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I'll be hanging out for three more hours. Thank you to our producer holding it down in New York for tonight, Kevin Wall. You can always listen to the show on the free Odyssey app, your local CBS Sports Radio affiliate, Sirius XM Channel 158. And if you've got a smart speaker, you're walking in the house, you want to hear the show, tell a smart speaker to play CBS Sports Radio.

It's simple. And if you want to talk while we're here, the number 855-212-4CBS, that's 855-212-4CBS. You can find me on the internet at JR Sport Brief. You know, ahead of this weekend's games, we got Major League Baseball playoff action. We have the NFL.

We have college football. And I'm looking at Twitter here. Somebody goes, hey, JR, you're not talking about the NBA and NHL preseason? What?

What? The last time I checked, these teams are going to be playing NBA, NHL. They're going to be playing until June. We got the college football season underway. We got the NFL season underway. We got the Major League Baseball playoffs.

We got 162 games of them. And somebody's asking me, you're not going to talk about the NBA preseason and NHL preseason? No. No. Hell no.

No, I'm not. What do you want me to talk about? The Timberwolves and Abu Dhabi versus the Dallas Mavericks? What am I going to say about that game?

Who cares? I mean, we had NBA media day. The biggest story in the NBA right now is whether or not, I guess, James Harden gets traded. There ain't no story to talk about until we actually see Damian Lillard knocking down threes next to Giannis. And then, I don't know. I mean, what's the biggest story in the NHL right now? I'm waiting to see at the same time, for a matter of fact, it's like, hey, where the hell is Patrick Kane going?

That's something that I'm looking for. But let me say this again. It's the beginning of October. No, I'm not going to talk about the NBA preseason. I'm not going to talk about the NHL preseason. There's football going on, man. It's baseball playoffs. Actually, an exciting part of the season. Come on. And we're going to talk more about it as the show moves forward.

If you missed last hour, hit rewind on the free Odyssey app. We talked about Chase Claypool being traded from the Bears to Miami. Miami is going to smoke the New York Giants, by the way. We talked about Cooper Cup and Odell Beckham Jr. Used to be teammates, and now they're just two injured teammates. Two injured guys on two separate teams. It looks like Cooper Cup is going to return this Sunday. And then it looks like that Odell is also going to be in action. The Ravens versus the Steelers and the Rams are going to take on the Eagles.

So hey, maybe Matthew Stafford can actually stand upright to deliver the ball to Cooper Cup. And then we talked about Juan Soto for the Padres on the baseball side. And we'll get to get into some baseball later on in the show. We have some cool matchups that will be in store on Saturday, so you got you got your pick.

You can waste away your entire Saturday watching both baseball and college football. But I want to get into this matchup because Chase Claypool being traded wasn't the only trade that took place in the NFL today. We mentioned this earlier in the week. The Dallas Cowboys and the 49ers are going to go at it on Sunday Night Football. Thank God. Because typically these, you know, these Sunday, Thursday, Monday Night Football games, they've been crap.

Thursday is always a garbage show because the guys are tired, but Sunday night we should get a good one. Dallas and San Francisco, we know that the Dallas Cowboys have not had success recently against the 49ers in the postseason, and I told you there was another trade that took place. Randy Gregory is the newest member of the 49ers. Randy Gregory today from the Broncos, this man was traded to the 49ers with a 2024 seventh round pick. He was traded for a sixth rounder.

Keep this in mind. Yes, he played for Denver. Barely. I mean, he barely plays anywhere he's at. That's one of the reasons why he's no longer a Dallas Cowboy.

Randy Gregory probably known more so for being a Dallas Cowboy, known for missing injuries and being suspended for failing drug tests. He's now going to be facing off against his former team. Is he going to be suited up? Is he going to be in action? Is he going to be in a rotation? That's to be seen, but at least they'll have him in the room.

And what is he going to do here? I mean, he's going to share some state secrets with the 49ers. The 49ers are one of the best teams, and damn it, I'll say this, no shame in my game.

The 49ers, I find them to be the best team in the NFL right now today. The offensive weapons, the defense, and if Randy Gregory can show up and play worth a damn and not get suspended or not get hurt, I mean, I'm expecting him to contribute. This is almost nothing lost here with the trade. And so Lynch has been very aggressive in bringing in talent, and now he brings somebody in who's no risk. And Kyle Shanahan, the head coach of the 49ers, he pretty much knows that there's not a lot to lose by bringing in Randy Gregory. This is what Kyle Shanahan had to say about the trade. Yes, yeah, that's why we felt extremely good about it, you know, especially making the trade forward, just having to flip the sixth and seventh and not hurt anything money-wise.

So we felt fortunate to have him on our team. They don't lose nothing? They don't lose nothing?

Not a damn thing. The 49ers already beasts on offense, on defense, and now they bring this wild card in like they don't lose nothing? And the Dallas Cowboys are the team that still has to go out there and quote unquote do the work? I mean, the 49ers have kicked them out of the playoffs. Hey, divisional round, we got this, 19 to 12. Hey, let's go back. A wild card round, 23 to 17. Get off our field.

Take a hike. The San Francisco 49ers have been a bugaboo for the Dallas Cowboys. I mean, even Jerry Jones has said this. I mean, earlier this week, on his weekly hit, 105.3 The Fan in Dallas, Jerry Jones is just like, yeah, we gotta beat them, but damn it, I hope they know that they gotta face us.

Listen to Jerry Jones. They are right now probably the most likely team to go in the Super Bowl. But in order for them to get there, they've got to go by us, hopefully two times, if that's the way it falls in the playoffs, and we're in the playoffs. All things considered, the Dallas Cowboys are going to have to snatch up another wild card spot unless they somehow jump in front of the Eagles.

Not the easiest thing to do. And so Michael Parsons, someone who can wake up, roll out of bed, and have a monster game, someone who can change a game all by himself, someone who said he doesn't just want to be a Hall of Famer, he wants to be in the upper room of the Hall of Fame. Michael Parsons says, yeah, everybody thinks that we're gonna suck. We're the ones who have to go out there and do the job.

Nobody believes in us. Yeah, I mean, well, the fact of the matter is, it's not that everybody has something bad to say about you, the Dallas Cowboys. The fact is, the 49ers done mopped the floor with you the past two seasons, man. That's reality.

You've been around to see it. You just got into the league and you've experienced it. Tell your quarterback to go do something. Tell your running back to go put some points up on the board. Tell them to execute a play at the end of the game where you're not spiking a ball.

Tell them to do something. And oh yeah, by the way, Trevon Diggs is out for the season, but I think Daron is pretty good as a cornerback. I think they'll be fine in that regard, but it's tough for anybody to stop Kittle and Samuel, Ayuk. Who am I missing? Oh yeah, how can I miss this guy? Christian McCaffrey. I mean, this talks about Christian McCaffrey picking up the MVP.

I know, I know. It's four games into the season. I ain't waving a flag about MVP, but if he keeps up on the pace that he's on, if he doesn't get hurt because he's a running back, come on, Christian McCaffrey can win MVP. All Brock Purdy has to do is show up and close his eyes and say, I'm gonna throw the ball, somebody catch it. What a life it must be for Brock Purdy in the NFL. I look at him and say, man, I can go out there and play quarterback in the league when all I got to do is flip the ball of Christian McCaffrey.

Yeah, not that difficult, of course. I'd suck, but you get my point. It's a great job to have in the NFL as a QB right now. And so Brock Purdy, he spoke to the media and he was asked, Hey, y'all have had success against these Cowboys. You've kicked them out of the post season. Do you take anything from those experiences?

Listen to what Brock Purdy said. Everybody has something bad to say. So I feel like every one is important for us just to prove how good we can be and the potential to keep getting better. Oh, it's, it's definitely a big game. And it feels good to know that, Hey, we, we're the ones who've had the success. I also have to be honest. If I'm the 49ers and the 49ers lose this game on Sunday, it's not the end of the world. It's, it's no big deal.

If you ask me, it's a learning experience. I mean, who's expecting any team to go perfect throughout the course of the season. I'd say the answer is probably nobody for the Dallas Cowboys. On the other hand, if the Dallas Cowboys lose, we are going to hear this all season long. It's going to provide a confidence boost for the Cowboys. This game is less about the 49ers win or lose. This game is more about the Cowboys, because if they win for me personally, I don't think it makes a difference. You show that you can beat the 49ers. Of course, any given Sunday, anybody could beat anybody. I don't care if you beat them in the regular season.

Good for you. You beat the Niners. We know you can beat them great.

Now do it again in January. The 49ers are in the, the quote unquote, champions position now. It's like going into a boxing match. It's like going into a fight. Like when you've been beat up and, and knocked down against one particular opponent, you got to go in there without a shadow of a doubt.

And you got to beat them. It's not enough for the Dallas Cowboys to win via decision. It's not enough for the Dallas Cowboys to win via the judges scorecard or on points. The Dallas Cowboys would have to go out and just knock them out. But even then they will quiet doubters for a while, but they have to do it in the post season. This game means more to the Dallas Cowboys and I could be wrong.

Of course I could be. I ain't no Nostradamus here. I think San Francisco is going to win at home. I think the Dallas Cowboys are going to be licking their wounds. And even if the Dallas Cowboys walk away with a victory, they're going to go out and if the Dallas Cowboys walk away with a victory here, we got a ways to go to the post season. I'd probably still pick the Niners.

I probably would. It's the JR sport re-show here with you on CBS Sports Radio. That's 855-212-4CBS.

That's 855-212-4CBS. Cowboys, Niners, do you think the Cowboys can up their play and hang with these Niners? And I'm not just talking about this upcoming game. Do you think the Dallas Cowboys can hang with the Niners come January?

I don't think so. The 49ers have more talent on offense and defense. If I were a betting man, I'd put my money on the 49ers in the long run.

I really would. I'm going to get to your calls on the other side of the break. Man, that's a matchup that I'm going to pay attention to on Sunday night. We got a college football matchup I want to get into as well.

Texas and Oklahoma. I want to talk about the Jets taking on Denver. We got Peyton versus Hackett.

We got so much to get into. I'm going to get into your calls right on the other side of the break. It's the JR Sport Brief Show on CBS Sports Radio. Hey, is that the new iPhone 15 Pro? Yeah, it's made with titanium and the pro camera is epic. Just got it at T-Mobile. Nice.

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I'm going to get into baseball. I want to talk about the return of Von Miller out in London. Yes, the Buffalo Bills are out in London to take on the Jacksonville Jaguars. I want to talk about the Jets in Denver. The Jacksonville Jaguars. I want to talk about the Jets in Denver.

I want to get into baseball. We got a lot to do, but we have some callers here who have varying thoughts on many of the things that we have already discussed. Right before we went to break, I told you that I have a lot of confidence in the San Francisco 49ers. I don't think the Dallas Cowboys are, I don't think they're on their level. And even if the Dallas Cowboys beat the 49ers come Sunday night, I'm not going to be convinced until I actually see it take place in the postseason. The 49ers can go ahead and lose this game and the world will continue on. But if the Dallas Cowboys lose this game, of course the world in a public sense is going to crumble around them. And if they win, man, it's going to have to be a real decisive victory before I think people change their minds. Cowboys are always a topic of conversation, whether they happen to be a punching bag, hey, Jerry Jones has turned this into the most valuable sports team.

And so yeah, they always going to be criticized. 855-212-4CBS. Let's go ahead and hit the phone lines. We got Danielle calling up from San Jose.

Danielle, you're on CBS Sports Radio. Good evening. To you as well. What's up? Good evening. Yes. Good evening.

What's on your mind? I just wanted to say, when I went to football games, I looked forward to enjoying the game, not so much to disseminate what actually was going on, because I knew less than I know now. Protocol, rules, training, disseminating facts, reactions, all play a part in the harmony or in the harmony or non harmony of a game.

Okay. Everyone applies their position and do their utmost to win. Yeah, absolutely. I hope so. I hope everybody's trying their best. I hope. Well, if it doesn't happen, coaches and managers do come in and say, hey, what the hey is going on?

Yeah, they kick them the hell out of the team. Otherwise, the team closed, win or lose, we went to see a great game play. Well, when I go to games, Danielle, when I go to games, I go to see who's going to win or lose too.

I got a simple question for you. I got a lot of callers here, Danielle. You're calling from San Jose. I assume you're a 49ers fan. What do you think the score is going to be? Are the Niners going to win on Sunday night? At home? Yes.

Against Dallas? Yes. Okay. Absolutely.

Okay. Now here's the bigger question and I got to get to another caller. Are your 49ers going to win the Super Bowl this year? Are they going to get the job done? Hey, that's so far around the line. Let's see what happens. Points four, points against, points gained, sacks, runs. Let's see what happens.

The talent and the potential to do it. I feel confident in them, Danielle. Hey, listen, do me a favor. If the 49ers go to the Super Bowl, a matter of fact, how about this? Let's not wait that long.

Call me back in January when they get to the playoffs, okay? All right. Okay.

Thank you, Danielle. What is your name again? My name is JR from CBS Sports Radio. JR.

I thought I was talking to Santangelo, but of course they told me it was you. All right. I appreciate you.

Well, thank you. Call me back in January. I'll be right here. 855-212-4CBS. That's 855-212-4CBS. We got Caleb calling from North Carolina. You're on the JR Sportbreeze show.

What's up, Caleb? Hello, JR. Thanks for taking my call. Northwest Indiana, not North Carolina. You call me from where?

Northwest Indiana, just outside of Chicago. Oh, well, I can only read what's here, man, but my bad. Go ahead.

No, you're okay. I was calling to see what you thought of the Chase Claypool trade. Who messed up there? Oh my God.

We talked about that in the first hour. Who do you think messed up? Ryan, Ryan Polls, man. He went swinging for the fences and he completely struck out. I mean, when you think about him being moved last year for a second round pick to the Steelers and for this go round to move him for a sixth round pick, I mean, the math doesn't add up, you know? So, I mean, you asking who screwed up?

Polls went for the home run and God bless him. He wanted to get Justin Fields some help last season and it didn't work out. And the guy ended up being a whiny- Oh, it was his more trial run, I guess. Well, it ain't no trial run. I mean, this is what happens when you're a general manager. I mean, it ain't like playing Madden where you can just redo or delete or go back or start over. We know Chase Claypool has talent, but there's obviously issues that come down to whether or not he's motivated.

And we've seen it now take place with two teams. And I think what it's going to boil down to right now is whether or not he understands his role. And more importantly, how is he going to make money in the NFL?

Because he is messing up his money if he can't contribute somehow in some way to Miami. We know he ain't option number one. He's not going to be option number two. But he is going to be a big option or a red zone target. And he's going to have to go out there and really earn money.

Otherwise, he's just going to be a complete idiot. We had hoped the same thing in Chicago. And so I wish the best for Miami on that one. I know, man. It's tough going. I think the fans in Miami are pretty much looking for the same.

It is not a good look. And I mean, for a dude who's 25, he's still playing off of his rookie deal, you would think maybe the light bulb would go off. And maybe it's understood from his perspective that, well, man, if I could get out of Chicago, then I can play for Miami. Somewhere like Miami, I can get a bigger contract.

We'll see. 855-212-4CBS. Mark is calling from California. You're on CBS Sports Radio.

Go ahead, please. So Miami Dolphins near Giants, right? So the Giants are going to be down three offensive starters, offensive linemen.

In no way, I think it's going to be 70. But right now, Miami has the number one offense in football. But they're also giving up 30 points a game. I don't see the Giants scoring 30 points.

I was at that game last week, and it blew my mind that he had a lot of people just wild. And he's just not seeing his reads, which I guess for a rookie, it's understandable. This is your fifth year in the league, and he's regressing very, very fast. And the Giants schedule is not getting any easier.

I said one in five when I looked at the schedule. And they're very much on their way. Because right after Miami, they got Buffalo. And then they got a little bit of an easier schedule with the Jets and the Commanders and the Raiders, stuff like that. But they're no slouch either. And their defense is playing good in the fourth quarter.

So my point is just like, you know what? I don't really know what to do. As a Giants fan, like, hey, you know what?

We got Joan. Mark, we can go on about this and go through the roster and go through the schedule. You're saying you don't know what to do as a New York Giants fan. There's nothing to do. You prepare yourself to be miserable for the rest of the season.

There's nothing else to share or to discuss. Like, what are you going to do? Are you going to now all of a sudden compete with the Dallas Cowboys? I mean, if you, the New York Giants, are you going to wake up and now compete with the Philadelphia Eagles?

The answer is no. And I mean, for as bad as the Commanders looked last night, where you got Magic Johnson just on Twitter afterwards saying, oh, man, we ain't looked prepared and we weren't motivated. I mean, damn, Magic, tell us how you really feel. The New York Giants ain't even in that space right now. And so, I mean, yeah, you can point at, you know, Daniel Jones and, oh my God, he's regressing the guy. I don't even got time to throw the ball. He doesn't have the most important offensive weapon on the team. And Saquon Barkley, they are just a mess all the way around.

And so what, what do you want from this season? They're going to stink. The New York Giants are probably doing what they should have did last year.

And that's actually lose. They got lucky. They were fortunate enough to play hard last year to have Saquon and Daniel Jones healthy. And they won a lot of those close games. That's it. This year, everything ain't falling in their favor.

And so what are they going to do this year? Stink. That's just what it is.

It's unfortunate. And for the caller who asked about Claypool now being a member of the Miami Dolphins, you talked about his behavior with the Steelers. You talked about his behavior moving on to the Bears. Mike McDaniel, he was asked about Chase Claypool. And he basically said, I am not going to judge this man based on anything that has taken place before he got here. This is what Mike McDaniel had to say.

This is cut number one. Everybody hears things. Okay. And so I think it's very, very important that you let people tell you who they are.

And I see better than I hear. There's so many things that can go on, certain circumstances. You know, whether that, from my vantage point, I look at it like this. I'm not going to make myself wrong with something that I don't know by judging X, Y, or Z.

We give you the opportunity to define who you are in the most honest, organic, real way possible. And that's open mind, clean slate. Let's go. Speaking of terrible New York teams, yeah, the Giants can't keep up with the Dolphins. The New York Jets are going to take on the Denver Broncos. I want to call this a grudge match based on what took place over the summertime. But Zach Wilson is starting and the Broncos also stink.

This is a matchup of trash. A little exciting. We'll talk about it on the other side. I'm going to get to your calls. It's the JR Sport Reshow on CBS Sports Radio.

It's the JR Sport Reshow here on CBS Sports Radio. You know, we've talked about guys getting traded and people getting moved around. I got to mention somebody who, I mean, damn it, we might not see him play. And he's an offensive lineman, so maybe people don't give a damn about him because he's not catching a ball or what have you. But on Monday night, the Raiders are such a disaster.

It's funny. But anyway, we'll have plenty of time to talk about it Monday. The Packers and Raiders are going to be in action on Monday night. And we have found out that David Bakhtiari, who is probably more well known for protecting Aaron Rodgers, this man is going to be out for the rest of the season. He is having another surgery on his left knee. He tore his ACL back in 2020, and this is going to be his fifth surgery on that knee. And I got to tell you something, when you happen to be, I don't know, like 6'4", 6'5", 300 plus pounds, and your job is to put pressure and weight on that leg to protect the quarterback, five surgeries in a span of three years, less than three years, this ain't necessarily going to, I believe, what do I know?

The chances and odds aren't high that it works out in his favor. And so it was like an initial tear of his ACL. And then they've had to move forward and try to repair cartilage and get fluid out of his knee. He described it, David Bakhtiari, as feeling like sandpaper, which leads me to believe like it's bone on bone inside of his knee. And they're trying to create some type of cushion with the cartilage. And I don't want to say I'm an expert on it because I'm not, but years and years and years ago, I dealt with knee pain. I mean, there was a point in time, man, I didn't want to walk up the steps. I got a bad wheel in my left knee.

And let me tell you something, it ain't no fun when you can literally just, you're in pain by walking. And so Bakhtiari here, he could be done at the end of the year. The Green Bay Packers could certainly keep him under contract and just drop him without nothing at the end of the year. And if he wants to play, if he's going to be able to play, it could be somewhere else.

I have no idea. So just good luck to David Bakhtiari. Just, just out of action, man. Five time All-Pro. And who knows if we'll see him back on the field.

I mean, we talked about this last night. You got somebody like Dick Butkus, he passed away yesterday at 80 years old. We certainly live in a different NFL. The violence is not the same.

The quarterbacks are protected. The hits aren't as explosive. You can't hit a guy low.

You can't hit a guy high. There are more doctors. They are now independent neurologists on the sidelines looking for concussions. Ask Jamal Adams. The team doctor didn't tell him, hey man, you out?

An independent doctor this past Monday night said, yo bruh, you done playing. And so the players are safer than ever. But at the same time, man, they're still bigger and faster.

They're probably stronger as well. And that's not going to take away from the impact and what happens on the field, man. And so it's not just the, the Cooper Cups and the Odell's of the world. You got Kenny Pickett. He's young. He got a bone bruise in his knee. Man, we can sit down and watch at home.

We can sit down and evaluate, over evaluate. Every game, these dudes are getting up and it just feels like a car crash. I don't want to know how they feel in the morning time.

I got enough trouble getting out of my own damn bed and I'm not battling against somebody who's 300 plus pounds and 6'5 and 6'6. Good luck to David Bakhtiari, whatever he decides to do, play football, retire, play, collect money. I wish him nothing but the best. Five knee surgeries in less than three years? Don't sign me up for that. No, sorry. I don't want none.

Not at all. Another game that I am going to pay attention to this upcoming Sunday. It's not just Sunday night football with the Cowboys and the 49ers. I want to see the New York Jets and the Denver Broncos.

Unfortunately, one of David Bakhtiari's most famous teammates will not be in action. That happens to be Aaron Rodgers. We know the last we saw this dude, he was hobbling around on crutches to watch Zach Wilson throw a football against the Chiefs. I wanted to see this game because Sean Payton in the off season, remember this, he talked so much crap about Nathaniel Hackett and the job he did as a head coach with the Broncos and basically said it was one of the worst coaching jobs that he's ever seen or heard about. And now he's like, I got to clean this up. Throwing Nathaniel Hackett under the bus, Aaron Rodgers had to call out Sean Payton and say, man, you just, you're being disrespectful. Sean Payton had to come out and apologize and, and said, oh man, I forgot.

I'm not an analyst on Fox anymore. It's like, man, just shut up. And so I actually personally enjoy the fact that the Denver Broncos are getting their asses whooped because between Sean Payton and Russell Williams, Sean Payton and Russell Wilson, between the two of them, man, it's like, they're insufferable.

It's like, you can't, you can't deal with the two of them. And so I still hope, even though Aaron Rodgers isn't there and that Zach Wilson is more likely to throw an interception than a touchdown, I'm still hoping the New York Jets go out there and beat him. And so for all the talking in the season and training camp this week has been relatively quiet. I mean, even Nathaniel Hackett isn't feeding into the buzz, isn't feeding into the hype. Nathaniel Hackett, former Broncos coach, now offensive coordinator for the New York Jets. He was asked about taking on these Broncos and he gave one of the most ridiculous coach speak answers ever.

He's just like, oh yeah, well, we all know each other. Listen to this nonsense. So it's a chess game. You know, they know that we know that we know that they know that we all know what we know. And so you have to take that with a grain of salt.

There's, there's always a couple things you want to throw. If you have some, you know, kind of 100% or I would say nothing's 100%, maybe a 95%, but you know, we've also had to get ready for our game too. So we've, we've corresponded a little bit. What a, what a wait.

They know what we know. It's a chess match. Come on, man.

What a way to deflect. I get it. You're the, well, you're not the coach anymore. You're the offensive coordinator. You're not even the offensive coordinator for the guy that you wanted to coordinate the offense with because that guy Aaron Rogers got a busted Achilles. Well, he says miraculously, he hopes he can come back in January.

Yeah. That'd be a miracle for the Jets to make the playoffs come January. Forget his, his ankle, his Achilles. I hope the Jets light him up. Zach Wilson coming off of what you might say is the best performance of his career. 245 yards passing and two touchdowns. He outplayed Patrick Mahomes pretty much because Patrick Mahomes was like, Hey, I'm playing the Jets.

He took his foot off the gas and it looked interesting. Let's see if Zach Wilson can outdo a Russell Wilson who, by the way, even though the Broncos stink at one and three, Russell Wilson is thrown for 1,000 yards, nine touchdowns and two interceptions. I know Russell Wilson goes to sleep at night and it's real simple. He says, it ain't my fault. I don't care what Marshawn Lynch says about me. It's not my fault. I didn't give up 70 points in the game. It's, it's not my fault. And then he'll stand up at a press conference and tell everybody how aw shucks, we're, we're going to give it our best try the next time.

Hope the New York Jets smash them. 855-212-4CBS. That's 855-212-4CBS. Sean is calling from Minnesota. You're on the JR Sportbreeze show. What's up, Sean? Hey, how you doing today, man? I'm amazing. How are you? I am fantastic.

Thank you very much. Um, what I wanted to really talk about is, uh, the race the race, Baltimore Ravens. Um, I wonder if like, I'm very intrigued on the game this week against Pittsburgh because Todd Lincoln seemed to deliver, dial up some really, really good offensive plays to keep, uh, uh, uh, uh, Cleveland defense on their toes. I'm, I'm wondering if he can do the same with, uh, uh, TJ Watt and those guys on the edge, you know, those, uh, uh, those ASC North games are all flop. Yeah.

Highsmith and Watt. I got a, I got a question for you, Sean, man. Are you calling me from a pineapple under the sea?

I apologize. I'm picking my son up from work. So I'm on the Bellway or the highway. But you got me on speakerphone.

What is this? Yeah. I think that's what it is. The phone takes us, you know, how it takes over you.

Yeah. Well, I gotta, I gotta, I gotta let you go, Sean. It's just, it's okay. It's all right. I felt like I was talking to SpongeBob SquarePants, man.

Like how, how much further away, how much further away can the phone can you be? God bless him. He's picking up his son from the, the Beltway in Minnesota. Look, I don't, I don't know where he's at, Minnesota, whatever you do and go out there and be safe. And I'm sorry, you talking about your Ravens and what are the Ravens going to do against Pittsburgh? How about the Steelers still have to be miserable after getting pretty much blanked by the Texans, 30 to six, as you mentioned, all these NFC or excuse me, the AFC North match-ups always tough. So any combination between the Browns and the Steelers, the Ravens, throw them all in there. It's going to be tough.

What does it look like? I want to go ahead. I know the game is going to be in Pittsburgh. I'm going to give the Ravens the edge. I think we're going to have a lot of upset Steeler fans come Sunday afternoon.

My apologies in advance. Don't beat me up, Steeler fans. I love Pittsburgh.

It's the JR sport brief show here on CBS Sports Radio. We know everything in the AFC North. It's, it's beef. It's a rivalry. I just told you about the Jets in Denver.

They got beef. When we come back on the other side of the break, we're going to talk about one of the biggest rivalries in college football. We got Texas. We got Oklahoma. We also have the divisional round of the major league baseball playoffs.

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