Joe Burrow Preaches Urgency (Hour 3)

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Texans have so many issues with their wide receiver group. I'm going to give the edge to the Jets at home. Jets will pick up their third win. And throw them a ball.

Well, we'll see what happens. Thank you so much to Tim Nevert for joining us last hour as well. Radio broadcaster for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers, well, they planned the parade already. That didn't take long, right? Win the World Series on Wednesday night and have a parade Friday afternoon. Well, the way they were handling the Yankees didn't seem difficult to plan a parade.

It was just a matter of of when you quote unquote push the button. We have so much more to get into as we continue on. Joining us next hour, J.P. Hornstra is going to come through and join us. He's a writer covering all things baseball for Newsweek. So we'll be able to talk to him about not just the Dodgers and them winning and what their future looks like. But for the New York Yankees as well. And then damn it, the Atlanta Braves have already made a trade today, moving Jorge Soler out west. We'll talk about that in a little bit. Speaking of trades, Giannis, is that a Kumpos name is already being thrown around as a potential player to be traded? Giannis on the team not named the Bucks. OK. And then Joe Burrow.

This is hilarious. You know, the NFL trade deadline is November 5th. That's next week. Joe Burrow is telling everybody. He's like, listen, I just play quarterback around here for this cheap ass Cincinnati Bengals team. I have nothing to do with any players that come in or out. Don't ask me about T. Higgins. Don't ask me nothing. I just throw the ball.

Pretty hilarious. And speaking of people's futures, for all the talk that we've had about the NFL trade deadline over the past several days, the past several weeks, we think about the Devante Adams of the world who have been moved, the DeAndre Hopkins, the Amari Coopers. You know, with the conclusion of the World Series last night, we have one player who is just he's up in the air. His name is Juan Soto. And we don't know where Juan Soto is going to be because he's a he's a free agent after being moved from the Washington Nationals and then moving from the Nationals to the Padres, where it was a disappointment and then being traded from the Padres to the Yankees. He goes back to the World Series. He won a World Series with Washington in 2019.

This guy was a teenager. He is only 26 years old. Juan Soto just turned 26 years old. He's been one of the best players in the game for years now. And he stands to probably make them get the biggest contract ever handed out to a batter. I mean, just this past season, an average of 288, 41 home runs, 109 RBIs. The dude is an on base machine. His eye is best.

I'm not calling the guy Tony Gwen. This guy is not swinging at no BS. He's just always on base. Between him and Judge, great combination until it wasn't, until Judge stunk in the postseason.

Well, what else is new? And of course, Juan Soto helped get him to this World Series. Big home run, helping to win the American League Championship Series.

This guy has showed up in the postseason from when he was in Washington. Juan Soto is a big deal. Aaron Judge is making more money as a hitter than anybody, sitting around at $36 million a year. What the hell is Juan Soto going to get?

I can't even get into Otani land. This man is making $700 million. We know the Dodgers expect him to pitch and hit. And I guess you could say the investment has already paid off so far for the Los Angeles Dodgers because in their first year with Shohei Otani, he helped get them to a World Series.

Yeah, he stunk in the World Series, but ultimately they won. What do you care about? The Dodgers have expanded their reach out into Japan. Like there are certain things that you just can't ask for. This free agent signing, where he's making $2 million a season in the first 10 years and then all the rest of the money is deferred over the next 10. They're paying Otani for 20 years.

But I guess if you're making money in multiple countries, United States, Japan, elsewhere, I guess Otani will pay off. Hickey, do you speak Japanese? No, sir, I do not. Okay.

I know Chris is helping you. Does Chris in the studio, does he speak Japanese? Quotes, absolutely not.

Absolutely not. Okay. I don't speak, Niihau, that's Japanese. Is that hello and goodbye? You know more than I do.

Sounds impressive. Yeah, Niihau, hello and goodbye. I wonder if this is a part of this call. The Dodgers make so much money and this is why they can pay Otani.

Because people in Japan, of course, they love him. And money everywhere for the Dodgers. Let's take a listen to this.

This is Fuji TV. This is the final call of the Dodgers winning the World Series last night. Hickey, I understood Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers. That's all I understood.

Same. And that's all I will ever understand. That's all I knew. I wonder what the home run, when the home, somebody in Japan has to have a home run call that's, what is it, similar to Michael K.C.? Somebody, Otani has to hit on run and somebody has to go Niihau, right?

I would think it makes the most sense, right? Come on now. Hello. Hello, goodbye. No, it's just goodbye. Hello, goodbye.

Hello, goodbye. That's fair. Yeah, I think that. That's pretty normal.

I like my, how do you feel about Michael K.C.? I love it. It's not bad.

You don't know. It's good. It's good. You don't have a favorite home run call from anybody ever?

No where? Um, I mean, I do like Hawk House, if you want to, you know, just talk about really over the top dramatic. Okay. But all that, like a lot of the home run calls, I mean, all you do is just using three different, four different words that are just, it's out of here. Yeah.

Which is Gary, Gary Cohen is right. It's out of here. Which is great. Like, don't get me wrong. I like it a lot, but it like, is it create?

Like, it's like, I guess there's a lot of those, like, it's all just basic. See ya. It's out of here.

It's gone. There she goes. Like, goodbye. Goodbye, home run. Goodbye, baseball. Right.

Adios, pelota. Like there's just, I guess like there's, I mean, you really can't dress it up that much. You don't think a home run call? I don't know. Does anybody, anybody, there she goes. No, he can't do that. Uh, I don't know.

I have, do you have one? It's like, see ya. See ya. See ya. Yeah.

You know, I've caught myself watching a home run and Michael K's not even there and I go, see ya. Yeah. You know? Hmm. Are you saying there's something wrong with me now?

No, no, no, no, no. I think it's fair. And maybe I do it without even realizing. I probably do.

I mean, you watch every game every day and you get so used to those words associated with that act. So it makes sense. It makes sense.

I guess I just never thought about it. See ya. See ya.

A two run home run for Juan Soto and the Yankees take a two to nothing lead. Yeah. I like that.

I got a down pat. Play-by-play could be in your future. Could it?

I bet it could, but I don't want to do that. No, no. I don't want to sit around for every.

Hickey, you heard me. You know how much I do not like listening to announcers. Okay. What type of clown would I be to now become an announcer somewhere? Why would I do that? That's, you know what?

You, you stand on, as the kids say these days, you stand on business. You hate the announcers. You'll never go to the other side unless someone blows you away with an offer. Then I hope you take it.

Hickey. But then, and then if I was an announcer, I'd use less of my, uh, I'd use less of my radio voice and more of my broadcasting voice, more of my broadcasting voice. I'd bring it down an octave just a little bit. Could you get like a sneak peek? I know you said the home run call could get another one, like in the, now that I can listen to like broadcast JR voice. Give, give, give me one. Give me, give me a scenario. What do we, what do we judge? Two on, two out, one, two pitch game through the world series.

It is such a home run. You living in fantasy land? Yes, of course. I'm trying to help you out. I'm trying to use the, no. Okay. No, I gave, I gave one already. Okay. Whatever it was.

Well, you know, it's funny. We may never hear that for Juan Soto. Never. Michael K may never call another Juan Soto home run ever. Uh, who's our man, Mr. Sterling. This man came out of retirement hoping and thinking that he was going to get another one. There's no more. It's over. It's done. Well, because he's going to retire.

Hickey, you think he's going to stay, stay retired? I thought so. Uh, now I don't know. Hey, I got, I got a question. You ready for this? Let's, let's, let's hear it.

I cannot wait for this question. There's a lot of people, uh, that leave in New York or WFA and they retire and then they, they come back. A lot of people, what was, are they addicted? They are like, is it like crack?

Is there something in the, there may be something in the water here, something in the air. I don't know. Everybody says they're going to retire and then poof, here they are. People are going to do podcasts. They're going to move to Florida. And then here they are, they're back.

Just like that months later, back like they never left. John Sterling. God, God bless him. God bless him. He said he was going to retire. He just quit in like a week's day. And, and then the next thing you, they gave him televisions and everything for his house so he can enjoy retirement.

And then he just came back. If the TVs weren't good enough, I guess he didn't have enough TVs in his house. They said, uh, apparently I don't think that TV was put to use. It's probably sitting, which is a pretty bad gift. 80 inch TV for an 80 year old man, man.

That's what we're doing. T like that's a TV. So like, what would you give a baseball announcer for his, uh, retirement? How about like a golden microphone?

How about that? I'm sure they gave him one. I'm sure they gave him one. Went to the trophy store.

I had one gold plated. Yeah. Easy.

I hope so. I mean, right out of that over a TV. What else do you give the guy?

You even got paid enough, not from that, but he got paid enough and television. I don't know. Hmm.

Maybe here's what you do. Instead of an actual physical gift, you name the broadcast booth after him. Oh, that's too easy.

It's not a gift to me. What to have the now every time a Yankees game is broadcast, we're coming to you live from the John Sterling broadcast booth. That'd be, that'd be tremendous. The legacy. Oh, you have to say it. Right, right, right, right, right. Of course. Okay. You right. You're right. And I'm sure it will be sponsored, you know, coming to you from the Delta club.

That is also the John Sterling, man. Just give me, give me a, give me a plane ticket for fives out of town, out of the country. Save yourself on the television. Come on.

Get me out of this hell hole and we'll call it. Yeah. How much is a big TV now? Is it even a lot of money?

No, it's a bad gift. Yankees. Yankees spent what? $3,000 on a big TV and said, here is $3,000.

What's the budget at 10,000 and get them a TV and some trophies. Big deal. It'll be okay.

Thanks for your service. Yeah. And speaking of big money, Juan Soto, he going to be able to buy a lot of TVs. I don't even know how many TVs you can buy with 500 plus million dollars is 600 plus million dollars. That's the type of bread people are talking about when it comes to Juan Soto and Juan Soto after the game last night, even wearing a Yankees cap, they were asking him about free agency and he pretty much told everybody, uh, there ain't going to be no discounts.

Let's start here. Hey, Juan, was this your last game as a New York Yankee? Is this your last time in pinstripes? Do you think about that at all?

You never know. At the end of the day, we will see where we are. Um, definitely tough game to be my last one, but, uh, really happy with what we accomplished as a team. Yeah.

Well, okay, good. Uh, you happy with what you accomplished as a team? Uh, so you're excited for free agency. It's going to be exciting. It's going to be a good experience. I think, uh, every player in the big leagues is going to want to experience how it's going to be the free agency.

So, um, it's exciting to see how it's going to be. You might remember he was only 23 years old. Yeah. Three years ago, he rejected a 15 year, $440 million contract from the nationals. He said no to that. And he, he roundfully and smart, smartly said, nah, I don't want that because now he's going to make more money for less work and less of a commitment. You got Juan Soto here. Now this man, if he wants, I guess he can sign for as lover, however long he wants.

Maybe no team is going to go past. I don't know. 15 years, maybe 10 years to be safe. It's bad.

It's going to, I think age well. His eye is amazing. 500 million, 600 million picky. Could you see him getting 50 for 10? Easy, right? Easy.

Oh, that's, I think though, I mean, I think it's even lower than the floor right now. I think he's gonna, he may get a seven. He's 26 years old. Do you think he's going to go for a short contract or a long one? It's a great question. Does he say, Hey, I'm going to do eight years?

I don't know. Pay me, you know, 60 mil and I'll be back in eight to get another contract when he's a 34 years old. Like, is he saying I want to get a giant contract to just encapsulate this all?

As he's saying, give me 10 with a five-year opt out. Like he got options, you know, he does. And a lot of leverage. He has a lot of leverage to do whatever he wants. And he, he went as far to talk about what he's looking for in free agency.

Listen to this. I feel like everybody wants to be in a winning team. That's one of the biggest things that you look up to. You want to be part of these, you know, even if you don't make it to the last team standing, you, you want to be part of, you want to be involved in all of these.

So I think that's one of the biggest things I'm looking for. We know the winning teams that throw the money around. Okay. The Dodgers, you heard, uh, Mr. Everett come through and never tell us about that last hour voice of the Dodgers. Yankees certainly want to keep them the crosstown, New York Mets.

They wouldn't mind bringing him in and telling Peter Lonzo, go ahead and take a hike pick. You think it's either, or would they even think about having both of them? No. Right. No. What do you know? Why not? Oh my God. Steve Cohen's the richest owner of baseball.

Why not? Oh, bring back Peter Lonzo and give him some, Hey, you sit at the kid's table. We got a, we got a real star here. Now it take this 150 and shut up. We'll pay him 500. Shut up and be happy over there. Huh? Wouldn't he be insulted? Wouldn't he want to leave at that point?

Just take somebody else's money. Why? Because you got overshadowed by a better player.

Yes. Ego ego players have egos, right? I think, I think Peter Lonzo, he comes across to me as somebody who has an ego. I mean, everything he says, and again, that's take her the grain of salt.

Like he likes New York. I'll say this. If someone wants to offer me $150 million, I will not feel offended. Okay. They don't give big money to the first baseman like they used to.

And I don't get big money. The guys just suck either. Oh, ouch. You're right.

He didn't, he didn't have the judging contract here. Not, not by any stretch of the imagination, the off season or the post season. Yeah.

It helped them get them there, but not the biggest as well. Now eight five five two one two 42 27. Andy is calling from Pittsburgh. You're on the chair of sport re-show.

What's up, Andy? Hey, JR. Well, I've got a wildcard for you. And you remember now the last time I gave you a wildcard on free agent, I was absolutely right. Well, I don't want, I don't remember. Well, I remember JJ what to the Cardinals. I remember that couple years ago.

How did, how did that work out? Well, he didn't get his one year with them, but I think Juan Soto is going to end up with the Detroit Tigers. Okay. You think the, you think the Elitch family is gonna go ahead and just throw that money at him? Oh, absolutely. Because they ain't got nothing now since Miguel Cabrera retired. They need some, they need a new dude in there. Okay.

Like a big star, like Miguel Cabrera was. Okay. I don't, I don't think bringing in a guy who has never been a part of the organization to the tune of about, I don't know, 600,000 or excuse me, a $600 million is going to do the trick. I don't know about that one. I mean, that's my guess. I mean, okay. I mean, I think, I mean, you know, Cabrera gone, the Tigers, they lucky, lucky with what they had this year and they want to add to it. Yeah. But he just said he wants to, if I got to think about playing for a team that I think is going to be a perennial winner, I don't think I'd necessarily go to the Tigers.

That's not to say that they're not going to have success into the future, but I think there's some other teams that are more well off. Thank you, Andy, for calling from Pittsburgh. It's the JR sport brief show here with you coast to coast on the infinity sports network. We'll talk about some other options and some other teams on the other side of the break, the Houston Texans and the New York jets are just underway. A Thursday night football, the trade deadline for the NFL is sneaking up on us right next week, November 5th.

We got so much more to do. You're listening to the JR sport brief. Our sport show here with you coast to coast on the infinity sports network. 8 5 5 2 1 2 42 27.

That's 8 5 5 2 1 2 42 27. Thursday night football is underway. We got the New York jets and the Houston Texans.

We talked about how, how much of a game this is. Well, specifically for the jets, like they're already buried. But if they lose this one, two and seven, Oh my God, you can't make it up. Even watching the game right now, Aaron Rogers just threw a pass down the scene that he liked to kill Mike Williams for because he didn't run the right route. Aaron Rogers missed Devante Adams, threw an out of bounds. Aaron Rogers just threw another pass to the chest of Breece Hall.

The ball bounced off of Breece Hall's chest. They are now showing a fan in the stands who has a bag over his head. The eyeballs are cut out so he can, excuse me, rename, remain anonymous.

So at least he can watch the disaster and no one knows who he is. Sack him. Hickey, I love it.

They sacked him. Oh my God. Hickey, this is hilarious. I told you. You are funny. This is great. Exactly. That's why it's so funny.

Anyone listening, we have no idea you're a Jets fan. Oh my God. They're showing these women, these old women, they have their heads buried in their hands.

They're shaking their heads like, Oh my God, you gotta be bleeping me. And it's true. He missed it. Hickey, by the time I looked up, Aaron Rogers missed the pass. It was his fault. He won't tell you it is.

Probably not. The wide receiver, excuse me, the running back dropped the pass off his chest. And then Aaron Rogers was sacked. Three and out. Great. It's great.

It's great. Hey, but remember he took some cayenne pepper this week, so he's feeling rejuvenated. I heard that's good for, what did he say, body inflammation? Something like that. I've heard that for a long time. Cayenne and water, I've heard that.

Apparently Thomas Morse said the punter was the one who turned Rogers onto that for the first time. And now he said he's feeling good. So a big push here.

So far, not getting out of the gate. I know someone who has turmeric and water and stuff. Cayenne, turmeric, and whatever.

I don't know. Whatever. I'm just going to drink water.

I don't need no stuff in it. Take my vitamins, have my water, and try to wake up pain-free. I try to wake up pain-free. Speaking of somebody trying to wake up pain-free, we have to take a look at another Packers quarterback. Instead, this guy plays for the Green Bay Packers right now.

His name is Jordan Love. You might have saw what happened as they were beating Jacksonville. Malik Willis had to come on and finish the end of the game because he strained his groin. They had to take him out of the game.

If he had it his way, he would have still been out there trying to fight through everything. And now it's being reported that that he just might play in the Packers next game. That that he just might play in the Packers next game against the Detroit Lions. And we saw what the Detroit Lions are doing. Man, they're just hanging up 40s and 50s on everybody, even with no Jamison Williams. Now, is this going to be different taking on the Packers?

The answer is yes. The Packers have won four straight games. They're one of the best. Well, they have one of the best offenses and defenses in the NFL. And people talk so much about Jordan Love spreading the ball out to every single one of his wide receivers that people don't even talk about the fact that Josh Jacobs is on this team. He's rushed for 600, almost 700 yards and has five touchdowns.

Not too shabby for the first year running back, who's probably happy that he's no longer a member of the Las Vegas Raiders. What a dumpster fire that's turned out to be. And so, of course, everybody wants to see this matchup. You get the Packers, you get the the Lions. These are the two top teams that you would expect to be in the NFC North. What a tough division that is.

Bears hanging out, Vikings are hanging out. It's important that Jordan Love plays in this game. But a strained groin?

I don't know if you want to test it that much. I think he'll be out there. Matter of fact, yesterday, he was saying that his groin feels better. Definitely feeling better.

You know, I think every day there will be some improvements to it, but definitely feels better than it did on Sunday. Man, the strained groin. I never had one of those. I think you ever had a strained groin? Thankfully, no, I don't plan on it.

Oh, man. I don't think I've had one. I don't think.

I'm not sure. It'd have to bother you for a few days, right? A bare minimum, you would think. I mean, just feel like, wouldn't just be walking difficult?

I would think. I know you don't like needles. You think they gave him a shot for his groin?

Wow. Look, you talk about making sure you get that accurately. It's one thing to pierce a lung. If you are getting a shot, you better make sure that shot is accurate.

You don't want that. You don't want that one in the groin, huh? No, I think I'd rather play with pain than risk it getting a shot there. That's for sure. Doesn't that have to heal naturally?

There's no shot for that, right? You would think because, I mean, you can actually tear your groin worse, right? You can tear it. It's not just pain. Do I want to Google that on the work computer?

Incognito mode. Does that help with anything? Shot and groin. Let's see. Here we go. Oh, for hip pain. Okay. Oh, okay. An injection in the groin can be used to reduce pain in the area. Oh yeah. He can get one.

He can get a shot in the groin. Find your pulse in your groin with your middle finger. Okay. All right. Do I read step two? Place your index finger next to you.

And choose an injection site near the center of your body next to your index. Oh boy. Oh man. Well, he's going to he shockingly this guy. And when you say a strain, you partially tear it like it has to heal. Ah, you know, but for him to play the next week, I'm going to assume he took a shot to the groin.

He did. This is tough. NFC North, the Bears, the last four and three, the Vikings have fallen to third at five and two. The Packers are six and two.

The Lions are six and one. You can't afford to not have Jordan Love in the game. Even if he asked to, well, he's going to get a shot and he's going to play.

Let's just put it that way. NFL players are tough, tough, tough. Rich Ackerman, have you ever had like a major injury like that? No. You're torn groin, strain groin.

I tweaked it once. I did have a neck injury that required surgery. Oh boy. A neck, like a muscle or the bone?

A herniated disc, bone spur and stenosis. Whoa. Wow.

Wow. Were you younger? This was, were you older? Last year. Last year. I was out for three weeks.

Didn't you miss me? Well, I don't, well, I was doing the latest show at that time. Oh, that's right. I'm sorry.

My apologies. So you got to ask Zach that, not me. He didn't miss me.

No, I don't know about that. Well, how do you feel? You feel good?

I feel great. Oh, that's good. That's good. At least it didn't put the shot in your groin. That's good.

No, definitely not. I'd be nervous about that, but you know. Oh my God. Why doesn't, Hickey, why doesn't Tyrod Taylor, he needs to write a book. I would read it.

I would absolutely read it. The man, what would you call it? The man, I don't even, how would you describe what happened to him? They punctured my lung by Tyrod Taylor. Stabbed him with a needle?

Stabbed me with a needle by Tyrod Taylor. Those needles are long. Like, I feel like sometimes those needles can go straight through your body.

On his, got halfway there, it sounds like. But for love though, I don't think it would be the same. I think because they have like, you know, massage therapists or, you know, whatever. Somebody or trainers that can kind of just kind of put everything right back in the way it's supposed to be. Massage the groin back? I think, yeah.

You don't think, Rich, you don't think he's going to get not one shot to play in this game? I don't think so. That's just my guess. Okay. Because when I think about a strain, that's like close, that's as close as you can get to a tear, right? And so I would think that unless it's a small, I get it. But they know how to like rework and it's like going to a chiropractor, I guess.

Okay. The tear heals it because humans are amazing. You rip something a little bit and it heals up. If I cut my finger, then the cells will regenerate and boom, I'm a freak.

I got a new skin. It does that on the inside. So I guess it depends on how, what's the word, severe the strain is. Maybe it can heal or maybe in a week's time, it's just sore. Yeah, maybe.

I don't know. And I've never pulled a hamstring until about a month ago and I've never done it. And I said, oh my God, I've pulled my hamstring and it hurt the next day. It hurt the day after that. And I was trying to figure out how long am I going to be in pain? I was fine after like a week. I didn't, I didn't feel anything.

I thought I was going to be cooked for like three weeks. So, Hey, you never know. Hey, good luck to Jordan Love and his groin. And I hope to see him play against the lines. He was able to practice today.

So a good on him. It's the JR sport brief show here with you on the infinity sports network. 8 5 5 2 1 2 42 27.

That's 8 5 5 2 1 2 1 2 42 27 Jordan Love. It looks like he's going to play against the Detroit lions. Meanwhile, next week, we got something else big going on. It's the NFL trade deadline. This guy's playing, he's running for his life. He needs new teammates and he says he is not in charge of selecting them.

So don't even ask him. I'm going to tell you which quarterback said this on the other side of the break. You're listening to the JR sport brief. It is the JR sport brief show here with you coast to coast on the infinity sports network. This portion of the show is sponsored by the new 2025 Hyundai Tucson hybrid that has class leading advanced safety features like the available blind spot view monitor to make your ride more enjoyable.

8 5 5 2 1 2 42 27 is the number that's 8 5 5 2 1 2 42 27. The New York Jets and the Houston Texans, as you just heard from rich Ackerman, they're currently blank that nothing, nothing right now. Unfortunately, Will Anderson, who we talked about earlier on in the show, looks like he might have had an ankle sprain, one of his own teammates looking to make a tackle falling into his ankle from the outside in. And he had to be helped off of the field. So we'll see what the status is of Will Anderson Jr.

This man entered into the game with seven and a half sacks already so far this season. We'll see whether or not they got to throw some dirt on it, whether they'll tape it up or whether he's going to be out for the game or maybe longer. No, no clarity on that one. We'll keep you up to date if we should get some word while we're here with you on the air. We've talked about a lot right before we went to break. We discussed Jordan Love playing through pain, a strained groin. Well, the next quarterback that I want to talk to you about is, is no stranger to pain and or injury. This man has spent his entire NFL career or not the entire career. He's going to an AFC championship game.

Couple of them went to a Super Bowl. I'm talking about Joe Burrow. He knows success. He hasn't reached the ultimate success in the NFL yet. He certainly won a national championship at LSU throwing for 60 plus touchdowns. Joe Burrow knows what the hell he's doing. Unfortunately for him, you would have to think and hope that the peak of his success as a member of the Cincinnati Bengals didn't come with just one single Super Bowl appearance a few years ago. Joe Burrow is one of the best quarterbacks in the game. We know that unfortunately for Joe Burrow with his 15 touchdowns and only three interceptions, the man is constantly running for his life. He plays for the Bengals.

We know that they are historically cheap. Ask Jamar Chase. This man has been upset about his contract status for a while. Ask T Higgins. And T Higgins, man, he wanted a contract and they're like, nah, bro, you, we just going to eventually tag you and then trade you. And T Higgins might also be traded knowing that he's a free agent.

He didn't practice today with a quad issue. T Higgins with 341 yards receiving and three touchdowns on the year. And so with all the uncertainty surrounding the Cincinnati Bengals, this is a team that in a ridiculously competitive every single year, AFC North. They are right above the Browns.

They have a record of three and five. The Cincinnati Bengals just this past week, the Philadelphia Eagles beat them up 37 to 17. Next up for the Bengals, the Raiders.

Come on now. The Raiders are probably more pathetic than the Bengals. At least the, at least the Bengals have a quarterback. Think about the Raiders. I mean, they got Gardner Minshew because Aiden O'Connell is hurting.

If Aiden O'Connell was healthy, they probably have him out there. They traded away Devontae Adams. Brock Bowers has had no choice even as a rookie to have more receptions than any player currently in the NFL.

Welcome to the league rookie. And the Raiders, we know that they are going nowhere. And if the Cincinnati Bengals, a team that's accustomed to slow starts, but then turning things around, if they want to turn things around, they got to do it now. And so Joe Burrow was asked about the Raiders and what their future might look like. Joe Burrow said, man, we got to beat them if we want to stay alive. This is a must win game. Yeah.

We're three and five. You go to three and six. Then you got to basically win out to get in. So urgency is very high every week from here on out.

Uh, yeah, went out. They ain't going to be no winning out for the bank. Like they not winning every game.

Well, starts three and five. Look at the teams that they lost to. They lost to New England. They lost to Kansas City. Good team.

Washington. Good team. They beat Carolina.

There's, they should. They lost to Baltimore. Of course they beat the giants. They beat Cleveland. They lost to Philadelphia.

Like they're beating garbage teams. The Cincinnati Bengals three victories are over Carolina. The giants in Cleveland.

Yuck. The remaining games, Las Vegas on Sunday at Baltimore. Good team at the chargers. Good team at Pittsburgh. Good team at Dallas and whatever team right at Tennessee.

Okay. They suck against Cleveland. I, they bad, but Jamis will probably be throwing the ball around Denver. How about this Denver? Good team.

And then Pittsburgh again, where in the world are the Cincinnati Bengals winning anything out? If they lose on Sunday, you might as well trade T Higgins. You ain't responding to him and send them to another team. Get rid of them. And so Joe burrow, not the general manager of the Cincinnati Bengals, not the owner, not that cheap owner brown.

No, not him. Joe burrow was asked, Hey, what do you want to happen at the trade deadline? Listen to this. Arguably the three elite teams right now in the ASC, all making moves, bills, chiefs and ribbons. What goes through your mind when you see those teams getting better? That's not my, it's not my job.

Do you ever wish that, you know, team would, the organization would give you another weapon or two or one either side of the ball? It's not my job. Oh damn. He sucked his teeth at him that first time and sucked his teeth. Like what the hell you asking?

What'd you ask me that for? Wow. It's spicy. Joe burrow there. He was in a happier mood earlier today. I saw McCauley caulking dressed up as Joe burrow for Halloween. Hickey, did you see that? I did see that. Yes. I didn't know that.

I didn't know that that was a joke. Right. I guess people say that Joe burrow looks like McCauley caulking. Yeah.

I miss that joke as well. I mean, I guess you sort of see it. Um, if McCauley was 20 years younger, he was, but he was two feet shorter.

I don't know. Damn. You went there, huh? No, I'm saying Joe burrow is a big dude. Not, not, not a, you know, big as in like size, but he's a very tall dude. He's a big guy.

He's a football player, right? And those guys are not small. Yeah. They're not unless you're Bryce young. Yeah.

Yeah. Football player is not small unless you're Bryce young. I don't, you know, most of the world saw McCauley caulking when he was what?

Eight years old. That's right. So how, I don't, I don't know how big this guy is as a grown man, like child actors and child stars.

Like we don't know. I see that Frank was that guy. Frank was, what's that?

That show. Frankie something. Frankie Munoz. Oh, Munoz. Frankie Munoz. What was that show called?

And everybody hates Frank. That's Chris. Good call.

I don't know. I was going to say Bobby's world. Nah, that Bobby's world was something else. Oh my God. Kid agent.

No, no. He had a show. He, it was a family. It was one of these, not, it was one of these dysfunctional families on Fox.

Hmm. Oh, Frankie Munoz stars in now he dropped. He's a race car driving out. He races cars.

He is a legitimate race car driver. Yes. You didn't know that.

No, I did not know that. Sports guy. Come on.

I should know that or say that now. He's a, he's a sports guy. I'm saying you're a sports guy. You should know Frankie Munoz is racing cars.

He just raced in the Xfinity series. Malcolm in the middle. There you go. Ah, there we go. Okay. I guess his name in the show was Malcolm, not Frankie.

He is a part of the NASCAR craftsman truck series. Okay. Ah, my, you know, I should have known that. You're right.

He finished, he finished 33rd out of I don't know. More drivers. Let's see. Let's see. Let's see. 33.

You're a jerk. Yes. He finished 33 out of 34.

It's better than nothing, right? The child actor who's now driving race cars. He he's in the race. He had to qualify to get there. True. And I guess he, I mean, he finished higher than I did. Right. And you did too.

And most people did, I guess. American actor and race car driver. Wow. He's 38. Whoa. He's 38 years old. Oh my God. And he's married. Wow. They grow up so fast. Malcolm in the middle.

They do, right? Where is Topanga? Boy Meets World. Where is she? The JR Sport Bree show here with you on the Infinity Sports Network. We're going to take a break. When we come back, we'll give you an update on Thursday night football. JP Hornstra is going to join us from Newsweek to talk some more. Baseball and World Series. We got a lot to do. It's the JR Sport Bree show. I'll be back. Don't move.