12-15-25 *INTERVIEW* Rick Lewis Talking Broncos Win Over the Packers

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
I would like to say that I really like Green
Bay Packers fans. It's hard to it's hard to hate
the Packers. It's hard to hate Packers fans. I used
to live in Chicago and the cheeseheads were around all
the time, and they're just such nice people.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
And there was this dude. I'll have to put the
picture up tomorrow.

Speaker 1 (00:18):
This this uh, maybe sixty five year old black guy
clearly in from Green Bay with the with the cheese
on his head, and that you posted it on your Twitter.

Speaker 2 (00:28):
Yeah, I posted on my Twitter.

Speaker 1 (00:29):
Yeah, and he was just so happy and everybody's so happy,
and I I, you saw I posted on Twitter. I said,
I hope this guy leaves disappointed.

Speaker 2 (00:37):
I posted it before the game. He had a whole
decked out.

Speaker 3 (00:40):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (00:41):
I don't know why.

Speaker 3 (00:42):
It's a sizzle on Yeah, it's it's a giant cream
babe be dazzled logo on top that is like a
cheesehead that is taking up a billion notches with that.

Speaker 1 (00:52):
You're actually seeing my Twitter post yet that that's pretty good.

Speaker 3 (00:55):
I pointed out the Lions fan next to him, and.

Speaker 2 (01:00):
I missed. I missed that.

Speaker 1 (01:01):
So I did get to see Rick Lewis yesterday at
the game as always, Hello Ross, Hello, Yeah.

Speaker 4 (01:08):
Yeah, you were the parabolic what do you call it,
microphone older.

Speaker 2 (01:13):
Dude, dude, Yeah, that's right, dude.

Speaker 4 (01:15):
Is the term best beard on the field yesterday? Maybe
not best, but but thickest beard on the field. Ross
can grow a beard in what three days? Full beard
in three days?

Speaker 2 (01:27):
Look over there, look at producer Dragon. He said, that's
a beer head. That's his haighth grade. He's not in
this conversation, man. All right, yeah, I'm impressed with you. Okay,
thank you.

Speaker 1 (01:38):
Do you do you agree or disagree with my assertion
that as fans of opposing teams go, it's hard to
hate Packers fans, and it's hard.

Speaker 2 (01:47):
To hate the Packers as a team. They're not the Raiders,
they're not the Eagles. That's a good point. Yeah, people
from Wisconsin are so nice almost Yeah.

Speaker 5 (01:57):
I know.

Speaker 4 (01:58):
We had a guy on last week from Milwaukee rock
station talking about the game and he could barely talk trash.
I mean, he was such a nice dude, you know,
I kind of felt bad for him. Then, of course,
the Broncos kicked their butts yesterday. He's coming on today too,
so oh well, I'm gonna go easy.

Speaker 2 (02:15):
On him, Brick.

Speaker 3 (02:16):
Was that the best game yet for the Broncos.

Speaker 2 (02:18):
Yes, it was.

Speaker 4 (02:19):
I said going into the game, that's the best team
they played all season, and it was gonna be a
good game. I thought the Broncos would win it. It
went the way I predicted. I found a stat when
I was doing my game prep that when Jordan Love
is pressured, is the second worst passer rating in the league.

Speaker 2 (02:39):
Wow. And with this pass.

Speaker 4 (02:41):
Rush the Broncos have, I was pretty confident that they
were going to give him some trouble and they did
and Broncos half it all came. Really the second half
is when they really started getting after him and Bo Nicks.
I'll play Jordan Love, who's in the MVP discussion, you know.
So that was a big game for both touchdowns and
opicks And yeah, man, number one seed in the AFC,

(03:04):
right now, what did.

Speaker 1 (03:05):
You make of just how ballsy Sean Payton was on
fourth down more than once and that huge play to
Courtland Sutton on fourth down?

Speaker 2 (03:14):
Yeah made me a little bit nervous.

Speaker 4 (03:16):
But uh, and I said this in the broadcast, He's
got some big ones, which Dave looked at me.

Speaker 5 (03:22):
I heard, Yeah, Dave gave me a kun of and said,
what did you say? And then you didn't repeat it? Yeah,
that's right because you can hear the broadcast with the broadcast. Yeah,
so that and he does. Man, he does have some
big ones.

Speaker 2 (03:36):
It's been repeated here. Rick, Let's talk.

Speaker 3 (03:39):
Riley Moss because man, that poor guy can never catch
a break when it comes to officials. But finally caught
a break with that interception, which is really really nice
to see.

Speaker 4 (03:48):
Yeah, and that that pass interference car was that was
a really bad call. He's got a target on his
back because he's had so many of those. That one
was not a good call at all. I'm glad he
for it with the interception. And after the game, Susie
Watchen talked to him on the field. He sounded like
a thirteen year old boy on Christmas morning. He was

(04:09):
so excited about the game. I'm sure so excited that
he made the big play too.

Speaker 1 (04:14):
Dude, I don't know. You probably didn't know this. I
went out on the field after the game. I've been
doing this when i've been there and we've won, which
has been every time this year that I've been there
and we've won. Taking still pictures of Susie Wall she's
doing those interviews, and yesterday I actually took a video
of her interviewing Riley Moss and I have I said

(04:35):
to Susie, I have never seen an NFL player this
excited after a game other than winning Super Bowl.

Speaker 2 (04:41):
Yeah, I think that's legit. Yeah he was.

Speaker 4 (04:45):
It was so fun to listen to him because he
just was beside himself excited and the whole team. Really,
when you're twelve and two and you're winning all these
one score games and that was a one score game
because it was eight points because you could score a
touchdown and get a two point conversion. Man, it's just
been a magical season. So fun to call this the

(05:06):
games this year.

Speaker 3 (05:07):
So now we're onto the Jacksonville Jaguars and I actually
grabbed tickets for this game because I worked in Jacksonville
for a little bit and I was like, that'll be fun.
I'll get to see the Jags. But no, this is
actually looking Jags are a bit hot right now with
a ten to four record. They won over the weekend
top of the AFC South. This actually seems like it's
going to be a competitive game.

Speaker 2 (05:25):
Oh, absolutely, it'll be competitive.

Speaker 4 (05:27):
Trevor Lawrence had a great game yesterday and now you
can see why he was the number one overall pick
in the draft when he came out of college.

Speaker 2 (05:36):
But when you look at the Jacksonville.

Speaker 4 (05:38):
Schedule, it's been a really soft schedule for them, and
so at home, I think the Broncos do win the game.
And by the way, Broncos Country yesterday, I give you
a lot of credit. You guys brought the noise yesterday
and they made a difference in that game, especially in
the second half.

Speaker 2 (05:56):
Way to go Broncos Country.

Speaker 1 (05:57):
Yeah, that was pretty incredible. I'll tell you what this
what yesterday's game really did for me. And I remember
a few games back. I think I said here on
the show and to some friends we're NFL fans, this
is the worst eight and two team I've ever seen. Right, like,
you're there, they're winning very and Dragon would say, no,
it doesn't matter. A win is a win is a win.

(06:19):
But whatever you think about that particular comment, yesterday's game
said to me, this is actually a good team.

Speaker 4 (06:26):
Yeah, And I've said all along, good teams win games
like that. Good teams know how to win close games
and win when it you know, make big plays when
it really counts. So I felt like the Bronx have
been a good team all year, unlike you Ross. But yeah,
yesterday did validates that this team is legit. This is
a legit super Bowl contender. That doesn't mean they're going

(06:47):
to go to the super Bowl or win the super Bowl,
but they are a legit super Bowl contender.

Speaker 3 (06:52):
Okay, So that is our social media poll question for
this morning. We usually asked the grade. There's no reason
to ask the grade for yesterday by any means, So
we're asking what is your prediction of how far you
think they'll go?

Speaker 2 (07:03):
Are you wanting to share that?

Speaker 4 (07:05):
Well, what if they do get the number one seed,
and as of today they have the number one seed,
you get two home games, so you get a bye week,
and then all you have to do, all you have
to do is when two home games, you're in the
super Bowl. I think, yeah, I'm gonna gosh, I hit.

Speaker 2 (07:23):
I don't want to take anything.

Speaker 4 (07:25):
I don't want to I think I'm gonna put it
this way, they have a real shot at being a
super Bowl team this year.

Speaker 2 (07:32):
I'm just gonna leave it at that. Yeah, I don't
want to be the guy.

Speaker 4 (07:34):
That makes a prediction like that, it's a little too
early for the record.

Speaker 1 (07:39):
I was I wasn't saying they weren't a good team.

Speaker 2 (07:42):
I just thought they weren't as good as their record,
and a lot of people were saying that, right.

Speaker 1 (07:45):
Yeah, And let me ask you one more question, and
this is more from a football fan thing. Yesterday, Micah
Parsons and Pat Mahomes toward their a cls.

Speaker 2 (07:58):
Yes, tragic, both two of the best players in the league.

Speaker 4 (08:02):
Patrick Mahomes one of the all time greatest quarterbacks already
and he still got years to go in his career.
Seventy five percent of ACL tears in the NFL are
non contact and that's what happened to Michael Parsons. So
it shows you that knee isn't it's just not stable
to begin with. And that's why you're seeing this happen
so often. These guys probably need to do some work

(08:26):
in the off season. I don't know if they do
or not to stabilize that those knee joints, because we're
seeing this happen way too often.

Speaker 2 (08:34):
And you know, back in the day, you.

Speaker 4 (08:36):
Know, you just didn't hear much about ACL tears, but
it happens on a regular basis today, So there's something
that's changed in today's athlete from twenty five to thirty
years ago.

Speaker 1 (08:47):
Rick Lewis is a key part of our Kawai Broncos
broadcast team with his broadcast partner Dave Logan, who will
be on the show later, and on field reporter Susie
Warden who will be on the show later.

Speaker 2 (08:58):
And Rick of course.

Speaker 1 (08:59):
Is morning host on the Fox care Effects, our classic
rock station right here at Manhart.

Speaker 2 (09:05):
Tell you what, I'm jealous of that beard.

Speaker 4 (09:07):
I wish I wish I could borrow your beard for
like a playoff game. I mean just so I could
just like just paste it on my face. So you
got Red Beard here and you got black Beard here.
You guys are quite the team. And Gina, I'm not
gonna say anything.

Speaker 2 (09:24):
Answer.

Speaker 1 (09:24):
Always great to see yesterday, by the way, you were
on you were on fire. Yes, that was a particularly
good game for you.

Speaker 2 (09:32):
They're all good and great to see you as always.
Sounds great. Guys, have a good show, Okay,