New York Football Stinks (Hour 4)

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Demand that it play the Infinity Sports Network. What a day. What a night. It's Monday Night Football. Right now, the Miami Dolphins lead the Los Angeles Rams in Los Angeles.

The score is 10 to nothing. Earlier on in the game. Well, not early. They just started the second quarter.

Four minutes have gone by here. Malik Washington had an 18 yard rushing touchdown, giving Miami the seven to nothing lead. Matthew Stafford was intercepted. The Dolphins were able to turn that into a field goal.

Now they lead 10 to nothing. Still early, still plenty of time. We'll keep you up to date on the game as it continues on.

We'll be here for one more hour. Of course, at the end of the show, I'll share with you a few things that took place this day in sports history. Thank you so much to Brian Fisher for joining us from Sports Illustrated to talk some college football. It's been a hell of a week. It's been a hell of a weekend.

I should say it's been a hell of a Monday and we got so much more to get into. If you want to be a part of the show, the phone number here is 855-212-4227. That's 855-212-4227. You can find me online.

I am everywhere at JR Sport Brief. What a show. Hickey, no surprise. The Dolphins can score. I wouldn't be shocked. I think we both picked the Rams. I think most people picked the Rams. They're not going to get blank the whole game.

No, I'm with you. And again, slow start. Maybe you weren't totally respecting the opponent. They came in with two wins. Okay, maybe we'll throw our jocks on the field and get an easy victory. I know it's not been great so far and we still got a good amount to go here before half. I do expect a big second half here from the Rams. Yeah, they'll get things going.

Too many weapons. We'll see what happens. We'll keep you up to date on Monday Night Football as the evening continues on. We've talked about it all. From a college football standpoint to the pros in Alabama to the LSUs and the Ole Misses and the Georgias. And then before the break, we talked about a transition that a rookie quarterback is currently having in the NFL.

And let's just say it's not a good one. Caleb Williams got sacked nine times yesterday as his team, the Chicago Bears, which have been looking for a quarterback for the past forever, lost to the Patriots 19 to 3. And it's one thing to look at Mike McCarthy and go, hey, lame duck and know that Dak Prescott is a veteran quarterback making 60 mil. He ain't going anywhere. But when you got Caleb Williams and you've been looking for QB forever, like this is a decision that you don't want to make that's going to ruin this guy.

And as Hickey indicated, by having him on the team, by holding, by retaining an Ibra Flus, you have probably already done Caleb Williams and yourself a disservice to not have some continuity as things continue forward. And so these Bears are stinking a joint up. They have the number one overall pick. They got what they wanted and they still might screw it up. It's like certain people don't deserve certain things. You can get a gift for somebody and you can have all the great intentions. Hickey, you could give somebody a puppy, but it doesn't do any good if the person doesn't like dogs. You know what I'm saying? One hundred percent. One hundred percent. I can gift someone a plant.

But if you don't have a green thumb, it might be nice, it might be a beautiful gesture, but if you're not going to remember to water the damn plant, then then what's the point? Chicago Bears got themselves a gift and apparently they don't they don't know what the hell to do with it. They got the gift by being bad. Oh, also because the Panthers are bad. And speaking of the Panthers, this is a team right now in line with a bunch of other terrible ass teams to end up with the number one overall pick in the twenty twenty five draft. Woke up yesterday morning, watch the New York Giants and the Carolina Panthers just both be pathetic in Germany.

In Germany. Yeah, we send our we send out our finest. Our finest to entertain the fans in Germany and at least it was some type of, I don't know, entertaining at the end, maybe Panthers win 20 to 17. Daniel Jones is likely to be benched. As quarterback of a New York Giants, I mean, their head coach, Brian Debo, he's just like, yeah, I don't know who the hell the QB is going to be into the future. And so between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the New York Giants, they are the only two teams in the NFL. There's only two of them that have eight losses. Is that there's a bunch of teams that only have two victories. Miami is in that space. Congratulations, Miami Dolphins playing tonight for whatever reason to thinks they could turn the season around.

Good luck. Cleveland is two and seven. Tennessee is two and seven. Las Vegas is two and seven. And the New York Giants and Jacksonville are both two and eight. The season ended today. Jacksonville would have the number one overall pick, followed by the New York Giants at two.

The Tennessee Titans at three. Will Leviss, what a disaster. Hickey, that's why I said this man should have never done them stupid commercials with the man. He's bad idea. Bad idea. Or good idea, because at least he's getting money elsewhere because it doesn't seem like he'll be getting paid for a whole lot longer. Hickey, if I was a jerk fan and we got plenty and he ran out of the tunnel, I'd go there, go to that loser ass mayonnaise man.

Not the most, you know, sexy sounding of insults, but I'm now getting his head stopped with the mayonnaise commercials and learn how to throw the ball. Right. That that would hurt more. Right.

That boom roasted right there. That's what I would say. Stop with the mayonnaise and learn how to play quarterback. You bum.

Yeah, that'll probably do the trick. I would never say such a thing. I'm respectful to the athletes. That and it's part of my job. Hickey, I don't think I'd have a job if I were heckling these guys at the arena or the stadium. Bad idea by me, especially with your access and how close you get.

Yes, I would agree. I'd be back in the paper again. OK, let's just put it down again.

Standing on the sideline with a credential. Hey, well, let's learn how to throw the ball. Stop with the mayonnaise. But let me ask you a question.

I can say it here on the radio, but I can't say it to his face, which like not that I would want to. I'm not insulting anybody on the radio kind of a little bit, but what's the difference now that I'm thinking about it? What's the difference?

Well, the difference is you do get paid to give your opinion. Right. And again, you can choose to get personal if you want.

And that's that's you for sure. But I think a lot of what you're saying is just fair. Right. Fair criticism like he's not playing well.

There's no real cheap shots. I could categorize it as you doing your job. You going on the sidelines.

I mean, it's agonizing. Right. Especially when it's kind of assumed like, hey, if you're on the sidelines, you're really more there to observe. You're not there to kind of cause any trouble.

And it's like almost like this sounds like messed up, but almost like a zoo. Yeah. You're there to watch. You can get up close.

Very cool. Right. But you're not supposed to tap it on the glass, you know, dangling keys trying to like rile up those on the other side of the rope.

In this case, on the field, you're just there to watch and observe and take in the breathtaking athleticism. So I would say you would not be doing your job if you're sitting there, sitting there, you know, talking to all of us, calling a man at Mayonnaise boy and saying he sucks to feel away from. Yeah, I'd be antagonizing at that point. You're right.

Thank you for breaking it down. All the better reason not to. Look, I was standing in front of Trey Young the other day. He lost. You know what I did, Hickey? You were quiet. Nothing. I didn't say nothing.

I did see your video. Pretty cool. You're right there. Yeah. Well, I want to talk to a loser for like you said, just just there to observe, observe.

Why do you think you're lost and leave as simple as that? Hickey, I do. I do get a kick. You know, it's one thing to because I respect the journalists and the beat reporters and writers that are there after every game and they have to ask the most. I don't want to say ridiculous questions, but to round out and tell the story, they have to like we all sat down and watched it. Why did the Chicago Bulls like beat you guys on a 19 nothing run? Were you guys tired after playing for like four games in six days? Yes.

Something like that. We were tired. Yeah, but we have to do better. I'm just like, OK, whatever. Because ain't nobody getting a real answer to anything, you know, so. Whatever, that's just a part of it.

Yeah, you can ask the questions. Not many athletes or coaches give you the role unless you make a person give you the real answer. Oh, tell you how he feels about his coach. Yeah, our players work harder than anything he's ever done.

Yeah, we know. I don't care about McCarthy. I care about the guys in this locker room. He doesn't work hard at all. Yeah, I don't care where he goes. Yeah, OK. OK, for Aaron Rodgers to chime in on that tomorrow. Yeah, Mike was getting massages during meetings.

He doesn't work hard. I stand with Micah. Oh my goodness.

Oh, that's right. I guess tomorrow is the day for Aaron Rodgers and we'll get into him in a second because oh my goodness, what a disaster loss that was yesterday for the New York Jets in Arizona. The New York Jets, by the way, at this rate, they're going to end up with the eighth overall pick. I told you Jacksonville is two and eight.

They would end up number one. They had an ugly loss yesterday against the Minnesota Vikings. Mac Jones playing and start of Trevor Lawrence dealing with a busted up shoulder. Mac Jones playing for his hometown team. A whopping two interceptions and 111 yards passing. Nothing to cry home about this game was ugly all the way around. I mean, Sam Donald had three interceptions.

So if you sat down and watch this crap, good on you. Doug Peterson, another guy who might get fired, the head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, despite his resume and success, winning a Super Bowl with the Eagles. Doug Peterson, he says, you know what? We didn't lose this game just because of Mac Jones. Listen, we didn't over overcome a few things, had a couple of setbacks on first down, hadn't too many second longs. Um, but you know, this game is not about one person or one man. Um, it's a team sport and, um, we just didn't do enough today. Uh huh. Okay.

Tell me something that I have never heard before. Oh my goodness. Oh my God.

Another awful team. This one ain't good either. We just talked about mayonnaise boy. Yeah.

You know, Hickey, I'm gonna stop saying that. That just, uh, it doesn't sound right. No, no, just no. Okay.

Not, not, not going to do it. Let's talk about the Tennessee Titans. Will Levis is their quarterback. They also have a record of two and seven good on Will Levis. He had two touchdowns yesterday. He was sacked seven times. Not good at all. The chargers beat him 27 to 17.

Will Levis, let's be real. He is not the future quarterback for this squad and their head coach. They probably never should have gotten rid of their head coach. Getting rid of Rabel was a massive mistake. Brian Kalan said we just weren't good enough.

Listen to this. Didn't compliment each other well enough. We had a chance to, uh, we go down and opening kickoff, go down there and scoring position. Don't convert a third down. You have to score touchdowns in a red zone in a game like this, uh, where we knew the possessions will be limited. Uh, we kick field goal. We got points on the board, kick the ball back off.

Uh, we had to give up a big return in the plus territory. They punched the ball in and score seven. We get the ball back. I think we get a first down or two, but ultimately end up in a third and long. We had another penalty false start operation.

Wasn't good enough today. Yeah. You know what? They're not going, the ownership is bad. When you look at Mike Vrabel and go, Oh, you actually know football. You play football, you play championship football. You've been around one of the best coaches. You've been one of the best coaches.

You're highly respected in the league, but you're actually telling me the owner, what you think is best and which is going to fire you. Well, this is what the Tennessee Titans deserve. They look like a slapped together crap show to begin the season.

And this is exactly what the hell they're getting right now. Good. They deserve it. And congratulations by the way, to the chargers, they are a quiet is six and three.

Nobody's talking about Herbert. I mean, he only threw one touchdown. That's all they needed yesterday. They have three wins in a row.

Nobody talks about Harbaugh, Hickey, all things considered the man came off of a national championship first year back in the NFL. I think things have been pretty quiet with the chargers. No, absolutely. And I'm with you. I don't really get it. Like he's done. It's not sexy or flashy, but all he's done so far is went and turned them around. I, I really thought too, there were some questions about this roster.

I thought he would win, but it would take time coming in right now, six and three playing good football. I'm with you. It's the, they deserve a lot more attention and credit so far than what they've gotten. Yeah. And, and we know there's one thing that Jim Harbaugh likes. It's the offensive line.

I don't think there's anything that gets this guy going more than an old line. And so he gave him plenty of credit. Of course he did. I thought, uh, the old line, great eye that you have, uh, it was, it was a great game by offensive line. Um, the pass protection was, was really good, but we were coming off the ball. We were moving people.

Um, it was, it was our best game up front. I mean, Rashawn Slater, um, I know I'll see more when I watch the tape, but, uh, you know, some tremendous pass blocking. Tremendous. I told you it's a weird dude. Hickey. I know you talk about coffee. How much coffee has he had? He's doing weird stuff too. I don't know if he's a coffee drinker. I could see him being weird and not having coffee, despite having all the energy. Well, he did have that cheeseburger for breakfast, right? That's maybe that's the trick.

That's that red meat in the morning gets him going. Okay. Yeah. Yeah.

Buying illegal cheeseburgers at, uh, with recruits at Michigan. Okay. Anyway, I told you about Herbert. He had a good game. Only one touchdown, but he loves his efficiency.

Listen to this. I'm changing his name to beast. He's a beast Herbert, uh, half man, half beast. Um, he made the two biggest plays of the game. Uh, you know, the fourth down touchdown run that he made.

I mean, I, I don't know how many people we blocked, you know, or, or who actually got a block and who didn't, but there was a lot of unblocked guys and, uh, he just went beast mode and got that ball in the end zone. Yeah. Hickey, there you go. There's a weird stuff.

I never heard anybody refer to a Justin Herbert as a beast half beast, but there you have it. The hard bar being weird at the right time. Perfect time. Perfect time is right.

He is a, he's a weirdo for sure. And you saw right there. It'd be fun if they're in the post season, I'd love to see the charges in the post season because the more Jim Harbaugh we have, the better we'll see eight five five two one two 42 27. That's eight five five two one two 42 27. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles right now, the Rams are still trying to put some points on the board here against the Miami dolphins. They're trying to get into their own red zone. The dolphins still lead 10 to nothing is about six and a half minutes to go here in the first half of the game. It's the JR sport ratio here with you coast to coast on the infinity sports network. Eight five five two one two 42 27.

That's eight five five two one two 42 27. When we come back, we told you how awful some of these New York football teams are. We're going to get into that.

And then also I got to get this in here. This was a bad weekend for NBA players and stars in their injuries. Yeah. What else is new? Except for these guys are actually hurt.

We'll give you an update on the other side. You're listening to the JR sport brief. It is the JR sport re show here with you coast to coast on the infinity sports network. Eight five five two one two 42 27.

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You can get your free quote at check ethos.com not available in all states. And the Los Angeles Rams were able to get a field goal up on the board. Miami now leads 10 to three. I also just saw Tyree kill come down with another reception here. So I think at this point, what is his numbers? I think he has two receptions, I think. Let's see.

No, that was a rush. Tyree kill has one reception to go along with 12 yards. And he has a two carries for 11 yards. We learned this right before the game. Tyree kills shared with Lisa Salters that his left wrist, which kept him out of practice last Friday, he's been dealing with this wrist injury since training camp.

He told her it became more of an issue. When he was detained by police, you might remember in the very first game of the season. You know, Tyree kill was on his way to the stadium. They said he was disobeying some of the laws going a little too fast. And they were overly aggressive and detaining him ultimately letting him go. Tyree kill says he has a torn ligament in the wrist, but he's been playing through it.

That's odd. If I remember correctly, when he was being detained, there was nothing ever said about his wrist, but I feel that there was emphasis on his knee. Hickey, didn't he say he had surgery, right, when they were trying to take him down?

Yes. I want to say that happened maybe like two weeks before something like that. Like it was like a maybe clean up, something like that. But yeah, no, it was like when he was getting taken down to the ground, it was his knee.

That was a problem that he was yelling about. Nothing with the wrist. You never know.

Tyree kill is such, he's such a huge personality. You never know what the hell is going on. I'm not disputing what he's saying. It's just odd to go this far throughout the course of the season, just kind of at the halfway, just over the halfway mark for us to hear about the wrist.

And now it's it's become an issue. I mean, if you were going to tell me Tyree kill was only going to have one touchdown this season, I would look at the the terrible quarterbacks that he's had to play with because Tua has been dealing with a concussion and not necessarily looking at Tyree kills his wrist. Well, I mean, based on what the Miami Dolphins are doing, what they have done this season, why run him out there?

I get it. If you want to play him tonight, you want to see how things go. Right now, they lead the Rams 10 to three, two minutes left to go here in the first half. Tua Tongaveloa real. I don't want to say real delusional, but before the game, Tua Tongaveloa stood in front of the media and he said, we, the two and six Miami Dolphins, still have time to turn things around. Listen to Tua. Some guys have actually gone through what we're going through now and have been able to turn it around.

My, myself included. And, you know, we, we all have different stories of what that looks like and the outcome of, of what can happen if you go on a streak. Yeah, bro. No, not, not happening. Miami as of right now today, they would end up with the sixth overall pick in the 2025 draft. I think you're a lot closer to having a new teammate that can help you out, or maybe on a defense, as opposed to you going on some type of a magical streak. There's not the offense that you guys started with from last year.

You can go ahead and throw that idea on out the window. We'll keep you up to date on Monday Night Football as the show continues on and throughout the evening as well. You'll, you'll know what the hell is going on. It's going on. Speaking of being over, things are over for New York football, not for the Buffalo Bills, the team that actually plays in New York state, but for the two teams that represent New York city, which are based in New Jersey, that's the New York giants. That's the New York jets. One team lost early in Germany, that's the giants. And the other team lost late in Arizona, that would be the jets. 31 to six, the New York jets were throttled. Aaron Rodgers looks just demoralized. Welcome to the jets.

Mystery loves company. Yeah, he deserves this was big of an ass that he is. And we talked about this earlier in the show, watching the Pittsburgh Steelers with Mike Williams, former New York jet, the guy who was just thrown under the bus by Aaron Rogers earlier in the season has the biggest catch to win the game for the Steelers. Meanwhile, Davante Adams is now suffering with Aaron Rodgers. Great.

Congratulations. New York jets going nowhere. They have a record of three and seven.

They're disastrous. Aaron Rodgers doesn't even want to talk about it. I guess he'll wait until he sits down with Pat McAfee to just destroy the whole team. Aaron Rodgers says he is very disappointed. It's been a lot of emotions here for sure. I thought, you know, after a big win Thursday night, nice long week, we're going to come out with a lot of energy and win the game. And we just, you know, we didn't come out with great energy on either side of the ball and offensively, you're not going to be anybody scoring six points.

Yeah, fool's gold. They last beat the Texans 21 to 13 Thursday night football. That's the win that Aaron Rodgers was referring to. And he thought that they were going to do something. I didn't think that they would only score six points against the Cardinals. The Cardinals don't be caring. They want to go out there and outscore you.

And Colin Murray was running all over the place looking like Mighty Mouse. And New York Jets, they just look stuck in mud. Interim head coach Jeff Ulbricht, the defensive coordinator who was working under head coach Rob Salah, whose defense now with Rob Salah stinks. Jeff Ulbricht says, yeah, we went into a bye week and well, we suck.

It's my fault. Overall, after a long layoff there, they were not prepared to play. We didn't execute even close to our standard.

And that falls on my shoulders 100 percent. I didn't do a good enough job getting these guys ready. I thought the physicality and the effort was was fine. That was not the issue. It was execution. And that was all three phases.

So until we get that right, this thing will not turn. Man, the Jets stunk before you were the coach. Now they stink after you're the coach. They're going to stink next year when you're not the coach again. Yeah, they have to, right?

Yeah. They're going to stink if Aaron Rogers comes back. He's going to be 41 years old.

It's supposed to think he's better. And who the hell are they going to bring on to coach this? Nicky, come on, bring good suggestion.

Help. Come on. Who's a great candidate to coach the Jets next year? No, there's nobody I don't think who's coaching this.

There's nobody they got to bring it. I saw a report that Davante Adams, he accepted the trade and wanted to come to the New York Jets with assurances that Aaron Rogers would be here next year. I mean, is that even believable? I mean, if you're a Jets fan at this point, I think you hope not. Yeah, but if Aaron Rogers has been so year to year, then why, why would Davante Adams think that he gets some clarity on it?

I don't know, man. I mean, Davante, I mean, he knows, I don't, I don't know. Davante seems, I don't know. He's also seems kind of lost with what he wants right now. Yeah, he went from one loser to another.

Yes, he did. He went from the Las Vegas Raiders, who are a disaster. Did you see the report how the, the Raider players, they don't know what the hell is going on with the coaching. They don't find the coaching to be efficient. And this was after Antonio Pierce, you know, has started firing, gets the and moving pieces around.

Can, are you surprised by that? No, because I think Antonio Pierce, he'll get fired next year too. I agree. If not sooner, you know, he's not, he's not long for the job and he was put in place by the players and now the players are questioning him. I mean, if you're questioning the coaching, it only goes to the top and that's directly to Antonio Pierce. The players are actually giving ammunition for him to get the boot.

I wonder if Tom Brady will call him directly. Bro, you got to go. I'm sorry. Anyway, another team, New York team stinks.

I told you about the New York Giants, pathetic, going all the way out to Germany to lose. Brian Dabol spoke to the media today. He was asked if Daniel Jones will continue to be the Giants starting quarterback week after week after week. He's always been committed to him. He's always been committed to him.

Not anymore. We're going to spend a lot of time here, watching, watching our tape and evaluating things. And, you know, we'll do that as a coaching staff over the next, you know, week here. New York Giants have held onto this guy for too long.

Okay. They basically were screwed when they went into the post season with both Daniel Jones and Saquon Barkley healthy and beat the Minnesota Vikings. They were screwed from that point because then they had the ante up and pay him, or maybe they didn't.

And they've just been delaying the inevitable. It is bad all the way around for New York City football. Is it illegal, Hickey, is it illegal for a New York City resident to root for the bills after this?

Ooh. How bad both teams have been? No, because the futility has gone on now for far too long.

Yeah, it's awful, man. I know the Jets are going to take on the Colts who lost to the Buffalo Bills, the team that's based in New York. And I know that these New York Giants, they got a week off before, right before Thanksgiving, they take on Tampa Bay. And Tampa Bay is probably going to light they ass up.

That's probably what's going to happen. And Brian Deball, I don't know, maybe he's as confused as Tua Tonga Veloa. Brian Deball thinks the New York Giants can finish on a high note. What? Yeah, I believe we got the right people. Again, results aren't there yet. We just lost a tough game. We got to tighten up quite a bit of things. Some situational football, the turnovers got us today.

But we'll go back, we'll go to work and make improvements that we need to make. I mean, they are playing an interesting schedule the rest of the way. Nothing indicative of them turning things around. They have Tampa Bay. They have the equally disastrous Dallas Cowboys. They have the New Orleans Saints who have already fired their coach and their new coach.

He clogged the toilet yesterday before the win. You have the Baltimore Ravens. They're going to get their ass whooped.

Atlanta, New York and Atlanta. Atlanta is so wishy washy, but Atlanta should beat them. Hickey, you taking a call to the Giants? Neither.

And not even neither. Joe Flacco, if he's still, well, he won't be playing at that point, right? They'll sit him back down. I mean, they give no indication right now that they're going to bench them anytime soon.

Anytime they talk about anything at Richardson, they talk about a process that's open-ended and very ridiculous. So who knows? How many interceptions did Flacco have yesterday? Three? Three and a fumble as well. Four turnovers.

That's right. Three and a fumble. Coming off of one of the worst, if not the worst offensive game they had the week before.

Hot start. So we're going to flip a coin as to who wins Giants, Colts, right? Doesn't matter.

Doesn't matter. And then the Giants in their season against Philly, and maybe the Giants win that game because none of the Eagles will play. And even then, the New York Giants will probably lose. So I don't know what Brian Deball is smoking, but he's going to have plenty of time to smoke in the off season because it would not shock me if the New York Giants gave him the boot as well. I don't give a damn what they're saying in a regular season. New York is just, it's not the place right now for football. Not, not at all.

Pretty bad. It's the JR sport re-show here with you coast to coast on the infinity sports network. We're going to take a break. When we come back, we're going to wrap things up. I'm going to share with you a few things that took place this day in sports history. I'm going to walk you through it. It's not going to take long. A bunch of NBA stars who are currently hurt.

These names will not shock you. You're listening to the JR sport brief. It is the JR sport re-show here with you coast to coast on the infinity sports network. You just heard the news flash from Marco Belletti, the Miami dolphins lead the Los Angeles Rams at 10 to six at halftime in Los Angeles. A lot more left in the game. The only touchdown that we have was a rushing touchdown early, early on. As Malik Washington had an 18 yard rush, three minutes into the game. Ever since then, it's been a field goal fest, a Matthew Stafford so far.

One interception that led to a field goal to a Tonga Valoa completing nine of 15 passes for an interception of his own. We'll see what happens in the second half. I expect the Los Angeles Rams to pick up the pace and put some points on the board here in the second half.

Meanwhile, speaking of picking up the pace, the Los Angeles Rams are picking up the pace. In New Orleans, Louisiana, Ben Simmons, this man against the Pelicans, 10 assists in 12 minutes. We know Ben Simmons isn't really much worth a damn.

He's not somebody that you would rely on. The Pelicans and Nets are playing a close one. 83 to 81 is the score down in New Orleans. His full stat line for Ben Simmons, 18 minutes, 12 assists and six points, three of five from the field. Hickey, how many threes you think Ben Simmons has taken tonight? I would say zero. Yep, you are correct.

You are 100% correct. How many threes do you think he's taken this season? He has played in seven games, tonight being his eighth.

I will also say zero. Yeah, he has attempted zero threes. He has taken only four free throw attempts the entire season as well. Four. He is a six foot ten point guard that goes to the paint. He has taken four free throws. This is one of the biggest cases of what's going on in between your ears ever.

Just being afraid to go out there and play wild stuff. Speaking of playing in the NBA, Hickey, I saw this and I just had to go, oh my god, if there's one guy, Kevin Durant with a calf string? Are you shocked? The answer is no, but damn, it had to be his calf? I know. There's a lot of calf there. We kind of talked about it with Chris Stops when he hurt his calf last year.

A lot of calf, a lot of room for injury, but I know it's frustrating. This weekend was brutal. You feel like in the span of two hours, you've got three big time NBA injury news bits. That was even before Chet Holmgren went down. So Chet Holmgren last night, this guy breaks his, he broke his pelvis, right? Is that what happened?

Essentially, yeah. He broke his pelvis. He's going to be out at minimum two months. Kevin Durant, you know, strained calf. I don't even want to say how long he might be out.

They say two weeks evaluation, whatever. We know his history with his calf, his Achilles. It's not good for the man who's 36 years old. Can still play and score with everybody, but, you know, Father Tom catches up to everyone. And then Zion Williamson, Zion dealing with another hamstring strain. This is the same hamstring that basically chopped off almost all of his season about a year ago. He's big, man. What can you say? And then Anthony Davis got poked in the eye.

And yeah, that's, I guess, better or good. We don't know how long he's going to be out. You can barely see out of his eyes. So maybe it'll be a couple of games. Maybe it'll be a game. Maybe he won't miss time. Eyes are tricky, man.

Getting poked in the eyes, scratching the eye doesn't sound like any type of fun at all. And I guess maybe, possibly, maybe Joel Embiid plays basketball tomorrow. Don't hold your breath on it. Anyway, here's your NBA basketball update. Let's move on to something else right now, like a few things that took place this day in sports history. It's time for this day in sports history.

You see, back in those days, we had radio and you couldn't see anything, and it was primitive and lousy and we liked it. On the JR Sport Brief Show. I wish I was 50 years younger and I'd kick your ass. Today is November 11th.

The year is 2024. Unfortunately, a few weeks ago, we lost Fernando Valenzuela. He passed away at 63 years old. This Dodgers legend, if we go back in time to November 11th in 1981, Fernando Valenzuela, today was the day that he became the first Major League Baseball rookie to win Cy Young. And not only did he win the Cy Young that year, he also won Rookie of the Year. He also helped the Dodgers win the World Series.

This man was big time. A matter of fact, let's just take a listen to the final call from the World Series. 81. His game. Game three. Fernando Valenzuela who threw 149 pitches tonight.

That wasn't one for the R-Museum, but he was efficient and he got the job done. The Dodgers now trail two games to one. Yeah, and they beat the Yankees. Deja vu, right? They beat the Yankees to win the World Series.

God rest his soul, all the best to Fernando Valenzuela's family. November 11th, the year is 2012. Not that far ago, right? Tony Gonzalez, he became the first tight end in NFL history with 100 plus touchdown receptions in a career. He did it while he was a member of the Falcons.

They took on the Saints. Let's take a listen to this ball coming in from Matt Ryan. Ryan looking, he throws, and with Jake and straight all over him, Gonzalez makes the catch for the 100th touchdown of his career.

Yeah, sounds like Mr. Albert. That was courtesy of Fox. Tony Gonzalez had two touchdowns in that game. 122 yards unfortunately for him. In the Falcons, the Saints beat him 31 to 27. Even so today, there are only two tight ends in NFL history that have hauled in more than 100 touchdowns. Antonio Gates, 116. Tony Gonzalez, he finished his career with 111. And Robert Gronkowski, now on Fox, 93 touchdowns.

That's a big deal for Tony Gonzalez this day, hauling in touchdown 100. The first guy to do it as a tight end. November 11, 2017, Coach K. This man became the first coach ever to win 1000 games with one team. He did this with Duke beating Utah 99 to 69. We know Coach K called it a wrap two years ago. Coach K having a chat with Duke Athletics.

He told everybody what it meant to pick up that 100th victory with the Blue Devils. I've been very proud to be the Duke coach. I've represented two of the amazing schools in the universe. The United States Military Academy where I graduated from and Duke University where I wish I would have graduated also from.

It's been great to be on the ride of how our university has grown into really the best global school in the world. But the most important thing for me is being in this gym. Yeah, well, a couple of years ago he says he didn't want to be in that gym because he didn't want to deal with NIL either. Can you blame him? That's what happened with Roy Williams.

And we can go on down the list. Jay Wright, all these guys are like, I'm sick of this crap. On the football side, Nick Saban said, I ain't dealing with this. And welcome to a new world in college athletics. And speaking of college, hey, thank you so much to Brian Fisher for joining us, you know, earlier on in the show.

If you've missed a minute or second, you can always go ahead and hit rewind on the Free Odyssey app. Picky, good hanging out with you. Oh, well, I can't say I hope you had a good weekend. It was good to be back with you from the weekend. How about that? That makes more sense.

Yes. And there's a lot going on as a fun show, JR. Yeah, fun show. Hey, Miami. I'm glad we got a decent game. It's still early. Miami leads 10 to six. About two and a half minutes have gone by here in the second half.

Let's see what the Rams can do. We'll certainly talk about it tomorrow. If you want to keep up with me, you can find me all over the Internet at JR Sport Brief. Ryan Hickey, where can people find you, man?

Ryan underscore Hickey and the number three. Good stuff. Good stuff. We'll see what happens. We'll talk about Monday Night Football tomorrow. Let's see what wildness happens in the world of sports.

There's always something that pops up. Let's hope it's just not too crazy. You've been listening to the JR Sport Reshow here with you coast to coast on the Infinity Sports Network. You be safe. You be well. You be cool. You be smooth. We'll catch you tomorrow. Much loved everybody out there. The JR Sport Reshow is done on the Infinity Sports Network. Bart Winkler coming up next. Thank you, Ryan Hickey.