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So What's "The Vision" Now??? · The 3Ts: Tables, Tailgates, and Toploaders

• WEBVTT 00:00:11.429 --> 00:00:13.570 What's up, friends? Welcome into another episode 00:00:13.570 --> 00:00:16.030 of Tables, Tailgates, and Toploaders. So happy 00:00:16.030 --> 00:00:18.269 to have you all aboard for this episode. I am 00:00:18.269 --> 00:00:20.530 your host, TB. Now, thank you all very much for 00:00:20.530 --> 00:00:22.850 stopping in and checking out the three Ts. I 00:00:22.850 --> 00:00:25.190 apologize, folks. I did not get the game preview 00:00:25.190 --> 00:00:28.070 out for the last Bills game. It's been crazy. 00:00:28.230 --> 00:00:31.230 Life has been crazy. I was in Chicago for a few 00:00:31.230 --> 00:00:34.070 days. My son just graduated from the Navy boot 00:00:34.070 --> 00:00:36.829 camp, so things got a little hectic, and I was 00:00:36.829 --> 00:00:38.909 out of town for a while, and it's just not something 00:00:38.909 --> 00:00:41.229 that I was able to get to, so I apologize. But 00:00:41.229 --> 00:00:44.950 had I been able to do a game preview, there are 00:00:44.950 --> 00:00:46.729 a couple things I would have talked about prior 00:00:46.729 --> 00:00:49.229 to the Bills game. But Bills Mafia, we're going 00:00:49.229 --> 00:00:51.710 to start with you. How are we feeling? A couple 00:00:51.710 --> 00:00:53.310 of those things I would have dove right into. 00:00:53.390 --> 00:00:56.250 Number one, you got to contain Bajon Robinson 00:00:56.250 --> 00:01:00.369 and Drake London. And how did that go? So, yeah, 00:01:00.469 --> 00:01:03.630 let's talk about that, Mafia. How are we feeling 00:01:03.630 --> 00:01:06.989 after suffering our second straight loss, second 00:01:06.989 --> 00:01:10.590 loss on the season in Hotlanta? Monday night 00:01:10.590 --> 00:01:13.430 against the Falcons. We dropped another one, 00:01:13.469 --> 00:01:17.189 and boy, was this one an even worse stink fest 00:01:17.189 --> 00:01:20.390 than the last game, which was last Sunday night 00:01:20.390 --> 00:01:23.010 against the Patriots. So back -to -back primetime 00:01:23.010 --> 00:01:26.310 games, night games, you're staying up real late 00:01:26.310 --> 00:01:28.189 to watch these. Now, thank God last night the 00:01:28.189 --> 00:01:30.650 game started a little earlier. We had a 7 -15 00:01:30.650 --> 00:01:33.590 kickoff, so the misery was over by 10 -30. But 00:01:33.590 --> 00:01:36.310 yeah, same results as the crap fest that was 00:01:36.310 --> 00:01:39.370 the Patriots' home game. It's another loss, and 00:01:39.370 --> 00:01:42.569 frankly, yeah, we can break this game down. Had 00:01:42.569 --> 00:01:45.569 I done the game preview and pulled out the stress 00:01:45.569 --> 00:01:47.810 meter, I was worried about their two players, 00:01:47.989 --> 00:01:51.269 Robinson and London, and they flat -out torched 00:01:51.269 --> 00:01:54.150 us. They flat -out torched us, specifically in 00:01:54.150 --> 00:01:56.670 the first half, and the defense, the Bills' defense, 00:01:56.790 --> 00:02:00.420 was absolutely atrocious in the first half. atrocious 00:02:00.420 --> 00:02:03.480 there's no other way around it they gave up an 00:02:03.480 --> 00:02:07.760 81 yard tutty to bijan what uh or bijan or whatever 00:02:07.760 --> 00:02:09.960 i've heard it pronounced both ways so whatever 00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:13.039 one thing i did find from this game i actually 00:02:13.039 --> 00:02:16.120 love watching him play he is awesome he is an 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:18.300 awesome player we don't get to see a lot of the 00:02:18.300 --> 00:02:21.379 nfc teams come to town we don't take them on 00:02:21.379 --> 00:02:24.659 very often so it's nice it is nice every once 00:02:24.659 --> 00:02:26.520 in a while to see some of these other teams outside 00:02:26.520 --> 00:02:30.000 of your division and the same old afc teams So 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:32.699 that's one thing. I didn't like getting torched 00:02:32.699 --> 00:02:35.680 by them. But anyway, Bajon Robinson is pretty 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:38.419 freaking good. At the half, they had tallied 00:02:38.419 --> 00:02:41.479 up, what, 335 total yards of offense in the first 00:02:41.479 --> 00:02:47.300 half. 335 yards on. Now, I get it. I get it. 00:02:47.340 --> 00:02:50.539 We have had players that were not in the lineup. 00:02:50.699 --> 00:02:52.620 Ed Oliver just came back. He was on kind of a 00:02:52.620 --> 00:02:55.479 snap count. Somebody gets hurt in the pregame 00:02:55.479 --> 00:02:58.099 warmup, so we're literally rotating three defensive 00:02:58.099 --> 00:03:00.680 tackles for the whole game. But two things I 00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:04.379 want to focus in on, on the defense. Yes, they 00:03:04.379 --> 00:03:06.680 got torched in the first half, but the second 00:03:06.680 --> 00:03:08.740 half, they tightened it up. They tightened it 00:03:08.740 --> 00:03:10.960 up so much that they only gave up three points 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:13.240 in the whole second half of the game. And they 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:17.120 put our team in a position to come back and to 00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:20.000 at least tie because the Falcons wanted to give 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:23.099 us this game. They wanted to hand us this victory 00:03:23.099 --> 00:03:26.319 on a silver platter. And frankly, the Bills offense 00:03:26.319 --> 00:03:30.460 led by Josh Allen and Joe Brady did nothing to 00:03:30.460 --> 00:03:34.099 take that victory and practically rip it from 00:03:34.099 --> 00:03:37.629 their hands. They were handing it to us. numerous 00:03:37.629 --> 00:03:40.990 times and the offense said nah no thanks we're 00:03:40.990 --> 00:03:43.110 gonna set this one out so yeah we can rail on 00:03:43.110 --> 00:03:45.050 the defense all we want because they were putrid 00:03:45.050 --> 00:03:47.650 in the first half like I said 335 yards rushing 00:03:47.650 --> 00:03:50.189 I mean it was it was crazy what those two players 00:03:50.189 --> 00:03:54.229 alone London and Robinson had what 200 some yard 00:03:54.229 --> 00:03:57.169 crazy yards in the first half they just torched 00:03:57.169 --> 00:03:59.750 us and a couple bright spots a couple bright 00:03:59.750 --> 00:04:02.810 spots the defensive line for us I didn't think 00:04:02.810 --> 00:04:05.349 that they were terrible I don't think they were 00:04:05.349 --> 00:04:07.990 terrible. Now, I know we gave up 24 points, and 00:04:07.990 --> 00:04:11.569 here's the problem. The secondary and the linebackers 00:04:11.569 --> 00:04:15.360 on this team are awful. Can we just be straight 00:04:15.360 --> 00:04:18.019 up honest? When you take Milano out of that lineup 00:04:18.019 --> 00:04:20.980 or when he's not healthy, the linebackers, Terrell 00:04:20.980 --> 00:04:23.060 Bernard, what is going on with Terrell Bernard? 00:04:23.259 --> 00:04:25.899 I know he got hurt in this game, but he's just 00:04:25.899 --> 00:04:28.199 not playing well. I feel like these guys are 00:04:28.199 --> 00:04:31.459 lost. And the secondary, Taylor Rapp, I don't 00:04:31.459 --> 00:04:33.939 know what's going on, but did he get too many 00:04:33.939 --> 00:04:36.819 head injuries last year? He looks like he does 00:04:36.819 --> 00:04:40.120 not want to tackle anyone when he is. on the 00:04:40.120 --> 00:04:43.240 field. He is afraid of tackling all of a sudden. 00:04:43.459 --> 00:04:46.519 Here's a guy last year who I would scream at 00:04:46.519 --> 00:04:48.980 the TV because he would tackle with his head 00:04:48.980 --> 00:04:52.060 constantly and take himself completely out of 00:04:52.060 --> 00:04:53.759 the games. He would literally knock himself out 00:04:53.759 --> 00:04:55.720 of the plays and out of the games. And I'd be 00:04:55.720 --> 00:04:58.139 like, this guy is a maniac. Well, this year, 00:04:58.220 --> 00:05:00.980 it's like he's done a complete 180 and he doesn't 00:05:00.980 --> 00:05:02.800 want to tackle anybody because he's trying to 00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:04.959 tackle him with what, his fingertips? I don't 00:05:04.959 --> 00:05:07.240 know what he's doing. He's terrible this year. 00:05:07.319 --> 00:05:09.259 DeMar gets hurt. I don't know how he gets hurt. 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:11.819 He gets hurt in practice because he sure hasn't 00:05:11.819 --> 00:05:14.720 stepped on the field. So Hamlin is out. He's 00:05:14.720 --> 00:05:18.060 on IR. So who do we have into this game in the 00:05:18.060 --> 00:05:21.339 second half? against the Falcons, none other 00:05:21.339 --> 00:05:23.699 than Jordan Poyer. And I got to tell you, folks, 00:05:23.860 --> 00:05:25.980 we were all railing on this one. Oh, why are 00:05:25.980 --> 00:05:28.399 we signing Jordan Poyer? Well, he got put in 00:05:28.399 --> 00:05:31.060 the game in the second half because rap was a 00:05:31.060 --> 00:05:34.220 mess. Cole Bishop, he kept getting cramps or 00:05:34.220 --> 00:05:36.439 whatever the hell he was dealing with. So in 00:05:36.439 --> 00:05:39.220 comes Jordan Poyer and the defense, they locked 00:05:39.220 --> 00:05:42.220 it down. They locked it down to three points, 00:05:42.300 --> 00:05:45.199 a tune of three points in the second half. hey 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:47.279 whatever adjustments they made and we saw this 00:05:47.279 --> 00:05:49.019 a lot last year right the defense would come 00:05:49.019 --> 00:05:51.199 out and struggle might mightily in the first 00:05:51.199 --> 00:05:52.839 half and then they would go make adjustments 00:05:52.839 --> 00:05:55.339 and come out and look like a completely different 00:05:55.339 --> 00:05:57.439 team and this is what we saw last night the defense 00:05:57.439 --> 00:06:00.220 was like two it was a tale of two halves completely 00:06:00.220 --> 00:06:02.660 different the linebackers and the secondary they 00:06:02.660 --> 00:06:04.939 don't know what they're doing and they look lost 00:06:04.939 --> 00:06:07.879 and there's not enough trades or call -ups or 00:06:07.879 --> 00:06:10.240 reinforcements. It's funny that the reinforcements 00:06:10.240 --> 00:06:13.100 we're getting, so Okunjobi and Michael Hoyt, 00:06:13.100 --> 00:06:15.220 they're eligible to come back. These two guys, 00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:17.139 they're coming back on the line. Yeah, I know 00:06:17.139 --> 00:06:19.120 we need some help and it definitely is going 00:06:19.120 --> 00:06:21.439 to help, but we need linebackers and we need 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:23.779 secondary. We need cornerbacks and we need safeties 00:06:23.779 --> 00:06:26.079 because I don't know what Christian Benford's 00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:29.759 doing. He's a hot mess so far this year. Trey 00:06:29.759 --> 00:06:32.139 White is, I've talked about this numerous times, 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:34.629 Trey White is a shell of himself and that's frustrating 00:06:34.629 --> 00:06:37.610 but as i said the defense turned it around and 00:06:37.610 --> 00:06:40.850 to only give up 24 points after last week 23 00:06:40.850 --> 00:06:43.149 points was the mark and what did i say last week 00:06:43.149 --> 00:06:46.189 if your defense can hold the opposition to 23 00:06:46.189 --> 00:06:50.350 points and you have josh allen the reigning mvp 00:06:50.350 --> 00:06:53.310 on your team and you can't win the game that 00:06:53.310 --> 00:06:55.149 is literally being handed to you on a silver 00:06:55.149 --> 00:06:57.209 platter I don't know what to tell you. This team 00:06:57.209 --> 00:06:59.490 is just not very good right now. And I'm watching 00:06:59.490 --> 00:07:02.689 this offense last night, and it's the same nonsense 00:07:02.689 --> 00:07:05.069 that we've been talking about since week one. 00:07:05.350 --> 00:07:09.350 They go into hibernation mode. They come out. 00:07:09.769 --> 00:07:11.430 They get the ball. They march right down the 00:07:11.430 --> 00:07:13.790 field. The drive looks amazing. Then it's four 00:07:13.790 --> 00:07:16.069 straight punts. Four straight punts and then 00:07:16.069 --> 00:07:19.209 an interception that Josh throws. So five straight 00:07:19.209 --> 00:07:22.870 terrible, terrible series. Second half, we get 00:07:22.870 --> 00:07:24.730 the ball. We march right down the field again. 00:07:24.870 --> 00:07:28.209 They look like they are unstoppable. They start 00:07:28.209 --> 00:07:30.470 to run the ball with James Cook. He looks... 00:07:30.720 --> 00:07:34.000 out of this world and then what do we do we start 00:07:34.000 --> 00:07:36.759 doing stupid nonsense again just like always 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:39.360 and they don't give the ball to cook nothing's 00:07:39.360 --> 00:07:42.319 running right we start these stupid jet sweep 00:07:42.319 --> 00:07:45.259 handoffs what are we doing can we take this jet 00:07:45.259 --> 00:07:48.079 sweep handoff that we caused a fumble last week 00:07:48.079 --> 00:07:50.680 to Knox and now this week we give it to Elijah 00:07:50.680 --> 00:07:54.009 Moore and he fumbles the ball and so Last week, 00:07:54.029 --> 00:07:56.290 it was a turnover. This week, it was a loss of, 00:07:56.370 --> 00:07:57.990 what, four or five yards, and we had to punt. 00:07:58.110 --> 00:08:00.689 On a third and one, when James Cook is literally 00:08:00.689 --> 00:08:02.970 torching these guys for five, six, seven yards 00:08:02.970 --> 00:08:05.189 of carry in the second half, you come out and 00:08:05.189 --> 00:08:08.129 you get stupid and cute. Joe Brady, what are 00:08:08.129 --> 00:08:10.430 you doing? Take this playbook. Whatever you're 00:08:10.430 --> 00:08:12.730 doing, I don't know what you call it. Whatever 00:08:12.730 --> 00:08:15.589 play this is, blast it to the sun. I never want 00:08:15.589 --> 00:08:17.930 to see that stupid play again. That's just twice 00:08:17.930 --> 00:08:20.370 you've run it now, and twice it's been a freaking 00:08:20.370 --> 00:08:23.240 disaster. I don't know what you're doing. forget 00:08:23.240 --> 00:08:25.699 that you have one of the best running backs in 00:08:25.699 --> 00:08:28.800 the league on your team and he is he's present 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:31.879 for a series and then he's he disappears into 00:08:31.879 --> 00:08:35.340 oblivion for the rest of the game i i just don't 00:08:35.340 --> 00:08:38.820 know why we take these long uh hibernation naps 00:08:38.820 --> 00:08:42.820 and the offense goes into oh man i didn't i didn't 00:08:42.820 --> 00:08:44.480 want to come on here and i didn't want to get 00:08:44.480 --> 00:08:47.610 all riled up you know It's funny. I'm watching 00:08:47.610 --> 00:08:50.049 the game last night. I text my daughter and I 00:08:50.049 --> 00:08:52.450 text my buddy, Mike, who I share season tickets 00:08:52.450 --> 00:08:56.269 with. And when the games are playing, I text 00:08:56.269 --> 00:09:01.929 both of them as the games are going on. And some 00:09:01.929 --> 00:09:08.629 of the text I won't read. But the game started. 00:09:09.090 --> 00:09:12.690 The game started. The Falcons marched right down 00:09:12.690 --> 00:09:15.340 the field. and scored. And it was like, you know, 00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:17.740 a hot knife through butter. They just lit us 00:09:17.740 --> 00:09:19.740 up. They scored an opening touchdown of what, 00:09:19.759 --> 00:09:23.299 two minutes and 20 seconds. And my daughter texts 00:09:23.299 --> 00:09:27.720 me big yikes. And so I respond with two laughing, 00:09:27.720 --> 00:09:30.559 crying emojis. And then I said, good thing I 00:09:30.559 --> 00:09:34.039 went to church yesterday because, you know, it 00:09:34.039 --> 00:09:37.000 allowed me to watch this game in a mindset where 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:40.980 I laughed. I literally was laughing watching 00:09:40.980 --> 00:09:44.200 this game. It must have been a record for me 00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:46.080 because I counted the number of curse words that 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:48.220 I dropped during the game yesterday, and it was 00:09:48.220 --> 00:09:50.700 only one. It was only one, and it was literally 00:09:50.700 --> 00:09:53.220 right before the half when I thought Drake London 00:09:53.220 --> 00:09:55.759 scored on that tutty, and that was called back 00:09:55.759 --> 00:09:58.519 because had he scored right there, I would have 00:09:58.519 --> 00:10:00.220 gone to sleep and not watched the second half. 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:03.120 I was able to watch this game with a sense of 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:06.460 comedic relief, and I'm just like, what is going 00:10:06.460 --> 00:10:08.899 on with this team? Why do we have the reigning 00:10:08.899 --> 00:10:13.210 MVP? He was terrible. last night. Terrible. And 00:10:13.210 --> 00:10:16.370 I get it. It's not all on him. And there's times 00:10:16.370 --> 00:10:18.529 he's running for his life. The offensive line, 00:10:18.669 --> 00:10:20.710 which is supposed to be a strength, they were 00:10:20.710 --> 00:10:24.169 putrid. Now, I know the Falcons rush like crazy. 00:10:24.330 --> 00:10:27.090 They're one of the most blitz -heavy teams in 00:10:27.090 --> 00:10:29.470 the league. And they're great at getting after 00:10:29.470 --> 00:10:31.750 the quarterback. They played their asses off. 00:10:31.830 --> 00:10:34.669 So tip of the cap to the Falcons and their defense. 00:10:34.889 --> 00:10:37.950 They came after him. But the offensive line was 00:10:37.950 --> 00:10:42.299 like Swiss cheese last night. I don't know what 00:10:42.299 --> 00:10:44.960 they were doing. And then can we talk about everybody 00:10:44.960 --> 00:10:48.480 eats because nobody is eating right now. Everybody's 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:51.639 starving. They're all emaciated. It looks like 00:10:51.639 --> 00:10:53.820 half of them are homeless. I don't know what 00:10:53.820 --> 00:10:55.820 is going on. These wide receivers are freaking 00:10:55.820 --> 00:10:58.659 terrible right now. You can't get Shakira the 00:10:58.659 --> 00:11:01.200 ball in space. You can't get Keon Coleman to 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:04.509 do anything other than get. series on the sidelines 00:11:04.509 --> 00:11:07.769 because he's in McDermott jail. What is happening 00:11:07.769 --> 00:11:12.289 with the offense? I understand Kincaid. Kincaid 00:11:12.289 --> 00:11:16.029 is like the pressure release valve, and he would 00:11:16.029 --> 00:11:17.950 have been huge in this game. One of the other 00:11:17.950 --> 00:11:20.149 things I would have talked about if I had done 00:11:20.149 --> 00:11:22.860 the game preview, Josh Allen. Should have lit 00:11:22.860 --> 00:11:25.220 this team up. He should have thrown for 250, 00:11:25.539 --> 00:11:28.679 275 easy without blinking. And then Kincaid's 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:31.460 not playing. And then we see signs of life from 00:11:31.460 --> 00:11:33.360 Josh Palmer in the first quarter. And then he 00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:35.639 goes down and he doesn't return. So now what 00:11:35.639 --> 00:11:38.740 do we got? We got Tyrell Shavers. We got Shakir. 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:41.960 And we got... Keon Coleman, who can't get open 00:11:41.960 --> 00:11:45.059 at all. Like, what is going on with these guys? 00:11:45.179 --> 00:11:48.600 Elijah Moore is fumbling on stupid jet sweeps. 00:11:48.639 --> 00:11:51.379 And so who do you have left? You throw the ball 00:11:51.379 --> 00:11:53.460 one time to Dawson Knox. He scores a touchdown. 00:11:53.659 --> 00:11:56.320 And then he's non -existent. Jackson Hawes, the 00:11:56.320 --> 00:11:59.659 now second string tight end because Kincaid's 00:11:59.659 --> 00:12:02.639 hurt. He doesn't catch a pass. So what are we 00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:05.169 doing? What are we doing? And all this talk in 00:12:05.169 --> 00:12:07.070 the preseason and the end of last year about, 00:12:07.169 --> 00:12:09.549 oh, we're so scared. I mentioned this before. 00:12:09.669 --> 00:12:12.769 We're so scared about Joe Brady taking a head 00:12:12.769 --> 00:12:16.250 coaching job. Let me ask you, Mafia, how would 00:12:16.250 --> 00:12:19.470 we feel right now if Joe Brady took a head coaching 00:12:19.470 --> 00:12:23.389 position on another NFL team? I don't know what 00:12:23.389 --> 00:12:26.419 he's doing. I don't know what he's calling. I 00:12:26.419 --> 00:12:29.240 don't understand. There's no flow to his play 00:12:29.240 --> 00:12:31.860 calls. There's no rhythm. It doesn't make any 00:12:31.860 --> 00:12:34.159 sense. It's like something starts to work. And 00:12:34.159 --> 00:12:36.360 as soon as it starts to work, we go away from 00:12:36.360 --> 00:12:39.559 it. And it's maddening. How do we fix this team? 00:12:41.309 --> 00:12:42.950 Your guess is as good as mine. I don't know. 00:12:42.990 --> 00:12:45.070 We need a wide receiver. This everybody eats 00:12:45.070 --> 00:12:47.490 thing, I don't know, guys. I don't know. I don't 00:12:47.490 --> 00:12:49.629 know if I could keep buying into it. Josh Allen 00:12:49.629 --> 00:12:52.149 does not have seven to eight seconds every play 00:12:52.149 --> 00:12:56.509 to play backyard football and to wait for someone 00:12:56.509 --> 00:12:58.090 to get open because they're just not getting 00:12:58.090 --> 00:13:00.570 open. And when Palmer goes down and he's the 00:13:00.570 --> 00:13:02.350 number one guy who's going to cause separation 00:13:02.350 --> 00:13:06.250 and Kincaid is out and he's your pressure relief 00:13:06.250 --> 00:13:08.809 valve in the middle of the field, you are in. 00:13:09.149 --> 00:13:11.389 Dire straights. So now what do we do? We got 00:13:11.389 --> 00:13:14.309 Gabe Davis. Is he going to be suiting up and 00:13:14.309 --> 00:13:17.730 taking the field in two weeks against Carolina? 00:13:18.009 --> 00:13:20.289 I don't know. We can't seem to throw the ball 00:13:20.289 --> 00:13:23.649 to our running backs. James Cook, last year, 00:13:23.669 --> 00:13:25.789 he caught the ball all the time out of the backfield, 00:13:25.850 --> 00:13:28.830 and we refused to throw him the ball. He is your 00:13:28.830 --> 00:13:31.289 most explosive offensive player outside of Josh 00:13:31.289 --> 00:13:34.909 Allen. It's not close, especially when Kincaid 00:13:34.909 --> 00:13:38.019 is hurt. You have Josh Allen. You have James 00:13:38.019 --> 00:13:40.720 Cook. You are not getting the ball. The first 00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:43.799 four weeks, I talked about this. His workload, 00:13:44.100 --> 00:13:48.240 his play percentage was historically high. What 00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:51.440 was it? 58 % of the offense. And now I'm looking 00:13:51.440 --> 00:13:54.159 and he's not on the field in your most important 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:57.379 offensive plays and possessions in this game. 00:13:57.480 --> 00:13:59.639 Who's making these decisions? Is it Joe Brady 00:13:59.639 --> 00:14:03.940 who's doing the sub packages? Is it McDermott? 00:14:04.240 --> 00:14:07.000 Like if it was halftime and I was McDermott, 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:10.019 I'd be like throwing hands on Joe Brady. I'd 00:14:10.019 --> 00:14:12.179 be marching up to the box wherever the hell it 00:14:12.179 --> 00:14:15.220 is. And what was it? Mercedes -Benz Stadium. 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:17.000 I don't know what these stadiums are called. 00:14:17.100 --> 00:14:18.899 And I'd be like, what are you doing? So you want 00:14:18.899 --> 00:14:21.360 to talk frustrating. Ty Johnson, last year, used 00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:23.059 to be a threat out of the backfield. How many 00:14:23.059 --> 00:14:25.259 passes has he caught? Oh, man. You know who was 00:14:25.259 --> 00:14:27.960 the best on the field last night? Special teams. 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:30.840 Greg Russo played great. And special teams. There 00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:33.190 are a couple linemen. They balled out. Deion 00:14:33.190 --> 00:14:34.850 Walker? Well, I think we found something there. 00:14:34.970 --> 00:14:37.009 I think we found something there. But how many 00:14:37.009 --> 00:14:40.049 other drafted players are contributing to this 00:14:40.049 --> 00:14:42.850 team outside of Deion Walker right now? Ah, man. 00:14:43.070 --> 00:14:45.389 I don't know. I don't know what the bye week 00:14:45.389 --> 00:14:48.610 holds. I don't know what they do. Obviously, 00:14:48.610 --> 00:14:51.029 the press conferences, post -game press conferences 00:14:51.029 --> 00:14:54.210 didn't go too well. And McDermott, he made comments 00:14:54.210 --> 00:14:56.570 similar to last week with the cute play calling, 00:14:56.730 --> 00:14:58.950 just like it's not the time, it's not needed. 00:14:59.129 --> 00:15:02.669 And do we make a change at coordinator? Do we 00:15:02.669 --> 00:15:04.970 make a trade, try to go get a wide receiver? 00:15:05.210 --> 00:15:07.909 I mentioned when we played the Saints about getting 00:15:07.909 --> 00:15:09.649 Chris Olave. What does it take for this team 00:15:09.649 --> 00:15:11.350 to get Chris Olave? I think he would be the perfect 00:15:11.350 --> 00:15:13.659 fit. How much is it going to cost us? What's 00:15:13.659 --> 00:15:15.860 our draft capital going to take? What kind of 00:15:15.860 --> 00:15:17.500 draft capital is it going to take to go trade 00:15:17.500 --> 00:15:19.500 for Chris Olave right now? You want to talk about 00:15:19.500 --> 00:15:22.100 a field stretcher who can create separation? 00:15:22.419 --> 00:15:25.019 He is the perfect player for this offense. Chris 00:15:25.019 --> 00:15:27.840 Olave, we need him on the team yesterday. We 00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:29.860 needed him on the team six weeks ago. And I'm 00:15:29.860 --> 00:15:31.620 looking at this. I'm watching the game last night, 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:34.440 and I'm looking, and I'm going, we should be 00:15:34.440 --> 00:15:37.879 3 -3. Because what? They had a 99 % probability 00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:40.419 of losing that opener to the Ravens, and it was 00:15:40.419 --> 00:15:42.820 just by some miracle. that the Ravens gave us 00:15:42.820 --> 00:15:45.179 that victory. Well, we were trying to be gifted 00:15:45.179 --> 00:15:47.059 the game last night and they just refused to 00:15:47.059 --> 00:15:48.960 flat out take it. And so I'm like, we should 00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:51.840 be three and three with wins over who? The Dolphins? 00:15:51.919 --> 00:15:54.279 The Saints? Yikes. I mean, we're talking about 00:15:54.279 --> 00:15:57.100 the bottom of the barrel here. in the NFL. Yeah, 00:15:57.159 --> 00:15:59.919 it's a weird position to be in, Mafia. I'm hearing 00:15:59.919 --> 00:16:03.139 a lot of rumblings this morning. I listen to 00:16:03.139 --> 00:16:05.860 a lot of radio. I watch a lot of clips, listen 00:16:05.860 --> 00:16:08.220 to some other podcasts, and people are losing 00:16:08.220 --> 00:16:10.480 their collective minds. And I understand. But 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:12.080 don't forget, we've been here before, right? 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:14.759 We've been four and two numerous times. In fact, 00:16:14.779 --> 00:16:17.320 we've been 6 -6 in fighting for our playoff lives 00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:20.720 a couple years ago, and we went on to go pretty 00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:23.360 far. I'm not saying that it's doom and gloom, 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:27.360 but, I mean, that is a winnable game as you can 00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:30.740 have. But there are so many holes on this team 00:16:30.740 --> 00:16:33.940 that I talked about. Can we get through six weeks 00:16:33.940 --> 00:16:36.320 and survive in advance, survive, wait for some 00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:39.980 reinforcements? Well, is Maxwell Hairston anywhere 00:16:39.980 --> 00:16:42.690 close to helping this cornerback room out? Is 00:16:42.690 --> 00:16:45.149 he close to getting on the field? I don't know. 00:16:45.210 --> 00:16:48.090 But Trey White, oh my gosh. Like I said, I love 00:16:48.090 --> 00:16:50.370 these players, and it hurts me to talk negatively 00:16:50.370 --> 00:16:53.990 about them, but because they've been a part of 00:16:53.990 --> 00:16:57.529 this team and this culture and this program for 00:16:57.529 --> 00:17:00.240 so long. I know Trey went away for a year. I 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:02.960 mean, he's a bill. Like, his career will go down 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:05.559 as a bill. I don't want to see him be a shell 00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:08.279 of himself. He just can't play anymore. But, 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:10.299 yeah, we constantly are going back to the well 00:17:10.299 --> 00:17:12.619 with these guys. Because why? Because McDermott 00:17:12.619 --> 00:17:16.000 wants players that know the system. Well, how 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:17.420 about we get players in here that don't know 00:17:17.420 --> 00:17:19.180 the system and we just say, hey, go to work. 00:17:19.339 --> 00:17:21.680 Go to work. Go play the game of football. Be 00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:25.119 reactive. Be instinctive. Be aggressive. This 00:17:25.119 --> 00:17:27.539 sitting back and getting torched, I mean, Drake 00:17:27.539 --> 00:17:30.059 London was. wide open on every single play. He 00:17:30.059 --> 00:17:33.480 could have had a bazillion yards if Penix Jr. 00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:36.160 could throw with a little more accuracy last 00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:38.680 night. I mean, he torched us as it was, but there 00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:40.880 were plays he was wide open and Penix couldn't 00:17:40.880 --> 00:17:42.559 get him the ball. I'm not sure they needed 11 00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:44.359 players on the offense. They only needed three. 00:17:44.500 --> 00:17:47.240 Oh, man. And here's the problem. We signed Bernard 00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:49.200 to a long -term deal. We signed Christian Benford 00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:51.019 to a long -term deal. Those deals are looking 00:17:51.019 --> 00:17:54.799 terrible right now. The Rousseau deal is looking 00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:59.019 great after... After yesterday. So what do we 00:17:59.019 --> 00:18:01.180 do? I know people are calling for McDermott's 00:18:01.180 --> 00:18:02.660 head and they're calling for Joe Brady. They're 00:18:02.660 --> 00:18:04.759 calling for Bobby Babbage. Like change, change, 00:18:04.859 --> 00:18:06.619 change, change. Well, you only got two weeks. 00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:08.839 How much change can you make? You're going to 00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:11.099 change all three coaches. You're going to bring 00:18:11.099 --> 00:18:14.259 in, I mean, you can only trade and bring up so 00:18:14.259 --> 00:18:17.279 many new people. So at some point, like if we 00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:19.160 don't get healthy, the roster is the roster. 00:18:19.339 --> 00:18:21.180 And then we got to talk about, are we fighting 00:18:21.180 --> 00:18:23.759 for a five or a six seed? I'm not ready to hang 00:18:23.759 --> 00:18:26.539 the division to hand the division to the, to 00:18:26.539 --> 00:18:28.579 the Patriots. That's not. what I think is going 00:18:28.579 --> 00:18:31.680 to happen, but there's some significant changes 00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:33.380 that need to be made and they need to be made 00:18:33.380 --> 00:18:37.640 ASAP. So I get it. People are frustrated. I get 00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:39.559 it. But I feel like we've been here before. I 00:18:39.559 --> 00:18:41.180 feel like we've had these same conversations 00:18:41.180 --> 00:18:44.460 and maybe to some degree, they're way more pronounced 00:18:44.460 --> 00:18:46.980 this year just because. So yeah, it's hard to 00:18:46.980 --> 00:18:50.380 not get frustrated as a fan. I get it. I get 00:18:50.380 --> 00:18:52.299 it. I get people are upset. I get people are 00:18:52.299 --> 00:18:54.180 really ticked off and it's not going to get easier 00:18:54.180 --> 00:18:56.680 because now I feel like. Once we got past the 00:18:56.680 --> 00:18:58.559 Baltimore game, we talked about this. You had 00:18:58.559 --> 00:19:01.700 a pretty cake schedule. And the Carolina Panthers, 00:19:01.779 --> 00:19:04.079 they're not a joke. They're not a joke. Outside 00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:07.180 of getting smoked occasionally, they're in most 00:19:07.180 --> 00:19:09.819 games. And they play well. They can run the ball 00:19:09.819 --> 00:19:11.680 and they can stop the run. So we're going to 00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:13.220 have our hands full. And then right after that, 00:19:13.380 --> 00:19:15.720 no time, no time, no rest for the weary because 00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:17.859 the Chiefs are coming to town. And if you saw 00:19:17.859 --> 00:19:21.759 that game Sunday night, well, they took it to 00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:25.210 the Lions. And that's a little scary. Because 00:19:25.210 --> 00:19:26.869 we were hoping that this was going to be the 00:19:26.869 --> 00:19:28.630 down year. And I think we do this to ourselves 00:19:28.630 --> 00:19:30.650 every year. Oh, the Chiefs are done. They're 00:19:30.650 --> 00:19:33.150 done. We want to say they're done in week three, 00:19:33.190 --> 00:19:35.369 week four. And then by week seven and eight, 00:19:35.450 --> 00:19:37.089 they're sitting right back where they always 00:19:37.089 --> 00:19:39.230 are. And they're right in the crosshairs just 00:19:39.230 --> 00:19:41.170 like every single year. Well, we got work to 00:19:41.170 --> 00:19:44.089 do. Folks, we got work to do. Hopefully we can 00:19:44.089 --> 00:19:46.349 hit the reset. Hopefully they get to work. Hopefully 00:19:46.349 --> 00:19:49.289 Brandon Bean can make some moves. I don't have 00:19:49.289 --> 00:19:53.250 too high hopes, but I will choose to be hopelessly 00:19:53.250 --> 00:19:57.470 optimistic. Maybe I'll go with that. Hopelessly 00:19:57.470 --> 00:20:00.670 optimistic. Aye, aye, aye. I don't know. That's 00:20:00.670 --> 00:20:02.769 what I saw. It was a frustrating game, obviously, 00:20:02.769 --> 00:20:06.609 but we shall see what happens. Anyway, I don't 00:20:06.609 --> 00:20:08.720 want to dwell on it. Let's turn the page. Now 00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:10.859 that we have two weeks to sit in this loss, I 00:20:10.859 --> 00:20:12.779 won't be hitting you with a game preview this 00:20:12.779 --> 00:20:15.599 week. But when the Panthers start rolling it 00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:17.599 up on the schedule, I will get that one ready 00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:20.619 for you and get out that one as a separate podcast. 00:20:20.799 --> 00:20:23.759 But let's turn our attention to the squared circle 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:26.559 wrestling marks. How are we feeling? It has been 00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:30.039 a crazy four days in Australia. We started out 00:20:30.039 --> 00:20:31.680 with Friday Night Smackdown. Then we had Crown 00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:34.160 Jewel and we ended it with Monday Night Raw, 00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:37.359 all from Perth, Australia. And what a wild and 00:20:37.359 --> 00:20:40.650 crazy. weekend it was from the mat so let's start 00:20:40.650 --> 00:20:43.150 with smackdown a couple things a couple things 00:20:43.150 --> 00:20:46.420 that were Of interest at least to me. Sami Zayn 00:20:46.420 --> 00:20:48.960 vs Shinsuke Nakamura. We saw Shinsuke come back. 00:20:49.019 --> 00:20:51.200 He's been out for a while. And he brought back 00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:54.500 his old music. Which in my opinion is an absolute 00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:58.039 banger. So I love to see that. There's a good 00:20:58.039 --> 00:21:00.000 history between these two. Sami and Shinsuke. 00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:03.480 And they put on a really good solid match. Now 00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:07.960 unfortunately the final. The finish to the match. 00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:11.960 We never saw. Because out comes a hooded figure. 00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:15.210 And it was none. other than the returning Tama 00:21:15.210 --> 00:21:18.690 Tonga with hoodie. And now he is rocking face 00:21:18.690 --> 00:21:21.049 paint. And here comes the rest of the, what is 00:21:21.049 --> 00:21:24.569 it? WFTs, the rest of the clan, the rest of the 00:21:24.569 --> 00:21:27.289 solo Sikora crew, including my favorite Nash 00:21:27.289 --> 00:21:30.829 Pak, Tala Tonga. They all showed up rocking the 00:21:30.829 --> 00:21:33.769 all black and they all had on different little 00:21:33.769 --> 00:21:37.599 face paint gimmicks going. I like the face paint, 00:21:37.700 --> 00:21:40.539 and then once they did a beatdown to Shinsuke 00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:45.700 and Sami, we see Solo finally make his way without 00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:48.019 the mask, without the face paint rather, into 00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:51.539 the ring and kind of stands there and looking 00:21:51.539 --> 00:21:55.240 all menacing. So now there are five people, and 00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:57.400 we kind of know, or I kind of know where this 00:21:57.400 --> 00:21:59.390 is going, but we're going to... We're going to 00:21:59.390 --> 00:22:01.490 even talk about that a little more because at 00:22:01.490 --> 00:22:03.769 another match that happened was the Wyatt Six 00:22:03.769 --> 00:22:06.450 versus the Street Profits in a tag team championship 00:22:06.450 --> 00:22:09.410 match. The Wyatts have had the belt now for a 00:22:09.410 --> 00:22:11.430 little bit, a little bit of time. They retain 00:22:11.430 --> 00:22:13.609 because the Street Profits never win anything. 00:22:13.690 --> 00:22:17.130 And then post -match shenanigans, we see this 00:22:17.130 --> 00:22:20.170 square off between the Wyatt Six and the MFTs. 00:22:20.190 --> 00:22:23.029 And it's kind of cool. I am definitely intrigued 00:22:23.029 --> 00:22:26.680 by where we're going. It is what? The Bloodline 00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:30.019 9 .0? So, I don't know. Solo and all these dudes. 00:22:30.539 --> 00:22:33.140 My thought was, is this one of our Survivor Series 00:22:33.140 --> 00:22:35.579 matches? Because if that's the case, I would 00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:40.420 love to see the Wyatt Six inside the cage for 00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:44.099 War Games and Survivor Series. I would love to 00:22:44.099 --> 00:22:46.240 see it. It would be great. They might need another 00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:48.660 member or two. I'm not sure if Nikki Cross is 00:22:48.660 --> 00:22:51.660 going to get involved. If she's going to be wrestling 00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:53.559 against the guys, I think she could hold her 00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:55.700 own. That would be pretty interesting, but we 00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:58.640 shall see what happens. The only other thing 00:22:58.640 --> 00:23:01.359 to talk about from SmackDown was the final main 00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:03.720 event, Aleister Black versus Damian Priest. This 00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:06.400 was a last man standing match. This was actually 00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:08.759 pretty cool. Actually pretty cool. I like the 00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:11.660 Aleister Black character. Damian Priest is fine. 00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:14.359 He's fine. He's just kind of whatever. I think 00:23:14.359 --> 00:23:17.420 he's there for a purpose, and his job is to get 00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:19.539 Aleister Black over. But they were fighting all 00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:21.519 over the place. They were a good back and forth. 00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:23.609 And then finally, for the first time ever, We 00:23:23.609 --> 00:23:26.869 see Zelina Vega, who is Aleister Black's real 00:23:26.869 --> 00:23:31.269 life wife, show up and she's begging Damian Priest 00:23:31.269 --> 00:23:35.470 to stop beating his ass, basically. So she kind 00:23:35.470 --> 00:23:38.789 of tries to intercede on his behalf and Black 00:23:38.789 --> 00:23:42.250 is begging for her to kind of, you know, stop 00:23:42.250 --> 00:23:44.769 this nonsense. And then all of a sudden he hits 00:23:44.769 --> 00:23:47.150 out of nowhere. Aleister Black hits Priest with 00:23:47.150 --> 00:23:50.319 a freaking. fireball so it comes out of his hand 00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:52.500 it looked really crazy looked pretty weird now 00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:56.599 apparently I don't have a huge NXT history under 00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:59.099 my belt but he's done this once or twice down 00:23:59.099 --> 00:24:01.980 in the old NXT but it was cool it was cool to 00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:04.319 see something different something supernatural 00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:07.460 I guess and then he hits his black mass which 00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:10.480 kind of missed the mark a little bit so I think 00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:12.480 he hit him on like the shoulder instead of the 00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:15.700 face but knocking Priest off this ledge that 00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:17.740 they were standing on high up in the crowd in 00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:20.420 the arena, and he goes to a table, and he can't 00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:23.480 make the 10 count, so he loses the last man standing 00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:25.480 match. The only other thing of significance, 00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:29.259 we saw backstage issues between Jacob Fatu and 00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:33.180 Drew McIntyre, and this is setting up a big brawl 00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:35.779 for them, a big match for them this Friday on 00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:38.000 SmackDown, and it'll be interesting to see how 00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:41.000 this plays out. Batu, it'll be a good feud for 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:42.759 him. I think it'll be a really good feud for 00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:45.259 him. I don't think Drew has bad feuds. So anyway, 00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:47.339 that kind of wrapped up SmackDown. It was a decent 00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:49.940 show. But then we have Crown Jewel. Crown Jewel, 00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:52.539 Saturday morning, 8 a .m. Couple things. This 00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:55.799 crowd in Perth was pumped. They were pumped. 00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:58.309 They were jazzed. They were hot. They were chanting 00:24:58.309 --> 00:25:00.289 all night. They were singing along to everything. 00:25:00.450 --> 00:25:02.269 They were doing all kinds of crazy stuff. It 00:25:02.269 --> 00:25:04.670 was a pretty good crowd. And the best thing I 00:25:04.670 --> 00:25:07.529 noticed is there's no green T -shirt guy sitting 00:25:07.529 --> 00:25:10.289 in the front row. So what's the problem, bro? 00:25:10.390 --> 00:25:13.569 You couldn't make the, what, 24, 28 -hour trip 00:25:13.569 --> 00:25:17.650 to the furthest point across the globe to Perth, 00:25:17.650 --> 00:25:19.839 Australia? It was really nice not to see him 00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:22.059 for a pay -per -view. I have to be honest. Now, 00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:24.559 there's one match. One match on this card is 00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:27.180 an absolute must, and that is the Cena versus 00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:30.779 AJ Styles match. It was unreal. It'll probably 00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:32.920 go down as one of my favorite matches of all 00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:35.180 time. We're going to get to it. We're going to 00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:39.500 talk about that one last. Just off jump, I love 00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:42.019 that match. It was awesome. But the show starts, 00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:43.980 like I said, it's 8 o 'clock. It's bright and 00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:46.160 early. I did not watch this live as it was happening. 00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:49.619 I waited until probably Sunday, late afternoon. 00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:52.400 But the pay -per -view starts, and it's the... 00:25:52.829 --> 00:25:54.950 tribal thief versus the tribal chief. We have 00:25:54.950 --> 00:25:57.250 Bronson Reed versus Roman Reigns. They had about 00:25:57.250 --> 00:26:01.210 20, 21 minutes to have this match and it was 00:26:01.210 --> 00:26:04.069 fine. It was fine. You know, this was advertised 00:26:04.069 --> 00:26:07.250 as an Australian rules street fight and there 00:26:07.250 --> 00:26:09.869 was nothing Australian about it and there was 00:26:09.869 --> 00:26:12.269 barely a street fight. So, you know, sometimes 00:26:12.269 --> 00:26:14.410 these street fight. Things where they're just 00:26:14.410 --> 00:26:16.869 in random city. And they throw whatever name 00:26:16.869 --> 00:26:20.190 on there. They don't make any sense. At least 00:26:20.190 --> 00:26:22.609 with the ones that are associated with Sheamus. 00:26:22.730 --> 00:26:24.549 I know the Donnybrook matches. At least they 00:26:24.549 --> 00:26:27.230 try to bring in cool stuff. Like the last time 00:26:27.230 --> 00:26:30.130 he did one with Rusev. They had the bar set up. 00:26:30.309 --> 00:26:32.769 And they took some nasty spots. But nothing here. 00:26:32.970 --> 00:26:35.630 There was nothing special about the Australian 00:26:35.630 --> 00:26:38.750 rules. Street fight. There's kind of just some 00:26:38.750 --> 00:26:41.869 lame weapons. And some table spots. And it's 00:26:41.869 --> 00:26:45.119 just you're running. the middle no dq match shenanigans 00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:47.799 of course braun breaker comes out which leads 00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:50.980 to the usos coming out and back and forth and 00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:55.339 then jay goes to spear braun or bronson i can't 00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:57.200 remember and he ends up hitting roman and putting 00:26:57.200 --> 00:27:00.099 roman through the table and then this leads to 00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:04.710 a tsunami and a spear and anyway bronson we Bronson 00:27:04.710 --> 00:27:07.549 Reed ends up winning the match. And then the 00:27:07.549 --> 00:27:09.329 biggest part of this was post -match. You have 00:27:09.329 --> 00:27:11.690 the Usos and Roman kind of dejected in the middle 00:27:11.690 --> 00:27:13.829 of the ring and Roman's just talking and you 00:27:13.829 --> 00:27:15.609 can barely hear what he's saying, but he's like, 00:27:15.630 --> 00:27:18.190 I told you there's only one way to do this and 00:27:18.190 --> 00:27:21.009 you're not listening to me. And he basically 00:27:21.009 --> 00:27:23.029 says, I don't want to see y 'all till Christmas. 00:27:23.309 --> 00:27:26.430 So Roman has a history of coming back. He wrestles 00:27:26.430 --> 00:27:28.289 one or two matches and then he takes some time 00:27:28.289 --> 00:27:30.289 off. I don't know. Does this mean he goes away 00:27:30.289 --> 00:27:33.319 until? after survivor series i can't really imagine 00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:37.079 him not being on the card but he was pretty clear 00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:39.000 that he did not want to see or have anything 00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:42.259 to do with them until christmas and we got we 00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:44.440 got some shows between now and then so i'm not 00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:46.440 really sure but yeah i mean the match was fine 00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:48.339 it was fine it was just whatever if you're gonna 00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:50.500 have that start the pay -per -view they could 00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:53.240 have done way more Way more. Second match, we 00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:55.519 had champ versus champ, women's champ versus 00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:57.799 women's champ, Stephanie Vakir, newly crowned 00:27:57.799 --> 00:28:00.539 women's champ versus Tiffany Stratton, La Primera 00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:03.299 versus Tiffy Time. And my problem with this, 00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:05.960 they were only given 10 minutes. This match was 00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:08.579 fire. They were going back and forth. They were 00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:11.779 doing really cool stuff, both of them. And Tiffy 00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:13.559 looked great. Vakir looked great. They were doing 00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:16.279 some really good moves. And then the match is 00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:18.930 over. And I'm like, what? They were cruising. 00:28:19.210 --> 00:28:21.529 I mean, everything was smooth. They were pulling 00:28:21.529 --> 00:28:24.630 off some vicious stuff. Tiffy hits this Alabama 00:28:24.630 --> 00:28:27.769 slam. And I'm like, holy cow, you're going to 00:28:27.769 --> 00:28:30.690 bust someone's head open. And then this dragon 00:28:30.690 --> 00:28:32.769 screw that Stephanie Vekir does in the corner 00:28:32.769 --> 00:28:36.450 where she basically drapes a leg over the middle 00:28:36.450 --> 00:28:38.549 rope on each side of the turnbuckle and then 00:28:38.549 --> 00:28:43.009 throws herself and kind of whips the knee of 00:28:43.009 --> 00:28:46.240 Tiffy. It was just crazy. That's a nasty move. 00:28:46.380 --> 00:28:49.400 It looks crazy. I'm shocked that it doesn't actually 00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:51.460 hurt her opponent. It's a great -looking move. 00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:53.839 This was a great match, but they just had no 00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:56.339 time, and then it just ended. And then, of course, 00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:59.799 I hate saying this, but it's becoming a thing, 00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:01.680 folks. It's becoming a thing. Triple H comes 00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:04.920 out. He has the crown jewel women's championship 00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:08.900 belt. He gives Fakir this ring that she puts 00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:13.410 on, and then they embrace. And it's like... I 00:29:13.410 --> 00:29:16.529 know he's the one that all the talent looks up 00:29:16.529 --> 00:29:19.109 to and he's the head booker and all this other 00:29:19.109 --> 00:29:22.509 stuff. And he's helped guide these wrestlers 00:29:22.509 --> 00:29:25.109 up through NXT and blah, blah, blah, blah. But 00:29:25.109 --> 00:29:28.710 can we chill with these long embraces? Because 00:29:28.710 --> 00:29:32.509 it's just creepy. I said it after I watched the 00:29:32.509 --> 00:29:35.750 Netflix show and it's becoming more and more 00:29:35.750 --> 00:29:37.990 prevalent. I don't know. Does anyone else notice 00:29:37.990 --> 00:29:41.369 this? That these post -match embraces that he, 00:29:41.450 --> 00:29:43.869 and it's always with the women. dude take it 00:29:43.869 --> 00:29:46.450 easy like i don't know what to tell you but it's 00:29:46.450 --> 00:29:48.410 really starting to get on my nerves but anyway 00:29:48.410 --> 00:29:50.369 yeah that was that was disappointing because 00:29:50.369 --> 00:29:53.940 for what they had the 10 minutes was fire It 00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:56.599 was great. I loved it. Next, we had Rhea Ripley, 00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:58.599 Io Sky versus Kabuki Warriors. They were given 00:29:58.599 --> 00:30:00.720 about 20 minutes. I mean, this was a fine match. 00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:03.859 They all did well. It wasn't spectacular, but 00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:05.880 they were given twice as much time as your two 00:30:05.880 --> 00:30:09.119 women's champions. And my only thought was, okay, 00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:12.240 is this only because Rhea Ripley is from Australia? 00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:15.240 So it's twice as important as your two world 00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:18.220 champion females. Like, what are we doing here? 00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:20.359 But they got 20 minutes. It was fine. It was 00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:23.319 nothing special. I mean, I don't know if it was, 00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:25.799 that much better than a typical raw match or 00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:28.000 smackdown match but i mean they all did well 00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:31.160 it wasn't terrible but 20 minutes like i didn't 00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:33.180 need to see that they could have give give give 00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:35.539 stephanie and tiffy five more minutes give them 00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:38.339 15 and cut this to 15 and everyone's happy so 00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:41.240 i don't know uh seth first cody this is the main 00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:43.140 event this is the crown jewel championship we 00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:45.359 have both champions going at each other and they 00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:47.599 they got about 30 minutes the beginning was really 00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:51.289 cool seth is freaking losing it. He's losing 00:30:51.289 --> 00:30:53.089 it. Now, leading up to this match, there's a 00:30:53.089 --> 00:30:56.349 lot of talk with Paul Heyman and the division 00:30:56.349 --> 00:30:59.809 and all this stuff. He better win. His track 00:30:59.809 --> 00:31:02.650 record against Cody is terrible. He's 0 -3. He's 00:31:02.650 --> 00:31:05.609 never beaten him. Maybe Paul's starting to tell 00:31:05.609 --> 00:31:07.450 him stuff like maybe we backed the wrong horse. 00:31:07.569 --> 00:31:09.490 Maybe we should go back to Roman Reigns. It's 00:31:09.490 --> 00:31:13.250 actually crazy and it's causing Seth to lose 00:31:13.250 --> 00:31:15.329 it during this match. They put on a show. This 00:31:15.329 --> 00:31:18.490 was a fantastic match. At some point, Seth Seth 00:31:18.490 --> 00:31:20.490 Rollins goes after Michael Cole and Wade Barrett 00:31:20.490 --> 00:31:23.670 and the biggest pop of the night or, you know, 00:31:23.670 --> 00:31:26.170 sarcastically, of course, but Seth Rollins like 00:31:26.170 --> 00:31:28.549 kicks over, knocks over the prime drink station 00:31:28.549 --> 00:31:32.029 and the crowd goes nuts. You see the stupid drink 00:31:32.029 --> 00:31:34.509 station next to the ring for every show ever 00:31:34.509 --> 00:31:38.309 because they're a huge sponsor of. WWE programming 00:31:38.309 --> 00:31:41.609 since Logan Paul came into the picture. And every 00:31:41.609 --> 00:31:44.450 time the drink station goes down, the whole crowd 00:31:44.450 --> 00:31:46.809 goes nuts. I absolutely love it. No, this was 00:31:46.809 --> 00:31:50.170 a good borderline, great, solid match. They each 00:31:50.170 --> 00:31:52.990 took turns taking control of significant portions 00:31:52.990 --> 00:31:57.059 and just trading move after move. Seth hits a 00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:59.339 crossroads at one point, stealing Cody's stuff. 00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:02.519 A few minutes later, he hits a stomp, and Cody 00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:05.119 sold it like a freaking champ. I thought his 00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:06.700 head was going to go through the ring. It was 00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:09.390 crazy. Seth Rollins pulls out this coast -to 00:32:09.390 --> 00:32:12.230 -coast flying headbutt. So Cody Rhodes is hanging 00:32:12.230 --> 00:32:15.329 upside down from the turnbuckle, and his head 00:32:15.329 --> 00:32:17.630 is kind of dangling near the bottom of the ring 00:32:17.630 --> 00:32:20.230 in the corner. Seth goes to the opposite ring 00:32:20.230 --> 00:32:24.349 post and dives, does this diving flying headbutt 00:32:24.349 --> 00:32:27.250 across. And, oh, my gosh, you want to talk about 00:32:27.250 --> 00:32:30.109 flying concussion. It was crazy. I was like, 00:32:30.170 --> 00:32:33.309 this is insane. And then he pulls a Spanish fly 00:32:33.309 --> 00:32:36.779 from the top rope. Cody Rhodes does a crossroads 00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:39.259 from the top. They went at it. They went at it. 00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:41.019 And the finish, I love the finish because he's 00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:43.920 toying with this Rolex watch that Cody had given 00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:47.880 him long ago, and he finally uses it. The ref 00:32:47.880 --> 00:32:50.140 gets distracted, and he punches Rhodes in the 00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:52.680 face, knocks him out, hits him with another stomp, 00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:55.119 hits him with a second rope stomp, and he wins 00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:58.619 the match. So Seth is your crown jewel champion, 00:32:58.720 --> 00:33:01.299 and I thought it was well done. For 30 minutes, 00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:04.890 they sold it. They did great. The match, the 00:33:04.890 --> 00:33:06.650 match of the night, the number one match I want 00:33:06.650 --> 00:33:09.849 to talk about was Cena versus AJ Styles. Awesome. 00:33:10.190 --> 00:33:12.809 Just awesome. I'm telling you right now, folks, 00:33:12.930 --> 00:33:14.690 this is probably going to be one of my favorite 00:33:14.690 --> 00:33:18.309 matches of all time because 27 minutes of pure, 00:33:18.450 --> 00:33:22.569 fun, great wrestling. And it was like, I talk 00:33:22.569 --> 00:33:26.369 about nostalgia trips, about how I love nostalgia 00:33:26.369 --> 00:33:30.049 trips and wrestling and, you know, cards and 00:33:30.049 --> 00:33:32.589 all kinds of hobbies. I love nostalgia. It's 00:33:32.589 --> 00:33:34.829 huge. And that's why this is such an important 00:33:34.829 --> 00:33:36.869 thing to me. Like, that's why I want to do this 00:33:36.869 --> 00:33:39.349 podcast because I like to talk about, you know, 00:33:39.349 --> 00:33:43.390 wrestlers of the past, but this was a, I've heard 00:33:43.390 --> 00:33:46.009 it written up as this was a love letter to professional 00:33:46.009 --> 00:33:48.150 wrestling. And that's exactly what it was because 00:33:48.150 --> 00:33:50.829 what they did was they took a walk, a nostalgia 00:33:50.829 --> 00:33:54.549 walk through feuds that each of them have had 00:33:54.549 --> 00:33:57.569 over the last 20 years. And it was just awesome 00:33:57.569 --> 00:34:01.329 because they were pulling out finishers of, a 00:34:01.329 --> 00:34:04.109 laundry list of who's who of their opponents 00:34:04.109 --> 00:34:07.730 and superstars and coworkers in the WWE, and 00:34:07.730 --> 00:34:10.809 it was just awesome. The match hadn't even started 00:34:10.809 --> 00:34:13.769 yet, and we know how Cena has his special intro, 00:34:13.969 --> 00:34:16.710 special introduction. Well, they do his, and 00:34:16.710 --> 00:34:18.510 then he pulls a piece of paper out of his pocket, 00:34:18.550 --> 00:34:22.090 hands it to the ring announcer, and it's a ring 00:34:22.090 --> 00:34:24.369 intro that he wrote for AJ, which I just thought 00:34:24.369 --> 00:34:29.039 was awesome. These guys clearly have... utmost 00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:31.000 respect for each other and you could tell as 00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:34.219 this match is going on that they Clearly had 00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:36.900 a blast planning this match and then clearly 00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:40.159 had a blast executing this match because it was 00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:42.820 the highest levels of awesome. It was a finish 00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:46.199 fest. And if you've ever played like the 2K games 00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:48.320 and you can steal your opponent's finishers, 00:34:48.320 --> 00:34:50.340 well, this is like stealing the entire roster's 00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:53.840 finishers. And it was a straight homage to many 00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:55.840 greats, many different feuds. I mean, you're 00:34:55.840 --> 00:34:58.639 talking about Rusev, The Miz, Randy Orton, Samoa 00:34:58.639 --> 00:35:02.650 Joe. Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker. You had 00:35:02.650 --> 00:35:04.309 Chris Jericho. They're pulling out the walls 00:35:04.309 --> 00:35:08.349 of Jericho. It was awesome. You even see an attempted 00:35:08.349 --> 00:35:11.349 619. So Rey Mysterio, one of his huge moves. 00:35:11.570 --> 00:35:14.110 But my all -time favorite, the highlight of the 00:35:14.110 --> 00:35:17.409 match for me is when he hits Bray Wyatt's sister 00:35:17.409 --> 00:35:21.050 Abigail on AJ Styles. And it was, I've said it 00:35:21.050 --> 00:35:23.289 before on this show, Bray's one of my favorites. 00:35:23.670 --> 00:35:26.369 I love everything about his character work. I 00:35:26.369 --> 00:35:29.699 love his wrestling. I know a lot of people didn't 00:35:29.699 --> 00:35:32.079 care for that, that kind of stuff. But to me, 00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:35.320 it was always something so different and so well 00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:39.809 needed. during his runs, and you need something 00:35:39.809 --> 00:35:42.070 different that sets you apart, and I loved his 00:35:42.070 --> 00:35:43.969 character work. I loved his wrestling. I loved 00:35:43.969 --> 00:35:46.429 everything about it, and then to see Cena hit 00:35:46.429 --> 00:35:52.369 the Sister Abigail on AJ Styles was just awesome, 00:35:52.469 --> 00:35:54.690 so you could tell as you're watching this match 00:35:54.690 --> 00:35:56.550 that they have so much respect for their peers, 00:35:56.630 --> 00:35:59.289 for the industry, for each other. I can't say 00:35:59.289 --> 00:36:01.989 enough. I freaking loved this match. I loved 00:36:01.989 --> 00:36:05.099 everything about it. It was fantastic. And here's 00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:07.460 the thing. I'm not sure how you can even come 00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:10.500 close to matching this match in the future. He 00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:13.079 only has, what, three, four matches left? We're 00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:15.900 talking two months to go. And I don't know how 00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:19.099 they possibly ever top it. But that was the highlight 00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:21.699 of the show. If you can only watch one match 00:36:21.699 --> 00:36:24.179 in the show, I'm going to say you need to watch. 00:36:24.300 --> 00:36:26.000 If you're a wrestling fan, you need to watch 00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:27.969 Cena vs. Styles because it was great. It was 00:36:27.969 --> 00:36:30.769 just great. All in all, the PLE, Crown Jewel 00:36:30.769 --> 00:36:32.909 as a whole, I thought it was fine. It was probably 00:36:32.909 --> 00:36:35.070 better than WrestlePalooza, slightly better than 00:36:35.070 --> 00:36:39.730 WrestlePalooza, which I gave a two. 2 .5 or something 00:36:39.730 --> 00:36:42.570 like that i would say out of out of four turnbuckles 00:36:42.570 --> 00:36:45.449 i'm gonna give crown jewel for a three three 00:36:45.449 --> 00:36:47.989 out of four turnbuckles it was solid but like 00:36:47.989 --> 00:36:50.489 the opener was kind of trash and uh the women 00:36:50.489 --> 00:36:52.409 versus women championship match they just didn't 00:36:52.409 --> 00:36:54.329 give it enough time to breathe and then like 00:36:54.329 --> 00:36:57.429 to have life and and so if that match was given 00:36:57.429 --> 00:36:59.269 another five seven minutes it would have been 00:36:59.269 --> 00:37:03.449 a banger so you put that and the this aj match 00:37:03.449 --> 00:37:06.230 with cena and then the main event those three 00:37:06.230 --> 00:37:10.579 matches were So all in all, decent show. And 00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:12.380 this kind of leads right into Monday Night Raw. 00:37:13.340 --> 00:37:15.980 There's a continuation of the Kabuki Warriors 00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:19.780 nonsense. I love the backstage segment with Kari 00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:23.960 Sane and Asuka. Asuka literally slapped the absolute 00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:26.820 crap out of Kari Sane, who's trying to apologize. 00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:30.199 And Asuka's like, you need to earn your respect 00:37:30.199 --> 00:37:34.630 back. Akari's showing her this bruise she has 00:37:34.630 --> 00:37:38.090 on her face, and then Asuka slaps her into next 00:37:38.090 --> 00:37:42.130 week. I was like, oh, my God, this is wicked. 00:37:42.289 --> 00:37:44.730 And this leads right into Akari saying Rhea Ripley 00:37:44.730 --> 00:37:47.230 match, which I thought was really, really good, 00:37:47.309 --> 00:37:50.030 really good stuff. So clearly this feud isn't 00:37:50.030 --> 00:37:53.030 over. Post -match, there's shenanigans, and everyone's 00:37:53.030 --> 00:37:55.989 kind of jumping in and going crazy. What else 00:37:55.989 --> 00:37:57.590 happened for Monday that's worth talking about? 00:37:57.670 --> 00:38:00.750 Lyra and Bayley. I love the Lyra -Valkyria -Bayley 00:38:00.750 --> 00:38:04.329 duo and their work that they're putting in. This 00:38:04.329 --> 00:38:06.590 kind of dual personality stuff Bayley's going 00:38:06.590 --> 00:38:09.110 through. It's fantastic. Really digging it. Really 00:38:09.110 --> 00:38:11.150 digging it. At one point, they're in a tag team 00:38:11.150 --> 00:38:14.269 match against Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez. 00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:18.119 At some point, Bayley goes into like this comatose 00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:21.579 phase and you see Lyra just haul off and smack 00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:23.519 the crap out of her. And it kind of wakes her 00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:26.659 Bayley up and turns her into like this raging 00:38:26.659 --> 00:38:30.099 lunatic. And she goes on this run of moves and 00:38:30.099 --> 00:38:32.219 just destroys them and they win the match. And 00:38:32.219 --> 00:38:34.559 it was really, really cool. I love what they're 00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:36.300 doing because it's different. It's different. 00:38:37.630 --> 00:38:40.269 Props to them. That's a good thing. I'm excited 00:38:40.269 --> 00:38:42.409 to see where they go from there. And then your 00:38:42.409 --> 00:38:44.650 main event, it was a triple threat match between 00:38:44.650 --> 00:38:48.190 A La Night, Jey Uso, and CM Punk. And this was 00:38:48.190 --> 00:38:50.710 for a number one contender spot at the title. 00:38:50.750 --> 00:38:53.190 Punk comes out victorious. And then, of course, 00:38:53.250 --> 00:38:55.989 The Vision come in. They clear house. Crushing 00:38:55.989 --> 00:38:57.869 everybody. They're spearing people left and right. 00:38:58.170 --> 00:39:00.829 And then all of a sudden, the credits roll on 00:39:00.829 --> 00:39:02.949 the show. So you think it's over. Monday Night 00:39:02.949 --> 00:39:05.329 Raw. Thanks for coming. The vision is standing 00:39:05.329 --> 00:39:07.750 victorious. And as the show's about to go off 00:39:07.750 --> 00:39:10.369 the air, Bron Breaker literally spears Seth Rollins 00:39:10.369 --> 00:39:14.309 out of his boots. And he turns to Bronson Reed 00:39:14.309 --> 00:39:17.030 and goes, hey, you're either with me or you're 00:39:17.030 --> 00:39:21.480 against me. And Reed goes. not gives him the 00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:24.139 nod climbs the turnbuckle and hits Seth Rollins 00:39:24.139 --> 00:39:26.800 with the tsunami and Paul Heyman is watching 00:39:26.800 --> 00:39:28.659 the whole thing and then suddenly raises their 00:39:28.659 --> 00:39:31.940 arms in the air uh in like a victory thing so 00:39:31.940 --> 00:39:35.460 wow what a shock you want to talk about they 00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:38.239 put the pedal to the metal on on breaking up 00:39:38.239 --> 00:39:41.400 this vision thing There's some rumors that maybe 00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:43.920 Seth got hurt in the match on Saturday at Crown 00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:46.800 Jewel against Cody. Who knows? I'm not falling 00:39:46.800 --> 00:39:49.360 for that one again with is he injured? Is he 00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:50.920 not injured? Because the last time I fell for 00:39:50.920 --> 00:39:53.079 that, he ended up cashing in and winning the 00:39:53.079 --> 00:39:55.019 title. But I don't know what's next. This is 00:39:55.019 --> 00:39:56.940 the first time in a while that I have no clue 00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:59.659 where we're going. And I absolutely love it because 00:39:59.659 --> 00:40:01.739 it's been very boring. It's been very stale. 00:40:01.800 --> 00:40:03.940 They needed to shake things up. There's some 00:40:03.940 --> 00:40:07.219 good storylines going on. And yeah, I think this 00:40:07.219 --> 00:40:10.579 could be good moving forward. So what's coming 00:40:10.579 --> 00:40:12.920 up on the horizon? You have a Saturday night's 00:40:12.920 --> 00:40:15.460 main event that's taking place in just over two 00:40:15.460 --> 00:40:17.699 weeks. That's on November 1st. And then right 00:40:17.699 --> 00:40:19.420 around the corner, Survivor Series War Games, 00:40:19.599 --> 00:40:22.159 which is one of my favorites. I love the War 00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:24.579 Games matches, even though they take probably 00:40:24.579 --> 00:40:27.400 at least an hour. Survivor Series historically 00:40:27.400 --> 00:40:29.739 has always been one of my favorite shows. I wish 00:40:29.739 --> 00:40:32.400 that they would go back and at least have one 00:40:32.400 --> 00:40:34.610 or two. old school Survivor Series matches where 00:40:34.610 --> 00:40:39.679 it's like elimination and just really cool. random 00:40:39.679 --> 00:40:42.300 teams put together. I like that sort of thing. 00:40:42.460 --> 00:40:45.500 I miss that sort of thing. But we have a lot 00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:47.719 of time until November 30th, which is when Survivor 00:40:47.719 --> 00:40:51.400 Series is taking place out in San Diego. We have 00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:53.619 some time to shake things out and see how these 00:40:53.619 --> 00:40:56.960 teams are going to form up. And then shortly 00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:59.880 after Survivor Series, two weeks later, it's 00:40:59.880 --> 00:41:02.059 Saturday night's main event. It's John Cena's 00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:04.900 last match. It's crazy. I can't believe how fast 00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:06.780 we are getting here. I've gotten the emails. 00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:09.769 I've gotten the info. the ticket packages and 00:41:09.769 --> 00:41:12.070 let me tell you folks if you are trying to get 00:41:12.070 --> 00:41:14.670 a ticket to saturday night's main event to see 00:41:14.670 --> 00:41:18.349 john cena's last match in washington dc well 00:41:18.349 --> 00:41:20.650 you better have your wallets and your pocketbooks 00:41:20.650 --> 00:41:24.570 open because it is absolutely insane they have 00:41:24.570 --> 00:41:27.469 three priority packages on the website right 00:41:27.469 --> 00:41:30.940 now so the silver package. Now you get an upper 00:41:30.940 --> 00:41:33.639 level ticket. You get some sort of gift. You 00:41:33.639 --> 00:41:37.239 get a pre -show hospitality. I'm thinking this 00:41:37.239 --> 00:41:39.679 is like a meet and greet with a WWE superstar. 00:41:40.019 --> 00:41:42.179 It doesn't tell you who it is, but I don't think 00:41:42.179 --> 00:41:44.199 this John Cena, cause I'll get to this in a minute. 00:41:44.280 --> 00:41:46.840 And then you have a dedicated priority pass entrance 00:41:46.840 --> 00:41:50.599 and you get a. lanyard well this is this can 00:41:50.599 --> 00:41:54.440 be yours for the low price of 700 so 700 and 00:41:54.440 --> 00:41:57.280 you're sitting in the upper decky of the verizon 00:41:57.280 --> 00:42:00.719 center in dc yikes so if you don't want to to 00:42:00.719 --> 00:42:03.500 deal with that you go from silver to gold and 00:42:03.500 --> 00:42:05.579 the gold what would you get there you get a lower 00:42:05.579 --> 00:42:08.409 or upper level seating you get special access 00:42:08.409 --> 00:42:11.510 to the John Cena memorabilia display. You get 00:42:11.510 --> 00:42:15.389 a John Cena gift package, and then you get an 00:42:15.389 --> 00:42:18.489 all -inclusive pre -show hospitality with an 00:42:18.489 --> 00:42:21.909 appearance by John Cena and another WWE superstar. 00:42:22.170 --> 00:42:24.809 So, okay, now we're cooking. So how much is this 00:42:24.809 --> 00:42:26.829 going to cost me? Well, if you didn't want to 00:42:26.829 --> 00:42:29.550 spend the $700 a person, now you have to drop 00:42:29.550 --> 00:42:32.820 eight. 1850 a person that's right per person 00:42:32.820 --> 00:42:37.119 1850 to get a gold level priority pass well if 00:42:37.119 --> 00:42:38.739 you didn't like the silver and you don't like 00:42:38.739 --> 00:42:40.260 the gold because maybe your seat's gonna suck 00:42:40.260 --> 00:42:42.380 you're gonna be in the corner or some nonsense 00:42:42.380 --> 00:42:45.239 well here you go folks i have the if money were 00:42:45.239 --> 00:42:48.159 no object buy of the week this is what i priced 00:42:48.159 --> 00:42:50.940 out this is called the champion ticket and priority 00:42:50.940 --> 00:42:54.659 pass you get a premium floor seat You get a photo 00:42:54.659 --> 00:42:56.960 op with the greatest of all time, John Cena. 00:42:57.099 --> 00:42:59.800 You get a gift package. You get an all -inclusive 00:42:59.800 --> 00:43:02.780 pre -show hospitality package with appearances 00:43:02.780 --> 00:43:05.320 by John Cena and WWE superstars, which you also 00:43:05.320 --> 00:43:08.039 got in the gold package. You get a ringside photo 00:43:08.039 --> 00:43:10.360 op, and then you get a premium reserved seat 00:43:10.360 --> 00:43:13.940 to, quote, the six feet under show with The Undertaker. 00:43:14.059 --> 00:43:16.480 What does that have to do with John Cena? I have 00:43:16.480 --> 00:43:20.210 no idea. But here you go. I actually... went 00:43:20.210 --> 00:43:22.389 to click on this to see where we're sitting? 00:43:22.510 --> 00:43:26.889 Well, you are sitting in section six, six, row 00:43:26.889 --> 00:43:29.929 B. So you don't even get a front row seat. Those 00:43:29.929 --> 00:43:32.730 are sold out. But second row of section six, 00:43:32.849 --> 00:43:35.829 which is kind of at a angle, diagonal angle, 00:43:35.929 --> 00:43:38.289 you're on the ring entrance ramp, but you're 00:43:38.289 --> 00:43:40.630 not necessarily the first section to the ring. 00:43:41.090 --> 00:43:44.789 You are, this can be yours for the low, low price. 00:43:44.969 --> 00:43:49.670 You ready for this? $19 ,000 folks, $19 ,000. 00:43:49.829 --> 00:43:51.989 So here you go. If money were no object by the 00:43:51.989 --> 00:43:56.010 week, I'm buying me a section six row B ticket 00:43:56.010 --> 00:43:59.190 for John Cena's Saturday night's main event. 00:43:59.210 --> 00:44:03.519 Last match. What do you think? 19K? Who's in? 00:44:03.619 --> 00:44:07.539 Who's in? I say we do it. Let's end this thing 00:44:07.539 --> 00:44:10.900 with a bang. Crazy, crazy stuff going on there. 00:44:11.340 --> 00:44:14.380 That'll wrap up the squared circle portion of 00:44:14.380 --> 00:44:17.019 the program. Let's move on. Let's move on to 00:44:17.019 --> 00:44:19.250 the top loaders portion. Couple things I want 00:44:19.250 --> 00:44:21.590 to talk about. Card marks, card enthusiasts. 00:44:21.690 --> 00:44:24.369 How are we feeling? It's been crazy. Tops is 00:44:24.369 --> 00:44:26.010 off the hook. We talked about this last week. 00:44:26.090 --> 00:44:27.969 They got another Disney product that's about 00:44:27.969 --> 00:44:29.989 to hit the market, about to hit the shelves. 00:44:30.090 --> 00:44:33.150 This is called Disney Wonder. Why are we putting 00:44:33.150 --> 00:44:35.619 these products out so close together? Disney 00:44:35.619 --> 00:44:38.679 Topps Chrome was a huge smash, and that's still 00:44:38.679 --> 00:44:40.980 flying off the shelves. You can't find it anywhere. 00:44:41.079 --> 00:44:43.199 The prices are through the roof, and now they're 00:44:43.199 --> 00:44:45.460 doubling down, and they're adding another product, 00:44:45.619 --> 00:44:48.360 Disney Wonder, to the mix. This is a 190 -card 00:44:48.360 --> 00:44:51.420 base set, and this is broken into four different 00:44:51.420 --> 00:44:53.900 tiers. You have Tier 1 and Tier 2. Then you have 00:44:53.900 --> 00:44:56.559 a Villain tier, and then you have a Princess 00:44:56.559 --> 00:44:59.079 tier. Now, I looked at these cards compared to 00:44:59.079 --> 00:45:02.119 what the Topps Disney Chrome set was. I think 00:45:02.119 --> 00:45:05.239 these cards are aimed at a little younger demographic. 00:45:05.340 --> 00:45:08.679 So these cards really don't do anything for me. 00:45:08.739 --> 00:45:10.800 But there are some cool things. You get these 00:45:10.800 --> 00:45:14.760 enchanted autographs. which I've seen that these 00:45:14.760 --> 00:45:17.539 are signed by the actor or actress that portrays 00:45:17.539 --> 00:45:20.320 the cartoon characters. You get sketch cards. 00:45:20.500 --> 00:45:23.119 There's a whole bunch of inserts to include furry 00:45:23.119 --> 00:45:26.559 friends, tapestries, greeting cards, which they 00:45:26.559 --> 00:45:30.219 look like postcards sent from various locations, 00:45:30.420 --> 00:45:32.420 various locales throughout the Disney universe. 00:45:32.719 --> 00:45:36.139 You get a 75th anniversary insert of Cinderella 00:45:36.139 --> 00:45:40.380 and a hobby box, I think, when they were on presale 00:45:40.380 --> 00:45:43.719 right around a Hyundai. $100 now they're retailing 00:45:43.719 --> 00:45:46.500 for between 130 and 200 i'm seeing them all over 00:45:46.500 --> 00:45:49.880 the map ebay's listing them for 130 but secondary 00:45:49.880 --> 00:45:52.059 market steven adams blowout you're looking at 00:45:52.059 --> 00:45:54.679 200 i'll be interested to see how these do in 00:45:54.679 --> 00:45:58.340 comparison to the tops disney chrome but uh it's 00:45:58.340 --> 00:46:00.380 just i don't know these ones don't seem to be 00:46:00.380 --> 00:46:05.219 as high quality maybe not as as awesome as the 00:46:05.219 --> 00:46:07.739 disney chrome ones and i know spongebob still 00:46:07.739 --> 00:46:11.469 selling like hot cakes so maybe maybe they should 00:46:11.469 --> 00:46:13.130 have spread this out a little bit give it give 00:46:13.130 --> 00:46:16.070 it a little time to breathe because people are 00:46:16.070 --> 00:46:17.710 still going crazy over your last set and now 00:46:17.710 --> 00:46:19.289 you're dumping another one right in the market 00:46:19.289 --> 00:46:21.449 i i don't know maybe but what do i know i don't 00:46:21.449 --> 00:46:23.789 work for the tops what else we got going on we 00:46:23.789 --> 00:46:27.489 have a 2025 upper deck series one hockey is hitting 00:46:27.489 --> 00:46:30.769 the shelves uh tomorrow like maybe today whatever 00:46:30.769 --> 00:46:33.469 time you're listening to this wednesday the 15th 00:46:33.469 --> 00:46:36.449 wednesday the 15th and uh yeah there's there's 00:46:36.449 --> 00:46:38.130 a lot going on with this product this is kind 00:46:38.130 --> 00:46:42.199 of like I would equate this to Topps Baseball 00:46:42.199 --> 00:46:45.320 Series 1. So this is Upper Decks version. It's 00:46:45.320 --> 00:46:48.179 their flagship product. What is big about this? 00:46:48.219 --> 00:46:50.260 I've never collected hockey cards, but I'm trying 00:46:50.260 --> 00:46:53.139 to dive in and learn a little bit about it. This 00:46:53.139 --> 00:46:55.599 is where you get these Young Gun rookie cards. 00:46:55.780 --> 00:46:59.400 This is a 250 -card base set. And your last 50 00:46:59.400 --> 00:47:02.630 cards are what they call the Young Guns. These 00:47:02.630 --> 00:47:07.250 are the call -ups from 2024, 2025 year. Now, 00:47:07.269 --> 00:47:09.510 apparently I did some research. They're not allowed 00:47:09.510 --> 00:47:14.130 to put players on cards in releases until they've 00:47:14.130 --> 00:47:17.420 actually made their NHL debut. So I don't know 00:47:17.420 --> 00:47:19.820 really much about hockey, but that seems a little 00:47:19.820 --> 00:47:22.019 weird. So you're not even going to get all the 00:47:22.019 --> 00:47:24.420 prospects that are potentially going to hit the 00:47:24.420 --> 00:47:26.460 ice this year. You're only going to get ones 00:47:26.460 --> 00:47:29.840 that came up at the end of last season. But there 00:47:29.840 --> 00:47:33.099 are some cool inserts, stuff called upper deck 00:47:33.099 --> 00:47:37.360 portraits, dazzlers, upper deck canvases. The 00:47:37.360 --> 00:47:39.780 only thing that kind of threw me off, there's 00:47:39.780 --> 00:47:42.079 really no specific case hits in this product. 00:47:42.179 --> 00:47:45.409 There's no autographs. There's some serial number 00:47:45.409 --> 00:47:48.110 short prints, but that's about it. But I think 00:47:48.110 --> 00:47:50.170 people are really chasing these young gun cards 00:47:50.170 --> 00:47:53.309 and they're pretty popular. So we shall see what 00:47:53.309 --> 00:47:57.349 happens. What else is happening? Topps 2025 GPK. 00:47:57.409 --> 00:48:00.230 Oh, the horrible collection has been out for 00:48:00.230 --> 00:48:01.969 a couple of weeks. Now, what Topps is doing on 00:48:01.969 --> 00:48:04.369 their website each week for about seven day window, 00:48:04.449 --> 00:48:08.389 they started with wave one. They drop a five, 00:48:08.530 --> 00:48:11.599 six card set. Basically, you get the A and B 00:48:11.599 --> 00:48:15.380 variation of five different cards, and then they 00:48:15.380 --> 00:48:18.719 throw in one random specialty card to the mix. 00:48:18.760 --> 00:48:21.960 It costs about $20, and you get, I think, total 00:48:21.960 --> 00:48:25.380 11 cards. And then each week, they put another 00:48:25.380 --> 00:48:28.480 wave out, and I think for this series, it's six 00:48:28.480 --> 00:48:31.340 total waves. These are all based... around the 00:48:31.340 --> 00:48:34.199 Halloween theme, various horror movies, various 00:48:34.199 --> 00:48:37.019 takes on certain characters from different horror 00:48:37.019 --> 00:48:39.320 movies. So pretty cool stuff, pretty cool stuff. 00:48:39.639 --> 00:48:42.699 I'm not sure if you can buy the whole set together, 00:48:42.800 --> 00:48:45.099 but that would be really nice rather than having 00:48:45.099 --> 00:48:47.400 to go in there and pay shipping each and every 00:48:47.400 --> 00:48:49.079 time you buy a different wave. That's kind of 00:48:49.079 --> 00:48:51.780 lame if you ask me. And then speaking of GPK, 00:48:51.880 --> 00:48:56.139 speaking of GPK, the chase that was in the 2025 00:48:56.139 --> 00:48:59.460 Bowman Chrome, the GPK cards, I freaking love 00:48:59.460 --> 00:49:01.519 these cards. These are the baseball variations 00:49:01.519 --> 00:49:04.980 of the GPK players or the GPK variations of the 00:49:04.980 --> 00:49:08.420 baseball players. Well, I found the number one 00:49:08.420 --> 00:49:13.000 chase. It is on sale on eBay. This is 2025 Bowman 00:49:13.000 --> 00:49:16.980 Chrome GPK Nick Kurtz card, a .k .a. Amazing 00:49:16.980 --> 00:49:20.909 Nick. Now, this card, he's kind of in a classroom. 00:49:21.090 --> 00:49:23.070 There's a chalkboard behind him. He's got his 00:49:23.070 --> 00:49:25.289 feet up on the desk, and it says, A, amazing, 00:49:25.489 --> 00:49:27.769 Nick. Obviously, because he plays for the A's. 00:49:27.849 --> 00:49:31.309 This is a one -of -one super factor. It is listed 00:49:31.309 --> 00:49:35.010 on eBay for, get this, folks. You ready? The 00:49:35.010 --> 00:49:40.210 low, low price of... 100k or best offer so you 00:49:40.210 --> 00:49:43.530 could go get five tickets to john cena or you 00:49:43.530 --> 00:49:47.730 could buy the one of one bowman gpk amazing nick 00:49:47.730 --> 00:49:50.750 super factor take your pick but you know maybe 00:49:50.750 --> 00:49:52.789 you throw a best offer in there and you can get 00:49:52.789 --> 00:49:56.309 it for i don't know 95k who knows it's crazy 00:49:56.309 --> 00:49:59.489 the cost i've i've looked up a bunch of the gpk 00:49:59.489 --> 00:50:02.170 stuff from this bowman chrome set which They're 00:50:02.170 --> 00:50:04.670 awesome, but holy crap, what are we thinking? 00:50:04.929 --> 00:50:07.610 These prices got to come down a little bit. Y 00:50:07.610 --> 00:50:09.409 'all have lost your freaking minds. But anyway, 00:50:09.610 --> 00:50:12.030 that's all I got for the card portion of the 00:50:12.030 --> 00:50:14.530 program. I think that'll wrap it up. It's been 00:50:14.530 --> 00:50:17.190 a crazy week. Crazy week. I'm going to try to 00:50:17.190 --> 00:50:20.409 get back on schedule. The buy has come at just 00:50:20.409 --> 00:50:23.090 the right time for not only the bills, but for 00:50:23.090 --> 00:50:26.059 everyone else involved, especially who... Are 00:50:26.059 --> 00:50:28.300 trying to record portions of a podcast. But if 00:50:28.300 --> 00:50:30.320 you have enjoyed this episode. Or any episode 00:50:30.320 --> 00:50:32.880 of the three T's. Do your boy a favor. Share 00:50:32.880 --> 00:50:34.539 it with someone you know. Whether they are a 00:50:34.539 --> 00:50:37.059 fellow mafia member. A avid card collector. Or 00:50:37.059 --> 00:50:39.699 someone who just loves professional wrestling. 00:50:39.960 --> 00:50:41.739 It doesn't matter. Help me grow this thing one 00:50:41.739 --> 00:50:44.519 episode at a time. Do me a favor. Hit that follow. 00:50:44.619 --> 00:50:46.840 Hit that like. Leave your boy a quick review. 00:50:46.960 --> 00:50:49.159 And help me build this thing together. And as 00:50:49.159 --> 00:50:51.920 always folks. I appreciate you all very very 00:50:51.920 --> 00:50:57.739 much. So until next time, whether it's ripping 00:50:57.739 --> 00:51:00.980 packs, breaking tables, or dropping elbows, keep 00:51:00.980 --> 00:51:03.960 doing what you love. And as always, Go Bills!