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Hour 2 - Football's Finest; LA Live: Shaq says, "It wasn't me"
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It is the G Bag Nation here on 105.3. The fan and it is time now to hit the expressway and to kick off the expressway, we have an addition of the finest LA lives coming up here shortly after 540 segments brought to you by soda at state of the art and it's brought to you by the Frankles. Life's unpredictable accidents happen. If you are a loved one's hurt in an accident due to somebody's negligence, call the Frankles for a free consultation, 2-1-4 or 8-1-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3 or go online to franklefirm.com. Here's the chief. - Man, this cover to defense stuff is bringing the worst out of some people, huh? My goodness, that took over the football zeitgeist today and we will address it here, but I did want to mention the San Francisco 49ers offensive lineman who tweeted out, this is Jonathan Feliciano. He says, I mean, he's unprovoked. He's not replying to anybody, he just opened up his phone and decided to tweet out. He says, when I retire, I'm gonna start doing videos dogging the internet content dudes that think they understand offensive line play. Dog them, then give people the real. Think that's gonna be a lot of fun for me. And I think that's a great idea. - He takes somebody's YouTube clip of them talking about the offensive line and then he breaks it down. He breaks down their video and how wrong they are. I think there's absolutely a spot for this in the market. I'm here for you. - Yeah, let's go. - He's gonna clean up. Now, I also wanted to mention this. This is interesting to me. Does the number, is this analytics or athletics? Thank you, you Donnis Haslam, for the game that we get to play here. I'm looking at you, Brian Broadus, because you're watching the film more so than anybody. - I'm trying to figure out that five, two, you were asking me about the other day. - Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm going late. I'm going late to it, but go ahead and ask me the question. - I'm curious about if the tape matches what the metrics say here, because there is a metric that's called perfect block run rate. How often you're getting perfect blocks as an offensive line. And the running backs behind him. How often is the running back getting perfect blocks? And what does he do with those? And it says that no running back in the sport is getting more perfect block opportunities while carrying the football than he's equal Elliot. And he's returning a just below average production rate while doing it. So it's not like he's the worst production on top of great running back, but he's only giving you slightly below average production return on his runs, but he's getting-- - That was my biggest fear. That was my biggest fear going in the season that you would find a way. And like I say, I wish they would have worked on running the football in week one, because I think you got out of the game, you were down 21 to six at one point, and you fought your way back, and then it got out of hand again. But I would love to have seen them try, but yeah, that was my fear that all of a sudden that you do create holes, and the play's blocked for where it goes for, it could go for six or seven, but it ends up going for three, or it goes for two or something like that. - Yeah, like do you feel like the offensive line is opening up holes that he is just not-- - I can't tell you if they can run the ball or not. I can't, the way that the last two weeks-- - The game flow. - You can't. - Okay. - I mean, and like I said, I wanna sit here and that's why I wanted it. That's why I wanted it in week one, because when it got to week two, and all of a sudden you're like, they're like, well, we didn't have opportunity. And I'm like, okay, do I have a better feeling? I know there's some plays, I know there's some plays they blocked well that Rico Dattle has left. And not just Zeke, Rico Dattle has, if he would have made a cut here, or he would have maybe attacked the hole here that they might've had more yards. I think all their backs are guilty of this right now from what I've seen. - Okay, so we have a scoring problem, a touchdown passing problem, passing yards problem in terms of the numbers being extremely low to start this NFL season. Sample size is small, but it's been trending in this direction for a while. Defense are doing the too high coverage at a 46% clip, which is up almost 10% since 2020. So they're running, they're basically saying like, hey, we're not gonna let you beat us deep. You'll have to nickel and dime your way down the field. Or run at us. We'd love for you to run at us as well, and teams aren't really able to do that overly successfully across the board at this point. So now what do we have? We'll check on ESPN to try and help this problem. We're not seeing enough passing touchdowns. So what does Mel Kuiper wanna do? - Well, Mel Kuiper goes on get up today. And I think he just ticked off about every single one of his colleagues as he went on a rant believing too high safeties should be outlawed. - How would you try and solve it? - Well, I grew up with the best of the national footballing, 60s, 70s, and the 80s. You're talking about deep shots, right? To go around the nine-rath post. You're from about Terry Bradshaw on a Super Bowl hitting John Stallworth. You see Leroy Irvin diving, right? Just off his fingertips, the receiver. He had laid it out there, right? Hit the receiver in stride, 65-yard touchdown. It's a beautiful thing to watch. That's what I wanna see brought back to the national football league. Okay, check down Kings, bubble screen sensations, boring football. Uh-uh, game manager, I get it, but I wanna see those deep shots. That's what the NFL was built on. I grew up with John United's Fran Tarkington, Ken Stabler, Darrell Amadeca. Yo, you talking about quarterbacks, Joe Nameth. It was just, Brett Farb when he was doing what he did. Burke Jones with the Baltimore Colts. You think about those quarterbacks who would throw the ball down the field. I'd say what Bradshaw did was Stallworth and Swann. Roger Stallback. That's what I want to see brought back. Say, well, you can't do that, right? We got a five-yard rule with the quarterbacks, right? The melt blunt rule, right? Now with the push thing with hurts, you gotta be a yard back now. So don't tell me you can't have those safeties closer to the line of scrimmage than they are. I was in games where I'm thinking, hey, too high, they're out in outer space. I couldn't even find us at their play with nine guys, right? What are the other two? What are the other two? They're so dag-gone-far back at even though they're part of damn play. I'm telling you, we gotta change this thing and we gotta have, hey, you can warn 'em. I don't know if they come up, hey, guys, you gotta get up a little bit, right? You're too far back. Warn those safeties, but you gotta figure out, competition can be somebody, Dano. Somebody's gotta figure out what that depth is, but it's too far back right now. The NFL is being ruined by these two high safeties. - Man, he just, he named dropped 14 players from the '70s. - Yeah, yeah, he did. He did. Now, the colleagues of his at ESPN are just like, what the hell are you talking about? Lewis Riddick, this discussion about outlying two high defenses is ridiculous. There are ways to beat it if you have competent quarterback play. Explosive plays in the passing game are a huge part of the NFL. That's why players like Hill, Lamb, Jefferson, are so valuable. So understandably, defenses have adjusted to try to limit that. Jeff Schwartz quotes the conversation, former NFL lineman established the run. Mina Kimes, who works with good ol' Mel there at ESPN, said the two offenses with the highest run rate into these looks are the Saints and Cardinals. Those are the two best NFL offenses, according to EPA, expected points added per play, thus far on the NFL. It's not rocket science, how to have successful offense since two high safeties. - Yeah, and I think the offensive line play being as bad as it is across the sport. - Quarterback play is down, which is the massive reason for this. He's complaining about, okay, all these quarterbacks, you just went through last week and read the list of the starting quarterbacks in the league. There's a handful that you can trust week in and week out in the NFL. Quarterback play in as good as it was 20, 30 years ago either. Not to mention the offense, you can't line up and practice run blocking. So it's not a shock to me that we're in week three and we're not really sure who are the good teams at running the football. That's gonna take some time. You don't have enough reps to practice this. - Yeah, no, I'd like the discussion though, and I like what Mel Kuiper is doing, maybe moving on from a draft expert into hot taking about football things. I kind of like this version of Mel, but I'm okay with it for four reasons. Number one is this is about what makes the most compelling and entertaining product, and that is big plays usually in the passing game. We've changed lots of stuff in the NFL. You can't hit, you can't have all kinds of tackles, the horse call, the drop tackle. MLB just changed that you can't shift the shortstop to the other side of second base. I mean, so I think there's precedent set for it. You know, is it what they need to do? I don't know, but if I'm in the NFL, I'm open-minded to it, and I don't care what the crusties and the traditional is say, 'cause we need to make sure that scoring continues to at least hold where it was a couple of years ago. You know, these defenses got the upper hand. I said it last year. Competition committee is gonna meet about tweaking rules. Maybe this isn't the right rule though. Well, I just think that ultimately it's the game evolves, and so if you're going to make a snap decision now, we see how the game evolves over years at a time, and so it'll all kind of fall back into place at some point. It'll just, I think it's a problem that'll sort of take care of itself, and I think it is exacerbated right now with, you've had, in the last five years, you've had a ton of veteran awesome quarterbacks that were carrying the league have all left now, and then you're throwing in a bunch of young dudes, most of which right into the fire, and you're watching three rookie quarterbacks right now, not be able to throw a single touchdown in the league. - Yeah, the passing touchdowns are down, but like last week we had the highest scoring week one, we've had in two years, so I mean, yeah, you're not getting so many passing touchdowns today, but I think that that is a total over exaggeration from Mel Kuiper and defensive coordinators are probably laughing their ass off listening to them talk about that. - Maybe defenses should only allow, like have 10 guys on the field. - There you go. - Yeah, I mean-- - You have to play with-- - It's a sharp recommendation. - No sub packages, you know. - You can get a club then, yeah. - Sorry, you gotta play in your base. - You can only blitz on third down. - It's a problem. - It's a five Mississippi rush. - I like it, yes, the alligators. I think you can get plenty of explosive plays in the run game, you're probably right. - I don't want to be a chief, but I would not be surprised if scoring is down this year if they look at some things. 'Cause I mean, the answer is to make the game slower and more plotting. And this is not good for TV. - Did I ask you guys the question of whether, if you had to hire a coach, would you rather hire a Shanahan guy or a guy that can defend the Shanahan defense? - Yeah, you asked me that off air. And I think ultimately answered, I want the offensive guy. 'Cause I still gotta worry about other offenses, you know? I can't just stop a Shanahan offense. I gotta worry about my home. - If you've got a guy that can stop a Shanahan offense, Chief, would you consider him over a Shanahan offensive guy? - The reason why I wouldn't is because defenses are so volatile and it's hard. - We're trying to eliminate the cover too here. - But he's eliminating that volatility for you. - He's guaranteeing that you got the Shanahan's number. - You got the Shanahan's number with your head coach. - Oh, that's just, you're guaranteeing that any time I go up against that. - You got a Shanahan stopper. - Because of so much of the league is that, now the Chiefs aren't, but yeah, I think I probably wouldn't do that, brought us. - Okay, we gotta run LA live with Lucius Alexander coming up next, buddy, where you taking us? - It's a Thursday, Thursday, ladies, that I have a drinking game for. - Hey, Mike Vlinny here, host a cash to ticket alongside my partner, Jim Costa. It's really simple. Are you tired of podcasts claiming they're a bunch of pro betters when they live in their mommy's basement? Are you tired of podcasts that claim they hit 80% of the games? When really, they just lose like most of us. Think cash to tickets, the spot for you. We're real, we're transparent, we're having a hell of a good time with it. And we sit there and we're there for the sweat with you guys. We're just trying to figure it out just like you. Follow and listen to Cash the Ticket on the free Odyssey app or wherever. You get your podcasts. (upbeat music) - Clitolos. - Thank you very much, Lucius. It is the Gback Nation here on 1053, the fan. Bully's gonna give you his woolly roundup coming up at six o'clock. It's time now to go into the Pimp Cup where Lucius has LA live. - Yeah, let's get right into it. - Let's get right into the Great Greek James. (upbeat music) - All right, you swear. - It's time to smoke. (laughing) - Fire up this funk and get stabbed to death. (upbeat music) - 'Cause can you still make it dance and summon everything? (upbeat music) - There you go, you better get out. (upbeat music) Back in the press area, Mass Square Garden, after the chase was about winding up, Robert Kardashian came from death. And he was representing O.J. He's reading this suicide letter that O.J. had written. And we're all standing in the press room. I'll stand next to him out with a shot. And he's going through this letter saying goodbye to people or whatever. And then all of a sudden, he goes, "Am I good friend? Am I Rashad?" And the whole room looks at him out with a shot. And I might just look down to the ground and then he just walks away and got in the limo and just this a f***ing pin. (laughing) He just disappeared. I thought, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. This frickin' pin. This frickin' pin. Happy birthday to Chris Arnold out there. Ooh, ooh. Yeah. This is L.A. live for Thursday, September 19th, 2024. It is a thirsty Thursday, ladies' night, always. Always for the ladies. Absolutely 100%. Wait a minute, get some. (groaning) Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo. No, I don't have it down. Yep, always for the ladies, always for the ladies. Speaking of Thursday and ladies' night, you had the new drinking game to sweep in a nation? New college drinking game, that is sweeping the nation out here. You did a new one. Yes, here you go buddy, here you go. I think we've been missing it since it was the smearing off. Ice, was it the ice? Get down on one knee and you got to pounce, you got to chug one of those bad boys. No, I didn't see that one. No, I don't. Oh, dude, you got on one knee? Yeah, I was like, did somebody basically have show on the shoulder you turned around and they just hand you a smearing off. I had to go for it. You got to get down on one knee and just chug that bad boy. That's what we were doing in college, right? Well, Chuck? He's everywhere. Good old days. Now, this right here involves Colt McCoy. He's a college football broadcaster now. You guys know what network he's working on? NBC? Is your ACC? Yeah, I think I was like, I don't know. I'm asking you guys. I've seen Big T and I've seen ABC. I don't trust what I read anymore. I think it's with the big one. I think it's with NBC, which is also-- Yeah, I think it was, Bill Scott. OK, anyway, we've got a drinking game right here. You got to take a shot every time Colt McCoy says, right. You know it very well. All those games against Oklahoma and Texas A&M, what usually wins on a day like this? The rivalry games are awesome. The energy is incredible, right? Winning these type of football games is how you get remembered. But you've got to control your emotions, right? Everybody's going to make you stop. The players, the fans, it's the electric. But it still comes down to execution, right? That's four so far. Uh-oh. It's a career in this game. Respect football, avoiding those pre-snap penalties. That's going to be key. I think you're kind of referencing the quarterbacks there. We've got a real contrast in style with experience as well. Let's begin with a veteran. Will Rogers, four years at Mississippi State, just getting started at Washington. Yeah, he is great, right? He's quite a ton of football. He keeps going, right? He's great, right? This is where all that quarterback speed, cliche, B.S., they're at your whole career. He catches up with you. Yeah, this is where it bites you. Oh, catches up with you. That's hilarious. Yeah, brand new game, sweeping a nation. Let me find you guys right here in the winter. I just sent you a Twitter. All right, I just sent you a Twitter. We better report porn, light beer in those shot glasses. Otherwise-- Because you're about to get told. You're looking at us. 100, at least. Yeah, you about to get told. Yeah, if you would look at your Twitter, we have a mystery. Mystery on our hand to your-- I don't think it's a bunch of a mystery. [LAUGHTER] I think it's just pretty good to drive. We have a mystery, bro. All right, let me get the vibes right on this Thursday, Thursday, ladies night. Yeah, we have a mystery on our hands here, fellas. Shaq says, that ain't me. In the new, that ain't me. In the new now viral photo of what looks to be Shaq and those small, sexy women. That is his type, right? Come on, that's everybody's type. You don't like struck girls? I do? I do? She's really small, too. But was it his wife's work? His wife is short. Yeah, compared to him. But Shaq would make Angel Reese look like this. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, that Alexander girl who's so hoops, Nikki Hoops, Alexander, she's kind of short, too. He likes that type of stuff. But anyway, so all the internet sleuths out there can chill. Shaq said, you are region. Look at that photos. You see the guy laying on the couch, so you think that Shaq? The guy on the couch is really getting me. And then I'm told, bro, you can't fake them toes. You can't fake the big, his hands are bigger than her torso. You can't fake this. So he tried to respond by posting a photo of him hugging lots of women in that same pose, like, hey, that's just how I hug women. That's my pose. That's my move. That's my pose. But that one right there, she was in a bedroom getting hooked. Yeah, exactly. It's got the diesel business card. She snaps a shot of him while he's in his post-coital hibernation. And then she's also doing videos from backstage of his Shaq diesel DJ set. Well, if that's Shaq diesel, we don't-- That's a good answer. She's got the receiving. She's got the receiving. She said, N.A. Me, bro. I wish I'd let you on Tuesday. So, yes. Shaq said, N.A. Me. Hey, with A.I. these days, I guess you could pretty much chalk it up to that if you're Shaq. But it's the greatest gift to the flimsy argument. Yeah, that's a hard one to remember. To be one of the largest people on this planet is to say, no, that ain't me right there. I love this. Go ahead. It's crazy. That is crazy work, Shaq. If you haven't seen it, the selfies was posted by Maria Ozuna-Teachy. She has 200k plus followers on Instagram. She's already up. Yeah. And is this happening in Texas? You know, he's been spotted a lot out in Rockwall this time. I don't know where he is. I don't know where that's at. Allegedly. Maria's sexy and everything, bro. But, you know what I'm saying, that is not me. That is clearly. This looks like it says Diesel, Shaquille. Welcome back to Hera's Atlantic City and-- Damn. --something else pool, looking forward to an awesome show. So, apparently, allegedly-- You're the influencer. You request it? Yeah. It's the influencer. Yeah. You should tell me about it. Four living right here. Shaq, they got one for you. It's pretty awful. Shaq is still shacking out here, though. A Missouri teenager was struggling to find some size 23 shoes. A teenager with size 23 shoes. That is crazy. Shaq came to his rescue. Jorrell, Bolden, 16 years old, stands 6'5, weighs 380 pounds. Man, I know mama's tired of feeding that one right there. What you mean, you hungry again? Damn. What you mean? We were in size 23, so it was hard to find a size 23 shoe anywhere. They wouldn't hold a TV station. They were so desperate about it. TV station made the damn thing go viral. Shaq, seen it, and hooked the kid up. Got three boxes full of clothes and 20 pairs of shoes. And Shaq is a great guy to see out there, if you're in need. You know, he's hooking people up right and left. Yeah. That's a good thing right there. Yeah. Try to get the smoke off of you. Can I get another story to go viral? Damn. [LAUGHTER] You got to stop. Remember the one where he saw the guy shopping for engagement rings? And he was like in the bargain section. And he like hooked him up with a $10,000 engagement ring for a guy right there. I forgot about that. That's so cool. Shaq got that bread on him, bro. But I don't know. You tell me if you think that's Shaq. Brodice, right here, this is for you. Yes, sir. Influenced her Brittany Renner. Yes. She says, now that she's not out here fighting on Instagram. She's your mom. Yeah, she's not fighting anymore. She has no idea how she's going to provide for her three-year-old son. She says she broke. Oh, wait, I thought she-- She's broke, bro. Thought she-- I can't thought on Instagram, but that's how I made most of my money was thought that up. So now I'm broke. That's her skill. Yeah. I thought she had a dad. I thought she had a basketball man. That's funny that you say that. She's no longer thought him because she has converted to Islam. Oh, you Muslim now. Muslim. Oh, you Muslim now. No more dope games. Well, yeah, she has a son with PJ Washington. Yeah. And she says she's getting about $2,500 a month in child support, but they're barely making it. Oh, wow. $2,500? $2,500. Oh, wow. Our guy's getting off easy. Yeah. That's what I said when I seen that. I was like, I'll work. Somebody lying here. Something somewhere down the line. There's a lie. Scratch it. Yep. So, brothers, if you're looking to break some bread, she's looking for some right now, man. And you know what, Dave? But she says she ain't-- Bless your cash app, you know? It's funny, he's gone wholesome. Yes, your cash app. Well, I'll tell you, though, she needs the help. But they bring her in for, like, she's got public speaking gigs. Like, she could talk to teams and stuff that bring her into college programs and stuff. Like, didn't-- Teddy Young Boys, how'd they get sniped? Yeah, she went in there and she said, listen, I'm a thought, and I know how to snipe you, young boys. Here's what the watch for. Yeah, it's what to do. She could be a coach. Damn, a sniper coach. Hey, everybody sit down. Here's a hope. [LAUGHTER] This is what you can watch out for. Gosh, they're running your pockets. Damn, crazy for that, bro. I'm trapped. Dude, man, I think about it. [LAUGHTER] Let's see what else I got for you, boy. Damn, I have enough time. Let's go ahead. Oh, shoot. What time did you just hit in the heart home, right? Did he? Go for 10. Oh, if he did it, then-- Is he going to go for 10? He's 49, and he's got 50 steals. He's got the bags. Yeah, got a good thing. That's good thing, yeah. I think he's shiny. I think he's 50/50 now. Yeah, it's 50/51. OK, I'm going to leave out of here with a joke. The ladies voted online the least attractive male hobbies. Run down these real quick. Do your games. Driving really loud cars. Radio guy. Watching wrestling. Being really into vaping. Damn, I'm like, I just like it. I'm not really into it. I don't blow clouds. I don't have, like, fully different vapes. Yeah, I put it down a lot. They're not talking about you, Lucius. OK, thank you, bro. Yeah, you're good. Don't you got to be the guy that's got, like, the triple battery one, and he's blowing those huge clouds. You can hear that thing going-- [LAUGHTER] You're like, boom! Oh, boy. Yeah. Don't kickball leagues. Making their car sound loud. Coke habits. These are the ladies voted on the least attractive male hobbies. Say, Coke habit. Coding. Pornography, and yes, video game! Oh, the video. They slipped coding in there? They slipped coding in there. I feel bad for my son, because that's what he said. School for-- That's a good-- yeah! That's a great job, man. Yeah, they're going to have money. Yeah. Magician, taxidermy. But yeah, here's a guy right here. Here's a guy right here defending video games. Defending video games, this guy. Furthermore, ladies, if you're a man, play video games, Grand Theft Auto, NBA 2K, Madden, Call of Duty, understand that that man is living his dreams out on that game. [LAUGHTER] Everything he's not in real life, he is on that [BLEEP] game. I'm a 65, NBA All-Star. You understand what I'm saying? I wake up every day, and I fight for this [BLEEP] country. I don't place things. I don't thank you for my service. And I sell cocaine. I sell-- I do it all over the place. They still make me feel bad. Because here's the thing, I'm looking around the room. It's a lot of beautiful women here. A lot of beautiful women. I'm looking at y'all face. Y'all wear makeup. That's OK, right? Because, guys, we don't walk past the room like, wow. Wow, you're just going to play [BLEEP] make believe me on face on it. [LAUGHTER] That's good. Yeah, that's good. All right, that's out. I've got to get out of here. Long willow in the creek, don't rise. Have a happy Thursday and shout-out to all the ladies. My name is Lucius Alexander, and I've got to go. Salute, there he goes. L.E. Live, every 9540 here in the nation. We've got one more hour to go. We'll chuck what's up next. Yeah, let's go ahead and talk about this Saints doubt or Nebraska doing it right in history was just made that's next in the nation. Hey, Mike Felini here. Hosted a cash to ticket alongside my partner, Jim Costa. It's really simple. Are you tired of podcasts claiming they're a bunch of pro bettors when they live in their mommy's basement? Are you tired of podcasts that claim they hit 80% of the games? When, really, they just lose like most of us. Think cash to ticket's the spot for you. We're real, we're transparent, we're having a hell of a good time with it, and we sit there, and we're there for the sweat with you, guys. We're just trying to figure it out just like you. Follow and listen to Cash the Ticket on the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts. (upbeat music)