2.1.23 - JR SportBrief Hour 2

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Yeah, yeah, you got that. I'm hanging out with super producer and host Dave Shepherd, and I'm here with you. We know the big news of the day. We know what took place this morning. Most of us woke up to Tom Brady calling it quits, Tom Brady calling it a career, Tom Brady staying the hell home. I guess he finally made his decision and his choice. He says he ain't coming back again. It's over.

A matter of fact, this is what he put on Twitter this morning. Take a listen to this from Tom Brady. Good morning, guys. I'll get to the point right away. I'm retiring for good.

I know the process was a pretty big deal last time. So when I woke up this morning, I figured I just press record and let you guys know first. So I won't be long winded. You only get one super emotional retirement essay.

And I used mine up last year. So I really thank you guys so much to every single one of you for supporting me. My family, my friends, teammates, my competitors. I could go on forever. There's too many. Thank you, guys, for allowing me to live my absolute dream.

I wouldn't change a thing. Love you all. Tom Brady getting emotional there as he realizes that it's over. There's something that he's done for all of his adult life is it's done. He's going to have to move on to this next chapter. And so at 45 years old, Tom Brady is done. And good for him.

Congratulations. He's had a hell of a career. And we know what comes next. Whenever he decides to. And I don't know how many people.

I'd venture to say there are zero people on earth who can have this in front of them. A three hundred seventy five million dollar retirement. To talk about what he just left. Tom Brady has a 10 year contract. Three hundred seventy five million dollars in front of him.

From Fox. Like they offered him this job last year. And we know that Tom Brady decided to come back and play another year.

It was a bad year for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and now he's done. It's already been said that Tom Brady will not be participating in the booth for this year's broadcast of which the Super Bowl will be on Fox. So there's a good chance that Tom Brady will be at home watching just like everybody else.

Unless there's some type of pop up appearance for pregame. I don't know. Maybe Tom Brady actually wants to experience a Super Bowl at home knowing that he won't play next season. Or maybe he misses it so much that he wants to make an appearance out in Glendale.

I have no idea. I'm not even really sure if Tom Brady just really wants to stick around and do this job. Like maybe he wants to be a year removed and then jump into it.

But he has three hundred seventy five million dollars there waiting for him. A matter of fact, Tom Brady, he actually was doing his podcast with Stephen A. Smith and Stephen A. Smith was talking about how Tom Brady will educate the audience and take us to a level that we've never been before. Listen to Stephen A. Smith on the Let's Go podcast and listen to Tom Brady.

He doesn't do anything but go, yeah, mm hmm, OK. When you get into that booth, Tom Brady, I mean, you teach people a lot and I'm not talking about football. The kind of message that you just articulated when you're in that booth on a weekly basis, it won't be just all footballs anymore. You're going to be talking. And when you're talking, trust me when I tell you everybody's going to listen. Make no mistake about it. And you're going to be shocked.

You're going to be shocked at the kind of profound impact that you're going to have. Yeah. Get ready for it.

Look forward to it. Yeah. Because it's going to happen. Yeah.

It's going to happen. Yeah. I'm sure that's one of the great things you feel, too, when you hear that out. You know, when you're walking around the streets, wherever you're at, you know, I'm sure people really appreciate you being a part of it. You know what their mornings are, what they're what they're you know, you're educating them to.

It's a it feels good to give back. Yeah, well, Tom Brady is responding to Stephen A like like he paid for the psychic hotline and he was fed garbage that he already knew. He's like, well, thank you, Stephen A. Smith, for telling me that people will listen to me. I already know that I'm Tom Brady.

But then Tom Brady added his own. He added his own response and retort. And he actually said that as I move into being a broadcaster, I look forward to experiencing football in a different way. Listen, there's so much to learn. There's so much to teach.

You know, it's ever evolving. Believe me, as much as you think I'm willing to, you know, teach people, I'm really looking to learn. You know, I'm really looking to learn from all the people that I get to talk to. I get an opportunity to be in a job in the future where I get to travel around and learn from all the other people that I've looked up to and admired and different organizations and different people. So it's exciting for me, too.

You know, I, I feel like it's, you know, the opportunity to do that is something that I'm really looking forward to whenever that time comes. Yeah, I'm sure some of you, a lot of you might be familiar. There's a whole lot that goes into a Sunday night game. Besides, let's just fly the announcers in and throw them on television. It's more than just the two announcers and producers having a meeting. They're sitting down with the teams and the players and the staffs and the coaches. And it's not just broadcast interviews. They're having production meetings with the actual teams. You know, they're trying to not steal the game plan, but they're trying to garner information that they can utilize to put out the best product possible on Sunday, Monday and Thursday. And so, yeah, Tom Brady, the broadcaster.

Imagine this. He'll be sitting in the New York Jets facility at Florham Park and he'll be talking to Rob Salah about their strategy, about players that they need to watch, just so he has a better idea of what to share with the audience come Sunday. There's a good chance Tom Brady will be back up in Foxboro at Gillette having a conversation in a pre-production meeting with Bill Belichick. And so he'll be in some familiar territory.

He'll be in some places that he typically would not be. And that's the part of an announcer, except for Tom Brady, is going to get paid a whole hell of a lot more than any body else. Thirty seven million dollars a year.

Thirty seven and a half, to be precise. Tony Romo just signed a deal before that. Seventeen million a year. Troy Aikman. We know he left Fox along with Joe Buck.

They went to ESPN to do Monday night football. Troy Aikman is getting 18 million a year. Joe Buck standing next to him leading the broadcast is getting 15. And so since Troy Aikman and Joe Buck left.

We've seen an elevation this past season of a new broadcast group. Kevin Burkhardt, who has worked his way all the way up. I remember him, you know, with the New York Mets, just sitting in the stands with goofball fans and Mr. Met in this past year. And for the Super Bowl, he's going to be in the number one seat that would have typically been operated by Joe Buck. And then there's another familiar face, or at least a voice, is Greg Olsen, who a lot of us, you might feel like he played yesterday because he basically did. His final year was that pandemic season with the Seahawks. For the past 10 years before that, he was lightening up with the Panthers. He started off with the Bears. He was a damn good tight end, a Pro Bowl caliber tight end. And now Greg Olsen, he's been in the booth the past couple of seasons. He was in the booth during bye weeks. And so Greg Olsen has basically been holding and keeping the spot warm for whenever Tom Brady decides to walk up in it.

And then they're going to give Greg Olsen, they're probably going to give him the boot. He's on the number one broadcast team for Fox. I told you the salaries for everybody. Brady, 37 mil a year. Tony Romo, 17 mil.

Troy Aikman, 18. Greg Olsen is making 10 million a year. And if Greg Olsen gets the boot from the number one broadcast team, Greg Olsen only makes a pitiful $3 million a year.

What a sad, sad world now, isn't it? That is a big difference if you're Greg Olsen. A lot of us would take that money and not give a damn. But when you do a good job and you get the boot because of Tom Brady, can you really complain? Greg Olsen also has an out in his contract, which would allow him to move on to another broadcasting team if a number one spot opens up.

Greg Olsen, he actually spoke to Sports Illustrated on their podcast, their media podcast with Jimmy Trainer. And Greg Olsen said, yeah, I get it. Tom Brady is probably going to move me the hell up on out the way, but I'm still trying to keep my job. It is what it is, right? I mean, I get it.

And, you know, would I have loved to get the job for the next 10 years? Of course. But do I understand that when, you know, you have a chance to do something with Tom Brady, you have to at least pursue it and take a shot at it?

Of course I get it. I told the team at Fox when, you know, we talked all this out and they were super transparent and upfront, they were great. I said, you know what, guys, here's my goal. I hope next year after the Superbowl, I hope the conversations internally, you know, I said this in jest, right? Like, as they're like, I said, I hope that it's like, damn, I can't believe we have to replace Olsen. I said, and if I do that, you replace me. I go back down to my old team. Great.

Tom Brady becomes the a crew. I get it. It sucks, but I get it. And it's not going to take away from how I prepare. It's not going to take away from how I try to do my job and I'll go try to do a great job next year and make it even harder on you guys. Like I said, that's just my mentality. That's how, you know, that's how I was raised as a player.

Someone comes in to take your job. I'm fine bench me, but I'm going to make it hard as you to bench me that, you know, and again, it's nothing personal against Tom. I have no animosity towards for, towards Fox. Like Fox has treated me incredibly well. I I've said that time and time again, I would not be in this position if it wasn't for Fox, believing in me five, six years ago to give me a shot.

Like they did, you know, to call a game when no one had ever seen me do it. Fox believed in me more than any other network. Some of the other networks, we kind of danced and there was some interest, but nobody liked Fox. So I have nothing but positives to say about my entire experience with the people at Fox. I hope I work with them for the next 20 years. I just hope it's with the A crew. Well, can't blame them, right?

Football player mentality. Somebody coming in to take my job. I want to hold on to it.

I can't blame them. 855-212-4CBS. Susan is here from Eugene, Oregon. You're on the JR Sport Brief Show. What's up, Susan?

Hi, JR. I just wanted to thank you for your good show and for elaborating on Tom Brady's future plans after retirement. But I'm so disappointed, though, that they couldn't offer him a job to replace Tony Romo because I think that CBS would be a better fit for Tom Brady. And Greg Olsen does a fantastic job, and I hate to see him leave. But Tony Romo, I think I heard you on one program that you watched football muted. Every time Tony Romo said something, I'm muting it constantly because he thinks he can predict what the players are going to do, what plays coming next.

And part of the time he's right, but not all the time. And I'm just sad. I don't want Greg Olsen to leave, and that's all I wanted to say. Okay.

Well, Susan, you can watch the B game, which is probably not the best game, but you can still find Greg Olsen, but not on a good one. Sorry. That's okay. Thank you, JR. No problem. Thank you, Susan, for calling from Eugene. I get it.

And yes, it's true. A lot of times when I watch sports, I don't... Like, for instance, I'm sitting in the studio. I'm surrounded by screens. I'm watching plenty of sports while speaking to you. I think I can multitask.

I think I'm trying. I don't know what the hell none of these announcers are saying. I see people moving around. You know, when I go see sports live, I don't have any announcers. When I'm in the arena or the football stadium, I know some people... And I don't know if it's still done. Traditionally, you go to a baseball game, you'll see people wearing the headphones. They want the play-by-play. They want to know what the manager's doing, and it's actually cool that way. But if I'm watching a game, I'm watching it.

If I want to see what's happening or see or have a question, I can just open up Twitter. And so a lot of times, I don't care what the announcers are saying unless I have a question. What is the ref saying?

What's going on? But this past Sunday, I did hear Tony Romo. And Tony Romo just told a ridiculous comparison of Michael Jordan to Patrick Mahomes and Drexler to Joe Burrow.

And it was just, why are we talking about basketball now, Tony Romo? And so it seems that he's gotten out of whack a little bit and just is saying absolutely whatever comes to his mind. Do I believe Tom Brady's going to step into the booth?

Yes. Does anybody know what he's going to do or how he's going to perform or how he's going to fare? How can you say? Like, what have you ever heard from Tom Brady? He's shown a personality, kind of a dry, normal guy, sense of humor. He's not gregarious. He's he's not overly effusive.

The most passionate that you've ever seen Tom Brady be about anything is football. And so I don't think we can draw conclusions from commercials or interviews. I think he's going to be rather plain in the booth. That doesn't mean he'll be bad. That doesn't mean he'll be good. I don't know if we're going to see him in a broadcast booth for 10 years.

And who knows? He could get there. He could love it. He could stick around for for all 10 and and want to do this until he's even more gray. I don't see Tom Brady doing this broadcasting, going on the road for 10 years.

I think they'll come a point in time where he's just like, man, dammit, I see my kids in the week, but I want to see them on a weekend, too. It's not like Tom Brady has to work. I don't think Tom Brady needs the money. Maybe he'll snatch up a couple of thirty seven million dollars for the next five and say, OK, that's enough. Ten years. Damn, I think Tom Brady will be OK as an announcer. But I don't know if he's lasting for 10 years. Do you even want to hear the guy?

I'd be interested to see what he has to say. And then after a couple of weeks, I'm like, I don't need to hear Tom Brady anymore. I'm going to open up the phone lines. That's eight five five two one two four CBS.

That's eight five five two one two four CBS. Tom Brady has that contract waiting for him. They got the red carpet out there for him to join Fox and Kevin Burkhardt whenever he's ready.

And they're ready to move Greg Olsen the hell up on out the way. Are you interested in Tom Brady, the announcer? Would he be a good one?

Would he even stick around for 10 years? I don't think so. Eight five five two one two four CBS. It's the J.R. sport brief show. You're listening to the J.R. sport brief on CBS Sports Radio. J.R., it's always a pleasure to hear you because you know your product.

You really do a great job by not distorting what the cars are saying. Call in now at eight five five two one two four CBS. It's the J.R. sport brief show here with you on CBS Sports Radio. Eight five five two one two four CBS. That's eight five five two one two four CBS. Now, Shep, you brought up a point last hour about Brady and the announcement and the timing or how it was done.

What was surprising to you about it or what stood out, I should say? Well, to me, J.R., I mean, Brady's not used to throwing red zone interceptions. And he's an individual that we know had such a dearth of help on the offensive line. His receivers were banged up, his tight end retired.

We get all that. It just seemed to me like it almost was a foregone conclusion. Brady was coming back and you can't go out losing in the fashion that he did to the Dallas Cowboys, who are nobody's juggernaut. It just doesn't make sense to me, J.R. There was a market out there for him. You won't play football no more. So I expect we talked about this last night.

Sure. I thought he was going to come back and play, but he don't want to play no more. That's not surprising. But, J.R., the thing that's most confounding about that is it did cost him his marriage. It cost him dating or I shouldn't say, excuse me, not dating, but being married to. I know maybe if you're that kind of celebrity, it is dating when you're married.

But nonetheless, I digress. If you're Brady, you had a beautiful family, you have a beautiful marriage. If you know you're done, why play another six, seven games at the cost of your family for the foreseeable future and ultimately the permanent future?

It doesn't make any sense to me. That's easy to say in hindsight. I mean, that was a decision that was made last year and he went through it and he lived through it. And whether he regrets it or not, I'm sure he has those feelings or he's at least wavering and waffling about them.

And so that's easy to say. And in hindsight, the man wanted to come back and play last year. And so he can't he can't put a magic eraser for, you know, what has taken place. And so what are you saying that because he his wife and him divorce, that he should just keep on playing because now you don't have a family?

Is that what you're saying? Well, that that that seemed to me to be the final straw of that particular relationship when it seemed like Brady had retired, made that announcement, did that essay, as he alluded to. And then all of a sudden he comes back less than two months later and that just drove Giselle bonkers. And that was the final straw in their marriage, even though she came out and supported him on Twitter that first game of the season.

And that and that was a little head scratching in and of itself. But to me, J.R., Brady still had a lot left in the tank, just like he did 44 and retired the first time. So maybe he wasn't as great in the pocket.

Maybe he wasn't as great in terms of his arm strength at 45 compared to 44. But J.R., he is still to this day a top 10 quarterback in the world. It's funny you mentioned him going into these production meetings with Phil Belichick and Robert Salah, etc. He's still apologies, Josh Allen. He is still the best quarterback in that division if he were to suit up at age 46.

I don't know if I'd go that far. But I'm not surprised. He don't want to play no more. Right now, right now he doesn't. Right now, you're right, he doesn't. Yeah, but I don't know what that necessarily, I don't think that has anything to do with last year.

Like what happened last year is last year. And I can't fault the man and it's not surprising for me to hear him say that he wants to stop. He wants to spend time with his family. Is it a little too late?

Yeah, probably. That doesn't mean his family is gone anywhere. His wife is gone.

Doesn't mean his kids have gone anywhere. But J.R., why play week 18 when there's nothing to gain? And you know playoff position is already in the bag.

You're the number four seed. He played week 18 because he is absolutely obsessed with being an NFL quarterback. He knows nothing else. He loves it. He lives it. He breathes it. He eats it, etc.

So can that guy now just want to walk away? It doesn't make sense to me. We don't know that. This much I understand and not have played professional sports. You don't want to quit on your guys.

That's it. To say that he knew, who knows until you actually have to do it. It's not like him walking away from doing this for 20 years is an easy decision.

You can go back to last year and take a look at it. Why did he play week 18? Why did he want to come back?

Well, obviously, he loves football. I don't think he put the final nail in the coffin until he decided to go out there and make the decision. Of which now he's had a couple of weeks to do. Of which he's obviously vacillated on dating back to last year. But when you're in and you're committed to something, when you're good at it, you're all in. And when you have an opportunity and a chance to step away and momentarily turn that off, you can think about what you want to do. And he decided to stop.

You're correct. The man has been obsessed with football. This is all that he's known. He ain't going to play forever. He's certainly, for what you just said, he's had plenty of time to evaluate what the last year has done, what it brought to him, what it didn't do. And now he's done. He should come back, of which I don't think he will, but who knows? I can't fault him. But why did he continue playing in week 18? Because he's not a bum, a scrub, a quitter.

He's not going to Antonio Brown his team. Look, if I say something that I'm going to do, I'm speaking for myself personally, I'm going to do it. I can tell you, hey, I'm going to do this. And unless I cannot absolutely do it, unless I'm stuck, there's an accident, I could wake up and say, yes, I'm going to do this for you. I'll help you move.

And it could be raining and cats and dogs and the rapture could be outside. I'm going to come out and help you because I said I'm going to do it. And when you sign up to be a quarterback, you sign up to be a professional athlete, and you got folks in the room, in the locker room, in the building that you've given your word to, that you've committed to, you ride out. And then when it's done, it's like everybody else.

You put your feet up, you think about it, you kind of make your choice and decision from there. 855-212-4CBS, it's 855-212-4CBS, Brock is here from San Diego. What's up, Brock?

Hey, happy hump day to you, JF. Hey, going back to the Super Bowl, everybody bitches, sorry, complains about he had all the rules. Well, when he got pounded and pounded by the Giants, Michael Strahan said they respected him because he kept getting up.

So from everybody complaining about all those rule changes, he kept compounding and the Giants respected him because he kept getting up. That's all I got. Grateful and thankful for you, buddy. Happy new year to you. Cheers, brother.

Thank you, Brock, for calling from San Diego. That's the latest happy new year I got. It's February 1st. Thank you. Happy new year, JF. Well, thank you.

I'll take happy new years all the way to June, please. Anyway, no, he brings up a good point. You don't last as long as Tom Brady did and not be tough. We've seen him come back from 12 ligaments in his leg. I've seen him get hit. I've seen him get hit. I saw him get hit a couple weeks ago.

I'm like, damn, he's too old to be getting knocked around like this. 855-212-4CBS, Aaron is here from Charlotte. You're on the JR Support Brief Show. What's up, Aaron?

Hey there, JR. I just think that Tom Brady's come to the realization that, you know, in the offseason a lot of people talked about him going to the Raiders and playing with all the great receivers out there and the tight end and Darryl Waller. But I think that he's become more of a plug-and-play type piece instead of being the GOAT that can succeed wherever he goes. And I think that he doesn't want to have to be that piece. He wants to be remembered as the guy that can go anywhere and win.

I don't know so much about that. It seemed when he went to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, everything was right there for him. It's not like he went there and said, I'm the guy.

It's not like basketball. Like he had a great team around him. The offensive line was great. They drafted great. They just put a, I think it was Wurfs, they just drafted him. And he ended up being one of the best offensive linemen in the league.

You had Marpet, who unfortunately is now gone. So they had weapons there. We looked at what took place with Jamis Winston the year before. And it's just like, well, if only they had a good quarterback. And lo and behold, Brady went down there and he got his ass whooped. People were killing Brady, especially in the early part of the year. His own coach, Bruce Arians, was just saying, what are you doing out there?

And then they went on a run. And so I don't think he, it was a matter of, well, I don't want to do this anymore or just plug and play. One thing that was reported after he retired was that it was the Buccaneers or bust.

He wasn't going to move along or go anywhere else. And I can certainly understand that at this stage of his career too. Not surprising.

855-212-4CBS, that's 855-212-4CBS. At the top of the hour, at about 30 minutes from now, I'm going to give you a top six list. If you love Brady, if you hate his guts, I'm sure you're going to love it. I'm going to give you some of my favorite Tom Brady moments. But before we do that, next break, I think there's an important announcement from another NFL player that I think is maybe more important. I'm going to share that with you on the other side of the break. You're listening to the JR Sport Brief on CBS Sports Radio.

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You're a bad mamma jamma. Call in now at 855-212-4CBS. It's the JR Sport Brief Show here with you on CBS Sports Radio. Obviously Tom Brady has jumped to the forefront of everything. But I want to tell you about another announcement that actually took place yesterday.

And I think it may have more importance or value to everyone listening. And it actually happens to be an announcement from DeMar Hamlin. We saw him initially pop up on social media with the Bills and he did a quick interview. But yesterday it was announced that DeMar Hamlin is connecting with the American Heart Association for something that I find to be a great cause.

And it was announced yesterday. This is a new challenge and I want you to actually take a listen to what DeMar Hamlin posted yesterday on social media. Listen to this. What's up, everybody?

It's D Ham. Once again, I want to thank everybody for the love and support over these past few weeks. As you know, CPR saved my life earlier this year on the field. And CPR could easily save your life or someone you love. That's why I'm proud to announce that I'm partnering with the American Heart Association. And kicking off, DeMar Hamlin's 3 for Heart CPR Challenge. And of course, this one's got three steps.

Step one, go to heart.org slash three to watch a short video to learn hands only CPR. Step two, donate to the AHA to fund CPR awareness and education. And step three, challenge three friends to do the same. To kick things off, I'm challenging the goats. LeBron James, Tom Brady and Michelle Obama, you've all been challenged.

I'm fine with that. Let people challenge each other. Look, the more people that learn CPR, the better. I don't know a damn thing about CPR, I'm going to learn.

You want to know why? Because it doesn't help to learn. It doesn't hurt to learn, I should say. Am I actually helping save somebody? I mean, for all the instances of people just in terrible circumstances, DeMar Hamlin, he was able to live. Not everybody gets that same opportunity or chance when you have small measures that could save someone's life. And so I give DeMar Hamlin credit for not just resting on his laurels and saying, hey, I'm here and just continuing on, but utilizing his platform to encourage other people. This isn't something that he has to do. I'm not sure other people would do so, but he is. And we had a lot of amazing callers who pretty much said the same about a month ago when we saw that experience with DeMar Hamlin.

And we had callers imploring people to check out the American Heart Association, you know, go to your local fire department where a lot of times they have classes. And so if you hear me right now, I ain't going to do no DeMar Hamlin challenge. I'm not going to challenge three people or three friends or celebrities.

I'm just going to ask you, if you have time, if you can do it, take an hour to learn. You never know when it will come in handy to save somebody else's life. And you don't know if it will ever become handy for someone to save yours. And so kudos to DeMar Hamlin for connecting with the American Heart Association to save lives. You know, I'm sure that this program that he's working on now, it's going to save a few lives.

And hopefully it can save a whole lot. Let's get more of your calls in before we get to the top six at the top of the hour, as we will take a look at some of Tom Brady's most memorable moments. Trust me, they ain't all good. 855-2124 CBS. Griffin is calling from Chicago. You're on the JR Sport Brief Show. What's up, Griffin? Hey, JR. I'm a huge fan.

Love your show. Diehard Bears fan here. So I'm just sick of the narrative that mobile quarterbacks cannot win the Super Bowl. I hope Jalen Hurts changes that narrative. I'm sick of people thinking white dudes that sit in their pocket are the only ones who can win the Super Bowl. I just went out and bought a Hurts jersey today. I'm a huge fan of Dustin Fields and Lamar Jackson as well. I just really hope that the narrative changes around quarterbacks after this year's Super Bowl. Thanks.

Thank you, Griffin, for calling from Chicago. I think it's natural that that's the case. Quarterbacks are just about required to move around for the most part now. Like you can't just have a pocket presence or pocket awareness. There's an expectation that you go out there and create some yards with your feet. Are we going to hit a point in the next five years where head coaches decide to dial things back?

Possibly. I mean, let's think about some of the quarterbacks. We got Daniel Jones. It's 700 plus yards rushing. Last year, Daniel Jones had a neck issue. We can look at Lamar Jackson. I haven't seen him end the season healthy in the past three.

And we can go on. Justin Fields got knocked around. And how about Hurts?

He's dealing with a shoulder issue. Now, everybody's going to be hurt, right? Can you play the position?

You're the most important guy out there. They don't want you getting hurt and banged around. But I think we're already here at a natural evolution of the quarterback position. The quarterbacks out there getting yards with their legs. We see what running backs have become. How many bruising running backs do you see? We got hybrids. This is not an exclusion where you get Roger Craig and then you get Marshall Faulk.

No. You got to have hands. Man, you got to be able to run. You got to be able to not just be a third down back.

Christian McCaffries and Alvin Kamaras. Yeah, we can have a big guy run the ball. He can be our goal line dude. But those days of just run between the tackles and try to get us yards, that's over. The NFL is like a video game. And so even if Jalen Hurts doesn't walk away with a Super Bowl, man, people, eventually, we're still going to see a dude who's a quote-on-quote running quarterback. Somebody's going to walk away with a ring eventually.

It's going to happen. 855-212-4CBS. It's 855-212-4CBS. Paul is calling from Sacramento. You're on CBS Sports Radio.

Good evening, JR. I just have real quick two questions for you and I want your expertise on them. Real quick, do you feel that Sean Payton can revive Russell Wilson's career, number one? And then number two, do you feel, what do you feel that the Kings need to go to the next level in the NBA? Take it off the air.

All right, thank you so much, Paul, for calling from Sacramento. You know, we spent a lot of time talking about Sean Payton last night. And they can't be any worse than what they are already in regards to the Denver Broncos. They can't be any worse.

And I understand people will make jokes about an incremental improvement from what they already did. And they'll win two or three more games and still not make the playoffs. And guess what?

That might be true. They can't, cannot have the worst offense in the NFL again. They can't have any more of these 15, 16, 9-point games with the Denver Broncos. And from everything that I've learned and read and heard, it's that Russell Wilson is open to this. Because he knows this has been crap. Russell Wilson has to have egg on his face because you're leaving a situation with Pete Carroll who had to tell you to, quote, unquote, dial things back.

You go to the Denver Broncos. And sure, everything isn't his fault. We talked about the offensive line last night. We know about some of the injuries, even to his running back.

Everything's not his fault. But he still needs to improve himself. And so I think Sean Payton will allow him to go out there and do it. And for the Sacramento Kings, God bless them. They're a young team. They got a lot of talent. They can put up points. De'Aaron Fox and Sabonis are leading the way.

I think they were just on the cover of Slam or one of these magazines. It's the defense. It's veterans and experience. You have Harrison Barnes in the starting lineup. They need to round out the roster a little bit more. And part of that you get with experience.

Whether it comes over the next several years. But I'm not all that much of a fan of their defense. Especially with a big. They can go out there and run up and down the court.

But when they get to the postseason, it's going to be difficult for the Kings. Let's go ahead. 855-212-4CBS. Tommy's here from New Orleans. Hey, JR. Can you hear me, man? Loud and clear. Go ahead, please. Hey, man.

Merry Christmas. Really sorry to hear about Bobby Beth in passing. I always liked that guy. And man, DeMar Hamlin about that stuff.

Look, JR. Even if you go to CPR class and you forget everything you learned, remember? Remember I called you a while back and said, all you got to do is do those compressions to the beat of staying alive, right?

And then the fire department got back to you and confirmed that. As far as Brady goes, the man demands respect. I mean, it's you can't argue with him.

I mean, the skins he put on the wall are unbelievable. My only problem with him professionally was he was always a little whiny, too little whiny for me. And, you know, the whole tough rule thing really still sticks with me because, you know, the whole Saints frames debacle, you know, the NFL missed out on a breeze for Brady, you know, Super Bowl, all that kind of stuff. But really what turned me on Brady was what he did with Drew Brees in the Superdome after the game, after everybody was gone.

I know everybody's seen the videos, but him just sitting and talking with him and Breeze's wife and throwing the ball with his kids, I thought it was a real class act. And the bottom line is, JR, we don't know any of these guys. We think we know them, but we don't.

And we know them because of what they do on Sundays and because they entertain us. But, you know, God bless Tom Brady and I wish him nothing but the best in his future. And I want to keep an eye on this Peyton Wilson thing, man.

Peyton's not going to put up with a whole lot from that guy, okay? I'll talk to you later, brother. All right. Thank you, Tommy, for calling from New Orleans.

Okay. And it's true. Logan, I think Logan Ryan, I think his wife, she decided to share something online today that one of the things that Tom Brady did here in the end season, I should say, not the offseason, you know, him and his kids would volunteer at an animal shelter. But nobody knew. He was there every other week.

They were volunteering at the animal shelter and nobody knew. Yeah. It's the JR Sport Brief Show here with you on CBS Sports Radio. When we come back, we're going to talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly with Tom Brady. I'm going to give you my top six moments that I will remember the most.

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