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Joe Benigno | Sports Radio Personality Previews Week 6 NFL Action Locally & Dissects Latest Out of the MLB Postseason · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: All right, here he is, folks. Does a great job
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  Speaker 1: on the band every week. He's with us every week
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  Speaker 1: as well. We're lucky to have him. One of the
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  Speaker 1: all-time greats, Joseph Beningo. JoJo, good morning, buddy. How are you?
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  Speaker 2: Sid, how you doing, bro? First of all, let me
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  Speaker 2: say this. I don't know if you got a face
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  Speaker 2: for the big screen or not. I don't know about that,
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  Speaker 2: but we know that you're a great actor. You've been
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  Speaker 2: for a long time. I've been around you many times
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  Speaker 2: when you did just some of your best acting jobs, so.
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  Speaker 1: That's probably true, yes.
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  Speaker 2: So I just want to put that out there. Again,
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  Speaker 2: congratulations on the Hall of Fame. God bless you. You
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  Speaker 2: deserve it. You're one of the all-time greats. You deserve
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  Speaker 2: to wear the gold jacket. There's no doubt about it.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know if they.
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  Speaker 2: Give out gold jackets.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know what they give out exactly, but I
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  Speaker 1: love a gold jacket. Thank you for that. And you're next.
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  Speaker 1: You're next. Craig, Carton, Sid Rosenberg, and I speak to
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  Speaker 1: the right people. Joe Benigno, you're coming up next, and
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  Speaker 1: you deserve it as well.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I was— We appreciate it.
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  Speaker 1: No, I mean it. So every day, I take the
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  Speaker 1: ferry home, and I have a buddy of mine. He
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  Speaker 1: drives me in a shuttle from the ferry to my house,
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  Speaker 1: and he's always got the fan on. And it's always
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  Speaker 1: Evan and Tiki, because that's the time of day I
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  Speaker 1: get back to the Queens, you know. And they were
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  Speaker 1: talking yesterday that the Saints owner, Gail Benson, Tom Benson's daughter,
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  Speaker 1: I guess, and she had some quarterback club luncheon yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: in New Orleans, and she went off on Mickey Loomis,
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  Speaker 1: the general manager, on Kellen Moore, the head coach. The
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  Speaker 1: team is 1-4. Look, I remember when I was young,
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  Speaker 1: I watched a guy named John Forcade on Monday Night Football.
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  Speaker 1: They wore paper bags over their heads. They were the inks.
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  Speaker 1: Then you had this renaissance period. You had Sean Payton
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  Speaker 1: and Drew Brees. They even won a Super Bowl. It
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  Speaker 1: was great. But now they're back to being the Aints.
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  Speaker 1: They're 1-4. Clearly, Tyler Schuch is not the answer. And
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  Speaker 1: when the owner comes out and she puts the whole team,
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  Speaker 1: the whole team on hold. Listen, this is on you, okay?
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  Speaker 1: Is that good or bad for the Saints as they
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  Speaker 1: get set to take on a giant team which has
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  Speaker 1: the third best record inside the NFC? Only the unbeaten
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  Speaker 1: 49ers and the unbeaten Vikings have better records than the Giants.
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  Speaker 2: Well, let me say this. And the Saints have favored
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  Speaker 2: in this game by a point and a half. How?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I don't know how that's possible by any
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  Speaker 2: stretch of the imagination. I don't know if it was
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  Speaker 2: the best thing for the owner to go off on
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  Speaker 2: the team. You know, they do have a young quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: He's only a second-year head coach. They did some good
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  Speaker 2: things toward the end of the year. You know, they
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  Speaker 2: started the year pretty good. I mean, they lost a
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  Speaker 2: tough game to Detroit where they missed a two-point conversion
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  Speaker 2: in overtime. They would have won them the game. They
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  Speaker 2: beat the Ravens in Baltimore. And since then, you know,
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  Speaker 2: they've had their issues. There's no doubt about it. But
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't think it's the best thing
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  Speaker 2: for the owner to go off on her team. But
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  Speaker 2: with that said, look, right now the Giants, bro, the 3-1-1,
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  Speaker 2: Giants are going to win the division. Let's be honest
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  Speaker 2: about it. And I'm not a Giants fan, but I
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  Speaker 2: love Jameis Winston, man. This guy takes more. It's ridiculous.
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  Speaker 2: I think only Big Don takes more heat than Jameis Winston.
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  Speaker 2: This guy is probably the best backup quarterback in the NFL.
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  Speaker 2: If he's not, he's one of the two or three best.
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  Speaker 2: There's no doubt about it. He could be the starter
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  Speaker 2: on at least half the teams in a league. And
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  Speaker 2: all he does is get crap. For some reason... Well, well, listen, listen, listen.
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  Speaker 1: He does make a lot of really stupid balls. He
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  Speaker 1: turns the ball over. You know what, bro?
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  Speaker 2: You can win with this guy. Yes. You can win
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  Speaker 2: with him. And when you got John Harbaugh as your
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  Speaker 2: head coach to go along with Winston, you can win.
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  Speaker 2: And I think they're winning the division. I really do. Look,
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  Speaker 2: the Eagles are in trouble. The Eagles are banged up.
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  Speaker 2: No Barkley. No Devontae Smith. Their best lineman retired, Lane Johnson.
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  Speaker 2: They're not the team that they were at one time.
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  Speaker 2: The coach, Sirianni, had a major four-par on Sunday morning,
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  Speaker 2: not kicking the ball into the end zone and allowing
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  Speaker 2: a return that set up the game-winning field goal at
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  Speaker 2: the end.
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  Speaker 1: Not only that, forget about kicking the ball into the
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  Speaker 1: end zone. He could have run the clock all the
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  Speaker 1: way down before the Eagles kicked their field goal.
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  Speaker 2: Right, but he, but as they always say, hold my
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  Speaker 2: beer for Dan Quinn. And this kills me. I got
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  Speaker 2: to say this. Everybody gets our Jaden Daniels, right? That
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  Speaker 2: was his fault.
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  Speaker 1: No, no, no.
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  Speaker 2: This was on the coach, you idiot. You didn't know
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  Speaker 2: you had no timeouts left. And the game's over. Just... But.
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  Speaker 1: Listen, I'm with you. The coach maybe calls a timeout,
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  Speaker 1: but the quarterback needs to know.
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  Speaker 2: That, too.
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  Speaker 1: Come on.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, that's fine. But, bro, how about the coach just
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  Speaker 2: spiking the ball? Here's what we do. There's 30 seconds left.
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  Speaker 2: What do you mean the coach?
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  Speaker 1: The coach is on the sideline. The quarterback has to
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  Speaker 1: spike the ball.
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  Speaker 2: But, bro. Bro.
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  Speaker 1: You're going to let a multi-million dollar ball player from
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  Speaker 1: playing football for his whole life?
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  Speaker 2: You're not going to have a coach who blew a
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  Speaker 2: 28-3 lead in the Super Bowl to the Patriots. That's true. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: let's start with that.
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  Speaker 1: Okay?
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  Speaker 2: Should have a good idea that, hey, this game is
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  Speaker 2: over if we kick the field goal right now. It
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  Speaker 2: doesn't matter when you kick it. Right.
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  Speaker 1: I blame them both. I blame them both. I don't know,
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  Speaker 1: but I blame them both. I blame the coach and
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  Speaker 1: the quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: The bottom line is the Giants got away with that.
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  Speaker 2: They should have lost the game after Scadaboo fumbled. There's
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  Speaker 2: no doubt about it. And they got away with a
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  Speaker 2: tie that really didn't hurt them. And I'm telling you,
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  Speaker 2: I look at this division, who's better? Are the Cowboys
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  Speaker 2: better than them?
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  Speaker 1: Maybe, yes.
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  Speaker 2: First of all, the Giants got the best coach in
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  Speaker 2: the division. Yes. All right? I know Syriani's won a
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  Speaker 2: Super Bowl. I know he's been to a couple. I
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  Speaker 2: get it. He's the best coach in the division is
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  Speaker 2: John Harbaugh. I don't think there's any doubt about it.
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  Speaker 2: All right? Let's start with that. Giants got a pretty
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  Speaker 2: solid defense. They got a lot of guys on offense.
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  Speaker 2: You got neighbors. You got Likely. This kid Fields is
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  Speaker 2: pretty good, too. You got some players there. I think
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  Speaker 2: the Giants are winning the division. I'm going to say this.
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  Speaker 2: The Giants, like they did when they went to the
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  Speaker 2: playoffs under Dable a few years ago, they're going to
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  Speaker 2: go 9-7-1 and win the NFC East. There you go.
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  Speaker 1: I can see it, yes. I mean, Dallas still scares
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  Speaker 1: me offensively. Their defense is terrible.
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  Speaker 2: Their defense stinks. Terrible. Oh, no. Just remember that coach
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  Speaker 2: is Schottenheimer. He was our old offensive coordinator with the Jets.
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  Speaker 1: I know you hated him.
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  Speaker 2: I know. Let's not forget about that.
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  Speaker 1: Well, let me talk about the Jets because they've got
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  Speaker 1: the Patriots, and we all think about Mark Sanchez, the
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  Speaker 1: butt bumble every time it's the Jets and Patriots.
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  Speaker 2: Right, right.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we've seen so many different Drake Mays. Drake May,
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  Speaker 1: the first couple weeks of the season, was awful. The
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  Speaker 1: last couple of weeks, he's been much better. But, of course,
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  Speaker 1: he hasn't played very good defenses the last two weeks.
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  Speaker 1: And even though the Jets haven't been great defensively, statistically,
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  Speaker 1: they are a top-five defense. So the question becomes, what
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  Speaker 1: Drake May will Jetman see on Sunday?
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  Speaker 2: Well, first of all, let me say this. The Jets
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  Speaker 2: are 13-47 against their division in the last 10 years.
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  Speaker 2: Let's start with that. They were 0-6 last year against
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  Speaker 2: the AFC East. It's been a major issue for this team.
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  Speaker 2: They come off the win over Cleveland. It wasn't a pretty,
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  Speaker 2: ugly day, rainy day. Cleveland wound up making the bigger
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  Speaker 2: mistakes than the Jets did, and the Jets took advantage
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  Speaker 2: of it and won the football game. So we'll take it.
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  Speaker 2: We go away. David Bailey had a great game. If
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  Speaker 2: the perception of this football team... Okay? Because they're still
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  Speaker 2: looked at as they're not very good, even though they're 2-3,
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  Speaker 2: they're not very good, whatever. Okay? Obviously, they're a lot
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  Speaker 2: better than last year. Much better. Last year, they weren't
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  Speaker 2: a professional team. Okay? With all that said, if you
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  Speaker 2: want to change the perception of this football team this season, okay,
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  Speaker 2: go beat New England this week. And, look, this isn't
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  Speaker 2: the Patriots. And I know they went to the Super
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  Speaker 2: Bowl last year. This isn't the Patriots of Brady and
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  Speaker 2: Belichick and Gronk and Edelman and all these guys. They're
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  Speaker 2: not the same team. Drake May's a nice quarterback. Look,
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  Speaker 2: he's not Josh Allen. He's not Patrick Mahomes. He's not
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  Speaker 2: one of those guys. Let's see David Bailey in the
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  Speaker 2: defense have the kind of game they had last year.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe take the ball away would be nice. Got to
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  Speaker 2: eliminate the penalties. I mean, the penalties have been killing
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  Speaker 2: this team. Every week they had 14 against the Packers.
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  Speaker 2: They had 12 against the Bears. They had 10 last week.
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  Speaker 2: They've got to eliminate these crummy, stupid penalties. And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: go beat the Patriots in Foxborough, and I'll tell you
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  Speaker 2: right now, the entire perception of this Jet team will change.
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  Speaker 1: Totally agree, and they can do that. One more on football.
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  Speaker 1: If this guy stays healthy. Because when he's healthy, I
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  Speaker 1: got to tell you, the guy never loses. You mentioned Holmes.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned Allen. This guy never loses. Brock Purdy. And
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  Speaker 1: the 49ers are 5-0, and they just beat Seattle on
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  Speaker 1: the road. And again, since this guy has come into
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  Speaker 1: the league as Mr. Irrelevant, he never loses. All the
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  Speaker 1: 49ers with a healthy Brock Purdy, the class of the NFL.
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  Speaker 2: Right now. Yeah. And I think they got, you know,
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  Speaker 2: you can make a case on who the best coach
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  Speaker 2: in the NFL is right now. It's hard to go
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  Speaker 2: against Kyle Shanahan. I mean, he's right up there. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: he's a tremendous head coach.
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  Speaker 1: What about Andy Reid? They're also undefeated, the Chiefs.
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  Speaker 2: That is true. Andy Reid's a tremendous head coach. I
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  Speaker 2: forgot about it. He's won Super Bowls. But you know what?
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  Speaker 2: If I had to take one guy right now, I'm
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  Speaker 2: taking Shanahan. Wow. I would take him. I know he's
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  Speaker 2: lost a couple Super Bowls. But again, you just said it.
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  Speaker 2: His quarterback is Brock Purdy. Andy Reid's quarterback is Patrick Mahomes.
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  Speaker 2: So I don't think that Brock Purdy is in the
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  Speaker 2: same class as Patrick Mahomes. I know he's won. He wins.
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  Speaker 2: He's won games with them.
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  Speaker 1: He wins every week.
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  Speaker 2: He does, but that's a loaded team, bro. They're loaded.
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  Speaker 2: Put Brock Purdy on the Jets. You think he's winning
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  Speaker 2: every week?
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  Speaker 1: No, but Mahomes doesn't win on the Jets either.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I don't know about that. He'd make them a
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  Speaker 2: lot better.
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  Speaker 1: I'll say that. I think Purdy doesn't get the love
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  Speaker 1: he should get.
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  Speaker 2: That's all. But I agree with you about the Niners
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  Speaker 2: being the best team in the league. I 100% agree
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  Speaker 2: with that. You know, I do. And Seattle's not too
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  Speaker 2: far behind them. I know they're 3-2, but they lost
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  Speaker 2: a tough game last week, but Right now, yeah, I
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  Speaker 2: got to go with San Francisco, number one.
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  Speaker 1: Seattle actually plays tonight. We'll see if Sam Donald can
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  Speaker 1: continue that Super Bowl MVP last year. That's still a question.
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  Speaker 1: So are you shocked? like I am? Because everybody said it.
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  Speaker 1: The reason why baseball is going to go on strike,
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  Speaker 1: lock out, whatever you call it. There's not going to
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  Speaker 1: be baseball for at least a couple of months. That's guaranteed.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe the whole season. That may be guaranteed, too. It's
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  Speaker 1: because of the Dodgers. Because the Dodgers have won the
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  Speaker 1: last two World Series. They keep bringing in $ 100 million talent.
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  Speaker 1: They find ways like Otani to defer payments. The Dodgers
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  Speaker 1: are ruining baseball. And yet, the Dodgers are a loss
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  Speaker 1: away tonight from being swept in the NLCS by a
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  Speaker 1: small market Milwaukee team. How about that?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I think it's great. I've had enough of
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  Speaker 2: the freaking Dodgers, bro. I really have. Look, it's not
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  Speaker 2: just the Dodgers. You know, it's everybody. I mean, come on.
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  Speaker 2: The Mets gave $ 50 million to Juan Soto, who was
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  Speaker 2: the most overrated player in baseball. I mean, let's be honest.
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  Speaker 2: And while we bring up baseball, I've got to say this, okay?
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  Speaker 2: Let's talk about the Yankees for a second, all right?
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  Speaker 2: Everybody gets on Aaron Boone, Cashman, all that, haven't won
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  Speaker 2: a series since all nine. The biggest mistake the Yankees
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  Speaker 2: made was not turning heaven and earth to keep Soto.
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  Speaker 2: They should have kept Soto. The one year they went
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  Speaker 2: to the World Series since 2009 was what? With Soto, okay?
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  Speaker 2: They actually went to the World Series, had him on
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  Speaker 2: the team. They should have kept him. And it would
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  Speaker 2: have benefited the Mets, too, because then the Mets would
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  Speaker 2: have re-signed Pete Alonso, and they'd be a better team
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  Speaker 2: without this guy, who is the most overrated freaking player
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  Speaker 2: in baseball. Let me say that. You're paying $ 50 million
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  Speaker 2: to this guy. You're paying– Bichette's getting– it's not just
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  Speaker 2: the Dodgers. Bichette's getting $ 40 million a year, but Bo
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  Speaker 2: Bichette is making $ 40 million a year. Think about that
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  Speaker 2: for a second. Talk about overrated. I mean, give me
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  Speaker 2: a break. I just don't want to blame the Dodgers.
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  Speaker 2: I can't stand them.
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  Speaker 1: Well, give me the Yankees.
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  Speaker 2: Let me just say this. They need a salary cap
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  Speaker 2: in baseball. There's no doubt about it.
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  Speaker 1: I agree. Well, what do the Yankees do, though? I mean, look,
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  Speaker 1: the last time the Yankees won a World Series was
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  Speaker 1: the year when my son was born. He's about to
• 11:53
  Speaker 1: go to college.
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  Speaker 2: Okay?
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  Speaker 1: That was the year. I was young.
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  Speaker 2: I was almost good-looking. Not as good-looking as you.
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  Speaker 1: No, very handsome. No, you're very handsome.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I was almost, you know.
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  Speaker 1: What are they going to do? Just go be happy
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  Speaker 1: every year now? Because when I was growing up, they
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  Speaker 1: had to win the World Series. Now if they win
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  Speaker 1: 95 games and make the playoffs, that's good enough?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean, for Hal Steinbrenner it is because Hal
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  Speaker 2: Steinbrenner is not his father. Hal Steinbrenner cares about making money.
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  Speaker 2: Let's be honest. The Yankees are the most lucrative team
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  Speaker 2: in the history of professional sports. They're worth billions of dollars.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they sell out the bill. Stop. You know what?
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  Speaker 2: Stop going to the games. Tell the Yankee fans, stop going.
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  Speaker 2: They sell out every week, right? Every game they sell out.
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  Speaker 2: Every game they sell out, bro. You know what? Because
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  Speaker 2: the illusion of a championship is always there. Because they're
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  Speaker 2: in the playoffs all the time. They're always a good team,
• 12:45
  Speaker 2: but they're never good enough. And if this was George Steinbrenner,
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  Speaker 2: this wouldn't be it. Never. He wouldn't stand for what's happening.
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  Speaker 2: He would have been gone a long time ago. Cashman
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  Speaker 2: would have been gone a long time ago. House Steinbrenner's
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  Speaker 2: into making money. The Yankee brand. And he's happy that
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  Speaker 2: they're a good team every year. And he's putting 50,000
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  Speaker 2: fans in his seats every game. And that's good enough
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  Speaker 2: for him. And that's the problem.
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  Speaker 1: I love going to Yankee games.
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  Speaker 2: But right?
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  Speaker 1: No, you're right. Listen, Steinbrenner got pissed when they made
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  Speaker 1: the World Series. Don't forget, 76, they got swept by
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  Speaker 1: the Reds. He was so embarrassed they got swept by
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  Speaker 1: the Big Red Machine. He went out and got Reggie
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  Speaker 1: Jackson and Bucky Dent and won the next two World Series.
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  Speaker 1: Tell me about the Knicks. I'll be in the building tonight.
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  Speaker 1: I'm actually going with Bruce Blakeman. James Dolan is having
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  Speaker 1: a fun race.
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  Speaker 2: Bruce Blakeman schooled, you know, Hokel the other day. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: what'd you think?
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  Speaker 1: What'd you think?
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  Speaker 2: I thought he was great. I mean, come on. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: he's got all the ammunition. I mean, doesn't he? I mean,
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  Speaker 2: and he's still watching his dumb poll. By the way,
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  Speaker 2: can I say this about the polls? Do you ever
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  Speaker 2: see a poll where the Democrats aren't ahead? Is there
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  Speaker 2: ever a poll, Sid, where the Democrats are not in
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  Speaker 2: the lead?
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  Speaker 1: Never.
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  Speaker 2: Wake me up when that happens.
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  Speaker 1: It's true. Never, never.
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  Speaker 2: They're always ahead. The polls are the biggest BS that
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  Speaker 2: there is. Let's be real about it. The Republicans are
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  Speaker 2: going to do a lot better than people think in
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  Speaker 2: this upcoming election. In this upcoming midterm.
• 14:12
  Speaker 1: From your mouth to God's ears. Okay, now let's go back.
• 14:15
  Speaker 2: What were you asking?
• 14:17
  Speaker 1: So Dolan, tonight's preseason game against the Raptors. So Dolan
• 14:21
  Speaker 1: has invited Bruce. Bruce invited me. I'm going with him.
• 14:23
  Speaker 2: $ 10, 000. He's having a big rally for Blakeman at the Garden,
• 14:26
  Speaker 2: isn't he, Dolan?
• 14:27
  Speaker 1: Today, tonight, I'm going. Okay. Me, Bruce, and Dolan. I
• 14:31
  Speaker 1: was asking about the Knickerbockers because tonight is only preseason
• 14:35
  Speaker 1: against the Raptors. We're getting very close to the opening night.
• 14:38
  Speaker 1: LeBron James and Philly. We're going to raise the banner
• 14:40
  Speaker 1: that night. Are you getting excited about this Knick team
• 14:44
  Speaker 1: this year?
• 14:44
  Speaker 2: I will be excited when the playoffs start. Honestly, I,
• 14:48
  Speaker 2: to me, the regular season doesn't really matter. They're going
• 14:51
  Speaker 2: to make the playoffs. They're going to win their 50
• 14:52
  Speaker 2: plus games. The season starts in April, bro. That's it.
• 14:56
  Speaker 2: Fair enough. And I'm not going to be sitting here.
• 14:57
  Speaker 2: Remember last year when he lost nine out of 10 games, everybody.
• 15:01
  Speaker 2: Oh my God. Mike Brown, get rid of this. He
• 15:04
  Speaker 2: was over it. No, no, no. It's all BS. The
• 15:08
  Speaker 2: NBA regular season is 82 games. It's really far too many.
• 15:13
  Speaker 2: I will be very calm all year until the play.
• 15:18
  Speaker 2: Then I'll get nervous when the playoffs start.
• 15:20
  Speaker 1: Last one. Are you surprised? that the Rangers get off
• 15:24
  Speaker 1: to the start and keep winning games, even with Shusterkin
• 15:27
  Speaker 1: out for the year.
• 15:28
  Speaker 2: Boy, I tell you, how about the Rangers, man? Six
• 15:30
  Speaker 2: and two, they're playing terrific. No doubt this kid, the kid, Gerard,
• 15:34
  Speaker 2: he's undefeated, bro. What is he, 3-0? He had a
• 15:37
  Speaker 2: nice shutout last week, his first game. He's 3-0, so
• 15:40
  Speaker 2: the Rangers look like a totally... Totally different team. Completely
• 15:45
  Speaker 2: different baseball. Completely different hockey team. How about Lafayette? He's
• 15:52
  Speaker 2: finally finding it, bro. He's got seven goals already this year.
• 15:55
  Speaker 2: He had two goals the other night when he beat Tampa.
• 15:58
  Speaker 2: He's had a hat trick earlier in the season. Maybe
• 16:01
  Speaker 2: this guy who was the number one overall pick who
• 16:04
  Speaker 2: has been a disappointment so far, maybe he's finally finding it.
• 16:08
  Speaker 2: Got to love what the Rangers are doing. They play
• 16:10
  Speaker 2: the Devils tonight in Jersey. Go kick their ass.
• 16:12
  Speaker 1: You talked about Andy Weed and Kyle Shanahan. Mike Sullivan
• 16:16
  Speaker 1: won Stanley Cup, so we got the right guy in place.
• 16:18
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Maybe Drury actually does know what he's doing.
• 16:21
  Speaker 2: Maybe he's really not related to David Stearns. Maybe not.
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: We will see. As always, Joe, you're magnificent. You really are.
• 16:30
  Speaker 1: I love you. Great job this morning. Thank you so much, pal.
• 16:33
  Speaker 2: God bless, bro. All the love, and I'll talk to
• 16:35
  Speaker 2: you soon. God bless America.
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: You too. That's the amazing Joe Beningo, WFAN legend, and
• 16:41
  Speaker 1: now a weekly Sid Rosenberg contributor, and we are lucky
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: to have him, really lucky.
• 16:46
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• 16:49
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• 16:52
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• 17:13
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• 17:15
  Speaker 1: What the heck is going on here?