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Coming up, your phone calls, latest news, and more. And now, it's Rich Eisen. That's right. Welcome to Hour Number 3 of the Rich Eisen Show. Jeff Teague, Hour 1. Matt Barnes in studio on Hour 2. Lots of fun hoops talk in the aftermath of the first round of the NBA draft.
Round 2 is tonight. And anything that happens, we'll cover it because you know what? We're professionals. We're a basketball show now. We are.
I mean, you know what? We have been for a long time. Yeah, we just solidified. TJ, I sat on the SportsCenter set on the night Michael Jordan had his flu game performance.
I've been an association guy for a long time. You didn't get to speak, but you were on the set. Notice I said that. I didn't do the highlights.
You ain't knew this is what you're saying. Yeah, I mean. I survived the Chris Dudley era, the New York Knicks. Come on. They should reach out to Matt and Steven to be the Knicks coach. Co-coaches. Co-head coaches.
I mean, bring the smoke. Although, isn't Mo Cheeks an assistant for the Knicks? Well, he'd be the first to work. He'd have to go. Where is Mo Cheeks right now? I think he is a Knicks assistant. His ears were burning.
Kevin, go get Mo. No, I mean, can you believe the Knicks don't have a coach into the draft? Yeah, kind of. Yeah, the Knicks.
Well. And they're interviewing other teams' assistants right now? Like, they didn't have that list ready? Or a plan?
Yeah. Well, if you don't have the list of other assistants ready, that means you weren't planning on firing your coach and the owner did it. So the red sweater is plan B.
And the plan B is to knock on the doors of everybody that you think other teams would be willing to let you talk to them because you're the New York Knicks. Really? I still am stunned.
And I bet you the Knicks will take one last shot at Jason Kidd. I think you're right. And as we mentioned at the top of the show, it's not a better job. It just isn't. I mean, Madison Square Garden is the Mecca.
It's cool. And the Knicks wound up, as we all know, close to the NBA finals. So I understand that they've got a roster and they've got, you know, a dynamite fan base and an incredible arena that is iconic. But Jason Kidd's got Cooper Flag and two great prospect centers in, in blossoming and Daniel Gafford and Derek Lively and Clay Thompson, along with Anthony Davis and PJ Washington. Right. And, and I guess you leverage it for a new contract. Cause I mean, if you can, the GM certainly doesn't want to let you go. You heard that. Chris, I think a lot of that might come down to that 13% that you mentioned. That's a lot of tax. Take an outro check.
That's a lot to give up each and every two weeks. Question about it. All right. Let's go to the phone lines here. There's a whole bunch of win-loss game folks that want to play and let's, let's, let's. Who haven't we done yet?
We, that's what I'm looking at right now. Okay. Let's go to Ryan in Florida. What's up Ryan. Hi. Hi. What's up? Hi. Hello. How you doing? How you doing? Thanks for asking.
What's going on? Oh, not much. I am just, oh, not much.
I am just here doing my, doing my, uh, day off today. And I want to do the, uh, win-loss to my, uh, Jacksonville Jaguars. Okay. Um, let's give this man what he's looking for, which is a win-loss game for the first one for the Jacksonville Jaguars. So this checks the box for us. Uh, Ryan in Florida, the Jaguars are opening up at home against the Carolina Panthers. What happens? That's a win.
All right. At the Bengals. One and one home for the Texans. Win.
Two and one at the San Francisco 49ers. Two and two home for the Chiefs on a Monday night. Upset win. Upset win. Three and two home for the Seahawks. Win.
Flying high all the way to London in Wembley to take on the Rams. That will be a loss. All right. Uh, we're now four and three off the bye at the Raiders. Win.
All right. We're now five and three at the Texans. Win.
It's a sweep of the Texans. Six and three home for the Chargers. Win. That's three wins in a row.
Seven, uh, seven and three at the Cardinals. Uh, win. Eight and three at the Titans. Win. Nine and three home for the Colts. Win.
Take that Daniel Jones. That's a six game win streak. That's 10 and three home for the Jets. Win. Eleven and three at the Broncos.
Law. Eleven and four at the Colts. Win.
All right. Twelve, twelve and four home for the Titans. Win.
Thirteen and four. Do the ball. In Florida. All right.
Thank you so much. That's Ryan in Florida. Dang.
I mean. Jaguars win total currently 7.5. That's double, sir.
In the desert. Thirteen and four. Can you imagine a seven game win streak right in the middle of the season of November into December?
That's serious business right there. Three to one to win the AFC South. That's not bad odds, right? What the others are like, uh, what, uh, thirteen and thirteen to seven or something like that or something stupid? Uh, Colts are also plus three ten. Titans fifteen to two, so seven and a half to one. I don't, I don't, I don't get the math. Don't make me do fractions. If I ever become a gambler, don't make me do fractions.
I'm not gonna fraction. Jacksonville thirty-four to one to win the AFC. Thirty four to one to win the AFC. Thirteen and four would give him a one seed or close to it. Well, behind the fifteen and two Chiefs.
Of course. I guess that's one of the two losses for the Chiefs. That I would say, which would I gave the Chiefs two losses? Who did I give it to you?
I gave it at Buffalo and home for the Broncos. Yeah, I think that's fair. You know, uh, I, uh, I, I, let's go back to the phone lines. We'll do, we'll do that other segment coming up. Let's keep going here. Um, let's see, who have we not done here? Um, let's see.
I mean, folks have done this, but he's been holding on for two hours. Byron here in, uh, in the great city of Los Angeles. What's up, Byron? What's going on? Hey, Rich and the guys, can you guys hear me?
We can. How's it going guys? Good, good, good to be here. Thanks for having me on.
Thanks for, thanks for being here. What's on your mind, Byron? So, uh, I'm here in sunny Los Angeles, but I'm originally from Chicago and, uh, I want to do the win loss for my Chicago bear. Okay.
All right. We're going to get to, we're going to see just how optimistic Byron in Los Angeles is. Where in Chicago are you from Byron? Where in Chicago are you from? Uh, South side. So I'm like right behind the museum.
Okay. Byron and the Pope. Here we go from the South side of Chicago. Um, first up home for the Vikings on a Monday night.
I'm going to be honest. Um, it's JJ McCarthy's first start. Uh, Dennis Allen is fully going to take advantage. Vikes get exposed on Monday night. Bears win.
Want to know what the lines I can see it now. Honestly, the, uh, the Ben Johnson booze. Um, it'll be absolutely amazing. Um, Detroit has lost too many assets. Um, Frank rag. Now both their coordinators bears win. All right. Um, two and all home for the Cowboys.
TJ. I'm sorry, bro. Um, the Eber sleuths revenge game is not happening. He did not watch film bears win three and all we're getting, we're getting a soliloquy of each one here at the Las Vegas Raiders. What's going on?
I'm sorry for the pushback. Byron. I meant to context what's happening at the Raiders. So rich, I'm actually a USC alum. Go Trojans. Um, I love Pete Carroll. Uh, I've heard amazing things about his class, but, uh, the Raiders need more than a few semesters of teaching and turnaround. Byron bringing back segments and prior rich eyes and shows to extend this one after the by four.
No at the commanders on a Monday night. Look, last year was a fluke. Tyree Stevenson will be locked in JD five, sophomore slump bears five and a home for the saints. Uh, Dennis Allen revenge game.
Tyler is getting cooked. Dennis Allen revenge game. Let's play one for the saints coach. Now our defensive coordinator, six and O at the Ravens.
Let's be honest. We're not beating six and one at the Bengals. I like, um, so the Trey Hendricks deal is going to get done, but the organization, let's say financial acuity is going to take years off of Trey Hendrickson's life. He's going to lose this step. No pressure on Caleb, a barbecue chicken for me.
All right. He just said the word acuity first win loss a moment right there. Seven and one let's roll. We've got to finish up strong here. Home for the giants. Like I, like, I don't know if you guys saw like their mini can't did, but, um, that front seven, that D line is insane.
I think the bears actually lose this one. All right. Wow.
Okay. At the Vikings. Uh, JJ McCarthy adjust. We split with the Vikings. We lose here.
That's two in a row home for the Steelers. Great. I've been waiting for this old man. Rogers last band takes a tumble.
He's been chewing on too much bark. Okay. And three, Roger, by the way, that's an underrated Rogers game on the Steelers schedules, him going to Chicago, eight and three at the Eagles day after Thanksgiving. Yeah. We're not beating the Eagles out eight and four at the Packers.
I'm going to be honest. I love that, that QB 18 has been talking in the media. I love what Ben Johnson has been saying about Matt before, but I think they hear it.
I think they have a chip on their shoulder. Lambeau is so hostile. Bears lose.
All right. You had him start seven and one. They've now lost four or five. What do you got for a home against the Browns? Uh, by this point in time, Chador Sanders will be starting, but we're cooking him. Bears win. Home for the Packers.
Uh, let's see, uh, Bears get their lick back. We're up. All right. At the 49ers. I think the 49ers are going to be sneaking good. Uh, we lose at home in Levi Stadium.
All right. Um, and home for the Lions. At this point, the Lions are playing for pride. The Bears are playing for playoff seeding.
It's a close game, but the Bears win it out. All right. 11 and five. Byron in Los Angeles.
Thank you for the call. That is, uh, a, a well-reasoned win-loss game. It's funny. We had, we had, uh, um, when we got there, Ryan in Florida, right? Did that for, uh, the Jacksonville Jaguars? Man, a few words.
It was just win-loss and Ryan, uh, and then our friend Byron in LA was practically phoning a friend doing 50-50. The Bears, dude. I've got my top five sleeper teams of 2025.
I'm going to do in the next segment. The Bears are not one of them because no one's sleeping on them, right? They're not. No, I think we're expecting, you know, there's no sleep here, right?
You know what I mean? Like we're, we're eyes are front on the Bears. No one's sleeping on them. Um, and Caleb Williams had this to say about his new setup in Chicago at Fanatics Fest. Ben Johnson's great. Uh, and it's not just Ben Johnson. We have, uh, a young staff slash old staff.
We have, we have a bunch of experience, uh, a bunch of new energy, um, you know, provided from the coaches and players and things like that. So, um, you know, I think it's, it's been awesome. Uh, Ben Johnson, uh, he uses some choice words every day, uh, towards me, uh, but he's tough. Um, and I, I, I love him. He's awesome. It's, it's been great being around him.
We hang out, um, in his office and we just, you know, we, we, we have lunch sometimes and things like that. We just, you know, building this bond and relationship to, to be able to, you know, last a while. Hearing that, okay. Cause the narrative about the Bears is they got the coach right. They're going to get the offensive line better.
They're, they're poised. And just hearing that, uh, harkens me to a couple of other instances of coach quarterback combination that got, what's the word for it? Fixed. Okay. To and Mike McDaniel that leaps to mind when I was in Germany a couple of years ago, uh, in Frankfurt for that game before my bike tour of Berlin.
Okay. With, uh, and just hearing to a talk about McDaniel and what he brought to the equation. And how he was saying that McDaniel would, um, sit down next to him in meetings, sit down next to him everywhere that they did in fact connect outside the office. That that's the sort of arm around the quarterback connected to the play caller, connected to the head coach that to a needed big time. Right. The thing that Matt Jones wasn't getting from Bella.
Bingo. I then saw the next week, no love in Frankfurt, Matt Jones, who brought up that he was speaking with his former Alabama teammate and was connecting with Tua and lamented that he did not have a similar setup. And some guys need their, have an arm thrown around.
Some guys also need to be told when they're rookies, how to watch film. And I thought that when I heard that, I'm thinking to myself too, like, could you imagine everything that Seth Wickersham is reporting in his book that came out with an excerpt a few weeks ago? You were, I think you were somewhere cause Sue's was in that chair. I was out that day.
Okay. And, and we were all remember that, that, that it was about a month ago, stuff came out. Seth Wickersham like texted me during a commercial break saying like, this is without any, any comment, just like sent me the link of his article. And I read it during the commercial break and you saw, I was like, oh man.
And so I basically read it on the air and we were reacting live on the air about this. And it's just like, wait a minute. Cause everyone's going to get hung up on the fact that he and his dad were trying not to get drafted by the bears because of their history of not having the proper setup for a quarterback. And, and then the thing that people didn't focus on was that it tracked by him going through his rookie season with the bears anyway. And the fact that the coach or coaching staff didn't give him an idea of what film to watch or how to watch it. And again, the quarterback set up there was, you know, Tyson Bajant was there as well. Right. And he was new to the relative scene as well.
And so you're not, you don't have anybody there to be like the flacko of it. And hearing this soundbite, knowing that he's got to be out of his skull delirious, that the coach is like coaching him hard, but I kind of dig it and we're hanging out and we're getting that relationship built. And they add, I was looking up during my soliloquy here, they've got Case Keenum there now.
And you know, I guess it's to use that commercial, if they need help, you know, backing up the car, they call for him. Right. So they've got a veteran in there. And I think that's Case Keenum's gig more than anything else is to teach these guys how to be a professional, at least when, when the coach isn't in the room and just he's got to be ecstatic.
Yeah. And I like hearing him say that the coach has choice words for him because I think what a lot of people think that Caleb is a bit of a delicate flower from his tenure here. I don't know where he doesn't take hard coaching. There's a perception of him because of the nails and pain. What, that he cried on his mom's shoulder after he lost to UCLA or something like that, whatever that was. And I always took that as, as you know, I always, I always take showing emotion as a sign of strength. For sure.
But that's just me. I don't know how I could question this guy's toughness or ability to take hard coaching when he didn't say a word about anything last year and all he did was get his ass beat. So just getting the coach right. Let's see if Ben Johnson will know what to do with two minutes to go. You know, I have a feeling he'll have a better time out since your plan than the one that worked into Ben Johnson's benefit last Thanksgiving in Detroit.
That led to Eberfluss's departure. He's definitely have some better plays, you would think. Well, I mean, and again, you, you, you covet what you see. The, you know, fake fumble play that worked against the Bears happened in Soldier Field. So they've seen it.
They've seen it up close and personal. What sense of evil Ben Johnson can cook up. By the way, Jared Goff, who conducted that fake fumble play is scheduled to be on Friday's program. So Bears, I'm not sleeping.
I'm not hibernating, if you will, on them. I don't know how it's going to work because, I mean, you just saw the win loss game for the Bears. It's a lot of tough games, obviously within their own division and playing the AFC North as well. And, but it looks like they got the coach right. He's connected to the quarterback. They're creating a relationship and arms being thrown around the guy, but a little bit of tough love is thrown in the direction that he appreciates as well.
And all the stuff that he thought was going to happen if he went to Chicago and wanted to avoid going to Chicago for did happen to him his rookie season, but he's maybe going to wind up better for it. It seems like it. 844-204, Rich is the number to dial on the program. My top five sleep of 2025 is coming up next. Give us a call as well. We got a phone line open. I want to hear from you. Let's talk about coffee, people. If you're like me, your day cannot begin until you've had your first cup.
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And they made it a casual Friday and Mike looks quite fit in that. That's all you asked of it. And that's what they spat out. And then you said you would do one for all of us, including Suze.
And let's take a look at your, wait a minute. Mike's saying he couldn't do it. You couldn't do it. I mean, I tried. Did you, did you really try? I did try.
How hard did you try? I could show you the failures. Oh, you show the failures. Let's look at the failures. I deleted them.
They're terrible. You deleted the failures. It did not work the same for you guys. Why? It worked for me. Why? It just didn't. Now, RJ, our esteemed colleague in the back, has a better way of doing it.
I'm going to, I'm going to try again and I'll do it again. So I don't understand why. It did my own because my item, because the search that I did had a ton of my pictures in it. Right. So it automatically did it. Oh, there's a lot of pictures of TJ Jefferson online.
There's a lot of Chris Brockman photos online. That's the new technique, which I will try later today. What was the previous technique you were using? The, I, I'm not going to say the name of the, I don't want to. Yeah. Okay. Understood. We don't, we don't want to give any problems. Exactly. I don't want problems.
Are you sure it wasn't, um, due to your natural intelligence, that artificial intelligence, natural, natural intelligence, very little natural intelligence. You guys know me. Okay.
So we, we, there's nothing to show. We have some. Okay. Yeah.
Are you here tomorrow? Yes. Oh wow. So I will do, I'll take care of it. He's on it, guys. He's on it.
And another thing, Vonnegut. Um, all right. We, we've got some more win-loss games. You want to play one more guys? Yeah, let's do it.
Oh, I've got one right here. Um, let's go, let's go to, um, Jack in new Orleans. Jack in new Orleans.
This is perfect. Actually. What's up Jack? The heat. It's really bad there, but you know, summertime in new Orleans is not fun. How are you doing? Let me just ask you Jack a question.
I already think I know the answer to. Are you from new Orleans? I am natural. Like the full-born, like the whole thing. Like, uh, native native.
Uh, my mother was from a town about 40 miles up river, but my dad was raised in new Orleans. Okay. Jack's going to make a name for himself here on the rich Eisen show, uh, playing the first edition of the new Orleans saints win-loss game starting at home against the Arizona Cardinals. What happens? Jack big loss home for the San Francisco 49ers massacre. Oh my goodness. Oh, and two at the Seahawks. Oh, a little less pain in there. I think a small loss.
Oh, and three at the bills. Oh my God. They shouldn't even make the trip.
Wouldn't you think? Oh my goodness gracious. Jack and Owen for win-loss start is a rarity. What happens with the giants at home? Ooh, man. You know what?
I got to go G man. Oh, and five home for the Patriots. Uh, another loss. Oh, and six at the bears. One more loss. Oh, and seven home for the box.
Uh, lost. Oh, and eight at the Rams. Big loss. Oh, and nine at the Panthers at the Panthers loss.
Oh, and 10 into the buy and off the buy home for the Falcons at this loss. Okay. Are you sure you're from new Orleans?
Jack? I promise you. I just haven't drank. I don't drink the Kool-Aid at the dolphins.
Oh, you know what? I'll give them a win. Hey guys, we're back. We did it at the Buccaneers. Love.
Oh my goodness. One and 12 home for the Panthers. Uh, they win that one. We're, we're finishing up strong home for the jets. Lost at the Titans loss at the Falcons loss. And the first pick of the NFL draft will be Jack in new Orleans has his saints going two and 15 under three for the season.
I took five and a half. There you go. Ladies and gentlemen, Jack in new Orleans. I mean, well done, Jack. Well done. Oh, honest.
I mean, I would say it's more charbroiled than well done. I mean, he's very realistic for himself, but let's, let's give, let's get some positivity in here for the new Orleans saints. Did you see what Tyler Shuck had to say on the, uh, the St. Brown podcast? No. Yes.
All right. This is what he told Amman Ron Equinimius when the, when they, when they were talking, we've heard this, we heard this from Tyler Shuck before the draft about his readiness to be an NFL quarterback and certainly above anyone else in his draft class. 26 year old Tyler Shuck been there, done that, including the pod. I think for me and what I've been through, you know, I've been carted off the field. I've been booed. I've been an MVP. I've been a starter.
I've been a backup to Herbert. I'm like, dude, I don't throw some shit at me. Like, well, you're not going to phase me if we start off like, oh, and two or suck. I'm like, dude, I'm going to be, it's going to be fine.
You know? So that's why I was so excited about that opportunity or any opportunity. And I think going into it, you know, I got to continue to get to know the guys.
We were talking about earlier. Um, I'm still a rookie, you know, I may be older, but I got to earn the respect of everybody and do my job. I kind of dig this kid.
Don't you? You know, I like that he's got a head on his shoulders. He seems like a, an adult. Well, he's 26.
That's what I mean. He's an older player. So he's kind of, he's kind of been through the ring. We know his injury history and how long he played in college and whatnot. But yeah, he was, he's been around so long. How long has he been around?
He was Justin Herbert's backup at Oregon. Right. Right.
Yeah. As part of the journey of, I've been benched. I've switched teams. I've been hurt. I've been an MVP. I've been booed.
I've been cheered. He's kind of done it all so far in his, in his football career. So, you know, to get this chance, I think we all presume he'll be the week one starter and, you know, go out and wing it around and see what happens. It's the NFL. Crazy stuff happens every year.
Right. And in the same way that I just was talking about how Ben Johnson is the right guy, seemingly for Caleb Williams. I mean, Tyler Shuck has the benefit of a coaching change arriving in time for his arrival and it's Kellen Moore getting his first pop at being a head coach in the NFL. And so you've got a former quarterback himself and we presume the play caller attached at the hip of a handpicked draft choice at the position.
And, um, I mean, you, you look at the team and they do have some weapons at his disposal. Quick, quick, quick guys. And, uh, defensively, let's see if the guys who are veterans can blend with some of the young players and shock some people. And that leads me to my top five sleeper teams of 2025. One, two, three, four, five.
All right. Let's start in my top five sleeper teams for the 2025 season. If I get any of these right, you're going to hear about it for 18 weeks. If I get any of them wrong, this never happens.
Does everyone understand the rules of engagement here? Number five, I'm going to start with the Saints. Oh, wow. Listen, they're in a supposedly easier division.
Um, but I don't think it is. Let's put it that way. And I'm, I kind of dig that Tyler Shuck is going to get an opportunity and you look at, you know, not withstanding the win loss game that just got played. I mean, they, they do have a home date to start with the Arizona Cardinals and the 49ers. It's not an easy schedule to say the least, but there are some winnable games here for a team that can put together some points. Don't forget. This is an offense that albeit with Derek Carr, far more veteran presence. Remember they, they, they won their first games like 80 to 10 combined.
And then the wheels fell off. Oh yeah. I remember.
Yeah. TJ, they're still scoring wide receivers. Chris Olave, Raheed Shaheed, Brandon Cooks, Bub Means, Cedric Wilson Jr. Donovan Peeples Jones, you know, Juwan Johnson and Taysom Hill and Foster Miro are your tight ends. Alvin Kamara, Kendre Miller. Cam Akers is the fourth stringer there.
I mean, there are some parts I'm just throwing it out there, man. I could see them winning week one. Well, I mean, I could see them being a sleeper team where they're better than you think playoffs. I don't know. I don't know. Seven and 10, maybe.
Well, it's going to improve as the list goes further here. Number four, your Patriots. I'm down with that. Listen, I know people talked about them at the draft, but, and then people talked about Stefan Diggs on the boat. But other than that, who's talking about the new England Patriots around the country right now?
Just, just, just new Englanders, you know, cause you know, we're super hot. Yeah. We're, we're psyched and kind of optimistic, but maybe a little overly so. Coaching staff's been rectified, sir.
All right. I mean, Ravell is going to be in Gillette, dude. With the colors on and he's got the red jacket. You can go see his red jacket in the hall of fame and then go into the stadium and watch him coach.
So pumped. Right. And you know, Will Campbell, who do we have on? Who said that Will Campbell could be the offense? It was Breier, right? Yeah, Albert yesterday. The offensive rookie, not named Gente or Travis Hunter. One of the most important rookies next year. Who will ball out.
And he said, Will, Will Campbell. At any rate, number three on the list, I'm staying in the NFC South. I'm, I'm talking Panthers here. Now this one's a real possibility to shock people and be a seven seed, right?
I'm serious. They've got a lot of talent and they got that young coach and Dave Canales from the Pete Carroll always compete positive positivity mantra. I mean, Bryce Young, if we can continue his upward swing. Right.
And you, you look at there. I mean, I don't know how they're going to split the running back carries, but, um, you know, Chuba Hubbard got that contract. Rico Daddles there. Trevor ETN got drafted.
Mm hmm. Um, Ted McMillan, Adam Thielen, Xavier Liggett, Hunter Renfro is back in the league people. Um, Jimmy Horn, one of our guys from Colorado, Jalen Coker, um, is the offensive line right defensively? Can we make some plays here? Can we surprise some people? Are we sleeping on the Carolina Panthers?
Maybe so. Number two on the list. Just mentioned his name.
And I just mentioned a lot of people's names. Uh, Pete Carroll and the Raiders. We're sleeping on them. We're sleeping on Ashton Jenty. We're sleeping on Gino Smith. We're sleeping on a lot.
And that the autumn wind can be a pirate. And it'll be interesting because two of my sleeper teams are playing against each other in week number one. When the pirate ship Pete Carroll goes back into his old stomping grounds in Gillette in New England, and he's bringing the Raiders and Max Crosby is buying what this man is selling. Brock Bowers, baby. Uh, I don't know who's going to be catching passes other, by the way, nobody's talking about this being a Jacoby Myers revenge game as well.
I'm digging for plot lines now, right? Uh, but if you think Genty's as good as you think he can, you know, they're going to run, they're going to run the wheels off that wagon. Let's go Raiders making the playoffs, maybe in the same way. Could this be the version of the Broncos from last year?
I don't know. They will see defensively if they can work the magic, but they got Pete there and Chip Kelly's the OC. I kind of dig it. Seven and a half win total. You thought a few years ago was, I know they're going to win the division. Stop it. Stop it.
Stop it. I, I don't want Eric being upset. You definitely can't have that because your assistant will get caught.
My assistant will get called out. Rent free, rent free and cheese fans heads. That's crazy. Who knew? Number one on the list, the sleeper team of 2025 are the San Francisco 49ers.
I'm down with that. Hey, listen, you'll be like, how can this be a sleeper team? Yeah, I'm wondering that they were in the Superbowl two years ago. They're a last place team. They finished in DFL in the, in the NFC West.
That was circumstantial. They lost a bunch of players. Everybody's sleeping on them. Oh, Purdy's not worth the money. McCaffrey's not going to be healthy. Trent Williams won't be healthy.
I mean, I do quote be healthy. I mean, what's Juwan Jennings and Ricky Pierce all going to do? Deebo's gone. Who's going to run the ball if McCaffrey doesn't do anything?
Great question. I mean, half, half their defense left. No.
All right. You want to put, move them down a little bit? Are you sure you want them number one still? They are the sleeper team of the 2025 NFL season. And I know that that's, that might go against type. It's not a team that's from, you know, perennial top 10 draft choice pickers. I think that's the pushback.
I'm sorry, pal. Who's talking about him as, as, as a threat in the NFC? Fourth best NFC odds.
Yeah, I'm saying Vegas might not be sleeping on them, but I'm, I mean, look across the landscape of shows like this. Yeah, I think you're right. Do you think we need one more? Sure. All right, we'll get one more.
All right. And while we're on the subject of, it's been a couple of years since, since we saw this person be at the top of the list, hit it. There's Einstein.
Einstein is a sleeper. What are we doing? Come on. It's been two years. Last time we saw this man. To tell you about, you know, the brilliance of Verizon.
That's when the Niners were, you know, going to the Super Bowl. So yeah, man, just, you want to talk about a sleeper? Verizon's Einstein is a sleeper. I feel like we got Rick rolled right there.
That is my version of Rick rolled. You have one more. I did not notice. All right, since you're all pissed off about the Niners thing, you're giving me pushback on net.
A little bit. Another sleeper team. The 2025. Can't see the Chiefs. Oh jeez, you're so stupid. What are we doing? Can't see the Chiefs. We're taking these lists away from you. Oh my God.
Hey guys, my sleeper teams are the Eagles and the Bills. No, no, no, no. Is that it? No, no, no. Tell me who believes. You don't believe it. I don't. You don't believe it at all. Well, apparently I'm not.
Apparently I'm the biggest cheapsaver in the sports media, so no, I guess not. Do not believe that the Chiefs will be just as good this year as the last several years. So you're telling me there's a chance? You're saying the Chiefs are about to fall off and it's now time for the Ravens and the Bills and the Texans and everybody else.
Burrow was the only one to beat him in this stretch in the AFC. You're saying that it's time for someone else to finally bust through because the Chiefs aren't going to be all that. And I'm saying the other way.
You better send those refunds. I think they weren't really all that last year and I think we're just going to see that again this season. So you're sleeping on them as a team.
It's not sleeping. I'm not saying they're going to miss the playoffs. I was going to say your Dallas Cowboys going from 7 and 10 to 10 and 7. Cowboys would be a decent NFC sleeper 22 to 1 to win the conference. I just can't believe the Chiefs are on this list. So the one more are the, why are you, do you think the Chiefs can be as good as they have been? You mean go to the Super Bowl?
Does Patrick Mahomes still play football? Yes. They're going to be at the top until he's done.
That's always been my thought. Are you taking them to win the AFC this year? I haven't thought about it, but if you're going to put me on the spot right now, sure, yes. So the bar is winning the conference and going to the Super Bowl counts as being a sleeper team? Yes, you're sleeping on them being, that's good. I will never sleep on them. You're another sleeper team of the ones I didn't choose.
Go ahead. A sleeper team, you had a good list until the end. To go, to do what? To make the playoffs? To go to the Super Bowl.
Plus 5, plus 6 themselves. Yeah, but Denver are going to the Super Bowl. That's a sleeper team. Yeah, that would be a sleeper. They're 15 to 1 to win the conference. What's more likely, Denver goes to the Super Bowl or the Chiefs go back?
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You have a lock screen on your phone. Is it a picture? What's it of?
Hold on, let me show you. It's a Biggie. Oh, we got Biggie.
We got Biggie. Good one. And then, question. I'm assuming, do you normally do your face ID? I do not. You don't do face ID? Oh.
You know, this man's wasting hours of his life every day. Is it a six digit code or four digits? The unlock is four. Four?
That's not that secure. You know what? I was going to do the ATM, but I like the challenge right here. Before I come over there, I see you got to rub the fingerprints off. Haters always tell me later. Fingerprints.
Got to be fingerprints. I'm coming over for a second. Oh my goodness. Can I get in the shot? I might swing.
Careful. Can we see Biggie? Can we get a close-up shot?
Let's see if we get there. There's a jib. Somebody's getting tight.
Tight. There we go. I got it. I go here. It's locked.
He wasn't lying. Hold out your finger. Think of the first number. Of my code? Yeah, not my code unless you're a mentalist.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, zero. Okay. I thought of it.
No, I know you did. I'm trying to figure it out. Think of the next number. Does it get bigger? Does it get smaller?
Same. Does it move over? Right? Oh, look at you not moving. Look at you not flinching. Think of the second number.
Third number. Okay. Hold up. Hold up. Hold up.
This is just like in the movies. You see somebody trying to crack a lock. Pick a lock.
But instead of hearing the click, I can feel it in his body. Think of the last number. TJ, what do I know about TJ? Open your eyes. They weren't closed.
TJ? Are they supposed to be closed? No, you're good. You're good. You gave them away with your eyes. I can see in your soul. I think he likes to get in and out of the phone quick. You have a four-digit code. You got to type this in a million times. It ain't no Face ID. You're doing a code that you can do quick.
Do you care if they find out your code? I'll change it. If you don't mind, I'm going to show them.
The first number is a one. Can we get tighter just so we can see this? Let's get in there. There it is.
The next number is a six. Kidding. Look at his face. Look at that. You went back to the one.
Can you see me close? That's the two. That's the two. We're inside. Do not pack up. Do not pack up. Do not pack up. He's gone. Do not pack up. Come on. You're not going to see him again today, folks.
Sorry. He's out. He's out.
TJ running the wheel route out of our New Orleans Super Bowl set. That's some poo-doo. You just you thought he was a warlock.
He is. You wanted no piece of O's that day. I didn't. I wanted him to know. My eyes were open. I didn't close them.
I didn't want them on the show, to be honest. I didn't want that type of demon energy. Demon energy.
TJ running the wheel route out the gate. How did he do it? Like somebody sold me out. I don't know. Who would have sold you out? Who knows your code?
One person, but he wouldn't have known her. Have you changed your code? Yeah.
Have you changed it? Yeah, I had to. Is it still four digits? No, it's six now. There you go. Now we've got to get O's back in here to do it again. I tell you something right.
I will tell you that because it took about four hours for me to come up with a number combination. If anyone on earth guesses this, they got to get beat down. Guess what? He's going to get it.
That means he's the devil. We're going to get him here in this studio. It's going to happen.
I'm coming off that day. All right, Chris, you choose. You choose.
You choose the phone line. There's one more win-loss game that we can sneak in in the three minutes we have left here. Christopher Brockman, who are you going to go to? Well, my computer went.
Let me choose it then. Dolphins or Cardinals? Chad and Reno, Nevada. What's up, Chad? Hey guys, how you doing? What's going on, Chad?
Not much. Rich, looking forward to you coming out here to Tahoe. I hope to get to meet you because I'm going to be at that tournament. I will be there. Just stand back, that's all I ask. Give me some room. I'm happy to meet you, but it's just when I'm standing over the ball, I suggest you take a couple steps back. Okay, I got you. I'll definitely be careful.
I do look forward to meeting you and I hope we do. Actually, this is the second Arizona Cardinal. I can see in Susie's scrawl, Randy in Oregon did it once. Let's do it. For the Arizona Cardinals, win-loss chance and win-win-deal. Here we go.
Let's go. First up, at the New Orleans Saints, what happens? W. 1-0, home for the Panthers. Oh, man. That's a toughie.
They always give us problems. At the Niners. Loss. 2-1, home for the Seahawks on Thursday night. Win.
We'll be there for that game. Win. 3-1, home for the Titans. Win.
4-1 at the Colts. Win. 5-1, home for the Packers.
L. Loss. 5-2 off the bye at the Cowboys on a Monday night. Win. 6-2 at the Seahawks. Loss. 6-3, home for the Niners. Win. 7-3, home for the Jaguars. Win.
8-3 at the Bucks. Loss. 8-4, home for the Rams. Win. 9-4 at the Texans. Loss. 9-5, home for the Falcons. Win. 10-5 at the Bengals. Loss.
You don't beat the Bengals. I'll see you at the American Century Championship. Come and say hi, will you please?
You got it, will do. Okay, right there in Reno, Nevada. Chad and Reno. Cardinals-Vegas win total 8.5. Isn't Reno also where Bigger and McCracken had his big moment? Biggest little city in the world.
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