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Set 2: Meat Me in the A Gap (w/Joe Thomas) · Stugotz and Company

• 0:22
  Speaker 1: Our thanks to Dominique Foxworth for joining us in hour
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  Speaker 1: number one. Joe Thomas, Hall of Famer, going to join
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  Speaker 1: us coming up in about 10 minutes here. We have
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  Speaker 1: some Mount Rushmores. They are pouring in. Stu Gotts and
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  Speaker 1: company guests, we were talking about the Mount Rushmore. We
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  Speaker 1: only came up with three names yesterday. But fans have
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  Speaker 1: been sending in their Mount Rushmore of guests. We'll get
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  Speaker 1: to that in a second. But Taylor has a problem
• 0:45
  Speaker 1: that he imagines me having the same problem. What is
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  Speaker 1: your problem, Taylor? And why would I have the same
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  Speaker 1: problem as you have?
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  Speaker 2: So every day, Stu, when we come to do the show,
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  Speaker 2: the radio show and the podcast, we're coming to the
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  Speaker 2: iHeart Studios in Miami.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Have you noticed recently, there are so many more cars
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  Speaker 2: in this parking lot.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: I am parking in practically another zip code.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, yes.
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  Speaker 2: And this has never been a problem before. I've always
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  Speaker 2: been able to get a pretty good parking spot up close.
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  Speaker 1: Right, yes.
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  Speaker 2: But recently, I am like in the 20th row, and
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  Speaker 2: by the time I get there, I am soaked because
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  Speaker 2: of how far I've had to walk.
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  Speaker 1: Yep, I parked at a dentist office about a mile
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  Speaker 1: and a half away from here. It's unbelievable. That's why
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  Speaker 1: you laugh at me, but I bring in a second
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  Speaker 1: shirt every single time. And the reason I bring that
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  Speaker 1: second shirt in is because I am sweating from where
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  Speaker 1: I park my car to the front doors of the
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  Speaker 1: iHeart Studio. And so I need to change before we
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  Speaker 1: go on air.
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  Speaker 2: But this is only something that's been happening like the
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  Speaker 2: past week.
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  Speaker 3: Well, yes.
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  Speaker 1: What's going on?
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  Speaker 2: I have no idea what's going on. Ricardo's saying school's
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  Speaker 2: back in, but- There's no school around here. There's no
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  Speaker 2: school here. People aren't showing up to school. There's a
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  Speaker 2: nursing school downstairs, guys.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, there is.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, okay.
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  Speaker 1: So that nursing school has semesters, and they're in semester
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  Speaker 1: right now?
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  Speaker 2: That makes way more sense.
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  Speaker 4: Listen, if you're going to pass out from heat exhaustion,
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  Speaker 4: where better? Right with a nurse's office. Mikey, you would
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  Speaker 4: hate how far this walk is.
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  Speaker 3: I just wouldn't come to work. I do the show
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  Speaker 3: from my car on my phone.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm schlepping it, too, with my backpack where it's
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  Speaker 2: even more embarrassing how far I have to walk.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, it's the worst. What Taylor is saying is in
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  Speaker 1: the middle of the summer in July, we had VIP spots.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I was parking right up front. I would
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  Speaker 1: park right by the building, walk right in. It would
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  Speaker 1: take me five seconds. Now we're parking like 50 rows deep.
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  Speaker 1: It is really annoying.
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  Speaker 3: So is there a market for somebody to come down
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  Speaker 3: there and just ferry people to and from their car
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  Speaker 3: with air conditioning running?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I'd take it.
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  Speaker 3: I'd make some money.
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  Speaker 2: I might add Ricardo's to his job responsibilities. I might
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  Speaker 2: buy Ricardo a golf cart.
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  Speaker 3: Seriously.
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  Speaker 2: And just say, hey, me and Stu are here. Can
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  Speaker 2: you pick us up?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: We're about 10 minutes away. Row 50. I'll drop you
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  Speaker 2: a pin.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 2: Mikey, have you ever been to Gillette Stadium? no well
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  Speaker 2: in in foxborough really there's a yeah i'm shocked you've
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  Speaker 2: never gone to a jet why.
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  Speaker 1: Would i go there i mean because you live so
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  Speaker 1: close i just figured you stumbled into something there i
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  Speaker 1: don't know.
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  Speaker 2: Why would you go there that's where the jets the
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  Speaker 2: bart scott can't wait game is wasn't.
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  Speaker 4: It yeah uh-huh like that would be a great why
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  Speaker 4: would i go there.
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  Speaker 2: That would be a great game to attend Right.
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  Speaker 1: But you had Mikey going.
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  Speaker 3: To the great game.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Gillette has a similar setup where you're parking so
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  Speaker 2: far away and you're having to walk across this long
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  Speaker 2: walkway and you park into the Gillette stadium and it's
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  Speaker 2: another 30 minutes before you get to the stadium. That's
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  Speaker 2: what it feels like right now.
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  Speaker 4: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Gillette Stadium is in a weird place. People think it's Boston.
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  Speaker 1: It's far from Boston. Couldn't be further away from Boston.
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  Speaker 1: There's a mall there. There are restaurants. There are hotels.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's convenient from that standpoint. If you're going
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  Speaker 1: to a Patriots game, you can stay at a hotel
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  Speaker 1: and walk 50 yards to get to Gillette Stadium. But
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  Speaker 1: I'm with you, Taylor. If you're just parking your car,
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  Speaker 1: it will take you a good hour. to get from
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  Speaker 1: your car inside of Gillette Stadium to your seat to
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  Speaker 1: sit down and watch that game.
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  Speaker 2: Now imagine that set up down here, except it's 105
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  Speaker 2: degrees and it feels like we're in Satan's backyard.
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  Speaker 3: Even when you go to a game in Vegas, you
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  Speaker 3: walk through casinos to get where you got to go.
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  Speaker 5: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: Like they're like, no, no, no. You walk through the
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  Speaker 3: air conditioning. Don't get me wrong. You're going to lose
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  Speaker 3: half your money on your way to the game because
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  Speaker 3: you're going to stop and obviously throw down a few
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  Speaker 3: hands of blackjack or whatever.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 3: But like you walk through casinos to get where you
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  Speaker 3: have to go. I have zero desire to do what
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  Speaker 3: you guys are talking about.
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  Speaker 1: What would you describe Miami as? Satan's backyard?
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  Speaker 2: Satan's backyard.
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  Speaker 1: Put it on the poll. Miami in the summer. Is
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  Speaker 1: it indeed Satan's backyard? I believe that it is. So
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  Speaker 1: you have Ricardo. You're buying him a golf cart. They're expensive,
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  Speaker 1: by the way. And he's going to pick us up
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  Speaker 1: row 50 and drive us to.
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  Speaker 3: The front door every day?
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  Speaker 1: Is that what we're doing?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's kind of like a win-win for Ricardo because
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  Speaker 2: he gets a golf cart out of this. Like, who
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  Speaker 2: doesn't want a golf cart? Having a golf cart is
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  Speaker 2: like the American dream.
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  Speaker 1: Put it on the poll. Is having a golf cart
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  Speaker 1: the American dream? Ricardo just muttered, mm-hmm. What are you,
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  Speaker 1: his hype man?
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  Speaker 2: I agree with this.
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  Speaker 1: And I know a guy, Taylor.
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  Speaker 2: We can get a deal.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, wow. Yeah, but dream bigger. Oh, wow.
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  Speaker 2: You know a guy that just does golf carts?
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  Speaker 1: Of course he does. My cousin. Of course.
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  Speaker 2: That's the most Miami thing. Yeah, that's the most Miami thing.
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  Speaker 1: He tricks them out. What does he do? Well, he
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  Speaker 1: buys them, and then he'll, what do you call it,
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  Speaker 1: resell them.
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  Speaker 2: He'll fix them up and resell them and make a
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  Speaker 2: little bit of dough, but we can probably get a deal.
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  Speaker 1: So like real estate. So he'll buy like, you know,
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  Speaker 1: a cheap golf cart, trick it out, and then sell
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  Speaker 1: it for more money?
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  Speaker 2: Right, but this is what Hispanics do.
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  Speaker 5: Sorry.
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  Speaker 1: Put it on the bowl.
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  Speaker 3: Is this what Hispanics do?
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  Speaker 2: No, I will not be putting that one on the bowl.
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  Speaker 1: And I shouldn't be laughing. Only Ricardo can say it
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  Speaker 1: and laugh. All right, so pick us up tomorrow. Row 50.
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  Speaker 5: Done.
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  Speaker 1: I can't do it anymore!
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  Speaker 2: It's so far.
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  Speaker 1: And I just realized I left something in my car
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  Speaker 1: that I have to.
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  Speaker 2: It lives there now. Yeah, it's a tomorrow problem.
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  Speaker 3: It lives there now.
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  Speaker 1: Because then I have to walk there and then back, right?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I'll need five shirts. We'll get to Joe
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  Speaker 1: Thomas in a second. The Mount Rushmore of Stugatz &
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  Speaker 1: Company guests. We had three yesterday. Mel was one of them.
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  Speaker 1: Kirchham was another. I can't remember the third. We left
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  Speaker 1: out Bomani Jones.
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  Speaker 3: Sims.
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  Speaker 1: Chris Sims. We left out Bomani Jones. We left out
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  Speaker 1: several people. I felt bad about it afterwards. But fans
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  Speaker 1: are sending their Mount Rushmores in, Taylor. Is that what
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  Speaker 1: they're doing?
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  Speaker 4: Yep.
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  Speaker 2: So I have about 10 that I wrote down from
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  Speaker 2: fans being sent in.
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  Speaker 1: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: And some of the names are common across their Mount Rushmores.
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  Speaker 3: Yep.
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  Speaker 2: The most popular name is.
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  Speaker 3: Bomani.
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  Speaker 2: Bomani is almost on everybody's list. Sims is almost on
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  Speaker 2: everybody's list. The one that we're leaving off that are
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  Speaker 2: on a lot of people's Mount Rushmores, Jess. Somebody wrote Sims, Jess, Russini,
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  Speaker 2: Jeff Passon is my Mount Rushmore. Dipthongsong87 wrote that in.
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  Speaker 5: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: It's been a while since we've had Russini on. Why?
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  Speaker 1: But I understand why she'd be on the Mount Rushmore.
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  Speaker 1: She's great. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yes. Sherbro2 said, Bomani, Sims, Russini, Gojo.
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  Speaker 1: All right. That makes sense.
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  Speaker 4: Right.
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  Speaker 1: We left off Gojo.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah step your game up said greenie golic senior bear kirchen.
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  Speaker 1: Recency bias with greenie although he is definitely a great
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  Speaker 1: guest i mean i love having mike on i can
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  Speaker 1: have him on all the time give me those four again.
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  Speaker 2: Greenie golic senior bear kirchen hmm.
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  Speaker 1: All right you have some others what do you got mikey.
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  Speaker 3: I'm surprised we haven't seen a mad dog yet right Same.
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  Speaker 2: Mikey, one of the comments in this thread are, how
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  Speaker 2: has nobody added Russo? And then somebody said, oh, wow,
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  Speaker 2: now I have to redo my list.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Mad Dog at the Super Bowl still was the number
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  Speaker 2: one appearance I think we'll ever have on this show.
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  Speaker 1: I would say Mad Dog and Rossini at the Super Bowl.
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  Speaker 1: It will never, ever get better for us than it
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  Speaker 1: was that week with those two.
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  Speaker 3: They were great. That Racini one got replayed a lot.
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  Speaker 3: Can't imagine why.
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  Speaker 1: And a bunch of credible news outlets taking me to God.
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  Speaker 3: Seriously. It was delightful.
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  Speaker 2: The only names that I haven't mentioned yet that are
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  Speaker 2: on people's Mount Rushmore, Lucy, Adnan, and Mark Hockman.
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  Speaker 1: Hock is great. All of them are great. And I
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  Speaker 1: feel bad having to narrow it down to four. We
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  Speaker 1: shouldn't be doing that.
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  Speaker 3: See, what you got to do. is you've got to
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  Speaker 3: pick three, and then the fourth is whoever you have
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  Speaker 3: on right now.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, Dominic Foxworth should be, he was on in
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  Speaker 1: hour number one, he should be considered for the Mount
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  Speaker 1: Rushmore of guests, right?
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  Speaker 2: He's on mine.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: He's on yours, really. You have yours.
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  Speaker 5: Yep.
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  Speaker 1: All right, give it to me.
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  Speaker 2: Well, now it's different than the one from yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: That's okay. That's what sports radio is all about.
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  Speaker 2: My Mount Rushmore today of guests Bomani, Dominique, Mad Dog.
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  Speaker 4: Man.
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  Speaker 3: Say it. Say it.
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  Speaker 5: Say it.
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  Speaker 2: It's Tim Kirchner.
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  Speaker 5: Say it.
• 10:05
  Speaker 2: It's Tim Kirchner.
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  Speaker 1: It's Tim Kirchner. He loves Kirchner. Who do you have, Mikey?
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  Speaker 3: Cut this. Give it to Sims.
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  Speaker 1: Did he leave out Mel? Oh, my God.
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  Speaker 2: I left out Sims.
• 10:12
  Speaker 3: He left out Mel?
• 10:13
  Speaker 1: He left off Sims?
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  Speaker 4: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Mel was your guy yesterday, Lance. I mean, what are
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  Speaker 1: you doing?
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  Speaker 4: Oh, man.
• 10:20
  Speaker 1: Sims, make sure we play that back for Mel and
• 10:23
  Speaker 1: Sims when they come on.
• 10:25
  Speaker 3: Just remember, Sims, I would never leave you off. Right.
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  Speaker 1: Do you have a Mount Rushmore, Mikey? Like when I
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  Speaker 1: tell you.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, no, I'm not. I'm not walking into that trap
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  Speaker 3: that Taylor just walked into. Absolutely not. You know who's
• 10:36
  Speaker 3: on my Mount Rushmore? Whoever's on next.
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• 12:01
  Speaker 1: Joining us now is pro football hall of famer and
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  Speaker 1: NFL network analyst, Joe Thomas. Joe is, he's played 10,363
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  Speaker 1: straight snaps without missing one. That's ridiculous. And it turns
• 12:14
  Speaker 1: out he raises cattle the same way he played. Joe's
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  Speaker 1: hall of fame farms is producing some of the tastiest
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  Speaker 1: beef on planet earth. Joe, tell us about it, man.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, man. Thanks for having me on Stu. I'm out
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  Speaker 5: in Wisconsin here. putting a passion project into play every
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  Speaker 5: single day. I'm out raising Japanese Wagyu, American Wagyu, Angus
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  Speaker 5: cattle out here, teaching my kids how to farm and ranch,
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  Speaker 5: and then bringing that beef right to the consumer. We
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  Speaker 5: sell online, and then we've got distribution nationally through retail
• 12:46
  Speaker 5: chains and through restaurants, and it's just a beautiful day.
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  Speaker 5: Every day I get to go outside and chase cattle
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  Speaker 5: and also chase my kids around a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: It sounds delightful. Do the kids like it? Do they
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  Speaker 1: enjoy it?
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  Speaker 5: Heck yeah. I mean, I love it. You know, being
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  Speaker 5: able to work alongside your kids and teach them something
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  Speaker 5: when they're actually listening to you is kind of something
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  Speaker 5: that's new, but when you got a 1500 pound cow
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  Speaker 5: or a 1600 pound steer on the other side of
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  Speaker 5: the gate, like they're listening pretty intently because lives are
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  Speaker 5: on the line and it's awesome. I mean, they, they
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  Speaker 5: love being out here. It's kind of the middle of
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  Speaker 5: nowhere in the driftless area of Wisconsin, but it's a
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  Speaker 5: beautiful part of the country. if you've never been here
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  Speaker 5: and we raised some fantastic beef because of the terroir,
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  Speaker 5: it's like fine wine, you know, we're trying to produce
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  Speaker 5: that healthiest, tastiest beef on planet earth. And it always
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  Speaker 5: starts with how they're raised and what they're eating.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, we'll promote it again on the way out. Hall
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  Speaker 1: of fame farms.com is the website. Uh, if you want
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  Speaker 1: to check it out, I am wondering here, Joe, what'd
• 13:44
  Speaker 1: you make as a former Cleveland Brown is maybe the
• 13:46
  Speaker 1: greatest Cleveland Brown player of all time. Uh, what'd you
• 13:49
  Speaker 1: make of their decision to go with Deshaun Watson? Uh,
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  Speaker 1: over Sanders?
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  Speaker 5: I wasn't totally surprised. I got to spend a lot
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  Speaker 5: of time with them in training camp, calling their preseason games,
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  Speaker 5: and then doing some coaching when I was out there.
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  Speaker 5: And for the majority of training camp, Deshaun was ahead
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  Speaker 5: of Shadur as far as comprehension of the offense, being
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  Speaker 5: able to get the football out of his hand, operation,
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  Speaker 5: getting the offense in the play that Coach Munkin wants,
• 14:16
  Speaker 5: and making sure that the ball is being delivered on
• 14:18
  Speaker 5: time and on the money, and being a two-play quarterback.
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  Speaker 5: Coach Munkin's talked about that throughout his time here. He's
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  Speaker 5: used to Lamar Jackson in Baltimore, so he likes a
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  Speaker 5: quarterback that if things break down, they can break outside
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  Speaker 5: the pocket. They can make a first down with their legs.
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  Speaker 5: They can also break outside the pocket and then throw
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  Speaker 5: the football deep down the field. And so I think
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  Speaker 5: even though the last preseason game that both those guys
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  Speaker 5: played in, which was the second one, was an abysmal
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  Speaker 5: failure for Deshaun, and Shadur played very well. I think
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  Speaker 5: Coach Munkin looked at the totality of their work from
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  Speaker 5: the time that he got there, and he said, hey,
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  Speaker 5: I'm a 60-year-old first-time head coach. I'm not trying to
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  Speaker 5: win for somebody else into the future or set the
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  Speaker 5: table for somebody else to have success. I need to
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  Speaker 5: win now, and I'm trying to instill and install my
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  Speaker 5: culture from week one. So I'm gonna make a decision
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  Speaker 5: for week one and then see what happens after that.
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  Speaker 5: And out of his own words, he has said that
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  Speaker 5: he feels Deshaun is able to operate the offense at
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  Speaker 5: the best level of the quarterbacks on the roster and
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  Speaker 5: gives them the best chance to win in week one.
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  Speaker 5: And that was solely what the decision was based on.
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  Speaker 3: Joe, you mentioned the beef. And when you look at
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  Speaker 3: the Browns, they got rid of their entire beefy off
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  Speaker 3: offensive line, historic turnover. All five guys are gone bringing
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  Speaker 3: in five new guys. How much will that affect what
• 15:30
  Speaker 3: happens with Deshaun Watson?
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  Speaker 5: I think it affected things early on, but being around
• 15:35
  Speaker 5: that offensive line, they actually gelled pretty quickly. I was
• 15:37
  Speaker 5: pretty impressed. I mean, they, they brought in a bunch
• 15:39
  Speaker 5: of veterans and, across the board. Obviously they got Spencer Fano,
• 15:42
  Speaker 5: who's their rookie first round draft choice, first offensive lineman
• 15:45
  Speaker 5: off the board in the draft this past season. He's
• 15:48
  Speaker 5: been growing in leaps and bounds. He earned that starting
• 15:50
  Speaker 5: job midway through training camp. He's been looking great. And
• 15:53
  Speaker 5: then the rest of those guys, they've got a lot
• 15:54
  Speaker 5: of experience and I think they've built a chemistry pretty quickly.
• 15:59
  Speaker 5: And that's really important on that offensive line. But I
• 16:01
  Speaker 5: think just leaning into the experience that those guys have
• 16:03
  Speaker 5: had in other places, albeit, but in similar type offenses,
• 16:07
  Speaker 5: it made them gel pretty quickly. And I think They'll
• 16:09
  Speaker 5: be one of the sneaky strengths of the Browns offense
• 16:11
  Speaker 5: this year.
• 16:12
  Speaker 2: Joe, as a Hall of Fame offensive lineman, a lot
• 16:14
  Speaker 2: of the times we hear that voters don't really know
• 16:17
  Speaker 2: what goes into offensive line play, so it's harder for
• 16:19
  Speaker 2: offensive linemen to go into the Hall of Fame. I
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: want to make you the head of the Hall of
• 16:24
  Speaker 2: Fame for offensive linemen.
• 16:26
  Speaker 3: He should be.
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: Yeah, he's the greatest ever.
• 16:28
  Speaker 2: Every offensive lineman comes to your desk, and then you
• 16:31
  Speaker 2: have the say. You stamp them Hall of Famer or
• 16:33
  Speaker 2: not a Hall of Famer.
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: I like it.
• 16:34
  Speaker 2: Like the emperor from Gladiator.
• 16:36
  Speaker 1: Exactly.
• 16:38
  Speaker 5: I'm ready to be the Caesar Augustus of offensive linemen
• 16:40
  Speaker 5: in the Hall of Fame. That's quite a bit of pressure.
• 16:44
  Speaker 5: There's been a lot of great offensive linemen, but you're right.
• 16:46
  Speaker 5: It's always difficult because you talk about quarterbacks going into
• 16:49
  Speaker 5: the Hall of Fame. You talk about coaches. You talk
• 16:51
  Speaker 5: about receivers. They have stats. You can stack them up
• 16:54
  Speaker 5: against guys from other generations, but it's a lot harder
• 16:57
  Speaker 5: on the offensive line, especially if you look at the
• 16:59
  Speaker 5: pre-pro football focus era where really the quality of the
• 17:03
  Speaker 5: offensive line play came down to Hey, did his peers
• 17:06
  Speaker 5: vote him into the Pro Bowl, which turns into be
• 17:09
  Speaker 5: a little bit of a popularity contest in years past?
• 17:13
  Speaker 5: And what does the media in that area think about
• 17:16
  Speaker 5: that offensive lineman? And has he had a good running
• 17:19
  Speaker 5: back with him? So they've got some rushing yardage. Did
• 17:22
  Speaker 5: the quarterback play well? So he didn't take a lot
• 17:24
  Speaker 5: of sacks. And how did they win in the playoffs
• 17:26
  Speaker 5: in the Super Bowl? And so those are things that
• 17:29
  Speaker 5: oftentimes don't reflect necessarily on the job that that certain
• 17:33
  Speaker 5: offensive lineman did or didn't. But I think we've come
• 17:36
  Speaker 5: a long way with pro football focus because they may
• 17:38
  Speaker 5: not be perfect, but at least they're watching every play
• 17:41
  Speaker 5: and they're grading all those guys. So you have a
• 17:43
  Speaker 5: general idea of who's playing well, who may not be
• 17:46
  Speaker 5: playing quite as well. And you can look back in
• 17:49
  Speaker 5: time throughout a player's career and say like, hey, he
• 17:51
  Speaker 5: consistently graded as one of the top five players at
• 17:53
  Speaker 5: his position. He is definitely Hall of Fame worthy, at
• 17:56
  Speaker 5: least of that consideration.
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: How would Joe Thomas as a former offensive lineman feel
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: if he was going out on the field still playing
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: and he was going up against Aaron Donald and Miles Garrett?
• 18:08
  Speaker 5: Here's my real quick. This is my retirement paper. I
• 18:11
  Speaker 5: would like to retire because I am not walking on
• 18:14
  Speaker 5: that field to go against those two beasts. I mean,
• 18:18
  Speaker 5: when I think of in my generation in the last
• 18:20
  Speaker 5: 40 years watching offensive and defensive linemen go at it,
• 18:24
  Speaker 5: the best defensive tackle I ever played against. Or ever
• 18:27
  Speaker 5: saw was Aaron Donald.
• 18:28
  Speaker 3: Wow.
• 18:29
  Speaker 5: The best defensive end I ever played against or saw
• 18:32
  Speaker 5: was Miles Garrett. And to put both guys on the
• 18:35
  Speaker 5: same side is just flat out unfair.
• 18:38
  Speaker 3: Joe, there's always a lot of pressure when great players
• 18:42
  Speaker 3: retire to come back. I remember everybody in Cleveland clamoring
• 18:45
  Speaker 3: for you to return. But Aaron Donald's actually doing it one,
• 18:49
  Speaker 3: two years after hanging it up. What do you expect
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: from him? Do you expect that we see 85% Aaron Donald, 100%?
• 18:58
  Speaker 5: So I think, honestly, Aaron Donald is a unique specimen.
• 19:03
  Speaker 5: There is one of one in the history of the
• 19:05
  Speaker 5: world that is Aaron Donald. And so, honestly, I think
• 19:08
  Speaker 5: from a performance standpoint, athletically, power, I'm sure he's been
• 19:11
  Speaker 5: working out. He's a guy like me that gets up
• 19:14
  Speaker 5: and works out probably every day. And I think he's
• 19:17
  Speaker 5: going to be able to play great. My big question
• 19:19
  Speaker 5: is what type of work has he been putting in
• 19:21
  Speaker 5: the last two years around the clock? You know, I
• 19:25
  Speaker 5: train to feel good and to try to stay in shape.
• 19:28
  Speaker 5: But I don't train for the NFL anymore. There's a
• 19:31
  Speaker 5: difference between being in good shape and being in NFL shape.
• 19:33
  Speaker 5: And so my question is, I think he'll be ready
• 19:36
  Speaker 5: for those first few games. But can his body survive
• 19:39
  Speaker 5: the duration of a 17 game season? That's really the question,
• 19:43
  Speaker 5: because you've got to put in that training around the
• 19:44
  Speaker 5: clock in the offseason to build up those calluses on
• 19:48
  Speaker 5: your body to be able to build that durability. so
• 19:50
  Speaker 5: that you can survive an NFL season. There's a beating
• 19:53
  Speaker 5: that your body takes that when you retire, you quickly
• 19:56
  Speaker 5: forget what that was like and you forget the work
• 19:58
  Speaker 5: that was put in to get you to that position
• 20:01
  Speaker 5: to be able to play 17 games in a season.
• 20:04
  Speaker 5: And I do question if he's going to be able
• 20:07
  Speaker 5: to stay on the field for 17 weeks, because that
• 20:10
  Speaker 5: is a long season. And to do it after two
• 20:13
  Speaker 5: years off, I mean, it takes a special human, but hey,
• 20:15
  Speaker 5: hats off to him. If there's anybody on planet earth
• 20:18
  Speaker 5: that can do that, it's Aaron Donald.
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: What is the last time someone asked Joe Thomas to
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: come back?
• 20:23
  Speaker 5: Oh, it's been a few years. I had my hip
• 20:25
  Speaker 5: replaced last year. So I think that finally put everybody
• 20:28
  Speaker 5: on notice that this is not happening. I do not
• 20:31
  Speaker 5: have any gas left in the tank. And I always
• 20:33
  Speaker 5: told people like, look, I didn't retire because I was
• 20:35
  Speaker 5: bored and wanted to go farm. Although I love farming now.
• 20:38
  Speaker 5: And trying to raise amazing beef, but I retired because
• 20:41
  Speaker 5: my body could not handle it anymore. Trust me. Would
• 20:44
  Speaker 5: I have loved to make the money that those guys
• 20:46
  Speaker 5: are making right now and come back?
• 20:47
  Speaker 3: Absolutely.
• 20:48
  Speaker 5: There's no better job in the world than playing in
• 20:51
  Speaker 5: the NFL. And if you can do it, play as
• 20:52
  Speaker 5: long as you can. But I did not have one
• 20:55
  Speaker 5: more snap left in my body.
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: But if McVay calls today and just says, hey, Joe,
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: we need you for a couple of snaps. You'll be
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: a member of the Rams. We have a good chance
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: of winning the Super Bowl. Would you think about it?
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: I mean, just maybe.
• 21:07
  Speaker 5: If it was the week of the Super Bowl, you
• 21:08
  Speaker 5: could sign me. I'd show up. I'd give my best
• 21:11
  Speaker 5: on that field. But make sure you got that golf
• 21:13
  Speaker 5: cart with the stretcher. It's in park, but it's turned
• 21:18
  Speaker 5: on and ready to come pick me up on that
• 21:20
  Speaker 5: field because I'm going to need it.
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: All right, we'll get you out of here in a
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: couple of minutes. I have a question for Taylor and Mikey.
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: If I had Joe's background, would you guys think of me?
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: Because in his background, there were tools. There's farming equipment.
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: He's a man.
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: It's a man's background. Yes.
• 21:34
  Speaker 3: Would you say man's background?
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: Would I look more manly if I had that kind
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: of background?
• 21:40
  Speaker 5: No.
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: I wonder whose house you are.
• 21:42
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: I just had to ask because Joe is a man.
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: What's the best cut of steak, Joe? We had this
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: conversation on the air the other day. What is the
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: best cut of steak, according to Joe Thomas?
• 21:58
  Speaker 5: You know, out of the traditional middle meats, you know, ribeyes, strips, tenders,
• 22:01
  Speaker 5: I'm a New York strip guy. However, the Wagyu that
• 22:05
  Speaker 5: we grow on our farm is the most tender, marbled, mouthwatering,
• 22:08
  Speaker 5: delicious beef you've ever had. And so that makes not
• 22:11
  Speaker 5: just those middle's incredible delicacies, but everything on the shoulder,
• 22:16
  Speaker 5: all the way to the sirloin and the cow. So
• 22:18
  Speaker 5: if you ask me my favorite, it's the Bavette. It's
• 22:20
  Speaker 5: like sirloin flaps, so it's inside. It's got a little
• 22:23
  Speaker 5: thicker grain, but incredible tenderness and beefy flavor. Marbling is
• 22:27
  Speaker 5: off the chain and melts in your mouth. You can
• 22:29
  Speaker 5: cook it in a variety of different ways. You can
• 22:30
  Speaker 5: even throw it on the smoker. And then my second
• 22:32
  Speaker 5: favorite is a nod to my Brazilian friends, the picanha.
• 22:37
  Speaker 5: It's the sirloin butt. It's unbelievable. If you've ever had
• 22:40
  Speaker 5: them at those Brazilian steakhouses when they come around on
• 22:43
  Speaker 5: the big skewers with the swords.
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: Like, you know how great life is when you're sitting
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: there in a coma.
• 22:48
  Speaker 5: You're just sweating out that Wagyu beef. And life is
• 22:52
  Speaker 5: absolutely at its finest when you're doing that. So if
• 22:55
  Speaker 5: you go on our website, Hall of Fame Farms, check
• 22:57
  Speaker 5: out the chef's cuts. We do everything nose to tail.
• 23:00
  Speaker 5: We treat every athlete like a pro athlete. So they
• 23:02
  Speaker 5: get individual care and it creates some of the best
• 23:05
  Speaker 5: beef I guarantee anybody has ever had. It's mouthwatering. It's delicious.
• 23:10
  Speaker 5: And we offer the stuff that you can't get in
• 23:11
  Speaker 5: a grocery store because we do that nose to tail butchery.
• 23:13
  Speaker 5: So check out the bavette. Check out the picanha. I
• 23:16
  Speaker 5: guarantee you'll say it's the best steak of your life.
• 23:19
  Speaker 2: Joe, what do you think about a podcast combining football
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: and meat? And it's called Meets Me in the A-Gap.
• 23:26
  Speaker 5: Jesus. I think it's a done deal. If you're producing,
• 23:30
  Speaker 5: I'm there every day, baby. I mean, can you imagine
• 23:33
  Speaker 5: a better combination? Like on planet Earth for an American
• 23:38
  Speaker 5: that loves football? I mean, those are just two things
• 23:40
  Speaker 5: that go together better than anything that you've ever been around.
• 23:44
  Speaker 5: And I would be happy to put my name on
• 23:46
  Speaker 5: that one.
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: Uh, so you're saying you're in like, this is a
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: binding contract.
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 23:50
  Speaker 5: Done deal. As long as you don't mind me doing
• 23:52
  Speaker 5: it from the barn.
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: I don't get, no, we want you doing it from
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: the barn. What are you talking about?
• 23:55
  Speaker 3: It can't be done anywhere else.
• 23:58
  Speaker 5: Naturally.
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: All right, perfect. Well, I got the setup.
• 24:00
  Speaker 5: I'm out here at the farm. So I'll just take
• 24:02
  Speaker 5: her outside by the cattle and we'll be rolling and
• 24:04
  Speaker 5: I'll bring the smoker out there too.
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: Uh, your second answer on best cut was a big
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: win for Mikey. A when you go to those Brazilian
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: steak houses, are you just constantly on green? Do you
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: ever flip the coin over to red Joe?
• 24:15
  Speaker 2: I never have.
• 24:15
  Speaker 5: It's a pride thing with me too. First of all,
• 24:18
  Speaker 5: you never touch the salad bar and you never touch
• 24:20
  Speaker 5: the bread. You put the green down until your friends
• 24:22
  Speaker 5: are ready to leave and you just eat everything. You
• 24:24
  Speaker 5: never say no. Eat everything that comes to your table.
• 24:27
  Speaker 5: I guarantee you'll thank me later.
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: All right, Joe, we appreciate the time. Halloffameforms.com if you
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: want to check out his website. Joe, we appreciate it.
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: You look really happy, man. You are happy, Joe. You
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: are happy working with your kids, teaching them how to
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: be farmers. You're doing what you love. You seem very happy,
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: and I'm happy for you. Thank you for doing this,
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: my man.
• 24:50
  Speaker 5: Thanks for having me on. And if you send me
• 24:51
  Speaker 5: your address, I'll get you some jerky, some of our
• 24:53
  Speaker 5: beef sticks. It's the best you've ever had. Would love
• 24:55
  Speaker 5: to share with you guys, give you an opportunity to
• 24:58
  Speaker 5: just taste what greatness is like.
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: Okay. That'll be my address.
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: We're going to hold you to that, yeah.
• 25:04
  Speaker 3: That'll be my address.
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: We're sending you everyone's address. And we look forward to
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: launching a new podcast with you.
• 25:12
  Speaker 3: Thank you, Joe. I appreciate it, guys.
• 25:14
  Speaker 5: Thanks for having me on.
• 25:16
  Speaker 4: All right.
• 25:16
  Speaker 3: Thank you, man.