked about six weeks kind of being that time frame,
but when you can maybe start coming back and doing stuff.
But he's such a dynamic runner, it's gonna feel loose.
I mean to this day, like I don't have a PCL,
Like it feels loose. I mean, it's just you still
don't have a PCL. Well, no, it doesn't grow back
but yeah, you don't do that. You that's but that's
(21:00):
what happened. So I don't know the severity of the
tear or you know, if it's fully torn or if
it's just a part, you know, partial tear, it will
still feel loose to him, and you can. You're talking
about one of the best runners we've ever seen come
in the NFL, So his cutting, his moving and all
that stuff, he's gonna feel it for sure, So I
(21:20):
I get it. I mean, I don't know that he
wants to go out there and hurt himself worse, and
that's definitely an injury, depending on the severity that he
could hurt worse or hurt his knee worse. When he's
staring free agency in the face. You know, he doesn't
want to have to hurt himself worse and than not
be able to if he's not going to be franchise
tagged and with the Ravens after this year, or even
(21:40):
if they tag him and they look to trade him
because they can't get a long term deal done. He
doesn't want to have to have that on his resume,
where it might you know, keep teams away from one
in to trade for him. Brady I'm telling you this
right now. Next time you do squats, I'll let you
borrow my PCL. I'm willing to do for you. I'm
willing to do that for that's what a good friend
I am borrowing. I don't you don't need it when
(22:00):
you're squatting. Well, listen, I mean, who knows, maybe instead
of six plates, you'll be throwing up eight or nine,
you know, with my PCL. I mean, come on like this,
Why are you so excited about trying to give away
your piece? And listen? Like some people will give the
shirt off their back, I'll give you my PCL straight
out of my knee and have it yours. I'll sign
up for you. I don't think yours would hold up
(22:21):
very well. That's they listen. That might be a fair post,
but the same thing. Whatever. Man, Maybe you don't have
a PCL. I don't have calves, so maybe there it's
like a combo. If you don't have calves you don't
have a PCL. Could be that also else, you know what,
I think I figured it out. If Lamar Jackson wants
to get a deal done, why doesn't you just hire
ro Quant's miss agent. I understand well, I mean I
(22:46):
have so. I mean, if roe Quant was able to
get this done, maybe he's a better agent than Lamar Jackson.
Maybe that's what the problem is this entire time she
takes something. These guys always have consultants, some people whould
look it over. You know, it's not like you're gonna
kind of contract and be able to feel comfortable signing it,
or at least you shouldn't be unless you have an
attorney look at it. So maybe he should talk to
that guy. I don't know. Yeah, we'll see how this
(23:10):
is a much different, uh margin of money, just different. Yeah, hey,
LaVar wouldn't over there a piece of coconut cream pie
cream cake, coconut cream cake. Oh man, but what you're
(23:31):
hearing they chew on the coconut flake. Wait, didn't you?
What's your favorite desert? Is it? Banana pudding? Is that
the one? He had banana pudding last night too? Yeah?
That's really good. I mean, it's not as impressive as
the work Brady did on the on Burdos to Molly's
(23:52):
yesterday and studio, Yeah things, and the work they did
a little jealous jealous of that, yeah, jealous of that.
They came back though, they came back to get it
was more. It was more of the hot so I
put a lot of it. But this also was fantastic.
I put a lot on Uh so good all right,
(24:16):
So I'm so happy for you Cube, Like, and here's
the thing experience. Berto was like, oh yeah, it's a
little kick to it. I was like, Berto must like
really hot stuff. Because I was like, oh, it does
have a kick. I was like, okay, I was like
that was it was delicious. It was awesome. Crush those yeah,
(24:38):
I know, but like I had a net four, Like
that's probably over eating an hour anyway. No, not to
Molly's man, you've ripped those things in half. When you're
come on, you said, I know, what would you know about?
What were you talking about? They called me? They called
me in the morning. Listen in Noxico. We get down
on Christmas Eve tomorrow. All racist? How's that racist? Hey?
(25:05):
Knoxicoes as much of a place to stick city as
I'm telling you. You come over there, bring a sombrero,
have some fun, get down. That's what you bring. They
called me. The way to habin Atto, Yeah, all that
stuff and what it's the hobo wayto Yeah, that's what
(25:29):
it is. Don't get the button on that. Those are
all facts, all right, it is, I don't think so
now we're going Yeah, listen, they trust me. They got
bigger issues in Mexico right now. They've got other problems
going on Appairly, don't arrest certain people or else you're
gonna feel the wrath of everybody else around. My god,
have anybody's seen some of that stuff out there part
(25:52):
of your unbelievable Hey, yeah they did, and uh they
might be regretting it at this point because uh, it's
a it's a problem there. All sorts of issues have
popped up. It's too pros and a cup of joe
here on fs ARE. So we are gonna have our
midweek awards coming up here in about twelve minutes from now,
(26:13):
the good, the bad, and the ugly. So we'll get
into that for you here. It's a Wednesday tradition here
on Fox Sports Radio. Um, well, now we have our answer. Okay,
finally got it. Why we're the Washington Commanders so bad
this year. It's because of their offensive coordinator, Scott Turner.
So he's gone so clearly that was the issue. He
(26:37):
was the problem. So Scott Turner has gone in Washington.
Uh So now now they should be okay, everything should
be fine. And now we move forward. As Scott Turner,
the longtime assistant coach for Ron Rivera, I believe he's
been with Rivera like seven years. He's gone, so that
that's that's a rap on the Scott Turner air in Washington.
So the name should be familiar to people. You know,
(26:59):
there's no Turner's son Scott Turner North Turner, who obviously
was a good at coach and and great play caller.
That was, you know, his offensive prowess was why he
you know, got some opportunities to be head coach. But
it's gotta be a tough pill to swallow. Um, when
you had three different quarterbacks start this season, right you
brought in Carson Wentz, he didn't play up to the
(27:21):
level you thought he was going to. Um Taylor, Heinicke
came in, did it, did an admirable job, kept getting
kind of the hunt. Um, but I think there's probably
a ceiling there or maybe some limitations as far as
what they feel like they could do. Hence why they
went back to Wentz. And then at the end of
the season, you're starting a rookie and Sam how who
I thought that a decent job and his in his
you know, the first start of his career, so it's
(27:43):
tough to kind of put that on the offensive coordinator.
And then on top of that, you know, Brian Robinson
has a tragic incident happened that causes him to miss
some time, and when he comes back, obviously they started
running the football better, right. I just I feel like
they're they're using Scott Turner as a scapegoat, and it's
odd to me that given the relationship that Ron Rivere
(28:04):
and him have had and they've been together for a while.
You know, maybe he looks at this as an opportunity
to allow Scott's turning to go get out early and
be a part of one of these other staffs as
other teams are looking to hire a new head coach,
uh and or or, and maybe he looks at and says, hey,
I'm probably on the hot seat here for another year,
so why don't you go out, um, go find it,
(28:25):
you know, go find a position to go find a
job elsewhere, because we all might be canned if things
don't work out. So I'm not sure if he feels
like maybe he's you know, saving Scott Turner from just
kind of being a part of a team that doesn't
have much of a future next year, or if there's
you know, legitimate things going on behind the scenes where
they feel like this is justified. But he had a
(28:47):
lot of adversity, a lot of different things thrown his
way this year as a play caller. I think it's
a bit unfair if he ends up being the fall
guy for you know, some of their mistakes. You half
to look at Washington and their situation from the inside,
that is from a totally different perspective. Once you've had
(29:11):
more than a season under your belt there, everybody has
to have that that reality check, from North Turner now
his son, to any other coach that you can think
of that has coached there, from Ray Rhodes to Greg
Williams to Joe Gibbs, you name it. Once you're there
(29:35):
and you experience what it's like to be there, you
have to start assessing and evaluating and then reassessing and
then reevaluating what you're going to do. And that's the
reality of it. Ron Ron Rivera is doing it. Scott
(29:55):
Turner doesn't have to do it anymore because he's he's
met his fate as it applies to being there. But
that's what everybody has to think about when you're there.
And and I have from from everything I've heard, the
you know, ron Is is fighting to change the culture there,
but it's still seemingly, you know, has the same feel
(30:17):
as it always has because there's still confusion that that
is is swirling around that place. And and so you know,
you know, I don't know, I don't know how to
react to that, you know, what what you say about it,
you know, as as it applies to you know, the
(30:37):
total total overall you know, landscape of the team, but
a scapegoat. I think at this point everybody knows that
it's a dysfunctional organization and if somebody is getting fired,
they're getting fired for one reason or another, and it
may not even be off of the merits of what
they've done accomplishment wise. It just might be what the
(31:00):
who b is at that point in time, which makes
it interesting because they want to sell tickets, so it
might come down to, you know, Cliff Kingsbury just got
let go. Are they looking at it like let's bring
in a high profile play caller that makes it interesting
to the fans to sell hope that we can win
(31:20):
next year. That's generally the wins for for Washington is
winning in the off season. So you're saying it's a
distraction technique. They're gonna bring in a guy looks like
Ryan Gosling to come in there, and now everyone's looking
at Cliff Kingsbury in the sidelines and instead of paying
attention to other stuff going on. I mean, it gives
(31:40):
it gives them a little bit of the entertainment that
they're they're looking, that they're seeking. I mean, can't you
see Draft day them putting Cliff Kingsbury in one of
them Potomac holmes next to where Dan Snyder lives and
letting them take some GQ spread photos while they're making
their draft picks. Not not really believe a bowl because
it was Ryan Gosling. He's got even Mendez at home,
(32:03):
and there's no reason to leave. I mean, like just
is married to Oh yeah, by the way, that's on
Burno's Mount Rushmore. Yeah. The books, no book day, well story,
(32:26):
I prefer to work in training day. But you know
something some yeah, there's yeah, not a bad yeah, yeah
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(34:59):
It's time good, bad and all right, So I'll lead
to lab who's got what this week? And can we
make sure that we're you know, doing this accurately because
we don't want to piss anybody off. Yeah, you're right,
You're you're right, Jonas, and I feel like we need
some really good news, some better than usual news, the
best news, and I thought who better to deliver that
(35:19):
than Brady first time in a long time. Thanks guys, Wow,
you know where to begin. Um, I think the easy
one is Damar Hamlin getting released from the hospital. Obviously,
good to see him back. He left Cincinnati, back in Buffalo,
(35:40):
and uh, it's it's just good to see that he's progressing,
he's on his ways, on the up and up. It
was a scary situation for I think everyone involved. But
I think the good that came from an obviously is
he is okay now, he's hopefully going to be continue
to be okay. And just all the medical response, all
the people who were down in the field that trained
for it, prepared for it, and in that moment one
(36:03):
and did their job and We're able to save his life.
So that is the good this week. That was good, Brady.
I think that was well well worth the weight. The
best the best news really, but unfortunately we have to
have some bad news with the Jonas. What is the
bad news this week? That would be to Houston Texans.
I mean, what a disaster. That team can't do anything
(36:25):
right even when they win. How do they reward their
head coach? They fire his ass. You've got the owner
walking around on the sideline moping because his team won
their final game of the season. Did he really think
Lovey Smith and Davis Mills, who know that if they lose,
are going to be having to either give up their
jobs or going to acquiesce to some other young player
who's going to come in and take their gig. Anyways,
(36:47):
because he's the number one pick, they go out there,
they battle their ass off, they win on the road,
and you've got cal McNair walking around pouting because his
team didn't suck enough so they could get the number
one pick. And now if they want that number one pick,
they're probably gonna have to unload the other pick they
picked up from the Cleveland Browns into Deshaun Watson trade.
It's a disaster. They deserve whatever they get, especially for
(37:10):
that performance on the sideline from their owner. The Houston
Texans are my bad for the week and from bed
to worse, LaVar. Let us know what was ugly this week.
Let's see thirties six rushing yards total in the game. Uh,
two interceptions, twenty three minutes and one second of possession time,
(37:32):
nine total first downs and two four eleven on third downs.
If I told you how ugly that was, what game?
Would you say those stats came from National Championship? You
would be correct. Wow, Wow, that was TC performance in
(37:54):
that National Championship game on their way to getting drupped
by the Georgia Dogs. That was ugly, my guys. Apparently
the ratings weren't all that hot either, Well he didn't,
I mean, was there much to watch after the first quarter?
What were the ratings? That? There is there a number? Yeah,
(38:14):
let me effort that here real quickly, right here. Let
me just go ahead effort that. The odd thing is
that you'd say that that not have the numbers? Well,
I got it right here. I just happened to throw
it away, digging it back out of the trash. Here
hold off seventeen point two million viewers. What right? That
(38:35):
was the Yeah, that's the average viewers. That was like
the High State Michigan game. Yeah, that's the lowest since
the BCS era started in Yeah, so there's that seventeen
point two million. It did peak at twenty two point three.
But that's which I think, Ohigest State Michigan peaked at
twenty Well, I think it peaked because they showed Brady
(38:56):
Quinn and I UH together and they were like, we
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