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A couple pieces of breaking news. Do you have a hockey trade, Rich? We got hockey news.
Okay, get it, Jay.
Okay, here it comes. Breaking news. Let me just ask real quick before you tell me what it is. Are there any more Kachucks that can be acquired by the by the Panthers? Are there any are there any left?
Here, no.
Okay, so this is not the Panthers acquiring all the Kachucks. No, okay, but it is. To know it is involving a major member from Team USA, gold medal goalie Connor Hellebuck. Is on the move, going from Winnipeg to the Devils to New Jersey for Dawson Mercer, Alexander, Command, Nico Dawes. Say his name.
Ah, jeez. T here is a B and a J together with a vowel after it. With a, I think that's Nick Boustad, Boustad, Boustad, Nick Boustad. Twenty twenty nine second round pick and a twenty twenty seven seventh rounder, a six for one hella book to New Jersey.
Okay. Big trade. Only broad door, Batman. The the Devils have somebody between the pipes now, huh? As they say in hockey, let's do that hockey.
Very good. Thank you for that update. You're welcome. I have I have no opinion other than the fact that hey, New Jersey is fourth in the Metropolitan Division. My poker buddies are are like diehard Kings fans.
Winnipeg is sixth in the Central.
So during so during during poker, they want to put the Kings games on. And I'm like, oh gosh, like let's check it out right now because this is going to be massive for the final 80 games of the season over the next six months. Also, remember they added two games. There's 84 games. Yeah, man.
So apparently, I am being told for that race for the eighth and final playoffs. Hellebuck's been on the block all off season, so demanded a trade out of Winnipeg. Get me out of here! See you later. Buffalo wanted him, didn't get him.
Yeah, go to New Jersey.
Now we're going to Newark. You know what I mean? Is that where they're at? Just look it up, Chris. The computer's right in front.
I don't know where the Devils play. In New Jersey, I think Putty is pumped right now. The eight ball.
Well, all right. Other breaking news. We got we got other breaking news. More breaking news. Go ahead and hit it one more time.
Here it comes. And my eyes see breaking news. I got this one. You got okay. I don't know where you're going.
I like talking about my son. Oh, Xander. Great parent-teacher conference. Oh, outstanding. Getting ready to.
He's getting ready to apply to colleges. Senoritis. No, we're trying to stay that off. It's early. Cooper, you saw him just last week.
He's nine feet tall. Those are my sons. You're actually Brock Purdy's killing it. Oh, okay, okay.
Now we're getting it. You see where I'm going with this? My God, Baker, your first son. Oh, he's back. He's back.
Do we have a soundbite from Baker? No, I got no tears. Oh, how's he feeling? Let's go, hit it. Yeah, feel good.
Just improving. It's been a been a process for me. You know, never never really missed time because injury.
So not fun. You always want to be out there with your guys, but just doing the rehab process, doing as much as possible each and every day, and trying to recover as quick as possible, and take it one day at a time.
So it's been it's been feeling slowly better and better. But that's that's the frustrating part. Just it just takes time for an injury like that. Yep. Yep.
Feel good. Yeah, baby. Stop there. This is it. This is kind of last.
Is this last chance saloon for the Bucks? Yes, sir. I would say they have to win this game. Yeah. Or there are going to be major against the Carolina Panthers.
Yeah. Major changes. I don't know about that. Uh.
Well.
Okay. No. Go ahead. You have the floor. I disagree.
I mean, I think Todd Bowles is. We're getting close. Middle of the season. Middle of the season, not unprecedented in this league. I'm aware of that, but middle, like, what are we doing?
Middle of the season? Come on. At Carolina, home for Atlanta, let's go. That's it, right? Here we go.
That's way too much red on the screen. One and five to three and five, winning two in a row with Baker coming back. Let's go. We got to win two out of three before the buy, or you know we're gonna have a new person in Todd Bowles' office. No, we're not.
You want everybody to get fired? If he's one and eight, are you? What are we doing? He lost. What are we doing?
Like, do we? Is that they won a game without him? That's fine. Sure. But you're gonna, you're at that point now.
You're throwing in the towel. You just paid your quarterback two hundred billion dollars.
Okay, you're gonna throw the towel in. He was already on the hot seat and probably should have went last year after the season. I'm just being real.
Well, the offensive coordinators keep getting jobs somewhere else, and that's that's starting from scratch every year, which kind of stinks. Which that what happens when you had a defensive head coach? That's what happened. But he's he's dialing up the plays, man. On defense, let's go.
Is Abuka playing? Abuka is out. That is not good. Correct. That is not good.
So that's a problem. He just got ruled out.
Okay. But good to have known that prior to last night's game. After I bench from Andre Stevenson. But listen, Bucky Irving and Sean Tucker are playing. Good to know.
Okay. Big game. Big game and for the last chance loon, go three and five and then hit Chicago on a Sunday night with a chance to get back to with one game of five hundred going in nearby. After which you're at Detroit and then you got that Monday night or home for Carolina. That's the way through.
It's a long road, but you got Baker back.
So I like hearing that. It's a Friday. Before we get to what's more likely, let's go to Keny in D.C. Keny, we got to hear from him before it's Cowboys and Eagles, right? I mean, do we?
Yeah, we do. Come on, Keny. Come on, we'll have to. No birds. Good morning, Salen.
What's up, Sadie? What up, Jason? Hey. Big Tuna, you ready for Monday? Yo, are you ready for Monday, man?
You know it. I'm just sitting here getting my oil changed before my trip to the link Monday night. I'm gonna be there live. Rich, rich, rich. It's been a long four weeks, brother.
I've been hurting, man. I know. The the loss of Jalen this week, we're all praying for his health. Yep. Um, it's bigger than the game, you know.
So we're we're we're praying for his health. But I feel we should give Joe Milton the keys to the offense this week. Um, what's what's the worst that can happen after what Tanner McKee gave us last week? We're still playing for the division, as ugly as it may be. Go Bird.
Did they pick up Joe Milton? And I didn't pay attention. Does that happen? We got Joe Milton last week. Yeah, yeah, they added Joe Milton.
Oh, they did. That makes sense, huh?
So we might well. He's an athlete. We might well let Joe Milton, you know, do his thing since the Cowboys didn't want him.
Okay. I think we get a full Tanner McKee on a full week, and then we'll see. Joe Milton is—they're milking him for all the information he's got. Right. I think Joe Milton is locked and loaded for maybe week eight.
There you go. I don't know. The story seems like it would be written.
Well, listen. If Milton gets Kenny, if Milton gets in there, if Milton gets in there, okay. Just be careful. He might cost you a draft spot, right, Chris?
Okay, so that's what we're going to do. We're going to tank for the draft now. I mean, we might look at the division and see what happened. This is this is again. And thanks for the call, Kenny.
I I I'm going to take my tongue firmly planted and cheek from the last minute out now for a moment and be serious. And we'll talk more about it on Monday about what's at stake. Two, two, and four teams on Monday night. This is it. Because you go to two and five, now you got a massive problem.
The division at least is not going to be run away from, so you could potentially put enough together, you know, one foot in front of the other, and and make a run. But if the Eagles fall to two and five with Saquon back and Tanner McKee there, and the offensive line looking up front there, and you take a look at their defense and their championship quality, you don't start pulling pieces apart just for draft spots unless you're looking over the steering wheel and going, okay, if we wind up with five wins. We might as well get as much draft capital as possible. Howie Roseman and the Eagles are very rarely in that position. I don't remember the last time they were.
It's been a while. It's been a while since they're in a position of no fault of our own. We're in deep dire trouble, win loss wise. Through no fault of what we've done as a team to build the roster. And the Cowboys are the ones who could push them in that direction towards that nether world, which you'd love to do.
While you go to three and four yourself, should and take over an opportunity to get this division.
So, then you got the Commanders after that on a Sunday night, which is this whole thing that I just laid out for you is I think part of the tension and drama as to why they kept that. Game intact without flexing out of it because there were also not really other terrific options. The only other options were games that had already been nationally televised earlier this year. In terms of Cleveland and Pittsburgh, you can't have two games nationally televised like that. I said two, and there's another game down the line.
Between Minnesota and Detroit, that's on national television later this year on Sunday Night Football, and they weren't going to get it again and flex into it.
So, but the Eagles being put in a position potentially to make a run or tear their team apart is going to be in the ether over the next two three weeks. We'll talk more about it on Monday, but it's a Friday. Which means we got two ways to skin this cat. Do we take a break now and come back and do what's more likely, and then take a break and get ready for Coach Monkin? I will say that's what we should do.
I have a hearty amount of topics. Oh, you do.
Well, then that means I'm gonna make sure we get a commercial break in here.
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What's more likely for you, real quick? All right. What do you got? You can help kick us off. Four teams in last year's championship weekend, that being the Rams, Seahawks, Patriots, and Broncos.
What's more likely? All four of them make this year's playoffs, or all four of them miss this year's playoffs? All four collectively miss.
So so, Patriots, Seahawks, Broncos, and Rams. With, I'm with you. I'll say it's more likely all four make it than all four miss it. And it's remarkable. You look at, I mean, the Rams alone.
We thought they were, you know, the latest addition. One, probably one of the. Biggest examples of a super team in the national all time, and then the other three were the three teams that won fourteen games last year, which is a little reminiscent, if you remember, Rich. You go back to last year: Lions, Chiefs, and Minnesota were three of the four highest win totals last year, and then they all wound up missing last year as well.
So it's almost looking like two years in a row you're going to get the top three records from the previous season outright miss. The following season, which is remarkable, man. But I appreciate the time. Right back at you, Ross. We've got our first.
This is the first playoff picture graphic we've had for the for the year so far. All four of those to miss seventy five to one.
Well, the Rams right now are fourteenth in the conference.
Now that's. Nuts!
So surprising, so shocking. And suddenly, now they cannot stay healthy. Conate Mumfield might be the one receiver, the lead receiver. Yeah, get ready for a heavy tight end package. I guess.
Okay, a lot of a Kyron wanted to run it. He's going to run it. Yeah. Ian did add that. Two, two.
Atwell with a Jordan Whittington. We're going to get a whole bunch of him. Miles Garrett might start practicing next week. Damn! What is happening with this team?
They're so loaded. Yeah, I don't know. Them and the. By the way, that game, Philly in the Rams, just a few weeks ago. Take a look at both of those teams right now.
And their rosters, and who's hurt and who's healthy—nuts! I can't believe it. It's time for "What's More Likely," presented by Pella Windows and Doors. What? What's more likely?
Never say never, but never. All right, what do you have over there, Christopher? Hey guys, happy Friday! Hey, let's get to it. I got a lot, a lot of topics here, so let's dive right in.
Like I said yesterday, elite quarterback play last night on Thursday Night Football. More likely, class of twenty twenty four quarterback to reach more Super Bowls in the next five years, Caleb or Drake.
Well, Drake's already one up. Drake's already one up. Yes, so you are saying. Caleb's got to make two out of the next five. We don't have to count the one.
I'm saying let's start. Oh, okay. Let's start right now and say in the next five seasons. I'll go, Caleb. I'll go, Caleb.
Um, man, they have a better. They they've got a better roster. It's just that simple, Chris. I think you're right. You know.
They have a better roster, and they've got a better running game. And they've got a, you know, I think the Patriots' defense is better, but I think the Bears are getting in that realm. They're getting, they're, they're, they're getting rounded into shape. There, sneaky good unit, yeah, for sure, very much so.
So I go Caleb right now. Certainly, since out of both quarterbacks that could potentially be watching this and monitoring it, it's Caleb. That's true. What's up, Caleb? What's up?
All right, stay with me. There's some math involved here. Come on! I was told there would be no math. First game on Sunday.
We're going to Paris. Who's the most famous Frenchman right now? Jerry Lewis. What? Thank you, TJ.
Thank you. More likely to be the higher number. Wemby shots made on Friday and Saturday night. Do I need two games? Back to back.
Or Chris Alave, DK Metcalf catches combined on Sunday. I have my old Wemby made shots. Environmental pen. Alave, DK catches. Wemby shots made.
Famous. He only made one the other night. But say one. He's one for thirteen.
So I'm giving you two games combined. The two games combined. Or Alave and DK catches. Oh, I'll take Wemby shots. Come on now.
Come on, dude. Olave and DK catches in Paris together could equal what fourteen, fifteen? That would be a lot. How many DK? DK had like nine last week.
Oh man, I'll go Wemby. Sure, this is a sneaky fun game. It's a sweet.
Well, we need to we need to review on Monday.
Okay, ball so hard. Let's come back.
Okay, does do does check our work in the YouTube comments?
Okay, so shout out to that person. All right. So, the my question for you is: more blocked shots for Wemby next game, or guys? That Barkley got raw right in who he played for in the post game last night. How many did you get right?
I did two, but only when he was given a chance to do the first five. That he missed all five a second time with the answers having already been revealed. I said two. Wemby blocks.
Okay. Cherry is French. Who he play for is one of the funnier segments that shows ever put together. All right, let's talk receivers. Big game, Bengals, Ravens, AFC North wide out to have more receiving yards.
Jamar Chase, Say Flowers. Oh, Jamar Chase torches the Ravens historically, and Marlon Humphrey in particular. I'll go. Jamar Chase, who's quarterbacking for the Ravens? You want to let me know?
Lamar was seen at practice, but everyone said he was still limping around. What's happening?
So I'm not sure. I've lost track in the number of times Lamar's gotten hurt, and he's oh, he'll be back right away, and then he's not, not, not back for a long time, way longer than you'd think. I don't know. Some people heal quicker, slower. Right?
I don't know. All right, I'll go Jamar Chase. As much as I need Zay Flowers, certainly in the fantasy leagues that I have them in.
Now that I, I am just kicking my.
So you know when you make a roster move, yeah. Like why did I do that? I know why did I do. TJ is thinking that every single week this week. Oh my God, when he's awake.
What else? More likely to keep their winning streak going. Titans or Vikings. Come on, man, dude! Titans have a one-game winning streak.
I understand they have a one-game winning streak. Two things: one, the Vikings are at home against the Colts team that just fired their general manager and might be having their head on a swivel, saying, "What's going on?" Okay, and two, the Titans are playing a guy who's joining us in 13 minutes. Come on. I didn't know that when I wrote this question. Not here yet.
Okay, it's the Vikings.
Okay, okay. The Vikings are at home.
Well, I set you up to look good. The Titans are at home, but here come the Cleveland Browns at four and two. I get it. All right, they haven't checked in yet. You sure about that?
Yeah. I mean, all right.
So then, then I'll say the Titans. What? Huh? No, it's the Vikings. Come on, they're one of the best.
Coming off a bye. Taking on Daniel Jones, who can't, who can't take care of the football.
Well, they couldn't. Not can't. They haven't. Haven't. Language matters.
Watch the Holmes docs. Right. All right. Class of twenty twenty four quarterback. Let's keep.
It was a big class. More likely to have more yards and touchdowns. J J McCarthy or Bo Nix. Oh.
Well, you you started that. McCarthy is one of the options. Oh, oh, okay. Or Bo Nix, J.J. McCarthy against Houston, right?
Okay. Did you see how many yards Stafford had against the Arizona Cardinals?
So he's he's Matt Stafford now. I'm saying Stafford struggled against the Cardinals' defense last week. Oh, and Bo Nix, okay. And who's Bo Nix facing? Try and you know to keep up.
What's more likely? You're able to keep up the rest of the segment, or you're not.
Well, we're halfway through. Let's see.
Okay, let's see. I'm taking JJ McCarthy. Yeah, man.
Let's go. And and and who has a receiver he's throwing to with a last name that matches the title of this segment that he hit for a touchdown last week? Hey, Isaiah. What's more likely? He's been incredible.
One of the best free agent signings.
Okay. This year.
Okay. How about superstar running back more likely to be in the offensive player of the year conversation? Christian McCaffrey or Bijan Robinson? How many games in a row is Bijan going to be held to nothing? Right, duds, right.
But the Niners' defense has been balling out, and if there's one individual who wishes to win this game in Atlanta. It's Raheem Morris. I'll go with Christian McCaffrey.
Okay. Let's keep going. Nine catches last week. Are you keeping up? You're keeping track.
I'm good. Doing well so far. I'm good. Thank you. I just feel that Raheem's going to make sure seven doesn't beat him, and Penix is going to have an afternoon.
That's that's my prediction for this one. All right, I'm gonna put you on the spot. They got that. That's an uphill battle. Putting you on the spot with this one.
Yep. Talking about one of your sons, NFC South quarterback to win more playoff games in the next three years. Baker, Baker or Bryce Young? I'll go Bryce Young. I think that's based on what's going on right now.
Based on what we're seeing. How dare you make me choose the? Rational choice over my irrational opinion. Your that's growth on your part. I think it is.
It's me showing that I'm professional. Professional, you know. Guys, are we more likely to league wide have on Monday more undefeated teams or winless ones?
Okay, so the winless ones currently are the Chargers who are on a bye, so we've got one. The Dolphins are taking on the Jets, which is your way of trying to, you know, troll on them. To say that the Dolphins can beat the Jets, it's a way to talk about their first win of the new administration. There, right? Right.
Those are the only winless teams. Correct. So you're saying, at the very least, there's one winless team because they're on a bye. And you've got the Vikings coming off of their bye to take on the Colts at home. Yep.
And you've got the Chiefs going into Seattle. Yep. And you've got the Niners going all the way across country to Atlanta. And I'll say there'll be more undefeated teams this weekend. How dare you?
Look at you. See you talked that up. I did. But I first had to smoke it out. It being you.
You speak. What's more likely? I understand. I am conversant in your. Inanities, sir.
All right, this is fun. TJ, chime in. Is there more likely to score more combined points on Sunday, the Packers and Lions, or Cade Cunningham and Tyrese Maxi Pistons Sixers Sunday? Oh, Maxi's out of his skull. Great win last night again, too.
TJ, look, man, we're two and zero. We're moving on. Analytically, though, you're one and one. That's funny. Thank you.
Yeah, coming down from twenty nine. I mean, the Cavs are one and oh analytically. Don't forget. We're combined. Packers Lions get sixty points.
That's basically what I'm at.
Okay, so you look at. I'm. I'm. I think it could be you know high scoring. I'm sure, but I think.
Cade and Maxie will outscore the Packers and and Lions. I'm gonna say Cade and Maxie probably gonna get 49.50 combined.
So okay, Packers Lions spreads 53.
Well, in our in our fantasy league on the ESPN app, that's ninety thousand points. I've made some changes. Oh, you have. You can't make changes in the middle of the week. Yeah, I can.
It automatically recalibrates.
Okay, so what's going on?
Okay. Well, this guy just complains. All right, a few more, yes, sir. More likely to be remembered historically as the worst decision: the Vikings letting Sam Darnold walk, or the Seahawks letting Kenneth Walker leave. Ha!
Wow, Chiefs Seahawks on Sunday night. What a great, great question this is. I. Hundred percent thought LeBron was going to make his way into this worst decision. I'm glad, Chris.
This is growth, okay, guys. That's funny, although it's not funny to Minnesota fans. I think it's canine. Squeeze. You think?
I mean, it's just been we're we're just six games in. We're just six games in. The other guy won the Super Bowl. It's for sure Sam Darnold, and and then and then and then JJ McCarthy. That decision could get worse for Minnesota if McCarthy goes to the Giants.
Yeah, exactly. That you had both, and now you got neither.
Well, Kyler starts to struggle, right? But the the interesting thing is they also had Daniel Jones.
So if Kyler beats Daniel Jones, that makes it doubly better for Minnesota. Sure. Again, we got to think the way we, you know, in our rotting brains in sports talk, yeah. Think, but K nine, if he goes in and just torches Seattle and Darnold starts, right, and starts, you know, Chiefs with throwing it around, that's better for Minnesota because Darnold looks worse, so it's easier for them to let them go. And it was kind of a one off, hell of a one off with a trophy.
Sure. It's fun. Am I right in trying to extrapolate this out to the nth degree, even though I have no basis to do any of what I just said? Yeah, that's I got on October 23rd at Sam Darnold. As of right, of course, there is a trophy in the case in Seattle.
Right, but what is about what? Kenneth Walker looks amazing. Yeah, that's what an and Charbonnet return. Charbonnet will play this week. He will.
Okay, very good. We are what? We what? The Vikings, if they kept Sam Darnold, people aren't thinking that they would have won the Super Bowl just because he won the Super Bowl, right? Like, but they won 14 games with him.
Granted, but still, I'm just saying, like, just because you keep him last year does not mean the Vikings are winning. Do you have one more? I have two more. Oh, you have got two more. Real quick, more likely.
Take your time. Take your time. Okay, great. Then I'll calm down. I want to give you.
I thought you were giving them to wrap it up. I want you to think about this. More likely to be back in your power rankings next week. Gosh, Rams or Raiders? Come on, come on, Chris!
Rams or Raiders? The Raiders might win this game. I know. I mean, the way that they've been playing, and the way that the Rams have been playing, yeah. Um, I would go Raiders.
I'll go Raiders because even if the Rams win, I don't think I'd put them back in my power. Interesting. I know what you're trying to troll at, but. A three and four Rams team that's banged up with a gutty win in Vegas—I don't think pops them back into my top ten. But if the Raiders beat the Rams to go four and three and they look impressive, that might.
Okay, that'd have been the wrong music if you chose Rams. I understand that the autumn win is still a pirate. It doesn't matter, you know. That's true. What else?
Last one. More. More. All right, we'll get one more. Here you go, from Las Vegas.
I think that line was said in Las Vegas, Nevada. More likely to be the bigger number, guys. Do you know what Sunday is? The day after Saturday. Twenty fifth, technically true.
National Tight Ends Day. Oh, we already had Loveland scored last night. Loveland scored last night. The grand total number and World Series starts tonight. More likely to be the bigger number.
Games in the World Series or tight ends who score touchdown. Tight ends who score touchdown. It's unreal because this, as you know. It's a made up holiday, okay? It's a made up holiday.
All holidays are made up. No, no, no, yeah. Are you? Wait a minute. Are you?
Are you telling me like Christmas is made up?
Well, no. That someone decided to make it a holiday. Hanukkah is made up. Hey, t here is candles. Do does anyone understand about the miracle of the oil?
Of the Maccabee fan, like that, yeah. But someone had to go. This is a holiday. I mean, don't make me go down the history of what Hanukkah is. Are you telling me Valentine's Day is made up?
Yeah. Excuse me. That one love is real. I mean, matter with you? I mean, Festivus was just a day.
Now that's someone and said, "All right, in all seriousness, this is made up." But for some reason, they pegged the day, and it's all score. Like if your tight end does not score on Tight Ends Weekend, National Tight Ends Day for your fantasy team, just fold. Love one. Eli Raridan scored. I know two last night.
Exactly.
So the answer is touchdowns by tight ends on Sunday. More than seven? Absolutely. Oh my goodness. Absolutely.
No doubt. For sure. Two have already scored. I know. Love it.
Remember? Didn't Hunter Henry have one wiped out? Last night, or he just was all over the place. He was all exactly. Reardon scored.
Unfortunately, Cole Komet's like, where was my nice night? Yeah, remember last week, four tutties in the first London game.
So Kittle's is Kittle scored. Kittle, I mean, Kittle's the guy who created this damn. Kittle will score on Sunday. It's not a damn thing. It's he's just he puts the damn thing on people on National Tight Ends Day.
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I don't feel good. All right. So you'll show off your tap dancing skills when we return. Thank you. Eight four four two zero four.
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Let's go to the phone lines right here on the program. Mateen in Denver. Mateen, all right. Is this Cleves? Mateen.
No, I wish this was Mateen Cleves. How you doing, Rich? I'm fine. How are you? Good, good.
I just wanted to spend a few minutes talking about Caleb Williams, how dominant the guy's been. First and foremost, want to give all the Chicago Bears haters that have been talking about Tyson Bajonz is Tyson Bajonz out. They all got to get lost. Caleb is absolutely generational.
Sorry, I'm out of breath. I'm so excited. Oh, hey, let's go! Awesome. Hey, listen, Mateen, Mateen, let's just yes, let's just take a breath in.
Let's do this together. All right, we'll do. Certainly, since Todd Monkman's not joining us right now, right? Here we go. Breathing.
Deep breath, deep breath, deep breath. And then shout out to you, Brockman. You have been ride or die with Caleb this entire time. Thank you so much, love for that, Caleb. And just like the throws you was ripping on third down, deep in the end zone, were just incredible, Rich.
The one thing I did want to ask you, if you were going to rank the entire quarterback class from twenty twenty four top to bottom, yes, where would you put them all today, moving forward? Thanks for having me on.
Okay. Let's do this.
Well, one and two.
Okay, hold on a minute. No, no, no. If we're going to do this, thank you, Mattina. I appreciate that. If we're going to do this, because there's six of them.
Oh, right. Do we do it as a top five off the top of my head right now? Yes. Right, because there's a one more too, isn't there? There, well, yes.
There are six first rounders.
So, six first rounders, because that's what he's referring to. Yeah. All right. Do we have the top five animation? Let's do the whole thing here.
Cause that way we can just you know sum it all up. I could see it's ready. High five! One, two, three, four, five. Riches top five.
Hi. Normally my top five on a Friday, and I'll do this later, are my top five games of the week. But we just had a caller. From Denver, right? Mateen, Mateen.
All right, saying you know, rank the top five from the quarterback class of 2024, and there's six first rounders. And I, I'm going to just do this off the top of my head. Um, top five quarterbacks from that.
Okay, from that draft class. Should I go one down to? Normally, I go five up to one. I know. I was going to ask you that.
That's too much mental gymnastics. Yeah. So I'll go one down to down to the end, based on what what we've seen from them so far, right? Correct. Okay.
Number one is JJ McCarthy, and wait a minute. Number one's Caleb. I mean, one guy's been in the Super Bowl. I got it. I was.
I'm sorry. I will quit with the bit, but he was second in MVP. I I I get it.
Okay. I get it, but right now, where we are, right now, where we are, right now, and for the future, I'm going with Caleb Williams. I think I will be proven correct. Oh, I will be proven correct. I think in the long run, at the end of the day.
I'll go Drake May too. Obviously, how about one in one A? I love both of them.
So no, I know you do. I know you do. But I'm always giving my deciding vote to the other guy. When I mean, I will say, look, I wanted Caleb so bad on the Pats, and when you know when they Joe Milton blew it, he's just so down a Joe Milton wormhole.
Sorry. I'm sure Joe Milton is a nice guy. I'm sure. Hey, listen, he's an Michigan guy, just like JJ McCarthy. At first, I get it.
JJ, you know, stuck with the program. Those who stay will be champions. That's what it says there. Three is Jaden Daniels. I'll still.
It's amazing how we're still dining out a little bit on on his first year. But I still believe Drake may have zoomed past him, though. Correct. That's for sure. Um, man, what an interesting.
Now it gets kind of. This is where it's getting dicey.
So I'm down to Knicks, Penix, and JJ. Um, come on, man. I'll still have to go, Bo Nix here. Think so. Although the way he is playing right now, he's playing the worst out of all three of them, and I just said those words.
Okay. I just said those words. Might take Penix fourth. Really? I really?
He's working with more. He's got. I mean, look, Sean Payton hasn't done a good job coaching this year, but I don't know. Penix looks pretty good. That was high register.
TJ, did you hear that? Picked up on it. I'll go Penix here at five. Just go on. You think we need one more?
All the other ones. Since I'm talking about one of my sons here. One more. I did not know this. JJ McCarthy.
Let's go, man. Let's go. That's the wild card. He can move up in the. He can move up to four in two weeks.
Yeah. This by Sunday. Yeah. By Sunday, he could move up to four on this list, and then by the end of the year, at the end of the year, he could get past Drake May. If he wins a Super Bowl, yes, I will put him number one.
No, but he he he can zoom up to number four on this list by Sunday. Yeah, and I know that Knicks made the divisional playoff game last year and won it. He, you know, technically has a playoff. I say technically, it's not technically. I shouldn't said he's got a playoff win against Josh Allen.
You know, not many people can say that. I think the only people who can say that are Joe Burrow, Patrick Mahomes, and Deshaun Watson. Am I mistaken, Mike Hoskins? You're my you're my Bills Josh Allen historian. I think those are the three.
You know, those are the three who say I've beaten Josh Allen in a playoff game.
So, but J.J. McCarthy can hop up there, man! What an opportunity for him! Holy crap! And thank you to Mateen and Denver for the for the makeshift content right here.
Mateen, that was good. Mateen just made that phone call. Do I do the reading? Everything here? Heck yeah!
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Okay, I saw that too. That wasn't real. Please, I hope people understand. Get out of here, man. Um, let's go to James in Pittsburgh.
Jimmy, James in Pittsburgh. Is this Harrison? What's that? No, I'm sorry. What's up, James?
No. This is not just. Hey, how you guys doing? How are you? Taking my call.
Amazing. What's going on, James?
Well, I have a. What's more likely for you? All right. Hit it. All right.
Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers win a playoff game this year, or the Ravens miss the playoffs. Ravens miss playoffs. I think Rodgers wins a playoff game this year is more likely than the Ravens missing the playoffs. Ravens are going to make it, man. They're going to make it.
I don't know if they win the division. I think again, three teams can make the the the the playoffs from the AFC North. We discussed this the other day, did we not, gents? We did. Yeah, you did.
Yeah, you did bring up about the three teams for both for both the AFC North. Yeah, right. That that I think you even said was this a an ORM topic? ORM on T. Yeah, that there was going to be only one from the West and one from the South and three from the North and.
Yeah, you know, too east, too east, because you're not putting the Patriots out of the playoffs. Definitely too east. I'm not.
Okay, yeah, yeah, James. Listen, and this is a big game for the Steelers in Paris. This is winnable. Little nervous. They should beat the Saint.
Yeah, but they flew late. No, no, no. That doesn't matter. The Rams flew late last year and smoked the Jaguars who were there all week. And the Texans flew late this year and beat the Jaguars who were there all week.
And tip your waitress because she's there all week. Hey, make me a believer. Try the steak, ladies and gentlemen, or the steak free to use the phrase of the of the week. By the way, French fries. By the way, I've had a steak free in Paris.
Fantastic. Why is this? Apropos of nothing. Why is this only a three point spread? Because who knows?
Who knows? What Saints team's going to show up? I don't. The one that almost beat the Lions and then beat the Ravens, or the one that has pooped the bed in most other games except last week, and which they almost did again. Who?
Who knows? They could absolutely beat the Steelers. But Rogers is not great. DK finally getting going. Jeremy Bernard looks like a budding star.
Jalen Warren's been awesome. Obviously, the defense has played great. Why is that only a three point game?
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