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I'm coming to you live from Atlanta, Georgia. Thank you to our producer, Jack Stern, holding it down on the boards in New York City. There's a lot that's going on tonight. We also have some breaking news for all of my major league baseball fans. No, it's not Rob Manfred's extension that will keep him as a baseball commissioner until 2029. I mentioned to you briefly that the Angels are not moving Shohei Ohtani.

That was the report. Heading into tonight, the Angels had a record of 52-49, third place in the American League West, and they're behind the Rangers by about six and a half games. Well, if you wanted confirmation that the Angels were not moving Ohtani, you should get it, because they just traded for Lucas Giolito, got him from the White Sox, in addition to Reynaldo Lopez for prospects Edgar Quero and Kai Bush. And so Lucas Giolito, someone who is a California L.A. native, is going to be going home to the West Coast, and hey, if you needed confirmation that the Angels aren't moving Ohtani, why the hell would they bring in Lucas Giolito if they were just going to move him? And I don't know if this is fool's gold.

I think it might be. I think the goal is to win a World Series, not just go to the playoffs. I'm not so certain or sure that even if the Angels get in to the postseason, I don't think that's enough to keep Ohtani.

Y'all have been garbage since he arrived. And so let's see if Lucas Giolito and a returning Mike Trout, I don't know if you can ever count on that, I don't know if that'll be enough to keep Ohtani, but you can't say that the Angels aren't going for it. Lucas Giolito now traded from the White Sox to the Angels.

It's the JR Sport Reshow on CBS Sports Radio. Talked about Aaron Rodgers giving up his 35 mil. We discussed to Stefan Diggs saying, hey, no issues here with us, with the Bills, we're just trying to win. Tyreek Hill, he's waiting on a potential suspension from the NFL for that incident at the Marina.

Bryce Young named the starting quarterback for the Carolina Panthers, Najee Harris, speaking up for all running backs, saying that the owners asked them, the teams asked them for the world, and then they are not compensated. I just told you about Rob Manfred and his new deal. And now it's time for a new top six list. Now, before we get there, listen, folks, there's been a lot of contract talk, contractual talk here on the JR Sport Reshow.

Why not? Justin Herbert making more money than any NFL player ever. Jalen Brown making more money than any NBA player ever. And then you got somebody like Aaron Rodgers giving up $35 million of his salary, restructuring his deal so the New York Jets can have at least two decent seasons with Aaron Rodgers. And so now I'm going to I'm going to flip the script with tonight's top six list. We're going to take a look at some of the worst contracts ever. But before we do that, I need to let you know that this portion of the show is sponsored by the United States Postal Service, introducing USPS ground advantage, reliable and affordable two to five day package shipping.

The United States Postal Service. Now that we got the formalities out of the way, let's hit the fancy music for the top six list. Six, five, four, three, two, one. It's time to get JR's latest top six list only on the JR Sport Brief.

It is the JR Sport Reshow on CBS Sports Radio. So many deals, so many contracts, so much money. Let's turn the music up just a little bit.

I like my music. There we go. That's perfect. It's time to flip the script. Do I think Jalen Brown is going to earn his cash? Yeah, the answer is yes. Do I think Justin Herbert is going to earn his money? I think the answer is yes. They've done an excellent job.

But we're going to take a look at some athletes who got their money, got their contracts, and they sucked. There's no other way to put it. So without wasting any time, let's just start off with this number right here. It's a countdown. Where are we starting off? Number six. At number six. Let's go back to the year 2007.

Let's go to one of my favorite places on earth, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Let's go to a man that was selected number one out of the draft, goes to the Raiders. And I guess, did he take food with him?

Did he ever have a work ethic? Was his six year, almost 70 million dollar deal, was that enough? Jamarcus Russell, one of the worst sports contracts ever.

How are you taking number one overall and you are gone? Literally three years later, three seasons later, you're cooked two years later, two calendar years later, you're done. Eighteen touchdowns to twenty three interceptions. Jamarcus Russell was cooked from the beginning. He was a holdout through to the preseason. He was a holdout through training camp.

He ain't show up until the season already started. This is the dude selected number one overall. What was he doing? Eating donuts? Twinkies? I like donuts. I like Twinkies. I can't eat them.

I'll be in a diabetic shock. Not Jamarcus Russell. He got paid. He's on that list of NFL busts. And it sounds like he's OK with it. He was asked that question by Ryan Clark on the Pivot podcast.

Hey, Jamarcus, are you a bust? How you feel about that? This was his response. I must have been the best to be the biggest. Right. I'll say my s*** didn't turn out how I wanted it to.

Or not how they expected it to. You know, you're going to call me a bust. Like you say, put the biggest on that motherf***er.

I love that. You're going to say it. Put the biggest on that motherf***er. But that s*** don't bother me, man. Like that s*** is not in my world. In my world, I'm a motherf***er.

You feel me? That bust s*** don't happen. It don't apply in my s***. It don't apply in none of my family s***.

It don't apply in none that we have going on. So, man, they can bust all they want. Like I tell them, I bust out and went to college. I bust out and bust some scenes out of my s***.

So, like, it's cool, bro. Well, I don't think anybody, you're right. Nobody's calling you a bust as it relates to your family. There's no doubt about it. You have 31 million dollars guaranteed and you got it.

God bless you. Hopefully your family's still good. But when it comes to football, yeah, you a bust, man. No dedication. Didn't show up. Showed up out of shape. A disaster story here for the NFL.

It stinks. Jamarcus Russell, you want to talk about one of the worst sports contracts ever? I got him on the list at number six. What comes after six?

Number five. Let's stick to the NFL. But instead of being out in Oakland at that point in time, let's move east.

Let's go to Washington, D.C., for a team that is now known as the Commanders in a prior generation, a prior era, a prior owner in Daniel Snyder. Albert Haynesworth was given a seven year one hundred million dollar deal after the 2008 season. He only played 20 games before they said, no, no, no, no, no. We can't have this dude here. Even Bill Belichick took a look at him and said, no, no, no, no, no.

We we can't have this guy here. He was beefing with Mike Shanahan. He wasn't a fan of the defensive formation. He the coaches hated his guts. He failed a physical at one point in time. He was charged with misdemeanor sexual assault after he hollered at a waitress. And I say hollered loosely in D.C. He was hazing people. Nobody liked this dude.

One hundred million dollars. And I told you, he didn't appreciate how they they had him line up on the defensive line after he moved on from the Tennessee Titans and Albert Haynesworth. He talked to the I-Formation podcast and he just seemed oblivious to even receiving his contract and what it meant.

Listen to this. My agent walked me like, hey, I got this deal right here at Washington. I was just like, oh, OK, let me talk to the coaches.

All I got to talk to the coaches. And really, honestly, like I wasn't about the money. He woke me up. It's like, hey, Albert, I got you one hundred million and forty one million guaranteed. I was like, oh, OK. Is that good? He said, what do you mean is that good? That's like the highest paid defense player ever.

Yeah, that's great. It's one hundred million. I said, we got like forty one.

Let me make it like a better looking number than forty one or something. He's like, you need to wake up. You need to wake up. This is a great deal. And I'm like, OK. And he's like, he's like, you want to take a deal?

I think it's a great, great deal. OK. Yeah. And then so next thing I know, boom, it's on ESPN or all that stuff. I mean, I'm still in my condo here in Nashville. He's still in his condo in Nashville.

He just sounds oblivious to life. I don't know what the hell was going on with him. He signed that contract. Two thousand nine. Twenty ten. Twenty eleven was his final year in the league. What a bust.

One of the worst contracts the NFL has ever seen. I got him at number five. What's the next number? Number four. Top six list.

Worst contracts sports world has ever seen. Jamarcus Russell at six. Albert Haynesworth at four. Alex Rodriguez.

Excuse me, Haynesworth at five. I got Alex Rodriguez at number four. Do I need to really go in depth in detail on Alex Rodriguez? Yeah, he helped deliver the Yankees a World Series in 2009, the last one that they got.

I guess the Yankee fans should be thankful. This is also the same Alex Rodriguez who was selfish. This is the same Alex Rodriguez who cheated. This is the same Alex Rodriguez who lied about taking the drugs. The same Alex Rodriguez. A couple of days ago, he was on TV talking about, oh, you should hit the baseball.

You should aim like you're trying to punch a little person. What is worth this guy and his words? They're terrible. And so in 2007, the Yankees said, yeah, sure. Here. Ten years.

Two hundred seventy five million dollars. And then all the drugs took a toll. Then his hips started to be busted. And then he lied about the drugs.

And then he wanted to sue the Yankees in baseball for suspending him and getting him his money. He is a whole mess. I will never forget when he sat on 60 Minutes with Katie Couric and he was asked this very simple question. Let's you know how great of a lie he is.

Listen to this line of questioning and just remember, he's lying through his teeth. For the record, have you ever used steroids, human growth hormone or any other performance enhancing substance? No.

Have you ever been tempted to use any of those things? No. You never felt like this guy's doing it.

Maybe I should look into this, too. He's getting better numbers, playing better ball. I've never felt overmatched on the baseball field. I've always been in a very strong, dominant position.

And I felt that if I did my work, since I've done since I was a rookie back in Seattle, I didn't have a problem competing at any level. So, no. The smugness. No. No, I've never cheated. No. It's like talking to my toddler. Like, hey, did you go get did you did you touch that cookie? I see it all on your face. It's all on your hands. It's all on the floor. Did you touch that cookie?

No. Alex Rodriguez. And what makes this even worse, one of the worst contracts ever, is that he lied. He cheated and then he tried to sue them for his money.

What a joke. Alex Rodriguez, number four, worst sports contracts ever. Let's move on to the next number.

Number three. At least at least he was able to show up to work. Alex Rodriguez until his hip said, no, thank you. This dude got his money and he's cooked.

He is done. Stephen Strasburg. Oh, my God. World Series.

Listen to this story. First of all, we know he fell out of the womb and was a pitcher in baseball. OK, 2019 World Series MVP with the Nationals. They immediately say thank you very much.

Maybe they didn't think this through too much of a thank you. Here's two hundred forty five million dollars for the next seven years. That was a record contract for a pitcher at that time. Highest paid pitcher ever in regards to annual salary.

Thirty five million a year. You want to know what's happened since 2019, since he was that World Series MVP? In 2020, the man really had carpal tunnel.

Couldn't feel a damn thing. Only pitched two games in 2020. Twenty twenty one.

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Yeah, this is that's one of the worst things ever. And he was so enthusiastic when he got there, too, or when he got the money, he was already there. Listen to Stephen Strasburg talk about how special it was to get that bag. The Nationals were there from the beginning. You know, I became a father, became a husband as a national.

I've just I've grown with this organization and it's become home to me. Yeah, you know, played up his career is probably done. All the best to him and having some type of decent life, you know, moving forward into the future. Pretty bad. Pretty bad. Stephen Strasburg, number three.

One of the worst contracts the sports world has ever seen. He's number three. This is this number.

Number two. We got to go to basketball. All my friends in D.C. They might be familiar with what I'm talking about because this is also an athlete from D.C. He got some money. He got one hundred and eleven million dollars from the Wizards. Even though he was basically shot, he had microfracture surgery and then he was playing with guns. And in the last you saw of him, he was playing for the Shanghai Sharks. I'm talking about Gilbert Arenas. His career was done at 32 years old. The other work his way up from being a second round pick out of Arizona.

Most improved this and this and this with the Warriors. The Wizards bring him on and then they reward him. Did he need it? Did he need the money? They gave him a six year, 60 million dollar deal. And then they said, you know what?

Screw this. Let's give you some more money. More than one hundred million dollars. And then we know about Gilbert Arenas. What happened after that? He's hurt. He's injured.

Can't play. His knee is busted. And he's gambling with Javaris Crittenton, who unfortunately is also locked up for another legal matter.

Gambling debts. Gilbert Arenas charged with carrying a gun with no license suspended during the NBA season. And he even said this.

He was talking to Draymond Green on his podcast and he said that, yeah, hey, Poland, the owner of the Wizards at the time basically said, you know what, Gilbert, we appreciate what you've done. It doesn't matter the status of your knee. We're going to pay you regardless. Listen to this. I'm hurt.

Didn't only play two games. Mr. Poland said, I don't care what they said. You did your job. Whatever you want. I'm going to sign it. Whatever you want. I don't care what you want. I'm going to sign it. I don't care what the doctor said.

I don't care what the general manager is saying. So you're my guy. You lived up to yours.

I'm going to live up to mine and sign me to the one you left. Right. So he didn't listen to the experts. He didn't listen to the general manager. He didn't listen to no doctor.

He didn't care. So once he passed, I remember I remember we're at the ceremony and Brendan Heywood was like, he looked at me and said, yeah, they're going to come. You better be on your best behavior.

They're going to come after that contract. Man, I'm untouchable, man. He ain't doing nothing to me. No, he was right. I was wrong.

Oh, yeah. Shout out to Brendan Heywood, by the way. At least Gilbert Arenas knew the contract he got was ridiculous. He as much as admitted he was not the same player when he had the microfracture surgery. And he certainly didn't get an opportunity to play when he started playing around with guns in an NBA locker room. Gilbert Arenas.

I have him at number two on the list here. Worst sports contracts ever. It's the J.R. sport ratio here with you on CBS Sports Radio. Gilbert Arenas is two.

That means on the other side of the break. We only have one more name. I'm going to share that with you. The worst sports contract ever. It's the J.R. sport ratio here on CBS Sports Radio.

Don't move. It's the J.R. sport ratio here with you on CBS Sports Radio. It's a new top six list.

It's what I do every Wednesday night into Thursday morning. And with all of the talk surrounding contracts tonight, I wanted to take a look at some of the worst contracts, the top six worst sports contracts that we've ever seen. And I'm about to share with you number one.

But let's give you a quick recap. At number six, I gave you Jamarcus Russell, formerly of the Raiders, now reminding everyone that he is not a bust in life because he got 31 million dollars guaranteed, even though his career didn't last more than three seasons. At number five, worst sports contracts ever. I gave you Albert Hainsworth. This guy got the Washington 100 million dollars.

Most money ever at that time for a defender. And he did nothing. He complained. He whined. Criminal allegations against him. Sexual assault. I mean, Albert Hainsworth.

He got that bag and then that was pretty much it for him in the NFL. And number four, I gave you Alex Rodriguez. Lie, lie, lie. Get hurt. Lie, lie, lie. Get hurt.

Sue for your money. Ten years, 275 million dollars. At least Alex Rodriguez made so much money. You can still consider him to be a success. Watch him on TV. Let's see if he can take full control of the Timberwolves with someone else's money.

Good for him. And number three, you want to talk about one of the worst sports contracts ever? Steven Strasburg went from being World Series MVP to having nerve damage in his arm. They paid him, or they will be paying him, 245 million dollars. He basically hasn't pitched since he signed that contract, since he was World Series MVP. And number two, we got to stay in Washington, D.C. There's a theme here. Albert Hainsworth, D.C. Steven Strasburg, D.C. Gilbert Arenas, number two, D.C. We know about his knee surgery.

We know about his guns. And this was a waste of 111 million dollars for Gilbert Arenas. If you live in Washington, D.C., if you're a Wizards fan, Nats fans, Commanders fan, be happy. Number one has nothing to do with you, but it has something to do with a team a little while up the road in New York City. And let's hear the fancy voice man say it. What number are we up to?

Number one. Yeah, if you want to talk about the worst sports contract ever, it was handed out by the New York Mets previous or prior ownership group. We got to look at the Will Pons. They thought that they were going to be making so much money. This is a true story. They thought that they were going to be making so much money with Bernie Madoff, who I guess is the Alex Rodriguez of finance or was. That Bobby Bonilla was traded to the New York Mets in 1998. At this point, Bobby Bonilla, you know, multiple time All-Star in Pittsburgh, Baltimore, won a World Series with the Marlins. But then he forgot how to play baseball. And so the Mets traded for this man and he proceeded to stink batting average.

I don't think was even higher than, you know, 200. He sucked. He didn't play.

He was garbage. And so the New York Mets at the end of the season, they said, we don't want you, Bobby Bonilla. But when they released him, they still owed him approximately six million dollars on his contract. And Bobby Bonilla and his agent, because they are super geniuses and the Mets are just, well, they were stupid dumb.

Hell of an oxymoron there, stupid dumb. They said, OK, sure, you know what we'll do? We won't pay you for about 10 years. And then when we do pay you every year from July of 2011 to 2035.

We're going to pay you a deferred salary here of more than one million dollars. Bobby Bonilla retired in 2003, hasn't played for the Mets since 1999. And that six million dollars has basically turned into 30 million dollars for Bobby Bonilla. He was 60 when they started paying him this money. He will be 72 when he gets his last check.

The New York Mets here with a massive mistake. And sure, now Steve Cohen owns the team. This man is a multi billionaire over and over and over again. He don't give a damn about no million dollars.

And he's pretty much turned it into a joke. He said every July 1st that we have to pay him, we, the New York Mets, should celebrate Bobby Bonilla Day. He spoke to the New York Post. He spoke to Howie Rose. Howie Rose asked him about this.

And Steve Cohen was just like, yeah, this contract is so bad, we got to laugh at it. Listen to this. You know, I'm still thinking about Bobby Bonilla Day, if I can get him, you know. What would that entail? You know, I just go with my instincts and, you know, let's just have fun with it. Because it's become almost an iconic day. You know, it's become something that just became viral.

And so why not just go with it and then make, you know, enjoy it and, you know, make it fun. Is Bobby on the same page with that? If he can make it. Yeah, I think Bobby is thinking about it and considering it.

And I've had good conversations with him. So we'll see. You know, who knows? It will get you a lot of attention, that's for sure.

You ever have one of those situations where it's so sad that you can't do anything but just laugh away the pain? And sure, this million dollars is not a lot. It's nothing for the New York Mets. It's nothing for Steve Cohen. He does not care.

But I mean damn. It's just so bad the New York Mets and Steve Cohen have decided to try to turn it into a joke. Because the prior ownership group, the Will Pons, thought that they were going to get rich with Bernie Madoff. How did that work out?

It didn't. Bobby Bonilla, I have him down as the worst contract that the sports world has ever seen. Hey, the phone lines are open to you right now. That's 855-212-4CBS.

That's 855-212-4CBS. Everybody can't make a top six list. I'm pretty sure you're not going to bring up a name that I didn't think about, that I didn't consider. But I had to squeeze six guys onto this. And so I'm asking you, when you think about some of the worst sports contracts that you've ever seen, what name comes to mind?

Who do you feel has the worst contract the sports world has ever seen? I'm going to get to your phone calls on the other side of the break. It's the JR Sport Brief Show on CBS Sports Radio. 855-212-4CBS.

It's 855-212-4CBS. I just gave you a new top six list. Tonight, we took a look at some of the worst contracts ever handed out, ever doled out in the world of sports. And number one, I gave you Bobby Bonilla. Because of the Mets stupidity, they're paying him deferred payments instead of saying, here's $6 million. They said, we'll go ahead and pay you basically into perpetuity. He doesn't get his last check until 2035. He's going to be 72 years old.

Absolutely ridiculous. $6 million turning into $30 million for the New York Mets. Let me give you a quick recap of the list. At number six, I gave you Jamarcus Russell. At number five, I gave you Albert Hainsworth. At number four, I gave you Alex Rodriguez. At number three, I gave you Steven Straussberg.

At number two, Gilbert Arenas. And then Bobby Bonilla at number one. Bobby Bonilla is so bad of a contract. The new owner, Steve Cohen, wants to make it a holiday for the New York Mets. He wants to celebrate Bobby Bonilla Day, the day where they write him a $1 million plus check. They want to celebrate it like it's Bobblehead Day. Like, why not? I mean, how long do you have to cry?

Before you just start laughing at your own pain? 855-212-4CBS. That's 855-212-4CBS. Allen is calling from Toronto. You're on CBS Sports Radio, the JR Sport Brief Show. Allen, give me that name.

Go ahead. Chris Davis has to be the worst of the worst. He was great between 2012 and 2016. And then 2017, his batting average did not go above 196. On base percentage did not go above 291.

And his OPS, 379. And he had hip degenerative injuries. And he had a forearm injury. He had all kinds of injuries. And he was striking out close to 200 times a year. And he signed a contract in 2016, seven years to $161 million.

And did not even come close to living up to it. And it's just an absolute shame. And he's being deferred. His salaries are being deferred until something like 2032. So that is the absolute worst as far as I'm concerned.

Okay. Well, thank you, Allen, for calling from Toronto. I remember Chris Davis, he was nothing but a human tornado. And it was actually pretty sad watching him swing a bat.

It was like Joey Gallo, but worse. Sorry. 855-212-4CBS. That's 855-212-4CBS. BG calling from Detroit.

You're on CBS Sports Radio. What's the worst contract, BG? Well, I think, you know, the whole thing with the Yasiel Puig and Cespedes and Jose Abreu, all those Cuban guys coming on over and producing. And then Boston lays one down for six years and $72 million for Rusni Castillo, who first off didn't even, I mean, he did the major league debut and all that stuff, but had less than 10 homers for $72 million. Yeah, he didn't even play. No, he got stuck in the minors from some weird contractual agreement where they couldn't even bring him up even though he was on the 40-man roster. It was really a ridiculous move that I've never seen a team lay that much money down for a guy who didn't even play.

Yeah, especially to bring him over from Cuba. You mentioned it. I remember it was trying to find lightning in a bottle to continue finding Cuban players that you could bring up and basically control. I remember we didn't see him.

No, you didn't. And not only that, if you look back on the football side of it, Matt Flynn was another one. He had one good game against the Lions and then the Seahawks sold out a whole bunch of money, and the guy started like three more games. Yeah, I remember Matt Flynn. I remember that. Hey, BG, thank you for calling from Detroit. Yes, sir.

God bless. Let's go to Toronto and talk to Glenn. Glenn, you're on CBS Sports Radio. Hey, man. How are you doing?

Excellent. Okay, so this is the New York Islanders, which has been run badly for years. They're starting to get better now. But it's Rick DiPietro's 15-year contract that the last six years of, he was retired. And there was four and a half.

Well, in hockey, four and a half is a lot. Keep in mind that they traded a future Hall of Famer in Roberto Longo so they could draft him. They didn't give him a 15-year contract.

He never lives up to it. He's always injured. And that's after they handed Alexei Yashin a 10-year contract that they bought out so that they could somehow relieve some of their salary cap, like two of the worst contracts in the history of the league, and the same GM did it. Are they not still paying him as well? Aren't they still paying him? Alexei Yashin, they're still paying.

No, no, Rick DiPietro. I think they're still paying him. I saw that his contract ran out in 2020-2021. Now, unless they deferred it, in which point they're probably still paying him. But, yeah, Alexei Yashin, I think they deferred, and they're still paying him, I think, on deferred payments.

Yeah, I'm going to look it up. I think they're paying both of them, man, but we're going to look, okay? And neither of them are in the league anymore.

Yashin was out of the league, I think, three years after he signed the contract, and I think he went to the KHL in Russia, and DiPietro is now a radio host because his career went down the toilet, and Luongo just retired last year as a Hall of Fame goalie. Rick is doing local radio in New York City, absolutely. He does the morning show. Hey, Glenn, thank you for calling from Toronto, man. You have a great evening, man.

You as well. 855-212-4CBS. Let's go to Bill. He's calling from Pittsburgh. You're on the JR Sport Brief Show. What's up, Bill?

Hey, first-time caller, JR. I just wanted to know, since you brought up about Washington and all the bad decisions in that city, how about John Wall? Oh, my God.

Ugh. What is his last year? He got like 44 million. You should have put him in front of Gilbert Arenas. Say again? You should have put him in front of Gilbert Arenas. What do you mean in front of him? You mean... Well, yeah, as far as, you know, worst contract ever.

No, I don't know about that. Look, I know about he blew out his Achilles, and then he had the infection, he had the injury in his house, and he was making all that money. He's throwing up gang signs.

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New episodes come every Thursday all summer long. Follow The PBP Voices of Baseball on the Odyssey app or wherever you find your podcasts. Able to go out there and earn his money, but I think Gilbert Arenas and his stupidity takes things to just a completely different level. There's no doubt, yes. John Wall is one of the worst contracts, yes.

You can go on and on with these lists. Oh, yeah, absolutely, Bill. Well, maybe they'll send some money to you and me. 855-212-4CBS. It's 855-212-4CBS. David, he's calling from Seattle, Washington.

You're on the JR Sport Brief Show. Go ahead, David. Hey, JR. Hey, I have a couple here. Whoa, whoa, whoa.

We got a lot of callers. Do me a favor if you can. Don't give me a couple. Give me one. Narrow it down to one. Yeah, I have.

So most of the stuff you talked about were passive, kind of passive income. So I think about Matt Ryan. Every time everyone goes back to the well, he continued to not perform and he got moved around and ended up being the most interceptions ever.

I think it was four with Indianapolis in one game, I think. I think that was one of the worst. Oh, no, David. Come on. David, you ever watch Sesame Street in your life, David? Yeah. You know the song from Sesame Street, one of these things is not like the other, one of these things just doesn't belong.

You heard that song before? Yeah. Matt Ryan, if you want to talk about one of the worst contracts ever, listen to the names of the individuals that I mentioned tonight. Jamarcus Russell, Gilbert Arenas.

You have to think about Steven Strasburg, Albert Hainsworth. Matt Ryan doesn't belong anywhere near these names. Come on, you could be nicer than that. Stop. Come on, David.

Are you joking with me? Come on. Well, I go a different direction because I think about Russell Wilson, too, in my hometown here, and he's underperforming. So I'm thinking about the underperforming and Dwight Howard. I think about underperforming athletes. Well, underperforming is different than having one of the worst contracts sports has ever seen.

Agreed. And one thing I still wouldn't do is put Matt Ryan in an underperforming category when you think about what he has done and what he's accomplished. What did he do to you? Did he spit on you in the street? I found him to move around too much and not have any value.

Move around too much and just play for the Falcons and just left last year. Come on. Sorry, David. Come on, David.

Stop it. Did I miss something? Is there another Matt Ryan? Is Matt Ryan a journey quarterback right now? I think David might be talking about one of his friends who's named Matt and then another friend that's also named Ryan. Possibly.

They may be wanderers. Come on. Matt Ryan is living a good life. He's about to be on television. And, oh, yeah, by the way, Matt Ryan is letting everybody know. He's like, listen, I'm not retired yet. Matt Ryan, one of the better quarterbacks over the past ten years since he basically came out of B.C., okay? So worst con – leave Matt Ryan alone. And also, by the way, I know he didn't spit on you.

Of course I was joking. Matt Ryan is one of the nicest humans that you will ever meet. One of the most polite guys. Very community-oriented when he was here in Atlanta. Still lives here. You see him at the games. He's sitting courtside saying hello to everybody, taking pictures probably when he doesn't want to. Matt Ryan ain't bothering nobody. Leave that man alone. He takes enough crap from people who think that he stunk, which doesn't make any sense. It's the J.R. Sportbree show here with you on CBS Sports Radio. I'm going to get to more of your calls on the other side. We're talking about athletes with some of the worst contracts in sports. Leave Matt Ryan alone. Don't move.