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Donate today at your local CSL plasma center and be rewarded for your generosity. What a wondrous variety on this edition of the show, and really this week we've incorporated hoops and hockey, of course, the playoffs, football, baseball. We've talked some WNBA earlier to start the week. We've gone deep on suspension in the NHL. We've done a Chubby Bunny World Championship. We've had multiple versions of QB news. We've had a whole lot of fun, and now we introduce something even newer, but newer than Chubby Bunny.
There's been four of those. This is the first time that we'll welcome a guest on the show who can kind of help us pick through the ever-changing, rapidly changing world of media and technology, and how it applies to sports, and how it applies to TV viewership. And for those of us who enjoy watching our TV, this doesn't even simply apply to sports because the migration to scream, screaming, streaming, streaming makes you want to scream. The migration to screaming, actually I kind of feel like that, that would be appropriate. The migration to screaming as you're streaming, I'm an idiot.
At least I'm not the only one. It actually is something that sports fans, but Americans are dealing with on a daily basis. So we're glad, we're glad to be able to get some insider intel here, and I'm excited to introduce Matthew Keyes who joins us from Sacramento here in After Hours with Amy Lawrence, CBS Sports Radio. His website is thedesk.net. He focuses on media and tech and broadcasting and how that all works when it comes to the business side, so you can see it from both the league's perspective as well as from our perspective. Matthew, thank you so much for joining us for the first time. Let's start with something easy, shall we?
You write for a living. What are a few overarching words, umbrella words maybe, that you would use to describe the industry right now, whether we're talking about sports or whether we're talking about any other genre as we see this migration to streaming in 2023? In a few words, I would say, you know, there's a lot of options, right?
So you have tons of options, tons of variety. The sports production on television is top notch. This is some of the best time to watch sports on TV, but also very expensive. Agreed, and I think more and more sports fans are figuring out that leagues are going for the streaming services because that's where they can tap into this brand new revenue stream. The latest for football fans is Peacock, putting not just one regular season game, but a playoff game on a streaming service.
What's your reaction to Amazon Prime and YouTube TV and now Peacock being part of the NFL season, the broadcast season? Two things to that, which number one, we're still in really an experimental phase with this shift from traditional television, broadcast, cable and satellite over to streaming. The fact of the matter is the overwhelming amount of sports on television in the top four sports domestically, which is football, basketball, baseball and hockey are still on broadcasting cable television because that is where most of the money is being made for these media companies. But these media companies, they see the writing on the wall. They know that consumers are moving towards streaming. The amount of customers that are paying for cable and satellite today are fewer than they were a year ago, two years ago, three years ago, and that's a trend that's continuing. So they know that people are moving over towards streaming.
They're not quite ready to go all in yet. So what you have is number two, a very fractured sports broadcast landscape where you have the majority of, let's take football for example, you've got the majority of football games still on broadcasting cable television. Monday night football is still on ESPN, right? But you now have Thursday night games, exclusive to Amazon, which are traditionally the lowest rated games out of the week. So that's not a huge shift for the NFL. It's not a big risk to put those games on Amazon, but then you also have Comcast coming out and saying, let's put an NFC wildcard game on Peacock, right?
But just the one, and let's just see how this works. They're not ready to jump in the pool because they're worried the water's going to be cold, but they know eventually they're going to have to get in and swim. So they're starting to dip their toes in. What do you make of YouTube TV grabbing NFL Sunday ticket? That's a big deal. It's a huge deal. I am a YouTube TV subscriber, so I am all in on them getting Sunday ticket.
I have pre-ordered my Sunday ticket with red zone and I am ready for this upcoming football season. They know, right? The professional sports leagues know that streaming is going to be the platform where people consume the most professional sports eventually. And what they've seen is as people are leaving satellite television, right? Because it was exclusive to satellite television for over a decade.
Well, suddenly you don't have that core audience there anymore. And Sunday ticket is not a big driver for satellite television. So where are those audiences moving to? Well, they're moving to streaming.
And who's willing to pay the most amount of money? Well, Google said, we'll throw $2 billion at that problem and we'll put it on YouTube TV for $350 a season. But we'll also let people subscribe to Sunday ticket without YouTube TV. You can get Sunday ticket without a YouTube TV subscription. It's in the YouTube app through prime time channels, which is a new feature that they have.
And it's a hundred bucks more, right? So they know that that is where things are moving towards. And Google has built a track record of being very successful with YouTube as a streaming product. YouTube TV is now the most dominant streaming cable replacement in America. So they're very well positioned to capitalize on the streaming shift and also to be a really good partner for the NFL, not only in generating money for them, but also in reaching new audiences, right? Cause younger audiences, they tend to gravitate more towards streaming than they do cable and satellite. So it's a win-win proposition for both of them.
Is it a win for consumers? Well, now all of a sudden you have to subscribe to prime video to watch Thursday football. You have to subscribe to YouTube TV, if you want to also get the Sunday ticket at the best deal, right?
And also red zone. You have to be able to get access to your local CBS and or Fox station to watch your team and ESPN to watch your local team on Monday nights. And that cost really adds up. So we're looking at it costing more than what a traditional cable or satellite subscription would have cost five years ago, just to stay on top of that one sport. Just during these NBA conference finals, we've had issues with some of the quality and some of the buffering with YouTube TV. And I know it's not the only app where it happens. Is that a concern when more and more sports are moving to streaming services?
It is in two ways. It's a concern for people like you and me who like to follow sports and much of your listening audience also, right? Because if you're throwing money at YouTube TV, right, it's $73 a month. You expect that to work without any flaws, especially when YouTube TV is sponsoring the NBA finals and the NBA conference finals. So that was kind of an embarrassment for them. Are they the only ones that have suffered this issue?
The answer is no. And that leads me into point two, which is businesses that are offering those games live to their patrons, think bars, restaurants, hotels, right? The infrastructure to provide those games, the internet infrastructure often isn't the most reliable in restaurants.
And also you have to make those games available on multiple screens. So if you're a business, you're going, well, we're not quite ready to make the transition over to streaming. So what you've had is one of these major satellite companies come in and say, we'll provide those games specifically for businesses, anything from Apple TV's baseball games to the NFL Sunday ticket deal that was just announced today.
So if you're a business, you're still relying on satellite for a few more years, well, all of that streaming stuff is figured out. There is a lot of information which is why we're really excited to welcome Matthew Keyes to the show for the first time. He is an award-winning journalist who covers media and tech, as you can hear, and the business side of what we just take for granted sometimes with games on TV or now streaming.
His website is thedesk.net. We're just so excited to pick his brain. It's After Hours with Amy Lawrence here on CBS Sports Radio. If a sports fan wants to access all of the various platforms, including cable, where games are broadcast, what kind of money are we talking about, Matthew?
So let's just take this upcoming football season as an example. Best product you can get if you want to watch football is YouTube TV because they have access to all of your local ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox affiliates in the stations across the country, right? So you know you're going to be able to get those games. NFL Sunday ticket, they have that too. 350 bucks a pop or 390 if you want red zone. Then you also have to add Amazon Prime Video on there for Thursday night and Peacock for that NFC wildcard game.
And you know, maybe you want to watch the after show Sunday night. So I did the math right before we jumped on the phone. And the average cost per month to follow football, with all of that taken into account this upcoming season, 150 bucks a month. It goes up to $160 a month if you add red zone through YouTube TV. That's just to follow that one sport, not counting the other ones. So you could imagine if you have multiple sports teams that you like to follow across different pro sports, just how expensive that's going to get for the average household. And frankly, it's making some people kind of wish for the days of cable and satellite again, because suddenly, you know that that bill seems pretty high. And by the way, that's not counting, adding Netflix, adding Disney Plus, adding Hulu, we know households like to, you know, add multiple streaming services for general entertainment.
That's just sports. So yeah, at least for the next couple of years, it's gonna be expensive. I think hardcore sports fans are willing to pay for it. You've got a couple of different streaming businesses that are really counting on that.
And look, I'll pay for it. Like I bought, like I said, at the beginning of the interview, I bought NFL Sunday tickets through YouTube TV. And I'm looking forward to seeing how that pans out for the season. But even I've started to have a few reservations of like, you know, is this really a good use of that money? Could I, you know, maybe save a couple of dollars if I was willing to sacrifice not watching a game one day a week? Or would it be more cost effective to just go down to my neighborhood sports bar and watch the game there?
And I think you might actually see people starting to do that more and more. So it remains to be seen what the breaking point is, as far as sports fees go, and how much people are willing to pay per month that quite hasn't been figured out yet. But $150 a month is pretty expensive, I would say for them for most people. And as you point out, that's just for sports. We're not even talking about a household that maybe has other streaming services.
Matthew, how concerned are these outlets about password sharing? We hear a lot about some of the services trying to crack down on that, but also about piracy, and about people finding backdoors or finding ways to access the service without paying for it. Sports is one of those things that people have a real sentimental attachment to. And if they can't afford to watch the game, they will find a way to watch it.
It might be something like going down your local sports bar, as I mentioned earlier. But yeah, there are nefarious ways, backdoor ways that you can watch pretty much whatever sport you want to watch online. And if you're a broadcaster that's spending, you know, $2 billion a year on NFL football rights, again, that's just that one sport, and you are producing a high quality telecast each and every week with hundreds of people behind the scenes that the average American doesn't get to see on TV, you're really concerned about the idea that someone somewhere could just upload that game in real time for free. And then suddenly that huge investment that you've made in sports rights, you don't get to see back. And then the people who are paying for that sport, right, legitimately paying for that sport, wind up having to pay more over the long term.
That's just how the economics of that works. Now, having said that, you have had some broadcasters band together, right? They're all crazy rivals of each other.
And they're all very competitive. But on this one issue, they actually are banding together and saying, let's form a task force to go take these websites down to go grab these converter boxes and these digital boxes that are popping up online, giving people easy access to sports. Let's try to rein that in. And while that doesn't sound particularly great for media companies that are bringing in billions of dollars in revenue, it kind of sounds like they're being a little greedy here. The end result actually will wind up being that the sports programming long term, the cost of that will go down. So that $150 a month that I mentioned earlier, just to just to follow football, right? That cost might actually come down if more people were willing to pay for it, because suddenly you have the volume of people legitimately paying for sports. And that volume will bring the cost of the programming down just a little bit. Not that I'm advocating that people go out there and find these websites, right?
But they are out there. And look, I've got friends that that's how they watch sports. That's how they follow sports, because they really can't afford to pay $150 a month just to follow football, or a similar crazy amount just to follow their favorite team. And like I said, sports is a real sentimental attachment for a lot of people. It brings back memories of when they were kids watching sports with their parents. It gives them a sense of local pride to see their team do really well.
I'm in Sacramento, right? Our team's had a great year this year. We haven't always been able to say that about our team. But to follow the team, I had to pay for YouTube TV because the telecasts right here are on NBC Sports. Was it worth it? Absolutely. For me, it was absolutely worth it, but I could also afford it.
There's a lot of people who couldn't. So I feel for them. I do think that as the issue of piracy is tackled a little bit more, I do think more people are willing to foot the bill for a legitimate subscription.
And I do think that that will ultimately result in those costs coming down just a little bit. Great information from Matthew Keyes, who is with us from Sacramento. As he mentioned, it's After Hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS Sports Radio. Before I let you go, there's this one trend that really came to light more with Major League Baseball season starting, but it's becoming more prolific around the country in that regional sports networks are no longer viable or are finding out that the model isn't viable.
What does this tell you, Matthew? You know, the business of regional sports was tied into cable and satellite. And as more people are leaving cable and satellite, that business foundation is starting to crumble. So I think what you're going to see are two things happen.
And we've already started to see one of them making a grand prediction on the other. The first is you're going to see more professional sports rights move over to broadcast television. That means free access over the air. And what we're seeing with a lot of these rights is that in addition to the broadcast component, they're also building subscription streaming services.
So you'll have the choice. If you live in an area where you can get your local station, you'll be able to watch the game. If you don't, you can subscribe to a streaming service for a few bucks a month and watch it legitimately. But I think the second thing that we're going to see is I really think that the cable television detriment and the shift over to expensive streaming services is going to be a real boon for sports radio because radio has most of the professional sports rights, right? You can get it in your local area on free AM and FM radio. If you want to follow out of market sports, you pay for satellite radio. It's a lot cheaper than paying for some of these TV services. And look at the end of the day, if you can follow your favorite sport on radio and you hear a key moment that you want to actually see for yourself, you just go on social media a few minutes later and someone's down to post the highlights.
A lot of times the teams post the highlights themselves. The downside to really expensive sports on television is that you are going to see more people move over to radio and listen to the games live on free broadcast radio and on satellite. Man, there's so much here that we could talk about. So promise me that as you continue to follow the trends and write about it on your website, thedesk.net, that we can have you back on the show and we can kind of chart this, especially as we get closer to football season, because that is where people really tend to get passionate is about their NFL and their college football.
I am happy to chat with you anytime, Amy. It's been a pleasure. So you can find Matthew on Twitter at Matthew Keys Live, K-E-Y-S.
He's an award-winning journalist and you can hear this is his wheelhouse with the media, the tech, the business side, and of course that affects us as sports fans too. Man, I loved this. We can't wait to have you on again, Matthew. Thank you so much. Take care. A lot of information there and Matthew nails it, but there's so much more that I could have asked him.
I really had to figure out how to ask the questions that were most pertinent, get as much information as we could, and yet not blow through our clock, but we will have Matthew back on again. What he has to say though, about $150 at base per month for sports fans, if you want to access every service, that includes cable, of course, because many games are still airing over basic cable or over a cable package, could be on top of your cable bill. I don't know about you, but I can't afford that, nor would I pay it on principle. I got groceries to buy. We know how much those cost these days.
Airline tickets that are now 40% higher than they were a year ago, for heaven's sakes. So good stuff. If you want to find Matthew on Twitter, I'm sure he'd be happy to answer your questions. I know he's really active there as well. Again, at Matthew Keys Live and his website is thedesk.net.
Really useful information to kind of understand where the industry is going and how we as consumers have choices. Straight ahead, one Detroit lion, admits he didn't know the NFL's gambling rules. How is that possible? It's After Hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS Sports Radio. You are listening to the After Hours Podcast.
This is After Hours with Amy Lawrence. It was his only catch of the season for the Detroit Lions, but you hear it with Dan Miller on Lions Radio. It was a doozy, that's for sure. 41 yard touchdown grab, but he's got bigger problems than just having a single catch over the course of a year. The second year receiver for Detroit is about to serve a six game suspension for violating the NFL's gambling policy. He said he felt sick, he felt hurt going back to late April, so about a month ago, when he found out that he would be assessed a six game suspension. He said he was blindsided by the ruling, blindsided by the six game suspension.
The suspension is pretty much, it is what it is. The policy, I broke a policy. I pretty much look forward, I look past those things, the situation, like I said, it is what it is. I'm just happy to be out here, get this time with my guys I didn't get a chance to do last year.
I'm happy I get a chance to do that. Why did you look past it though, if you knew the rules? It was pretty much like consequences was handed to me. It was nothing I could, you know, I didn't want to stress myself out any more than it was, so I just look forward to the better days, the happy days, like I said, being out here with my teammates, getting a chance to do things I didn't get to do last year, recovering from the ACL and things like that.
So he says it was handed to him and there's nothing he could do, meaning there was no appeals process, he couldn't fight back. Tried to think about better days, looking ahead to when he could return to the team and practice with his guys, all that I understand, but this caught my ear when he was asked what he's learned from this whole experience. Make the right decisions, you know, it was something that I wasn't aware of, but it caught me and it was just make the right decisions, you know. I wasn't aware of it, but it caught me.
How could you be unaware? First of all, aren't you a receiver? Isn't Calvin Ridley a receiver? One of the best receivers in the NFL, he gets suspended for a year? You're lucky you only got six games. He actually bet on football. You're unaware of the policy, even though one of the best receivers in your league at your position missed an entire year. Huh.
Do you buy it or not, Producer J? I don't want to. I mean, if he was really unaware that that was the rule and he did it and that's why he got suspended, I think that's even worse than if he knew that that was the rule and he did it and got suspended. How could you be that oblivious to something as big as that going on around the league or around the world at this moment? I think it's even worse if he doesn't, didn't know that that was a rule.
All right, so he claims he wasn't aware of the policy. Now, he didn't bet on football games, so maybe that's the part he meant. Maybe he knew he wasn't allowed to bet on football, but he didn't realize that he also couldn't bet at the team facility, so that's part of the rule as well for the NFL. Now, I say this is like PEDs. You better make sure you're informed before you engage in any of that activity, so don't use any type of substance before you, whether it's a performance enhancing, whether it's legal, whether it's illegal, illicit drug, blah, blah, blah. You don't put anything in your body until you're damn sure that you've checked it against the NFL's banned substances list because there are certainly legal substances that you're still not allowed to use if you're a member of the NFL.
Well, this is the same thing. Whether or not you think you're in the clear because you're not betting on football, you might want to check that there are no other policies in place just because it's not illegal for you to engage in mobile betting in a state where sports wagering is is okayed has been made legal. You better know the NFL's rules specifically. So he was betting on his phone at the team facility. He says he doesn't remember it actually, but they can track these things. This is what happens when you have a smartphone.
Not only can your activities be pinpointed to the exact minute, they can be pinpointed to the exact location. And not remembering the bets that you place is also not a green flag either. It's not a green flag. Jay, you crack me up. So when asked what he learned from it, he said he was unaware. Didn't realize that those were the policies. Wow.
It's after hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS Sports Radio. Of course, he wants to be a cautionary tale for others. I guess it's Calvin Ridley wasn't enough of a cautionary tale for him. Oh, yeah, for sure, because like I said, hit me out the blue and hit a couple other players around the league and on my team out the blue. I wasn't aware of this situation, but as it happened, like I said, I took it on the chin. I was ready to move forward as things moved on. I got the consequences.
So that's been my whole plan, moving forward from things and just looking at the better days. Look, it happened. It's an emphasis on the league right now. It's a big thing. Our players know. We've tried to hammer it home.
Certainly, we did after that point. We've hit it two more times, and we'll keep doing it. But listen, it's happening.
The suspension is happening. And so now what do we do? Move forward.
You're not going to be here. So in the meantime, let's get the most work we can out of you. And then when you're out of the building, keep putting in the work. And when you come back, you'll be ready to play. So I mean, he's like any other player.
We just keep progressing. Well, true, if you look at it that way. But this is two strikes. The ACL is not Jamison's fault. But it's two extended absences for a player that the Lions chose number 12 overall in 2022. If you're thinking about extending him, and I know they don't have to worry about an extension yet. And he is a first rounder, which means that they do have a fifth year option on him if they want to pick it up. But if you're thinking, NFL teams don't like to pay guys for not being available.
And even though injuries are workman's comp, essentially, it's still tough when you pick a guy number 12 overall and he's not available. So he tears his ACL. Now he's suspended for six games.
Only had one catch last season. The Lions will definitely have a decision to make. If he doesn't come back from the six game suspension like a house on fire, like he is on a tear, a man on a freaking mission, they might decide he's not worth it. Just because we're talking about the Lions. They are actually a favorite in a lot of insiders predictions and breaking down the NFC North. Who says we can't get flexed? They're a favorite to be a dark horse in that division in the NFC.
And Dan Campbell is thrilled that finally they they're getting some respect next to their name. We're not into the hype. Like right now, everything's about the work and it will be when we get to training camp.
It goes back to what I said. We got a brand new team that we got to build from the ground up again. Yeah, we've got a foundation, but yet, man, we got to get the chemistry right.
We got a lot of new faces. And all of that other stuff won't matter if we don't put the work back in. So that to me is the focus. I mean, we can't worry about what everybody else says. Just like last year, we can't worry about when you lose five in a row that you're back in the dumpers again. Because if you do that, then you won't win another game.
And it's the same thing here. If we're going to really buy into that, not put the work in, no, we'll get our kick. So that's not what we're going to do. The dumpers, Jay, have you ever heard an NFL coach use that term the dumpers before you're back in the dumpers again, please, please promise me that we can keep that as a drop all season long.
Because it'll be perfect when the Lions stink or they they blow a game or really any get Amy team out there has just an awful performance. You're back in the dumpers again. You're back in the dumpers again. He's too good.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it. So, so much fun. He is the number one reason why I'm rooting for the Lions. Also, I do love new stories and fresh blood, as you know. All right.
It's After Hours with Amy Lawrence coming up. Some QB news. Did you hear the latest about Jimmy Garoppolo? Oh, wait, stop me if you've heard this before. I can already hear the reaction. We're glad to have you with us. Happy Friday morning to you.
If you're waking up on your Friday, ouch, but at least it's Friday and it's a holiday weekend. You are listening to the After Hours podcast. All right. Back to throw. And it is. Is it lost?
Oh, my goodness. DeAndre Hopkins. Touchdown L.A. is in the end zone. He's got it! Touchdown! Joe Burrow and the Bengals! The Holmes fires for the end zone. Touchdown! Kansas City! Touchdown! Chargers! Herbert with his second of the day.
Here's the snap. John going to keep it himself and run it again inside the five. Into the end zone. Touchdown Buffalo! Josh Allen, nine yard touchdown run.
The Bills respond and then some. It's time for QB news on After Hours. Stop me if you've heard this before. Jimmy Garoppolo reportedly had foot surgery in March.
Oh no. Remember he signed the new free agent deal with the Las Vegas Raiders and then went under the knife. It's first reported by The Athletic and then was confirmed by other sources on Thursday. Now he left San Francisco because they've got Trey Lance. They've got Brock Purdy. They weren't going to bring him back. He goes and reunites with Josh McDaniels in Vegas and promptly has an injury that he has to take care of. Of course, this was a foot injury that actually derailed the end of his season with the Niners last year. So it's not a big surprise, but just the fact that he had to start his tenure with the Raiders recovering from another injury.
So Josh McDaniels was asked on Thursday whether or not Jimmy G's been cleared to practice. You won't see him today. There's a number of guys that you're not going to see. Again, I'm not going to, you'll see him. I mean, I'm not going to run down a list every time here, but you know, no, he's going through his process just like we knew he would.
Nothing has happened that would surprise us based on, you know, the information we had. Same thing with Tyree. Again, you know, there's a number of guys you're not going to see out there today. So, you know, rehabbing the things that they're rehabbing. And again, we know we don't play a game for over 100 days.
So, you know, they're doing everything they can do to get right. And when they're all ready to go, then eventually they'll be back on the field. McDaniels refers to their first round draft pick Tyree Wilson, who was from Texas Tech. He's an edge rusher and he's also out. Now, they knew that about him when they drafted him.
He's got a surgically repaired right foot that he's rehabbing. But for Jimmy Garoppolo, McDaniels actually admitted he may not be ready for OTAs at all. He may not be ready until the start of training camp. No, no need to panic.
No need to panic. All right, staying in the AFC West, Russell Wilson, why will it be different in Denver this season? I want to have the best offseason of my life. And these guys, the team bonding, everybody that's putting in the work, it's been amazing. Just the work ethic, the locker room. Everybody's really tight. And I think ultimately, you know, we want to be the best version of ourselves, obviously, you know, with me too. You know, I want to be the best version of me. And I'm looking forward to the work of it all and doing that.
Denver Broncos 5 and 12 last season have not made the playoffs or had a winning record since they won Super Bowl 50. Sean Payton is the new sheriff in town. So how do you like working with him, Russ? I think Sean's one of the best coaches to ever coach this game. He's intense.
He's focused. He's such a great teacher of the game. And so all of us are learning every day, you know, more information, you know, just learning how to play the game the right way, how to practice at the highest level. That's what we're focused on right now.
And, you know, it's an honor to obviously, you know, put on the pads and put on the jersey and just get to do what I love to do. These guys are doing well. He's picking it up.
You know, the timing and all of those things that required, you know, for the first five weeks, we were just lifting and running. And so now we're getting into some football activity. And, you know, these guys, you know, we're ahead of schedule on the practice. But yeah, he's picking it up good. Looks good.
Looks sharp. Do any of these teams, Raiders, Broncos, Chargers have the goods to compete, have the moxie to compete with the Super Bowl champions? 14 and three, the top seed in the AFC last year, they are still the team to beat. Nobody's talking about how the Chiefs may be overtaken in their own division right now.
Remember that was all the rage this time last year. Oh, the Chiefs might not even be the best team in the AFC West. They might be the worst team in the AFC West with all the changes. Russell Wilson in the division.
Not making that same mistake this off season, are we? It's after hours with QB news. Aaron Rogers is now with the Jets.
I know you've heard that before. Funny story he tells on Sirius XM NFL radio. Last night I was watching the 30 for 30 on the 86 Mets. I've always been Kevin Mitchell fan growing up. He was a giant and Kevin was on the 86 Mets. He was a rookie and he had to, you know, the second hit of the inning and actually scored the tie and run on the wild pitch when Mookie Wilson was at bat. But what the reason I'm telling the story is, you know, that the Mets fans, many Mets fans are Jets fans.
Obviously the Jets, you know, used to be in Long Island and a ton of fans from that area and you see just the reaction from the Mets fans was so incredible during that time and just you realize how special it would be to win a championship anywhere obviously but I think especially here in New York with the team that hasn't been in the playoffs in 12 years and obviously hasn't back to the Super Bowl since Broadway, Joe. Joe Namath who offered Aaron Rodgers his number but Aaron has decided to go back to number eight. It's useless information that really doesn't matter in May but I keep seeing it over and over and hearing it over and over. Okay.
Okay. Jumping to the NFC East, three playoff teams last year including the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants that were wild cards. Dak Prescott has got a new voice in his ear because it's Mike McCarthy calling the offense this season upcoming so how will it be different? I think you just get an overall feel that maybe the game's gonna just be called a little different. Yeah, differently there but yeah I can't give away too much.
I mean it's first day guys like come on now. Yeah but no it is some changes no I mean it's not like we've been throwing away our playbook and try to start over anything like that. I mean obviously we've had some success so there is good there so obviously we had to take that and just really detailed the hell out of just everything that we're doing. I think plays that we've already had new plays and just understanding the purpose and just make sure everybody knows the why and what their purpose is and they're playing in their role so just detailing all I think is going to make us play faster and be better. A lot of questions around that offense now especially with Kellen Moore moving on to the Chargers. How will Mike McCarthy do in the role of play calling? Giants have brought in another new weapon for Daniel Jones after giving him the big contract. We know Saquon Barkley is on the franchise tag hasn't signed the tender yet but the tight end Darren Waller he could be a great asset for Daniel Jones and the two of them now getting to know each other. You hear about most guys you see them in the program and they're listed at 6-6 you know and they're really like 6-4, 6-5 but he's like a true 6-6 he's a true you know 250, 260 and can fly can run can run all the routes he's just an impressive athlete and yeah he's just been locked in you can tell it's important to him he's you know put a lot of effort into learning the stuff and getting caught up and yeah it's been fun working with him.
I learned he's a smart guy he's funny he's driven he's one of the hardest workers as far as like you know coming in early for preparation and staying after for recovery and doing what he needs to do having a routine having a plan I feel like that sets the tone when you know like okay this guy that's stepping in the huddle telling us what we need to do where we need to go he's really out here putting all the work in and then some um and he also wants you to have a good time while you do it that's why that's why I learned about him. He's funny as in Eli Manning funny the kind that's so subtle that you don't ever hear or see until he gets on tv once his career is over and he's hanging out with his brother. All right couple more just because it's Baker Mayfield. Don't count out these bucks because they may not have Tom Brady but they're still a winner. I played in this division last year and I'm pretty sure the Bucks won it still so I don't really care what the people in Vegas are putting odds on it because it's uh it's May we haven't we haven't played a real snap of football there's a long way to go before that and uh yeah it's just the time of year where everybody's pretty bored and they don't really have much to talk about and it makes it fun. I'm not bored I got plenty to talk about I don't know where you get your information Baker Mayfield. By the way did you ever consider you'd have to compete for a starting job with Kyle Trask? If I was to tell you when I first got drafted that I was going to draw out my career and I was going to end up in Cleveland I probably would have told you that was how I was going to go but uh it's not how it shook out that wasn't God's plan so uh on to the next thing and this is a place that uh has been very welcoming and I'm excited obviously it's a one-year deal um and I'm just trying to make the most of it one day at a time and this is a great group that's just seems like a no bs squad that's all about winning. Which quarterback has the better season are you ready for this one Russell Wilson or Baker Mayfield? Oh my gosh it's come to this it's now come to this but but it's obviously not it's not a question that is predicated simply on the quarterbacks right because it has to be about the teams too which team has a quarterback who's better set up which quarterback fits the system better can take into account coaches Sean Payton did wonders with the offense in New Orleans Todd Bowles is not an offensive coach which team has the better record the Broncos or the Bucks in 23 do you have to you have to go with the I hope so from your mouth to God's ears it's after hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS Forge Radio. Surgeons keep our hearts beating they do the amazing help save lives and so can you your CSL plasma donation can help create 24 critical life-saving medicines that can give grandpa the chance for his heart to swell when he meets his new grandson or give a bride the chance for her heart to skip a beat on her wedding day every plasma donation helps more than you know do the amazing help save lives donate today at your local CSL plasma center and be rewarded for your generosity
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