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Now, on with the show. This is the Rich Eisen Show with guest host, Colleen Wolf. Let's go live to St. John's Health Center, Susie. He did have an incredibly inflamed appendix.
From the Rich Eisen Show studio in Los Angeles. Earlier on the show. Pro Football Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez. Coming up. Former NFL general manager Mike Mayoff.
Your phone calls, latest news, and more. And now, sitting in for Rich, it's Colleen Wolf. Hello, everybody. Happy Thursday. Welcome into the Rich Eyes and Show.
I'm Colleen Wolf, filling in for Rich today, who he's not on long-term IR, so he will be back very shortly. Day to day? Yeah, just had to get rid of that. I had to 86 that appendix real quick.
So here we are. Chris Brockman in the house. We got Mike Del Tufo, TJ Jefferson. By the way, TJ, I forgot to even, I know that you guys are used to the candle, but I love a candle so much. And there have been so many times over the past 12 years of working at NFL Network where I've wanted to light a candle for a player or a team or just like for segments, for vibes in general.
Can't do it. Not allowed.
So I am very appreciative that we're allowed to do that here. I just think it's lovely. Thank you. Everybody should get on the candle. Vibrations, Colleen.
That's why I try to bring to this show. Yeah. Vibrations. It's working. And when you sat in this chair once, I left you a candle.
I know. And I ran through that candle. It was great. I'm a candle gal. All right, I got to get you another one.
Yeah. Okay, cool. That's great. And then, yeah, guys, at some point, we have to try the passion fruit, okay? But we're going to need a sharp knife, is the only thing.
Let me go with my sauce. I don't know if we have a sharp knife around here. I thought about bringing one, but then I was like, what? I'm going to walk in with a big knife. Like, that feels kind of weird, too.
Well, Colleen, you're not a large person.
So having a knife, you know, for protection wouldn't be of that. That's true. Oh, okay. Yeah. I think people would bat an eye.
Yeah. Yeah. I'm just going to carry around a dagger now. By the way, I once got a pair of pants that they're like. It came with a knife?
It came with a switchblade in the pocket. I promise you, they were like these cargo pants. And I got like an Instagram ad? It's I somebody must have tried them on before me. I don't know it was in the pocket and I was like, what is this?
And then I I like pushed the button and the blade came flying out. I was like First of all, keeping this, but second of all, what? Lose a finger right there. Yeah. So it was not a feature of the pant.
It was not. Clearly, left it? This was not in the description. No. But I did get a free Switchblade.
Switchblade.
So you did. You still have it. I should have brought in the Switchblade for the passion fruit. Actually, not a bad idea. Do you watch Reacher?
No, and I've heard that I need to.
Well, those, what are they? Car and bat knives that they use bad guys in this season. They use these curved knives, and let me tell you, they do damage. Like a machete? No, no, not a machete.
No, they're small. They're probably like this big. But it's curved.
So it just does these girls. They're a ninja. These girls are bad. They're basically ninjas. That's true.
Oh, cool. They're definitely watching this show.
Okay. I'm also going to be watching the show in the NFC West coming up this week.
Okay, so I was lucky enough to see the Niners and the Rams in Australia live. And the Niners put on a show that I was not expecting. It sort of is in the same vein. The same thing that I wasn't expecting from the Giants, who also put on a show last week. But for the Niners, their defense, it was so nice to see their healthy guys back on the field.
Fred Warner just flying around. You know that he was so amped up and so ready to get back on that field. He was unstoppable. And you have Nick Bosa. I mean, this was a team that they were missing so many players by the end of last year.
And I do feel like we are always talking about that. But they still managed a 12-and-5 record. They didn't have their starting quarterback for most of the season. And they had a nice playoff run, too.
So now they have their guys back and their presence was immediately felt in this game.
So I just think that when Warner is healthy and when Nick Bosa is Is healthy, this team. They are a contender, no doubt about it. It's obviously not the same when the stars are off the field, but they are dealing with some other issues too, like jet lag, perhaps. Let's just check in with Kyle Shanahan and see what he said about how they're dealing with it right now. I think we're totally good now.
I mean, speaking for myself, I felt like crap all weekend. We had two days off, and I did not feel right. Took a couple of days. I think I was good by Monday, talking to some of the guys.
Some guys felt fine right away.
Some went through the same stuff, but I think we're definitely all good by now. All right, so they're fine. They're fine. I'm not, but I think it's because I've been working through the jet lag, so I still need to just do one day of hibernation, and then I'll be fine, I think. But that's good to know, especially ahead of their game against Miami.
What is the line on this game? It's big. It's 13 and a half. And I gotta say, the Niners are probably gonna be a really popular survivor pick this week. Don't do it.
No. Stay away. I don't think you want anything to do with the Niners this week. They might win and they might blow them out. But as we saw last week with the Chargers and the Cardinals, just don't take a chance.
There are other teams out there. If you want to use them in Survivor, think about doing it. Maybe go to the Chargers this week. Ravens at home. Bucks at home.
Safer Survivor picks than to, or even if you're betting, think about laying 13 and a half. But don't. Do it. I think the jet lag is real. I'd be pretty worried about San Francisco this week again.
Maybe not to lose, but this game I think is going to be much closer than people think. I mean, they are rested too. Like, I know that they just came from Australia, but they have extra time in this game. And I guess the Dolphins' offensive line is no bueno. You said that you're still feeling the effects.
You're not playing football. I know. I know. Exactly. But he said he's fine.
I don't know if that's just him being like, I'm in football. I'm fine. Time doesn't matter to me. But I don't know. He does.
And he flips his hair when he does it. But yeah, this is. I just think also, by the way, I don't even think we mentioned on the show that they lost tight end Jake Tonges. Yeah, Tongas is out. Done for the season.
Well, he tried to kick Miles Garrett's body. Like, that's not a smart thing to do. It's not. What were we talking about yesterday about punching helmets? Dumb.
Yeah. Just like. Be smarter than that. We're all in it for the long haul.
So we also, I think the Seahawks Cardinals game is super interesting. I don't know who the Cardinals are, but I want to get to know them maybe. You do? Oh, yeah. Really?
You're swiping right on the Cardinals. I might. Yeah. You know what? I am.
I just. I'm intrigued. And that's all it takes sometimes. It's like I saw a really nice photo, and I'm like, oh, some of these photos map with that one. Are they more like this one?
More like that one.
So you didn't see that. This is coming from someone who's never been on a dating app in my life. I don't even know which way you're supposed to swipe. Right's good, left man. Right is good.
Yeah, right is good. Oh, okay, right is good. Yeah, right's good. I think left man is good.
Okay, that that makes sense. You've never been on Tinder? No. Uh-uh. Raya?
No. Bumble? No. I've never been on a dating app. That's wild.
Yeah. I'm. No, it's not really. You're better off, trust. I was just going to say, even Jacoby's like, what?
You ever got in a dating? He's shot. My friends have given me their phone, but I've accidentally swiped the wrong way on it. And then I'm like, well, wait, hold on. Where did that one go?
Come back. Yeah, but that's for them.
So, yeah, clearly I'm just there to cause chaos. You're a chaos merchant. That's what you're doing. I am. Yeah.
We think Arizona might win this one.
So by your register, okay. No, not at all? Yeah. Really? The Patriots, who were god-awful.
They barely beat it. That's true. I'm with you on that. But I, Seattle's. It was 10-0 pretty much the whole game.
Like I said, week one barely beat stuff, man. Week one. What do you mean? Did you watch the game? That's what happened.
I watched the game. JSN had to break a 60-yarder. Yeah, but they did it. And they broke the game. Yeah, but kind of barely.
Week one was Fugesi. I'm convinced. We are nothing is what it was. But also. Division games go sideways all the time.
So Especially with the start that they had. I was thinking about picking this as an upset, but then I was like, I'm not trying to get the 12s on my back. No, I will come for you. They're very sensitive right now. The 12s are very sensitive.
So I just. But you've also been known for, you know. Call in your shot. I know, and I like a lone wolf. Obviously, obviously, it's just on brand, but I wasn't doing it yet.
I couldn't do it. And I already got my picks in. I have to do my picks on Tuesdays, which is tough because Tuesday picks is dumb. We're laying that. Yeah, I know.
That's what I, for NFL, it's Tuesday they need to be, and it's early Tuesday. It's like 11 a.m. on Tuesday. You don't even know who's thank you. Thank you.
Do that that early. Let me just tell you, even facing this adversity with my schedule that they have me on for picks, I still have prevailed season after season.
So we'll see if that holds up though. That's what makes you you. Yeah, right. Formidable. I am.
I am. And feel great about that. Should we talk more about it? I can see one week. Power rank the NFC West right now.
Right now. Right now, through one week. Right now, it's the Niners up top. And then it's the Seahawks. Yep.
And then I mean, just through week one. It's too early for this. Then it's the Cardinals, then it's the Rams. Just based on week one, we are not taking into account. It's like I've never met these teams.
These are brand new teams. There is no history with these teams. We don't know any context whatsoever. That is how I rank them, just based on Arizona has to be over Seattle right now. Why?
They just went on the road and beat the Chargers, a team that everyone assumed was going to be a playoff team. Seattle won at home on banner night, where the team, you never lose. You have a point. That's not a point. But that feels crazy to put.
It feels crazy to have niners. Cardinal Seahawks rank. Right, because your brain is tricking yourself into thinking it's last year. I know. You're right.
You're right. And I'm saying that there's no history. These are fresh, no history. These are fresh. These are good teams.
You've been men in black thingied.
Okay. Well, the little fish. All right. Yeah. I just got zapped.
Yeah. And now. Niners, Cardinals. You're not telling me the Cardinals are better than the Hawks. Right now.
Who does wrong? Right now, through week one. No, I mean, that's just my personal. When they tear you two up in the comment section, just remember 12s that I was on your side.
Well, this has nothing to do with how they'll finish. Yeah, but that's not how people are hearing it. I'm not trying to carry favor among the commenters.
Well, you're good.
Okay. That certainly isn't going to happen. I just got to remember. They already know. How can they hate me even more than they already do?
Well, I tell you what, the 12s are nice to me. They sent me a letter in a jersey. They did? Oh, yeah. Oh, that's nice.
That was nice. I loved doing Thursday night football in Seattle. Oh, Seattle's great. Oh, Seattle is great. The stadium is awesome.
It's right in the middle of everything. The fans are always out. I'll share this with you. Oh, okay. Please.
TJ's walking across the studio now. Oh, this is his gift, right? Yes.
Okay. So let's see.
So last week I got a nice letter from a couple of tons of Dane and Kat. They wrote me this letter, a very long letter. Oh, wow. And they basically just. They said over the last few seasons, you've gotten a lot of crap on behalf of the Dallas Cowboys.
And we, the Carl Anthony Town stuff, because he really tortured me, they mentioned that. And basically, they just say they liked the way that I held true and I would, you know, tell the truth about Dallas. I didn't always say, like, we're the best winner in the Super Bowl. I had some real opinions. And so they said, if I do every.
Maybe decide to leave Dallas. They sent me this DeMarcus Lawrence old school. Oh. Oh, that's beautiful. Wow.
And it's the throwback. Throwback, yeah. They said, so if I want to stay a cowboy fan, great. And if not, and I decide to break glass in case of emergency. But thank you, Dane, and Kat.
You know, the letter and the jersey. First of all, that is so thoughtful. Yeah, that was really cool. Your listeners and viewers are really nice. They're really kind.
That doesn't always happen. That's not always the case.
Well, they didn't like the way the Eagles fans treated me. That was part of it. Oh, I can't keep apologizing on behalf of the Eagles. By the way, they're also kind of trolling you by sending you that jersey. Not really.
You know what I mean? I mean, I'd like that you would think that's where your mindset is, but I'm pretty sure that is not a troll. I would almost guarantee it's a troll. I think Lawrence, a guy from your old team, who said he would never win a Super Bowl in Dallas and then goes to Seattle, immediately wins. And I guess they send you that jersey.
That is the beauty of this show. You have a certain way of looking at it. I don't know how I have a certain way of looking at it. Because anything other than again, that's you, bro. But I don't take it that way.
Someone would not send me a $150 jersey because, oh, we're going to troll him. Let's spend $150. No, I don't think, but sure, if that's how you want to perceive it, a wink and a nod kind of gift. Like, it's like, oh, here's a gift, and you know, don't worry about what my real intentions are. And for some people, you will get it, and for others, maybe you won't.
But you can kind of take it however you want, though. You can take it as a gift, or you can take it as it being a troll gift. No value on trolling. Maybe they can call in and just clear this up. I didn't read the entire letter, obviously.
It did say something. Let me get this right since he. Oh, he said that.
Okay, all right. I mean, accuracy is what we strive for here in the rich eyes and shows the best in people. There are people close to you, specifically two folically challenged individuals, who are going to try to interpret this as an insult or a dig of some kind. Even says so in the letter. Oh, wow.
Okay. So they got ahead of it. They got in front of it.
So, actually, that is truly not the intention. The ideal outcome here is that you always stay a Cowboys fan and they repay you for your loyalty. Like I said, some people look at things a little differently than the way I look at them. Yeah. Number one rule performing, know your audience.
That's fair. I don't even know what that means, but well, the audience in Seattle is loves me. They do. They love TJ. And that stadium, when I tell you, like being on the field at that stadium, you're.
The music and the level of the volume there, it makes your whole body shake. Like your body sort of, like the hair on the back of my neck stood up and was vibrating to the rhythm of the music. That's kind of how you feel your organs inside you moving. It is an insane place to see a game. What about the Rams this week?
Where are we with them? It's a must-win for the Rams.
Well, yeah, for sure. I mean, it's not worried. There is no doubt. Yeah. Oh my gosh.
And it's like you really coming into this week, you would have thought that the records were reversed completely, but this is a huge spot for I mean, I you know what, that's actually a great high register question is the Giants Are is this? Are they better than we thought they were? Is this going to be their identity the entire season? Like, this can they out-physical every team? Wow, push.
Like this is a John Harbaugh. It has his signature all over it with the way that they play and the way that they out-physicaled the Cowboys. Another great truth or lie game for week two. Are the Giants this good, this physical? Is Jackson Dark this disciplined, this capable of making plays and being that efficient and running this offense to a team?
Elite Neighbors, fully healthy. Isaiah likely, looking like their number two pass catcher, Scataboo and Devin Singletary, a nice one-two punch. And, you know, with the Rams, if you put the schedule back up, I don't want to be skies falling, guys, but. But a loss here, 0-5, is a real possibility for a team that we thought could go undefeated in June and July. That would be unreal.
But then you know what would happen. It's like all of a sudden, halfway through the season. They get hot at the right time. They start winning games. And then all of a sudden, they're like, the Super Bowl's in our backyard.
And here we are. We're the first team that started 0-5 and ended up going to wherever they end up in the playoffs. Sure. I mean, but you could have like a tail of like four halves here of their season. Worst case, 0-5 start.
Then Arizona, Vegas, Chargers, Washington, Arizona again.
So maybe they're 5-5 heading into the bye week. And then out of the bye week, Green Bay on Thanksgiving Eve, Kansas City, San Francisco, Dallas, Seattle. My goodness, they go 500 there, and suddenly the Rams are 8-9. I mean, Do you remember last year? The Giants on Thursday night football when they beat the Eagles, and that was the height of the Jackson, Dart, Cam Scadaboo.
frat bro, welcome to the party type atmosphere. I don't know. That I could see that happening again, which would just throw the entire league into chaos, I think. Oh, it would be uh you giants would be what? Power rankings, they'd be like seven.
Yeah, up 15 spots in the power rankings. We're talking about Dart for MVP, TJ, and John Harbach, coach of the year. I mean, Yeah. Of the teams you hate, they're the ones you hate the least. How how does that phrase go?
Yeah, of all the teams I hate, I like them the most. You like them the most. The Rams fans are going to be there Monday night, though. I think they're not going to sell these tickets. Really?
Well, let's ask you: are you selling your tickets? I'm going. And I'm just saying this: I think more this is going to be a Rams home game. No, no, no, man. A lot of Chinese fans out here.
No, I know that, but I think people aren't going to sell this one. I think they're going to go to opener. Yep. There's a good chance to make a difference. Yeah, that would be a huge.
It does. Yeah. We also don't know what Aaron Donald's going to look like, to be honest. You know, these little mysteries of the league, that's what makes it fun. I really do wish we had an answer to that, though.
We have a crystal ball. There's a crap. We do have around here. We have a magic eight ball, too. Oh, why don't you ask the magic eight ball?
Ask the eight ball something. Here we go. Shout out to EZ. Are the Rams going to start 0-2? Are the Rams going to start 0-2, Magic 8 Ball?
It is certain. Oh! I don't really know. That's a lie. Truth or lies.
That's a lie. Eight ball, don't lie. No. Wow. Well, sorry.
And if that's the case, the Riots would be 2-0 for the first time since 2022. Yeah. All right. Well, eight ball. That's, I just, I'm just thinking about what the fallout would be from that.
But I'm not putting it, I'm not putting it out there. That's, that's an awesome matchup, though. That's a, I love that this week we have like great bookends to the week. The Thursday night game, the Monday night game, everything in between better matchup, too, because I'm after last week's scorer fest, the points party that we saw, I need more of that. And I know everybody with a fantasy team is also hoping for the same.
So no defense. We don't want it. Aaron Donald, just take your time. Stay at home. All right.
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We've been asking you guys for your higher register takes and to call in. Truth-wise, higher registers. We have a few for you because, as everybody mentions, week one, it's a liar. You can't always believe what you see out there. Yeah, like film don't lie, but sometimes it does, actually.
In fact, so truths and lies. What have we seen from week one? What are we kind of like, oh! This could happen, maybe?
So, we're going to go around and have our takes here. Do you guys want to start us off? A high register or otherwise. I like a high. I thought.
We're going higher register? Yeah, higher register. I would do it. Play the music.
Okay. There's a chance the rich eisen shows that there could be. Higher. Boo! Register.
Take of the week. Higher register. Brought to you by Sonos. Just sounds better. It does.
That was all right. Here we go. I'll kick this off. This game took place. It felt like a year ago, TJ, that.
New England went up to Seattle and Seemed like they were gonna get an upset and then I dunno. Stupid Drake May just kept throwing interceptions. And then A.J. Brown gets hurt. Awesome.
You gotta hurt my fans. Sick. Trayvion Henderson out. Cool.
So. Yeah, that was pretty brutal. And then, you know, oh, the schedule. And that's the only reason they were good last year. And then now Aaron Rodgers comes in this week.
And, you know, you look at the schedule. They I mean, they probably could start 0-4, but I'm not worried about that. You're going through it. Yeah. Oh, I'm not.
I swear. I swear I'm not worried about him. Everything's fine. We're going to be good. He's been the whole game.
Okay. Romeo Dobbs is gonna drop every pass, I swear, I promise. Hey, why is he wearing Grog's number? Like, what the hell is that?
Well, this has been a tough search for you, especially these. Back-to-back game. It's been rough. The last game, obviously, the first game now, and then all the in-between for you. It's just been terrible.
And then seven months to got to hear about it, how much we sucked. And then now, week one. How does it feel to not be great all the time? The rest of the league can tell you, huh? No one's feeling bad.
It was just two weeks. We're going to be sick again. I'm not worried about it. Yeah, yeah. You know what I mean?
Okay. Maybe. All right. I'm not worried at all. At all?
Not worried. TJ. I wasn't going to do this about the Cowboys. I figured no one would care if I did it about the Bucs, so I might as well do it about the Cowboys. Listen.
Last year, we had a big trade. We gave up Micah Parsons, right? And I had to be talked into this, Wolf. I heard about the draft picks, all the equity coming back to Kenny Clark, the draft picks, and I really. Bought into it as the season went around long.
And then, unfortunately, Micah got hurt, and now he's out. Right. And you seem like, Oh, wow, maybe we really did dodge a bullet there and then got the whole offseason to talk about how much better the defense is, how gaudied the the offense is. I really bought into it. But after that week one game against the Giants, I'm thinking I don't know, guys.
And maybe you can help me out here, but maybe trading Micah Parsons wasn't the right move? No, that's not even my registration. It's right right now. We too. I'm thinking maybe we are.
Oh man. Oh dude. Look, players like Micah Parsons are hard to come by, right? No matter if you like him or you don't like him. And man, it w when you lea you let a guy like that leave your locker room, you're you're leaving a lot to be desired.
And right now I need somebody to talk me back in. No, I think you're good. Yeah, I will. It's just a higher register. It's just a thought.
I don't know if I believe it myself.
Okay. But you might, you know, if you don't not believe it, it's fine. Hey, weren't you just telling me yesterday? One game. It's one game.
Slow down. Chill out. Mike is not even going to play for it. It is true. I did tell you that yesterday.
You're good. Yeah. But that was yesterday. Today is today. Today's TJ is like, I don't know, man.
No, man. That week one. I've been reading a lot of stuff on social media, and they're coming down on us.
Well, that's your first mistake. Yeah. Don't read the comments. Oh, you always read the comments. Come on.
Well, if you want, if you want, for the sake of your mental health, don't. I guess I won't. Yeah, I would say that. But the callers, I listen to the callers. I just don't.
Listen to commenters.
Okay, here is mine.
So. The Packers, they were the only NFC North team to lose in week one. And I would say that I'm not worried. About the Packers? For the season.
We saw another fourth quarter collapse, which is the same story over and over again. It reared its ugly head in the very first game of the season. They have absolutely no running identity at all without Josh Jacobs on the field. They rushed for, I think, 66 yards as a team, but it was not good. Yeah, not perfect.
They have offensive line issues that, okay, you could chalk it up to Brian Flores just blitzing like crazy, but Jordan Love was hit. 15 times at least in that game. Plus, the offense did not help out whatsoever. This was they. It was self-inflicted wounds on both sides of the ball with the penalties that they had.
12 penalties for 98 yards. That's discipline. That's something that you guys, you got to get it together. You're not going to help yourself if all of you're doing is just moving back after you get gains. It's not one step forward, two steps back.
That's not how you play.
So. The fact that they have now injuries on the defensive line, too, I just feel like that is a lot to overcome right now. And I'm not, I'm very worried, especially because the division is so good and so talented, and it seems like they're only getting better. I don't know. how you fix some of these mistakes, but Are you guys with me on this?
That the Packers might Be okay? I think things will. I have a lie that we're going to talk about later about the Packers, but I think. I'm on board with you there.
Okay, that was a higher register, though. Yourself. They're not as good as the. Lions and bears? No.
Uh uh and clearly not as good as the Carson Wentz. I mean, look, losing to Carson Wentz. Carson Wentz led Vikings. I don't mean any disrespect to Carson Wentz, the you know possible twenty seventeen NFL MVP, but When he comes off the bench and throws three tutdies and In like 10 minutes, and you lose by 19 when you were up 12. Yep.
It's pretty embarrassing. It's pretty embarrassing for sure. And when Christian Watson kind of had a day, I mean, Jordan Love had, what, 380 yards passing? You got to win those games. And I know Josh Jacobs is out, and we don't know when he's coming back.
And Marshawn Lloyd and Chris Brooks are out there kind of doing their best. But here at full strength in the receiving game, Matthew Golden looked good. Tucker Kraft is back 100%. We gotta close this out. Come on, guys.
Get it together. Get it together. Green Bay, they are. Oh, they're playing the Jets.
So, you know what? We're going to get some questions answered. Hey, the Jets are undefeated, Wolf.
So it's undefeated. I know. Sprepped on her neck. I'm on board. You know what?
The downtrodden teams, I want them to win. That's like, give me give me the Cardinals, give me the Jets, give me all of that. You know? Yeah, that's I like that. Cardinals, Jets, Super Bowl.
Oh, wow. Whoa. Let's not go that. A lot of people. That would be.
Though I did really like having different teams in the Super Bowl this past season. It was just, it was fresh. New teams is fun. Yeah. Really fun.
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Okay. It was great. All right. I'm being told we're going to take a break first. Phone call.
Then we're going to get. Eric, where are you at, son? Rip it. Lou, we have some. Where are you?
Somebody wants to talk about Susie's live shot from the hospital. That was amazing. It was amazing. That was great. I can't wait to hear that on the other side.
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I think you do well on The Price is Right Wolf. Thank you so much. Yeah, I'm listening. I'm a bad test taker, so much so that my parents had me take an SAT course that was guaranteed that your score goes up or you get your money back. Oh, and my parents got their money back.
Come on.
Come on.
As soon as I'm such a bad, because I just get, I get nervous, and then it's like my brain just goes blank. Like, I don't. Yeah. And if I don't have pressure on me, oh, no problem. I can, I can remember this and do that and whatever.
But as soon as I'm on the spot, it's like, I don't even know what my name is. I don't know, I have amnesia. Where am I? What day is it? What year is it?
What season is it? I don't know. Yeah, there's a lot of pressure there. But see, I went during COVID, so there was no studio audience. It was just the people playing and the people working on the show.
So I can't even use it. I was nervous as an excuse. Yeah. Hey, next time. You'll get them next time.
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All right. It's a lot. Yeah. It's, yeah. Numbers.
They get me on tests too. Right. We're all pretty bad at math. Yeah, math. Except for Chris.
He's he's kind of good. Are you a math person? 660 SAT, no big deal. Oh. Oh, wait.
Yeah? I'm like, I don't. I'm still much more verbal. I had left that in the past. I don't talk about the SATs.
I thought it was decent. Go Drexel Dragons, Drexel University. Oh, man. Thanks. Who was the NBA pilot?
Was it Malik Rose? Yes.
Who went to Drax? The Shaq of the Knack, they call him. Yes.
And Buster. Buster was the head coach. I don't remember. If you take the under, you would have won. Oh, geez.
Oh, you know what, though? We're great hangs. That's what it's about. You know, people skills. Take the under.
Calls, shall we? Let's do it. Let's go to the phone lines. And let's see. Where do we want to go?
You know what? I want to hear. I know Jimmy from San Antonio is a regular. And talking about Susie's live shot from the hotel or from the hospital yesterday. The hospital hotel.
Let's hear from Jimmy. Jimmy, get up. 59175 Wrong show. That was for Colleen. She might not like dudes under 5'10.
So I was just giving her information. Wow. By the way, Colleen, I bought you two.
Okay. Candles. You did? TJ only bought you one. Where are the Campbell Jim?
I'm just saying I'm going to. Oh, well, that doesn't count if you haven't actually bought them yet. I actually bought the Campbell. I do that all the time. I tell people about the gift that I was thinking of getting them, but I didn't get them because I almost got gifts.
Yeah, I know. And they're always really good. But it doesn't count as I'm always told.
Okay, okay, fine. You and TJ are both right. Shout out, TJ, Brockman, Del Felly. Oh, I'm a child. Del Felli.
Del Felly. Yeah, because I never know who's working.
So I'm just going to combine y'all's names and just say Del Felly. Del Felly. I like it. That's true, Jimmy, because you never know any given day. Jimmy, what's up, man?
Like tomorrow.
Okay. I have an insider report on Susie's report from the hospital. Whoa. Yeah, and Caliendo, I'm not stealing your stuff. My name's not Mencia, but here's how it goes.
Wow. Okay. Inside sources say she brought in the media background with a personal request from the hospital staff to make herself look better. Anonymous sources are telling me That she was actually turning and making faces that rich while he was hopped up on drugs and just laughing away. And I have been told.
Yeah. You have bad sources. That she had her hair fixed and done for the appearance. For the live shot. You might be right.
No, she's just a natural beauty. And she doesn't need to call in any favors to make herself look better because she comes out and all of a sudden she's able to find a background, a backdrop that just, this is somebody who knows the business. She just, you know, how they say, like, somebody has a nose for the net in hockey. Like, she does for anything media related. Like, this is, she just gets it.
Every time I go to the hospital, I see that media background right there in the lobby for everyone to do their selfies. Yeah. So many people are lining up to do selfies at the hospital. Oh my God. Oh, Jimmy.
Thank you, buddy. Hey, guys. By the way, Jimmy. It's great to see you again. Thanks for helping me.
Jimmy, hold on. Jimmy, live rebuttal from Susie. Oh, amazing. Two doctors were staring at her. I said two doctors were staring at her, and her hair was three days dirty.
Oh, my girl. I had a girl, Suze. Suze, don't give him that. All right, Jimmy. Thanks for calling.
Thank you, Jimmy. Have a great day. Follow-up quote: I just have great hair. She does. It's the best hair.
Like, I mean. People with good hair. It's so hard to have good hair. Yeah, what's that like? What's up, Becky?
Frock. I haven't had good hair since like the fifth grade. You can do it. Yeah, you can. There's still time.
No, there's not. Should we go to Turkey together? Flatbed into Turkey, I'm always down if anyone wants to take a trip. TJ, you're getting close. A couple more years.
What about should we go to Chris? Should we take another call? Which Chris? Which Chris? Oh, there's two.
Don't confuse me, Colin. Rough over here. Line three, line four. Yeah. I think we should go to line three.
Okay. I think let's talk. Let's go to Lexington, Kentucky to talk about the Steelers. Chris, what's up, bro? Oh, what's going on, guys?
First of all, it's an honor to talk to you. I've been following your work on the Anathol Network, and it's really cool. I've never heard you host a radio show, but your presence when you do TV, it comes across the same way on the radio.
So you're really, really, really cool. I love it. Don't make me stop you. Thank you. I could keep throwing flowers, Colleen.
I got a lot more.
So you're stealing. I made my maiden call to the show calling a couple weeks ago. TJ, Knows this as a fellow the injury picked up on it right away. I'm a Western Pennsylvania native, so I'm not just a Steeler fan. I just happen to be living in Lexington right now, but Oh, black and gold bleeder.
And I may be.
Well, based on a couple segments ago, when you guys kind of shot down all my balloons, I don't think I'm going to get much love on this tape, but. All right. Here's what was encouraging about last week, Colleen, and I know the overall offensive results were not there, but I saw Aaron push the ball down the field. And Chris, I heard you mention it. I know we didn't have the results, but he did that more, Colleen, in one game last year than I think almost the entire season.
That's true. And I just. You know, we talk about valuable off-season additions. You know, we had DK and a bunch of car salesmen, you know, around him last year. When we picked up Pittman in that trade and with hopefully Roman Wilson and his rookie Jeremy Bernard out of Alabama, I think Aaron has the best core receivers that he's had since Viny's Green Bay, Aaron.
And I'm not delusional enough to think that this is 2010 again. I know that. But. That arm strength is still there, Colleen, and the ball placement is one of the best that I've ever seen any quarterback have. That's still there.
The only thing that's gone from his game, yes, he cannot scramble and get out of pressure anymore like he could back when he was young. But I think if he takes a little time like he did and lets things develop down the field, I know we got to get a running game going. I actually see. I actually see this challenging for a wild car. Maybe not that division, especially if Burroughs stays healthy in Lamar.
I get that. But I think. I'm not saying you guys, I just think the national media is possibly sleeping on us a little bit. I think we have a chance to win 10-11 games. I truly do.
Maybe you guys think I'm crazy, but that's my feel. You know what, though? You should feel that way. Like, even if people do say you're crazy. And I don't think it's that crazy because I could see them challenging for a wild card.
You're not saying that they're going out and winning a Super Bowl. I do think, though, that DJ or DK Metcalf needs to step up a little bit. He only caught, what, four passes? He was targeted 10 times. He had a really bad drop.
Yes, there was a missed PI call in that game. But Aaron Rodgers, he's still Aaron Rodgers at the end of the day. He's not going to be the Aaron Rodgers of old. Nobody expects him to be that. And I think Michael Pittman Jr., he had a really good debut with them, but he's a complimentary receiver.
And that's what he needs to be.
So he and they need DK Metcalf to really step up and kind of. To give Aaron Rodgers some help, too. Defense looked good. Everything, Chris, got to get the run game going. Warren and Rico really didn't have any explosive runs.
So that would be the only thing that worked for me. Thanks for listening to the Rich Eisen Show Podcast. You can watch and listen to The Rich Eisen Show live weekdays from noon to 3 Eastern on ESPN Radio, Disney Plus, and on the ESPN app, The Rich Eisen Show, the podcast.
