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Big D Energy | Thursday, August 8th 2024
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Big D! Sports Network. My name is Neil Rule. DMACC is back in effect. We got KG in here. We got, of course, Spencer Raxter as well. Young Justin is often the Poconos at a music festival. That kid, man. Of course he is. That kid got Moxie. I'll say that. Of course he is. Moxie, there's the term of the day. No doubt, though, but happy to have you all with us. And excuse my tardiness there. I was backstage talking to Sam Flannel. Yeah. Making sure everything was OK. Check it out. Screw it up the beginning of the show again. Twice in a row. I know, right? Oh, please. You tell. No, but DMACC, good to be back with you, my friend. Good to be back with you. Good to be back with you. Nice to see you stayed ahead of the hurricanes of Florida. We did. One step ahead. Nice experience. You got refreshed. We were mentioning this when you were gone. And thanks to Shawnee B. Shawn Belijian for filling in. But the fact is that we all recognize how busy you are. And you don't really get ever the family time. The locations of Florida and stuff. So everybody needs to remember to carry your mental health, take care of the things and your priorities. So now you're just back ready to go. And when did it be apropos? We got lions. Exhibitions, these lions, baby. That's right. Just a little differently. I don't know. I'm stoked. You're all mad about something, Kenny. Yeah. I'm disappointed back on the smell. I'm more just worried about, hey, here we go. OK. Getting out of the line. Here we go. Thanks for jumping into the Wilbertsports chat thread. Subscribe to the Wilbertsports YouTube channel, like so many tens of thousands of you have already. Tammy Chan, morning, Neil and Darren Spencer and K.G. Morning. Morning, morning. He's in the Poconos at a music festival. Great fucking guy. This guy. He's bringing his boat up there to the Poconos. In turn, my ass. I don't even know what a Poconos is. I don't eat that, don't you? Yes, I really don't. I think you did it on the streets of Royal Oak. Stick it up your body. You're a Poconos. Oh, yeah, that's true. That's a fair point. That's a great point. He's got a great point there, Spenny. But jump in there, get your thoughts out there. And FJ 1967, morning, BDE and chat. Look, I know a lot of you every single day are up in here. And it's become like a part of your day, like big D energy. I'm thankful for that. I really, really am, man. So thank you guys. You guys, we're the best sports network in Detroit. Yeah. We just are. That's factual. So they love the tone. It's actual. They love the tone. They didn't love the tone yesterday. No, absolutely not. No, but it is. It is Lions Giants tonight. NFL preseason starts. We're going to break down the second units. We're going to break down the matchups to look up for. Handy handbooker, Jake Bates. 100%. Look, D-Mac, we're going to get into it tonight. We're breaking it down. It hits different when you are Super Bowl loading team, because this is important. And yes, I know the starters aren't playing and stuff. But right now, these are the guys. Who's going to make those extra plays? I'm interested to see who's everybody got their spotlight on spending. I were talking about it before the show. But it hits differently this year. Usually when it comes to exhibition season and stuff like that, who wants to watch the backup? Well, the backups are going to play a huge part on this team. Why? Because like Dan Campbell said, four years ago, three years ago is that we have to prepare like every starter on this team will go down. So, hey, boys, this is your time. Whoever gets in there, it's time to show up. All that hard work is done, and now it's about going out and making a name for yourself. So yeah, so we're going to get into it. Like I said, we'll break down the match. We'll really get in-depth in this game. Biggest game of the year so far, KG. Yes, sir. Biggest game of the year. It is. I'm hype. You know what's funny? What's more overvalued than the first pre-season game? We are all going to be just glued to the TV. And we're going to take so many takeaways away from it, too. Like trying to- On some bullshit. Yeah, just piece together things. Like, oh, the QB room looks crazy. Or, you know, Jake May saying, you know, we're going to- Did you see that throw-handed hooker, man? Yeah, like, we are going to over-analyze, but that's the fun of it, right? Not for me, but, you know, look, before we get into this, and there was something that happened last night that reared its ugly head for me personally. And I got angry. And here's the deal. All right, we'll do this for the open right now. And then we'll hit the ground running for Lions Giant. DMACC's back in the fold. I'm back. We're going to get him. And I know how this Lions discussion is going to go. Because it's going to- Trooper. I know how it's going to go. We're going to talk about the game for about eight seconds. And then we're just going to get into the season. And what we expect and where it's going. I know that already. You know that. We know that. Quick second. Quick second. Spenny, the boys are back in town, Trooper. In Orlando's favorite song, it was in our warm-up, because you saw our warm-up back in the day. And every time it would play, you would come by and say, "Boys are back!" "Boys are back!" All right, like this. Damn, damn, damn, damn. Memories of all those songs and stuff like that. A little segue, Neil, for the people. No, no, no, no, no, no. Absolutely. People are excited for getting- [LAUGHTER] It is the- It is chair, man. The battle, it is the tale is old this time. [LAUGHTER] Everybody who's been around since day one knows me in this, and they stuck it off in this chair. I'll move it out to break. We might have to position it out to the chair. It's just the chair that almost went through this window. Mm-hmm. We don't have to worry about that today. I've matured a little bit. I've matured a little. Just a little bit. Just a minute. Sandra Dorton, everybody, if you haven't smashed a like button yet, please do so. Thank you from me to you. So, hey, Sandy, appreciate that as well. Good to talk to you. Shout out, Sandy. Shout out. Also, people want to see Hendon Hooker. I know why I bear New York Giants media is ridiculous. They are. I talked about that yesterday with Sean Belisian, those clowns. Yeah. So, you know, maybe we'll get into that a little bit as well. John Epping Lord, does Tom Kennedy go for another touchdown? It's Kennedy. He's on the roster. He's on the roster. He's on the roster. And the coffee bet still goes. Yep. Absolutely. Mr. Belis, you're going to see that star Kennedy. Oh, please let that happen tonight. Please, yo, just give us something. Plan a little pass out and you're really going. All right, here's the deal. OK, I want to address this. We got about seven minutes left in this segment. I promise you, I'm going to do this now. It's a number. Going to move on. It's intervention, y'all. Another one. There's no intervention needed. OK. OK, I was watching the Tigers game last night. Scoobles pitch. Yeah. Look. Here we go. Are you not going to watch Scooble pitch? D-Mac, were you watching? No, I don't mind what I was watching. I've watched because there's a series. I flipped it on, though. OK, that's it. That's all I wanted to hear. I was watching on the phone and just like laughing. That's all I want to hear. And all honesty, to be 100% honest, dude, I was thinking about it. I was about watching one of my conspiracy theory shows and 10 minutes left. And I was paying attention to the game. And then Neil's tax came through. And he went off on a hobby bike. I didn't even need to turn it on. You're right. So thank you for having me in advocacy and stuff like that. Oh, I forgot about that angle to it. OK. No, no. You break the egg. Oh, yeah. No, seriously. I just smell like half an hour. He was in action and out of nowhere, right? You're right. Hey, Neil said he's going down. Hey, I'm just going down to the store to get some milk and maybe ice cream. You know, ice cream going or something like this. I'll be right back. Mother mapper went to the corner to overwrite the Pookie's house. He got that and he smacked. He owned it back and my phone's blowing up. So no. So thank you for keeping me away. But my boy scoops. Yeah, yeah. He was. He was. He was. He was. What do you want? He's been down away since the beginning of the year when he was one of the betting favorites. Yeah. He was killing on a slight side. It wasn't even fair. He was dominating him. And I just got to thinking, and the hobby thing is what triggered me to it. Well, start with that. He got a hobby thing. He got a book. Just watching him strike out with Menonbase and things like that. And he always does the same thing. Like he looks down at the ground and he looks up in the air and he's got this mean mug on his face like he's upset. Like he didn't know he was going to strike up. Bro, we all knew you were going to strike up. It's what you do. So stop with the mean mug and stop with the theatrics and all of it. And just turn around and go back to the dugout. You number nine hitter. Just stop with it. No one's surprised you struck out. You shouldn't be surprised. So that was it. And then that's what kind of got me going on it a little bit. A mug goes back. Yes. A mug goes. 500 OPS. Back in the dugout, baby. OK, so watching them play the Mariners, you can't tell me that the Mariners are exponentially better than the Tigers. Absolutely. You can't tell me that. I'll never believe that. I'll die on this hill. And right there they are right in the middle of the playoff mix. And here's a deal. And I can't understand this. And even you, my friends in here, that's why I'm bringing this up. Because I got to know if it's me. Because I'm starting to think it's me. The Mariners have a weaker than they do. Because all the Tigers had to do, they have a psi young winner. Lock stop. Guaranteed psi young winner. And they pissed it away this year. They pissed it away. And here's the Mariners. The Tigers organization pissed it away. And here are the Mariners who aren't categorically better than the Tigers. Here they are in the playoff mix. You can't tell me that they have the psi young winner. They pissed it away. You can't tell me that with a bat and shooting Harvey into space back in May. Back in May, you can't tell me that this team wouldn't be six games better. I will fight any one of you in here. Spenny, that includes you. We'll fight. We'll take the chunk out of each other. But we will fight. You cannot tell me they wouldn't be six games better. And guess what six games better will get you? A wild card. Right in the mix. Start and smoke and he's his hardcore man. I had to stop him in the bathroom. No, because I was pissed off about it. And why is no one else pissed off about it? That's how close they were. Kenny, Apathy, right? Yes. Apathy to the fact of-- But D-Mack, you look weird at this. We realized all these things that you said. And again, what are we so, so, am I hearing this correctly? That you're upset that you're not one of the MLB's participation awards by getting into their makeshift everything play up? You have the Cy Young winner in a league now that's built for mid-teams to compete. It's built that way now. You have the Cy Young winner and you pissed it away because you wouldn't sign a bat. And you had to, you had to, quote, had to keep Havi. Why? All of that's true, Neil, but it's been true for-- It must now. But, D-Mack, you know, you watch Sunday Night Baseball. I do. I love baseball, my favorite. You know how hard it is to win the Cy Young. It's hard. It is? Oh, yeah. You know, if that's the question of-- are you-- if the question is, is Terry Scubol season the biggest waste in Detroit 4-6? Yes. There's the three there. OK. And it was so close. I mean, we can go through it, but I'll top my head. It's definitely top three. Or top five or whatever. But what I'm trying to say, and I think we're Kenny and I, and even Spenny's at, is our apathy for the organization to do something. It isn't like we look at the Lions, or it isn't like we look at the Wings. And it isn't even like we would look into Traged Langdon and the new form front office of the Pistons, going, what are they going to do? We know, Neil. We've known forever, right? Terry Scubol just didn't come out of nowhere to this. That's my problem. So your problem is with the top, and I think that the problem is the same thing all along. It's not spending the money, and Scott Harris, it's about-- But DMACC, it's more than that. It's not even like-- I'm not all bad. Not a long-term deal, anything like that. Like say, hey, we have the Cy Young favorite. Let's take a swing at it. Control. And you know what the conversation was? We have the Cy Young favorite. We're going to take a swing at it now. Yeah. Why is no one this? For real. I was already there with them having that conversation. Yeah. I don't understand why people aren't pissed off. And you were asking for a decade. You didn't want them to buy at the deadline, right? You didn't want them to buy at the deadline, right? No, because it was over at that point. So if it's been over, why do we keep going over this? Because all it would have taken was two moves. I get that. Two moves. But I just think, KG, if they cut Harvey in the off season, I'm going to be more pissed about it. You did say that. And that news is going to break in November or January or something like that. And I'm going to have a meltdown on the show again, all over again about it. I get that. But we need to be focusing more of our energy towards 2025. If they get rid of Harvey now, at least they have a capable stop gap, we believe, in their AAA system now, that they got at the deadline. So it would make more sense to cut him now more than it ever has. If they were going to cut him in May, because the math says your team would have been better. If you're going to cut him in May, they should have cut him before that. They should have cut him before the season even began. So I get stupid. That's stupid. And you got-- You're not wrong. D-Mack, you're not wrong, man. Like, I get it, right? Like, I work for teams and stuff. I get it how it works. And the teams have told me before, what we like about you, Neil, is you keep it between the lines. Like, if you're upset, that's fine. But that was a dumb move. It was flat out a dumb move. And I'm surprised that nobody else is pissed off. Well, because-- That's it. And it's a courtier angle side. Because you'd have to care to be pissed off. I think that it's the apathy, Neil. Is that the true apathy around this team? And yeah, the positive cadence is looking forward. Yeah. The young guys, they already did it. Because, I mean, what Scott Harris did at the deadline, the 2020-25 does have a-- I want to say, I don't have a promise to it. But once again, it's going to fall back on ownership. How much money are you willing to spend to protect these young guys when they come up? JT Olsen, we knew this in April. It's August now. We're moving on. They're right there. Yeah, but they're right there. Do you know if they were to make the wildcard with any one free agent bat, there's no guarantee that they would even make any moves in the playoffs? But I think there is. If you had a bat and you shot Havi into space in May, the mess says you would have been better. I understand. Because any league average player would be better than him. But, Neil, you're not a hypotheticals guy. That's why it's crazy you caught up in this. You're not a hypotheticals guy. I get what you're saying, but this is all a hypothetical. With all these holes, with the flawed roster that they have, they're right there. They're just not there. If they would have bought Havi out, then they wouldn't have replaced them. They're right, but they would have gotten better. They wouldn't have been better. I mean, we had tried the one that much better. I get it, but they made their choice. I try Turner's going to-- or Trace Sweeney will be better than both of them. I don't know if anybody had faith that Ryan Cradler would be better than Havi, because he looked at his AAA OPS, his worse than Havi's OPS in the majors. But it is a gaping hole in shortstop. Hopefully Trace Sweeney could be a guy that can potentially hit the ball in that-- I don't expect him to be an all-star, but to be a 230 guy, a 240 guy, at the very least, that would be nice. Parker Meadows looks pretty good. Parker Meadows coming back through 6 and 0, since Parker Meadows has been back in the lineup. Dude's raking out there had all-- Catch of the year last night. But, Benny, that's my point. Like, you say, if we had a shortstop to hit 230, you understand that it's 50 points better? Yeah. 50. Yeah. But we can keep making the scenarios all day. Even Chuckle Cheese says he's sick of this Mickey Mouse club. I mean, there you go. That is it. OK. I'm more of a-- I was more of a seasonland guy. What's that? I was more of a seasonland guy. The seasonland was definitely cheese for pizza. All right, Lions Giants. Let's get in, everybody. The matchup you're looking for. What do you want to see? Should we care about the tail of the tape? The tail of the tape. Yeah. That's right. You might as well be able to fight like it was. That's right. Tell about Guardian Alarmon. Let's talk some football. That's football. Just like the offensive life sector quarterback Guardian Alarmon. 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Even through it. You can't tell me the Mariners are better than the Tiger. I hear you. They're not better. That's a moral of the story. So, I got upset about it. And that was it. All right, DMACC, it's here tonight. Pre-season opener. Lock in, everybody. Lions Giants. And I guess DMACC, it's fine. I know what this is going to turn into, so let's just get it out of the way right now. What are you looking for tonight, DMACC? What do you need to see? You know what? The fate of the season is determined tonight. Yep. I think for me, I want to see Hennen Hooker. I want to see, you know, has he grasped, you know, some sort, just to see something that in the back of my mind, okay, the guy needs to go in, you know, we know what Nate Seinfeld is all about, but he's Hennen Hooker that I have the question mark. So, I mean, there's a lot of different things that I want to see, the excitement, you know, that's the Canadian football kid's name, Matthew Bitch. I'm looking to see, you know, him at this level in this game, you know, it's the first time he's played in a reel between the Lions game with four downs and stuff, you know, it's for the adjustment. There's a lot of little things, but I think if I had to name number one, it'd be like his Hennen Hooker Hooker looked like a true backup in the NFL. Yeah. So, I just want to see the decision-making, you know, like, stuff like this if she's got some mobility. Obviously, we didn't see much from last year, and he came off an injury, so it's just progress things like that. I'm just looking more to see, I know what I have, but in case that breaks down, what do I have as backup? So, you know, and hopefully there's a Malcolm Rodriguez that shines through with like effort and stuff like we saw from Malcolm in the past and saw from different guys in exhibition games showing out and getting themselves a spot in this team. So, the competition, the compete, and now that it matters, because we've seen two practices against the Giants, one got called off early, like you said, to every three pieces of neighbors and all that stuff, well, now it matters. Now there's penalties and stuff, you don't want to be, you want to show more discipline because you're playing the real game. I'm going to say this, D-Mac, and I want to make a pleat, everybody. And I know this won't work, but I feel like it's, you know, it's something, it's like a public service announcement. It's something that has to be done. So I just want to make this pleat, everybody. If Henan Hooker comes out tonight and goes six for seven and has two touchdowns, he's back. Can we make a deal? I know we can. I'm not even going to complete it. I'm not even going to complete it because I know how you guys are going to be. I know how you guys are going to be. Before we get into this, everybody understands, right, that Jera Gossa quarterback, right? We all need a competition, it's for security. There's a very tiny percentage that are still holding out hope for a Henan Hooker, but we all know. They've all spent, they've all been stuck as a former member of that community. Yes. Did you turn out the lights on the way out that door? I did. And the place was empty, right? Don't get me wrong, I want to see Hooker go out there and shine. I want to see him go six for six for 120 yards and a touchdown because that means we have a competent backup. A hundred percent. That's what I want. But this is Jera Gossa. There is no question about that. Okay. I just, I had to check with the contingent. Yeah. Yeah. What about easy? Easy. Oh yeah. It's Jera Gossa. He was saying he should, we should sign a veteran backup yesterday. See, he doesn't think Hooker's ready. I was told that he's going to take them to the Super Bowl by easy. Yeah. That's true. Well, which is it? Easy. I guess have to tune in five to seven and find out. Shout out. Shout out. Heavyweights. All right. He wishes that we're Jordan Love. He does love him to Jordan Love. Okay. Now let's take it easy everybody. Take it easy. KMG King. Let Hooker go off tonight and watch. They're going to be fan-saying trade car. There won't. DMACC. There won't be, right? What? If Hooker plays well, they're, we're not going to get texts tomorrow. Let's say trade gone. Oh, they're for sure. If they do, we don't deserve a Super Bowl. There for sure will be. Lions fans are cousins. When we win the Super Bowl, they can't, they're not invited there to just, to do that. So are we seriously, we're not having mature? You can't do that to your, like, I think the, the majority of people. It's like elementary school of love majority of people. You're into like, you know, you're into Dayton in your, your 20s now and looking like you have your, your wife. You're married to Jared Goff. This isn't, this is about security. This is about in case for a, for, for a couple of plays or for a quarter, you know, God forbid for a game. Yeah. That's, that's what we, we're beyond names. It's who is going to step up and fill the void. So I think two easy's point that if Hennen Hooker or Nate's up fell, isn't that? You think that Dan Campbell, because of how he's prepared this team will not go out in Brad Holmes and get a better backup guy. If it, if that's what they're worried about, golf going down to get to the Super Bowl. This is Super Bowl team. You have to prepare for that, right? Just in the same, in the same mindset as we had Dominic has to start the '08 playoffs. It was one of the greatest qualities of all time. Couldn't get it done in the Nashville series. How does against the ropes? What do you do? It does good. Right? Where, where we know the disrespect he gets and what did he do arguably could have been the cons. My winner. One real op nine straight wins. That's, that's what I'm looking for. I don't want the backup ever to play. What if he has to? Can he get it done? Wilbertsports chat thread JT Olson, y'all paid golf like golf like him or not. He's the lion's guy. I think everybody likes him. He's the channas name at basketball games. Yeah. So he's a Bucks fan. He said the Bucks were a top three team in the NFCs. Oh, that's right. They got big. Don't worry JT. We have your receipts. You got big or good luck. Okay. When we come back for the next segment, I have something I put it on wax. Okay. That's what I want. But there's some caveats to it and it's going to be interesting. I think this is going to be a great segment. You guys don't know about this because I'm calling the Audible on it. Okay. And I'm doing it. Let's do it. There is no escape. Someone brings up a great question in the chat. Final word, two to four today. You guys can add. Who do you think Tom Masaway's rooting for? Oh, tonight. Yeah. Oh, the giant. This is a exhibition game. Yeah. I think you're right because because it's not impactful. He's in Jersey too. Yeah, he is. Oh, he's definitely. He's got a job. He's just set us a picture. If you're watching right now, just real quick, send spending a picture. We got to know if you're wearing a giant shirt or a lion shirt, right? Because you know he is. You know, he's wearing one of the other for sure because it's a game there. Yeah. So you know that he is. You know, he's walking around Jersey right now. And I bet he has a giant shirt. Oh, I would bet on it too. Who's ripping the giants though? Not even people in Jersey. I bet. I bet he. Well, the giants were his team there. So where did you get? I know he loves it. It's so weird. It's weird. And he's probably going to call in right now and be like, who the hell are you to tell me? You can't tell me you want to like. You can't tell me how rude. I like the giants. I like the Jets. I like the Inca. Like the man. That's what he'll say. I'm walking here. Who the hell are you to tell me who I can rule? Well, thanks Neil for telling me who to rule for. I'll take it under advisement. Yep. That's exactly right. Under the chat brought it up. Can we can we can we chat poll it? We can chat poll it. Who do you think Maz is rooting for tonight? And DMACC, I think you're right. I think because it's an exhibition game, I think he's rooting for the giant and he's back there. He's going to be with all his. 100%. Yeah. And because it's not a regular season game, so he feels like it's safe. The root for the giant, I bet he's right and I bet giants are going to I'm Jersey. I'm I'm voting. I'm sick of calling them the New York Giants. They don't play in New York. None of them do. You don't play in New York. You're not the New York Giants. Yeah. You're the Jersey Giants. 100%. Yeah. The New Jersey Devils are the New Jersey Devils. Yeah. They have some pride. They play like across the street from there. Yeah. 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And you know the second E in the element is backwards. I've never been to one of those places, I feel like I would do very well. A lot of drugs, a lot of drugs, these women, sounds like it's right in my alley, also sounds like a nightmare. So I'm not a EDM guy. So I don't know. I'm all down for dirty hippie chicks. I think that you could block it out. Yeah. I think if you were mentally strong, I think you were mentally strong enough to block out the music and focus on the prize. I think I could. Yeah. I could power. You enjoy the drug part of it. I do. Yeah. And the dirty hippie. You make you a big Molly guy. Yeah. I've done it a couple of times. Yeah. Just get know what you're getting. Yeah, for sure. Just catch the after flow. You know, people leave in the party. Because, you know, my boy Schwitz, he's a big EDM guy. He went to electric forest. He said they didn't even like, you don't even list the music for most of the time. Like half the time, you're just walking around the forest, vibing with people. Of course. Yeah. With a backwards E in the logo. Yeah. I just, I literally just made that up. If it is a, if there is a backwards E, I have to look this up. What is, what does he have? The element music festival. Element music festival. I would not be surprised. There's gotta be better. There's gotta be a backwards E. Let me see here. Ah, there is no, instead they take the E and make it smaller and let it sit in the L. Oh, yeah. Same thing. Same thing. That's the exact same thing. Same thing. I don't hear what anybody says. So, all right. But anyway, though, we're talking Lions giants here today. All right. DMACC, here's a deal. I'm putting everybody on the spot. What do you got? What do you felt? Oh, shut up. Shut up. Fornications better. Needy M. I just, like low key. I do like EDM. Yeah, but you liked the bubble. I thought he was always going to say low key and like under the cap. No, no, I hate that. Me and Mugham, when I walk in the door, man, like we got back from vacation, he's going all crazy. I wouldn't have that. Yeah. Like you take that shit somewhere else. Right. Think I missed you? Yeah. I, my life was better because you weren't around. Just wait, just wait until it's, it's a brisk Friday night. You're watching your, your Mountain West game and you got your bourbon and cats has curled up on your chest. You're going to be like a happy dad. No, it's bad. Yeah. It's good. The princess on my lap last night. Oh, yeah. Just making biscuits. You're just hanging out. Neil, you'll get there. He's going to get there. No better feeling. Him and, him and cats are going to bond during football season this year for sure. For sure. Never. The oldest clothes who will mass root for tonight 60% of you say he'll vote for the Jersey Giants. No spending. You know what it is. Some lions. You know what it's going to be. He's going to have a bet on the late game to bail out. Why? And the hunter of the cat's going to like come in during a key play and it's going to be fortuitous for him. Yeah. He's going to realize catwalk. All right. So he's got his low key. We're going to see the cat in pitchers. Yeah. And Neil's going to be going, no, this thing sucks, but it's like, where's the cat? We're going to go down like that, bro. Oh, yeah. The degenerates, by the way, Detroit lions are a three and a half point underdog. The over under is 34. Oh, that's bullshit. What this is back. Teddy. Wow. This is crazy. Yeah. I'm fucking laying the points off. All right. Get into it. Man. Oh, there's no way we can lose my time. No way. We got. We got to tease this thing. Yeah. All right. So I want to put it on wax though. As we get in and tonight's the opening kick of the preseason. What don't you like right now? What don't you like about this Lions team? Now I know this runs counter. Can we agree that we won't make drops right now? This is like a constructive sec. You have my word. I just, I want to know where the people are at. What don't you like about the football? Seriously. Why does it smell like we was in here because it always does. All right. We're DMACC off the rip. What don't you like right now about this football game off the rip. The number one thing is always what it is in the back of my mind. It's injury. Right. So the Kaminsky injury. The next man up. Whatever. You don't like the trend. I don't like the trend of that. Also too. Like I said to Kenny, the one thing I'm going to question is the new guys and is it like show me some discipline. Yeah. I don't think it's talent because it's too early to see right. We're going to have to see is the secondary coming together, even though you're not going to have all your starters, but you're going to get pieces of this. Do we see guys like I don't have any concern right now. I think that's a question for me after tonight's game. Maybe to bring them up. But I like everything I'm hearing out of camp. You know, if anything, I might be a little bit. Dan Kamblish and going, you know, the extra physicality was a little much. But no, it's identity things. So as long as tonight, the guys take care of business and you know, do what they need to do. There isn't it. There isn't any questions because there's no injuries. We're going to see who's going to somebody's going to have to step up for Kaminsky. Is it? What's the kid's name again? I keep forgetting. Matthew Butts. Is it him? Maybe. Maybe. You know, we're still. I want to see James Houston get out there tonight. Wilward sports. Chat thread. Kyle Swede. I mean, EDM chicks only wear fish nuts and thongs pretty much. That's true. That is fat. Where are you at with a KG? Um, what are you concerned about? This is technically nitpicking, but I don't like the fact that they don't have that much offensive line, uh, depth. Um, I feel like if if Taylor Decker, especially, especially at the tackles, if Taylor Decker or Penisool were to go down, I don't think Giovanni Manu is ready. And I don't know who else you put out there. Um, and the, the opposite end of hutch, edge rusher, I've been on that all season. I do trust the process that they're going to do this by committee and hopefully everybody can stay as healthy as they can stay. But I still don't like the fact that they didn't get that dominant edge rusher opposite of hutch. I feel like if they were to make a move for Matthew Judon, we're, we're over the top. We're good. Good. Yeah. Oh yeah. We good good anyway. I mean, are you good? Good. No, for real. We ain't good. We ain't good. We ain't good. We ain't good. We ain't good. We ain't good. We ain't good. We ain't good. We ain't good. We ain't good. We ain't good. We ain't good. We ain't good. We ain't good. We ain't good. We ain't good. We ain't good. We ain't good. We ain't good. We ain't good. We ain't good. We ain't good. We ain't good. We ain't good. We ain't good. We ain't good. We ain't good. But we're real good. about. What I'm concerned about is that I haven't heard much out of James Houston on a camp. You're hearing a lot about leave right away. Yeah. He said we're hearing a lot about leave I own Zareke. I like that. But that that opposite edge position from Hutch. We know that that was a big problem for the Lions last year. Yeah. Trying to generate pass rush out of there. You got Davenport. You're hopefully having a healthy Houston. I haven't heard much from those guys. And that's a little concerning. Yeah. And look, for me, I don't want to say that the James Houston thing is a concern, which we're going to get into that in the next segment. But for me right now, it's the kicker spot, man. You guys can say what you want about that you can say what you want about bad. 80% of the time he makes a field goal every time, whatever way 82%, whatever that number was. Yeah. That's a competent NFL number. Makes extra points. I understand. You know what I'm saying? Like, I know what I have with him. He's probably going to make the kit. He made the biggest field goal in Lions franchise history. Yeah. The field goal against the Rams. The only points they scored in the second half. Like that's for me. It's I just I'm not sold on the Jake Bates thing. I know that everyone wants to laugh and the Ha Ha, Michigan Panthers and all that kind of stuff and keep them here in the building and all that. He's kicking field goals in front of more people at training camp than he has ever has in a game in the in the U.S. style. But I am worried about it. I am. I am. Okay. So. And I asked Eddie Murray, the right Eddie Murray former line or whatever about kickers and about the mentality or whatever. And pretty much if you're like, it's all about techniques. So if it's form and whatever and you're right to say that, but I think it's it's more to the professionalism. And I trust the fact that I like what I've seen so far when the limited and you're right, Neil, it comes with a different sort of pressure. But I think it's this is where you trust Brad Holmes and Dan Campbell and and adding that. But I think that absolutely there's a question mark. So I'd like to see him out there kicking Bates kicking three or four tonight is to see see what you got. Maybe that's a question that can be answered. And on the road, you know what I'm saying? Like again, it's a different piece hundred percent. You're kicking for your life. You're correct. But the fact is that to the point that technically it's there. So if there's not a mental block or anything like that, it's got the leg. It's proven he's got the leg. And he hasn't shanked like hella kicks like yes, he has been inconsistent, but it's not like he hasn't hit a decent amount of kicks and camp, especially the long ones. He has hit from 60 from 50. We just need to see the consistency cinematic. No, we need to see to consist to see from 40 and below. I hear you or 50 and below. So I'm just that's my thing going in and look like don't kill the messenger. I'm not off the bandwagon. I'm not a hater. None of that stuff. It's fair to have a question about it. I think it's absolutely fair. You're checking no box. It's you're undecided. I need I need more eye test. I need more proof and the heat of the battle. I'm not going to put as much into practice to as I am in the game. I've seen a lot of guys who I mentioned Steve Eismann's worst practice player in NHL history. Yeah, right. And look, he had a pretty good career here as long as as long as between, you know, when it mattered. That's what it is. It starts tonight. And I think Spenny was spot on here and I think Spenny's comments kind of created a segment. Okay. So we're going to do it. 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Call it the Homer in me. I guess. Oh, let me see here. We got. They don't have like the player props and all that kind of stuff. At least what I'm seeing. Yeah. Um. You think the lions are going to put some points on the board? Oh, of course. Any team to score 30 or more plus 360. Any team to score 40 or more plus 1900. Jesus Christ. Come on. Get it in. The race to five points. Lions plus one 15. Oh, I'll take it. Minus one for you. Neither team makes it to five points. 60 to one. Oh, God. That would be real quick question for you. We talked about the fact that young Justin's in the polka nose at the elements, EDM Fest on Saturday. Who do you think he's more excited to see? Lady Harley or Miller? Who would you rather see? Who are these people? Like Lady Harley? They're in the small print. You know, the festival, you know, line up things. They're in the small print. Yeah, I was about to say check it. It might not even be a lady. We got to figure that out. Stay EDM swerve. And here I was. I was going to talk about James Houston. Lady Harley. And here we are. Looking up what Lady Harley looks like. Oh, no, this can't be. It's KV. No, I don't. This is. Can you confirm? It's a lady. She's an Instagram influencer. This is the is a different lady. Harley. Oh, okay. So you go away. Here we go. We're looking for DJ's artist profile. Yeah, DJ Lady Harley. She is a lady. Okay. Um, when it's in, not seeing any pictures. Oh, that's not good. Oh, no, she looks she looks good. Yeah, Lady Harley. All right. So you're more excited to see Lady Harley. Yeah, at least you would be. I would be. All right. All right, DMACC, we got to get into this, man. And the chat as soon as Spencer brought it up. A DS 411 James Houston is overrated. Triple nickel James Houston is overrated. And what what I can't understand DMACC, what I can't get past is if you want to say like his health is a concern, that's fine. But for a guy that's played nine games in the NFL and has eight sacks. The one thing you cannot call him is overrated. I understand it called overrated, but you can, you can say, okay, he can be the big, big question, Marco. What do you have? Yeah, because for the most part with those stats came early and last year, we're still like, we were left with, is that it? Are you healthy or whatever? Big question mark. I think it's too early to put Boston or put anything like that on him. But like, there's a biggest spotlight. Maybe he's the one that has the biggest eyeballs on him, you know, through through exhibition and stuff like this. For me, it's he's got to be healthy. If he's healthy, you know, has has the NFL adjusted to him or whatever. Can he be an impact player? I still think that he can. Yeah. Because what he's shown in the past, but he's got to go out and prove it. You can't live off what you've done. Two years ago. Now we need eight out of the next nine. Yeah. That means we need you playing in nine and then be in effect. So I wouldn't go as far as to say he's overrated. But at the same time, we do need to see it again. What you're talking about happened two years ago. It's kind of the same thing like with the torque situation. You were defending torque for the longest. Why? Because he had a 30 home run season. He does have it in him. But we need to see it again. Towards the end of last year when he got in, he was basically a no show. We questioned to DMX point, was he healthy all the way? You know, does he still have the same type of bend and the same type of abilities that he had when he did get those eight sacks in nine games? So we know we just need to see it is a fair to say that is grace from the early part of his career has worn off. And as you say and Mike, he brought it up in the chat. Now James Houston's got a show show. No, no, no doubt. Like you got, you got to be healthy. Like you guys know me. Like the greatest abilities the availability like right now he's a flash in the pan. Yeah. Right. He's one of those guys. Hey, remember him? Oh man. Like whatever else to me right now he's a red pop. Michelle. Remember back right? You know, easy guy. No, no, but what I say for that small time piece where he came in and we've seen it in sports where they take over. Now if he's healthy and that's who he truly is, he will come out and show that it's really to tell. I'm stunned by this by the chat. Spenny, can we take it? What are you done for me? Even James Houston? It was two years ago. What are you done for me lately? This is the NFL. This moves quick. This isn't right. This isn't baseball or hockey or whatever. You want it? You want it? You want it? All right. Here it is. We love Jake Bates. The town goes crazy for Jake Bates. Houston gets hurt. Mrs. A season for the most part comes back and everyone's like he's overrated, but we love Jake Bates. And we just come off saying that the question marks are on Bates now, but we believe he is a kicker. But now he's got to show us to James Houston his grace period from two years ago. All that grace has now been now. You're pretty much a rookie player again that I know what you can do at this level, right? But you have to prove that you can maintain this. What's the biggest question mark with James Houston? Can he stay healthy? Yeah. So if he can, I think if he can, he will be a factor. Yeah. So in the in the chat right now, Patrick says James Houston. Last chance to prove Houston can stay healthy or he's done done. Like you got injured once. Yeah, he broke. What is going on? It's not like he's this injury prone guy. He broke an ankle out of freak play on special teams. It's not like he has a nagging thigh injury that's hampered him for six seasons. He got hurt. What? Like what are we doing? Anakin Skygore. Oh, here Neil goes. Explain it to me how there's more questions about James Houston than there is about Jake Bates. For real. Somebody explain that to me. We lose our minds about this guy because he kicked for the Panthers and now we're going to we're going to ball up James Houston and throw him in the trash because he broke his ankle. Yeah. That's a that's absurd. Spenny, thank you, by the way. I just understand. Thank you. And do it again. I just understand. Like I said, I wouldn't say he's overrated or anything like that. I do believe he has the ability, but I can't blame anybody that has questions. I can't. I can. I can't blame people that have questions. Like he has shown you when he has gotten in the game. Why wasn't he in the whole year's first year because the Lions didn't give him an opportunity. When they gave him an opportunity, he went out there and he sacked the quarterback. What happened last year, he got injured on one play on a freak play that broke his ankle. It's not like, like I said, a nagging leg in an injury, not a nagging shoulder injury. He broke his ankle. He'll be fine. We know what he is. He is a guy that kills the quarterback. He is a pass rush specialist. You put him out there in obvious passing downs and he gets for the quarterback. He's never going to be this miles Garrett. He's never going to be a TJ Watt, but he does what he does well, better than a lot of people in the NFL. Motown, cool. The term overrated is way overrated. And that's, and that's fair. Like I just, I don't understand how DMACC helped me here, man. Like I, I don't understand. But isn't this like we're, we're just looking for stuff. Yeah. Like, you know what I'm saying? Like that's the one of the concerns. It's always with the guys that are coming back from injury or whatever else. To spend his point, those freak injuries like that, they happen. It's not like it's a manual hosely or something where you could sort of. But it is how do you come back from that, though? And that's it. So, yeah. So are we not until we see it? It's 2024 season, right? It's not 2022 season and I like it. Yeah. The fact that I know what he has in his bag, but can he put the bag on display? No, that is it. Um, what were sports chakra? Jump into there, get your thoughts out there. And, uh, okay. Lucky Belafonte, one hour gone and you guys haven't talked about anything interesting. Talk about the actual game tonight. Okay, lucky, let's do this. Let's take the break and we're going to come in and talk about week one pre-sea. We're good for lucky. It's this, that's for lucky in depth, DMACC. Are you ready to get in the weeds and talk? Who are you taking? What do you think of the point spread three and a half? The over under where you at with this segment's for lucky. Let's do this one for lucky Belafonte. Isaiah Williams. Oh my God, because we haven't talked about anything interesting. What schematically is spending when we come back? This is your time to shine. You're our defensive line guy schematically. What are you looking for tonight? We're going to get into that. Okay. So I want, I want to know what spending's looking for on the defensive line from the lion. Well, we'll talk about the hand work. You know, Tom Kennedy on the outside at the receiver spot. DMACC, I want to go to you about the rookies and what they're thinking the first time they're the toe meets leather for real, the rookie class. What's in his rake straw going through right now? I want to talk about all of it for lucky. We're going to do that. Next, we're going to put the top five list top five soups, by the way. We're going to put that on hold and for lucky Belafonte, we're going to break this down lucky. We're going to break it down. What's the wind tonight? I'll check the weather in New York and New Jersey actually put your finger in there. No, I will. I'll get you the weather reports. Lucky. I look forward to your breakdown of the game as well. What do you want to see lucky lucky? We're doing it for you lucky when we come back. 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Young Justin's element music fest in the coconut. Lucky Belafonte wants to talk about the game tonight, Lions Giants. I thought we were talking about the Lions, but I guess that wasn't good enough for Lucky. As I say, sometimes I'll let the fans program the show. So that's where we are and spending in a minute we're going to talk about what you want to see out of the defensive line. But, DMACC, let's just start with the basics, okay? The rookie class, Terrian Arnold, Rake Strah, the entire rookie class, DMACC, take me back your first exhibition game that you played as a professional athlete. What's going through their mind? Let's do this for Lucky. Go back in your mind to that day and tell Lucky what's going through those rookies' minds for both sides. There's going to be, it's not mistakes, but the excitement. There's going to be moments of the crowd, the building, the fact that you're on the field or the ice with guys that you vitalized and looked up to and watched and stuff like this. But the thing is, it goes back to preparation. Once the puck drops and stuff, you get that initial warm-ups or whatever else the fact is that you just got to go out and play the game. I used to tell Aaron Ward just all the time. Same game as when you're five years old, guys are just bigger and faster. Right? So you got to adjust. So, the old kiss, keep it simple, stupid. You know, worry about yourself. That's what the coaches are telling these guys right now. Execute what you were responsible for. Don't do somebody else's job for you. And then you go out and for me or for anybody else that plays physical. How to have fun anytime, anywhere. Step 1, go to chumbacassino.com. Got it? Step 2, collect your welcome bonus. Come to Topo, welcome bonus. Step 3, play hundreds of casino-style games for free. That's a lot of games, all for free. Step 4, unleash your excitement. Whoo-hoo! Chumbacassino has been delivering thrills for over a decade. So claim your free welcome bonus now and live the Chumbalife. Visit chumbacassino.com. Your looking to get that first hit or altercation or whatever immediately because then you're into the game. You got to get yourself into the game. You go seek it out? Yes, absolutely. First game, whether it's usually a hit or contact, a chirp or, you know, face off depending on how the game goes. So it doesn't necessarily have to be a fight. Sometimes it would end up that way, but you're looking to like lay the body and set the tone and get yourself into the game. What about for a guy like Makai Wingo who played at LSU, the bright lights, you know, the intensity. He's a little more used to this, I think on a level than like Giovanni Manu would be, you know, if he were going to be out there or anything like that. Does it maybe trigger something for him? Because he's a guy that's probably going to play a lot, defensive lines, but I've always thought that the guys that went to big-time schools that play later on, you know, that get picked later on in the draft, just something about when they get out there on that big stage. There's a maturity, right, that even that they've been in that spot before, if you've played like name all the stadium, even to the Michigan kids, to whatever like this. So you've played in front of it and you know how to, how you're going to react, right? A lot of guys, it's sort of they get so hype that it takes them early out of their game. They do something that they wouldn't usually do, right? And that's on discipline or is trying to do too much. So, so I think you're right to that. I think it's different for everybody, but you have like it's goes back to the kicker conversation, right? It goes like how quickly is he going to be comfortable being uncomfortable? And that goes to all the young guys. That's what it is. You just embrace it and then say this is what this to your fact of the guys that have been in front of it. And they're not even thinking about the crowd, right? I'm a coming from a small school or drop whatever like this. It's going to be, I know what's it's going to hit me. So I have to be there to embrace it to see how I react. Don't hide from it. Embrace it. And maybe some of these veteran guys that have played at the schools that have played around crowds that are used to it can give some advice. Well, we're sports chat thread. Mike G. Lucky, let's talk swim moves and bull rushes. That's next. That's next on the checklist. I bring in Spencer Rachster now to the party. Spemmo, the defensive line is what you are about. It's where you live. Break it down here tonight. Take me inside. Take me inside the technique. You want to see the philosophy that you want to see between the between the what look for the Detroit Lions? What's it going to take to start to get Super Bowl ready tonight? What technique do you want? This is a new era of Detroit Lions defensive line. When you look at a guy in Terrell Williams who's brought in here said to be one of the best defensive line coaches in the NFL, he's going to be establishing things early. I'd like to see Levi on Zareke get snaps both inside and outside. I'd like to see Broderd Martin in there moving people around keeping his pad level low and making sure he doesn't get pushed off the line. The Matthew Betts situation, the James Houston situation. I want to see James Houston out there in obvious run plays because we know what he can do when it comes to sacking the quarterback. But how does he contain the edge? How does he get off against the tackles and make sure to keep that running back in his lanes so the linebackers can scrape down and clean up. There are a lot of different things I need to see on this defensive line. There are a lot of players and it starts tonight. It starts tonight. Everything starts tonight. This either makes or breaks your year is this first snap of the first exhibition game. There's no doubt about it. And look for as complicated as the game can be where we get into a defensive and offensive philosophies, schematics, formations, all of it. It all comes back to pad level, doesn't it? It really does. It does. Lowman wins. That is that is the one the first truth of playing line in football. The first thing any offensive or defensive line coach will tell you is that lowman wins. When you are Broderick Martin, when you are six, six, three hundred and sixty pounds, it's hard to keep your pad level low. But that's what you need to do because these guards will blow you up and you'll be on your back before you can do anything. KG, let's go Red Wing Sparty in the chat. It's tonight a must win. They're all must wins, aren't they? You damn right. The road to the Super Bowl starts tonight. You damn right as a must win, man. You have to. You have to come out and set the tone for the season because I think what Lucky's looking for is in depth breakdown like that. It sets the tone for the season tonight. Broder B six is elite. Yes, he is. Broder said that went from a joke to some really good analysis. Yeah, I appreciate it. Well, this is where he lived. That's where I live. He's our defensive line inside. That's my favorite thing to do all time. Love learned about pad level. Offensive tackle is the best spot in football. Steve Wild Spencer carries this show. When we're talking defensive line, he certainly does. Yeah, there is no doubt about that. Is this okay? Lucky? Like are we doing well? Let me step out of it tonight. D Mac in East Rutherford, New Jersey, home of the Meadowlands and the New Jersey Giants. Cloudy with periods of rain, low near 70, wins out of the east at five to 10 miles per hour. Now it's not good kicking weather. This is on me. I don't know in terms of direction in the stadium what it East Southeast wind at, you know, the New Meadowlands stadium that I do not know. Yeah, I'll have to rely. Maybe if Mass is watching right now, he can text it. Chance of rain 70% rainfall around a quarter of an inch. Oh, wow. So that accordingly does that impact your overstate? Absolutely. It's going to be very wet, man. So I don't know. So yeah, man, that definitely affects. I'm more worried about the kicking situation now to be honest with you because that's the big knock on Jake Bates. Can he kick outdoors? So Lucky Belafonte, Levi is all hype. He won't show up in the regular season. Well, we got to see. Well, that's why we play the games. Lucky that's why we're breaking him down right now. What do you spend? He going back to you because it's your lane. Levi on Zareke, his future as a Detroit lion is decided tonight. It's future is Detroit law either makes it or breaks it. But realistically, Levi was a recap as a guy who his future was up in the air last year, two years ago, because if you suffer a back injury as a defensive lineman, a guy who's 300 plus pounds and relies on torque and quick quick twitch things that you do on the defensive line, it's tough to come back from all accounts are he's abs, he's looking like an absolute menace at camp. He's playing inside, getting a lot of snaps opposite of Aidan Hutchison, a defensive end. So we're going to see Levi on Zareke whether he is worth that second round draft grade, that second round draft pick that Brad Holmes took him in. And that was the hype around him was his pass rushing aptitude. And what he can do getting to the quarterback is why he's taken so high. So if he's healthy, I'm excited for it. Tyler and the tone on this show is killing me right now. I'm in tears. DMACC, is this tone right now? Well, I think Broder brought up respect. It was all tone and then spending brought it to a different like where it's like mixed in with reality. So many sort of took the tone on you, sir. No, it's it's light tone. This would be yacht rock tone. Yeah. It's not rock tone. Yeah, I do. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Low rock tone. It's it's it got off the before the commercial. It was a little greasy. Yeah, tone. There was a lot of greasy, but it was good. Mike G says low girl wins just as Tina. It is true. That is big fact. You are also our insider for that as well. It's fair. That is fair. Okay. DMACC, we also have some questions for you. People want you. And I had it and I just lost it. So I forget who it was. But, you know, my apologies for that. People want you to rate Kirby Joseph's combo ability when thrown punch it. Oh, good. Proud of him. Hand speed. Absolutely. Hands were uppy to use both hands. Usually like, tell the dexterity of a guy, right? He's going to piece you up with both of them. Yeah. Not just, you know, a lot of times he's fighting to see guys slugging. Now I brought it up the other day. Football fights are some of the stupidest ones. I mean, you're going to grab the face mask and towards the guy's head instead of punching. But if you watch, we're Kirby underneath. He was piecing him underneath the inside. He worked the inside. So I wasn't worried about him hurting his hands. I think that he's by somebody would ask. He spent some time around a boxer or in the ring. And I thought it was the and the way we act after getting like what a cheap shot to the head and just to walk in there and sort of it's it's tough going straight at somebody and piece them up. It's a lot easier if somebody's coming to you. So that's off nine and a half out of time. All right. There's that Steve Wilds. The only insight Neil can provide is the weather report sounds about right. And the only input Steve Wilds can provide in the chat room is some something about the weather. That also sounds about right, Steve. Big fat. Tell me Steve, give me your breakdown. We got about 20 seconds for this to process to you. Steve. Yeah, Steve, go ahead. Give me your breakdown. See, what are you looking for tonight? I look for the same thing I always look for. Everyone just stay healthy and keep it moving. Fuck Steve. Pre-season games are a cash grab, dude. It's what they are. They're not necessary, Steven. There's nothing going on in this pre-season game. Sean was with me last week and said, there is no more over sold thing about pre-season football than, quote, jobs are on the line. That's a ploy to get you to watch the game because you actually think that people like Steve Wilds, how that are incapable of independent. They know what the depth chart is. Yeah. You think you think they get that from a game? You think like a big play in a game when they watch them fucking up on the field and practice all week is going to like save them. Right. Right. No, Steve. Do you tell me your breakdown, Steve? I owe it. Steve, I do want to ask you since we're kind of on the tonus, you know, train here, how do you think the referees will call the game? You know, we have a lot of new things. Well, I mean, and that's kick off the drop tackle rule. That is, that is true. How do you think the reps will do that? Well, just remember to it's pre-season for the officials as well. They got to get in a groove. Yeah, which means a lot of play. Because this is the first time, because I'm sure this is the first time tonight that they've even heard of the new rules, let alone like dealt with them and work with them. Right? Yeah, of course. Steve, it's probably the first time, right, Steve? Yeah, that's what you got to do as a player. How they calling the game? Hey, games getting closer. Tones got turned up a little bit. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Like, we're excited, man. You can't get this analysis anywhere else. Yes. But yeah, Steve Baffey, I want to see the young players develop and compete and stay healthy. That is all. I just want to see people stay healthy. That's literally, well, that I don't even care about the competing part. Just stay healthy. They compete enough all we can practice. You're right. Like this, again, this is just, this is just a thing. Lucky Belafonte, pre-season doesn't matter until a guy, the Lions need get injured. So you agree, Lucky? You want an in-depth breakdown of the game we gave it to you, and now you just take a shit all over it. Wasted our time, Lucky, wasted the viewers' time, more importantly. Unlucky and lucky. Wasted our fucking time. Swiss insurance isn't a waste of time, though, and that's the good there. That is factual. Tell them about Swiss insurance, Steve. Absolutely. Now more than ever, it is critical for you to have your insurance reviewed. Swiss insurance will make sure your carrier is not slipping in the extra fees. How do you do it? 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Is he even playing? I heard his heart was still could be. I don't know. 216 MF first name, Steve, always got something to say and it never makes sense. You notice that? Mike G, I do admit, I like pad level blocking scheme, defensive scheme, pulling and trapping discussions. I'm a nerd. Aaron to the stone. Neil, did you watch hard knocks with the bears? Caleb Williams came off as pretty cringe. Don't know what it is. Maybe it's his voice inflections. Oh, God. Just don't see it with him yet in shy, but shy town loves him. LGBTQB one. Don't get you started. Oh, my God. He's going to talk about you got to talk about you got new. Hey, it is Ryan Seacrest. There's something so thrilling about playing Chumba Casino. Maybe it's the simple reminder that with a little luck, anything is possible. Chumba Casino.com has hundreds of social casino style games to choose from with new game releases each week. Play for free anytime, anywhere for your chance to redeem some serious prizes. 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I said, I said, well, we talked about the bears because of what was upcoming and getting the first and but more importantly, because of the money that they have to spend in their kitty, which makes them not only getting the first pick and if Caleb Williams is their savior or not, but they have the that the money and we think the the organization to not flonder that they're going to they're going to be better. They're going to be a lot better because their their bank account tells them they can be watching Ryan polls. I am. And that's it too. And like, look, they broke Spenny's heart. Spenny's guy that the linebacker from the bills. Yeah, Tremaine Edmonds. You were dying to bring him home. I would have loved to bring him home. He would have been nice. And then they went all Lil Wayne with the win Dixie bag full of cash in the strip club. Yeah. And even you said, no, that's too much for Tremaine Ed, that was a lot of money for off while I'm back. He's my guy and everything like that. Hey, they had a dispenser. No, but they did. And it's just and DMACC like, look, I celebrated what they did organizationally just in terms of flushing out the cap, which is a lot like what the lions had to do. They flushed out the cap. They made draft capital, a huge, huge deal, which they did. And they had, you know, two of the top 10 picks in the draft this year. It's just for me, it all goes off the rails because you have to have a quarterback. And I don't think he's it. Well, I don't think he is. I don't think he was it. But you the one thing that you have to look at is so what did what did Chicago do? Right? They knew that Justin Fields wasn't their guy. And regardless of where he was picked or whatever, let's move on. So the fact is that they're going to move on whether but they think the Caleb Williams is their guy. I'm I'm not scared of him yet with the team that we have or any, you know, all the Jordan love hype or whatever, whatever it is, but their team around him will get better because they have all the assets to put it in place. Right? And they'll go out and spend 17 million on the linebacker that for most other teams are overpaid if that's the guy that they want. So, you know, like Emmons is the pivot of their linebacker course. So I mean, that's what, you know, that's what they held their their dying on. I agree with you if the questions are out, but he's got a lot to prove Caleb Williams to carry that. No, absolutely. And I guess too, like, since we brought them up, I'm not concerned about the Vikings. I'm not yeah, I present their quarterback room to you. If you don't have a quarterback in this league, you don't have a shot and they don't have a quarterback. I mean, how many times? And I'll wait because this takes about 20 seconds to get to you guys. So I'll wait in the chat for the Sam Darnell. It's okay. No, yeah, I'm going to even how much more day to you. I'm sick of that to you. Yeah, how much more data do you need? Pete at Sam Darnell talk. I'm sick of that shit. Yeah. And you know, it's it's just for me, like, as they kick it off here tonight, we were talking about the things you don't like. One of the things I do like DMACC about this team and where they sit right now is still where they are on this division. They're still the boss. They're still the boss of this division. And I know, like, you got a half a season of good Jordan love. And I know that he's, you know, single handedly saved the Packers franchise now. And we're ready to put him in the Hall of Fame. Like I get all that. But the bottom line is this, the NSC North still runs through Detroit. And it does for the foreseeable future, given the fact that the pillars have been locked up long term. The talent is here. It ain't going anywhere. I say ain't for effect. And this is still the Lions division. And it will be for the foreseeable future. It was cute to hear everybody in the preseason talk about the bears or talk about the Packers and stuff like that. I know it was cute to talk about. And the Vikings getting JJ and stuff like that, who's struggling to be the backup right now. As we sit here today, tonight, as they kick off the preseason, the NFC North is still private property of the Detroit Lions. That is a factual statement. Period in the story. So talk, discuss. I just, I'm not buying it. KG, I'm not buying it. I'm not buying Caleb Williams. I'm not buying a half a season of Jordan love. I'm not buying it. I hear you. And like I said, or like you said, at least for this year, it is still the roles run through Detroit. So Caleb Williams, I'm personally somebody that think he'll be okay, but we do need to see it. Jordan love. He is probably the future of the NFC. But right now, today, he is not better than that man that wears Honolulu blue. I'm sorry. It just is what it is. Zach Soap says, Neil, it's not just Sam Darnell. It's Sam Darnell and Justin Jefferson. But it starts Sam Darnell. See, like this, the thing about the receivers, dude, Sam Darnell controls Justin Jefferson's fate. Whether you want to admit that or not, Justin Jefferson's fate rests in the hands of Sam Darnell. Please tell me you like that equate. DMACC, please tell me you like that equation. You do as a lion. Exactly. Right. It's the same reason here is why you have the confidence that Jared Goff is going to control the ball, the James Williams, and I'm a Ross a proud sail reporter and everything like that. You nailed it. It comes through Detroit. That's the way it was. It was planted for real last year. And like, you think this team's they know what they're up against. This division is one that's going to get better and better and better. But this year is our year. Yeah. I'll concern to we about Jack Campbell. I'm not. And I think he doesn't get the proper respect on his name from our own fan base. I always say I think his rookie season was kind of over shadow because you had a Jameer gills, because you had a sample reporter that just absolutely went off the rails. But in in totality, his rookie season wasn't that bad. Was there mistakes along along the way where they're growing pains? Absolutely. But for what he can't become in the base that he gave us his rookie year, I feel like people are sleeping on the man. I really do. I want to get into that when we come back. Steve O'Baby. So you're not scared of the Vikings or the Bears. You know, you have to admit, you know, the NFC is going to be very competitive this year. The NFC is always going to be competitive. You got the window closing on the 49ers. They're desperate. So yeah, I mean, they're certainly going to be a factor. The Eagles may be back. We don't know. Maybe. We don't know. Dallas is Dallas. I mean, like we know the players and we know the game, everybody. Like, that's why, just for me, I know people like want to get excited about the preseason stuff like like, I'm just not. And I'm not going to, quote, live and die every week. If they just so we know they're going to lose a game, they shouldn't everybody. Exactly. Because it happens to everybody. And don't read too much into the preseason. The Lions went 4 and 0 and they went 0 and 16. You know, after after being 4 and 0 in the preseason. So 2008 D and C and T. Caleb's situation isn't like many others. Most generational quarterbacks don't go into the situation he did. That's fair. They weren't number one pick bad. They had the number nine pick with the best run defense in the league. And like, look, that's fair. But at some point to win a division, your quarterback has to make something happen. He's got to make something happen. The Jacksonville Jaguars have a quarterback that everybody thinks is good. He's paid like he's good. He's paid like he's one of the best in the league. And they're just kind of always sitting around looking around waiting for something to happen with Trevor Lawrence, a bum. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? And he's perceived as being good. Yeah. I don't think people truly realize the impact. And it's like one of the biggest cliches in sports. Like it's the most important position in sports. I don't think we realize it. Yeah. Because people normalize thinking Trevor Lawrence is good. People think Caleb Williams is going to walk in and that team's going to carry him at some point in this league D meck your quarterback has to win games for you at some point. For sure. And and we're confident our guy can do that. You there's still like the questions out there. I'm with you on Trevor Lawrence. Caleb Williams, you can't say it because you have to give them the same. It's the same thing. You got to give him the opportunity to succeed or fail. But I'm trending towards you there. So I mean, you want to win the Super Bowl? And that's what we're talking about. Look at the look of the last two Super Bowl champions and and who their quarterback is and Patrick Mahomes not win them games at different times of the year when it's needed the most on the road and stuff. Yeah. Absolutely. No, seriously, why does it smell like how kind we was in here? All right. Let's do this and let's go to the break and we come back. I want to have the Jack Campbell discussion because I think you were on to something KG. Yeah. And I think it's something where in the chat, I'm curious to see where the people are at with it as well. And you can see where the people are every morning right here on Woodward Sports. Wake up Woodward. The usual suspects are there. Who laid flannel Sam when he stays conscious and broder KG's in the building. What? I knew it was coming. Finishes. It's no wonder Anthony Davis is his hero. Finish the show. Dana, Jesus. 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Neil Rule, Dara McCarty, KG Spencer Raxter in the building and you know I touched on it. Spenny had it on the show sheet here and I did want to rap about it because and I and I hope that Jack Campbell in this discussion suffers you know get enjoys a better fate than James Houston did. I was stunned with the level of discontent with James Houston but whatever um Jack Campbell just asking the question. DMACC we're we're good good with. Are we good good with Jack Campbell? We're real good. Where are we at? I think there's still something that we want to see but from everything we hear in the progress it's all part of you know I'm confident that he's you know gonna make a step and when you when you look back it's like he's that's he's and it's more than serviceable but it's that position but he's not like flashy. He's the guy that's gonna plug things up a lot of the time to be physical. I think that the biggest thing is is how much time do you see him on the field and if he's gonna be your mic linebacker or whatever like that right taking the reins off Anseloni and stuff like this then we'll see the maturity of it and they're not gonna stick Campbell and Holmes ain't gonna stick guy there no matter what if he's gonna hurt the team so I think we're gonna see something more so of maybe what people expected out of him being drafted 18th overall last year. It just took takes some takes time with bigger guys in the speed and stuff like that but I think he's gonna be an impactful person on his defense. 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it was this is how it's always going to be with Jack Campbell because of the nature of the position he plays he's not out there making the splash plays and picking passes off and taking him back to the house and blowing up running backs at the point of attack and getting 18s at well I mean he's kind of doing that he is kind he's kind of doing that yeah or you know what I'm saying though like knocking guys out of the game or getting 13 sacks or anything like that it's the nature of the position and contrary to what Steve Wilds say if you know ball you know that your usage and where you are in the field will dictate your splash play look we're we're a sports fan society of splash plays and highlight clips and guys like Jack Campbell and how he plays and the nature of his position spenny do not lend themselves to that yep it's true it's true and in linebacker is a hard position in the NFL they just hit the ground running on it doesn't happen a lot with especially with the complexity of the run schemes with the way tight ends and oh you're speaking the lucky right now aren't you and slot receivers are involved in the passing game it's really hard for a middle linebacker and off ball linebacker just hit hit the ground running in the NFL Jack Campbell had he was second on the team of tackles last year he had a good rookie season and KG's right if it wasn't for Jameer Gibbs Sam Laporta and Brian Branch being all rookie type players Jack Campbell's rookie season would be elevated to to good status I think that not hearing from him in camp is better than hearing his name all over the place 100 because you're hearing his name all over the place it's probably missing assignments blown tackles things like that if you're not hearing his name it's probably because he's in the spot doing what he's supposed to be doing and D-Mek there's something to be said for that man and I would even go so far as to say this for a defense in the NFL that's probably even more important you've talked about this all the time I knew where the guys were going to be that's it that's that's all you asked for right and and I guess that's one of the things that we're going to watch the communication and the systems and stuff but it's it's it's we we call it you know you not thinking you don't have to think you just react because I trust and know what everybody else is that they're doing their job so I gotta trust that I can do mine and I can just play that's what it is to go out there and just play instead of thinking that's when you get to the ultimate the ultimate level and that's when you can have ultimate success when everybody's on the same page and the areas where he struggles in most linebackers in the NFL struggle in it's the passing game if you watch the games you see the guy he jumps off the tape man his sideline the sideline speed crazy the way he plugs gaps in the run game already very good for a very young linebacker so he just has to get the passing part down but that's the hardest part for most linebackers in the NFL it's hard to cover these speedy receivers it's hard to cover these running backs out of the backfield so I I think with time he will grow he will be fine but with the improvements that they made on the defensive line you can't tell me that at least on one side of the ball he's already damn good and he's going only going to get better in that regard no and like not linebackers don't just jump in the league and become Fred Warner yeah you're not just going to first year be guarding CD lamb down the scene like hey it's not what happens nobody nobody is nobody is and that's the other thing too like Jameer Gibbs we love him yeah right he has a shot to be the best running back in football it does the best running back in the NFL has a legit shot to do that what's he going to do today and Campbell or to Jack Campbell make him look stupid 100 that's that's the nature of the beast that's the matchup you hunt for exactly like what what's what's Jack Campbell going to do against Christian McCath the same thing everybody else is going to do not a lot nothing back or struggle with this game that's this league yeah that's sports where can I get the matchup and the teams that can do it repeatedly are the teams that win and the teams that can't don't win yeah that's it like I I know it's complicated I know we want lucky baller font a breakdowns and everything like that but there's a lot of times there's not a breakdown like that to be had there's just it's a matchup game how can I get my guy isolated on your guy the guy I want my guy isolated on that's it yeah and for me look dollar for dollar jet and this and look no one was more critical of the pick than me I tell you guys braille and my boy yeah braille and that was the only man in Detroit more critical of the pick than me it was the power rankings were braille and Edwards one you were a new rule to fair thank you for asking me to talk through it though you tried to talk through it well yeah because because of this cred yeah the street cred with Brad Holmes if that's what Brad home says yeah I got to take it into account and he was the best linebacker on the board I mean yeah he they took him a little early but that goes into the draft value understood that that's when they had their pick yeah and that's the whole draft value discussion Brad Holmes don't give a fuck about your draft value or what the NFL teams at the proper time yeah like if he saw his guy he took him and that was it um Dad with Tourette's I think Neil's gaslighting is starting to bring down his star dad with Tourette's you've been around the show a long time when when you when you guys hear me sit here and talk for the new people that are there I'm different than a lot of other dudes I'd 100% believe every word I say all the time that is I'm not doing it to gaslight anybody it's what I feel better for worse that for better for worse like that's that is what it is man d-mak you know me a long time man I'm not on bullshit up here no I'm not on clickbait and I get I think it's it's uh sometimes it might be a negative to me in my career sometimes yeah my kato I'm too authentic no no that I'm too let I'm not yeah I just I'm too lazy to have to remember what I said last time and back that up if I just tell you how I feel it's how I feel I don't have to sit there and remember how I felt so just wanted to update you on that but the but the bottom line is as Todd saying says Campbell be much better his job this year not even think as much and just go and play and d-mak that goes back to what you said how much of it because I guess like where you say that it's not I don't have to think when does that happen when did that happen for you in your pro career I don't have to think I just do that's not something that happened at game 10 1580 when is it no it's growth I mean I I don't you wear it comes it's you feel that different spot and more it's about preparation right it's it's just like why why do people get stressed because usually they're not prepared and put put the work in so the more you you know you put the work in and the more time you spend and and it's really you can't it's time on the field the biggest thing is like what you see is not down at practice and during the season it's the off season it's you know you understanding not only your teammates as athletes but also as people so you know how they like it all comes together so it's all about confidence you know and it probably takes you throughout your career you're never a hundred percent but you also know when you tap in to the guy to the right or left you or the locker rooms tapped into the same energy then it's easy right and it's and usually follow me here it's usually simpler way simpler because if I just worry about what I have to do and do that to the best of my ability and you know trust the rest of the guys right it's it's almost like it goes to at when you're at one level plausible deniability right it's like I'm doing this they better be doing that and they are and then it's execution it's and and it's special right but we see that in a lot of times right like a lot of times you see that quarterback receiver because what do you hear oh they spent the summer together and there that's when you do that so the units so I think that in a long way to get there Neil right that's what we're looking for do we see unit communication or do we see this in the secondary in the linebacks we're talking about the people defensive line do we see that positive communication we've seen in the past and other teams that we've done to them is to make them look like they don't know what's going on especially with our offense that's what you want you always want to look like your team is in control and that's and that's what it is you're going to face injuries you're going to face bad plays drop balls this and that but how do you react just do your job and the more you understand how that's defined you think that coming out of the Lions camp that anybody no matter who it is that's getting in this game or on the roster doesn't have a defined role or what the coaches you think the coaching staff or Brad or Dan hasn't told them what is expected out of them yeah because I do and a lot of times that's where that's where leadership and coaching comes in is where there's a player you know exactly what's expected of you because sometimes that doesn't you think that that's the norm but no that's where miscommuse miscommunication comes in and then guys try to do other guys jobs and we've seen that I got a question about the lines it just popped in my head okay that that will do and it's intriguing let's get it almost as intriguing as mark white and associates mark white is the best in the game dreaming of a new home but feeling the financial pinch mark white and associates will help you by giving you five thousand dollars of your closing cost it's right I said five thousand 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them pre-season tickets no man you need them yeah you need them biggest game in lion's history tonight lions and giants um detroit sports team one time kneels said that he thinks golf is better than josh allen there's no way he believes that um detroit sports team one time i said that i would take jerega for what he makes way in front of josh allen and what he makes and i still stand by that because he's still a better value yeah if if you don't agree with that then you don't understand math all right no lies detected check the artist totals check the touchdown totals all of it so go ahead to trade sports d look around all right we demac it's top five time i got a lion's question that will do coming up but it we didn't do it yesterday because you weren't in so we moved top five wednesday to thursday so top five wednesday here on a thursday top five soups because why not do it in august yeah soup weather soup weather's coming around i'd be eating more soup like soup seasons on its way yeah i i have been to yeah i don't know why but i have to just get the itch for it sometimes you absolutely do we we're gonna do the same rotate here yeah usual spending one of that lead off sure thing top and why is it a top five because it's half as boring as a top 10 there you go spencer racster your top five soup all right my top five soups at number five i got a chicken tortilla soup good chicken tortilla soup there's nothing wrong oh man i should have had that on the way that's a good bean some rice in there the little crispy tortilla flakes on top i love a chicken tortilla soup oh yeah it sets it off yeah it's an off jade a pinket oh yeah at number four i got broccoli cheddar it's a staple it's a classic anywhere you go i kind of got sick of it you know working at grandtravitz pie i'm victoria cash and i want to invite you to a place called lucky land where you can play over a hundred social casino style games for free for your chance to redeem some serious prizes so what are you waiting for the best way to discover your luck is to spin so go to luckylandslots.com that's luckylandslots.com and get lucky today at lucky land no purchase necessary vtw group boy prohibited by law 18 plus terms and conditions apply making every day so i kind of got so i had to knock it down a little bit broccoli cheddar soup very good number three the only redeeming quality of boston is a good clam chowder damn right love a good clam chowder it's delicious tastes great i need a lot of the can the candles some fresh clam chowder love clam chowder got to get the chunky number two i got the italian wedding soup with the meatballs with this with the spinach in there with the noodles all the good stuff love italian wedding soup and at number one i got chicken dumpling chicken dumpling soup is my favorite soup in the game i don't think it's very close i love chicken dumpling soup better than noodle no cheddar than noodle there are tons of good soups by the way yes tons of great soup yes lots of good soups kg nanny cheddar and you will notice with my list i'm a very thick soup guy pause i like thick hearty soups uh at number five cream of broccoli always good to have that good broccoli like you say you add the cheese to it it's always good particularly at panera yes they do a very good cream of broccoli soup in that bread but it's always ready to rock oh my god i could get that anytime man number four cream of chicken same as number five just with a chicken spin to it um at number three potato bacon soup a nice hearty soup and you are all about it your your soups are like november i like to get full office yeah a good hot bowl of soup i like to get full off of that maybe have a little side of bread or something with it oh my god and number two me i be soup a lot of people may not notice you know when you go to the the hibachi places and i give you the clear soup uh man that is mess with it uh number two so yeah drop soups really good yeah i mess with eggs like me yeah it's so good to me man that onion flavor i just i'm really like it i'm a guy for that onion flavor and then number one clam chowder the only thing good i'd have bossed him a good hearty clam chowder you can't go wrong it's fair i'm surprised clam chowder is so high love some clam chowder is full meal on candies for sure yeah uh nobody neo's favorite soup is gaslight ramen yeah gaslight ramen are you a fan of asparagus soup never had it yeah uh laryna rios want to spend his nicknames is dumpling you're not confirmed nor denied all right women call me a lot of things in the in the heat of passion let's go redwing sparti spend most killing it on the list he's on a lincanity run right now for the lincanity oh yeah man that was that two weeks was crazy i loved it i loved it i loved it a week was great that's when we got you got Landry Fields Chris Copeland yeah what a team man i loved that that next team Steve Novak yeah yeah mellow went down lincanity took over yeah man you old amari stotomayor uh-huh Detroit sports team no Neil said Malik Malik Willis was more talented because he can run we were all there spending you were there for all those shows do you remember the time i said Malik Willis was more talented than jerega i don't remember okay thank you i just got to run that by you because that never happened all right dara mccarty betting third now anybody who knows me knows that i am a huge soup fan what a great whoever drew that that is awesome these are all from the back yeah all right oh dude that's awesome um anyways uh and Kenny you touched on it most important part because i find myself stopping on the way home or when i have a chance a couple times a week of westborn market so westborn yeah slept on yep but you need the bread absolutely you need the dipper or whatever like that absolutely so i'm gonna start either that or in the soup the croutons and the cheese galore fresh onion soup right there done i'm mad i should be honest with you i expected that to be number one on your list i did no it's number five because because i'm not a big brat the bread's already in the bowl i don't need the bread oh bread bowl by the way like the narrative oh dude bread ball lobster bisque right lobster bisque at a at a good restaurant with your lobster done that way you know real quick d mecca dee's formal one says you all on some luxury soups right yeah yes i am yes yes i am yeah any kind of soup yeah beef barley's number three legit no wait a minute low key low key i grew up i grew up with it low key beef barley and whatever else low key that could have that at some point was number one it's good too i'm out of here except number two the tomato bisque and i heard tomato soup but the tomato bisque that i have and i get it it's the base i will actually put a couple different soups into one but the bases the tomato base is no better dipping bread induced soup than the tomato soup number one no grilled cheese man i i get it but that's just not my thing but go ahead all right number one number one shot on the ammo yeah they made four championship style cups of eating that minestrone soup for pre-game and i love minestrone because you get the best of every world in there plus you need the bread yeah got ahead in there so all my titans out there and stuff like that i mean i can't go wrong you bring me any one of those and you're my friend this is how the list the beef barley one is a little sketch but when you start sketch is for you it's not done it's not done it's not done it's not done it's on bread for d-map yes and and if you are a beef barley fan and i've had a real beef barley like over in england or uh ireland and stuff like that yeah oh money no i it is i'm not taking your tone or you're blasting me stave it for steve all right i just know tomato soup better not be one for you it but not well let's find out my top five soups number five cream of mushroom and that's pretty funny by the way yeah i know and it's not the soup it's the soups resume yeah cream of mushroom is a player in the soup game oh yeah cook with that a lot hunt that's it that's what works out i'm just casseroles thanksgiving oh yeah name any easter pre-game casserole has a premium mushroom i'm just not a mushroom guy but i hear you but cream but you eat cream of mushroom soup some form a million percent you have to respect its resume i'm not saying crack open a can of cream of mushroom put it on the stove and sit down and eat it on a cold october sunday yeah no i'm not saying that i respect its resume number four tomato soup all the reasons d-map gave plus the grilled cheese game and i only do it like once a year and i need to do it more but every time i do the grilled cheese tomato soup thing i wonder why i don't do it you do the tomato soup with milk instead of water hundred percent hundred percent that's the smart way to go yeah grand trampers pie's got good tomato bits you know they got good they got good everything yeah yeah so again like you you have to right you have to admit that its resume is strong just like number three chicken number three chicken noodle chicken noodle and he's bagging my i get it yeah but you're bagging to be finally that's sort of like the equivalent to a meat eater and a chicken eater yeah somebody in the chat said that it's it's blasphemous that chicken noodle was on nobody else's list and i put it i put it on the list because again it's good i enjoy everyone likes it it's more about the bro i don't even think it's a top five chicken soup it's not hell no no he's his penny got chicken lemon rice we got we got chicken duffian chicken like chicken tortilla cream of chicken cream of chicken give me chicken and stars over chicken noodle oh no you had me up until you put it with that one now you're grand standing uh yeah but it can't be camels it can't be a little homemade it's got homemade chicken thank you it can be homemade thank you there is a strong one yeah i number two broccoli cheddar for all the reasons you guys gave mm-hmm strong i you know penera it's great and then number one lobster bisque if we were down in charleston if it was on the menu i was getting i got you like just on principle alone there it is is it a luxury supeadise one woman it is absolutely it is but i'm gonna get it yeah i'm always gonna get all right let's get to the break and come back i just uh one one general lion's thing to touch on before we roll out tell me about randy wise how dude is uh randy wise that did we not draw for the thing we did they're still doing it though oh they still do it okay how would you like to play the university of michia course of brielyn adwords randy wise celebrity golf to a register today before so when we're sports.com we'll scan the code on the screen when it comes to your next car or truck make the wise decision randy wise automotive randy that was here premier pets apply man just looking around who's got it better than pets come on a baby stroller for kota 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so uh so yeah how would you feel how you feel if you're trying to see um kind of sees actually got a pretty good roster but go on with him i'm not i think they're questions are there they try to retool instead of rebuild i hate when teams do that just rebuild well there that's what the titans have been founded on yeah true that is true they're not the worst team in the league yeah they got a new stadium coming sometime soon within the next five years or so too so i think that's part of it too yes um but here my my question about the lions is simply this as we get ready to go tonight DMACC the lions are boring and it's good 100% they're boring and it's good dudes are locked up it goes back to what i said earlier guys are locked up long term there aren't questions there's no position battles there's none of that stuff they're boring so i love it no news is good news you okay with them being boring what's that you okay with them being boring and the boring part means that all your ducks are in a row and you're lying you're lined up going into battle which is you know the the start of it tonight with dictate you're not reacting you're not you've done everything that you could look at look just before tonight's game go look at the end of the season and look at your roster and look at your roster now that's all you gotta say that's boring i like it that's it i'm sorry if i'm not like so hyped for this game tonight i'm sorry i'm i'm hyped to watch things that like are what great teams do and it's moving past what you know to what you don't know about your team there's still question mark whether it's veteran guys or whether it's rookie guys or whatever so we're in but it's all about your mentality in the back is who's going to help us win this super bowl because you got all who's going to help us win a playoff game not who's going to help us win this event who's going to help us win this super bowl because again it goes back to that those are the waters you're in look around the rest of the league the cowboys the jets the 49ers the eagles look around you don't hear anything about the lion and i'm cool with it that's where i've always wanted to be and we're here it's super bowl time nothing that happens tonight's going to impact that outside of catastrophic injury yeah nothing's going to change that nobody's in but you're not going to see guys that are that you would lose that would make that play tonight right you know what i'm saying yeah it unfortunately would be somebody else hope nobody gets hurt that's it so sorry guys if i wasn't looking forward to breaking it down and all that kind of yeah we'll react to it tomorrow yeah i think people just excited football is back because it is a signal that football was the uh what was the poll of mass wearing cheering for giants or 73rd all right i'm brand new jersey giants all right uh david wit oh david wit shout out happy birthday by the way and birthday david yep there you go happy birthday david hbd these formal one two-hour recap show tomorrow hundred percent no we'll probably go to the nickel pack and drop oh yeah and we got a breakdown break dancing oh we're we're at this boat we are live at this boat tomorrow i'm not forgot about that yeah i'm not going to be with y'all sorry this is stick man it's all crumbling the break dancing i forgot about that but hey i'm hard to see the people at this boat i'll shut up good folks over there by the way that's for you mak what are you up on this weekend uh actually if anybody's around uh saturday bowlerville uh fair the vet life having their big uh gatherings for the veterans and stuff like that's gonna pop out pop out there and uh i'll be on the golf course there it is oh show all right for d-mak for kg spent to rush i'm new old thanks for tapping in big d energy hope see you later i'm victoria cash and i want to invite you to a place called lucky land where you can play over a hundred social casino style games for free for your chance 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