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We'll get to those. I've got a fantasy football announcement for our lead. Oh, interesting. I've got that coming up. Which league?
Because we're in like eight together. Yeah, you guys are. Are the Rich Eisen Show doing it? You know, I've got my poker one. I've got this league.
Yep. We've we've two guillotine leagues, Vinnie Pasquantinos, and this show's one. Yep. Okay. I got a best ball one.
Oh yeah. I'm leading that through five weeks. I didn't notice that. Yeah, I know.
So TJ and I are top five. Yes, you are. But there's top one. That's really saying top one. I set you up.
Listen, this guy knows that there's if you're not first, you're last. That's true. You know what I mean? He's he's kind of you know like the the Ricky Bobby of his craft. He's the Miz everybody back here in the region.
I like I like to think of myself as the Ricky Bobby. I'll take that. Are you in a home theater? Is this your home theater? This is my home theater.
Yeah, dude, life is good. By the way, this guy, life is good. You are you are just next level. You are a professional in every possible way. You have put brand.
You you have put branding. On your screen, that you're normally watching a movie with your kids or football on a Sunday, is that what it is? That is true. That is true. There's also lights over there too.
There's like green lights that sprinkle it up. I try to make it look nice for you. Like I like a good background that that you can focus not only on me, but people will be looking around, being like, "Ooh, what is that going on?" Okay, so let's just jump into the most important thing other than what you're promoting, which is. The Browns lost to the Jets, and you're that. This is how much of a professional you are.
Okay, you want to come on and you want to promote what you got there behind you, which is the chat, and we'll get to that in a second. Combination of WhatsApp and WWE. I get it. That your devotion to your craft and promotion is. You said, sure, I'll still go on Rich's show after the Browns lose to the Jets.
That's that's impressive. I just got to say.
Well, well, the thing is, I don't think you've. I haven't talked to you in a while. By the way, okay. This year, I wanted the Browns to tank. I really did.
Oh, this was the year that I said this is the first time I said the Browns aren't going. If we would have done the whole like what how the Browns' record was going to go, the win loss, it would have been the opposite of what I usually do. No kidding.
So usually they're undefeated. I would have went oh and oh why like go in because you you didn't believe in the quarterback room is what you're saying going into the season. I believe that I want a quarterback of the future. Got it. And I'm not sure that we have the quarterback.
The future yet, and I think that quarterback, the future. There's a reason that we got rid of Miles Garrett, and we collected a first round draft pick from the Rams, and now we are going to go into next year's draft with two first round draft picks, where we can say, "Hey, we want whoever we're the bell the ball. We want it all.
So if we want Arch Manning, we want Tate Moore, whatever we want, we can have." And that's what I was looking forward to. That's what I wanted, and so.
Now watching them, I was like, "Wait a second! This is kind of fun." Yeah, like beating this Pittsburgh Steelers by like we did with the defense. Like their wide receivers couldn't get any type of situation separation from any of our cornerbacks. The defense looked amazing, and even last week, even though we lost to the Jets, we still looked good. Like we looked like a capable football team, and it looks like we have a winning mentality.
Now we did a win last week, but. We've been winning close ones, which doesn't usually happen with a Browns fan or a Browns team. It literally now I look at it and I go, "I'm just happy that we look like a competent team and we look okay, and hopefully we'll do well this entire season." Like I've talked to Browns fans, by the way, and everyone's on my boat. Everyone said the same thing. I'm not sure if we really want them to do that well, but you know, it's fun.
It's fun when we win.
So yes, the we did lose to the Jets. It wasn't a terrible game. It didn't look horrible. And the Browns didn't look horrible, so I'm not. I'm I'm quite happy.
I'm quite content, especially because the Rams lost. And as long as the Rams keep losing, I'm okay with this. Everyone said they're going to the Super Bowl. I don't think they're doing anything anymore. You're you're still bitter over the Rams leaving Cleveland for Los Angeles seventy years ago.
Like where's where's the Ramsade coming from? What we get their first round draft? Oh, I got it.
So, and how about this though? Let's let's be more positive, or I'll be more positive since you're. You're you're always positive guy. Your general manager keeps hitting on these on these draft choices. Denzel Boston, Casey Concepcion, or two yet two more.
Everybody from last year's draft class is superb. That's on the field. Let's put it that way. And I love the coach. I think he is he's right for the city.
And the moment in Todd Munken, don't you think? I love listening. I love listening to his interviews. Me too. His interviews are special.
Me too. It reminds me of like Tomlin. Every time he's on the mic, you want to hear what he's going to say next. Parcells. He sounds like Parcells.
He sounds like Parcells. And you talk about Andrew Berry, man! What a past two drafts. That's why I'm saying I'm looking forward to next year because I want to see what they do at the quarterback. I don't think they're going to give Shadur a chance.
I really don't.
So I think we got to look on to next year and try to figure it out because do we have the quarterback of the future? I don't know because we're not giving him an opportunity to be the quarterback of the future. We have a quarterback of right now, which is Deshaun Watson, who isn't playing terrible.
So I can't I can't blame him. Right? I thought he was going to do horrible this year, and I thought it was going to be the same old Deshaun Watson we've seen for the past four years. It hasn't been. He's been good.
And so the team has been good, and maybe it's just that he has weapons now. In what you said, Casey Concepcion and Denzel Boston have been tremendous, viable weapons. Like Jerry Judy isn't even talked about right now. Rookies are talked about as our wide receivers, and they look good. Like I'm loving it.
I'm loving everything the Browns are doing right now. I'm enjoying it. I'm enjoying myself. Did we lose the Jets? Yes.
I thought the Jets were going to jet. They didn't jet, but they will. I mean, they just didn't jet that week. Yeah, but as to paraphrase your your coach, Jets are going to Jets f that, you know, because that that's the way mentality you have to have. Obviously, the chat, WhatsApp, and WWE joining forces for this Sunday night game between the Cowboys and the Packers.
There you are with Cody Rhodes, who's representing the. Cowboys, Liv Morgan representing the Packers, Trick Williams, who is a football player before becoming a WWE superstar, all together. What what's this about? We're all going to be in a group chat on WhatsApp called the chat, and literally, we're going to be talking a lot of smack. I'm going to be guiding everyone left and right.
Cody's going to be going for the the Cowboys. Live will be going for the Packers, and Trick and myself will be dabbling in there. And fans can come onto the WhatsApp app and literally talk with us about the game. It should be a lot of fun. I like to talk a lot of smack.
I enjoy the the. Cowboys right now's offense is pretty great. Their defense non-existent, and the Packers do well in October. They just do something about them is just clicking right now. I thought Lloyd wasn't going to be a thing.
He might be a thing, maybe. Like he might be. It could be like in the beginning of the year. I was like, "This is terrible. They all look horrible." But now the Packers are kind of like coming into their own.
So I think this is going to be a really good game to talk a little bit into a group chat with, so fans can hop in and be part of it. Is what you are saying? Yeah, you can hop in if you want anything.
Well, I've got a fan for you. There's a Dallas Cowboy fan who knows a thing or two about you and the and WWE and the Cowboys. I mean, TJ. Yeah, I'm. You're free Sunday night, right?
Are you not? Yeah, I'll be watching football. Let's go. I'll be watching football. Do you think they're going to beat the Packers?
Get you in the group? No, I don't think so either. No. Isn't it terrible? Like the Packers are good, but they're not that good.
Like they're kind of like surprisingly bad. What are you talking? But you know, man, it's like some some people just have your number, right? The Packers always seem to have, you know, the Cowboys' number. You seem to have seen his number at WrestleMania.
You know, just things like that. Browns have the Steelers' number in Cleveland. Steelers, yeah, right. It just happens.
Some people have other people's numbers, and come on, they got ours. This is not. This is not making a case for. I'm trying to have you crash the party as the as the fifth wheel here. Oh, that's not going to happen.
What are you talking about? No contest. Wrestling's defense that's not working. Like they they seem like they have the talent. Why is it?
Why is it like worse than last year? The defense we're not there. We're not there. Thanks for the insight.
Well, you know, I'm not an all 22 guy, man. I can't tell you about the linebackers and the front four guys not doing what they should be doing, which is part of the reason. You know, we can score, but we just can't stop anybody from scoring. And I don't know what the answer is. Maybe they've come.
What do you want? Is there something like, as a fan, as a Cowboys fan, that you've been reading up on that you're like, if we just did this, this defense. Could really is it changing the DC? Is it getting another player? Is it the is it Micah Parsons leaving?
Was that it? Was or all these things? Because I thought the defense was doing better last year, and they got all the picks, and everyone's like, "Oh, this is the year for the Cowboys," and now all of a sudden, it just seems like. It's terrible. It's like I've never seen a defense this bad.
Yeah, I don't think there's anything that can be done. What are you talking about? They went ahead and wow. No, no, no, no. They went ahead and did what you wanted them to.
I if if he has been bending my ear for the last month, saying we need to reach into the Cleveland Browns bag and get Mike Pettine. That's all you've been saying for a full month. That is not at all what I've said. What I would have wanted us to do in the off season is was do everything it took to get Max Crosby on this team and get him because that is the part of the defense that the problem is. Right?
We're young. We're on like our fourth string D backs right now, so injuries are hurting our cornerbacks and safeties. We're not getting anything, and I don't know this, but I'd listen to you know. Defensive guys every day on different shows. This is the same thing they're saying.
The front four just isn't getting it done. They don't look like they know what they're doing, and that's the problem. Maybe by the end of this month, trade deadline. Top of November, Raider. You you keep rooting for the Raiders to lose in the same way he's rooting for the Rams to lose, and then maybe Max Cross.
Max isn't going to happen. But look, if why not? If the Chargers keep going now, maybe we could get Khalil Mack. You know, I see. Would be someone who I think okay, he'll be a bell could help us.
See, there you go, man. The Raiders have been really good lately. I don't know what you're talking about. They lost two in a row, man. They're not going to fall off though.
I don't think so. Terrible. Did I say? Did you think they look terrible? I didn't.
They did. No, they look. I was saying that's the only way you're going to get crossed. Oh, god! Yeah, no.
That's not going to happen. That ship is past. But I'm saying, you said, "What would I have wanted? I would have wanted this summer to do everything we could have done to get that man." See, this is the sort of conversation we need to get in the chat. On Sunday, that's what's going to happen this this Sunday.
Cody's going to be in there. American Nightmare, who's literally on a Street Fighter binge right now because he just had the premiere. I believe it was yesterday. Everyone's wearing Guile popcorn heads, which is pretty hilarious. I've heard it's incredible.
I haven't seen it yet, but I really want to see it. From everyone I've talked to, everyone's loving the movie.
So he's got a lot, going to have a lot to say on that chat this Sunday. Trick Williams is always fun to to listen. Listen to, he's been literally a dynamite in WWE, whether inside or outside the ring. He has been nonstop. He's a big time, big time star, and I think he's one of those people that we're going to be looking at in ten years.
Going, this guy's main event.
So you'll get to talk to him, and then also Liv Morgan, we'll get to talk to her. New women's world champion. That's right. That's right. Listen, I know this is all about football, but brother.
The Guardians are still alive, and they are stout. I love watching them play. You know, obviously they didn't they didn't take a two zero lead coming home, but I mean, just taking one in Tampa that's all you could ask for, really. And they got it, and so great.
So great watching them. I got—I got to tell you, a lot of people talk to me about you know football all the time. Right? They don't talk about baseball. Baseball is my first love.
I love baseball, and I love the Guardians. I remember going to see them when I was a child. They were a different name, yes sir. But I would go to the municipal stadium with my dad, and we'd buy these five-dollar tickets, and we'd run down to the front row. And I remember my dad would take me to batting practice.
We'd go every single game. It was the best. And so I still like whenever I go to a baseball field, it's like there's something about the smell of the grass, the the field. There's something about. I always bring my glove.
People are like, "What do you five?" I'm like, I don't care. It's just something that that I remember that's inside of me. And seeing how good they are with how little they put out there for money. Like you look at like the Dodgers, literally have more put in more money for their players than all three of the people that are in. In the playoffs right now, it just goes to show what they do in their farm league and what they do with their team.
And for Ramirez to literally stay there and and just be there, it's it's it's pretty amazing. Yeah, he's a first ballot Hall of Famer that nobody talks about. Oh, it's no first ballot. I mean, there's just no question about it. He and and They're just they're tough.
They they don't they put the ball in play. They catch it. I know it. It sounds like the the old. They play baseball.
They do all the right things. They do all the things the Yankees don't. By the way, listen, Miz. If my my youngest son Cooper was here. He would tell you the guy.
I every single time I he comes on the screen, I'm like, could you imagine what the Yankees could do with somebody like Stephen Kwan at the top of their lineup? Like that dude. That dude gets on base. He plays a great left field. He is a terrific baseball player.
Again, another guy that nobody talks about. Absolutely, they do. They do every well, except well, I guess they sometimes do what the Yankees do, which is beat the Yankees.
So you know, except for the fact they didn't the last time they played each other, I have to. I still have to. I still have to go ahead and say that sort of thing, but. All right, before I let you go, I'm hoping they go to the World Series, man. That's I hear you.
I love to see. I hear they got. I don't know who they'll go up against. The Brewers are looking really good against a little, literally all-star team, like an all-star team. How the Brewers are doing it is beyond me.
Well, they put the ball in play. They they they they all throw gas. They throw strikes, and they don't strike out. And they've got occasional pop, and their infield defense. For the most part, is outstanding.
That's why, and they got a great manager. Let me ask you this: Yes, sir. Did do they go on a on a break or whatever you want to call it? If the Dodgers don't win the World Series, if the Dodgers win the World Series, baseball is not happening next year. I don't.
Oh, it's interesting. You listen. There's two ways to look at it. The final four teams collectively. All right.
When you look at it, the three of the four. Brewers, Rays, and Guardians together have a payroll that is just slightly larger than the Dodgers alone.
Okay, and so, but there's different ways to say it. If the Dodgers win it all again, you could say, "Well, that's money working for you," or you could sit there and say, "Three of the final four." Are teams that through the current system were able to put enough together to potentially take them out, and right now they're the team that's closest to them in the payroll, which is the Brewers. Although they're nineteenth out of thirty, they're up they're they're up on them two nothing.
So I know we will see. But if the Dodgers win, yes, no baseball. If they do, if they don't win. There might be baseball. I've got Bob Costas in my mind.
By the way, I don't know this for a fact. I don't know anything. This is just in my mind. No, no, no. I think it's in a lot of people's mind.
To be honest with you, and I got Bob Costas on Thursday show, and we're already kind of going back and forth about what we're going to talk about. And this is one of the things is that is who's made the final four here, and whoever wins it does that shape the off season upcoming labor conversation. And you know, so basically, tune in on Thursday show before going to. Check out the chat on WhatsApp and WWE joining forces on Sunday night. Before I let you go, walk me through this home theater system.
Yes, how many? How many seats? Actually, my kids and I have been going through a Harry Potter phase where we've been watching Harry Potter. I did watch Matchbook, not Matchbox. Yeah, Matchbox the movie.
Yeah, Matchbox. How many seats are in there? How many seats? They recline. What do we got?
There's one, two, three, four, five. Six. There's six seats, but we also have like two little like like so seven eight. You can fit eight eight eight people comfortably. Full recline.
I'd go recline. Full recline. All of them. All of them. Full recline.
You think they would? Wouldn't they would? Full recline. Popcorn maker. Yeah.
Oh yeah. By the way, the snack situation. Popcorns over there. There's a bar actually right over here. It's not lit up.
Okay. Maybe I can just. Yeah. You won't be able to see it. There's a bar over here that has like candy, alcohol.
Pop, whatever you whatever you need. It also, by the way, this is the best part.
So the bar has a TV that's connected to this, and then the bathroom. Has a TV like say you got to get a number two like you had too much candy. You can sit there and watch it in the bathroom right there. Like that's the best part about this theater. When you say number two, you're talking about being on deck watching Guardians.
Of course, well, yeah, something is on deck and it's going. Rich Mitch just celebrated his 20 years with WWE. This is what you get when you were able to have a career like my man's that. You know, not on MTV anymore, man. He's not on MTV anymore.
You know, it's been a while. You know what I mean? You know, a long time, a long time for the real world challenges. Great to see you, as always, Miz. You be well.
You too. Thanks, guys. Hi, there, you is. There you go, Mike the Miz. Greatest.
Oh, funny. He does what? He doesn't use the candy. I think. I imagine not.
No, the candy's for the kids. One candy for one candy for a movie. Go. Oh, peanut M and Ms. Reese's Pieces, Reese's Pieces.
What do you got, Goobers, Goobers? That's off the board. How so? It's chocolate. I go.
I go raisinets. Ugh. Ugh. And you put them in the popcorn.
Well, yeah. I'm with Mike. And you put them in the popcorn.
Coopers are my. Because most theaters, all of what we said goes into popcorn, right? Yeah. No. No.
No. You got to put them in there. That's animal. That's not animal. Yes, it is.
You know, it's called next level. No, I got. I got a palette for popcorn. Yeah. And I got a palette for chocolate.
Right. I do. Put it all together. The theaters sell goobers don't have Reese's Pieces and vice versa, so it just depends on what theater you go to. I get one of the two, guys.
Level butter, you got to level the chocolate and peanut butter go together, as we all know. No, you.
So this stuff and popcorn is just the next step. Oh no no no! All right, I need people now to chime in. I'm with you on that. Reese's Pieces or Goobers in the in the popcorn?
No, no. Why not? You're eating them both anyway. Talking about separate palettes, separate separate palette. It's all in your mouth.
I want it on our social feeds right now. I'm putting up a poll. Do you put up a poll? Yep. Chocolate candy in your popcorn yesterday.
In your popcorn. Keep you know you do your usual things like absolutely. Or no, keep them separate. I'll never stay in the separate. Oh, T.J., you and I, we're we're breaking everything down.
Seventy thirty. I'm coming. No way. Seventy thirty. Come over to your theater room and watch movie.
I don't have a theater. Come on, stop it. I don't have a theater. He doesn't, but the room is sort of like a theater. Come on, it's not like.
What are you talking about? You got you got a two hundred inch TV. No, I do not. Two hundred. No, I don't.
Oh my god, that's absurd. That's ridiculous. You and I are going to have a ninety. I got a. Double up, be rich.
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I just want to buy a two hundred inch television right now. I don't have one. Rich Eisen here. At Hyundai, the SUV trophy shelf is getting a little out of hand because U.S. News and World Report named Hyundai the best SUV brand.
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Rich is that number to dial. For all of us, let's go to Billy in Chicago. Wants to chime in on the WeatherTech fan line. What's up, Billy? Oh, Billy!
Hey, what's going on, Rich? Thanks for taking my call. You got it, Billy. I wanted to make a comment on these raisinets and the popcorn thing that you were talking about a few minutes ago. Yes, sir.
Are you doing this in public theaters? I'm. I'm curious. Interesting, Billy. Where Where else would I be doing it, Billy?
Well, I would imagine you might do it at home. Sure, because if you got warm popcorn and chocolate, it's going to melt, right? What are you doing with your hands?
Well, there's something called a napkin, Billy. I don't know if you're aware of it, but these things exist. I don't know if a napkin's cutting it for melted chocolate, Billy. Wait a minute, you're eating buttery popcorn and you're not wiping your hand. What's going on, man?
Come on, are you animal, Billy? Yeah, I think this is more of a window into you rather than me. Come on, Billy. This may also be me as a dad, like reaching for my wet wipes, imagining my kids doing it.
Okay, now we're talking. How old are your kids? I got a five-year-old and a nine-year-old. Oh, you are in trouble. That's what I'm saying.
Like you've got—he's—we're cleaning up on aisle Billy quite a bit.
So I understand that. That's your focus. I hear chocolate and popcorn, and my mind immediately starts throwing up red flags. There's germs. There's all sorts of problems.
I get it, Billy. But I'm an adult, which means I have a full free reign to do what I wish. And what I'm going to do is I'm going to take those. Raisinets, double it in the pot, right, and pop it in there, and double it up. And it's not like it's so red hot; it's going to melt.
Come on now. Two things: one, Susie has chimed in. Uh oh. Quote like Rich brings a napkin into the movie theater. Oh wow!
So this is a recent chiming in, and this is real time. This is literally a minute ago. And then she did the old Steve Harvey kind of shaking his head. She puts. What did she?
And then the poll: Do you put chocolate candy in your popcorn at the movies? Eighteen percent, absolutely. Eighty-two. Yeah, we have. How many close the chimes so far?
We're in triple digits on votes. Yeah, close the close the polls. At Rich Eisen. And then close it. We call.
I don't really care what these people.
Well, I mean, we know that you don't care, Billy. Thank you for the call and be well in your parenting excursion. Yeah, that's it. Close the polls. I'm gonna go to the movie tonight just to do this.
Piss some people off. There ain't nothing I want to see. May I have your attention, please? Movie theater eight. I got here at the Metro at the at the Metroplex or whatever.
Yeah, you know, up and do it. The movieplex. Brogan, have you ever seen? I am about to place this chocolate in my popcorn, and I do not care what you. I'm going to change seats.
I'm doing. You have I bought the seat. But it's not like you're going to take a chocolate bar and start. No, it's just. No, you take this and you throw them in.
And it's not like I'm doing it with Skittles or something.
Now that that's the weird. Come on, that's that's another level of animal. That would be an affront. I like a little ranch powder on the popcorn. What?
See now, this there's nothing wrong with that. He's so you know. I feel like this is like a court of law now. You have no standing to sue at this point. That's fine.
You have no. They literally sell popcorn powder at the movie theaters now. Yeah. So it's it's a business. Actually, really good.
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Okay. I have my power rankings, everybody.
Well, based on how your top five went, I'm sure. Wow! I mean, hey, hey, listen, pipe down over there. All I'm just gonna tell you is to save your powder because it's about to get unloaded. Watch your mouth and help me with the sale.
My week six power rankings, brought to you by Sofas. This is my power rankings. There are many legends, but this one is my power rankings. All right, my power rankings, brought to you by Sofi.
Now, once upon a time, last time the Rams went to below 500 at one and two, I didn't have them on here, and you're like, "Where the Rams going to be? Where the Rams going to be?" And I didn't put them on there, and I understand what my reputation is. Within seconds. Of the Rams falling to two and three on the Rich Eisen Show and Friends guillotine text page, Vinnie Pasquantino chimes, and Rams have jumped up to number four on Rich's power rankings. Yeah, I mean the Bills weren't even done celebrating.
You know, I wrote good one, an LOL, and he wrote, "I felt like Chris would at least like that one," and I did. You confirmed it on the spot. I confirmed.
So I know what my reputation is.
Well, okay, passionate. And what I do is I call the balls. Geez, a phrase, Vinny. You can understand. I call balls and strikes.
Number ten of my power rankings list are the two and three rounds. Oh, get off! Yes. Wow. What are we doing?
What do you mean? What are we doing? What do you mean? What are we doing? What we are doing is almost beating the Bills.
All we had was one Greg Russo hand away from the Rams being way further up on this list. They are still a terrific team.
So let me ask you, Chris.
Okay. Rams take on the three and two Packers. Who you taking to win? Pat. Who you taking to win?
I need rapid fire answers. It doesn't matter where it is because it'll be a Packer home game. I'm going to take Green Bay right now. Oh, you okay? They're playing better.
All right. Against the three and two lines, who you taking?
Okay. Uh huh. Over. I'm taking the over. No, no, no.
Winning the game. These are power rankings. I'm not talking about. That's over. That's not the construction of the segment.
Like, who? If who would you take? Let me guess. Better team. Are the Patriots on this list?
Hang on a second.
Okay. Okay. Who do you take? I'd probably take the Rams to beat. Ah.
Ah. Who do you take? Rams or Broncos? Oh, Rams. Guess who I have above the Rams because they beat them.
The Broncos, we're three and two. Because the defense is that like that. The defense is that good, and I still believe. I don't know why. And Bone Dicks right now.
It's it's been very difficult to watch. It's been very difficult to watch, but at the end of the day, they've got a better defense than you know. With all due respect, any other three and two team that we're talking about, with maybe the exception of the Steelers, maybe the exception of the of the of the um, maybe the except well, certainly of the certainly not as much as the Seahawks, who we'll get to in a second. But I'm putting the Broncos here at nine. Back on the list at eight are your Patriots, sir.
And guess what? Guess what happened just moments ago. And now, congratulations! He's back. You have that soundbite.
Let's pop it up there. Let's let's fold it into the into the power rankings right here. Wait a second, dude. This is this is what he's been waiting for about a month. This is what my fantasy teams been.
Your guys, roll it. You plan on designating A.J. Brown for return today? Yeah, A.J. will be out there to practice.
See how that goes. What kind of boost does A.J. give your offense now? I don't know. He hasn't been out there, so I can't tell you until we actually see it.
So he hasn't been out there for four weeks, so we'll get him back out there, practice it, and see if he's ready to go in in a couple days. And if not, then 21 day window, and we'll go from there. I respect that, Mike Vrabel, because like you in that press conference, me in these power rankings, I deal in absolutes. I deal in absolutes. You're like, I choose not to run.
I deal in absolutes. Like, okay, everyone's like, how much of a big boost is that?
Well, AJ Brown on paper looks amazing, and you know, I mean, he's just just him being back and him him just showing up and his enthusiasm. Like, Virgil's not going to deal with that. I I need to see what he looks like first, everybody. Number seven on the list, no change. I keep the Jacksonville Jaguars right here.
They stay like before. I I didn't like what I saw quite a bit against the Eagles, and I understand Cam Little's Jude Bellingham celebration was a light, and the game was great. And Parker Washington is awesome.
Okay, and but this this looked like the Jaguars team I saw in London last year, which was filled with mistakes, filled with penalties, making their own problems. It didn't help that Cam Little couldn't get out there more often with his terrific leg there because their long snapper got hurt.
So I'm not going to discount him. I'm not going to move him up. I'm not going to move him down. And I'm not going to move him out. I'm keeping them right there at seven.
Number six. This is where I'm putting the defending Super Bowl champion Seahawks down three spots after that loss at home to the Forty Niners. I don't. How the hell did JSN not catch that? Even though it was not an easy catch, for him it's something we're used to seeing.
You know, the catch reminded me. I heard someone else say this. It reminded me of the Welker play against the Giants, throwing a little behind. Super Bowl. It was like, but he did get both hands on it.
But it was a little behind him and high. But you still, you expected him to come down with it. Did Sam Donald's wife say my husband can't throw and catch it? She should have. Honestly.
The the new Mrs. Mrs. Darnold, you know, they just got married. Congrats! Yeah.
Well, for their wedding on their registry, I'm giving the sixth spot on my week six power rankings. Nice of you, Mazel Tov, Darnolds. Top five, up one spot and putting the bills right here. Ooh, putting the bills here.
Well, I thought they'd be higher. Why? Anybody else in front of them won. Not moving people down just because they want to buy. I'm going to play your game.
Bills or Vikings? Oh, right now I don't know. Where's the game? I don't think it matters. Why?
Because Josh Allen? You don't think your defense took care of him? You don't think the best defense in the NFL could take care of him? I don't think that the Vikings can keep up offensively with. All right.
What if they don't have to?
Well, I don't know zero zero.
Well, we're gonna find this out. By the way, put a pin in it for Week Nine. That's the Monday Nighter. Buffalo in Minnesota, but that's down the road. That's more again.
I deal in a moment to moment. I live in the moment. I don't know about you. Of course, I deal absolutes. Right, I forgot.
That's my bad. One spot I'm putting the Ravens. Snoop, there he was in Atlanta. He should be Lamar Jackson's permanent backup, no matter what of all time. I just I understand, and it's Atlanta as well.
It makes me think of it too. Why though? Why didn't go to Cooper Rush? Why didn't they? Yeah, no.
Why did they? A couple of years ago in Baltimore, oh, oh, as their backup, and instead of Snoop.
Now I understand what you might be alluding to is why doesn't he get his own gigs? Why not? I hear you. Seems to come through every time they do. I'm with you.
You know, I know. Like he's found the absolute perfect gig as Lamar's, which Lamar's going to miss a few games a year. Yep, he always does. He comes in, wins, you know, three three quarters of them, right, and then goes back and collects collects his check. Exactly.
The check is not starters' money. Yeah, he's thinking that's all he wants for himself. No, I no, I understand that. I understand that. I'm just saying he has one of the perfect gigs in sports.
I think we all want more. Ah yeah, for sure. Yeah, like my final three of the power rankings. Oh boy, putting the Vikings here at one. I mean, at three, one spot up.
Man, I just need. I need. One just, I just need one game, one game where their offense is on tilt and Kyler's unstoppable. I don't think where Kyler is just extending plays and you can't sack him, and he's he's running and throwing, and he's locked in. And Justin Jefferson is open because he's Justin Jefferson, and it's all clicking.
I just that's all just one game.
Well, I think it's coming. Jordan Mason should be healthy soon. I don't want that to happen. I've been Jones. I've been very impressed.
Aaron Jones, he has kind of turned back the clock. Wait a minute! You say you want to see it, then I gave you an option, and then you put. I'm not saying that. No, no, no.
I'm not saying that he's he's the he's going to be the. It's Kyler who's got to unlock it. I'm saying, but now he's going to have his full, you know, complement two receivers. I hear you. Two with no change stays like before.
The Chiefs coming off the buy, yep, and then one is the 49ers. No change. They are the best team in football, man. They're now the Super Bowl favorites. Are they really?
Yeah. They deserve it. They've earned it. Gross. Gross.
Bear five and zero. Five and zero. Those are my power rankings. Brought to you by Sofi. Get your money right.
I don't mean to be, you know, like that about it. Get it right. There's different ways to make that read. Get it right. Get your money right.
Get it tight. There we go. I got my power rankings right. That's for sure. Bears out.
Raiders out. I mean. I think Steelers and Bengals have a gripe here. Did the Steelers beat the Rams, Chris? You would take you would take the Steelers.
I think if the Steelers over the Rams, literally played today on Tuesday, the Steelers would win, or Wednesday, whatever. Why aren't you? Why aren't you looking at me when you say that? It's like you didn't believe it. You're looking down.
That's a tell. That's a radio, minimum. Radio, media. We're on TV as well. Come on now, for real!
You're taking the Steelers and Aaron Rodgers to go point for point against the Rams. I think Aaron Rodgers is the only quarterback currently in the NFL with three straight games with three touchdowns. I'm not saying he's less than. I'm saying that offense would have their hands full.
Well, Rams to go point to point. They can't stop anyone right now. At some point, they're going to get that. They're going to get the guy. At some point is not a strategy.
Okay, I deal in absolutes.
Well, they absolutely gave up thirty-seven points. I know. They should have gotten to thirty-seven first. Correct. What do you think, Mikey?
You gotta go, brother. Eight four four two zero four. Rich, number to dial. We got to go to break. Josh paid hour three.
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Well, yes, I just wanted to make a few comments on the whole popcorn controversy, if I may. First, Rich, I'm with you all the way. I too am a raisinets guy. I also bring them into the theater, although I have no choice because I'm diabetic, so I have to bring in sugar free ones. Understood.
They do not sell, so I'm completely guilt free. Yeah. But that was that comment. But the other comment is the separation. I can appreciate wanting separate palettes, but the sweet and salty is a classic combination of all time.
Solid samples, cracker jack. Oh yes, Garrett's gourmet popcorns, fabulous. I mean, all of these things. You know, chocolate covered pretzels. I mean, that's a classic combination.
So it really boils down to what you like. Absolutely, that is true, Victor. That was my comment. Thank you very much. That's Victor in Naperville chiming in.
Basically. Even a diabetic is saying you're wrong. What? Yep. Cracker Jacks.
Buy me some peanuts and separate pallets. Doesn't have the same ring to it. Eighty-four percent. Hell no. On the yeah, we got this one.
We close the world is upside down. No, they're actually humans. Like like that that song from Hamilton. Manny in El Paso, what's up, Manny? Manny, what do you think, gentlemen?
Popcorn Gate, twenty twenty six. Oh my God! First of all, TJ, I'm with you. I love M and M peanuts, but when I'm at a movie theater, there's something about that blue bucket boomers that I just head for first before anything else.
Okay, okay.
Now, do I throw in my popcorn? Absolutely. There's a reason why they sell kids' packs with candy and popcorn for the child because they know they're going to throw it in there.
So. Technically, we actually keep it hot. My thing is down over here in the Central Paso, we throw jalapenos in our popcorn too. Oh, oh, yes, okay.
So where's where's uh where's that on the on the pole? Jalapenos. I got my goddaughter, and we put pickle juice in there. That's what I got, guys. Manny in El Paso.
Just didn't confuse the rest of America, but yes. Popcorn, candy, mix it all up together, baby. There we go. Have a good day, guys. Bye, Manny.
All right, brother. Did Manny think he was dialing into hot ones instead of the Rich Eisen show? That's right. That's right. Wow.
Wow. That that's that ain't happening. It's heat eighty. I had no idea we would. Isn't it amazing the things that we talk about that we have no idea that we're going to talk about that everybody else reacts to?
React to me. React to me. Yeah. We're still winning that poll, Brockman. I think it's over.
It's personal preference. There is no comeback. This is a massive fourth, third hour comeback here. TJ, yes, I feel so alone. Look, man, should you you read people on internet?
Some of these folks, I don't want them agreeing with me. Wow, TJ, you know I think I replied to one. You know what I'm saying? Like, come on, you're talking about the the dreaded anti candy bots that are out there. By the way, TJ replies to positive comments to when he when someone says something.
Really? Yes. I made a comment. But I, I comment more to people talking trash. Of course, he does.
No, because he applies the negative and combative. He talks smack back. I love it because I am good at it.
So negative engagement. I remember when I first started handling the Twitter, and I would go at people. You were like, "Look, we don't necessarily need. Yeah, we don't need that. Yeah, we don't need that.
I am like, well, it's like not letting Steph Curry shoot the three, but okay." AJ Brown's coming back, buddy. You're psyched.
Well, is he coming back? We don't know. He's just practicing, right?
So there's well, according to Mike Vrabel, we need to see. Yeah, so so it could be what 21 days before he gets ready to play. I don't know. I just wonder what Jets not going to play because that's what the Patriots do is they play somebody and their best player is not playing.
So Brees Hall is probably not going to come back in time for this one. The Jet all time team could play this week and it's not going to matter. Oh, that's a bold statement. What are we doing? That is a bold statement.
So that's Curtis Martin. How about this? One box of these. Oh, on the line, David Bailey knocks one and turns turns Drake May over this weekend. Oh, sure, done, done.
You guys are gambling free, not gambling, not gambling at all.
Well, in California, it's called trading.
Okay, it's sampling. I just joined. Oh yeah, sample. Drake May is going to lose one to David Bailey this week. Oh, when that happens, it's going to be great.
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