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The whole arch thing here, let's just pump the brakes here. Earlier on the show, comedian Bill Burr. Dill Takal. Academy Award winner Spike Lee. ESPN College Game Day Analyst Desmond Tower.
Actor Dylan O'Brien. And now, it's Rich Eisen. That is correct. Hour number two, the Rich Eisen show is on the air. Day two of our new relationship with Disney Plus, the ESPN app everywhere, and ESPN Radio presented by Progressive Insurance.
We say hello to everybody watching us, listening to us. Certainly, SiriusXM Channel 80, coast to coast in our new ESPN Radio affiliate network. Just a great first hour in studio chat with Bill Burr, my NFL Power Rankings that I don't pay. Too much credence in doing. Apparently, just got tweeted out by what the NFL, the SPN NFL.
The PM NFL say? What do they say also in Disney? It's a whole new world, right?
Okay, no, no, don't do it. We don't have the right to do it. But let's get right to our next guest. Thrilled to have here on this program an Academy Award winner. And also, he and I were the only two people that the Knicks didn't ask to take the job before Mike Brown did.
Ladies and gentlemen, Spike Lee. Good to see you, Spike. How are you? How are you doing? It's great to be back on your show.
Thank you, Spike Lee. That means a lot. Great to see you. How have you been, man? Great, great, great.
People love the film. Congrats on that. And uh Yankees turned it around? Yes, indeed. I've got to tell you, I'll be honest with you: highest to lowest being in an excellent film with you directing it and Denzel and Jeffrey Wright, who's a frequent guest of this program, big Washington Commanders fan.
I love that guy. I love your filmmaking, and obviously, Denzel, being in theaters August 15th, that was an August story I could see coming. The Yankees becoming one of the hottest teams in baseball. I did not see coming. in that respect spike to be honest.
Yeah. And Buddha's happy. I like it, right? No doubt about it. Where have we found you?
Are you in your home office? Is that a business office? That's an editing room that you're in right now? Yeah. That is soft.
What do I got? Hold on, hold on. Here we go. Here we go. Here we go.
What do we got? Take something off the wall. Oh, this is the one. Down on the wall.
Okay, for the radio audience, he just took out a case. Oh, my goodness. What is that? By the way, that could be anything in there. Oh, my goodness.
Wow. That's it. We made his. Suitcase. One of giants.
Willie Mays' New York Giants suitcase. What? Wow. Is there anything in it? Can you see Willie Mays?
Oh my god, what? There it is. That is like That is amazing. Hey, what is that? What has got to be something?
That's got to be Willie's bat. Holy God. Oh, he's took something off it. Oh, it's in the case.
Well, it's in a case. That'll be Kathy Robinson.
Okay, what is it? What is it? That's really amazing. Game news back signed. Look at that.
Wow. Jeez. Unreal. That is some top-notch memorabilia there, sir. I assume you met Willie, right?
I'm assuming you've met him? Oh yeah. Listen, growing up in Brooklyn, we used to have big fights.
So, Arguments, who's better, Willie Mays or Mickey Mail? I bet, yeah. Like, Mickey Mail, the guy. Can't he run, of course. He stepped in, you know, back then it had like the drains and right.
Mr. Mm-hmm. You know what there's a lot of support preferences in uh Highs and lows too, so uh Especially, you know, when that subway train, the number four train, going to Yankee Stadium. Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
I'm more of a D-train guy. That's the way I get to the stadium. And that's the I love taking the subway to the stadium. I just love doing it. It takes 15 minutes and it's so great.
You know, I mean, it's kind of I've been getting on the last two times right around Columbus Circle. Just hop on there in about five stops. You're right there in 10, 15 minutes. And you know, I was having a conversation with my 14-year-old son the other day who asked me if Aaron Judge is the greatest player Yankee of his lifetime. And I'm I'm like, well, Mariano was playing when you were just a baby.
You don't remember that. But I mean, Judge Tyan Yogi just this past week. The last time the Yankee top five list for best home redditors in the history of the franchise. It's been over 60 years since that list changed. And you just changed it.
I just came back from a memorial of Labor Day holidays, so I have a house in Marla's Vineyard. I'm on uh the eighteenth hole. Ben On top of my house is a flagpole. With the interlocking NY.
Now, Marcus David, you know what's safe.
Well, it's been. And every day. There's a ball, golf ball, that somehow just finds his way in my lawn. And it says, scribble, spike, Yankees suck. Ha ha ha ha ha.
You gotta respect it even better, even better. When the Knicks beat the Knicks beat the South Plans last year. Yeah. I took down the Yankee flag. It was Nick's flag, and it was said.
This is a new state. This is a new flag for the state of Massachusetts. I mean, you have been in some of the most hostile environments wearing your Nick gear or your Yankee gear. And you're about it, Spike. You're definitely about it.
But you know what? I'm going to give you something that's really true. I have respect for the Red Sox. You know why? Why, Zen?
They asked me to throw out the first pitch in Fenway Park. And I thought they got They gotta be mixing with somebody else. They said, no, no, no. We want you. And I was wearing a the Derek G-Doot.
Road jersey number two, Geta. I said, where? They said, forget it. We won you brought up Pits. The first pits.
Were they never asked me to do that? Were they exploding baseballs? I mean, were they like, you know what I mean? Oh, I threw it right over the plate. There you go.
Awesome. As soon as the Yankees asked me now, I can't do it because my arm's shot. Spikely here on the Richardson. I love it. They asked me to do it.
I thought they were on. Cracker song Highest to lowest in theaters nationwide right now and available streaming this Friday, starting this Friday on Apple TV. It is your fifth. Collaboration with Denzel since Inside Man in 2006. What is it like to direct Denzel Washington?
Spikely.
Well, let me ask you a question. How did Phil Jackson direct? My brother, born in Brooklyn, New York. Michael Joyce. What?
Haddock Coach Jackson. Coach. He let Mike do what he want to do, right? Yeah. That's the closest comparison I can come to direct and And I know I'm getting a lot of flack with saying this, you know, this whole tour, but to me, Benz Dawash is the greatest living actor.
You know, and I'm not this, I'm not trying to start no. That's right. I'm a part of that. But it's a blessing to work with. Denzel, and here's the thing: Denzel and I both did not know.
Inside Man was nineteen years ago. Mm-hmm. Amazing. Didn't notice it, huh? He didn't know what I didn't know.
Two journals pointed out. You know, we never skipped a beat.
So I mean, from Mobeta Blues, Malcolm X, he got game. Mm-hmm. Inside man and now highs and lowers. It's blessing after blessing. Another thing is important is that our families have grown closer to.
Our wives, you know, our children, so we always say. The Washington Lees. The Washington Lees. I like it. You know, because I know you said you don't want to start like a LeBron Jordan thing, but.
I'm so ticking that. I'm tired of that. I'm tired of it. What's the point? And then You guys, you sports guys.
on T V and mm and sports radio, that'd be Growing up, we didn't have that, you know, but sports rate is really just. has helped And Obtained. To the discussion.
Well, I mean, and again, not to go down that road, I was just going to point out again that Denzel was Denzel when Jordan was Jordan, and Denzel is Denzel when LeBron is LeBron. You know, he's in a profession where he's able to span both eras and Denzel. You know what I mean? Like, that's where I was going because we all know, you know, LeBron is. I'm not mad about that.
I'm not mad about that. Right, exactly. Thank you. You know, and because LeBron is 40 with 40,000 points. And Jordan has all those championships.
And again, though, there are different times and different eras and things of that nature. But Spike Lee here on the Rich Island Show. Nice question though. Yes, sir. What do we get?
Arrogant over who's a goat. What's the purpose of that?
Now, you might say I'm old fuddy duddy, but I don't stand it. In terms of, I don't know, maybe if you want to get into it, I mean, maybe it's that my era was better, this era is not. You're born when you're born. That's right. And you dominate who you can dominate.
And unfortunately, you know, Ewing and Drexler and Malone and Barkley were born at the wrong time. For being in the position when you're decking, you know, when Jordan was being Jordan, and you know. Um, Spike Lord. Hey, here's the thing: yes, sir.
Well, Michael Jordan was born in Cumberland Hospital in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The same hospital where Mike Tice was born, and Barnard, and Albert King. You're born where you're born. And they were all born in Brooklyn. That's the most important point.
Spike, we have a game here called Celebrity True or False, where there are things about your career that we're wondering if are true or not. And we'd love to see if you can know. Let's do it. Let's do it. We've got a great production value to kick it all off.
It's the first time we're doing it on our Disney Plus version of the show. Hit it. Go ahead and hit it. All right, my guys. Celebrity, true or false.
You can't. Handle the truth. All right, here we go. By the way, that's Jack Nicholson. Did you ever work with Jack?
Did you ever get a chance to work with Jack? Try to work with Jack? It's never happened, Spike? Did not have is one of my They wouldn't Act the spit. This film, if you haven't seen The Last Detail, oh gosh.
Oh, gosh. Absolutely. Great, great film. It is. It is great.
With Randy Quaid was in it too, back in the day. What an incredible movie. By the way, that's an under, a very under-talked-about Jack Nicholson movie. I agree with you. Great Hal Aspy.
First one up for you, Spike Lee, and it is Denzel. True or false, in the father-son one-on-one scene, and he got game. The script called for Ray Allen to blow out Denzel, but Denzel refused to go along and literally tried to win. True. True story.
Did you know Mendenzo played JV and Ford when PJ Charisma was his coach? I did not know that. PJ Carpenter coach Denzel Washington. In JV, it fought him.
Okay. And so he refused to go along with the script, or you knew he was going to not go along with the script? No one knew. Denzel, he said it many times, so he was like, F that, I'm getting at least one basket. And so here's the thing, no.
This is Ray's first stool. And so Denso started throwing up some lucky stuff that was going in. And Ray turns to me and says, Time out, time out, time out.
So he called. Tyro, Tyro. And Ray is looking at me like, Spike, what's up? I'm like. But then I'm gonna tell you.
And then after that, Ray was like, fuck, Ray said, all right, then it was over. But that's what it was like, he's gonna I cannot be a donut. Yeah. I can't go back to Money Earning Mount Vernon. Not scored.
So it it here's the thing though. This is just no no BS. This is gene this is Denizel's genius. It made that scene and made the movie better. If we had done what would have been scripted.
And and Jesus beats his father 11 zeb. It will not have been the same. And that's an example. of the genius of Denzel Washington. That was not the way I wrote it.
Did he even tell? He told nobody in his competitive two seconds. No one knew he was going to see. No one knew. Love it.
He was going rogue. And then Ray Allen said, screw it. But it was genius, though. It was genius. Right.
And then Ray Allen tried hard. And then Denzel did get bageled after that? Or did Denzel?
So it's happened. He shut it down. He shut it down. Next one for you, true or false. Both Kobe and Alan Iverson turned down the role of Jesus Shuttlesworth.
Is that true? Yes. Why did they do that? But Colby Key. He said, you know, I work out in the summer.
Huh. And and I just couldn't get a meeting with um my brother AI.
So, you know, it worked out. It worked. Of course, it did. But Kobe, so Kobe basically said, that's my training part. I'm not going to be acting.
Yeah. He would have been great. Obviously, Ray was phenomenal. Yeah, right. You know, we just couldn't get the, I mean, he would have to audition.
We just couldn't get it together. But I love both of them. Oh, so it it was the practicing part? Do you know where I'm going with that one? You're not kidding me.
You're not. Audition. Audition? My brother, my brother, I had my coffee. I had my coffee this morning.
Oh my gosh.
Next question.
Okay, next question. I got three more. Jake, get me on that.
Okay, I got three more for you. Spikely, true or false? This is crazy. You once got a 1 a.m. phone call from Prince.
And he wanted to know what kind of water you were drinking. Is that true? Yeah. Please walk me through this. Your phone rings, it's one in the morning, and it's Prince to see what water you drink.
That happened? Yeah. Yeah, my number. Hey, well, here's the thing: musicians. Hey, go to bed.
That's a musician, they go to bed. Yeah. Five, six in a more. Right. And that's but that that was the extent of the conversation?
And then hang up? That's it. Another thing like that. I Marlon Brando called me like that time. That time.
In the night. Oh, okay. And what did he want to know? He had a script He wanted me to look at about Native Americans. Mm-hmm.
And I never heard from him after that.
Well, I mean I guess then the follow-up question is what kind of water were you drinking? At the time. Is it flat? Still, what do we got? Sparkling?
Anything? Tap. Drinking New York City is world renowned for having the best Indeed. By the way, I grew up in Staten Island. I can attest to that too.
Oh, you have to go so late? I'm fascinated. Wu-Tang. DeWoo? That's it.
Get down with DeWoo. Oh, we've had Method Man here before, no question about it. All right. Two more for you. Spikely, true or false, you almost did not cast Hallie Berry in Jungle Fever because you could not imagine her as a crack addict.
The character's name is Vivian Edwida La Crackhole. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. That's the character's name. And Robbie Reid Like green green Casting director, she bought a At the fourth time, Robbie pulled it aside and said, Look. We want this part.
Spite Good thing said. You don't have to look of a Yeah. Put it mildly. Yes, it's right. Right.
Here's the thing though. The next time, the next other day she came in, I didn't even recognize her. And I like the same To Miss Halley, Is still fine AF. To the day. To this day.
But the I mean her performance will Together. One of my favorite scenes I've ever done is in Jungle Fever, where he used the great song by steely wonder, Love for the city, as when What's Islam's character? Goes to the The crack then to find his Crack brother Gator played by the great. Seymour Jackson should have won Oscar for that role. Mm-hmm.
nominated. My Morehouse brother, Samuel Jackson. But that's that's the true story about Howie. True. Last one for you, and then I'll let you go on with your day.
I really appreciate this fun chat with Spike Lee here on the Rich Eisen Show. True or false, when Nike asked you to play Mars Blackman in the Michael Jordan ads, you thought it was a prank at first. Is that true? The late I mean uh I got a cold. From the late, great Jim Riswold.
Mm-hmm. And Bill Davenport, who who Bill's still there, but Whitey Kennedy. And they had seen She's gonna have it and they sold. We want you to play the character Mars Blackman, T V commercial. Air Jordan You'll direct it.
And there's one thing, one you know. Mike We've not gotten the mic to get your permission. Then later they said, We went to Mike, he doesn't know who you are. He's never seen your film.
So it wasn't till Remember that All Star Week in it was Toronto where people were freezing to death? Remember that?
So I finally got enough courage after all that commercial came out in 88.
So I finally got the whole thing blew Nike in the stratosphere. It wasn't until that All-Star Weekend Tronto. I finally got enough courage to ask. Mike. Why did you choose me?
And look me sister. Mother Effer, you're wearing my shoes. Look, it may be redundant, but I always say this: I've had the pleasure and the honor of being called an MF. By Spike. Especially core side.
At Masgrave Garden. Look at that picture right there, man. Mike, you in that for sit your black ass down. I'm like, okay, Michael. That's what he would say to you?
Oh, you're you're you're you're on the side. I'm like Hey, Michael, sit down, shut your hands. We might have That's where it's not gonna. It's not about the shoes, man. It's gotta be long.
Spike, this was awesome. Thank you very much. Congrats on highest to lowest. Everybody needs to go see it. If not in the theaters right now, then certainly on Apple TV, Apple TV, September 5th.
Thanks for sharing your time, your Willie Mays gear, and of course your stories. Thanks again, Spike. This was awesome. This is the next year. I'll leave it at that.
Well, let's talk in the fall. Toby, can't be back on. I would love it. Let's talk soon. Thanks again, Spike.
Yes, sir. That's ladies and gentlemen, Spike Ray. That was awesome. That was awesome. We finally got one that was false.
It was not a prank. Mike didn't know you were. I mean, the Mars Black is cunning. Oh, please. It made me money.
It's gotta be the shoes. No, please. That's why Air Jordan 3 is my favorite Jordan to this day because of that picture. I was a kid in Spanish. That picture.
Look at those two young guys on the screen right there. Yep. That's right. Spike Lee, that was awesome. Does that make this a Rich Eisen show joint?
It does. Please believe me. Look at you. Rich Eisen from Shaolin, bro. I just found out African reminded me.
I know where I'm from. Although, that's. He's from the North Shore. I'm from Middle of the holler at your boy. I thought you were going to pop that in my life.
That's my mint. 844-204. Spike Lee, man. Come on. I was just watching Do the Right Thing two days ago.
Let's take a break here on the Rich Eisen Show. We come back, your phone calls, and we predict the NFC North. And AFC East. The Rich Eisen Show Podcast. Back on the Rich Eisen Show Radio Network, sitting here on ESPN Radio, presented by Progressive Insurance.
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Hold on a minute. Uh oh. Mail.
Okay, this is the worst idea. You four trying to figure out how to say something of Latin origin.
Next, Rich is only going to have limited security in Sao Paulo. No bueno. No bueno. I've been told it's more than limited. It's going to be a lot.
Okay, yeah. Good. Hey, all right.
Well, Rich, first congratulations to you. Thank you, Jimmy. And Susie on the expansion of the media empire. That's right. I think that's how it was phrased a year ago.
That's right. We're empire builders. I love it. Yeah. Susie, you're Truelian Heisenberg.
I'm sorry, I have been trying to speak. Who's interrupting me? Is it Del Tufo? No, it's me. That's the host.
My bad, Jimmy. Jimmy? No bueno. Oh, go bueno. I have a question about the power rankings, but first that was.
Was that the best appearance from Bill Burr? Oh, he was on fire, and we I do love Bill. Yeah, multiple times here. And he thinks uh deep down I'm I'm a total Charlatan, who's putting on an act of being a good devil. Fraud, right?
I'm a fraud. Yeah. But it's okay. I'll take it from Bilber. What's on your mind, John?
I don't buy that from the world. What about the power rankings? You got a problem? You don't have a jersey at all because you're not playing in the game. That's right.
I was at the twenty seventeen ALCS in Houston sitting behind Aaron Judge. And Brockman, you might be able to find this picture. There was a dude. Who was an Astros fan that was putting on a batting helmet and batting gloves every time the Astros went up to bat? During the entire game.
And We're just looking at him like, and he had to be in his 40s. We were like, what are you doing, dude? Was he banging on a trash can? Jimmy? No, no, no, he did not have a crash can be.
I just want to make sure.
Okay, just want to.
Okay, very good.
Okay, so my question about your power ranking, you did a mulligan. Kind of, didn't you?
Well, I don't I mean this is this is the the previous ones mean nothing.
Okay, that was just to help pass the time during the spring and summer doldrums. These are now rubber meets road week one power rankings that will absolutely. um be a prism into how good teams are because I'm accurate. I agree with you and with that being said, I think TJ and I might want a mulligan on our Cowboys win-loss game. We can do that at another time.
Why don't we get one?
Well, let's see. Mm-hmm. We have two more, well, we have another day. This tomorrow. Um, let me see.
Uh, Jimmy, you were s you're both eleven and six.
So, I know. I think TJ and I are wrong. What do you want to do? I might bump it up to 20. 12 and 13.
I think you should flip those numbers. 6 and 11. I'll go down to. 7 and 10.
Okay, there you go. Jimmy and San Antonio. Thanks for the call, Jimmy. Be well. 7 and 10.
He's 7 and 10 now. And TJ is now 12 and 5.
Okay, good to know. Noted. DJ Novak, Jeff. Let's predict the NFC North. While we're here, we were going to do this yesterday, but Sean Payton was telling too many great stories.
We bumped this to today. TJ Jefferson. Who wins the NFC North and finishes second, third, and fourth? Win play show and. Show pony?
That's a great question.
Okay, he doesn't have any north. I think right off the bat, I think I got the bears. Winning it? No. I got them finishing fourth.
Uh-oh. Yeah. Ashton on line one. They're fourth. No disrespect to Ashton Kutcher or Seth Rollins.
You can say that first, otherwise, it doesn't. It sounds tough.
Okay, let's do that. Rewind.
Okay. No disrespect to Seth Rollins or Ashton Kutcher or my godson Bear, but I got the Bears fourth. I got the Vikings finishing third with all due respect to me. And Brockman's got J.J. McCarthy.
You like McCarthy? This one was tough, man. I went back and forth on this one, but. Until I know that his back is No, but not an issue. I'm gonna put the Packers in it too.
And then, you know, despite the fact that I do believe losing coordinators is gonna hurt, I Just don't see any reason not to believe that the Lions are going to take this. Christopher. What do you say for the National Football League's NFC? TJ and I are right there with 3-4. I got Vikings 3, Bears 4.
I think the overall talent on the Vikings is better, and that's going to kind of make up for JG McCarthy's inexperience. Although I could see them both kind of going 8-9. 8-9. I'm going Packers, man. I had these guys in the Super Bowl last year, so maybe I was just a year early, but obviously hitting on Matthew Golden in the draft.
And the massive Micah Parsons trade. I just think it's their year. Really like Matt LaFleur. Great coach. Jordan Love, you mentioned the 27 age thing.
I think he makes a big leap this year. I'm going Packers winning the North. And I like the Bears as well to finish fourth. And I think they're improved. I just think this division is so tough.
And I think that you can have a team that has double-digit wins in third place. And that's where I'm putting the Vikings. I do believe they make the playoffs. I do believe J.J. McCarthy is going to look good.
I just need to see what Caleb looks like on this new offense. I'm already seeing these all 22. Like, Kurt, Kurt scares me about Caleb, where he's like, he's got talent. But once his first read is shot, play shot. And it's going to take some time for that not to be the case.
I'm not saying it's never going to be the case. I just don't know if this year is going to be the case. And I have the Packers two, and I have the Lions one. And as a matter of fact, I'll say it here. Because I said it on NFL Network last night, and I'm going to say it when we do our Super Bowl predictions here tomorrow.
I have the Lions winning the conference. Oh, I am way higher on the lions than everyone else. Everyone else thinks that the secret sauce Was Ben Johnson with Jared Goff. And we're going to find out if that's the case or not. And then I'm assuming the Lions are just not going to have a million people hurt this year.
And I got the Lions finishing first, and that's our NFC North. Breakdown. Right here on the Rich Eisen Show. Gus in Florida. Are you there, Gus?
Gus. You there, Gus? Ladies and gentlemen, here on Disney Plus. Back on ESPN, I guess. Hey, welcome back.
I figured if you could go back, then they'll don't take anybody. Ladies and gentlemen, my triumphant return. And what what is your title in the Dan Tan Dan Patrick School of Broadcasting, Gus? What is he called? I am the program director, Dean, but that sound that sounds like something I do with the Y.
So other than directors, so I try to make the kids call me Dean Ramsey. Dean Ramsey, everybody is here. Uh and um everyone else is full blue Tarski. All right, Gus. You have the floor.
What's on your mind here, Gus? I've been watching your callers go through team schedules for weeks and weeks now, so I would like a shot at the Bronco schedule. Win-loss game for die-hard Bronco fan Gus Ramsey. Here we go. Gussie playing a win-loss game.
Fantastic. What happens in the opener against the Titans, Gus? That's a W. I think rookie quarterback on the road against our defense. You got to give that a win.
All right. Now you're at the Indianapolis Colts. We'll be dropping his dandy dying all over the field. That's the way we're going to be. Ladies and gentlemen, Gus Ramsey.
Already turning phrases. It's his area of expertise. Come on, G. 2-0 at the Chargers. What happens?
You know, they kind of owned us last year, even though games ended up looking close. I think that's a loss. They still have our number.
Okay, two and one now, home for the Bengals on a Monday night. Over, under on Bengals games, in which they score 30 points and still lose, I think is like four and a half, and this is one of them. Three and one. at the world champion Philadelphia Eagles.
Well, as a Mets fan, I have disdain for Philly in my heart, but they're going to win that game. Three and two, home for the Jets. They're playing the Jets in London. I'm calling this game, Gus. All right, this is a Ted Lasso revenge game because, you know, he kind of made fun of the Broncos in one of the episodes.
So we're going to go into Hot Spurs Stadium and beat up on the Jets. Who the Jets would be the ones having to hold the bag for Ted Lasso? I didn't see that comment, Gus. Uh home for the Giants. This game, which they're honoring the 2015 Super Bowl team.
They're putting Demarius Thomas in the ring of fame, and I will be in attendance.
So that is a W. That's a big game. 5-2. Home for the Cowboys. You know, TJ and I have never met, but we are kindred spirits.
We're both Mets fans. We both love Dr. J. We're both WWE fans. I feel like TJ might stand for Tribal Hefe, so I will acknowledge him, but he has to acknowledge the Broncos are winning this season.
No, you and I should be Guss. You should be Guss. Friends! That's next level. That was awesome.
6-2 at the Texans. That's a tough one. That's a loss. 6-3 Thursday night football against the Raiders at home. He liked a short week at home against a division rival.
That's a W. 7-3. Home for the Chiefs. This is a statement, Game Rich. This is a double bold prediction here.
Nick Benito will break the single season sack record in large part because he's going to tie Derek Thomas's single game record with seven sacks. against Derek's old team in this game and a Broncos win.
Someone's a lighter. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and three. Right now, coming out of the bye at the Commanders. That's a lot. 8-4 at the Raiders.
I will roll the dice and say we win in big. Nine wins now. Home for the Packers. I think we're gonna lose one game at all and and I will feel good about this one, so I'm going to call this my law.
Okay, so you're now, that's that's now nine and one, two, three, four, five, home for the Jaguars. Travis Hunter returns to Colorado and he does wake it a lot in Colorado. Lose. Ah. Wow.
10-5 at the Chiefs on a Thursday night. Oh, this is a game that's primed to ruin my Christmas. Let's just check. That's right. That's right.
That is Christmas Day. All right, and then home for the Chargers. Lutri could be for the division. You know? Um and so uh I don't think we're just going to have bow nicks this year.
I think we're going to get Tecmo Super Bow. Nice. And the Broncos are going to win this game. All right. 11-6, Gus.
A year ago this time, someone on your show whose initials are CB suggested that maybe the Broncos would be better off if they had just kept Russell.
So The mere fact that we're talking about 11.6 and maybe being a sleeper Super Bowl team, it's a far cry from where we were a year ago. Dean Ramsey's taking notes. And schooling. Chris Brock. Keeping receipts, Rich.
Keeping receipts. That's right. Keeping receipts. All right, Gussie. Great to chat with you.
Enjoy Brazil. Point. Eyeshells. Zero. Gus Ramsey, everybody.
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We're talking about the banner race. In Philadelphia. You know there's a they're raising the banner, right? I've read a story or two.
Now, I think you might think I'm trolling on you as a cowboy fan. I'm waiting for it. Sure. I'm not. Because.
Listen to Nick Siriani's reaction when asked about how the team was going to handle a banner-raise night on Thursday night in Philadelphia. Last banner night in 2018. It's famous that the fans booed the Eagles at halftime because they weren't happy with the way things were going, albeit it was banner night. How do you feel about the fact that even though it is banner night for you guys, the fans will still have the standard of performing in winning at a high level. Yeah, I don't I didn't know it was Banner Knight.
Uh we won't be out for that. That's insane. No, it was Banner Knight.
Well, he's clearly lying. Like, that's. Unreal to say something like that. You don't know it's Banner Night? Have you never watched football?
He knows it's Banner Night. Of course he does. What are we doing? We won't be out for that. The whole, like, oh, we're moved on.
Just celebrate your team like a normal person in a normal situation that everyone does. Like, come on, man. I kind of dig it. What is there to dig about that? I kind of dig it.
That's yesterday's news. It's for the fans. It's not for us.
So we get nominated for an Emmy and we win. We're just not going to accept our trophy and celebrate it or have a thing here for it. We have to be there to know that we win. It's that night. We're just not going to go up on stage and accept it?
Like, what are we talking about? People go up on stage and accept it. But the question is is Hold on a minute. What if it was we we knew we've won it? And then For the new season of the Rich Eisen Show.
So that happens in May.
So the next September. Don't even talk about it. That's when we receive it. And then we just do nothing. We just because that's gone.
It's over. Height of stupidity. Yeah, I'm a Chris. You're basically peeing on your fans and telling them it's raining. Plus, I won't.
If we win. Uh, I won't be here because I'll be so blackout drunk from uh climbing a greased-up telephone pole and punching horses. But I get it, I understand it. I just love that he's just like, Yeah, was it battery night? Is it really?
Because I didn't know that when you win a championship and you start the season in your spot. I didn't know you raised a banner. Who is that for? Like, who is that act for? That act is for his team.
It's for his team. That's the way he's choosing to handle it. There's no way anyone on his team is motivated by that performance. You don't think he's cleared it with, or you don't think it's a collective that Jalen's not on board? They're not.
Like who wants to stand out there? I don't understand this hardo thing that these guys pull off, like, oh man, we're not celebrating the past. We're gonna lose, we're gonna focus on 2025.
Well, your guy was the best at that. What? I'll offer a little bit. Little check was the best at that, right? I can offer a little pushback.
Come on. Do they really sound like that? I don't think they sound like that. Yeah, I mean they do. What?
But, bro, your guy was kind of like that. Yeah, Belgium was the best guy. What did that? You had the best guy doing it. And we had to put up with that for 20 years.
Yeah. Like, come on. Excuse me. Really? Look at the parades and all that fun stuff.
You want to seem back to all the players. We're having a good time. How about let's not forget, like, if if you think this is bad, where does Brady At the farewell to New England, we're going off to the Super Bowl rally saying that nobody believes in us. Yeah, right. That's true.
Where is that rank? Do you want me to play back? Do you want me to have clips of falling off cliffs and he should be benched? And you want me to play back on that? Oh, I remembered everyone was saying when we were down 28 to 3, Twitter is like, it's Jimmy G time finally in New England.
So, yeah, he's fair to say all that. Excuse me. That year. You think Saquon's going to run for 3,000 yards this year? I don't think so.
I think he's going to have the best season, pop-up season, in the history of a 2K runner. To say, like, whoa, I didn't know it was Bayter Night. That's just like. No, that's true. But I'm just pointing out that.
There's there's been some uh There's been some rain being sold as something that's been sold as rain. in New England many times. And it was all BS then, just like it's all BBS. Whatever works for the team, and this is a guy that clearly has his pulse of a team. Do you know what's going to be out there, though?
Are the Dallas Cowboys? Oh, yeah. Did you hear this from CeeDee Lamb? I did not. Is it surreal?
They're going to be celebrating their title. You know, I don't know if you have to watch this ceremony or anything. I'm going to watch it. I'm going to watch it. Shout out them for that.
Shout out Jay. 'Cause I still got brothers over there. You know what I'm saying? It's not it's not really anything personal, but it's something that I'm chasing.
So. Why do you want to watch them? Um Motivation. Motivation. I like it.
I like all of it. I like all of it. Whatever works, man. I'm going to sit there and watch that. I'm going to watch that entire thing.
I'm going to watch the celebration, watch the banner go up. I hope they give out the rings. I want the whole team to watch that. You know who's going to watch it with you? Carl Anthony Towns.
Oh, boy. Joining us right now, though. Oh, okay. I was looking, where is he? Funny guys were like, Cat, literally, fuck.
He was going to come by. No, no, no. It's like, all I know is that he has told me that there may be a horn section Friday.
Okay, there's two things to that point. One, you have to be here. You have to win the game. But right, you've got to win the game. He's already talking about a horn section.
And so I don't know. What that means, he has sent a mariachi band here, as you won't know. He just wants to waste his money. By the way, it's not wasting money. I think for him, it's well spent.
And by the way, I think there's more where that came from. The money? Yes. Yeah, sure. But I'm saying, like, I'm not going to be as welcoming of this crap this year.
Them playing Fly Eagles Fly. That is just a mariachi band. It's so amazing. It's some next level. From Carlos.
Yeah. So I think it's a whole horn. Like he wants a horn section. We don't have to let them in. Yes, we do.
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