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danny and to do a deep dive on dallas kevin aglin mid-days one oh five three the fan in dallas joining us on our blitz of the division the second half against the ravens kevin was very very different dallas looked like they had a chance but man did they get annihilated in the first thirty minutes no freaking kidding and i would actually are argues closer to forty to forty two minutes but yeah that team looked terrible they looked terrible again to think i understand why people are concerned going up against the giant well what's going on uh... why all of a sudden are they are there in the world game took me by total surprise kevin but why are they coming out so flat and struggle so much especially on the defensive side of the ball yeah so i think you can make an argument and look we've talked with you and steve and about this and they feverishly disagree that i kind of wonder just a little bit if like the scheme and the game has maybe passed mike zimmer by like i know he's done unbelievable stuff in his football career but you look at the last couple of years he was in charge of the defense with minnesota it was not good and it feels like they're trying to fit personnel into a scheme that they're not really set up for and it's been a disaster the first three weeks they can't stop the run i mean that to me is the most alarming thing they're giving up a hundred eighty five a game thirty second of thirty two teams they're giving up five point or four yards per play like that's one of those things i don't want to pretend like that you can't fix it's a small sample through three weeks but it's easy to take advantage of it you just ground and pound them if washington was playing this week i feel pretty good about the ability to just get downhill on them i'm sure that's what the giants will try to do a single terry is there a fix there is is that just a weird couple of week thing whereas the personnel suggest that's going to be an all-year problem i don't think there's a quick fix because one of the people that you were hoping could contribute to that quick fix was last year's first round pick mozzie smith and he looked good in the fourth quarter uh against the ravens but then again so did most of the cowboys but like everybody else on the team he struggled mightily in the first three quarters he's still really getting pushed off the ball the marvin over shown who is a player that i really like he is also an undersized linebacker so he can get pushed off the block probably easier than you would like and so i wish i could tell you it was a quick fix but your audience will probably be glad to know i do not believe it is cowboys dominated the browns in week one 33 17 but we now know feels like a little bit more about cleveland they have since been walloped by the saints 44 19 and beaten by the ravens 28 25 in a game that for much of the day wasn't that close as you've heard kevin mentioned they're at the giants thursday night football tomorrow and then the stealers and lions after that oh wow i didn't even look at this after the buy then san francisco and elana what a brutal schedule coming up too yeah i mean look and it's weird because i think you can make a really strong argument pittsburgh is easily the worst three no team in the league and then you could make another argument the san francisco is going to end up being significantly better than their record looks right now but it is a tough road ahead and you're talking about the rush defense i'll encapsulate the problems with the rush defense and offense with one specific stat the cowboys have run for ten or more yards three times this season twice by cd lamb their opponents have run for ten or more yards 16 times this season so that really shows not only it's the run defense but it's the run offense as well that is just been poor so kevin you mentioned cd lamb overall numbers are are fine 13 catches 218 yards top 10 in the league in terms of yards and you know they catch a touchdown but that's not what we're used to that dude is capable of you know 2000 yards this year and 100 some odd catches it's so it's weird to say because it's been fine but it's kind of not what we're used to is it the is it a case of people are trying to take him away is it a case of that guy's looked for him yet where we at with cd lamb i honestly think it's a case of this is kind of his training camp which i like i realized by now he's a veteran and you'd think you could just like plug and play but it doesn't necessarily work like that like against the saints there is one specific play where he broke to the left when the throw was to break to the right and you saw a wide open target headed towards the end zone just completely missed and cd lamb is like look that's on me i should have known that and that's another frustrating part about you know he was out all this time because the cowboys like to drag their feet on contract negotiations and you know maybe if he was at training camp they complete that touchdown pass because i mean they beat the saints probably not but that would have helped along the way if they beat the Giants it goes without saying it too and too everyone will calm down a bit if they were to lose to new york on thursday night with the extra time going into the weekend like what is this story going to be in town and are we too soon to start talking about not wanting to be mike mccarthy no i i don't think you're too soon and i think it would take like an epic embarrassment for that to happen immediately you know like 37 to three or something like that but i think i said this morning on a knc masterpiece that it's a lot more interesting if the cowboys lose this game than if they win obviously i hope they win but if they win you would have beaten what looks like a terrible cleveland team what looks like a terrible giants team and then the two good teams you played you got smoked by them and it's just going to be kind of same old same old but if they lose then the jones family talking about we like our person out we like our personnel you're going to have to revisit that and be like do you kevin the other thought on that is i don't think this division is particularly good right i mean washington has one of the worst events has ever assembled philadelphia's two and one but it's not like this impossible juggernaut two and one you know like they probably should have lost two New Orleans here this past week so even though you know dals may be hasn't gotten right yet there's still a pretty good opportunity here for them to make some hay yeah well i mean wouldn't you argue like i'm not saying this will be the case for sure but if i told you ten and seventeen wins this division yeah wouldn't you be like i could probably see that for sure for sure i could yeah and so but i know cowboys fans aren't known for their patients and and sort of big picture viewing in that way but is is that something that you maybe like that there's a pulse of that out there where they go no matter what happens you're early this is still a winnable division or is that not even on the radar no i i really i really think it is but i i think that is mistaken thinking because if you look at when this team like if they were to lose to the jones they'd be one and three like y'all said but if you look at this team the last three years when they've been really good in the regular season their third losses have come when they were five and three six and three and seven and three and so they've got way further down the road and usually struggle like towards the back half of the season as opposed to early in the season this is usually when they do really well so i think i'm actually more panicked not about the division but like that this is a sign of what this season is going to be i think thursday is going to be pretty talented for sure a kevin thank you i appreciate you buddy no problem y'all go cowboys i still have an aglin mid days oh no five three that's me every time with it man in dallas i tried to get him cut off right before that but i didn't have a quick enough i tried to talk over him with the thanks kevin but he still got it let's talk about the new yorkers patricia trainer we love having patricia on grant and danny here on our blitzing of the east always such good insight on the new york football giants we were just breaking this match up down from the dallas perspective how about the g-men they got right they almost beat washington couldn't pull it off then they go to cleveland they look better than the score 21 15 you guys got my league neighbors cooking daniel jones playing better and a chance to get back to 500 patricia yeah big game for the giants i mean the cowboys are really coming off a two-game a losing streak at both at home including one which they got blown out i mean if the giants can't snap the cowboys hold over them this week i don't know when they're going to do it so what's the feel i come into the season patricia just you know full disclosure i thought the giants were really going to struggle and be you know picking top five and uh you know we're gonna have kind of a disaster playing crash into the mountain kind of season but i mean the case they easily could be two and one is great kind of mention with an opportunity here on thursday what's sort of the pulse among fans and and people kind of covering the team is it better than expected is it about the same give me your thoughts there yeah i i think if you look at the walks washington if you think about it they're really you know if they had a kicker they probably win that's right yeah so you know i i i feel that you know the first game i live this way the first game that they played the starters hadn't played in over a month because of the way bright able to figure the uh the snap so they they looked like they hadn't played in over a month and the fact that they have gradually gotten better week by week by week is certainly encouraging the fact that you know they're not out of the playoff race despite what some people would have you think this early in the season that's been encouraging in the locker room and here's the other thing the guys in the locker room they've gotten angry over you know what has happened to them so you know sometimes when you get angry you do one of two things you need to throw a temper tantrum and you take your ball and you go home or you go out there and you and you start throwing vista cops and and start you know fighting for what's yours and that's what the giants have done they have taken that fight that fight approach and and you know whatever happens happens i want to go back to belick neighbors because i'm obsessed with him he has 130 catches he's on pace for 1500 30 yards he was my favorite receiver coming out in this draft i just loved watching him with daniels at lsu how good is he do you think he is something else i i mean i need this comparison and i know i caught a little heat for it because it's still early but i think he's better than ode to jr was when he first broke onto the scene i mean malick neighbors is physical he's a physical receiver which makes him so tough to cover he will fight you for the ball and i think he's also the type who is never satisfied with his performance you know he spoke this week to the media about his performance and you know he by all accounts he had a great game against cleveland right he wasn't happy with it he's like i could have made better catches i could have done this i could have done that and that's what you want to see in the in a competitor you want to see somebody who has never satisfied who's always working to get even better even when that person is maybe better than 90 percent of his competition how's the defense at this point the sack totals have been pretty substantial i would say through it through a few weeks but it's still tough to get a feel for how good this defense is yeah i mean that the path rush finally woke up i mean now the critics will say well it was against a banged up uh cleveland brown's offensive line but that would help was lying if i'm not mistaken not quite the world beaters they once were a few years ago when that when nobody was getting into the backfield on them but the big thing with the giant's defense right now is still the run defense that needs to be cleaned up there's too many missed tackles happening the run fits aren't there guys are getting caught up in the wash so if they can just tighten that up a little bit and play a little bit better in that regard i think they'll have something four touchdowns four touchdowns without a pick for daniel jones the last couple of weeks as is generally the case the commanders seem to have jumped started daniel jones but he looked really good against the browns two thirty five and a pair through the air so only sack twice i think three sacks the last couple games seems like they're protecting him better and he's playing better is the heat off of him for now for now i would say is that the heat's been turned down to maybe a very low simmer i mean you're always going to have people who are going to question whether or not he's the guy moving forward but certainly you don't hear 50 million people coming at him and saying you know hey you know you're no good but you know the giant set of drafts camward or the or should do her sanders or you know pick your quarterback so i think the heat is definitely turned down and as long as they you know i think they're competitive and they win and he's not making stupid mistakes and you know like he was in the preseason and then first game against uh the Vikings where he just made some mistakes to just let you say what is he doing man this is year six i think the heat will probably stay at a low simmer with with him but Tricia thank you as always my pleasure talk to you soon hit that eagle sounder and crass joins us to break down to those eagles and there's some good clock management away from being three and oh but it doesn't feel that good huh uh well the defense i think you have to be encouraged by the defense you know they were just dreadful at stop in the run first two games they managed to beat the Packers despite giving up a lot of yards on the ground and uh they gave up a lot to the to the Falcons be John Robinson almost at 100 on them so you know they could end in the world and they you know they stopped this high powered Saints offense averaging 45 points a game over 400 yards of offense and you know they do a good job they only give up 219 yards in total offense and of course they hold them 12 points one touchdown uh so you know that is something that is certainly encouraging for uh from the Eagles standpoint the Eagles are fascinating because they could so easily be three and oh based on how the Falcons game ended but i could also really easily see them 0 and 3 obviously and there was this uh topic i heard i tuned into Philly Sports Radio on our Odyssey app and they were arguing the question was just like is this team good and they didn't know the answers i'll ask you that question is this Eagles team any good well listen three weeks in if there was one word i would use to describe them it's growing you know they have a whole new coaching staff on you know both coordinators and they were just like they were last year they were 10 and 1 last year so you know to face some adversity and be you know that the one loss and you know you haven't played with AJ Brown you know they're star receiver for just that one game they've been without him now they're going to be without Davonte Smith on Sunday so you're two top wide receivers are out um and and i think to have this kind of adversity early in the years probably a good thing in the long run for this team because like i said they got the 10 and 1 last year overcame some stuff you know once in close games but you know they're learning how to handle adversity and i i don't think that's a bad thing but i would say this team's growing you know they're very young on defense you know they're counting on you know two you know 22 or 23 year old defensive tackles and Jalen Carter and Jordan Davis and um you know they're young on the outside they're starting a rookie cornerback when you're on Metro um so i i think they're growing and you know it's not going to be pretty you know there's going to be some moments where it doesn't look good but i think as the season goes on you begin to iron it out and then maybe ask me that again and i'll let you know whether they're good or not but right now i think it's too early to say yeah they're good or not they're they're good or bad you mentioned the top two wide receivers are out obviously jahan dachshund's next man up we have some interest in him here in dc the eagles traded a third round pick to washington to get him and it doesn't look like he's done a whole lot catch here or there over the first few games of the season would he be their top option at wide receiver going into this game or is this kind of an hour never situation to get him involved what would you say there well see again i think like last year they didn't have any injuries to brown and smith so they never developed another option when brown went out and didn't play in that playoff game that you know the wheels were off the eagle season by that point but still they didn't have brown and they got tuned up and tamper in the playoff game so i think learning to play without these guys it's going to give dachshund the opportunity and you know nik saryani will say well hey he wasn't here the whole summer so we're still kind of getting him up to speed but each week i can see his role growing and they have a rookie johnny wilson but there's gonna be a lot of new faces in the huddle on sunday that's for sure at that receiver spot you know but they still have dallas gutter who had a monster game you know the play then they couldn't guard him ten catches 170 yards first time in eagle's history had tight ended that since the 1965 what pete rhett's left at it and they still have to take one barkly who's leading the league in rushing with 351 yards and you know he's clearly a difference maker you know you could say they might be elin three if they didn't have sake one barkling on the steam i mean that's how good this guy's been he's tied for the league lead and rushing touchdowns he's leading the league and first down picking up first downs and he's leading the league in rushing so even though you don't have these receivers you're gonna yeah you're gonna have a role for datson you know but you're still gonna go to gutter you're still about barkly they just have so many weapons and that's where i think general manager howie rosen gets a lot of credit for building this team and kind of has made it foolproof against some of these questionable decisions nixon rianni is making whether to kick a field goal or go for it on fourth down because there is so much talent on this team it's just a matter of kind of getting it all on the same page yeah you cover my what the question was about to ask about sake one bark and how incredible he's been uh jailen hurts there's you know a couple turnovers here and there but it looks better than last year but maybe not quite as good as when he was an mvp candidate where we where's he through three weeks yeah i mean he's doing a better job well i guess the offense in general is doing a better job against picking up the blitz it was something they struggled with last year but hurts is uh completing 71 a percent of his passes against the blitz and now they play tampa who really befuddled him the last few times they've played it seems like they play tampa every year it's almost like they're an nfc e-team but they always befuddled hurts with the blitz so we'll see if you know he has taken that step and you mentioned the turnovers they you know listen the guy's been in the league now five years he's got to eliminate some of these careless decisions and some of these late throws because he's had an interception in seven straight games to his credit he responds well to him and the eagles are only three and four in those games but it could be you know one and six or two and five whatever but you know you got to straighten that out and he's like i said he's been in the league such a long time not all the interceptions are his fault you could blame a receiver for not running the right pattern or fighting for the ball but they go on his side of the ledger and it's something he needs to clean up eagles at bucks one o'clock second straight road game for the eagles is they go into a buy on the other side of this tampa game good time for that with their receiver room and shambles and we appreciate you buddy thank you hey my pleasure guys thanks thanks a lot you get that early buy typically danny you know week five you go oh that's you don't love that it's too early we don't want that but now you fast forward to week five if you're the eagles and you got one fewer game you got to play without your top two receivers they come back with the browns giants bangles jaguars that's a chance to maybe rip off three out of four right out of the buy so if they could win this game they'll be in really really good shape if they're two and two not ideal but as long as you handle your business on the other side you should be okay you just kind of touched on it's why i picked them to win the division i thought their their schedule lined up pretty favorably for them and i thought maybe last year's demise and how terrible it was down the stretch was a bit overstated in terms of how terrible it really was and they'd bounce back and be fun nothing terrible about jadon daniel's and terry mcclorn hooking up for a couple of unbelievable throw and catch combinations in big plays for the commanders on monday night erin roger said thoughts on those jadon daniel's throws you'll hear from the greatest quarterback perhaps in packers history next on the fan you [BLANK_AUDIO] [BLANK_AUDIO] With Danny, I'm Grant, this is the fan. Thank you for listening to the program today and every day. We are available to you all over DC on the flagship 10067 in Richmond. AM910 FM1051, wherever you are coast to coast on the Odyssey app. And remember, you can always watch the show if you're at home. You want to stream on the smart TV, you can watch us via the 10067 the fan YouTube channel. Aaron Rodgers was on the McAfee show for his weekly appointment yesterday. And they got into Monday night football. They were breaking down the commanders, getting a big win for whatever reason kind of going through some of the big plays of the game. And he was ultra impressed with Jaden Daniels. He had a lot of love for Terry McClure and as well. I just like when guys around the league are talking about Washington positively. >> I like that. >> And especially some of the best players in the league. >> Yeah, instead of having to do the, I'm trying to remember who was. Was it, was it sauce garter? Or somebody like trying to say something about Daniel Jones, right? Where he's just like, ah, you know, he, I don't know, man, like, you know, trying to get better. >> Hey, what about Daniel Jones makes it hard to defend him? And he's like, isn't the league, you know, yeah, he's playing. >> It's only 32 of those guys. So he's, he could beat you on a given Sunday. Yeah, it's just nice. And all over the league, I mean, people coming out of the woodwork. Devontae Adams, heaping praise on Jaden Daniels, Aaron Rodgers doing the same. But this was Rogers with McAfee yesterday. >> The rarity is the kid last night, unbelievable performance. I mean, Daniel's played incredible. We got to see him in training camp again, joint practice with him. And I was impressed, by the way, through the ball. I actually did watch a decent amount of filming him because we were looking at both their stud receivers. You know, we thought there'd be a chance to pick either those two guys. So in the process of watching those guys, you got to see Daniel's play. And he was very impressed at what I loved about him is that he played from the pocket on time. And when you can do that, you can stick around the league for a long time. Because he also has that extra skill set that we saw last night that he can run. I mean, he can really, really run. And he is fast and athletic and elusive. But the key to sticking around the league is playing from the pocket. Fact, that is how Daniel's is going to be continually winning people over. This to me is, I won't even call it a secret sauce, but the whole ball game for him. The whole point is going to be, does he win from the pocket? Does he want to be in the pocket? And does he stay on time? And then the second half against the Giants, he lived in the pocket. And then the entirety of this Bengals game doesn't mean he's not going to run. He should run as I was the one screaming all off season. I want him to run a lot. I still do, by the way, it's not there. Pull the ball down, take off. But I want your eyes downfield looking to throw before you get to the line of scrimmage and then continue to run forward. But the really, really good athletic quarterbacks in this league win from the pocket. The guys that are great runners who aren't consistent enough in the pocket don't win a lot. And on top of that, you might win in the regular season, but it's just hard to beat the really good teams that defend you properly come playoff time that way. And beyond that, and more importantly, you're just putting too much wear and tear on the body. As Roger said, you want to have a long career, you better be able to win on time in the pocket. But the fact that they, I forgot even about the joint practices before I had originally seen that clip, it means so much more to me. And I don't think this is the case, but I guess he could just be saying something nice and not really have noticed, Jaden Daniels, but he certainly made it sound like he was even ultra impressed in the couple of days when they had the joint workouts with how he operated it can. Yeah, you saw him because you're watching tape of receivers from his days at LSU. And then you see him up close and personal with the joint practices and kind of confirm which I saw there. And now you see the showcase that was one of nine football. So just the analogy, I've been using a bunch to, and again, just talking about some of the dads that we, we walk in the kids to school, ask me about Jaden Daniels otherwise. Great. Great sports. I was talking to one, not, so it wasn't this week, it would have been last week. But I said, the whole point is, Mike Grisley used an analogy years ago. The Trey Turner, remember former national Trey Turner, now plays in Philly, which is a treat every time I see him. But he's a baseball player who's really fast. Billy Hamilton was a really fast guy who tried to play baseball. Yeah, he made it to Major League. So he did okay. But you know what I mean? The difference between Trey Turner and Billy Hamilton, one is a $350 million player named Trey Turner, who happens to be able to fly and is also a great baseball player than vice versa. You can't just run and be a quarterback. You got to be a great quarterback who can run. And that's kind of the ultimate design here for Jade Daniels. And that's what Rogers is talking about to me is that you could do something for a second and third that make you sustain in this league and be awesome. The extra secret sauce, the mumbo sauce, as it were to your game is when all hell breaks loose, you turn it into a positive. And instead of a 15 yard loss, you get a five yard gain like happened this past week. Yeah, I don't know where this will end up yet. You know, I certainly hope they got their guy for a long, long time. But here's what I do know. You watch Anthony Richardson as an example who is an electric athlete who can break your back run in the football, who's got a massively strong arm. And it is a pretty gross watch from a quarterbacking standpoint. By the way, he already has six interceptions this season. He is completing 49% of his passes right now. Jade and Daniels is so much more polished, such a better passer. I'm not talking about 80% complete. I don't care about that. They throw by the line of scrimmage a lot. 91% when you weren't doing that, by the way, the other night was unbelievable. That was incredible. I love that. But just it's night and day. It's two different sports, essentially. And that's what I'm talking about. Like, Richardson is this best athlete on the field dude that they're going, man, if he can become a really good passer, we've got a Super Bowl caliber team every year. And Daniels, maybe it's just because he played a ton more in college. He's older, despite being beer younger in the league, right? Like, he played a million more games. All that stuff is a factor, I'm sure, in terms of the maturity and the prep. And whatnot, but he's just a better prospect, a better player. And that's some of the examples I would use to juxtapose what you're talking about in terms of, are you an athlete is trying to play quarterback? Are you a quarterback who happens to be athletic? This was Rogers talking a little bit more about Daniels and also McClellan from Monday night. Why, Daniels played so good last night, he, you know, it wasn't like he was everything was off schedule, you know, he, it was. He took a touchdown, Terry touched on the Terry last one. I mean, he's. Yeah. That was, yeah, that was awesome. And he knew there was pressure and he knew how to get it up and he had a beautiful stop and go on the outside. You know, they're in a zero coverage here. He knows there's one extra guy. He knows where he's going with the ball. He throws an absolute dime. It's really hard to, you got to guide Berlin down, you got to put enough air on Terry on that ball so he can stutter, go and then you got to expect where he's going to be when he transitions out of this. I mean, he's throwing the ball as Terry stutter and that's, it's an incredible play. So you got to give credit not just to, to Jaden, but Cliff Kingsbury, I thought, call the great game. Dan Quinn, you know, anybody's been around Dan loves him. He's created a really good culture there. And then, you know, the stuff that I heard from Terry, when I'm talking about Terry on the field, because he came in, I believe he had eight catches for 39 yards. They, they read us in the first two games. Terry McCorran's had a thousand yards, but I saw him in a thing last night, like 10 different quarterbacks. He had one on the ball before Jaden, but his humility in that moment, that's what you need from your start players. You need your best players to be your best people. And I give Terry a lot of credit. Obviously him to have a couple big players was, was awesome last night. I think he had four for a hundred or something like that, which is, you know, great for him, but I have a ton of respect for Terry and even more after just kind of hearing the commentary last night about how he's kind of gone about it and knows it's going to, you know, I'm going to get it in time, I know I'm going to get mine, but just the patience that we don't see a lot in this league from start players, if it's not starting up right and I would say to those star players too, it's a long season, it's 17 weeks, you know, you never know when you get hot, get on a roll, hit a stretch of games where you place a certain type of defense and you get more long ones and you get the opportunities. But yeah, I was really impressed by the quarterback play from the two winning quarterbacks last night. It's an awesome breakdown of that play from one of the great quarterbacks to do it in his era. Really good insight into McLaren and Daniels from Rogers seems super plugged in, by the way. Yeah, I was going to say that tells you a lot about how much football he watches and how much he knows about other teams, although I don't know, was he working the game for some reason? Is he doing something with like Westwood one? How did I know of? You know, are they occasionally have Larry Fitzgerald or. Sure. Yeah, it's on your bi-weeks to go sit on the Amazon set or something. I don't mean that like every, every year Westwood one pays like a marquee player to be like on their Monday night football halftime show. So it's Brady or it could be Larry Fitz or somebody for like, to me, that almost seemed like Rogers had to be so up on the games last night that he was working for somebody. But I just thought that was impressive and I can't hear enough when the great players around the league are heaping praise on Washington's players. It's just, it's fun because it's the opposite, right? It's either bite your tongue or it's some columnist as you know, the only mention when it's on the run down on PTI on the right hand side. It's like Washington embarrassment or Snyder does it again or whatever the things we're used to. It's just a lot of fun to bask in it. Doesn't it? Big picture. Who knows what it means? I know that I'm having fun this week. Grant and Danny on the fan, Chris Collinsworth got paid. That's a little extension for the analyst on NBC. Get into that as we continue next on the fan. [silence] Drew Marshon of the athletic broke this story today. So tip of the cap to him. But Chris Collinsworth of NBC signed a new extension to continue to call games with Mike Toreko as the lead NFL number one analyst on NBC through 2029, five years out, which means that every single booth in the NFL is now locked in through at least the 2027 season of the A booths on NBC. You've got Mike Toreko, Chris Collinsworth set through 2029 on ESPN for Monday night football. You've got Joe Buck and Troy Aikman. Aikman signed through 2027. They were staying in our hotel. They were different than us in Kentucky, CBS, Jim Nance and Tony Romo, the analyst and a play by play, Romo is signed through 2030 and Fox as Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady locked in, Brady is signed through the 2033 season. Now I'm not sure what Burkhardt's contract is, but Brady Fox 2033, CBS, Romo 2030, ESPN, the Aikman 2027, NBC Collinsworth 2029 of those four broadcast crews, which do you like best? It's too early for Brady just yet. I mean, people, people have hammered him just, I think just because he could be perfect and great. And it would still hammer him. I think it's just because it's Tom Brady. I don't think he's been exceptional. I didn't expect it. It's a hard job. People don't understand. It's a really difficult job. It's also one of the easiest gigs, both play by play and color to poke fun at and make fun of and say that you're doing this wrong or that wrong, but I actually think he's been pretty fine. I think he, as early in the game as he is, I think he's impressed me a little bit. I think he's been good. And this is, this is one of those weird, persecutive complaints, but he also doesn't have a great voice. It's a little strained kind of, I get that it sounds like it, but you know what I mean? It's like that sort of vocal fry a little bit where it's not very natural. Well, he doesn't really know how to broadcast. Yeah. Like, which isn't to say, you're talking about like the sound of his voice, which I understand, but even still he talking and broadcasting are two different things. And I think he's still figuring that out. I can't stand Romo. So that's, that's the bottom for me. So that kind of leaves, you know, I think to Rico is so good and is so masterful at it. I don't love Collinsworth. In fact, I didn't even said on the scale of love to hate. It's probably closer to hate. I don't hate him at all, but I'm a little lower on console, but it might be that team just because I think to Rico is so perfect. You'd go NBC one ESPN two. Yeah. You're already going Burkhardt and Brady over Nancy and Roma. I am. Yeah. I mean, that's I think it's great, but I just, I can't with Romo. I can't do it. So Burkhardt, who I'm a big fan of and Brady have to be four because I've seen a combined couple of games of them at this point. I'll put Nancy and Romo third as well. I like Eagle better than Nancy for CBS's top guys and Romo while I don't think he's as bad as everybody else. I just think there's, there's other better guys. I would probably go with Buck and Aikman as my one seed. I like to Rico better than Buck narrowly, but I think the combo of Buck and Aikman who have been working together for a long, long time, the presentation on ESPN, which is terrific. So is NBC's. It's very close, but I would go Buck Aikman one to Rico Collinsworth two and then probably CBS followed by Fox just because they're in their infancy and Brady is just trying to figure this thing out. Yeah. He's drinking through a fire hose right now. Right. I was going to say, I think it will get better. I mean, the is there's a something I understand like you shared the locker room with a lot of these guys like moments ago. They're your peers, like in the span of your life, you know, mere minutes before you start doing this gig. So it's hard to criticize somebody, but it sounds like you picked it up this week. I mean, we couldn't hear as much obviously because we were on the road for, you know, our, our weekend and our games with our buddies, Condor and Morad, but I think that's something he'll grow into. We watched him. It was Raven's Cowboys. Yeah. It's like, you know, the Cowboys fan that we're with is yelling after every play. I could barely hear. That's a good point. You know, we're eating pizza and doing bits and shit, but like the, I think about like kind of how these guys kind of started me, John Gruden never got around to doing it. He didn't criticize anybody in his time on Monday night football for five years, six years, however long he was doing it, right? So it'll take a second to get to the point where you go, Hey, that was not a good play. Here's why. That's fine. You know, like it takes a minute for you to be willing to do that to translate it to us audience members because you know how hard this thing is. We're idiots. We're supposed to, you know, generally be aware of how hard it is, but we're going to sit there looking a guy that made the NFL go socks because we need, we need some of that stuff. We need that translation. Looking at the wild card standings really quickly and major league baseball, the gnats are trying to play spoilers. The royals are tied with the tigers for the second wild card to up on the twins. So if they could get a win tonight and a win tomorrow in the mat and a getaway game with Patrick Corbin on the mound, that'd be pretty amazing that the royals could be on the outside looking into the playoffs, possibly that quickly as they're in DC. But more importantly in the NL, the Mets are one half game up on the diamondbacks in the wild card race. The Braves are the first team out, one half game out of the wild card. And how crazy is this? I just feel so bad for the Mets and the Braves. Oh, this is terrible. I just, you hate to see this for them. They got rained out today. So they're going to likely have to play a game the day after the season ends on Monday, the day before they have to play a playoff game if they make it to make up game 162 because of today's postponement now. And assuming the game is needed and right now, both will probably need it to figure out because they're both within a half game of the Diamondbacks in the last wild card. They would potentially be staring at having to play game 162 on Monday and then start your playoff series the next day. Just to just to back up there, it's actually yet today's game is rained out and tomorrow's game has already been postponed as well. So that'll be postponed tomorrow because there's a hurricane happening down in the North Carolina down there. Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah. So it'll be a double header on Monday, so it'll be 161 and 162. Okay. 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