Big D Energy Show
Big D Energy | Friday July 26th, 2024
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It used to be a more regular occurrence being you doing shows together, but you know, it's the summer. We both have our extended time off, but come football season, it's gonna be a lot more consistent. And these are some of my favorite days. Nickel Package Friday in the summer, can you get any better than that? No, you can't. - No, no, it certainly cannot. So we are into it, heavy, heavy Nickel Package Friday. We got a ton of football to get to as well. And we got Power Neck in the building. - Yes, sir. - In the stead of Spencer Raxter. - Yes, sir, good to be here, man. - Yeah. - Yeah. - Go back, Brian. - Strong, boy. - You can't even see it. (laughing) - Where's your neck? (laughing) - It's here. - You know what I'm saying? - It's here. - It's here. - We got a little Hawaiian shirt Friday. - Sure, it's popping though. - Sure, it's popping, I appreciate it, man. Had to have a little fun. - All right, I like it, man. Power Neck, I'm fired up to have you here, man. I'm fired up to have you here. We got just young Justin in the building as well. - Justin, what's going on? - It's going really good. I interviewed Olympic gold medalist Justin Gatlin yesterday, so that was pretty dope, so I'm doing pretty good. - Okay, very cool. - Justin and Justin. - Yes, sir. - Sounds like a great pod, yeah. - I'll let you know if you ain't doesn't work out. - All right, all right, there you go. - KG in the building, KG, I know we good, good. What's really good? - We good, good, good. - We good, good today. Are we good, good today? - Yeah, I will believe so. It's Friday, so it's the weekend I ain't got to deal with you, so, nah, I'm talking to you. - But yeah, man, you upset the Michigan contingent a little bit yesterday with some of the things you said, but it's okay, it's okay. - Because I asked a question. - Listen, I forgive you, okay? - Some of the things I said I asked a question. - I understand. - Or are you mad at a question? - I understand. People just feel like you have a negative connotation around the program, that's all, that's all. But if you would allow me, here on Mark M, today on Wake Up, where we do a segment called Bark King, where we come in, we spit lyrics that are sports related. He wrote a song about you. - Oh, did he? - Yes, yes, so if you will allow me, I can get this off really quickly. - Allow me to reintroduce my song. All right, go ahead. - He did this in the vein of Stand by Eminem, so just picture that as I'm reading this, okay? Dear Neil, I chatted you the other day, but you didn't read it. It's like we order syrokis together, but we didn't eat it. When you talk lions, I have the same ideas as you do. Draft good players, regardless of feedback, and sign vets to prove it's, oh, that's a typo there, it's and save that cap. But Neil, I was listening to your show talking about the Tigers, and you wanna trade Jack Flaherty for a gift card to Myers, may as well ask them to kick in some dirty diapers. In a similar deal, you gave away expiring contracts. Gio Orchella and Kenna and Foley too, do you value wins at all? I know I do. I thought the tone was for everyone but me. The one chat you read and you diss me? Just 'cause I chat you a lot don't mean you block me. Every day I look forward to 11 to send you, but now you want to trade Terrick Schoobold for three scratch offs and a six pack of yuhu. Scott Harris is not dumb and Chris Illage is not poor. You and Moneyball flannel need to ask teams for more. Regardless in the end, I hope we can all be friends after decision 2024. - Ah, that was good. - Yeah. - That was electric. Here on Mark M, I appreciate you. - Yeah, that was good. - And by the way, thanks for tapping into the show all the time. - Yeah, big thanks. - Look, we're not gonna be, we're not gonna be good, good on everything I guess, but again, the Tigers thing here on Mark M, I have no evidence to suggest the standpoint of they're gonna address things in free agency. - Right, right. - All I need to know are the parameters and then we can find a way. - Yeah. - I perceive this to be the way that the Tigers are gonna operate. So if you're gonna do it, then do it. - Commit, yeah. - And doing it means that you trade your most valuable trade piece when he's at the peak of the market, which is what he is now, flannel. - Yeah. - Like, people are getting mad at me. There's a lot like the Michigan thing. Like they're mad at me. - Oh my Lord. - I didn't do this with the Tigers. I didn't make it this way, but it seems to be the way it is. Am I crazy for thinking that? - Well, no. And I've mentioned this before. - Then we're good. - Yeah, we're good. I'm 100% good. I'll just be brief. I've mentioned this before on a wake up Woodward that, yeah, did I wild out over their eight and two stretch to end the first half? Yes, I did. Did I wild out a little of them taking two out of three from Toronto? Yes, I did, but that came at a cost. Resulsions now may be out for the season and out for the foreseeable future. And now you have two starters. It's not a long season when it comes to the trade deadline. The most disastrous thing that the Tigers could possibly do is not sell and miss the playoffs. And you lose guys like Flaherty, Kana, Kelly, and Ursula for absolutely nothing. And we don't know if the Tigers will be a World Series contender with Tarek Skubel as the ace, which for which you only have them for two more years of team control. It's time. I want to be optimistic. I wanted to buy, but I also live in reality. They're not making the playoffs this year. It's just not happening. I'm gonna still root for them to win, regardless of what they do. Which is where I am too. I'm never gonna go away. Never. They got me. They got me forever. They've had me since I was a little kid. I'm never going anywhere. You know, I flirt with the Marlins when I go to South Florida and stuff like that. You know, I flirt with them. The future sandwich is, you know. I go get a Cuban sandwich and go down there. Sit down with Jeter, talk baseball. 100%. You know, like I'll go do that. They're the side piece though. They're in South Florida. They look good in the bikini. Just when you're away from the family, you know. Yeah, you know what I'm saying? Like, they go to the playoffs, you know. Every so often, they go to the playoffs for some unexplained reason, but they do. Yeah. They're like everything that I want, but I can't have. They also operate differently. I remember when you said they got rid of baby Mickey. They went ahead and eat up the money, paid him out, and got rid of him. Like, that's the way that they operated. So, you know, again, I'm just going off of what the rules are. Like, nope, I almost made like a political comparison. I remember we don't do that. Yeah, we don't do that. All I need to know, like, all I need to know are what are the rules. What are the rules? What's the leaders say? And then I'll, and then I'll bob and weave, and I'll adjust and I'll find my way. That's it. Yeah, and we might get into a little bit more in the Tigers nickel package, wink, wink. But the one thing that the Tigers have done really, really well this year is that they've got guys like Jack Flaherty, Mark hit Carson Kelly. If they walk for nothing, it was pointless. And you'll never convince me otherwise. Big thanks. If they leave for nothing and you're standing here, and I just wanted to pull it up real quick, because, you know, they're cooking, right? Tigers are cooking. That's what I was told. Let me see. They are five and a half back of the wild part of one, two, three, four, five teams that play each other this weekend, two of them do. And the trade deadline is right around the corner. It's on Tuesday. There's not enough time to wait for this long stretch of good baseball. There's 58 games left. They've already had that, and they haven't picked up a ton. And my point with the whole Kelly, Kenna, and Jack Flaherty thing is that I think that in some ways, and this isn't even mentioning Tarek Scooble, who could get you a haul, the likes of which we've rarely seen an MLB history. All of those guys, if you flip all of them, guys like Flaherty and Kenna and Kelly, for example, I think they have more value to contending teams than us Tigers fans thought that they would have at the beginning of the year. There were a lot of question marks. Flaherty's had a career year. Kelly's been really good. Kenna does what he does. All he does is get on base. If you sell this thing correctly, you could have the best farm system in Major League Baseball. You could have prospects that could be on your, in your lineup, Jackson Holiday, tomorrow, or at least should be, Colby Mayo probably tomorrow. If you want to get one of their pitching prospects, a guy like Cade Povich would be in your rotation tomorrow. They're not making the playoffs. - Yeah. - Imagine if they held and had like an 83 and 79 season that meant nothing. That's probably what would happen if they held honestly. At best, I hate to say it, but it's true. - It's just like, and I don't know, when we go through this every year, Flannel, we've been together for a while. Like we've worked shows for a while together. People don't understand that dynamic. They look and see five and a half back in the wild part. Let's go. You're behind five teams, behind five teams. Guess what? Through this hot stretch of play, the last 10 games. They've lost ground to the Ranger. - Yeah. - And through the last 10 games or you've been so great, where you're like, all right, let's go by. You've lost ground to the Ranger. - Well, and we're talking about, and this is regardless of what they do at the trade deadline. If they sweep the twins, I think you're allowed to get excited about that, but that's really fucking hard to do. That's really hard to do. Like, and that's it too. You have to sweep team. Two or three doesn't cut it. - Yeah, for real. They had the Indians, they led the Indians, this whole series and only came away with two games. - They split. - Yeah. - They gained no ground. - Yeah. - Through that, right? I was laughing away. - Through a shutout on a bullpen day. You split the series. You see what I mean? Like, it's impossible. - You threw a shutout on a bullpen day, but you wasted a Jack Flaherty masterclass. It's funny how that works, but you got to win those games. - Yeah. - Because a bullpen day, a bullpen day shutout, those are few and far between, especially when your bullpen contains Joey Wentz. - All right, I didn't mean for it to start with this. It's just here on Markham made it go this way, but hey, here on Markham, appreciate the passion for sure. He says, you're my guy, Neil, but I had to. That's fair. Lorena Rios, Neil, did you shave this morning? I did not. I have a TV duties tomorrow for Detroit City FC, by the way. Channel 50 Detroit, tap in, ESPN plus tap in. I will shave for that. - Okay. - So, you know, that's, I was right in between, you know, when you got something, like if you have a wedding, and you know, like it's Thursday, and you would shave normally, you're like, I got the wedding Saturday. - I'll let it slide. - I'll let it slide. - Yeah, absolutely. - You know, I did the matter, 'cause I'm gonna be on the golf course after this show. This chair will spin at 101. - It will spin. - It will spin. - Hi, man. - I'll look like Sonic back to that car for that. (laughing) - Yeah. - Oh my God. - I will be as well. I'm gonna go see Deadpool over in right after this, so I'm gonna be just right there with you. - Uh, Cody Engel, whether people hate Neil or love Neil, they still watch Neil. And I don't, I don't do it for that. Like, I'm just somebody that I'm passionate about this. I don't watch movies, I don't watch shows. If I didn't do this job, I would still be as engaged as I am. Like, that's just the way that it is. - And you stand on business, you come with facts. - Give you reasons. - Even though we may not always agree you at least come to the table. - In the end, you know I'm right. That's why you get angry at me, 'cause you know I'm right. - Okay, listen, I go that far. - You guys ready for Nickel Package Friday? - Yes, sir. - Power next, doing the reading, dude. - Yes, he is. - I didn't even set 'em up that bad. 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Stay for everything else. - Big thanks. - And shopped out by Woodward Sports.com, let's go. All right, Nickel Pack, it's Friday. Off and run a Neil Rule flannel in for DMAT KG. Young Justin in the building. Not to be confused with young money. He is a back young Justin. A power neck is here on the ones and twos excited for that. A lot to get to here in the AM, Freddie felt 313. All president, they so good at sports talk, got that I let his Michigan tone slide. - Wow. A detachment to deal as a speaker and as an entertainer. Now I do, I do try to entertain the people. Mike G. Elmago went El Yardo. And you know what? I see him all in here. Elmago saved the day, Elmago saved the season. - You gotta address it. You gotta address it. - You gotta address it. Do we have the whole run in the system, by the way? - Or no? - No, I'll get it. - Okay. - Did you guys-- - I can send it to you if you need me to. - Did you guys see it? Like this, you saw the clip of it, right? - Yeah. - Okay, you know what I will engage, all right. I will, when I'm doing the hobby watch today, I'm not doing it. But I will, I will talk about this for a second. This dude hits this home run. Stands there and watches it go, bro. It's your second home run of the season. - Of the year. - You are Nefi Perez. That's what you are. And you're not even that bad. Like, you want to sit there and pimp a home run. Your second home run of the year, where you make $25 million. And you're pretty much responsible for the downfall of this team. If we really want to get into it, you pretty much, you're the poster child. - You want to lean causes, absolutely. - You want to sit there and talk-ish to the guardians? - Oh, PowerNet got it. - Oh, he's got that right. - For those of you that missed it, watch this. This was Elmago's home run yesterday. - I'm gonna keep the mics up so we don't get copyrighted. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Just talk over it. - Well, keep, I want, okay. Go ahead and run at PowerNet. This is Elmago's home run yesterday. Look at this. He hits it. Look at this fucking guy. Look at him. Look at him, dude. Do you believe that? - That ain't nothing. - For him to sit there and walk. - Took his time around the base. - Take your time around the bases. Now, I, now look, the time around the bases thing, I'll let side slide, Flannel. - He prides to remember the direction that the bases go. So we had to maybe Google map it to get around the base path. - So, Flannel, I got a real problem with that. And I love this. Here we go. - Look at that. - Slow mo. Oh, Harvey. A $25 million home run reserve. Oh, Harvey. Look at you, man. Look at you, Harvey. - Oh, no. - Oh, no, no. - Look at that. Put your head down and go, Harvey. And I, Flannel, to be fair, I love that stuff. Baseball needs more of that. But not from a bum. - It's got you, home run. - Well, everybody, but who? - No, here's the thing. And we joke about it, we have fun, but this is my serious face right now. Can you see? This is my serious face. - Uh-oh, uh-oh, what? - Detroit, Michigan is a bad baseball town. And no, I'm not just trying to quote Mike Filenny, because here's the reality. Harvey Baez is the Detroit Tigers highest paid player, and he is the worst everyday player in Major League Baseball. And if you-- - In the history of Major League Baseball. - Absolutely. - And if you take all of his three seasons that he's had, or two and a half, he's been one of the worst signings in MLB history. - He's happy for him. - He's worse than Navy Perez. I think Navy Perez actually got on base more than Harvey Baez. - Damn. - But when anything happens that is even remotely okay, I get it. They won three nothing. Harvey provided all the offense. Cool. Happy they won. But every time this man does anything, all anybody wants to do is just joke like, Elmago is back. Elmago is back. Ah-ha, did you see Harvey Baez won the game? Neil Rule, point and laugh at Neil Rule. Here's the problem, guys. And here's why Detroit Michigan is a bad baseball town. And you guys know I'm correct on this, and if you think I'm not, you're lying to yourselves. The New York Yankees hate Garrett Cole more than the Detroit Tigers hate Harvey Baez. The New York Yankees hate Giancarlo Stanton more than the Detroit Tigers hate Harvey Baez. - Look where you talk about though is New York. - Yeah. - I understand, but this man has destroyed the franchise. This team, if they had a replacement level shortstop or anybody but him, hell, if they had a full season of Zack McInstery, they might be over 500. But no, Harvey Baez is the worst player in everyday baseball, and I'm not even done. The Phillies boo Nick Castellanos. The Phillies were up Trey Turner's ass at the beginning of last season because he struggled at the beginning. But every time Tiger that Harvey Baez does anything, it's like, oh, you see Elmago? You see Elmago's back? You know what the Yankees do when Giancarlo Stanton hits a home run? About time that guy did something. About time that guy got on the field. Do you know what the New York Yankees are gonna do when Garrett Cole has a good postseason start? About time that guy did something in the playoffs. They don't give a damn about his Cy Young last year because it was in a playoff losing season. They don't give a damn about his regular season because he was terrible in the 2022 ALCS, and he was terrible in the 2021 playoffs against the Red Sox. But yet Tiger's fans just treated as some joke that we can laugh about. This is an unserious fan base. We don't care. We're empathetic. - Lionel, I'll come to the defense of the fans on this. - You gotta laugh to keep from crying. - Because for the organization to continue to run this guy out there. - Yeah. - Shows that you are an unserious organization. - What are they supposed to do, right? You keep sending him out there. - So what else are you supposed to do? It's a party gift. It's a gag gift right now. Like that's what it is. - There is a contingent that defends Harvey, but most of the majority of the L-Migos back. - They can't be serious. - It's satire. - No, but can we chat pull that one power net? - Yes. - I always like to lead it with be honest. - Because I know everyone's honest immediately, right? After I ask them to be honest, be honest. - Are there any-- - That's what you do for your kids? - Yeah. - Tell them to be honest. - Yeah. - Are there any L-Mogo defenders out there? Be honest. If you're, it's anonymous. - So if you are, click yes, please. - We won't harass you. - I know, I won't, it's anonymous. So I just, I need to know. - There will be a portion. There was 22% of the people that sold in the Thai guys are gonna make playoffs, so. - I'll go even further. The Yankees and rightfully so are ready to run Alex Verdugo out of the city. - Yeah. - And he really blows this year, but he's at least an MLB player. Hobby Baez is the worst player in the history of the sport this season. And I get it, you have to laugh to keep from crying, but it's just at some point, every single time this man takes a bat at Camarica Park, you've got to boo him, you've got to make it uncomfortable. You got to be a serious baseball town. - Oh, they're so-- - We're a front running baseball town is what we are. That's what the Troy is, a front running baseball town. - Ah, big cause. - It's no criticism, no heat to anybody. It's ridiculous. - In the chat, because we're gonna sweep the twins, they're effing geeks. (laughing) - Right. - And honestly, I don't wanna make me laugh. - I love that they do. Because if they sweep the twins, I mean, those are, and this is, again, regardless of what they do at the deadline, if the Tigers actually sweep the twins, I'm gonna get excited. I'm gonna look at the standings again, because they would have picked up three games on a team that they are directly chasing. - We're fast, I did it. - 100%, 100%. So yeah, I hope you're right. I'm just saying, there's gonna be probably a bullpen and a Cater Montero sprinkled in there. - Did anyone see Detroit's Supremacy's comment? - No. - Well, he's an idiot, so you're not pretty a dick. - None of these guys, you named our multiple-time All-Stars Gold Glover, and N-L-C-S-N-V-P and Champion. - Yeah. - Dude, he's literally gonna make it to Cooperstown. - No, he's not. - No, he's not. - All right, that's where he'll lose us. - You know what? You know who is going to Cooperstown? Garrett Cole's going to Cooperstown! Jump double steps actually going to Cooperstown. - Oh, for real. - That's true! - Supremacy almost had me hooked to the last line. - Yeah. - You know that to the last line, you almost had me hooked. - They're actually going. Traitor might go. - Yeah. - Seriously? - Traitor will be at Cooperstown. They're short on my mind. - Probably! - Anyone who says that Harvey Baez is a better all-time short-stop than Traitor can just go bloat out their ass, 'cause that's the biggest but bullshit I've ever heard. - He's the worst player in the history of baseball. It's factual. - Yeah. - Yes. - How come no one gets upset with my tone when I say that? - 'Cause it's true? - Everything I say is true. - There. - Most of it's researchable. - 97%. - No. - All of it. All right. Oh, by the way, Michael Badgerly got hurties out for the year. - Yep. - So, all of you Jake Bates people, here you go. - Hey, I'm here. - Here you go, everybody. You feeling this? You got that same energy now? - Six out of six in training camp. Let's go. - Oh, I'm broke. - I'm broke. - Take that victory lab case. - Once again, I do not wish injury on the money badger, but this is the Lord's word. - Can I be honest? - This is God's plan. - The way that we talk about Michael Badgerly, you'd think he was over 30. - That's kind of literally starting to help to me. - Like he's the worst kicker we've ever seen. - He's not. - He made the most important kick in Lions history. - He did. - He did. - In Lions history, but there have been consistency issues over his Lions career, which is why the talk of another kicker even came up. - No, but seriously, and I'm not as like dismissive of Jake Nates's sum. You would have thought that the Detroit Tigers, the Detroit Lions are going to get Justin Tucker or Harrison Bucker. - Seriously? - Yeah, he does have, but with more length, he has. - That's what they think Jake Bates is. - Sorry if I'm a little concerned about being at Lambo Field in November with the division lead on the line. - I understand. - And a guy who didn't even kick in college that kicked in the U.S.L. in front of an empty stadium. Sorry if I'm concerned about that. - Pretty damn good. - I don't think that's out of line. - But most of your games are you only got three outdoor games out of 17. - I'm not, I don't even care where they are. - I get it. - I'm talking about the stakes. - I get it. - Don't let him guys have to prove it. - You guys are on record. - But you can't lie. - But you feel better going into the season with a kicker that you know can probably hit from 15 points. - No, I don't. - No, I don't. - No, because I know what Michael Badgley is. I know when the biggest kick in the franchise's history had to be made. - That was one. - He made one. - That was the only one. - It was the one out of one. I get it though. - It was the only one. - I'm not taking that away from him. I promise I'm not. - It was one out of one. - So excuse me if I'm a little concerned. - If we had a consistent kicker here, then we wouldn't even be talking about this. - What's a consistent kicker? - Somebody that can consistently hit from 40 plus, somebody that doesn't miss extra points, like we know Michael Badgley has. He hasn't been perfect. I do understand he's been good. He's been solid. He hasn't been perfect. - But what's the percentage? Give him a percentage. - Give him a percentage. - I don't have the percentages in front of me, but we can't look it up and see. - No, I have it right in front of me. - Okay, come on. - I'm curious to know. I'm curious to know. - Tell me from 40 and below and then 40 and up. - Okay. - Give him a percentage. - He is nine of 11 from 40 to 49 yard. - Okay. - Nine of 11. - Yeah. - What about beyond 40? - He is with Detroit. He is two for three. - Guys, including the biggest kick in the franchise's history. - That doesn't include that actually. That's just regular season. - No, no, I know. - Right, yeah. - Do you have 40 and below? - 40 and below with the Detroit Lions. He is six for six and three for three. So nine for nine and four for five for five. - Is this just one season or the whole? - This is his time with Detroit. - Well, that's kind of all that we're trying to stress upon you guys is that with Michael Badgley, is he the best kicker in the world? No, is he Jason Hanson? No, but a lot of what you think about Michael Badgley? - He's made bigger kicks for the Lions and Jason Hanson every day. - And that's fair. And a lot of what you hear about Michael Badgley is the story that you've been told that you believe. It's like make believe or something. Michael Badgley's not great, but this idea that Jake Bates is just gonna come in and be the kicking savior. A problem that isn't even really that big of a problem, I think is insane. - And Bates is already cut in the NFL once. Like, it has to be relevant. - But man, he made some, he hit some nukes in the UFL. - He did, we see. - My goodness. - I'm just saying, it could be a field flipper for the Lions, knowing that you got a guy that can hit from 50, maybe even 60 plus. That's- - Oh, yeah. - That's what's hung up on that. - That's only advantage. - I don't think that it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. It doesn't have any impact on how Dan Campbell's gonna manage a game. He's still going for it. - No, absolutely, absolutely, absolutely. - But it's nice to have that in your back pocket. 'Cause not every, he's, yes, he's going to still be him, but he's not gonna go for every single fourth down. That would just be bad coaching. Not every single fourth down. It depends on situation. - It should work okay. - It depends on game situation, but I get what you're saying. I'm not saying y'all wrong, but let's just see how it plays out. - So yeah, I just- - I get it. I get it. - Psst. You've heard of Pizza Hut $7 deal lovers menu, right? All these delicious items for only $7 each when you buy two or more, but something's off. I mean, pizzas, melts, boneless wings, bacon, cheddar cheese, sticks, oven, big pastas, cinnabon mini rolls, and that's not even the whole menu. I'll keep eating or digging. You should too. Check out the $7 deal lovers menu at your local Pizza Hut. - Product availability prices and participation may vary. Additional charges and exclusions may apply. 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The fact that he's in the exact same stadium that he got all the success in in the first place? - Okay. - No, because he wasn't in front of 68,000 people. - Yeah, there you go. - With a division lead on the line. - I understand. - And a win over the Packers on the line. - We gon' see. - We can agree with the degree that we don't see. - But to say this though, the kicking is still the same. I mean, he's still taking the steps. It's not like kicking's a thing that doesn't change. I get the pressures added to it. But, I mean, there's pressure in terms of him winning out a kicking competition to make an NFL team. - It's pressure period when you-- - There's a pressure to hit a 60 yard field goal. - Yeah. - Now I get it. It's during the division title on the line. But again, I mean, the guy's been pretty consistent throughout camp. I mean, the word is, I don't think he's missed a single field goal yet during camp. - Cool. - I get some pressure there. - I'm just sayin'-- - It's those words. Don't take a training camp victory lap. - That's fair. - I'm just sayin'. - I'm just sayin'. - I have high hopes for what he can bring. - One Funky Lions fan says it perfectly. And we're gonna ride off and go to the break. Dan Campbell could have a kicker that is flawless from 15. He would still go forward on fourth and two from the 35. - That's why we win. - Game situation, yes. - That's why we win now. - Absolutely, but it is game situation dependent. So that's all I will say. He's not gonna go for every single fourth down there is. He's not. - All right, wake up Woodward, right? - Yeah. - Wake up Woodward. - Every morning, all right, we're gonna get in a nickel pack so we come back, I promise it. - This, we're way behind the clock right now, but whatever, wake up Woodward's not. - We haven't been there. - Wake up Woodward's way behind the clock too. They're never out of here 'til like 10.15. 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This is why Michigan fans fan. - That's objectively true. - It just seemed like everything Michigan you guys have been saying. - For him to be on that Heisman stage was the biggest, - Oh, oh, oh, oh. - I'd never seen my life. - This is why it's hard for me to say you just got in the top 38, any category. Any category. - What you did? - He's on the Heisman's flannel. Come on, come on. - Oh, he deserved it. He deserved to be up there. He did everything on the field. Whether it was tackles, interception, sack, or loss, rushing yards, return touchdowns. He was, there were only 30 people that did literally everything better than him. - But they didn't do as much at high level. - They didn't make as big of an impact. I mean, it's an eye testing. He made an impact on every side of the ball. He had a lot of big special teams returns. He had, he was the cog of that defense. - Whatever, anyway, good. Get your money. You know me, I don't hate the bag. Get your bag, man. - But he's turned into a damn good safety guy. He struggled a bit at the beginning with Cleveland and the Giants, but he's turned into one of the better safeties in the league. At least he turns up like a box. - And I will argue he was in shit situations. I mean, the Patriots ain't no better, but yeah. - But the Patriots at least have a defense. Like guys thrive in that defense. Have you seen Christian Gonzales last year? - Just saying, but any who? - Oh, a lot of people side with me, a max mayor. Peppers was so overhyped in college. - Whatever. - The Detroit supremacy facts, Neil. Real cream of weed. It was only because he went to Michigan. Cody Ingo Peppers was a jack of all trades, a master of none in college. - But he was a master. He was a master at being a great box safety at being that guy who could blitz, who was all over the field. And when he touched the ball offensively, he usually did well. And oh, by the way, I know you people are going to accuse me of not caring about this. He was the best return man in college football on top of everything he did defensively and on top of his short spurts offensively. You know what? You are Cody Ingo, a fake ass Michigan fan. - Damn. - You know what you are? You're the type of person that tries to be, oh, I'm the reasonable Michigan fan. So I can suck at the team of Michigan haters. Stop it. Stop it. Where would Michigan have been that season without Jibrill Peppers? He was one of the best players in college football. - And they were one of the best teams. - They were. That was the year where they lost by three and over time at Ohio State on the road. - Four to one. - Nonsense. - K.T. was short. - Cody Ingo, but it's trust in Brad Holmes, right? Neil, so if we're trusting Holmes, why can't you put trust in Bates if he's a kicker and home sign him to the team? Because Cody, he wasn't signed with the inclination of being the kicker. - Eh, I would argue. - No. - 'Cause if not, then why even sign a kicker in the first place if you have-- - Because you actually locked in. - Because in case something like this happens. You got to have, you got to have multiple kicker. - They didn't have-- - Kickers last year. It was just Michael Badgley and Jack Fox. - No, no, I'm saying in training camp. Every team has multiple kickers in training camp, all right? - I'm just saying. - But again, remember this though. - They gave him a two year deal though. - Yeah, yeah, they paid him. - They paid him. - Two year deal? - Michael Badgley, I don't get that deal. - Michael Badgley didn't get that deal. So that's all I'm saying. - Hey, and just-- - They got rid of him once and then brought him back. We forget about these things. - Okay. - And if he's the kicker, if it comes down to it, and he struggles, or he misses a kick, KG, you and everybody in this chat. - I promise I shouldn't. - When you get in there and talk about it, we'll discuss it. - Yeah, I promise. - We'll revisit it. - If you are right, I will give you your crit. I've never been a problem with that. I will give you your crit. - And I'm not saying, I'm not saying, like look, this is everybody taking it out of context. I'm not saying this is an absolute. What I'm saying is, I feel better with Michael Badgley at the kicking spot. - I feel you. - Because I know what I got number one, and I don't know why, to Flannel's point, I don't know why we just wad him up and throw him in the trash, dude. He was good, and he made the biggest kick in our fans' history. - So far. - Why doesn't anybody give that it's proper due? - It's because, you know what? And I know that-- - When he lined up, we didn't even think he would make that kick when he lined up. - But he did, and what happened? - He did it. - It was good near him. - For his pick. - For his pick. - No, I'm being dead serious about this. Sports media has a lot of power and influence. People like Maz, with all due respect, who just like, you know, over kickers. People like Maz try to convince people that he's the worst thing we've ever seen, that he makes about 50% of his kicks, and people believe it. When people also see that Dan Campbell goes for it all the time and thinks that that means he has no confidence in the kicker. That, I think that played a role to some extent sometimes, but I also think it was more about Dan Campbell. That's just the identity of the team, and more often than not, it worked. Once narratives seep into your conscious and subconscious, it's really, really hard to break that type of programming. That's what it is. It's programming, because he is not a bad kicker. Is he great? Absolutely not, but he's good enough for this team. - Well, and the people like the Jay Bates people, I think they create this false equivalency to where if Bates was on the team last year, they would have beat the 49ers. Guess what? They would have went for it anyway, and they're gonna continue to go for it. And that's why I like Dan Campbell, because that's how you win. You win with possessions. You win with touchdowns in this league. You know what field goals get you? Beat. - I still would have kicked the field goal on that fourth down, but that's neither here nor here. - Field goals get you beat, Lionel. In this league, they get you beat. There's a reason a touchdown counts for seven, and field goals count for three. You need three of them to make up for one touchdown. - All I'm saying is we already know Josh Reynolds dropped that pass. We didn't see Michael Badgley attempt that field goal. 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All these delicious items for only $7 each when you buy two or more, but something's off. I mean, pizzas, melts, boneless wings, bacon, cheddar cheese, sticks, oven, big pastas, cinnabon mini rolls, and that's not even the whole menu. I'll keep eating or digging. You should too. Check out the $7 deal lovers menu at your local Pizza Hut. Product availability prices and participation may vary. Additional charges and exclusions may apply. Wings included are eight count bonus. Clip smart coupons to save more than ever before on household essentials, everyday meals and snacks, and more at Family Dollar. - Family Dollar helping you do more. - That's a lot. - That is a lot. - There's only what? - 22 first, you talking first team? - We're talking all pros in general. First and general. - All pros in general. - Over. - That's only 44 spots, man. - I know, I know, I know. - Over by maybe one, 'cause I think Brian and Branch could be that. - That's aggressive. - Maybe. - To say the best. I'm gonna go under as much as they are the darlings, as much as they're on national TV and all that kind of stuff, dude. You start getting into percentages like that. There's 44 spots, man. They're not getting more than 10% of them in the whole league. - This is tough though, 'cause Head A's gonna make it. - Yep. - Frank's probably gonna make it. - Yep, Amara. - Amara's the one I'm a little bit worried about because the position is so deep, and this was actually something Spenmo Rex said the other day, which I agree with, but I wouldn't be surprised. Sam LaPorta, I don't think Travis Kelsey's gonna have the regular season like he did last year, and he wasn't even on it last year. - Yeah. - Um, Jalen Reeves Maven. - I don't know. I think it's possible. You'd have to have everyone that you did last year. - Are you talking about the special teams one? - Yes, yes. - They rotate that around. - Fair. - They never, you know, it's like the MVP in the NBA. - Basically, they'd have to have everybody that they had last year plus hutch, or everybody that they had last year plus, plus like Brian Branch. I am going to say under, I think they will have exactly five. And that's okay, by the way. That's more than okay. - Yeah. - I got under. I just, I don't see it, but I do see, I see Gibbs being an all-pro. - See, that's, I think if he's sharing carries with Montgomery, I don't think he's going to put up the numbers. And I love Gibbs. I love me some Jameer Gibbs. I would love to see it. I just, I don't see it this year. I think they only get two spots. I believe that's, that's, that's a lot. - But if he puts up like 1,800 all-purpose, like. - Oh, if he gets that, he's in, but that's 1,800 all-purpose. - I mean, that's what I expect. - I think he's about to have a coming out, top three in the NFL type running back season. - Okay. - All right, 1,800 yards in a split backfield. It might be a little aggressive. - Yeah, okay, thank you. - I mean, like, you notice how we do this, though? Like, we're getting on that golf's going to throw for $7,000 in yards. - Hey, man, we, we talk about it here. We talk about it, and we know, and we still walk into it. - We already slappies, God damn it. - That's the best the liars have been ever. - I'm sorry. - Second down. - Second down. - Hold on, hold on, damn what Tourette's. Breeze Hall's going to drag the Jets to everyone. They get this. - Can we stop with the Breeze Hall thing? - That's your one of your worst takes you ever had. He's one of the best. - Okay. - He's arguably better than Gibbs. - Oh, oh. - He's arguably better than Gibbs. - But, yeah, but can he stay on the field? - Yeah, yeah, yeah, great, great. - He had almost- - Show me in street clothes again. - Can he stay on- - Oh, all he does is- - What is with you guys, and the jorts and the sweaters on the sideline? - Because Breeze Hall's a good running back. Breeze Hall is one of the, is a top five back in the league right now. - When he plays? - He got like almost a thousand yards last year. - Oh, yeah, more than a team game. - He had more yards than Jameer Gibbs, wow. - I hate to do that. My stats don't matter, apparently. But Breeze Hall is a bum. You know what, he's gonna be out of the league by the middle of next year. Right, Neil? Right? - Wow. - Right, he's gonna be gone. They're gonna cut him. - Wow. - Come on. - All right, check it out. - You are red, boy, you are red as hell. - Keep telling me about Breeze Hall. I always hear about it. I never see. - You? (laughing) - He had a better season than Jameer Gibbs last year, objectively in every school way. - Did he get the same usage or more usage? - He also had a lot worse prepared for you. - He got a little bit more. - A lot more. - He was their entire offense last year. They couldn't even complete a fourth pass final. - Which made it so that Breeze Hall was the primary person to stop. - Wow. - He was either one or two in offensive weapons on the team. It was either him or Garrett Wilson. God, only good players play for the Lions. Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy. That's what we all sound like right now. - Jesus Christ. - It's like a crayola game. - He had four yards than Gibbs, but Gibbs, all probably, all from Breeze Hall's out of the league. We've never seen anything. This is ridiculous. - But that ain't a tailpipe, man. - Nicholas Duncan. - Nicholas Duncan, Hall is nagie. - Hey, how have you seen the yards per carry? Nagie can't average four. - Jesus. - He can't receive on the backfield like Breeze Hall. Mother of fuck. Yes, fuck has a mother. Is Aaron Rodgers back? Is he back this year? - We'll see. - We'll see. - All right, to come to Flanno's defense, all I will say is say this. I will say about Breeze Hall, he's going against eight man boxes the whole year last year because everyone knew the Jets had nothing. Who would you tackle more often? Breeze Hall or Jameer Gibbs? - Come on now. - Thank you for your discovery. - I'll be honest. I'd probably say Jameer Gibbs is harder to bring down just because of the different space. But I'll say this, I think that Breeze Hall is a better in terms of in the whole, I think he's going to be a better running back long term. I don't think Jameer Gibbs is going to be able to, again, there's a reason why Montgomery is there to be the power back. There's a reason why it's a split back here. - You call him a scat back? - Are you calling him a scat? - Are you calling him a scat back? - But here's the problem. - I don't think that's a slam. That's not a secret though. Like people act like it's a secret. He's a receiving back. - And oh, by the way, receiving the football too. - Oh, go ahead, go ahead. - Jojo Rofo, Breeze Hall's peak is prime dev and single theory. - Well, that's a joke. You don't watch football then. And by the way, for everybody's favorite receiving back, Jameer Gibbs, Breeze Hall had damn near 600 receiving guards last year, damn near 600. And nobody gives a shit. He had over 1500 yards from scrimmage. So Gibbs has showed you enough that he's a future all pro and Breeze Hall has never showed you anything. And oh, by the way, I checked the games played for Breeze Hall last year. And here's where you're wrong again, Neil, like usually. - 17, Jameer Gibbs wasn't 17, and I love Gibbs. - Man, he was all 17 games. - Yeah. - So he got what about 70 rushing yards a game, huh? - You know what's funny, electric. - Hey, Jameer Gibbs couldn't stay on the field. - Electric. - And I love Gibbs. I don't want to make it a Hall versus Gibbs thing. They're both damn good backs. - Dead ass, Breeze Hall is at least top seven in league. - I'm telling you, this year, Breeze Hall will be an all-pro this year, this season. - We gonna sit down. - Here we go, the Jets hype again. Here we go. Easy, Neil. All right, next down. We gotta pick it up. - 'Cause Sam's gonna die if we keep on it. - All right, second down. Who finished this season with more rushing yards? Jameer Gibbs or Bijon Robinson? - I just put Breeze Hall in there. - She should. - Breeze Hall leads the league. - Oh my God. - Breeze Hall reset to the running back market. Breeze Hall, Aaron Rodgers gets hurt again on a hand off to Breeze Hall. - Yeah. - Breeze Hall picks up Aaron Rodgers with the football. - Yes. - Carries over the end zone. - Carries over the end zone. - And Carries them into the end zone. (laughing) - That's more accurate than you've never seen it before. Am I wrong? It's more accurate that he would do that than to say you've never seen anything from Breeze Hall. It's more accurate. - Neil, this is where your tone is. - And by the way, to answer the question, it's Bijon Robinson. Because I think he really breaks out this year. I don't think he's gonna have to share carries like Jameer Gibbs does. Tyler Algier is nowhere in David Montgomery's league. Bijon Robinson. - Just like Breeze Hall doesn't have to split carries. - He doesn't. - Oh. - Hey. - But then we're gonna comp 'em like for like with a guy that does. - Sorry. - I'm just saying. David Montgomery, I think made things a little bit easier on Jameer Gibbs. And I love Gibbs. I love Gibbs. But to act like Breeze Hall is trash is one of the worst. Yes, you are, KG. - No, we are not. - Do you agree that we've never seen it with Breeze Hall? - This whole thing that he's priest homes, like prime priest homes, dude, I'm sorry. And all the fantasy people that are gonna draft them like top four and you know they are. - Mm-hmm. - He's the flavor. - You should have. - You should have, okay. - He's had almost 1600s all-purpose yards. - Okay. - Gibbs had like almost like 12, 1250. Like, come on. - I'm just saying. - And I'm not a Gibbs hater. - Yeah. - Like, stop. - I'm just saying we didn't say he was trash. You can run the tape back. - You said you've never seen it from him. That's a joke. - No, I said if he's on the field, he's great. - But that is the problem. Yes, he's 17. - He's on the field for 17 games. - That's what we get saying. Stop letting narrative seep into your head. He had one injury as a rookie. - Time is in his career. - He had one injury as a rookie. He played 17 games his sophomore year. - He's been in the league for three years. - Is it? He's been in league for two. It's coming to year three. - This is going into year three. So we're just making on a two-year sample site. - Okay. - All right. - I really didn't concern myself a Breeze Hall defender, but I never said he was trash. - You implied it. - Next one. Next down. - Third down. - He finishes the season with more sacks. - Eight and a half. - Breeze Hall. - Or Montez. - Who is the question? I'm sorry. Who finishes the season with more sacks? Eight and a hundred cent are Montez sweat. - Hush. - Montez sweat's kind of like the Breeze Hall of defensive end. - Come on. - You would think that this guy's Nick Bosa, prime Lawrence Taylor. - You would think that the way that people talk about Montez sweat. - Nobody says that. - Good defensive end, man. He's a, he did it, at least with the Bears, with no help whatsoever. And that's the thing about the Bears. It's basically, it's still Montez sweat, and then a collection of also rans, although Gervon Dexter, he might end up being good. The correct answer to me is Aiden Hutchinson, because he's got the squad around him. He's gonna get, he's not gonna be the only thing that the offensive lights can key in on, and he's a better overall player than sweat when it comes to hits and run defense and all of that. - I just, big season for Aiden Hutchinson, would be shocked at all with an all-pro. - Hutch. - Yes. - What's a big Montez sweat play that we all remember? - He had 12 and a half sacks, 12 and a half, including a couple against the Lions. I guess we must have forgot about that. - What? - You go kill Flannel, man. You go to jail for murder. - All right, next up. Sweat socks, Hutch is way more sacks. Who cares? - Sweat socks. - Oh, wow. - You know what? Handele, Montez sweat needs to drop an R&B album. - Will the Lions secondary, fourth down, will the Lions secondary be the most improved defensive unit in the NFL this season? - That's so hard to project. - How do you quantify that? - Yeah, I don't know. I mean, to us, I think maybe like to us it will be, but I don't know, there's always some, there's always some unit somewhere that pops off and the numbers jump off the charts and things like that. Now, to be fair, if I gotta be consistent about it, I don't think so, because we're kind of counting on a rookie parlay again, aren't we? Aren't we? I mean, let's be in to be the most improved unit in the NFL, a rookie parlay has to hit. - Well, say it doesn't. - No, and that's why it's really aggressive to say the most improved unit in the NFL. I just, I think we can't understate how much better this secondary has a chance to be. I mean, last season, they were sixth worst and pass defense allowed per game and gave up 28 touchdown passes and they struggled an awful lot in the playoffs. No more, Cam Sutton on an Island, no more Kindle Vildor playing CB2 in NFC Championship games. And another thing that I also have to bring about the secondary is especially now with Emmanuel Mosley reportedly playing some nickel in camp, positional versatility all around the field. The only one who I think is set in their position is Carlton Davis at CB1. Everybody can do a lot of different things and there's just a lot more talent out there and a lot more depth. So I think that the secondary being improved while it may not be the most improved defensive unit in the NFL, it will be maybe what unlocks the Lions actually making the Super Bowl and winning it. - Chase Young's another one of those guys. I always hear about all the time. Always hear about him. - There. - Never see him, never see him in a big moment. - Now Montez, what is one thing-- - Hey, I agree with you on Chase Young. - Guys, Chase Young had a sack in the Super Bowl. - He did get a sack in the Super Bowl. But what did he do before it hit? - He did a lot. - After the training. - Did you see, hey guys, guys. - He did not do well after Chase. - Yes he did because Nick Bose's sack number skyrocketed after Chase Young got there because it's just another book end of help and nobody cares about that. And everybody want to ask and makes fun of the 49ers. Oh my God, those idiots, they signed Chase Young. The 49ers got further than the Lions. God, we're so uppity sometimes. We have one good season and we act like we're a dynasty. And I love the Lions. - I don't want to get it. - Chase plays off, just playing period. - He's got a sack in the Super Bowl. - Yeah, how many plays did he play? - And Marco Rodriguez had a pick. - Yeah. - Who are you comparing? - Marco Rodriguez and Chase Young. - Not at all. - Stupid, stupid, stupid. - By your metrics. - No, I'm not. Chase Young had nine sacks last season. And he was defensive rookie of the year. - James Williams has three hundred and ninety five receiving guards in his career. (laughing) - Fuck, fuck, fuck. - God, Lions fans can be so stupid sometimes. - Can we get the fifth one? - I'm sorry. - We might not. - I'm sorry. - We might not. (laughing) - Stop me, stop me, stop me, stop me. If Chase Young would have the exact same thing for the Lions, we would be giving him under the table, Felicia. - Hey, how do we feel about Michael Badger, who made the biggest kick in Lions history? - That's crazy. - We threw him in the trash. - That's fair. 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Nickel Packets Friday, Neil Rule, San Flannel KG, Young Justin. And of course, Power Neck on the ones and twos. And lots of desire for you to visit Dyspo, or Xanaxes, or something along those lines. Also, Wilbertsports.com, Chad Fred, DNC, ENT. Can we pop around the league for a second? There's so much movement this summer. Absolutely. I feel more than usual, a lot of teams are-- a lot of teams people are sleeping on that will pop off, Titans, Tommies, Zona, et cetera. All right, DNC, ENT. You asked, let's do it. Nickel Packets, NFL style. Let's go around the league. What do we got? The Raiders-- first down, the Raiders mock Patrick Mahomes with the Kermit the Frog Dog. What do you make of it? I would just say that if you're the Kansas City Chiefs, all you have to say is the Raiders haven't won a playoff game since 2002, and the Detroit Tigers have a World Series more recently than the Raiders have a Super Bowl. You're done. Goodbye. And I would say, but for some reason, if they were to play the Chiefs in the playoffs, they would probably beat them. Because they beat them all the time. They don't beat them all the time. They don't even beat them half the time. They beat them half the time. They beat them more often than you think. But they don't beat them all the time. They beat them more often than you think. That's a good way to point it out. That's all. You know what? You know what? Yeah, I'm not going to watch it a master, y'all. This is what I do love about the NFL. Like, I think that people are overly critical of the NBA. But they're right about this. The rivalry thing in the NBA is nowhere near what it is in the NFL. Dudes hate each other out there. And why would you not? They are trying to injure you in the National Football League. Absolutely. They're trying to injure you. It benefits their team if you can't play. I love that. I love that the Raiders did that. I love too that the Raiders contrary to San flannel, which is probably popular opinion, which you are not wrong about. But I love that the Raiders don't care and they're going to do it anyway. Division rivalries are awesome in the NFL. But you can also point and laugh at them. And you're justified in pointing and laughing at them, which is what I'm doing right now. We talk about the Tigers World Series like it was a lifetime ago. They won a World Series more recently than the Raiders won a Super Bowl. Marcus Allen was the Super Bowl MVP of that game. Come on. Come on. Self-awareness, guys. Self-awareness. I do like it, no flannel. OK. It's entertaining. Tell the words. Tell them to kiss the rings, Kansas City. Absolutely. In the great word, it's a Spencer Raxter. Shout out. Nick Hettigin, division rivals. That division rolls hard. I lived in Denver for two years. I promise every team in that division hates each other. It does seem like it's extra in that division, doesn't it? Yeah. Yeah. Like, for whatever reason, it is extra. It's competitive here most of the time. Now Jim Harbaugh is going to be in the fold, too. I tell you, yeah. All right. Casey, 19 and 9 against the Raiders since 2010, which is more than you would think. That's fair. That's more than you would think. But it's not half. All right. Take it out. All it says, there's a reason why they were left off the Netflix special, the Raiders game. Patrick Mahomes did not put the Raiders in there in the quarterback series. Sure, he's crying in his Super Bowl race and his Super Bowl MVP trophies. OK, go ahead. Second down, Jerry Jones says he doesn't think this will be Dak Prescott's last year with Dallas. Will it? He doesn't think. He doesn't think. That was a hilarious press conference by the pro. No, it won't be his last year. And we've gone over this time and time again. They are painted into a corner that they cannot escape from. Dak Prescott has them. He has Jerry Jones. He has the entire franchise and is about to submarine that entire franchise, by the way, because they have to do it. And it's probably going to cost a Mike-Up person. It probably will down the road because Mike-Up-- I can associate it. Because through all this that's going on with the Dak stuff and the CD Lam-- CD Lam's standing on business to the tune of 50 grand a day. Yeah. He's playing horrible. Mike-Up Parsons to the Ravens. And if you signed Dak Prescott and give him 60 million, you have no choice but to give CD Lam what he wants. You have no choice. And that's the thing. Dak Prescott, for as much as we hate on him, he's a good quarterback. He's good enough with guys like CD Lam and Mike-Up Parsons to have good regular seasons and maybe even win a playoff game. With him, it's just about-- he's always due for that choke at some point, like last year, for example, when Green Bay came to town. So the Cowboys are-- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa, what? I mean, the defense was a reason they lost that game. They played horrendous. They were that. Now Dak Prescott-- I won't say he's the reason they lost that game. I think he played in the UK game. Jordan loves shredded that game. But Jordan loves shredded that game. They had no chance to win that game. You're a big six, dude. A big six with a chance to get it closer before halftime. He-- Dak Prescott threw the pick six that basically got the Cowboys out of the game completely. Oh, I get it. The defense did not play well. They got 40 points. Yeah, bro. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. That's not played well. Aaron, Aaron, Aaron, Aaron, Aaron. Aaron Jones was running through rushing lanes that I have never seen be that big before in my life. Wait a minute. So you guys are now defending Dak Prescott. And I'm the one that's basically-- He didn't play well. He had two interceptions. If you throw two interceptions in a playoff game, you did not play well enough, especially when you're counter-- You have up 40 points. You didn't play well enough. If Patrick Mahomes threw two picks, he would overcome it. Argue that. That's your guy. Yep. That's your guy. I'm with KG on that one. Well, it-- That's your guy. Oh, I got it. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. KG, what are we-- what are we talking about here? What are we talking about? Yes, because Dak Prescott's not Patrick Mahomes. Duh. Dak Prescott is like a top maybe 10 quarterback at best, top 15 at worst. They've had the same numbers in the regular season. I'll pull up the stats. No, no, but how are Nick here? Here's a deal. And I think we got off. You guys are allergic to agreeing with me. It's fucking ridiculous. Well, I'm trashing Dak Prescott. And you guys are like, oh, actually, it was all the defense. Oh, actually, Dak Prescott played pretty well. God damn it. I didn't say he played well. I didn't say he played well. He played well. How are Nick dead? I said he played OK. He did not. You know the reason they lost the game? You can't give the football to the other team. You can't. Here's what I want to talk about. Trying to throw back in the game. Derangement syndrome. LeBron James derangement syndrome exists and flannel Sam derangement syndrome exists. You can't agree with me. Sam, I'm smarter than all you motherfuckers. Sam, he's sick of person. Here's the deal. DNC ENT. I think it will 100% be as last year. I don't think Jerry want to open the wallet and outbid everyone. But see, DNC ENT, this is what-- this is why I talk about the Cowboys a lot. What's your move, then? What's your move? Like, it's easy to say, right? In a Madden world, in a Madden trade machine world, it's easy to say, then what's your play? Who are you getting to be quarterback? You got CD Lam sitting here right now that you're going to give Justin Jefferson contract to. What were you doing that for Cooper Rush? Nope. You doing that for Trade Lance? They did a trade capital for him. That's all I'm saying. OK, you see what I'm saying? No, I'm saying it. There's nowhere to go. No, I feel you. I feel you. There's nowhere to go. Damn. So that's it. All right, next down, third down. Right? Yeah, third down. Oh, third down. Well, Trent Williams is holding out because he has no guaranteed money left on his contract. Will this be a distraction for the 49ers? I don't think this one will because everybody knows the score. And then, most importantly, the 49ers know the score. You got to make this man happy and you got a cave a little bit. The same way that you did for Christian McCaffrey. The same way that you shook. You know, you went back, you went to the backyard and got the money tree and shook some shackles loose from McCaffrey. You have to give this man what he wants. Half to. Of course you do. But in the meantime-- And they all know it. The thing here, that locker room, they know it. He's a vet. He's one of the best at his position. He's aging. He's not the best at his position anymore. There's a new young guy that has that spot. But with that being said, they all know that. All the players in that locker room know you got to take care of this man. It won't be a problem. But see, if you compound that with Iuke, I get it. Trent Williams will probably be there. I don't know about Brandon Iuke. You win with good players. If there's any sort of conflict with two of your best ones, maybe the 49ers will fall off a little bit. I agree with you that it's more likely than not. That Trent Williams won't be a distraction and that he'll be in. But to compound that with Brandon Iuke, that's not nothing. That's all I'm going to say. Well, they have to make the choice. And it's very clear with that. That is an easy choice. But I mean, I'm just saying, Brandon Iuke won you a lot of games or held to win you a lot of games. I'm just saying that's all I'm saying. It is a very, very easy choice. Yeah. I just wonder how Trent Williams gets to the point in his contract where there's no guaranteed money left. You need a better age and big bro. All right. Next up, next down. All right. Fourth. Fourth down. Teresa, Colt said they are going to let Anthony Richardson run. Is this a wise move? I was reading a story and they said, would you tell Steph Curry not to shoot three? Well, that's stupid because Steph Curry's the greatest shooter ever and Anthony Richardson had a rookie season which was cut massively short by a shoulder injury. I'm not saying that you can't ever let Anthony Richardson run. Like if it's third and six and Richardson has a chance to scramble and get you a first down and get out of bounds, that's all well and good. But he can't be lowering his shoulder into NFL defensive backs and NFL linebackers. It's going to keep happening. Yeah. People were like, ah, there's nothing to worry about until it happened his rookie year. And then the Colts invested a first round draft pick. Anthony Richardson is the franchise. So if you're the Colts, it would behoove you to rain Anthony Richardson in a little bit. You can run sometimes, but you got to get down. And if the-- why would you give that up if you're the Colts? Like if you're going to run them fine, but why would you tell other teams that like this early out the gate so they can scout for it so they can be ready for it? Like I don't just don't think that's smart. I don't know. I don't hate what the Colts came out and said. Like I don't hate it. It's the only way he's going to be dynamic in the NFL. You're right here and now. It's like La Marja. The only way he's going to be dynamic is if he runs. And you drafted him. So this is the bed you're sleeping in now. So yeah, you have to do that. It's the only way he's going to be dynamic. Fifth down. Hello. It's me, your oil change light. That last mechanic took three hours. Would you trust him again? Silence, your oil change diet. He had valvoline instant oil change, where we change your oil in about 15 minutes. Yeah, I mean, he never threw for over 54% in college. So I mean, yeah, if he doesn't run the ball, he's got no chance. I think the Colts overdraft didn't reach down a buck there. Fifth down, how ridiculous does Joe Burroughs hair look? It's bad. It's bad. All right, like, come on. Terrible. And he had great hair. That's one of the reasons that he was called Joe Cool is because the aesthetic of him. Now you might as well call him Marshall Burrough or Joe Mathers at this point. Joe Mathers? Yeah, or like Joe Shady or something like that. It's terrible. It is given trailer park. It is. I don't think it's that bad. And in terms of how bad it could look, he doesn't look as bad as he could. Justin, that's like you couldn't go here and come in here with a blind hair one day. 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We also have KG in the building, Young Justin, Power Neck on the ones and juice. You're getting comfortable in there, Power Neck? Oh, yeah, man. You're feeling good. All right, smooth, good. Glad to have you here with us. All right, Nickel Package Friday rolls on. Let's do some college football. Let's do it. We were just talking during the break. Let's go. I'm fired up. Week zero, Hawaii's at home. Time is to be determined. TV networks do the right thing. Put that game on at 11 o'clock PM, minimum. At the earliest, I was shaded even towards midnight, but we don't do that till daylight saving. So, you know, the Hawaii game split from 11 PM to midnight at daylight saving. Hey, that is pretty cool. Why is it in Hawaii? 'Cause they're smart. They're smarter than we are. Like, they live there. The weather's perfect. They're smarter than we are. Yeah. That's the only explanation I have. That's right. All right, college. It's in the air, everybody. College football. Nickel packet. First down. SEC Commissioner Greg Sanki was asked about further expansion. He said, "We need to figure out how to grow our pie, not slice it into more pieces." Shots fired. Are you buying this guy? Shots fired. Yeah. That was a great quote from down. Shots fired. I do think like the expansion thing is pretty much done. Yeah. Because like, with the TV network deals probably at a premium that they're going to be at, why would you be in the business with splitting it up more? Why? Just let Clemson sit there and rot. Sit there and rot. All right. Unless they want to do the thing where we're not going to pay you for 10 years, let them sit there and rot. Hey, and SEC just recently, they're probably responsible for the death of the Big 12. Ask Texas, ask Oklahoma, ask A&M, ask Missouri. Big facts. It really used to be very different not that long ago and now they're all in the SEC. So SEC is still king. No, it is and I think the Big 10 probably will start getting, I think the Big 10's more into the domination than they are because they can just shake the branches for more money. But when you have teams in major cities, that's what you can do. Yeah. And they're what you can do. Hey. They got themselves a hell of a conference now. Yep. Clemson, just go stay and just go die in the ACC. I'm with you. Not being able to adapt to the transfer portal is one of the most ridiculous things that I've ever heard. Yeah. Sweeney is a man of integrity. Just remember. Hagerty. Ron Q. Ryan says Davos Sweeney is such a dork. You know what's funny is, um, who has fallen off quicker than Davos? I think his fall off has been greatly exaggerated. He's one of the best coaches in college football history. He resurrected Clemson when Noah, look into a camera and says the only name, image and likeness. Our program is built on is in the likeness of the Lord. Like, okay. He's a God. Fearing man. I respect it. He's it's going to hurt the program, but I respect it. There there. That's why he's not a great coach. He is a great coach. No, he's not anymore. He's not. But he's one of the old. You're dead. But he's one of the all-time greats. He used to be two national championships at Clemson's a big and no more coming. Probably. He's like Tom Mizzo at Michigan State. There. I think comparison. I'll tell you, I think Clemson's going to win the ACC this year. No cool story. No, no. I'll be honest. I actually think they're what they're going to do in the play. I don't think they'll do much in the playoff, but I think they'll solely make their way back to relevance. I got Miami and Florida State better than I'm sure. I think they got a quarterback for a little bit. Yeah. Cape club next at least. Cape club next. Pretty good, man. He's all right. He's all right. He's better than you and Natty, though. Yeah. All right. Next down. He's better. Second down. Yeah. Okay. That's why I said four schools. Rose Bowl said they want it to be left out of hosting the playoff semifinals because they want to keep the game on New Year's Day. They are scheduled to host the quarter final on New Year's Day the next two year. What is their fucking obsession with New Year's Day? Somebody explained it to me, dude. Hey, no, we're good. We're good on hosting the semi final. We're good because we're going to do the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day. They want to keep that tradition. I did it. It is a really cool tradition. It is a really like what does it matter? It matters in a sport that's losing tradition by the day. That's the thing, man. Traditions are good. College football's all about tradition. I want to see the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day. I really like the one last year, which is going to be Alabama, by the way. That was a pretty enjoyable. Yeah. I just don't want to host the semi final. Dude. We're good in the quarter finals because we're the Rose Bowl. It is hilarious. And everyone just cowers to these guys. I'm putting the Rose Bowls, the granddaddy of the mall, man. They can do whatever the hell they want. College football's a tradition based thing. Right. Like I care. You care about the bag only. I care about tradition. Yeah, at one point, it was almost more important than the national championship, almost at one point. I mean, for a while, it decided to the National Championship because there were no national championship games up until like 98. That's actually crazy to think about. It's true. I'm not mad at it. I don't get it. Like I don't get this whole and everybody's so scared of the Rose Bowl all the time. Like what difference does it make if you play the game on New Year's Day or on January 8? Like what's different? Wake it up to the New Year. It does. Yeah, it does. It's a good feeling. It does, man. You're outnumbered here. The parade that no one watches in the end of the day. If people are in the chat, you don't watch their parade. Nobody done. Michigan was in it last year and I could guarantee you none of us three watch the Rose Bowl parade. I had it on in the background, though. Right. It's good cleaning music when you wake up. I mean, it's good to have a new background. Keith Jackson and the granddaddy of them all. Come on. If that doesn't give you chills, you don't have to feel. No, Keith Jackson's the coach. Yeah. Okay. Come on now. Absolutely. 100%. All right. Fourth down or third down. It's all right. AAC commissioner Tim Purin and they said the group of five is considering hosting a separate playoff for the Ford Conference champions that don't get a CFP playoff birth. You down for this? I guess like on surface, I say no, right? Because what does it matter? But I'm also the same dude that watches, you know, the GMAC bowl on a Tuesday night when bowling green plays Alabama. You a different breed, though. Yeah. That's not on surface. I say no, for the casual, they might be a little keep too much to keep up with fair. For people like me, the elites, yes, for people like the random casual fan, no, they're not going to care. Yeah. They're not going to care, which is why it shouldn't be done, but I am biased because I don't really like group of five. I thought when I know no offense power neck, it's a great accomplishment. You get into Eastern Michigan. And I mean that 100%. I was a terrible athlete in high school. It's just when teams like Boise State were claiming that they should play for the national championship and teams like Central Florida actually making a banner that they should be national championship, that they should be national champions. Go play somebody. They did. Well, they tried to. They weren't allowed. Yeah. No, I mean, go play someone in the regular season. You don't get to just feast on the little sisters of the poor and then, like, I love this. You're going to compare it to Michigan. I know. No, no, no, no, no, I'm not. No, I'm not. Do you think that at that time people were in the business of, yeah, let's go. You think Oklahoma was like, yeah, let's go play Boise State. Yeah. Unless she was like, yeah, let's go to Boise and play Boise State. They weren't doing. They weren't doing. They were doing. But they was not but the rest of it. And this is, and this is where it was with Boise State. You can go get your win in the festival over Oklahoma. It was absolutely electric. You can get your win in the BCS over TCU. Fine. You cannot play for the national championship. You just can. That's August. Well, you're biased. You can't, you can't penalize them for something they can't get. Yes, you can. Yes, you can. People are more worthy because they actually played real schedules. It was literally one of the years with, you can play half group of five teams. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. Here's their schedule. Hey, hey, hey, power net. Power net. Power net. Power net. Power net. For anybody poo pooing like a Penn State win, for example, Chop Robinson, Adisa Isaac and Olu Fashanu. Pretty damn good NFL players. For people poo pooing Michigan for playing Iowa, Jack Campbell, Cooper Dajean, and Sam Laporta, and Lucas Van Ness. Pretty good players. You can't play those teams. Those are conference teams. I'm talking about the non-conference schedule here at East Carolina of the world where they play. I understand that, but their conference is so weak, literally one year Boise State got to play Oregon. Who they beat? Congratulations. That was the one where the, blunt, punch, punch some dude and then played the little sisters of the poor the rest of the season. That conference was terrible. What do you want? What was the move? The move was not playing the national championship game, which they did it. No, no, no, no. I mean, remedy that. Why are they penalized because they can't give? Because they should be because other teams are more worthy. Why? You don't think they deserve a fair shame? No, they don't because at the time it was the BCS, it was one versus one. In this modern era, if you can make the playoff, that's fine. Honestly, maybe Boise State would have gotten into a four team playoff. I wouldn't have been mad at that, but at the time it was the BCS, it was one versus one. I don't understand how you can, how you can penalize somebody for something that they can't do anything about. Yeah. Who are they supposed to play? Well, some seasons, it doesn't matter because they played other teams were more worthy because they played real schedules. According to you, maybe. What do you mean they got on the field with the Oklahoma's and the Oregon's? They beat you. So you can't say that they don't belong at that table. It doesn't matter if they win the game, you have to be worthy of it. Do you know what? I believe that Michigan team that had the two top 15 picks and 100 Dickinson, if they would have gotten in, they would have made the Sweet 16, but they weren't worthy of it because they didn't belong. I get it. It's a little bit different, but what you do when you get there does not prove whether or not you belong to me. What makes a team worthy? That's so subjective. By going on to me could be worthy to somebody else. I don't know. By going undefeated in a power conference in that same year, I'm just going to say that because Boise State played a, they're not even the modern day Mountain West, those, that was a terrible, terrible conference that they were in, but they did beat Oregon. They beat Oregon once and Oklahoma in the ball game, okay, but they didn't beat anybody that season. They should beat Oregon and Oklahoma though. Oh my goodness. We keep going back to the same. He acts like there's like a random draw for schedule, like coaches, like, you know, like Davos Sweeney is going to say, hey, we'll go to Boise and play you guys. It's cool. Next time, let's leave out undefeated LSU. Why not? Let's leave out undefeated urban Meyer Florida. Let's leave them out in favor of those bomb ass bitches at Boise State who play a blue field. Look at flannel with the spirit with the scarecrow are you are addicted to agreeing with me because I am more right than all of you. I think it's higher level than all of you and you guys. You've heard of Pizza Hut $7 deal lovers menu, right? All these delicious items for only $7 each when you buy two or more, but something's off. I mean, pizzas, melts, boneless wings, bacon, cheddar cheese, sticks, oven, big pastas, cinebon mini rolls, and that's not even the whole menu. I'll keep eating or digging. You should too. Check out the $7 deal lovers menu at your local pizza hut. 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They played at the exact same schedule in 2006 as Michigan did this last year. Is that what you're fucking saying, bro? Is that what you're fucking saying? That's what you're saying. You... Okay, look. Me too. They have to schedule. Oh, my God. You're all right, Flynn. You can take a powder. Next down. We got it back on the clock. Fourth down. Or fifth, fifth. This time. It's an all-time great Sam David. Oh, man. All right. Great. Oh, man. Fourth down. Pat McAfee is going to be back on ESPN College Game Day this year. You hype for that? I'm not hype for it. Like, I always... I always make it. I always watch it. Yeah. You know, people... I'm always going to watch it anywhere. Yeah. They did. They did. They did. They did. Well, I mean, it's the game. To get the omelet. You got to crack the egg. It's the game. It's the game. It's hot right now. So... Yeah. No, I get why they did it, but Dave Pogg did so much great work for that, for them over so many years. Just... Just so sad, man. Yes, please. Holy shit. Yes. It looks so good. And I love them. They keep trying them out there. I love them. Yeah. It's not the same. It's not the same. It's like Ernie Harwell at the end. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You know, you're doing more damage to the legacy. Yeah. Take them around back. In a professional sense. In a professional sense. In a professional sense. In a professional sense. In a professional sense. In a professional sense. In a professional sense. All right. We got to go to the break, right? Yes. Dumbbell Randy Wise. Randy Wise Automotive Team. They have the Randy Wise Celebrity Golf Tour, and they're also an automotive team. So I go to Randy Wise, go enjoy the Celebrity Golf Tour, and we were there at a couple of them. It was a lot of fun. It's Randy Wise. Make the Wise decision. Enough Detroit sports. Make sure you listen to Airmani and Edwards with Mazz. Next. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the Woodward Sports Network. 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But in a war of words, everything can stay somewhat civil. It's okay, Sam. You can just, I'll thank him. That's all right. You like that. You're playing to everybody here. Dante 151. Do you plan to just break something? Dante. Do you give me the solo camera? Yeah. All right. These microphones are on here pretty well. You guys see this. This is a bull, right? Yeah. You see it. This is a good-sized bull. Like for real. He broke it in half. That thing is thick. Broke it in half. A bull. You see this bull? I don't know Powerneck. You see that there? I don't know Powerneck. I don't know. You might have a fight on your hands, man. He broke this bull in half. That's wild. Can we do the rest of the show with Neil and Zoom and Cam? Yes. This is a Sam Greatest Hits over here, man. He is putting on. He shoots five for five. Five for five for the field, man. John Epping Lord. When is it time for flannel to pay for broken equipment? That's a great question. Probably now. Yeah. Well, here's the deal. Probably now. Shut up, stick. Shut up. Sorry. Look, I told you guys, my chair is spinning at one on one. Yeah. I'm out. I'm turning on at two o'clock because I'm driving to the golf. I'm turning on to a clock. And I want to know. I mean, granted, they're probably not both in, E&E. What if they are? What? What? They continue. Just continue. They're not. They're not. No. Who's in? Braywin for the first hour. And I think Anson and I think Mass will be here full time. Hey, Anson, he's not going to give me a hard time like Armani would. So there's no Armani? Yeah. Oh, you died. I'm not. You better hope they get that fixed over the weekend. You better get that fixed over the weekend. I lied. I'm not going to turn it on. But if Armani was here today, I would. Fair. He snapped this bolt. He left the gas bolt. The bolt is huge. It's ground into powder. You got to go deep into Lowe's to find that lug nut. That ain't just sitting in the front. You're going to have to take this to Lowe's and use that little thing that's stuck on the shelf to find out what size it is. And then they're not going to have it. You have to order off Amazon. This is wild. Sam is on the cusp of losing it over there. Like his facial expressions as he's looking at you are putting me out. I'm all right. I'm good. I'm stable. MJ says, "Boys, I just got out of the hospital. I got attacked by Wasp this morning." I don't mean to laugh at you. What the hell is going on? But if you're okay, then it's fun. Is that fair? That's fair. That's fair. MJ. What a day. Don't take that as like a slight. As long as you're okay. If you're okay, that's funny as hell. You're going to attack by Wasp. Who you like? It always looks funny if you get attacked by bees. It just does. Did you get on the ground and roll like Tommy Boy? Did you get out of the pulled over? You got to get in some water or something. Great Lakes 24. That's a cheap bull. Guys. Don't call into question the integrity of a boy. This size. That's a 99 at least. Yeah. Tap it against the microphone. Just let them know what they're working with. No, I'm not getting involved. Yeah. I'm not doing it. Smart move. Drew Saha. I love you, flannel. But self-proclaimed superior intelligence is contradictory. The show has been gold. I mean, here's the thing. And maybe I sounded a little bit uppity. However, I do think that people don't listen to me. And that's okay. My delivery might not be like, oh, might not be your uppity, but I'm just saying. People act like I have the worst takes of all time. It's like, come on. You just get on the chat and speed stuff. Stop. Stop it. All right. Let's do this. Let's take the break and get on back on the clock. Baltimore oil has just made a trade. Oh. With the Philadelphia Philly. Really? Boo. Baltimore receives. Sir Anthony Dominguez, right handed pitcher. And Christian Pache. Philadelphia receives Austin Hade. Yeah. All right. 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I guess I got to learn from the best, right? You learned from the best. Hey. Hey. All right. Sports media nickel package. The people say they like. I like it. It's fun. I think. I think. It's very fun. All right. Let's do it. Let's run it. Sports media nickel package. First down MLB is going to use luxury tax money to give to teams who lost money last year. Think valleys. That always really messed things up, didn't they? Absolutely. 100%. Like they have to alter the way that funds luxury tax funds are distributed. I don't think that people fully grasp the damage that valleys has to be. You wouldn't know because your ownership doesn't come out and talk about it. Right. Twins ownership did. Yeah. They're like, "Hey, man, Christmas ain't going to be the same because Santa don't have the gifts he had last year." Padres traded Soto for that. Padres traded one Soto because of valleys. They did. If I were the Tigers organization, I would throw them under the bus every second I got. All right. This escape bill. 100%. Man. And there's still people. And I can't relate 'cause I find ways to watch that don't tap into the Tigers because they can't watch it on Comcast. Yeah. Unfortunately. They did get that handle. That was about to say you heard that they don't work on the deal. Yeah. There's an update to that. They have come to terms. They're going to get it back on. They're going to get Major League Baseball back on valleys soon. How can they do that if they're going bankrupt? Because they're still in the proceedings. Okay. They're still making their case. Okay. They have the pitch. They have their pitch that they're given to Major League Baseball. You know, we're going to be okay and MLB has the shotgun cocked and loaded and they're ready to just put them down. Why you better be because you better be absolutely DNC and T. They'll be fine once Amazon hops in the game. I probably I mean, but they got to figure that out because he be a T and T on ice and Jeff Bezos. Don't play with you. He's not. He is. He is. He is. Absolutely not. No. Second. No. You're going to watch the Olympics this year? No. Yeah. I take that. I'll watch basketball because I always watch a basketball. I have the feeling it's going to be a car wreck this year, though. Men's basketball. Yeah. You don't think they get gold? Are you are you going to stand on that? They need to jail. Quick. Something that they better figure something out because these other teams they got chemistry they've been playing for way longer, although I will I will say this about about the dream team flannel. So, let me put the stat on Twitter, the 92 dream team, the first dream team. I think played eight NBA players six, six NBA players it was. Yeah. This year's this year's dream team plays what 87 or something like 80 Jesus. Yeah. Like it's not the same. It's not. Angola is not out there. Yep. Even South Sudan has NBA players on their team now as opposed to when they play. They almost lost to Sudan. Hey, but remember, you ask an old head, they'll just tell you, ah, the dream team, they won by 40. They had to get LeBron to save this team and win by one to Sudan. It's not that simple. Yeah. If you were lying on 40 year old LeBron in the Olympics this year, this whole way, y'all in trouble. You ain't winning. Yeah. Straight up. You are winning because LeBron's that great. You're still winning. It's going to be close. It's too close for comfort, but they're going to win. He's great, but they are barely making it out these games and barely. And he's the one saving them and KG, I feel bad for LeBron. Yeah. Because if it does go bad, who's going to be the face of it? Exactly. He's not going to get some of the blame. He's going to get all of it all of it and it's not his fault, and your boy AD. No, he should be taking a back seat and coaching up the young guys kind of, you know, to be playing like, you know, who else is not going to get any blame whatsoever, not a scintilla Steph Curry. Yep. 100%. It'll be LeBron's. It'll be 100% LeBron's fault. That's facts. I mean, I'll say this. I've never seen a player be held accountable to carry a team at age 39, the same standard he was. He was 27. I mean, we didn't mean to hold Kobe Bryant at standard 2012. Yeah. Michael Jordan was a joke at the end of his career with his 19% three point percentage and all that stuff. And like, no one said a word, you know, which is fine. I get it, but Bron is doing this stuff and it's insane. Yeah. It's absolutely unnecessary. You shouldn't have to. Nick, you said it back. He's the only one left to save them. That's laughable to me. But here we are, ma'am. The rest of the world is better, though. That's a more of the story. Fair. I will watch. I will watch the 100 meter dash. I'll watch. Yeah. There's like a horse racing element to it. You know what I'm saying? I'm a Shaqari fan. Shut up. Shaqari. Yeah. So I will watch that. What about you, planning on it? Probably just basketball. I hope Noah Lyles falls on his face. I hate that guy. Oh, yeah. You didn't say that. I hate that guy so much. Because he's a cornball. Because of those idiotic comments he made about like world championship and all that. He got the band back together though. Yeah. Alan W 40 year old LeBron being held at the same standard as prom Jordan tells you all you need to know. And I agree to that. Yep. I agree with that to a very high degree. Yep. I agree with that. It is. It's a fascinating dynamic to me. He ain't even have to do this. Yeah. Like it's a fascinating dynamic to me. All right. Next one. All right. They're going to third down the WNBA signed a TV deal for 2.2 billion. That's why I said bill over the next 11 years. But all of you told me you don't watch the WNBA in the chat. It's some of y'all be lying. Yeah. Yeah. I like the kind of personality you've interjected into that man. That's pretty cool. Power nappy. Yeah. It's it's weird. Isn't it? Somebody's lying. Yeah. Be it the people in the chat, be it some of you at this network. Somebody is lying. Some are. I think it's objective that the WNBA is more compelling this year than it's ever been. So it's going to get more. It's going to get more viewers. They finally got what they needed. Yeah. They needed a rivalry. They're interjecting. You know, they're not interjecting, but there's a race element to the rivalry as well. And it's all great rivalries. All great rivalries. Yeah. It's the truth. It is. It is true, man. They all see the dividends of this deal towards the end of it because you we have these young girls. They're growing up. They want to be like Caitlin Clark. They want to be like angelries. You got to market to the kids, man. And for gas, they get the WNBA off ion television. Nobody's watching ion television. Like, what? But hey, what a move by ion? Yeah. You know what I'm saying? No, to your point. Your viewership's got to be at an all time hot. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. I don't even know what ion is. Law and order reruns. That's going to be CSI reruns. That's what. Yeah. Right. Gotcha. So the Boomer network? Yeah. James, two billion over 11 years. Isn't that chum change? 200 million. 200 million a year. Yeah. Not chum change. That's kind of numbers are you doing with? Yeah. We've even seen a million there, James, in the chat. No, absolutely. DNC and T, I've watched more. I've watched four more WMB games this year than any other year before for a total of four games. Watch. So there you go. There. Is it his WNBA watching's up 4,000 percent? Yeah. Fifth down or no, fourth down Fox drew over 6 million viewers for the Copa American euros final matches. What do you think the World Cup will be like in 2026? It's going to be insane. Yeah. Yeah. Bigfoot. But wait a minute. You guys don't want stock. Somebody's lying. Somebody's lying. Somebody's lying. I call cap. Yeah. I like that right there. But you can't. Somebody's lying because here's here's kind of a byproduct to localize it. Detroit City FC has the highest television ratings in the USL, the highest television ratings in the USL. Shout out. Detroit, right. That's a flex. Tune in Saturday, Saturday 7 p.m. Yeah. Right. TV 50 Detroit ESPN. The watch. Detroit. It's incremental. Great man. No, but but the moral of the story is this flannel is this area is a soccer area now. Now, the mainstream media won't tell you that because the mainstream media has been in place for like 30 years here. Only recently has there been like an influx of newer of newer talent in the in the sports media here. Yeah. So they haven't had to know soccer. So they and I'm not blaming them. Go with what works, man. Get your bag. It's just flannel. These viewership numbers for the World Cup, the attendance numbers, the ticket prices. I don't do you realize what it's going to be or not? Probably not. Probably not. It's probably going to be something that surpasses even my expectations, but it's the biggest sporting event in the world. Yes. It's going to be exciting and I can't I can't wait and you're bringing it to a country that desperately needs more eyes on it and it's because it's in our country. I think that it will only make soccer, soccer, football, even more popular in the United States. Love that you said football. I mean, that's what it's called. Hey, I got into soccer this year. Shout out. Fire up shells. Soccer was a word that was created in England by the way. Exactly. Oh, did you know that? No, I did not know that. It was created in England. The term soccer for football was created in England. So we didn't invent it. English people did. And they don't like it. Yeah. That's crazy. You came up with, right? That's why. So, inevitably, every week I get a tweet about you call it soccer on air. You called it soccer. Exactly. Not me. We just took it. Oh, real quick. Is it? Aren't we getting a soccer stadium bill here? Yep. 2027. Hard, weirdies. Over in Southwest Detroit. Oh, Southwest? Over by Corktown. Over that way. Okay. You know the old hospital, Southwest Hospital site? Yeah. Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. DCFC bought the land. They're still dead. So cool. That's going to be awesome. Shout out, bro. It is. It's going to be cool. Um, fifth out. Oh, boy. Lewis Riddick. Sit on ESPN. Shout out. I'm tired of talking about the Jets. Sam Flannel. Will you ever be tired of talking about the Jets? Thank you. I mean, if, if Aaron Rodgers isn't there, I'm just going to say that. If Aaron Rodgers is there, I couldn't care less about the Jets. I mean, don't get me wrong. People are going to say that I'm an Aaron Rodgers simp and all of that. I understand. He's the word you're looking for. Well, I didn't, I don't. You're mad junior. You're going to smack yourself for this one too? No, no, no. I'm just saying that Aaron Rodgers makes them more interesting if you think that's false. You're lying, but you can also get me and say that he didn't really play last year because he foreplays any tours Achilles. So all of that's true. But as long as he's been trained to get hurt, he did get hurt. Weird. I'm going to give a horn for Louis Riddick. He said, well, he said, audience be in. Yes. He literally said it. I'm tired of this shit. I am so sick of hearing about the Jets. Thank you, Louis Riddick, for saying what's on the minds of a majority of us. I feel like I'm sick of this shit. I am. It's their year though. And he hasn't been good in two years and I understand his Aaron Rodgers respect his career. Oh, that's good. Yeah. I'm sick of it. But he's still a top five quarterback in the league. I've been told. That's tone. [LAUGHTER] You guys probably think he's not even top 25. All right. No. Fuck police. Here we go. I don't know. I just think that he doesn't dedicate his body to the game. You know who else did? That's why you're going to see the breakdown. I could say the same thing about Miguel Cabrera. But moving on, I'm just saying. I'm just saying. Their careers are very similar to each other in their respective sports. Aaron Rodgers isn't even top 12 anymore. Right. I mean, maybe on opening day last year, the last year Miggy played was saying, "This is the year. He's going to hit 30 home runs and drive in 100." All right. That's fair. Nobody was saying that. He lost the weight. I will say this though. Aaron Rodgers put up MVPs in 2020 and 2021. So long. I'm just saying. That's what? Three years ago. Are we in 2024? Playing football at age 40 is a big deal. It is. Whether you like it or not, it's a big deal. It's not something that everybody-- Right. And he's done it for how many games? One. Tom Brady's an anomaly. Right. Like, look at-- Because he paid the price. Okay, fine. And Aaron Rodgers-- and Tom Brady's one-of-one. But Aaron Rodgers playing football at 40, that's not dedicating your body. It's-- Just what happens. You think he does everything he can do to stay in the field? Not as much as Brady, but as much as a regular football player. It's just father time. It's nothing else. It's father time. Then stop telling me about how great he is. Okay. He'll be lucky to make it through the season, man. And that he's going to be great coming off of a huge leg injury. Now, don't worry. Reese Hall will pick him up. Oh, man. Carry him into the end zone with a football. Jewsus probably thinks they'd be better with that. Watch this. Hey, yo. Hey, Flannel Mazz in my Greenberg. Y'all can have that shit. It's all right. That's all right. That's all right. Jewsus probably thinks he's not a Hall of Famer. No, here we go. Vicon 51. Vicon 51. I do think he's a Hall of Famer. Fair enough. Vicon 51. Get Lewis Riddick on Big D. We should, actually. Get Lewis Riddick on here. And I'll say-- Lewis Riddick, I just want to bring you on here and publicly thank you. Please. Thank you for saying what was on the mind of America. And saying, fuck it, ESPN, I don't care about your games. I'm tired. I work here. And I'm sick of this shit, and I'm not putting up with it anymore. Yes. No more jets. Enough is enough. It is time for a change. I don't want anyone who actually thinks they could win like a Super Bowl this year in the chat. This guy over here. I think they could win the division. I think they could make a wildcard. But not the Super Bowl. But if Aaron Rodgers can regain his form at all, he's got a squad around him. He's got a defense around him. He's got wide receivers around him. And he's got three fans. Yes, sir. No. That sounds like dancing around the question. There are one of-- Can he make a Super-- can the Jets make the Super Bowl this year? There are one of about seven teams in the NFL that could do it. Oh shit. 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