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Everybody's a buyer, except for the White Sox, because they absolutely suck. We'll get into that momentarily. Chris Perkins is going to join us from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He's coming through in about 20 minutes.

I want to dive a little bit deeper into Tuatanga Veloa and his contract. Maybe Chris feels more optimistic than I do when it comes down to these Miami Dolphins and what they'll be able to do. Don Staley had some words on Kaitlyn Clark. I think I mentioned to you last hour, Jalen Brown has some words for Grant Hill. I think he's doing too much.

This guy's never going to play on the Olympics at this point, not as long as Grant Hill is running them. Anyway, we'll get into Dak and his contract. Patrick Mahomes had some words about all these other dudes making all this money.

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It's at JR Sport Brief all over the place on social media. So we're less than 24 hours away from the Major League Baseball trade deadline. Now that we have everybody and their mother getting into the postseason for baseball. We have less teams that are pretty much willing to just. Sell off everything. You really got to be absolute trash. No hope. None.

To start trading away your assets because you never know how it's going to go. I mean, who the hell thought the Arizona Diamondbacks were going to be in the postseason last year? Forget the postseason. Who the hell thought that they were going to be representing the National League and the World Series? Who would have thought that the Rangers would have been there? The only guy I think would have would have told you that he's. Well, he actually took money to go there. He's the only dude that thought the Rangers were pretty good.

Hickey has is even healthy yet. No, sir. Unfortunately. Oh, my God. Oh, what's the what's the guy? Six foot five long hair. You cut his hair. What's his name?

Oh, my God. Jacob DeGrom. He still hasn't played. At least when he left, he said that he thought the Rangers were going to be good and they were good. And he didn't even play.

He was a cheerleader on his side. He got that part right. At least. Yeah. It's just gonna be two years before. Well, anyway, at least the Rangers won a World Series and he did, too. Congratulations.

Contributed nothing. Anyway, you never know. How things are going to turn out. With modern baseball, the trade deadline is tomorrow. We got teams who all of a sudden going on four game winning streaks, thinking that, hey, well, this is going to be the factor of us staying in.

Or not. Pretty bad. I mean, look, we got San Francisco. This is a team that is sub 500 right now, 53 and 55. They're on a four game winning streak. They're trying to figure out whether or not they want to trade Blake's now because they might go on some type of magical run. But we did have a trade that took place earlier today. And you just got to scratch your head just a little bit.

Not not because any of this. Well, one team in particular. The Cardinals get Eric Fedde.

In Tommy fan. The Dodgers, they get some more pop in the outfield in Tommy Edmond. They also pick up Michael Kopec. They get Oliver Gonzalez. And you can thank the Chicago White Sox for this because they are absolute trash.

It's it's actually bad. I feel bad for all of my friends who actually love the White Sox. On the south side of Chicago, the Sox stink and they said they historically bad right now. Yesterday, they played Seattle. They lost six to three. They are now twenty seven and eighty one on the season. Let me say that again.

They are twenty seven and eighty one. And at that point, who the hell wants to show up to work? Nobody like the mood has to be terrible. And they're selling away some of their best players and one of the other best players in crochet. The pitcher who's an all star is his first year as a starter. This guy is just like, I don't want to be traded anywhere unless they give me a new contract. Then the White Sox are like, yo, bro, what are you doing? You screwing things up for us.

It's bad on the south side. You know what? Let's listen to this from yesterday. NBC Sports Chicago.

This could do it. There. That's your ball game. It's the White Sox falling to the Mariners six to three, getting swept in this three game series and now tying their season high. It is now 14 losses in a row.

Oh, my God. The New York Mets. That started in 1962. They were a brand new team at that point. The Chicago White Sox are on the same pace as an expansion team.

In the 60s. This is this is terrible. The White Sox lost 22 of their first 25 games. They've had more than one a 14 game losing streak. And now they're just selling off the world and selling what they can.

And for a team playing in one of the biggest cities on this side of earth. This is this is bad. But the fact that I can't say the fact that they are allowed to exist. Heck, I don't want to see anybody be this. I feel it's bad for the sport, man.

I would agree. I mean, you've had the angel excuse me, the A's in the past have kind of similar track records just being awful. But this is like this is a new 27 and 81. Like I can't wrap my head around that. That is unbelievably bad.

Yeah. Pathetically bad. This is like when I think about some of the worst like teams, I'm just historically right. I'm thinking Lions have been real bad, like not winning the game.

I think about the Tigers in Detroit just being pitiful and awful. Could you imagine going to work knowing that your chance of winning is is slim? I mean, at that point, you just show up to collect the check, I guess. Right. Oh, there's no I don't care how old you are, how young you are.

If you're a White Sox player, there's no joy going to that stadium. How can there be? I don't know. It's just but then the fans and, you know, you're picking up all these prospects and it comes to a point where just like. Who cares? Who cares about a prospect? The prospect is a prospect.

You never know what they're going to end up doing. And then if you look up and down the standings. Like every team is is past 30 wins at minimum. The Colorado Rockies are bad. They have 38 wins. The Marlins have 39. The Oakland Athletics, who are soon to not even be in Oakland. They got 44 wins. Toronto Blue Jays, the worst team in the American League East, they got 49 wins. Chicago White Sox. They got 27. That's that's a 14 game losing streak. They have been outscored by 218 runs. But why? Why bother showing up to work?

And it doesn't appear at all that things are going to change over the next several years at all. Unless they just just get really, really lucky. I feel bad. You ever root for a team that was this bad? I mean, not this bad. I've watched plenty of Mets seasons that have gone in the toilet.

Not ones where I mean, I was just doing the math. They're on pace to win 42 games this year. Forty two. Like you've had some bad years in baseball where teams win 50.

Actually, all this is just putrid. Forty two games. I know.

Thankfully, I've never seen anything this bad and I hope I never see anything close to this bad ever in my life. You know, if we think about baseball from the nineteen hundreds up until now, we're talking about one hundred and twenty five years. Most of our listeners are only going to remember the New York Mets. Nineteen sixty two. The New York Mets only had 40 wins. If we go to 2003, the Detroit Tigers had a forty three wins and fifty two.

Nineteen fifty two. The Pittsburgh Pirates had forty two. The Baltimore Orioles had forty seven wins in twenty eighteen.

So maybe there's a there's a silver lining for you if you want to find one. The Tigers a couple of seasons ago in twenty nineteen, they also had forty seven wins. And so it is it is very rare to have a team be this bad. Fourteen game losing streak, multiple 14 game losing streaks. And to think about the Chicago Cubs on the north side that already beloved and you're the also ran on the south side.

That's tough. There have been so many conversations about moving the Sox and getting them to a better stadium, a better situation. I've done work with the with the White Sox in the past hosting video stuff, and I like them.

I got no problem with them at all. But this is this is bad for the fans who are there. And I know there might be certain fans that know this name. Jerry Reinsdorf. Jerry Reinsdorf is the boss of the White Sox.

He's the owner. This is the same Jerry Reinsdorf, who you probably know more more known as the owner of the Chicago Bulls. OK. And the Chicago Bulls have had some dumb ass decisions over the past few years, like, I don't know, Lonzo Ball or even worse, Zach Lavine. They don't know whether or not they want to compete or rebuild or what they want to do.

They're just they're just skating along. Dare I say, if they didn't end up with Michael Jordan, they probably wouldn't have anything worth it. Michael Jordan should get paid more money just for what he did for the Chicago Bulls back in the 90s because this team was crap. You know, Jerry Reinsdorf is probably moving into the space, dare I say. Of being one of the worst owners in sports. Eighty eight years old. I'm just saying I know he's heavily involved in baseball operations. He should probably move on out the way.

Hickey, I feel so bad. I feel I feel agist when I start talking about the Mike Browns and the Jerry Reinsdorf of the world. But am I wrong? I feel like they get to a certain age. What are they doing? Like, I feel like they're so disconnected from the players that are on the field, anything that they're interested in.

What if they have more of a of an understanding of what I'm watching in the fans? I can imagine they're falling asleep in meetings. They're listening to management. Management is just kissing ass because they want to check. But some of these old, old, old owners just seem to not get up. Hire somebody, man.

Hire somebody. That's the problem. They don't want to seize control. They think they know best.

Like you said, part of it is never really having anyone around them to check them to tell them, hey, this is not a good idea. We should probably not do this. You could have saved the whole hassle of hiring Tony La Russa in that disaster. Oh, my God. He fell asleep in the dugout.

Oh, my God. The guy hired a guy who fell asleep in a dugout. Why did he hire him? Because he's old. He's like, hey, this is a this is a Hall of Famer and he's he's free. Let's hire him. There's a reason why he's retired.

What are you doing? At least they were competitive back. Somewhat, somewhat competitive.

I mean, Hickey, I'm sorry. I cannot say a team is competitive when their manager is falling asleep and the dugout competitive compared to this team. Could you imagine Bill Belichick saying, you know what, guys, I'm just going to take a seat for and falling asleep.

Could you imagine that? He's on the bench. Yeah, just the injury tend to lay down.

Yeah, it's a time out. He just goes and laid. Could you imagine Doc Rivers sitting down while the game is going on in the fourth quarter and crossing his legs and just nodding off like, come on. We need to play here. Oh, gee, game so going on. Oh, this is so intense. And there's so that's like that's like me falling asleep while I'm on the air.

It's impossible. My brain is firing off so many different thoughts and ideas. You have to be so sharp and so into it to be a manager, to be a coach.

Every moment is life or death. This man has fallen asleep. Yeah. You want to know who hired him? The same guy who owns the White Sox today.

Who was on a historically bad pace to be one of the worst teams ever. Get Joey Ronsdorf out of there. And I hate saying that because he's not going anywhere. There's only one way that he's going to go anywhere.

And it's not by choice. I feel bad for the White Sox fans. They might as well trade the whole team. It's a triple-A squad. Now you're worse than the A's.

It's the J.R. sport re-show here on the Infinity Sports Network. We're going to take a break. When we come back on the other side, let's not talk about this miserable ass team.

Let's talk about the Dolphins, because they should be good, right? Tua got all that money. Chris Perkins is going to join us from the Sun-Sentinel.

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About $53 million per year. The last time we saw Tua Tongaveloa on a football field, it was an L up in Kansas City. There's going to be some big expectations for this man moving forward to talk about this deal, what it means for Tua, what it means for the Dolphins, what they can do this upcoming season. It's time to have a chat with someone who covers the squad. Columnist for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, it's Chris Perkins. Chris, how are you, man?

Thank you for the time. Hey, J.R., man. I'm glad we can talk some football and not dollar figures here, although we're about to talk some dollar figures. I have a feeling with Tua, but, you know, we can still talk some football mostly.

I like it. Yeah, listen, we know the NFL is big business. Tua happy that they showed him the money. When he got the deal, $53 million as an overall, what were your initial thoughts when the news came down the pipe? I'm happy for Tua, and I'm happy that the Dolphins got the deal done. Now, my situation all along has been I'd have had Tua play the season on his fifth-year option. I still have things that I would like to see from Tua. Number one, I want to see that he can stay healthy for, you know, 17 games.

That might be unrealistic, maybe 15 games. Quarterbacks go down nowadays. I want to see that he can stay healthy for a second consecutive season.

And number two, I want to see if there's some magic to Tua, right? Like, I want to see some Patrick Mahomes-type magic, some Josh Allen-type magic. And I'm not talking about winning a Super Bowl necessarily. I'm talking about moving the offense on second and four, on third and one, even in the second quarter.

Not just the last second, you know, dropping bombs like he did against Baltimore a couple of years ago in that 28.4th quarter. But just keep the offense moving throughout the game. Give the offense a lot more confidence in you.

Give the defense reason to fear you. And then the third thing that I would like to see is I would like to see Tua win a playoff game. Because, look, with all this talent, there's no reason that this team shouldn't have won a playoff game. I know they've had injuries, and I know Tua wasn't there two years ago for that playoff game that they lost in Buffalo 34-31. Mike McDaniel shares some blame in this, but Tua is the quarterback.

His name gets on it. I'd like to see him win a playoff game. Chris Perkins is joining us here from the Sun-Sentinel. You talk about Tua winning a playoff game and taking that next step. I'm still kind of racking my brain around the fact that last year during the offseason, like Tua had to tell everybody, yes, I had to contemplate retirement and think about my future.

We fast forward almost 12 months or less. He has this gigantic deal. We also saw that he gained weight to try to stay healthy, and now he's lost weight. What are your thoughts on his physical transformation and well-being?

You know, the weight loss and the weight gain I don't have a problem with. The weight gain was in an effort to prevent the concussions that he had sustained in 2022. Tua diagnosed concussions, another episode where his head banged on the ground that who knows whether it was or not. But the bottom line is that was a whiplash effect from being tackled. He took the jujitsu lessons. They taught him chin to the chest, don't have that whiplash effect, and we think that it worked.

He didn't have a concussion last season. Now he's – and I think the jujitsu was a bigger factor than the weight gain. Now we see the weight loss, and that's probably – and Tua has mentioned this.

He hasn't said it directly. It's probably in an effort to improve his agility and mobility because Tua does not move very well, and especially with that weight, he didn't move very well. So a little bit we've seen indications in training camp that the weight loss has helped his agility and mobility.

And I'll say agility means east-west for this purpose, and mobility means going north. He's not going to go north a whole lot, not a whole lot of mobility because of the concussion, but he has looked a little more agile. So look, you know, and I'll say this also, J.R., you know, quarterbacks nowadays, they get paid more on FOMO, right, fear of missing out. The team just doesn't want to strike out, yeah, he hasn't won playoff games, Tua, Justin Herbert, but we don't want to miss out.

We'll give him this money and we'll figure it out later. I think Tua is an excellent quarterback. He's a legit pro bowler. I think we know who Tua is from the last two seasons, right, he's a two-to-one touchdown to interception ratio guy. He's not going to lead you there, but if you give him talent, he can help get you there.

I think that's what Tua is, and I think that's why he got paid this money. Well, Chris, we see all the speed demons that he plays with out there on the field. Tyreek Hill, Waddle O'Dellas is now in, he has a big target up the middle, and Janu Smith. What do you think this offense can do? Are we going to see more 70-point outbursts? Maybe not that, but what can we look forward to?

Well, here's what I think, JR, and I get pounded on social media, as I'm sure you've seen, for bringing this up, but look. This Dolphins offense, I've got to see more from them. Last year, they were number one in the league in total offense, number two in the league in points per game at 29.2, okay? Last year, this team went 9-1 against non-playoff teams, 1-6 against playoff teams, including the loss to Kansas City in the wild card, right? In those seven games against playoff teams, they averaged 16 points per game.

So that's one thing. They don't beat good teams. Number two, over the last two years, they're 4-10 in December and January games. So, you know, I need to see this offense be productive when it matters against good teams. I think that's the next step for this offense, and that's what I say.

I would like to see some magic from Tua. And look, Mike McDaniel, as a head coach and as a young play caller, he plays a role in this. Tyreek Hill has had some drops in some big games.

He plays a role in this. But this offense, as exciting and dynamic as it is, it doesn't come through in the big moments against the big opponents in the big games. So I think that's what I would like to see from this offense is, you know, prove that you can do it against the big boys, and then we can talk about winning playoff games and going beyond that. Chris Perkins is here at the JR Sport Reshow. He represents the Sun Sentinel. There's so much attention made to the offense, and certainly think about the names and some of the contracts that have been allocated there. There's some names on the defense. The Dolphins defense doesn't get a lot of attention. Jalen Ramsey, you don't hear a lot about him. Jordan Poyer is now in the building.

You get an old veteran in Kalaus Campbell. Jalen flips, and we don't know if he's healthy. What are your thoughts on this defense? You know, here's the thing about the defense. You're right, that offense finished number one in the lead last year, but the defense finished number 10 under Vic Fangio.

Now, you know, Fangio is gone. He went to Philly, and now they have Anthony Weaver, who is the former defensive line coach and assistant head coach in Baltimore. Anthony Weaver is going to bring in a more diverse, more exciting defense. Vic Fangio kept them kind of playing back in some zone defense.

They didn't blitz a whole lot. You know, we're going to see that change with Anthony Weaver, that they're going to be a lot more man-to-man. They're going to be a lot more multiple. They're going to play a lot of different things. You know, Baltimore played some three safety looks last year.

I expect that Weaver will bring that here. Jalen Ramsey last year, and here's some appreciation for that defense, you know, with Fangio last year. Jalen Ramsey, you remember, missed the first seven games, and then late in the season, you lose the Edgerushers, Bradley Chubb and Jalen Phillips to injuries. You lost your linebacker, Jerome Baker.

Xavier Howard at corner was in and out. Javon Holland was in and out, but they still finished number 10 in the lead. You know, they lost a lot of personnel, but under Weaver and with some of the returning personnel, they do have a chance to be a top half of the lead defense, J.R.

I don't know if they're going to finish 10 again. A big thing is when do the Edgerushers, Jalen Phillips, who had the Achilles injury, and Bradley Chubb, who had the knee injury, when do they return? The hope is that both of them are back before the buy, which I believe is week six for the Dolphins. But, you know, they need to get some guys healthy. They need to blend in a lot of new faces that defense lost a lot of personnel, starting with Christian Wilkins, the defensive lineman who went to Las Vegas.

Andrew Van Genkel, who had six and a half sacks, is in Minnesota. They didn't bring back Xavier Howard, so they've got some holes to fill, but I do think this could be a top half of the league defense. All things considered, Chris, we know that the New England Patriots are trying to rebuild. The New York Jets should be competitive if their quarterback is healthy. And the same thing for the Buffalo Bills, despite some of the talent that they've lost. How do the Dolphins fit in? I mean, should we expect a wild card appearance? What do you expect from the team as constructed this season?

They've got to scrap. They've got to fight for it because, you know, Buffalo, we know that Stephon Diggs is not there, but Buffalo dominates these dudes. I think they've won 13 of the last 15 against the Dolphins.

I think off the top of my head, I think Josh Allen is skinning two against them. They dominate the Dolphins. So, you know, the Dolphins have a hill to climb against Buffalo, who, by the way, is their week two opponent here at home, but on a Thursday night.

So who knows? It should be to the Dolphins' advantage. Buffalo travels on a short week, but, you know, Buffalo dominates them. Then we look at the Jets.

If Aaron Rodgers is close to the old Aaron Rodgers, right? He's got Garrett Wilson out there, wide receiver, and Breece Hall running back in that great defense. They're going to be tough to beat. And look, I told you that the Jets, I mean, that the Dolphins are 4-10 in December and January. That's when they played the Jets both games this year.

In December and January, they're late games. And so, you know, that doesn't really favor the Dolphins. If you get the good Aaron Rodgers at the time that the Dolphins don't play well, that doesn't favor the Dolphins. So if you look at those things, the Dolphins are already behind the Jets and the Bills. Will this division get three teams in the playoffs? I doubt it. So I've got to see a little bit more from the Dolphins.

I like what the Dolphins have, J.R., but I've got to see them do it against the good teams at the biggest time of the year. Yeah. It looks like we might get some of the same old, same old. Would you dare say? Would you be shocked if they didn't even make the postseason? I would be mildly shocked, yeah.

I would. But, you know, they got to get Shub and Phillips back for that pass rush early in the season because, look, you start off at home against Jacksonville and then at home against Buffalo. But that's two tough AFC opponents for tiebreaker purposes.

And, you know, if you lose both of those games and if you don't have that pass rush, you know, against those two quarterbacks, Trevor Lawrence and Josh Allen, it puts you in a hole. Hopefully they don't miss the playoffs because I like covering playoff teams, J.R. You know, it's all about me. Forget, forget about everybody else. It's all about me.

I hope they make the playoffs, but we've got to watch the injuries, which have also dogged this team late in the season last two years. Hey, speaking all about you, this guy on the team, he's made it all about his quarterback. That's Tyreek Hill. He's been an advocate for Tua Tonga Velloa getting paid in a way that you typically don't hear from, from anybody being an advocate for anybody to get paid.

People stay out of it. What happens now that Tua's got paid? What does Tyreek do? Is he still expecting to get a boost? Like he's also getting older.

What are your thoughts? J.R., they got to pay Tyreek. Look, I say that Tyreek is not only the best player on this team.

And that's with all due respect to Jalen Ramsey and Kaleis Campbell, who the three of them are probably future Hall of Famers. But Tyreek is not only the best player on this team, he's the most important player on this team, more important than Tua. And I think that you have to turn your attention, if you're the Dolphins, to Tyreek and his contract now that Tua's locked up. Because I don't want to have Tua here without Tyreek.

That's just the way it goes. I mean, Tyreek is the man on this team. He's the man on this offense.

If he's not happy, you've got a problem. He said that he wants to be paid among the top five receivers in the league. He's probably going to drop out after, you know, C.D. Lamb gets his deal done. But, you know, we'll wait and see. And Jamar Chase also will wait and see. But, you know, you need to make sure that you have Tyreek around here for the duration of the Tua years.

That's how I look at it. So to me, Tyreek is not going to lose a step. He's 30 years old. He's built like a tank. You see what this man does on the field. They've got to make sure that Tyreek is going to be around as long as Tua is around. Yeah, no doubt.

The guy, he raced a horse, literally. Hey, Chris, where can people find you and all of your work with the Sun Sentinel? At suncentinel.com, you can catch my podcast at noon on suncentinel.com, Dolphins Deep Dive with Perp. And I'm on X, formerly known as Twitter. We always got to say that, right?

Formerly known as Twitter. At Chris Perk. Hey, Chris, we appreciate the time and I hope the Dolphins go to the playoffs for your sake, OK? Here we go, JR. I got you. I got you converted, baby. All right, have me back anytime, man.

No doubt about it. That Chris Perkins covering the Dolphins for the Sun Sentinel. Thank you so much to Chris. It's the JR Sportbreeze Show here with you on the Infinity Sports Network. 855-212-4227.

That's 855-212-4227. We're going to take a break when we come back on the other side. We'll talk about the other quarterback in the AFC East, or at least one of them. That's Aaron Rodgers. He spoke to the media today and he also spoke to his players.

And let's just say he was not a happy camper with some of their practice habits. Yes, we'll hear from that and talk about that on the other side. You are listening to the JR Sportbreeze. The JR Sportbreeze Show here on the Infinity Sports Network. I need you to thank O'Reilly Auto Parts for all of your car care needs.

Get guaranteed low prices and excellent customer service from the professional parts people at O'Reilly Auto Parts. Say thank you so much to Chris Perkins from the Sun Sentinel for joining us in the last break as he talked about Tua Tonga Veloa. And man, I feel like we pretty much said the same thing before he joined. Tua's good, but he's not good enough. Like he's OK. And the fact that he was able to bring up Josh Allen's record against the Dolphins and Tua since he's been there. One and six.

One and six against the Bills for Tua. That's bad. Like they're for nesting.

I got to be careful how I say this. The Dolphins are like hanging out with someone that is all style and no substance. That's it.

That's it. Like it looks nice. It's good.

It's great. But when it's time to show up and actually like take a deep dive into anything, it's just like, hello, anybody home? The Dolphins just they're not they come off as finesse. They don't come across as tough. And dare I say that I'm not playing in the NFL. I'm not taking shots. I'm not I'm not physically beat up and bruises, so I'm not insulting the Miami Dolphins and and what they do is in that stuff.

Oh, yeah, that's tougher than I am. But in the scope of the NFL. I don't look at these Dolphins and feel like they're going to out tough anybody. When the going gets tough, when it gets cold, when they have to go north, which is everywhere they have to go, you can't go further south than Miami. They lose.

That's just the facts of it all. Good luck to the Dolphins. Congratulations to Tua. Now we just wait to see what happens with Tyreek Hill. Eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven.

It's eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven. You know, we talked about the other team in the AFC East or one of the other ones. Nobody's talking about them damn Patriots unless you're thinking about Judon and his contract. He's upset. Aaron Rodgers was upset chewing out his team for for practice and how lackadaisical and not sharp that they were. Aaron Rodgers was not happy. One of his tight ends, Tyler Conklin. He actually said, I appreciate Aaron Rodgers chewing us out today.

Listen to this. Yeah, I think that's the beauty of playing with, you know, a great like that, right? Like you have someone that's going to at all times hold everybody accountable no matter who you are, what happens. And I think that's kind of something that's not every team has that.

Not everybody saw me. I think that's really a blessing at the end of the day to be able to have someone that cares that much. And, you know, has a standard like that. That's going to know that becomes our standard as a team. But to have a Hall of Famer has won a Super Bowl, been there, done that. No, I think that really is. I mean, it's necessary.

Hickey, I got a question. Who yells at Aaron Rodgers when he sucks? Nobody. The fans, actually, the fans do. That's it. Oh, my.

Nobody in that building. Like he will Rob Salah have anything critical to say to him? He will ask him like you'll ask him things. But Rob Salah at no point is just going to go.

I need he's not going to say you need to do better or you did. No, that's that's not going to happen, right? Am I am I right in that saying that you are a member saying right, whether it's to the media or to Rogers himself, he will never say, hey, we need you to play better.

Wow. Aaron, I'm trying to think if there's another player in the NFL right now who has as much power in an organization outside of him. And it's it's hard for me to it's hard for me to think that I'm going down the list. Like if Andy Reid is not happy with my homes, I could see Andy Reid telling the best player in the league. Hey, you screwed up.

And I can see Patrick Mahomes going. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Coach, I know. Thank you. I got it.

If I think about Josh Allen, I could see McDermott just kind of walking up to him and maybe saying, hey, you know, you got it. Yeah, I know the term. I get it.

OK. I don't think we'll see a sign at all one time this season. We won't see it on the field. Like it's even trying to imagine it feels foreign. Rob Salah walks up to Aaron Rodgers following an interception and says, what?

Nothing. New York Jets are going to be fun this year. I hope Aaron Rodgers is healthy. I hope he is. I want to see him yelling at people and not getting yelled back. Anyway, he spoke to the NFL Network and maybe just maybe we'll see more of Aaron Rodgers, let's say for the next two years.

That's what he had to tell him. Two days ago, you gave an interview where you said you didn't know how much longer you want to play, that you wanted to give the you wanted to have two good years with the Jets, maybe try to win two Super Bowls. Does that mean two more or does last year count as one? Could this be the last season for you? I would say that there's a lot of sentiment that last year wasn't a great year for me. So I'd like to still have two great years.

OK. Hickey. I think the Jets will get into the playoffs as a wild card. Be eliminated. And I think everybody comes back next year. For one more round. So you're buying what Rodgers is saying two more years next year being the last dance.

I think so, because I think the New York Jets and this is all this is all on him. And we saw how he held up. He's now a year older, coming off a major surgery that can't be discounted. The guy had to have his Achilles readjusted.

I don't care if it was a zip tie surgery or they used a hatchet. The guy's 40 years old. If he stands upright, I think they're good enough to get into the playoffs. Would you say so? I'm not sold now. Damn. Even if they're healthy?

Even if they're healthy. Wow. Damn. You just saw you see the New York Jets just crashing and burning. No, I mean, they were competitive last year at times. So I don't think they're going to have four wins.

I'm just not sold right now. Rodgers coming back. Number one can stay healthy behind that offensive line and number two can playing at an MVP level. Like he obviously last year is a lost year, but even the year before that in 2022, not like he was playing at a very high level. Not like he finished that year strong and led the Packers in the playoffs. They lost at home to end the season. So it's like, how good can even be now at this point of his career? A bad Aaron Rodgers season would be good for the Jets. OK, his last seat. No, I'm serious. His last his last season.

I'm looking at it. Twenty six touchdowns to 12 interceptions. You want to tell me the New York Jets wouldn't sign up for that? Come on. That would be one of the best seasons that a New York Jet has had in, I don't even know, 25 years.

And that is true, but also very sad. My apologies to to Brett Favre. But outside of Brett Favre, who threw it, who threw any of those type of numbers?

Vinny Testaverdi? I mean, come on now. She's a Chad Pennington like a year, a year.

Chad Pennington couldn't throw the ball. Ten yards. Yeah. Yeah. Brett. Oh, my God. Yeah. He went on a binge at the end.

Brett Favre, one season with the Jets, 22 touchdowns, 22 interceptions. Yeah. It was Vinny Testaverdi, folks.

It was a very, very long time. These Rogers is yelling at the people. Nobody yelling him back. It's the JR Sportbree show here on the Infinity Sports Network. Speaking of people yelling at each other. Jalen Brown not afraid to yell at Grant Hill. Grant Hill don't bother anybody. What's the beef?

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