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The two of you guys are going to be fun. They do so, man. Hey, we were just having some fun talking about some of the stuff he's done, man.
Some great stuff, man. When he played. You know, the unusual suspect and denotes such one. That was such a great one. Do you know his dad?
Oh, yeah. Yeah, I know his dad. Of course, I know his dad. Oh, I mean, he's kind of popular. I'm aware of that.
But I just would imagine Irv and Cube would hang out at some point in time. His dad, his dad is as gifted as anything. But man, that's good stuff, man. That's good stuff. And that's funny because I remember when they were talking about, you know, talking about you acting, you know what I mean?
And then you started putting out.
So I was like, oh, man, this is great, man.
So what what has it been like? You know, following your dad, those big foot feet, those big shoes you got to try to feel. Uh, I've done it with a chip on my shoulder because when I did straight out of Compton, you know, I had auditioned for two years to get that role, right? Left college, like dedicated myself to acting, and then when I got it, It was just talk about Nepotism and then when the movie come out and I kill it They say, oh, well, of course he could play his dad. And it's like, you just told me that I wasn't supposed to get in the first place.
So I told my team: every role I take has to be different from the last one, so they can't put me in a box. You can't come on, man. Can't touch me.
Well, I mean, Cocaine Bear was definitely different. That was different. That is art, cocaine bear. Why do you have to bring that up? Cocaine Bear, bro.
And I didn't die. I want to remind everybody, I did not die in that movie. You got your arm bitten off or your hand? My fingers. I got two fingers missing.
That's it. I should say, spoiler alert, but everybody had fingers missing from that movie. Oh, man. What a good movie. You're so funny, Irv.
I found out my dad was funny. That was funny. I watched that movie, too. I had to watch that movie. Who did it?
I was like, I got to see what it was. Cocaine Barrel. You know, it looks cocaine. Oh, my gosh. All right.
We're going to take some phone calls and then maybe have some conversations based off of them here. Let's go to Nathan in Chicago here on The Rich Eisen Show. What's up, Nathan? You're on with Irv, O'Shea, and the rest of us. Hey, Rich, great show so far.
I love your show. I usually love your takes, but at the beginning of the show, you had your top ten list under guys under the most pressure. Yes. And I was shocked that Josh Allen Wasn't on. No, no, it was most approved, not under pressure, most approved.
What does Josh Allen have to prove?
Well, that he can close it out, that he can win the big game, that he can get to the big game. I mean, he had the easiest path possible last year. And he still couldn't get it done. Do you agree with that, that Josh Allen has something to prove? Yeah.
I do agree with it because Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, we can toast this cake any kind of way we want to, but. They got those coaches out of there. That's ultimately what's good. Both defensive coaches, they're two wiry they're two quarterbacks. You know they've had battles late in the game when a coach wants to win with his defense and these gifted quarterbacks wants to win with their gift.
That's why I say the pressure is on Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson. You let go two great coaches. We're putting it on you. I don't know. Do we have the list of potentially of the power rankings?
If not, it's all good. I can just read it off.
Okay. I mean, we don't. We we don't and thanks to the call, Nathan, for a Kickstarter here. I don't. The quarterbacks I have on the list about most to prove, I've got Tua and Pennix, I've got Jaden Daniels.
I made him number five just because I didn't want to piss him off. Chill out. Malik Willis. Ooh. Deshaun Watson and Kyler Murray.
Those are the ones, like, what does Josh Allen have to prove? I mean, he's proven he can take a team deep into the playoffs, and he's proven he's, he's, he's. He's a quarterback you would want on your team if you want to make a Super Bowl, if not win one. It's just that. You know how tough it is.
It's not easy to get there and then get back. You gotta get one, Rich. And for that gift, that talent, they're expecting him to get one. They're expecting Lamar to get one. You know what I mean?
It's the measuring.
So you're right. There are two parts of it: there's, I need to prove that I can do it. And I need to prove some people need to prove that I can do it at the highest levels. To be considered one of the greats of this game, we're going to look back at Lamar and Josh and start wondering: are they one of the greats? And how can they be one of the greats when they didn't win one Super Bowl and Sam Donald comes in and get him one?
I don't know. Again, I just have a conversation of something to prove. I don't think Allen and Lamar have anything they have to prove. I think Kyler Murray's got to prove he could run a franchise for a second time with all these weapons that he has and a coach that can dial it up. You want to talk about defensive coaches, right?
I mean, he had Jonathan Gannon for the last few years.
Now he's got Kevin O'Connell in his ear. Deshaun Watson, I think that's without even needing to mention. Malik Willis down in South Florida. He's got to prove that he can run a team, right? I mean, and Jaden Daniels got to prove that year one was him, not year two.
despite the injuries being a year two problem for him. That's that's where I am two in panics, I think, go without saying. You know, does Dak have something to prove? Yeah, Dak has to prove. Oh, God, yes.
He can go deep in the playoffs. That he can take it deep. I sat down with Dak. I was at the Cowboys camp and sat down with him. And I asked, I said, people keep saying 30 years.
How much of that do you take on yourself? He says the last 11. As long as he's been there, that's all he can carry, you know.
So so he I think he understands that too, that they need to go deeper into the playoffs. Anybody in the Rams have something to provide? I was about to say, uh d did we bring up the fact that Shea has Aaron Donald now? Was that brought up? We brought up Aaron Donald.
We didn't bring up the fact that Shea be out there. We didn't bring it up through that mindset.
Okay. Correct. Yeah. All right. But yeah, Shea has Aaron Donald, America.
I told you this would happen. And it's going to get real aggressive around here. I like it. We need to figure out what's the situation with Puka. But I keep hearing something to prove.
People talk about the Super Bowl. It doesn't matter. Doesn't matter. Super Bowl is in Los Angeles. And that's where Aaron Donald loves the Super Bowl.
And we're getting it. Can I just ask him about Puka? And I shouldn't. Cut all. I shouldn't, but But Sure, yes.
I don't know. Was that a case, or was that just a girlfriend complaining? Oh, I don't know. These are all good questions. See, this is.
Here's the thing: he's not on a commissioner's exempt list. Correct, correct. That's not happening as has happened to other players.
Well, I'm saying, and I, and maybe, yeah, ain't no doubt it's me, because, you know, I'm a little. I see headlines. I see headlines. saying this man assaulted or claimed something like that. And I don't know if she filed a f a real complaint or is she just on social media sharing things.
And then and then, you know, that then I think that that they're kid that's different. I think that's a hell of a difference. I wish I had the facts directly to my fingertips, right? That's why I ain't saying nothing. The fact is, he is not on the commissioner's exempt list right now.
And there are other players who have. And I think that that would have been decided by now, if not.
So I don't know what. What it is. But he listen, we're having a conversation about who has anything to prove. And, you know, I guess would the Rams have to prove that their team is Super Bowl worthy? I don't know.
I'm just saying that Sean Mannon's on this list as well. He's got to prove that he can call plays for the Philadelphia Eagles, because if not, that whole thing is going to be in the same same Cauldron as it was last year. Let's sit down. They helped him out too, though, by shipping off. You know, big fella.
Yeah, Shiba. How was that a help?
Now you can call plays in peace. You know, because you don't have to worry about call and plays just for him. And A.J. Brown needed to see this. The three games, he did lead the league.
in receptions Over those three games, the Eagles went 0-3 last year. 0-3. In those three games, he got more passes than anybody in the National Football League.
So, you know, you just got to say, oh, okay. Maybe we should run the ball first and then get me the ball. You know, that kind of thing.
So, yeah, I think that'll help him not have it on A.J. Brown.
Okay. Addition by subtraction. It's going to help him. I'm not saying it's going to really help Jalen Hurts, but he'll have a peace of mind calling the games. Jalen Hurts hopes that receiver catches that pass.
Yeah, that may be different. Let's go back to the phone lines. Derek in Missouri is a regular of this program. You're on with Irv and O'Shea and the rest of us. What's up, Derek?
How are you? I'm good, Rich.
Okay, Michael, nice to make your acquaintance, guys. Pleasure, Michael, for you, sir. I'm not a. Big Cowboys enthusiast, but when I was a kid, it was real and honored to watch Deploy Serve. God bless you, man.
You're one of a kind, I'll give you that. Rich, before I get into my uh Two in and two out, I wanted to mention this to you. It was on this day one year ago that you're still debuting on Disney Plus. Are you aware of that? Was it September?
How about that?
Okay, thank you, Derek. I appreciate that. See, I didn't get a cake for myself.
Well, love thyself. I don't see any cake here either. All right. I didn't mean to rope you into toxicity. He considered, he keeps saying I run a hostile work environment.
It is. Look how stressed they are. I tell you, you prepped two cakes today. If I'm not mistaken, you want to put one team in the playoffs and one team out from each conference. Yes.
Correct. So on the Empty side of things, I The one team I'm picking out would be the Steelers because I think last year was just a One hit wonder because, well, it was for them when they played the Texans and they were gone just like that. Who do you put in? The team I'm putting in. For the SC, I would say the Bengals, I mean, it all depends if Jell Burrell stays healthy.
And that offensive line could protect him, and that defense could just come into fruition for once in the NFC addition to Ted Lawrence. The NFC? The NFC side. The Niners. I mean, I thought it was a good idea.
The Niners are mounting up again. We haven't taken a snap of football yet. And then, who are you putting in? It's going to be Matthew Seal. And I'm not saying it's because you're here, Michael, but.
The Cowboys. There's something different about this team this year. I don't know what it is, but We might see something coming to Kawai. By the way, you speak his language. Niners out.
Like, I think out of any other NFC team that made it last year that he would prefer to be out for the Cowboys to be in, would be Philadelphia. Like, that's the one that you would choose at the top of your list, correct? It would be interesting, but. Thank you, Derek. Man, yeah, I think I guess I would.
Just so I can get back all, I get right back in those eagles' faces. Say, fly, eagles, fly, all the way to your house, because you're not going to the playoffs. All the way to your house. You see what I'm saying? Yeah, I know.
You have to find a little bit more that rhymes, I imagine. Right, right, right.
Something rhymes with couch. I don't know, ouch. All the way to your house and sit on your damn couch. There you go, right there. I got it.
Bars out here. All right, so give me Michael Irvin. A team in each conference that's that was in last year, that's now out. Like an old, you know, an old game day morning season preview thing. Give me one that's out and one that's in.
Well, he just hit it with Dallas being. But Dallas is in, but who would you take out? Would you take one other? I would take. Mm.
In the NFC. Yeah, Green Bay, San Francisco. Carolina. But if you take Carolina out, they were the winners of the NFC South. Yes.
So somebody else would be in from the South that was out last year. Right, because Carolina being out in a three-way tie, right? And Ian and Carolina got the tiebreaker. That's right.
So it's got to be either an NFC East team or another wildcard team. Right, right. Mm. Uh I I I I do believe the Eagles The playoffs this year.
So it would be Niners, Seahawks, right? Niners, Niners, Niners, Rams. Listen. Niners, Rams. It's hard to call the Niners.
Packers. Also. What do you think? The Packers. Packers out.
Cowboys in. Because I'm going to have Chicago win that division.
Okay. What do you got for me in the AFC? Kayla Williams, man. Fight on. What do you got for me in the AFC?
Give me one that was in that's now out and one that was out that's now in. When it was in the middle. To the AFC. Who was out? I got deeper winning.
Yeah, wild cards were Texans, Bills, Chargers. Right, right. Texans got in. Remember, 9 win streak got in. Chargers?
Chargers, I believe. Chargers, Patriots, Bills, Jack Horse, Texans, Steelers made it. It's part of the. I take out the Steelers, too. I drop out the Steelers on.
And who do you put in?
Somebody from the AFC in North. Who would I go with the AFC North? Bengals, Ravens, Browns. No, no, no, no. We're not saying Browns.
We're not saying the Browns. And let's stop this. And I'm not so easy and quickly and ready to ever. Because we're always saying. If the bingos can stay healthy, I'm not so easily and quickly and ready to give them that, you know, if they stay healthy.
So, man, that's a tougher one. But I Who's out last year? The Ravens, who's out? The Ravens were out every day. Ravens got off.
Ravens were in. Ravens were out. Ravens are getting in. Ravens are out. Ravens are definitely getting in this year.
Ravens are definitely. And that's why I was talking about the pressure that's on Lamar Jackson and the pressure to prove that's on Josh Allen. Met Lamar. You can't cry like that, man. You can't cry at the end of the season and not come back and do like that.
I mean, he was crying big time, man. Do you think Lamar feels an ounce of pressure? Ever. You know how that works. Come on now.
I do believe Lamar Fields. Lamar feels like he was the one that was supposed to prove to the world that a quarterback that can run. Win the Super Bowl. Yes, he does feel pressure. Jalen Hurts came in and proved that to the world.
He just watched that goal and that dream slip away. Why would he not come in when he came in the league? He said, Yeah, I'm a running back.
So he wanted to set you up with saying, Now I'm a running back because he expected to be holding that trophy and saying a running back won the position, won the trophy at quarterback. You see what I mean? He was setting it up.
So, yeah, he feels this pressure. Pressure to what? Win a Super Bowl. To win a Super Bowl. But his two Super Bowl and one that was almost the third hasn't proved that he's as gifted a quarterback as the league has ever seen.
It's not enough. Right. Not for legacy. If you feel pressure from anybody, you for sure got to feel pressure from the black community, bro. Right.
Because we need to see you get there. Like, you got to get there. At least get there. And the same thing with Josh Allen.
Now, Josh Allen, he got married in the offseason, so he got his ring.
So I don't know where his mind is, but like their window is closing. Their window is closed. He got a ring, but not a pretty good ring to that. I got to push back on this. It's D-ring.
As a matter of fact, him getting married and maybe having a kid, his life is more in order. Yeah. And that could actually make him a better professional, quite frankly. It could. You know, and then on top of it, like.
You know He's as Generationally brilliant as there is, and I understand rings may put you in a different position, and certainly to get in the room in Ohio that you are in forever. I understand all of that, but pressure. Come on now. I don't think Lamar feels an ounce of pressure. He wants to win.
That's it. I believe that. And I think he's proven enough that he's as good as they come. But the ring is part of the conversation at the end of the day. Always.
How many of you won? Yeah. And that is a legitimate conversation. Always. But there's a lot of ringless individuals in that room in Ohio as well.
I was a San Diego Charger fan, and I cheered for the goodest quarterback of all time, Philip Rivers. The goodest. You want to be great. Mario's great. Phillip Rivers is great.
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So, you did not win last year, then, is what you're saying. I won one. I won one. I won. I won one.
Because if you're the league, it was called, by the way, it was called the League of the People, which I really enjoyed because I felt like the People's League had a bite to it.
Okay. All right. And who are the people that you beat? Who are the people that you beat? Oh, well, one of the people, I mean, they're all my buddies, my brother-in-laws.
The commissioner of the league is a learned doctor who runs the ER in Vancouver. And that felt especially good because. He was very sure that I was never going to take that belt. And I love, cause I just I'll just send them pictures of me with the belt. Doing different random things.
I'll be like pushing the baby, but there'll be no baby in it. I'll just have the belt. Or I'll eat like, you know, breakfast with the belt. Just constant. It's constant.
I don't stop. All right. So, in the league you drafted in last night, what pick did you have? I had the same pick I seem to have in every draft. I have been a lottery.
Loser, but I don't want to eighth. I picked eighth. Oh, eighth. That's a That's a tough one. But is it though?
Is it though, which I feel like?
Well, you know what's weird? I keep. You know, in the 4,322 mock drafts I did. Where Gibbs fell to me at eighth every time. Yeah, I know.
No, but you know what? I didn't hate. Being in the back there and coming around, depending on. On what happens, um How many teams are in the league?
Well, this one I did last night was a 10-team league.
So every team is strong, but it was half PPR.
So I started and I went running back, running back. And I, you know, I didn't hate it. I didn't hate it. I got brown. Uh, first, my first pick was Cook, okay, and second was Brown.
I got a lot, I, you know, I got McConkey, a lot of I got it, it was a nice little start. I went late on tight ends, and even later on QBs. And what's funny is I felt like I finished the draft and I went, I look good. And then I saw that projection for my first week against Alan Chang. And it doesn't look good, but it's just projection.
I know it doesn't mean anything. I can tell him. Don't do the projection thing. And I don't care what the ESPN fantasy computer thinks of my picks either. It just, they don't know.
Nobody knows. And that's the beauty of fantasy football. Nobody knows. It's also what's infuriating is somebody that doesn't know nearly as much as you do goes and beats you week one, and then you start pondering life and stuff like that. But James Cook and Chase Brown is not a bad.
Running back, running back. Certainly a way to go in a half PPR league, too.
So you don't have to feel like. You know, that you blew a chance with some receivers. Certainly, since Cook and Brown come out of the backfield, they can catch it. You know, that's not that's not bad. Who is the quarterback that you held off on and you chose late?
I took Lawrence and I took uh Beau.
Well, it's not bad either. All right, so Lawrence. And by the way, I mean, late, like 12th, 13th. Got a hold. 14th.
That's the way it's going to be.
So, this is what's funny, man. I was truly, this is how. Much it means to me. I really love you guys. I gotta love this show.
I've always been a fan. I was so, I was thinking to myself, do I lie like that guy who said he was on the football? Like that, do I lie like him about who I drafted?
So that in the next upcoming drafts, people aren't telegraphed because they all watch you. They all watch you. And now they're all going to go, okay, I know what Boobla is doing today. The Dejaun Love of fantasy. Michael Bublay is here on the Rich Isen Show.
I had no idea. Did you draft it? Did somebody draft Desjon Love?
Somebody do that? Is he available in somebody? GoFundMe draft.
Okay. I like that he's honestly personally, I like that he's doubled down. I really do. I feel like that's something that I might just do. Just get caught in the lie and then just double down on it.
Yes. Yeah, he's what he's in that picture. I like what he said. He said, Of course, they're not admitting I'm on that team because if you're on Green Bay and you want, you don't want you don't want them to know. Oh, he's excellent.
He's off the reservation, that's for sure. My favorite was he told someone that. There was a lot of training camps going on, but he didn't have to go to training camp because training camp is for people who needed practice, and he didn't really need that much practice. Imagine telling that to an actual NFL coach. That's amazing.
Oh, I don't know. It wasn't coaches he was telling these stuff. I know. How many, Rich, how many are you in, Rich? I'm in, actually, we're in a league draft right now.
Vinny Pasquentino of the Kansas City Royals has invited all of us into his guillotine league. Are you playing any guillotine leagues, knockout leagues? Yes, I won my guillotine league last year. Is there any greater feeling than that? I have not been in the world.
You know, too. That might be the hardest one. To win. I love it though. It's, I kind of dig the knockout guillotine leagues more than the straight.
regular version Because Listen. Like, if we're in a fantasy league together, it's me versus you, and it's Chris versus TJ, and I'm not paying attention to Chris versus TJ until, you know, finally, I just might let's see what the rest of the league is up to, see who's winning and who's losing. But in a guillotine, the knockout, We're all hyper-aware of what everyone else is doing. And then on Monday night football, when we're settling into ESPN and we're watching Monday night football, you know who's on the block and who's maybe not on the block. And you're rooting for someone to get on the block because you want to pick at that person's roster like a buzzard in the desert, man.
You know, and I kind of dig it, I love it. I there is no greater drama to like watching that guy get that two-point convert and it just changes and then that's the low yeah actually I have to give a shout out to the Lark Canada league okay where I won that because um one of my mates in that league when I won he made me a t-shirt because every week they would cut another guy's head off and remember Futurama where they all have their heads you know in a I don't know if you know what I'm talking about the jars the jars yeah in the jars yeah so they gave me they gave me a t-shirt with all the heads in the jars and me at the you know so I actually I got to post that I got to come home when I get home and actually post that because It was amazing. Dude, okay. Yeah, I'm in a draft right now, as a matter of fact. And I picked up George Kittle just before the commercial break.
You picked up Kittle? I did. I think Kittle's going to play week one. And even if he doesn't, I think he's going to be George Kittle like we're used to. Um yeah.
What else do you have so far? All right. It is a how much it's so it's a it's it's a full guillotine league.
So it's 18 teams, right? We have 19. Then he added one extra. What? Wow.
So one week, two are going to be chopped. Can I hey, am I allowed to ask if you when we maybe one year you can invite me in so that well, here's the deal.
Well, we were just thinking it here. We go. We're doing a guillotine league just for us, and you're in. We want we wanted to ask you. We wanted to ask you.
Okay. Yes. Okay. You know what? The divorce isn't going to be pretty.
But you told me. We don't want that though. No, okay. My wife, you know, it's funny. My whole life is like, she knows we go to church on Saturday.
Yes. It's not a joke. We go to church because Sunday she knows it's like, Mike, stupid, Michael, is doing a stupid fantasy. And she also always said to me, like, it's no real. And I say, you don't know.
I'm telling you, it's super real. It's no real. It's super real. Yeah, so we're going to do our own guillotine layer. I guess it's got to be four weeks.
We might have to go week one. Yeah, we're going to go week one.
So I'll hit you up and we'll figure out a draft and we'll totally. We're going to do that and then. A million percent. You know, keep up conversation because Fantasy, listen, it is. It's tough to have a conversation on a show like this one about it because If we're talking about certain players and other people haven't drafted them, or they're not on his or her team, they're like checked out.
And so you want everyone to be locked in. But having a conversation about fantasy, though. I can also think everyone can relate to. Because it means so much. I wish it didn't mean so much.
You know what I mean? I wish it means so much. Michael. This morning, one of our leagues at Keeper League had a serious, serious conversation about that they had made mistakes of who they kept because you lose that player from that round. And even though they've played for five years, somehow that slipped past them.
And there was a massive Big, you know, can we? It was hilarious. And it was like, it was serious. It was like, can you please? And then there was no, your keepers have been set.
That is it. Um, but it like you know, relationships end over, and by the way, at the same time. You also create amazing friendships through like group chats and things where guys really like become buddies, like you really grow relationships.
So I think it's a really cool thing.
Well, we're in the regular straight-up fantasy league that we do here amongst the. the show. We just had a draft the other day. You mentioned a text chain. There is a big problem with the text chain that's going on right now: is that the text chain was clean.
of anybody who had an Android. Until somebody kindly added our director, Monico, who's directing this broadcast right now. He's the one changing cameras. Professionally, he's not popping me off the screen right now because he got added. And the text chain is now.
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Right? You understand? Like, this is a problem. This is an issue. And I'm I'm you know, I'm thinking of demanding that he be removed back off of the text chain or change his phone.
Until we get to that point, this is where we're at. You understand? Like this text chains on fantasy leagues are almost as important as the draft itself. You understand? Right.
Yes. I don't want to have to talk smack with somebody and then have to hit it 15 times because it's not going through. You know, then I also don't know. You know what I mean? Like, I don't want to see green.
Yeah, I understand. But they feel very strongly when they have the Android. They feel very, but you're, you know, thank God they don't have a Blackberry. Oh man. Monica, you don't have a Blackberry, do you?
I'm talking to my director through a Zoom through Argentina. This is amazing. Bitching and moaning about an Android versus an iPhone and blue versus green. It's a very 21st century conversation. All right.
So lastly, you've established you're in a regular snake draft league, right? You're in one of those. And you're also in one of the guillotine league. You're in one of those? In a guillotine league.
Okay, you're in an auction draft league? Are you in one of those? No, that's actually funny. That's the one thing that I haven't, I don't have is an auction draft. Everything else is just regular, you know.
Snake draft, everything's okay. The only one that's different is that in the People's League this year, they changed it where they went back in the third round where you go back to, so instead of the snake for that one round, it goes back. To um You know what I mean, to the end of the draft, which is cool. And by the way, I have the eighth pick in that one too. And that's really awesome because I get four of the top 40 or whatever.
Or the top thirty.
Okay. So it it works for me.
Well, listen, uh I need to send you back to your kids since they're I mean, they might be all out of control. They're so good right now.
Okay. They're so quiet. It's probably not a good thing that they're that quiet. Hey, listen, Rich, I've got a record that uh Comes out later in the next, you know, 27. And you and I still have not done.
our song together. And so I told my publicist, I said, dude, I don't know how, I don't know when, but I need to bring the band in that studio, and you and I need to crush my way or feel it or something. My way is, I think if I had to choose, I think it would be my way. I think you know what I'm gonna do then too? I'm saying this out loud here.
I did that karaoke karaoke over the summer and um I'm feeling good. I'm gonna call, you know, I'm gonna call Paul Anka.
Okay. Who is also a football guy? And I'm going to ask him if he can rewrite the words for you and I so that when we do our version, it's only our version.
Okay. We're doing it our way. Wow.
Okay. We're doing it our way. All right, Michael. There's a lot. There's a lot going on between us right now.
It's outstanding. And I love your passion for fantasy football. And the fact that we're friends is pretty cool, too, man. I appreciate it. And hey, listen, this.
This guy's got Grammys. He's got a beautiful family. Otana uses his vo his song as a walk-up song. He's in Argentina. Disney Plus is what he's on now.
His kids are on it. His wife's making movies for it. Yeah. Look at us. We're improving American-Canadian relations with each word we're doing right now.
That's what I'm saying. Look at us. Exactly. You know, I don't care what the lake's called. I love you.
You know what I mean? You take care of yourself, Michael. You are well. Thanks for having me. That's Michael Booblay, everybody, from Argentina.
Let's go. We're drafting players. We're talking fantasy. He's in our guillotine league now.
Now we got to figure out when that draft. Can't wait to take his quarterback when he's chopped. THE What? He's off the Zoom. He didn't hear that.
He's running to make sure his kids. All right, like just Throwing down sugar. Oh my god, Argentinian sugar.
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Michael Irvin back on the set here. Pull the microphone back towards you. And then OSHA Jackson Jr. here again. TJ, you ready for Becky Lynch to stroll in here for the 100th episode of No Contest Wrestling?
We've been cultivating this caper for a while. We have. And this is apparently this one-year anniversary of our appearance for the first time on Disney. How about that?
I had no idea about that either. You didn't get a cake for either of them. I didn't. It's no cake. No cake.
It's Wednesday. Susie might send donuts. Yeah, she might. But she's coming in here tomorrow for Women's Sports Now, episode 20 of season two. Um okay, 844-204-Rich has been the number to dial here all day.
The NFC North. We're going to protect it. Let's do that real quick. T.J. Jefferson, you're first up.
Who wins the NFC North one through four? How do you get it? How do you see it going here? I wasn't prepared, but I know that I had the Minnesota Vikings at four.
Okay. Even though I think they're going to have a better year than everybody thinks. Kyle Murray's going to help. My cousin, Justin Jefferson, kind of get back to where he was in terms of the wide receiver rankings. At number three, I believe I had the Detroit Lions.
Okay. Thinks the Lions are going to win? I'm not so sure, Rich.
Okay. I don't know. All right. And number two. We have The Green Bay Packers.
And then coming in at number one, the Bears. You got the Bears winning the NFC North. Yeah. All right. Let's see who you have over there, Christopher.
What do you have? Yeah, I agree with TJ. I'm big on the Bears this year. I actually think this division is probably going to have the most wins this year. That would be my pick, but I do think the Vikings are fourth.
I like Green Bay third. Detroit's second, and the Chicago Bears win in the division. I think. The top three all make the playoffs. All right.
Where are we going next? Are you going to go to Irv next? Irv. Michael Irvin, you're playing this game with us today. Predict the NFC North.
Yeah, and I think all of us probably have that one and four. Similar to something like that, one and four. I got Vikings. And the more and more I dive into my cranium, thinking about these Packers, Lions. I mean, it's cursor Mike 'cause 'cause Mike Parsons is not totally healthy early on in the season.
This is going, this could possibly flip. But I got it: Packers, Lions, and Vikings. But it could possibly flip. Flip, because they get no pressure without Michael Parsons.
Okay. And it's, listen,. MACA. Oh, not one and four is not okay. I want to see four might be the same for me.
Um, I listen, I think the Bears had a great season last year, um, and Part of the reason why is because they kept on winning games in the fourth quarter, and their defense was highly opportunistic. I am concerned about the Packers, though. Josh Jacobs, I don't know how long he's going to be out. And Micah's definitely out for the third. And that's what I'm saying, Rich.
And, right. You're not going to put a fourth, though. The Packers always do better than you think, though. They finished poorly last year as well.
So I'm going to have them. I even toyed with having them finish last. Ooh! You pop it up on the screen. I do have them finishing lines.
Wow.
Right. The Lions won. I think Jameer Gibbs is going to do what everybody expects. I think Goff's going to come back. I think the offense is going to be better.
Mm-hmm. And I think defensively Finally, you know, let's just have the football gob stop kicking them in the injury nards, man. That's true.
So I just went totally different just because it's always going to be different. One in limitism. Ben Johnson. is the swing. in this Chicago Detroit thing.
Since being left Detroit's not really been Detroit offensively anyway. It's one year. And yeah, and I I and look at what he's done in the year over on the other side. And then I'm just saying last year they're planned to replace Ben Johnson. Uh didn't work out.
They needed a better plan for that. Their plan was definitely not like, let's switch coordinators midstream and have Dan Clark. Right, and they went all through it. Dan, you're going to call. No, you call.
It's not as easy. You think you got the great players, you can bring anybody in here and they run these plays. It doesn't work that way. It doesn't work that way. But it's going to be interesting because the Michael Parsons.
is a bit and I didn't mention the Josh Jacobs, but Michael Parsons going to be It'll be huge for them. Right. And I think everybody's above 500, though. That's for damn sure. And it's going to be tight and it's going to be close.
And just because one team's in fourth place, it's not because I don't think they're. I just don't know how they're going to start. That's all. Um, and I think it's helpful they're at the Jets week two, at least. You know, I'm not saying that the Jets are in homecoming, but you never know here.
All right, so let's get all business on the table. No contest wrestling later on today. O'Shea, you and TJ, and Becky Lynch. Congratulations on episode one of your guys. Thank you.
Really proud of you guys. You worked really, really hard at this and booking the show and everything like that, along with our staff. It's great. The White House, Netflix. Yes.
Okay. White House. When does my episode with Suze drop? When do we get that? We'll drop that next week.
Okay. Yeah, it'll be next week. That's great. We'll drop the Cowboys. We'll drop the Cowboys because the day we went, we went to we dropped the Chargers.
Okay. Then we'll drop the Cowboys. All right. And then people get that on Netflix and YouTube as well, right? Right, they're on Netflix, yeah.
Okay, very good. And then your show that Fetching Fletchers. That's on YouTube. And that's the show. Yeah, we had Linda Fletcher in here.
The traveling. She's become now, she's the official Madden cruiser. I like it. Yes. She's a pleasure cruiser.
Just so we can, you know, we do miss John. We miss John. Cane Cruiser. God bless you. Love it.
A Hurricane Cruiser. Love you, Irv. Love you guys. Say how to you too. Great job.
All right, so we've got one more segment on Disney Plus. Everybody else, get to. Get to a no-contest wrestling spot near you for that big episode today. I love you too, Suze. That pussu's in there.
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