June 2, 2025 • 5 mins
Can an NFL defensive tackle make a seamless leap from the gridiron to the bright lights of Broadway? That’s just one of the many wild questions tackled in this jam-packed episode of The Ben and Skin Show on 97.1 The Eagle.With Ben Rogers out for the day, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray take the reins and deliver a rollercoaster of laughs, hot takes, and unexpected revelations. From Cowboys chemistry to controversial tweets, this episode has it all.🔥 Key Moments & Themes:
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- Solomon Thomas Goes Broadway: The Cowboys’ newest defensive tackle is making headlines—not for sacks, but for stepping into the spotlight in MJ: The Musical. Skin breaks down the surprising story of how a former No. 3 NFL draft pick is living out his Broadway dreams.
- KT’s Theater Regret: KT opens up about his high school dream of joining theater arts—and the small-town stigma that held him back. “I would’ve crushed it,” he says, as Krystina mimics a literal crushing motion.
- Quote of the Episode:
“I would’ve loved to be in theater arts, but I would’ve been gay… and that’s messed up and wrong.” – KT, reflecting on small-town stereotypes. - Funniest Moment:
Krystina’s deadpan delivery: “Did you say crushed or smashed?” as KT laments his missed acting career.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It is the ben An Skin Show, ninety seven point
one The Eagle.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Sorry about that, I didn't turn my mic on.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
All right, we've got a huge four o'clock hour and
we're gonna start with music news. Did Jelly Roll cause
a head injury for somebody? Well we'll gettels of that,
but right now it's time for this.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
You're all work from Cowboys blockchain.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Yeah, I think you're telling the people what they want blockchain.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Calm.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Then, we had a little fun last week, you know,
with really have the last couples with Shotty because his
name is Shoddy.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
The new Cowboys coach, Brian shot nyron my guy, and
we got a new Cowboy nickname over the weekend that
I was not expecting. The guy in question here is
Solomon Thomas. Solomon Thomas was the number two pick in
the NFL draft. I want to say twenty seventeen. Okay,
he is from here. He is, Actually he went to
Coppel He was the number three pick. I'm sorry in
(00:57):
twenty seventeen. All right, played for the four Niners for
a few years and the Raiders, and then he's been
with the Jets in New York. You remember for three
straight years he doesn't remember. Yeah, because football players they
can't remember. Yeah, he's actually very smart guy, went to Stanford.
Good dude, a lot of charity work, like he's seen.
Its like a one type person.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Wow, great, let's get him on the show.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
We probably could. But if that makes sense, I.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Bet you know we could do.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
We could make it hyper local cop hell day on
the Benstein Show. We just played Drowning Pool. Let's get
Mike the drummer from Drowning Pool and Solomon Thomas in
here and do a roundtable and smarm wrestling.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
Oh ooh triathlon? Oh no to kathlon. So Solomon Thomas
is here. Now that was theying to play defensive tackle.
He his ninth season in the league. But before he
gets started here, he's gonna make a cameo in something
called MJ. The Musical and a one night only roll
June thirteenth on Broadway in New York. Wow, MJ being
(01:56):
Michael Jackson. Oh, I didn't know if it was Michael
Jordan in Jason.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
I was thinking Michael Jordan, m J.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Linderman.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
I mean, so here's some.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
Things I didn't know.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Okay, you're gonna throw out a Linderman reference.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Why would that be a ward one night, there'd be
a one night Broadway show of that.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
So in this article on the Fourth Star Telegram, Salomon
Thomas has also worked as a theater correspondent for CBS
over the years. What and a producer expressed excitement at
bringing him aboard. Are you ready for your newest Cowboys nickname?
Yep quote. Sally has been such a great supporter and
friend of Broadway in our show.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
He's not a hockey player. This is unnecessary.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
We couldn't think of a better way to thank him
for his time in New York than giving him his
Broadway debut. And I don't think he's gonna be playing
the role of Michael Jackson, but for one day, he
is going to be in a play. And this is
apparently like something that he's always wanted to do.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
In that environment.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
I'm just telling you, I can't imagine how the NFL
locker room thinks of people doing performing on Broadway. I
would imagine it's very simp to me in my small
town and the idea of doing the school play, because
I would have loved to be in theater arts, but
I would have been gay.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
And I think that's messed up and wrong.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
Here's what I would say about that, and honestly wasted
an opportunity for me.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Yeah, because you would have been incredible. Oh my god.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
I think about that every day. How great Katie would
have been at the school play.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
He would have crushed.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Yeah, all those high schoolers, small town school play. She said,
crushed or smashed. She actually made the hand gesture of
crushing something when she did that. I think, Uh, I
think times have evolved, and I think all those dudes,
most of those dudes in.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
The locker room want to be famous for other stuff.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
Do you think times have involved huh? Not involved evolved.
Have you seen the des Bryant tweet from today?
Speaker 2 (03:50):
I think I don't think Dez has evolved.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Man, there's a big tweet about June being gay Pride
a month, all right, And this is a tweet from
some outlet, you know, and it's like today is the
first a Pride month of the NFL is showing their
support for many LGBTQ causes.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Quote.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
Football is gay, football is lesbian, football is beautiful, football
is queer, football is transgender. Football is everyone and.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Does wait who put that out? The NFL?
Speaker 3 (04:19):
Some account called mL football. But I do think it
was an NFL tweet. I actually do think it was. Yeah,
I'm trying to see here. Yeah it was no the
Trevor project or just something. I really don't know, man,
I don't know. There's response Death says football is gay,
football is queer, football is transgender. These are wild statements
to make. Excuse my silliness. I'm going to proudly tell
(04:42):
my boys football is none of these things. I have
nothing against gays, but this is far from right.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
I mean, football is a sport.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
I think, you know, Dez isn't doing the deep dive
on what they're saying. They're saying football is for every
right projected an organization that is aimed.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
To you know, help out with you know, suicide prevention
of you know, LGBTQ plus young.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
People, the inclusive and the words of Michael Jordan. Republicans
where sneakers too.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
It's the Ben and Skin Show, ninety seven point one
The Eagle.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
We got so much to get to.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Coming up next in music news, did Jelly Roll inadvertently
give someone a head injury?
Speaker 2 (05:27):
K T will tell us here on The Eagle
It is the ben An Skin Show, ninety seven point
one The Eagle.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Sorry about that, I didn't turn my mic on.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
All right, we've got a huge four o'clock hour and
we're gonna start with music news. Did Jelly Roll cause
a head injury for somebody? Well we'll gettels of that,
but right now it's time for this.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
You're all work from Cowboys blockchain.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Yeah, I think you're telling the people what they want blockchain.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Calm.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Then, we had a little fun last week, you know,
with really have the last couples with Shotty because his
name is Shoddy.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
The new Cowboys coach, Brian shot nyron my guy, and
we got a new Cowboy nickname over the weekend that
I was not expecting. The guy in question here is
Solomon Thomas. Solomon Thomas was the number two pick in
the NFL draft. I want to say twenty seventeen. Okay,
he is from here. He is, Actually he went to
Coppel He was the number three pick. I'm sorry in
(00:57):
twenty seventeen. All right, played for the four Niners for
a few years and the Raiders, and then he's been
with the Jets in New York. You remember for three
straight years he doesn't remember. Yeah, because football players they
can't remember. Yeah, he's actually very smart guy, went to Stanford.
Good dude, a lot of charity work, like he's seen.
Its like a one type person.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Wow, great, let's get him on the show.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
We probably could. But if that makes sense, I.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Bet you know we could do.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
We could make it hyper local cop hell day on
the Benstein Show. We just played Drowning Pool. Let's get
Mike the drummer from Drowning Pool and Solomon Thomas in
here and do a roundtable and smarm wrestling.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
Oh ooh triathlon? Oh no to kathlon. So Solomon Thomas
is here. Now that was theying to play defensive tackle.
He his ninth season in the league. But before he
gets started here, he's gonna make a cameo in something
called MJ. The Musical and a one night only roll
June thirteenth on Broadway in New York. Wow, MJ being
(01:56):
Michael Jackson. Oh, I didn't know if it was Michael
Jordan in Jason.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
I was thinking Michael Jordan, m J.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Linderman.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
I mean, so here's some.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
Things I didn't know.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Okay, you're gonna throw out a Linderman reference.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Why would that be a ward one night, there'd be
a one night Broadway show of that.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
So in this article on the Fourth Star Telegram, Salomon
Thomas has also worked as a theater correspondent for CBS
over the years. What and a producer expressed excitement at
bringing him aboard. Are you ready for your newest Cowboys nickname?
Yep quote. Sally has been such a great supporter and
friend of Broadway in our show.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
He's not a hockey player. This is unnecessary.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
We couldn't think of a better way to thank him
for his time in New York than giving him his
Broadway debut. And I don't think he's gonna be playing
the role of Michael Jackson, but for one day, he
is going to be in a play. And this is
apparently like something that he's always wanted to do.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
In that environment.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
I'm just telling you, I can't imagine how the NFL
locker room thinks of people doing performing on Broadway. I
would imagine it's very simp to me in my small
town and the idea of doing the school play, because
I would have loved to be in theater arts, but
I would have been gay.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
And I think that's messed up and wrong.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
Here's what I would say about that, and honestly wasted
an opportunity for me.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Yeah, because you would have been incredible. Oh my god.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
I think about that every day. How great Katie would
have been at the school play.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
He would have crushed.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Yeah, all those high schoolers, small town school play. She said,
crushed or smashed. She actually made the hand gesture of
crushing something when she did that. I think, Uh, I
think times have evolved, and I think all those dudes,
most of those dudes in.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
The locker room want to be famous for other stuff.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
Do you think times have involved huh? Not involved evolved.
Have you seen the des Bryant tweet from today?
Speaker 2 (03:50):
I think I don't think Dez has evolved.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Man, there's a big tweet about June being gay Pride
a month, all right, And this is a tweet from
some outlet, you know, and it's like today is the
first a Pride month of the NFL is showing their
support for many LGBTQ causes.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Quote.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
Football is gay, football is lesbian, football is beautiful, football
is queer, football is transgender. Football is everyone and.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Does wait who put that out? The NFL?
Speaker 3 (04:19):
Some account called mL football. But I do think it
was an NFL tweet. I actually do think it was. Yeah,
I'm trying to see here. Yeah it was no the
Trevor project or just something. I really don't know, man,
I don't know. There's response Death says football is gay,
football is queer, football is transgender. These are wild statements
to make. Excuse my silliness. I'm going to proudly tell
(04:42):
my boys football is none of these things. I have
nothing against gays, but this is far from right.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
I mean, football is a sport.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
I think, you know, Dez isn't doing the deep dive
on what they're saying. They're saying football is for every
right projected an organization that is aimed.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
To you know, help out with you know, suicide prevention
of you know, LGBTQ plus young.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
People, the inclusive and the words of Michael Jordan. Republicans
where sneakers too.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
It's the Ben and Skin Show, ninety seven point one
The Eagle.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
We got so much to get to.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Coming up next in music news, did Jelly Roll inadvertently
give someone a head injury?
Speaker 2 (05:27):
K T will tell us here on The Eagle
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