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Speaker 1: Is The Matt Thomas Show with Ross.

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Speaker 2: Hey on one an Age Town.

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Speaker 3: Good morning, and welcome to a Wedgsday edition of The

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Matt Thommas Show with Ross. This is Sports Talk seven

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ninety eight, Rocket Twin Final Score, Houston one nineteen, Chicago

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Speaker 4: Sports howevery I needed that. There was too much of

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that game last night that made me nervous about that

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street going to four. Yeah, you're celebrating more than I did.

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On the post game show. I was like, ily Win,

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I guess Matt's moving in here. You okay, Jonathan, we

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should go out. Me and you all your friends will

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go to the club. Put this song on. Everybody will

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be in a massively good mood, dancing, drinking, smoking, clear

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out everything. No, nobody's gonna clear it. This song comes on,

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this great jam. People run to the dance floor, got

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out to Chic Chic the credally underrated. Now Rogers, I

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didn't know who that was. We'll see, like I said,

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criminally underrated. You know why I am in such a

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good mood? Why, man, the Rockets are we? He didn't

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sister Sledge stuff? He did? Uh he did she he

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was uh he did some of the daft punk stuff

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that was big. Now Rogers, Maddy, I feel like Carr.

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You know what you are, your human rolling stone mad

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he did stuff with with David Bowie. Really yeah, seet

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not a David Bowie fan, but okay, but they were

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big hits for sure, for sure. All Right, So I'm

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in a good mood a because the Rockets won. B

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We've got more football to talk about on a local level, because, honestly,

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if the Texans weren't playing, I mean, how much were

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we gonna get into a deep dive in Buffalo, Denver?

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Probably not a whole lot. But number three. I don't

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know why this hit me. One of the most arrogant

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things you have done in the history of this shit.

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Yeah is the hibachi? Oh yeah? And I mean the

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sizzle soundbye, oh my god, here, let me find it.

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Let me find it for you, adding the Fried Brice

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adding for the high end. But who that girl is?

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She's in pigtails again today? Are you Okay's great? What

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can you you? Mid sentence? Finish your sentence, Matthew? Sorry, sorry, god,

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I know you've been on the road a while. I

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didn't get that right. Yeah, too long, too much, my friend,

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all right, scallops, flamgnon, dessert, extra, soup extra. It's sore

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in middle January.

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Speaker 5: And.

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Speaker 4: The latest report is like the Mets have offered him

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fifty but it was some guy from fan side, And

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so I tell you that what was the offering? But

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fifty million a year for how many with opt outs

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for with the Mets three or four years? I think

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here this is for you. Now. Now the question is

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do I up the bet.

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Speaker 6: I'm not up.

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Speaker 4: I have to agree to it up and which we did.

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By the way, we did. You agreed to drive through

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for all three of us, right plus this plus this?

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Oh my gosh, so it's one of your cockiest all

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time bad takes with the sound effects. I mean, come on, man,

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can I this This is no way? Second straight year

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I'm gonna win this again on the big bet. All right, way,

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we'll move on. We don't know yet. Again, he could

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get eight years in mid January. Sure, that makes makes

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a lot of sense.

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Speaker 6: It could it could.

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Speaker 4: I think the Bryce Harper deal came in late in

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the year. There were some other deals that came in late.

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It could have sang it at right now it was

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at twenty to eighty year fam oh, it was at

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like ninety five to five, and now it's fifty to fifty.

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I don't know if it's fifty to fifty I'm feeling

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I'm still feeling like a fifty to fifty six, fifty

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fifty six. We're playing one hundred and six forty four. Okay,

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So you still feel confident because somebody at the Rocket

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scheme yesterday, did you used to see a Kyle Tucker's

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stein with Toronto. I'm like, so I went right in.

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I was like, wait a minute. If Kyle I would

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have signed Toronto, I would have heard about.

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Speaker 6: It by now.

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Speaker 4: I would have texted you all for sure, a bowl

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of fried rice emoji that's right, and then say you

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pay or I with like a chef hat. That's right,

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that's right. All right. We're with you today until two o'clock, Bob.

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So she's going to join us the voice of the

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New England Patriots. We would us at eleven o'clock today

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and we will get his perspective on things. The Texans

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are going to hit the practice field, if not now

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the next handful of minutes. I don't know what their

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firm schedule is, but they start practicing. I mean they get.

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do they have off? Thirty? Maybe? Okay, they probably got

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back to Houston. My guess is about two three am

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in the morning, slept all day, probably got some treatment

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for a few of the guys. Yeah, and they're back

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on the field. That's the negative of the Monday night

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football game. Well again, gives you an extra day for

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the wild card. It does hamper you on the back end,

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especially got to jump on a plane and go somewhere else. Yeah,

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I didn't like that they added it. And then I

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mean you had the is it to tell the truth

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or got feeling that they were gonna get feel I wish,

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I wish. I hope you're right. I don't think you're

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gonna be right because of the money and ESPN shelling

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out all this cash for that standalone game on a Monday.

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But it is whatever disadvantage it is, it's not nothing.

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I don't know how significant it is. It's not moving

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the line necessarily much. But the Texans lose. It's not

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because they got one last day. It's just you would

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like to have as much of a level playing field

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as possible, or one more day to pass concussion protocol.

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If your name is Nico Collins and you got your

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head slammed into the turf, that's right. So yeah, it's

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it's unfortunate, but it is what it is. Gonna go

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on the road and try to get a victory. The

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Miko Ryans and the players aren't gonna use it as

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any Meanwhile, the College National Championship Game is not until

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next Monday. The ratings for the playoff games the semifinals

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were not good, and I don't know if it's because

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they're the blue bloods are not there. Well, there's blowout,

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Indiana's blowing everybody out. There's blowouts. And then I also

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think from a timing perspective, you can't get any juice

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for it when you were playing well. First of all,

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you had like two weeks before the first round, and

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then you had another week and a half before that,

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and then you spread them out. You're like you're trying

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to fit the slot in the calendar where you're not

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going against the NFL. And if I'm college, I'm probably

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doing the exact same thing. But it does not lend

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itself to any sort of momentum. Like now, granted, Indiana

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destroyed Oregon, So that was not much. But the Miami

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game was very, very good. And now these two teams

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are playing for national championship and we're still five days

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away from that championship game. We will already know who

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the AFC championship teams and the NFC Championship teams are

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before we crown a college football national champions Wow. It's

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just it's it's just disjointed. I understand why they're doing it,

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and they have data. It's not like they're just picking

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days out of a hat. They want to avoid the NFL.

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They want to maximize calls. Yeah, they're they're dodging them

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like I don't know, Hopscotch or something. It's the they

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are dancing around wherever you want to play NFL, We're

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gonna dance around you, and we're gonna figure it out.

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And if i'm the college football Playoff gain, I'm doing

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the exactly. I totally get it. That's not and I

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just don't get it. That's and I get it right.

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But as you said, it's tough to build momentum. The games,

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I mean, some of them have been good. The Miami

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ole Miss game was really good, but it was back

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and forth at the end. But Rossie, if you expand

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this thing to sixteen, you're gonna be doing more dodging. Yeah,

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and you're gonna be doing more of that now if

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you go to ultimately to twenty four. Is the big

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ten that wants to go to twenty four? Somebody wants

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to go to twenty four, which would then make basically

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make the season the postseason as long as a regular

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So I don't know exactly where they are on that,

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But the reality is not that we're a super big

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college town when it doesn't mean like again, I would

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expect not a single person to call in and talk

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about it unless the game is incredible or something crazy

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happened with the coaching decisions or catches made or violation.

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But we're not a huge preview town as it is,

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except for a local team like a Rockets at Astrose

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of Texans. But we're not, you know, for a city

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that doesn't. We live and breathe on our own teams,

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and nine includes A and m in Texas. If we

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don't have with Indiana and Miami, it's just a game. Hope,

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that's good. We'll watch it. I'm intrigued. I mean the

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ratings were hired than expected for a blowout because I

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mean it seems like people are tuning in to see

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Indiana just whip some ass. I mean thirty eight to

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three and then fifty six to twenty two. Bama and

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Oregon and Indiana will have won a national championship in

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football before they have won a college basketball Championshi because

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they had not won win since eighty seven. I think crazy.

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It is crazy, all right? On the show today, Bob,

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So she's going to join us. Voice of the Patriots

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have with us. At eleven o'clock. We have shut Yo

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ball mass up. Ain't nobody got time for that at

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eleven thirty today, we have the news at noon. We'll

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believe it or not. And frankly to me, as I

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was thinking about this game a little bit. We'll talk

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about an hour from down. It might come down to

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the battle of con cushions, and I'll explain that in

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One of your rockets last night gonna win. We'll discuss

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that as well. Coming up Jabari Smith. I don't know

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if he turned the corner, but first one he made

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looked a little flat. Honestly, what is short of turning

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the corner? Looking at the corner, approaching the corner? Yeah,

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approaching it would be the corner? Yeah, sure, why not?

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Kevin Durant is amazing, A mean, Thompson's been very fluid. Rockets,

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hit their free throws, didn't turn them all over a

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whole lot. How many more? How many athletes in the

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NBA are more athletic than how many players are more

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athletic than him and Thompson in the NBA. It's a

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short list, if anyone. Yeah, I listened so explosive and fast? Yeah, uh,

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he's so good. And if he could hit a three corner,

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which he did hit one last night, right, I think

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he did. He the one corner one in the fourth quarter.

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It was a corner three. It's what they get. If

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he could get to thirty five percent from three, which

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the best two way player in the NBA. Well, the

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if he can get there, we've heard from I don't

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know Westbrook, but it's such You can go down the

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list in a league where three and D is so important,

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and he works on it. And I'll tell you what's

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given me a glimmer of hope is the free throws

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have started to go down. There's over eighty. There's there's

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a strong correlation NBA. Now that you're right, they're outliers,

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but there are strong correlations between good shooters and good

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free throw shooters. So hopefully maybe that that that What

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did you say, beginning to turn the corner? He's approaching

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the corner. The approaching the corner. Yeah, now I'd like

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him to turn it. Yes, go full throttle. Yes, moved

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up the rock. The standings in the West, brother, we're

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now six in the West, almost got to five. But

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the Lakers destroyed the Hawks last night. Yeah, I'm obsessed

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with standing. Matter of fact, I mean they're doing They're

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gonna finish top three. I goofed yesterday. So I was

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looking at the San Antonio Oklahoma City game because I'm

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standings watching during the game, which I shouldn't probably shouldn't

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have done. Yeah, that's weird. It wouldn't that weird? Obsessive?

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I was, Yeah, it's obsessive. I'll give you that. And

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I come I came back and I said, yeah, the

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Rockets are uh beating San Antonio by six and wex goes.

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Come on, man, because you're reading this Thunder, Yeah, Thunder

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finally got one lick back against the Spurs. Have they

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played each other like nine times? It feels like four

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in the Thunder are one and three. Now, I know

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you're exaggerating, but yeah, I still feel good about the Rockets.

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I hope the top three in the West. What's up?

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I'm sticking with it. I ain't scared. You know what,

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You've been good in your predictions lately. That's true on

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your Texas predictions. Yes, sir, your Rockets. You're giving me faith?

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Speaker 6: Yes?

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Speaker 2: Uh?

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Speaker 4: Hi, how you feeling? I would perfect wild Card weekend

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picking the games with the spread, So hashtag fade r

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V this weekend. Probably lord y'all will make our predictions

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on Friday. Don't listen to already, says seven one three

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two one two five seven Ai seven one three two

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one two five Sevenanni, it will be the battle of concussions.

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Maybe Sunday in Foxborough. Matta Ross with you on this Wednesday.

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It's kind of strange and I took Monday off. I

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didn't want to take Monday off. But that plane getting

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in from Sacramento. Time we get in whiner or ten,

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you coulda came straight up here. You could have stated

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that the Moomie men. You could have came straight here

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and got in the morning show. I've tried that before.

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It's not fun. Okay, And here's the thing. I probably

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could have done the show from the house, but I

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swear to go. Can I tell you the true? So

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I went to Uh, I listened to you guys a

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little bit. I went to go run some Aaron's run lunchtime.

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When I walk up, I went to go get a

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shave at my barber, and I fell asleep in the chair.

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You did, yes? Were that relaxed?

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Speaker 2: Well?

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Speaker 4: Yeah? Because that plus you just can't sleep on a plane.

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It's just it's hard. I mean a little bit. But

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I thought you get the road to yourself. I do,

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but it was no, no, no, we don't have that. We

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have a different plane, right, So I sleep on the

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plane every time. You ought to be excited about that

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unless I'm flying to like New Orleans, because you're like anxious.

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Is short? Oh? I was gonna say Vegas is hard

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to sleep because You're like super anxious to get there

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and get on the tables, and then I'm out like

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a baby, especially on the way back. All Right, you

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sab in the bathroom for all the money you lost,

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and then you sleep on the plane.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: Two times I've been on planes that arrest have happened,

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and they were both on Las Vegas Houston flo arrest.

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Yeah see really yeah, just because they were intoxicated. Okay,

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two times I've struck out bad with the girl next

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to me in the plane, and both times it was

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on the way to Vegas. Man, Okay, I'll ask one question.

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What caused a strikeout?

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Speaker 6: Was it?

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Speaker 4: I gotta remember? And she never texted me back. I

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have one of my dear friends that lives in Florida.

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You may have met the mc quick. Huh. They met

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another airplane together and they're married and they've been married

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for twenty plus years. That sounds like a romantic comedy

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starring Julia Roberts or what's the blondie? That's uh Keen Hudson, No,

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the Reese Witherspoon. Yeah, and like Vince Vaughan, they've been

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in a few movies together. Right, I don't know. I

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like Vince Vaughan had a great character on Curby Enthusiasm.

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Of course, if we were doing the show in the

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early nineties, we would say Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal,

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Yes we would all right, Peter rob Ryer who was

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directed with that movie. All right, okay, So the Battle

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of the Concussions their best corner. I didn't do a

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lot of research because it's it's Wednesday, okay, but their

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best corner is Christian Gonzales. Christian Gonzalez concussion, yes, best

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Texans receiver Nico Collins concussion. Yes. Now, I was listening

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to Cole this morning on the what do they call

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that the Morning wake up Call? It's the Morning Drive,

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Get your kicks with the Morning Boys, Yes, something like that.

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I don't know what some kind of generic sports name

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it is. We are changing the name of this show.

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It is going to be called the Sport Talk Show,

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the Sports Talk Show with a big THG. So apparently,

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if you're in concussion protocol, one of your days has

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to be as a full participant. You can't be limited limited,

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don't practice and then be able to be cleared by

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the NFL. Again, I don't know that the truth and

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maybe COVID listen can help us out. Yeah, I don't know.

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He's got a lot of hair brained ideas well. No,

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I don't think he made it up. He's much more

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in the minutia than I am. But point being is,

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they're not going to let you out there because they

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think you're better. You know what I mean, you have

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to really be out there. It looks good. Nineteen seventy six,

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they put him out there. Ronnie Lot's gone there a

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bunch of times. Ah, he looks okay. He said his

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ABC's and he got most of them. So let's put

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him out there, right, you only skip seven to nine.

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Point being is he's that both those guys have got

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to be able to be not only cleared, but practicing

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legitimately practicing for them to be in the game on Sunday.

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good feel at least what Cole was on today on

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both those guys when they announced the Wendsley injury report,

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and sources close to the show said that Christian Gonzalez

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is ig. He posted a song that basically the lyrics

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of the song say I'm back or I'm coming back,

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or something like that. So look, probably looking good for

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Christian Gonzales. So Nico Collins down Christian Gonzalez in would

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be a detriment to the to the Houston. I believe

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getting word Nico Collins and an Ig is all by myself.

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By aren't Carmel really not great? Okay? It's brain damage

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by Pink Floyd. I wasn't gonna go there. The work

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great song. I'm not a Pink Floyd guy. Okay. You

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know what, if you want to say that they're overrated

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because some people put them like Tier one Inner Circle,

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I'm okay with that. But Pink Floyd's good. Yeah, I

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just not. It's not me. I mean I to say

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that there's no value in them is ridiculous. Okay. For instance,

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the dude from Grateful Dead passed away. I mean, wish

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you were here is great. I mean, uh, if you

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were here the wall is great. Wish you were here

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at Chicago. Look, and you can also say that Pink

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Floyd's overrated, But you can also in the same breath

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you have to recognize that The Dark Side of the

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Moon is one of the greatest albums ever made. All

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I'm gonna say is again, we're back to sports. I'm

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not a Pink Floyd guy. I don't go, oh my god,

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why the hell? Now I do go, why the hell

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with Bruce Springsteen. I think Bruce Springsteen sucks.

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Speaker 6: Down.

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Speaker 4: Oh yeah, this is great. He does have some songs

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I do like I was looking forward to putting sandpaper

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in my ear drums. But generally speaking, I think he sucks.

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Going with you, all right, So Christian Gonzales. So if

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he's out, well, I mean, I mean, if he's in, yeah,

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he's good. I don't think of him as like you know,

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Patrick's Certain. Some people put him in that category of lockdown.

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He's not a Derek Stingle. He's not a Patrick's Certain,

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but he is good. He is a plus player. Right,

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let me ask you this and then this is again

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this I'll listen to to the morning wake up call

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with the boys this morning. Uh, Nico's had a good year,

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and obviously, Nico, you part of what you said yesterday

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makes some sense that having him on the field means

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that that their best corner is gonna have to go

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after him. He's had a good year, but Nico amazing

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all promoments, not very many this year. Not saying it's

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against him. I'm just saying that this is what that

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other guy stepped up. Nole's played better, Higgins plait better.

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Why I think of clutch plays? Dom Schultz has been

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the safety blanket this year for s Jerry Strapp more

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than Nico Collins at one hundred and twenty targets only

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seventy one catches of those six touchdowns eleven hundred plus yards, Yeah,

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eleven hundred plus yards and twist shounds good. He missed

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a game or two, right, right, He played fifteen games.

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He was a healthy and active in the last game.

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So yeah, average ards per catches up from last time. No,

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I want to make sure I'm very clear in saying this.

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You say Nico Collins sucks, he's if he's out there.

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That adds so much to the text. You saw him

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out there, absolutely, But I meet him on that one. Well, frankly,

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you are used to him not I shouldn't say not

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being a difference maker, but just not being the He

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ain't Jerry Rice. Put it that way. He's not Jerry Rice.

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But I mean we were arguing a couple of years

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ago that he's with like a top five wide receiver.

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He's I would still put him in the top ten.

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Went healthy. Yeah, let's go to the phones and talk

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to Steve. We'll do that next coming back at ten

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twenty eight. It is the Matt Thomas Show with Ross.

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If you'd like to join us, we would love to

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have you at seven one three two one two five

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seven nine zero set. We thank you very much for

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listening to this radio show. We're here every day ten

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o'clock until two. Is Matt Ross on seven ninety. Jonathan's

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our producer seven to one three two one two five

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seven niney. If you'd like to join us, whether it

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be about the Texans game coming up, we got three

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more days of preview. We're gonna preview the hell out

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of this. And it's a great thing is that there's

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no other station town this preview in the Texans game.

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So if you're looking for preview for the game, it's here.

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Everybody else listen. They're talking about one Olympic stuff. It's

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really strange, really yeah, a lot of winning Olympics preview.

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We're talking Texans. Okay, great, we're the home of the Rockets, Yes,

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home of the Astros. Yes, champions. The two teams in

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this town win championships, and we only say Town talking Texans.

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Everybody else is talking about Winter Olympics. I heard a

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little bit about girls lacrosse, MA, that's the design WNBA draft.

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I think, Yeah, a lot of other stuff going on.

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You know that's not for a long time. And well, yeah,

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when is it? Ross later? Nice cover seven one three

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two one two five seven, Dotty, Let's talk to our

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friend Steve and Katie and the Matt Thomashell Ross Steve waiting,

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Good morning, Happy.

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Speaker 6: New Year, guys. Happy.

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Speaker 4: Okay, so you guys, you guys.

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Speaker 7: I don't know if you'll agree with this, but that

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was seven to six at the end of the third quarter.

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We could have lost that game even though we killed them, Yes,

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because of what happened. Okay, but if we do the

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same thing with these other teams, say the Bills are

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Denver or in this case New England, or if we

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get it to Seattle, We're going to lose one of

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those games if he does that. So I got a

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serious I got a non serious answer, and I'm going

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to give you a serious answer. Try to win, all right.

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The non serious is nil it three times, punt and

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wait for your defense to score the touchdowns to win

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the game. Or the serious one is get behind center

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like you did in high school in junior high and

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that way you don't have the ball going to your

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left or to your right, and then play the game

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that way. I'll hang up and listen to your reply.

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Thank you, Bob.

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Speaker 4: All right, No, you mean you're not abandoning the shotgun.

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It just gets It gives your quarterback more of an

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opportunity to survey the field. Yeah, And CJ. Stroud had

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fumbled twice all season long, and then he had five.

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I can't personally guarantee you he's not going to turn

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the ball over three times this upcoming week. But that

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was the disaster game you talk about. In a playoff run,

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you have to be good enough if you want to

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make the super Bowl and win the Super Bowl to

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overcome your favorite word, Matt, some adversity. At some point,

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you have to have things go haywire and I mean

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just out of whack against you and overcome. And they did.

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Speaker 6: C J.

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Speaker 4: Stroud all season long, had two fumbles. He has not

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thrown three picks in a game all season long, so

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he had not turned the ball over three times in

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a single game all year long. So that was a disaster,

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and it was on the biggest stage. It was on

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Monday night. Football is on the road in Pittsburgh, and

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they're going on the road again. So I understand or

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we can be a little wary, but I just don't.

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I don't think that's gonna happen again. It's not gonna

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happen again. Let me say that five fumbles is just insane. No,

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And so I was listening to ESPN this morning getting ready.

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I don't know which one of the analysts that it's like,

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why are we flipping out about c J. Stroud? He

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fumbled five times in Texans dominated performance. Now, I think

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it's too flippant to say that, frankly, because I think

469
00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:53,680
the talent quality between like the New England's offense can score,

470
00:22:53,759 --> 00:22:57,400
Pittsburgh's offense can't score. I mean, just because they had

471
00:22:57,480 --> 00:22:59,480
that one good game against Baltimore does not mean that

472
00:22:59,519 --> 00:23:01,920
the Pittsburgh Steelers, ever, all of a sudden, went Wow,

473
00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:04,480
we have this really complex offense. It's gonna be hard

474
00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:07,920
for the Texans to discipher game. Yeah, but you're playing

475
00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:11,200
against a real football team on the road. They have

476
00:23:11,319 --> 00:23:14,000
what fifteen wins now this season. I mean, it's gonna

477
00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:17,160
be a different ballgame. Is also to say it's true,

478
00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:20,720
for as the caller said, if they do that, if

479
00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:24,599
he does that, they're gonna lose. But it'd be very unlikely,

480
00:23:26,279 --> 00:23:28,160
very unlikely that he's going to turn the ball over

481
00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:33,119
three times again. And by the way, somebody texts me,

482
00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:37,720
I can't tell this person's name, but said there is

483
00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:40,359
somebody in this market and he didn't know who it was,

484
00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:44,960
which is kind of weird. Said that Davis Mills should

485
00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:46,440
be considered of CD shruggles this week.

486
00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:46,720
Speaker 6: Again.

487
00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:54,319
Speaker 4: I would be a barring health. No barring health. I

488
00:23:54,319 --> 00:23:57,359
mean I'll get granted. Yeah, it can cuss, Yes, can't

489
00:23:57,359 --> 00:24:01,720
move his right leg. Sure, utterly shocked those are you

490
00:24:01,759 --> 00:24:05,279
calling for Davis Mills. It's stupid, Davis Mill. I'm sorry,

491
00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:09,559
it's stupid. I was going to a soft pedal throttled

492
00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:13,200
I like that. I mean, look, Davis Mills should not

493
00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:15,759
be starting and he should not see the field. No,

494
00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:19,880
Davis Mills is a backup quarterback. You know who said that,

495
00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:23,440
Mister and missus Mills when that baby came out with

496
00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:25,559
its long neck, with its long neck and said we're

497
00:24:25,559 --> 00:24:27,559
going to grow a boy who is going to be

498
00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:31,519
a backup quarterback in the NFL and it worked. He

499
00:24:31,599 --> 00:24:33,759
makes good money. Yes, he obviously was having sex on

500
00:24:33,799 --> 00:24:36,319
a regular because his wife just had a kid. I

501
00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:39,200
mean it's a regular Okay, Well, I guess once is enough.

502
00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:43,920
That's fine. He's even saying why, Well, I'm curious the

503
00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:45,960
brain that would even make that sentence come out of

504
00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,759
their mouth. Well, he just had a talking about him

505
00:24:48,759 --> 00:24:52,000
playing football. I was saying about his copulation. He's telling

506
00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,000
a good he's living a good life. He makes good money,

507
00:24:54,079 --> 00:24:56,119
he knows his name. He doesn't have to eat food

508
00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:58,880
out of a blender. Yes, he's having regular relations and

509
00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:00,400
he should not start this week, and he's not a

510
00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:05,880
starting quarterback. And he knows that. He knows it. He's

511
00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:08,200
a fine backup. And matter of factus I said on

512
00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:10,079
the show yesterday, he's compensated very well of being a

513
00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:13,440
backup quarterback. He spent he makes good money. He's gonna

514
00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:16,039
be able to retire whenever. That is being able to

515
00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:17,839
walk and talk and chew gum. At the same time.

516
00:25:18,039 --> 00:25:18,319
Speaker 6: C J.

517
00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:21,119
Speaker 4: Strout is the best quarterback on this roster. It's not close.

518
00:25:21,279 --> 00:25:23,599
We can argue the points of is he a franchise guy.

519
00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:25,880
Should they play him six pay him sixty million? But

520
00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:28,079
he is the best option this weekend, and it's it's

521
00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:31,359
not questioned about it. So please, if anybody says, well

522
00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:34,160
you don't give CJ shot, hit them, not like hit

523
00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:36,119
him like to like concustom, but just like like a

524
00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:37,799
bitch slap or something like that, or maybe like a

525
00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:41,799
left hook to the ribs. No, because you could get

526
00:25:41,799 --> 00:25:43,480
you could get broken ribs and you don't get medical

527
00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:48,279
bills about the soft stomach area. That's that's where I

528
00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:50,119
used to punch my brother. Because you're not gonna really

529
00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:52,079
you can't really kill somebody from that, you know. But

530
00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:53,799
did your brother go to your mom and scream that

531
00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:55,839
Ross hit me. No, he beat me up. He hit

532
00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:58,839
me back. So your solution doesn't work out well because

533
00:25:58,839 --> 00:26:01,440
the retaliation comes into place. You gotta fight, Matt. You're

534
00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:03,400
gonna get your ass kick, but you gotta fight. Okay.

535
00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:06,160
I'm just saying, do not trust anybody. Younger brothers out

536
00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:07,559
there know what I'm saying. It could have been part

537
00:26:07,559 --> 00:26:09,920
of the boot looking media. I don't know, but you

538
00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:16,240
just cannot. I thought New Year's Resolution was gonna bring

539
00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:17,759
them up. Jonathan, you still call me on every time

540
00:26:17,799 --> 00:26:18,000
I do that.

541
00:26:18,079 --> 00:26:18,240
Speaker 8: Yeah.

542
00:26:18,279 --> 00:26:20,640
Speaker 4: Yeah, New Year's resolution was new. It's a new year.

543
00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:21,480
It's a new you. Matt.

544
00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:25,039
Speaker 9: Come on, you know I want you to hold yourself accountable.

545
00:26:25,079 --> 00:26:27,839
I'm glad to stop this here. Yeah, we don't need

546
00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:29,640
to do He's got to teach a man to fish.

547
00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:32,240
I like that from you, Johnathan. Look, he's got you noticed.

548
00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:33,759
He's like, you know what, you can't hold your hand,

549
00:26:33,799 --> 00:26:34,640
your whole his whole life.

550
00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:36,640
Speaker 4: I mean, honestly, the biggest news story of the weekend

551
00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:39,119
was a bootloker in Jacksonville. I mean, it's just the

552
00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:43,119
reality of it. Oh wait till eleven thirty because I

553
00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:47,119
got something for you guys. Oh oh, nobody got time

554
00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:49,599
for that. I got two things I gotta get to

555
00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:52,160
for eight. Nobody get time for that. Really, yeah, I

556
00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:53,559
may have just had to racked off of the three

557
00:26:53,559 --> 00:26:55,559
things you guys have combined because I'm in a pretty

558
00:26:55,559 --> 00:26:58,680
good spot. My Rockets won last night. Texas is still

559
00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:01,359
playing in the playoffs. At spring training. Run around the corner,

560
00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:05,039
I imagine the Kuks throttled West Virginia even he destroyed them.

561
00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:07,920
I didn't even look, and I can tell you I

562
00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:11,960
mean West Virginia had some good teams around. Uh, what

563
00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:16,480
was it when Bob Huggins was coaching. Yes, but not

564
00:27:16,519 --> 00:27:18,799
an NBA factory in certainly not a team that was

565
00:27:18,839 --> 00:27:21,559
considered a legitimate threat. I gave you. I'm glad you asked.

566
00:27:21,599 --> 00:27:23,559
Here's a final score from last night's game. M hm

567
00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,880
the Rockets, excuse me be the University of Houston Cougars.

568
00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:28,960
I got how I got rid of it one by

569
00:27:29,079 --> 00:27:31,359
like fifty No, I mean here it is. It's West

570
00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:34,880
Virginia U seventy seven, forty eight, so I was not

571
00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:38,000
far off. Twenty nine points mins Zusan five and nine

572
00:27:38,039 --> 00:27:42,240
on three pointers. Oh baby, Joseph Tugler Jojo ten and six,

573
00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:47,279
Kingston Plumbings hashtag won and done. It's good for the

574
00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:49,880
Kim palm up to number seven for the Kougs. They

575
00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:53,079
were number seven yesterday. I thought it was ten. Oh

576
00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:55,319
maybe a You're right it was ap they were seven. Okay,

577
00:27:55,319 --> 00:27:56,799
I'm not talking about that. I don't care about AP

578
00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,640
and all that. I'm kim Pom guy. Cougar's, by the way,

579
00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:03,680
are now still with no losses in the Big twelve.

580
00:28:04,799 --> 00:28:07,079
Gonna run the table. And as I said, Tody you

581
00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:09,359
the today, the flights are booked and big game tonight

582
00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:13,480
for the Texas Longhorns hosting number ten Vanderbilt at the

583
00:28:13,519 --> 00:28:16,720
mood Really, and that'll be right here on seven ninety tonight, sir.

584
00:28:17,519 --> 00:28:21,119
There was a kids called the mood Yeah, it's rather

585
00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:23,240
disrespectful to the people of the Moody family who paid

586
00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:24,480
for that facility to be built.

587
00:28:24,839 --> 00:28:26,160
Speaker 6: They paid, they been a lot of cash.

588
00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:28,559
Speaker 4: They got buildings there, they got the Moody gardens, they

589
00:28:28,599 --> 00:28:31,559
got all kinds of Moody stuff. Mm hmm. Their fan

590
00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:37,559
bases typically Moody. I just strikes sorry, strike that one

591
00:28:37,559 --> 00:28:38,880
from Hey, can you get rid of that. I'm not

592
00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:43,240
at you. I'm not mad. I'm sorting myself. I agree

593
00:28:43,279 --> 00:28:49,000
with you, Okay. Why do I do that to myself?

594
00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:54,680
It's terrible seven one three two one two five seven night.

595
00:28:54,759 --> 00:28:56,200
Let's get to a little bit on the Rockets coming back,

596
00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:57,880
because they did win a game last night over the

597
00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:03,079
Chicago Bowls seven to one, three two five seven ninety.

598
00:29:08,519 --> 00:29:13,240
Rocket's gonna win last night against the Chicago Bulls among

599
00:29:13,279 --> 00:29:15,640
our topics of conversation, but the focus obviously is on

600
00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:23,119
what's happening Sunday in Foxboro, I said in Foxborough last summer.

601
00:29:24,599 --> 00:29:27,640
I you know why, Uh, because we were making a

602
00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:30,519
trip from Boston to Rhode Island where Carli was camp was,

603
00:29:30,559 --> 00:29:32,759
and the rooms in Rhode Island were rich expensive, so

604
00:29:32,799 --> 00:29:35,519
fox Boro's a little cheaper. Okay, I mean, truth be told,

605
00:29:35,559 --> 00:29:39,519
I got you. It's such a glorious part of the country.

606
00:29:39,559 --> 00:29:41,839
I cannot wait for the Matt Thomas o Ross the

607
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:43,240
two of us get up there for a week, because

608
00:29:43,279 --> 00:29:45,480
you're gonna be like, this place is amazing. It's not

609
00:29:45,519 --> 00:29:47,839
gonna be in the dead of winter, is it. No. No,

610
00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:52,680
her season goes from August till November, so we're Longeah Okay,

611
00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:56,319
that's that sounds great with the fall the fall foliage. Yeah,

612
00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:58,240
I like that. Because I'm not a big East Coast

613
00:29:58,279 --> 00:30:00,279
fan in general. You know what, I might brain off

614
00:30:00,279 --> 00:30:02,440
of there and take some time off after it. There's

615
00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:04,759
a National Park is up there. Yeah, there's I mean

616
00:30:04,799 --> 00:30:07,960
the whole area. How far is it from New Haven? Oh?

617
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,519
Two hours? Maybe I've been wanting to go there. Apparently.

618
00:30:10,559 --> 00:30:14,279
The pizza's legendary and the casino where our airbnb is

619
00:30:14,279 --> 00:30:16,279
is about ten minutes away, which is they got Blackjack

620
00:30:16,519 --> 00:30:18,559
I'm sure they got it all three to two that

621
00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:22,640
I can't tell you. All right, same, I'm not sitting

622
00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:25,119
if it's not three to two. Don't even argue, Just

623
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:27,880
move on. I'm not gonna argue with you. Good. I

624
00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:31,400
just like to play William and Cyprus at ten point

625
00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:34,240
fifty on the Mount tomashel Ross, William, thank you for waiting.

626
00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:36,559
A good morning to you, Good.

627
00:30:36,359 --> 00:30:40,559
Speaker 5: Morning to both of you. I wanted to comment on

628
00:30:40,839 --> 00:30:43,319
it was a caller that y'all were talking about the

629
00:30:43,359 --> 00:30:45,160
fumbles with c Day Shroud and.

630
00:30:45,079 --> 00:30:47,480
Speaker 6: What's going on with the Texans.

631
00:30:48,119 --> 00:30:51,559
Speaker 5: Hell come, you know, everybody will take an ugly win,

632
00:30:52,599 --> 00:30:54,640
but it seems like when the Texans do it, you know,

633
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:57,240
everybody's on top of them. They're own, you know, on

634
00:30:57,319 --> 00:30:59,599
their butt about it. But if that would have been

635
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:04,319
Canon City, the home's fundling three times, but he recover

636
00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:06,240
a couple of them, they would say, is he's a

637
00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:10,759
hittie player, He's great, that's what the great ones do,

638
00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:12,039
blah blah blah.

639
00:31:12,079 --> 00:31:14,519
Speaker 4: Well, because the Chiefs have won, the Chiefs have won

640
00:31:14,599 --> 00:31:16,559
Super Bowls, I mean there's a difference there. There is

641
00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:19,880
a level of expectation and level of what they've what

642
00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:22,039
you've done for me lately and what the texts have

643
00:31:22,119 --> 00:31:24,240
done for us lately is about out in the second

644
00:31:24,279 --> 00:31:26,079
round of the playoff year after year after year. There's

645
00:31:26,119 --> 00:31:28,160
a difference. There's one team that's won it and one

646
00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:29,119
team that hasn't.

647
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:30,880
Speaker 6: That's why I understand it.

648
00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:33,720
Speaker 5: But they still say great things about Josh Allen when

649
00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:34,480
he screws up.

650
00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:37,039
Speaker 4: No LA's time I checked. They say Josh Allen is

651
00:31:37,039 --> 00:31:39,279
not going to super Bowl. I mean, William, I think

652
00:31:39,279 --> 00:31:41,839
you're being a little miapic on this. I the criticism

653
00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:44,759
is fair to everybody. Lamar Jackson gets annihilated on the

654
00:31:44,799 --> 00:31:48,079
weekly basis because his team's not gone deep in the playoffs.

655
00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:49,799
Josh Allen has yet to go to the super Bowl

656
00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:52,799
with all the offense he's done. Every quarterback in the NFL,

657
00:31:52,839 --> 00:31:54,119
at least as I see it, and I'm getting you,

658
00:31:54,119 --> 00:31:56,680
everybody's got a different set of eyes. But every quarterback

659
00:31:56,680 --> 00:32:00,759
that doesn't get there gets criticized, and that would include CJ. Stropp. Yeah,

660
00:32:00,799 --> 00:32:04,559
And I would also say, h William, like if we

661
00:32:04,559 --> 00:32:07,839
were doing Kansas City Radio, they are if you're for

662
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:12,960
whatever reason, the local team, local league gets more criticism

663
00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:15,279
and so we're here on Houston, and we are gonna

664
00:32:15,279 --> 00:32:18,519
look at the things that went negative in that game.

665
00:32:18,799 --> 00:32:20,599
And first of all, we've been very positive I think.

666
00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:22,119
I mean, we talked about how they crushed them. I

667
00:32:22,119 --> 00:32:23,920
said they were gonna steam roll them. I think they're

668
00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:25,799
gonna win this weekend. I mean, how negative can I

669
00:32:25,839 --> 00:32:27,480
be if I say, if I keep saying they're gonna

670
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:30,359
go to the AFC Championship, how negative is that me being?

671
00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:33,160
And also another thing is this has been a pattern

672
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:36,240
of these ugly wins, and you have to continue to wonder,

673
00:32:36,319 --> 00:32:38,799
like win's the luck gonna run out? You want to

674
00:32:38,839 --> 00:32:42,160
see pop more positive offensive performances. So I think they're

675
00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:45,839
gonna win, William, But that doesn't mean that CJ. Stroud

676
00:32:45,839 --> 00:32:46,359
played great.

677
00:32:48,119 --> 00:32:48,920
Speaker 6: No, it doesn't.

678
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,119
Speaker 5: And it goes like you said, it goes hand in

679
00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:55,039
hand with any great quarterback that screws up. But it

680
00:32:55,079 --> 00:32:55,799
was an ugly win.

681
00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:58,119
Speaker 6: But it was a great win. You got both sides

682
00:32:58,160 --> 00:32:58,279
of it.

683
00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:00,440
Speaker 4: Yeah, but it was also seven to six going into

684
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:02,160
the fourth quarter. Seven to six going into the fourth

685
00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:03,400
quarter is in fun for anybody.

686
00:33:04,759 --> 00:33:07,440
Speaker 5: No, And I remember, of course, I can't remember what

687
00:33:07,519 --> 00:33:11,039
year it was when Baltimore, you know, they had the

688
00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:14,759
vaulted defense and they were winning games what like nine

689
00:33:14,839 --> 00:33:17,039
to sixteen.

690
00:33:16,559 --> 00:33:21,720
Speaker 4: And yes, two thousand year. Yeah, and that's we've been

691
00:33:21,759 --> 00:33:23,960
bringing that up. Thank you. They can ugly win their

692
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:26,440
way to the super Bowl. Thank you for the call.

693
00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:29,720
We've talked about this. They can ugly win to a

694
00:33:29,759 --> 00:33:33,000
Super Bowl championship. They could, They've ugly won ten games

695
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:37,279
in a row. Yeah, it's they can do it. There

696
00:33:37,359 --> 00:33:39,400
is the pattern there. The pattern is also that they

697
00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:45,119
continue to win. Defense is ferocious. All it can all

698
00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:47,240
that matters is the final score. Oh, I want this

699
00:33:47,279 --> 00:33:50,559
to be. It already is an all time defense in

700
00:33:50,559 --> 00:33:52,759
my mind. But they have to cement it. You have

701
00:33:52,799 --> 00:33:56,599
to realize we're talking about this not twenty hours a week,

702
00:33:56,839 --> 00:33:58,839
but nineteen of our twenty hours this week is about

703
00:33:58,839 --> 00:34:01,759
the game. I just went on there and said Texans

704
00:34:01,799 --> 00:34:04,559
are awesome. Texans are awesome, Texans are awesome. Defense is great.

705
00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:07,680
That's not that's not conjuring up conversation. And man, I'm

706
00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:09,599
not trying to start something up. We're just dealing in

707
00:34:09,679 --> 00:34:11,880
every little fast of the game. And the fast of

708
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:14,239
the game is c. J. Stroud fumble the ball five

709
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:17,320
times through lost two of them. Through a terrible interception,

710
00:34:17,559 --> 00:34:19,440
and you want him and you need him. I would

711
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:22,639
think to be better against a team in New England

712
00:34:22,679 --> 00:34:24,920
who actually does have an offense. It has two running backs,

713
00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:27,679
that has two wide receivers, an excellent hunter Henry right,

714
00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:31,440
tight end Stuart and their great there Von Diggs revenge games.

715
00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:33,719
I Von Diggs revenge game. As long as he behaves himself,

716
00:34:34,679 --> 00:34:37,760
you can behave himself. He's fine. He hadn't missed much

717
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:40,079
time this year. Isn't he like under a house arrest

718
00:34:40,199 --> 00:34:42,039
or something? I don't know? Well, I mean he hadn't

719
00:34:42,039 --> 00:34:43,159
been suspended, has he no?

720
00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:43,639
Speaker 6: Not yet?

721
00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:46,800
Speaker 4: Point being on the field, you have to think about

722
00:34:47,039 --> 00:34:50,800
playing better against better teams. Yeah, if you want pomp

723
00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:53,400
palm coverage, you can find it in this town. Zero

724
00:34:53,519 --> 00:34:55,840
issue with that. But we're not giving you pomp palm coverage.

725
00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:58,719
We're not cheerleaders. It was a good win. The defense

726
00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:01,880
is great. We have said super winning caliber defense all

727
00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:04,199
I mean basically since the middle of the year. We're

728
00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:06,440
talking about going into the upper echelons of all time

729
00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:07,280
great defenses.

730
00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:09,159
Speaker 6: C J.

731
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:12,360
Speaker 4: Stroud can't football five times. Both statements can be true.

732
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:15,559
So let me give you this real quick before we

733
00:35:15,599 --> 00:35:18,920
get to Bob sosh. If CJ puts up comp numbers,

734
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:26,079
not necessarily the fumbles, but comp completion, interception, touchdown, is

735
00:35:26,159 --> 00:35:29,280
that enough to beat the Patriots? How manny touchdowns to

736
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:32,519
the defense score two but one of them, but one

737
00:35:32,559 --> 00:35:38,719
of them was just as salt on wound. Yeah, you

738
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:42,000
can't continue to win throughout the playoffs with your defense

739
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,119
scoring more than your offen. What was his quarterback rating?

740
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:47,400
We know it was in the eighties, but the QB

741
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:50,719
Let me go, look, QBR is a made up ESPN number,

742
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:53,800
So I'm kind of like QUBR it's not in no

743
00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:57,840
data point. Is into all be all, But I kinda

744
00:35:58,559 --> 00:36:00,559
it'll tell you like he's only had a QBR over

745
00:36:00,559 --> 00:36:02,920
seventy like three games. I'm gonna go pull this up.

746
00:36:03,679 --> 00:36:06,000
You put me on the spot. It's okay, uh okay.

747
00:36:06,119 --> 00:36:10,079
Quarterback rating was eighty six point seven QBR with fifty

748
00:36:10,119 --> 00:36:15,719
being average was sixty two wo QBR for Aaron Rodgers fourteen. Yeah,

749
00:36:16,559 --> 00:36:18,679
I don't know. I mean, Drake may can can also

750
00:36:18,679 --> 00:36:21,519
throw interceptions and can fumble the ball too, He's done that. Yeah,

751
00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:25,960
but the thought of Aaron Aaron, the thought of Drake

752
00:36:26,039 --> 00:36:29,639
may performing comparable to Aaron Rodgers does not strike my mind.

753
00:36:29,679 --> 00:36:31,199
I don't care how great the defense, and I believe

754
00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:34,920
fumbling five times and losing two does not factor into QBR. Yeah,

755
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:37,119
so all right, let's go to New England. Next, we'll

756
00:36:37,119 --> 00:36:39,480
talk to Bob Solshi, the voice of the Patriots ten

757
00:36:39,639 --> 00:36:41,840
fifty six at Sports Talk seven Honnie and the Matt

758
00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:44,079
Thomas Show with Ross. If you'd like to join us,

759
00:36:44,159 --> 00:36:45,840
we'd love to have you at seven to one three

760
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:47,679
two one, two five seven Honie.

761
00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:51,079
Speaker 6: Seven is the Mat Thomas Show with.

762
00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:58,920
Speaker 4: Ross eleven o one on Sports Talk seven, Honnie. Let's

763
00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:01,599
spend ten cold a minute. So the longtime voice of

764
00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:05,679
the New England Patriots, a young Bob. So, she and

765
00:37:05,719 --> 00:37:08,280
I were doing college games at the University of Houston

766
00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:10,960
and Rice when Bob was doing the Naval Academy. And

767
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:13,280
now he is, oh, really, yeah, you guys didn't have

768
00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:17,079
like an anchorman beef. I don't think so that's good.

769
00:37:17,159 --> 00:37:19,920
Let me ask Bob, Bob, we've gotten along over these years,

770
00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:20,360
have we not?

771
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:20,760
Speaker 3: Yes?

772
00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:24,000
Speaker 1: Man, we have gotten along famously, and I think the

773
00:37:24,119 --> 00:37:29,960
history dates back to dare I say, nineteen ninety six

774
00:37:30,159 --> 00:37:33,800
ninety seven Navy at Rice in men's basketball.

775
00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:35,440
Speaker 4: Yeah, as a matter of fact, I sent you the

776
00:37:35,559 --> 00:37:37,719
University of Houston athletic director check Glad Check up to

777
00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:39,599
Navy to finish his career. So it was a gift

778
00:37:39,599 --> 00:37:40,000
for me to you.

779
00:37:40,039 --> 00:37:43,440
Speaker 1: How about that, Well, he paid me to do my

780
00:37:43,559 --> 00:37:45,800
job and you know, will allow me to continue to

781
00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:46,159
do it.

782
00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:48,000
Speaker 6: So I appreciate that very much.

783
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:49,599
Speaker 4: And a little known fact rosh you to know this,

784
00:37:49,679 --> 00:37:52,639
Bob has offered his spare bedroom when Carl's playing volleyball

785
00:37:52,679 --> 00:37:54,000
next fall, So I was staying with him for I

786
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:58,199
didn't know that ultimate bus so it Hey, let me

787
00:37:58,239 --> 00:38:02,039
ask you this, and you've heard this, You've heard New

788
00:38:02,119 --> 00:38:04,440
England didn't play anybody. They're going to get their come

789
00:38:04,519 --> 00:38:07,079
up and come playoff time. So how much of that

790
00:38:07,159 --> 00:38:09,079
is now? And in my opinion is that's all The

791
00:38:09,119 --> 00:38:11,480
split was a kind of a mushy argument to begin with.

792
00:38:11,519 --> 00:38:13,519
But how much of that was he rased with beating

793
00:38:13,599 --> 00:38:14,679
the Chargers last weekend?

794
00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:17,559
Speaker 1: I think for a lot of people it was, and

795
00:38:17,599 --> 00:38:20,639
I'm sure Matt, for many it still hasn't been erased.

796
00:38:21,159 --> 00:38:24,719
And certainly this will be the most difficult test the

797
00:38:24,719 --> 00:38:28,400
Patriots offense and Drake may are going to face up against.

798
00:38:28,119 --> 00:38:29,880
Speaker 6: This Houston defense, and.

799
00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:32,480
Speaker 1: I think that for a lot of people who've made

800
00:38:32,519 --> 00:38:35,880
the argument that Matthew Stafford is this year's MVP, they've

801
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:38,920
based it largely on the schedule the Patriots played and

802
00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:41,639
the cut of defenses that Drake may went against, And

803
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:44,239
certainly he's going to have the opportunity. Obviously on this

804
00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:47,800
stage won't count toward the playoffs, the MVP voting that's

805
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:50,800
already been done, but nonetheless, I think in terms of

806
00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:54,000
the perception of the outside world. To me, I think

807
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:57,559
with any team in the NFL, it's just the nature

808
00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:01,239
of the league, the way the schedule is formatted from

809
00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:05,079
year to year. In Upstart is going to benefit from

810
00:39:05,079 --> 00:39:08,119
a weaker schedule. The test of the Patriots and when

811
00:39:08,119 --> 00:39:09,719
it comes to the schedule next year, will be far

812
00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:13,440
more rigorous than it was this season. But the way

813
00:39:13,519 --> 00:39:17,159
the team played against the Chargers, the defense dominated granted

814
00:39:17,599 --> 00:39:21,639
a very porous offensive line and really a quarterback and

815
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:26,199
Justin Herbert who was beaten and battered coming in and

816
00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:29,480
certainly by the end of that game was a guy

817
00:39:29,519 --> 00:39:31,920
that was really defeated and I don't think had a

818
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:33,000
lot of help around him.

819
00:39:33,039 --> 00:39:33,760
Speaker 6: No running game.

820
00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:37,599
Speaker 1: The receivers were very unimpressive at times with the effort

821
00:39:37,679 --> 00:39:40,400
in fact, so you know, I think even with Houston,

822
00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:43,400
whether they have Nico Collins or not, and despite the

823
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:45,920
struggles for c J. Stroud the other night, that's going

824
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:47,719
to be a far more rigorous test for the Patriots

825
00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:49,920
defensively this week, Bob.

826
00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:52,039
Speaker 4: The Texans and the Patriots met last year in the

827
00:39:52,079 --> 00:39:54,199
regular season, and there were some signs that Drake was

828
00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:57,280
getting his first real golden opportunity and threw three touchdowns

829
00:39:57,320 --> 00:39:59,000
against the Texans, but I'm not going to count that,

830
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,440
think where he made his biggest step up and maybe

831
00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:05,519
just be playing time, maybe just reading defenses. And then

832
00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:08,360
the only thing I think that gives perhaps people some

833
00:40:08,559 --> 00:40:11,840
optimism here is his interception count is not high, but

834
00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:14,400
there have been some throws that maybe he's made like

835
00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:17,119
any other second year quarterback, that make you go, oh,

836
00:40:17,239 --> 00:40:18,760
that could have been a lot worse than it eventually

837
00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:19,360
turned out to be.

838
00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:24,079
Speaker 1: Yeah, Matt, I think first I'll answer that latter question

839
00:40:24,239 --> 00:40:27,119
and then get to the first part of the question

840
00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:28,320
with regards.

841
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:29,360
Speaker 6: To Mace growth and development.

842
00:40:30,079 --> 00:40:33,400
Speaker 1: What we saw on Sunday against the Chargers with the

843
00:40:33,639 --> 00:40:38,360
interception and a couple of fumbles. Was the early Drake

844
00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:41,159
May from last year in as well the first part.

845
00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:41,920
Speaker 6: Of this season.

846
00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:45,559
Speaker 1: For example, against Pittsburgh, there were five turnovers by the Patriots,

847
00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:47,920
and there was a fumble very much like the two

848
00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:50,559
that he had against the Chargers that heavy New England's

849
00:40:50,559 --> 00:40:53,760
hopes late in that game, when Drake didn't protect the

850
00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:55,679
ball in the pocket. And then of course there was

851
00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:57,519
the interception the other that had a tip off to

852
00:40:57,519 --> 00:40:59,760
the line of scrimmage, turning the ball over to the

853
00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:01,599
charge at the ten yard line.

854
00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:03,119
Speaker 6: But for the most.

855
00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:06,239
Speaker 1: Part, what we've seen since that Pittsburgh game in Week

856
00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:09,199
three until the other night is the guy who's protected

857
00:41:09,239 --> 00:41:11,440
the football in the pocket. He's had two hands on

858
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:13,119
the ball, and he's been able to maneuver in the

859
00:41:13,119 --> 00:41:15,880
pocket and hasn't tried to do too much, even as

860
00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:18,719
he's been able to do an awful lot in extending plays.

861
00:41:18,719 --> 00:41:22,440
He's made some remarkable off platform throws, and he's certainly

862
00:41:22,519 --> 00:41:25,679
hurt the Chargers significantly with a couple of long runs

863
00:41:25,719 --> 00:41:28,400
on Sunday night. What I think the Patriots are looking

864
00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:31,039
for in this game is for the Drake May who

865
00:41:31,119 --> 00:41:36,199
was their quarterback between weeks four and the AFC Wildcard route. Now,

866
00:41:36,199 --> 00:41:38,400
as far as the other part of it, there's so

867
00:41:38,519 --> 00:41:40,199
much to get to when it comes to his growth

868
00:41:40,199 --> 00:41:43,159
and development because the team that played the Texans last year,

869
00:41:43,159 --> 00:41:45,320
outside of Drake May and a handful of other guys,

870
00:41:45,519 --> 00:41:49,280
is almost completely different. Personnel around him, the offensive line,

871
00:41:49,679 --> 00:41:54,960
the wide receiver room, the presence of Traveon Henderson in

872
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:58,599
the backfield, but most notably, it's the offense that he's

873
00:41:58,639 --> 00:42:02,519
in and the caller who's orchestrating that offense from the

874
00:42:02,639 --> 00:42:05,719
sideline in Josh McDaniels. And that, to me is the

875
00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:09,239
most remarkable thing about May's continued growth and development this

876
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:12,480
season is that he's really started to master a new

877
00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:15,039
offensive system that puts far more on his plate than

878
00:42:15,039 --> 00:42:17,599
the West Coast offense of Alex Van Pelt from a

879
00:42:17,679 --> 00:42:22,079
year ago. And Drake has been able to handle this

880
00:42:22,199 --> 00:42:24,639
offense and really take command of the team. I think

881
00:42:24,719 --> 00:42:27,880
his ability to exercise leadership that's been a big part

882
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:30,920
of the Mike Vrabel influence on him as a quarterback.

883
00:42:31,119 --> 00:42:34,360
It's reflected by the play of the team. I think

884
00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:37,400
there's around him and you know, he's been able to,

885
00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:41,519
like I said, just really develop in so many different ways.

886
00:42:42,079 --> 00:42:44,920
We saw glimpses of the athletic ability last year. We

887
00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:48,679
saw some spectacular plays, but we saw an awful lot

888
00:42:48,679 --> 00:42:51,320
of instances where he was a young guy that had

889
00:42:51,360 --> 00:42:55,320
only promise and potential and certainly was far from really

890
00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:58,000
being a sure thing. And I think after this season,

891
00:42:58,079 --> 00:43:01,639
for sure, there's no denying that Drake May is this

892
00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:05,360
team's face of the franchise and one of the elite

893
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:06,440
quarterbacks in the NFL.

894
00:43:06,519 --> 00:43:09,639
Speaker 4: Right now, ross with you here as well, Bob, and

895
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:13,079
sticking with Drake May, but talking about more as the

896
00:43:13,079 --> 00:43:15,760
matchup with the Texans defense, which, of course we know

897
00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:17,800
one of the best units in all of football, but

898
00:43:18,280 --> 00:43:21,840
where the Texans have struggled sometimes is quarterbacks who can

899
00:43:21,880 --> 00:43:25,000
take off and run with the ball. So just if

900
00:43:25,039 --> 00:43:28,719
you will your your thoughts on how mobile Drake May

901
00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:30,880
can be and will need to be in this matchup.

902
00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:33,360
Speaker 1: I thought it was interesting here that there was a

903
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:36,880
play late in the game where Aaron Rodgers was dropped

904
00:43:37,079 --> 00:43:40,360
by that Texans defense that really suffocated him that the

905
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:44,199
game went along, and I believe was Troy Aikman at

906
00:43:44,199 --> 00:43:46,039
one point said, you know, if that was the Aaron

907
00:43:46,119 --> 00:43:50,599
Rodgers of old, he would have escaped that rush. And

908
00:43:50,639 --> 00:43:52,679
that's what the Patriots, I think, you know, have an

909
00:43:52,719 --> 00:43:56,920
advantage in Drake May over Pittsburgh and it's certainly a

910
00:43:56,960 --> 00:44:00,199
diminished Aaron Rodgers. And it goes beyond that too. I

911
00:44:00,239 --> 00:44:03,159
think that, you know, for this Patriots team, they've got

912
00:44:03,159 --> 00:44:07,280
to take advantage of the aggressiveness of the Texans at times.

913
00:44:07,320 --> 00:44:09,039
Speaker 6: Play action has got to be a big part of,

914
00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:10,079
you know, what they do.

915
00:44:10,159 --> 00:44:13,000
Speaker 1: I would imagine on Sunday, and I think and I

916
00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:14,480
would imagine it would be a big part of the

917
00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:17,960
game plan going into Sunday's game against Houston here in

918
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:22,280
the divisional round. That's certainly a big factor that the Patriots,

919
00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:24,800
you know, have that the Steelers didn't the other night

920
00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:27,840
in terms of that mobility of the quarterback. But at

921
00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:30,760
the same time, the Patriots offensive line, particularly the left

922
00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:33,199
side with two rookies Will Campbell at left tackle and

923
00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:37,519
Jared Wilson at left guard, struggled immensely with the Chargers

924
00:44:37,599 --> 00:44:39,960
pass rush, and in particular have had a difficult time

925
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:42,159
all season long, going back to the preseason in fact,

926
00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:49,079
with stunts and games up front, twists, tackles and ends

927
00:44:49,079 --> 00:44:52,000
on the defensive line, and they have to shore that up,

928
00:44:52,039 --> 00:44:55,559
certainly against this Houston team. I've said to people that

929
00:44:55,880 --> 00:44:58,679
the Chargers were a good defense, but to me, this

930
00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:02,920
Houston defense's visions and the speed with which they play

931
00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:06,880
is really overwhelming. Good times and certainly overwhelmed the Steelers.

932
00:45:07,199 --> 00:45:08,960
But at the same time, the pages has got to

933
00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:11,679
take try to take advantage of that as well with

934
00:45:11,719 --> 00:45:12,800
that aggressiveness.

935
00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:16,639
Speaker 4: Bob Socie with us here on a Sports Talk seven

936
00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:21,199
ninety and I'm curious your perspective on Mike Vrabel obviously

937
00:45:21,559 --> 00:45:24,039
has come in, has won, did win with the Titans,

938
00:45:24,679 --> 00:45:26,280
and what is it? If I'm correct, he does not

939
00:45:26,320 --> 00:45:28,119
call the defensive plays correct.

940
00:45:28,920 --> 00:45:29,519
Speaker 6: He does not know.

941
00:45:29,559 --> 00:45:33,320
Speaker 1: Okay, Core is the defensive coordinator, Yes, Selfty coordinator Terrell

942
00:45:33,519 --> 00:45:36,280
Williams has cancer, prostate cancer, has been dealing with suck.

943
00:45:36,559 --> 00:45:39,920
Speaker 4: What is that that Mike Vrabel went as far as

944
00:45:39,960 --> 00:45:42,280
a leader of men, culture, all that type of stuff.

945
00:45:42,280 --> 00:45:44,480
Can you explain it kind of in more detail? Why

946
00:45:44,519 --> 00:45:46,719
it's different when Mike Rabel comes in the building.

947
00:45:48,559 --> 00:45:50,039
Speaker 6: It's it's it's all of it.

948
00:45:50,039 --> 00:45:54,440
Speaker 1: It's the culture, it's the confidence that he's been able

949
00:45:54,480 --> 00:45:58,000
to cultivate within the team. He's a guy that, for example,

950
00:45:58,039 --> 00:46:00,480
with Ramonderie Stevenson early in the Arama has had a

951
00:46:00,519 --> 00:46:04,480
history of fumbling issues, I think seven fumbles last year

952
00:46:05,039 --> 00:46:07,360
and during the course of his careers, but recurrent problem

953
00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:11,199
for him going back to his rookie season and with

954
00:46:11,280 --> 00:46:12,920
Mike Rabel, he stuck by him and a lot of

955
00:46:12,920 --> 00:46:15,400
people thought get rid of this guy. I mean that

956
00:46:15,519 --> 00:46:18,239
was you know, the large part of what we heard

957
00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:21,559
on sports talk later. But Rabel continued to stay with him,

958
00:46:21,559 --> 00:46:24,119
and you know, even the other night against the Chargers,

959
00:46:24,199 --> 00:46:26,599
Drake May commits the fumble, runs off the field of

960
00:46:26,639 --> 00:46:29,559
Mike Rabel is there, you know, to slap him on

961
00:46:29,599 --> 00:46:32,960
the butt when he gets to the sideline and reassure

962
00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:35,440
him in that moment. Now, he's certainly's had a different

963
00:46:35,440 --> 00:46:37,320
mes adapt to the game, obviously to be better with

964
00:46:37,400 --> 00:46:38,199
ball security.

965
00:46:38,599 --> 00:46:39,639
Speaker 6: But I think to.

966
00:46:39,559 --> 00:46:42,400
Speaker 1: Me, the thing that stands out about Mike and his staff,

967
00:46:42,400 --> 00:46:45,079
and it really extends into some of the people that

968
00:46:45,159 --> 00:46:47,239
he brought into the front office, is that this is

969
00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:50,519
a team that's being developed in his vision, true to

970
00:46:50,559 --> 00:46:54,480
his identity as a player, resourceful player, tough player, smart player,

971
00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:58,039
and a guy that I think is instilled a lot

972
00:46:58,079 --> 00:47:01,599
of old school values, if you will, and the Patriots

973
00:47:01,840 --> 00:47:06,599
with a new school approach. He's a player's coach in

974
00:47:06,639 --> 00:47:09,400
a lot of respects. I think the players, you know,

975
00:47:09,519 --> 00:47:15,320
really appreciate the way that he encourages them to celebrate.

976
00:47:15,400 --> 00:47:17,679
We saw that a couple of weeks ago, guy intercepts

977
00:47:17,679 --> 00:47:21,039
the ball late in the game and they run to

978
00:47:21,079 --> 00:47:23,000
the sideline and Mike Abel says, no, go back out

979
00:47:23,039 --> 00:47:25,920
there and celebrate. He wants them to enjoy it. And

980
00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:28,519
he's invited the fans in to experience this too. I

981
00:47:28,559 --> 00:47:31,719
think in you know, the social media presence the Patriots

982
00:47:31,719 --> 00:47:35,639
have now and what Rabel's done, I think to try

983
00:47:35,639 --> 00:47:41,119
to re energize the local fandom after some really depressing

984
00:47:41,159 --> 00:47:42,000
seasons trying.

985
00:47:41,840 --> 00:47:42,360
Speaker 6: On the Patriots.

986
00:47:42,480 --> 00:47:44,199
Speaker 1: We've been spoiled here for a long time, but the

987
00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:47,079
last couple of years, you know, especially last year was

988
00:47:47,159 --> 00:47:50,039
kind of a rudderless season for the team on the field,

989
00:47:50,079 --> 00:47:52,000
and I think Rabel's just had an effect on all

990
00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:55,039
those different areas. And I mentioned as well, the leadership

991
00:47:55,039 --> 00:47:58,880
that Drake May's exercised, I think, influenced by the head coach,

992
00:47:59,079 --> 00:48:01,280
has really stood out. And on top of all of

993
00:48:01,320 --> 00:48:04,199
that they've brought in players in the draft and hit

994
00:48:04,280 --> 00:48:06,400
on almost all their picks. All the rookies have been

995
00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:09,400
on who were drafted, have been on the roster at

996
00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:12,960
one point or another in the season, and they've had

997
00:48:13,159 --> 00:48:15,920
free agents come in and almost all of them, if

998
00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:19,280
not all of them, have really made positive contributions, including

999
00:48:19,320 --> 00:48:22,039
Milton Williams first and foremost. And I think, you know,

1000
00:48:22,119 --> 00:48:23,800
Rabel and his staff deserve a lot of credit for

1001
00:48:23,840 --> 00:48:27,519
the evaluation of those guys, but also the development of

1002
00:48:27,599 --> 00:48:28,239
the young guys.

1003
00:48:28,559 --> 00:48:31,079
Speaker 4: Bob finald question. I mentioned this a little bit ago

1004
00:48:31,119 --> 00:48:32,960
on the show. This could be the battle of which

1005
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:38,000
concussion costs the team the most. You've got Christian Gonzales

1006
00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:41,880
and concussion protocol, You've got Nico Collins. And again, I

1007
00:48:41,920 --> 00:48:44,559
know you won't have a definitive word about Gonzalez until

1008
00:48:44,599 --> 00:48:46,760
later today when the injury report comes out. But it

1009
00:48:46,800 --> 00:48:49,000
was like the Patriots didn't happen for much of that

1010
00:48:49,119 --> 00:48:52,079
game over the weekend against the Chargers. How do things

1011
00:48:52,239 --> 00:48:56,480
change if Gonzalez is not clear for the game on Sunday, Well.

1012
00:48:56,360 --> 00:48:58,280
Speaker 1: I think that you know, first and foremost, he put

1013
00:48:58,280 --> 00:49:00,039
on a post put out a post last night on

1014
00:49:00,199 --> 00:49:02,199
social media that a lot of people read into It

1015
00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:05,280
was a cryptic post that seemed to be encouraging and

1016
00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:08,559
he you know, I think when we saw Nico Collins

1017
00:49:08,559 --> 00:49:10,400
card it off, a lot of people jump to conclusions

1018
00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:11,840
about him, and I don't think we should do that

1019
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:16,320
about either player. If if both are available, you know,

1020
00:49:16,440 --> 00:49:19,119
certainly great, it's gonna be a great matchup. Now, this

1021
00:49:19,159 --> 00:49:22,519
Patriots team hasn't played as much man coverage over the

1022
00:49:22,519 --> 00:49:25,360
course of the season as we've been accustomed to seeing

1023
00:49:25,400 --> 00:49:30,320
Patriots defenses, particularly under Bill Balschit and the really strong

1024
00:49:30,360 --> 00:49:33,440
Patriots defense is the way we saw Stefan Gilmour, Durell

1025
00:49:33,559 --> 00:49:35,760
Reeves or some of the other better cornerbacks they had

1026
00:49:36,599 --> 00:49:40,079
during the two decade one ty log going back to

1027
00:49:40,119 --> 00:49:40,800
the first part of.

1028
00:49:40,719 --> 00:49:42,079
Speaker 6: The dynasty for the Patriots.

1029
00:49:42,280 --> 00:49:45,400
Speaker 1: I mean, so Gonzalez is a guy with that capability

1030
00:49:45,400 --> 00:49:47,760
of teams, but over the course of the season, Lily

1031
00:49:47,880 --> 00:49:50,840
hasn't been utilized in that particular way. It's been a

1032
00:49:50,840 --> 00:49:54,760
different kind of defense or zone coverages, some match coverages

1033
00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:57,800
as well. But if Nico Collins is out there and

1034
00:49:57,880 --> 00:49:59,599
Christian Gonzalez is out there, it's going to be a

1035
00:49:59,599 --> 00:50:01,559
fascinating the matchup to watch, and I think we will

1036
00:50:01,559 --> 00:50:03,559
see more that we did see more of it against

1037
00:50:03,599 --> 00:50:06,800
the Chargers with Gonzales and Carlton Davis try to tighten

1038
00:50:06,840 --> 00:50:10,360
things up before Christian left the game. If neither is available.

1039
00:50:11,079 --> 00:50:13,159
To me, and this is maybe my own bias, I

1040
00:50:13,199 --> 00:50:15,920
think it impacts the Texans far more than it does

1041
00:50:15,960 --> 00:50:18,280
to the Patriots because Collins is such a special, special player,

1042
00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:21,119
and I think the Patriots can do some things defensively

1043
00:50:21,199 --> 00:50:25,159
against the rest of that receiving corps that will allow

1044
00:50:25,239 --> 00:50:28,760
them to compensate for the absence of Gonzales.

1045
00:50:28,840 --> 00:50:30,559
Speaker 6: So that's the way I see it from a New

1046
00:50:30,559 --> 00:50:31,559
England point of view.

1047
00:50:31,719 --> 00:50:33,639
Speaker 4: All Right, Bob, thank you so much for the time.

1048
00:50:33,679 --> 00:50:37,159
We really appreciate it. Your insights are always valuable. And

1049
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:39,199
I need you to save two tickets for a Patriots

1050
00:50:39,239 --> 00:50:42,079
home game in October for next year. If it's somebody good,

1051
00:50:42,119 --> 00:50:44,280
I won't expect it like, but if it's like Arizona

1052
00:50:44,400 --> 00:50:46,440
or Miami's coming in, save two for me if you

1053
00:50:46,440 --> 00:50:47,119
don't mind.

1054
00:50:47,559 --> 00:50:49,360
Speaker 1: Okay, And I've got to have court side seats in

1055
00:50:49,400 --> 00:50:52,360
exchange for Roady. Let's go, go, go Roady.

1056
00:50:52,480 --> 00:50:54,519
Speaker 4: I was gonna say you said courtside for the Rockets.

1057
00:50:54,559 --> 00:50:56,199
I mean I could probably do that. If you want

1058
00:50:56,239 --> 00:50:58,559
rody volleyball, I'll get to your home. Damn section, I don't

1059
00:50:58,599 --> 00:51:01,280
care about that. That's good for me. Thank you, Bob

1060
00:51:01,280 --> 00:51:03,079
for the time, as always, friend. We really appreciate it.

1061
00:51:03,079 --> 00:51:03,480
Speaker 6: Thanks Matt.

1062
00:51:03,639 --> 00:51:06,360
Speaker 4: We'll see a letter. Bob Soshi voice of the Patriots

1063
00:51:06,360 --> 00:51:08,800
with us here on the Matt Thomas shild Ross good

1064
00:51:08,800 --> 00:51:12,599
insights there. He thinks the advantage would be not necessarily advantage,

1065
00:51:12,599 --> 00:51:14,639
but the bigger disadvantage would be if Nico could not

1066
00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:17,559
go tell me, did you see any in again? We're

1067
00:51:17,559 --> 00:51:19,599
gonna We're not doctors, but there was nothing that made

1068
00:51:19,639 --> 00:51:23,400
me think this is a quick recovery situation. We're not doctors,

1069
00:51:23,400 --> 00:51:25,880
but going straight to the locker room and the short

1070
00:51:25,960 --> 00:51:29,920
week is what what makes me not optimistic. Yeah, I

1071
00:51:29,960 --> 00:51:31,440
would have to agree with you on that. All right,

1072
00:51:31,800 --> 00:51:34,079
more on the NFL and the Texans throughout the course

1073
00:51:34,119 --> 00:51:36,119
of the next couple of hours. If you would like

1074
00:51:36,199 --> 00:51:37,679
to be with us now, you may do so at

1075
00:51:37,679 --> 00:51:39,880
seven one three two one two five seven ninety seven

1076
00:51:39,920 --> 00:51:42,840
one three two one two five seven ninety Ross has

1077
00:51:42,880 --> 00:51:47,719
two shut your ball masses up. Jonathan has one. I

1078
00:51:47,719 --> 00:51:49,360
need to come up with something. My life is pretty

1079
00:51:49,360 --> 00:51:52,639
happy with somebody you're upset about. Oh daily, anybody got

1080
00:51:52,679 --> 00:51:54,920
time for shooting under thirty percent from three every game?

1081
00:51:55,920 --> 00:51:58,360
That's again. It happened again last night. I know that's

1082
00:51:58,400 --> 00:52:01,239
now six straight games or thirty days. It sploded for

1083
00:52:01,239 --> 00:52:04,559
twenty nine percent. Great exploded as a relative term, and

1084
00:52:04,599 --> 00:52:06,239
they were at twenty three percent going to the fourth.

1085
00:52:06,320 --> 00:52:06,599
Speaker 6: I know.

1086
00:52:06,719 --> 00:52:16,119
Speaker 4: I was there eleven sixty on Sports Talk seven, ninety

1087
00:52:17,400 --> 00:52:19,760
eleven twenty one on Sports Talk seven, and he thanks

1088
00:52:19,760 --> 00:52:25,159
again to Bob Soshi. I will never be a Patriots

1089
00:52:25,159 --> 00:52:27,199
fan because I just I just can't. But I just

1090
00:52:27,360 --> 00:52:29,840
love that area. They Hey, don't we have angry for

1091
00:52:29,920 --> 00:52:32,480
Patriots fan? Where's that guy? I haven't talked to him

1092
00:52:32,480 --> 00:52:32,960
in years?

1093
00:52:33,360 --> 00:52:33,559
Speaker 6: Oh?

1094
00:52:33,679 --> 00:52:35,360
Speaker 4: You guys had a falling out after that? No, none

1095
00:52:35,320 --> 00:52:38,239
at all. Shall I reach out to him after the

1096
00:52:38,239 --> 00:52:40,000
big dust up? Humm?

1097
00:52:40,599 --> 00:52:40,960
Speaker 6: I didn't.

1098
00:52:41,000 --> 00:52:45,280
Speaker 4: I forgot about angry Patriots fan. That's I think. I

1099
00:52:45,280 --> 00:52:46,599
hope he still lives in the year. I have not

1100
00:52:46,639 --> 00:52:49,239
talked to him in a long time. He drinks lots

1101
00:52:49,239 --> 00:52:52,000
of Guinness. I mean, just like like literally it's motor oil.

1102
00:52:55,639 --> 00:52:57,239
Does he drink a lot of motor Do people drink

1103
00:52:57,239 --> 00:52:58,400
a lot of motor oil? But I mean, don't you

1104
00:52:58,440 --> 00:53:01,800
drink Guinness. It's the thickest beer out there, right, It's

1105
00:53:01,800 --> 00:53:09,400
pretty thick thick beer. It doesn't have a hot abv

1106
00:53:09,519 --> 00:53:11,719
by the way, which people think because of its right

1107
00:53:12,239 --> 00:53:15,280
of its stoutness, thickness. I'm not a big porters and

1108
00:53:15,320 --> 00:53:18,679
stouts guys. I love I pas blonde ales, pale ales.

1109
00:53:19,719 --> 00:53:22,760
I've tried with ips. I can't porters and stouts. I can't. Yeah,

1110
00:53:22,920 --> 00:53:24,800
I know you, Matt, because you were like you like

1111
00:53:24,840 --> 00:53:28,760
cranberry drinks. I wish I could get Vodku. It's a

1112
00:53:28,800 --> 00:53:31,000
different you have to I will admit, yes, if you're

1113
00:53:31,039 --> 00:53:33,199
just tasting it, it's you have to think of it different.

1114
00:53:33,280 --> 00:53:35,159
It's kind of like people who get into wine or

1115
00:53:35,239 --> 00:53:40,400
cigars or whatever. You have to look for the notes

1116
00:53:40,440 --> 00:53:43,840
and and kind of taste what's happening. You will be

1117
00:53:43,920 --> 00:53:45,880
very happy with me. In one of my rocket road

1118
00:53:45,920 --> 00:53:48,719
trips this year, one of my great friends, Eric Castleton,

1119
00:53:48,880 --> 00:53:50,400
is the voice at the Memphis Grizzlies. He and I

1120
00:53:50,480 --> 00:53:51,800
when a bunch of other people went to dinner and

1121
00:53:51,840 --> 00:53:54,079
he brought several bottles of wine to the restaurant with him,

1122
00:53:54,360 --> 00:53:55,960
and I felt bad because there was not a lot

1123
00:53:55,960 --> 00:53:58,000
of wine here. You don't drink wine. Well I did

1124
00:53:58,000 --> 00:54:00,960
that night. Yeah, and I really enjoyed the smashed. I

1125
00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:02,960
didn't say smashed, but it felt good. We were drinking

1126
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:05,760
red with cabernets, peanuts. We were we were having a steak.

1127
00:54:06,880 --> 00:54:09,679
Don't you're asking the wrong person? Point ping? Is that

1128
00:54:09,960 --> 00:54:14,920
perhaps I'm maulback you done? Yeah? I couldn't be, but

1129
00:54:14,960 --> 00:54:16,599
I mean I could keep going, but I want Was

1130
00:54:16,639 --> 00:54:19,840
it a Bartles and James? No? Is it a Zema?

1131
00:54:20,119 --> 00:54:20,199
Speaker 2: No?

1132
00:54:20,559 --> 00:54:23,480
Speaker 4: Stop? I'm naming types of wine. I know you're naming

1133
00:54:23,559 --> 00:54:26,119
types of teenager drinks. I know I am all right.

1134
00:54:26,440 --> 00:54:29,800
Seven one three two one two five seven nine zero

1135
00:54:29,840 --> 00:54:31,760
seven one three two one two five seven. I don't

1136
00:54:31,760 --> 00:54:33,960
get shut your ball. Mass up coming up in about

1137
00:54:34,360 --> 00:54:36,199
ten minutes. Right now. George is with us on the

1138
00:54:36,239 --> 00:54:38,519
Matt Thomas Show with Ross George, Good morning.

1139
00:54:39,639 --> 00:54:43,239
Speaker 10: Hey, good morning, so hey. Quick aggression regarding Guinness. If

1140
00:54:43,239 --> 00:54:45,360
you've ever had a black and Tan, you know that

1141
00:54:45,519 --> 00:54:49,320
the Guinness floats on top of a lagger. So Guinness

1142
00:54:49,400 --> 00:54:53,360
is actually less dense than lagger. Even though it feels thicker,

1143
00:54:53,440 --> 00:54:57,840
it's actually less less mass per volume than the most

1144
00:54:57,920 --> 00:54:58,519
laggers are.

1145
00:54:58,679 --> 00:55:01,400
Speaker 4: So even though it feels thicker, west mass. Thank you George.

1146
00:55:02,559 --> 00:55:02,760
Speaker 6: Right.

1147
00:55:04,199 --> 00:55:07,800
Speaker 10: So, what I was one of the things I'm concerned

1148
00:55:07,800 --> 00:55:11,719
about is the Texans continuing to have the offensive line

1149
00:55:11,800 --> 00:55:15,079
pre start penalties. And it's one of those things. Maybe

1150
00:55:15,119 --> 00:55:17,280
I feel too strongly about it, but to me, it's

1151
00:55:17,360 --> 00:55:20,920
kind of like the way jose L Tuvey manages to

1152
00:55:21,320 --> 00:55:23,320
get picked off at first base.

1153
00:55:23,360 --> 00:55:24,039
Speaker 6: It's one of those.

1154
00:55:23,880 --> 00:55:26,920
Speaker 10: Things where if you're just paying attention, it shouldn't happen.

1155
00:55:27,039 --> 00:55:31,840
It's one hundred percent preventable. And I'm afraid that I'm

1156
00:55:31,880 --> 00:55:34,639
discouraged to see that those those are still happening. And

1157
00:55:34,679 --> 00:55:37,000
I'm afraid that as we go into the playoffs and

1158
00:55:37,039 --> 00:55:39,440
you get we're up against teams that are really really

1159
00:55:39,519 --> 00:55:42,880
good at execution, that that that's going to cost us

1160
00:55:42,920 --> 00:55:45,199
something big. And I'm just wondering what your thoughts are

1161
00:55:45,239 --> 00:55:49,159
on why it keeps happening and what the impact might be.

1162
00:55:49,800 --> 00:55:55,800
Speaker 4: Yeah, the Trent Brown offside was bad. The couple first

1163
00:55:55,880 --> 00:55:57,480
naps of the game, you could tell he's like, oh God,

1164
00:55:57,480 --> 00:55:58,960
this is t J. Watt he got off early, and

1165
00:55:58,960 --> 00:56:00,599
I thought they should have called the all start start

1166
00:56:00,679 --> 00:56:03,239
the game. They got called one. I don't recall after that,

1167
00:56:03,280 --> 00:56:06,159
but there was the the illegal formations and the illegal

1168
00:56:06,159 --> 00:56:09,280
shifts they got to stop. Those are inexcusable. You will

1169
00:56:09,320 --> 00:56:12,599
even the rules, Yeah, no, the rules of football, and

1170
00:56:12,639 --> 00:56:15,599
I can't remember they had six penalties for forty four yards.

1171
00:56:16,440 --> 00:56:19,800
I'm trying to recall whatever else they had a pass interference?

1172
00:56:20,360 --> 00:56:22,679
Did they have more pre snat penalties though than the

1173
00:56:22,679 --> 00:56:25,400
false start and then the illegal shift. I can't really recall.

1174
00:56:25,440 --> 00:56:30,400
The game generally speaking, was pretty well played for Texans wise,

1175
00:56:30,719 --> 00:56:35,000
but yes, the frustration, illegal formation and illegal shifts cannot happen. Like,

1176
00:56:35,199 --> 00:56:37,840
read the rule book of football and then follow those

1177
00:56:37,920 --> 00:56:42,800
rules of the football. Pass interferences are going to happen,

1178
00:56:41,719 --> 00:56:45,559
then start. You could probably get holdings on every call occasional. Yeah,

1179
00:56:45,599 --> 00:56:49,199
the occasional false start on the road especially, you don't

1180
00:56:49,199 --> 00:56:51,280
want it to happen, but it does.

1181
00:56:51,440 --> 00:56:51,639
Speaker 6: Just do.

1182
00:56:51,679 --> 00:56:54,599
Speaker 4: You don't want it to layer me tonsil level. But

1183
00:56:55,119 --> 00:57:02,079
illegal shifts and illegal motions are inexcusable. If I've been

1184
00:57:02,480 --> 00:57:04,880
I think that the pressure ramps up. I think to

1185
00:57:05,320 --> 00:57:07,239
have to look at every single human element gets into

1186
00:57:07,280 --> 00:57:09,719
play on this Ross. I don't all of a sudden

1187
00:57:09,760 --> 00:57:12,039
see a team that has had formation and motion issues

1188
00:57:12,079 --> 00:57:13,960
all year long, all of a sudden behaving themselves in

1189
00:57:14,039 --> 00:57:16,719
January when the when the uh pressure of winning these

1190
00:57:16,760 --> 00:57:19,000
games and playing and performing is even a higher level.

1191
00:57:19,199 --> 00:57:21,719
I just don't. I think the Texans are due for

1192
00:57:21,760 --> 00:57:24,239
one to two per game. I again, it didn't mean

1193
00:57:24,480 --> 00:57:28,119
much to me this week because the Steelers offense couldn't

1194
00:57:28,119 --> 00:57:32,519
do anything, so I didn't didn't bite them, But I

1195
00:57:32,559 --> 00:57:35,880
will say it makes things more difficult for a quarterback

1196
00:57:36,039 --> 00:57:37,679
when it's third and three to go to third and

1197
00:57:37,679 --> 00:57:41,440
eight because of something said like a shift penalty shift shift,

1198
00:57:41,599 --> 00:57:45,920
shift penalty shift, A lot of shift issues. I don't know.

1199
00:57:46,000 --> 00:57:50,880
I thought generally speaking, everything's amplified. Ross though they did

1200
00:57:50,920 --> 00:57:53,119
a pretty good job of not causing themselves too many

1201
00:57:53,159 --> 00:57:56,880
mistakes except for the fumbles, and that's that is totally excusable.

1202
00:57:56,920 --> 00:57:59,719
To have those issues happening this time of year is

1203
00:58:00,079 --> 00:58:04,199
is hard to watch. Yeah, there was the shift, as

1204
00:58:04,239 --> 00:58:06,719
I mentioned, there was the false start and then the

1205
00:58:08,159 --> 00:58:12,039
the holding, but not a lot of that, not illegal

1206
00:58:12,119 --> 00:58:14,639
man downfields, not a lot of nursery had a fourth

1207
00:58:14,719 --> 00:58:17,039
quarter fall start, so to fall starts, two false starts

1208
00:58:17,039 --> 00:58:19,320
and one illegal shift. That's hell and Army tunsilll had

1209
00:58:19,320 --> 00:58:26,039
that in the first quarter most likely. That's pretty good. Yes,

1210
00:58:26,440 --> 00:58:29,360
that's not ideal, but that's not terrible. Two false starts

1211
00:58:29,400 --> 00:58:31,679
on the road, one illegal show. To me, that was

1212
00:58:31,719 --> 00:58:33,599
about the penalty. It was was the fumbles that were

1213
00:58:33,719 --> 00:58:40,440
just inexcusable. But I'll say this, and they're gonna have

1214
00:58:41,119 --> 00:58:44,079
that's gonna be in the back of their mind. It's like, guys,

1215
00:58:44,119 --> 00:58:46,440
it's like, guys at putt and you missed that four

1216
00:58:46,480 --> 00:58:48,079
foot putt a couple of times. You're gonna be thinking

1217
00:58:48,079 --> 00:58:51,480
about that four foot putt over and over and over again. Wow, Okay,

1218
00:58:52,039 --> 00:58:53,840
like when Tiger Woods had the yips for a little

1219
00:58:53,880 --> 00:58:55,800
while there. Well, it's like when second Basement have a

1220
00:58:55,840 --> 00:58:58,039
hard time throwing the first basin on occasion. We saw

1221
00:58:58,079 --> 00:59:00,000
that here a few years back. Now you can correct

1222
00:59:00,199 --> 00:59:07,360
that they did. But but but that was a weird sound. No,

1223
00:59:07,440 --> 00:59:09,599
I know, it's like like a lamb or something. It

1224
00:59:09,719 --> 00:59:12,920
was like one of the bud Wiser frogs. Yeah, there's

1225
00:59:12,920 --> 00:59:19,840
a real current reference for you. Jonathan's like, yeah, I

1226
00:59:19,880 --> 00:59:21,840
always feel like we got a passing through. Jonathan.

1227
00:59:21,920 --> 00:59:23,639
Speaker 6: I like this though. I like this.

1228
00:59:23,760 --> 00:59:28,400
Speaker 4: It's like a filter. The young lad, Jonathan Alan, You're

1229
00:59:28,400 --> 00:59:29,840
gonna be the young lad forever. Sorry.

1230
00:59:30,480 --> 00:59:30,519
Speaker 6: This.

1231
00:59:30,880 --> 00:59:33,360
Speaker 4: So, we have a new young sales associate with us

1232
00:59:33,360 --> 00:59:37,000
here in the office. And this morning she was singing.

1233
00:59:37,400 --> 00:59:40,320
She was singing a song yesterday when I saw her there,

1234
00:59:40,400 --> 00:59:42,880
sings it and she's like, she forgot I said, so.

1235
00:59:43,000 --> 00:59:44,519
Then this morning I saw her, I said, name the

1236
00:59:44,599 --> 00:59:47,639
oldest person you know that sings songs, and she said

1237
00:59:47,719 --> 00:59:54,880
John Cash. Yeah, John Cash, I said, John Cash. She goes,

1238
00:59:55,400 --> 01:00:00,440
she goes, Johnny. I said, that's everyone in the hallway

1239
01:00:00,519 --> 01:00:05,239
heard it too. Feel bad, yeh, the young kids. I

1240
01:00:05,360 --> 01:00:07,360
used to have a sportscaster guy that I used to

1241
01:00:07,440 --> 01:00:10,000
listen to watch and goes, Matt, you need to do

1242
01:00:10,119 --> 01:00:12,400
a better job of going back and learning about the

1243
01:00:12,480 --> 01:00:15,840
sixties and seventies in the NFL. You are gonna lose

1244
01:00:16,159 --> 01:00:18,239
credibility because you're not old enough to know the stuff

1245
01:00:18,239 --> 01:00:19,000
from yesteryear.

1246
01:00:19,639 --> 01:00:19,760
Speaker 6: Now.

1247
01:00:19,800 --> 01:00:24,119
Speaker 4: It's frankly the opposite way. Unless you make dated references

1248
01:00:24,159 --> 01:00:26,639
the better. Yeah, let's get you current, Matt. I think

1249
01:00:26,679 --> 01:00:28,320
I did a pretty good job by a song. Yeah,

1250
01:00:28,360 --> 01:00:30,719
I mean, let's see when was good Times by Chic

1251
01:00:31,079 --> 01:00:33,719
No seventy eight songs, never gonna change, just the general

1252
01:00:33,760 --> 01:00:37,360
topic of converstations. Oh my music taste is never gonna change.

1253
01:00:37,400 --> 01:00:39,559
You can't change me on that. But like, I mean,

1254
01:00:39,920 --> 01:00:42,159
if you're like, if you're calling a show and you're

1255
01:00:42,199 --> 01:00:44,960
referring to the Texans win, is like when you watch

1256
01:00:45,000 --> 01:00:47,000
the Olders win eighty one against the Bengals in a

1257
01:00:47,000 --> 01:00:48,920
water cart, get colors like that every week? What do

1258
01:00:48,960 --> 01:00:51,760
you talk about? I'm just saying that this is harder

1259
01:00:51,840 --> 01:00:53,480
for the younger folks to kind of catch up on

1260
01:00:53,559 --> 01:00:58,239
that kind of thing. All right, next half hour, Oh ooh,

1261
01:00:58,760 --> 01:01:01,760
you're gonna tell some people to shut their bomb asses up.

1262
01:01:02,000 --> 01:01:04,239
And ain't nobody got time for that. You got something

1263
01:01:04,280 --> 01:01:07,360
on your mind. Remember, Brad calls. You get to go

1264
01:01:07,440 --> 01:01:09,880
in front of Brad. At this point, Brad is not

1265
01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:11,719
with us. I mean he's with us, with us, but

1266
01:01:11,760 --> 01:01:13,280
I mean he's not with us on the phone lines.

1267
01:01:13,559 --> 01:01:15,000
If you want to tell somebody to shut their bumb

1268
01:01:15,000 --> 01:01:18,320
mass up. Seven one three two one two five seven

1269
01:01:18,360 --> 01:01:21,800
ninety seven one three two one two five and seven ninety.

1270
01:01:21,880 --> 01:01:26,360
Speaker 1: Again again, Tampaday here again dampaday.

1271
01:01:26,400 --> 01:01:29,159
Speaker 4: Here, let me again, dam here, many.

1272
01:01:28,920 --> 01:01:31,159
Speaker 6: Again, tam here again, time here, many.

1273
01:01:30,920 --> 01:01:38,519
Speaker 4: Again, tampada pleven thirty five, Sports Talk seven ninety This

1274
01:01:38,599 --> 01:01:42,119
is the most cathartic half hour of your week. Other

1275
01:01:42,199 --> 01:01:43,920
people will not let you tell them to shut their

1276
01:01:43,920 --> 01:01:47,119
bumb asses up. We encourage it here at seven one

1277
01:01:47,199 --> 01:01:50,360
three two one two five seven ninety seven one three

1278
01:01:50,559 --> 01:01:54,400
two one two five seven nine zero eleven thirty six

1279
01:01:54,480 --> 01:01:57,239
on seven on eighty Jonathan, I'm gonna let you go

1280
01:01:57,320 --> 01:01:59,000
first this week, my friend. What's the matter with you?

1281
01:01:59,519 --> 01:01:59,639
Speaker 11: Uh?

1282
01:01:59,760 --> 01:02:03,880
Speaker 9: I'm I'm talking about the Liam Cohen and Lanne Jones

1283
01:02:04,000 --> 01:02:09,639
turping the Jacksonville Free Press interaction. Yes, and if y'all

1284
01:02:09,679 --> 01:02:13,199
don't know what happened, basically went to the press conference

1285
01:02:13,320 --> 01:02:16,760
and she had the opportunity to ask some questions, instead

1286
01:02:16,920 --> 01:02:19,920
encouraged him after it felt like he was looking down,

1287
01:02:20,039 --> 01:02:24,280
and you know, Blase, Blase. The problem I have is

1288
01:02:24,440 --> 01:02:29,440
all the hate from other media and journalists that are

1289
01:02:29,519 --> 01:02:34,679
saying that she's fake media or so it's embarrassing that

1290
01:02:34,840 --> 01:02:37,239
she did this, and it's for an organization which I

1291
01:02:37,360 --> 01:02:42,280
have a big gripe about because reporters and journalists as

1292
01:02:42,320 --> 01:02:44,559
a whole get upset when it's just coach speak and

1293
01:02:44,639 --> 01:02:46,920
it's just they're Oh, they're not giving us answers and

1294
01:02:47,039 --> 01:02:49,639
not doing this because you guys don't treat them as human.

1295
01:02:50,559 --> 01:02:54,440
And frankly, it's less professional to get your emotions in

1296
01:02:54,559 --> 01:02:57,880
the way of reporting the team that you're reporting because

1297
01:02:57,920 --> 01:03:00,239
they lost. In your mac is out of game, went

1298
01:03:01,119 --> 01:03:03,800
the Liam Collins human and that's what they That's why

1299
01:03:03,960 --> 01:03:08,800
she got the clicks. He now, hold on, I gotta

1300
01:03:08,840 --> 01:03:12,039
get my thoughts together. I apologize. Now, she's the main

1301
01:03:12,159 --> 01:03:17,519
reporter for Jacksonville. She's her his main guy because he

1302
01:03:17,920 --> 01:03:21,599
she treated him just human. And that's what the problem

1303
01:03:21,679 --> 01:03:23,239
is the media and social media. You want the clicks,

1304
01:03:23,280 --> 01:03:25,480
you want this. Oh, for the people that are actually working,

1305
01:03:26,039 --> 01:03:29,000
it doesn't make any sense because at the end of

1306
01:03:29,039 --> 01:03:32,119
the day, you're recovering the team. The team lost. You

1307
01:03:32,239 --> 01:03:34,360
don't gripe and go on the team because the team lost.

1308
01:03:34,400 --> 01:03:36,760
You're not there doing it. All you're there is reporting

1309
01:03:36,880 --> 01:03:38,960
the news and what went down and what the coach

1310
01:03:39,039 --> 01:03:41,440
has to say. So for everybody that says that, and

1311
01:03:41,519 --> 01:03:44,079
I've seen so many tweets even locally that they think

1312
01:03:44,159 --> 01:03:45,920
is fake media, ships a bum mess up.

1313
01:03:51,039 --> 01:03:52,719
Speaker 6: Ship jo bumm mans up man.

1314
01:03:55,119 --> 01:03:57,719
Speaker 4: Just disgraceful. Oh disgraceful.

1315
01:04:00,079 --> 01:04:00,360
Speaker 2: Ha ha.

1316
01:04:02,199 --> 01:04:05,039
Speaker 4: I will talk, So I'll follow up. Because so it's

1317
01:04:05,119 --> 01:04:09,280
called a press conference because it is for the press. Now,

1318
01:04:09,679 --> 01:04:13,159
first of all, I understand both sides on this is

1319
01:04:13,239 --> 01:04:15,960
a press conference and you were supposed to be in

1320
01:04:16,119 --> 01:04:19,719
there covering. It's for the coach making immediate availability. This

1321
01:04:19,840 --> 01:04:23,159
goes back decades to where you want to get press

1322
01:04:23,239 --> 01:04:26,800
coverage for your games. You make the coach available. The

1323
01:04:26,880 --> 01:04:32,159
coach asks is ask questions about the game, what's going on,

1324
01:04:32,639 --> 01:04:35,599
and then they answer questions about the game. And to

1325
01:04:35,760 --> 01:04:39,280
get behind into this press conference, you basically need to

1326
01:04:39,320 --> 01:04:42,639
be credential media, which especially in years past, was getting

1327
01:04:42,679 --> 01:04:45,280
behind a velvet rope. You were getting access that people

1328
01:04:45,360 --> 01:04:47,760
don't always get to, and you're doing it in a

1329
01:04:48,079 --> 01:04:52,480
work capacity. People are there to work. Availabilities are short,

1330
01:04:52,960 --> 01:04:55,519
and you need to get your quotes, for your stories,

1331
01:04:55,639 --> 01:04:58,920
for your whatever. That's what it's supposed to be there for.

1332
01:05:00,039 --> 01:05:03,639
This reporter did did not use the press conference for

1333
01:05:03,800 --> 01:05:06,079
what it is supposed to be for. It is not

1334
01:05:06,199 --> 01:05:08,760
there to console the coach, to tell him everything's gonna

1335
01:05:08,760 --> 01:05:12,760
be okay, to mom him and tell him, you know,

1336
01:05:12,960 --> 01:05:15,519
just baby him and say it's okay, you had a

1337
01:05:15,559 --> 01:05:20,239
great season. That's not the purpose of the press conference.

1338
01:05:20,320 --> 01:05:23,679
So that's why there are many people in media who

1339
01:05:23,760 --> 01:05:29,159
are reporters who have gotten angry about this. Johnthan I'm

1340
01:05:29,199 --> 01:05:33,599
gonna have to respectfully, completely one hundred percent disagree there

1341
01:05:33,760 --> 01:05:36,599
was compassion there. This is a woman. I don't know her.

1342
01:05:36,639 --> 01:05:39,199
I've never heard of her before. She seems like a

1343
01:05:39,480 --> 01:05:41,239
very nice person. I've seen her in a couple of

1344
01:05:41,280 --> 01:05:46,239
media interviews since then. It was the wrong place and

1345
01:05:46,360 --> 01:05:48,400
the wrong time. There is a time and a place

1346
01:05:48,480 --> 01:05:50,960
to do that. First of all, she's not a beat reporter.

1347
01:05:51,480 --> 01:05:54,639
She works for a newspaper where she covers a variety

1348
01:05:54,679 --> 01:05:56,920
of things, but her main job is not to cover

1349
01:05:57,079 --> 01:06:02,400
Jacksonville jackson Jaguar games and foremost, secondly, the press conference

1350
01:06:02,599 --> 01:06:05,159
is a ten to fifteen minute opportunity for those people

1351
01:06:05,239 --> 01:06:07,239
that do cover the team, whether it be television, radio,

1352
01:06:07,320 --> 01:06:10,639
or newspaper, to ask questions directly related to the game itself.

1353
01:06:11,079 --> 01:06:12,920
And granted it was only twenty or so seconds. And

1354
01:06:13,000 --> 01:06:15,079
again that's me. It's the big thing about this is

1355
01:06:15,320 --> 01:06:18,159
this is not This is not the most embarrassing thing

1356
01:06:18,199 --> 01:06:19,679
I've ever seen in my life. I see way more

1357
01:06:19,679 --> 01:06:21,800
embarrassing things with the fake media in Houston, Texas and

1358
01:06:21,840 --> 01:06:23,719
I ever seen in Jacksonville in Florida. I'm just gonna

1359
01:06:23,719 --> 01:06:28,440
tell you that, point blank, it was wrong. She's sweet,

1360
01:06:29,159 --> 01:06:31,639
Liam Caln was awesome about it. It was just the

1361
01:06:31,679 --> 01:06:33,679
wrong place. It just wasn't It was just not the

1362
01:06:33,840 --> 01:06:34,599
right place to do it.

1363
01:06:34,679 --> 01:06:37,119
Speaker 9: And I agree with I agree with that point. But

1364
01:06:37,480 --> 01:06:39,679
to your point with Texans media and how I think

1365
01:06:39,719 --> 01:06:41,559
it would be ten times worse what we see now

1366
01:06:41,679 --> 01:06:43,760
when you're just like, oh you did a good job, coach,

1367
01:06:43,840 --> 01:06:46,000
d da da da da da da and just getting

1368
01:06:46,119 --> 01:06:47,039
on boot licking them.

1369
01:06:48,079 --> 01:06:48,239
Speaker 6: We have.

1370
01:06:48,400 --> 01:06:51,480
Speaker 4: We have boot looking media in Houston, Texas, and I

1371
01:06:52,000 --> 01:06:52,840
don't respect them.

1372
01:06:53,199 --> 01:06:53,519
Speaker 6: I don't.

1373
01:06:53,639 --> 01:06:56,519
Speaker 4: I can't speak to the Jacksonville people because I've never

1374
01:06:56,559 --> 01:06:58,320
heard of this woman. But again, I'm going for a

1375
01:06:58,360 --> 01:07:01,760
one particular situation. All I know is is that every

1376
01:07:01,800 --> 01:07:05,360
city that I've lived in Jonathan has bootlooking media. They

1377
01:07:05,559 --> 01:07:09,000
just do and they get the credentials. Frankly, sometimes in

1378
01:07:09,079 --> 01:07:12,920
most cases they don't deserve the credentials because teams are

1379
01:07:13,000 --> 01:07:16,599
looking for friendlier media to be nice to them, they're

1380
01:07:16,599 --> 01:07:18,480
gonna be a little more lenient. Now, again, if this

1381
01:07:18,679 --> 01:07:21,239
woman was with the beat every single day and going

1382
01:07:21,320 --> 01:07:24,239
every single practice and all that kind of thing, even

1383
01:07:24,400 --> 01:07:26,840
that wouldn't even that would even make that big of

1384
01:07:26,880 --> 01:07:28,880
a difference because it still is the wrong place. But

1385
01:07:29,039 --> 01:07:31,679
she's not a sports reporter. She's a general assignment's reporter

1386
01:07:31,760 --> 01:07:33,480
who happened to be given a credential for the game

1387
01:07:33,519 --> 01:07:36,199
because she works for a paper in the Jacksonville area

1388
01:07:36,199 --> 01:07:37,360
and that's where the that's where.

1389
01:07:37,199 --> 01:07:37,679
Speaker 6: The rub is.

1390
01:07:38,079 --> 01:07:44,760
Speaker 9: Twenty seconds of encouragement, not the place, you're correct, but

1391
01:07:44,880 --> 01:07:48,320
it should not ever get this much national attention and

1392
01:07:48,440 --> 01:07:50,320
hate it Yeah, the boot looking.

1393
01:07:50,360 --> 01:07:52,880
Speaker 4: Sometimes hate and anger is a little much. But to

1394
01:07:52,960 --> 01:07:55,360
say the wrong place, wrong time, it'd be like, uh,

1395
01:07:55,599 --> 01:07:57,280
the president is in front of us and we're all

1396
01:07:57,360 --> 01:07:59,360
working in the media, like hey, hey, I just wanted

1397
01:07:59,400 --> 01:08:01,360
to say you're doing a job, You're an awesome president,

1398
01:08:01,400 --> 01:08:05,000
you're amazing, you're you're you're you're just doing fantastic and

1399
01:08:05,039 --> 01:08:07,320
you can never do wrong. Like that's that's not the

1400
01:08:07,440 --> 01:08:11,039
time nor the play right And look, it's not easy

1401
01:08:11,159 --> 01:08:13,320
for my I don't know if this woman has a

1402
01:08:13,440 --> 01:08:16,039
relationship with Lamb Collen. She could have easily gone to

1403
01:08:16,079 --> 01:08:17,840
a PR director and said, hey, I want you to

1404
01:08:17,920 --> 01:08:20,000
let him know or I'd like to talk speak to

1405
01:08:20,079 --> 01:08:24,439
him personally. They could have easily said no, you you

1406
01:08:24,600 --> 01:08:27,159
just can't do it. But again, I'm not so upset.

1407
01:08:27,279 --> 01:08:29,239
There are so many people that get lost their minds

1408
01:08:29,279 --> 01:08:34,239
over it that for twenty seconds, Okay, goofy made a mistake.

1409
01:08:34,399 --> 01:08:37,680
Let's move on. And that is another thing why some

1410
01:08:37,880 --> 01:08:41,520
media members are getting so angry, because there used to

1411
01:08:41,600 --> 01:08:47,039
be more prestige as far as being a credentialed media member. Jonathan,

1412
01:08:47,079 --> 01:08:49,079
I'm interrupted, but I'm gonna finish this real quick.

1413
01:08:49,079 --> 01:08:49,479
Speaker 6: On you go.

1414
01:08:50,399 --> 01:08:54,640
Speaker 4: The credentialing for media in sports today is a joke.

1415
01:08:54,720 --> 01:08:56,520
Compared to where it was twenty years ago. You had

1416
01:08:56,560 --> 01:08:59,840
to have qualifications. You don't have to have qualifications anymore.

1417
01:09:00,000 --> 01:09:02,840
And that's where that's where people Jonathan are so upset,

1418
01:09:02,960 --> 01:09:06,079
is because every time Dick and Harry that's invaded data difference.

1419
01:09:06,119 --> 01:09:08,399
But it is what it is is getting in now

1420
01:09:08,600 --> 01:09:12,359
when they need to have some qualifications. There are people

1421
01:09:12,439 --> 01:09:15,239
that cover the Houston Texans And I was told this

1422
01:09:15,319 --> 01:09:17,640
from a very stage person and I'll keep it to

1423
01:09:17,720 --> 01:09:21,479
myself who told me this. If you are consider yourself

1424
01:09:21,520 --> 01:09:24,600
a media, you have to report to somebody. You have

1425
01:09:24,720 --> 01:09:27,159
to report to somebody that says your job is to

1426
01:09:27,199 --> 01:09:30,079
cover us. If you are your own website, you are

1427
01:09:30,159 --> 01:09:32,279
not a member of the media. You're just not. That's

1428
01:09:32,319 --> 01:09:33,680
my thought, and that's the.

1429
01:09:33,920 --> 01:09:36,000
Speaker 9: That's the thing with and that's what I almost say

1430
01:09:36,079 --> 01:09:39,760
is real quick times are changing in journalism and media

1431
01:09:39,800 --> 01:09:42,279
as a whole. It's no longer like that, and it

1432
01:09:42,359 --> 01:09:42,640
never won.

1433
01:09:43,119 --> 01:09:45,359
Speaker 4: But even in a million years, with all the additional

1434
01:09:45,439 --> 01:09:48,279
media that's out there, in a million years, it will

1435
01:09:48,399 --> 01:09:50,479
never be okay for her to say what she said.

1436
01:09:50,600 --> 01:09:53,479
Speaker 9: I'm agreeing with you on that. Okay isn't the right place.

1437
01:09:53,520 --> 01:09:55,520
I'm talking about the hate she's getting four doing so.

1438
01:09:55,760 --> 01:09:57,960
Speaker 4: No, I don't hate her. I mean I don't even

1439
01:09:58,000 --> 01:09:59,560
know what she does or who she does. I think

1440
01:09:59,600 --> 01:10:02,840
people are relating it to their own city. And here's

1441
01:10:02,880 --> 01:10:04,479
the thing, Jonathan, and you're a defense on your side

1442
01:10:04,520 --> 01:10:08,520
of this bunch of cranky media. People need to get

1443
01:10:08,560 --> 01:10:10,760
out of their stick, out of their asses. I mean, honestly,

1444
01:10:10,880 --> 01:10:11,439
that's what I'm saying.

1445
01:10:11,439 --> 01:10:12,039
Speaker 9: That's what I'm saying.

1446
01:10:12,399 --> 01:10:13,000
Speaker 6: So if you want to.

1447
01:10:13,039 --> 01:10:16,560
Speaker 4: Argue about the vitriol that she's getting. I can buy

1448
01:10:16,640 --> 01:10:18,520
that much more than saying what she did wasn't And

1449
01:10:18,520 --> 01:10:20,239
I don't think you said she said which was right.

1450
01:10:20,479 --> 01:10:23,800
So I'm just saying you can't do that. If you

1451
01:10:23,880 --> 01:10:26,520
did it again, then I think the anger would be tenfold.

1452
01:10:28,600 --> 01:10:31,399
But I'm again, I'm a quick move around with things

1453
01:10:31,960 --> 01:10:34,479
like maybe you don't sense that because maybe I don't

1454
01:10:34,640 --> 01:10:36,199
move get on with certain things in my life. But

1455
01:10:36,680 --> 01:10:39,560
in this particular case, seeing what she said while being

1456
01:10:39,600 --> 01:10:42,359
a mistake, I see it all the time. It's media.

1457
01:10:42,439 --> 01:10:44,760
The media is changing. As Jonathan said, it's not for

1458
01:10:44,840 --> 01:10:49,720
the better, it's just different. Yeah, but it's not like

1459
01:10:49,800 --> 01:10:51,760
there was a bunch of questions that needed to be asked.

1460
01:10:51,920 --> 01:10:54,880
Leam Cohen wasn't Cohen wasn't able to answer. It wasn't

1461
01:10:54,960 --> 01:10:57,520
like it took any extra time from anyone. It did

1462
01:10:57,640 --> 01:11:01,399
go viral, And I also do understand where people there

1463
01:11:01,439 --> 01:11:04,800
are people who get credentials who ask these questions to

1464
01:11:05,039 --> 01:11:07,720
try to go viral. They record themselves and they say,

1465
01:11:07,800 --> 01:11:10,720
look what I ask coach who are not necessarily media members,

1466
01:11:10,920 --> 01:11:12,439
and they use this, try to try it as a

1467
01:11:12,520 --> 01:11:15,079
platform to try to build their own brand. They're doing

1468
01:11:15,119 --> 01:11:17,439
it for themselves. It's self aggrandizing. And I'm not that

1469
01:11:17,560 --> 01:11:20,399
woman was not doing that, but you could see how

1470
01:11:20,439 --> 01:11:22,680
this could be a bad example to where people who

1471
01:11:22,800 --> 01:11:25,960
are credentialed media members who are actually working and getting

1472
01:11:26,000 --> 01:11:29,159
paid want to try to not have somebody just out

1473
01:11:29,199 --> 01:11:31,520
there in press conference is trying to go viral for

1474
01:11:31,600 --> 01:11:34,800
their own sake. So that's it's it's a nuanced conversation.

1475
01:11:34,920 --> 01:11:36,479
We didn't spend any time on it this week, and

1476
01:11:36,560 --> 01:11:38,920
while we wasted this whole not wasted by waste. We

1477
01:11:39,039 --> 01:11:41,199
spent this whole segment doing it. But we we still

1478
01:11:41,199 --> 01:11:42,279
have more to get to. We got to get to

1479
01:11:42,319 --> 01:11:44,399
your two yes, and I got one, and we got

1480
01:11:44,520 --> 01:11:46,119
to get to the phone seven one three two one

1481
01:11:46,199 --> 01:11:48,600
two five seven honey more, We're shut your bob mess up?

1482
01:11:48,600 --> 01:11:55,720
And anybody got time for that next? Seven one three

1483
01:11:55,840 --> 01:11:58,880
two two five seven ninety ross? What is the matter

1484
01:11:59,000 --> 01:12:01,720
with you? I can't wait for this? You have two

1485
01:12:01,760 --> 01:12:05,439
things usually are struggling to get one. So I went

1486
01:12:05,840 --> 01:12:12,399
home to my wonderful apartment on Monday, says, and I

1487
01:12:13,000 --> 01:12:16,600
walk in and the whole place smells like paint. I'm like,

1488
01:12:16,640 --> 01:12:19,039
what the Heck's going on. Then I'm walking my living

1489
01:12:19,119 --> 01:12:21,720
room and my shower curtain, plus the shower rod is

1490
01:12:21,760 --> 01:12:24,359
on the ground. What the heck's going on? I walked

1491
01:12:24,359 --> 01:12:26,920
to my bathroom. It's all completely sealed off with like

1492
01:12:27,000 --> 01:12:30,600
painter's tape and some sort of like film covering the paint,

1493
01:12:30,680 --> 01:12:34,159
and it's this very strong, pungent smell of paint. I

1494
01:12:34,279 --> 01:12:37,279
check my email, nothing from maintenance or the building. I

1495
01:12:37,399 --> 01:12:39,960
check my text and I see if I missed any calls. Nothing.

1496
01:12:40,359 --> 01:12:43,000
I call the office by the way, they don't pick up.

1497
01:12:43,600 --> 01:12:46,319
I walked to the office. They're out to lunch, and

1498
01:12:46,439 --> 01:12:48,039
eventually I had to come back to the work because

1499
01:12:48,079 --> 01:12:49,239
I had to go to the bathroom. By the way,

1500
01:12:49,880 --> 01:12:53,680
we had to come back to work. That's personal, but

1501
01:12:53,840 --> 01:12:57,439
both I'd be more two than one. Then go ahead,

1502
01:12:59,720 --> 01:13:04,520
And I finally call them and the manager's like, I'm sorry,

1503
01:13:04,600 --> 01:13:05,439
what room were you?

1504
01:13:05,560 --> 01:13:05,600
Speaker 2: What?

1505
01:13:05,840 --> 01:13:11,479
Speaker 4: Uh? What unit are you in again? The contractor painted

1506
01:13:11,560 --> 01:13:15,880
the wrong battub. They were not supposed to be in

1507
01:13:16,000 --> 01:13:19,840
my apartment. They busted in there, threw my shower curtain

1508
01:13:19,880 --> 01:13:23,399
on the ground, painting my battub. I'm getting a massive

1509
01:13:23,439 --> 01:13:26,520
headache from paint fumes. Because they went to the wrong build.

1510
01:13:26,560 --> 01:13:30,119
They went to the wrong building. Ain't nobody got time

1511
01:13:30,239 --> 01:13:34,560
for that. I could not sleep in my apartment. They

1512
01:13:34,640 --> 01:13:37,359
gave me the key to a vacant place. I went

1513
01:13:37,439 --> 01:13:39,520
in with a blow up bed. I got horrible sleep,

1514
01:13:40,560 --> 01:13:43,159
all because these jack holes don't know which bed, how

1515
01:13:43,199 --> 01:13:48,000
to read numbers on the front of an apartment. Ain't

1516
01:13:48,039 --> 01:13:51,199
nobody got time for that. That was annoying, Matthew. How's

1517
01:13:51,199 --> 01:13:55,520
your bathtub? By the way, it looks immaculate now that

1518
01:13:55,760 --> 01:13:58,760
lets some gain right. I've had the windows open for

1519
01:13:58,840 --> 01:14:01,520
two days, blowing airfan in the house, trying to get

1520
01:14:01,560 --> 01:14:05,359
the fumes out. But that was annoying, Matthew. I'm sorry

1521
01:14:05,399 --> 01:14:06,760
to hear that. But you got a fresh tub out

1522
01:14:06,800 --> 01:14:11,279
of it. Yeah, it looks good. God knows. It was grimy.

1523
01:14:13,319 --> 01:14:15,560
It was as grimy as our West Palm Beach Hotel

1524
01:14:15,800 --> 01:14:18,079
bathtub a couple of years now. And that that was rust, man,

1525
01:14:18,119 --> 01:14:20,399
It wasn't bloodstains, it was rust, That's what they told him.

1526
01:14:20,479 --> 01:14:24,000
It was bullet wos bullet debris. Yeah, I think I

1527
01:14:24,079 --> 01:14:26,680
had a couple of kidneys cut out in there for

1528
01:14:26,760 --> 01:14:30,199
the black market sale. All right, what's your second thing?

1529
01:14:30,439 --> 01:14:34,840
Uh second one. You know, I put out a tweet

1530
01:14:34,840 --> 01:14:36,840
a couple of weeks ago saying the Texans were coming

1531
01:14:36,880 --> 01:14:39,439
to the AFC Championship game. It was just a nice,

1532
01:14:39,520 --> 01:14:42,239
pleasant positive It was a prediction. First guy to ever

1533
01:14:42,319 --> 01:14:44,560
make a prediction on the radio, on the on the internet.

1534
01:14:44,680 --> 01:14:48,000
According to Steelers fans who were all up in my mentions,

1535
01:14:48,479 --> 01:14:52,319
bookmarking my tweet, sending me gifts of Aaron Rodgers doing

1536
01:14:52,359 --> 01:14:55,760
his discount double check and then what happened in the game,

1537
01:14:56,319 --> 01:15:00,239
Nariya peepe from one he is shut yo Bama us

1538
01:15:00,319 --> 01:15:04,760
up Steelers fans who were crushing me on the internet

1539
01:15:04,880 --> 01:15:07,680
for a week and then don't say a single word

1540
01:15:07,800 --> 01:15:10,039
when you're wrong. And I said they were going to

1541
01:15:10,079 --> 01:15:11,760
steamroll your team, and they did.

1542
01:15:13,720 --> 01:15:14,079
Speaker 6: Suck it.

1543
01:15:14,560 --> 01:15:17,960
Speaker 4: Steeler Nation, get them, and now your coaches stepped down

1544
01:15:18,000 --> 01:15:24,039
from your toxic organization. I don't think the Steelers are

1545
01:15:24,079 --> 01:15:28,720
toxic fantam situation. Yeah, fans and your girl fans are

1546
01:15:28,760 --> 01:15:30,079
kind of big, but that's a different issue for a

1547
01:15:30,079 --> 01:15:34,199
different times. What they're not green Bay big, but they're bigger.

1548
01:15:36,600 --> 01:15:39,359
They're number two out of thirty two. Who's number one?

1549
01:15:39,840 --> 01:15:42,760
No green Bay? Who's the ugliest? Is Green Bay, Okay,

1550
01:15:42,800 --> 01:15:43,840
who has the hottest fans?

1551
01:15:44,439 --> 01:15:44,560
Speaker 6: Oh?

1552
01:15:44,720 --> 01:15:51,000
Speaker 4: Any of the California teams. There's no Chargers fans. Hey, hey, hey, hey,

1553
01:15:51,199 --> 01:15:52,800
oh sorry, hey. Do you think if you've been to

1554
01:15:52,840 --> 01:15:55,840
it in La? I know people that live in La

1555
01:15:55,920 --> 01:15:57,840
John And I'm sorry, they're like third or fourth place

1556
01:15:57,920 --> 01:16:02,239
in La. Okay, Niners Raiders and then charge them. I'm

1557
01:16:02,239 --> 01:16:04,680
going to assume that Miami Dolphins girl fan is hot.

1558
01:16:05,479 --> 01:16:09,119
I'm gonna I'm gonna assume that ell Rams female fan

1559
01:16:09,279 --> 01:16:13,079
is hot. Yeah, I'm gonna go probably with a Phoenix

1560
01:16:13,159 --> 01:16:15,239
cardinal fan is hot. I think Miami's got to be

1561
01:16:15,319 --> 01:16:17,880
number one. Miami's got to be one. So let me

1562
01:16:17,920 --> 01:16:20,119
take out Miami story very quickly for the phones. So

1563
01:16:20,319 --> 01:16:22,119
Kim and I miss and we were just I don't

1564
01:16:22,119 --> 01:16:23,640
think we even had kids. Went to go see a

1565
01:16:23,680 --> 01:16:26,880
Monday nine game in Miami between the Colts and the Dolphins.

1566
01:16:28,359 --> 01:16:29,920
And we were sitting in a section and when a

1567
01:16:30,039 --> 01:16:32,039
girl would get up to get out of her chair

1568
01:16:32,079 --> 01:16:34,000
to go up to the bathroom or go to concession stand,

1569
01:16:35,199 --> 01:16:37,760
some of the dudes around us would either applaud or

1570
01:16:37,840 --> 01:16:39,640
stand up in applaud as they were walking up and

1571
01:16:39,720 --> 01:16:44,079
down and you died from ribs to the elbows that night.

1572
01:16:45,079 --> 01:16:48,119
Elbows to the ribs, I should say she actually said,

1573
01:16:49,079 --> 01:16:51,800
I get it. You get a lot of elbow drops. Well,

1574
01:16:51,840 --> 01:16:53,880
we were young in marriage, of okay, it wasn't a

1575
01:16:53,920 --> 01:16:55,520
lot of that. You know, what are you doing, Matt,

1576
01:16:56,039 --> 01:16:58,119
It was we were young in love. It was you

1577
01:16:58,279 --> 01:17:01,479
have to put your blinders on. Started at Fairfield in too.

1578
01:17:01,560 --> 01:17:02,319
Speaker 6: That's a that was.

1579
01:17:02,520 --> 01:17:05,319
Speaker 4: That was when budget. Yeah, I'm gonna guess that wasn't

1580
01:17:05,359 --> 01:17:07,560
on the beach. I don't think it was. I think

1581
01:17:08,279 --> 01:17:12,880
I think it's a Warefield on the beach. Now beach

1582
01:17:13,399 --> 01:17:15,479
we're saying on South beach, this rocket trip coming up.

1583
01:17:15,680 --> 01:17:17,840
I've never been. I've never tendentally been to South Beach before.

1584
01:17:17,880 --> 01:17:24,119
Oh yeah, I've been, and nice. I love my Miami

1585
01:17:24,239 --> 01:17:27,159
is the greatest people watching city. You see these big,

1586
01:17:28,560 --> 01:17:35,520
ugly gross chain wearing mosible shirt under unbuttoned with these

1587
01:17:36,119 --> 01:17:42,039
hot Brazilian models. Oh my god, unbelievable. Yeah, if you

1588
01:17:42,079 --> 01:17:44,560
want to feel fat, go to La especially, go to Miami,

1589
01:17:44,960 --> 01:17:47,079
or go to uptown Dallas. That make you feel fat too.

1590
01:17:48,079 --> 01:17:48,439
Speaker 2: Very Yeah.

1591
01:17:48,479 --> 01:17:50,479
Speaker 4: But they're getting LiPo section yeah, but they got the

1592
01:17:51,079 --> 01:17:53,279
yoga pants going, oh my god. Yeah, but at least

1593
01:17:53,520 --> 01:17:55,800
at least you can see my face when it smiles.

1594
01:17:56,039 --> 01:17:58,439
You can tell a difference. James, what's the matter with you?

1595
01:18:00,840 --> 01:18:03,319
Speaker 12: Yeah, When Matt, when you go on vacation, which you

1596
01:18:03,359 --> 01:18:06,600
truly deserved, we get the Matt Thomas Show without Matt.

1597
01:18:07,359 --> 01:18:09,720
When Ross goes on vacation, which she truly deserves, we

1598
01:18:09,760 --> 01:18:12,640
get Joan dos And do you really care? You know,

1599
01:18:12,760 --> 01:18:14,800
no one's got time for that. When Roster on vacation,

1600
01:18:14,920 --> 01:18:17,119
you need to show up because I get my women

1601
01:18:17,159 --> 01:18:19,039
advice from you. I get my food avice from you,

1602
01:18:19,159 --> 01:18:20,680
get a lot of advice from you. You don't even show.

1603
01:18:21,239 --> 01:18:24,279
Speaker 4: No, No, Ross and I have never taken a vacation

1604
01:18:24,399 --> 01:18:27,000
day on the same day ever. No, But he's saying,

1605
01:18:27,119 --> 01:18:29,119
but you he's talking about the Jonas. I think that

1606
01:18:29,239 --> 01:18:31,720
was on the day after Christmas. Yeah, maybe the day

1607
01:18:31,720 --> 01:18:33,640
after New Year. Yeah, yeah, that was both of us

1608
01:18:33,680 --> 01:18:37,479
were off. Yeah, but no, but normally it's rare. There

1609
01:18:37,560 --> 01:18:39,680
could be some exceptions, but normally one of us is

1610
01:18:39,720 --> 01:18:42,239
going to be here every day. We're into syndicate unless

1611
01:18:42,239 --> 01:18:45,000
it's a holiday. So that was those were company holidays.

1612
01:18:45,039 --> 01:18:47,279
That's why we were in syndication. Yeah, yeah, yeah, So

1613
01:18:47,760 --> 01:18:48,960
I'm not going to tell you to shut your bumb

1614
01:18:48,960 --> 01:18:50,880
mass up over that because you don't know our company holidays,

1615
01:18:50,920 --> 01:18:53,840
but I yeah, we would not. Yeah, when one of

1616
01:18:53,920 --> 01:18:55,960
us is gone, one of us is usually here. I've

1617
01:18:55,960 --> 01:18:57,960
been here too long in any vacations. Two weeks. We

1618
01:18:58,039 --> 01:19:01,279
forgot something. I got to say zippo mess up to

1619
01:19:01,439 --> 01:19:04,159
Ray in Miami. Oh yeah, that's fine. I don't eve

1620
01:19:04,159 --> 01:19:05,520
want to think I was only thinking about him.

1621
01:19:05,920 --> 01:19:08,359
Speaker 9: I got he's irrelevant because I know he's still listening

1622
01:19:08,359 --> 01:19:10,680
because he did. Thank you such a bomb mess up man.

1623
01:19:10,720 --> 01:19:16,920
Speaker 4: Oh get him, get him. Jonathan's all right, and that

1624
01:19:17,039 --> 01:19:18,439
shuts your bomb mess up. Hey, we had some good

1625
01:19:18,479 --> 01:19:21,000
times at Tota Center last night. We're gonna play some

1626
01:19:21,079 --> 01:19:22,319
of the holly. I see what you're doing there and

1627
01:19:22,359 --> 01:19:24,600
bring you It's a little professional radio teas Ross. You're

1628
01:19:24,600 --> 01:19:25,439
trying to learn here things.

1629
01:19:26,239 --> 01:19:26,319
Speaker 6: Uh.

1630
01:19:26,399 --> 01:19:27,960
Speaker 4: We got the news at noon coming up as well.

1631
01:19:28,039 --> 01:19:28,239
Speaker 11: Ross.

1632
01:19:28,239 --> 01:19:29,760
Speaker 4: What is today's edition to believe it or not? Coming

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01:19:29,840 --> 01:19:32,079
up at one fifty. That's only an hour and fifty

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01:19:32,119 --> 01:19:35,039
minutes away. Seven one three, two, one two five seven.

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01:19:35,079 --> 01:19:51,520
NANI is The Matt Thomas Show with Ross Davidson on

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01:19:51,640 --> 01:19:55,039
the side. She was right for Durant with two with one.

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01:19:55,079 --> 01:19:58,479
Speaker 6: Down the lane, weather righthead hea.

1638
01:20:08,600 --> 01:20:11,279
Speaker 4: Left side angle against the coral, bounced past right side

1639
01:20:11,359 --> 01:20:14,760
Davison baseline right for Jabari, so let's buy his defender

1640
01:20:14,840 --> 01:20:17,560
pulls up fourteen feet away, right side up and in.

1641
01:20:18,800 --> 01:20:20,720
Maybe this can be a start of a competence builder

1642
01:20:20,760 --> 01:20:23,399
for Jabari. He's got now a total of thirteen one

1643
01:20:23,520 --> 01:20:33,600
twelve remaining. Durant three point line right flips a.

1644
01:20:33,600 --> 01:20:39,640
Speaker 11: Japari setting, firing and heading a huge three turn row

1645
01:20:39,800 --> 01:20:40,640
for Jafari.

1646
01:20:41,159 --> 01:20:50,000
Speaker 4: Rock gets up by seven again. Ten comes let's do

1647
01:20:50,119 --> 01:20:53,239
it again, Timers at six at five fall away fifteen

1648
01:20:53,279 --> 01:20:56,439
foot of a men short fall is loose, saved by Durant,

1649
01:20:56,680 --> 01:21:01,520
new fourteenth baseline jam two more two and TAM's in

1650
01:21:01,560 --> 01:21:05,800
the rim two and fatic dugs for Kevin Durant, He's

1651
01:21:05,840 --> 01:21:13,319
got twenty eight plusvich left hand rebel drive spits it

1652
01:21:13,399 --> 01:21:15,399
back out, so Jones a launch of a three day

1653
01:21:15,399 --> 01:21:17,640
and the game is up, and that is good, but

1654
01:21:17,760 --> 01:21:19,439
it's still going to be hey.

1655
01:21:24,319 --> 01:21:37,039
Speaker 11: Rocket twin final score Houston one nineteen, Chicago one thirteen, Chic.

1656
01:21:36,960 --> 01:21:42,560
Speaker 4: In the building, well not literally with US comedy. Members

1657
01:21:42,600 --> 01:21:44,960
of shak are still alive. Nile Rodgers is alive, and

1658
01:21:45,000 --> 01:21:47,079
I don't know any of the other members. He's got

1659
01:21:47,119 --> 01:21:48,800
a good tiny desk concert if you want to check

1660
01:21:48,840 --> 01:21:52,399
that out. Jonathan won the ten on the song this

1661
01:21:52,600 --> 01:21:55,600
is like a cookout classic. Everybody knows the song? Yeah,

1662
01:21:55,800 --> 01:21:58,359
who's a cookout classic? If I can old Jonathan Allen

1663
01:21:58,399 --> 01:22:02,840
cookout sometime soon, just stick out like a sore throat. Yeah,

1664
01:22:02,840 --> 01:22:04,159
are you saying fish out of water on that one?

1665
01:22:04,199 --> 01:22:05,960
We gotta get you a little more hip hop. You know,

1666
01:22:06,920 --> 01:22:08,239
you know every song?

1667
01:22:08,279 --> 01:22:08,720
Speaker 6: It isn't there.

1668
01:22:09,560 --> 01:22:12,600
Speaker 4: She's some Frankie Beverly in the maze. Man white guy

1669
01:22:12,800 --> 01:22:18,439
shows up singing rap songs at a cookout. That would

1670
01:22:18,439 --> 01:22:21,560
be more starling than me not knowing it, Like he's

1671
01:22:21,560 --> 01:22:24,239
a white I hate to know those songs? Me coming

1672
01:22:24,239 --> 01:22:27,159
in Like, who's the most vulgar rap artist today? Going

1673
01:22:27,279 --> 01:22:29,279
like if I was, if I was spinning out Kendrick

1674
01:22:29,319 --> 01:22:30,880
Lamar tunes at the cookout?

1675
01:22:32,399 --> 01:22:33,640
Speaker 9: You do like King von or something?

1676
01:22:33,640 --> 01:22:35,279
Speaker 4: Okay? If I if I came to your cookout with

1677
01:22:35,399 --> 01:22:39,479
King Vaughan, uh singing King Vaughn songs that would shock

1678
01:22:39,520 --> 01:22:45,079
the entire party. Yes, tell the truth. Yeah, that's why

1679
01:22:45,119 --> 01:22:47,039
guy's gotta stay in our lanes. Me trying to sing

1680
01:22:47,159 --> 01:22:50,600
King Vaughn probably isn't a good thing. I might, I

1681
01:22:50,680 --> 01:22:52,600
might get some respect. Should all right, let's try it.

1682
01:22:53,039 --> 01:22:55,039
Twelve o seven on Sports Talk seven nighty time for

1683
01:22:55,119 --> 01:22:57,079
us to get you the headlines of the day. With that,

1684
01:22:57,159 --> 01:23:00,720
we present to you the news at noon, and with

1685
01:23:00,880 --> 01:23:03,640
that we go to the news center where we would

1686
01:23:03,720 --> 01:23:05,880
like to have the Scott Van Pelt read our headlines,

1687
01:23:05,880 --> 01:23:08,800
and so we have Ross whoa Yeah, way out of

1688
01:23:08,840 --> 01:23:11,640
my league is got bad Pelt. But I'm sorry, Matt.

1689
01:23:11,680 --> 01:23:13,319
You take what you can get. You take me a

1690
01:23:13,319 --> 01:23:16,039
week in Afford. Let's put it that way. Rockets get

1691
01:23:16,079 --> 01:23:19,439
the win last night against the Chicago Bulls one nineteen

1692
01:23:19,560 --> 01:23:22,800
to one to thirteen. They were cold from three for

1693
01:23:22,960 --> 01:23:26,439
three quarters. They did just still shoot third excuse me,

1694
01:23:26,520 --> 01:23:29,399
twenty nine percent for the game, but it was enough

1695
01:23:29,960 --> 01:23:33,000
as they got the victory. Amend Thompson continues to play well.

1696
01:23:33,079 --> 01:23:35,920
He had twenty three points in the game. Jabarsmith Junior

1697
01:23:35,960 --> 01:23:38,920
woke back up. Kevin Durant continues to be excellent and

1698
01:23:39,079 --> 01:23:41,359
a much needed win for the Rockets. Hopefully they can

1699
01:23:41,439 --> 01:23:44,840
rest last night, rest today, and be ready for a

1700
01:23:44,920 --> 01:23:48,399
couple of big games coming up Thursday on Prime video.

1701
01:23:49,000 --> 01:23:51,279
It is an early It's an early start for you

1702
01:23:51,439 --> 01:23:55,000
Rockets fans, season ticket holders, anyone going to the game,

1703
01:23:55,119 --> 01:23:58,640
and early start against the Oklahoma City Thunder six thirty,

1704
01:23:58,960 --> 01:24:01,760
and then a late eight thirty start on Friday against

1705
01:24:01,800 --> 01:24:05,039
Minnesota Timberwolves. Rocket's currently in six in the West. So

1706
01:24:05,079 --> 01:24:08,640
a couple of big matchups coming up for the hometown Hoopers. Matthew, Yeah,

1707
01:24:08,920 --> 01:24:12,159
four home games in a row coming up, back to back,

1708
01:24:12,239 --> 01:24:16,560
the Oklahoma City and Minnesota potential shall I say playoff previews?

1709
01:24:16,760 --> 01:24:19,359
I would say so, and then San Antonio to end

1710
01:24:20,079 --> 01:24:23,840
the potential that well, potential playoff previews. This game on

1711
01:24:23,960 --> 01:24:28,479
Prime Video, then ESPN on Friday, NBC Slash Peacock on Tuesday,

1712
01:24:28,960 --> 01:24:34,039
New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday. You're on se GM. Don't

1713
01:24:34,119 --> 01:24:36,800
downgrade Craig Vanessa and Ryan I love Craig Vanessa and

1714
01:24:36,840 --> 01:24:39,720
Ryan I don't love you. But that's a different issuatiff. Well,

1715
01:24:39,800 --> 01:24:42,840
that's to be expected at this point, all right. Elsewhere

1716
01:24:43,039 --> 01:24:47,039
in the news, Matt, we have some NFL news going on.

1717
01:24:47,279 --> 01:24:50,800
Apparently the Jaguars announcing that they are still planning to

1718
01:24:50,880 --> 01:24:54,720
use Travis Hunter on both sides of the ball going forward.

1719
01:24:55,319 --> 01:24:57,079
I'd made by prediction that he wasn't going to be

1720
01:24:57,119 --> 01:24:59,359
a full time two way player. I was correct on that.

1721
01:24:59,479 --> 01:25:01,840
We'll see, but apparently they want to keep doing that.

1722
01:25:02,000 --> 01:25:05,760
In the NFL, we mentioned Mike Tomlin stepping down yesterday,

1723
01:25:05,840 --> 01:25:08,479
ending his nineteen year run as a head coach of

1724
01:25:08,600 --> 01:25:13,319
the Steelers. According to Art Rooney the second, he says

1725
01:25:13,399 --> 01:25:15,800
he talked to Mike Tomlin, and Mike Tomlin said coaching

1726
01:25:16,000 --> 01:25:20,399
is nowhere on his radar for one calendar year. I

1727
01:25:20,439 --> 01:25:22,079
actually no, it won't to be a calendar He'll be

1728
01:25:22,119 --> 01:25:24,880
hired next August, so believe him or not sitting ever

1729
01:25:25,079 --> 01:25:28,079
he wants. He wants to be with his family and

1730
01:25:28,319 --> 01:25:31,159
coaching his furthest thing from his mind, says Mike Tomlin.

1731
01:25:31,159 --> 01:25:35,079
According to Art Rooney, the second BS Okay, so you're

1732
01:25:35,119 --> 01:25:37,800
calling BS on that one or two years or c

1733
01:25:38,079 --> 01:25:40,760
he'll never coach again. I mean because Bill Cower talking

1734
01:25:40,760 --> 01:25:42,800
about thought all thought he was going to come back.

1735
01:25:42,840 --> 01:25:45,079
He was mentioned for a couple of cycles. Texans. On

1736
01:25:45,640 --> 01:25:50,000
numerous occasions, Mike Tomlins made a lot of money he's

1737
01:25:50,359 --> 01:25:53,359
spent basically his entirely. You can retire at fifty three

1738
01:25:53,399 --> 01:25:57,199
and just enjoy life. It TV money is really good now,

1739
01:25:57,359 --> 01:25:59,840
and I think guys are more apt to especially on

1740
01:25:59,920 --> 01:26:02,199
the player standpoint. And you brought up Bill Kauer. You

1741
01:26:02,319 --> 01:26:06,159
can be with the financial security that you have, not

1742
01:26:06,319 --> 01:26:09,119
necessarily needing to coach. You have that passion and you

1743
01:26:09,399 --> 01:26:11,520
you have that fire and you don't want to extinguish it.

1744
01:26:11,600 --> 01:26:13,720
I get it, But I still think it's one year,

1745
01:26:13,800 --> 01:26:16,279
two years, Max. I'll see, we'll see. We all said

1746
01:26:16,279 --> 01:26:18,119
the same thing for guys who did I mean Pete

1747
01:26:18,159 --> 01:26:20,399
Carroll continues to come back and back and back. I

1748
01:26:20,439 --> 01:26:22,880
mean Bill Belichick is wasting his time in North Carolina.

1749
01:26:22,920 --> 01:26:24,840
There are guys who just continue to hang on because

1750
01:26:24,880 --> 01:26:27,159
that's all they've done and they love I think if

1751
01:26:27,479 --> 01:26:30,000
if Mike Tomlin was sixty three, it'd be a difference.

1752
01:26:30,039 --> 01:26:33,560
Fifty three a lot left in that coaching tank. All right,

1753
01:26:33,680 --> 01:26:38,119
Moving along, Matt, did you see what happened in Milwaukee

1754
01:26:38,560 --> 01:26:45,079
last night with the Bucks. The Bucks eventually got crushed

1755
01:26:45,359 --> 01:26:48,479
as they lost last night to the Minnesota Timberwolves one

1756
01:26:48,479 --> 01:26:51,880
thirty nine to one oh six. Early on in the game,

1757
01:26:52,159 --> 01:26:56,760
the Milwaukee Bucks fans were booing the Bucks. Giannasintento Kompo

1758
01:26:56,840 --> 01:26:59,000
scores an and one bucket in the start of the

1759
01:26:59,119 --> 01:27:03,520
third quarter, and he booed the fans, giving two thumbs down.

1760
01:27:07,319 --> 01:27:10,119
He gone. Didn't I say he was gone? He is

1761
01:27:10,359 --> 01:27:13,279
so gone? Didn't I say, I think I got fixed?

1762
01:27:13,760 --> 01:27:15,760
I think your gut feeling he was gonna be gone.

1763
01:27:16,199 --> 01:27:19,680
When your star player begins to boo his own fans

1764
01:27:19,720 --> 01:27:24,279
and give them thumbs down after making a bucket, yeah

1765
01:27:24,359 --> 01:27:29,640
he's gone. Pretty funny video of him booming the fans.

1766
01:27:29,760 --> 01:27:31,600
And the reality is this for those Rocket fans that

1767
01:27:31,640 --> 01:27:33,479
are like, we need to make a change, gotta get

1768
01:27:33,520 --> 01:27:36,600
a point guard, this is gonna be. If there's gonna

1769
01:27:36,600 --> 01:27:38,760
be an active trade deadline, it's gonna be from the

1770
01:27:38,800 --> 01:27:41,079
top down. We're gonna see what the top players are

1771
01:27:41,199 --> 01:27:41,920
getting the return.

1772
01:27:42,119 --> 01:27:42,319
Speaker 6: I e.

1773
01:27:42,439 --> 01:27:45,600
Speaker 4: If John Moran gets moved from Memphis, if Giannis gets

1774
01:27:45,680 --> 01:27:48,600
moved from Milwaukee to wherever he happen to go. Once

1775
01:27:48,680 --> 01:27:50,800
those two deals go down, I think we'll see some

1776
01:27:51,000 --> 01:27:53,119
other deals go down. But if those two guys stick

1777
01:27:53,159 --> 01:27:55,960
around with their respective teams, I don't expect the trade

1778
01:27:56,000 --> 01:27:58,560
deadline to be overly.

1779
01:28:00,760 --> 01:28:01,119
Speaker 6: All right.

1780
01:28:01,359 --> 01:28:05,560
Speaker 4: Bob Nightingale has been reporting on Kyle Tucker. Yes, I

1781
01:28:05,720 --> 01:28:07,640
love to take your time on this one by He

1782
01:28:07,720 --> 01:28:10,159
says that the Mets have offered a three or four

1783
01:28:10,279 --> 01:28:12,800
year contract that will pay him an average annual value

1784
01:28:12,880 --> 01:28:20,960
of fifty million dollars. That's gonna hurt so much. I

1785
01:28:21,399 --> 01:28:24,960
have been look, I have lost number best to you

1786
01:28:25,000 --> 01:28:27,479
over the years, including getting my head painted, which is

1787
01:28:27,560 --> 01:28:31,399
the ultimate low life of my profession's career. Is the

1788
01:28:31,479 --> 01:28:34,359
latest bet we had you got your head paint Texas

1789
01:28:36,560 --> 01:28:38,720
Texans seven and a half wins you still you owe

1790
01:28:38,720 --> 01:28:40,039
me a Deli lunch for that. Actually I need to

1791
01:28:40,079 --> 01:28:46,600
cash that in today. I'm hungry, apparently. Bob Nightingale also

1792
01:28:46,600 --> 01:28:49,199
saying the Blue Jays made the biggest offer to Tucker,

1793
01:28:49,880 --> 01:28:52,479
but now that may be spread out over more years,

1794
01:28:53,479 --> 01:28:55,760
which is what we're hoping for mor meaning one more

1795
01:28:55,840 --> 01:29:01,000
year Blue Jays. So Tucker wanting over three hundred million

1796
01:29:01,000 --> 01:29:03,479
dollars at the beginning of free agency. Of course, the

1797
01:29:03,560 --> 01:29:10,720
Mets offer would be about two hundred million dollars. I'm

1798
01:29:10,800 --> 01:29:13,319
just telling you. If I win, I'm so sad. It

1799
01:29:13,399 --> 01:29:16,640
will be the harassment life I'm blocking you from my

1800
01:29:16,760 --> 01:29:19,199
phone and all social media. And you may have take

1801
01:29:19,199 --> 01:29:20,880
a day off call sick days. I won't take a

1802
01:29:20,960 --> 01:29:23,600
day off. I'll take my medicine. Oh you're gonna take it.

1803
01:29:23,640 --> 01:29:25,600
You're gonna be going through a lot of medicine and therapy.

1804
01:29:25,720 --> 01:29:28,239
That's fine. I will scar you for life. I'm a

1805
01:29:28,279 --> 01:29:32,039
big boy. I can handle it good. Also, Matt one

1806
01:29:32,079 --> 01:29:35,840
of the all time great Hornets legends, getting his number

1807
01:29:35,960 --> 01:29:42,399
retired in a ceremony in March. Del Curry, who was

1808
01:29:42,479 --> 01:29:45,239
a six Man of the Year as a Charlotte Hornet

1809
01:29:46,560 --> 01:29:51,680
but zero time All Star Del Curry getting his number

1810
01:29:51,880 --> 01:29:57,680
thirty retired by the organization. Your thoughts, I have no

1811
01:29:57,840 --> 01:30:01,520
thoughts on anything Charlotte Hornet related. I have thoughts. It's soft.

1812
01:30:02,800 --> 01:30:06,800
He played there for like eight nine Okay, I guess

1813
01:30:06,840 --> 01:30:10,039
it was ten years. But nobody even knows what denver

1814
01:30:10,159 --> 01:30:12,840
Dale Curry wears, except that his son wears the same number.

1815
01:30:12,920 --> 01:30:16,239
So that'd probably be your first guess. Zero time All Star,

1816
01:30:16,760 --> 01:30:19,720
zero seasons of twenty points per game, probably a lot

1817
01:30:19,800 --> 01:30:22,079
of losing those years with the Charlotte Hornets as well.

1818
01:30:22,680 --> 01:30:25,680
This is soft. You're retiring numbers should be set for

1819
01:30:25,720 --> 01:30:30,880
the holiest of holy organization. But though, who's the greatest

1820
01:30:30,960 --> 01:30:33,520
Charlotte Hornet of all time? Larry Johnson, the new version

1821
01:30:33,520 --> 01:30:37,720
of the Charlotte Hornets, Larry Johnson, Gerald Wallace because he

1822
01:30:37,760 --> 01:30:40,279
was a Bobcat too? Does that count? No Bobcat? Who

1823
01:30:40,439 --> 01:30:42,840
was the kid? Chris Paul No, no, no, no, no

1824
01:30:43,359 --> 01:30:47,960
terror Rogier, But he's in trouble now, can't Kimber Walker.

1825
01:30:48,119 --> 01:30:51,119
Kimber Walker is the greatest greatest Hornet of the new

1826
01:30:51,199 --> 01:30:52,880
generation Hornets. I mean, let me go, I can go.

1827
01:30:52,960 --> 01:30:55,439
Look dude, now, did they do like a like a

1828
01:30:55,520 --> 01:30:58,239
Cleveland Browns and they took all their history back? And

1829
01:30:58,319 --> 01:31:00,039
the Pelicans or do the Pelicans have that history? I

1830
01:31:00,079 --> 01:31:00,520
can tell you.

1831
01:31:03,439 --> 01:31:04,119
Speaker 6: This is soft.

1832
01:31:05,039 --> 01:31:06,880
Speaker 4: I'm gonna say it and as the news a new

1833
01:31:07,399 --> 01:31:09,680
Thank you, Matt, No, you did it, not me. You're right,

1834
01:31:09,720 --> 01:31:12,920
You're welcome, Matt twelve fifteen on Sports Talk seven ninety

1835
01:31:12,960 --> 01:31:15,439
all right seven one three two one two five seven

1836
01:31:15,520 --> 01:31:19,760
ninety seven one three two one two five seven nine zero.

1837
01:31:19,800 --> 01:31:21,119
If you want to visit with us through Twitter, you

1838
01:31:21,199 --> 01:31:24,439
may do that as well at Sports Empt, at sports RV,

1839
01:31:24,600 --> 01:31:27,840
and at uh Jonathan I was I was figure are

1840
01:31:27,840 --> 01:31:31,479
you on Twitter. Nah, not I need to, but don't

1841
01:31:31,520 --> 01:31:36,159
do it, say Sammy Graham, get the dms. Get easier

1842
01:31:36,199 --> 01:31:38,399
that way, seven to one. What I'm sending a DM

1843
01:31:38,439 --> 01:31:40,439
to an NFL player former NFL player today, as a

1844
01:31:40,479 --> 01:31:42,199
matter of fact. Really try to g him on the

1845
01:31:42,239 --> 01:31:46,159
show for this later this week. That's great. Will he

1846
01:31:46,279 --> 01:31:48,680
respond to their Twitter? Kimba Walker the all time leader

1847
01:31:48,720 --> 01:31:51,399
in points in Charlotte Hornet's history. Yeah, hey, I mentioned

1848
01:31:51,479 --> 01:31:53,119
Jared Wallace. He's third, so I guess they do have

1849
01:31:53,199 --> 01:31:56,560
Bobcat's history. Twelve sixteen, Sports Talk seven, ninty seven one

1850
01:31:56,600 --> 01:31:59,439
three two one two five seven, Nainty Serti Pro Painters.

1851
01:31:59,479 --> 01:32:04,840
Go get your lunch, Chris little ten dollars okay, yes,

1852
01:32:04,920 --> 01:32:07,800
second a twenty piece now, no, don't get a twenty

1853
01:32:07,800 --> 01:32:09,960
piece Nuggets. You can't get that much. All right, we'll

1854
01:32:09,960 --> 01:32:20,479
see twelve twenty three On the Matamas Show with Ross,

1855
01:32:21,720 --> 01:32:24,279
we were just talking about the television numbers for the

1856
01:32:24,439 --> 01:32:28,039
Green Bay Chicago NFL game. Thirty one million people stream

1857
01:32:28,119 --> 01:32:30,760
thirty one point six so it's almost thirty two many

1858
01:32:30,840 --> 01:32:34,239
the most streamed game in NFL history on prime video.

1859
01:32:34,920 --> 01:32:38,920
I mean, classic rivalry, good back and forth game, nobody

1860
01:32:39,000 --> 01:32:41,560
seemed to complain too much about Al Michael's on the call. Again,

1861
01:32:41,600 --> 01:32:43,279
it's about the game, not about the announcer. I mean

1862
01:32:43,319 --> 01:32:46,800
he's sleeping. He's back also next year, No surprise on that.

1863
01:32:48,560 --> 01:32:52,840
I got news for you. The only thing that people

1864
01:32:53,479 --> 01:32:56,119
of all ages, not just the young UN's not just

1865
01:32:56,239 --> 01:33:00,279
the olds. It's it's more difficult to watch a game

1866
01:33:00,760 --> 01:33:05,880
going from a stream to a regular television channel. I

1867
01:33:06,000 --> 01:33:08,680
was talking to uh Adam Aman, who's the voice of

1868
01:33:08,680 --> 01:33:11,199
the Chicago Bulls, does Fox games, and he was in town.

1869
01:33:11,199 --> 01:33:13,000
You should calling the Bulls Rockets game. We were talking

1870
01:33:13,319 --> 01:33:15,359
about flipping back and forth. Yeah, flipping back and forth.

1871
01:33:15,800 --> 01:33:17,600
Get another TV, Mattie. That's what I've been telling you

1872
01:33:17,640 --> 01:33:20,279
this much. But not everybody can afford two televisions in

1873
01:33:20,319 --> 01:33:22,439
the same room. You can get TVs for cheap. Now

1874
01:33:22,800 --> 01:33:24,039
get them for one hundred and fifty. Bus you just

1875
01:33:24,159 --> 01:33:25,520
have to connect them and all that kind of thing.

1876
01:33:25,600 --> 01:33:25,920
I'll get in.

1877
01:33:26,000 --> 01:33:26,600
Speaker 6: I can. You can do it.

1878
01:33:26,880 --> 01:33:29,840
Speaker 4: I'll do it for you. Okay, but let's take let's

1879
01:33:29,880 --> 01:33:31,760
take you out of the group here, because you're I'm

1880
01:33:31,800 --> 01:33:35,119
not rich, I promise you, I promise. My point is

1881
01:33:35,159 --> 01:33:39,039
it going from direct TV or cable to your streaming.

1882
01:33:39,159 --> 01:33:41,479
It takes about it. You're just not flipping back and forth.

1883
01:33:41,520 --> 01:33:42,880
That's the biggest negative.

1884
01:33:43,119 --> 01:33:43,399
Speaker 6: It is.

1885
01:33:43,840 --> 01:33:46,520
Speaker 4: The biggest positive is that you can now Like when

1886
01:33:46,520 --> 01:33:47,840
I was on a road this whole time, I was

1887
01:33:47,880 --> 01:33:49,800
watching games on Peacock on my phone. I was watching

1888
01:33:49,880 --> 01:33:52,439
games on Amazon Prime on my phone. It's really so

1889
01:33:52,600 --> 01:33:53,760
if you want to do it that way, you could

1890
01:33:53,760 --> 01:33:55,800
do a phone or a tablet or your computer with

1891
01:33:55,960 --> 01:33:58,880
your TV. But it is it's not like going from

1892
01:33:58,960 --> 01:34:01,279
thirteen to twenty six. It's a little more of it.

1893
01:34:01,439 --> 01:34:03,199
It takes a little more. But yeah, if you have

1894
01:34:03,239 --> 01:34:06,640
a smart TV, it's can operate like your phone. You

1895
01:34:06,720 --> 01:34:08,319
go from app to app. But even so when I

1896
01:34:08,399 --> 01:34:10,560
go from I have smart TVs in my house, even

1897
01:34:10,640 --> 01:34:14,159
I go from normal TV to it's still in Like

1898
01:34:14,319 --> 01:34:16,000
if a game is on NETFLI go to the interface,

1899
01:34:16,119 --> 01:34:18,680
it goes says Netflix, and this is who's playing, who's

1900
01:34:18,680 --> 01:34:19,199
also watching.

1901
01:34:20,359 --> 01:34:21,800
Speaker 9: So that's that to me.

1902
01:34:21,960 --> 01:34:25,399
Speaker 4: And maybe I think with technology that's going to change

1903
01:34:25,439 --> 01:34:27,279
because so many things are going on now that are

1904
01:34:27,319 --> 01:34:29,479
being streamed. I got to tell you, I think I'm

1905
01:34:29,479 --> 01:34:31,920
going to take a big loss on something I never

1906
01:34:31,960 --> 01:34:34,239
thought a streaming service wouldever carry a Super Bowl, And

1907
01:34:34,279 --> 01:34:36,920
I think that's going to happen. Someone is one of

1908
01:34:36,960 --> 01:34:39,880
these networks. Yeah, you put your name on that. Amazon's

1909
01:34:40,039 --> 01:34:41,439
There were two things I put my name on that

1910
01:34:41,520 --> 01:34:45,399
I'm really nervous about. I'm pulling the file up. One

1911
01:34:45,600 --> 01:34:48,520
was there would never be a Super Bowl overseas ooh,

1912
01:34:49,119 --> 01:34:51,039
which to me, now, I don't really care because I'm

1913
01:34:51,039 --> 01:34:52,920
not going to any super Bowl anytime soon, So why

1914
01:34:52,960 --> 01:34:54,720
would I really care where it is as long as

1915
01:34:54,720 --> 01:34:56,479
the game's on at five point thirty on a Sunday, right.

1916
01:34:57,720 --> 01:34:59,000
And then I always thought that there would never be

1917
01:34:59,039 --> 01:35:01,239
a streaming super Bowl. But the amount of money that

1918
01:35:01,399 --> 01:35:05,840
Netflix and Amazon Prime and Paramount Plus and who else

1919
01:35:05,960 --> 01:35:09,680
is there who not Hulu but YouTube TV, the crazy

1920
01:35:09,720 --> 01:35:11,680
amounts of money, there's going to be a check that

1921
01:35:11,760 --> 01:35:14,600
someone's gonna cash, or someone's going to write to the

1922
01:35:14,680 --> 01:35:17,000
NFL that they're going to say, okay, let's try it.

1923
01:35:19,920 --> 01:35:20,039
Speaker 2: Uh.

1924
01:35:21,039 --> 01:35:23,439
Speaker 4: I think so it's just gonna write. I mean, Amazon's

1925
01:35:23,439 --> 01:35:25,000
got unlimited money. I don't know if you can look

1926
01:35:25,039 --> 01:35:27,079
this up, but if you can, so, you said Amazon

1927
01:35:27,199 --> 01:35:29,960
had Chicago, Green Bay had what twenty one point six million?

1928
01:35:31,479 --> 01:35:35,720
What did the other games have because if you want

1929
01:35:35,800 --> 01:35:38,239
to be a Nielsen, which is an exact right, well,

1930
01:35:38,319 --> 01:35:41,079
both of them are inexact. I mean they're they both

1931
01:35:41,199 --> 01:35:43,680
use different they use different measures. I would assume that

1932
01:35:43,760 --> 01:35:47,359
maybe the streaming numbers are a little more accurate. I

1933
01:35:47,439 --> 01:35:53,279
would say, so, uh, Niners Eagles forty one min This

1934
01:35:53,319 --> 01:35:57,399
is ai Okay, hopefully this is relative. That's right. Forty

1935
01:35:57,479 --> 01:36:01,079
one million built Jaguars thirty two million, So yeah, Bill's

1936
01:36:01,119 --> 01:36:05,479
Jaguars on CBS almost as much as a little more

1937
01:36:05,560 --> 01:36:12,520
I mean, sorry, a little more. Yeah, yeah, Patriots Chargers

1938
01:36:12,560 --> 01:36:18,279
twenty eight point nine million. So streaming can beat over

1939
01:36:18,319 --> 01:36:22,520
the air, which ultimately proves my point. I think that

1940
01:36:22,640 --> 01:36:25,159
says if you have a great matchup, people will find

1941
01:36:25,199 --> 01:36:28,399
a way to watch the game. Now, well, the casuals

1942
01:36:28,640 --> 01:36:31,199
step aside from that maybe a little bit. But if

1943
01:36:31,239 --> 01:36:34,880
you're a casual football fan, you know how big last

1944
01:36:34,880 --> 01:36:37,439
weekend was. It was Waldcart weekend. If you watch any

1945
01:36:37,439 --> 01:36:40,159
football at all, you're you're looking for more football. So

1946
01:36:40,279 --> 01:36:43,600
you'd say, okay, you're telling me that the green Bay

1947
01:36:43,720 --> 01:36:46,279
Chicago game was on Prime. Soon what I did when

1948
01:36:46,279 --> 01:36:48,520
I got to my hotel in San Francisco this past weekend.

1949
01:36:48,800 --> 01:36:50,239
I put it on my phone and then I, what

1950
01:36:50,319 --> 01:36:50,760
do you call it?

1951
01:36:51,039 --> 01:36:51,239
Speaker 6: Cast?

1952
01:36:51,359 --> 01:36:53,840
Speaker 4: Google cast it to my TV. Now the picture wasn't

1953
01:36:53,880 --> 01:36:55,800
nearly as clear, but I still got the game. It

1954
01:36:55,880 --> 01:37:00,359
was fine, So I'm going to take two lost on that.

1955
01:37:00,600 --> 01:37:01,279
Speaker 6: I like the Prime.

1956
01:37:01,359 --> 01:37:04,279
Speaker 4: The prime picture on NFL looks great, and the Peacock

1957
01:37:04,319 --> 01:37:06,840
one looks good too. On my phone it looks spectacle

1958
01:37:06,920 --> 01:37:08,640
when I when I grow, when I google cast it

1959
01:37:08,680 --> 01:37:10,840
on a TV like at the hotel, wasn't nearly as good. Yeah,

1960
01:37:10,840 --> 01:37:14,960
the hotel wifie all right? By the way, the Texans

1961
01:37:15,000 --> 01:37:19,439
game is going to be on ABC and ESPN this Sunday,

1962
01:37:20,680 --> 01:37:23,239
the early game, Yes, which made me further think that

1963
01:37:23,920 --> 01:37:27,159
I know there's lesser games, but can the NFL really

1964
01:37:27,239 --> 01:37:28,880
afford to hear from the bitching and owning of the

1965
01:37:28,920 --> 01:37:30,880
two teams that play on Monday that have a quick turnaround?

1966
01:37:30,880 --> 01:37:33,600
I mean, you tell me hot and the big scheme

1967
01:37:33,680 --> 01:37:37,600
of things would one day would would one day make

1968
01:37:37,640 --> 01:37:39,439
a difference from Nico Collins? It looked like to me,

1969
01:37:39,600 --> 01:37:42,119
wouldn't in this particulation. It could be others, but for others,

1970
01:37:42,159 --> 01:37:44,039
for other people, a day is a lot. Yeah, what

1971
01:37:44,159 --> 01:37:48,920
a difference a day makes I think, I think it's

1972
01:37:48,960 --> 01:37:51,520
going to stay, just because of the giant checks. How

1973
01:37:51,560 --> 01:37:54,880
many years has it been now Monday night football Wildcard weekend?

1974
01:37:56,359 --> 01:37:58,159
So at least three or four? At least or four? Yeah,

1975
01:38:00,079 --> 01:38:01,920
ever since super Walk this is they call it super

1976
01:38:01,960 --> 01:38:04,279
Waldcard Weekend. They just call it now regularly. So the

1977
01:38:04,319 --> 01:38:09,479
first year was super wild d I'm trying to find it.

1978
01:38:09,520 --> 01:38:14,000
I don't know that's okay, point being is this? Yeah,

1979
01:38:14,039 --> 01:38:16,159
I I I don't know how big of a disadvantage

1980
01:38:16,159 --> 01:38:19,479
it is. Frankly ross, if I'm a team that advances

1981
01:38:19,479 --> 01:38:21,840
to the playoffs, I'm happy.

1982
01:38:21,960 --> 01:38:22,239
Speaker 6: I don't.

1983
01:38:22,279 --> 01:38:23,720
Speaker 4: I mean, you could play the game tomorrow night and

1984
01:38:23,720 --> 01:38:27,840
I wouldn't care. Yeah, but Sunday, I mean, that's it's.

1985
01:38:28,000 --> 01:38:30,840
It's gonna be travel. Granted they're also traveling on a

1986
01:38:30,880 --> 01:38:34,079
big jumbo jet. There's plenty of seats. Uh Hannah will

1987
01:38:34,119 --> 01:38:35,640
be in first class, the rest team will be in

1988
01:38:35,760 --> 01:38:43,039
an extend and uh economy plus they'll be fine. It

1989
01:38:43,159 --> 01:38:46,439
is a long flight, though, they they are gonna be fine.

1990
01:38:47,039 --> 01:38:48,960
I'm not worried about it. Why is it that long

1991
01:38:49,000 --> 01:38:51,640
of a fight? It's four hours up there? Really? Mm hmm.

1992
01:38:51,880 --> 01:38:54,079
I didn't know that. We'll think about New York's three

1993
01:38:54,119 --> 01:38:55,479
and a half. See you know you're gonna you're going

1994
01:38:55,560 --> 01:38:59,880
to further north. Hmm. Okay, all right, what else on

1995
01:39:00,119 --> 01:39:02,760
textan side do we have? Are there? Are they on

1996
01:39:02,800 --> 01:39:05,199
the field? For media portions? Have not seen Wex's update here.

1997
01:39:07,079 --> 01:39:09,439
He's just retweeting things he said about himself on the show.

1998
01:39:10,359 --> 01:39:10,760
That's good.

1999
01:39:16,039 --> 01:39:16,199
Speaker 6: Yeah.

2000
01:39:16,279 --> 01:39:19,600
Speaker 4: All he's putting up is Texans roster movies. Brandon Hill

2001
01:39:19,640 --> 01:39:22,279
signed a practice squad. Jalen Thomas released from practice squad.

2002
01:39:23,960 --> 01:39:28,560
That's topic gay, Okay. Jalen Thomas walked in here today

2003
01:39:28,600 --> 01:39:30,319
and said, Jalen, I'm mad.

2004
01:39:30,479 --> 01:39:30,800
Speaker 6: All right.

2005
01:39:30,960 --> 01:39:33,199
Speaker 4: You say I'm mad, and you say I'm Ross. He'd

2006
01:39:33,199 --> 01:39:34,520
say I'm Jalen. We'd say what do you do for

2007
01:39:34,560 --> 01:39:36,479
a living? Jalen? It's nice to meet you. Nice to

2008
01:39:36,520 --> 01:39:37,640
meet you. Seem like a nice fellow.

2009
01:39:37,720 --> 01:39:37,880
Speaker 2: Yeah.

2010
01:39:37,880 --> 01:39:39,600
Speaker 4: I heard you just got released on the practice squad.

2011
01:39:41,119 --> 01:39:43,920
That doesn't sound great. No, No, I mean imagine being

2012
01:39:43,960 --> 01:39:45,479
on the practice squad this late in the season and

2013
01:39:45,560 --> 01:39:49,680
being released. Now, that's more about just transactional stuff as

2014
01:39:49,720 --> 01:39:57,239
compared to he did something wrong. Probably rossa thoughts right now,

2015
01:39:57,359 --> 01:40:02,359
go says something ross right now. I've said it once

2016
01:40:02,399 --> 01:40:04,840
in a thousand times. Eating during the show is so rude,

2017
01:40:05,199 --> 01:40:09,880
it's terrible, said Jonathan. He came, he can't. He can't

2018
01:40:09,960 --> 01:40:11,600
and argue with me right now because he's got his

2019
01:40:11,760 --> 01:40:14,319
mouth full of food. He's still again, what are you

2020
01:40:14,359 --> 01:40:18,680
taking a big bite? Try trying to shove that all

2021
01:40:18,720 --> 01:40:21,000
in your mouth at one time. Huh out a mighty fall.

2022
01:40:21,439 --> 01:40:31,079
It's funny, was calling him Captain Shover. This is awesome.

2023
01:40:31,119 --> 01:40:32,520
I wish you, guys, I wish we were on TV

2024
01:40:32,600 --> 01:40:35,840
today because he just can't respond. He's still chewing. He

2025
01:40:36,000 --> 01:40:38,880
took about a quarter of a sandwich bite in one bite.

2026
01:40:39,680 --> 01:40:42,239
I've become everything I hate. Oh yeah, you are a fraud.

2027
01:40:42,520 --> 01:40:44,920
You are the second biggest fraud in Houston. Seven one

2028
01:40:45,079 --> 01:40:49,600
three two one two five seven ninety starving. I know

2029
01:40:49,720 --> 01:40:52,199
this show sucks for that. I mean, we fully expect

2030
01:40:52,279 --> 01:40:54,640
y'all to eat while we're on the air. In fact,

2031
01:40:54,680 --> 01:40:58,359
you should be at lunch today listen to our show. Yeah,

2032
01:40:59,439 --> 01:41:01,199
a lot of days. I tried to wait till after two,

2033
01:41:01,239 --> 01:41:04,439
but I couldn't. Day two, guys, I got early. I

2034
01:41:04,520 --> 01:41:06,479
got her early to talk to my guy, Nick Tamara,

2035
01:41:06,600 --> 01:41:09,439
from Sam Houston Race Park. Were going going soon?

2036
01:41:09,640 --> 01:41:10,079
Speaker 6: We need to go.

2037
01:41:10,199 --> 01:41:10,520
Speaker 2: You want to go?

2038
01:41:10,720 --> 01:41:13,239
Speaker 4: Absolutely? You know this weekend or next the big weekend?

2039
01:41:13,279 --> 01:41:16,319
The big race weekend is next weekend. I have they

2040
01:41:16,399 --> 01:41:18,439
have like a big handy. Yeah see, I shut your

2041
01:41:18,479 --> 01:41:21,199
my mass up? Can I even say what I wanted

2042
01:41:21,239 --> 01:41:24,000
to say? You go ahead, You're not free, mister busy.

2043
01:41:24,079 --> 01:41:27,640
I have something going on every Saturday until early March. Yeah,

2044
01:41:27,640 --> 01:41:30,439
but when what's going on this Saturday? Rockets are off?

2045
01:41:31,119 --> 01:41:33,800
Got a uh women's basketball game? Or you're calling it's

2046
01:41:34,279 --> 01:41:37,640
one o'clock pm PM. Oh, you can come for the evening.

2047
01:41:40,279 --> 01:41:43,800
Come to the race Park, blossome steam, get some bets down. Okay,

2048
01:41:44,359 --> 01:41:46,279
I got a country band. No, no, this weekend? Is

2049
01:41:46,319 --> 01:41:48,359
it the it's the Eagles cover band? Is this weekend?

2050
01:41:48,359 --> 01:41:48,640
Speaker 6: I think?

2051
01:41:48,800 --> 01:41:51,039
Speaker 4: Really? Yeah, I like the Eagles. We're going to take

2052
01:41:51,039 --> 01:41:53,760
it to the limit one more time. All right, back

2053
01:41:53,800 --> 01:41:55,279
to my point out, I got your sandwich out of

2054
01:41:55,319 --> 01:41:58,000
your mouth there, So let's go to the cities that

2055
01:41:58,039 --> 01:42:01,079
are still in the involved in the playoffs. Okay, if

2056
01:42:01,119 --> 01:42:04,279
for New England we passed a test, we'd beat a

2057
01:42:04,319 --> 01:42:06,720
good quality playoff team. The Chargers are I mean, look,

2058
01:42:06,760 --> 01:42:11,279
the offensive line was banged up. Justin Herbert was banged up,

2059
01:42:11,279 --> 01:42:12,840
but he was also banged up on their winning games,

2060
01:42:12,840 --> 01:42:16,000
so it wasn't like he created his new injury. They

2061
01:42:16,199 --> 01:42:20,439
dominated allowed only three points, but as Bob Soci pointed out,

2062
01:42:20,600 --> 01:42:24,199
they struggled against the Chargers pass rush, and it's gonna

2063
01:42:24,239 --> 01:42:26,760
get It's not gonna get any easier this weekend. Okay,

2064
01:42:26,800 --> 01:42:28,960
so you think Boston fan is flipping out over the

2065
01:42:29,039 --> 01:42:31,479
fact that Drake May coughed up the ball a couple

2066
01:42:31,520 --> 01:42:35,319
of times. Maybe not necessarily flipping out, but not happy

2067
01:42:35,439 --> 01:42:38,680
about the offensive line handling a good pass match. Let's

2068
01:42:38,760 --> 01:42:44,560
go to Denver. Okay, bon Nicks, that's easy, great season defense, amazing, Hey,

2069
01:42:44,640 --> 01:42:47,159
bo Nicks, don't screw it up? Kind of sounds familiar,

2070
01:42:47,199 --> 01:42:50,119
does it not? Yes? I mean, are we huge RJ

2071
01:42:50,279 --> 01:42:53,479
Harvey fans? I mean, is he like the goat Cortland?

2072
01:42:53,479 --> 01:42:56,359
Sutton's not putting the fear in people's defense exactly. But

2073
01:42:56,479 --> 01:42:59,920
my point is that's a that's a I think Houston

2074
01:43:00,079 --> 01:43:02,640
defense is better than Denver's, but Denver's having the same

2075
01:43:02,720 --> 01:43:04,119
kind of conversation that we're having here.

2076
01:43:04,359 --> 01:43:04,600
Speaker 6: I think.

2077
01:43:04,640 --> 01:43:07,560
Speaker 4: So we trust the quarterback all right, Let's go to

2078
01:43:07,600 --> 01:43:12,239
the next one. Buffalo easy, gritty win at Jacksonville. I

2079
01:43:12,359 --> 01:43:18,760
just say it is, if I'm Buffalo, how are we

2080
01:43:18,840 --> 01:43:22,159
going to handle How is Josh Allen gonna throw against

2081
01:43:22,159 --> 01:43:26,800
at Denver defense? And he's fine on the road in

2082
01:43:26,840 --> 01:43:29,199
the cold normally. Yeah, I was gonna say weather conditions

2083
01:43:29,239 --> 01:43:30,720
except for the thinning or what would be the only

2084
01:43:30,760 --> 01:43:33,800
difference in playing in Buffalo as compared to Denver. RJ.

2085
01:43:33,960 --> 01:43:36,600
Harvey is their lead dog running back in Denver, but

2086
01:43:36,800 --> 01:43:38,840
is he going to necessarily be the difference maker even

2087
01:43:38,840 --> 01:43:43,720
though the Buffalo run defense is not very good? I'd say,

2088
01:43:43,800 --> 01:43:45,800
what of the four cities that are still left in

2089
01:43:45,840 --> 01:43:48,760
the ANFC, I'm gonna go ahead and say it. I

2090
01:43:48,800 --> 01:43:55,279
think confidence is the highest in Buffalo. See you say that,

2091
01:43:55,359 --> 01:43:57,880
and on its face it makes sense. But let me

2092
01:43:57,920 --> 01:44:02,479
phrase it this way. Definite Buffalo Bills fan. With all

2093
01:44:02,560 --> 01:44:06,159
the turmoil, there's no such thing. There's gotta be no

2094
01:44:06,279 --> 01:44:09,520
such thing as a confident Buffalo Bills fan. They always

2095
01:44:09,560 --> 01:44:11,479
have to have it back in their mind. The collapse

2096
01:44:11,520 --> 01:44:14,800
after collapse after collapse, even in the Josh Allen era. Yeah,

2097
01:44:15,159 --> 01:44:16,960
don't even include the Jim Kelly I'm talking about you know,

2098
01:44:17,079 --> 01:44:19,760
just if you're going just to Josh Allen, we have

2099
01:44:20,159 --> 01:44:22,920
the golden road is going to end at some point.

2100
01:44:26,600 --> 01:44:28,000
I know I'm gonna stick to my guns. I think

2101
01:44:28,039 --> 01:44:29,960
of the four cities that are the most confident about

2102
01:44:29,960 --> 01:44:32,479
their teams winning the AFC, I think it's in Buffalo.

2103
01:44:32,840 --> 01:44:41,680
I think Houston's second. I think I think Denver's third.

2104
01:44:41,680 --> 01:44:44,640
I think New England's fourth, New England fourth.

2105
01:44:45,079 --> 01:44:46,840
Speaker 6: H H.

2106
01:44:47,159 --> 01:44:49,039
Speaker 4: I mean you feel like I'm probably feeling pretty good.

2107
01:44:49,479 --> 01:44:51,039
I mean they're all feeling good. They're in the final four.

2108
01:44:51,199 --> 01:44:53,359
I'm saying I feel bad, but I mean they're the

2109
01:44:53,439 --> 01:44:56,439
biggest favorite. Mating my confidence. I said, of the four,

2110
01:44:56,560 --> 01:44:59,319
I think the most confident of the group is Baffles,

2111
01:44:59,319 --> 01:45:01,199
already going on the road once in one. But when

2112
01:45:01,239 --> 01:45:04,880
I say Patriots fan confident, you're gonna say yes, I'm

2113
01:45:04,880 --> 01:45:08,800
gonna say arrogant, yes, yes, all right? Which Yeah. On

2114
01:45:08,880 --> 01:45:12,119
the NFC side, you have San Francisco. What are they

2115
01:45:12,119 --> 01:45:14,920
complaining about this week? George kittles out, how many more

2116
01:45:15,159 --> 01:45:18,159
times can you take an injury and win it? At

2117
01:45:18,199 --> 01:45:21,520
what point does the attrition come too much? Rock Party

2118
01:45:21,560 --> 01:45:25,960
has been good, but not perfect. Seattle's easy, is Sam playoffs?

2119
01:45:25,960 --> 01:45:28,560
Sam Darnold going to show up, right, that's easy. Their

2120
01:45:28,600 --> 01:45:37,159
defense has been great all season long. Rams, Why are

2121
01:45:37,199 --> 01:45:39,800
you toying around with Carolina the way that you did? Yeah,

2122
01:45:39,880 --> 01:45:41,560
you could. You could feel a little bit shaky about

2123
01:45:41,560 --> 01:45:44,119
what happened last week? And are you afraid that Chicago

2124
01:45:44,279 --> 01:45:48,239
is the greatest comeback team in recent NFL history? And

2125
01:45:48,319 --> 01:45:51,880
if it's Chicago, we can't fall behind like we did

2126
01:45:51,960 --> 01:45:54,960
to Green Bay. And the Rams have had a good

2127
01:45:55,000 --> 01:45:57,680
defense all season. They gave up thirty one to the Panthers.

2128
01:45:58,319 --> 01:46:00,880
Gotta be worried about that too. So of the four

2129
01:46:00,920 --> 01:46:03,199
teams that are left, who's the most confident NFC team?

2130
01:46:03,239 --> 01:46:07,680
Of the four Seahawks? Because of home field, home field,

2131
01:46:08,159 --> 01:46:11,239
biggest favorites and sand and great all season, Sam Darnold

2132
01:46:11,239 --> 01:46:13,279
has something to prove. You're the one seed, got a

2133
01:46:13,319 --> 01:46:18,159
week of rest, but you everybody's got Yeah. No, there's

2134
01:46:18,239 --> 01:46:20,520
no perfect team. No, that's the way the NFL is

2135
01:46:20,520 --> 01:46:24,079
supposed to be. We said that last week, right, That's

2136
01:46:24,119 --> 01:46:26,399
why any of the teams that were in the playoffs,

2137
01:46:26,920 --> 01:46:28,439
probably in the back of their mind, said all right,

2138
01:46:28,479 --> 01:46:29,680
I can figure out a way for us to go

2139
01:46:29,800 --> 01:46:31,279
the whole thing, or I can figure out a way

2140
01:46:31,279 --> 01:46:32,640
to lose in the first round, can think of ways

2141
01:46:32,640 --> 01:46:35,039
to lose. But every team can say to themselves, why

2142
01:46:35,239 --> 01:46:39,039
not US, Houston Texans? Why not US? I would say,

2143
01:46:39,119 --> 01:46:42,960
if you were to pull ten Texans fans, seven of

2144
01:46:43,039 --> 01:46:46,640
them are extremely confident they can win in New England. Hmmm,

2145
01:46:48,680 --> 01:46:50,199
because they can. You know, if they can do they can.

2146
01:46:50,239 --> 01:46:51,840
You can go to a sports bar and find ten

2147
01:46:51,920 --> 01:46:53,560
Texans fans. You can find the seven and they can

2148
01:46:53,640 --> 01:46:56,640
say our defense is the best in the NFL. It'd

2149
01:46:56,680 --> 01:47:00,319
be right. The three that you would find that wouldn't

2150
01:47:00,319 --> 01:47:02,439
fel so great about it is because they keep waiting

2151
01:47:02,479 --> 01:47:03,960
for CJ. Straw to get out of this funk that

2152
01:47:04,000 --> 01:47:06,720
he's been in and that the you know, and you're

2153
01:47:06,920 --> 01:47:09,800
you're most gonna reflect on something that just happened. And

2154
01:47:09,840 --> 01:47:12,800
what you saw happen was some good throws. Yes, the

2155
01:47:12,920 --> 01:47:18,800
Christian Kirk, not the other kirk. Yeah, Steven I said

2156
01:47:18,840 --> 01:47:21,760
Sam I got his name wrong, Stephen A. Smith. The

2157
01:47:21,880 --> 01:47:26,800
fumbles And here's another thing for you is what he

2158
01:47:26,880 --> 01:47:28,279
Mark's gonna be able to do the same thing he

2159
01:47:28,399 --> 01:47:30,760
did last week in Pittsburgh, like he can do. I mean,

2160
01:47:30,800 --> 01:47:32,840
I'm not expecting to rush for over one hundred yards

2161
01:47:32,840 --> 01:47:34,439
of the game of the year, but that was by

2162
01:47:34,600 --> 01:47:37,960
far his best performance. I mean also, he was like

2163
01:47:38,039 --> 01:47:39,439
three yards down the field in a lot of time.

2164
01:47:39,720 --> 01:47:42,279
The offensive line got great push they did what. Marks

2165
01:47:42,359 --> 01:47:44,079
isn't going to create a whole lot of yards for you.

2166
01:47:44,199 --> 01:47:46,359
He can't here and there. But also if you give

2167
01:47:46,439 --> 01:47:48,479
him lanes to get going, yeah, he's he can run

2168
01:47:48,560 --> 01:47:50,640
like he did Yeah on Monday. He's a smart running back.

2169
01:47:50,640 --> 01:47:51,960
He just doesn't have the burst that you're looking for

2170
01:47:52,199 --> 01:47:53,880
in an RB one. He's not gonna break you know,

2171
01:47:53,920 --> 01:47:55,399
he's not your mere Gibbs. He's not gonna break a

2172
01:47:55,439 --> 01:47:56,199
sixty yard er on you.

2173
01:47:56,439 --> 01:47:56,560
Speaker 6: Right.

2174
01:47:58,520 --> 01:48:00,840
Speaker 4: Might think that's a good comp Seven out of ten

2175
01:48:00,920 --> 01:48:04,279
fans are really really confident. The three are are negative

2176
01:48:04,319 --> 01:48:06,560
mellies and thinking and they're scared to death. Yeah, close

2177
01:48:06,640 --> 01:48:09,600
to seven. Maybe a six does feel low. Seven feels

2178
01:48:09,600 --> 01:48:11,119
almost a touch high, So I don't know, it's probably

2179
01:48:11,119 --> 01:48:14,520
somewhere around there. Okay, feeling good? I just put a

2180
01:48:14,560 --> 01:48:17,119
poll on my Twitter account at sports are Texans plus three?

2181
01:48:17,159 --> 01:48:17,720
How are we feeling?

2182
01:48:19,119 --> 01:48:19,439
Speaker 6: So far?

2183
01:48:19,680 --> 01:48:22,279
Speaker 4: Zero votes because I just posted you know what, do

2184
01:48:22,439 --> 01:48:23,640
me a favor, and I know you're gonna be mad

2185
01:48:23,680 --> 01:48:25,399
at me for this. Okay, take the points off the

2186
01:48:25,439 --> 01:48:28,800
board because it doesn't because BET's because it benning doesn't

2187
01:48:28,800 --> 01:48:30,800
matter here. It's about advancing. But I think if you're

2188
01:48:30,800 --> 01:48:33,640
picking the Texans, you're picking them to win in this one.

2189
01:48:33,680 --> 01:48:35,640
If it was like Texans six and a half seven

2190
01:48:35,640 --> 01:48:37,640
and a half, I get weird. So here's what I'm

2191
01:48:37,640 --> 01:48:38,960
gonna doing that. I'm gonna do a pew do it

2192
01:48:39,199 --> 01:48:42,439
without the without the plus three on there, Okay, and

2193
01:48:42,520 --> 01:48:44,600
we'll see how if there's if there's a big discrepancy

2194
01:48:45,159 --> 01:48:48,159
seven one three, two one two five seven ninety, I say,

2195
01:48:48,199 --> 01:48:51,520
if you've pulled ten Texans fans seven would say their

2196
01:48:51,560 --> 01:48:54,239
defense is so awesome it's going to carry them no

2197
01:48:54,359 --> 01:48:59,279
matter what the Texans offense does. The three are scared

2198
01:48:59,319 --> 01:49:02,840
as hell about what mistakes cj could make. For that matter,

2199
01:49:02,960 --> 01:49:05,079
nik Kiley, and I'm really not trying to put c

2200
01:49:05,279 --> 01:49:09,680
Jenis in alone category. I'm saying the entire offense and

2201
01:49:09,800 --> 01:49:15,000
Nico Collins not playing potentially, are you a seven or

2202
01:49:15,000 --> 01:49:21,600
are you a three? Don't ask a girl that, don't

2203
01:49:21,600 --> 01:49:25,439
ask anybody that don't. I'm definitely a seven. How about you?

2204
01:49:26,159 --> 01:49:29,920
I'm a yeah, seven, I could pass for a seven.

2205
01:49:31,039 --> 01:49:33,600
H I know one demographic could pass for a seven.

2206
01:49:34,439 --> 01:49:36,840
What does that mean? I saw I met them in

2207
01:49:36,880 --> 01:49:41,479
the Lake Charles Casino many years ago. See you're so weird.

2208
01:49:41,960 --> 01:49:43,720
Number one, you weren't even there. And number two, the

2209
01:49:43,800 --> 01:49:50,119
stories are fabricated, terrible seven one three two one two.

2210
01:49:50,279 --> 01:49:52,680
Just because you're being jovial and chatting with people doesn't

2211
01:49:52,680 --> 01:49:55,079
mean you're hitting on them. No, they were hitting on you.

2212
01:49:55,640 --> 01:49:57,279
That's not true. I didn't say you're hitting on them.

2213
01:49:57,279 --> 01:50:00,760
They were hitting on you. Nobody was grabbing anything. The

2214
01:50:00,840 --> 01:50:03,039
one woman said, I wanted you to take I'm gonna

2215
01:50:03,039 --> 01:50:05,079
take your head and put them between my breast. I

2216
01:50:05,239 --> 01:50:08,560
was like, damn girl, this is hold on, this has

2217
01:50:08,640 --> 01:50:12,159
not happened. Now you're making stuff up. You're making me

2218
01:50:12,239 --> 01:50:17,520
questioned because I was drunk. You almost got me. I

2219
01:50:17,760 --> 01:50:21,359
was got twelve forty five seven one three two one

2220
01:50:21,479 --> 01:50:30,600
two five seven twelve fifty on Sports Talk seven ninety.

2221
01:50:30,640 --> 01:50:33,079
You know, we all remember that one teacher who made

2222
01:50:33,079 --> 01:50:35,720
a difference, who believed in this and challenged us. Were

2223
01:50:35,800 --> 01:50:38,479
just made learning fun, and that's why you have a

2224
01:50:38,600 --> 01:50:42,279
chance to nominate a outstanding an outstanding public school teacher

2225
01:50:42,520 --> 01:50:44,800
who's gone above and beyond for their students to win

2226
01:50:44,920 --> 01:50:47,880
five thousand dollars to stock their classrooms with whatever they

2227
01:50:47,960 --> 01:50:52,039
need today's winter in our opportunity to win five thousand

2228
01:50:52,039 --> 01:50:55,399
dollars for your classroom is Angela Garcia from Frank Dobe

2229
01:50:55,560 --> 01:50:59,000
High School. In fact, to Angie, one of our sales reps,

2230
01:50:59,119 --> 01:51:03,279
their daughters all went to Adobe High School. Congratulation to Angela,

2231
01:51:03,319 --> 01:51:05,119
you are our teacher of the day. Thank you to

2232
01:51:05,239 --> 01:51:08,000
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01:51:08,039 --> 01:51:11,560
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2234
01:51:11,640 --> 01:51:15,800
That's iHeartRadio dot com slash teachers all right, twelve fifty

2235
01:51:15,800 --> 01:51:18,159
one on Sports Talk seven, Auntie, let's take a look

2236
01:51:18,159 --> 01:51:20,800
at the pole question, Uh, yours and mind you have

2237
01:51:20,920 --> 01:51:24,680
plus three? I just put who you got and I

2238
01:51:24,800 --> 01:51:28,840
have Texans at eighty three percent, Patriots at seventeen percent. Wow,

2239
01:51:30,239 --> 01:51:36,399
I have Texans at eighty nine percent even the points. Okay,

2240
01:51:36,920 --> 01:51:38,960
by the way, shoutouts to Chris and Wade. Listen to

2241
01:51:39,000 --> 01:51:40,640
the show. They said, that's exactly what I'm doing now,

2242
01:51:40,720 --> 01:51:42,520
eating lunch and listening to the show. Thank you very much,

2243
01:51:42,600 --> 01:51:45,279
Chicking Wade, thank you lunch timers. You know we had

2244
01:51:45,319 --> 01:51:46,680
to do we had to do a contest one day

2245
01:51:46,680 --> 01:51:49,479
where people just shoot pictures of them eating lunch while

2246
01:51:49,479 --> 01:51:53,800
they listen to show we can got surprise. Well they

2247
01:51:53,840 --> 01:51:56,960
get a shout out. Okay, like Wade sent me a

2248
01:51:57,000 --> 01:51:59,039
photo what he's eating. Let's see he's got looks like

2249
01:51:59,119 --> 01:52:02,680
he's got chicken, fried chicken, green beans, cream, gravy and okra.

2250
01:52:02,880 --> 01:52:08,640
Oh it sounds delicious. That does sound good. Really nice

2251
01:52:08,680 --> 01:52:10,439
job waiting on the picture there. Now, Chris, we don't

2252
01:52:10,439 --> 01:52:12,039
know what you had for lunch. You didn't show us

2253
01:52:12,079 --> 01:52:15,680
to us, but let us know. By the way, uh,

2254
01:52:15,960 --> 01:52:18,159
the three of us, Ross, Jonathan myself, we're gonna we've

2255
01:52:18,199 --> 01:52:21,199
got our j c I get together coming up next week, Yes,

2256
01:52:22,439 --> 01:52:25,760
or Jonathan will lose his jc I Virginity. Oh it's

2257
01:52:25,760 --> 01:52:29,359
the hot dog doing right. Yeah, we're going when next month,

2258
01:52:29,560 --> 01:52:32,479
next Tuesday, before the Rockets and Spurs game. If I'm

2259
01:52:32,520 --> 01:52:36,520
sick before the Spurs Rockets game, you'll know why. You

2260
01:52:36,640 --> 01:52:39,800
do have a bad track record with jac I certainly do.

2261
01:52:40,720 --> 01:52:42,159
I'm willing to give it a second to that game

2262
01:52:42,199 --> 01:52:46,000
with you Uh, neither one. I don't know what. I

2263
01:52:46,039 --> 01:52:47,720
don't know which one is one of the atoms. Yeah,

2264
01:52:48,920 --> 01:52:50,840
they've been boxing me out of that job for too long.

2265
01:52:51,239 --> 01:52:52,520
I want to do out there. I want to be

2266
01:52:52,600 --> 01:52:55,960
your color commentator. You're too Yeah, but I got to

2267
01:52:56,000 --> 01:53:00,840
like poison their food or something you are more than

2268
01:53:00,960 --> 01:53:02,840
welcome to. Maybe I'll do it on the road one day.

2269
01:53:03,800 --> 01:53:04,800
You want you how to do? Is you have to

2270
01:53:04,840 --> 01:53:07,920
lock the door? They lock them in not like that? No, No,

2271
01:53:08,199 --> 01:53:10,119
you lock yourself in here. They can't come in here

2272
01:53:10,159 --> 01:53:12,760
and do it. I got you. No, I mean I

2273
01:53:12,880 --> 01:53:16,359
just mean at the arena. Mmm. Oh, I see what

2274
01:53:16,399 --> 01:53:19,199
you're saying. Okay, Yeah, you know, I stick some care

2275
01:53:19,239 --> 01:53:21,399
about throwing to the corona spots or whatever I want

2276
01:53:21,439 --> 01:53:22,880
to be doing talking about the game. Oh you want

2277
01:53:22,920 --> 01:53:25,960
a home game? We've got four coming up. Why don't

2278
01:53:25,960 --> 01:53:28,039
you you know when they come in here today to

2279
01:53:28,119 --> 01:53:29,520
do their show. Why don't you ask when I'm they

2280
01:53:29,560 --> 01:53:31,520
can have a day off now, they can do all

2281
01:53:31,560 --> 01:53:36,840
the network stuff and I'll just sit with you. You

2282
01:53:37,000 --> 01:53:39,399
want them to do the heavy lifting and you do

2283
01:53:39,560 --> 01:53:40,960
nothing but just sit there and talking about the game.

2284
01:53:41,079 --> 01:53:42,840
Keep the check. You don't sit next to me during

2285
01:53:42,880 --> 01:53:44,880
the game if you want to keep the money. Oh,

2286
01:53:44,920 --> 01:53:46,680
you just want to do it just to do Yeah, okay,

2287
01:53:47,560 --> 01:53:50,199
I don't, I don't you know. I mean, I'll tell

2288
01:53:50,199 --> 01:53:53,960
you what. We have two exhibition games coming up in

2289
01:53:54,119 --> 01:53:57,079
the fall that I'm not going to. I believe they're

2290
01:53:57,079 --> 01:53:58,279
gonna be in China. Did we not say that?

2291
01:53:58,359 --> 01:53:58,640
Speaker 9: Remember?

2292
01:53:58,640 --> 01:53:59,560
Speaker 4: That was really yeah?

2293
01:53:59,720 --> 01:54:00,000
Speaker 6: Okay?

2294
01:54:00,279 --> 01:54:03,079
Speaker 4: And Manton Merlin did it with you? And and man

2295
01:54:03,199 --> 01:54:05,079
sit with me. You can do it with me? Why not?

2296
01:54:05,399 --> 01:54:06,439
Speaker 6: Yes? Now?

2297
01:54:06,520 --> 01:54:08,720
Speaker 4: The only ightence was is that that was during our

2298
01:54:08,840 --> 01:54:11,840
time slot of our show. Yeah, that was so what

2299
01:54:12,960 --> 01:54:14,920
we can knock off? What's the name of the show

2300
01:54:14,920 --> 01:54:18,439
we that's on before us? That's uh the morning we

2301
01:54:18,520 --> 01:54:21,039
were on six to ten AM show. Yeah, okay, yeah,

2302
01:54:21,079 --> 01:54:23,039
they'll take a day off. That's fine, okay, all right

2303
01:54:23,359 --> 01:54:25,720
seven one three two two five seven nine zero if

2304
01:54:25,720 --> 01:54:27,079
you want to join us seven one three two one

2305
01:54:27,159 --> 01:54:29,840
two five seven hoey. We had Bob Socian earlier today.

2306
01:54:30,119 --> 01:54:31,800
He is the voice of New England Patriots and if

2307
01:54:31,840 --> 01:54:36,319
you missed that conversation, we will be playing that coming

2308
01:54:36,399 --> 01:54:38,640
back at one thirty this afternoon. We've got believe it

2309
01:54:38,680 --> 01:54:40,239
or not on at one fifty so I'm looking forward

2310
01:54:40,279 --> 01:54:42,600
to that. Oh but oh look at what? Can't you

2311
01:54:42,680 --> 01:54:44,479
just send us a photo? He's a JCI right now?

2312
01:54:46,880 --> 01:54:48,600
Or is it Chili's I can't what is that logo?

2313
01:54:48,800 --> 01:54:50,279
Is that where I don't see it?

2314
01:54:50,359 --> 01:54:50,800
Speaker 6: Let's sing you.

2315
01:54:53,159 --> 01:54:56,279
Speaker 4: That Chili is a j C. I its Chili Chilies,

2316
01:54:56,359 --> 01:54:58,399
that's Chilis. Maybe he's getting his baby back, baby baby.

2317
01:54:58,560 --> 01:55:00,399
He got a textans hat on and everything for him.

2318
01:55:03,159 --> 01:55:09,119
All right, Wexer chimes in Jaard Jordan is practicing. That's good,

2319
01:55:09,880 --> 01:55:13,000
it's fine, it's good. Eh, it's fine. Running debt, debt

2320
01:55:13,119 --> 01:55:17,079
is good. Woody Mars goes down once a game, minimum,

2321
01:55:17,239 --> 01:55:19,359
Nick Chubb goes down once a game. Yeah, I guess

2322
01:55:19,399 --> 01:55:21,199
you are how many running backs you're gonna carry?

2323
01:55:22,159 --> 01:55:22,399
Speaker 6: Six?

2324
01:55:23,640 --> 01:55:27,399
Speaker 4: Weax does not seen Nico Collins or Justin Watson or

2325
01:55:27,600 --> 01:55:31,520
Trent Brown. Trent's relaxing. He's like, I can't practice on Wednesday.

2326
01:55:31,520 --> 01:55:34,039
I'm too big. Maybe he's practicing snapping on time. What

2327
01:55:34,159 --> 01:55:36,039
has Justin Watson ever done for the Texans? Am I

2328
01:55:36,119 --> 01:55:39,960
missing something here? I think he's here. He's Savior, Hutchinson's backup.

2329
01:55:41,720 --> 01:55:45,159
W He's the best WR five in football. If Justin Watson.

2330
01:55:45,680 --> 01:55:48,000
If WEX walked in today and said, what do you

2331
01:55:48,039 --> 01:55:50,079
think about Justin Watson not being in practice? I'm like,

2332
01:55:50,159 --> 01:55:52,000
is he an equipment manager or what it was? He

2333
01:55:52,079 --> 01:55:54,520
not in charge of the team dentist. I think he'd

2334
01:55:54,560 --> 01:55:55,520
made a couple returns.

2335
01:55:55,560 --> 01:55:56,000
Speaker 6: I think.

2336
01:55:57,920 --> 01:56:00,479
Speaker 4: I really don't know what Justin Watson does. I can

2337
01:56:00,560 --> 01:56:02,319
go deep on your on your wide receiver depth chart,

2338
01:56:02,359 --> 01:56:05,560
I can't go to Justin Watson. Well neither does ESPN.

2339
01:56:05,600 --> 01:56:07,039
They have a picture of a black guy when you

2340
01:56:07,119 --> 01:56:10,159
go away, look at this big ESPN I put Justin

2341
01:56:10,199 --> 01:56:15,840
Watson in. It's the wrong dude. That's so bad. Apparently

2342
01:56:16,000 --> 01:56:18,439
what happened on the broadcast on Monday night football. Somebody

2343
01:56:18,479 --> 01:56:20,399
sent me a message, did they put somebody on the

2344
01:56:20,439 --> 01:56:22,239
starting lineup for the for The textans that yeah, they

2345
01:56:22,279 --> 01:56:26,279
put Jimmy Ward in. Jimmy Ward, Yeah, you mean hasn't

2346
01:56:26,279 --> 01:56:30,000
played all year long? To Meyward? When they put Joe

2347
01:56:30,079 --> 01:56:33,399
Mixon into RB one, I think so, Bob the way,

2348
01:56:33,479 --> 01:56:36,079
no one asked this week if Joe makes them available

2349
01:56:36,119 --> 01:56:39,399
for this week? Oh man, that's tough. I heard you

2350
01:56:39,439 --> 01:56:41,760
guys in money talking about the conspiracy theories about it.

2351
01:56:42,199 --> 01:56:46,119
Oh yes, about the rumor that you keep proliferating. Okay,

2352
01:56:46,119 --> 01:56:48,159
I don't pull up for it a lot, but what

2353
01:56:48,319 --> 01:56:50,680
I do it's usually pretty good. I'm an insider. Okay,

2354
01:56:51,680 --> 01:56:53,800
isn't it crazy? It's been since the summer Matt said

2355
01:56:53,840 --> 01:56:56,439
he wasn't gonna come back, thank you, Johnathan. That was

2356
01:56:57,239 --> 01:57:00,960
in January. I just think that's nuts. Now, Jonathan, do

2357
01:57:01,039 --> 01:57:03,039
you think the rumor that we talked about has any

2358
01:57:03,079 --> 01:57:05,079
validity to it or you think it was completely made up?

2359
01:57:06,840 --> 01:57:09,039
Speaker 9: It's gotta be some type of truth to it.

2360
01:57:09,159 --> 01:57:11,520
Speaker 4: It's gotta be, got it. Something bad happened that they

2361
01:57:11,560 --> 01:57:15,319
don't want to announce. Something embarrassing, embarrassing and or bad

2362
01:57:15,479 --> 01:57:18,359
or just not football. I mean, he's only non football injury.

2363
01:57:18,359 --> 01:57:20,760
It is shooting yourself on the foot be kind of embarrassing. Yeah,

2364
01:57:20,840 --> 01:57:23,560
Like if you were I don't know, playing volleyball at

2365
01:57:23,600 --> 01:57:26,680
the beach and you twisted your knee, we would know

2366
01:57:26,720 --> 01:57:29,520
about it. Correct. I'm telling you we're gonna find out

2367
01:57:29,560 --> 01:57:33,640
about this. Let's go you well, let's get on it,

2368
01:57:33,720 --> 01:57:35,880
mister Texans insider shooting you know, I'm busy with the

2369
01:57:35,920 --> 01:57:39,840
Rockets right now. Oh okay, you're the Texans insider So

2370
01:57:39,880 --> 01:57:42,680
why don't you know because I told you I'm busy

2371
01:57:42,680 --> 01:57:46,640
with Rockets. Okay, you're supposed to say I know, but

2372
01:57:46,760 --> 01:57:49,399
I can't. I can't reveal the information at this point. Well,

2373
01:57:49,680 --> 01:57:50,920
I do know, but I don't want to tell you.

2374
01:57:51,079 --> 01:57:51,159
Speaker 6: Right.

2375
01:57:51,319 --> 01:57:51,960
Speaker 4: Yes, there you go.

2376
01:57:52,119 --> 01:57:52,560
Speaker 6: It's better.

2377
01:57:53,199 --> 01:57:57,479
Speaker 4: By the way, tomorrow Ross is gonna normally Ross hates

2378
01:57:57,520 --> 01:58:00,319
me a lot. He's really gonna hate me too tomorrow

2379
01:58:01,159 --> 01:58:04,720
because tomorrow, in the last hour of the show, Space

2380
01:58:04,720 --> 01:58:08,079
City Home Network's coming to film the show. Oh really, yes,

2381
01:58:08,399 --> 01:58:10,359
are they doing a documentary on you? They're doing a

2382
01:58:10,439 --> 01:58:13,159
segment for their Rockets All Access show. That's what I

2383
01:58:13,199 --> 01:58:14,760
was gonna sy. They're running out of material on All

2384
01:58:14,760 --> 01:58:15,880
Access because it's mid season.

2385
01:58:15,880 --> 01:58:16,199
Speaker 6: Go ahead.

2386
01:58:17,680 --> 01:58:20,000
Speaker 4: No, they said, let's find something to boost ratings, and

2387
01:58:20,039 --> 01:58:22,159
they said, let's get it. Tomorrow's gonna be a day

2388
01:58:22,159 --> 01:58:25,199
in the life of me. That's good. They're probably like,

2389
01:58:25,439 --> 01:58:27,479
we've been following around Read Shepherd and like we're down

2390
01:58:27,479 --> 01:58:30,600
to Josha Kogi, so they're gonna follow you now. That's good. Yeah,

2391
01:58:30,960 --> 01:58:32,760
that's cool. They got to fill those hours on Rockets

2392
01:58:32,760 --> 01:58:35,039
All Access somehow, so they'll be here to chew it.

2393
01:58:35,079 --> 01:58:36,760
They're gonna here to watch me take a nap, which

2394
01:58:36,760 --> 01:58:38,479
is gonna be really kind of weird. Are they really?

2395
01:58:38,720 --> 01:58:40,479
I tell my take naps after shows and they said

2396
01:58:40,479 --> 01:58:42,439
they're gonna film you taking a nap, Well, they're gonna

2397
01:58:42,439 --> 01:58:43,520
film me, Probably not the whole thing.

2398
01:58:43,640 --> 01:58:43,920
Speaker 6: Probably.

2399
01:58:43,920 --> 01:58:45,640
Speaker 4: Can you go somewhere nicer and not just be on

2400
01:58:45,720 --> 01:58:48,000
our dingy couch. I have a pill on a blanket

2401
01:58:48,079 --> 01:58:51,279
to be fine. But you'll see what my day is

2402
01:58:51,439 --> 01:58:53,760
like from the time I finished this show, okay to

2403
01:58:53,880 --> 01:58:55,640
the time I call it one o'clock hour, they're gonna

2404
01:58:55,640 --> 01:58:58,079
be filming us. Probably they'll be here about one thirty. Okay,

2405
01:58:59,680 --> 01:59:01,359
So we're gonna have to I do have to be

2406
01:59:01,439 --> 01:59:04,720
like more demonstrative and throw my hand. We're doing serious

2407
01:59:04,960 --> 01:59:14,279
sports radio talk scraaw takes. Yeah, accentuate every settle unelab Okay,

2408
01:59:14,439 --> 01:59:17,279
so I need you to so I'll be on TV too. Yeah,

2409
01:59:17,880 --> 01:59:18,760
but don't take my shot?

2410
01:59:20,159 --> 01:59:20,479
Speaker 6: Why not?

2411
01:59:21,119 --> 01:59:24,520
Speaker 4: Because it's not a rossfield RAS segment should be I

2412
01:59:24,560 --> 01:59:26,000
don't do anything. You should just show up here and

2413
01:59:26,000 --> 01:59:27,159
then go home and nap. You should be in the

2414
01:59:27,199 --> 01:59:29,119
after you in the back round if you want to

2415
01:59:29,239 --> 01:59:31,640
the last hour off tomorrow. You're probably can. Oh you

2416
01:59:31,680 --> 01:59:33,039
want me, you know what I can. I can step

2417
01:59:33,079 --> 01:59:34,960
out if you want me to step out. It's a

2418
01:59:35,000 --> 01:59:37,840
Matt Thomas Show, rods, Okay, we got that. We already

2419
01:59:37,840 --> 01:59:39,520
got the sales pitch. It's just the Matt Thomas Show.

2420
01:59:39,600 --> 01:59:43,159
So I didn't say that. I mentioned you yesterday. As

2421
01:59:43,159 --> 01:59:44,880
a matter of fact, that's what I heard.

2422
01:59:44,920 --> 01:59:45,319
Speaker 6: I was there.

2423
01:59:46,000 --> 01:59:47,920
Speaker 4: You were in the background taking a nap in my

2424
01:59:48,079 --> 01:59:50,760
nap in space. It's fine. Final hour of the Matt

2425
01:59:50,840 --> 01:59:53,640
Thomas Show with Ross is coming up. Seven one three

2426
01:59:53,720 --> 01:59:56,720
two one two five seven ninety seven one three two

2427
01:59:56,880 --> 02:00:04,119
one two five seven nine zero The Texans Man. We're

2428
02:00:04,159 --> 02:00:06,600
gonna we're gonna just beat this game to a like

2429
02:00:06,680 --> 02:00:08,640
a dead toe dead horse. Right, is that the phrase?

2430
02:00:08,760 --> 02:00:08,880
Speaker 2: Was it?

2431
02:00:08,960 --> 02:00:12,880
Speaker 4: Beat like a dead dead horse? What's the phrase you use? Yeah,

2432
02:00:12,960 --> 02:00:14,800
beating a dead horse. Beating a dead horse. We're gonna

2433
02:00:14,800 --> 02:00:17,039
previous things like nobody because again, nobody else in the marketplace.

2434
02:00:17,159 --> 02:00:19,119
The horse is not dead. It's Wednesday, it's the playoffs.

2435
02:00:19,159 --> 02:00:21,399
You cannot kill the horse. No, we're not. We got

2436
02:00:21,439 --> 02:00:24,239
another hour of this time. We got horse very strong,

2437
02:00:24,520 --> 02:00:27,439
very very strong. Twelve fifty seven ninety is.

2438
02:00:27,479 --> 02:00:29,920
Speaker 6: The mac Thomas Show with Ross.

2439
02:00:33,880 --> 02:00:36,880
Speaker 4: The only station town that is talking Texans football is

2440
02:00:36,960 --> 02:00:38,920
right here at Sports Talk seven ninety. Nobody else in

2441
02:00:38,960 --> 02:00:41,600
the marketplace is a lot of bowling conversation elsewhere a

2442
02:00:41,640 --> 02:00:45,880
lot of uh weightlifting and uh, I believe Mount West

2443
02:00:45,920 --> 02:00:47,720
Conference volleyball has been talked about a lot of the

2444
02:00:47,760 --> 02:00:50,399
other stations today. Interesting. Yeah, so we're here to talk

2445
02:00:50,399 --> 02:00:53,680
to Texans, but I'm more into a ten volleyball as

2446
02:00:54,039 --> 02:00:56,039
you should be. Thank you very much for the reference there.

2447
02:00:56,199 --> 02:01:00,239
UH one baseball note and our website, our Twitter out

2448
02:01:00,319 --> 02:01:02,319
Sports Talk seven ninety, which is always a good foddo

2449
02:01:02,920 --> 02:01:05,960
UH put out some Vegas odds on the MLB free

2450
02:01:06,000 --> 02:01:08,439
agent destinations? There are three big free agents that are

2451
02:01:08,479 --> 02:01:10,239
still left now that Bregman is going to be wearing

2452
02:01:10,319 --> 02:01:13,439
Chicago Cubs gear. They're announcing him tomorrow. He's wearing jersey

2453
02:01:13,520 --> 02:01:14,039
number three.

2454
02:01:14,119 --> 02:01:14,319
Speaker 6: There.

2455
02:01:15,640 --> 02:01:18,960
Speaker 4: Okay, did what he wear in Boston? He worked two

2456
02:01:19,000 --> 02:01:23,079
in Boston. I don't think so. Isn't that probably? I

2457
02:01:23,319 --> 02:01:26,000
just assume it's retired with these old organizations. Well, Nico

2458
02:01:26,039 --> 02:01:28,119
Horner has been wearing two for the Cubs for a

2459
02:01:28,199 --> 02:01:31,000
long time. Okay, So I don't know if you if

2460
02:01:31,039 --> 02:01:33,880
he asked for two in Chicago and they sit. Nico says,

2461
02:01:33,880 --> 02:01:35,760
such a war two with the Red Sox. Okay, so

2462
02:01:35,840 --> 02:01:38,239
this is the first time he's wearing three. Who cares?

2463
02:01:39,039 --> 02:01:41,880
People get uniform goofy on it. They get you know what,

2464
02:01:42,000 --> 02:01:44,159
they get too much into it. You can wear number

2465
02:01:44,199 --> 02:01:48,359
seventy nine. It'd be fine. Yeah, it's funny. I'm not funny.

2466
02:01:48,439 --> 02:01:50,880
I don't get into uniform talk too much because I

2467
02:01:50,920 --> 02:01:54,600
don't I remember the person at the number. Yeah, like

2468
02:01:54,720 --> 02:01:58,359
Kevin Durants won a couple of different numbers. Remember lebron

2469
02:01:58,399 --> 02:02:01,720
has worn different Yeah, those are kind of the easy ones,

2470
02:02:01,720 --> 02:02:03,000
but there are much more that I just like, Oh,

2471
02:02:03,039 --> 02:02:05,880
I don't remember. Some people get into it. Yeah, name

2472
02:02:06,119 --> 02:02:10,600
your top number fifty one in NFL history. We have

2473
02:02:10,720 --> 02:02:12,880
fifty two days to start an NFL season. We're gonna

2474
02:02:12,880 --> 02:02:15,720
go with the Lee Gross Cup Arkansas linebacker in the

2475
02:02:15,800 --> 02:02:19,840
nineteen fifties, Bronco Negersky. You almost booked him for radio

2476
02:02:19,920 --> 02:02:22,680
row for me. Hey, he's best. Guess I could have

2477
02:02:22,720 --> 02:02:25,880
ever gotten the ghost of Bronco Negersky would be a

2478
02:02:25,920 --> 02:02:29,680
good kid. Everybody's running around. Hey, the show used to

2479
02:02:29,720 --> 02:02:34,399
got Bronco Negersky's big white cloud over us. Yeah, we

2480
02:02:34,479 --> 02:02:40,359
will not be at Radio Row. I hope we are. Well,

2481
02:02:40,399 --> 02:02:42,399
you'd be going because I have rockets. I can't go.

2482
02:02:42,520 --> 02:02:44,600
I hope we are, because there's only one scenario where

2483
02:02:44,600 --> 02:02:49,279
we're going, and even then it's I know on here.

2484
02:02:49,359 --> 02:02:51,359
You want the guys on this truth peel the curtain back.

2485
02:02:51,479 --> 02:02:53,560
If there's any show that would benefit from us going

2486
02:02:53,560 --> 02:02:55,880
to Radio Row, would be you going, because it'd be

2487
02:02:55,920 --> 02:02:59,039
eight to noon Pacific time. Yeah, the morning show would

2488
02:02:59,039 --> 02:03:02,760
be a complete way. Interview Colleen Wolf again, is that

2489
02:03:02,840 --> 02:03:09,239
the verbi you're going with? Yeah, interview hmm. So you

2490
02:03:09,359 --> 02:03:14,159
want to go interview hots NFL reporters, You don't, I mean,

2491
02:03:14,680 --> 02:03:20,039
I would like a video cam. She's very sweet. You

2492
02:03:20,119 --> 02:03:22,359
don't know that. Yeah, she knew she could be a

2493
02:03:22,439 --> 02:03:24,039
major b and you want to know you can. You

2494
02:03:24,159 --> 02:03:25,800
can tell a little bit when you interview people on

2495
02:03:25,920 --> 02:03:29,720
Radio Row before, especially before and after the interviews Ryan Leif.

2496
02:03:30,640 --> 02:03:33,520
Oh he was grumpy. Oh my god. Now he obviously

2497
02:03:33,680 --> 02:03:37,039
was still under the influence because he he just wasn't

2498
02:03:37,119 --> 02:03:38,279
in a good spot. But I think he's in a

2499
02:03:38,359 --> 02:03:41,560
much better spot today. Good for him. I'm telling who

2500
02:03:41,600 --> 02:03:45,319
have we interviewed face to face over the year. I

2501
02:03:45,439 --> 02:03:48,039
tell you who was really nice. Christie Teagan, she was nice. Yeah.

2502
02:03:48,319 --> 02:03:50,720
I thought Charlotte Flair was just okay mm hmm.

2503
02:03:51,239 --> 02:03:51,359
Speaker 6: Oh.

2504
02:03:51,359 --> 02:03:54,319
Speaker 4: Amanda nuniy as Ufc. She was a sweetheart, very nice.

2505
02:03:54,439 --> 02:03:57,640
Remember her, she was gonna kick your ass. That doesn't

2506
02:03:57,680 --> 02:04:00,399
surprise me at all. I mean, get a real folks

2507
02:04:00,439 --> 02:04:01,920
to peel the curtain back one more time before go

2508
02:04:02,039 --> 02:04:04,239
back to the odds were talking about this baseball When

2509
02:04:04,319 --> 02:04:07,039
Gordy was booking the shows, he got the best guests

2510
02:04:07,079 --> 02:04:09,199
for his shows, and then everybody else got a distant second.

2511
02:04:10,880 --> 02:04:13,319
We did well, he got you, Emmitt Smith and some

2512
02:04:13,439 --> 02:04:15,880
other big names. We went through the list. You just

2513
02:04:16,000 --> 02:04:18,000
have this thing where you can't remember when people do

2514
02:04:18,119 --> 02:04:21,359
good things for you. I remember, I, frankly remember more

2515
02:04:21,399 --> 02:04:22,800
things that have done badly for exactly.

2516
02:04:22,920 --> 02:04:23,079
Speaker 2: Yeah.

2517
02:04:23,079 --> 02:04:25,560
Speaker 4: You remember Carl Mecklenburg. You don't remember Emmit's men. You

2518
02:04:25,600 --> 02:04:27,680
got Harvey Martin coming on. Oh great, you don't even

2519
02:04:27,680 --> 02:04:30,640
remember me getting you Maurice Jones, Drew and James Brown.

2520
02:04:30,960 --> 02:04:32,720
Do you remember we had a caller call and ripped

2521
02:04:32,720 --> 02:04:34,359
the crap out on Maurice Jones, Drew and he was

2522
02:04:34,439 --> 02:04:37,159
literally listening on the air. That was pretty damn good.

2523
02:04:37,279 --> 02:04:40,119
That's gold. The funniest moment in the history of radio

2524
02:04:40,199 --> 02:04:42,640
Rows is when Bobby Abart and Morten Anderson came over

2525
02:04:42,720 --> 02:04:44,239
did the show with him, and it's like, you weren't

2526
02:04:44,239 --> 02:04:46,439
even on the show. No, they literally took over and

2527
02:04:46,560 --> 02:04:49,439
I didn't care. I had spilled ice cream and fudge

2528
02:04:49,600 --> 02:04:52,720
and vanilla ice cream all over our place, Matt. It

2529
02:04:52,840 --> 02:04:55,479
was embarrassing. Those guys were talking, Oh wait, where is it,

2530
02:04:55,520 --> 02:04:58,479
Santa Clair? We might have to stand in Sacramento with

2531
02:04:58,560 --> 02:05:03,640
the reverse rockets. Hey tails are booked. I got commute

2532
02:05:03,640 --> 02:05:07,880
every morning, Santo's sack, Santa Clara, Well, I'm sure the

2533
02:05:09,199 --> 02:05:11,680
I'm best. I'm guessing Radio Rose in San Francisco. So

2534
02:05:11,720 --> 02:05:13,279
you're looking about eighty miles. I can tell you it's

2535
02:05:13,279 --> 02:05:17,399
eighty minutes. Get a rental unlimited miles. Now you're going

2536
02:05:17,399 --> 02:05:19,760
in morning drive. That could take a little longer. Well,

2537
02:05:19,760 --> 02:05:22,079
I'll take the Bart, Bart go up to part You

2538
02:05:22,119 --> 02:05:24,279
can't think you can't bart the Sacramento I can't.

2539
02:05:24,960 --> 02:05:26,479
Speaker 6: I was all right.

2540
02:05:26,640 --> 02:05:29,399
Speaker 4: So if the Taxans go to the super Bowl, there's

2541
02:05:29,439 --> 02:05:31,479
no guarantee that Ross will go but if if anybody's

2542
02:05:31,479 --> 02:05:33,039
going for the station, it's gonna be Ross and Gordy

2543
02:05:33,840 --> 02:05:36,960
and they'll book all the headliners. Yeah, we got you.

2544
02:05:37,840 --> 02:05:40,239
So really, I'll benefit from me not being there and

2545
02:05:40,399 --> 02:05:42,399
Gordy actually having a give a damn about our shows.

2546
02:05:42,399 --> 02:05:45,239
Two tall Jones still alive, asking for a friend. If

2547
02:05:45,359 --> 02:05:47,159
Ray Lucas is around, he'll get he'll be on our

2548
02:05:47,159 --> 02:05:56,159
show for damn. Sure's us get you how's fits doing

2549
02:05:56,239 --> 02:06:04,520
these days? We're going so inside for holding the troit

2550
02:06:04,600 --> 02:06:08,800
Lyons quarterback Eric Kipple joining us. I remember Raic Kipple's

2551
02:06:08,880 --> 02:06:11,720
Ray Lucas man, and you know, I mean, God love him,

2552
02:06:11,760 --> 02:06:13,560
but he's talking about his mental problems and.

2553
02:06:13,560 --> 02:06:16,359
Speaker 6: You're like, man, this is terrible. This is not sad.

2554
02:06:17,039 --> 02:06:22,159
I want. I want Ray Lucas to be okay.

2555
02:06:23,000 --> 02:06:25,359
Speaker 4: Every night since I left the NFL, as hell, I

2556
02:06:25,439 --> 02:06:27,520
don't know how I wake up every morning. All right,

2557
02:06:27,600 --> 02:06:32,560
that's Ray Lucas. Folks really appreciate him code on the show.

2558
02:06:34,720 --> 02:06:36,840
You know, it's not even radio anymore. It's more like podcasts.

2559
02:06:36,880 --> 02:06:39,039
All those NFL players do their podcasts, and so they'll

2560
02:06:39,359 --> 02:06:42,359
bring their bros on and that's legitimate. Stations get screwed

2561
02:06:43,840 --> 02:06:45,880
thus the Ray Lucases and Karl Meckelberger is the world

2562
02:06:45,920 --> 02:06:48,560
making that on the show. I'd still like to go.

2563
02:06:49,840 --> 02:06:53,119
I don't bear it. I'm good, all right. Quick baseball

2564
02:06:53,199 --> 02:06:55,199
note before we get to some of the things, uh

2565
02:06:55,319 --> 02:06:58,560
so Vegas odds on MLB free agentet destinations. Cody Bellinger

2566
02:06:58,880 --> 02:07:01,279
the favorite of the clubhouse. The new Metropolitans two to one.

2567
02:07:02,000 --> 02:07:04,000
Yankees are five to two, the Cubs are three to one,

2568
02:07:04,079 --> 02:07:06,079
coming in fourth. The Astros at twenty two to one.

2569
02:07:06,479 --> 02:07:09,439
Now maybe a fourth, but they're on this list. Cody

2570
02:07:09,479 --> 02:07:12,359
Bollinger is an Astro. You can just strike that. Although

2571
02:07:12,439 --> 02:07:16,159
I know that's gonna say A is not gonna care,

2572
02:07:17,399 --> 02:07:20,600
might be pissed. Yeah, but Alt had passed it in

2573
02:07:20,680 --> 02:07:22,159
a lot of those wounds of heal that was that

2574
02:07:22,279 --> 02:07:24,399
was eight nine years ago. Yeah, that's true, all right.

2575
02:07:24,640 --> 02:07:33,439
From Bervaldez. Favorites Cubs really, then Mets, then Orioles. Astros

2576
02:07:33,479 --> 02:07:37,560
at seven to one, fourth highest on the board. M

2577
02:07:38,079 --> 02:07:39,399
you know what really helps you, by the way, with

2578
02:07:39,479 --> 02:07:42,520
your hibachi bet. Yeah, it feels like Kyle Tucker would

2579
02:07:42,520 --> 02:07:45,520
be the first Domino. The fact that Bregman has signed

2580
02:07:45,600 --> 02:07:49,039
now makes me even further think that the that that

2581
02:07:49,159 --> 02:07:51,399
Domino is not going to be the first Domino. Kyle

2582
02:07:51,479 --> 02:07:55,399
Tucker favorite Toronto Blue Jays, then the Mets, then the Cubs,

2583
02:07:56,359 --> 02:07:58,000
all the way down the list of the astros. At

2584
02:07:58,000 --> 02:08:00,439
twenty five to one, that'd be literally throwing you want

2585
02:08:00,479 --> 02:08:02,199
to light money on fire, go ahead.

2586
02:08:02,000 --> 02:08:02,199
Speaker 6: And do that.

2587
02:08:02,239 --> 02:08:04,000
Speaker 4: He ain't coming to Houston. Yeah, trust me on that,

2588
02:08:04,039 --> 02:08:05,880
all right? One thirteen of the Matt Thomas shil with

2589
02:08:06,039 --> 02:08:08,119
Ross if you'd like to join us, and God knows

2590
02:08:08,119 --> 02:08:10,319
who need you at this point seven one three, two,

2591
02:08:10,399 --> 02:08:19,039
one two five seven ninety I'm checking airfairs to Boston

2592
02:08:19,880 --> 02:08:22,920
because the Texans are playing the Patriots there. Well, they're

2593
02:08:22,960 --> 02:08:27,159
playing in Foxborough. And again, for those who don't know,

2594
02:08:27,239 --> 02:08:29,760
you can fly either to Boston or to Providence. Providence

2595
02:08:29,800 --> 02:08:32,359
requires a change of planes. You're probably gonna pay a

2596
02:08:32,359 --> 02:08:34,039
little bit more to Providence, but you're also gonn get

2597
02:08:34,039 --> 02:08:36,960
a cheaper hotel in Boston in Province. You're in Boston,

2598
02:08:37,000 --> 02:08:39,319
but it's more of the dude in Boston. All right, Rossie,

2599
02:08:39,319 --> 02:08:41,079
we're gonna fly. We're gonna leave on Saturday. We're gonna

2600
02:08:41,079 --> 02:08:48,079
come back on Monday. Airfare to Boston from Houston. It's

2601
02:08:48,119 --> 02:08:53,640
figuring out, it's laughing. Uh. The lowest airfare to leave

2602
02:08:53,720 --> 02:08:57,359
would be Saturday, seven hundred and seventy eight dollars with

2603
02:08:57,479 --> 02:09:03,439
a change of planes in Newark seven seventy eight, seven

2604
02:09:03,479 --> 02:09:05,880
seventy eight. That's a change. That's not that's not not Newark,

2605
02:09:06,199 --> 02:09:08,600
No to Newark, Newark to Boston. Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

2606
02:09:08,840 --> 02:09:13,680
On the return, you would be leaving at six twenty

2607
02:09:13,760 --> 02:09:17,800
one pm on Monday night, so you having to kill time,

2608
02:09:17,840 --> 02:09:19,439
which you probably could in Boston's a good time to

2609
02:09:19,479 --> 02:09:22,000
do that, and getting back into Houston at twelve twelve am,

2610
02:09:22,039 --> 02:09:24,920
and you could pay seven hundred and seventy eight dollars

2611
02:09:25,920 --> 02:09:31,600
round trip. Hmm, all right, I'm good. So let's try

2612
02:09:31,680 --> 02:09:33,720
his tickets you want to. I'll look up tickets while

2613
02:09:33,720 --> 02:09:35,279
you were doing that. Yeah, and I'm gonna look up Providence.

2614
02:09:35,399 --> 02:09:37,960
If Providence is any cheaper, that's where that'll be. That's

2615
02:09:38,000 --> 02:09:40,319
be Matt Thomas Family Airport for the next four years.

2616
02:09:40,399 --> 02:09:42,640
Got some of my daughter's been playing volleyball in Rhode Island.

2617
02:09:42,680 --> 02:09:46,000
We're gonna name a wing after you. I mean, at

2618
02:09:46,039 --> 02:09:48,079
least Gate Eternal, maybe something like that. I don't know.

2619
02:09:49,119 --> 02:09:51,359
All right, so here we go. Let's do this Houston

2620
02:09:51,439 --> 02:09:53,840
to Providence leaving Saturday, coming back. Man, this I know

2621
02:09:53,880 --> 02:09:55,239
this is great radio, but we're just trying to figure

2622
02:09:55,239 --> 02:09:57,000
out KSM. You were thinking about making the trip up there,

2623
02:09:57,079 --> 02:09:58,800
thinking about it because it's really a beautiful part of

2624
02:09:58,800 --> 02:10:01,800
the country. The weather's gonna be own chilling cold. You

2625
02:10:01,880 --> 02:10:06,079
can fly to Providence for six ninety nine, so it

2626
02:10:06,159 --> 02:10:07,920
was a little bit cheaper. Plus your hotel's gonna be

2627
02:10:07,920 --> 02:10:10,760
a little bit cheaper, your drives about the same. But again,

2628
02:10:10,840 --> 02:10:12,279
not as much stuff to do in Providence as there

2629
02:10:12,399 --> 02:10:14,800
is to do in Boston. Clearly, get in priced two

2630
02:10:14,840 --> 02:10:17,880
hundred and eighty six bucks, and those seats are where

2631
02:10:18,760 --> 02:10:20,800
like get that, Like I said, get in top corner.

2632
02:10:22,319 --> 02:10:23,720
It don't be kind of funny if you sat Section

2633
02:10:23,800 --> 02:10:25,760
TIS out of the seat where the cold Play family

2634
02:10:26,000 --> 02:10:28,760
was the couple was that at that stadium? Yeah, it

2635
02:10:28,760 --> 02:10:30,439
was a Jilllott Stadium because I was there the week

2636
02:10:30,439 --> 02:10:32,680
before it happened. We went to take a tour of

2637
02:10:32,720 --> 02:10:34,840
Jilotte Stadium when we were up there for college a while.

2638
02:10:34,840 --> 02:10:36,680
But if you want to be like top level around

2639
02:10:36,800 --> 02:10:40,479
forty fifty yard line, that's gonna run your seven hundred bucks.

2640
02:10:41,000 --> 02:10:42,880
Oh you know what, you can get top level around

2641
02:10:42,920 --> 02:10:45,119
the forty yard line for three twenty six. That's not okay.

2642
02:10:45,159 --> 02:10:48,199
So let's put this in math. You and the girlfriend, okay, yeah,

2643
02:10:48,680 --> 02:10:50,640
you buy two tickets, they'll say the eight hundred bucks

2644
02:10:50,680 --> 02:10:55,039
a pop airfare tickets. You said how much of the football? Yeah,

2645
02:10:56,079 --> 02:11:00,399
but they'll say for decent enough seats, about three hundred peace, Okay,

2646
02:11:00,640 --> 02:11:04,439
sixty hundred plus six hundred, twenty two hundred. You're gonna

2647
02:11:04,439 --> 02:11:07,079
get a hotel at probably one fifty nine times two.

2648
02:11:07,119 --> 02:11:09,560
That's three hundred. That's another twenty that's twenty four hundred.

2649
02:11:09,920 --> 02:11:10,119
Speaker 6: Huh.

2650
02:11:10,439 --> 02:11:12,880
Speaker 4: Then you're gonna eat, drink and be merry. It's another

2651
02:11:12,960 --> 02:11:16,159
three or three hundred or so. So for the low

2652
02:11:16,279 --> 02:11:19,439
price of twenty seven hundred dollars, you can be a

2653
02:11:19,520 --> 02:11:21,800
traveling Texan and go to see the Texans play in

2654
02:11:21,920 --> 02:11:24,039
either fly into Providence or Boston. What was that total?

2655
02:11:24,079 --> 02:11:24,239
Speaker 6: Again?

2656
02:11:24,239 --> 02:11:26,239
Speaker 4: Sorry? I was ready hundred. I was reading this Spike

2657
02:11:26,319 --> 02:11:28,319
email that Gordy sent you, so we have to read this.

2658
02:11:29,359 --> 02:11:33,439
But twenty seven hundred, twenty seven hundred dollars. Is it

2659
02:11:33,439 --> 02:11:35,359
about the guests of the super Bowl. He got a list,

2660
02:11:36,159 --> 02:11:39,319
deet him, Guardy godyet, nobody to read it. Go ahead,

2661
02:11:39,520 --> 02:11:41,439
he said, by the way, he corrected it. It's media

2662
02:11:41,560 --> 02:11:43,640
rows what it's called now, not radio row o, fair

2663
02:11:43,760 --> 02:11:46,800
enough media row. Past guests booked on The Matt Thomas

2664
02:11:46,840 --> 02:11:51,319
Show include go ahead, Dan Marino, Yes, Charlotte Flair Yes,

2665
02:11:51,439 --> 02:11:54,199
Hannah Storman, Andrea Kramer. That was good, Yeah, it was good.

2666
02:11:54,279 --> 02:11:57,720
Carson Palmer don't remember having Carson Yeah, I guess, Marsh

2667
02:11:57,720 --> 02:12:03,399
Shlareth don't. That's true, Mark Summers awesome. We talk game shows.

2668
02:12:04,079 --> 02:12:06,000
He threw Charles Haley in there. I mean that's good get.

2669
02:12:06,199 --> 02:12:08,680
No good, No, No, Charles Haley is not a good get.

2670
02:12:08,720 --> 02:12:12,239
I'm sorry, Jeff Garcia for the time. It wasn't bad. Oh,

2671
02:12:12,319 --> 02:12:14,039
Jermichael Finley. I took a picture with him and put

2672
02:12:14,199 --> 02:12:17,399
my horns up. I remember that, Ryan Leave. This list

2673
02:12:17,520 --> 02:12:20,760
is getting a little This list is falling off significantly.

2674
02:12:20,960 --> 02:12:23,079
Keep going, like reading the lineup at a festival. Gordy,

2675
02:12:23,119 --> 02:12:24,439
you know, like, who the hell are these guys? By

2676
02:12:24,439 --> 02:12:28,560
the end of it? Keep going, Uh, Nate Boyer, who, Gordy,

2677
02:12:28,640 --> 02:12:32,920
don't put any help your cause here? That's terrible. Bill

2678
02:12:33,000 --> 02:12:37,439
Romanowski worked done. Okay, not bad. I'm not even gonna

2679
02:12:37,439 --> 02:12:39,479
read a couple of easy but Chris Myers, Oh I

2680
02:12:39,600 --> 02:12:43,039
like which Chris Myers textan center or a broadcaster? Yes, okay,

2681
02:12:44,439 --> 02:12:47,560
there you go. That's just that's you know what? All right,

2682
02:12:47,560 --> 02:12:49,119
I'll tell you the one I didn't read, Don Yee.

2683
02:12:50,520 --> 02:12:53,920
That was Tom Brady's agent. Yes, not not terrible frankly

2684
02:12:54,159 --> 02:12:55,920
a heavy hitter though, But no, but I'm not gonna

2685
02:12:55,920 --> 02:12:57,640
put them on the same list as Dan Marine. Oh,

2686
02:12:57,960 --> 02:13:01,039
come about Gordy. You know what I give. I really

2687
02:13:01,079 --> 02:13:03,199
give Gordy a lot of agree for no reason. Yeah,

2688
02:13:03,239 --> 02:13:07,439
you're rude. He's out here running our station San Antonio, Dallas. Yeah,

2689
02:13:07,600 --> 02:13:10,600
he's got love mcdw Orleans. Ben Ruge is crashing on

2690
02:13:10,640 --> 02:13:12,600
the Daily industryport. That's not his funn He's not o

2691
02:13:12,720 --> 02:13:15,319
r T guy you should be. Is it our social

2692
02:13:15,439 --> 02:13:18,520
media he's our social media manager. All praise be to

2693
02:13:18,560 --> 02:13:21,039
Chris Gordy. Yeah, we don't want you going anywhere, Gordy.

2694
02:13:21,680 --> 02:13:23,119
I don't care. For the love of God, I don't

2695
02:13:23,119 --> 02:13:24,560
care if lock onss he wants to give you an

2696
02:13:24,560 --> 02:13:26,199
extra fifty bucks. So we have a big hole in

2697
02:13:26,239 --> 02:13:27,960
the boat. Let me just say that. All right, let's

2698
02:13:28,119 --> 02:13:31,479
get a call him before we hear from Bob Soshier,

2699
02:13:31,520 --> 02:13:34,159
the voice of the Patriots. Let's talk to kJ on Setnay, kJ,

2700
02:13:34,319 --> 02:13:35,000
what do you got today?

2701
02:13:37,600 --> 02:13:39,239
Speaker 2: My brothers from others? I got doing it?

2702
02:13:39,319 --> 02:13:43,159
Speaker 4: That excellent, excellent, excellent man.

2703
02:13:43,279 --> 02:13:47,000
Speaker 2: Just here you a man, real quick. Anybody that knows

2704
02:13:47,079 --> 02:13:49,359
men though, press and foremost I'm an use the sportsman

2705
02:13:49,439 --> 02:13:51,640
of everything with the letter age in front of it,

2706
02:13:52,359 --> 02:13:55,760
that's it. I have been one of the more critical,

2707
02:13:56,680 --> 02:14:00,640
uh individuals with in regards to CJ, earlier all of

2708
02:14:00,760 --> 02:14:03,720
last year, but definitely this year in regards to his

2709
02:14:03,840 --> 02:14:04,479
shark comings.

2710
02:14:04,560 --> 02:14:04,800
Speaker 6: With that.

2711
02:14:05,439 --> 02:14:10,279
Speaker 2: With that said, I think I probably narrowed down something

2712
02:14:10,359 --> 02:14:12,359
that they can do in the off season to address

2713
02:14:12,960 --> 02:14:16,600
CJ shortcomings. Again, we all know that physically he's as

2714
02:14:16,640 --> 02:14:19,640
talented as any quarterback in the league. With involved placement

2715
02:14:19,680 --> 02:14:22,279
is accuracy, he's so far to so on, YadA, YadA, YadA.

2716
02:14:22,760 --> 02:14:26,119
This issue to me, Uh, you look at some of

2717
02:14:26,159 --> 02:14:30,479
the younger quarterbacks, the Boroughs, the Drake Mayes. You know

2718
02:14:30,520 --> 02:14:35,079
what I'm saying. These guys have someone associated with that

2719
02:14:35,319 --> 02:14:38,479
organization that provides mentorship for CJ.

2720
02:14:39,760 --> 02:14:40,720
Speaker 6: Demico Ryant.

2721
02:14:40,840 --> 02:14:43,319
Speaker 2: As good of a coach as he is, he's not

2722
02:14:43,560 --> 02:14:46,039
offense heavy when it comes to the intangibles when it

2723
02:14:46,119 --> 02:14:49,840
comes to playing the position, CJ. I think the Texans

2724
02:14:49,880 --> 02:14:52,760
and the off season, if they do decide to retain

2725
02:14:54,880 --> 02:14:59,520
the offensive coordinator, uh, they need to get a veteran quarterback.

2726
02:14:59,680 --> 02:15:02,319
Not necessarily has the backup he can be the third stringer,

2727
02:15:02,720 --> 02:15:06,399
but a veteran quarterback who can instill in these days

2728
02:15:06,439 --> 02:15:10,159
the nuances of playing quarterback in the NFL, and or

2729
02:15:10,560 --> 02:15:15,399
an established offensive coordinator who can instill those things. SJ

2730
02:15:15,560 --> 02:15:18,359
has not benefited from. His backup has been Davis Mills,

2731
02:15:18,680 --> 02:15:21,319
and kudos, and Davis Mills is a good backup, but

2732
02:15:21,520 --> 02:15:23,920
Davis Mills has only been in the league but one

2733
02:15:24,039 --> 02:15:26,640
maybe two years while than CJ. So there's still a

2734
02:15:26,680 --> 02:15:28,520
lot of and he's been a backup in since I career,

2735
02:15:28,560 --> 02:15:30,840
which exception of one year. There needs to be a

2736
02:15:30,920 --> 02:15:34,239
backup quarterback who's seen it all, done it all, who's

2737
02:15:34,279 --> 02:15:37,720
played it all, who can show CJ's the things that

2738
02:15:37,800 --> 02:15:41,239
he doesn't have physically, I mean that he doesn't have

2739
02:15:41,439 --> 02:15:44,600
mentally in regard to the position, or get an offensive

2740
02:15:44,640 --> 02:15:49,720
coordinator over there who's established enough to implement certain perspectives

2741
02:15:49,800 --> 02:15:52,359
that SJ just hasn't been able to learn because he

2742
02:15:52,439 --> 02:15:54,800
hasn't had the benefit of a Zach Taylor. He hasn't

2743
02:15:54,840 --> 02:15:57,479
have the benefit of some of these offensive coordinators or

2744
02:15:57,600 --> 02:16:01,199
Sean Payton, who knows how to play football in his league.

2745
02:16:01,439 --> 02:16:03,560
And again, guy.

2746
02:16:04,520 --> 02:16:07,079
Speaker 4: Who's the backup behind Drake may that's that's teaching him

2747
02:16:07,079 --> 02:16:09,079
how to be a quarterback. Well, the face the backup

2748
02:16:09,119 --> 02:16:11,079
behind Joe Burrow, that's teaching him how to be a quarterback.

2749
02:16:11,199 --> 02:16:15,159
Garner Minshew backs up Pat Mahomes. That means nothing. Backup

2750
02:16:15,199 --> 02:16:19,800
quarterbacks don't your third year in the league. And he

2751
02:16:19,880 --> 02:16:22,239
had case Keenum early on, which people have talked about

2752
02:16:22,239 --> 02:16:23,840
that as a good man. Case Keenum was a good

2753
02:16:23,920 --> 02:16:26,600
veteran who c J. Stroud did have the first couple

2754
02:16:26,640 --> 02:16:28,800
of years of his career. I think was because Keenum

2755
02:16:28,840 --> 02:16:31,119
here last year he was right or no, he's hurt

2756
02:16:31,119 --> 02:16:34,280
all you remember definitely the first year, okay don't. Yeah,

2757
02:16:34,360 --> 02:16:36,959
Keenum has been in there. I mean I know that.

2758
02:16:37,200 --> 02:16:39,360
I'm not using that as a as any sort of

2759
02:16:39,440 --> 02:16:41,959
valid reason why c. J. Stroud hasn't developed the way

2760
02:16:42,000 --> 02:16:45,120
that you would have wont wanted. No, no from backup.

2761
02:16:45,200 --> 02:16:47,920
Quarterbacks don't carry that kind of weight. Great offensive coordinators

2762
02:16:47,920 --> 02:16:50,840
and quarterback coaches certainly, who's the backup Josh Allen has

2763
02:16:50,879 --> 02:16:54,079
had and the offensive group that Josh Allen had North

2764
02:16:54,280 --> 02:17:04,799
North Carolina quarterback Oh mister, yeah, all right? That yeah,

2765
02:17:04,920 --> 02:17:07,120
it was like Nathan he was. It wasn't a Nathan Peterman,

2766
02:17:07,159 --> 02:17:09,479
the guy who threw like five interceptions when Josh Allen

2767
02:17:09,559 --> 02:17:12,319
was first starting. There was the backup. Yeah, we're good. No,

2768
02:17:12,479 --> 02:17:15,600
backups will not make a difference. Starters do, good, quarterback

2769
02:17:15,639 --> 02:17:18,280
coaches do. Let's hear from Bob so to the voice

2770
02:17:18,280 --> 02:17:23,639
of the Patriots. He's up next. Seven ninety earlier on

2771
02:17:23,719 --> 02:17:28,920
the show, we were pleased to be joined by Bob Sochi,

2772
02:17:29,319 --> 02:17:33,479
the radio play by play voice for the New England Patriots,

2773
02:17:33,639 --> 02:17:35,680
here on the Matt Tom Show with Ross. So let's

2774
02:17:35,680 --> 02:17:37,719
go ahead and give you some of that great conversation

2775
02:17:38,399 --> 02:17:41,879
with Bob, and I asked him as a good segue

2776
02:17:43,159 --> 02:17:45,600
about whether or not people would start to respect the

2777
02:17:45,639 --> 02:17:48,520
Patriots normal because they actually quote unquote beat somebody in

2778
02:17:48,600 --> 02:17:50,280
the Chargers last week in the World Card Round.

2779
02:17:50,799 --> 02:17:52,399
Speaker 1: I think for a lot of people it was, and

2780
02:17:52,479 --> 02:17:55,479
I'm sure matt for many it still hasn't been erased.

2781
02:17:56,040 --> 02:17:59,520
And certainly this will be the most difficult test the

2782
02:17:59,559 --> 02:18:02,959
Patriots offense and Drake May are going to face against

2783
02:18:03,000 --> 02:18:06,520
this Houston defense. And I think that for a lot

2784
02:18:06,559 --> 02:18:09,479
of people who've made the argument that Matthew Stafford is

2785
02:18:09,559 --> 02:18:12,879
this year's MVP, they've based it largely on the schedule

2786
02:18:12,959 --> 02:18:15,120
the Patriots played and the cut of defenses that Drake

2787
02:18:15,200 --> 02:18:18,280
May went against, And certainly he's going to have the opportunity.

2788
02:18:18,440 --> 02:18:19,120
Speaker 6: Obviously on this.

2789
02:18:19,159 --> 02:18:22,680
Speaker 1: Stage won't count toward the playoffs the MVP voting, that's

2790
02:18:22,680 --> 02:18:25,639
already been done. But nonetheless, I think in terms of

2791
02:18:25,719 --> 02:18:28,799
the perception of the outside world, to me, I think

2792
02:18:29,360 --> 02:18:32,399
with any team in the NFL, it's just the nature

2793
02:18:32,639 --> 02:18:36,079
of the league the way the schedule is formatted from

2794
02:18:36,200 --> 02:18:39,920
year to year. In Upstart is going to benefit from

2795
02:18:39,959 --> 02:18:42,959
a weaker schedule. The test of the Patriots and when

2796
02:18:43,000 --> 02:18:44,559
it comes to the schedule next year, will be far

2797
02:18:44,639 --> 02:18:48,280
more rigorous than it was this season. But the way

2798
02:18:48,399 --> 02:18:52,040
the team played against the Chargers, the defense dominated granted

2799
02:18:52,479 --> 02:18:56,520
a very porous offensive line and really a quarterback and

2800
02:18:56,719 --> 02:19:01,000
Justin Herbert who was beaten and battered coming in and

2801
02:19:01,200 --> 02:19:04,319
certainly by the end of that game was a guy

2802
02:19:04,399 --> 02:19:06,799
that was really defeated and I don't think had a

2803
02:19:06,840 --> 02:19:07,879
lot of help around him.

2804
02:19:07,920 --> 02:19:08,600
Speaker 6: No running game.

2805
02:19:09,159 --> 02:19:12,440
Speaker 1: The receivers were very unimpressive at times with the effort

2806
02:19:12,559 --> 02:19:15,280
in fact, So you know, I think even with Houston,

2807
02:19:15,840 --> 02:19:18,239
whether they have Nico Collins or not, and despite the

2808
02:19:18,280 --> 02:19:20,879
struggles for CJ. Stroud the other night, that's going to

2809
02:19:20,879 --> 02:19:23,200
be a far more rigorous test for the Patriots defensively

2810
02:19:23,760 --> 02:19:24,760
this week, Bob.

2811
02:19:24,840 --> 02:19:26,879
Speaker 4: The Texans and the Patriots met last year in the

2812
02:19:26,959 --> 02:19:29,079
regular season, and there were some signs that Drake was

2813
02:19:29,120 --> 02:19:31,680
getting his first real goald and opportunity and threw three

2814
02:19:31,719 --> 02:19:33,479
touchdowns against the Texans, but I'm not even going to

2815
02:19:33,559 --> 02:19:36,879
count that. Tell me where he made his biggest step up,

2816
02:19:36,920 --> 02:19:39,479
and maybe just be playing time, maybe just reading defenses.

2817
02:19:39,920 --> 02:19:42,799
And then the only thing I think that gives perhaps

2818
02:19:42,840 --> 02:19:46,559
people some optimism here is his interception count is not high,

2819
02:19:46,639 --> 02:19:49,159
but there have been some throws that maybe he's made

2820
02:19:49,239 --> 02:19:52,000
like any other second year quarterback, that make you go, oh,

2821
02:19:52,120 --> 02:19:53,639
that could have been a lot worse than it eventually

2822
02:19:53,680 --> 02:19:54,200
turned out to be.

2823
02:19:55,760 --> 02:19:58,879
Speaker 1: Yeah, Matt, I think first I'll answer that latter question

2824
02:19:59,120 --> 02:20:01,959
and then get to the first part of the question

2825
02:20:02,159 --> 02:20:03,239
with regards to Mace.

2826
02:20:03,159 --> 02:20:04,200
Speaker 6: Growth and development.

2827
02:20:04,959 --> 02:20:08,319
Speaker 1: What we saw on Sunday against the Chargers, with the

2828
02:20:08,520 --> 02:20:13,200
interception and a couple of fumbles was the early Drake

2829
02:20:13,319 --> 02:20:15,799
may from last year in as well the first part

2830
02:20:15,840 --> 02:20:19,159
of this season. For example, against Pittsburgh, there were five

2831
02:20:19,200 --> 02:20:22,000
turnovers by the Patriots and there was a fumble very

2832
02:20:22,079 --> 02:20:24,120
much like the two that he had against the Chargers

2833
02:20:24,159 --> 02:20:27,639
that heavy New England's hopes late in that game when

2834
02:20:27,760 --> 02:20:30,000
Drake didn't protect the ball in the pocket, and then

2835
02:20:30,040 --> 02:20:31,760
of course there was the interception. The other had a

2836
02:20:31,879 --> 02:20:34,440
tip off the line of scrimmage, turning the ball over

2837
02:20:34,520 --> 02:20:35,479
to the Chargers.

2838
02:20:35,200 --> 02:20:36,200
Speaker 6: At the ten yard line.

2839
02:20:36,719 --> 02:20:39,360
Speaker 1: But for the most part, what we've seen since that

2840
02:20:39,520 --> 02:20:43,040
Pittsburgh game in Week three until the other night is

2841
02:20:43,079 --> 02:20:45,559
the guy who's protected the football in the pocket. He's

2842
02:20:45,600 --> 02:20:47,319
had two hands on the ball, and he's been able

2843
02:20:47,360 --> 02:20:49,680
to maneuver in the pocket and hasn't tried to do

2844
02:20:49,840 --> 02:20:52,000
too much, even as he's been able to do an

2845
02:20:52,040 --> 02:20:55,360
awful lot in extending plays. He's made some remarkable off

2846
02:20:55,440 --> 02:20:59,280
platform throws, and he certainly hurt the Chargers significantly with

2847
02:20:59,399 --> 02:21:02,239
a couple of long runs on Sunday Night. What I

2848
02:21:02,280 --> 02:21:04,159
think the Patriots are looking for in this game is

2849
02:21:04,280 --> 02:21:07,639
for the Drake May who was their quarterback between weeks

2850
02:21:08,000 --> 02:21:11,479
four and the AFC Wildcard route. Now, as far as

2851
02:21:11,520 --> 02:21:13,920
the other part of it, there's so much to get

2852
02:21:13,920 --> 02:21:16,280
to when it comes to his growth and development because

2853
02:21:16,360 --> 02:21:18,479
the team that played the Texans last year, outside of

2854
02:21:18,520 --> 02:21:20,799
Drake May and a handful of other guys, is almost

2855
02:21:20,799 --> 02:21:25,120
completely different. Personnel around him the offensive line, the wide

2856
02:21:25,159 --> 02:21:30,559
receiver room, the presence of Traveon Henderson in the backfield,

2857
02:21:30,840 --> 02:21:34,200
but most notably, it's the offense that he's in and

2858
02:21:34,639 --> 02:21:38,079
the play caller who's orchestrating that offense from the sideline

2859
02:21:38,319 --> 02:21:40,840
in Josh McDaniels. And that, to me, is the most

2860
02:21:40,879 --> 02:21:44,559
remarkable thing about May's continued growth and development this season

2861
02:21:44,680 --> 02:21:47,799
is that he's really started to master a new offensive

2862
02:21:47,840 --> 02:21:49,959
system that puts far more on his plate than the

2863
02:21:50,000 --> 02:21:51,360
West Coast offense of.

2864
02:21:51,360 --> 02:21:52,959
Speaker 6: Alex van Pelt from a year ago.

2865
02:21:53,680 --> 02:21:57,879
Speaker 1: And Drake has been able to handle this offense really

2866
02:21:57,959 --> 02:21:59,159
take command of the team.

2867
02:21:59,239 --> 02:21:59,680
Speaker 6: I think is.

2868
02:22:00,200 --> 02:22:02,840
Speaker 1: Ability to exercise leadership that's been a big part of

2869
02:22:02,840 --> 02:22:06,200
the Mike Vrabel influence on him as a quarterback. It's

2870
02:22:06,280 --> 02:22:09,799
reflected by the play of the team. I think otherre's

2871
02:22:09,840 --> 02:22:12,879
around him, and you know, he's been able to, like

2872
02:22:13,000 --> 02:22:16,319
I said, just really develop in so many different ways.

2873
02:22:16,959 --> 02:22:19,760
We saw glimpses of the athletic ability last year. We

2874
02:22:19,840 --> 02:22:23,360
saw some spectacular plays, but we saw it an awful

2875
02:22:23,399 --> 02:22:25,920
lot of instances where he was a young guy that

2876
02:22:26,040 --> 02:22:29,840
had only promise and potential and certainly was far from

2877
02:22:29,959 --> 02:22:32,840
really being a sure thing. And I think after this season,

2878
02:22:32,959 --> 02:22:36,479
for sure, there's no denying that Drake May is this

2879
02:22:36,639 --> 02:22:40,239
team's face of the franchise and one of the elite

2880
02:22:40,319 --> 02:22:41,319
quarterbacks in the NFL.

2881
02:22:41,399 --> 02:22:44,399
Speaker 4: Right now, ross with you here as well, Bob, and

2882
02:22:44,799 --> 02:22:47,879
sticking with Drake May, but talking about more as the

2883
02:22:47,959 --> 02:22:50,600
matchup with the Texans defense, which of course we know

2884
02:22:50,680 --> 02:22:52,639
one of the best units in all of football, but

2885
02:22:53,159 --> 02:22:56,680
where the Texans have struggled sometimes is quarterbacks who can

2886
02:22:56,760 --> 02:22:59,799
take off and run with the ball. So just if

2887
02:22:59,840 --> 02:23:03,559
you will your your thoughts on how mobile Drake May

2888
02:23:03,799 --> 02:23:05,719
can be and will need to be in this matchup.

2889
02:23:06,799 --> 02:23:08,200
Speaker 1: I thought it was interesting the other night there was

2890
02:23:08,200 --> 02:23:10,680
a play late in the game where Aaron Rodgers was

2891
02:23:11,319 --> 02:23:15,120
dropped by that Texans defense that really suffocated him as

2892
02:23:15,159 --> 02:23:18,280
the game went along, and I believe was Troy Aikman

2893
02:23:18,920 --> 02:23:21,159
at one point said, you know, if that was the Aaron.

2894
02:23:21,000 --> 02:23:24,799
Speaker 6: Rodgers of old, he would have escaped that rush.

2895
02:23:25,319 --> 02:23:27,280
Speaker 1: And that's what the Patriots, I think, you know, have

2896
02:23:27,440 --> 02:23:31,639
an advantage in Drake May over Pittsburgh and it's certainly

2897
02:23:31,719 --> 02:23:33,600
a diminished Aaron Rodgers.

2898
02:23:33,799 --> 02:23:34,879
Speaker 6: And it goes beyond that too.

2899
02:23:34,959 --> 02:23:37,840
Speaker 1: I think that, you know, for this Patriots team, they've

2900
02:23:37,840 --> 02:23:41,559
got to take advantage of the aggressiveness of the Texans

2901
02:23:41,600 --> 02:23:42,079
at times.

2902
02:23:42,200 --> 02:23:43,799
Speaker 6: Play action has got to be a big part of,

2903
02:23:44,239 --> 02:23:44,440
you know.

2904
02:23:44,479 --> 02:23:46,920
Speaker 1: What they do, I would imagine on Sunday, and I

2905
02:23:47,280 --> 02:23:49,000
think and it would imagine it would be a big

2906
02:23:49,040 --> 02:23:51,760
part of the game plan going into the Sunday's game

2907
02:23:51,799 --> 02:23:55,040
against Houston here in the divisional round. That's certainly a

2908
02:23:55,120 --> 02:23:58,280
big factor that the Patriots, you know, have that the

2909
02:23:58,319 --> 02:24:00,840
Steelers didn't the other night in terms or that mobility

2910
02:24:00,879 --> 02:24:03,879
of the quarterback. But at the same time, the Patriots

2911
02:24:03,920 --> 02:24:06,799
offensive line, particularly the left side with two rookies Will

2912
02:24:06,840 --> 02:24:09,520
Campbell at left tackle and Jared Wilson at left guard,

2913
02:24:10,079 --> 02:24:13,680
struggled immensely with the Chargers pass rush and in particular

2914
02:24:13,799 --> 02:24:15,959
have had a difficult time all season long, going back

2915
02:24:15,959 --> 02:24:21,079
to the preseason in fact, with stunts and games up front, twists,

2916
02:24:21,719 --> 02:24:25,879
tackles and ends on the defensive line, and they have

2917
02:24:26,040 --> 02:24:29,200
to shore that up, certainly against this Houston team. I've

2918
02:24:29,200 --> 02:24:32,760
said to people the Chargers were a good defense, but

2919
02:24:33,040 --> 02:24:36,440
to me, this Houston defense is vicious, and the speed

2920
02:24:36,799 --> 02:24:40,360
with which they play is really overwhelming. Good times and

2921
02:24:40,399 --> 02:24:43,159
certainly overwhelmed the Steelers. But at the same time, the

2922
02:24:43,200 --> 02:24:45,920
Patriots has got to try to take advantage of that

2923
02:24:46,040 --> 02:24:47,360
as well, with that aggressiveness.

2924
02:24:48,840 --> 02:24:51,520
Speaker 4: Bob Socchi with us here on a Sports Talk seven

2925
02:24:51,760 --> 02:24:56,000
ninety and I'm curious your perspective on Mike Vrabel obviously

2926
02:24:56,440 --> 02:24:58,840
has come in, has won, did win with the Titans?

2927
02:24:59,520 --> 02:25:01,319
And what is if I'm correct, he does not call

2928
02:25:01,399 --> 02:25:03,879
the defensive plays correct, he.

2929
02:25:03,920 --> 02:25:06,879
Speaker 1: Does not know core is the tons of coordinator. Yes,

2930
02:25:06,959 --> 02:25:10,479
self coordinator Terrell Williams has cancer, prostate cancer, has been

2931
02:25:10,520 --> 02:25:10,799
dealing with.

2932
02:25:10,959 --> 02:25:14,639
Speaker 4: So what is that that Mike Rabel went as far

2933
02:25:14,680 --> 02:25:17,159
as a leader of man culture, all that type of stuff.

2934
02:25:17,159 --> 02:25:19,280
Can you explain it kind of in more detail? Why

2935
02:25:19,399 --> 02:25:21,559
it's different when Mike Rabel comes in the building.

2936
02:25:23,440 --> 02:25:24,600
Speaker 6: It's it's it's all of it.

2937
02:25:24,959 --> 02:25:29,319
Speaker 1: It's the culture, it's the confidence that he's been able

2938
02:25:29,360 --> 02:25:32,840
to cultivate within the team. He's the guy that, for example,

2939
02:25:32,959 --> 02:25:35,319
with Ramaderie Stevenson early in the year, Ramonders had a

2940
02:25:35,399 --> 02:25:39,280
history of fumbling issues, I think seven fumbles last year

2941
02:25:39,920 --> 02:25:42,280
and during the course of his crisp recurrent problem for

2942
02:25:42,399 --> 02:25:46,719
him going back to his rookie season, and with Mike Rabel,

2943
02:25:46,840 --> 02:25:48,280
he stuck by him and a lot of people thought,

2944
02:25:48,719 --> 02:25:51,239
get rid of this guy. I mean, that was you know,

2945
02:25:51,440 --> 02:25:54,440
the large part of what we heard on sports talk later.

2946
02:25:54,600 --> 02:25:57,079
But Rabel continued to stay with him. And you know,

2947
02:25:57,159 --> 02:25:59,840
even the other night against the Chargers, Drake may can

2948
02:26:00,000 --> 02:26:02,000
if the fumble runs off the field and Mike Vrabel

2949
02:26:02,159 --> 02:26:04,719
is there, you know, to slap him on the butt

2950
02:26:04,840 --> 02:26:08,079
when he gets to the sideline and reassure him in

2951
02:26:08,159 --> 02:26:10,799
that moment. Now, he's certainly's had a different mesage actter

2952
02:26:10,879 --> 02:26:13,520
the game. Obviously to be better with ball security. But

2953
02:26:13,680 --> 02:26:15,879
I think to me, the thing that stands out about

2954
02:26:16,200 --> 02:26:19,040
Mike and his staff, and it really extends into some

2955
02:26:19,120 --> 02:26:21,319
of the people that he brought into the front office.

2956
02:26:21,520 --> 02:26:23,920
Is that this is a team that's being developed in

2957
02:26:24,120 --> 02:26:27,760
his vision, true to his identity as a player, resourceful player,

2958
02:26:27,920 --> 02:26:31,760
tough player, smart player, and a guy that I think

2959
02:26:31,920 --> 02:26:35,479
is instilled a lot of old school values, if you will,

2960
02:26:35,600 --> 02:26:40,559
and the Patriots with a new school approach. He's a

2961
02:26:40,680 --> 02:26:43,840
player's coach in a lot of respects. I think the players,

2962
02:26:44,079 --> 02:26:49,440
you know, really appreciate the way that he encourages them

2963
02:26:49,520 --> 02:26:51,719
to celebrate. We saw that a couple of weeks ago.

2964
02:26:51,799 --> 02:26:55,079
Guy intercepts the ball late in the game and they

2965
02:26:55,639 --> 02:26:57,479
run to the sideline and Mike Able says, no, go

2966
02:26:57,559 --> 02:27:00,600
back out there and celebrate. He wants to to enjoy it.

2967
02:27:00,719 --> 02:27:03,200
And he's invited the fans in to experience this too.

2968
02:27:03,319 --> 02:27:05,920
I think in you know, the social media presence the

2969
02:27:06,040 --> 02:27:09,479
Patriots have now and what Rabel's done, I think to

2970
02:27:10,280 --> 02:27:15,479
try to re energize the local fandom after some really

2971
02:27:15,520 --> 02:27:18,200
depressing seasons. I know, the Patriots we've been spoiled here

2972
02:27:18,200 --> 02:27:19,840
for a long time, but the last couple of years,

2973
02:27:20,280 --> 02:27:22,840
you know, especially last year was kind of a rudderless

2974
02:27:22,840 --> 02:27:25,239
season for the team on the field, and I think

2975
02:27:25,319 --> 02:27:27,879
Rabel's just had an effect on all those different areas,

2976
02:27:27,959 --> 02:27:31,319
and I mentioned as well, the leadership that Drake May's exercised,

2977
02:27:31,360 --> 02:27:34,959
I think influenced by the head coach, has really stood out.

2978
02:27:35,040 --> 02:27:37,000
And on top of all of that, they've brought in

2979
02:27:37,159 --> 02:27:40,200
players in the draft and hit on almost all their picks.

2980
02:27:40,360 --> 02:27:42,680
All the rookies have been on who were drafted, have

2981
02:27:42,760 --> 02:27:45,719
been on the roster at one point or another in

2982
02:27:45,760 --> 02:27:49,520
the season, and they've had free agents come in and

2983
02:27:49,600 --> 02:27:51,559
almost all of them, if not all of them, have

2984
02:27:51,680 --> 02:27:55,719
really made positive contributions, including Milton Williams first and foremost.

2985
02:27:56,280 --> 02:27:58,000
And I think, you know Rabel and his staff deserve

2986
02:27:58,000 --> 02:28:00,920
a lot of credit for the evaluation of those guys,

2987
02:28:01,000 --> 02:28:03,079
but also the development of the young guys.

2988
02:28:03,440 --> 02:28:05,920
Speaker 4: Bob finald question. I mentioned this a little bit ago

2989
02:28:06,000 --> 02:28:07,799
on the show. This could be the battle of which

2990
02:28:07,879 --> 02:28:12,840
concussion costs the team the most. You've got Christian Gonzales

2991
02:28:12,920 --> 02:28:16,680
and concussion protocol. You've got Nico Collins. And again, I

2992
02:28:16,799 --> 02:28:19,440
know you won't have a definitive word about Gonzalez until

2993
02:28:19,479 --> 02:28:21,520
later today when the injury report comes out. But it

2994
02:28:21,680 --> 02:28:24,200
was like the Patriots didn't happen for much of that game.

2995
02:28:24,600 --> 02:28:27,479
Over the weekend against the Chargers. How do things change

2996
02:28:27,600 --> 02:28:29,719
if Gonzalez is not clear for the game on Sunday.

2997
02:28:31,040 --> 02:28:32,639
Speaker 1: Well, I think that, you know, first and foremost, he

2998
02:28:32,959 --> 02:28:34,799
put on a post, put out a post last not

2999
02:28:34,799 --> 02:28:36,159
on social media that a lot.

3000
02:28:36,079 --> 02:28:36,920
Speaker 6: Of people read into.

3001
02:28:37,000 --> 02:28:40,040
Speaker 1: It was a cryptic post that seemed to be encouraging,

3002
02:28:40,040 --> 02:28:42,959
and he you know, I think when we saw Nico

3003
02:28:43,040 --> 02:28:44,719
Collins card it off a lot of people jump to

3004
02:28:44,799 --> 02:28:46,559
conclusions about him, and I don't think we should do

3005
02:28:46,639 --> 02:28:51,159
that about either player. If both are available, you know,

3006
02:28:51,319 --> 02:28:53,959
certainly great, it's gonna be a great matchup. Now, this

3007
02:28:54,040 --> 02:28:57,360
Patriots team hasn't played as much man coverage over the

3008
02:28:57,399 --> 02:29:00,239
course of the season as we've been accustomed to seeing

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Patriot's defenses, particularly under Bill Bullshit, and the really strong

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Patriots defense is the way we saw Stefan Gilmour, Durell

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Reeves or some of the other better cornerbacks they had

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during the two decade one Thailand.

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Speaker 4: And again Bob Sosh the voice of the New England

3014
02:29:18,360 --> 02:29:21,680
Patriots with a great perspective on things on the New

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02:29:21,719 --> 02:29:26,479
England side. Again, no Nico Collins today at Texans, at

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02:29:26,559 --> 02:29:29,799
least to the media shooting portion of the practice. But

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02:29:29,959 --> 02:29:31,959
again for him to be out there would be a

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02:29:32,040 --> 02:29:35,479
complete surprise. Pleasant surprise, but would be a complete surprise.

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02:29:36,000 --> 02:29:38,079
Ross Believe it or not is up next. The category

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is all things about Mike Tomlin. Mike Tomlin who yesterday

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resigned as the head coach of the Steelers after nineteen years,

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and Ross will tell you more about centergenic and Adam

3023
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Klan just came in and told us about the all

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twenty two tapes watching on the Texans game from the

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02:29:58,639 --> 02:30:01,760
matchup with the got A line administration on the tape,

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02:30:02,959 --> 02:30:04,680
Apparently you saw a lot of blitzing.

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Speaker 8: It's not gonna yesterday. I was talking about Ross about

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02:30:11,040 --> 02:30:14,399
this yesterday. If I were to ever do a podcast

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02:30:14,520 --> 02:30:17,799
in this city, just away from the the last thing

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02:30:17,840 --> 02:30:19,639
I would do is talk about Houston sports.

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02:30:19,959 --> 02:30:22,319
Speaker 4: Well, you know what mine would be. Mine is a

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02:30:22,440 --> 02:30:26,440
game shows game shows in wrestling game show podcast and

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02:30:26,479 --> 02:30:27,200
a wrestling podcast.

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Speaker 6: For this.

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02:30:29,879 --> 02:30:31,520
Speaker 4: Power bos, I would have to separate them. I think

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02:30:31,520 --> 02:30:33,799
in the lasted two episodes, Jonathan, let me tell you

3037
02:30:33,799 --> 02:30:35,760
this right now, really quick. If I do a game

3038
02:30:35,840 --> 02:30:38,680
show podcast, will you produce it and get me and

3039
02:30:38,719 --> 02:30:40,440
give me some guests, and I'll give you eighty percent

3040
02:30:40,440 --> 02:30:41,799
of the money I make from it. I guess would

3041
02:30:41,799 --> 02:30:45,520
be dead today. Bob Parker's dead, Matt I can get

3042
02:30:45,559 --> 02:30:47,280
some people. I get Mark summers On. That's what Gordy

3043
02:30:47,280 --> 02:30:49,760
got me before we get a dog on Snoops game

3044
02:30:49,799 --> 02:30:53,079
show host. Yeah, Nate Merlson, No, I just went with

3045
02:30:53,159 --> 02:30:55,319
you that one time. Well I didn't count. I know

3046
02:30:55,479 --> 02:30:56,680
it was a fake. Price is right?

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02:30:57,799 --> 02:30:58,120
Speaker 6: All right?

3048
02:30:58,120 --> 02:31:01,319
Speaker 8: What's in your show today? The film of the All

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twenty two. I won't be recovering it, though, I'm gonna

3050
02:31:03,840 --> 02:31:06,600
say we definitely watched it. Yeah, he's you know what

3051
02:31:06,719 --> 02:31:09,399
he likes to do snap counts, Yes, but you.

3052
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Speaker 4: Know what he likes to do it for fun?

3053
02:31:11,479 --> 02:31:16,280
Speaker 8: Watch press conferences, all types of press conferences, really sports only.

3054
02:31:17,159 --> 02:31:20,239
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's like a it's like a fetish. Are you

3055
02:31:20,280 --> 02:31:22,000
working rockets with me this week? This week at all?

3056
02:31:22,040 --> 02:31:24,239
So he's gonna watch the Jaguars press conference? He seriously

3057
02:31:24,280 --> 02:31:26,280
tomorrow night we worked this game. Yeah, you're not gonna

3058
02:31:26,319 --> 02:31:28,280
bitch and moan about set the free throw line. It's

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02:31:28,319 --> 02:31:29,079
gonna happen, could I.

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02:31:29,319 --> 02:31:32,360
Speaker 8: He's pales in comparison to that euro trash they played

3061
02:31:32,399 --> 02:31:33,360
in Portland last week.

3062
02:31:35,600 --> 02:31:39,319
Speaker 4: That guy's a piece of crap. WOA. Yeah, I don't

3063
02:31:39,360 --> 02:31:41,840
like his game. I don't like anything about that guy. European.

3064
02:31:42,360 --> 02:31:46,559
Uh yeah, it's tricky, isn't he? Sirbian Israeli?

3065
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Speaker 12: I don't know.

3066
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Speaker 9: What should we do?

3067
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Speaker 6: Good?

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Speaker 4: We should play ver fastest growing sports radio game show.

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02:31:58,559 --> 02:32:01,120
We simply called it be Leaving Not And here's hot works.

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You'll call seven one three two one two five seven

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nintie seven one three two one two five seven ninety.

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02:32:06,799 --> 02:32:09,479
Today's edition of Believer or Not is all things about

3073
02:32:09,520 --> 02:32:12,159
Mike Tomlin. I'll read your statement about Mike Savement completely

3074
02:32:12,239 --> 02:32:15,280
utterly accurate. You'll say this, believe I saven Ti Roney's

3075
02:32:15,280 --> 02:32:17,639
full of ball commit up. You'll say this notah Tube

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02:32:17,639 --> 02:32:19,559
believeror nots in a row will when you a seven

3077
02:32:19,600 --> 02:32:21,360
ninety t shirt or a pair of tickets to see

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02:32:21,399 --> 02:32:24,200
Motley Crue on their return to the Carnival of Sins Tour.

3079
02:32:24,639 --> 02:32:27,120
They'll be joined by Tesla and Extreme on September the

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02:32:27,159 --> 02:32:29,600
eleventh at the Woodlands. Tickets are on sale now at

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ticketmaster dot com. That's ticketmaster dot com for Motley Crue

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with Tesla and Extreme on September the eleventh. Seven one

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02:32:36,280 --> 02:32:39,000
three two one two five seven, Nintie. That's seven one

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02:32:39,079 --> 02:32:42,440
three two one two five seven ninti. Joe on seven

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02:32:42,479 --> 02:32:44,000
ninety Joe, you're ready to play. Believe it or not?

3086
02:32:45,319 --> 02:32:46,399
Speaker 6: Yep, right, Joe.

3087
02:32:46,520 --> 02:32:48,920
Speaker 4: Although Mike Tomlin is a defensive minded coach, he was

3088
02:32:49,000 --> 02:32:52,239
a standout college wide receiver at William and Mary. Believe

3089
02:32:52,280 --> 02:32:56,639
it or not, that's a believe it Thank you for playing. Goodbye,

3090
02:32:58,920 --> 02:33:01,879
uh Ron On Seveninti Roun, You're ready to play Believe

3091
02:33:01,879 --> 02:33:02,079
it or not?

3092
02:33:03,680 --> 02:33:04,159
Speaker 6: Believe it.

3093
02:33:04,440 --> 02:33:07,479
Speaker 4: Mike Tomlin's first coaching job was as in a graduate

3094
02:33:07,520 --> 02:33:10,159
assistant at his alma mater, William and Mary. Believe It

3095
02:33:10,319 --> 02:33:10,479
or not?

3096
02:33:12,159 --> 02:33:13,360
Speaker 6: Believe it no it was a.

3097
02:33:13,399 --> 02:33:20,559
Speaker 4: Wide receiver coach at Virginia Militariats du duh Paul on

3098
02:33:20,760 --> 02:33:22,840
seven Unty Paul, what was your favorite part of today's

3099
02:33:22,879 --> 02:33:24,000
ten to two radio show?

3100
02:33:26,719 --> 02:33:28,760
Speaker 10: The talk about doing a wrestling podcast?

3101
02:33:28,879 --> 02:33:32,120
Speaker 4: I'm in Thank you very much. Mike Tomlin's father, Ed

3102
02:33:32,319 --> 02:33:34,840
was a running back and played for the Montreal Alouettes

3103
02:33:34,879 --> 02:33:36,680
of the CFL. Believe it or not?

3104
02:33:39,040 --> 02:33:41,159
Speaker 6: Uh not he did. I'm sorry.

3105
02:33:41,280 --> 02:33:45,600
Speaker 4: Thank you for playing, though. Kevin on seven ninti, Kevin,

3106
02:33:45,600 --> 02:33:48,879
You're ready to play. Believe it or not believe it,

3107
02:33:49,159 --> 02:33:51,799
as Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin had not won a

3108
02:33:51,840 --> 02:33:55,799
playoff game since the two thy sixteen season. Believe it

3109
02:33:56,040 --> 02:34:00,760
or not, Believe it? That's right, number two for the Wain.

3110
02:34:00,920 --> 02:34:03,319
Mike Tomlin is still the youngest NFL head coach to

3111
02:34:03,440 --> 02:34:09,719
ever win a Super Bowl. Believe it or not? Believe

3112
02:34:09,760 --> 02:34:13,079
that No, Sean McVay of the Rams, I know, I know,

3113
02:34:13,360 --> 02:34:16,959
I know, poor guy Dave on seven ninety day of

3114
02:34:16,959 --> 02:34:19,000
your favorite part of today's ten to two radio.

3115
02:34:18,840 --> 02:34:21,399
Speaker 6: Show, Well the Bob Barker Talk.

3116
02:34:22,000 --> 02:34:25,600
Speaker 4: In his nineteen year NFL head coaching career, Mike Tomlin

3117
02:34:25,760 --> 02:34:28,879
was twice named AP Coach of the Year Believe it

3118
02:34:29,040 --> 02:34:35,120
or not Believe it, No, never won the award. Thank you, though.

3119
02:34:36,840 --> 02:34:39,840
Let's go to Carrie on seven ninety carry You're ready

3120
02:34:39,840 --> 02:34:40,680
to play Believe it or not.

3121
02:34:42,479 --> 02:34:42,520
Speaker 2: It.

3122
02:34:42,719 --> 02:34:44,879
Speaker 4: Mike Tomlin's one hundred ninety three wins or tied with

3123
02:34:45,040 --> 02:34:47,360
Chuck Nole for the most in Steelers history, with Tomlin

3124
02:34:47,440 --> 02:34:50,200
holding the edge in winning percentage. Believe it or not,

3125
02:34:53,440 --> 02:34:58,280
that's a believe it? Thank you for playing line five?

3126
02:34:58,360 --> 02:34:58,799
Speaker 11: Who is this.

3127
02:35:00,479 --> 02:35:03,719
Speaker 4: Mike? Mike? Mike Tomlin appeared in a season six episode

3128
02:35:03,760 --> 02:35:06,840
of the FX series The League, but it had no lines.

3129
02:35:07,040 --> 02:35:07,840
Believe it or not.

3130
02:35:09,239 --> 02:35:09,639
Speaker 6: Believe it.

3131
02:35:09,920 --> 02:35:12,319
Speaker 4: No, he's never on there. Thank you though, Ross, good

3132
02:35:12,399 --> 02:35:16,120
work today. We give a wait nothing. Motley Crew. Tickets

3133
02:35:16,120 --> 02:35:19,040
are going to go to Adam Clinton and all of

3134
02:35:19,079 --> 02:35:22,360
his teenage high school year dates. Big reunion tour for

3135
02:35:22,399 --> 02:35:24,520
Adam Clinton and the experience. Remember that. I remember the

3136
02:35:24,520 --> 02:35:27,399
Adam Clinton experience and experience coming up in a matter

3137
02:35:27,440 --> 02:35:31,680
of moments. It's Wexler, It's Clinton, it's By They got

3138
02:35:31,719 --> 02:35:33,760
to entertaining Chill six. I'll talk to you tomorrow with

3139
02:35:33,879 --> 02:35:35,479
Ross at ten here on seven ninety