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Hour 2 - The Highway to Bankruptcy · The Ben Maller Show

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  Speaker 1: Yabba dabba doo.
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  Speaker 2: And how do you do in our number two? Do
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  Speaker 2: you have compassion for Chiefs wide receiver Rashi Rice, who
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  Speaker 2: has filed for bankruptcy? Young NFL player. Prime of his life,
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  Speaker 2: he's already filing for bankruptcy. Of course, he's got no
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  Speaker 2: one to blame except himself. And where are you on
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  Speaker 2: Chargers offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel's decision to move on up?
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  Speaker 2: He's going upstairs now to call the plays. And what
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  Speaker 2: is your reaction to 49ers GM John Lynch's promise to
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  Speaker 2: find a solution for both sides in the Brandon Ayuk
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  Speaker 2: drama-o-rama which is going on And we should have some
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  Speaker 2: kind of conclusion by the end of the weekend, if
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  Speaker 2: not later today.
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  Speaker 1: We'll get to all of that and more right now.
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  Speaker 2: We also have Benny versus the Penny, the eight hand-picked
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  Speaker 2: games just for you in the NFL this weekend against
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  Speaker 2: the spread. It's a little ditty we call Benny versus
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  Speaker 2: the Penny. So no calls this hour. It's all Benny
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  Speaker 2: versus the Penny. Don't forget to check out the Fifth
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  Speaker 2: Hour podcast. But here it is, hour number two. On
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  Speaker 2: the highway to bankruptcy. Welcome in the beginning of another
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  Speaker 2: hour of the Ben Maller Show.
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  Speaker 1: So make sure to check that. That out.
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  Speaker 2: A programming note coming up a little bit later this hour.
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  Speaker 2: Benny versus the Penny.
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  Speaker 1: No calls. No calls. We've hand-picked the eight.
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  Speaker 2: Most important games this weekend in the NFL, and we
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  Speaker 2: will handicap those against the spread. All the picks will
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  Speaker 2: be up on the show Facebook and Instagram page, most
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  Speaker 2: likely on Saturday. Most likely on Saturday. Possibly on Sunday,
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  Speaker 2: but most likely on Saturday. So we'll have All the
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  Speaker 2: games handicap, but on the radio, because of timing reasons,
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  Speaker 2: we'll have eight of the most important games on the card.
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  Speaker 2: NFL week number nine, which began last night in Baltimore.
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  Speaker 2: And the Ravens, El Stinko, as they were rowing upstream
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  Speaker 2: in Jacksonville, taking care of business. They were a big
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  Speaker 2: road favorite, and they went out, didn't play great, played
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  Speaker 2: well enough.
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  Speaker 1: And they collected a victory.
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  Speaker 2: But our lead from Kansas City, the home of the
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  Speaker 2: Ben Maller Chicken Fingers in Liberty, Missouri.
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  Speaker 1: The landing there in Liberty. It's also the home of
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  Speaker 1: Rashi Rice.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know that he'll be able to afford buying
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  Speaker 2: the Ben Maller Chicken Fingers for a while. The wide
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  Speaker 2: receiver for the Chiefs has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
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  Speaker 1: He claims that there's $ 3. 4 million in debt.
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  Speaker 2: And he just has $ 677, 000 in assets. The math ain't mathing.
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  Speaker 2: So if you saw this, you might know what I'm
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  Speaker 2: talking about.
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  Speaker 1: Perhaps not.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe you saw it and didn't really read into it,
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  Speaker 2: didn't dig into it. And we're loud and proud over here.
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  Speaker 2: We don't mind that. So we are told that much
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  Speaker 2: of the financial wreckage stems from that now infamous 2024
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  Speaker 2: Dallas event where he remade Fast and the Furious. Remember
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  Speaker 2: that he got into an accident, people got hurt, and
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  Speaker 2: then he just walked off the highway? Yeah, well, you
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  Speaker 2: know what didn't walk off the highway?
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  Speaker 1: The lawsuits.
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  Speaker 2: All those billboard lawyers licking their chops, and Rice reportedly
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  Speaker 2: pledged his Super Bowl ring, his Chiefs Super Bowl ring
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  Speaker 2: as collateral to pay for his attorney's. If you're curious,
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  Speaker 2: a Chiefs Super Bowl ring by Rashi Rice estimated value
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  Speaker 2: $ 160, 000 for that trinket that sits in a safety deposit box. $ 160, 000. Now,
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  Speaker 2: with felony convictions, jail time, NFL suspensions, you got free
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  Speaker 2: agency on the horizon.
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  Speaker 1: Rashi Rice has got a lot of issues.
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  Speaker 2: There's a lot of things going on that continue to
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  Speaker 2: overshadow himself as a football player. And this continues to
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  Speaker 2: be the way it is. That's a good jumping off point.
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  Speaker 2: Let us discuss the question. Do you have compassion for
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  Speaker 2: the Chiefs wide receiver, Rashi Rice, that he has filed
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  Speaker 2: for bankruptcy at such a young age? He's already had
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  Speaker 2: to file for bankruptcy. So I've got Beanie Babies, Where's Waldo,
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  Speaker 2: and United Nations.
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  Speaker 1: And we'll combine all of these things together. We're going
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  Speaker 1: to mix and match.
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  Speaker 2: Them together and we'll do that since you're in earshot
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  Speaker 2: right now now to lead off the malheur compassion meter
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  Speaker 2: we just checked the malheur compassion meter it's running on
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  Speaker 2: empty the needle in fact is buried below e that's
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  Speaker 2: not good now we've got more empathy For the guy
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  Speaker 2: who bought a timeshare in Death Valley, there's more empathy
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  Speaker 2: for that guy.
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  Speaker 1: What kind of financial advice?
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  Speaker 2: Was uh rashi rice getting and forget just financial advice
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  Speaker 2: just like life advice like hey dude maybe maybe don't
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  Speaker 2: uh do speed racer stuff in and out of traffic
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  Speaker 2: on the highway maybe you shouldn't do it yeah maybe
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  Speaker 2: you shouldn't do that uh was his accountant by the
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  Speaker 2: way a magic eight ball did he did he talk
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  Speaker 2: to the magic eight ball to try to figure out
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  Speaker 2: what was going on his financial portfolio has more red
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  Speaker 2: flags than what it's got more red flags than a
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  Speaker 2: nascar race under caution And boogity, boogity, boogity, as Random
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  Speaker 2: Ryan in Carolina says, Rice didn't get here because the
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  Speaker 2: stock market crashed. He didn't get here because he invested
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  Speaker 2: all of his money in Beanie Babies. As far as
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  Speaker 2: I know, there was no major investment into Beanie Babies.
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  Speaker 2: His own decisions played a major role. And again, I
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  Speaker 2: go back to Speed Racer around the highways and byways.
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  Speaker 1: And the greater.
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  Speaker 2: Metropolitan Dallas area there. And you play stupid games. Generally speaking,
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  Speaker 2: you win stupid prizes. Filing for bankruptcy. Now, it does not,
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  Speaker 2: from what I read, it does not automatically eliminate every debt.
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  Speaker 2: Particularly the liabilities arising from willful and malicious injury, I
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  Speaker 2: believe is the legal term. The legal bullcrap. That's the phrasing.
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  Speaker 2: They actually used the word bullcrap. That was my word.
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  Speaker 2: They didn't use the word bullcrap. But willful and malicious injury.
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  Speaker 2: That's the jargon.
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  Speaker 1: So Rice has gone.
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  Speaker 2: From Super Bowl champion in Kansas City to a pawn
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  Speaker 2: shop with his Super Bowl ring.
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  Speaker 1: Not ideal. Not ideal.
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  Speaker 2: That Super Bowl ring was supposed to be a family heirloom.
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  Speaker 2: Passed for future generations and not something that you put
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  Speaker 2: up for collateral to make sure your lawyers are happy.
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  Speaker 1: Here we are, though.
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  Speaker 2: Rice has demonstrated a remarkable ability to outrun defensive backs. Unfortunately,
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  Speaker 2: he has not been nearly as successful to outrun his
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  Speaker 2: financial obligations. And, of course, this is not like the
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  Speaker 2: guy that's got the regular job that goes bankrupt. Rashi Rice,
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  Speaker 2: assuming he does not completely fall off the wagon will
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  Speaker 2: have at least three, four more years in the NFL,
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  Speaker 2: which means he can make a lot of money as
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  Speaker 2: an NFL player. Even the poorest NFL players, what we
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  Speaker 2: used to call rich when I was a kid. So
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  Speaker 2: you're going to make a lot of money. And it's
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  Speaker 2: not like the guy at the factory that has no
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  Speaker 2: way to get any real money.
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  Speaker 1: It's not that guy.
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  Speaker 2: All right, now, meanwhile, to La La Land we go.
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  Speaker 2: We stay in the AFC West where the Chargers have
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  Speaker 2: made a move with Mike McDaniel. You knew it was coming.
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  Speaker 2: It has now happened. If you have not heard, big
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  Speaker 2: news out of L.A., Jim Harbaugh, not a softie anymore.
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  Speaker 2: The Chargers offensive coordinator, Mike McDaniel, is heading upstairs.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he's going to call the game from the press box.
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  Speaker 1: This is the Chargers solution. This is it.
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  Speaker 3: This is it.
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  Speaker 2: They've decided, Mike McDaniel, we're going to put you in
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  Speaker 2: the coach's booth on level seven at SoFi. And hopefully
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  Speaker 2: that'll jumpstart the just absolute dreadful piecemeal offense. The Chargers
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  Speaker 2: have as many wins as you do and are averaging
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  Speaker 2: 14.1 points per game, which I don't think is good.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, you're being mean, Maller. I know.
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  Speaker 4: I know.
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  Speaker 1: I'm a schmuck.
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  Speaker 2: I'm a schmuck averaging just two touchdowns a game. Generally,
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  Speaker 2: I consider that not good. I know you're right.
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  Speaker 1: You're right. They're really trying. They're really trying.
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  Speaker 2: Remember when everyone was playing matchmaker Mike McDaniel and Justin Herbert?
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  Speaker 1: We even thought that would be a good marriage. It
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  Speaker 1: is not.
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  Speaker 2: Justin Herbert has been guilty of fraud impersonating an NFL
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  Speaker 2: quarterback this year. Now McDaniel hopes the bird's eye view
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  Speaker 2: will improve his play calling.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, the Critics are.
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  Speaker 2: Out there wondering whether changing his location can fix the offense,
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  Speaker 2: which appears to be fundamentally broken.
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  Speaker 1: Just fundamentally broken. So different scenery. You got that.
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  Speaker 2: Same football program and same problems.
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  Speaker 1: Now, question.
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  Speaker 2: Where are you at on Chargers offense coordinator Mike McDaniel's
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  Speaker 2: decision to move on up to a penthouse on the
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  Speaker 2: Upper East Side? So I don't believe this was Mike
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  Speaker 2: McDaniel's decision. I believe this was a group decision. And oh,
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  Speaker 2: what a group it is that Jim Harbaugh and McDaniel
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  Speaker 2: and some other people got together, and they said, okay,
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  Speaker 2: we've got to do something.
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  Speaker 1: I heard it through the grapevine. We've got to do something.
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  Speaker 1: People are upset. All seven of our fans are angry.
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  Speaker 1: They're not happy.
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  Speaker 2: So we've got to do something. So this is their solution.
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  Speaker 2: McDaniel is trying to save his run with the Chargers,
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  Speaker 2: and he's going to save it by taking an elevator ride.
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  Speaker 1: Well, that'll fix everything.
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  Speaker 2: I know when I go into an elevator, it's like
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  Speaker 2: a time portal.
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  Speaker 1: It always works.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: He'll be searching for a geographical solution to a football problem,
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  Speaker 2: which is just horrific for the Chargers in terms of
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  Speaker 2: football problems. He's going to have better sight lines. The
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  Speaker 2: problem is the blind spots will still be there. The
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  Speaker 2: Chargers offense. is so atrocious. How atrocious? It's so atrocious
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  Speaker 2: that the best thing McDaniel can do is physically distance himself.
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  Speaker 1: From the players.
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  Speaker 2: He's treating this like the pandemic. Remember the social distancing,
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  Speaker 2: which was ridiculous? And McDaniel is like, I need to
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  Speaker 2: social distance from the players. That's what I need to do.
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  Speaker 2: The further away, the farther away you get, the better
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  Speaker 2: the chances. Now, at this point, I have an idea.
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  Speaker 2: I'm an ideas guy. And The Chargers are conducting a
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  Speaker 2: scientific experiment. Does offensive incompetence decrease with altitude? If that's
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  Speaker 2: the case, they might want to move their games to
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  Speaker 2: Mexico City. It's a very high-altitude city. McDaniel shouldn't stop
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  Speaker 2: at the press box. I think this should become a thing.
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  Speaker 2: The Chargers are bad and they're boring. So why not
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  Speaker 2: make a side deal, have a brand partnership with Where's Waldo?
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  Speaker 2: And every week, this is like an old radio bit
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  Speaker 2: that we would have done back when we used to
• 13:32
  Speaker 2: do radio bits back in the.
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  Speaker 1: Old days, like local radio.
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  Speaker 2: The bit would be, OK, so McDaniel this week goes
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  Speaker 2: to the coach's box. If that doesn't work, they get
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  Speaker 2: a helicopter and they can have a camera following McDaniel
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  Speaker 2: out to the helipad. He gets on the helicopter and
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  Speaker 2: it hovers over the stadium. Now, you say, well, there's
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  Speaker 2: a roof on SoFi, but you can kind of see
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  Speaker 2: through it.
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  Speaker 1: It's like a mesh roof.
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  Speaker 2: So have McDaniel coach from that location. Say, okay, this
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  Speaker 2: is what we're going to do is we're going to
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  Speaker 2: put you in the helicopter. Now, if that doesn't work,
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  Speaker 2: if the Chargers lose that game, then you bring in
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  Speaker 2: the Goodyear blimp.
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  Speaker 1: And same concept.
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  Speaker 2: Where's Waldo? Where's McDaniel? You put him in the Goodyear blimp.
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  Speaker 2: Give him some popcorn, buttered popcorn, movie theater buttered popcorn,
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  Speaker 2: some nachos and some candy and some kombucha tea. and
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  Speaker 2: he'll call the game from the Goodyear Blimp. Now, if
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  Speaker 2: that doesn't work, how about a deal, a partnership with NASA,
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  Speaker 2: and you can put Mike McDaniel on the International Space Station? Now,
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  Speaker 2: if NASA won't do it, we can get Elon Musk involved,
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  Speaker 2: and McDaniel can go on a SpaceX rocket.
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  Speaker 1: He can do that. That would be the way to
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  Speaker 1: do it.
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  Speaker 2: Now, when his altitude trials, Inevitably fails, which is going
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  Speaker 2: to happen. The next big coaching innovation will be forcing
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  Speaker 2: McDaniel to watch the game on television from his sofa,
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  Speaker 2: just like the rest of us. Although not many of
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  Speaker 2: us are watching those games. Suspend disbelief if you're actually
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  Speaker 2: watching those games.
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  Speaker 1: Well, FergDog is. A few other guys. All right, final point.
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  Speaker 2: To the Bay Area we go, where Brandon Iok.
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  Speaker 1: Wants back in the NFL.
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  Speaker 2: Today is said to be a big day this Friday,
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  Speaker 2: but the 49ers would like him to disappear. We have
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  Speaker 2: a follow-up to a story we've talked about in previous
• 15:30
  Speaker 2: episodes of the show. The mainstream media has been all
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  Speaker 2: over this story, and Iok has formally requested reinstatement.
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  Speaker 1: His future.
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  Speaker 2: He's hanging on by the skin on his chinny-chin-chin at
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  Speaker 2: this particular point. Kyle Shanahan has not gone Mr.
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  Speaker 1: Softee.
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  Speaker 2: John Lynch, the general manager, promised a solution benefiting both
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  Speaker 2: sides and does not seem like there's too much trade interest.
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  Speaker 1: They're not dying to get Brandon Iyuk.
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  Speaker 2: So the question, how do you react to the 49ers
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  Speaker 2: general manager, John Lynch, And his promise to find a
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  Speaker 2: solution for both sides in the Brandon Ayuk drama-o-rama. So
• 16:18
  Speaker 2: John Lynch has mastered the Rosetta Stone. He is speaking,
• 16:23
  Speaker 2: John Lynch, the 49er executive, in fluent GM. Lots of words,
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  Speaker 2: absolutely nothing said. Absolutely nothing said. He sounds like a
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  Speaker 2: United Nations diplomat. Direct out of the U.N., wearing one
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  Speaker 2: of those blue helmets, negotiating a ceasefire between two countries
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  Speaker 2: that don't particularly like each other.
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  Speaker 1: They're not fans.
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  Speaker 2: Now, the pathway that works for both sides, that's John
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  Speaker 2: Lynch's rhetoric, not mine.
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  Speaker 1: That's John Lynch's rhetoric. Give me a break.
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  Speaker 2: We are not talking about couples therapy. This is not
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  Speaker 2: some kind of couples therapy session. The 49ers are consulting
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  Speaker 2: with the NFL Management Council. I don't know what that is,
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  Speaker 2: some kind of bureaucracy. They're doing that because this mess
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  Speaker 2: has no playbook, according.
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  Speaker 1: To John Lynch. But let's be real.
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  Speaker 2: Corporate America, these NFL teams are corporations. They're billion-dollar corporations.
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  Speaker 2: They have perfected corporate America. They have perfected the art
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  Speaker 2: of using 500 words to avoid saying five words. But
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  Speaker 2: we're not part of that. We can say the five words.
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  Speaker 2: The five words John Lynch wants to say but does
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  Speaker 2: not say are, we don't want him back, period, stop.
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  Speaker 2: We don't want him back, period, stop.
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  Speaker 1: Those are the words.
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  Speaker 2: Now, meanwhile, Brandon Iook has mastered the greatest trick in
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  Speaker 2: sports by becoming a storyline for an NFL team without
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  Speaker 2: actually playing for said NFL team.
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  Speaker 1: And John Lynch is like, well, anything's possible. Yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: want to bet.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I guess if that's true, anything's possible. Well, technically,
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  Speaker 2: that means Brandon Ayo can move to the Vatican and
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  Speaker 2: eventually become the pope.
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  Speaker 1: Why not? Anything's possible. Who says no?
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  Speaker 2: It is the Ben Maller Show, as we are rolling, rolling,
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  Speaker 2: rolling through the overnight hours. And Benny versus the Penny.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to whip you into shape with Benny versus
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  Speaker 2: the Penny. That'll be coming up the rest of the hour.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to handpick the eight most important games you
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  Speaker 2: need to watch this.
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  Speaker 1: Weekend in the NFL.
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  Speaker 2: We'll tell you all kinds of information about each of
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  Speaker 2: those games, time permitting.
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  Speaker 1: Of course. We'll get to all of that.
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  Speaker 2: And no calls, but on X, you want to give
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  Speaker 2: us feedback as we're going through the hour here.
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  Speaker 1: You can certainly do that at Ben Maller.
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  Speaker 2: Benny versus the Penny for the rest of the hour,
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  Speaker 2: as the late, great Larry King used to say back
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  Speaker 2: in his day.
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  Speaker 1: We'll get to that, and we will do it!
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• 19:13
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• 19:16
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• 19:18
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• 19:21
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• 19:24
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• 19:27
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• 19:30
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• 19:41
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• 19:47
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• 19:51
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• 19:54
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• 19:59
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• 20:02
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• 20:06
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• 20:08
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• 20:24
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• 20:32
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• 20:36
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• 20:38
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• 20:40
  Speaker 1: It is NFL Week 9. It is here.
• 20:42
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• 20:46
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• 20:50
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• 20:52
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• 20:55
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• 20:58
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• 21:00
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• 21:23
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• 21:24
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• 21:26
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• 21:31
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• 21:39
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• 21:41
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• 21:49
  Speaker 1: Welcome in, Militia.
• 21:50
  Speaker 8: Speaking of winners.
• 21:51
  Speaker 3: Can you handle more Malheur mayhem?
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen.
• 21:55
  Speaker 8: Ladies and gentlemen.
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: It's time now for Benny vs. the Pennies.
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: That it is, week nine in the NFL. We're off
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: to a 1-0 start. We have a perfect record here.
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: We gave you Jacksonville. Not that that was that hard.
• 22:11
  Speaker 2: As the Ravens were playing shorthanded, the Jags were on
• 22:14
  Speaker 2: the power play in that game last night.
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: So we're off to the 1-0 start. Need a big weekend.
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: We have not had that big weekend yet here in 2026,
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: handicapping the NFL. Been doing Benny versus the Penny for
• 22:27
  Speaker 2: a long time. Was on television for a couple years.
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: Was on YouTube.
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: It started right here on radio, and it's back on radio.
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: Koopaloop is representing the Penny. And before we look ahead,
• 22:38
  Speaker 2: we must look back. And it has not been a
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: magical carpet ride this season. Let's find out the tale
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: of the tape. Let's look at the AccuBox stats here,
• 22:50
  Speaker 2: the punch stats, and see where we are on Benny
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: versus the Penny.
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: Koop?
• 22:54
  Speaker 8: Well, at least you're doing better than the Penny.
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: And that's really the battle, Coop. The battle is between
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: me and the penny.
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  Speaker 8: That's the whole point.
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: Exactly, exactly.
• 23:03
  Speaker 8: Last week, you were 7-7.
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's 500, Coop.
• 23:09
  Speaker 5: Yes, and overall on the season, I believe you are
• 23:12
  Speaker 5: also 500.
• 23:14
  Speaker 8: The penny, however.
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: I'm essentially the penny or a coin. I might as
• 23:19
  Speaker 1: well just flip a coin.
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: I might as well, rather than spend my time crunching
• 23:23
  Speaker 2: numbers and looking at all these different nerd stats for
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: gambling information, I should.
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: Just flip a coin.
• 23:30
  Speaker 8: That's it.
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: That's all I need.
• 23:31
  Speaker 8: When I flip the coin, it goes five and nine.
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: Yeah, so that's four games under 500. So how many
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: games under 500 is the penny?
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: A lot, right? The penny's a lot under 500. The
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: penny is 47, 69, and 4.
• 23:42
  Speaker 2: Wow. In fact, the penny sent me a text message
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: and said, can we get Tom Looney back? That's how
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: bad it is, Coop.
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: All right, well, let's get to the games. Here we go.
• 24:01
  Speaker 2: Broncos, your Broncos, Coop, 6-2 at the Panthers at 3-4.
• 24:08
  Speaker 2: And the line on DraftKings, on all these lines, courtesy
• 24:12
  Speaker 2: of our friends over at DraftKings, the Broncos, a two
• 24:15
  Speaker 2: and a half point road favorite in this game. Denver
• 24:20
  Speaker 2: is six and two against the spread. The Broncos have
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: won four consecutive games. They had that comeback over Kansas
• 24:26
  Speaker 2: City last week, the fourth quarter dramatics. Carolina, they're three
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: and four straight up and against the spread. So they
• 24:33
  Speaker 2: have a losing record overall.
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: Against the spread.
• 24:36
  Speaker 2: The thing that stands out here, and it continues to be,
• 24:39
  Speaker 2: even though Denver is 6-2, the offense for the Broncos
• 24:43
  Speaker 2: is an eyesore. The Broncos are 30th in total offense,
• 24:48
  Speaker 2: and Carolina.
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: Is actually ranked 9th in total offense. Now, I'm not
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: going to sit here and say Carolina is a better team.
• 24:54
  Speaker 2: I believe the Broncos are a more well-coached team, although
• 24:57
  Speaker 2: there are some issues even with that. Denver converting 30%
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: of their third downs. That is the worst third-down offense
• 25:06
  Speaker 2: in the entire NFL. So I'm going to take the
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: Carolina Panthers. I'm not betting on Carolina to play amazing.
• 25:12
  Speaker 2: I don't think they're that good. They're at home, though.
• 25:15
  Speaker 2: This is a contrarian play. Denver's a popular pick by
• 25:19
  Speaker 2: popular people because they've got a good record. It's in
• 25:22
  Speaker 2: no way a guarantee. But Carolina, I'm a little concerned.
• 25:27
  Speaker 2: The run defense, looking at some of the numbers here,
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: it's a disaster for Carolina. That does scare me. But
• 25:32
  Speaker 2: Denver's not known as a great running team right now.
• 25:35
  Speaker 2: I'm going to take the Panthers, though, plus the points
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: as a small home dog. And what does the penny
• 25:41
  Speaker 2: think about this game, Koopaloop?
• 25:44
  Speaker 5: Well, the penny learns from its mistakes, unlike you, Ben.
• 25:48
  Speaker 5: I believe the last four weeks in a row you
• 25:50
  Speaker 5: have lost going against the Broncos.
• 25:52
  Speaker 8: It's going to be five weeks in a row.
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: That's not true.
• 25:56
  Speaker 8: But Penny disagrees. Penny going with the Broncos.
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: Take your Bronco hat off right now.
• 26:00
  Speaker 2: Let's go to the conquistadors of the NFL.
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: We go to.
• 26:03
  Speaker 2: Madrid, Spain, where the Bengals and the Falcons, the NFL,
• 26:08
  Speaker 2: outsourcing their product to Madrid, Spain. We talked about last hour,
• 26:13
  Speaker 2: the facilities are not up to NFL standards. People complaining
• 26:17
  Speaker 2: that our beloved heroes are spoiled. The aristocrats, the players,
• 26:23
  Speaker 2: have to go to a substandard stadium in Madrid. Anyway,
• 26:27
  Speaker 2: the Bengals, the 5-2 Bengals and the 3-5 Falcons, Cincinnati
• 26:30
  Speaker 2: a three-point lead.
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: Favorite in the neutral side game.
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: Now keep in mind, Cincinnati opened as a four and
• 26:39
  Speaker 2: a half point favorite. That line dropped all the way
• 26:42
  Speaker 2: down to three. That's a pretty meaningful line movement. The
• 26:47
  Speaker 2: Bengals have won three straight. They've scored at least 30
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: points in each of those games. The Falcons, on the
• 26:52
  Speaker 2: other hand, who goofed? I've got to know. The Falcons
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: are 1-3 their last four games. They somehow— well, I don't
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: know why they got shut out.
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: The weather was.
• 27:00
  Speaker 2: Terrible in Tampa. But I like betting on teams coming
• 27:02
  Speaker 2: off a terrible performance. Michael Penix Jr. had all those
• 27:06
  Speaker 2: interceptions against the Bucs last week. I expect him to
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: play better, mainly because he's going against the Bengals. Now,
• 27:11
  Speaker 2: the Bengals— the main problem the Bengals have is their run defense.
• 27:15
  Speaker 2: Cincinnati allowing 4.8 yards per carry. Now, what does Atlanta have, kids?
• 27:19
  Speaker 2: That's right, Bajon Robinson, the great equalizer who leads the
• 27:22
  Speaker 2: NFL in rushing yards. He's averaging 5.2 yards per carry
• 27:27
  Speaker 2: for the Atlanta Falcons. The key thing is to get
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: that bad taste out of Michael Penix Jr.
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: 's mouth. The bad weather game, four interceptions.
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: The weather in Madrid at kickoff in the 60s and clear.
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: So the weather will not be a factor here.
• 27:43
  Speaker 2: In terms of that. But again, I'm going to take
• 27:44
  Speaker 2: the Atlanta Falcons here. This is another contrarian play. I'm
• 27:49
  Speaker 2: going to take the Atlanta football team here, but John
• 27:52
  Speaker 2: Robinson against that suspect defense of the Bengals stopping the run.
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: And the penny picks, Koopaloop.
• 28:02
  Speaker 8: The penny agrees with you. Going with the Falcons.
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: All right. We move on.
• 28:06
  Speaker 2: It's Benny versus the penny. Man versus metal. We're picking
• 28:09
  Speaker 2: all of the key games here. All eight big games
• 28:12
  Speaker 2: in the NFL. I forgot to mention the broadcasters. Bad
• 28:14
  Speaker 2: job by me. We'll mention them now. We'll mention them now.
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: Jets and the Chiefs.
• 28:19
  Speaker 2: This is the big game on CBS with Jim Nance
• 28:22
  Speaker 2: and J.J.
• 28:22
  Speaker 6: Watt.
• 28:23
  Speaker 2: The Jets come in, the same old Jets. These are
• 28:25
  Speaker 2: your dad's Jets. These are your Jets. These are your
• 28:28
  Speaker 2: granddad's Jets, your great-granddad, your great-great-great-granddad. Same old suck-ass Jets.
• 28:33
  Speaker 2: Jets are 2-6. The Chiefs are 5-2. Kansas City, a
• 28:38
  Speaker 2: 10-point favorite at Arrowhead. That's a big number for Kansas City.
• 28:45
  Speaker 2: And the Jets, you look at the numbers here, both teams–
• 28:49
  Speaker 2: Not great. Obviously, the Chiefs better record overall, but Kansas
• 28:53
  Speaker 2: City has a losing record against the spread. So they
• 28:56
  Speaker 2: have not lived up to the gambling market. The Jets
• 28:59
  Speaker 2: actually have a winning record. Just have a better record
• 29:01
  Speaker 2: against the spread than Kansas City. Of course, a lot
• 29:03
  Speaker 2: of that is they have been. heavy favorites.
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: Gino Smith, not good. Not good.
• 29:10
  Speaker 2: However, side by side, he does have a statistical edge
• 29:14
  Speaker 2: in several.
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: Categories, believe it or not. Mahomes has been okay. He's
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: been fine, but he's not been great, great, great.
• 29:23
  Speaker 2: And so I'm certainly not loving the fact that I'm
• 29:27
  Speaker 2: leaning my money on Benny versus the Penny.
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: With Gino Smith here. It's a I believe it's a
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: reasonable play. You're getting double digits in the NFL.
• 29:37
  Speaker 2: The Jets traveling circus.
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: Heading into Arrowhead. and whatnot, and give you all kinds
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: of other numbers.
• 29:44
  Speaker 2: The Jets gave up 38 points to Las Vegas, which
• 29:47
  Speaker 2: is mostly because of meltdowns. And the Raiders, I think,
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: had touchdowns on all four trips in the red zone,
• 29:56
  Speaker 2: which is not good.
• 29:58
  Speaker 1: The red zone... Defense.
• 30:01
  Speaker 2: That scares you. But the Chiefs have their own issues here.
• 30:04
  Speaker 2: I'm going to take all those points. I love my points.
• 30:07
  Speaker 2: I'm going to take my points, even as bad as
• 30:08
  Speaker 2: the Jets are. The way the Chiefs are playing, until
• 30:11
  Speaker 2: the Chiefs go out and really just knock somebody out,
• 30:15
  Speaker 2: you can't really trust them as a 10-point favorite based
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: on the numbers.
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: So I'm going to take the Jets. And the penny picks,
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: Koopa Loop.
• 30:25
  Speaker 8: The penny agrees again, going with the Jets.
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: All right, we agree.
• 30:28
  Speaker 2: So the penny, bird dog in my picks. Next up,
• 30:30
  Speaker 2: it's Benny versus the penny. And if you like this bit,
• 30:34
  Speaker 2: we do it every week in hour two of our
• 30:36
  Speaker 2: Friday show.
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: And if you don't like the bit, get a life, loser. No,
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: I'm kidding, unless I'm not. Next up, we.
• 30:42
  Speaker 2: Head to Santa Clara, California. Another big point spread. Kevin
• 30:47
  Speaker 2: Kugler and Daryl Moose Johnston have the call on Fox.
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: The Raiders and the 49ers win. And this is the game.
• 30:55
  Speaker 2: Temperature at 70 degrees at kickoff in Santa Clara on Sunday.
• 31:00
  Speaker 2: The old Oakland Raiders return to Northern California.
• 31:03
  Speaker 1: Of course, they've been in Vegas for a number of
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: years now.
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: At Las Vegas, 6-2 against the spread. They have a
• 31:10
  Speaker 2: better record against the spread than the 49ers, who are 4-3.
• 31:13
  Speaker 2: So I'm going to take the Raiders. Now, how can
• 31:16
  Speaker 2: the Raiders cover? You're getting 10 points. And the 49ers,
• 31:21
  Speaker 2: with all kinds of injuries, that electrical substation working overtime.
• 31:27
  Speaker 2: As you look at the injury report, Mike Evans and
• 31:30
  Speaker 2: McCarthy and Debo Samuel, all with injuries here, key contributors.
• 31:36
  Speaker 2: And that means Brock Purdy, who does not elevate the players.
• 31:40
  Speaker 2: If he's got good players, Brock Purdy will get him
• 31:42
  Speaker 2: the ball. But he's not making mid-level players great players.
• 31:45
  Speaker 2: He's not that kind of quarterback. You're not that guy, pal.
• 31:49
  Speaker 2: You're not that guy. But you've got a backdoor cover possibility.
• 31:53
  Speaker 2: The Niners are not going to– it's hard to imagine.
• 31:55
  Speaker 2: And the Raiders are a bad defensive team. It's hard
• 31:58
  Speaker 2: to imagine looking at the numbers that without all of
• 32:01
  Speaker 2: those playmakers that the Niners are just going to go
• 32:05
  Speaker 2: out there and dominate this game. And even if the
• 32:09
  Speaker 2: Niners jump out to a lead, you figure the Raiders
• 32:12
  Speaker 2: can still get some garbage time points, get that backdoor cover.
• 32:15
  Speaker 2: The Raiders, the way the math works, have to score
• 32:18
  Speaker 2: at least 24 points.
• 32:21
  Speaker 1: That's the sweet spot. That's the Goldilocks zone.
• 32:23
  Speaker 2: If they can get to 24 points, it's hard to
• 32:26
  Speaker 2: imagine that the Niners.
• 32:27
  Speaker 1: Are going to score more than like 30 points. So
• 32:30
  Speaker 1: you'll cover the spread. That's the sweet spot.
• 32:32
  Speaker 2: We're going to take the Raiders plus the 10 points
• 32:35
  Speaker 2: and the penny picks on Benny versus the penny.
• 32:37
  Speaker 1: Koopa Loop representing the penny.
• 32:42
  Speaker 8: My button got stuck.
• 32:46
  Speaker 7: All right.
• 32:46
  Speaker 1: I'm just, yeah.
• 32:47
  Speaker 8: There's no button. What do you mean? Yeah, it's an
• 32:49
  Speaker 8: actual penny.
• 32:50
  Speaker 1: My whole wall is buttons.
• 32:52
  Speaker 8: Okay.
• 32:52
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 32:52
  Speaker 8: The penny is going to go with the 49ers.
• 32:55
  Speaker 1: Fair enough. We'll do one more here, and we'll save
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: the big three.
• 32:59
  Speaker 2: But here is the last game for now, and we'll
• 33:01
  Speaker 2: head to Landover, Maryland, where it should be 60 degrees
• 33:07
  Speaker 2: or so at kickoff and clear.
• 33:09
  Speaker 1: No real bad weather this weekend, which is good. You
• 33:11
  Speaker 1: can thank El Nino for that.
• 33:14
  Speaker 2: Chris Myers, my former colleague here, our former teammate at
• 33:17
  Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio, part of the Fox Sports Radio Alumni Association,
• 33:20
  Speaker 2: and Mark Schlaerith have the call on Fox. And the Rams,
• 33:25
  Speaker 2: a massive four-and-a-half point road favorite. Rams favorite by four-and-a-half,
• 33:30
  Speaker 2: and that line has held on forever. DraftKings, Washington coming
• 33:36
  Speaker 2: off a win over Philadelphia. They scored 27 unanswered points
• 33:41
  Speaker 2: in that game. The Rams, not overly impressive, beating the
• 33:45
  Speaker 2: Suckbag Chargers 24-9. I'm going to take Washington in this game.
• 33:52
  Speaker 2: And you look at different angles and different things. Washington
• 33:55
  Speaker 2: is tied for first in the NFL in turnover differential.
• 34:00
  Speaker 2: The Rams rank 26th. So I'm getting a home team.
• 34:04
  Speaker 2: I'm getting over a field goal. Stafford's got his injury issues,
• 34:09
  Speaker 2: but I'm getting over a field goal. The Rams have
• 34:11
  Speaker 2: been a very sloppy team. And if you look at
• 34:15
  Speaker 2: the scoring comparison, the Rams are averaging 24 points per game.
• 34:19
  Speaker 2: The commanders are averaging 22.7 points per game. And that
• 34:24
  Speaker 2: Ram defense against a mobile quarterback, Jaden Daniels, who should
• 34:29
  Speaker 2: be able to get out and run around and be
• 34:32
  Speaker 2: a be a thorn in the side of that Rams
• 34:35
  Speaker 2: defensive front. As long as Washington can either be even
• 34:39
  Speaker 2: or win the turnover battle, I feel very confident that
• 34:42
  Speaker 2: this will be a field goal game. The Rams are
• 34:44
  Speaker 2: not going to blow out Washington. So I'm going to
• 34:47
  Speaker 2: take the Washington commanders that used to be called the Redskins.
• 34:52
  Speaker 2: And the key is the ball security. And that's what
• 34:56
  Speaker 2: I'm going with. And the penny picks.
• 35:00
  Speaker 8: The Penny does think it's going to be a blowout.
• 35:02
  Speaker 8: Penny goes with the Rams.
• 35:03
  Speaker 1: All right. We disagree on that.
• 35:06
  Speaker 2: And a reminder, all these games, part of Week 9
• 35:09
  Speaker 2: in the NFL, the Packers versus the Patriots, Sunday's America's
• 35:13
  Speaker 2: Game of the Week, streaming live on Fox 1. Miss
• 35:16
  Speaker 2: it live, and you're just watching highlights. Catch every play
• 35:19
  Speaker 2: as it happens. Packers-Patriots live on Fox 1. Time now
• 35:23
  Speaker 2: for the Insta trivia, and then we'll get back to
• 35:27
  Speaker 2: Benny versus the Penny. Jacksonville coach Liam Cohn. Reached 700
• 35:31
  Speaker 2: points scored in just 25 games as a head coach
• 35:34
  Speaker 2: in the NFL. That ties for the third fastest mark
• 35:38
  Speaker 2: by a head coach in the Super Bowl era. Sean
• 35:41
  Speaker 2: McVay did it in 23 games. And Blank holds the record,
• 35:47
  Speaker 2: reaching 700 points in just 22 games.
• 35:50
  Speaker 1: Again, Liam Cohn of Jacksonville.
• 35:52
  Speaker 2: His team, 700 points scored, 25 games, third fastest as
• 35:56
  Speaker 2: head coach in Super Bowl era. Sean McVay is ahead
• 36:01
  Speaker 2: of him, and Blank holds the all-time record for reaching
• 36:04
  Speaker 2: 700 points in just 22 games. That's the Insta Trivia.
• 36:08
  Speaker 2: The answer, we'll get to.
• 36:09
  Speaker 1: It, and we will do it!
• 36:12
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  Speaker 1: back to it.
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  Speaker 2: We'll get to Benny versus the Penny in a sec,
• 36:57
  Speaker 2: but here's the Insta trivia. Jacksonville coach Liam Cohn reached
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  Speaker 2: 700 points scored just 25 games. That ties for the
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  Speaker 2: third fastest mark by a head coach in the Super
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  Speaker 2: Bowl era. And Sean McVay is ahead of him. And
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  Speaker 2: Blank holds the record, reaching 700 points in just 22 games.
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  Speaker 2: The great Space Coaster from Alf the Alien O'Piner going
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  Speaker 2: old school.
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  Speaker 1: I like it.
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  Speaker 2: Lamar Odom, who's 47 today from Late Night Drug Tester.
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  Speaker 2: His body's actually about 90, but he's 47. Joe Don
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  Speaker 2: Looney from Eke in Roseville, Minnesota.
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  Speaker 1: The Honky Tonk Man from Mediocre Kabuki.
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  Speaker 2: The great Jim Mora, our former colleague from Andy in
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  Speaker 2: Lionel Lakes, Minnesota. What else do we have here? Page down.
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  Speaker 2: I can't read that.
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  Speaker 1: All right. That's probably enough. Do you have an answer, Lorraine?
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  Speaker 8: I'm going to go with Dan Reed.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, Reeves, I mean.
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  Speaker 8: My bad.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you screwed that up. It's Mike Martz from the St.
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  Speaker 1: Louis Rams. Mike Martz is the correct answer. Let's get
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  Speaker 1: back to it. Benny versus the Penny.
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  Speaker 2: Next up on our in-depth team coverage, we head now to...
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  Speaker 2: New England, Packers and Patriots. Patriots a three-point favorite. I
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  Speaker 2: don't know if you know this, but NFL Week 9
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  Speaker 2: is here. Packers versus Patriots. Sunday's America's Game of the Week.
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  Speaker 2: Streaming live on Fox 1.
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  Speaker 1: A rematch.
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  Speaker 2: Four years in the making. Two legendary franchises. One massive stage.
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  Speaker 2: And a whole lot of football. The Packers bring the fight.
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  Speaker 2: The Patriots, they look to make a statement in front
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  Speaker 2: of the home crowd.
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  Speaker 1: Big plays. Big, hard hits.
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  Speaker 2: It's the Sunday football at its finest.
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  Speaker 1: Don't worry.
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  Speaker 2: You can catch every can't-miss play before it becomes a highlight.
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  Speaker 2: Packers-Patriots live on Fox 1. And as far as handicapping
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  Speaker 2: this particular game, the Patriots a three-point favorite at home.
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  Speaker 2: The weather not a factor in the Commonwealth. Mild temperatures
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  Speaker 2: in the 50s at kickoff. New England moved from an
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  Speaker 2: early look-ahead line at 1.5 to 3. So that's a
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  Speaker 2: pretty big line move. I'm going to take the Patriots.
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  Speaker 2: We don't have a lot of time here, but the
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  Speaker 2: Patriots are able to run the ball against the Green
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  Speaker 2: Bay Packers. The only thing that scares you, the Patriots
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  Speaker 2: are sloppy with the football. That does cost you these
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  Speaker 2: kind of bets. Green Bay has committed 71 penalties, though.
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  Speaker 2: Second most in the NFL. They're sloppy in their own way.
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  Speaker 2: You know, Drake may has been on a burner of late.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to take the Patriots. I'll lay the three
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  Speaker 2: points at home against the Packers. The penny picks.
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  Speaker 8: Penny agrees. Going with the Patriots.
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  Speaker 1: All right, next up, we've got the Bucs and the Bears.
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  Speaker 2: Tampa 3-5, the Bears 6-2.
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  Speaker 1: And this is the Sunday night game.
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  Speaker 2: That means Mike Tirico and Chris Collinsworth on NBC. We're
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  Speaker 2: going to take Tampa. This is a contrarian play here.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to take Tampa Bay. I realize they didn't
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  Speaker 2: complete a pass last week, but how can they cover
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  Speaker 2: the six points?
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  Speaker 1: Bucky Irving.
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  Speaker 2: The NFL's number one running back in many categories here.
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  Speaker 2: Keep the ball away from the Bears' offense. And the Bucs, obviously,
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  Speaker 2: if this game's a high-scoring game, they're cooked. But I
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  Speaker 2: don't expect it to be a high-scoring game. They'll keep
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  Speaker 2: it close to the vest here. So the defense, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's not great in Tampa. Good enough. Bears coming off
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  Speaker 2: a Super Bowl win over Seattle. Letdown spot. I'll take
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  Speaker 2: Tampa plus the points.
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  Speaker 1: And the penny picks.
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  Speaker 8: I like your play here, Ben, but the penny doesn't.
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  Speaker 1: Penny disagrees.
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  Speaker 8: Go with the Bears.
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  Speaker 2: All right, next up, Buffalo, 6-1, Vikings 6-1. This is
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  Speaker 2: a good matchup. You've got the backup, Carson Wentz, for
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  Speaker 2: the Vikings. This is the Monday night game, which means
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  Speaker 2: the Bickersons.
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  Speaker 1: Will have the call. Buck and Aikman, and I could
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  Speaker 1: give you all kinds of numbers on this.
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  Speaker 2: We're short on time, but I'm going to take Minnesota
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  Speaker 2: plus the three points, home dog, Buffalo defensively.
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  Speaker 1: They blow. Terrible defensive team.
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  Speaker 2: As a road favorite, I'm going to take the backup
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  Speaker 2: quarterback in Minnesota and the Koopa Loop, the Penny Picks.
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  Speaker 8: More disagreement. The Penny going with the Bills.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 1: We got a lot of disagreement. A lot of disagreement.
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  Speaker 2: And we'll get all the picks up on the Instagram
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  Speaker 2: and Facebook page this weekend.
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  Speaker 1: But there it is. Baby versus the Penny.
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  Speaker 4: Wee!