WEBVTT 1 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:25.039 Good evening everybody, and welcome to another edition of Fire Up. Yes, 2 00:00:25.120 --> 00:00:29.920 I'm fired up all right here on Thursday, August third, and I'm pleased 3 00:00:29.960 --> 00:00:33.000 to be joined by my regular crew Tonight. We'll talk about a lot of 4 00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:36.799 different things in the sports world and we'll leave it off with George Korn. 5 00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:40.840 George on for round two of our Thursday Night double Up. Looking forward to 6 00:00:40.880 --> 00:00:44.240 it. Scott, round two, Fire it up, there you go, 7 00:00:44.399 --> 00:00:49.560 and Jeremy Ball rec Round two. Are you fired up? I'm fired up? 8 00:00:50.200 --> 00:00:53.840 Let's go. That's a spare. You'll be fired up more on Sunday 9 00:00:53.880 --> 00:00:58.240 when we do a Professor and the Pupil returns to our network as well and 10 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:03.920 his Thursday A spot. Ralph Williams, the Steel City buddy. Oh yeah, 11 00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:06.799 absolutely, it's great to be here, always on with you, Scott, 12 00:01:06.840 --> 00:01:11.799 Thank you, George, well we enjoy you. Well, all right, 13 00:01:11.799 --> 00:01:15.280 we're gonna get down to it. Got five pretty good topics to get 14 00:01:15.319 --> 00:01:18.640 too, will go through him, and then of course tonight's party shot will 15 00:01:18.640 --> 00:01:21.359 come from Ralph and then he can talk about whatever he wants. If he 16 00:01:21.400 --> 00:01:23.480 wants to go back to Steele City, more power to him. So first 17 00:01:23.519 --> 00:01:32.439 and foremost, the New York Yankees pitcher Domingo German agreed to voluntarily submit to 18 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:37.959 impatient treatment for alcohol abuse and will miss the remainder of the twenty twenty three 19 00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:42.799 season. According to gm Brian Cashman, George, it's a shame for Domingo 20 00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:46.760 Germaine. Yeah, sure is. That was kind of startling news. I 21 00:01:46.799 --> 00:01:49.599 mean, here, the kid pitched a perfect game not too long ago, 22 00:01:49.799 --> 00:01:57.239 and obviously overcame some you know, some problems that he had throughout the season. 23 00:01:57.319 --> 00:02:00.599 And I don't know how far back this goes, but but to be 24 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:05.519 able to pull that off and still have these issues. But the important thing 25 00:02:05.719 --> 00:02:08.439 is not that he pitched a perfect game. It's important that he gets the 26 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:14.080 help that he needs now, as we see in pro sports. We've seen 27 00:02:14.080 --> 00:02:17.199 it in the NHL, the NBA, major League Baseball, whatever sport. 28 00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:21.960 I mean, he needs to get the help that he needs right now, 29 00:02:22.240 --> 00:02:25.280 and so I think he will and hopefully he'll be able to come back to 30 00:02:25.319 --> 00:02:31.560 the sport that he loves. Jeremy, you know what, anybody's willing to 31 00:02:31.639 --> 00:02:36.840 check themselves in, I give them credit. Any demon you're trying to be 32 00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:39.800 in any addiction is a demon. It's a monkey. On your back. 33 00:02:40.199 --> 00:02:46.639 It's something that demoralizes you. It hinders you not only physically and health wise, 34 00:02:46.719 --> 00:02:52.639 but it also does mentally and emotionally. Kudos to him for recognizing he 35 00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:57.680 needed to help to quit. Yeah, you know, I agree with you 36 00:02:57.719 --> 00:03:00.520 guys on all that too. You know, it can ruin your career. 37 00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:05.120 I mean, if you don't get help and you don't do something about it, 38 00:03:05.360 --> 00:03:07.759 your career is finished. I mean, regardless of what you do in 39 00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:12.719 life, whether it's working in business, as an athlete or anything like that. 40 00:03:13.199 --> 00:03:15.080 If you don't get help for something like that, forget it. It's 41 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:20.439 over. It's done. I remember many years ago and Steve Howe had that 42 00:03:20.560 --> 00:03:24.879 problem with the Dodgers Embloy. That just was a tragic story for Steve Howe, 43 00:03:25.039 --> 00:03:30.759 the LA Dodgers for sure. All right onwards we go. The Toronto 44 00:03:30.840 --> 00:03:36.159 Raptors in the Sacremento Kings will play a preseason game in Vancouver, while the 45 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:40.520 Oklahoma City Thunder and the Detroit Pistons will play in Montreal. Is Canada auditioning 46 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:46.400 for an NBA team, George, I don't know if it's an audition more 47 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:50.840 more so than just to keep the product game out there. Obviously they have 48 00:03:50.919 --> 00:03:53.080 a team in Toronto with the Raptors, and they used to have a team 49 00:03:53.240 --> 00:03:58.919 as we know in Vancouver the NBA. I'm excited for my team, the 50 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:02.240 Pistons, playing in my trial. Montreal, as far as I know, 51 00:04:02.439 --> 00:04:08.759 was never really thought of as being an NBA town, mostly because hockey is 52 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:13.080 so dominant there with the canadi Ends. I think it could be a bit 53 00:04:13.080 --> 00:04:16.519 of an audition Scott, but I really don't see the NBA going to Canada 54 00:04:16.560 --> 00:04:20.480 for an expansion team. But what I think it does is keeps that international 55 00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:26.959 presence there, and that's what Silver and the NBA likes to do play games 56 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:29.879 on and so do all the other leagues. Now they're all playing games on 57 00:04:29.920 --> 00:04:31.519 foreign soil. I think it's a good move. But no, I don't 58 00:04:31.519 --> 00:04:36.879 think it's an audition. I'm lug you, Jeremy. I think it is 59 00:04:36.920 --> 00:04:42.399 an audition for Montreal. We already know Vancouver can carry an NBA team because 60 00:04:42.399 --> 00:04:46.879 they did it once and it actually wasn't nonprofitable. They were actually very good 61 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:51.480 to their fans. They had a very fan friendly state arena there for their 62 00:04:51.519 --> 00:04:57.519 basketball team. They used to pack it up even when they were well hot 63 00:04:57.560 --> 00:05:03.279 garbage, right, that team meaning the Vancouver Grizzlies. So real, Yeah, 64 00:05:03.319 --> 00:05:06.439 you know, Montreal wants to get the Expos back. They're looking at 65 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:10.879 building a new ballpark and all that stuff, so it might be an audition. 66 00:05:10.920 --> 00:05:13.959 It just might happen. And you know something, you know, they're 67 00:05:13.959 --> 00:05:15.839 hockey friendly, like George said, and uh, you know they have a 68 00:05:15.839 --> 00:05:19.720 football team in the CFL, so why not why not add another team to 69 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:23.000 the fray if they can, if they can draw, I mean, if 70 00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:26.399 the NBA is willing to put a team there and they control you know, 71 00:05:26.439 --> 00:05:30.240 here in Pittsburgh, we've talked many, many years about having a you know, 72 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:34.000 an NBA team here and it just never panned out because we don't know 73 00:05:34.040 --> 00:05:38.879 if the fans can draw. We don't know what the what what you know, 74 00:05:39.160 --> 00:05:41.959 what what can happen? I mean, you know, we we barely 75 00:05:42.560 --> 00:05:45.519 peep up with the three teams we have. The Steelers sell at all time, 76 00:05:45.560 --> 00:05:47.279 the Pirates here and there, and then uh, you know, the 77 00:05:47.319 --> 00:05:51.959 Penguins lost thousands of fans from last year because of how bad they play. 78 00:05:53.079 --> 00:05:55.720 I mean, not not bad, but what I'm saying is didn't go to 79 00:05:55.759 --> 00:05:59.399 playoffs, they didn't get the Stanley Cup, and you know we were losing 80 00:05:59.399 --> 00:06:01.319 two three thousand fans of games, so I don't even know if we could 81 00:06:01.319 --> 00:06:05.199 support it. Yeah, Montrenal expos Again, it all comes down to the 82 00:06:05.240 --> 00:06:10.519 stadium situation. They have nothing suitial, so until they get that result of 83 00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:14.600 what I could I see an NBA team in Montreal. Yeah, maybe you 84 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:18.120 could create an arrivalry between Toronto and Montreal. But that's but I agree with 85 00:06:18.160 --> 00:06:24.199 George Adam. Silver likes to place games in certain areas internationally. More power 86 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:28.199 toil, all right, Patty Grimes, Seattle in Las Vegas, NABA expansion, 87 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:30.600 Yeah there's I think. Yeah, there's no doubt about that one. 88 00:06:30.639 --> 00:06:33.240 Patty. That's not a matter of if. It's a matter of when so 89 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:39.680 and let's see we'll move. Anybody else want to talk about it or now? 90 00:06:39.800 --> 00:06:42.560 Those are the two teams that I've saying about the two cities. I'm 91 00:06:42.560 --> 00:06:46.879 sorry, I agree Scott that those would be the two logical places for Silver 92 00:06:46.959 --> 00:06:50.959 to put new teams. But if they are, this is their audition in 93 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:54.800 Canada. If you think about it, they won't do for it. One 94 00:06:54.839 --> 00:06:58.439 felt swoop, Jeremy, that won't know. No, I'm just saying if 95 00:06:58.439 --> 00:07:01.040 they're going to do to the ones a year and then two a couple of 96 00:07:01.079 --> 00:07:05.480 years down the road, that type of thing to expand, right, Well, 97 00:07:05.519 --> 00:07:09.680 they've brought teams back in the past, guys, you know where you 98 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:12.879 know, like Cleveland Browns came back and then you know, several other teams 99 00:07:12.879 --> 00:07:15.000 have come back, So why not in Seattle? And Las Vegas is hot 100 00:07:15.079 --> 00:07:18.759 right now. They have the Raiders, they're getting they're getting the A's, 101 00:07:19.240 --> 00:07:24.800 so you know, yes, exactly, and they have even have a USA 102 00:07:25.240 --> 00:07:29.399 USL soccer team, our Pittsburgh Riverhounds, while we're down and down there this 103 00:07:29.480 --> 00:07:32.040 year to play that. So Vegas is getting hot with teams. Yeah, 104 00:07:32.040 --> 00:07:35.879 but you know what, Seattle Super signings are inevitable, all right, James 105 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:39.959 Burgess, Pitturg has an NBA team. Yeah, we had the Pythones in 106 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:44.519 the pie season that we've made the movie The Fish to Save Pittsburgh. Interesting, 107 00:07:44.920 --> 00:07:48.560 Yeah, thanks, that was back in the eight but ABBA days, 108 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:51.600 yeah, the old ABA days, Yeah, exactly, they were one of 109 00:07:51.639 --> 00:07:56.800 the teams that got absorbed. We have an ABA team here. It draws 110 00:07:56.879 --> 00:08:01.720 very small. It's called the Pittsburgh Hornets. So we do have a team 111 00:08:01.759 --> 00:08:05.920 then, So yeah, I think I'm sorry, Well that's okay. I 112 00:08:05.920 --> 00:08:09.519 mean, I know Pittsburgh once had an NBA team, but I think they 113 00:08:09.600 --> 00:08:13.399 where they're at with their professional teams right now. So you know, i'd 114 00:08:13.399 --> 00:08:16.680 be curious on the closing this topic out to see what kind of a crowd 115 00:08:18.160 --> 00:08:22.480 Vancouvers does draw. That to me, I would be interesting to see that. 116 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:28.120 I know Montreal, I mean both of them. So on to the 117 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:33.759 next. Joe Nameeth applause Aaron Rodgers for taking thirty five million dollars pay cut. 118 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:37.000 But Joe, would you take a thirty five million dollars pay cut? 119 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:39.000 I don't know, but yeah, So I'll lead it off with George and 120 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:43.600 I'll go around the horn again. Okay, George, Joe Nameeth thirty five 121 00:08:43.600 --> 00:08:48.679 million dollars pay cut? Well, yeah, Joe is a He's a Jets 122 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:52.200 guy through and through. I see that. He even offered his number, 123 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:56.000 a uniform number, but Aaron Rodgers turned it down. He didn't want to 124 00:08:56.000 --> 00:09:00.960 take Joe Willie's a number. But I do know about that. You know. 125 00:09:01.039 --> 00:09:03.399 The you know, the thing is is that we all know it's going 126 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:07.759 to be I think a tough year for Rogers, that team. The Jets 127 00:09:07.879 --> 00:09:11.720 is not the kind of team that is going to instantly be a challenger to 128 00:09:11.720 --> 00:09:16.080 win the division like he always had in Green Bays. So Joe's entitled to 129 00:09:16.120 --> 00:09:20.200 his opinion, and obviously he has given one. And I still like him, 130 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:24.600 and I still admire him as a as one of the original Super Bowl 131 00:09:24.679 --> 00:09:28.279 heroes. But I know he's a Jet guy at heart. He really hopes 132 00:09:28.320 --> 00:09:35.679 for Rogers to do well there. Jeremy. I think Rogers will do well 133 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:37.559 there. I think it's great that he took a pay cut, because I 134 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:43.639 think that's like given the middle finger to the Green Bay Packers. But that 135 00:09:43.720 --> 00:09:48.519 being said, one of the reasons why I think Rogers will have success with 136 00:09:48.559 --> 00:09:52.000 the Jets is he's got his old offensive coordinator where he won back to back 137 00:09:52.159 --> 00:09:58.679 MVPs running that offense. I think that is a huge thing that everybody's forgetting 138 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:01.879 about. And if you actually look at the way he called the plays in 139 00:10:01.039 --> 00:10:05.080 Nomber, he looked like he was calling the plays for a quarterback like Rogers 140 00:10:05.080 --> 00:10:09.039 and not like Russell Wilson. You know you're right. You're right on that 141 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:11.440 one, Jeremy. And let me say this, Nathaniel Hacke, it's a 142 00:10:11.559 --> 00:10:16.559 very good coordinator, horrible head coach. Okay, and you know I've said 143 00:10:16.600 --> 00:10:20.879 this many times. Some guys can be coordinators and others can be head coaches. 144 00:10:20.919 --> 00:10:24.279 And some people can make a cake and some people can't. All right, 145 00:10:24.639 --> 00:10:26.240 And that's the story with Nathaniel Hacket. Now, as far as Aaron 146 00:10:26.320 --> 00:10:30.120 Rodgers goes, you know, he's you know, he took a pay cut. 147 00:10:30.159 --> 00:10:33.120 He wants to resurrect his career. Farv went there to resurrect his career, 148 00:10:33.360 --> 00:10:37.799 and several other you know quarterbacks have gone other places that were around and 149 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:41.039 you know, on different teams for many years and resurrect at their career. 150 00:10:41.399 --> 00:10:45.200 I think Aaron Rodgers can do it with the Jets. Robert sala is a 151 00:10:45.200 --> 00:10:48.000 strong coach. He has that team ready to go. They're always organized. 152 00:10:48.200 --> 00:10:52.279 I heard that from assistant head coach from Denver, Mike Westoff. He told 153 00:10:52.279 --> 00:10:56.799 me directly that Robert Salah is an organized and very good coach. All right, 154 00:10:56.840 --> 00:11:00.240 let me before we go any further, I just want to you know, 155 00:11:00.279 --> 00:11:03.399 the Fireup is being broadcast around the world. The audio version of fire 156 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:07.279 Up can be heard on iHeartRadio, Apple, Spotify, Google, wherever you 157 00:11:07.279 --> 00:11:11.879 get your podcasts. Please hit the red subscribe button on YouTube, selfworda Tribune. 158 00:11:11.960 --> 00:11:13.879 We're striving for a thousand subscribers. Please also comment, like, and 159 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:16.600 share the broadcast. Want to be a good guest. 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Coming up later, the show The Motor City 168 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:52.960 Madmouth will be debuting on the Eagle Court Media Studio in Bolkware Town, which 169 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:58.080 is a tech company based in Boca On the president of broadcasting for Media Studios, 170 00:11:58.200 --> 00:12:01.440 and I'll be working with doctor ed when Hernandez. With that said, 171 00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:07.200 you guys talked about Rogers will go a little deeper into him now Rogers Sean 172 00:12:07.279 --> 00:12:13.480 Payton needs to keep his mouth shut about my coach, Nathaniel Hackett. Okay, 173 00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:16.360 and keep his name out of his mouth. Well, definitely, you 174 00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:20.879 guys segue to that beautifully. So George, with that said, you know, 175 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:24.159 Rogers is definitely glad he has his coach back. But I think that, 176 00:12:24.279 --> 00:12:28.639 truthfully, Sean Payton was way out of line. I do too, 177 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:31.919 Scott. I don't think that was appropriate. Any current coaches should not be 178 00:12:33.039 --> 00:12:37.360 condemning or making fun of or belittleing other coaches. You know, even though 179 00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:41.879 he's not a head coach any longer, we know that he's done a great 180 00:12:41.919 --> 00:12:46.240 job, just like Gralph alluded to as a coordinator, And so I do 181 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:48.559 think that was uncalled for. I you know, Sean can you have his 182 00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:52.039 opinions, but on something like that, he would be better served by just 183 00:12:52.159 --> 00:12:56.519 keeping it to himself. Okay, Jeremy who started it and continue it? 184 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:03.000 I actually love it. I think it's hilarious. He broke the bro code 185 00:13:03.320 --> 00:13:09.200 in the NFL. He broke the bro code. Yeah, it's it's disrespectful, 186 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:11.480 but when it happens, it usually ends up being funny. And you 187 00:13:11.559 --> 00:13:18.279 get something like that where it's that's my quarterback and he's defending me. I 188 00:13:18.320 --> 00:13:22.440 love him. Well, he's back with him and he's gonna defend him because 189 00:13:22.639 --> 00:13:26.159 that was when Rogers was at his best, and that's when nith Daniel Hackett 190 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:30.919 was at his best. Some people belong together in the NFL as coach and 191 00:13:31.039 --> 00:13:35.559 player. All right, well, hold on, Ralph, go ahead with 192 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:41.720 the comment. Jeremy on the screen, Sean Payton spoke accidental truth. He 193 00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:45.480 wasn't wrong, but it was horribly tactless and won't be part of the Dale 194 00:13:45.519 --> 00:13:54.200 Carnegie classes names James James. That's the comment of the night, That bad 195 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:58.879 boy. I really think that one's goad So all right, well, go 196 00:13:58.879 --> 00:14:01.440 ahead. He can feed off the one that he had before. Rogers needs 197 00:14:01.440 --> 00:14:05.519 to use the run a little more with the personnel the Jets have. Well, 198 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:11.240 it's funny because when he had his MVP season, Aaron Jones and AJ 199 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:18.399 Dillon those two years combined for almost seventeen hundred yards and fourteen plus touchdowns each 200 00:14:18.440 --> 00:14:22.320 year. So he did use the run more with Nathaniel Hackett. You know, 201 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:26.000 it was when it was Matt lafleur ran that everything went off the rails. 202 00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:31.799 Yes, exactly, all right, So Ron, go ahead, what's 203 00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:33.720 your take on ye head coaches should be head coaches. I mean, if 204 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:37.200 you were a coordinator, all right, I understand that, But what you 205 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:41.480 need to do is be the head coach, bringing a guy that is that 206 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:43.480 you can trust, that can run your offense the way you want to run 207 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:46.960 it, and bringing it a good defensive coordinator. And you know, it's 208 00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:50.279 just like college. Some head coaches can recruit, others can't. The ones 209 00:14:50.360 --> 00:14:54.120 that can't recruit, they bringing assistant coaches that can. So what I'm saying 210 00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:58.559 is is that Sean Payton he needs to worry about the Denver Broncos and not 211 00:14:58.600 --> 00:15:03.279 worry abo when Nathaniel Hackett's doing or anyone else is doing. And he's worried 212 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:05.360 about his own team because right now he has a mess to clean up. 213 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:09.159 And we'll see how how good he is a cleaning it up. Okay, 214 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:16.000 all right. Final topic of the night Angles Joe Mixon took a paid cut 215 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:18.399 and it was a sacrifice for Super Bowl hopes. Well, you know what, 216 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:22.759 I'm glad he did take a pay cut. I like Joe Mixon as 217 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:26.240 a running back. He's an all purpose guy that catch a football as well 218 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:30.240 as running, So I applaud him. Cincinnati and Angles to me, I've 219 00:15:30.240 --> 00:15:33.480 been relevant the last few years, are George Gohad. Yeah, No, 220 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:35.600 I think that was very good too. As for him to do that, 221 00:15:37.440 --> 00:15:41.559 you've got Joe Burrows who's obviously laid up right now with his injury. But 222 00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:45.679 that being said, uh, you Mixing is a good guy. I really 223 00:15:45.720 --> 00:15:50.240 think that, you know, you know, the AFC is so loaded, 224 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:54.879 but I look forward to Cincinnati again getting into the into the battle with Green 225 00:15:56.000 --> 00:15:58.639 with Kansas City as usual, and Buffalo of course has a lot to say 226 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:03.679 about that as well this new season. So no, I think I think 227 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:06.360 it was a good thing. I really do. I think he'll he'll help 228 00:16:06.399 --> 00:16:11.360 the Bengals out a lot. Jeremy, I still don't understand how Joe Burrow 229 00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:14.960 hurting a baby cow makes a mistime. I just don't get it. But 230 00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:17.879 that being said, it's a great job by Joe Mixon. The same the 231 00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:21.720 team some money because he was scheduled to make almost seventeen million this year and 232 00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:25.879 he cut it back to ten point five. Coincidentally, right after he did 233 00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:33.519 that. That's the exact same thing the se Quon Barkley signed for. Very 234 00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:36.440 good. I like that, all right, very true. Yeah, yeah, 235 00:16:36.440 --> 00:16:40.360 I respect Joe Mixon for being a what they call a team guy. 236 00:16:40.679 --> 00:16:42.720 Okay, he took a pay cut and he's on and he's staying on a 237 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:45.679 team and he's being part of it. Now, that's a team guy, 238 00:16:45.879 --> 00:16:49.720 all right. Somebody that's not a team guy as someone who says, oh, 239 00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:53.159 well, I'm gonna stay out and who cares about what happens with the 240 00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:56.279 team. I'm going to worry about myself number one, and that's it. 241 00:16:56.360 --> 00:17:00.360 Screw the team. There's a lot of guys out there that are like that. 242 00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:03.679 But I respect Joe Mixon for that. I'm not a Bengals fan because 243 00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:07.480 they're in our division, Okay, but I agree with you, George. 244 00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:10.839 I think the Bengals are gonna go. They're gonna go keep going where they're 245 00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:15.240 doing what they're doing, and you know they're gonna be tough competition for the 246 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:18.759 Steelers this year. Let me ask a few things here, Zach Taylor. 247 00:17:18.799 --> 00:17:23.440 I think the most underrated coach in football. Two. Remember Jamar Chase is 248 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:32.680 still there, right, So it's not like there who te Yeah, yeah, 249 00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:37.680 I don't think the company is totally The cover is totally bear. No, 250 00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:40.000 the covert's not bear, not at all. Covers, not bear. 251 00:17:40.119 --> 00:17:42.720 The only thing I worry about with them was losing their star safety. They 252 00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:48.160 didn't want to resign for big money to Atlanta Jesse Bates. I think, 253 00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:52.440 yeah, that's gonna be a huge loss. And that's where you're gonna see 254 00:17:52.599 --> 00:17:56.799 what happens with center field in that secondary because they're good, but they're not 255 00:17:56.920 --> 00:18:03.359 great at pass rush. They do, Joe enough as a defense is number 256 00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:07.559 one thing that helps a secondary a great pressure rate from your front seven. 257 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:12.359 Oh yeah, absolutely, all right. Well, you know what, I'm 258 00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:15.960 not sure what to make of this, Jeremy. Maybe you're a lot smarter 259 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:18.200 than I am with this one. Go ahead and take a shot at it. 260 00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:25.480 What about a Lions expansion team? Um? I think we did didn't 261 00:18:25.799 --> 00:18:30.920 Don't we have the USFL the Michigan Panthers. Well, I'm right here, 262 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:34.359 and that's an audition because that's where the supplemental draft comes in from XS BEL 263 00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:41.680 and US BEL. Right, Well, unless she's talking about sol same old 264 00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:45.839 Lions, Because you remember how many people said the Ford should sell theme on. 265 00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:48.960 I wrote a big article about it. You forgot it already. I 266 00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:53.559 know I'm not agreeing with her, Jeremy, but I think I think she's 267 00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:56.599 talking about, but I don't know why she's bringing it up now because the 268 00:18:56.680 --> 00:19:00.599 Lions are on an uptick. I mean, they're we know. He'd saying, 269 00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:06.039 do we need a Lions expansion team? And I'm saying the answer is 270 00:19:06.079 --> 00:19:10.920 the USFL is already here with the Michigan Panthers that play out of Fordfield. 271 00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:15.920 It's kind of like a spring league for tryouts for that expansion draft. They 272 00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:18.960 do well, then she should have said a farm team, not an expansion 273 00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:23.079 team. She means a farm club. Farm team. Yeah, that's what 274 00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:26.880 they're called. But Patty, we love you, we love you, Patty, 275 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:32.920 keep up that Patty's he lives in Grand Blank. I'm sorry, I'm 276 00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:37.880 sorry, yep. I just wanted to correct it before he did an that's 277 00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:41.160 all right, all right, Well that said, we go to our parting 278 00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:44.599 shot segment, and I say shot because Ralph Williams the only one that's going 279 00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:47.599 to deliver it. Go ahead, Ralph. Yeah, I want to talk 280 00:19:47.640 --> 00:19:51.480 about this year Steeler team. We have an expensive defense once again, brought 281 00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:56.839 in some free agents. The thing that I'm a very um unsure about is 282 00:19:56.880 --> 00:20:00.279 the fact that they focused on a lot of defense and didn't focus too much 283 00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:03.000 on offense this year, other than the offensive line, which of course is 284 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:07.079 important. All Right, they went on, They got a few guys. 285 00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:10.720 We got Allen Robinson, who I think can resurrect his career here with the 286 00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:15.279 Steelers. My concern is Mack Cannon, of the offensive coordinator. He was 287 00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:18.960 never a NFL coordinator. He's a good quarterbacks coach. But now Kenny Pickett 288 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:25.240 gets to reunite with his offensive coordinator from Pitt in the first two years he 289 00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:29.319 was at Pitt, Mack Cannon, that was his offensive coordinator at Pitt. 290 00:20:29.640 --> 00:20:33.440 And we're gonna see are we going to see the real Mack Cannon offense where 291 00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:37.240 he's going to open it up and let Kenny Pickt do his thing instead of 292 00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:41.599 handcuffing him like he did last year. We have I think the best quarterback 293 00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:47.480 threesome in the entire NFL with Trubisky, Mason Rudoff, and you know, 294 00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:51.759 we got another guy from Minnesota we talked about last week that I think is 295 00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:55.680 going to be very good on the practice squad, right, yeah, the 296 00:20:55.799 --> 00:21:00.599 guy, yeah, yeah, the guy from Minnesota. And unfortunately our seventh 297 00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:07.039 round pick, Trice from Purdue, he ended up hurting the leg or a 298 00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:11.519 knee and he's hot for the season and a lot of scouts didn't pick him. 299 00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:14.079 Omar Kahn went ahead and tried, you know, to get him in 300 00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:17.480 the seventh round. He was injury prone. But I hope he comes back 301 00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:19.400 and next year he'll be good. But we have a secret weapon this year 302 00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:25.319 and Calvin Austin. And Calvin Austen is a short, small guy from Memphis. 303 00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:26.960 We drafted him. Last year. He didn't play because of a foot 304 00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:32.599 injury all season. But this year I'm told from some of my colleagues at 305 00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:36.759 training camp that he is so fast you can't catch him. And he's in 306 00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:40.839 he's so small you can't tackle him. So let's see what he does this 307 00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:44.400 year. And he's gonna be kicking, but doing kicking punt returns as well. 308 00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:47.839 Line up in the backfield. Let's see what MT Canada has this year. 309 00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:52.160 If not, I think Matt Canada should go. Okay, well, 310 00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:56.039 we'll find out to make a break here for Matt Canada and we'll find out. 311 00:21:56.599 --> 00:22:00.799 Yes, we'll find Austin also, Rol Austin was it was never a 312 00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:04.799 good defensive coordinator. I mean he he played for Pittan he was a defensive 313 00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:08.000 assistant to Pitt a few times. They wanted to make him a head coach 314 00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:12.200 before they hired Nardoozi and uh, you know, and he turned it down. 315 00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:15.640 So you know, but you know, I heard in the NFL's track 316 00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:19.359 records not real good. Now he gets to take the realms because Brian Flores 317 00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:26.039 is in Minnesota. So let's see what he does now this year. Well 318 00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:30.000 that's okay. I know, George, we had Taryll Auston Detroit. What 319 00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:33.400 were your observations, George and Jeremy of Charyl Auston Detroit. George, you 320 00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:38.279 go first, I got mine. I think mixed. My feelings were mixed 321 00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:42.799 about what he what he brought to the table. You know, but it's 322 00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:47.400 you know, again, it's a situation where you're bringing in a lot of 323 00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:52.640 different coaches. The Lions went through coaching staffs and coordinators there, and we 324 00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:57.279 guys, we know that that has a negative effect on if you're developing a 325 00:22:57.359 --> 00:23:03.119 game plan, if you're developed your quarterback. And I remember we had many 326 00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:07.960 discussions about this, Scott, you and I even when whoever named the quarterback 327 00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:11.839 Eric Kramer all the way to Matt Stafford, going through all these different coaches 328 00:23:11.880 --> 00:23:18.319 and all these different coordinators. But Rodney Austin, Yeah, Austin to me 329 00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:23.759 was okay, but nothing special. Jeremy Terrell Austin. Let's see, when 330 00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:27.519 he was hired by A. Caldwell to take over for the defense after Schwartz 331 00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:33.799 left, he was given a Lamborghini of a defense that had darned at that 332 00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:40.200 time the NFL record for lois rushing yards against at fifty nine point eight yards 333 00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:42.920 per game, less than sixty. Now it's third in the NFL because two 334 00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:48.359 Ravens defenses beat it. But that's enough. That's all. Great. He 335 00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:52.200 did great, but it was what he did as he started to lose talent, 336 00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:56.480 because the best thing a coordinator can do is coach up what he has 337 00:23:56.519 --> 00:24:00.000 on the team to fill those roles in the next man up thing. And 338 00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:08.960 he failed. We went from third to sixteenth to nineteen. Yeah, it's 339 00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:12.279 nice to have talent, Jeremy, But you know what if you can't, 340 00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:15.359 uh, like you said, coach up what you don't have, you know, 341 00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:18.759 that's like, uh, you know, if you have a bull of 342 00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:22.079 cereal and you eat Raisin brand, but you got to eat cheerios because the 343 00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:25.240 Raisin brand isn't there. You know, that's that's what you have to do, 344 00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:26.359 you know, and he just didn't do it. You know, the 345 00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:32.720 biggest vocal cereals, the biggest made. I was just using that as an 346 00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:40.039 example. We doing that. So take the lions made back then. If 347 00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:45.119 you think about it, is when we got Helodi Nada because when he had 348 00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:48.519 that transitional tag on him, that was like one of the first years the 349 00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:52.799 transitional tag was out right. We could have gaven up that pick for Fairly 350 00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:57.720 and another pick later and gotten Helodi Nada to be next to Sue then right 351 00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:04.160 and had five straight years of great defensive tackle play. Instead, absolutely got 352 00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:07.400 Nick Fairley, who when he wanted to play, was one of the best 353 00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:11.480 in the game, but when he didn't, he was sewn baby Rogers taking 354 00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:15.480 a nap. Yeah, that's funny. All right, Well, you know 355 00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:17.839 I like to end the show on a humor. I'm going to do it 356 00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:22.160 while I can now. So at that said, Ralph will let everybody know 357 00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:26.079 how they can go get ahold of you. Go ahead, Ralph Williams at 358 00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:30.680 seven three seven at gmail dot com. Also you can reach me on Facebook, 359 00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:33.720 on x which she used to be Twitter and LinkedIn, and I have 360 00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:38.279 my own YouTube channel, and you can also reach me on my website www. 361 00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:42.759 Dot rw media dot org. That's how you can reach me. Okay, 362 00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:45.799 Jeremy, I'm gonna do it the easy way tonight. If it's a 363 00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:49.680 South Florida Tribune, guess what you'll find me on it. Whether it's dot 364 00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:55.680 com, YouTube channel, a show, a podcast, my writings, whatever 365 00:25:55.759 --> 00:26:00.119 it is, you'll find me number two mecap biting with the Detroit Lions on 366 00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:03.680 Facebook. If you want to join a good page where it's a lot of 367 00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:07.680 positivity and more news and podcasters than it is haters, it's Motor City decap 368 00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:12.480 Biters. And I am on seven days a week. If I could, 369 00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:15.079 I'd be on twenty four seven, but I gotta make a living, so 370 00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:22.279 I have a day job. All sent, All right, George from one 371 00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:26.319 alfort to another. Author author Detroit Sports Podcasters on the Air as the name 372 00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:32.759 of my book, and it covers everything from football to basketball, baseball, 373 00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:37.279 hockey, all the sports in between. And Scott's in here great great vintage 374 00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:44.279 photographs of the young Scott morgain Roth with brown hair. And I'm not one 375 00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:47.759 to talk, guys. I'm full of Gray right now. So yeah, 376 00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:51.920 anyways, there's a link to the book. Yeah, Jeremy, there's a 377 00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:53.720 link to the book at the end of my column, which as in the 378 00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:57.960 Southforida Tribune, the Motor City Tribune, also right locally for the Detroit Monitor. 379 00:26:59.240 --> 00:27:02.920 You can reach me gi Corn at yahoo dot com or you can reach 380 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:08.279 me on x at sange Sports ninety nine. And I look forward to being 381 00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:12.160 on this show as well as many other shows inside the Pigskin in one hundred 382 00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:17.359 eight stitches, the Sports Exchange, and the Fire Up. Thank you well. 383 00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:23.480 This edition of Fire Up is a refreshing show because we really enjoy the 384 00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:27.319 input from Ralph Williams of course Georgia and I and Jeremy while we work together 385 00:27:27.400 --> 00:27:33.920 just about everywhere anyway, so I appreciate always did literally welcome Ralph to the 386 00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:37.720 club and put them on it poculate we did so one more time. Just 387 00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:41.119 you know. Fire Up is being broadcast around the world. The audio version 388 00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:45.640 of Fire Up can be heard on iHeartRadio, Apple, Spotify, goog where 389 00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:48.559 we get your podcast. Please hit the red subscribe button on YouTube. South 390 00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:52.519 Florida should being worst driving for a thousand subscribers. Please also come in like 391 00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:57.000 and share the broadcast. 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We're just thank you very much 408 00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:08.440 for being a big contributor, as you always are on every other show. 409 00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:14.160 God bless all right, well let's write out the comments for another second evening 410 00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:18.720 Man Thursday. All right, there you go. Hey, a Lions and 411 00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:26.640 Sparty bar in Baltimore. There's Lions bands everywhere. Great ri with the show 412 00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:30.319 and DC. Glad that you're in here to cap it off. So once 413 00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:37.519 again on behalf of George Korn, Jeremy, Ralph Williams, my man is 414 00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:41.039 smoking my right hand man, among others. Thank you very much for joining 415 00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:45.480 us on this edition. Fire up that we will catch you next Thursday night, 416 00:29:45.680 --> 00:30:03.039 folks, Thank you, thank you for joining us. Two