Zach Gelb is sick of listening to Mike McDaniel talk into a microphone

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Infinity Sports Network radio host, Zach Gelb, joins the show to discuss the Dolphins loss to the Pats and whether or not he sees a path for the Fins to beat the Bills tomorrow.

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00:48Zach Gelb, he can be heard nationally every weekday afternoon on the Infinity Sports Network.

00:54And he comes to us from the WFAN studios in New York City.

01:00You're a big Pats fan, Gelby.

01:03Did you enjoy what you saw on Sunday from the Pats?

01:07Or did it make you a little nervous watching the Dolphins claw their way back into that game?

01:12I thought early on in the first half, I was getting ready to dance on the grave of Solana and Hockman.

01:19And then in the second half, I may or may not, when I was in the pool in Vegas, drinking a lot and watching the game,

01:26I may have had a few tweets in my draft saying the Patriots are just a first half team.

01:32And they were horrible in the second half.

01:33Devon HN, thank you very much.

01:36I'm a big Devon HN guy.

01:37Always have on this show.

01:38I didn't know he was going to step out of bounds like that.

01:41So it works out perfectly.

01:42But actually, guys, I'm a little bit annoyed with you.

01:45Channing, no issues with him.

01:47I know what my relationship is with Channing.

01:49He came on my show a week ago.

01:51He was excellent.

01:52I get it.

01:53Channing and I were not going to be best friends.

01:55When he's in New York, he's not going to hit me up.

01:57But when I'm sitting there interviewing Dana White, and I have Dana White throwing up the U sign,

02:02and I text you three bozos, no response back from Hockman or Solana.

02:08You guys all ghosted me.

02:09But he's been there.

02:11He's been showing up at Cane's games.

02:13Like, he's decked out in Cane's gear.

02:15You didn't have breaking news.

02:16All you were doing was telling us something we already knew.

02:19But still, I got the photo for you.

02:21Here I am, busting my ass.

02:22When you guys don't pay me anything to do this segment, I'm giving you content left and right.

02:26I work harder on this show than Solana does.

02:29And you guys don't even give me a thank you text.

02:31So bleep you two.

02:33I can't say that you work harder than Solana.

02:35Because for the first 20 minutes of the show today, he was fixing wires and jiggling boxes.

02:40Fine.

02:40I show up more on this show than Crowder does.

02:43I'm at least on time for all my segments.

02:46We got a lot of jobs, Gilby.

02:48How many times does Crowder just pop in 10 minutes into my segment?

02:51You know, be quiet, Steve Harvey.

02:54Shut up.

02:54Who cares that you're interviewing him?

02:55You're talking to me.

02:57Crowder could get Steve Harvey to throw up the U.

03:00Shaq to throw up the U.

03:01Kevin Hart to throw up the U.

03:03All the A-list celebrity he's with.

03:05Not him.

03:06He doesn't do anything.

03:07I'm with Gilby.

03:08Yeah.

03:09And screw Billy Napier.

03:11And screw DJ Lagway.

03:12Let's go Miami.

03:14The Cavender twins.

03:15Screw them.

03:16Carson Beck, baby.

03:17Mario Cristobal.

03:19Sid Rosenberg's dear friend, by the way.

03:24Dear friend.

03:25Dear, dear friend.

03:26You a-holes.

03:27You don't respond back to me in a text.

03:29It's disgusting.

03:30It's almost as offensive.

03:31It's almost as offensive as Solana going to Joe's Stone Crab and not even ordering the

03:36Stone Crabs.

03:36Or then when his girlfriend says or his fiancee, hey, you should try it.

03:39He uses a fork and a knife with the Stone Crabs like a stoonod.

03:42I have to see when you texted us that picture because we must.

03:47Yeah, it was Thursday night at 8.15 our time.

03:52Thursday night at 8.15.

03:54That's Thursday night football.

03:56Right.

03:56Yeah, we're watching Thursday night football.

03:58Oh, let's be real, Hawk.

03:59You're not watching Thursday night football.

04:01The only way you're watching is if you have money on it.

04:03So unless if you have a big bet and we haven't heard about it, you're not watching it.

04:07You're probably watching.

04:08You're probably watching Matt Mervis in the single A or something like that.

04:10First of all, by 8.15, I'm still not even close to getting logged into Amazon Prime.

04:15I can't figure out how to get into that thing until at least 8.45.

04:19At 8.15, you're having your 17th avocado toast of the day for crying out loud.

04:24You've been asleep for an hour.

04:25We're 8.15?

04:26Are you kidding me?

04:28Yeah.

04:29Cutting's had a sports strip club at that point, too.

04:33As a Patriots fan.

04:35Yeah.

04:35And I don't get into the they won the game and they lost the game.

04:39But that damn last drive, I came on Monday.

04:42I was embarrassed to cheer for the Dolphins after what they did that last drive.

04:46Is that fireable or is that because who came on and said it was like, that looks like we're headed in the direction of not running a team anymore.

04:55Of a firing.

04:55Yes.

04:56That Mike McDaniel.

04:56Like, I forget who was.

04:58It was yesterday.

04:58Saying that that's the pathway to being fired as a head coach.

05:02The quarterback is complaining after the game that they can't get the right people in.

05:06You're calling timeouts when you need to be running quick plays.

05:10And that.

05:12First, it was Acuno.

05:14No, because Acuno's today.

05:15It wasn't.

05:16Yeah.

05:16It was like.

05:17A pal.

05:17It was a pal.

05:18It was a pal.

05:18First and 10 to now second and 20.

05:21And you're down by six.

05:23Like, what are we doing here?

05:24I'm shocked that you guys didn't win the game.

05:26Like, I know we're having fun here with how that ended when they got the ball back.

05:31And I've been extremely critical of Mike McDaniel.

05:34I've been critical of Tua.

05:36I thought Tyreek was going to be a disaster this year.

05:38And I still think inevitably he'll get traded.

05:40But how they didn't win that game.

05:41Milton Williams was phenomenal.

05:43But still.

05:45For Mike McDaniel, they're going to get slaughtered probably by the Bills.

05:49If they could just keep it like 28-17, it almost feels like it's a victory.

05:53Even if they lose that game.

05:55But the next two games after that, I think you guys play the Jets and the Panthers.

05:58You lose one of those games.

06:00I don't understand how Stephen Ross justifies keeping this coach around.

06:03But Stephen Ross is the same guy that has employed, you know, your general manager,

06:08Chris Greer, for 7,000 years.

06:10So who the heck knows what he's going to do?

06:11Were you impressed by the Patriots, though?

06:13I know you're saying you can't believe the Dolphins didn't win.

06:16And we've talked a lot about the Dolphins.

06:17I think you're in the same boat with us.

06:19Inevitably, Mike McDaniel is going to lose his job.

06:21But are you impressed at all by the Patriots through two weeks?

06:26I mean, finally, their quarterback gets a win.

06:30But who was it?

06:31Ben Volin yesterday that told us that's only the second time where he starts and finishes a game.

06:35And he actually earns a victory.

06:38So I don't know.

06:39Like, the idea that the Patriots with Vrabel were going to be number two in the AFC East,

06:43I'm not feeling too great about that.

06:45I'll say this.

06:46Let's look at what he's working with.

06:49The offensive line is improved, but it's still a problem.

06:52They have some good running backs this year.

06:55But the wide receivers, you still don't have.

06:57I know they have Stephon Diggs, but he's not Stephon Diggs of old.

07:00You still don't have a bona fide number one wide receiver.

07:02Like, I'd be curious to see, even though the Dolphins' offensive line is no good.

07:06If you put Devon Achan, if you put Tyree Kill,

07:10if you put Jalen Waddle with Drake May,

07:13I think that would be a really fun offense to watch.

07:15I like the way that Drake May played in the game.

07:18It may be his best game as a pro.

07:20But last year, he put lipstick on a pig, and he really had nothing to work with.

07:24And he was turning garbage into gold constantly.

07:27I look at Drake May.

07:29I see a little of Josh Allen.

07:31I see a little of Justin Herbert.

07:32I see a little of Matthew Stafford.

07:35But they got to surround him with more talent.

07:38And with that being said, in week one to week two, here was the biggest difference.

07:41Week one, they had a conservative game plan.

07:43They were calling it like Tom Brady was the quarterback.

07:46You now have a mobile quarterback, a dual-threat quarterback, a guy that if everything gets

07:51cooking, you hope he could be a Josh Allen, a Justin Herbert, a Matthew Stafford.

07:55Those types of guys, you got to start calling a more aggressive approach on offense, which

08:01they did to their credit up against the Miami Dolphins.

08:03Am I walking away saying, oh my goodness gracious, this team is great?

08:07Absolutely not.

08:08But I do look at the Patriots as they could still be the second-best team in the AFC East.

08:12And you don't even have to be that good to be the second-best team in the AFC East.

08:15The Jets stink.

08:16Their fans took a moral victory in week one, and they got embarrassed in week two.

08:20Mike McDaniel, he is insufferable at the podium.

08:23And now Tua can't stand his guts.

08:25So the Patriots, if they could just get to seven, eight wins, they'll be the second-best team in the AFC East?

08:30Do you see a pathway tomorrow night for the Dolphins not to be embarrassed?

08:36I'm not even saying winning the game.

08:38I'm saying a pathway to it not being an embarrassing night of primetime football for the Dolphins.

08:46Yeah, two things.

08:48One, short week.

08:49It's divisional game.

08:51Those games could be close.

08:52So that's one.

08:53If I had to give you more of a football perspective, that bill's secondary.

08:57I know Justin Fields was horrible, but that's more so Justin Fields.

09:01We saw the way that the Ravens moved the ball up against them for three-and-a-half quarters.

09:07This got to be a massive Tyree kill to a Tunga by Loa game.

09:12You know, they got to use their speed.

09:13If they use their speed to their advantage and don't turn the ball over early, they could keep it close.

09:19But at the end of the day, as long as Josh Allen is healthy, I just don't see how he doesn't do enough to, at worst-case scenario, squeak by with, like, a 23-20 victory.

09:28And, Gerobe, big picture, NFL all around.

09:30Who's surprising you?

09:31Because I knew the Chargers would be better with hardball.

09:35They look like they can really compete in the AFC.

09:37Who's surprising you right now?

09:38Yeah, Jesse Minter will be a head coach one day.

09:41They're a defensive coordinator.

09:42For them, it's all about getting wins now because eventually the Chiefs will get things going.

09:47It's going to sound like a lame answer, but it's the Packers.

09:50Like, I knew the Packers were going to be good.

09:52We knew the Packers were going to be good before they got Micah Parsons.

09:55But now it feels like the Packers are maybe the best team in the NFL and a legitimate Super Bowl contender.

10:02And you look at what they were able to do in their first two weeks.

10:05They smothered the Lions, and then they did a very nice job up against the Commanders.

10:09The Lions were the one seed last year in the NFC, and the Commanders were in the NFC championship game.

10:13So if I'm a Packers fan, I would be very, very, very happy.

10:16I think the surprise parts are more on the negatives.

10:19Like, you look at the Kansas City Chiefs being 0-2, extremely disappointing.

10:24The Bengals, ironically, they're 2-0, but now Joe Burrow's going to be out for 12 weeks.

10:29So there's disappointment there with the Burrow injury, and we'll see if Jaden Daniels plays this week.

10:35I know he's iffy right now, they said.

10:37But if you had to redraft the quarterbacks from the Burrow to Herbert Hurts draft, who are you taking first overall?

10:45Who are you taking second, third, and so on?

10:47Because, obviously, you know, it was Joe Burrow at the time, but another injury.

10:53And with the way Herbert's playing, I know Burrow's been to the Super Bowl, Gal,

10:56but I do think there's an argument right now that if you had to redraft and look at longevity and everything,

11:02Hurts and Herbert might be one or two.

11:05Why is Tua not part of this equation?

11:07He seems to be more durable this season than most NFL quarterbacks.

11:10Oh, no, he is part of the equation.

11:12He's last.

11:12The YouTube comments are going to be killing you on that one.

11:16If we were doing that draft over again, I would go Burrow still 1, even though it's starting to look a little Andrew Luck-like,

11:24and he's getting hit as much as David Carr, but I would still go Burrow 1.

11:27He took the Bengals to the frickin' Super Bowl for crying out loud.

11:30I then would have to give the slight edge to Jalen Hurts, too, just because of the clutch gene.

11:35Now you have to build the right team around him, but he's outplayed Mahomes now twice in a Super Bowl.

11:40Herbert would then be 3, and if you put Herbert 2 and Hurts 3, I wouldn't crush you for it in this conversation for the draft.

11:47And then 4th would be Tua Tungavailoa.

11:49Jordan Love, I think, was that draft 2, right?

11:52Oh, yeah.

11:53Second round?

11:54No, first round.

11:55They traded back up to go get him.

11:56That's when Aaron Rodgers put the four fingers in the scotch.

11:58I would put Jordan Love in front of Tua, too.

12:01Oh, boy.

12:02I can't even argue with that.

12:04I wish I could.

12:06Let me tell you, my favorite part of Channing Crowder's appearance on my show was he goes,

12:13Gelby, I hate to say this because you're going to clip it and you're going to use it against me,

12:16but you were right on Mike McDaniel.

12:18You were right on Tua Tungavailoa.

12:20And Crowder, you bet your ass I clipped that.

12:23Let me ask you something real quick because I asked this of someone yesterday.

12:26Mike McDaniel, let's say he doesn't make it through the season or makes it through the season and then gets fired after that.

12:32Is he a head coaching candidate moving forward for teams who are in need of a head coach?

12:38So he hasn't been miserable.

12:39Like, they have made the playoffs twice under Mike McDaniel.

12:43But hearing him speak, I don't know how he even got the job.

12:47Like, that dude at the podium, guys could talk themselves out of future jobs.

12:52To me, moving forward, he's an offensive coordinator.

12:56You know, maybe he wants to get involved in the college game.

12:59I think that could be interesting.

13:01But I don't think he's NFL head coaching material.

13:03I've said this two years ago.

13:04I'll say it again.

13:05I got the coaching ick with Mike McDaniel.

13:07You know who I have the coaching ick now with?

13:09Ben Johnson.

13:10And that was before the start of the season.

13:12What he said about Matt LaFleur, win a game first before you start talking crap about Matt LaFleur.

13:16Your offense can't do much.

13:18You're criticizing the tush push, saying it's not an explosive play.

13:21You're the Bears.

13:21You never had a 4,000-yard passer in your franchise's history.

13:24You take a first down.

13:25You take a touchdown, even if it comes the way of the tush push.

13:28And then the most egregious one, I'm a Michigan guy.

13:30I like Colston Loveland.

13:32But he's nowhere close to the player that Tyler Warren is.

13:35How the heck did they not draft Tyler Warren in front of Colston Loveland?

13:38So Ben Johnson, sorry, Hawk, I know I'm going after you today, killing the Dolphins and killing your Bears.

13:44But geez, Louise.

13:45No, you can't not believe in Ben Johnson after two games.

13:47You can start to not believe in Caleb Williams, but you can't not believe in Ben Johnson.

13:51I'm just saying, maybe he goes on to be a good coach.

13:55I had the ick with him.

13:56I've had the ick with him before the season even started.

13:58You were right on Mike McDaniel.

13:59He did have the ick on Mike McDaniel.

14:01I've only given the ick out to one other coach.

14:04That was Mike McDaniel.

14:05Now we're trying it with Ben Johnson.

14:07We'll see how that works in a year or two when I still work for you guys and not get paid a single dime to do the segment.

14:11Okay.

14:12Well, Eber Flus and Ben Johnson, who you have the ick with, Caleb Williams with a Sean McVay.

14:18Like, could Caleb still be good?

14:19Because we see the talent.

14:20He looks bad in games.

14:23You know what it is?

14:24Some guys are just not made to be an alpha and a leader.

14:28This kid has talent.

14:29He's elusive.

14:30I just don't know if he galvanizes that locker room.

14:33And when things don't go right and quarterbacks, especially young quarterbacks, you have to overcome adversity.

14:39In week one, I know it was terrible in week two for J.J. McCarthy, but J.J. McCarthy embarrassed himself and then somehow won NFC Offensive Player of the Week.