September 1, 2026 • 35 mins
In the first hour, Dave Softy Mahler and Dick Fain chat with Mike Florio about the Terrion Arnold situation with the Seahawks, the Commissioner’s List, Tony Romo’s status, the Rams getting Aaron Donald back, and more, then the guys continue to discuss Arnold’s status with the Hawks and his lack of availability to play before having Fun with Audio.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Here we go.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
The Husky Honks, Greg Lewis, Mario Bateman. We'll be here
at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Husky Honks making their debut
for 2026, talking Apple Cup. We can talk about the
Cougar marching band throwing a fit because they're not getting
good enough free tickets for the game on Sunday. So
we're not going to go. We're going to stay home
and watch the game on TV. That all is kind
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of just adding to all this Apple Cup stuff.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
And you know what?
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Honestly, Dick, I'm kind of glad it happened because I
needed something to get me a little bit fired up
to get the hatred wheel going for Sunday.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
You know me. There was a part of me that was.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Feeling a little bit sympathetic for these people and what
they're going through. And then somebody had to open up
their mouth and start popping off about how Washington did
not want Wazoo's marching band at the game on Sunday.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
And I went right back to hating their guts.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Ah!
Speaker 2 (00:53):
So I am ready. I am ready to hang 90
on these bastards on Sunday if we can. And by
the way, don't you think Jetfish won't do it? Don't
you think he won't.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Do it if he's got a shot in this game
on Sunday?
Speaker 4 (01:05):
It totally mirrors my attitude when the whole breakup of
the Pac-12 happened, right? I felt bad for him. You
felt bad for him.
Speaker 5 (01:14):
And then.
Speaker 6 (01:15):
I went to social media.
Speaker 7 (01:17):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 4 (01:17):
And then I read the text lines. And then I
heard the whining Cougar fans blaming the whole situation for
the crumbling of the Pac-12 at the feet of Washington
because it's Washington's fault that the Pac-12 no longer exists. Well,
I say thank you, Cougars, for thinking that Washington actually
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had the power to single-handedly crumble a Power Five conference.
Speaker 6 (01:44):
And I have zero sympathy anymore for them.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Well, I think that, you know, the thing for me,
and I can just speak for myself, is that I
think that they've earned certain considerations when it comes to
the whining. Because I don't blame them in a lot
of ways. I'd be pissed off, too, if I were them.
I think being in their shoes would be absolutely terrible. Like,
for as much as we cover Husky football on this show,
as much as we're involved with Husky football, if you
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came back to me and said the Huskies are going
to wake up tomorrow and they're no longer in a
Power 4 conference, right? There's people talking about us going
and playing in a lesser league than what Wazoo was
playing in. I would have a very, very, very hard
time with that.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Very hard time with that. You know me. I would
have a very, very hard time with that.
Speaker 6 (02:26):
Would you blame it on Washington?
Speaker 2 (02:28):
I don't know who I would blame, but I would
be pissed at somebody, and I'd be bitter, and I
don't blame them for being bitter at all. But I
also do think that the understanding only goes so far. Like,
for example, this latest thing with the band is just idiotic. Like,
it's not even worth talking about, to be honest with you.
I'll just say this, as I said to atgocougs123 on
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Twitter five minutes ago. If you guys want to be
the fan base that complains that your band did not
get good enough free seats for the game and that's
why you're not coming out, just pause for a minute,
take a breath, and ask yourself if that's what you
want to be. Because I know a lot of Cougar
fans myself, buddies of mine, that are embarrassed by that.
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And there's people out there that want you to stop.
Because you're making the fan base look stupid.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Honestly.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Can you imagine Husky fans bitching like that? We're not
going to Ohio State. We're not bringing our band to
Ohio State or Michigan. Because Michigan didn't give us good
enough free tickets. So we're staying home.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Okay? So that's number one.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
And then number two, people also tend to forget, before
the Huskies and Ducks took off for the Big Ten,
Colorado was in the middle of drafting their exit plan
to get to the Big 12. They were doing that
at Media Day, by the way, in Vegas, because I
was there talking about it three years ago. So we'll
hit on all this coming up. The Husky Hawks at four.
Mike Florio is going to join us right now on
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93.3 KJRFM.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
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Speaker 1 (04:15):
All right, here we go.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
On a busy Tuesday, normally a Wednesday, but we got
weird schedules this week and next week, so we are
trying to be accommodating to Mike Florio's busy, busy work
week the next couple of weeks, and here he is,
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Speaker 1 (04:36):
Mike Florio, ProFootballTalk.com, the NFL and NBC. How are you, pal?
Speaker 5 (04:42):
I'm doing great. Thank you for accommodating me in our
normal spot. I will be somewhere between Pittsburgh and LaGuardia
Airport for rehearsals at NBC on Thursday. And then next Wednesday,
you know where I'll be. I'll be at Lumen Field
watching them install grass for week one.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Why don't you come by Jimmy's right outside Lumen and
jump on the air with us live next Wednesday before
the game?
Speaker 5 (05:05):
Because I'll be working.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
All right. We have to get ready.
Speaker 5 (05:10):
We don't just show up and start talking. Although it
definitely seems that way. We actually have a plan. At
least I do. I try to.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
I got you. Just blurt out.
Speaker 5 (05:21):
Whatever comes into my head like I do on these spots.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
I mean, it usually works for us, man, so we
like that. But, hey, let's first of all talk about
the moves the Hawks have made. Terryon Arnold is officially in.
He's now on the exempt list. Can you explain to
people kind of what that means and when you think
we might possibly see Terryon actually play for the Seahawks?
Speaker 5 (05:42):
Well, he will be paid. He can't practice or play.
He can be in the building. He can work out.
He can go to meetings. They can get better acquainted
with him. They've basically secured dibs on him in the
event that he is able to return at some point
this season. And here's where the paid leave comes. slash
commissioner exempt list gets a little bit confusing when they
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devise this thing. And as it's written in the personal
conduct policy, once a player who is facing criminal charges
is placed on paid leave, he stays there until the
case is resolved. And then after that, until the NFL.
decides what, if any, punishment he will receive. And all
appeals are exhausted. So in theory, he's not coming back
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until this case is over. There's no trial date. There's
a court date early October. It's probably not going to
be a trial during the season. However, In at least
one case, two years ago, Patriots safety Jabril Peppers, he
was placed on paid leave. Seven games later, they allowed
him to come back, even though his case had not
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yet been resolved. He had a trial in January of 2025.
He was acquitted, but he missed those seven games. And
it's possible, and there's a thought, that maybe what the
NFL is doing now is pre-suspending the player. How much
do we think he's going to ultimately miss If he
is held to have violated the personal conduct policy, we'll
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put him on paid leave for that duration. And then
if and when this thing ends and he gets a punishment,
he gets credit for the games he missed. He forfeits
the salary he made during those games. That's one potential
way to deal with this. So there's a window, possibly.
for the nfl to allow him to come back this
season unless they are determined in his case in his
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case it's serious it's a felony charges kidnapping armed robbery
life in prison potential sentence if he's convicted they may
not let him come back until the case is resolved
i think the seahawks just like they were initially betting
on the possibility he'd be available for the preseason he
wasn't they're betting on the possibility he may be available
for the stretch run and he could be.
Speaker 4 (07:52):
There's been speculation that the commissioner's exempt list could hit
the Rams as well. What's the chances that Puka and
or Alaric Jackson end up there?
Speaker 5 (08:02):
Well, their cases are premature for a couple of reasons.
And the main one is there aren't charges. They could
end up with misdemeanor charges. They could end up entering
a diversion program. And a diversion program is one way
of resolving a criminal case. that triggers discipline under the
personal conduct policy.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
It could happen.
Speaker 5 (08:21):
It hasn't happened. And because they're not facing charges and
the NFL didn't otherwise check the boxes to justify paid leave,
they weren't placed on paid leave when Josh Jacobs, Jonathan Cooper,
and Terry Arnold were placed on paid leave on Sunday.
It could happen at some point, or it may just
be nothing happens until they enter a diversion program. And
at that point, the NFL promptly deals with a potential suspension.
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And what also happens in a lot of these cases
is They negotiate a punishment, and it's just done. We
don't have a drawn-out process. There aren't many times where
we've got the hearing like the one that happened in
the Deshaun Watson case four years ago, where it went
through a full-blown process. It went through a full-blown hearing.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
There was.
Speaker 5 (09:04):
a finding, there was an appeal, and there was finally
a suspension. They could enter the diversion program. It could
be all worked out. They're going to miss a couple
of games, whatever the case may be. That could happen
at any time, depending upon how these cases move forward
during the season.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
Mike Florio with us on the air. You mentioned Mike
Tarion maybe playing this year.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
Are we going to see Tony Romo on CBS this year?
Speaker 5 (09:27):
Well, I was disappointed last week when There was a
statement issued by an unnamed spokesperson. And I got the statement.
I got the email from a PR firm. And I
didn't ask for it. They just sent it out. And
they said, please attribute this to an unnamed spokesperson. And
part of the statement was, Tony Romo takes full responsibility. Well,
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it just seems odd to me that you would take
full responsibility by hiding behind a spokesperson whose name isn't
even mentioned. It just felt kind of clunky. And I
eventually made the point, it's not going to really count
until he does. it in his own name and in
his own voice. He did it today, accepted full responsibility,
pleaded no contest to the operating while intoxicated charge in Wisconsin,
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expressed an intent to return to CBS. But I haven't
seen anything yet. And maybe I've missed it. I've been
on my exercise bike for the last hour. I haven't
seen anything yet. to show that CBS has reciprocated and
said we welcome Tony Romo back when he's able to return.
I think CBS is looking for a way out of
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this deal. $ 18 million a year, four years left, $ 72 million.
They could negotiate an outcome where they pay him half, 60%, whatever,
and he moves on. They've announced J.J. Watt as the replacement.
They're getting ready to go. I think it would be
awkward for CBS at this point to pull the plug
on Watt during the season and put Romo back in
the booth. I think this goes all year, and then
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what happens next year remains to be seen. So it's
good that he's accepted responsibility. He's acknowledged that He has
developed an issue over reliance, I think was the term
he used on alcohol as an aftermath of having issues
with pain medication, following back surgeries. And look, it's good
that he's addressing an issue. And he's got an open
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container while he's driving around Milwaukee. Of course, he's got
an issue and he's addressing it. And that's good for him.
But CBS may have already decided they want to move on.
And if they do, then that's that.
Speaker 4 (11:26):
Mike, how much does the Aaron Donald return move your
needle on the Rams' chances to dethrone the Hawks?
Speaker 6 (11:32):
And are we going to see him in Australia?
Speaker 1 (11:36):
I don't know how much.
Speaker 5 (11:37):
It actually changes because I'm not ready to declare, and
I'm not saying he won't be, I'm not ready to
declare that the Aaron Donald of old is going to
be back. And just because he feels like he's the
old Aaron Donald, you don't know for sure until you're
out there in 11-on-11 full contact competition. There's no way
to train to simulate that. You can't even practice to
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that level. You don't know what it feels like in
a game until you get in a game, and he
won't know until he gets out there with guys who
are younger, who may be faster, and he's two years older,
and who knows if he can get back to what
he was two years ago. I don't know. So... We
won't know how much of a difference it makes, but
there's a chance that even if he's a little diminished,
he'll seem better than he was because he's not going
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to be constantly harassed with two or three blockers on
every play because they have to account for Miles Garrett. Now,
as it relates to week one, I went back and
looked at the last year he held out. through training
camp in the preseason. He ultimately showed up, signed a contract,
joined the team on August 31. That year, they played
on September 10, Monday night, against the Raiders in Oakland.
That's how long ago it was. He played 62 out
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of 70 snaps. I was told, and I said this
on our Hall of Fame pregame show a few weeks back,
that if he's able to get ramped up the way
that they did in 2018 and the year before that, 2017,
when he also held out but didn't get a new contract,
the goal would be 30 to 40 snaps. So I
don't think that's out of the question because September 10,
same day, and he actually showed up a day earlier
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than he had the last time around. So I think
it's feasible. I know they want to get him back
on the field ASAP. I thought at first when he
came back on cut down day, they might possibly tuck
him on to the physically unable to perform list for
a few weeks to let him get acclimated behind the scenes,
but they didn't. They want him to play. They want
him out there, and he's back with the mindset that
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he's going to go out there and play. Right now,
I guess he's going to play week one, but we'll
see what happens.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
What's going on with Joey Porter, speaking of Pittsburgh? Is
he playing week one? I guess he's threatening that he
may not play without a new deal.
Speaker 5 (13:39):
Well, he was on the pup list all of training camp,
all of the preseason. He didn't have an injury.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
It was a hold-in.
Speaker 5 (13:45):
The problem with a hold-in is if you don't do
a contract, at some point the player has to go
practice and play. That's where the whole thing short-circuits. And
if the team wants to play hardball, they can fine,
they can suspend a player for conduct detrimental to the team.
They can withhold his paycheck. If you're not going to work,
if you're refusing to work, we're not going to pay
you if they want to take it that route. And
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if Porter doesn't play, it puts everyone in a box.
And I wrote about this today. We talked about it
on PFT Live. The Steelers have this outdated policy that
they won't do contracts after week one. So it puts
extra pressure on both sides to get it done, because
if they don't, then what? What if he says, OK,
I'll play? And what if he is all pro level
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and the Steelers decide, you know what, we're going to
go out and get what he wants? Oh, wait, we've
handcuffed ourselves with this stupid rule. that we won't do
contracts after week one. I mean, that may have worked
in the 70s or the 80s. In the salary cap era,
I think it's dumb. I think it's dumb. I think
Vinod Khosla needs to call up his favorite team and say, hey,
you guys need to do business the way I'm going
to do business in Seattle.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
A little shot there.
Speaker 5 (14:50):
You know, I'm kidding. We haven't talked about that.
Speaker 8 (14:53):
I mean.
Speaker 5 (14:54):
I just– look, I understand. The Wilfs fought the Vikings.
They were lifelong Giants fans. You don't get to buy
your favorite team. It's an asset that rarely becomes available.
I understand that. But, man, there are unforced errors, and
there are unforced errors. And poor Neil Koestler's face– He
tried to hold it firm, and that smile, he's like, Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
Does your son ever look at you like that and go, Dad,
come on, what are you doing?
Speaker 5 (15:24):
All the time.
Speaker 6 (15:25):
That's how I know the look.
Speaker 5 (15:27):
All the time.
Speaker 6 (15:29):
Hey, Mike, you mentioned Contract Soft. You mentioned with Joey Porter.
Is C.J.
Speaker 4 (15:32):
Stroud going to get a deal before week one, or
is this going to really be a prove-it year? I
know they picked up the fifth-year option, but usually your
stars after three years, you give them that long-term deal,
and they haven't yet.
Speaker 5 (15:44):
And they've done it with multiple key players in Houston.
They don't try to kick the can through the fourth year.
You know, there's a real benefit to the team if
you can get that fourth year on a first-round contract
because it is low-paid, low-cap number. And that money is
never going to be spent. You get that guy for $ 4, $ 5,
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$ 6 million, and then you can pay him later. So
we've seen teams try to do that and get away
with it. The Seahawks haven't done it with their two
first rounders from that same year. But with Stroud, look,
here's the reality. There was a time, and the quarterback
market has kind of gone this way lately. There was
a time in the quarterback market, and this goes back
eight years as well, where the next guy up became
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the highest paid player at the position. And it didn't
matter how much better he was or wasn't. That was
just the way it was. Went in wrong. Next guy up,
moves the bar a little higher. Next guy up, moves
the bar a little higher. That's changed in the NFL.
Now we've got a $ 45 million spread for veteran quarterback contracts.
So where does CJ Stroud land? I think the Texans
would gladly sign him now if he would accept something
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that meshes with how they view him based on his
first three seasons. From Stroud's perspective, why do I want
to do that deal when if I can go out
and have a big year, I can push that bar higher?
Because whatever they view him at now, chances are if
he has the year like he had last year, they'll
view him at that same level next year, and they
can do that deal next year. It's in his interest
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to go out and play well this year and move
that needle higher. And it's, you know, quote unquote, good
problem to have for this for the Texans if he
goes out and has that big year and they have
evidence to pay him more. But, you know, we've seen
multiple examples now. The Broncos with Russell Wilson, the Dolphins
with Tua Tonga-Vailoa, the Texans. Cardinals with Kyler Murray. You
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do these deals and it's this big number and you
get to a point where you're so desperate to move
on from the player, you're willing to pay him millions
to go play for someone else for the minimum.
Speaker 2 (17:44):
Hey, Mike, this is really great that we were able
to work this out and get you on the air
this week. I know things are busy, and we sure
appreciate you taking time for us up here in Seattle.
Speaker 7 (17:53):
Question.
Speaker 5 (17:54):
Question. Will you just play this again tomorrow at 310 Pacific?
Is that what you do?
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Yeah, but we have to edit out this part. We
have to edit out the part of you saying we're
replaying it.
Speaker 5 (18:04):
I expect double pay then.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Okay, that's fine.
Speaker 5 (18:07):
I expect an extra envelope.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
Like royalties. Jackson, you're fired again. So we can pay
Mike again. And then next week, we'll figure it out.
All right, we'll figure it out next week.
Speaker 7 (18:18):
All right, see you.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
All right, see you, man. Mike Florio with us. Lots
to talk about.
Speaker 6 (18:21):
What percent do we pay him if we have to
play it again, if we choose to play it again?
Speaker 2 (18:25):
I mean, do you get paid extra when they replay
your stuff here on the radio station? Is that what happens?
I mean, is he on a per-episode basis? Is that
what's going on? Every time somebody downloads a podcast, we've
got to give the guy a quarter?
Speaker 6 (18:39):
It's like Jerry Seinfeld.
Speaker 4 (18:40):
He gets like $ 1, 000 every time TBS picks up a
Seinfeld episode from 30 years ago.
Speaker 2 (18:45):
Well, let's come back and talk more about that Terry
on Arnold thing, because I don't think people even really understand.
The whole thing is kind of just taking care of itself,
by the way, and we don't even know it. Right
in front of our very eyes next.
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Speaker 2 (19:18):
And I got to tell you, one thing about this
studio bugs the hell out of me. And if you're
watching on YouTube, you get a better vantage point of
hearing on radio. This microphone is so freaking limp.
Speaker 1 (19:28):
It is unbelievable.
Speaker 6 (19:29):
Yeah, I need some Viagra.
Speaker 1 (19:31):
Is there a pill that we can give this thing?
Speaker 5 (19:33):
There it goes again.
Speaker 3 (19:34):
Oh, wow.
Speaker 7 (19:34):
Look at that.
Speaker 2 (19:35):
I mean, it's like I can't even get four hours
out of this thing. That's all I want. I want
to be able to call a doctor. Can somebody come
in here? Can somebody fix this limp microphone for Christ?
This is like the Mariners, man. It's just limp. It's listless.
Absolutely listless. But you heard Mike Florio there talking about
the Terry on Arnold story.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
And you know what, guys? I got to be honest
with you. And I don't know.
Speaker 2 (19:57):
Maybe I'm missing something here. Maybe you guys can jump
in and correct me. I did not hear a massive,
massive public outcry against the Seahawks signing Terry on Arnold.
Speaker 1 (20:07):
No, we didn't. Votes?
Speaker 2 (20:10):
I know he wasn't a big fan, but even he wasn't.
This wasn't like something he was like making a daily
part of his, you know, rants on the radio station.
So I don't think it was that big a deal
in the end, but I think it's become a situation
that's probably going to play out exactly the way we
thought it would play out. He's the property of the
Seahawks if and when he's cleared to play. And for now,
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it's a nothing burger. He's not on the roster. He's
not practicing. He's getting paid. But he really has no
role on this football team besides watching as much film
as he can and being the best teammate, supportive teammate
he can be.
Speaker 1 (20:44):
But right now they're moving on without him.
Speaker 2 (20:46):
And we actually asked Demarcus Lawrence, I think you were gone, Dick,
about a week and a half ago, why he felt
like it was not going to be a distraction if
they did bring on Terry on.
Speaker 1 (20:55):
Have you heard this clip, by the way?
Speaker 6 (20:57):
I don't believe it.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
This is demarcus lawrence about a week and a half
whatever two weeks ago talking about why he did not
believe the terry on arnold situation would be a big
deal for the locker room do you fear at all
that a signing like that with the noise that comes
along with it could disrupt this.
Speaker 9 (21:12):
Thing no not at all like why not what we
got going in this locker room man it's something special
um and then on top of that i feel like
you know we got the right leaders that If they're
not meshing and fitting in in the way that we
see fit, then we get them.
Speaker 8 (21:26):
Up out of here.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
Get them up out of here. That's it. Doesn't work,
you're done.
Speaker 6 (21:30):
Championship mentality.
Speaker 2 (21:30):
You're making nothing. You're getting paid nothing. We didn't give
up nothing for you. You act like a bozo in
your adios.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
What the hell? I mean, it's that simple, right? Is
it not that easy?
Speaker 4 (21:38):
Well, when you have a leadership group like they do,
and we saw that in Hard Knocks, I think it
was last week's episode. Remember when Mike McDonald was talking
to that group of guys? Leadership council. The leadership council of...
I mean, you got Darnold and you got Ernest Jones
and you got Spoon and you got JSN and Cooper Cup.
You had the Hobbits, you had the Elves, you had
the Bulls. You had them all there, man. There was
a little bonfire going on in the middle of it.
I mean, this is a championship culture, you know? And
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teams with championship cultures will not let one incident or
one person disrupt that championship culture. The only change for
me between my thoughts of Terry and Arnold now versus
when we picked them up or even when it was.
Speaker 6 (22:14):
Rumored was, We need him more now than we did then.
Speaker 4 (22:17):
I mean, I'm more worried about the quarterback situation now
than I was two months ago and certainly than I
was six months ago.
Speaker 5 (22:23):
Well, yeah.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
I mean, just think about what you're looking like right now.
I mean, between Spoon and Josh Jobe and Nehemiah Pritchett,
if Eamon Worry is going to be more of that
linebacker kind of swing guy that Millen's been talking about.
And who knows if the guy's even playing, by the way,
in week one. I'd say right now he's probably not
going to play. in week one is julian neal hurt
by the way the rookie from arkansas i don't know
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how long i think he's banged up i mean guys
i mean for now trevon diggs he's got to play
some kind of a role Terry Arnold at some point
is going to play some kind of a role, and
this is the cool thing about having training camp end
and the preseason end, you know, two weeks before the opener.
I mean, you got what we're talking about eight days
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away from the first game of the year. Would it
shock the hell out of you if they brought in
somebody between now and then?
Speaker 5 (23:11):
No.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
They just made a deal, what, yesterday, right, for another corner.
Speaker 2 (23:15):
I think their depth at cornerback right now stinks.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
It's terrible.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
Their depth at corner, their depth at running back is terrible.
So can they survive? Can they get through? Probably, but
they can't really withstand much of an injury situation there
because they got nothing.
Speaker 10 (23:30):
I mean, this is a general manager who has made
it very commonplace to middle of a season before a
trade deadline, trade future draft picks for stars.
Speaker 1 (23:38):
Didn't we see.
Speaker 10 (23:39):
It with Ernest Jones, Leonard Williams, I mean, Marshawn Lynch,
the list goes on and on and.
Speaker 1 (23:43):
On and on for years, right?
Speaker 10 (23:44):
So, It makes complete sense that he would say, all right,
you know what? We need to go make our own
McDuffie move. And let's go send a second or third
round pick to go get somebody to put opposite and
lock down one of those sides.
Speaker 6 (23:57):
Because, I mean, it's just what John Schneider always does.
Speaker 10 (24:00):
If we see Jadarian Price can't do it week one,
it wouldn't fourth round pick for another running back.
Speaker 6 (24:06):
Don't even speak that into the ether. He might even
do that.
Speaker 2 (24:08):
Are we going to see Avery Smith play next Wednesday
against the Patriots? The kid they just got from the Chargers?
From Toledo?
Speaker 1 (24:15):
I mean, it's just nuts, man.
Speaker 7 (24:16):
So, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (24:17):
I mean, I just know what I would do if
I were the Patriots. They got new players on. They
got new receivers on that team. I'd start chucking the
ball and just go after that secondary. I know what
I would do if I were Wazoo. I'd go right
after Cody Green and prove he can handle pressure in
the Apple Cup. I mean, they may not be good
enough to get by him, but I'd try.
Speaker 4 (24:34):
Drake may on the list of controversial quarterbacks where he
has his group of believers and his group of non-believers
is it's probably the greatest of i mean he's at
the jalen hurts level in the nfl where some people
just this dude is going to be the greatest quarterback
ever to this guy sucks and the only reason he
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was any good is because they played nobody last year
and we saw the suck version in the super bowl
so i'm kind of leaning towards that narrative but you're
right if i'm gonna attack the seahawks i'm throwing the
football i am throwing the football to aj brown and
whoever romeo dobbs yeah i mean i'm just i'm chucking
it and and seeing if if drake may can come
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out of that game with 250 plus yards and a
couple of touchdowns okay maybe he is the real deal.
Speaker 2 (25:20):
Why is it that the huskies and seahawks always have
the same problems at the same time I mean, neither
team has a running back right now, honestly. Like, neither
team has anything that you feel really great about. Now,
the Seahawks spent pretty significant draft capital, I get that,
on Jadarian Price, and the Huskies have some names that
we like, and we'll talk to Greg about that, obviously,
at some point. But both teams are sitting there going,
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who's going to run the ball? Who's going to run
the ball? Who's going to take pressure off the quarterback?
Who's going to take pressure off DeMond? Who's going to
take pressure off Sam Darnold? Remember two years ago, offense?
Offensive line, offensive line and Husky offensive line.
Speaker 7 (25:52):
2024.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
We were like wide receiver. I'm telling you.
Speaker 11 (25:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
When was, by the way, the secondary, but I mean, we, we,
we lose price sock and Davis and Seahawks lose Kobe, Brian,
Rick Wollin, and they got a bunch of injuries and
Iggy got claimed today.
Speaker 1 (26:05):
It's nuts.
Speaker 10 (26:06):
When was the last time the Seahawks went into a season?
And the starting running back week one had not taken
a single, not even preseason, a single NFL snap yet.
Speaker 1 (26:17):
Kurt Warner in 1983. Four or three years ago.
Speaker 6 (26:21):
Yeah, but he'd taken a preseason snap.
Speaker 9 (26:23):
Did he? I don't know.
Speaker 7 (26:24):
Did he?
Speaker 1 (26:25):
Did Price not take one preseason snap? No, he's been hurt.
Speaker 6 (26:27):
Every guy played.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
Ask Greg Lewis.
Speaker 4 (26:31):
Everybody played in the preseason 25, 30 years ago.
Speaker 7 (26:34):
Everybody.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
Let's do this. We're going to break.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
A little fun with audio coming next on a busy
Tuesday on 93.3 KJRFM.
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Now, Fun With Audio. All right, here we go on
a busy Tuesday afternoon. Hope you're doing well out there
on Radioland.
Speaker 2 (27:16):
Softie Dick Jackson with you until 7 o'clock tonight. Time
for a little fun with audio slash, hey, did you
hear that? Hey, Dick, did you happen to hear that?
Speaker 1 (27:24):
What's that, Dave? What's that, Dick?
Speaker 2 (27:25):
What do you say we start in college football? New
LSU head coach Lane Kiffin said at a press conference
Monday that his team's player leadership committee gave him their
blessing to bring in players who have NFL experience.
Speaker 9 (27:39):
You talked about it a little bit, but just some
of the decisions that you guys have made over the
last week to potentially bring in some of these players
from NFL rosters, just if you could expand on that
a little bit more.
Speaker 11 (27:48):
I probably am in the minority of how I make decisions,
and probably not what most coaches do. I feel like
my decisions should always be made in the best interest
of the players that sit in this team room, and not.
But for my reputation and how the decisions play in
the national media or other fan bases. I met with
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our leadership committee of our players, and I asked them,
what's your team? What do you want to do? If
these players are allowed to be added to rosters, what
do you want to do? And every one of them
was emphatic about, they can help us win, bring them.
And One of them said, hey, this is how it
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works at the next level, and this is how.
Speaker 7 (28:33):
The real world works.
Speaker 11 (28:35):
There aren't days you can't bring employees into certain jobs
to help the company. So that made me feel a
little better in the struggle and being torn back and forth.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
Oh, God.
Speaker 6 (28:48):
The fact that he was torn is very surprising to me.
Speaker 1 (28:50):
Give me a break.
Speaker 2 (28:51):
Well, first of all, his comment about how, you know,
I just do things in the best interest of the
players that are here now. How is bringing an NFL
guy into the locker room and kicking a guy down
the depth chart the best thing for the players that
are here now? It's not the best thing for them
because you're taking somebody's gig.
Speaker 1 (29:09):
You stupid idiot. Is he not the greasiest SOB walking
the face of the earth?
Speaker 6 (29:13):
When he said in that comment that.
Speaker 10 (29:14):
You know, one of the guys even said, you know, jobs,
they don't keep certain employees home.
Speaker 1 (29:19):
How about coaches?
Speaker 10 (29:20):
What are the chances that one of his players actually
said that?
Speaker 1 (29:24):
Because I'd say it's zero.
Speaker 10 (29:25):
Right.
Speaker 2 (29:25):
Well, and first of all, that's like Millen talked about
with Schneider on hard knocks. He's going in there and
he's probably looking for an answer that he wants to get.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
Hey, what do you guys think of this? They could
really help us win.
Speaker 5 (29:38):
Huh?
Speaker 9 (29:39):
Don't you agree?
Speaker 1 (29:39):
Leading questions, right?
Speaker 4 (29:43):
How greasy is the ground when Lane walks past Will
Wade outside the football offices at LSU?
Speaker 2 (29:50):
Well, you heard that John Kennedy, the senator from LSU,
you heard that clip last week.
Speaker 1 (29:55):
They don't give a damn, man.
Speaker 2 (29:56):
He could get caught making out with Kristen Noem's husband
in a dark alley. As long as he wins, we
don't care. I mean, hey, you got to just appreciate
the honesty, man. It's all right up front.
Speaker 9 (30:08):
All right.
Speaker 1 (30:08):
Hey, Dick, did you happen to hear that? What's that, Dick?
Speaker 2 (30:11):
NBC Sunday Night Baseball this week. Former Reds first baseman
Joey Votto and play-by-play man Jason Benetti reacting to seeing
three Cub fans sharing a plate of nachos in the stands.
Speaker 7 (30:23):
That was team nacho out there, by the way. It
was a three-person nacho party, which is almost the maximum
you can do. With nachos. I've never had a nacho
in my entire life, guys. What? I know. I'm a
nacho virgin. Joey, can we break that virginity today, please? Yeah,
we'll do it in the concession area for sure. Two
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and one on Suzuki. All you got to do is
just find, like, 10% of people in the stands are
eating nachos right now. You've had poutine, though, right?
Speaker 9 (30:53):
Never.
Speaker 5 (30:54):
What?
Speaker 1 (30:56):
I don't.
Speaker 7 (30:56):
You've never had a nacho in your entire life?
Speaker 1 (30:59):
Jason, let it go. Let it go.
Speaker 7 (31:00):
Okay. Swing and a miss. Strike three. It's a fastball.
Speaker 4 (31:05):
I'm trying to think of the most common food that
I've never had. And I know for a long time,
until I met my wife, it was Thai food. I
never had a bite of Thai food.
Speaker 1 (31:15):
Until I was 30.
Speaker 11 (31:16):
What?
Speaker 1 (31:16):
I was 30 years old.
Speaker 4 (31:17):
Before I had Thai food, and now I eat it
all the time.
Speaker 1 (31:19):
It's fantastic.
Speaker 2 (31:20):
I'll say this, that baseball nachos generally suck. I mean,
the chips are way too stale. The cheese whiz is terrible.
Jalapenos are awful.
Speaker 6 (31:30):
And you need, for me.
Speaker 4 (31:32):
For true nachos, you need ground beef or chicken. You
can't have beans as your protein.
Speaker 6 (31:36):
Carne asada.
Speaker 2 (31:37):
I just think shredded cheese is the way to go. Tomatoes, whatever.
But ballpark nachos are ass. Dick, what age.
Speaker 1 (31:44):
Were you when you started working here?
Speaker 12 (31:46):
God.
Speaker 4 (31:47):
I started working here when I was 22.
Speaker 1 (31:50):
So that means for eight years, you never went to
tough tips. That's my point.
Speaker 6 (31:53):
That's right.
Speaker 9 (31:53):
How do you eight years?
Speaker 2 (31:54):
I honestly think that you should be reprimanded for that.
If we had an HR department, which we don't, I
would reprimand you for that.
Speaker 1 (32:02):
That's terrible.
Speaker 2 (32:03):
Eight years you did not know the pleasure and the
joy of the four-star chicken pod tie from Tub Tim Tie,
which is the greatest tasting thing on the planet.
Speaker 1 (32:12):
I'm making up for it now, though.
Speaker 6 (32:13):
I eat plenty of ties.
Speaker 10 (32:14):
So I was an intern in 2012 under Kevin Shockey
with the Gas Man Show. The first month I was
an intern, Shockey said, go up the street and.
Speaker 1 (32:24):
Go to Tub. The first month, Dick!
Speaker 5 (32:26):
Oh, God.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
You guys got to remember how fat I used to be, right?
Speaker 10 (32:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (32:29):
Yeah, thanks, man.
Speaker 6 (32:30):
I'm just agreeing with you.
Speaker 2 (32:33):
So Hugh and I would go up to Tup Tim
Thai or the old Spaghetti Factory, which is no longer
with us down the street.
Speaker 1 (32:39):
It's now like a work loft or whatever. And we'd
go nuts.
Speaker 2 (32:42):
Two orders of Pad Thai apiece, two orders of spaghetti
and meatballs, lasagna, mazithra.
Speaker 1 (32:48):
Remember that at the old Spaghetti Factory? We'd go bananas.
Didn't give a damn.
Speaker 2 (32:53):
Man, that was back when we had proper restaurants around here,
by the way. Not this foo-foo crap we have now. God,
I miss Tup Tim Thai so badly. How much would
you pay right now for a plate of chicken pad
thai from Tup Tim Thai?
Speaker 3 (33:05):
100 bucks.
Speaker 1 (33:05):
Or a Northlake pizza right now?
Speaker 6 (33:08):
100 bucks for a Northlake pizza.
Speaker 1 (33:09):
No question.
Speaker 2 (33:10):
Telling you, bring it back and you can charge people triple.
They won't bat an eye, man.
Speaker 1 (33:13):
All right. Hey, Dick, did you happen to hear that?
What's up, Dave? What's that, Dick? Three or four, Jackson,
which one do you want? Screw ESPN, number three. All right,
number three.
Speaker 2 (33:19):
Carl Ravitch has been ESPN's voice of Little League World
Series action for two decades, but that time has come
to an end. And after the network laid off Carl
back in July, Ravitch's last work was on Sunday at
the Little League Championship. Here was part of his final call,
as he was gifted a photo of ESPN's entire broadcast crew.
Speaker 12 (33:37):
We want to present you this, because you mean so
much to the people in front of the.
Speaker 7 (33:42):
Camera and behind the camera as well.
Speaker 12 (33:44):
Thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (33:46):
You're the best. You all are the best.
Speaker 12 (33:48):
That said, to everybody that would listen, this Little League
World Series means so much to me, but it's really
always been about the kids, and it's been about the
people in that picture. It's been about my teammates for
33 years and four decades. So that is incredibly sweet.
That will be displayed very prominently and proudly in my house.
I love what I do, and I love the people
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I do it with.
Speaker 1 (34:11):
So thank you very much. Here's the thing.
Speaker 2 (34:15):
I understand it. When you get older, you want things
that have meaning, right? Material things don't matter as much.
But I did have to chuckle a little bit the
way you wrote that summary, Jackson.
Speaker 1 (34:25):
You're fired. Here's a picture.
Speaker 5 (34:28):
But also.
Speaker 1 (34:29):
Here's a picture. Enjoy it.
Speaker 6 (34:31):
They let him go in July.
Speaker 1 (34:32):
And he decides to keep going. Yeah. Exactly. He decides
to keep going. Class act, man. Class act.
Speaker 7 (34:37):
I don't know if....
Speaker 1 (34:40):
Would any of you guys continue to work?
Speaker 5 (34:43):
No.
Speaker 1 (34:43):
That's kind of crazy behavior, Carl. Well, I might go
on the air and burn the whole place down.
Speaker 7 (34:48):
You will?
Speaker 2 (34:49):
They wouldn't let me on the air. If they let
me go, they wouldn't let me on the air. I
think we've all learned a valuable lesson. When you're fired
or when you fire somebody, just leave. Tyrone Willingham, just leave.
Why was he allowed to stick around in 2008? Maybe
they could have won a game with Randy Hart as
their head coach. Because both of us have seen 1
and 11, and we've seen 0 and 12. And trust me,
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there's a difference. There's a major difference between the two
of them.
Speaker 6 (35:13):
Well, there's a major difference, particularly to Cougar fans.
Speaker 10 (35:15):
Right.
Speaker 4 (35:16):
Because the Cougar fans are really the only ones that
really take pride in that 0-12 versus 1-11.
Speaker 2 (35:23):
I'm really starting to dislike ESPN, by the way, man.
I don't watch them much. Outside of live sporting events,
I just don't watch them much at all. SportsCenter?
Speaker 1 (35:30):
Come on. Zero. And I used to watch SportsCenter all
the time, like you did right back in the day.
All right, we're going to break. Greg Lewis, Mario Bailey, Husky, Honks.
Here we go. Starting next on 93.3 KJRFM.
Here we go.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
The Husky Honks, Greg Lewis, Mario Bateman. We'll be here
at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Husky Honks making their debut
for 2026, talking Apple Cup. We can talk about the
Cougar marching band throwing a fit because they're not getting
good enough free tickets for the game on Sunday. So
we're not going to go. We're going to stay home
and watch the game on TV. That all is kind
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of just adding to all this Apple Cup stuff.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
And you know what?
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Honestly, Dick, I'm kind of glad it happened because I
needed something to get me a little bit fired up
to get the hatred wheel going for Sunday.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
You know me. There was a part of me that was.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Feeling a little bit sympathetic for these people and what
they're going through. And then somebody had to open up
their mouth and start popping off about how Washington did
not want Wazoo's marching band at the game on Sunday.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
And I went right back to hating their guts.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Ah!
Speaker 2 (00:53):
So I am ready. I am ready to hang 90
on these bastards on Sunday if we can. And by
the way, don't you think Jetfish won't do it? Don't
you think he won't.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Do it if he's got a shot in this game
on Sunday?
Speaker 4 (01:05):
It totally mirrors my attitude when the whole breakup of
the Pac-12 happened, right? I felt bad for him. You
felt bad for him.
Speaker 5 (01:14):
And then.
Speaker 6 (01:15):
I went to social media.
Speaker 7 (01:17):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 4 (01:17):
And then I read the text lines. And then I
heard the whining Cougar fans blaming the whole situation for
the crumbling of the Pac-12 at the feet of Washington
because it's Washington's fault that the Pac-12 no longer exists. Well,
I say thank you, Cougars, for thinking that Washington actually
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had the power to single-handedly crumble a Power Five conference.
Speaker 6 (01:44):
And I have zero sympathy anymore for them.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Well, I think that, you know, the thing for me,
and I can just speak for myself, is that I
think that they've earned certain considerations when it comes to
the whining. Because I don't blame them in a lot
of ways. I'd be pissed off, too, if I were them.
I think being in their shoes would be absolutely terrible. Like,
for as much as we cover Husky football on this show,
as much as we're involved with Husky football, if you
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came back to me and said the Huskies are going
to wake up tomorrow and they're no longer in a
Power 4 conference, right? There's people talking about us going
and playing in a lesser league than what Wazoo was
playing in. I would have a very, very, very hard
time with that.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Very hard time with that. You know me. I would
have a very, very hard time with that.
Speaker 6 (02:26):
Would you blame it on Washington?
Speaker 2 (02:28):
I don't know who I would blame, but I would
be pissed at somebody, and I'd be bitter, and I
don't blame them for being bitter at all. But I
also do think that the understanding only goes so far. Like,
for example, this latest thing with the band is just idiotic. Like,
it's not even worth talking about, to be honest with you.
I'll just say this, as I said to atgocougs123 on
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Twitter five minutes ago. If you guys want to be
the fan base that complains that your band did not
get good enough free seats for the game and that's
why you're not coming out, just pause for a minute,
take a breath, and ask yourself if that's what you
want to be. Because I know a lot of Cougar
fans myself, buddies of mine, that are embarrassed by that.
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And there's people out there that want you to stop.
Because you're making the fan base look stupid.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Honestly.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Can you imagine Husky fans bitching like that? We're not
going to Ohio State. We're not bringing our band to
Ohio State or Michigan. Because Michigan didn't give us good
enough free tickets. So we're staying home.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Okay? So that's number one.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
And then number two, people also tend to forget, before
the Huskies and Ducks took off for the Big Ten,
Colorado was in the middle of drafting their exit plan
to get to the Big 12. They were doing that
at Media Day, by the way, in Vegas, because I
was there talking about it three years ago. So we'll
hit on all this coming up. The Husky Hawks at four.
Mike Florio is going to join us right now on
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93.3 KJRFM.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
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Speaker 1 (04:15):
All right, here we go.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
On a busy Tuesday, normally a Wednesday, but we got
weird schedules this week and next week, so we are
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week the next couple of weeks, and here he is,
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Speaker 1 (04:36):
Mike Florio, ProFootballTalk.com, the NFL and NBC. How are you, pal?
Speaker 5 (04:42):
I'm doing great. Thank you for accommodating me in our
normal spot. I will be somewhere between Pittsburgh and LaGuardia
Airport for rehearsals at NBC on Thursday. And then next Wednesday,
you know where I'll be. I'll be at Lumen Field
watching them install grass for week one.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Why don't you come by Jimmy's right outside Lumen and
jump on the air with us live next Wednesday before
the game?
Speaker 5 (05:05):
Because I'll be working.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
All right. We have to get ready.
Speaker 5 (05:10):
We don't just show up and start talking. Although it
definitely seems that way. We actually have a plan. At
least I do. I try to.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
I got you. Just blurt out.
Speaker 5 (05:21):
Whatever comes into my head like I do on these spots.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
I mean, it usually works for us, man, so we
like that. But, hey, let's first of all talk about
the moves the Hawks have made. Terryon Arnold is officially in.
He's now on the exempt list. Can you explain to
people kind of what that means and when you think
we might possibly see Terryon actually play for the Seahawks?
Speaker 5 (05:42):
Well, he will be paid. He can't practice or play.
He can be in the building. He can work out.
He can go to meetings. They can get better acquainted
with him. They've basically secured dibs on him in the
event that he is able to return at some point
this season. And here's where the paid leave comes. slash
commissioner exempt list gets a little bit confusing when they
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devise this thing. And as it's written in the personal
conduct policy, once a player who is facing criminal charges
is placed on paid leave, he stays there until the
case is resolved. And then after that, until the NFL.
decides what, if any, punishment he will receive. And all
appeals are exhausted. So in theory, he's not coming back
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until this case is over. There's no trial date. There's
a court date early October. It's probably not going to
be a trial during the season. However, In at least
one case, two years ago, Patriots safety Jabril Peppers, he
was placed on paid leave. Seven games later, they allowed
him to come back, even though his case had not
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yet been resolved. He had a trial in January of 2025.
He was acquitted, but he missed those seven games. And
it's possible, and there's a thought, that maybe what the
NFL is doing now is pre-suspending the player. How much
do we think he's going to ultimately miss If he
is held to have violated the personal conduct policy, we'll
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put him on paid leave for that duration. And then
if and when this thing ends and he gets a punishment,
he gets credit for the games he missed. He forfeits
the salary he made during those games. That's one potential
way to deal with this. So there's a window, possibly.
for the nfl to allow him to come back this
season unless they are determined in his case in his
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case it's serious it's a felony charges kidnapping armed robbery
life in prison potential sentence if he's convicted they may
not let him come back until the case is resolved
i think the seahawks just like they were initially betting
on the possibility he'd be available for the preseason he
wasn't they're betting on the possibility he may be available
for the stretch run and he could be.
Speaker 4 (07:52):
There's been speculation that the commissioner's exempt list could hit
the Rams as well. What's the chances that Puka and
or Alaric Jackson end up there?
Speaker 5 (08:02):
Well, their cases are premature for a couple of reasons.
And the main one is there aren't charges. They could
end up with misdemeanor charges. They could end up entering
a diversion program. And a diversion program is one way
of resolving a criminal case. that triggers discipline under the
personal conduct policy.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
It could happen.
Speaker 5 (08:21):
It hasn't happened. And because they're not facing charges and
the NFL didn't otherwise check the boxes to justify paid leave,
they weren't placed on paid leave when Josh Jacobs, Jonathan Cooper,
and Terry Arnold were placed on paid leave on Sunday.
It could happen at some point, or it may just
be nothing happens until they enter a diversion program. And
at that point, the NFL promptly deals with a potential suspension.
(08:44):
And what also happens in a lot of these cases
is They negotiate a punishment, and it's just done. We
don't have a drawn-out process. There aren't many times where
we've got the hearing like the one that happened in
the Deshaun Watson case four years ago, where it went
through a full-blown process. It went through a full-blown hearing.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
There was.
Speaker 5 (09:04):
a finding, there was an appeal, and there was finally
a suspension. They could enter the diversion program. It could
be all worked out. They're going to miss a couple
of games, whatever the case may be. That could happen
at any time, depending upon how these cases move forward
during the season.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
Mike Florio with us on the air. You mentioned Mike
Tarion maybe playing this year.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
Are we going to see Tony Romo on CBS this year?
Speaker 5 (09:27):
Well, I was disappointed last week when There was a
statement issued by an unnamed spokesperson. And I got the statement.
I got the email from a PR firm. And I
didn't ask for it. They just sent it out. And
they said, please attribute this to an unnamed spokesperson. And
part of the statement was, Tony Romo takes full responsibility. Well,
(09:48):
it just seems odd to me that you would take
full responsibility by hiding behind a spokesperson whose name isn't
even mentioned. It just felt kind of clunky. And I
eventually made the point, it's not going to really count
until he does. it in his own name and in
his own voice. He did it today, accepted full responsibility,
pleaded no contest to the operating while intoxicated charge in Wisconsin,
(10:09):
expressed an intent to return to CBS. But I haven't
seen anything yet. And maybe I've missed it. I've been
on my exercise bike for the last hour. I haven't
seen anything yet. to show that CBS has reciprocated and
said we welcome Tony Romo back when he's able to return.
I think CBS is looking for a way out of
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this deal. $ 18 million a year, four years left, $ 72 million.
They could negotiate an outcome where they pay him half, 60%, whatever,
and he moves on. They've announced J.J. Watt as the replacement.
They're getting ready to go. I think it would be
awkward for CBS at this point to pull the plug
on Watt during the season and put Romo back in
the booth. I think this goes all year, and then
(10:50):
what happens next year remains to be seen. So it's
good that he's accepted responsibility. He's acknowledged that He has
developed an issue over reliance, I think was the term
he used on alcohol as an aftermath of having issues
with pain medication, following back surgeries. And look, it's good
that he's addressing an issue. And he's got an open
(11:13):
container while he's driving around Milwaukee. Of course, he's got
an issue and he's addressing it. And that's good for him.
But CBS may have already decided they want to move on.
And if they do, then that's that.
Speaker 4 (11:26):
Mike, how much does the Aaron Donald return move your
needle on the Rams' chances to dethrone the Hawks?
Speaker 6 (11:32):
And are we going to see him in Australia?
Speaker 1 (11:36):
I don't know how much.
Speaker 5 (11:37):
It actually changes because I'm not ready to declare, and
I'm not saying he won't be, I'm not ready to
declare that the Aaron Donald of old is going to
be back. And just because he feels like he's the
old Aaron Donald, you don't know for sure until you're
out there in 11-on-11 full contact competition. There's no way
to train to simulate that. You can't even practice to
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that level. You don't know what it feels like in
a game until you get in a game, and he
won't know until he gets out there with guys who
are younger, who may be faster, and he's two years older,
and who knows if he can get back to what
he was two years ago. I don't know. So... We
won't know how much of a difference it makes, but
there's a chance that even if he's a little diminished,
he'll seem better than he was because he's not going
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to be constantly harassed with two or three blockers on
every play because they have to account for Miles Garrett. Now,
as it relates to week one, I went back and
looked at the last year he held out. through training
camp in the preseason. He ultimately showed up, signed a contract,
joined the team on August 31. That year, they played
on September 10, Monday night, against the Raiders in Oakland.
That's how long ago it was. He played 62 out
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of 70 snaps. I was told, and I said this
on our Hall of Fame pregame show a few weeks back,
that if he's able to get ramped up the way
that they did in 2018 and the year before that, 2017,
when he also held out but didn't get a new contract,
the goal would be 30 to 40 snaps. So I
don't think that's out of the question because September 10,
same day, and he actually showed up a day earlier
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than he had the last time around. So I think
it's feasible. I know they want to get him back
on the field ASAP. I thought at first when he
came back on cut down day, they might possibly tuck
him on to the physically unable to perform list for
a few weeks to let him get acclimated behind the scenes,
but they didn't. They want him to play. They want
him out there, and he's back with the mindset that
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he's going to go out there and play. Right now,
I guess he's going to play week one, but we'll
see what happens.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
What's going on with Joey Porter, speaking of Pittsburgh? Is
he playing week one? I guess he's threatening that he
may not play without a new deal.
Speaker 5 (13:39):
Well, he was on the pup list all of training camp,
all of the preseason. He didn't have an injury.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
It was a hold-in.
Speaker 5 (13:45):
The problem with a hold-in is if you don't do
a contract, at some point the player has to go
practice and play. That's where the whole thing short-circuits. And
if the team wants to play hardball, they can fine,
they can suspend a player for conduct detrimental to the team.
They can withhold his paycheck. If you're not going to work,
if you're refusing to work, we're not going to pay
you if they want to take it that route. And
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if Porter doesn't play, it puts everyone in a box.
And I wrote about this today. We talked about it
on PFT Live. The Steelers have this outdated policy that
they won't do contracts after week one. So it puts
extra pressure on both sides to get it done, because
if they don't, then what? What if he says, OK,
I'll play? And what if he is all pro level
(14:28):
and the Steelers decide, you know what, we're going to
go out and get what he wants? Oh, wait, we've
handcuffed ourselves with this stupid rule. that we won't do
contracts after week one. I mean, that may have worked
in the 70s or the 80s. In the salary cap era,
I think it's dumb. I think it's dumb. I think
Vinod Khosla needs to call up his favorite team and say, hey,
you guys need to do business the way I'm going
to do business in Seattle.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
A little shot there.
Speaker 5 (14:50):
You know, I'm kidding. We haven't talked about that.
Speaker 8 (14:53):
I mean.
Speaker 5 (14:54):
I just– look, I understand. The Wilfs fought the Vikings.
They were lifelong Giants fans. You don't get to buy
your favorite team. It's an asset that rarely becomes available.
I understand that. But, man, there are unforced errors, and
there are unforced errors. And poor Neil Koestler's face– He
tried to hold it firm, and that smile, he's like, Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
Does your son ever look at you like that and go, Dad,
come on, what are you doing?
Speaker 5 (15:24):
All the time.
Speaker 6 (15:25):
That's how I know the look.
Speaker 5 (15:27):
All the time.
Speaker 6 (15:29):
Hey, Mike, you mentioned Contract Soft. You mentioned with Joey Porter.
Is C.J.
Speaker 4 (15:32):
Stroud going to get a deal before week one, or
is this going to really be a prove-it year? I
know they picked up the fifth-year option, but usually your
stars after three years, you give them that long-term deal,
and they haven't yet.
Speaker 5 (15:44):
And they've done it with multiple key players in Houston.
They don't try to kick the can through the fourth year.
You know, there's a real benefit to the team if
you can get that fourth year on a first-round contract
because it is low-paid, low-cap number. And that money is
never going to be spent. You get that guy for $ 4, $ 5,
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$ 6 million, and then you can pay him later. So
we've seen teams try to do that and get away
with it. The Seahawks haven't done it with their two
first rounders from that same year. But with Stroud, look,
here's the reality. There was a time, and the quarterback
market has kind of gone this way lately. There was
a time in the quarterback market, and this goes back
eight years as well, where the next guy up became
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the highest paid player at the position. And it didn't
matter how much better he was or wasn't. That was
just the way it was. Went in wrong. Next guy up,
moves the bar a little higher. Next guy up, moves
the bar a little higher. That's changed in the NFL.
Now we've got a $ 45 million spread for veteran quarterback contracts.
So where does CJ Stroud land? I think the Texans
would gladly sign him now if he would accept something
(16:48):
that meshes with how they view him based on his
first three seasons. From Stroud's perspective, why do I want
to do that deal when if I can go out
and have a big year, I can push that bar higher?
Because whatever they view him at now, chances are if
he has the year like he had last year, they'll
view him at that same level next year, and they
can do that deal next year. It's in his interest
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to go out and play well this year and move
that needle higher. And it's, you know, quote unquote, good
problem to have for this for the Texans if he
goes out and has that big year and they have
evidence to pay him more. But, you know, we've seen
multiple examples now. The Broncos with Russell Wilson, the Dolphins
with Tua Tonga-Vailoa, the Texans. Cardinals with Kyler Murray. You
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do these deals and it's this big number and you
get to a point where you're so desperate to move
on from the player, you're willing to pay him millions
to go play for someone else for the minimum.
Speaker 2 (17:44):
Hey, Mike, this is really great that we were able
to work this out and get you on the air
this week. I know things are busy, and we sure
appreciate you taking time for us up here in Seattle.
Speaker 7 (17:53):
Question.
Speaker 5 (17:54):
Question. Will you just play this again tomorrow at 310 Pacific?
Is that what you do?
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Yeah, but we have to edit out this part. We
have to edit out the part of you saying we're
replaying it.
Speaker 5 (18:04):
I expect double pay then.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Okay, that's fine.
Speaker 5 (18:07):
I expect an extra envelope.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
Like royalties. Jackson, you're fired again. So we can pay
Mike again. And then next week, we'll figure it out.
All right, we'll figure it out next week.
Speaker 7 (18:18):
All right, see you.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
All right, see you, man. Mike Florio with us. Lots
to talk about.
Speaker 6 (18:21):
What percent do we pay him if we have to
play it again, if we choose to play it again?
Speaker 2 (18:25):
I mean, do you get paid extra when they replay
your stuff here on the radio station? Is that what happens?
I mean, is he on a per-episode basis? Is that
what's going on? Every time somebody downloads a podcast, we've
got to give the guy a quarter?
Speaker 6 (18:39):
It's like Jerry Seinfeld.
Speaker 4 (18:40):
He gets like $ 1, 000 every time TBS picks up a
Seinfeld episode from 30 years ago.
Speaker 2 (18:45):
Well, let's come back and talk more about that Terry
on Arnold thing, because I don't think people even really understand.
The whole thing is kind of just taking care of itself,
by the way, and we don't even know it. Right
in front of our very eyes next.
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Speaker 2 (19:18):
And I got to tell you, one thing about this
studio bugs the hell out of me. And if you're
watching on YouTube, you get a better vantage point of
hearing on radio. This microphone is so freaking limp.
Speaker 1 (19:28):
It is unbelievable.
Speaker 6 (19:29):
Yeah, I need some Viagra.
Speaker 1 (19:31):
Is there a pill that we can give this thing?
Speaker 5 (19:33):
There it goes again.
Speaker 3 (19:34):
Oh, wow.
Speaker 7 (19:34):
Look at that.
Speaker 2 (19:35):
I mean, it's like I can't even get four hours
out of this thing. That's all I want. I want
to be able to call a doctor. Can somebody come
in here? Can somebody fix this limp microphone for Christ?
This is like the Mariners, man. It's just limp. It's listless.
Absolutely listless. But you heard Mike Florio there talking about
the Terry on Arnold story.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
And you know what, guys? I got to be honest
with you. And I don't know.
Speaker 2 (19:57):
Maybe I'm missing something here. Maybe you guys can jump
in and correct me. I did not hear a massive,
massive public outcry against the Seahawks signing Terry on Arnold.
Speaker 1 (20:07):
No, we didn't. Votes?
Speaker 2 (20:10):
I know he wasn't a big fan, but even he wasn't.
This wasn't like something he was like making a daily
part of his, you know, rants on the radio station.
So I don't think it was that big a deal
in the end, but I think it's become a situation
that's probably going to play out exactly the way we
thought it would play out. He's the property of the
Seahawks if and when he's cleared to play. And for now,
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it's a nothing burger. He's not on the roster. He's
not practicing. He's getting paid. But he really has no
role on this football team besides watching as much film
as he can and being the best teammate, supportive teammate
he can be.
Speaker 1 (20:44):
But right now they're moving on without him.
Speaker 2 (20:46):
And we actually asked Demarcus Lawrence, I think you were gone, Dick,
about a week and a half ago, why he felt
like it was not going to be a distraction if
they did bring on Terry on.
Speaker 1 (20:55):
Have you heard this clip, by the way?
Speaker 6 (20:57):
I don't believe it.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
This is demarcus lawrence about a week and a half
whatever two weeks ago talking about why he did not
believe the terry on arnold situation would be a big
deal for the locker room do you fear at all
that a signing like that with the noise that comes
along with it could disrupt this.
Speaker 9 (21:12):
Thing no not at all like why not what we
got going in this locker room man it's something special
um and then on top of that i feel like
you know we got the right leaders that If they're
not meshing and fitting in in the way that we
see fit, then we get them.
Speaker 8 (21:26):
Up out of here.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
Get them up out of here. That's it. Doesn't work,
you're done.
Speaker 6 (21:30):
Championship mentality.
Speaker 2 (21:30):
You're making nothing. You're getting paid nothing. We didn't give
up nothing for you. You act like a bozo in
your adios.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
What the hell? I mean, it's that simple, right? Is
it not that easy?
Speaker 4 (21:38):
Well, when you have a leadership group like they do,
and we saw that in Hard Knocks, I think it
was last week's episode. Remember when Mike McDonald was talking
to that group of guys? Leadership council. The leadership council of...
I mean, you got Darnold and you got Ernest Jones
and you got Spoon and you got JSN and Cooper Cup.
You had the Hobbits, you had the Elves, you had
the Bulls. You had them all there, man. There was
a little bonfire going on in the middle of it.
I mean, this is a championship culture, you know? And
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teams with championship cultures will not let one incident or
one person disrupt that championship culture. The only change for
me between my thoughts of Terry and Arnold now versus
when we picked them up or even when it was.
Speaker 6 (22:14):
Rumored was, We need him more now than we did then.
Speaker 4 (22:17):
I mean, I'm more worried about the quarterback situation now
than I was two months ago and certainly than I
was six months ago.
Speaker 5 (22:23):
Well, yeah.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
I mean, just think about what you're looking like right now.
I mean, between Spoon and Josh Jobe and Nehemiah Pritchett,
if Eamon Worry is going to be more of that
linebacker kind of swing guy that Millen's been talking about.
And who knows if the guy's even playing, by the way,
in week one. I'd say right now he's probably not
going to play. in week one is julian neal hurt
by the way the rookie from arkansas i don't know
(22:45):
how long i think he's banged up i mean guys
i mean for now trevon diggs he's got to play
some kind of a role Terry Arnold at some point
is going to play some kind of a role, and
this is the cool thing about having training camp end
and the preseason end, you know, two weeks before the opener.
I mean, you got what we're talking about eight days
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away from the first game of the year. Would it
shock the hell out of you if they brought in
somebody between now and then?
Speaker 5 (23:11):
No.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
They just made a deal, what, yesterday, right, for another corner.
Speaker 2 (23:15):
I think their depth at cornerback right now stinks.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
It's terrible.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
Their depth at corner, their depth at running back is terrible.
So can they survive? Can they get through? Probably, but
they can't really withstand much of an injury situation there
because they got nothing.
Speaker 10 (23:30):
I mean, this is a general manager who has made
it very commonplace to middle of a season before a
trade deadline, trade future draft picks for stars.
Speaker 1 (23:38):
Didn't we see.
Speaker 10 (23:39):
It with Ernest Jones, Leonard Williams, I mean, Marshawn Lynch,
the list goes on and on and.
Speaker 1 (23:43):
On and on for years, right?
Speaker 10 (23:44):
So, It makes complete sense that he would say, all right,
you know what? We need to go make our own
McDuffie move. And let's go send a second or third
round pick to go get somebody to put opposite and
lock down one of those sides.
Speaker 6 (23:57):
Because, I mean, it's just what John Schneider always does.
Speaker 10 (24:00):
If we see Jadarian Price can't do it week one,
it wouldn't fourth round pick for another running back.
Speaker 6 (24:06):
Don't even speak that into the ether. He might even
do that.
Speaker 2 (24:08):
Are we going to see Avery Smith play next Wednesday
against the Patriots? The kid they just got from the Chargers?
From Toledo?
Speaker 1 (24:15):
I mean, it's just nuts, man.
Speaker 7 (24:16):
So, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (24:17):
I mean, I just know what I would do if
I were the Patriots. They got new players on. They
got new receivers on that team. I'd start chucking the
ball and just go after that secondary. I know what
I would do if I were Wazoo. I'd go right
after Cody Green and prove he can handle pressure in
the Apple Cup. I mean, they may not be good
enough to get by him, but I'd try.
Speaker 4 (24:34):
Drake may on the list of controversial quarterbacks where he
has his group of believers and his group of non-believers
is it's probably the greatest of i mean he's at
the jalen hurts level in the nfl where some people
just this dude is going to be the greatest quarterback
ever to this guy sucks and the only reason he
(24:55):
was any good is because they played nobody last year
and we saw the suck version in the super bowl
so i'm kind of leaning towards that narrative but you're
right if i'm gonna attack the seahawks i'm throwing the
football i am throwing the football to aj brown and
whoever romeo dobbs yeah i mean i'm just i'm chucking
it and and seeing if if drake may can come
(25:15):
out of that game with 250 plus yards and a
couple of touchdowns okay maybe he is the real deal.
Speaker 2 (25:20):
Why is it that the huskies and seahawks always have
the same problems at the same time I mean, neither
team has a running back right now, honestly. Like, neither
team has anything that you feel really great about. Now,
the Seahawks spent pretty significant draft capital, I get that,
on Jadarian Price, and the Huskies have some names that
we like, and we'll talk to Greg about that, obviously,
at some point. But both teams are sitting there going,
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who's going to run the ball? Who's going to run
the ball? Who's going to take pressure off the quarterback?
Who's going to take pressure off DeMond? Who's going to
take pressure off Sam Darnold? Remember two years ago, offense?
Offensive line, offensive line and Husky offensive line.
Speaker 7 (25:52):
2024.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
We were like wide receiver. I'm telling you.
Speaker 11 (25:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
When was, by the way, the secondary, but I mean, we, we,
we lose price sock and Davis and Seahawks lose Kobe, Brian,
Rick Wollin, and they got a bunch of injuries and
Iggy got claimed today.
Speaker 1 (26:05):
It's nuts.
Speaker 10 (26:06):
When was the last time the Seahawks went into a season?
And the starting running back week one had not taken
a single, not even preseason, a single NFL snap yet.
Speaker 1 (26:17):
Kurt Warner in 1983. Four or three years ago.
Speaker 6 (26:21):
Yeah, but he'd taken a preseason snap.
Speaker 9 (26:23):
Did he? I don't know.
Speaker 7 (26:24):
Did he?
Speaker 1 (26:25):
Did Price not take one preseason snap? No, he's been hurt.
Speaker 6 (26:27):
Every guy played.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
Ask Greg Lewis.
Speaker 4 (26:31):
Everybody played in the preseason 25, 30 years ago.
Speaker 7 (26:34):
Everybody.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
Let's do this. We're going to break.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
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Now, Fun With Audio. All right, here we go on
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Speaker 2 (27:16):
Softie Dick Jackson with you until 7 o'clock tonight. Time
for a little fun with audio slash, hey, did you
hear that? Hey, Dick, did you happen to hear that?
Speaker 1 (27:24):
What's that, Dave? What's that, Dick?
Speaker 2 (27:25):
What do you say we start in college football? New
LSU head coach Lane Kiffin said at a press conference
Monday that his team's player leadership committee gave him their
blessing to bring in players who have NFL experience.
Speaker 9 (27:39):
You talked about it a little bit, but just some
of the decisions that you guys have made over the
last week to potentially bring in some of these players
from NFL rosters, just if you could expand on that
a little bit more.
Speaker 11 (27:48):
I probably am in the minority of how I make decisions,
and probably not what most coaches do. I feel like
my decisions should always be made in the best interest
of the players that sit in this team room, and not.
But for my reputation and how the decisions play in
the national media or other fan bases. I met with
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our leadership committee of our players, and I asked them,
what's your team? What do you want to do? If
these players are allowed to be added to rosters, what
do you want to do? And every one of them
was emphatic about, they can help us win, bring them.
And One of them said, hey, this is how it
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works at the next level, and this is how.
Speaker 7 (28:33):
The real world works.
Speaker 11 (28:35):
There aren't days you can't bring employees into certain jobs
to help the company. So that made me feel a
little better in the struggle and being torn back and forth.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
Oh, God.
Speaker 6 (28:48):
The fact that he was torn is very surprising to me.
Speaker 1 (28:50):
Give me a break.
Speaker 2 (28:51):
Well, first of all, his comment about how, you know,
I just do things in the best interest of the
players that are here now. How is bringing an NFL
guy into the locker room and kicking a guy down
the depth chart the best thing for the players that
are here now? It's not the best thing for them
because you're taking somebody's gig.
Speaker 1 (29:09):
You stupid idiot. Is he not the greasiest SOB walking
the face of the earth?
Speaker 6 (29:13):
When he said in that comment that.
Speaker 10 (29:14):
You know, one of the guys even said, you know, jobs,
they don't keep certain employees home.
Speaker 1 (29:19):
How about coaches?
Speaker 10 (29:20):
What are the chances that one of his players actually
said that?
Speaker 1 (29:24):
Because I'd say it's zero.
Speaker 10 (29:25):
Right.
Speaker 2 (29:25):
Well, and first of all, that's like Millen talked about
with Schneider on hard knocks. He's going in there and
he's probably looking for an answer that he wants to get.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
Hey, what do you guys think of this? They could
really help us win.
Speaker 5 (29:38):
Huh?
Speaker 9 (29:39):
Don't you agree?
Speaker 1 (29:39):
Leading questions, right?
Speaker 4 (29:43):
How greasy is the ground when Lane walks past Will
Wade outside the football offices at LSU?
Speaker 2 (29:50):
Well, you heard that John Kennedy, the senator from LSU,
you heard that clip last week.
Speaker 1 (29:55):
They don't give a damn, man.
Speaker 2 (29:56):
He could get caught making out with Kristen Noem's husband
in a dark alley. As long as he wins, we
don't care. I mean, hey, you got to just appreciate
the honesty, man. It's all right up front.
Speaker 9 (30:08):
All right.
Speaker 1 (30:08):
Hey, Dick, did you happen to hear that? What's that, Dick?
Speaker 2 (30:11):
NBC Sunday Night Baseball this week. Former Reds first baseman
Joey Votto and play-by-play man Jason Benetti reacting to seeing
three Cub fans sharing a plate of nachos in the stands.
Speaker 7 (30:23):
That was team nacho out there, by the way. It
was a three-person nacho party, which is almost the maximum
you can do. With nachos. I've never had a nacho
in my entire life, guys. What? I know. I'm a
nacho virgin. Joey, can we break that virginity today, please? Yeah,
we'll do it in the concession area for sure. Two
(30:43):
and one on Suzuki. All you got to do is
just find, like, 10% of people in the stands are
eating nachos right now. You've had poutine, though, right?
Speaker 9 (30:53):
Never.
Speaker 5 (30:54):
What?
Speaker 1 (30:56):
I don't.
Speaker 7 (30:56):
You've never had a nacho in your entire life?
Speaker 1 (30:59):
Jason, let it go. Let it go.
Speaker 7 (31:00):
Okay. Swing and a miss. Strike three. It's a fastball.
Speaker 4 (31:05):
I'm trying to think of the most common food that
I've never had. And I know for a long time,
until I met my wife, it was Thai food. I
never had a bite of Thai food.
Speaker 1 (31:15):
Until I was 30.
Speaker 11 (31:16):
What?
Speaker 1 (31:16):
I was 30 years old.
Speaker 4 (31:17):
Before I had Thai food, and now I eat it
all the time.
Speaker 1 (31:19):
It's fantastic.
Speaker 2 (31:20):
I'll say this, that baseball nachos generally suck. I mean,
the chips are way too stale. The cheese whiz is terrible.
Jalapenos are awful.
Speaker 6 (31:30):
And you need, for me.
Speaker 4 (31:32):
For true nachos, you need ground beef or chicken. You
can't have beans as your protein.
Speaker 6 (31:36):
Carne asada.
Speaker 2 (31:37):
I just think shredded cheese is the way to go. Tomatoes, whatever.
But ballpark nachos are ass. Dick, what age.
Speaker 1 (31:44):
Were you when you started working here?
Speaker 12 (31:46):
God.
Speaker 4 (31:47):
I started working here when I was 22.
Speaker 1 (31:50):
So that means for eight years, you never went to
tough tips. That's my point.
Speaker 6 (31:53):
That's right.
Speaker 9 (31:53):
How do you eight years?
Speaker 2 (31:54):
I honestly think that you should be reprimanded for that.
If we had an HR department, which we don't, I
would reprimand you for that.
Speaker 1 (32:02):
That's terrible.
Speaker 2 (32:03):
Eight years you did not know the pleasure and the
joy of the four-star chicken pod tie from Tub Tim Tie,
which is the greatest tasting thing on the planet.
Speaker 1 (32:12):
I'm making up for it now, though.
Speaker 6 (32:13):
I eat plenty of ties.
Speaker 10 (32:14):
So I was an intern in 2012 under Kevin Shockey
with the Gas Man Show. The first month I was
an intern, Shockey said, go up the street and.
Speaker 1 (32:24):
Go to Tub. The first month, Dick!
Speaker 5 (32:26):
Oh, God.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
You guys got to remember how fat I used to be, right?
Speaker 10 (32:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (32:29):
Yeah, thanks, man.
Speaker 6 (32:30):
I'm just agreeing with you.
Speaker 2 (32:33):
So Hugh and I would go up to Tup Tim
Thai or the old Spaghetti Factory, which is no longer
with us down the street.
Speaker 1 (32:39):
It's now like a work loft or whatever. And we'd
go nuts.
Speaker 2 (32:42):
Two orders of Pad Thai apiece, two orders of spaghetti
and meatballs, lasagna, mazithra.
Speaker 1 (32:48):
Remember that at the old Spaghetti Factory? We'd go bananas.
Didn't give a damn.
Speaker 2 (32:53):
Man, that was back when we had proper restaurants around here,
by the way. Not this foo-foo crap we have now. God,
I miss Tup Tim Thai so badly. How much would
you pay right now for a plate of chicken pad
thai from Tup Tim Thai?
Speaker 3 (33:05):
100 bucks.
Speaker 1 (33:05):
Or a Northlake pizza right now?
Speaker 6 (33:08):
100 bucks for a Northlake pizza.
Speaker 1 (33:09):
No question.
Speaker 2 (33:10):
Telling you, bring it back and you can charge people triple.
They won't bat an eye, man.
Speaker 1 (33:13):
All right. Hey, Dick, did you happen to hear that?
What's up, Dave? What's that, Dick? Three or four, Jackson,
which one do you want? Screw ESPN, number three. All right,
number three.
Speaker 2 (33:19):
Carl Ravitch has been ESPN's voice of Little League World
Series action for two decades, but that time has come
to an end. And after the network laid off Carl
back in July, Ravitch's last work was on Sunday at
the Little League Championship. Here was part of his final call,
as he was gifted a photo of ESPN's entire broadcast crew.
Speaker 12 (33:37):
We want to present you this, because you mean so
much to the people in front of the.
Speaker 7 (33:42):
Camera and behind the camera as well.
Speaker 12 (33:44):
Thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (33:46):
You're the best. You all are the best.
Speaker 12 (33:48):
That said, to everybody that would listen, this Little League
World Series means so much to me, but it's really
always been about the kids, and it's been about the
people in that picture. It's been about my teammates for
33 years and four decades. So that is incredibly sweet.
That will be displayed very prominently and proudly in my house.
I love what I do, and I love the people
(34:10):
I do it with.
Speaker 1 (34:11):
So thank you very much. Here's the thing.
Speaker 2 (34:15):
I understand it. When you get older, you want things
that have meaning, right? Material things don't matter as much.
But I did have to chuckle a little bit the
way you wrote that summary, Jackson.
Speaker 1 (34:25):
You're fired. Here's a picture.
Speaker 5 (34:28):
But also.
Speaker 1 (34:29):
Here's a picture. Enjoy it.
Speaker 6 (34:31):
They let him go in July.
Speaker 1 (34:32):
And he decides to keep going. Yeah. Exactly. He decides
to keep going. Class act, man. Class act.
Speaker 7 (34:37):
I don't know if....
Speaker 1 (34:40):
Would any of you guys continue to work?
Speaker 5 (34:43):
No.
Speaker 1 (34:43):
That's kind of crazy behavior, Carl. Well, I might go
on the air and burn the whole place down.
Speaker 7 (34:48):
You will?
Speaker 2 (34:49):
They wouldn't let me on the air. If they let
me go, they wouldn't let me on the air. I
think we've all learned a valuable lesson. When you're fired
or when you fire somebody, just leave. Tyrone Willingham, just leave.
Why was he allowed to stick around in 2008? Maybe
they could have won a game with Randy Hart as
their head coach. Because both of us have seen 1
and 11, and we've seen 0 and 12. And trust me,
(35:09):
there's a difference. There's a major difference between the two
of them.
Speaker 6 (35:13):
Well, there's a major difference, particularly to Cougar fans.
Speaker 10 (35:15):
Right.
Speaker 4 (35:16):
Because the Cougar fans are really the only ones that
really take pride in that 0-12 versus 1-11.
Speaker 2 (35:23):
I'm really starting to dislike ESPN, by the way, man.
I don't watch them much. Outside of live sporting events,
I just don't watch them much at all. SportsCenter?
Speaker 1 (35:30):
Come on. Zero. And I used to watch SportsCenter all
the time, like you did right back in the day.
All right, we're going to break. Greg Lewis, Mario Bailey, Husky, Honks.
Here we go. Starting next on 93.3 KJRFM.
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