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It is the JR Sport Brief show here with you on CBS Sports Radio. I'm coming to you live from Atlanta, Georgia. Thank you to super producer and host Dave Shepherd. He's holding it down for us in New York City.

And then we got people tuned in, locked in, all over North America. Shout outs to you. You at work? Thank you. You at the firehouse?

Thank you. You at the doctor's office? Well, not the office. Shep, they ain't no doctor's office open now, right? Unless urgent care now. Yeah, yeah.

Well, oh, yeah. Hospitals. Yeah. Urgent care hospitals.

Yeah. Like who goes to the doctor this late at night? Unless you got an injury or something's hurt.

I hope not. Anyway, let me make you feel better. Somebody call me a doctor. I'll be Dr. JR.

I've been called doctor other things, but it'd be inappropriate here on the radio. Either way, I'll be hanging out for the next two hours. I get started every single week night. 10 p.m. Eastern.

Seven Pacific. We've had a busy night so far. We talked about some of the young quarterbacks in the NFL. Who looks good? Sam Howell and been around for more than a year now.

Only played one game prior to this season. He looks good. Bryce Young has looked good.

C.J. Stroud has looked good. Anthony Richardson's look good, but he can't finish a game healthy. Not saying they look spectacular, but they haven't looked like ass either.

There's some some room to grow, which you got to appreciate. We talked about Tom Brady saying absolutely nothing. A matter of fact, let's let's hear Tom Brady. So he was on his podcast. Let's go every Monday with Jim Gray and Jim Gray asked him the question that everybody is dying to know the answer to. Listen to this. Tom, we know you're on a lot of jets for Delta in your leadership role.

The question everybody has been wondering is, have the Jets called and are you considering the Jets? Next question. Asked and answered. You already know. And Tom Brady, I wonder if he's drinking real alcohol now. Hey, Shep, you think he's drinking real alcohol? I don't think so.

No. I remember. What did he get drunk on during that Super Bowl parade? Was that avocado tequila or something? I know he's a big avocado ice cream guy.

I'll double check. Yeah, but he was an avocado tequila, so I don't know. I'm sure it's just as good. Maybe not.

You can mix it with anything. I guess it's good. I wonder if he's eating. Well, yeah, I guess he might be having a pizza every now and then.

Good for him. Live your lifetime, Brady. We talked about running back injuries. All these running backs going down. Nick Chubb out for the season. Jonathan Taylor ankle. Austin Eckler ankle. J.K. Dobbins knee ACL, Saquon Barkley ankle.

I mean, we can go down the damn list. There's a reason why running backs ain't getting that big money. We talked about Cam Akers. Might be traded.

We also I just gave you a nice update before we went to the break. Julius Peppers, Antonio Gates nominated and up for the Hall of Fame. They got a whole process to go through for the rest of this year and early next year, et cetera.

But, yeah, Julius Peppers, Antonio Gates, even if they don't get in first ballot, they are going into the Hall of Fame. So congratulations to them. And as we continue on here with the show, I do want to talk about Bill Belichick, because it seems that we're in a space right now where you got to kick Bill Belichick when he's down. I want to tell you about Colorado. More people watch that game between Colorado and Colorado State on Saturday night.

It's one of the most watched college football games in ESPN history. And then I got to tell you about a guy who's going in the wrong direction. His name is Justin Fields. But before I do that, you know, in the break, I always check out what's going on in the news, what's going on in the world. And I saw a post on Bleacher Report. And this is not groundbreaking news, but this is something that kind of made my brain go, well, damn, this is some wild stuff and stuff is putting it lightly.

It's actually fun. Bleacher Report put up a post that pretty much says these are NFL players full names that you never knew. And the first photo that pops up is is Juju Smith Schuster.

This is OK. It is a good chance that this guy's first name isn't Juju. His name is John Sherman Smith.

Sure. I can't even say it. John Jangle Jenga Hamid Smith, John Sherman Smith Schuster. You can't go by that name as a football player. Now, can you, Shaq?

No, one would think that that would get you hit. John Sherman Smith Schuster with the reception. Yeah, Juju sounds better.

Stick with that. Debo Samuel. Good chance that this man's first name was not Debo. His name is Tyshawn. Tyshawn, Tyshawn. Rayquan Samuel.

OK, good for him. A.J. Dillon. A.J.? Yeah, he stands for something.

Algiers Jamil William Dillon Jr. Good for him, too. D.K. Metcalf actually has a full name. DeKalin Zacharias Metcalf. Yeah, D.K.

sounds better, yes. C.D. Lamb. His first name is not C.D. Cedarian Lamb. And then this is a mother of a name right now. Oh my God. We saw him beat Bill Belichick on Monday.

He actually, I think his record is 5-1 against Belichick. Tua Tonga Valoa. Hey Shep, if you can safely look at Twitter, just look at my Twitter. At JR Sport Brief. I just put up Tua Tonga Valoa's full name. Oh my God.

Hey Shep, are you looking at this? How many letters is in Tua's first name? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. I've seen 18. I can't even count. I can't even count this.

Let me double check. Yeah, 18. There's 18 letters here in Tua?

Oh my God. Let's be honest, JR. Most people, and I'm being serious now. Tua Tonga Valoa. Most people cannot even pronounce his last name.

And he hasn't changed it. Yeah, it took me a while. Tonga Valoa. Yeah, Tonga Valoa, yes. I can say Atata Kumpo, too.

That's easy now. Yeah, Giannis Atata Kumpo. I mean, but he's been around more than Tua has.

Yeah. Well, I don't know what Tua is. How do you say this? We gotta, we gotta have, is there, there has to be someone of Samoan descent who's listening to us right now. Like a Hawaiian descent.

They gotta be, somebody from the Pacific Islands has to call me up and tell me how to say this first name. I don't even want to butcher it. Tua Tuan Tuaniga Gamana Ualopa Pilapola. That's, Chef, you try now. Go ahead. Your turn.

I'm good. Tua Tuani Gamana Ualopola. Tua Tuani Gamana Ualopola. La Pola. La Pola is the easy part. Like, we got the La Pola part. La Pola. I think that's how that, La Pola. Tua Tuani. You want to hear it?

It's from the horse's mouth. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Tua. Let's see it. Let's compare here. Tuani. Aha.

There we go. Tuani Gamana Tua Ualopola. Let's hear Tua.

What does he say? Tuani Gamana Ualopola. Ah, Chef. Oh, come on, bro. I was, uh, I was, I was close.

Manu Ualopola. Yeah, look at me. I figured it out. Shut man, come on.

You're getting Tua Tuaniga Manu Ualopola. Yeah. So, so, JR, I... I was close.

I was getting there. Can I, can I be honest? What? It doesn't, wow. I just realized it doesn't sound, it doesn't sound right. What doesn't sound right?

What do you mean? It came out of, what, from me? No, no, from you. I'm not, I'm not going to pronounce it. You're saying the man pronounced his own name. You said it doesn't sound, what do you mean it doesn't sound right?

Yeah, it doesn't sound right coming from me. Oh, okay. Well, fine.

You're getting Tuaniga Manu Ualopola. Okay. You get, you get my drift. No, I don't. I don't know what you're talking about.

Really? Tua, Tua, Tua, what, what? I'll play it again.

It's quick. You're getting Tuaniga Manu Ualopola. No, I don't know what you're talking about. Gotcha, gotcha. I'm not, I'll leave it there then. Yeah, just tell me you're on the side and I'll find out an interesting way to say it on the other side of the break. I can say it.

I'm not going to say it. Okay. Okay, all right. Yeah, yup, I think you got it now. I don't, but I will continue on. Gotcha.

Are you talking about anatomy or something? Uh, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'm even uncomfortable bringing it up on your show live. So I will tell you during the break why I feel uncomfortable pronouncing his last name. Tonga Valoa? No, no, no, no, no. Sorry, his first name. His first name, yes. Okay, that's fine.

Well, anybody who, here's the thing, now that we know how to say it, anybody who can spell it, I mean, get some, get some cash out of there. And this is, looking at all these names, man. Juju Smith-Schuster and DK Metcalf, this really reminds me of the, uh, how do I call it? You ever seen that Key and Peele thing shop where they made fun of the guy's names? I have not.

I have seen where they are students and one's a teacher and they make, and they have people that know, understand different kind of cultural names, but a white community doesn't understand those same kind of names? No, not the same thing. You know what I'm talking about, right? Uh, I'm not so sure.

Gotcha. I'm not so sure. Hey, do you, you got that clip where we could listen to some of them names? Oh, we do, JR. Yeah, let's, let's, this is from Key and Peele on Comedy Central. They made fun of some of these NFL names. Listen to this.

What does it sound like? Creme de la Creme, Vanderbilt University, Cosgrove Shumway, Clemson, Haha Clendix, University of Alabama, Doyka Honahue, Marshall, Lagoon Dupree, West Virginia University, Liget Duisable, University of Central Florida, Creme de la Creme, Vanderbilt University, Cosgrove Shumway, Clemson, Haha Clendix, University of Alabama, Doyka Honahue, Marshall, Lagoon Dupree, West Virginia University, Liget Duisable, University of Central Florida, Bhangarhi Gudunsoid Sr, Central Connecticut State University, Grunge P.E.P. Georgia Southern Universi import, Debr tou Ferguson, University of Virginia, bounce luggage, University of South Carolina, Stump-pmwiki RoboClik, Gramblin' Stain... Cornelius Taint Carradine, Florida State University.

Alright, it's funnier when you see it in person. Also the terrible thing is that they slipped in a few NFL players with real names. Debrikashaw Ferguson, actually one of the nicest, most intelligent guys that the NFL has seen in the New York Jets Hall of Fame, I think Debrikashaw Ferguson, post-retirement, went into nursing and then also went into finance. And so yeah, Debrikashaw Ferguson coming out of Virginia, it's, yeah we got, I mean when you got this many dudes coming from all over the country with this many names, it's, it's going to be some tough going, man. It's Tua, how do you, Tua's name is what now, Tua Angelalopola, how do you say it, what is it? You're getting Tuaniga Manuolopola. Let's see if this guy knows how to spell it. Flute is here from DC, you're on the JR Sport Reshow, spell Tua's first name, Flute, spell it. A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P.

When I get to 18, I'll stop because there's only 26 letters, so I don't know how to spell it. But JR, what I do know how to spell is the DC Commander's Man and we got a running back named Bryan Robinson. Now he was injured last year because he took two bullets in his thigh and he had to start like at the sixth game of the season, he had to bounce back from two bullets, you know, injuries. I'm telling you, I've been watching running backs, man, since the days of Jim Brown. And let me tell you something about this boy, he has that kick, man, like when you grab him and he just keeps pumping and pumping and pumping and pumping and I've never seen a running back with that special kick like him, man.

And he reminds me of like the old school type of running backs, so the running back position is not out of football, it's just that they need to catch, you know, they have to catch him. No, they're called replaceable, that's it, they're replaceable. Right, watch out for the DC Commanders, we were 8-8 last year and we came in last place and every team in our division made the playoffs, we were 8-8-1 and we got our team, we got Magic Johnson on board and we got a new ownership, man, I'm telling you, we getting ready to roll here in DC. Alright, yeah, you're going to be a decent team, Flute, well thank you for calling. We know they're going to be good, man, the whole country don't care about the Commanders, I'm just being honest, I mean, it's not like they're going to win the Super Bowl, man, come on. Can they just be good? Can they be respectable? Can they get that starting point?

I think that's a good space for the Washington Commanders to be in. I'm happy that you're excited, you should be excited, you got that piece of crap Daniel Snyder out of there and as you said, yeah, you got a respectable organization now. But let's pump the brakes a little bit, congratulations though, in all actuality, I never thought in my life I'd hear a football analysis where someone goes, oh yeah, he bounced back from having two bullets pumped into him, I'm like, whoa, okay, yeah. It was Plaxico, Plaxico Burress did come back, he's not the first dude, Plaxico Burress shot himself and he came back, right, does that count too? It counts, did he come back though, I mean, he was never the guy we saw in Pittsburgh and never, obviously the guy we saw- Oh, he shot himself with the Giants, man.

The New York Jets, he came back, I think he had a year, he went over 1,000 yards, had a bunch of TD's, he came back, he just got old. That's fair, okay, he got old, I'll give you that. He shot himself and got old in the process. Has there been an NBA player to shoot, well, Paul Pierce got stabbed a bunch of times. I mean, you know, Javaris Crittenton had a- Oh, no, no, no, he slotted up, now he killed him. Yeah. I mean, Gilbert Reardon just thought it was funny to have a gun on team property, I know that. Yeah, but thank God nobody shot each other. Yeah, well, I mean, the one incident that you do think of, and it was by accident, obviously, and this is tragic, it ended a life, and I believe it was a show for, was Jason Williams with a Y. Oh, Jason Williams. Yeah.

He had a gun and he shot the chauffeur, he had a driver. Yeah, yep. Wow. He's doing a lot of public speaking about that now, too, isn't he?

You know what? He was phenomenal as an NBC analyst when he was talking about the NBA, he was great. Yeah, affable guy, yeah.

Very much so, very much so. Great rebounder. He was an all-star, he was an overachiever. I mean, those early Nets teams before the Jason Kidd days, I mean, Jason Williams was the vocal leader of that team.

Yeah, it's a bunch of New Jersey Nets that nobody went to go see in this stupid swamp. You know, he's got a very dark past, and not necessarily for his own volition, it wasn't self-inflicted, he's been through a lot in his life. I mean, he witnessed a lot of death when he was, I would say, younger than a teenager, I mean, in his immediate family, so he has seen a whole lot of crap that no one in a lifetime should have to encounter. All right, well, now he's helping people, ain't he? Yeah, he is. Good for him. Good for him. Good for him.

Better than shooting people. It's the JR Sport Reshow here with you on CBS Sports Radio, 855-212-4CBS, that's 855-212-4CBS. Phone lines are open. We come back, I want to talk to you about Mr. Bill Belichick, because this dude cannot catch a break. It's like he's getting more miserable and miserable as the weeks go on, and it seems like there's a segment of the Patriots' fan base who's just as miserable with him. It's the JR Sport Reshow on CBS Sports Radio. You're listening to the JR Sport Brief on CBS Sports Radio. You're listening to the JR Sport Brief on CBS Sports Radio. Hey JR, thanks for taking my car, you have a great show, I listen to you on my midnight shift every night.

Call in now at 855-212-4CBS. It's the JR Sport Brief Show here with you on CBS Sports Radio, 855-212-4CBS, that's 855-212-4CBS. I want to talk to you about Bill Belichick in a little bit.

It's like he can't get no love. I still can't believe how many people crap on Bill Belichick. Oh it was all Tom Brady, oh he can't win without Tom Brady, oh Bill Belichick over, what do you want? Any coach who goes out there and they have a great player, the great player is going to lead the team. I mean, no coach, I don't care how good of a coach you are, you ain't going to win, you ain't going to have success if you got ass players. You can't go out there and coach three garbage cans and win championships, it doesn't work that way.

And so yes, it's a meeting of the minds, it's winning the lottery, everybody has to do their role and do their part. The coach isn't the ultimate decider, yes it's the talent on the field, it's the talent on the court that drives you to success and it's up to the coach to keep things organized, that's just what it is. And so yeah, do you have some coaches who hit the jackpot?

Yes, yes you do. You also have some players who hit the jackpot in regards to where they play. Come on, there was no damn guarantee that Tom Brady ever would have got a shot at playing in the NFL if it weren't for some of his circumstances when it comes down to his selection and where he got picked. So sometimes we got to be realistic, let's give Bill Belichick a damn break. Has the guy been a crap GM over the past several seasons? Yes. Has he made some terrible decisions with the offense and who's running it?

Yes. But he is still one of the best coaches in the NFL. Let's be real, look up and down NFL rosters when it comes down to coaches. Look at the Staley's of the world and for people who want to crap on Belichick. A few years ago, look at the crap that he made with Cam Newton. That offense stunk. That team stunk. On any other squad, if Bill Belichick was not the head coach, they wouldn't even sniff seven games and I found that to be a success given the garbage that they put out there. Not Cam Newton as an overall, but I mean, he had nobody to throw to, he's coming off of injuries, they couldn't do anything but say, hey man, here you run the ball and try.

Just give Bill Belichick a break. And now the guy is in the TMZ and all these dirt pages and sheets because of the relationship with his girlfriend that appears to no longer be a relationship. Nevermind. Ah well, I mean, we only see the guy publicly, he's not the same way in private. People have told me as much, but when you look at his public persona, you don't imagine him having a successful relationship. I don't know.

Maoli does his work. It's tough. Shep, could you imagine dating Bill Belichick?

Not you, but I mean, how do I pose the question? You know what the hell I'm saying. Maybe you don't. I get exactly what you're referring to. I couldn't even imagine being around him, let alone being a significant other or romantic partner of any one of his personality because- Well, I guess you just, you run his foundation, which she did, right? And you go to Celtics games and you go on nice vacations and you got a nice big house to yourself. You don't have to look at him because he's always away at work. And so I guess it works out. And then when he gets home, when he is home, he's just stuff, and that's it.

It's simple. Yeah, but there's a wall you got to break down with him because he just does not trust anybody. You think that... We don't know if that moves into his personal life.

We don't know that. JR, how you do something is how you do everything. The way you treat members of the media is the way you treat everybody. I firmly believe that. I firmly believe that.

I don't think so. It's why you hear such great things about Andy Reid as a human being. It's why players swear by him up and down because Andy treats everybody with the utmost respect. John Harbaugh's the same way. Listen, I know the McCordys. Those are my guys, right? McCordy Twins.

Those are my guys. Rutgers, New Jersey, they... I hear it from other people. There are plenty of people who don't like Bill Belichick.

Former players can't stand him, his system, how he operates and runs the team. And then I talk to the McCordys. Two dudes who I would trust more than a whole hell of a lot of people, and they're just like, man, don't believe it. I'm just...

I believe them. And so what he does publicly I don't think is the same in private. And definitely for an intimate relationship, I wouldn't think so.

Like, you got to... Bill Belichick, and who is, how many people are going to be, especially for a public job, like you want to keep some things private. He can't be that way at home, can he? Right? Right? Can't? No?

Sure he can. I mean, look, the reality is it's not just that he's tied to the vest. He's just flat out condescending when he speaks to the media. He's condescending.

So what do you think? He comes home and then she goes, babe, do you want a sandwich? And he goes, I'm sick of that rye bread. He can't do that.

Come on. Well, you know what he's not saying? He's not saying, hey, I'm happy to go back to the grocery store and get the ingredients that you always get. This is not an equal partnership. Well, Bill Belichick does not go to the grocery store.

And let me tell you something. A real man goes shopping at a grocery store, especially if he's a member of a family or a member of a women's partnership. He's a wealthy man. He ain't going to no grocery store. Yeah, you're right. Messi doesn't go to public stores. Good point, JR. Messi? Oh, that was a publicity stunt.

Was it? Come on now. Publix is a sponsor for the team. If Messi can go to Publix, Bill Belichick can find himself one time at a Whole Goods. Hey, you let me know the next time you see Messi at the supermarket, OK?

I will. He's a man of the people. Ain't happening no more. Hey, Marco, when's the last time you went grocery shopping? Bad example. I do it every week. You know, I feel like an ass. I feel like a whole ass. Yeah, but here again. Am I?

What? Am I Messi? Am I Belichick? I got no money.

I got nobody knows who the hell I am. No, I can go to the store. I get in and out of there as fast as humanly possible. That's not a problem.

I have found it convenient to punch in my groceries into the Kroger app and just go pick them up. I think I've switched things up here. Yeah, no, I haven't gotten to that stage yet. Plus you're talking to a guy who's got over 12 years under his belt working in supermarkets. I know. Get in and out pretty quickly. I know.

OK. Yeah. I've realized that I can just pull my car up and they bring it out and I say, you know, here's five dollars. Give me my groceries. And I just drive away. I did that for the first time.

No, the second time this week. And I think that's my new lot in life. Yeah. You got other people picking your produce now. Now that now the produce that that part about it. You see, all I got was see, I got bananas and fresh cut berries. So I think I'm good on that. Next time, if I if I need to get some vegetables, I probably go in there and want to you know, you want to handle the things yourself. You know, Marco, you understand.

I'm well aware. I need to handle it myself. I need to I need to feel I need to see.

I need to smell. Yes. There you go.

Eight five five two one two four. CBS. We got Brandon here from Albuquerque. Hey, Brandon.

You're CBS Sports Radio. How are you doing? Thanks for taking my call. Well, thank you.

What's up? So so is embarrassed to say that to his name, because part of the name is a is a racist name that means black person. If you sounded out that that's what he's afraid to say. Oh, OK. I think he doesn't want to embarrass himself. OK.

I don't think he doesn't mean it in a bad way, you know. All right. Thank you, Brandon. I appreciate that.

Well, let's look into. OK. OK. Thank you. All right. Thank you.

Hey, Chef. You have you got that to a clip available? Yes, I do. Yeah. Well, this is to explain in his first name.

What is it? You're getting tuning up manual. To a ninja. Oh, come on, ninja. Is that what he said? Play it again. No, it's not. That's not what he's saying. Play it again. You're getting tuning up manual.

To a ninja ninja ninja ninja. No, no. Oh, man, you think it's too hard about this? Maybe I am, but there's no no big deal. Do you know why? You now know why? I didn't want to say it.

No. By the way, there's a guy who tweeted me, he spelled it out phonetically to a ninja ninja nineteen Paula, to a name manu man who oh lay. Marco Leaflet. You say to his first name, Marco.

Go ahead to to make sure you cut merely. I give you 18 letters here. You're looking at it with phonetics. And you think you can't get through it. Do you think I'm going to do it all on the top of my head?

Listening to you to her. You're getting tuning of Manu Olipola. Oh, the guy who wrote it to me phonetically is a genius, because that's exactly what it reads. Was that Rolly Poli at the end there? What was the back end of that? Is this a joke?

The guy wrote me on Twitter, he goes, his middle name is a dollar. That's not true. You know, I saw that somewhere, but I feel like we'd have to really dive into that, because I feel like that would be wrong. Isn't it?

Oh my God. It would be hilarious, though, if it was. I don't know. It may be fake.

It's on Wikipedia. It's probably the same deep fake, J.R. I didn't tell you about this, because I didn't even want to put this on your radar. You might already be aware of this, but Marco tipped me off to an offensive coordinator who gave a really offensive quote, and that's deep fake, and he was talking about his privates and body parts. And so the person telling you the middle name is Donald is probably the same person trying to get this offensive coordinator to Iowa in hot water as well. Now, you know what?

From pro football reference, which is a reputable site, his middle name says Donnie. I mean, seriously, look, that would be great if it is. I need to see it. I almost want to see the birth certificate at that point.

There's no way. Tua's name is Donald, okay? His middle name is Donald.

His name is Tua Ninga Manulapola Donnie Tagovayola. If you're going to reference his name, it's Donald, okay? It's Donald. Let's be formal here. There's no way. It is.

Come on now. A man's birth name is Tua Ninga Manulapola. His family's Samoan, growing up in Hawaii. He has a traditional name, and then for a middle name, they gave him Donald, okay? I mean, that's as normal, right, as not normal, but it says, I guess, American and traditional American, normal-ish American, if there is such a thing as possible, right? He's the only person in the history of the world to have an 18 first letter, first name, and then have a middle name called Donald. I don't think that's unusual. That's the most unusual set of names I've ever seen in my life.

So now that you have practice, go ahead. What's his name? Tua Ninga Manulapola. Why do you forget Donald, man? Sorry, Donald Tua Ninga Manulapola.

Man, we got this. Now, I wonder what Giannis, what does Giannis, well, he's- Bill. He's just freaking out Joe. Joe. Frank. You know, Giannis doesn't have, there's no American name in there.

What is this? Oh, here we go. Sino Ogo. Oh, that's easy.

Yeah. And then they changed his name because it was spelled, they gave it a Greek spelling coming over from Nigeria. All the extra letters from Adetokumpo, a lot of that is Greek, Adetokumpo. It's wild how we work as human beings and names. Its family goes to Greece and they change the name, they change the spelling of his name to a more Greek spelling from the Nigerian spelling of his name. Just, hey, names are wild.

It's just, it's what it is. Shep Marco and JR. We sound like a bunch of clowns, but here we are. Anyway, it's the JR Sport Brief Show here with you on CBS Sports Radio, 855-212-4CBS. I'm going to get to your calls. I know we got people wanting to talk to me about Bill Belichick.

We're going to do that. You're listening to the JR Sport Brief on CBS Sports Radio. You're listening to the JR Sport Brief on CBS Sports Radio. How you doing, JR? I enjoy listening to you when I'm on the road driving back. You always make a lot of sense and you're funny as hell.

You really have a lot of substance to you. Call in now at 855-212-4CBS. It is the JR Sport Brief Show here on CBS Sports Radio, 855-212-4CBS.

I'm going to pick up the phone lines in a second. I need to let you know about the Defensive Player of the Week, sponsored by the Navy Federal Credit Union, who proudly serves the Armed Forces DOD, veterans and their families. Their members are the mission.

You can learn more at Navyfederal.org. And this week, Alex Highsmith. We saw it last night. Monday Night Football, the Steelers beat the Browns 26-22. Not only did he help start the scoring off for the game, grabbing a 30-yard pick-six for the first score, help put things to sleep for the Browns at the end of the game, knocking the ball, forcing a fumble out of the hands of Deshaun Watson, picked up by TJ Watt for another score. Alex Highsmith going out there representing for Charlotte, coming through, leading the way for the Steelers.

That's your Defensive Player of the Week. 855-2124 CBS, Carl is here from Atlanta. You're on CBS Sports Radio. What's up, Carl? Carl, how you doing, buddy? I'm excellent. What's on your mind? Hey, I just want to agree with you a bit because, look, look, look, Bill Belichick was a great defense.

Let's just go to the original. He was a great defense coordinator up on the New York Jazz with Bill Parcell, and he always had a defense of mind, and he was great at that, and he had this thing with his team to where, hey, guys, we're not going to overpay you as you get older later. And that worked, and he also had Tom Brady.

He had Harry Carson, Carl Banks, and some guy named Lawrence Taylor on defense. Yeah. Exactly. Exactly.

Exactly. But I got one question since you're talking about Bill Belichick. Do what I'm going to say. What? I'm going to say that Bill Belichick is still a good defensive guy.

He just needs somebody to hit him on the other side on offense. Okay. Now, do what I want to go through real quick. Yes. In 2007... I know you're going to disagree, but that's okay... 2007, the Patriots were 18-1. They lost the game- The New York Johnson, the Super Bowl, yes.

What's the question? The super glue on the helmet, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. But yeah, I really believe, I really believe if you can say there's one team in the history of sports that was the greatest team and still lost, I would say it was the New England Patriots and Belichick- Okay. That's fine. So wait, wait. Why are you going to say that and then go, you're going to disagree with me? I don't have no dispute to what you just said.

So why would you say that? Well, because a lot of times my friends, they don't have the in-depth documents. Well, I ain't one of your friends, man. I'm just the guy on the radio. Are you my friend? I hope so, man.

Hey, man. We're radio friends. I love you for a sport.

I'm on sport for that. I love the meaning you come with. And see, I talked to you about a while back, and your music, I asked you about your music.

And see, man, see, did anybody play Dr. Dre? I'm cool with him. I'm cool with him.

Hey, well, hey. Well, what part of Atlanta? Atlanta? Atlanta. Atlanta. Atlanta. Atlanta. Atlanta. Atlanta. Atlanta. Atlanta. Atlanta. What part of Atlanta you live in?

I live in Marietta, man. I mean, I retired from Lockheed Aerospace. Excuse me. You worked for Lockheed Martin? Yes.

Yes. I'm an engineer. Hold on a second. Carl, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. Hey, Shep, that man worked for Lockheed Martin. He got a big old house. Well, he must. We can live for free with him.

He got a big old house up in Marietta. Oh my God. Hey, Shep, did you hear about the F-35 plane that went flying around for a few hours by itself? What is it, like a robot plane? It's one of them stealth planes, yes. Oh my God.

That's cr... I've actually... I know there's robot vacuums. I didn't know there was such a thing as a robot plane.

Bruh. This plane is one of the highest, and I ain't know no arrow. Carl can tell you about it because he worked for Lockheed Martin.

He knows all about this. The plane, I think they were doing a training, and we got a lot of military people listening to me. They're going, this guy, this idiot JR don't know what he's talking about.

Listen people, I'm trying to dumb it down. Look, they think they were training, and the guy had to eject out of the plane, and the plane was on autopilot, and because it's a stealth plane, the United States of America, it took a while for them to find it. They found it crashed somewhere, and of course they didn't tell you where it crashed. But no, that's a real story, Shep. This happened yesterday, two days ago.

I got to catch up more on current events, JR. Nah, it's crazy. Could you imagine... Like the plane is so stealth, the government lost it. Each plane cost $80 million.

That's unbelievable. A plane lost an $80 million commercial flight with no pilot? No, it's not a commercial flight, bruh.

This is a military plane, an F-35. Oh, okay. Okay, and you said that at the beginning. No, this ain't Delta. This is not Spirit. Right.

Gotcha. Let's hope nothing else is Spirit. This is an $80 million. Listen, if a Spirit flight got lost, I don't think anybody would look for it.

And it certainly ain't worth the $80 million. Joe, let's relax. Hey Carl, go ahead, Carl.

Go ahead. This black Indian also, he came from Haiti, and I was the first black guy in the avionics area, and this was in 1983. You Carl? That was you? Yeah, that was me.

Yeah. No, Carl, we got to go to lunch, man. We got to go. I want to talk to you. Hey, JR. Hey, JR.

I would love to do that, baby. I'm a cool... Look, man. Hey, Carl, let's go ahead. We got... Let's... What day is it? Today is what? Tuesday night?

Yeah. What you doing on... Let's see. Thursday. Hey, I'm free.

I'm free. Hey, Chef. We going to go to lunch. I'm going to learn about... What is it? Avionics? Avionics.

Avionics. Oh, I love it. I'm kind of jealous.

I'm kind of jealous, guys. Hey, listen. We going to take a picture. Hey, Carl, I'm going to put you on hold. Don't hang up. We going to get your information.

We going to lunch. Okay? Hey, Carl, you just don't know how much I appreciate this, man, because... No. I appreciate it. Hold on. I got to go to break. Don't hang up, okay? Okay. Hang on. Hang on. Thanks. All right. Okay.

Y'all don't understand. That's the type of stuff I like. I'm going to learn about avionics, man. I'm going to be flying a F-35.

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