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Mac & Bone Hour 4: Willie P & Moose Johnston · Mac & Bone Podcast

• 0:07
  Speaker 1: Allow me to reintroduce myself, my name is I'm Will Pelagic.
• 0:14
  Speaker 2: All right, it's about time for the P-Man, baby. Willie's World,
• 0:17
  Speaker 2: we're just living in it, getting ready to talk. Hornets
• 0:20
  Speaker 2: season outlook, FC coming down the home stretch in a
• 0:24
  Speaker 2: regular season.
• 0:25
  Speaker 1: They played an absolute classic.
• 0:27
  Speaker 2: They played 50 times better against Philly, and there's no
• 0:31
  Speaker 2: shame in a draw in that game. Those were two
• 0:34
  Speaker 2: real good MLS sides going at it, and I'm sure
• 0:37
  Speaker 2: we'll talk Panthers, although as Bone pointed out, we got
• 0:39
  Speaker 2: his Wegmans review we got to get to. He went
• 0:41
  Speaker 2: to the Ballantyne Wegmans yesterday. He got photographed in line,
• 0:45
  Speaker 2: I think, by somebody yesterday. There was a Willie spotting.
• 0:48
  Speaker 3: It was like he was in a Groucho Marx disguise
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  Speaker 3: of some sort.
• 0:51
  Speaker 2: I don't know what was going on there. I think
• 0:52
  Speaker 2: they caught him in Cookie Land at Wegmans. And you
• 0:55
  Speaker 2: know his cheese comments last week have just reverberated around
• 1:00
  Speaker 2: Charlotte Bone for about five days.
• 1:03
  Speaker 1: It was the talk of our client seminar. It was.
• 1:06
  Speaker 2: It was.
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  Speaker 1: On Tuesday. So the P-Man is here, baby. Willie P.
• 1:09
  Speaker 1: Will Pelagic joining us, as always, in this spot. Willie,
• 1:12
  Speaker 1: what's going on, man?
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  Speaker 4: Morning, guys.
• 1:15
  Speaker 1: Morning, guys.
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  Speaker 4: How are you?
• 1:16
  Speaker 1: What's up, Willie?
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  Speaker 2: Doing good, brother. So what did you think of the Wegmans, man?
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  Speaker 2: Did it meet all your expectations?
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  Speaker 4: Well, you know, it had been forever since I'd been
• 1:26
  Speaker 4: to a Wegmans. I don't know if I had adequately
• 1:29
  Speaker 4: prepared myself for what I was going to experience because
• 1:33
  Speaker 4: I was on a bit of a time crunch when
• 1:34
  Speaker 4: I went. And I realized I need to afford myself
• 1:38
  Speaker 4: more time because it is still like– it's like one-in-one
• 1:41
  Speaker 4: out at the club over there. I mean, it's still–
• 1:45
  Speaker 4: a highly concentrated amount of people. So for those who
• 1:49
  Speaker 4: are maybe worried about it being, if you don't have
• 1:51
  Speaker 4: a high tolerance for overcrowding or if you, as I
• 1:54
  Speaker 4: said on Twitter, claustrophobe easily, probably not for you yet.
• 1:57
  Speaker 4: Probably want to wait a little while. But I will
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  Speaker 4: say it was everything that I remember it to be
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  Speaker 4: when it comes to the prepared foods. It's organized a
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  Speaker 4: little differently than the Wegmans I've been to in the past.
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  Speaker 4: You have, like, you know, I would say four, maybe
• 2:11
  Speaker 4: two-fifths of the grocery store. It looks like any other
• 2:14
  Speaker 4: grocery store you've ever been in, whether it's a Publix
• 2:16
  Speaker 4: or a Food Lion or a Teeter. But, you know,
• 2:21
  Speaker 4: when you go basically over to the right side, that's where, like,
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  Speaker 4: all the prepared foods are, like your fresh meat, your
• 2:26
  Speaker 4: fresh chicken, your fresh cheeses. They got pizza. They got sushi.
• 2:30
  Speaker 4: They got subs.
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  Speaker 5: They got everything.
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  Speaker 4: The, the gold pan meals. And then they got an
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  Speaker 4: area where you could just like order, like you're at
• 2:36
  Speaker 4: a restaurant and, and eat there. So it's, uh, people
• 2:40
  Speaker 4: ask me what makes Wegmans so different. It's, it's the
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  Speaker 4: high proliferation and plethora of ready to eat and ready
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  Speaker 4: to cook options that are literally just in the pan
• 2:50
  Speaker 4: and you throw it in the oven or you throw
• 2:51
  Speaker 4: in the microwave that that's what makes them differentiates them over,
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  Speaker 4: you know, your other grocery store. I don't know if
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  Speaker 4: I'm going to use necessarily for, you know, every week,
• 2:59
  Speaker 4: but like, It's right on the way back home from
• 3:02
  Speaker 4: when I go to the Charlotte OC facility. So, like,
• 3:06
  Speaker 4: if I'm sitting there and I need to, you know,
• 3:08
  Speaker 4: think of a quick dinner plan, I might pop in
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  Speaker 4: there and say, hey, you know what, I'll pick up
• 3:12
  Speaker 4: a gold pan meal, maybe a sub or two, and
• 3:15
  Speaker 4: get it going.
• 3:16
  Speaker 1: Willie, what was the photo situation? Someone took a photo
• 3:20
  Speaker 1: of you in line, or what was that yesterday?
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  Speaker 4: Fan guy Dave caught me in the bakery portion of the–
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  Speaker 4: of the store they have this area called uh... they
• 3:31
  Speaker 4: i mean they have all these kind of like funky
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  Speaker 4: names for all their own prepared food areas and uh...
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  Speaker 4: the where they have the cookies is called cookie land
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  Speaker 4: and so uh... my wife had mentioned to me you
• 3:40
  Speaker 4: know hey did you pick up uh... something from the
• 3:43
  Speaker 4: bakery if you see something that looks good and so
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  Speaker 4: i was caught with literally my hand in cookie land uh.
• 3:51
  Speaker 1: That should be a contest, Mac.
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  Speaker 3: We should have prizes for those that find Willie in
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  Speaker 3: the wild.
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  Speaker 1: So true.
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  Speaker 2: Now, P-Man, before we get to the Hornets starting their
• 3:59
  Speaker 2: season up and Charlotte FC, it needs to be pointed
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  Speaker 2: out that there is some backlash right now towards Wegmans
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  Speaker 2: and Willie. And the man is just simply answering the
• 4:09
  Speaker 2: question we asked him, which is, what.
• 4:11
  Speaker 1: Did you think of the new Wegmans? Why are they
• 4:13
  Speaker 1: mad at Willie? Let's see.
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  Speaker 2: This guy says, Willie makes me hate Wegmans for some reason.
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  Speaker 1: JP in Morrisville. Oh, my gosh. Willie sucks so bad.
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  Speaker 2: Then you have Salesman that wants to know if Willie
• 4:28
  Speaker 2: was blown away by the chip dip and hot dog
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  Speaker 2: taste of Western New York display.
• 4:35
  Speaker 4: I saw the Western New York display. I did not
• 4:39
  Speaker 4: go for the chips and or dips. You can buy
• 4:42
  Speaker 4: those Salen's hot dogs, those Hoppin' hot dogs in, you know,
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  Speaker 4: public or theater. So, like, I wasn't necessarily, you know,
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  Speaker 4: surprised by those things. They have other, you know, Western
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  Speaker 4: and Central New York delicacies that are up there. I
• 4:55
  Speaker 4: did buy the Boss sauce. It kind of is similar
• 4:59
  Speaker 4: to a buffalo, almost kind of like a buffalo slash
• 5:04
  Speaker 4: barbecue sauce, which I tried last night. It's all right.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, I wouldn't say I put it on everything,
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  Speaker 4: but it was all right. I would say this. The
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  Speaker 4: way that it looks in the package, I thought it
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  Speaker 4: was going to be more– I thought it was going
• 5:19
  Speaker 4: to be thicker, but it actually is more liquidy than
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  Speaker 4: anything else.
• 5:23
  Speaker 2: Okay, there you go. Less thicker, more liquidy. That's your
• 5:27
  Speaker 2: boss sauce review.
• 5:29
  Speaker 3: Hornets get going tonight. You're going to have the postgame
• 5:31
  Speaker 3: shows here on WFNZ all season. The over-under win total, 39.5.
• 5:36
  Speaker 3: What's your expectations of that total, and do you expect
• 5:40
  Speaker 3: to go over, under? What are you thinking for this team?
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  Speaker 4: I think slightly over is probably what I would think,
• 5:47
  Speaker 4: somewhere in that 40 to 41 range. Would I be
• 5:49
  Speaker 4: shocked if it went under? No, because look, and I
• 5:53
  Speaker 4: hear a lot of the angst, and it's hard for
• 5:57
  Speaker 4: me not to share in a little bit of the angst,
• 5:59
  Speaker 4: because I really loved the way this team looked as
• 6:03
  Speaker 4: constituted a year ago. Now, running it all the way back,
• 6:07
  Speaker 4: I don't know if necessarily that was something I'd be
• 6:09
  Speaker 4: on board with, but You did take away, and I
• 6:12
  Speaker 4: said this last week when I was on the air,
• 6:14
  Speaker 4: a lot of Hornets fans felt like they took away
• 6:16
  Speaker 4: the soul of the team when you ended up jettisoning Lomelo. Now,
• 6:21
  Speaker 4: I can understand, and I will see the forest for
• 6:23
  Speaker 4: the trees. I understand that this is part of a
• 6:26
  Speaker 4: larger plan, and I can juxtapose my disappointment with them
• 6:31
  Speaker 4: getting rid of Lomelo with the long-term plan of, hey,
• 6:35
  Speaker 4: we have assets. It probably is a more.
• 6:40
  Speaker 4: I would say you have a higher chance of building
• 6:42
  Speaker 4: something more sustainable around Brandon, Khan, and a superstar to
• 6:48
  Speaker 4: be named later, and you have the assets collected to
• 6:51
  Speaker 4: be able to do so. However, I think, you know,
• 6:55
  Speaker 4: acting like this team is going to be appreciably better
• 6:57
  Speaker 4: in the short term is probably not realistic, and I
• 7:00
  Speaker 4: think that's where the fan base was. It's like you're
• 7:03
  Speaker 4: sitting in a restaurant, and you've been waiting for your
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  Speaker 4: food for the longest time. You've got a little bit
• 7:07
  Speaker 4: of an amuse-bouche with the– with the play-in game, a
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  Speaker 4: little bit of an appetizer, and you're seeing all these
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  Speaker 4: other tables get served. All these other tables getting served.
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  Speaker 4: And you're sitting there saying, where is my damn steak?
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  Speaker 6: That's kind of.
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  Speaker 4: Where Hornets fans are right now. And you're telling me
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  Speaker 4: I have to wait longer for more of that steak?
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  Speaker 4: So I think that's That's where they're at, and I
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  Speaker 4: don't blame fans for feeling that way because you feel
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  Speaker 4: like you at least felt like your meal was coming
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  Speaker 4: and being told you had to wait a little bit longer.
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  Speaker 4: And I understand that that's a frustration.
• 7:38
  Speaker 2: What an amazing amuse-bouche that we had last season, Bone,
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  Speaker 2: with that hot stretch.
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  Speaker 1: It was amusing.
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  Speaker 6: It was amusing.
• 7:46
  Speaker 1: It was amusing. I love it, man.
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  Speaker 4: I will say at Wegmans, they have literally a section
• 7:53
  Speaker 4: that just says charcuterie.
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  Speaker 1: This place is made for you. That is your heaven.
• 7:57
  Speaker 1: This is made for you, man. Remember that movie, Matt,
• 7:59
  Speaker 1: that just came out?
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  Speaker 3: The story, the true story where it happened here, where
• 8:04
  Speaker 3: Channing Tatum, the character, moved into the Toys R Us store?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: People think Willie has moved into Wegmans.
• 8:12
  Speaker 1: He's living in the back. That's hilarious.
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  Speaker 2: All right, Willie P is with us. It's Willie's World, y'all. P-Man,
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  Speaker 2: we got to talk about Charlotte FC. God, that match
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  Speaker 2: was amazing on Saturday. I mean, do I wish when
• 8:26
  Speaker 2: they came back from 1-0 down, got the 2-1 lead
• 8:28
  Speaker 2: with two brilliant goals, do I wish they would have
• 8:30
  Speaker 2: finished it?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: But Philly's the hottest damn team in the league. There
• 8:33
  Speaker 2: ain't no shame in going to their house and drawing.
• 8:36
  Speaker 2: And the goal they scored on was pretty amazing with
• 8:39
  Speaker 2: the intricate passing. That felt like a playoff game. and
• 8:45
  Speaker 2: it's something that could be a part of a great
• 8:47
  Speaker 2: playoff match or series. What did you think of that performance?
• 8:51
  Speaker 4: Far be it for me to delve into the mode
• 8:54
  Speaker 4: that I usually get on where I get angry at
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  Speaker 4: the refs. I just want to ask your opinion, Mac.
• 8:58
  Speaker 4: What did you think of the handball call?
• 9:02
  Speaker 2: The handball call. Why am I not remembering the hand? Oh,
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  Speaker 2: the initial for their penalty.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I hated it. I hated it.
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  Speaker 2: I thought he was trying to keep the arms close
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  Speaker 2: to the body, although he did turn.
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  Speaker 1: But he was trying to keep them in.
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  Speaker 6: What is he supposed to do with his hands? Pep
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  Speaker 6: Biel is trying to protect the moneymaker, man. What the
• 9:20
  Speaker 6: heck else is he supposed to do with his hands?
• 9:22
  Speaker 6: when he's trying to protect his face. He doesn't want
• 9:25
  Speaker 6: to get hit in the face like Morrison did later
• 9:27
  Speaker 6: in the match.
• 9:28
  Speaker 4: He was not trying to make himself bigger, and the
• 9:30
  Speaker 4: ball came off a bird. That made me mad, but
• 9:36
  Speaker 4: I was very happy with the way that they, again,
• 9:38
  Speaker 4: as they have a lot of times this season, stayed resilient.
• 9:41
  Speaker 4: They came out like gangbusters in the second half. Rodolfo
• 9:44
  Speaker 4: Loco gets the reward after the start, gets a really
• 9:47
  Speaker 4: nice goal to get them back in it and equalize.
• 9:51
  Speaker 4: And what more can we say about Idan Toklamati? What
• 9:54
  Speaker 4: a sublime header on a ball that was put on
• 9:56
  Speaker 4: a platter from David Schnegg. I'm going to ask David Schnegg.
• 9:58
  Speaker 4: I'm going to talk to him later today. after training
• 10:01
  Speaker 4: for our pregame interview this weekend. I'm going to ask him,
• 10:03
  Speaker 4: has he served a better ball than that? Because I
• 10:06
  Speaker 4: can't think of one that I've seen that's been prettier
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  Speaker 4: from him than that, aside from the one that he
• 10:10
  Speaker 4: scored for the goal against us in the Open Cup
• 10:12
  Speaker 4: last year. I'll leave that one aside. But I think
• 10:16
  Speaker 4: it's one of those things where– This team is able
• 10:18
  Speaker 4: to score goals in bunches, which is something you could
• 10:21
  Speaker 4: never have said about them. I think the biggest key is,
• 10:24
  Speaker 4: can they be sound enough defensively and not switch off
• 10:27
  Speaker 4: in certain moments to be able to keep themselves in
• 10:30
  Speaker 4: games of this nature? I thought it was a great
• 10:32
  Speaker 4: litmus test against a team you know is going to
• 10:33
  Speaker 4: be in the playoffs. And I think they've taken on
• 10:37
  Speaker 4: basically all comers among the playoff teams not named Chicago.
• 10:41
  Speaker 4: I'm very, very enticed by what we can see here
• 10:44
  Speaker 4: down the stretch. Winnable game Saturday in Portland. If you
• 10:48
  Speaker 4: win this game, you're in the playoffs officially. Portland is a–
• 10:53
  Speaker 4: I've looked at their roster, Mac. It's an MLS clearinghouse of, oh,
• 10:57
  Speaker 4: that guy is there now? So, I mean, they've jettisoned
• 11:02
  Speaker 4: a lot of talent. A lot of their best talent
• 11:04
  Speaker 4: has gone to Europe or South America. This is one
• 11:07
  Speaker 4: Charlotte FC, it's a got-to-have game. It's a got-to-have game.
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  Speaker 4: Got to get something out of this match. I would say, again,
• 11:13
  Speaker 4: nothing less than a draw is acceptable, I think, in
• 11:15
  Speaker 4: this match. I would say even a win should be
• 11:18
  Speaker 4: expected on Saturday.
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  Speaker 3: Willie, from where this team was a year ago at
• 11:22
  Speaker 3: this point to where they are now, how do they
• 11:24
  Speaker 3: compare this year to last year entering the postseason?
• 11:29
  Speaker 4: I think it's different. I think they're playing cohesively better.
• 11:32
  Speaker 4: I think they had a lot of talent last year
• 11:34
  Speaker 4: when you think about Zaha, when you think about the
• 11:36
  Speaker 4: way the pieces fit together, but I think now it
• 11:39
  Speaker 4: feels like they are a lot more harmonious when it
• 11:43
  Speaker 4: comes to when they possess, and I think they have
• 11:45
  Speaker 4: a quick strike ability that they haven't had. I think
• 11:48
  Speaker 4: there's a lot more depth on this team that Dean
• 11:50
  Speaker 4: Smith can go to, and that's personified with a guy
• 11:53
  Speaker 4: like Aloko being able to come off the bench in
• 11:55
  Speaker 4: normal situations, or Arbata when he's on the bench, I
• 11:58
  Speaker 4: think that he's become a lot more of a threatening player.
• 12:00
  Speaker 4: And you've got also guys in the midfield who can
• 12:02
  Speaker 4: change the game as well. I think the real secret weapon,
• 12:05
  Speaker 4: when he gets his visa sorted out, is Abdullahi Decore,
• 12:09
  Speaker 4: the guy they signed during the free agency period. If
• 12:14
  Speaker 4: they can get him up to speed and get him
• 12:15
  Speaker 4: up to match fitness... He brings quality in the midfield,
• 12:18
  Speaker 4: and he brings somebody who, while not necessarily a like-for-like
• 12:22
  Speaker 4: with Pep Biel, he brings a creation ability off the
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  Speaker 4: bench or potentially next to Pep Biel if you want
• 12:28
  Speaker 4: to employ him that way. But Charlottesville just has not
• 12:31
  Speaker 4: had in that box-to-box midfield position. So I feel like
• 12:35
  Speaker 4: he could be, you know, when teams used to go
• 12:38
  Speaker 4: and trade for, like, Matt Stairs off the bench and
• 12:41
  Speaker 4: get him, and all he would do is just hit
• 12:43
  Speaker 4: nukes for teams that were.
• 12:44
  Speaker 1: In the playoffs.
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  Speaker 4: That's basically what Abdullahi Decore can do. He can just
• 12:48
  Speaker 4: come in and just be a shopwrecker when it comes
• 12:51
  Speaker 4: to the attacking midfield going in. So I'm very, very, very,
• 12:55
  Speaker 4: very appetized by what could happen with Abdullahi Decore if
• 12:59
  Speaker 4: he can get himself up to speed, get his feet
• 13:01
  Speaker 4: over the line.
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  Speaker 1: I got to tell you, that's the first Matt Stairs
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  Speaker 1: reference in a while. There you go. He worked in
• 13:05
  Speaker 1: a Matt Stairs. Matt Stairs had the body of a bowler.
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  Speaker 1: And a moose boosh. I think that's what it was.
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  Speaker 1: Is that what it was? He worked both of those
• 13:12
  Speaker 1: things in. You don't get that from any other radio
• 13:14
  Speaker 1: guy in America. Why are people so cranky towards the
• 13:16
  Speaker 1: P-Man today? What are they mad about? What are they
• 13:18
  Speaker 1: mad about now?
• 13:19
  Speaker 4: What have I done to cause.
• 13:22
  Speaker 1: I'm asking today because I don't know what you did today.
• 13:25
  Speaker 4: I've met fans where they are with the Lomelo thing.
• 13:27
  Speaker 4: I gave you recommendations on the grocery store. Do I 100%
• 13:32
  Speaker 4: buy into the Wegmans hype?
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  Speaker 5: No.
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  Speaker 4: It's still too crowded for me.
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  Speaker 6: I ain't going to go back.
• 13:35
  Speaker 4: For another month.
• 13:36
  Speaker 1: They think you're being snooty today.
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  Speaker 4: I can see why people like it.
• 13:38
  Speaker 2: I can see people liked it i i have noticed
• 13:40
  Speaker 2: a lot of the backlash is anti-yankee backlash we've gotten
• 13:45
  Speaker 2: uh go back to buffalo wegmans lovers we've gotten i
• 13:50
  Speaker 2: call wegmans yankee hell like so that's what it is
• 13:54
  Speaker 2: is it's that it's seen as this northern thing for
• 13:56
  Speaker 2: northern folks um whether you like it or not we're
• 13:59
  Speaker 2: a melting pot with a lot of northern folks down
• 14:01
  Speaker 2: here i'm guessing most don't like it.
• 14:05
  Speaker 4: Here's the thing. I didn't know until literally now that
• 14:10
  Speaker 4: Wegmans was a Rochester, New York thing. The only reason
• 14:14
  Speaker 4: I knew about it is because they were in D.C.
• 14:16
  Speaker 4: when I grew up. I've told the story on the
• 14:18
  Speaker 4: air before. There was one right outside where the team
• 14:21
  Speaker 4: formerly known as the Washington football team used to practice. And,
• 14:26
  Speaker 4: and they basically, whenever I was covering the team in DC,
• 14:29
  Speaker 4: I'd stop by there. It was obviously not as crowded
• 14:31
  Speaker 4: as the one here in Ballantyne, but I'd stop in,
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  Speaker 4: I'd get a sandwich. Maybe I get a gold pan
• 14:36
  Speaker 4: meal for later, you know, after I was getting home
• 14:38
  Speaker 4: from practice.
• 14:39
  Speaker 6: So like it, it, It's got its good things.
• 14:41
  Speaker 4: It's got its good things. Am I probably still going
• 14:43
  Speaker 4: to be a Publix or a Teeter man most days? Yes.
• 14:46
  Speaker 1: There you go. There you go, baby. There you go.
• 14:49
  Speaker 2: Kevin wants to know if the P in P-Man stands
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  Speaker 2: for pretentious.
• 14:53
  Speaker 4: Oh, no.
• 14:55
  Speaker 2: Picante says Wegmans is the GOAT. Let's see here. CLTfan
• 15:01
  Speaker 2: points out, is this true? He says there's an open
• 15:04
  Speaker 2: training session today. P?
• 15:05
  Speaker 4: There is.
• 15:06
  Speaker 5: Nice.
• 15:06
  Speaker 4: Training is actually open today at Matthews Sportsplex. Thank you
• 15:10
  Speaker 4: for reminding me. I was going to promote that, Max.
• 15:12
  Speaker 4: But 10 o'clock over at Matthews Sportsplex, I think they're
• 15:17
  Speaker 4: giving away a free Krispy Kreme donut when you go
• 15:19
  Speaker 4: inside the building. They're training today from about 10 a.m. until...
• 15:24
  Speaker 4: It's about 1130. I think the players are going to sign, too,
• 15:27
  Speaker 4: afterwards as well. So if you've got a free morning,
• 15:30
  Speaker 4: if you're hanging around the Matthews area, come by and
• 15:34
  Speaker 4: see them train ahead of their game against Portland.
• 15:37
  Speaker 1: All right, man. All right. I thought that was it.
• 15:39
  Speaker 1: You got a swine today, Willie?
• 15:41
  Speaker 4: The Eagles. Can anybody believe that the Eagles actually did
• 15:47
  Speaker 4: the right due diligence when it comes to Jalen Hurts? Like,
• 15:51
  Speaker 4: when there's reports, and I know these 11 laws are exaggerated,
• 15:54
  Speaker 4: but when there's reports about them telling him to basically
• 15:56
  Speaker 4: stay away for 36 hours and then play a football
• 15:59
  Speaker 4: game and then fly him transcontinental with a blood clot,
• 16:04
  Speaker 4: anybody who knows anything about planes and what happens when
• 16:06
  Speaker 4: you're in the air, if you're dealing with something as
• 16:09
  Speaker 4: compromising as a blood clot, like, is anybody thinking that
• 16:13
  Speaker 4: they did him right here? Because if I'm Jalen Hurts,
• 16:16
  Speaker 4: I'm getting out my– lawyer and suing the heck out
• 16:19
  Speaker 4: of them.
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: They did not.
• 16:20
  Speaker 4: Do him right.
• 16:21
  Speaker 2: And I'm so glad the NFL tried to cut to
• 16:23
  Speaker 2: the chase and just kind of bury this thing with
• 16:25
  Speaker 2: their press conference. The NFLPA said, oh, no, you don't,
• 16:29
  Speaker 2: and put out a statement saying there should be a
• 16:30
  Speaker 2: full investigation because you're right.
• 16:32
  Speaker 1: This does not. This just smells wrong, bro.
• 16:36
  Speaker 4: I do not believe them as far as I can
• 16:38
  Speaker 4: throw them.
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: No, not at all, man. Not very far. Not at all. P-Man,
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: you rock, baby. Way to bring the intensity and passion.
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: Listen to P-Man and Anna, 10 o'clock on Saturday night
• 16:49
  Speaker 2: for the 10.30 late start out in Portland.
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: You get a little late night pee on Saturday night.
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: Good job, brother.
• 16:58
  Speaker 4: If I could say so, this probably was like a
• 17:00
  Speaker 4: top five appearance. So people are angry about it. You know,
• 17:02
  Speaker 4: kick rocks.
• 17:03
  Speaker 3: I think I actually, I don't disagree. I enjoyed the people.
• 17:07
  Speaker 3: I think we had a blast, man.
• 17:09
  Speaker 4: The only thing that was missing was me going to
• 17:10
  Speaker 4: Weatherman Mark and saying, I don't understand why people are
• 17:14
  Speaker 4: angry about my little takes, man. I don't get it.
• 17:19
  Speaker 3: We want you to debate Weatherman Mark at some point
• 17:21
  Speaker 3: as Weatherman Mark.
• 17:22
  Speaker 2: Oh, my God, that would be amazing. Mark versus Mark? Oh,
• 17:25
  Speaker 2: tell me that's not radio gold. Tell me that's not
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: winning a Marconi Award.
• 17:29
  Speaker 4: I just don't understand why Peterson does these things, man.
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: That is so good. It's one of the great impressions
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: in FNC history.
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: Oh, it's so good. All right, P, you're the man, baby.
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: You are the man. Myron Goodman does not bone. The
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: good man does not agree that Willie is the man.
• 17:47
  Speaker 2: Says Willie is by far the snootiest personality on WFNZ.
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: Thank you, Myron Badman.
• 17:53
  Speaker 3: When we come back, Moose Johnson will have the game
• 17:57
  Speaker 3: for Fox this Sunday, Panthers, Bucks.
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: He joins us next for a preview. Sports Radio 92.7 WFNZ.
• 18:19
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• 18:23
  Speaker 2: that you can win a family four-pack of tickets to
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• 18:43
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• 18:52
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• 18:53
  Speaker 2: Before we get out of here, we've got to do
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: an FC giveaway, too, before we get out of here
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: as well. So stay tuned for that. We like dang— I' m
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: like dang Mackie Claus today, Bo. And you're my little elf.
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: You know what I mean? We just give— Oh, proud
• 19:04
  Speaker 2: to be your elf. Actually, Finny's my little elf. That
• 19:08
  Speaker 2: works better.
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: I'll be a reindeer or something. This is Klaus. I
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: like to be part of this thing. I'll dress up.
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: All right.
• 19:14
  Speaker 3: We've got a bigger name on the line.
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: Yeah, we do. We have a bigger name. You don't
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: need to hear all this.
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: Keep trying to win the giveaway for the Hornets tickets,
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: but we do have a bigger name on the line.
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: This will be the first time this year that we
• 19:24
  Speaker 2: get to hear Kevin Kugler and Moose Johnson doing a
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: Panther game, Panthers-Bucks on Sunday on Fox. And we're lucky
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: enough to have Moose Johnson join us right now to
• 19:34
  Speaker 2: talk about about the Panthers and the Bucs matchup.
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: Moose, it is always a pleasure. It's been a while, man.
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: How you doing? I'm good.
• 19:43
  Speaker 5: I'm good. Just a little bit of a heads up.
• 19:44
  Speaker 5: You're a little crackly with the connection. I don't know
• 19:46
  Speaker 5: if you want to keep going or try to reconnect.
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll try to reconnect here.
• 19:49
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: Thanks for the heads up. All right, let's try to reconnect.
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: All right, let's try to reconnect over there. I think
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: Moose heard us and said, it's these guys again. Once
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: he heard our voices, he said, okay. Moose had tinfoil
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: and said, I got to get out.
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: Of this one.
• 20:01
  Speaker 2: We'll get our little elf on it, Moose. Get that
• 20:03
  Speaker 2: little elf off the shelf over there, Bone.
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: Get him working.
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: Now, I want to say this, that I may view
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: him as an elf, but his lady calls him Zaddy.
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: All right, I want you to know that.
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: That trumps any stupid thing I can say on the
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: radio about Finney.
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: He's Zaddy Guerrero in that world.
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: I got to talk to Mrs. Mack about just coming
• 20:25
  Speaker 2: up with something cool to call me. Like, you're Daddy,
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: he's Zaddy.
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: Zaddy. Zaddy.
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: I definitely, I think she would choose that one. I
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: think she would choose fatty. I think she might.
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: Yeah. She may choose that right there. All right.
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: Now I think it's going to hopefully be a better
• 20:39
  Speaker 2: connection as we bring in Moose Johnson from Fox Mooses.
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: Do we got you now? Is this better?
• 20:45
  Speaker 5: Much better, much better. It's not like the bowl of
• 20:47
  Speaker 5: Rice Krispies there for a while.
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: We don't want that.
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: We don't want that. Well, thanks for adjusting. Some people
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: would just leave, but you came back, so thank you
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: for that. We appreciate that. I think the number one
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: story I think I want to ask you about is
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: Bryce Young. I mean, when you watch the Panthers and
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: you watch him play, clearly this, so far through five games,
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: he has taken it up to a different level. What
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: are the things you notice that are the most different
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: from Bryce?
• 21:16
  Speaker 5: He's got a really good supporting cast around him. The
• 21:20
  Speaker 5: offensive line has improved since his early part of his
• 21:24
  Speaker 5: career in Carolina. But the thing that impresses me most
• 21:28
  Speaker 5: about Bryce is just how rough the start was and
• 21:31
  Speaker 5: how he never lost faith in himself and hung and
• 21:35
  Speaker 5: clung to his faith in God to get him through
• 21:38
  Speaker 5: that tough stretch. And now... Coming through the back side,
• 21:42
  Speaker 5: we were able to see what Dave Canales did with
• 21:44
  Speaker 5: Baker Mayfield down in Tampa Bay. So he has that
• 21:48
  Speaker 5: ability to tap into a quarterback, especially one who may
• 21:52
  Speaker 5: have started their career a little bit bumpy and get
• 21:55
  Speaker 5: him back on track. So, you know, my first opportunity
• 21:59
  Speaker 5: to see the Panthers and Bryce Young was against the
• 22:01
  Speaker 5: Lions on national TV and was really, really impressed. with
• 22:05
  Speaker 5: how they played there and uh yeah i'm excited i'm
• 22:09
  Speaker 5: excited to see him this week and we got you
• 22:10
  Speaker 5: guys in a couple weeks down the road as well
• 22:12
  Speaker 5: so that'll be fun just to see the growth over the.
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: Next month or so how sustainable do you think this
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: start is for bryce is this is this now in
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: this offense at this stage of his career is this
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: now who bryce young truly is.
• 22:26
  Speaker 5: I think that that's an answer that we're going to
• 22:28
  Speaker 5: see as we move forward. I think the most exciting
• 22:30
  Speaker 5: thing for Carolina fans is the consistency he's had through
• 22:36
  Speaker 5: the first five weeks. And now you put the tape
• 22:38
  Speaker 5: up and the defensive coordinators are going to get to
• 22:40
  Speaker 5: look at that and figure out a way to shut
• 22:41
  Speaker 5: it down. But I have all the confidence in the
• 22:43
  Speaker 5: world with the offensive coaches in Carolina to be able
• 22:47
  Speaker 5: to evolve as well. and start to game plan off
• 22:51
  Speaker 5: of things we used the first month of the season,
• 22:53
  Speaker 5: throw a little bit of a wrinkle on that, get
• 22:55
  Speaker 5: defenses thinking one thing, and then we're coming at them
• 22:57
  Speaker 5: from a different direction. So now we get into that
• 23:00
  Speaker 5: part of the season where you've got to start to grow, evolve,
• 23:03
  Speaker 5: and adjust because you've got a lot of tape on film,
• 23:06
  Speaker 5: and these defensive coordinators are very good at being able
• 23:09
  Speaker 5: to shut down what's been successful the first four weeks,
• 23:12
  Speaker 5: five weeks of the season.
• 23:13
  Speaker 2: It's going to be fun to watch Brad Edzik, new OC,
• 23:15
  Speaker 2: who's flying right now, How does he do in that
• 23:18
  Speaker 2: chess match? We're talking with Daryl Moose Johnson from Fox.
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: He's on the call for Panthers and Bucks coming up
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: on Sunday. So, Moose, I realize I'm getting ready to
• 23:27
  Speaker 2: ask a question to a guy that was a fullback
• 23:30
  Speaker 2: who blocked for Emmitt Smith. So my guess is you
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: wanted to run, no offense to Troy Aikman, but I'm
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: guessing you wanted to run the ball dang near every play.
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: But something that's really weird statistically about the Panthers is
• 23:42
  Speaker 2: is that they are the worst running team yardage-wise in
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: the first half. 26 yards. But in the second half,
• 23:51
  Speaker 2: they average 82 yards. And the attempts are dramatically different
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: in the first half.
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: It's way more pass heavy.
• 23:59
  Speaker 2: And then they really lean on the run in the
• 24:01
  Speaker 2: second half where they average 82 yards a game and
• 24:04
  Speaker 2: are second in the league in second half run production.
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: Do you think that's something?
• 24:08
  Speaker 2: Because I'll find myself like, man, Bryce is playing well,
• 24:11
  Speaker 2: but where's the balance in the first half? And then
• 24:13
  Speaker 2: you'll get a heavy dose of the run in the
• 24:16
  Speaker 2: second half. Is that sustainable? Do you think that's something
• 24:20
  Speaker 2: that the Panthers have to balance it out more or,
• 24:22
  Speaker 2: or do you think it's just a team that is
• 24:24
  Speaker 2: choosing the past to open up the run?
• 24:27
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I would say it's probably based on, you know,
• 24:30
  Speaker 5: what they feel about the opponents that that would be
• 24:32
  Speaker 5: a game plan that we would have had against the
• 24:33
  Speaker 5: Philadelphia Eagles back when Reggie White was there, Jerome Brown. And, and,
• 24:38
  Speaker 5: you know what, Hey, we're not gonna, we're not gonna
• 24:39
  Speaker 5: run the football into that front, you know, for the
• 24:41
  Speaker 5: first 30 minutes of the game, let's, Let's get back.
• 24:44
  Speaker 5: Let's get some quick drop back. Let's establish some rhythm.
• 24:46
  Speaker 5: And you see that from Carolina's offense. Let's get that
• 24:50
  Speaker 5: defensive line tired from pushing. And I always talk to
• 24:53
  Speaker 5: Tony Siragusa about that. And he said, you know, when
• 24:56
  Speaker 5: you're pass blocking and you're giving ground as opposed to
• 24:59
  Speaker 5: pass rushing and pushing forward and trying to get to
• 25:04
  Speaker 5: the quarterback, you expend so much more energy. That's why
• 25:06
  Speaker 5: you have the defensive line rotation and the offensive line
• 25:09
  Speaker 5: stays solid with the center. You're trying to tire that
• 25:12
  Speaker 5: defensive line out and then take advantage of them in
• 25:14
  Speaker 5: the second half. And that would be a game plan
• 25:16
  Speaker 5: we would have used against those Eagles teams. So I
• 25:18
  Speaker 5: think it could be a little bit more for Carolina
• 25:20
  Speaker 5: where you're seeing it consistently over the first five weeks
• 25:23
  Speaker 5: of the season that this is part of how they
• 25:25
  Speaker 5: want to play the game right now. And that would
• 25:27
  Speaker 5: be fun to watch moving forward in the season. How
• 25:30
  Speaker 5: did that start to adjust and change? Or was it
• 25:32
  Speaker 5: really based on opponent? As you look at the defenses,
• 25:35
  Speaker 5: what's the commonalities with that defensive front and that linebacker level?
• 25:38
  Speaker 3: Moose, I know that Baker's been out here for a
• 25:40
  Speaker 3: while now, but even before that, they were not what
• 25:44
  Speaker 3: we thought. What's your assessment of what's gone wrong here
• 25:47
  Speaker 3: with Tampa in 2026?
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: Yeah, good question.
• 25:52
  Speaker 5: We had them week one against Cincinnati, and I did
• 25:55
  Speaker 5: not expect to see the turnovers. from Tampa Bay, but
• 26:00
  Speaker 5: also caused Cincinnati. So maybe Cincinnati's defense was a little
• 26:04
  Speaker 5: bit further down the road than we thought they were
• 26:07
  Speaker 5: going to be in week one. But, yeah, I think
• 26:10
  Speaker 5: the biggest thing for me with Tampa Bay is the adjustment.
• 26:15
  Speaker 5: I'm guessing the adjustment with that offensive line. I mean,
• 26:18
  Speaker 5: they hadn't played together since 2024, so that starting five
• 26:22
  Speaker 5: was never together last season in 2025. Has it really
• 26:25
  Speaker 5: taken that long for them to get back in sync?
• 26:28
  Speaker 5: I know that Zach Robinson has brought in a new offense,
• 26:30
  Speaker 5: and there's probably going to be a lot of different
• 26:32
  Speaker 5: things when you talk about the run game and targets
• 26:35
  Speaker 5: and hand placement and all the different details on the
• 26:37
  Speaker 5: offensive line. I was really surprised to see the offensive
• 26:41
  Speaker 5: line struggle to regain that chemistry. Now, over the last
• 26:43
  Speaker 5: two weeks, they're getting back to that team that we saw.
• 26:47
  Speaker 5: I think that game in Dallas on Thursday night was
• 26:50
  Speaker 5: huge for them. And the night they had, they were
• 26:52
  Speaker 5: over 240 yards rushing against Dallas. You know, Bucky Irving
• 26:56
  Speaker 5: played really, really well. So I think that they're starting
• 26:59
  Speaker 5: to hit their stride, and that's not going to do
• 27:01
  Speaker 5: anything but help Baker Mayfield if he's back in the lineup.
• 27:04
  Speaker 5: because now that run game tied into the play action.
• 27:06
  Speaker 5: I still think they're trying to figure out exactly what
• 27:09
  Speaker 5: to do on the outside without Mike Evans, and that's
• 27:13
  Speaker 5: a work in progress right now. And I think as
• 27:16
  Speaker 5: you watch, Jalen Daniels was more comfortable with some of
• 27:19
  Speaker 5: the younger guys that he probably came through the training
• 27:22
  Speaker 5: camp reps with when we talk about a Ted Hurst
• 27:25
  Speaker 5: and a Ted Johnson as opposed to an Emeka Obuka.
• 27:28
  Speaker 5: and a Chris Godwin. So I think they're still trying
• 27:31
  Speaker 5: to figure out what they're doing at wide receiver, and
• 27:33
  Speaker 5: they're down a little bit at tight end, trying to
• 27:35
  Speaker 5: sort that one out too. So it'll be interesting to
• 27:37
  Speaker 5: see how long it takes Baker Mayfield to get back
• 27:40
  Speaker 5: in the flow when he comes back into the lineup.
• 27:42
  Speaker 2: Hey, Moose, the Panther defense started off, I mean, when
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: you allow the other team to score Luke Keekly's jersey
• 27:49
  Speaker 2: number in points.
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: I love Luke, but we don't need that. We don't
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: need that. But since then, and I know that there
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: are many.
• 27:57
  Speaker 2: Listeners to this show that are tired of me reciting
• 27:59
  Speaker 2: this stat and updating it every week. but they are
• 28:02
  Speaker 2: third in EPA defensively, like average points added per play
• 28:07
  Speaker 2: in total on defense since then. You're watching the tape
• 28:12
  Speaker 2: of this defense. What do you see? What have they
• 28:15
  Speaker 2: been doing well lately in your mind? I know they're
• 28:18
  Speaker 2: missing those two starting corners, so I'm not going to
• 28:20
  Speaker 2: act like there aren't going to be some rough moments,
• 28:23
  Speaker 2: but what do you think about this defense right now?
• 28:26
  Speaker 5: Yeah, we've had a couple of teams that have been
• 28:29
  Speaker 5: hit by that cornerback bug as well. And it's amazing,
• 28:32
  Speaker 5: you know, what it does, um, You know, we had
• 28:35
  Speaker 5: Detroit earlier this year, and probably one of the reasons
• 28:37
  Speaker 5: you guys had the game you had against Detroit was
• 28:40
  Speaker 5: just the throwers in the secondary with the corner and
• 28:42
  Speaker 5: actually the safety position as well. So, you know, Bryce
• 28:45
  Speaker 5: and Ted Arroyo had a field day that afternoon, that evening.
• 28:48
  Speaker 5: You know, I see some really good fundamental stuff. You
• 28:52
  Speaker 5: see a lot of guys at the point of the tackle.
• 28:54
  Speaker 5: You've got a lot of guys coming into frame when
• 28:56
  Speaker 5: you're watching the film. So, you know, all those details
• 29:00
  Speaker 5: that the coaches drive down and a lot of people–
• 29:03
  Speaker 5: you know, don't pay a lot of attention to them,
• 29:05
  Speaker 5: but just, you know, defensive teams that hustle to the
• 29:07
  Speaker 5: football and bring more bodies because the ability for people
• 29:11
  Speaker 5: to break tackles today, you know, it's very impressive. I
• 29:16
  Speaker 5: think we're still in that big hit era as opposed to,
• 29:19
  Speaker 5: you know, form tackling. You know, we still want to
• 29:21
  Speaker 5: get that big hit as opposed to getting a guy,
• 29:23
  Speaker 5: the ball carrier to the ground, but you see a
• 29:25
  Speaker 5: lot of really, really good fundamentals from that Carolina defense
• 29:29
  Speaker 5: and you know we just we just kind of talked
• 29:30
  Speaker 5: a little bit about that that offensive line at Tampa
• 29:33
  Speaker 5: Bay this is going to be a fun one to
• 29:34
  Speaker 5: watch for me You've got some really good battles going
• 29:38
  Speaker 5: on down in the trenches. And I've loved the last
• 29:42
  Speaker 5: three seasons of football with the resurgence in the run game,
• 29:45
  Speaker 5: the commitment to the offensive line. We've seen so many
• 29:47
  Speaker 5: teams start to get away from that 65-35 pass run
• 29:49
  Speaker 5: split down into more 55-45 runs.
• 29:55
  Speaker 6: 60-40.
• 29:55
  Speaker 5: So it's a lot better for me as an old fullback,
• 30:00
  Speaker 5: you know, watching those battles down inside and really who
• 30:02
  Speaker 5: controls the line of scrimmage has the best opportunity to
• 30:05
  Speaker 5: win the game.
• 30:06
  Speaker 3: Moose, did you see the story this week of why
• 30:08
  Speaker 3: your two former teammates, Aikman and Irvin, went viral together
• 30:11
  Speaker 3: this week?
• 30:13
  Speaker 5: No, I haven't.
• 30:13
  Speaker 4: I haven't.
• 30:14
  Speaker 3: Troy Aikman on the Dale Brisby podcast shared a story
• 30:19
  Speaker 3: about his bachelor days when he came home and he
• 30:22
  Speaker 3: found two female fans that were just swimming.
• 30:24
  Speaker 1: In his backyard.
• 30:25
  Speaker 3: And he called the cops to remove the females from
• 30:28
  Speaker 3: the backyard. And Irvin got all worked up that he
• 30:30
  Speaker 3: would call the cops. He said that's the last thing
• 30:33
  Speaker 3: he would do if there were two females in his backyard.
• 30:37
  Speaker 5: Yeah, that makes sense.
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: On both levels. I love it, though.
• 30:42
  Speaker 2: It goes to show that y'all in the locker room,
• 30:45
  Speaker 2: not everybody's the same. You guys don't have to all
• 30:47
  Speaker 2: be the same to be a great team.
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  Speaker 3: No.
• 30:49
  Speaker 4: I think that that's one of the things that....
• 30:54
  Speaker 5: When you have a team that does something unique, that
• 30:56
  Speaker 5: is one of the key things about it. And we
• 30:58
  Speaker 5: all came from different backgrounds. I tell people all the time,
• 31:01
  Speaker 5: when I watched Michael Irvin play at the University of Miami,
• 31:04
  Speaker 5: he drove me crazy because I thought he was so
• 31:07
  Speaker 5: arrogant and so self-centered and everything was about him and
• 31:10
  Speaker 5: he wasn't a team guy. And then I get down
• 31:13
  Speaker 5: to Dallas and I get to meet him. And he
• 31:16
  Speaker 5: was my favorite teammate. I mean, there was nobody that
• 31:18
  Speaker 5: was a better teammate than Michael Irvin. And you wouldn't
• 31:22
  Speaker 5: think that from afar. So that was a huge lesson
• 31:26
  Speaker 5: for me that, you know, you judge people and you
• 31:27
  Speaker 5: form an opinion and then you get to meet them.
• 31:29
  Speaker 5: You better be prepared to adjust that opinion and embrace
• 31:33
  Speaker 5: who they really are in person. And that was a
• 31:36
  Speaker 5: huge lesson for me.
• 31:37
  Speaker 1: Michael was the hardest worker.
• 31:39
  Speaker 5: He was the heart and soul of our team.
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: That's cool. Do you see him?
• 31:41
  Speaker 2: Do you ever, you watch the Canes games and see
• 31:43
  Speaker 2: him on the sidelines going berserk?
• 31:45
  Speaker 1: I'm sure that doesn't shock you.
• 31:46
  Speaker 5: He does look pretty good.
• 31:49
  Speaker 1: No doubt about it.
• 31:50
  Speaker 2: When he was down on all fours bone in the
• 31:52
  Speaker 2: overtime period, that was a new one, man. All right, Mooseway,
• 31:56
  Speaker 2: we had a blast talking to you. We look forward
• 31:58
  Speaker 2: to hearing your commentary of Panthers Bucks on Fox. Thank
• 32:01
  Speaker 2: you so much for coming on.
• 32:03
  Speaker 5: Yeah, you got it. We got you guys in a
• 32:05
  Speaker 5: couple of weeks. Hopefully we can get together again.
• 32:06
  Speaker 1: Sweet. All right. There you go.
• 32:08
  Speaker 2: That's Moose Johnston, a former Dallas cowboy, the fullback for
• 32:13
  Speaker 2: Emmett Smith under an underrated.
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: Guy of that era.
• 32:16
  Speaker 3: We talked about Aikman and Irvin and, uh, in Emmett,
• 32:20
  Speaker 3: but guys like Novacek and Moose Johnston, they were also
• 32:24
  Speaker 3: massive reasons why they won so much. And little known
• 32:27
  Speaker 3: thing here, this just shows you what fullbacks were like
• 32:29
  Speaker 3: back then. Moose was the 39th pick in his draft.
• 32:32
  Speaker 3: He wasn't like an undrafted guy that came out of nowhere.
• 32:35
  Speaker 2: He was picked 39th. It's pretty impressive for a fullback.
• 32:38
  Speaker 2: You don't see that nowadays. He would, and he would
• 32:40
  Speaker 2: catch passes out of the backfield. They'd use them that way.
• 32:42
  Speaker 1: Some too. I would go to say bone.
• 32:44
  Speaker 2: He was the most underrated on that offense because their
• 32:47
  Speaker 2: offensive line got hyped.
• 32:49
  Speaker 1: Yeah. You know what I mean?
• 32:49
  Speaker 2: Like that people to this day will argue against Emmett
• 32:52
  Speaker 2: because his offensive line was so, so I would argue
• 32:54
  Speaker 2: even the hog Molly's upfront got love and moose. I
• 32:57
  Speaker 2: feel like didn't get it. Moose was also bone. One
• 33:00
  Speaker 2: of the more normal dudes kind of with Troy and,
• 33:02
  Speaker 2: and he was not the group that might end up
• 33:04
  Speaker 2: at that White House place partying with Michael Irvin.
• 33:06
  Speaker 1: Apparently Irvin. I didn't hear the audio, but he says, Troy,
• 33:08
  Speaker 1: why would you call the cops like that? That's my
• 33:10
  Speaker 1: dream come true. He got all worked.
• 33:12
  Speaker 5: Up at him.
• 33:14
  Speaker 1: Oh, God, that's funny, man. That is funny right there.
• 33:16
  Speaker 1: All right, we come back.
• 33:17
  Speaker 3: It's the wrap-up. Get you set for the Hornets. That's tonight,
• 33:20
  Speaker 3: Sports Radio 92.7 WFNZ.
• 33:53
  Speaker 2: Sports Radio 92.7 WFNZ.
• 33:56
  Speaker 1: The Fit Daddy. The Fit Zaddy. Getting ready to call. Er, call.
• 34:00
  Speaker 2: Getting ready to draw the winner for Hornets and Hawks
• 34:05
  Speaker 2: home opener. Four-packet tickets for Friday night. Tonight, Boney, it
• 34:09
  Speaker 2: is Hornets at the Nets. Season opener, unfortunately. No Khan.
• 34:14
  Speaker 2: No Kobe. No Grant Williams. Hopefully, they'll get back soon.
• 34:17
  Speaker 2: 7.30 tip tonight in Brooklyn.
• 34:19
  Speaker 3: And....
• 34:21
  Speaker 1: Bone and KB have the pregame at 6.30 tonight. Yes, sir.
• 34:25
  Speaker 1: So it's time, baby. It's go time. Ready to rock.
• 34:27
  Speaker 3: We got four in, well, three in, because I was
• 34:30
  Speaker 3: at Cherokee for the fourth one. But we are in
• 34:34
  Speaker 3: midseason form. Dare I say, I am at the highest
• 34:37
  Speaker 3: levels of esteem right now.
• 34:38
  Speaker 1: You are? You can't get any more esteemed as the
• 34:41
  Speaker 1: regular season goes on? I am esteeming, baby. Daddy's ready.
• 34:44
  Speaker 1: Can he call you the esteemed daddy today? Travis T.
• 34:51
  Speaker 2: Bonet.
• 34:52
  Speaker 3: I'd pay good money for that tagline. I'm going to
• 34:55
  Speaker 3: go out on a limb and say KB. I don't
• 34:56
  Speaker 3: think Bailey will ever call me daddy.
• 34:58
  Speaker 1: I was going to say.
• 34:59
  Speaker 2: I'm going to have to call him daddy. I'm going
• 35:00
  Speaker 2: to go out on a limb and say KB does
• 35:02
  Speaker 2: not call other grown men daddy. I'm just going to
• 35:04
  Speaker 2: go out on a limb. Bailey's called daddy quite a bit.
• 35:06
  Speaker 2: So if I called him daddy, he probably wouldn't even
• 35:07
  Speaker 2: flinch at that one.
• 35:10
  Speaker 1: Oh, man.
• 35:11
  Speaker 2: You got to be a secure man to call another
• 35:14
  Speaker 2: grown man daddy.
• 35:15
  Speaker 1: You know what I mean? You got to be a
• 35:16
  Speaker 1: secure man.
• 35:17
  Speaker 2: You probably have to not be quite as rugged, though,
• 35:20
  Speaker 2: as KB.
• 35:21
  Speaker 1: There's a lot of things going on there. I've only
• 35:22
  Speaker 1: done it twice. I'm very secure because I call multiple
• 35:25
  Speaker 1: men in my life daddy. Oh, yeah, you're a daddy guy.
• 35:27
  Speaker 1: Who do you call daddy? You got daddy issues. Who
• 35:30
  Speaker 1: do you call daddy? Well, Mac, I call you daddy.
• 35:33
  Speaker 1: Sometimes I'll call you Mac Daddy. I'll hit bone with
• 35:35
  Speaker 1: a bone daddy. Sometimes with a little walk. When Walker
• 35:39
  Speaker 1: walks in, walk daddy. Okay, so you like using that
• 35:41
  Speaker 1: a lot. Hey, to each his own, man. To each
• 35:43
  Speaker 1: his own. All right. Do you call Colin hog daddy?
• 35:47
  Speaker 1: I do not. Maybe you should. That would be a
• 35:49
  Speaker 1: good one. That's a good one right there.
• 35:51
  Speaker 3: When he comes in today, say hog daddy. There's a
• 35:53
  Speaker 3: good chance he won't.
• 35:54
  Speaker 1: Drop daddy.
• 35:55
  Speaker 2: You got to use it to the right people. Some
• 35:57
  Speaker 2: men might not want to be daddied by other men.
• 35:59
  Speaker 1: So there's a lot of things. You're not turning. Where's
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: a lot of things? A man doesn't want to be daddy.
• 36:03
  Speaker 1: That's like the honor of my life. You're not turning
• 36:06
  Speaker 1: down Hog Daddy. That's not something you turn down. All right.
• 36:09
  Speaker 1: I meant like the nickname. I'm not saying like a person.
• 36:12
  Speaker 3: I'm talking like the person Hog Daddy.
• 36:18
  Speaker 5: Okay.
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: Do you have the winner's name fit? It's Hog Daddy.
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: I do not. Okay. All right. I thought we were
• 36:22
  Speaker 1: doing that. It's a first-time texter. So I'm trying to
• 36:25
  Speaker 1: get some information. Okay, work that out on your own.
• 36:27
  Speaker 1: Someone's winning. Someone's winning.
• 36:29
  Speaker 2: And there'll be Hornets four-pack of tickets for a Friday,
• 36:31
  Speaker 2: giveaways all day on WFNZ. All right, let's get to Texas,
• 36:37
  Speaker 2: see what we have. Coming up tonight in sports, we
• 36:39
  Speaker 2: told you, Hornets and Nets is the big event for
• 36:43
  Speaker 2: our purposes here in Charlotte tonight. Panthers a good practice,
• 36:47
  Speaker 2: back to practice on a work Wednesday today. And we'll
• 36:50
  Speaker 2: get an injury report on guys like Phillips and and
• 36:53
  Speaker 2: Freeling later on today. Also want to point out multiple people, Bono,
• 36:57
  Speaker 2: have texted us a link to this story. Former Panther
• 37:01
  Speaker 2: and fan favorite with the Panthers, Sam Franklin, has been
• 37:04
  Speaker 2: suspended a game for spitting on an opponent during the
• 37:08
  Speaker 2: game against the Raiders. The thing that is so crazy
• 37:12
  Speaker 2: about this is Chauncey Gardner Johnson, also of the Bills,
• 37:16
  Speaker 2: in the exact same game, spit on somebody from the
• 37:18
  Speaker 2: Raiders and got suspended as well. Have you ever heard
• 37:22
  Speaker 2: of double spitting incidents by the same team?
• 37:24
  Speaker 1: Yes. Seinfeld. The second spitter. Back and to the left.
• 37:30
  Speaker 1: Back and to the left. Good callback. Good callback on that.
• 37:33
  Speaker 1: Kramer and Newman could solve this one.
• 37:35
  Speaker 2: They do roger mcdowell was involved in this the bills
• 37:38
  Speaker 2: you have a second spitter my god that's disgusting uh
• 37:41
  Speaker 2: all right let's read some of these texts coach wayne
• 37:43
  Speaker 2: says oh my god i just saw a picture of
• 37:45
  Speaker 2: you guys how is willie that big and has such
• 37:48
  Speaker 2: a squeaky voice it's one of the great mysteries in
• 37:53
  Speaker 2: the world sir willie six three and.
• 37:56
  Speaker 3: He goes sweaterski It's an impressive athletic achievement.
• 38:00
  Speaker 2: Husky Pants says he wants us to know that he
• 38:03
  Speaker 2: ranks Daryl Moose Johnston in his top 10 white Daryls.
• 38:08
  Speaker 1: What are the other nine? The cousins from Newhart? Oh, Daryl, Daryl.
• 38:14
  Speaker 1: This is Daryl, my other brother, Daryl? Yeah, brother Daryl, yeah.
• 38:18
  Speaker 2: Oh, my God. Daryl Walter better be in there. I
• 38:20
  Speaker 2: hope he's all right, man, with his health issues.
• 38:22
  Speaker 5: Daryl Hall.
• 38:23
  Speaker 1: Daryl Hall, there you go. Okay, now we're rolling. Daryl Evans.
• 38:29
  Speaker 1: Who's Daryl Evans? Baseball player. Oh, Dewey. Dewey Evans. Yeah,
• 38:31
  Speaker 1: Dewey Evans. Okay, all right.
• 38:33
  Speaker 2: Garrett from Charlotte says, I immediately changed my daughter's name
• 38:37
  Speaker 2: to Wegman after experiencing it for the first time. I'm
• 38:41
  Speaker 2: worried that might be serious.
• 38:42
  Speaker 1: I'm hoping no. Dwight Dewey Evans. Yeah, there you go.
• 38:45
  Speaker 1: He had the weirdest batting stance. I remember. Oh, that's
• 38:49
  Speaker 1: a very strange fantasy. That's a different guy. That's Dwight Evans.
• 38:51
  Speaker 1: Daryl Evans was a different guy. Oh, Dwight. Okay, I'm
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: saying Dwight. Okay, yeah. Oh, Daryl Evans was the first
• 38:56
  Speaker 1: baseman for the Tigers.
• 38:57
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 38:57
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I got you now. Yeah, that's a different guy.
• 38:59
  Speaker 1: My bad, my bad. I forgot his name was Dwight,
• 39:01
  Speaker 1: not Daryl. My bad.
• 39:03
  Speaker 2: All right, let's see here. No wonder Willie can't cook
• 39:05
  Speaker 2: a southern brisket. He learned it from Wegmans. another texter
• 39:10
  Speaker 2: willie is this nudiest guy on wfnz since mark with
• 39:13
  Speaker 2: a c james get out of here oh no you
• 39:17
  Speaker 2: are out of your freaking mind multiple people loving willie's
• 39:20
  Speaker 2: impression of weatherman mark this dude said i'm literally crying
• 39:22
  Speaker 2: here from uh his impression uh bebop was very active
• 39:26
  Speaker 2: during willie's segment he says wegamaniacs are worse than star
• 39:31
  Speaker 2: wars nerds what losers so he's not a fan of
• 39:34
  Speaker 2: the wegman lovers.
• 39:35
  Speaker 1: Shocking that bebop doesn't like things he.
• 39:37
  Speaker 2: Also says uh willie declaring the segment he just did
• 39:40
  Speaker 2: with you guys a top five all-time segment is like
• 39:44
  Speaker 2: jay-z announcing himself to be the halftime show performer So
• 39:49
  Speaker 2: he got that as well.
• 39:49
  Speaker 5: Yeah, that is true.
• 39:50
  Speaker 1: Did Willie announce his own segment today as one of
• 39:52
  Speaker 1: the top five he's had? Yes, he did. Don't hurt yourself.
• 39:56
  Speaker 1: Pat yourself on the back, P-Man.
• 39:58
  Speaker 2: Weatherman Mark Bone, after his barrage of texts bashing Hornets management,
• 40:05
  Speaker 2: now is in a back and forth with Panther Bo.
• 40:07
  Speaker 2: Panther Bo called him out. He says, Bo, you need
• 40:10
  Speaker 2: to shut up. You are negative about everything to do
• 40:14
  Speaker 2: with Bryce Young, you fart knocker. So there you go.
• 40:18
  Speaker 1: That is strong words. It's a grown man insult.
• 40:21
  Speaker 2: Very strong words right now. There's an update, Bone, on
• 40:25
  Speaker 2: the situation on Twitter. Is there with the guy that
• 40:28
  Speaker 2: was very angry that we did five minutes on Duke's
• 40:30
  Speaker 2: exhibition performance?
• 40:31
  Speaker 3: I mean, this guy was so hurt and offended. I mean,
• 40:34
  Speaker 3: never listening again. The flounder came in and.
• 40:38
  Speaker 3: He's in a battle with this guy right now, although
• 40:39
  Speaker 3: this guy may have thrown a right jab at Fowler.
• 40:42
  Speaker 3: Now Fowler's fighting back again.
• 40:43
  Speaker 2: He did apologize to you, though, right? It seems like
• 40:46
  Speaker 2: he has.
• 40:46
  Speaker 3: He did this thing where he tries to apologize, but
• 40:49
  Speaker 3: then he says, but he stands by what he says.
• 40:53
  Speaker 3: So I've decided to take the high road here.
• 40:55
  Speaker 2: And he is a Heels fan. We looked it up.
• 40:59
  Speaker 2: I got bad news for people that hate Duke. If
• 41:02
  Speaker 2: you got upset by five minutes of praise in the
• 41:07
  Speaker 2: first segment because Duke beat the number eight team in
• 41:09
  Speaker 2: the country by 39 freaking points and is that deep
• 41:13
  Speaker 2: and that explosive and you hate Duke, it is going
• 41:17
  Speaker 2: to be a long basketball season for y'all.
• 41:19
  Speaker 1: I'm telling you right now.
• 41:20
  Speaker 2: Now, you may ultimately get to laugh in March on
• 41:24
  Speaker 2: one particular day, but I know this, Bone.
• 41:27
  Speaker 1: Duke is going to be ridiculous tomorrow. For much of
• 41:29
  Speaker 1: the season, man. My God.
• 41:31
  Speaker 3: I would understand if we spent like an hour on it.
• 41:33
  Speaker 3: It wasn't that long. It didn't even start at the
• 41:35
  Speaker 3: top of the show. I had to remind Mac about
• 41:37
  Speaker 3: Duke about 10 minutes into the show. We didn't even
• 41:40
  Speaker 3: open with it.
• 41:40
  Speaker 2: We spent more time on Willie's trip to Wegmans and
• 41:43
  Speaker 2: dudes calling other bros daddy.
• 41:45
  Speaker 1: I think we spent more time on those. And dancing
• 41:47
  Speaker 1: with the stars.
• 41:47
  Speaker 3: Dancing with the stars. I admit it was like a
• 41:49
  Speaker 3: lot of the show, but it was... Hour one, segment one,
• 41:54
  Speaker 3: the last five minutes, and then that's the last time
• 41:56
  Speaker 3: we mention Duke all day. So get right, clown.
• 41:59
  Speaker 2: What do y'all think about Fitty watching Dancing with the
• 42:04
  Speaker 2: Stars every Tuesday night with his sweetheart? Bones said he
• 42:08
  Speaker 2: has gone from so single to living Mac's life. In
• 42:15
  Speaker 2: like two weeks. He went from desperate to Mac very quickly.
• 42:19
  Speaker 2: All the fun stuff is in between. It's not fun
• 42:22
  Speaker 2: being Mac. It's not fun being desperate. You skipped all
• 42:24
  Speaker 2: the fun stuff.
• 42:25
  Speaker 1: So in six months, she'll be tired of me.
• 42:28
  Speaker 4: Okay.
• 42:28
  Speaker 1: You got to start planning Thanksgiving out.
• 42:30
  Speaker 2: Oh, man. All right, we're out of here, y'all. Good
• 42:32
  Speaker 2: work out of the bone, man. The Fit Daddy. We'll
• 42:35
  Speaker 2: give him a little daddy name there, the Fit Daddy.
• 42:37
  Speaker 2: And thank you to all of y'all for hanging out
• 42:40
  Speaker 2: with us. We'll pull for the Hornets tonight. We'll review
• 42:44
  Speaker 2: it all tomorrow, and we'll talk more Panthers, I'm sure, tomorrow.
• 42:46
  Speaker 2: Panthers-Bucks talk tomorrow on the show. Colin Hoggard, Charlotte Sports Today,
• 42:50
  Speaker 2: coming up next.