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Would You Rather......? · The 3Ts: Tables, Tailgates, and Toploaders

• WEBVTT 00:00:11.210 --> 00:00:13.310 What's up, friends? Welcome into another 00:00:13.310 --> 00:00:16.989 episode of the Three T's Podcast, Tables, Tailgates, 00:00:17.010 --> 00:00:19.890 and Top Loaders. I'm your host, TB. And from 00:00:19.890 --> 00:00:22.390 this point on, I am not naming the episode number 00:00:22.390 --> 00:00:25.489 because after 10, after we hit 10 last week, 00:00:25.550 --> 00:00:28.269 it is all gravy from here. So we're going to 00:00:28.269 --> 00:00:31.230 get back into the basics of this podcast today, 00:00:31.309 --> 00:00:34.329 folks. Last week was a bit of a mess with the 00:00:34.329 --> 00:00:36.869 passing of Hulk Hogan. I felt like I kind of 00:00:36.869 --> 00:00:39.009 had to step out of my comfort zone, do a little 00:00:39.009 --> 00:00:41.539 bit of a different show. But here we are this 00:00:41.539 --> 00:00:44.500 week. We are back and I'm excited to dive in. 00:00:44.579 --> 00:00:48.679 So, tailgaters, Bills Mafia, you are on the clock. 00:00:48.820 --> 00:00:52.179 How the heck are we feeling? Training camp is 00:00:52.179 --> 00:00:54.899 well underway. In fact, by the time this podcast 00:00:54.899 --> 00:00:57.399 comes out, there will only be a few practices 00:00:57.399 --> 00:01:00.810 left. The coverage is everywhere. Every time 00:01:00.810 --> 00:01:02.630 I get on socials, every time I'm checking the 00:01:02.630 --> 00:01:05.930 computer, it's one update after another. And 00:01:05.930 --> 00:01:09.950 I'm not too sure how I feel about training camp 00:01:09.950 --> 00:01:12.750 thus far because there's two sides to this spectrum, 00:01:12.829 --> 00:01:14.890 right? The way I see it, when training camp hits, 00:01:15.049 --> 00:01:17.469 it's either... the worst thing in the world just 00:01:17.469 --> 00:01:19.870 happened or the best thing in the world just 00:01:19.870 --> 00:01:23.129 happened. I remember last year when we were trying 00:01:23.129 --> 00:01:25.969 to adopt this everybody eats mentality with the 00:01:25.969 --> 00:01:28.310 wide receiver core and we're wondering who's 00:01:28.310 --> 00:01:30.750 going to be the four or five or six wide receiver 00:01:30.750 --> 00:01:34.209 on the team. You know you're getting little splash 00:01:34.209 --> 00:01:36.750 plays from this guy, splash plays from that guy 00:01:36.750 --> 00:01:39.430 and it seemed like all the coverage was oh my 00:01:39.430 --> 00:01:41.849 god this is the next Andre Reid he's amazing 00:01:41.849 --> 00:01:44.879 and I'm just like oh my god this guy's probably 00:01:44.879 --> 00:01:47.420 not even going to make the team and so I feel 00:01:47.420 --> 00:01:49.719 like we are on the opposite end of the spectrum 00:01:49.719 --> 00:01:54.000 except this year we only want to talk about injuries 00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:56.400 and don't get me wrong don't get me wrong we're 00:01:56.400 --> 00:01:58.319 going to dive into the injuries because it's 00:01:58.319 --> 00:02:01.819 crap but I feel like every time someone twists 00:02:01.819 --> 00:02:05.519 an ankle or you know rips a fingernail the freaking 00:02:05.519 --> 00:02:08.860 sky is falling and it's getting absolutely ridiculous 00:02:09.639 --> 00:02:12.319 If y 'all didn't hear about the Maxwell Hairston 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:14.080 news this week, well, we're going to dive into 00:02:14.080 --> 00:02:17.620 that because that was a crap show. The way that 00:02:17.620 --> 00:02:21.560 injury was handled and it was just a mess. But 00:02:21.560 --> 00:02:23.319 we go all the way back because I know I didn't 00:02:23.319 --> 00:02:25.500 get to talk about this last week, but training 00:02:25.500 --> 00:02:27.800 camp starts and it's like right off Jump Street. 00:02:27.840 --> 00:02:29.919 People are getting hurt one after another after 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:32.340 another. We didn't even get guys get to the first 00:02:32.340 --> 00:02:35.210 practice without. being hurt I mean camp starts 00:02:35.210 --> 00:02:37.830 and all of a sudden Dawson Knox is hurt and Spencer 00:02:37.830 --> 00:02:40.289 Brown is hurt he's got a back injury Dawson Knox 00:02:40.289 --> 00:02:44.069 is dealing with a hammy and and Dalton Kincaid 00:02:44.069 --> 00:02:46.150 is hurt and Curtis Samuel I mean I could go down 00:02:46.150 --> 00:02:48.250 the list and I'm gonna hit on most of this but 00:02:48.250 --> 00:02:50.650 it's easier to talk about the guys that are healthy 00:02:50.650 --> 00:02:53.750 and on the field rather than list all the freaking 00:02:53.750 --> 00:02:56.689 injury injured players and so as we go through 00:02:56.689 --> 00:02:59.629 this i'm just like what is going on like and 00:02:59.629 --> 00:03:01.389 the amount of hamstring injuries i know it's 00:03:01.389 --> 00:03:03.909 hot but are you guys not stretching are you not 00:03:03.909 --> 00:03:05.530 have you not done anything and i know they're 00:03:05.530 --> 00:03:08.810 professional athletes but anyway my point is 00:03:08.810 --> 00:03:11.780 i'm starting to wonder about the amount of camp 00:03:11.780 --> 00:03:13.780 coverage out there. How many people are actually 00:03:13.780 --> 00:03:15.800 covering, not just this team, but teams in general? 00:03:16.060 --> 00:03:17.919 And I'm just wondering, is it too much? Have 00:03:17.919 --> 00:03:20.400 we gotten to the point where it's almost sensory 00:03:20.400 --> 00:03:24.400 overload? Every little detail of camp is magnified 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:28.490 to 100 power, right? So it's either the... greatest 00:03:28.490 --> 00:03:31.550 catastrophe to ever befall us as bills fans or 00:03:31.550 --> 00:03:35.729 it's this guy's the next jim kelly or or therma 00:03:35.729 --> 00:03:38.830 thomas or every time somebody makes a play a 00:03:38.830 --> 00:03:41.590 single play we're talking about this guy who's 00:03:41.590 --> 00:03:43.770 like the seventh eighth wide receiver on the 00:03:43.770 --> 00:03:47.669 depth chart or the the fifth cornerback or the 00:03:47.669 --> 00:03:50.229 sixth punt returner we're like this guy's awesome 00:03:50.229 --> 00:03:52.530 and then we got to talk about his odds to make 00:03:52.530 --> 00:03:55.229 the team look folks there are not too many spots 00:03:55.229 --> 00:03:58.009 on this team so most of the people that you've 00:03:58.009 --> 00:03:59.870 never heard of you're never going to hear from 00:03:59.870 --> 00:04:01.889 again they're just not going to make the team 00:04:01.889 --> 00:04:03.689 because there's no spots that's the good thing 00:04:03.689 --> 00:04:06.430 when you have such a good team you have so little 00:04:06.430 --> 00:04:09.719 turn and we Brandon Bean and McDermott do a really 00:04:09.719 --> 00:04:14.159 good job of, there's not a ton of new faces. 00:04:14.300 --> 00:04:16.879 I know we revamped some of the defensive players, 00:04:17.019 --> 00:04:20.060 but for the most part, the core is back. They're 00:04:20.060 --> 00:04:24.000 back and they look good. But yeah, I mean, the 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:26.060 injuries at the start of the camp, like I said, 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:28.740 Knox, Spencer Brown, Curtis Samuel, shock, Curtis 00:04:28.740 --> 00:04:31.639 Samuel, sir. Could anyone see this coming? Curtis 00:04:31.639 --> 00:04:33.939 Samuel, hamstring injury. Elijah Moore, we just 00:04:33.939 --> 00:04:36.959 signed him. He's hurt. Dalton Kincaid, they were 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:38.480 saying he was dealing with a knee injury. He 00:04:38.480 --> 00:04:40.040 dealt with a knee injury last year. Awesome. 00:04:40.100 --> 00:04:42.579 Great. Tyrell Shavers got carded off early in 00:04:42.579 --> 00:04:46.920 camp. Apparently, he's back. Cedric Van Prangranger, 00:04:47.040 --> 00:04:50.300 I know he was supposed to be in line for that 00:04:50.300 --> 00:04:55.480 swing. position swing tackle position he's hurt 00:04:55.480 --> 00:04:58.319 we have alec anderson the news came out that 00:04:58.319 --> 00:05:00.560 he actually had to have knee surgery and he's 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:02.000 not going to be available for a couple weeks 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:03.399 he's probably going to miss the whole preseason 00:05:03.399 --> 00:05:07.899 so uh that sucks cole bishop anybody know why 00:05:09.099 --> 00:05:11.680 Anybody forecast Cole Bishop? I mean, he missed 00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:13.860 a good chunk of last year. It set him back, and 00:05:13.860 --> 00:05:16.660 we were counting on Cole Bishop being the man 00:05:16.660 --> 00:05:20.139 at one of our safety positions, and he's already 00:05:20.139 --> 00:05:23.279 got a quad problem. Mike Edwards allegedly collapsed 00:05:23.279 --> 00:05:25.240 at camp the other day due to heat exhaustion. 00:05:25.459 --> 00:05:29.709 Great. Awesome. Caden Prather, the Wookiee. rookie 00:05:29.709 --> 00:05:32.990 jeez star wars uh the rookie wide receiver he's 00:05:32.990 --> 00:05:35.810 got a hamster hamstring injury terrell bernard 00:05:35.810 --> 00:05:37.829 has a hamstring everybody's got a freaking hamstring 00:05:37.829 --> 00:05:39.829 injury i don't know eat some bananas do some 00:05:39.829 --> 00:05:41.870 yoga do do whatever you got to do get on the 00:05:41.870 --> 00:05:44.329 freaking field but this hamstring crap like what 00:05:44.329 --> 00:05:46.490 are our trainers doing darian williams got a 00:05:46.490 --> 00:05:49.569 calf problem but the big news of the week was 00:05:50.139 --> 00:05:53.000 our number one draft pick, cornerback Maxwell 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:55.759 Hairston. Now he goes down earlier in the week 00:05:55.759 --> 00:05:59.399 and the trainer ran out and was doing tests on 00:05:59.399 --> 00:06:02.579 his knee. And immediately it's like the JFK film. 00:06:02.720 --> 00:06:06.560 Oh, what test is he running? And oh, his face 00:06:06.560 --> 00:06:08.300 doesn't look good, people. He looks like he's 00:06:08.300 --> 00:06:10.420 done for the season. And it's like instantly, 00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:12.839 instantly people are like, oh, he's done for 00:06:12.839 --> 00:06:16.019 the season. He kind of walked off on his own 00:06:16.019 --> 00:06:18.240 power. He needed a little help. Then the social 00:06:18.240 --> 00:06:21.490 media stuff. Blew up right because we didn't 00:06:21.490 --> 00:06:23.990 really hear anything and then a report came out 00:06:23.990 --> 00:06:27.850 that he tore his ACL and It was from a Buffalo 00:06:27.850 --> 00:06:31.149 source some sort of podcast or whatever. I I 00:06:31.149 --> 00:06:34.319 don't really remember but That story broke that 00:06:34.319 --> 00:06:36.160 he had torn his ACL and he was going to miss 00:06:36.160 --> 00:06:39.240 the whole season. And my daughter actually texts 00:06:39.240 --> 00:06:42.480 me this. And I'm like searching frantically trying 00:06:42.480 --> 00:06:45.759 to verify this story because I'm trying not to, 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:48.220 you know, instantly go down a dark path with 00:06:48.220 --> 00:06:50.779 our number one draft pick, who's a cornerback, 00:06:50.800 --> 00:06:52.759 who we desperately are going to need. But here 00:06:52.759 --> 00:06:56.439 we go. Alleged that he had. torn his ACL and 00:06:56.439 --> 00:06:59.560 he's out but I couldn't I couldn't find any verification 00:06:59.560 --> 00:07:02.680 of this and so I think we went almost the rest 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:06.060 of the day until late that night it was it finally 00:07:06.060 --> 00:07:10.839 came out that it was just a LCL sprain LCL injury 00:07:10.839 --> 00:07:13.500 to his knee he was only going to miss maybe a 00:07:13.500 --> 00:07:15.500 couple weeks maybe three or four weeks and then 00:07:15.500 --> 00:07:17.680 hopefully by the regular season he'll be good 00:07:17.680 --> 00:07:20.089 to go but you have totally opposite ends of the 00:07:20.089 --> 00:07:22.230 spectrum here with the same injury and the bills 00:07:22.230 --> 00:07:24.990 are saying nothing. And they had a day off right 00:07:24.990 --> 00:07:27.569 after this happened. So nobody was talking about 00:07:27.569 --> 00:07:30.129 it. And this goes back to my point. I almost 00:07:30.129 --> 00:07:33.790 feel like there's too much coverage. And so what 00:07:33.790 --> 00:07:36.689 I want to do today as we work our way through 00:07:36.689 --> 00:07:40.410 this show, I came up with a lot of would you 00:07:40.410 --> 00:07:43.509 rather conversations. So this point brings me 00:07:43.509 --> 00:07:46.410 to my very first would you rather question of 00:07:46.410 --> 00:07:48.959 the day. As far as camp coverage. You got choices, 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:51.519 right? You have two choices. I personally am 00:07:51.519 --> 00:07:53.939 to the point, and I consume it all, so maybe 00:07:53.939 --> 00:07:56.120 I'm part of the problem. Do we have way too much 00:07:56.120 --> 00:08:00.120 camp coverage? Would you rather have no training 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:03.199 camp coverage and for this two -week, three -week 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:06.279 period prior to the start of the season, you 00:08:06.279 --> 00:08:09.759 actually are... flying blind you have no idea 00:08:09.759 --> 00:08:11.279 what's happening with your team would you rather 00:08:11.279 --> 00:08:16.220 be radio silent uh social social media news story 00:08:16.220 --> 00:08:19.060 silent and just not know and then oh here comes 00:08:19.060 --> 00:08:22.439 week one and now it's like the floodgates open 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:24.660 and you have all this information pouring at 00:08:24.660 --> 00:08:27.759 you at once or do you want to know every single 00:08:27.759 --> 00:08:31.639 freaking little minute detail and have to consume 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:34.200 all of it do you want all or do you want nothing 00:08:34.200 --> 00:08:36.860 i'm almost to the point now with all these stories 00:08:36.860 --> 00:08:39.149 that come out and how the sky is falling it's 00:08:39.149 --> 00:08:41.149 like chicken little one player after another 00:08:41.149 --> 00:08:43.070 one day after another one play after another 00:08:43.070 --> 00:08:45.610 like i said they're either the best player ever 00:08:45.610 --> 00:08:48.029 to play the game and they've never actually been 00:08:48.029 --> 00:08:51.750 on an nfl field and taken a snap or it's the 00:08:51.750 --> 00:08:54.389 worst case scenario of every one of these freaking 00:08:54.389 --> 00:08:57.629 injuries so question one would you rather all 00:08:57.629 --> 00:09:00.129 or nothing would you have no camp coverage and 00:09:00.129 --> 00:09:02.169 you just simply show up week one ready to go 00:09:02.169 --> 00:09:04.820 and this is what happened I'm kind of to the 00:09:04.820 --> 00:09:06.919 point now where maybe I want to see what that 00:09:06.919 --> 00:09:09.399 looks like. Maybe I would love to have that option 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:13.039 where... Everything could be secluded from me 00:09:13.039 --> 00:09:15.879 until the first week of September. And we show 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:17.740 up week one against Baltimore. Hey, who are we 00:09:17.740 --> 00:09:19.220 rolling out in the field? I'll be there. I'll 00:09:19.220 --> 00:09:20.960 be there at that home opener. I want to know 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:23.039 who's on the team. Maybe, you know, three hours 00:09:23.039 --> 00:09:25.559 before kickoff. Here's the injury report. Here's 00:09:25.559 --> 00:09:28.259 who the final roster is because I'm listening 00:09:28.259 --> 00:09:30.159 to the radio shows. I'm checking out the podcast 00:09:30.159 --> 00:09:32.659 of all these bills, bills, programs I listen 00:09:32.659 --> 00:09:35.539 to. And it's just, it's overwhelmingly like, 00:09:35.639 --> 00:09:37.850 it's just like. I'm getting beat over the head 00:09:37.850 --> 00:09:40.690 with the same information and no one can verify 00:09:40.690 --> 00:09:43.129 anything. And it's all just guessing. We're all 00:09:43.129 --> 00:09:45.009 just guessing. Well, who's going to make the 00:09:45.009 --> 00:09:48.029 53? Well, you know 52 of them already. So can 00:09:48.029 --> 00:09:50.870 we just stop with the other nonsense about the 00:09:50.870 --> 00:09:55.370 rest of the roster and just... Maybe I'm the 00:09:55.370 --> 00:09:58.470 only one, but that's that. So injuries, yes, 00:09:58.549 --> 00:10:01.090 they're a problem. Hopefully we can get this 00:10:01.090 --> 00:10:03.889 stuff cleared up and be ready to roll because... 00:10:04.570 --> 00:10:06.470 If anything is going to slow this team down this 00:10:06.470 --> 00:10:10.490 year, it is going to be the injury bug. But some 00:10:10.490 --> 00:10:13.429 good news, some good news. James Cook has showed 00:10:13.429 --> 00:10:15.570 up to camp just like I said he would. He showed 00:10:15.570 --> 00:10:18.169 up to minicamp. And as I said before many weeks 00:10:18.169 --> 00:10:19.929 ago, he's not going to show up to minicamp and 00:10:19.929 --> 00:10:22.409 not show up to training camp. So he's here at 00:10:22.409 --> 00:10:24.789 training camp. He's practicing. He looks fine. 00:10:25.470 --> 00:10:28.509 But he's not coming off his request for a new 00:10:28.509 --> 00:10:31.470 deal. He's still adamant that he wants to get 00:10:31.470 --> 00:10:34.029 this worked out. There are signs pointing to 00:10:34.029 --> 00:10:37.669 a deal getting done. I don't know, or at least 00:10:37.669 --> 00:10:40.110 both sides being willing to work on a deal. I 00:10:40.110 --> 00:10:43.129 don't know if these talks are continuing. Nobody 00:10:43.129 --> 00:10:45.389 comes out and says anything, which... It's kind 00:10:45.389 --> 00:10:46.830 of stupid. I mean, we talk about all this other 00:10:46.830 --> 00:10:48.929 crap. Why can't you just be honest about where 00:10:48.929 --> 00:10:51.730 we are with contract negotiations? But I get 00:10:51.730 --> 00:10:54.250 it. Look, if James Cook is still holding strong 00:10:54.250 --> 00:10:57.389 to the 15 million a year, I just don't see Brandon 00:10:57.389 --> 00:10:59.250 B giving him that money. I just don't. And I 00:10:59.250 --> 00:11:01.149 don't think, as a Bills fan, I've said this before, 00:11:01.289 --> 00:11:03.289 I don't think it's a smart investment of our 00:11:03.289 --> 00:11:06.370 money. But he's there. He's at camp. Which leads 00:11:06.370 --> 00:11:09.090 me to my next would you rather question of the 00:11:09.090 --> 00:11:12.029 day. And it's about James Cook. So if he's looking 00:11:12.029 --> 00:11:14.950 for 15, I just don't think. Bean's going to give 00:11:14.950 --> 00:11:17.570 him that. But would he be giving him 11, 12, 00:11:17.710 --> 00:11:20.850 13? Would he be happy in that range? And so I 00:11:20.850 --> 00:11:23.029 was thinking about it. Would I be okay if we 00:11:23.029 --> 00:11:27.629 offered Cook an extension of 3 for 33, 11 mil 00:11:27.629 --> 00:11:29.590 a year? Maybe throw a signing bonus in there 00:11:29.590 --> 00:11:32.710 to get it up to like 35. So 3 for 35, right around 00:11:32.710 --> 00:11:37.570 an average of 11, 11 .2 every year. Where would 00:11:37.570 --> 00:11:39.590 we want to see that end up? So would you rather 00:11:39.590 --> 00:11:43.960 re -signing James Cook to a deal worth... Approximately 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:48.779 three years for $33 million or save that money 00:11:48.779 --> 00:11:51.700 and use a second round pick in next year's draft 00:11:51.700 --> 00:11:54.360 on a running back. So there's your options. Re 00:11:54.360 --> 00:11:58.240 -sign Cook to a top, that's probably a top six, 00:11:58.419 --> 00:12:01.399 seven running back in a league value. But you 00:12:01.399 --> 00:12:03.480 know, when you're paying your quarterback plus 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:06.669 upwards of... You know, in the $50 million range 00:12:06.669 --> 00:12:08.730 a year, you have a lot less money to spend on 00:12:08.730 --> 00:12:10.450 some of these other players. I'm not saying Cook 00:12:10.450 --> 00:12:12.190 isn't good. We've talked about this before. I 00:12:12.190 --> 00:12:14.990 did almost half a podcast on the James Cook scenario 00:12:14.990 --> 00:12:18.409 and how we should go about saving money or how 00:12:18.409 --> 00:12:20.710 we could come up with ways to pay for him. But 00:12:20.710 --> 00:12:22.870 that's a lot of money for a running back. And 00:12:22.870 --> 00:12:26.409 we have two good backups behind him that who 00:12:26.409 --> 00:12:28.509 knows? Who knows what their role is going to 00:12:28.509 --> 00:12:30.549 look like moving forward in the offense? And 00:12:30.549 --> 00:12:32.789 so there's the option to you, folks. Would you 00:12:32.789 --> 00:12:35.940 rather pay James Cook? 33 million over three 00:12:35.940 --> 00:12:38.200 years, or would you rather save that money, use 00:12:38.200 --> 00:12:40.820 it somewhere else, and invest a second round 00:12:40.820 --> 00:12:43.240 draft pick on a running back? I'm not really 00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:45.899 sure. That's a tough one to me. That one is a 00:12:45.899 --> 00:12:48.720 really tough one to me. I think, all things considering, 00:12:48.940 --> 00:12:51.480 I think I might rather go draft a second round 00:12:51.480 --> 00:12:53.600 running back because we're getting to the point 00:12:53.600 --> 00:12:55.620 on this team where at the end of every year, 00:12:55.720 --> 00:12:58.480 we do really well with resigning. re -signing 00:12:58.480 --> 00:13:01.200 our core players. I'm not saying James Cook isn't 00:13:01.200 --> 00:13:04.220 a core player, but I think the drop off from 00:13:04.220 --> 00:13:08.120 him to Ray Davis, Ty Johnson, isn't that big. 00:13:08.299 --> 00:13:10.980 And I think we could immediately recoup that 00:13:10.980 --> 00:13:13.740 loss with a second round pick in the draft. Younger, 00:13:13.740 --> 00:13:17.240 fresher, less mileage, and a whole heck of a 00:13:17.240 --> 00:13:19.360 lot cheaper. So there you go. There's my second 00:13:19.360 --> 00:13:21.639 would you rather of the day. Other good news. 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:25.899 Joey Bosa has showed up to camp. He is, you know, 00:13:25.899 --> 00:13:28.450 by all accounts looking great. The injury he 00:13:28.450 --> 00:13:30.929 dealt with or whatever ailment he was dealing 00:13:30.929 --> 00:13:33.870 with in the preseason prior to minicamp seems 00:13:33.870 --> 00:13:38.730 to have passed and he is looking good. Now, the 00:13:38.730 --> 00:13:42.250 Bills are really going to have a struggle on 00:13:42.250 --> 00:13:45.450 their hands this year about how to balance his 00:13:45.450 --> 00:13:47.370 workload. I think it's going to be similar to 00:13:47.370 --> 00:13:49.669 the Vaughn Miller situation. I hope we get more 00:13:49.669 --> 00:13:52.590 out of Joey Bosa than we did out of Vaughn. Now, 00:13:52.590 --> 00:13:56.190 when we signed Vaughn, that first year was awesome. 00:13:56.559 --> 00:13:59.179 And then he obviously gets hurt. So it was a 00:13:59.179 --> 00:14:02.179 crap show after that. But we got Joey on the 00:14:02.179 --> 00:14:04.559 hook for one year. And by all accounts, he's 00:14:04.559 --> 00:14:07.279 loving it there. He said, you know, he made some 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:11.039 comments about his previous employer and some 00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:14.139 comments that he feels rejuvenated here in Buffalo. 00:14:14.340 --> 00:14:16.799 And like, let's hope so. I really hope the culture 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:20.059 and all the talk we hear about this being a good 00:14:20.059 --> 00:14:23.500 place to be and how players want to come to Buffalo. 00:14:23.519 --> 00:14:26.179 I really hope. that that's true. You never know 00:14:26.179 --> 00:14:28.360 what's... what's nonsense and what's real, but 00:14:28.360 --> 00:14:31.080 I would like to think that you hear it time after 00:14:31.080 --> 00:14:33.700 time that it's a good culture, it's a good atmosphere, 00:14:33.779 --> 00:14:35.620 it's a good place for players to come and kind 00:14:35.620 --> 00:14:38.620 of reinvent themselves and fit in and find joy 00:14:38.620 --> 00:14:40.600 in playing football again. So I hope, I really 00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:43.080 want to believe that that's true for Joey, that 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:45.960 he has that fire lit back under him again. If 00:14:45.960 --> 00:14:49.259 we get a full season of healthy Joey Bosa, I 00:14:49.259 --> 00:14:51.179 think it's going to be great. It's going to be 00:14:51.179 --> 00:14:53.340 well worth the investment. But this leads me 00:14:53.340 --> 00:14:56.559 to my third, would you rather. question of the 00:14:56.559 --> 00:14:59.620 day and it surrounds Joey Bosa because you have 00:14:59.620 --> 00:15:02.600 to manage his workload you have to so if during 00:15:02.600 --> 00:15:05.559 the regular season we're only getting 40 to 50 00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:09.299 percent of the defensive snaps and then we ramp 00:15:09.299 --> 00:15:12.240 it up in the playoffs is that ideal I'm not sure 00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:15.159 the best way to handle that but always the dark 00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:17.940 cloud looming over Joey Bosa has been injury 00:15:17.940 --> 00:15:21.159 history and how do we compensate for that how 00:15:21.159 --> 00:15:23.200 do we deal with that so I came up with a would 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:25.980 you rather Joey Bosa scenario It's a bit of a 00:15:25.980 --> 00:15:28.500 negative, but that's okay because I'm just trying 00:15:28.500 --> 00:15:30.220 to have some fun here. So here's the would you 00:15:30.220 --> 00:15:33.200 rather. Would you rather Joey Bosa misses 12 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:36.120 regular season games. We miss out on the number 00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:38.200 one seed because those are supposed to be one 00:15:38.200 --> 00:15:40.320 of the top two to three teams in the AFC. I think 00:15:40.320 --> 00:15:42.720 we have a legit shot at the one seed. But would 00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:45.039 you rather he misses 12 regular season games, 00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:47.980 which hurts our quest for the one. We lose out 00:15:47.980 --> 00:15:51.379 on the one, but playoffs come. Joey Bosa is fully 00:15:51.379 --> 00:15:53.580 ready to go and we have him at full strength 00:15:53.580 --> 00:15:56.149 for the playoff run. So, you know, does that 00:15:56.149 --> 00:15:58.210 give us a two, a three, a four, whatever? It 00:15:58.210 --> 00:16:01.909 doesn't matter. Would you rather that or the 00:16:01.909 --> 00:16:04.269 flip side? Joey Bosa plays most of the year. 00:16:04.370 --> 00:16:07.169 We nailed down the one seed, but he gets hurt 00:16:07.169 --> 00:16:09.450 and we don't have him available for the playoffs. 00:16:09.549 --> 00:16:12.509 Now this, this is a tough one. I was really going 00:16:12.509 --> 00:16:15.389 back and forth on this. And I looked back at 00:16:15.389 --> 00:16:17.830 last year. What were we missing in the playoffs? 00:16:18.029 --> 00:16:20.990 We were missing a dominant. pass rusher. It was 00:16:20.990 --> 00:16:23.009 non -existent. Our defensive line in the playoffs 00:16:23.009 --> 00:16:26.049 last year was non -existent. And I think that 00:16:26.049 --> 00:16:29.529 was detrimental to, I mean, look, let's be honest. 00:16:29.610 --> 00:16:32.110 The defense as a whole was trash in the playoffs. 00:16:32.269 --> 00:16:35.610 They were just trash. Had we had a healthy defensive 00:16:35.610 --> 00:16:39.649 line getting after it and getting up field into 00:16:39.649 --> 00:16:42.809 the quarterback and affecting his play, I think 00:16:42.809 --> 00:16:45.230 that could have been a huge help, maybe a game 00:16:45.230 --> 00:16:48.519 changer. So would I rather Joey miss? Missed 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:50.539 12 games in the regular season. We miss out on 00:16:50.539 --> 00:16:52.279 the one, but he's available for the playoffs. 00:16:52.419 --> 00:16:55.580 I think that's the answer. Despite how much I 00:16:55.580 --> 00:16:58.820 do want that one seed, I would rather have an 00:16:58.820 --> 00:17:02.519 awesome, explosive, elite pass rusher available 00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:06.279 to us for playoff games against Lamar, against 00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:09.039 Patrick Mahomes. Who else could we possibly play? 00:17:09.160 --> 00:17:11.799 Herbert. The Chargers might be a playoff team. 00:17:11.980 --> 00:17:15.279 Joe Burrow. I mean, these are the best, right? 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:17.319 It's not going to matter so much during the regular 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:19.339 season when you're going against the Jets and 00:17:19.339 --> 00:17:21.599 the Dolphins and some of these lower -level teams 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:24.180 like we did our rankings of how much we fear 00:17:24.180 --> 00:17:26.200 these quarterbacks. We did that a couple episodes 00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:30.220 ago. You're not going to need him for a lot of 00:17:30.220 --> 00:17:32.980 those games. We should be able to beat some of 00:17:32.980 --> 00:17:36.440 these lower -half teams without having to rely 00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:40.250 on our... absolute superstars. So if it means 00:17:40.250 --> 00:17:42.109 putting him on the shelf, wrapping him in bubble 00:17:42.109 --> 00:17:44.170 wrap, we miss out on the one seed, but we have 00:17:44.170 --> 00:17:48.130 him for that run to the Super Bowl. I think I'm 00:17:48.130 --> 00:17:50.309 going to go with that because I want an elite 00:17:50.309 --> 00:17:53.410 pass rusher tracking them QBs down and making 00:17:53.410 --> 00:17:56.329 life miserable for them in the playoffs. That's 00:17:56.329 --> 00:17:57.809 what I want. So that's what I'm going to go with. 00:17:57.910 --> 00:18:00.869 Those are my thoughts. Training camp's been crazy. 00:18:01.420 --> 00:18:04.359 A couple good stories, Cook, Bosa. Oh, Keon Coleman, 00:18:04.599 --> 00:18:08.000 he started camp slow. Our reports are he's made 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:10.740 a lot of flash plays. If he can step up his game 00:18:10.740 --> 00:18:14.220 and be dynamite and just be a solid, reliable 00:18:14.220 --> 00:18:17.920 option with the wide receivers, I think things 00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:19.759 are looking up. We got to get freaking Curtis 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:22.319 Samuel going, though. He started to play well 00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:24.779 in the playoffs last year, but nonexistent for 00:18:24.779 --> 00:18:26.759 most of the year. You got to have consistent 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:30.359 options after Shakir. Kincaid needs to step up. 00:18:30.589 --> 00:18:33.210 Keon needs to step up. We got to get going. We 00:18:33.210 --> 00:18:36.210 got to get going. So one injury that I failed 00:18:36.210 --> 00:18:39.130 to mention was our kicker, Tyler Bass. Apparently 00:18:39.130 --> 00:18:42.309 he's dealing with some issues with his hip or 00:18:42.309 --> 00:18:44.549 something. I don't know, but he has been out. 00:18:44.650 --> 00:18:48.150 And good news is we haven't tried to sign anybody 00:18:48.150 --> 00:18:52.289 off the waiver wire, if you will. But yeah, we 00:18:52.289 --> 00:18:54.769 got to get T -Bass back on the field, back in 00:18:54.769 --> 00:18:57.359 action. We've already had to cut a punter. I 00:18:57.359 --> 00:18:59.299 know that was exciting news back at the beginning 00:18:59.299 --> 00:19:01.559 of camp. Another story that I forgot to mention 00:19:01.559 --> 00:19:05.079 early that everybody was going crazy over. We 00:19:05.079 --> 00:19:08.119 cut punter Jake Camarda and people were like, 00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:10.119 oh my God, Jake Camarda is getting caught. And 00:19:10.119 --> 00:19:12.279 we only have Brad Robbins. What are we going 00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:14.759 to do? First of all, first of all, I don't know 00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:18.539 who the hell Brad Robbins is. Apparently he didn't 00:19:18.539 --> 00:19:21.440 play at all last year. So I'm not really sure 00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:24.519 what to make of Brad. Don't call me Baskin Robbins. 00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:28.180 That's our punter. So we have one punter left. 00:19:28.359 --> 00:19:30.240 Where's Sam Martin when you need him? Maybe he 00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:32.059 cost too much and now we got to pay James Cook. 00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:35.759 But we are rocking with Brad Robbins. And yeah, 00:19:35.900 --> 00:19:38.460 we'll see. So I don't know. T -Bass, you better 00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:42.119 get better because who knows? You might have 00:19:42.119 --> 00:19:47.180 to be called upon to punt. Which leads me to 00:19:47.180 --> 00:19:50.180 my fourth would you rather question of the day. 00:19:51.349 --> 00:19:53.089 I thought this one was funny. I thought this 00:19:53.089 --> 00:19:56.509 one was funny. I'm going through these camp headlines. 00:19:56.690 --> 00:20:01.069 I see this nonsense about cutting Camarda and 00:20:01.069 --> 00:20:03.089 now we only have one punter. And I'm like, oh, 00:20:03.089 --> 00:20:05.970 for God's sake, this is my point, people. I don't 00:20:05.970 --> 00:20:09.029 care. I don't care who our punter is. In fact, 00:20:09.069 --> 00:20:11.789 here's the question I leave to you all. Would 00:20:11.789 --> 00:20:15.220 you rather... have a punter on your team as part 00:20:15.220 --> 00:20:18.059 of your 53 -man roster, knowing this offense, 00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:20.900 knowing we have Josh Allen, or would you rather 00:20:20.900 --> 00:20:23.720 be forced to go for every single fourth down 00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:26.160 in every game you play for the entire season? 00:20:27.299 --> 00:20:31.839 Maybe I'm crazy, but you can take the punter 00:20:31.839 --> 00:20:34.039 and you can blast him to the moon. I don't care 00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:37.480 who you are. Unless you're bringing back Brian 00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:40.569 Mormon, I don't want... any punter on this team 00:20:40.569 --> 00:20:43.029 because every time they don't go for it, I feel 00:20:43.029 --> 00:20:48.039 like we've failed. we failed in our quest to 00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:51.259 be a dominant offense. So get this punter the 00:20:51.259 --> 00:20:54.000 hell off my team. I don't care whether it's Baskin 00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:56.799 Robbins or Jake Camarda, Sam Martin, whoever, 00:20:56.900 --> 00:20:59.259 whoever the heck you want to bring off the waiver 00:20:59.259 --> 00:21:01.759 wire to punt. I don't want to see the punter 00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:03.700 more than once a game. So if you're only going 00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:05.680 to have him kick one ball, then you might as 00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:07.960 well fill the spot with somebody else. Then we 00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:10.680 can talk about the seventh, eighth, ninth wide 00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:12.819 receiver and how they're going to be so amazing 00:21:12.819 --> 00:21:15.630 if they only get a shot. It's all you need. Just 00:21:15.630 --> 00:21:18.829 give him a shot. But anyway, I thought that was 00:21:18.829 --> 00:21:20.910 worth talking about. Lots to look forward to. 00:21:21.210 --> 00:21:22.809 Hopefully these injuries will start to clear 00:21:22.809 --> 00:21:25.430 up. Hopefully the Bills and Cook can come to 00:21:25.430 --> 00:21:30.369 some sort of workable, viable financial situation. 00:21:30.470 --> 00:21:33.650 And hopefully Joey Bosa keeps looking awesome 00:21:33.650 --> 00:21:37.230 and he has a great season and is ready to roll 00:21:37.230 --> 00:21:40.859 in the playoffs. So there you go. Card marks, 00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:43.880 cardboard enthusiasts. How are we feeling so 00:21:43.880 --> 00:21:46.180 much happening in the world of training cards, 00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:48.200 in the world of sports cards? We have the national, 00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:51.480 the big sports card convention happening in Chicago 00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:54.400 as we speak. I'm seeing all the socials, seeing 00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:57.359 a lot of videos, seeing a lot of posts. And once 00:21:57.359 --> 00:22:00.240 again, you get both sides of the spectrum as 00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:03.539 it comes to opinions and thoughts. And it's the 00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:05.500 greatest thing in the hobby or, oh my God, the 00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:08.140 hobby's ruined and will never be saved ever again. 00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:10.730 And I don't know. know if I can keep doing this. 00:22:10.809 --> 00:22:14.750 So when I guess society, society has just turned 00:22:14.750 --> 00:22:18.069 into this, I don't know. It's either, it's either 00:22:18.069 --> 00:22:20.029 the best or it's the worst. And there's never 00:22:20.029 --> 00:22:22.849 a middle ground and nobody can ever reach a consensus, 00:22:22.930 --> 00:22:25.789 but apparently the national is extremely busy. 00:22:25.910 --> 00:22:28.089 There is the word I keep hearing over and over 00:22:28.089 --> 00:22:31.410 again. And this is even from people I know that 00:22:31.410 --> 00:22:33.670 are there, my buddy's there. And he said, it's 00:22:33.670 --> 00:22:37.339 overwhelming. And I've heard that word numerous 00:22:37.339 --> 00:22:39.880 times on a lot of different videos and such. 00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:41.900 Some people are loving it. Some people are saying, 00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:44.680 you know, has this gotten too big? This is supposed 00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:47.859 to be for card enthusiasts like the actual real 00:22:47.859 --> 00:22:50.759 card enthusiasts. We had Fanatics Fest back in 00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:54.400 New York, which was over a month ago or so. And 00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:56.880 that was more geared towards the sports fan. 00:22:57.460 --> 00:22:59.640 And a very small percentage of that festival, 00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:04.130 that get -together was. for sports cards but 00:23:04.130 --> 00:23:06.990 the idea behind fanatics fest was to try to get 00:23:06.990 --> 00:23:10.410 the average casual sports fan more invested in 00:23:10.410 --> 00:23:13.329 sports cards and i get it it's a it's a good 00:23:13.329 --> 00:23:16.509 entry point but the national is kind of the direct 00:23:16.509 --> 00:23:18.670 opposite of fanatics fest and the national is 00:23:18.670 --> 00:23:20.829 supposed to be geared towards the guys have been 00:23:20.829 --> 00:23:23.289 doing this forever like the diehards the the 00:23:23.289 --> 00:23:26.529 ones that live breathe you know sleep love love 00:23:26.529 --> 00:23:29.329 the hobby just love the hobby so it's supposed 00:23:29.329 --> 00:23:31.980 to be the biggest sports card convention on the 00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:34.759 planet. All the reports I'm hearing now are prices 00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:38.319 have gotten completely out of control. It's not 00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:42.700 for the average consumer anymore. People are 00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:44.740 getting priced completely out of it. Obviously, 00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:47.299 I'm not there. I don't know. I'm going to keep 00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:49.500 looking and hearing reviews, but I don't know 00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:51.859 where I fall on this because I'm hearing people 00:23:51.859 --> 00:23:54.960 that Topps is doing this buy program where you 00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:57.160 can go to different vendors and buy different 00:23:57.160 --> 00:24:00.440 hobby boxes. And if you do, you can take your 00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:02.980 receipt, take your newly purchased hobby box 00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:07.019 and get credit. And you're given these silver 00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:11.299 packs, which have national exclusive card content 00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:13.400 in these packs. And you're supposed to be getting 00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:16.299 them for free is what's advertised. Well, when 00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:18.319 you look at the markup of the hobby boxes that 00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:21.079 you have to buy in order to get these national 00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:24.319 exclusive silver packs, the markup is insane. 00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:28.180 I'm hearing complaints that a series one, a top 00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:31.319 series one hobby box, which originally retailed 00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:34.660 for 90 bucks and you could find them, you know, 00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:39.339 around 110, 120. They're asking one. 60 to 190 00:24:39.339 --> 00:24:42.119 for a hobby box of top series one, which is just 00:24:42.119 --> 00:24:44.579 madness to me. No one should ever pay that money 00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:47.960 for that product. And that's just to get a silver 00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:50.259 pack that has what, five cards in it, three to 00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:52.700 five cards in it, no guaranteed hits. What are 00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:54.880 we doing? That's the thing that is frustrating. 00:24:55.079 --> 00:24:57.599 I'm watching YouTube videos, people that, the 00:24:57.599 --> 00:25:00.339 content I actually consume, and a lot of it's 00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:03.019 terrible, but there's a few channels that I actually 00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:06.230 listen to. And one guy was like, I can't. I had 00:25:06.230 --> 00:25:07.910 to leave. I couldn't take it anymore. That's 00:25:07.910 --> 00:25:09.950 sad. That shouldn't be the state of the hobby. 00:25:10.009 --> 00:25:11.670 You have people that look forward to this every 00:25:11.670 --> 00:25:15.470 year. They save up money. They go to this convention. 00:25:15.710 --> 00:25:18.289 It's four or five days long. They spend money 00:25:18.289 --> 00:25:21.049 to travel and book hotels and whatnot. And then 00:25:21.049 --> 00:25:23.890 they get there and they're leaving after an afternoon 00:25:23.890 --> 00:25:26.349 because they just can't stand it. It's become 00:25:26.349 --> 00:25:30.970 too focused on commercialism or whatever you 00:25:30.970 --> 00:25:32.230 want to call it. So I don't know where I stand 00:25:32.230 --> 00:25:33.869 on it yet. Obviously, I'm not there, but I'm 00:25:33.869 --> 00:25:36.440 going to keep. looking into it and seeing what 00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:38.359 other stories come out of it. And then clearly 00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:41.119 after this weekend, after it's all said and done 00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:43.500 and people actually get to calm down a little 00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:45.039 bit and give an honest assessment, hopefully 00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:47.380 we can re -examine the situation. But there's 00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:50.279 tons to talk about in the card market. There's 00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:52.880 been a lot of product that comes out. This last 00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:54.799 week was a busy release week. There were some 00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:56.759 products that I was actually really looking forward 00:25:56.759 --> 00:26:01.019 to. And I tell you what, the Topps site. is a 00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:03.059 mess. It's a mess. I've said this before. You 00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:05.140 can't find anything. You literally have to go 00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:07.619 onto the Topps website. You have to go to the 00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:09.420 search bar and you have to type in very specifically 00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:12.799 what you want. If you're lucky, you will get 00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:15.910 a second page that follows up. List the product 00:26:15.910 --> 00:26:18.630 you're looking for, and it'll say, hey, would 00:26:18.630 --> 00:26:21.230 you like to be notified when this product is 00:26:21.230 --> 00:26:23.029 going to be released? Because they don't tell 00:26:23.029 --> 00:26:24.490 you anything. They don't tell you dates. They 00:26:24.490 --> 00:26:25.950 don't tell you months. They don't tell you years. 00:26:26.069 --> 00:26:27.269 They don't tell you if it's ever going to be 00:26:27.269 --> 00:26:29.470 released again. They just said, okay, put your 00:26:29.470 --> 00:26:32.369 name, put your email and your phone, and we'll 00:26:32.369 --> 00:26:35.029 tell you if it's going to be released. If you're 00:26:35.029 --> 00:26:37.849 lucky, you'll get an email and you'll be given 00:26:37.849 --> 00:26:40.630 probably a 48 to 72 hour window notification 00:26:40.630 --> 00:26:43.950 of when the product is going to go live for either 00:26:43.950 --> 00:26:46.549 a presale or a live actual sale. Like the product 00:26:46.549 --> 00:26:49.210 is out and you can buy it. So one product I was 00:26:49.210 --> 00:26:52.269 looking forward to was the Garbage Pail Kid 40th 00:26:52.269 --> 00:26:54.509 Anniversary Set. Now this was a Hobby Box exclusive 00:26:54.509 --> 00:26:57.890 only. I had missed out on the presale. The presale 00:26:57.890 --> 00:27:01.180 came and went. Sold out rather quickly, but I 00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:03.720 got a notification email from tops saying hey, 00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:07.660 we saw you're interested Sales are live. I think 00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:10.339 it was Tuesday at noon. Well, most people work 00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:13.799 during the day So I think I managed to get to 00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:17.640 the tops website It was like 1230 maybe 1225 00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:19.839 ish right around there. So it only been live 00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:24.240 2025 30 minutes. I go to the top site and they're 00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:26.480 sold out. And I'm just like, what the hell is 00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:29.359 going on? Even something like that. I am not 00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:32.880 in the market to. Pay three four five six hundred 00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:34.859 dollars for hobby boxes. I'm just not gonna do 00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:37.359 it. I I it's not in my budget I just don't think 00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:39.740 it's a wise investment and look if you if you 00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:42.220 are that kind of consumer that kind of hobbyist 00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:45.259 great And you can afford it. I have no issue 00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:47.079 with it. You spend your money how you want to 00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:49.259 spend your money But for me personally There's 00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:51.680 a limit on what i'm going to spend on product 00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:54.720 boxes like hobby boxes and blaster boxes and 00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:56.859 things like that I know what my limit is and 00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:59.579 regardless of how I feel about the product, regardless 00:27:59.579 --> 00:28:01.420 of whether I really want the product, I'm just 00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:03.759 not going to spend X amount of dollars. So I 00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:08.079 think these GPK 40 anniversary hobby boxes were 00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:10.819 right around like 140. I was like, eh, it's a 00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:13.140 little much, but the cards look awesome. It had 00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:15.359 a really cool checklist. I love the inserts and 00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:18.400 the parallels and the product. I was like, I'm 00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:20.599 going to give this a go. And yes, I missed the 00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:24.720 launch time by 20 minutes, 25 minutes at most. 00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:26.900 And by the time I got on there, they're gone. 00:28:27.309 --> 00:28:29.710 same thing happened the very next day 2025 tops 00:28:29.710 --> 00:28:33.750 bob ross the joy of baseball season two i don't 00:28:33.750 --> 00:28:35.869 care what you say i like these cards a lot i 00:28:35.869 --> 00:28:38.450 think they're super cool uh they were getting 00:28:38.450 --> 00:28:40.789 ready to launch wednesday at one o 'clock somewhere 00:28:40.789 --> 00:28:42.410 around there i believe that was the time frame 00:28:42.410 --> 00:28:44.630 got the email notification a couple days earlier 00:28:44.630 --> 00:28:47.609 in the week and it said be ready tops is going 00:28:47.609 --> 00:28:50.869 to launch this at one o 'clock on wednesday okay 00:28:50.869 --> 00:28:53.640 awesome the thing tops doesn't tell you They 00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:55.359 don't tell you how much these are going to cost. 00:28:55.619 --> 00:28:58.779 And it's garbage if you ask me. Pure garbage. 00:28:58.980 --> 00:29:01.299 If you want to grow this hobby, you got to be 00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:03.779 transparent. Tell me what I'm going to get. Tell 00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:05.700 me what options are going to be available. And 00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:08.180 tell me how much is this freaking product going 00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:11.500 to cost me. What they want you to do is they 00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:16.720 want you to be an impulsive buyer and feel like... 00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:19.299 The FOMO, right? The fear of missing out. They 00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:22.000 want you to instantly hit buy now and already 00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:24.099 have your card information in there. And so you're 00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:26.440 backed into a corner, right? Either you pay the 00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:29.299 $300, $400, $500 or you're not going to get it 00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:31.460 and it sucks to be you. So that's essentially 00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:33.240 what happened with this Bob Ross. But I missed 00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:36.799 this window by probably 15 minutes. I think I 00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:40.279 was on the Topps website at $115, maybe $120 00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:42.859 and they're gone. They're gone. And I'm like... 00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:46.680 I think they had two SKUs. They had a light hobby 00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:49.259 box, which no clue what the price of that was 00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:51.480 because it came and went. And when it says sold 00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:53.940 out, it doesn't tell you what the price is. And 00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:55.740 then they had another SKU, which was listed for 00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:59.200 $350. And I think you only got seven, eight cards. 00:29:59.339 --> 00:30:01.839 And I'm just like, what is going on? This is 00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:05.880 complete madness. Complete madness. I'm left 00:30:05.880 --> 00:30:09.880 wondering what the hell a normal consumer on 00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:15.019 a budget is buying anymore. Because, well, I 00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:16.700 know what you can buy because you could go down 00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:19.579 to my crappy -ass Walmart and you could buy 10 00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:22.500 different SKUs of basketball product because 00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:24.779 that's all they carry. But I don't want to collect 00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:28.420 that junk, so that's not me. I digress. So I 00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:30.980 missed out on GPK. I missed out on Bob Ross. 00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:33.700 It's been crazy. And then Topps Chrome Baseball 00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:36.759 released just about a week and a half ago. There 00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:39.160 was a huge fanfare. I've kind of talked about 00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:40.859 it a little, but it released on a Wednesday. 00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:44.619 So we're just over a week and a half from the 00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:46.859 release. I've watched a ton of video. I've watched 00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:50.119 breaks on this product. And how can I say this 00:30:50.119 --> 00:30:52.500 kindly? In my opinion, I think this product is 00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:55.579 trash. It's trash. We've talked about the prices. 00:30:55.619 --> 00:30:57.920 The prices are insane. They're looking for 450 00:30:57.920 --> 00:31:01.140 for a jumbo hobby box, 240 to 250 for a hobby 00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:03.700 box and 40 bucks for a blaster. Megas haven't 00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:05.160 released yet, but they're probably going to come 00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:08.440 in around $70. And I'm just looking at this checklist 00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:10.400 and I'm looking at these breaks and I'm looking 00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:13.000 at these people who are posting their hits on 00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:15.779 different socials and I'm watching these videos 00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:18.240 and I'm just like, what is this product? If you 00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:21.250 told me the prices were half of this. If you 00:31:21.250 --> 00:31:24.390 told me a jumbo was 120, or I'm sorry, a hobby 00:31:24.390 --> 00:31:27.329 was 120, I still might tell you that that's too 00:31:27.329 --> 00:31:29.869 much because what I'm seeing is straight garbage. 00:31:30.009 --> 00:31:32.250 And it drives me crazy when I'm watching these 00:31:32.250 --> 00:31:34.089 breaks and these breakers are talking about these 00:31:34.089 --> 00:31:35.970 baseball players and they don't know anything 00:31:35.970 --> 00:31:37.849 about them. And they're talking about these baseball 00:31:37.849 --> 00:31:40.130 players and they're listening guys and they're 00:31:40.130 --> 00:31:42.710 pulling these autos. This auto checklist, the 00:31:42.710 --> 00:31:46.369 rookie checklist on this product, it's 166 rookies 00:31:46.369 --> 00:31:49.630 that you have never heard of. Never. I consider 00:31:49.630 --> 00:31:52.119 myself a baseball fan i'm real big into fantasy 00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:55.859 baseball and i do a lot of deep dives into different 00:31:55.859 --> 00:31:58.599 teams and players and and i'm seeing this checklist 00:31:58.599 --> 00:32:02.319 i'm like 166 players of pure trash they might 00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:04.279 not make the savannah bananas and i'm like what 00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:06.359 what are we what are we doing and people are 00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:08.680 going crazy like i'm seeing some of these cards 00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:12.119 i'm like a logan driscoll rookie card auto i'm 00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:14.220 like who the hell is logan driscoll and these 00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:16.920 breakers are like oh it's a logan driscoll rookie 00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:20.079 autograph and i'm like you you can use that to 00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:22.180 light a fire in the winter that's what you can 00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:24.640 do with that it's kindling like what what are 00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:26.519 we doing some of these names i wrote some of 00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:28.059 these names down because i literally had never 00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:29.599 heard of them so i already mentioned the great 00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:33.099 logan driscoll but you have parker dunshee trevor 00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:36.740 mcdonald stop me when you hear a name that you're 00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:40.039 like wowed over dustin harris blake dunn eric 00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:44.519 wagaman anyone trying to snag a Eric Wagaman, 00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:48.220 rookie card. How about Ty Madden? Spencer Bivens. 00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:52.740 Tanner Gordon. I'm like, who the hell are these 00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:55.099 people? And these are the autographs you're pulling. 00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:58.660 So you buy a Jumbo Hobby for $450 and you're 00:32:58.660 --> 00:33:01.059 guaranteed, I think, three or four autos. And 00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:04.440 you pull these four of those clowns that I just 00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:06.500 read off. I feel like I just lit my money on 00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:09.619 fire. What did I buy? What did I buy? Because 00:33:09.619 --> 00:33:12.720 the rest of the set is not good either. Unless 00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:16.680 you're pulling a James Wood or like, there are 00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:20.309 so few. Good rookies in this product. That is 00:33:20.309 --> 00:33:22.549 just like. I don't know what we're doing folks. 00:33:22.750 --> 00:33:25.109 I don't know what we're doing anymore. To charge 00:33:25.109 --> 00:33:28.190 this money. And to have this breaker. The whole 00:33:28.190 --> 00:33:29.869 breaker thing. And we're probably going to do 00:33:29.869 --> 00:33:32.230 a podcast on that. These breakers have lost their 00:33:32.230 --> 00:33:33.890 freaking minds. They've lost their minds. And 00:33:33.890 --> 00:33:36.369 the way they hype this crap. That is total garbage. 00:33:36.670 --> 00:33:38.430 And they're like. Oh these guys are amazing. 00:33:38.750 --> 00:33:41.750 And like these guys. Like the guy. He's got a 00:33:41.750 --> 00:33:44.569 seven ERA. Why do I think he's amazing? He's 00:33:44.569 --> 00:33:46.269 going to be out of the league in two months. 00:33:46.630 --> 00:33:49.829 Like. What are we getting excited about? And 00:33:49.829 --> 00:33:53.109 what did I just spend $450 on? Unless you're 00:33:53.109 --> 00:33:56.329 pulling some of these all -star players, you 00:33:56.329 --> 00:33:58.789 are wasting your freaking money. I'm sorry. I 00:33:58.789 --> 00:34:00.509 hate to be negative. I just don't know what we're 00:34:00.509 --> 00:34:02.549 doing anymore. It's crazy. But one thing I do 00:34:02.549 --> 00:34:04.609 know, one thing I do know, because I always try 00:34:04.609 --> 00:34:07.019 to have some positive. I talked about this product 00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:10.440 two weeks ago and it's just awesome. I finally 00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:14.420 got a mega box of Upper Deck FLIR Brilliance 00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:19.119 Superman. I got a mega box. I had a gift card 00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:22.789 for... GameStop. And let me tell you, GameStop 00:34:22.789 --> 00:34:25.429 is quickly becoming the place to get trading 00:34:25.429 --> 00:34:27.530 cards, to get sports cards. That place is awesome. 00:34:27.650 --> 00:34:29.869 If you're a pro member, you get a discount. And 00:34:29.869 --> 00:34:31.730 most people that go into GameStop aren't going 00:34:31.730 --> 00:34:33.650 there for cards. So sometimes you can get lucky. 00:34:33.789 --> 00:34:36.429 I went in there and talked to the guy and he's 00:34:36.429 --> 00:34:39.070 like, oh yeah, we just had four boxes of Marvel 00:34:39.070 --> 00:34:42.170 Chrome. And I'm like, oh my God, had I been in 00:34:42.170 --> 00:34:44.590 here the day before, I could have gotten four 00:34:44.590 --> 00:34:48.610 boxes of Marvel Chrome for $29 .99 a piece instead 00:34:48.610 --> 00:34:52.119 of the $65. 70 that these morons secondary markets 00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:55.579 are charging. But anyway, I opened FLIR, Brilliance, 00:34:55.639 --> 00:35:00.340 Superman. The mega box costs 50 bucks and it's 00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:03.760 a 90 card base set. You get 14 packs per box, 00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:06.639 five cards per pack. So that is roughly, what 00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:10.079 is that? 70 cards. And I had a blast. I had a 00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:11.659 blast. Once I could actually open the packs, 00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:13.239 because they're probably the hardest packs I've 00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:15.179 ever opened. I had to use scissors for most of 00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:18.539 them. I felt like... someone who's never hit 00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:20.119 the gym a day in my life, which is completely 00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:21.960 untrue. I work out every day, but I couldn't 00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:23.880 seem to open these Superman packs. Apparently 00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:26.940 you open it and you're attacked by kryptonite 00:35:26.940 --> 00:35:28.440 and you have no strength to open the packs, but 00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:32.840 I digress. I had a absolute blast opening this 00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:35.019 set. Some of these with the mega box, you're 00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:37.579 guaranteed four numbered cards. There's only 00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:40.239 two SKUs for this product. You get a mega box, 00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:42.400 which has purple parallels. You get one purple 00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:45.400 parallel in each pack, and then you get four 00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:47.699 numbered cards. through the rest of the box. 00:35:47.860 --> 00:35:50.800 If you buy the blaster boxes, you can get them 00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:53.400 at GameStop, Target, or Walmart. And they have 00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:55.539 different color exclusives depending on which 00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:57.420 retail store you buy them in. So that's it. There's 00:35:57.420 --> 00:36:00.139 no hobby variant. It's simply Megas or blasters. 00:36:00.260 --> 00:36:04.420 And your options are like $25, $30 for the blaster 00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:06.760 or 50 bucks for the Mega. I went with the Mega. 00:36:06.860 --> 00:36:09.099 I would highly recommend the Mega. They're awesome. 00:36:09.239 --> 00:36:12.289 The numbered cards. look fantastic i actually 00:36:12.289 --> 00:36:16.130 pulled a world of metropolis superman card which 00:36:16.130 --> 00:36:18.849 i already put in a one touch you could tell you 00:36:18.849 --> 00:36:21.530 could say what you want i love the artwork on 00:36:21.530 --> 00:36:25.110 this card it's awesome and then i managed to 00:36:25.110 --> 00:36:28.269 pull a green kryptonite superman card which is 00:36:28.269 --> 00:36:32.469 numbered to 499 and that thing is sick looking 00:36:32.469 --> 00:36:35.929 so i had an absolute blast with fleer brilliant 00:36:35.929 --> 00:36:38.969 superman I'm probably going to buy another mega 00:36:38.969 --> 00:36:42.690 box at some point. And yeah, so I would love 00:36:42.690 --> 00:36:44.150 to put the set together. It was a whole heck 00:36:44.150 --> 00:36:47.329 of a lot of fun. And it can be had without breaking 00:36:47.329 --> 00:36:49.289 the bank and me going to have to get a second 00:36:49.289 --> 00:36:52.690 mortgage. So there you go. But wrestling marks, 00:36:52.909 --> 00:36:56.989 how are we feeling? So SummerSlam came and went. 00:36:57.050 --> 00:36:59.869 And all in all, I would say it was a pretty good 00:36:59.869 --> 00:37:01.710 show. Now, this was the first SummerSlam that 00:37:01.710 --> 00:37:03.969 was divided into two nights and a couple of things 00:37:03.969 --> 00:37:07.150 to start off. First of all, the stage. Yeah, 00:37:07.190 --> 00:37:09.630 I'm hearing a lot of people. I saw a lot of people 00:37:09.630 --> 00:37:11.610 on social that were complaining about the stage. 00:37:11.750 --> 00:37:14.190 A couple of things about the stage. It was boring 00:37:14.190 --> 00:37:19.110 as hell until it got dark enough that the quad 00:37:19.110 --> 00:37:22.789 looking layered TV stage or whatever the hell 00:37:22.789 --> 00:37:25.889 they are calling that before it really took effect. 00:37:26.590 --> 00:37:29.030 I would say for the first two hours of the pay 00:37:29.030 --> 00:37:31.329 -per -view, it looked dumb. And I'm like, there's 00:37:31.329 --> 00:37:34.349 nothing here. Why do we have this huge ass stage? 00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:38.239 And there was nothing to it. So I wasn't really 00:37:38.239 --> 00:37:40.320 a fan. But that's what happens when you put it 00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:42.599 in some of these mega stadiums. And I just thought 00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:45.320 it was lazy. But I get it. I was actually in 00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:48.579 this stadium for WrestleMania 35, I believe it 00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:51.320 was. And the stage was very similar. So it is 00:37:51.320 --> 00:37:53.739 what it is. A couple other things. You know how 00:37:53.739 --> 00:37:58.219 I feel about the advertisements all over the 00:37:58.219 --> 00:38:00.210 freaking place? Well... Just when you thought 00:38:00.210 --> 00:38:02.909 it couldn't get any worse, it actually got worse. 00:38:03.010 --> 00:38:05.170 Because not only did they add advertisements 00:38:05.170 --> 00:38:08.289 to the outside of the ring posts, they now threw 00:38:08.289 --> 00:38:12.150 advertisements on the freaking turnbuckles. So 00:38:12.150 --> 00:38:17.429 each turnbuckle pad, turnbuckle cover, has a 00:38:17.429 --> 00:38:20.849 sponsor on it. I'm like, oh, we have gone way 00:38:20.849 --> 00:38:24.030 too far with this. So you got the... You got 00:38:24.030 --> 00:38:26.750 the Slim Jim tables, which were all weekend long. 00:38:26.849 --> 00:38:29.329 And now you got advertisements everywhere. But 00:38:29.329 --> 00:38:32.190 let's dive into the show. Night one starts off 00:38:32.190 --> 00:38:36.190 with Roman and Jay versus Braun and Braun. Legal 00:38:36.190 --> 00:38:38.510 team. Again, I think this match was affected 00:38:38.510 --> 00:38:41.070 by the fact that it was in broad daylight. I 00:38:41.070 --> 00:38:44.329 think had this match been on at 8, 8 .30, 9 o 00:38:44.329 --> 00:38:46.769 'clock, and you have the different lights going 00:38:46.769 --> 00:38:49.090 on, and you can see the full entrance of Roman 00:38:49.090 --> 00:38:52.369 Reigns, I think it was missing something. for 00:38:52.369 --> 00:38:55.530 this match i thought it was okay just an okay 00:38:55.530 --> 00:38:58.250 solid match but ultimately i think the wrong 00:38:58.250 --> 00:39:00.650 people won i don't think jay and roman should 00:39:00.650 --> 00:39:02.289 have gone over i think braun and braun should 00:39:02.289 --> 00:39:03.750 have won i thought it would have been better 00:39:03.750 --> 00:39:06.750 long -term story but regardless we're gonna deal 00:39:06.750 --> 00:39:09.030 with roman sacrificing himself and we're gonna 00:39:09.030 --> 00:39:12.710 see how that plays out all all in all okay match 00:39:12.710 --> 00:39:15.309 i think it i think it was greatly impacted by 00:39:15.309 --> 00:39:19.489 that time of day then we had the women's tag 00:39:19.489 --> 00:39:23.429 match between Bliss Charlotte Flair against the 00:39:23.429 --> 00:39:27.309 Judgment Day the first 10 minutes was okay and 00:39:27.309 --> 00:39:29.389 then the last few I thought the last few minutes 00:39:29.389 --> 00:39:31.389 of this match they turned it up and it was great 00:39:31.389 --> 00:39:34.550 had a had a good finish and you have new tag 00:39:34.550 --> 00:39:37.989 team champions I love the pairing I was not a 00:39:37.989 --> 00:39:41.690 big Charlotte Flair mark but you tag her with 00:39:41.690 --> 00:39:45.210 Alexa Bliss and I think that is a team I'm invested 00:39:45.210 --> 00:39:48.389 in so like I said good finish start off a little 00:39:48.389 --> 00:39:51.119 slow but It got better. And then this was frustrating. 00:39:51.320 --> 00:39:54.679 This was really frustrating. Sami Zayn beat Karrion 00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:58.519 Kross. And I'm watching this match. It was okay. 00:39:58.920 --> 00:40:03.219 Sami does this suplex into the corner. And I 00:40:03.219 --> 00:40:05.679 thought Karrion was dead. Because he always seems 00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:07.780 to drop these guys right on their freaking head. 00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:10.139 And I'm like, can we maybe not do this match? 00:40:10.179 --> 00:40:14.099 Because it looks pretty rough. But anyway, Sami 00:40:14.099 --> 00:40:17.920 wins. Karrion Kross loses again, again, so he 00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:21.099 doesn't even get his win back. And I'm just like, 00:40:21.219 --> 00:40:23.539 what? What is going on? What is the purpose of 00:40:23.539 --> 00:40:26.400 this? It's so stupid. Here he is. He gets all 00:40:26.400 --> 00:40:30.460 this internet, in -ring, arena momentum. The 00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:33.880 fans want Kross to be successful. They want to 00:40:33.880 --> 00:40:36.719 see him pushed. And apparently Triple H says, 00:40:36.900 --> 00:40:38.480 I don't care what you want because we're going 00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:40.679 with Sami Zayn. But anyway, I thought that match 00:40:40.679 --> 00:40:46.539 was all right. tiffany stratton for the belt 00:40:46.539 --> 00:40:49.840 and you have tiffy time going over this was a 00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:52.739 good fast -paced match i think that this was 00:40:52.739 --> 00:40:54.800 there was not a lot of wasted moves there's not 00:40:54.800 --> 00:40:57.280 a lot of wasted time i really like this match 00:40:57.280 --> 00:40:59.800 i thought it was good i thought jade did well 00:40:59.800 --> 00:41:02.159 in it i i've been critical of some of her last 00:41:02.159 --> 00:41:04.579 few matches with naomi and such but i thought 00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:07.619 this was a great a great match and i'm i'm kind 00:41:07.619 --> 00:41:09.760 of surprised they didn't pull the trigger and 00:41:09.760 --> 00:41:12.280 put the belt on jade but no this was a good this 00:41:12.280 --> 00:41:14.860 is a good match and then we get to The Logan 00:41:14.860 --> 00:41:18.199 Paul, Drew McIntyre versus Randy Orton and Jelly 00:41:18.199 --> 00:41:20.480 Roll. Now, I have been very critical of this. 00:41:20.780 --> 00:41:23.860 I know this is not for me. It's never for me. 00:41:23.880 --> 00:41:25.780 Some of these celebrity spots, they're just not 00:41:25.780 --> 00:41:29.420 my cup of tea, but I will give him this. That 00:41:29.420 --> 00:41:32.579 turnbuckle spot where Logan Paul does the frog 00:41:32.579 --> 00:41:35.380 splash onto Jelly Roll sitting on the announce 00:41:35.380 --> 00:41:39.019 table, that was sick. That was sick. He's standing 00:41:39.019 --> 00:41:41.119 on the turnbuckle. He does a little toast before 00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:44.840 he dives, and then great. Great spot. Tip of 00:41:44.840 --> 00:41:47.780 the cap to Mr. Roll there for putting himself 00:41:47.780 --> 00:41:50.519 in that position because that was a hell of a 00:41:50.519 --> 00:41:53.860 bump he took there. That was great. And then 00:41:53.860 --> 00:41:56.300 the last match of the night, Punk versus Gunther 00:41:56.300 --> 00:41:59.960 to round out and finish night one. This was the 00:41:59.960 --> 00:42:02.159 match. These are the matches I love. These are 00:42:02.159 --> 00:42:05.719 old school, just knock down, drag out, slug fest. 00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:09.280 I love these type of matches. What a match. This 00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:12.539 was the highlight of night one by far. Nothing 00:42:12.539 --> 00:42:14.559 else really came close to this. This was old 00:42:14.559 --> 00:42:17.539 school. I loved it. Punk winning, great. And 00:42:17.539 --> 00:42:20.119 then he's standing there celebrating. And one 00:42:20.119 --> 00:42:23.500 of the iconic, I'm going to put this as iconic 00:42:23.500 --> 00:42:26.800 briefcase cash -ins, Money in the Bank cash -ins. 00:42:27.179 --> 00:42:30.179 Ever. And of course, of course, it's Seth Rollins. 00:42:30.239 --> 00:42:33.719 He had me fooled. Tip of the cap, WWE, you got 00:42:33.719 --> 00:42:37.480 me. I texted my kids. I texted my buddy. And 00:42:37.480 --> 00:42:40.500 I'm like, I got got. Yet again, here we go. I 00:42:40.500 --> 00:42:42.679 was not expecting this at all. He pulled a Willy 00:42:42.679 --> 00:42:45.460 Wonka on the top of the ramp. He rips off the 00:42:45.460 --> 00:42:48.739 knee brace. He throws the crutches. He's ripping 00:42:48.739 --> 00:42:52.340 the suit coat off. It was great. Great, great, 00:42:52.420 --> 00:42:55.719 great. And then he does, he obviously cashes 00:42:55.719 --> 00:42:57.780 in. He beats Punk. He hits him with the curb 00:42:57.780 --> 00:43:00.679 stomp. He wins the belt. And he does the over 00:43:00.679 --> 00:43:03.199 the head lasso swing with the belt. It's very 00:43:03.199 --> 00:43:05.039 similar to when he cashed in at WrestleMania. 00:43:05.679 --> 00:43:08.780 Just awesome. Awesome. So night one, I thought 00:43:08.780 --> 00:43:12.079 night one was okay. And then it ended with a 00:43:12.079 --> 00:43:14.280 just big freaking cherry on top with the Punk 00:43:14.280 --> 00:43:17.599 Gunther. Great match followed by the Rollins 00:43:17.599 --> 00:43:20.760 cash in. Great. We get to night two. I loved 00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:23.690 the women's match. I love that Naomi. Came out 00:43:23.690 --> 00:43:25.750 to the ring with her dad playing guitar. Awesome 00:43:25.750 --> 00:43:28.510 touch there. That was fantastic. That match was 00:43:28.510 --> 00:43:30.869 great. I was hoping they weren't going to rip 00:43:30.869 --> 00:43:33.969 the belt off Naomi after that successful Money 00:43:33.969 --> 00:43:36.889 in the Bank women's cash -in. I wanted to see 00:43:36.889 --> 00:43:39.449 her retain. I thought it was great. The one nitpick 00:43:39.449 --> 00:43:42.050 I had with this match is every time one of the 00:43:42.050 --> 00:43:45.090 three went to the top. of the turnbuckle to to 00:43:45.090 --> 00:43:48.110 do a move the other two were telegraphing it 00:43:48.110 --> 00:43:50.389 and just standing there waiting for what it seemed 00:43:50.389 --> 00:43:52.829 like two three four or five seconds like you 00:43:52.829 --> 00:43:55.730 gotta speed this up you can't have two quote 00:43:55.730 --> 00:43:58.050 -unquote downed opponents standing there waiting 00:43:58.050 --> 00:44:00.769 to catch you and then just like what are we doing 00:44:00.769 --> 00:44:02.730 speed this up a little bit yeah it looks terrible 00:44:02.730 --> 00:44:05.010 but that's my only nitpick thought that match 00:44:05.010 --> 00:44:08.170 was great so happy to see naomi retain then that 00:44:08.409 --> 00:44:12.750 The six -team TLC tag match, insane. Car wreck 00:44:12.750 --> 00:44:15.449 after car wreck after car wreck. Candice LeRae 00:44:15.449 --> 00:44:18.449 taking the bump off the mega ladder through the 00:44:18.449 --> 00:44:20.829 ladder set up on the outside of the ring was 00:44:20.829 --> 00:44:24.489 nasty. That was a nasty fall. Hope she's okay, 00:44:24.630 --> 00:44:27.230 but that match was great. Hopefully, this just 00:44:27.230 --> 00:44:29.269 keeps pushing the Y at six. I thought it was 00:44:29.269 --> 00:44:31.070 a good choice for them to retain. That was a 00:44:31.070 --> 00:44:32.769 fan -freaking -tastic match. If you haven't got 00:44:32.769 --> 00:44:35.570 a chance to watch, go back and watch that. Becky, 00:44:35.650 --> 00:44:39.409 the next match, Becky versus Lyra Valkyria. This 00:44:39.409 --> 00:44:41.429 match was awesome. Becky comes out to new music, 00:44:41.469 --> 00:44:44.949 which I was really shocked, maybe a little disappointed 00:44:44.949 --> 00:44:47.230 to see, but hopefully it'll grow on me. But I 00:44:47.230 --> 00:44:50.610 loved her old ring entrance music, one of my 00:44:50.610 --> 00:44:53.550 favorites of all time. But they literally beat 00:44:53.550 --> 00:44:55.630 the absolute crap out of each other during this 00:44:55.630 --> 00:44:58.210 match. I thought it was a great match. It was 00:44:58.210 --> 00:45:01.110 given a real tough spot coming on right after 00:45:01.110 --> 00:45:03.840 the TLC match. I thought they crushed it. Now, 00:45:03.920 --> 00:45:06.920 when I look back at this match, this is going 00:45:06.920 --> 00:45:10.159 to be the zip tie match of doom. Because if you 00:45:10.159 --> 00:45:12.679 watch carefully after Becky zip ties her hands, 00:45:12.739 --> 00:45:15.860 which Lyra's literally holding her hands completely 00:45:15.860 --> 00:45:18.039 still while Becky's struggling to put the zip 00:45:18.039 --> 00:45:21.159 tie on. Anyway, this zip tie breaks and Lyra 00:45:21.159 --> 00:45:24.670 does an... Awesome job covering it. You could 00:45:24.670 --> 00:45:27.369 tell that it broke. But when she goes back under 00:45:27.369 --> 00:45:29.630 the ring, she comes out with new and improved 00:45:29.630 --> 00:45:31.869 zip ties on. So I thought this is going to be 00:45:31.869 --> 00:45:35.030 the zip tie match. It was great. But little nitpicky 00:45:35.030 --> 00:45:37.489 things. But that match was great. Like I said, 00:45:37.550 --> 00:45:39.309 they beat the absolute crap out of each other. 00:45:39.469 --> 00:45:41.570 We have a Bayley interference. That's going to 00:45:41.570 --> 00:45:43.650 tie back into this story somehow. So we'll probably 00:45:43.650 --> 00:45:47.130 get Lyra versus Bayley moving forward. Cage match? 00:45:48.070 --> 00:45:52.380 I don't know. I don't know. This was Solo versus 00:45:52.380 --> 00:45:55.619 Jacob Fatu. And this is exactly what I expected. 00:45:55.719 --> 00:45:58.000 Exactly what I thought it was going to be. A 00:45:58.000 --> 00:46:01.199 super schmaz fest with Jimmy and Tala Tonga, 00:46:01.219 --> 00:46:04.000 a .k .a. Nash Pak. You know, the love child of 00:46:04.000 --> 00:46:07.159 Kevin Nash and Max Pak. But whatever. I just 00:46:07.159 --> 00:46:10.119 thought this match was, it was. It was by far 00:46:10.119 --> 00:46:11.820 the worst match of the night. I know they tried. 00:46:11.940 --> 00:46:14.239 It just wasn't for me. This match did nothing 00:46:14.239 --> 00:46:17.579 for me. The AJ Dom Mysterio match. This was awesome. 00:46:17.719 --> 00:46:20.380 I love the throwback. AJ coming out in Eddie's 00:46:20.380 --> 00:46:24.800 car looking like Eddie with the outfit. It was 00:46:24.800 --> 00:46:27.500 awesome. He did his move set. It was great. There 00:46:27.500 --> 00:46:30.630 was a lot of good stuff here. Excellent match. 00:46:30.789 --> 00:46:33.309 A lot of good comical stuff. You got to break 00:46:33.309 --> 00:46:35.250 these. You got to break these long shows up. 00:46:35.449 --> 00:46:37.989 And I think this is exactly what we needed before 00:46:37.989 --> 00:46:40.269 the main event. Give me a little comedy. Give 00:46:40.269 --> 00:46:42.690 me a little, you know, lighten the mood up a 00:46:42.690 --> 00:46:45.610 little after the car wrecks we had been seeing 00:46:45.610 --> 00:46:47.610 up to this point. But I thought AJ did well. 00:46:47.889 --> 00:46:50.409 Dom is a star in the making. I think that was 00:46:50.409 --> 00:46:52.889 a great match. And then finally, the main event 00:46:52.889 --> 00:46:55.269 of the night, Cena versus Cody. What can I say? 00:46:55.429 --> 00:46:58.000 It started off with a bang. With the entrances, 00:46:58.000 --> 00:47:00.840 the entrances were awesome. Cody, great entrance. 00:47:01.179 --> 00:47:04.659 We had John Cena. The screen started black, which 00:47:04.659 --> 00:47:07.079 at night, this is exactly my point about what 00:47:07.079 --> 00:47:09.360 I said at the beginning, was the time of day 00:47:09.360 --> 00:47:12.239 can make or break these matches. And the fact 00:47:12.239 --> 00:47:15.789 that it was... pitch black the lights the screens 00:47:15.789 --> 00:47:18.489 go dark you originally see John Cena with the 00:47:18.489 --> 00:47:21.469 black background and then it changes to the color 00:47:21.469 --> 00:47:24.909 and you get the old school rundown with the pointing 00:47:24.909 --> 00:47:27.489 to the camera and the towel and and the slide 00:47:27.489 --> 00:47:29.650 through the ropes awesome everybody wanted to 00:47:29.650 --> 00:47:32.210 see it we've been waiting four months for this 00:47:32.210 --> 00:47:35.010 moment and we finally got it this was by far 00:47:35.010 --> 00:47:38.010 his greatest match on this going away tour it 00:47:38.010 --> 00:47:40.050 was probably his best match in like the last 00:47:40.780 --> 00:47:42.599 I don't know, three, four years. It was awesome. 00:47:42.679 --> 00:47:44.780 This match was great. I have no complaints about 00:47:44.780 --> 00:47:48.360 the match. I wanted Cena to retain, but you can't 00:47:48.360 --> 00:47:50.099 always get what you want. I thought it was well 00:47:50.099 --> 00:47:53.679 done. Cody wins, obviously. He leaves the ring. 00:47:54.039 --> 00:47:58.639 Cena's in, and the shock of the night. I was 00:47:58.639 --> 00:48:00.860 shocked when Seth cashed in. I was even more 00:48:00.860 --> 00:48:03.639 shocked to hear and see Brock Lesnar standing 00:48:03.639 --> 00:48:06.179 there on the top of the ramp and then come down 00:48:06.179 --> 00:48:09.500 and hit Cena with the F5. Shocked. That's all 00:48:09.500 --> 00:48:11.480 I could say. I can't believe they pulled the 00:48:11.480 --> 00:48:13.800 trigger and brought him back with all the allegations, 00:48:13.960 --> 00:48:15.659 and I'm not even going to get into that, but 00:48:15.659 --> 00:48:19.940 I was shocked to see Brock Lesnar back at SummerSlam, 00:48:20.159 --> 00:48:23.659 and obviously this is the reason they decided 00:48:23.659 --> 00:48:27.400 to flip the switch, turn John back to the good 00:48:27.400 --> 00:48:30.639 guy because this is the next feud moving forward. 00:48:30.900 --> 00:48:32.579 Not a lot of people are happy about this, and 00:48:32.579 --> 00:48:35.559 I get it, but this was one of the most important 00:48:35.559 --> 00:48:39.730 scene of feuds in the last 20 years. And we shall 00:48:39.730 --> 00:48:42.550 see what happens. So all in all, I thought night 00:48:42.550 --> 00:48:44.670 two crushed it. Night two was really good with 00:48:44.670 --> 00:48:46.329 the exception of the cage match, which wasn't 00:48:46.329 --> 00:48:49.250 for me. I thought night two was way better. And 00:48:49.250 --> 00:48:52.050 the main event at night one, excellent stuff. 00:48:52.170 --> 00:48:55.190 But all in all, great SummerSlam, great show, 00:48:55.349 --> 00:48:59.329 very entertaining. And I am very interested to 00:48:59.329 --> 00:49:02.570 see. where we go from here. But I think that's 00:49:02.570 --> 00:49:04.329 going to wrap it up. If you've enjoyed this episode 00:49:04.329 --> 00:49:06.909 or any episode of the 3Ts podcast, do me a favor 00:49:06.909 --> 00:49:09.170 and share it with someone you know. 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