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He's in New York City. Happy Friday to you. It's time to get you all set for the weekend. It's time to get you all set and ready for the AFC Championship game. It's time to get you all set and ready for the NFC Championship game and all the nuances and details and the itty bitty and the nitty gritty. We're going to talk about it all. Of course, we got the Buffalo Bills and the Kansas City Chiefs. We have the Washington Commanders who thought that they would be here.
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I'm not going to hold my breath on it, but we'll see. We have some other sports news to get into. Looks like the Las Vegas Raiders have their next head coach in hand. His name is Pete Carroll. Yeah, the guy who was gone for a year and actually got a job. No disrespect to Bill Belichick. Pete Carroll got another job in the NFL. And then Hickey, who's this guy is Liam Cohen. That's the Tampa Bay Buccaneers former coordinator. That's who it is, right?
Yes. Maybe we can use the word acts because it sounds like the breakup was not mutual and has not really gone too well. He felt like he had a girlfriend who didn't want to let him go. And so he went to an uglier girl.
He did. He ugly girl is a Jacksonville Jack who wants to be with ugly woman. Nobody. Jacksonville Jaguars are the ugly woman at the end of the bar. Anyway, you want to be a part of the show? Because you're not ugly or pretty. You're beautiful. You're gorgeous.
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I am good. Hanging in, ready for the weekend, ready for a conference championship weekend to commence? Yeah. Man, can't get here soon enough. Wild stuff.
I can't say it's wild stuff. You know, speaking of fun and Hickey, this is about to be one of them real Friday shows. We're not going to do the Friday funny because we got too much serious business with all the football. Hickey, do you understand this is going to be a Friday show? You know what that means, right? Some off the wall zaniness? Maybe for me, maybe from the callers here or there. But this is going to be a wild analogy since we already started there.
At least I did just to begin the show. We have reached the point in the NFL coaching carousel and cycle cycle that gets recycled every single year. Guys are just switching places. Rob Salah, no longer a coach, now a defensive coordinator.
This guy goes here, offensive coordinator now at the Jacksonville Jaguars. Imagine being out. Me, not so much. I can see, but imagine being out. It's 3 a.m. The lights come on. You look around, you go, Oh, what's going on in here? What the hell is going on in here? And you realize what the hell's been going on the past couple of hours.
The lights come on, right? And you say, Oh, the picking is slim here. You say it's time to leave.
The picking is slim. The people left are ugly. You say I got to leave.
It's like that Denzel meme. I'm leaving with something. We are at the point of the NFL coaching carousel where the lights have turned on and people are looking around going, that's what you look like?
All right, well, better than nothing. The fact that the Las Vegas Raiders had to select Pete Carroll as their next head coach is one of those. You look at each other from across the room.
You both shrug your shoulders and you go, well, this is what it is. The Jacksonville Jaguars are hiring a head coach. Who rejected them two days ago. Felt that his most recent employer was was being too heavy.
And I said, I'm leaving him or her and I'm going with you. Like this is where we're at. New York Jets are bringing in Aaron Glenn. Good for them.
And like, we got the good highs out the way, right? Mike Vrabel going back to the Patriots. What a shock. Patriots always winning everything. I got to win Mike Vrabel, one of the best coaches in the NFL. The only reason why he doesn't have a job is because the Tennessee Titans are idiots. The Chicago Bears got themselves a quarterback. They drafted him number one overall.
He won a Heisman last year. Ben Jackson, Ben Johnson is like, I know what the hell they're doing. I'm just going to go there. Now, we got these other teams that, well, bottom of the barrel, looks like the Dallas Cowboys are going to add Brian Schottenheimer, son of Marty in the New Orleans Saints. They just got to hire somebody. Don't matter. Just give Mike McCarthy a job.
What does it matter? You got to put Derek Carr out there quarterback. Ain't nobody thinking about Derek Carr. Only thing Derek Carr is thinking about is getting a check. The man is not winning no games for the New Orleans Saints.
Forget about it. And so today, learning that 73-year-old Pete Carroll is going to be joining the Raiders as their next head coach, this is like dropping your kids over to grandpa's house. This is like calling up your in-laws and going, hey, you mind watching Bobby and Susie and Jill, Marsha.
I don't remember everybody from the Brady Bunch, but just dropping your kids off at your grandparent's house for a little while, just so you can get a damn break. The Raiders had to do something. You think about Mark Davis, the best thing Mark Davis could have ever done is bring in Tom Brady, allow him to purchase part of the team, even though Tom Brady is doing double duty as an announcer, even though he sucks as an announcer, just being really sucks. I've listened to the guy one time. I've heard sound bites.
It's like listening to anybody. This is nothing Tom Brady-esque, nothing original while listening to Tom Brady. Since the passing of Al Davis, listen to this. The Las Vegas Raiders have had Hugh Jackson, Dennis Allen, Tony Sperano, Jack Del Rio, who I believe is now, I think he's in Europe, coaching football. They had that John Gruden Chucky guy with the emails, Rich Basaccia, Josh McDaniels. The players were lighting victory cigars when Josh McDaniels left and they just fired Antonio Pierce. Now you're bringing in Pete Cowell.
Oh yeah. And of course, Pete Cowell has all the experience in the world. He won a Super Bowl with the Seattle Seahawks. He blew a Super Bowl chance and opportunity. One of the most mind numbing, pull your hair out calls I've ever seen in my life with the Seattle Seahawks. He blew a Super Bowl. Next time, give the ball to Marshawn in another life. This man was coaching there from 2010 until last season where they said, nah, it's time to go.
Like the ship has sailed, it's passed. You got Redder Russell Wilson. You didn't want him throwing the rock around.
Yeah, Geno Smith, but now you're just old. You gots to go. And so now Pete Cowell, what is he going to do? Babysit for three years with the Raiders? He knows what he's doing, right? This is nothing but a transition.
This is nothing but hey, keep the seat warm. Like I said, Pete Cowell coaching the Las Vegas Raiders is just like dropping your kids off at grandpa's house. Nike Air Monarchs included. He got the outfit all down. He got the Nike Air Monarchs. He got the khaki pants.
He got the white shirt. He's chewing the gum. He's a great grandpa. Pete Cowell is. And someone very familiar with Pete Cowell is Richard Sherman. Shout out to Richard. Haven't seen Richard in a while. Richard was on the volume and Richard put in his two cents about Pete Carroll, now coaching the Raiders. I don't love it.
I don't love it. Pete wants to coach. This is probably his best opportunity that he's going to get. Yeah, I want him to take it. I want him to take it. I think he will find a quarterback.
You know what I mean? He's shown he could do it with a young quarterback. Yeah, I think he could get them in and having him back in the same division as Jim Harbaugh would just be a little bit of hilariousness for me. And I need a little bit of hilariousness in my life. Nothing like a good laugh. Oh my God, oh my God, he's looking for comedy. He's looking for comedy. Jim Harbaugh standing on the sidelines staring, you know, giving death stares to the officials. Pete Cowell hands on his hips like his like your grandma chewing on his gum. Yeah, it's comedy, but they ain't going to be no winning.
And so how do we get here? Because you would think with the Las Vegas Raiders having Tom Brady in their back pocket, not even in their back pocket in one of the front rooms, you would think that they'd be attractive. You would think that somebody like Ben Johnson would say, oh, man, I'm, I'm going to work for Tom Brady.
I'm not going to the Bears. Well, Mark Davis is still there. That's the thing. And so now you got to settle for an older guy who's just keeping his seat warm for the next guy. We don't know who the offensive coordinator is. They don't know about a successor. Pete Carroll is a stopgap.
Diana Rossini was on the ringer and she detailed how the hell we got here. Let's just start with making it really clear that Tom Brady is running everything in Vegas. Now that being said, he's not working with a lot there.
Like up until two days ago, I had somebody in the building say, we have no idea what we're doing. Like they had no idea what direction that Brady wanted to go in, in terms of a head coach. And they land on Pete. This September, Pete will be the oldest NFL head coach. I could totally see this being a situation where this is a placeholder where Pete comes in, straightens it up, cleans up some of the mess that was left behind, gets this thing on the right track. And hey, if he has success with it, great. Let's run this thing out until he's 80.
But if he could at least get this thing up on its feet, then maybe in a year or two, the hot coordinator can come in and Brady can go, can go then go get his guy. Oh my goodness. Yeah. A placeholder, babysitter, a stop gap, tourniquet, bridge. I'm thinking about all of this without a dictionary or synonyms in front of me. These are all words that describe Pete Carroll's job as head coach.
We have somebody in the building who can hold it down while we get things together. That's it. If I'm a fan of the Raiders right now, I'm not excited about Pete Carroll coming on because I don't know who the hell my quarterback is long-term. It ain't Menchu. It's not O'Connell. Hickey, are you going to play quarterback for the Raiders? Is it you?
For the right amount of money? I can't. Sure. Said hike.
I'm ready. Can you turn the ball over like Menchu? Oh, easily. Oh yeah. It might be you then.
Put me in coach. Oh, you, you got, you got Pete's number? I don't know him. I don't know. I don't know if Pete also would answer my call even if I did have his number. Why not? If I was him, I would not answer my call.
Who is this? And you want to, I'm sorry, you want to do what? Play quarterback?
Click. Have, have more faith in yourself, Hickey. Have more faith. Have faith, have faith in yourself like Tom Brady has faith in Pete Carroll. I don't know if I had the most faith possible one could have in themselves. That's going to help me throw one touch on passing the NFL.
All right. Accidents do happen. True. Could get a DB fall down. I can make that throw 10 yards and have him, you know, a receiver on the next 50. Accidents happen. You know, and if you're the Raiders, I don't want to say that this is an accident, but you might fall into something. It's a stop gap.
It's a hold me down. The Raiders just got to wait. Their fans have to wait. Forget Pete Carroll. You know, he ain't coaching there for 10 years.
Pete Carroll is not going to be there for five years barring some type of miracle. The Las Vegas Raiders have to figure out what they want to do in the draft. Are you going to move up from six?
Can you move up from the six spot? Can you get your hands on a quarterback? The Tennessee Titans are sitting at the top of the draft and we don't know if they're bluffing or not. Oh, we might trade the number one pick. Well, we might select Travis Hunter.
They're not saying his name. You're not going to do that. Oh, but we may not take a QB. Are you really that dumb to stick with Will Levis? Yo, y'all gots to be bluffing.
You got to make people think you're dumber than you already are. If you're the Tennessee Titans, I guess. The Raiders need to focus on the draft. They need to try to get their hands on the QB. They need another bridge quarterback. And they need to bring on an offensive coordinator and a QB that they can develop until it's time to tell Pete Carroll, you've watched the kids long enough. Go take a nap.
Simple as that. Congratulations, Pete Carroll, for getting another job in the NFL. I'm sure Bill Belichick is a little jealous. And for the Raider fans, you just got to wait.
Go ahead, take the hourglass and turn it over. It's going to be a while. It's going to be a while. Well, maybe Tom Brady comes out of retirement.
You never know. No, I'm not hoping that. I hope he stays up in that booth being terrible for a long time. I'm sick of him.
Don't need to see him playing no more unless he's going to get crushed on the field. Anyway, we have so much to get into. You want to be a part of the show? I already told you. 855-212-4227.
That's 855-212-4227. Matt Perino from syracuse.com is going to join us next hour to talk about the Buffalo Bills. In a few hours from now, we're going to have a chat with David Harrison from the Locked On Podcast Network to take a deeper dive into the Washington commanders and Jayden Daniels. Do they really stand a chance against the Philadelphia Eagles, Jalen Hurts and that busted up knee? They say that he's moving around. OK, I'll give you a health update on Jalen in a little while.
855-212-4227. You know, speaking of quarterbacks. There's already been a name thrown around. That the Raiders might want to get.
He's had a long relationship. With Pete Carroll. I'm going to tell you who the Raiders might target to play QB on the other side of the break. We are just getting started. Just getting warmed up. It's the JR Sport Brief Show Coast to Coast on the Infinity Sports Network. You're listening to the JR Sport Brief. It's the JR Sport Brief Show here with you Coast to Coast on the Infinity Sports Network. We're going to get into that other disaster of a coaching situation.
We're going to do that in the next break. I'm talking about the Jacksonville Jaguars. I'm talking about Liam Cohen. Shame. Shame, shame, shame.
Anyway, I have an idea about the disaster that we we talked about in the last break. Pete Carroll is now the head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. We know he's nothing but a fill in. He's 73 years old. He's just going to be there part time. Well, not doing the job part time. He's not going to be there forever.
And naturally, there has been a name bandied about this afternoon that the Las Vegas Raiders can also kind of plug in. And in an interim basis, I don't think this guy's a long term option either, because he's he's 36 years old. He can't move around like he used to. But he needs a job. He's a free agent. His name is Russell Wilson. Could Russell Wilson, who most recently had put on the black and yellow for the Pittsburgh Steelers, could Russell Wilson trade it in for the San Francisco Raiders? Could Russell Wilson for the Pittsburgh Steelers? Could Russell Wilson trade it in for the silver and black of the Raiders?
I guess he's just checking all the boxes, all the legacy franchises, give it another couple of years. Russell Wilson will be playing for the Dallas Cowboys. He's just going to check every box, go play for the 49ers too. Might as well be a New York giant to end his career, I guess.
I don't know. Be a bear while you're at it, maybe a packer. We know this season didn't end all that well for Russell Wilson and the Steelers. He took over for Justin Fields, who's limited as a passer, can certainly run with the football, has a whole hell of a lot more athleticism than Russell Wilson. But Russell Wilson, he fell flat at the end of the year. The Pittsburgh Steelers lost five consecutive games to end the season, and we knew the end of the season was going to be tough for this team. Had to face some of the best in the league, some of the best in their own division. It was going to be tough for the Steelers. They still get to the postseason, and then they lose.
They lose to Baltimore 28 to 14. Yeah, a lot of people not happy with Mike Tomlin. It's like Russell Wilson just got here. We don't got to be ticked off at him. Let's get ticked off at the guy who's been here a while. And so Russell Wilson is a free agent.
You might recall. The Denver Broncos cut him last year. They decided to eat his contract, pay him $39 million to not play for them, and the Pittsburgh Steelers got a deal. All they had to do was give Russell Wilson $1 million.
He had a calf issue, strained calf. Justin Fields starts. Russell Wilson starts. He can actually throw the football. He finishes the year with almost 2,500 yards passing, 16 touchdowns and five interceptions in eight games. Not bad.
You double up those numbers, it sounds solid. Except for the modern NFL, Russell Wilson can no longer move. He's a sitting duck. Let's think about the quarterbacks who are playing this weekend for a chance at the Super Bowl. Josh Allen, he can move. Patrick Mahomes, he can move.
He looks like Houdini in the pocket. Jayden Daniels can move. He's a quarterback who's a rookie who just led his team in rushing. And Jalen Hurts, he can move. Every movement is not a tush push. Jalen Hurts can move. What's one thing Russell Wilson can't do? Move.
Can't move. But if you're the Raiders and you're already bringing in a stopgap coach in Pete Carroll, why the hell not bring in a stopgap quarterback who you won a Super Bowl with but Russell Wilson? Oh, well, things soar. They didn't end nicely. It sure ended ugly in Seattle. Pete Carroll saw too many turnovers. Pete Carroll saw Russell Wilson holding on to the ball for too long.
Pete Carroll wanted to run the ball while Russell Wilson, in his own words, Russell wanted to cook. Well, the food he was cooking was bland. It was tasteless. It was terrible.
It was disgusting. Hickey, what was Russell Wilson serving up? What the hell was he cooking? White rice and grilled chicken.
Well, that's a healthy picky. That's a healthy meal. But it's like the most tasteless, bland meal you could possibly get. You can season the chicken. No, but I'm saying no seasoning. No seasoning. Just, oh my God.
Just, that's it. Baked, grilled, and does it matter? Well, I was gonna say, however you want to prepare it, it's up to you. But there's no frying. There's no seasoning.
It is just the blandest cooked chicken and the whitest rice you could possibly imagine. Oh my God. That's what you've got. That's what he was cooking. Yeah. See, now you see what I'm talking about. That's why neither of them have job. Well, that's why until today, neither one of them had a job, huh?
That's right. Because Russell Wilson was cooking. He got the boot first and then Pete Carroll got the next boot.
He's like, hey, we got Gino Smith here. Okay. All right. Enough of that crap. And reported, and reportedly according to Jeff, how Pete Carroll and Russell Wilson have mended fences. Oh, that's sweet.
It's kind of crazy what people do and the things that people do, the things that people say when they need you or when they need each other, it's bananas. Pete Carroll is, come on now. Pete Carroll ain't getting another head coaching job.
This is it. He has to make the most of what he has in front of him. And Russell Wilson, man, by the time we get to the end of this year, in the middle of the season, he's going to be a 37 years old. Like what type of contract could Russell Wilson possibly get? He was playing for 40 a year. Last year, the Steelers were paying him one. He only played half the season, played eight games, lost the last five games. If you thought Sam Darnold had to take a dip in a dive in a pay cut this upcoming season, what the hell you think Russell Wilson is going to do?
You're going to make 30, 32, 35. He's like, I'm Russell Wilson. I got a Super Bowl ring.
You gots to give me some money. He's going to be playing on a discount too, because he's trying to still prove to people he can still play. Seattle didn't want him. Denver didn't want him. He went to Pittsburgh. And as of yesterday, it's been reported that the Steelers and his agent have engaged in contract talks. Good.
You got to have a job somewhere. Might as well talk to him, but there's no guarantee that he'll be back with the Steelers. If I were him, I'd stick, I'd stick around with the Steelers. I think it'll be same old, same old, but I stick around with them and I go to the Raiders. Matter of fact, Russell Wilson, he was on a Pat McAfee show.
And this is early this week before Pete Carroll formally got the job today with the Raiders. Russell Wilson said, yeah, yeah, I love him. I love him. He's a great guy. I love him. I think about him every day.
I send him love notes and flowers. Listen to Russell Wilson. I think Pete's an amazing football coach. I think he's an amazing individual. I've been fortunate to play for two really special coaches in terms of men and how they think and how they process the game. Obviously in coach Pete Carroll and obviously coach Mike Tomlin are really unique individuals and how they lead and motivate.
I think they're culture builders. And so, you know, I, you know, I think people, you know, do a great job wherever he goes. I'm not sure exactly where he's looking or whatever, but if he gets the opportunity, I know he'll do a great job. And, you know, we've always stayed in touch. I wanted to see him in a lot of the other guys, you know, Bobby and the guys like Doug Baldwin and D.K. Metcalf, all that.
Sherman, all those guys. When Coach Carroll got let go from Seattle, you know, we spent a lot of time there and we flew back in and just spent a lot of time with him and just, we have, you know, memories. Oh, memories. Oh, that's sweet.
The things people will do, the things people will say when they want and need a job. Oh, also terrible news. Hickey, did you see that Russell Wilson's dog passed away this week? No, I missed that.
Yeah. Oh, but did you, Al? That's, that's why it was, are you saying it was all over the map where I couldn't have missed it? Kind of saw it. It was big news. He posted it. His wife, Ciara, posted it. Oh, it's sad.
It's a sad world. He said the dog is in doggy heaven. Did they say how old the dog was?
Did he live a good life or she live a good life? I don't know. Old.
What was the dog's name? I don't know. Not my dog. I don't care. Wow. Okay. I mean, it was everywhere. So I'm assuming you saw it multiple times, but not enough to read or remember the name, I guess.
I remember crooks and criminals. Okay. Ipe Mizuhara. I know him. I don't remember the name of Russell Wilson's dog. Sorry. Okay. Sorry. I can't get mad at you there. Ipe Mizuhara has more importance to me than Russell Wilson's dog.
This is so much information. Let's see. Russell Wilson. D O G. Bronco. Russell Wilson.
People magazine. Here we go. Oh no. Russell Wilson mourns the death of his dog Prince in a touching tribute. Heaven got a good one.
Forever the Prince of peace. The Steelers quarterback said of the canine. It's sweet. Oh, I'm glad it wasn't the first thing you mentioned Bronco. Because that would have meant that he renamed the dog. And I feel like that's just the most that seems like something that he would do. I agree.
And that, that feels a little cringe. And also then would have brought up a question of, well, if you renamed the dog once from, I'm sure probably go Hawks to Bronco. Right. Why didn't you rename the dog again?
When you go to Pittsburgh of Steeler steel weld. Hey, wait, wait, wait. Is it possible that you can name, you can name a dog after every NFL team?
You could, you really could. Right. Except for car. Yeah. Cardinal.
Yeah. I mean, you can really name a dog, whatever you want. My cousins had a dog in Minneapolis. Hickey. That dog was named Kirby for Kirby smart. Puckett. Okay.
Oh, that makes sense. Dog was named Kirby. I'm like, what? Kirby. I thought Kirby. I'm like the little, little pink guy. Let's sucks people up there.
Like no Kirby pocket. I'm like, okay, I get it. I get it. All right. So when I get back home, I'm going to name my dog. I don't know.
Donnie. You know, as in Mattingly, you know, there you go. Yeah. You can do that. Yeah. Never met anybody. You can name a dog, anything you want.
Really? You could, do you have a dog? I do not know.
My apartment is way too small for a dog. If you had a dog, what would you name it? That's a, I have no idea. That's a great question.
Maybe. Let's see if I got a dog today, what would I name it? Hm. Colts. Colts. Right. Another Colts.
No, I would probably say, you know what? I go Juan. Come here. Juan. Juan. Juan. Juan. For Juan Soto. Come here Juan. By the way, he's not going to get mistaken for any of the dog in the dog park. Okay.
I don't got to worry about, you know, mistaken identity. Come here Juan. Oh my goodness.
Or Steve, for Steve Cohen, because he might use the money bags. I don't know, where'd you get the dog? Oh, just the Dominican Republic. Went down to the DR, got a dog named Juan. Okay. Purebred.
Yeah, purebred. Yeah. Juan.
Right from the source. You know, Juan. Yeah. I ain't got no dogs. I'm too lazy.
But if you did get a dog, you could name him Kirby as well and that would work for you. Nah. Falcon? No. Brave?
Leave me alone. Acuna? Acuna? No. Ronald? Come here Ronald. Hey, we got, we got a profile now. Okay. So, hey. You want to name him Jerrickson?
Come here Jerrickson. I named my dog, go that way to the other people in the house. Okay. That way. I'm not taking you outside. Go that way. The dog be named that way. Is it not my way?
That way. I'm too lazy, Hickey man. I barely want to take care of myself as a grown adult. I barely want to take care of my family. I don't want to take care of anybody.
Imagine this week having to walk a dog with that ice and that cold two, three times a day. People do it. I know. And I'm saying, imagine you had to do it.
Oh, not me. That's why I got a dog. He would be like, yo, take yourself outside, bro.
Let me know if you make it back. You know how many people I saw outside with dogs, well this week, because they're not used to salt and stuff on the street. Like that's not good for the dog's paws. And people are taking the dogs out there, running in the salt. And I'm like, what are we doing? This is not, they could burn the dog's feet. What are we doing? You're right. Not good. Not good. But who am I to tell somebody how to take care of their dog? Right?
Who am I? It's like, you know, telling a parent how to parent their kid. You can't do it. Just let them figure it out. Do you see some of the adults that we have running around here? I do.
I think we got a lot of failures as parents. Okay. A couple of billion. Do you want to name any names? A couple of billion. Whoever comes to your mom first. Wow.
I don't have to know them, but maybe I do. It doesn't matter. 855-212-4227.
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Get over it. Unless you know somebody who's a failure. Hey, you got an opinion on the Raiders? You like Pete Carroll? Are you a Raiders fan? Would you love to have Russell Wilson in as your starting quarterback?
Let me know your thoughts. The phone lines are open. 855-212-4227.
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855-212-4227. We got Darryl. Darryl is calling from Florida. You're on the JR Sport Brief.
Show us up, Darryl. Well, I just wanted to make a comment first about Pete Carroll and your insinuation that he's too old. Because being in your 70s isn't what it used to be. I'm 70 years old. I still play basketball with 20- and 30-year-olds. Sometimes I run them off the court.
And if you leave me open at 17 feet, I'm nailing it. I bike. I swim.
I do all kinds of stuff. But as far as being intelligent, I'm learning Portuguese. What I'm trying to say is it isn't what it used to be. 73 isn't old anymore. Especially Pete Carroll. It's very obvious you look at Pete Carroll. He's kept himself in shape.
I bet he eats like a Mediterranean diet and takes care of himself. But he's also ridiculously experienced. I said this to the pre-call.
Do you think he'll ever get let a guy throw a pass again from the one? You know what I mean? The point is, and God bless you, I know plenty of people who are in their 70s and 80s who are still active. The oldest head coach that we have ever had in the NFL was only a few seasons ago. It was Romeo Cornell. He was a holdover.
He was 74 years old. And so I certainly understand what you're saying about physical health and mental acuity. I'm not debating that. Do you think Pete Carroll is going to last longer than five years?
No, I don't. Well, that's my that's my point. If you were to hire any other coach, whether he would be in his 60s, you would do it with an expectation that, hey, if we have a runway of success, at least we have someone here that we can potentially count on for the next decade. And let's be real. It doesn't matter whether or not you're 73 or you're 38 or 39, the age of Liam Cohen, who was just hired by the Jaguars, the majority of head coaches, they get fired. And so I think when you couple his age, when you look at the history of the NFL and you look at the current state of the Raiders, it's all indicative of him more than likely being a babysitter. That said, my Jimmy Butler is Jimmy Butler in the NBA is 35 years old. One of the key reasons that he is bellyaching for a new contract is because given his circumstances in the NBA, yeah, we got one guy running around like a nut at 40. That's LeBron.
Only one we've seen like that. Jimmy Butler's old. There's a reason why he ain't getting a deal. He said, well, besides all that, I mean, just, you've got Tom at the helm and Tom could be down there on the sidelines if he felt like it.
Oh my God. He can't. But well, you don't like Tom's commentary on games. I think he's excellent. No, I think he's, I think he's in a space of spaces in regards to the majority of broadcasters that I listen to.
There's no, there's no insight. His personality seems forced. He doesn't seem relaxed and it's not a surprise. It's his first year doing it. Yeah, I agree. I mean, take it from a guy who has talked for a living for the majority of his life. Yeah.
It takes time. Well, I mean, between Tom, the way Tom knows the game so intimately and some of the insights he gives on what they're going to run next and why this happened and why that happened. I mean, I thought him and Romo were just excellent at the insight of, you know, talking to. Yeah, but yeah, but Romo and I think for a variety of reasons has always come across as a little bit more relatable, even though he's so much more goofy than Tom Brady.
There's, there's more relatability and straightforwardness from Romo as opposed to Tom Brady. He's figuring things out. There's nothing wrong with that now. Hey, I appreciate you.
Yes, go ahead. You know, last thing quickly, I had to tell the naming the dog joke, but I'm not going to tell the joke. I'm just saying, what if you named your dog stains? Now go ahead and call your dog stains. Stains like, as in like a underwear stains, like stains. Yeah, like a stain.
Yeah, exactly. All right. So now call your dog. The stains come here. What? Come stain.
Come on boy. I don't, I don't get a doubt. I don't doubt. Hickey down. Does down need to get outside some? Yeah, I think so. He needs some, uh, I'm not playing into his joke by the way. Um, I think down, I think down needs some company. You get what I'm saying?
Hickey? Yeah, I think so too. I guess we got a bonus Friday funny right there from Darryl. Yeah, that was, that was a terrible joke.
Yeah. You know what we have to do? We have to get the audio of Ralph Wiggum from the Simpsons, not Ralph Nelson, the guy that goes, ha ha. Yeah, we got to get that. That was a terrible joke from a lonely man. If you know where he lives, go, go give him some help, please. It's the JR sport brief show on the infinity sports network. I have to go wash out my ears.
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