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Ah, yes. Hour number three of the Rich Eisen Show is on the air. One of my favorite actors, Jeff Daniels, is about to zoom into this program. He's coming on to talk about Alive and Well Enough, an Audible Original memoir on his career. And it also includes original music of his own. Remember he zoomed in once upon a time and they were, I'm sorry, maybe it's in the same spot where guitars all over the place.

Oh yeah, yeah you're right. Jeff Daniels wrote and recorded this original at his Michigan home with his son Ben as the producer and so he's coming on to talk about this and the Detroit Lions, whose fans are really upset with us. Me in particular. Even though I started the show last week after they beat the Chiefs with not what everyone else was talking about, which, oh my god, the Chiefs are 0-1.

I talked about the Lions first, which I thought was respectful, and then I forgot them in my top ten because they played way back on Thursday and I forgot. Where would you, if they give you a mulligan, where would you throw them in there? I appreciate you giving me that mulligan, Chris. You know, Rich, I got your back. Um, you know, where did I put that piece of paper?

It's somewhere around here. Do you want to put my, if you don't mind putting my power rankings up on the screen if you can do that? They're also pissed because our poll question, Chris, we didn't include them in it either. Right now, I'm just getting a whole bunch of like, why didn't you put the Lions? That was an oversight. It was just the same way it was an oversight to not put them in the power rankings.

There's only four options. When we do this, man, we're coming up with this stuff on the fly sometimes. And I got, I got somebody responding to this video on our YouTube stream, which by the way, is white hot to the touch, and we appreciate everybody who's, who's a subscriber to our YouTube page, youtube.com slash Rich Eisen Show saying that this ruins the integrity of my power rankings.

And I'm like, they're power rankings. Like, I don't even want to do this. I don't even want to do this. You owe them for doing something you don't want to do. I don't want to do it. You got to do it.

That's funny. Um, I'd probably replace the Jets with them. If I had a mulligan, I'd take because again, I'm just throw Detroit at eight or would you buy with everybody? No, I'd throw Detroit. Okay, I take the Jets output, put, put Detroit at eight and see the Jets.

You know, that's why I took the Bengals out. I think they're terrific, but I feel that they'll be back in with their next win and the Jets should be forced to do that as well because everybody understands the integrity of my power rankings. I mean, if you don't have integrity in your power rankings, what do you have? You know, I should, you know, I should call for help on my power rankings. You know, I should call for help on my power rankings and not tell him why I'm calling him to help with my power rankings and have him do it on the air as Bob Costas. Oh, please.

Can you do it right now? Bob, I need help with my NFL power rankings. Call Bob right now. He'll answer.

Did you say I need help with my power rankings? He'll be like, oh, come on. I know you love that. Well, you say that to you. You shut him off.

I understand. Fellow Syracuse alum. If Bob doesn't answer, then you've got to who's the next Musburger, maybe? Al? Al probably hates power rankings.

You know, he texted him. Bob texted me the other night when overtime hit because he hates the rule. The new rule? The Monday night rule.

Yeah, he hates the rule that they allow both teams to touch it. Because Al wants to go home. No, that's not Al. Bob. Oh, Bob. Out of the blue, Bob. I hadn't heard from him in weeks. Just go back to sudden death? That's what Bob was?

I think he'd appreciate me reading this. Yeah. Yeah. Because he just doesn't think, you know, that the old rules. So as soon as it went to overtime, I looked down at my phone and it says, this rule remains mind bogglingly stupid.

It's what he texted me. And I just wrote back the OT rule. And he wrote, yes, of course, didn't play out unfairly in this case, which is not evidence in support of the harebrained rule. So he texts like he talks, right?

Just because someone crosses the street blindfolded and isn't run over this time doesn't mean it wasn't stupid. Especially in the postseason, which this was not, of course. Bob Costas on the overtime rules in the National Football League 2023. So I should call him up and say, hey, Bob, I need help with my power rankings.

Where would you place the Lions in my week two power rankings? One hundred percent. He might hang up on me. You really want me to do that right now? I think worth it.

Yeah, I think so. Hey, just text Bob and go, hey, can I call you for a quick two minutes on my show? All right. So, hey, mind if I call you live for a quick two minutes. Two minutes on my show. Really important question.

No, I can't do that. For some advice. You might find funny. Me asking you. Right. For some advice, you might find funny. Yeah, make sure you're grammatically correct. Me asking you.

I think Bob is a simple answer. I understand that. Hey, mind if I call you live. Let me read through it. OK, thanks.

Mind if I call you live for a quick two minutes on my show for some advice, you might find money. Funny. Me asking of you.

Send. Great. In Switzerland, it's illegal to own only one guinea pig because they are prone to loneliness. That's a fact. All right.

It's true. He was reading, he was reading facts underneath the Snapple cap. The Snapple cap, yeah. Because it was boring.

Back then, yeah. All right, poll update. We're neck and neck here. Biggest winner from week one. Cowboys, 28.2%. Dolphins, 28.1%.

Yes. Wow. 49ers, 26.4%.

Oh, it literally just switched as I was reading it. Look at us. I didn't vote yet. So vote. I can't. Why?

Brown, 17%. You're on. You're on. You're on. You're on.

Too jiggy his back. You and Murph are freed. I freed Murph and Elon freed you. I still can't get over the disrespect. The hell going on? That's what I'm saying. The hell going on? We got a lot of great drops. We sure do.

Puka Nakua is trending. Why not? I picked him up on my fantasy team. Hey, everybody. I wouldn't play him this week, though.

Just a little fantasy advice. Hey, everybody. Hey.

Hey, Rich. Alan Rogers has chimed in. He has spoken.

Well, he has typed and he has hit send on Instagram on Wednesday. Thank you to every person that has reached out, called, texted, DM'd, connected through a friend, et cetera. This meant a ton to me, and I'll try and get back to all of you soon. I'm completely heartbroken and moving through all of the emotions, but deeply touched and humbled by the support and love. Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers as I begin the healing process today.

The night is darkest before the dawn, and I shall rise yet again. Proud of my guys. Want to know with a jet symbol and a hashtag after that. A little nod to Kenny Main right there, as Kenny always puts the hashtag after stuff. The saddest comment was from... was it Garrett Wilson or Sauce? Was it Sauce?

Okay. He said that he did his handshake alone, their special handshake. He did it alone, and he had the broken heart emoji. I hope rising again means he's going to play again, and honestly, no matter what you think of Aaron Rodgers or how you feel about him, which is the way I guess everybody begins sentences talking about Aaron Rodgers these days, this ain't right.

This is not right. And Jets fans, speaking for all Jets fans, it would be great if they perform very well without him this year, hold on to that first round pick, use it to get Aaron Rodgers, what, a wide receiver in the draft, a first round wide receiver, just as a wink and a nod to everybody in that bar that thought they were going to drink for free on Monday night. Then he comes back, and then he plays 75% of the snaps, doesn't cost him a damn thing for that, and they win the championship then, because I'm looking at glass as half full. And the very sunny Nathaniel Hackett spoke today on this very subject as to whether Rodgers is done or not. Take it. Do you put out the Instagram thing yesterday, but you expect him to try to play this year? Oh yeah.

I mean, whenever Aaron's got his mindset on something, good luck for anybody that wants to change his mind. You're in. All right. You're in. I'll take it.

You know, Solly yesterday is like, yeah, it's too soon. And Nathaniel Hackett's like, I got this, coach. He's playing. Which is great. I hope that's the case.

We haven't heard confirmed from him yet, because he's obviously in a deep dark place, figuratively, not literally, although who knows. And then, you know, I hope he plays again. This is not the way it should end. We should not be looking at Rodgers's career as Jets fans as we look at Belichick's career as being the H.C. of the N.Y.J. lasting two seconds, figuratively. This one lasted 75 seconds, literally.

We shouldn't be looking at that Rodgers tenure as Jets quarterback like we look at Belichick's tenure as head coach of the Jets, which is a gag and a joke. You know, his highlight shouldn't be him coming out with the American flag before running for his life and then having MetLife's turf take him out. So it was a pretty dope highlight, though. You got it. It was.

It was a great way to go. Hackett was talking about Zach being ready. I hope so. What a complete and total flip of the script that would be if he comes out and he starts swinging around against the Dallas Cowboy defense. I would be shocked. I would be stunned. We would be shocked. He would be dismayed, shocked, dismayed, disgusted, probably dismayed and shocked, shocked and dismayed is what we would be. I mean, it would be great for Zach as a person and Jets fans in general, but it would be awful for T.J. as a fan. Awful for T.J. All right.

Here's Hackett on this very subject matter. Roll it. Hit it. Like we said earlier, you know, every quarterback's different. I want Zach to be Zach, Aaron to be Aaron, Tim to be Tim. I want all the players to be who they are. And so my job is to try to put them in the best position so that they're successful. There are certain things that Zach can do that are really exciting and we want to take advantage of that.

So every like I said, every guy's different. So we're going to try to do what's best for them. His previous offensive coordinator said the same thing. We want Zach to be Zach pretty much. And then and then the offense didn't do a damn thing to let Zach be Zach because they're like, oh, wait a minute. We got Zach.

We don't really want to see. We don't trust that Zach. So let's not get that Zach rolling. That's the problem, though, is part of Zach's game is to get him out of the pocket and get him running around and making plays off schedule. And any time you got to make him plays off schedule, I didn't like that schedule.

The schedules stunk. That's the whole point is like, who is this Zach? Can we get the Zach that that can, you know, that Romo said the ceiling was my homes? I would just take the ceiling being ma, you know, one syllable of my homes, I'll just take the ma as the ceiling and then we could add the home and then the one one syllable at a time.

I'll take the mom at a time and then the home and then the. He made one play where he just kind of flipped it out. He's in the pocket, he's about to go around, he flipped it out and he made a completion like, OK. He did go nine or 13 after the interception. I like that touchdown, even though Garrett Wilson was the one who made the touchdown. Yeah, superstar catch. I know. Dalvin Breece Hall coming through.

Maybe Breece Hall could tell Tony Pollard how to score touchdowns from any part of the field. All right, I'm beginning, I'm beginning, I'm beginning to regenerate. See that? Don't do that to yourself. Because we'll see Tim Boyle.

That's what's going to happen. He says, Tim, he wants Tim being Tim. I don't want to see Tim. What?

I don't know. All due respect to Tim. I want to see Tim. I'd love to see Tim Boyle in the game. All due respect, let Tim be Tim out off camera.

Tim ain't him. And let Zach be Zach, whatever the hell that means. Let's get a new Zach 2.0. We already saw the one who seems more mature and he's taken, you know, accounting for himself I think what's not helping Zach is that he looks like a child. You know how, like, Nathaniel Hackett has tried to make us forget about last year by growing that, whatever that is, the mustache kind of beard thing. Can we get Zach Wilson some facial hair? Doesn't matter.

It's something. But that, you see, looking like a child doesn't seem to, you know, drag down Brock Purdy, does it? Brock Purdy, sure. Brock Purdy plays with attitude. Brock Purdy showed up.

Gets in your face. I don't know if you saw game day morning on Sunday. Brock Purdy showed up to work in Pittsburgh with his backpack on like he was walking across the Diag going to some econ 101 in Iowa State. It was just like, really?

This is the guy. And then he then he shows up like a stone cold killer. So baby Fenster, like, let's get baby Fenster out there playing quarterback.

Fenster baby with his cigar and his bib and his crib. And let's go. Yeah, I just want Looney Tunes on you. Well done.

Appreciate it. That's what I want. Baby Fenster. I cannot believe, I can't believe we're in this position and I can't believe it's just right now. And I can't believe it's, this is the toughest, this is the teeth of the, it's like jaws.

We need a bigger boat. Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in. Zach Wilson, part three.

That's what this is. Part one was rookie season. Let's see what he's got. Okay. Part two was okay.

Now let's see what he's got. Part three is like, I can't believe we're seeing this again. You know, I can't believe Sofia Coppola is in this season. Oh, yeah.

I just went there. She didn't need to take us right there. Excuse me. Excuse me. Again. I'm not rational. She's like, what did I do? Like two minutes ago, you were talking yourself into like it was going to work.

That's the definition of irrational. I just showed you, let's take a break. Jeff Daniels. Maybe he can help me through all this. Although he's a lion fan saying there's a beer and I don't care. I'm not holding it. He's probably mad about her pool too. He might be, he might just be cause missing out on it on the top 10 and then missing out on it on our poll question is dumb and then dumber, but it was well done. Wait are you gaming on a Chromebook?

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When I had far that one year, that was a total disaster. Let me tell you how that worked. I'm bitter. I'm a bitter man.

I'm hardened. This is after I thought I had evolved. I thought I had evolved over the last four or five months saying this is going to go well. There's not going to be a trap door anywhere.

There's not going to be a trap door anywhere. This is going to go fine. This is going to go fine. Rogers is here. He's turning a page. We're getting him and he's going to be better than Farve and then back in the day, I wish Farve only had four snaps in 75 seconds and we've got at least a full year out of Rogers.

No, no. So there's Mangini. What's he telling? What's what's he telling? I don't even want to know. You know, I don't see him.

He's on. Don't worry about it. I just don't even again. I thought I had evolved. I thought I had gotten through all this, but now I've been hardened and embittered more.

They brought Vinny Testaverde to the stadium. Yeah. I mean, I mean, I wouldn't have done that.

I wouldn't. We're not going to the past. We're not living in the past anymore because you know why?

The past sucked for 50 years. I looked it up yesterday. Are you curious?

Since the Super Bowl, you know, any winning seasons you've had? Why do you look this up? Why? Why?

Why do you spend your time doing that? I don't understand. 17 out of 53. Thank you. Appreciate it. Yeah.

Nine since 2000. So you've been better of late. Thanks Chris. No problem.

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Call clickrainger.com or just stop by. Love this guy's work for years and was thrilled to have him on a Zoom a couple of years ago. Alive and Well Enough is an audible original blending memoir, original music and performance with Jeff Daniels who wrote and recorded this original at his Michigan home with his son Ben as the producer and joining us now from his Michigan home is Jeff Daniels on the Rich Eisen Show. How you doing Jeff?

I'm doing great Rich. Thank you. Oh my gosh. I'm a diehard jet fan Jeff.

I can feel your pain. I'm laughing. I'm laughing because you know I'm the Detroit Lions fan and I mean we go back to 1957 and I saw an article today maybe where I mean you look at the Giants.

They're in trouble. The Jets. The Knicks. The Nets. The Mets. The Yankees. That's Detroit.

That's where we've been with all of our professional sports teams for years and then to see New York kind of dealing with it with Rogers. Roger's going down. Look at him. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Look at you. Look at you. I'm sorry.

But hey look you should be laughing based on your situation's optimism there. I could see if I'm not mistaken you have a Honolulu Blue Lion on the vest you're wearing right now Jeff. I do. I even you know what you know you get into August and September and you get the bug and so you go to the NFL.com and you start shopping and I got I got a jersey. Yes. Number 89 with the name Cogdill on the back.

Gail Cogdill was my Detroit Lion in the mid 60s when I was a kid and he was the wide receiver and I wanted to be Gail Cogdill so that's what I'll be wearing every game this year. Okay. So now I just I don't know about the consumer experience at NFL.com or NFLshop.com Jeff. Did you get a note from them when you said I want Cogdill saying who is this from customer service? Did they ask for an explanation Jeff? They were happy to put Harry Dunn on the back of it they didn't really care it didn't matter to NFL.com or shop here. Okay all right so you know they didn't require an essay or anything like that to come with the request?

No just credit card number that's all they need. Valid I'm sure of course. Valid yes. All right so walk me through your you know you you can assume my viewing experience of Monday Night Football this week. Walk me through your experience of watching the Thursday night kickoff Jeff Daniels.

Walk me through that one. Well with the Lions? Yes sir. I was only able I was busy I was working but I was able to get to the about the second quarter you know you went into the game we we go into the game going just don't get blown out just don't get blown out look by a touchdown okay ten that's enough we can you know it's Kansas City it's Patrick Mahomes God knows we had enough pictures of him that night and and and you know and Kelsey over on the sidelines is he dating Taylor Swift do we care I don't and it was just it just was here we go again and you know Mike Carrico makes a comment now we got an asterisk and and it's just like okay all right we're used to it we got it we got to get into the playoffs we got to get deep into the playoffs before people go well I guess they're for real you know and that's kind of where we sit but I was we were all kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop and then it didn't it didn't and so we're as stunned as everyone else well optimism regardless well what you might have missed in the first quarter was coach Dan Campbell going for it on a fake punt on the second drive of the game from his own 17 yard line and then just seeing that and it led to the first touchdown of the game and then just seeing that and newly acquired David Montgomery from the Bears just pinball his way into the end zone to take the lead and win it just seemed like an imposition of will that is part and parcel of the new head coach I'm wondering what you think of coach Dan Campbell Jeff Daniels well it worked didn't it that time it worked and that's who he is and he scares people and he he'll do anything and you know with Ben Johnson the offensive coordinator you know deciding to stay that's that was that was a real you know he could have gone he could have gone and he could have gone and coached a team that would struggle and he might last two years and but he stayed with the Lions because I think they smell success and I think Ben does I think with Dan Campbell they do Brad Holmes has been a magician with I mean we pick up Gibbs in the first round and you know everybody on the draft program is going what are you doing what are you doing I don't have him on my sheet I don't know anything you know you'll see what we do with him you know I don't think we've seen the speed that Gibbs has yet it's it's exciting around here you know and it has not been for oh decades you know Jeff Daniels the Audible original alive and well enough right here on the Richison show we'll get to that in a second if you were casting a film of the Lions and casting the role of Dan Campbell who would you choose to play after me with some prosthetics and a year in the gym more pull-up what do you think and that's a that's a you know can Gronk act that's not a bad one I I've seen his commercials I'll just say no I don't think or 80 for Brady I don't think he was that was he was playing himself and it seemed like that was a struggle to be straight up with I don't know I don't know back to that fake pun yes sir buckle up when we're on our own four yard line and he goes for it on fourth I mean you'll have every Lions fan watching will be on their feet pacing you know I love it I don't put it past them to do it either well I mean they do look for real and again their last two wins was the one that we're referring to against the the Chiefs to ruin their banner raising night and they're the ones who sent Rogers packing from his Green Bay career to keeping him from the playoffs and end and dropping the curtain there in Lambeau Field it's not so I just I hate to tell ya but we beat him twice last year okay twice and we beat him on a Sunday night when we really had our bags packed season over it's not a big deal why are we even in Green Bay and we beat him and then as soon as he goes to New York it's we're gonna be in the Super Bowl which okay I get and and the last thing I mean I wanted Aaron to play all season you know I mean we all did I mean it was going to be a great Thursday night a great game with the Buffalo and and you want to see you know what he could do I mean he was at the hard knocks he was in a great place it was just it's look it's the injury that no fan of any team wants to see happen to their starting quarterback I mean including here in Detroit I mean it's just that you get to the end of the game and if everybody's still upright and standing that's that's one victory and I was I was sorry to see it I really was as was the NFL and certainly everyone in the you know New York City area. Jeff Daniels here on the Rich Eisen Show let's talk about alive and well enough an audible original and what why'd you decide to do this Jeff? I got talked into it my agent said do you know that you're the only actor in Hollywood who does not have a podcast yes and that's a problem and so I said well let me do what I do and I said don't make me call other celebrities and try to book them and I don't want to interview people I don't know how to do that let me just do what I do I have a guitar I've written songs for decades none of which will end up in Nashville but they're there a lot of them are funny and so I said why don't you just kind of put that guitar show where you tell the story of what it's like to be in a movie with Clint Eastwood and get shot and killed by Clint and then play the song dirty hairy blues which is the song about what it's like to get shot and killed by Clint Eastwood stuff like that the whole Broadway experience of Atticus Finch me talking about acting about songwriting and then snack time with Harry Dunn where Harry Dunn from Dumb and Dumber interviews the actor who played him in the movie and so that and so I get to write all this stuff yeah and so it's all written it's like it became like a memoir but an entertainment piece and I really try to write with a sense of humor and make people laugh as they're listening to this thing wherever they might be you know doing whatever they might be doing and you know Audible Originals has been great and we'll see I hope I get to do it for many years and then your son's producing it as well that's just me and my son Ben you know he's a sound engineer he's a musician we've got a home studio here and I do audio books out of there and narration and Ken Burns did Hemingway we recorded it there and when we do ADR lip-syncing for TV shows movies we do it out of the studio and Ben's the engineer on it so it's just the two there's not most podcasts have you know what 10, 20, 75 people it's just me and Ben so we're kind of stunned it's pretty neat it's and what's the genesis of the title Jeff alive and well enough age pretty much just you know I'm definitely you know down the road and it was I wrote I did an album just to kind of mean the acoustic guitar during COVID you know we couldn't bring anybody in so you know it's COVID I'm alive and well enough you know as we all sit through the middle of that and then when it came time to do the podcast I said well I can't think of a better title so let's just steal that one and you're in your home office there what what what behind you is the most interesting item that you have what's that on the wall you got what do you got that you you can walk us through here what do you got me at a slow pitch softball game okay probably the game where I tore my ACL one of my sons that's Ben when he was maybe five years old okay that's me and my son Lucas on the set of dumb and number two okay Paul Martino manager there's there's my dad Chelsea Lumber Company couple of you know awards that don't mean anything there are there tickets behind you do I see on over your right shoulder or there is there anything up there here's a Michigan Michigan State okay here's a Detroit Tiger here's a yeah here's a 2012 Tiger game it was a Thursday afternoon there were about maybe 80 people in the stands and Doug Pfister had nine strikeouts in a row I don't know I bet you Doug Pfister doesn't it was that autographed by Doug Pfister it's like some sort of scrawl on it right there Doug Pfister 9k I remember that game sitting in the stands and again 80 people and I look like three rows down and here's this guy older than I am sitting there and we just look at each other and we'll yeah we're real fans this is real fandom for sure it's July 18th right did you look this up yeah I looked it up he had 10ks in that game oh hold on a minute July is that July 18th Jeff he's looking at the ticket right now September 27 September 27th oh you got the wrong you got Kansas City there you go yeah you got the wrong start it was nine days in a row that was the thing that's the key very Seaver like out of Pfister that day that's the I met that old guy I remember when we got to seven eight K's and he kind of looks over at me and I look at him going yep yep you're gonna get to nine yeah yeah anyway so yeah you're not a superstitious fan are you Jeff are you one of those superstitious fans where you know we can't talk about a no-header or you need to sit in the same spot watching a game or anything like that no no it's that I mean when I used to be that way it never worked so I think I gave it up okay all right well listen we I think we have just for you going out the door we'd look this up do we have that photograph of this card let's show they just is this is this is this the man whose uniform you know we have Gail Cogdell up on the screen Jeff he was good he's got he's got a very unites crop top is what it looks like surprised I didn't copy it at a young age I could have done that yeah he was he was good I mean I looked him up too I once I was gonna get the jersey I said you might want to know a little something about him and yeah he had a couple really good years fantastic yeah Jeff I appreciate the time always a great time chatting with you alive and well enough where you can check out this audible original memoir original music and performance blend um well let's do this again when we go down a little bit more of a path of your uh your career and I appreciate the time here Jeff love to Rich thank you very much you got it everybody check this out on audible Jeff Daniels getting ready to watch the Lions take on the Seahawks and then go to 2-0 for his Detroit Lions right here on the Rich Eisen show if he goes to two wins in a row you're two nights of the way to a fister right yes that's technically correct he is bursting over there to say nothing I'm not allowed here don't say anything don't say that not allowed you took away one of my tricks by the way there were four instances yesterday where I went through a TWSS oh good I'm glad you didn't do that well I'm not mad at myself god I love Jeff Daniels he is funny he is man just a neat dude I'd want to watch a Lions game with him oh no doubt especially this year Liam Neeson wouldn't be a bad choice like full taken you know I will find you and I will fake punt for my own 17 that was bananas why did he do that because he's Dan Campbell and it's just like this is the way to get everyone's attention or it's one of those where he allows the green light if the look is there and it doesn't matter where it is on the field it's not like hey go for the fake punt it's it's going into the game they saw something on film that if the Chiefs played a certain way it doesn't matter time and it doesn't matter field location we're gonna do it and that's the way I think that he went into the game and then he pre greenlit it is basically what I'm saying I'm assuming I don't know the genesis of it that's usually the way it goes you know hey coach says the special teams coordinator we've seen this what do you want to do go for it do it let's bite a freaking kneecap and that's 10 plays later score the first touchdown of the season the Seahawks boy do they need it this was one of those games last year where what the total was like the 80 points scored in something like that crazy which is great I need it because I have I'm on rushing front on my team oh and then after that the Leon have got Atlanta coming to their house I could be 2-0 versus 2-0 when it's got a tough game this week you know they've got Green Bay they're hosting Green Bay Desmond Ritter he didn't look that great I know that great doesn't look like he's got his confidence didn't have a catch right no catches Bijan Robinson led the team in targets and receptions not a good sign well that's the sign of a quarterback that's just like looking you know yeah quick throw let's look at defense played well out defense played well Jesse Bates pal yeah Green Bay signed him that was a that was one of the first big free agent signings and then when they did that when they did that and signed him like that that was the clear indication they are not gonna sign Lamar Jackson don't forget again when the when free agency hit in March this was full the bars not playing for the Ravens anymore bloom and he was talking about nothing but pay me and then when they went ahead and paid Jesse Bates all that money it's just like okay clearly they're going with Desmond Ritter here and that kid Bates came up with two picks in the first game so that's a big one you're right 844-204 Rich numbered at all TJ Jefferson with some fantasy advice Eric the enemy is chiming in on the performance of the Washington commanders offense last week and what needs to be done moving forward and as you know he uses mean words and he will use a very mean word when we return don't miss this earmuffs people when we return to the Rich Eisen show hey it's Rich Eisen you want an exciting and fast-paced podcast based on one of the most popular segments in the history of the 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restrictions apply alrighty that was fun right now that was fun with Jeff Daniels right absolutely and Eric the enemy he's a mean mean offensive coordinator mean he's uses mean words and some of his players think he's mean and they said to the coach why is coach so mean and head coach was like well he just means well if he's mean not a great look offensively against the Arizona Cardinals who drove themselves to the game in week one well they did pull it out though they did pull out the victory and this is what Eric the enemy had to say guys are gonna struggle and guys are gonna have bad moments but that's how we've trained that's why we practice the way we practice because we know and understand everything is not gonna be perfect but at the end of the day the only thing that you have to do is be the best team for over 60 minutes and I'll say this we collectively found a way to be creative and we dragged our ass across the finish line when it was all said and done coach earmuffs in Washington DC grab their butt over the man it's just again gives you a little sense that gives you a little sense Washington at Denver that's a pretty big football game Denver can't go to 0 and 2 Washington can go to 2 and 0 certainly if Dallas looks like they can in the Eagles tonight so keep an eye on all that that's the latest with Eric the enemy you know earlier on my conundrum I expressed it when talking to the Detroit Lions up all season long and then I I left them off a couple of lists and who did I say I was trying to get some counsel from on this subject matter I'm so lucky and fortunate to be able to reach out to the very top of our industry's flowchart for help Bob Costas is on the Rich Eisen show right now how are you Bob good rich but listening to that last segment about Eric the enemy yes sir I thought somehow you had transitioned into some sort of mellow FM discharge the tone of voice yes and it was going like from Eric the enemy to the best of Miles Davis well I do I am battling something on deck a little Sonny Rollin I am I am I am battling a little something but that's not what I'm calling for advice Bob okay and I sent out the signal it's just like the bat signal I called I'm like I've got I've got to get some help from the very top and I figured you'd be perfect to ask the Detroit Lions Bob performed so well in Kansas City but it was last Thursday and there's been so much football in between that I forgot to include the Lions in my weekly power rankings and I'm wondering if you can help me potentially you know place them in my power rankings Bob what do you think it depends given my frame of reference about the NFL it depends upon the availability of Alex Karas and Nick Piazza but would this be the first like where do you have them and so you don't have them in your power rankings in other words Bob right no they won they won on Sunday night mm-hmm against the Kansas City Chiefs right oh that right they did they didn't all by Mike Torrico and Chris Collins they did do that okay well I just figured they beat they beat the reigning Super Bowl champions so that should put them somewhere on the radar plus didn't they last year yes I'm asking you this last year they showed signs that they might be a for real team yes correct these are all correct facts but again I just wanted to know because I figured who better to help me with my power rankings than than you Bob you know like that's this is right in your wheelhouse I would say right anything any Sanders and Calvin Johnson cannot be stopped I'm just channeling when I last did highlights you know you're in the you're in the neighborhood so and I did tell the guys here the last time I did hear from you was right in the middle of Monday Night Football do you want to you want to have the floor on what you were texting me about on Monday night as the Jets and Bills were going overtime Bob oh this past Monday night yes yeah how ridiculous now I just happened across the game now you would think that like most of America I'd be attuned to Aaron Rodgers in his first series with the Jets but I got to the game with literally seconds to go in the fourth quarter and I'm thinking what is Zach Wilson doing here and I found out later about what happened to Aaron Rodgers and gathered myself enough to talk about it the next morning on CNN how quickly I can pivot and how nimble I am but nonetheless my thought is this yes it the NFL's overtime rule as the ref is tossing the coin and explaining it remains an idiocy you score on the first possession if you score a touchdown the game is over and this is the same rule in the postseason it's gonna bite them in the Super Bowl eventually it almost did in the Bengals Rams Super Bowl they almost went to overtime with that ridiculous rule in place and it's so easily correctable and we went back and forth about it a year ago and and still you know it's it's like we you need a stop sign at this intersection there's going to be a pileup well until there is a pileup why bother well I'm I feel that way about the the fumbling through the end zone rule Bob that one it's that's another one that you fumble through the end zone and you lose possession of the football that that's the one that you know that happens in in a Super Bowl the whole country is gonna be like what are you talking about and I get pushed crazy but at least it's predicated on an error that's kind of your fault rather than the random toss of a coin my Syracuse orange graduate from Newhouse feels the same way Bob don't fumble right Bob yeah no fumble well I don't know I've been given this great thought yes I was actually I was actually at Fenway Park on Monday yes are you gonna be our new GM Bob yes I was snooping around a case I am bloom felt the axe yes that's why I actually didn't see the beginning of the no I know you're busy you're a busy man at Fenway Park supposedly calling a baseball game but instead waiting out a lengthy rain delay and the same thing happened last night right except no first ballot all the Famers blew out their Achilles I mean my gosh you've said that what you wanted to you'd be attuned to Rogers first series as a jet and that's all he got it's truly unbelievable for four plays potentially I'm sure you've gone over this with people with much greater expertise and more connected to it than I but potentially not just season ending but potentially career ending oh my gosh I hope not all right well I just wanted to call thank you for your help so I let me just put it this way so I'm allowed to redo my power rankings do I yes okay thank you absolutely okay absolutely you are thank you have I helped in any way you have I've gotten your I've got your the Bob Costas imprimatur of redoing my power rankings let let the trolls have at it is what I'm saying proceed and when you have rearranged them please text it to me thank you Bob no seriously you're gonna be the Red Sox GM no he's not please he's got no time for that thank you thank you Bob you be well hey the great Bob Costas he's gone so I'm now allowed to redo my power rankings yeah one more shot at these rankings okay all right jets out lines in great well done I think that's out that's a great Lions in not only were they out and then not only were they neglected they're now in and not even 10th I put them above the Ravens and Browns so there you have it well done I think the weird thing is you have a team with no wins in your power rankings who's that the Chiefs yeah but again I'm just saying zero wins it's a mixture of teams that are in there because they have one and impressively and other teams are in there because I don't want to ever have a list where they're not in it I am look I'm just okay like oh the Chiefs are out of my power rankings even Bob Costas would be outraged by that no Bob seems like a man who would say this team doesn't have a win no Bob is a man who's like why are you calling me about power rankings what is happening I think Bob understands what we're doing he's in he's on the inside he's on the inside he's on the if he's very on the inside all right so your fantasy advice has now been pushed to tomorrow yeah you have another day to prepare I don't think I had anybody tonight anyway so we're all good good yeah play your studs tonight they're all gonna go there's no question I'm going against Jalen hurts Devante Smith and Justin Jefferson good luck sir I'm gonna survive this storm those three nights were 70 tonight let's hope not okay it's always probably I get it sometimes you don't want to start guys on Thursdays that there's nothing worse than going in the weekend yeah I've got AJ Brown tonight so I'm you know I'm heavily invested you know like a winner to me you know who's got these three guys Murph does free Murph he has been free he's free I don't hear about Murph anymore should have a segment every week no you should not thanks for taking in this program thanks to Bob sorry a bar that I'm on a 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