00:02Hit the music, David.
00:08What do you want to know?
00:10What can I do for you?
00:11Yes, we are a day away from the first preseason game.
00:14Training camp's been going on for two weeks now.
00:17So I wanted to go through some news and notes on some things.
00:20Get your idea on some things.
00:22First, let's start in Washington.
00:24Larry McTunzel is going to miss significant time with a torn bicep.
00:28So what impact does this have on the commanders and maybe more importantly, the NFC East race?
00:34Should I approach this like an adult or a Lions fan?
00:37Which?
00:38You know what?
00:39I'll be the adult.
00:40You can be the Lions fan.
00:41I'm going to be the Lions fan.
00:42I'll do what some of the shows on this station do.
00:44That's no big deal.
00:45Next man up.
00:46We got Bobby Ciccione backing him up.
00:48It'll be all good.
00:50If you think about it, they're actually better.
00:51Yeah.
00:52Ciccione gets to have experience while one of the best left tackles of the last decade is dead.
00:57The backup is actually better because he's going to be out of position.
01:00No, you're supposed to be the adult, right?
01:02We've got Larry Borum.
01:04Here's the thing.
01:05It's going to hurt Washington tremendously.
01:07How dare you, hater?
01:09That's it.
01:09Cancel the season.
01:10Jaden Daniels coming back from an injury needs all the protection that he can get, and he's not there.
01:18I think they're in trouble, and I'm sorry.
01:20I don't see it with Philadelphia.
01:22I truly think this is Dallas' division, and maybe the Giants are the wild card.
01:26The wild card of could be good, could also just be ass again.
01:31And that's what I was really asking about the commanders.
01:33Can they still fight for the wild card?
01:34I'm saying no to it.
01:36I don't buy it.
01:37But see, I'm still buying Philadelphia because I think it's addition by subtraction.
01:40AJ gone.
01:41Team gets better.
01:43Let's move over to the NFC North because we did talk about this yesterday, but I want to know what
01:48this does for them because Kyler Murray is named the starter in Minnesota.
01:51Does this put them in the driver's seat to now win the NFC North?
01:55Well, I just wanted to start out by saying my heart goes out to J.J. for enduring this tragedy.
02:01Regards, Rich Eisen.
02:02Yes.
02:03Yeah, I think they had to bring in someone.
02:07They knew J.J. was terrible.
02:09Kyler Murray, Kevin O'Connell.
02:11It'll be one of the storylines of the year.
02:13Can O'Connell bring the best out of them?
02:16They have a win-now roster.
02:18Yeah, it makes them better.
02:19And they weren't terrible last year.
02:21Can we remind everybody?
02:22They didn't go 4-13 last year, and they played 17 different quarterbacks right there.
02:27They had all the pieces in place that I think if they were able to get like a high draft
02:33pick, that guy could have walked right in here and still he would have took the job from J.J.
02:37I think, David, they will be better.
02:39The fact that Kyler's going to get all the reps in the preseason, we're not going to do this dual
02:45quarterback thing like they're doing in Cleveland.
02:47No, no, no.
02:48You're our guy.
02:49First team reps.
02:50Let's hit the ground running.
02:51Let's try to win this division.
02:52So I'm glad you mentioned Cleveland because are they really doing a QB competition?
02:57All we see nationally, they're talking about it, Watson versus Shador Sanders.
03:02But is it really a debate or a competition or is it Watson's job by default?
03:08I think it's Watson's job by default.
03:10I do think that the money does play a part in this where, man, we're paying him a whole hell
03:16of a lot of money.
03:17We haven't gotten any return on this investment.
03:20Bryce, is that you?
03:23So, yes, they're going to play him knowing that he's got experience and just hope that he can shake off
03:31the rust for not playing from, like, two seasons.
03:34I don't know.
03:35He seems baked.
03:36Plus, his shoulder looks like it's just toast.
03:39Whatever, man.
03:40I don't care.
03:41Cleveland's irrelevant to me.
03:43We'll see when you open your new stadium in 2029.
03:45Are you still Lions fan right now?
03:47No.
03:47Okay.
03:48No.
03:49Oh, you want me to approach the Brown situation like a Lions fan?
03:52Yeah.
03:53Well, we got two awesome options.
03:54That's better than one.
03:59Oh, my gosh.
04:00Let's move over.
04:01This town is incorrigible.
04:03Move over to a team in the NFC South here because Vita Vea, he's continuing his holding and looking for
04:11a new contract.
04:12That's my question, though.
04:13He's 31.
04:14Yeah.
04:14Very impactful player.
04:16I found this crazy when I looked it up.
04:18He's never made an all-pro team his entire career.
04:21So, what do you do with him if you are running the Bucs?
04:25You let him pout.
04:25I'm not paying him deep into his 30s.
04:28I mean, he's a very nice player, but what am I going to do?
04:31What am I going to do?
04:32Give you a Quinn and Williams deal?
04:33Is that what you want?
04:34Because I'm not doing it.
04:36Quinn and Williams is an all-pro.
04:37Quinn and Williams is about six years younger than you.
04:40It's just a different thing.
04:42I'm not doing it.
04:43So, basically, Alex Anzalone him.
04:46Yeah.
04:47Dude, we'll pay you, but it won't be what you think.
04:50Look, I'll get you a gift certificate to Burns, but you're going to show up to camp if you like
04:55making money.
04:57So, Travis Kelsey spoke to the media, spoke about a lot of things, his off-season, his wedding, all this
05:03stuff.
05:03But he's quoted as saying, I can still play at a high level.
05:08Can you?
05:09Okay, I'm going to say this.
05:14When you have to tell people you can play at a high level.
05:18There it is.
05:18You can't play at a high level because if you can, they already know that.
05:23They won't say anything.
05:24They're just like, wow, he's still getting it done.
05:27But, no, no, no.
05:28Hey, guys, remember me?
05:29I used to be good.
05:31I'm still good.
05:31Throw me the ball.
05:32Watch me catch it.
05:33He's terrible.
05:34He was done last year.
05:35He's toast.
05:37He's toast.
05:37If I were the Chiefs, I wouldn't even want him around.
05:39I know politically why they have to have him around.
05:42Mahomes, the whole bit.
05:43Bottom line, guy can't play anymore.
05:45Toast.
05:47This next question here is for Paul because he dealt with for years this quarterback down in Miami.
05:53Uh-oh.
05:53So, Tua has been named the starter for Friday's first preseason game.
05:57Should he be the starter in Atlanta?
06:00I mean, right now, Penix is hurt still.
06:03So, he's coming back from injury, trying to work his way back into being a guy that could even compete
06:07for the job.
06:09But you can't.
06:10They don't have a choice.
06:10You can't.
06:11You don't really have a choice.
06:12And you can't also expect Tua to play more than half the season because of injury issues.
06:19It's a bad situation.
06:20But, again, what options they got?
06:23They don't have any.
06:24They have weapons.
06:25And if Tua's provided a clean pocket and some time, he can make good anticipatory throws.
06:32But I'm with Paul.
06:33I mean, he just can't stay healthy.
06:35He lacks confidence.
06:36It really went south in Miami.
06:39But Rico's guy, basically Penix and Kirby Joseph should get together and see if they could scrape enough cartilage to
06:45put one healthy knee on the field.
06:47I don't know.
06:49I wish I could fight you on that, but I really can't.
06:52So, yeah, his best days may have been at Washington.
06:56Yeah, I think so.
06:57So, let's get to this here.
06:59As the music you hear, that is CBS on NFL.
07:03J.J. Watt has been named the replacement for Tony Romo for the number one team there for CBS.
07:10CBS did release some quotes recently on Tony Romo saying it's an evolving situation.
07:17And we are still assessing.
07:19Then they continue saying there's no timetable or final decision at this time.
07:24Do you know their problem?
07:25Their problem's going to be every time this guy sounds like a space cadet on the air, people are going
07:30to assume he was drunk.
07:31I mean, hell, don't tell me you've been watching the games for years and haven't thought Tony was having some
07:36fun with something.
07:41It's like, dude, what are you on?
07:43Seriously, that's not Gatorade.
07:44What's going on?
07:45So, I don't care.
07:46The problem, J.J. Watt is the equivalent of one of these home robots that washes your dishes that they're
07:52starting to invent.
07:53J.J. Watt is the personality of a brick.
07:55What is it they just can't find somebody with an effing personality to go on TV, have a little fun,
08:01maybe make a fart joke, and then break down a play?
08:04John Madden didn't cure cancer.
08:06He was just entertaining.
08:08What is this?
08:09Or maybe Watt is just good enough to be a seat holder, just so we all forget about Romo, and
08:15then we'll beg for Romo to come back.
08:17He's like a bad AI creation.
08:20Him, Matt, Ryan, none of these guys have a personality.
08:23Right, that's what I'm saying.
08:24So, it's like, let's put him out there, and then maybe people will be like, you know what?
08:28He's too sterile.
08:29Bring back Romo.
08:31See, I don't know.
08:32My question was going to be if we ever see him again.
08:33Okay, bring back Romo?
08:34I don't know.
08:35Anyone who ever tells me, bring back Romo, I want you to go rewatch Bills, Jags, and the playoffs.
08:40Tell me what you see and hear.
08:42One of the singular worst broadcasts I've ever heard.
08:47I think Nance wanted to shank him, like a scene from Oz.
08:51He had had enough.
08:54He didn't even know what he was saying.
08:57Where'd the music go?
08:58Shout out for you.
08:59Oz, great show, way ahead of its time.
09:02It was.
09:03It was.
09:05Then they all went on to do insurance commercials.
09:08Also true.
09:09Yeah, you're exactly right.
09:11Mayhem, yeah, they're all there.
09:13So we always have a list of coaches, hot seat, make or break it years, all this stuff.
09:18I just have two coaches here.
09:19Which seat is hotter?
09:21Shane Steichen for the Colts, Zach Taylor for the Bengals.
09:26Taylor.
09:27I think the fate of Joe Burrow in Cincinnati hangs in the balance this year.
09:30If it goes poorly, he's going to ask out and be the Jets quarterback in 27.
09:34Heard it here first.
09:35Whiteboard.
09:35Okay.
09:36I'll put it up there.
09:39Steichen.
09:40He's sitting here going,
09:41Is the real Sauce Gardner going to show up?
09:44What the hell was that this weekend?
09:45I saw those videos.
09:46Oh, boy.
09:47And Sauce came back and said,
09:49You guys got all worked up.
09:50It was one video.
09:52And that's it.
09:53You know, it was an eight-yard route.
09:55Right, but what did we not see?
09:56What other things are out there?
09:57And I guess the other reporters were like,
09:59No, he actually had a good day against AJ,
10:01but they showed the one where he got beat.
10:03And, you know, in this world, you do one thing,
10:07and people will, they'll just trumpet it around.
10:10I would say,
10:13See, I don't know, Mike,
10:14because I think with the fact that Burrow is being injured,
10:17if he gets injured again,
10:18I think that's another kicking of the can.
10:20I would say,
10:20I would go with Steichen and the Colts,
10:22because you paid the money to the running back.
10:25You got Daniel Jones there.
10:28Basically, you went all in with Sauce.
10:31You have to win right now,
10:34because you traded away picks,
10:36and there's really no future for you.
10:38If this thing doesn't work.
10:39I'll meet you in the middle.
10:40David, they're both F'd.
10:42Next.
10:43You know, I just wonder if Ursa's daughter
10:45just wants to make an impact,
10:46and if they don't do well,
10:47she's going to make her impact and fire the coach.
10:49So that's all I brought it up for.
10:51Will she have the clipboard on the sideline?
10:53Oh, dear God.
10:53Here we go.
10:54All right, that is your NFL blitz.
10:56Here we go.
10:5797-1.
10:58That's factual.
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