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Now is the time. Earlier on the show. Seahawks wide receiver Cooper Cup coming up. Packers quarterback Jordan Love. Plus your phone calls, latest news, and more.
And now, it's Rich Eisen. Hour number two of the Rich Eisen Show is on the air. Great chat with Cooper Cup in hour one, Jordan Love, hour three. Let's kick off hour number two with one of my favorites. He's a happy camper because football is right around the corner.
And his Padres have won eight of 10. And I was just as happy watching Fernando Tatis just stick it to the Mets last night as if I was a Padre fan. Ladies and gentlemen, Daniel Jeremiah back here. Oh, man. How are you, Daniel?
What's up, Daniel? Life is good. I mean, I think you could stretch that out a little bit further, too. I think we're like 17 and 5 or 17 and 6, something like that. I mean, who's counting?
Well, I mean, if the Braves can catch the Dodgers. We got ourselves what it looks like, if I'm not mistaken, is a wild card three up here in Chavez Ravine, right? Isn't that the way it would work? Yeah, I mean, I mean, I would feel pretty good about it considering I think Brockmans might be their closer by the time we get to that point, the time of the season. What horn would we use to herald your bullpen?
Because the trumpets would be taken. Yeah, the trumpets are off the board. Trombones? Sad trombones? Sad trombones.
Womp womp. As he comes out of the pen. It just really doesn't have the same. I got to be careful even invoking Brockman's name the way the Red Sox are playing. I better just leave him alone.
Thank you. White hot. Respect. White hot. Not anymore.
Oh, really? Did you. Have you watched the last couple of games?
Okay. Oh, last couple of games.
Okay. Yeah. At any rate, Daniel, let's jump into it, man. Yeah. What a bummer.
For the Chargers to lose their center for what it appears to be. You know, for a long period of time. I mean, nobody's saying it yet, but. It looks like Tyler Beadish is going to be out for a long time, if not this season, DJ. What does that mean?
to everything the Chargers have been building towards so far. Here.
Well, I mean, it's brutal for him individually, too. I mean, like, he comes in, gets a nice three-year contract. He's a perfect fit in this Mike McDaniel scheme. It was an issue for this team the last couple of years. And I would argue last year, Rich, even with the tackles going down with Slater and Alt.
The center position was even more of an issue for this team last year. They just did not have good play there.
So You know, the good news for the Chargers, if you're looking for good news here, is that Joe Ortiz in the front office, you know, realizing this was a major issue for them last year. They go out and sign Beadish, but then they double down. They go in the draft and get Jake Slaughter, who played center in college. That's what most teams evaluated him as going to the next level. And they were even thinking into the future of, okay, we can play him at guard for a couple years, and then when Beadish is done, we could slide him over to center.
Now, obviously, this is accelerated, but you've got a guy in Jake Slaughter that's played a ton of football in college, and they took in the second round. That's a good scheme fit.
So you're in a good spot there. And then. As in all these camps, Rich, you get some gems. I mean, they have an undrafted free agent out of Fresno State who I did not even write or watch because it wasn't recommended to me. But it's Spomer, Jacob Spomer.
And I always, when I see Spomer, for some reason, I think of Mike Siever's best friend from Growing Paint. Different, different name. But he's played well and is a good fit in this scheme as well.
So I think in years past, an injury to the offensive line for the Chargers was a death now. I do think that they've done a good job of acquiring some depth. All right.
So then that's good news in that respect. And let's hope Biadish isn't done for the year. But that said. There are some reinforcements, and That said, how how would this affect what McDaniel is cooking? There.
Right now, Daniel? I don't think it will. I think that this is a run game that is about the athleticism of the offensive line. It's a zone run game. It's a lot of perimeter runs, so it's just getting going laterally, and you're athletic-based more than a power-based.
Offense.
So, like, this, you know, this, uh, those two guys I just mentioned, probably not great fits with Greg Roman and a downhill gap scheme run system that they've had in the past. But in this system, you can go with more athletic players. And I think when you have the tackles and they keep those guys healthy, although they also got a kid in Travis Burke who's a rookie tackle that's looked really, really good. But when you have Slater and Alt healthy, that's going to be what drives this thing. That's going to be what protects Justin Herbert, and that's going to be what drives the run game.
And how has it looked with McDaniel's offense now installed and being executed from what you've seen? Yeah, I mean, look, in the preseason, you didn't see the real guys. We'll see the real guys in this one for at least a series, I think. We'll see the starters. But you can see offensively how it's going to flow, which is a lot more on-time throws.
When I was out there at training camp watching Herbert, you know, it was a lot of, you know, get to the top of your drop back foot and the ball's gone, which is going to really, you know, preserve him through games and throughout the season. And then you also have the movement stuff, which you got a chance to see, you know, with Trey Lance and DJ U in their first preseason game against the Texans. And then I was not there yesterday, but by all public accounts and talking to some folks that were there, I mean, that's a good 49ers team. And it sounds like the Chargers kind of did what they wanted to do offensively.
So the early returns are very positive.
Okay. And just watching Harbaugh and McDaniel operate together. You got a good story? Oh, I've got something that I'm keeping an eye on. That I was told that there have been some glasses.
That have been ordered for Jim that McDaniel has ordered for him. I don't know when they come in, and I don't know when he rocks them. But I, you know, Harbaugh, I think, is a little superstitious too. I could see this evolving where you start winning some games, and now you just keep adding from the Mike McDaniel wardrobe over to Jim as this thing really gets going. But that's a that's a that's a that's a good first step when you start with the glasses.
I think that's the first place I would start if I was going to try and adopt the wardrobe. All right, over-under on the number of consecutive wins and win streak it would take to see Capri khakis. I think that's a handful. I think you got to get to your second hand. I think that's you got to get to five, and then you pull the pants up a little bit.
I think you got to get to the third hand, man. I think you got to get to double-digit wins for him to be pulling out the Capri uh he could pull it off. You know, Jim could pull it off, man. He's still, I mean, he's in great shape, he's fit. Like, he could, he could, he could make it work.
I'm telling you, and so.
So, Herbert, unlocked to the point of. Listen, I do a four-down segment in previewing each team on this show. The Chargers one is what are. It's time for Herbert to win a playoff game, man. Like, that's really what it's all about.
Because I feel like the Chargers are going to get to mid-January. And the question is: could they possibly get a home game? which means a division win. Um and and do they need that? Because I mean they went to Houston.
Um turnovers galore won and done them there. The Patriots in the cold, you know, that didn't work out. One and done them there. Um It's time, right? I mean, like, that's the question.
Here for the chargers. DJ? No, I I I one hundred percent. I mean, that's the that's the next step that they need to take collectively and and part of that and everybody says everybody always makes excuses for the Chargers. And I'm like, well, I mean, how many teams get there without their tackles?
Like when you take two all pro level tackles and remove them, And you get the tar kicked out of you the entire season, and you still drag the team to the playoffs. Like, there is something to be said for that. I would love to see them get to that point and be healthy and have their whole. Entourage together offensively to see what they can do. But, you know, look, everybody has injuries, so I don't want to go too far into that.
But you're right. I mean, I don't think they would run from that. They know they need to not only get there, but they got to make some noise when they do get to the playoffs. And I think this is their best shot. I do think this is the best roster that they've had since Jim Harbaugh has been there for sure with Joe Ortiz.
They have more depth.
So they're going to be able to withstand some injuries that are inevitably going to pop up. It's got to, you know, I'm telling you, man, it's been McDaniel. It's been Herbert. People, you know, want to know about the Harbaugh McDaniel thing. And I'm sitting here going, guys, at the end of the year, we might be sitting here going, like, why weren't we talking about Amarion Hampton this whole time?
Like, he just led the league in rushing. Like, that is within. It's grasp. I know they've got other backs that they like, but I'm telling you, dude, this guy. He is so explosive and so physical.
And you can show the clip. I mean, I'm sure you guys have seen the clip from the Niners thing. I mean, it was like a windshield and a bug when they tried to fit him up in the hole. That did not go well. Yeah, I saw the clips yesterday.
Winning, dominating. The rushing title. Copy. Yeah? Yeah, I think this team is built to run the ball.
I think this is the most creative run game designer in Mike McDaniel. You've got. I would argue the most talented tackle duo in the NFL. You've got the threat of a passing game with Justin Herbert at all times, so you're not going to see as many heavy boxes, and you've got a back who's 225, 230 pounds. Who runs low 4-4, high 4-3 and hates to be tackled?
I was around a shorter version of Amarion Hampton when I was with the Baltimore Ravens, and his name was Jamal Lewis, and I was there when he ran for 2,000 yards. This guy is, he is, there's a reason he was picked where he is, and he's perfectly situated in this scheme. All right.
Daniel Jeremiah here on the Richard. Is that a power statement? I don't know. No, dude, that's called a take, but it's also an informed one. I mean, you got boots on the ground there, being in the radio booth for the Chargers as you are.
So you just gave us somebody to look for that we're not talking about. What do you got for me in terms of teams that we're not talking about that we should be talking about going into the season. Daniel? Yeah, you know what's funny is that the team that I've been thinking about a lot recently is another team I used to work for, which is the Philadelphia Eagles. I mean, I feel like, in part of it, it's because you've got the Seahawks win the Super Bowl and they're on hard knocks.
Obviously, the Rams and what they've done, and Miles Garrett and potentially Aaron Donald, to go along with all the other offseason moves they've made, like they are front and center, front of mind here. You think about the 49ers and getting their key guys back healthy. I feel like there's been some discussion there. And the Cowboys have had a major, major upgrade on their defensive personnel. We've obviously always going to focus on them, but that's a legit team.
I feel like everybody's kind of forgotten about the Philadelphia Eagles. And I look at their roster and I look at where they are up front on the offense and defensive line. I know Grenard's a little dinged up right now. But this is still a very good team. I'm a believer in Jalen Hurts.
I think this thing with Manion is going to be something that gets better throughout the whole season. You still got Saquon Barkley back there. A talented, talented roster, Rich. It just feels like for a team that's won some Super Bowls and been in Super Bowls, like, man, I haven't heard anything. Nobody talking about them.
What about an AFC team that nobody's talking about that we should? Be here in about Well, I mean, there's been you know, there's been talk about them, I, you know, I hear out there, but uh the Bengals to me, it's they are the team that when you just look at them, and if it get if it all goes well, you can You can see how they could get to the finish line. I just love Burrow so much. He needs to stay healthy. They've solved a lot of those offensive line problems over the last couple of years.
I like what they've done defensively. Dexter Lawrence, there's only a couple guys like him in the entire league. You know, you could say like Vita Veya would be another one, but there's very few guys with that size, that power that can impact both the run game and the pass game.
So I thought that was an astute move by them to trade that pick and go get him. They have to be better on that side of the ball. I think they will be. And, you know, Joe Burrow, and you get yourself in a playoff environment in a playoff game, Rich. Him and Jamar Chase out there, that's going to be a tough one to stop.
Well, I mean, again, I don't know what to read in a preseason action. He connects with Jamar Chase against the Lions right off the bat and then gets sacked twice, you know, and he's taking hits again. And then he shows up in his post-game press conference with the old I work here hat. And we're trying to wonder: is it I work here or I work here? I wore that jacket on my first date with my wife.
Yeah, it was a good move. I felt good about it at the time. It was a linen, it was a lenin jacket, and then it didn't hold up in the pictures. He pulls it off a little bit better than I did back in 1997. Yeah, not good.
In all seriousness, though, I mean, the protection is what it's all about with him, right? In the same way, they were better last year there, Rich. I thought their issues were way more defensively than offensive line base.
So I know it's the preseason. I. I tweeted out the other day, which got people fired up, you know, both ways. But, like, look, the preseason can be a liar here.
So let's not get, don't get too high, don't get too low. It's just get your work in and let's get to the regular season. That said. Jeremiah Love, brother. I mean, he jumped off the screen.
He jumped, literally, but off the screen figuratively, right? I mean, people. People are saying mentioned Adrian Peterson. Comparisons. Daniel.
What do you think?
Well, I've never shook the hand of Jeremiah Love, but I'm going to say he doesn't get to that level of grip strength first and foremost. Whenever I shook Adrian Peterson's hand back in the day, it felt like I had a blood pressure cuff put on my arm. Like you could have 120 over 80. See, the first time I shook his hand was at the combine when he was coming into the draft process. Yes.
So this is before word had gotten out. Like after a while, that word circulated, you're going to want to go with the fist bump on that one. That would have caught me off guard a little bit. It was a very aggressive and very violent handshake. But look, he is electric.
He's explosive. There's kind of a little bit of a little herky jerkiness to him that reminds you of Adrian. Adrian kind of had that little style.
So I see some stylistic similarities there. But Adrian Peterson was just bigger and stronger, you know.
So they're a little bit different from that standpoint. But man, this dude is dynamic. He's explosive. Maybe don't need 14 touches in preseason game one, but I think you could see what this could. Look like here for this offense, and I'll be honest with you.
Speaking of the Cardinals, watching all these rookie quarterbacks, you go back and watch that Hall of Fame game. I would make a strong case that again, we're not overreacting the preseason. But if in baseball, we're all baseball fans, you guys hear scouting term hitterish. Like this guy just looks kind of hitterish, he just looks comfortable. Beck looked very quarterbackish, like he looked very comfortable, looked like he's played a lot of football.
Um, just the way his eyes were working, his feet were connected, he was driving the ball, he could layer the ball. He just, you know, it was again, don't over, don't overreact to it, but just looking at it, I'm like, this guy, you can tell. You know, when I watched him at Georgia, I thought, is this going to be like a Carson Palmer type player early on in his career? That's kind of the trend line he was on. And it obviously took kind of an interesting path to Miami, but had a great year there last year.
And I think where they got him was good value, and he looked good, man. All right, sports talk radio question then. Who gets to start first? All things being equal, not injury related. Beck or Fernando Mendoza?
Daniel? Yeah. Oof. Um I'll say Beck. I'll say Beck.
And I know, look, I saw some really good things from Mendoza, and I know he's been getting some first-team reps. To me, it feels like that's even the smart move if he's not going to be the starter: just let's try and load him up early in this process, get him as much work as we can. And then I just don't know if you're going to deviate this quickly off of your plan, which had been we want to sit him, we want to rest him, we want him to see the game from the sideline, and that's the Mahomes plan. And it seemed like that was the plan that's been articulated by everybody in that organization.
So, you know, maybe it's just too tempting. He's so talented and so gifted that you rush him out there. But I'm going to hold them at their word there and say that that still gets us to at least the midway point of the season. I think we see Beck before them.
Okay. Um what did you make of Mendoza's first. go around and then I don't know if you saw a sound bite from yesterday's practice, uh, where he was just so you know Did you hear his post? I didn't see it. I didn't hear that anyway.
We've got to play it for you because it's just an instant classic. This was him after getting some time with the ones for the seemingly first time in the joint practice with the Texans. Be able to get some reps with the ones against the superstars on their defense. And then obviously their twos are fantastic as well. We got So much work, whether it was move the ball, first down, third down, red zone, two minute.
There were so many situations, and I believe overall it was a positive day. There were plays that I loved and plays that I wish I had back. But in reality, that's a lie. I wish I didn't have it in back, because it's a growing experience. And it's practice.
It's practice, and this is what I love. And it's just a beautiful day to play football here. And I'm so happy if so many things we learned from today. I love it. He reminds me of the nice professor.
That's who he reminds me of. The nice professor after a test. Hey, I've graded the test.
Some of you did quite well.
Some of you not so good. But I'm telling you, you guys just stick with it. We have study group opportunities for you outside of class. We're going to learn together. We're going to grow.
And if you did well, that's great. If you didn't, it's fine. We're going to be okay. Like, he just reminds me of that nice professor. He might have given you a D, but you want to shake his hand and wish him a nice weekend on the way out of class.
We thought he's the quarterback of Sesame Street. You know what I mean? Oh, yeah. You know what I mean? That's what he said.
He's just. He's so earnest. I know. And I can't wait to one day, because he's going to get out there. I can't wait for him to one day, you know, be the guy there.
And it's. And he owns the offense and owns the Raiders, and he just owns maybe other teams. That's the way it feels. And that's why you gotta wonder, like, why not just give it a whirl? You know what I mean?
That seems to be landing in a lot of mindsets these days, but Cousins is still there for a reason, as you point out. Yeah, I think to me, it's having the opportunity to. Learn the offense well enough and learn defenses well enough. That you have the answers to protect yourself. You know, this offensive line, and obviously, Linderbaum comes over.
But they're still wanting in some areas and they need to get better, Rich. And I think when you're a veteran, you just know how to protect yourself. And I'm not talking about how you brace for a hit. I'm talking about being able to slide protections, be able to understand where pressure's coming from. And just want him to be in a position when he does get out there that he can protect himself.
So that's why I feel like there's no rush. I don't really view this as a playoff caliber team this year. The most important thing for the Raiders this year is that the Fernando Mendoza train is on the tracks and headed in the right direction once we finish the year. Lastly, let's finish with the quarterback chosen between Mendoza and Carson Beck, and that's Ty Simpson. What to read into his 21 of 25 Palooza in Kansas City in his first preseason action.
DJ. Yeah, he was good, man. I thought it was a combination. They did a really nice job of getting him comfortable early in the game. I'm always a fan of offensive coordinators that let you see the ball go through the hoop a few times to get yourself into a rhythm.
They did that. It was a lot of boots, working the flats early. And then I thought as the game went along, you saw more of the graduate-level stuff. You saw him fit a ball in the seam. You saw him surveying the field much more so than he was early on.
So I thought it was impressive how he played. It was very solid. It was very consistent. But I also think they did a wonderful job of setting him up for success. And Man, it's just, it's a reminder, Rich, of when you're evaluating players, and the skill set is important, but man, the fit is everything.
And if you're Ty Simpson and you could pick a place and a person to play for, to call plays, and to sit behind Matthew Stafford for what we assume is going to be a couple years, like, I mean, that's Christmas. He couldn't have found himself in a better spot. Do you think at the end of the day? That Les Need and Sean McVay will be comfortable having him backing up Matthew Stafford for an otherwise Super Bowl-ready and Super Bowl favorite Rams team. What do you think?
To me, Stetson Bennett, I've seen him do this stuff that he did in the preseason. I've seen Stetson Bennett do that live in person several times. He is I think Stetson Bennett understands this thing. He's, you know, he can get you through a stretch of games if you needed to. I would be of the idea of let's keep three and go that route.
But, you know, hey, maybe they want to save a roster spot and they decide to see if they could get Stetson Bennett down. I don't know that they'd be able to get him down to the practice squad without him getting claimed.
So I would lean towards three. I know folks. A lot of teams don't want to do that. But where they are right now, I mean It'll say a lot. If they end up making Ty the number two with their expectations for this season going into the fall, that'll tell you that he is way ahead of schedule, in my opinion.
Daniel Jeremiah, you the man. Thanks again, pal. Let's chat again real soon. And, you know, May uh may your team beat the Mets again. What?
So, if this is the screen and that's the fence, so his hand went about this high up above the ball. Yeah, off out of frame, out of frame. Yeah, he was right, he was right here, right here. And then he brought it in, and then he flipped the ball into his other hand. He's just so cool.
DJ, I would say there were two Mets fans sitting right there of all times for them not to interfere. I mean, they could have just reached over and snatched it. Neither are named Jeffrey or Mary, so we'll see. Apparently, Soto played well. All right, see you guys.
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See how it goes. Sergeant Slaughter, he's coming into town to be the center. Let's take a break. We're coming back. My power rankings.
Everybody of the top game records in the National Football League. That's next. Jordan Love, still to come too. Mm. The Rich Eisen Show Podcast.
Stupid. Our radio audience is back. We just celebrated on the TV side. If you will celebrate it, on this date in 2009, Shark Tank debuted for the first time. And we just showed the 2017 clip that we have every now and then we show it because it's one of my favorite clips.
Hoskins knows it makes me laugh every time. 2017, when Kevin O'Leary, Mr. Wonderful, Uh was here in studio and we we were like, how do we How do we get set for this? And we insisted that you pitch him.
So we set up a microphone to the right of Chris and made you stand up and pitch him like you're on Shark Tank. And he, as he said, completely eviscerated your idea. I don't know what my favorite part of this is now, subsequently. Is the fact that you didn't want to do it. I didn't want to do it.
And we basically hectored you into doing it. And then we got the result we wanted, which is him totally destroying you and leaving you in a fetal position in a way. I didn't care. I know that. I know that.
But that was fun for us. Or is it now subsequently one of my favorites because the app that you pitched him that he totally pooped on? Does in fact exist now. Exactly. It's like.
But it existed then. No, it didn't. Not in its form of what I had. Yeah. So he could that you could have more boats now.
If he actually goes, you know what, that's a good idea. And he actually invests. We were wondering, what if he actually invested? What if he's actually like, you and I need to talk? He said that someone else might have invested in the idea after you guys didn't listen to that.
That one I don't remember. Yeah, after he was walking off, he's like, one of the other ones may have. Yeah, you see. No, no, no. I don't think he did that.
You weren't listening. I was absolutely listening. I was standing here the entire time, and I do not recall. After he was walking away. Chris, help me out on this one.
This reeks of post-family feud. You know, Steve actually said that was a good guess, and he did, and it should have been on the board. Should have been. I don't believe that one either. You know, if only Cuban was here, I sucked on Family Feud.
I'll admit it. I was terrible. We love you, Mike. I can admit it. I'm bad.
I don't like it. I've got power rankings, and then we'll get more of your phone calls at 844-204, Rich. My power rankings of NFL Game Wreckers. I've got 10 of them, and it's brought to you by SoFi. This is my PAL rankings.
All right, these are my power rankings of NFL Game Records brought to you by SoFi. And just like most valuable player as an award, it's. It's always subjective. It's always like, what do you consider valuable? What is valuable?
I mean, At the end of the day, is your metric?
Well, if you remove that player from the team, that just shows you how effed they would be without such a player. Thus, he has value, or she has value. Right. It's just you see it. And in terms of game records, I'm going with the game goes one way.
One snap, two snaps, three snaps with this player on the field later. And he in the National Football League has wrecked the game for you. Blown it open for his team. And I'm going to start with two guys who did not have great. For them.
2025 seasons. These people are going to be in my estimation Hall of Famers one day. One of them might raise your eyebrows on that. But This guy at number 10 is the king of... His team is struggling a little bit.
He comes in over the edge. Sack force fumble and perhaps fumble recovery, if not maybe even for a touchdown. trifectas, superfectas, whatever you want to go. I'm putting TJ Watt here. He is a game wrecker of the first A variety.
And I kind of think he's going to show up with a bit of a shoulder chip this year. What do you think?
in western Pennsylvania. I'm putting him number 10. And while we're staying in that state, I'm going to go east here. And you know, when you got a 2,000-yard, you know, campaign. Possibly, and you're crushing everybody, and you're the offensive player of the year going away.
Then the next year you you you barely c crack a thousand yards and You're not the same guy in terms of wrecking the game. I'm still putting Saquon on my list. I can't. Quit him. I mean, just ask a Los Angeles Ram fan if he can wreck a game.
One second, you think, okay, we're back in this game. We got that. We're high-registered. See you later. See ya.
Wouldn't want to be ya. Did it in Los Angeles, did it in Philadelphia Snow? And um Those are two that didn't have such a great season last year. that I'm still putting on my game records list. Number eight is the reigning offensive player of the year.
He didn't finish up strong. But for the first 12, 13 weeks of last season, he kind of won himself an offensive player of the year award. And I'm putting Jackson, Smith, and Jigba here. And I have to put somebody from the defending Super Bowl champs here. I was thinking.
You definitely do. No, no, it's not just. Honestly, I know we didn't have a big Super Bowl either. And that'll be something to keep an eye on for their title defense here. I was thinking of putting the entire Seahawks defense here, but I reserve one of my 10 spots for a fence sit, and that's coming up shortly.
Because, you know, for me to say I can't choose one from the Seahawks defense. Um I mean, DeMarcus Lawrence would be that guy. Remember how many times he would just... Wreck the game out of nowhere. Just to name one, but I'm putting JSN.
Tipping the cap to the defending Super Bowl champs and the reigning offensive player of the year. Number seven is another guy who really. I I gave him an all-pro vote. Um I'm putting Max Crosby here. I'm putting the condor here.
Yeah. He can wreck the game on you. Boy, I'd love to see him do it again. For the Raiders, certainly since he could have been a Raven. This is why the Ravens said it, we'll give you two ones.
But I'm putting back to Crosby here at seven. And then number six. I have to put someone from the Texans defense on here. I'm putting Will Anderson here. There you are.
Coming around the edge. See ya. Game over. It's I'm I'm I'm going to call my shot and say it happens twice this year, at least, for the Texans. 50 milliear.
And there's a reason why they paid him 50 million a year, and we need to see it from the quarterback before they hit that number, maybe. I shouldn't say that since I don't know the. actual details of their conversations. Oof. Will Anderson Jr.
is an absolute beast of the first variety. Let's get to my top five. Here's my fence set. I couldn't choose one or the other. I just couldn't.
So number five is Um Bjamir Gibsonson. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Or Gibbonson. That sounds like the Key Player.
Kee Jameer Gibbonson. Key and Peel player. You know what I mean? Right, a Key and Peel Period. B.
Jameer Gibson. B. Jameer Gibbonson. You know what I mean? Okay.
Well, one went to Texas. Texabama? Is that where they went? Texabama University. Careful.
Bijamir Gibbonson. Bijamir. I couldn't choose. Because I don't want to leave anybody else out from above. That's funny.
I like that.
Okay, I'm going to take both running backs right there. Number five. That's my fence hit. Number four, I'm putting Puka here. This guy's a game wrecker.
Just out of the blue. Let's go around. Let's have an end around. Let's have a 50-50 ball. Let's have him go across the middle and then gone.
Like See ya. Finished. Game over. And it looked like that was the case in Seattle last year in overtime. In that.
The game with that two-point conversion that Seattle fans love to poke Rams fans with. And rightfully so. But don't forget, Puka scored that one first. And then the Seahawks marched right down the field, scored. And Mike McDonald's like: screw it, we're going for two.
Hmm. And uh so Pook is four. But I can't have him as the top receiver. I'm putting Jamar Chase three. Let's not forget.
Yeah. Let's not forget who this guy is, right? No doubt. He is a game wrecker. And then he'll just collect.
Receptions, and it's just like how many times. When burrow finds him. When healthy, or Jake Browning did, or Flacco did, right? Where it's just like Okay. Is anybody aware that Jamar Chase is out on the field?
Why are we not? Why is he open? Why is he getting free releases? Why? And then he's gone.
Then he just goes to 80 yards. Right. Yeah. So I'm putting him here. Two, I'm putting a quarterback on the list, and it's Josh Allen.
Ooh, of course. He's just a game wrecker. A game record. When it first started, because it was timely in terms of the pop culture reference, called him the Mandalorian quarterback. You know, this is the way.
Impenetrable. Never takes his helmet off, you know? Has a coat of honor. Has different weapons to beat you, whether it's rockets or it's Right. You know, laser, freaking lasers.
You know what I mean? Fire. Whatever it is, he's got it, and he's going to blowtorch you or take you out, and he's. A game wrecker. He's the Bills' all-time leading rusher for touchdowns.
That's crazy. I don't know. He has next to him or behind him, depending on the formation, the guy who led the league in rushing. And he had the same number of rushing touchdowns as the league leader in Rushes, 14. They had 28 on the ground last year in the end zone, just for those two guys alone.
One of them is a league leading rusher, and the other one's his quarterback handing it to him or flipping it to him. Come on. Number one's Miles Garrett. End of story.
Okay. Yep. Which is why everybody's talking about the Rams are going to win the Super Bowl this year, and everybody accuses me of watching Overreaction Monday that I'm a Rams fan now. Niner fans are going to are very upset with me right now. Oh, well.
Seahawks fans, too. And by the way, this just shows you how crazy it is. If Aaron Donald comes back. It's Miles Donald. It's Aaron Garrett.
That's so stupid. About the possibility of this happening. Is he back yet? He's not. Nope.
But Miles Garrett is a game wrecker, number one game wrecker in the National Football League. Hard to argue. And those are my POW rankings of NFL game records brought to you by SoFi. Get your money right. Anybody?
Bueller? I mean, obviously, there's so many other running backs you could choose, and you could choose other wide receivers. Sure. Defensive ends. I didn't choose one of those, you know, Derwin James, Kyle Hamilton, Christian Gonzalez.
Right. It's tough to wreck a game. Right. Like when those guys, certainly corners like Patrick Sertan. Or back in the day, sauce.
Well, we probably would have put Ed Reed and Troy on this list, though, right? You flip a game with a pick six. Those guys truly wrecked games, too. Yeah, I know. Especially Palomalo, 'cause he wrecked games from places he wasn't supposed to be.
Yeah, he would fly. It's just like, you're not supposed to be there. How are you wrecking the game from there? Ed would purposely line up in the wrong spot. Right, and Ed would go and he would wreck the game by picking it off and then Pitching it.
Lateral, I get to end it. You know what I mean? Lewis or something.
So, maybe so. I just don't know. I just couldn't find it. Like, who am I taking off of? I guess it could have.
Taking off, you know, first couple guys. But TJ Watt, he's the king of like, oh, the Steelers are losing momentum here. They can't score. They're not doing this. Oh, here comes TJ Watt around the edge.
Yeah. Game over. It happened all the time. It still does. Mean, I like your lists.
Obviously. Oh, uh oh. No, his just it didn't sound like he liked the list. It did not. I did like it, but you just I mean, what do you do?
You include Caleb Downs, you know? That's it.
Okay. No, I honestly thought you go, Where's Micah? Micah.
Well, he's not mine on my team.
Okay, got it. Yeah, I still have love, but he can wreck it. Mike is a game wrecker. Rich Eisen here. Running a small business means every hire matters.
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So That's the only one I was thinking. Like, what do I do here? But TJ Watts done it longer. I think. I don't know.
Mike Hoskins with the blow here. What are you saying? Because he's got to be on the field to wreck a game. That's true. You know what?
We don't know when we're going to see him. Dang. I mean that's cold, but it's you know, kind of true. Mm-hmm. True.
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The Rich Eisen Show, the podcast. We get her own olive oil. Back here on the rich islands. Oh, 844-204-Rich is the number to dial. We got some phone calls.
We're going to take in a second here. I'm going to be a farmer. You really want to adopt a olive oil tree, and then they take pictures and it grows and they follow it. And then they. And then they harvest the oil and send it to you in a.
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Now. There's only four of the orchard lap left, 10 of the family and 30 individual trees.
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Something the firewall. That's why we were going to do three. Yeah. I think we do. Guys, do whatever you want to do.
Rich is like, go ahead, do whatever you want. Ryan and Florida. What are we going to? What's up, Ryan? We had every intention.
You there, Ryan? York, hi, Rich. What's going on, man? Brian, you want to hear a tree? No, thank you.
No. Ryan's got sense of he's got a a good sense. What do you want to do, Ryan? What do you want to talk about? I would like to do the win loss for my Jackson as well, a win-loss for the Jacksonville Jaguars players.
Okay. I did not I don't have has anybody done this yet? I don't have a single one. You know what? I can take a look and see.
Give me the music. Give me something. Jacksonville Jaguars, Ryan and Florida, win loss game. What happens when they open up against the Browns at home? That is a win.
Now you're at Denver. Law. Smoked them last year. You smoked them last year.
Now you're home for the Patriots. Win.
Now you're two and one at the Bengals. You're heading to London 3-1 to take on the Eagles in Tottenham. That would be a coarse loss. Three and two, now you're in your true home, the house that Shad Khan owns against the Texans in Wembley. When four and two.
After a bye, home for the Colts. Mm-hmm. Win.
Five and two at the Ravens on a Thursday night. That is a close loss. Five and three at the Titans. Win.
Six and three at the Giants. Got the Titans at home right away. Win.
Eight and three at the Bears. Course win. Nine and three home for the Steelers. on a Monday night. Win.
Ten and three at the Texans. Loss. 10 and 4 at the Cowboys. Close wind. By the way, that's on Sunday night.
11 and 4, home for the Commanders. Win.
12 and 4 at the Colts. That's a 13 and 4 follow-up season. Ryan in Florida right there.
Okay. An outstanding follow-up to last year's. Hey, man, that, um That's If they are as good as we think they can be, right? That game Bad. Dallas.
Two days after Christmas on Sunday night will be a big, huge football game. For both both are gonna need it. Both are going to need that one. For real. And Liam Cohen bringing his Jaguars into Jerry's house.
That's going to be fun. I mean, if the Cowboys and the Jaguars are as good as they possibly can be. And we think they are. That is a sneaky big one. And then.
You know. I found that fascinating. They're playing the Houston Texans. In Wembley, their home game against Houston. They're putting in London.
That's a big one too, man. Normally, you know It's like a game like taking on Philadelphia or somebody at a conference, you know. Or somebody in conference that they're, you know, going to have to beat, but that's a big, huge AFC South game. In Wembley. Which again is is is their own that's their home stadium in a way.
They play in Tottenham every year now, and they play in Wembley the week after that, and that's going to be an advantage. Let me see who Houston plays the week before. The pre-buy schedule is tough. I know there's two of the games in Wembley, but man.
Okay. So Houston's in Tennessee.
So Houston's in Tennessee and then they're going to fly over from there. Right. The jet lag is It's real. It's real, man. It is in.
Some teams come at the last minute and just say, We're going to, you know, sleep on the plane and we know our sleep schedule, and we're going to get there, and others, you know, get there well in advance. Jacksonville's going to already be there for a week. Which is a road trip? To be honest with you.
Okay. Um But that game against Dallas. 13 and 4 would be a wonderfully successful season for anybody, but certainly to back it up, too. The Rich Eisen Show Podcast. Daydreaming about Fiori's soft dreamknit fabric?
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