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It's nice that he's changed, right? Kansas City Chiefs were at the White House today. It was a fun experience for them. Harrison Booker was there.
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So much more to get into. You know, speaking of Harrison Booker, he wasn't just in the news today because he was at the White House. It seems that the Kansas City Chiefs have some additional plans for him. Hmm. Okay. Kaitlyn Clark. I mean, besides the turnovers, it looks like Kaitlyn Clark may need to make a major change to her game. And then I got to tell you, I told you this before the break, the Buffalo Bills are just signing everybody, right? I know the Bills have been looking for a wide receiver since they got rid of Stefan Diggs. And we got the explanation this week. It's only about money and in cap space.
No, it's because of his attitude, his age in cap space. So just spare us the nonsense. But I'll tell you who the Buffalo Bills have added to their roster. I'll do that in a minute. 855-212-4227. Let's set the phone lines up first.
I just told you there's a lot of people in New York who like to complain about their teams. This may not be this gentleman, but we'll find out. His name is Dave. He's calling from New York. You're on the JR Sport Brief Show. What's up, Dave?
Let's go, JR. Now, you mentioned Scottie Shiffler yesterday, and I couldn't get back to you. But this is exactly the reason why people get pissed off with the police and don't trust them. This is a novel of a police officer. They're putting a spin on this whole thing, and it's a joke now. What do you do, grab the muffler when the car was running five miles an hour and lose his pants and scratch his knee?
If that was me or you, we'd be doing 30 days and it cost us 10 G's. You know, like they are, man. And I'm gonna leave you with this, because this kind of stuff pisses me off. What's that horse tournament that they got over there in Kentucky?
The Kentucky Derby? Yeah. Well, this police officer and this police department is a load of horse dunk. And I'm gonna leave you with that, my brother. I'm out. I'm dropping the mic. Thank you, Dave, from New York.
Thank you. He said horse dung. Carlos, I think it would have been more effective if he would have just said horse crap. Would you agree? You know what? To be honest, I would have respected him if you dropped the expletive.
I would have dumped him, but I would have respected it. No, you can't say that. We don't want that. Let's not advocate for that. We can do crap.
We can't do anything else. Dung is good. I like dung.
No, I don't. But what he said was nice. But I would have used crap. I would have used crap, too. I think dung you date yourself. Dung? I hear dinosaurs and I think about dung. Right, right. I think of Jurassic Park. Exactly.
Prehistoric. Yeah, that's 1994 for you. There you have it. Either way, yes, we did talk about Scottie Scheffler yesterday and we did talk about the police officer. And a lot of this is comical outside of the fact that an individual died before all of this happened. What's bad is now the officer is putting out statements about how he tore his 80 dollar police plans. Police pants, excuse me. Man, nobody cares about you. He's like, oh, I got my five minutes of fame.
I got the most famous pants, bro. Ain't nobody thinking about you. Shut up. Disappear. And oh, yeah, by the way, aren't you in trouble? Didn't you get in trouble for not having on your body cam and you got the nerve to put out a statement like it's important? Like I'm talking about it because I'm making a mockery of it.
There was no need to put out a statement like this saying you are not anybody important. Disappear. Maybe the police department will make him disappear since he doesn't have it figured out. Anyway, that man is that officer might have to find a new line of work.
Shout out to all the actual decent officers who are doing a decent job, a good job and not the crap ones. Anyway, I told you the Buffalo Bills are throwing crap up against the wall, right? Well, that's what they hope happens for Josh Allen, that he throws the ball and that somebody can actually catch it. They draft Keyon Coleman. They just signed Marquez Valdez Scantling.
Remember, they picked up Chase Claypool like they're digging in the bargain bin. This is like when I used to go into, I don't know, Best Buy or Target or the local, whatever the hell you call it. And I'm walking towards the register and I'm like, oh, what's that big sign there that says three dollars?
What's in there? And you start digging. And every now and then you find a gem like, oh, my God, this is this is actually brand new. That's what the Buffalo Bills are doing at the wide receiver position. And today the Buffalo Bills took it a step further. The Buffalo Bills said we could find our next defender on the defensive line and he didn't even play football.
I want you to take a listen to this. This is courtesy of WKBW-TV for all my folks in Buffalo. Well, Friday afternoon, the Buffalo Bills announced they'd signed former Olympic gold medalist wrestler Gable Steveson, who had previously worked out with the Bills this offseason before that move became official. Before the Olympics, Steveson attended the University of Minnesota, where he was a back to back national champion. While a student at Minnesota in 2019, Steveson and a teammate were arrested for alleged rape.
Those charges were later dropped in 2021. Steveson signed with the WWE, but was later released earlier this year. It is expected Steveson will sign a rookie level deal with the Bills.
Yeah, a three year contract. And I know the Buffalo Bills have lost talent, right? I mean, you think about on the defensive side. Unfortunately, their defensive backs and corners have been hurt. Tredavious White, Jordan Poirier, Micah Hyde.
OK, but they want to fortify the defensive line right now with a man who has never, ever played football. Gable Steveson. And yeah, maybe you've heard of him if you've watched the Olympics, if you're a fan of wrestling. Yeah, he won a gold medal in the 2020 games.
It's a tough one because the 2020 games. Damn it, that was in the pandemic in Japan. I don't know how many people watched this man. Gable Steveson is a two time national champion. Three time Big Ten champion out of Minnesota. And he was a two time Dan Hodge Trophy winner, which is basically the Heisman for wrestling. And then what do wrestlers do? Like collegiate wrestlers?
What the hell do they do after they finish college? Well, if you're Kurt Angle, it takes a while, but you go to the WWE, you become a professional wrestler. Professional wrestler.
An actor, an entertainer. And that's what Gable Stevenson did. He signed a contract with the WWE in 2021. And he got cut a few weeks ago. They dropped him. Either that or he wanted to be cut.
And now he's a member of the Bills. This dude is six foot one. Two hundred and seventy five pounds.
I guess it depends on the day. Two sixty five to seventy five. What are you going to do? Put him at a nose tackle? This is this is tough. Bob Hayes. He's the only athlete ever to win a Super Bowl.
And an Olympic gold medal. Gable Stevenson is going to try to make the Buffalo Bills team. He got a rookie contract.
A three year deal. I remember there was a successful professional wrestler who tried this and his name. Was Brock Lesnar. And at least in the case of Brock Lesnar. He was just trying it out for fun and he almost made the Vikings and then they cut him. And we never saw him again until he went to the UFC and then he went back to the WWE. And it's just crazy how the Buffalo Bills are trying anything. Carlos, you think Gable Stevenson is they got to keep him around. He's never played football.
They said the first time he ever wore cleats was for the tryout. That's unbelievable. You know, J.R., my first thought was to, you know, poo all over this thing. I'm like, there's no way it can work.
But I'm starting this as I'm marinated in my thoughts. Maybe. I mean, you know, we've seen rugby players who've never played football come over.
We've seen soccer players in terms of like kickers come over and play football. Maybe they're on to something. Maybe they're ahead of the curve. I think this is going to blow up in their face or not blow up in the face. But I don't think he's going to be a productive member of the team.
But, you know, kudos, I guess, thinking outside the box, because what else did I got at this point? Well, he is. You sign him to a three year deal. You don't expect him to make the team this year. You also you probably don't cut him unless he's stupid. And when I say stupid, it can't understand technique is slow.
But even in that case, you probably at minimum, you hold them for a year. You throw them on the practice squad every day. Like this is this is football one on one for him. He has to go out there and learn technique and learn terminology. And you got to give him a year every single day to go out there and do so.
So I don't expect to see Gable Stevenson on a field at Highmark Stadium or whatever the hell they call it up in western New York right now at any point or in the near future. But you would have to think that someone with wrestling skills, they're going to understand like leverage. They're going to understand hand work. They have strength.
They have a base. I mean, it didn't work out for Brock Lesnar. I think he was. How old was he at that point?
He must have been in his his mid to late 20s when he tried that out. Yeah, he had a couple years because remember, he wrestled first. You know, he actually won the championship. Yes, I know winning and I know championship is wrestling.
I get it. He must have been in the WWE for about three or four years before he went over to to the Vikings. Yeah, he did a lot. He wrestling UFC and then he came back to wrestling.
So maybe Steve since, you know, trying to do the same thing here. But Lesnar had some mileage on him by the time he went to the Vikings. It says when he tried out for the Vikings, Brock Lesnar was 27 years old. Brock Lesnar.
Oh, here we go. You you going to beat me up now? I got to watch my back. Am I getting you might be in the studio behind you.
Look out. Brock Lesnar. I think isn't he in trouble? Wasn't he in that lawsuit? Isn't he always in trouble? No, he was in that Vince McMahon lawsuit. I don't I think Brock Lesnar is laying low on whatever farm he lives on. Well, no, no problems with that guy.
Yeah. Gable Stevenson right now today. Brock Lesnar was 27 when he tried football. Gable Stevenson, his age. How old is this man? Got to be no older than 24. Yeah, he's 24 years old.
A matter of fact, how about this? Carlos, today's his birthday. He turned 24 years old today. Oh, happy birthday to him.
What a nice announcement, right? You turn 24 and then you just wake up and sign with the Buffalo Bills. Who knows if he's going to stick?
It's impossible to know, man. But I would think if there is going to be a sport that lends itself, at least on the defensive line for all the hand fighting and angles and leverage and strength, athleticism, agility, it makes sense. Defensive line. I know there's a lot of crap that's been talked. Thank you so much, Austin Rivers, over the past month about could an NBA player go play football? Could a football player play basketball?
Come on now. Doesn't it make a lot of sense? I'm surprised we haven't had more. Like more wrestlers, not WWE wrestlers, but more Olympic style wrestlers who get into football. I'm shocked, especially when you start thinking about the upper weight classes at 6'1", 275, they're going to hope that he goes out there and just throws some offensive linemen around. But it's one thing to get, you know, kind of thrown around and chopped and moved.
It's another thing when you you don't have to do it on grass and you do it on a mat. So I would love it if it happened. Am I optimistic? We're not going to know for another year whether or not Gable Stevenson is worth it as an NFL player. And if the NFL doesn't work for him, what is he going to do? Go back to the WWE?
He's going to be a failed football player who failed at the WWE because he was there for like three years. I don't know. Why don't you think? Well, why isn't there?
And maybe I'm wrong, Carlos. I feel like Olympic style wrestling, it peaks at the Olympics, but why isn't there a league? I need to ask a wrestler this. Why isn't there a league? Yeah, like an actual like professional wrestling, not what we have now in terms of being scripted and dramatic, but like an actual pro league. Why wouldn't these dudes come out of Minnesota and come out of Iowa and all these in Penn State, all these great wrestling schools, Ohio, why don't they have a professional? And maybe there is, maybe there's a million of them. Maybe I'm just ignorant. But there's not like a big old league.
And if there was, I'd know what it is. It needs to be publicized. And I know there's Beat the Streets and there's so many tournaments, but I'd be down to see more wrestling if we knew the guys.
But let's be real. I think the general public, Kurt Angle, Jordan Burroughs. Who was the heavyweight Carlos from a long time ago? Oh, my God. American guy. Oh, Rulon Gardner. Like, yes, this is. And this is over the past what I just named 25 years. We can we can do better if you got an answer.
Let me know. I know there are people out there that wrestle. What do you think about Gable Stevenson joining the Buffalo Bills? Do you think it's going to work?
The man has never played football, has never wore cleats in his life. And the Buffalo Bills got a hope and a prayer that he's going to work out. If you have any thoughts on Gable Stevenson going to the Bills, call me eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven.
That's eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven. I'll take your calls on the other side of the break. And Gable Stevenson is trying to change things up in his life. Caitlin Clark, she better change something up fast. Otherwise, she's going to be suspended. I'm going to tell you about what happened on the other side of the break.
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That's 855-212-4227. Before we went to break, I told you about Gable Steveson. I called him Stevenson.
I guess that shows you how popular these wrestlers are. I told you, I named about the... Well, I know more than that. You know Adeline Gray? I know Adeline Gray. I've met her. I know her. Yeah, there's not a lot. I wish there were. Maybe I need to talk to her, but she got twins now.
She doesn't want to be bothered. Rulon Gardner, Kurt Angle, Jordan Burroughs, Gable Steveson. No extra N. Gable Steveson.
Okay. Congratulations on him to signing with the Buffalo Bills. I hope it works out. I need a good story, right?
Former college wrestler turned Olympian turned WWE trainee turned Buffalo Bill turned All-Pro. I'm here for stories, people. I'm here for it. Anyway, here's a good story for you. I think it's a story that a lot of people are, I don't want to say sick of, and she's actually getting better. It's Kaitlin Clark. We all know about Kaitlin Clark, right? You've heard of her.
You've heard about the good, the bad, and everything in between. Well, now that Kaitlin Clark is in the WNBA, she getting picked on. And what a shock. Her team, the Indiana Fever, they're also losing. What a surprise, right?
No. There's a reason that she was selected number one overall by the Fever. It's because they stunk last year. And so last night, her team, the Indiana Fever lost to Seattle.
The final score was 103 to 88. That's a beat. Now, Kaitlin Clark had 20 points. She had nine assists, three rebounds.
That all sounds good, right? But then she also had seven turnovers and turnovers are her bugaboo. She's getting used to things.
The passes, the speed, she'll be fine. And the beef that she had in the game at one point was with Victoria Vivian, Vivian's excuse me, from Seattle. And she picked up a technical foul. This is Kaitlin Clark's third technical foul in nine games. In the WNBA, you get suspended a game when you get your seventh technical foul. And then you get a new game for every other technical foul after that. The WNBA season is 40 games long and she's almost halfway to being suspended, missing the game.
Now, let's be real. Is she going to learn her lesson? Is she going to shut up?
I think so. I remember her dad at one point. Remember a couple of months ago in the tournament? Her dad had to yell at her in the stands to just shut the hell up and just go out there and play. And I know she got millions of dollars coming her way, but the last thing the WNBA needs is for Kaitlin Clark to argue with the refs and argue with the opposition so much that she misses a game. Ain't nobody trying to hear that at all. And last night she was beefing with a player.
Take a listen to this. This is Kaitlin Clark and Victoria Vivians. They got double checks for beefing. And some extracurricular as Clark's knocked down a couple of deep triples here in the second quarter. That's woken up this crowd here a little bit. Kaitlin Clark asking for the crowd to its feet.
They oblige. That one, by the way, was a 32-footer. So since we've run that graphic, she's displaced Kelsey Mitchell. Yeah, I don't think Kaitlin Clark is going to turn into a modern-day Rashid Wallace, but yeah, she can be chatty.
We saw this in college. She's not afraid to express herself. Not at all.
Okay. Her head coach, Kristi Sides of the Fever, talked about Kaitlin's frustration on the basketball court. She's a competitor.
I love her fire. I just, we've just got to get better with the officiating. We've got to get some of those calls. I feel like they're getting some calls or that's happening on our end as well.
And I just don't feel like we're getting some of those. Somebody needs to get her a recolor. And she spent the whole damn game screaming on behalf of Kaitlin Clark.
Probably not. She sounds like Doc Rivers doppelganger. By the time we get to the end of the season, her head coach is either A, not going to have a job or B, not have a voice.
I don't know which one it is. Kaitlin Clark, do everybody a favor. Be quiet. Just play the game. Because there's going to be a lot of ticked off people who bought a lot of tickets for a lot of money. When the Fever show up to town and you can't play because you've been suspended because of technical fouls. Come on now. Kaitlin Clark is not going to get attacked for a while. No way that this can happen.
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How you doing? Hey, we signed a wrestler. Sean McDermott was a champion wrestler in high school. Talks all the time about how it shaped him. He was like a 61 and 0 guy or something like that. Anyway, I don't know if it has anything to do with it, but he was a wrestler. Yeah, maybe he feels that he could teach him a few things.
And thank you Greg for calling from Buffalo. Yeah, this is Gable Steveson. That's who it is. Sean McDermott. Yeah, Sean McDermott looks like he used to throw people around so it wouldn't shock me. What is that like a prerequisite to now selecting more wrestlers?
I think if football coaches and football personnel felt that the skill sets were transferable, I think we'd see more wrestlers getting over or moving over into football. You know, this is this is something and now I can tell you a story. I don't know when this was. Maybe this was 10 years ago.
Maybe plus about 10. Maybe it's almost 10 years ago. Ray Lewis. Yeah, from the Baltimore Ravens Hall of Famer. Ray Lewis was in Times Square for a wrestling event.
And this was called it was called Beat the Streets. And it was highlighting a bunch of wrestlers that were on their way to the Olympics. And I ended up chatting it up with Ray Lewis as a part of the event. I'm just hanging out.
I talked to him for a few minutes. I had no idea. Ray Lewis told me he said, man, when I was in high school, I was on a wrestling team. I had no idea.
Now, is it a shock? I mean, was Ray Lewis going to be on his way to go into the Olympics? Did he choose between that and the NFL? I doubt it.
The man was cracking skulls as a defender. But it doesn't shock me at all. I want to ask Rich Ackerman as he's here with us before he delivers the news. What do you think about Gable Steveson signing to the Bills? Do you think he has a chance? Will we see him in a few years?
What are your thoughts? I think he has a chance because I think the one thing about it, even though he has no football playing background, remember, I think the Bills were the first to sign Chris Manhertz, the Giants tight end who recently signed in New York. But he didn't have any football experience either. He played college basketball. But I think with Steveson, you know, it's all about leverage in wrestling. Michael Carter, the shot putter, was a former Olympian. But I think guys who have wrestled, Aaron Donald was a wrestler. And Tiki Barber also wrestled in high school. He always talked about what a benefit that was for him. Yeah, it's wild. I want to see it work.
I really do. You talk about his physical skill set. He is six foot one, 275 pounds. Outside of technique, everything else has to be a fit. Like from an athletic standpoint, a strength standpoint, maybe there's different elements that he has to improve on his strength. But if you're telling me Gable Stevenson walks in, I said his name wrong again.
Steveson walks into a room. I think he's going to be able to handle most people. So good luck to him with the Buffalo Bills and the NFL. And we just got to see if it works. He's switching things up.
Olympian, WWE superstar, maybe Buffalo Bill. We'll see. It's the JR Sportbree show here on the Infinity Sports Network. Speaking of changes. Yeah, the Kansas City Chiefs. They were at the White House today. And Harrison Butler, the kicker, he might be in store for a change. I will explain on the other side of the break. But right now, you just heard him. It's time for a newsflash. What's going on in the world of sports? Rich Ackerman got you. Yeah, I want to I want to give somebody an Olympic slam, an angle slam.
Yeah, shout outs to Gable Steveson. Hopefully it works out for him. It's not going to work out for him like it did Kurt Angle, but good luck in the NFL. Anyway, I'm going to tell you about the NFL in a second.
Because the Kansas City Chiefs were at the White House and their kicker went to and their kicker might have to get used to a change when he gets back to playing football. I'll tell you about it in a second. But this is very, very important.
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I love me some breakfast. Anyway, I told you the Chiefs were at the White House today. And I know the Chiefs been in a lot of trouble. They got guys getting arrested for animal neglect.
What else is happening? They got Harrison Butker talking about what he thinks a woman should do. It's his prerogative in the Stone Age for me.
If you ask me, I'm entitled to my opinion, too. And Harrison Butker was at the White House. He was there. He was standing right behind Joe Biden.
A matter of fact, he was standing right behind Joe Biden when he gave the whole welcome everybody to the White House. Listen. Welcome back.
Welcome back to the White House. Super Bowl 58 champions of Kansas City Chiefs. The first team in 20 years to win back to back.
Winning back to back. I kind of like that. Carlos, he's from Delaware. If I got to and this is probably well publicized. Wouldn't Joe Biden be an Eagles fan? You would think, you know, close proximity, because that's why, oh, buddy of mine, Rich Gannon, he also went to Delaware, big Eagles guy. So, you know, big Eagle sports. And Joe, the president was very cognizant of the of the people on the team that went to his alma mater.
So very pro Delaware, our president. But is do you know, is he a Eagles fan? Let's see.
I hope not. Joe Biden Eagles fan. Let's see. What does it say? Yet Eagles fan Joe Biden opened State of the Union.
Yeah, it makes sense. With a joke about the Eagles. Yeah, OK. Yeah, Jill Biden, not shy about her Philly girl sports fandom.
All right. As politicians, they got to they got to like everybody, right? Whoever standing in front of them, they got to absolutely love them. So, yeah, Harrison, but we're standing behind the president and Harrison, but we all know about his comments that Benedictine school a couple of weeks ago about a woman's place and role and what a woman might be happy doing, you know, staying home and having kids. His role on a football field. Might change. Let's keep in mind, folks, this upcoming season, the NFL is changing its kickoff rules, right? This rule was approved 29 teams to three. Kickers are now going to kick from the 35 yard line of the other players on a kicking team. The other 10 dudes, they're going to be at the receiving team's 40 yard line. And so the kick is going to be back there by himself. His teammates are going to be closer to the receiving team because they don't want these dudes running at each other full steam and full force.
And we've also learned that. And as a result, this is why Justin Fields has been in the news that the receiving team is going to have the opportunity to have to return guys to receive the ball back. And so this has all been taken from the XFL and everybody's hoping that this makes the kicks more exciting. They've basically been moot.
We've had no returns over the past few years. I was actually concerned that the NFL was just going to completely get rid of the kickoff because they found it to be too dangerous. Forget about playing 18 games. Forget about playing Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. The kickoff is going to kill our guys. And so as a result, the Kansas City Chiefs have taken a look at one of the best kickers in the NFL, Harrison Butker, and they've decided, you know what? Maybe we don't want this dude kicking the ball off. And maybe we want one of our defensive backs, Justin Reed, who's basically been an emergency kicker. Maybe we want him on kickoffs.
And the answer is, well, why the hell would you want that? Well, take a listen to the Kansas City Chiefs special teams coach Dave Taub give everybody a reason as to why a great kicker like Harrison Butker might not be handling kickoffs. I like to have somebody that can go back, you know, is able to make a tackle. I mean, Butker's able to make a tackle, but I really don't want him making tackles all year long. If you watch the XFL, we watched every play, I bet kickers were involved in probably at least 25 to 40% of the tackles.
Either trying to make a guy bounce back or making the tackle itself, or just missing the tackle. So we don't want Butker in that situation, but he will be a kicker. He'll be a guy that we will use in certain situations. He's got a lot of ability to move the ball, you know, whereas those other guys may not be as apt to doing that.
And we'll use them. He can still kick a touchback if we need it. You know, you're just giving up the ball. If we do kick a touchback out of the back of the end zone, now they're getting it at the 30 instead of the 25. So that five yards makes a big difference.
Everybody's position is changing, right? You don't want the kicker kicking the ball to the other team. You want the kicker kicking the ball through the uprights. Hey, new positions for everybody, right? And I certainly understand it. You lose your kicker, you can be cooked on the offensive side of the ball. I mean, if you're going to have it returned anyway, then yeah, sure, why not throw a miserable safety out there to just try to do something, at least kick the ball directionally.
It's a brand new situation. Carlos, and I can understand it. I cannot remember the gentleman's name. Remember that poor soul who got stomped in the face by Antonio Brown on a return? Remember that? And that was a punt, I believe, right? Oh, I gotta go look that play up again.
I remember it vaguely. But yes, someone ate it from Antonio Brown. Antonio Brown was being a jerk. What else is new? And instead of trying to hurdle the kicker, or I don't know, juke the kicker, Antonio Brown decided to take his foot. And I don't want to say helmet, that would have been a little too much. He decided to place his foot firmly into the chest of the punter or kicker, whoever the hell was kicking the ball.
It was a Browns punter, Spencer Lanning. Oh my God. Are you watching it?
I am. And he put his foot in his chest, right? Yeah, he hits him with the HBK. It's like a straight kick.
Oh my God. And he stomped, the man was trying to tackle him. And the timing was perfect because he put his foot in his chest and stomped him down onto his back and kept running. Is that what happened? Yeah. Oh man. I remember this play.
Oh yeah. Like the timing on all of that is way too perfect. Like you can't, you can't, you, you may not ever see that again in your life because A, I think most football players aren't trying to put their foot in your damn chest.
And then B, the time it was there. And if I remember, it wasn't, Antonio Brown was penalized for that, right? He got a penalty.
15 yard penalty. The first comment you see when you look at this video is, they had mentioned on the sports commentary, hurdles kicks a man. And it's one of the greatest lines apparently.
I love to, I'm trying to hear it right now. This is, I feel bad for Mr. Lanning, but that's a hell of a video to watch. It's funny cause it's not me. Well, I guess that's exactly what the Kansas City Chiefs don't want happening to their kicker. Harrison Butker, if you want to value him for anything, you want them to kick him field goals. You don't want him in the line of fire. And I wonder how many other, we know the NFL is a monkey seed, monkey do league.
Like if you do it and it's successful for you, that means I'm now going to come through and try it as well. And so if the Kansas City Chiefs, who are the defending world champions are now going to have multiple kickers, one to kick the field goals and another one to go out there and try to tackle on the, on the kickoff, there's going to be other teams that do it. And let's be honest, how many kickers out here do you really want chasing somebody down?
The answer is none. Typically on the kickoff, the kicker is the last line of defense and you see them flying towards, towards the ball carrier and their attempt is, is pretty much futile. Yeah, let's, let's take a listen to this on CBS. This is Antonio Brown putting his foot firmly in the chest of another man. This is iron Eagle on the call. 49 to play in this first half.
They got pressure and the landing gets it off cleanly. Brown backpedals all the way to the 28 yard line. Good move upfield.
Brown split special teamers and now Brown is off to the races. Hurdles kicks a man and a flag is thrown. Bravo, iron Eagle. Bravo. Bravo hurdles and kicks a man.
Like it looked like mortal combat. We, we can't have that. Finish him. Yeah. Finish him. That's what? Flawless victory. We can't have that. And not that that would happen to Harrison, but go, but what happens? He needs to drop a shoulder into a dude to, to prevent a tackle or touchdown. And now you're missing your kicker.
Is it, is it worth it? No. I don't know if every team can pull it off. The chiefs are certainly going to try to be, let's just say creative. There's one team that shouldn't have a problem scoring points though.
They ain't got too much to worry about. You don't want to see Justin Fields attempt to drop kick on a kicker? You know, I have heard that Justin Fields, instead of returning, they're going to utilize him in the red zone.
You know what they say? When you have two quarterbacks, you have none. Well, I mean, Russell Wilson gets you into the end zone. Well, he gets you into the red zone.
You want him running? Who's more of a threat in the red zone, him or Justin Fields? Dual action threat, right?
You know what? Then have them both on the field. Like design plays. If you want to create misdirection, have them both in the backfield and you don't know which one is going to take the snap.
Oh boy. That's like a disaster waiting to happen. Next thing you know, the ball gets snapped and one of these two runs into each other. It looks like a Looney Tunes movie.
It does. Trend in that direction. Let's talk about this on the other side as kicking in the NFL is getting much more complicated. It's the JR Sport Reshow here with you on the Infinity Sports Network. We'll take a break. We'll get into that. Phone line's open if you want to give us a call.
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