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2:10Okay, let's go. Hey. Football guy. A.W. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Part of my take. Yeah. Part of my take. Yeah. Part of my take. Yeah. Part of my take. The crown is yours. Today is Friday, November 6th. And RIP to the Joe Fagnano era PFT, because we just watched one of the worst Thursday night football games. We actually are recording early. We're pulling the plug early. We did two things that I think I'm very proud of us for doing maturity-wise. One, we decided not to go into the office tonight, stream this game, get ourselves hyped up for this game, put out a bunch of bets on this game and then be like, why did we do that? And two, it's the third quarter. It's 20 to three Jaguars. And we said, you know what?

3:22Let's podcast because I'll say it. Joe Fagnano seems like a nice guy. Not it. I have a completely different perspective on this game right now. Okay. I agree. It's time that we call it. The Ravens are not coming back, but it's because Joe Funiano can't do it all by himself. Well, they won't let him throw. They got to get him some help. They got to trust him. They got to put the ball.'s it's a guy it's an italian guy named joe his last name starts with an f he's got an arm he's in baltimore let him throw the ball trust him a little bit i was watching this game for really really two reasons one was um three reasons i respect the jaguars that's number one number two i wanted to see uh what joe fagnano had in that shoulder of his and number three i wanted to see uh how declan doyle would

4:12call a game in this situation with a guy who was probably not ready to play in the nfl um and that's just mostly for looking forward if you're a fan of a team that might be considering hiring a young dynamic offensive head coach next year, you want to see something out of Declan Doyle in this game. Haven't really been able to see it because he doesn't really trust his quarterback. I'd like to see him cut it loose a little bit with Joey F. Here's where I knew we were in for a long night. It was when we were in the second quarter and we had more shots of Joe Funiano's sister than we had Joe Funiano passes and the Amazon production crew decided to burn the Joe Funiano tape almost instantly where they're like, here's Joe Funiano making the team.

5:00Here's Joe Funiano picture with his family. Like they burned through all the Joe Funiano material because essentially someone in the truck was like, Hey, they're not going to let this guy pass. And even if he does pass, I don't know if it's going to work. So let's just, let's just blitz them with the Joey F stuff and, and get on with the game and the game it's raining. Shout out the Ravens fans for like being there, staying there. Like, like the crowd was really into it to start the game, and this team is bad. But yeah, Joe Funiano, I laddered Joe Funiano. I think I actually might make a shirt that said I laddered Joe Funiano's passing yards and all I got with this shirt. I think I'm going to do that.

5:37You know what? That's what I'm going to do. I survived trying to bet on Joe Funiano that one Thursday night. Yeah. Well, I didn't because I lost every single bet, but yeah. Well, you're hearing us tell the tale of it. I think that this is, we were talking a little bit before we started taping, but this is a cry for help moment from Big Cat where you knew that bet wasn't going to hit. You just wanted to say that at one point I laddered Joe Fagnano because there's never going to be another moment where you can ladder Joe Funiano. And you're right. When it comes to like the truck playing all the behind the scenes footage, they knew that they weren't going to get a chance to ever use that footage

6:13ever again. They're like, Hey, we've got, we've got 45 seconds of Joe Funiano crying because he's amazed that he got a job playing professional football. We should probably play this quick because otherwise no one's ever going to see it. Yeah. Like, let's just get all the Joey Fonz stuff out there now. Stat. But I, listen, I did ladder Joe Funiano. It was a moment in time where I said to myself, hey, are you going to get to watch Joe Funiano play football ever again in the NFL? The answer is probably no. So what if he throws a screen pass to Derrick Henry? He takes it 90. The latter, by the way, was it like it started at 150. Let's not get crazy. That's still too high. There's still a quarter left.

6:59In the first quarter, I feel like they had Derrick Henry tip more passes than Joe Funiano. Yeah, it also didn't help that in warm-ups when they were like Joey Funyano warming up and he had a club on his ankle. It was the largest ankle brace I've ever seen and it was pouring rain. We should just say to the Jaguars are a very good football team. The Jaguars are one of the best teams in the NFL. They're definitely at are one of the best teams in the NFL. They're definitely at the top of the AFC. I've always said this when it comes to the NFL, and we talked about it with the crazy Trevor Lawrence that on Wednesday. Yes, you could say, well, the Ravens stink and the Colts stink and what the Jaguars have done

7:41the last couple of weeks. These teams stink. I don't care. It's hard to win the NFL. The margins are so small. When you make the other team look like shit, you get credit in my eyes. When you, like, dominate and there's not even a second that I'm saying, ooh, the Jaguars might lose this game. There wasn't a second. There was not a second where I was like, ooh, the Jaguars might be in trouble. You get credit in my mind. I'm telling you, if you listen to this interview where Trevor Lawrence is talking about his relationship with Liam Cohen and how he looks at the game now that he's been in the system for a little bit, and he literally feels like every time he goes up to the line of scrimmage,

8:15he has every answer to the test, and he knows exactly what to do. If this guy goes here, if that guy goes here, here's what I do. It's rare that you hear a quarterback speaking that confidently about how well they know the system that they're playing in. And I think with a guy that's as talented as Trevor, once you get him to stop thinking, once his brain can just shut up and get rid of all the pre-snap anxiety that he used to have when he had some questionable coaches, that dude's an awesome quarterback. And I've got a lot of faith. Not just their offense. Their defense is really good too. Although it's hard to say tonight in a game like tonight where, one, it's rainy, two, you're going up against Joe Fagnano,

8:56and you don't know what you're going to get, but they're not going to let him throw the ball. The one thing I did like that Declan Doyle did, he did the thing that Ben Johnson did a little bit with Caleb the other night, which is just like resetting the pocket. And if we, you've, you've seen some of the flag football, they're like two quarterback system where they like get a real quick lateral toss. And then that's kind of reestablishes the pocket off to the side. That's a really interesting thing that I think more teams are going to start to do direct snap. We were running back and then hit the quarterback like five yards away and let him throw the ball immediately. That was kind of cool. But besides that, there really wasn't anything fun tonight.

9:31It was not a fun football game. No, I have. Oh, my only critique of the Jags. I think Liam Cohen's getting too skinny. GLP one. He's he seems like he's wasting away a little bit. Zach, do you agree? He's definitely on the PEDs. I'm not going to say he is or he isn't, but he's getting to the point where his skin is getting... I don't know. Maybe it's just... You got to replace that with muscle. Guys can't better themselves anymore? That's what I'm saying. You got to replace that with the muscle. That's when you got to start lifting. That's right. I'm not accusing him of any of any PEDs, but there's like a getting skinny, pretty much what Mince is going through right now. If you've taken a look at Ben Mince, it's disgusting.

10:16And he's like wasting away. He's like a melting candle. You don't want to be that. Do you agree, Max? I wouldn't call Liam Cohen a melting candle right now. I didn't say he's there yet. I'm just saying you don't want to get there. You don liam cohen a melting candle right now i didn't say he's there yet i'm just saying you don't want to get there you don't want to become a melting candle those bill troubles are like the one one fear fat guys who think about losing weight they're like well what if i run into this predicament how do i get out of this right you know what the problem is you know what the problem that we're seeing with liam cohen they just showed him on the sidelines i think um the the skinnier that he gets his ears stay the same size yeah he's got to get a hat and that's yeah he's got to do

10:51he's got to tuck his ears yeah into his hat that's maybe yeah tuck in his ears to the flat brim and just go around the ears with it has there ever ever been an NFL head coach that's tucked their ears? That'd be a crazy move. I could see Joe Philbin doing it unintentionally. Yeah, what, Max? By mistake. Comparing him to Mincy was ridiculous. I didn't say he's Mincy. I said you don't want to get to that point. But even putting those two in the same sentence is extremely disrespectful. I don't think that I didn't. I said maybe I misspoke. Here's what I mean. You don't want to be a melting candle like Mincy. Be careful, Liam Cohn. I think he looks I think he looks good. Yeah, he looks good right now.

11:42But I think if you keep going, it's going if you keep going... We got to pin the ears back a little bit. The ears, I can see. The ears are... They're large ears. They looked normal when he was bigger. Now, it's just kind of standing out a little bit. Right. Tuck the ears into your hat and you're good to go. By the way, all this is irrelevant. The guy's a fucking awesome head coach. He's one of the best coaches in the league, so I don't think it matters as long as he does the thing we said. Tuck your ears in. He had a little belly. What? Were you looking at shirtless pictures of him? Are you looking at old pictures? I'm looking at him on the bucks because I wanted to do a comparison. So you agree with me now?

12:22Yeah. No, I don't agree with you. I think he looks great. I think he looks good, but there's a dangerous spot. You know what I me now? Yeah. No, I don't agree with you. I think he looks great. I think he looks good, but there's a dangerous spot. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. I think we can find other examples of people who have lost weight besides Ben Mintz. No, he's just the scare tactic. Because Zach brought up the PEDs, and I said, if you do do those, be careful of the mints. Do you know what I'm saying? Where it's like you don't gain any muscle you just waste away you become the Stephen King novel or the movie thinner you know that remember that one that fact lawyer got the was it like a witch doctor

12:59or something something like that sounds right yeah nailed it what I think I did I don't i have no idea so i just i was just going to say yes thank you any thoughts about liam cohen thank you this is i don't think like i think he looks pretty much the same like he lost 10 pounds i don't think there's anything wrong with that yeah i agree. I think we all agree Big Cat, for some reason, he's just worried that it's going to get out of hand. Yeah, I didn't say that he looks bad now. He looks a little different. I didn't say he looks bad. So you look like Mincy. No, I didn't. Shut the fuck up, man. And if I did, I take it back. He did not look like Mincy. I'm saying you don't want to look like that.

13:44Yeah. Let's maybe... Don't talk about him so much. He can not look like Mincy. I'm saying you don't want to look like that. Yeah. Let's maybe don't, don't talk about him so much. He can probably hear us with those years. He's got Mincy's Mincy's hopwear is about to happen. He's about to don't get started. He's about to rip off his shirt. Okay. Yeah. Liam Cohen, one of the best coaches, I would say top five coach in the NFL easily. I mean, this is like, this is the same thing. Like everyone's like, Oh, well, the Jags had an incredible year. First year, Liam Cohen, did he really unlock? Remember ever since the Trevor Lawrence, when he told him to rip it, he's just been, he's been coaching his ass off and they're just dominating.

14:17And yeah, they lost in the first round last year, but that was a pretty tight game against the Bills. I think the Jags are a Super Bowl contender easily. Like there's no question about it. And it's because of Liam Cole. Did you see them just let him open it up, BFT? Yeah, Joe Funiano. He just opened it up. Yeah, he just threw a pick. Oh, he dialed it up? Yeah. What happened? It looks like he's not happy. They were like, hey, Joe. Why are the Jaguars celebrating? They're like, Joey. Joey. He's got a guy one yard in front of him. Yeah, they're like, Joey, go guy one yard in front of them yeah they're like joey go ahead throw throw let's open this uh whole offense up let's throw the uh three yard out and then he

14:50threw a pick let's all just choose remember joey fagnano by the first two passes that he threw the other day yeah how about that uh raven's definitely in the season from hell category we can all agree like this is just it's it's a really sad watch and i think they have three more primetime games so uh all right last thing carson wentz looks like he's gonna start is that official i think it is right yep that's that's what we're hearing um kyler's got a hammy now the question is does he have a hammy hmm he's got two. He's got two hammies. They do have a history of the soft benching. Is that what's happening? Yeah. And this would be back-to-back years that the Vikings have made a decision on a quarterback, and then instead of maybe looking like they made

15:40the wrong decision, they instead say he's injured? Hmm. Huh. injured. Hmm. Huh. Hmm. Hmm. I've got, I had a thought. Yeah. What if Carson Wentz is just good? Wentz will soda. Okay. So, all right. So this is where it's bullshit. You can't say that. Like, I have a problem with Joe Fagnano, and then you're saying Carson Wentz, what if Carson Wentz is good in 2026? We're the same guy. Carson Wentz can throw a ball. So can Joe Fagnano. They don't let him. Super Bowl champion, Carson Wentz. Carson Wentz didn't go 28 touchdowns, one pick, in a conference-less football team no he didn't show for y'all last year oh man no i mean i i carson was better than kyler murray carson wentz was the mvp of the nfl

16:40before he got hurt that one season that's true once you Once you're that, it's for life. It's like NWO is for life. Carson Wentz, MVP. I've come back around now where I can watch Carson Wentz without having a visceral reaction where I want to throw up. Now, once he starts doing the Carson Wentz things, I might change my mind during the game, but as of right now, I'm kind of excited to see what Carson Wentz has left in the tank. He's better than Kyler Murray, and i really do think this is a very odd thing that's happening in minnesota where i i mean carl murray's probably hurt like jj mccarthy was hurt last year but i feel like they are just chasing their own tail trying to figure out the quarterback

17:22situation and it's just it's getting to a point where it's like, what is going on? And I, we've talked about this with guys who we've had on before. Like when you have the offense defense, when one side's pulling its weight and the other isn't like that does reach a boiling point. So, yeah, I don't know if there's any options that they can look at. They probably will try to trade for somebody, right? If they've got Kyler and they're, they're saying he's got a hamstring, if it's a soft benching or if it's actually a hamstring, I think regardless of that, you still would probably want to bring somebody else in. Yeah, they could bring in anyone. They could bring in Kirk Cousins, we've mentioned.

17:58They could trade for Joe Fagnano. Like a lot of guys. Jameis. Jameis. Jameis would be fun. What are you going to say, Max? Max, you put your hand up. No, I was thinking about Carson Wentz. Yeah. When you said his college stats, I went to go look for his college stats to see if he did 28 touchdowns, one interception. He did not. It wasn't very close did 28 touchdowns, one interception. He did not. It wasn't very close to 28 touchdowns, one interception. What was it? 25 touchdowns, 10 interceptions. Wow. So, yeah. In FCS. Yes. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. But I will be doing a Joe Milton, Carson Wentz ladder parlay. Again, this is not birds of a feather. We're peas in a pod, everyone here on this podcast. What's wrong with that?

18:59I'm not judging. Yeah. I'm excited about the bazooka ladder. The bazooka ladder is going to be fun. As a Joe Funiano guy, I can't not judging. Yeah. I'm excited about the bazooka ladder. The bazooka ladder is going to be fun. It's a Joe Funiano guy. I can't be judging. I can't be casting any judgment anywhere. All right. I got a question for you, Big Cat. Yeah. Has it reached the point in Minnesota where you might pick up the phone? I know he works for CBS right now. Russie. No. You know he works for CBS right now. Russie. No. You know Russie wants to play. No. Russie was so bad. No. Just saying. He could probably still throw that moon ball. No, Phillip Rivers over him. True. Yeah. I mean, there's got to be guys that you can try.

19:47Like, what about? I don't know. Throw out Will Levis. I don't know. There's got to be. Yeah. Anthony Richardson. They got to do something. Bring back Daniel Jones. He's been bad this year, but at least he's, you know, like he would be better than Kyler. I think. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I actually don't know. I actually don't know what I'm saying right now. There has to be a better way. I feel like we're in an infomercial watching the Minnesota Vikings. It's in black and white. We're walking on the floor. We're spilling stuff all over. There's got to be a better way to play football than this. Yeah. The Jaguars just got another. I think the Jaguars have gotten like 17 turnovers in a row now,

20:25and they've scored a field goal every time. This has been one of the worst games. No, that guy was down. He might have been down, but still, it's tough. Nope, he wasn't down. Not even close to down. Really? Yeah. This is so bad. All right. But you're right. Credit to the Ravens fans that have stuck around for this game. It is like but you're right credit credit to the ravens fans that have stuck around for this game yeah it is like if you're in baltimore you'll take a free shower whenever you can get one so they're probably just taking their shirts off oh that was me and enjoying themselves uh but i mean that's football town yeah no i i couldn't believe when it was like pouring rain and they were just and the guy was doing the the flocking i was like that's a real fucking fan like this is a shit game you're watching joe

21:09fagnano in the wildcat offense down 20 against the jaguars life can't get worse than this right now so i would love to have just a camera on stavi right now see what he's going through. Yeah. Okay, let's kick it back to ourselves in studio, and we will do some Week 9 picks and preview. Before we get to the Week 9 picks and preview, we're brought to you by DraftKings. Football has a way of turning one game into a full week of conversation, and DraftKings keeps you close to all of it. The DraftKings Sports app is now live in all 50 states. That means from Texas to California to Florida. Every fan is in on the excitement. Follow the teams you love. Keep up with the biggest games and experience the excitement of football all week long,

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24:02uh starting quarterbacks this week. We have Joe Milton. We have Joe Funiano and Jacoby Brissett, which we will. Jacoby Brissett is not going to play, but that was he got traded to the Cardinals. Shador Sanders, Drew Locke, Gardner Minshew. Yep. It's actually not a bad group. I think if you if you had to pick like a group of backup quarterbacks to all be going at the same time we're gonna get some good surprises from that group we've been in way worse spots yes as a collective audience you remember jack strand i i remember max brosmer yeah like there's there's some there's some dark spots that we've been in nick mullen the podcaster listen i like nick mullen because he likes us he dms me every now now and then, sending me a clip. This is funny.

24:45I'm like, yeah, that is funny. And also, you played in the NFL. That's pretty fucking cool, dude. We've been in some dire straits before. This is not one of those weeks. In fact, we'll get to it later. The bazooka ladder is going to be a hell of a time. Yeah. The bazooka ladder is going to be one of those ladders that we're either going to go to the moon or it's going to get kicked out underneath us. You know what I would like to see break our back as like an alternate ladder bet for that. Just air yards thrown. Like don't even talk about completions. Just how far is the ball going to travel in the air cumulatively over the course of the day by, by throws off of Joe Milton's bazooka arm. Yeah.

25:20Yeah. I feel like Joe Milton's got throw for either 300 yards or like 70 that there's like, I don't feel like there's much of an in-between. No. Okay, let's get into the games. Hank? Yeah. As always. Hola. Oh, man, you've done it again. We got another international game. If you're like, oh, I really missed the international game last weekend, guess what? We're back. A couple more weeks of this bullshit. Bengals at falcons falcons are plus three overrunners 52 and a half henry what do you what do you did you learn anything about spain no okay okay okay what do you what do you already know about spain uh john rom oh rafa by the way can you name can Can you name one novel that's based in Spain?

26:08Hmm. Count of Monte Cristo. Come on, Hank. It's the one book you're supposed to read. Don Quixote. Yeah. Okay. By the way, apologies for Live 2.0. Yeah, it's okay. Really sad for this podcast. What are we going to talk about? I know. Live 3.0. I don't think there's going to be a 3.0. Okay, so you're officially saying it's okay. Really sad for this podcast. What are we going to talk about? I know. 3.0. I don't think there's going to be a 3.0. Okay, so you're officially saying it's dead. I've said it was officially dead like months ago. No, you haven't. Never say never. You haven't. You said you love the Falcons in this game. I do like the Falcons in this game. Why? I feel like they're, you know, people, they played great against the Niners.

26:42They played in shitty weather last week, which I feel like is kind of, like, hard to gauge. But they've been playing good, and I think they're going to play good this week. I think you just throw away the game last week. It was a hurricane. Like, Baker, they lost to a guy that threw for zero yards. I agree. Their mistake last week was they did not copy the Tampa Bay Buccaneers game plan. They wanted to stick to the game plan they had in place when I think the smart move was just, fuck it, we're just going to run the football. Yeah. Can I interest you guys in a potential bet? The Spover? No. Medrover? Medrover? Obviously, the Bengals have to win this game, which I think they can and will win this game.

27:25Bengals 6-1 to be the AFC one seed. Okay. You don't like it. No. Have you looked at the Bengals' schedule? It is. The Titans will look like an easy win. They barely won. I agree. But they play the Falcons in Madrid. They have the Steelers at home. L. Commander. They already lost the Steelers, so I think they would more likely split it than commanders, Saints, Browns, Chiefs at home, Panthers, Colts, Ravens, Browns. There aren't a lot of good teams on that list. It's interesting. It's an interesting. I'm just throwing out there. They're five and two. It's not like I'm just throwing out there they're five and two it's not like i'm just looking at that and being like could you conceivably see the bangles getting to 13 wins okay if they get to 13 wins will they have a chance to be the one

28:15i would i think they'd be in the conversation i don't know how many games the bills are gonna end up winning or the jaguars or the broncos or you know but i'm just throwing it out there i would like to see the defense look a little bit better but i but that's what i'm saying it's like i'm not saying the bengals are like gonna be the best team in the afc i'm saying just something to look at in terms of the bengals schedule we could look up in mid-december and they could be at the top of the afc be like how this happened, they played a pretty soft schedule down the stretch. Yeah, they definitely could if the defense improves a little bit. Their offense is awesome. I have absolutely zero doubt in their ability to score points

28:53and beat anybody in that form. I don't know. What I saw last weekend, it does concern me a little bit, doing that against the Titans. Yeah, definitely. Cam Ward looked great. Hank, you be watching this whole game? Yeah, same as always. Most of it. Okay, so most of it. So more than half. Yeah. So tune in second quarter. No, it's usually like the second half is where I come here and shower, get ready for the day and stuff. I think if anything... The third quarter is what gets missed. Yeah, if anything, we need to put a bigger separation between the end of the... Are you guys going to watch this whole game? Well, sometimes I'll have to leave in the middle of the fourth quarter. Yeah, to drive it up to the office.

29:33I have to listen to the rest of it on the phone on the way in. But they should put a little more separation. I would like to see, like, give America an hour to shower. Or just don't play this game. Or just don't play the game. Just don't play this game. Yeah. That'd be really easy. By the way. The stadium kicks ass, by the way. Yeah, you're saying that. They're probably going to do the montage. I'm a big fan of slow motion or either slow-mo or time-lapse montages showing stadiums get ready for different things. That's like saying you're a big fan of bacon. Yes. Yes. Agreed. We all are. When they do this one, you're going to see like a cavern open up underneath the field, and they've got like fields and fields and fields.

30:10Oh, this is the one they grow the grass underneath? Underneath. Yeah. That is cool. It's unreal. I've seen that. Yeah. Yeah. Just a stat throughout there. I don't know if this is noise or not. Kevin Stefanski. I actually don't really know if I'm going to go off this one. Kevin Stefanski over the last five seasons, when he's faced Joe Burrow the under is 7-0 in those games the only problem with that is Kevin Stefanski's been coaching a team that didn't have an offense so I don't know so yeah that's not necessarily although the Browns historically they've been good against Joe Burrow until recently like they had his number for a while. Correct. But that was a Schwartz and bad offense versus Joe Burrow.

30:50That might have been a DeSean Kizer stat. Combo, yeah. That we looked at. Yeah. I'm interested to see the difference between how the teams and some of the coaches are taking the entire trip in general for what's a priority. Oh, yeah. Do we know when they're leaving? They both left on Tuesday. Okay. But it sounds like the Falcons might be a little more lenient in terms of go out and see Madrid a little bit. Oh. Whereas Zach Taylor said, if I see a restaurant that hits me in the face, I might walk into it. So he's saying like, I don't want to go out and spend time eating sightseeing museum so but if he sees a right if a restaurant hits him in the face he might eat at that restaurant so zach taylor's just walking

31:30through like glass doors and not realizing they're glass doors yeah that's pretty much it yeah he said this is a business trip and i think the cons are uh they're doing more of the sightseeing thing that was one of those those uh quotes that zach tay Taylor thought was going to come out way cooler than it actually did. Yeah. Okay. You can't put this in the Hungry Dog, Hank. Nope. But it's definitely something you'll love. Yeah. I will be betting the Falcons for sure. Okay. Next game. This is the tough part about this slate, boys. We don't really have a game that is the premier game. It's a tough week for that it's actually a week that i really love a lot of dogs but this is a tough week for premier game early you'd say

32:13patriots packers in the afternoon uh well i mean i i just wrote down i just literally went in order so cowboys at colts like this game show me something cowboys beat the beat the colts brains in and maybe i'll give you some respect my theme of this week is we've got a lot of matchups between two teams that have quite literally never played each other like teams that you don't ever remember facing off and it starts with the falcons and the bangles i can't remember the last time those teams played i can't remember the last time the colts played the cowboys uh i think the dolphins and the lions would be another one that never the broncos and the panthers those teams don't play except for the super bowl uh but yeah i think this should be the cowboys have a

32:52chance get back on the right path don't let jerry jones take over the media cycle for another week when you're saying weird things about your coaching staff yep um just take care of business i also think that this could this is pretty much going to be like a live auction for Jerry Jones watching this game. Yeah. He's going to be watching the Colts and just be like, Jonathan Taylor. He should have the paddle. Yeah, hold the paddle up. The whole time. There should be an auctioneer every time something happens, every time a play is made by the Colts, Jerry Jones should have to like either put his arm up or have like his son next to him hold his arm down when he's trying to overpay on a running

33:26Back because he reminds him too much of Emmitt Smith Tyler Warren is going to be like the next Jay Novacek in his mind out there So yeah I think the Cowboys Should win because I have no faith in the Colts Ability to do anything after what we've seen Are we a little worried about Ed Dodds because I heard a report that Ed Dodds Is a little frozen now Because he started the trade deadline with trading DeForest Buckner and Quentin Nelson, and obviously nothing is apples to apples here. But then when the Bears traded for Jeffrey Simmons and gave up two first-round picks, Ed Dodds was like, oh, fuck. Did I get enough for my guys? Again, apples to apples. Quentin Nelson is on an expiring contract.

34:05He's 32 years old. DeForest Buckner is a little older. Jeffrey Simmons is one of the best defensive linemen. But still, do we think Ed Dodds is maybe a little frozen? No. Being like, fuck. No. Now I've got to figure out what I'm going to do with Jonathan Taylor. No, I think what we've seen is that the market is now paid an Ed Dodds premium. The market is just catching up to Ed Dodds. He doesn't catch up to the market. Okay. Also, it is, I mean, Jonathan Taylor is an interesting one to trade because he is a 28-year-old running back. So it's not like, I think every team would want him. Yeah. But probably every team doesn't want to give up significant draft capital for him. Hypothetically, Big Cat, if there would be one general manager in the NFL

34:43that could be talked into giving up draft capital for a talented running back, do you think that Jerry Jones might be one of those guys? Yeah, well, they have. Javante Williams is good. But Jerry loves him a playmaker at running back. Yeah, but Javante Williams is good. Yeah, he is. Listen, I'm not saying that I would do it. I'm saying that if there's one guy that would do it, it might be Jerry Jones. Yeah. By the way, hello uh your your trade with the colts is gonna go down as one of the most lopsided trades of all time i think the greatest trade ever it might it literally might be so the jets just to recap got ad mitchell drafted Kenyon Sadiq. They have the 2027 first round pick, which could be right now.

35:27It's the fourth overall. And then the Colts got Sauce Gardner, seven straight losses to end 2025, and taking without a first round pick in 2026. A.D. Mitchell is just a throw in. I know. He fumbled one ball across the goal line, and they just got rid of him. It is really insane, and that's like... It's just crazy. It's crazy that the Colts, you know, through the beginning of the last season, were like, yeah, we're all in. Yeah. And it has backfired significantly ever since that moment. You got to be very careful when you go all in. Very careful. They were so prematurely all in. Yeah. And, yeah, they went all in with Daniel Jones. Now they're all out. So congrats, memes. Also, like, the Colts had, like, a super young wide receiver core,

36:15and they're pretty much all gone now. Yeah, Alec Pierce has been hurt, but yeah. Alec Pierce, Michael Pittman, Josh Downs, A.D. Mitchell, and then they just threw it all away. Memes, who do you want to win this game? Because you're kind of in a no-lose situation. Yeah, this is your game. If the Colts lose, guess what? That pick gets better. And if the Cowboys lose, they're already top ten pick for you right now. So which one would you rather see? I think I'm going Cowboys to win so the Colts blow it up. Well, they already kind of are blowing it up. I saw a story that they're holding on hope for after this weekend. What? What kind of hope? Trying to get more value out of the guys. That's said,

36:53negotiated. He's anchored you. Yeah. When you said they're holding on to hope. No, no, no. There's no hope. Hope is gone. Okay. But they're just holding on to some guys trying to get more value out of them. Okay. I actually think it's you don't even care who wins or loses this game memes it's just whoever loses you want them to keep losing like the losing team of this game has to just keep going yeah i want the i want the colts to lose out yeah i think that's your path to number one yeah if you want to shoot for the moon oh jeremiah Jeremiah Smith. Woo. I mean, you guys already got some great weapons. Jeremiah Smith memes? No, you got to go messy. I don't know. Jeremiah Smith, he's going to fix the Chargers.

37:33Maybe he can fix the Chargers and Jets at the same time. I don't know how that will work. Yeah, I don't either. I said it. All right, let's talk about your game memes. Jets plus 10 at the Chiefs over under 47 and a half. No. Okay. All right. That's why it never wins. All right. I think the Jets are alive in this game. I'm addicted to betting on the Jets. You know what's interesting is I think almost every week we've seen one of these upsets. Like the big upset on the board has happened. I just think they're a little alive. I don't know. Okay, the Jets offense is good. Like they're good. They have a lot of playmakers. They're good. The defense is a problem. I would be very worried about Kenneth Walker running all over the Jets defense.

38:25I don't know. I don't know. I mean, I just, I think the Jets might be a little frisky in this game. I heard a very insulting stat the other day. Memes, can you just take your headphones off? You'll probably do this every week. You're like, I have an insulting stat about the Jets. You'll probably want to kill me after I say this. It's not my stat. I heard it on CBS. Is it something about the end of the first half? No, no. Just saying. It's very insulting. Patrick Mahomes could go 0-17 for the next 12 straight seasons and still have a better winning percentage than the Jets have had since Patrick Mahomes got into the league. Whoa. Wait, that doesn't make sense. 0-17 for 12 straight seasons? Yeah.

39:02I guess it does make sense. That's pretty crazy. Pretty insulting stat. That's pretty crazy. Pretty insulting stat. That is very insulting. Okay, you can put your headphones back on. It's probably the same as the Commanders, but... Probably. They only said the Jets, but all right. Well, that's because you're playing them. You can't hurt me with the Commanders stats. I'm just saying, you're wearing a Commanders shirt and hat, and it's probably the same exact stat. I'm just delivering facts. All right, I'm listening to your facts. It's just a just a fact all right don't be upset by numbers i'm not upset you're a little bit upset by the numbers that mean that was mean i told you it was an insulting stat

39:35it's not my stat i'm not mad just jumped off the page at me you have to admit it's shocking you didn't even believe that no i couldn't i i can't really comprehend it. Yeah. Now, that being said, I also don't hate the Jets this weekend. Not as a hungry dog, but against the spread. Yeah. I think that their offense is legit. The defense has been a very big concern. And that's obviously a bigger concern when you have a defensive head coach. But the offense looks good. They've got a lot of weapons. Hank, have you – so not Colts, not Jets. I do not... It's not locked in. It's Thursday. We're doing a show. I understand, but what was your question? I forgot to ask if the Colts. I'm sorry. Forget it.

40:19What was the question? Do you have... I was going to ask not Colts, not Jets. Correct. Okay, all right. That was my only question. I was going to ask not Colts, not Jets. Correct. Okay. All right. That was my only question. I won't ask about the Hungry Dog anymore. No, you can add, but every week you're like, what's the Hungry Dog? What is it? Yeah, as we go through the preview. And I tell you which ones I like, but it's not. I forgot to ask about the Colts. I'm sorry. I didn't know. After last week, I would not pick the Colts. Okay. I was just asking if the Colts were on it. My bad. I forgot to ask when we went to the Colts. Okay. I was just asking if the Colts were on it. My bad. I forgot to ask when we went to the Colts game.

40:47My bad. But it's also not. There's no one on it because it's Thursday. But you have to ask what you like. Yes, correct. Okay. But you're going to ask, are they on it? No one's on it. Sorry for asking if they're on it. But you don't like the Jets. Just not the Jets. Not the Jets or the Colts. Correct. And we also, no one's on it. It's Thursday. Correct. But there are some teams that are off it. But there's no one on it. Yes. Don't ask. We've eliminated two. I didn't say don't ask. There's no one on it. We got to talk about the teams. Maybe the Falcons. We always do. I know. But maybe the Falcons. No. No. Not on it. Not on it. Not on it. But there do. I know. But maybe the Falcons. No. No. Not on it.

41:28But there's definitely some teams that could be on it soon. No. There's teams that I like. There's no one on it. It's impossible. There's no one on it. There literally could be no one on it right now. It's empty. There are spots that maybe those teams will get on it. But there will not be any teams on it. This is dramatic. We won't say. We've eliminated three. Correct. Yep. There's three teams that are definitely not on it. All right. We got it. All right. I kind of want to put this Jets-Chiefs game main TV. I don't know. Sure. I don't know. What are you? I mean, we're. Yeah, sure. You'll know within the first five minutes. That's. What are the keys? What are we going to look for in the first five minutes?

42:03Geno Smith goes five for five-5 to start the game. Okay. And then it's on. 4-for-5. Yeah, no, it's on. 3-for-5. Might not be on. It'll be slow. Okay. And then anything below 3-for-5, not on. Yeah. 5-for-5 shootout. But when the Jets statistically have nothing to play for, they play out of their minds. I just did a little bit of research. The Jets have won 39 games since 2018. The Commanders have won 62 games. Oh, so not even close. Yeah. That was some good research. What is that, Google AI? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So it might be wrong. Could be wrong. Could it? Actually, very well. I would say the chances are greater than 50%. That stat is incorrect. But the vibe is probably right. It's probably COVID.

42:55Yeah, that's true. You don't count COVID. That's true. We did make the playoffs. Heineke. Heineke. Do you think there's a chance now that the ADOT stat that Mahomes is Patty check down, do you think there's a chance maybe the Chiefs try to just give him some shots deep to stretch that stat out? Because it is pretty crazy. I know Tyquan Thornton being out. That's a big part of it. He was, but it's also a stat that has been growing in the past few years. Like the last couple of years he's been uh some may call him patty check down i do not call him that yeah i think i think him and uh andy reed are definitely two guys that probably don't care if anything they might lean into whatever and so just be like yeah call

43:36me that we're still gonna win yeah fine fine okay next game lions and dolphins dolphins plus seven over under 50 50 and a half. I kind of like the Dolphins. Oh, okay. I'll just say it. They're playing hard. All right. It's just, they're playing hard and the spot. The spot is tough for the Lions. The Lions, emotional win against the Vikings. Jack Campbell injury, which it seems like he's moving his lower extremities. Everything I've read, it feels like he's moving his lower extremities everything I've read it feels like he's uh it's the best news possible I'm still not out of the woods I would say I would disagree I would say the best news possible would be like if he could move his whole body well no

44:15no I know it's a process though that he's not like that I was reading something last night that was like this type of injury the leg movement comes back first, and people are more likely to be paralyzed waist down. That hasn't happened. As he gets better, he should get feeling in his hands as well. Yeah, I hope that's it. It's scary because I think we're so conditioned to seeing these injuries, and then within an hour, getting a tweet from somebody being like, he's at the hospital, has full movement in his entire body and we've seen that so many times that we kind of you lose sight of like how dangerous a normal looking tackle like that can be and so yeah i would agree though that like the team it's got

44:56to be very very hard for them emotional and focus like they're dealing with a friend that's in the hospital in pretty bad shape right now that's going to be very very hard on that team and then they uh are going uh across the the the pond next week for an international game just a weird kind of situation where it's like hey the dolphins are not very good outdoor game long grass like i don't know just just feels like one of those games that the lions might might be a little bit slow to get going i think this also might be like dan campbell looking into a a past version of himself in a couple different ways one obviously the he was the interim coach of the dolphins back in the day two he's been saying and halfley's made allusions to it that

45:42the dolphins team is kind of like the lions team when dane campbell took over like the way that they're playing how hungry they are how young they are and i feel like uh i i do they've been having some backdoor covers recently they're playing hard yep um this might be if i were to make a hungry dog i would i would look at the dolphins very hard you would i would look atphins very hard if I were to make my own hungry dog. Okay. But I don't, and I'm not going to ask if anybody else does one. It is Thursday, so it's way too early to do that. I was also looking up some of the old stories of Dan Campbell as interim head coach of the Dolphins. When he was just like Metallica and just spread the widest spread of all time

46:23at the podium? Yep, and he would he would uh he would play metallica during practices first week first day i think he was like we're gonna do oklahoma drills we're gonna do tug of war and then on the second day the offense walked in and they had black jerseys to wear in practice they're like what is this and he was like this is because you won the drills yesterday so you get to wear the black jerseys and then the players were like okay uh thanks dan but then he was so excited about giving those out as trophies that the team started to get excited and competitive about who gets to wear the black jerseys and that was the start of something special for those dolphins then they did not hire him and instead i believe they hired adam gaze so it's a revenge game also revenge game

47:02for chris greer did you know chris greer works for the uh lions yes it did former gm for the dolphins is now personnel advisor with the detroit lions so i don't know if that matters probably doesn't but still chris greer revenge game yeah if an assistant not even assistant right just like another set of eyes he's just a personnel advisor he has an office he's an advisor he has he might not even assistant, right? Just like another set of eyes. He's just a personnel advisor. He has an office. He's an advisor. He might not even have an office. He's got a key card. He might not even have that. He might just be doing it remote. He has. Like, I could totally see him just doing this job remote. He talks with people that are on the lines every day.

47:39Yeah. At least multiple times a week. Well, at least the switchboard operator. Yes. And sometimes the front desk, they're like, I'm sorry. He's not available right now. Can, at least the switchboard operator. Yes. And sometimes the front desk, they're like, I'm sorry, he's not available right now. Can he call you back later? Yes. Yes. So, yeah, that's a revenge game for him. Yeah. And I don't know. There's something. Dolphins are just they're playing a little frisky ball, playing a little bit of frisky ball. So, yeah, they're one of those ugly ones that i'm just gonna circle and just be like this is hold your nose kind of thing this also could be a lions team that dan campbell somehow has like more locked in than they've ever been before and they might not lose

48:16a game for the rest of the season i could see i could see that happening but i if i were to make a hungry dog max what about you max if you were to make a hungry dog, Max, what about you? Max, if you were to make a hungry dog, would you think about the dolphins? Dolphins? Me, personally, no. Okay. What about you? I got a couple hungry dogs. Dolphins aren't one of them. Okay. Not dolphins. Probably lean more colts. Okay. Memes, if you were to make a hungry dog, would the dolphins be considered? I lean jets. Not this week. Okay. Not this week. Okay. Anyone else like the dolphins? No. Okay. Okay. Anyone else? Like the Dolphins? No. Okay. We'll move on. Brown Saints. Saints minus three over under is

48:5342 and a half. The Deshaun Watson legacy game, according to Dom. Well, is it the Shador legacy game? Yeah, but it's Deshaun Watson legacy game and if Shador wins, then Deshaun Watson's legacy, now his Sterling legacy will now be tarnished forever. Because Shador got in. Because Shador got in and won the game. And I don't think you lose the Deshaun Watson legacy game just because Deshaun Watson's now on the concussion protocol. Because if Shador wins this game, then it becomes, is Deshaun Watson a system quarterback? Yeah. Right. And so, and if Shador, like, is terrible, everyone's like, Deshaun Watson is the best quarterback we ever had on the Browns. Yeah. His legacy should be yelled from the top of the mountain.

49:36If the Browns win this game, is it party at fours? Is he still going to throw, like, host the affair after the game? I don't know. I think he has to. If you keep winning, you got to stick with it. You got to go party of fours. Yeah, you got to keep up with it. Shador had an interesting press conference this week when he was asked about Brandon Staley's defense, the Saints' defense, and he just started laughing. And then he said, because I'm laughing, that's actually me showing maturity. He said, yeah, I've seen a lot. When I smile, just know that means something. I'm maturing. You know what I'm saying? I'm laughing, that's actually me showing maturity. He said, yeah, I've seen a lot. When I smile, just know that means something.

50:06I'm maturing. You know what I'm saying? I'm maturing. Like, I could have gave that a decent answer, but now I'm just going to smile. Mm-hmm. So he sees something in this Browns defense. Yeah. But he actually won't tell you that he saw something. No, he won't tell you. Or in the Saints defense. By the way, Jordan Tyson might be back. He actually said to Jordan Tyson on the Saints, which would be nice because they kind of have built everything out of Chris Olave, giving Shuck another option would be nice. But Jordan Tyson said that he's got a hamstring injury. He said, I feel more explosive than I ever have. So he's got an injury that made him faster. Good. So that's something to injury that made him faster. Good.

50:45So that's something to be excited about if you're a Saints fan. It's like rookie of the year. Saints are one of those teams that I just kind of forgot existed for a second there. Yeah, the whole France thing too. Yeah, and it's been a bummer. It's been a bummer to watch. They're also, I don't think that they've won a game at home this year, which is tough. Tough season for the Dome. Yeah. So when are we going to know about Deshaun? Is that going to be like Friday? I think it's Shador. We're officially going with Shador? Well, Deshaun went into concussion protocol on what, Wednesday? It's kind of hard to get out of it. Yeah. Quickly, right? You never want to see Deshaun Watson questionable head.

51:22Yeah, in concussion protocol. Oof. It's protocol. Oof. It's tough. Oof. Does anyone like the Browns in this game? I do. Oh, okay. I like them a lot. Yeah, a lot? Yeah, really? Like more than a friend? Like, like, like them? Like, like, like, yeah. Okay. But it's Thursday, so we're not going to put them in. No, we're not. But, like them? Like, like, like, yeah. Okay. But it's Thursday, so we're not going to put them in. No, we're not. But we like them. Would you like them more or less, or exactly the same, if you knew that it was going to be Shador or Deshaun? I feel like if it's Deshaun, how much of a point swing do you think that is? Two? Maybe. Yeah. I like them either way. Are you going to wear a watch to the gambling cave on Sunday?

52:05No. You should. I'm not a watch guy. But for Shadass. Perfect timing. I don't have ice like that, though. Who is our watch guy? Is it Zach? Is he the watch guy? Max's? Max's a big watch guy. Max's watch TikTok. Watch guys come in all different shapes and sizes. All right, what do you got? Some guy did make a TikTok about that because he noticed that I was wearing a watch. You'll never believe. Wait, what? Shut up. Can we pull it? Oh, I have no idea. It's the funniest video. We got to find it. Common misconception. It was such a ricochet. You'll never believe. This guy likes Nice watches And it was talking about you? That's fucked up Oh that's incredible We gotta see it I like don't know how to find this

52:54You gotta find it I don't know That's messed up I'm gonna say that's messed up What was the guy's account? He like will show pictures Of like you know players walking in the tunnel and stuff and then break down the watch they're wearing and then he's like i think he literally said watch people come in all different shapes and sizes oh shapes i don't think he said i think hank's adding the shapes shapes is so much meaner than size keep talking i'll try and find it we gotta find this i'm very excited all right uh hungry dog browns possibly they are they are a dog like it i don't know what to i i'll tell you what i might just bet the browns first quarter because the saints just start so slow in

53:41every single game and i don't i feel like having off the bye week, they're going to start even slower. I don't know how that's possible, but it feels like it. Kelmore is 6-18 against the first half spread as a head coach in his career. That's crazy. 6-18. All right, Max, since you're looking for it, I'll skip. I got it. Oh, you found it? All right, let's go. This is watch guy. Max, do you have a lot of watches i have two oh no i see glenn tape scout has got a video on there no oh no i get oh this guy is oh it's a sad it's a sad super bowl picture in the background with the pants max got to put it in his birthday. Oh, shit. I don't know how to log it. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Good job, Zach. It's QR code. Come on.

54:38Sometimes the most unexpected people are watch guys. This is the producer of Pardon My Take, Max Delente. And what's on his wrist, you might ask? A Tudor Black Bay Pro. So I went to the Grand to see who he follows. And it's Andy and Ben. So yeah, certified watch guy. Wait, start it again. Is that it? It wasn't shapes and sizes? No. I told you. Who do you think added shapes and sizes? He just said it's an unexpected guy to enjoy watching. That's disappointing. I had that made up in my mind. I'm going to go with shapes and sizes. Sometimes the most unexpected people are watch guys. Yeah, we're going to go with Hayes' version. This is Taylor's version. That's kind of what he meant. Watch guys can come in all shapes

55:23and sizes. Shout out Patrick. The bear wrist. I think that's right. Yeah. Okay, Max. Giants, Eagles, Eagles, plus three and a half. Bazooka Joe time. Let's talk about it. Fuck it. Yeah. Why not? Exactly. Oh, I saw a little something from Hank. He might be putting his finger down. It's backup week. Joe Milton, I don't know if he's going to be an excellent quarterback in the NFL, but I do think he is. No, no, no. I think we know. No. People get better from college. You like to just say that you like to do this take that nobody's ever watched. Hold on. He has played in the NFL. Yeah, and he's played well. And he also has not made, like, he's on his, what, third or fourth team? And he's played against guys in practice and training camp and not become the number one.

56:25You're on your fourth quarterback. He's looked pretty good. What are the number one. You're on your fourth quarterback. He's looked pretty good. What are we talking about? You're on your fourth quarterback. When he has played, he's looked decent. We're going to give him a shot. In preseason? He's looked good. But we're on our fourth quarterback. This is the first time we've chosen somebody else. What? Yeah. They brought him in. Correct. You drafted Tanner McKee. But we chose to bench. Like, Jalen Hurst, we didn't choose not to play Jalen Hurst. I see what you're saying, I guess. Andy Dalton, I guess we chose not to bring him back. You chose Tanner McKee over Andy Dalton. No, there was some weird stuff going on there.

57:01Andy Dalton, he felt disrespected or something was going on there. This is the first one you've chosen. This is the first one we've chosen. The first one I've chosen. Yeah. Yeah. They say Jalen Hurts was chosen. There's massive upside. Yeah, well, that doesn't count. To the Joe Milton experience. Yeah, why not? Listen, Saquon Barkley, he's a tough guy. If anyone can catch screen passes from Joe Milton, it's probably Saquon. Strong hands. Yeah, correct. Love that take. guy if anyone can catch screen passes from joe milton it's probably saquon strong hands because yeah correct love that take he's going to fire some fucking laser beams and you have to be able to handle those uh i think saquon can do it although saquon is probably like there's no way

57:35that his hamstring is right no he's just saying that it is because he's a tough guy and he wants to he loves to play and i respect the hell out of him let's play the giants but there's absolutely no way that his hamstring is like 100%. And I think the stadium is going to be a little bit more juiced up for Joe Milton than if we just saw Taylor McKinney back out there. Like the vibes are a little bit different in Philly this week because it's Joe Milton. Because it's Bazooka Joe. Why not? Why not? I am going to ladder Joe Milton. It's going to be fun. I'm going to root for Joe Milton. This game should be on main TV. Alright, I'm down for that. I'm going to root for Joe Milton. I don't know about that. I want Joe Milton to have a fun, exciting game.

58:10I'm just not going to be like, oh, he could be the next guy. I'm not saying that either. I'm saying he could be fun. You started this with, like, he might not be excellent. I'm like, no, he is not excellent. Yeah. I started with, he might not be excellent. I'm saying he. All right. No. Yay. This is what pisses me off about you this is naysayer yeah yep bo nicks will never be good yeah what are you talking about i've said bo nicks exactly who he is you've been you've got college poison brain yeah sometimes guys get better sometimes a lot of times josh allen got better josh allen got a lot better josh allen got a lot better right away racist what yeah. Racist. What? Yeah. How? Facts. Facts. Yep.

58:50Huh? We're doing woke again. Tell him. How am I racist? He just blamed me for Bo Nix. You blamed me for Joe Milton. What are we doing? All right. What are we doing? Wait a minute. Yeah. Wait. No. No, those are two different colors. Yeah, Bo Nix is a white man. If Joe Milton was a white guy, you'd be like, oh, yeah, he has real potential in this league. But then what about Bo Nix Imagine if Bo Nix was black Imagine how bad Big Cat would talk about him Jesus It's crazy You guys are crazy I like Joe Milton if you catch him on a good day He is the most dynamic Fun guy And if he has a bad day it's very sad But I think that this is going to be a good day. This is going to be a fun day. Jordan Mailata was asked about his arm.

59:32He just goes, it's a fucking cannon. And I went back, I looked at the combine where they both participated in the gun drill where they did the radar gun on the throws. JJ and Joe Milton, they were the two strongest arms that got measured on that. They also both played at Michigan. Fun fact. Giants had Joe Milton down his gold jacket coming out. Yeah, that got measured on that. They also both played at Michigan. Fun fact. Giants had Joe Milton down his gold jacket coming out. Yeah, that's right. Yep. I'm not rooting against Joe Milton. You're not rooting for Joe Milton, though. I just watched. Like, PFT is biased because he had Joe Milton on macro dosing. You're biased because you didn't watch him in college.

1:00:06Correct. So, yeah. But I've seen him sling it. Right. But I feel like I'm the only one who's unbiased here. But you're thinking too much about college. It's fun. Yeah. Big T likes him. Well, Big T also has a bet. So his bet with Brandon Tucker is. He's biased. This is also. No, but that stemmed from him believing in Joe Milton. Yeah. This is a very important game for for our thanksgivings because if joe milton plays poorly they have they have a buy right and during that buy you could speculate they'll probably use that time in the buy week to get cole payton ready and see what they have if joe milton sucks this week right correct so then our thanksgiving coming up later the week after might be absolutely screwed because we're going to

1:00:49maybe watch Tanner McKee again on Thanksgiving. Yeah, I'll say that. I definitely want to watch Joe Milton over Tanner McKee. Seen enough Tanner McKee? Done with Tanner McKee. No, Tanner McKee's done. I'm also reserving right to get excited for Cole Payton as well. Okay, that's fine. Yeah, no. You can get excited for a guy to... Tanner McKee gave us exactly what I hate about backup quarterbacks. Yeah, he was so boring. Just a dogshit watch. I'm still holding on to Todd McShay did really like Cole Payton coming out of the draft. That's right. Can I say something? There's also a game before Thanksgiving they play against the Steelers. That's what I said. So there's the bye week and then they'll probably get somebody else ready

1:01:29if Joe sucks this week. And then either stick with Cole Payton after that, or they might even go back to Tanner McKee. Who can't go back. If Cole Payton stinks. Can't go back. Not that it matters, because I would assume you're not thinking you could still win the NFC East. No, I'm thinking fun. Eh, maybe. Maybe if Joe Miller gets his hot. You guys got kind of screwed with the schedule. Yeah. The fact that you had to play the Commanders off a bye and now the Giants off a bye is bullshit. We played the Panthers off a bye, too. Yeah, I don't care about the Panthers. But three out of four weeks when we had nobody, we played guys coming off a bye. I don't care about the Panthers. I'm saying divisional.

1:02:03No, that was the worst because we were coming back from London and we had to play the Panthers. For sure, but the divisional games, when divisional games you should never have a rest advantage. Do you know what I mean? Yeah. It should be just straight up. So you guys got screwed there. I do think that the Giants are going to be able to run the ball. So I think I saw the stat. I think the Eagles have given up 100 plus yards in every game running the ball. So it feels like a big scataboo type of game where that maybe opens it up for JJ McCarthy. Max, I'm going to be rooting very hard for the Eagles. Love that. Hell yeah. Love that. Yeah, I mean, you have to. You have to. The division might come down to me and you, Max.

1:02:43Why not? Joe Milton gets hot. Yeah. What's the updated line for the division? I'm pretty sure the Eagles are like plus a million. Also, it's 38 and a half is the over under. That's pretty low. Kind of feel like I have to take the over. What if a shootout breaks out? Joe Milton, JJ McCarthy. All right. So the commanders are five to one. The Eagles are 33 to1. I don't think you can say it anymore, BFT. But no, Joe. Bazooka Joe breathes new life into this whole thing. He does. He does. You're going to be living your life BJ and AJ. And before Joe, we can throw all this out. And then we got the bye coming up. Maybe guys get healthy coming off the bye. Who knows? Yeah. By the way, over the last six games, the Eagles have lost every game,

1:03:34been outrushed in every game, been outpassed in every game, committed five-plus penalties in every game. No other NFL team in the Super Bowl era has done that in more than four consecutive games. They've done it in six. A lot of injuries. I will say that, like, if you're going to have a season from hell, just make it, like, actually do it from hell, you know? You guys are doing it. Like, you're going to have a season from hell, just actually do it from hell. You guys are doing it. You're really doing it. We'll be back. This year? No. No. Max, this is not the reason why you're losing games, but are you concerned at all about Jake Smelliot? I'm always a little concerned. I call him Smell It for a reason.

1:04:09Yeah. Why, does he smell? Well, no, there was one moment. I think it was last... Yeah, if you look at last week's games, I think there were six doinks last week, and Smelly It had a doink, and I feel like I've never seen him make a doink. Did you come up with Smelly It? Yeah. Fleming. What? Yeah. Fleming. What? I mean, we do a segment on this show where we have to come up with names. But calling him that outside of boomers. PFT just called him that. Well, you said but then you immediately said I call him that. Because I say it in boomers often. Fleming. Because You're concerned about him. This is literally what we do every single week on this show. Every single one of us is Fleming, if that's the case.

1:04:56Buster Olney's head is spinning right now. I didn't say a thing about Buster Olney. He's at San Antonio. He's so happy. Smiling. Smelly is a good one. It is a good one, yeah. And that's not the reason why the Eagles are bad. I just think it's interesting because I did look it up and he's one for 15 lifetime on doinks, which would put him, I think that's the worst if you have more than 10 doinks. Do you guys want a crazy woe stat for the Giants to potentially make the playoffs this year? Last time the Giants made the playoffs was the 2022 season. That was the Daniel Jones, Brian Daniel. Got the shit kicked in uh here's what happened in that season and what also happened this season hired a new head coach in the offseason check had two first round picks in the draft

1:05:40check drafted defensive player and o lyman in the first round check declined a player's fifth year option i don't know who that's referring to who did they decline this year oh is it uh was it one of their offensive linemen maybe uh played against the afc south played the lions played the nsc north team away in week 16 and tied against the commanders these all happened in 2022 okay i'm believing tiedying the Commander is really the linchpin for all of this. Yeah. Because that's the craziest part. That is nuts. Everything else is like, okay, the schedule is kind of the same. I mean, JJ, he looked really good. Really good against a good defense. Well, theoretically a good defense. Yeah. We did the Texans

1:06:20might stink. Yep. But I'm excited for Bazooka Joe. You sound Hank, I'm down. Fuck it. No, no, no. Why not? This isn't a game. This isn't a game that I should have to listen to. Maybe. Do the earmuffs the whole time. There's no good games. I guess the Broncos Panthers, is that early? That's probably it. Next up, Rams, Commanders. Commanders plus 4.5 over under 48.5., next up, Rams, Commanders. Commanders plus four and a half, over under 48 and a half. I love the Commanders against spread. Me too. Me three. You love them even more than that, Hank? I like them. Wait, like them? I definitely like them against spread. Like them? I like them against spread. A little bit? Do you think that maybe they could convince you to like them a little bit more?

1:07:06I like them against spread. Okay, as a friend. If the Commanders were an animal, little bit more? I like him against the spread. Okay. As a friend. If the Commanders were an animal, what type of animal would they be? A pig. Okay. Okay. I like that. That's a good answer. Respect. That's a really good answer. I think that if the Commanders win this game, look out. This game will determine my happiness level for the rest of the season. Okay. Because I've been doom and gloom on the Commanders recently. And it's really just because even when it's really, really bright, there's always like one tiny bit of darkness that tends to ruin everything. Last week, looking back on it, that first quarter sucked against the Eagles.

1:07:47Sucked big time. But what I saw out of Jaden was great when he actually got in people's faces and started yelling at them. I think that that might be a moment that we look back on. Not necessarily the start of the championship DVD, but maybe the start of the championship DVD maybe two years from now. That's when everything changed because he's always had a smile on his face. He's always happy. And at times it can be like, you shouldn't be smiling right now because this is something really terrible. Just happened. Yep. When I saw from when he, when he realized that things were going to shit, when we had like five pre-snap penalties and he started yelling at people, I love that from Jaden. I think if we can beat these Rams and the Rams are not,

1:08:25they're not a very good football team right now. Matt Stafford doesn't look great. No. I don't know if Miles Garrett's going to play this week. He might. That's kind of concerning to me. Yeah. That he's getting back. I would be concerned by that. He'll have to play his way back into shape a little bit, probably. If we can beat the Rams, look out. Because then I think we beat the Giants the week after. Then you could maybe win the NFC East. Then you could maybe win the NFC East. Then we could maybe win the NFC East, because we would have games coming up against the Cardinals, the Titans, the Texans. And you have two against the Cowboys? And we have one against the Cowboys. Oh, you already played the Cowboys?

1:09:00Yeah. Oh, that was the Jaden. Jaden Elbow. Yep, So, like, the way the offense has been playing has been, for the most part, really, really good with a couple boneheaded mistakes here and there. Jaden's been playing awesome. I'm going to say something about Dan Orlovsky. I didn't think I'd say. Dan Orlovsky's right. He'd like to see Jaden take a little more chance with the ball because he has no fumbles and no interceptions this year, no turnovers, which is awesome. He's, like, if you look at the charts or the graphs he's in the top right hand corner of all those i wouldn't mind him taking a few more chances throwing some more deep balls it's okay if one of those gets picked off every now and again yeah um but he's been playing awesome football and i think the defense has

1:09:43started to look a little bit better too so look out if we win this game look out i will be fully back in thinking dangerous thoughts about the commanders if we win this game if you don't win this game season over probably season over yeah but well so that's that's not a no probably season over i like that i think it's very likely season over but that was not a no i mean if if the eagles beat the Giants, the Giants beat the Eagles. Yeah, you win in the division. Yeah. It might be a division where the winner's at like 7-10 or 8-9. So we'll see what happens as everything else breaks down. I would say that if we lose this game, it's probably over. That's curtains. If we win, look out. Jay Daniels also said nobody's bigger than the standard.

1:10:26I like that quote. Yeah. It's a new elevated standard is standard, and nobody's bigger than the standard. I like that quote. Yeah. New. It's a new elevated standard is standard and nobody's bigger than the standard. Not even the standard. Right. Also last time these two teams or last time the Washington team beat the Rams team at home. It was Redskins beating the St. Louis Rams. Nick Foles versus Kirk Cousins. 2015. What a matchup that was. Yeah. Yeah. I'm looking forward to Emmanuel Forbes making his return to land over Maryland. Now we get to play against Emmanuel Forbes. From his illustrious career, yeah. I like the commanders in this game. I'm looking forward to playing against him. And I will be doing the Antonio ladder again.

1:11:05It's going to break. And when it does, it's going to break hard. Remind me of it. Jalen Watson's out for the year. Yep. So, okay, yeah, remind me of it. Okay. Remind me of the Antonio ladder. Okay, next up, Broncos at Panthers. Panthers plus 2.5, over-unders 44.5. Panthers, one of those teams I forgot existed because they played Thursday night football. I just like, you don't play on Sunday or Monday. You don't. I was like, oh, yeah. And they also were terrible against the Packers. Broncos, listen, they just keep doing it. They keep playing great defense, giving Bo Nix a shot. Offense still doesn't look great. Who do you guys like in this game? Anyone have any thoughts? I've got some thoughts.

1:11:52Okay. I think it's interesting. It's always interesting, Big Cat, when you look at the Panthers and their underdogs at home. It's always worth taking a second look in a situation like that. Fair point. So I think I'll be taking a second look at that. Okay. And they kind of need this one. They very much need it, yeah. They're a half game ahead of the Falcons right now? Yeah, and they kind of need this one they very much need it yeah like they're half game ahead of the falcons right now yeah and they they went you know they were sitting at what are what were they sitting at were they three and two and they've gone basically immediately backwards as soon as the vibes started to feel a little bit good for them they're like oh yeah we can't have

1:12:24nice things yeah they were three and two then they got absolutely pummeled by the Bucs and beat pretty badly by the Packers as well. So they've gone backwards. They've gone backwards quickly. This is a massive game for them. They got to start winning some games. I just can't bet against the Broncos because they just keep getting away with it. Maybe they just keep doing it. And I think they're a very good team. I still don't think Bo Nix is, like, that good, but it doesn't matter because he wins it in the fourth quarter. I think this might be a good get-right week, too, for the Broncos' rushing attack. Carolina's rush defense is really, really, really, really bad. They fired their defense coordinator, who was, like,

1:13:04a hot name for a head coaching opportunity. But they've stunk trying to stop the run. the broncos would probably like to take advantage of that i don't know because the panthers play really fast on offense they're always like going no huddle speeding it up and the broncos love to like grind games out so if things don't go well for the panthers i could see this being a game that plays right into the Broncos' hands early. Yeah, yeah. There are also rumors that Bryce Young is about to get his extension. Did you see that? No, I didn't hear those rumors. Yeah, they're back-channeling right now, talking about it. I don't really know what. I think I'd give him. I think I would. You know what we're in right now?

1:13:51This kind of feels like the conversation where it's like You have to do it Do you have to do it? I think it's a You have to do a conversation I think there are people that are saying You have to extend them Quarterbacks don't grow on trees, Big Cat I think I'd do it I think I'd do it I think I'd do it See that right there tells you you shouldn't do it Yeah but you kind of have to But saying anytime you're like I think I'd do it When he's at his best he's good Or the other one that I've done In the past where it's like who else are you going to get Yeah That's never Those aren't real answers. Because, like, if you – You don't know. Quarterbacks don't let – teams don't let good quarterbacks hit the open market.

1:14:32Right. They don't trade away good quarterbacks. What's the answer here? Who else are you going to get? I think you have to do it. Yeah. Yeah. What is your option? You draft a guy late in the first round or in the middle of the first round? I don't know. And then you pray that it works? I think you're kind of praying it works right now with the have to do it i think it could work but you've already you've already put in so much prayer on this one what i'm describing is a sunk cost fallacy yeah but no you haven't put a lot of prayer because you haven't paid him the big money prayers are free would you guys do it yeah you would oh you that's a yes not a you think you would yeah i feel like you have to

1:15:12you know what exactly you know what the best answer here is yeah to do it zach do you hope that the panthers extend bryce or are you scared that they will extend bryce i hope they extend bryce okay you can't do it. You can't do it. What? He's not the worst. No, no, we agree. We actually are probably higher on Bryce Young than most podcasts, than most media people. I'm not bashing the guy because I have seen him play well and I've seen him play to his potential. But every answer here is like how teams get stuck. Yeah, we're going through the process right now. Saying he's not the worst is like, that should tell you, like, hey, don't pay him $70 million. Let me ask one more question. Yeah. Means, would you take Bryce Young?

1:16:02No. Okay. Yeah, we're answering. Then maybe you can't do it. I feel like the Jets would love Bryce Young. The Panthers front office should just listen to this conversation. Because, you know, I had another thing I was going to say that I thought was in favor of extending Bryce Young, but the more I think about it, it's actually not. I was going to say, remember, they almost beat the Rams in the playoffs. Yeah, they did. And that is definitely one of the steps along the lines of you feel like you should extend this guy, but you shouldn't. Yeah. Would you give C.J CJ Stroud a new contract? I think he kind of has. To me, that's yes. You kind of got to do it. What? No. Oh. You're more. I think you do.

1:16:41And maybe you don't even have to do it. I think I'm taking Bryce Young over CJ Stroud right now. It's close. Okay. CJ's been good this year. He has been good this year. He. Stroud right now. It's close. Okay. C.J. has been good this year. He has been good this year. He was really bad last year. But they stink. Yeah. But he's playing good. C.J.'s ceiling also way higher. Would you give Bo Nix the long-term contract? Yes. Oh, kind of racist. Okay. Yeah. I think you have to almost do like Bryce Young in NFC South, extend. Bryce Young in AFC East, no, wouldn't extend. And you have to do it like CJ Shroud, AFC South, would extend. Right. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, that makes sense. Bryce, he can win you that division.

1:17:25It's just very funny because, again like when you get in the you have to do it what's the other option these are never we had the answers just be yes we had that half to that was a to a conversation that we had yeah that was exactly the to a conversation yep and look where the dolphins are now he's on the falcons yeah the minute you start saying you just gotta do it You kind of have to You have to do it Who else are you going to get? Not great I've done the who else are you going to get so many times And it's just like I don't know dude Just fucking Someone Yeah someone And then maybe draft someone else And then figure it out But when you get into the cycle of keeping draft quarterbacks It's the worst

1:18:07Oh yeah definitely But Like look at the Titans But having a not like But when you get into the cycle of keeping draft quarterbacks, it's the worst. Oh, yeah, definitely. Look at the Titans. But having a guy who's like a 10 to 15 best quarterback and giving him a significant amount of money is maybe worse. No, not a 10. 14 to 20. Yeah, 14 to 20. 14 to 20 14 to 20 that's where you're running some problems 14 to 20 you give that 10 to 15 10 to 15 you can win you can win you can win with 10 to 15 give me 10 you give me give me 10 14 to 20 you give that guy a guaranteed long-term contract that's that's way worse than just being like you know what we'll just keep going to the roulette wheel on the on the quarterbacks yep i agree uh okay that was the

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1:20:23Chargers want to play the same game every week, but. This is the week. Yeah. Texans off a bye? Yep. Texans need it? Yep. Chargers want to play the same game every week, but... This is the week. This is the week? Yeah. Texans off a bye? Yep. Texans need it? Yep. Chargers need it. The Chargers don't need anything. They do. You've been reading about how much time McDaniels and Herbert are spending together watching film? I have not. They're watching hours and hours of film. Love that. That's good. Just grinding. Are they, like, is he pointing out, like, what color the defense team is wearing? That's a very funny joke. Who's doing that? McDaniels is like the bad guys are in blue. I hope so. Speaking of watching film, Will Anderson does not watch anything in the NFL

1:21:00because he said this week, Herbert, man, he's playing out of his mind. He kind of is. He also said he's still a really great quarterback in this league. You talk about a big guy who has a big arm that can run around and throw the ball deep, makes a lot of plays with his legs. Yeah, I don't think he's watching this year. Chargers are wearing good uniforms too, Hank. Love that. Oh, those are Hungry Dog uniforms. And I forgot to mention this. Also, the Eagles are wearing Kelly Green. Oh, yeah. Oh, that's a big miss. Yeah, the handoff, that's on me. dog uniform and i forgot to mention this also the eagles are wearing kelly green oh yeah oh that's a big miss yeah i i'm the hand up that's on me okay

1:21:33yeah will anderson i don't know if he's i think this is good though because he respects justin i think he probably watched old film yeah that's i think that's maybe where it went. They're losing streak. So this is actually, if you want to go another fun, like, wow stat, Hank, the Chargers losing streak started with the Texans December 27th last year. So it would be a nice bookend. They could then, like, maybe it's the Texans curse. Yeah. And they slay the dragon. Like that. They're on the way. This is kind of a sad stat here. The Chargers haven't scored a touchdown since the third quarter of week five. Yeah, 27 drives. Yeah. The only one who's got more was Mike McDaniel with 30 in the Dolphins.

1:22:23It's horrific. Third quarter of week five is so long ago. Yeah. No, it's horrific watching this team. I don't want to watch this team play football. It's not fun. Nothing about it is fun. Both these teams really were so good last year in the regular season, and they're so bad now. I think the Texans are going to give you their best ever. Off a bye, it feels like they have to, like, this is it. This is now or never. If they lose this game, they're done, right? I would think so, yeah. The thing is, I think the Texans could turn it around because they got a lot of the same guys. The Chargers, they're done. Did you see that Quentin Lake from the Rams said that Justin Herbert was seeing ghosts and throwing deli meat to him last week?

1:23:06I saw the deli meat, yeah. Yeah, and Jim Harbaugh said, as far as anyone's opinion, I don't see that. Everybody's entitled to their opinion. That's not what I see. And then someone asked, what do you see? He said, pass game. I thought he did his job exceptionally well. Two throws he'd like to have back. Okay. I don't know. They haven't scored a touchdown. You guys haven't scored a touchdown in a long-ass time. Yeah, and also, is it me or if McDaniels and Herbert watched four hours of film total during Dubai week, that's really not that much film that they watched together. No, no. That's so many hours where they weren't watching film. I passed four hours of film for the week by Tuesday at, I don't know, 745?

1:23:50I pass. Because I do Monday night football and then whatever, Maction. I pass four hours of film by Monday morning at noon. Yeah. Get up, start grinding. Film watch, yeah. I get Victory Monday. It's tape watch Tuesday around here. Speaking of, Packers-Patriots. Patriots minus three and a half, over under 45 and a half. Do Hungry Dog? Nope. Can I give you something you'll like, Hank? Please. I don't think it's a 0% chance that this doesn't come back to bite him a little bit, but Jordan Love, his Halloween costume this year was blind refs with his wife. Interesting. I feel like if I'm a ref, I'm like, fuck this guy. I'm not going to give him any calls. It's kind of mean. Yeah. It's kind of mean.

1:24:39They had the sticks and everything. Again, it's probably the refs didn't even see it because they're not online. But still, I wouldn't take that risk. I think there's also a possibility they have a friendly relationship with a lot of refs. Maybe. Because I've seen the pictures of the refs doing the Lambeau leap. True. They probably know each other. It's one of those like, I'm going to josh on you. The ref was probably dressed up as Jordan Love. Yeah. So it probably goes both ways. Okay. Oh, so we do have something from Glenn. Yeah, I don't know. It's probably not about the Patriots, though i play it now yeah yeah sure why not welcome back to another tape watch with me glenn yeah for all you glenniacs out there the glintel men the glintel

1:25:18ladies you guys make this page work it is my page but it's nothing without you guys visiting my page so thank you very much and to say say thank you, as a little treat, let's start out and take a few calls from all the Gliniacs out in there in Glen-FL Nation. Hi, Glenn. Did you know that the Pats' explosive play percentage is twice as good without A.J. Brown? Whoa! That gets a whoa from me, because no, I did not know that. But I did, however, know that the percent of Patriots drives that end in a turnover is 20% with A.J. Brown on the field. Without A.J. Brown on the field, it drops down to 16.1%. I also knew that the percentage of Patriots drives that ended a punt is at 33.3% with A.J. Brown on the field.

1:25:58And without him on the field, it drops all the way down to 26.8%. What's that basic? I also knew that the percentage of drives that ended a touchdown with A.J. Brown on the field is 23.3%. And without A.J. Brown on the field, it's 25.0%. I also knew that Patriots fourth down conversions with A.J. Brown on the field is 23.3%, and without A.J. Brown on the field, it's 25.0%. I also knew that Patriots' fourth down conversions with A.J. Brown on the field are 1 for 3, 33%. Without A.J. Brown on the field, they're 9 for 9, 100%. I also knew that with A.J. Brown on the field, the Patriots' second down success rate is 44%. Without Brown on the field, it's 48.6%. Wow. And yeah, I'll be damned. I just looked it up, and you were right.

1:26:25Looks like their explosive play percentage drops from 11.9% to 7.9% when A.J. Brown is on the field. I also know that the Patriots defense gets way more turnovers and takeaways when A.J. Brown is not playing the game as opposed to when he is. It's almost like they don't want to reward him for his bad behavior by getting the ball back. Great question, though, Hank. I mean, mystery caller. You get one Glenn helmet sticker. All right, this has been Glenn. Thanks for tuning in, and we will catch you next week. I love it. It's an interesting concept. I think the video bears it out. Also, interesting stuff about A.J. Brown on and off the field. Yeah, so this is a small sample size, but. So, wait, Hank, when did you say that?

1:26:59Or the caller? Did you call in? No. Huh. It sounded like you. It did. That wasn't you? You never said that? I never called in. Wait, is A.J. Brown going to play? Questionable. It did. That wasn't you? It was not. I never called in. Is A.J. Brown going to play? Questionable. Probably not. Then that's good. Yeah. Do you want him to play? I do want him to play. But do you see the stats from Glenn? I think it's such a small sample size that it does not matter. Okay. That's fair. One of those games was the Seahawks, which was a shit show. Tough place to play. Really tough place. Really tough team to beat. Okay. That's fair. One of those games was the Seahawks, which was a shit show. Tough place to play.

1:27:30Really tough place. Really tough team to beat. Yeah, extremely. Yeah. A couple teams have beaten them. What? This is an interesting quote from Shefty. What? Say it. I know it says ankle and knee, but it's the knee the knee held him out last week and the knee is threatened to hold him out this week it's a knee that I think raises some concerns as to how long he's going to keep playing here in New England and producing at a high level whoa yeah I mean we're our receiving core is is bad. Like, the news came out that Matt Collins was practicing, and that was, like, considered, like, a big, like, great news to New England fans. And I love Matt Collins. I've known him a long time. But people, like, the amount of excitement there was that, like,

1:28:20a third or fourth string receiver is practicing. It's concerning. That's kind of fucked up what Max is saying, though. Like, that, to me, seems— I didn't say anything. I said nothing But that to me seems like Max lied to you When he traded A.J. Brown To the Patriots Yeah it's bad faith Bad business Did you lie? It is what it is We're stuck with damage I said A.J. Brown was a good player You lied I thought he was I thought he was a good player It was an open box It was a No. Sounds like you. Yeah, you lied. I thought he was. You lied to Hank. I thought he was a good player. It was an open box. It was scratch and dent, and you didn't tell him about that. I thought he was a good player. That's really

1:28:55fucked up. Do you get a receipt if you trade for a guy? Can you take him back? Do you think it's the Patriots' fault for not walking around AJ? Yeah. Looking at everything? You take a picture when you're renting a car? Yeah. Yeah, Max Crosby. We should be able to do that. Yeah, you should have. I don't know. Fasoli kept showing everything like you take a picture like you when you're renting a car yeah yeah max crosby we should be able to do that yeah you should have i don't know fasoli kept showing me all the training camp catches that he was having and he looked pretty good then he did look great i mean he looks sick in the huddle drake mays right about that uh how what's your confidence level in this game? It is high-ish.

1:29:30Is Michael Parsons playing? I don't know. He's practicing. He might be. The Packers are like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. They look good. They look terrible. They look good. They look terrible. I think it comes down to this. Packers, things you can say about the Packers. Their offensive line is still suspect. They can't run the football. Jonathan Gannon has done an incredible job with this defense because even without michael parsons they've been awesome and if jordan love hits his deep shots they're very scary it's like that's kind of the the like they have a ceiling of a very scary team if the deep shots are not happening they look very limited so jordan love still even though he's probably had i'm gonna just guess 400 yards receiving dropped on him like just

1:30:15perfectly thrown balls that have just gone through his receivers hands um i think he's still the leading passer in the nfl in terms of yardage so he's the the packers are they're a very good team they could be scary good if they just start to make the bare minimum plays. Yeah. We got Tom Brady on the call. I would love for Drake Bader to just put up a career-high performance, hear him glaze him a little bit. Gronk getting inducted to the Patriots Hall of Fame before. Not sure how that factors into the game. It doesn't, but it'll be exciting. It'll be a fun watch. Good trip down memory lane. What's the vibe around town with Tom Brady going back to Foxborough? I don't think it's great. Oh, why?

1:30:54I don't know. I think the no dog and the fight common has rubbed people the wrong way, and rightfully so. Vrabel, and I think Vrabel, it was tongue-in-cheek and just kind of dry humor. Yes. But they were like, oh, you know, you're excited to reconnect with your old teammate before the game?'s like yeah contractually i will have to talk to him it'll probably be on zoom i'm required contractually catch up with him at some point i'm sure it'll be zoom i'm sure they won't show up here i'm sure it'll be zoom so yup that's contractually i'll be talking to him and i'm sure i'll see him at gronk's induction on saturday he's definitely joking yeah he's busting balls. Anyone who can't see that is an idiot.

1:31:31Again, the no dog in the fight thing was I think people didn't love that. And I would this is a good test where if Drake May is going off and Brady is not overly complimentary, it could give some more details into what's going on. Yeah. You're going to have rabbit ears on for that, though, probably, right? For sure. You expect him to go over the top. I would hope so. Yeah. But honestly, I don't know that he will. Michael Parsons is back, sleeve on his knee. He's practicing. Is it kind of crazy that Gronk's not in the Ring of Honor yet? He is now. This weekend? Yeah. They usually wait a few years. I don't know. I would have just expected. They've just retired. It was already taken care of. They've just retired.

1:32:27He's trying to start some beef. No, I just think it's weird. I just thought he would have already been in there. When's the last time you even had a player good enough for your ring of honor? Yeah, like never. Yeah, so you wouldn't really know how the process works. That's a fair point. That's a completely valid point. I just think that... I would assume they do one a year. Vrabel was last year. Remember the whole Titans thing? Yep. Or two years ago. A couple years agorabel was last year. Remember the whole Titans thing? Yep. Or two years ago. No, no, no, a couple years ago. Brady was last year, I think. Yeah. So they do one a year? I would assume. Okay. Maybe they do one induction a year. I have no idea.

1:32:57I didn't know that because I figured because he and Brady got out of the league around the same time. I would have thought it was like that same season. But if they do one a year, that actually makes perfect sense. Trouble in Paradise? No, it makes perfect sense that you do Brady first And then you do Gronk second Okay Raiders, Niners Niners minus 10 Over-unders 52.5 I feel like the Niners Are going to score as much As they want in this game Raiders defense has been so bad So, so bad And the Niners offense offense bad game against Falcons have a bye week come back light the world on fire we also now have the Brandon Ayuk where I was like I when I saw the Brandon Ayuk we were talking about it on Wednesday that he was going to show

1:33:41up I was like yeah well why wouldn't the Niners take a shot with him because he's like they don't have wide receivers they all keep getting hurt and then with him? Because he's like, they don't have wide receivers. They all keep getting hurt. And then Kyle Shanahan said he has no expectation of him showing up or doing anything, and he's moved on with that mentally. So he's just. And Kyle Shanahan's a guy that is like, never say never, because anyone can die. Yeah. He did say there's no absolutes in life. We're asking if they play for the 49ers. There you go, Kyle. I mean, it is like they don't have when the niners have wide receivers they're what they're one of if not the scariest team in the league i'm guessing just guessing that that brandon iuk is not in nfl shape right now

1:34:18you never know that he hasn't been staying on never say never pf but it is good that he's hired drew rosenbaum right some are saying yeah some are saying never say never, yeah, I guess he's doing the right thing in terms of, like, following the steps to get back into the league. I don't think it's going to be with the Niners, for sure. Mike Evans, is he going to be healthy? No. At all? But he might play. No, definitely not. But he might play. He's one of those guys that I'm going to be watching every play. Like, I'm going to be nervous watching Mike Evans. Yeah, definitely. Definitely. I'm going to be excited to play like I'm going to be nervous watching Mike Evans. Yeah, definitely. Definitely.

1:34:50I'm going to be excited to watch DeForest Buckner. Yes, that will be a lot of fun. So, yeah, this is going to be a fun game because I think the Rangers play in fun games, but I think the Niners are going to win this game, and I would probably take them to cover. Do you like this at all or no? Nah. No. Nah. All right, last game, Sunday Night Football. Are you ready? Or no, sorry. We have Cardinals, Seahawks as well. Cardinals plus 8.5. Overrunners 39.5. Gardner Minshew versus Drew Locke. Just as God intended. I love this. Do you want to say something? Can I say something reckless? Yeah. I mean, I think we've actually said it on the show. Yes, your take is correct. Yeah. Seahawks better with Drew Locke?

1:35:34Drew Locke takes chances. Seahawks better with Drew Locke? Drew Locke takes chances. Sam Darnold apparently was hurt on the first drop back of the Bears game. It was the second play of the game. First drop back got his ribs cracked. That sucks. Yeah. Tough guy. But Drew Locke better? I think Drew Locke is definitely better than... He's better than Sam Darnold when Sam Darnold is not 100%. When Sam Darnold is 100%, he's better. But we've seen... Very first game of the season, Sam got hurt. And then when he came back, I think he came back a little bit too early. And Drew Locke does... Like, he will fire that fucking pigskin. He'll give you two balls that you can pick off a game. Yep. But he'll also give you two balls that are bigger than your two balls

1:36:15when he takes deep shots. Drew Locke better. It's going to be fun. Gardner Minshew-Drew Locke is a fun game. I do think the Seahawks are going to get right in this game. Anything in this game, Hank? Nah. Nah. Nah. Nah. I mean, I think the Seahawks, like, this is where they're going to find a way. I think Mike McDonald even said it. We've got to find our us again. We've got to reclaim our us. I think they will. I think they got embarrassed, and this team is still good enough and talented enough, and the coaches are good enough where they get embarrassed. That's not a team that you want to play next week yeah garner mitchell retold the story by the way because he's doing media about mike leach when he was going to go to alabama

1:36:55and then mike leach said you want to hold a clipboard do you want to lead the league uh the country in passing yeah as a as a big crossroads fork in the road moment which i always love when he tells that story because mike leach was the best yeah then mike leach proved it yep and uh yeah that's that's all i got in this game i think the seahawks are gonna be i think this is where they start to write the shit also drew lock has played the cardinals already this year and they beat the shit out of them yep i'm bummed out that jeremiah love is going on ir i want to see more from yeah like, though, in a stupid spin zone silver lining way, like, is it not better so he doesn't get, like, miles on? Yeah.

1:37:35Yeah, for running back, yes. I'm just saying I'm bummed out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I want to see more of him this year. Yeah. Okay, last game. Zach, you ready? Bucks-Bears. I'm ready. Bears minus 6.5 right now, over under 47.5. I'll say this i think the bears are better than the bucks breaking moves breaking moves breaking moves wow that's an emergency this is bad by the oh god oh god no what happened to the cow bad by the what's the break what's the cow no we need what is the breaking moves booth no live golf is this is tough by the Booth. You guys just don't listen to anything. No, you talked about the funding. This was now official. No, we literally said it was dead in this episode. But you said the funding.

1:38:21No, no, no. What are you talking about? I said Liv 2.0 dead, and Hank was like, yeah. I said it was dead two months ago. This was an hour ago. Dude, we talked about this. This broke after we talked about it. No, it didn't. You talked about it right away. Yesterday, we've been recording for an hour 30. I have it right here. This broke an hour ago. We talked about Live being done. It broke yesterday. Yesterday was a funding. Now it's officially dead. What's the difference? What are we talking about? It broke yesterday. Yesterday was a funding. Now it's officially dead. What's the difference? What are we talking about? It was dead. But now it's dead. No, but it was already dead. Just for the record here, Max,

1:38:57stopped us talking about football to do breaking moves so we could talk about Liv again after we had already talked about it earlier in the show, but you're the anti live guy, right? I mean, listen, I will. I will quote tweet this one and say sad day, bad day to Hank again, which I've done like 75 times. Every time live has a hiccup because it might be just a hiccup. But yeah, you guys were just not listening. So this is this is from 56 minutes ago. So unless Foreplay did journalism and somehow put this news out themselves in that like 10 minute span. Well, The Athletic did it an hour ago. Okay. So we talked probably four minutes. There was a report yesterday. Yes. And now it's officially dead.

1:39:46Dude. You're not getting it. It was officially dead yesterday. The, and now it's officially dead. Dude! You're not getting it. It was officially dead yesterday. The funding was bought. You're just wanting... Listen, I get it. You want multiple funerals for Liv so you can dance on Hank's grave. No, now it's official. Dude, it was official yesterday. I mean, 59 minutes ago, the New York Times said, breaking news. Could we maybe purchase Liv? From yesterday, from the New York Times, we have confirmed the Athletic that live golf will be pivoting to a wind down per multiple sources briefed on the matter. BC partners feel as though it has run out of time. You just said wind down. It's just a 2.0 viable.

1:40:22Yeah, they were winding down. You just said wind down. This just said shut down. All right. I'd like to purchase live golf. I'm interested in the intellectual property. So actually, Booth is back. Booth is back. Did you guys know we talked about this earlier in the show? Yes. You talked about the report. Max is not answering. Live normally goes in one ear, out the other. Max is the one who interrupted it. Well, I mean, yeah, it was shut down. Okay. The tweet you just said said wind down. This tweet just said shut down. Wind down is the same as a shut down. That is not even close to the same thing. Wind down to the shut down. This is sad. Hank, I agree with you. This is sad. They have a Liv fetish.

1:41:09They're bringing up every chance they get. It's crazy. This is sad. Hank, I agree with you. This is sad. They have a live fetish. They're bringing up every chance they get. It's crazy. This is a shutdown. I've already cried. Why would New York Times say breaking news? We literally we put we dug the grave. We put living in there. We put the dirt on top and then you guys came by and you're like, hey, did you guys hear this guy died? Yeah, dude. We already know it was on life support and then you guys came by, and you're like, hey, did you guys hear this guy died? Yeah, dude. We already fucking. No, it was on life support, and today, dead. Yeah, plug. Pulled. They're probably just doing this new article because they want you to talk about it on part of my take.

1:41:37Yeah, and they want me to quote you and say sad day, bad day to Hank. You fell right into their trap. I did, too. Every single one of these. Front Office Sports, 53 minutes ago. New York Times times 59 minutes ago the athletic one hour ago loki obsessed with every single one of these with live wind down is like we might pay a couple guys back shut down as nobody's game yeah yes everything yesterday is wind down this is shut down obsessed with live all right booth one that room zero yeah no i no. Win for the booth. You guys, idiots. I'd like to purchase it. Somebody would get in touch with me about the price. Zach, Saturday Night Football. Saturday Night Football, Bears, Bucs. I think the Bears are better than the Bucs.

1:42:19Also, in this fucking article, it says, wind down, you moron. That was yesterday. No, it wasn't. You didn't read the article. The article just came out. I also don't pay for the athletic.. This one says shut down or wind down. This shut down. LiveLaw has confirmed the company will be winding down at The Athletic. LiveGolf, which lost its Saudi funding, has shut down after five years of operation. Dude, you didn't read the fucking article. Why the fuck? Read the article. I don't pay for New York Times. Wow. read the article i don't pay for new york times wow that's that's that's something it's really sad um mayor's bet on this tampa bay chicago game nah no i mean do you want something you have something you want to bet uh i don't think so

1:43:05i think that so what i was to say was the Bears are better. I don't know what to expect from Baker throwing the ball. I respect the hell out of the Bucs. I said two weeks ago, I was like, I'm buying Bucs stock. I think they can win the NFC South. The thing that scares me about this, this is the worst possible spot for the Bears in terms of monumental win on the road against Seahawks. Short week. bye coming up, Bucs team that has looked not great record-wise, this is the letdown spot of third primetime game in a row. How do you get up, keep getting up? This is the letdown spot of letdown spots, so I'm a little nervous. I don't think the record fully reflects where the team's at right now. The team's been playing well. We're running the ball great. I agree. I think to your point, where the team's at right now defense is playing well we'll run the ball great I agree your point you're correct we

1:43:50haven't really seen Baker throw the ball since the injury but I do kind of like us can he pretty much had a whole another week last week for the thumb to heal true uh and Caleb has been playing great since all the memes so that worries me but we'll see I think I'm excited for the game i think if we can get a win here then we're moving uh we're jumping categories yeah i'm i'm nervous about this game i'm not overlooking the bucks whatsoever because i again i've said for the last two weeks i think they have the best defense the nfc south they have a unbelievable offensive line and defense those type of teams will always stay in a game are you scared of steven che no because here's the thing i have it's a weird i'm in a weird spot i've actually been aligned with steven che where

1:44:38steven che was kind of like the season is over and i was the one who started talking being like i don't think so dude like we we're kind of lockstep, and the Bucs are a frisky team that could still get to the playoffs. So the tension isn't there as much because it's not like we're disagreeing. We both think the Bucs are better than what their record is. Yeah, I was kind of looking forward to a little bit of hate week, but I don't really have much hate in my heart towards you guys. Right, and he's been sick this week too. I will say there's definitely more downside for you guys and a lot of upside for us here like oh for sure and i also i i'm just going like uh remove myself from the situation this is a a very apparent

1:45:19by you know buy low sell high sell high buy low where the the bears are as high as they can be the amount of you know talking heads and everything saying like, oh, this is a Super Bowl team. It's the highest you can see the Bears stock right now. That always scares the fuck out of me. And maybe we come out and just dominate. And then I'd be like, well, I was crazy to even think of a letdown spot because I do think Ben Johnson is kind of like a coach that can avoid letdown spots, but I think the Bears are going to win. I think the Bears are really fucking good. I'm nervous about this game. I don't think it's going to be easy. That's my final take. What do you think your score projection? 26-23.

1:46:06I was going to go 24-12. Bucs?12. Okay. Bucs. Yeah. Wow. 12. I mean, the Bucs do have the ability to just drag people into shit games. They played some shit games. I don't see Todd Bowles outcoaching Ben Johnson. I don't either. I'm just worried about the spot. I think humans are humans. Put that on a quote card. Humans are humans. They are. a quote card. Humans are humans. They are. That's bad. Okay. Should we do our picks? Oh, we have Jerry's video. Do we have Jerry's fantasy video? He's giving up. Is he giving it up? He's pretty much phoning in. I'll put it this way. Jerry has picked up Joe Milton off the waiver wire. Oh, my God. So he's in. If you think the Eagles are dead, that God. So he's in... Ew.

1:46:48If you think the Eagles are dead, that's exactly how dead our fantasy team is. Ew. He wants to start them, too. Yeah. Oh. He has given up, yes. So this has just been a lost year? Very lost year. I talked to him the other day. Jerry called me the other morning, and he just wanted to talk to me about the plane crash in Palm Beach. Yeah. So he was just like, not for air, not for air. What's happening? What's happening? Yeah. And then talk to me about the plane crash in Palm Beach. Yeah. So he was just like, not for air, not for air. What's happening? Yeah. And then he told me about all the shit our fantasy team's gone through. Apparently, this is season from hell for Jerry. Oh. Where everybody that he drafted has gotten hurt.

1:47:18Like, he had Lamar. So maybe Jerry got a little too big for his britches. He's feeling himself a little. Yeah, maybe. Okay, here we go. Oh, I like this already welcome to hank take watch that's where we just talk about what hank did last week start the music meme sorry i said you didn't start the music last week memes you did indeed start the music hey hank back to you did you see the rep at the at the end of that cheese game with that false start call he blew his whistle just like you blew it with tiffany gomas you blew it you could have had a family but you blew it the chiefs are only two feet away from the goal line. Speaking of two feet, Tiffany, show us your tootsies. We were thinking about a nickname for

1:47:54you, Hank. What about Shank? Shank Lockwood after watching all those golf videos that we're still running away from. Hank, we also need to talk about Bill Belichick and Jordan. We realize it's still fresh and a little raw, but sometimes young love just doesn't last. Those two kids just need to get out there. They need to find themselves. They need to figure out what's next. Just because they couldn't make it work now doesn't mean that it's not going to happen. Gen Z love is complicated. Believe me, I have two daughters. I know how that goes. Max, you've got to stop calling PFT little, and PFT, if it's bothering you, come over to Tubi. It's a growth engine. Hey, Hank, back to you. Why don't you go read a self-help book with A.J. Brown?

1:48:30He needs it right now. I get it. He didn't quite do it. I cut him off at one minute. Should we give him the last three seconds? No, no. Because now I can't. We'll never be able to stand up for ourselves again. Give it. Give a second. That Tubi line is actually good. That's funny joke i thought i thought that was just packed with jokes yeah so no official no to the three seconds no no get because jerry will yep next week it will be four seconds and five yeah yeah you're right tough love you gotta do it i'm guessing it's probably just fuck you big cat at the end anyway we'll never know we'll never know we'll never know wait max can can you listen to it and then you tell us what he said but don't play the video for us yep okay

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1:50:29predictions and free-to-play sports contest availability. Varies by state. What'd he say? F you, big cat, and then told you to call something. Okay. Nice. Cool. Alright. Picks. Let's do our real quick, our parlay. We gotta hit it. We gotta hit something. Who's in? Stefan Diggs got a touchdown last week, so I'll go again. Okay. I'll hop in. I don't. Yeah, I'll hop in. Fuck it. I'll hop in. Go ahead. I'm going to go with Luther Burden. Ooh. Sunday night. Okay. Okay. I like that. Okay. These look really night. Okay. Okay. I like that. Okay. These look really good. Throw in Jason. Okay. Hank, do you want to go? Ramondre Stevenson. Okay, there we go. Easy. All right, picks time. Who's up first? I believe that's Zach. So, easy.

1:51:30All right, picks time. Who's up first? I believe that's Zach. I'm going to take the Lions minus seven. Zach, by the way. It's shocking. It's generational. Zach hasn't won a bet in four weeks. It's actually insane. Three and 13 on the year.'m gonna slump the guys above me in that same graphic i think a couple guys are at seven wins uh so one week could flip things very close very tight that's more than double the amount of wins we have so much football left and you're right yeah guys get cold uh shout to everyone who sent me screenshots successfully fading me last week i love that for you guys but we're here on a new week and i'm going to take the lions minus seven okay last week's over that he picked well he had the under and it somehow went over like magically it was the

1:52:17cardinals cowboys yeah yeah overtime unreal yeah unreal okay i'm gonna go with uh the giants eagles with the Giants-Eagles over. Oh, hell yeah. Bazooka Joe. Is it 38 and a half? Bazooka Joe. I love that. Let's go. All right, I'm going to take the Raiders-Niners over 51 and a half. I will take the Lions-Dolphins under 50 and a half. I'll take the Cowboys-Colts over 51 and a half. Super over. I'm going to take the Jets plus 10. I'm addicted to the Jets. And I'm going to take the under in Rams commanders under 48 and a half. Texans minus four and a half. Henry. I will take the Chargers. Chargers. Head to head, head to head. Is anyone taking the Dolphins plus seven? Nope. I'll do it. Fade Zach.

1:53:28I'm going to go with the Washington Commanders plus four and a half I'm going to take the over in the Texas Chargers game okay that's a big game it's a big game what's the over under that one? 40 and a half I like that come on Zach I might get your hole with that one So it's like, yeah. I like that. It's very bad. I like that. Yeah. Come on, Zach. I might get your hole. Come on, Zach. I might get your hole with that one. Come on, Zach. Fight, Zach. There's so many football weeks left. We're good, boys. Yeah. All right. Let's get to Brian Baldinger. Talk a little football with him, and then we'll finish with Firefest. Before we get to Baldy, he's brought to you by Twisted Tea. It's football season, and we've never been more ready for game day.

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1:54:36day up a notch and make a good time a great time. I love Twisted Tea. Really love drinking Twisted Tea. Start the football Saturday. Start the football Sunday. Nothing goes down smoother than a Twisted Tea. I love the half and half. Grab a refreshing twisted tea today and keep it twisted. Now here's Baldy. Okay, we now welcome on one of our very, very special guests. One of our favorite guys to talk ball with. It is Brian Baldinger. Baldy, you can see him on NFL Network, Fox Sports, Compass Media. He's you can see him on NFL Network Fox Sports Compass Media. He's everywhere. He's watching the tape Baldy. Great to talk to you. We are in week nine of the NFL. I'm actually like a little sad that we're week nine. They were halfway through. But let's just start from the top. Let's just start. Let's just go week nine only. Give us your favorite matchup in week nine. The one that you're you're you're

1:55:26the most juice to watch? I would have to say there's a couple, but obviously I think the Bucs in Chicago is a fascinating matchup. And we just saw the Bucs in a monsoon against Atlanta run for 324 yards. Their offensive line, Tristan Wurfs, you know, Bredesen, you know, Graham Barton, all the way through, Cody Mock. Like, they've been together for three years. And they got good tight ends. And now you get Bucky Irving, you get Kenneth Gainwell going up through, Cody Mock, like they've been together for three years and they got good tight ends. And now you get, you get Bucky Irving, you get Kenneth Gainwell going up against that Bears defense that looked like the monsters of the midway on Sunday. You know, like you, you watch

1:56:01them against obviously Seattle and what, you know, Jefferson, what, what Simmons did in that game and what he did for everybody else like that, that match matchup because I'm just glued to the trenches and look I love watching Caleb and that's great maybe you know maybe Baker will get going here but honestly this is like just trench warfare here yeah yeah yeah I agree that the Bucs offensive line is phenomenal and the Bucs defensive line is like great as well Vita Vague going up against the Chicago run game. Can I ask you, as a Bears fan, I watched Monday Night Football. Jeffrey Simmons, I was in love. I knew he was awesome, but then to see him in the orange sleeves and doing that for the Bears, especially a defensive line

1:56:42that has not been great the last couple of years. When you watch the tape, is he the type of guy that you're just like, holy shit, everyone else gets better around him because of what he's able to do? Oh, definitely. I mean, he's the best defensive lineman in football. I mean, you can say Miles Garrett. You know, Miles is great, but he hasn't played. But, you know, he's been the best interior defensive lineman the last couple years. He's unblockable one-on-one, but Graves Abel's a good player. Like, he'd beat him inside, he'd beat him outside. But the thing that's so interesting about him is he played 90 of the snaps he'd been there three days but that's what he does he's not one of these guys that rotates he stays on the field so you have to count for nearly every single play uh and

1:57:23usually if a team is going to make a big play a big run it's usually when he's out for one of the few plays like he was only out like five or six plays in that game Monday night. But, yeah, you saw him and Montez Sweat were teammates at Mississippi State. I mean, they've known each other, you know, for over a decade now. But he does make everybody better. Yeah. And you're going to see Austin Booker and Grady Jarrett and Lynch and the whole group like really start to pop, I think, right now. Yeah. Baldy, I got a dumb question to start out with. Have you ever shaved your head at any given point? Never. That's crazy. Like for a guy that's baldy. That's not true. I actually, I went to the Naval Academy.

1:58:02I lasted four days and they shaved my head when I went to the Naval Academy. Got it. And I thought, okay, I had a bad fitting uniform and my head got shaved. I was ready to get out of it. Thank you for your service, by the way. Yeah, I appreciate it. We have Veterans Day coming up. Appreciate it. Why did you only last four days? It just wasn't for me. It just wasn't. Now, you know, like I wanted to play my stereo. I wanted to hear Bob Seger at major decibels. Like, you know, I was trying to figure out how to make the bed so that I could bounce a quarter off it. Like that's how it had to be. And I was like, I'm not I'm already disciplined. You know, I'm good. I can get myself out of bed. It just wasn't my place.

1:58:40Not cut out for that life. Yeah, it's probably best that you recognize that immediately rather than after after too long. I got a question for you about the Steelers, because the Steelers have been a team that I think at the start of the year, we kind of got suckered into thinking this might be the same old Steelers that we've seen in the past I don't know like five years but they do seem like they've got a little bit more juice on offense now is there reason to be optimistic as a Steelers fan for this team maybe being able to put together a little run maybe win some playoff games well when they made the switch a month ago to go Brock Hoffman at right guard and Ihanichu to go to right tackle, they got better immediately.

1:59:15And now Jalen Warren is popping. You know, Rico Daudo had a good game last week. Like, they can run the football. Zach Frazier, I call him Matt Frazier because he was a wrestling champ in high school, and he takes everybody to the mat. Like, he's just – like, people don't think I know his name. I know he's Zach Frazier, but he's Matt Frazier. Like, he's not happy unless the guy is down on the ground. That's when he's like actually bubbly, you know, and he's smiling. So they just got a good group up front. Fartano over there at left tackle is a beast. And so I think they could – you know, that Cleveland defensive front has been really good. And last week they just – you know, their undersized defense tackle they ran,

1:59:52I thought it was like Franco Harris running, you know, behind, you know, Steve Corson on some of these trap blocks that they were doing last week. But it was, it was, like, they got that going. And then the old heads on defense, like, I don't know if Cam Hayward's ever played better than he's playing right now. TJ's coming on, Herbig. Like, they've got a bunch of older guys there that look like they're having a lot of fun playing defense. And they're destroying these teams in the fourth quarter right now TJ is coming on Herbig like they've got a bunch of older guys there that look like they're having a lot of fun playing defense so they're they're destroying these teams in the fourth quarter right now yeah yeah uh all right can I can I ask you about the 49ers and what

2:00:20they're doing defensively because I think going into this season no one really expected them to be a good defense they've been playing very well they also have DeForest Buckner now they've added what is that going to do for them uh you know, both I think will eventually be back. Like, is that a defense that you see as being one of the top, you know, defensive teams towards the end of the year when we get there? Because their offense is explosive when they have wide receivers. DeForest Buckner, he's like Cam Hayward. Like, he's just not aging. You know, he still is a force of the three technique. And he fits right in with their culture. I'll be out there Sunday for the game against the Raiders. Then you'll see

2:00:56Fred Warner. You'll see Christian McCaffrey. You'll see the whole group of these guys. Kittle. They're all doing their hour calisthenics before the kickoff. And DeForest Buckton will be doing the same thing. He'll be working all his pass rush moves. When Nick comes back and you put him on the same side, like, that's going to be tough to stop. But the development of Grayson Holton right now, of Jaden Duggar, the rookie out of University of Louisiana, the fifth-round pick, like, their young players are giving them some pop. Like, they lost Dre Greenlaw because of a one-game suspension or whatever. That Jaden Duggar stepped in, and he's 6'5", 240, and he can run. And that's like you put him next to Fred Warner,

2:01:37like they're getting a lot of juice from the rookies out there. Grayson Halton can flat-out play. So the kid out of Oklahoma. So I feel like you get DeForest back there. You get the development of some of these young guys. You get Bosa back. Like I think they're going to be ready for some january football yeah they're an interesting team because i i obviously brock purdy's been phenomenal and uh you know going into it like last year they were so injured on defense and it kind of they ran out of gas there but yeah when like they've they've been good and they just feel like a very complete team that maybe it's i have a problem whenever a team goes on by i like forget they exist i don't know if that happens to you but like i just i'm

2:02:17like oh yeah the niners oh yeah that's right the niners because they were just on by yeah well they just you know they lost the game in atlanta before the bye and so maybe you wanted to forget about them after that defeat but you know atlanta played they took the ball away and forced four turnovers and that was the reason why they lost. But even still, like they're back home this weekend against a Raiders team that can move the football. Like it's going to be a fun game. But I feel like Trent Williams is just one of those guys. Like no matter where the run is designed to go, it could go behind Dominic Pooney at right guard. It ends up behind Trent Williams. No matter what, it ends up behind him. He's just

2:02:56still that dominant out there. He's that bouncer that can just clear the whole bar out and just stop everything from going on. I got a question for you about maybe a team that's not so good right now, having a tough year in Los Angeles, the Chargers. When you watch the Chargers play football right now, are you tough year in Los Angeles, the Chargers. Do you see, when you watch the Chargers play football right now, are you seeing a talent issue? Are you seeing a scheme issue? Are you seeing an effort issue in any combination of those three? Well, it starts with talent. They don't have a talented roster offensively. They don't have a tight end that can really beat you. The Rams have three of them. They don't

2:03:30really have a wide receiver that, Ladd-McConkie, I'll give it to him. He's a good route runner, but he's small and he does get hurt. So he's in and out, but they don't really have targets that you can count on. That's that. Now they can't run the ball at all, but you know, for two and a half, almost three games, they were playing four rookies out there like you wouldn't play four rookies in your offense line in pre-season game you just wouldn't do it um and so but that's where they're at when they lost joe alton slater and they lost you know um you know two centers for a while so they they can't run the football and they've had games where they've been in the game denver they were beating them 17 10 they try to run a quarterback sneak

2:04:10with justin herbert Herbert on fourth and one. It was the worst quarterback sneak I've ever seen. You know, the guy got folded up like a cheap suit, you know, and they didn't gain two inches in the play. He shouldn't run a quarterback sneak. But it's a talent issue. Then you get the depletion of the offensive line and all the things that Mike McDaniel has shown that he's capable of doing when you have a good offensive line and the different things you can do in the run game. He's sort of void of his creativity. Yeah, I think that's a pretty good explanation for it. And then what about across town? What about the Rams? Have the Rams reached the point where they have zero margin for error now?

2:04:50Yeah, it's a tough division. You got to look at the NFC North because they're going to put some teams in the playoffs. You don't want to be, you know, in a game of musical chairs with seven teams. You don't want to be that eighth team. So they've won two in a row. They've done it without Devontae Adams. When they go to their three tight ends, they run the ball better. They have better balance on offense. Both Corum and Kyron Williams were really good last week. Like, honestly, they did that last week when, last year when Devontae got hurt. They're going to get Ferguson back. I think they're better when they run, play all their tight ends out there. Pook is still going to get his targets, but I feel like Stafford gets protected.

2:05:25He doesn't turn the ball over as much and they control the game, you know, and then you're going to get, you know, you're going to get Miles and back and, you know, you know and then you're gonna get you know you're gonna get miles and back and you know you got trent mcduffie back last week he made a big difference defensively so i feel like they can make the charge i think it's fueled by when they play all these tight ends they're really good at yeah yeah uh baldy the coaching in dallas feels like it's an issue i the way they lost that game was insane. And giving up two runs for 50 plus yards, what are you seeing and is there a fix or is it like, hey, let's just all admit that the Cowboys just don't have

2:06:02the right coaching, right scheme or talent on the field to be a competitive team in the NFC? Yeah, they were up 10 with three and a half minutes to go. So they get the ball back to Arizona. Like you can say McBride is as good, Trey McBride is as good as any tight end in this league. Brock Bowers, you can pick a guy. But they turn him completely loose on a seven cut to the end zone. It's the easiest throw for Gardner Minshew he's ever made. Like it's literally a state fair egg toss to get he's ever made. It's literally a state fair egg toss to get the ball to him. It's that easy. Then you see what you always see in Dallas. You see three guys arguing with each other about what happened. That's Christian Parker.

2:06:44They're not coordinated. Tyler Algier has been in this league for six years. I've never seen him go 63 yards. Ever. You can't let a guy go. Caleb Downs gets knocked down twice, but where's the pursuit? How did he get free? They're giving up these tremendous plays, these big plays. Outside of Quinton Williams, you're not getting any pass rush. They still miss Micah Parsons. It was still the dumbest thing they've ever done as an organization. Not after the second year, they should have just signed him up for a lifetime contract. And not let him out of the building. Because you can go trade for all these guys. Rashawn Gary, Draft Malachi, you know, Lawrence. You can do all this stuff. None of them are Micah Parsons.

2:07:27Right. Right. And I also think their offense deserves a little blame. They didn't gain yards at the end of the game. They had two chances where they were in the Cardinals' red zone. They played for field goals. I feel like the Cowboys, from a coaching standpoint, you have to be aggressive until the end because you know your defense can't win the game. So it's like score touchdowns. I think in Dallas right now, I mean, unless you're playing Philadelphia, who's a mess, I feel like you've got to start by thinking, I need 30 today. We need 30. We want to start stacking some wins and win this division, which is winnable. We've got to score 30 every week. And that's the mentality you've got to have.

2:08:07Yep. Baldy, I'm going to go gun to your head on this question, okay? So you have to answer it. Gun to your head head which team gets left out in the nfc north or do they all make it i don't think they all make it because i i feel like um it's not going to be just san francisco in the west i feel like seattle still has a chance um despite some of the mistakes that they're making they're going to be a good team. I would say the team that I would be most worried about is the team that actually leads the division, and that's the Minnesota Vikings. Just because offensively, like, they just – like, unless Kyle Murray just turns it around, like, how is it that they can't get the ball to Justin Jefferson?

2:08:48It's crazy. Like, that guy is so good. And yet, he's invisible out there. He's got pedestrian numbers. He's their best player on the entire team. And you can't just ask Brian Flores to just go win these games for you. They're really good. And Detroit figured it out. They started running the ball. They got some formations. They did some things to stop the blitzing. And Jameer Gibbs and Shion Ibaki, like, they ran wild. And so I just don't – but I like Green Bay with Micah coming back and the way that they attack offensively. I love Chicago, obviously. And, you know, Detroit's offense is dynamic, and now you're getting healthy on defense. Yeah, so you don't even think that they're like a running back away.

2:09:31If they were to get Jonathan Taylor, that probably wouldn't solve everything. In Minnesota? Yeah. Well, I think it would help. I mean, but Aaron Jones and what did Jordan Mason, like they're good players. They're still good. They can still run the ball pretty good. The offense line is fine. They just aren't getting anything out of the passing game. And if the idea that they got two explosive plays last week, they got the big play down the field to Addison and they got one run by Kyler Murray outside of that. Like they, they couldn't get the ball down the field at all. Yeah. Where would you want to see Jonathan Taylor end up just as a fan of football? Where would it be the most fun? I guess I don't, I mean i guess denver is a team

2:10:14like they're in first place right now the defense is championship level they struggle to run the football but i like jonah coleman now he's back like you know he popped in the screen game i like sean payton back on plays i feel like jonathan taylor on that team might be the difference because at some point in the playoffs if you have a lead you want to be able to melt the clock you want to be able to control the ball like they don't have that ability to do that now and if you're just asking Bo Nix to throw screens RJ Harvey or Jonah Coleman for big plays like I don't think that's going to be enough to win a big championship game in the AFC. Talk about the AFC. The Chiefs. I can't figure it out.

2:10:54Maybe you know better. I know you know better. But they start, what are they, 6-2 right now? They were 5-0. Yeah, they were 5-0, then they lost the last two. The teams they beat were not exactly murderer's row. Tyquan Thornton getting hurt feels like it's significantly damaged their passing game. Are they? I don't want to call them frauds because it's still Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid. But I feel like every time I'm watching them, it's like if Kenneth Walker is not running the ball for six yards a clip, their offense doesn't look like it can be explosive. That's the key. Yeah, they just don't i i don't i think they're a little bit worse than their record is is that if is that a crazy statement

2:11:37to say no no but you know like during the one yard line last week yeah true win the game you know but kenneth walker shut down like shut down by seattle shut down last week by denver he's run 35 times the last two weeks for 105 yards. Yep. The first five games, he was running for 135 yards a game. And they were blowing people out, including Denver. So, you know, the Jets play him this week. Like, it'd be a good idea if you stop Kenneth Walker, you'd probably have a chance to maybe win a game. Yeah. But they're so dependent. And now, you know, they got this weird issue at left guard. All right. You know, the left tackle thing is weird. Like they're sort of half an offense line of what they could be.

2:12:17And Khalil Benson at left tackle has been good. But I don't know what's going on at left guard. Nobody says anything. Mahomes is saying things in the meeting room to certain people, whatever. Like it just seems like it's a little weird, you know, that you don't have your five offensive linemen out there right now. Yeah. No, you're right. What about in the AFC with the Bills? Are the Bills, I think when we put together a list of teams that we believe in that could win the Super Bowl, I think everybody's got the Bills on there right now. It's going to be very interesting to see what happens with them going up against the Vikings in that defense this weekend. I feel like Josh Allen is better equipped than most to deal with that blitz

2:12:53in terms of just being a big guy that can escape a little bit and use his legs. Are you a believer in this Bills team as they're currently constructed? I think so. And for this reason, like they're like, if you look at the defense, you know, like they're not good. You know, the numbers aren't good, all that kind of stuff. But if you look at some of the components on defense, if you look at Dion Walker, number 96, if you're looking at Oliver, you're looking at Gregory Rousseau, you're looking at TJ Sanders. Like, they've drafted some of these guys, you know, and Deion Walker is just a handful for anybody right now at the nose. Like, they're getting better on the defensive front. I don't believe in their secondary yet.

2:13:33Like it's just a mismatch and who's playing back there and who's healthy. But I like Jim Leonard as the play caller on defense. I feel like they've got another half a season for this defense to kind of blend, come together and become really good on the front, defensive front. And if they can do that and keep the score down, you know, below 24, I believe in their, in their offense. You got DJ Moore back last week. You got Kincaid back. They made differences. Josh Allen can like, he's going to convert every, like the chiefs can't score from the one last week, but Josh Allen will score. If you need a yard, he's going to get you a yard a hundred percent of the time, whether it's a middle field in their

2:14:11own zone on the goal line he's going to get you the yard and so he's such a difference maker by the way that that uh so so that chiefs broncos game what happened with kenneth walker on that third down run it looked like it was almost there was a whistle that he heard the way he was running upright and not hard at the at the. Did you watch that at all? Yeah. I saw J.L. Skinner make a hell of a play, and he doesn't even play, but he got him by the legs. I thought he got him down to the ground pretty good. Yeah. In the play before, on the first down play, from the four, Patrick Sertan just made a great play to get him down to one-yard line. Great open field tackle. He was one-on-one with Walker and Patrick Sertan. Sertan just made a great play to get him down to one yard line great open field tackle it was one on one with Walker and Patrick Sertan

2:14:55Sertan won the battle Max would you like to ask Baldy a question about Bazooka Joe Max is very excited about Bazooka Joe Joe Milton coming in for the Eagles I would ask about Bazooka Joe I feel like you haven't been able to see a lot of Bazooka Joe tape I honestly have a different question you've given Jalen Carter I would ask about Bazooka Joe. I feel like you haven't been able to see a lot of Bazooka Joe tape. I honestly have a different question. You've given Jalen Carter some trouble these past couple weeks. What's going on with him? Because I agree, it doesn't look good. I don't know. Did he just get paid? And it's just like he's taking the year off. He had a great game against, I think, Jacksonville.

2:15:29Dominant, like he's used to seeing. But I saw Samuel Cosby. It used to be that you never, ever left him one-on-one with anybody in this league. I saw Washington last week put Samuel Cosby on him and block him. I don't know if he's got a plan right now to rush the quarterback. But he's the highest paid defensive tackle in football. Look, I've given him more love than anybody in this whole business for the first three years because of what he did. He was a violent wrecker of everything. Like, and he was nasty as hell. And I loved all of that about him. That's what the Chicago Bears had with, you know, Mongo during the back of the day. Like, he just had a nasty guy, Randy White, just nasty. And I don't see that right now.

2:16:13Like, I haven't seen him just dominate the front the way he's capable of doing. So I don't know what's at stake right now. Yeah. Well, and Bazooka Joe, what are you expecting? Well, you know, it's ironic that he's playing against the Giants this week. Yeah. The last time he played was week 18 against the Giants in Dallas last year. And he had some good plays. He's a big, strong kid that can run. He's got a big arm. The Eagles don't really have anybody they get down the field to catch a deep ball. They don't have any speed out there. So I don't know how much of the arm you're going to see. But they need somebody that can escape pressure. Tanner McKee can't do it. They're breaking down in protection.

2:16:52They've got some weaknesses up front right now. And so I think they're putting them in there, honestly, just to be able to escape when, you know, when the Giants' Abdul Carter comes or, you know, Arvel Reese comes up the middle at them, like somebody can get away from them. That might be part of it. But, you know, it's like hit or miss if he's going to hit a moving target or not. That's sort of been the issue. We know he's like hit or miss if he's going to hit a moving target or not that's sort of been the issue we know he's got a big arm he's and but you know the guys told me when he was up with the patriots like he ran the scout team up there and they said that he gave that team fits up there just going out there day to day running the scout team now he hasn't been there three

2:17:25weeks i don't know how much he knows doesn't know it's you know it's it's not going to be it probably it's not going to look real good for times on Sunday against the Giants. Yeah. If you look at the schedule coming up for, for the Eagles, there is a chance that we get bazooka Joe on Thanksgiving. He could save Thanksgiving for America because we're going to need somebody that's entertaining at least to be thrown the ball for the Eagles. So the other side of that coin this weekend, the Giants, are you a believer in what New York has put together? Because they do feel like they're finally getting into full form, final form on defense. That defensive line is swarming. And, I mean, J.J. McCarthy has played out of his mind

2:18:03since he's been in New York. So I'm curious to know how much you think is real, how much you think might be fool's gold for the Giants. Well, I mean, look, J.J. played one game in Houston two weeks ago, and he was great. Didn't make a mistake. They won the game in overtime. You don't often see, you know, two guys in Scatterboo and Motor Singletary go 70-something yards on two runs to win the game. Like, that probably never happens. But they won it, and J.J. played good. The best thing he does is he's got great touch on the deep ball like he he had that when he was in Minnesota he has that in the players level like everywhere he goes that guy Michigan you know even in Minnesota when he struggled the players

2:18:42like him he knows how to just blend with the team and he's got good touch on the deep ball so you got Malik neighbors you've got Isaiah Likely. You've got guys that can get that. Even last week against Houston, Fedoni went down on a little, you know, drag wheel route. He got free, but he hit it perfectly in stride. So I feel like playing without Brian Burns is not easy, but Thibodeau is better than his numbers look. Abdul Carter has been pressuring. They've got a weakness in run defense, which shows up at times. Maybe they make a trade at the deadline to kind of shore that up a little bit. But the corners have played well. The safeties have played well. The defensive coordinator is talented.

2:19:24So I'm a believer in the Giants right now. All right, Paul, a couple last questions. Can you give us a name of someone who is popping right now for you that is not like a household name? If you look at, say, Maxi Honacher in Pittsburgh, that guy is just exactly what Pittsburgh needs. He's a nasty right tackle that can move big bodies. You want to talk about Aaron, you want to talk about the coach, whatever. You should watch Maxi Honacher play. The ironic thing is they wanted Lemon that got taken by Philadelphia. That's the guy they wanted. And Philadelphia jumped in front of him and took him. So then their fallback was Max Ahanacher. And it turned out to be a much better pick than Makai Lemon.

2:20:21And so I would say he's played great football. That's a good answer because the Steelers are like one of those teams. It's funny. Jalen Warren, how electric he's been this year. And it's like he's been on the team for a long time. It's just now he's being featured. He's the MVP right now. He's the MVP of the team. You feel like the Steelers can finally get yardage. You feel like they can finally move the football, where the last five years you just never had the trust in them. And it sounds like part of that is the offensive line just pushing guys around. Well, that's what they did to Cleveland last week, and nobody had done that to Cleveland all year. Yeah. Mike, the way that they had pressure teams,

2:21:01like they were in every game because of their defense, and the Steelers ran right through them last week and made them look bad. I got one last thing for you, Baldy. I've been thinking about the Bengals a lot and how at the start of the season, their defense looked pretty good. Maybe like they had fixed some things there. They've been struggling a little bit on that side of the ball. I have complete faith in what they're able to do on offense. I don't think that they're going to be stopped for four quarters. Is their defense more of what we saw earlier in the season or what we're looking at now where they have some glaring weaknesses that might not be able to be addressed? Like, I think Dexter Lawrence made a big difference.

2:21:35I think he really loves playing there. He's playing great football. Boye Amafe has got a sack in four straight games right now. Like, he's on a pretty good pace. They got young linebackers. It's still getting coordinated. I would say that Cam Ward played the best game he's ever played last week. And that was part of what happened and why they had to go to overtime to win it. But I feel like they're going to be better than they have been. And I feel like when they get to the playoffs, they're not going to be a one and done because of their defense. Okay. All right. Last question. Rowback question. RHOBACK.com. Promo code TAKE. 20% off your first purchase. Q-Zips. All right. Last question. Rowback question. R-H-O-B-A-C-K.com.

2:22:13Promo code TAKE. 20% off your first purchase. Q-Zips, polos, hoodies, joggers, shorts. Rowback.com. Promo code TAKE. Zach, take us away with Baldy. What's going on, Baldy? I did have a quick question. Who's the number one team right now that's hitting us with the most smoke and mirrors? Like, is there a team that maybe everyone's high on run to lead? Do you think is going to quickly fall from grace here shortly? I would say Minnesota, just because they've just been living by the blitz. And offensively, they have not been a good offense. And so they have a shiny record, first half of the season, you know, and undefeated until last week. I would say that's the team that might go backwards here in the second half.

2:22:54The quarterback play just is not good enough. When you're looking at what Jordan Love is doing, what Caleb is doing, you know, what Jared Goff has been doing. Those guys have got their offenses on the move week in, week out. And I'm concerned about Minnesota from that standpoint. And maybe this defense, like, it looks good. It looks really good. And they can beat up on bad teams. And they can stack up great numbers. But I don't know that you can just play that style of defense and win playoff games. Yeah. All right. Well, Baldy, you're the best, man. Always great talking ball with you. Safe travels. My pleasure, guys. Yeah, Safe travels this week out to the West Coast. And we'll talk to That happens to me all the time. You go back, you think about everything you did wrong in that moment. Would love to be able to switch that and move on from

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2:25:12All right, well, more to come later. I actually, like, it's not my main Fyre Fest, but it is a Fyre Fest because that means we are kind of done talking about it, and that's a bummer to me. Yeah, I'm going to miss it. And the players. Think about the players. That's my Fyre Fest. Oh, I know. I just care about talking about the league and how bad it's doing. That's what I'm going to miss. And maybe Live Golf was just the friends we made along the way. Was for me. Yeah. Twin Toms is brothers for life. Is that your real fire fest? I feel like this week kind of flew by. There wasn't like the only fire fest is just Daylight Savings. It blows. It gets dark early. It's depressing. It's just like wake up, go to work, go home. At least it's late in the morning. like wake up go to work go home

2:25:53at least it's light in the morning wake up go to work it's dark yeah light in the morning because I was looking at it like the if we didn't do it we wouldn't have any sunsets before 5 p.m. which awesome but we also would have I think it was 80 sunrises after 8 a.m. yes that would be pretty crazy i'd be real bad yeah no i i understand why they do it and it's like who cares if it's if it's gonna be cold anyway like what's the point but get that vitamin d so this is like this is the part of the year where it's like you know thanksgiving christmas festive it's january where it's like that this sucks yeah yeah this. This is a festive time. Yeah, I feel like not much happened this week. Good. Good week.

2:26:36Yeah, nice. Yeah. Solid. I think the Hungry Dog's going to win this week. Did you put out any new videos? What are you... No, you don't, because you would bet it if you thought it was going to win this week. I'm going to bet it this week. No, you're not. Yeah, I am. You're saying that right now. I'll show you the slip. I swear to God, I'm going to bet it. Sunday morning, I'm going to bet it. I'm probably going to hold that in my hand. I get an ankle every week. Bazooka Joe. If you had to guess what it was, Meeks. Bazooka Juss. Oh. If I had to guess what it was, it would be Chargers-Browns-Eagles. Okay. I'll bet that then. And then hypothetically, that might be Meeks. They were tracking everything you said.

2:27:08Look at her notes. You gave away what it was. They made her. No, it's. Oh, I also put it in on DraftKings as we were doing the show. Oh, that was for nothing. Oh, it's good. Hey, listen, it's good podcast banner. I have a little fire back. Yeah. Of all the dumb things we've argued about. It might be the dumbest. I I'm no way you should do.est. No way. You should do... What color is cheese? You should do a cat-dog. Be a man and do a cat-dog. I'm down to do a cat-dog with you. Be a man and do a cat-dog. You want to do a cat-dog? Yeah. Big cats would be dolphins. But can I go against the spread? The cat-dog? No, no, no. The fuck? No. No, no, no. You're not... Some people aren't... I mean, it is cat, but that is pussy shit.

2:27:49I'm releasing a cat-dog right now. He doesn't have a dog in you. I'm releasing a cat- a cat dog right now. He doesn't have a dog in him. I'm releasing a cat dog right now. No, you don't have a dog in you. That's okay. I'm taking both. I'm going. All right. The official cat dog play. Cat dog does translate to pussy dog, so I guess if you could. The official cat dog parlay. Not hungry. You ready for it? He is a hungry cat. It is. Dolphin's Moneyline. That's it? I don't know what else I like in Moneyline. Oh, it's so hard to win in this league, Hank. You make it so hard on yourself. Oh, I love the Falcons. Yeah. Me too. All right. The CatDog is Dolphins, Commanders Ooh And Vikings I like that Okay

2:28:37I like that a lot By the way The Rams are five and a half point favorites Right? Not four and a half? Uh Four and a half now Fuck it I might do a PFTs Okay Well no that's No You can't say that I'm not a man And then do a T's Well I'm not that I'm not a man And then do a tease Well I'm not Because I'm not labeling it As the PFT's dog But cat dog Is just pulling me Into a cat dog Well yeah As long as it doesn't have Dog in the name You can do whatever you want Exactly Okay so I'll just do the cat Yeah Dolphins plus seven That's the fin I like that Yeah fin's up Alright PFT What's your fire friend Mine's more of an Embraced debate That I got caught in somewhat of a ricochet situation when people were making, you know, they're having discussions online surrounding the

2:29:19internet invitational. Oh. And a question was posed by Wesley Bryan. Wesley Bryan Golf. Oh, I saw this. Would the internet invitational be better or worse if you replaced the eight highest handicapped golfers there and added the eight best players in the world? So just for the record, then he had a screenshot. And in the screenshot, it was the Duke, Calix, Jersey Jerry, me, Kyle Forgard, Trent, John Gruden, and the jet. If we got rid of those eight. And then instead we added Scotty Shuffler, Rory McIlroy, Matt Fitzpatrick, Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark, Chris got her up. Xander softly and Tommy Fleetwood. Would this, is this the most doesn't gut it tweet of all time? I think so. My dude, what,

2:30:05what are you talking about? You just, he basically was like, Hey, wouldn't it be cool if I had to play against Scotty Shuffler? Yeah and he like he did but now he's on the tour right like he was like he wasn't he was on the tour for a little while he's not anymore yeah and now he's basically just being like oh man wouldn't it be cool if i was playing on the tour it was do you guys think it'd be cool to watch me and my brother play against like the pGA tour. Yeah. And would you guys watch that? I saw this list and I thought to myself, you know what? I would go the exact opposite way. I would rather get rid of the best eight players. Yes. And then add eight more that are worse than all of us.

2:30:44Because the worst players, like when you're watching the worst play, like any shot could either be a disaster or awesome and all these guys are really really like a lot of these guys in the internet rotational are incredible golfers and there's there's definitely you definitely need the good golfers like big john is an awesome golfer that was an incredible moment but yeah what would that moment have been better if scotty scheffler had hit a 24 no no everyone been like yeah you're scotty sheffler you're supposed to hit this shot yeah it's also like putting like even i mean wesley brian and ruffles are really the only one donkey like they actually played pga tour events and played like high level golf i don't think tombs played i think he played on the uh asian tour but but they

2:31:29so they have felt that pressure before. Everyone else, like Big John's never had a putt for that much money. Even the guys that are good have not had to have the pressure of that much money. Like Scotty Scheffler and Mastery Pack, like a $4 million purse is nothing. Nothing. I would say that the Bob Does guys, Trent, Frankie, Riggs, they have put on an incredible tournament, and they should keep it the way it is and keep being the best. This is the best YouTube golf tournament that exists. It's not even close. The numbers are actually crazy. No disrespect to Live Golf, please. I don't want to speak ill of the dead. We just buried it. But I think their highest rated round ever was on Fox. This is bullshit.

2:32:12I'm not. I can't even finish. Can't even finish the thought here. It can't exist. Okay. Here comes PR spin. Well, I've seen. People. This is. Saudi Hank. Hank, what's the Wahhabist point of view on what I'm about to say? It's nonsense. You should be beheaded for this take. Okay. Continue. I was going to read numbers that were from a post sent by Barstool Sports. Yes. sense you should be beheaded for this take okay that continue i was just gonna i was gonna read numbers that were from a post uh sent by barstool sports yes continue okay uh the highest rated round in live history was 700 000 people on fox and then the internet invitational the first video i believe is at about 12 million views and all in so far the videos that have been released

2:32:51were closer to like 20 million now i will say that's completely different in terms of like a recorded thing that you can watch at your convenience versus a live event that everyone has to tune into that's a different story i agree i like washington invitation more than live so i'm not arguing that but yeah the the picking and choosing between like tv ratings and like youtube views it's not it's not a one-for-one there's plenty of room for both if you're a massive fan people were saying it's bigger than the masters it's like it's not bigger than the masters but who said that it was the same the same like internet like you know youtube golf analytics people that are making these graphics bigger I think it's bigger than the Masters. Were making those comparisons.

2:33:33I agree that it's better to watch in electric, so I'm not arguing that. But the one-to-one comparisons. Let's just keep professional golf like Liv and the PGA Tour separate from the Invitational. Different levels to this. Yeah. Right. Liv and PGA on one side. I would like... And the Invitational on one side. I would like invitation on the other. I would not mind if this was. What if Bryson, though? Because he like who knows what he's going to do. Like, do you think Dave and Bob does guys like try and try and pick off some of them? Bryson would be the only one that would be interesting because he's such a like him getting chirped by the Duke would be incredible. Bryson would be the only one that would be interesting because he's such a... Him getting chirped by the Duke would be incredible.

2:34:13Bryson would be very interesting. Yes. Especially because he does so much YouTube golf. Yeah. And I do think he would have the capacity to melt down. And Dave and Bryson going at it, that would be... So Bryson has it. I'll probably be matched up with him in the first round next year. That's pretty much my role. I've accepted my role, by the way, as just being sacrificial lamb at this thing. Have you won one? No, no. I have yet to win a match at any internet invitational. Same. So what I submit, and Hank gets embarrassed when I do this, so Hank, just close your ears. I really think that Hank should play in next year's internet invitational. The problem is he lost the grudge match. So just so that I screwed you.

2:34:55Yeah. Just so I can be matched up against him. Because can you imagine how badly I would beat the fuck out of Hank? Yeah. Wait, wait, wait. Hold on. Time out with all those cameras. All the cameras. Oh, yeah. Then you like more cameras than you've ever seen in your life. All trained on Hank playing around. Hank would shoot 120. That'd be awesome. And it would be great. And I would finally be able to win a match. So, please, all trained on Hank, playing around. Hank would shoot 120. That'd be awesome. And it would be great. And I would finally be able to win a match. So please, let's get Hank in there next year. Righty Hank. Lefty Hank was banned. Yeah. Righty Hank was not. It's not. It's never happening.

2:35:24All right. Well, never say never. I might put in a phone call. Good luck. I'm sure Dave will just laugh you off the phone i was gonna call i was gonna call gas i did have i did have a conversation with joey colcus there that like i can say now he we were like driving around on one like the second or third day and he was like man how do we get you into this thing and i was like you like you tell me yeah like what like it did i got a little i got a little triggered because it was like him and the judge being like man like what do we got to do to get you in this thing? I was like, Joey, it's your tournament. Let's get a petition. What if we do a petition? I would love to compete against him. An online petition to get Hank in there.

2:36:04I can't be on your team. We need to do this with some real stakes on the line. I think maybe we do it in a fair world, though. We do a petition. Hank in the Internet Invitational. I think maybe we do it in a fair world, though. We do a petition. Hank in the Internet Invitational. Hank, 20-year ban in the Invitational. And you got to sign one or the other. That would go great. Hank is already so bad on camera. I can't imagine how bad you would be on this camera. I got to see it. Not wrong. I can't imagine how bad you would be on this camera. I got to see it. Not wrong. I can't argue that. That's why I'm like. Because I play a lot of golf with Hank. Hank is a good golfer. And then just the second, there's like the littlest bit of pressure of like an iPhone camera behind him.

2:36:48You completely change. I can't imagine., it would be phenomenal. I think it's because guys like me and you, Max, we're comfortable being bad at golf. I accept the fact that I'm not a very good golfer. I have fun golfing. If I'm playing and somebody's videotaping me, I have no illusion that I'm going to make people think that I'm good when this video comes out. I think Hank still wants, he's still like chasing that. And then you think about that. So when you take a swing and it's bad, it gets really in your own head. Just join us. Accept it. I've accepted. Trust me. I play a lot of golf and probably nine times out of ten, unless no offense, unless I'm playing with like you guys, I'm usually like significantly by far the worst person in my group so i'm like i'm not yeah like thinking that i'm

2:37:35good and like surprised when i play bad like i i am resigned to to the skill level of golf that i am i just mentally am in a disaster with cameras but that i those two aren't like the same like i know i know where i'm at okay but i have a question i feel like when like you you belong to a club and you have like club tournaments and stuff like that correct me if i'm wrong i feel like you play pretty decent in those sometimes sometimes yes sometimes no tough sport yeah but okay so would you say that those aren't as much those are it's it's something about the cameras like those yeah those those although the the i was in a's it's something about the cameras like those yeah those although the the i was in a three-day tournament and the first day we like me and my partner shit

2:38:17the bed in in the worst way imaginable but then you played really well and then we came back yeah but like the the the start i got i was nervous to start and we were so bad that we put ourselves so far behind that it didn't matter and then i had had fun, and we did pretty good after that. But yeah, I don't have the clutch gene or anything resembling it. That's fine. By the way, the question that Wesley Bryan was asking about putting in some of the best players in the world or some of the worst, I thought Riggs made a really good point. If you got rid of the worst players, we would have been robbed of the par three with jersey jerry yeah and trent no some and salim and the duke which was the my favorite

2:38:58hole of golf that i've ever seen played that's the beauty of this tournament is that you get the whole wide range people i know that a lot of people like to watch the really good golfers on youtube but i think there's also a lot of people who like to see the entertainment of the bad golfers. The jokes and the humor. You're not going to get Scotty Scheffler hitting five shots out of a bunker and the last one hitting himself in the neck and then falling over backwards. Right. Alright, my Firefest not to pick on Hank, but it's actually for Hank. You misjudged grossly misjudged our friend who we mentioned on Wednesday's show who runs this whole office Chris Chris B uh Max you did you listen to that debate about the journal

2:39:41yeah in the studio so I told Chris afterwards I was like hey just ask for a quote and Hank was like there's no way he wants to do this I was was like, ask for a quote, see what it is. I gave him a price. He came back. The price was like two and a half times what I said would be a reasonable amount. And I was like, all right, so we won't do it. And he goes, no, no, we have to do it now. Cause I didn't like that. Hank said we shouldn't do it. And I don't like when people say I can't do something. So we got to do it. So he literally was like, Hank saying we can't do it. I didn't like when people say i can't do something so we gotta do it so he literally was like hank saying we can't do it i didn't say we can't i didn't say we can't wait so we shouldn't

2:40:18are we getting a discount or he's like we have to do it but you're gonna pay me two and a half times the price no no he was like i already got the funds cleared like we should do it all right let's go that's awesome hank this is good. Hank, where do you want to put it? In the bathroom. No imagination. I was thinking right there on that wall. What do you guys think about that? That could be good. What if it was right here behind us? That also could be good. We could get up in the middle of an interview. Yeah, you could turn around. Take a leak. Max, do you want it in the booth put in the booth no not in the booth why don't we put it maybe where the young station used to be that works too no that's illegal so you'd have you'd have like people stopping by

2:41:02taking a piss yeah all day just saying what's up yeah where do you want to put it max i'm on hank's side for this this is ridiculous you guys This is ridiculous. You guys, I'm sad. It's going to smell like piss so quickly. You know what? You know what you guys are? And we have, like, guests that come in that... You're sellouts. Yeah, not only that. You're not only sellouts, but what you just said, Max, you just doubled down. Balo's going to want to put two in now. I believe that it can be done. Yeah. I just don't believe it should be done. Okay. Not a fun guy. Cool. Good to know. It's going to wreak a piss in me. You know what? PFT actually is a bad idea. You know, we got to be like ESPN. We got to be all prim and proper.

2:41:44Clean up the studio. Make it look nice. Don't piss in it. All that stuff, you know, that they do at the big companies. All right. Next question. Do you think Jalen Hurts is a top five NFL quarterback picket? Let's talk about the Cowboys. LeBron is humming right now. Yes, this is the show you want. This is AWL. This is the show. If Max and Hank had their way, there would be no pissing, and we would just only talk about the Cowboys and LeBron. Here's the thing. Here's the thing about you guys. You guys don't want the urinal in the room. Oh, I honestly would. I do. No, you don't. I can see it in your face. No, I do. You just want someone else to say no and then be like, oh, it's their fault that we're not getting the urinal.

2:42:25No, no, no. I would use the urinal if it was right there. And then it would smell like piss. And then you would be like, oh, shit. Ice, dude. You forgot about Zach filling it up with ice. And we have to dump the bucket. If you think this is a game of chicken for installing the urinal, you're going to lose this game of chicken. Yeah. Because I'm not bluffing. Trough. Hank's going to be sitting in a trough. Put it in. I want you to put it in. What was it? The ice bucket. We're going to fill the ice up and then dump the bucket of ice. Why? Because you have to dump the ice in the urinal. Right. That would be kind of fun. Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah. No, you're in. Yeah, yeah. You're in for the ice bucket we're going to fill the ice up and then dump the bucket of ice why because you have to dump the ice in the urinal right that'd be kind of fun yeah oh yeah yeah no you're

2:42:54in yeah you're in for the ice shop i'm down for ice yeah yeah talk about a live stream guys the ice in the in the urinal would solve i mean pissing on ice is the best you go to a you go to a uh a bar that has ice in the urinal oh man can you imagine bird's nest shout bird's nest always got ice in that urinal imagine when the day comes and we get ed sheeran oh and he comes in here wow you talk about you wouldn't even be able to pee next to him talk about redemption no that's why we get two yeah listening yeah maybe three yeah because pairs of things look weird yeah like if you're if you're giving somebody flowers either give them one flower, three flowers, or five flowers. Don't give them two flowers.

2:43:32Don't give them four. Mm-hmm. Yeah. We're going to have the urinal, three urinals right next to the sauna in the studio. Sounds good. Not for a sauna. It would be funny if there was just a sauna in the corner. Cold plunge? Yeah, we can cold plunge. I like cold plunge. Yeah, so you're basically saying like you can't have a sauna in a cold plunge and no so everyone's just gonna pee in in the sauna plunge in there's gonna be so much liquid inside of this inside of actually in there yeah no you're getting a urinal now too we're not getting a urinal. No, everyone gets a urinal. No, we're no urinal back here. Yep, yep. No urinal back here. All right, Zach. I had a pretty good week. If I had to pick a firefish, though, probably that Ronaldo has announced

2:44:21that he's going to retire from international play. What? Why? I thought he was going to be sticking around with Portugal. I thought he was back after he scored that goal against Uzbekistan. And then after he made the coach promise to give him all these concessions for him being on the team and then wrote a prearranged statement for the coach to read, and the coach didn't read that statement they had agreed on, I thought everything was cool. Good news though, Legacy lives on. They call the son up. Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. can carry the torch. How old is he? He's a youth, but they just called him up for the first time the other day. Okay. Is he good? He's Ronaldo's son. I mean, gotta be good. Not as good as Ronaldo, obviously, but...

2:45:04Yeah. If you're gonna be called up to the national, or to the team of country, you gotta be kinda nice. Yeah, probably. Maybe they did it as a favor. That might have been one of the conditions. I would respect that as well. Do you think Ronaldo's got it in him to, whenever his contract's done in Saudi Arabia or whatever, finish it out in MLS? You think he'd come over here and play a couple years? You think he, yeah, is that in the cards for Ronaldo? I think Ronaldo's like heavily driven by compensation most of the time. So if they're going to pay him. Yeah. Probably. Which would be cool. Yeah. How are you going to remember Ronaldo? I'm going to remember Ronaldo. I'm not going to remember Saudi Ronaldo too much if we're going to be honest.

2:45:46I'm just going to remember Ronaldo take free kicks and then using Ronaldo to take free kicks on the game. Yeah. I'm going to remember by that Uzbekistan game. The double on back? Yeah, it was huge. So back. And also, I mean, greatest pounder of all time. Can't forget that. The people voted. Get out of here. Great statue, too. Great statue. He's been washed forever. All right. Anything else? That was it Pretty good week Good week boys How late did you stay up last night Zach? That was misinformation by Jerry It wasn't that late Yeah Jerry missed Wub Yeah Jerry did miss Wub Yeah I was worried actually Because I hadn't heard from Jerry By like 8 this morning Well he missed it But then he spun it into Zach was up late.

2:46:34And I was like, Jerry, what are we doing? What does that have to do with anything? Yeah. How did I? It was a mess. So what's the number? Not that late, like 3.30. That's not bad at all. You sure? Yeah. I heard different. Well, he. That was just Jerry reaching for anything other than Jerry. And somehow I became the boss. I heard 6 a.m. It wasn't 6. It was like... I'm just nervous about Jerry. Jerry walked into the office at like 9 o'clock, and he looked like he was still sleeping. I was like, how'd you get here, dude? Yeah. He's like, I missed my alarm. I was like, but you also look like you haven't woken up yet. Just sleep behind the wheel? Yeah. How late was Jerry up? I have my alarm. I was like, but you also look like you haven't woken up yet. Did you sleep behind the wheel?

2:47:11Yeah. How late was Jerry up? I have no idea. I didn't know Jerry was keeping tabs on how late I was up. That was news to me this morning. Yeah, it's interesting. As a reminder, Baton Rouge, come out to Fred's tonight. Yeah. It should be a good time. Also. Come see Pup Punk. Open up for Shaq. Also Saturday, 4.30 Eastern, college football show, Barstool College football show in South Bend. So if you're going to Miami, Notre Dame, come out to the show. It's going to be awesome. If you have kids, bring them. No cursing. We're going to treat it like a real TV show. If Mike Kadick says a swear, he owes me $1,000. Love that. Yeah. Every swear is $1,000 that he owes me. And if he doesn't swear, I'll give me $1,000. Love that. Yeah. Every swear is $1,000 that he owes me.

2:47:54And if he doesn't swear, I'll give him $1,000. He's going to swear. No, he's not. 23. Three. Did you say numbers? No. Numbers. Damn it. 54. Max Nye are out. I'm going to go 23. Wait, we can just go last. Yeah, I know. I'm going to do 48. Wait, we can just go last. Yeah, I know. I'm going to do 48, Matthew Shaver. 54, Liv. Everyone else? I'm going to go 38, Brandon Hagel. 37, Hella Buck. 69, Doug Watt. 8, The Goat. How did you not do three? I do three. Memes. What if this is three? You had a chance to take three. That's okay. It's just another loss. No, but that would have been an all-time dunk on me. No, we're doing hockey numbers, you know? All right. Max? You guys see those cool jerseys? I'm not doing all of them.

2:48:46I'm doing 23. Very cool jerseys. Very cool jer Very cool. 24. Oh. Dang it. Oh, it was so close. PFT. So close. Maybe he did a hockey number. It was. It was off. Who's 24 in hockey? I don, it was so close. PFT. So close. Maybe he did a hockey number. It was. Who's 24 in hockey? I don't know. You did 25, PFT? No, you did 23. Oh, I did 23. Oh, did you? Yeah, because you messed yours up. Those really cool jerseys. I did 23 again, so I didn't even have a number. I keep saying these really cool jerseys. They're so cool. 77. Yeah, but you're saying it in a weird way. They're so cool. Explain yourself. Specifically, Islanders, Mighty Ducks, Devils. Caps look great too. Yeah, caps do. 69? 68. Oh, damn.

2:49:4268. Damn it. 68. I would like to wish a very, very special happy birthday to somebody out there. We love you. You were a big part of my life growing up. Yeah. Really big part of the cat's life growing up. Same part of probably a lot of our listeners lives growing up. Rebecca Romaine, our queen. Happy birthday queen. We love you. As a matter of fact, I'm not going to, it's just her day today. This is for you, babe. Happy birthday. And that'll be it. This is your special day. Nobody else gets a birthday wish. Happy birthday. And that'll be it. This is your special day. Nobody else gets a birthday wish. Except also Aaron Hernandez. Happy birthday.

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