WEBVTT 1 00:00:25.160 --> 00:00:29.960 Good evening, everybody, and welcome to another edition of Fire Up. I 2 00:00:30.079 --> 00:00:35.719 have an all star cast tonight with me and we've got already a comment saying 3 00:00:35.840 --> 00:00:39.119 hello everybody, good evening, well, good evening, Well, thank you 4 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:46.560 for watching me. So my awesome crew here next to me is drinking as 5 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:54.439 mister Ralph Williams, You're welcome. Great to have you here, s hear 6 00:00:54.640 --> 00:01:02.200 me. Who is on the underneath in the box underneath me there mister uh 7 00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:14.079 smoking Jeremy b undercandy. But I'm never on bottom next to George. Next 8 00:01:14.120 --> 00:01:19.640 to Jeremy and George iikhorn. Hey, good to be guys, good lady, 9 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:29.280 I'm in his spot tonight. Good well, we have a loaded show 10 00:01:29.359 --> 00:01:32.359 for you today. 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Let's 25 00:02:38.039 --> 00:02:46.360 start with biggest contract we've seen in whatever show, Hey O Tani, seven 26 00:02:46.479 --> 00:02:53.240 hundred million dollars over the course of ten years, two million a year, 27 00:02:53.520 --> 00:03:00.960 and then yeah, exactly, it's a tenure plane like kan so two million 28 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:05.199 a year for those ten years, and then from twenty thirty four to twenty 29 00:03:05.280 --> 00:03:10.479 forty three he will get sixty eight million dollars, which is roughly approximately seven 30 00:03:10.479 --> 00:03:15.280 point five million dollars a year for not playing. So basically, when he's 31 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:21.080 done playing with the Dodgers, he's gonna still get paid, kind of like 32 00:03:21.159 --> 00:03:25.840 Bonnie Bonia. But he also has an opt out clause which I thought was 33 00:03:25.960 --> 00:03:31.960 very interesting, and that's if Mark Walter is no longer the controlling owner or 34 00:03:32.120 --> 00:03:37.520 Andrew Friedman is a president of Baseball Operations, so if either of those go, 35 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:42.879 he can go and opt out, which I thought was very interesting because 36 00:03:43.280 --> 00:03:50.759 it really if they're on the same page, he can really help control who 37 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:54.280 else they sign. And let's face it, Brady used to do this all 38 00:03:54.319 --> 00:03:59.319 the time. He used to renegotiate his contract and take less in the year 39 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:03.080 that they were in so they could bring in players and pay other players to 40 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:06.840 get good talent around him. This is one thing that I will say, 41 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:13.759 I'm gonna knock mister Aaron Rodgers because I don't think and maybe he just didn't 42 00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:18.560 want to, because maybe he still battled with Green Bay's front office. But 43 00:04:18.639 --> 00:04:25.480 that's one thing he not do and so therefore he does not have nearly the 44 00:04:25.519 --> 00:04:30.120 same rings as Brady did. But kudos to show. Hey, but I 45 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:34.759 want to hear your comments about his opt out clause, his signing with the 46 00:04:34.839 --> 00:04:42.279 Dodgers, and we're gonna start with George Oh boy boy, luck of the 47 00:04:42.360 --> 00:04:46.079 draw yep, and listen, I'm gonna share with you what Will Vogel just 48 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:51.600 said. First, Candy, this contract is absolutely insane. Otani is one 49 00:04:51.600 --> 00:04:55.800 of the greatest MLB players of all time, not only a good hitter, 50 00:04:55.879 --> 00:05:00.240 but also a good pitcher. He has a generational talent. Well, well, 51 00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:03.720 you're contradicting yourself, young man. You said he's got an insane contract. 52 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:08.399 I think he's a smart man. I think he is. He protected 53 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:12.319 himself, his family, his interests, his financial team, his agent, 54 00:05:12.439 --> 00:05:15.480 all those people involved. I think he did a tremendous job. Obviously he 55 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:19.600 knew what he was doing with coming in with these lower two million dollars you 56 00:05:19.639 --> 00:05:26.439 know, yearly salaries contracts as you outlined, Candy payments, if you will, 57 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:32.279 and then the back end is just loaded with loaded with money. It's 58 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:36.600 a very unique contract. We haven't seen anything like this for a long time. 59 00:05:36.959 --> 00:05:41.879 I mean, we had Miguel Cabrera in Detroit who got money, but 60 00:05:41.959 --> 00:05:46.279 that was basically because that was the way they structured it at the time, 61 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:53.160 and not knowing that he would really be falling apart physically and something could happen 62 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:56.720 here. The part about the owner and the president is very unique. I 63 00:05:56.759 --> 00:06:01.879 haven't seen that kind of stuff in writing, and that's a very unique situation 64 00:06:02.040 --> 00:06:08.240 with those two escape clauses, because, for crying out loud, the president 65 00:06:08.240 --> 00:06:12.040 of the team more than likely is going to be gone by then. I 66 00:06:12.079 --> 00:06:17.040 mean, there are some instances where president stays longer the owner, and again 67 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:20.839 that's another one you'd never know. Something could happen. Obviously, it could 68 00:06:20.839 --> 00:06:27.279 be a situation where there involves a sickness or a death issue where teams have 69 00:06:27.360 --> 00:06:31.199 to move on from their president ownership. But all that being said, I'm 70 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:36.720 anxious to see everybody else's comments about this because it's an incredible deal for this 71 00:06:36.839 --> 00:06:43.279 young man. And we already know he got hurt a part of last season 72 00:06:43.319 --> 00:06:46.079 with the Angels, and injuries can happen at any time, so there is 73 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:50.360 a good deal of risk here involved by the Dodgers, but they are Baseball's 74 00:06:50.439 --> 00:06:55.040 kind of wealthiest team going right now, so if anybody could afford it, 75 00:06:55.079 --> 00:06:57.920 I knew all along. You asked me a week or two ago. I 76 00:06:57.959 --> 00:07:00.879 think who I thought he was going to end up with it. I figured 77 00:07:00.879 --> 00:07:04.439 it was going to be La and then obviously the manager he opened his mouth 78 00:07:04.439 --> 00:07:09.319 when he wasn't supposed to Roberts talking about the interview that they had with him, 79 00:07:09.639 --> 00:07:13.519 and I guess they weren't supposed to do that, and some people had 80 00:07:13.600 --> 00:07:16.560 him going to Toronto. But all in all, it doesn't surprise me Kennedy 81 00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:19.480 that he's with the Dodgers, and what a hell of a deal he got. 82 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:27.360 I'm anxious to hear what the others panel is say the great train robbery. 83 00:07:29.519 --> 00:07:32.439 Mister Ralph, what are your thoughts? Well, my thoughts are this, 84 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:36.000 It's nice that they have O Tawny, but is it nice that they 85 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:40.399 need to get to the World Series. They keep stacking up players every year, 86 00:07:40.759 --> 00:07:45.600 spending millions and millions of dollars and laying an egg. They don't even 87 00:07:45.639 --> 00:07:48.959 get out of the first round of playoffs. So is this going to help 88 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:54.360 them? Yes, it probably can. O Tawney's had a lot of injuries 89 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:58.720 too. Most of their team when it comes to the playoff time are all 90 00:07:58.839 --> 00:08:03.360 hurt, and then they can win in the playoffs. So that's my opinion 91 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:05.279 of this. I you know, I hope he does well there, and 92 00:08:05.319 --> 00:08:11.120 I hope the Dodgers do well, but you know they're there are classic laying 93 00:08:11.160 --> 00:08:13.959 an egg during the play You know, getting into the playoffs and not getting 94 00:08:15.000 --> 00:08:18.319 to the World Series. I see day if this doesn't happen soon. I 95 00:08:18.399 --> 00:08:24.879 see Dave Roberts going bye byes. I agree, I agree, and Denzel's 96 00:08:24.920 --> 00:08:28.079 saying, thank you, Ralph, you cannot buy a World Series anymore. 97 00:08:28.959 --> 00:08:33.720 Jeremy, your thoughts that being said, considering he's having his second Tommy John 98 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:37.120 surgery and he may not be able to pitch at all this next season. 99 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:43.120 The only thing he's going to add as an offensive bat this year, granted, 100 00:08:43.159 --> 00:08:46.679 it's a great bat as a DH. Now that the National League uses 101 00:08:46.799 --> 00:08:50.360 the DH, he's gonna be that thirty to forty home run guy one hundred 102 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:54.679 to one hundred and twenty RBIs you can stick him in the middle of the 103 00:08:54.720 --> 00:08:58.799 lineup. He's gonna bat around that two eighty to three hundred, which should 104 00:08:58.799 --> 00:09:03.200 help them greatly. What it will not help with is what they struggle with 105 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:09.720 in the postseason pitching. Yeah, do you guys, I'm gonna quick ask 106 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:13.759 this question, do you guys ever think that MLB will come up with a 107 00:09:13.840 --> 00:09:18.720 salary cap Because if they do, contracts like these will become they won't be 108 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:20.960 able to have these contracts, or if they do, they'll be paying on 109 00:09:22.039 --> 00:09:26.080 them forever and then they won't be able to afford good players. So it's 110 00:09:26.080 --> 00:09:31.879 just a quick Do you think MLB will ever have the salary cap? Ralph? 111 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:35.480 Not with men man Freddie or men Man for whatever his name is there. 112 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:39.600 Uh not with him? Uh huh. I don't see it happen. 113 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:43.080 And he's a week leader. He's only there for money. He's not there 114 00:09:43.120 --> 00:09:46.200 for any other reason. He knows nothing about baseball and he doesn't care. 115 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:50.480 So I mean, you know, if the Major League owners cared a long 116 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:54.519 time ago, they would have already had a salary cap. Okay, they 117 00:09:54.559 --> 00:09:58.279 have revenue sharing, which is a joke. Okay, and let me say 118 00:09:58.320 --> 00:10:03.360 this got a better chance of getting struck by lightning than baseball having a salary 119 00:10:03.399 --> 00:10:07.440 cap. George, what do you think? Oh, I'll never say never, 120 00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:11.360 Candy. You know, Manford's not going to be there forever. But 121 00:10:11.440 --> 00:10:15.919 yeah, I agree with Rolf on that point because he's just he's just, 122 00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:20.879 he's cowardly, I'm sorry, the weakest of the commissioners in pro sports, 123 00:10:20.480 --> 00:10:24.279 and I don't see it happening anytime soon. Tony Clark, former Detroit Tiger, 124 00:10:24.320 --> 00:10:31.559 he's a hell of a players executive director of the Players Association. He's 125 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:33.960 not in favor of it. None of the players are in favor of it. 126 00:10:33.440 --> 00:10:37.559 So for the time being, no, but I'll never close the door 127 00:10:37.720 --> 00:10:41.320 entirely on it, but it would have to be with new leadership running baseball. 128 00:10:43.840 --> 00:10:48.279 Absolutely, Denzil, absolutely so yes, thank you. To be honest, 129 00:10:48.279 --> 00:10:52.600 all the commissioners are about ratings, and that's all four sports, and 130 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:56.000 he's absolutely right. It doesn't matter whether it's hockey, baseball, football, 131 00:10:58.320 --> 00:11:01.559 tennis, golf, whatever. They are trying to get as many ratings as 132 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:05.600 they can to get the TV sponsors to fork out money which can be shared 133 00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:09.840 across the board. That being said, if they were going to do a 134 00:11:09.879 --> 00:11:15.919 salary cap, it was gonna happen in right after the strike, when the 135 00:11:16.039 --> 00:11:20.200 NFL started going that way. It was gonna happen then. And that was 136 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:24.320 back with the previous commissioner. If I remember, right before Manfred got in, 137 00:11:24.440 --> 00:11:28.440 right, yeah, yeah, that's when it had happened. Because that 138 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:31.879 guy was a lot more hard knows than Manfred is. He was the guy 139 00:11:31.919 --> 00:11:39.360 that what was his name, Rosenthal, No, see, yeah, but 140 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:43.320 Sealy was more of the hard nos guy that would have put it in and 141 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:48.559 now it's all about ratings, revenue and the sharing across the board. That's 142 00:11:48.600 --> 00:11:54.960 all it is. And as long as the players have the edge over the 143 00:11:54.039 --> 00:11:58.759 owners because they really have no leverage, because the players get more money in 144 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:05.399 their share than the owners do as the whole, not as individuals. Let 145 00:12:05.440 --> 00:12:09.720 me rephrase that, because I think baseball is down to forty eight percent to 146 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:13.919 the owners and fifty two percent to the players. And as long as the 147 00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:16.440 players union is as strong as it is, there will not be a salary 148 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:24.720 cap and baseball so these lifetime contracts can continue to happen. I agree, 149 00:12:24.039 --> 00:12:28.480 we have. We have a couple quick comments. I'm going to throw up, 150 00:12:28.960 --> 00:12:31.320 Hey guys, maybe not a salary cap, but I could see it 151 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:35.159 possibly a show hey Otani rule to stop the deferral or at least limit how 152 00:12:35.240 --> 00:12:39.840 much of the contract can be deferred. And then we have ratings equals revenue 153 00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:45.559 and like stone cold, that's the bottom line, that's right. Yeah, 154 00:12:45.759 --> 00:12:48.279 yeah, good one. We all forget that. We all think this is 155 00:12:48.399 --> 00:12:52.679 sports, and we think it's a sport, but actually it's a business, 156 00:12:52.679 --> 00:12:56.960 and we sometimes forget the business side of it. Whether we might agree with 157 00:12:56.039 --> 00:13:00.600 it, or not. It is a business and they make all a lot 158 00:13:00.720 --> 00:13:05.399 of money. For sure. That's one of the reasons why a lot of 159 00:13:05.440 --> 00:13:11.759 people don't watch sports anymore because of the money. There's no more competitiveness here, 160 00:13:11.519 --> 00:13:15.919 folks. It's it's all about money. And that's why. You know, 161 00:13:15.960 --> 00:13:16.720 when I talk to a lot of folks, they say, I don't 162 00:13:16.720 --> 00:13:24.240 even watch sports anymore. I'm done. Hm Interesting King SJA. When you 163 00:13:24.279 --> 00:13:26.759 get a chance, go over to the South Florida Tribune channel on YouTube and 164 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:31.159 subscribe there, because in the future we're going to be using a couple of 165 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:35.759 the shows as a place where fans will get a chance to come out and 166 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:37.960 have their say about the sports they want to talk about. Oh there you 167 00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:46.759 go. Yes. So, speaking of the almighty dollar, Lionel Messi had 168 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:52.840 six shirts that he wore during his World Cup last year. They were the 169 00:13:52.960 --> 00:14:01.279 highest priced sports memorabia that sold this year. They sold for seven point eight 170 00:14:01.159 --> 00:14:13.120 million dollars. Wow, Jeremy, your thoughts. If there are sports memorabilia 171 00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:18.440 guys that are willing to pay that kind of money for that type of stuff, 172 00:14:18.519 --> 00:14:22.320 guess what, more power to them. I'm glad you got that kind 173 00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:28.840 of money to burn because honestly, I had the reason why I get into 174 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:31.960 the sports break memorabilia stuff is because I can get into it at a fraction 175 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:37.120 of the cost and possibly get a better return on investment than buying it at 176 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:43.000 an auction. George, your thoughts, Yeah, it's astronomical. I mean 177 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:48.440 that is you talk about a lot of money. I mean, he is 178 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:52.840 the greatest player right now. Of course in soccer. We all know that 179 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:56.799 he's done a tremendous job since he came down to South Florida. I really 180 00:14:56.879 --> 00:15:03.759 think that his value is probably's still going to go increase. But that's that's 181 00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:07.000 a little sticker shock for for a lot of people in sports. But again, 182 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:11.039 you know, if you're really into that, then then it's worth the 183 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:15.159 value to you. I mean we're still talking about stuff that Babe Ruth signed 184 00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:18.879 or something that you know, some famous player signed way back in the early 185 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:22.039 forties or fifties, and and that gets a lot of money too, you 186 00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:26.399 know, major League Baseball. But that is the biggest haul I've ever heard 187 00:15:26.440 --> 00:15:31.399 of for soccer jerseys. So hey, if you got that and that's what 188 00:15:31.440 --> 00:15:33.799 you want and that's what makes you happy, I guess go for it. 189 00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:39.919 I wouldn't do it, but yeah, athletes like that guy have made World 190 00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:43.960 Cup popular. I mean, I remember back in the day a World Cup 191 00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:50.159 was an afterthought and now it's itself. If that guy is selling jerseys like 192 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:54.080 that, then guess what. World Cup is bigger than you think. And 193 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:58.200 it's getting even better now and more people are watching it, and it's a 194 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:03.000 it's brought up soccer in America here, something big time. I mean, 195 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:07.840 we have a soccer team here called the River Hounds, and at one point 196 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:11.720 they were a joke and now all of a sudden, everybody's they're selling out 197 00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:17.159 tickets because everybody's into soccer now and and with the World Cup, it's gotten 198 00:16:17.200 --> 00:16:21.960 better and better. So I have a question for the three of you. 199 00:16:22.519 --> 00:16:30.559 What is the record for a game worn item of sports memorabilia? Who wore 200 00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:33.240 it and for what? Do you know the answer? And how much? 201 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:41.039 And he guesses I want to say it's probably a game warn Super Bowl jersey 202 00:16:41.080 --> 00:16:51.440 by Tom Brady. That would be my guest too. I'd say Ben Roethlisberger 203 00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:55.879 the record. And I'm just taking a guess because I really don't know. 204 00:16:55.919 --> 00:16:59.639 I mean, I'm just doing something. The record for a game warn item 205 00:16:59.679 --> 00:17:07.519 on of sports memorabile remains Michael Jordan's nineteen ninety A Finals jersey, which sold 206 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:15.400 for ten point one million dollars candy. Yes, it was at Sotherby in 207 00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:22.559 New York last year. Okay, so that was according to the Associated Press. 208 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:30.640 So interesting. I know, all you guys, that doesn't happen very 209 00:17:30.640 --> 00:17:36.599 often. Okay, I'm not that big into sports memorabilia, so it's trump 210 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:44.039 me. Okay, let's fuck. There's been some rumors. We all know 211 00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:48.079 the Patriots are not having the season that. Let's face it, the Bill 212 00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:55.799 Belichick hasn't had the season that he had since Brady left, but there is 213 00:17:55.880 --> 00:18:02.119 now talk that he will be out as head coach after this season. Thoughts, 214 00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:03.640 do you think those are true? Do you think they're not true? 215 00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:07.359 If he is gone, do you think he will go to another team? 216 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:11.519 And if you do, what team? Because remember he is trying to go 217 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:18.240 for most wins as a coach. So Jeremy, let's start with you. 218 00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:23.720 Well, I heard the rumor prior to the game in Germany, and I 219 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:26.920 even mentioned it, I think on one of the shows we were on then, 220 00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:32.079 because I said I heard a rumor that Bill Belichick may be fired at 221 00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:34.799 the end of the season if he loses in Germany. One guy actually thought 222 00:18:34.920 --> 00:18:40.200 that was a Patriots insider said he might not even make the plane ride back, 223 00:18:40.680 --> 00:18:45.960 But that was another story. But I had I had that coming out 224 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:49.799 then, and that's when they said the decision was made by Robert Kraft. 225 00:18:49.839 --> 00:18:53.279 So I think it's one hundred percent feasible, and I think he ends up 226 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:59.079 with the Chargers. That's the one that makes the most sense. Yeah, 227 00:18:59.079 --> 00:19:03.519 You've got a Tom Brady type of quarterback, a defense that looks great on 228 00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:07.759 paper as underperformed. I think it'd be a great fit for him there, 229 00:19:10.359 --> 00:19:14.400 Ralph. My question is if he does leave and go to another team, 230 00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:18.839 would he take his assistance with him, Bill O'Brien, Would he get Josh 231 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:23.640 McDaniel back into the fold. You got Brian flore he's up in Minnesota. 232 00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:27.599 You got Eric Mangini somewhere, I don't I'm not sure where he is, 233 00:19:29.079 --> 00:19:33.440 but you've got and then you've got Judge and Matt Patricia. So would he 234 00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:36.240 bring all those guys with him, That's gonna be the biggest question. I 235 00:19:36.279 --> 00:19:41.480 think he probably, and I agree with Jeremy probably go to another team. 236 00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:45.480 Excuse me, LA Chargers looks like it's the best team, so and he's 237 00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:48.759 right about that. But who knows. He might even go to the Jets. 238 00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:52.240 You know, I'm hearing stories he might fire Robert Sala. We'll see 239 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:56.960 what goes on there. He might go. You know, there's some other 240 00:19:56.000 --> 00:20:03.240 teams with some coaches on eggshell's. Okay, we're on Rivera's on eggs shells, 241 00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:07.680 so you know, Arthur Smith on in Atlanta's on egg shells. Carolina 242 00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:11.640 needs a coach, so who knows. You know, he might go to 243 00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:17.279 one of them places. But as far as the Matt Patrash is concerned, 244 00:20:17.319 --> 00:20:22.200 he's actually the assistant defensive coordinator for the Phillies or Philadelphia Eagles this year. 245 00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:25.680 Oh wow, well that's cool. They canned him after that he got off 246 00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:32.880 the Lions payroll. Yeah, George, your thoughts. Yeah, I think 247 00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:36.559 he's as good as done. I really do. It's a terrible way to 248 00:20:36.599 --> 00:20:41.720 go out for a man that has such pride and such achievements as all those 249 00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:48.200 championships. Media were asking him last yesterday about the situation, and he kept 250 00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:52.200 saying, we're preparing for Kansas City. I'm preparing for Kansas City. He 251 00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:56.799 just would not budge. Obviously he's not going to say anything, but yeah, 252 00:20:56.799 --> 00:21:00.799 it was kind of a comical response to three questions that were asked and 253 00:21:00.880 --> 00:21:07.839 posed to him at the coach's press conference yesterday in New England. You know, 254 00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:11.240 Robert Kraft has given him everything he's wanted, obviously, I mean, 255 00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:15.079 money wise, I agree with you, Jeremy. I think the Chargers need 256 00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:22.279 a new charge on that team. They've been fluctuating with mediocrity, with brilliantness, 257 00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:26.000 but nothing in the playoffs. I mean, they've been one of the 258 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:30.720 most frustrating franchises in the last half dozen or more years. Down with their 259 00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:34.480 quarterback injured, obviously, they have to prepare for the fact that you know, 260 00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:37.359 he's coming back and he's going to have to rehab a little bit before 261 00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:41.359 next season. But yeah, and I'm not going to go through the same 262 00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:44.759 line that you did, Ralph. I mean, you mentioned a number of 263 00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:48.200 teams that might be looking for a new head coach, right, I wouldn't 264 00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:52.200 worry about too much assistance. He's you're not You're never going to be able 265 00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:56.519 to bring all your assistance with you. Okay. Michigan Spartan's just hired a 266 00:21:56.519 --> 00:22:00.680 new coach. He's got new guys coming in, you know, which is 267 00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:03.920 good for them. But sometimes you can't just bring everybody with you. You 268 00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:10.559 know, that's impossible. And that being said, yeah, I mean it's 269 00:22:10.599 --> 00:22:12.119 even if he wants to coach. I mean he may pull fast one and 270 00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:15.480 well, no, I'm part of it. I don't. I don't want 271 00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:18.440 to keep going or take a year off. Maybe there's that possibility bel Chick 272 00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:25.279 might do that. Oh, absolutely, you know. I would just an 273 00:22:25.359 --> 00:22:29.519 update for you. It's thirty five nothing raiders over the Chargers right now. 274 00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:37.119 Bring Day might be fired tomorrow. Yeah, Oh my goodness. O'connells eleven 275 00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:41.119 of twelve of twenty with one hundred and seventy eight yard and three touchdowns. 276 00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:47.240 Wow. Another one of those great Thursday night games. Guys. Yeah, 277 00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:49.160 but at least they're scoring in this one. L Michael should be happy. 278 00:22:53.119 --> 00:23:02.359 Well so, mister Ralph, you're former quarterback. Ben Roethlisberger came out this 279 00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:07.119 week and said maybe the tradition for the Pittsburgh Steelers is done and gone. 280 00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:12.960 Your thoughts on what he said. He's not wrong, you know, it's 281 00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:17.359 been gone for a while. Last five years. The Steelers have been in 282 00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:21.960 sort of mediocrity. They've gone into the playoffs and got blown out by two 283 00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:26.480 different teams, by Cleveland and by Kansas City. All Right, the last 284 00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:30.440 few years they haven't made the playoffs. This team is going down, sinking 285 00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:34.680 like a ship is sinking. And that's exactly what's happening. I think Mike 286 00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:41.160 Media I call mediocre Mike. I think he has worn out as welcome and 287 00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:44.599 I think it's time for him to move on as well. And if he 288 00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:48.119 goes to another team, so be it. If he decides not to and 289 00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:52.880 take take his time off, and you know, so, I just hope 290 00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:56.440 that he doesn't go to another team and kill us. But that's beside the 291 00:23:56.480 --> 00:24:00.319 point. That could happen. I know it will because as soon as he's 292 00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:03.839 gone from the Steelers, the phones, his phone is going to be ringing 293 00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:07.480 off the hook because I know people. I know teams will fire their coach 294 00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:11.319 just to bring him in. Okay, maybe he needs a new beginning. 295 00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:15.039 I don't know, but I do know the Steelers do need one, and 296 00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:18.400 they need to get back to what they what they were good at once doing. 297 00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:22.759 And that's the standard is the standard, and right now it's not anything 298 00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:27.480 it's nothing, George. Your thoughts, Yeah, I mean, you know 299 00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:30.640 he was on his podcast, yeah, when he mentioned this, Candy, 300 00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:36.160 And I'm telling you, you know, if anybody's got a good pulse on 301 00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:40.599 what's the situation like in that team, obviously Ben does having been there for 302 00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:42.720 so many years, and you tell it. You take a look at their 303 00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:48.119 upcoming schedule, you know, and it doesn't look good. They get Seattle's 304 00:24:48.119 --> 00:24:51.359 in there. The only tough the only softy for them would be the Seattle 305 00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:53.079 game. But I agree with you, Ralph. I don't think they're going 306 00:24:53.119 --> 00:24:56.599 to make the playoffs. I think that they are going to fall short, 307 00:24:57.920 --> 00:25:00.880 and major changes they are going to be needed. I mean, you know, 308 00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:06.640 the aura of the Rooney family and the magic that they had franchise for 309 00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:15.200 so many decades is just a tremendous, tremendous active prestige obviously for Pittsburgh and 310 00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:19.799 the fans there, and right now, it couldn't be further from their grass 311 00:25:19.880 --> 00:25:23.880 right now because things are not going well, I would have to say that, 312 00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:27.079 Yeah, I think I think they should move on and get a new 313 00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:30.839 coach. But you know who that's going to be. We don't know. 314 00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:33.279 But yeah, even if they make the playoffs, Like you said, Ralph, 315 00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:37.799 they're probably gonna get knocked out in the Wildcoud round anyway, so you 316 00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:40.880 know if they can even make it. But they have a tough schedule named 317 00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:42.160 Glost. Three out of the last four. Come on, they're not playing 318 00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:49.680 well at all. No, Jeremy, your thoughts. You know, ben 319 00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:52.680 Is does have the pulse of the team on their right. But at the 320 00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:56.839 same time, I believe ben played three years too long for the Steelers, 321 00:25:57.279 --> 00:26:02.599 and they waited too long to start their rebuild to begin with, and they 322 00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:07.200 didn't have enough influx of young, good offensive linemen to replace the guys that 323 00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:12.319 were aging and starting to get hurt on both sides, the D line and 324 00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:17.079 the old line, and that is why you're seeing their trouble in the trenches. 325 00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:21.839 Now. We're used to seeing the Steel Curtain type of defense that we've 326 00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:26.720 always seen out of Pittsburgh for decades. Now, when's the last time you 327 00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:32.440 heard of a mediocre defense being with the Steelers. Last year, it was 328 00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:37.880 a mediocre offense and a good defense. Still this year, it's mediocre on 329 00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:41.599 both sides of the ball, and you can't have that be a winning combination. 330 00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:45.279 Somehow, they have a winning record. Don't ask me because I don't 331 00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:48.400 see how they did it. Well, well, I want to say this, 332 00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:52.839 Jeremy. The last time this team was this bad or mediocre was Chuck 333 00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:59.319 Noles' final years, all right. It was bad his final years around nineteen 334 00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:03.440 ninety going into ninety two when he stepped away and then they hired Bill Kauer. 335 00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:07.039 Okay, that was the last time this team went this far down, 336 00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:10.640 all right, and it was starting to get bad, and they they they 337 00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:12.519 told Chuck Nole, you got to step down. He stepped away. Yeah, 338 00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:17.039 he had enough, so, you know, and didn't want anything to 339 00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:19.039 do with football. Bill Cower. He took the team, he did, 340 00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:23.640 He won Super Bowl, was in a lot of AFC Championship games. Uh 341 00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:29.000 you know, yeah, he did a lot. And there we are and 342 00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:33.160 yeah, they lost one, all right, and then they won one, 343 00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:37.400 the one against Seattle, and then a year later he had to step down 344 00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:41.920 because his wife was sick. But that wasn't the only reason why. Uh 345 00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:45.359 he was having issues with Art Ruining the second and uh Art was running the 346 00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:48.119 team at the time and he wanted a new coach. So there you go. 347 00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:52.279 The Second whatever you want to call him, they did not get along, 348 00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:56.440 and that that was the deciding factor. He didn't want the stress of 349 00:27:56.480 --> 00:28:02.799 that strife plus his wife being sick at the Yeah, exactly right, right. 350 00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:08.440 Okay, guys, what is either your game of the week that you're 351 00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:15.039 most looking forward to you or your team's game, depending on what it is, 352 00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:18.079 and tell me kind of what you think is going to happen with the 353 00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:26.799 outcome is going to be. So let's start with George. Well, Jeremy 354 00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:29.880 is Jeremy and I are going to fight for this one, I guess, 355 00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:33.279 but yeah, de tried in Denver. I mean it's been pushed to prime 356 00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:37.759 time eight fifteen pm Saturday night at Ford Field, part of a triple header. 357 00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.960 Folks. By the way, if you don't know that, there's three 358 00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:45.079 games on this Saturday on the NFL slate, and you know, the Lions 359 00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:48.000 obviously need a quick rebound. Obviously, what happened with Chicago last week the 360 00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:55.279 Bears was a disaster. It was bringing up shades of past Lions teams. 361 00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:57.640 Well, we don't want to go down that road. But the fact of 362 00:28:57.720 --> 00:29:02.400 the matter is the last four five games, the team has not looked as 363 00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:06.720 sharp as it did Obviously at the beginning of the season when the euphoria was 364 00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:11.039 all all Lions all the way. That being said, I expect, I 365 00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:15.759 firmly do expect the Lions to bounce back on this one. It's gonna be 366 00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:18.160 a close game. Again. Denver has been playing very, very well, 367 00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:23.400 as we know, and Russell Wilson and they are obviously. You know, 368 00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:27.759 the thing is, he's got to play a stronger defense, and we know 369 00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:30.960 this. Jeremy's talked about this a lot. You know, Aaron Glenn's defense 370 00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:36.480 just has not lived up to any kind of expectation, especially the last several 371 00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:40.240 weeks. So Detroit's got to get back to that grinding defense. That got 372 00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:44.359 to put more pressure from the defensive line. Obviously, the backfield's got to 373 00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:49.079 do a better job too of a pass protection. And I really think that 374 00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:52.359 the Lions are going to win, but it's going to be a close one. 375 00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:55.680 Again. I'll say they're gonna win by about seven. I'll give you 376 00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:59.000 that, but that's just one man's opinion. Then it should be a good 377 00:29:59.039 --> 00:30:04.640 game though, Okay, Ralph, I agree with George on that that's gonna 378 00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:08.359 be a dogfight game. I think it is the Denver game in the alliance. 379 00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:11.960 I want to go with Jets and the Dolphins and the Chiefs, and 380 00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:17.279 they're in the Texans and the Titans. I think that game, the Texans 381 00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:19.359 and the Titans, that's a division game, and the Jets and the Dolphins 382 00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:22.839 is a division game. So I think those two games right there are going 383 00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:29.480 to be some of the ones to look at division wise. I agree. 384 00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:34.640 I agree Jeremy Well, George didn't steal all my thunder. Thank god. 385 00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:41.880 All five starting old linemen outside of the one on the ir are actually practicing 386 00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:47.319 this week for the Lions for the first time in six weeks. So therefore, 387 00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:52.960 the woes that Jared Goff has had is mostly due to pressure from opposing 388 00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:56.640 teams because our O line is played like crap. You can say what you 389 00:30:56.680 --> 00:31:00.319 want about Jared Goff, but prior to the O line being in flood like 390 00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:03.519 it's been, he had a very productive season. Yes, he's had thirteen 391 00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:08.160 turnovers in the last six weeks, but seven weeks ago was the last time 392 00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:14.720 he had all started five starting old linemen, so there's a big reason for 393 00:31:14.799 --> 00:31:18.279 that. When you're pressure under pressure, you make mistakes. Great quarterbacks look 394 00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:26.960 bad bad, Mediocre quarterbacks look horrible. Golf is neither fantastic nor is he 395 00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:30.680 bad. He's above average. He's a very good quarterback as a matter of 396 00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:37.640 fact. The numbers prove it, and the accuracy that everybody's been flailing about, 397 00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:41.200 he's up in the top four in accuracy in the league. So I 398 00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:44.319 don't want to hear he's a bad quarterback people, no matter how much you 399 00:31:44.359 --> 00:31:48.559 don't like him. And I'm not sitting here tooting his horn saying he needs 400 00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:52.000 to be paid fifty million dollars a year either. But at the same time, 401 00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:56.920 Aaron Glenn is the biggest woe on this team. But at the same 402 00:31:56.960 --> 00:32:00.279 time, the Denver Broncos, they are only games they have lost in been 403 00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:05.039 in the domes this year lately, since they went on this seven game winning 404 00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:08.559 streak off and on. There are there seven and two in their last nine 405 00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:12.799 games, and the last two that they lost were in domes New Orleans and 406 00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:15.799 Minnesota. So Russell Wilson does not have his best games in the Dome, 407 00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:22.079 which is going to behoove our Lions. Because also I heard cjgj is back 408 00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:27.519 practicing with the team and been cleared finally, so he may not start this 409 00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:30.119 week. But he'll be back to help the defense next week versus Minnesota. 410 00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:38.039 So it's no surprise or to none of you guys who I'm gonna talk about, 411 00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:40.240 because I'm gonna talk about my Green Bay Packers, which I know, 412 00:32:42.119 --> 00:32:46.960 Jeremy you just love. But they're playing what used to be an old division, 413 00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:52.359 right because they're playing Tampa Tampa Bay, and Tampa Bay used to be 414 00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:55.759 in our division. We're gonna we're staying at home, though Tampa Bay has 415 00:32:55.799 --> 00:33:00.200 to come up and play in our elements. Now. The one thing I 416 00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:05.559 will say we are we have been playing like I thought we would this year, 417 00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:14.279 very inconsistent with an in with a young, inconsistent offense. Obviously Jordan 418 00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:20.960 Love. But if you look at and I like looking at Baker Mayfield's numbers 419 00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:25.200 compared to Jordan Love's numbers, So Baker Mayfield is two hundred and seventy four 420 00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:30.759 for four hundred and thirty eight for two nine and thirty four yards with a 421 00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:36.000 quarterback rating of eighty nine point seven. Jordan Love is two hundred and seventy 422 00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:40.400 five yards on four hundred and forty seven for three thousand and eighty four yards 423 00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:46.200 with a quarterback rating of eighty nine, so they're both playing about the same. 424 00:33:49.079 --> 00:33:52.359 Jordan Love has a couple more interceptions. He has three more interceptions, 425 00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:58.599 but he also has three more touchdowns. Now, aj Dillon got a little 426 00:33:58.599 --> 00:34:02.920 banged up in New York and so he's questionable. So it'll be very interesting 427 00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:07.720 to see which team shows up, because, let's face it, the Packers 428 00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:10.719 beat Kansas City, which I would have never given him really a chance, 429 00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:16.519 and yet then they go to New York and we didn't fare so well. 430 00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:21.000 Now we missed a field goal. And here's what I'm going to say. 431 00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:28.199 When when there's so much inconsistency and when a team plays, how should I 432 00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:30.599 And I don't want to talk bad about the Giants, but when you played 433 00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:34.960 down to a team because you're not playing at the same level that you thought 434 00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:39.880 you'd play for Kansas City, that's the coaches. That's the coach, strictly 435 00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:45.639 on the coach. That is Matt Laflora not getting everybody up to and playing 436 00:34:46.280 --> 00:34:53.480 what what's my nickname for Laflora. Oh yeah, Matte Lefron. I like 437 00:34:53.599 --> 00:35:00.480 that. I like that. I'm sorry, Oh you're you're fine. So 438 00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:04.599 I think it'll be an interesting game. I think. I think it could 439 00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:08.639 be a good game. But again, there's a reason why we play these 440 00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:12.639 games because you just never know. Yes, they said I would have never 441 00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:20.800 given Detroit. I would have never thought they would have lost to the Bears, 442 00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:23.400 and I'm glad I don't bet. I'm glad I don't bet. The 443 00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:28.679 one thing I want to point out is the disparity between the defenses. Your 444 00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:31.360 defense is very good in the passing game, but guess what, Tampa Bay 445 00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:36.079 is right there with you. And at the same time, Tampa Bay is 446 00:35:36.119 --> 00:35:38.639 better versus the run, and that's gonna be the difference in this game. 447 00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:42.719 I think it's going to be a low scoring, not as high as scoring 448 00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:45.159 game as we're used to seeing, and you may see like a four point 449 00:35:45.239 --> 00:35:50.840 swing between the winner and loser. And unfortunately, I'm not doing this because 450 00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:53.440 I hate Green Bay, but I see Tampa Bay might be enable to pull 451 00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:58.760 this out because they've already won some games versus the NFC North this year. 452 00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:01.880 It also depends on what kind of weather they're going to have. I don't 453 00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:05.920 I haven't heard what the weather's going to be like up in Green Bay. 454 00:36:06.599 --> 00:36:10.559 This is gonna be an evenly matched game. I think I really nothing major 455 00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:15.239 this weekend. Yeah, and you got two teams too, you know, 456 00:36:15.760 --> 00:36:19.639 trying to find our way, and you got one coach and Todd Bowles who's 457 00:36:19.679 --> 00:36:22.480 on eggshells down in Tampa. So we'll see what goes on. You know. 458 00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:27.159 I'm glad. I'm glad the Chargers sent UCLA to pay the Open Raiders 459 00:36:27.159 --> 00:36:30.559 tonight. Forty two nothing at half time. Let's hope it's a sporting game. 460 00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:38.559 In Minnesota's game last week, I said this was going to be a 461 00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:42.920 bad game, but I didn't expect it to be this bad. I expected 462 00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:49.119 like twenty one, not half. It's forty two nothing, Dre. You 463 00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:52.800 might see them put up Miami score versus this team. Yeah, really, 464 00:36:53.480 --> 00:36:59.000 at this point we need eighteen points. Yeah, they scored forty two in 465 00:36:59.039 --> 00:37:07.400 the first team. So parting shots. Anybody got a parting shot for tonight? 466 00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:15.000 Well, you know, we've lost so many players to injuries this year, 467 00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:19.960 all the teams across the board. I'm gonna go ahead and say it 468 00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:24.440 now. I think they need to bring back more practicing in the off season, 469 00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:30.000 not so much more preseason games, because ever since they lowered the amount 470 00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:38.480 of off season workouts, we are seeing an increase exponentially. It's up by 471 00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:44.320 twenty three percent than it was before they changed the offseason workout rules. So 472 00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:49.199 maybe those two A days weren't as bad as everybody thought. Maybe the players 473 00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:53.840 need to stay more hydrated. Maybe they need to quit whining, actually workout, 474 00:37:54.400 --> 00:38:00.320 stay off the phone, stay off of social media. George, do 475 00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:04.719 you have a parting shot, Well, my parting shot is always going to 476 00:38:04.719 --> 00:38:09.519 be, you know, sports. I'm not a big fan of sports on 477 00:38:09.639 --> 00:38:15.320 Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, and I understand the National Football League was a 478 00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:22.000 delta, a tough situation here where Christmas Eve is a Sunday obviously December twenty 479 00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:28.199 fourth, But I think what would have been better instead of spreading games out 480 00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:32.679 from one in the afternoon to eight fifteen at night on Christmas Eve, is 481 00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:37.400 to try to make all those games starting at one. Well, they fail 482 00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:40.840 to do so. So folks at Wantason Santa Claus that live in Tampa, 483 00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:46.159 Chicago, Miami and Denver, good luck, because you're going to be at 484 00:38:46.159 --> 00:38:52.519 that stadium for a long time going into the night. And I just think 485 00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:57.079 that, you know, the NBA has been the grain who stole Christmas for 486 00:38:57.199 --> 00:39:00.039 years. They steal it, But now the NFL ell is doing it too, 487 00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:05.800 because on Monday, December twenty fifth, there are three more games posted 488 00:39:05.880 --> 00:39:09.440 by Kansas City, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. I want a piece on 489 00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:15.360 CBS, Box and ABC. I'll tell you what. I'm a sports fan, 490 00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:19.000 but I'm not going to be watching games that day. But to each 491 00:39:19.039 --> 00:39:21.920 his own. But that's my two cents and I wanted to share it with 492 00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:25.000 all of you. Happy holidays one and all. May I make a comment 493 00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:29.599 on that, George, You know what he could have done was took two 494 00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:32.079 of the games from that Monday and all the afternoon and evening games and played 495 00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:37.039 them all day Saturday. Do you know what, Jeremy, that would have 496 00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:39.559 been a good idea. They've got two scheduled for Saturday. One in Pittsburgh, 497 00:39:39.639 --> 00:39:45.800 Ralph at four thirty on NBC right, and the Los Angeles, oh 498 00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:49.760 god, the terrible Los Angeles Chargers host a game at eight o'clock at Peacock. 499 00:39:50.280 --> 00:39:52.159 Yeah, Jeremy, that would have been a good shift to do a 500 00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:54.400 lot of that shifting. To me, I just think if they'd have moved 501 00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:59.679 all those after everything, after the one o'clock games, the one o'clock games, 502 00:39:59.679 --> 00:40:02.960 are because that's when the families are together, sitting around passing out presents 503 00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:07.039 and having their dinners and stuff like that on Christmas Day. But the evening's 504 00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:12.320 supposed to be about spending time with your family, your children, and everything 505 00:40:12.320 --> 00:40:15.679 else. So from four o'clock on, if all those games were moved to 506 00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:20.360 Saturday, or maybe even put a couple of Friday games on, I wouldn't 507 00:40:20.360 --> 00:40:22.320 have had an issue. Yeah, you're right, they should have been a 508 00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:27.639 little bit more creative scheduling like that. Yeah, exactly, Yeah, yeah, 509 00:40:27.679 --> 00:40:30.480 we're all feel great good. Yeah, my party, my party, 510 00:40:30.719 --> 00:40:35.280 regional. Oh but I agree. I agree with George on this. I 511 00:40:35.320 --> 00:40:37.559 think it's wrong. But my parting shot is, so I'm going to take 512 00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:44.719 off from what George said, but the opposite college football bowl games cease for 513 00:40:45.440 --> 00:40:49.960 Christmas, even Christmas Day, and they have them on the twenty third, 514 00:40:50.400 --> 00:40:53.360 and then after that they don't to the twenty sixth. As bad as college 515 00:40:53.400 --> 00:40:57.559 football is right now, at least they had that kind of common sense, 516 00:40:57.639 --> 00:41:00.760 like George is saying, to at least have no bulk games on Christmas Eve 517 00:41:00.840 --> 00:41:07.159 or Christmas Day. So that's my parting shot. Marks nights. That's a 518 00:41:07.199 --> 00:41:13.920 good shot question here he does, he does. Let's let's do his thank 519 00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:16.519 you. The panel start up there around you guys, got I want to 520 00:41:16.559 --> 00:41:21.800 go panel. Turkey or ham on Christmas? Always was ham in My family 521 00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:24.920 always went so we would really go over the river and through the woods to 522 00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:31.400 grandmother's house. She lived on an acre farm growing up and would always go 523 00:41:31.559 --> 00:41:36.480 up to her house and we would always have ham on Christmas, Turkey on 524 00:41:36.519 --> 00:41:43.000 Thanksgiving, but hamm on Christmas. Yes, same, And it was ham 525 00:41:43.039 --> 00:41:47.519 on Christmas and ham on Easter. And like you said, Turkey Christmas Eve. 526 00:41:49.119 --> 00:41:53.119 I'm half Italian and half Irish, but mostly my in side of my 527 00:41:53.199 --> 00:41:58.360 family. My dad was the last of the Irish. He passed away in 528 00:41:58.480 --> 00:42:02.039 June of this year, so uh, and I never really did much with 529 00:42:02.079 --> 00:42:07.159 the Irish end of it, but I was mostly Italian. We have sausages, 530 00:42:07.199 --> 00:42:09.639 pizza and stuff like fish, stuff like that on New Year's Eve or 531 00:42:09.760 --> 00:42:14.119 Christmas even New Year's even, stuff like that. Then the next day we 532 00:42:14.199 --> 00:42:17.840 have ham New Year's Day. We have sort of similar situations. So you 533 00:42:17.920 --> 00:42:22.400 know what I'm gonna I'm gonna be the odd man out on everything. And 534 00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:29.079 no, I'm not saying Turkey I'm saying a standing rib roast. There you 535 00:42:29.119 --> 00:42:32.320 go. Oh, that's different. That's my perfect Christmas. That's different. 536 00:42:34.000 --> 00:42:39.880 I know people, I know people that real thanks and candy yams. Yeah, 537 00:42:42.440 --> 00:42:47.840 so my parting shot has to go to the NBA. So Giannis Andy 538 00:42:47.880 --> 00:42:58.119 Decompo shot sixty four points in the game previous against Philly. He wanted the 539 00:42:58.119 --> 00:43:00.119 game ball, so after the game he went to go get it because, 540 00:43:00.199 --> 00:43:05.639 let's face it, that was the highest point total any Buck has had in 541 00:43:05.840 --> 00:43:09.000 history. He had an awesome game. So he went to go get the 542 00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:12.199 game ball, but they didn't want to give him the game ball because they 543 00:43:12.239 --> 00:43:16.880 gave the game ball to a rookie on the Philly side who had made his 544 00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:22.800 first NBA basket. So my question, my question to you is, let's 545 00:43:22.800 --> 00:43:25.000 face it, they don't play with just one ball. There's got to be 546 00:43:25.119 --> 00:43:30.719 multiple balls. Why can't they give the balls to the different people. Let's 547 00:43:30.719 --> 00:43:36.159 face it, that's going to be a sports memorabilia for someone down the road 548 00:43:36.239 --> 00:43:39.679 someplace. Why couldn't they communicate to that. Why didn't have to get to 549 00:43:39.719 --> 00:43:45.000 a heat. That's what I fail. That's where the NBA just fails. 550 00:43:45.519 --> 00:43:47.400 Yeah, well, football does that candy. What they do is they find 551 00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:51.599 the players for giving a fan of ball. I don't understand that at all. 552 00:43:51.800 --> 00:43:54.719 Baseball, that's that's not a problem. But football they give you a 553 00:43:54.719 --> 00:43:58.440 fine for that. I just don't get that at all. You're right, 554 00:43:59.079 --> 00:44:04.000 are you sure that you know what? Jeremy chair correct me if I'm wrong. 555 00:44:04.039 --> 00:44:07.760 But then they used to throw a flag a penalty if a player threw 556 00:44:07.800 --> 00:44:10.559 that ball into the stands back of the day, I thought they did. 557 00:44:10.679 --> 00:44:15.880 Yes, the team used to get it unsportsman like there's something, yeah, 558 00:44:15.920 --> 00:44:20.079 but that they stopped that and now they just find the players. And it 559 00:44:20.239 --> 00:44:25.599 started with Terrell Owens doing the sharpie signature and giving it all started back then 560 00:44:27.000 --> 00:44:30.719 and then you know, they stopped doing the unsportsmanlike conduct for that. But 561 00:44:30.800 --> 00:44:35.119 you know what, I think it's bull crap because they got like twenty footballs 562 00:44:35.119 --> 00:44:37.960 out there. They got like twelve or twenty basketballs out there. And number 563 00:44:38.000 --> 00:44:43.840 one, I think every time the ball gets too covered in sweat and to 564 00:44:43.960 --> 00:44:49.119 start sliding when they're doing the bounce passes is when they switched the balls out 565 00:44:49.199 --> 00:44:53.079 on the basketball court. So there's the one that was tipped off, there's 566 00:44:53.119 --> 00:44:57.760 the one at every court at the end of very quarter. There's a minimum 567 00:44:57.760 --> 00:45:00.679 of five that's used every game, not luting the ones that lose their handle 568 00:45:00.760 --> 00:45:05.239 because they start to get sweaty. So I think they use all twelve. 569 00:45:06.320 --> 00:45:08.840 Why didn't they just figure out the one that was tipped off, give that 570 00:45:08.920 --> 00:45:14.480 to Giannis and give the other one that ended the game to the kid that 571 00:45:14.519 --> 00:45:20.039 scored his first basket. I think that would have been the logical and easy 572 00:45:20.119 --> 00:45:23.239 choice to the solution. But at the same time, Giannis has been in 573 00:45:23.280 --> 00:45:28.559 the league how long and had how many game balls. Maybe he should man 574 00:45:28.760 --> 00:45:34.079 up and not be so whiny because a rookie scored his first basket. But 575 00:45:34.199 --> 00:45:37.159 let's also think about how baseball does it. So if you get your three 576 00:45:37.239 --> 00:45:42.079 thousand hit and it's in the field to play, take they take that ball 577 00:45:42.159 --> 00:45:45.599 right then and there, and they take it. I've sat in in the 578 00:45:45.639 --> 00:45:51.039 photo. Well, they you break a bat, the guys come and collect 579 00:45:51.079 --> 00:45:53.440 it, and they put stickers on them, and some of those going to 580 00:45:53.519 --> 00:46:00.480 the Baseball Hall of Fame or they get lodged and recorded. Why after that 581 00:46:00.559 --> 00:46:06.280 guy made his first basket in the NBA, after the whatever stoppage of play, 582 00:46:06.480 --> 00:46:09.280 why then didn't that ball go immediately out? Because how do you know 583 00:46:09.320 --> 00:46:13.760 that the ball that they ended up with at the end was the actual ball 584 00:46:13.800 --> 00:46:16.159 that he made the basket with, right right? You know. It's like 585 00:46:16.159 --> 00:46:21.039 if you in baseball, if you hit a home run, you're not always 586 00:46:21.079 --> 00:46:24.280 guaranteed you're gonna get your ball back because the person that catches it might. 587 00:46:24.880 --> 00:46:29.280 But if it's in play, you have you're gonna get that you can get 588 00:46:29.320 --> 00:46:31.280 the ball back. Why don't they do the same thing in the NBA. 589 00:46:32.760 --> 00:46:37.199 The guy that scores his first touchdown, he's going to try and save that 590 00:46:37.239 --> 00:46:40.079 football, but he has his hands on the football. Why can't they do 591 00:46:40.159 --> 00:46:44.880 the same for the other sports? Good point, I agree with you. 592 00:46:45.519 --> 00:46:54.119 So with that, let's go around the horn and let everybody talk about how 593 00:46:54.119 --> 00:46:58.639 they can get a hold of you. So, Ralph, how can people 594 00:46:58.639 --> 00:47:01.280 find you? Ralph? I' william seven three seven at gmail dot com, 595 00:47:01.400 --> 00:47:07.480 www dot rwmedia dot org. I have my own YouTube channel. I'm on 596 00:47:07.519 --> 00:47:12.760 Facebook, LinkedIn Twitter x platform. I also have a radio show on Tuesday 597 00:47:12.840 --> 00:47:19.119 nights on Beaver County Radio Western Pennsylvania with my co host, smoking Jim Fraser, 598 00:47:19.679 --> 00:47:22.440 and I'm on Block Talk Radio. I have my own block talk radio 599 00:47:22.519 --> 00:47:25.960 channel starting up in January. I mean I started it up now. I 600 00:47:27.000 --> 00:47:29.679 have a few shows running on there now, but I'll be starting it up 601 00:47:29.719 --> 00:47:34.000 full in January with a bunch of shows. So you know, there you 602 00:47:34.039 --> 00:47:37.719 are, and to watch my shows five six three nine nine nine three seven 603 00:47:37.800 --> 00:47:43.679 four zero. To listen to the shows on block Talk Radio awesome, Jorge 604 00:47:43.679 --> 00:47:47.079 talking people. Get a hold of you well. I am a contributor along 605 00:47:47.119 --> 00:47:53.000 with Jeremy and Scott and the others on the panel, to that wonderful website 606 00:47:53.000 --> 00:47:59.320 called Southforida Tribune MotorCity Tribune. You drill down and you'll see my works and 607 00:47:59.400 --> 00:48:01.239 at the end of my column there'll be a link to purchase a copy of 608 00:48:01.280 --> 00:48:07.639 the book. Detroit Sports Broadcasters on the air, And I'm in favor of 609 00:48:07.400 --> 00:48:10.760 book promotion because I know Scott has a good book out there that we all 610 00:48:10.760 --> 00:48:15.039 got to get a copy of and read and tell our friends about as well. 611 00:48:15.119 --> 00:48:19.360 So you can reach me at gicorn at Yahoo dot com or else on 612 00:48:20.159 --> 00:48:25.639 x Twitter at sand g Sports ninety nine and follow me here on fire Up 613 00:48:25.800 --> 00:48:30.159 and Pundit's Pundit and anywhere else that you guys need me. On the shows. 614 00:48:30.159 --> 00:48:32.599 I'm happy to come on, but great being with the three of you 615 00:48:32.639 --> 00:48:37.480 tonight great. Likewise, yes, thank you and Jeremy, how can people 616 00:48:37.519 --> 00:48:43.440 find you? Well, just like that guy, I can be found on 617 00:48:43.480 --> 00:48:47.119 the MotorCity Tribune under the South Florida Tribune dot com heading. There. You 618 00:48:47.159 --> 00:48:52.639 can also find me right here on fire Up or on Inside the Pigskin on 619 00:48:52.719 --> 00:48:55.679 the South Florida Tribune channel. And you can always go over to my YouTube 620 00:48:55.719 --> 00:49:01.280 channel for more Lions and NFL content, which is kneecat Biting with the MotorCity 621 00:49:01.320 --> 00:49:06.599 Lions, where I smoke and Jeremy b do a lot of talking about football 622 00:49:06.639 --> 00:49:08.840 with all sorts of people. You never know who's going to be a guest 623 00:49:09.000 --> 00:49:14.920 because I invite fans of other teens as well as Lions fans and other podcasters. 624 00:49:15.920 --> 00:49:19.840 And then you can find me at Smoking Jeremy on X or Twitter. 625 00:49:20.280 --> 00:49:22.480 I prefer Twitter because when I first saw it switch to X, I thought 626 00:49:22.480 --> 00:49:30.360 somebody put a porn bap on my pone. Everybody thinks that's what kind of 627 00:49:30.360 --> 00:49:32.920 sight it is? Too, Well, it's getting close. I can tell 628 00:49:32.920 --> 00:49:40.280 you that, oh well, guys, And you can also find me smoking 629 00:49:40.320 --> 00:49:47.880 Jeremy be on Instagram. Okay, okay, so our laundry list. First 630 00:49:47.920 --> 00:49:52.760 of all, first and foremost, Scott wrote a book, Lessons from the 631 00:49:52.800 --> 00:49:57.039 Microphone. He's the reason we are all here tonight. Yes, he got 632 00:49:57.079 --> 00:50:00.800 all of us together. He's the one that develops all Florida, came up 633 00:50:00.800 --> 00:50:04.239 with the idea for South Florida Tribune dot com. He's the one that came 634 00:50:04.320 --> 00:50:07.920 up with the YouTube channel. He's the reason why we are all talking and 635 00:50:08.960 --> 00:50:13.559 providing the good content that we do. So go out and get his book. 636 00:50:13.599 --> 00:50:16.559 It's available on Kindle or Amazon. Lessons from the Microphone. There's a 637 00:50:16.599 --> 00:50:22.280 red subscribe button. Jeremy, you're laughing here, you I just looked in 638 00:50:22.679 --> 00:50:29.039 the corner, just started, and they're already on the LA Clippers eighteen. 639 00:50:29.280 --> 00:50:31.440 They're about rays. You might as well say it's the clippers. They're about 640 00:50:31.480 --> 00:50:37.760 as effect as they were in the nineties. But anyways, they by score 641 00:50:37.800 --> 00:50:45.960 agat here shortly. It's a travesty. Oh my god, it's so so 642 00:50:46.199 --> 00:50:51.119 Jeremy and George both right for South Florida Tribune dot com. Well, you 643 00:50:51.119 --> 00:50:53.639 can go to that website and you can see some of the pictures that I've 644 00:50:53.679 --> 00:51:00.000 taken on the field. Let's say, let's see in the rank on the 645 00:51:00.039 --> 00:51:05.760 floor. So I've taken basketball, I've taken baseball, I've taken hockey, 646 00:51:05.880 --> 00:51:10.360 I've taken football. I'm trying to think if there's I think those are the 647 00:51:10.400 --> 00:51:16.880 main I've taken soccer. And I've also taken auto racing too, So you 648 00:51:16.920 --> 00:51:22.000 can find all kinds of pictures there that I've taken. You can find Scott's 649 00:51:22.000 --> 00:51:27.519 writing, you can find we get transcripts from Dolphins, Jaguars, Lions, 650 00:51:28.000 --> 00:51:30.719 so if you ever want any of those, go to South Florida Tribute dot 651 00:51:30.760 --> 00:51:35.199 com. 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We have a 673 00:53:15.000 --> 00:53:21.840 plethora of shows you can find inside the Pigskin, where we have former NFL 674 00:53:21.880 --> 00:53:25.360 players and NFL coaches on that show, along with Jeremy and Scott and George. 675 00:53:25.400 --> 00:53:30.039 At times we have a one hundred and eight such as Baseball Talk, 676 00:53:30.079 --> 00:53:36.679 which talks about baseball. We have No Limits. We have MotorCity Mad Mouse 677 00:53:36.719 --> 00:53:38.800 Show. We have Professor and Pupil. We have Fire Up. We have 678 00:53:38.800 --> 00:53:44.800 Fire Up Michigan, Fire Up Wisconsin, Fire Up Florida. We have Sports 679 00:53:44.840 --> 00:53:50.679 Exchange, Pundits, Pundits. What else? Professor and the Pupil. Yes, 680 00:53:51.000 --> 00:53:54.039 we heard soon we are going to have a show on Sundays. Oh, 681 00:53:54.079 --> 00:53:59.719 that's right, that's right. We are. We are just you and 682 00:53:59.760 --> 00:54:05.280 me, our own little uh sports Exchange, Fire Up, whatever we want 683 00:54:05.280 --> 00:54:08.639 to call it, It's gonna happen. It is. It is. So. 684 00:54:09.280 --> 00:54:15.199 If you like our shows, please subscribe, watch us more, tell 685 00:54:15.239 --> 00:54:19.719 all your friends. But most importantly, we wish you all a very happy 686 00:54:19.800 --> 00:54:27.000 and healthy holiday season. Merry Christmas and happy. It's forty nine nothing, 687 00:54:28.519 --> 00:54:32.480 forty nothing. She was ten two left in the third quarter and it's forty 688 00:54:32.559 --> 00:54:40.960 nine nothing total yards eighty nine for the Chargers, three forty three oh for 689 00:54:42.039 --> 00:54:47.920 the Raiders. An interim coaching. Interim coaching, the backup quarterback and win 690 00:54:47.960 --> 00:54:57.400 in forty nine. Nothing yep, ohod backup quarterback and one other thing too. 691 00:54:58.039 --> 00:55:00.599 Uh. The Chargers have Kellen Moore Donner. I'm surprised they're not moving 692 00:55:00.599 --> 00:55:06.599 a football better. But don't forget Justin Herberts out for the season, yeaton 693 00:55:06.719 --> 00:55:12.760 sticks first start in the NFL. Yeah, yeah, Well guys, it's 694 00:55:12.760 --> 00:55:16.199 been a pleasure. Thank you for me and talking and having such a good 695 00:55:16.239 --> 00:55:22.920 time. Everybody have have a happy and healthy holiday season. Thank you, 696 00:55:22.920 --> 00:55:25.639 you too. You and Scott have a good one. Thank you, Thank 697 00:55:25.639 --> 00:55:49.840 you, Ralph and YouTube. Jeremy George Jeremy