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Is BRANDON AIYUK done with the SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS? · NY's Sports Loud Mouth (VIDEO)

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Thumb up his ass. Happy Thanksgiving for Mr. Thumb
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up his ass over there in Florida.
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Mr. Nathan. He he got us our our guest
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tonight. Unfortunately, we didn't we
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couldn't get Hoke on, but Hoke will join us at winter meetings.
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He's been very, very busy. It's a holidays his family.
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I know everybody couldn't couldn't wait until Brian came
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on the show, but he'll be on the show.
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We'll talk some baseball with him.
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I'm sure he has his own take on the Nimmo and Simeon trade.
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And I'm sure there'll be other trades, maybe one with the
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Detroit Tigers and the Mets very, very soon.
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We'll see. And I'm sure the Yankees are
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working on some contracts. Bellinger seems like is the
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number one guy the Dodgers are going after.
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I've been reading. So the Dodgers are interested,
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interested in bringing back Bellinger to the organization.
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So they're the team that drafted him and he won an MVP over there
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with the Dodgers, and now the Yankees might lose them to the
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Dodgers. More deferred money going to Mr.
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Cody Bellinger. So I don't know.
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We'll see what happens. That's just the story that I've
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heard. All right, ladies and gentlemen,
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we call this save your tears. Mom, what's one thing?
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That you can't talk to me about my sexual fantasies?
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No. No, say your sorry.
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It is not ideal. But if it's what means it is not
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ideal, but if it's just not ideal.
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But if it is, what means? Double stamp.
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You can't dribble stamp with double stamp.
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Lord, you can't dribble stamp with double stamp.
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But but you guys. Now it's time for Save your
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tears, Save. Your tears.
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All right, guys, welcome back to Save Your Tears.
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This is the Compliment Chorus Edition, where we announced the
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winner of Week 12 of the NFL contest.
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Here's the way it goes. Everyone that lost gives at
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least 51% genuine compliments to the winner.
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Get that music on. Have Nathan mute whatever Lisa
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Ann video he has in. The back.
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His home studio and we are going to reveal this week's and guys,
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we are also going to do next week.
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Save your tears later on in the show.
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After our guests. So here it is, the big reveal.
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Here is the board, the big reveal.
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Yes, it's me. I am the winner for Week 12.
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Dak Prescott leading the way for quarterbacks.
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Big games from Dak and Hertz this week.
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The big win for me came on the back of George Pickens 31.6
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points at the receiver position. In second place was the big Nith
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him Stealth with the silver medal.
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I mean, we got to get these standings at some point Speedy,
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but Nithin's got to be way up there I would think.
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And Speedy, you as well in 3rd place with 84.96 Jarrett, tough
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one for you. Looks like according to the
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standings, looks like you got doubled up by a whole bunch of
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us. After that, it looks like Tommy
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followed by Errol and Java. Guys, you know how this works.
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I'm going to post up right here in the corner.
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Doo Doo. And now it's time for the
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compliment chorus. Suck my indo.
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Starting with Jerry. Yeah, that was a bit shocking to
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see just how poorly I did. I knew it wasn't going to be
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good. So doubled, almost tripled up
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this week. Well done, fish.
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Big, big week. 90 points is huge.
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Yeah. I mean, I think it's the first
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your first win since I've been on.
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Congratulations. Big win.
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Kind of surprising considering you make the boards.
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But yeah dude, well done. You do great work on this show.
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You help me out a lot and thank you.
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And man, good job again. Thanks Jared, that was great.
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Who do we have next? It looks like me next is going
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to be Mr. Jabba Chamberlain. Face about time you've been
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getting close, I mean. Shoot, you do.
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You do enough work on producing this show, it's about damn time.
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It was only a matter of time. We all knew it was going to
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happen now. Now Errol's really going to
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follow all your leads on on your picks now since you've won.
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So he's got to follow the leader at some point and and that you
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are so you've done a great job. I have a feeling this won't be
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your last one. And hopefully I'm not 2nd to go.
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And when you win this thing again, because that means I'm
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going to get better because I'm going to listen to you it.
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Was very kind job very kind. I blowjob.
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I appreciate that. Let's see who's next on and this
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one, Oh, it looks like it's going to be Mr. Arrow Marks.
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First of all, just because somebody wins doesn't mean that
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I'm going to be following them and listening to what they say.
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That's one. Number two, hey, listen, this is
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all about luck. It's it's, it's how everything
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falls together. It's the way you picked.
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I'm waiting for a positive. For two all right, well, I'll go
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for three. You know, it's all about the
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luck of the draw and I guess Fish was the lucky 1 here, but
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nevertheless, I told you I was going over for three.
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You got to get to 51%. You owe me 3 1/2 compliments.
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Now, all right, I'll give you 3 1/2 compliments.
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You're, you've been very important to the show as far as
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the executive production in the background.
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You do a lot of the graphics, you put the show together and
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you always reach out to me and make sure that I'm on top of
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everything that's going on during the show and off the
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show. So that I appreciate, I mean,
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you have great conversations on and off, not only about sports,
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about life. So I appreciate you being a
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friend. And even though you're a pain in
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my rear end half the time, your, your fantasy team is a little
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bit ahead of mine, but not for long.
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And I hope that we meet each other one way or another in
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fantasy, in the fantasy final, so I can whip your ass.
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But I love you, Fish. You're a good person.
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Good kind soul. Congratulations on a win.
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That's you need it, that's for sure.
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So. I'm going to say that was like
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probably 51% on the nose. That's as close.
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I think anyone's ever gotten. You should have put, you should
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have put the meter up there, fish as as it was just pendulum
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back and forth. Yeah, that's a good point.
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All right. Next is.
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Tommy. Scoops.
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All right, man, Fish, you know, fellow Giants fan on the show,
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man, like Errol said, nobody does more hard work on the
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production and you know, you are the producing glue, you know, as
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I would like to say. Producing glue.
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Why not? Let's go with that.
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Too. You want my cream pie?
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Hey. Man, fish, this is, this is.
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I'm glad to give you your compliments for the first time
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in a while. Honestly can't remember the last
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time like Jared mentioned, but hey man, honestly.
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Blow my back out. I don't know any other Giants
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fan that would be as bold as to rock their Giants gear in front
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of a bunch of Eagles fans in New Orleans, but you were the crazy
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bastard that decided to do it. You were the one that wore it
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proud. Group sits on the sitter.
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Anyways, anyways, man, yell, you rocked that giants gear very
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cool, like very astounding. So just like the way you got
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this, this win for save your tears.
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I'm happy. Poops.
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Yes. No coots.
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Absolutely, absolutely happy for you.
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And Arrow's over here at 5 year old.
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So I'm gonna, I'm gonna end it right there.
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I appreciate that Tommy, and honestly, why would I be afraid
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of a bunch of people who put like Nacho cheese whiz on top of
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beef? Anyway, moving on to the third
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place finisher. Fisherman and many talents.
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Congratulations on your first win.
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After all these times you prepped the game between
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football and basketball, I'm sure there's thousands of
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different combinations of teams you've had to put together and
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you've always been one of the most knowledgeable football
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guys. I remember when you first joined
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us and I was texting you all night about conversation about
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Josh's Adu and some of the other Giants struggling rookie
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offensive lineman or young offensive lineman and I'm like
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OK, this guy takes it to another level.
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Obviously fantastic job coach and the knowledge that you have
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is is immense. And now in addition to that,
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you're a teacher and you've took us, all of us to school.
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That's why congratulations on your first win.
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Anyone. I I think I've won basketball
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one time, but. I don't know.
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I meant for football. Yeah, I meant for football.
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The great myth, our silver medalist.
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What's up, Aaron, Congrats on the win.
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Finally, you did something right here.
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Congrats on the win. Talk's so tough because he's
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like. Remote one of the best.
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Producers. You keep everything organized
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for the show every every week, and you do a great job of
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keeping everybody intact. Nathan, is your phone like
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laying down? Is that the ceiling we're
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staring at? Horserad.
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Well, it's my laptop. I was like, why does it look
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like we're staring at the ceiling?
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Just like. You.
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Nathan camouflage tech tactics, we do know about that.
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Next week. You're a great producer.
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Don't want to think of the great work?
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Thank you, Nathan. I appreciate that.
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Sweet Tears will continue later on in tonight's show.
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I want to picture Nathan scuba diver freaking bareback you're
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going. To bring that one back, The
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Athletic reported on Saturday that the 49ers avoided their
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guaranteed money to Ayuk contract in July, which has
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likely contributed to him not playing yet this season.
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Iuke was due to make $27 million guaranteed money in 2026, but
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apparently Iuke violated the terms of the contract so badly
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that the 49ers front office led by Hall of Famer John Lynch that
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Iuke's contract was voided of its guarantees.
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The Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan, where I can't stand,
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called the situation unusual and the first time he's ever seen a
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contract get voided in his 20 years as an NFL coach.
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The 49ers organization said they would welcome Ayuk back, but
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that seems to be unlikely as Ayuk is due a base salary of
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$27.2 million and 29.15 million for the next two seasons which
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are now non guaranteed. The 49ers now take on dead cap a
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dead cap hip of almost $30 million in 2026 after voiding
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his guaranteed money. Ayuk has not played since week
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seven of the 2024 season after suffering A torn ACL.
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He signed a four year, $120 million deal before the 2024
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season after finish finishing second team All Pro in 2023.
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Well, it looks like Brandon Iuke will not be a 49er next year
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because I believe the 49ers will do whatever they can to move
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them. I do believe Brandon Iuke will
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be back sometime this year to play.
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I don't know what he's doing on and off the field.
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There is nothing that I have read on why they're they've
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taken away the guarantees. Again, I'm sure when more of the
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story comes out, we'll we'll hear about it.
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And I'm sure the 49ers are going to do whatever they can to keep
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it out of the tabloids, take it out of the papers or the
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magazines or whatever, whoever is going to try to get it from
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the media on why they're doing this.
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Now, Brandon Iuke hasn't played in a very long time.
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He is not 100% healthy and he won't be 100% healthy even if he
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comes back this year. Remember, when you you tear your
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ACL, it usually takes a full year after you come back to be
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at 100%. We've seen this many, many
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times. I was talking to the Beef last
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night about one of the young Cowboy players, the rookie that
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they drafted in the second round, who they drafted this
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past year, who tore his MCL, his ACL and PCL.
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He just came back and he hasn't looked good.
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And I told him it usually takes a year for them to be at 100%.
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So obviously we're not going to see, we're not going to see what
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he is as a player until probably next year or or the year after
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the fact. Here is Brandon Iuke is getting
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paid a lot of money. The 49ers invested a lot of
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money in him and not pay Debo Samuel.
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Debo Samuel has had a pretty good season in the first half of
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the season with the Commanders, but because of the injury to
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their quarterback and the situation with Terry Mclaurin
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not be not having their number one guy there.
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It's it's hurt Debo Samuels season to be I believe could
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have been all pro player this year.
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I I thought Debo started the the season very, very strong.
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But when Terry Mclaurin went out early this season and hasn't
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been healthy, it's definitely affected the offensive side of
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the ball for the commanders And you can see it that eventually
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their star quarterback Jayden Daniels went down.
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But the 49ers are a team that obviously didn't need IUK all
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season long because of their schedule.
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The schedule was really one of the easier schedules in the NFC.
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Now, what are they going to do in the offseason if they decide
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to move IUK? Are they willing to take this
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dead, this dead cap space that they're going to be dealing with
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that $30 million of burning Ayuk, which you're going to
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either have to pay him or move him?
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How is this going to work for this organization in this team?
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Do they draft another wide receiver?
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They, they drafted Ricky, Ricky Pearsall, what was it 2 years
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ago? Because he was going to fill in
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and take over for Debo Samuel. Now you pay Brandon Iuke, now
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you're stuck with the contract. If you decide John Lynch and
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Kyle Shanahan, if they both have jobs at the end of the season,
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if they decide to move him, who's going to take that
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contract on #1 #2 how are they going to fill in that spot?
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If they're they're going to have Dead Space, dead, dead cap space
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of $30 million. You're not going to be able to
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bring in a veteran wide receiver unless he's a washed up veteran
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wide receiver, not one of these guys.
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Yeah, will you, Will you explain to the listeners too, like what
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dead cap space means as far as the salary?
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Yes. Well, OK, so dead cap space is
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pretty, it's pretty easy to understand.
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So they owe him next year $30 million.
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So in 2026, they owe him $30 million.
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Even if if they trade him, they are still owed $30 million to
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the dead cap. So they still owe $30 million.
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So that $30 million that they were going to invest into
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Brandon Iuke is still on their cap.
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So now if they wanted to fill in or bring somebody in and give
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him the $30 million, they can't. So that puts them in a bad
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situation where they can't bring in a veteran guy.
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If like, let's say if Calvin Ridley is available next year or
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any of these guys that become available that might want, let's
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say eighteen, $19,000,000 to come and fill in as their number
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one guy, they're not going to be able to pay him that money.
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So now the, the only way they go is is the to the draft.
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Are they willing to to to draft a guy in the first round like
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they did with Ricky Pierce? All, and I'm not saying Ricky
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Piersol is a bust, but Ricky Piersol was the guy that got
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shot at the bank. Remember that?
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And and Ricky Piersol, I would say he's look good in certain
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games, but he's been a shell of what they thought he was going
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to be as a first round talent. They were comparing his skill to
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a Debo Samuel. When Debo Samuel was drafted, he
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was a second round draft pick by the 49ers.
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When they brought him in, he was a dual threat.
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Ricky Piersol is not a dual threat.
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They have not used Ricky Piersol as a running back style of wide
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receiver. This is what they used with with
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a guy like Debo Samuel and now I think has hurt them this year.
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Not having Debo Samuel has absolutely hurt him because not
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the fact that Christian Caffrey isn't a star player.
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He is a sensational player. There's no question he's one of
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the best running backs in the league.
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You're putting more pressure on a guy like Christian McCaffrey
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where they don't they can't spread the offense, they can't
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use the other guys out in the the football field because 1.
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Brandon Yuk is out and then there's George Kittle.
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George Kittle started the season up and down because he wasn't
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healthy. So now George Kittle is healthy,
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but he George Kittle recently said he was not 100%.
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He won't be 100% for the rest of the season.
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He he says he's more like 7580% and now you're wondering where
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are they going to get that, that second tier or even third tier
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offense from if Brandon now you comes back, he's not going to be
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100%. And now you're overloading a
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significant amount of money, $26 million of your cap to this man,
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which is not guaranteed anymore. Not at all because it's
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something that he did or probably said and I, I remember,
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but after he got that contract, he wanted to be traded.
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So he's been forcing his way out.
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He never wanted to stay with the 49ers.
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The 49ers were the 1, the ones that gave him that $120 million
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contract. So I, I, there's a lot of
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questions with the 49ers. They're getting older.
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They're kind of like a lot of these teams in the NFL right
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now, teams that like the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Now. It's so funny because the Kansas
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City Chiefs and the 49ers have been two of the best teams in
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the NFL for the last 10 seasons. And both teams will have great
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coaches as as you guys call Kyle Shanahan one of the elite
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coaches in the league. I don't.
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But that's on all that's a whole on a whole nother grid.
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My, my thought here is if you look at the 49ers right now,
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they just lost Nick Bosa for the year.
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He tore, I think. Did he tear his Achilles or his
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ACL? ACL for him, I think Achilles
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for Fred Warner. So they lost both those guys
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you're talking about Fred Warner, who might not be back
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next year because in Achilles is a significant tear, especially
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as a linebacker in a, in a star defensive lineman.
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And then Nick Boso, who tore his ACL, he might not be back until
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the middle of next year. So your two best defensive
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players could be at a significant amount of time and
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they're probably the the one of the younger guys on your line,
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Fred Warner, who's what, 2829 years old.
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Yeah, and he's probably the best man coverage middle linebacker
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we've. Seen so who's 28?
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So these guys are your your elite players and you're not
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going to have it till the middle of the season next year might
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not have them at all. And now you have money invested
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in Warner, you have money invested in Bosa, you have money
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invested in an Iuke. What where do you go next year?
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Where does Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch go?
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And if I was John Lynch, I would just walk away and and take an
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analyst job because to me they're going to fall flat on
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their face. The only reason why they have it
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this year is because their schedule has been really that
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easy. But next year is only going to
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get worse and they might make the playoffs, but making the
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playoffs is not what the 49ers are all about.
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It's going to a Super Bowl and trying to contend for a Super
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Bowl. The same thing with the Kansas
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City Chiefs. The Kansas City Chiefs, yeah,
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they've got Mcduffie, he's a young guy.
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Rice, he's a young guy. But then they have Travis
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Kelsey, they have Jones. They're getting.
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There's a lot of guys that are not a lot of guys, but they have
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important pieces to their puzzle that are getting up there in
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age. How many years do they they have
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left and where do the where do the Kansas City Chiefs go when
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those guys fall out and they need to find somebody to replace
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those guys. And that's why it's been a
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problem for Kansas City and why we talked about what Rice does
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to their offense. If Rice is a number one, that
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changes their offense completely.
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If IU comes back and he's 100%, how much does that change their
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offense significantly? Because they really don't have a
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number one wide receiver. Who's their number one guy right
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now? They don't have one.
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They don't have 1. Jennings was like a #4 guy two
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years ago because you had George Kittle, Debo Samuel and Brandon
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Ayuk. So you, you're, you're betting
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on Christian McCaffrey. And remember, Christian
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McCaffrey is getting up there in age.
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What is he 3031 as a running back?
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He's at the the tail end of his career as a running back, even
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though he's an elite guy, he's how many years does he have left
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as an elite player? So that worries you.
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If I was Kyle Shanahan, they don't and they haven't drafted
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very well over the last couple of years.
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If you look at their pics, they're they're not a lot of
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these guys. I don't know what fish is
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saying. He's 29.
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I don't know who's 29, but CMC, he's 30 years old.
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Next year he's 30. And you usually say when you hit
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that 30 year old mark, you're running back years or old over.
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So how long do they have Christian McCaffrey for?
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OK. And there And they paid
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Christian McCaffrey a lot of money in the offseason.
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So they have a lot of money invested in Christian McCaffrey.
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They just paid George Kittle A2 year extension.
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They just paid Williams, who looks old, Trent Williams.
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They have Brandon Iuke $30 million in dead cap space.
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If you even if you don't keep them next year, you still have
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to, you still have $30 million on your cap.
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You have Nick Bosa, who's probably not going to play into
23:02
the middle of the year next year, and then Fred Warner, who
23:04
might not play at all next year. You have all this money invested
23:08
into your star players and, and if I was Kyle Shanahan, I would
23:11
want out. Honestly, what do I have?
23:14
What do I have to look forward to next year?
23:18
This team and you have Robert Sala.
23:20
You're going to look forward to Robert Sala as your defensive
23:22
coordinator for a second year. I, I mean, honestly, and that
23:26
division is getting better. The Rams are the best team right
23:28
now in the league. Seattle might be the best, the
23:31
second best team in all of the NFC.
23:34
So what do you have look to? What do you have to look forward
23:37
to? I mean, Arizona, because they're
23:39
that bad. I I mean, the 49ers are in
23:42
trouble. And in this Iuke story, it only
23:45
starts to if you're a 49er fan. I know one who's a friend of
23:49
Dabos, friend of the show, Mr. Owen, who by the way, told me
23:53
yesterday I'll take a picture of me in a dress.
23:55
I said that's not the deal, Owen.
23:57
You said you were going to come on the show with a wig on,
24:00
lipstick and a dress on during the show, not take a picture and
24:05
you're going to send it to me. That wasn't the deal, Owen.
24:07
And I know you're listening to the show, and I don't want to
24:09
hear your take on the 49ers because there's nothing you can
24:12
tell me to tell me that this 49er team is any good.
24:15
And by the way, you know how we started talking the Shador
24:18
Sanders, he says, he says, what do you think about Shador today?
24:21
I said he sucked anywhere you slice it and you dice it, he
24:26
sucked. Oh, he says he was 11 for 20 at
24:28
209 yards. I said, dude, go look at the go
24:31
look at the league statistics. They're not good.
24:34
He was not good. Stop trying to sell me Shador
24:36
Sanders. You want him as your star
24:38
quarterback. Perdy's been pretty damn good
24:40
when he's in the game. You're going to take Shadora
24:43
over Brock Purdy? I mean, the only likely good
24:47
position they're in right now is Brock Purdy might be for real.
24:51
That's about it. I mean, seriously, Brock Purdy
24:55
has nobody to throw to and he's still putting up numbers.
24:58
So I mean, if there's anything that you as a 49er fan, you
25:02
should be looking, there's more ups and downs as your
25:06
quarterback. That's it.
25:08
Christian McCaffrey is hitting the 30 mark and all those other
25:11
guys might not be the same players.
25:13
I don't know how this works out with Ayu.
25:16
The Ayuk story. Ayuku is what?
25:18
When he got that catch, he was 26, right?
25:20
And he coming off flight, he was the 7th or 8th best receiver.
25:22
How? Old is he now?
25:24
27 He's going to. Be 2828 next year.
25:27
How long does it how long does it take for you to lose your
25:31
elite speed as a star wide receiver?
25:34
Probably to the age of 2930. You're not the same player as
25:38
Calvin Johnson. He retired AT30I.
25:40
I I mean, you usually lose a lot when you hit that 30 mark.
25:44
So I I don't know what is it? What is?
25:46
What is he saying? He's saying like after a torn
25:48
ACL is going to be even harder. Yeah.
25:50
I, I think, I think Brandon Iuke especially, he's one of the best
25:53
route runners in the league. I I don't know if yes, you need
25:57
speed, but I don't know if you need that much speed to run
26:01
around. I mean, you can run a route and
26:03
still be pretty efficient. So I'm not going to say it's a
26:06
speed. I think it's off the field
26:08
stuff. I think it's all the off the
26:10
field stuff that nobody can nail.
26:12
Nobody can tell us what's going on with Brandon Iuke.
26:15
The only thing I did here is Brandon Iuke never wanted to
26:19
sign that contract with the 49ers.
26:21
As a matter of fact, he wanted to go to the commanders.
26:23
Remember that that's. Where I thought I was going to
26:25
go at the time. He wanted to go to the
26:26
Commanders, wanted to play with Jamie Daniels.
26:28
Him and Jamie Daniels are friends.
26:29
They train in the offseason. That was the place he wanted to
26:32
go. He was shocked that the 49ers
26:34
extended him and now he's a 49er.
26:37
And obviously him and Kyle Shanahan don't like each other.
26:41
But we've heard this many, many years for a lot of wide
26:44
receivers that have been there. I, I, I remember Debo Samuel
26:48
over the last two seasons has had problems with Kyle Shanahan.
26:52
I don't know if anybody's watched the Netflix.
26:56
What is that thing called Hard Knocks?
26:58
No, no, no. Netflix has the wide receiver
27:01
thing and and Debo Samuel was on it last year and there were
27:04
problems going on with him and Kyle Shanahan.
27:07
I mean, obviously they didn't show that on the documentary,
27:10
but you can tell that Debo Samuel was not happy that
27:13
Brandon Ayuk was getting more of the snaps than he was when he
27:15
came back. He was not very happy about it.
27:17
So I my thought here is Brandon Ayuk was never happy over here
27:23
and he never wanted to be a 49. Yeah, it's a bad process because
27:26
I think Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch tried to go back to what
27:29
they were successful with when they first got to the Super Bowl
27:32
against the Chiefs in 2019. They made it work with a lot of,
27:35
outside of Debo Samuel, a lot of really old wide receivers.
27:37
They traded for Emmanuel Sanders.
27:39
They had Mohamed Sanu because he played with Kyle Shanahan in
27:41
Atlanta and tried to make that kind of thing work.
27:43
So they were like, OK, we could trust this process again and
27:46
when our other receivers deteriorate, we could just make
27:48
that kind of thing work. Then you mentioned Debo Samuel
27:50
was complaining about a lack of target last year, and his value
27:53
was already shot as it was, so they had to trade him for a
27:55
fifth round take this offseason. And yes, while they do draft
27:58
well with day three draft picks, that's still not the ideal value
28:00
that you want. So you have to make Brandon IU
28:02
Co work in some facet. And yes, we knew he was going to
28:05
miss time, but this much time because of a contract dispute
28:08
and you're going to rearrange all the guaranteed money?
28:10
Yeah. If I was a player, I would be
28:12
upset with that, too. You did it before the season
28:14
started for 3030 million, 27 million in guaranteed money.
28:19
Yeah, I don't blame Brandon IU for wanting to not wanting to do
28:21
that. Then all of a sudden, worst case
28:23
scenario comes, Pearsall gets hurt, Kittle gets hurt,
28:26
offensive lineman injured, and then you have two defensive
28:29
defensive stars hurt, which are already getting Warner's getting
28:32
the highest paid in his position, which he's the best
28:34
man of linebacker football. He deserves.
28:35
Nick Bosa until these recent contracts is one of the most
28:38
highest. So then all of a sudden you're
28:39
stuck and you want to because you want to rearrange cap space
28:42
when this offseason you had like going into the offseason the
28:44
fifth most money and you can't make your players happy like
28:46
that. It's a really bad process.
28:48
I'd agree with you, Errol. It's not going to make a lot of
28:50
good players want to. Trust and they're older.
28:52
They're they're an older team, they're a much older team.
28:56
And who says these newer players that these guys that they are
28:59
going to want to replace them with are going to want to stay
29:00
there? They don't have a left tackle.
29:02
When Williams decides to part well ways with them, they don't
29:05
have a left tackle. And that's a very important
29:07
position in football. You can ask Fish.
29:09
It's probably one of the most important positions in football.
29:12
Their quarterback, they lost their star safety.
29:15
He goes to the Broncos in the offseason because they couldn't
29:17
afford him because they overpaid.
29:19
They overpaid for a uke. So they've made a lot of
29:22
mistakes that it's affected their defense and affected their
29:25
offensive side of the offensive, offensive side of the ball.
29:29
Debo Samuel is playing for the Commanders.
29:31
I know his numbers don't stick out to you, but it had a lot to
29:34
do with Terry Mclaurin going down to Jane Daniels.
29:37
I honest to God, if if Mclaurin was healthy this year and Jaden
29:41
Daniels was playing, I think this is a different offense.
29:43
I think Debo Samuel has twelve 1300 yards thrown to him and
29:47
probably running in about 300, three, 150 and he's been
29:50
healthy, fairly healthy all year.
29:52
Yeah, it. Was a big point of when he was
29:54
the feature guy in that offense for a while, for probably the
29:57
first five years of Shanahan's coaching there.
29:59
And now all of a sudden they couldn't really find that kind
30:01
of feature. They thought they had an IU in
30:02
23 because he played great in 2023 and then all of a sudden he
30:05
gets hurt and they had just had to make that kind of thing work
30:07
because he's really good route runner.
30:08
They don't really have it. Even Devo Samuel, he's really
30:10
quick off the line of scrimmage. He's not a really amazing route
30:13
runner either. And same kind of thing with
30:14
Pearsall like you were saying. It's just interesting how
30:17
they're going to shape it up or, and how it's kind of played
30:20
itself out because I'd like to know really like what happened
30:24
for it to be voided. And like, was it something that,
30:27
you know, in the contract language?
30:29
Like I I know there's different clauses as far as like certain
30:33
things you can can't do. Well, it's 12 games, so it is
30:35
the maximum that you could you could do, but apparently they
30:38
voided at the beginning of the season.
30:39
That's where I think it makes it look bad.
30:40
Does it really make sense or what?
30:42
Was there more to it or are they just trying to get rid of them?
30:45
It's, it's interesting timing to say the least, but I mean, it's
30:49
been obvious that he he wanted to go somewhere else too.
30:51
So they're kind of in a tough predicament because even the
30:53
guys that they spent money on aren't going to be back and not
30:56
getting any younger and father Time never loses.
30:58
So and then who knows? I mean, CMC to stay healthy as
31:01
long as he has, it's usually just a matter of time before
31:03
something happens. So it's, it's kind of a weird
31:07
dynamic as far as what they're going to do and, and what
31:10
they're going to rely on. And if Fish is right when he
31:13
says that, you know, they got to go online in the draft next
31:15
year, they should have. For like 3 years in.
31:18
A row, right? I think the 49ers are in a lot
31:20
of trouble and again, their coaches on the hot seat maybe
31:24
obviously this year if they sneak into the playoffs, he will
31:26
probably live to see another year.
31:29
But next year he will be on the hot seat.
31:31
And this is a team again that's older and John Lynch over the
31:35
last two seasons was looking to walk away.
31:37
How many times have we heard that John Lynch might retire as
31:40
the GM wine want to go back to broadcasting and media work.
31:44
I why? Because there's more stress and
31:46
more pressure on him. And if you look at their draft
31:49
over drafts over the last couple of years, they haven't been
31:51
good. They haven't been like, wow,
31:53
this player is going to be a star.
31:55
As a matter of fact, they've lost young players, young
31:58
talented players. They lost their star safety to
32:01
the Broncos in you all season because they couldn't afford
32:03
them. So, I mean, it's just to me, I
32:06
just think the 49ers are in a bad situation.
32:09
And, and, and if you look at the most important positions right
32:12
now, they they have this kid Ward, right?
32:15
He's still there if I'm not. Mistaken Ward.
32:17
'S gone, so. He's with the Colts now.
32:19
That's right, that's right. So if you think about it, they
32:21
lost their star corner in the offseason, their star safety,
32:24
and now you have all your star players.
32:27
Williams is getting old. Nick Bose is hitting 29, going
32:30
to be 30. Fred Warner is this is another,
32:34
this is another serious injury to their defense.
32:37
He could be, he might not be the same player if we go up and down
32:40
their roster. The only guy that you really
32:42
look like look at that's still fairly young and still has a lot
32:46
of upsides, it's Ayuk and Ayuk runs.
32:49
He doesn't want to be there anymore and they don't and they
32:51
don't want him there anymore. So it's a bad situation.
32:55
The only thing that I could say that they have in place right
32:57
now is Brock Purdy. I think I, by the way, Owen
33:00
needs to apologize for the whole Brock Purdy thing, because Brock
33:04
Purdy, since he's come back, he's looked pretty damn good.
33:06
So I, I, I don't know. And he has, he doesn't have Debo
33:10
Samuel to throw to. He doesn't have Ayuk to throw to
33:14
and he's still been pretty. Damn.
33:16
They made those two random tight ends out of nowhere look really
33:18
good to the next to Kittle. He looks pretty damn good.
33:21
I I'll take back what anybody says.
33:23
He's a secondary quarterback in this league.
33:25
He's a top ten quarterback. There's no question.
33:27
And you see what he's doing right now and he's going to win.
33:30
I think he's they're going to put up some big numbers against
33:32
the Carolina Panthers, even though it's his second quarter
33:35
and still 00. I you could see that the team
33:38
trust him and the organization trust Brock Birdie and that's
33:42
why they paid him the 50 million a year which he got in.
33:45
The welcome now. Yeah, Oh, there you go.
33:47
So there you go. All right, MLB networks John
33:52
Heyman reports that the New York Mets have traded Mr. Brandon
33:56
Nimmo to the Rangers for Gold Glove winning second baseman
33:59
Marcus Simeon. Stearns said early Monday that
34:03
he was intrigued by Simeon's defense at second base as being
34:08
one of the best in baseball, even if his bat isn't what it
34:13
used to be. Simeon had his worst offensive
34:17
season of his career last year with only fifteen home runs and
34:22
62 RBI, but has six seasons of over 20 home runs in his career,
34:28
including a 45 home run season in 2021.
34:33
Stearns then thanked Brennan Nimmo for his service to the
34:38
organization after being there since being drafted in the first
34:43
round 14 years ago in 2011 and said he accepted a trade to the
34:48
Rangers after speaking with degrom, who helped convince
34:53
Nimmo to waive his no trade clause to make the deal.
34:56
Nimmo had 25 home runs in 90 two RBI last season but had his
35:02
worst defensive season since 2020.
35:06
Nimmo Nimos contract has five years left on it making making
35:11
19.25 million per year, while Marcus Simeon's contract has
35:17
three years left on it making 26,000,000 each of the next two
35:21
years and 20 million in 2028. I think this is a great deal for
35:26
both teams. I really do.
35:28
I believe when you look at a guy like Simeon, he is one of the
35:33
best defensive players in the infield in the league.
35:35
He's been that he's a Gold Glove winner and you have him and
35:39
Lindor, Lindor is a shortstop and him as your second baseman.
35:42
I mean, you have two elite players in the middle of your
35:46
field. And, and, and I believe with the
35:48
Mets, the Mets and I think baseball needs to go back to old
35:52
school baseball. You need that that defensive
35:55
side of the game. And I think what the Mets are
35:57
looking at is they were, they had problems at second base last
36:01
year with McNeil. McNeil was a shell of what he
36:04
was over the, you know, over the years where he was an elite
36:07
defender and he and he was great at what he did when they moved
36:10
him around the field, the infield.
36:12
I I just think Brandon IMO, he's been a great man 14 years, Great
36:17
personalities, very good to the fans.
36:19
He goes to all the autographed signings for the Mets
36:22
organization. Every year you hear that they're
36:25
doing autographed signings or going to go into hospitals.
36:27
Brandon IMO is one of the guys that show up there out of all
36:29
the Mets. He has been a good defender out
36:33
in the outfield this past year. He wasn't as good as he was for
36:37
the two years and he I think he was a Gold Glove winner one of
36:39
those one of those years as well.
36:42
I, I think that Stearns is trying to shake things up.
36:45
I, I obviously they fell short last year.
36:48
This is a team that is expected to be a contender, especially
36:53
with the the moves they want to make in the offseason.
36:55
I do believe they're going to do whatever they can to bring in
36:58
when Diaz back. I believe Pete Alonso is
37:02
definitely the next guy that they're going to try to sign.
37:04
And I wouldn't be so surprised if they make a run for Tarek
37:08
School. I think he's the guy.
37:10
He's the missing piece. He's the missing puzzle piece
37:12
for the Mets to be considered an elite team with the Dodgers.
37:17
I do believe that what the the Mets are trying to do and
37:20
Stearns are trying to do is she's trying to turn this team
37:23
into his team. This is still guys from Brody
37:26
Van Wagonen. OK, Brody Van Wagonen didn't
37:29
draft Brandon Nimmo, but he was he was a part of the
37:32
organization all the way through through Brody Van Wagonen and
37:36
and, and again, Beatty is another guy.
37:38
He was the first guy that Brody Van Wagonen drafted.
37:40
Now what? When are they going to decide to
37:42
move away from a guy like Brady, who really has not been the
37:46
player they thought he was going to be?
37:48
I think that the Mets are still going to be one of those teams
37:51
this offseason, are going to make the most moves or one of
37:54
the most moves in the National League.
37:56
They've got a tremendous amount of young talent.
37:59
They have a bunch of pitchers right now in a farm system.
38:01
Two guys, well, three guys that they have up there.
38:04
I believe McLean is the only untouchable one.
38:06
I could see tongue going. I could see a lot of these young
38:09
players that they have no room for in the future.
38:12
And I'm not saying tongue, they have no room room for, but if
38:15
they tongue, if they could get a Tarek Scubal and, and, and maybe
38:20
move some of the young pieces that they have right now in
38:22
their farm system, they're top prospects for a Tarek Scubal.
38:25
Why wouldn't the Mets do that? You know, Steve Cohen has the
38:28
most money. You know he's going to spend it.
38:30
You look what he did with Juan Soda in the offseason.
38:33
I, I, and I think Devin Williams is another guy I could see the
38:36
Mets bringing in, not just Edwin, Edwin Diaz.
38:38
I, I think the Mets are going to make the most moves.
38:41
Is this a surprise that they were going to trade Brandon
38:43
Nemo? No.
38:44
Is it a surprise that it's the Texas Rangers?
38:46
No, because it seems like one of their one of the teams that they
38:49
they've been working with over the last couple of years on
38:52
moving players and trading players and and letting players
38:54
go to them is the Texas Rangers. And and Marcus Simeon, he is not
38:59
a bad player. He is still an elite defender,
39:01
like I just said. And I don't think I and I, I
39:05
know city fields is a big city. It's a big stadium.
39:09
It's hard to hit home runs. Texas is a stadium where there's
39:13
more home runs and, and, and obviously Nimmo could hit thirty
39:17
home runs next year. He could, he could over at 35
39:19
home runs next year. He did it in city field and he
39:22
did it with the New York Mets. So I, I think it works out for
39:25
both of them. I just think there's a lot more
39:28
pieces going to be added to the puzzle for the Mets.
39:31
I don't know how many more moves the Texas Rangers are going to
39:34
make. They're not a team that likes to
39:35
go out there and spend money over the years they did, but I
39:39
don't think they're A-Team. I think they're going to move
39:41
players. I think, I think Seekers going
39:44
to get traded this offseason. I do.
39:45
I think Corey Seeker is going to get traded.
39:48
I don't know where he's going to go.
39:49
I know Fish wants to see him go to the Yankees, but I I think
39:53
Corey could be traded. I think there's a there.
39:56
I think they're trying to go younger.
39:57
They've got a young farm system. They want to bring their guys
39:59
up. Nimmo was a guy that's a lot
40:02
younger than Simeons. He's like 3 or 4 years younger
40:05
than Simeons is. And and again, Simeons is what,
40:08
36 years old? Yeah, he's 35 guys.
40:10
I think he'll be 36 in season. And and, and Nimmo's 32, so you
40:14
you'll get more out of a guy like Brandon Nimmo and they
40:17
needed help out in the outfield. And I think both teams will, you
40:20
know, it works out for both teams.
40:22
But I think this is a home run for the Mets.
40:25
I think the Mets are looking to win a World Series this year.
40:27
And I think they're they're out to and I think they're out to
40:30
spend money and move pieces and move players where I believe
40:34
Stearns believes that they're going to be a contender.
40:37
The peak year, that's the peak years that Simeon's Simeon have
40:40
had near MVP year. In 2019, he was the third guy.
40:44
He was the 2022. He was a finalist that year as
40:47
well. Even his year in Toronto was
40:48
very good. So the one year he spent there
40:50
when Oakland traded him in the offseason and Nimmo's never had
40:54
a year like that. Nimmo's been always a steady
40:55
guys and All Star friends, All Star type player consistently
40:59
and always has been a good leader.
41:00
With the Mets, I thought they could.
41:02
There's a shot they were going to move on.
41:03
I am surprised it was for this. I was thinking maybe he might be
41:05
included in a potential pitcher deal if that was the case.
41:08
If. He's a good lead off it.
41:09
Yes, Simeon I do like though for this reason defense like you
41:12
mentioned, also the durability like besides last year like he's
41:15
played almost 162 games pretty much every year of his career.
41:19
I think besides. He didn't miss a game. 4, Three
41:21
years, yeah. And like that kind of thing, you
41:23
don't get overnight. And is he going to be as bad
41:25
offensively as he was last year with 15 home runs and a a 700
41:29
OPS? Not in that line I.
41:30
I can't see that kind of thing. So I think it's a potential good
41:34
bounce back candidate. What's interesting is where the
41:36
a lot of their young prospects are, are in the infield right
41:39
now. So you're going to have to do a
41:40
lot of shuffling or like you mentioned, arrow A.
41:42
Lot they're going to move. I'm trading as a possibility.
41:45
They did this because I believe they're in play for Tarek
41:48
school. I absolutely believe it.
41:51
I think the Mets believe it. And I like like Nick Cody came
41:54
on this show, he said it, that Detroit is not resigning him.
41:59
They're moving him and and right now they have control of him
42:02
this year. They're moving him this
42:04
offseason. So the Mets are one of the top
42:06
two teams that I can name right now that are in play for him.
42:10
And I think this makes a lot of sense on why they made this
42:12
move. And also you look at the
42:14
defensive upgrade to that. Beatty now could play third if
42:18
he's still there. If they don't bring back people.
42:20
Alonso then Vientos goes to first because Vientos third was
42:24
a liability. I think so too.
42:25
I'm just saying it prevent it prepares them for all these
42:27
different scenarios. Ronnie Mauricio probably is the
42:29
one that doesn't have a spot. I think he might be 1 included
42:31
into trades. And then Acuna he hasn't really
42:33
hit it all. So he's really just more of a
42:34
defensive replacement and speed type at this point.
42:37
Carson Benj is a prospect that's good for the that could play
42:39
both center field and second base.
42:40
So that's where it maybe it's a little puzzling that maybe they
42:43
would have traded Nimo. Do they think Benj will be ready
42:45
this year? Will be another question.
42:46
But Nemo, from a leadership standpoint, one of those
42:49
original Nets like you're talking about when you talk
42:51
about Pete Alonzo being the captain of the team.
42:53
So so you wonder how that could affect that kind of thing?
42:55
But you could tell that Stearns was not a fan of his.
42:58
You could tell that he wasn't a fan of his.
43:01
They were trying to move him at the trade deadline.
43:03
They were trying to move him at the trade deadline, but it
43:07
obviously they couldn't find it. Yeah.
43:08
Am I going to shuffle them? Yeah.
43:10
Because I think if they were going to package somebody like
43:12
him in there or another one of their veteran hitters, it
43:15
probably would have been for a bigger swing on a pitch or two
43:18
at the time. So maybe that's where I would
43:20
have thought Nimmo would have been traded.
43:21
I thought McNeil was probably the more likely one to be traded
43:23
because like you're saying, they're Nick.
43:24
Neil is gone. They're going to move him, I
43:25
think. I think now, I think now maybe
43:28
he has more of a role as a corner outfielder than he does
43:31
as an infielder because his defense actually was good there
43:34
the last few years more than it was a.
43:35
Second, the story is, is the Mets are looking for a veteran
43:38
center fielder that they can move out there and and I expect
43:41
them to make a move like that. Dude, they have so many
43:43
prospects. They've got like if you look at
43:46
their prospect, you know, the list of prospects they have in
43:49
the top 100, I think they have like 11.
43:52
I mean, they're going to move these guys if they don't, if
43:55
Stern doesn't believe they're going to be a part of a
43:57
contending champion contending for a championship, you know,
44:01
Steve Cohen is looking to win like soon.
44:04
Especially when they told the fans when he took over this team
44:07
that it's a five year, A5 year plan.
44:09
Really. It's been over five years.
44:11
We're going in what, 6 years now?
44:13
He expects to win like now. So he is going to pull all the
44:18
stops, Stern is going to pull all the stops to get the players
44:21
he thinks or he feels fit that are going to be able to contend
44:24
for a champion. And I wonder too if they're
44:26
going to maybe make it a leeway where they don't have to trade 2
44:28
pitchers in a particular deal to get like a school ball or maybe
44:32
to a second tier they're. Going to have to give up a lot
44:34
more than two. Pitchers, No, no, I know that
44:36
I'm saying. But they it gives them leeway
44:37
where they could trade maybe 2 infielders, maybe they go Benj
44:39
and Jet Williams. They're going to have to give
44:41
away at least 6 prospects and a player to get Tarik Scubal and
44:46
they're going to have to pay him so.
44:48
I'm just saying most of their prospects are in the infield, so
44:50
now training for Simeon, they have more.
44:52
How much do you think Tarik Scubals gets Jabba?
44:57
Like AV or like years in total? Years in total.
45:03
Oh boy, it's saying he signs this year.
45:07
Like coming off the year he had, now he's.
45:10
Going to get traded somebody he's going to.
45:12
Probably. Well, I mean it's got to be, I
45:16
mean he's going to be up there for most AV.
45:20
So I would say probably at least 7 and I mean, I don't.
45:30
Do you think he gets to 500? Yes, yes.
45:32
Yeah. Definitely.
45:34
I don't, I don't I, I think it's probably he's the closest one.
45:38
If it's going to happen, it's going to be him, but I think
45:43
it'll at least, I think it's at least six years, if not 7, maybe
45:47
even more. I.
45:48
Think it's gonna be 8 at this point.
45:49
I think the Boris camp wants 10 but I don't think that's as
45:52
realistic. But I think 8 maybe with the
45:54
extra he's back loaded. He's 28, right?
45:56
29 but you've seen a lot of these pictures too.
45:59
They're not getting 10 year deals anymore.
46:01
I know that and that's why, that's why I think it's
46:03
unrealistic for the Boris camp. Right.
46:06
Well, Scott will try anything I know.
46:09
It doesn't make it realistic. I, I, my dad kicked Scott Boris
46:12
out of our meeting. Nice.
46:14
I believe it. I believe.
46:16
It my, my dad was literally like this, this is enough.
46:19
Like we've sat there for 4 1/2 hours and I'm, I'm still in
46:22
college and I'm like falling asleep.
46:25
My dad goes, all right, enough's enough.
46:26
We're done here and literally kicked him out.
46:28
He's like, we got to go. I will say this, Tarek deserves
46:34
whatever he gets offered and I and if there's anybody that's
46:37
going to pay him what he wants, it's Steve Cohen.
46:40
And that's why I think it's, to me, it's a great marriage for,
46:43
for the Mets to make this move and for Tarek, Tarek school ball
46:47
and his camp to make that move. Because if there's anybody
46:50
that's going to pay him the exact total that he wants, it's
46:54
it's the Mets. And I could see the Mets making
46:55
the trade and then giving him the contract.
46:57
The only way they make the trade is if the contract is is pretty
47:00
much set in stone when when the trade goes through, because the
47:03
Mets are going to have to give up.
47:05
You're talking about two starting young pitchers.
47:08
They're probably going to have to probably trade two of their
47:11
best elite young prospect hitters and maybe one or two
47:15
players that are on their roster right now.
47:18
It's going to, they're going to have to like unload the farm,
47:20
but they're going to want like big league ready guys right now.
47:24
I'm not saying superstar big league ready, but guys that
47:27
either have a significant amount of time or like already like big
47:32
league now, like they're they're because it's if, if they're
47:35
going to do what they are going to get and then strike obviously
47:39
and and take it for exactly, you know, as much as they've got it,
47:43
they've got to ask for everything because at this point
47:45
you get you want to take him right where he's at.
47:48
You have that leveraged. Ask me like I want AB shit, I
47:52
want all the way to Z like and give me everything in between.
47:54
So. It's going to be very, very
47:56
interesting. I'm I'm excited because as.
48:00
I'm excited for him in his family.
48:03
I like Tarek school ball and I want him to get as much as much
48:06
as he possibly can. And what I've heard by Nick
48:09
Goody, because Nick Goody's seen him throw like, you know, you
48:12
know, practice and stuff like that.
48:13
He says this guy is elite from elite.
48:16
You, you've not, you haven't seen a guy pitch like this.
48:20
There's one one out of every generation to see a pitcher that
48:23
can pitch like this guy. So and he says not only does he
48:26
deserve the money, he's as good as any pitcher he's ever seen.
48:29
So that's that's high praise for one of the elite, one of the
48:33
guys that you know, Jabba Nick was a professional professional
48:37
baseball player and you too. You've seen the elite of the
48:40
elite. You've seen Andy Pettitte pitch
48:41
Mariano Rivera pitch live. And you were you were there
48:45
watching them pitch, pitching practice.
48:47
So I, I just, it's unbelievable what I've heard about this guy
48:51
and I've never even actually got a chance to see him live.
48:54
So, and the movement of the pitches I've seen, he throws A
48:58
curveball like you're talking about 12:00 to 6:00 or whatever
49:01
the hell they say the guy's curveball is ridiculous.
49:03
So and. He.
49:05
Yeah, and dude, he throws 100 and 506.
49:09
It's ridiculous. And he did it.
49:11
He did it in the 9th inning. He pitched a.
49:13
Yeah, his last pitch was 103. It's ridiculous.
49:17
That's, like, nasty. All right, ladies and gentlemen,
49:21
Jabba rules history in the making.
49:23
You. Ready Jabba Rules Rules.
49:28
Rules. All right, let's go for it,
49:29
Jabba. What are we going to get it to
49:31
today? Today's going to be a short and
49:33
sweet 1 and why this rules is because when when we talk about
49:37
sports, we always talk about, you know, Terry school, for
49:40
example, the most talented this that another thing, but why this
49:45
story is absolutely awesome is I don't know if you guys have seen
49:48
it. It kind of went viral.
49:50
Elijah Blake is on special undrafted gear going after he's
49:56
the gunner. He literally gets knocked down
49:59
twice, gets back up off of his feet, goes and makes an
50:04
unbelievable play, causing a fumble to hold them on and and
50:08
do this. No expectation of a guy that
50:10
hasn't been drafted, but seeing what it is and there's all these
50:14
stats and all these metrics that people want to do.
50:16
You can't measure that. There is nothing that any sports
50:20
psychologist whatever you cannot teach that.
50:24
There's no metric and I don't give a damn what you say that
50:27
can measure the heart that that play takes.
50:29
Why sports are great is because people like that and that's what
50:32
makes it great for all these kids.
50:34
You don't have to be drafted, that Brock Purdy, you could be
50:37
mystery relevant. You can do all these things, but
50:40
what you can't teach and what no number is ever going to tell you
50:43
is effort and drive. And that right there is just the
50:46
epitome of of what rules about sports and why you don't have to
50:49
be the best, but you can't ever never take away heart and drive
50:54
of of what that young man did right there.
50:56
So that was really, really cool. And I will say this, everybody
50:59
forgets how important special teams are and, and, and that's
51:02
why you need 50, what, 54 players on a team, 53 players on
51:06
a team. It's not just one player.
51:08
Yes, you need a star quarterback.
51:10
Yes, you need a good coach. Yes, you need a defensive and
51:12
offensive coordinator. But there are positions and
51:15
important positions that can cause or create opportunities
51:19
for certain parts of a game and special teams, especially in the
51:22
playoffs, if you don't win in special teams, there's a very
51:25
good chance you don't win that game.
51:27
That's why they talk about defense, they talk about offense
51:30
and special teams. Why it's so important why the
51:33
NFL can't take away special teams where the I've I've been
51:37
one of those guys that have been pushing.
51:39
Maybe you should just take away special teams, kick offs and
51:42
punt returns because I think it'll keep, you know,
51:45
concussions and CTE and and honestly, you can't take away
51:49
from what has been a part of the game for over for 70 years.
51:54
And I think that's what makes the game so special.
51:56
And, and and like you said, Jabba, you don't have to be
51:59
drafted. You don't have to be a first
52:00
round draft pick. Tom Brady was a sixth round
52:03
draft pick. You just said it.
52:04
Brock Purdy was a seventh round draft pick.
52:06
We've heard Russell Wilson was a third round draft pick.
52:09
Just because you're not a first round draft pick does not mean
52:12
you can't be an elite player and do something or be have the
52:15
heart to be an elite player. You got to go out there, you got
52:17
to work and you got to earn, you know, earn your spot on a team
52:21
And and again, that's that's what's great about what Blake
52:25
did and that's what's what's great about professional sports
52:27
and sports as a whole. Watching these players really
52:31
develop into the stars that they become so great drama rule.
52:35
It was a great show. I want to.
52:36
Wish everybody happy Thanksgiving.
52:39
It's it's a holiday to spend with their families.
52:42
I, I mean, the holidays really just, it's just for food and
52:46
getting, getting hungry and filling your bellies up.
52:50
So enjoy the time that you have with your family.
52:53
We have Christmas around the corner, Kwanzaa, you know,
52:56
obviously Hanukkah. So there's, and then there's New
52:59
Year's. It's been a crazy, crazy year
53:02
here on job on the mouth. And next year is going to be a
53:06
big year for us. So I want the year to end as
53:08
quick as possible and let's move on to 2. 1026, please.
53:13
But thank you to all the fans on Apple and Spotify over 200,000
53:18
downloads. At one point last week we were
53:21
at 130. What was it?
53:23
134 speedy 134 on the list for Spotify and Apple in the country
53:30
out of 160,000 podcast, you know, under football.
53:35
So and that's Spotify and Apple. We are we were at 134.
53:39
I think we're still in the top 200 right now, so thank you to
53:42
all the fans that are downloading and following us
53:46
again, thank you to all the X fans following drop in the mouth
53:50
and all the different platforms from YouTube to I'm sorry, said
53:55
X TikTok and Instagram drop in the mouth.
53:58
We really appreciate all the fans tuning in on Roku, all the
54:02
platforms that we're on. We really appreciate all of you
54:05
guys and and keep following us. Like I said, we'll do it.
54:10
We'll make an announcement for January 13th as soon as
54:13
everything is final finalized and we'll tell you who we're
54:17
going to have come for Q&A. So that's, you know, job is
54:21
working on two guys and you know, Nathan and one of the PR
54:26
people that we're working with are working on some nice guests
54:29
to join us for the interview. So definitely come down.
54:33
It's going to be big. They're they're expecting
54:35
between 100 and 150 people to come down for the event.
54:39
So it'll be really, really fun. And for the fans, we'll make you
54:42
laugh if you like the show. I'm sure in person we're going
54:47
to make you laugh even more so because we'll have more leeway
54:50
on certain things that we can do.
54:52
So again, a happy Thanksgiving, have a merry happy Thanksgiving,
54:58
and I'm tired. Guys, I, I.
54:59
I am absolutely drawn out and drawn to a whole another level.
55:05
So we will talk to you next week, Speedy, who we have on it
55:08
all. Right, Nathan getting 2 guests,
55:09
one of which we've had on the show last year.
55:11
Sylvester Williams, defensive tackle at 9:30.
55:14
He will be returning on Monday and then on Wednesday a new
55:17
guest at 8:45. Former Chargers, Broncos and a
55:19
few other teams cornerback Quinton Jammer.
55:22
And Charlie slows. That's right, Charlie Slows will
55:26
be. Joining us on some baseball
55:27
conversation as the winter meetings are here.
55:31
So I'm sure Charlie has a lot of information that we don't have.
55:37
So it'll be fun getting Charlie on.
55:39
We'll we'll get some. Well, he's a he's a big
55:42
Nationals guy, but he grew up a Yankee fan.
55:45
So I'm sure he has his own takes to the Yankees and and maybe the
55:49
Mets. So it'll be fun.
55:51
Charlie will be joining us. So it'll be cool.
55:53
Anyways, that's it. Good night, farewell.
55:55
Have a happy Thanksgiving. It's the worldwide sports radio
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