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Hour number three of the Rich Eisen Show is on the air. We just spent the first two hours on ESPN. We're just back to our usual broadcast platform of Disney Plus, the ESPN app, ESPN Radio, and SiriusXM Channel 80. William Stanford Davis is in our green room. We'll bring him out in about 15 minutes' time from Abbott Elementary.
It'll be a fun conversation. There's also a bunch of you hanging on to phone lines. We'll get to you in a second. 844-204-Rich being the number to dial. My goodness gracious, there was a purge of so many coaches in Tampa Bay over the last half hour.
Todd Bowles, still the HC, fired his offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach, special teams coordinator, defensive lines coach, defensive backs coach, safeties coach. And then Tom Moore says he's retiring. He said, Senior offensive consultant Tom Moore. You know, whenever you can do 60-plus years in the NFL. 62 years.
Wow. Tom Moore has been around and been there and done that. And to that, we say to you, sir, enjoy your retirement. Absolutely. My favorite Tom Moore quote: you'll see it quoted over and over again.
We also mentioned it here about, you know. The whole Shadur Sanders hoo-ha and whether he was ready to start, and how is he going to get the snaps, and whether Stefansky was holding him back with the snaps, and all that sort of stuff. And bottom line is: you know, backup quarterbacks don't get snaps in the NFL. They just don't. And I mentioned the famous Tom Moore story being asked about: you know, do you give the backup quarterback?
And he snaps. And they asked him that when he was with the Indianapolis Colts and Peyton Manning, and he goes, No, we don't. Why not? And he says that if Peyton Manning, or 18, isn't playing, we're aft. And we don't practice F around here.
It's great. Honestly, it is a quote. That's one of the greatest quotes in the history of sports. We don't practice F. But I mean, so Todd Bowles saying he deserved to have a shot to stick around, and the Bucs obviously agree.
And letting him Or demanding or him agreeing to who knows what goes on in these conversations when offensive, defensive coordinators, or assistants get let go.
So the Bucs are basically in the market for reconfiguring much of their staff, but keeping Todd Bowles. which opens the door to, you know, if you want to hire anybody else Yeah. You started from almost scratch already, not to say that that's what they're going to do to Todd Bowles, but I can't exp I think the unexpected is the only thing to expect these days. You know, as um Tom Pellisero mentioned we have a black we had a black Wednesday and a black Thursday today. This week.
With the John Harbaugh being... Eject the eject button. from the Ravens yesterday. It feels like ages ago because Mike McDaniel got let go. And now we're hearing other teams are interested in.
In bouncing Somebody for John Harbaugh, potentially. Was it right around when Brian Callahan got let go? Maybe it was Tom or someone else said, Yeah, they didn't expect it to be a heavy coach turnover this time. It might be five or six jobs opening and Here we are at eight. Here we are at eight.
I know. And then general manager jobs open except in Dallas. Yeah. Yeah. This soundbite made the rounds.
I'm going to break something. Jerry Jones. Break that whiteboard. I don't even know what brought this question on. What question brought it on, but do we just roll it?
Everybody knows what soundbite we're talking about. Hit it. My goal in life is to retire as the owner that won the most Super Bowls. That's my goal. To be retired in the NFL as the owner that won the most Super Bowls.
We've got three. How many more do I have to go as a single owner? Bob's got how many? Thanks.
So I've got it. Got work to do. Got work to do. I've got work to do, but at least I'm up to the second rung in the ladder. But my goal is to have retired and won the most Super Bowl as an owner.
Stephen Jones for the win, everybody. Got work to do. I couldn't. You don't have to keep doing this, TJ. I think this is a deaf row.
You know what I mean? You're referring to this certificate that's right here. Which Ken Tulo bait up, Rich Eisen Show producer. Speaking of the executive producer being all up in the videos, a release of fandom that TJ is yet to sign. They're all up in the videos.
Sugjo dancing. Oh, the press conferences after every still unsigned. And then, of course, it's ready to be notarized by Jason Feller, who once upon a time, Mike Del Tufo, told Susie was a notary, and Susie actually brought documents in for Jay to notarize, only to be told, I'm not a notary. And then, wait a minute, Mike Del Tufo told me you were a notary, and he said, I've never been a notary. You know, he's never been a notary.
I did not know that. He lied. Clearly, you don't know who lies. He has the equipment. He has the equipment.
I've been thinking about going online to becoming a notary, though. Very good. We digress. Yeah. That's very dismissive, but okay.
I mean, what do you think?
Well, I think. I mean, well, he's thinking of retiring, is what I take from that. Not until the owner with the most championships.
Okay. And he's three away from, well, technically, four. But you got to, I got to, dude. You got to get one more. What if he goes on a run of four straight Super Bowls?
Ah! Ah! Okay. Oh, my God. Let me explain something to you.
I know. So, what's more likely segment for Friday? Could you make one up for tomorrow's segment on SPN? What's more likely Dallas rip off four in a row and Jerry Jones retires with the most Super Bowl ever? And then you will, how about this?
You reach out to Sarah at home as well and put that in the hands of a lead pipe-wielding, professional, hilarious, stand-up comedy. Rich, I have a better chance. Writer, the whole business, producer. I expect that. I'm now giving, I very rarely give you an idea in advance of what's more likely, but seriously.
Can't breathe. What do you think? I what do you mean what do I think? You're the cowboy fan in the room. Anytime anything twitches in the direction of the Jets, I get phone calls and texts and all that sort of stuff.
You should know what I think at this point. What do you think? That's absurd. We've gone 30 years and have it, like, granted, right? He's been on that second rung of the ladder for 30 years.
Granted. I have vivid memories of three Super Bowls. I have no memories of one, even though I was alive, but I have vivid memories of three. And I lived in Pittsburgh. Life was great, okay?
Especially when they beat Pittsburgh. Beating Pittsburgh, living in. I was just telling my uncle Buck about this over Christmas. Uncle Buck? You got an uncle Buck?
Oh, my goodness. I'm surprised I didn't get beat up the night that the Stillers lost the Super Bowl of the Cowboys because I reinvented the definition of obnoxiousness that day, right? I mean, I was, I was completely obnoxious. I didn't have dreadlocks. That's how long ago that that was.
And I've had these for 26 years.
So you were writing the as of yet still uncashed checks. Yeah. So look, granted, fantastic. It's a great goal to have. Of course it is.
I applaud him. Let's hash it out, though. Ain't going to happen. Let's hash it out.
Okay. Doc? Is as good as ever. He is. CeeDee Lamb.
Hold on a minute. CD Lamb. It's good as ever. George Pickens. You know, and I'm filling out my all-pro list.
He he was in the mix, man. How could he not?
Okay. Ferguson at tight end. Stud. Javante Williams at running back. Fantastic.
Okay. How about that offensive line? What are we thinking? Need a few tweaks, but the building blocks are there in our. No, let's flip to the other side of the let's not.
Why? You got Quinnen Williams next to Kenny Clark. That's true. All right. You got DeMarvy and Overshone going into this offseason healthy.
I know Trevon Diggs isn't there anymore, but Yeah. He wants to He wanted to hang with his family over Christmas. But i b i in all seriousness, let's let's let's fill in some blanks here. Um draft, which they're good at, and free agency. That is you got yourself a good shot for next year.
Whoop. Offensively, offensively, I could say, and I think Monaco will agree in the back. Our director, fellow Cowboy fans. I think we're pretty happy with our offense, but that defense needs a lot of work at positions that I'm not truly qualified for. I know.
You're going to hire a new DC. True, that we need to overhaul the secondary. Our linebacking core was. Yeah. We really need to do something about that.
I'd like to front forward. Especially if we trade a pick and get Max Crosby.
Well, listen, Stephen Jones said this is. This has got a lot of work to do. You got work to do. Yeah. Yeah.
But by the way, the coach got the coach right this time last year. We're like, really? That's what we're going to do. We got the coach right. And yes, I like him.
And yet. You cannot tell me that there is not someone in that building, Chris. Wants John Harvaugh. He's absolutely wrong and not going, oh, Jerry, let's talk. Would you want them?
I mean, it depends on what coat. Would you? I'd want that. McDaniel comes in as OC? No, I wouldn't mind that.
I'd like Schotten Hyper, and I do. There is, you know. But that's one thing the Joneses, I don't think, are going to do. Yeah, you can't bring Harbaugh in because he's going to. They could have had Jim.
They could have had Belichick. They could have had all those guys. Dion, they could have had anybody. And they said no. That's one thing that I don't think is going to happen.
That's one. I bet you that's one. I shouldn't say that because I said earlier this week: you know, I don't think there's going to be any more coaching changes. How dumb was that? Remind me, you should have some device over there that kicks me under the table sometimes.
I got shocked colours like that. But my goodness, to win four Super Bowls in a row, to answer your previous question, that would be. TJ, Jerry was on the second rung when Bob had zero. Right. I mean, life was good in 1995 for sure.
That's right. That's true. Zero. Zero. That's right.
You had the quarterback, you were using the quarterback that you sent to Parcells and him. That's right. Thomas in North Carolina. We'll take your call and then we'll bring out William Sanford Davis. What's up, Thomas?
He's up. Thomas in North Carolina, are you there? Thomas. Yeah, I'm here. What's up, buddy?
What's up, what's up? I just wanna say uh to Rich uh You put a smile on my wife's face every Sunday. She's disabled and can't walk. And you and Mooch and Kurt and Gerald just make her smile every week. Hey, thank you for saying that.
And we're going to, well, make sure she's there Saturday. We got two this week. Oh, you do? Two. Oh, yeah.
We got four and a half hours prior to Saturday. I'm a die-hard Eagles fan. Oh, sorry, Thomas. Thomas, you don't sound like you're from Philadelphia, Thomas. I just wondered if you thought that maybe That Howie Roseman might pull a few strings.
And I know Mike McDaniel left the Dolphins today. What do you think about if you paired up Vic Vangio, Nick Siriani, and then Mike McDaniel is an OC there to take care of how Petulo's been struggling and all, and not getting the right footing with the offense? And you give Mike McDaniel a. Staquan, Tank Big B, A.J. Brown, and the Slim Reaper.
What would you think about that? Slim Reaper, I like it. First. I hate that. No, no, hold on a second.
Let me help you out, TJ. Please do. All right, Thomas. Um. Ha ha ha.
How do I put this? First of all, Jalen Hurts would, as much as everybody is an issue with Petulo's play calling, Jalen Hurts would be like, Are we going to change the play call around here again? Would it be seven times? I can't even imagine. Every year of a list.
So we're looking for continuity. But outside of that, Thomas, I don't know how to put this. The reason why Vic Fangio is your defensive coordinator is apparently he was the oil to Mike McDaniels water in Miami.
So I don't believe the two of them will set foot in the same building the rest of their lives if they could avoid it. If I could, this right if I don't know, I shouldn't be saying these things because I don't have these conversations with these men, I just hear. What I hear. You're in there. And the reason they were, he was in Miami.
Then he was in Philadelphia, and the reason why you wound up in Philadelphia is because it didn't work out in Miami.
So I just don't see that. But I understand where you're coming from. You have bad water for the two of them being together. I understand. Yes, indeed.
It's sort of the opposite between your wife and NFL Game Day Morning, which, you know what I mean? We're made for each other, and I appreciate you saying that. Let's chat again soon. Call back. She loves you guys so much.
And. I'm a Die Hard Eagles fan, and she's a Die Hard Cowboys fan. It's a house divided here. Wow. Thomas, what's the missus' name?
Anna. Hello, Anna. You have it right. Thomas, I don't know. Thanks for the call.
Thomas in North Carolina, right here on the Rich Island Show. All right, let's take a break. We'll come back. We'll empty the phone banks after we chat with William Stanford Davis. We're talking Abbott Elementary when we come back, one of the best shows on TV.
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That's so funny. New episodes of Abbott Elementary airing Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. Eastern on ABC. The season five mid-season premiere was just last night, which means you can check out that episode today on Hulu. The man who plays the role of Mr.
Johnson, William Stanford Davis, is here on the Rich Eisen Show. And as I'll just repeat here for our radio audience, as a simulcast, it's just congratulations. On this show's massive success. Thank you. Yeah.
You never know. You know, sometimes. Especially when they shoot pilots.
Some of them are very good, but they never see the light of day. This was like lightning in a bottle. You know, it was. It was really, and that's. Thanks to Quinta Brunson, our showrunner creator.
And like I said, our producers and I've never worked on a show. Where the chemistry all the way around from cast, crew, writers, everyone, they love being there. They love working with one another. And we're having a great time.
Well, I mean, we've had Eric Stone Street on this show quite a bit, speaking of hit shows on ABC that everyone loves to watch with an ensemble cast and where it's more than just about, you know, a quick joke or what have you. There's always something deeper. And he just said that when they shot the pilot, For a modern family, that they were wondering, you know, he was wondering, you know, if this was real or not. And he said he got a call from Ed O'Neill saying, you know, hey, if this isn't a massive hit, then I don't know what I'm doing in Hollywood. Did you feel the same way as a pilot?
We felt it was very special. And when I saw the trailer for the pilot, I'm like, oh my God. This is going to be something very special. But you never know how the public's going to, you know. take it right or if they're gonna like it.
And from day one, they and I'm glad that they do. And as you know, in this day and age, there's not a lot for families to sit around. Right. And just watch all together. Yeah.
And I was telling you, you know, you being on the show gives me some cool dad points. Good, good. I'm glad. You know, there's the one show that. You can watch with your grandmother and the because we have adult humor, of course.
Yes. But it's, you know, it's not in your face, but you can watch it with the kids. And because we have a lot of child actors in the show, it it makes it even more appealing to young people, you know. But I have fans from 99-year-old people to To kids five years old, they'll see me and wonder, hey, how are you doing? You know, that type of thing.
So it's been really, really. Once again, I credit Quinta and I credit the writers. And obviously, you know, credit yourself because people probably feel like they know you. Yes, they do. Right?
And so you say you get that all the time or whatever. I was just in Mexico last week, and my wife and I were having dinner, and these people were standing there and they were scared to say something. And I looked up and they said, Are you Mr. Johnson from Abbott Elementary? I said, Yes, I am.
And they lost it. They just went crazy. I thought they were scared to say something because they recognized you from Ray Donovan. I don't know. They might be a little they I don't think they were born with Ray Donovan.
I don't know. Do you get a lot of that too? I do. I get that. I get that.
Potato pie, you know, that, you know, but I get more about Mr. Johnson than anything now.
Well, that's pretty cool. And again, congratulations on that. We were chatting in our green room. You're from St. Louis, Missouri.
I am.
Okay. Yeah. So your sports memories are what? My first baseball game to see the Cardinals, I went and Stan Museville. We had bleacher seats in Stan Museville with Centerfield.
That tells you how old I am. And And I was just mesmerized. I was a Cardinal fan, but I'd always seen it on black and white television. And going to Sportsman's Park, which was on Grand Avenue, we could almost walk there from my house. I was just in awe.
And I wanted to go to every game after that. And then, when they built the new stadium downtown, that was during the Bob Gibson era. Oh, my gosh. I try to. My 14-year-old son is baseball crazy.
Right. You know, in the same way that my 17-year-old son is Abbott Elementary crazy, right? And so. I try to explain to him because he's into this sort of stuff. He also plays video games where the old school guys are great.
And on occasion, he'll just say stuff like.
Somebody of Bob Gibson's nature, like, was he any good? And I'm like, and the look that I give him is the look that you just gave me over telling that story. And about how essentially I'm like, you see how tall the mound is? Yeah. Like, they had to.
Lower it. Yeah. Because of people like Bob Gibson was so.
So, like, unhittable. Yeah. Unhittable. Yeah, Bob Gibson. Nasty, too.
Oh, right. You ever hear Willie Mays talk about him? Sure, of course. Yeah, yeah. But I would go, we would go back then.
The Dodgers would come to St. Louis, what, two times here, two times there.
So we see them four times a year. Yes. I saw Don Drysdale pitch inspired Gibson. I saw Juan Marishaw pitch against Williams. Like you got a ticket and you punched and you would watch him or you just sit at home on TV.
You saw these games? My uncle would take me, especially when the Giants or the Dodgers came to St. Louis. That was like, oh, yeah, we're going, or Milwaukee. Sure.
Yeah. Because of Hank Aaron. Yeah. The first game I went to, I told you, I saw Stan Musil. That was to see Milwaukee, the Milwaukee Braves.
So you're going to a game, and that's Stan Musiel, and then when he goes into the dugout, out comes Hank Aaron. Like that happened? Like he's in the outfield for you? Yes. Yes, yes, yes.
Wow. That is pretty amazing. That is great. Yeah. Yeah.
That was amazing. That was the very first baseball game I ever went to. Oh, my gosh. Fantastic.
Yeah. All right. And so are you still interested in the Cardinals or not? Oh, God. You know, once it's in your blood, it's in your blood.
It's a religion in St. Louis. The Cardinals are a religion, especially nowadays. They don't have a football team or anything. Right.
X X L X F L I Street. But yeah, it's you know, I'll go see them when they play the Dodgers. I'm a Dodgers fan when they're not playing the Cardinals, but the Cardinals are in my blood. And You know, especially back when the Bush family owned it, they made sure they had. Top fight pitching and everything.
I don't know what's going on with them now, but I still love them. You must have watched the World Series this year, then, right? Yes. That was an unbelievable. It was really one of the best World Series.
Ever. Yes. And I understand I'm talking to somebody who said, I once saw Stan Musio play with Hank Aaron in the same game. You know, or against. But this World Series, this past World Series, was one of the best I've ever seen.
Yeah. Did you go to any of the games or anything? We went to the playoff game.
Okay. One where Otani pitched now where he hit the three out of the park, actually. Oh, my God. I mean, this was my wife's first game she'd ever gone to, and now she's hooked. Oh, she's got to do it.
She's strung out. She's strung out on baseball.
So your wife had never been to a baseball? She's from London.
Okay. Sure. And you take her to the playoff game where Otani goes yard. Just goes crazy. Was that against the Padres, right?
Was that against them? Who was that against Milwaukee? Brewers against Milwaukee. Milwaukee, yeah. Yeah.
And again, God, this is great. I'm so, I feel fortunate to be able to ask you this question. That game for Oregon's Milwaukee. Oh, Tani, the sound of the ball off his back. Is it something that you've heard before?
Nothing. I've heard shotguns blast. I've heard shotgun blast. Right. And nothing when that when it hits a catcher's mitt.
You could people would. Oh, you're talking about pitching. You're talking about the ball off. The ball is back. Oh, that's a whole different thing, man.
You know, I've never. We shot our show in Philadelphia when Schwarber hit four out of the park, and it didn't sound like what. Otiny's ball hitting the batside line. Right. Yeah.
Incredible. Was that when you did the always sunny crossover? No, we did the always sunny crossover here in Los Angeles.
Okay, you did that in Los Angeles. In LA. But so it was a different shooting in Philadelphia. Yeah, we went to Philadelphia to shoot at the Philly Stadium and shit there. We shot the whole episode there.
And Schwaber was our guest star, but the night that he was out, when he was supposed to be out, nobody knew he was going to hit four home runs out of the park. You know, so that was just another feather in Abbott Elementary's hat. Are you taking credit for the Schwarber forerunner former game? Of course I am. Of course I am.
You know? Absolutely. Mr. Williams. You know, I'm at that game, and Schwarber hits four.
Then I'm at the Dodgers game, and O'Tani hits three. All of them went yard. I'm like, yeah, that's because. You should change your middle name to Dinger. William Stanford Davis here on the Rich Eisen show.
So. Man, this is. I got, I can go in so many different directions with you here. Yes, sir. Quick question.
Mr. Williams, how would you, having seen all these legendary players? How would you compare Otani? To some of the players that growing up were always legends to a great question.
Some of the great pitchers I've seen Juan Marishaw pitch, I've seen Oh, it's once again I'm telling you my age. It's all good. But uh I've never seen anything like this man. I've never seen anything like him. You know, like I said, pitching or hitting.
It's unlike anything I've ever seen. Obviously, you know, you keep talking about your age. You didn't see Babe Ruth play. Neither did I. Damn near.
Right. But but there. That back then, obviously, the Bambino wasn't pitching against a lot of the guys that we're seeing today that Otani is trying to. I mean, that World Baseball Classic moment where Otani was Struck out Mike Trout to end that game. Yeah.
This is what I'm talking about, right? And Otani is then grabbing a bat. Against guys who are throwing smoke about 98, 100 miles an hour. And he also has like six pitches. Right.
Two. It's not like he's just a two-pitch pitcher. Yeah. He's unbelievable. And by the way, he's also insanely fast.
Yes, he is. Yeah, to me, what is he seven feet? He feels that way. I feel like we are describing like Paul Bunyan. No, you're right.
Yeah. Yeah. For sure. Yeah. And he does this, and I'm sure everyone's seen it on television if they haven't seen it at the Dodgers.
He has this thing that he does when he comes up to the plate where he measures it. Yes. And then he steps back, and man, when that bat hits the ball, it's incredible. Yeah. And then he respects the opposing manager by bowing to him and then clowns his pitcher more often than not.
Before I let you go, I always speak to people here when they come on the show when they are a curb your enthusiasm, I guess, alum, in a way. Your scene with Larry David and curb your enthusiasm about the spite store, right? Where he was trying to get information on Mocha Joe. Yeah, Mocha Joe. it was all improved.
Okay. Everything they do, they give you the premise, and then you go for it. You can't be afraid to deal with him because he's going to bring smoke. Like, he's going to bring you some smoke, you know.
So, you better hit the ball, you know. Uh it was I had a lot of fun. Uh He was very encouraging, but the way he is on the show, that's who he is. That's who he is. You wanted some information.
So, what did you ad lib? Do you remember? What did you do? Everything was Adlib. You know, he started talking about Mocha Joe.
I can't say any of the words I said on his show about Mocha Joe, but. And I would see him sometimes almost crack. You want Scott him? I tried my best to, but no, he's such a pro, and it was so much fun. And the audition was even more fun because I got him in the audition because he didn't expect me to say the things that I said.
And we, you know, we just had fun. We had a lot of fun. He said, let's have some fun. They gave us the premise, no dialogue, no script or anything. And we just went for it.
The spite store. Yeah. That's one of my favorite episodes: Mocha Joe and the Spite Store and having you. I think it's called Artificial Fruit, right? Yes.
That's right. That's where the kid been into the artificial fruit on the table. That's right. Oh, my gosh. Abbott Elementary, Wednesdays, 8:30 p.m.
Eastern on ABC. Congratulations on everything going on with this red-hot show. May it run forever, sir. Thank you, sir. May it run forever.
Thank you. Good to see you here. William Stanford Davis, right here on The Rich Eisen Show. Don't go anywhere. We're going to wrap up this program with your phone calls and so much more here on Disney Plus.
And everybody should check out Abbott Elementary on Hulu as well.
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Or if they're on a yellow team? How many of you have a picture? A portal? A portal? Right.
I mean, technically Pal Pala's got something for your portal. That's true. I mean, again, I don't want to. The window is always open. The window is always open.
Oh, yeah, I see. Hey, isn't that what Joe Burrow said? He is the window. He's the window. The ceiling is the floor.
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That you got curbed? No, last day. Last day of being able to say Happy New Year, one week. I thought it was yesterday. Yeah, January 7th is technically, but I'm going to give it just a week.
You're a giving man. I am a very minister today. You're not that giving when it comes to elevator doors, so he's got you there, man. Jimmy, last thing I want to do is hold the door for. Last thing I want to do.
Is hold the door for somebody who comes in and hits a floor in front of mine. Like, why would I do that? It might be your new BFF head coach from the Wolverines, and I bet you would hold the door for him. Oh, I'll hold the door for Kyle Whittingham anytime. He would throw his body in front of that door.
That's right. How dare anybody hit the door to his button in there? Nice questions before I get to Spurs stuff, guys. Oh, Spurs. Number one: Did Stephen Ross give Mike McDaniels an orange before their meeting?
Nice. And number two, doesn't Signetti sound like he's an undercover detective in the south side of Chicago at Precinct 3?
Well, I mean, Precinct 3 in Pittsburgh, he's as Pittsburgh as they come. He sounds just like everybody from Pittsburgh because guess what? He is. And you want to be right. I know.
By the way, Spurs stuff. Out of every freakish thing that Victor Wembunyama does, the moment I guess that the Spurs are warming up and three basketballs get stuck in the net at the same time, and he dislodges the logjam of basketballs by kicking his toe up in the air to Kick the balls nine feet above him or nine feet above the ground. Did you guys see that video? Yes, I did. I had to show it to TJ.
I think it's AI, to be honest. I don't think so. No, it happened. No, it happened. Yeah.
It's unreal. I couldn't kick on the light switch in my house, and they're like four feet above my knee. There's no way. He's unbelievable, man.
Okay, Brockman, I got something for you. I think you're going to dig this. Future bettors do not bet anything. On Victor Wimbinyanma winning MVP or Defensive Player of the Year. until after he signs his second contract.
The Spurs are going to save a lot of money because the kid is still growing. He's injured often, and he's not going to qualify for any of the major awards. And so he won't get the ultimate MAC Super Max. He'll save the Spurs money by just getting a great MAX, and then we can re-sign Steph Castle, Dylan Harper, and keep D. Fox.
And we're going a forehead. There you go.
So, what's more likely? The Spurs win four in a row or the Cowboys win four in a row? Oh, Spurs. Just kind of get ready. By far.
Thanks for the call, Jimmy. Happy New Year to you, too. Jimmy in San Antonio, one of our. Long-term. The Spurs have the fourth best odds right now for the title.
I don't mean to bring up old stuff, but had. Jimmy not gotten fired by Jerry, then we would have won four in a row. And everything.
Well okay. And what did Mike Tomlins say? If my aunt had parts or something, if my aunt had male parts, she'd be my uncle. Right, what he said. Never say never, but never.
I'm just telling you. He caught that reference when I started the interview that way yesterday, right? But I'm excited to have him. And plus, I've got this great story I wanted to tell him about my aunt and uncle. Any good questions?
I like Talmud makes me laugh. Dude. He's going to be great on TV next year. I don't. Brock Middleton.
What would he be? Like, where would you put him? You could give Mike Tomlin a TV job, wave your wand, and he accepts it. Where would you put him? Studio or booth?
Oh, he'd be so good in a booth, but. I think he'd be studio, yeah. He's a studio guy. I want him breaking down every game and every scenario and every critical moment, not just. Not just Falcons Panthers.
You know what I mean? By the way, the fact that you would slander the NFC South that way. I'm not, I'm just picking a random game. I'm picking an A crew.
Well, I understand that. You know what I mean? But how can you go home again now? She knows.
Okay. Yeah. I don't know. Um It's honestly the same reason why I kind of wish Tom Brady was in the studio. I want him breaking down everything.
But he's so good at breaking things down in person. You know, and he's not intrusive about it, and he's not. He's not um arrogant about it. You know what I mean? I've Yeah.
I feel for Burckhardt. Yeah. Because the two shot, you'll never win it. That's number one. I don't think that's a baby KK.
No, no, no. But can we come up with some because when there's the two shot, do you see that they chiron them both? What do you want to have happen here?
Well, it says Kevin Burkhart, NFL on Fox. Tom Brady, seven time Super Bowl champion. And it's just like Alright. Does KB have any Emmys? I think he does.
You want to put that in there? Yes, okay, all right. Let's catch him up here, man.
Okay. Let's give him something. Or, or we even the playing field, Tom Brady, NFL on Fox. We all know how many he's won. Super Bowl champion.
Like, do you think there's anybody that tunes in and goes, oh, that's Tom Brady, seven times Super Bowl champion? Yeah, because someone's watching for Kevin out here. You really think he cares about the two shot? I would. But it's somewhere.
I did. Rich always did. You remember that? I do. Of course you did.
You were the producer and editor of the Rich Eyes and podcast. That might have been my first ever podcast TV episode. Yeah, because I went to MC, the Patriots, kickoff dinner where Belichick hardly said a word to me, but the only thing he said to me was, get us out of here on time. Yeah, that was 2011. Right.
And so I'd been on the air only like Eight years. I didn't really have any relationship with Belichick now like, you know, then like I do You're BFFs.
Now, not like we're BFFs, but I mean, when you spend three days doing the NFL 100 together at NFL Films, you know, that's something you can rely on. Um But Yeah. My question when I said, sure, I'll do it, was can I bring my nephews? And all which they were. Not only were the Patriots gracious to let them run, they ran around on the field beforehand, but met Randy Moss, met everybody.
Um And Brady couldn't have been more gracious as I said, Can I get Tom Brady for a half an hour for my podcast special? beforehand to lead off the kickoff. And they were like, let's look. And the answer came back, yeah. He'll do it.
And he came early. And I dressed in my finest suit and and even put on a a sweater underneath the suit so I knew because when I sit down, my shirt can wrinkle because again, Yeah. Nothing fits. And nothing fits when it comes to sitting next to Tom Brady. And I knew I would look like I'd be wearing a burlap sack next to him.
And I did look that way.
So, yeah. I notice these things. I'm the one who also notices on these shots: you know, who's got shoulder, who's holding the football, who's in the front, who's in the back. Because these PR, or I guess the media. PR groups in all these networks Put together these photoshops.
to promote the upcoming broadcast. And I always notice who's in the front and who's in the back. You know that. But Burkhardt is just like NFL on Fox, and Tom Brady's seven-time Super Bowl champ. I think they should just say NFL on Fox for Tom Brady.
We know, we get it. Like you don't chiron the President of the United States in an interview. Just, you know, who that person is.
Well, this one probably would. Nice. Oh, 1,000%. Seriously. But also, every day is going to be someone watching them for the first time, Rich.
Really? That's true. William's wife never went to a baseball game. Got it. Has no idea Tom Brady.
Now I'm going to listen to what Tom Brady has to say because I've never heard of him before.
Now I know he's got seven Super Bowls.
So he knows what he's talking about. Or at least put up Kevin's Emmys. I think he's won some. He won as part of Fox Baseball Studio. Oh, in the same way Delftufo gets his Emmys.
Oh, no, no, no. Group project audio one.
So it's kind of. Oh, and you're the only one working a fader? No, but you have me on a show. It's still more than one. Let me ask you this question.
When Fox won all those Emmys, did you go up there or did Jerry go up there? Who went up there? Did Jerry Steinberg go up there or did you go up there? No, Jerry wouldn't go. The audio people do, and the technical people do.
So, when I've won the audio, I've seen Jerry go up on the stage quite a bit. We get him. But I'm saying, yes, you're right. I get you, Rich. But it's still eight.
I don't, by the way, I don't denigrate your value or your worth. I'm not insulting you at all, not even a little bit. I barely drinks. I didn't tell you to go get a shine. By the way, if you guys win one, I'll never hear the end of it from you.
I'm trying to help Burkhardt here. How am I the bad guy? If we win, if we win, that means we win too. Exactly, you guys. I can't wait.
It'll happen. I hope it does. It does because I'm going to hear it. I'm going to act like the Cowboys won a Super Bowl if that happens. You realize we're all on the same side here.
Of course, we are. Love you guys. You think I hate? I mean, he's like, no, I'm kidding.
Well, there's times. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Kind of rags. Why do they do this?
Sometimes you post things. You're bringing news though. Tim in Phoenix, Arizona will take your football. What's up, Tim? Hey, Scatterboo to you.
Have a great scatter boo season.
Okay. And Scatterboo to you as well. Scotty Boo.
So I guess you're more Tempe than Tucson. Right? Obviously. I am.
Makes sense. Got it. But what I'd like to say, Rich, is first of all, Chris is always right when it comes to firings. Oh, my God. Second of all, do not feed the animals, Tim.
Oh my god. What are you doing, Tim? He knows Tim, Rich. Don't worry about that. As a kid growing up in Indianapolis in 1974 and Arlington youth football, I played for the Colts and I became a lifelong Colt fan.
Okay. We built the dome and all that and the Colts came to town and Went to two Super Bowls. It's so great. I was on Letterman. You know, it's so good.
Beth Henderson interviewed me. We had huge parties. Uh-oh. When are we taking a turn, Tim? When does this take a turn?
What happened?
Well, actually, it actually did, and I did the win-loss game with Susie back before the season, and I predicted exactly what was going to happen. And down to the Achilles. I'm sorry. Down of the Achilles. You see here.
I don't know if I was exactly right. I wrote it down to the right numbers, but the seven games. Anyway. Mm-hmm. Um.
I'd like to, if QJ will allow me to, I would like to use his release of. Pandemic? After 52 years from the Colts, as long as Ballard's there, I'm out. And a lot of people feel like this. Whoa.
All right, Tim. Once Rich Eisen Consulting makes up the paperwork. Um, you know, we're going to end up having to charge you the 40 cents if you don't sign it. You know, I'll pay the 40 cents, sir.
Okay, oh, do you really want us to make this up and send it to you, Tim? For real? I really do.
Okay, I really do. Tim, stay on hold. Here comes Adam. Be nice to him. He's nervous about his bears.
All right, there goes Tim and Phoenix. Wow. Dang. We're here for two years. We're here for you.
That's a long time. We're here for fail. I don't know. I know what he feels like. Hey, man, listen, the Colts went from.
Wait, from seven and one to eight and nine. I understand. This is a bad taste. This is a bad taste. But they lost to the quarterback.
Dude. Had to bring a retired guy off. I know, because the kid that they drafted snapped a rubber, like a band went in his eye and knocked him out for the year. It's just a weird set of circumstances. Really weird.
We were playing so well. I know. For sure. Hey, great show, everybody. Great show.
Awesome. Great show. Let's do it again. Ashton Kutcher is going to be our guest first up on our ESPN Friday show. Thanks for listening to the Rich Eyes and Show podcast.
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