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It is CBS Sports Radio. I'm JR. There's a stupid gnat in the studio. Hey, Chef, you ever had a gnat in front of your face trying to do something important? That doesn't make any sense to me because you're a clean living guy, man.

Like, you never smell of anything. So what's that about? I don't know. There's somebody in here before me. Man, what is this? That makes more sense.

That didn't add up right there. It's cold. It's freezing.

It's cold all over America. Where are you right now? Atlanta still? Yeah, I'm in Georgia right now. It's tough to keep track, but isn't it like 40 or 50 right now over there?

Oh, you're bugging. It's gonna be like 10 degrees in a couple of days. Oh, it's like New York City right now. Oh, every place is cold. Oh, not Florida, Texas, Hawaii, Arizona. You know all that too well.

You don't think? I was just in Arizona last week. I'm aware. It was cold. Cold in Arizona at night. It felt like the Northeast. Cold, man. Every place is cold.

What do they call it? A vortex? Are we in a winter vortex? The real tragedy is of the Nor'easters.

What, the snow ones? That's when you know it's really bad, yes. Yeah, let me read this and then we get back to how terrible the weather is. We're coming to you live from the Rocket Mortgage Studios. Me and this stupid-ass gnat. If you hear a smack is dead.

If you need to know what it takes for a home to fit your budget and your family, Rocket can. Okay, we got a lot to do. We're gonna talk about the Rams and what happens next. Matthew Stafford said he's not gonna quit. We're gonna talk about Donovan Mitchell. Donovan Mitchell said he is actually relieved to be out of Utah. Cavaliers are doing well.

Justin Verlander officially spoke with the New York media. Carlos Correa may not be able to join the Padres or at least it's on hold right now due to some unforeseen medical issue. So, let's see if that goes down. In the interim, if this gnat flies in front of my face, it's gonna be curtains. And then I'm gonna tweet Peter my hand.

I hope the gnat is on my hand and I'm gonna tweet Peter a photo of it and say, hey, I killed it. Anyway, it's probably a little extra. Here it is. Got it. I did, I did, I got it. I'm not joking, Shep, but I did get it. I heard it.

Yeah, I got the stupid gnat. I don't know, man. Is Peter gonna call us now? Good for them. There's no window you could have opened, JR? Bunch of bullies.

Ain't no windows out here. Stupid bullies. You don't think Peter a bunch of bullies? That depends on who's asking.

When it comes to dogs, I'm glad Peter exists. I'll tell you that much. Yeah, but you can be an advocate for anything without being a bully.

I hear that. You know, like, why you gotta throw paint on people's stuff? Like, come on, you don't have to go that far.

Just be an advocate without being a jerk. Anyway, shout out to Peter for being jerks and RIP to this gnat that decided to invade my space while I'm trying to do a national radio show. RIP to the gnat. Anyway, 855-2124 CBS. Good for him, he's done.

855-2124 CBS. The Rams are done, and we'll talk about that momentarily. Speaking of someone who actually is alive and on the winning side, did you see the parade in Argentina, Shep? Did you see that for the World Cup team? I didn't, but I do listen to everything you say on the show, and I do recognize the fact that you pointed out that there were almost 5 million people. Yeah, they said it was 4 million, which is probably understated. Could you imagine just 4 million people at one time on the streets in a concentrated area in one city? It's just, it's a madhouse. If you look at the photos and the videos, I mean, you got people on the street. You got people hanging from everything imaginable. You have people on the highways. They had to cancel the expected route of the parade and put these guys, put these players in helicopters and move them to safety. Because you had fans climbing up the buses and falling off and busting their ass.

It's nuts. And then when they were able to finally conclude, like Messi, they put him on a helicopter. And then of course, he's Messi. He got a million houses. He has a house out in Argentina, not too far from Buenos Aires.

They said about 185 miles, not far. They put this man in a helicopter and took him to his town. And then there was mobs of people when his wife is trying to drive him home.

Like this stuff is unimaginable. Could you imagine Steph Curry? Chef, do you know where he lives? Steph Curry?

No. I mean, he probably lives many places. Yeah, me neither. But could you imagine this man winning the title and people just yelling for him? It'd be ridiculous, you know?

People are just like, why are you at his house? Leave him alone. Listen, this is not such an original thought, JR. I've always believed that championships should stand for themselves. And you know where I'm going with this.

When you win a world title, a world cup, an Olympic gold on the biggest stage in your sport, that should be the reward itself. And I was trying to look this up as you were speaking. What are the resources that were allocated towards a parade like this, towards transportation that went into this? And I'm thinking to myself, Argentina is not the most well-off, affluent country in the world.

I was going to say, I don't know how many resources they put into it. Right. And so I'm thinking to myself, these athletes don't need this freaking parade. It's like the Espys, man. It's like these award shows that award the best team, best moment, best performance. And really, you already won the award, and that's called the NBA championship. What do you need a Dan Espy for?

I'd hate to tell you. Argentina would not need to, and this is what I'm trying to say to you, to the extent that they actually organized a parade. Yeah, okay, we need security.

Yeah, we need security. Yeah, we need a stage. We need a stage. Those guys would have had a mob and a parade when that plane touched down, regardless of anything that took place. They could have said, we have a budget of three dollars to put this damn parade together. Hey, we got two buses, one dollar for this bus, one dollar for this bus, and a matter of fact, five dollars. We'll pay a dollar for the stage and a dollar for the microphone.

These dudes were mobbed at the airport. It's just, it's wild, man. I get it.

You think about allocation of resources. They don't, they don't need, have you ever been somewhere, Shep, where it's just, the party just happens? Of course, you know, Beale Street comes to mind.

Not even. I'm just, I'm just talking about you, you just at somebody's house or you're just outside and, and then it's boom. I have, I'm not a, I'm not a go out and this and that type of guy, man, but you can go to a party of affluence and you can go to a red carpet type thing and you can go to this and, and then sometimes you could just be somewhere minding your business with a great group of people.

And then the next thing you know, you're having the time of your life. And so with, with the World Cup down in Argentina, I don't think it's a matter of, hey, we got pomp and we got circumstance and, and let's do this and do that. Some people going to party regardless. And they, they were, and I just, I couldn't imagine, cause it wouldn't happen here.

It wouldn't. If they, let's put it this way. I think the, the women's, the women's team won the World Cup. They gave them a parade down Broadway in New York City. You remember that Shep?

I honestly, I, I, I remember, I remember the, the, the, the barricade that they set up for Joe Biden coming to New York City on too long ago. I don't remember the women's World Cup. I, I don't, I understand it's a, it's a different media sphere, but to me, like that 99 team with Mia Hamm and, and Julie Foudy, like that was, that was the bigger deal to me. No, but my, my point is when, when they won the World Cup and we, the United States of America had a parade for them, they went down the canyon of heroes. They went down Broadway, the New York Yankees, when they have their championship parades, those parades appear to be nuts. Imagine if that parade consumed all of Manhattan. That's what that World Cup was like down in Buenos Aires. Just that, that celebration.

And I, I, I put it to you this way. If the U.S. men's national team, if they ever won a World Cup, which I don't think will happen in my lifetime, but if they do, and I guess maybe they'll have the parade in Los Angeles, maybe they'll do it in New York City, maybe they'll do it in Los Angeles, maybe they'll do it in New York, maybe they'll do it in Chicago or Texas, wherever the hell they do it. It's not going to look like 4 million people celebrating and I get it.

It's not quote unquote our sport, but that parade was just, I can't even call it a parade. It was just a city having a big ass party. And if I was in Buenos Aires, I'd be partying too. I'd be in my house though. I'd be in my garage drinking the finest of a, of an Argentine beer. I would. I wouldn't be outside.

Not in 4 million people. No thanks. 855-212-4CBS. That's 855-212-4CBS. Cade Mack is calling from Idaho. You're on the JR Sport Reshow. What's up, Cade? Hi. How y'all doing, man?

We're excellent. How are you? I'm hanging in there. Yeah, I'm trying to stay warm. It's damn cold down here.

So, yeah. Yeah, what's the temperature out there in Idaho? You in Boise or somewhere else? I'm in the Boise area, yeah, like, you know, but I think it's 20 something.

It was colder earlier, but it's, I mean, it's brutal. Yeah, 20 is okay. I like 20. It's not bad, yeah.

Yeah, 20's fine. But what's up? Alright, so I was going to talk about my Raiders, man. I mean, I know it's a lot of baggage there, but I mean, on paper, it's like, dude, this team can win games, you know? I mean, we got to. And then you think it comes down to management. Our GM's extremely under-qualified, not great. But it's just like, dude, we need to win games and we just can't do it.

We cannot get it done. I understand we had a big win versus the Pats, but we're 6-8. I mean, they've been good my whole life, so it's a bummer. Well, how old are you? So you don't remember?

I'm 22. Okay, yeah, you don't remember. Listen, man. I've done 16 the best we were, so, I mean.

Yeah, for your lifetime. Listen, man. I was telling the Raiders friend this the other day. He loves the Raiders. He loves them. Him and I, we went on a tour of Allegiant Stadium earlier this year.

Beautiful place. It makes you, when you walk in, it makes you want to be a Raiders fan. And then the Raiders actually play football.

And you're reminded that they're a big joke. Every single game is just an adventure. Every game.

Why? Like the New England Patriots. Like, you needed the Patriots to be assclowns to win that game.

You get beat by Baker Mayfield the week before then. It's just, I don't know. They're comedy.

They're like, the Raiders are written by a children's author just to entertain people. You don't think they're going to do something this year, do you? Like hold to the playoffs? It's, you know, it's embarrassing. I mean, last year we squeaked by 10 and 7, but that was against all odds, man.

We're not getting in this year. But it's just disheartening. It just sucks. I want to know, like, what is going on. So I understand what you're saying.

How much? You got a couple billion dollars under your bed? I mean, I wish, bro.

I'm going to be a teacher. If you did, maybe you could buy it from Mark Davis, but I think he's the dude. Like the people he hires in management is just always ridiculous. I'm sorry. It's horrible. I mean, our draft picks just down to the minute detail would just suck. Well, nobody likes the coach and Josh McDaniels. The old general manager, Mike Mayock, was a dude off of television. The other dude was a bigoted clown that got a 10-year contract when he just came off of television.

And you think about the guy who hired them all, he's running around with a bowl haircut. And so if you want to look at the Las Vegas Raiders, you might as well sit down and watch Dumb and Dumber. You've seen that movie before, right? Oh, yeah. It's a joke, brother.

Yeah, well, Mark Davis might be the third brother. I don't know. Well, thank you, Cage. All right. I appreciate y'all. Have a good night.

You as well. And sorry, Mark Davis wouldn't be a brother because Jim Carrey and what's the other guy's name, Jeff? Jeff Daniels.

Jeff Daniels. They weren't brothers in that movie. They were just kindred spirits or kindred idiots. They were brothers from another mother, Harry and Lloyd.

Lloyd was obviously a limo driver. And then Harry was an individual that was just right place, right time, and owning adult gaming business. You remember the details of the movie? You remember the details of Dumb and Dumber? JR, it changed cinema. I haven't seen Dumb and Dumber since it came out. Yeah, it laid the groundwork for movies like Cable Guy, Anchorman. It all started from Dumb and Dumber.

I had the VHS of Dumb and Dumber. I know. Okay, okay. Mary Swanson.

I mean, we can break that down if you want. Who? What? Mary Swanson, the woman that Jim Carrey was after the whole movie. Oh, I don't remember the stupid names.

The Redhead, remember? Bruh, I had the VHS. You know the last time I had a VCR? That thing is that VHS is probably in a landfill somewhere, man.

Come on. You know, fun fact. Jim Carrey had a chipped tooth in that film that's actually real. That was not a prop. I remember the chipped tooth.

I don't remember. No, Jim Carrey was killing it. He was the mask. Well, the Riddler was awful. That movie was terrible.

Well, that meant forever. I don't put that on him. I put that more on Val Kemmerer. Liar, liar? Yeah, he was great in that. And now he's running around with Sonic the Hedgehog.

I'm not gonna watch that. Well, you know he retired. Liar also heard he's Canadian, right?

Yes. Good for Jim Carrey. 855-212-4CBS is 855-212-4CBS. Louis here from Illinois. You're on the JR Sport Reef show. Hey, JR.

I like your show here. I just wanted to bring up when the Bulls had won those championships back in the day. I was out there when they won in the 96 out there at a bar out there. As soon as they won that one, there was people going crazy out there. And there was like at least like I think 2 million people showed up to the parade, I think. It ain't as much as what happened out there in Argentina, but at least in Argentina they weren't like breaking into businesses or doing crazy stuff like that over here. Well, let's check the news tomorrow. I wouldn't be so sure about that.

I mean, when you have 4 million people congregating in one area, I'm gonna assume that people found their way to Five Finger and a few things, you know? Yeah, JR. That's crazy, but I like your show here, and thanks for having me. Well, hold on, Lou. What's up with the Bulls, man? Why they suck so bad right now? Who they gonna get rid of?

You know what? I think they should get rid of, honestly, Zach Lavine. Zach Lavine looks, I don't know if he's a little bit jealous of DeMar or he's just chucking them threes thinking he can make them. He's the one, to me, he's the one that's looking kind of bad there, JR. He's the one that's not doing his job. DeMar's doing his job. But Zach Lavine's not making, you know, that $212 million contract that he signed, he's not making that money like he's not doing his job.

That's what I think. Yeah, I know his scoring average is down to the lowest level it's been since he, and thank you, Lou, for calling from Illinois. I know his numbers are the worst that they've been since he's been a Bull. His shooting numbers are bad. The Chicago Bulls are 12 and 18. Heading into tonight, they lost four straight. Congratulations, they beat the Miami Heat tonight.

Let's see what these guys did. Let's see, Zach Lavine. See, he had 21 points, three of eight from downtown. DeMar DeRozan ridiculously efficient from mid-range, he had 24 points. Vucevic had the difference tonight. He was 29 points and 12 rebounds, and then Kobe White comes off the bench and gives you 14. Yeah, man, these Bulls, they aren't going anywhere.

They beat the Miami Heat tonight, good for them, but they ain't going anywhere. It's a damn shame. 855-212-4CBS. Christian is here from Madison, Wisconsin, on the JR Sport Reshow. Christian, what's up? Hey, JR, how you doing tonight?

I'm amazing, man. I want to talk about the soccer since I'm a big soccer fan and about the World Cup celebration. Yeah, I just moved last year to the United States from a small country in Europe called Macedonia. And even there last year we qualified for the European Championship and we are like a small country. So even when we qualified, we did a parade and it was a huge parade, something that we've never seen before. Even if you've seen the parade in France, which won the second place, and the parade in Croatia that won the third place, that was a huge parade too. So I think a lot of people here in the United States don't understand how big soccer is in those countries.

I don't think anything can match with the sports here in the United States. You are one million percent correct. Did you hear the show last week, Christian?

No, sorry, I'm working usually at this time. Let me tell you something, Christian. And if you can go back and find it, I think it was last Wednesday night, I had a guy call up. I don't remember where he's from. I had to call this guy an idiot because he said, what did he say, Shep? Real Americans don't care about, real Americans don't like soccer? He said something about soccer. Yeah, real Americans don't like soccer because in soccer you don't use your hands. Yeah, I had to call him an idiot, Christian.

I had to. I think most of the people in soccer, they don't like when the game ends up 0-0. It's the same for me. Before I came to the United States, I didn't know anything about American football. But once I started learning about it and watching a lot of YouTube videos, I learned about the game and I love to watch American football. But most of the people that don't like soccer, they just have to sit down and watch. There's a lot of tactics there. There's a lot of talent going on.

It's not like they said, we can put LeBron James and I don't know who and they'll be the best soccer player. Yeah, I understand. I can dig it, Christian. Well, thank you for calling from Madison and you call me anytime, okay? Yeah, you have a wonderful night. You as well.

Thank you, Christian, for calling from Madison. I get it, man. When I started watching football and soccer, I was watching on Telemundo on a grainy ass TV in the 80s, man. That's how I started watching soccer. And then it wasn't until I got older and you start learning more about the structure and the players and the storylines. It's just, it's what you pick up. It's the JR Sport Brief Show here with you on CBS Sports Radio.

855-212-4CBS. Yeah, Argentina, they won. They had a parade. Another team that just won, the Rams. They just won the Super Bowl, but now they suck.

What the hell is next for them? We'll talk about it when we come back on the other side here on CBS Sports Radio. You're listening to the JR Sport Brief on CBS Sports Radio. We'll be right back. You know my daughter listens to you every night.

She's got her radio next to the bed. I don't get to listen to you often, but I tell you what, when I hear it, you're a gentleman. You never cut anyone off. You never back down. You're an excellent sports jock. I'm going to tell you that right now.

Call in now at 855-212-4CBS. You know, life is all about balance. You got to mix winning and you got to mix losing.

And for some people and some folks, you just, you got to experience both. And so we just talked about Argentina coming through and winning the World Cup, and I can't even call it a parade, what went down in Bruno's eye race. It's just, it's just everybody outside. That's not a parade.

That's just everybody the hell outside. It was a mob of 4 million people celebrating the World Cup. There was a team that celebrated a Super Bowl earlier this year and now they're garbage. That happens to be the Los Angeles Rams.

We saw them last night lose to the Green Bay Packers, no surprise, 24-12. It's like every main player, every main star on the Rams is hurt outside of Jalen Ramsey. You got Matthew Stafford, the quarterback, with a bruised spinal cord. You got Kupp with a busted up ankle. You got Aaron Donald with a busted up ankle. You had Von Miller decide to go to Buffalo and he blew out his ACL. You got Whitworth on the offensive line.

He decided to retire and do Amazon. The offensive line has gone through about 10 to 15 different permutations. This is, this is crap. 4-10. More losses than any team that ever went to and won a Super Bowl. And we're supposed to think this is going to get better? Like what are they playing for the rest of this year? Just to give Baker Mayfield an audition?

Just to see if Baker Mayfield can throw a football if Matthew Stafford is unable to come back? What are we doing here? It's just sad. A matter of fact, Sean McVay, now that they lost and they got nothing to play for, Sean McVay pretty much said, yeah man, we're just going to keep on playing hard. My job is to focus on let's finish up the season with the right competitive spirit, with the mindset and mentality that's reflective of who those guys are in the locker room and who those coaches are and that's what we'll do. The answer is nothing.

There's nothing to do. We're going to show up to work. We're going to collect our paychecks and then we're going to wait for the NFL draft.

Oh yeah, that's right. The Rams took the approach of screw the NFL draft. I mean their general manager Les Snead, he went to the championship parade. He had a t-shirt on that said, F them picks. Listen to some of the players that they acquired.

Remember, let's keep in mind. The Rams, this is their second time. This squad, this is their second time going to the Super Bowl. They won it.

The first time they went in 2019, early 2019. Yep, and that was boring as hell. We had to watch Tom Brady go out there and win another Super Bowl.

That Super Bowl was boring. Think about some of the players that they traded for over these past several years since they went the first time. Matthew Stafford, Robert Woods, Sony Michelle. I don't even know if he's on the team right now. Troy Hill, Von Miller, Marcus Peters, Brandon Cooks, Aqib Talib is not even playing in the league.

He's on TV. Jalen Ramsey. Remember they traded for him from Jacksonville. They don't have a first round pick for this upcoming season or next year's draft in 2023. They got rid of that from Matthew Stafford. And so yeah, the Rams, what are they playing for? It's pretty hilarious. I mean, back during this year's draft, general manager Les Snead and Sean McVay, they were over here making jokes of the New England Patriots taking Coach Strange. Listen to this, remember? Oh my UT Chattanooga to the first round.

Hey, where is... How about that? And we wasted our time watching him thinking he'd be at 104, baby. Yeah, well, y'all are gonna suck for the next couple of years. I guess you feel good when you're coming off a Super Bowl you don't expect to go to 4 and 10 after everybody gets a contract extension. In Matthew Stafford, he sat down with his wife on her podcast and Matthew Stafford told everybody, he's like, listen folks, I don't care what you've heard. I'm not retiring.

Now I'm not a doctor. I don't know a damn thing about a bruised spinal cord, but I can tell you when you're running around saying you had numbness in your legs, you got a bruised spinal cord, you've had a concussion. Matthew Stafford's arm has been in shambles, even dating back to when they won the Super Bowl last year. That decision might not be up to Matthew Stafford. I certainly hope he can come back and play, but let's be real, let's be honest, we've probably seen the best of Matthew Stafford. And there was even a report from Peter King, Shep, you brought this up yesterday, that Sean McVay, yeah, he got a contract extension, but he might decide to leave as well. Like if the ship is sinking and you know it's going to take, I don't know, three or four plus years to kind of right the ship, what are you going to do?

Here's the big question. We know Baker Mayfield is not the answer. And if Matthew Stafford is going to be broken, Matthew Stafford is not the answer. And if you have to be a team that's looking and waiting to draft a QB, then you're going to suck for quite a few years. And so congratulations to all the Rams fans out there. Your 4 and 10, I do not see a scenario where over the next few years they get better, not by any stretch of the imagination.

8-5-5, 2-1-2, 4 CBS, that's 8-5-5, 2-1-2, 4 CBS. Do you think the Rams are done? Obviously not for just this season. But do you think they have anything left to stretch out? Or are they going to have to just blow this up? I think they're screwed. They got their Super Bowl, they got what they wanted, but F them picks? Man, your franchise is screwed.

That's what's F'd. I'm going to take your calls on the other side. It's the JR Sport Reshow on CBS Sports Radio. You're listening to the JR Sport Brief on CBS Sports Radio. I appreciate you being the show for the people. I stumbled on your show one night and I've been listening to it for about two months now.

I drive trucks at night and I appreciate that. Call in now at 8-5-5, 2-1-2, 4 CBS. It's the JR Sport Brief Show here with you on CBS Sports Radio. We got a lot of callers with a lot of questions, a lot of opinions. We've talked about a lot. Just told you about the Los Angeles Rams and where they can go into the future.

I think the answer is nowhere. We talked about the World Cup parade that took place in Argentina. Just a madhouse, four million people flooding the streets, the alleys, the restaurants, the buildings, the highways, the byways. You would think it was an apocalyptic scene. You would think that you were looking at a movie.

It was bananas. 8-5-5, 2-1-2, 4 CBS. That's 8-5-5, 2-1-2, 4 CBS. Mike is calling up from Ann Arbor.

You're on the JR Sport Brief Show. Yeah, in the college football playoffs, do you think it's going to be entertaining and competitive? Who's your favorite team and who's going to win it all?

Well, I'm going to be a little bit of a homer here and go with the Georgia Bulldogs. I'm going to tell you, you're calling from Ann Arbor? Yes, sir. Yeah, man, you don't have a damn thing to worry about. Are you worried about TCU?

No, I'm not at all. Yeah, so, man, you should be happy and thrilled about that. And I think from a Georgia Bulldog perspective, I'm slightly concerned at the offense of what Ohio State can put up, but I think we're going to see Georgia and Michigan, and I'm going to go for my guys to go out there for a little bit of a repeat. So your team is Georgia, correct?

Yes, I can drive to Athens in about an hour, maybe less, depending on how fast I'm going. Are the games going to be competitive, though? That's my biggest question. Well, your first, I think we both know the answer about your Wolverines. You're not worried about TCU, and I'm not either. So I think Michigan is going to whoop that ass, and I would be a little surprised if Ohio State is able to go out there and just light up the Bulldogs. So I think those games will be competitive to a certain degree. And this is one thing that I don't necessarily always love or enjoy about college football, is that here we have a championship, and you got TCU at Michigan, and most people are just going ahead and saying, oh, let's just move Michigan ahead, because it's probably not going to be a competitive game. Ohio State and Georgia will probably be much more competitive, or it may not be.

It's pretty much a toss-up, you don't know. But I do believe, based on experience and what they've done last year, you got almost a 55-year-old quarterback and Stetson Bennett going back. I think that will be to their advantage in addition to their defense in a national championship. What kind of detriment would it be if Michigan and Ohio State ended up in the final game? When you say detriment, what do you mean?

I don't understand. They played each other, your squad won, and they handed them their own personal yards. There's no SEC team in there. You mean for the country? A detriment to who? The viewing audience? Yes.

Well, you're making it sound like it's such an amazing question you're asking me. I personally don't think America will care, because if you're now having a rivalry, and thank you Mike for calling up from Ann Arbor, I'm like, a detriment? A detriment to who? I think most of America would say, okay, we got Michigan, Ohio, State, and here we have a revenge battle. One of the biggest rivalries in sports flattened, period. And so I don't think America would shed a tear because the SEC is not involved in a national championship game. Let's see if it happens.

I don't think that it will. 855-212-4CBS. It's 855-212-4CBS. Taylor's calling from Maryland. You're on CBS Sports Radio. Hey, what up, man? Long time listener, first time caller.

Thank you so much. What's up? Yeah, man, I want to talk about the World Cup. I mean, that was a swarm over there in Argentina.

It was like World War Z, everybody flooding. I mean, they're on the highway and everything. I don't know nothing about American football, but I'm a Capitals fan, and I've been quitting soccer for 14 years. When the Capitals won, I mean, it was organized, whatever, you know, half the city shows up. But when it comes to soccer in America, you know, like we don't have the programs they have overseas.

They got kids eight years old. They found Messi. He played for free. He's 16 years old, played for Barcelona. He's holding the whole country on his shoulder, you know?

I mean, you over here in America, you got to pay like an arm and a leg just to be seen by anybody. I mean, this is the best USA team we've seen in years. I remember being at RFK in 1994. I watched Brazil and England play. There was no way in hell we were going to get through, you know, the Sweet 16, go to the eight to the finals, but it was the best soccer I've seen USA play ever.

Yeah, it is. And it's funny if you sat down and watched every single USA game, and then you watch what took place in the final, you have an understanding of like how far behind the eight ball we are. When you think about some of the passes that were made, some of the shots, it's like you have to think, watching the United States of America play soccer, the men's squad, watching them play, it's like everything has to be so thought out.

It's not organic. It's not roll with the flow. And it's a younger squad.

I mean, watching half of these guys on Argentina, DeMaria, Messi, I feel like I've been watching these guys play together for the past 10 and 15 years because they have. But we got a ways to go to catch up. I appreciate you, Taylor. It's all right.

No doubt about it. Ahmad is calling from Virginia. What's up, Ahmad? What's going on, JR? How you doing, buddy?

Excellent. Man, I just got back from the World Cup. I went to all the USA games and you hit it right on its head. It's crazy because the USA, as you see, produces top athletes in every single facet of sport, brings home gold medals and all the Olympics.

And it's just the one thing that we can't get right is soccer. And I mean, you know, it was night and day difference watching them play. And obviously they had the youngest team. I think they have the youngest starting lineup in the World Cup. They're getting ready to try to get keep these guys together for the next World Cup, and hopefully they produce something.

But it's leaps and bounds to go through. And when Argentina lost their first game, I mean, these people would look like they were about to cry like legit. Oh, yeah, it was it was mayhem over there. But at the same token, I'm hopeful to see that the USA produced something, especially when the World Cup comes here.

On a side note, I called you a couple of weeks ago when Heinecke was on the high train and and, you know, being close to the Commander Stadium, I'm not too far away. What do you think is going to happen? You think Carson Winston is going to come back or are you going to stick to Heinecke? I mean, either way, it's doom and gloom next year. They got nothing to go for them, but you got to start back over from scratch without a quarterback. I think both of them aren't going to be here.

But what's going to happen next? Yeah, I think that Ron Rivera is doing nothing but putting a fear of God in the Heinecke right now. And he's doing what he needs to do as a head coach to let him know, like everybody else, if you don't perform, you you don't start, you don't you don't play. And so I think that's the fear, because from everything that we've ever heard about Carson Wentz and everything that you've probably ever seen about Carson Wentz, what are you going to be optimistic about? Why should anybody be optimistic about Carson Wentz going back out there?

I think they're cooked and Ron Rivera, I'm sure that he is conflicted, but I don't I don't think you can hand the reins back over to Carson unless Taylor goes out there and just completely craps the bed. Greg is calling from Chicago. You're on CBS Sports Radio. Hey, JR. Yeah, I went to the Cubs parade when they won the World Series. And they estimated the crowd at three million people. Okay. And but what they did is they sent everybody down certain streets and into Grant Park, which is just a huge place. I don't know. I've been there. I was just there in the summertime, a million times. Yes.

Yeah. So they loaded everybody in there. But then me and my son got up to the gate, you know, to go in. They said, no, it's full and close the gates. And then everybody kind of pushed up against us. And I feared for my life, but I was glad to get the heck out of there. I'm sure. Now, could you imagine that with less security, people on highways, people hanging off of buildings?

Could you imagine that with an extra million people with no structure? Yeah. And I mean, I saw the pictures of that and I was just like, I thank God that's how it was when I was at the Cubs thing.

You know, obviously a lot of Cubs fans wanted to go there. I actually grabbed this woman. She had a 10 year old kid with her. I said, tell your son to give me his hand.

And I grabbed my arm and I drug him out of there. Yeah, I didn't know where that story was going to go, but you're a good man, Greg. Thank you, man. They appreciate you. Greg is laughing.

He's like, I'm a dirty guy. Thank you, Greg. All right, buddy. Take care. No doubt about it.

When the story starts off with, I grabbed the woman and I'm just like, whoa, do we want to hear the rest of this story? Probably not. Yeah, people, parades are nuts, man. They had to get these, they had to get the players out of there on helicopters.

They were like, screw this. We can't do it. It's about to be the pandemonium out here, like real pandemonium. We gots to go. They put the players on helicopters.

Wild. 8-5-5-2-1-2 for CBS. That's 8-5-5-2-1-2 for CBS. I'm going to take more of your calls on the other side.

We got so much more to get into. A team that's used to having parades, they suck now too. It's the Patriots. There are rumors there that they're ready to give Mac Jones the boot. I'm going to tell you about the New York Mets owner, Steve Cohen, deciding to give buckets of money to someone like Justin Verlander. Carlos Correa, no press conference today. It seems that they are reviewing his medical records. I wonder if that big old contract will fall by the wayside.

And then Donovan Mitchell, he's happy that he is no longer in Utah. We're going to talk about it all. We're going to get to your calls.

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