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Hour 1 - Aaron Donald Returns! · The Ben Maller Show

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  Speaker 1: Here we go. It's our number one of the Ben
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  Speaker 1: Maller Show. And, oh, what fun we had in Lost Wages, Nevada.
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  Speaker 1: If you have not yet seen the photographic evidence that
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  Speaker 1: this thing took place, and thanks to Slug and his
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  Speaker 1: friend Dave who helped put this together, check out the
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  Speaker 1: Instagram page. Follow the account BenMallerOnFox on Instagram.com. And also
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  Speaker 1: the Facebook page Ben Maller Show. Check that out. And
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  Speaker 1: you can see photographs of the big Maller meet and
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  Speaker 1: greet event that we did in Lost Wages, Nevada over
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  Speaker 1: the weekend. Had a wonderful time with everyone that showed up.
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  Speaker 1: We thank you all. For being there. Here in our
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  Speaker 1: number one defensive tackle, Aaron Donald waited until the 11th
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  Speaker 1: hour to return to the L.A. Rams over the weekend.
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  Speaker 1: Was this legitimate soul-searching by Donald or manufactured drama-orama? Also,
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  Speaker 1: Seattle says it loves... Trayvon Diggs, but doesn't an NFL
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  Speaker 1: team who shows love actually sign the player on the roster?
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  Speaker 1: It's a very odd story with Diggs in Seattle. As
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  Speaker 1: they say, well, we want him on the practice squad
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  Speaker 1: and all that. Also, who deserves more blame for the
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  Speaker 1: quarterback Will Levis's failure in Nashville? Is it the Titans
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  Speaker 1: or is it Levis himself? We'll take a look at
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  Speaker 1: that and more right now. Here we go. It's our
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  Speaker 1: number one. Aaron Donald has spoken. I know. I don't
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  Speaker 1: care about it. Well, you're going to care about it.
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  Speaker 1: This has been going on for months, months and months
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  Speaker 1: and months. There's a resolution. A solution. Welcome in the
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  Speaker 1: beginning of another week of the Ben Maller Show. We
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  Speaker 1: are in the air everywhere. Companions, as we feed your mind.
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  Speaker 1: Not necessarily the healthiest food, but we're feeding your mind anyway.
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  Speaker 1: Coast to coast, border to border, and beyond, on the
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  Speaker 1: the wave, the tidal wave of hot takes guaranteed human
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  Speaker 1: from the world famous Fox Sports Radio Studios. where Alf,
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  Speaker 1: the Alien O'Piner, Ferg Dog, and Mallard Prop Guy were
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  Speaker 1: nowhere to be seen at the big Mallard meet and
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  Speaker 1: greet over the weekend. The three legends of the show,
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  Speaker 1: none of them showed up to the big event we
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  Speaker 1: had in Lost Wages, Nevada. However, we had the biggest
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  Speaker 1: turnout we've had at the Vegas event that we've done.
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  Speaker 1: We've done the third year in a row, and it's
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  Speaker 1: getting bigger and bigger. So thanks to everyone that traveled.
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  Speaker 1: In my head, they all traveled to come to the event.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure that's not true. I'm sure people had other
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  Speaker 1: plans in Vegas and just happened to be there, and
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  Speaker 1: we were there. But in my head, every single man
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  Speaker 1: and woman that showed up, I didn't think there were
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  Speaker 1: any kids there. Every man and woman that showed up
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  Speaker 1: was there just for the show. And that's it. And
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to believe that, and you can't tell me otherwise.
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  Speaker 1: I believe that every single person that walked in there
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  Speaker 1: was there because of the show. And they just happened
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  Speaker 1: to travel exclusively to Vegas, not to gamble, not to
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  Speaker 1: see a show, not to do any kind of debauchery
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  Speaker 1: up in Pahrump. No, they were there just to hang
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  Speaker 1: out and be part of the fun. And we had
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  Speaker 1: all ages, which I love. We had older people, we
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  Speaker 1: had middle-aged people, younger people, everyone. It was great. It's
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  Speaker 1: wonderful to see everybody. So we'll I'm sure we'll talk
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  Speaker 1: more about that as we continue on. But we're beginning
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  Speaker 1: the festivities, and thanks to everyone that did take the
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  Speaker 1: time out. Thanks to everyone also who said they were
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  Speaker 1: going to show up who didn't show up, by the way.
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  Speaker 1: There were a bunch of people we were promoting to
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  Speaker 1: be there who somehow did not make it there. And
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  Speaker 1: then there were other people that we didn't think were
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  Speaker 1: going to be there who did show up. So it
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  Speaker 1: was a mix-match situation. So I lead this out. Don't
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  Speaker 1: bury the lead, my man! All right, we'll go to
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  Speaker 1: Los Angeles. L.A., big roster news after months and months
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  Speaker 1: of chatter. The decision is in. Is Aaron Donald, A,
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  Speaker 1: not returning to the L.A. Rams, saying, I can't play anymore.
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  Speaker 1: I'm cooked. B, no comment on my future plans. Or C,
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  Speaker 1: you can ram it all day and you can ram
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  Speaker 1: it all night. Survey says... The answer is C. You
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  Speaker 1: can ram it all day, and you can ram it
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  Speaker 1: all night. So if you didn't see this, Aaron Donald
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  Speaker 1: humming bars there, and he's out of retirement two seasons away,
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  Speaker 1: and he has returned to the L.A. Rams for the
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  Speaker 1: 2026 regular season. Our long national nightmare is now over.
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  Speaker 1: football player signed a contract that used to play football
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  Speaker 1: okay that's exciting listen i like the rams i hope
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  Speaker 1: donald does well i'm tired of the story though tired
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  Speaker 1: of the story i am 35 year old defensive tackle
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  Speaker 1: the good news is he's gonna get out of poverty
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  Speaker 1: now because he no longer has to worry that one
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  Speaker 1: year contract for 20 million dollars with playoff based incentives
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  Speaker 1: That could push the deal up to $ 30 million. So
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  Speaker 1: it'll be okay. One year, $ 20 million contract to come
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  Speaker 1: back and play. And then up to $ 30 million. I've
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  Speaker 1: not seen the fine print on what those incentives are.
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  Speaker 1: Good luck. Now, reports claimed that this went down to
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  Speaker 1: the wire. Did you see this bull crap? Yeah, the
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  Speaker 1: reports were like, oh, my God, Donald left the Ram
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  Speaker 1: facility on Sunday without telling the organization his decision? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that was the reporting. There were doubts, legitimate doubts about
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  Speaker 1: the comeback before he agreed to return less than two
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  Speaker 1: hours later. Maybe he had to go to Chipotle or
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  Speaker 1: something like that, get lunch. He went out and had
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  Speaker 1: a nice lunch, and then he came back, and he said, ah, psych,
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to play. All right, so that is a
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  Speaker 1: good jumping-off point. Let us discuss the question. Defensive tackle
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  Speaker 1: Aaron Donald waiting until the 11th hour to return to
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  Speaker 1: the LARMs. Was this legitimate, the way it's being portrayed?
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  Speaker 1: Was it legitimate, soul-searching by Aaron Donald, or manufactured drama?
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  Speaker 1: So I've got iPad, Thousand Island Dressing, and Autopsy Report.
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  Speaker 1: And I do not have a fork in my mouth,
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  Speaker 1: but other people may. All right, so A. All right, listen. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: it's a flosser. That's all right. It's a flosser. It
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  Speaker 1: looked like a fork. That's very odd to talk with
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  Speaker 1: a fork in your mouth. I love it. In my
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  Speaker 1: peripheral vision, I looked across the glass, and I saw
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  Speaker 1: what looked to be a nice fork in the mouth.
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  Speaker 2: Just chew it on a fork over here.
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  Speaker 1: Well, some people enjoy that. It's, you know, why not?
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  Speaker 1: All right. So, again, the question, you got defensive tackle
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  Speaker 1: Aaron Donald, and he waited until the 11th hour, returns
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  Speaker 1: to the L.A. Rams. Was this legitimate, deep soul-searching? or
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  Speaker 1: just manufactured drama. So, A, spare me the Hamlet routine
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  Speaker 1: with Aaron Donald. I do not need the Hamlet routine
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  Speaker 1: with Aaron Donald. It's not that deep. To play or
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  Speaker 1: not to play. Stop. Stop, stop, stop, stop. Please. This
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  Speaker 1: was not soul-searching. This was manufactured drama-o-rama. It's humbuggery is
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  Speaker 1: what it is by the Rams. You get a little
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  Speaker 1: side here. The key part of this, the reason Donald
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  Speaker 1: waited here, he did not want to do training camp.
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  Speaker 1: The man said, no, ixnay on the camp, eh? And
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  Speaker 1: that's why. He skipped out on training camp. And we
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  Speaker 1: talked about this. I'd been hearing this for a while,
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  Speaker 1: that there were three options. Assign immediately and show up
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  Speaker 1: and go through all the practices. There was that option
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  Speaker 1: and then play in the regular season games. There was
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  Speaker 1: don't go to training camp and then sign and then
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  Speaker 1: play in all the games. There was also an option
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  Speaker 1: of don't go to training camp, don't sign right away
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  Speaker 1: and wait and see and make sure the Rams are
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  Speaker 1: as good as the hype and then sign with them
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  Speaker 1: as a late season addition. You'll have to keep in
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  Speaker 1: shape and then come back and play at some point
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  Speaker 1: around week eight or nine of the regular season. And
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  Speaker 1: that will be that. All right, so Donald spent the summer,
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  Speaker 1: and even before that, before the summer, giving the Rams,
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  Speaker 1: if you read the reporting here, it was the bachelor
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  Speaker 1: finale treatment from Aaron Donald here. And then he finally
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  Speaker 1: accepted the Rose, and I was shocked. Not surprised at all.
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  Speaker 1: I was getting messages.
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  Speaker 3: Did you see? He signed!
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  Speaker 1: Oh, my God! My buddy's arrested. A, I'm not that
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  Speaker 1: into it. The Rams don't necessarily need Donald. This is
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  Speaker 1: an add-on item. The Rams are so good, Seattle's freaking out.
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  Speaker 1: They're signing guys that have all kinds of issues and
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  Speaker 1: are broken down up there in the Pacific Northwest or
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  Speaker 1: facing legal ramifications, all because they're trying to catch the
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  Speaker 1: Rams because they know that was a fluke what the
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  Speaker 1: Seahawks did last year. And so the Rams are, it
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  Speaker 1: was before they added Aaron Donald. So they didn't need
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  Speaker 1: Aaron Donald per se. And Miles Garrett, when he showed
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  Speaker 1: up and they traded a bunch of draft picks and
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  Speaker 1: whatever to get him. So fine. You got Miles Garrett
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  Speaker 1: flashing all the jewelry. And Donald's like, I don't want
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  Speaker 1: to come back and play. I'm not going to come
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  Speaker 1: back and play. And then Garrett's out there flashing all
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  Speaker 1: the individual awards, no team awards, because you play for
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  Speaker 1: the Browns. And Donald got seduced to come back into
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  Speaker 1: the nightclub. for one more dance under the disco ball
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  Speaker 1: at the nightclub there. And so if you look at it,
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  Speaker 1: being completely transparent, this is the greatest defense ever assembled.
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  Speaker 1: based on record of individual accomplishments. Now, does that mean,
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  Speaker 1: if you look at the iPad, no, I'm serious. Oh,
• 10:18
  Speaker 1: you're just being a Homer Maller. You're being a Homer. No,
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  Speaker 1: I'm not. No, I'm not. Look at the resume. Look
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  Speaker 1: at that book. You people love your little accomplishments. Look
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  Speaker 1: at all the accolades, defensive player of the year, here, there,
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  Speaker 1: and everywhere. revamped secondary the Rams went out and bought
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  Speaker 1: the Chiefs secondary that won all those Super Bowls they
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  Speaker 1: got those guys now they've added Miles Garrett and Aaron
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  Speaker 1: Donald that's unbelievably craziness greatest defense ever assembled wonderful Frame that,
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  Speaker 1: put that up. Now, of course, the problem is always
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  Speaker 1: eventually you actually have to play football, which is always
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  Speaker 1: just a buzzkill. You actually have to play the freaking games.
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  Speaker 1: And Donald is 35. Last I checked, he has not
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  Speaker 1: been cryogenically frozen the last two years. He's not hanging
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  Speaker 1: out with Ted Williams' brain somewhere in Arizona. Okay, that's
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  Speaker 1: not happening. So the Rams are betting on muscle memory here.
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  Speaker 1: They're betting on muscle memory here. Over father time. On
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  Speaker 1: a one-on-one tackle, Joel, muscle memory will take down father time,
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  Speaker 1: and so we'll see if this works. But if Donald
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  Speaker 1: comes back here and is merely mortal, think of him
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  Speaker 1: like a Clark Kent, all right, wearing a suit and
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  Speaker 1: glasses and all that stuff. Okay, fine. But if he's not,
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  Speaker 1: that's not good. It's passable. They're betting on Superman up, up,
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  Speaker 1: and away is what they're betting on. The hype machine,
• 11:47
  Speaker 1: if this is Clark Kent and not Superman, goes right
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  Speaker 1: in the ditch. Right in the ditch is where it
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  Speaker 1: goes there. I love the fact there's no margin for error.
• 12:01
  Speaker 1: If someone else hoists the Lombardi trophy at SoFi Stadium
• 12:06
  Speaker 1: in February of 2027, Valentine's Day, I believe is the date,
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  Speaker 1: of the Superbowl, then the Hollywood production is a E
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  Speaker 1: F epic fail is what it becomes for the Rams. So, Hey,
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  Speaker 1: I'm all for it. Every team should be like that.
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  Speaker 1: We're all in the Rams are all in. They've got
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  Speaker 1: the fossil of Matthew Stafford, who they squeezed out an
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  Speaker 1: MVP last year. At this point, Puka Nakua hasn't been
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  Speaker 1: suspended for going around like a vampire and biting women,
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  Speaker 1: so he's still able to play. So you got that.
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  Speaker 1: All right, meanwhile, speaking of Seattle, let's now head to
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  Speaker 1: the Pacific Northwest where several of you reached out to me.
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  Speaker 1: For some reason, the 12s love the show. You'd think
• 12:48
  Speaker 1: they wouldn't like the show, but they love the show.
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  Speaker 1: So I got some emails after the Seattle Seahawks had
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  Speaker 1: added defensive back Trevion Diggs. Remember they signed him, Trevion Diggs?
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  Speaker 1: They signed him, former Cowboy. defensive back, and they signed
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  Speaker 1: him not that long ago, like within the last couple weeks.
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  Speaker 1: And I was skeptical. Of course, I'm always skeptical. It's
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  Speaker 1: kind of my default position on this. And so, well,
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  Speaker 1: the news came out with roster cutdowns around the league
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  Speaker 1: on Sunday. One of the surprise moves, the Seattle Seahawks
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  Speaker 1: have said, bye-bye! They have temporarily fired defensive back Trevion Diggs.
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  Speaker 1: So I guess all those emails, can I write back
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  Speaker 1: to you and do na-na-na-na-na-na? Yes. Now, supposedly, this is
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  Speaker 1: where it gets even better. So supposedly it's not a
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  Speaker 1: permanent goodbye message. Oh, no, not a permanent goodbye. The GM,
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  Speaker 1: John Schneider, John Schneider, came out and said the Seahawks
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  Speaker 1: intend to bring Stephon Diggs' brother, Trevion Diggs, back to
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  Speaker 1: the practice squad in the Pacific Northwest. And he waxed loquacious,
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  Speaker 1: John Schneider, about the players and the coaching staff. They
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  Speaker 1: just love Diggs. Love him. They dig him. And he
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  Speaker 1: just needed more time to acclimate himself, acclimate himself to
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  Speaker 1: the Seahawks uniform. So as a vested veteran, from what
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  Speaker 1: I read, these things are never wrong. So Diggs does
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  Speaker 1: not have to clear waivers. He is free to sign
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  Speaker 1: with any team's 53-man roster or practice squad before returning
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  Speaker 1: to Seattle. So he can go somewhere else, and that's it.
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  Speaker 1: Pretty sure that there's not a big market for this guy.
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  Speaker 1: I'm just saying. All right, so the question. Seattle. says that, hey,
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  Speaker 1: they love Trevion Diggs. Big fans. Of course, they also
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  Speaker 1: let go of Trevion Diggs. And so that's the deal.
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  Speaker 1: So Seattle says they love Trevion Diggs, but that doesn't
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  Speaker 1: an NFL team show love. This is going to shock
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  Speaker 1: you by actually giving the player a roster spot that
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  Speaker 1: they love. I know. Oh, you're such a boomer, Maller.
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  Speaker 1: I know.
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  Speaker 3: I know.
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  Speaker 1: I'm from the old country. Yes. Sounds like some of
• 15:09
  Speaker 1: the conversations I've had with program directors. Well, we really
• 15:12
  Speaker 1: think you're good, Ben. Not good enough to put you
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  Speaker 1: on during the day or pay you real money, but
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  Speaker 1: we think you're—thank you! Just give me the bird. Just
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  Speaker 1: give me the freaking bird already. All right, so to
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  Speaker 1: answer the question, again, Seattle waxing loquacious about Trevion Diggs
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  Speaker 1: and how great he is and all that stuff. And
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  Speaker 1: my point is they generally give you a roster spot
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  Speaker 1: if they think that way. And the answer to that
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  Speaker 1: is bingo bango. Seattle thought Trevion Diggs was hamburger helper. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: my God. Diamond in the rough. Big name and put
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  Speaker 1: them out there. Just add some water and presto, you
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  Speaker 1: got instant NFL starting level defensive back in the rotation.
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  Speaker 1: The reality, false advertising. That's soft soap. It is soft
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  Speaker 1: soap there. You're not good enough. John Snyder, what he's
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  Speaker 1: doing is he's pouring Thousand Island dressing on top of
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  Speaker 1: the story there and needs time to acclimate, which is
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  Speaker 1: code for you're not good enough. right now so let's
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  Speaker 1: put some dressing on top of this and soften the
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  Speaker 1: blow because if Seattle believe that Trevion Diggs could still
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  Speaker 1: play at a high level based on their suck bag
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  Speaker 1: secondary that he would absolutely be on the 53-man roster
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  Speaker 1: right now not handed a RSVP at the kiddie table
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  Speaker 1: of the practice squad is it possible this is one
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  Speaker 1: that Jerry Jones got right Maybe Jerry Jones actually knew
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  Speaker 1: something when Dallas dumped the guy that had 11 interceptions
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  Speaker 1: and was all pro a couple years back. Think about that.
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  Speaker 1: 11 interceptions. You talk about the NFL, how fast stardom
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  Speaker 1: evaporates in the NFL once injuries mess with the Margin
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  Speaker 1: for error. So this guy was the toast of the
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  Speaker 1: NFL a couple years ago with the Cowboys. Now he's
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  Speaker 1: battling for scraps. It's wild. That is not trying to
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  Speaker 1: acclimate yourself to the roster. That's the NFL moving you
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  Speaker 1: straight from the showroom over to the bargain bin. is
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  Speaker 1: what that is. All right, last word to more comings
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  Speaker 1: and goings in the NFL. We head now to Nashville, Tennessee,
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: the music city. At some point, we've got to do
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: a Mallory meet and greet in Nashville. We've got to
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  Speaker 1: get to Nashville.
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  Speaker 3: Soon.
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  Speaker 1: We've got to make that happen. Yeah, absolutely. And we
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: can all stay at Clay Travis' house, you know, our
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: old boarding guy. I'm sure Clay will put us up,
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  Speaker 1: no problem. Unless he calls the cops. Anyway, the Titans,
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  Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans, waving Will Levis. Bye-bye! Will Levis has
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  Speaker 1: been let go over the weekend. One of the many
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  Speaker 1: roster moves around the NFL. Ending his three-year run. He
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  Speaker 1: was the 33rd overall pick. The top pick in the
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  Speaker 1: second round of the 2023 NFL Draft. And Ixnay on
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  Speaker 1: the quarterback A. He gone. Tennessee reportedly tried desperately to
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  Speaker 1: trade Will Levis, and nobody wanted him. There was no market.
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  Speaker 1: That's depressing. And Levis became the starter when Ryan Tannehill
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  Speaker 1: was a rookie, and Ryan Tannehill sucked at a time
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  Speaker 1: you cannot suck. And so there you go. Actually kept
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  Speaker 1: the job in 2024, Will Levis, briefly. And some of
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  Speaker 1: the online chatter. saying that Will Levis was set up
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  Speaker 1: to fail in Nashville. I love that. Just no accountability.
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  Speaker 1: Blame somebody else. Blame somebody else. All right, so the question,
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  Speaker 1: who deserves more of the blame? We'll play the blame game.
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  Speaker 1: I love the game. It's the blame game. All right,
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  Speaker 1: so who deserves more blame for the quarterback Will Levis failure,
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  Speaker 1: the belly whopper that he did? With the Titans. Is
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  Speaker 1: it the Titans organization or is it Will Levis himself?
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  Speaker 1: All right, so my default position, now very rarely do
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  Speaker 1: I go away from my default position on this. My
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  Speaker 1: default position on this is stop blaming the Tennessee Titans
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  Speaker 1: in this case. Will Levis was given a great mitzvah,
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  Speaker 1: an opportunity to play as a rookie, meaningful NFL snaps,
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  Speaker 1: to show something. And did he show something?
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  Speaker 3: No.
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: He just wasn't good enough. That's what he showed. He
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: sucked at a time he cannot suck. That's it. The
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: autopsy report on the quarterback experiment in Tennessee reads fault.
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: wiring upstairs. Now, he did get hurt in the middle
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: of that, but my God, Will Levis was your classic
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: central casting quarterback, relatively big, strong arm. Some said rocket.
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: He has a rocket launcher. Okay. Looked. like a million bucks,
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: Will Levis, on the catwalk, walking off the bus, doing
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: a pirouette there. And then they had to show up,
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: and the actual football stuff took place there. And the
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: stat of stats, the mother of all stats with Will Levis,
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: in 2024, 16.3% of his plays in 2024 resulted in
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: either a sack, a fumble, or interceptions. Like, that's impossible. 15%
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: of the time it was a sack, a fumble, or
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: an interception. He was a gridiron piñata is what he is.
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: And Tennessee couldn't trade him. Think about this. They couldn't
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: even get a bag of gumballs. Not even the good
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: kind of gumballs. They couldn't even get crappy gumballs for
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: Will Levis. And he gets tossed straight into the recycling bin. Now,
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: is he going to find a job somewhere in a
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: practice squad? Yeah, probably. He'll find work somewhere. But barring
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: a Hollywood plot twist, Will Levis goes from a guy
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: that at one point was being tagged as a top
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: 10 pick in the NFL draft to currently unemployed in
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: his chosen line of work at age 27, and the
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: Wikipedia page, you look at Will Levis, now he's given
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: us good talk radio. Will Levis has given us good
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: talk radio. We will forever be grateful for Will Levis,
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: coffee mayo guy. Remember? Will Levis, coffee mayo guy. Liked
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: to put the mayo in the coffee, which I think
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: was a joke, and then it became a thing, and
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: he became like a brand ambassador for mayonnaise. And then
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: he was also the victim of a Eastern European hacking
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: group that put a sex tape of Will Levis all
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: over the internet. So he's more known for those things
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: than he is playing quarterback. And just flying like he
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: thought he was Superman. There were a couple times carrying
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: the ball with the Titans where he got hit and
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: did the old helicopter. Got hit in the air. All around.
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: It is the Bane-Mallor show. We are just beginning the
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: new week. And if you want to congratulate us for
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: the big Malheur meeting, feel free. You know, it's, I mean,
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: what a success. Everyone loved Lorena. Coop sat in the
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: back there quietly. And I actually got on stage a
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: couple of times. I didn't sing. Got on stage a
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: couple of times, which was very uncomfortable for me.
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: I got pictures of you on stage.
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: I'm not happy about that, but it was great. Thanks
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: to Slug and Dave. And we'll talk more about it
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: as we go through the overnight. In fact, Coop went
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: on such a bender, he's not even here. So we
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: left him in Vegas, and poor Patty. I mean, my
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: man Patty. We've got a big morning producer here, and
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: he is a Seahawk apologist, unfortunately. But that's all right.
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: I'll overlook that because he's a nice guy, Patty and
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: all that. So he'll be hanging out with us. 877-9,
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: which is good for Hollering James and all the other
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: callers that Coop will not put on the air. Anyway,
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: 877-996-6369 if you'd like to be part of the live program. Now,
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: straight ahead, the heat is on. Unexpectedly, the heat is on.
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: What is that all about? We'll get to it, and
• 23:19
  Speaker 1: we will do it next. However, it is the block party.
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: It's the A block. Let's see, what hour is it
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: right now? Be sure to catch live editions of the
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: Ben Maller Show weekdays at 2 a.m. Eastern, 11 p.m.
• 23:36
  Speaker 3: Pacific.
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: Hey, it's Covino and Rich from Fox Sports Radio. Now,
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: in addition to hearing us live weekdays from 5 to
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: 7 p.m. Eastern, 2 to 4 Pacific on Fox Sports Radio,
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: we're excited to announce a brand new YouTube channel for
• 23:49
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• 23:51
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• 23:54
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• 24:04
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• 24:07
  Speaker 1: Maller Show on Fox Sports Radio. If you were unable
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: to attend the big Maller meet and greet over the
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: weekend in Lost Wages, Nevada... You can at least check
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: out some of the photos. Now, if you're blind, you're
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: pretty much screwed. But if you have vision, you can
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: check out the Instagram page. And that's Ben Maller on
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: Fox or the Facebook page, Ben Maller Show. There's a
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: bunch of photos on there. There'll be another photo dump.
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: I only scratched the surface on that. If you want
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: to see some of the photos that were taken there
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: of the soiree in the desert, it wasn't as hot
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: as it's been in the years past. It was like 107, 108.
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: What do you mean? It wasn't that bad.
• 24:45
  Speaker 2: Every time I stepped outside, I needed chapstick and a
• 24:49
  Speaker 2: bottle of water.
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: It's been hotter in years past. Now, the only thing,
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: it doesn't cool down at night. That's the one thing.
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: It was like 100 degrees at midnight. That's a little awkward. Anyway,
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: check out the Instagram page, Ben Maller on Fox. Follow
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: that page and also the Facebook page. Those people are
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: nice there. They're a-holes on X, but they're nice on Facebook.
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: Good people. You know, your aunt, your uncle's on there,
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: your grandma, your babushka, all of them on there. By
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: the way, Ben Maller's show, I've noticed over the years,
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: they're very popular with babushkas, which is odd. It's odd
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: to me, but babushkas love the show. I should start
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: a special Benny's Babushkas. I could start that.
• 25:27
  Speaker 2: I love that.
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: It's a good idea. I love the babushkas. They just listen.
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: I don't know why. Every time we do one of
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: these things, there's always a few babushkas that are there.
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: It's great. If you want to be part of the show,
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: 877-99 on Fox. That's 877-996-6369. Do it live! Also on X,
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: at Ben Maller. That's at Ben Maller. You can say
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: hello to Lorena. She's right over there. Say hello to Lorena.
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: FSR Tech Queen.
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: I made it. I made it alive.
• 25:58
  Speaker 3: Barely. And.
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: Our friend Patty, big morning producer here. We're paying him top-down. Finally,
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: the company's spending money. I got a morning producer.
• 26:08
  Speaker 3: Yo.
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: There he is right there. You can find him at
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: Patty Speaks with a Z. Am I correct? Yes, correct. Patty,
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: there's sound of him right there, warming up, getting ready
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: for the show. Or is that our old buddy Lee?
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: I don't know. I have no idea. Anyway. Hey, Lee.
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: We're back at it. Yes, we are. The heat is on, unexpectedly.
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: We'll get to that coming up in a minute. Just
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: wanted to have a few more thoughts here. And I'll
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: do a full postgame on the Fifth Degree podcast. Fifth
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: Hour podcast. Fifth Degree. The Fifth Hour podcast on Friday.
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: So we'll have a full postgame coverage. That's very valuable.
• 26:46
  Speaker 1: All the networks were bidding on that. I believe we've
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: won the rights yet again. No one else has been
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: able to outbid the Fifth Hour podcast for postgame coverage
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: of these major events in the Mallard Militia. And it
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: was wonderful. I think everyone that came out, Mad Jack, man,
• 27:01
  Speaker 1: that guy, he blew me away. He's got all kinds
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: of bull crap he's dealing with, Mad Jack. Made the
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: trip out, hung out with us. Great to see him.
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: We had a bunch of people flying from all over
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: the place, and it was a lot of fun. Now,
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: as always, some of the people didn't show up. I
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: got a lot of messages, did Mouthwash Mike show up?
• 27:18
  Speaker 3: No. No.
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: I hope he's okay.
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: We don't know where he is. I drove around. I
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: saw a lot of homeless people. I did not see
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: Mouthwash Mike. I thought I would see him somewhere. And
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: it's really trying to find a needle in a haystack. Unfortunately,
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: times are tough these days, and there's a lot of people.
• 27:35
  Speaker 1: I guess if you're homeless, I think you'd want to
• 27:38
  Speaker 1: live on the beach. Although in Vegas, they got that
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: whole underground city. The hotel I stayed at underneath was
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: one of the entrances to that underground tunnel system. Oh, really? Yeah,
• 27:48
  Speaker 1: there's thousands of people living under Vegas.
• 27:51
  Speaker 2: I heard there was like 10,000, but I don't know
• 27:53
  Speaker 2: where the entrances are.
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: Oh, I know where one of them is.
• 27:57
  Speaker 2: Maybe we should have a meet and greet down there.
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: Oh, that seems like a great idea. What could possibly
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: go wrong?
• 28:02
  Speaker 2: We'll have Mouthwash Mike host it down there.
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: Never be found again. Yeah, he knows where all the
• 28:07
  Speaker 1: tunnels are. He's probably down there. That's why. And so
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: we didn't see him. He was not there. Unfortunately, Wayne
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: from Mizzou, we didn't see Wayne. We were hoping he
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: would be there. Big Lou. Big Lou. Yeah, what happened
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: to Big Lou? Not on number two anymore. He's on
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: the naughty list, Big Lou.
• 28:23
  Speaker 2: I heard that something came up. And I was hoping
• 28:26
  Speaker 2: that he would still be able to make it last
• 28:28
  Speaker 2: minute before it was over, but he did not.
• 28:30
  Speaker 1: And I believe our friend we were promoting, celebrating her divorce.
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: Maybe she's getting back together with her husband. Nada from LAX.
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: Not there. Nada. Nada. But the people that were there
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: were wonderful. So thanks to everyone that showed up.
• 28:45
  Speaker 2: There were so many people. It was so hot. I
• 28:48
  Speaker 2: was like, I need a fan.
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it was very warm. It was warm. But that's
• 28:53
  Speaker 1: a good thing. It's a good thing there were that
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: many people.
• 28:56
  Speaker 2: Did you eat the chicken strips?
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: I did not. You know, I don't like to eat
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: these things because.
• 28:59
  Speaker 2: I know, but I thought maybe you might give in
• 29:01
  Speaker 2: this time.
• 29:02
  Speaker 1: No, I didn't. I was just bouncing around.
• 29:05
  Speaker 3: I feel.
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: We stayed way past the two hour point and we
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: would have stayed longer. We got kicked out. I kind
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: of did. Oh, did you?
• 29:11
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I stayed downstairs and had a couple more shots.
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: Oh, OK. Yeah, we got kind of kicked out of
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: the upstairs part of the venue because there was another
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: event that was scheduled. And so. Otherwise, I would have stayed. Usually,
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: I want to get out of there, but I was like,
• 29:23
  Speaker 1: I was having a good time. I was like, I'll
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: hang out.
• 29:25
  Speaker 2: Great crowd.
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: Oh, my gosh. Everyone was wonderful. They loved the show,
• 29:28
  Speaker 1: and thank you guys for making us feel somewhat important.
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: So we thank you. We thank you. We thank you.
• 29:37
  Speaker 1: All right. Supermarket Steve says, I still think as an overnight.
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: He was there. Yes, he was there. His wife, though,
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: did not make it. She had a case of, well,
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: in Mexico they call it Montezuma's Revenge. In Vegas, what
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: do they call it? The Slop Machine Revenge? I don't
• 29:51
  Speaker 1: know what they call it there. Anyway, I still think
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: as an overnight show with people who actually live overnight
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: in a city that never sleeps, We should be doing
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: this sometime around 9 p.m. or even midnight. Coop argued
• 30:04
  Speaker 1: there's better things to do at midnight. I argue, what
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: better things? Yeah, we like the afternoon because it works
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: out better. You can sleep in, go and then go out.
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: People do want to go do stuff in Vegas. I
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: understand that. Plus, it's hard to find venues even in
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: Vegas that are open that would host us at that hour.
• 30:27
  Speaker 1: I don't think I guess that bar is open 24 hours,
• 30:30
  Speaker 1: but I don't know if their upstairs part is open
• 30:32
  Speaker 1: 24 hours, so there's an issue with that. Just Josh
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: from Cincinnati writes, and I'm wearing my souvenir hat that
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: I got from the Cincinnati, Kentucky trip. I've got my
• 30:44
  Speaker 1: Reds mascot hat on. That was my souvenir. I get
• 30:47
  Speaker 1: a hat every city I go to, and this is
• 30:49
  Speaker 1: the hat I got. Just Josh says, the Titans returned
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: that fraudulent chicken sandwich back to the chicken, back to
• 30:56
  Speaker 1: the kitchen, rather, and said, hold the mayo. Eek in Roseville,
• 31:00
  Speaker 1: Minnesota says, Will Levis would like to play for the
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: Vikings because the mayo clinic is in Rochester, Minnesota. Yes, exactly. Yeah.
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: Fergdog says, I'm going to ask the one question everyone
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: wants answered. After a mallor meet and greet, which listener
• 31:17
  Speaker 1: made a total fool of himself? My money's on Robbie
• 31:21
  Speaker 1: the Mariner fan. That's what he's saying. Did anyone really
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: embarrass themselves? I don't know. Surfer Todd did some stand-up.
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: Some of the jokes hit. Some did not. Tough crowd, though. Yeah, yeah.
• 31:34
  Speaker 2: And everyone was so, you know, conversing in the.
• 31:36
  Speaker 1: Background, too. There was karaoke going on.
• 31:39
  Speaker 2: All sorts of stuff.
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: A lot of activity. There were... People screaming for no
• 31:44
  Speaker 1: reason at all. I don't know why. There was some
• 31:45
  Speaker 1: of that going on. What else do we have? Let's see.
• 31:48
  Speaker 1: Page down. MonkeyBizDog says, Jerry Jones is finally getting smarter
• 31:53
  Speaker 1: in his old age. Two for two on moving declining
• 31:56
  Speaker 1: and injury-prone defensive players before they become even bigger problems.
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: Maybe Jerry's been saving his best moves for retirement. Okay. Yeah,
• 32:06
  Speaker 1: Jerry's a dog. Didn't he retire years ago, Jerry? I
• 32:10
  Speaker 1: don't know. We are on X, at Ben Maller. That's
• 32:12
  Speaker 1: at Ben Maller if you'd like to be part. Let's
• 32:14
  Speaker 1: go to the phones. Let's say hello now to a man.
• 32:16
  Speaker 1: I did get asked questions about this guy, Lucky Tony.
• 32:19
  Speaker 1: People were wondering what's going on with Lucky Tony. Hello,
• 32:21
  Speaker 1: Lucky Tony. What's going on? You're on the Ben Maller Show. Welcome, Tony.
• 32:25
  Speaker 3: It's hollering James. Oh, our first phony phone call.
• 32:30
  Speaker 1: Our first phony phone call. Wait, Pat, you got, wait,
• 32:33
  Speaker 1: you confused Lucky Tony and hollering James? Holy crap.
• 32:38
  Speaker 3: My God.
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: I mixed it up.
• 32:39
  Speaker 3: I mixed it up.
• 32:40
  Speaker 1: Send the name, man. You are such a con artist.
• 32:43
  Speaker 1: You are a con artist.
• 32:44
  Speaker 3: So I get two million tickets for coming to Lucky Tony.
• 32:50
  Speaker 1: Well, Lucky Tony, you don't want to mess with Lucky Tony. James,
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: when Lucky Tony finds out that you did a phony
• 32:57
  Speaker 1: phone call impersonating him, heads are going to roll. Heads
• 33:01
  Speaker 1: are going to roll. Now, you know, I popped up.
• 33:03
  Speaker 1: I was not allowed into the show Thursday into Friday.
• 33:06
  Speaker 1: We couldn't get a studio somehow, which blows me away
• 33:08
  Speaker 1: in Vegas. But I did pop up on the morning
• 33:12
  Speaker 1: show on K-Fan, hollering James, and your name may have
• 33:16
  Speaker 1: come up off the air. How about that?
• 33:19
  Speaker 3: James? Called you from the hospital without my Obama phone.
• 33:23
  Speaker 3: I came into the hospital.
• 33:25
  Speaker 1: What?
• 33:25
  Speaker 3: Last weekend.
• 33:26
  Speaker 1: What are you talking about? I didn't hear the beginning.
• 33:28
  Speaker 1: What are you talking about? I didn't hear the beginning.
• 33:30
  Speaker 3: You're in the beginning. You're in the beginning. I know
• 33:32
  Speaker 3: the beginning was the Ben Rodgers show.
• 33:35
  Speaker 1: Were you in the hospital last week?
• 33:38
  Speaker 3: I was. Oh.
• 33:40
  Speaker 1: That's not good.
• 33:41
  Speaker 3: And again this week. I'm vomiting up blood. Okay, this
• 33:44
  Speaker 3: is plasma.
• 33:44
  Speaker 1: You're vomiting?
• 33:45
  Speaker 3: Oh, my gosh. What? I'm vomiting up plasma.
• 33:47
  Speaker 1: This guy there.
• 33:48
  Speaker 3: And my stool's in plasma.
• 33:49
  Speaker 1: Oh, my.
• 33:50
  Speaker 3: All of them are in plasma. So what I did
• 33:52
  Speaker 3: was ask staff to call the ambulance for the hospital. Well,
• 33:56
  Speaker 3: the hospital says, are you sure he's coming in for this?
• 33:59
  Speaker 3: We cover him all the time. We're sick and tired
• 34:02
  Speaker 3: of coming in for him. And this is going to
• 34:04
  Speaker 3: be fillers. They said, no, come for sure. Well, an
• 34:08
  Speaker 3: officer didn't come. They came. The ambulance sent me over.
• 34:12
  Speaker 3: My fever, 104. And they checked it again. Okay, it
• 34:19
  Speaker 3: came down a little bit after they were giving me
• 34:21
  Speaker 3: an IV. It's a medication. I got all black and blue.
• 34:25
  Speaker 3: It came down to 96. Then they shot back up again.
• 34:29
  Speaker 3: I don't know why. They ran the IV again. I'm
• 34:33
  Speaker 3: a doctor.
• 34:34
  Speaker 1: How are you feeling right now? You're not in the
• 34:38
  Speaker 1: hospital now, right? I'm really in the hospital. You're calling
• 34:44
  Speaker 1: us from the hospital right now?
• 34:45
  Speaker 3: I'm calling you from the hospital phone to my room.
• 34:48
  Speaker 3: I'm in the ER. I had to come to the ER.
• 34:52
  Speaker 1: All right. Do they know what's wrong with you?
• 34:54
  Speaker 3: They're checking me out now. They ran an EKG. They
• 34:58
  Speaker 3: got the sticker still on my chest.
• 35:01
  Speaker 1: All right, now listen to me. Listen to me, James. Listen,
• 35:04
  Speaker 1: you can be a pain in the ass. We love you.
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: We want you to feel better. So listen to the
• 35:08
  Speaker 1: doctors and the nurses and don't be a schmuck, okay?
• 35:10
  Speaker 1: And listen to what they tell you. And then you
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: got to take care of yourself, James. We need you around.
• 35:14
  Speaker 1: The show's going to suck if you're not around. We
• 35:16
  Speaker 1: need you around, okay?
• 35:17
  Speaker 3: Are you going to have Doc Mike? I want to
• 35:20
  Speaker 3: listen to Doc Mike.
• 35:21
  Speaker 1: I don't think you want Doc Mike's medical advice right now.
• 35:23
  Speaker 1: I don't.
• 35:24
  Speaker 3: Why not?
• 35:26
  Speaker 1: He would tell you to do a pineapple fruit smoothie
• 35:28
  Speaker 1: with a special added yellow sauce in there, you know.
• 35:31
  Speaker 3: What would he give me for pain? This is what
• 35:33
  Speaker 3: I'm talking about. All this pain I have. I had
• 35:36
  Speaker 3: a chiropractor, a Jewish chiropractor.
• 35:39
  Speaker 1: That's very important. He's Jewish, yes.
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  Speaker 3: He sat in there with the American family in all states. Okay,
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  Speaker 3: Hans Paul Meyer.
• 35:45
  Speaker 1: All right. Hans Paul Meyer. James, I got to go.
• 35:48
  Speaker 1: You want me to put you on hold or you
• 35:49
  Speaker 1: want me to hang up on you?
• 35:50
  Speaker 3: I would love to be on hold.
• 35:50
  Speaker 1: All right, I'll put you on hold. There's Hollery James. Wonderful.
• 35:54
  Speaker 1: Coughing up blood and has blood in his stools.
• 35:57
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 35:57
  Speaker 1: Just great. Just absolutely wonderful. Okay. Better, please. And he
• 36:03
  Speaker 1: did a phony phone. We're one for one on phony
• 36:06
  Speaker 1: phone calls. Who will do the next phony phone call
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: to get past the gatekeeper here, Pat? Our friend Patty.
• 36:11
  Speaker 1: It's easy to do. Have fun, guys. Yeah, just call.
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: We'll get to the heat is on. We'll push that
• 36:16
  Speaker 1: back a little bit. Time now for the Who Am
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: I game. And here it is. I never played high
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: school baseball, yet was a World Series champion at age 20.
• 36:25
  Speaker 1: I had a three-homer game in both the AL and
• 36:29
  Speaker 1: NL back when that mattered. I struck out 39 times
• 36:33
  Speaker 1: against Nolan Ryan while also hitting the 10,000th home run
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: in Yankees history. And, but wait, there's more. I even
• 36:41
  Speaker 1: hit the foul ball that Ferris Bueller caught in that
• 36:44
  Speaker 1: classic 1980s comedy. Again, never played high school baseball, yet
• 36:49
  Speaker 1: was a World Series champ at age 24. Three homer
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: games in the ALNL. Struck, when that mattered, struck out
• 36:55
  Speaker 1: 39 times against Nolan Ryan, believed to be the most ever,
• 36:58
  Speaker 1: and hit the Yankees' 10,000th home run. And, but wait,
• 37:03
  Speaker 1: there's more. I hit the foul ball. Ferris Bueller caught
• 37:06
  Speaker 1: in that classic 1980s comedy. Who am I? The answer.
• 37:10
  Speaker 1: We'll get to it. We'll do it next. Be sure
• 37:13
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• 37:15
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• 37:18
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• 37:21
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• 37:25
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• 37:29
  Speaker 1: the Fifth Hour podcast over the weekend, it's a bad
• 37:31
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• 37:35
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• 37:40
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• 37:43
  Speaker 1: a Bye Bye Bernie episode. Our friend Bernie Frato, a
• 37:49
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• 37:53
  Speaker 1: a break from the radio show. and heading back to Michigan.
• 37:58
  Speaker 1: So you can check out that and hear what Bernie
• 38:01
  Speaker 1: had to say about his departure from the weekend shift
• 38:04
  Speaker 1: here at Fox Sports Radio. So that's available for you
• 38:06
  Speaker 1: on the Friday podcast. The show's over. Goodbye. Well, for now,
• 38:10
  Speaker 1: you know. When you're a true radio guy, and there's
• 38:12
  Speaker 1: not a lot of younger people that are true radio people,
• 38:14
  Speaker 1: but like the old guys, it just gets in your
• 38:16
  Speaker 1: blood and it'll never leave. It's like whatever hollering James has,
• 38:21
  Speaker 1: you know, it's just in your blood and it won't leave.
• 38:22
  Speaker 1: And then there's that. So it just gets in you.
• 38:27
  Speaker 1: Back to it. All right, let's go. Back to it
• 38:29
  Speaker 1: we go, and we will pay off the Who Am
• 38:32
  Speaker 1: I game. I did want to get this guy on
• 38:34
  Speaker 1: because he was talked about as well. Holler and James
• 38:36
  Speaker 1: came up. A bunch of guys. Lucky Tony and this
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: gentleman right here in Greenwood, Louisiana. We say hello to
• 38:44
  Speaker 1: our NFL insider, Anthony. Or is it a fake caller?
• 38:48
  Speaker 1: We'll find out. Hello, Anthony in Greenwood, Louisiana. Welcome.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, Ben. How you doing?
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: There it is right there.
• 38:53
  Speaker 3: That's Anthony.
• 38:54
  Speaker 1: No, that's a fake. That's a fake. Is this not
• 38:56
  Speaker 1: the real Anthony?
• 38:57
  Speaker 3: Wait a minute.
• 38:57
  Speaker 1: What happened to the real Anthony?
• 38:59
  Speaker 3: This is real Anthony.
• 39:00
  Speaker 1: Are you sure about that? How many fingers am I
• 39:03
  Speaker 1: holding up?
• 39:05
  Speaker 3: I can't see.
• 39:06
  Speaker 1: How many am I holding up right now? Four.
• 39:08
  Speaker 3: I can't see.
• 39:09
  Speaker 1: No, you're right. He's blind. I'm holding up two.
• 39:12
  Speaker 2: Our second question. If you were going to take me
• 39:14
  Speaker 2: anywhere to eat, what would we have and where would
• 39:16
  Speaker 2: we go?
• 39:16
  Speaker 1: Good question. Where would you take Lorena on a nice date?
• 39:20
  Speaker 1: Where would you take her? Oh, she's family. so I
• 39:21
  Speaker 1: don't know. I'll bow. I'll bow.
• 39:23
  Speaker 2: Okay, he passes.
• 39:24
  Speaker 1: Hey, cuz.
• 39:26
  Speaker 3: Hey, cuz.
• 39:26
  Speaker 1: What up, cuz?
• 39:28
  Speaker 3: How was your trip? Oh, my gosh.
• 39:32
  Speaker 2: We had so much fun. Wish you could have been there.
• 39:34
  Speaker 2: You would have been a hit.
• 39:36
  Speaker 3: Me? I would have been a hit, huh?
• 39:37
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you would have been a hit. We would have
• 39:38
  Speaker 2: helped you up the stairs and everything.
• 39:41
  Speaker 1: It's good to hear from you, Lorraine.
• 39:42
  Speaker 2: Good to hear from you, Anthony.
• 39:43
  Speaker 1: I think you called her, but I don't know. It's
• 39:46
  Speaker 1: the other way. Yeah, yeah. All right, big weekend for you.
• 39:49
  Speaker 1: A lot of fun, yes? You want to answer the
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: Who Am I game? Let me give the Who Am
• 39:52
  Speaker 1: I game one more time. Here it is, and I'll
• 39:55
  Speaker 1: let you answer. I never played high school baseball, yet
• 39:58
  Speaker 1: was a World Series champion at age 20. Had three
• 40:01
  Speaker 1: Homer games in the ALNNL back when that mattered. Struck
• 40:03
  Speaker 1: out 39 times against Nolan Ryan, believed to be the
• 40:06
  Speaker 1: most ever. And also hit the Yankees' 10,000th home run.
• 40:10
  Speaker 1: But wait, there's more. I hit the foul ball Ferris
• 40:13
  Speaker 1: Bueller caught in that classic 1980s comedy, Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
• 40:17
  Speaker 1: Who am I? That's the question. Hollering James, blood pressure,
• 40:21
  Speaker 1: according to just Josh. In Cincinnati, Reggie Jackson from Miguel
• 40:26
  Speaker 1: on Fire. Matthew Broderick from Not Blind Austin in Bakersfield. Femi,
• 40:32
  Speaker 1: the Uber East driver in Minnesota, going with J.J. McCarthy
• 40:35
  Speaker 1: as his answer. Newly deputized Agent Quang from the MBI,
• 40:40
  Speaker 1: the Malheur Bureau of Investigations. The Degenerate Gambler's Cleats from
• 40:45
  Speaker 1: Robbie the Mariner fan. Who else do we have? Page down.
• 40:50
  Speaker 1: I can't read that. Kathy and Madison went hollering, James.
• 40:53
  Speaker 1: Wee Willie Keeler guessed by Manuel Ingardina or Robin Ventura.
• 41:00
  Speaker 1: Either one.
• 41:01
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 41:01
  Speaker 1: Do you have an answer, Anthony, in Louisiana?
• 41:03
  Speaker 3: No. I was going to say Reggie Jackson, but somehow
• 41:07
  Speaker 3: I already see it.
• 41:07
  Speaker 1: Yeah. All right. No answer. Lorena.
• 41:09
  Speaker 2: Reggie Jackson would have been a good guess. I was
• 41:11
  Speaker 2: going to go with Brandy from the meet and greet.
• 41:13
  Speaker 1: Oh, lovely Brandy. No.
• 41:14
  Speaker 2: I loved her.
• 41:15
  Speaker 1: Very nice. No, that is incorrect. The correct answer would
• 41:18
  Speaker 1: be Claudel Washington. Claudel Washington is the answer. There you go.
• 41:24
  Speaker 1: Put that in your pipe.