REShow: Eli Manning and Rich Eisen (from Germany) - Hour 2

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No. With guest host Susie Schuster. I want to take a minute to talk about Caleb Williams. Live from the Rich Eisen Show studio in Los Angeles. This is a kid who just wanted to go to his mom.

When did him need to be comforted, become a sign that he's soft? Earlier on the show, Yahoo! Sports columnist Dan Wetzel coming up.

Two time Super Bowl champion Eli Manning, Marconi Award winner Rich Eisen. And now sitting in for Rich, it's Susie Schuster. Well, hi, everybody.

Susie Schuster here on the Rich Eisen Show. Thrilled to be with you again on this Thursday. TJ Jefferson, good morning.

How are you? The candle is lit. Candles lit.

The mimosas are chilled. And all is right with the world. I'm just saying that we decided, yep, after the first hour, we're like, what are we doing with our lives? Let's just pour a drink. I got to say, it's delicious. Wherever you are right now, just just pour wine. I mean, it's delightful. It's five o'clock somewhere. Let's go. It's sweet. It's bubbly. It's divine. Mike Del Tufo, how are you this morning?

I'm doing well. I've got a drop for you guys. Do I not? Serious people. Come on, man, come on. Kind of, but then we're not. I mean, when Mike, you know, Mike, when Rich gets home, he can do what he wants on this set, but he's not here right now. Exactly.

And so I got thirsty. So Susie, the other day, somebody on Twitter made a tweet about like how we were wilding out because we had a substitute teacher when Rich was in there. We do kind of, I mean, we're we're a lot more buttoned up. I do admit we're in Rich's hair, but, you know, I'm not going to say this out loud, but it's a little bit more fun when you hear some kind of a higher register.

Yeah, it is. You know, I don't want him to hear that because I like this job. Class were like, yeah, substitute. Although I do get very proprietorial about this desk. I'm not going to lie.

You know, you don't like us having fun with other people. No, I don't sit in the chair. I want you to remember where your loyalty should be. I want you to remember who brings you breakfast.

Here's a hint. It's not Andrew. Look, Susie, I know for a fact you're one of the reasons I'm even sitting here. So Steve Weiss, you know, I know where my friends did not bring doughnuts. You know, did Steve Weiss bring doughnuts? Did he bring croissants? I dropped a kid off at school and still brought these morons breakfast. I'm just saying and drinks, though, whatever. I mean, I guess women can do more than men can. I think that's a fact.

Before we talk about the football game coming up, before we talk about the Lakers. And oh, by the way, not heading in a great direction. Do you know what my favorite snapback is when people write to me if they want to say something mean? I got I got a couple. Susie should stay in the kitchen. And I'm like, for what?

Somebody said they say that. For what? I'm not cooking.

What are you doing there? I've never seen you cook. Yes, you have. You liar. You have. And by the way, I can cook, but I don't want to. Why?

So my kids can tell me that they'd rather have somebody else's work. I mean, pretty much. Oh, I made the big mistake. I thought I'm going to have my kids and they're going to get to have us a say in what they're eating, because I hated being told what to eat when I was a kid. Big mistake. Big, huge. Never again.

So, yeah, that's my favorite. It's like, oh, Susie should stay in the kitchen. Like, why? Why?

For what? What am I going to do in there? Chris just fell asleep thinking about Thursday Night Football.

So why don't we just go back there? Hey, well, I have two parlays riding on the under tonight, so I'll be watching. So you're basically watching just to make money.

Trying. OK, that's the only reason he watches sports. I mean, I can talk about that because I'm not an official. Oh, that is true. Paid employee of the National Football League.

So I'm more than happy to have that discussion should you need to. Yeah, it's a low total tonight in case anybody out there is partaking. I know Chris Long, wherever he is. He's an underdog, too. Thirty eight and a half bears by three. I don't know what's going to happen tonight. I kind of hope Bryce Young is a good game, TJ.

Like, yeah, I want this guy to succeed. I know I had an overreaction on the podcast this week. You did that. So unlike download wherever you get your podcast of the podcast.

Watch on YouTube. I said that, yeah, Bryce Young over CJ Stroud is going to be like Greg Oden and Kevin Durant. Oh. I just I mean, it feels that way right now. CJ Stroud has been so awesome. 14 touchdowns, one pick. He's playing great for Houston. They're in the playoff mix.

They're sniffing it. And meanwhile, Bryce Young has he's looked overmatched out there. He's looked small.

He's been the Andrew Siciliano of quarterbacks. Oh, that's not nice. Sorry, I just gave Andrew a stray. He'll be back tomorrow. He'll be back tomorrow.

But he won't. It hasn't. It hasn't looked good for the Panthers. So I do want to see them on the big stage tonight. Thursday Night Football, short week. And I would like to see a close game.

I'm just not anticipating a lot of points. That's all. Speaking of small and Kevin Durant, I watched her or saw somebody had a great shot of Kevin Durant in women, Yama. And by the way, he makes Kevin Durant look small.

Yeah, he makes everyone look small. It's for real, by the way. And that was I did get to see. And again, for those of you just joining, you can watch us on Roku on repeat, which is how I tend to watch the show in between texting the guys.

It breaks of things that I think you should do differently. I did watch. I did watch the end of the Spurs game in Madison Square Garden last night and watched him kind of have a how's your mother, how's your father invitation to Madison Square Garden or his opening experience there? And he was really wowed by the history of the building, the youngest team in the league, of course. But you did see what happens when a team plays physically on him. And Victor did say he was played like that all through the European League. But God, he's so ready.

He's so lean that you can really kind of lean into him physically and hold him back. Yeah, you're kind of seeing that, too, with Chet Holmgren, T.J. for OKC. You know, they had a great game last night. These guys are young. I mean, when he's 19 years old, Chet is what, 20, 21.

So give these guys some time. Everyone, Kevin Durant came into the league. You know, he famously at the combine couldn't bench, you know, 185 or whatever. And he was a string bean.

So he was spindly, they like to say. Not that Durant ever actually, you know, put on muscle like Giannis. Giannis was super thin when he entered the league.

Jason Tatum, the same way. And those guys have kind of bulked up and are pretty muscular now. So, you know, you're kind of hoping that when be and Chet and some of these guys who are rookies, who are on the lean side, the tall lean, you know, they give them time, you know, get in the gym. They can put on 15, 20 in the off season and then we'll see them as different players. Yeah, they're never going to be, you know, Mike Yoke.

They're never going to be just swole, but they're not going to be strong for the frame. I mean, Dale Davis or Ben Wallace, they're not going to be those type of players. But they're going to get as strong as, you know, their frames can hold. And you could tell those two kids, man, they're both hard workers.

They're very much into this. Yeah, I expect them both to have hopefully long and healthy careers. You know, injuries hopefully stay away and we can see what these guys are fully capable of. And I think as basketball fans, that's all you really want. Like, yeah, I love watching when I think I only missed one Spurs game. I've seen parts of pretty much every game this and it's just like, I just want to watch this guy. And he didn't have a good three quarters against the Knicks yesterday in the fourth.

He kind of played a lot better than he did in the first three. But he's still like an attraction. Like you want to see him. And any time he gets hit, I'm just like, man, I hope he doesn't get hurt because I want to see where this kid can go. It's best to watch TV.

Cage comes in the living room. When he knows Otani, it's like he knows these guys. They're going to be on TV. They're going to be in his life as a sports fan until, you know, forever and until he until he retires. So it's fun.

I can't wait. Like I said, Spurs games are are on. I'm watching because it's just it's fascinating. You know who's not happy? LeBron James. Not happy at all with this Lakers nightmare road trip he lost last night in Houston, 128 to 94. That is a flat out blowout, eight games into the season. L.A.'s three and five, oh and three on its four game road trip. They are now oh and five outside of crypto.

And I still have trouble calling it crypto, but that's neither here nor there. And we had Joe Vardon on from the athletic yesterday. We talked about numbers, numbers and minutes for LeBron James.

And this is what he had to say. He's playing more minutes than he was supposed to. You know, that that's been an early an early story line in the NBA and with the Lakers. And it goes back to opening night after the game. Both he and his coach confirmed that this is the plan for the year, that he's going to play around 30 minutes, which would be way fewer than he's ever averaged in 20 previous seasons.

He didn't sound happy about it. But but the idea is like they're trying to preserve this player who's still great, but he's about to be 39 years old. He's missed one hundred and ten games, something like that over the last five years with the Lakers, and this minutes restriction lasted all of one game. So they just I don't you know, it's it's a it's a combination of the Lakers not being as good as they thought they might be when he's not on the floor and also just the incredibly high level that he's playing. And they've had some overtime games as well.

So that's his mindset now is, is he's, you know, he's taking on a workload that we've seen throughout his entire career and he's just trying to get the Lakers into a good into a good place. Yeah. And Darvin Hamm came up with a great way to save his minutes by having him sit the entire fourth quarter of the game last night. Yeah.

Crazy. Yeah, it wasn't good last night for OA. No, no Anthony Davis, LeBron only played 27 minutes, only put up 13 shots. They were never in the game. So disappointing, you know, but remember, they started was it two and ten last year?

They were awful. Yeah. And so, you know, they ended up being a playoff team, so I'm not worried yet if I'm a Laker fan. Austin Reeves, I think the way he's being used and involved in this offense, I think is a little concerning to the first two weeks, but lots of time to figure it out. Yep.

And they're hopeful that Anthony Davis will be back for the game on Friday against the Phoenix Suns. Look, Suzy, spasms on your groins. That's nothing to play around with. So. Is that your fantasy team?

I might as well be now. Groin spasms. The weirdest tweet ever. I mean, by the way, there are some uncomfortable tweets to read on the air when you're a woman, and that's one of them. That's one of those where you're like, wait a minute, send it over to you, Chris Brockman, for an update on Anthony Davis' groin. Let me read what Chum says. I mean, that'd be great.

Yeah, really bizarre. But yeah. Anyway, you want to talk Celtic Sixers, TJ? Would you like to talk Celtic Sixers, TJ? OK, here's I can already tell you how this is going to go, right? Because I'm going to sit here and I'm going to pound my chest and and say, yeah, the Sixers did this, that and the third. And Brockman is just going to be Brockman goes, well, get done the playoffs against us, which we haven't been able to do.

And he's going to be right. And I won't have a comeback. And there you go. That's going to be it until the Sixers are able to overcome the Celtics in the playoffs. So much like I always say about the Cowboys and the hurdle of getting past the Niners until you're able to clear that hurdle.

There's really nothing to talk about. It was a good win. We're playing very well. But, you know, all roads lead to the postseason against the Celtics for as far as the Sixers are concerned.

We got to get over that hump and we haven't been able to lately. Yeah, I think for you guys, too, it's kind of awesome to see Maxie. Tyrese Maxie unleashed now that James Harden has gone, this kid in his third year.

Right. He's really you're really seeing what type of player he is and what he's capable in this league. I think he's already the runaway most improved player for sure. And the way he's kind of running that offense and the speed at which he he operates and plays games.

It's it's really cool to see for you guys. Not that I'm running for you guys ever, but from Boston, just a disappointing night. Last night, didn't shoot well from three fifteen for forty seven.

So that's thirty two percent. Porzingis played great. He's really been everything that I as a fan and Celtics fans have hoped. Him being added to this lineup along with True Holiday. He has just been tremendous, exceeded expectations. Twenty nine last night. Did miss the game tying shot, but that was a 14 point game with two minutes to go. That never should have come down to that.

So kind of whatever. I'm not sure why Derek White turns into John Havlicek when Derek Stu but we are maybe the most underrated player in the league for the way he's able to fill the stat sheet and everything that he does. But concerning so far as Jalen Brown's piece in this offense, he looks a little bit lost. You know, Tatum is kind of taking his game to another level the last couple of years. He's averaging thirty a game this year.

But Jalen Brown gets that huge three hundred million dollar extension in the offseason. He's just kind of lost out there a little bit. Only four of thirteen last night. Eleven points. Need to get that worked out. But again, kind of like the Lakers, it's the first two weeks of the year. Lots of time to kind of figure this stuff out. Boston is going to be there at the end. Philly is going to be there at the end. We're probably going to see these two teams play each other in the playoffs and then we can talk in May. Tatum can do no wrong in our house. We actually got a pair of Tatum's last night for basketball season for Cooper.

Oh yeah, we did. The lightest basketball shoe in the market right now. Is it really? I think so, yeah. Well, Coop walks like he's stomping on like, you know, he walks like the weight of a thousand horses. Well, Coop's a giant and he's kind of grown a little bit fast for a twelve year old. So I think he's kind of like a Bambi situation where he's kind of trying to grow into his body, right, Suze? He is. He's he's a gangly five foot ten twelve year old. Yeah. But by the way, stomping around. But yeah, Jason Tatum's a good thing that they're the lightest shoes because you can hear him coming a mile away.

A mile away. Should we talk about Giannis here or should we wait on Giannis? What do you think? Well, Eli's up next, right? So let's just go quick on Giannis. Let's go on Giannis.

Oh, OK. So let's do Giannis right now. Yeah.

What do you think of that? So Giannis, of course, getting tossed last night for his second unsportsmanlike technical foul in the win against the Detroit Pistons. Do you guys remember about year three for Kobe Bryant when suddenly he went street and he wanted to like show what a tough guy he was? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, because Kobe came in, he came in the league like.

Seventeen. Shiny, like a shiny penny, like a really like just everyone kept talking about this is the best kid, his attitude was great, blah, blah, blah. And same with Giannis, because everyone just talks about how he is the best guy to deal with. He's like a dream for a reporter. You know, he answers all the questions. He has great conversations. He's polite. He's lovely.

He's European. And it just reminds me a little bit of that. Like, I wonder, is there any part of him he's like, I'm going to show people I'm a bad boy, too. Mm hmm.

You have to think that it just feels strangely reminiscent. He's in what? You're 11 now at this point. Yeah.

Oh, two, eight, maybe. He's not at 11. Well, he came in in 13. 2013 was his rookie season.

Was it really? Yeah. So I mean, with are you sure he didn't start last year? He's 28. Doesn't he feel fresh to you? So with everything he's accomplished, he's already won championships, MVPs, DPO wise. I think he's past that point.

I think we already know now you can just, Chris, you spoke earlier about his body transformation when he went from spindly, as you put it, to jacked and yolks. So I don't think that's the case. This is year 11.

It doesn't feel like year 11. Crazy. So I just feel like yesterday was just a weird thing where, Chris, like you said, like maybe the ref didn't realize he already had a team. But even at that, if you're going to give someone a taunting technical, they should really be taunting, staring at somebody for 1.2 seconds, in my opinion, should not warrant getting a T and especially should warrant one of the faces of the league getting tossed out of the game for that. Like I thought that was ridiculous to me. Yeah, that was that was a that was an objection that shouldn't have happened. I've seen guys, you know, meet each other in the groin and kick each other in the groin and not get kicked out of the game for it. And yet, you know, here you go, like I'm going to stare at you because I just dunked on you. Like, I don't know, I didn't like that at all.

What do you think, Chris? I hope it is a situation where the ref just kind of lost his head and forgot Giannis's foul situation and his situation. But again, it's kind of like the NFL and the roughing the passer and all this stuff. These guys know the rules. So I get it. Heat of the moment and all that.

But, you know, it's funny because torn. But the Lakers always say that LeBron is was kind of different. But I mean, is it now is this evidence that he's not? Yeah, this guy's a superstar at MVP, one of the faces of the league.

I love him. He should be officiated a little differently. He's also got to know his own situation. He's got to know that he already had a tee in the game. And I get it. Big play, big moment. But it's like early third quarter.

Just don't do it. I mean, I get it. It's like the eighth game of the year.

But come on, he's got to be better than that, too. Yeah, I still think it was like the biggest non call. I like it when coaches.

It was lame. I like it when coaches get teed up. Like, I think it's kind of fun for some of the players. And when they see their coach, like Steve Kerr got teed up. Steve Kerr was about to get tossed last night. It felt like.

Yep. And he got emotional. I mean, Steph Curry was a little pissed at some of those calls last night as well. I mean, there were a couple manhandling calls that didn't go his way. It's kind of like officiating across the board in all sports. It's been so lousy this year. It seems like Major League Baseball for sure in the playoffs. I mean, it's basically time for robo lumps.

Essentially, NFL has been brutal at times. I don't know. Maybe there's just something in the water. Let's ask Rich Eisen about it when he calls into his own show from Frankfurt. He's coming up next here on his own show on the Rich Eisen show.

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Call clickrainger.com or just stop by. And it is my pleasure to welcome in Rich Eisen to his own show. How are you, honey? What's up, Rich? How are you, hon? You're back in your room. You're back safely from Frankfurt.

I'm in Frankfurt. Yeah, it's kind of funny. I got back on the train today, and as soon as I got off the train, two, you know, very big German men met me right on the train track station platform, and I didn't recognize them at first.

They're the same people that have been, you know, helping with security for the Chiefs Dolphins game. So for a split minute, I thought they were going to come up to me and say, Sir, we know you were biking with a Russian national in Berlin yesterday. We need to have some conversations about it. Then it just hopped in my oh, these are guys with me. And like I texted you, Suzy, I felt like Ethan Hunt being led through the Frankfurt train station to the car, you know, but it was a nice welcome back. I'm back here. We meet with the Colts tomorrow, the Patriots Saturday. And then the game Sunday. And then I'm back with everybody on Monday.

So that's the way it's working. I'm back here. You're back. How's everything going there? How's everything going there? No, we're drinking. So that's okay. We're okay. I'm a tad tipsy.

What do you mean? It's my most of Thursday. Is that what it is? Well, you know, rich eyes and act like, you know, well, since Andrew is coming back tomorrow, I thought we would break out. It's great that Andrew is coming back, Suzy. This is why do you say that? Because because, Rich, Andrew is a part of the circle of life now here.

And because it's also a great joke line. Like, what does Andrew bring you? Does Andrew bring you croissants? I don't think he does positivity. Do you know what I mean? He does.

He brings his a-game positively all the time. But, Rich, Suzy wants all the other guest hosts to know that there is a call sheet. All right.

And she's number one on that guest host call. I just don't want the rich to get too comfortable in this chair. I want them to know that there is a pecking order. And it's because you don't know that already. OK, very good. But that's not why you're in the chair, though, Suze. So, you know, that's right. Let's be straight up. Also, also, I may or may not have Ron Burgundy to read earlier.

OK, that's right. Stream Kevin Harlan, Kurt Warner and me all season long. And I tried to cover up by saying what the football, but I was like, I can't get fired.

So why not? It didn't hurt. How are you doing, Rich?

How are you doing with the Michigan stuff? Are you sweating? Are you OK? What did Dan Wetzel say?

What did he say in hour one? I don't know. I wasn't paying attention. No, just kidding. I got the sense. And tell me if I'm wrong that he thinks that the NCAA and the Big Ten are wading into really dangerous territory with this. Yeah. I just think he feels like there's like everyone's doing this. And so to bring the hammer down on Jim sets a strange and dangerous.

Well, I mean, I don't know. Here's the thing, because, you know, straight up, like, well, is everybody sending, you know, Connor Stallion's types into stadiums, you know, you know, and did Michigan know that Connor Stallion's was using his own name and his own Venmo and and getting a whole bunch of, you know, shaky, we would assume camera video and using that to break down along with game tape, like, say, Ohio State and Rutgers did to get Michigan's signs last year and apparently handed to Purdue in time for the Big Ten championship game last year. As Michigan says, they have the goods on that and included that in their 10 page letter that Dan Wetzel came on in hour one to talk about to Tony Petitti.

And and that's that's the that's the issue. I mean, as a Michigan fan, I'm just hoping that Connor Stallion's was just doing this on his own. And Michigan was just, I guess, in the long run, foolish enough to just think that, oh, it must be his military background, why he's so damn good at this. And, you know, and it invites, say, defensive coordinators at Penn State to have fun and trolling videos talking about let's come up with signs like this is the time to hear from you on third down on Saturday.

And and and I saw that and I'm sitting there going, this guy's got a set. He's got some brass to do that sort of thing because Michigan's a better team and should go in and stick their amazing blue foot where the sun doesn't shine and break it off. And that's basically all that's left for Michigan to do, because when you put yourself out there, when you have a guy who's dressing up like Bobby Valentine on the sideline of Central Michigan or, you know, refurbishing vacuums and sticking them out on his front porch and this guy's on your sideline, you are opening yourself up to this sort of trolling and this sort of criticism that you see from ESPN. They're going a lot of people on that network are going all in, including Stephen A., who's been, you know, friends of ours for quite some time.

You know, this is what happens when you open yourself up to this sort of thing. But to answer your question, Suze, you know, is this an outlier? Is this the only school who's doing this sort of thing?

Is everybody stealing signs and disseminating it to other teams like apparently Ohio State and Rutgers did to Purdue and Michigan curb stomped all three of them? So that's the question is, what did they know? When did it happen? Exactly. I think that is more, I guess, well known. And then on top of it, what did it mean?

Did it affect anything? Will we ever have the answer to that? The only thing that Michigan can do just to repeat one more time is to go out against Penn State and win, crush them, Maryland and Ohio State. And then that'll be the end of that.

And then win the Big Ten championship, win two more games, win the national championship and have people talk about asterisks and things like that. OK, so be it. That's the way it works. Let's take your blood pressure down a little bit and get a little concerned. You're getting a little worked up there.

Really hot. You're right. Oh, oh, oh, so we're not the only ones drinking people. I like it.

Rich is rich is currently imbibing a nice red and a crystal glass as opposed to I think he froze, but we'll come back to him. Oh, is that a sign? Is that a sign? I was hoping when he was reaching over, he'd pull a pretzel out. By the way, that would be next level.

That was Ryan Day cutting off his feed. And by the way, if he doesn't come back with the pretzel carefully wrapped and sealed in some kind of Ziploc bag, I'm just saying if Marshall Faulk's going to make me beignets next week, which has got to come home with with a fresh German pretzel. Do you think? I mean, come on. I don't ask that much. Do I it's going to travel?

I mean, what is it? That is sure it's going to be hard if he leaves on Monday. See, how long is the flight to Berlin?

Oh, it's 12 hours, 13 hours, 13 and a half, 11, 10, 50. Yeah, it's Susan and Chris and Mike. You know, that was one thing that I did pick up on that Dan said.

And he said it just very matter of factly. He goes, everyone has signed Steelers. Like, yes. But are they are they legally are they legally getting the sign, stealing like off of television, scouting opponents for next year, which is legal?

Or are they going about it the way this Michigan fella did illegally in person for the games they're playing this year? This is because of idiocy, Chris. This is just because of sheer idiocy in the way in which Stallions got the info.

Rich, are you back with us? I mean, it's a bunch of macho dudes running a football program like this isn't rocket science. And oh, by the way, I will tell you this firsthand.

We all know this, that college football coaches love military background. They always think they're going to get something special. All right, Rich, top five. Are you done drinking? Can you take a second and enlighten us on your time? Was I was I was I a little bit too aggressive? Is that what you're saying? But I thought I heard you say something.

Your voice definitely went up an octave and you were a little more in your face, but not in the higher register. It's been three days of hearing this stuff, which is building up. I haven't said anything. All right, here we go. Wow. That's your boy right there. That's your boy.

You pay that guy. High five. One, two, three, four, five. Rich's top five.

All right, here's my top five. My top five games that I'm looking forward to the most. The most intriguing matchups for this coming week.

Number five. I'm still sticking with the Jets being intriguing. They got one more game of being intriguing.

Well, and it's also where they're taking on. They're taking on the Vegas Raiders who have a chance to get to five hundred. Can they continue the Antonio Pierce magic? It'll be Zach Wilson against the Purdue quarterback last year who had Michigan's plays thanks to Ohio State and Rutgers in the Big Ten Championship game for Purdue. Does it?

It's not great when it happens to other people, I guess. So long story short is can Antonio Pierce magic on Sunday Night Football in front of the whole country with Aidan O'Connell in this obviously more happy, it appears, Vegas Raiders team? Can they go ahead and do it? And can the Jets beat the team that fields the number 17 that they tried to get at the trade deadline? Lots of intriguing aspects here coming off of that jet egg that got laid on on Monday Night Football against the Los Angeles Chargers. Next up on this list, number four, I'm going with the Texans, folks. I don't think I've had an intriguing matchup involving the Texans yet this year, but Texans at Bengals, two Ohio State quarterbacks, right? C.J.

Stroud the latest and Joe Barrow, who said this week that he went to school at Ohio State and played football at LSU, which I'm sure his professors down in the bayou appreciate it. But nonetheless, Joe Barrow playing some of the best football we've seen in the last month. He's healthy. He's killing it. Can the Cincinnati Bengals keep rolling on against the Texans team that has, I guess, arguably the hottest quarterback in the NFL, the already wrapped up offensive rookie of the year in C.J. Stroud?

Number three on this list. Can the Chargers keep it up? They head home after winning two in a row against the Bears and the Jets. Now here come the Lions coming off of a bye week.

And the lines of the Chargers to me is fascinating. Jared Goff back where he once belonged in Los Angeles in SoFi Stadium, taking on the Los Angeles Chargers. I think this is an intriguing matchup with the Lions trying to get their seventh win.

Number two on this list. Browns Ravens in M&T Bank. The Ravens is absolutely foreclosed on their last two opponents in the bank. It was the Lions getting smoked. It was the Seahawks getting smoked. What about the Browns bringing Miles Garrett trying to chase down Lamar Jackson? It is the first matchup of Deshaun versus Lamar due to injuries. We haven't seen it yet from last year to this year.

Can't wait to see this one. How well can the Browns play on the road where everybody has been getting crushed and the Ravens putting some of the best football out there on the line? Number one of my top five most intriguing matchups for week number 10 coming up is 49ers. Jaguars both coming off a bye. Both teams having serious aspirations. The 49ers having theirs doused over the last three weeks with three losses in a row. They've been sitting on that for an entire fortnight. Here come the Jaguars who started one and two.

Now six and two. The longest winning streak in the NFL at five games right now. Putting it on the line against Christian McCaffrey and George Kittle. It's going to be a great one. The 49ers against the Jaguars.

The most intriguing matchup for me for week number 10 coming up this weekend. Do you think we need one more? Sure, why not? All right, we'll get one more. Thanks, George. Appreciate that. I was just, you know, because there's an eye on Rich and Aizen. I was going to put Colts and Patriots up there. Try to be a good company man. See if there will be a little something extra in my paycheck, but I just can't do it. But still tune in, please.

9 30 a.m. Eastern time for all of us to be there for you here in Frankfurt, Germany. Kyla Murray's back and the Atlanta Falcons are starting the FitzMagic 2.0 again in Taylor Heineke and I can't wait to see what color looks like. James Connor is going to be back this team that currently holds the top spot in the draft with so much talent at the top of next year's draft. They have the number one overall pick, but it looks like they're putting their best players back out on the field. James Connor off of IR, Kyler Murray off of his knee injury, his first start and border. The Falcons need this.

And will Bijan get the football more than than Algier? Like, that's the question. I know you spoke about it with Marshall Faulk yesterday. What's up with that? That is another intriguing matchup.

And that's my top five for you all right there. I like it. Let's revisit that in the third hour. The Bijan of the ball, shall we? I know you got to get to Eli. We got to get to break. Eli Manning joins us next and I will ask him if he knows why our son's name is Kuppur. But we'll see you in the third hour, Rich. All right, brother.

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And it really annoys him. But that's neither here nor there. How are you today? I'm doing great. I actually requested you. I said, when's Rich out of town? Then I'll come on the show. That's usually what happens. That's usually what happens.

I mean, I don't know if you know this or not, but I have an Emmy and he doesn't. So that's all I have to say. And by the way, I have to tell you this. And I'll tell you before we talk about your Quaker pregame tour, I was pregnant with Cooper, our son Cooper.

And I was with your dad at the Super Bowl in New Orleans that long ago. So our Cooper is 12. And it was because of a conversation. Well, two things. Number one, our son wanted a mini Cooper for a brother. But after having dinner with your dad and we kept hearing Cooper all night, I said, you know what?

That might be it. So we have the unofficial other Manning brother, which I'm sure that my husband has tried to sell you on before. But I had to share that with you before we even went anywhere because you've got four kids and your house is probably crazier than mine is. It's crazy.

It's four kids, each of them playing multiple sports. And it's a crazy time. But that's how we grew up. It was wild and playing sports and outside and running around.

So they're staying busy, which is which is good. So how close to growing up in your house is the Manning cast then? Because last night when I was watching the basketball game, I had two boys attacking each other and two dogs destroying toys and a daughter who's in the middle of all of it. Yeah, that's that's how that's that's life now. I'm still waiting for the kids to bust in on my Manning cast live and come wrestle with me, a dog running with someone's stuffed animal and girls crying behind the dog.

So that's that's that's that's life. I think if Peyton and I were really together, if we were in the same room, like that would not be good for the Manning cast. We would start wrestling eventually.

There would be a doggy involved. Like, you know, that's why we had to go separate separate houses. He's in Denver.

I'm in New Jersey. That keeps it somewhat civil. Yeah, because I think it's birth order. Would he just sit on you? Is that what he would do?

Yeah, yeah, that's yeah. He just like comes in and be like, move. I'll take the remote. I'm handling the clicker.

I'll be, you know, fast forwarding, rewinding all the plays. I get to talk the most. I'm the oldest. He feels he gets that right. And, you know, and that worked when he was five years older than me when he's 12 and I'm seven. I currently fight back now that I'm 42 and stronger than him.

And then, you know, now I can fight back. And and that hurts his ego when I beat him up. OK, so you said that you are stronger than your brother, Peyton. Say that again.

Right to camera. I mean, I think everybody knows that I'm stronger than Peyton. It's I mean, he the only thing that Peyton's really good at and lifting and it's been like this freak thing. And he used to brag about it until no one really cares. He's really good at leg hamstring curls, like that machine where you lay down and you do your hamstring curl like that was freakishly strong hamstring curls. And I like they make they make that machine anymore.

It's not even in existence because it's not very important. But that's that's something that he is stronger than me. If you can find one of those machines, like an old warehouse, he would be able to beat me at that. I was going to say that's from like a fitness center in the 80s when women wore like leggings, right? And warmers, I think. Yes.

And Peyton wore leggings and warmers also. Do you have a picture of that you could send us? Because that might be useful for the next interview. I don't. Not on me right now, but I'll I'll look. I mean, we might have one somewhere. Yeah, I don't know.

Yeah, I doubtful, but I'll be on the lookout for it. Before I ask you about a donkey, because you have to tell me the worst thing you can think of your brother that nobody knows about so you can sell him down the river. Oh, worst thing. There's got to be something you guys have been around forever, but I feel like there's something that you can, you know, float out there for us. Yeah, he's just always been very concerned about his hair. Like he's very concerned about his hair. He used to even I just remember him being like 15 years old and I'm 10 and he's going to school or he had maybe his first dance or something in like hours, like trying to get the perfect comb. Like he's like he's he's he has test tried every possible comb. I saw him use a Sharpie one time. He's like, Sharpie is like the best, the best way to comb the hair. So very concerned about it.

And it's it's a sensitive topic. I mean, the only follow up I can think of is who had better game in high school. Oh, I mean, I don't think neither either of us really have much bragging rights on that. You had the Rich Eisen show brand of game.

Is that what happens? Because Rich apparently did not have much game in high school. I have a feeling it was about the same. We're all playing so many sports. It was just that was like our only focus.

We were playing it was straight from football, right in the basketball season, right in the baseball where we just very little, very little game. Eli Manning joining us here on the Rich Eisen show. So what happens when you're doing a broadcast and you're interviewing one of the biggest stars in the world and a donkey comes into the video? Yeah, you kind of pause. I'm like looking up and I'm like, is he are we live? Or am I supposed to be introducing him now? Is something going wrong? And is there a donkey?

Am I seeing things? I'm like, I guess. All right. I'm just going with it. I'm just I'm just asking, you know, kind of I had my introduction scripted.

I stayed on the script. I didn't go right into the donkey question. And but yeah, I mean, there was some like weird noises going on. He's feeding him. He it was just it was shocking.

I was not I was not expecting that. Eli, I don't think it's normal to have a donkey in your living room and as weird as Arnold is and he is an eccentric man, to say the least, that's that's that has to be the weirdest thing that's ever happened to you ever in your life, don't you think? I think so.

Just sit down, have a conversation with someone. And yeah, they're feeding a donkey. So I think we made the best of the circumstances. You know, took some shots at at the donkey, took some shots at Peyton about being named after the donkey and they have similar eating habits.

So I think I think it worked, you know, worked out well, you know, under the tough situation. Had you ever met him before? I had never met Arnold. I know his story. I've watched a little bit of the documentary on him, which is interesting. I think he has an unbelievable story of where he came from, how he got here, how he became a movie star to a governor.

I mean, it's just an unbelievable story of his success. Who's the best guest you've ever had on the main cast that you're thinking, I cannot believe that I have this person? Well, I think we've had great guests. I mean, Snoop Dogg is awesome. Marshawn Lynch offered me a shot of Hennessy. Snoop, you know, there was a definitely like a fog in the background of his Zoom that I'd never seen before.

I don't know. He must have had a fog machine in his studio. But I mean, the fact that I have interviewed Barack Obama, former president of the United States, like I'm the least qualified person in the world to interview a former president like that should not ever happen. And he was an unbelievable guest. So I think this that mix of of people we have on for me to meet some of these people, to talk to them, to interview them is really special for me. Let's pay this off. Quaker celebrating this football season with his first ever Quaker pre grain tour, which includes a fun tailgate truck that will visit select NFL stadiums. The introduction of a new digital Quaker playbook featuring a collection of 32 recipes to represent each NFL team. Tell us more about it.

Yeah, like he said. So, you know, excited to kick off the first ever Quaker pre grain tour. And if you're not unfamiliar with the word pre grain, it's basically the start your pre game routine with some Quaker Oats, which I've been doing basically every morning for the last 15 years.

I do it on game day when I'm going to play in the game or sitting on my couch. And so this will be a tailgate as visiting NFL stadiums and introducing their new digital Quaker playbook, which is 32 recipes representing all the NFL teams. And that tour will end at the Super Bowl Taste of the NFL. And they'll announce a $250,000 donation to Quaker's longtime partner, Gin Youth, which is a nonprofit organization helping kids and their wellness and living a healthy lifestyle. So just, you know, really proud to partner with Quaker and share their same values and that the circumstances of life should not ever be a barrier to good nutrition and helping these kids and young people get into a healthy habits of eating good food. Now, Eli, Rich believes that pizza toppings are a window into the soul. So what is your oatmeal topping? I am just tons of fruit. I'm a raspberry and blackberry on most cases. If we don't have that, I'll go strawberries and blueberries. If my wife helps me make it and she wants one, I'll make mine and then she starts throwing granola and honey and all sorts of other yummy things, which I gladly eat as well.

So if I'm just making it just a bunch of fruit, some oatmeal, good to go. Last question. Do you think that Daniel Jones has had his last snap as a giant and then I'll let you go? I hope not.

I hope not. I'm a fan of Daniel. He's become a great friend of mine. I see how hard he works. I see how important it is to him to play for the New York Giants, to play quarterback. He's made improvements every year, try to fix the things that he needs to work on.

So I see his commitment. It's been a tough year. The injuries, the worst part of football and sports I think are injuries and having to deal with this. But I think he's still got a lot of great football ahead of him.

I think the Giants have a good nucleus of great guys and great leaders and great coaches that they can bounce back quickly. Visit QuakerOats.com slash pre grain tour to learn more about the Quaker pre grain tour and recipe playbook. Eli, thank you so much for your time. Thank your entire group.

Thank the donkey that came into the screen because it gave us something to talk about all last week and this week. And say hi to your dad for me and tell Abby that I feel her pain because I've got three or four pickups after this. Thank you so much.

You're the best. Take care. See you soon. See you.

All right. Bye bye. You got to thank the donkey. Got to thank the donkey. Obviously anytime you can get to talk to Arnold, that's amazing.

And that's going to be a fun, exciting, most watched interview. But when you get a donkey appearance, I mean, come on. You got to thank the donkey.

Come on. That's next level. Donkey! Who has a donkey in his house? It's amazing.

Arnold Schwarzenegger. Oh, you guys. I want one now. Here's my question. No, you don't. No, you don't.

Sarah would throw you out. Let me ask you a question. Is there a door open all the time? Does the donkey relieve itself in the living room? You know what? Great question, Andrew.

We talked about that on Tuesday when he was here. I think if you watch the Arnold doc on Netflix, I think that Arnold has one of those free flowing back areas, and the donkey just roams free. But I think the donkey knows, like a dog, you're only supposed to go in certain spots. You think the donkey is house trained? Donkeys, very intelligent animals. I think the donkey knows.

And plus the donkey, it has a cage in the backyard. So Arnold goes in the morning, he has multiple animals if you watch the documentary. And I'm sure it's Arnold Schwarzenegger. He's got one of those houses that, you know, the entire wall is glass and it's like a pocket door so you can just open it up to the outside, free flowing. It's not like him living in my, you know, a little studio apartment in Reseda, California.

This is Arnold Schwarzenegger we're talking about. I gotta tell you something, I haven't seen the documentary. I'm too busy running around town trying to pick up kids from different practices. Like I said yesterday, you're trying to keep four human beings, three children, a husband and two dogs alive.

So you don't have that much time, understandable. You're doing great. Maybe tonight, halftime, Thursday Night Football, a little bit of a snooze fest, just pop on the Arnold doc at halftime.

You know what I mean? I got to pick up at eight o'clock in Encino. You should go get Cooper for me. It's so close to your house. How about Cooper sleepover?

Hey, thanks for that. Why don't you go? You want to do that? Cooper sleepover. Cooper sleepover with Cade Brockman? Fantastic. Wait a minute. Did you just offer to drive my kid home?

You did? That's so nice of you, Chris Brockman. I'm the best. Thanks. That was so thoughtful of you. Uncle Chris. I'm amazing.

He's just trying to make up for that temporary situation. I tell Rich in the next hour that Chris Brockman offered to pick up Coop and Encino and bring him home. Fantastic.

No problem. Rich will join us back on his own show after this. Love talking to Eli Manning. Thank you, donkey. Donkey! Man, Eli just, that guy, he just gets it. You know, Chris, and that's the other thing.

Man, he's so funny. For as much as I love the Cowboys and the Giants, I've always said this to you. He ended the perfect season. Of all the teams I don't like, the Giants, I like the Giants. I like the most out of all the teams I don't like, because I've always liked Eli for back to college. There's something about Eli, I just like Eli. I love how he threw Peyton under the bus, though. I think it's kind of like me throwing Andrew under the bus. It's like low-hanging fruit. I think he's expected to come down.

The way people love to tease Rich about his hair because it's so original, I feel like there's a couple things you can do. What is that? It's like a meatball down the middle, right? It's just Chan-Ho Park to Cal Ripken in the All-Star game. Chan-Ho Park. Just right down the pipe. You just Chan-hoed?

Yeah, yeah. Chan-hoed. You Chan-hoed Eli, and he hit that out of the park like Cal. He did. And also, guys, what can you say about Peyton Manning, right?

There's really nothing you can say, so it takes his little brother to come in and just come over the top and drop elbows on him, because what are you going to say about Peyton Manning? How about the Sharpie and his hair, though? Wasn't it Trevor Lawrence the other day that they had on? They put on Trevor's hair on Peyton? Yeah, they put the hair on.

Trevor Lawrence has amazing hair. My cup is looking really low, Chris. Oh, sorry. Let me get on that. Got to get up on it.

Just saying it's 1056 on the West Coast. I'm just saying, I just wouldn't want you to be paltry and you're poor. Proud of the liquor. How many glasses do you think Rich is in today?

I don't want to be... Two? It looks like he's had a lot. The way he got hot on the... Somebody said, is he in a tanning bed?

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