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The hosts of the podcast, "Broken Clipboard," discuss their favorite plays and moments in NFL history. They talk about various memorable plays, including Leon Lett's fumble recovery and premature celebration, David Tyree's helmet catch, and Santana Holmes' incredible touchdown catch. They also discuss the importance of finishing plays and not celebrating too early. The hosts mention some notable games and players, such as the Patriots' comeback in Super Bowl LI and Terrell Owens' game against the Cowboys. They end by discussing their favorite all-time players not on their favorite teams. Welcome back, everybody, to the Broken Clipboard with Nolan and Ashby. We're going to have some fun topics today. We're going to talk some NFL. We're going to talk some MLB. We're going to talk some NBA. We've got a big UFC fight upcoming, so I think we're going to hit it right away. The first thing I want to talk about, though, is of all the plays that have ever happened in NFL history, Ashby, what is your favorite play that wasn't from either of our favorite teams? So, as all of us know, I'm a Bengals fan. You're a Vikings fan. We can't do it. We can't talk about it. So, my favorite play of all time, non-Vikings related, because if it was Vikings related, it would be the Minneapolis Miracle. But, non-Vikings related, it's going to be when Leon Lett recovered the fumble in the Super Bowl and started running back his fumble six, and he celebrated too early, and Don Beebe ran like 65 yards and batted the ball out of the back of the end zone for a touchback. I think that's probably one of my all-time favorite plays to watch over and over and over again. And, I mean, it doesn't matter now, but that's a totally get better moment. Like, make sure you cross the line before you celebrate. Like, come on. Yeah, I mean, I totally agree with you on that. Like, when you said, hey, make sure you score the touchdown before you start celebrating a little bit. Like, honestly, I literally had like four plays pop in my mind. The most notable being a college football play from when Oregon and Utah were playing probably five or six years ago, and the dude dropped the ball like at the one-inch line, and fucking Oregon returned it for a touchdown. Everybody was going crazy. Like, oh, Utah just scored, and then all of a sudden you see all the fucking Oregon guys running down the sideline. Oh my god, that was fucking insane. I remember that one. That one was funny. That was a big, hey, hold on to the ball until you cross the line. I mean, let's be honest. You're better off in that situation to run the ball all the way through the goal line to the back of the end zone and then drop the ball, because then you have a whole ten yards that the ball has already been in the end zone, so then you can celebrate and do whatever you want. But people don't ever think that way. So just like kind of like my initial feeling of that is like as a coach and like an athlete, like we're always told to finish through the fucking line, and like that always means like I always took that and it means like five to ten yards after the line is when like if you're doing sprints after practice, they tell you to finish through the line. You don't start your slowdown until you're five yards past that line or ten yards past that line. So why the fuck are you celebrating at the fucking five? Like Jesus Christ, will you fucking just get over it and score? Like that was one of my biggest fucking pet peeves ever. Oh my god. But like the other thing too is like I mean I like some celebrations, but I mean I'm also, you know how classy it is? You score the touchdown, you go to the ref, you hand him the ball and you act like you've been there before. I mean that's what I was taught growing up. It was always act like you've been there before, be professional, you know, hand the ball to the ref and go about your day. Don't sit there and rub it in because I mean as you and I both know, no lead is ever safe. Oh dear god, don't talk to me about leads. For anyone who's listening, if you know what I do for a living currently, you would know that I'm at a college that we blew two fourth quarter 19 point leads at the same school a year apart. And man, you're like what the absolute fuck did that just happen? Fucking leads are not safe. It could be a fucking 30 point game. I've seen games come down to it. Like a couple years ago, I think it was the Alamo Bowl with Oregon and Oklahoma and Oklahoma was kicking the piss out of Oregon. And Oregon came roaring back and you know, they were, you know, they gave up a touchdown late to make it a two touchdown game. But like they got right back and it was like a 30 point game. And also talk about the Alamo Bowl, you had the TCU Oregon game where Oregon was up at halftime like 30 points and they fucking blew the lead. So I mean, you can even take that to the NFL level with what the Vikings did last season. 33 points, they came down 33 nothing and ended up winning it in overtime. But they put up, it was 30 nothing at halftime and then the Colts ended up going down and kicking a field goal. And we were like, well, dang, it's 33 nothing. Well, time to turn on the afterburners and let's actually go and play some football, you know. Well, I think we're also forgetting that they're playing the Colts here. If we're going to talk about the Colts later. Hey, I'm just saying that's NFL history. That's NFL history. Nobody has come back from 33 points. We'll talk about the Colts later. Okay, anyway, what's your play? I'm curious now. So there's been so many great plays throughout NFL history. Like, I don't know, I was thinking about it. I'm like, well, my initial thought would be from like, if I was like, kind of like you, Howard. The Minneapolis miracle would be yours if you could do your own teams. Mine would have been the fumble in the jungle last season in the wild card playoff game. But I can't do it. But I thought of like, I don't know, like David Tyree catching the ball off his helmet in the Super Bowl. And then essentially setting up a game winning, you know, I think they scored like two plays later. Like, you think about it, like that play of David Tyree. Like, I honestly have no idea how first off Eli Manning did get sacked on that. Because if you remember, he like steps up in the pocket, is about to get thrown down, somehow fucking escapes. Just fucking, that's just fucking, he's down there somewhere. One of those prayers. Pass the goddamn ball against his helmet, somehow catches the ball. Jesus. But like another play that also sticks out in my mind is like, I forget what Super Bowl it was. But it was the Cardinals versus the Steelers. And fucking somehow Ben Roethlisberger fits a ball in the fucking tightest of windows of all. And Santana Holmes toe taps in the backhand. I still have no, to this day, I still have no idea how Santana Holmes caught that ball. That should have been picked off. That should have been, honestly. I mean, we're talking about the, maybe a centimeter of space around the football is how that gets through. And I think the corner actually was touching the ball at one point. Towards the tail end. I don't think he did. But I think it like went right through his fucking hands. Oh, I know it. It was so close. Hold up. Fuck. Okay. We have this thing called missed opportunities at Carroll. And, you know, you do a fucking up-down. If you let, you know, on defense, if you have like a turnover in your hands or, you know, you should have made a play. It's a missed opportunity. Get off the field to win that game. Fuck. That means I have to do at least five up-downs right now. Jesus Christ. Get that man some up-downs. Fuck. Oh, man. That's a crazy play. I mean, the other really great one is like there was two actually in this game. But the Super Bowl, obviously it's synonymous with the Pats coming back from 28-3 down to the Falcons. Edelman making that catch that, again, that was a pretty impressive catch. But also Julio Jones made a fucking insane catch in that, too. It won't be as notable as, though, the Julian Edelman one, though. You know, and we're talking about, like, games, notable games. I just want to throw this out there. Like, one of the most fun games to watch, if you go back, is Terrell Owens' first game against the Cowboys in Dallas. That's the one where he ran to the star. Yeah, where they go to the star. The entire game, it was between T.O. and I think Michael Irving running back and forth and going to the star. And then T.O. the second time getting absolutely blown up and starting an all-out war. Like, that's a game that I like to go back and watch and just see the absolute carnage that Terrell Owens stirred up in that game. You know, what's funny is I remember, like, it had to have been, like, late 2000s, maybe 2010, but somewhere in there. I remember being so hyped when the Bengals signed Terrell Owens to a fucking one-year deal to pair him with Ocho Cinco. And I was like, imagine the fucking touchdown celebration those two could fucking think of. Oh my God. Imagine if the celebration rule that the entire team could go then with T.O. and Chad Ocho Cinco with the entire team. Man, they wouldn't have practice. They'd just have touchdown celebration practice. Why run your routes when you're trying to figure out the celebration that you're going to use after running that route? I was listening to the Bengals Booth podcast with Dan Hoard and they were talking to the guys that are getting inducted into the Bengals Ring of Honor this year. Ocho Cinco is one of them. And Dan Hoard asked him, how did you come up with your touchdown celebrations? Honestly, I was just watching if something was on MTV and was kind of cool, maybe I'd bring it out in the game. I'd practice it. He's like, if I saw a dude shoveling snow, he made it look pretty fucking cool, maybe I'd try that for my next touchdown. He literally just looked as he was walking through, just finding inspiration for his touchdown. He didn't even really think about it. He's like, oh, I literally just saw a fucking football in the corner of my eyes. I'm going to sign it with a fucking Sharpie. So, talking about Ocho Cinco and T.O. and even guys like Leon Lett, it just shows there's been a whole bunch of all-time great players that either are or are not in the Hall of Fame. But who is your favorite all-time player that's not on our favorite team? So not on the Bengals, yours can be on the Vikings, but mine can't be on the Vikings and you're maybe a Bengals player. But I have one in mind. Well, I don't know. I think for me, I just like dudes that fucking lay the boom. I don't know why. I'm a defensive kind of guy. I like linemen and a lot of favorite offense. I don't have a whole lot of offensive linemen that I'm super passionate about. I mean, I have a lot. But offense and linemen aren't the glory guys, but I'm kind of a defensive guy by heart, like I said. So I'm going to stick with some defensive guys. I don't know. I think my favorite guys, one of my favorite dudes is Ray Lewis. We've talked about it before. The scenario is you have to do the Oklahoma with fucking Ray Lewis and you have to get a score or you have to tackle Jerome Bettis. And I'm like, that's a lose-lose. But I think I'm going to take the tackling Jerome Bettis because I don't want to fucking die. Honestly, Ray Lewis is him, bro. That man fucking hits hard. And if we're talking about hard-hitting players, my honorable mention, I have two honorable mention favorite players. It's fucking Ed Reed and Sean Taylor. Talking about people who fucking hit hard. Jesus Christ. When you hear the name Sean Taylor, the instant clip of the Pro Bowl where he fucks up that punter comes to mind every single time. Rip to him, though. I feel bad. He never took a play off. It didn't matter if it was the Pro Bowl or regular season playoffs. It didn't matter. Yeah, totally. So if I had to pick one, you make this so hard because obviously the Vikings, I have two. And I'm also a defensive guy. Yeah, offense, you see a lot of scoring. That's their job. And you have players like, you know, running backs, wide receivers making flashy plays, putting up points for you. But I like the hard hitters, too. And if I was able to pick a Viking, it would come down to probably John Randall or Jared Allen. But I can't. So I'm going to throw, I'm going to put it out there. My favorite non-Viking players, and it's a tie. I say players because it's a tie. It's Ed Reed and Troy Polamalu. I mean, Ed Reed because the dude literally shaved years off of your life when he hits you over the middle. Like, there's guys, grown men that are like regretting going over the middle now because Ed Reed was there. That's where receivers were not protected going over the middle. Absolutely not. And then, I mean, Troy Polamalu hit, but how perfect was his timing? Like, you're talking about a dude that as soon as the nose of the ball twitched outside of the traditional rhythm of the center breathing, that dude was already right at the quarterback. So the interesting thing with Troy Polamalu, I think we have to remember, I mean, granted, Troy Polamalu was just an insane dude. And obviously, we already talked about Ed Reed. But Troy Polamalu, like, let's take a step back from the Troy Polamalu thing for a second. Like, just in general of football and on defense, like, there's a lot of guys that go in. You have to do your 111th. But like, some guys are just so naturally gifted that like, you know, sometimes there's guys on that team that are like, okay, he's going to do this. I got to make sure he's right. And because if he does what he does, and he's him, like, he's going to make plays. And that's Troy Polamalu. He's like, he made plays. And I think when we talk about Troy Polamalu, like, Dick LeBeau, and it was either Dick LeBeau or Mike Tomlin that said it, like, the best part, like, we don't give Ryan Clark enough credit for making Troy Polamalu right on almost every single play. Like, Troy Polamalu would blitz about blitz. And it might not be like a design blitz for him. He has to be a fucking half player. But he's fucking doing a safety blitz. And fucking Ryan Clark is like, hey, we're good. We got to let Troy be Troy. I mean, I saw a video. I can't remember who the quarterback was. Went to school with him at USC. Got drafted, I think, the year before. And they were actually roommates at USC. But, like, Troy's very first game, they had to go up against each other. And he absolutely destroyed him. And I guess, like, they never talked about it. But Troy came over and met him after the game and was like, hey, how's the kids? How's life? Hope you're doing well. Like, he's a genuinely good guy. But when it came to on-field stuff, absolute menace. Yeah. Not to get, you know, all religious and all that. But Troy – so I heard this, like, gospel at mass one time. And they were talking about how, like, Troy Polamalu is one guy that's, like, he is one of the nicest souls in the world. Like, he once told a player that was, like, on the fringe of being, you know, making the team, you know, as a starter. But then, like, you know, he wasn't like – they're always looking to replace this dude. Troy essentially, after this guy got hurt and was out and kind of, you know, was going through a tough time with mental health and all that, you know, came to him and kind of, like, recited some Bible verses to him and was like, hey, you're going to get through this. There's more to life. Don't rush back. You know, do what you have to do. And, you know, he's kind of said stuff like that, you know, was, you know, super friendly to this guy. And I forget his name. But then, I don't know, 10 years down the road, this guy sees Troy, and he goes up to Troy, like, Troy, you know, you saved my life back then. Like, thank you so much. And, you know, thank you for being, you know – you know, I've really turned my life around. And, you know, I'm a lot more spiritual now and all that. And Troy says, you know, I don't remember it, but I'm glad that I had that impact on you because it was God speaking through me. And, honestly, with Troy – and Troy Pallamale, like I said, is one of the nicest guys. He cares for everybody. But, like you said, that man's a killer on the field. Like, I wouldn't run across the middle if Troy Pallamale is coming down to fucking hit you. I mean, yeah. Everything that I've heard about Troy Pallamale off the field is he's the nicest guy. And he's nothing but respectful. Yeah. I mean, it's got to be the hair man. It's got to be the hair, Cotton. So, then, if it's the hair, what's the thing about Andrew Luck that makes him so nice? I want to know if Andrew Luck and Troy Pallamale had to meet in the gap and absolutely butt heads. Who's nicer when they get up? Is Andrew Luck like, hey, nice hit, buddy. And Troy Pallamale's like, nah, you know what? You gave it your all. Who's nicer in that aspect? You know, there's sometimes, like, when you're, like, there's some guys that just talk to each other during games and you're like, what the fuck? Like, that's the weirdest conversation you could hear in the middle of a game. Like, I know someone that, like, first off, this is not entirely the same thing that you were just saying, but, like, I know someone that is, he would literally just, like, he would befriend quarterbacks, like, on social media before games and, like, actually have, like, legit relationships with them. And then they would talk, like, during the game, like, you know, he was, like, a defensive lineman. And he would, like, before the snap, be like, yo, hey, what's up? Like, how's the girlfriend? Or, did you catch any good fish lately? Or, did you shoot any nice bucks? Like, what the fuck? Like, that's, like, just there's some times that, like, you're, like, these are cringeworthy, like, talk during fucking games. It's kind of funny. I don't know. To answer your question, I have no idea. I mean, they're just two guys that are too nice. That's all it is. Like, yeah, they're two nice guys. And sometimes there's weird conversations in sports. And we won't get into other conversations because I definitely had other thoughts when you brought that up. Locker room talk. We can't talk about that. But kind of moving on to our next topic, you know, we're going to talk about something. We're going to, you know, take the kind of spin it from being, you know, kind of jovial and upbeat and stuff like that. We're going to talk about Alex Collins. You know, he's passed away in the last week. He was a right back to the Seahawks, the Ravens. He played for the Birmingham Stallions. I mean, it's a sad, sad story, 29-year-old. Gone too soon. Yeah. Guy that had a bright future. I mean, especially, you know, even playing a few years in the NFL and being able to continue his professional career in the USFL for the Stallions. Obviously, good guy. Sad to hear that he did pass away in a motorcycle accident. But hopefully his family gets through it. Obviously, never an easy thing to have a death in the family. But, you know, hopefully it's a smooth transition. Yeah. Prayers up, man. That's rough. We've all experienced death at some sort of level in our lives. It's never – it always hurts a little bit. And I'm not saying that, like, I knew Alex Collins or anything like that. I'm just saying from, you know, experience, generalization-wise, you know, family members are always hurt by death of loved ones. Yeah. So rest in peace. We're going to talk about – this is going to be a fucked up transition, but rest in peace to the Bears' primary logo. Yeah. So I guess it's not necessarily rest in peace. The C is now the secondary logo. And, I mean, that's been around forever. It's just changed color and then everything like that. But they've officially said that they're changing the primary logo to be the Bear head. So it's the orange and navy blue Bear head with the secondary being the C for Chicago. Man, I don't know how I feel about it. Just the C is so iconic. Like, I don't know. Like, it's going to be weird seeing it. Like, the first season you see it, it's going to be so weird, I think, for me. I was watching SportsCenter, and right now, this week, they're talking about the fantasy. They have the fantasy football headlines up and stuff like that. And I'm going through, and I'm looking at everybody, and I'm like, okay, cool, cool, cool. And then the Bears pop up, and I'm like, what the heck kind of logo is that? And I have to, like, remind myself. I'm like, it's no longer just the C. They brought the Bear head into the equation. And I was like, see, it just doesn't feel right. You know? It just, like. It really doesn't. I mean, to be fair, now this is going to be very controversial, what I'm about to say. But, like, there's, I mean, we grow up with logos for so long. Like, honestly, like, you see the Redskins logo or the Commander's old logo. I mean, I don't know. Maybe it's just that I grew up watching, you know, that team play. But, like, it's always a, you know, when I think that team, I always think that logo. I mean, that's the same with the Bears. Like, when I think that team, I think that, the C. So, I don't know. I mean, it'll be interesting to see. I'll probably get used to it. But, I don't know. For me, it's a, let's wait and see. My jury on this one isn't up yet. I got to see it and give it the opportunity to grow on me a little bit. So, speaking of the Redskins or the Commanders or whoever you want to talk about, I don't know if you've heard, but it's starting to circulate with the whole ownership change that there's a lot of people that are putting out petitions. And, actually, there's a Native American tribe over in the Maryland area that is also trying to convince the owners to bring back the Redskins logo. So, after years and years and years of fighting to have the Redskins logo out of the team's office, people are wanting it back. I think Washington had found out that as much as people are upset about it, more people aren't and they want it back. Yeah, I mean, I don't know. I mean, honestly, like, I think we have to realize that, like, it's probably not going to come back, even though there's the petitions. I think that it should come back because, just from the historical standpoint, I think we shouldn't forget the history behind it. At least if they're not going to bring it back, which I'm fine with. I guess, right now, I don't really care if they bring it back or not. I think that, from the historical wise, though, we've got to recognize that era of that football team. Because, I mean, there was some really, really good football that was played under that name. Personally, I feel like the Commanders is a little weird. I get why they went with it. I get why. But, like, I don't know, that's a weird name. Especially since, like, we always tend to shorten names and, like, it's a little weird saying, like, oh, yeah, the Commies. Exactly. But, um, but, uh. I just call them Washington now. I don't even bother with the name. To be fair, if you had to rank the three names, I'm pretty sure that if you asked me where to rank the last three names they've had in the last five years, I'd probably rank the football team higher than the Commanders. They grew on me. I ain't going to lie. The football team grew on me. I mean, it is what it is. And you're probably right. We probably won't see it change back. But, hey, who knows? New ownership. And they might be on board with changing it back. And it might just be a five-year gap that they were under a different name. It's kind of like when the Steelers and the Eagles had to combine during the First World War and they were the Steagals, the Philadelphia Steagals. It's one of those things that historically we don't think about the Steagals as being a team, even though they were. I can't remember the years, but I believe it was a two- to three-year gap, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia combined. So on the history sheets, it could be that if everything were to change and go back to the Redskins, we'd see historically that it changed from Redskins to the football team to the Commanders and then back. But who knows? It's all—we don't know the future. Yeah, we don't know the future. And honestly, it is what it is. I think they're pretty ingrained with what they've got right now, at least for a couple years. Kind of moving on, though, I think the big news, though, in the NFL right now is, you know, running backs. I mean, there was some news, I think it was today, that Jonathan Taylor has taken another leave of absence for personal matters from Colts training camp, which we've already had a conversation about Jonathan Taylor. We don't need to get into more Jonathan Taylor until, you know, he actually plays a game and we see how he actually plays. But I think the two that I really want to talk about are Dalvin Cook signing with the Jets and Zeke signing with the Patriots. Honestly, it was kind of something that I know you and I had talked about previously. It's kind of something that we saw coming. Yeah, no, I think we hit it. I mean, fuck, a couple of weeks ago, we were talking about DeHoff and where he was going to go. You and me were fucking sold. He's going to the goddamn Bills. And then we dropped the fucking episode and shit. Like an hour after we released the episode, fuck, he's going to the Titans. Jesus Christ. We've had our fair share of misses on calls here. But I think we both called the Jets and the Patriots, if I'm not mistaken. I figured it would be one of those two teams. Otherwise, we wouldn't see any movement until the regular season. And honestly, if they didn't land where they landed, I don't see him signing with the team until regular season. They did end up signing where I originally had thought. Dalvin Cook to the Jets and Ezekiel Elliott to the Patriots. And I don't know about you, but I kind of feel like the Jets stay the same. I mean, yeah, they have Dalvin Cook now, and he's better than the previous running back that they had. Febreze Hall is pretty fucking good too, though. Febreze Hall is younger, and I mean, as we said, age and injuries do catch up to you. But I think the Patriots, I think they get elevated a little bit with Zeke there. Just purely off of how many carries he's going to get and Bill Belichick's system. Yeah, you know, I don't know. I think, to be fair, both of these teams had really good young running backs before they signed both of these guys. True. Ramondre Stephenson for the Pats and Febreze Hall for the Jets. Honestly, I'm intrigued to see. I don't know, maybe I'm thinking a little bit too much on this. But we've seen lately that there's a little bit of an issue with protecting Rodgers for the Jets. Maybe it wasn't the best move to go sign Dalvin Cook. Maybe look for some offensive line reinforcements. I saw a report today that Aaron Rodgers is really pushing the front office for the Jets to go trade for David Bakhtiari from the Packers to shore up their offensive line. And part of the reason he took a pay cut was to help with that. And, I don't know, I think that maybe I'm just being a dick and maybe I don't like running backs. I should, though, because I'm an offensive lineman by heart. And running the ball. But, I don't know, I feel like you don't really need it. Good teams have two running backs, but if you can't protect the quarterback and you can't really block, I don't know. It's kind of null and void for me. So, I don't know if they got better. I don't know. Febreze Hall is also very good. He had a great season before he got hurt last year. So, I don't know. I think it'll be interesting. The good thing with the Zeke signing for the Pats is you're not going to rely so much on Matt Jones' arm to win you football games. And having Zeke back there just adds an element to your offense. I think they got better with the Zeke adding, like you said. How much better? I don't know. Because Zeke has tended to be out of shape sometimes. I don't know. He's a good running back, but he's at the back end of his career. Just like Dalvin Cook. I also want to throw this out there, just because I saw it circulating. Did you know that the Vikings met with Kareem Hunt? I did see that. And they should. We've had this conversation. You know where I stand on the Vikings running back room. I don't think it's good enough to win football games. I think that if they could have renegotiated a deal with Dalvin Cook, I think that would have been the best case scenario. Kareem Hunt's still a really good running back. Honestly, it would have been really interesting if they would have cut ties with Dalvin Cook and then went and signed Zeke. It would have been kind of funny. I don't know. I've got a good old kick out of it. But I don't know. I just think they need someone. They need a bigger name, dude. But who knows? I could be completely wrong. Like I said earlier, we've missed on call. I'm not perfect. I've got a fucking crystal ball in my hand. So I could totally be completely wrong on this. And Alexander Madison and the guys they've drafted and Kenny Owangu could go and definitely have a breakout year. And honestly, if the Vikings want to make a deep run in the playoffs, they've got to have it. Yeah. And I think this is kind of a good segue. I know we kind of talked about it earlier, but this is kind of where it's going. After watching preseason, I personally watched two games and I know you watched one other one. But as far as the Vikings are concerned, the depth at the running back position for the Vikings looked good on the field. Despite their loss and defensive problems, from what I saw. And a lot of it, you know, it is preseason. You're going to see a lot of these guys that are, especially first week, you're going to see guys that probably aren't going to be on the roster in two weeks. We're seeing a lot of guys that are second, third, fourth, and in some places even fifth string guys getting out there to see what their potential is. And I mean, as much of a fan as I am, I'm not going to let my heart rate spike and go through the roof watching preseason. There's obviously going to be a fair share of mistakes. There's going to be a fair share of learning. But ultimately, one of the things that I saw in that Vikings preseason game is that running back room was a plus in my eyes. But moving on from that, overall, let's go ahead and talk about some preseason stuff. Like I was saying, the Vikings lost a lot of mistakes, but mistakes made by a lot of guys in the second half. So like I said, guys that probably are going to be on practice squads, third stringers, or not even in the league here in three, four weeks. I did end up watching the Las Vegas Raiders and the 49ers play. And the Raiders looked really good for who they had on the field. And I know as far as the 49ers are concerned, they know that Brock Purdy is number one. So it came down to who's going to be number two. Is it Trey Lance or Sam Darnold? And both of them looked terrible. Like, Trey Lance was 7 of 15 with a touchdown that bounced off of... It was literally a pick from Duke Shelly that he should have had. It should have been an interception, but it bounced off of his hands and fell in the lap of... I think it was their tight end. I couldn't even tell you who it was. But it fell into the lap of a guy who was in the end zone and ended up scoring. And it looked like Trey Lance should have thrown four picks that game out of 15 throws. And then Sam Darnold, his accuracy looked like he was trying to shoot a shotgun at 150 yards. There was no accuracy there. And with the whole shotgun analogy, he wasn't shooting slugs, if you were aware. He's shooting pellets. Like I said, it's preseason. I expect mistakes. But that's just one thing that I noticed for Week 1. I'm looking forward to seeing maybe a couple drives from the first team guys. But I bet you most everybody will sit until Week 3 of preseason. Yeah. I mean, that's usually kind of the goal. A lot of teams have different philosophies on how they use personnel during the preseason. Some teams like to see what they've got right away. Give them a drive or two right in that first game. Or they even keep them out. They don't even dress them. Get them until the first game that actually counts kind of thing. I think we're both in agreement on preseason. You're not going to get your heart rate up. We're not going to get our heart rate up over it. I do think there are some really cool things that you see in preseason. Like players playing fast, getting opportunities to kind of show what they have. One thing that went out in pregame for the Bengals-Packers game, that was one I watched. Zach Taylor, the head coach for the Bengals, said, Honestly, what we use these games for is watching who's playing fast. And if they make a mistake, do they bounce back kind of thing. Because nobody's perfect. You're going to make mistakes. How do you react on the next play kind of mentality. Just see if they play fast. Honestly, that's one thing that's a pretty normal thing throughout collegiate football, NFL football. Just seeing how guys react after they've made a mistake and how they respond. Getting them in live situations. It's 4th and 2 at the 15. You're down by 7. Situational or a 2-minute drive. Getting guys reps like that. I think in synopsis of the Bengals-Packers games, I was impressed to see that There were some young guys on the Bengals defense that showed up. I'm intrigued to see how Daxton Hill continues to progress. In all reality, the Bengals didn't really start any dudes that were going to be week 1 starters. They played Daxton Hill and D.J. Turner, but that was about it. They didn't really play much. The Packers were different. They played Christian Watson and Romeo Dobbs. Jordan loved the first series. They played dudes. Of course, the Bengals got down 14-0 in that game. There's definitely some skill difference in who was playing. I thought they did good. I was really impressed though, Ashby, with Sean Clifford, who is a rookie out of Penn State. I think he's a backup quarterback for the Packers. At one point, he was 10-for-12 or something like that to start the game. Those two throws that he had were interceptions. One was a pick 6. He looked super accurate. Those picks weren't like, oh, a fucking overthrow, easy ass pick. These were picks that the dude jumped a route. The corner made a damn good play on it. He ripped the ball out of the hands of the receiver. These weren't plays that were on the quarterback. I was really impressed with them. They scored 36 points that game. I was really impressed with Sean Clifford. Honestly, maybe I should see a little bit more of him. I actually will keep my eye on him the rest of preseason. I honestly think if Jordan loves struggles, I think they throw Sean Clifford in there. I honestly do. He looked really, really good. A couple of guys that you and I have watched them in college football that also made a splash. Moving over to the Rams, did you know that Lance McCutcheon, I'm reading this off of the LA Rams PR, with the 28 receiving yards against the Chargers on Saturday, Lance McCutcheon became the Rams' all-time leader in preseason receiving yards. He's also second in yards per reception and tied for first receiving touchdowns and third in receptions for the Rams. I'm looking at him to potentially be again pushing that slot receiver position. He played in a few games last season for the Rams. Daniel Hardy had a sack that made some pretty big waves in the Rams' media world. They like to see him. Both of those guys, for their second season in the NFL, they look bigger, they look faster, and they look like they belong. Congratulations, Daniel. Congratulations, Lance. I'm hoping that the rest of preseason goes well for you guys, that's for sure. Let's also not forget, after you brought that up, another guy that I watched in the Packers game was Samari Torre. As we both know, he played at the University of Montana. He's a fucking good receiver. But he busts a 50-yard reception out against the Bengals in that preseason game to open the game. Samari Torre is really good. I think he's the third receiver listed on the depth chart for the Packers. I mean, who knows? That Packers team had a lot of moving points over the offseason. Really, if you work hard and you do all the right things, if you make a mistake, you can bounce back. Short-term memory, you can make the most of it. We could see a brand new set of guys playing receiver for the Packers. You just got to work hard. Honestly, there's obviously some other guys that are in the league that might potentially fit this criteria. But if you think about it, I'm going to talk University of Montana, the Grizz right now. Who was the last Grizz player that made a pretty decent impact in the league? That would have been Tremaine Johnson. He played corner for the Jets, I believe, and maybe the Rams when they were back in St. Louis. He, at one point, was the highest-paid cornerback in the league. He played at the University of Montana. I think Samari Torre might be the best since him to come into the league from the University of Montana. There's some other guys that, obviously, like the criteria stuff. I think there's some guys that are in the league right now from MSU that are, if you go entire state of Montana football, like just both the Grizz and the Cats, I think that they might be a little bit better. They've had some dudes come in that have been good in the last three years. I'd even say five. You open up that door, just guys that I can think of off the top of my head. You have, obviously, Lance and Daniel. Like I said, you have Troy Anderson, who's looking at potentially starting for the Falcons. You're looking at Alex Hingleton. I mean Seahawks and Broncos. Five years ago, though. You're talking about Louis Kidd, who was I believe he started a few games for the Saints last year. Four of those five guys that you just named, though, also all came out the same year. Then you also have Ty Okada, who's coming out this year. He's got a good chance to make the Seahawks roster as well. He had a couple big plays that he made in the game against the Vikings and definitely heard his name when Paul Allen called him on NFL Network a few times. That's nothing against the University of Montana, but those are the guys that came out of Montana State just the last two years. Alex Hingleton, obviously, earlier on. Montana State, the last few years, has definitely put out some absolute guys. Yes, they have. Not to mention, I don't know if you heard, but Willie Patterson overseas over in I believe it's London. He recovered an onside kick for a touchdown last week. He's led the league over there a couple weeks in a row. He's made some really, really big waves in that football league over there. Good on him. I remember Dalton Snead, the quarterback for the Grizz. I do. If I'm not mistaken, I think he won the Arena Football League MVP for that cup or whatever that they play for, like the Super Bowl. Yes, I watched that, the IFL Championship. It was Sioux Falls Storm and what was the other team? I had it recorded. I couldn't remember. I watched it. It was actually a really good game to watch. Close for IFL standards, but if you aren't an indoor football fan, you're like, holy cow, they put up 80 points in a game. It's like, yeah, they play on a 50-yard field. They play on a hockey rink. They play eight-man football in a hockey rink, essentially. I mean, that's the best way to describe arena football. Moving on, we're going to talk a little bit more about the Colts. I kind of mentioned it earlier. Anthony Richardson named the Colts starter. What do you think of Anthony Richardson, Ashby? I know when you and I had talked before the draft and everything like that, I like Anthony Richardson. I also like Hendon Hooker, regardless of his injury. But just to talk about Anthony Richardson, I think he's going to make a big splash. I hope he makes a big splash, and I think he deserves it. And I'm kind of on the same page that Gardner Minshew is. He said that – so this is a quote from Gardner Minshew. He said, I totally understand, and I'm all in with what we have going. I can't stress it enough. I'm really excited about Anthony, and I think he's going to be really special. I think he's got a great opportunity here. And, you know, it takes a lot for a guy to know his place, but Gardner Minshew has been in this league a little while now. He's been around the block. So if Anthony Richardson has a guy like that to back him, mentally that, I think, gives him an upper hand. But I think talent-wise, as long as he can get comfortable with the system and he can keep his mind open and keep learning week in and week out, and he can keep himself healthy, I think Anthony Richardson will do phenomenal for the Colts. I don't know, man. I'm glad for him that he's going to be starting. I mean, I don't know. I'm not at practice. I don't really know. But, like, not to say – you should never say what I'm about to say for – in any realm of sports, but, like, is it worth it to play Anthony Richardson this year? Personally, I don't think so. I think they should have started Gardner Minshew regardless of what happens. I think that there's so much that's going wrong right now with the Colts organization when it comes to, like, you don't have Jonathan Taylor. You might have Jonathan Taylor. You might not have Jonathan Taylor. I mean, you have – you know, Alec Pierce is a really good receiver, but, like, you don't really have that big-time – I guess you have Michael Pittman, but, I mean, you have some decent guys, but your defense lacked last year. Your offense didn't look that much better. You were kind of a laughingstock last year. Not very good. I mean, I don't know. I think that this is a – they got to be careful because if they start Richardson and shit goes poorly, like, you can't take him out. And, like, think of it as the Bears. Like, I'm not saying that Justin Fields is the same way, but, like, when Justin Fields got drafted for the Bears, who the fuck was the backup for the Bears? Andy Dalton. They did start Andy Dalton for a game or two, didn't they? They started Andy Dalton for two games and then didn't like his performance and decided to throw Justin Fields to the Wolves. And I don't know about you, but Justin Fields doesn't really impress me too much. I want him to do well, but he doesn't impress me. And that's where I'm getting at is with Anthony Richardson. It's like they played him so early in his rookie year. Like, granted, like, Anthony Richardson's got all the fucking tools. He develops, you know, some pretty essential intangibles of playing quarterback. Like, you know, you got to see where his mental game's at. You got to see his accuracy. You got to see all this. I mean, raw physical talent is probably the best quarterback in the draft from raw physical abilities. But I have question marks behind his accuracy and his, you know, mental game. I'm a little worried about with the offensive line for the Colts. I don't want to see another Andrew Luck situation where he gets fucking beat to hell and then has to retire early. I honestly feel like Anthony Richardson has set up to fail in this league with this team. And I would have, if it were me, I would have started Minshew this year. I would have got a high draft pick. I would have continued to rebuild and put better players around Anthony Richardson, let him learn the system a little bit. And then I think he started next season. I think they're starting him way too early, though. But if you think about it, the way that you compared him to Justin Fields, Justin Fields has come a long way the past few years. Since he got thrown to the wolves and now, he's come a long way. Sometimes learning when you are in that type of position where you're known, you're like, hey, here you go, you're getting the starting position. Sometimes some people learn better that way. Who's to say, as of right now, he doesn't do well? So say he has a same year like Zach Wilson had, or he could turn around and he could have a season where he could look like a Brock Purdy, or he could have a season where he looks like Trevor Lawrence. Who knows? There's so much that we don't know about that, like we say all the time, we're just talking, we're just trying to get our opinions out there. We don't know anything that is going to happen or can happen. Who's to say that it doesn't happen where, I'm not saying that he's going to be a top 10 quarterback in the league, but who's to say that he can't be a good enough quarterback that he puts the Colts over .500 this season? See, the thing is of Anthony Richardson is, I actually agree with you that I think that he can be a really good asset for him. I think that he needs time to develop. I think he's too raw right now to be a starting quarterback in the league. That's where I'm coming from on it. I think that throwing him to the Wolves now is going to be stunt his growth as a quarterback, honestly. I think that, what I said earlier is I think that they should have started Minshew because I think that if, let's say, let's go first six games, Minshew looks awful if they started Minshew. It's fine. Minshew has been benched before for other quarterbacks. But if you go the Anthony Richardson route right away and he struggles right away, then you're like, oh no, we just wasted a top five pick on a quarterback that might not be the dude. Honestly, the thing that scares me is that even the fucking GM and the owner for the Colts on draft night were teasing, well, do we trade up to go get fucking Will Levis? That scares the living piss out of me if I'm hearing that. They just took this dude fifth overall, but their first pick in the second round, they're thinking about going and getting another quarterback. For me, that just seems like he's not ready. I don't think they think he's ready. I think the Colts right now are finding themselves in a position like the Jets found themselves in when they drafted Zach Wilson. That's the other thing too is like, I don't know. I think going back to the, I just think that what's the issue here is, okay. I will honestly say Zach Wilson is probably going to be, is probably not going to be a starting quarterback in the league anymore. And I mean, he's already lost the job. We already know he's not going to start this year. He lost the job last year. He got fucking benched and like was told, you're the fucking third string last year. He wasn't hurt. So, um, Zach Wilson struggled with, you know, being thrown to the fire right away. I'm also very not, I mean, Justin Fields is fine. He's gotten better. You're right. But he's still a mediocre quarterback right now. And I, I mean, he's three, this will be, I think year three with him. And at some point, honestly, the bears can move on from him this season. If they have a bad year, they might try and tank for Caleb Williams. And so, and that's where I'm coming from. I was like, yeah, it might be good now for Anthony Richardson, but like three years down the line, he might not be the starting quarterback. He might be a backup in the league. I mean, fair enough. I mean, the last thing that I'm going to say before I think we should move on here is ultimately kind of what I was, I said earlier, who, who's going to know right now what happens without seeing him, he could be on the same trajectory as Zach Wilson. He could be on the same trajectory as Justin Fields. He could also be on the same trajectory that Trevor Lawrence was on. Who knows? Well, that would also mean a shitty first season. Exactly. He could have a shit first season and then be a pretty damn good quarterback. I also think we can't really compare him to Trevor Lawrence. The fact that Trevor Lawrence has a fucking offensive guru as a head coach. I do not see that in any of his games. No, I'm just saying that I don't think that Doug, the head coach for the Colts is the same caliber of head coach as Doug Peterson for the Jaguars. No, I'm just saying that. Who's to say that, you know, something goes terribly wrong and the Colts have the same caliber of head coach as Doug Peterson for the Jaguars. No, I'm just saying that. Who's to say that, you know, something goes terribly wrong and the Colts have the same caliber of head coach as Doug Peterson for the Jaguars. Nothing goes terribly wrong and the Colts end up with a brand new system next season. Yeah, well, it must have fucked up. So, I think we move on. Let's stay with football. We'll touch on the Yankees afterwards. But let's go to college football and talk about Deion Sanders a little bit. There was a fight at camp and a couple of the players decided that they were just going to up and walk away. And Deion Sanders got upset, but not for the reason you think. He was not upset, per se, about the fight. He was upset about the players walking away. And from the video that I watched earlier today, Deion Sanders had said that he doesn't care if somebody's in the wrong or somebody's in the right. He wants the team to be one. He wants the team to be a whole. If one person is going to get into a fight, then everybody else better be back in a month. And I know you and I have talked in the past, but Deion Sanders has definitely changed that Colorado program, 100%. And the mentality change that's there along with it is going to make people's heads roll. Because it's not today's day and age, oh, everybody gets a fucking participation trophy. No, everything there, you're earning it, you're working for it, and that whole team is one breathing organism. And that's what he wants. What do you think? Well, from just scratching the surface level of this, like, fights happen in camp. I mean, let's see, it's fucking, like, 16th of August. You're getting to the dog days of camp. You've probably reported probably the end of July, if not the first of August. I mean, you're almost, you know, past two weeks into camp. Fights happen. Doesn't surprise me one bit that there was a fight, because that's what happens. Players get tired of hitting each other. They want to hit something different. I do like what Deion does with making it, like, hey, you know, you've won as a team, and, you know, stick up for your teammates, and, you know, be there, be a whole. I also think, though, I'm kind of conflicted on it, because I'm like, well, yeah, it's cool and all, but, like, the moment that an entire fucking brawl breaks out of practice, Deion's going to flip, and, you know, everybody's getting after it. Deion's going to flip and run them all to death, because they, you know, they started a fucking brawl, and it's like, this is not discipline, right? You know, this isn't disciplined football. Like, I feel like it's a little bit of a double standard a little bit, because he's like, well, you're asking us to fight, but then you're going to fucking punish us once we fight. So, which, you know, it's warranted. But, I mean, like you said, I mean, Deion's a different type of coach than a lot of newer coaches. You know, Deion is more of that, you know, Nick Saban-esque kind of personality, like old school kind of coach, you know, make you earn it. I mean, which most coaches are make you earn it. But, like, there's going to be some, you know, stuff like that that's pretty, you know, very Nick Saban-esque. And I think he's going to be good. The problem is, is that how good are they going to get, and how fast are they going to do it? And I don't know exactly what all the media writes and blah, blah, blah, when they're leaving for the Big Ten, and I think Big 12, Big Ten. Big 12 for them. Yeah. But, like, I got to ask the question, like, okay, if Deion has a bad first season, like, okay, maybe you get a pass there. But, like, if they have a second bad season, are they going to get fired? I mean, I think you're walking a fine line here a little bit. Like, Colorado, he's turned it around. But, like, what is the level of patience that Colorado's operating with because of it? They're going to let him coach four years. You might be over 500, and you might, you know, be 9-3 or 10-2. But with Colorado, like, I just don't see, like, you go from 1-11 last season to, like, fucking, you know, 10-2 this season. Like, I don't see it like that. I think they might go 4-8 this season, maybe. They have a hard schedule this season. And then, like, maybe, you know, 5-7 the next. Like, then you get to your third season. Now, most by this time, it's mostly Deion's players. You're starting to get to the point where Deion's recruited players. But, like, he's on the hot seat by this point, I would assume, right? Like, I don't know. The cachet with Deion is that when he was coaching at Jackson State, it was an SCS level, but he was able to attract five-star talent. So he was, you know, going against your, you know, SCS guys that usually don't get five-star players. And, you know, he was beating the piss out of other teams. If you have five-star talent, well, these guys have, like, three-star talent. You know, that's – I'm interested to see how he does when other teams have five-star talent. And he does, too. I think that will be a very interesting watch. Fair enough. Yeah. As we're starting to get towards the detail end, it looks like we got a few things left here. So moving on, I wanted to talk about the Yankees and what's going on with them right now. They've officially dropped below .500. They are at .60 and .61 for their record. They're .2 and .8 in the last 10 games. And since the All-Star break, .11 and .17, which I don't know about you. I know you're a Yankees fan here, but it's not like the Yankees. And what's going on? Do you know anything? You know, I think that – you know, my initial assessment is that I think they got complacent on, you know, just – they got complacent, I think. Like, there's teams that out of the trade deadline that would have made moves, you would have liked to have seen the Yankees go get some more pitching or, you know, some better contact hitters and, you know, guys to get on base. And, you know, they're the fucking Yankees. They should be able to afford these things. You know, I know we've talked about in a previous podcast that Moneyball and how the Yankees go and steal all the fucking small market teams' best players. It's not the same anymore. They're not doing it at as, you know, grand a level as they used to. I think they got complacent, though. I think that everybody in the AL East got a lot fucking better just to catch them because they were forced to. And, honestly, I just – honestly, what's going to happen is Aaron Boone is probably going to get fired after this season. I think that they're going to probably try and rework some contracts and try and, you know, bring in some better, you know, some guys that can, you know, make the offense more efficient, make it, you know, less, you know, not a lineup that strikes out as much. You know, get runners on, get runners in. And then, you know, I mean, Rodon's a really good pitcher. Derek Cole's actually done really, really well this season, even though the Yankees have not been very good this season. And, you know, I mean, German's a decent pitcher, but, like, I don't know. I think they definitely need to, you know, get better. They just got to, you know, improve. They can't, you know, rest on their morals of, hey, you know, we were the best team in the league for a long time last season. Let's just go back and do it again. Well, that's not going to work because, you know, teams figure shit out. Yeah. Like I said, I'm not a Yankees fan. If anything, I really don't really care for them as a team personally because I'm a Twins fan. And, you know, all that aside, the Yankees are one of those teams that, I hate to say it, but if the Yankees are good, then the MLB as a whole is more entertaining. And to me, it's like everybody's got to hate the big bad guy. And it always comes down in my mind from the outside looking in as it's either the Yankees or the Red Sox or the Dodgers are the big three teams that people love to hate. I think I would revise that and say that it's the Yankees, Dodgers, and Astros. Well, now definitely the Astros, but I know a lot of people that like to hate on the Red Sox too. The Red Sox haven't been relevant though for a few years now. Exactly. The Red Sox aren't really relevant. And as far as this season goes, the Astros are kind of, they're in the hunt for a wild card spot, but they're not like they were the past, you know, five years. And the Yankees, well, yeah, they're not banging on trash cans as much as they used to. It's just weird to see the Yankees below 500. And I couldn't tell you the last time I saw them below 500. It was like six or seven years ago. It was back before they got Stanton and it was like right after Jeter and A-Rod had retired from the Yankees. And, you know, there was a year or two there where there was a gap and then they got Stanton and Judge. Ultimately, I think if the Yankees have any shot of making it to the playoffs, it's starting to get to the point where they have to start winning and start a hot streak. And it's not talking like a five-game streak. I'm talking as far as, huh? It could be a five-game streak. You go five wins, you lose one, then you go another five, you lose one. I mean, you can have five-game win streaks. You just got to make sure that you, you know, you lose like four games the rest of the year. Well, exactly. That's why I'm saying, you know, I don't think it can be just five. I think it has to be, you know, you put eight to ten games because right now in their division they are last. Yes. So they have to put in eight, ten, twelve games to move up in their division to really start looking at a solid wild card spot in my eyes because there's a lot of other teams in a lot of other divisions that are starting to catch up to the Yankees. Yeah, if anybody thinks about it too, like, I mean they only have to really move up like what, like one spot in their division? So, I mean, one or two, I guess, because I think there's five teams in that division. But regardless, I mean, you're right. I mean, essentially every game from here until the last game of the year is fucking must win. Like, you can't, like, you have to be, you literally are playing for your fucking lives right now. Like, of every loss, your percentages of making the playoffs are going down by like tenfold. So, looking at the standings right now, the Yankees are six and a half back from a wild card spot right now. They're six and a half games back. So, they have to win seven more than Boston or Seattle. Or, you know, they even need to win one more game than, or a half game more than the Angels. So, the Angels are seven games back. So, in the grand scheme of things, they really do have to go and essentially have that mindset to win out. Yeah. I mean, you've got to win. I mean, at this point, like, if you go 20, let's say they've played 121 games, there's 41 left. You've probably got to go, like, 30 and 11 over the next 41 games. Even if you want a shot. Well, I don't know. I'll look quick, but as far as the schedule goes, if they have a lot of division games, it literally is must win. Yeah. If they're division games, it's must win. And, you know, that division is really tough. I mean, you have Toronto. You have Boston. Oh, man. You have Tampa Bay and Baltimore. I mean. They're all good teams. All really good teams. And if you have that last spurt where it's all division game and then, like, a two or three filler series and then another division series and then a filler series and then a division series, those division series are going to be the ones that are going to make or break the rest of their season. Yeah. I mean, it's pretty simple. They got to win at least 75% of their games from here on out. Do you even have a shot? Yeah. Well, I think we should move on to something that is, you know, pretty near and dear to our hearts, Ashby, at least mine. I'm doing this podcast from the city of Helena, Montana, the capital city, also the home of Sean O'Malley. And what a great segue into, you know, talking about USC 292 Sterling versus O'Malley. Oh, I'm hyped for it. I'm probably going to go to Buffalo Wild Wings or find a place that has it on, and I will probably watch that fight. I mean... Shit, I don't want to pay for it, but fuck, if I have to, I'll pay for it. It will be a 10-second fight because every time I fucking fight, it's 10 seconds. It always seems that way, huh? I know you and I have a pretty good track record of watching 10-second fights. So Sterling O'Malley, Saturday night. I think we have two small segments here, and then we're going to wrap up. James Harden says he calls out Darryl Morey, a liar, and he won't play for him ever again. Where does James Harden go from here? Does he sit here, or does he... James Harden should be thrown to the abyss and never heard from again. That is my take on it. James Harden is past his prime. He's not the dude that he used to be when he was in Houston. He can't be your number two. I don't even know if he can be your number three option on a championship winning team. He chokes goddamn too much in the playoffs. He doesn't show up. He's lazy. He doesn't show up. Honestly, if I'm Darryl Morey, I wouldn't want him on the team. I know Darryl Morey was his boy back in Houston. Part of the reason he came to Philly was because Darryl Morey is... They were dudes. They were brothers. Now you're seeing, well, fuck, James Harden did not get his way because he is not good enough to be the number one dude. You know who's good enough to be the number one dude? It's Joel Embiid. That's Joel Embiid's team. James Harden's the, hey, we'd love to have you here kind of guy, but if you don't want to be here, we don't want to have you here. Honestly, the kind of thing that sucks is if they just decided earlier that fucking let's just get rid of James Harden, I think you keep Doc Rivers as a head coach because the main reason they got rid of Doc Rivers was because James Harden didn't like him. And Doc Rivers is a Hall of Fame level coach, and he's got the best out of Joel Embiid the last three or four years. So honestly, if I'm fucking the Sixers, I'm trading him for a bag of peanuts. I'm just trying to get him the hell out of Philly. I would agree. I think either James Harden's going to sit, or they're going to, you know, they say in hockey, you know, sometimes you get traded for dishwasher detergent and a bag of pucks. You know? You know, sometimes you don't get paid for much, and if you're going to stir up all of that drama, I mean, we've seen it before. People are going to go ahead and take a chunk and eat the pay just so that you're out of there. Yeah, I mean, the nice thing is that they hold all the cards here. Like, the team holds all the cards. Like, he can fucking sit if he wants. But the problem is if he sits, like, man, fuck, I don't care. Like, if I'm the GM and it's like, I'm just going to sit. I don't want to play. I'll be like, okay, fine, I don't care. We'll just – but if I was a GM and I was – if that was the conversation I had, like, I'm sorry, Joel Embiid, but I'm fucking – I mean, I'm not playing him, and I'm not going to – and I'm not sending him anywhere. He's fucked his own – he's made his own bed. And, you know, essentially at this point, like, he's not good enough to be your number three, two or three guy, and you just let him sit on the fucking bench. Let him waste out his contract and, you know, take another year off his NBA career where he is, you know, irrelevant. I mean – And that's essentially – but also from that same standpoint, it's a bad idea. You don't want him in Philly because it's just – if you have title aspirations, which you should with Joel Embiid there, because Joel Embiid is that dude, you should get rid of him. Like, you don't want him stirring up – you don't want him in the locker room. I would literally – if I'm the GM and coach, I'm literally taking his shit out of his locker, throwing it in a trash bag, and putting it on the goddamn curb. You're not getting him back in this building. I mean, he's already shown in the past that he's willing to sit to not play for an organization. So, you know, if he's not going to play for Darryl Morey ever again, so be it. You know, the team might just have him – they might just eat it. They might not want all the salary cap issues and everything like that. No team is going to want to pay for him. So who knows? And honestly, this kind of ties in to the last segment that we have. It's our Get Better segment. And ultimately, James Harden, get better. I mean, I'm honestly sick and tired of every time that I watch SportsCenter, it feels like it always comes down to the same few guys, and James Harden leads that group of guys. I'm getting tired of it. It's BS in my eyes. So James Harden, get better. I agree. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that my get better is I think that the offensive line for the Jets has got to be better. I think if you're going to win a championship and have all these aspirations, you better have a fucking good offensive line for Aaron Rodgers. And it's not very good right now. So I need – Jets, listen to me. You got to get better on the offensive line. It's bad. It's bad. You need it. And if you have all these hopes and you're paying out all this money to win a championship, you got to have an offensive line to support it all. It all starts in the fucking trenches. And as a Bengals fan, and I watched Joe Burrow fucking almost die in the fucking Super Bowl, and throughout that entire season, you need an offensive line to win. Jets, Aaron Rodgers, offensive line, get fucking better. Going from the Dolphins to the Jets. Both offensive lines, get better. All righty. Next week, who's my next offensive line I'm going to fuck on? I'm coming. I'm coming. Yeah, that's what's going to happen. We're going to pick offensive linemen maybe. Who knows? Who's going to mess up this week in preseason? What's going to happen this next week in the whole world wide of sports? And that's going to wrap up. That's going to go ahead and wrap up episode number six. Go ahead and give us a follow on Instagram, on Twitter. Go ahead and drop. We'll drop our email in the section below in the description. Go ahead and email us with any questions that you have. We appreciate you guys listening and have a good week.
