WEBVTT 1 00:00:23.879 --> 00:00:30.320 Good evening everybody, and welcome to another episode of Fire Up Up Now. 2 00:00:32.719 --> 00:00:39.479 Hello, gentlemen, Hello lady. How are we tonight? We're good? 3 00:00:39.679 --> 00:00:46.359 Thank you. I'm sorry. I will introduce my panel. We're going to 4 00:00:46.439 --> 00:00:51.240 start with Ralph Williams, welcome back to the show. Thank you, Candy, 5 00:00:51.679 --> 00:00:56.960 thank you, it's great to be here. And the next guest, 6 00:00:57.320 --> 00:01:03.560 mister George Icorn guests he's kind of a well, but thank you again for 7 00:01:03.599 --> 00:01:07.680 the introduction. I appreciate it. Looking forward to the night show. So 8 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:11.760 am I. And then there's none other than my other co host on my 9 00:01:11.959 --> 00:01:19.319 on our Sunday Fire Up episodes, Mike. Other co hosts Smoking Jeremy b 10 00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:25.560 Howdy, Candy, Ralph, George, good to be here. Well we 11 00:01:25.599 --> 00:01:30.400 can't, Jeremy, we got the short end of the stick. I says, 12 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:33.239 we can't be in Las Vegas, so we might as well be on 13 00:01:33.280 --> 00:01:38.760 this show. That's it. If Las Vegas keeps equaling what I hear, 14 00:01:38.760 --> 00:01:42.799 it equals I don't want to be in lost wages anyway, that's true. 15 00:01:44.959 --> 00:01:47.760 Let's put it to you this the way, George, you probably have more 16 00:01:47.799 --> 00:01:51.920 money in your pocket sitting where you are than in Vegas. That's very true, 17 00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:55.319 very true. And you know what they say, you lose your shirt. 18 00:01:55.319 --> 00:01:57.280 Doner too, so you don't want to lose your shirt, not me. 19 00:02:01.159 --> 00:02:06.319 We have a great episode planned tonight. We are gonna start talking about 20 00:02:06.359 --> 00:02:10.639 what's happening in Vegas. It's gonna happen on Sunday. It's the super Bowl. 21 00:02:12.199 --> 00:02:15.719 Oh, the super Bowl. The super Bowl. We have two teams 22 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:23.280 in it. Mister George, who are the two teams in the Super Bowl? 23 00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:31.319 Which two teams are in? George, San Francisco forty and the Kansas 24 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:36.680 City Chiefs. There you go. We are going to break it down kind 25 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:40.280 of by position, who we think has the edge in the game. So 26 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:47.599 we are going to start mister Ralph. Who has the edge quarterback? I 27 00:02:47.599 --> 00:02:52.000 think it's Patrick Mahomes. He's much more experienced. He's been to the Big 28 00:02:52.039 --> 00:02:55.639 Game and he has you know, Andy Reid as his coach. I believe 29 00:02:55.680 --> 00:03:05.599 that you know Patrick Mahomes. Okay, George, who has the advantage at 30 00:03:05.680 --> 00:03:10.520 running back? Well, he's a finalist for tonight's award ceremony. His name 31 00:03:10.599 --> 00:03:16.360 is Christian McCaffrey and he has been waiting for this opportunity. Number twenty three 32 00:03:16.439 --> 00:03:22.879 in your program. I believe that he will have a really good game. 33 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:27.599 I give him the edge. Pacheco's been great, I know for the Chiefs, 34 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:30.199 He's had a good year also. But just like the quarterback position, 35 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:35.159 I mean, this is really close, but Christian is the leading rusher. 36 00:03:35.199 --> 00:03:38.680 I think he's I think he's got the edge and that's gonna be a big 37 00:03:38.719 --> 00:03:43.840 part of what we're going to see played out on Sunday night at the game 38 00:03:44.159 --> 00:03:53.280 the running game. Okay, mister Jeremy, we're gonna go receivers. Who 39 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:57.840 has the edge? San Francisco had hands down because the Chiefs wide receivers can't 40 00:03:57.840 --> 00:04:09.759 catch a Golden Mulan China. Mister Ralph, Yes, who has the edge 41 00:04:09.840 --> 00:04:15.519 at offensive line? Well, Kansas City's managed to protect mahomes this year. 42 00:04:15.680 --> 00:04:20.120 I mean, you know, their line seems to be pretty decent. You 43 00:04:20.160 --> 00:04:24.560 know, I saw it. I think Kansas City has a better offensive line. 44 00:04:26.480 --> 00:04:35.319 Okay, George, front seven, the front seven, yep. I 45 00:04:35.360 --> 00:04:39.959 would give it to Kansas City. Okay. I mean you're talking about the 46 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:46.879 tight end position being included. So I think that Travis Kelsey is really one 47 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:50.079 of the best tight ends I've seen in my in my years covering this league. 48 00:04:50.839 --> 00:04:58.759 George Kittle obviously a great great a great tight end also, but I 49 00:04:58.759 --> 00:05:00.839 give the offensive line, give you your front seven. I'm gonna go with 50 00:05:00.959 --> 00:05:05.879 Kansas City again, a lot of experience there, a lot of guys that 51 00:05:08.319 --> 00:05:11.839 can do. What they have to do is to open up the open up 52 00:05:11.879 --> 00:05:16.000 the lanes for running games and do enough blocking for for ma homes. So 53 00:05:16.040 --> 00:05:21.279 I'm gonna give the edge to Kansas City on that. Okay, Jeremy, 54 00:05:21.480 --> 00:05:31.319 the secondary, I'm gonna get the edge actually to the Chiefs. Ambry Thomas 55 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:38.240 has been like a sieve for passes to go through him. Cute quarterbacks are 56 00:05:38.319 --> 00:05:44.079 rating like an eighty six QBR against them, and completing passes over sixty five 57 00:05:44.959 --> 00:05:48.639 and sixty is the benchmark of a good quarterback, which means it must be 58 00:05:48.720 --> 00:06:00.199 the benchmark of a bad cornerback. Okay, Ralph. Special teams, I 59 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:05.439 think special teams are pretty much evenly matched. You know, they don't set 60 00:06:05.480 --> 00:06:10.879 the word on the world on fire. But I'm taking Kansas City in this 61 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:17.879 game, so I'll take their special teams. Okay, George coaching, Well, 62 00:06:17.959 --> 00:06:21.079 I first of all got to correct myself. I did not hear you 63 00:06:21.160 --> 00:06:29.160 s defense of seven. I apologize talking about offensive line, but let me 64 00:06:29.240 --> 00:06:32.680 go back to talk about just briefly the defensive line. I'm going to give 65 00:06:32.680 --> 00:06:35.879 the edge to the forty nine ers. I mean, you got Nick Bosa, 66 00:06:35.959 --> 00:06:39.839 their leading the charge, and you've got a great group of guys, 67 00:06:39.879 --> 00:06:46.240 I know Armstead and Hardgraves. So I just want to clarify myself and answer 68 00:06:46.279 --> 00:06:49.399 the defensive line. I'm going to give that edge to the forty nine ers. 69 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:53.120 Well, the coaching staff, what do we talk about here? Andy 70 00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:56.600 Reid? My god, he's like an institution now. He loves this. 71 00:06:57.639 --> 00:07:00.480 He loves the super Bowl. What is he sixty five sixties? Six years 72 00:07:00.519 --> 00:07:02.560 old? And I got to give it to him. I mean, he 73 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:08.480 he's got that wall mustache and everybody's making fun of that bus stage with that 74 00:07:08.480 --> 00:07:13.240 that freezing conditions in Buffalo, and uh, you know he helped lead that 75 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:15.839 team. Nobody a lot of people didn't think they even had a chance to 76 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:20.839 get to the super Bowl because of that playoff road schedule. But I'm gonna 77 00:07:20.839 --> 00:07:25.920 get the edge to to to him. Shanahan's a great coach though, too, 78 00:07:25.959 --> 00:07:30.399 no question about it. I Mean it's great coaches, But I'm gonna 79 00:07:30.399 --> 00:07:34.519 give the experience edge over to Andy Reid. Okay, so I am going 80 00:07:34.600 --> 00:07:39.079 to ask the other two for your thing. I'm gonna say, I'm gonna 81 00:07:39.079 --> 00:07:43.439 ask on coaches, total offense, total defense, and then who do we 82 00:07:43.480 --> 00:07:46.680 think is gonna win the game? So, George, you already did coaches, 83 00:07:46.079 --> 00:07:53.319 who do you think offensively is the better is the better team? Well, 84 00:07:53.759 --> 00:08:00.160 that's again a very close one. You know, based on some of 85 00:08:00.160 --> 00:08:05.199 the things I've seen from Brock Purty, He's not as sharp as Mahomes. 86 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:11.000 Obviously he's younger. You know, he's got some weapons though with McCaffrey, 87 00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:20.439 and I think though that the receiving corp in Kansas City. We know that 88 00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:24.600 they didn't perform at all very well against the Lions opening week of the season. 89 00:08:24.759 --> 00:08:28.639 So all that being, set out to chase here and say offensively, 90 00:08:28.720 --> 00:08:35.679 I'm going to say the Chiefs, Okay, what about defensively? Defensively, 91 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:41.320 I'm gonna go with San Francisco. I think they got better linebackers. They 92 00:08:41.360 --> 00:08:46.279 had really good guys on the defensive line, as I said, with Nick 93 00:08:46.320 --> 00:08:50.759 Bosea leading the charge. So I'm going to say defensively, San Francisco is 94 00:08:50.840 --> 00:08:54.120 going to be given the edge there. Okay, So then we're gonna go 95 00:08:54.159 --> 00:08:58.440 to the next person and at the end we're gonna come back around to see 96 00:08:58.679 --> 00:09:05.399 predictions. Let's go to Ralph. Who do you think coaching wise has Oh, 97 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:09.440 no doubt, no doubt. It's Andy Reid. And today he just 98 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:13.879 hired Eric B. Enemy to be his offensive assistant. So with that Andy 99 00:09:13.919 --> 00:09:18.720 Reid, it's it's simple. I mean, he just got smart than Shanahan 100 00:09:18.919 --> 00:09:22.559 right now by bringing in Eric B. Enemy as an offensive assistant for this 101 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:26.799 game. So you know, there you go right there, there's your there's 102 00:09:26.960 --> 00:09:33.440 there's the coach. I think it's Andy Reid offense. Offense, I think 103 00:09:33.440 --> 00:09:39.759 it's Kansas City all. I think it's Kansas City. If they can keep 104 00:09:39.840 --> 00:09:43.120 if they can get the run game going, and like Jeremy said before, 105 00:09:43.159 --> 00:09:46.679 if they the wide receivers can catch the ball, and if Travis Kelsey can 106 00:09:46.759 --> 00:09:50.679 keep his mind on the game and not on Taylor Swift. In defense, 107 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:56.039 defense, I agree with George. I think the defense of forty nine ers 108 00:09:56.159 --> 00:10:00.919 very good defense with former Steeler Javon Hargrave there, and they have some good 109 00:10:00.919 --> 00:10:03.600 linebackers, and I got to tell you they have a really good defense Steve 110 00:10:03.600 --> 00:10:09.039 Wilkes is their defensive coordinator down there, and you know so, I think 111 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:15.600 San Francisco defensively Okay, smoking, Jeremy, b will's start with coaching. 112 00:10:16.080 --> 00:10:24.320 It's the chief offense. Offense. I'm going the opposite way. The old 113 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:30.159 line is healthy for San Francisco. The weapons are better for brock Perty. 114 00:10:31.039 --> 00:10:35.279 Brock Perty's percentage wise actually had a better percentage than Mahomes this season because the 115 00:10:35.559 --> 00:10:41.360 wide receivers have done so terrible and at times when Taylor Swift is not an 116 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:48.799 attendant, so has Travis Kelcey defense. I'm giving San Francisco the edge in 117 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:54.759 that too, But coaching beats out talent. We've seen it time and time 118 00:10:54.799 --> 00:11:00.480 again. Okay, So we're gonna go around the room. Who's addicting? 119 00:11:01.399 --> 00:11:05.120 Who would have win? What's the score? We're gonna start with, George. 120 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:11.279 I'm gonna go with Kansas City to win this game. It's gonna be 121 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:18.200 thirty one for the Chiefs and twenty four for San Francisco. Ralph twenty four, 122 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:26.799 Kansas City twenty four, San Francisco twenty one. Jeremy, I think 123 00:11:26.879 --> 00:11:33.279 both defenses are way too good to let the offenses do that well, Mahomes 124 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:35.840 is good, and Kelsey's great, Noah Gray is coming in, and Rachet 125 00:11:37.039 --> 00:11:43.159 Rashid Rice has been better. But as long as Kadarius Stonehand Dabbroni is on 126 00:11:43.200 --> 00:11:48.360 this team, I see it being a much lower scoring game. I think 127 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:52.840 it's gonna be like seventeen to fourteen, and I give the edge to the 128 00:11:52.919 --> 00:12:00.320 Chiefs because of coaching. And I'm gonna go against the Green and say twenty 129 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:09.200 one seventeen San Francisco. Ooh, so we'll see which And what I'm gonna 130 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:13.639 say is the team has the fewest turnovers is going to win this game. 131 00:12:13.759 --> 00:12:18.240 Yeah. I mistakes, Yes, I think it's a mistake. When you 132 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:22.440 get to the championship games like these, your mistakes are magnified because you don't 133 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:28.000 make as many typically, but when you do, they hurt you normally. 134 00:12:28.559 --> 00:12:33.519 So I would say defenses are going to rise to the occasion. It'll be 135 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:37.879 interesting to see if the offenses can match the defenses. I think it's going 136 00:12:37.919 --> 00:12:41.080 to be more of a defensive battle, and I think I'm going to give 137 00:12:41.080 --> 00:12:45.360 the edge to San Francisco. But that's why we play the game, so 138 00:12:45.440 --> 00:12:48.639 we can see and we can follow up next week. To see how our 139 00:12:48.679 --> 00:12:56.279 predictions rang true. So now my next question to this panel is Chicago has 140 00:12:56.320 --> 00:13:01.799 the number one pick in the draft. Some people think they should trade it 141 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:09.840 and stay with Justin Fields, and some people think they should keep it and 142 00:13:09.919 --> 00:13:15.279 draft a new quarterback and move on from Justin Fields. I'd like everybody's opinion 143 00:13:15.480 --> 00:13:20.960 on that. We're gonna start with smoking Jeremy Bee. Well, you know 144 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:24.759 the GM Ryan Poles has already came out and said they're going to build a 145 00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:30.399 round fields. They're not drafting a quarterback. So if they are not gonna 146 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:33.639 go Marvin Harrison junior number one, because Joe Alt can be had with the 147 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:39.279 night pick, with what everybody's picking in between pick one, and then they 148 00:13:39.279 --> 00:13:46.240 should trade out because I think they could get two or three more picks in 149 00:13:46.320 --> 00:13:50.080 this draft and possibly a future first trading away that one pick, which would 150 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:54.039 be behoove them and make them in the same position that the Lions were in 151 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:58.759 last season, where they'll be on the cusp of being a playoff team and 152 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:05.279 possibly maybe even making the back end of the playoffs. If somebody fails out, 153 00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:13.720 Shure, I'm going to have to hand it to Jeremy. I mean, 154 00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:18.080 I think that is a good strategy for them, Like you had referred 155 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:24.240 to the Lions and Brad Holmes and they drafting of getting as many draft picks 156 00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:28.159 in those first couple of rounds as you can. So I'm going to answer 157 00:14:28.279 --> 00:14:31.879 that very similar to what Jeremy says. I mean, I would keep Fields, 158 00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:35.159 I would grow him, do what you can to bring him any kind 159 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:41.440 of help maybe during the off season as far as a passing coordinator or quarterbacks 160 00:14:41.559 --> 00:14:46.519 academy or whatever that just to try to develop him even a little bit more 161 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:50.200 during the off season. But I agree, I think you've got to stop 162 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:54.399 a few extra draft tracks. That there's a lot of needs that the Bears 163 00:14:54.440 --> 00:14:58.840 have and I don't think going for a quarterback is a smart move in their 164 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:05.320 situation. Ralph, what do you think? Well, I agree with George 165 00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:09.559 and Jeremy a little bit, But I want to thank the Chicago Bears by 166 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:13.720 the way, because they you know, we traded a bum in Chase Claypool, 167 00:15:15.080 --> 00:15:16.639 and we were able to get a second round pick and bring in Joey 168 00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:20.399 Porter junior, who might make Rookie of the Year tonight. So you know, 169 00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:24.919 I want to thank them for that. But I think the Bears should 170 00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:28.960 stay faced with with Fields, and like George said and Jeremy said, got 171 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:31.440 to build up draft picks here. You gotta get some talent in here, 172 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:35.679 younger talent. You got to get some speed. You know. You got 173 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:39.639 to build this team in a way to build this with draft picks. You 174 00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:41.559 could fill in with some free agents, but you got to build it with 175 00:15:41.639 --> 00:15:45.519 draft picks. And I'd get as many as I could with what I have. 176 00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:48.120 I just hope they make some better decisions. That's all as far as 177 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:54.600 that goes. Okay, I think Chicago would be smart to stay with Fields. 178 00:15:54.639 --> 00:15:58.799 I think you can develop him. I really think he's not that bad. 179 00:15:58.879 --> 00:16:02.840 But I think you haven't given him the weapons, the talent around him. 180 00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:07.480 You haven't given him consistent coaches to help develop them either, And I 181 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:11.159 think all of that plays a part. And so you can't say that he's 182 00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:18.399 a bust until you give him all of those things. Agree. The next 183 00:16:18.399 --> 00:16:23.519 segment, My towne the segment we introduced a couple of weeks ago where you 184 00:16:23.559 --> 00:16:30.000 can talk about some some element, whether it be a sports team or something 185 00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:33.840 that's happening in either the town you live in now or your hometown. So 186 00:16:34.039 --> 00:16:41.039 let's start with Ralph Well. Steelers hired a couple of new coaches today, 187 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:45.200 you know, which they're starting to get with the program here. They're hiring 188 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:52.399 more coaches and you know past game coordinators. They're they're hiring a you know, 189 00:16:52.039 --> 00:16:56.960 a second quarterbacks coach. They really you know, Art Rooney, the 190 00:16:57.000 --> 00:17:03.320 second was just had a second interview and he said that they're committed to Kenny 191 00:17:03.320 --> 00:17:04.799 Pickett. So we're going to see what they do here. They're bringing getting 192 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:08.799 them all the coaches he needs. It's just a matter of him understanding the 193 00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:14.079 offense and him you know, and and his performance on the field. Question 194 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:17.880 is who they going to bring in here to back them up? I suggest 195 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:23.079 Marcus Mariota because he was he played with Arthur Smith in Tennessee and in Atlanta. 196 00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:26.400 He's in Philly right now. I think his contracts up. I don't 197 00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:30.119 think he has anything left left there, so if so, I'd bring him 198 00:17:30.119 --> 00:17:34.240 in as a backup. Or Ryan Tannehill, who's familiar with Arthur Smith's offense. 199 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:37.319 All right, and we've got to bring a guy in here who can 200 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:42.039 win, all right, Marcus Mariota's won when he backs up, and uh, 201 00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:45.680 Ryan Tannehill has won when he backs up, So you know, I 202 00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:49.519 think, you know you got to do that because if Kenny Pickett has a 203 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:55.039 problem, I hope the Steelers have a plan B. That's and the baseball 204 00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:59.200 season is coming up and the Pirates have done what they normally done and that's 205 00:17:59.240 --> 00:18:04.880 nothing. So tell it like it really is. There, I tell her 206 00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:07.720 like it is. I tell it the way I see it. There you 207 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:15.079 go, mister George, what's happening in your town? Well, my town 208 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:21.559 is the motor city, Detroit, Michigan. And for the those of you 209 00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:26.559 that remember, we had a hut that did quite well called the Red Wings, 210 00:18:27.079 --> 00:18:33.480 Jo Louis Arena was demolished and within two years they have built a beautiful 211 00:18:33.599 --> 00:18:40.279 high rise with apartment prices and condos going for three thousand dollars at the top 212 00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:45.480 range. It's on the Jo Louis Arena site, right in Detroit's waterfront. 213 00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:48.359 Mayor Michael Duggan was there, of course, with the opening ceremony when they 214 00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:53.680 cut the ribbon, and he himself was amazed, as many people are, 215 00:18:55.160 --> 00:18:59.559 that they got it completed in a two year time frame. Everything worked out 216 00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:04.000 together as far as the architects go, and the designers and the utility folks 217 00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:10.319 and everybody everything that you need. But we're not done there because what they 218 00:19:10.359 --> 00:19:15.559 want to do next is they want to build a hotel right alongside it. 219 00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:19.640 Because one thing that our convention center in Detroit is missing now called the Huntington 220 00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:25.119 Convention Center used to be Cobo Hall. As we know, Cobol was a 221 00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:30.960 mayor of Detroit. They missed out by not building a hotel connecting to the 222 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:33.599 center, So they're going to think that they were going to do the hotel 223 00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:45.160 where the arena was right next door to this glimmering, new shiny apartment that 224 00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:48.960 they built. So things are looking up at Detroit. There's a whole lot 225 00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:52.599 of building projects going on. We used to have a department store called J. 226 00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:55.920 L. Hudson, one of the biggest in the country, and of 227 00:19:55.960 --> 00:20:00.839 course that site has been the scene of Dan Gilbert, the owner of the 228 00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:04.960 Calves, Dan Gilbert, or Detroitter. It's taken a long time. They're 229 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:11.400 still building the skyscraper on the site of the old department store in downtown Detroit. 230 00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:15.799 That'll be a huge addition. So the city is looking better than a 231 00:20:15.880 --> 00:20:18.880 lot of us. But even me, I never thought it could. It's 232 00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:22.960 when to come back. And it's not just buildings, okay, it's the 233 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:29.319 people. There's more young people living downtown. They're creating a better entertainment and 234 00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:33.920 business district. There's stores outlets that have moved in and taken over some of 235 00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:41.200 the empty empty storefronts on Woodward Avenue or Main Street. So my kudos again 236 00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:48.039 and trumpeting Detroit's comeback. And of course, says Jeremy knows, we're preparing 237 00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:52.519 for that big day on April, multiple days, not just one of the 238 00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:59.000 NFL drafts. So obviously it's going to be a fantastic time between now and 239 00:20:59.640 --> 00:21:03.960 the end vapor with the draft coming too. So the town's shaping up pretty 240 00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:07.119 good right now. Pants off to all the people that invested money and got 241 00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:14.599 these big events to come to Detroit, smoking, Jeremy Bee, your town. 242 00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:19.440 Brad Holmes came out at his end of season's Pressure and man was he 243 00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:26.119 spicy. He called out a few of the beat writers that bashed the picks 244 00:21:26.119 --> 00:21:30.279 that he made, especially back in twenty twenty one, and lo and behold 245 00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:34.960 all those guys that they said were bums and we should have drafted this person 246 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:41.039 and should have drafted that person. The one they didn't question is the one 247 00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:44.039 that looks like a bust, and it's due to injury. It's Levi On 248 00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:49.039 Woozeriki. That's the one nobody griped about. And yet he's played the least 249 00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:55.160 amount of any player out of everybody in that draft, including Jamiir Jefferson, 250 00:21:55.200 --> 00:22:02.440 who's only played in three games. He's actually played more snaps. So that 251 00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:07.400 being said, when Carlos Monterrez, who he called out directly by name, 252 00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:11.480 said oh, we should have drafted a QB instead of panay Sewell, I 253 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:15.920 hope that guy eats the receipts that Brad Holmes throughout him the rest of his 254 00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:21.680 career, because he's been so negative in his writings about the Lions over the 255 00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:33.319 years and including in this regime's tenure. Oh my talent. We're going to 256 00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:37.480 talk about Milwaukee. We're gonna talk about that small market. We're gonna talk 257 00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:45.079 about the Bucks who just acquired Patrick Beverly, who hopefully helps with their defense, 258 00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:51.319 because let's face it, ever since we let traded Drew Holliday away, 259 00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:56.599 our defense went down to nothing, and that's the reason why we have a 260 00:22:56.640 --> 00:23:03.680 new coach. I would also say for all those Milwaukee Brewer fans out there 261 00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:10.039 and that we're upset with that. Corbyn Burns, remember your small market team, 262 00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:15.640 so we had to get value for it. Let's remember sports is a 263 00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:19.400 business. We all think of that we're fans and we're fans of a team, 264 00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:23.759 but they they play the game because it's a business. They play to 265 00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:29.960 make money. It's their job. It's the GM's job to make money for 266 00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:33.880 the team. However they can whatever that means, if that means trying to 267 00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:37.799 be the best team on the field right now or the best in the future, 268 00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:42.359 to sustain that's what their job is to do. Whether you like it 269 00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:48.400 or not, it's the reality, and it's we don't if you're a Milwaukee 270 00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:52.279 fan, that's because you're a Milwaukee fan, you don't live in New York. 271 00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:56.599 You don't have the big pockets of the New York or the medium markets 272 00:23:56.599 --> 00:24:02.920 of the New York. Just appreciate what's on the field and the effort that 273 00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:06.240 they're giving and let's hope that they have a good season, because, let's 274 00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:10.839 face it, the Packers this year, everybody rolled them off and said since 275 00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:15.200 Aaron Rodgers left our MVP, they wouldn't be any good. But look what 276 00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:18.839 they did. They made the playoffs. So don't count Milwaukee out just because 277 00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:22.720 we're a small market. And those people that are saying that the Doc rivers 278 00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:30.039 Hire was bad, I get it. Until they prove you wrong. That's 279 00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:38.039 what you got to look forward to. We hired what was what we considered 280 00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:45.000 the best candidate out there at the time. Let's let the record see or 281 00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:49.000 prove us right or wrong. But most importantly, this weekend is a super 282 00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:56.799 Bowl. Just enjoy it. Enjoy all those high priced commercials that we used 283 00:24:56.799 --> 00:25:00.279 to. It's funny because I was just listening on the radio that the other 284 00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:03.119 day and they were talking about a commercials how we never used to see the 285 00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:07.160 super Bowl commercials until the super Bowl, and now they've seen almost all of 286 00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:11.759 them because they've previewed and showed how many of them, which I think is 287 00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:18.000 ridiculous because they're spaying so much money for those things. Enjoy halftime, enjoy 288 00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:23.160 the enjoy the festivity, Enjoy whatever you plan doing, but most importantly, 289 00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:27.119 just enjoy the game. And let I hope it's a really good game. 290 00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:36.359 And let's face it, remember it's a business. Patrick Mahomes made Brock Purdy's 291 00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:44.480 salary the first sixteen minutes of the regular season, rock Perty's whole season paycheck. 292 00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:48.519 Patrick Mahomes made in the first sixteen minutes. This is a business. 293 00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:53.519 We like to watch this business, but it is a business at the end 294 00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:59.599 of the day. Just remember that. Well, guys, I've enjoyed this. 295 00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:02.000 We're gonna around the room. You can tell people how you can get 296 00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:04.759 a hold of them. You then we're going to start out with mister George 297 00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:10.559 Well. You can read me in the South Florida Tribune. Will you'll find 298 00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:18.079 fine writers like Jeremy and Scott and George and at the end of my column 299 00:26:18.160 --> 00:26:22.720 and in the South Florida Tribune on Deer Motor City Tribune, there's a little 300 00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:26.759 link there if you're interested in my book taking a look at it. It's 301 00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:32.640 Detroit Sports Broadcasters on the Air and it's a nice little book that captures the 302 00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:36.720 history of some great voices. We've been blessed with Ernie Harwell. I think 303 00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:41.759 of Van Patrick and Ray Lane. I think of George Blaha and mill Topwood 304 00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:45.359 on the Pistons and Mark Champion, and then we got the Tigers with Ernie 305 00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:51.000 Harwell and Paul Carey, Harry Heilman, Oh my god, Frank Beckman, 306 00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:55.480 We've been blessed George Kell, great great Tiger announcers over the years. They're 307 00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:57.359 all in that book, by the way, and Scott's in the book too 308 00:26:57.640 --> 00:27:03.640 much Younger version of ad interviewing Muhammad Ali and Jimmy Connor is in one picture. 309 00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:11.079 So you can find me too on numerous shows this one and then also 310 00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:15.039 Love one hundred and eight Stitches and frequent guest on the Sports Exchange as well, 311 00:27:15.119 --> 00:27:19.279 and Pundit's Pundin also look forward to seeing you. If you want to 312 00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:25.519 communicate with the best way is Yahoo Giicorn at yahoo dot com. I'll respond 313 00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:30.119 to any and all requests for information regarding sports. You got any questions or 314 00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:33.839 anything's dropped me a line. Can also find me on LinkedIn under my name 315 00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:40.440 and also on Twitter. Sand g Sports ninety nine is my handle on Twitter. 316 00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:45.920 Okay, Ralph, how can people get a hold of you? Facebook? 317 00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:48.640 YouTube? I have my own YouTube channel and you can also get a 318 00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:53.039 hold of me on Ralph wam seven three seven at gmail dot com. Also 319 00:27:53.079 --> 00:28:00.559 have a Twitter x account and also LinkedIn and Tumbler, and also I have 320 00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:06.160 my own radio show on Tuesday night on Beaver County Radio four to six pm 321 00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:11.480 with me, Ralph Williams and smoking Jim Fraser. What about tomorrow? You 322 00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:15.039 have a show tomorrow, don't? Yes? I do. It's called The 323 00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:21.240 External Bump Show with Scott Morgan Roth, JT. Tok who will not be 324 00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:26.519 joining us tomorrow, and Leo Haggerty will be our guest tomorrow and it starts 325 00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:30.039 at ten thirty am. It's on Block Talk Radio five six three nine nine 326 00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:33.720 nine three seven four zero. I also have two other shows on there as 327 00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:38.960 well. Wednesday night seven pm Pittsburgh Sports Talk with me Ralph Williams, Smoking 328 00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:45.240 Jim Fraser. Monday morning eleven am. I do a show called Ralph's Opinion 329 00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:49.759 on Block Talk Radio as well, Awesome Thank You and then Smoking Jeremy B. 330 00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:55.200 How can people find you well, of course on the South Florida Tribune 331 00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:59.599 dot com under the MotorCity Tribune heading underneath the writers such as Scott Morgan Roth 332 00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:03.079 and or Gy Corn. Then you can also find me right here on the 333 00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:08.720 South Florid at Tribune dot channel on YouTube. Anytime you see fire up on 334 00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:14.279 you know what, my ugly face is going to be right here You can 335 00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:18.079 also find me on my channel which is Kneecap Biting with the Smoking with Kneecap 336 00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:22.000 Biting with the MotorCity Lions. I am smoking Jeremy b One on Instagram, 337 00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:27.000 Smoking Jeremy b on Twitter, and you can also find me under Jeremy Balrick 338 00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:33.759 on LinkedIn. Awesome, Awesome, awesome. Well I have to go out 339 00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:40.000 there and talk and do a little bragging. Sorry, Jeremy, But Scott's 340 00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:42.759 book isn't kind of on top of your face here. But Scott, my 341 00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:48.720 husband, MotorCity Madmouth, wrote a book, Lessons from the Microphone, Tuning 342 00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:52.599 into the Enduring Wisdom of Visionary Leaders. It talks about the changes in media 343 00:29:53.079 --> 00:30:00.319 in sports media from his career over forty years. George, you've got a 344 00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:03.759 copy of it as well, George, we're at the forward for it. 345 00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:07.240 It's got a lot of interesting pictures, a lot of interesting stories. You 346 00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:12.599 can grab it on Amazon or Kindle. If you like this show, this 347 00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:18.480 is fire up. There's a little red subscribe button. It's probably down by 348 00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:22.720 George and it just click it like us, share us, tell all your 349 00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:26.880 friends about it. If you like listening to the podcasts, you can find 350 00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:32.279 us on iHeartRadio, Google, Apple, wherever you get your podcast. If 351 00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:37.200 you like to listen to specifically just football talk, we have Inside the Pigskin. 352 00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:40.720 If you like to talk just baseball, we have one hundred and eight 353 00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:44.319 stitches baseball talk if you like to talk about all of them. Because you 354 00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:48.160 never know what He's Scott's MotorCity mad Mouth that's going to talk about either On 355 00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:52.599 Sports Exchange, which is his flagship show on Wednesday nights, he talks about 356 00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:57.920 anything from football to cornhole and I've heard them all. You can also find 357 00:30:57.960 --> 00:31:03.160 Pundit's Pundit. They have interesting topics Tuesday nights. That precedes this show. 358 00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:07.880 Scott has a one on one interview show, the MotorCity Mad Mo. You 359 00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:12.400 never know who he's gonna interview next. Jeremy and I do a fire up 360 00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:18.079 show normally on Sunday mornings. There's also a professor and pupil. You never 361 00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:23.000 know, the feeling, the rare. No, there's something for everybody. 362 00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:26.480 Let me just tell you, there's just something for everybody. You gotta come 363 00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:30.480 listen, watch us, subscribe to us, and if you have ideas and 364 00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:33.559 you want to get a hold of any of us self. Flortertribune at gmail 365 00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:38.319 dot com. But we do have a website self, Florida Tribune dot com 366 00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:42.640 where I have pictures that I've taken because got me into sports photography. He 367 00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:48.400 writes the story and I take the pictures. The cop compliment his stories. 368 00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:53.680 So if you've enjoyed this again, please subscribe and subscribe and watch all of 369 00:31:53.920 --> 00:32:00.559 our contributors, smoking Jeremy, b Ralph and George on any of their shows 370 00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:02.599 or any of the shows that they appear on ours channel, because that's what 371 00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:07.359 this is all about, enjoying. We all enjoy talking about sports and that's 372 00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:12.920 why we do this. So again, thank you guys for you know, 373 00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:16.880 being on the show tonight. Thank you Jeremy b Ralph Williams and George Icorn. 374 00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:22.359 Until we see you the next time, Enjoy the Super Bowl, have 375 00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:29.400 a great week.