00:00It's been bad.
00:00Yeah, it's been really, really mediocre is what it's been.
00:04Well, do you want to rip off a new list?
00:06I mean, will there be a new team at the bottom?
00:10We're there.
00:11I mean, we walked right up to it.
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00:36I don't think we really have a...
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00:50Sixteen.
00:51Get out your standings as a guide.
00:58Dolphins.
00:59Yeah.
00:59Yeah.
00:59Yeah.
00:59I think Dolphins are the pick.
01:03Yeah.
01:04Fifteen.
01:10Jets.
01:11Jets?
01:12Okay.
01:13I was going to say Browns.
01:14I think I like the Jets a little better than the Browns.
01:20You know, they traded Miles Garrett.
01:23Yeah, but what was that getting them?
01:26Like, okay.
01:28Did they have Miles Garrett?
01:29The Browns?
01:30You're telling me they did?
01:33I'll go to Browns here.
01:35I kind of, I like, the Jets are, you know, if Geno's all right, even, the skill guys are
01:45pretty good there.
01:46I can't believe I'm saying this.
01:47I think the...
01:48This is how Pittsburgh ends up being number one, by the way.
01:51Yeah.
01:51This is sort of what I'm doing with the Jets right now.
01:54I think the Browns will be better than the Steelers, and I think the Jets will be better
01:59than the Giants.
02:00But that's not a big position, really, is it?
02:06No, I don't think, no.
02:08But that's what I think.
02:09Okay.
02:09More tonight on ADP chasing.
02:11The Browns being better than who?
02:12Pittsburgh, you said?
02:13Yeah.
02:13Yeah, that would be a development.
02:15Because that's never happened.
02:16Yeah.
02:17That probably requires them to be 500, or, you know, whatever.
02:21Close.
02:22Yep.
02:2314.
02:25Jets.
02:26Sure.
02:26No, no, no problem.
02:28Yep.
02:2913.
02:32I think I got to say Tennessee.
02:33Even though I love Cam Ward.
02:36You love Cam Ward.
02:37And you now own him in some fantasy league.
02:40Yes.
02:41I'm sure it's more than one, but yes.
02:43I drafted him yesterday.
02:45Cam Ward.
02:47People are wondering what happened.
02:51I will say Pittsburgh.
02:57Why not be true to it?
03:01So, the tiebreaker here is Pittsburgh v. Tennessee.
03:06I'll go Pittsburgh.
03:08All right.
03:09Love it.
03:10By law?
03:12Anyone who's going to be doing this job in Mike's stead tomorrow should know.
03:16By law, I have to stay on Tennessee now.
03:20Well, I wonder if you'll be doing another.
03:22Maybe that's a good way to start.
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03:25I mean, what better way to get to know a new co-worker?
03:27Right.
03:28Just run it back.
03:3012.
03:32You guys are okay with Tennessee there?
03:33I think that's probably appropriate.
03:36Okay.
03:3711.
03:39Raiders.
03:41Oh, yeah.
03:42Yeah, they should be mentioned here.
03:4510.
03:45Colts.
03:49Yes.
03:52Nine.
03:53This is easy so far.
03:57Nine.
03:59Nine.
04:01Nine is tough.
04:03Nine is tough.
04:06Pittsburgh's already off the board.
04:08Yes.
04:12The gimme's are all gone.
04:13Yeah.
04:14Aye, aye, aye, aye.
04:17I'm not sure who to say right now.
04:20Chiefs.
04:23I think that's bananas.
04:26I love it.
04:28Let's go with it.
04:28Chiefs.
04:33I mean, who is their second best player on offense?
04:40The running back?
04:41The center's good.
04:42The center?
04:43There it is.
04:44Ask and answered.
04:45Travis Kelsey?
04:46Eight.
04:48Their best player might not even be healthy.
04:50Eight.
04:53I'm going to say Houston.
04:55Ooh.
04:56I was wondering about Houston.
04:57That defense, though, is so good.
05:00Cincinnati.
05:01See, I don't know.
05:03It's like the exact opposite.
05:05That offense is so good.
05:06I feel like Cincinnati is going to be really scary this year.
05:14I like Cincinnati much more than Houston.
05:17Really?
05:18Yes.
05:19I have it in for Houston.
05:20I think that's a bet.
05:23Well, we'll see.
05:24I think that's a bet if you want it.
05:27Who has a better season?
05:31Are they ever going to erase anything that they put up there in the morning?
05:34Will Caleb Williams be benched last year?
05:38Can we just settle these things?
05:40What did we get rid of up there?
05:41Is that the John Clayton bet?
05:42John Clayton.
05:44No.
05:45What was on the...
05:46That's...
05:46There's some smudgy...
05:47Rest in peace.
05:48...stuff up there.
05:49I don't know.
05:49That's Tannehill.
05:50Oh, okay.
05:51All right.
05:51I knew there was something...
05:52The John Clayton dinner bet from 2013, I believe, has been erased.
05:59Yeah.
05:59And that was never paid off.
06:01Right.
06:01In fairness, you know, to the record.
06:03Yeah.
06:04But can we just get these guys to ever look at it and do anything?
06:08I mean, Terry Pagula refers to Sean McDermott as the best coach in the NFL.
06:13Do you think that's going to happen now?
06:14Probably not.
06:15Maybe pay that off and be done.
06:16Erase it.
06:17There's another McDermott bet right below that.
06:20That's right.
06:21Also, the 2026 home opener bet.
06:23Half the board is done.
06:27I'm hanging on with dear life for the Belichick one.
06:30Yeah, that's right.
06:31Cincinnati versus Houston.
06:33All right.
06:33Anyway, I think I'm...
06:36I don't know.
06:36Are you going to continue working here?
06:38I don't want to have to find you.
06:39I need to see how the day goes.
06:40Okay.
06:41Yeah, we could...
06:42So far, it's not great.
06:44But I...
06:44So far, it's been a little rough.
06:46Now I feel self-conscious.
06:51Hesitate.
06:51I'm sweating profusely in here right now.
06:54And that's not because I'm worried about it.
06:56I'm just hot.
06:57It is...
06:58It is...
06:58One of those days again.
06:59It's hot out.
07:00It is hot out.
07:02Anyway...
07:02I say Houston.
07:04You say Cincinnati.
07:05Right.
07:05Zach Jones.
07:06I'm Houston.
07:07Says Houston.
07:08All right.
07:08I would bet a quarter on Houston to have the better record.
07:12Okay.
07:12This year.
07:13Yep.
07:13We have a little bit of space.
07:15You do.
07:15Yeah.
07:15You write that up there.
07:16You have neater...
07:17I'll write it.
07:17Neater write it.
07:18I'll write it when I get a chance.
07:18We signed these cards for our boss.
07:21You mentioned Tim Wenger after all these years.
07:24Yeah.
07:24I showed up as an intern, by the way, in like the summer of 1994 at WBEN.
07:29And Tim Wenger was working in the newsroom.
07:30Like, it's just my whole professional life.
07:32He has been in the building I was working in.
07:35Yeah.
07:35He hired me.
07:36But we signed these cards.
07:38You signed before me, and your handwriting is so...
07:43It's impeccable.
07:45It's very nice.
07:45You have very good handwriting.
07:46Very nice-looking handwriting.
07:48It's legible.
07:49It's, I'd even say, distinctive.
07:51You know what it is?
07:52It's a craft is what it is.
07:54Okay.
07:54My handwriting is pretty.
07:55I will give you that.
07:56Mine is not that.
08:00None of those things is mine.
08:01And I felt intimidated.
08:03I wish I had signed before you.
08:05Wow.
08:06Because I just felt like, I...
08:07Sorry to hear that.
08:07Look at me here.
08:08I don't even...
08:09And plus, like, I have this because I get this nickname on the radio.
08:13Like, I don't know what to write there.
08:15Like, if someone comes up to me at a remote and wants me to sign something, I'm writing Bulldog.
08:20This guy's been, like, in one way, shape, or form my boss for 40 years.
08:25Or 30 years.
08:28I don't want to write Bulldog in there, so I just, I wrote my initials.
08:33Yeah.
08:33Fine.
08:34So, I...
08:36He'll know.
08:36Yeah, I hope so.
08:37I think maybe he'll add up the crappy handwriting and the initials and figure it out.
08:42Like, that's probably Chris.
08:43Anyway.
08:44Where were we?
08:45I doubt it.
08:47Seven.
08:47Cincinnati.
08:52I'm gonna go Chargers.
08:54I will ride with Zach Jones on the Chargers.
08:56I have a drafting partner here in the NASCAR race on the backstretch at Talladega, and I am using it
09:03to pump Cincinnati up.
09:06Talladega.
09:08Forgot that was a place.
09:10Six.
09:13Yeah, I know what you want.
09:16All right, yeah, I'll go Cincinnati here.
09:19Five.
09:19New England.
09:29I'm not sure I want to put them above or below, above, what are we doing?
09:33Above the Bills.
09:34Okay.
09:35I'm going to New England here.
09:37New England.
09:37I guess I'm out.
09:39Four.
09:39I guess I'm kind of on Buffalo.
09:42Buffalo, Denver, Jacksonville, Baltimore are the last four.
09:48One per division.
09:49All right.
09:50I really never, I didn't officially say Buffalo there.
09:53I said I would put, I want to, I think Buffalo's better than Denver, so I won't put Denver here.
09:59Oh, I will not endorse that.
10:02Bills.
10:04I got what I wanted.
10:05Did you see what I did there?
10:06I'm just kidding.
10:08What I wanted is I'm below New England, but, or above.
10:11Yeah, you know, I work here.
10:13You should quit.
10:15I'll go Denver here.
10:17Wow.
10:18What does Denver have to do?
10:20Three.
10:24Bills.
10:28Come on, suddenly you're now the guy, like you're your go Bills guy, after all the times
10:34you talked about how you're worried about this year?
10:37I wanted the Bills below, above, I wanted the Bills at five, and we didn't, and then
10:42I just said Denver, kidding, whatever.
10:46Bills at three?
10:47Bills at three, fine.
10:48Yeah.
10:48Yeah.
10:48We can do this again next week.
10:50We can do it in ten minutes.
10:52You know, if you're here.
10:53Two.
10:53Although you're not, you've got vacations.
10:55Houston, or rather Jacksonville or Baltimore.
10:56Come on, Baltimore.
11:04Yeah, Baltimore.
11:07Jacksonville wins again.
11:08All right.
11:09They've done more winning in this room than anywhere else in their history.
11:13That's, I think, undeniably true.
11:15Yes.
11:15Jacksonville.
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11:23All that history.
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