00:00Hey, good. How you doing?
00:01Good. What's on your mind, pal?
00:03I was just going to give you guys a little help with the criminal tools.
00:07Yes. What does that mean exactly?
00:09So, okay, I was an ex-police officer, and it could be a variety of things.
00:14Basically, anything that is used in the commission of a crime that could aid, assist, or be used in it.
00:21Similar to, like, burglary tools, you know, in the commission of a B&E.
00:26So, basically, this guy here, this billionaire we got that spent $140 on Flamin' Young,
00:32he probably used a cell phone and did some negotiation, so his cell phone could have been a criminal tool.
00:40Got it. So, it's just anything that goes along with it.
00:43All right. I appreciate it, Nick.
00:45So, not what I thought, Nick. Okay.
00:47Yeah, and then also, can I make one comment?
00:49Yeah.
00:51On the whole preseason.
00:54Yes, please.
00:54I don't get it, man.
00:55I don't get it.
00:56I had a buddy of mine say, hey, man, you know, I'm doing, like, this trifecta thing.
01:00I'm betting on all these preseason games.
01:02If I hit, it's going to pay out.
01:04I'm like, dude, this ain't real.
01:06Like, the Lions ain't the Lions.
01:08None of these teams, this is tryouts.
01:10This isn't, what are you doing?
01:12And, Nick, here's the other part, and like I said, our station's good that all our shows are different, and
01:18that's fine.
01:19But, like, ask a former player they don't even want to be in these games.
01:24How on earth am I supposed to talk to my audience about this like any of it matters?
01:28It doesn't.
01:29It doesn't.
01:30I don't mean to call anybody stupid or ignorant.
01:32I mean, you like what you like.
01:33You do what you do.
01:34You know, everybody's got their thing.
01:35But to treat this as something that even has any type of relevance whatsoever is just pretty much ridiculous.
01:41And, Nick, I'm with you.
01:42And, again, I say this, and I mean it out of love.
01:45Cookies is one of the smartest guys I know when it comes to sports.
01:48Now, you don't have to agree with his takes, but he's smart.
01:51He brings reasons.
01:52He cares.
01:52For Jim to say he watched a preseason game twice, he's one step from Jed York.
01:58You're a complete idiot.
01:59You're one step from finding yourself in an East Palestinian trailer park.
02:03You're out of your mind.
02:03Bro, when he said that, I'm like, it's going to be a long season of pregame shows.
02:09If you're already doing the deep dive on preseason game number two, when all your starters are pretty much sitting
02:17on the sideline.
02:19Okay.
02:19Let's go to Mike.
02:20He's on a cell, 97.1.
02:22Mike, how you doing, buddy?
02:23Hey, what's up, man?
02:25So, you know how you guys talk about the NFL extending the game.
02:30So, now we're playing 17, sooner it'll be 18, then 19.
02:34So, I think right now, yes, right now the preseason does not matter.
02:39But I think they're going to get rid of the preseason games and they're just going to be regular games.
02:45So, then there will be no preseason.
02:47And, you know, Super Bowl is going to be like in the middle of March and they're just going to
02:52keep extending it and extending it.
02:54Because, you know, we got, well, we got kickoff on Wednesday.
02:56We got Thursday games.
02:58We have games every single day of the week.
03:00I love football, but at times it does get too much.
03:03So, yeah, I agree.
03:05Preseason right now doesn't matter.
03:07But I think over time it's going to matter because, like you guys say, greed.
03:13So, they're just going to keep extending it because people keep buying in and paying attention.
03:18I think you're, Mike, listen, I think you're more close to being right than not.
03:22I think the NFL's ultimate goal is to continue furthering the bridge between the end of the season and the
03:29opening of free agency.
03:30The end of the season and the draft and that connectivity of taking it essentially through spring.
03:37I mean, this year, Mike, this year, the game is going to be President's Day weekend.
03:43Yeah.
03:44And then, you know, Rico, real quick, do you think I can get my basement done for 140?
03:51Yeah, you talked to the wrong person.
03:54Jed York's remodeling, huh?
03:56I'll tell you.
03:57Yeah, they're not offering a Jed York deal.
03:59My goodness.
03:59But, no, Mike, look, I don't think you're wrong.
04:03You know, I know Mike Florio floated it late last week after we had done our thing with the NFL
04:08Europe stuff.
04:09You know, he believes the NFL's future is 40 teams and 20 games.
04:12Do the mathematics.
04:14That's taking you from late August through the month of March.
04:17Well, you knew they were going to hit 20 games once they hit 17 and now week 18.
04:22Like, yeah, just go ahead.
04:23Just, it's like college football.
04:25Just go ahead and make the number what you really want it to be and quit to solve this Fugazi
04:30stuff.
04:31Just be a man.
04:32Let's go to Jake, 97.1.
04:33Jake, how you doing, buddy?
04:35Not too bad.
04:36How about yourself?
04:36Go ahead, Jake.
04:37No complaints, pal.
04:38What's on your mind?
04:40So, my take on preseason is the only people it really matters to are the guys trying to make the
04:45team.
04:46I watch a little bit, not very much, maybe a quarter if the starters play, but you're not seeing anything.
04:55What are you breaking down?
04:56Everything's vanilla.
04:57So, Jake, I want to ask it again.
04:59Again, the other two shows in the prime day parts on this station are obsessed with preseason, and we completely
05:05ignore it.
05:06So, are we doing it wrong, or are we doing it right?
05:10I mean, personally, I think you're doing it right.
05:12You guys touch on important issues.
05:14You know, like you said, rake straw hurt.
05:16You talked about that.
05:18Sure.
05:18You talked about good track.
05:19When there's something that could present material impact or material change on the season, and it happens in preseason, all
05:29over it.
05:30This idea of breaking these games down, that's as bad as the free press Tigers piece on Friday.
05:37Come on, man.
05:39You didn't like that?
05:40Yeah, I didn't.
05:40I did not.
05:42I heard him talk about Blake Miller, and yeah, okay, he looks all right, I guess.
05:48But, like, you know, they're not running any stunts.
05:50They're not leaving him out on an island by himself to go up against these top rushers that he's going
05:55to go up against in the season.
05:56None of it's real at all.
05:58It's not a shot at Blake Miller either.
06:00The bottom line is whether Miller looked bad or good in preseason, my response is the same.
06:05It just doesn't change.
06:08Nope.
06:08Week one, you know, after a few weeks into the season, you'll know if Blake Miller's going to be good
06:14or not.
06:14Sure.
06:14By the bye week, you'll know whether you've got a right tackle or not.
06:17And at that point, I don't want to hear about bad teams.
06:20He's a rookie.
06:21So, yeah, let's say Arizona's bad.
06:23Let's say Arizona, on paper, the reality plays out.
06:27Or the Saints, no Kamara, no Tyson, injuries.
06:31Okay, let's say you play a couple of these teams and they end up being bad.
06:34When you're a rookie and you're playing something like offensive line or quarterback or, man, I don't want to hear
06:40about good and bad.
06:41It is about can you stabilize at the NFL level.
06:44Now, veteran stuff, team goals, all that, that's different.
06:48That's where I wait.
06:50Yeah, how quickly can you get to the NFL speed?
06:53And this isn't correction.
06:54So, yes.
06:55David, Tex, uh-oh.
06:56What did Paul make a funny back there?
06:58You're both cracking up.
06:59What's going on?
07:00He did.
07:00There was news that the Patriots are trading Kayshawn Booty to the Texans for safety.
07:05And then Paul says,
07:06I bet Jed York wishes he realized he could trade for booty.
07:11You don't end up in jail.
07:14Very fair.
07:16The jokes write themselves.
07:17You know what?
07:18That was probably the one guy he could not make the trade for today.
07:22No.
07:22He just could.
07:23Even if they said, no, seriously, you can have him.
07:26York wants booty.
07:27Nope.
07:28Can't do it.
07:29York gets booty.
07:31They do the press conference at the trailer park in East Palestine.
07:36Patriots backdrop.
07:38All right.
07:38David, Tex.
07:39All right, Tex.
07:40You get the first question.
07:42Tex coming in.
07:43Says, I do want football content 24-7.
07:46It's not about the scheme.
07:48It's who looked good, who looked bad, and maybe who's been surprisingly good or bad.
07:54But if the players that are surprisingly good or bad aren't on the team, then why?
07:59Do you care?
08:00If everybody were playing, okay, it would be an apples to apples, but it's really not.
08:08Do you realize the Lions who went winless and were the worst team in NFL history were undefeated in the
08:12preseason?
08:14Like, you do understand that kind of ends the argument of these games meaning anything.
08:17Or the results having any impact.
08:20It's just none of it matters.
08:22Ron Dane lit it up in the preseason.
08:24He was horrible for the Giants.
08:26Like, you just, you got to stop.
08:28Right, the fact that you're having a Josh Dobbs versus Luke Altmyer debate?
08:33I am not.
08:34Guys, if either one of these two are playing more than two games this season,
08:39your season's probably over.
08:40It's over.
08:41David.
08:42A Westin of Thumb has a theory.
08:43He says, Mike Enrico, it's just Tigers fatigue and the utter lack of anything tangible coming out of the wings
08:49or the Pistons.
08:50So, I'd honestly rather listen to empty preseason football calories than beat those dead horses.
08:56Yeah, but the difference is when we bring up these other things, it's when something is happening.
09:00For instance, if we bring up the wings today, it's because Mo Sider spoke.
09:04When we brought up the Pistons last week, it was because of a Jalen Duren report with audio.
09:11You know, if it's the Tigers, it is when something happens.
09:16Like, you know, getting stuffed into a suitcase and thrown over Niagara Falls by the Royals.
09:22Like, those things.
09:23The first place, Kansas City.
09:24No, they are not.
09:26The wild card, Kansas City.
09:28You know what?
09:30I'm going to give you an hour to get the rust off from vacation.
09:35Go ahead.
09:36One more and I'll get to business.
09:37Yeah, it says, breaking down glorified practice is dumb.
09:40Let's talk week zero college ball, maybe.
09:43No.
09:45Who's even playing?
09:47What is the week zero slate?
09:49I think NC State plays Virginia.
09:51That's a conference game.
09:52They do play UVA.
09:54Yes.
09:54It's like two good games week zero.
09:57That one and something else.
09:58You got North Carolina, TCU, and Ireland.
10:00Okay.
10:01There he is.
10:01That makes no sense.
10:03But Belichick, cross-continental, or what do you call it?
10:06You know, international flight, sad.
10:08I might be able to watch that.
10:09I actually think UNC is going to be a complete disaster.
10:12Especially with that bum ex-Turpin quarterback, Billy, oh, whatever.
10:18Billy Ballbeck, whatever.
10:19He's terrible.
10:21North Carolina, honestly, that's got three and nine written on it.
10:24Bigger disaster, North Carolina, Colorado.
10:27I'd say North Carolina.
10:29Because Colorado at least has Julian Lewis.
10:32You get a level of pedigree, talent, upside at the quarterback position.
10:36North Carolina has nothing.
10:38Billy Edwards is terrible.
10:41Terrible.
10:43Listen.
10:44Low bar to clear, Holmes.
10:46Like, Colorado might get to five.
10:49I don't know if UNC gets to four.
10:50When Julian's saying, read defense.
10:53Okay, it's not ideal.
10:54You gave me a Sophie's Choice.
10:56Okay.
10:57Okay.
10:57Okay.
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