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A game out of first. Earlier on the show, Eagles defensive end Brandon Graham, two-time Super Bowl champion and Greenlight podcast host Chris Long. Still to come, author Mike Silver. And now it's Rich Eisen. Number three of the Rich Eisen Show is on the air. Great chat with Chris Long, one with Brandon Graham of the Eagles, fresh off of the big defensive outing in New Orleans to finally put out that raging offensive fire.
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Jim Nance before that, Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk joins them. It'll be a great conversation. Check that out later on. Joining us to kick off hour number three, though, is a friend and a former NFL media group colleague, and he is Michael Silver here on the Rich Eisen Show, the author of The Why Is Everything? A Story of Football, Rivalry, and Revolution that's available coming up next Tuesday, wherever you get your books. How are you, Mike Silver? What's going on?
I'm good, Rich. I've been digging into the 49er drama. Just spent a very curious afternoon at SoFi involving two of the protagonists of this book, The Why Is Everything, which is about the Shanahan McVeigh crew and how they're revolutionizing football.
Pre-order links all over my social media if I haven't blocked you, Amazon, anywhere you anywhere you click for pre-order links. Yeah, I mean, that was a fun game on Sunday, Mike. I mean, holy cow. And it's always been great when McVeigh and Shanahan mostly face off against one another. And so let's get into that.
The Why Is Everything? What is this about, essentially, that the through line we can see playing out every single week right now, Mike? Well, you know, it kind of goes back to my early days as a beat writer when Mike Shanahan, trying to resurrect his career after flame outs as a Raiders head coach and Broncos coordinator, came to San Francisco, learned the West Coast offense. And then Steve Young, who was never good enough for 49er fans who were used to Joe Montana, was said not to read defenses and run too much.
Together, they made beautiful music together. You know, he won that epic Super Bowl 29 with the six touchdowns. Mike goes to Denver, incorporates outside zone.
And I think a lot of people know the rest. And then we kind of go to Washington, where Mike takes over the Redskins and has that now incredible staff. If you look back, which with five current NFL head coaches, Kyle, Sean McVeigh, Matt LaFleur, Mike McDaniel, Raheem Morris.
And Rich, I'd say the through line is this. So much of football for so long, as you know, was this is how we do it. It just works. This is the way Bill Walsh did it.
Just do what we say. And these guys have been willing to question everything, create on the fly. They want to have a purpose for everything they do, and they want their players to understand that purpose. And really, RG3's 2012 seismic rookie season where they did something radical in running their entire offense out of the pistol and took the league by storm is kind of the prototype for that. And then to see both of these offensive gurus, for the lack of better phrase, having fewer of their star players against each other this week, and it still was a wonderful game. 27-24 final.
No Nakua, no Cup, no Deebo, no Christian McCaffrey, no Kittle. And it still, it wasn't three to nothing. You know what I mean? It was wild to see that.
Yeah. And it's one of those weird games where it just seemed like the 49ers had control of it the whole time with the 14 ethic lead and the chance to go up two scores before Moody missed the field goal and even getting the ball back and Purdy threw that great pass that Ronnie Bell was not able to handle. But there are always challenges coming off of Super Bowl defeats, as you know. The 49ers felt this in 2020.
Usually you don't continue to have good injury luck. With all of that said, I would say the caveat for the 49ers is this, and I'll tie this back to our time at NFL Network. So I had eight years with an elite franchise quarterback getting me out of jams on live television, who I happen to be speaking to right now. And I got to tell you, just on a broadcasting level, it's a wonderful feeling.
You just play looser and freer and you don't worry so much. And so as bad as it is for the 49ers, I would submit to you that they have that guy in Brock Purdy and he's ascending. He is getting better and better.
The game he played on Sunday was wild, including that crazy run down the sideline with the pylon-style dive to the first down marker. So I would say if you're a 49er fan, you're really in a dark room right now, freaking out. Hargrave's out for the year. McCaffrey's in Germany. That's never a good sign.
Seeking treatment and so on and so on. On the other hand, when you've got a quarterback who I believe is that good and getting better, you should have hope for a long time. I agree. I was so impressed by seeing Purdy with fewer weapons. He was getting his ass beat whenever they could actually get their hands on him. And the throws he was making, the plays he was making, he was a problem for the Rams. It was very difficult to get him off the field, but they eventually did.
And I think Mike Silver here on the Rich Eisen Show, The Why Is Everything, his new book coming out next week. That's the question I have for you is you just mentioned all of the Niner injuries that sure you can take solace in the fact that Purdy is the man and he is the perfect avatar and also executor of the Shanahan system. And the question is though, are they going to get these guys back? What do you know about McCaffrey going to Germany?
What's going on here? Yeah, I don't know a lot, Rich, but I just feel like that's never a great sign. People have referenced Kobe. I remember Andrew Luck going abroad. Ray Lewis, I believe. But usually when you hear, I mean, look, again, I'm not a doctor, but there's lots of really good cutting edge medical professionals in the United States or on the continent, I would say.
So not that there aren't in Germany and maybe they're pushing the envelope in a way that they aren't here in terms of approval, but it feels like that's the move of someone who's looking for a Hail Mary. Again, not being a doctor, but when you hear about Achilles tendonitis and microscopic tears, what you're always worried about is, is it going to tear? And I think back to Richard Sherman's last season in Seattle where you knew he had this Achilles thing and it was bothering him and bothering him.
And I believe it was a Thursday or Monday night game, a nationally televised, very competitive game where he was in the midst of battle and it finally tore. And you're like, oh, you know, that's the worst. Right.
So anything that could be done to avoid that, in my opinion, would be a huge, huge win. And then, you know, you just look at the biorhythms and the vibes have been bad since the Super Bowl, really, where Steve Wilkes is fired after a year. That's Kyle Shanahan's prerogative, but it was very scapegoat-ish, especially after a good defensive performance of the Super Bowl. You know, the long, long drawn out contract disputes with Trent Williams and Brandon Iuch and all the drama with Iuch and almost being traded. And apparently Kyle Shanahan sprinting up the stairs to make sure John Lynch didn't trade him right before they signed him. And of course, you can say injury left turns and it does, but also they have a team with a lot of older players and or players who just have a lot of wear and tear for their age, like Deebo and Kittle. And so, you know, you look at all of those things together.
And then I'll add this last part. Special teams are a fiasco right now. They had a punt blocked in Minnesota. They gave up a fake punt in an obvious fake punt situation, first down, that got the Rams back in the game.
OK, you miss a 55-yard field goal, fine. But then you give up a punt return. I mean, think about like the decision even to punt that ball in play.
Now teams routinely kick the ball out of the end zone and give the opponent the ball in the 30 rather than risk a kickoff return. But in that situation at a tie game, you're going to give the Rams a punt return rather than give it to them on the 20. And that just set up Matthew Stafford for another deep ball, which they've been susceptible to.
And it's really hard to get three defensive penalties on the same play. But the 49ers pulled that off to setting up the game winning field goal. So, I mean, and the punt return was by a kid who's never touched a ball before in the NFL.
I mean, and wound up with a game ball for it. I mean, in Xavier Smith, you can't make that stuff up. So, I mean, so do you say a Niner fan should be heading for the Golden Gate Bridge or what? Honestly, you're not painting the rosiest photograph right here, Mike Silver. I would say that if I didn't think the quarterback was so good and still on the upward curve. So, you could definitely paint an unrosy picture and say, these guys are getting older.
They're not going to be able to pay them all. You got to pay Purdy and the cap ramifications. But then you go, well, you've got a generational schemer and play caller in Kyle Shanahan, which of course is what my book, The Why Is Everything, is largely about. And you've got, he's got his guy now, like for all the things he did with Matt Ryan that year in Atlanta. I mean, potentially these two together for years and years could be, you know, mind bogglingly good. And I do think Purdy has the right temperament. So to me, it feels, it's felt weird ever since the Super Bowl and Steve Wilkes getting fired and the contract stuff.
Of course, the Ricky Pearsall, I don't want to lump that in. He could really help them right now. But it's really a blessing that he is able to be okay.
He shot through the chest. It's crazy. But that's your first round draft pick. I mean, there's just been a lot of things that have gone not great for them. But if Brock Purdy plays like he played Sunday and Kyle keeps keeping it up, I feel like they could stay in it. And I mean, and we hope that all McCaffrey comes back with from Germany is a pretzel and a new, you know, Achilles.
Honestly, like that's the whole point. I mean, they're a home date against New England away from being back to 500. Then the IR period for Pearsall at least is done. Kittle's expected back this week. What about Debo and your sense of McCaffrey before I let you go, Mike?
Yeah, I feel it seems to me like Debo is going to be at least another week. And, you know, these muscle strains you want to err on the side of not rushing it. McCaffrey, I just think, is tricky. I know how he is wired.
I know him well. He is, you know, him going to Germany is a guy who's like, I want to exhaust every single medical possibility to create a scenario where I am able to be back as quickly as I can. So that, you know, they're going to have to, you know, tie him up to get him to not play, you know, without knowing all the medical specifics. I feel like I wouldn't give up on McCaffrey playing again. My concern is not whether he could play.
My concern is if he plays, are you looking at a potential Achilles tear? But at some point, you know, life's a risk and people do what they do. And I just know that kid. And he's, you know, he's very intellectually smart, despite the fact that he went to the second greatest academic institution in the greater Bay Area. He's a really smart kid, but he's also, you know, crazy. Like he's one of the most ultra competitive humans around. As Kyle Shanahan has said, he acts like a walk-on, like a guy, a practice squad guy, a guy who is just trying somehow to show you he belongs and justifies his existence every day. And yet he's one of the talented people in the league. So I wouldn't count him out.
I just am going to be holding my breath every time he, you know, touches the ball. Amy Trask in our green room, getting ready to record what the football with Susie, I think agrees with your notion and appreciates it. And no doubt would say and hi to a fellow Cal Bear, Michael Silver. I appreciate the time here.
The why is everything a story of football rivalry and revolution? Everybody should get it. Mike Silver already has it. Congrats, Mazel Tov on the book and we'll chat soon, Mike.
Thank you so much. The great Mike Silver. That's his ex handle. If you are so fortunate to not be blocked by him. He does have blocked. Next month is blocked over for him.
It's only one week to get in right now. Blocked over. Blocked over is coming.
Dude, no Kittle, no Debo and Christian. He's not wrong. I mean, the Niners aren't going to tell you, you know, everything's going to be fine when the guy's like flying to Munich. I think is that Munich?
I don't know. I mean, he's flying to Germany to go see somebody that say, can you figure this out? You know, I mean, it doesn't, it doesn't sound good, but again, New England at home, Arizona at home. And then the big one at Seattle, Seattle could just put its marker down man at Detroit home for the giants. And then San Francisco comes in. They'll be like, come on short week. Who wants a piece of this?
Let's go. So that's the 49ers before Kansas city and Dallas go stroll into the field of jeans before they're by. I mean, you're looking at worst case they're two and six. You're just going worst case. Why can you ever see the glass half full? That's not fun.
It's not fun for shows like this. Oh, Jerry Jones has spoken. That's still to come.
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I'm not, I'm not seeing that. Do you like the content? Do you enjoy it?
Of course, of course, of course. So growing up, I played mostly like running back until I kind of got to college and then I transitioned to a wideout. So what, what do you like to do if you're given a choice? Run it or catch it and run it?
What's your favorite to do? I'd rather catch it and run it. Why is that? Cause when I catch it, I got way more space, you know, I mean, it's really not a preference, but I prefer to like to, to catch it and run. Okay. And you got a good story about Shanahan showing you a play and you're like, Oh, okay, that's going to work.
And then it does. You got, you got one of those? I do not remember any of them.
None of them. Cause normally that's, we've seen that where he just says, this is going to work. We're going to get it done. Didn't he do that with Kittle once? He says, we're going to, this one's going to go to the house and then it goes to the house. Uh, Kyle, Kyle, I mean, if you, if you watch him and like, he's all the way down, like if we offense, he always, he all the way down on the other side, just watching. And he, you can see him sometimes talking to the referee. He's all right now, uh, watch Kittle. This guy's about to hold. And I, and nine times out of 10, he holds and then we get the flag, but a lot of plays that he calls. I mean, you never know what's going to happen.
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I am back. Uh, I am a lifelong Jaguars fan last night. That was pathetic. This team sucks.
I appreciate your positivity being a half glass pool type of man here in the South. That's what we call a open. That was, that was a disaster. Uh, on the flip side, Josh Allen looked incredible. I think he is the front runner of MVP. Uh, the bills look better than they did last year. I think they have a chance to beat the Kansas city chief. I'm hopeful of that, but this Jaguars team, I say, blow it up. I know it's only three heading into week four, but it's over. Let's go ahead and try and get a top three pick. I actually agree with Brockman that they should have waited to extend him. Uh, because if you look Joe burrow, he's O and three Trevor Lawrence, he's O and three Dak is one and two top three highest paid QVs in the league. I don't know where to go from here, but boy, that was embarrassing.
Mitchell and Pensacola, Florida. Thanks for hanging on that long. I hope you got off your chest.
What you're looking for. Listen, just to repeat what I said, the guys who were in line to be the one seed midway through last season and went to the playoffs here before we're all still in that room, including the coach. They're not blowing anything up. The owner certainly is not going to okay that when he, he, I think what he would do is blow up his front office and his coaching staff first. Although I, I think deep down, he doesn't want to do that. I mean, it's last chance saloon, but Chris long said it, maybe Doug Peterson should start calling plays and just, yeah, I think that might be it, you know, that is the last vestige of a coach feeling the seat being hot.
Well, he should, it's definitely hot. And then, you know, you never know week to week. One week, the Eagles get roasted in the final drive by Kirk Cousins, and then they go take on a team that's put up 91 points in two games and the defense looked terrific. And that's how I bring in our next guest, courtesy of Chunkies, 15 years in the National Football League, the OG of the Philadelphia Eagles, known as BG, Brandon Graham here on the Rich Isaacson Show. How you doing, Brandon? Hey, good to see you, Rich, man. I'm feeling good. You know, 15, like you said, it's, it's been a great journey, trying to end it on a great note. And, you know, we are feeding some, feeding some people too.
Yeah. We'll get to the Chunkies portion of our conversation shortly, a decade and a half. If I told you that when you were selected 13th overall in the 2010 draft, Brandon, you would have said what, 15 years? Well, you know what, that's, it was the goal because I'm a big Ray Lewis fan, always grew up playing linebacker until I got to college and, you know, sent him staying with the same team.
And then me doing the same thing, man, I might've not played 18 years with him, but 15 to do just for, just for me and still being able to play at a high level at this level in this age, man, I'm, I'm, I'm feeling definitely fortunate. Well, and as you know, learning a new system, new defensive coordinator, you know, it'll take some time. And it seemed like your unit from weeks one and two to week three took a major leap. I mean, holding a team like New Orleans with 91 points in the first two weeks to just three for as long as you did, and then coming out with the win at the end of the day, what, what, what happened? What can you describe about the difference between first two weeks and what we just saw from the Eagles defense Brandon? Well, I think them first two weeks, we learned a lesson. We learned the lessons that we needed to learn as a team. We've seen some things where if we out our gap or we not playing team defense, that we can get beat.
And Atlanta came in and did a great job of exposing some stuff as far as, you know, when you're not in your gap, we're going to find you. And that's how this NFL is. It's about technique. It's about making sure that you're accountable for doing your job, worried about your box. And then, you know, you don't have to press to go do other people's jobs, especially when you got a team that like we got. And so I think by the third game now, everything's starting to click and now it's just about building and being consistent. How much is it your job to deliver that message in the locker room on behalf of the DC?
Oh yeah, me playing 15 years. A lot of people love, love the insight of me playing this long and what I see. So I try to, if I don't know it, I mean, sometimes I get reminded about some new guys that come in, that's been a part of some great stuff and be like, you know what?
I forgot all about that. I might have to talk about this, but really it's about attitude. It's about your work ethic every day.
It's about you choosing to not go out there and let it be you and you let it be, you know, not on your watch. That's how I say, if everybody got that mindset of, you know, I'm not going to be the guy, I'm not going to be the weakest link today. I mean, we're going to be headed in the right direction into a team ball. And us as a team with all these stars or whatever the roster say, it don't work if it's not team. And so I think that was our message and people starting to believe it, even like a nine, eight JC, that boy is out there. I told him, just go straight, man, go get off that ball, get in a backfield. And I promise you, they're going to be in trouble.
They're going to have to block you with two people, you know? And that's what, that's what we got you here for. Yeah. I was going to, I was going to ask you if you were talking to those two big tackles up front, because that, that basically everything can kind of work off of all that, right? Brandon?
Yes, you can build off that. Cause I mean, we got some good edge guys with Sweaty. I think Huff is going to come into the fold pretty soon because Huff, I see him work every day, just like Sweaty and myself, Nolan Smith. But it all works together. If you got the D tackles in the middle in the backfield, we going to make sure we are job and we set the edge and make sure we make it, make the running back, cut back to them. Cause that's been our biggest issue is the run game. And I think we, we set the tone where, you know, we're not going, we're not going to let that allow that to happen.
Like you think, because what happened the first two games, but that was just what you needed to learn as a team. And now we finding our identity. Now it's just about staying consistent. Yeah. And I'm just wondering, are you, are you more verbal with Fletcher Cox, I guess on, on his farm and Jason Kelce on every television that we're not on right now, you know? So are you more vocal right now with those guys out the door?
Oh yeah. I'm vocal. I'm always vocal. I'll talk to Fletcher after every game because, you know, Fletcher going to let us know for real where he think we are. And like I told him, you know, you know how it took us, it took us four games to kind of figure it out. Sometimes you start off hot and then you don't end as good, but I like that we starting off a little Rocky so that we can figure out some things. But most of the time when you do see what you see on film, it'd be one or two guys not doing what they supposed to do that we thought they should have been doing.
Like, you know, I trust you to do your job and it'd be like that. But I feel like as a collective, we all had that mindset to get it right. And it starts in practice. But I talked to the, I do be a lot more vocal than I ever have because when I had Kelce and Fletch, I can let them, I can push stuff off on them. But I still do it now with like Lane or Jordan Malotta coming to the fold. Then you got, you know, on our side of the ball is me and Slay and then you got even Zach Bond and Nicobe. You know, they stepping into their own too. They creating them household names. Like I tell people, nobody know who you are until you go out there and make them plays. So let's go out there together and do it together so y'all can be the new household names, the Philadelphia Eagles. Yeah, well CJ can talk too, right? I think I've noticed that.
Oh yeah. You know, we need the attitude. You need the attitude of, I like us guarding the Johnson cause I know I'm gonna get everything from him. And even though he make mistakes, but we, we going to cover it up by our effort to the ball. We're going to play team ball and team D and make sure that you, you know, when you got, when you got a cover for your brother, you know, it's no, it's no issue because of the chemistry we're building together.
So I like, I like Gardner and everything that he brings to the game. So what's it like standing on the sideline in a game where you are putting it all out there? Offense, you know, is, is struggling to put up points. Your coach was going for it on fourth down instead of taking points and it wasn't working out. And then Saquon pops one for 65. Where were you when that happened?
Just one? What happened? Just watching it.
What was that? We were just talking about Smitty and next thing, you know, Hey, we said, we got to get it. We got to go out there and dominate for Smitty. We got to go do this because you know, that's the shot that he got, you know, nobody, I don't never want to see nobody get hit the way, you know, who got hit, especially if it was late or not.
It's just, you don't want to see that in the game. And so we, we took that personally, but we was talking defense on the bench and next thing you know, bam, Saquon took off and man, I just couldn't believe it. I was just like, Hey, we really, we really felt that one. And we went out there and we just wanted to finish the game the right way. And, you know, I was happy that we got out of there with a win. So you're talking about when Devante Smith got hit, he seemed to be engaged, right? And the play was over.
And then all of a sudden, as you pointed out, boom. And so you, you were all talking on the sideline angrily about that. And that's when Saquon. Yeah, not to cut you off my side, but we were just talking about, you know, just, Hey, we got to do this for Devante.
Like that was, that was a little, that was a little cheap shot. You know, we going to make them pay for it and all that stuff. And then it paid like right after Saquon just took off the next play touchdown. And I was just like, wow, man, we about to go out here and win this game. We got to go do it as a defense. Everything that we said, we got to go do it for real and, and not, and not just for Devante, but just for the team as a whole, but Devante definitely added fuel to that.
And listen, it's so silly to even say these words, but you know, this is what I do for a living as I talk while waiting for more games to be played. And it's just three weeks in, but I think Saquon's the MVP of the league right now. You know, obviously we saw what Josh Allen did on Monday night football. He's in the mix, you know, quarterbacks are always going to be in that mix, but Saquon, what he's done already for your team to me, it looks like he's a total difference maker. He's plussed you guys up in a way that maybe others could not have. What are your, what are your two cents on Saquon being your teammate, Brandon? And I'm loving it because we had mutual friends already that we associated with that, you know, I knew him off the field, but I mean, as a player and know that he's a good dude off the field and, you know, on the field making these plays, I mean, he was always a home run hitter every time we had to, had to plan against him. It's like, look, we got to bottle him up. We can't get him getting to our second level real fast because he know how to make people miss. And as you know, I know I've never played against him, but I have, you know, watched him beat Michigan a couple of times. It wasn't pretty. And man, I'm glad he's on our team and I'm glad he loved being here.
And thank you, New York, for letting us have. It's too bad he wasn't on the team last year. You could have told him, you know, who was winning the national championship at the time. That's too bad he wasn't around for that. I don't know if you're informing him of what he may have missed collegiately last year, being your teammate, Brandon. Yeah. Cause he talking now cause he see us, he see us when we wounded a little bit cause we lost a lot of people cause our ball, I'm glad he got the job over in San Diego.
They doing a good job over there, but he took everybody. And you know, Sharon had to start from scratch, but I think for the most part we had rebound, you know, we, we, we struggled this year as far as, you know, but I think it's going to build character for the new guys. Yeah.
We'll see. It's still a long season. We're marathoning. We're not sprinting. Right. It's a marathon and they only lost one game. And we got USC that's the last game.
Oh my God. I can't, I can't believe Michigan pulled that one out, but this kid Mullings right now, number 20, how good is he? That's running back, right? Right.
He is good with Donovan Edwards too, both of them and the old line, like building that chemistry together as they go in the college, it's about growing as the team. Cause as you've seen, Michigan got stronger as the year went and they just couldn't be messing with that towards the end. I mean, those guys was on a mission cause they lost the TCU, lost all that stuff.
So, but yeah, yeah, it was, it was, it was good to watch last year. Yeah. And it's just like you were saying, you're, you're, you're talking to your two big tackles.
Those are the two, you know, Graham and Grant are the guys that build off the whole Michigan defense too. You know what I mean? So I'm sure you're, you're watching that. Tell me what you're doing with the Chunky's community program, Chunky Sacks Hunger.
What, what are you doing, Bren, for that? Well for Chunky is donating a thousand meals for every second NFL. And you know, I, I'm loving that they wanted to be partnered with me and, you know, that allowed me to be a part of this childhood dream for me. And to know that we out here, I'm just providing meals for, you know, people in Philly and man, I just, it's, it's all about serving. You gotta have a service mindset. And I'm just happy that they thought of me and Philly to be able to help and raise awareness to this because man, it's something that, that people can overlook because maybe, you know, you, you got, you know where your next meal is coming, but a lot of people don't.
And, you know, we want to get out, you know, just be in the community and, and provide as much help as we can. And you know, that's why I'm here today. And so for every sack, every sack is 10,000 meals donated. And then you can go on chunky sacks, hunger.com. If you want to keep up with how many sacks so far in the league, all over the NFL, I think it was 161 right now. So that's a lot of meals that's going to be provided.
And it's still going, it's only week four now. Yeah. And the t-shirt, the one you're wearing available for purchase, 20% of every t-shirt purchase will go to the Feeding America platform as well. I like that.
It's a soup that eats like a meal. I knew that ever since I was a child, sir. I like that. At Tampa Next, you're, you're, I'm sure you'd like to avenge the way your season ended last year. Is that on your mind as you're heading to Tampa, Brandon? Oh, sure. You're thinking about that.
I mean, you want to go out every week. It's a faceless opponent, but you know, it's a little bit of, I mean, they took our, they took, they took one from, from his last year and, you know, the goal is to make it to the post season, but then you got to win. And they, they sent us home early.
Good job by them. But you definitely know that a lot of us going to be making sure that we focus this year because we felt them last year. And we, we, we, we definitely looking forward to a good game. Faceless opponent, huh?
So you don't, it doesn't matter. Are you going to use the faceless opponent line on Saquon when you go to the Giants in about a month? You're going to try that one on for size with him? It's going to be hard. It's going to be hard because, you know, it ain't going to be faceless for him. He already got that circle.
So that's one week. I'm gonna make sure I bring my real, I mean like all the way a game for him, because I know that feeling of, you know, just want to, you know, when people feel like you're done and they don't want to, and they count you out and then look what, look what happened. You know, you get, you get, you be a part of something else, something else special because another man's trash is another man's treasure. And so we, we, we found treasure in this and having Saquon and we definitely don't know what to do with him as you can see. Well, tell Fletcher, I said, hi, next time he texts you, you know, is he, is he down? Is he, is he in Mississippi? Is that where he is? Where is he? Well, he was in Philly this past game.
He didn't come on the field or nothing. Like he don't want none of the shine right now. He just want to be low key. So I seen him, he was on his couch here in Jersey and you know, out in Jersey. And so I knew he was, I knew he was here, but he loved him going back and forth to the ranch and being in Jersey.
Okay. Well say hi to him for me. And it's just a pleasure to chat with you, Brandon and go blue, sir. Hey, go blue, baby.
Hey, let's go rich. Right back at you. The OG of Philadelphia, BG, Brandon Graham on behalf of chunkies right here on the Rich Eisen show.
How about that for a little glimpse of how, um, the Eagles are going to handle internally Saquon's visit to, uh, MetLife in three weeks. Another man's trash is another man. One man's trash.
Another man's treasure is true. That is true. But I, I, on behalf of the New York giants organization, they did not view Saquon as trash. No, they just didn't want to pay him the, uh, amount of money. Right.
That amounted to $1 million more. You understand the way I've approached the Saquon giant situation, right? Okay. You understand what I'm saying? Okay.
But they didn't view him as trash, but internally that's the, I mean, this thing's going to get spun up and I'm sure Saquon when it's his time to meet with the media that week, we'll try and play it down. I love my time there. You know, let's take this phone call before we go to break Barbara and Ocala, Florida. What's up, Barbara. Hey, rich. I want to just disagree with you. First of all, let me thank you for putting on a free show for people who can't afford to talk, wouldn't pay for it.
You bet Barbara. You are wrong about the Superbowl. I mean, I'm an old 49ers fan from, but there's not no lots and there ain't no rice in the surrounding Montana. This kid's doing it pretty much as a team. And that's something Buffalo bills have always been. I mean, they have been a team. They made themselves win because they're like Alaskans in Alaska.
They only got so much daylight and this is it right now. Nice, Barbara. That's a great line, Barbara.
What specifically I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm a little lost here. What specifically do you have a problem that I said that you don't agree with you thinking that the Buffalo bills are not going to go to the Superbowl and win because they are a team is built around the quarterback. They're not all George blenders. You know, they can't kick and throw too. This, this team right now is going to beat everybody out. Well, I, I, I, I'm not saying they're not making the Superbowl. Uh, okay. Who are we to argue with Ms. Barbara right now? I'm not, I'm no, I'm just, I'm, I'm saying I need to see good. This kid is, he's better than Montana party.
Not a bad choice. I know you savory him, but he ain't no Joe Montana either. He ain't got what it takes to make people move.
He takes orders. He don't give them the most successful quarterbacks are the ones that take charge when they may make believe they don't hear what the guy on the sideline saying, and they end up making good moves and gaining ground and making them to win the bills. When think about poor Jim, I mean, he went there four times to the Superbowl and didn't get a ring because of the damn kicker.
Couldn't get the final points at the Superbowl. You know who I'm talking about? Oh, I know you're talking about Scott Norwood, Barbara.
So let me ask you this question. I'm talking about Jim Kelly. No, I know that, but you talk about the kicker in Norwood. So just before I know, I don't, they don't need the kicker. Now this quarterback has got this whole team.
So boiled up, then they don't, if they have to run it in, somebody will end up kicking in their place. Jim Kelly was in the eighties and he was a very laid back man. This kid, Allen, ain't no laid back. He don't even talk. He's a machine. He's a machine. You love yourself some Josh Allen, don't you, Barbara? You'd love him. You'd love him right now. Yeah.
He's next to Jim Kelly, but he's almost as good as Montana. Are you from Western New York? Moved down to Florida. Barbara, is that where you're from? Yes. I'm from New York state. Okay. Where about what's the exact, we're in New York state.
Saratoga Springs. I had trained race horses all my life. Now you're down in Florida rooting for your Buffalo bills and calling me out. I'm all excited about how they performed last night because man, they just didn't care that they were ahead. They wanted to keep winning. They wanted to keep doing the right thing. You're fired up and you're calling my show and saying, I don't know what I'm talking about.
I appreciate that. You do know what you're talking about, but you're going to be surprised. They finished up last year and as well as the 49ers did. That KC quarterback is just, he's not real. He's like Brady.
He's not real. I can't tell you how much I admire him as much as the little guy that went to the New Jersey jets, the Hall of the quarterback too, but they're not all OJ Simpson surrounding this quarterback. They're just a whole team of bills are surrounding this kid.
Even me sitting here, an 80 year old woman. And I want to get up there and help him because he deserves to win the way he plays. And you see him flipping up into the end zone.
He didn't want to go in the other way. Barbara and Ocala Florida, everybody, don't lose this number. Call us back. Call us back. Let's stay in touch.
That's Barbara in Florida right there. Thank you for this show, Rich. Right back at you. Thanks for your time and your two cents.
We'll see you in like 10 cents. By the way, let me say this. 25. I knew she was from West upstate New York or Western New York or New York state. But it was confirmed when she referred to the New Jersey Jets. New Jersey Jets. There's only one team in New York. Damn straight.
Yeah, exactly. And it's the Buffalo Bills. Fantastic. When we come back, Jerry Jones talking about whose fault it is that the Cowboys are one and two. Well, I have some ideas.
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My mom knock on wood healthy. I mean, there's so much great going on and yet I woke up this morning with a pit in my stomach and I'm like, what is going on? And I realized, oh yeah, yeah.
I lost fantasy by 0.12 points last night. And it's just so sad. It's so sad. It's so sad that it, like it's hung over me like a cloud all morning.
We're having a good show, right? Everything's good. Like what is the matter with me?
What is my malfunction that I can't get past it? All I needed as a man on this planet was a two yard catch by Mike Gasicki in garbage time last night. Got a couple. One more two yard catch. I'm a grown ass man rooting for an onside kick last night. So I could get one more shot at a two yard pass to Mike Gasicki.
And I'm like, this is not healthy. But you don't play PPR? No.
What kind of Mickey Mouse league is this? I'm telling you, listen, you've got problems with mine. I got problems with yours. Not even a half? Not even a half point. I won the Dillingham League by 85 points this week. So I got that going for me.
The Spike Squad is in full effect right now. Again, as much as I love you guys, that is not the league I would choose to have to win. Nor would it be yours either, Bud. Admit it.
Admit it. It is not the league. If the football gods came from down on high and said there's one league, only one league you can win, you wouldn't choose the one that we did. Well, I'm a multiple time champion of that league, and I haven't won the Dillingham League. So I don't want to hear about this old Dillingham League thing. Back on the Rich Eisen Show radio network.
Trying to fight off of losing my fantasy week by 0.12 points last night. Sorry, Rich Eisen. And Cooper's like making fun of me.
You know what? I appreciate a 13 year old boy trying to root against his dad just because that's the nature of a relationship, right? But I turned to him, I'm like, just, hey, listen, buddy, when this happens to you later this year, don't come to me.
Don't come to me. I don't really know this subject that well, but as 13 isn't actually a man now? Oh, in the eyes of the Lord, yes. So you call him a boy. Actually a man.
That's true. Sort of like Jayden Daniels. Yeah, grown ass. He is a man.
Is he the man? Jerry Jones spoke today, guys. He spoke today. Was it on 105.3 The Fan?
105.3 The Fan. Jerry Jones was asked, who's to blame? As you know, in the world of sports, there's the finger of blame, the dreaded finger of blame. Finger of blame? Who are we pointing it at?
We need answers. Does he shoulder any of the blame? Was the question asked of Jerry Jones, who said he could not afford Derek Henry and Derek Henry only runs for about a buck fifty against the defense that can't stop a run.
Jerry Jones's response hit it. That's very fair. It's well known that no decision is ultimately made there, but what I either have it acquiesced or approve it. That's very fair. How could you think otherwise if we are basically, whether it be who's out there coaching, whether it be who's out there playing, whether it be the stadium you're walking into, whatever it is here, that's the way it is. What do you think? He says it's very fair for him to shoulder part of the blame here. Yeah, but okay, it's very fair. And I don't know.
He writes the checks. You're making all the decisions. All right. Hey Rich, why'd you lose by 0.12? You made the decision in your fantasy. I benched you on Jennings.
There you go. At least you had the hindsight to pick him up. Yeah, but you wouldn't have played him anyway.
I played him. This guy. Jerry's making all the decisions, of course. You have to shoulder the blame. There's another sound bite. Or he's asked about what to say to the fan base.
You could say what Jerry did was he f'd around and he found out and then he found out. So you're frustrated. Are you a fan who's frustrated? Are you frustrated? I'm not quite frustrated. Let's call you frustrated.
We could. Just for the sake of the purpose of the second set. I'm angry, Rich. I'm mad.
Again, it's purposes of setting up the next sound bite. Yeah, I'm mad. He was asked about the fan's frustration and how does he respond to that? I guess I got baptized when I first came to Dallas and bought the Cowboys and we won one football game. And we had made changes, changed out to coach, only coach for 29 years. And we got huge criticism.
And the kind that would make what you're seeing now, child's play. You're dealing with anything, but a lot of emotion of emotion about our team. It never ceases to surprise me. The vote for the state of Texas, in the case of the Cowboys, are all over this country in the case of the Cowboys. And it's either there because they want to see us get here.
You know what kid? Or it's there because they're following us. The thing that inspires me the most is the emotion about it. But it's certainly, I'm aware of it, I'm aware of criticism, but not any more aware than that school at the end of the game. Let's put it like that. And so I'm aware that you can have a lot of criticism. I was born of that here with the Cowboys. You can have a lot of criticism and you can end up trolling those trophies high.
And that's what this is about. Hey, listen, you may be upset about not sounding Derek Henry and the team is getting blown out in the first half, back to back weeks. But Firing Tom Landry is holding that beer.
Boy, is it a big game on Thursday night, pal? Also Firing Tom Landry worked out. Oh yeah, right. And overreaction Monday, you said not sounding Derek Henry was the biggest whiff of Jerry Jones's ownership tenure. And I pointed out, I pointed out letting whatever bothered him about Jimmy Johnson is the biggest whiff. But they at least won when they were together.
It's been 30 years of nothing. I'm not putting Derek Henry on the top 10. Oh, it's not even close.
Please. Somebody in the comments is like, not drafting Randy Moss. That's very high. Not drafting T.J. Watt and drafting a Michigan guy. Mazzie Smith you're talking about?
Taco, Charles, another one of those guys. But in terms of not drafting Randy Moss, the curve on the find out portion is much higher. It's much higher. The angle is much higher than the find out about Derek Henry. Derek Henry is like right there. This was the original.
I could change this. Randy Moss wanted to play for the Cowboys, you see, and we didn't draft them. We f'd the round and then three catches for what?
163 yards and three touchdowns. But that angle that don't sign Derek getting getting murked on Thanksgiving by Randy Moss is like a straight up rocket ship. Yeah, it's like straight up. The bigger pockets portfolio of podcasts are worthy of your investment.
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