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Now. On with the show. This is the Rich Eisen Show. With guest host, Colleen Wolf. Monkin feels that Deshaun Watson's got the better chance to win this week in Tampa.
I mean, this isn't a debate. Doesn't sound great to say if the locker room doesn't want this guy, I'm going to force feed him. Earlier on the show, Pro Football Hall of Famer Kurt Warner. NFL Network Insider Mike Garifolo. Coming up.
NFL network analyst Brian Baldinger. And now, sitting in for Rich, it's Colleen Wolf. Welcome in, everybody, to the living room of the Rich Eisen Show. I'm Colleen Wolf. I got some friends here with me.
They're always here. I'm just visiting. Chris Brockman. We got Mike Del Tufo and TJ Jefferson all in the house this morning. It's been a fun show.
I'm filling in for Rich. Rich is out right now. I actually got to get an update from Susie on Rich. He is having an appendectomy. Yeah, Susie said she is going to check in with a sideline report once Rich is out.
Oh, okay. Yeah. Great. That's we're going to hear from her. I do love that.
All right.
So we have another guest added to the show. Susie is going to call in. But yeah, so he, what a hero, too, by the way, working through that. That sounds very painful.
So we wish him a very speedy recovery as we get started here. And we're talking about some of the week one finishes in the NFL. We're also looking ahead. To week two. And we need to focus on that because we've spent so much time reviewing what's happened, but kind of looking forward to because we have some big games coming up this week.
Obviously, on TNF, we have the grand opening of the Bills' new stadium, and they're taking on the Lions.
So that's a great game. Also, a division game in the NFC North with the Vikings and the Bears, Caleb Williams, and the points that Ben Johnson and this offense put up against Brian Flores' defense, the Blitz Happy defense, which I mean, he's blitzing it like 80% of the time. Yeah, buddy. Out bigger. Baker Mayfield and the Browns.
That's just like a personal, fun kind of revenge game as well.
So a lot to look forward to. And also looking forward to talking to my friend and one of the best analysts in the entire NFL, Brian. Brian Baldinger joins us. Baldies. It's great to see you, Colleen.
Good to see you, my friend. Great to be seen. Great to see you. I miss you. I hate that we usually get to do at least one training camp show together every year.
And we didn't.
So this is our training camp show. It's just a little late now, Colleen. It's a little late. Listen, I told everyone earlier that your social is a must-follow. Your breakdowns are so awesome.
I was just looking at the latest that you posted. You were doing Bourne Identity with the Cardinals, and we Brockman brought up Kendrick Bourne a little earlier in the show.
So I do feel like that's one that we should hit on. But I want to start with Sunday night football and what we saw out of New York and this Giants offense and this team in general, who it's a team that's been plagued with chemistry issues and failed marriages at the head coaching position. There's been Ben McAdoo in there and Pat Shermer and The list, Joe Judge, the list goes on. It feels like this marriage with John Harbaugh is kind of perfect for all of the kids involved there in New York. But what did you see out of the Giants?
You know, Colleen, I missed you in West Virginia. Greenbrock. I went out there to just see what John was putting together. And honestly, it all changed the day he came on board. He wanted to become a bigger team.
more physical team like they had been in Baltimore for years. And they built the team up and they wanted guys that just love football.
So a lot of guys got jettisoned. And so you got to love football to play for John because he's going to keep you out in the field as long as anybody in this league. He's going to be very demanding of what he wants from you and how he wants to do it. He's got a real good vision, Colleen. And really, when it pays off on a Sunday, like it did against the Cowboys, division game, a game where everybody was optimistic about what the Cowboys could possibly be.
And then you take them down and you're one and own the division, it sends the message to everybody in the locker room. What we're doing is the right thing. What John has set out there, the template of how he wants to practice, what he is to, like it pays off. And then the players buy in even more because that was a good performance. Jackson Dart played a very good style of football.
They pounded him with a bigger team, Patrick Ricard, Cece Maranoa, Isaiah Likely, all those things came together. And then on the other side, you know, obviously the Cowboys, you know, you just can't make those kinds of mistakes. You can't turn guys loose in the end zone. You got to cover motor singletariat in the backfield. You got to be assignment right.
And then even if you are. I'm not so sure. They have the necessary corners to play big-time football in this league right now. You've got to be able to cover some of these receivers. And they had some issues out there on the edge.
The game that the Giants and the performance that the Giants had on Sunday night, that was the performance that I was expecting from the Cowboys, and it was completely reversed.
So, how concerned are you in the long run for this Cowboys team?
Well, I'm concerned, but I do believe that, look, they dropped some passes that George Pickens has to make. That might change the game. I mean, they put a lot of resources into CD and into George. And if they're letting them down, that lets the offense down. But, you know, they're going to be okay on offense.
I am concerned. They have a lot of new pieces on defense. They obviously are not communicating well. I like the coordinator. He came from Philly and he's a good teacher.
But, you know, they broke down repeatedly for assignment football. You know, I thought Schottenheimer addressed it immediately afterwards. Like, you know, you actually got to cover the guys in the flat. Like, you can't just let him sit there all alone. You got to cover Isaiah likely on a seven cut.
So I think you can correct the mistakes, but there is a lot of new pieces there that they're counting on. And I will go back to this, Colleen, because I'm always going to go back to this. Their best player now plays the Green Bay Packers. I know he's heard. But you can't let Micah Parsons out of your locker room.
I don't care if you like him. don't like them. That guy changed the game every Sunday for the Cowboys while he was there. And they have, you can put all these pieces together. You're not going to get Micah Parsons on the field for the Cowboys.
No. And you mentioned Green Bay, and we had both LaFleurs on display this past week with Mike and Matt.
So I know that I feel like I'm all hyped up on the Cardinals after one win. Is that justified? Like, I want to talk about both hardballs or both. Both LeFleurs and their performances this week because the Packers, I felt like. They could have won that game, and that's going to loom large in the standing since it was a division game.
But the Cardinals pulled off the biggest upset of the entire week. Let's go to Mike LaFleur first. Let's be positive to start with. Um, really, they it's basically the same team outside of two offensive linemen, Jeremiah Love and Ken Rick Bourne. It's the same team that lost, I don't know, 11 straight games, whatever it was a year ago.
But you can see, like, there is a real offensive plan. To how to play football, Kenrick Bourne caught eight passes. Like they couldn't, and he has this thing like a lot of coaches in this league. Like, you don't block, you don't get the rock. Like, Kendrick Bourne is blocking at the point of attack, opening up runs for giving you the double bicep pose after some big blocks.
Like, that's pretty cool stuff. But, like, we know nobody could cover Trey McBride.
Okay, you know, they got him the ball. Um, but Kendrick Bourne made a big difference. The two backs are different this year: Tyler Algier, Jeremiah Love. Like, there's a tandem there, there's an emphasis on the run game. That was a real offense.
And Jacoby Brissette has been around a long time, played, he's got a lot of different helmets on his shelf, Colleen. But this, he, he, he found a home. He can run this offense. He's very efficient. He's accurate.
He knows where to go with the ball. And they did a good job of protecting him.
So I think the offense could be fine. Defensively, I still have concerns about just what they are, but that hit on by Mac Wilson, Aladdin McConkey in the middle of the field. Like that changed the whole game. That was their offense for the Chargers. And Look, nobody wants to see anybody get hurt, but that was what happens when you come across the middle of the field when you got a guy like Roming, like Mac Wilson.
Like, you become more physical than the other team. And that's what they did in that game. Yeah, the defense for the Cardinals. Listen, it's not a unit that has been able to stay healthy the past few years, but they did a really good job with what we thought was going to be a really explosive offense with new offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel leading the way. They held.
Justin Herbert to 268 total yards of offense, 17 first downs. They forced two turnovers, three sacks. Like this was it was pedestrian, Colleen. It was very pedestrian, okay? Right.
And honestly, when you look at, I mean, you can, Mike McDaniel can draw up offense with the best of minds in his business, but they don't have a lot of players that have real juice. You know, like their tight ends are just okay. Like Charlie Kohlar is a blocker. Gadson's okay. You know, Deontay Johnston is like sometimes he catches it, sometimes he doesn't.
You don't, you don't know what you're going to get. Like the one guy that. Honestly, it looks like Justin Herbert really trusts and believes in Islam McCocky's a great route runner, gets open, but there's not a lot. Of explosive plays and offense right now. And so they better be able to run the ball a lot better than they did against Arizona.
And I'll give Nick Grail his credit. Look, Nick was under fire last year. They were terrible on defense with basically the same players as a year ago. And he got them to play really good. Good football.
They didn't break down. They covered well enough. They didn't give up big plays. Like, I thought Nick got that group playing really well together on Sunday.
Okay. And then just one more follow-up on that game, because as an offensive lineman guy, you know more about offensive lines than I think anyone in the entire league. How much blame can be put on the Chargers' offensive line for the way that this offense and Justin Herbert performed? I think they've got, you know, they've got a rookie center. They've got two average guards.
The tackles are very good. But they did play well up front. You know, it starts with the center. You got a rookie center in there. Like you've got to be strong in the middle.
The right guard, I think, is going to struggle. Like, because he's always struggled in this league. I know it was a first-round pick, but Cole Strange, but I like he has struggled in this league, and they're counting on him right now. You know, Tyler Beadish was their center, and I thought they fixed that position, and he got hurt in preseason, and, you know, now you got to go to a rookie. It might take a little time to build the chemistry that you need inside.
Okay, so talking about chemistry that's needed, let's talk about the other LaFleur. Actually, before we talk about that, I'm noticing that you have this golden bronze tan, and I need to know where Travel Dog has been up to.
Well, you know, Colleen, we had Labor Day weekend. That's right. And, you know, there was no football on Labor Day weekend, Colleen.
So, you know, I went down to Cozumel, went down to Cozumel, and you know, did some deep-sea diving and, you know, played around a little bit down there. It was good, it was a good getaway, Colleen.
So this is just natural from being out there on the boats in the water and, you know, and enjoying myself for a couple of days. Baldi, just out in the wild. He's a nature man. I love it. The tan, it's working.
Okay, so let's go to something that didn't work was Matt LaFleur's game plan, I guess, for the Packers. What went wrong exactly for them? Honestly, Brian Flores, like he went nuts in this game. He did. Like I've never seen, Brian Flores can draw up pressure defenses with anybody that's ever done it in this business.
And He, you know, and it hurt him early in the game. Christian Watson went 81 yards across the field, and they didn't rob the middle like they wanted to, and they got the throw they wanted. They just didn't make the play. And he went.
So sometimes, you know, there's an old saying, Colleen, sometimes you get the bull, and sometimes the bull gets you.
Well, sometimes when the bull gets you, you kind of back off. He just went. hardcore like like blitz zero looks like every play and that's what happened Jordan Love was like that. He got hit 15 times, Colleen. Got hit 15 times, got the ball out of his hands a bunch, forced a fumble recovery touchdown.
It was ugly. And that's. That's just floors, and like if you don't have an answer for it, you're just going to keep getting it, and everybody else is going to get it too if you can't handle it. And I thought there were some opportunities to do it, and they just didn't make those happen. And then, look.
They've got two running backs that haven't played a lot of football in this league. Matt LaFleur wants to run the ball. Once the league started slipping from their hands, it was just pass happy. And then Flores just dialed it up even more and more and more. And so it was.
They just got up, you know, they're up 22 to 10 and they just got steamrolled. Once that, uh, once the blitz has started coming at him, the, the, Brian Flores and the Blitz, it's like he's drunk with power. Like, he just like he keeps his foot to the pedal and it just keeps going harder. It is, it's really ridiculous to watch, especially when it's working the way that it did against the Packers. Um, I also want to ask you about what we saw in Houston with Josh Allen exercising the demons, you might say.
I mean, he has had in the past so much trouble with this Houston defense. And with the debut of Joe Brady as the new head coach, what were your first impressions of what this offense can be?
Well, he eradicated the ghost, Colleen. I mean, he went down there last year, got hit 20 times, and sacked eight. And Will Anderson and Daniel Hunter and the group just got busy. And they had an answer. Like they, now, Deion Dawkins played great, but they really protected the edges.
Like that was Joe Brady's emphasis. We're not going to let these guys get free runs and overpower our tackles and get to Josh. And so they did a good job protection-wise. That's on Joe Brady, the head coach, and the offensive coordinator and the play caller. And then once Josh got, you know, comfortable, I don't know that we've seen him play better.
And I think DJ Moore, like it helped DJ Moore in that offense. But honestly, those tight ends played really, really well in protection. The offensive line really performed well. They had decent balance with what they did in the run game with James Cook in the group. But honestly, Josh Allen saw it.
Like he was ready for them. And he was ready to just eradicate the history of the past. And he was as good. He was as good as I've seen Josh Allen against maybe the best defense. The league.
It was one great decision and one great throw after another, but he had some time back there, too. He wasn't. you know under duress The way he had been in the past against that defense. No, and that's what we that's what we've seen over and over again.
So he flipped the script there, and now they'll be taking on the Lions on Thursday. But just spinning it forward to week two, after you've gone through some of the tape, you've watched some of the all of these games probably at this point now. What, it's Wednesday? Is that right? Yeah, who knows what day it is?
I'm still recovering from coming back from Australia a few days ago. But what are you most excited to see? Which matchup, which player? When you watch the tape, I'm sure that there are players that I asked Kurt Warner this too. It's kind of like, it's one of my favorite things to pick your brains about.
Like, who jumped out at you that you didn't expect? And who are you most excited to see if they can keep that going in week two?
Well, there's a lot there, Congress. I mean, obviously, Thursday night, the week starts there. You know, I mean, you know, Detroit's offense looked dynamic as we'd expected. And they did a lot of really good things. The new offense coordinator, Drew Petzig, really had a good game plan.
But, you know, New Orleans, you know, had a good comeback. And so Hutch was really good. Like, that'll be a good matchup. You know, two good offenses going against each other. We'll see how the defense fare.
But, you know, last year, Jacksonville went to Denver, gave him their worst loss. And Denver's coming off a pathetic effort on Monday night against the Chiefs. Pathetic. I mean, the tackling was atrocious. Like, I put a play up there just to rip Denver.
Like, I don't usually do this, colleague, but I'm like, I wanted to send a message because I know Sean Payton, Van Joseph, already did it. Hold on, sending messages. I love it. I mean, you saw the play, Rashid Rice on a hit screen. Like, did anybody want to get to the ball?
Did anybody want to tackle him? It was awful. Like You know, you watch these games, like last week, Trevor Lawrence was awesome. As good as I've seen Trevor Lawrence play, they have a rookie left guard, Emmanuel Pregnant, Colleen, out of Oregon, the third-round pick. I remember telling Tony Baselli, like, you get a chance to draft this guy, Tony.
Don't screw it up. Just get him. He's got 11-inch hands, Colleen. Like, I've got big hands. His hands are like another digit longer than mine.
I like a left guard that has big hands because you can't get those hands off you. He played great.
So I want to see what Zach Allen does to the rookie, Emmanuel Pregnant, you know, on Sunday up there in Mile High. That'll be fun to watch. And then. I'm going to be, I'm doing Alabama and Florida State on Saturday. I'm doing Atlanta.
in Carolina on Sunday, and one of these teams are gonna be 0-2. And Carolina gave up 59 points, Colleen. And their tackling was atrocious. Just atrocious. I mean, Chicago scored.
Four straight drives to end back, four straight touchdowns, long drives. They didn't tackle anybody.
So I want to see like. Does that defense decide to wake up? Because they've got good players everywhere. And they played terrible against the Bears.
So I want to see if their defense wakes up. Yeah, w I'm trying to remember what is the the massive stingray that you've used in the past as a comparison to you if you go to Kona. You know, the big island, you like on the big island of Hawaii, you go and dine with the Pacific Manchester at night, and you just watch these. Tremendous animals and wingspans, like just circle around you, man. It's just like you're in like Mantebre heaven.
You know, it's all.
So you've done this, they're nocturnal. Is it's only at night? Turtles are another part of the world, but you dive with the Pacific mantas in Kona. This is, you know what? You.
I'm going to pay you to be my travel agent. And I'm just going to get all, I'm going to do the Brian Baldinger tour. All right.
And I feel like I'm going to be living better at this point. Like, you're. Life will get better, Colleen. It will. I have faith.
Little foldy. As always, you're the absolute best. I'm going to be watching all of your breakdowns. Everybody at home should also be watching them. Make sure you follow him at Baldy NFL.
You're such a pal for coming on the show. Thank you so much. Great to see you again. Good to see you again. Have a great rest of the show with a great week.
And I'm glad you're recovering. I'm glad you're recovering. Slowly. Finally. Finally.
Yeah, maybe you have some jet lag tips for me, too. We'll talk offline. All right.
There he goes. Ryan Baldinger. I love Baldy. Baldi, I've known Baldi since I was a booking producer. I started in Philadelphia in 2008.
And my first day of work, that was my first job, like real job in sports. And my first day of work was the first game of the Phillies World Series. And I remember that alone was just insane because that was the year that the game was split into two because of all of the Downpours that they had. Um, and but Brian Baldinger was one of the guests that I would book, and he just forever since then, since 2008, he has been such a real one. Love him, yeah.
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You can call us 844-204-RICH. And we have had a few callers just waiting. For us to pick up, and I would love to take a call.
So shall we? Shall we do it? Let's do it. Eric in Indiana. Eric, what's up, man?
Should we talk to Eric? He wants to talk about.
Well, he brought up Josh Allen and his hate for the Spiders.
So I would like to start with that. But also, he wants to talk about Carson Wentz. Interesting. Oh, he's there. Oh, no.
Oh, no. Eric, you've been waiting for so long, and we've been waiting so long. He's up. Oh, he's down. Eric.
Eric. All right, put him back on hold. Put him back on hold.
Sorry, Joe.
Well, then, what about Matt? Do we want to talk to Matt in Texas? He wants to resign. Oh, no, Matt, what's up? Matt, are you okay?
Hey guys, yeah. I just wanted to see if I could get on the J Felly train and have a document written up to resign my fandom from the Dallas Cowboys. Wow. Already? Matt, talk us through it.
What happened? This offseason. Y'all bought me in. I was feeling the hype. Yeah, we were hyped.
And I was getting a lot of vibes to like, you know, Dak Prescott in 2014. And I thought this could be the year. And I really felt like a perfect win loss for the Cowboys was going to be a sixteen and two season first round knockout of the playoffs. Um and then after watching them I mean crumble in week one. I think it's time to let them go, and I'm just going to enjoy my college team from here on out on the rest of the season.
How bad were they exactly? It was hard to watch. When your defense has absolutely zero pressure and is crumbling apart, and you have absolutely zero to no production from your offense in the first half. Not really easy to watch. And this is coming from somebody who has been a Mississippi State fan since he was three years old.
And I think it's just time to let go of that and find somebody new to love. TJ, do you have any sage advice? No, because you know, Colleen, I recently gave up my Clippers fandom. Oh. But they were like my side chick.
You know what I mean? Like, I don't know what you mean.
Well, the Sixers had a lot of them. The Sixers were my main one. The Clippers were just the side. And, you know, because I had to, I shook up a friendship with Dan Lanning and I was told that I had to give up one of my teams to bring Oregon in. I had to let the Clippers go because I just, for 26 years now, I've shown them nothing but love.
Do you feel lighter? I do. I actually feel good. But here's the deal: Clippers fans who chose, or are choosing to hang on, they're saying some wild stuff to me in the comments, like stuff they wouldn't say to my face, right?
Well, that's what comments are for. Yeah, but the thing is, you know what? If that's how you feel, Matt, if you've reached the end, I'm not going to try to stop you. I will wish you the well in your future endeavors. And.
You know, we'll keep it moving here with the Cowboys. Yeah, Matt, I'm sorry for your loss, but I hope that the next team that you find love and happiness and that you guys will be stronger for it and together forever. Don't become in the Eagles. Yeah, Matt, like, who are who who who are you considering? Like, who's up next?
Well, I actually just moved over to the southeast, and I'm really tired of listening to everybody doing this whole Alabama Auburn nonsense.
So it might be has to be one of the Saints or the Falcons, but those are really two hard choices right now.
Well, they also hate each other, so you got to choose wisely there. Yeah, and you can't backslide either. Like, it's got to be. Yeah, once you're in, you're in. Yeah, and also, Matt, you want to leave a franchise with five?
I said one, two, four, five championships, even though it's been a while for two teams that have a combined one. I mean, but hey, man, you do. Here's the problem with that, DJ: is I wasn't even born. Oh, okay. We're going on their own.
All right.
So I have no allegiance, no love, or no memories of any of that. I only just hear about the good days. I have to listen to Troy 8man on every Monday and be like, man, I get it. What is it like to win multiple playoff games? I get it, Matt.
I was a young man when they were younger than now when we won those three. And I can tell you there was no greater time in my life than the Cowboys being good. But it's been a while, and you don't have that attachment.
So I understand. Do you have like a college team so you could follow one of your college favorite players? Never really grabbed it.
Well, let's see how Camario Taylor pans out, but I am along from Mississippi State.
Okay. All right.
Well, just stick with Doc. Yeah. It's hard. Here's the problem: since 2014, I have learned that Dak does not have a clutch bone in his body. When the time comes to perform.
It's got to crumble. He ain't mine. Or else we wouldn't have probably won the national championship in 2014 until Nick David came in. Oh, no. The slander.
Gotta go. Matt, I can't tell you.
Okay, Matt, call back. We'll see how the season goes. It's just one week. Yeah. Yeah, Matt, don't let 60 minutes of football.
Like, give it at least two. Give it to. Give it to like Halloween. Give it to Halloween. You know, real Thanksgiving doesn't start until after Thanksgiving.
There you go. I think Matt has what I would think. That's a whole point, Halloween. Maybe that's what we do. We wait till Thanksgiving.
Yeah, just take a deep breath. Yeah, all. Patience. We give thanks to Matt. Thanks for calling us.
That's what you're paying, brother. I understand, man. I get it. I get it. Should we check back in on Eric to see if we can get back to the next one?
Yeah, let's see if Eric's back. Eric, talk to me. We're just going to try all show. All right.
And he is. Eric, are you there? Not there? Eric. Oh, Eric.
Unmute. Oh, Eric. Put it back on hold.
Okay. Put your damn act together. Exactly. Hold. All right, Colleen, where do you want to go next?
Okay, so, oh, caller or top? You want to go Ra Ravens? You want to talk Chiefs? No, you know what? I want to talk about.
Oh, yeah. Let's do. Let's talk about, you know what? Reno wants to, oh, she's in Reno, Amy. Let's go to Reno.
She gets a vent about the Chiefs, and I already like that energy just from the topic bar.
So let's get some venting here. Amy! Venting. Hello? Hello.
So Tell us. Why are you upset about the Chiefs? What do you want to vent about? The floor is yours. Yeah, let's go.
Even after Super Bowl 54, Andy Reid and Steve Signal, they need to go. Oh, whoa. Whoa, whoa. Oh my god, don't don't even. Seriously, Andy Reid has checked out I don't even know.
I I don't three, four years ago. He's just not even there anymore. I'm We need somebody young. We need somebody fresh. I'm sick of me talking about Travis Kelsey's age.
I'm older than Andy Reid, and I still swear. I can stand next to him and I think he's my grandpa. He just isn't there anymore. I remember. A Raiders fan said, I don't like Reid.
I go, why? And he goes, because he's a numbers guy. He just wants to set records. He doesn't care about the players. And I was shocked and appalled that a Raiders fan said something brilliant because I agree with him.
He's just, Andy Reid is just there for the numbers. He's going to run Walker into that defensive line till he's injured, like he did with Clyde Edwards and Lair. That's all he does. The same play. Isaiah Pacheco lasted a little longer before he got injured.
But this is Andy Reid's. It's his stupid mentality. Oh, Amy. And Spaggs, come on, Spaggs, a Hall of Famer C-Signal.
Well, how about show him on the sidelines when the defense is doing something stupid, like a bonehead move? You know,'cause he's always in that Pete Carroll enthusiastic stance, you know, with your hands on your knees looking forward. Dude. You need to teach your defense how to play. Why can't they even just kind of push a ball out of a receiver's hand?
They don't do anything. I could teach, I could coach that defense better than Spags. I could. Amy, thank you so much for the call. Amy, that was a vent, all right.
No, Amy. You don't need to go. That's what, that's what we're here for. This is what we do. It's a service that we provide.
And I think Wednesday. You definitely needed to get that out. Maybe like axe throwing would be good too. Yeah. She's got an axe to grind.
I would say that that's a strong reaction to week one. I think Andy Reid is a very good Hall of Fame coach, and he still is that. I think so, too. I think Chiefs fans. That would have been a great rant if Denver had won 31 to 7 on Monday night.
That would have been a good rant. And I love Spags. And I understand. The frustration that Amy has, but this is also a team that has experienced a ton of success of late. Last year was the first year that they really weren't in it.
So they won the game week one, and they have a running game finally. And Patrick Mahomes is coming off an injury. You don't want to press him and rush him and then have him re-aggravate or hurt it again. I think that he played fine and he'll get more comfortable as the season progresses and as he kind of gets out there and gets even mentally there in terms of being hit, taking hits, all of that. But I think that it's not as bad as it seems right now, Amy.
And you're going to be okay. You're going to be okay. And the Chiefs are going to be okay too. All right, let's check back in. She's going to be okay.
Let's check back in with Eric. Let's go back to Eric.
Okay, hold Colleen. All right, three, two, one. Eric. Eric. Is Eric there yet?
He's so busy, this guy. He's, he, you know what he's doing? He's probably multitasking. Three strikes and you're out. We got to move on from no, just I think we got to check in.
I think we got to keep him here. Like, keep checking on with him for the next hour? Like, Eric, what are you doing? Yeah. We're going to have to keep checking in.
Up to the end. All right, let's go to Big Al, Mike. Let's go five. Big Al wants to talk Ravens. Big Al, what's up?
He hits dingers. Yeah. Nicks and five, and let's talk about them Ravens, man. We finally got somebody that can hand the ball off to that guy named Derek Henry. Lamar Jackson.
I love the new coaching staff. I've been a seasoned tick on for 20 years. And change is good. And I live in Texas, and I fly back to all the games. I was in Indianapolis this weekend.
Nice. Bet Kyle Hamilton said, man, I'm living a dream, guys. Yeah, it sounds like it. It's a lot of frequent flying miles here, Big Al.
Okay, that's good. What was the vibe in Indy, Big Al? It was good. You know, in the beginning, they went down and scored. I, you know, got a little worried, but you know, we were missing too many penalties, man.
But we were missing some key defensive players. We're going to be all right, man. This is our year. It's been our year for three years on paper, but people don't do it. Give the phone a handbrake.
So, Big Al is the opposite of Amy. In terms of attitude on the team. Hype on his own team. Big Al is excited about the Ravens. As he should be, because the coaching staff, I love what Jesse Minter has done.
And we know that he's such a strong defensive mind.
So he's going to be able to help this defense really come along and grow into itself. But Declan Doyle and what he was able to do with this team, I love it. I think, and we talked about this a little earlier, but I think that Declan Doyle is really going to maximize the skill set of Lamar Jackson. And we, who knows, maybe we see him win a third MVP. Cool.
Hyping out. I'm trying to hype you up. Get hyping. Yeah, he should have got MB3. That's what I call.
Hey, Big Al, call back during this year. Big Al Energy. We love Big Al energy. First time on this call, but I'm I'm very definitely overtime. Busting on Harry about his Atlanta hocks.
Uh All right. Big Al. Everybody, give it up for Big Al. Thanks for calling, buddy. Boom.
He's got that big energy. We love to hear it. Call back again soon. Kind of brought the vibes up. I like that.
I think. Yeah. We sort of needed it. We had a down call. Amy, I didn't understand her vent.
Well, she's just upset. It's okay. What's she upset about, though, Wolf? Like, I don't know, but it might not be the Chiefs. I'm still telling you that I'm celebrating three championships that happened 30 plus years ago.
She just had hers last week. Exactly. Like, what are you upset about, Amy? You just had your run. Just patience, you know?
I mean, also, maybe it was a bad morning. Who knows? And I'm getting rid of my season tickets for the Rams now. I'm done. You're done.
That's it. Yeah, but he's not a fan, Colleen. He's just in this for the money. No, that's snap. You're not a fan, Mike.
You got a hat with two. I'm going next Monday night. Oh, okay. Okay, Mike.
So don't get rid of them before then. Show Colleen your hat, Mike, so she could see how much of a fan you work on. Yeah, I have a Dodger in a Yankee hat. Everybody has a wow, look at that. That's your team.
I've never seen that before. You have nothing left. Relax.
Okay, we're going to relax. We're going to take a break. But when we come. Yes, we're going to have an update from Susie. I kind of want to check in with Alonzo, too, maybe.
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Yes, this is Rebecca. Hold on, Colleen, throw to me like you're in the field. Like, throw to me.
Okay, ready? Let's go. Let's see if I can do it. Let's go live to the scene now where Susie Schuster is standing by at St. John's Health Center.
Susie. Yeah, guys, thank you. Yesterday, about 8:05 in the morning, Rich Eisen started experiencing lower abdominal pain. He went to work anyway, and he pushed through three hours of the Rich Eisen show, even though he was in acute distress. After the match, he went back to his house, tried to take a nap, but couldn't quite do it.
Went to get some advice later on from his doctor, who found out that, in fact, he did have an incredibly inflamed abdomen. Appendicitis issue. What was it? What's it called? The appendix.
Okay, sorry. Three, two, one, pickup. He had an acutely inflamed appendix. He went to bed, but at 10:30 p.m., he was woken up and taken by his wife, me, to the emergency room at St. John.
Where this morning, Dr. Anton Bilchik did an incredible appendectomy. He did tell me that we got very lucky. He told me that Rich's appendix was incredibly inflamed and we just narrowly escaped an emergency.
Now, guys, he is in recovery. It will take a day or two, Colleen. You might need to come back and do the Rich Eisen Show tomorrow. He is into venous drugs right now as we speak. And the doctor did tell me, luckily, that Rich had been working out both doing Pilates and weight training and had been staying off the jelly beans.
And that will help him get back into the chair as fast as possibly Friday. Back to you guys. Oh, Susie, what a report from the field. Thank you. I haven't done a sideline report since 2006.
Nailed it. Yeah. She was like, whoa, still got it. And she wasn't even planning on doing it. It's 321.
It's like, hey, guys. Hey, the pickup. Guys, back to you. Wow. Wow, Suze, we're so happy that Rich is out.
He's feeling good, better, obviously. I can't believe he did the show, though, through that. Yeah. Okay, the best part is that he not only not The most disgusting part is this. Chris Frockman eating the soup that was out all night.
Oh, did you hear that? Audacity, right? What are you crazy? It was left out.
So I got here this morning, hungry, saw it was still there. Oh, Rich didn't take the soup. And so I like. Just tried a few noodles, cold, obviously. Still tasted good.
Ate the whole thing. me to you. What part of 24 hours of chicken soup out overnight seemed like a great idea? I got to say, we were probably at like 22 hours, if we're being accurate. That's unfortunate.
Guys, my next sideline report will be Chris Brockman in the ER due to extreme food poisoning.
Now, Chris, Chris was eating soup that was left out for 24 hours, and then Saratiana had to rush him to the ER. We hope he will be back in the chair by Friday. Susie, he ate a hat. Susie, you don't even understand. It almost came to that.
We were in the front of the studio. Chris was back by my desk. I look over and he's sitting there like, I was coughing. I went down the wrong pot. He almost choked on the noodle.
So we're close to that hat now. Yeah. That's your new fantasy team, choked on a noodle. Oh my God. Chris, have you ever had food poisoning?
Oh, yeah. It's terrible. Yeah. Okay. Yeah.
Christmas Day.
Some bad Mexican. Also, poor Rich that his wife is doing a live show. I'm like, my show's on the air right now. Colleen, I miss you so much. I talk to anybody.
Is he conscious? You want to take the camera over to him? Is he with us right now? By the way. Don't put it past me.
I know. I know who I'm talking to. We're going live. I love a good story. Undercover with Susie Justice.
Live to the hospital, bed. Susie Justice. Guys, I'm going back in there right now. And I'm telling you right now, he'll be back in the chair by Friday, guys. Back to you, Al.
This is, you're too good at that, actually. I mean, I'll do this. I'll just do this for fun driving around town. Are you kidding? Oh, my God.
I mean, the backdrop. Susie, I don't know what voice of yours is better. Your news reporter voice or your 1-800 call number that you and I did together. Oh, what is that? She knows how to do that.
Oh, my God. Patriots fans, has your quarterback been bad? Was your offensive line not holding you up? Did your team play a dirty, dirty game? Oh my God.
Has your coach in Texas been very, very naughty? Yeah, we can really go in a lot of different ways. No, I much prefer a sideline report. I mean, when Rich got when this happened, At 11 o'clock last night, and I woke up Colleen to tell her, Can you go do this tomorrow? I'm not joking, because that's how sick I am.
I'm like, this is like a bad line, like a bad sideline report. Wow. Just thinking about, like, and I had to put in like that. He's doing Pilates, weight training, and laying off the jelly beans because that's what you do for people doing it. You know, were the jelly beans an issue at some point?
Yeah, I didn't know. I remember like a big jelly bean guy. Oh my god.
Well, TJ. Oh, he does look at it.
Well, TJ, the training staff has told him to lay off of the sugar. He has a whole new different nutritional path right now, and that will help him get back in the chair by Friday. TJ, training camp trope story. I love it. Susie, thank you for checking in.
Tell Rich we said, get well soon. Get back in this chair. My goodness. Why? It's a fun chair to sit in.
Go do tomorrow's show. A blast. It's been quite. Maybe I'll come back tomorrow. Thanks for watching, everybody.
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