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I'm going to speak straight up with everybody, whether you're watching on Disney Plus and the ESPN app or listening on ESPN Radio Series XM Channel 80 or you're taking in this show via podcast later on. Two words. Buckle up. That's fair. Yeah, because Michael Irvin's hanging with us in the entirety of the show.
And he just landed at LAS. He just texted me. He's in a car. I heard him. Oh, yeah.
Yeah. He could probably, yeah. Or it could be like the Flintstones. You could hear his feet on the bottom, you know, of the road. You have talked to him.
What do you mean, about being here? Yeah, you only know. I'm saying in the last few years. I have not spoken a word with him. No, he texted me in the car.
He's here. He's coming.
Okay, great. All right. You know, Liz is hot. And he's going to help me interview Dana White in an hour or two. And then in hour three, Michael Bouble is going to be zooming in to talk fantasy football.
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Why not? And that's when the buckling happened. Oh, by the way, Baker Mayfield joins us too. Hey, no. What a day.
What a day. Let's go.
So that's what's up. That is and wherever you are, yeah, just hang with us, and it's going to be awesome. And it's going to be one of those where we in this studio all look at each other and go, That was three hours. He had to be honest. We've had a few of those.
We're going to have another one of those tomorrow when Mark Wahlberg is in the studio for much of hour three with us for his new film by any means.
So, long story short, it's going to be a fun, good time. Good to see you over there. Hey, Richmond. What's up, man? Jason Fee.
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It is a Power Rankings Wednesday. Oh, here we go. I can't do. Uh a regular PAL ranking. I mean of NFL, like which seems the best.
Well, it is too early because next week, next Wednesday is when you do it. Are you going to do it right when the season starts? Yes. Why would I do it now? Just like his fantasy football league.
He doesn't mess. Yeah, I wait till the last second. I'm a last second guy. I'm a last second guy. So, our weekly power rankings of NFL teams start next week.
Okay.
So I'm going with something you kind of dig this sort of stuff. You dig about, there's two things you love talking about.
Okay.
Who's under the most pressure? I do love those. I love them.
Okay.
And then you like, who's got something to prove? Prove it. And those two kind of meet. You know what I mean? Because it's who's most pressured.
to prove something.
So I kind of giving you and others of your ilk. Yep. Of which there are many. I know. What you want.
Thank you. I'm a crowd pleaser. All right. What do I like about you?
So. Huh. My power rankings of the most to prove in the 2026 National Football League season brought to you by SoFi. Mm-hmm. Power rankings.
Many like it, but this one is mine. Power ranking.
Okay.
Okay.
You ready for this one? Got my Jay Felly pen. I'm going to write that down. Yeah. Because there's a cowboy on this list.
Oh, a cowboy in every list. I get it. I mean, there's a bad list. All right. Power rankings of the most approved in this upcoming National Football League season.
Brought to you by SoFi. Number 10. I'm going with a wide receiver here. Uh he's proven a lot already. And his career.
In his two previous stops, This one However, with all due respect to the quarterbacks in his previous stops, This one, he's got himself. A Rolls Royce on top of a Maybach, on top of a Lamborghini, throwing at him. These are all Desjawn Lovescars. And he is the guy. Everybody says this quarterback: oh, if he only had a number one.
You did have Stephon Diggs for a while. But now Josh Allen's got DJ Moore, and I think DJ Moore's got something approved. Oh, interesting. I can be the wide receiver one here in Buffalo. I can be a guy.
Who is top 10 wide receivers? I can be a guy who. If Josh Allen wins most valuable player and this team goes to the Super Bowl, I raise my hand and say I stepped up my game. I'm DJ Moore. And I should have my name in the mix of all the elite receivers in the National Football League.
I put him in there like that. Number nine. You want I'm putting the coach of the Cincinnati Bengals, yeah, Zach Taylor.
Well, let's go, let's go. All right. Cause Burrow Knock on loose side here. Centering the season healthy. Jamar Chase gave us a scare.
But he says he's ready to go. T. Higgins, Chase Brown, ready to go. We got Dexter Lawrence. 10th overall pick sent to New York for that.
Ishi Boss. Pardon me. Sent to New Jersey. Don't want to piss off Bills fans for saying DJ Moore is under. Uh the glass.
For having to prove, I'm putting Zach Taylor here. Um Because this team has high expectations. Joe Burrow says it's now or never. And if the never happens, I think the coach will be on a seat that despite The franchise is history. Yeah, he's not going to.
I think he's got to prove I'm that guy from our. Season when the NFL held the Super Bowl in SoFi the last time. Number eight. I'm putting Pretty much anybody who plays quarterback for Atlanta. Tua and Penix.
So Falcons QBs. Jack Strand? Seriously, like two of he starts week one.
Okay, man. Do you have a lot of proof? Because. The memes. Oh my god, did you guys see the mashup of Tua?
Fumbling the snap. Again, in the preseason game in Miami, mashed up. With the longest yard remake moment. Oh, man. Speaking of Michael Irvin being here.
About you go on out there, you're our guy, and then fumble the snap.
Okay.
Did you see the Instagram thing about him maybe switching burn? Yeah, and that his Instagram accounts, you know. Put up a photograph of him, like, and good luck, you know, ready for the season, and then. The first comment. First comment was from him saying, Love you, Tua.
Great job, you deserve it. Goodness gracious. And then there's Panic. If he gets in there, let's go. Right?
The three guys in front of him And one of the guys after him Have um Already had terrific seasons. in their careers. Number seven. I will not put Jalen Hurts on this list. I will not do it.
And won't do it, not going to do it.
So I'm putting Sean Mannion on the list.
Somebody else. The offensive coordinator. Of the Philadelphia Eagles. Hey, Sean. It's your time in the barrel, man.
And now, hey, Kellen Moore, his time in the barrel. He's got a headset on. For the Saints. Shane Steichen. His time in a barrel, he's got a headset on for Indianapolis.
So Those two guys, it's an every other year thing. It's now your year, Sean. And what are you going to what, like, what's the play calling gonna look like? What's going on? No, A.J.
Brown, all this stuff. And it's in his hands. He's got to prove. that he's got the Eagles in the right hands. And if not.
A lot of long-time listeners, first-time callers. Lightning up phone lines. WIP. Number six. This wide receiver It's time.
I mentioned all those cars before. It's time for Maserati to come out of the garage here. and looked like the kid from the Ohio State. It's time. TJ's boy.
You know what I mean? Rich, I put this dude in the Hall of Fame when he was a sophomore.
So I agree. That's all we heard. Everything we're hearing about Jeremiah Smith now, by the way. We heard about Marv. Oh, my gosh.
Everybody at the pro days for. for upperclassmen are looking at this kid. They're already scouting him.
So, it's time. It's time to see it, and I think they've got the offensive set situation for it. Jacoby Brissette is on my list of most surprising players. But I think Marvin Harrison Jr. is number six on my power rankings of players who most approved.
Let's go top five. And this, I could put him higher. I could put him higher. But there's only one number five. Then you could not have put him out of respect.
Only one number five. Out of respect. Out of respect. Respect to the Jaden Daniels family. Out of boy.
I think he's got to prove that last year was just the injuries. Yep. I think that's up there. You know what I'm saying? I don't think that's unfair, is it?
He's got to prove year one that's the Jaden Daniels. That's the Jaden Daniels, not year two.
So, number five for you, sir. Nice solution. Number four. The last wide receiver on this list, and it's your guy. Uh-huh.
All right, George Pickens. I saw you last year. I saw you last year. I saw your franchise tag. I see you playing on that tag.
I see you betting on yourself. I see you telling everybody in the Pittsburgh Steelers organization I can be a leader. I can do the routine things routinely, which is what Mike Tomlin said he was his coaching point. back in the day? When Pickens was A Georgia Bulldog trying to.
Learn. The ropes? I see you, George Pickens. Prove it. That you are.
The man still. Let's see it. George Pickens is number four on my player list of most approved, or not players, those with the most approved. Number three. You know what I always say about pressure, right?
Makes diamonds.
Well, plus pipes. No, it's just the most pleased under the most pressure. It's like this could be their last opportunity. Oh, yeah, that's diamonds were a girl's best. Malik Willis is number three.
Ooh. All right, Malik. Let's talk about it. I understand. I understand that roster might not look as deep on.
On the Playmakers is many other quarterbacks. have coming into the season. That said, It's your team. We've been waiting for a long time. He has been.
Let's go Kid from Liberty. Making his bones in the league. When the Packers say we'll take you from the Titans and put you in some serious high-lever situations in which he shined, let's go, Malik Willis. Prove it. If he doesn't...
Dolphins might be in that mix for a quarterback in next year's draft. Or Lamar Jackson. Oh, yeah, I forgot to do that. That too. That part, Chris.
Number two on the list. Two. Desean Watson. Come on. Wow.
How is he not number one? Wow. Because I think there's one more high-profile.
Okay.
You know. Deshaun Watsons too. And he may get two weeks in which to prove it. Yeah. You know, 'cause if they're 0-2 and it's the home opener for the Brownies.
Nope. Yep. You push that idea, and I push back on you until Joe Thomas is like. Your guy might be right.
So if you and Joe Thomas are saying the same thing, first of all. I I hope you don't take that as disrespect. But secondly, if you say it, that's one thing. Joe Thomas says it's another. How many people in your life does Sarah listen to when they say the same thing as you and she doesn't really pay it much mind to you?
How could he? I don't mean to project my marriage onto yours, but. You should be. I'll tell something to Susie and she goes, Really? Yeah, but.
And then somebody else, one of her friends, will say it. I'm like, that's what I told you. Yeah, then I said, all right. And show sometimes. You told me, then Joe Thomas told me that Deshaun Watson may have two weeks to prove it, so he's number two on the list.
I said, two. Number one on the list? It's Kyler Murray, man. Oh, it is Kyler Murray. Does he have lots to prove?
And does Kevin O'Connell have a lot of chips at the center of the table with Kyler Murray holding the cards? Oh, baby. With all due respect to everyone else he's played with in Arizona. I mean. What would you say?
Hey, Justin Jefferson. Hopkins is the only one that's in the realm of area code of Justin Jefferson. You know what I mean? Yeah. But he was kind of on the back nine.
Somewhat. The Hale Murray was. It was a better duck. It was some of the great nuke, one of the highlight reel of a nuke de bomb highlight reel. That's true.
You know, as we talk about for him, for Kant one day. Um at any rate. This is it, man. And if he proves it, he's getting paid. Oh, is he ever?
That is online. You are picking up what I'm putting down, sir. Number one is Kylie Murray. Those are my POW rankings of the most approved in 2026 brought to you by SoFi. Get your money right.
Some others I was thinking of putting on the list. Um I was toying with Dan Campbell. toying with it. I don't think that's unreasonable. Davis Webb calling plays for Denver with Sean Payton saying here.
Mm-hmm. That's a big one. Um I also, just for you, I almost put Justin Herbert in January. Nice. You know?
Yeah. Almost popped him on there. Brian Thomas Jr. almost cracked this list. Um good one.
Yeah. No, I don't think he's got 'em. I mean Come on. John Harbaugh doesn't have anything to prove. He does nothing.
No, sir. No, sir. I mean, the the giant with anything to prove is Odell.
Something that is great. But he's also, you know, he's Odell. Um So K M Ward? You know what? I don't think he's got.
Not yet.
Okay.
I mean, that's too soon.
Well, C.J. Stroud. I had him down there. But if he gets paid, what's he got to prove? Yeah.
So TJ, am I missing anything? That was Going along with your list, kind of checking it and checking it twice. Yeah, I You mentioned Herbert. First of all, thank you for not putting like the normal, the usual suspects on there, not the Dax, Lamars, people like that. But Herbert, like.
In January. He has nothing to prove until the playoffs should Well, I I guess that's then that then the rubber's meeting the road. True.
Okay, speaking of rubber meeting the road, the car that has taken Michael Irvin from the Los Angeles International Airport to the Rich Eisen Show has arrived. Hey! Irv is here. Oh, maybe. And I believe he has brought a friend with him.
Um And it is Linda Fletcher. The mother of Mark Fletcher of The You. who is apparently not too thrilled about flying around the country to watch her son play, so she drives. And Irves And his production company hooked her up with an R V to drive around the country to watch her son play this year and made a show about it.
Okay.
And he is making one as well. And the first episode premiered this past Monday on YouTube. Fetching Fletchers is the name of that show.
So he's here in support of that. And then he's going to hang with us all day long. He's going to help me interview Dana White. Nice. And O.
Shea Jackson Jr. And then just hang with us. Yeah, we're predicting the NFC North as well. Today. I've asked for his, like an old old school game day morning.
Is he going to play the win lust game? For the Cowboys? Let's do it. Maybe we'll have him come out and do that next. Good idea.
Michael Irvin, here. He's here. You're there. Irv, the playmaker. Coming up next.
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Okay, so he's joining me. I love that, man. I love that. Support of Garcia versus Ben and so much else that's going on in Vegas. Let me get Dana Lemo in love, man.
Michael Irvin here, by the way, already on it. Dana believes in me. Dana always believed in me. Even back then, Rich, you guys don't know this. Dana used to bring me to Vegas to speak to his fighters.
You know, when I came across and got good, he brought me in to speak to his fighters, man. I'm going to tell you, I can't wait. I'm so happy to be here with him here. I've been around so many people who have asked you to speak. Susie and I asked you to speak at Taylor's baby naming just three days after she was born.
I love it. She just got bot Mitzford this weekend. It's unbelievable how life works. 13 years ago, we asked you to speak when we were all in. Munich.
When we were all in Munich, Germany, for NFL Network Company, oh man. Had to have been now five years. Brady, it was Brady versus Pete Carroll Seahawks. Those were great speakers. And so Pete asked you to break down the Seahawks' practice.
You did that. You're right. I did speak over there. You sure did. I did.
I forgot to speak. And asked you to speak. Right. And I just see the faces of the Seahawks. I did that.
Oh, yeah, man. I was there. Oh, you were. That was great. That was great.
Yeah. That was great. Does not surprise me that Dane Antwite asked you to speak to some fighters. All right. Have you heard this sound bite from Brian Schottenheimer?
Said just yesterday. He was asked about Aaron Donnell returning. I haven't heard. All right. Here we go.
Here we go. Keep your ears open, eyes peeled. Michael Irvin. Uh roll it. Yeah, well, I saw a picture of him.
He looks pretty good.
So he's been training a little differently than I have. You know, uh great player, it's good for the game, you know, and just you know, gives a good team another great player, but uh And we've got a little time until we have to see him. be your bat phone call to bring out retirement if you could like Sean McVay with Aaron Donald just went. Um I'm going to just take a shot. I'm going to go to Michael Irvin.
You know what I mean? Why? He's right here somewhere. Mike, you around? No, you can never have enough good receivers.
That's my guy. Hey, we now listen. I love that he threw him out, and that's my guy. He really is a great dude, him, his wife, beautiful family. You know, and and and Rich, and I said a whole lot of things even when we were trying to make this decision, you know, but I really got to know him.
I'm so happy with the decision that they made. What decision? When I'm talking about when they were talking about the high school making a new head coach, bringing a higher head coach, to hire a decision to hire him, I should say. Right. And you know, because I was like, man, we need somebody from outside coming in to change the whole culture.
But He has changed the culture there. And and people You know, he's changed the culture in such a way. That I think now, here from here on, it goes different. And I believe, Rich. What ha what has happened is an outsider came in.
To show everybody how blessed you are to be with the Cowboys. George Pickens making the decision that you just talked about to say, Hey, wait a minute. I'm knowing I've been other places. I know how great this is. See, all the other people, you guys have never been to other places.
So you just, you're spoiled with this. But the decision George Pickens made, I think, is a galvanizing decision. A decision that says, oh, we must really have something great if he didn't go through that. All right. So there's many different ways to go with what we just heard and everything else.
Let's start with Pickens, okay? Because he had a remarkable season last year. Yes. And it does appear. Based on what people are saying and what people are reporting and what I'm hearing, that he has become a leader.
Like he has been a god, he's vocal. And the example people are using is how the players are running sprints on their own after practices, after those joint sessions, with, say, the Rams here, and the Rams were kind of having their fun watching the Cowboys do that. And Pickens looked at the Rams and say, keep your eyes on your own team. Yeah. Get out of here.
Yeah. Based. That's what we're saying. And that may be part of. Partially what you're talking about, the book Brian Schottener has brought to the equipment.
Right, right, right. And and and what Peekers has brought to see, peop what I love about what Coach Schenheimer has done is when we go over there, 'cause w they bring us all in, right? Let's say, and we all meet with the team and then we break off and do all the meetings. You know, they come in in the morning in the big team room. He brings up a couple of guys.
They got a basketball goal and a free throw. They start shooting free throws 30 seconds on the clock. Everybody's yelling. Football, winning football is about playing great late, making plays what under pressure, yes, sir, making great plays late under pressure. That's what it's going to be.
He's creating all of those moments. Everybody's yelling while you're up. You know, you're nervous, you're trying to win. And you just create those fun moments. I love that.
You create competition, you create competition under pressure. Jimmy Johnson used to do it. He clocks running down, whole team around the ball. Ah, we're yelling. The kicker got to make this kick.
It's not going to be quiet. You can't be out here practicing in the damn quiet. We got to make it difficult so you can get used to difficult and you can be a friend. And a real great friend with pressure. That's what I love that he does.
Okay, so he also said you'd be his call. To come out of her team. Yeah, how many snaps?
Well, I don't know if I don't have any. I got snaps in my heart. I want it, but ain't no snaps in my knees.
So, I don't know what good is the snaps in my heart if my knees ain't gonna play. You know, let's wave a wand and say the the knees the knees have let let's stir it up. Let's stir it up.
Now, hold on a second. Let's stir it up.
Let's do it. The knees are fine.
Okay, let's just I now have major needs fine. If you come out of retirement. If you were to do that. Would you take 88 back from CeeDee Lamb? No C D's 88.
But nowadays, they kind of let two people wear the same number in the NFL. No, you don't have to. No, no, no, no. Who wears your college number on the Cowboys? Uh Does anybody rich?
That's a good idea, Rich. That's a good idea. Right there. That's what I would do. I would oh, Rich, you know what?
I would go to 47. He would be 80. Oh, my God. Nobody. Nobody wears 47.
Nobody wears. No, no, no.
Well, nobody down, but you know, they'll probably give it to somebody 'cause they, you know, we don't. Carry that like we carry the 88. But that's a good idea. I will take that 47. And listen, I appreciate coach mentioning me.
I believe if we had an opportunity to take any player from the past. I believe you go get a Charles Haley. Right now because I think you're locked and loaded at wide receiver.
So you go get a Charles Haley. Does appear to be, I think, what you just hit on. Michael Irvin, that is the pass rush for the Cowboys. Oh, Deion Sanders. Oh, well.
That's who I would really go get. You get Prime for your backhand. That's it. Oh, oh, oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Oh, let's stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Don't go places that ain't gonna happen.
Stop. What do you mean? Oh, Prime. Prime. Prime.
Prime would say your knees, his toe. It would be. But you were talking about healthy man. I go get time. Put him on that corner.
It's over. With that front and that dude. Oh, it's over. It's over. Because now I got, you know, what we're worried about now with the Cowboys is the backhand.
We got Caleb Downs to shirt up. And I love this young man, Caleb Downs, because he reminds me a lot of. Woodson, Rod Woodson. I mean, Darren Woodson. People don't give Darren Woodson enough credit for the way he covered.
You know, and he should be in the Hall of Fame. And this young man reminds me a lot of that. But we had that shut down, don't even think about a corner with that, then that's what I would say. I appreciate what Coach said, but. I would take.
I will take time.
So here's the scoop. Yeah. Every year With the Cowboys for the last, I would say, 20-something years. And this is real. Um you know, there were some good teams with potential to be great.
that Jerry would come out in in summer and try and sell. And it would be sometimes I I I would see. Here's some flin flam. You know what I mean? Right.
Like a little P.T. Barnum, some of that stuff. Right. There are other times where obviously they could be good enough and thinking that maybe it's not going to work out. This time around, though?
This feels real. Like, this feels absolutely real. On both sides of the ball. and defensively they are one hundred percent improved. Without a doubt.
And I kind of feel While we're talking about the Rams, rightfully. And then we're talking about the defending champs. rightfully in Seattle. It does feel like the Cowboys can compete and beat. Mm-hmm.
For real. Yeah. And your thoughts on this. Yeah. They really are rich.
And it's funny because I had a conversation with someone the other day, and he saw it differently. I said. The great part is That the Cowboys are here and the East will be a tough division. I think the East is going to be a tough division. But that NFC West is.
And they gotta keep playing each other. You know, so I don't expect all three of those difficult teams in the NFC West who's going to compete and play each other over there quite a few times to come out of there totally healthy. Totally, you know, so it may help Dallas in some way. And I do believe, man, Dallas has what they need now. And all of it, all of it, and we'll talk about it all.
We'll talk about what they brought, how many guys they put on defense after losing Michael Parsons, all of it, all of it. cannot get lost in the fact That Everybody was in training camp thanks to George Pickens. And now you start getting. Gaudi. Greatest offense there is.
You haven't heard this stuff coming out. Of the Cowboys camp. You know why? You know why? Because they didn't have time altogether to come up with it.
We were waiting to late. August or September to start talking about winning because somebody was sitting out.
Now everybody's together. You see the guys golfing together. You see the guys out hanging out together. You see them throwing the ball together. And then they come up with this thing called Gotti.
Now, what they've done, what they've done. Is seal their own brain and telling themselves this is what we're going to do this year. We haven't had this in years past either, Rich. Nobody was together coming up, making a plan with what they're going to do this year. This is why I'm going to keep singing George Pickens' praise because he made this possible.
Now, Hugin, offense, go set your goals, and they did. The goal for them is got it, greatest offense there is. I guarantee you, that is simply burning in their brain. And every time a tough game comes about and we get in a tough spot, they'll look up at each other. And say, this is what the greatest offense there is.
Do it, make plays right now. That's what's important. That's why it's important to have everybody in camp. I know, because that's what I'm doing in camp. I'm trying to make sure these Jokers' mind is right.
And we're setting the tone for what we're going to do. Because I know it's going to become a fourth quarter and it's going to be a tough time. And I got to look across that huddle and say, don't. What the hell do we talk about? Let's go right now.
Let's go.
And they got to make that play. That's going to happen. And we got to have times to make those promises to each other so we can make that call in the huddle. Like, I'm a little excited. Michael Irvin.
Everybody. Yes. And plus, my two decades working with you and knowing you. I love stirring you up and then rolling you right downhill for a segment called Win-Loss for the Dallas Cowboys. I need a schedule.
I need the music. Come on. And I need Michael Irvin on the record. Here we go. The Dallas Cowboys win-loss game.
There's the music. One by one, we go down the schedule. Michael Irvin, what happens Sunday night football? Cowboys at the Giants. Week one, very important because Coach Harbaugh is going to have this team trying to get into real deep beliefs of the cultures that he has put in his place.
Where's the butt, though?
So, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. This is what's good. But what Dallas has to do right here, since none of the guys have played in the preseason, this is the only thing that worries me. And this team is going to come very, very physical. I'm going to need pick and CD in that.
to control this game early with big plays. Winner or loss? They'll win the game.
Okay, they're good. They're going to win the game. Commanders at the Cowboys we're going to. Yeah, they'll beat the commanders. That's 2-0.
Now we're going down to Rio. Are you going to Rio for Ravens now? They won't let me go because they're afraid they won't get me back. Win-loss. What happens?
What happens? Oh, I want to tell y'all something about Rio, but I better not. I better not. That's odd. You have a story about Rio.
It is. What happens? Let's come back to Rio. I want to tell you this story. No, 2-0.
Now, this will be a tough game. Baltimore will be a tough game. This game's in Baltimore? No, it's in Rio. I mean, in real.
I mean, in reality, that's right. It's the Rio game. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, we actually may win that game. All right, that's 3-0.
If that game was in Baltimore, I would worry. The game in Rio.
Okay.
Yeah, yeah, them brothers in Baltimore are gonna build them a while in Dallas and Rio. 3-0 now going to Houston.
Okay, okay. Yeah, going to Houston. I would call that the first loss. 3-1. 3-1, Buccaneers at the Cowboys to kick off week five on Amazon Prime.
They'll beat Tampa. That's 4-0 now at the Packers, and we're all expecting Micah to be back for that. They'll beat Green Bay. That's a 5-1 record now visiting the Eagles on Monday night. The Elves right here, Philly.
I have to put them in. I can't ever say they will. 5-2, Cardinals now visit. Stop playing.
Okay.
6-2 at the Colts. It'll be a good game because it's at the Colts, but the Cowboys will win that game. 7-2, now home for the 49ers. Right here. Right here.
Yes, sir. And and and somewhere Jerry has to do one of these games. and give an honor to Carolyn Price, you know Cowboys' mom that passed away recently. That will be a good game. That November 15th game.
And in that honor, Dallas will beat San Francisco and get over the hump. And now once you beat San Francisco, you let them know, come on back in here. You're doing the playoff. We're going to do it again.
So Dallas gets that win. Dallas certainly gets the Tennessee win. That's 9-2 going into Thanksgiving against the Eagles. Right there. And they win this Philadelphia.
They beat Philadelphia at home. They lose on the road, but they beat them at home. Which means they're now 10-2 going into Seattle. And Seattle. And everybody's going to be talking about.
Is this the NFC Championship game matchup? And here's going to be the problem right here. Dallas, everything's going good, but they got a bye week after this. And this is what Jimmy Johnson always worried about. You start thinking about the bye week before it's time to go goodbye.
And Dallas loses this.
Okay, so you're now 10 and 3 coming off the buy, visiting. The Rams. Right here, so you're gonna get a taste. What's a taste? A taste of.
Of where you're going to come back to get your Lombardi trophy. That's why you beat the Rams.
So you're going to measure for drapes? You ought to be picking out your spot where you're going to stand when the caffet falls on. You are visualizing. You are speaking into existence. And you've got to win against the Rams, which makes you.
The Cowboys are now 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 3. 11 and 3. Yep. 11 and 3. And now.
Home for the Jaguars. And you win in Jaguars.
Okay.
12 and 3. You lose against New York. The Giants are gonna come in and beat you? Dude, by the end of the year, listen to me, paper, paper, paper. By the end of the year, that New York team will be vastly different than the one we played in the beginning of the year.
By the end, by the end of the year, that hardball stuff will be taking root. And they got the talent and they got the mentality in New York.
So by the end of the year, that's going to be a whole different team. 12 and 4 at Washington. And and and It depends on if we need this game or not. You're going to need it. If we're going to need it, then we'll win it.
13 and 4. You'll be 13 and 4. Michael Irvin says the Cowboys are 13 and 4. 13 and 4, y'all. And I didn't just throw wins and L's.
I gave you how this thing will play out. You gave them a note. You gave them a five-game win streak, but then they lose to Seattle. Then you gave them a two-game win streak and losing to the Giants at home in week 17. You know, that would lead to quite the first take the next day, I'll tell you.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's going to be a take that'll be the first take of first Monday first take of 2027. That'll be a party if that happens. That would be a first take. It'll be the first take.
It'll be the first first take. You always calculate that stuff right away. You know that. Right away. You see that kind of stuff.
I weave. I don't just talk. That's going to be interesting, though, to see how that plays out. Rich, I do believe that that giant team, think about the mentality they got. You know, the Jackson Dart, the Scatterboo, and see why they're going to be vastly different.
Then the. The health, they'll be coming around healthy. They got a lot of young talent. Early on, they're going to be finding their way through their injuries. And then later on, boy, they'll start coming together.
That's going to be a tough team to beat. Michael Irvin is here throughout the entire show. It's awesome. Dana White, he's going to help me interview him in hour number two. Baker Mayfield will be first up in hour number two.
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North Carolina and Northern Dayton are last away. For our radio audience, that is a clip of Fetching Fletcher's: the moment that the mom of Mark Fletcher Jr., running back of. The Miami football program, Linda, saw the RV that has been gifted to you to drive around to follow your son's road games this year because you just don't like to fly. No. Pretty cool.
Congratulations, Hanoi. I feel so honored. Thank you. You are most welcome.
So, what earth? You heard that Linda was driving around all these games? You're like, we can't have that? Let me share you with you.
Well, first of all, she's such an incredible lady, Rich. She really is. And when I got a chance to meet with her, she was telling me about, which I think now. is more so God than anything. The moms, the the moms uh what do you call it, the moms community she's putting together at the University of Miami, you know, and I think that's great.
And and and I think it's even greater now. We dropped this we dropped it Monday. Look at where we are. When we're talking about The conversation between moms in kids. And one of the things that I love Linda and love that Linda says all the time.
She always says, and Linda, you should have told her, I just want us to get back to being ready to take the long mile for our children. That's awesome. And so you've taken a lot of miles. Oh, most definitely.
Okay, and you're about to go up to Stanford for your first ride in the RV, or you've already ridden? Oh, I've driven 27 miles from Miami. Yeah, I've already. I've driven all the way here from Miami. Yes.
How many stops are you making? Oh, well, I've stayed at about four or five-hour RV parks already.
Okay.
It's been amazing. And so you're seeing the country. Oh, I saw the Grand Canyon. Don't get me started. No kidding.
Oh, yes, yes, yes.
So I've been driving, but I've also been having a really good time. And you and I can share in this fact that nothing's more beautiful than seeing this country, obviously, and then having a love of a child. But nothing beats scoring against Ohio State. I'm telling you. When your son scored in that day, I might have been happy.
Oh, yeah. I went to Michigan. Yeah, they got a big rivalry, Michigan, Ohio State. Anytime. Yeah.
Yeah, so reach stations. I thank you. I just feel, I'm telling you, I'm overwhelmed with gratitude. And this guy here and the mayor, I don't know how I would ever thank them. I'm just, I'm going to thank God.
How about that? Yeah, let's put it together. Because she's right. Because, Rich, when I met with her, I wanted to meet with her and say, listen, I know you're driving and everything. And I have a good friend of mine, Jared McGee, who is, you know.
Founder and everything of Funtown RV.
So I pieced it together. God put it in my head to piece it together. When I called her, she said, You know, I've been taking. Lessons to trying to learn how to drive an RV.
So I thought, I was like, oh, this is perfect. I mean, this is what I want to talk to you about. I want to get you. And it was just, it's been so great. And as I said, I love.
That the timing of it all, we need to see this side of motherhood also.
So I was just happy with it. It's so great. Yes, sir. Yeah. And what have we, what have we outfitted it?
What do we got? Oh, that thing's decked out. It's beautiful. They took care of the outside and I took care of the inside. I have, you know, put a lot of pictures up from the years of our games and the mayor made the wall.
Michael made the wall. Ashley, one of my good friends that always helps us out with coordinating things for Fetching Fletchers. And so, yeah, I just feel so good about the whole thing. And there's a tracker you can track your rides and your drives and your experiences at fetchingfletchers.com. You can see where you've been and where you're headed.
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