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Hour 4 - Joey Porter Pouts · The Ben Maller Show

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  Speaker 1: Bibbidi-boppidi-boo. It's hour number four. The Ben Maller Show putting
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  Speaker 1: the razzle on the dazzle. Don't forget Fifth Hour Podcast today.
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  Speaker 1: Check that out. But here in hour number four, what
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  Speaker 1: did Joey Porter Jr. actually clarify with the Steelers this week?
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  Speaker 1: And what questions did he avoid answering? We'll talk about that.
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  Speaker 1: Why is Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels out here making
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  Speaker 1: excuses for For a quarterback in Drake May, who was
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  Speaker 1: the runner-up, in the MVP race last year, and is
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  Speaker 1: Cowboys quarterback Joe Milton worth the Giants taking a flyer on?
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  Speaker 1: We'll talk about all that and more. Have a wonderful weekend.
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  Speaker 1: old enough to remember when teams went into Lambeau Field
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  Speaker 1: and never were able to beat the Packers. They just, oh,
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  Speaker 1: my God, like there was a moat around Lambeau Field.
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  Speaker 1: And how'd that turn out? Well, not anymore. Not anymore.
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  Speaker 1: If you were up late last night, you saw a blowout,
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  Speaker 1: an absolute domination situation as the Atlanta Falcons changed quarterbacks
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  Speaker 1: and took the Packers to the cheese shredder As they
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  Speaker 1: win this game, 27 straight points at one stretch for Atlanta.
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  Speaker 1: They win 35-14 in the game last night. And the
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  Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons had almost 500 yards of offense, but they
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  Speaker 1: ran for 242 yards while the Green Bay Packers, plausibly
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  Speaker 1: a professional football team, had 17 yards rushing.
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  Speaker 3: 17 yards.
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  Speaker 4: They suck.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, my God, they're so bad. The Falcons had the
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  Speaker 1: ball for almost 40 minutes of game time. They had
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  Speaker 1: 37 minutes of possession. And so Atlanta, with Michael Penix,
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  Speaker 1: who was fine, he was okay. The numbers were skewed.
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  Speaker 1: Drake London and Bajon Robinson had huge days. And so
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  Speaker 1: that's really been the argument all along. The Falcons have
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  Speaker 1: the toys. They just have to have somebody unlock the
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  Speaker 1: room where all the toys are. And for a night, anyway,
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  Speaker 1: Michael Penix Jr. was able to do that. Our lead
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  Speaker 1: this hour, though, from Pittsburgh, PA. The Steelers stuck in
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  Speaker 1: a corn maze. They're in a contract standoff with Joey
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  Speaker 1: Porter Jr. And the Steelers continue to be at loggerheads here.
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  Speaker 1: That remains unresolved, Pittsburgh's policy. Ixnay on the negotiation, A.
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  Speaker 1: Once the regular season begins, making an in-season extension not
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  Speaker 1: going to happen. Unlike the Steelers would have to change
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  Speaker 1: company policy. Now Porter says he has mentally moved past
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  Speaker 1: the failed negotiation. Said, quote, it didn't get done, he said.
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  Speaker 1: And that's really just old news for me now. So
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  Speaker 1: if you didn't see the rest of this, perhaps not.
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  Speaker 1: He was asked whether he expects to play at some
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  Speaker 1: point this season, the Steelers defensive back Joey Porter Jr. Answered, unequivocally, yes, definitely.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, he did not provide a timetable to play.
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  Speaker 1: So that is a good jumping-off point. Let us discuss
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  Speaker 1: the question. What did Joey Porter Jr., what did he
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  Speaker 1: actually clarify with the Steelers this week, and what questions
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  Speaker 1: did he avoid answering? So I've got Piff the Magic Dragon,
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  Speaker 1: Proctor and Gamble, and Napoleon Dynamite. And we are going
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  Speaker 1: to mix and match these together. We're going to play
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  Speaker 1: with house money. And then they gave us a couple
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  Speaker 1: of complimentary buffets. So we're going to go down and
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  Speaker 1: have the gabagoo, the baba ganoush. We'll have some brisket,
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  Speaker 1: some matzo ball soup. We'll have a grilled cheese sandwich.
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  Speaker 1: And then we're going to waltz over and have some jambalaya.
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  Speaker 1: And that's because if I don't say that, Benjamin will
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  Speaker 1: be very upset. So we're going to have all those things. Now,
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  Speaker 1: first of all, Joey Porter Jr. just handed Pittsburgh a
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  Speaker 1: giant steaming bowl of the aforementioned squad douche. Yes, they
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  Speaker 1: got squad douche. Now, this has been going back and forth.
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  Speaker 1: Joey Porter, the Steelers believe, is just making up soft
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  Speaker 1: tissue injuries so he doesn't have to play in the games.
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  Speaker 1: And then the Steelers are on to him now. And
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  Speaker 1: he clearly hasn't. hasn't cleared everything up. He thinks he
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  Speaker 1: has by explaining absolutely nothing, claiming that he definitely plans
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  Speaker 1: on playing, as we said, presumably somewhere between this Sunday
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  Speaker 1: and the heat death of the universe. You know when
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  Speaker 1: we're all going to die at some point? Yeah, because
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  Speaker 1: the universe will just heat up too much and then
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  Speaker 1: that's it. So he essentially gave the Steelers a doctor's
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  Speaker 1: note written in souvenir disappearing ink purchased at the gift
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  Speaker 1: shop after the Piff the Magic Dragon show in Vegas.
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  Speaker 1: So this is malingering with plausible deniability is what this is.
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  Speaker 1: It's the NFL's version of calling in sick and then
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  Speaker 1: posting on Instagram pictures of you on the beach or
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  Speaker 1: on the golf course. And I get it. I understand.
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  Speaker 1: It is really a hardship story. It is. And I'd
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  Speaker 1: like to start a GoFundMe. You cannot be bothered to
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  Speaker 1: play in the National Football League for $ 3. 9 million in
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  Speaker 1: the final year of your rookie contract like Joey Porter Jr., which, oh,
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  Speaker 1: by the way, is 61 times the average United States salary.
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  Speaker 1: But you can't expect a man like that to go
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  Speaker 1: out there and play football for a pittance, a pittance
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  Speaker 1: at $ 3. 9 million. Come on. Now, another question is, should
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  Speaker 1: Pittsburgh seriously explore trading Porter before the deadline? The deadline's
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  Speaker 1: not that far away. It's coming up here before you
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  Speaker 1: know it, usually around Halloween. Should they trade him instead
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  Speaker 1: of just putting the franchise tag on him in 2027,
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  Speaker 1: which is another option if they want to screw Porter over?
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  Speaker 1: Players get very upset by the franchise tag. So should
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  Speaker 1: they trade?
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Actually, I believe yes. If he don't want to play
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  Speaker 1: there and he's going to do this all year, what's
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  Speaker 1: the point? And as former Steelers coach Mike Tomlin famously said,
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  Speaker 1: we want volunteers, not hostages. And right now, Joey Porter Jr.
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  Speaker 1: is acting like a very expensive hostage. He's not playing
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  Speaker 1: nice in the sandbox. So if you don't want to
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  Speaker 1: be there. And you cut your losses and you trade
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  Speaker 1: him to somebody else. And then he'll get a contract
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  Speaker 1: and he'll eventually complain about that and he won't show up.
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  Speaker 1: He'll do the same thing. And so just get rid
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  Speaker 1: of him. Let him burn rubber out of town and
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  Speaker 1: bring somebody else in. All right, now secondly, we go
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  Speaker 1: to New England. Patriots on the road. Taking on Jacksonville
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  Speaker 1: this weekend. Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels. Was asked about
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  Speaker 1: his offense, which blows so far this season. And do
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  Speaker 1: you think Josh McDaniels said he is panicking? at the disco?
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  Speaker 1: He doesn't know what's wrong with his team. Do you
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  Speaker 1: think he said no comment or do you think he
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  Speaker 1: said absolutely not? There's really not much to worry about
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  Speaker 1: at all. It's just growing pains.
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  Speaker 5: Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Answer C. McDaniels says he's not panicking despite the The
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  Speaker 1: Patriots being a futile offensive team, he viewed the problems
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  Speaker 1: as just normal early season growing pains. Well, the numbers
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  Speaker 1: are ugly. The Patriots have scored only two offensive touchdowns
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  Speaker 1: through two games. That tells me they're averaging one touchdown
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  Speaker 1: on offense per game, which I'm told is not good.
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  Speaker 1: Drake May has thrown not one, not two, not three,
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  Speaker 1: but four interceptions and only one touchdown. He had 31
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  Speaker 1: touchdowns last year and just eight interceptions. He was the
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  Speaker 1: runner-up in the MVP race to Matthew Stafford. McDaniels preaching
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  Speaker 1: patience and pointing to personnel changes. Is that his way
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  Speaker 1: of blaming Romeo Dobbs' poor performance for the issues with
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  Speaker 1: the Patriots? Said injuries. Of course, they've got those. Everyone's
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  Speaker 1: got those. Developing chemistry, which is bullcrap. May offered similar analysis.
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  Speaker 1: He said the Patriots are still, quote, finding ourselves, close quote,
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  Speaker 1: trying to establish an offensive rhythm. So the question, why
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  Speaker 1: is Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels out here making excuses
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  Speaker 1: for a quarterback in Drake May, who again finished runner
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  Speaker 1: up for the NFL MVP last season? So the NFL
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  Speaker 1: loves to sell the fact any given Sunday. But it
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  Speaker 1: handles criticism. The people that work in the NFL handle
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  Speaker 1: criticism like it's any given safe space. The NFL news
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  Speaker 1: conferences have become crisis communication seminars. You acknowledge nothing. You
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  Speaker 1: protect the quarterback at all costs. And you quickly change
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  Speaker 1: the subject. The go-to excuse, got to watch the tape.
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  Speaker 1: When the day comes where you've watched the tape, you
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  Speaker 1: then say, well, we're moving on from that game. We
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  Speaker 1: learned our lesson. We'll move on from that. Coaches have
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  Speaker 1: completely turned into emotional support coordinators, delivering the full Proctor
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  Speaker 1: and Gamble-level pampers, the pampering of the players. And look,
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  Speaker 1: Drake May wanted a seat at the superstar table. When
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  Speaker 1: you're the runner-up for the MVP... You get a dinner reservation. Wonderful.
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  Speaker 1: Mazel tov. So now pick up the check. Pick up
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  Speaker 1: the check. Drake may establish the standard last season. And
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  Speaker 1: now he has to live with the standard from last season.
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  Speaker 1: And you don't get to crawl underneath the table this
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  Speaker 1: year and say, well, it's growing pains.
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  Speaker 5: No.
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  Speaker 1: That was your coming out party. That was your bar
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  Speaker 1: mitzvah last year. So deal with it. You nearly won
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  Speaker 1: the MVP. And now we're supposed to celebrate patience? Come on.
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  Speaker 1: Give me a break. Give me a break on that one. Now, meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: final thought. We go to New York, and there are
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  Speaker 1: whispers on who exactly the Giants are going to go
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  Speaker 1: out and get as Jackson Dart, down for the count, snap, crackle,
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  Speaker 1: and pop. And we know that Jameis Winston is going
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  Speaker 1: to get the first crack at the gig. And that
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  Speaker 1: is a game that is a regional broadcast. The Tennessee
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  Speaker 1: Titans with Cam Ward. We ass. And they go into
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  Speaker 1: Jersey to take on the Giants. And so Jameis Winston
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  Speaker 1: has a dummy run. He's got an opportunity to say,
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  Speaker 1: we're good. Everything's great here. Nothing to see. Don't go
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  Speaker 1: out and get another quarterback. However, if Jameis Winston goes
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  Speaker 1: out there and has a vomit comet kind of performance...
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  Speaker 1: Then the Giants have to go to market and try
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  Speaker 1: to find somebody and bring them in. And the name
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  Speaker 1: that is being floated here is Cowboys practice squad quarterback
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  Speaker 1: Joe Milton. Yep, the same Joe Milton who was on
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  Speaker 1: the Patriots a couple years ago, the same Joe Milton
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  Speaker 1: who goes viral during training camp. As they're trying to
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  Speaker 1: find somebody to bring in, Jackson darts elbow not good.
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  Speaker 1: The Giants' interest in Milton is allegedly legitimate. We'll see
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  Speaker 1: if that's the case. They've had discussions that have been
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  Speaker 1: taking place. Remember, Milton is currently on the Cowboys practice squad,
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  Speaker 1: meaning that he's available. If you're on the practice squad
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  Speaker 1: and another team wants you, you can poach players off
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  Speaker 1: the practice squad. It is not that hard to do.
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  Speaker 1: He is obtainable if Harbaugh wants to get him. The question,
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  Speaker 1: is Cowboys practice squad quarterback Joe Milton worth the The
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  Speaker 1: Giants taking a flyer on. So I don't get the
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  Speaker 1: Joe Milton thing. Like, what are we doing here? Are
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  Speaker 1: people actually falling for this again? I don't understand. You
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  Speaker 1: all have been mesmerized and hypnotized by Joe Milton's arm
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  Speaker 1: for years. One of our big super fans, Danny in Nashville,
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  Speaker 1: who sold out and became a family man and moved
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  Speaker 1: to Miami and has got kids and all that. He
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  Speaker 1: still listens to the podcast. But he's been giving me
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  Speaker 1: Joe Milton propaganda since his days in Tennessee. Oh, he's
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  Speaker 1: so good. And listen, you don't acquire Joe Milton. You
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  Speaker 1: acquire the idea of Joe Milton. He's got all the measurables.
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  Speaker 1: It's football catnip is what it is. Size, speed. He's
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  Speaker 1: got the bazooka arm. And then you have to check
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  Speaker 1: his Wikipedia page, his pro football reference page. Joe Milton
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  Speaker 1: is the quarterback version of a concept car. You know
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  Speaker 1: what that means? The concept car, you go to these
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  Speaker 1: car shows, it looks fantastic. You're at the auto show,
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  Speaker 1: you're like, oh, my God, this is going to be
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  Speaker 1: so good. But nobody actually drives it to work. And
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  Speaker 1: unfortunately for Joe Milton, he's learned a valuable lesson. in
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  Speaker 1: his couple of years in the NFL. This is not
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  Speaker 1: Napoleon Dynamite. If arm strength made you a franchise quarterback,
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  Speaker 1: Uncle Rico would have played for the Chargers or the
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  Speaker 1: Seahawks or the Bengals back in the day. Uncle Rico
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  Speaker 1: would have done that, and he would probably be in
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  Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame right now. Joe Milton is crypto.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of hype, right? Crypto quarterback Joe Milton. A
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  Speaker 1: lot of hype. Wild volatility. questionable real-world utility. And so, sure,
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  Speaker 1: he's a developmental quarterback. You say, well, the Giants would
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  Speaker 1: bring this guy. Would I rather have Joe Milton than
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  Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo? Sure, why not? Sure, why not? The thing
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  Speaker 1: that is damning, it's hard to get around with the
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  Speaker 1: supply chain shortage of quarterbacks in the NFL, and I
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  Speaker 1: believe the number is half a dozen teams have been
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  Speaker 1: given a curveball where you might see backup quarterbacks everywhere.
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  Speaker 1: from six teams already in week three of the season.
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  Speaker 1: But the issue is this. The Cowboys fired Joe Milton
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  Speaker 1: at the end of training camp. He did not make
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  Speaker 1: the team. They put him on waivers. And that meant
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  Speaker 1: every other coach, every other executive in the NFL had
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  Speaker 1: a chance to poach Joe Milton for nothing. And not
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  Speaker 1: a single team put a waiver claim in on Joe Milton.
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  Speaker 1: They all had a chance to snatch him away and
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  Speaker 1: put him on their roster. And they treated him like
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  Speaker 1: a child would treat broccoli. Or in my case, an
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  Speaker 1: adult would treat broccoli. And that's that. It is the
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• 21:11
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• 21:19
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• 21:52
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• 21:56
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• 21:57
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• 22:00
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• 22:04
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• 23:22
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• 23:30
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• 23:34
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• 24:26
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• 25:05
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• 25:13
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• 25:17
  Speaker 1: on the Pike. Hello, Scotty. Welcome, Scotty.
• 25:21
  Speaker 5: Hello, Ben.
• 25:22
  Speaker 3: How are we doing?
• 25:22
  Speaker 5: Good.
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: If I was any better, I'd be a May, but
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: not Drake May, because he's not playing very well right now.
• 25:28
  Speaker 5: No.
• 25:29
  Speaker 3: No, as a matter of fact, for the first time
• 25:31
  Speaker 3: in almost three centuries, the witch trials are coming.
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: Back to the Democratic people. Is that right? Well, I've
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: got to let my wife know. She loves Salem. Although
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: last time we went to Salem, a little disheveled, a
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: little more disheveled than I remember. Just saying.
• 25:47
  Speaker 3: It's a freak show now, let me tell you.
• 25:50
  Speaker 6: It is.
• 25:50
  Speaker 5: It is.
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: A little disappointing.
• 25:52
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 25:54
  Speaker 4: Yep, it sure is.
• 25:55
  Speaker 3: Now, this Port lad was the second coming of Brady
• 25:59
  Speaker 3: six months ago, and now they've got boiling oil that
• 26:03
  Speaker 3: they're getting ready to dunk him in. Apparently, he cannot
• 26:08
  Speaker 3: suck enough all of a sudden, and I don't get it. Granted,
• 26:12
  Speaker 3: he hasn't played well. I will completely agree with that,
• 26:16
  Speaker 3: but I don't think we're ready to move on from
• 26:18
  Speaker 3: him just yet.
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: Oh, they're not moving on from it. No, that's not happening.
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: But these things start piling up, and it's like that
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: old line. As you know, Scotty on the pike. You say, well,
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: it's early, it's early, it's early, and then eventually it's
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: not early anymore. Eventually it's late, and then it's like, well,
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: what happened? You know, you suck. And you never get
• 26:38
  Speaker 1: the straight story from these guys. That's the other thing.
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: They give you a bunch of bull crap, so.
• 26:44
  Speaker 3: That's true. That's true.
• 26:45
  Speaker 4: I mean, it's early.
• 26:46
  Speaker 3: I'm still early. I haven't gotten my invitation for the mailbag,
• 26:49
  Speaker 3: but it's still early.
• 26:51
  Speaker 2: Aha!
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: There you go. You see that, Scotty? Join the list
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: of people complaining. Go ahead. Knock yourself out.
• 26:58
  Speaker 3: And let's go all the way back to our number one,
• 27:00
  Speaker 3: if I may.
• 27:00
  Speaker 5: Really quick.
• 27:01
  Speaker 4: Number one.
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: Number one.
• 27:03
  Speaker 4: To speak, to speak, asshole, you need to get back
• 27:07
  Speaker 4: on phonics. So chowda, write it on a post-it note, C-H-O-W-D-A-H.
• 27:13
  Speaker 4: Much easier to say when you read it than try
• 27:16
  Speaker 4: to mimic an asshole.
• 27:18
  Speaker 8: Chowda.
• 27:19
  Speaker 5: Chowda.
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: Yeah, Lorena, we want to make Lorena an honorary Masshole.
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: Masshole Mickey, may he rest in peace. You have a
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: lot of Masshole bands, you know, Ben.
• 27:29
  Speaker 3: You have quite a few Massholes.
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: No, I know. Listen, I love the Massholes. I relate
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: because I'm a Mallor Masshole. Scotty, I almost said the
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: wrong word. But Masshole, back in the day, before he passed,
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: he deputized me as an honorary Masshole. So, man, we've
• 27:48
  Speaker 1: done many meetings. We've done more meetings. I bet you
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: we've done more meet and greets in Boston than we
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: have pretty much anywhere over the years. We always seem
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: to pop up in Boston for those things. Anyway, all right, Scott,
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: thank you. Scotty, on the pike, email me. Seriously, if
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: you want to be part of the mail, I'll add
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: you to the big board. The way it works, whoever
• 28:07
  Speaker 1: answers the phone when I call them for the mailbag
• 28:10
  Speaker 1: gets to do the mailbag. Like, I got Dominican Mike
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: who wants to do the mailbag. I've got our buddy...
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: In Memphis, at the grocery store, he wants to do it.
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: Supermarket Steve, I believe, is interested in that, I think,
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: as well. There's several others that have reached out to
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: me that are like, hey, what about me? What about me?
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: So we've had some big names on. We have. Let's
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: go to No Job Junior, who's in Seattle. Hello, No
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: Job Junior. Welcome.
• 28:40
  Speaker 6: Welcome.
• 28:42
  Speaker 8: What's cracking like on Benny Radio? You know, there is
• 28:45
  Speaker 8: no job that's too small nor too tall. In fact,
• 28:48
  Speaker 8: you know, you can call me like the pro football
• 28:50
  Speaker 8: piece of man. I'm here to deliver Seahawks versus Washington
• 28:55
  Speaker 8: Commies week three premium predictions with no bias and complete objectivity.
• 29:00
  Speaker 8: Of course, you know, that's something you could never do, Ben,
• 29:02
  Speaker 8: but I'm.
• 29:03
  Speaker 4: Here to do it.
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: When you think no bias, a man right now who's
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: wearing his Super Bowl replica, he's got the replica ring on,
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: he's got the Seahawks onesie, and there's a poster of
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: a certain wide receiver on the wall behind him right now, Jackson, Smith,
• 29:22
  Speaker 1: and Jig. But go ahead, Mr. Dependable, go ahead.
• 29:26
  Speaker 8: Well, I'm glad you brought that up because this weekend,
• 29:29
  Speaker 8: you know, JSN is going to do JSN things, of.
• 29:31
  Speaker 1: Course, for the whole season.
• 29:34
  Speaker 8: And he's going to win back-to-back offensive player of the
• 29:36
  Speaker 8: year for the first time that's happened since 2010. since 2013.
• 29:40
  Speaker 8: We're not going to say who did it. We also
• 29:42
  Speaker 8: got Opie coming back as quarterback.
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: That's not going to happen. That's not happening.
• 29:47
  Speaker 8: Book it. Book it. We got Opie playing quarterback this weekend.
• 29:51
  Speaker 8: You know, he's helping. You know who's not helping? Delicate Daniels.
• 29:55
  Speaker 8: He's out. The commies got to get to their backup.
• 29:57
  Speaker 8: You know, Eminem, he's starting, which means, you know, the
• 30:00
  Speaker 8: dark side is going to be playing old school Nintendo
• 30:03
  Speaker 8: all day, just straight duck hunt. You feel me? Look,
• 30:07
  Speaker 8: he's going to get sacked twice. He's going to throw
• 30:09
  Speaker 8: two interceptions.
• 30:10
  Speaker 5: And that's going to prove to you that our secondary
• 30:13
  Speaker 5: is way better than you thought it was.
• 30:15
  Speaker 8: Okay.
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: It's not good. The secondary is not good. I'm not impressed.
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: The Patriots are a bad offensive team this year. The
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: Cardinals suck, and you won't get any brownie points this weekend. Well,
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: you can't prove me wrong against a backup quarterback. I'm
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: not going to be impressed. You should win the game
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: by a wide margin. I will not be impressed. I'm
• 30:33
  Speaker 1: telling you right now.
• 30:34
  Speaker 8: I'll give you the final score. It's going to be 35-10,
• 30:37
  Speaker 8: and that's how it's going down. I'll check with you,
• 30:41
  Speaker 8: what is it, Monday morning?
• 30:43
  Speaker 1: Sunday night into Monday morning, yeah.
• 30:45
  Speaker 8: Yeah, yeah, same difference, right? Yeah, hey, I also got
• 30:51
  Speaker 8: some real deal Holyfield stories to tell you about our
• 30:55
  Speaker 8: head coach, Mike McDonald, because, you know, this whole thing
• 30:58
  Speaker 8: going on right now is– You know, I think it's
• 31:01
  Speaker 8: kind of like contrived and, you know.
• 31:04
  Speaker 1: It's not contrived, is it?
• 31:06
  Speaker 5: No.
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: Okay. Well, tell me next week. I got to go.
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: No job, Junior. So Mike McCarthy got a little verklempt
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: with a reporter this week. He was fielding questions about
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: the defensive back, Joey Porter, Jr., who's malingering in Pittsburgh.
• 31:21
  Speaker 1: He's being paid $ 3. 9 million this year. He didn't get
• 31:24
  Speaker 1: an extension. So now he's having a conniption fit, doesn't
• 31:26
  Speaker 1: want to play. The Steelers, from what we've heard, they
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: don't think he's actually hurt. He's just faking it because
• 31:32
  Speaker 1: he's upset he didn't get a contract. He's not played
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: so far this season. He has come up with a
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: couple of soft tissue injuries, which are the go-to to
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: I don't want to play. And by the way, also,
• 31:43
  Speaker 1: let me add, not only in professional sports, but in
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: real life, I've heard that those ambulance chasing attorneys, they
• 31:52
  Speaker 1: rely on soft tissue injuries. because it's very hard to
• 31:56
  Speaker 1: disprove a soft tissue injury. So anyway, Porter's been out.
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: McCarthy claimed, oh, the injury's flared up, but nobody believes
• 32:05
  Speaker 1: that he believes that. And so a TV reporter asked
• 32:11
  Speaker 1: about the decisions to limit Porter, and McCarthy responded that
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: they have a plan for every player And then so
• 32:22
  Speaker 1: they went back and forth and McCarthy snapped back saying,
• 32:25
  Speaker 1: we're not going to play this game anymore about every
• 32:27
  Speaker 1: little question because they started calling McCarthy out on the
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: bull crap. And so he got upset. Season Mike McCarthy.
• 32:36
  Speaker 1: He got annoyed. But wait, there's more. We mentioned this earlier.
• 32:41
  Speaker 1: And this relates to the Thursday night NFL game. In
• 32:46
  Speaker 1: Green Bay, the Falcons and the Packers, not much of
• 32:50
  Speaker 1: a game, but the Thursday night Amazon broadcast, they showed
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: a sideline clip that went viral, and it showed Micah Parsons,
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: who's injured, trying to give a pep talk to his
• 33:03
  Speaker 1: teammates on the bench. And they showed Parsons speaking like
• 33:08
  Speaker 1: a cartoon character, right? He's going on and on. He's
• 33:12
  Speaker 1: doing his thing there with several of his teammates. Now,
• 33:15
  Speaker 1: the reason this went viral is because Amazon made a
• 33:18
  Speaker 1: big deal about it. Oh, he doesn't stay still. Michael Parsons,
• 33:21
  Speaker 1: what a great leader. You know, all that bull crap,
• 33:24
  Speaker 1: all that jock-sniffing bull crap. Well, the reason it went
• 33:27
  Speaker 1: viral is because it appeared his teammates were annoyed that
• 33:32
  Speaker 1: he wouldn't shut up. They didn't really pay much attention
• 33:36
  Speaker 1: to him. It got very awkward. The optics on this
• 33:39
  Speaker 1: are hilarious. He was obviously doing this for the camera,
• 33:45
  Speaker 1: you'd say. It was performative cheerleading by Micah Parsons. And
• 33:51
  Speaker 1: he knew that the dopes in the media would eat
• 33:54
  Speaker 1: this up. The fanboys and girls on TV, they love
• 33:58
  Speaker 1: this kind of stuff. The hero worship put the athletes
• 34:00
  Speaker 1: on the pedestal. So they were all horny for that.
• 34:02
  Speaker 1: They were like, oh, this is the greatest thing in
• 34:04
  Speaker 1: the world. And his Packer teammates were like ignoring it.
• 34:06
  Speaker 1: It was so funny. It was hilarious. It was great.
• 34:11
  Speaker 1: Loved it. Loved it. We go now to the Mean
• 34:14
  Speaker 1: Streets of Brooklyn. And we say hello to the man,
• 34:19
  Speaker 1: the myth, the legend.
• 34:21
  Speaker 5: And the dynasty.
• 34:24
  Speaker 1: Oh, I didn't see that on my notes. And the dynasty. Now,
• 34:30
  Speaker 1: Marcel in Brooklyn, it's a big weather weekend. We don't
• 34:34
  Speaker 1: have Koopa Loop here. And I'm going to put you
• 34:37
  Speaker 1: on the spot right now, Marcel. Can we get Marcel
• 34:42
  Speaker 1: weather with Marcel? Can we get weather with Marcel?
• 34:47
  Speaker 5: Oh, yes, it is. This is going to be nor'easter
• 34:51
  Speaker 5: unlike any other family. Yes.
• 34:54
  Speaker 1: Bunker down. Bunker down. There's a nasty nor'easter heading your way.
• 34:59
  Speaker 1: Go ahead.
• 34:59
  Speaker 5: Oh, yes, it is. It's going to be 57 now
• 35:02
  Speaker 5: here in Gotham City. Cloudy today at 73 and a
• 35:05
  Speaker 5: low of 57. So get ready, folks, for some strong
• 35:09
  Speaker 5: winds and rain tomorrow, that is. That will be at
• 35:12
  Speaker 5: 60 and a low of 58. Sunday, 62 and a
• 35:15
  Speaker 5: low of 58. And the clouds on Monday at 63
• 35:19
  Speaker 5: and a low of 70. But let's not forget the
• 35:21
  Speaker 5: return of sunshine and clouds on Tuesday, 70 and a
• 35:25
  Speaker 5: low of 60. Up day Wednesday, 74 and a low
• 35:28
  Speaker 5: of 62. Next Thursday, Friday Eve is going to be
• 35:32
  Speaker 5: 79 and a low of 64. So once again, fam,
• 35:34
  Speaker 5: 57 degrees now here in the Gotham City, home of
• 35:38
  Speaker 5: the New York Knicks, 53-time drought-ended world champions itself. And then.
• 35:46
  Speaker 3: Phew!
• 35:47
  Speaker 5: That's it for me! My God!
• 35:50
  Speaker 1: Wow. What are you doing to prepare? Have you gotten
• 35:53
  Speaker 1: your ark ready? Have you gotten your boat ready in
• 35:55
  Speaker 1: case the storm's really bad?
• 35:57
  Speaker 5: Oh, absolutely not. I will have the jacket as well
• 36:01
  Speaker 5: as my stuff, so not going out.
• 36:04
  Speaker 1: But what floor are you on? You're way above. You're
• 36:07
  Speaker 1: not worried about flooding, right? You're up in one of
• 36:09
  Speaker 1: those big buildings in Brooklyn, right?
• 36:11
  Speaker 8: Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm.
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: You're not? Are you on the ground floor?
• 36:16
  Speaker 5: No, I'm at home. I'm at the second floor here.
• 36:19
  Speaker 1: Oh, the second floor. You should be fair, though.
• 36:21
  Speaker 5: Do not tell my parents. If I don't, they'll get
• 36:24
  Speaker 5: ground me. That's my opinion.
• 36:26
  Speaker 1: Okay, well, we don't want them to ground you because
• 36:27
  Speaker 1: you're in your 30s. That would be wrong. I'm 32.
• 36:33
  Speaker 1: I'm 32. And I'm the same way. My mom would
• 36:36
  Speaker 1: have grounded me in my 30s, and I would have
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: been grounded. I'm the same way. All right, Marcel, very good. No,
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: I'm lying. Thank you. The great Marcel in Brooklyn. Weather
• 36:46
  Speaker 1: with Marcel. That was great. Because nobody has a weather
• 36:50
  Speaker 1: app on their phone. It's very hard to get the weather.
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: Very difficult to get the weather. You need that is
• 36:55
  Speaker 1: what you need. And you got it. We promise all human, right?
• 36:59
  Speaker 1: Guaranteed human. There you go. Guaranteed human. So there you go.
• 37:02
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• 37:04
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• 37:07
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• 37:09
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• 37:14
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• 37:19
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  Speaker 1: your podcasts. Every hour, the whole show, everything's sliced up.
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  Speaker 1: It's all been mutilated, cannibalized into little bite-sized pieces. And
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  Speaker 1: there's a best-of version today. Ryan and Shrewsbury loves the
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  Speaker 1: fact that it's 0.5 seconds long today. So check out
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  Speaker 1: the Ben Maller Show podcast and the Fifth Hour podcast.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
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  Speaker 1: It's America's most popular game show. Get out of here.
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  Speaker 1: Sports Jeopardy.
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  Speaker 8: Do you know what a nickel defense is? How about penetration?
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  Speaker 2: Do you know how to get good penetration?
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  Speaker 8: This is Fox Sports Radio.
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  Speaker 1: And now here's your host.
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  Speaker 3: The radio host who loves you.
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  Speaker 4: Ben Maller.
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  Speaker 1: All right, let's do it. Here we go. Sports Jeopardy time.
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  Speaker 1: We have, let's see, eeny, meeny, miny, moe. We've got
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  Speaker 1: Dave in Houston who wants to play. Hello, Dave. Welcome. Ben,
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  Speaker 1: you are the last honest fixture in sports radio. Clearly. Obviously. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: this is formerly known as Transgender Dave.
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  Speaker 3: That is correct.
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  Speaker 2: And the evil ones will try to blot you out,
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  Speaker 2: but we will not let them do that.
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  Speaker 1: We love you, Dave. You're quite the character. And we
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  Speaker 1: have Phillip in Southern California. Hello, Phillip. Welcome.
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  Speaker 5: Hey, Ben.
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  Speaker 3: How you doing?
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  Speaker 1: What's going on, my man? All right. Well, you're a regular, too.
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  Speaker 1: You've called up and played these games a bunch over
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  Speaker 1: the last couple of years.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, I wanted to tell you real quick, Ben. I
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  Speaker 3: used to live in Montebello, and every time I called
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  Speaker 3: you from Montebello, you would always ask me, I think,
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  Speaker 3: do I know Rachel, I think, in Montebello, correct? Correct.
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  Speaker 1: Yes we loved Rachel she was a great character does
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  Speaker 1: she still call No, she unfortunately passed away a couple
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  Speaker 1: years ago, but she was a wonderful fan of the show.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, gosh, really?
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  Speaker 4: I'm sorry to hear that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, she was great. We loved her, and she
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  Speaker 1: loved the show.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, yes, she was.
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  Speaker 1: All right, let's play the game here on that note,
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  Speaker 1: and in honor of our old friend Rachel and Montebello.
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  Speaker 1: The categories are we have Alumni Association and we also
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  Speaker 1: have Leaderboard. And Dave in Houston, you were on the
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  Speaker 1: air first. So which category would you like, Dave?
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  Speaker 3: Alumni Association.
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  Speaker 1: All right, gentlemen, your name is your buzzer. If you
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  Speaker 1: want to answer, you are penalized for incorrect answers. Good luck.
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  Speaker 1: I will tell you the name of the player. Tell
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  Speaker 1: me the college they went to for $ 400. Brock Purdy.
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  Speaker 1: Brock Purdy. Shut up. Yes, Phillip?
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  Speaker 3: Iowa State?
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  Speaker 1: That is correct. Good job by you. Quarterback for the 49ers.
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  Speaker 1: Before that, though, he was a three-time All-Big Ten, or
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  Speaker 1: Big 12 quarterback, rather, at Iowa State, the Cyclones.
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  Speaker 2: $ 600.
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  Speaker 1: Here we go. Your name is your buzzer. I will
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  Speaker 1: tell you the player. Tell me the cause. They went
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  Speaker 1: to Tyler Warren, tight end for the Indianapolis Colts. Second year,
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  Speaker 1: he won the John Mackey Award in 2024. At which
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  Speaker 1: Big Ten college did he go to? Dave, is your
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  Speaker 1: buzzer working, Dave? Oh, I will say, Dave, San Francisco State. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: great Big Ten school, San Francisco State. No, that's incorrect. Phillip, anything, Phillip?
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  Speaker 5: Ohio State?
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  Speaker 1: No, Penn State, Penn State.
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  Speaker 5: All right.
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  Speaker 1: Okay. Ted McMillan, the second-year wide receiver for the Panthers,
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  Speaker 1: 2025 Rookie of the Year in the NFL, was drafted
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  Speaker 1: eighth overall from this now Big 12 college.
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  Speaker 8: Wow. These are too long.
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  Speaker 1: All right. I'm going to end it here. Arizona was
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  Speaker 1: who we were looking for.